12/08/2011 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to the programme. Tonight, social media in the dock

with more court cases and arrests linked to this week's violent

disorder. Today, claims that the internet can

help to rebuild communities. Things like this can really make a

difference. It is fantastic to be involved.

Fire has destroyed a big recycling centre in Essex.

And later, why this bride-to-be is Hello. The role of social media and

mobile messaging has emerged as a common thread today as more people

were arrested and appeared in court following disturbances earlier this

week. Today there were court appearances in Luton and Colchester

and more arrests in Haverhill, Clacton and Cambridge. More than 70

people across the region have now been arrested. In a moment we'll

speak live to one of our MPs who insists social media is a force for

good. But first this report from Jo Black.

Today at magistrates' court in Colchester, 19 year-old Jason. They

accused of posting a Facebook message capable of encouraging

violent disorder. Arrested in Clacton on Wednesday, he denies the

offence and entered no plea to another charge of possessing an

offensive weapon. It was a metal pole. He was released on

conditional bail and the case will be passed to the Crown Court. It is

nearly one week on, and around 1600 people up and down the country have

been arrested in relation to the recent troubles. Although our

region did not see any full-scale riots, we did not escape trouble.

People suspected of being involved in various actors have already

started going through the courts. Today in Luton, 17 year-old that we

are not allowed to name appeared before magistrates, accused of

using social media to encourage others to commit burglary. He

entered no plea and was remanded in custody. It is alleged that on 9th

August, he used Blackberry messenger, and people were told to

target the supermarket. In Clacton, and 18 year-old woman has been

charged with encouraging others to take part in violent disorder, also

using BlackBerry messaging. Another 19 year-old man is due in court,

charged with sending malicious communication over Facebook. And in

Cambridge, 17 year-old has been arrested today on suspicion of

violent disorder, after a group through items that police officers

outside the Grafton Centre. These types of scenes have brought

national outrage. But it is not over. It is all still to be played

out in the courts for many months to come.

The MP for Cambridge, Julian Huppert, spoke out in the Commons

debate yesterday in support of social media websites and he's in

Cambridge now. Let me put it to you that without Twitter, Facebook and

BlackBerry messenger We just wouldn't have seen the huge number

of rioters or the organisation. think there is clearly some

involvement with many of those social media, but we have seen

riots in times past which did not use Twitter and Facebook. What is

being forgotten in most of this is how much social media can be used

to reassure communities. In Cambridgeshire, police have put out

messengers telling people what happened, calming down fears,

because there were rumours flying around. It was used for the riot

clean up as well, where people came together, especially in London, to

clean up areas affected by the riots. We cannot blame social media,

just as in the past we have blamed know our phones and the printed

word. People using social media for the wrong purposes, they should be

prosecuted if they have broken the law. But people that reassure their

friends and family and the community with it, that should be

supported. Can you understand the frustration of the police, sifting

through messages, so only some of which are real. That is a huge

amount of wasted time and resources. I don't think it is a waste. The

police get lots of information from Twitter. Some of the people that

got arrested in Cambridgeshire, the police used a Twitter to send out

pictures of the people they were looking for. That is a powerful way

of getting thousands of people to look and see if they recognise the

person. It can be incredibly useful for the police and the communities

as well. People do use it for the wrong purposes. There has been a

lot of talk about closing down Facebook and tweeted during a time

like this. -- Twitter. Would the positive impact out by the

negative? I think the idea of closing things like that down would

be very negative. I think it would lead to a sense of panic. If you

are going to be consistent, you have to get rid of text messages,

mobile phones, phone-calls, if you want to stop people communicating.

Nobody would want that to happen, it would just lead to panic. By all

means, let's have the police looking at things, like Twitter,

which is an open network so they can see what is being said. They

are now prosecuting people for some offences and that is surely the

right way to go, rather than trying to silence the entire thing for

fear that it may perhaps be used. Thank you for talking to us.

In this region, social media sites and the internet are already being

used as a power for good to help communities get back on their feet

and rebuild. A number of new sites have sprung up dedicated to helping

the victims of the riots. It was nothing compared to what was going

on in the capital, but these are the images from a tense week. The

worst of the trouble in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge and

Basildon. The his website is basically a charity to help put

money back into the community to help the people affected by the

riots. That is a former Big Brother start speaking. His message is to

stay in and drink tea. And to buy some soothing Darjeeling to dispel

any urge to go out rioting. All proceeds go to victims of the

disturbances. This media company designed and built the website for

San in record time. It went live on Wednesday afternoon. It has been

quite crazy. The Facebook Page has 300,000 fans now. We have had

40,000 visits to the website and dozens of orders keep coming in.

