:00:00. > :00:00.you can head to our website. Now on BBC One we join
:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to the east. In the programme tonight, the lan in
:00:10. > :00:12.the programme tonight, the man in charge of the Tour de Francd here to
:00:13. > :00:18.see for himself the preparations for the big race. Essex will be on the
:00:19. > :00:23.map for people who don't know Essex and giving two hours, three hours of
:00:24. > :00:27.race on the 7th of July everyone will see the picturesque villages of
:00:28. > :00:28.Essex. Could one of these men hold the key
:00:29. > :00:33.to finding the killer of Jales at to finding the killer of James at
:00:34. > :00:39.heel, murdered in a frenzied attack in a park. Fighting the gang to come
:00:40. > :00:43.here to pedal hard drugs. And why is there a sudden spike in
:00:44. > :00:51.the number of cases of scarlet fever in this region?
:00:52. > :00:57.First tonight, a message from the man in charge of the Tour de France:
:00:58. > :01:01.This region will be under a global spotlight when the race passes
:01:02. > :01:04.through Essex in July. Christian Prudhomme was herd today
:01:05. > :01:07.to see the preparations for July seventh for himself. The thhrd stage
:01:08. > :01:10.seventh for himself. The third stage of the Tour starts in Cambrhdge
:01:11. > :01:12.of the Tour starts in Cambridge. Then the route goes into Essex
:01:13. > :01:15.skirting Braintree Chelmsford and Harlow and on into London. That s
:01:16. > :01:22.Harlow and on into London. That's 106 miles and 200 of the world's top
:01:23. > :01:23.riders. It is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet and
:01:24. > :01:27.sporting events on the plandt and will bring at least ?10 million to
:01:28. > :01:36.the Essex economy. Mike Cartwright reports.
:01:37. > :01:40.Like it starting line, the race will be burned into the memory of this
:01:41. > :01:46.region. The eyes of the world watching are part of the world,
:01:47. > :01:49.chosen by him. To host a sporting spectacle. Absolutely symbolic, it
:01:50. > :01:51.seems such a long time ago hn seems such a long time ago in
:01:52. > :01:55.January last year that we wdre first January last year that we were first
:01:56. > :01:59.able to announce that the tour was coming here, through October last
:02:00. > :02:01.year when we discovered the route it was taking and within the last
:02:02. > :02:03.was taking and within the l`st hundred days we have a tangible
:02:04. > :02:03.was taking and within the last hundred days we have a tanghble mark
:02:04. > :02:08.hundred days we have a tangible mark on the spot it will all start.
:02:09. > :02:10.Cycling superstar is cycling through our villages, residents herd
:02:11. > :02:10.Cycling superstar is cycling through our villages, residents here have
:02:11. > :02:11.our villages, residents herd have noticed before the tour arrives in
:02:12. > :02:15.noticed before the tour arrhves in something else has gone. There is
:02:16. > :02:15.noticed before the tour arrives in something else has gone. Thdre is a
:02:16. > :02:16.something else has gone. There is a lot of talk about potholes hn this
:02:17. > :02:21.race, but look here. They have race, but look here. They h`ve
:02:22. > :02:28.closed the village and resurfaced the road. Just the hell there are a
:02:29. > :02:30.few more holes need filling in. The roads are looking beautiful and it
:02:31. > :02:33.really is going to be a showpiece for the country.
:02:34. > :02:36.We are very, very proud. This is We are very, very proud. This is
:02:37. > :02:37.known as the prettiest vill`ge in known as the prettiest village in
:02:38. > :03:13.the whole of Essex, what is going on. To Chelmsford from
:03:14. > :03:18.Cambridge, he saw the rich today for himself. In July they will line up,
:03:19. > :03:22.the biggest big race on the planet right here in this region.
:03:23. > :03:26.I spoke to Christian Prudhomme while he was in Essex and he told me that
:03:27. > :03:29.the county would be seen across the globe as a result of its role in the
:03:30. > :03:32.Tour. The matches will be everywhere in
:03:33. > :03:36.the world, and during two hours three hours of race on the 7th of
:03:37. > :03:37.July, everybody will see thd picturesque villages of Essex,
:03:38. > :03:38.picturesque villages of Essdx, outstanding scenery and the race,
:03:39. > :03:41.obviously. But, when you dr`w outstanding scenery and the race,
:03:42. > :03:44.obviously. But, when you draw the obviously. But, when you draw the
:03:45. > :03:47.route of the tour, you have the sport aspect, which is the lost
:03:48. > :03:50.important for sure, but at least as important is the scenery, the
:03:51. > :03:57.landscapes, and in Essex I know we'll have magnificent scenery.
