26/10/2011 Look East - East

In Look East tonight: A reward of three thousand pounds is on offer

to help find the attacker who raped a schoolgirl. We feel that this

reward could encourage someone to come forward with vital information.

Hello from Susie and me. Also tonight: Stansted Airport goes

on terrorist alert in readiness for the real thing.

A police officer is among the injured after a stabbing incident

in Ipswich. And the Over 55s are told, "get

Hello. The charity Crimestoppers took the unusual step today of

offering a big reward to help find the attacker who raped a 14-year-

old girl in Southend. The attack happened in Southend

last year. So far nobody has been charged. During the incident the

girl was dragged into an alley and raped. She lost consciousness and

the man got away. Today, Crimestoppers offered a reward of

�3,000 pounds for information leading to the arrest and

conviction of the rapist. She was walking home from score

along East Street more than a year ago. The World Cup was on and pubs

busy. An attacker emerged from postman's alleyway. The manager

appeared to have been drinking said hello to the Gulf. She ignored him,

walked on and then he dragged her into the alleyway and put his hand

over her mouth and attacked her. The girl lost consciousness, when

she came round he had gone. She kept her secret until May this year.

We can only imagine the pressure she must have gone there at such a

young age. Also to then come forward and have the courage to

come to us. It is not easy for anyone of any age, but for a 14

year-old, I commend her. suspect was wearing a black jumper,

dog jogging bottoms and white trainers. Police appeals have so

far drawn a blank. Crimestoppers today offered an award of up to at

�3,000 for information leading to the arrest. One may call, we do not

ask for their name, personal details, we do not track or trace

calls and they will not have to go to the police will give a statement

in court. They are some of the big reasons why some people would

rather come to us than the police. A year on, do you think you could

unlock this case? Crimestoppers are now getting involved and offering

an award of up to �3,000 because we feel that this reward could

encourage someone to come forward with information, but more

importantly, it is the anonymity that we can guarantee.

Crimestoppers say rape in their area are incredibly rare. They are

hoping what happened here to have frightened young girl will persuade

people to pick up the phone. And if you have information which

you think could help the police, you can ring Crimestoppers, The

number is 0800 555 111. And remember, you don't have to give

your name if you don't want to. There's a question mark tonight

over the future of several nightclubs across the region. The

Luminar Group which owns four Liquid clubs, Lava Ignite, Oceana

and Project in this region, has been forced into administration.

The company, is based in Milton Keynes, and has been struggling

with financial problems. Last week, a female student was crushed to

death at Lava Ignite in Northampton. Stuart Ratcliffe has been following

the story - he's in Northampton now. Liam L is the biggest nightclub

owner in their UK and is also the owner of Lava Ignite in Northampton.

Last month a student at the University of Northampton died. She

along with hundreds of others was attending a club night up Lava

Ignite. Northamptonshire police are investigating what happened, but

there are reports that a fire alarm Saint revellers Russian for their

exit. Another woman remains in a critical condition in less than

under a third woman was released from Northampton General Hospital

yesterday. The parent company, we believe, has had financial

difficulties for some time. It recorded losses of up to �198

million and sales dropped 90%. In a previous interview, the company

said its core market has been challenged with unemployment so we

manage to look at expanding our democratic. Today we understand

that financial backers would not extend a period of leniency which

was due to end tomorrow. The company said it had no option but

to call in administrators and suspended its shares with immediate

effect. Every major town and city in the country has a club owned by

this company. We believe the administrators will try to sell the

business and if not, it will sell off individual parts of the company

so the outlook for staff in this region is not clear.

