:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you very much. Goodbye from me. And
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Look East with Stewart and me. The headlines
:00:09. > :00:14.tonight from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. In court. The former
:00:15. > :00:20.speedway world champion Michael Lee, accused of rape and sexual assaults.
:00:21. > :00:23.Essex detectives go on national television to help find the killer
:00:24. > :00:28.of James Attfield. This bereaved father lost his
:00:29. > :00:31.children in a house blaze. Tonight, he appeals to a burglar to return
:00:32. > :00:47.irreplaceable items stolen from his home. To some people might be
:00:48. > :00:50.stupid. To me, that is me, that is our little world.
:00:51. > :00:53.And the remarkable story of a war`time bomber, which survived
:00:54. > :01:05.against the odds, is to be made into a film.
:01:06. > :01:09.The former world speedway champion Michael Lee has appeared in court in
:01:10. > :01:16.Ipswich today accused of carrying out sexual assaults on two women. In
:01:17. > :01:19.his heyday in the 1970s and '80s, Michael Lee dominated the world of
:01:20. > :01:22.speedway and was a celebrated figure in venues like King's Lynn and
:01:23. > :01:26.Mildenhall. But at Ipswich Crown Court today, the jury was told his
:01:27. > :01:29.career unravelled. Seven years ago he avoided jail for drug offences.
:01:30. > :01:33.Today, a woman took to the witness box to accuse him of raping her. Our
:01:34. > :01:39.Suffolk reporter Kevin Burch was in court.
:01:40. > :01:43.Michael Lee making his way to the Crown Court this morning, once on a
:01:44. > :01:46.pedestal, now on trial. Today a woman he is accused of attacking
:01:47. > :01:51.spoke in court about what she says happened. The victim of the alleged
:01:52. > :01:55.rape spoke directly to the jury, a screen shielding her from the rest
:01:56. > :02:00.of the court room. She told them how she used her arms and legs to try to
:02:01. > :02:04.push Mr Lee away. She said he told her she had to be punished, saying,
:02:05. > :02:08.I kept begging him but I was too scared not to do what he wanted, I
:02:09. > :02:15.couldn't stop him, I thought he was going to kill me. Michael Lee is 55.
:02:16. > :02:19.The court has been told how he was a dominant force in Speedway, a former
:02:20. > :02:29.world champion, but he fell from grace, notably convicted of
:02:30. > :02:32.producing and supplying cannabis. He is now facing the accusation of
:02:33. > :02:35.rape, which is alleged happened in December 2012, a charge of
:02:36. > :02:44.assaulting a woman causing actual bodily harm, also in 2012, and two
:02:45. > :02:48.charges of sexual assault in 2011. It is claimed he put his hand up a
:02:49. > :02:51.woman's dress in a pub twice, and was allegedly grinning and laughing
:02:52. > :02:54.at the time. The jury heard that when Michael Lee was arrested last
:02:55. > :02:59.February, he insisted the accusations were pure fabrication.
:03:00. > :03:09.The trial is expected to last up to ten days.
:03:10. > :03:12.Detectives from Essex appeared on the BBC's Crimewatch programme last
:03:13. > :03:15.night to make a further appeal for help in solving the murder of James
:03:16. > :03:19.Attfield. Mr Attfield suffered more than 100 knife wounds when he was
:03:20. > :03:22.attacked at a park in Colchester a month ago. I'll be speaking to the
:03:23. > :03:25.officer in charge of the investigation, after this from our
:03:26. > :03:30.Essex reporter Gareth George. The cord and has been listed here,
:03:31. > :03:41.but posters still appeal for witnesses to come forward. `` the
:03:42. > :03:45.cord and has been lifted. This park was searched and no one even frogmen
:03:46. > :03:54.in the river, but the murder weapon still has been found and on police
:03:55. > :04:06.seem no closer to solve this crime. Last night, a national appeal was
:04:07. > :04:14.made on Crimewatch. It happened last month. He died after being seriously
:04:15. > :04:21.injured in Castle Park at around 5:45am on March 29. He had been
:04:22. > :04:25.stabbed 102 times. The police are there was a good response, to people
:04:26. > :04:30.they were speaking to, did come forward but there are still 13
:04:31. > :04:37.others caught on CCTV walking through the park, who they want to
:04:38. > :04:40.trace. A reward of ?5,000 has been offered by Crimestoppers. Police are
:04:41. > :04:48.convinced someone somewhere knows who the killer is.
