:00:15. > :00:23.oxide as more and more young people use laughing gas as a way to get
:00:23. > :00:28.high. It can cause suffocation, choking and people have died from
:00:28. > :00:37.the inhalation of nitrous oxide. the police reveal three young
:00:37. > :00:42.children found dead at a flat in Lowestoft all died from drowning.
:00:43. > :00:52.And money will be invested in dementia research in the East.
:00:52. > :00:56.And the Big Wild Sleepout gets underway tonight.
:00:56. > :00:59.First tonight: A warning over the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide,
:00:59. > :01:03.or "laughing gas". It's easy to buy and has many uses, but it's also
:01:03. > :01:06.become one of the most popular ways for young people to get high.
:01:06. > :01:12.Nitrous oxide is used in the food and catering industries, it's used
:01:12. > :01:16.by dentists, and it's even used to boost the power of car engines. It's
:01:16. > :01:23.legal to buy and it's cheap. We found we could buy a box of 50
:01:23. > :01:26.cannisters online for �23. When it's inhaled it gives a powerful high,
:01:26. > :01:31.which will last for about a minute. Home Office figures show that for
:01:31. > :01:35.young people it's second only to cannabis in popularity. In a moment
:01:35. > :01:44.we'll hear from an expert on solvent abuse, but first this report from
:01:45. > :01:50.Alex Dunlop. Laughing gas, whatever you call it,
:01:50. > :02:00.this has become a cheap way to get a quick hi. Fights like this are all
:02:00. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:08.too common in Norwich 's lobby area. Six empty canisters were found
:02:08. > :02:13.nearby. This was one of the canisters retrieved. We are going to
:02:13. > :02:16.warn people not to use them. Nitrous oxide can be very dangerous. People
:02:16. > :02:24.have died from the inhalation of nitrous oxide. It can cause
:02:24. > :02:32.suffocation, choking. Last year this boy suffered a fatal
:02:32. > :02:38.heart attack after inhaling nitrous oxide. This is a legitimate box made
:02:38. > :02:44.to whip cream. To find these after an illegal
:02:44. > :02:49.reader is not uncommon, but to find them discarded on a pavement has
:02:49. > :02:59.until now been quite rare. Do you know what these are? yes.Do you
:02:59. > :03:00.
:03:01. > :03:05.know what they do? Gives you a high. Do you know what they are? I could
:03:05. > :03:11.not guess. Discarded canister after a recent
:03:11. > :03:15.raids in Norfolk. Nitrous oxide is not banned but it is illegal to sell
:03:15. > :03:24.it to anyone under the age of 18. Police believe that many young
:03:24. > :03:29.people are now turning to these legal highs. This team in Norwich
:03:29. > :03:34.work with young people who have drug and alcohol problems. They are
:03:34. > :03:39.asking what is going to happen if you use nitrous oxide. Is it safe or
:03:39. > :03:44.something I have to worry about? We have seen people use it and have had
:03:44. > :03:49.a perfect but they have passed out from it, using it with other drugs
:03:49. > :03:55.increases the risk as well. Police and rob actions teams know that they
:03:55. > :04:05.cannot stop people from buying these drugs, but they do want people to
:04:05. > :04:07.
:04:07. > :04:13.know that they can and do kill. I ask the expert if it is addictive.
:04:13. > :04:18.not really. I think there are probably some cases of people who
:04:18. > :04:23.will use quite a lot every day long term and that would turn into a male
:04:23. > :04:31.dependency. But essentially in the long term not much. -- a mild
:04:31. > :04:35.dependency. why should we be concerned about it? There are number
:04:35. > :04:42.of factors that we are concerned about. The main one is that it seems
:04:42. > :04:44.to have normalised the inhalation of gas to achieve intoxication. That is
:04:44. > :04:49.worrying from our perspective because it could then lead into the
:04:49. > :04:54.inhalation of other gases, specifically butane, which is a very
:04:54. > :05:01.dangerous and problematic gas that people struggle with and it kills.
:05:01. > :05:06.It has killed over 300 people since 1999 in the UK. but nitrous oxide
:05:07. > :05:14.can kill as well? There are some deaths on record from nitrous oxide.
