:00:05. > :00:12.In Look East tonight. Now the United Nations condemns the
:00:12. > :00:16.eviction plans at Dale Farm. Hello and welcome to the programme.
:00:16. > :00:19.Also tonight. Living afloat. The latest Government plan to help
:00:19. > :00:23.solve the housing crisis. Rude and unacceptable behaviour.
:00:23. > :00:27.Why Jim Davidson has been banned from a theatre.
:00:27. > :00:37.And watch the birdy. Sam Torrance is among the big names sinking the
:00:37. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:51.First tonight, support from a United Nations committee for people
:00:51. > :00:54.living on the illegal Dale Farm travellers site in Essex. First a
:00:54. > :00:57.reminder of the geography of the site near Basildon. About 500
:00:57. > :01:02.travellers live there at Crays Hill on a legal site. But another 500
:01:02. > :01:05.who live in this part of the site don't have planning permission. The
:01:05. > :01:08.plots are on land which is officially green belt. After a
:01:08. > :01:12.planning row going back more than ten years, the council deadline for
:01:12. > :01:22.people to move off the site has now passed. Eviction will follow and it
:01:22. > :01:22.
:01:23. > :01:26.could be weeks or it could be days. Gareth George is there now, Gareth.
:01:26. > :01:32.There was a great cheer here this morning find it news came through
:01:32. > :01:35.of a statement that had been made by a United Nations committee. It
:01:35. > :01:37.was the committee for the elimination of Racial
:01:37. > :01:42.discrimination and after has called for the evictions are to be
:01:42. > :01:46.suspended because it believes it will disproportionately affect the
:01:46. > :01:51.lives of traveller families, particularly of women, children and
:01:51. > :01:59.older people. Meanwhile the entrance to Dale Farm keeps getting
:01:59. > :02:03.bigger. New signs appearing all the time. The media are not usually
:02:03. > :02:10.allowed past that barrier. This is the media reception centre they
:02:10. > :02:19.have set up here at the entrance. But earlier today, we were allowed
:02:19. > :02:24.in and taken to the protest camp that has been set up in Dale Farm.
:02:24. > :02:28.We were taken there for a press conference. With media minders
:02:28. > :02:38.never far away, reporters were escorted him. We were led to the
:02:38. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:48.protest camp set up by it -- set up by so-called human rights monitors.
:02:48. > :02:54.Reports that Dale Farm has been hijacked by anarchists were denied.
:02:54. > :02:58.There is great support. It is very stressful here at the moment. When
:02:58. > :03:05.he gets too much, we come down here and have a cup of tea with these
:03:05. > :03:11.people. They are here to give our support. Speaker after speaker said
:03:11. > :03:17.both travellers and activists stood together. We are peaceful. Any
:03:17. > :03:23.group can come down and help us. The press corps was interrupted for
:03:23. > :03:26.an important announcement. News are just in half an our ago that the
:03:26. > :03:34.United Nations Committee for the elimination of Racial
:03:34. > :03:41.discrimination has called for a complete stop to the evictions.
:03:41. > :03:45.Dale Farm's closest neighbour add most outspoken critic said why he
:03:45. > :03:52.thinks the evictions should still go ahead. The judges have made
:03:52. > :03:58.their decisions. It has to be turned back to a greenfield site.
:03:58. > :04:07.Back at Dale Farm, more desperate pleas to the council. We are crying
:04:07. > :04:14.and crying every night. I had cancer, I have diabetes. Where can
:04:14. > :04:19.be go on the road? I am begging you. The travellers post for a
:04:19. > :04:25.photograph under the United Nations flag.
:04:25. > :04:30.Our government responded very quickly to that statement. They
:04:30. > :04:33.said that the British courts have found that the developments at the
:04:33. > :04:41.Dale Farm are in breach of planning law. Basildon council is with them
:04:41. > :04:44.is right to evict travellers from the Dale Farm side.