:04:49. > :04:55.Detective Chief Inspector Simon Werrett is leading this inquiry. We
:04:56. > :05:05.are a monophonic, what stage is investigation at? Do you have any
:05:06. > :05:10.leads? `` a month on. There was a good reaction to Crimewatch
:05:11. > :05:15.yesterday. We have had some other phone calls coming in, giving us
:05:16. > :05:23.some information. Is your hunch that it was random or targeted? At this
:05:24. > :05:31.stage we don't know what the motive was. We are following both lines of
:05:32. > :05:37.enquiry, whether he was in the wrong plays at the wrong time or meeting
:05:38. > :05:41.someone. This is awful for the family, but it must be whirring but
:05:42. > :05:49.other residents that the murderer is still at large? It is concerning. We
:05:50. > :05:54.have increased our patrols around the area, but again we have had 200
:05:55. > :05:58.calls from the public giving us information and we are following it
:05:59. > :06:04.up. If anyone knows who is responsible I would urge them to
:06:05. > :06:08.contact us or Crimestoppers. If the person responsible, you would
:06:09. > :06:17.imagine would have been covered in blood, and there are things that
:06:18. > :06:20.might help the investigation? If someone has a knife missing or they
:06:21. > :06:24.have seen a night with blood on it, then contact us. We have had a queue
:06:25. > :06:29.calls in relation to knives which have been sent away for examination,
:06:30. > :06:34.but we have not identified the weapon yet, so we believe it is out
:06:35. > :06:40.there. In relation to clothing, if somebody has come home with bloodied
:06:41. > :06:49.clothing, I would urge them to contact Crimestoppers. Thank you
:06:50. > :06:52.very much. A father, who lost two children in a flat fire, has had
:06:53. > :06:56.irreplaceable items stolen in a burglary. The items, which include
:06:57. > :06:59.locks of hair and moulds of hand prints, were taken by thieves from
:07:00. > :07:02.the man's home at Wymondham in Norfolk. Today he appealed for the
:07:03. > :07:11.items to be returned. I always had a big smile on me. Bill
:07:12. > :07:17.is show me pictures of his children, they were just three and five when
:07:18. > :07:21.they lost their lives. The news shocked the community in the
:07:22. > :07:26.Midlands where they lived. They died after fire destroyed their flat one
:07:27. > :07:34.night last August. It is bought the children have been playing with a
:07:35. > :07:39.lighter. We sat there with the kids in our arms and he could still feel
:07:40. > :07:49.the heart going. You sit there with this hope, and then it breaks your
:07:50. > :07:53.world. Losing his children is something he struggled to get over.
:07:54. > :08:08.He moved to Norbert to start a new life. Last week a burglar took cash
:08:09. > :08:13.`` Norfolk. I have held on for it that long it has been there. It is
:08:14. > :08:21.my peace of them I have been able to keep through a horrible thing. That
:08:22. > :08:25.is me. That is our little world. This is the window where thieves
:08:26. > :08:30.enter the property and is just a queue footsteps from the station
:08:31. > :08:33.platform. There is CCTV on the platform but still has been told the
:08:34. > :08:39.cameras either unreliable, they don't work, or pointing in the wrong
:08:40. > :08:48.direction. What would you say to the people that took these things, if
:08:49. > :08:56.you had a chance? Think if it was your kids, think how you would feel.
:08:57. > :09:03.The stolen mementos Worley had left of his children. He is hoping they
:09:04. > :09:17.will develop a conscience `` were all he had.
:09:18. > :09:20.Some news in brief, and a lorry driver has been seriously injured
:09:21. > :09:23.after his vehicle hit power lines in Norfolk. It happened at Church Road
:09:24. > :09:26.in Felmingham just before 2pm this afternoon. The driver was airlifted
:09:27. > :09:29.to the specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital in Essex. 850
:09:30. > :09:32.homes were left without power. Bernard Matthews has appointed a new
:09:33. > :09:37.Managing Director. Rob Burnett will join the company at the end of June.
