:00:00. > :00:07.pretty soggy. Thank you. That is all from the BBC. We
:00:08. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: A plea of
:00:14. > :00:15.guilty ` the former boxing champion Herbie Hide admits conspiracy to
:00:16. > :00:21.supply cocaine, after a newspaper sting operation.
:00:22. > :00:24."I cried and cried" ` the reaction of a suspended paramedic after a car
:00:25. > :00:30.crash where a young woman died because she didn't get enough help.
:00:31. > :00:36.Paying for repairs to your local church ` the medieval law that's
:00:37. > :00:42.shocked home owners. I think that is cheeky. It is a form
:00:43. > :00:50.of blackmail, saying that they want money. That is what made us angry.
:00:51. > :00:54.And war veterans in Milton Keynes make a stand against the town's new
:00:55. > :01:03.memorial, saying it is not fit for the military.
:01:04. > :01:05.Hello. The former world heavyweight boxing champion Herbie Hide has
:01:06. > :01:10.pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. He was secretly
:01:11. > :01:16.filmed by a national newspaper apparently arranging a drugs deal.
:01:17. > :01:20.Herbie Hide had denied conspiracy to supply cocaine and was about to go
:01:21. > :01:25.on trial at Norwich Crown Court. But today, after the jury had been sworn
:01:26. > :01:28.in, he changed the plea. The case was brought after he was filmed by
:01:29. > :01:32.the Sun newspaper in a hotel Norwich. He later told Look East he
:01:33. > :01:42.was vulnerable and accused reporters of putting words into his mouth.
:01:43. > :01:46.Simon Newton was in court. It was a classic tabloid sting. A
:01:47. > :01:56.fake businessman, a Norwich hotel room and a boxer offering to throw
:01:57. > :02:02.fights for money. But Herbie Hide's generosity did not
:02:03. > :02:11.end there. He later rang a drug dealer to arrange a drug delivery of
:02:12. > :02:15.cocaine. But his customers were reporters.
:02:16. > :02:20.The article appeared in the Sun newspaper in February. Hyde was
:02:21. > :02:24.arrested and charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. He denied it and
:02:25. > :02:29.appeared on the programme to plead his innocence.
:02:30. > :02:38.I am not as smart as you are. I am a boxer. I can hardly read and write.
:02:39. > :02:40.So to con me is very easily `` easy.
:02:41. > :02:49.The 42`year`old claimed he had been tricked into carrying out crime by
:02:50. > :02:52.an ex`newspaper journalist. But, in the end, he decided that this was a
:02:53. > :02:56.fight that he could not win, and this afternoon, and the advice of
:02:57. > :03:00.his lawyers come he changed his plea to guilty.
:03:01. > :03:06.Nicknamed the Dancing Destroyer, he was crowned champion twice, winning
:03:07. > :03:10.the title three years in the 1990s. But life after boxing has been far
:03:11. > :03:15.less successful. Several brushes with the law, and last year a
:03:16. > :03:19.25`year`old man was stabbed to death at a party at his home.
:03:20. > :03:25.Today, he was granted bail on condition that he observes a
:03:26. > :03:29.night`time curfew and surrendered his passport. I asked him why he had
:03:30. > :03:37.admitted the charge. Do you feel that you had been
:03:38. > :03:45.trapped? Yes, obviously. And that potential sentence, that must be a
:03:46. > :03:49.concern? As for the journalist, we believe
:03:50. > :03:56.this was him leaving the building, before being moved away in a blacked
:03:57. > :04:00.out vehicle. Tonight, the Sun newspaper defended the story, saying
:04:01. > :04:06.it was public journalism. Herbie Hide could face up to two years in
:04:07. > :04:17.prison. He and a co`accused will be sentenced on November the 29th.
:04:18. > :04:19.The West Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham has asked the Chancellor to
:04:20. > :04:22.intervene in the row over the planned waste incinerator for King's
:04:23. > :04:26.Lynn. It follows the Government's decision to withdraw funding for the
:04:27. > :04:30.project, which has left the council facing a bill of millions of pounds.
