17/08/2011 Look East - East

Welcome to Look East on the day the government announced our region is

open for business. On offer: Incentives and tax breaks worth

millions. The target: Thousands of new jobs across the region. It is

no other news, a teenager is banned from Facebook after encouraging his

friends to riot. Meeting Andrew Lloyd Webber, the

most successful composer in the The government fired the starting

pistol today in the race to bring thousands of new jobs to this

region. The economic lifeline to some of our poorest areas comes as

the latest figures show unemployment in East went up by

over 10,000 in the last three months. -- in the east. The

question tonight: Will it be enough?

We are talking about Enterprise Zones, where company dark --

companies offered incentives to move their businesses. Our region

has macro quad -- four From today. They include Alconbury Airfield in

Huntingdon, Harlow in Essex and a joint site in Great Yarmouth and

Lowestoft. These areas will receive �51 million in tax breaks. If all

goes well, the extra activity should generate 18,000 jobs.

Today's announcement coincides with a rise in the region's job Tote --

jobless total, up to 6.5 per cent of the workforce. Alex Dunlop is in

Lowestoft. For years, Lowestoft and its

neighbour up the coast, Great Yarmouth, have suffered a slow

decline. What happens is that companies will either close up and

move out, and what you have left our small pockets of industrial

wastelands. The government today has said, show us your best card,

the one sector of the economy you can bring most jobs to your area,

and we will give you the incentive and the financial backing to kick-

start your local economy. In this part of the world, the smart money

is on this. The this was new angrier's trump

card, renewable energy. The Local Enterprise Partnership says the

industry could generate 1400 jobs. Energy businesses will be

encouraged to move into local brownfield sites, won over by tax

breaks, a relaxed planning laws and high-speed internet. The local

fishing industry has all but died. The hope is that the incoming firms

will fill the gap. This local one used to make fishing nets and they

have had to adapt to survive. will be used for garden netting.

Sharon and her colleagues make garden netting and sports equipment.

Part of the businesses Internet- based. Their boss has just paid

�15,000 for faster broadband. get instant access. Before, that

would take 30 seconds. Very frustrating. Chris welcomes the new

Enterprise Zone but says local, established firms are losing out.

Because they are getting faster access to the planning permission

and the tax breaks, it is not fair on local companies. Those behind

the bid say inward investment must be a priority. We must look at the

fact that we are looking to try and stimulate the local economy. You

cannot do that by giving tax breaks to everybody, because if you give

tax breaks to everybody, you are not then generating the new income

required for the local economy. Chris and other local bosses may

have to work harder through the downturn, but those behind the new

Enterprise Zone say renewable energy well within time breathe new

life into the area. -- will within time.

Across the border in Essex, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles

was in Harlow trumpeting a new Enterprise Zone. This will focus on

medical technologies and advanced manufacturing. They say it could

create up to two-and-a-half 1000 new jobs and 100 you businesses.

For both new Anglia, LEP and West Essex, today is a great achievement.

They have put a lot of hard work in and got the green light and the

financial incentive to get new businesses to come in. But in a

sense, this really is the hard bit. They have to convince outside

companies now that areas that had been hit hard are, in effect, the

best and brightest hope for new growth and prosperity.

Thank you Alex. We will hear from Eric Pickles in a moment. Another

place to benefit is Alconbury in Cambridgeshire. Mike Cartwright

spent the day there. It was home to one of the most

advanced aircraft of its day. Now amongst its aircraft hangars, the

hope is that new technology will be housed here. Precision engineering,

pharmaceuticals and Biotech. More than 150 acres, a massive site.

Often, the development phase relating to new concepts doesn't

happen in this country. This site is an opportunity to keep that

development activity local. The US Air Force have been stationed here

for decades. Their last aircraft leaving here in the mid- Nineties.

