15/09/2011 Look East - East

Hello. Name approval had. A Basildon council leader roads to

Dale Farm travellers, encouraging them to leave peacefully.

Forensic scientists call for all samples to be protected after the

labs are closed next year. archives are absolutely invaluable.

You cannot put a price on it. and frustration as Cable thieves

scupper the day's commute. I will be finding out what a gold

medal-winning Olympic mountain- biking cyclist thinks of our course

Hello. Four days to go till the eviction at Dale Farm and today

there was an impassioned plea from the council leader.

In an open letter to the travellers, Tony Ball urged them "from his

heart" to leave the site in a "peaceful and orderly fashion." He

said any violence would be hugely damaging. In a moment, we'll have a

look at some of the activists from Camp Constant who've turned up to

support the travellers, and we'll be hearing from local people as

Monday's eviction approaches. But first, let's get more on

today's developments from Alex Dunlop, who's at Dale Farm. The we

are now in the heart of the illegal part of Dale Farm.

You get a sense that things are coming to ahead. The contractors

are still building up their preparations in advance of the

addictions next week. There is an increased sense of defiance and

desperation. An open letter was sent to the travellers by Tony

bought this after them. He said, "at the time for talking is almost

at an end. I'm very concerned that resistance might lead to law-

breaking and even violence, and if this happens, it will not be in

anyone's interest. I am therefore taking this last opportunity to

urge you from my heart to pack up your belongings and leave Dale Farm

in a peaceful and orderly fashion.". He also said to the activists, "I

would ask you to think of the actions of the supporters who claim

to have your interests at heart. Any unlawful behaviour of violence

from them will be hugely damaging". I had a reaction from one of the

travellers here. We never asked for a ban and eviction. He is making

out we brought people here for a violence eviction. -- we never

asked for his violent eviction. you leave in a peaceful manner?

cannot leave because we have no way to go. What happens next?

Today has been pretty low-key. About eight of the 86 or so

families have already left. Thank you.

Today, some travellers have clearly been making plans to leave, despite

weeks of defiance. No-one really knows how many will remain. But

some people are staying. They're the protestors who have set up camp

on a pitch inside Dale Farm Travellers Camp.

A glimpse inside Camp constant. For three weeks, they have donned

century duty and befriended the travellers. Many supporters have

come and gone. I had caught 50 remains. Among them, these three.

On ex paratrooper, a university student and a human rights activist.

I name is been. I'll make film maker and a concerned citizen.

name is Kallie. I live locally. I am a student at Bristol. MCV. I

look after people with mental illness. Different backgrounds but

a common goal, to hold up the bailiffs the non violently.

What difference can you make? will be Sharon for the next

travellers' site or for the wider public that she cannot suppress a

people -- it will be shown. I do not believe they will restore this

to a green field site. It is not about planning, it is about human

rights and prejudice. Reflecting on what these two have said, I do

think this is ethnic cleansing. It is abhorrent to try and move these

people into bricks and mortar. I cannot stand by and watch it happen.

You are from a military background. Some might say you will be on the

front line on Monday. Possibly. For security reasons, I cannot say.

will not be leaving the Dale Farm and Messiaen in handcuffs all been

invited back for Christmas dinner - - unless I am in handcuffs or being

invited back for Christmas dinner. Dean Puckett, one of the activists

at Camp Constant ending that report. The planned eviction is also having

an effect on locals living near the site. Many are concerned about what

will happen on Monday and today the council revealed the eviction could

cost their taxpayers the equivalent of more than �100 each.

