03/01/2014 Look East - East

Hello. In the next 30 minutes, the Cambridge academic goodbye Highland

stag is making progress. We have a special report from the scene of the

incident in Scotland. The stag ran out of the gate and God someone as

they came out. A woman from Cambridge who was

critically injured when she was gored by a Highland stag is tonight

making progress in hospital. It is unbelievable. It has got great sea

views, and the seller only wants ?40,000. Dr Kate Stone

and the writer Lou Reed Bernier pays tribute to his friend and neighbour,

the acclaimed novelist Jane Elizabeth Howard.

First tonight, a woman from Cambridgeshire was critically

injured when she was gored by a Highland stag is recovering in

hospital. Dr Kate Stone suffered a life`threatening injury to her neck

when the stag bolted and struck her. Tonight, Dr Stone is in an induced

coma. Staff at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow say they are

"pleased" with the progress she is making. She was on holiday in the

Scottish Highlands when the incident took place. Our reporter Alex Dunlop

has spent the day in the area piecing together what happened. He's

in Glasgow now. Doctors have carried out an

operation on Kate Stone's throat. They say tonight her condition is

serious but stable. They have placed in a medically induced coma so that

hopefully her chattier, her windpipe, can heal relatively

undisturbed. I spent the day at the village in the West of Scotland, and

found a community shocked by what appear to have been a freak

accident. The Gateway Kate Stone was gored by a stag. It's hoofprints

where altered were still clearly visible. Doctor Stone had been

enjoying a short break in the Highlands with friends and had

joined a party at this in. Afterwards, a local musician invited

them back to his home for a nightcap. That is when they discover

the animal. It seems the stag had wandered into this garden and become

disorientated, unable to find its way out because of this rather high

deer proof fence. When Kate Stone and her friends returned from a

party later that night, they walked through the Gateway, the stag became

scared, and charged at her. The antlers pierced her neck and chest.

Doctor Stone was airlifted to hospital in Glasgow, where where

doctors operated on her windpipe. In the high summer, they are by mail.

Local people are appalled by what happens. This woman lives next door.

The stag ran out of the gate and good someone and they came out,

which was unbelievable. Someone described it as a one in in the lean

event. It is, it is. I think the gear was trapped and just tried to

run out of the gate. I also heard that everyone else in the group had

a head torches on, and she did not. The 44`year`old research engineer

from Cambridge, an expert in microelectronics, recently showed

off her latest project to the BBC. Following Monday's accident,

technology company, based in the, told us they had received

overwhelming support from friends around the world. Read stags are

common in this part of the Scottish Highlands, and are not very shy.

Attacks on humans, however, are virtually unheard of. This man is a

local shepherd, and know the area well. A macro the stags go around in

open ground. You are safe enough that they won't attack you there. It

is when they are cornered in small Gardens and corners that they might

attack you. Get out of the way. This part of Scotland is an important

tourist area, and locals are keen to reassure visitors than what happened

to Kate Stone was a very rare event, albeit one that has shocked the

whole community. One worrying aspect of this, I'm afraid, is that the

antlers of the stag may have pierced Kate Stone's spinal area. Her

sister, who has been at her bedside in Glasgow, says that may leave her

paralysed. But it is very early days yet. Doctors say she is making good

progress. They should have a fuller assessment when they bring out of

the medically induced coma in a view days. Thank you very much.

House prices are reaching the levels not seen since the financial crash

of 2008. But on the coast of Suffolk, you can find a real

bargain. Estate agents are marketing a seaside home at Easton Bavents,

near Southwold, with fine sea views. The problem is that it is in danger

of falling off a cliff. We are coming into the kitchen, and it is

quite a compact house. It is a semidetached by the sea, on the

market for a guide price of 25 to ?50,000. And then, the other window,

the water tower, a lovely view, but it might be short term. From in

estate agent's point of view, it is a challenge. We have been instructed

to sell it. We're going to put it to public auction in February, but we

clearly have to realise it may have a short life because of coastal

erosion. This leads into two bedrooms, the bathroom, all off a

landing. The owner went bankrupt, and the house is being sold to pay

off creditors. The question is, if you buy this house, what do you get?

