:00:06. > :00:14.In Look East tonight: A reward of three thousand pounds is on offer
:00:14. > :00:19.to help find the attacker who raped a schoolgirl. We feel that this
:00:19. > :00:25.reward could encourage someone to come forward with vital information.
:00:25. > :00:30.Hello from Susie and me. Also tonight: Stansted Airport goes
:00:30. > :00:32.on terrorist alert in readiness for the real thing.
:00:32. > :00:36.A police officer is among the injured after a stabbing incident
:00:36. > :00:46.in Ipswich. And the Over 55s are told, "get
:00:46. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:56.Hello. The charity Crimestoppers took the unusual step today of
:00:56. > :01:02.offering a big reward to help find the attacker who raped a 14-year-
:01:02. > :01:06.old girl in Southend. The attack happened in Southend
:01:06. > :01:09.last year. So far nobody has been charged. During the incident the
:01:10. > :01:12.girl was dragged into an alley and raped. She lost consciousness and
:01:12. > :01:15.the man got away. Today, Crimestoppers offered a reward of
:01:15. > :01:25.�3,000 pounds for information leading to the arrest and
:01:25. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:30.conviction of the rapist. She was walking home from score
:01:31. > :01:36.along East Street more than a year ago. The World Cup was on and pubs
:01:36. > :01:41.busy. An attacker emerged from postman's alleyway. The manager
:01:41. > :01:46.appeared to have been drinking said hello to the Gulf. She ignored him,
:01:46. > :01:51.walked on and then he dragged her into the alleyway and put his hand
:01:51. > :01:58.over her mouth and attacked her. The girl lost consciousness, when
:01:58. > :02:02.she came round he had gone. She kept her secret until May this year.
:02:02. > :02:07.We can only imagine the pressure she must have gone there at such a
:02:07. > :02:12.young age. Also to then come forward and have the courage to
:02:12. > :02:17.come to us. It is not easy for anyone of any age, but for a 14
:02:17. > :02:22.year-old, I commend her. suspect was wearing a black jumper,
:02:22. > :02:29.dog jogging bottoms and white trainers. Police appeals have so
:02:29. > :02:34.far drawn a blank. Crimestoppers today offered an award of up to at
:02:34. > :02:38.�3,000 for information leading to the arrest. One may call, we do not
:02:38. > :02:42.ask for their name, personal details, we do not track or trace
:02:42. > :02:46.calls and they will not have to go to the police will give a statement
:02:46. > :02:51.in court. They are some of the big reasons why some people would
:02:51. > :02:55.rather come to us than the police. A year on, do you think you could
:02:55. > :03:00.unlock this case? Crimestoppers are now getting involved and offering
:03:00. > :03:05.an award of up to �3,000 because we feel that this reward could
:03:05. > :03:10.encourage someone to come forward with information, but more
:03:10. > :03:14.importantly, it is the anonymity that we can guarantee.
:03:14. > :03:18.Crimestoppers say rape in their area are incredibly rare. They are
:03:18. > :03:22.hoping what happened here to have frightened young girl will persuade
:03:22. > :03:25.people to pick up the phone. And if you have information which
:03:25. > :03:30.you think could help the police, you can ring Crimestoppers, The
:03:30. > :03:34.number is 0800 555 111. And remember, you don't have to give
:03:34. > :03:38.your name if you don't want to. There's a question mark tonight
:03:38. > :03:40.over the future of several nightclubs across the region. The
:03:40. > :03:47.Luminar Group which owns four Liquid clubs, Lava Ignite, Oceana
:03:47. > :03:49.and Project in this region, has been forced into administration.
:03:49. > :03:53.The company, is based in Milton Keynes, and has been struggling
:03:53. > :03:57.with financial problems. Last week, a female student was crushed to
:03:57. > :04:06.death at Lava Ignite in Northampton. Stuart Ratcliffe has been following
:04:06. > :04:14.the story - he's in Northampton now. Liam L is the biggest nightclub
:04:14. > :04:19.owner in their UK and is also the owner of Lava Ignite in Northampton.