:04:31. > :04:34.Andrew Sinclair is here. We are getting an idea of how big
:04:35. > :04:38.the bill will be? Yes, we are still waiting for an
:04:39. > :04:42.analysis of how much the council will have to pay in compensation.
:04:43. > :04:46.But, in the last few minutes, the head of Finance has written to the
:04:47. > :04:52.councillors saying they will be looking at it one of cost of ?25.9
:04:53. > :04:56.million if they decide to pull out next week. He says there is no
:04:57. > :05:01.provision in the budget for this. It is greater than the council reserves
:05:02. > :05:08.and he warns that if the council's expenditure succeeds it is
:05:09. > :05:11.resources, there is the chance of bankruptcy. If the council decides
:05:12. > :05:17.to do away with the scheme, there may have to be emergency cuts. Henry
:05:18. > :05:22.Bellingham, a big opponent of the expenditure, has written as saying
:05:23. > :05:27.that if the council does have to pay compensation, please can they be
:05:28. > :05:31.translated into a long`term loan. That is, of course, only if the
:05:32. > :05:35.council votes to pull out, and there are many councillors who want to see
:05:36. > :05:48.the incinerator going ahead. I think that, after this report, they may be
:05:49. > :05:52.joined by others. People who live near the beach at
:05:53. > :05:56.Shoeburyness in Essex say they don't want a huge earth barrier to protect
:05:57. > :05:59.them from the sea because it's too big. It's part of a major upgrade to
:06:00. > :06:03.defences around Southend, but it comes on the day that Hemsby in
:06:04. > :06:05.Norfolk is installing it's own DIY defences, which local people have
:06:06. > :06:08.had to pay for themselves. How to protect the region's cosine
:06:09. > :06:10.is one of the biggest challenges faced in the east. This is
:06:11. > :06:13.Shoeburyness and there are plans to improve the sea defences here,
:06:14. > :06:16.because there is the worried that this stretch of the sea wall is not
:06:17. > :06:23.high enough. There is a focus here because of the floods of 1953. Essex
:06:24. > :06:29.was badly hit. So the council is considering building a huge earth
:06:30. > :06:33.barrier. Two metres high, 800 metres long, it would go behind these beach
:06:34. > :06:39.huts, but the residents association is against it. Our primary concern
:06:40. > :06:45.is that it is not required in the first place. The defences have been
:06:46. > :06:52.effective since 1953, when even there the sea wall was OK. They feel
:06:53. > :06:59.that it will disrupt the area and will make it less attractive.
:07:00. > :07:01.In addition to that, the construction effort will cause
:07:02. > :07:07.enormous destruction to the area as well.
:07:08. > :07:10.Meanwhile, in Hemsby, where the beach rent chalets are being
:07:11. > :07:16.abandoned, locals have raised ?18,000 for temporary defences, to
:07:17. > :07:21.turn concrete blocks. Today, a digger lifted the blocks into
:07:22. > :07:26.place. The work he was welcomed. If we don't protect it, it will go.
:07:27. > :07:31.This is the only system that we have to stop the sea coming into the
:07:32. > :07:36.village. If we lose this, we will lose our beach. The beach is a free
:07:37. > :07:39.resource for too many people to lose. It is a source of revenue for
:07:40. > :07:46.thousands of people in the area. Back in Shoeburyness, the council
:07:47. > :07:50.says that it is proposal to build this earth work was supported by the
:07:51. > :07:58.local Environment Agency. It says it could protect 500 homes.
:07:59. > :08:01.Norwich City Football Club has threatened to ban fans for life if
:08:02. > :08:04.found guilty of racism. The move comes after more comments were
:08:05. > :08:07.posted online about manager Chris Hughton. It happened after the
:08:08. > :08:13.defeat at Arsenal at the weekend. Norfolk Police say it's the second
:08:14. > :08:16.time it's happened this month. Police in Chelmsford have made an
:08:17. > :08:20.arrest following the discovery of a man's body in public toilets. They
:08:21. > :08:23.were called to the scene at Market Road late yesterday afternoon. The
:08:24. > :08:26.dead man is believed to be in his 20s. A 28`year`old man is being
:08:27. > :08:32.questioned on suspicion of drugs`related offences.