:04:44. > :04:47.So that's the situation from the travellers' point of view. But of
:04:47. > :04:50.course many local people back the council, including the local MP
:04:50. > :04:53.John Baron who is at Westminster now. What do you think of the
:04:53. > :04:57.United Nations getting involved? I'm they get it wrong and
:04:57. > :05:01.irrelevant. This is not about racial discrimination, this is
:05:01. > :05:07.about the breaking of planning regulations. It is as simple as
:05:07. > :05:11.that. We would not allow the 4000 people waiting on Basildon's has
:05:11. > :05:16.enlisted to break the rules, why should we allow the travellers to
:05:16. > :05:21.break the rules? If that we did, people would ask why is the one law
:05:21. > :05:24.for travellers and another for local residents? When I spoke to
:05:24. > :05:30.the council leader yesterday, he said that he had offered housing to
:05:30. > :05:35.the travellers who needed it. The travellers has said that housing is
:05:35. > :05:39.not up to the standard that anybody would want to move into. Should
:05:39. > :05:44.they be offering better accommodation to the travellers?
:05:44. > :05:48.The council has his obligations up to offer the week, were vulnerable,
:05:48. > :05:53.we done and the old suitable accommodation. I do not see why
:05:53. > :05:56.travellers should be given preferential treatment. All we have
:05:56. > :06:04.ever asked of this community is that those who live in this
:06:04. > :06:11.community abide by this the rules. The law courts have decided that
:06:11. > :06:17.the law has been broken and that this land has to be returned to do
:06:17. > :06:24.greenfield site. What about these people in the camp? It is the usual
:06:24. > :06:28.mixture. If local reports are true and if there are a large number of
:06:28. > :06:32.so-called anarchists tos where, I would expect of the law to take
:06:32. > :06:36.action if they cross the line and if they did anything unlawful. It
:06:36. > :06:43.is very straight forward. You cannot stop people congregating,
:06:43. > :06:49.but you can stop people breaking the law. Is this a more hard-nosed
:06:49. > :06:53.response? We have always believed to that rule of law and lot are for
:06:53. > :06:59.-- floor and order. I have never changed my view on that. Whoever it
:06:59. > :07:03.is, traveller or none traveller, if you break the law, the law should
:07:03. > :07:09.take its course. Equity and fairness when it comes to law and
:07:09. > :07:12.order. A bag you very much for being with us.
:07:12. > :07:15.It's the latest attempt to ease the housing crisis The government wants
:07:15. > :07:18.more people in this region to be able to live on the water. The new
:07:18. > :07:22.homes bonus, where the government rewards councils which allow new
:07:22. > :07:25.housing developments, will now apply to houseboats too. Off the
:07:25. > :07:28.River Story at Harrow sits the Moorhen Marina, home to some three
:07:28. > :07:31.dozen narrowboats, about a third of them residential. Maths teacher Ian
:07:31. > :07:40.McDowell bought the 90 year-old Water Witch for �35,000 earlier
:07:40. > :07:45.this year. Now together with his cats, it is home sweet home. I am
:07:45. > :07:52.here most of the time, I can go up on the river whenever I want. Space
:07:52. > :07:56.is a bit constricted, but you get used to that. I love it. It is my
:07:56. > :08:03.own little home. Self-contained, I have got everything on there that I
:08:03. > :08:05.need and I live life just as normal, but on a boat. New narrowboats can
:08:05. > :08:11.cost from around �60,000 to more than 100,000. Moorings here are
:08:11. > :08:19.around �3,000 a year. The Government accepts that many more
:08:19. > :08:25.marinas will be needed if their aim is to be realised. Throughout our
:08:25. > :08:27.region, there are a lot of canals and possibilities for moorings. We
:08:27. > :08:35.are reminding people and the local authorities that the new homes
:08:35. > :08:38.bonus does pay out for a houseboat. It is a dramatically under-used
:08:38. > :08:41.resource, particularly around major cities. There is a huge housing
:08:41. > :08:51.problem in the country and there are tremendous opportunities to
:08:51. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:55.bring the waterways back into use for that purpose. The government
:08:55. > :08:59.hopes its scheme will allow more people to live in areas where they
:08:59. > :09:06.could not afford traditional bricks-and-mortar. The Labour
:09:06. > :09:10.opposition has labelled it a desperate gimmick.