Their new town and Borough of Basildon. Population approximately

170,000, although that figure could reduced by around 400 next week,

depending on what happens at Dale Farm. For residents living in the

shadow of the stand-off, these are tense times. They people who live

very near to the site, in Oak Road, will, I would imagine, be quite

fearful of what might happen. is the image of Basildon many would

like the world to see. Its new �38 million Olympic pool will host the

Japanese Olympic team for training next year. Will the 10-year-old

Dale Farm disputes leave a tarnished legacy? Anybody listening

to Basildon will be thinking of Dale Farm and not the other aspects

of Basildon. I think that image is stronger and will not be affected

by a temporary news item. Why has reputations can be restored, the

public purse is not always as forgiving. Dealing with Dale Farm

could cost the council up to �8 million. -- whilst reputations can

be restored. We are optimistic that the travellers will choose to move

of their role her cot. The consequence is that we will spend

much less than was budgeted for. -- IDP, the travellers will move of

their own accord. Police investigating allegations of

slavery at a travellers' site near Leighton Buzzard have arrested a

fifth person. 30-year-old Josie Connors faces two counts of

servitude and two of false labour after the Green Acres site was

raided by the police early on Sunday morning. She has been bailed

to appear in court later this month. There are calls for the government

to secure the future of cold cases after the decision to close down

the forensic Science Service. The Huntingdon Team have helped crack

scores of rapes and murders. Judith is a forensic scientist, a

detective in a white coat. She spends a large part of her life

helping police track down killers and rapists. The evidence can be

found here. There is a range of things for us to examine. You can

see here in this particular case, we have some knotted flags. Who

knows what evidence might be on their? At the lab in Huntingdon,

they advised thousands of file -- files. The archives are absolutely

invaluable. You cannot put a price on it. Forensic scientists and

natural borders, and they love hoarding stuff and samples, because

they know that one day, even there and they may be dead and gone, the

case could be solved. The future of this national archive has not been

secured. Huntingdon is one of five archives in the country. In it is

extremely worrying. It is not replaceable. Once the forensic

Science Service is closed down, we do not know where that resource

will be. The service holds almost 2 million cases, going back to the 19

forties. 20,000 requests a year are made to access material from the

archives. In Huntingdon, advances in DNA technology helps them catch

killer when Dougherty 25 years after he raped and murdered a woman.

This man, Phil Collins, just 20 years after he raped a teenager in

Suffolk. We are still working with the same passion, and we will do

until a lap closes. It is in our bones. Scientists at Huntingdon are

working on unsolved 1980s murders and rapes across Essex and Kent,

but they do not know if the project will be completed. There is anger

that no decision has yet been taken on who will manage the archive, and

there is fear that it could be broken up. The Home Office says it

is still considering what to do. Coming up later in the programme.

How the midwife shortage in our region is among the worst in the

country. And Shaun Peel's been to meet a very important mountain

biker. He was the first man to win a gold medal in mountain biking, in

Atlanta. He is in Essex to test our Olympic mountain biking course.

Will find that what he thinks of it. -- we will find out what he thinks

of it. Thousands of commuters have been

left angry and frustrated that trains have had to be cancelled

between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street. Network Rail says

overhead lines were damaged last night, and delays are continuing

tonight. As Mike Cartwright reports, it's thought cable thieves are to

blame. A silent station. Commuters left

waiting, angry and frustrated. The same at train stations all along

the line. With no replacement buses, commuters were left desperately

trying to find different ways into the capital. I mean, I do not know

what to say. It's terrible. I need to get to the cos I'm doing at

university, and I am not going to be able to get in this morning.

Huge impact, as there is no real alternative. It should be addressed

by the weather is in charge of the lines. At the moment, it is half an

hour, but I think it will take two and a half hours to get to

Liverpool Street. Roger they want the cables for? I do not understand.

