:00:10. > :00:13.In Look East tonight: I am guilty. After more than a decade pleading
:00:13. > :00:22.his innocence, this man finally admits he did kill a 79-year-old
:00:22. > :00:27.widow. We did not just come out of the sky. We followed the evidence
:00:27. > :00:31.and the evidence led to him. A unique scheme to keep older people
:00:31. > :00:38.healthy and independent gets attention from health ministers.
:00:38. > :00:41.Why our train companies are banning passengers using e-cigarettes.
:00:41. > :00:51.And a leading producer of blueberries with a crop that is
:00:51. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.bigger than ever. First tonight, a killer who has
:00:55. > :01:01.spent ten years behind bars and has always claimed he was innocent has
:01:01. > :01:04.finally confessed to murder. Simon Hall was jailed in 2003 for the
:01:04. > :01:10.murder of pensioner Joan Albert at her home at Capel St Mary near
:01:10. > :01:14.Ipswich. He then began a high profile campaign to try to clear his
:01:14. > :01:21.name. In 2007, his case was reinvestigated by the BBC series
:01:21. > :01:24.Rough Justice. His claims of innocence won the backing of the
:01:24. > :01:28.then Ipswich MP Chris Mole. Four years later, his case went to the
:01:28. > :01:31.Court of Appeal. But the judges upheld his conviction. Even as late
:01:31. > :01:35.as January this year, the Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed it
:01:35. > :01:42.was looking into a new claim by Hall that he was carrying out a burglary
:01:42. > :01:47.elsewhere on the day of the killing. But now from his prison cell he has
:01:47. > :01:52.admitted he was responsible for what police called a savage crime.
:01:52. > :01:56.16 December 2001. Roy Lambert from Suffolk Police who led the murder
:01:56. > :02:00.investigation has just arrived at the scene. Today, 12 years on and
:02:00. > :02:05.now retired, he told me he had never had any doubt that Simon Hall was
:02:05. > :02:14.the killer. He said his thoughts were with Joan Albert's family who
:02:14. > :02:17.had suffered so much. We always told them, we felt he was responsible. We
:02:17. > :02:23.did not just pluck Simon Hall out of the sky, we followed the evidence
:02:23. > :02:28.and that led to him. They have stuck valve is believed in us. Finally we
:02:29. > :02:34.have been vindicated. Joan Albert was 79. She was found in the hallway
:02:34. > :02:44.of her home. She had been stabbed several times. It is not something
:02:44. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:50.you expect in a quiet village. essence, it was a bungled burglary.
:02:50. > :02:53.Fragments of evidence would be critical. Roy Lambert was quick to
:02:53. > :02:58.seek help from the public and to condemn the attacker. The amount of
:02:58. > :03:02.violence used in that attack can never be justified. Simon Hall was
:03:02. > :03:05.arrested at his home in Ipswich and charged with murder in July 2002. In
:03:05. > :03:12.court, he insisted they had got the wrong man. But the trial jury didn't
:03:12. > :03:18.buy it, and he was jailed for life. Simon Hall head his -- held his head
:03:18. > :03:20.in his hands and tried to fight back the tears. Hall's family and fellow
:03:20. > :03:27.supporters garnered immense publicity in their drive to prove he
:03:27. > :03:31.was innocent. You have to prove that to all the people who are sceptical.
:03:32. > :03:38.A lot of people feel he has been to court, been convicted and it must be
:03:38. > :03:40.so. It was a sign of the strength of their campaign that the case
:03:41. > :03:44.featured in a special BBC Rough Justice programme in which Kier
:03:44. > :03:52.Starmer QC, a barrister at the time who went on to become the Director
:03:52. > :03:57.of Public Prosecutions, questioned the evidence. It is circumstantial.
:03:57. > :04:02.Break that piece of evidence that links him and the case falls apart
:04:02. > :04:05.completely. But now, after all these years, comes the confession. And
:04:05. > :04:14.what of those people who campaigned on Simon Hall's behalf? My reaction
:04:14. > :04:21.is complete short. -- complete shock. I am asking whether he has
:04:22. > :04:26.had a nervous breakdown. Some people try to put things to the back of the
:04:26. > :04:30.mind and pretend that it did not happen. Suffolk Police say they hope
:04:30. > :04:34.it will in some way help Joan Albert's relatives move on. But one
:04:34. > :04:36.of them told me today that it felt like a hollow moment. A confession
:04:36. > :04:39.maybe, but nothing can erase heartbreaking memories.
