27/03/2017 Look East (West)

Hello, and welcome to Monday's Look East.

On the run - police say a convicted murderer

now wanted over another death could be in Luton.

Half a second from catastrophe - air ambulance pilots warn of more

Britain's Best Surprise - How tourism bosses are trying to

And I am here in Bedfordshire, where five family portraits

are returning to Wrest Park after a century.

First tonight, police are warning people in Luton tonight not

to approach a convicted murderer who's on the run and

33-year-old Andrew McVicar killed a man 18 years ago

at a Christmas party in Dunstable, and served time.

He's now wanted in connection with an incident in Essex.

Let's get more from Kate Bradbrook, who's in Luton now.

And they pick it is a wanted man. Not for the first time. It was back

in 1999, just a few miles from here in Dunstable that he committed a

murder and now he is wanted for another murder. He was spotted

possibly just a few miles away from here in Luton two days ago.

Andrew McVicar, described by police as dangerous and possibly armed.

He is now 33, but she was just 15 when he attacked a stranger

with a broken bottle during a Christmas eve

Now, McVicar is believed to be on the run after a robbery in Essex.

Earlier, police appealed for the public's health to trace him.

I would be very grateful to the public.

If they could keep their eyes out on social media.

If they see him, call 999, but do not approach that man.

It was last Sunday the 19th of March when a 57-year-old man

died following a robbery in Hullbridge in Essex.

The victim fell to the ground during a struggle and was left

He later died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Andrew McVicar has tattoos on both arms.

He is wanted on suspicion of murder, robbery and possession of a firearm.

Police say he was last seen in Luton on Saturday.

