:00:06. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:
:00:09. > :00:14.The veterans of modern-day conflicts on the day we remember
:00:14. > :00:24.the end of the Great War. The disabled mother stuck in her
:00:24. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:30.flat for a fortnight because of a broken lift. I have not been able
:00:30. > :00:33.to work or go to school with my children.
:00:33. > :00:35.Calls to stop the new rail franchise for East Anglia because
:00:35. > :00:44.of controversy over the number of seats on trains.
:00:44. > :00:51.And the story of the charity set up to help the children of the armed
:00:51. > :00:54.force's mothers and fathers who are no longer worth us. -- with us.
:00:54. > :00:57.Hello. On Armistice Day the changing face of remembrance as
:00:57. > :01:00.younger veterans assume the mantle of the old soldiers of the second
:01:00. > :01:06.world war. Even if they joined up very young the men and women who
:01:06. > :01:08.served in World War Two are now well into their '80s. But after
:01:08. > :01:14.years of conflict, from the Falklands to Afghanistan, the Royal
:01:14. > :01:17.British Legion is very busy with new generations of veterans. On the
:01:17. > :01:27.anniversary of the day the guns fell silent on the Western Front,
:01:27. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:42.our Defence Reporter has been to meet three veterans.
:01:42. > :01:47.This man was in Bosnia in 1994. Today, he remembered. That is us.
:01:48. > :01:56.Trying to keep the peace between warring factions help -- affected
:01:56. > :02:05.him deeply. Afghanistan is full on fighting. Bosnia was a peacekeeping
:02:05. > :02:11.operation. In one respect, peacekeeping is probably just as
:02:11. > :02:15.bad or more difficult than what you are trained to do if. This man
:02:15. > :02:21.represents a new generation of the veterans. He has seen action in
:02:21. > :02:27.Iraq and Afghanistan. His first tour was very bloody and has left
:02:27. > :02:32.him to traumatised. It was hard to see children being blown up by the
:02:32. > :02:39.Taliban. Very young children. It stayed with me for quite some time.
:02:39. > :02:44.At this rehabilitation unit, his life may have been transformed. The
:02:44. > :02:52.Help for heroes charity helped to get it built. Donations from the
:02:52. > :02:58.Poppy Appeal will keep it running. By next spring, service personnel
:02:58. > :03:03.can come here to readjust to life inside or outside the military.
:03:04. > :03:09.bullet went through my shin bone. And at the side. The youngest
:03:09. > :03:14.veteran shows me his bullet wound from a sniper attack in Afghanistan.
:03:14. > :03:18.The man who saved his life was killed in an explosion soon after.
:03:18. > :03:22.When they said he had passed away, there are no words that can
:03:23. > :03:31.describe that feeling for. It must have been difficult today. It is
:03:31. > :03:37.one of them things. You can sit there and think about everyone else
:03:37. > :03:43.on this important day. The men I met are adamant they do not want to
:03:43. > :03:52.eclipse those who have come before them, but to be fully recognised as
:03:52. > :03:56.part of the war veteran community. I am joined by the former head of
:03:57. > :04:01.the British Army. The fact that we have had so many conflicts in the
:04:01. > :04:07.last 20 years. Has that made a difference to the way that people
:04:07. > :04:13.Mark Armistice Day? I think it does. Recollections are largely historic
:04:13. > :04:16.and are passed down from generation to generation. In recent years,
:04:16. > :04:21.particularly with at Iraq and Afghanistan, these conflicts have
:04:21. > :04:26.been widely broadcast on television some people have a greater
:04:26. > :04:31.understanding. I think it is easier for the larger population to
:04:31. > :04:38.empathise with what hour armed force personnel have been going
:04:38. > :04:42.through. I think there is more recognition that there are people
:04:42. > :04:48.who were prepared to do difficult and dangerous things on behalf of
:04:48. > :04:53.the nation. There were fears a few years ago that the younger
:04:53. > :04:57.generation didn't appreciate what had gone on. But now the generation
