:00:00. > :00:00.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:00. > :00:13.Hello. In the programme tonight, it is all
:00:14. > :00:21.over bar the shouting. With relegation looking certain to
:00:22. > :00:27.Norwich City, what is the situation for the city and its residents?
:00:28. > :00:31.There are a lot of people behind the scenes whose futures may be in
:00:32. > :00:36.doubt. They thought she was murdered but it
:00:37. > :00:44.was revealed today her death was a tragic accident. Tributes are paid
:00:45. > :00:45.to Colin Pillinger, who has died. And behind`the`scenes of the women's
:00:46. > :00:52.cycle race. First tonight, the fall`out from
:00:53. > :00:58.Norwich City's near certain relegation from the Premier League.
:00:59. > :01:01.What does it mean for the club, the fans and the local economy?
:01:02. > :01:04.It happened last night without Norwich City even kicking a ball.
:01:05. > :01:07.Victory for closest rivals Sunderland effectively ended the
:01:08. > :01:09.Canaries' slender hopes of survival. The club have remained tight`lipped
:01:10. > :01:13.today, insisting the season isn't over but the cost of this near
:01:14. > :01:16.certain relegation will be felt throughout the region. In a moment,
:01:17. > :01:20.our Business Correspondent, Richard Bond, looks at the impact on the
:01:21. > :01:28.local economy. But first, Tom Williams on where it all went wrong
:01:29. > :01:34.for the club. That is backed. The one point perhaps does not do it for
:01:35. > :01:38.Norwich. In the end, as most had predicted, it wasn't enough. After
:01:39. > :01:43.three seasons enjoying the Premier league high life, Norwich now affect
:01:44. > :01:49.Tiffany relegated with one game to go. Looking at the managerial
:01:50. > :01:53.situation, did they hold onto Chris Halton for too long? The players
:01:54. > :01:58.have to take on some was once ability. And did the board not
:01:59. > :02:08.notice the malaise that anyone watching them regularly from the
:02:09. > :02:13.beginning of the year at 13? Their record signing cost ?8 million and
:02:14. > :02:20.only scored once. Alternately, this defeat against West Bromwich proved
:02:21. > :02:23.decisive, who are three points above Norwich with a superior goal
:02:24. > :02:36.difference. Norwich now need to approve `` point Apple 's `` point
:02:37. > :02:41.eight permanent manager. Norwich are debt free but this is about bouncing
:02:42. > :02:44.back as quickly as possible. Financially the club is in a great
:02:45. > :02:49.state, but there are big decisions to be made about players and
:02:50. > :02:57.managers and fans want them made as soon as possible. Norwich were
:02:58. > :03:03.guaranteed ?70 million this year in television rights but they will only
:03:04. > :03:09.get ?64 million over the next four years in parachute payments. We kept
:03:10. > :03:14.saying if we win that, we get the chance, but we haven't won the games
:03:15. > :03:19.so we don't deserve it. The warning signs were there but they just
:03:20. > :03:27.ignored them. The manager should have gone before Christmas. The
:03:28. > :03:36.board is culpable. A derby is to come but secured `` supporters are
:03:37. > :03:39.bracing themselves for a relegation place.
:03:40. > :03:42.So what effect will Norwich City's relegation have on the wider area?
:03:43. > :03:46.For three years, Norwich has been in the global spotlight as a member of
:03:47. > :03:48.soccer's elite league. But how far has that money reached? Our business
:03:49. > :03:51.correspondent, Richard Bond, has been finding out.
:03:52. > :03:54.The scenes of celebration three years ago when Norwich City gained
:03:55. > :03:57.promotion. The city decked out in green and yellow. But has Premier
:03:58. > :04:01.League status made it a richer place? Much is always made of the
:04:02. > :04:04.multi`million pound boost which local economies receive when their
:04:05. > :04:08.football teams are in the Premier League. But is there a benefit to
:04:09. > :04:12.the real economy ` or does all the money just end up in the pockets of
:04:13. > :04:16.the players and their agents? Well, much of it does but at the Trafford
:04:17. > :04:20.Arms in Norwich, they reckon Premier League membership boosts trade by at
:04:21. > :04:24.least 15%. It's a popular venue for soccer fans. The landlord's been a
:04:25. > :04:32.Norwich season ticket holder for 30 years. A lot of supporters in the
:04:33. > :04:37.Premier league will actually spend the weekend in the city, so you get
:04:38. > :04:40.a larger proportion of supporters spending more time and money into
:04:41. > :04:46.the local economy. In the championship and local divisions ``
:04:47. > :04:48.lower divisions, people make their way to the game and then go home
:04:49. > :04:51.afterwards. Tourism clearly benefits when a Premier League club's on the
:04:52. > :04:55.doorstep. Cities also become better known globally. The University of
:04:56. > :04:57.East Anglia says the Canaries have raised its profile internationally.