People are talking about it all over Twitter so it has really taken

off. This charity has used Facebook and YouTube to launch their own

nationwide campaign to support riot victims, whether it be funds they

need or essentials like blankets, clothing, or furniture. Their motto

is to help others before helping yourself. There is a great

opportunity that people have got here to work with social media now,

to get involved in the good stuff that we are trying to do. A lot of

the kids were straight on, telling us they wanted to get involved and

they did not agree with what had happened. Cambridgeshire has used

twittered to post images of two people they want to speak to over

the disorder in Cambridge. The police know that social media can

be a help rather than a hindrance. Still to come - a look ahead to all

the weekend football including a Premier League return for Norwich

City. And Mike's met a special bride-to-be ahead of her very big

day. Yes, this is Nancy. She had cancer two years ago. She is

getting married tomorrow in a Vivienne Westwood dress. It is

quite a story. We will tell it after more news from your part of

the region. A couple have been arrested after a

three-year-old girl was rescued from the roof of a block of flats

in Essex. The child had apparently climbed out of the window of a top

floor flat in Albany Gardens in Colchester this afternoon. She was

pulled to safety by a neighbour. The couple in their 20s are being

questioned on suspicion of child neglect.

A murder investigation has been started after a man attacked

outside a nightclub in Norwich died of his injuries. The 43 year old

victim suffered serious head wounds in the attack outside Chicago's

nightclub on the Prince of Wales Road during the early hours of this

morning. Six men in their 30s have been arrested and remain in police

custody. Police say the area was packed with revellers and are

appealing for witnesses. A recycling centre has been

destroyed in a major fire near Chelmsford. More than 30

firefighters dealt with the blaze at Little Waltham. Field by 1000

tonnes of plastic waste, the fire was intense. The rules of the --

the walls of the building buckled under the heat. The alarm was

raised at 5 o'clock this morning and several fire crews struggled to

get inside to fight the flames initially. When we arrived, a

complication was gaining access to the area. At this stage, the

building appears to have been secured. From the start, given the

nature of the fire, we would have opted for a defensive approach to

the incident. All of the fire fighting has been external. With no

water on side, supplies had to be pumped in from a lake nearby. They

managed to sell the some of the machinery but not everything. The

air is thick with the acrid smoke from the burning plastics. There is

little more the firefighters can do but let it burn out. This was the

second fire on this I it in as many months. They don't police and fire

investigation is now under way. -- a joint police and fire

investigation. Two teenagers had to be rescued

from the sea off Clacton. They were struggling in the water after

trying to swim around the pier. Tendring's Beach Patrol team

managed to get lifebelts to them, but had to call out the lifeboat

after their boat took on too much water in the rough seas.

Pottery, coins, brooches and other metal objects from the Saxon,

Medieval and Roman age have been unearthed on a building site for a

new hospice in West Norfolk. But there are warnings for people to

stay away and not to go on the site to steal any remains. Abridge, a

belt, a dress fuss and are probably worn on a cloak. 6th to 7th century

bronze items discovered here. of the artifacts are of copper

alloy so they will have look like copper or bronze, quite shiny and

nice. A lot of them are balm and fittings, and we think they would

have been casual losses that fell off. -- garment fittings. The

people that wore them are probably just like us, to be honest. Some of

them may have been slightly wealthier because they could afford

metal fittings, rather than leather or cloth. They were found on this

land, the side for a new and vital Hospice. There is a huge inequity

across Norfolk. Norwich has a fantastic NHS hospice. The

consultant in palliative medicine at the Queen Elizabeth has got six

beds there, which he looks after, as well as people in the community,

but there is no Hospice facility with an in-patient unit. That is

what we are building here. So far �1.3 million has been raised but

�2.7 million is needed to complete the work which they hope to get in

the next two years. There are growing concerns of night talking.

When people hear about fines like this, they come onto the site at

night, illegally, and basically steal anything they can find of

archaeological interest. Archaeologists will be on site

while work continues on Hospice. They hope to find evidence of

structures and roads to build a clearer picture of what life was

like. Their work should not delay completion of the hospice.

The organisers of the Lowestoft Air Festival claim more than 350,000

people attended the event over the past two days.The show brings

around �14 million into the local economy and the crowds came despite

some poor weather, which also meant some aircraft were unable to fly.

