18/04/2013 Look East - East

Four men from Luton are jailed after talking about blowing up this

TA centre with a bomb attached to toy car. The financial incentives

to cut bed-blocking at the region's biggest hospital. This is not about

throwing people out of hospital. No one will leave hospital until they

are ready to go. A landlord escapes out of the window after his pub

goes up in smoke. And the Essex man whose record is still not broken by

another Brit 20 years on. Four men who talked about blowing up a

Terroritorial Army base in Luton have been jailed for a total of

more than 30 years. The men were arrested after a series of anti-

terrorism raids in Luton last year. Between them, they were accused of

arranging terror training in Pakistan, talking about getting

weapons and how to raise money for their plans. Today, the judge at

Woolwich Crown Court said the two ringleaders were a risk to the

public and gave them both 16-year sentences.

Zahid Iqbal was the ringleader of the Luton-based Al-Qaeda-inspired

based sell. Muhammad Sarfaraz Ahmed, another senior member, who

radicalised Umar Arshad, and Syed Farhan Hussain. Scotland Yard

monitored the men as they moved around Luton. Bugs were put in

their cars. I thought he was a family man, just getting on with

life. I did not realise until we saw the police and I read in the

newspaper what was going on. I was shocked. He had no contact. He

would not talk to his neighbours. He was quite religious. We did not

have eye contact or anything. court heard that Zahid Iqbal had

satisfied for the target near his home. -- set his sights on a target

near his home. The four men were recorded discussing targets for

attacks, including this Territorial Army centre in Luton. The plan was

to attach an explosive device beneath a remote-controlled toy car,

that they would send in in a gap beneath the gates to detonate under

a military vehicle. But in Luton, Zahid Iqbal's increasingly radical

views had not gone unnoticed. At his mosque, there were concerns.

Most of the community knew Zahid Iqbal. He was a regular worshipper

in our mosque. After 2010, he changed his way of thinking and

disappeared from our mosque and no- one saw him after that, although

some of our colleagues tried to make attempts to reach out to him,

to change his extremist ideas. you alert the authorities? We did

not alert the authorities because we are not thought police and it is

not our job. We did not witness any violence from him whatsoever.

copy of an Al-Qaeda magazine was found by police. The four men

discussed buying guns and arranging terrorism training, and their plots

have earned them a long time behind bars.

Olly Martins is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

and joins us from our Luton newsroom. Does it worry you that

this is the town a certain reputation? Luton is not unique to

that extent. We have seen similar incidents in Manchester, Birmingham,

London, said to that extent, Luton is not unique. What is important is

that the activities of this small minority and not used to stigmatise

the overwhelming law-abiding majority that we have in the

community. The Muslim community is as appalled as the rest of us what

these men have got up to. target discussed in this case was

eight TA Centre. What effect will now have one people at the centre?

Well, to be honest, we did not really take it that seriously, the

idea of putting a remote-controlled car under the fans. The sentences

you have seen handed down today, and the fact that when confronted

with the evidence the four defendants pleaded guilty, suggests

this was deadly serious. We head a community leader saying they are

not a thought police. How difficult is it for dead fish -- had

difficult is it for Bedfordshire police to keep track of what people

are road to? It is important for people to be vigilant. It is all

very well for the security services to identify plots such as this, and

they did very well in this instance, but in the end, defeating terrorism

will only happen if we can stop the supply of Hradecka live people

feeding into and planning these kind of things - my -- will only

happen if we can stop the supply of Hradecka lies to people. With

financial incentives. Bed-blocking causes problems in all of our

hospitals, leading to cancelled operations and even ambulances

stacked up outside A&E. Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge

wants wards to discharge two patients every day by ten o'clock

in the morning. If a ward does it for a week, it will get �1,000 to

be spent on the ward. If it does it for a whole month, it gets an extra

�5,000. So-called bed blocking has become a

hurdle for the smooth running of Addenbrooke's Hospital. The Two Out

By Ten initiative, from Australia, has concerned the Patients'

