:00:10. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to Look East. If that had been six inches one way,
:00:15. > :00:18.I would not have been here today. My wife would not have been. My
:00:18. > :00:22.children would have been carrying two coffins down to a cemetery
:00:22. > :00:26.today. A driver's shocking account of the
:00:26. > :00:29.moment his wife was hit by a concrete block thrown from a bridge
:00:29. > :00:33.over of the A12. Dawn raids in Essex lead to arrests
:00:33. > :00:38.and seizures of drugs. The Transport Secretary takes the
:00:38. > :00:41.train to Norwich and is half an hour late.
:00:41. > :00:51.And we talk to the 78-year-old lollipop lady. Just one of our
:00:51. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:03.torch bearers for next year's Hello. Later on tonight's programme,
:01:03. > :01:07.it's awards night in Bedford. I am here with some of the best
:01:07. > :01:11.sports men and women in the world. World champions, Olympic gold
:01:11. > :01:15.medals, best in Britain. This is a world champion. The best car in the
:01:15. > :01:21.world. Join us later for the Sports Personality Of The Year Awards in
:01:21. > :01:24.the East. We start tonight with the driver
:01:24. > :01:27.who has described the moment a concrete block smashed through his
:01:27. > :01:31.car windscreen as he drove along the A12 in Essex. Steve Manley said
:01:31. > :01:34.he turned to ask his wife Carol what caused the crash. To his
:01:34. > :01:38.horror, he saw the block had hit her in the chest and she was
:01:38. > :01:41.covered in blood. He said she will be mentally scarred for life.
:01:41. > :01:43.Exactly a week after the incident, the police are still looking for
:01:44. > :01:47.whoever was responsible. Let's get the full details now from Alex
:01:47. > :01:53.Dunlop. The police are treating this as
:01:53. > :01:57.attempted murder. This was the second of two up to axe on this
:01:57. > :02:02.stretch of the road in half-an-hour. Another couple escaped when a
:02:03. > :02:09.granite block was dropped on their car in the nearby bridge. At this
:02:09. > :02:13.bridge, exactly a week ago tonight, some one or several people picked
:02:13. > :02:20.up a 25 kilogram concrete bollard and waited until a car went
:02:20. > :02:24.underneath. Then it was dropped. Those people did not care there was
:02:24. > :02:29.a middle-aged couple in that car, Steve and Carol Manley. One week on
:02:29. > :02:33.an Steve Manley can barely hide his anger that someone who never knew
:02:33. > :02:40.his wife was prepared to kill her and almost did. To think that
:02:40. > :02:48.someone has got, could do something so covertly, to someone they do not
:02:48. > :02:53.know. And for no apparent reason, other than thinking it was funny.
:02:53. > :02:57.My emotions are so tight that I could not see how I feel.
:02:58. > :03:03.couple were heading home on the A12 after an evening with friends when
:03:03. > :03:08.someone dropped a concrete bollard on their car. We were driving along,
:03:08. > :03:15.then at crash and the car was destroyed. I saw my wife, went into
:03:15. > :03:20.panic mode. What did you see? lots of blood. Your eyes focus on
:03:20. > :03:27.the red colour. You do not see anything else. My wife was saying
:03:27. > :03:33.she could not breathe. Then the panic increased with the fear.
:03:33. > :03:39.badly injured was she? fractured cheekbones, broken nose,
:03:39. > :03:43.broken up eye socket, Broken tooth and reds and a bruised month.
:03:43. > :03:47.of their four children came to support their father in a public
:03:47. > :03:52.appeal to help find those responsible. I do not want another
:03:52. > :03:57.person to get a telephone call I received telling me that I could be
:03:57. > :04:01.facing the possibility of losing both my mum and my dad. Telling my
:04:01. > :04:05.children that their grandmother was in hospital and I cannot guarantee
:04:05. > :04:11.she is going to be all right. Nobody should have to take that
:04:11. > :04:17.telephone call ever. Someone knows, someone is going to mess up, idiots
:04:17. > :04:21.like to brag about it. If you hear this idiot, please call the police,
:04:21. > :04:26.stop them before they kill somebody. Bearing in mind her previous
:04:26. > :04:32.illnesses, she has epilepsy, it will be a long road to recovery.