Andrew McVicar is five foot nine, and of a stocky build. He looks like

the type of person who spent a lot of time in the gym. His tattoos on

his arms read honour and pride. Quite distinctive. Could have been

seen in Luton or elsewhere over the past couple of days. This is now a

nationwide search. To reiterate what the police as in, do not approach

him, but instead I'll 101. It's been revealed that the

East Anglian Air Ambulance - which serves Cambridgeshire

and Bedfordshire - came within half a second

of a mid-air crash with a drone. The UK Airprox Board,

who investigate near misses, rated the incident last year

as "a serious risk of collision". The helicopters are often

piloted by Prince William This is the East Anglian

air ambulance. A few months ago, it suffered

its first near miss with a drone. On board were two pilots

and three paramedics. Prince William, who has been

a pilot for the charity for almost two years,

was not on shift. All of our staff are

really important to us. We have some incredibly

highly trained pilots. We have some of the best

doctors and paramedics that If there was an incident Where

a drone hit one of our aircraft, it could cause serious damage and it

could cause, potentially, And of course it would

interrupt the missions. The near miss happened at 1900 feet

over the skies of London. It had just airlifted an injured boy

from Basildon to hospital. The drone was 0.5

seconds from impact. It was so close that the paramedics

sitting in the seat could see It had four blades, it was dark

in colour, and had two lights. It was too small to be

picked up by radar. But large enough to

cause serious damage. The pilot assessed the risk

of collision as high. You are looking at a drone that

probably weighs five or six kilos. If that did hit the front

of the aircraft, there is a good chance it would go

through the Perspex, that sort of weight coming

at you at 120-130 knots, which is 150 miles per hour,

the worst case it would actually injure or possibly kill someone

in the front of the aircraft. This drone footage was filmed

by a professional operator. Elliott Cork says the regulations

are just common sense. It was airspace, it

was near a heliport. They really shouldn't

be found near there. They should be further than 50

metres from people and property that The operator of the drone

which nearly crashed into the air The Civil Aviation Authority says

anyone flouting the rules could face It was supposed to be the perfect

mix of town and country living, but residents who live

in the new town of Priors Hall Park in Corby say the reality

is a big let down. They were promised woodland

walks, stunning scenery But what they've got

is a building site - mud, rubble, and no access

to the open spaces. David Crookes was one

of the first residents to move into Priors Hall Park,

seven years ago. And he gave me a tour of the estate

to show what was promised The lakes, the cycle

areas, the picnic areas, all the activities that

are advertised on their And this is the woodland

walks and lakeside views still being promoted

on the Priors Hall website. All the builders have left,

and this is what we are left with. Nowhere to walk, we are surrounded

by these Harris fences all the way The estate everywhere you look,

it is Harris fences. Large areas of woodland have been

cleared and the areas that The website shows picturesque

Lakeland areas, but this is in fact Rutland Water,

some 20 miles away. Either fenced off or

surrounded by wasteland. Fed up about the situation,

local residents are now All the woodlands that were promised

have actually been taken down. Across from our house,

a beautiful area, they have We bought it on the promise that it

was only going to be 30 houses. Now, all the woodland

that was remaining has been taken But I am really, knowing what I know

now, I wouldn't have moved. Nothing has lived up

to the expectations There is no bus routes,

so you would need to have a car. There is, if you are willing

to drive ten miles. The situation here is contradicted

by the fact that the developers went But the whole of the site is now

in the hands of administrators, Houses are still up

for sale on the website. But the administrators

have no comment to make as to whether this website itself

was misleading potential buyers. As for the residents already here,

the wait for woodland and lakeside One of Ukip's most high profile

members has refused to follow the example of Douglas Carswell

and quit the party. The Clacton MP announced

he was leaving Ukip to become an Independent MP,

three years after defecting Today, Patrick O'Flynn,

who's an MEP, said he was sticking with the party to make sure

the Government pushed I was elected on a mission to get

the United Kingdom out And it was a much scoffed

at mission at the time. But we are on course.

But we are not there yet. So absolutely, that core

function of Ukip hasn't Let alone the other policy ideas

such as bringing down foreign aid budgets,

being the tough law and order party, and tackling

the crisis in integration. Now, where is home to 50

stately homes, has Britain's second oldest university,

and manufactures Well, that's why the county has

launched a new campaign called Britain's Best Surprise,

to encourage tourists to come and find out for themselves.

Stuart Ratcliffe reports. These pictures speak 1 million

words. But perhaps in the past, Northamptonshire hasn't been spoken

about enough. Which is my former creative director of advertising

giant Saatchi and Saatchi says Northamptonshire's Bailey homes are

deep best get surprised. You can see people's eyes glaze over when you

say you are going to Northamptonshire. They imagine wind

swept moors like Sheffield. It is 60 minutes on the train to Northampton.

They look surprised. It is surprising they do not know about

it. The launch today has two major objectives. To boost visitor numbers

and the economy. Nearly ?1 billion of tourist money, increase that by

50% in five years up to 1.5 billion. A lot of money. That makes 30,000.

-- -- jobs up to 30,000. It is the biggest ever marketing drive. This

is the most famous stately home. It is expecting a surge in visitors

later this year as we approach the 20th anniversary of the death of the

Princess of Wales. To mark that anniversary, a special exhibition

featuring an seen photographs of the late Princess. But it is much more

than stately homes, the hospitality industry and motorsport are lending

their support. We get 1.5 million visitors to Silverstone. We are at

the heart of Northamptonshire. They can extend their visit beyond what

we have at Silverstone. Another of the most recognised buildings is

getting in on the act. Doubling as a billboard. This is ambitious.

Organisers admit it is being run as a shoe string. As someone said

today, we make the best shoes in the world, so our shoestrings will take

a beating. A cash-strapped rock festival

in Cambridgeshire has been offered a badly-needed venue

by a local lottery winner. Adrian and Gillian Bayford,

who ran a music shop in Haverhill, They've offered their farm estate

to the Cambridgeshire Rock Festival, which has struggled to stage

the event in recent years. That's all from me for

now - more at 10:30. Now, here's Stewart and Susie

with the rest of Look East. Jules with the weather

for the week ahead. And from the margins

to the mainstream - the classical music venue

celebrating graffiti on the streets. Imagine being told your son has

a disease that affects only five people in the world,

then being told there is nothing more doctors can do

to save his life. That's what happened to one

family from Norfolk. Callie Blackwell has now written

a book about their ordeal, and admitted she even turned

to cannabis oil to try Amazingly, Deryn -

who's now 17 - is now well. In a minute, we'll speak to him

and Callie, after this This was Deryn in 2013. Diagnosed

with leukaemia and a rare cell cancer. Admitted to an end of life

hospice, even planned his own funeral. We were going to get the

ashes and put some of it in a firework, some of it in a Canon, and

the rest would be chucked off a mountain in Greece. After

chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants he was given days to

live. His mother turned to something in secret, cannabis oil to ease his

pain. But something happened. His condition improved and his sores

healed. One professor thinks more research is needed. Our own research

suggests you can get the opposite effects if you are not careful. So

self-medication is quite risky and I don't advocate it. Cannabis is a

class B drug. Possession can mean five years in prison. The

Conservative Government argues it damages mental and physical health.