What happens if it does fall into the sea? The ANSI is not entirely

clear. But it appears that the District Council would pay ?10,000

towards the cost of demolition. It would also look favourably on any

planning application to build another house inland. What kind of

individual do you think might buy this? A good risk taker. They are

about and then see the opportunity, and I think probably somebody who

knows property well may enjoy a view month or a few years here, but they

will have to demolish the house as a condition of planning consent for a

new dwelling. When the weather takes a turn for the worse, you can see

why the cliffs here might be eroding. This man spent seven years

building his own sea defences here. He thinks the semidetached for sale

could be a good buy. If the person who buys it is genuine in their

endeavour and they get the cooperation of the Council, they

could be on a very good buy. The house goes up for sale next month,

and how long it survives after that is anyone's gas. The semidetached at

the end of this lane could be a bargain, or a nightmare.

Detectives have released a CCTV image after an armed robbery in

Colchester. Two men escaped with a three`figure sum of cash from the

Corals betting shop in the Willows last night. One was armed with a

knife, the other is thought to have been carrying a handgun wrapped in a

plastic bag. This time last year, Matt Adkins

from Essex was at a pretty low ebb. On benefits and unemployed, he'd

tried everything to find a job. Finally, in desperation, he stood on

a busy roundabout, holding a placard appealing for work. Since that

moment, he's never looked back. Matt Adkins was back on a busy

roundabout at Basildon beneath the rumbling A127 this morning, but for

a very different reason. This was him last April, desperate for

someone to give him a leg up on to the employment ladder. It did the

trick, and now he is into landscape gardening at this roundabout and

many others which she looked after. You walk around, you knock on doors,

you go into shops, go around industrial estates. I have got no

qualifications, so no one would touch me with a barge pole. So I sat

down and said to my wife, that's it, I'm going to make a sign and

stand on the roundabout and see what happens. Sums in his backyard idea

as no more than a publicity stunt, but it was, he says, motivated by

desperation, not a desire for headlines. You do everything normal

and you just get overlooked. If you do some thing out of the blue,

people take notice. He got several immediate opposite work, but this

man, who runs a local cleaning firm, got in touch a few days later after

he saw the story in the newspaper. He created a post with a mix of

responsibilities and then tapped into Matt's talent for landscaping,

and promotion followed to manage that side of the business. I felt if

this individual had the courage to stand on a roundabout publicly

asking for a job, then it told me a little bit about his character. All

right, Matt? Just to update you. When I saw Matt, I felt that was a

real shame that someone had to do that just to receive a job. But the

reality was, if he did not, I wouldn't be sitting here today

talking to you about him. The man is amazing. I've got such admiration

for him. Not very nice being on benefits. You have nothing, you do

nothing, so I lost my Will a long time ago and this has enabled me to

get it back. This time last year, Matt looked at in so little hope,

but this time, he feels nothing but optimism for the future.

Millions of people go down with food poisoning each year. Chickens in

particular carry lots of bacteria that are harmful to humans if food

isn't cooked properly. But scientists in Norwich are now trying

to find a way of attacking those bacteria at source.

Chickens all carry certain strains of bacteria in their stomach. In

most cases, it does them no harm, but if we ingested, in poorly

prepared meat, it cannot then lead to food poisoning. Scientists here

in Norwich think they have found a way of neutralising their bad

bacteria. It involves one of these, a probiotic for chickens. At the inn

's Institute of food research, they have isolated a friendly bacteria

which we carry in our gut, and so do poultry. Scientists have discovered

that it has the ability to overpower bad bacteria, and if given to

chickens, in a probiotic, it could make their meat for Sabre for human

consumption. In the way that we provide for our own health, we are

trained to provide for animals. This bacteria we are working with was

only Isa later from the gut of the animal. We are just trying to

multiply it in large numbers and then give it to the animal at an

early stage of their growth. Food poisoning costs the NHS and industry

millions. The food standards as there were agency estimate five and

a half million people go down with it every year. Camp I live actor,

the most common bug, accounts for 20,000 hospital admissions alone,

and also 100 deaths. The research can also help the poultry industry.