:05:14. > :05:20.The last figures that we had were from between 2006-2009, 14 deaths.
:05:20. > :05:30.These are primarily from people using them with tanks and masks and
:05:30. > :05:30.
:05:30. > :05:34.bags, which cause asphyxiation. But there are details of some incidents
:05:34. > :05:37.with balloons that we are seeing in clubs and festivals. You cannot say
:05:37. > :05:44.that it is entirely safe and it is important to know that there are
:05:44. > :05:48.some deaths. Should we license nitrous oxide? There is an argument
:05:48. > :05:56.for licensing all drugs, I suppose. Generally speaking I think what
:05:56. > :06:01.people are using is relatively pure. Although again there is a risk.
:06:01. > :06:04.There is a story about a 17-year-old boy who died last year in
:06:04. > :06:12.Hertfordshire who thought that he was in healing nitrous oxide, but in
:06:12. > :06:16.fact it was not, primarily butane. To license it for Tim and
:06:16. > :06:19.consumption, probably not. The police have revealed that three
:06:19. > :06:21.young children whose bodies were found at a flat in Lowestoft died
:06:21. > :06:25.from drowning. They were discovered in April
:06:25. > :06:33.shortly after their mother fell to her death from a multistorey car
:06:33. > :06:39.park. This is with the bodies of the three
:06:39. > :06:44.youngsters were found in April this year. After year -year-old, a
:06:44. > :06:49.two-year-old and an 11-month-old. Inquests into their deaths were
:06:49. > :06:53.opened three days later but at that stage because is unclear. Tests were
:06:53. > :06:57.inconclusive and more would be needed. Police have revealed that
:06:57. > :07:04.more checks have confirmed that they died from drowning. Police found the
:07:04. > :07:09.children in a bedroom the property. They had been investigating the
:07:09. > :07:13.death of their mother, Fiona Anderson. She died from jumping from
:07:13. > :07:18.a multistorey car park. She was eight and a half months pregnant at
:07:18. > :07:24.the time and was described as her family as a beautiful and
:07:24. > :07:31.intelligent girl. In June a service of thanksgiving
:07:31. > :07:36.was given for the girls, including the unborn daughter. It reflected
:07:36. > :07:40.the overwhelming sense of shock and lost within the community. There is
:07:40. > :07:47.a real mix of feelings. It is a terribly tragic situation. A very
:07:47. > :07:52.sad case. It is almost hard to imagine something more sad.
:07:52. > :07:55.now that the cause of the children's deaths have been established, they
:07:55. > :08:00.will be added to the file which is being prepared for the coroner so
:08:00. > :08:04.that a full inquest can be held at A woman whose body was found in the
:08:04. > :08:06.lake at the University of East Anglia just over a week ago has been
:08:06. > :08:09.identified. A future date. She was a 43-year-old
:08:09. > :08:12.who came from Lithuania and had been living in the Norwich area. Her
:08:12. > :08:15.death is still being treated by police as unexplained.
:08:15. > :08:18.Millions of pounds are coming to this region for research into
:08:18. > :08:22.dementia. The money from the Government will go to projects that
:08:22. > :08:32.show quick results. The idea is to find ways of helping patients within
:08:32. > :08:33.
:08:33. > :08:38.three years. I do not want to forget. When
:08:38. > :08:42.Pauline was diagnosed with dementia eight years ago her son made this
:08:42. > :08:47.film to show how the disease developed over the years.
:08:48. > :08:51.It is a condition that affects the brain, leaving sufferers confused,
:08:51. > :09:00.forgetful and increasingly relying on others. won a practical level,
:09:00. > :09:05.mummies given personal care throughout the day. -- mum is given.
:09:05. > :09:09.Either I or the current carer makes the food. It is companionship. It is
:09:09. > :09:18.hoped that dementia sufferers like Coleen will help from research into
:09:18. > :09:22.the condition thanks to add �10 million brand -- Pauline.