A Network Rail said the problems were caused by damage to overhead

power lines. It is thought cable theft was to blame. The railways

are difficult to protect. They run through open country. I am not

necessarily in areas where the line side is overlooked. We have a lot

of work going on with British Transport Police undertaking overt

and covert operations. We had -- we have been told the cables have now

been fixed. Passengers are being warned to expect disruption through

Rail commuters from Norwich to London have been hit by serious

delays due to a broken-down train. The destruction comes as every MP

in Norfolk and Suffolk has signed a letter to the transport secretary

calling for improvements to the line. A cyclist has been killed

taking part in a trip from Land's End to John O'Groats. Kim Caplin,

who was 40, came off her bike in the Yorkshire Dales. She died at

the scene. A new survey has revealed that 45 % of companies in

our region would not offer a job interview to someone with a

criminal record. A survey was carried out by Business in the

Community, which is staging a series of training exercises for

companies about employing ex- offenders. When I first started to

get into trouble it was petty things, smashing windows. John

Finlayson was in a young offenders' institute at the age of 12. He led

a life of crime, and in 1997 was sentenced to six years for

aggravated burglary and threats to kill. Today he is a changed man and

runs his own landscape gardening business. He always said that up

because nobody else would give him a job. We are doing really well.

The application never asked whether I had a criminal record, and at the

end of the interview, I said there is something you need to know, I

have a criminal record. They said that was fine and they would not

hold it against me but I never heard against them -- I never heard

from them after that. In Bury St Edmunds, a training session for

companies thinking of employing ex- offenders. We are working on

understanding the court system. If someone is Cosham, how long does

that last? When things go to magistrates' courts do they go on

to crown courts? John is now a Christian with a family who works

with ex-offenders. He says companies must get the right advice

and work with the right people. People ask me whether ex offenders

deserve to be employed. I say 100 % yes. Was there needs to be employed,

Iran a lot of guys out there that have not changed, do not want to

change, and will rip you off as soon as you turn your back. You

must find the Golden nugget. They are great workers. Fantastically

skilled people. Give them a chance. The honour of Stan steady Airport,

BAA, has vowed to fight a ruling that they must sell the Essex

terminal. They have already sold Gatwick and own Heathrow. Stop

Stansted Expansion, the campaign group, says it an abuse of legal

process. The remains of an archbishop had

been revealed, 630 years after his death. His skull has been kept and

his face has now been recreating using modern reconstruction

techniques. Simon of Sudbury was made the Archbishop of Canterbury

in the 1300s. Five years later, he became the Chancellor of England

and introduced the poll tax. It was unpopular and led to peasants

storming the Tower of London and seizing him but were dragging him

to Tower Hill where he was beheaded. His head was spotted by a man from

Sudbury to grab it and brought it back to his home town. He had a bad

press over the years which obscured a lot of good things about him. We

have a picture of somebody who is very human. I lived with Simon for

two years developing the project, to finally see his head was a very

emotional moment. Using skeletal detail taken from his skull, Adrian

Barker used state-of-the-art techniques to recreate his facial

features. Because he has facial tissue still attached it to his

skull, we needed to work out a way of getting that skeletal detail. In

Dundee we have a computer software that turns the scans into clear, so

we can delete parts we do not need. One of the models will be on

permanent display in Sudbury. Coming up: John Hurt talks to us

live from the Cambridge Film Festival. The Royal College of

Midwives says shortages are having a real and significant impact on

the quality of care available to women. New figures released today

by the RCN says we need many more midwives in this Easter. That puts

us among the worst shortages in the country, behind London. The

rocketing birthrate is to blame. There is an increase of more than

one-fifth on 10 years ago. This baby is just four hours through

ball. This unit gives women more choice. Over 5,000 babies are born

at this hospital, one of the busiest in our region. They are

still under staff, 20 midwives short. We have to appreciate we

have an ageing workforce. There are a number of midwives approaching

the 50 plus age group, but in anticipation of that, we have an

increase in the student midwife population. There is a Nick

anticipation we will replace them. I have been in before, and I have

noticed it is much busier than my previous sections. The care has

been very good but you can see the staff are very stretched. Figures

today shows midwife numbers have not kept place with -- not kept

pace with the birth rate. The Department of Health says a record

number are being trained, so what is happening? We would certainly

like the Government to make a commitment to ensuring that there

are adequate numbers of midwives in training. We think this needs to be

looked at on an England wide basis. Trainees like this person will be

graduating next summer. I think it is incredibly concerned that there

is not a recruitment drive going on. It does not bode well. Today we

were told that they had more midwives than put it. It said they

were the highest performing Arguments about figures may

continue but babies keep on coming. So too must the midwives.

