19/11/2013 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The woman

who tweeted about the "bloody cyclist" she'd knocked off a bike

gets seven points and a fine. Tonight how can drivers and cyclists

share the road safely? The family of a woman hit by a

runaway horse at a country fair speak out for the first time: I was

watching the news and my sister's name come up and my whole world has

collapsed really." What makes a ten time world champion? Meet jetskier

James from Wisbech. And the King's Lynn lad about to

make his debut in a world`famous version of Swan Lake.

First tonight, the kind of collision that probably happens dozens of

times every day. A country road a car and a cyclist. What makes this

one very different is Twitter. The driver was Emma Way from Watton

in Norfolk, and the tweet read: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off

his bike earlier. I have right of way ` he doesn't even pay road tax."

#bloodycyclists." As a result she lost her job as an accountant. Today

she was found guilty of two driving offences at Norwich Magistrates but

was cleared of careless driving. Our chief reporter Kim Riley was in

court. The 22`year`old arrived at court

with her solicitor and said that the tweet was the biggest regret of her

life. Asked on a score of one to ten how stupid it was, she said she

would score 11. She was on three charges, driving without due care or

attention, fleeing an accident and not reporting it. The cyclist was on

the final stages of the 100 mile course when the Mac's car came round

the corner. He said the front wing of the car struck his leg, the

Miller struck his arm and he went into the hedge. The prosecution's

case was that the car was on the wrong side of the road. The

magistrates heard that Emma Way had a clean driving record and knew this

particular stretch of road very well. I did not force them off the

road, she says, he was on my side of the Lord. My position was as perfect

as could. She said that she saw his big wobble and was convinced he was

not hurt. The magistrate said that evidence from the cyclist and a

fellow cyclist and from Emma Way was all equally capable and they found

her not guilty of dangerous driving. The famous tweets on the website,

which sells merchandise and promote cycling safety. Lawyers say beware

what you commit to social media. There might be legal ramifications

of doing so. Obviously criminal liability could follow if something

is threatening, for example, but there could also be liability is

something that you post is reputational Lee damaging to someone

or if someone relies on what you are seeing. When she came into her

studio in May, Emma Way have got the message. If I had known it had

gotten this far then the tweet would never have gotten posted. I take the

tweet back if I could, but I can't. Working again as a trainee

accountant she left court with seven points on her licence. She must pay

more than ?600 in fines and costs for leaving the scene of the

accident and failing to report it. There was no statement from her

afterwards, you national TV programme has signed her up. This

case is illustrated not only of the dangers of social media but also of

the tension between divers and cyclists.

Mike Rees is the managing director of the firm Drive Alive which

teaches people how to drive more safely. And Kevin House teaches

people how to cycle more safely. What do drivers find so difficult

about cyclists? One of the deep roots of it all is ACE minority of

cyclists blatantly breaking the law and the tar everyone with the same

brush and it creates frustration, it creates anger, and I think that is

one of the deep root causes of it all. It is not just because cyclists

get anyway and are not as fast as cars? There must be a tolerance

level on both parts in my philosophy has always been education for

everyone who drives on the road and actually for them to understand the

issues that each driver take more cyclist has. It is education and

tolerance and an awareness and being able to interface together. It is a

very cramped idiot out there and you must be tolerant. Do you think

cyclists are taking their lights on their own hands of the roads? Not

really, I cynically everywhere and it is about managing risk. It is he

going to be to commute or exercise and yes, there are risks, but it is

about making the right choices. Went to position yourself in the road at

a certain point, with buses and HGVs etc, it is about choices but also

about being aware of other road users. It is about being tolerant.