:09:38. > :09:40.He's come from Hain Daniels which owns brands like Sunpat and the New
:09:41. > :09:48.Covent Garden Soup Company. Last year Bernard Matthews posted an
:09:49. > :09:50.annual loss of ?20.3 million pounds. Southend East and Manningtree
:09:51. > :09:53.stations have been named among those sharing ?100 million to improve
:09:54. > :09:55.access for disabled passengers. The money was announced by the
:09:56. > :09:59.Government today. The improvements are likely to include new ramps,
:10:00. > :10:03.lifts or tactile paving. The money will be shared between 42 stations
:10:04. > :10:14.across the country. It's not yet known how much money will be given
:10:15. > :10:17.to Southend or Manningtree. Coming up next on Look East, the region
:10:18. > :10:21.passes a health check with flying colours. And it's a warm welcome
:10:22. > :10:30.back to work in Cambridge for the woman who was gored by a Highland
:10:31. > :10:33.Stag A new survey out today suggests that people living in our region are
:10:34. > :10:37.among the healthiest in the country. We score well on everything from
:10:38. > :10:40.having our five fruit and veg a day, to feeling less lonely. But the
:10:41. > :10:43.research by a health insurance company shows we struggle to find
:10:44. > :10:47.time for exercise. And apparently we worry about the impact of growing
:10:48. > :10:55.old. Our special report tonight is from Maria Veronese.
:10:56. > :11:01.Living in the east is good for your health. We are happy and eat our
:11:02. > :11:05.fibre date and keep well trim. I live in a city so it is easy to come
:11:06. > :11:16.to the market. There is fish and vegetables. When you eat vegetables
:11:17. > :11:26.your age increases. Although my body is given up now I think by eating
:11:27. > :11:48.healthily I lose a better wave. `` a bit of a weight. We are not so good
:11:49. > :11:54.when it comes to the gym. Getting ready is the hardest bit. Most of us
:11:55. > :11:59.have good or excellent health. We are happy with our lives with a lot
:12:00. > :12:05.saying our lives all worth while. That is the highs in the country.
:12:06. > :12:11.The national average of people being lonely is 34%. Here in the east it
:12:12. > :12:16.is just 29%. It reflect society here. We have a strong sense of
:12:17. > :12:22.community in our towns, and that is an important aspect of life, and it
:12:23. > :12:30.probably is one of the reasons why we have such a low proportion. 29%
:12:31. > :12:35.is still hide? Yes, but we have more people living by themselves. More
:12:36. > :12:43.people are living longer and maybe widowed. Those background backs feed
:12:44. > :12:50.into that figure. Living alone shouldn't mean being lonely. They do
:12:51. > :12:56.get out and do things. There are lots of activities for older people.
:12:57. > :13:00.They are encouraged to form friendships and do activities. While
:13:01. > :13:06.we may be healthy we have our concerns, and one is getting old and
:13:07. > :13:12.what impact that will have on our health. Nobody wants to be old.
:13:13. > :13:19.Things start to wear out. We keep going. There is no point in
:13:20. > :13:27.worrying. You just try and stay as fit as you can.
:13:28. > :13:38.Was that a class for women, all were there no men there? We deserve what
:13:39. > :13:47.we get. You eat both fruits for yourself and also my portion.
:13:48. > :13:50.In a few weeks' time there will be events to mark the 70th anniversary
:13:51. > :13:53.of D`day, the Allied invasions, which changed the course of the
:13:54. > :13:57.Second World War. In a moment, we'll be hearing about
:13:58. > :14:00.a tale of war`time heroism which is being turned into a film. But first,
:14:01. > :14:04.a special exhibition to mark D`day at the Imperial war Museum at
:14:05. > :14:06.Duxford. Ben Bland has been along for a preview.
:14:07. > :14:09.Even 70 years on Nick Archdale is still learning things about those he
:14:10. > :14:14.fought alongside at the D`day landings. Ron rushed upstairs to
:14:15. > :14:24.establish a firing division. He startled a young French couple,
:14:25. > :14:27.lying naked. Nick himself is featured in one of the portraits,
:14:28. > :14:33.each capturing a personal moment or memory of the campaign. In that
:14:34. > :14:47.place, a bullet hit the wall right beside my eye. It completely blinded
:14:48. > :14:52.me. Only for a moment. And so I always remember that place. A
:14:53. > :14:57.Frenchwoman bathed my eyes. I could see again. It took two years to put
:14:58. > :15:00.the exhibition together, photographing each veteran at a key
:15:01. > :15:08.location, poignant for those on both sides of the campaign. This was a
:15:09. > :15:15.standout moment, because she hadn't been back to the chateau where she
:15:16. > :15:18.was a nurse for 69 years. So, to walk around the chateau with her
:15:19. > :15:22.listening to her say how things were, and seeing that glimmer of
:15:23. > :15:27.recognition was a standout moment. You will never do that again. In
:15:28. > :15:32.June 1944, Jeff Paterson was just 20 years old. He remembers dodging
:15:33. > :15:37.enemy fire on patrol. His photo was taken at the stables where he was
:15:38. > :15:42.shot in the leg. What kind of feelings does it bring about seeing
:15:43. > :15:51.this photograph? Well, it is strange to see yourself some 70 years ago.