:04:39. > :04:42.Earlier I spoke to the BBC's legal affairs correspondent and asked what
:04:42. > :04:48.might make someone admit their guilt after years of protesting their
:04:48. > :04:53.innocence. Well, I think the only person who
:04:53. > :04:57.really knows the answer to that is Simon Hall. When he was convicted in
:04:57. > :05:02.2003, he was given a life sentence of a minimum term of 15 years. That
:05:02. > :05:10.means that he is not eligible for parole until he has served that
:05:10. > :05:14.time. He has served ten years and has five to go. If someone maintains
:05:14. > :05:20.innocence right up until that period where they become eligible parole,
:05:20. > :05:24.it is more difficult to get parole. Maintaining your innocence is not
:05:24. > :05:28.the determinative factor into whether you get parole or not. The
:05:28. > :05:33.key factor in the parole board take into account is whether you remain a
:05:33. > :05:39.risk to the public. Alongside that, whether or not you have accepted
:05:39. > :05:43.your guilt, whether you have shown room borers. These are matters the
:05:43. > :05:46.parole board will consider. If someone is looking forward to that
:05:46. > :05:51.period where they can be entitled to parole and want to make the most
:05:51. > :05:57.powerful application for parole, then admitting guilt and showing
:05:57. > :06:01.remorse can be important elements in seeking to get that parole. There is
:06:01. > :06:07.a lot of emphasis in the justice system on rehabilitation. Could the
:06:07. > :06:12.next five years, if he admits guilt, could his conditions be better by
:06:12. > :06:16.doing this? The key thing that will happen is when someone is not
:06:16. > :06:21.admitting their guilt, in the normal run of things, they will not be
:06:21. > :06:24.undertaking the kind of behavioural courses that will enable them to
:06:24. > :06:30.show the parole board they no longer pose a risk to the public. It seems
:06:30. > :06:38.to me that as from now, if he has admitted his guilt, he can now
:06:38. > :06:41.undertake those courses, so he has a five-year period in which -- and
:06:41. > :06:48.there are many courses running prisons that the parole board will
:06:48. > :06:51.look at to see how they can modify and improve the behaviour of an
:06:51. > :06:57.offender, he has five years to undertake those courses. The key
:06:57. > :07:02.factor of whether he is a risk can be assessed by the parole board in
:07:02. > :07:09.five years. The courses will enable him to argue that he has done
:07:09. > :07:12.whatever courses are required, such as anger management and his
:07:12. > :07:18.behaviour is no such that he does not pose a risk. Thank you very
:07:18. > :07:22.much. Elderly people in remote areas have
:07:22. > :07:25.been given internet access through their TVs to help them feel less
:07:25. > :07:34.isolated and alone. The idea came from a GP in Suffolk who got funding
:07:34. > :07:40.from the NHS. It is now attracting the interest of health ministers.
:07:40. > :07:49.Mid-morning and this woman's Sun calls from Minnesota in America.
:07:49. > :07:59.Hello! Internet calls are not new. What makes this different is the
:07:59. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:05.simplicity of it. No need for a computer. Or she needs is a remote
:08:05. > :08:13.control and this kept on top of her home TV. Since her husband died last
:08:13. > :08:17.year, she has felt cut off. Her family live abroad. I feel like I
:08:17. > :08:27.have been in his house as I have seen all the rooms. I have seen his
:08:27. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:33.garden. This makes me feel better. It has made a tremendous difference.
:08:33. > :08:37.If I could not get her on the telephone, for instance, I could
:08:37. > :08:47.call this up and make sure that she is in bed and not lying on the
:08:47. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:57.floor. Here is the man who made it happen. With �50,000 of NHS cash, he
:08:57. > :09:04.fitted the camera is in 28 homes. have two elderly people who talk to
:09:04. > :09:11.each other every day on Skype. It is good for them. If they cannot leave
:09:11. > :09:18.the house, it is a real bonus. UK has warned that internet checkups
:09:18. > :09:24.should never replace face-to-face contact. Home visits are vital. This
:09:24. > :09:32.is not to replace them, but is an addition to see whether we can add
:09:32. > :09:40.an additional level of support to individuals. One study suggests that
:09:40. > :09:47.socially isolated people are 60% more likely to show up at AMB.