:03:58. > :03:59.landscapes, and in Essex I know we'll have magnificent scendry. I
:04:00. > :04:01.know you have only just arrhved in Essex today, but what do you
:04:02. > :04:06.know you have only just arrived in Essex today, but what do yot make of
:04:07. > :04:09.it so far? I feel a passion that is growing and growing, I know that
:04:10. > :04:11.there were during the 2012 Games in London there were some of the events
:04:12. > :04:13.in Essex, that is the herit`ge of in Essex, that is the herit`ge of
:04:14. > :04:18.the Olympic games. I am sure there the Olympic games. I am surd there
:04:19. > :04:20.will be more and more people the Olympic games. I am sure there
:04:21. > :04:27.will be more and more peopld on will be more and more peopld on
:04:28. > :04:30.their bikes after the tour. Not in order to champion, but just for
:04:31. > :04:38.health, for work, for fun, people will be on their bikes and that is
:04:39. > :04:42.very important for us, too. And do you think that enough is behng done
:04:43. > :04:46.in Essex to promote the fact that the tour is coming there? For
:04:47. > :04:47.example, In Yorkshire, they are really promoting very strongly that
:04:48. > :04:51.the tour is coming. When you really promoting very strongly that
:04:52. > :04:54.the tour is coming. When you have the grande departe, you havd to
:04:55. > :04:59.focus on the grande departe for a very long time, two years ago, three
:05:00. > :05:02.years ago. But I am sure in Essex there will be many, many people
:05:03. > :05:08.interested and huge crowds on stage three of the tour on the seventh
:05:09. > :05:12.July. I am afraid I don't know the French word for "pothole", but in
:05:13. > :05:15.this country there is a lot of concern about the condition of the
:05:16. > :05:21.roads because of the weather damaging them. Are you confident
:05:22. > :05:23.that the condition of the roads in Essex is going to be good enough for
:05:24. > :05:26.the cyclists? Yes, yes, I am Essex is going to be good enough for
:05:27. > :05:34.the cyclists? Yes, yes, I al very the cyclists? Yes, yes, I al very
:05:35. > :05:36.confident. You know, my colleagues from the international organisation,
:05:37. > :05:40.who went three times, four times, ten times, don't say anything about
:05:41. > :05:41.that. And I know that Mark Cavendish, one of the best sprinters
:05:42. > :05:43.in the world, has made alre`dy Cavendish, one of the best sprinters
:05:44. > :05:43.in the world, has made already a in the world, has made alre`dy a
:05:44. > :05:45.route of the tour perhaps ten in the world, has made already a
:05:46. > :05:45.route of the tour perhaps tdn times, route of the tour perhaps ten times,
:05:46. > :05:49.and he didn't say anything `bout and he didn't say anything about
:05:50. > :06:05.that to me, so, I am really very confident. Christian Prudhomme,
:06:06. > :06:08.thank you very much. You're welcome. Norfolk was 'dropped in it' by the
:06:09. > :06:10.local government secretary because he took so long to make a decision
:06:11. > :06:12.he took so long to make a ddcision over the waste incinerator in King's
:06:13. > :06:15.over the waste incinerator hn King's Lynn. The claim was made today in an
:06:16. > :06:17.exclusive interview with Look East, by Derrick Murphy, the formdr
:06:18. > :06:17.exclusive interview with Look East, by Derrick Murphy, the former leader
:06:18. > :06:20.by Derrick Murphy, the formdr leader of Norfolk County Council. He's been
:06:21. > :06:23.speaking to our political correspondent Andrew Sinclahr.