:04:57. > :05:02.knows somebody who was in the forces and perhaps someone who has
:05:02. > :05:06.been injured? The younger generation in uniform has stood up
:05:06. > :05:10.to the plate fantastically in recent years. The young men and
:05:10. > :05:13.women who come into the armed forces now are every bit as brave
:05:13. > :05:19.after training as their predecessors were. And the all have
:05:19. > :05:26.friends from school. Work colleagues. Word gets around. It is
:05:26. > :05:35.good that people up and down the country can stand and give thanks
:05:35. > :05:41.and remember. Is it right that we need to sell poppies to look after
:05:41. > :05:45.our! -- ex servicemen and women? The short answer is yes. It has
:05:45. > :05:50.always been the British way for the public, private and charitable
:05:50. > :05:54.sectors to come together in support of our armed forces. I think it is
:05:54. > :06:00.a wonderful thing that they give money to the Royal British Legion
:06:00. > :06:08.at this time of year. It is a way that we can show our support and
:06:08. > :06:11.contribute. Yes we can do sponsored events, or we can just put money in
:06:11. > :06:21.at 10. Whatever we do, we're saying thank you for doing these difficult
:06:21. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:29.and dangerous things on our behalf. I have no trouble with said. The
:06:29. > :06:35.Government still has to do a major part, but it is right for her the
:06:35. > :06:39.public to help at this time of year. Thank you.
:06:39. > :06:41.A disabled mother has been stuck in her flat for more than two weeks
:06:42. > :06:45.because no-one repaired a broken lift. Melissa Chaplin from Milton
:06:45. > :06:48.Keynes uses a wheelchair and can't walk up the stairs to her first
:06:48. > :06:51.floor flat. She says she was turned into a prisoner in her own home.
:06:51. > :07:00.I have not been able to take my children to school or to get to
:07:00. > :07:07.work. It is not just me. Any other parents in the building that have
:07:07. > :07:12.pushchairs and anyone who is retired. Any movement can dislocate
:07:12. > :07:21.this woman's joints. Normal life ceased 15 days ago. She has not
:07:21. > :07:31.been able to leave the flat. Today, on Armistice Day, she realised just
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:41.how much she is a must. I don't even have a poppy. I have not been
:07:41. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:52.able to get out and buy one. I would really like to come down now.
:07:52. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:03.We contacted the property The company went on to say the left
:08:03. > :08:12.would be prepared on Monday. We said that we would be filming today.
:08:12. > :08:16.As we went to leave, engineers arrived. They have phoned to tell
:08:16. > :08:20.me that there is an engineer working on it just now. My concern
:08:20. > :08:28.is that the Left might be fixed, but if it were to break down again
:08:28. > :08:32.and someone were inside it, they would not be able to form out.
:08:32. > :08:38.Faced with the prospect of a third weekend trapped in her flat, she
:08:38. > :08:42.has decided to take a chance and use the flat. She says the fight to
:08:42. > :08:46.ensure the emergency phone line is also fixed goes on.
:08:46. > :08:49.Still to come tonight: With six months to go to the final, FA Cup
:08:49. > :08:52.fever kicks off with round one. And the man they call Big C.
:08:52. > :09:02.Northampton and England forward Courtney Lawes on a disappointing
:09:02. > :09:02.
:09:03. > :09:06.Rugby World Cup and a huge Heineken Cup clash in Ireland.
:09:06. > :09:09.The Government has been urged not to sign a deal for the new Greater
:09:09. > :09:11.Anglia rail franchise. The Colchester MP Bob Russell says
:09:12. > :09:21.there is growing concern the company taking over the franchise
:09:21. > :09:27.plans to cut about 4,000 peak hour seats.
:09:27. > :09:31.After nearly eight years in charge, the days are numbered for National
:09:31. > :09:37.Express East Anglia. But will their success to do any better?
:09:37. > :09:47.Passengers are clear what they want. The main thing is punctuality.
:09:47. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:53.Nobody can stand trains being late. Punctuality. And cheaper fares.
