01/03/2017 Look East

The headlines from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk...

A development tonight in the search for missing airman Corrie McKeague.

The police make an arrest and issue new pictures as part of an appeal.

Just days before police start a search of this landfill

site in Cambridgeshire, officers in Suffolk have arrested

a man on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

More today on the Suffolk couple found dead at their home.

One of East Anglia's last survivors of the Japanese prisoner of war

And how to make the perfect cuppa - from a Master of Tea.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of airman

Corrie McKeague have today made their first arrest.

Suffolk police said a 26-year-old man was held on suspicion

The police also released new video of of potential witnesses.

The developments come as police prepare to search

Let's get the full story now from Alex Dunlop.

23-year-old Corrie McKeague, who is stationed at RAF Honington

near Bury St Edmunds, was last picked up on CCTV

in the town centre after a night out with friends on the 24th of

He was seen it going in but not emerging from an area

Today, police made their first arrest in connection

It is incredibly difficult not to read into it that this could be

For my own sanity, and that of the boys, we are really,

really trying just to wait for the update from the police

and see what this actually is, and keep focused on the search

Police stressed that the man arrested was not the driver

of a bin lorry which delivered refuse to this massive landfill

It had collected a bin from the area where Corrie was last seen.

The fear is he may have fallen into or even placed in one of these

commercial bins in the Horseshoe car park behind some shops.

Mindful that part of this 120-acre landfill site

is about to be searched, a ?50,000 reward put

up by Nicola Urquhart was withdrawn last month.

Police say a huge effort is going on behind the scenes

Today, they released CCTV footage of two remaining individuals

who were seen in the area at the time the airman disappeared

Both are seen as potential witnesses.

So Alex, what happens there next week?

What has happened with the man that was arrested?

We learnt in the last hour that the man they arrested this morning has

been bailed and will appear before police at a police station next

month. They questioned him all day on suspicion of attempting to prefer

to -- pervert the course of justice. What is happening next week?

They are making it safe for police officers to search and they will

start the search within seven days. They have to move huge amounts of

material and then create safe access routes so officers can get into the

landfill. They accept there is a real chance that Corrie is dead and

his body may be found in the site behind me. It has come to be a

monumental and grim task. Detectives investigating the deaths

of a couple at their home in Suffolk said today they were treating it

as a murder inquiry but were not looking for anyone else

in connection with the incident. Postmortems concluded that

Sarah Pitkin was stabbed to death, while her husband Richard

died from hanging. Let's get the details

now from Mike Liggins. This is a street in Stowmarket close

to the town centre. This is where on Sunday lunchtime the bodies of Sarah

Pitkin and Richard Pitkin were found. Flowers have been laid on the

doorstep of their home find me today and one of the cards I read said,

"To the lovely Sarah, you will be missed. " She died from what police

described as multiple stab wounds. Richard was found hanged. Police say

they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.

What are local people saying? Perhaps understandably no one wanted

to go on camera in this part of the world this afternoon. One neighbour

said to me that this is a complete tragedy. Sarah Pitkin worked at the

St Helena Hospice charity shop nearby and they said they are

shocked and saddened by her death, she was imaginative, creative and

a sense of fun to the shop and she will be sadly missed.

Meanwhile today, Suffolk Police assured people who live

in the countryside they were doing all they could to keep

The force has been criticised for having fewer bobbies

Today's pledge included a scheme to deploy mounted

The key focus of this new strategy is ensuring a visible

presence and that means mixing horsepower with...

horsepower, to help patrol the areas which are tucked away

We don't actively get involved, we don't give chase or do

I would always say to people, you know, if something just doesn't

seem right because you've got that gut feeling, just call it in.

As well as the volunteers, the three-year plan will also see

specially trained police officers, 13 in total, effectively embedded

in neighbourhoods, on the ground, on the case with rural crime,

whether it is lead theft from churches,

But the underlying mix of crimes is a complex one,

often fuelled by rural isolation and deprivation, and including

domestic violence and exploitation of the young and the vulnerable.

Talk to me about response time because a lot of farmers tell me

that once they report a crime, by the time your officers get there,

Can you give maybe a much faster response?