:06:24. > :06:28.correspondent Andrew Sinclair. At County Hall they have st`rted the
:06:29. > :06:29.process of working out how to find savings to cover the expected ?30
:06:30. > :06:34.savings to cover the expectdd ? 0 million bill forward to trying from
:06:35. > :06:39.the contract. Watching from a distance, with a degree of sympathy,
:06:40. > :06:43.a former council leader. He still believes the incinerator was a good
:06:44. > :06:47.idea, but accept it had become financially unviable. The plane he
:06:48. > :06:51.says Alliance with Eric pickles for being too slow to that planning
:06:52. > :06:54.permission. It would be very negative he was more open and
:06:55. > :06:56.upfront because this is such an important project, for profit
:06:57. > :06:57.important project, for profht because it has involved huge amounts
:06:58. > :07:02.because it has involved hugd amounts of money. But the opponents of this
:07:03. > :07:03.particular project and those who particular project and thosd who
:07:04. > :07:06.wanted it to go ahead, we wanted particular project and those who
:07:07. > :07:08.wanted it to go ahead, we w`nted the wanted it to go ahead, we w`nted the
:07:09. > :07:12.decision. So a Conservative local government secretary has dropped
:07:13. > :07:13.Norfolk in it? At the moment one could argue a
:07:14. > :07:14.Norfolk in it? At the moment one could argte a case
:07:15. > :07:17.At the moment one could argue a case in that respect, absolutely. Any of
:07:18. > :07:20.his colleagues disagree, thdy argue his colleagues disagree, they argue
:07:21. > :07:24.the scheme still represented value for money. When he read the Council
:07:25. > :07:28.Eric Murphy was the main chderleader Eric Murphy was the main chderleader
:07:29. > :07:32.for the incinerator but now he says he has deep concerns. The council
:07:33. > :07:36.should have taken notice of the referendum in which 65,000 people
:07:37. > :07:40.opposed the plans. It was c`rdinal opposed the plans. It was cardinal
:07:41. > :07:45.error. We did not put forward a very, very good case for thd people
:07:46. > :07:49.of West North up to without the merits of this case. But you were in
:07:50. > :07:52.charge of the Council, surely if you were not happy with the way things
:07:53. > :07:53.were, surely if you felt yot needed were, surely if you felt you needed
:07:54. > :07:55.longer to engage with peopld, were, surely if you felt yot needed
:07:56. > :07:56.longer to engage with people, you longer to engage with people, you
:07:57. > :08:00.could have said look we must stop and engage. I actually wanted
:08:01. > :08:01.could have said look we must stop and engage. I actually wantdd to
:08:02. > :08:01.could have said look we must stop and engage. I actually wanted to go
:08:02. > :08:05.and engage. I actually wantdd to go down that particular route. When I
:08:06. > :08:09.met with officers, and dinette with a whole raft of officers involved in
:08:10. > :08:13.this project, the tall me that any delay would cost the council
:08:14. > :08:16.literally hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Department
:08:17. > :08:19.for local government says today that until the developers formally pull
:08:20. > :08:21.out the issue is still alivd and out the issue is still alive and
:08:22. > :08:24.Eric pickles based aim to m`ke his Eric pickles based aim to m`ke his
:08:25. > :08:27.decision. There are many people who believe he still has questions to
:08:28. > :08:30.answer. The police in Essex have released
:08:31. > :08:33.e`fit pictures of three men who could hold the key to finding the
:08:34. > :08:37.killer of James Attfield who was killed in Colchester last month. His
:08:38. > :08:48.body had 102 knife wounds when it was found at Castle park. G`reth
:08:49. > :08:49.George is in Colchester now. Gareth. I am on the riverside estatd in
:08:50. > :08:51.Colchester and let me show you I am on the riverside estate in
:08:52. > :08:51.Colchester and let me show xou how Colchester and let me show you how
:08:52. > :08:53.close these houses are to rdad Colchester and let me show xou how
:08:54. > :08:53.close these houses are to read this close these houses are to read this
:08:54. > :08:57.murder happened. This is thd area or murder happened. This is thd area or
:08:58. > :08:59.part of the area that it has been cordoned off and through the trees,
:09:00. > :09:03.you may be able to see a whhte you may be able to see a white
:09:04. > :09:05.forensic tent and that is where James Attfield was found. He was
:09:06. > :09:10.James Attfield was found. Hd was found ten days ago. Today police
:09:11. > :09:18.released the sets of people they very much want to trace. Divers have
:09:19. > :09:23.already been searching the river, today they were back, residdnts here
:09:24. > :09:27.seized their effort. The police have been very, very thorough. They have
:09:28. > :09:35.had the divers year, they have had dogs, they have searched my front
:09:36. > :09:39.and back gardens and all of the neighbours along the river bank I
:09:40. > :09:42.neighbours along the river bank. I have given a statement but
:09:43. > :09:48.unfortunately I did not see or hear anything. It seems few people dead.
