:00:14. > :00:21.How a campaign to stop the sale of super—strength alcohol has cut
:00:21. > :00:26.street drinking by up to 70%. I think what we have really been
:00:26. > :00:30.surprised that is the significant drop in calls to police about
:00:30. > :00:32.anti—social behaviour. Is it right that we have these products? We
:00:33. > :00:35.don't think it is. A claim that shipping rubbish to
:00:36. > :00:38.Holland could be cheaper than burning it in Norfolk.
:00:38. > :00:46.The high street travel giant pledging its future to this region.
:00:46. > :00:58.And the firm with a mission to make banjos more of bargain.
:00:58. > :01:03.First tonight, the campaign to stop the sale of super strength alcohol
:01:03. > :01:08.which has cut street drinking and helped many of the worst problem
:01:08. > :01:11.drinkers into treatment. In Ipswich today they are
:01:11. > :01:14.celebrating the anniversary of their campaign to stop the sale of beers
:01:14. > :01:20.and ciders which are stronger than 6.5%. The idea was to reduce
:01:20. > :01:27.anti—social behaviour. 90 out of 138 off licences in Ipswich volunteered
:01:27. > :01:31.to take it off the shelves. Since this time last year in one area
:01:31. > :01:35.there was a fall of 71% in reported incidents. And a charity which
:01:35. > :01:40.offers help to people who drink on the street has told Look East that
:01:40. > :01:49.many more drinkers are now in rehab. The details from Richard Daniel.
:01:49. > :01:53.Ipswich was one of the first towns in the UK to pull super—strength
:01:53. > :01:58.beer and cider from the shelves. This was the first shop to do it.
:01:58. > :02:05.Abuse, theft, criminal damage all down. Breaking windows, shouting,
:02:05. > :02:13.screaming, tyres puncturing and everything. I said, OK, we can stop
:02:13. > :02:16.this somehow. Two thirds of off—licences have signed up to the
:02:16. > :02:22.campaign. I know that similar campaigns have been launched
:02:22. > :02:28.elsewhere. Just yesterday I saw that Weymouth joined up. The number of
:02:28. > :02:35.street drinkers in Ipswich has halved, but some have moved
:02:35. > :02:39.elsewhere. As far as I'm concerned, it's not right because people walk
:02:39. > :02:46.past, but they are going to do it whether a policeman comes up to us
:02:46. > :02:50.or not. The past year success is not just down to restricting the sales
:02:50. > :02:54.of drinks like this. Agencies in Ipswich are now working closer to
:02:54. > :02:59.solve the problem of street drinking. Among them, the Ipswich
:02:59. > :03:05.umbrella trust which says 40 people are now in rehab. 12 months ago
:03:05. > :03:13.there were a list of 78 Registered St drinkers. That has now fallen to
:03:13. > :03:17.38. I am firmly of the view that one of the reasons for that has been the
:03:17. > :03:24.lack of availability of strong drink. Together with organisations
:03:24. > :03:30.working coherently. The Co—op was the first big chain to ban
:03:30. > :03:36.high—strength booze. In a year, verbal abuse of staff has risen by
:03:36. > :03:42.66%. And increase it puts down to its refusal to serve underage
:03:42. > :03:45.drinkers. I have a gentleman here today who was attacked by somebody
:03:45. > :03:49.when he refused to give them alcohol. When someone is refused
:03:49. > :03:58.alcohol, it could be swearing, shouting. We have come together with
:03:58. > :04:03.the three police forces who work in the best interest of the majority of
:04:03. > :04:05.our staff and therefore a real collaboration in making everybody
:04:05. > :04:10.aware that anti—social behaviour will not be tolerated. That on the
:04:10. > :04:15.streets, there are still some who continue to drink. Those involved in
:04:15. > :04:18.the project say a simple idea has gone some way to solving a complex
:04:19. > :04:22.problem. Earlier I spoke to Inspector Andrew
:04:22. > :04:26.Mason from Suffolk Police and asked him, out of all they'd achieved from
:04:26. > :04:32.the campaign so far, what he was most proud of.
:04:32. > :04:37.I'm really proud of what the people of Ipswich are telling us. We have
:04:37. > :04:47.done surveys with businesses and people visiting it is a much better
:04:47. > :05:00.statistics are important, but the look and feel of Ipswich improving.