:04:19. > :04:24.Last month a student at the University of Northampton died. She
:04:24. > :04:29.along with hundreds of others was attending a club night up Lava
:04:29. > :04:33.Ignite. Northamptonshire police are investigating what happened, but
:04:33. > :04:40.there are reports that a fire alarm Saint revellers Russian for their
:04:40. > :04:43.exit. Another woman remains in a critical condition in less than
:04:43. > :04:51.under a third woman was released from Northampton General Hospital
:04:51. > :04:56.yesterday. The parent company, we believe, has had financial
:04:56. > :05:01.difficulties for some time. It recorded losses of up to �198
:05:01. > :05:05.million and sales dropped 90%. In a previous interview, the company
:05:05. > :05:10.said its core market has been challenged with unemployment so we
:05:10. > :05:15.manage to look at expanding our democratic. Today we understand
:05:15. > :05:21.that financial backers would not extend a period of leniency which
:05:21. > :05:24.was due to end tomorrow. The company said it had no option but
:05:24. > :05:29.to call in administrators and suspended its shares with immediate
:05:29. > :05:36.effect. Every major town and city in the country has a club owned by
:05:36. > :05:41.this company. We believe the administrators will try to sell the
:05:41. > :05:44.business and if not, it will sell off individual parts of the company
:05:44. > :05:48.so the outlook for staff in this region is not clear.
:05:48. > :05:50.It's been revealed today that half the police who took part in a major
:05:50. > :05:53.drugs raid were special constables, The teams raided addresses in
:05:53. > :06:03.Stevenage, Luton and Hitchin, They seized crack cocaine and cannabis,
:06:03. > :06:08.
:06:08. > :06:13.as well as a large quantity of cash. Fae Southwell reports. Six raids at
:06:13. > :06:19.six addresses in Hitchin, Luton and Stevenage. Police are looking for
:06:19. > :06:25.Class A drugs and evidence of drug dealing. He was putting them in his
:06:25. > :06:28.mother as we entered. The raids are being carried out by the serious
:06:28. > :06:32.organised crime group and for the first time in this scale of
:06:32. > :06:38.operation, are police special constables. Nearly half of the
:06:38. > :06:42.officers here today on unpaid volunteers. I feel very useful. In
:06:42. > :06:48.the briefing before coming out, they emphasise that without as
:06:48. > :06:54.helping, it would not have gone ahead today. I still feel I had a
:06:54. > :06:57.vital role. This is the changing face of Hertfordshire police. In
:06:57. > :07:02.the next 12 months the police is looking to recruit more special
:07:02. > :07:07.constables. Because there are cuts in the police force, they are
:07:07. > :07:13.trying to build up the Specials. People will be looking more to the
:07:13. > :07:17.Specials to help out. Things like rape and missing person, we can be
:07:18. > :07:23.on the ground quickly and turn things around. High-visibility
:07:23. > :07:27.patrols, be out there in the public, it is very good at the moment.
:07:27. > :07:31.Senior officers say they are giving special constables extra
:07:31. > :07:39.opportunities and there is always the chance of a paid Korea, but how
:07:39. > :07:44.do they answer criticism that they are exploiting three Labour? It is
:07:44. > :07:47.an opportunity to use them, I am not exploiting them. We canvassed
:07:47. > :07:53.all our specials and 28 came today's saying they want to help
:07:53. > :07:57.out. The police service have to look at other ways to support their
:07:57. > :08:05.day-to-day service and specials are valuable commodity. Police say
:08:05. > :08:08.today's raids were a success. Five people have been arrested.
:08:08. > :08:12.Osama Bin Laden may be dead, but the security threat in the UK is
:08:12. > :08:14.still considered to be a high risk. The official threat level is
:08:14. > :08:20.described as "substantial", meaning a terrorist attack is still a
:08:20. > :08:23.strong possibility. That's one reason that staff at Stansted
:08:23. > :08:33.Airport and the emergency services have been finding out how ready
:08:33. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:47.A passenger plane has been diverted to Stansted, a member of the crew
:08:47. > :08:54.is creating a disturbance on board and the emergency services have
:08:54. > :08:59.been alerted. Can we confirm that those unconscious a the same as
:08:59. > :09:04.reported earlier? This is exercise orange, part of a government
:09:04. > :09:07.programme to prepare for a nuclear attack and today, men from the
:09:07. > :09:13.Office of security and counter- terrorism work keeping a close eye
:09:13. > :09:18.on events. We are looking to see how well these guys work together.