Since then, the runway has been home to row after row of containers,

and a place to keep new cars. But now, new incentives for new

occupants. Tax-breaks saving businesses five-�6 million,

planning regulations relaxed and super-fast broadband. It is hoped

it will attract 40 new high-tech companies. It will be an issue

longer term which is why we are applying appropriate pressure in

appropriate places to find out it is on the agenda as soon as

possible -- to ensure it is on the agenda. The few miles that way, you

have blue-chip companies in Milton Keynes. The hope is that similar

businesses will come here, and that will create new jobs. They hope

8000 new positions by 2015. In Huntingdon, we asked people looking

for work about it. There are not many people who go into that sector

in that area. Anything to stimulate jobs, economic growth, anything

like that, I would encourage. would not mind getting into

something like that, but people under 30 don't get jobs easily

these days. The airfield has its new status. The challenge now is to

find new business. As we saw just now, Eric Pickles,

the Communities Secretary, was in the region today. When I spoke to

him in Harlow, I asked him if he was confident that Enterprise Zones

would help create new jobs. They are part of a series of

measures we are bringing in. The Chancellor announced more than 100

measures to get growth going. Last year, about half a million jobs

were created in the private sector, which is good news. The bad news is,

of course, that youth unemployment continues to rise. It was rising in

the good times as well as in the recession. Yet I am standing in

place that's within 10 miles of which, there is in the region of

1300 vacancies for apprenticeships. It is trying to match up those

opportunities with young people. is persuading young people to

actually take the jobs on, jobs many of them don't want, isn't it?

It is about aspiration. Say, for example, in Harlow, what this

particular Enterprise Zone will be about, is about medical technology,

hi-tech, high quality manufacturing. I think when we get this going, and

expected to get going quickly, this is what Harlow will be known for,

quality jobs. It is about raising people's expectations. Under the

Thatcher government, they were keen on Enterprise Zones. 80 per cent of

jobs then went to people coming into the area. They didn't go to

people who needed a job. You make a fair and reasonable point. Those

lessons, I think, we have learnt. Enterprise Zones were pretty

successful in the Docklands and very successful in Sunderland, but

these advanced planning and simplified planning, it is about

industries. We are not replacing existing jobs or moving retail

units around. This is about quality, medical technology, high

manufacturing, right here in the heart of Essex. Communities

Secretary, thank you. Thank you.'s later to night, I get to meet

Andrew Lloyd Webber. A we have the goals from last

night's football and the winners and losers in the annual snapshot

of tourist numbers. Details after a closer look at the news way you are.

Health experts in Norwich today admitted they made mistakes after

one of their patients committed a gruesome killing. Garnet Hooper had

been receiving treatment for schizophrenia when he stopped

taking his medication and went on to kill.

It took four years to produce today's independent report into the

causes behind the horrific killing. Much of it was critical of the care

provided by Norfolk Mental Health Services to psychiatric patient

Garnet Hooper. 64 year-old Graham Rayner was a retired mechanic who

befriended Garnet Hooper, but eventually paid for that with his

life after being bludgeoned and decapitated. Mistakes were made at

a human error level, but the inquiry points out that there were

a number of systemic failures in the NHS Trust. We have concentrated

very hard on getting those right. This report shows Garnet Hooper was

a man with a history of violent schizophrenia. It concludes that

procedures to get him back on his medication were not robust enough,

with tragic consequences. The warning signs were there. In 1990,

Hooper, who had refused to take his medication, almost killed his

father. In 1992 he was transferred to a secured facility in Norwich.

By December 2003 he was deemed well enough to live in the community

without supervision, and received his medication from his GP. In

April 2006, he stopped co-operating. For two months, Norfolk Mental

Health authorities repeatedly failed to make him take his

medication. On 24th May, he killed Graham Rayner. It is beyond belief,

the opportunities that were missed. Simple mistakes were made that

could have made a difference. We were never know, it may not have

made a difference, but it was an absolute tragedy that more was not

done to support Garnet. Norfolk Mental Health Services say all the

recommendations have now been implemented.

The Crown Prosecution Service has asked Essex police to make further

inquiries into claims a cabinet minister tried to evade punishment

for speeding on the M11. The force has been investigating whether

energy secretary Chris Huhne asked his estranged wife to take penalty

points for him in 2003. They interviewed Mr Huhne and Vicky

Pryce, who is a leading economist. It was today confirmed that a woman

in Essex died after being stung by Wasps. The woman, in the Seventies,

had a heart attack. Her husband was also stung and had to be treated in

hospital. It happened at Galleywood near Chelmsford while the couple

were out for walks. Pensioners Janet and George Duncan

were on their way to their social club when as they passed this hedge,

the Wasps swarmed. The couple were walking along this road when on the

other side of the hedge, somebody had prodded a wasp nest. They were

attacked, particularly the woman. On hearing their screens, a nearby

neighbour called 999. He went round to see if he could be of assistance

but she had been so severely stung that the situation was very bad.