It's been revealed today that half the police who took part in a major

drugs raid were special constables, The teams raided addresses in

Stevenage, Luton and Hitchin, They seized crack cocaine and cannabis,

as well as a large quantity of cash. Fae Southwell reports. Six raids at

six addresses in Hitchin, Luton and Stevenage. Police are looking for

Class A drugs and evidence of drug dealing. He was putting them in his

mother as we entered. The raids are being carried out by the serious

organised crime group and for the first time in this scale of

operation, are police special constables. Nearly half of the

officers here today on unpaid volunteers. I feel very useful. In

the briefing before coming out, they emphasise that without as

helping, it would not have gone ahead today. I still feel I had a

vital role. This is the changing face of Hertfordshire police. In

the next 12 months the police is looking to recruit more special

constables. Because there are cuts in the police force, they are

trying to build up the Specials. People will be looking more to the

Specials to help out. Things like rape and missing person, we can be

on the ground quickly and turn things around. High-visibility

patrols, be out there in the public, it is very good at the moment.

Senior officers say they are giving special constables extra

opportunities and there is always the chance of a paid Korea, but how

do they answer criticism that they are exploiting three Labour? It is

an opportunity to use them, I am not exploiting them. We canvassed

all our specials and 28 came today's saying they want to help

out. The police service have to look at other ways to support their

day-to-day service and specials are valuable commodity. Police say

today's raids were a success. Five people have been arrested.

Osama Bin Laden may be dead, but the security threat in the UK is

still considered to be a high risk. The official threat level is

described as "substantial", meaning a terrorist attack is still a

strong possibility. That's one reason that staff at Stansted

Airport and the emergency services have been finding out how ready

A passenger plane has been diverted to Stansted, a member of the crew

is creating a disturbance on board and the emergency services have

been alerted. Can we confirm that those unconscious a the same as

reported earlier? This is exercise orange, part of a government

programme to prepare for a nuclear attack and today, men from the

Office of security and counter- terrorism work keeping a close eye

on events. We are looking to see how well these guys work together.

I am one of the evaluate us and this is exactly what we are doing.

The crew member has thrown a white powder around the cabin. Five

passengers are feared dead. Because we have casualties on board, we are

moving forward so if anyone comes off in the short term we can do

emergency decontamination and then we have a facility to set up a mass

area where we have hot showers. over there and follow instructions!

The passengers played by students leave the plane and are asked to

change into soups. Changing out of close which may have been

contaminated. Some passengers are complaining of

feeling unwell, but they are showered down and get the treatment

they need. It is chaotic, but it would be in real life. What have

you found that today? Communication has to be very clear and it is

difficult to speak to three people at once. It is a really good to

communicate with our partners because we do not work with them

like this often. This exercise was designed in part to reassure the

public. Emergency services are keen to assure that such events are

extremely were rare, but if the worst does happen, they will be

ready. Later in Look East - a new

initiative to persuade the Over 55s to get online.

And if you are among our Hindu and Sikh viewers, we would like to wish

you a happy Diwali. These are just some of the celebrations in

In the past hour, the police have named an officer who was stabbed in

Ipswich during a call out last night. PC Steven Jay was treated in

hospital after the attack, in which his dog and another man were also

stabbed. A man was arrested Nacton Road just after 8pm.

Instead of being on the streets today, a PC Stephen Jay has been at

home recovering. Last night he was the victim of a knife attack. Along

with his police dog. RM glad to say that the police

start has been treated by the vet. He has also been released and is

back home. Before PC j was heard, another man was stabbed at this

house at around 8pm. Neighbours have told Look East they believe it

may have been a domestic incident. I first heard a lot of shouting and

somebody shouting very angrily. Then, after a few minutes, a load

of police cars turned up and they were also shouting and chasing

somebody up the road. The people over the road are extremely quiet,

nice people. I cannot believe anything happened. It was here

where a suspect was challenged and PC Stephen Jay and his dog received

a number of knife wounds. At 21 year-old man was then arrested.

Today he has been in custody. A woman was taken to hospital and

six people have had be rehomed after a second arson attack in a

Peterborough Street in less than a week. The fire broke out this

morning, police are appealing for witnesses. What is left of the

front door of the home. Six people were living here, one had to jump

from an upstairs window and neighbours braved life gas pipes to

help. We went round and try to put the fire out, but it was too big by

that point. We were trying to buy some time until the firefighters

arrived to put it out, but it was a big, big fire. We realise that the

main gas pipe was connected down in the cupboard at that set alight and

it was glowing bright red. This fire started in a bin store. It is

a second time people have been renamed in one week. The latest

fire comes days after another arson attack in a neighbouring street.

can understand why the public would be concerned for -- are concerned

about the arson, however the investigation at this stage is too

early to suggest a link. We are doing everything we can to prevent

another are some. Police say eyewitness accounts are critical to

find out what happened. The fire service in Cambridgeshire

and Suffolk, say people should not be worried about response times,

now their 999 calls are being answered from a merged control room.

