23/03/2017 Look East


23/03/2017

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Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.

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In the programme tonight: An early morning wake-up call for residents

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of a flat in Norwich in the war against drug dealers from London.

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A jewel in the crown of the region's economy is sold to America.

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And just like Forest Gump - the charity fundraiser

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I'm Vanessa Baffoe with the late edition of Look East.

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Police in Norfolk have carried out their biggest raid yet

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Operation Gravity was set up three months ago.

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136 people have been arrested and Class A drugs with a street

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This morning, Alex Dunlop joined police

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for two raids in the centre of Norwich.

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An inspector and his team come to call, but for the people in these

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flats it is anything but a gentle door knock.

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The search for heroin, cocaine and cash.

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Within seconds they find evidence of drug abuse -

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needles, syringes, pipes and pills and evidence of chaotic lifestyles.

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Criminal gangs are migrating north from London preying on teenagers

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This machete was found near the front door.

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This is common that they use these weapons.

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After just an hour, police have found enough to arrest six people,

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You are under arrest on suspicion of intent to supply class a drugs.

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A common practice for drug dealers who move into an area

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is so-called cuckooing, which is what has happened here.

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They befriend a vulnerable person and then take over the property

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and use it as a base from where they can deal drugs.

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More often than not the occupant is too afraid to tell them to leave.

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If I phone the police they will put the windows

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Violence, prostitution, shoplifting, burglaries,

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all our crime is generally because people are trying

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They come from London, other major cities.

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Operation Gravity intends to stifle that market for drug dealers,

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but that means these teams are in for the long haul.

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The man leading Operation Gravity is Chief Superintendant Dave Marshall

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Earlier, I asked him about the change in pattern

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Drug dealing goes in phases. At the moment we have lots of people,

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groups based in London coming out to Norfolk. They will befriend local

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drug users, to use their premises to deal drugs from and that causes

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quite a lot of tension so we will not only get violence and

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competition between the dealers themselves, but we get people

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receiving disproportionate violence. ?36,000 worth of drugs, that is a

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small amount. Are you finding that you were singing against the tide?

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The people coming up to Norfolk to deal drugs only carry small

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quantities. They don't want to get lots of drugs seized off them if

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caught, but we are taking those dealers out. We are taking those

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drugs of the market but we're finding out who those people are and

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reducing violence and gives an obituary to to safeguard those

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impacted. Talking about those impacted by it, as well as looking

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at the criminals bringing the drugs here to Norfolk, it is also about

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the victims. What are you doing to help them and make sure they come

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forward? Automatically what we are trying to do is reduced violence, so

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it is about getting the community to come forward with information. It is

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also about supporting those people who of honourable, people who want

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to change their lifestyle, because by reducing the number of people who

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want drugs, we reduced the market and safeguard people. We're working

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with a whole range of partners to give that support to people.

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The leader of the UK Independence Party on Norfolk County Council

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Party sources say Toby Coke stood down following

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He was a leading member of the so called rainbow alliance,

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which ran the County Council in Norfolk for four years.

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Another of the region's leading high-tech firms

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E2V in Chelmsford is being bought by an American company

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Well, our business correspondent Richard Bond has

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It's one of the jewels in the crown of the region's economy.

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E2v of Chelmsford might not be a household name, but Nasa,

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Boeing and Airbus use its sensors and semiconductors and now this

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British high-tech star is about to fall into foreign hands

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thanks to a ?600 million takeover by an American firm.

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It grew out of Marconi and for many years was known

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It's the latest British high-tech firm from this region to fall

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under foreign ownership, but should we care?

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Quite a few people cared when Cambridge -based Arm Holdings

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The chip designer was bought by the Japanese.

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Does it matter if our high-tech firms are bought

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If you look at the companies that are acquiring our local businesses,

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they are major multinationals with huge resources,

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so that gives a big opportunity for further investment

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The American company buying E2v is called Teledyne.

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It specialises in defence electronics, aerospace

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It's a great compliment to E2v and all it has achieved

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over its various incarnations that we have this American

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We want to see it remain in Chelmsford, we want to see

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investment continued in developing the company, developing products

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there and we are hopeful that it will be good news for E2v

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as an organisation and Chelmsford as a city.

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While a small number of head office jobs are expected to be lost,

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the vast majority of staff are likely to be kept on.

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The company's strength in growing high-tech markets should see to

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As a mark of respect to those killed and injured

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in the Westminster attack, City Hall in Norwich is being lit up

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The tribute will continue until early next week.

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Three years ago, Dave Reading smoked 60 a day

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and now he's hoping to beat the world record

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for running the 837 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats.

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In just three years, Dave has become a running machine.

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Pounding the pavements at steady speed.

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For him it really is much, much more of a marathon than a sprint.

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I was a heavy smoker and gave up and running helped with the craving.

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Trouble is I did not know where to stop.

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He is now taking on a truly epic challenge running all the way

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from Lands End to John O'Groats raising money for the charity

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You are trying to run 837 miles in eight and half days,

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It is a long way so we will see what happens.

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At home, his wife and eight children keep him busy.

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He could barely make it up the stairs.

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I thought he was stupid but it is inspiring.

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We have a toilet on-board, cooking facilities, a small bed

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for Dave to have a rest on if he needs to have a lie down.

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I will run four marathons a day so that is the equivalent of 33

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The record stands at just over nine days.

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His attempt to beat it already makes him a hero.

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Alex is next with the weather but it's goodnight from me.

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Good evening. It is a pretty settled outlook with fine spring weather on

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the way. At the moment there is some cloud coming in from the North sea.

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A slightly brisk north-easterly breeze continuing meaning

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temperatures not dropping as low as they could. Along the coast six or 7

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degrees. Further inland, four or five Celsius. High-pressure

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dominating the scene. Cloud around first thing but good spells of

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sunshine through the day. That wind will still be present so it will be

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cooler on the coast, but it should feel warmer in the shelter, around

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ten or 11 Celsius. The outlook- another fine day on the way for

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Saturday. More cloud and cooler for Sunday

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