:00:08. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: More than
:00:12. > :00:15.4,000 police jobs are going across the region over the next four years.
:00:15. > :00:25.A doctor who shouldn't have been driving because of his poor
:00:25. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:37.eyesight is jailed for hitting and killing a grandmother.
:00:37. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:47.Later, I'll tell you about Dig For Hello. More than 4,200 police jobs
:00:47. > :00:50.will be lost across the east over the next four years as part of the
:00:50. > :00:56.government's spending cuts. Officers, support staff, and
:00:56. > :00:59.community officers will be affected. The figures come from Her Majesty's
:00:59. > :01:02.Inspector of Constabulary, and the report says our forces are facing
:01:02. > :01:12.their biggest financial challenge in a generation. In a moment, what
:01:12. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:20.one chief constable has to say. There are three areas where our
:01:20. > :01:27.eight local police forces expect to shed jobs by 2015. More than 1,600
:01:27. > :01:30.police officers will go. Around And there'll be almost 400 fewer
:01:31. > :01:34.community support officers. Her Majesty's Inspector of
:01:34. > :01:40.Constabulary says forces will have to: "Transform their efficiency if
:01:40. > :01:46.they are to protect front line services." It is a generational
:01:46. > :01:51.challenge. The forces in the east are stepping up to that challenge
:01:51. > :01:58.well. They are looking at how they can cut costs out of support
:01:58. > :02:01.services, back office cuts, while It would be misleading to look at
:02:01. > :02:04.bald figures. Let's look at what percentage each force will lose.
:02:04. > :02:07.Civilians are taking over many roles formerly done by uniformed
:02:07. > :02:09.officers, such as call handling, and scenes of crime. But thousands
:02:09. > :02:17.will lose their jobs. Northamptonshire Police will lose
:02:17. > :02:20.37% of its civilian police staff. Bedfordshire, around 10%. The key
:02:20. > :02:23.question is, where will the biggest cuts in police officers be?
:02:23. > :02:30.Proportionately, Hertfordshire will lose most police officers, 15% by
:02:30. > :02:36.2015. Cambridgeshire will have shed just 5%. One way to save money is
:02:36. > :02:39.for police to work with other forces, and share resources.
:02:39. > :02:49.We have the opportunity to work collaboratively to reorganise the
:02:49. > :02:49.
:02:50. > :02:54.way we deliver policing services much more effectively.
:02:54. > :02:57.A cut in police numbers does not automatically mean a rise in crime.
:02:57. > :03:03.There's no direct correlation between the two. Crime figures also
:03:03. > :03:06.depend on so many other more complex factors.
:03:06. > :03:12.Late this afternoon, when I spoke to the chief constable of Norfolk,
:03:12. > :03:19.I wanted to know if the cuts would leave people feeling less safe.
:03:19. > :03:25.I hope not. We have got a plan which will deliver another 1.5%
:03:25. > :03:29.reduction in crime and a similar reduction in social behaviour. We
:03:29. > :03:36.will have to focus our resources carefully on the crimes that matter,
:03:36. > :03:40.burglary, robbery, sexual and violent crime. When you reduce
:03:40. > :03:46.police numbers, crimes against property increase, that does not
:03:46. > :03:50.square. I would not necessarily make that direct comparison. I
:03:50. > :03:56.think we will have to focus our resources on the crimes that matter.
:03:56. > :04:03.We have seen significant reductions in crime in Norfolk. If is that
:04:03. > :04:10.recorded or actual crime? Recorded crime. Burglary, robbery, vehicle
:04:10. > :04:14.crime. We have seen real crime reduction, 3.2% last year. We will
:04:14. > :04:22.reduce again on that figure this year. A former chief constable said,
:04:22. > :04:26.we are heading for Armageddon. would not choose that word. We have
:04:26. > :04:30.some serious challenges, I am not naive. I do not think the public
:04:30. > :04:38.are at either. We are working very hard to minimise the impact,
:04:38. > :04:45.collaborating with Suffolk. We will have completely achieved during to
:04:45. > :04:51.support, Fleet, back-office support. If you can manage now, does that
:04:51. > :04:55.mean you had too many staff in the past? I do not think so, it means
:04:55. > :05:02.we are finding new ways of policing and developing a model between
:05:02. > :05:05.Norfolk and Suffolk to reduce the impact on the front line.