:08:33. > :08:36.Talks to avert a strike by baggage handlers at Stansted Airport have
:08:37. > :08:39.been given more time. The GMB union says it's now hopeful industrial
:08:40. > :08:47.action can be avoided as it prepares to meet the employer Swissport later
:08:48. > :08:50.this week. A paramedic from Norfolk has told a
:08:51. > :08:54.tribunal how she cried after the death of a veterinary nurse in a car
:08:55. > :08:57.crash because she felt the Ambulance Service hadn't done enough to help
:08:58. > :09:00.her. Fiona Turner's conduct and competence is being called into
:09:01. > :09:03.question following the death of Catherine Barton near Thetford two
:09:04. > :09:07.years ago. Debbie Tubby reports. The owner Turner told the tribunal
:09:08. > :09:12.she was dealing with a major incident with no resources. I was
:09:13. > :09:17.left out there alone. I had never been the first paramedic to arrive
:09:18. > :09:21.at a scene of such severity. It comes after Catherine Barton, a
:09:22. > :09:26.veterinary nurse, came trapped in her car. She had been driving from
:09:27. > :09:31.that that with her best friend in a passenger seat, when a car, avoiding
:09:32. > :09:35.a dear, it then. It was an hour before she was removed from the car,
:09:36. > :09:44.and she died at the scene. The owner Turner's councillor asked how she
:09:45. > :09:50.felt when she arrived at the scene. She said that it was a mess. The
:09:51. > :09:55.counsellor asked, when was the request for four ambulances made.
:09:56. > :09:58.She said, barely after arriving, near the beginning. The court heard
:09:59. > :10:05.that the second abdomens arrived a long time after the first.
:10:06. > :10:09.`` a second ambulance. The court heard that the owner did
:10:10. > :10:17.not make a quick decision and that people were getting flustered.
:10:18. > :10:19.She was asked if she had left a patient for ten minutes. She said
:10:20. > :10:23.that she had to assess three patients, with them being time
:10:24. > :10:32.critical. The court heard that an assessment
:10:33. > :10:36.may not have taken place. She said that she disagreed and a
:10:37. > :10:43.recollection `` her revelation was cleared.
:10:44. > :10:47.She said it would be absurd to walk away. I could not leave a patient
:10:48. > :10:56.not breathing. The owner Turner broke down several
:10:57. > :11:01.times during the hearing. She said that the requirements outstripped
:11:02. > :11:04.the resources. `` Fiona Turner. She said that she cried because she felt
:11:05. > :11:15.that the Ambulance Service had not done enough. The court will make a
:11:16. > :11:21.decision later this week. Still to come, the Olympic champion
:11:22. > :11:25.helping young people to get into training or a job.
:11:26. > :11:35.And the British Legion boycott a brand`new warmer more real. `` wall
:11:36. > :11:39.memorial. Hundreds of people who live near a
:11:40. > :11:43.parish church in Norfolk have just received a nasty shock in the post
:11:44. > :11:45.because of law .dating back to the Middle Ages.
:11:46. > :11:48.Nearly 900 homes in Gorleston received letters from the Land
:11:49. > :11:51.Registry warning that they could be liable for paying for repairs at St
:11:52. > :11:54.Andrew's Church. The law is called the Chancel Repair Liability. It
:11:55. > :11:58.applies everywhere and it goes back to the days people had to pay tithes
:11:59. > :12:01.to their local church. Our Chief Reporter Kim Riley is at St Andrew's
:12:02. > :12:09.now. Yes, I am in the chancel in front of
:12:10. > :12:14.the main altar. I have to say, looking around me, it looks as if it
:12:15. > :12:19.is in good repair. This is an archaic law, most of people had not
:12:20. > :12:25.heard of it before. Before it was changed, historic interest had to be
:12:26. > :12:30.locked with the Land Registry. Now more local people know about it,
:12:31. > :12:34.they are not happy. This couple and their wedding day at
:12:35. > :12:38.St Andrews Church. They have owned their present home for more than 50
:12:39. > :12:44.years. Furious at the letter from the Land Registry hearing that they
:12:45. > :12:48.could be liable for repairs at the church.