:09:53. > :09:58.franchise will run for just under three years. National Express is
:09:58. > :10:03.about to finish adding extra carriages to the network. But will
:10:03. > :10:09.the new company keep them? For this MP says that they could cut the
:10:09. > :10:15.number of peak-time seat by 4,000. He says, if that is the case, the
:10:15. > :10:20.franchise should be block. I would be love it. If there is a cut, it
:10:20. > :10:27.is more likely to be on commuter trains coming through Colchester
:10:27. > :10:35.and up from the Essex coast. That would be 4,000 fewer seats for
:10:35. > :10:40.people to sit on. People will be standing on overcrowded trains.
:10:40. > :10:48.Today, it was confirmed that 36 carriages added by National Express
:10:48. > :10:52.would be sent back. They insist that overcrowding will not increase.
:10:52. > :10:56.Passengers will ultimately be the judge of that.
:10:56. > :10:59.A man has been jailed for his part in a 32-hour siege in Norfolk.
:10:59. > :11:02.David Cawston was tasered by police after barricading himself inside a
:11:02. > :11:05.house in New Costessey with a gun. At Norwich Crown Court, he admitted
:11:05. > :11:13.two offences of possessing an air pistol with intent to cause fear or
:11:13. > :11:17.violence. He was jailed for three years.
:11:17. > :11:20.Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of a 45 year-old man
:11:20. > :11:23.in Ipswich. Martin Edwards was found dead at his flat in Old
:11:23. > :11:26.Foundry Court last Christmas Day. Timothy Bailey must serve a minimum
:11:26. > :11:32.of 20 years, and Joseph Heggarty 14 years. Two other defendants were
:11:32. > :11:35.cleared of murder during the trial last month.
:11:35. > :11:37.Norfolk County Council will probably go ahead with a
:11:37. > :11:39.controversial waste incinerator in King's Lynn whether it gets �169
:11:39. > :11:42.million from the government or not. Yesterday, the Environment
:11:42. > :11:50.Secretary said money won't be released unless the plan had local
:11:50. > :11:54.support. If the incinerator makes it off the
:11:54. > :11:59.drawing board, it will be built in King's Lynn and burn waste to
:11:59. > :12:04.produce electricity. The county council says the way forward could
:12:04. > :12:08.be going ahead without the funding. If it represents the best value for
:12:08. > :12:12.money for Norfolk. It looks at this early stage I could well still be
:12:12. > :12:17.cheaper to build the plant without the credits than abandon the whole
:12:18. > :12:22.project altogether after five years of hard work. The incinerator has
:12:22. > :12:27.been hugely controversial. Campaigners have held protests.
:12:27. > :12:37.65,000 people signed petitions. They believe it will damage health
:12:37. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:55.I am not surprised the council are saying they will still proceeds.
:12:55. > :13:00.They have decided still to go ahead even though there is no public
:13:00. > :13:05.support. What this shows is if the council didn't need a government
:13:05. > :13:12.funding in the first place, surely this is a reason for Caroline
:13:12. > :13:17.Spelman not to award it. They still need planning permission. The
:13:17. > :13:19.council hopes the Government will change their mind over the money.
:13:19. > :13:23.The latest paintings by a nine- year-old prodigy from Norfolk sold
:13:23. > :13:27.out in just ten and a half minutes today. 12 landscapes by Kieron
:13:27. > :13:29.Williamson who lives in Ludham sold for a total of �105,000. One person
:13:29. > :13:39.working for a collector from Manchester even queued overnight
:13:39. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:47.Fit for Ipswich Hospital has won praise from inspectors six months
:13:47. > :13:50.after a critical report. Their Care Quality Commission aired concerns
:13:50. > :13:54.in May, but has carried out a follow-up check and says things are
:13:54. > :13:59.much improved. Five No one likes to be told they
:13:59. > :14:03.are failing, and least of all our hospital which has built a fine
:14:03. > :14:09.reputation down the years, treating just short of 500,000 patients
:14:09. > :14:13.every year. In May, as the Care Quality Commission came, there was
:14:13. > :14:18.no hiding place. Clearly, we have not met anything like the standard
:14:18. > :14:22.we would expect at this hospital. We are very sorry to patients and
:14:22. > :14:25.their relatives who had been distressed by that. The commission
:14:25. > :14:33.said they were failing to meet essential standards on things such
:14:33. > :14:39.as dignity, nutrition. Inspectors came back and found no shortcomings
:14:39. > :14:44.in those areas. Her I have the utmost respect. What they pointed
:14:44. > :14:50.out allowed me to correct areas where we were failing. Since they
:14:50. > :14:56.have visited, our patients are receiving a higher standard of care.