:09:47. > :09:50.will say goodbye. Take care. One of our hospitals is leading the
:09:50. > :09:53.way in the treatment of varicose veins. The Norfolk and Norwich
:09:53. > :09:56.University Hospital is pioneering the use of treatments which don't
:09:56. > :10:06.require surgery. Today, we were given special access to one of the
:10:06. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:13.new walk-in, walk-out operations. This report contains images of the
:10:13. > :10:20.treatment. This man waits patiently for a procedure which he hopes will
:10:20. > :10:30.improve his quality of life. 46-year-old motor mechanic, he says
:10:30. > :10:36.veins are unsightly, itchy and painful. Have had them for 12 years.
:10:36. > :10:43.They have gradually got worse. Very irritating. We have given me
:10:43. > :10:53.sleepless nights. Small valves inside things can stop working
:10:53. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :11:03.correctly. The veins become swollen and enlarged. There is a fair bit of
:11:03. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:16.preparation required. The surgeon is using a catheter and a probe inside
:11:16. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:25.the vein. The vein is then closed off with heat. Traditional surgery
:11:25. > :11:30.would involve much more trauma and a much longer period of recuperation,
:11:30. > :11:36.instead of 48 hours or perhaps a couple of weeks until someone was
:11:36. > :11:43.able to return to work. Ten is conscious throughout. The local
:11:43. > :11:53.anaesthetic means he far -- he hardly feels nothing. I don't really
:11:53. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:06.feel anything. It just feels so. is like one road being closed off.
:12:06. > :12:10.The blood will find its other way around. There is more than enough in
:12:10. > :12:17.reserve to keep draining. In the past, recovery would have taken
:12:17. > :12:21.several weeks. Tim is already doing very well. He will be back to normal
:12:21. > :12:24.in a couple of days. There is a warning tonight about
:12:24. > :12:27.leaving electrical equipment switched on when you go to bed. A
:12:27. > :12:30.family from Pott Row near King's Lynn were forced to escape through a
:12:30. > :12:34.first floor window after a fire broke out in their tumble dryer
:12:34. > :12:37.during the night. It is thought a smoke alarm saved their lives.
:12:37. > :12:40.A union has joined the outcry over paramedics living in tents. On
:12:40. > :12:43.Tuesday, Look East revealed staff working for the East of England
:12:43. > :12:46.Ambulance Service through a private contractor were camping out in
:12:46. > :12:49.Cambridgeshire. The GMB union has called on the contractor, ERS, to
:12:49. > :12:57.find staff proper accommodation. They currently get �35 a night when
:12:57. > :13:01.working away from home. The union says it is not enough to pay for B&B
:13:01. > :13:11.and food. It wants the trust to ensure its contractors are treating
:13:11. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:22.Still to come, a bumper blueberry harvest. The best in years.
:13:22. > :13:25.And the swimmer from Cambridge hoping to become the youngest and
:13:25. > :13:29.fastest person to swim from Scotland to Northern Ireland.
:13:29. > :13:32.They are supposed to be safer than smoking tobacco, but more train
:13:32. > :13:34.companies in our region than anywhere else in the country are now
:13:34. > :13:37.choosing to ban electronic cigarettes. First Capital Connect,
:13:37. > :13:40.C2C and now Greater Anglia, our biggest train company in this
:13:40. > :13:44.region, do not allow passengers to use e-cigarettes on trains or in
:13:44. > :13:50.stations. They say the ban is in line with recommendations from the
:13:50. > :13:59.British Medical Association. In a moment, I will be talking to
:13:59. > :14:04.the group which represents electronic cigarette suppliers.
:14:04. > :14:09.They look and feel like the real thing. It is not up to 1.3 million
:14:09. > :14:19.people now use E cigarettes in the UK. Something that looks like a
:14:19. > :14:20.
:14:20. > :14:24.cigarette, but other models don't. This looks like a pen. This supplier
:14:24. > :14:31.has seen business grow and grow, driven by the ban on smoking in
:14:31. > :14:38.public places. There is no car, no carbon monoxide or any of the other
:14:38. > :14:46.chemicals such as arson and cyanide. It doesn't have any cancer-causing
:14:46. > :14:54.chemicals. These things are simple. There is nicotine liquid which is
:14:54. > :15:01.turned into a vapour. Until now, there have been few restrictions on
:15:01. > :15:11.the use of the cigarettes. But that is changing. Some pub chains have
:15:11. > :15:18.already banned them. Now the train companies are banning them. It looks
:15:18. > :15:22.like people are smoking. It seems crazy. They were introduced to be
:15:22. > :15:28.used in places where real cigarettes were banned. That is the whole point
:15:28. > :15:34.of them. It seems crazy to ban them in public places. We hope that
:15:34. > :15:44.people understand we are doing it because it settles other passengers.