Many farms use antibiotics to control disease, but many bacteria

are becoming resistant. A probiotic alternative could help stem the

problem. For scientists, the other problem is how they actually see the

probiotic to chickens. There are a number of different ways. We can

either add it to the drinking water that poultry use, all we can add it

to the poultry feed. Indeed, we can also actually spray of into the

environment. Trials are now underway to test the probiotic and real

poultry. If it works, it would be a major breakthrough in the fight

against poisoning. Still to come: What the sporting

calendar has in store for 2014. And the weekend weather forecast, on a

day when we saw plenty of wintry weather.

The acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard was being remembered

today by her friends and neighbours in Suffolk. In recent years, the

writer lived in Bungay. She died there yesterday at the age of 90.

Today, the best`selling author Louis de Bernieres paid his own tribute,

saying she inspired him to move to the area. Our chief reporter Kim

Riley has spent the day in Bungay, gathering memories of one of our

most talented writers. For more than 20 years since she

moved out of London, this market town has been home to Jane Howard.

Here, the author of 14 novels and three works of nonfiction continued

writing to the very end. Married three times, most famously to fellow

author Kingsley Amis, she never won a major literary prize. But her most

famous works, how about a middle`class English family around

the time of World War II, were hugely popular, and made it to TV

and radio. A young Hugh Bonneville, one of the rising stars. Just two

months ago at this restaurant near her home, a launch party was held

for her fifth novel in the series. I was utterly charmed by her. I

thought she was the most remarkable lady. She was great fun. She did

not, for me, come across as particularly frail. She had a great

commerce sparkly sense of humour. It is thanks to Jane Howard that this

old Rectory is home to novelist Louis de Bernieres. When she heard I

was looking for a house in Sussex near to my family, she said, there

is a wonderful house near here. Why do you not go and look at it? So I

did. That is why I am here. She always said she was my honorary

aunt. My own aunts died, and she appointed herself my aunt. And you

have that in one of the books here. I have, an inscription in one of her

books. To my nephew Louis, from aunt Jane. You will miss your Jane. Very

much. Jane Howard's daughter Nicola told

me her mother had been devastated by the death of her brother Colin last

month. She had become physically very frail, but was mentally strong.

She spent three hours per day every day writing, and was halfway through

her next novel. A prolific writer more and by her many friends.

You can find a full obituary of Elizabeth Jane Howard on the BBC

website. Let's move on to sport, and it's a

busy weekend ahead, starting with the rugby tonight. It's football

tomorrow dominated by the FA Cup. Here's Tom.

It's that time again ` round three of the FA Cup. Some say the

competition's unique. Others admit they could do without it. However,

it remains one of the highlights of the footballing calendar. We have

six sides still in it. Here are the ties. Stevenage, who're bottom of

League One, travel to Doncaster. In`form Ipswich are at home.

Peterborough with a potential banana skin away to non`league

Kidderminster. It's Norwich`Fulham. Southend are at home, with MK Dons

away at last year's winners Wigan. The 1`1 Premier League affair there

sees Fulham back at Carrow Road. I think it is a good distraction. It

is a club competition that everyone looks forward to, we are playing

against top`class opposition, which makes the Tasker even tougher, but

we are at home, so I think it is a good distraction. There isn't

anybody that doesn't enjoy the feel of the FA Cup.

Certainly not every manager agrees, including Norwich's former boss Paul

Lambert. He believes the majority of top`flight clubs would rather not

have the distraction, and that "survival" is the priority. The

debate's certainly raging. It's something you want to try and

progress into. The cup has a special meaning to everybody, and in our

game, everybody wants to win. The FA Cup is a big competition. I think it

is a unique competition. Everyone in world football, you always get the

cup, and nothing is like what we've got in our country.

Rob Butler is BBC Radio Norfolk's football pundit. He joins us now.

