:00:11. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to Look East. Tonight: Told they can appeal for
:00:16. > :00:22.compensation - the veterans who took part in nuclear tests more
:00:22. > :00:25.than 50 years ago. We had to cover our rise with our hands. Believe me,
:00:26. > :00:30.we could see every single bone in our fingers.
:00:30. > :00:35.A mother relives the moment her former partner tried to kill her
:00:35. > :00:41.and her two children. He slammed the kitchen door shut, punched me
:00:41. > :00:48.to the floor and then stabbed me. Twice as find people as cold -
:00:48. > :00:58.rhino horns are stolen from one of our museums. -- twice as valuable.
:00:58. > :01:06.
:01:07. > :01:14.First Comer veterans are told they can seek compensation at over 50
:01:14. > :01:17.years after they were exposed to tastings of nuclear weapons.
:01:17. > :01:22.Over 1000 ex servicemen it can now take their claims to the courts
:01:22. > :01:27.again. They took part in Britain's nuclear tests in the Pacific half-
:01:27. > :01:35.a-century ago. The MoD has always denied a link between exposure and
:01:35. > :01:41.any illness. Daunting even now, but imagine
:01:41. > :01:46.washing -- watching and feeling this nuclear explosion. We had to
:01:46. > :01:52.cover our eyes with our hands and, believe me, we could see every bone
:01:52. > :01:56.in our fingers. David Freeman from Norwich was one of thousands of
:01:56. > :02:04.servicemen on Christmas Island in 1957 and is convinced his exposure
:02:04. > :02:11.to the blast resulted in his resit diagnosis of bowel cancer -- recent.
:02:11. > :02:16.Four years ago, Derek Chappell flew back to Christmas Island and and
:02:16. > :02:22.documentary crew followed him. He is suffering from a type of
:02:22. > :02:27.leukaemia he blames on the explosions. The Americans, Chinese,
:02:27. > :02:32.French and Australians have all recognised what a good job we have
:02:32. > :02:39.done but the MoD ignores us. How about the ones from Iraq and
:02:39. > :02:44.Afghanistan? Will they be ignored? The reparation today is a small
:02:44. > :02:50.victory for the veterans. application is granted. At the
:02:50. > :02:56.Supreme Court, they won their appeal to fight on but... The court
:02:56. > :03:02.would not wish to raise false optimism. The MoD denies a link
:03:02. > :03:09.between the veterans' exposure to radioactive t and any illnesses.
:03:09. > :03:13.They have been told by a... That there is no money around and we
:03:13. > :03:21.must not waste money on elderly people who served this country so
:03:21. > :03:24.well. I feel angry. David can say is now in remission. Those veterans
:03:24. > :03:30.who are still alive say they will continue their fight.
:03:30. > :03:34.We saw one of the veterans in that report, David Freeman, and a short
:03:34. > :03:40.while ago he came into our studio and I asked him for his reaction to
:03:40. > :03:44.the verdict. I'm optimistic but I take things as they come. I am
:03:44. > :03:49.waiting to see what the outcome will be. We have been told all
:03:49. > :03:56.manner of things in the past so I am one of these people who takes
:03:56. > :04:01.things slowly. We heard in the report you'd talking about being
:04:02. > :04:07.able to see the bones of your hands when it happened. How did everybody
:04:07. > :04:15.feel at the time? Were you very nervous? The scariest part of it
:04:15. > :04:20.was when everything went very quiet. From a tiny little island - in the
:04:20. > :04:24.middle of the Pacific Ocean - miles away from anywhere and normally the
:04:24. > :04:31.air is full of the sea birds. Suddenly, everything goes quiet,
:04:31. > :04:39.not a sound. Then you get the countdown from the plane doing its
:04:39. > :04:45.final run. It is that little bit between that and bombs away and the
:04:45. > :04:51.countdown that people then begin to say, are we going to make it? Will
:04:51. > :04:59.it blown up over us? They all sorts of doubts and things that creepy in.