:09:22. > :09:29.You'll maximal important thing to do is to try and see what we can do
:09:29. > :09:35.about it and find ways of trying to help sufferers of dementia get
:09:35. > :09:39.adequate hydration and nutrition. the money will be spent on projects
:09:39. > :09:42.across the east of in and, including one at the University of
:09:42. > :09:46.Hertfordshire and one at the University of East Anglia in
:09:46. > :09:50.Norwich. it is a large amount of money. It
:09:50. > :09:56.involves social care bodies, charities, and working with patients
:09:56. > :09:59.and carers to really move things on. We hope to develop dementia have
:09:59. > :10:04.across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk
:10:04. > :10:09.to really show the rest of this country expertise.
:10:09. > :10:15.The �10 million will be divided up among various projects, but is that
:10:16. > :10:20.enough to make a difference? it is not an overly funded area and
:10:20. > :10:23.therefore sums of money like this do make a good difference. Going to
:10:23. > :10:29.research such as this we can be confident that it will have some
:10:29. > :10:39.results. All of the schemes are designed to
:10:39. > :10:39.
:10:39. > :10:42.benefit patients and improve treatments within 3-5 years.
:10:42. > :10:45.A hotel owned by the celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has been
:10:45. > :10:49.repainted because it was the wrong shade of pink. The Angel, in
:10:49. > :10:55.Lavenham, was painted pale pink but local people said it "lowered the
:10:55. > :11:01.tone". It's now been replaced with a more traditional "Suffolk pink".
:11:01. > :11:07.Still to come, the government tells councils to act quickly to avoid
:11:07. > :11:15.travellers setting up on illegal sites. And a special report on the
:11:15. > :11:19.eve of the world Championships. The recent heatwave has been great
:11:19. > :11:22.news for sun lovers and great news for our tourist industry. But our
:11:22. > :11:26.rivers and lakes have suffered and thousands of fish have died. The
:11:26. > :11:30.reason - not enough oxygen in the water. And we can blame that on the
:11:30. > :11:33.heat and that we haven't had enough rain. The Environment Agency has
:11:33. > :11:40.been pumping oxygen into the water to keep the fish alive. Our Chief
:11:40. > :11:48.Reporter Kim Riley has been to Welney in the Fens.
:11:48. > :11:53.This man of the agency 's operations team is used to working actor these
:11:53. > :11:59.kinds of areas. Today he is looking after fish. The recent hot weather
:11:59. > :12:04.has seen oxygen levels in the water plunge. The pump sucks air into the
:12:04. > :12:07.water like a Jacuzzi. On the bridge, one of the agency 's remote
:12:07. > :12:13.monitoring probes. It levels the amount of oxygen and the
:12:14. > :12:20.temperature. Data from year is sent back automatically to laptops and
:12:20. > :12:24.can trigger immediate emergency action. This year there have been
:12:24. > :12:29.very few dead fish on this stretch of water but lack of oxygen can
:12:29. > :12:33.cause fish great distress. To see fish at the surface gasping for air,
:12:33. > :12:43.the move to the top of the river because that is where the remaining
:12:43. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:47.oxygen is. Are you pleased with the way that they have responded?
:12:48. > :12:50.have lost a handful of fish in this stretch of water here. That is
:12:50. > :12:53.compared to last you have lost a handful of fish in this stretch of
:12:53. > :12:59.water here. That is compared to last year we so our actions have saved
:12:59. > :13:03.the lives of lots of fish. Last month agency teams were called to
:13:03. > :13:12.this village pond. They found 50 dead fish, 100 and distress. Oxygen
:13:12. > :13:18.levels were down to 3% and pumps were deployed. At these lakes,
:13:18. > :13:21.around 200 fish were found dead. Hydrogen peroxide was added to the
:13:21. > :13:31.water, increasing oxygen levels to over 20%.
:13:31. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:42.It is reckoned that 15,000 fish died and said that incidents in July. It
:13:42. > :13:46.is asking people to be vigilant and ring the hotline if they spot fish
:13:46. > :13:49.gasping for breath. Councils have been told they must
:13:49. > :13:52.take quick and effective action against illegal traveller sites as
:13:52. > :13:55.soon as they spring-up. That's the message today from the Communities
:13:55. > :13:58.Secretary and Essex MP Eric Pickles. The Government wants to avoid
:13:58. > :14:02.long-drawn-out disputes like the one at the Dale Farm in Essex.
