03/04/2014 Look East - West

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Hello and welcome to Thursd`y's Look East. Coming up in the next 30

minutes: 11 members of the same family are jailed for the khdnap and

torture of a couple in the Fens Police say it's the worst c`se of

vigilantism they've ever sedn. Also tonight: The morning after the

night before ` Nick Clegg t`lks about that debate and defends

Cambridge's City Deal money. People say ?1 billion isn't enough

but it is much more than ?0. And we'll be here later in the

programme: Up, up and away. How the region's airports are expanding `

without the prospect of a ndw major runway.

And a soldier 's life in a sick case which had not been opened for nearly

100 years. Good evening. First tonight, it s

been described by police as the worst case of vigilantism they've

ever seen, like a scene frol a Hollywood film. 11 members of the

same family kidnapped and tortured a couple they wrongly believed

murdered their elderly relative Today, those family members were

jailed for a total of 60 ye`rs. The pregnant woman and her partner were

held against their will and eaten in an attempt to extract confessions.

But 75`year`old Gertrude Fr`nkham from west Norfolk had actually died

from natural causes. Our hole affairs correspondent Sally Chidzoy

was in court to hear today's verdicts.

Behind bars tonight, members of a family fixated on revenge. They are

relatives of Gertrude Frankham who had been married to Iman often

referred to as the king of the gypsies. The family were convinced

she had been murdered and khdnapped the man they believed responsible.

And his pregnant late `` he`vily pregnant partner. They beat them and

filmed it. There was blood on her face and she was very distrdssed.

She was heavily pregnant at the time and people were forcing her to say

what they wanted her to say. She would have been in fear for her own

life as well as the safety of her unborn child. Police were alerted

after the dot dial nine 990 is tell pleased they had a confession after

beating the women. Police investigated the murder

allegations. Won it was the family who ended up in

the dock. Sentencing the 11 defendants to a total of 60 years in

jail, the judge said they wdre a family who saw themselves as being

above the law, that they ard imposed their own law. He said the punched,

kicked and drag the male victim into a warehouse and forced him hnto a

chair. He said it was a scene reminiscent of some while Hollywood

film. The family still insist Gertrude Frankham was murdered.

She will get her justice and the police know who the murderer is

None of the family should a Morse. `` showed remorse.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, was in Cambridge tod`y

talking up the benefits of City Deal status. That's the funding for the

region which could be worth up to ?1 billion. Mr Clegg took a totr around

the Science Park, something he says the money will build on to dnsure

that the city continues to be a magnet for high tech companhes. But

it was only this week that the chief executive of the Cambridgeshire

Chambers of Commerce called into question what the deal is actually

worth and how much impact the extra cash will have.

We really feel that the Citx Deal is inadequate to deal with the kind of

problems that we already have. We have said is it a real Deal or a raw

deal? We think it is the latter And it was precisely that point that

I put to Nick Clegg directlx when I had the opportunity to talk to him

earlier today. I don't agree. The problem hs when

you make an announcement like this that people say it isn't enough

It is interesting you see ?0 billion because only 100 million is

guaranteed. No, 100 million comes up front then

400 million is revenue generated here that would be normally sent

down to the Treasury but is retained here. But you are right the other

half a billion needs to be latched. The commuters who will be able to

travel more freely will be less interested in which hundreds of an

comes from where. That is the main thing that people are worridd

about, the congestion and transport links.

They were talking about representing the business community. There is a

feeling that this money will just paper over the cracks.

This is a plan which, unlikd the bad old days, when plans for Calbridge

were drafted on the back of an envelope, this is a decision made

locally. Local business people have been authors of this plan.

The rest is, if we don't get it right, at government and local

level, we could have companhes going off to silicon valley. If wd don't

get this right they will le`ve. That's why we have to get it right.

I like to see the positive side of this. This is ?1 billion City Deal

that didn't exist. Let's talk about your debate with Nigel Farage

because this area is a UKIP stronghold.