:09:49. > :09:52.Several maids have been found as these pictures show but it seems
:09:53. > :09:54.none have been the murder wdapon. Now he sets have been released of
:09:55. > :09:59.the men seen in the area thd police the men seen in the area thd police
:10:00. > :10:00.want to trace. The first is in his early 20s with dark hair and
:10:01. > :10:06.stubble, a second in his early 40s stubble, a second in his early 40s
:10:07. > :10:08.at around six feet tall. Was carrying a blue plastic bag and a
:10:09. > :10:10.can of beer. The third in hhs carrying a blue plastic bag and a
:10:11. > :10:12.can of beer. The third in hhs 4 s had the collar of his caught up.
:10:13. > :10:17.had the collar of his caught up Police say one of them could be the
:10:18. > :10:19.attacker. It is possible so as anyone recognises the people in the
:10:20. > :10:22.anyone recognises the peopld in the pictures or think in the pictures
:10:23. > :10:26.are thinking or think they know the BR I would invite them to let us
:10:27. > :10:28.know so if that person does not come forward we can identify them and
:10:29. > :10:29.forward we can identify thel and carry out enquiries so we want to
:10:30. > :10:33.carry out enquiries so we w`nt to find them so we can eliminate them
:10:34. > :10:35.but they may have also seen the victim or seen someone with the
:10:36. > :10:40.victim which can help us discover who is responsible. This is James
:10:41. > :10:42.Attfield with his mother, she recently pleaded for public help.
:10:43. > :10:46.Somebody somewhere knows something, Somebody somewhere knows solething,
:10:47. > :10:54.or matter how insignificant you might think it is, please inform the
:10:55. > :10:57.police. Someone is still out there. He's a CCTV images are the last
:10:58. > :11:05.known pictures of James Attfield. But could one of these thred men
:11:06. > :11:06.hold the key to this murder enquiry? Public help is absolutely vital in
:11:07. > :11:07.Public help is absolutely vhtal in this case, if you have any
:11:08. > :11:09.information call Crimestoppers this case, if you have any
:11:10. > :11:09.information call Crimestoppdrs on information call Crimestoppdrs on
:11:10. > :11:15.this number. Police absolutely this number. Police absolutdly
:11:16. > :11:18.determined to catch whoever was as possible.
:11:19. > :11:21.A teenager convicted of murdering a student at a house party in
:11:22. > :11:24.Colchester will be sentenced on May first. 18`year old Edward Redman was
:11:25. > :11:27.found guilty of the murder of 17`year`old Jay Whiston, who he had
:11:28. > :11:30.stabbed to death. Redman's father, brother and ex`girlfriend were
:11:31. > :11:35.convicted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
:11:36. > :11:38.The company director behind the centre of the collapse of a multi
:11:39. > :11:41.million pound luxury holiday lettings company in Suffolk has
:11:42. > :11:44.broken her silence. Customers of Prime Holiday Lettings lost
:11:45. > :11:49.thousands of pounds after it went into administration. Suffolk Police
:11:50. > :11:52.are investigating. Student Lily Paddington has waited a month to
:11:53. > :11:56.hear what happened to her ?3,50 holiday reunion. My friends and
:11:57. > :11:57.family had to forego Christmas just family had to forego Christlas just
:11:58. > :11:59.so they could find the money family had to forego Christmas just
:12:00. > :12:03.so they could find the monex for it. so they could find the money for it.
:12:04. > :12:06.Now, through an e`mail, an explanation from Sheila Moore, the
:12:07. > :12:11.sole director of Prime Holiday Lettings Limited. But it is little
:12:12. > :12:15.comfort. It feels like a letter that she was told to write to cover her
:12:16. > :12:21.back. There was no remorse or anything, it is just technical
:12:22. > :12:24.words. I mean, some of the people I have spoken to who have gone through
:12:25. > :12:28.this, you know, have been s`ving up for holidays for their disabled son
:12:29. > :12:32.from a trust fund and Sheila is just, like... Sheila Moore, who is
:12:33. > :12:34.understood to be in Dubai, has a string of dissolved companies, the
:12:35. > :12:37.string of dissolved companids, the latest has left many creditors,
:12:38. > :12:42.cleaners without jobs and a laundry firm without payment. In her e`mail
:12:43. > :12:44.she expresses concern but admits the holiday money was paid into a
:12:45. > :12:48.third`party account to fund mortgages for the properties. She
:12:49. > :12:49.fails to say that that company, mortgages for the properties. She
:12:50. > :12:50.fails to say that that comp`ny, also fails to say that that company, also
:12:51. > :12:53.in receivership is her husb`nd, in receivership is her husband,
:12:54. > :12:56.Richard Moore's, a vice president at Ipswich town football club. All the
:12:57. > :13:03.money that my friends and f`mily and I had saved up has gone on this. We
:13:04. > :13:07.don't have extra income to pay for another holiday. I had friends and
:13:08. > :13:08.family coming from America and another holiday. I had friends and
:13:09. > :13:10.family coming from America and they have booked their flights and they
:13:11. > :13:14.are still coming and there hs are still coming and there hs
:13:15. > :13:18.nowhere for them to go. It has just left us in such an awkward position.
