:00:00. > :00:00.there are major concerns about the spread of disease. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:09.us. Hello and welcome to Look East. In
:00:10. > :00:15.tonight's programme, the news from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
:00:16. > :00:18.Our top story... The trial of two men in Chelmsford charged in
:00:19. > :00:21.connection with a terrorism alert at Stansted Airport.
:00:22. > :00:24.The region's house prices reach their highest peak since the crash
:00:25. > :00:28.of 2008. We ask the experts if that's a good thing.
:00:29. > :00:30.And the magical work by one of our most talented illustrators goes
:00:31. > :00:49.under the hammer in Essex. Hello. Also in tonight's programme,
:00:50. > :00:57.Stewart's latest report from China. I am at the Port of Shanghai, the
:00:58. > :01:02.biggest container port in the world. We speak about Felixstowe as the
:01:03. > :01:06.biggest one in the UK, but ten times as many containers are moved every
:01:07. > :01:12.year here than they do at Felixstowe. The details later in the
:01:13. > :01:18.programme. First night, a jury in Essex was
:01:19. > :01:20.told today that fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a commercial
:01:21. > :01:25.airliner after two passengers threatened to blow it up. `` first
:01:26. > :01:29.tonight. The Boeing 777 was en route from Pakistan to Manchester when it
:01:30. > :01:31.was diverted to Stansted. The incident triggered a full terrorism
:01:32. > :01:34.alert. The two defendants are charged with endangering an
:01:35. > :01:37.aircraft. Let's get the details now from our Essex reporter Gareth
:01:38. > :01:39.George, who is at Chelmsford Crown Court.
:01:40. > :01:43.At the very outset here, the jury were told that this is not a
:01:44. > :01:49.terrorist trial, the men not political extremists, not having the
:01:50. > :01:54.capacity to carry out their alleged threats, but the jury also told
:01:55. > :02:00.that, if you are on the aircraft that day, you would have been
:02:01. > :02:04.absolutely terrified. Pakistan Airlines, after making an emergency
:02:05. > :02:09.landing at Dan Sclebin airport in May this year.
:02:10. > :02:16.The flight was bound for Manchester. `` at Stansted Airport. But it was
:02:17. > :02:22.diverted there. Among the 347 passengers were Mohammed Safdar and
:02:23. > :02:26.Tayyab Subhani, flying back to England after attending a funeral.
:02:27. > :02:30.The jury were told that some passengers said the men were
:02:31. > :02:35.behaving in a rude and aggressive manner before the flight took off.
:02:36. > :02:43.Mohammed Safdar in particular became angry when his offer to help an ill
:02:44. > :03:00.passenger was turned down. The jury were told the threats included...
:03:01. > :03:07.Mohammed Safdar and Tayyab Subhani both deny a charge of endangering
:03:08. > :03:16.the safety of an aircraft. The trial continues. What did the pilot say?
:03:17. > :03:24.The jury were told that the pilot described this as the most serious
:03:25. > :03:30.incident of his career, he contacted UK air traffic control, and he was
:03:31. > :03:34.instructed to go to emergency procedures, which included diverging
:03:35. > :03:40.from Manchester to Stansted. The trial is expected to last five
:03:41. > :03:44.weeks, hearing evidence from passengers and cabin crew. Brian
:03:45. > :03:50.O'Neil QC also told the jury that what was said on that plane meant
:03:51. > :03:54.that, as it was being diverted, the situation on that aircraft was life
:03:55. > :04:00.threatening. The two men deny the charges. Gareth, thank you very
:04:01. > :04:03.much. Some housing experts expressed
:04:04. > :04:08.concern today over new reports which say house prices have soared to
:04:09. > :04:11.their highest level for a decade. Some believe the Government's
:04:12. > :04:14.help`to`buy scheme is in danger of driving up prices and creating a
:04:15. > :04:18.house price bubble. Our chief reporter Kim Riley has been going
:04:19. > :04:22.through the details. He is here now. According to the Office of National
:04:23. > :04:28.Statistics, today house prices in the East are up 2% year on year.
:04:29. > :04:36.Bringing the price of an average home in the East to ?255,000.