:09:10. > :09:13.Still to come tonight. A full weekend forecast. And the start of
:09:13. > :09:23.the rugby season with a new man pulling the strings at Northampton
:09:23. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:35.Saints. An exclusive interview A pilot has died after his light
:09:35. > :09:37.aircraft came down in fields near the A1 in Peterborough. The crash
:09:37. > :09:40.early this afternoon damaged overhead power lines and brought
:09:40. > :09:43.traffic to a standstill. A section of the A1 remains closed in both
:09:43. > :09:45.directions near Water Newton by Sibson Airfield. Police say it's
:09:45. > :09:48.likely to stay closed till midday tomorrow.
:09:48. > :09:50.The comedian Jim Davidson has been banned from performing at the
:09:50. > :09:54.Theatre Royal in Norwich over accusations of rude and
:09:54. > :10:04.unacceptable behaviour. He has even published a letter from the theatre
:10:04. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:13.giving their reasons for the ban. Love him or love him or loathe him,
:10:14. > :10:19.Jim Davidson makes no apologies for his behaviour.
:10:19. > :10:24.But he does suggest that Norwich's Theatre Royal has lost his sense of
:10:24. > :10:30.humour. He says, I had been asked by many people why I do not play
:10:30. > :10:34.Norwich, they think I am snubbing the time, that is not the case.
:10:34. > :10:41.There is no denying that Jim Davidson is great Box Office. For
:10:41. > :10:45.three years running, he had to sell out shows here. But management says
:10:45. > :10:55.he was rude it to staff. In a letter to the comedian, the
:10:55. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :11:02.theatre's boss said he was of them said to staff. Would you have them
:11:02. > :11:06.in your office, in your house? did he say that was so offensive?
:11:06. > :11:16.will not repeat it, it was so offensive. If he apologised, would
:11:16. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:24.you have Kemback? No. It is a form of censorship. If somebody takes
:11:24. > :11:30.what I say as offensive, there is nothing I can do about it. If he
:11:30. > :11:39.was that would, I think he should stay banned. Should he be allowed
:11:39. > :11:46.to perform? No, not if he has insulted people. As to why he has
:11:46. > :11:53.it reopened at this issue, when your on a nationwide tour, all
:11:53. > :11:56.publicity is good publicity. The Norfolk showground near Norwich
:11:57. > :12:00.has been turned into a music venue for the weekend. 40,000 fans are
:12:00. > :12:07.expected to turn up for two days of artists from the urban music scene.
:12:07. > :12:17.Our entertainment reporter Dawn Gerber is here with the details.
:12:17. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:27.Who is performing. On Saturday, Eliza Doolittle, and
:12:27. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:39.Professor Green. On Sunday, N-Dubz and Tinie Tempah. Also, Tinchy
:12:39. > :12:44.Stryder. Lots of entertainment. What's happening. Around 4000 fans
:12:44. > :12:51.have decided to camp there. There is entertainment for them as well.
:12:51. > :12:56.It is a brand new festival, there are a lot of around, but the
:12:56. > :13:02.organisers feel this is special. felt that there was a beach in the
:13:02. > :13:09.market for this type of festival to be placed in Norfolk. There are
:13:09. > :13:17.concerts nearby, but those are just one Act and a support. We are
:13:17. > :13:23.bringing up to 60 Act. Are there tickets still available?
:13:23. > :13:31.Camping tickets have sold out, but there are around 2000 at day
:13:31. > :13:41.tickets available for Saturday and Sunday. The roads will be busy in
:13:41. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:46.the area, sought stay away unless you are going to the festival.
:13:46. > :13:49.The Ipswich tennis player Elena Baltacha is out of the US Open. She
:13:49. > :13:51.started well, winning the first three games in the opening set. She
:13:51. > :13:54.was beaten by former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3. After
:13:54. > :13:55.the match, Baltacha refused to shake the umpire's hand. She was
:13:55. > :13:58.unimpressed by some of his decisions.