:12:49. > :12:53.I was shocked, then I was angry. I thought the church was putting the
:12:54. > :12:55.wind up people. I think it is cheeky.
:12:56. > :13:00.It is a form of blackmail, saying they want money off you. That is
:13:01. > :13:05.what made us angry. They're near neighbour was also
:13:06. > :13:11.shocked to receive a letter. I felt as if it was someone taking
:13:12. > :13:16.money from my wallet, someone you thought you could trust, the church,
:13:17. > :13:19.and you can't even trust them. The reverend and other members of
:13:20. > :13:25.the parochial council have been taken aback by the anger generated
:13:26. > :13:33.and the resentment at a charge of ?50 visitor the Kurds relieving
:13:34. > :13:37.loners of `` relieving owners of liability.
:13:38. > :13:44.I feel that we should have brought a sack of rain. When this started 50
:13:45. > :13:53.years ago, people were poor like today, they had to bring that.
:13:54. > :13:57.It is affecting people in a big way. Our message to local people is that
:13:58. > :14:02.nothing has changed, other than something that has existed on their
:14:03. > :14:07.properties for many years has now been made public. There has never
:14:08. > :14:15.been a way of getting out of Chancel Repair Liability than a certificate
:14:16. > :14:19.of exception. However, we are now coming across cases when people
:14:20. > :14:28.cannot afford that ?50 charge and we are considering how we could deal
:14:29. > :14:32.with that address, wearing our `` hats as a charity as well as a
:14:33. > :14:36.church. The church has apologised for
:14:37. > :14:45.distress, and further that they could not reply to complaints more
:14:46. > :14:49.quickly. They are receiving legal advice.
:14:50. > :14:54.The church is set to reopen. The money has been raised by the
:14:55. > :15:01.congregation. The council has not caught on the Chancel Repair
:15:02. > :15:08.Liability before and says it has no plans to do so now.
:15:09. > :15:12.And if you have a story to tell about the chancel tax we'd love to
:15:13. > :15:22.hear from you. You can get in touch by phone, by email, by going to our
:15:23. > :15:26.Facebook page, or on Twitter. Here's a question ` does the word
:15:27. > :15:29.NEET mean much to you? It applies to 16 to 18`year`olds and it stands for
:15:30. > :15:32."Not in education, employment, or training". Across the East, there
:15:33. > :15:35.are almost enough NEETS to fill Wembley Stadium ` 81,000, at the
:15:36. > :15:38.last count. But in Bedfordshire there's a project to help them,
:15:39. > :15:46.headed by a famous Olympian and using sport as its inspiration. Dame
:15:47. > :15:52.Kelly Holmes is inspiring people. Not every young person's life can be
:15:53. > :15:59.smooth, they can struggle if there is no one to look up to. But with
:16:00. > :16:03.sport, these young people's lives are being improved.
:16:04. > :16:11.We have been with them for seven weeks. They get more confidence. We
:16:12. > :16:19.are trying to encourage them not to be afraid to get out of their
:16:20. > :16:24.comfort zone. We have tried football, basketball, badminton. A
:16:25. > :16:29.lot of the time, the sport is new to the young people, but they are open
:16:30. > :16:33.to trying new things. Nearly one in five of young people
:16:34. > :16:42.are not involved in education, training or work. This scheme aims
:16:43. > :16:44.to help young people, saying that success in sport can help success in
:16:45. > :16:52.life. Five weeks ago, this young man was
:16:53. > :17:01.out of work, but today he got a call from a shop.
:17:02. > :17:05.It is improving my confidence. It comes with the teamwork. If you work
:17:06. > :17:09.in a team, nobody blames each other.
:17:10. > :17:15.Projects like this one won't solve a national problem, but Dame Kelly
:17:16. > :17:25.Holmes wanted to make a difference. She was inspired by her PET chill.
:17:26. > :17:28.Young `` PE teacher. How difficult is it to get the
:17:29. > :17:34.opportunities? It is tough, isn't it?
:17:35. > :17:42.It is difficult. No work is bad work. Even if it is part`time.
