05/04/2012 Look East - East

Hello. Welcome to the programme. In the programme tonight, almost 500

million litres of water, looking into the ground every day as the

hosepipe ban begins. We have all got a hosepipe ban now, haven't we?

We have got to sort it out. Tributes to a rock legend. Jim

Marshall, who invented the Marshall amplifiers and made it in Milton

Keynes. The police car crashes whilst using a stolen vehicle,

injuring three people. And the old soldier who can hear again after 60

First tonight, on the first day of the hosepipe ban, we highlight the

hundreds of millions of litres of water leaking into the ground. One

literate in every six is wasted, every day. Many of you have

contacted us to say what the companies must do more to cut

leakage before they stock was using hosepipes. The biggest water

company is Anglican water -- Anglian Water, one of six companies

which fail to meet leakage targets set by the water regulator. It is

allowed to use 200 and and 12 million litres each day through

leakage. Last year, it lost 230 million litres. If we all use water

more carefully, Anglian will save 120 million litres, only half the

amount lost through leaks. The other company banning hosepipes is

ideal essential. It loses 181 million litres each day through

leakage. Essex and Suffolk Water was 65 million litres each day,

Cambridge Water loses starting 0.7 million, and Veolia East loses 5

million. None of them have was paid by us. -- have hosepipe bans.

Anglian water leakage detection teams on patrol today. Above ground

there is nothing to see, but what lurks beneath? Armed with listening

sensors, leaked tent - and Tom Harrison and his team have answered

that question. We measure the Lake Sound get into either a sensor, and

the coral like that into the distance. We have redoubled efforts.

We have got leakage down to the lowest ever levels. We have 150

people out every day, looking for leaks and fixing them. Here is one

waiting to be fixed, on the outskirts of King's Lynn, the water

is escaping from a mains pipe, coming up through this concrete

coverings. It has been going on for a long time and the surrounding

fields have been flooded. We heard about this leak from a Look East

Europe who walks his dog near here. He said he contacted the water

regulator, Ofwat, and Anglian Water, weeks ago. Anglian Water is aware

of it, but the water continues to flow. It is not news to the ground

maintenance team from King's Lynn Borough Council, who regularly pass

by and have watched precious drinking water seeping away.

have got the hosepipe ban, now, haven't we? Why doesn't somebody

sort it out? Anglian Water said this leak near Bury St Edmunds is

due to be repaired as soon as possible. Across the region, water

escaping from the system is enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool

every eight minutes. Water companies no they have to do better.

Are there, I spoke to the director of water services at Anglian Water

who said they missed leakage targets because of the harsh winter

of 2011, when the frozen ground caused problems with water pipes.

One decision be made was that we continue to supply customers during

that time, and that pushed leakage up higher. We could have pushed up

pressure and reduced leakage but that would have affected customers.

We get the pressure or high, and unfortunately pushed more water out

of the leaks caused due to bad weather. Can you understand why

viewers are asking us why the matter having a hosepipe ban, when

the company is losing millions of water -- millions of litres each

day through leakage? I understand that, absolutely and we have been

working hard to minimise the amount of leaks. Just to get you some idea

of scale, we have invested an additional �14 million in leakage

in the last year. We have deployed 62 additional people to look for

leaks every day, and we have 60 teams out working every day,

repairing leaks across the region. We are working very hard. People

have contacted us to say they have seen water gushing down the road

near them, and it does not get sorted out for a long time. Are you

getting on the case quickly enough? You're absolutely right. In the

last year we have changed the level of service from an average of 10

days to fix water leaks to an average of two days. We have to

make sure that we get someone out to assess the leak to trace where

it might be coming from, then we have to mobilise resources to get

out there to repair it. Sometimes that involves road closures for

which we need permission. There are many factors in making sure that we

do the work quickly, but safely, with minimum inconvenience to

customers. That sometimes takes some planning. Not all the

companies have the same trouble with that you do to stop you are

one of six companies that fail to meet its leakage targets. Why are

some companies better than others? It is important to clarify, Anglian

Water missed its leakage target last year for the past time in 10

years. It has one of the lowest leakage levels and the country. But

you realise with the circumstances that we are a in that we have to do

an even better job to minimise or water losses from the system.