:13:58. > :14:01.The Sizewell B nuclear power station was switched off today for
:14:01. > :14:03.routine maintenance. It happens every 18 months. It will be
:14:03. > :14:06.refuelled and a number of maintenance projects will be
:14:06. > :14:09.carried out at the same time. 1,200 specialist workers will be brought
:14:09. > :14:11.onto the site. Local companies will share contracts worth �3 million.
:14:11. > :14:13.The station generates power for two million homes and employs 500
:14:13. > :14:16.people. The trust that runs the new
:14:16. > :14:21.hospital in Peterborough has been given the lowest possible rating by
:14:21. > :14:25.an independent regulator. City Hospital opened last December. The
:14:25. > :14:32.trust is forecast to be in debt by �21 million by the end of this
:14:32. > :14:38.financial year. This state of the art hospital has revolutionised
:14:38. > :14:41.health care in Peterborough. But this has come at a cost. With a
:14:41. > :14:43.debt of over �20 million, the Peterborough NHS Trust has been
:14:43. > :14:49.given the lowest possible rating by the monitor, the independent trust
:14:49. > :14:52.regulator. The Monitor rating uses a set of financial indicators which
:14:52. > :14:55.rates us as a one, the worst possible rating. There are another
:14:55. > :14:59.11 trusts which are in very serious financial difficulties and so I
:14:59. > :15:03.think there will be other trusts coming in this direction. The trust
:15:03. > :15:07.has already announced that 300 jobs will need to be lost as part of its
:15:07. > :15:10.plan to save up to �14 million this year. The Trust's financial
:15:10. > :15:14.problems have been made worse because it is yet to sell the city
:15:14. > :15:19.centre site of the former Peterborough District Hospital. It
:15:19. > :15:22.is hoping a deal can be struck soon. We are in negotiations with a
:15:22. > :15:26.number of parties looking at various options to see where we can
:15:26. > :15:29.get best value from the site which is what we have got to do as a
:15:29. > :15:31.public body. If the financial situation at the hospital does not
:15:31. > :15:34.improve, the regulator has the power to intervene in the
:15:34. > :15:37.management of the hospital. The trust insists it is on track to
:15:37. > :15:47.reduce its deficit and, in doing so, patient care will not be
:15:47. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:06.You're watching Look East from the BBC. Coming up: some warmth at last.
:16:06. > :16:09.
:16:09. > :16:13.But for how long? Alex will have the weekend forecast.
:16:13. > :16:16.We had just been talking about your response!
:16:16. > :16:18.The new rugby season begins this weekend for both Northampton Saints
:16:18. > :16:24.and Bedford Blues. And the Saints have a new chairman.
:16:24. > :16:27.His name is Barwell. And if that sounds familiar, it's because Leon
:16:27. > :16:29.Barwell is taking over from his father Keith. He's given his first
:16:29. > :16:32.interview to Look East and says he's determined the transition will
:16:32. > :16:35.be a smooth one. At Franklin's Gardens, not even the chairman's
:16:35. > :16:39.parking space is sacrosanct. Keith Barwell had made way for son Leon,
:16:39. > :16:44.for years there heir apparent on the board, now the new kid on the
:16:44. > :16:47.block. Just how easy has it been for his father to let go? These
:16:47. > :16:52.conversations have been going on for a little while. It wasn't a one
:16:52. > :16:56.Sunday lunchtime type conversation. He is ready to hand over now. I
:16:56. > :17:03.think we can take the club forward. He has put us in a brilliant
:17:03. > :17:09.position. And we need to build on that. Your father loved getting
:17:09. > :17:13.stuck in. He loved meddling to an extent. He enjoyed his clashes with
:17:13. > :17:16.the RFU, didn't he? Are you going to continue like that, or have you
:17:16. > :17:20.got a quieter way of going about your business? I am quieter, but
:17:20. > :17:23.just as passionate. It is just about getting the job done at the
:17:23. > :17:31.end of the day. If you are not prepared to fight for what you want,
:17:31. > :17:34.you can be sidelined. That won't change. He has always been prepared
:17:34. > :17:36.to stand up and fight for what he wanted. One of his top priorities
:17:36. > :17:40.has been the redevelopment of Franklin's Gardens, which appears
:17:40. > :17:43.to be a step closer, even if it is still unclear how it will be
:17:43. > :17:48.financed. We will be putting in for planning permission in a matter of
:17:48. > :17:53.months. If we can get the finance in place, we may be able to start
:17:53. > :18:00.that redevelopment at the end of the season. The manager has turned
:18:00. > :18:05.this place around. How was your relationship with him? He wants to
:18:05. > :18:10.do a good job. There is no hidden agendas there. He's very straight
:18:10. > :18:16.speaking as am I. We can sit down over a glass of wine and talk about
:18:16. > :18:19.various different issues. We are not far away from winning the
:18:19. > :18:28.biggest competition in the environment that we play in and the
:18:28. > :18:30.aspiration is always to go a step further and win.