:04:59. > :05:04.In fact, I think a few of us said a prayer. Very sadly, you got bowel
:05:04. > :05:10.cancer. You are at in remission but why do you feel strongly this is
:05:10. > :05:16.affected by what happened back then? None of us were never tested.
:05:16. > :05:21.We didn't have any Geiger counters or anything to check what dosage we
:05:22. > :05:26.had taken. To turn around and say, there was no radiation in the air.
:05:26. > :05:30.There was nothing there. Our biggest question is why did they
:05:30. > :05:35.take the native population away from the island for that particular
:05:35. > :05:40.test if they didn't know something was wrong? We are called guinea
:05:40. > :05:49.pigs but even guinea pigs get tested at least once a week. We
:05:49. > :05:53.never had any of that. We were just forgotten. Thank you very much.
:05:53. > :05:57.Victoria Meek, who was stabbed at least 10 times and left for dead by
:05:57. > :06:03.her former partner, has spoken for the first time about the attack.
:06:03. > :06:08.Had two children were also stabbed but cannot be named for legal
:06:08. > :06:12.reasons. Victoria Meek new Isaac Williams
:06:12. > :06:18.was violent. It was the reason she finished their relationship but she
:06:18. > :06:24.never realised the lengths he would go to - not just trying to kill her
:06:24. > :06:31.but her daughter. He had been violent before but I didn't expect
:06:31. > :06:36.that. Why your own child? I can't answer that question, only he can.
:06:36. > :06:40.In April, Isaac Williams saw that she had got a new partner and in a
:06:40. > :06:46.rage he repeatedly stabbed her and her two young daughters with a
:06:46. > :06:52.knife. He slammed the kitchen door shut and then punched me to the
:06:52. > :07:01.floor. Then he had his knife down the side of his waist and he
:07:01. > :07:09.stabbed me. My youngest was in her bedroom. She was playing and he
:07:09. > :07:14.walked through to the bedroom and attacked her first. My eldest
:07:14. > :07:21.jumped on his back and that is how she got it because she was
:07:21. > :07:27.defending her sister. I was injured all over really. Mainly my arm. My
:07:27. > :07:33.daughter on her stomach, my youngest. The other has some on her
:07:33. > :07:39.arm. I think he left me for dead. The eldest daughter helped dial 999.
:07:40. > :07:45.All had life-saving operations. This shows the moment he was
:07:45. > :07:50.arrested. Isaac Williams stood in the dock and was asked, do you
:07:50. > :07:59.plead guilty or not guilty to three Accounts of attempted murder? He
:07:59. > :08:04.replied "guilty" and sobbed. He has finally done the decent thing. Now
:08:04. > :08:14.it is time for me and my kids to move on. He will be sentenced in
:08:14. > :08:14.
:08:14. > :08:18.Three rhino horns have been stolen from the Ipswich Museum. Thieves
:08:18. > :08:24.got in just after midnight and took nothing else. Museums have been
:08:24. > :08:27.warned to be vigilant because rhino horn can fetch up to �60,000 on the
:08:27. > :08:37.black market - twice the value of gold.