How did you think you performed I enjoyed it and would have debates

like that every day. When someone like Nigel Farage comes along and

says I can lift all the problems from your shoulders because it is

someone else's fault I can understand that is an attractive

idea. Nevertheless, people are listening.

The UKIP vote stands at 21% in this region and we now have over 50

councillors at county and dhstrict level. They are a force to be

reckoned with, aren't they? Indeed and it is an attracthve

argument but a dangerous ond. Have to look at the bigger picture. One

in seven of the businesses hn this country were created by people who

came from elsewhere in the world and created taxes. It is better for us

to be in the European Union. Thank you.

Police in Milton Keynes say they're becoming increasingly concerned for

the welfare of a teenager who's been missing from her home for more than

a week. Cailey`Anne Payne is 16 She was last seen with friends on

Saturday in London. Our reporter Ben Bland is in Milton Keynes for us

now. Ben, what more can you tell us? Cailey`Anne went missing last

Wednesday, more than a week ago She was seen at Milton Keynes train

station that evening and has only been seen once on Saturday lorning

in the acting area of West London. She is 16 years old and has gone

missing before but detectivds are worried for three reasons, because

she is on her own, has no access to money and the length of timd, seven

days, is giving them cause for concern and they are treating its

very seriously indeed. I asked one of the detectives estimate have any

luck tracking her down using her mobile phone signal or bank card

usage. We are doing lots of enquiries as is standard procedure.

We are keen to get communitx intelligence. Any friends or family

who now Cailey`Anne and makd no worse years are asked to cole

forward and share information. The police have issued a description

and a photo. She is white, five foot three, of medium build with long

dark red hair. They ask for people who see her to appeal to her to get

in touch with her family and let them know she is safe.

The family are worried as you can imagine. They are working clothes

with police and we are making sure they are supported well the search

continues. Detectives tell me they are focusing

their search in London and here in Milton Keynes. They are urghng

anyone who sees Cailey`Anne to get in touch with them by calling 1 1.

An amateur footballer has bden arrested and charged for posting

abusive tweets. Nine tweets were sent, two of them allegedly

discriminating against a disabled person. The FA would not reveal the

exact content of the tweets but he has until next week to respond to

the charges. It's estimated that it could take

councils in this region eight years to clear the backlog of rep`irs to

our roads. A freezing winter followed by a wet one have left

roads severely potholed and damaged. The government has given cotncils in

the East more than ?15 millhon in extra funding. But one industry

group says it's a drop in the ocean and it will be years before all the

damage can be put right. What we would like to see is a more

proactive maintenance schemd for the area and more money being ptt into

fixed those roads. Whether that money comes from local or n`tional

government. In less than 24 hours, a vote in

Brussels could mean online hmages of child sexual abuse become more

difficult to block. That is the concern of the Cambridgeshire `based

charity the Internet Watch Foundation.

Restrictions on the Internet registered. Better for businesses,

with their websites less able to be blocked. They brought here for more

freedom on the web and now fears that more images of children will be

difficult to remove. We must not allow any weakening of powers to

tackle child abuse. But I am confident that reason will

prevail and this very unfortunate vote will be overturned.

The IAAF can have pictures removed almost instantly but they could

though remain up for days or even weeks until permission has been

granted. The Internet Watch Foundation wouldn't speak on camera

but said they would be watching developments. The vote is l`ter this

year and if it goes the samd way, changes to the Telecom bill will

become binding. We want to have a system th`t allows

companies like the IAAF the ability to take child abuse images of the

Internet. We want to be abld to do that internationally and not just in

the UK. The IAAF worried that more child

images are being viewed every day and they will lose the power to

remove them. Northampton will look to reach the next round of the cup

tonight. The Highways Agency says its plans

for improvements are on schddule and the plan to have consultations next

month. delayed after it emerged he had a

fraud conviction. He served six months for the offence

month. Those are the top stories for

tonight. He used to weigh 70 stone, but is

now down to 22 stone. The operation could reduce his weight by ` further

seven stone. Still to come: The pioneering surgery to help women

with all bladder problems. Smog and pollution levels in parts

of this region have been higher than anywhere else for the second day

running, according to the Mdt Office. South easterly winds have

blown dust from the Sahara.. And pollution from the continent. But

tonight there are questions over the levels of pollution and whether

they've really been as bad `s predicted. This is a Birds Dye view

at Luton Airport. All of thdse buildings shrouded by a curtain of

smog. It has been a murky phcture in more ways than one. I region was

predicted to be one of the worst places in the country for pollution.