:15:44. > :15:50.It can cause people who smoke real cigarettes distress. The content of
:15:50. > :15:55.the nicotine, facilities delivered, the quality of manufacture is not of
:15:55. > :15:59.the standard we would expect. It would not currently meet medical
:15:59. > :16:02.standards. We want to send a clear signal that we want these products
:16:03. > :16:11.to be brought up to a standard where people can rely on them to cut down
:16:11. > :16:21.the harms of smoking. But some people are warning that restricting
:16:21. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:26.this market could cause more harm than good.
:16:26. > :16:31.It is their train and their station, so they can do what they want?
:16:31. > :16:38.Owners of trains have the right to make those decisions. However, this
:16:38. > :16:45.is ill-advised. The position of the government to reclassify them as
:16:45. > :16:53.medicines by 2016 has not been finalised. We are in discussions
:16:53. > :16:57.with the UK Government as well as the European Parliament. Better
:16:57. > :17:04.enforcement is required. Enforcement at the moment is quite good. As far
:17:04. > :17:13.as the products go, there is the potential to save millions of lives.
:17:13. > :17:17.5 million lives could be saved. It seems counterintuitive at best to
:17:17. > :17:24.start banning them in public places. There is good reason for the smoking
:17:24. > :17:31.ban. Smoking cigarettes kills people. This does not. You say those
:17:31. > :17:37.things, but the BMA says they should be prohibited. They should not be
:17:37. > :17:42.used in workplaces and public spaces. It makes no sense to advise
:17:42. > :17:45.that at all. If you look at the public health issue, it is the smoke
:17:45. > :17:55.in tobacco cigarettes that kills people, it is not the nicotine or
:17:55. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:03.the vapour. There is extensive scientific research that shows this.
:18:03. > :18:09.We should believe you and ignore what the BMA RCN? Don't believe me,
:18:09. > :18:14.believe the experts that I am quoting. The BMA are in opposition
:18:14. > :18:24.to many of their colleagues in public health who are massively
:18:24. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:30.supportive of this. The godfather of harm reduction and professors at the
:18:30. > :18:38.Royal College, experts in public health, they have recognised the
:18:38. > :18:48.potential of these products to save lives. In half the samples, there
:18:48. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:56.are human carcinogenic. There are are very low levels, not dangerous
:18:56. > :19:01.levels. They are vastly level -- vastly lower than levels in tobacco
:19:01. > :19:05.smoke. You accept that if you see someone smoking and E cigarette,
:19:05. > :19:09.that will encourage others to think they can smoke ordinarily
:19:09. > :19:15.cigarettes? I don't think so. The law on the smoking ban is very
:19:15. > :19:20.clear. It is a well-known policy. Not all these cigarettes look like
:19:20. > :19:28.cigarettes. Many don't. The ones that do look like cigarettes, there
:19:28. > :19:35.is a clear difference. There is no stink. They are solid, they don't
:19:35. > :19:45.reduce in size, they are often put in pockets. It is very obvious what
:19:45. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:58.the differences are. I passed some people today. There is no problem of
:19:58. > :20:02.having to waft the smoke away with an E cigarette. We have to end it
:20:02. > :20:05.there. Thank you. They have been called a superfood.
:20:05. > :20:08.And there are claims that they can help protect against heart disease
:20:08. > :20:11.and some cancers. Blueberries are a North American fruit that is
:20:11. > :20:14.increasingly popular over here. They contain more antioxidants than most
:20:14. > :20:18.other fruit and vegetables. And they are very low in calories. Our
:20:18. > :20:24.reporter has been to a leading producer in Norfolk where the crop
:20:24. > :20:28.this year is bigger than ever. At this farm, the family have
:20:29. > :20:34.planted 24 acres of blueberry bushes. The soil here has the high
:20:34. > :20:39.acidity needed to produce a bumper crop. There are 15 varieties year.
:20:39. > :20:44.Visitors who come to pick their own will take home five tonnes of fruit.
:20:44. > :20:50.The fruit is always absolutely first class quality. We come here every
:20:50. > :20:58.year. It is really good. We can freeze it and the fruit comes out of
:20:58. > :21:06.the freezer as good as it went in. These people have put their
:21:06. > :21:16.daughters. It is good when you are on a diet. Something sweet to nibble
:21:16. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:23.on. The family used to employ 40 students from eastern Europe to
:21:23. > :21:27.bring in the crop by hand. This machine from America does the job in
:21:27. > :21:30.a fraction of the time and much cheaper. Recent harvests have been
:21:30. > :21:40.disappointing due to the weather. But this one looks like being one of
:21:40. > :21:41.
