16/08/2011 Look East - East

In: Frail prices to rise by 8%. We examine what the impact might be on

one commuter town. Welcome to. Also tonight: After the riots, the

latest figures and who has been arrested and who has been charged.

The care home at the centre of a council inquiry after the death of

an elderly resident. First tonight, what the rising cost

of rail travel means for commuters in this region.

The figures are stacked. A new pricing formula means the cost of

tickets will rise by an average of 8% from next January. Some routes

will see price rises of 13 %. The government says it will pay for

more trains and faster services. Tonight, we are focusing on what it

will mean for one of our big commuter towns, Colchester. Gareth

George is there. The rush-hour is well under way. A

tide of commuters has been pouring hand. Not too many delays or

cancellations today. Bad news of a different kind. A big hike in

railway fares is on the way. This was the reaction. It is ridiculous.

Every year, it goes up. They will price themselves out eventually.

They claim the money is going back to the government and they will be

invested back into the railways, but we would have to see if they

keep their promises. I would have to start driving to save money, but

you do not know what the cheapest option is. If you get a good

service, you are prepared to pay more. It is quite hard at the

moment in a period when most of us around pay freezes. Difficult time.

You only have to stand at Colchester station and see the

number of commuters to realise how important the London link is to the

economy here. Anything that hits commuters hit Colchester.

Colchester, a commuter town. It looks to London. It takes around an

hour to get to the capital. It is vital for a lot of people who work

in London, if they cannot get a job around here, especially if they're

doing something Spencer list. A you are not paying London prices are

due have good links. Going to London is quite an ordeal in itself

every day. I think it is sad, it is a sign of the times. Commuters

grumble about overcrowding and delays, and an annual standard

class season ticket into London is already over �4,000. You're talking

about another �1,000 in the next four of five years. You're going

over the rate of inflation. One may be able to afford that? Good

question. Either people will be able to -- and people not be able

to afford it and have to find another job, or get on the road.

that a number tells of, it will have an impact on house building

and on business generally in the town, which depends on the wages

from these people to pay its way. Cultures to taxi drivers say they

row already fewer commuters, and they believe today's fare increases

will not help. Everyone is finding it difficult at the moment. More

pressure on their finances will mean probably less work for us.

government and train operators say the fare rises will help pay for

faster, better trains, but for some in Colchester, commuting may become

too expensive. Lots of viewers' comments about the

increases. Someone said: Can we stop hearing about difficult

decisions? Why not say it like it is? The rail system in this country

is totally messed up, and because we cannot fix it, we will continue

to charge consumers more and more. James said, this year, I quit my

London job for a less well paid local position because of the

travel costs. When I realised I paid more for my train fare than I

do for the entire year's income tax, the decision was an easy one. The

government and the train operators say that if we wanted better train

service, we have to pay for it. The government says by increasing fares,

that means the taxpayer has to contribute less to those

improvements. The improvements will be paid for by the money raised

from higher fares. Thank you very much.

Police forces across the region are still gathering evidence on people

who were alleged to have been involved in the riots last week. So,

how were they getting on? Here's Kim Riley.

A lot has been happening. Police have been poring over hours of CCTV

footage and examining the social networking sites for what they call

the plotters behind some of the trouble. In terms of arrests,

Hertfordshire and Essex top the table. They have been 45 arrests in

Hertfordshire. 14 people have been charged. Police in Essex have made

around 26 arrests, among them, a 20-year-old man from Colchester

charged under the Serious Crime Act with attempting to organise a water

fight in the town. A 17-year-old was charged with throwing a pound

coin at a bus and breaking a window. He was given a six-month affair

order and fined �335. In Cambridge I, there have been 23 arrests, 16

relating to violent disorder in Cambridge and Peterborough. This

was the message from Cambridgeshire Police.

We have made 23 arrests in Cambridgeshire, but that is not the

end of the situation. We need to process those individuals through

the system and continue to work with a public to keep the place say.

It gives me the opportunity to thank members of the public for the

tremendous support we have had. Letters, e-mails, feedback on

Twitter. Not so meek in terms of support, but helping us understand

what has been going on. 14 arrests in Northamptonshire's so far. Two

people charge, one of them a 17- year-old accused of assaulting a

police officer. Milton Keynes police have arrested five people.