:14:02. > :14:04.The illegal site was finally cleared by the local council in 2011. This
:14:04. > :14:13.report from the BBC's Local Government Correspondent, Mike
:14:14. > :14:17.Sergeant. Most travellers 's caravans are on
:14:18. > :14:25.legal sites, but a minority are living in not rise locations.
:14:25. > :14:35.Council say that they provide new plots but there is often resistance.
:14:35. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:42.Rule area can only support so much work. -- countryside area. They are
:14:42. > :14:47.all trying to get a little bit of work that there is and it spills
:14:47. > :14:52.over into the community. Ministers think that councils should act
:14:52. > :14:57.quickly. Eric Pickles did that earlier this year. The Cabinet
:14:57. > :15:03.Minister spotted caravans on this cricket pitch and phoned the police.
:15:03. > :15:09.Now he wants councils to deploy the powers that they have. I am pleased
:15:09. > :15:19.to say that 86% of the Traveller population is happily within legal
:15:19. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.sites. So we are all dealing with a minority, but minority can cause an
:15:24. > :15:26.enormous problem, and bring disrespect and dislike to the
:15:26. > :15:30.Traveller community. Local authorities are trying to avoid
:15:30. > :15:35.another situation like Dale farm, through the removal of dozens of
:15:35. > :15:39.travellers took years and cost the council millions of pounds.
:15:39. > :15:43.Caravans are still part year on the approach road. The people here say
:15:43. > :15:50.that they have no clear yet to go. The experience of Dale farm shows
:15:50. > :15:53.just how hard it can be to remove an unauthorised site once it is firmly
:15:53. > :15:58.established. The travellers here did not want to speak on camera but
:15:58. > :16:05.representatives in London said that the government was in the flaming
:16:05. > :16:12.prejudice. this does not address the root cause of the issue, which is a
:16:12. > :16:22.chronic shortage of Traveller sites. That is due to years of under
:16:22. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:33.provision by local authorities. travellers here are still waiting.
:16:33. > :16:35.Sport now, and this weekend some of our top athletes will be facing
:16:35. > :16:39.their biggest challenge since London 2012. It's the World Championships
:16:39. > :16:41.in Moscow. We have seven athletes from this region taking part and
:16:41. > :16:43.hoping for medals. Yes, we're well represented The
:16:43. > :16:46.headline act Greg Rutherford. The long-jumper from Milton Keynes who
:16:46. > :16:49.won gold at London 2012 has recovered from injury.
:16:49. > :16:52.Others to watch - Cambridgeshire's Robbie Grabarz who won bronze last
:16:52. > :16:55.year in the high jump. Andrew Osagie from Harlow, in the men's 800
:16:55. > :16:57.metres. In the women's, Jessica Judd from Chelmsford.
:16:57. > :17:00.Sprinter Jodie Williams from Hertfordshire. Corby's Will Sharman
:17:00. > :17:04.who's back in form in the hurdles. And there's high hopes too for
:17:04. > :17:08.Bedford's Nigel Levine in the 400m. An Olympian, he reached the
:17:08. > :17:16.semi-finals in London. This is his first World Championships and he's
:17:16. > :17:26.made sacrifices to be there. He has been setting the blistering
:17:26. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:35.pace all year. A dominant display at the British trials picked his trip
:17:35. > :17:41.to Moscow. Nigel Levine has been getting faster and faster over 400
:17:41. > :17:47.metres, pumped up he is now ready to take on the world. I am so excited I
:17:47. > :17:51.just do not know what to do. Years used to life in the fast lane,
:17:51. > :17:55.growing up his passion was cars. Qualified mechanic, but in his
:17:55. > :18:05.pursuit of excellence on the track he had to down tools to continue
:18:05. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:09.running. I love cars and competing as well so that was great. And
:18:09. > :18:14.fortunately I could not mix the two and come out on top in athletics. I
:18:14. > :18:20.had to drop the mechanics side. dedication is paying off.