:04:32. > :04:40.Yes, but it is recovery, not a long road to a cemetery. That is how I
:04:40. > :04:48.am looking at it. We are taking one day at that time. We will be happy.
:04:48. > :04:55.She may cried during the night. within a week, you will celebrate
:04:55. > :04:59.your 38 when the anniversary at home. -- 38 wedding anniversary.
:04:59. > :05:06.She is getting better, though, because she is complaining to me.
:05:06. > :05:12.She cannot chew properly. But she can talk? She can achieve his
:05:12. > :05:16.nagging me, so she is getting better. -- she can and she is
:05:16. > :05:21.nagging me. The police are working on this and
:05:21. > :05:26.patrol cars are going up and down the road. In return, the police
:05:26. > :05:32.want information and have put out a Crimestoppers number. It is 0800
:05:32. > :05:34.555 111. Back to the studio. Thank you.
:05:34. > :05:37.Eight men appeared before magistrates in Ipswich today
:05:37. > :05:39.following police raids across the region yesterday. During the
:05:39. > :05:46.operation, cannabis worth �8 million was seized. Debbie Tubby
:05:46. > :05:50.was in court. Here in Ipswich, police raids early
:05:50. > :05:56.in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, eight men appeared before
:05:56. > :06:03.magistrates charged with going to supply cannabis. 1.5 tonnes of
:06:03. > :06:08.cannabis, worth more than �8 million, and �60,000 of money was
:06:08. > :06:15.seized by police. There were more drug raids this morning just down
:06:15. > :06:23.the A12 in Essex. Half-past five in the morning, a
:06:23. > :06:27.police briefing for dawn raids on several homes.
:06:27. > :06:34.SHOUTING. One of the first, this flat in
:06:34. > :06:39.Colchester. Police believe there could be class A drugs inside.
:06:39. > :06:44.Officers have been inside this flat for about half-an-hour, carrying
:06:44. > :06:49.out an extensive search. Helping with that search, one of the drugs
:06:49. > :06:53.dogs. Nothing illegal was found. But one man the police were looking
:06:53. > :07:01.for was arrested. These are part of an ongoing operation that began in
:07:01. > :07:06.October. We did 10 arrests and raids early in October. Today, we
:07:06. > :07:11.are doing 16 further raids. The idea is that the properties we are
:07:11. > :07:17.looking at are all a variety of premises, floods, bungalows, a
:07:17. > :07:27.whole range of people living within them. -- flat. Clacton the second
:07:27. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:37.phase, another flat. SHOUTING. Despite it being empty,
:07:37. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:43.it was still searched. Then on to another road, with people inside.
:07:43. > :07:48.Two men were arrested. In total, the police carried out 16 raids and
:07:48. > :07:55.made 14 arrests. They are saying other operations to crack down on
:07:55. > :08:01.drugs will continue. Let us give you further details of
:08:01. > :08:07.the eight men. Because of the size of the group, turns were taken
:08:07. > :08:12.standing two at a time in the dock. They are ranging in the ages from
:08:12. > :08:17.early twenties to early fifties, lived in Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.
:08:17. > :08:22.One was described as a car salesman, another a steel fixer. The parents
:08:22. > :08:26.of one men have also been charged with money-laundering. Those people
:08:26. > :08:31.will appear in the same court later this month. For the eight men, all
:08:31. > :08:38.have been remanded in custody and will stand trial in April of next
:08:38. > :08:40.year at Ipswich Crown Court. Later on, tonight's special report
:08:40. > :08:47.looks at efforts by the region's MPs to raise standards on the
:08:47. > :08:51.railways. Plus, Stewart is at the Sports Awards.
:08:51. > :08:56.Grown men and women have been coming to look into this car and
:08:56. > :09:01.walk around it. Looking inside to see how little room there is. This
:09:01. > :09:09.car was the most successful in the world and formal of one last year.