:09:18. > :09:24.I am one of the evaluate us and this is exactly what we are doing.
:09:24. > :09:29.The crew member has thrown a white powder around the cabin. Five
:09:29. > :09:34.passengers are feared dead. Because we have casualties on board, we are
:09:34. > :09:38.moving forward so if anyone comes off in the short term we can do
:09:38. > :09:47.emergency decontamination and then we have a facility to set up a mass
:09:47. > :09:52.area where we have hot showers. over there and follow instructions!
:09:52. > :09:55.The passengers played by students leave the plane and are asked to
:09:55. > :10:01.change into soups. Changing out of close which may have been
:10:01. > :10:05.contaminated. Some passengers are complaining of
:10:05. > :10:12.feeling unwell, but they are showered down and get the treatment
:10:12. > :10:17.they need. It is chaotic, but it would be in real life. What have
:10:17. > :10:20.you found that today? Communication has to be very clear and it is
:10:21. > :10:24.difficult to speak to three people at once. It is a really good to
:10:24. > :10:29.communicate with our partners because we do not work with them
:10:29. > :10:36.like this often. This exercise was designed in part to reassure the
:10:36. > :10:39.public. Emergency services are keen to assure that such events are
:10:39. > :10:43.extremely were rare, but if the worst does happen, they will be
:10:43. > :10:45.ready. Later in Look East - a new
:10:45. > :10:49.initiative to persuade the Over 55s to get online.
:10:49. > :10:53.And if you are among our Hindu and Sikh viewers, we would like to wish
:10:54. > :11:03.you a happy Diwali. These are just some of the celebrations in
:11:03. > :11:06.In the past hour, the police have named an officer who was stabbed in
:11:06. > :11:09.Ipswich during a call out last night. PC Steven Jay was treated in
:11:09. > :11:19.hospital after the attack, in which his dog and another man were also
:11:19. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:25.stabbed. A man was arrested Nacton Road just after 8pm.
:11:25. > :11:30.Instead of being on the streets today, a PC Stephen Jay has been at
:11:30. > :11:36.home recovering. Last night he was the victim of a knife attack. Along
:11:36. > :11:40.with his police dog. RM glad to say that the police
:11:40. > :11:46.start has been treated by the vet. He has also been released and is
:11:46. > :11:51.back home. Before PC j was heard, another man was stabbed at this
:11:51. > :11:58.house at around 8pm. Neighbours have told Look East they believe it
:11:58. > :12:04.may have been a domestic incident. I first heard a lot of shouting and
:12:04. > :12:08.somebody shouting very angrily. Then, after a few minutes, a load
:12:08. > :12:15.of police cars turned up and they were also shouting and chasing
:12:15. > :12:20.somebody up the road. The people over the road are extremely quiet,
:12:20. > :12:24.nice people. I cannot believe anything happened. It was here
:12:24. > :12:30.where a suspect was challenged and PC Stephen Jay and his dog received
:12:30. > :12:37.a number of knife wounds. At 21 year-old man was then arrested.
:12:37. > :12:40.Today he has been in custody. A woman was taken to hospital and
:12:40. > :12:43.six people have had be rehomed after a second arson attack in a
:12:43. > :12:50.Peterborough Street in less than a week. The fire broke out this
:12:50. > :12:55.morning, police are appealing for witnesses. What is left of the
:12:55. > :13:00.front door of the home. Six people were living here, one had to jump
:13:00. > :13:06.from an upstairs window and neighbours braved life gas pipes to
:13:06. > :13:11.help. We went round and try to put the fire out, but it was too big by
:13:11. > :13:17.that point. We were trying to buy some time until the firefighters
:13:17. > :13:23.arrived to put it out, but it was a big, big fire. We realise that the
:13:23. > :13:28.main gas pipe was connected down in the cupboard at that set alight and
:13:28. > :13:33.it was glowing bright red. This fire started in a bin store. It is
:13:33. > :13:42.a second time people have been renamed in one week. The latest
:13:42. > :13:49.fire comes days after another arson attack in a neighbouring street.
