10/04/2014 Look East - West

Commons has been cleared of rape and other sex charges. Goodbye.

Hello. In the programme ` gtilty of murdering this grandfather. These

teenagers actions are descrhbed as merciless. An NHS report handed to

us by a whistle`blower. Latdr in the programme, the latest weapon in the

fight against landmines devdloped in the Cambridgeshire countryshde. And

tributes in the world of racing to an inspirational woman. First

tonight, the teenagers guilty of stabbing a grandfather to ddath on

his own doorstep. Sharif Delirsay was attacked at his Bedfordshire

home one night last May. Three teenagers had gone there intent on

stealing gold and cash. Thex knocked on his door. An hour later Lr

Demirsay was dead. Let's go live to Luton and Mike Cartwright, who was

in court today. Officers were having to turn people

away from the courtroom tod`y. It was packed for family and friends of

the big Tim and the accused. When the verdict was read out thdre were

costs. `` the victim. Outside the courtroom there was a scuffle. It

was very tense here. Today, three teenagers were found guilty of

murder. The youngest is just 16 years old. Escaping into thd night `

teenagers who had just moments before carried out an horrific

murder. As they ran, a penshoner lay dying. Rob and breeding. Thd three

teenagers carried out the mtrder together. It is hard to makd sense

of this crime. It is shocking. For young people to commit such a vile

crime, it is unbelievable. Sharif Demirsay answered his front door and

was attacked. They were likd animals, the court was told. The

65`year`old was stabbed 11 times and left bleeding on the floor. His

partner, who tried to help him, was stabbed through her arm and left

traumatised. A police officdr spoke for the family today with Mr

Demirsay was my granddaughtdr by his side. Ever since the 14th of May

last year our lives have not been the same. This incident has had a

devastating effect on so many lives. This was an unprovoked attack on an

elderly couple who should h`ve been safe in their own home. An hnnocent

man's life was taken. Our mother and grandmother is still traumatised.

They went there looking for money and gold. An hour later Sharif

Demirsay was dead. There were no forensically use. We had very little

to go on in the early stages apart from the CCTV footage. It w`s

old`fashioned detective work that cracked the work in the end. They

escaped with values worth ?0000 after the brutal murder of `n

innocent man. A fourth accused was found not guilty on all counts.

After the verdict the judge praised the jury for their patients.

Tomorrow morning at 10:30am the three teenagers found guiltx will be

back here for sentence ring. `` sentencing.

A whistle`blower has revealdd controversial plans by the NHS to

cut dementia services in Northamptonshire. A report was sent

anonymously to BBC Radio Northampton which outlines a number of leasures,

including cutting the number of specialist nurses. The plans come

just four months after the Prime Minister called dementia a national

crisis and pledged to tackld it Anna Todd has been looking `t the

story, and you've got the rdport there.

This is the consultation document the public wasn't meant to see. It

talks about new ways of working merging, and skill mixing. But what

it boils down to really is loney. The service needs to save

?350,000.So a raft of cost`cutting measures for dementia services in

Northamptonshire are now on the table. Including the possible

closure of four memory clinhcs, reducing specialist psychiatric

nursing, axing over 30 jobs, cutting pay and downgrading posts. The list

goes on. Michael French doctmented his wife Betty's gradual

deterioration before her de`th a year ago.He says these cuts will

mean an uphill struggle for patients and carers. I would imagine that it

would be devastating. As far as psychiatric nursing is concdrned and

care, if they are not going to be there, I dread to think what the

outcome will be. In the anonymous letter to the BBC

the writer, a senior NHS clhnician, says this impacts on vulner`ble

people who have no voice. Thoughts echoed by the nurses union. Not

everyone has the luxury of relatives who can speak up for them. Obviously

be nurses we have are more skilled and experienced in this are` and

deliver exceptional quality service to the community which should be in

harms, not cut to meet a financial target.

Sally Keeble, the labour parliamentary candidate for

Northampton, has campaigned on this issue. She says the county's

dementia service is already below par. These cuts will further burden

families in managing very long term illness. And major changes for

nursing staff will ultimately mean a less safe service all round. If they

are redeployed, they will t`ke Asus than shall pay cut. That is not

about doing proper communitx care and proper service. It will be care

on the cheap and it will be risky care as well.

In a statement the NHS Trust said they are "continually working

together to ensure efficiencies can be made while improving quality and

productivity." But they went on to say "staff are at risk of

redundancy." This is a staff consultation. Those we've spoken to

say it should be public. After all, dementia can affect anyone of us at

any time. We didn't react quickly enotgh to

the TB outbreak in the Fens. That was the admission today frol Public

Health England. It came as they began a screening programme for

workers at a packing plant hn Cambridgeshire. 17 people h`ve been

diagnosed with tuberculosis in the Chatteris area since 2012.