you are planning to get away for the first holiday weekend of the

year, there are problems on the road and a reduced service in some

trees. Industrial action at Stansted airport will not happen

but there could still be some disruption. The good news is that

the threatened Easter strike by baggage handlers at Stansted

airport is Op. Just as well, because over the break, 100,000

people are expected to leap from Stansted airport and 65,000, from

Luton airport. But, airlines are warning that major airports could

face gridlock with not enough staff to carry out full security and

passport checks. That has been dismissed by the head of the UK

Border Force. We have linked resources to the demand, the plan

is to cure. You will be saved and you'll have an enjoyable Easter and

we will get on and try to do the job, to make sure that you remain

safe at all times and that destruction is at the minimal.

you're travelling by train, you'd best check before you set off. From

9 o'clock on Saturday night through till Monday night no Greater Anglia

trains will operate between Liverpool Street and Shenfield. A

bus replacement service will be in place. There's a reduced service on

the Liverpool Street to Norwich mainline from tomorrow. First

Capital Connect will have no trains between Stevenage and Royston on

Saturday and Sunday. Buses will be laid on. After the chaos on the

region's forecourts, fuel supplies to garages are returning to near-

normal levels, so drivers should have no concerns about heading off

for Easter. Once on the road though, you may run into some trouble.

Roadworks remain in place on a 22 mile stretch of the M1 near Luton

in Bedfordshire. And on 11 miles of the M25 near St Albans in

Hertfordshire. And on the M25 around Brentwood. Major congestin

bottlenecks to avoid are: the A11 at Elveden. The A14 between

Cambridge and Huntingdon. And the A47 between Peterborough and King's

Lynn and between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. An AA survey estimates

that 39% of drivers it polled in the East have decided not to travel

this Easter. Still to come. The World War Two veteran who can hear

probably for the pastime in more than 60 years. And Alex will be

here with a full weekend forecast. The Easter weekend is almost upon

us, but what does the weather have in store? I will be back with more

details after the news would you lead. -- where you live. A young

woman from Essex has received life- changing injuries after crash with

a police car. Two police officers were also taken to was that of. The

wreckage of a police car after a high-speed crash. The police car

was following a vehicle that had been reported stolen. And here it

is. A Fiat Stilo. It was said to have been taken from Lowestoft. It

was not as badly damaged as the other vehicles. The two men inside

it ran off after the crash. One has been arrested. The other has

disappeared. Wreckage littered the road for hundreds of yards because

two other cars were involved, driven by members of the public

caught up in the crash. The driver of this Volkswagen was badly shaken

but uninjured. The driver of this Twitter, a 25-year-old woman from

Maldon, suffered what is described as potentially life-changing

injuries -- Toyota. She was hysterical, as I would have been.

The police and the ambulance were there. She was trapped up against

the windscreen. The window was smashed and hanging forward. I just

hope that she is OK. Accidents like this raised questions about police

pursuits but a spokesman for Essex police said only specially trained

police officers are able to carry it pursuits of other vehicles. Any

decision to authorise its pursuit must be a reasonable and

proportionate response to the crime or other issue. Two police officers

needed hospital didn't. Tonight, Essex police said that the thoughts

of the police force are with the injured woman and her family. The

police and the courts service had begun an investigation into the

escape of a prisoner from Norwich Crown Court. Arfath Ali, was

charged with assault, was escorted by a single guard. He overpowered

the guard during a court appearance. A man from Essex has been forced to

hand over more than 200,000 towns in rent from illegal waste sites.

Kevin Allsop and can Stondon Massey let out units on an industrial

estate near Chelmsford for vehicle broking and -- braking and waste

burning. The developer then the project to build the world's

biggest indoor ski resort in Suffolk has been made bankrupt.

Godfrey Spanner insisted that the �350 million scheme will still lead,

but critics say that the idea is dead and the water. Three years ago,

and Godfrey Spanner celebrated after the government said yes to

the project in a quarry. This is absolutely ideal. It is going to

put Suffolk on the world map. going to bring a huge number of

visitors. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot. Repeated delays,

negotiations over finance, and for Godfrey Spanner, bankruptcy.

Nothing has changed. It has, because you have been made bankrupt.