So far 50 emergency calls have been answered, without any problems. The

unions were worried about local knowledge being lost.

I understand concerns. A lot of that stems from the lack of

knowledge of how a control centre functions. The first thing we do

with a call is much their address on to come up. We did that

immediately and get the location and then send fire fighters

immediately. The system is very advanced.

MPs from this region have criticised the BBC for planning

cuts to local radio. They've been taking part in a special debate

today in Parliament. It follows the announcement of job cuts in local

radio. There are moves to increase the number of regional programmes

to help the BBC deal with a funding shortfall.

This is symptomatic, this proposal to cut at the grass roots while

paying huge salaries to director general and other fat cats. My

constituency would be bemused to hear that the public sector

organisation continues indulge in this.

In the football last night, Colchester drew 1-1 with Bournmouth

in League One thanks to a late own goal by Zubar. In League Two,

Southend stretched their unbeaten run to 9 games, beating 10-man

Barnet by three goals to nil. Ryan Hall opened the scoring, after

controlling the ball on his chest. Bilel Mohsni tapped in the second,

just before half-time, and Neil Harris made it three in the second

half. Southend are currently second in the table in league two, just

behind Crawley Town. When people sat down to watch the

Queen's coronation almost 60 years ago, their television sets were a

far cry from the hi-tech screens we have today. And while most of us

enjoy the crystal clear pictures and numerous channels, there's a

growing interest now in vintage televisions.

Rob Howard loves tinkering with old TV's. At his workshop in Norwich,

he breathes new life into old black-and-white televisions.

This is a Bush TV 22 from the early 1950s, but the transmitters it used

to pick up were switched of decades ago. There is the test channel that

BBC has used fought many years. make it usable, Rob fits the

converter allowing it to pick up to day's transmissions. I remember

being a lad and being in the garage and my dad was into it and little

bit so there were always transistors kicking about. I

remember fixing things at school. My ambition was to have a radio

shop, so I tried it and 10 years down the line we are still here.

is not just televisions. Wireless sets get the same treatment. Lovely

wooden cabinet, huge loudspeaker. As well as doing them up to sell,

Rob hires them up. All of them were used in a recent BBC drama. They

love having their cassettes working. Working amid the smell of hot Wells,

you will not be surprised by robs you on up-to-date equipment. Modern

plasma televisions, I do not think you can be the picture of a CRT.

After almost five months on the front line over Libya, attacking

key military targets, Apache Helicopter crews have returned to

their base at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk. Tomorrow, partly in

recognition of their role in Afghanistan and in Libya, they will

receive four international aviation awards.

The enemy call it the mosquito, the big stick and the sky. Allied

troops had no qualms when they see it rise above the horizon. Since

June, this squadron has had a change in horizon, but with the

civil war in Libya over, they have returned to Southwark.

You flu some of those missions, how intense did it get? There was a

threat against us, but as you can see, this aircraft can deal with

pretty much anything and we receive no damage.

Today the icing on the cake, Wattisham has won a clutch of

international awards. For the Apache forced to collect

for at the 25 awards is quite an achievement when you bear in mind

this is the equivalent of the Oscars with nominations from cruise

all over the world. When someone goes to the Palace to

receive a knighthood or a medal from the Queen, these sorts of

awards being presented tomorrow night are the next level down from

that in the views of the country. We recognise that it is our year

because we have been doing the Afghanistan and bit since 2006

animal called to go on a Mediterranean cruise this summer.