:05:05. > :05:10.This is about policing and a personal thing for those who will
:05:10. > :05:15.lose their jobs. That is the tragedy. I have fantastic staff who
:05:15. > :05:19.have given their professional lives to policing. We will part company
:05:19. > :05:23.with some of them and it is difficult. A doctor, whose eyesight
:05:23. > :05:26.was so bad he should not have been driving, has been given a two-year
:05:26. > :05:33.prison sentence after he drove into and killed a pensioner. Aloke Basu
:05:33. > :05:37.was driving his Porsche 911 in Southend when the accident happened.
:05:37. > :05:40.Found guilty by a jury of causing death by dangerous driving, 66-
:05:40. > :05:44.year-old Dr Basu arriving with his wife at Basildon Crown court for
:05:44. > :05:48.sentence. He had cataracts in both eyes and glaucoma, but hadn't, as
:05:48. > :05:51.advised, reported his eyesight problems to the DVLA. Many
:05:51. > :05:56.supporters were in court. A 600 signature petition called for
:05:56. > :05:58.leniency. In February last year, Dr Basu was driving his Porsche along
:05:58. > :06:02.this busy dual carriageway in Southend. Conditions and visibility
:06:02. > :06:07.were good. But he didn't see 74- year-old Shirley Watkins crossing
:06:07. > :06:15.the road ahead of him. The Porsche ploughed into her, throwing her
:06:15. > :06:18.into the air. She died instantly from multiple injuries.
:06:18. > :06:23.The doctor wept as the defence described him as a broken man who
:06:23. > :06:27.could go no lower, he had lost his career, suffering clinical
:06:27. > :06:32.depression. He would continue to serve his own personal life
:06:32. > :06:37.sentence. The judge said the level of public support for the doctor
:06:37. > :06:41.had been truly extraordinary. And in not informing the DVLA of his
:06:41. > :06:45.failing eyesight, he had arrogantly assumed he knew best. Dr Basu had
:06:45. > :06:51.worked at this health centre in Shoeburyness for more than 30 years.
:06:51. > :06:56.Many patients signed the petition at the next door pharmacy. I have
:06:56. > :07:00.worked with him for 30 years and I know he is hiding respected for
:07:00. > :07:04.what he has done for people. He has a genuine interest in the people he
:07:04. > :07:07.served. Shirley Watkins's relatives were in court to hear the two-year
:07:07. > :07:13.sentence handed down. And for a man with a previously unblemished
:07:13. > :07:19.driving record, a disqualification for life. It was a good verdict.
:07:19. > :07:23.Nobody wanted to be here. We have seen justice and we feel sorry for
:07:23. > :07:26.everyone involved. Everybody. police said they hoped people would
:07:26. > :07:34.learn lessons from the tragedy, as this well respected doctor is
:07:34. > :07:37.The police in Venezuela say they think they know who shot dead a
:07:37. > :07:41.holidaymaker from Bedfordshire. Thomas Ossel was killed in a
:07:41. > :07:44.robbery at his hostel on Margarita Island, and his brother Jack was
:07:44. > :07:49.stabbed. Local police say they're looking for a known robber on the
:07:49. > :07:55.island. One of a kind. Loved by so many.
:07:55. > :07:59.Charming, funny and brave. Tributes to fireman Tom Ossel. Hundreds of
:07:59. > :08:06.messages from friends, posted on the web. Meanwhile, in Venezuela,
:08:06. > :08:11.press reports say police have a prime suspect for his murder.
:08:11. > :08:16.The local press on the island of Margarita are reporting that the
:08:16. > :08:21.police know who is behind this crime, that it is a person, they
:08:21. > :08:26.haven't named him, but who leads a gang of criminals who often rob
:08:26. > :08:30.houses or hotels in this area of the island. And has been known to
:08:30. > :08:34.police for some years. Witnesses say robbers went from room to room,
:08:34. > :08:37.before Tom and his brother Jack put up a fight. It's thought the
:08:37. > :08:41.brothers believed the gun their attackers carried was a fake. Tom
:08:41. > :08:45.Ossel died after being shot in the jaw. Jack Ossel is now out of
:08:45. > :08:53.hospital after being stabbed in the back. Their father has flown out to
:08:53. > :08:57.bring his son's body home. Alistair Burt is the local MP for
:08:57. > :09:01.the Ossel family in Bedfordshire. He's also a Foreign Office Minister.