:08:37. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:47.This is Rosie the Rhino at minus her horn. Another way rhino skull
:08:47. > :08:53.was stolen overnight. An alarm was activated at 12:25pm. It is a
:08:53. > :08:59.spurious belief that rhino horns are aphrodisiac. Tragically, rhinos
:08:59. > :09:05.have been pushed close to extinction because of this and they
:09:05. > :09:11.are now turning to museum collections. To raise the arrived
:09:11. > :09:19.in Ipswich in 1907. She came from the Natural History Museum -- Rosie
:09:19. > :09:24.arrived. Before we open, people were saying how sad they are
:09:24. > :09:29.because she is a huge draw for people. Some young children have
:09:29. > :09:35.said, we have come to see Rosie. February, this rhino head it was
:09:35. > :09:40.stolen from an auction house in Stansted. They say it is easier to
:09:40. > :09:46.steal from collections in Europe then poached from Africa. There
:09:46. > :09:54.have been approximately 20 thefts in auction houses in Europe which
:09:54. > :10:00.have involved significant losses to these museums. This is tempting for
:10:00. > :10:04.criminals who want to up tend -- obtain this to sell on the black
:10:04. > :10:09.market. It is thought the thieves knew exactly what they were looking
:10:09. > :10:14.for as they were in and out in less than five minutes. Two men were
:10:14. > :10:20.seen leaving the museum at around 12:30pm and getting into a silver
:10:20. > :10:24.saloon car. Suffolk police are appealing for information. Security
:10:24. > :10:31.at the museum is under review but security officials admit that no
:10:31. > :10:34.museum can be 100% secured from organised crime attacks.
:10:34. > :10:36.The Conservative MP for Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly, has been told he
:10:36. > :10:39.won't be investigated by the Information Commissioner. Mr
:10:39. > :10:42.Djanogly, who is a junior minister in the Justice Department, hired
:10:42. > :10:46.detectives to identify the source of what he called malicious
:10:46. > :10:50.allegations about him. The Labour MP John Mann claimed that blagging
:10:50. > :10:56.was used to obtain information. The Commissioner's Office says no law
:10:56. > :10:59.was broken. Coming up later in the programme:
:10:59. > :11:03.The farm which believes it's hatched the first Nile crocodiles
:11:03. > :11:12.in the country. And Shaun Peel's been out on the
:11:12. > :11:17.water. Art Olympic one to watch is very much on form with a year to go.
:11:17. > :11:27.This morning, she is open-water swimming on the Thames against
:11:27. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:34.heard that. We will find out how A couple from Essex who rented out
:11:34. > :11:40.a field for a convention of Christian gypsies have revolt --
:11:40. > :11:45.apologised to fellow villagers. Around 2500 travellers turned up
:11:45. > :11:50.for the Light and Life Mission in wouldn't Ferris.
:11:50. > :11:55.They had gathered from across the country to worship. Some
:11:55. > :12:00.sympathised with villagers worried about the sheer numbers. They are
:12:00. > :12:06.not used to this number of people nearby. I do feel sorry for them.
:12:06. > :12:11.It is a terrible thing to see a load of gypsy people coming onto
:12:11. > :12:17.land. Some say far too many travellers have turned up and they
:12:17. > :12:22.have started an online petition. don't have anything against the
:12:22. > :12:26.travellers at all. It is just an event of this size which we cannot
:12:27. > :12:30.accommodate. The devastation it has caused on our village. One of the
:12:30. > :12:39.main issues is the toilet facilities on the site which has
:12:39. > :12:48.led to then using perhaps gardens and fields and footpaths. Nearby,
:12:48. > :12:51.some businesses decided to close. Meanwhile, one of the leaders of
:12:51. > :12:55.the Light and Life Mission explained that everyone, including
:12:55. > :13:00.them, had been surprised that the numbers. He gave this reassurance
:13:01. > :13:06.to villagers. We will be gone and everything will be all clear. Some
:13:06. > :13:11.villagers feel we will stay but that will not happen. We rent a
:13:11. > :13:16.field and we are then gone. couple who rented the field said
:13:16. > :13:21.sorry to their neighbours. It isn't enough, I recognise that, but from
:13:21. > :13:25.the bottom of our hearts we say we are sorry and it won't happen again.
:13:25. > :13:35.This afternoon, the travellers and gypsies were beginning to leave,
:13:35. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:46.First it was telephone and power cables, now even door knockers are
:13:46. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:50.being taken by metal thieves. Shock and anger, that is the
:13:50. > :13:54.reaction of chatterers homeowners who have found thieves have stolen
:13:54. > :13:59.knockers and numbers from their bills. You do not expect this to be
:13:59. > :14:03.taken in the middle of the night. It seemed to be getting worse.