:13:19. > :13:21.Sheila Moore says she is trying to fulfil the holidays but tells
:13:22. > :13:34.creditors: Those hoping for a holiday
:13:35. > :13:39.those hoping for a holiday `t the seaside leave their money is lost.
:13:40. > :13:42.Creditors have been invited to a meeting with liquidators on April
:13:43. > :13:49.24th. Sheila Moore is not expected to be there. More than 160
:13:50. > :13:50.engineering apprentices are transferring to Norwich Citx
:13:51. > :13:51.engineering apprentices are transferring to Norwich City College
:13:52. > :13:56.after their training center announced it is closing.
:13:57. > :13:57.The East Anglian Group for Industrial Training, known `s EAGIT,
:13:58. > :14:02.Industrial Training, known as EAGIT, is closing. It says it can't afford
:14:03. > :14:16.to meet the requirements of the education watchdog, Ofsted. Still to
:14:17. > :14:20.come: The rise in cases of scarlet fever. And the board that heralds
:14:21. > :14:23.the start of summer. Why thd fever. And the board that hdralds
:14:24. > :14:29.the start of summer. Why thd Swift is in decline.
:14:30. > :14:32.One of our Chief Constables was out at dawn this morning raiding the
:14:33. > :14:35.homes of suspected drug dealers Douglas Paxton heads the force in
:14:36. > :14:38.Suffolk, where they're targdting gangs from London supplying heroin
:14:39. > :14:43.and crack cocaine. 19 people were arrested in Ipswich
:14:44. > :14:44.and London. It highlights a big problem for many of our police
:14:45. > :14:46.problem for many of our polhce forces ` big city gangs coming
:14:47. > :14:46.problem for many of our police forces ` big city gangs comhng into
:14:47. > :14:51.forces ` big city gangs coming into this region to sell their drugs
:14:52. > :14:57.This report from Kevin Burch. It's just after 7:00am and the raids
:14:58. > :14:59.are underway. This door is held firm but police officers, with their
:15:00. > :15:05.chief constable in tow, created chief constable in tow, created
:15:06. > :15:09.their own cat flap. It's a one`bedroom flat. Inside, two people
:15:10. > :15:12.are detained. The process is called dynamic entry. Tucked insidd
:15:13. > :15:12.are detained. The process is called dynamic entry. Tucked inside the
:15:13. > :15:14.dynamic entry. Tucked insidd the front door is this, making it
:15:15. > :15:15.obvious why speed and surprhse front door is this, making ht
:15:16. > :15:20.obvious why speed and surprise are obvious why speed and surprhse are
:15:21. > :15:24.critical. It can be typical. It is obvious why the reason is there but
:15:25. > :15:28.we have made it safe. It is what we are here for. We have dealt with the
:15:29. > :15:31.situation positively today. The morning briefing started just after
:15:32. > :15:34.6:00AM. The teams were told where they were heading and who they would
:15:35. > :15:36.be after. Securing evidence, critical. Seizing mobile phones,
:15:37. > :15:43.critical. Seizing mobile phones vital, not least to prevent
:15:44. > :15:47.tip`offs. Then they were on the move to four locations including the
:15:48. > :15:52.flat. There, specially trained dogs searched for drugs and police
:15:53. > :15:54.uncovered a second potential weapon. There is nothing to say the people
:15:55. > :15:57.intended to use this articld against intended to use this article against
:15:58. > :16:00.police but they would not necessarily know who was entering
:16:01. > :16:04.their property this morning. But we have to all have an opinion of the
:16:05. > :16:07.supply of illegal drugs within our communities. This is the sort of
:16:08. > :16:13.thing that comes with that marketplace. This enquiry is called
:16:14. > :16:16.Operation Furniture. It has seen police in Suffolk working closely
:16:17. > :16:20.with the Met. As they delve deep into the dealing links betwden
:16:21. > :16:25.Ipswich and London. The drugs trail has led them, invariably, to the
:16:26. > :16:31.capital. Tackling Class A drugs is a priority. They are all fighting
:16:32. > :16:34.similar battles on their own turf. As well as enforcement, it hs about
:16:35. > :16:36.making sure that local drug users get the help they need to khck the
:16:37. > :16:41.habit. We have a growing number get the help they need to kick the
:16:42. > :16:44.habit. We have a growing number of people in recovery supporting each
:16:45. > :16:50.other and people who are st`rting their own journeys. This kind of
:16:51. > :16:55.mutual support is very important for the community. While the public will
:16:56. > :16:57.not see some of the activity the community. While the public will
:16:58. > :17:00.not see some of the activity we do, we must give them the confidence
:17:01. > :17:04.that we are taking action on the information that they give to us. He
:17:05. > :17:06.says that when it comes to hard drugs, Suffolk is no soft touch.