:13:49. > :13:53.can understand why the public would be concerned for -- are concerned
:13:53. > :13:58.about the arson, however the investigation at this stage is too
:13:58. > :14:02.early to suggest a link. We are doing everything we can to prevent
:14:03. > :14:06.another are some. Police say eyewitness accounts are critical to
:14:06. > :14:09.find out what happened. The fire service in Cambridgeshire
:14:09. > :14:14.and Suffolk, say people should not be worried about response times,
:14:14. > :14:19.now their 999 calls are being answered from a merged control room.
:14:19. > :14:28.So far 50 emergency calls have been answered, without any problems. The
:14:28. > :14:32.unions were worried about local knowledge being lost.
:14:32. > :14:37.I understand concerns. A lot of that stems from the lack of
:14:37. > :14:42.knowledge of how a control centre functions. The first thing we do
:14:42. > :14:46.with a call is much their address on to come up. We did that
:14:46. > :14:49.immediately and get the location and then send fire fighters
:14:49. > :14:52.immediately. The system is very advanced.
:14:52. > :14:55.MPs from this region have criticised the BBC for planning
:14:55. > :14:58.cuts to local radio. They've been taking part in a special debate
:14:58. > :15:01.today in Parliament. It follows the announcement of job cuts in local
:15:01. > :15:09.radio. There are moves to increase the number of regional programmes
:15:09. > :15:13.to help the BBC deal with a funding shortfall.
:15:13. > :15:19.This is symptomatic, this proposal to cut at the grass roots while
:15:19. > :15:24.paying huge salaries to director general and other fat cats. My
:15:24. > :15:28.constituency would be bemused to hear that the public sector
:15:28. > :15:30.organisation continues indulge in this.
:15:30. > :15:35.In the football last night, Colchester drew 1-1 with Bournmouth
:15:35. > :15:37.in League One thanks to a late own goal by Zubar. In League Two,
:15:37. > :15:45.Southend stretched their unbeaten run to 9 games, beating 10-man
:15:45. > :15:48.Barnet by three goals to nil. Ryan Hall opened the scoring, after
:15:48. > :15:51.controlling the ball on his chest. Bilel Mohsni tapped in the second,
:15:51. > :15:55.just before half-time, and Neil Harris made it three in the second
:15:55. > :15:58.half. Southend are currently second in the table in league two, just
:15:58. > :16:01.behind Crawley Town. When people sat down to watch the
:16:01. > :16:05.Queen's coronation almost 60 years ago, their television sets were a
:16:05. > :16:07.far cry from the hi-tech screens we have today. And while most of us
:16:07. > :16:17.enjoy the crystal clear pictures and numerous channels, there's a
:16:17. > :16:23.growing interest now in vintage televisions.
:16:23. > :16:28.Rob Howard loves tinkering with old TV's. At his workshop in Norwich,
:16:29. > :16:34.he breathes new life into old black-and-white televisions.
:16:34. > :16:42.This is a Bush TV 22 from the early 1950s, but the transmitters it used
:16:42. > :16:49.to pick up were switched of decades ago. There is the test channel that
:16:49. > :16:54.BBC has used fought many years. make it usable, Rob fits the
:16:54. > :16:58.converter allowing it to pick up to day's transmissions. I remember
:16:58. > :17:03.being a lad and being in the garage and my dad was into it and little
:17:03. > :17:08.bit so there were always transistors kicking about. I
:17:08. > :17:13.remember fixing things at school. My ambition was to have a radio
:17:13. > :17:23.shop, so I tried it and 10 years down the line we are still here.
:17:23. > :17:30.is not just televisions. Wireless sets get the same treatment. Lovely
:17:30. > :17:36.wooden cabinet, huge loudspeaker. As well as doing them up to sell,
:17:36. > :17:44.Rob hires them up. All of them were used in a recent BBC drama. They
:17:44. > :17:50.love having their cassettes working. Working amid the smell of hot Wells,
:17:50. > :17:57.you will not be surprised by robs you on up-to-date equipment. Modern
:17:57. > :18:07.plasma televisions, I do not think you can be the picture of a CRT.