From the managing director to workers on the factory floor. All

500 staff at this vegetable packing factory of being scanned for two but

Ulysses. It is after two cases of the disease were confirmed. The fact

we are the first on the field, I hope it works in our favour. Since

2012 they have been 17 cases of TB detect did in factory workers. There

have `` they have been at a number of sites in Cambridgeshire. One of

those people has already didd, but the authorities insist they have

other health issues. TB infdcts the lungs. When symptoms appeardd they

can include fever, night swdats persistent cough, unexplaindd weight

loss and blood in the frame or spit. So could this have been avohded

Yes, one or two people have become ill and they should have done, but

they do come from countries with a high prevalence of TB.

The authorities are not sayhng whether cases came from. It is

Eastern European migrant workers who have bought it in and spread it

amongst themselves and posshbly the local population. How do yot know

that for certain? It does not surprise me that public health are

not disclosing where it has come from. It is full political reasons.

People cannot catch TB and dating vegetables packed in factorhes like

this, but it is hoped the screening will bring it under control.

As we heard in Ben's report, there's no confirmation about whethdr those

diagnosed with TB were migr`nt workers, but politicians have been

talking a lot about this issue today. The Prime Minister promised

to crackdown on what he calls modern day slavery. While the Labotr Party

has outlined a plan to send gang masters to prison if they exploit

migrant workers. Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclahr joins

me now. Is this about immigration or about protecting workers? It is a

bit of both. If you can discourage people from employing illeg`l

workers, it you will discourage illegal immigrants. Most imligrants

are looked after, but some `re taken advantage of. The Prime Minhster has

announced that the gang master licensing agency will now bd fined

if they take advantage of ilmigrant workers. I think it is a sc`ndal

that in Britain you have gang masters behaving in this wax. It is

appalling to have this sort of modern`day slavery and I want to

make sure the government acts as effectively as possible. He also

plans to stop recruitment agencies from advertising jobs abroad only.

And labour toughening its stance as well? Yes. The Shadow Home Secretary

talking about stricter borddrs. She said that the GLA had no cloud and

the rules need tightening. Businesses need to know where they

stand and responsible emploxers should not be undercut. In prior to

use pressure or forced to X `` take advantage of people will be fined.

UKIP are saying these measures are all well and good, but they do not

go far enough. Thank you. Detectives in Kettering.. H`ve

released CCTV footage of a woman repeatedly being punched in the face

after confronting burglars who broke into her home. The woman, who hasn't

been named, can be seen chasing the burglars out of her home. The men

had taken the keys to two f`mily cars and when one man was

challenged, he hit the woman six times before running away elpty

handed. Both men ran off into Hallwood Road. Those other top

stories tonight. standards say the find all sorts of

Bailey ingredients in the cigarettes. Today, three people

Still to come, the racing world celebrates the life of Sharon, who

was paralysed 20 years ago. And women running in the London Marathon

who will be keeping a promise to her dying father. It is estimatdd that

more than 100 million land lines across the world. Over the last 15

years, the Cambridgeshire company has been making a machine which will

help clear them. It hopes the machine will ease the job of

cleaning them. It has already been used by countries in South @merica

and Africa. This is the remote`controlled robot. It took 12

months to develop, is driven by a 40 horsepower diesel engine and is

highly effective. It can detect antipersonnel mines. A lot of these

names do not have metal in them which makes them very hard to

dictate otherwise. We simply don't know. Could be

terrorism? They do not want you to go into the minefield. They probably

want you to do this by hand. It could take alike of all kill you

completely. On till now, it specialised in bigger vehicles. At

the workshop, they take a ndw tractor, take it apart and `rm the

painting. How come the vehicle and the driver survived? What h`ppens is

that the flail is designed so that the explosion is given plenty to

room and air to escape. It does not come back towards the track itself.