:17:07. > :17:18.drugs, Suffolk is no soft touch Choose to deal and you will be dealt
:17:19. > :17:21.with. The police will come knocking. Schools and nurseries across the
:17:22. > :17:22.region are having to take health precautions against the sprdad
:17:23. > :17:22.region are having to take hdalth precautions against the spread of
:17:23. > :17:26.precautions against the sprdad of scarlet fever. The number of cases
:17:27. > :17:28.is rising to the highest level since records began in 1982.
:17:29. > :17:34.It mostly affects young children and it can cause fever, sickness and a
:17:35. > :17:36.rash. In the days before antibiotics, it could be fatal. In
:17:37. > :17:39.this region, 259 children were this region, 259 children wdre
:17:40. > :17:47.diagnosed with scarlet fever in the first three months of this xear 100
:17:48. > :17:50.more than last year. This from our Chief Reporter Kim Riley.
:17:51. > :17:54.More than 130 under`fives go to the Birch Farm Nursery in mid Suffolk.
:17:55. > :17:57.Birch Farm Nursery in mid Stffolk. It has recently had two cases of
:17:58. > :17:58.scarlet fever. Three`year`old Freddie was first diagnosed with
:17:59. > :18:05.chickenpox two months ago bdfore chickenpox two months ago before
:18:06. > :18:07.scarlet fever was confirmed. He had to stay away from everybody. I had
:18:08. > :18:12.him locked upstairs for thrde days him locked upstairs for three days
:18:13. > :18:16.while he was on antibiotics. He was quite poorly and, as you can see,
:18:17. > :18:22.here's an active little boy. For him to be in bed not eating or drinking,
:18:23. > :18:27.just sleeping, is quite worrying. Scarlet fever is contagious. There
:18:28. > :18:32.is antibacterial gel in every room and they follow official guidelines
:18:33. > :18:34.to the letter. It can be contagious before the rash appears so xou
:18:35. > :18:34.to the letter. It can be contagious before the rash appears so you may
:18:35. > :18:40.before the rash appears so xou may well have a child on site who you
:18:41. > :18:43.don't realise is already ill. That does mean that germs are already
:18:44. > :18:48.actually processing for a couple of days, which can make it difficult to
:18:49. > :19:00.manage things like that. My staff go around on a daily basis and spray
:19:01. > :19:05.sanitising spray on the toys. The health protection team is monitoring
:19:06. > :19:07.the spike in cases. There is no reason to be alarmed or panhcked
:19:08. > :19:07.the spike in cases. There is no reason to be alarmed or panicked at
:19:08. > :19:13.reason to be alarmed or panhcked at this stage. The treatment is a
:19:14. > :19:16.ten`day course of antibiotics. Often what happens is when children take
:19:17. > :19:23.their first or second doors, they start to become well. Some parents
:19:24. > :19:28.think you can discontinue the treatment after that, but this is
:19:29. > :19:36.not true. You should complete the course to completely get rid of the
:19:37. > :19:44.infection. Freddie is back to his old self. Advice to parents is to
:19:45. > :19:46.see your GP or contact NHS 111 old self. Advice to parents is to
:19:47. > :19:53.see your GP or contact NHS 011 as see your GP or contact NHS 111 as
:19:54. > :19:58.soon as possible. As a child, Jess French was very
:19:59. > :20:03.keen on bugs. Her father collected exotic insects and passed his
:20:04. > :20:07.passion onto his daughter. She went on to become a zoologist. Now Jess,
:20:08. > :20:11.from Norwich, is trying to do the same thing for other kids. She'll
:20:12. > :20:15.soon be presenting a new programme on CBeebies about so called
:20:16. > :20:18.minibeasts. She came into the studio ` with some slimy friends ` to tell
:20:19. > :20:22.me more. When I was younger I used to go to
:20:23. > :20:27.the woods with my dad every weekend. We would pick up stones and he would
:20:28. > :20:31.teach me about what was there and we would look at the different animals.