They are charged with violent disorder in Bletchley last Tuesday.

In Suffolk, just two arrests, including a 17-year-old charged

with intent to incite disorder. In Bedfordshire, 17 euros from Luton

has appeared in court charged with using social media networks to

encourage others to commit burglary. Northolt, no arrests are charges of

murder, we are told, in connection with the right. Debate go on over

how the riots were policed, whether the initial response was too timid,

but it seems all our forces are fighting back, determined to build

a case against those who contributed to last week's disorder.

Thank you. A campaign has been set up to have

two men from Southend who are in jail in Spain after being arrested

over an attack on two men in a bar. James Harris and cow Fein were

stopped by police at the airport as they were waiting to fly home after

a long weekend. Their family and friends say it is a case of

mistaken identity. Joining his is Geoff Elliott, who was on holiday

with them, and Carl's brother. Joe, you were on holiday with them and

you were with them when they arrested. You're not with them when

the attack was supposed to have happened. None of us were out at

the time of the incident. We were drinking in a bar called Bush

Wacker, and the incident happened in a bar called Flanagan has. We

only leads of the existence of Flanagan has after they had been

arrested. We have never been in the bar or head of it. It is at the

other end of the strip of bars to that one we were in. It is not very

close. It is a case of mistaken identity. How do you think that

came about? How do you think they were selected as the people who did

this? It is quite straightforward from how I can see it. They were

very friendly with the bar staff in the bush laquer. They wanted to

stay in contact with the bar staff, they gave their contact details and

names, and said, we are flying home tomorrow night. Someone took it

upon themselves to go up from Flanagan's tourism investigation,

they asked about two Londoners, and they were given their names. They

are lovely dies. They are nice and chatty. That is how they found them

at the airport. They were looking at them. J, you have been to see

your brother. How are they at the moment? They are up-and-down. At

the beginning, when we first saw them, I visited them the first week

there was in prison, and car was very distressed and tearful. As

time has come on, we had a bit of a problem in the court. He was told

by one of the translators, we have got you now, we have got enough to

keep you. He was crying when he came out of the court. They're

getting into a routine. What help are you getting from the foreign

office, or bottle part they are getting? We have had great support.

Myself and lots of family and friends have contacted local MPs,

and they have sent off to the foreign office, and there are aware

of it, but I have not heard of anything come back from the foreign

office to say they are looking into it, they are looking into it but we

do not know what the outcome is. Thank you for talking to us. We

will continue to watch the case. Thank-you. Thank you.

Later in the programme: More on super-fast broadband.

When will you get it? Although the weather is changeable,

you can expect a sunny start to tomorrow. They forecast coming up

after more news where you left. There's growing concern from

relatives and staff over the standard of care at the Partridge

Care Centre in Harlow. One resident died and two more were taken to

hospital on the same day. The Partridge Care Centre, modern,

privately run and now the focus of a criminal investigation. One

resident is dead, another two in hospital. Amid unconfirmed reports

that all three may have been given too much insulin here in this unit.

For those with relatives at their home, anxious times. Tina has a

mother in law here. I have been concerned for the last six months

in particular about different things regarding the level of care.

Medication, water, regarding a tension. -- Regarding attention.

Michael is 95. -- Michael has a 95- year-old father. There have not

been enough staff. The facilities are not being used. For some reason,

they lack management. A succession of investigations are under way. A

debt is six-year-old woman has been arrested and released on bail. The

regulator inspected it area this year and found a home at failed to

reach seven essential standards, including residents to offer not

been protected from abuse, residents not been given medicine

they need when they need them. It is an assessment shared by Lucy.

Her husband and cousin work at the care health. My husband has been

asking for training since he started, two-and-a-half years ago.

He is still asking for training. All he has done his health and

safety. People are in and out that place all the time. Management have

never been any good. The director of this care how did not want to

appear on camera. She told me they are doing everything they can to

promote the well-being and care of all 78 residents here. She

categorically denied any issue to do with poor training, saying she

had a dedicated manager to make sure that all staff had the

A man had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering a sugar

burns -- acid burns at a sugar factory. The man was taken to a

specialist unit at Broomfield Hospital in Essex after suffering

burns to his neck, chest and hands. Fire crews have been tackling house

fire at a village in Essex for the past few hours. They were called

out to the thatched cottage at 11:30am. They are now removing

furniture from their eyes and stripping back the thatch.