There is an extra storey to tell and that has helped us. With their

most famous pilots undergoing training before a deployment

Afghanistan, Wattisham a patchy's are likely to take up highlight for

some time yet. A survey of the nation's computer

skills has revealed that more than four in ten adults aged over 55 are

unable to use a computer. It's prompted a campaign to get more of

them online. The figure is a bit better in this

region, but a third of people over the age of 55 don't know how to get

on the internet. A new campaign called 'Give An Hour' wants to get

more people using the web. It has the backing of the BBC and

employers who say most jobs now require some element of computer

skill. Teresa will son is hoping that

learning to use the internet will get her a job. The 60 year-old left

her last job 18 months ago to look after her father. He died earlier

this year and now Theresa is looking to get back into work. She

admits her knowledge of the internet is sketchy so she is doing

a course. I was very nervous getting on there. You do worry. You

realise it is only a machine, but you are afraid of it. I am more

confident now. Lots of older people never go near the internet. Across

the UK, 42% of adults aged 55 and over have never used the internet.

In this region it is a bit better at 37%. The most aware are in beds,

Herts, Bucks and Essex. The least aware are in Norfolk and Suffolk.

25% of jobs need internet skills and another 50%, people are more

likely to get that job if they had internet skills so that is a

staggering number. In addition, you are more likely to find work if you

are online. This recruitment Consultants says computer skills

are essential if older candidates are to present themselves to best

effect. It is really important that your CV is correct because it is

representing you to a potential employer. You need to do this CV on

a computer and lay it out and formatted correctly. For the rest

of this week they will be coverage on local radio station about how

computer skills have changed people's lives. If you would like

to give your time helping others to get online, the details are on the

BBC website. As we said just now, happy Diwali

to everybody who is celebrating India's biggest festival.

My daughter made a little pot at school and we lit it today. And we

wished each other happy Diwali. If you didn't know, it's a five day

celebration observed by Hindus and Sikhs.

Diwali is The Festival of Lights. The word itself comes from the

earthenware pots used for the lights. Jo Black has been to

Northampton to see the celebrations It is one of the biggest Diwali

festivals in our region. This year With dancing, drums, henna painting

and even bargain sari is at �2 apart. De vale is celebrated by

Hindus, Sikhs all over the world. The festival means different things

for different faiths, but the main thread is the celebration of good

over evil and light over darkness. Diwali is like our Christmas. It is

about sharing, giving and celebration. We come together and

respect our elders, and each other. Like Christmas, we eat a lot of

food and feel quite bad at the end of it.

As darkness came, the highlight of the event. A procession of lanterns

paraded through the town giving shoppers unilluminating Festival,

and real festival of lights. Very often we sit around talking

and I said to Susie, look, it is pouring with rain outside. She

smiled. I listen a lot, but I don't take it

on board and I said, was it raining today? I looked inside and he looks

outside. outside.

You are obviously working too hard. It was a story of sunshine and

showers today. We have a picture of a rainbow spotted over Norwich

today. That is a spectacular picture. If we look at the radar

shot, we can see whether showers fell. Most of the heavy thundery

ones were in the east. One or two are lingering around parts of

Suffolk and Essex. Mostly they will fade away tonight. Some clear skies

to start the night. That means it will be around midnight that we get

our lowest temperatures. Our expected low is 9 Celsius. The

second half of the night, a bit more cloud. That will bring patchy

rain. The reason for this can be explained by the pressure Chard.

There is an area of low pressure to the south and it moves up through

tomorrow, but runs out of steam by the time it gets to us. Although it

will be a cloudy day for us tomorrow, it will be some rain

depending on where you live. Further west we will get outbreaks.

Uprightness in the east. Fairly cloudy, but one or two bright

spells developing. A high of 14 Celsius tomorrow and and light

south-easterly wind. Through the afternoon, the rain will tend to

try and push east word. You will see it becomes broken and patchy.

Some parts further east getting away with a dry day and those of

you in the West, perhaps some patchy rain at times. The next five

days is looking try after tomorrow. Friday morning early mist and fog

patches. Both days look fairly cloudy, but there will be brighter

spells. Then we get a south- westerly wind working in mild air.

Daytime temperatures getting higher. The a overnight lows are getting