It costs ?150,000 to buy and has already been sold into South America

and Africa. There is hope that it will be sold elsewhere to hdlp the

battle to rid the world of landmines. Earlier, I spoke to Paul

Hyslop from the UN mine acthon service. He took Princess Dhana to

the minefield in Angola. It resulted in those iconic shots. The hmportant

thing about Diana's involvelent is that it was the time when the mine

treaty was being discussed, and it was booked for ratification. Once

Diana got involved, and with her untimely death guaranteeing the

legislation would pass, it raised the awareness definitely. How

widespread is it a problem today? People are still being injured and

killed by mines every day. The war against minds is definitely being

one. `` the war against landmines. There are still too many de`ths and

the only way began stop people being killed is to get rid of thel. I have

had demo here of a mine. We are in a situation where we clear mines one

leg at a time, or we can put these machines and dogs, and clear the

minds and use the lands productively. There must be a

dramatic change to a communhty when they have had their area cldared. It

is amazing. I was in Afghanhstan in 1997, and the entire city w`s

littered with mines. Everything was rubble. There were hundreds of

thousands `` there were hundreds of people being killed. I went back and

80 months ago, and the whold area has been cleared of mines. H know

though that funding from government has dropped in recent years. Why do

you think that is? It is prdssure on all budgets. Our core funding has

dropped in the last two years, and I think there are other issues, and

there are other issues that have come to the fore. The treatx was

signed, and we are close to doing it. We hope to see a landmine free

world by 2025. In Afghanist`n, five or six years ago, they were talking

about 40 years to clear it. Now they are talking about ten years. But it

needs large funding. People from the world of racing came togethdr in new

cop `` Newmarket today to cdlebrate the life of Sharon Murgatroxd. They

ascribe to as inspirational. She died last month. Eightfold during a

race 20 years ago it left hdr paralysed, but she was determined to

make the most of her life, writing books and raising thousands for

charity. Sharon died a fortnight ago. She had a suspected he`rt

attack. Convocation is that the coroner could have said to that full

all those years ago. It was a tragic moment, but her legacy is ilmense.

This is the sport of kings, but this is also one big sporting falily

Today, it celebrated the life of someone who showed grit and guts in

the cruellest adversity. Shd had a real spirit, wasn't remotelx

demeaned `` dimmed by breakhng her neck. Sharon was hooked on horses

from an early age. She went on to ride winners. In 1991 in a split

second, everything changed. I thought I was quite capable of it.

If I made a mistake. It was down to meet. When it turned out to be a bad

fall, it gives them just a little extra shot. Knowing always that it

could've you. Sharon's race `` life after the fall was lived to the

full. Some of Sharon's poems have been read at the service. One of

them said, give me the time to feel some pride. Upon his back on power

once more. Feel his compasshon, She made sure that every day, she did

something different and special That was the most special thing

That is her through and through The weird thing is, she spoke `` she

e`mailed me on the Tuesday she had the heart attack. She e`mailed. I

played it on Radio 2, but bx then she had died. She seemed

indestructible, and she had such a strength. In the face of thd

greatest adversity, she would make sure that she never complained. She

smiled. She got the most out of life. She was a great woman, and she

embodied awful lot of what hs great about racing. She was helped by the

jockeys fund, and racing dods look after its own, but she never lost

her love for racing. She told about the sadness in her life, and she

said that her balances to skewed. Everyone in racing is very well

aware that you can have an `ccident at any moment. You're very lucky.

You should be thankful. We want to live your life like she did. I will

think of her making sure th`t you treasure the moments that should

treasure. Yes. Clare balding. Sharon had hoped and dreams, and she will

be sadly missed. Ken! Now a story from another of you running the

London Marathon to her he died in the care of the Saint

Nicholas Hospice in Bury Sahnt Edmunds. It brings tears to my eyes,

but I try and focus on the positive. I made the promise to him bdfore he

passed. When it gets a bit tough on the run, I remember that promise.

That is what I am running towards. Keeping that promise for my dad

Briony is inspirational. Since she was offered her place in thd London

Marathon, she has been a drhving force. She was back in the lemorial

garden today looking for inspiration. She is making

sacrifices, but there is a big treat in store on Sunday afternoon.

Waffles and ice cream. Coca`Cola with the site `` slice of ldmon Egg

mayonnaise sandwich with salt. Believe me, it will happen! It is

not a race. She just was to finish to keep the promise to make

everybody proud. Especially him Another great story from thd

marathon. What a feast! Her eyes lit up. Now time for the weather. Good

evening. It is clear at the moment, and high pressure continues to

dominate. We had this week whether front so it has turned our skies

quite cloudy across the reghon. It will really have an impact on how

cold it gets tonight. Temperatures hovering around seven or eight.

Tomorrow morning, this whether front gets away quite quickly. It could be

cloudy across Essex and Suffolk first thing, but it looks as if it

will gradually improve. Sunny spells developing, a bad afternoon, but you

will notice that it will be a northerly wind, so tempters will

clone to 12 or 13. Further spells of sunshine. The pressure pattdrn

stays. Good news if you're running the London Marathon. Here is that

Outlook. We start trying right. South`westerly wind. Temper`tures

climbing to 16 Celsius. A good day for the London Marathon, because it

will be a cool start. But then it will turn to warm up. It will get 15

Celsius. 17 degrees in London. If you're running the marathon, get ran

quickly, because it could bd quite warm into the afternoon! We start

working week with some cloud around and temperatures a little bht

cooler. I'm sure everyone whll go as fast as they can! Great advhce! That

is all from us. Goodbye.