01/11/2016 Look East

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The council getting tough on the blue badge cheats.

If they were disabled and they had the difficulty I h`ve

they would probably think differently.

A man admits killing Khabi @brey and her unborn baby after starting

How to deal with low-level nuclear waste -

campaigners voice their fears over decommissioning at Bradwell.

And why autumn is the season for foraging for fungi.

First tonight, the council getting tough with the blue badge cheats.

The message - if you misuse disabled parking badges,

In Norfolk alone, there are 42,000 blue badge holders.

And it's estimated that 9,000 of those badges are being mhsused.

That's why the council has now got a blue badge investigator,

with the single aim of taking on the cheats.

as he took to the streets for the first time.

Jim Blake is the county's ndw blue badge investigator.

No, not the man in the blue uniform, the one next to him.

Jim blends nicely into the background.

His role - to check and prosecute those who misuse blue badges.

When it's identified that there is a suspected

fraudulent use of a blue badge, then that comes to me to arrange

a time to interview the user of the badge, not necessarily

the blue badge holder, with a view to prosecuting

Today, he spent his first d`y on the job in Great Yarmouth,

finding out just how much blue badges mean to those

I think if they were disabldd and they had the difficulty I have

they would probably think differently.

But they are just completely ignorant.

If I didn't have to use the badge, I wouldn't.

I'd give anything for my son not to be disabled.

I would like to be "normal". It would be great.

I can't go out without checking things,

And if I didn't have to use it, I would love that,

In general, the disabled motorists, all they are trying to do,

all that we want to do, is just go out and live

And sometimes, I think that motorists need to understand that

using a parking bay that's a blue badge bay, actually,

you could be preventing somdone from going about their dailx life,

If you're caught misusing your blue badge, not only will it be

taken away from you, but yot can expect a fine of up to ?1,000.

Well, sometimes people say, "I've just borrowed it

from my mother or my parents, I forgot to hand it back,"

And the first couple of weeks, we've got to be quite

lenient with people, just give them a chance,

really, to say, "Hands up, fair enough, we'll hand in

our blue badge because we don't really need it now."

For a man who's spent walking the streets of Norfolk

as a policeman, for Jim, there will be no excuses

Leigh Milner, BBC Look East, Great Yarmouth.

In a moment we'll hear from Helen Dolphin,

a disability campaigner, but first, some of your

Comments have been flooding in on this today.

Sharon Kennard contacted us on Facebook.

Sarah Boyer says, "We don't have to have a registration numbdr

on ours, therefore lots of people lend them to friends and relatives

so disabled people can't actually use the spaces."

Dawn Shipp also got in touch, she always gets looks and comments

But Sarah Clarke thinks the majority of blue badge holders seem to think

they can park anywhere, so long as they display thehr badge.

And Caroline Thorogate has gone as far to say that the Government

So, a real variety of opinions on this story.

If you have a view on disabled parking bays,

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Helen Dolphin is a disability rights campaigner based in Norfolk.

She's also the director of People's Parking,

a group which fights for better car parks.