Well, this is something I am actually in the middle of discussing

The target time is 15 minutes for response in the urban areas

We have got a bit of work to do in one or two areas

in rural communities and that is what we are looking

at at the moment and that will be addressed in the next two

I mean, it's really good to see the police behind this

What we need really is to make sure we now deliver against it

and that we have the resources on the ground.

If it is not represented properly and reported,

it doesn't go back into the stats, the stats don't reflect

that there is a problem in that area so the police then don't believe

they have to go and do anything about it.

Of course, now we've managed to raise awareness of it,

The force has 1500 square miles to cover and admits that criminals

too often see the countryside as a place for easy pickings.

On last night's Look East we asked a question...

Should Bury St Edmunds be Suffolk's county town rather than Ipswich?

Plenty of you got in touch with your thoughts.

Sean Upson from Hadleigh says while Bury is lovely,

"Ipswich is an original Saxon settlement.

Surely it has long been and continues to be

Helen Garland emailed, "Keep Ipswich as the county town of Suffolk,

but make St Edmund the patron saint of England."

Janine Sparkes argues Bury St Edmunds is a much better

She says, "Ipswich has become much too modern and too metropolitan."

Ali Bowman asks about the cost of moving the county town.

She says, "To incur totally unnecessary spending

Sue Eking thinks it's a difficult call.

She writes, "Bury wins hands down, but on population size,

the university and county governance Ipswich wins."

Final comment goes to Andrew Mildenhall.

He emails that the answer is obvious.

"Amalgamate Norfolk and Suffolk and then Norwich can be the county

The funeral took place today of a decorated war veteran.

Harold Lock, who was 93, was the last known survivor

of the sinking of HMS Jupiter in 1942 in the Battle of Java Sea.

He was captured as a teenager by the Japanese - and imprisoned

in terrible conditions until the end of the war.

Former hostage Terry Waite described Mr Lock as "the salt of the earth".

Harold Lock's last journey, arriving at the West Suffolk crematorium to

the strains of the White Cliffs Of Dover. Harold was a boy sailor

aboard the destroyer HMS Jupiter when it struck a mine and sank off

Java in 1942. He is 120 hours, 15 miles to an island and was captured

by the Japanese, eventually released in 1945 at the age of 21. He was the

last man standing of that particular ship. At the Heritage Centre in

Sudbury where he lived, a display features his story. It is his

experience as a prisoner of war. He weighed under six stone when he was

liberated. He writes death has become commonplace, we were getting

like robots, all feeling is disappearing except the to life. It

is strange how precious everything seems when you are on the verge of

death, as most of us were. He was discharged from the Navy with manic

depression but rebuilt his life, marrying local girl Audrey in 1962.

For a time, he ran a pub, managed a coal yard, was a formidable darts

player. For many years he kept buried his experiences in the far

east. He tried to keep it hidden a lot of the time. He wasn't outwardly

emotional? No, I have never in 54 years seen him cry. He told me there

little. There are one or two things but I would not want to repeat them.

He told me once why he didn't celebrate Christmas but I can't talk

about that. But he had a good reason. With his dry sense of

humour, he would come out with something that would knock you back,

and you had to love him because he was that sort of person. When you

consider what he went through, and he finished up that sort of person,

I think it says an awful lot for his character. There were tributes from

former members of the order of buffaloes and from former hostage

Terry Waite with whom he travelled back to Java and Singapore years

ago. By organising reunions and fighting for compensation, he helped

so many of his fellow captives. The line up for this year's

Latitude Festival has been revealed. The event, now in its 12th year,

takes place at Henham Park BRIT Award winners The 1975

will headline on Friday night, while Grammy Award winners Mumford

Sons will take to the stage American group Fleet Foxes are also

among the big names to attend. They'll close the festival on Sunday

night with their first British You're watching Look

East from the BBC. Coming up, tips on how

to make the perfect cuppa. And James Burridge is at

tonight's big cup match. Earlier in the season, Luton Town

were actually fined for fielding Now they are in a semifinal,

one game away from Wembley. These are busy times

for the Justice Secretary As the head of the judicial system,

she's tackling trouble in prisons, the threat of strikes by staff,

and a big new row over She is still trying to mend

bridges with judges after being accused of failing

to support their independence. Today, she appeared before

a House of Lords Committee. Our political correspondent Andrew

Sinclair is at Westminster now. Because of those problems in our

prisons, Liz -- Elizabeth Truss doesn't have much of the chance to

talk about her other role as Lord Chancellor. Perhaps in an attempt to

mend bridges, she said one of her main priorities is to improve morale

among judges and make them feel valued.