That does not affect this project in any way. But there is a

confidence issue. People might think that but for the last eight

years, they have been saying that this would happen. Every day, we

get nearer to it happening. comes after a lengthy battle over a

separate development. He must step down as the company director of

risky project. Critics doubted that the project would ever be built and

this, they say, has proved them right. I do not think it will go

ahead. There might well be another application on this site. People

see brown signs in front of their faces and because they do, they

ignore everything else about it and do not want to know. The local

council said planning permission was granted to the land, not the

individual and that promoting economic prosperity and growth

remains top of its agenda. So then peer has reopened for a holiday

weekend -- Southend Pier. Repairs have been completed after it was

hit by a fishing boat. The accident had damaged the walkway, the

walkway and a railway have now reopened. Further repairs are

needed but will be carried out whilst the peer is still open to

stop fertility experts want more aid donors to come forward to help

childless couples. For many women, the only chance of having a baby is

from donated eggs. But the waiting- list is now two years long. Pamela

and Nathan, playing with their twins after being told they would

never have children. Pavel Wolves 40 and could no longer conceive

naturally. Crawley option was to join a two-year waiting list for an

egg donor, but then her sister-in- law offered X. B-- eggs. Just under

nine months later, Pamela gave birth. I don't think people realise

the impact that it has on people's lives, not being able to conceive.

How amazing it is, and without the kindness of her sister-in-law, they

would not be alive. For many women, at the age of 35 the quality of

their eggs fall sharply and donated eggs are the only answer. They are

waiting to receive treatment with donor eggs and are totally

dependent on the generosity of the egg donor. Because there is a

shortage of donors, many couples remain childless. Nathan and Pamela

were lucky and know it is only because of their family, that they

One of the most important figures in rock music has died. He didn't

play and sing but his name appeared onstage with some of the biggest

names in rock music. Jim Marshall invented the Marshall

amp and he moved his company to Milton Keynes to make them. Today

many of the world's top guitarists have posted tribute to the man they

call the Father of Loud. Jim Marshall. His name, his

signature, his sound became part of rock history. They called him the

Father of Loud. He was wonderfully kind to us. He would help us out

with things and he remained that way through everybody's life and he

was still regarded by everybody as the great Godfather of everything

amplification. I think there is not a musician in the world who doesn't

owe a great big thank you to the wonderful Jim Marshall. From

running a climbing shop, he moved to the amps. His factory in

Bletchley went on to build thousands every month. In the

company museum, some of the rarest. This is the most. The first ever

made. The drummers brought the guitarists with them and the

guitarist said, could you supply us with amplification equipment? We

cannot get the sound we want. That was produced in the garage behind

the shop. After six attempts, we came up with this amp and that was

the birth of the Marshall amp. does over the years from rock

royalty. This picture, among the most poignant. His last visit to

his factory in February. Even though he had not been well for

some time, the amount of condolences we have had, and the

feeling I had when I was giving the news was surprised. It is a very

sad day for me and the industry. Outside, flowers were laid for him

today for a man whose name of Robert -- reverberate long after

his passing. If you want to know what a martial

and sounds like, listen to this with the American guitarist, Joe

Bonamassa. Joe Bonamassa, who is playing sell-

out concert across the country and has been using Marshall amps for

years. When I spoke to him this afternoon, he'd told me why they

are so special. What makes a Marshall amps special is the fact

that it has redefined the sound of so many guitarists. You know,

everybody from Pete Townshend, who was instrumental in developing the

amps that you can see over my shoulder, to Eric Clapton, you know,

everybody who has picked up an electric guitar has at one point

plugged into a Marshall amp and it is the sound of rocks. It has been

synonymous with rock and roll. But they can be very blues music as

well. And you have got to know their family? I have got to know

the entire Marshall and family and obviously my condolences go out to

Paul and his family. The loss of a legend. Jim Marshall is a legend.

You know, like, everybody who has played with his product... The

whole thing about the Marshall family and everything is their

sense of where they come from. Milton Keynes. Most of the Marshall

amps now, I think, they are made in the UK and they want to keep it

that way, which is the real testament to them in these times.

Do you think that Jim Marshall realised how important he was?

Probably if you asked him, I did not know him very well, I met him

once, and he probably would have just said, I get a kick out of all

of the guitarists over the years to have had so much fun playing for my

amp, and it goes back to the days when it was just him and Ken and a

few other guys developing the amps and putting four 12s into a Cabinet

as opposed to making small combinations, and being on the cusp

of invention, not only musically but on the equipment side of it.