For 30 years they lived around the corner. We heard the aeroplanes and

helicopters, and we didn't expect it at all. Very shocked.

suddenly be told after talking to her a little bit earlier that she

had died, it was a big shock. was a shame. It really is a shame.

Immediately after the attack, the A teenager from Suffolk who posted

a Facebook message saying come on rioters has been banned from social

networking sites for one year. The 17 year-old admitted sending

menacing messages when he appeared in a youth court at Bury St Edmunds.

Despite a ruling banning vet media from identifying him, the 17-year-

old covered his head with a jacket when he left court. His brush with

the law was described as a foolish prank. He posted I think we should

start rioting. His is about time we stop the authorities are pushing us

about and ruining this country. It is about time we sit up for

ourselves. The court was read some of the comments from the

defendant's 400 Facebook friends. One posted what would be the reason

for rioting around here and ruining the time we live in. Within minutes

the defender posted a message that said everyone chill, stupid comment,

I admit, sorry. The court heard that the police did not gel,

instead they arrested him. The teenager said it was a stupid, and

there was not supposed to be taken seriously. He said I tried for

quite a long time to deleted. Magistrates sentenced him to 120

hours' community service, a 7:00pm to 6am curfew and is banned from

social networking sites for 12 months. The Police hope cases like

this will make people think carefully about the messages the

post on social networks. Controversial plans for 600 new

homes on the edge of Norwich have moved a step closer. Councillors in

Broadland have approved the latest stage of the project in Thorpe St

Andrew. If it goes ahead supporters hope that could mean a northern

bypass will be built. The plan has attracted strong opposition. About

a third of the houses would be for people on lower incomes and be

available to rent. In football, Ipswich manager Paul

Jewell described his side's latest performance as shambolic. They were

thrashed 5-2 by Southampton, their third home defeat.

Ipswich poss -- boss of Paul Jewell is facing a tough task. His team's

confidence was a question before last night, now it is shot to

pieces. 2-0 down after 12 minutes, it became 3-0. They were left

chasing shadows. Paul Jewell demanded a second have response and

he got it from Keith Andrews and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas are but the

players could not be continued. Southampton were in no mood to

relent. They got two further goals in the last 15 minutes. Paul Jewell

needs new signings. Colchester and Southend were also well beaten, and

in the class and a budget told in the first half with a Bradley

Wright-Phillips scoring a breeze. In League Two, Southend lost it to

Crawley. The next goals came within 15 minutes. Much to do for our

You are watching Look East from the BBC. Are coming up: the man who

loves the Sound of Music. That was him on the right!

New figures out today show that most of the region's tourist

attractions did well last year, despite economic downturn. But some

popular destinations, which charge admittance, suffered a fall in

visitors. Here are the top five attractions

in the east. At the top of the list, Holkham Nature Reserve in Norfolk,

with about 800,000 visitors last year. In the paid attractions,

visitors numbers at Colchester and Whipsnade Zoo were down. But

outside the top five, there were some big winners.

This is the North Norfolk Railway, then 9:45am is departing. Visitor

numbers here were up 10% in 2010 and railway bosses think that is

down to offering value for money. It is �10.15 for an adult and �5

for for a family. You get to travel all day and be here all day. You

can get off and go to the woods, go to a picnic area and watch the

trains go by. As the train chugs out of the station and along the

coast, it is clear it the family sat come here were having to watch

the pennies. Compared to some of the railways, it is very good value.

It has got lots of comfy seats. Chester Zoo is the top paid-for

attraction in the east. It had 755,000 visitors last year. That

was down 11%. The zoo is blaming At Audley End near Cambridge the

Aesop a 20% rise in visitor numbers. English Heritage say that is

because they have improved what they call the visitor experience.

We have overhauled this service wing and the service yard, both

reflect the 1880 period. That has had a positive impact on our

visitor numbers. We're here to drop people in and talk to them and

engage them. We are in character in the can ask anything they want.

Overall, the picture is a rose. In tough times, many tourist

attractions in the east are reporting that business is

relatively healthy. The composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is

more at home in the West End and on Broadway, so it was a nice surprise

to see him at the Theatre Royal in Norwich. His production of the

Sound of Music is back on the road, and when I spoke to him about one

hour ago, he told me he had been a fan of the show for a very long

time. I was asked to the opening night, would you believe, because I

at I wrote a fan letter to be composer when I was at school.