Why do you think there is this tension between cyclists and

drivers? It seems to cause so much antipathy. We do it in all aspects

of life, we generalise. One person can do one thing and we can

generalise it to the rest of the population, so one motorist might do

something to a cyclist and that cyclist Ben has a heightened

awareness and then every driver is possibly hostile. It really is about

controlling what you can control as a cyclist and doing the things you

can do, it is impossible to control other car drivers. There is much in

the news, he speaks of cyclist deaths in London. Essex police

launched their own campaign to improve cycle safety last week. He

had a huge reaction when we reported on that, people feel very strongly

about this on both sides. They do, we have started developing and

training courses for HGV driver to get to grips with cyclists but the

cyclists must be trained as well. If you are going to one or the other in

terms of training, the cyclist is the weak area. Do you react to that,

Kevin? Is it you want and need the training? It is a bit of both, and

it is about awareness. We need more children and adults cycling. Adults

lead by example. Then we will get more children cycling and get better

cyclists. You do get the minority of cyclists doing things we should not

be doing in the minority of drivers doing things they should not be

doing. Thank you. So is cycling becoming more or less

dangerous? It's something our journalists online have been looking

into. Go to bbc.co.uk/news/magazine for all the latest details on

cycling safety. The family of a woman who was hit by

a runaway horse at a country fair say tighter controls are needed to

make sure it doesn't happen again. Carol Bullett was killed when the

horse bolted at Nowton Park near Bury St Edmunds. Yesterday the

council which organised the event was cleared of breaching safety

rules. More than two years on, Carol

Bullett's father and brother still struggle to find the words to

describe your sense of loss and how tough it has been since that fateful

day. I was watching the news and my sister 's name came up, it was like

a nightmare. I miss her a lot, she used to, regularly to see me. It

affected everybody. Almost. It was a scene of chaos, Lucas the horse had

been spooked and bolted with the card still attached, the reading

through the crowds. Eyewitnesses said how the drama unfolded. The

kids were running between stalls, we called them over as they came

towards us and the lady shouted to get out of the way. Where missed by

seconds. Many people left to safety, but Carol had her back turned and

was knocked down. She died the next day. The man running the course rate

admitted breaching safety rules and has yet to be sentenced. At Ipswich

Crown Court yesterday, the council who organised the event, was found

not guilty on the same charge after a week`long trial. In the wake of

the verdict the authority said it was sorry and would review

procedures. When you have animals, livestock around, when the public

out there, this could happening in. Carol's family told me how much she

loved the spark, she was a regular visitor. Despite the fact it was the

scene of such an awful tragedy, the arcing, in time, as officials were

lowered, to have a memorial place during her name. You would not want

a better person to be around. I just miss her so much. Words would never

be enough to explain Carol. She was such a fantastic person. I just see

her smiling matters now. I hope there is something afterwards and

this has not been in vain. The beautiful girl.

After a decent autumn, temperatures plummeted today reminding us that

winter is just around the corner. We're probably looking at lows of `1

or `2 overnight. Alex will have a full forecast later of course. But

what does it mean on the roads? Gareth George is at a gritting depot

in Southend. Gareth. A busy next year and the depot, in

Southend as you can see a brand`new cutting money being boarded up with

salt, the effort to keep the region's roads clear. This winter

now beginning in earnest. What is the very latest on the region's

gritting the? `` gritting fleet? The directors were out this afternoon

and made will be out at 4am tomorrow morning. In Suffolk the letters are

expected to be out at 7:30am, Essex county council's fleet of letters

were out at midday and are expected to be out again at 3am. Here in

Southend the council have their own gritting operation and we're joined

now by Tony Cox, councillor Tony Cox. As important is it that you go

out tonight? How many miles of road will be covered? Very important,

this will be the first make over gritting operations. The

temperatures you do not get as cold as inland but we are currently

getting around 75 males of gritting inland. We have pictures of the

letters last winter, are you confident you have enough salt to

see you through this year? We have roughly around 2000 tonnes you add

the devil, last year we used around 1500 tonnes and that was one of the

coldest years on record. `` at the EPO. Catheters could go down as low

as `2 so it is vital that this operation takes place. ``

temperatures could go down. There's a new warning today about

patient safety at Colchester Hospital. The Trust has been fined

?60,000 for discharging too many patients without telling their GP.

The local Clinical Commissioning Group described it as

"unacceptable". The hospital says it's working on the problem.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk says he wants to

introduce improvements to the Orwell Bridge section of the A14 in

Suffolk. Tim Passmore wants to cut the amount of time the road is

closed following an accident. He also is considering introducing

average speed cameras. It comes after a meeting with the Highways

agency. They're also looking at improving the capacity of lay`bys

and replacing the concrete road surfaces with tarmac.