:09:09. > :09:14.Sebastian Vettel, of course, the world champion. We have this Sports
:09:14. > :09:18.Awards for BBC East. We have the best table tennis player, with a
:09:18. > :09:28.demonstration later, and we have all the winners during at fantastic
:09:28. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:35.year. That is after more from where A grandmother who fell into a river
:09:35. > :09:38.has been reunited with the women who rescued her. Maureen Wick was
:09:38. > :09:41.walking her dog by the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire last week
:09:41. > :09:44.when she tripped and fell into the water along with her dog. Her
:09:44. > :09:48.rescuers were two other grandmothers.
:09:48. > :09:54.Meeting the women she says saved her life. Maureen Wick and her dog
:09:54. > :09:58.fell into the river last week. Ruth Moore and Shirley Clarbour hair to
:09:58. > :10:04.her calls for help and ran to find her struggling in the water. --
:10:04. > :10:12.heard her calls for end help. my clothes felt heavy and I was
:10:12. > :10:16.struggling. We thought it was an animal. Yes. Then when we got
:10:16. > :10:23.nearer, we could hear someone shouting, help me. We ran and did
:10:23. > :10:28.not know what we would find. And it was Maureen in the river. I must
:10:28. > :10:37.have tripped... Riff that grabbed the dock and Shirley helped get
:10:37. > :10:42.Maureen out. -- Ruth grabbed their dog. They pulled and pound and out
:10:42. > :10:47.she came. With 16 grandchildren between them, Ruth and Shirley are
:10:47. > :10:52.not just stereotypical registers -- rescuers. Maureen says they were
:10:52. > :10:57.her guardian angels. They are not so sure. They just happen to be in
:10:57. > :11:06.the right place at the right time. We are lucky it all worked out.
:11:06. > :11:09.keep thinking what would have happened when we felon. I was
:11:09. > :11:14.rescued as a little girl. -- when we felt in.
:11:14. > :11:24.I cannot thank them enough. From the bottom of my heart, I thank
:11:24. > :11:27.them for what they did. We would not be here today.
:11:27. > :11:30.The police in Essex have issued a picture of a boy they're looking
:11:30. > :11:34.for after a bowling ball was dropped into a crowded street in
:11:34. > :11:37.Basildon. The boy was captured on CCTV. The 16lb ball was thrown from
:11:37. > :11:42.a balcony at the Basildon Bowl last Saturday lunchtime.
:11:42. > :11:45.70 jobs are being lost at the Cromer Crab Company in Norfolk.
:11:45. > :11:48.Campaigners have tried to save the processing plant which employs 230
:11:48. > :11:53.people. They're angry the jobs are to go while consultation is still
:11:53. > :11:59.going on. The owners, Youngs Seafood, say no decision has yet
:11:59. > :12:02.been made on the long term future of the site.
:12:02. > :12:05.The former chairman of Essex Police Authority has been asked to repay
:12:05. > :12:08.�10,000 he received for mileage claims. Robert Chambers intends to
:12:08. > :12:17.stand as a Police and Crime Commissioner. He has already repaid
:12:17. > :12:20.more than �1,500. For nine years, Robert Chambers was
:12:20. > :12:24.chairman of Essex Police Authority, until resigning in February this
:12:24. > :12:28.year saying he was considering standing as a Police and Crime
:12:28. > :12:35.Commissioner. It then emerged there was an audit of expense claims that
:12:35. > :12:40.the authority. Police were asked to investigate. The findings of the
:12:40. > :12:45.inquiry need to be made public, so that everyone can see precisely
:12:45. > :12:50.what has been going on. Questions need to be asked as to how this was
:12:50. > :12:54.allowed to happen over five or six years, as I understand. The Crown
:12:54. > :12:58.Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to bring
:12:58. > :13:06.the case to court. Figures released showed that Mr Chambers claimed
:13:06. > :13:11.more than 53 -- 1 and �53,000 over eight years. He was asked to repeat
:13:12. > :13:18.over 1,500 pounds. But now Essex Police authorities have asked him
:13:18. > :13:22.to pay over �9,000. We have good reason to be concerned, although we
:13:22. > :13:27.do not have the final picture on what exactly has gone wrong and
:13:27. > :13:32.whether -- and on the scale of what has gone wrong. A former Chief
:13:32. > :13:37.Executive may face a misconduct hearing, which would not involve Mr
:13:37. > :13:42.Chambers, as he is no longer at the authority. Mr Chambers says he will
:13:42. > :13:49.return the money once he is given a guarantee he will be asked not to
:13:49. > :13:51.pay any more. -- a guarantee he will not be asked.