:18:07. > :18:08.
:18:08. > :18:10.After almost five months on the front line over Libya, attacking
:18:10. > :18:14.key military targets, Apache Helicopter crews have returned to
:18:14. > :18:17.their base at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk. Tomorrow, partly in
:18:17. > :18:26.recognition of their role in Afghanistan and in Libya, they will
:18:26. > :18:31.receive four international aviation awards.
:18:31. > :18:36.The enemy call it the mosquito, the big stick and the sky. Allied
:18:36. > :18:41.troops had no qualms when they see it rise above the horizon. Since
:18:41. > :18:46.June, this squadron has had a change in horizon, but with the
:18:46. > :18:51.civil war in Libya over, they have returned to Southwark.
:18:51. > :18:55.You flu some of those missions, how intense did it get? There was a
:18:55. > :19:01.threat against us, but as you can see, this aircraft can deal with
:19:01. > :19:06.pretty much anything and we receive no damage.
:19:06. > :19:12.Today the icing on the cake, Wattisham has won a clutch of
:19:12. > :19:16.international awards. For the Apache forced to collect
:19:16. > :19:21.for at the 25 awards is quite an achievement when you bear in mind
:19:21. > :19:25.this is the equivalent of the Oscars with nominations from cruise
:19:25. > :19:30.all over the world. When someone goes to the Palace to
:19:30. > :19:34.receive a knighthood or a medal from the Queen, these sorts of
:19:34. > :19:40.awards being presented tomorrow night are the next level down from
:19:40. > :19:46.that in the views of the country. We recognise that it is our year
:19:46. > :19:49.because we have been doing the Afghanistan and bit since 2006
:19:49. > :19:54.animal called to go on a Mediterranean cruise this summer.
:19:54. > :19:58.There is an extra storey to tell and that has helped us. With their
:19:58. > :20:06.most famous pilots undergoing training before a deployment
:20:06. > :20:09.Afghanistan, Wattisham a patchy's are likely to take up highlight for
:20:09. > :20:13.some time yet. A survey of the nation's computer
:20:13. > :20:16.skills has revealed that more than four in ten adults aged over 55 are
:20:16. > :20:19.unable to use a computer. It's prompted a campaign to get more of
:20:19. > :20:23.them online. The figure is a bit better in this
:20:23. > :20:26.region, but a third of people over the age of 55 don't know how to get
:20:26. > :20:30.on the internet. A new campaign called 'Give An Hour' wants to get
:20:30. > :20:32.more people using the web. It has the backing of the BBC and
:20:32. > :20:41.employers who say most jobs now require some element of computer
:20:41. > :20:46.skill. Teresa will son is hoping that
:20:46. > :20:51.learning to use the internet will get her a job. The 60 year-old left
:20:51. > :20:56.her last job 18 months ago to look after her father. He died earlier
:20:56. > :20:59.this year and now Theresa is looking to get back into work. She
:20:59. > :21:04.admits her knowledge of the internet is sketchy so she is doing
:21:04. > :21:10.a course. I was very nervous getting on there. You do worry. You
:21:10. > :21:15.realise it is only a machine, but you are afraid of it. I am more
:21:15. > :21:21.confident now. Lots of older people never go near the internet. Across
:21:21. > :21:28.the UK, 42% of adults aged 55 and over have never used the internet.
:21:29. > :21:37.In this region it is a bit better at 37%. The most aware are in beds,
:21:37. > :21:42.Herts, Bucks and Essex. The least aware are in Norfolk and Suffolk.
:21:42. > :21:46.25% of jobs need internet skills and another 50%, people are more
:21:46. > :21:51.likely to get that job if they had internet skills so that is a
:21:51. > :21:57.staggering number. In addition, you are more likely to find work if you
:21:57. > :22:00.are online. This recruitment Consultants says computer skills
:22:01. > :22:07.are essential if older candidates are to present themselves to best
:22:07. > :22:12.effect. It is really important that your CV is correct because it is
:22:12. > :22:16.representing you to a potential employer. You need to do this CV on
:22:16. > :22:21.a computer and lay it out and formatted correctly. For the rest
:22:21. > :22:25.of this week they will be coverage on local radio station about how
:22:25. > :22:30.computer skills have changed people's lives. If you would like
:22:30. > :22:33.to give your time helping others to get online, the details are on the
:22:33. > :22:43.BBC website. As we said just now, happy Diwali
:22:43. > :22:50.to everybody who is celebrating India's biggest festival.