:09:01. > :09:09.Earlier, I asked him what he'd been able to learn about the incident
:09:09. > :09:11.from the Venezuelan authorities. I spoke yesterday to a deputy head
:09:11. > :09:15.of mission in Venezuela to get some information about the circumstances
:09:15. > :09:20.of what had happened. I have been able to talk to him about what we
:09:20. > :09:24.can do in terms of liaising with the Venezuelan authorities. It is
:09:24. > :09:28.clear they take the matter extremely seriously and we will do
:09:28. > :09:31.anything we can to assist the investigation and we hope that the
:09:31. > :09:36.perpetrators are brought to justice. You say they take the matter
:09:36. > :09:41.extremely seriously. Our correspondent tells us there are 40
:09:41. > :09:45.murders a week in the capital alone. How can you be sure they will give
:09:45. > :09:52.this case priority? This did not happen in Caracas but in a tourist
:09:52. > :09:57.resort. Clearly, the reputation of tourist resorts matters to any
:09:57. > :10:00.country. As does the general level of violence. We are assured the
:10:00. > :10:05.authorities will take the matter extremely seriously and, so far,
:10:05. > :10:10.every indication we have from the way they have reacted is they are
:10:10. > :10:15.horrified by the instant and will do everything they can. We have
:10:15. > :10:19.heard four tourists have died in Margarita in the last year. What
:10:19. > :10:23.warnings does the Foreign Office give to British travellers going to
:10:23. > :10:28.that part of the world? We have travel advice available to people
:10:28. > :10:32.who go abroad to any particular country. Plainly, it worries us
:10:32. > :10:36.went there is any degree of violence particularly perpetrated
:10:36. > :10:42.towards the tourists. But you cannot always guard against these
:10:42. > :10:48.terrible attacks. We give as full information as we can. This is a
:10:48. > :10:55.desperate incident, it is tragic that it has happened to end local
:10:55. > :10:59.family, tragic it happened in those circumstances, an attack and
:10:59. > :11:03.robbery and subsequent murder. We will do everything we can to make
:11:03. > :11:07.sure British tourists are aware of the risks. They must will make
:11:07. > :11:13.their own judgments on where to go. A horrendous situation for the
:11:13. > :11:18.family. What help are you giving them? In these circumstances, it is
:11:18. > :11:23.important people know as much as possible. Whenever we get any new
:11:24. > :11:28.information, we will pass it on. And that the family know who to
:11:28. > :11:33.turn to hear so that they can find information. The other form of
:11:33. > :11:39.support and help comes through local police liaison to look after
:11:39. > :11:42.the family. And a recognition that the privacy of a family in these
:11:42. > :11:45.circumstances really matters. in the programme: What we're doing
:11:45. > :11:49.here to help people caught up in the famine in Somalia.
:11:49. > :11:58.And, with the Open still fresh in the memory, we're at the biggest
:11:58. > :12:08.golf tournament in the region. come up 160 of Europe's top golfers
:12:08. > :12:09.
:12:09. > :12:14.are playing. We all have more after Response times for ambulances in
:12:14. > :12:17.Norfolk must improve, according to the MP Norman Lamb. Figures show
:12:17. > :12:27.the service achieved its target time of eight minutes for
:12:27. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:36.emergencies in only half the calls The speed of the response can
:12:36. > :12:40.literally mean the difference between life and death. That is why
:12:40. > :12:46.Norman Lamb, the MP for North Norfolk, is campaigning for those
:12:46. > :12:49.times to get dramatically faster. They are shocking, and we have to
:12:50. > :12:56.demand that the ambulance Trust improves the performance in Norfolk.
:12:56. > :13:00.That means providing an extra resource, more staff, more vehicles,
:13:00. > :13:06.serving our reward areas. The Trust requires ambience to reach 75% of
:13:06. > :13:12.calls within eight minutes. Recent figures showed Essex hit 76%,
:13:12. > :13:19.suffered 70%, Norfolk 69%, but North Norfolk only 53% of the
:13:19. > :13:22.target time. The East of England ambulance service says rural areas
:13:22. > :13:27.such as North Norfolk always present them with unique challenges.