:18:20. > :18:25.Semifinalist at the Olympics. He did not shine at last month 's
:18:25. > :18:29.anniversary games, but he is geared up for the big occasion. not making
:18:29. > :18:34.the final in the Olympics was very difficult. I know what you need to
:18:34. > :18:39.do to make that final. So World Championships, I have got the
:18:39. > :18:45.mindset of what to do and hopefully I have the ability to do it.
:18:45. > :18:50.Other contenders, Greg Rutherford, Robbie Grabarz, and Will Sharman is
:18:50. > :18:55.back in the form of his life. been a long time coming for me.
:18:55. > :19:01.Everyone keeps telling me of what I'm capable of but I never seem to
:19:01. > :19:03.be fulfilling my potential. Here is a step towards it. Accuracy reason
:19:03. > :19:12.to ping revelations, organisers are promising the most comprehensive
:19:12. > :19:17.testing ever. Increasing the level of sanctions so that the risks have
:19:17. > :19:23.to outweigh the benefits to potential cheats and the sanctions
:19:23. > :19:26.have to extend to the entourage. Olympics aside, the World
:19:26. > :19:34.Championships or the one to win. Nigel Levine hopes to return home
:19:34. > :19:37.with silverware. In football, Coventry play their
:19:37. > :19:40.first home game in Northampton on Sunday after their controversial
:19:40. > :19:43.switch to Sixfields. The Sky Blues fell out with the
:19:43. > :19:47.owners of the Ricoh Arena in Coventry following a rent dispute.
:19:47. > :19:54.Very few Coventry fans are expected to follow the team to Northampton.
:19:54. > :19:59.One football grounds that this weekend will host two home clubs. On
:19:59. > :20:06.the Sixfields pitch on Saturday, cobbler 's play. On Sunday, Coventry
:20:06. > :20:12.City, there renewed attendance. -- tenants. We do not have any boxes
:20:12. > :20:19.like that to sell to the public. The extra revenue will help. the only
:20:19. > :20:24.concern we have as fans is what will happen to the pitch in the winter.
:20:24. > :20:29.it is a long way to come for Coventry fans. Coventry fans have
:20:29. > :20:35.marched against the move. The club is in administration and
:20:35. > :20:40.involved in a dispute with the stadium. Nobody that I talked to
:20:40. > :20:44.things that this relocation is a good idea. We have to keep telling
:20:44. > :20:49.them over and over again that this is not about franchises. This is a
:20:49. > :20:54.better football club rooted in the community and that community is
:20:54. > :20:58.Coventry. Sixfields say that the pitch can hope. Coventry will pick
:20:58. > :21:07.up their own costs. This is a chance for the club to make money. Every
:21:08. > :21:11.club struggles to balance the books. If you are generating a rental
:21:11. > :21:17.income for letting out the stadium and economic sub business mean that
:21:17. > :21:19.something you have to consider. club have big expansion plans for
:21:19. > :21:23.this ground. Having another team to play here
:21:23. > :21:26.means more money to invest. Not a great day for England's
:21:26. > :21:29.cricketers, despite Alastair Cook's 50. But his Essex team-mates enjoyed
:21:29. > :21:32.last night, especially their Australian bowler, Shaun Tait. A
:21:32. > :21:35.hat-trick in their T20 victory against Notts booking Essex a place
:21:35. > :21:43.in Finals Day for the fourth time, where'll they'll join Northants. A
:21:43. > :21:47.good week for our cricket teams. When we were very young, most of us
:21:47. > :21:51.will have ventured into the back garden with a torch, a sleeping bag
:21:51. > :21:54.and some food, for a night under canvas.
:21:54. > :21:57.Thousands of children will be doing just that this weekend. They're
:21:57. > :22:00.taking part in the the Big Wild sleep-out, organised by the RSPB,
:22:00. > :22:09.and there are events across the region. One of them is at Minsmere
:22:09. > :22:14.in Suffolk and Shaun Peel is there now.