:18:30. > :18:33.And Northampton play Gloucester at Franklin's Gardens on Sunday,
:18:33. > :18:37.whilst in the Championship Bedford Blues start their campaign away at
:18:37. > :18:40.Nottingham. Last year, they made the semi-final play-offs and are
:18:40. > :18:50.confident that come the end of the season, they'll be pushing for
:18:50. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:05.promotion. It is important to get alter a good start, a winning start.
:19:05. > :19:14.We want to make an assault on the play-offs. Our sports reporter is
:19:14. > :19:17.very happy today. It is one of the great events.
:19:17. > :19:21.The seniors might all be over 50, but they haven't lost their touch.
:19:21. > :19:24.Today the likes of Sam Torrance, Ian Woosnam and Mark James have all
:19:24. > :19:34.been in the field, and faring pretty well. Tom Williams has spent
:19:34. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:40.What an opening day we have had. It is quite turning down now. All 73
:19:40. > :19:45.players have completed their opening round and the scoring has
:19:45. > :19:49.been fantastic. A third of the field under par. Hardly surprising
:19:49. > :19:56.given at the weather we have enjoyed it today. Perfect
:19:56. > :20:00.conditions for players and spectators. Barry Lane and Sam
:20:00. > :20:04.Torrance are leading the way. I caught up with some after his round
:20:04. > :20:10.and discovered his good start was against the odds. I could not get
:20:10. > :20:20.up the stairs last night, I was in a struggling. But I strapped it up,
:20:20. > :20:26.had a bit of Visio. The problem with a saw the is it your tentative.
:20:26. > :20:34.But it has clearly helped to. He did not get off to the best start,
:20:34. > :20:44.but caught fire as you read through. Yes, I must about four, they picked
:20:44. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:50.up from there. Very nice. Very pleased. What is it that keeps you
:20:50. > :20:55.coming back and competing at this level? You have one in most things.
:20:55. > :21:01.It is amazing. This is my 40th year on tour, and I was honestly looking
:21:01. > :21:08.forward to this event as to my first event in 1971. It is a great
:21:08. > :21:16.game, I love the challenge. I will never master it, or perfect it.
:21:16. > :21:22.Very well played. Best of luck for the next few days. Thank you.
:21:22. > :21:31.is one of Ryder Cup captain, a former Ryder Cup captain. Ian that
:21:31. > :21:37.wisdom and Mark James shot 70 today. -- Ian Woosnam. I played pretty
:21:37. > :21:45.good. I left a few on the greens and really. That was the first time
:21:45. > :21:53.on at the short putter. I left a few short on the back nine. How did
:21:53. > :21:56.you find the course? This is a third or 4th year that and a played
:21:56. > :22:06.in the seniors and this is the best I have seen it. They have worked
:22:06. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:11.very hard on it. The greens are a good, the fair wares are perfect.
:22:11. > :22:18.If you start playing badly, it will bounce back. If you play well, it
:22:19. > :22:23.is not too bad. If you play badly, you will get punished. Perhaps Ian
:22:23. > :22:29.was some was inspired by Stuart after they played here. In football,
:22:29. > :22:35.a break for the Premiership and the Championship will this weekend. But
:22:35. > :22:43.there are games in Vicks 1 and 2. MK Dons are still top of the pile
:22:43. > :22:53.in League One. Goals have not been part to come by -- hard to come by,
:22:53. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:01.apart from from this penalty spot. Carlisle trouble to Scunthorpe.