:05:00. > :05:06.Some people have been really pleased with what we have doing and we have
:05:06. > :05:10.rebuilt people 's lives. Other people have been more resistant to
:05:10. > :05:15.what we are doing and that is understandable. They are addicted to
:05:15. > :05:20.alcohol, at the end of the day, but I am certain we will get them all
:05:20. > :05:24.around. Not all of the off—licence have signed up, so could do drinkers
:05:24. > :05:30.just go to the ones that are still selling it on the problem just moves
:05:30. > :05:36.with them? We have two thirds signed up, so 90 out of 138. There are
:05:36. > :05:39.other premises at our trading responsibly and we have no issues,
:05:40. > :05:43.but there are some premises attracting trouble and we are
:05:43. > :05:47.working with them to work the process through. It is also about
:05:47. > :05:53.health. This stuff is killing people more rapidly than heroin. Ipswich is
:05:53. > :06:00.taking the lead, but it is being followed up from other towns and
:06:00. > :06:04.cities. What have you heard? We have been inundated with requests for
:06:04. > :06:10.information. That is something I am proud of. Birmingham, Nottingham and
:06:10. > :06:13.big cities are starting to do it. It has grabbed the imagination of a lot
:06:13. > :06:16.of agencies said it must be the right thing to do. Thank you very
:06:16. > :06:19.much. An investigation into claims of
:06:19. > :06:22.criminal conduct in the Fire Service in Essex will continue despite the
:06:22. > :06:27.fact that one firefighter who was spoken to by the police has died.
:06:27. > :06:30.This morning a coroner recorded an open verdict on Martin Sibley who
:06:30. > :06:35.was found hanged at his home in Colchester in June. Gareth George
:06:35. > :06:45.was at the hearing and he's in Chelmsford now.
:06:45. > :06:51.Martin simply had over 20 years experience in Essex fire service. He
:06:51. > :06:55.was found hanged on June 17 this year in Colchester. The coroner was
:06:55. > :07:00.told that on the day he was found dead, he had been questioned by
:07:00. > :07:05.Essex police and the police may have been looking into historic
:07:06. > :07:10.allegations of abuse during Fire service initiation ceremonies. The
:07:10. > :07:18.Essex coroner recorded an open verdict. It was said that it was
:07:18. > :07:22.impossible to be sure whether or not he committed suicide because he had
:07:22. > :07:28.not left a note. After the inquest, a joint statement was issued by
:07:28. > :07:33.police and fire in Essex. It said the Kent and Essex serious crime
:07:33. > :07:37.director is conducting a criminal investigation into historic
:07:37. > :07:42.allegations within the fire service. Enquiries are ongoing. His family
:07:42. > :07:48.were not at the inquest, but the coroner received a letter from his
:07:48. > :07:53.mother. In it, his mother said she thought Martin may have panicked
:07:53. > :07:57.over being questioned by the police. There was a plea to nine from the
:07:57. > :08:01.friable trades union which is concern for other firefighters who
:08:01. > :08:06.may be involved in the investigation. It is urgent. Kill
:08:06. > :08:10.about the investigation to stop. To prevent, it says, further human
:08:10. > :08:14.cost. The Police commissioner for Essex
:08:14. > :08:18.says he wants to know why so many police are off sick. Officers in the
:08:18. > :08:21.county average 12 sick days a year. The chief constable has complained
:08:21. > :08:24.that some take time off because they have hangovers. He says they're
:08:24. > :08:31.letting the force down and will be challenged.
:08:32. > :08:37.If there is something we can do, I can help the Chief Constable do to
:08:37. > :08:42.give them better support, to get them back on duty quickly, I want to
:08:42. > :08:45.do that. So I am looking for that explanation.
:08:45. > :08:48.Household waste from Norfolk could be sent to Amsterdam for burning.
:08:48. > :08:51.The idea has been proposed by a cross party group of county
:08:51. > :08:53.councillors. They claim it could be cheaper than building a
:08:53. > :09:03.controversial incinerator in King's Lynn.
:09:03. > :09:07.This is the AAB recycling plant in Amsterdam. It is the largest waste
:09:07. > :09:12.recycler in the world. A process half a million bags of rubbish per
:09:12. > :09:16.day, so Norfolk county council is thinking about sending our waste
:09:16. > :09:20.there. We have a huge overcapacity in
:09:20. > :09:24.Europe, not least in Amsterdam, where they are desperate to get
:09:24. > :09:29.rubbish in. It helps keep the lights on in Amsterdam. Why saddle more
:09:29. > :09:35.folk taxpayers for a contract that makes no sense at all? It will be
:09:35. > :09:40.extremely bad value for money. Waste is a growing challenge for
:09:40. > :09:46.Norfolk. The county produces 2.5 million tonnes per year, but what is
:09:46. > :09:49.the best option? The council are suggesting the waste is sent to
:09:49. > :09:54.Amsterdam and it will cost £80 per turn to get rid of. If an
:09:54. > :10:00.incinerator were to be built in Kings Lynn, that would rise to £108
:10:00. > :10:06.per turn. That is arise that some people are not sure about.