Now the Olympic record: tonight we are checking out one of our Olympic

venues. It is the mountain biking course at Hadleigh farm in Essex.

The Dutch have been there because they hope to stage the Olympic

Games in 17 years time. They had been looking to Essex for

inspiration. The Netherlands are thinking of staging the Olympic

Games in 2028, and today at Dutch delegation were learning from

Essex's experience of being a host county. The men in suits were

accompanied by another Dutchman. This was the first man to win an

Olympic gold in mountain biking. is a beautiful course. It is

handbill and beautiful. I have respect for it. It was quiet today

but six weeks before there were a lot of people here to witness the

ride away. It will be back next summer. The stakes will be a bit

higher. This man had the course to himself giving a masterclass to

children from the nearby sports college. One of the challenges is

named after the school. Somebody came down here on the training day,

and they had a crash. It looks really scary. There are lots of

drops. One of the buzzwords around London 2012 his legacy, essentially

what happens when the Olympic circus has left town. The people

Essex are being asked what they would like to happen. We want to

retain it and adapted so it can be used by the public, but what we're

doing in the first phase is asking a wide range of people to give us

their views. This man has retired, but having seen the course he

wishes he could turn the clock back and be here next year. Do not

forget to tune into your local radio station every Thursday

morning For regular Olympic update. The Cambridge Film Festival starts

tonight. It has been going for 31 years and it is opening with the

screening of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It is a remake of the 70s spy

drama starring Alec Guinness. The actor John Hurt is in the new film

and he joins us live. John, this is a remake of the iconic production

at that we just mentioned. How much pressure does that put on the cast

to follow on from that? Let me say this, it is not a remake of

anything, it is a film. The other making of it was a television

programme. It was fantastic. We appreciated greatly, but this is a

film, not a remake of the television show. I have seen the

trailer and it is full of tension. Is that what the movie is like? Can

we expect at tense thriller? Definitely. It is of course at the

genre at of a thriller. The content is a great deal more, it is to do

with all kinds of human strengths and weaknesses. The trail,

friendship, so on. -- betrayal and friendship. It is dense and it has

a great deal of stuff in it. It never loses the excitement. There

is a great cast alongside you. Tell us about your role. My character

speaks for himself. His name is control. He is the head of MI6.

Most of what you see is in flashback of me. It is the story of

the arrival of a man in the circus. It is a MI6. Smiley is played by

Gary Oldman and quite brilliantly. I am sure you play your part

equally as well. You have spent a lot of time in the region, how is

it -- how important is it that people like yourself support film

festivals like Cambridge? I live in Norfolk! That is my home. I do not

want it to seem as though I just spent time here, it is my life. It

is fantastic and I love it. I'm thrilled to be on this programme! I

have seen it many times and never been on. Enjoy the festival. Thank

you very much indeed. That was really exciting! It was John Hurt.

He is obviously watching the He is obviously watching the

weather all the time. You must be star-struck. It was a rather chilly

and find the start to the day. High pressure was dominating the scene.

There is low-pressure heading in from the West, it turned conditions

about cloudier. Tonight it should stay dry to start with, then the

cloud will vary. Cloud will bring the odd spot of chilly rain. It

will not be as chilly as last night. Tonight the cold spot is likely to

be eight Celsius. The wind will stay light. This frontal system

will be arriving on Friday. The bulk of the day will not be too bad.

There will be a band of showery rain. Most places get away with a

dry day. Temperatures still likely to be about 19 Celsius. The wind

speed will gradually increase today. It will be a moderate south-

easterly wind. For the rest of the week I am afraid it looks a little

unsettled. This is the pressure chart for the weekend. Low-pressure

very close by. We know it will be rather windy. There will be some