:22:50. > :22:54.My daughter made a little pot at school and we lit it today. And we
:22:54. > :22:55.wished each other happy Diwali. If you didn't know, it's a five day
:22:55. > :22:58.celebration observed by Hindus and Sikhs.
:22:58. > :23:01.Diwali is The Festival of Lights. The word itself comes from the
:23:01. > :23:10.earthenware pots used for the lights. Jo Black has been to
:23:10. > :23:20.Northampton to see the celebrations It is one of the biggest Diwali
:23:20. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:32.festivals in our region. This year With dancing, drums, henna painting
:23:32. > :23:37.and even bargain sari is at �2 apart. De vale is celebrated by
:23:37. > :23:41.Hindus, Sikhs all over the world. The festival means different things
:23:41. > :23:48.for different faiths, but the main thread is the celebration of good
:23:48. > :23:53.over evil and light over darkness. Diwali is like our Christmas. It is
:23:53. > :23:59.about sharing, giving and celebration. We come together and
:23:59. > :24:05.respect our elders, and each other. Like Christmas, we eat a lot of
:24:05. > :24:10.food and feel quite bad at the end of it.
:24:10. > :24:15.As darkness came, the highlight of the event. A procession of lanterns
:24:16. > :24:22.paraded through the town giving shoppers unilluminating Festival,
:24:22. > :24:28.and real festival of lights. Very often we sit around talking
:24:28. > :24:33.and I said to Susie, look, it is pouring with rain outside. She
:24:33. > :24:38.smiled. I listen a lot, but I don't take it
:24:38. > :24:42.on board and I said, was it raining today? I looked inside and he looks
:24:43. > :24:46.outside. outside.
:24:46. > :24:51.You are obviously working too hard. It was a story of sunshine and
:24:51. > :24:57.showers today. We have a picture of a rainbow spotted over Norwich
:24:57. > :25:03.today. That is a spectacular picture. If we look at the radar
:25:03. > :25:08.shot, we can see whether showers fell. Most of the heavy thundery
:25:08. > :25:14.ones were in the east. One or two are lingering around parts of
:25:14. > :25:19.Suffolk and Essex. Mostly they will fade away tonight. Some clear skies
:25:19. > :25:25.to start the night. That means it will be around midnight that we get
:25:25. > :25:32.our lowest temperatures. Our expected low is 9 Celsius. The
:25:32. > :25:37.second half of the night, a bit more cloud. That will bring patchy
:25:37. > :25:42.rain. The reason for this can be explained by the pressure Chard.
:25:42. > :25:48.There is an area of low pressure to the south and it moves up through
:25:48. > :25:52.tomorrow, but runs out of steam by the time it gets to us. Although it
:25:52. > :25:58.will be a cloudy day for us tomorrow, it will be some rain
:25:58. > :26:04.depending on where you live. Further west we will get outbreaks.
:26:04. > :26:10.Uprightness in the east. Fairly cloudy, but one or two bright
:26:10. > :26:17.spells developing. A high of 14 Celsius tomorrow and and light
:26:17. > :26:22.south-easterly wind. Through the afternoon, the rain will tend to
:26:22. > :26:26.try and push east word. You will see it becomes broken and patchy.
:26:26. > :26:33.Some parts further east getting away with a dry day and those of
:26:33. > :26:39.you in the West, perhaps some patchy rain at times. The next five
:26:39. > :26:44.days is looking try after tomorrow. Friday morning early mist and fog
:26:44. > :26:50.patches. Both days look fairly cloudy, but there will be brighter
:26:50. > :26:56.spells. Then we get a south- westerly wind working in mild air.
:26:56. > :27:01.Daytime temperatures getting higher. The a overnight lows are getting