Rob, does the FA Cup still matter? Of course. As a Norwich fan growing

up, I had great memories of two semifinals in 1989 and 1992. We lost

both, sadly, but those quarterfinal replay nights when we got through

with some of the most magical night there I have ever experienced, and

have still not been tops. Going back a long way, in the 1959 cup run for

Norwich, when the whole history of the club is built on the FA Cup. It

is a real shame that Paul Lambert, of all people, has decided to

degrade it, almost, with his comments, but as a fan, the FA Cup

means everything. And FA Cup win at Norwich would be great. And for

smaller clubs, the chance to earn an upset, and make some money. Yes, we

know too much about that. Last year, at Norwich, Luton town gamely

and one. The first time in non`league team has beaten a Premier

league team. That was very embarrassing. Yesterday, Chris

Hughton said it was the low point of his Norwich career. Also, fans will

remember when we thrashed Sutton United. The certain players were

clapped off by the Norwich fans that day, and it is great to see MK dons

having a crack, and Wigan Athletic, the FA Cup holders, and

Kidderminster go to Peter Rook, which is a potential banana skin as

well. Thank you very much for that. You can hear more on the BBC Radio

one but their word Norfolk broadcast tomorrow. Andy King has been in

temporary charge at Northampton since the sacking of Aydi Boothroyd,

before Christmas. And you can hear more from Rob and

Still no word from Northampton on their next manager.

In rugby, Northampton play tonight against one of their Premiership

rivals, Harlequins. It's second versus fourth at Franklin's Gardens.

Saints could go top with victory. So they're going for the title. We

have football clubs in promotion and relegation battles. Much to look

forward to in 2014. Golf's Ryder Cup. Football's World Cup and of

course the Commonwealth Games. 17 sports on show in Glasgow, including

gymnastics and shooting. Both have athletes from our region looking to

impress this summer. They are on a roll at this gym club.

British men's champions for years in a row, led by man of the moment Max

Whitlock. 2014 is a big year for Macs and gymnastics. Medals at the

Europeans, the worlds, and the Commonwealth games are there for the

taking. The Commonwealth games are a great competition for us. In the

public eye, it is massive. We just want to go out there and enjoy the

petition. That is what I want to do. And hopefully I can qualify for

the Commonwealth games, because it would be an amazing experience.

Believe it or not, Max and his training planners are out of shape.

Motivated for the year ahead, but carrying a few extra pounds. We

trained a little bit in between Christmas and New Year, and I could

see they were struggling. Gymnastics is one of 17 sports at the

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Another sport on the programme

requires a little movement as possible, apart from the trigger

finger. From Basildon to Cambridge, where to Britain's best shooters set

their sights on Glasgow. They are team`mates at this club, but in

Glasgow, they could be rivals. The rest will play for England, Jenny

for Wales. I'm pretty sure it will not be much of a rivalry, but at the

end of the day, both of us will come off the podium with smiles on our

faces. Whatever happens, there will be a hug at the end. Jenny has

already been selected, while the rest, 17, is on target to reach her

first major competition and shoot against a training partner. I am

going there for one reason. It will be my first time on the podium. Last

games, I was forth. This time I want to be on the podium. Ultimately,

having someone who can shoot and at every training session, someone who

has that push that just makes you shoot that little bit better, and

one that little bit more, going into a competition with the mindset that

you have trained with, you can't ask for anything better. For our leading

athletes, they have to put a disappointing 12 months behind them.

Robbie Grabarz's initial aim is the indoor Championships in March. In

the same month, Formula one returns, with Red Bull once again favourites

to dominate. There are few who think England's football team will do that

in Brazil this summer. As for England's believe good cricket

captain Alastair Cook, will he still be in charge in June when Sri Lanka

arrive? One thing is sure, Milton Keynes golfer Ian Poulter wants to

spend his summer at Gleneagles, hoping to be Europe's Ryder Cup

talismans again. And as a footnote to that, worth a

quick glance at the top of the Football Conference. Luton and

Cambridge seem to be going head`to`head in the race to be

promoted back to the Football League. The Hatters are unbeaten in

18 matches. The U's start the new year protecting a 100% home record.