Association. We think bed-blocking needs to be tackled, and it needs

to be looked at, but we're concerned that by setting an

arbitary target on it and introducing a financial incentive

to try and meet that target, patients will be discharged

inappropriately and patient care will be compromised. This incentive

doesn't compromise patient safety. In fact, our focus is on patient

safety and quality, and by freeing up capacity with initiatives like

this, we improve patient safety across the board. At the City Care

Centre in Peterborough, they're countering bed-blocking by keeping

people out of hospital in the first place. Two local commissioning

groups of GPs are sending suitable patients to the Intermediate Care

Unit. Barbara Thompson came here after a fall. This place is

marvellous. It really is. It's so homely, it's like a big family.

It's personal. Healthcare assistant Sally Allen and occupational

therapist Steve Morgan are assistant Arthur Hughes, as he

awaits the results of tests. Do you think it's much better here

than going into the big hospital? Yes, much better. You couldn't

multiply the figures to say how good this place is. You OK,

Margaret? Yes, thank you.I'll show you in the mirror. The hairdresser

comes every Thursday, so it's a little bit more homely and patients

generally have a good experience, and although they have to go home,

they don't want to! I think this is the way forward. I think hospitals

are really struggling to cope with the number of emergency admissions

they're having at the moment, and I think there's a lot more we can do

in the community to provide better care out of hospital. With a range

of specialists on tap, that care can be delivered here, in a nursing

home, or in a patient's own home. The feedback halfway through a six-

month pilot is very positive. Staff at Aviva in Norfolk have been

warned that hundreds of jobs are at risk. The insurer, which has a

large base in Norwich, needs to lose 2,000 posts from its worldwide

workforce. That could mean more than 300 job losses in the city.

Many of these staff will have gone home tonight worried about their

jobs. Aviva employs 6,000 people in Norwich, making it the city's

biggest private employer. The insurers says it needs 2,000 job

losses across the UK, Europe and Asia over the next six months.

Aviva isn't saying which specific locations will be affected, but if

6% of the Norwich workforce were to be cut, that would mean around 360

job losses. Aviva has problems. A year ago, chief executive Andrew

Moss quit after a shareholder revolt over his pay. The group is

too exposed to the Eurozone and its shares are sagging. The new chief

executive Mark Wilson says that job losses are essential if Aviva is to

remain competitive. It's worth bearing in mind that Aviva remains

committed to Norwich, that even if these job losses do take place, it

will still be a very important operating centre for the company.

We are determined to work to ensure that remains to be the case. Aviva

also wants to cut redundancy pay. Those losing their jobs in the next

six months will still receive four weeks pay for every year of service,

but after that, it will fall to two weeks.

Meanwhile, 150 jobs are at risk at an engine-making factory in

Daventry. The US company Cummins says it's due to a decline in

demand. It employs more than 1,000 people in the town. A consultation

is under way. Still to come in the programme: the

Basildon athlete Eamonn Martin on whether another British man can

follow in his footsteps. And win the London marathon. Alex will be

here with your weather, and Mike Cartwright's been investigating the

latest discovery by scientists in The these little fish are helping

to uncover the causes of diseases The former boxing world champion

Herbie Hide has appeared before Norwich magistrates on drugs

offences. Mr Hide who lives in Bawburgh near Norwich is charged

with conspiracy to supply cocaine, a class A drug. He'll next appear

at Norwich crown court in a fortnight.

Herbie Hide at Norwich magistrates this morning surrounded by friends.

He said little in his two-minute court appearance other than to

confirm his name, age, address and the charge that between the 29th of

January and the 2nd of February, he conspired to supply the class A

drug. The 41-year-old boxer has held the WBO heavyweight title

twice including a two-year-reign in the 1990s. 22-year-old Ben Sharman

faces the same charge. He appeared in a video link today. Mr Hide was

granted unconditional bail and will appear at Crown Court on Wednesday

the 1st of May, charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. As

Herbie Hide left court, he left it to his solicitor to tell reporters

that his client maintains his innocence.