:23:01. > :23:11.Stevenage to take on Rochdale. There have been 11 goals scored in
:23:11. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:21.the last two league games at home. In League Two, soured -- Southend
:23:21. > :23:25.he... I enjoyed my time as Southend. I had a good connection with
:23:25. > :23:35.players and management. They will go there in confident mood after
:23:35. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:45.And you can for your team this weekend on your local BBC Radio
:23:46. > :23:52.station. Another two days to go at this senior masters. Hopefully, the
:23:52. > :23:57.weather is set fair. Sam Torrance and Barry Lane at Reading on day
:23:57. > :24:04.one. The action is sure to hot up over the weekend.
:24:04. > :24:07.Thank you very much indeed. Back now to the pilot who has died after
:24:07. > :24:10.his light aircraft came down in fields near the A1 in
:24:10. > :24:12.Cambridgeshire closing the A1. Our reporter Jozef Hall is there now.
:24:12. > :24:15.Jozef, what can you see from where you are?
:24:15. > :24:21.From where I am now, I cannot see very much at all. Earlier, I
:24:21. > :24:26.managed to get within yards of a light aircraft. The wreckage was
:24:26. > :24:30.lying upside-down in a field just yards from the road. I could see
:24:30. > :24:35.from the wreckage of the deceased pilot, but we have had no
:24:35. > :24:40.confirmation of identity. We know that the plane hit the power cables
:24:40. > :24:45.directly above the road. Those cables are no longer live, but they
:24:45. > :24:48.are severely damaged. National Grid is say they cannot work on the
:24:48. > :24:52.cables in the dark so they will not be able to make them safe until
:24:52. > :24:55.tomorrow morning. The police say that as a consequence, the road
:24:55. > :25:01.will not be open until at least midday tomorrow.
:25:01. > :25:09.Thank you very much. We saw some sun today, will it
:25:09. > :25:19.We saw some sun today, will it Actually, no. Another fine day
:25:19. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:29.expected for tomorrow. It has been a very warm humid day. We have got
:25:29. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:36.some pictures for you taken in long Barton. It has been warm and humid.
:25:36. > :25:39.It is going to stay like that until tomorrow with temperatures climbing
:25:39. > :25:42.to 26 Celsius at their highest, they could even get even higher.
:25:42. > :25:45.Let's take a look at the top temperatures in the region today.
:25:45. > :25:48.Ranging from 21-26 Celsius. At the moment, we have got high pressure
:25:48. > :25:52.in control of things. But we have a weather system on the way which
:25:52. > :25:55.will change the weather on Sunday. For this evening, a fine end to the
:25:55. > :25:58.day with long spells of evening sunshine. And fairly humid as well.
:25:58. > :26:03.It got so warm today. We might see the odd mist patch forming, but
:26:03. > :26:08.fairly clear skies over night generally. These are our low
:26:08. > :26:12.expected temperatures, perhaps of 13 Celsius at the lowest. Tomorrow,
:26:12. > :26:16.here is the weather system. It is very slow-moving. It is this cold
:26:16. > :26:22.front being pushed towards us. But it should not spoil things for
:26:22. > :26:30.tomorrow, we are expecting a really find, warm day. The sunshine could
:26:30. > :26:40.turn hazy at times. Temperatures are expected to get as high as 26
:26:40. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:50.Celsius, possibly higher in some locations. Really warm. The wind
:26:50. > :26:53.speed may increase through the afternoon. The west of the region
:26:53. > :26:59.might get a little bit more cloud developing towards the end of the
:26:59. > :27:05.day. A low-pressure weather system is bringing wet weather with that.
:27:05. > :27:07.This is how the outlook looks, fairly changeable after Sunday.
:27:07. > :27:13.Potentially getting up to 27 degrees tomorrow, then we are in
:27:13. > :27:16.for a fairly cloudy day with outbreaks of showery rain. It does
:27:16. > :27:26.not look like it will get into the East until later in the day. Cooler