:10:06. > :10:10.Debra Sacks has devised many local authorities. She think sending waste
:10:10. > :10:16.to Amsterdam would be like pouring money down the drain. I think it is
:10:16. > :10:21.wrong to dump waste on other communities. Also it is a resource
:10:21. > :10:27.that we can use, so it is foolish to ferret away.
:10:27. > :10:30.Another incinerator is being built in Suffolk. While that is still
:10:30. > :10:34.being completed, the one in Kings Lynn is up in the air. The
:10:34. > :10:41.government is deciding whether it will get planning position ——
:10:41. > :10:47.permission. It is a shambles, basically. It is a
:10:47. > :10:50.mess because the council signed the contract for planning permission was
:10:50. > :10:56.given, so all the risk was being borne by Norfolk county council.
:10:56. > :10:59.A group of councillors think sending rubbish to Holland could be a
:10:59. > :11:02.short—term solution. A former BBC Radio Norfolk presenter
:11:02. > :11:06.who's on trial for sex offences against boys has blamed the police
:11:06. > :11:09.for indecent images which were found on his computer. Michael Souter
:11:09. > :11:12.denies 19 sex offences against seven boys plus nine counts of making and
:11:12. > :11:21.possessing indecent images of children. Kim Riley was in court
:11:21. > :11:27.Kim. This was his third day in the
:11:27. > :11:33.witness box. Very lively anthem —— and clashing with the opposition.
:11:33. > :11:37.This has been like trying to conduct my defence of my arms tied behind my
:11:37. > :11:44.back, he said. He blamed them for indecent images on his computer. You
:11:44. > :11:50.are accusing the police, as Mr Shaw? Yes, I am. Of getting the pictures
:11:50. > :11:55.sent to you? I am accusing them of that, he said. He said he had no
:11:55. > :12:01.idea which police officers, but all he said was they were new images and
:12:01. > :12:04.e—mails from people he had no knowledge of. He told the court that
:12:04. > :12:09.for the last 20 years, authorities have been trying to prove his guilt.
:12:09. > :12:15.There were more tetchy exchanges with Mr Shaw pointing out, when in a
:12:15. > :12:20.hole, stop digging. For the second time he asked him if you is for real
:12:20. > :12:24.and he replied, I am for real and you don't like it when I point out
:12:24. > :12:29.things that should be done. Esther Shaw said, fill your boots, I am
:12:29. > :12:30.enjoying every word that comes out of your mouth. The cross—examination
:12:30. > :12:36.continues. The police are looking for a cyclist
:12:36. > :12:39.who came within inches of being killed when she jumped the lights at
:12:39. > :12:42.a level crossing. She narrowly missed being hit by a train at
:12:43. > :12:49.Waterbeach on the line between Cambridge and King's Lynn. The train
:12:49. > :12:52.was travelling at 75 miles an hour. A coroner has ruled that the mother
:12:52. > :12:57.of the health campaigner died of natural causes and not because of
:12:57. > :13:01.negligence. Pamela Chapple collapse of the brain injury day after she
:13:01. > :13:11.had been sent home from Basildon Hospital.
:13:11. > :13:19.Still to come: The fire chief who retired and then came back to his
:13:19. > :13:22.job a month later on his old salary. And the company with a mission to
:13:22. > :13:30.make banjos which most of us can afford.
:13:30. > :13:34.One of the biggest names on the high street and one of our biggest
:13:34. > :13:38.employers has told looked least it will be staying in this region.
:13:38. > :13:43.Thomas Cook employs 1200 people at its UK head office. It made huge
:13:43. > :13:49.losses last year and many of its shops close. Now it says it is
:13:49. > :13:52.through the worst. It is all change this week for
:13:52. > :13:59.Britain's oldest tour group. A new logo, a sunny heart, to be rolled
:13:59. > :14:03.out across the country. It has been a rocky road for Thomas Cook of
:14:03. > :14:11.late. One that has taken it to the brink of oblivion.
:14:11. > :14:15.The group Pioneer package holidays in the 50s, but time is changed.
:14:15. > :14:19.Thomas Cook was ill—prepared for the recession. Costs were too high and
:14:20. > :14:26.it failed to embrace the Internet. There was talk of —— closures and
:14:26. > :14:31.job losses. The woman behind the cutbacks was Harriet Green, but her
:14:31. > :14:35.ruthless approach seems to be working. The group has returned to
:14:35. > :14:41.profit and the shares are ten times higher than one year ago. Thomas
:14:41. > :14:44.Cook has a bright future across the world. We made some difficult
:14:44. > :14:49.decisions in the last 12 months, but we are over that and we have
:14:50. > :14:55.transformed the company and we are back and much better.