Still to come, and easyJet have stolen a march on Ryanair. And he

was in the water, meets James Bushell, it contains dates the world

champion. We like that so much we play it all

the time. Last night we heard that

house`building in this region is finally starting to pick up after

years of being in the doldrums. But some would argue that's not

necessarily good news. Lots of people believe thousands of

new homes will destroy the character of their town or village. On the

other side of the argument the first time buyers desperate for a foot on

the housing ladder. Research by Look East shows there are more than

85,000 homes in this region which have already got planning permission

but still haven't been built. Our special report tonight is from Ben

Bland. Elliott wants to buy a home. At the

moment he rent this property in Norfolk with his partner and their

daughter. The recently graduated and has a full`time job but he can't get

on the property ladder. He would like to see more homes built. There

is a lot of talk about the lack of infrastructure and things like that

and people worried about it being a plate on the local area but it is

much more of a blight not having a vibrant young population, most young

people have to move out of the area just to get home and they can be in

the area they grew up in. Will councils across East Anglia are

given permission for new homes thousands of them just haven't been

built. The latest available figures and these are approximate, show the

biggest number is in Essex. There, almost 24,000 homes have equal ahead

but have not been constructive. In this region, it is more than 18,000.

Councils in Northamptonshire told us they have approved almost 14,000 new

homes are waiting to be built. In Norfolk the figure is over 13,000.

Wealth in neighbouring Suffolk it is just under 10,000. Cambridgeshire

has almost 6000 flat or house is approved by the extra appear. That

is a total of more than 85,000 new homes across East Anglia that could

be built immediately. In several parts of reading, councils are

planning to build whole new and villages over the next 20 years just

to provide enough housing. Yet in Cambridge and there are plans to put

many thousand new homes on the site and the former barracks at what

beach. That might help people wanting to buy, but not everyone is

happy. We fought off the set of the ten three times before and people

don't want their village to be subsumed into the town. We have

massive and to shop counters, the eight N is frequently overcast, but

we do want something to happen to the barracks. They let's put

something smaller scale of the built area. The number of people living in

this region is increasing and that is why councils are giving

permission for so many new homes to be built. For some people it is too

many, well for others those goals can be built quickly enough.

And we'd like to hear your stories about that. You might be struggling

to get on the housing ladder or worried about a new housing estates

near you. You can call us on 0845 seven 630 630 or email to

[email protected]. And of course there's also Facebook and Twitter.

EasyJet stole a march on its rival Ryanair today by announcing record

annual profits. The Luton`based airline made ?478m last year, a rise

of more than 50%. But Ryanair who have their main operating base in

the UK at Stansted has warned profits will be lower than expected.

Our business correspondent Richard Bond is here. So why is EasyJet

doing so well? EasyJet has always had the reputation for being rather

friendlier to its customers than Ryanair, and also flying to airports

closer to the advertised destination. It's recently

introduced allocated seating, so you can pay a little extra to sit where

you like. That seems to have gone down well with two groups in

particular, older customers and business passengers. Ryanair doesn't

have allocated seating yet, it plans to introduce it next year. The chief

executive of easyJet today played down suggestions that she was

winning the battle with Ryanair. It is very important to the competition

is everywhere, we do not have one archrival, we have removed

competition who are people like Los Santos etc. We are paranoid about

competition but their belief is that if we do great things for the

airliner for customers then we will do well. Is EasyJet overtaking

Ryanair? It is doing better in terms of the close of profit. But Ryanair

is still the cooling air `` bigger Elliott of. It has 100 more aircraft

and easyJet and it flies around 20 million passengers more per year.