The Home Secretary has launched an inquiry to find out how often

police officers sue victims of crime for damages. It follows the

case of a policewoman in Norfolk who is suing a garage owner. PC

Kelly Jones tripped on a kerb during a callout and injured her

leg. Theresa May told MPs she wants to know if this was a one-off

incident or part of a trend. �2.5 million is being spent on trying to

stop ambulance delays at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital. The

money will help pay for 20 doctors and nurses. Over the Easter weekend,

ambulances were delayed by up to three hours and an emergency tent

was put up to deal with patients. Investigators looking into a fire

which destroyed a Suffolk pub overnight say they haven't ruled

out arson. Firefighters were called to The George on Wickham Market's

High Street in the early hours of this morning. The landlord escaped

from a bathroom window. The the landlord told to

investigators about how this might have happened. The firefighters

went about their business of making the pub say. There was a bang. I

was asleep at the time. I got out of bed, wondered what denies wars.

As I came round, there was smoke. The crews found it very well

developed fire. He the fire is still alight. We have two cruise on

scene. Investigators think it might have been arson. John cannot think

why. It is a shame. It is a lovely old pub. It is friendly. The locals

are friendly. It is a shame. George is the last remaining pub in

the village, and it now seems certain it will have to be

demolished. Two weeks today, people will go to the polls for county

council elections. It's being seen as an interesting test of how

voters are currently feeling about the political parties. In Suffolk

the Conservatives are in control, the Liberal Democrats the next

biggest party. Labour have just four seats. But they're hoping

these elections could change that. This report from Kevin Burch.

Their education has been one of the key issues in the run-up to these

elections, a backdrop of schools under-achieving and structural

changes in some areas. He issues to be a middle school. It is now a

sixth-form centre. Funding was in short supply. We have done a lot of

work to transform the rooms. We have a fantastic team. Essentially,

we did it very much on our own. have created a centre on a very

limited budget. It is astonishing. When I was younger it felt bigger.

It is a lot quieter and it is easy to study. As for the election,

Torres capitalised on Labour's woes last time. People asking us locally

what we have done. We can answer those questions. Making the savings

we need to make, facing challenges but giving people the council tax

freeze they want. The Liberal Democrats and have 11 C. Will her

stepping to coalition cost them support? We have always tried to be

fair. The we have tried not to bring national issues into it. I

know people are upset about what is going on nationally. Until 2009,

leg where the main opposition. Now, they have four seat, but confidence

is high. I would be disappointed if we did not reach 21. I think we

will get more. We have really good candidates, not of enthusiastic

supporters. The one thing they all agree on is the need for a strong

turnout. He the last thing they be on this week's Sunday politics at

2pm. Detectives investigating the death

of a mother and her three children in Lowestoft say there are now

confident nobody else was involved. CCTV picked as a Fiona Anderson less

than two hours before her death have led to 15 people coming forward with

information about her. It is not known yet exactly how the three

children died. More post-mortem tests are due to take place.

Valise in Essex are investigating a series of suspected badger

poisonings. Five batters, all thought to be from one sett, have

died. Police say it is an offence to kill badgers or lay poison. -- five

badgers. A dead badger, possibly poisoned. We

need to know is this animal has suffered the same as the other ones.

We don't know. The badger found this morning is the sixth thought to have

been poison. Another was found fitting and foaming at the most. Was

nursed back to the health and released. There has been no trouble

before. For this to happen with six badgers, we worry what is going to

happen today or tomorrow. If this is poisoning, wildlife crime officer

Andy Long described what could happen to the perpetrators. Worst

case, they could go to prison. That is up to the court and they can look

at other options as well as that. Suspended sentence, finds, so on.

Derrick Barry checks beset every day. Meanwhile, autopsies are being

carried out to find out if they were poisoned and what sort of poison

might have been used. Essex Police urge anyone who knows anything to

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20 years since this Essex man set the pace for British runners in the

London Marathon. Now, a very small fish that could

play a very big role in cutting disease in humans.

Scientists at the sighing in astute -- the Sanger Institute in Cambridge

have found that genes in zebrafish and humans mutate in similar ways.

That could help us understand disease.