A book containing more than 100 recipes from the 1880s has been

found and returned to the stately home where it was written. Clare

Balding has been to Audley End in Essex to uncover some of Britain's

hidden heritage in a new BBC series on Sunday evening. The author was

one Avis Crowcombe, the cook that prepared the finest food for the

family upstairs. Amazingly, she took the trouble to document her

culinary creations in this ordinary-looking but utterly

remarkable book. Because we know who used to it, we know where it

came from and where she was cooking. That makes it really important. It

ceases to be a collection of recipes and becomes a record of

cooking in the English country house. To help me get a taste for

the 1880's, and he is preparing a variety of sumptuous dishes for me

to sample, all made following the recipes laid out in this cookbook.

Among other delights will be an apple cake, made with apples grown

on of the estate. We will also be sampling Windsor sand ridges with

ox tongue is failing, not so fashionable nowadays. -- sandwiches.

And Amandine cake, which should be filled with apricot jam or wit --

whipped cream, according to taste. We have been preparing this banquet

of dishes and joining me is the person responsible for a unearthing

the cookbook. It did not have any monetary value, but put it here, in

the place where it should be, create the food that she was

creating, and you have some real Cutting-edge science is something

that this region does very well and in some areas we lead the world.

One of them is the science of plants, especially around Cambridge

and Norwich. Today we've been given exclusive access to a major new

laboratory which has cost �82 million.

Lots of light, a courtyard rooting it into the ground. Architecture

providing the right conditions for research, mirroring the needs of

the plants that they study. Biofuel, big issues, all studied here by 150

scientists. This is the plant equivalent of elaborate.

researching the genes of plants they are studying how they grow.

is really important in plants, because the number of branches that

you have determined how many flowers and seats that you make.

There is interest across horticulture and agriculture.

cost �82 million to build. The facilities are cutting edge. The

first director says this part of the world now leads the rest in

plant research. The laboratory will be fundamental at the front end of

research, trying to understand how genes lead to Plant Growth and form.

Along with the Department of Sciences at the University of

Cambridge, that makes the University of Cambridge a central

focus for fundamental plant biology, adding in the Sainsbury Laboratory

at Norwich, and the Research Institute in Cambridge, this gives

the East of England the most successful set of planned

laboratories in the world, ranging from fundamental research all the

way to field trials of varieties of wheat. Four months ago, Her Majesty

the Queen formally opened the facility. The scientists are

settling into their surroundings and what they hope to grow, a

knowledge. Football now and the Premier League

season starts tomorrow. Norwich play their first game at Wigan. The

Canaries haven't been in the top flight for six seasons. Looking

ahead to that game plus the rest of the sport, here's Tom.

Yes, not a glamour Premier League tie, but Wigan away just as

important. The Latics, who finished 16th last year, are managed by

Roberto Martinez who admits he's a big fan of his opposite number Paul

Lambert. In transfer news, Norwich have made a bid, believed to be

around �800,000 for this man, Liverpool's Daniel Ayala. He had a

medical today on the eve of City's top flight return. Two seasons ago,

League One champions. Last season, upper league and up a gear. Norwich

kept on winning. In May, back-to- back promotions secured. 1-02

Norwich. Jackson has made it this time! Now it is the Premier League.

It is a miracle. Going to the bottom of League One and then up

again. Extraordinary. You guys are the tops. Paul Lambert has not

spent the summer reflecting on their success. After six years out

of the top flight, he has been plotting on how to keep them there.

Seven new signings, including Steve Morrison for 2.8 million from

Millwall. Most exciting was Elliott Bennett from Brighton, costing �1.5

million. Good, young, hungry British talent. I don't think you

can beat that. They know what the Premier League is all about. If you

look at Kyle Mills, he is a tremendous acquisition for the

season. The two winners as well, and then Steve Morrison and James,

and they will thrive on the surface and on the quality. Iwan Roberts

played a starring role for Norwich last time they won promotion to the

Premier League. So can they stay there for more than one year this

time. We will be looking at the side that will be towards the

bottom end of the Premier League. I think they are more than capable of

not finishing in the bottom three. Norwich fans will be out in force

tomorrow. 4500 making the trip to Wigan. They may not be as skilful

as some of the big clubs but you cannot buy team spirit and they

have that in abundance. I think they will do very well. We will be

fantastic and we will stay up. 17th, it may be even mid-table. So far so

good. There can his team rise to the ultimate test?

The Carling Cup draw's been made. Norwich will play MK Dons.

Northampton's reward for knocking out Ipswich is a game with Wolves

from the Premier League. Peterborough have an all-

Championship clash against Middlesbrough. Talking of Ipswich,

they've bought in Keith Andrews on loan from Blackburn until January.