At 28 states in America have legalised it for medical use, and in

Europe so have Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. It is an

ingredient in a medicine for MS, made by a pharmaceutical company in

Cambridge. There have been instances of scammers selling people fake

preparations that don't contain any active ingredients whatsoever.

Sometimes it doesn't even show up or even worse you could be buying

something containing something harmful could poison you. Now Deryn

has recovered his mother has written a book. She has chosen to be open,

as she wants answers. I'm thrilled to say that Deryn is

here, looking very well. How are you? I'm very well. It's an

incredible position to be and now after all you have been through, to

see Deryn like this. Can you believe it? Sometimes. It feels incredibly

surreal, if I'm honest. We had 70 times over the years where we were

promised he was getting better and then he would deteriorate further

than we could believe he would. It was a roller-coaster ride. I'm

starting to believe this actually could be for some time now rather

than could go wrong at any moment. But the threat of cancer returning

is still at the back of my mind. But for the time being he is as well as

I have seen him for a very long time. Fantastic. And you've talked

about this decision to give him cannabis oil, which I know was an

agonising one for you. What were you so worried about yourself?

Obviously, the implications, I knew I was looking at five years, he was

looking at five years for taking it and me a longer one forgiving it to

him. I was terrified that social services would get involved. I have

younger son as well so I was worried they would turn up and take him away

from me. So not only was I scared of losing my son to the failed

transplants and all of these infections, I was afraid I would

lose all my children to the authorities. But at the stage he

took it it was palliative at that point. You thought he was dying.

Everybody thought he was. You don't go to a hospice for a holiday. The

consensus was he was dying. I had filled in all the do not resuscitate

forms. Every ounce of care other than palliative had been taken away.

We were waiting for him to die. The doctors said it was a case of wait

and see. And now we have to make the point that none of it is proven, but

you want to start a debate. Absolutely. A debate and research

into this will stop it had an effect on him and it could have an effect

on others. That is all I want to see. This needs to come out, talks

and discussions need to be had, and we need to be serious about this.

Meanwhile, Deryn, you want to be a very good chef. Yes, I do. It's

ironic, really. But yes. And you are looking to the future with great

optimism. It's wonderful to have you both here. Thank you both for

telling us your story. Come in and do some food for us!

In football, manager Phil Brown celebrated four years in charge

of Southend United by beating Wimbledon on Saturday.

He described it as the perfect anniversary present ..

Which keeps them in the play-off positions.

He's now one of the country's longest serving managers ...

And he has Southend aiming for a second promotion in three seasons.

Tom Williams went to see him at training.

He's been in football 40 years, the last four spent very

Phill Brown's as passionate, as energetic as ever,

and once again his team's fighting for promotion, which looked a long

Having started the season so poorly, and I

mean that, it's been probably the biggest

challenge of my career to

turn it round, you know, when you're in a relegation zone, you're in a

Never at any one stage did he say I was close to losing my job.

And for a manager to stand here and say that the chairman would

support me that much is a rarity in today's game.

Brown's also managed Derby and Preston but he made his

name at Hull, guiding them to the Premier League and keeping them

Some saw him as a gamble, he's proved to be an inspired

Has the club made the progress you'd have hoped for during

If we got promotion twice in four-year is and also

play-offs on three occasions and that's a recipe for success.

There's something happening, then I've been

building a football club or trying to build a football club with

foundations and infrastructure in the background, aided and abetted,

more importantly, by a chairman who's thinking the same way.

victory at Wimbledon - Southend's third in a row.

They're in the play-offs with seven to play.

He obviously feels very enthusiastic about his team spirit, and he wants

And that's one thing that we've definitely got in abundance here.

He is determined to get back up into the high league is himself and,

as a team and as individuals, we need to go with that and we're

We want to make sure that we get this club back into the

championship where we feel as though it could be.

The commercial deals come, the better cars come, the better

lifestyle comes, more money, etc, etc.

Of course it's an exciting time but there is still, as I say, a lot

Right now all the hard work's paying off.

He'll do his best to get them up - his players

Two reports now on two very different art exhibitions.