The office of Lord high Chancellor...

She is the country's first woman Lord Chancellor.

Her job, to defend the rule of law, the independence of the courts

and to bang the drum for our judiciary.

Our judiciary are independent, incorruptible and world-renowned.

Liz Truss was being questioned about her job by members

She spoke about the challenge of Brexit, a proposed bill

of rights, and reforms to legal aid, but one of her main

concerns was about staff morale and the difficulty

I have to say, speaking to individual judges,

that isn't necessarily reflected in the views of the judiciary

themselves, so I think there is a question about how

It is a real concern within the profession.

According to a recent survey, just 27% of judges feel valued

Only 2% feel valued by the government.

They regard themselves as not sufficiently respected

by the government, perhaps even by the public, and certainly

And after a while, they just think, "I don't need this, I don't

want to do this job," and it is much more difficult to recruit

people for this vitally important public service.

When judges were criticised over Brexit, Liz Truss stayed silent,

Can we look forward to you and your ministry robustly defending

judges against that kind of abuse in future?

She said she did support the independence of the judiciary

but she also supported the freedom of the press.

I think it is dangerous for a government minister to say

this is an acceptable headline and this isn't an

She said she will look again at the pay of judges,

?180,000 a year, and at working conditions inside courts,

but Liz Truss warned it is going to take time

Andrew, the Ukip MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, insisted today

that he's still committed to the party, despite another row

with Nigel Farage and calls for him to be expelled.

It concerns a revelation that Douglas Carswell refused to lobby

ministers to get a knighthood to Nigel Farage, not surprising when

you consider they don't get on very well. This outraged Nigel Farage who

called this week for Douglas Carswell to be thrown out of the

party. A night of third supporter said he would stand against him in

an election and Douglas Carswell was summoned to the party. Douglas

Carswell is telling people this evening that he has not come to be

thrown out and he still supports Ukip, and that there would not be a

by-election because he would just sit as an independent. It is a

battle in Ukip about the future direction of the party. People like

Douglas Carswell won't the party to be more inclusive, less harsh in his

words, and other members want to have harsher policies. Expect him to

be in trouble again soon at some stage!

In football, Luton Town are just one game away from a Wembley final.

Tonight they host Oxford United in the semifinals of

Ironically, the Hatters were fined for fielding under-strength sides

in the earlier stages of the competition.

James Burridge has just sent this from Kenilworth Road.

Kenilworth Road, full of expectation. Conditions are damp.

There is a huge irony about the semifinal. Because of the finds the

club received earlier in the season, 5000 actually paid for by the fans.

Let's look at the action from the football.

Peterborough manager Grant McCann says his side were undone by a lack

of concentration as they lost 1-0 at Millwall in League 1.

The key moment came when Lee Gregory burst into the box but was tugged

back by Posh midfielder Anthony Grant.

Gregory picked himself up and scored the spot kick to leave Posh now five

MK Dons are steadily improving under Robbie Neilson.

They made the running at Valley Parade, twice

On loan Stuart O'Keefe put the Dons ahead early on thanks

City hit back before Dons regained the lead.

George Williams with the cross that somehow found the net.

Bantams striker Charlie Wyke denied Dons all three points, though.

Nielson happy enough with a draw against a promotion-chasing side.

Northampton Town are now looking over their shoulder,

The Latics went in front and led for the majority of the match before

John-Joe O'Toole brought Sixfields to life late on.

Cobblers should have held an but Lee Erwin won it for Oldham.

Northampton just four points above the drop zone.

In Two, Stevenage were the big winners and into the play-offs

on thanks to a 4-1 win over struggling Leyton Orient.

Ben Kennedy gave Borough the lead, followed by a second

from the penalty spot, Matt Godden with goal

Orient then hit back before two more goals lifted Darren Sarll's side

into the top seven at the expense of Colchester, who dropped to ninth

The Ewes' highlight, Vose smashing a long-range against the post.