:13:51. > :13:55.Campaigners fighting plans for a waste incinerator in Norfolk have
:13:55. > :13:57.lost a legal challenge against it. One objector argued that Norfolk
:13:58. > :14:01.County council's decision to go ahead with the plant near King's
:14:01. > :14:04.Lynn was unlawful. But a judge at the High Court has rejected his
:14:04. > :14:07.application for a judicial review. He's been ordered to pay the
:14:07. > :14:12.council's costs. Campaigners have argued that the council ignored a
:14:12. > :14:15.local poll. A new online map has been produced
:14:15. > :14:18.by the BBC which carries details of all of the region's fatal car
:14:18. > :14:21.crashes over the past ten years. In our region alone, 1,600 deaths were
:14:21. > :14:27.recorded in the last decade. It's hoped the map will highlight
:14:27. > :14:32.accident blackspots. Most of crashes a on fast, -- vast
:14:32. > :14:37.country roads and this region has plenty. Now each one where someone
:14:37. > :14:43.has died has been put on at BBC online map with a circle
:14:43. > :14:49.highlighting any fatal crash. Those most at risk, pedestrians, cyclists
:14:49. > :14:54.and motorbike riders. One road is very deceptive, with hidden
:14:54. > :14:59.junctions being death traps. Mike Rees knows the road well. There is
:14:59. > :15:04.a junction on the left. The potential danger is vehicles will
:15:04. > :15:08.turn across me. He teaches others how to spot potential dangers and
:15:08. > :15:14.to ride defensively. I have been a strong believer that it is not the
:15:14. > :15:18.road, but the driver. You have to adapt your driving. Just a few
:15:18. > :15:23.miles across the border in Suffolk, there have been at least three
:15:23. > :15:27.fatal crashes here. It is not until you see the
:15:27. > :15:31.junction that you understand how dangerous it is. There is heavy
:15:31. > :15:37.traffic in both directions and another junction around a blind
:15:37. > :15:42.bend. Drivers have to pick their moment to pull-out. Critics think
:15:42. > :15:46.the online map is useful, but say it does not show the full picture.
:15:46. > :15:51.The information we used roles together those who have died and
:15:51. > :15:55.those seriously injured. That means we have bigger numbers to work with
:15:55. > :15:59.and identifying trends of where the problems are and solve them.
:15:59. > :16:05.Government wants local authorities to be more responsible for reducing
:16:05. > :16:15.road casualties. This map shows which the roads in the region may
:16:15. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:19.need safety improvements. -- which You're watching Look East from the
:16:19. > :16:26.BBC. Coming up... An Olympic surprise for lollipop
:16:26. > :16:30.lady Ena. The Railways Minister paid a visit
:16:30. > :16:34.to the region today to hear about problems on the Anglia Line into
:16:34. > :16:37.Liverpool Street. The meeting, hosted by local MPs, comes ahead of
:16:37. > :16:43.a summit about regional services next week. The minister's train
:16:43. > :16:47.into Norwich was delayed for half an hour because of a fallen tree.
:16:47. > :16:52.It is one of the main commuter lines out of London carrying 9
:16:52. > :16:57.million passengers care year. Many of them will tell you this line
:16:57. > :17:03.desperately needs improved. It is the reliability, the delays,
:17:03. > :17:08.extensions to journeys. The speed of the trains do not seem to be as
:17:08. > :17:13.quick as the East Coast line that runs up to York or even the ones up
:17:13. > :17:17.to the North West. As we leave London, we are travelling at 90 mph.