Zebrafish. You can find them in pretty much any pitch up. A tiny

minnow that here at the Institute has helped scientists uncover an

ocean of knowledge. They are a model for learning much more about the

genetic make-up of us. We can make variations in the genes, one by one,

one at a time. This is the first time. We look at how changes in the

functions I think the zebrafish and how they develop. We can relate

those changes to the human condition and diseases full a 17% of the genes

in us humans have an equivalent gene in them. Vast majority of genes

which could cause diseases in us could do so in them. By identifying

what causes the genes to mutate, we could work out what causes cancer,

blood diseases and many more in us. Most muscular dystrophy is a caused

by mutations in a single gene. Zebrafish have a similar gene to

humans. The Duchennes in the zebrafish gene leads to muscular

dystrophy. -- mutations in the gene. Knowing how all of the genes

function in the zebrafish will let us know how the human genome works

and how that relates to disease. could change the way doctors screen

for disease and help develop new drugs. It is a very ordinary fish

but more similar to us then you would think.

20 years ago today, a runner from Essex achieved what no other British

man has since. He won the London Marathon. Eamonn Martin crossed the

finish line at two hours ten minutes 50 seconds.

This Sunday, Mo Farah will run half the course as he works towards

switching to the event. It could mean another British man in the

future will take over from Eamonn Martin.

Eamonn Martin in his first ever marathon comes home to win. So many

people shouting my name. It must be like scoring at Wembley. It would

not be good enough to come second Ave in running all that way. It

meant so much to cross the line first. Despite running of the

Olympics, Eamonn Martin is still best remembered for winning the 1990

the London Marathon. He went the extra mile, combining running was an

engineering job and says the attitude of today's professionals is

holding them back. I have not come across anybody who trained as hard

as I train. They don't want to put that level of working. They are

happy to be the best in Britain. Slowly but surely, that has not been

good enough. He believes that excelling on the track is the key to

success. That is just what Mo Farah did last summer, taking gold. His

next goal is the marathon, starting with running the first half of

Sunday's race. I am looking forward to it. That doesn't mean, like,

track runner can be good at marathon. It is one of those things

were you have to test yourself and see what you can do. 2014, I would

like to go all the way and ladies in time. 9013, it is just a. We hope

that he is up there trying to win the race in 2014. I am involved in

athletics, in the sport, I wanted to move on. I don't want to be standing

here in 30 years! Eamonn Martin is proud of his past. As chairman of

Basildon Athletics Club he is also developing the athletes of the

future. So, if Kenyon and Ethiopian men continued tenure winning streak

in London, perhaps he will have to closer to home for the next British

winner. Four years ago, we had our hopes on

another Essex man winning the London Marathon but you let us down all

stop I did! Two years running. I ran it with my

wife the second time and would never do it again. If you're running it,

good luck. I did four hours ten! How before some showers. We saw some

sunshine. The radar shows us just how heavy some of those showers

were. We have not seen the back of them. A lot have cleared out onto

the North Sea but still some showers to come. Any could be heavy.

Overnight, they will tend to fade away and we will get some clear

skies for a time. Perhaps not long enough for temperatures to drop

below six degrees. But it more cloud rolling in and this might produce

some patchy rain in places. It could end up being a wet start for most of

us tomorrow. -- some of us. These are the temperatures we can expect.

That wind easing. It has been strong and can -- gusty. High-pressure

coming. Tomorrow, on the cool side. We will see some further showers.

They look as though they will bail lighter and less widespread. Because

the winds will be later, they will be slow to clear. We could catch one

just about anywhere. In the afternoon there is a better chance

of brighter spells and sunshine but temperatures will be modest. You can

see the direction of that wind, the northerly direction. A brisk breeze

around the course. Into the afternoon there will be a chance of

showers but the skies start to clear. That means a cold night

tomorrow night. We have the risk of some frost for the next couple of

nights. That is down to the high-pressure bringing in light

winds and clear skies. Fine weather for the start of the weekend.

Average temperatures but more cloud on Sunday. You will see that those

winds are much lighter. The nights to flag up are tonight, Friday night