The Mariners won it though, through Sam Jones, to lead

Finally, Cambridge could have shocked leaders Doncaster

but Luke Berry blazed his penalty over.

Donny then raced into a three-goal lead before George Maris let fly

late on with a contender for goal of the season.

Berry then made it 3-2 but the Ewes drop to 12th.

The difference tonight is that a Wembley final is at stake and Luton

Town bring back crowds when Wembley is calling. There was a huge irony

about the fact that you were fined for this competition. You must be

having that last laugh. We would if we got the prize money! We are

grateful to the supporters, particularly the supporters club who

covered a lot of the finds. Supporters feel quite strongly that

the competition was a -- set up to promote young talent and we have a

great academy here and young players who need gametime so we decided to

play them even though we knew it would attract a fine and they have

done great. For you to be mixing it and beating teams has done a lot for

Luton Town. It is sometimes like men and boys but our young lads like men

as well. We have to give them credit for putting us in the position we

are now, just touching Wembley, and they will still be in that process.

We will get a crowd of approaching 8000 or so, still some tickets

available. There is the plug! What about the manager Nathan Jones? How

far off are you getting lit and back were -- Luton Town backer they

belong? He is keen on making something happen tonight. Nathan is

a special coach as well. A real technical coach, and also someone

who has a great deal of passion and desire to win the game and it makes

him one of us a little bit. We have great ambitions at the football club

and Nathan is very much part of that. We will have the result on the

West version of the programme tonight.

Coffee sales overtook tea back in 1998, but the English

Today, one of the region's stately homes put on a tea tasting session

The man hosting the event was an official tea master.

facade of Audley end. Today Audley End held a celebration of the humble

cuppa. The waiter leaves or smells and examined to see if the colour is

right and then tasting begins. A nice, ladylike job. This is a key

test at work in the 1950s. Today there was a tasting as well.

Overseen by a true tea master. Let's go back five founders and -- 5000

years to China when they discovered tea. Stephen Twining represents the

tenth generation of the Twining expertise. I asked him about my

favourite brew. Are you familiar with the concept of Elder 's --

builders tea? Very strong. I want everyone to have a great cup of tea

so if it hasn't been made properly then that is not good. But elders

tea -- builders tea will have some big bold elements. And chamomile

tempted the fans away from English breakfast. Any that you particularly

like? No. I liked the minty on. Chamomile was very delicate and I

found the perfume incredible. The range of tea will all be sold in

Audley End's Cafe. Mr Twining's advice is switched their cattle off

just before it boils. I am with him on builders tea. What

about you? No thank you. I could do with a car

-- cup of tea right now. Today to start the day in

Stowmarket, blue skies and sunshine. Temperatures were generally over 2

degrees above the average. The next photograph is from Essex when there

was a bit more cloud but dry skies. Essex in February was the driest

county in the country, only 28.2 millimetres of rain on average, just

over an inch for the entire month. Today, as this weather front moved

towards us, it was one of the few places that saw some rain. Last

night I was saying we are uncertain how far north of the rain would

spread. For the north of the region it has been tried but I think that

will change overnight, most of us will see some rain, some heavy, but

it will eventually be confined to more northern parts. We expect the

winds to pick up. Even at this point, uncertainty as to when they

will be strongest. We expect at the end of the night a fresh to strong

west to south-westerly 40-50 mph. Windy Tousart but this should ease

away -- to start. The further north you are, wet as well. But it should

become dry with some long sunny spells. By the afternoon, the wind

should ease down. We finished the day on a drying out with a lot of

clear sky and hopefully those winds continuing to ease. On Friday

another bit of rain from the South, I think we will have cloud through

the day, which could have some rain on the heavy side. The wind will be

fresh and blustery on Friday. Saturday, perhaps some early rain

which should give way to heavy showers but not for everybody, and

showers and longer spells of rain on Sunday.

I heard of the programme team cheer when you said Spring! Goodbye.

I think my political beliefs are really quite straightforward.

I believe that our country needs to work for everyone.

Not just for the rich, not just for the privileged,

not just for those who know the right people or who've got

the loudest voices, but a country that really works for everyone,

has the opportunity to be who they want to be.

In order to make sure that the country works for everyone,