:04:37. > :04:40.Compare that to London. Prices have risen by over 9% and more. And you
:04:41. > :04:44.might think we are a long way from a bubble. The latest phase of the
:04:45. > :04:48.help`to`buy scheme is designed to make it easier for first time buyers
:04:49. > :04:52.to get on to the ladder, with the chance to buy a home with just a 5%
:04:53. > :04:55.deposit. That is backed by a government guarantee. In its monthly
:04:56. > :04:56.survey, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports
:04:57. > :04:59."rocketing interest from buyers". And "dwarfing the number of
:05:00. > :05:02.properties for sale" in the East at least. And in fact in most other
:05:03. > :05:06.regions. Critics say the government scheme makes a damaging property
:05:07. > :05:09.boom. One estate agents in Norwich one of those to contribute to the
:05:10. > :05:12.latest RICS survey. The message here that the market in Norfolk remains
:05:13. > :05:15.slow, with no signs of overheating. Sales are still not back to
:05:16. > :05:21.pre`recession levels. But certainly a brightening picture. I have been
:05:22. > :05:27.through several recessions in my time. I have been an estate agent
:05:28. > :05:31.for 37 years and now that the property market always bounces back.
:05:32. > :05:35.It can take longer sometimes, this time taking longer, because interest
:05:36. > :05:40.rates have been artificially held down. We are bouncing back, the
:05:41. > :05:45.economy picking up, a feel`good factor, and I am optimistic.
:05:46. > :05:49.That's the picture in Norfolk. Kevin Burch has been to the Suffolk market
:05:50. > :05:51.town of Saxmundham to assess the housing market there.
:05:52. > :05:55.In this historic market town, it did not take long to find locals
:05:56. > :06:01.struggling for a toehold on the housing ladder. Take Steve. I live
:06:02. > :06:08.with mum and dad, I cannot afford to move out, and I am 41. You have
:06:09. > :06:14.never had a place of your own? Impossible if you want to have a
:06:15. > :06:19.family. Some struggling, but is Help to Buy the answer? Banks and
:06:20. > :06:25.moneymaking organisations. Help to Buy? Helping themselves. I have no
:06:26. > :06:32.understanding of the schemes. If it is viable, then yes, take it. Any
:06:33. > :06:36.type of scheme that will get you a step on that ladder, once that is
:06:37. > :06:41.achieved, more people will be happier. Just up the road is a
:06:42. > :06:47.brand`new development of 90 properties being built by the
:06:48. > :06:54.company David Wilson Homes. This is the four`bedroom home, the largest
:06:55. > :06:59.property. Jason is the marketing director and that, after stagnation,
:07:00. > :07:05.the activities market `` the market is active again, but he is wary of
:07:06. > :07:10.talking about inflating a new bubble. There is a new amount of
:07:11. > :07:16.inflation, but an increased of costs to the house`builders, and that is
:07:17. > :07:21.offset with other costs associated with people's income, so a small
:07:22. > :07:27.increase, but cleverly managed to ensure the customer is protected.
:07:28. > :07:31.Suffix has demand, lotsa people want to live here, the first`time buyer
:07:32. > :07:39.market has been difficult. `` Suffolk has demand. This development
:07:40. > :07:42.only open sales last weekend, and two plots were reserved
:07:43. > :07:46.straightaway, and Wales there would be foolhardy to draw too many
:07:47. > :07:51.conclusions from one development, both reservations were made through
:07:52. > :07:59.Help to Buy. Kim is still with me. What lessons
:08:00. > :08:04.can we draw from this? Help`to`buy scheme is providing a welcome boost
:08:05. > :08:07.for now. Most important, the need for more house building to bring
:08:08. > :08:13.supply and demand for starter homes back into balance. Thank you.
:08:14. > :08:19.Bidders in Essex paid more than ?40,000 today for a collection of
:08:20. > :08:22.first edition books. They were illustrated by an Edwardian artist
:08:23. > :08:26.whose work adorns classics such as Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
:08:27. > :08:29.They were offered for sale at auction by his surviving relatives.