Depending on which experts xou listen to. There is still a blanket

of haze across Norwich at the moment. The Met office says that any

pollution scale of one to tdn, it will be ten. That means verx high.

Defra says it will be low. Tnless you are in a city or town or buy a

busy road. If one or two pl`ces have a high reading and you colotr a

large area of the map with that colour then everybody thinks they

will get bad pollution levels. It is a bit like telling people who live

on the top of a hill that there will be flooding and it applies only to

people in the valleys. Saharan dust coated cars yesterday.

A perfect recipe for high ahr pollution. The Defra websitd showed

the highest alert possible hn purple. But it has not been as high

as forecast. Despite the warnings, this man took his job for `` took

his dog for the usual walk. I would not say the experts are

right or wrong. But we do normally get sand blowing up from thd Sahara

at this time of year. With ` strong southerly and I suppose with the

high`pressure and low presstre, weak spectre it.

The warnings have continued. Although the readings from this

monitoring station in Norwich have been consistently low. This man is

an expert in weather and air pollution at the University of East

Anglia. He says it does not take much for the forecast to be wrong.

There are three elements kex to a good forecast. Getting the weather

right, quantifying how much volition there is, and understanding the

atmospheric chemistry. `` quantifying how much polluthon there

is. Experts say that while air pollution

is a serious issue, it should be kept in perspective. We apologise

for sound problems during that report.

It's nearly four months since the Government's Airports Commission

left Stansted off the short list for a new runway. It was a move that

delighted campaigners opposdd to expansion. But ever since Stansted

has been showing signs of growth, handling more passengers and

announcing new deals with ahrlines. And it's not just at Stanstdd. Luton

and Southend have also been expanding. So does it matter we re

probably not going to get a new major runway?

The Airports Commission may have said an initial "no" to a sdcond

runway at Stansted. But that does not mean that the region's `irports

are going nowhere. They havd substantial spare capacity. Recent

weeks have seen a flurry of announcements by airlines planning

major growth. This week it was easyJet, planning to double

passenger numbers at Luton. Last week, Flybe announced six ndw routes

from Southend. Two weeks ago, Ryanair said it would incre`se

passenger numbers at Stanstdd by 50%. How much spare capacitx do the

region's airports have? Luton currently flies ten million

passengers a year. It could, with Government permission, fly tp to 18

million. Southend currently flies ond million

and could go up to 5 million, if it was allowed to. Stansted, ctrrently

at 18 million, has permission to go up to 35 million. But if pl`nning

controls were relaxed, it could go up to 45 million on just ond runway.

From an 18 million passenger starting point this year, wd believe

in the next 15 to 20 years, we'll be at 35 million. As we go beyond that

figure, depending on growth rates over the next ten to 15 years,

getting up to 45 million. 45 million would be ten million more

than they presently have permission for. That's the size of Birlingham.

So we would not simply roll over and accept it. We would want to discuss

with the airport the noise hmpact, the air quality impact, and to

ensure the interests of loc`l people were safeguarded.

With anything up to 35 years of spare capacity, Stansted fedls it

can ease any shortage of runway space in the South East. And it is

not the only place that feels that way.

Southend is one of the airports that will be able to provide addhtional

capacity before any new runway is built. So we can grow our route

network and help to solve some of the South East airport capacity

issues. The Airports Commission is looking

at Heathrow and Gatwick for possible new runways. But fears Stansted will

be left with nowhere to grow appear overdone. More women are sahd to

suffer from bladder problems than some forms of cancer. But it can be

embarrassing to talk about `nd many suffer in silence. 18 at

Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridge has become the first in this region

to use a new type of keyhold surgery to repair the damage. They want to

get this message across: If you have a problem, get help.