:13:28. > :13:33.But it has recently made a number of improvements. We have bought on
:13:33. > :13:38.six additional rapid response cars some 24 hours a day, seven days a
:13:38. > :13:43.week, and we are putting on some extra additional staff as bike
:13:43. > :13:50.responders. Those improvements are expected to be completed by next
:13:50. > :13:54.month. A controversial waste incinerator
:13:54. > :13:58.is to be built near Ipswich. Suffolk County Council finally gave
:13:58. > :14:04.planning permission for the plant at great Blakenham today. The
:14:04. > :14:07.project will generate power, and was opposed by Lib Dem councillors.
:14:07. > :14:11.Supporters say it is needed to stop waste going to landfill.
:14:11. > :14:15.There are fears that victims of domestic violence in Essex could be
:14:15. > :14:19.at risk because of spending cuts. Some organisations and refuges
:14:19. > :14:24.could lose almost a quarter of their funding. Support groups say
:14:24. > :14:27.it will affect helplines and shelters. The county signs -- the
:14:27. > :14:32.County Council says savings must be made.
:14:32. > :14:35.Speed cameras in Suffolk are being switched on again just weeks after
:14:35. > :14:40.they were turned off. The County Council withdrew funding in the
:14:40. > :14:44.spring, but the cameras could now be back in operation within days.
:14:44. > :14:50.After the big switch off, almost in a flash the cameras look like they
:14:50. > :14:54.are back in business, until September at least. It is all
:14:54. > :14:58.depended on the outcome of a meeting of the police authority.
:14:58. > :15:03.Its chairman believes they can come up with a plan and a funding to
:15:03. > :15:07.keep them operating in the future. Our evidence shows that since
:15:07. > :15:12.cameras went in, accidents where people are killed or seriously
:15:12. > :15:17.injured have probably dropped 70%. We can have no idea of the number
:15:17. > :15:22.of accidents that might have been prevented. In Norfolk and Essex,
:15:22. > :15:25.cameras are operating as normal, and a rethink in Suffolk say --
:15:26. > :15:31.officials say it will give them time to determine how effective
:15:31. > :15:37.they are. They are also seek to keen to seek the opinions of
:15:37. > :15:43.communities, like those in Coddenham. Many think the camera
:15:43. > :15:50.has made a blackspot safer. They find money for some things. I think
:15:50. > :15:56.this is an important thing. It does still people down on that junction,
:15:56. > :16:00.which is necessary, I think. This issue will be debated by Suffolk's
:16:00. > :16:04.Police Authority tomorrow. The key question - despite all the pressure
:16:05. > :16:11.on budgets, when it comes to road safety, can you do without these as
:16:11. > :16:16.a deterrent? A woman who was questioned over the
:16:16. > :16:21.death of a man in Suffolk will not be facing charges. The 22-year-old
:16:21. > :16:26.was arrested in Honington after the man, Leslie Metcalfe, was fine with
:16:26. > :16:31.a stab wound to the heart. The Crown Prosecution Service says the
:16:31. > :16:35.woman should not be charged. Inspectors have uncovered more
:16:35. > :16:41.problems at Basildon Hospital. They say there was shortfalls in
:16:41. > :16:45.recording the wishes of patients over whether to be resuscitated.
:16:46. > :16:48.But there issue -- the hospital says the issue has been addressed.
:16:48. > :16:52.The Care Quality Commission raised the issue.
:16:52. > :16:56.Parents and pupils at a Catholic middle school in Paris and Edmans
:16:56. > :16:59.have marched through the time to oppose its closure. Suffolk County
:16:59. > :17:05.Council says it has no other choice because it is getting rid of middle
:17:05. > :17:10.schools to move to a two-tier system.