:08:30. > :08:31.A Arthur Rackham. If you do not know his name, you will recognise his
:08:32. > :08:44.work. And the reward being master illustrator. `` and Edwardian master
:08:45. > :08:49.illustrator. Now, 26 books he gave to his sister`in`law each Christmas
:08:50. > :08:57.are up for auction. His sinuous lines, his looming trees, his
:08:58. > :09:01.unusual landscapes, this fantasy world he built, will be instantly
:09:02. > :09:08.familiar to most viewers. This is my favourite picture. I just love that.
:09:09. > :09:14.Just beautiful. I saw it as a greetings card years ago, but not
:09:15. > :09:20.recently, which is a great shame. Jane Starkie is selling it, handed
:09:21. > :09:24.down through her husband's side of the family. My husband died three
:09:25. > :09:29.years ago, but not long before he died, one of my children was
:09:30. > :09:33.diagnosed with MS, and he wanted to pay off her mortgage and that is
:09:34. > :09:39.when he seriously thought of selling the collection. He never got around
:09:40. > :09:44.to it, and I considered it, talked about it with my children, and we
:09:45. > :09:50.thought it was sitting in a glass cabinet, we hardly ever look at
:09:51. > :09:55.them, but we decided to do it. It was thought the books would fetch
:09:56. > :10:02.?30,000. In the end, they sold for 43,000, Testament to the enduring
:10:03. > :10:13.polarity of one of the century's finest illustrators.
:10:14. > :10:19.Still to come on Look East this evening, high domestic violence
:10:20. > :10:25.affects children, we hear one girl's story, and Alex will have the
:10:26. > :10:29.weather. It will be a cold night, so wrapped up warm and wrap up your
:10:30. > :10:34.plants, because there is a risk of Frost, but the weather is looking
:10:35. > :10:39.fine for tomorrow. Join me at the end of the programme for all the
:10:40. > :10:42.details. This week, Stewart is in Shanghai,
:10:43. > :10:47.reporting on the growing trade links between our region and China. Last
:10:48. > :10:51.night, we saw how Chinese tourists were boosting trade in Cambridge.
:10:52. > :10:54.For tonight's report, Stewart has been to the dockside area of
:10:55. > :11:00.Shanghai which has become the busiest container port in the world.
:11:01. > :11:05.We are on the East China Sea, just a part of the Port of Shanghai, and it
:11:06. > :11:10.is massive. At the 2 million containers coming through here every
:11:11. > :11:15.year, making it the busiest container port. Seven of the top ten
:11:16. > :11:20.container port southern China, Felixstowe is number 36. But there
:11:21. > :11:26.are strong links with Felixstowe. Richard Daniel has been to see a
:11:27. > :11:41.brand`new container ship about to leave Suffolk on its maiden voyage.
:11:42. > :11:47.China's largest container ship. A statement of intent by china's
:11:48. > :11:52.largest shipping line. This ship is 3.5 football pitches in length, it
:11:53. > :11:56.can carry 13,000 containers, but the astonishing thing is the company
:11:57. > :12:01.have built three vessels like this and plan five more and those will be
:12:02. > :12:08.in service by the end of next year. We need to keep the fleet to be one
:12:09. > :12:14.of the best choice for customers between the UK and China and we do
:12:15. > :12:23.have so many customers, not only in China but the UK, to require weekly
:12:24. > :12:27.services. This is home for months on end for the 26th globe trotting
:12:28. > :12:35.crew. Down below, a huge galley for the ship's chef and accrue
:12:36. > :12:40.recreation room. Near the stem, the cavernous engine room, the ship
:12:41. > :12:43.running up to 160 tonnes of you will every day. It can cover nearly
:12:44. > :12:52.20,000 nautical miles before refuelling. `` 160 tonnes of fuel.