Graffiti at a venue in Suffolk more usually associated

with classical music, and 300-year-old portraiture

It's a new exhibition looking at some of the most influential

But we start with Wrest Park near Bedford, where five portraits

have returned home more than a 100 years after they were sold.

Moving is always stressful, but ensuring the safe arrival of

300-year-old works of art is an expert job.

This company delivers fine art around the country - hanging,

The imposing gaze belongs to Henry, first Duke of Kent, who inherited

It was his vision to lay out the formal

gardens and carry out all sorts of interesting features, woodland

walks, waterways and canals, and the wonderful baroque pavilion

So this is him commemorating the work that he had

done to create the garden and landscape that we see today.

The canvases have hidden clues to celebrate his horticultural work.

The obelisk behind him, a statue revealed next to his small son,

his daughter delicately tending a citrus tree.

The house where Henry first Duke of Kent made all those

The stunning mock French chateaux behind

me was actually built much later, in 1839.

But Henry's gardens survived and were added to throughout

The portraits returned to the library where they used

Sold to a private collection 100 years ago, they were inherited

by former University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne and brought back by

150 hours spent on cleaning this painting alone.

He had an incredibly dirty dark varnish - very, very brown.

In fact, so brown that you couldn't actually

see his blue robe, and we were

able to remove those natural resin varnish layers and then we revealed

these amazing bright colours again, and now he's back on the wall

For the first time in a century the public

will be able to visit these wonderful paintings.

40 years ago it would have been dismissed as vandalism.

Now, thanks to people like Banksy, most people now

An exhibition celebrating some the most influential artists

of the past 40 years has opened in Suffolk.

Snape Maltings, world-renowned for its music, its sculptures to.

Snape Maltings, world-renowned for its music, its sculptures too.

It's also now a place where another marginalised art form is being

In the 1980s Errol Donald was spray-painting walls in

There was a sense that what we were doing was purely

negative and there was no sort of positive connotations around

Yes, there was an element of criminality around it, because it

was just totally foreign to the British public.

a public space was not as familiar as it is now.

But 34 years later, 35 years later, it's a global

From the margins to the mainstream, the exhibition

celebrates some of the most influential graffiti artists of the

It's a wonderful celebration of the skills of artists

that are continuing techniques and traditions that have been handed

down the generations, and it's wonderful

to explore these works and

For example, this work here by the artist known as Shoe,

who is celebrating the illuminated manuscripts of a thousand years ago,

but bringing it bang up-to-date into a contemporary work of art.

The exhibition, entitled Masters Of Invention runs

And if you thought graffiti is something new, think again.

This spray-painted hand was created in a

cave in Borneo, nearly 40,000 years ago.

Now we had a beautiful weekend of weather, didn't we? Is it going to

carry on? It was a pretty bad start the morning but as it went on we

started to see the sunshine getting to burning a lot of the cloud a

wave. Things brightened up for most of us. For most of us because a big

difference between temperatures. Over the last few hours a lot of the

remaining characters cleared. But a lot overnight night we will see a

lot of it coming back and probably some mist or fog reforming in

places. Under clear skies it is going to be a very chilly one. We

are looking at close of maybe two or three Celsius and with light winds

that is low enough for frost in places. Tomorrow this little feature

is moving towards us. We start with mist and fog in places but unlike

today it should clear more readily and then we should have a dry

morning with some spells of sunshine. By the afternoon wide we

are expecting some showers. These could be anywhere and they could be

heavy and thundery as well. Temperatures with highs of 18, but

in the best of the sunshine we could perhaps get to 20. That's well above

the average ten or 11 we should be seeing at this time of year. We'll

finish the day with a scattering of showers. That is Tuesday. On

Wednesday the tail end of this front gives us a cloudy start with maybe

some patchy rain. But on the whole it looks like a dry day but not

quite as warm. Temperatures still above average and it looks like the

rate should stay away. Towards the end of the week the weather

influenced by this weather system has some uncertainty but a cold

front should pass through during Friday. Thursday should be fine and

dry with some spells sunshine most, and again we could have temperatures

possibly higher than these, up to about 20. But as the cold front

moves through Friday it will likely introduce wet weather, but that

should clear into the North Sea and we should see brighter conditions

behind it with some showers. That sets us up for next weekend.

Saturday with a good scattering of showers, some possibly heavy or

thundery. Sunday looking largely fine and dry.

That's pretty good isn't it. We'll see you tomorrow night. Good night.