:17:17. > :17:22.For the first 20 miles, there is plenty of track alarming for
:17:22. > :17:26.overtaking. Then we go down to one line. That is all the way to
:17:26. > :17:32.Norwich. It is busy, shared with commuter trains and freight traffic,
:17:32. > :17:37.where congestion often occurs. If anyone understands the problems, it
:17:37. > :17:41.is the members of parliament that use the service. Chloe Smith and
:17:41. > :17:46.Ben Gummer have organised next week's summit, when Network Rail,
:17:46. > :17:50.train operators and Government will look at how improvements can be
:17:50. > :17:54.made. It could be quicker getting to Birmingham or Ipswich and
:17:54. > :18:00.Brussels if we do not get this sorted. We will then not get
:18:00. > :18:05.investment we need. We are looking for proper investment. The kind of
:18:05. > :18:10.opportunity to get economies moving. What is needed is more passing
:18:10. > :18:14.loops through Essex. If level crossings were improved in Suffolk
:18:14. > :18:19.and Norfolk, trains could run faster. The rail Minister arrived
:18:19. > :18:27.in Norwich this morning, 20 minutes late due to a tree on the line, to
:18:27. > :18:34.meet campaigners. She was told to be �0.5 billion would be the price
:18:34. > :18:39.raced from improvements. -- �3.5 billion. What we can provide
:18:39. > :18:44.depends on what is affordable. Network Rail drawing up a list of
:18:44. > :18:47.new spending priorities, there is an impetus to try to bring
:18:47. > :18:55.improvements to this line. All attention will now be on next
:18:55. > :18:57.week's rail summit in London. And there will be more on the
:18:58. > :19:04.challenges facing the railways in this weekend's edition of the
:19:04. > :19:07.Poltics Show. It's on Sunday at 12 o'clock here on BBC One.
:19:07. > :19:09.The champagne is on ice and the trophies have been polished.
:19:09. > :19:15.Everyone's getting ready for tonight's BBC East Sports Awards.
:19:15. > :19:20.Let's rejoin Stewart now in Bedford. As I said, it is one of those
:19:20. > :19:27.evenings where we have some famous people. Ken Foster, Olympic gold
:19:27. > :19:37.medallist, is the moment when you win still something that burns in
:19:37. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:42.your mind? -- Tim Foster. It is still something, it will never go
:19:42. > :19:48.away. You are coaching in Switzerland, but stills -- still
:19:48. > :19:53.follow the sport here? I am still an avid Britain supporter and I
:19:53. > :19:59.will be here for the Olympics. When Switzerland are up against Britain,
:19:59. > :20:03.it will be difficult, otherwise I will support Britain. Can we do as
:20:03. > :20:08.well in the rowing this year, do you think? It will be difficult,
:20:08. > :20:13.other countries are preparing well. But the British team has performed
:20:13. > :20:20.fur hat -- has performed fantastically. I think they can
:20:20. > :20:25.live up to expectations. Do you stay in touch with Steve Redgrave?
:20:25. > :20:32.We had a 10-year anniversary last year. That made us realise how long
:20:32. > :20:37.ago it was. We are as bad at socialising as we were at rowing.
:20:37. > :20:44.Not exactly calling each other every day. It was lovely to catch
:20:44. > :20:51.up. Do you have champagne after, did you have a party? We managed up
:20:51. > :20:56.party. The week after winning gold, we did everything we couldn't do
:20:56. > :21:03.for the past four years. Thank you for being here and helping us to
:21:03. > :21:07.celebrate. Now we can talk to our representative of the university.
:21:07. > :21:11.We have a long heritage of sport at the University of Bedfordshire,
:21:12. > :21:18.going back to bed for at college when we were major trainers. We are
:21:18. > :21:26.still one of the major trainers. -- Bedford College. We have coaching
:21:26. > :21:30.and personal training. So much of that which we did not have. We know
:21:30. > :21:35.that you have to choose your parents carefully if you want to be
:21:35. > :21:40.the right athlete, but you also need training, application and good
:21:40. > :21:44.training. We are delighted we can train good performance and coaching,
:21:44. > :21:49.as that is a fundamental part at week needs to get to the top. We
:21:49. > :21:54.are pleased we can develop coaches at the University. It is a
:21:54. > :21:59.combination of factors. It can make the difference between winning a
:21:59. > :22:05.gold medal and not even getting on the podium. We know we can make
:22:06. > :22:10.that small amount of difference. Thank you for having us. We will
:22:10. > :22:20.celebrate up weeds and also unsung heroes. You wonder BBC East and
:22:20. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:27.National Trophy. -- celebrate Unsung Heroes. It has been
:22:27. > :22:32.excellent. I managed to meet the Prime Minister. What did you say?