:12:53. > :12:59.It gives me leisure for myself, my wife, embassy staff, to attend this
:13:00. > :13:03.celebration. The Chinese ambassador was guest of honour for the maiden
:13:04. > :13:10.voyage from Felixstowe. The UK has a huge trade imbalance with China, but
:13:11. > :13:16.little by little, that is changing. What is significant is increasing UK
:13:17. > :13:21.exports to China, increased by 15%, so a large increase, so China now
:13:22. > :13:28.becomes the fastest growing export market for the UK. The UK exports
:13:29. > :13:35.more products like aviation equipment, medical equipment, cars,
:13:36. > :13:41.China now is their number one importer of cards. The trend for
:13:42. > :13:47.larger and larger ships continues. `` of cars. In Felixstowe, that will
:13:48. > :13:53.mean more and more investment to accommodate them. We continue
:13:54. > :13:58.investment in Felixstowe, East Anglia, and trade between the UK and
:13:59. > :14:05.China has grown, probably about 50% of all containers nowadays relating
:14:06. > :14:10.to Chinese and UK trade. Early evening and it slips out of
:14:11. > :14:12.Felixstowe. It will take three weeks for the ship to arrive in the Far
:14:13. > :14:25.East. Just before it left Suffolk, we put
:14:26. > :14:35.a tiny time`lapse camera on board. Since then, it has called at
:14:36. > :14:43.Hamburg, and work, and Suez, docking at Hong Kong just over a week ago.
:14:44. > :14:47.`` Antwerp. It is due to .co after many Chinese ports on Sunday. It
:14:48. > :14:53.will head back to Britain back with the kind of goods and many others
:14:54. > :14:57.will find under Christmas trees in a few weeks time. Tomorrow night,
:14:58. > :15:05.business and education, those of students coming to study in the
:15:06. > :15:12.Easter thing than from China. Tonight, young man from Norwich who
:15:13. > :15:23.come to Shanghai to carve out a new life. `` coming to study in the East
:15:24. > :15:28.from China. When he was 11, this man came to
:15:29. > :15:32.Shanghai with his family and stayed for two years. Last year, he moved
:15:33. > :15:37.back to Shanghai after finishing a make up art course in Britain. His
:15:38. > :15:44.parents now work in Beijing and Shanghai and he says this time one
:15:45. > :15:53.of his mage is `` major tasks is to learn the language and adapt better
:15:54. > :15:57.to local life. When I last lived here, and was at school here, we
:15:58. > :16:02.would learn how to save hen, ruler, what was in your pencil case,
:16:03. > :16:07.pointless things. Things she would never need to stay in the future,
:16:08. > :16:11.but now learning things about how to get around the Metro, speak to taxi
:16:12. > :16:18.drivers, going shopping, important things. As a make up artist, it is
:16:19. > :16:23.not easy to start a career in the city, one thing finding potential
:16:24. > :16:29.clients. He said one Chinese customer asked him to make her look
:16:30. > :16:34.more like a foreigner. It is kind of a mixture between the two, you want
:16:35. > :16:41.to tell them that you do not have to look, you know, foreign, Western, to
:16:42. > :16:46.be beautiful. But what I can do is make their eyes look slightly
:16:47. > :16:51.bigger. Even though he has only had two clients per week so far, he is
:16:52. > :16:55.still looking forward to his job development. He says Shanghai is a
:16:56. > :17:00.large modern city with more opportunities. I like that people
:17:01. > :17:05.are not afraid to be themselves, I think it is, when you walk down the
:17:06. > :17:11.street, you see the older generation, they just sing or
:17:12. > :17:16.randomly start to dans, or something. He says he plans to stay
:17:17. > :17:20.in Shanghai for at least four years and will try to develop his career
:17:21. > :17:28.as a professional make`up artist working for shows in China.
:17:29. > :17:35.Tomorrow night, Look East is live from the studios of international
:17:36. > :17:38.channel Shanghai, we will hear from Weetabix, a company based in
:17:39. > :17:42.Northamptonshire, but recently taken over by a company in China. And from
:17:43. > :17:51.three British companies doing very well over here. That is Look East
:17:52. > :18:02.tomorrow night at fixed 30p.m., 2:30am Shanghai town. `` tomorrow
:18:03. > :18:06.night at the 30p.m.. ``6:30pm. Now, it's Children in Need this
:18:07. > :18:10.Friday. Last year, the Look East region raised ?2 million. Some of
:18:11. > :18:12.the money went to a charity called Leeway, which helps children
:18:13. > :18:16.affected by domestic violence. I've been to meet one them, Ellie. To
:18:17. > :18:18.hear her story. We have disguised the identities of those involved.