:15:52. > :15:59.I'm only too thankful to be standing there being photographed. Looking at
:16:00. > :16:03.it now it is quite poignant. Each of these photos tells its own story,
:16:04. > :16:07.not just in the words that accompany it, but in the faces of the veterans
:16:08. > :16:18.themselves. The exhibition is open here until the end of this year.
:16:19. > :16:21.The true story of a German fighter pilot, who had the crew of an
:16:22. > :16:25.American bomber at his mercy but instead allowed them to fly to
:16:26. > :16:29.safety, is to be made into a film. The bomber had been on a mission
:16:30. > :16:32.from Cambridgeshire in 1943 when it happened. Now the playwright Tom
:16:33. > :16:39.Stoppard has acquired the rights and filming could start next year.
:16:40. > :16:43.This airfield in Norfolk, former home of the 448th bomb group. There
:16:44. > :16:49.were 3000 young Americans here between 1943 and 1945. In the
:16:50. > :16:52.restored control tower, Pat Evison showed me the officers' watchlog for
:16:53. > :17:01.Monday, 28 December 1943, when an unexpected visitor made an emergency
:17:02. > :17:09.landing. At 14:29, B17 S167 landed from the mission with one engine,
:17:10. > :17:14.one dead, one injured. They informed division and base. 21`year`old pilot
:17:15. > :17:18.Charlie Brown was at the controls. The flying fortress had come under
:17:19. > :17:21.heavy ground fire on a mission over Germany. The tail gunner had been
:17:22. > :17:24.killed, an engine destroyed. When a fighter came alongside, it's pilot,
:17:25. > :17:32.Franz Stigler, decided to spare them. Over 40 years later the two
:17:33. > :17:37.men were reunited and became firm friends. I looked out the right
:17:38. > :17:44.window and there parked on my right wing is a German BF109. The little
:17:45. > :17:53.sucka looked like he owned me and belonged there. It is hard to
:17:54. > :17:59.describe because it was so crippled. You know positively that there were
:18:00. > :18:05.badly wounded people aboard. And for me it would have been the same as
:18:06. > :18:11.shooting at a parachute. I just couldn't shoot. To do something like
:18:12. > :18:14.that was brilliant. They counted up how many people, through his act,
:18:15. > :18:24.were alive now, their children and grandchildren and all the relatives
:18:25. > :18:30.involved. Charlie and Franz died just months apart in 2008. Who will
:18:31. > :18:34.play them in the film based on the bestselling novel, A Higher Call?.
:18:35. > :18:37.We have got people in mind and it would be unfair to say who we are
:18:38. > :18:41.approaching, going to approach. It will be the usual suspects and we
:18:42. > :18:46.are pretty excited about the names on the list. They're holding the
:18:47. > :18:51.first open day of the season on Sunday. Visitors can reflect on the
:18:52. > :18:55.499 airmen who lost their lives flying from here and on Charlie and
:18:56. > :19:11.his crew, spared by an act of great humanity amidst the fog of war.