I asked her what having a blue badge means to her. A blue badge for me

means the ability to park, ht means I can get into wider bays whth my

wheelchair, it just makes lhfe easier and I can park close to

shops, I don't have to worrx about having to walk long distancds. It is

a real breakthrough for me `nd many other disabled people in behng able

to park near where we need to go. Generally the blue badge scheme is a

really good one and when it works well, it is a fantastic way for

disabled people to have accdss and accessibility. You say when it works

well. We are hearing that thousands of these blue badges are behng

misused. We've had people gdtting in touch with us today saying `ctually,

the scheme is not fit for ptrpose, it should be scrapped. I don't think

I would scrap the scheme but I do feel that what some people `re

saying is true, but it is abused so much in some places, and thd reason

it is abused is because no one is making any checks as to who is using

these badges. If you have a scheme where there are no checks, people

will abuse it. So are you s`ying that on the whole, councils do not

take their role as enforcemdnt seriously enough? Unfortunately the

majority of councils in England and Wales do not enforce the scheme

properly at all. There have been a few councils which do have

enforcement officers, who are checking badges and making sure that

people are using the badges they were issued with, whereas in some

other areas, absolutely nothing is done, and that is where you're going

to get vast amounts of abusd because people know there are no

consequences for abusing thd scheme. We now have one blue badge

investigator in Norfolk, dods that go far enough? I think it is a good

start and I think you would start with one, you want to see how you

get on, how many people are fraudulently using the schele, but I

think that probably they will find one is not enough and I think it is

a really good step forward `nd one but I really, really endorsd. Isn't

the irony here that the people that are misusing the blue badge are eyed

at the holders or family? -, either. Or people that will be acutdly aware

of how important a blue badge is. You're absolutely right, it is a

very sad fact, people do not always think sometimes, or they ard

on their parking fees, so I urge on their parking fees, so I urge

people to think twice about doing this. I hope that the fact that

there is now a chance that Google could be caught, and up in court,

?1000 fine -- people good, will deter them from doing this, but how

you get the message across, it can be difficult. Because he wotld hope

that people who live with a disabled person would see for themselves how

difficult life can be somethmes I would not want to be abusing the

scheme. Helen, thank you very much. -- and would not.

A 48-year-old man has pleaddd guilty to killing a pregnant woman

by deliberately starting a fire in the tower block where shd lived.

Khabi Abrey died in hospital two days after the fire

Lillo Troisi, who lived in the same block, pleaded guilty

Westcliff and this is where the fire Westcliff and this is where the fire

took place, on the ninth floor. A fire with such terrible

consequences, no one will ever really know what went through the

mind of Lillo Troisi when hd started that fire. A date has not ydt been

set for his sentencing, and before that takes place, a psychiatric

assessment will have to be carried out.

Back in May, Look East filmdd a service held in the memory of Khabi

Abrey. Ask anyone to describe her and this is what they say.

Bigger-mac so beautiful full of life. -- So beautiful, full of life.

You still have it, there is a void and you feel it. Khabi Abrex lived

on a I thought this tower block In May, a neighbour called Lillo

Troisi, who lived on the eighth floor, started a fire outside the

flat. She was found unconschous and died two days later. Khabi was eight

months pregnant, unborn babx suffered a cardiac arrest. Today,

Asplund was at the Old Baildy - her husband, where Lillo Troisi admitted

killing Khabi. He also admitted arson but denied charges of murder

and child destruction. Afterwards the police officer who led the

enquiry said, this has been such a sad case to investigate.

In Southend, members of the residents association says since the

tragedy, they have pushed for improvements and say fire s`fety is

better. They are glad Lillo Troisi has admitted manslaughter and arson

because it means residents from the flats will not have to give evidence

in court. So relieved that he has accepted the responsibility of his

actions. I'm so relieved th`t people are not put through having to go to

court. I am so pleased that we can start to close the doors on this,

and try to move forward. Today, near a reeling, now a memorial for Khabi,

a workman was given the flats could have anti-graffiti paint, one of the

improvements the residents association they have got in Khabi's

name. Residents say the tragedy h`s really

galvanised them to try to ilprove their living conditions, and they

say Khabi's legacy will be the increased community spirit, and the

already partly successful c`mpaign to improve life here. You s`w a

little bit at the end of thd report, that anti-graffiti paint is one of

the things the residents association has got to make happen. But grief

over the loss of Khabi, who everyone here describes as a joyous,

delightful woman who is still very, -- is still very raw.

Three men have been arrested after a serious

The assault happened in Dickens Court just beford midday.

Three men were taken to the James Paget Hospital.

Two of them, who remain in hospital, have since been arrested,

along with a third person, who was uninjured.

The Environment Agency is investigating reports of

large scale fly-tipping across Essex.

20 places across the county have had lorry loads of waste dumped

It's been seen in areas arotnd Chelmsford, Basildon

The Environment Agency is asking people with

A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend's mother and seriously

injured her husband has been jailed for at least 21-and-a-half xears.

Craig Bird admitted murdering Colleen Westlake at her homd

and causing grievous bodily harm to her husband.

You're watching Look East on BBC One.

We need you to take selfies with your favourite book as part

And celebrating autumn, the season of mists and mellow mushrools.

What you can find if you go down to the woods today.

A Newmarket jockey remains in intensive care tonight,

a day after he was involved in a collision at a racecourse

But despite the severity of his injuries,

Freddie Tylicki has been able to talk to relatives.

Four jockeys and their horsds were involved in the collishon

Two horses are said to have clipped heels, causing the pile-up.

For once, the race to the lhne proved pretty irrelevant. Ftrther

back on the course, motionldss, after his mount clipped the heels of

the horse in front, is Freddie Tylicki. After treatment at the

scene, an Air Ambulance took him to hospital in London. The meeting was

abandoned. A former jockey who now works for the British racing School

in Newmarket, coaching young riders, says jump jockeys can learn how to

fall but the extra speed on the flat means there is little you c`n do.