:22:32. > :22:37.Not much, just encourage him to support the charities and we have.
:22:37. > :22:42.Just help a lot more children across the country. You will hand
:22:42. > :22:50.this on. We have had two National winners over the past two years.
:22:50. > :22:55.Thank you for being with us. It is a night of celebration. Details on
:22:55. > :22:59.tomorrow's programme. Thank you. We will let you know who
:22:59. > :23:02.won what in our late bulletins at 10:25pm.
:23:02. > :23:05.Hundreds of people across our region were told today they are on
:23:05. > :23:08.course to take part in next summer's Olympic Torch relay. They
:23:08. > :23:11.will carry the Olympic flame through the region in the days
:23:11. > :23:17.before the games open at Stratford. Ena Mallett is 78 under lollipop
:23:17. > :23:24.lady at a local primary school in Norfolk. She also runs a gardening
:23:24. > :23:34.club and Cycling proficiency. And if that is not enough, she is a
:23:34. > :23:38.black belt. Not surprising, then, that Ena was nominated to be part
:23:38. > :23:43.of the torch relay. She received an e-mail to date. She is not sure
:23:44. > :23:50.exactly how far she has to go, but she is looking forward to it. Do
:23:50. > :23:56.you think it is about 200 metres? read it would be about that. Will
:23:56. > :24:06.you run or walk? I will try to run. I think I can do it, but I will
:24:06. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:17.practice. You are on a shepherd was back at her old school in Cambridge.
:24:17. > :24:23.-- - Fiona Sheppard. I was so excited. I am really happy. We are
:24:23. > :24:30.really happy. We have six overnight stops in India East of England. It
:24:30. > :24:35.is going to be a lot of work, but a fantastic opportunity. -- in the
:24:35. > :24:41.East of England. Back at the school, Ena looks forward to they really
:24:41. > :24:49.and hoping there might even be a medal involved. I feel happy that
:24:49. > :24:59.people should think so much of me and want me to win it for them.
:24:59. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:07.it is not a race. Oh, no! Just one more form and one more hurdle. But
:25:07. > :25:14.Ena Mallett takes all the boxes. If it was a race, she would probably
:25:14. > :25:23.when I gold medal. She is fantastic. We have not had
:25:23. > :25:31.it as bad as other parts of the She that low pressure brought gusts
:25:31. > :25:36.of wind in excess of 100 mph in Scotland. We have had up to 40-50
:25:36. > :25:41.mph and it is not over yet. We have a band of rain over the region,
:25:41. > :25:46.which is still there. Really strong gusts ahead of it. Once it clears,
:25:47. > :25:52.which it should do quickly, it will introduce a much colder air. Still
:25:52. > :25:56.staying windy tonight with clear skies and turning much colder. You
:25:57. > :26:02.can see how swiftly the rain should clear away on the charge. Clear
:26:02. > :26:07.skies bringing a frosty night. Temperatures expected to dip to
:26:07. > :26:14.about two Celsius. Widespread ground frost and with water on the
:26:14. > :26:20.roads, that could mean icy stages by dawn. The wind gradually easing,
:26:20. > :26:24.staying westerly, still moderate in strength. A fairly fine start, if
:26:24. > :26:30.rather chilly, tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine through the morning. Some
:26:30. > :26:39.cloud developing, producing some isolated showers. But a shock with
:26:39. > :26:44.temperatures. 13 degrees today in Cambridge, four tomorrow. Really
:26:44. > :26:49.cold tomorrow. It will feel wrought in that moderate to fresh westerly
:26:49. > :26:56.wind through the deep. Still the chance of further isolated showers,
:26:56. > :27:02.polling as wintry showers. But for most, looking dry. For Saturday, a
:27:02. > :27:06.cold but dried day. On Sunday, this weather front moves then, bringing
:27:06. > :27:11.some outbreaks of rain later. The outbreak is chilly. A particularly
:27:11. > :27:16.cold night for Friday. Potentially temperatures dropping down to minus
:27:16. > :27:21.four. A cold and frosty start to Saturday. Temperatures not
:27:21. > :27:31.recovering. Some outbreaks of rain potentially poor Sunday. Cold by
:27:31. > :27:31.