:14:03. > :14:08.is disgusting. People put these things on their properties, and
:14:08. > :14:15.some people cannot help themselves. Crime so close to home is worrying
:14:15. > :14:18.some residents. They have come here on, they have got screwdrivers, I
:14:18. > :14:22.did not hear anything at, they knew what they would do wind, I do not
:14:22. > :14:28.know how people are going to feel, knowing people are carrying weapons
:14:28. > :14:33.like that. The local postman noses round, but with the numbers missing
:14:33. > :14:38.it, others are being thrown into confusion. Delivery drivers are
:14:38. > :14:44.asking where the numbers are. They cannot get their lorries down here,
:14:44. > :14:50.so they are looking for them. police suspect rising scrap metal
:14:50. > :14:54.prices are the motives. They defend, manhole covers and cable are the
:14:54. > :14:59.more common targets. Solid brass from doors could attract up to �3 a
:14:59. > :15:03.kilo. Residents living along this line said they want to improve
:15:03. > :15:07.security, and they are going to speak to the police about getting
:15:07. > :15:12.better security. They say hopefully they and their friends will not be
:15:12. > :15:17.targeted again. -- had to leave their homes.
:15:17. > :15:20.More than 1000 fans of Ipswich Town were at Portman Road for an open
:15:20. > :15:24.day, the first-team squad trained at the stadium, which give
:15:24. > :15:28.supporters the chance to see the seven summer signings election.
:15:28. > :15:33.They are preparing for a final friendly against Wolverhampton on
:15:33. > :15:39.Saturday. A schoolgirl from Norfolk has found
:15:39. > :15:43.fame as a model for a national store chain. Ellie Burton has been
:15:43. > :15:47.signed up by Marks & Spencer. She came into the studio earlier and
:15:47. > :15:51.taught me how she tried modelling after she was picked on at school.
:15:51. > :15:56.My mother encouraged me, she thought it would raise my self-
:15:56. > :16:01.esteem. She said, you have got nothing to lose. She was talking
:16:01. > :16:08.about your self-esteem, because you had problems with poorly in? Yes, I
:16:08. > :16:14.have now moved, and everything is better. I have matured as a person.
:16:14. > :16:20.Has it raised your self-esteem? Yes. Tell me what you did to get started.
:16:20. > :16:26.The agency, you have to give money, and if he did not getting, or of
:16:26. > :16:30.the photos that were shot, they are yours, so you can build a portfolio.
:16:30. > :16:37.If you get in, they build your portfolio for you. You get put
:16:38. > :16:42.forward for jobs. It is a really long process. Since you got
:16:42. > :16:47.modelling contracts, have you seen yourself all over the place? Yes,
:16:47. > :16:52.just Chopin with friends, I have seen buses go past, billboards, and
:16:52. > :16:59.just watching the TV. Is it like looking at holiday photos, you
:16:59. > :17:04.think, I do not like that one?! some photos, you really hate.
:17:04. > :17:12.Getting the Marks and Spencer's contract, how did that feel? I was
:17:12. > :17:17.at school, my parents tested May. It did not sink in. I thought, are
:17:17. > :17:24.they live in? When I got there, I knew, I had it. Our people
:17:24. > :17:29.recognising you now? Yes, a couple of times. It feels pretty good. You
:17:29. > :17:34.have got to secretly love it! about the future? Do you want to
:17:34. > :17:40.carry on, or are you keen to finish your studies? I would love to carry
:17:40. > :17:46.on modelling, but I do know that anything could happen. I might not
:17:46. > :17:56.be able to. I want to have a back- up plan. But if the modelling takes
:17:56. > :17:59.
:17:59. > :18:09.off, that will be brilliant. You are watching Look East.
:18:09. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:12.Coming up, home in the Fens for the next generation of Nile crocodiles.