Jump racing falls take a little bit of time, usually skip along the

ground on a damp day, for instance, but flat racing, the usual fall is

what is called clipping heels, it is like running down a hill and someone

flicking your foot and tripping you up, running down a steep hill. You

literally go headfirst into the ground and it is a matter of a split

second. They all know the d`ngers. Two years ago, this close-knit

racing community gathered for the funeral of the inspirational Sharon

Murgatroyd, the Newmarket jtmp jockey worked tirelessly to help

other injured riders after she was left paralysed by a fall in 199 . I

thought I was quite capable, I admit I made a mistake, it was down to me.

When it turned out to be a really When it turned out to be a really

bad for, I think it gives them a little extra shock, knowing that

always, it could have been xou. A statement this afternoon about

Freddie Tylicki confirmed that he Freddie Tylicki confirmed that he

remains in intensive care, `dding... His sister and mother are enormously

grateful... Every jockey will tell you that the

fear of fall and serious injury is always at the back of the mhnd. They

will also tell you when the thought gets to the front of your mhnd, it

is time do something else. The debate over the rights

and wrongs of nuclear power continue The prospects of a Sizewell C

reactor in Suffolk, just thd most Down the coast at Bradwell,

there's an older reactor th`t's But the work of

decommissioning it goes on. And plans to continue pumping

effluent into a nearby estu`ry have been been attacked

by environmentalists. They describe a public constltation

there as "a farce". Tonight, the operator, Magnox,

told us safety was its top priority and it had obeyed the rules

on discharge limits. This from our environment rdporter,

Richard Daniel. Four years later,

99% of the radioactive wastd at Bradwell, most of it

fuel, had been removed. But about 200 tonnes of radhoactive

metal casing, that used to surround Just over two years ago, Magnox

who operate the Bradwell site, The process removes the vast

majority of the radioactivity. What remains is

a liquid, an effluent. They were granted permission

to put that effluent into The permit to do that has expired

and now they are applying Graham Farley claims the effluent

contains high levels of nitrates and heavy metals,

polluting an estuary and fishery that is already in

breach of EU standards. He says a two-month public

consultation over whether a new permit should be

granted is insufficient. The data is highly technical,

it needs to go in front of people They need to sit down and h`ve

time to understand it, the public need to have timd to ask

questions, there needs The Environment Agency,

which is the licensing authority, has already extended the public

consultation, a fact This does require to be regtlated

properly and transparently. The nuclear industry has won

a certain amount of trust by being very open and transparent,

so they should welcome The public consultation closes

on December the 15th. The Mersea Island Environmental

Alliance says if a new permht is granted, it will challenge

the decision in the courts. Richard Daniel, BBC Look East,

West Mersea. If you don't fancy buying your food

from the supermarket or growing it yourself,

there is an alternative, Foragers simply go out and gather

food from the woods, from the fields and from

the hedgerows, for free. One of them is Richard Goldhng

from Norfolk, who is featurdd in a new book where 20 Norfolk chefs

cook their favourite Ian Barmer joined him

in the hunt for wild mushrooms. We are in woods

just outside King's Lynn. This is perfect territory

for wild mushrooms. With me, expert forager Tom Turnbull

and chef Richard Golding. Our menu is focused on seasonal

produce in Britain and therd's It has a very short season

and the taste is absolutely superb. Compared to the ones

you buy in the shops, Um, far more depth of flavotr

and much more tasty. The woodland floor is coverdd

with mushrooms hidden Some are edible, but some

are poisonous. You need to keep your eyes peeled,

but once you know what you're looking for, it's easier

than you think. In this small area of woodl`nd,

Tom has collected four varidties. Yeah, that's

the amethyst deceiver. If you get it wrong,

you will die, simple as that. All I can advise is you get a book,

you study that book and if xou're This is a brown roll rim and you

really don't want to eat th`t. OK, so we're going to make

a mushroom risotto using the bay boletes that Tom foraged

for us 15 minutes ago. Richard Golding prides himsdlf

on his use of local produce. Norfolk Table:

One County, Twenty Chefs. His chapter is all about foraged

food, things like mushrooms, A lot of our menu in the ch`pter

is based on food that Tom h`s foraged for us or has got for us,

or has grown for us, even. But it's all about

seasonal food as well? Seasonal, yes, very seasonal,

very British, that's what otr whole Now, I happen to love risotto,

and this one, using the bay bolete mushrooms that we found

in the woods, is superb It is a delicious end

to a successful forage. Ian Barmer, BBC Look East,

King's Lynn. And just to stress the warnhngs

contained in that film - the advice is, don't eat wild

mushrooms unless you know Staying with autumn,

and until today at least, the temperatures have

been incredibly mild. And that's had an effect

on our ladybirds. They should be hibernating,

but instead, And that's led to a lot of people

reporting large groups of the insects gathering,

right across the region. It has been described as an invasion

of ladybirds. This home in temperature, under attack from the

spotted mini beasts. The warm autumnal weather has led to high

numbers of Harlequin ladybirds and they are looking for somewhdre want

to spend the winter. I was sitting in my office and I noticed that the

sound hitting the window wasn't snow or sleep, it was ladybirds, they

were coming inside and crawling up the walls. So I managed to shut the

window quickly before more swarmed in and just carried on reinhng them

for two hours and it happendd again for two hours and it happendd again

the next day for another two hours, like something out of Hitchcock s

The Birds. There are 46 species of ladybirds in Britain but thd recent

arrival of the Harlequin has the potential to jeopardise manx of

these. It carries a fungus dangerous to our native red spotted l`dybirds.

It is at this time of year that ladybirds go into hibernation and

that his wife on a cold day like today there are none to be seen

While most varieties prefer an outdoor sport a hideaway for the

winter, the harlequins like the warmth and that is why they have

been making their way into peoples homes. Ladybirds tend to have

will die off and the next ydar there will die off and the next ydar there

will be less and the population slowly builds up again. That

population is sometimes increased by migration from over in Europe,

mainland Europe. Ladybirds will not mainland Europe. Ladybirds will not

-- might fly across the Channel The UK ladybirds survey is asking people

to record sightings of ladybirds so they can see how the natives are

responding to the immigrant harlequins. And then, to carefully

brushed them into a box and put them outside, or if you can bear it,

leave them where they are. They get everywhere! It feels like

the weather is on the turn now. Absolutely, change in month and the

changing weather. Imagine colder regime. Certainly, the colddst night

coming up, the pressure set up shows we have had a cold front he`ding

day and that has brought much colder day and that has brought much colder

air mass with it on northerly winds. There have been some stunning

photographs today. Look at this one. Beautiful, showing the mist through

the trees in Royston. And another one here as the sun comes up in

Bedfordshire. Lots of fantastic photographs. We have one more here.

In lovely misty scene in Suffolk. Mist and fog should not be such a

problem tonight but it will be cold, has begin clearing skies developing

across the region. You can dxpect a widespread ground frost for tonight,

the coldest night of autumn so far. Luckily, air frost in places as

well. This is the spread of temperatures we can expect hn towns

and cities but it could get down below freezing in the countryside.

Anywhere between one and fotr Celsius quite widely. A cold a

potentially frosty start for many tomorrow morning. But some fine

autumn weather because we- ,- we have high pressure establishing

across the region tomorrow. For most parts, some crisp autumn sunshine.

It will feel chilly, despitd that. But it should be fine, but the

exceptions are at the north,eastern corner of Norfolk, perhaps hn

showers from the North Sea. They will be quite fleeting but they may

get down a bit further towards Suffolk. Elsewhere, look at the map,

it shows how much sunshine we are likely to get across the region

Temperatures, it will be on the chilly side despite the sunshine,

you may need to wrap up warl, eight or nine Celsius for many. As we get

into the afternoon and evenhng, a further risk of showers. Thdy are

expected to be quite fleeting but that North East corner of Norfolk

and the coastal part of Suffolk then another cold night following.

The potential for frost as well Looking at the air mass chart, we

have an area of low pressurd, and as it moves East, the floodgatds open,

much colder air coming our way, and a strengthening northerly whnd.

Although you can see temper`tures do not vary hugely in the outlook, if

you factor in the strength of the wind, into the weekend it whll

certainly feel chilly in thd air. Thursday is looking like a pretty

decent start to the day with some sunshine. But likely to turn more

cloudy with some risk that with the risk of some rain later. Frhday a

little uncertain at the momdnt but it looks like there will be some

fine and dry weather, possibly some rain later in the day. The weekend,

there could be some risk showers around, some brisk winds and

scattered showers. You can pick out those two bridges, there will be

some frost around. -- those temperatures.

Just before we go, a word about the latest

All this week, the BBC is talking books.

We've been asking our TV and radio presenters

Here's a few - Graham McClotghlin from Radio Suffolk

From BBC Three Counties Radho, presenter Helen Legh.

And from Radio Cambridgeshire, presenter Jeremy Sallis.

We'd love to see your book selfies too.

Do send them in. That's all from us, have a very good evening. Goodbye,

take care.