Nazi invasion plans for the town of Ipswich are to go under the hammer

this week. The a arial maps were seized from Germany at their end of

that second world war. They show detailed bombing plans.

It is wildly known that Hitler drew up plans for the invasion of the

British mainland during Second World War. These chillingly

detailed maps showed just how real the threat of that invasion was for

Ipswich. The maps were snatched from Germany at their end of the

second world war. The Auctioneers soon discovered the chilling

significance of locations marked read a map.

These areas where the strategic targets. Or when you think that

they included the hospitals and also the mental hospital in the

area, it became quite a shocking feeling to think that the Germans

were obviously clearly planning on bombing these places as well as the

more obvious industrial targets. One local historian said that, will

shock that hospitals were targeted, he was not surprised Ipswich was

considered for invasion. The city docks would have been ideal for

landing an invasion force. They Engineering work is obviously prime

interest, the real as well. They could have doctor quite sizable

ships. The maps are expected to fetch hundreds of pounds when sold

later this week. If the offer a chilling insight into what is

easily -- could easily have been. If you are watching Look East in

Norfolk are part of Suffolk you will need to retune tomorrow as

some channels are being moved. If you are watching an analogue signal

from the Tacolneston transmitter you will not be affected, but for

Freeview, BT's vision or Top Up TV from a Tacolneston you will need to

retune after six am tomorrow morning. Messages explaining what

to do will appear on all Freeview screens.

I knew birthing unit has opened at the Norfolk University Hospital.

The centre was set up to provide extra capacity and will be run by

midwives. It will provide more of a home from home setting for mothers

and complications are not expected. Need Chloe. She is just over four

hours old and she is the 24th baby to be born at this new unit. It is

an alternative for expecting parents. When we came in last night,

we had the option for the pool bath, which I had not intended having,

because it did not know if I would like idea, but the pains were quick

Severe so I thought why not. Having the the one to one, having the

midwife here, has been fantastic. We enjoyed the fact that we had our

own room. There were four or birthing rooms, each had been named.

This is the jazz men remanded is one of three with a pool. This is

the unit has been opened, around 60% of couples have chosen to have

up water births. The benefit is for the women themselves, it is the

home from home environment but it is about the midwives practising in

the way that be sued. The new suite helps a hospital cope with increase

in births. When they first opened there were around four or 1,500.

That figure has now shot up to 6,000. Just down the corridor is

the main delivery suite, so new parents can be reassured that the

medical team are in the bag and on Getting a decent broadband

connection is fast becoming a necessity for both homes and

businesses. As we reported yesterday, it is expensive.

Yesterday we heard about Cambridgeshire, with extra money

coming from the county council, today it is a whole region with new

money from the Government. Village life, secluded, safe, sense

of community. Super-fast broadband, know. It is like living in the Dark

Ages, says the owner. Patrick Forbes contacted Look East after

watching our broadband item last night. Watched -- using his

computer, we tried to download it and watch it again. Hello... It is

about stop-start. You would not want to watch a film or a drama

with the sort of interruptions. was too slow. There was a day when

I could not send e-mails because it was taking so long to get to the

site I was trying to get to to sending e-mails, the thing was just

dropping out every time. megabits per second is the

broadband speed here. Two megabits is what is required for basic

internet use. 25 is better for movies and games. Private companies

will have to help. It will provide for copper, fibre, there will be

satellite wires and there may well be mobile. The Government have

promised a �362 million nationally. They areas along receive a

Suffolk County Council will add in �10 million of their own. Well

there are parts of Suffolk that have very decent broadband, we

still have parts of either has run through rural parts where it is

still on dialogue. All councils will have to find additional

funding, but a promise is that by 2015, 90% of homes will have better

abroad and. That leaves 10% left looking at something like this.

Most other football teams are in action tonight.