:17:10. > :17:14.High-jinks for the last week of term at St Louis Middle School. But
:17:14. > :17:19.behind the fund, there is sadness and frustration. This week those
:17:19. > :17:26.emotions were made clear, as around 150 patients and pupils marched in
:17:26. > :17:31.protest at the school's planned closure. They cancel plan for
:17:31. > :17:36.schools, St Louis Middle School, a school which had an outstanding
:17:36. > :17:41.Ofsted last year, is due to close. We think there has to be a better
:17:41. > :17:45.way than closing the school. council does not agree. For the
:17:45. > :17:49.past five years, it has been phasing out primary, middle and
:17:49. > :17:54.upper schools and replacing them with junior and secondary schools,
:17:54. > :17:58.bringing them into line with Essex and Norfolk. Under the old system
:17:59. > :18:04.children changed schools at nine and 13. Under the new one, they
:18:04. > :18:11.require only one change at age 11. The theory is best change, less
:18:11. > :18:18.disruption, better results. What it will mean is in each year, probably
:18:18. > :18:23.hundreds of schoolchildren leaving at 16 with better GCSE grades. That
:18:23. > :18:27.is what you need when you are going into employment or higher education.
:18:27. > :18:37.This week, St Louis Middle School celebrate its 40th birthday. It is
:18:37. > :18:42.
:18:43. > :18:46.highly unlikely it will see its Charities in this region say they
:18:46. > :18:51.are already working at full stretch to help people hit by famine in
:18:51. > :18:55.Somalia. Refugees are already living here, but some local
:18:55. > :19:03.charities say the money is needed to help people living in the Horn
:19:03. > :19:07.of Africa. You would have to make a donation? With almost half the
:19:07. > :19:11.Somali population facing severe food shortage, help is needed fast.
:19:11. > :19:16.At World Vision's headquarters in Milton Keynes, staff are desperate
:19:16. > :19:21.to provide it. There are people moving out of Somalia. Conditions
:19:21. > :19:27.are that desperate, they are selling off their cattle, families
:19:27. > :19:32.are getting separated. The aim is to find food for the day, and that
:19:32. > :19:39.is the basic conditions. Children are dying. These people have left
:19:39. > :19:43.the south, and have fallen prey to drought and violence at the hands
:19:43. > :19:53.of the al-Shabaab Militia. The Somalis in our region do not have
:19:53. > :19:54.
:19:54. > :20:02.it easy either. My brothers, my sister, my father, also my mother,
:20:02. > :20:12.mostly my family, they are now in Somalia. It is really sad. When I
:20:12. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:20.see the television, I feel that... I cannot really explain my emotions.
:20:20. > :20:24.I do not... It is sad really. agencies across the world have been
:20:24. > :20:30.told they can return to Somalia or, having been thrown out last year.
:20:30. > :20:36.But until they know it is safe, and whether the aid will reach those
:20:36. > :20:40.who need it, the collecting will continue at full pace.
:20:40. > :20:43.160 of the top golfers in Europe are at Stoke By Nayland in Suffolk
:20:43. > :20:45.this weekend for the English Challenge.
:20:46. > :20:51.It is one of only three professional tournaments including
:20:51. > :20:57.the Open to be held in England, and a local player is leading the way.
:20:57. > :21:05.Taking aim - Jamie Moul, and today the Stoke By Nayland golfer rarely
:21:05. > :21:12.missed. The English Challenge did not prove too troublesome, as a
:21:12. > :21:18.shot after shot pet bird to the pin, with the putter he was deadly. --
:21:18. > :21:23.shot after shot peppered the pain. Good solid shot onto the front of
:21:23. > :21:30.the green, Jamie is eight under par. One more birdie for a new course
:21:30. > :21:36.record. He did not manage it, but nine birdies in a round of 64
:21:36. > :21:41.equalled it. I played really nicely today. It would be great to get a
:21:41. > :21:47.second win, it would be fantastic, and to give something back to the
:21:47. > :21:52.members and everyone here who has supported me. Jamie, at 26, is
:21:52. > :21:58.entering his prime. He won in Italy last year, but this year he wants
:21:58. > :22:04.to earn a spot on the main European Tour. English Golf is riding high,
:22:04. > :22:09.boasting numbers 1 and 2 in the world. Tom Lewis is the latest to
:22:09. > :22:12.burst onto the stage. We have a coaching structure was comes
:22:12. > :22:17.through the counties to the national level. That has been
:22:17. > :22:24.feeding through from a long time, and a lot of good quality coaches
:22:24. > :22:29.and hard-working volunteers. If it goes over, five points... But this
:22:29. > :22:34.week is not just about the pros. Participation in schools has
:22:34. > :22:39.travelled from 14 to 40% in seven years. They work on a seven minute
:22:39. > :22:46.cycle. It is all about fun and creating an interest in the game of
:22:47. > :22:50.golf which can be seen as boring. Back to the serious business, and
:22:50. > :22:56.at 25,000 first euros prize. With the pressure mounting, Jamie aims
:22:56. > :23:02.to keep rolling them in. I played with Jamie yesterday, he
:23:02. > :23:05.is lovely. What is your idea of a great day
:23:05. > :23:12.out? How about digging holes in a field of mud?