:14:56. > :15:00.It is not just nurses, the whole organisation needs to be vigilant.
:15:00. > :15:06.The criticism they admit rocked morale, the biggest worry that
:15:06. > :15:08.patients would lose confidence. But they have made changes, and this
:15:08. > :15:12.endorsement from the Care Quality Commission would suggest they have
:15:12. > :15:16.got it right. It has been a difficult few months for the team,
:15:16. > :15:20.so you can understand their delight over this latest report. But they
:15:20. > :15:25.say there is no room for complacency, they remain committed
:15:25. > :15:35.to driving up standards of patient care, striving to ensure they get
:15:35. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:45.There is not much League football on offer because of the
:15:45. > :15:48.internationals, but it is a big weekend in the FA Cup. It is round
:15:48. > :15:53.one, which gives some of the smaller teams a chance for some
:15:53. > :15:57.time in the limelight. In rugby, it is a big weekend for Northampton
:15:57. > :16:02.Saints in the Heineken Cup. We start with football, and Cambridge
:16:02. > :16:06.United. The FA Cup starts for real here at
:16:06. > :16:11.Cambridge United tonight. They play Wrexham, it is the first game of
:16:11. > :16:15.the first round. All the qualifying is over, and it starts here. I have
:16:15. > :16:20.to say it is a bitterly cold evening tonight, and it seems a
:16:20. > :16:24.long way away from this spring date in May when the Wembley final takes
:16:24. > :16:27.place. There are nine other games taking place tomorrow in the
:16:27. > :16:33.competition, let's take an look at all the best bits from where you
:16:33. > :16:37.live. Melbourne Park, home to Chelmsford
:16:37. > :16:43.City, preparations are in full swing for their home tie with
:16:43. > :16:53.Telford. They have negotiated three qualifiers, now 1,500 fans are
:16:53. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:57.expected to watch the match. Inside, the chairman is beavering away.
:16:57. > :17:03.the FA Cup certainly has that magic about it. You are never going to
:17:03. > :17:09.win it, it is just how far you can go. For a part-time club, chances
:17:09. > :17:13.to cash in like this do not come around every year. �18,500 for the
:17:13. > :17:17.winner tomorrow. Four it is very important, it keeps the season
:17:17. > :17:23.going and takes the worry a way of finding the wages at the end of the
:17:23. > :17:27.month. I can recall one particular game where we beat them down at the
:17:27. > :17:35.old ground 5-0, we progressed to their third round and we got
:17:35. > :17:39.Ipswich Town. Hopefully, a repeat of history. For Colchester ahead to
:17:39. > :17:43.Crewe. They have become a resilient bunch and are favourites to
:17:43. > :17:49.progress. There is a confident about the team, especially after
:17:49. > :17:56.last week at Tranby Europe when we played off a 0-0 game, a great
:17:56. > :18:00.result -- tram you. Southend are at Preston. Anthony Grant begins at
:18:00. > :18:07.three match ban after being sent off at Oxford. They could not have
:18:07. > :18:14.got a harder draw. One of the biggest clubs they could have drawn.
:18:14. > :18:24.I really difficult game for them. I fancy them to get a draw.
:18:24. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:33.Blues' 12 match unbeaten run is Rugby union, and Northampton Saints.
:18:33. > :18:37.Chris Ashton has been given a suspended fine of �5,000 and warned
:18:37. > :18:41.about future conduct after inappropriate comments made to a
:18:41. > :18:45.female hotel worker during the World Cup in New Zealand. He is
:18:45. > :18:51.back on the team tomorrow as they begin their Heineken Cup campaign
:18:51. > :18:57.in Munster. He is joined by Courtney Lawes.