Joe Bonamassa, thank you. Thank you, I appreciated, man!

was a really nice bloke! In cricket, the County Championship

got under way. Our two teams, Essex and Northamptonshire, have to

survive on small crowds but numbers are on the rise.

True to form, a new cricket season dawns and the temperature plummets.

The players arrived undeterred. These days it is probably healthier

than it was 20 years ago. We posted a small profit, but it is very much

a balancing act. As long as they don't pay the wages too much and

get carried away like they do with football, we should be all right!

Half-a-million people watched a county game last season but the

fact that many sides have turned a profit is in part down to the loans

provided by the England and Wales Cricket Board. It is tough, no

question. Every year we are working hard to keep our heads above water.

We have no substantive Det. Northamptonshire, the playing

budget is one of the smallest on the circuit. Their pre-season tour

of South Africa was cancelled. This year's signing is Cameron White but

his salary has been funded by three anonymous benefactors. It is a

high-profile name that will hopefully put bums on seats and

that is a key part of what we need to do so we are very grateful for

the support. The biggest thing for us is that when I walk into the

changing room, I know the players want to be there. I do not want to

look around and think, these guys are getting paid a lot but they do

not want to be here. The success of the county game goes hand in hand

with England's success worldwide. But the county fixture list has

suffered. Professional sport is driven by the broadcaster and when

you sign into a deal, like we did with Sky, like football and rugby,

we need to be consumer-driven. Thankfully the county game is not

all about the money but whether it is the team you play for or the

money you earn, it is better together than out on your own.

Ken Broom from Norfolk is 89. This year, for the first time in a very

long time, he heard the birds sing. Ken has been totally deaf for more

than 40 years. His hearing started to go during the Second World War

after a mortar bomb exploded just a few feet away. But now incredibly,

Ken can hear again. This report from Mike Liggins.

# If I had my way #. # We would never grow old #.

Tariq Jahan lives in a British Legion residential home -- Ken

Bruen. For more than 40 years, he has lived in a silent world, forced

to lip-read. Now, voices and electronic, he says, that he can

hear them. Ken was involved in heavy fighting in Italy during the

Second World World. -- second world war. We had no tanks when we were

attacked. Eventually, we were shelled for the rest of the day and

a mortar bomb landed three yards from me. When Ken was married in

1947, he was starting to lose his hearing. By 1970, he was totally

deaf, but an operation at Addenbrooke's Hospital last year

and the use of an electronic device called a cochlear implant means Ken

can now here again. A couple of weeks ago I suddenly realised, I

was walking along and thinking, what is that Norway's? I realised

it was the birds singing! -- what is that noise? It is the first time

I have heard the birds sing for 50 years! He loved music when he was

younger, Vera Lynn and Bing Crosby. There is bedewed box where he lives.

-- a jukebox. He cannot hear the words, he says, but he can catch

the rhythm. And when he is out walking along the seafront with his

son, he can now hear the waves. # If I had my way #.

At the age of 89, Ken is living life to the full.

What a great story! Now, the weather.

Good evening. I bring news of a fairly cloudy Easter weekend.

Although it will be mainly dry, there is the chance of rain but

temperatures should be bang on average for this type -- time of

A bit of patchy cloud but that will disappear and under the clear skies,

it will get quite chilly tonight. We are expecting a widespread frost

with most locations getting below freezing. Minus 3. In terms of

winds, light and westerly. Tomorrow, the changes will happen because of

the weather front. It will turn increasingly cloudy and it could

bring patchy rain. It will be a cold and frosty start of through

the morning with plenty of sunshine. Hopefully it will warm up after

that. The odd spot of rain. Temperatures are likely to get into

double figures. Generally, a light westerly wind. Through the

afternoon, it will turn cloudy further south. The rain should not

amount to very much. The rain for the Easter weekend is not likely to

really spoil things, it is not particularly significant. What is

significant is the rain on Easter Monday. We have a cold front right

across us and that could produce heavy rain that will gradually

clear up later on. Fairly cloudy conditions for Friday and Saturday.

Some brighter spells but not much in the wake of sunshine. Saturday,

late on in the day, we are expecting patchy rain which will

linger into Sunday. A greater risk of rain on Sunday. Temperatures