:17:43. > :17:48.This is the only project of its type in our region. 70% of young people
:17:49. > :17:52.taking part are now doing something positive with their lives. Tonight,
:17:53. > :17:59.it is their graduation, so every to celebrate.
:18:00. > :18:05.Dame Kelly Holmes is in Luton this evening and we spoke to her, asking
:18:06. > :18:10.how the people she helps our chosen. All the young people are potentially
:18:11. > :18:16.not in education, employment or training. The needs of these young
:18:17. > :18:20.people are quite clear, they need some guidance and direction in their
:18:21. > :18:24.own life and basically we ensure that ordinary young people who are
:18:25. > :18:30.selected are making that first commitment. That is a big one.
:18:31. > :18:35.This is not about creating great athletes of the future. But sport is
:18:36. > :18:41.still plays an important role? Yes, that is right. We try and
:18:42. > :18:50.enable and empower young people. We have different stages of the Get On
:18:51. > :18:54.Track programme. The young people and maybe in a situation where their
:18:55. > :18:59.background has not been great, that experience in life has not been
:19:00. > :19:05.great so far. So to trust people can be difficult for them.
:19:06. > :19:08.Do people like you spend a lot of time getting involved in this? Or do
:19:09. > :19:14.you just appear once at the beginning and help someone else
:19:15. > :19:21.takes it and further. Do you have a greater commitment than that?
:19:22. > :19:30.I started this trust five years ago because I wanted to help others like
:19:31. > :19:34.sports people had helped me. Realising the benefits that
:19:35. > :19:43.sportspeople have to become mentors. You were the King `` talking about
:19:44. > :19:48.raw mad `` role models. Who was your role model?
:19:49. > :19:54.Mine was my teacher. My teacher told me I could be good at something. At
:19:55. > :19:59.that time, that was important to me, because I was not academic. If it
:20:00. > :20:04.had not been for sport, I do not think I would be who I am today.
:20:05. > :20:07.Is there one person that you have seen who has come to you who has
:20:08. > :20:14.become something that you never thought they could achieve?
:20:15. > :20:17.There are so many young people that we've helped with that
:20:18. > :20:24.transformation. There is a young girl here in Luton who dream of
:20:25. > :20:28.being a skiing instructor and she was written off and told her `` told
:20:29. > :20:35.that she would never push that dream. She was working at a call
:20:36. > :20:41.centre and was unhappy and lost her self esteem. Through the programme,
:20:42. > :20:47.we managed to get her on a ski instructor score `` course. It was
:20:48. > :20:51.more than getting her on the course, it was about rebuilding who
:20:52. > :21:00.she wanted to be and all the people who knocked her down.
:21:01. > :21:04.It is great work. Thank you. In the run`up to Remembrance Day, a
:21:05. > :21:06.row has broken out in Milton Keynes which could sour the commemorations
:21:07. > :21:09.on November 11th. Some British Legion members are so
:21:10. > :21:12.unhappy with the new MK Rose memorial, which opens in a few
:21:13. > :21:15.weeks, that they're planning to boycott it. It will contain 100
:21:16. > :21:18.pillars commemorating things as varied as World Maths Day and
:21:19. > :21:23.International Joke Day. But the Legion says it's not a proper war
:21:24. > :21:26.memorial. For commemoration and
:21:27. > :21:29.contemplation, at the MK rose memorial there will always be
:21:30. > :21:37.something to think about. The merging out of the memorial will be
:21:38. > :21:41.106 pillars, each representing a different day or organisation. I
:21:42. > :21:53.have a list of them here, and they include things like skipping day,
:21:54. > :21:57.even tea bag day. Somewhere there, between all those, is a pillar
:21:58. > :22:04.representing armistice day. This has upset some war veterans.
:22:05. > :22:09.This man is on parade every day, but will not come here.
:22:10. > :22:16.I do not feel I can act in true and as a standard`bearer if I do not see
:22:17. > :22:21.the cross. For me, the cross is a sign of remembrance for the dead of
:22:22. > :22:28.all wars. Here, a more traditional war
:22:29. > :22:36.memorial is being built. You cannot compare. I have never
:22:37. > :22:43.seen anything like it. Right next to Armistice Day is National Joke
:22:44. > :22:50.Week. That's not right. Some people say that this is not
:22:51. > :22:55.right. It detracts from the enormity of the situation.