:22:14. > :22:19.Right on the coast you at Minsmere. Find me in the background,
:22:19. > :22:25.Southwold, very pretty. This site, Sizewell power station, not so
:22:25. > :22:31.pretty. Happy campers arrived about an hour and a half ago. The trucks
:22:31. > :22:35.came in and the tents were taken away. Young and old, families. We
:22:35. > :22:39.had toddlers, babies. They will spend the night year under the
:22:39. > :22:45.stars. They will be catching moths, they will be listening out for bats,
:22:45. > :22:49.they will see the sunset, they will see the sunrise. They will have
:22:49. > :22:53.cocoa and marshmallows in the morning. It is all about rekindling
:22:53. > :23:01.the spirit of the Beano. Dennis the Menace in the back garden camping
:23:01. > :23:06.out. I'm joined by a representative from the RSPB. What is it all about?
:23:06. > :23:12.It's about getting outside under the stars and capturing that in a sense
:23:12. > :23:20.of adventure. Getting away from the television and having fun outdoors.
:23:21. > :23:27.sounds. At night that might not be too important -- at night light
:23:27. > :23:30.might not be too important, but sounds. you might get sounds of owls
:23:30. > :23:40.coming past, you make sure the odd bats. You have moths and all kinds
:23:40. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:45.of creatures. If you cannot go to an organised event, get out into your
:23:45. > :23:49.back garden away from the double glazing? yes, you just need to get
:23:49. > :23:55.out under the stars and seek out that adventure from foxes to
:23:55. > :24:01.hedgehogs, all sorts going on. you very much. Let us have a work
:24:01. > :24:08.with one -- word with one or two happy campers. A night under the
:24:08. > :24:18.stars, what are you in for? Hopefully some bats, hopefully
:24:18. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:24.Noreen. Have viewed in looking further to this, Harry? yes.What
:24:24. > :24:34.have you been looking forward to hearing this evening? I hope I can
:24:34. > :24:35.
:24:36. > :24:39.hear the sea. and some bats?and some bats. Go to the BBC website,
:24:39. > :24:49.look out for RSPB and there will be an event just like this this weekend
:24:49. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:53.some queer near where you live. -- somewhere near for you live.
:24:53. > :24:58.I have to say, that makes me feel guilty. I have been using my baby
:24:58. > :25:06.who is about the same age as an excuse not to camp. Let us get the
:25:06. > :25:11.It should stay dry for those campers tonight. We did have some rain this
:25:11. > :25:18.morning. But then you can see this line of fairly hefty shavers. They
:25:18. > :25:22.have also cleared out into the North Sea. I am hopeful that we will see
:25:22. > :25:27.some sunshine before the day is out. We start the night with some clear
:25:27. > :25:32.spells. That will allow temperatures to drop. They will probably stay in
:25:32. > :25:39.double figures in towns and cities. In the rule locations we could get
:25:39. > :25:45.down to single figures. Mist and fog patches are possible as well. The
:25:45. > :25:50.winds will continue to these coming in from a north-westerly direction.
:25:50. > :25:55.This is a pressure pattern. A bump of high pressure keeping things mean
:25:55. > :26:00.me fine for tomorrow. Some weather fronts just working. They may bring
:26:00. > :26:05.some showery rain tomorrow night. The chance of a shower, a bit of a
:26:05. > :26:09.cool breeze on Sunday. Plenty of sunshine into tomorrow morning. If
:26:09. > :26:15.we do get any mist patches they should clear. Temperatures down a
:26:15. > :26:21.touch on where they got too today. Highs of 21 or 20 degrees Celsius.
:26:21. > :26:25.That is what we should expect, and a light went. There could be an
:26:25. > :26:29.isolated shower but for most of us it does look dry. Overnight that
:26:30. > :26:36.approaching weather front could bring some rain, but not for
:26:36. > :26:40.everyone. You can see the extent that by 5am on Sunday. Sunday maybe
:26:40. > :26:46.a little but cloudy but that weather front moves quickly out into North
:26:46. > :26:49.Sea. Certainly across the eastern half of the region. I am hoping we
:26:49. > :26:54.will see some sunny spells developing through the day on
:26:54. > :26:58.Sunday. On Monday it looks like a largely dry starting next week. Not
:26:58. > :27:02.a lot happening with the weather, but we do keep a bit of a breeze