:18:57. > :19:03.Smita Courtney Lawes, 6 at seven and 18 stone, he is one of the most
:19:03. > :19:07.agile and destructive players in world rugby. -- that -- 6 that -- 6
:19:07. > :19:10.at seven. He plays the game on the edge. At
:19:10. > :19:15.the Rugby World Cup he was suspended for a fortnight. It has
:19:15. > :19:19.not stopped him packing a good punch. I what to be my own player,
:19:19. > :19:25.I just want to be me. But better, to be honest. And I'm going to keep
:19:25. > :19:29.working hard to do everything I can. Like many Saints players, he was
:19:29. > :19:34.hoping to deliver on the world stage in New Zealand, until it all
:19:34. > :19:41.went disastrously wrong, both on the pitch and off it. I do not know
:19:41. > :19:48.how you can be expected to stay in a hotel room for two months. You
:19:48. > :19:52.have to enjoy your wins and you have to enjoy each other's company.
:19:52. > :19:58.Is that this feeling of Chris Ashton and many players, they feel
:19:58. > :20:03.they have been tainted? For it is hard and it was hard for them. All
:20:03. > :20:06.their families and friends know, and they know what happened. Do you
:20:06. > :20:09.think the new generation know when to stop? I do not think it has
:20:09. > :20:15.changed at all. I think it is just because rugby is high-profile now
:20:15. > :20:18.and everyone is more in the limelight. So we are expected to
:20:18. > :20:23.act a bit more responsibly. But some of the stuff that was done out
:20:23. > :20:28.there was taken well out of proportion, all of it was harmless.
:20:29. > :20:34.Does that play on your mind when you play on the pitch? Probably.
:20:34. > :20:38.For at least now he has a Heineken Cup, six months ago since fell
:20:38. > :20:43.agonisingly short. It was very tough to take. But you
:20:43. > :20:47.learn from games like that, tough games where you start well and they
:20:47. > :20:52.come back, it is very hard to describe it. But you learn from
:20:52. > :20:56.them. We have a very strong team. Players have been rested, given a
:20:57. > :21:06.chance to get some more game time. I am happy about that and I'm ready
:21:06. > :21:10.to go. That is on BBC Radio Northampton
:21:10. > :21:14.tomorrow. Jez George is in charge at
:21:14. > :21:18.Cambridge United. You took the job reluctantly, but you are making it
:21:18. > :21:22.look easy. It does not feel easy. But the players are working very
:21:22. > :21:26.hard, and we are making decent progress. We changed the team
:21:26. > :21:30.around a lot over the summer, there are a lot of young players in the
:21:30. > :21:35.system and their working very hard and progressing as a team. And we
:21:35. > :21:39.have some points on the board. will show a few pictures of the
:21:39. > :21:43.glory days in the early 1990s when they got to two quarter-finals. Is
:21:43. > :21:48.it possible to get back to those days? I remember those games, I
:21:48. > :21:52.stood on the terraces watching. I think things are cyclical. And you
:21:52. > :21:57.hope that if you work the club can get back to that level at some
:21:57. > :22:00.point in the future. The support we have here is unbelievable. The fans
:22:00. > :22:05.are passionate and we want to repay them by giving them a team they can
:22:05. > :22:09.be proud of. For best of luck tonight against Wrexham. If there
:22:09. > :22:13.is a commentary on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
:22:13. > :22:17.We have already seen the way we marked Armistice Day across the
:22:17. > :22:22.region. Now, a personal story. When Corporal Lee Scott was killed in
:22:22. > :22:25.Afghanistan, it had a devastating effect on everybody she knew him.
:22:25. > :22:29.But his widow Nikki decided she wanted something good to come out
:22:29. > :22:33.of the tragedy. She found at the Trout -- charity, Scotty's Little
:22:33. > :22:43.Soldiers. It helps the children of soldiers who have died in conflict.