:23:12. > :23:16.My daughter would love that! The BBC is encourage Ping people to get
:23:16. > :23:22.involved in archaeology in a project called Dig For A Day. We
:23:22. > :23:27.sent Mike Liggins took Sedgeford. Class 2 from Sedgeford Primary
:23:27. > :23:31.School setting out to bid for a day. The Sedgeford dig is a research
:23:31. > :23:39.project looking at an Anglo-Saxon settlements not far from some --
:23:39. > :23:43.Hunstanton. Scrape away from the halls... But there is also at
:23:43. > :23:50.teaching trench being examined by experts. There are certain
:23:50. > :23:56.artifacts strategically buried. Amazingly the children find a jug
:23:56. > :24:03.dating back to, it could be weeks or even months old! You spotted it
:24:03. > :24:12.first? What was that like, exciting? Is the urge to jog worth
:24:12. > :24:16.money? Yes, about �20. They have had some nice finds, some gold
:24:16. > :24:24.coins and a beautiful torque. I thought I would find something
:24:24. > :24:31.similar. This is the gateway of his large Enclosure. Anyone over the
:24:31. > :24:38.age of six candid it is free but you do not -- you need to book. It
:24:38. > :24:43.is muddy so high heels are not a good idea. If you came in your high
:24:43. > :24:48.heels, you would accommodate -- we would accommodate you. But you have
:24:48. > :24:52.to be prepared to get down and dirty, so to speak. To find out
:24:52. > :25:01.more about archaeological activities near you, go to the BBC
:25:01. > :25:08.website. It is a valuable find! I do not find any gold, but I found a
:25:08. > :25:18.little piece of flint which is probably worth millions!
:25:18. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:27.He is holding an umbrella, what a We have had a whole week off
:25:27. > :25:34.showery, cool conditions. We have got high pressure waiting to give
:25:34. > :25:39.us-whether -- but today we had a weather front. There are few
:25:39. > :25:43.showers still a round. They will fade this evening, but for the
:25:43. > :25:48.first part of the night they might linger in Essex and Suffolk. For
:25:48. > :25:53.most of us it is a dry night. Clearer skies towards the end of
:25:53. > :26:01.the night, bringing temperatures into single figures, 48 Fahrenheit,
:26:01. > :26:05.nine Celsius. The winds are light in land, north to north-westerly,
:26:05. > :26:11.just a touch breezy around the Norfolk and Suffolk coast line. 13
:26:11. > :26:17.degrees. For tomorrow, it will be a day of sunny intervals. Isolated
:26:17. > :26:22.showers, much lighter tomorrow and not as widespread. A fine start for
:26:22. > :26:28.many of us across the region. As the temperatures rise, but cloud
:26:28. > :26:35.will bring us one or two isolated showers. But in the sunshine, we
:26:35. > :26:41.should see 20 Celsius, 68 Fahrenheit. The winds mainly light,
:26:41. > :26:45.a bit of an onshore breeze around the Norfolk coast line holding the
:26:45. > :26:53.temperatures down around 17 degrees. Through the afternoon, a further
:26:53. > :26:59.risk of showers, a good scattering across the afternoon. Now, for the
:26:59. > :27:04.weekend, we have high pressure taking charge of things, but also
:27:04. > :27:08.this era of low pressure. It sinks southwards, it is just off their
:27:08. > :27:13.east coast into the North Sea, Chris so we could start Saturday on
:27:13. > :27:18.a cloudy note. The further east, the more likely you are to get rain.
:27:18. > :27:23.Sunday, still the chance of an isolated shower. Next week,
:27:23. > :27:31.temperatures warming up. It will be quite breezy over the weekend. In