:18:12. > :18:17.With just eight year to go until the Olympics, are we have been
:18:17. > :18:21.catching up with an old ones to watch. Tonight, it is triathlete
:18:21. > :18:26.Hollie Avil. We often hear about children falling in the footsteps
:18:26. > :18:36.of their parents, but with her, it is the other way round. Her father
:18:36. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:43.was so inspired by his daughter, he decided to give it a go as well.
:18:43. > :18:48.Triathlon, it sounds easy, but it is not. It is a one-mile swim, a 25
:18:48. > :18:55.mile ride and a six-mile run. Hollie Avil loves it, and now so
:18:55. > :19:00.does her father. Since she was eight years old, Mark Avil was a
:19:00. > :19:05.taxi. His life revolved around his daughter's training. But then she
:19:05. > :19:10.left home. He got me into triathlon. He was not doing it himself at the
:19:11. > :19:17.time. But I thought he would start to give it a go. It is since I left
:19:17. > :19:21.home, he has been able to train himself. Yes, I got used to getting
:19:21. > :19:26.up at 4:30am to take her to the swimming pool, and then she went
:19:26. > :19:33.off to university, and I were still getting up. I had to decide what to
:19:34. > :19:38.do with my time. I decided to take up swimming properly. It is a
:19:38. > :19:44.Sunday morning on the backs of the Thames. They are competing for the
:19:44. > :19:49.first time together, and open-water swimming over a mile. For her, it
:19:49. > :19:56.is a bit, but market is training for the German Ironman triathlon. -
:19:56. > :20:06.- markets training. In two years, he has lost four stone, and he
:20:06. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:14.Hollie Avil won the race at a stroll, but then she is the
:20:14. > :20:20.professional, with London 2012 or on the radar. Her father came and
:20:20. > :20:28.soon afterwards, and he was the first to congratulate her. Well
:20:28. > :20:31.done! A surprise! In Beijing, I did not qualify until late, so I am
:20:31. > :20:38.just being patient, and hopefully I will be on top form by the end of
:20:38. > :20:48.this year. She is hitting form at the right time. If she makes it to
:20:48. > :20:49.
:20:49. > :20:55.the Olympic Games, her father will We are starting a regular Olympics
:20:55. > :20:59.report tonight, bringing you the stories about 2012. Tonight's is
:20:59. > :21:06.presented by former badminton world champion Gail Emms.
:21:06. > :21:09.It Hallow, I am here for the first of our regular Olympic Way
:21:09. > :21:15.thoughts.? Olympic reports. You will have seen the last night in
:21:15. > :21:20.the Olympic Hall, in my first ever competitive race. I finished
:21:20. > :21:24.seventh. Not bad for a badminton player! These youngsters are having
:21:24. > :21:31.a great time in their school holidays, because this venue is a
:21:31. > :21:35.possible training base for visiting Olympic teams. 13 countries have
:21:35. > :21:39.decided to base themselves in our region. The latest, St Vincent and
:21:40. > :21:44.the Grenadines, based in Hertfordshire. It could even be 14
:21:44. > :21:47.by the end of August. The Japanese trampoline team will be testing out
:21:47. > :21:53.the facilities in not come to next month to see if it is suitable for
:21:53. > :21:57.their preparations. -- in Northampton. The preparation events
:21:57. > :22:02.are happening to this summer, to make sure everything runs smoothly.
:22:02. > :22:08.On Sunday, the Olympic mountain- bike course will be tested. More
:22:08. > :22:13.than 100 of the top riders will be there, as well 5000 spectators. We
:22:13. > :22:17.will be live with a preview of the event to Margaret. The Olympics
:22:17. > :22:22.sailing tested and is also happening on Sunday, and it is a
:22:22. > :22:28.great chance for Saskia Clark to catch the eye of the selectors. She
:22:28. > :22:38.is really hitting form at the right time. Last month, she won silver in
:22:38. > :22:42.the regatta on the Olympic course. Well done to death from Essex, she
:22:42. > :22:46.has designed a version of the Olympic mascot which represents our
:22:46. > :22:52.region. She will develop her idea, which will be turned into an
:22:52. > :22:58.official version of the mascot, as well as a pin badge. We will have
:22:58. > :23:03.regular Thursday Olympic reports, but for now, it is goodbye from
:23:03. > :23:07.Bedford. Goodbye!