There is a new campaign today about increasing the volume we can get

through airports. This is the Let Britain Fly campaign supported by

100 leading British companies. It wants all three parties to

acknowledge before the next election the need for more air capacity. It

is not calling specifically for a second runway at Stansted, but they

want rail links to be improved so it can make better use of its existing

capacity. Thank you very much. How many sports stars have been

world champions ten times? James Bushell from Wisbech is in that

exclusive club. He's also won 28 national titles and eight European

ones. James is a jetskier. He's 29 years old and he's just come back

from America with his latest trophy. In the world of jet ski racing, key

is the undisputed number one. Siegel to 80 in less than two seconds, top

speed a staggering 90 mph. James is fast and feared the world over. At

the world finals in Arizona he retained both titles, for the third

year running. James with a 1983, that is a four. First and third in

his races, overall winner. At 29 years all the 10th world title. What

does it mean to you to be world champion? Well, number one in the

world. That is the main thing. Again, the first time I won it was

obviously really cool and special but no it is a good feeling. You

cant take it for granted. My dad loved the trophies. I like the money

but he likes it trophies. James has grown used to winning, he began

racing in Norfolk claiming the first of his 28 British titles when he was

16. The Mac sometimes you have to pinch yourself but it is down to

hard work, dedication and team effort. That is why he has ten world

titles. And all of the European titles and everything. When he is

not racing jet skis years fixing them. I like my jet skis and I get

these words into condition and get them prepared to go out. James runs

a business in talent and, just north of Peterborough. You need to look to

the future, so even a business selling and repairing. Before that

all I did was race and repair jet skis and media living from it. If

you when you any money but if you don't when you don't make much of a

living. It is the water which he best, winning titles what he does

best. We bought fancy jet skis, don't you? I would like to go

slowly, though. I love the fact that he is not that excited any more.

And a new modern interpretation of Swan Lake by Matthew Bourne has been

doing very good business in recent years in the West End and on

Broadway. The production is now on tour across

the country ` tonight they play the Theatre Royal in Norwich. And the

company includes a man from King's Lynn performing in his debut show.

Reece Causton graduated this year from one of the country's top ballet

schools. Our entertainment reporter Dawn Gerber has been to meet him.

The striking scenes of Swan Lake, a production which cost and has dreamt

of being part of, and directed by his icon. It has been an ambition

for me to work for Matthew Bourne, I saw Swan Lake and I was 17, live for

the first time and I thought it was unbelievable. I never thought I

would end up dancing strictly for this company. It was an aspiration

of me and won't be fooled was auditioning the year I graduated and

they got the part, which is unbelievable. He has already done

for 20 performances of Swan Lake during this tour, but the music of

Tchaikovsky continues to be special. His music is so powerful,

it is beautiful. It is very inspiring, you never get bored of

it. And backstage, we get a sneak preview of his swan costume. Acts to

when you first see the Swans, it is equal exchange. You have people

helping you, doing your back, I do my front and BBQ beaks. Is it

exciting? Your Mac year, you must be on your toes all the time. It is

very exciting. The traditional story of Swan Lake, the princess cursed

and turned into a swan, has been reworked to have a male lead. It is

an amazing thing to do, it is one of the iconic roles for any male dancer

to do, than twice, is so rewarding because it is masculine. It is

physically very demanding and to just be in the forefront as a male

banter `` male dancer and the guys behind making them look pretty and

try not to be seen too much, it is nice for us. Does have a little

moment in the spotlight for the men. Tonight will be a memorable show for

Rees, not only is he performing in his home county, but family and

friends will have the chance to see the success he has already achieved.

Many people will be humming along. You can just hear it. Yesterday she

was cleaning trees, today the weather.

Use of a cold evening but before I do, here are a couple of sunset

pictures sent in by viewers. These shorts Felixstowe docks. We have had

a much colder air mass across us today to temperatures yesterday

around seven or eight degrees but today we shaved off quite a few

degrees and it has felt cold. Many of us have seen some sunshine, some

of us have had some showers. You can see this cloud moving in the North

Sea. For Norfolk some showers are still around. That will pose a

bigger problem with ace overnights delayed because between now and

midnight it is expected to get to its coldest. The frosty start. We

will keep these showers going for the next couple of hours so beware

of the AIDS risk for part of Norfolk but they will tend to fade and die

away. `` so beware of the ice risk. It will be menace to our ministry

degrees with widespread frost. `` it will be `2 or minus three degrees.

The coffin will move in from the West and bring spots of rain by

dawn. So, tomorrow it will not be the best of days. This is the

weather system responsible for the model's weather, low pressure

pushing these fronts across so it means a cloudy start. Outbreaks of

rain pushing in. This could turn quite heavy across the middle part

of the day. It will also bring with it a very strong north`westerly wind

it will feel bitterly cold despite the fact that these values are

slightly higher than what they were today with highs of five or six

degrees. This fun starts to move eastwards with some brighter skies

so we could see some sunshine and the chance of showers developing.

The Middletown to sleep in some places. `` they might well turn. It

could turn a C in places as temperatures drop away. High

temperatures dropping but that does not get into the British Isles. We

still keep babies into the weekend that will us from frost. `` we still

keep a breeze. Temperatures could get down to freezing but with enough

of a breeze we should be protected from frost with the showers

overnight. Some showers will feed and overnight and for the weekend it

will be quite dry with a lot of cloud around. There will be enough

of a these to be free of frost. That is all from others. Goodbye.