:18:19. > :18:22.She saw her father abuse her mother since she was very small and, since
:18:23. > :18:26.her mother died, she has lived with another family member, but struggled
:18:27. > :18:32.emotionally. My dad would beat her up, and I would be in the other
:18:33. > :18:37.room, but I would hear her crying and he would call her names. Because
:18:38. > :18:43.of his anger, I would start to become angry. Choose a feeling and
:18:44. > :18:54.tell me when you felt that way. Through the charity Leeway, she has
:18:55. > :18:59.dealt with a care worker and been able to talk about her feelings,
:19:00. > :19:03.making a huge difference. We had huge difficulties, my family at
:19:04. > :19:12.breaking point many times, and I was at a loss how to help Ellie. It was
:19:13. > :19:17.beyond my experience how to deal with it, so I am grateful. I would
:19:18. > :19:24.urge anyone to deal with that help, if they can, it has done wonders for
:19:25. > :19:27.our family. Leeway supports nearly 10,000 adults and children every
:19:28. > :19:40.year across Norfolk and Suffolk, with three refugees and `` refuges.
:19:41. > :19:46.Children in need support their outreach programme. It can take
:19:47. > :19:51.several times before someone seeks advice. We need to get it right and
:19:52. > :19:55.have trained professionals within the community who can help these
:19:56. > :20:01.people. And actually seek the right path for them to help them out of
:20:02. > :20:07.that abusive the duration. What would you say to someone else who
:20:08. > :20:13.may be suffering this kind of thing, as a child? I would say, always try
:20:14. > :20:19.to find someone nearby that you can't opt to and you are comfortable
:20:20. > :20:25.with, `` you can talk to. That can help a lot. It can help you
:20:26. > :20:29.understand how you are feeling and get through your life when you get
:20:30. > :20:33.older. Ellie. Just one of the many children
:20:34. > :20:37.who've been helped by Children in Need. This year's appeal is on
:20:38. > :20:41.Friday. And on Look East, our live broadcast event is coming from
:20:42. > :20:51.Wicksteed Park in Kettering. Do join us there if you can. The details are
:20:52. > :20:54.on our Facebook page. As we've seen, the national news
:20:55. > :20:57.continues to be dominated with the impact of typhoon in the
:20:58. > :21:00.Phillipines. Earlier today, two friends from Norfolk returned from a
:21:01. > :21:03.diving holiday in the Philippines. Nigel Walters is from Garvestone.
:21:04. > :21:09.Mark Evans is from Horsford. Welcome to you both. Let us look at the map
:21:10. > :21:16.and explain where you were. You were staying on the small island of
:21:17. > :21:20.Malapascua at a diving resort. This is west of the island which bore the
:21:21. > :21:26.brunt of the devastation. But you are in the eye of the storm? We were
:21:27. > :21:32.near Malapascua, but took a direct hit. Let us look at some of your
:21:33. > :21:37.pictures, how it looked when you arrived, which looks beautiful. Talk
:21:38. > :21:44.us through the kind of place you were staying? It was the perfect,
:21:45. > :21:51.the delegation. Trees and palm trees. `` it was a perfect
:21:52. > :21:55.location. A tropical place, and you can see in the photographs, is
:21:56. > :22:02.somewhere outstanding for a holiday. Mark, were you aware the storm was
:22:03. > :22:07.coming? We were told earlier that there was some typhoon coming in,
:22:08. > :22:11.but the locals get hit by these about five times per year, and no
:22:12. > :22:18.one knew what was coming until later in the week. We can see you filming
:22:19. > :22:25.during the storm, so Nigel, you are at the resort just filming from your
:22:26. > :22:30.balcony? Yeah, the storm was staged, really, in terms of how it
:22:31. > :22:34.came, slowly kicking in bit by bit, starting to eat away at the trees,
:22:35. > :22:42.smaller ones asked, bigger ones next, and I was able to stay on the
:22:43. > :22:50.balcony for some time, filming some of this. That was the dining room?