:21:41. > :21:50.the best. The blueberries are bigger than we have ever seen before. They
:21:50. > :21:58.look like grapes. We have some beautiful fruit. Really beautiful.
:21:58. > :22:06.We are proud to think that we have such lovely fruit to sell. The fruit
:22:06. > :22:09.is graded by machine and then given a final visual check. There have
:22:09. > :22:13.been many claims about the properties of this so-called
:22:13. > :22:19.superfood including boosting memory and improving health. But to the
:22:19. > :22:22.public, it is simple. Blueberries not only taste delicious, they are
:22:22. > :22:25.good for you. More than 1,300 people have managed
:22:25. > :22:29.to swim the English Channel. It is 21 miles. Most people take somewhere
:22:29. > :22:32.between ten and 15 hours. You can expect the sea temperature to be no
:22:32. > :22:36.higher than 18 degrees. Seven years ago, Ed Williams from Cambridge
:22:36. > :22:39.became one of the youngest people to swim from Dover to Calais. But now
:22:39. > :22:49.he is planning an even bigger challenge, the North Channel swim
:22:49. > :23:10.
:23:11. > :23:20.The North Channel swim is regarded as the toughest open water challenge
:23:21. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:26.in the world. The tides and currents are cruel. Egg is training in the
:23:27. > :23:31.lake at Milton country Park. This time next year, he is planning to
:23:31. > :23:37.break two world records. He wants to be the youngest and fastest person
:23:37. > :23:42.ever to swim from Scotland to Northern Ireland. It is 26 miles,
:23:42. > :23:51.the same as the English Channel. But because of the conditions it will
:23:51. > :24:01.feel much larger. Horrible jellyfish, much colder, huge waves.
:24:01. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:14.For many, the English Channel is the qualifying swim for this. A training
:24:14. > :24:22.exercise was completed when he was 19 years old. I did not get back in
:24:22. > :24:30.a swimming pool for a year after the English Channel. It all started
:24:30. > :24:34.because I was putting weight on. Only 12 people have done the North
:24:34. > :24:42.Channel swim. Ed hopes to do it in under 12 hours. Waves up to eight
:24:43. > :24:47.feet tall, winds up to 46, temperature is no higher than 13
:24:47. > :24:57.degrees. It is not for the faint-hearted. But he is doing to
:24:57. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:13.raise money for charity. night. Colder than we were expecting
:25:13. > :25:21.and colder than the night before. 3.5 degrees last night in Santa and
:25:21. > :25:25.down. The average for this time of year 12 degrees. It will not be as
:25:25. > :25:29.cold tonight because the cloud is piling on. You can see the weather
:25:29. > :25:33.front will bring us some rain overnight. Having said that, it is a
:25:33. > :25:37.fine evening with some sunshine at there. Should stay dry for this
:25:37. > :25:42.evening and the first part of the night. Then the weather from start
:25:42. > :25:47.to push on from the West. It will mean they bring us light and patchy
:25:47. > :25:51.rain. We could get the nod heavy downpour. Temperatures with the code
:25:51. > :25:59.will stay much milder. For most of us, they will hover in the low
:25:59. > :26:08.teens. The winds will become moderate. The weather front gets out
:26:08. > :26:15.of the way quite swiftly. It will be a bit of a damp and cloudy start.
:26:15. > :26:21.There is the risk of showers in the afternoon. Heavier downpours will be
:26:21. > :26:30.slow to clear over parts of Norfolk and Suffolk. Temperatures will climb
:26:30. > :26:36.into the low 20s. The winds will swing around to north-westerly. In
:26:36. > :26:40.the afternoon, it will be difficult to predict where they fall. Where
:26:40. > :26:44.they catch them, that could be some heavy downpours. From any part of
:26:44. > :26:48.the region, it will be a dry afternoon. Increasing sunshine
:26:48. > :26:54.towards the end of the day. The weekend not looking too bad.
:26:54. > :27:04.Saturday is the better of the two days. We have a weather front on the
:27:04. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:13.way for Sunday. Temperatures will be modest. Overnight rain moving in on
:27:13. > :27:18.Saturday night. That could be quite wet first thing on Sunday in the