:20:32. > :20:35.I just find them amazing. They are weird and wonderful and I think
:20:36. > :20:39.they're quite cute. Cute is not necessarily the word I would use!
:20:40. > :20:45.But tell me something I would love about them. What's not to love? They
:20:46. > :20:46.are gorgeous! LAUGHTER
:20:47. > :20:50.In the show, we did a reallx cool In the show, we did a reallx cool
:20:51. > :20:54.shot with them which I had never seen before. We had a glass cage and
:20:55. > :20:58.we made a cabbage soup that snails love ` it is their delicacy ` and
:20:59. > :21:08.they climbed up the side of the cage and we saw rows of teeth. The way
:21:09. > :21:10.they ate it was amazing. In the show, there are shots of the
:21:11. > :21:19.show, there are shots of thd different species, close`up. They're
:21:20. > :21:20.fascinating. They are kind of like monsters. You talk about monsters.
:21:21. > :21:23.They are now called 'minibe`sts . monsters. You talk about monsters.
:21:24. > :21:25.They are now called 'minibe`sts . In my day they were 'creepy crawlies'.
:21:26. > :21:29.my day they were 'creepy cr`wlies'. Is this a kind of re`branding to get
:21:30. > :21:31.us to like them more? I think 'creepy crawlies' is a bit mean.
:21:32. > :21:36.They are wonderful. It is wdird They are wonderful. It is wdird
:21:37. > :21:37.because it was mums and the older generation that were frightdned
:21:38. > :21:40.because it was mums and the older generation that were frightened of
:21:41. > :21:45.things and it seemed to be that the kids would look at them and think
:21:46. > :21:47.they were amazing and cool. Then the mums and dads would tell thdm not to
:21:48. > :21:48.touch them because they were dirty touch them because they were dirty
:21:49. > :21:50.and dangerous. You say we'rd touch them because they werd dirty
:21:51. > :21:52.and dangerous. You say we're too and dangerous. You say we'rd too
:21:53. > :21:54.protective of our children and don't let them explore and get up close to
:21:55. > :21:58.these kind of things. That is these kind of things. That is
:21:59. > :22:05.something you feel passionately about. Absolutely. I think kids are
:22:06. > :22:09.spending too much time in front of screens and indoors. I saw in the
:22:10. > :22:10.show how happy the kids werd screens and indoors. I saw hn the
:22:11. > :22:11.show how happy the kids were when screens and indoors. I saw in the
:22:12. > :22:13.show how happy the kids werd when we show how happy the kids were when we
:22:14. > :22:16.took them outside. That's what I want to do. I want to take them
:22:17. > :22:20.outside to look at these lovely things. They're having a grdat time,
:22:21. > :22:21.things. They're having a great time, aren't they? Thank you so mtch
:22:22. > :22:21.things. They're having a grdat time, aren't they? Thank you so much for
:22:22. > :22:23.aren't they? Thank you so mtch for coming in, Jessica. No problem.
:22:24. > :22:26.Thank you. And that programme, Thank you. And that programme,
:22:27. > :22:28.Minibeast Adventure With Jess, will be starting on CBeebies later this
:22:29. > :22:40.be starting on CBeebies latdr this month.
:22:41. > :22:48.They say that snails don't go fast but she had to pick it up!
:22:49. > :22:52.It's only a few weeks now bdfore the first swifts of summer arrive. The
:22:53. > :22:56.swift is an amazing bird. It lives on the wing and only lands to breed.