:14:55. > :15:03.Parts of the operation have got bigger. This contact Centre does
:15:03. > :15:10.work that used to be carried out in a variety of areas. As a result, we
:15:10. > :15:16.have recruited more staff. Overall, staff numbers are down in
:15:16. > :15:21.Peterborough. Over 2500 people in the country have lost their jobs.
:15:21. > :15:26.Approximately 300 in Peterborough and that has been tough. For those
:15:26. > :15:40.who remain, their terms and conditions have been reduced. The
:15:40. > :15:44.company is now turning a corner. Relief for Peterborough that one of
:15:44. > :15:50.its blue—chip companies is through the worst, but surviving staff have
:15:50. > :15:54.had to accept have changes. It has emerged that the head of the
:15:54. > :15:57.fire service in Cambridgeshire retired, took a month off and
:15:57. > :16:02.returned to his old job yesterday on the same salary. Graham Stark was
:16:02. > :16:07.away when firefighters went on strike and pensions. The union
:16:07. > :16:12.described the timing of his return as insensitive.
:16:12. > :16:19.When Graham Stagg officially retired four weeks ago, there was no notice.
:16:19. > :16:25.He took one month off, and returned to his desk. During his absence
:16:25. > :16:29.there was a strike and other senior managers were promoted for that
:16:29. > :16:35.month to hold the fort. What happened bought a swift response
:16:35. > :16:38.from the fire union. The timing is really insensitive considering the
:16:38. > :16:45.pensions campaign we are fighting. It seems that the top management are
:16:45. > :16:50.very much in bed together and they are working out the jobs for the
:16:50. > :16:54.boys and pensions for the boys. The service said the authority agreed
:16:54. > :16:56.that Mr Stagg could continue working after his retirement. The service
:16:56. > :17:15.says the benefits are .doc. Mr Stagg was on a package deal worth
:17:15. > :17:25.over £204,000 and he is not allowed to draw his pension under the rules
:17:25. > :17:26.of re—employment. A 55% tax rate is avoided if civil servants take 28
:17:26. > :17:38.days off before returning to work. Yesterday you may have seen the
:17:38. > :17:45.story about a woman who was given a warning by the police after she took
:17:45. > :17:49.six sacks of shingle from the beach at Felixstowe. Apparently she was
:17:49. > :17:56.taking it home to use in the garden. That got us talking. What can you
:17:56. > :18:01.can't take from the beach? We sent Alex to Felixstowe to investigate.
:18:01. > :18:08.At least she was not trying to sell it on the seashore. This is the
:18:08. > :18:14.stuff, sought after shingle. Here it is free, which is one reason why
:18:14. > :18:18.this woman kept coming back and collected two carloads of the steps
:18:18. > :18:24.to take home. But, she done wrong. Here is a little less. 17 miles out
:18:25. > :18:30.to see that way, off beaches like this, most of our beaches, to the
:18:30. > :18:34.high watermark is owned by the Crown and state, the Queen. This bit is
:18:34. > :18:40.owned by the landowner, Suffolk coastal district Council. So she was
:18:40. > :18:45.stealing their shingle and breaking the law. The woman was only traced
:18:45. > :18:49.after a resident took photographs and reported her. Police have warned
:18:49. > :18:55.the woman not to do it again. The council owns that section of beach
:18:55. > :19:01.and says that dealing shingle in bulk could effect coastal erosion. A
:19:01. > :19:07.healthy beaches and asset. The sand and shingle is precious. We would
:19:07. > :19:11.certainly not one man to hasten the demise of the beach. From the
:19:12. > :19:17.Norfolk wash to the Thames Street, most of our coastline is public, but
:19:17. > :19:23.it doesn't mean it is open to all comers. You can beach comb, but I
:19:23. > :19:28.know from childhood that you can't take stones. You could argue that
:19:28. > :19:43.shingle doesn't stay in one place anyway. Almost all in Norfolk and
:19:43. > :19:46.Suffolk and half in Essex is owned by the Crown Estates, the Queen, so
:19:46. > :19:49.what can and can't you take from a beach? I think it is a question of
:19:49. > :19:56.intent. If you are going out there deliberately with empty bags to
:19:57. > :20:06.place all of this debris and stones in, that is an intention to go out
:20:06. > :20:12.and commit an illegal act. I guess it all boils down to intent.