:22:43. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:48.It has just raised its first Nikki Scott is having a cup of tea
:22:48. > :22:54.made for her. And whether she likes it or not, bread, jam and sausages
:22:54. > :22:59.are involved. This child was just eight months old when her father,
:22:59. > :23:06.Corporal Lee Scott, was killed in Afghanistan. His duel was in King's
:23:06. > :23:11.Lynn. Her big brother were an army uniform that day. A year later,
:23:11. > :23:16.Nikki started Scotty's Little Soldiers. I had the thought quite
:23:16. > :23:20.early on, a few months after he was killed. But obviously I was not
:23:20. > :23:25.capable of coping that well back then. So I just put it to the back
:23:25. > :23:28.of my mind. And it was when I went on a family holiday with some
:23:28. > :23:32.cousins and I saw my son and laughing in the pool and playing, I
:23:32. > :23:37.realised I had not seen him laugh like that in months. The charity
:23:37. > :23:41.has already raised �100,000 to help pay for special trips and presence
:23:41. > :23:48.on birthdays, and at Christmas time. But Nikki does not want to stop
:23:48. > :23:54.their. The bingo hall is to be able to raise around �450,000 so that we
:23:54. > :23:57.can buy holiday homes around the UK, so that people can ring up and
:23:57. > :24:02.asked for them and the next week. Toys are there, bedding is there
:24:02. > :24:07.and they can just get away and have a break. The success of the charity
:24:07. > :24:12.has helped the family a lot. But their son is struggling the most.
:24:12. > :24:17.He was close to his father. He has good days and bad days. One day he
:24:17. > :24:24.is happy and the cellist -- he will be chatting, and talking about his
:24:24. > :24:30.dad. The next day he might be in bed sleeping with a picture of him.
:24:30. > :24:37.Where his daddy now? For in heaven. Is he was here now, and you could
:24:37. > :24:42.say something to him, what would you say? I love my daddy. The other
:24:42. > :24:45.really important thing that I have realised since he has gone is just
:24:45. > :24:50.how involved he was with the children, and how lucky, to be
:24:50. > :24:54.honest, I was to have such a good husband. I think he would be very
:24:54. > :25:04.pleased with what we are doing. Children were his life, and I think
:25:04. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.this charity is helping them and he Let's take a look at the weather.
:25:10. > :25:14.It has been a bit chilly today. But I will show you some video first.
:25:14. > :25:18.It has been above average for the last few weeks, these swimmers were
:25:18. > :25:23.enjoying a swim in the river yesterday evening. A full moon as
:25:23. > :25:27.well over the river, that made for some nice winning. Water
:25:27. > :25:31.temperatures above average. As we go through the next couple of days
:25:31. > :25:37.we will see the temperatures rise again, after this chilly day. Low-
:25:37. > :25:41.pressure is pushing up front in our direction. A lot of cloud around.
:25:41. > :25:45.That brought a little patchy light rain and drizzle to areas. It was
:25:45. > :25:50.quite chilly. As the goes three tonight, cloud thinning and the
:25:50. > :25:56.drizzle continuing, somewhat it may turn more persistent across western
:25:56. > :25:59.parts of the region overnight. It will slowly work its way east. With
:25:59. > :26:03.that low cloud around and the rain, temperatures will not go very far
:26:03. > :26:09.from where they were today, around 10 or 11 degrees Celsius at the
:26:09. > :26:13.lowest. Light to moderate south- easterly winds. Over the weekend,
:26:13. > :26:18.cloudy but it will brighten up. We start the day on Saturday with
:26:18. > :26:23.patchy light rain and drizzle, but otherwise mainly dry. And with a
:26:23. > :26:27.bit of sunshine as well in the South and west of the region. 14 or
:26:27. > :26:33.15 degrees Celsius, about four degrees where we are a -- word
:26:33. > :26:38.today. Light southerly winds through the afternoon. On Saturday,
:26:38. > :26:42.staying dry, and mixture of sunshine and cloud. A bit of rain
:26:42. > :26:47.around towards the evening. High- pressure off to the east over the
:26:47. > :26:51.next couple of days, that will keep us fine and dry. Temperatures will
:26:51. > :26:55.not be that bad, I ran for 18 degrees Celsius on Sunday during
:26:55. > :27:00.the day, but coming down at it as we go into the week. We will
:27:00. > :27:09.continue to secrecy -- East or South easterly winds. We could be