:23:07. > :23:12.There are many more stories on your BBC local radio station every
:23:12. > :23:20.Thursday morning. Next week, our report will be presented by Goldie
:23:20. > :23:24.Sayers, the British No. 1 in the javelin.
:23:24. > :23:28.A farm in Cambridgeshire Police it has made history by being the first
:23:28. > :23:34.in the country to hatch Nile crocodiles. They have been
:23:34. > :23:37.attempting to breed them for six years. Finally, they have succeeded.
:23:37. > :23:41.Needed the newest additions to the family. They are not the prettiest
:23:41. > :23:45.babies, but tell that to the mother. They will be grown up before you
:23:45. > :23:50.know it, just like these. Raising such a family is not without its
:23:50. > :23:59.challenges. Four weeks ago, the male knocked me flat and he lay on
:23:59. > :24:04.top of me. When the boys put their practice in, they got him off, and
:24:04. > :24:08.everything went smoothly. Crocodile meat sells for a premium, and pigs
:24:08. > :24:14.and cows do not get people this excited. They were not that scary,
:24:14. > :24:21.because they were asleep. They have got a lot of details. They are
:24:21. > :24:24.really scary. It is dangerous, difficult to get the correct
:24:24. > :24:29.licences, and it has taken six years, but it is the biggest buzz
:24:29. > :24:34.he has ever had. It is an adrenaline sport. People like
:24:34. > :24:39.riding fast bikes or motor racing. In six or seven years, it will be
:24:39. > :24:45.their turn on the tops above the podium. Holding one of these and
:24:45. > :24:49.imagining that its big brother ways in excess of their time, it is easy
:24:49. > :24:55.to imagine how hard it is to be a crocodile farmer, but the team on
:24:55. > :25:00.not put off all. These two are the stock of things to come. They are
:25:00. > :25:10.daring to meet some saltwater crocodiles in the USA. They really
:25:10. > :25:18.
:25:18. > :25:21.We have done pretty well for sunshine today. Many of us were
:25:21. > :25:27.stuck under a cloud yesterday, but most places have seemed decent
:25:27. > :25:31.sunny spells today. There was some thicker cloud that produced a light
:25:32. > :25:38.shower in Colchester, but I find evening with sunny spells to enter
:25:38. > :25:47.the day. -- but a good evening. Some cloud rolling in from the west.
:25:47. > :25:56.That could produce the odd few spots of rain in the far west. The
:25:56. > :26:02.wind stays light. Into tomorrow, it is going to be a cloudy day again.
:26:02. > :26:07.Not as bad as it was yesterday. There is a weather front great
:26:07. > :26:12.across us through the day, which will make conditions cloudy. Behind
:26:12. > :26:21.it, high pressure. That is building into produced some fine weather for
:26:21. > :26:26.the weekend. For tomorrow, rather cloudy. Brighter intervals. Enough
:26:26. > :26:30.cloud to produce the odd light shower, perhaps in the far west.
:26:30. > :26:40.Sometimes, the club fines and bricks, allowing some brightness
:26:40. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:51.through. -- cloud fines and brakes. The wind is light, north to north-
:26:51. > :26:55.easterly to start with, but the breeze will pick up. Into the
:26:55. > :26:59.afternoon, it stays mainly dry, if a little cloudier. One or two
:26:59. > :27:05.showers to the south of us, getting into Hertfordshire and Essex, but
:27:05. > :27:08.most places stay dry. It is a fairly settled affair. The high
:27:08. > :27:14.pressure is not strong enough to avoid areas of cloud from time to
:27:14. > :27:20.time. Although the weekend looks quite dry with sunny spells, do not