It is no surprise that Paul Jewell has boosted his ranks with the

signing of Keith Andrews. He earned a move to Blackburn following his

display in an MK Dons shirt. He is hungry and I have been really

impressed with him. He scored 16 goals for MK Dons the year they got

promoted. He has played at the level, above the level, he has

played international football and he is a tough leader. Grant

Leadbetter might go to Portsmouth. They play their first home game of

the season with Hull the visitors. Peterborough's start to the season

has been thrilling. Josh Thomson is likely to be in the squad. MK Dons

make the long trip to Exeter and Colchester will take on Wycombe,

who beat them in the Cup on penalties. Southend face the same

fate, heading to Accrington Stanley in League Two. Of Camden Town are

full of beans after beating Ipswich. They are wrapped Aldershot.

Kettering Town begin life at their new home in Rushden. A huge piece

of history at Rockingham Road, which is well documented. It is a

wrench for the fans but like most things in life, things move on and

this is the beginning of something new. They will take to this really

well. Good luck to the other teams that begin their campaign this

weekend, notably Braintree Town, the new boys.

In cricket, he just kept batting and batting. Alastair Cook from

Essex turned his overnight century into a mammoth one against India at

Edgbaston. He cruised passed 250. Eventually out for 294 - his

highest test score. England in total command, leading by 486 runs.

India already one wicket down in the second innings. For coverage of

your team this weekend, tune in to your local BBC Radio Station.

Norwich highlights will be on Match Of The Day Saturday night. The

Football League Show is straight after.

Just a word about that report on the Canaries. We're sorry it didn't

include any of the normal interviews with the manager or

players at Norwich City. The club won't let us interview them at the

moment. Now that story we mentioned earlier

about Nancy Laffan. She's from Cambourne near Cambridge and

tomorrow she's having a blessing to celebrate her marriage to Rory.

Nancy will be wearing a dress made by the world famous fashion

designer Vivienne Westwood. Mike Liggins takes up the story. Nancy

with her husband Rory and their two children. Nancy has been to hell

and back in the last two years. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in

October 2009. She thought she was going to die and quickly arranged

to marry Rory. She wanted the children to have the same name as

their father. We went to the registry office. I wore my jeans

and jacket and the children were there and then we went to the

Beefeater and had a meal for six. That was it, really. Then I went

home to bed because I was quite ill. It was really sad. It was almost

like we were doing it... Well, in case she died, basically. So the

children would have their father, married. It was not nice. It was

more necessity really. Nancy went on to have chemotherapy, a double

mastectomy and radiotherapy. Earlier this year, her sister

entered a Sunday Times competition to win a Vivienne Westwood wedding

dress and Nancy won. Here she is in a dress that she will wear for the

blessing tomorrow. I just want everybody to have fun. I want all

of the people that have been so special to us and so kind to be in

the same room together. And just to have a fantastic time. With two

children and can see you do not get much time for yourself and your

friends. -- and cancer. So just to have a big party, I think. Nancy's

health is good now. She feels well but she urges other women to check

their breasts regularly. And that I love it. I absolutely love it.

The fact that I got to have a say in the design... I don't want to

ruin it but I will keep it on all day. People keep telling me to take

it off. But you only get to where it wants. -- you only get to wear

it on one occasion. A beautiful dress but stay clear of red wine!

If she gets married in the afternoon, it should be OK. By

lunchtime it should start to improve after a changeable week.

This area of low pressure is close by, pushing weather fronts towards

us through the day. That has made conditions very cloudy for most of

us. It has produced some showers. Looking at the radar picture, it

probably does not look like much, but some showers in the West and

South of the region which are still around at the moment so it will be

cloudy this evening with further showers. The computer is not

putting many of them in, so don't be surprised if you do catch a

shower tonight. This evening it will be dry. There will be a lull

in the activity and then some patchy rain will come through on

that front. A good deal of cloud so temperatures no lower than 57

Fahrenheit. The winds will be light, South to south-westerly. This is

our weather front tomorrow. As you can see, it clears through in the

morning and steadily moved away. That is good news for Sunday, but

it will be damp to start that weekend. It will turn progressively

brighter and Sunday looks like the pick of the weekend weather. A good

deal of patchy rain tomorrow. It clears the East coast around about

lunchtime and leaves a legacy of cloud behind. In the West, you will

see gaps in the cloud appearing to allow some bright and sunny spells.

In the brightness, temperatures will respond, so high temperatures

of 22 tomorrow, 72 Fahrenheit. It will be breezy with a moderate

South to south-westerly wind through the day. Lighting in

strength inland, but breezy around the coast. -- lighter in strength.

The cloud will thin and brakes so there should be sunny spells by

tomorrow evening. Sunday looks mostly fine with cloud bubbling up

in the afternoon. A similar pattern with Monday and Tuesday, fine