:20:12. > :20:15.A few minutes ago I was talking to a man who lives locally and he said he
:20:15. > :20:21.sees guys with huge big drums and they fill them up with the water.
:20:21. > :20:26.What they intend to do with them is anyone's guess. I remember going to
:20:26. > :20:31.read a resort only a few years ago and they said leave only footprints
:20:31. > :20:38.and take only memories. Earl Scruggs played one, the
:20:38. > :20:41.American comedian Steve Martin still plays one and Winston Marshall from
:20:41. > :20:46.Mumford and certain has made them kind of cool. But if you want to buy
:20:46. > :20:56.a banjo made in this country, it will cost thousands of pounds. That
:20:56. > :21:01.could be about to change. This is the Shackleton banjo made in
:21:01. > :21:07.Norwich by the great British banjo company. It is a prototype. Working
:21:08. > :21:13.from offices in the heart of the city, the company hoped to raise
:21:13. > :21:18.£30,000 on the crowd funding website kick—start. If they reach the target
:21:18. > :21:24.by October 12, the Shackleton will go into production. We have had
:21:25. > :21:31.fantastic support in the last few days, including the best banjo
:21:31. > :21:35.player in the world. We have had support from Mike Harding and many
:21:35. > :21:41.other people who have been tweeting and posting news on their websites.
:21:41. > :21:45.We have massive support. Crowd funding is a new way of
:21:45. > :21:52.raising money. Individuals make pledges on websites support projects
:21:52. > :21:56.they are interested in. In this country, the banjo had its heyday at
:21:56. > :22:03.the time George Formby was around, although he played the ukelele and a
:22:03. > :22:11.hybrid. Today the banjo is enjoying a comeback thanks in no part to
:22:11. > :22:16.Mumford and Sons. As you can see, there are all kinds of banjos,
:22:16. > :22:22.electric, American bluegrass, if you want a British made banjo you would
:22:22. > :22:27.have had to pay up to £2000, but now there is the Shackleton.
:22:27. > :22:32.It is called the Shackleton after Ernest Shackleton. When he got into
:22:32. > :22:40.bother in the South pole, his weatherman gets buried so by playing
:22:40. > :22:46.a banjo. What do you think? It is a lovely
:22:46. > :22:57.sound. A lot better than the one I have. I can't wait to save up my
:22:57. > :23:03.money and get one. The Shackleton will retail at around
:23:03. > :23:08.£300. If the great writ —ish banjo company gets the money it needs. It
:23:08. > :23:16.has ten days to reach is £30,000 target.
:23:16. > :23:24.What a lovely sound. Let's get the weather now.
:23:24. > :23:30.This is one weatherman that does not know how to play the banjo at the
:23:30. > :23:35.moment, but I could improve on that. We have changeable weather. We had
:23:35. > :23:39.showery rain this morning, but most of it teetered out as it tracked
:23:39. > :23:44.further east. There have been a few breaks in the cloud this afternoon,
:23:44. > :23:52.but a lot of cloud out there. We keep those conditions tonight. A few
:23:52. > :23:56.misty patches forming. It is staying dry and mild temperatures holding up
:23:56. > :24:03.at 12 or 13 degrees. The wind is easing down touching moderate at
:24:03. > :24:09.times around the coast. All eyes to the south tomorrow. This rain coming
:24:09. > :24:19.out from France. Potentially quite a bit of rain. For us, most of
:24:19. > :24:23.daylight hours will be dry tomorrow. More cloud out west and then we will
:24:23. > :24:28.see rain spread in from the south—west in the afternoon.
:24:28. > :24:35.Reaching places like Northampton and Luton first. Temperatures tomorrow
:24:35. > :24:44.are potentially quite warm. Maybe as high as 20 in the west of the
:24:44. > :24:48.region. Humid and breezy. In the rain, it will extend across the
:24:48. > :24:54.region through tomorrow evening with heavy burst in places. They be a few
:24:54. > :25:00.rumbles of thunder in the evening before it clears away later on. A
:25:00. > :25:04.few showers on Friday, but into the weekend, things start to improve. I
:25:04. > :25:10.pressure from the south and the wind eases down. There will be quite a
:25:10. > :25:15.lot of moisture trapped under this high, so cloudy conditions on the
:25:15. > :25:21.weekend. A few showers on Friday, sunny spells and through the
:25:21. > :25:28.weekend, a lot of cloud but also some bright spells. Essentially it
:25:28. > :25:35.is a dry story. Light winds by the weekend means we could get chilly
:25:35. > :25:40.night and mist and fog patches. That is it for tonight. We will see
:25:40. > :25:44.you at the same time and the same place tomorrow. Goodbye.