Now, severe weather is threatening the weekend's sporting calendar.

Keep an eye on the BBC Sport website for news of cancellation, plus, of

course, your local BBC Radio station.

Now, dare I ask from. Lots of things to look forward to in 2014. What

you're looking forward to? It would be lovely to see Luton or Cambridge

get back into the league. But I am a big golf not, and the Ryder Cup is

very special. Ian Poulter, who has been unbeaten in his last couple of

Ryder Cup matches, to win at Gleneagles will be magic. And your

New Year 's resolution is to tweet more. Seriously! Follow me.

Now, of course, you've seen parts of the country are being battered by

storms and high tides. But it looks as though our region has got away

with it, this time. In our region, the Environment Agency has issued a

number of flood warnings, which means flooding is expected, and

flood alerts, which means flooding is possible. Be prepared. Our

reporter Neil Bradford is at North Bank near Peterborough now.

Good evening. Tonight, the water levels near this sluice have dropped

quite significantly, but the road remains closed only for access and

is likely to do so for some time. Earlier today, the road, which runs

to beat Brad, was submerged. This was one of two areas where flood

warnings remain in place. The other is across the county border in

Northamptonshire. That's at a caravan park which is prone to

flooding. As you can see, the levels of the river there are quite high,

but no damage to property yet. Elsewhere across the region, there

are nine flood alerts in place, which means flooding is possible.

And it is not only flooding. We have had a number of hailstorms across

the region today? Yes, that is right. They viewer sent us this

footage of what he described as a massive hailstorm, which in just a

few minutes, left his Road in South Cambridgeshire in a carpet of

white, and another viewer from Westley is not only got his camera

out, but also his tape measure. He says the hailstones varied in size,

but some were as big as two centimetres in diameter. Of course,

here in the open and land, it is the wind that is causing the problems

tonight. If you are concerned about flooding, however, you can get the

latest information on the Environment Agency website for their

flood line. The screen. Thank you very much. All kinds of weather to

content with today. What can we expect this weekend?

Still unsettled, and the Atlantic continue to throw all it can at the

British Isles. We have got off more likely than other parts of the

country, but today we have had rain, hail, strong wind, blowing in from

the south`west, and costs between 40 and 50 miles an hour. Let's look at

the showers and where they have affected the region. Where there are

bright colours, you can see how heavy they were, but there are less

of them around. So although there is still a risk of show this evening

and overnight, they will be less frequent will stop also, the wind

will become much lighter through the night. Still breezy by the end of

the night, but more of a light to moderate south`westerly by dawn. In

terms of temperature, the Atlantic brings in slightly milder air. For

some of us, we might get down to around three Celsius, but at most,

four or five degrees, keeping us free of the frost. The next area of

rain you can see on the chart is moving in to start Saturday. This is

the pressure pattern for the weekend. You can see low`pressure on

Saturday. The next low winds itself up in the Atlantic to bring some wet

and windy weather later on on Sunday. So although it will not rain

all the time, expect some wet and windy weather right through the

weekend. Having said that, it will not be as windy through tomorrow,

but there will be quite a lot of rain to content with through the

morning. Some of it is on the heavy side. The good news is, it looked as

if it were clear into the afternoon, so for some of us, we cease to be

drier and brighter, particularly across the west by the end of the

day. But in coastal part of Essex and Suffolk, you may well hang on to

some wet and cloudy conditions until much later, before it gradually

clears away, and then we get clearing skies for tomorrow night.

That means it will be a widespread frost, and there is a chance of icy

patches where there has been alien rain. This is our pressure pattern

for Sunday. Huge area of low`pressure filling almost the

whole north Atlantic. It will not as much impact as was previously

thought, but it will bring rain and strong winds on Sunday. Having said

that, much of the daily 's like this. Try and bright weather. We

start next week still unsettled, so just be aware of the frost tomorrow

night. Everything thrown in for good measure.

Have a good weekend. Goodbye.