First, news of a signing at Norwich. Daniel Ayala has agreed a four year

deal. My fee, believed to be �800,000, he is 20 and spent some

of last year at Hull and Derby. Ipswich will hope to get back on

track when the host Southampton in the championship. Tyler lost to

Hull on Saturday. -- Ipswich Town lost. Every game is going to be

tough. It is a battle of nerves. They are flying and have got the

momentum. They have got good players. It will be a tough game.

In League One tonight, three games, Stevenage have drawn their opening

two to play Bournemouth. Colchester take on Charlton and MK Dons head

to Yeovil. Bristol Rovers are Northampton and Crawley were

playing at Southend. The Colchester Cricket Festival starts tomorrow.

There will be a four key -- four- day game against Gloucestershire.

Standing proud, the king of the jungle. Me a cat on the lookout for

eagles, not these ones. Today's celebrity guests, they Essex Eagles

in town for the cricket festival. Colchester is a lovely time, I am

biased, it is a great place to come and play cricket. We always get

good cricket here. A good bumper crowd was a long way to good

cricket. More than 10,000 fans will draw on the pride of Essex. Similar

numbers turned up at Southend last month. Just a few finishing touches

at Castle Park before the Games begin. It is nice to come to this

side of the county and play county cricket. The lads enjoy it, it is

very friendly, a good place to play. Gloucestershire will not have to

square up to Alastair Kirk, still on England duty after his

spectacular against India. It was incredible to see. He is a big

influence. We can all see him going on to bigger and better things.

is becoming as Super Hero. It is brilliant to see him and have him

as part of Essex. Even without him, Essex are unbeaten and are pushing

hard for the semi-finals in the one day. The festival should be great

fun for the fans, players, but it is serious business most of the

time! Plays that at 11pm, you can tune into your local radio station.

One of the most iconic aircraft in the American Air Force has been

back in the skies over East Anglia after an eight-year absence. The A-

10 Tankbuster was a familiar sight over part of the region in the 70s

and 80s. Then there bases were close, but now they are back.

There is nothing in this guy's quite like a A-10. It has been a

real treat for plane-spotters. 10 wart hogs have been moved from

Germany to this RAF base. Last time they were based in East Anglia was

1993. Brenda Fleming is one of the pilots. The A-10 is all about close

air support. We provide that for anybody on the ground, Marines,

army British and Americans. This is actually what the A-10 is built

around. It is this done. It is 30 millimetres uptight weapons here,

we are carrying 1150 rounds. long does that last? Not too much.

These are A-10 ofs were recently inaction over Libya. Nothing about

this plane is pretty, it is designed to hit targets heart and

survive damage which would destroy any other aircraft. This was Look

East of when the first planes came here. They were based that would --

Woodbridge. Our station here at their eighties, it is nice to be

back. Even if it is just for a short period of time. I understand

there a lot of aviation enthusiast out there who enjoys seeing the A-

10. By their end of this week, the exercises here will be over. They

will go back to Germany. It has only been three weeks, just a short

reminder of the 15 years that A-10 Now, the weather. It has been a

really cloudy be thanks to this really cloudy be thanks to this

weather front. It looks in we will have a finer day tomorrow, the

cloud was with us today. It is starting to break up and we should

see some bright or sunny spells through this evening. It is not out

of the question that the cloud could provide rain but most places

are dry. There will be long, clear spells developing and laws of 12

Celsius. The winds are light and variable in land. Around the coast

we have got a moderate north- westerly. Tomorrow we can expect a

fine start to the day but it will turn increasingly cloudy through

the afternoon. He was see clear skies across much of the region

first thing and the cloud will develop from the says. It could

produce light rain or drizzle in the sense of the region during the

afternoon. Temperatures will climb to 21 Celsius, 70 Fahrenheit. The

winds are mainly light tomorrow and the will turn north-easterly.

Through the afternoon, still a lot of cloud around, maybe the order --

odd brighter spells. There could be one or two spot of light rain or

drizzle out of the cloud overnight, it will stay rather cloudy. Into

Thursday, here is the weather fronts. Draped right across as his

is a of low pressure. We can expect some heavy rain. There could be

some heavy bursts of rain. There will be the odd chance of fish -- a