:22:51. > :22:59.Yeah. Obviously devastating to see this happening, the before and
:23:00. > :23:04.after? Totally, as Nigel said, it was paradise before. Crazy what
:23:05. > :23:12.weather can do. And this footage is driving to the airport? This was one
:23:13. > :23:16.of the areas most badly hit, no aid getting up there yet. Everyone is
:23:17. > :23:23.hungry. Small children with signs looking for food and water. We did
:23:24. > :23:28.not see any aid getting to them. We were isolated for a couple of days,
:23:29. > :23:33.no information coming through. It was a total shock when we were on
:23:34. > :23:40.the way there, which is when the news came about the amount of death
:23:41. > :23:45.going on. What about the local people, what was their reaction? On
:23:46. > :23:51.the island itself, they were very upbeat, a lot of teamwork and morale
:23:52. > :23:58.boosting, dragging boats ashore, creating pathways. The general
:23:59. > :24:02.belief they could get back to normal quickly. The holiday`makers were
:24:03. > :24:08.getting stuck in as well, helping out wherever possible. Mark, you
:24:09. > :24:13.only arrived back this morning, as it sunk in? Not really, straight off
:24:14. > :24:23.the plane, just seeing the news what has happened in other places such as
:24:24. > :24:28.Leyte. Lovely people, and a beautiful place, just really
:24:29. > :24:34.devastated? Absolutely. It is not just the islands, it is going
:24:35. > :24:41.straight up the airport, and spread across that part of the island.
:24:42. > :24:45.Thank you very much for coming in, we are grateful.
:24:46. > :24:51.The Disasters Emergency Committee launches its appeal campaign this
:24:52. > :24:56.evening. You can ring them on 0370 60 60 900. Or visit their website `
:24:57. > :25:09.dec.org.uk. Now for the weather. High pressure is our friend during
:25:10. > :25:16.the day, but becomes our enemy overnight, which is what will happen
:25:17. > :25:20.tonight. High pressure has been building, introducing light wind and
:25:21. > :25:24.clear skies, sunshine this afternoon, but overnight, any heat
:25:25. > :25:29.being lost, meaning a cold night with the risk of frost. Temperatures
:25:30. > :25:36.just three Celsius in the last hour near Thetford, and many places,
:25:37. > :25:47.particularly in the countryside, expected to drop below freezing, so
:25:48. > :25:53.expect some ground frost. We start tomorrow really quite chilly, but it
:25:54. > :25:58.will be a fine day, and the next weather system approaching from the
:25:59. > :26:02.north`west, not spoiling things in the East, but will mean a
:26:03. > :26:05.strengthening wind overnight and the introduction of cloud and rain,
:26:06. > :26:12.Andrew tomorrow, despite a chilly start, it will be glorious. ``
:26:13. > :26:16.through tomorrow. Good spells of sunshine through the morning.
:26:17. > :26:21.Temperatures not high, but the sunshine making the difference, and
:26:22. > :26:25.a light south`westerly wind, so not a bad autumn day. The western half
:26:26. > :26:29.of the region developing more cloud in the afternoon, but staying dry,
:26:30. > :26:35.and cloud developing across the region overnight which could bring
:26:36. > :26:39.outbreaks of rain. This rain looks mainly light and patchy, but
:26:40. > :26:44.gradually tracking eastwards overnight. We should be done with
:26:45. > :26:46.most of it by Thursday morning, but quite different conditions or
:26:47. > :26:51.Thursday morning and Friday, so you might look at those days being
:26:52. > :26:58.similar, but factor in the strength of the wind, particularly on
:26:59. > :27:03.Thursday, feeling quite cold with temperatures at nine Celsius.
:27:04. > :27:08.Largely dry, sunny spells, but the chance of blustery showers. Most
:27:09. > :27:12.places dry on Thursday. As well as Friday, with decent spells of
:27:13. > :27:16.sunshine, but the wind still north`westerly, so quite cold. By
:27:17. > :27:21.the weekend, some drier weather around, but overnight, more chilly
:27:22. > :27:27.nights, temperatures lower than this. Clear skies, light wind,
:27:28. > :27:38.meaning the introduction of mist and fog. That could linger through the
:27:39. > :27:41.day on Saturday. Back to you. That is all from us this evening,
:27:42. > :27:43.thank you very much for your company. Have a good evening,
:27:44. > :27:48.goodbye.