:22:56. > :23:00.I think there should be another area for the heroes of the country.
:23:01. > :23:06.But those behind the MK Rose say that veterans are missing the point.
:23:07. > :23:14.What we have created, for a modern city, is a new way of people being
:23:15. > :23:17.able to mark the remembrance, for what is essentially a very important
:23:18. > :23:21.day. But for some ex`servicemen and
:23:22. > :23:29.ex`servicewomen, this will never be a fitting memorial to those who
:23:30. > :23:33.served. In the run`up to Remembrance Day, a
:23:34. > :23:36.row has broken out in Milton Keynes which could sour the commemorations
:23:37. > :23:39.on November 11th. Some British Legion members are so unhappy with
:23:40. > :23:48.the new MK Rose memorial, which opens in a few weeks, that they're
:23:49. > :23:52.planning to boycott it. A primary school near Chelmsford has
:23:53. > :23:55.appealed for help in solving a rather embarrassing mystery. It all
:23:56. > :23:58.came to light ` or rather failed to come to light ` during celebrations
:23:59. > :24:01.to mark the school's Golden Jubilee. It is something to celebrate, the
:24:02. > :24:10.50th anniversary of Writtle Junior School. People gathered to discuss
:24:11. > :24:18.the school. In 1988, the school put together a time Capshaw, to be an
:24:19. > :24:24.earnest in October 2013. `` time capsule.
:24:25. > :24:32.We put lots of different things in it. We put in stamps in it.
:24:33. > :24:39.We watched it being varied. There was a paving slab to say where it
:24:40. > :24:46.was buried. The paving slab was there, but the
:24:47. > :24:51.time capsule was not. We looked under the paving stone,
:24:52. > :24:57.but it was not there. We went round the garden with metal
:24:58. > :25:01.detectors. We could not find any evidence of it. We had to stop after
:25:02. > :25:07.digging three holes, because we were worried about the garden.
:25:08. > :25:13.It was time to appeal for help. If anybody knows where the time
:25:14. > :25:17.capsule is, please let us know. We will not dig up any more of the
:25:18. > :25:22.school until we know where it is. In the meantime, they are burying
:25:23. > :25:25.another time capsule to be dug up in 2038, presuming that they can find
:25:26. > :25:29.it. Oh dear. We will look at the
:25:30. > :25:47.weather. There has been a lot of rain today.
:25:48. > :25:51.Some of the showers were on the heavy side. Some of those have
:25:52. > :25:57.cleared away, but overnight they will be developed. In the early
:25:58. > :26:03.morning, it the showers could turn quite heavy. Some drier interludes
:26:04. > :26:08.now, but on the whole, the showers redeveloping into the evening and
:26:09. > :26:14.the night. That it will be a mild night. The showers will go through
:26:15. > :26:21.to the early hours of the morning. Tebbutt is around 14 Celsius at
:26:22. > :26:26.their lowest. `` temperatures. For some of us, the showers should get
:26:27. > :26:33.away quite quickly. Then it will improve tomorrow. Quite blustery
:26:34. > :26:37.first thing, but the sunshine should come out throughout the region.
:26:38. > :26:45.Temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. Our wind speed is coming
:26:46. > :26:49.from the South West. It will ease through the afternoon and overnight.
:26:50. > :27:00.Overnight, with clear skies and writer wins, `` lighter winds. It
:27:01. > :27:03.will be chilly tomorrow night. This is our pressure pattern for
:27:04. > :27:08.Thursday. You can see the pressure moving in from the Atlantic. There
:27:09. > :27:13.will be some low pressure giving us a wet and windy conditions by
:27:14. > :27:21.Friday. Make the most of the afternoon. On Thursday, it should be
:27:22. > :27:26.a decent day. Wet and windy weather appears overnight on Thursday into
:27:27. > :27:32.Friday. It will be quite blustery. At the moment, it looks like the
:27:33. > :27:39.weekend will have a dry start. It will be cold tomorrow night, after
:27:40. > :27:45.that it will be warmer. We will see you tomorrow. Goodbye.