:22:57. > :22:59.The first ones arrive in early May after flying 14,000 miles from
:23:00. > :23:01.Africa. But the numbers reaching the UK have fallen by half in 25 years
:23:02. > :23:03.UK have fallen by half in 24 years because they can't nest in modern
:23:04. > :23:06.because they can't nest in lodern buildings. Today, experts have been
:23:07. > :23:08.meeting in Cambridge to try to reverse the decline, as Jozdf Hall
:23:09. > :23:10.reports. People describe the reverse the decline, as Jozef Hall
:23:11. > :23:13.reports. People describe thd swift reports. People describe the swift
:23:14. > :23:17.as mysterious. You hardly ever see them on the ground. A swift is one
:23:18. > :23:23.of the most spectacular birds you can find flying over your town. It
:23:24. > :23:28.is very fast and very elegant. It makes a wonderful screaming noise
:23:29. > :23:33.and is incredibly social. They embroider the sky. But they are
:23:34. > :23:38.struggling and their population is declining. Experts believe by as
:23:39. > :23:39.much as 3% each year. Modern and renovated buildings lack the sort
:23:40. > :23:41.much as 3% each year. Modern and renovated buildings lack thd sort of
:23:42. > :23:49.gaps, so there is nowhere for them to nest. We are also getting worried
:23:50. > :23:52.about insecticides. Over 150 experts and conservationists and bird`lovers
:23:53. > :23:53.have come to Cambridge from as far afield as Canada, Azerbaijan and
:23:54. > :24:00.Brazil to help halt the decline The Brazil to help halt the decline The
:24:01. > :24:02.answer could be much closer to home. With swifts, everyone with ` house
:24:03. > :24:04.With swifts, everyone with a house more than four or five metrds high
:24:05. > :24:11.more than four or five metres high can put up nest boxes. But we really
:24:12. > :24:22.want to get people in the building trade and architects to incorporate
:24:23. > :24:25.nest boxes into their developments. Here in Cambridgeshire, that work
:24:26. > :24:29.has been under way for several years. New developments are catering
:24:30. > :24:30.for swifts as well as residdnts years. New developments are catering
:24:31. > :24:35.for swifts as well as residents. It for swifts as well as residdnts It
:24:36. > :24:38.is not just houses though. Just above my shoulder here in this
:24:39. > :24:43.conservation area in the centre of Cambridge is a swift tower. In four
:24:44. > :24:46.weeks' time it will be home to over 100 pairs of birds. The colour
:24:47. > :24:49.represents the warm African Sun where they have come from and out of
:24:50. > :24:51.sight are speakers, playing sounds that should attract them. With this
:24:52. > :24:52.that should attract them. Whth this sort of encouragement, today's
:24:53. > :24:56.sort of encouragement, todax's conference is confident. Initiatives
:24:57. > :24:57.like the swift tower ae working and, combined with more houses with
:24:58. > :24:58.boxes, experts believe numbdrs combined with more houses whth
:24:59. > :25:11.boxes, experts believe numbers could be back to full strength soon.
:25:12. > :25:22.How do they know what kind of music they like?
:25:23. > :25:27.Showers across the region today Not too many shoppers but you may have
:25:28. > :25:31.caught one. There has been ` feature caught one. There has been ` feature
:25:32. > :25:36.of a brisk, north`westerly wind. It of a brisk, north`westerly wind. It
:25:37. > :25:42.has been chilly but with sunshine. The wind will continue to ease.
:25:43. > :25:44.There will be clear spells overnight so it may be colder than last night,
:25:45. > :25:47.with temperatures of four Celsius. with temperatures of four Celsius.
:25:48. > :25:59.In Drupal sports it may be ` degree In Drupal sports it may be a degree
:26:00. > :26:04.or two law. `` in rural spots. This is the pattern for tomorrow. High
:26:05. > :26:09.pressure brings is quite settled conditions. Through tomorrow,
:26:10. > :26:16.although we start bright, it will get increasingly cloudy frol the
:26:17. > :26:25.West. Not a bad day. A slightly warmer Hermas. The wind is not so
:26:26. > :26:34.brisk. Through the morning we should seek sunshine across the eastern
:26:35. > :26:39.half. Expect temperatures of 14 Celsius. The afternoon looks
:26:40. > :26:42.cloudier but it should stay dry The cloudier but it should stay dry The
:26:43. > :26:48.pattern is shifting slightly. The pattern is shifting slightlx. The
:26:49. > :26:53.weather front makes its way down from the Northwest, so there will
:26:54. > :27:00.not be a lot of rain. We st`rt to not be a lot of rain. We st`rt to
:27:01. > :27:14.currently wind direction by Freddie to North, which will mean a largely
:27:15. > :27:16.settled Outlook. On Thursdax, there will be early sunshine but it will
:27:17. > :27:22.time cloudy and we could sed if you time cloudy and we could see if you
:27:23. > :27:25.spot of rain. We wake up to a cooler day on Friday and it may stay
:27:26. > :27:28.spot of rain. We wake up to a cooler day on Friday and it may st`y cool
:27:29. > :27:32.under the cloud, with winds from a northerly direction. The temperature
:27:33. > :27:40.recovers at the weekend. I makes it later on Friday if it is
:27:41. > :27:46.cold excavation mark good nhght