:19:12. > :19:15.Isn't that a truly remarkable story? A woman who was gored in the throat
:19:16. > :19:19.by a stag has spoken of the "simple joy" of eating solid food for the
:19:20. > :19:21.first time in nearly four months. Dr Kate Stone was left with
:19:22. > :19:24."life`threatening" injuries after being struck by the animal in the
:19:25. > :19:36.Scottish Highlands. This week she finally came home to Cambridge. Alex
:19:37. > :19:40.Dunlop caught up with her. It's been a long haul back to work
:19:41. > :19:43.for Kate Stone, a planned week's break for the New Year became a
:19:44. > :19:47.four`month marathon. Are you sure you missed me? How big is the
:19:48. > :19:51.welcome body? Huge. This is what I use to breathe through. If it was on
:19:52. > :19:54.the back, I could have been like a dolphin and swam. Today the welcome
:19:55. > :19:58.back from her small team was heartfelt and humorous. Kate loves
:19:59. > :20:01.baked beans, but finally she can enjoy real food. How does it feel to
:20:02. > :20:09.eat again? Amazing, absolutely incredible. I am sipping my cup of
:20:10. > :20:14.tea, eating my cupcake. It has been incredible. This was Kate's diet
:20:15. > :20:19.while recovering with relatives in Scotland, fed through a gastric
:20:20. > :20:23.tube. She had been on holiday with friends when they startled a stag in
:20:24. > :20:27.this garden. In its panic the animal charged. It's antlers impaled Kate's
:20:28. > :20:30.throat. During an operation in March surgeons reopened her
:20:31. > :20:38.throat,grafting skin from her left shoulder. My food pipe and windpipe,
:20:39. > :20:41.there was a joint between the two. They separated them and laid it up
:20:42. > :20:47.between, whilst leaving me attached, and over about two weeks that healed
:20:48. > :20:50.up and meant I could eat again. Until now Kate has had to manage her
:20:51. > :20:56.employees remotely from Scotland while undergoing treatment. The
:20:57. > :20:58.company is at the cutting edge, using microelectronics to connect
:20:59. > :21:04.artworks and posters with smartphones and tablets. This poster
:21:05. > :21:07.is Bluetoothed to my iPhone and every time you touch a different
:21:08. > :21:15.button, a different sound plays and on the screen you see all the
:21:16. > :21:20.colours. This is an interactive advert? Yes. Kate says the accident
:21:21. > :21:26.has reinforced a personal philosophy of hers, never take anything for
:21:27. > :21:31.granted. I couldn't breathe through my mouth or nose. Suddenly I could
:21:32. > :21:34.breathe, and I blew on my fingers and it was such an incredible
:21:35. > :21:43.experience, and for several hours later I just blew on my hands and
:21:44. > :21:47.cried. It just made me realise it is not until we are lucky enough to
:21:48. > :21:52.lose something that we get to appreciate the most simple things.
:21:53. > :22:04.Good to be back? Good to be back. I have two smiles. This one, and this
:22:05. > :22:11.one. Isn't that amazing? . A reminder
:22:12. > :22:13.that the BBC is offering apprenticeships in its local radio
:22:14. > :22:17.stations. Successful candidates will start a 15 month apprenticeship in
:22:18. > :22:21.September. If you are 18 or over by September, a non graduate and you
:22:22. > :22:24.want to find out more, go to the BBC website at bbc.co.uk/las. The
:22:25. > :22:38.deadline for applications is May 12th.
:22:39. > :22:44.And so to the weather. It was a slow start this morning, a lot of Mr
:22:45. > :22:56.round, and some of us some rain but into the afternoon the cloud obeyed
:22:57. > :23:00.`` mist around. It is still possible you might catch a light shower
:23:01. > :23:05.before the day is out but much of the night is dry. Wheelhouse and
:23:06. > :23:13.clear spells overnight and the chance of some misty patches `` we
:23:14. > :23:19.will have some. The temperatures were only get down to eight
:23:20. > :23:24.Celsius. Once more a slow start of the day tomorrow and there could be
:23:25. > :23:30.more cloud through the day. A risk of some isolated showers but they do
:23:31. > :23:36.look isolated. Most of us will be dry and that mist and Fog is slow to
:23:37. > :23:40.clear. Places like the coast may hang on to some mist right through
:23:41. > :23:45.the day but elsewhere looks hopeful that it will brighten up. Where we
:23:46. > :23:52.see the sunshine the temperatures should climb to 16 degrees. The
:23:53. > :23:57.winds are generally light and variable but a little bit cooler on
:23:58. > :24:02.the coast itself. As we get into the afternoon we might bring in some
:24:03. > :24:06.isolated showers, looking those at risk across southern counties. Then
:24:07. > :24:11.of course we look to Thursday because there are some big changes
:24:12. > :24:17.on their way. We have big pressure moving in is that means not the best
:24:18. > :24:21.day of weather on Thursday. It will introduce some cooler air as well,
:24:22. > :24:27.so if you're thinking about the bank weekend, it is quite early to talk
:24:28. > :24:33.about the weather but it looks certain to be dry with some sunny
:24:34. > :24:38.spells, high pressure building in. It will feel quite a bit cooler with
:24:39. > :24:50.a chilly night as well. So we have that web data, on Thursday with some
:24:51. > :24:57.rain or showers `` wet day. That's all from us. Good evening.