Are you feeling nervous abott your surgery today?

Ahead of her operation, this woman hopes it will change her life. She

is lucky that the gynaecology team here has won a national accolade for

helping women with unary and pelvic floor problems. While some `re keen

to have this operation, othdrs don't have it so easy.

Older ladies may just put up with things until it has got to the point

really cannot put up with any more. That is because they just dhd not

want to talk to their GP about it. It is not pain, just discomfort But

you don't want to tell people about it.

She is being given a general anaesthetic but the procedure will

only take 20 minutes. The hospital has been praised for its usd of

keyhole surgery. But today, the operation is being done

conventionally. I can see where the healthy tissue is and where the

weaker tissue is. I can then join them up and provide strength.

Figures show that one in five women suffer from these kinds of problems.

Higher than some cancers and diabetes. But only a quarter of

women seek help. If they did look for treatment, there is an 80%

success rate. Penny has alrdady encouraged others to seek advice

over similar problems. The lore ladies that go out and talk about

what they have had done, and that has made a huge difference to their

lives, those who are out thdre worrying that it is surgery need not

worry. We have a vast range of options.

One alternative is Botox. Soon the surgery is over and it is only lunch

time. She will go home tomorrow In 1916, a young soldier from

Hertfordshire was killed at the Battle of the Somme. Edward Ambrose

was just 18 and when he went to war he took a suitcase with him for all

his personal possessions. There's all sorts of things, this

being perhaps one of the nicest .. Stored away for almost a century,

this suitcase tells a fascinating story. Inside, the personal

possessions of Private Edward Ambrose, just 18 when he was killed.

His mother was said to be so heartbroken that she locked the case

and its contents in an attic. The case is an incredible condition as

are its contents. Photographs, medals, and Private Ambrose's pipe

and cigarette case containing hand`rolled cigarettes.

It's the totality of everything a snapshot of a young man's lhfe at

the moment he died. The poignant half smoked pipe or picture of his

girlfriend is just so touchhng. Private Ambrose, the eldest of six,

joined the 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment in 1905. The

following year, he was on the front line in the Battle of the Somme He

died a few days after being hit by shell fragments.

One of the most interesting pieces is his wallet. It contains pieces of

shrapnel. The suitcase contained many letters.

This was from Private Ambrose's father, just days before his son

went to war. "No doubt you will think it is

strange to get a letter frol dad but I thought I must write you just a

few lines before you sail away from home. I remind you that you are

quite young, so you must trx to take care of yourself and don't forget to

ask your Heavenly Father to help you."

Private Ambrose's possessions, including this French phrasd book

for soldiers, will go on display later this year as part of the

Hearts At War project. A unhque collection, but sadly and all too

familiar story. So poignant. A very moving letter.

Now the weather. The air quality is changing. More

clear air coming in from thd Atlantic will mean less pollution

around. We will also see sole rain. The cleaner air is coming in on this

weather front. It has some rain on it but as it tracks its way eastward

it is weakening. For most p`rts of the region, it will turn

increasingly cloudy. A few spots of rain. By the end of the night, it

looks dry. Not particularly cold. A south`westerly wind. Into the

morning, Mr will clear first thing. The cloud is expected to thhcken. We

may see some sunshine. Tempdratures are bit cooler than they have been.

The afternoon looks as though it will be brighter with a better

chance of sunshine. Pressurd patterns show that there ard more

Atlantic weather fronts on their way. Tightly squeezed isobars saw a

noticeable south`westerly breeze over the next few days. That will

bring mixed fortunes for thd weekend. Some rain at the wdekend,

but not throughout it. We start Saturday dry and bright sunshine.

But that may turn cloudy as the day progresses. A south`westerlx breeze

for the weekend. Some outbrdaks of rain on Sunday morning. But try and

break by the afternoon. `` but dry and bright by the afternoon. Some

sunshine. A mild night. I suppose we need a bit of rain

That is all from us. Goodbyd.