Amazingly, I got a reply. At that time everybody loved the Beatles

and Elvis Presley, the Sound of Music had been very badly reviewed

in America. It was not popular but I loved the music. I was asked to

the opening night and I saw it as a marvellous show but I thought there

was a problem. The girl, who was very good, was in her early 30s.

But I thought it did not add up because there was on about an 18-

year-old who fell in love with an older man. The whole thing becomes

much more thrilling and exciting. I thought that one day and would like

to produce it. I had a ridiculous idea of casting by television. I

happened to say to somebody at the BBC, why do we not try this? To my

amazement the said why not. Did you understand why some people in the

theatre were a little miffed that you were taking an unknown from

know we're after some people had worked for years and used to try to

get to there. Yes, but it was open to everybody. Connie Fisher, who

won it, had been around for years. If you are going to take and say

you want an 18-year-old girl to play Maria, who is by definition

not going to be somebody who has been in theatre for a long time.

What happened with the TV show, what people did get to understand,

is that we unlock the door to theatre for a load of kids who had

never been near a theatre before in their lives. As somebody who made

his name from writing music, is it something you wish you had written?

It is a wonderful score, despite the fact it has had some pretty

rubbish reviews. It has some fabulous songs in it. It is

brilliantly dramatically constructed. It is a very clever

piece. You were so involved with television now and producing, are

you still writing? I am, at the moment I have no subject I want to

write about. It is there not time for me, I am writing tunes and

music all the time but I have not found the theatrical vehicle I want

to pin it all too. Next time, I may not to a theatrical show. You wake

up in the morning with a tune in your head? Sometimes yes. I cannot

keep away and music is my life. It is fun. Television is not might

day-job, but it is fun. It is not the day job. There is nothing more

exciting than think you have got a melody.

Absolutely charming man. The Sound The next 24 hours of music will all

be about this weather front. This is a long way of weather front, the

active part is to this size. -- says. There was a lot of cloud

today. This cloud has produced some patchy rain. In places, we will see

some patchy rain this evening. The general trend will be for it to

clear during the evening. The bulk of the night will be dry with some

clear intervals. Under the clear skies, temperatures could be down

to 11 degrees, 52 Fahrenheit. The winds are mainly light. They could

be a touch breezier around the coastline. Tomorrow will be cloudy

with some heavy rain, particularly later on. Having said that we might

get a bright start, particularly in the east. It will soon start to

cloud over from the West. You will see this menacing wall of water,

there will be some heavy rain amongst that. Under the cloud and

the rain, the temperatures are struggling to get higher than 16 or

17 Celsius. Our top temperature will be 19. It will feel chilly

with this north-easterly wind. It is generally light in strength but

it will be a touch breezier around the coastline of Suffolk and Essex.

Through the afternoon that rain will track eastwards. The heavier

bursts of rain are expected through the afternoon. You will see it does

start to become more broken and patchy by their end of the night.

This is the pressure a chart for Friday into Saturday. You will see

the weather front moves out of the way and high pressure starts to

build. It promises a few days of fine weather. You will see there is

a low pressure weather system over the Atlantic. Potentially a wet

start to next week, but this is how it looks. Cloudy with outbreaks of

rain. A fine day expected for a Friday. Saturday will have warm and

humid air. Once we get to the end of the day on Sunday we could get

some heavy, thundery showers. A wet start to the week.

Thank you. A reminder: the Government has named as some areas

of our region as enterprise zones. Elio be heard about these areas.

Mark Cartwright is with us, who has been used London for you are?

think it has gone down very well with the people involved with the

dead. A lot of hard work has gone into this. They did not know if

they would get it. As are the developers of this side -- site who

plotted and will now start building the buildings that businesses will

use. Residents are relieved. I do not know if you can see that there

is a bunch of containers. There was some talk of turning this into a

proper freight port. Those containers would have been

travelling up and down the road. Some relief that will not happen.

It is not just here, there was excess for a bit in Northampton. If

you take a look at these pictures, this is Northampton water site

enterprise zone. It is near the buildings in the centre of the town.

It is near the Avon factory. Some of the businesses they are similar

to hear. There is financial, leisure and business. The council

are delighted. In terms of jobs, we are talking in next to three years

of 7,000 jobs. Rising to 17,000 jobs over 10 years. The