:04:58. > :05:00.Chris Starkie has the job of promoting the Norwich economy. Can
:05:01. > :05:06.he point to an example of new investment coming to the city
:05:07. > :05:11.through Premier League status? Companies don't really invest
:05:12. > :05:18.because we have a good football team. What it has done to investors
:05:19. > :05:21.in China and Malaysia, the brand of Norwich is that bit better known
:05:22. > :05:28.than it was before. Norwich lived without the Premier League ` it must
:05:29. > :05:31.now learn to do so again. Earlier, I spoke to Professor Tom
:05:32. > :05:34.Cannon, a football finance specialist from the University of
:05:35. > :05:42.Liverpool. He says the impact of relegation on the local economy will
:05:43. > :05:46.be significant. When you are in the premiership, in the top flight of
:05:47. > :05:48.English football, you have a global reach which means everyone from
:05:49. > :05:56.local businesses to the club it self can reach out internationally on the
:05:57. > :05:59.back of the Premier league. You can see literally millions coming into
:06:00. > :06:03.the local economy. Obviously some of it comes via the club, but others
:06:04. > :06:09.comes through companies who built the image and reputation
:06:10. > :06:15.internationally, and three visitors. The whole element built up the local
:06:16. > :06:21.economy. What are we talking about losing as a result of relegation?
:06:22. > :06:25.The most conservative figure would be about ?2 million and match day.
:06:26. > :06:32.If you are talking about 18 match days, that would be about ?40
:06:33. > :06:36.million. How much is it down to the feel`good or feel bad factor of the
:06:37. > :06:40.fans not spending as much money after big aims all before them?
:06:41. > :06:43.There is lots of evidence now which shows that if the club are
:06:44. > :06:49.succeeding in the premiership, people spend more in the local
:06:50. > :06:51.economy. There is even some evidence that productivity in local
:06:52. > :06:56.businesses is greater because people going to work on Monday feeling
:06:57. > :06:58.better. I have to say, in the case of a club like Norwich which has
:06:59. > :07:04.been struggling in the second half the season, most of the feel bad
:07:05. > :07:10.factor has probably already been accommodated within the economy. A
:07:11. > :07:14.reasonable run next season will probably be more beneficial than
:07:15. > :07:16.actually grinding through disappointing result after
:07:17. > :07:23.disappointing result in the premiership as Norwich `based this
:07:24. > :07:26.year. This means the region will not have any premiership clubs. Does
:07:27. > :07:32.that have a wider impact than just on the club area? You have put your
:07:33. > :07:39.point `` your finger on a very important point for the East Anglian
:07:40. > :07:43.region. As a point of the country which needs the stimulus that
:07:44. > :07:49.premiership football delivers, you have got a double whammy of factors.
:07:50. > :07:52.If both teams were in the Premier league, you would have the benefit
:07:53. > :08:00.of derby matches and the excitement that occurs in the local economy and
:08:01. > :08:05.in the media. That is a double whammy that the region faces.
:08:06. > :08:09.An inquest into the death of a former movie star of the 1940s and
:08:10. > :08:13.50s has found she may have had a heart attack before falling. At the
:08:14. > :08:16.time of Jean Kent's death at the West Suffolk hospital five months
:08:17. > :08:19.ago, it was thought she could have been murdered.
:08:20. > :08:23.For more than 20 years, Jean Kent lived in the village of Westhorpe.
:08:24. > :08:25.After the death of her husband, she was supported by a network of
:08:26. > :08:28.friends and neighbours. Last November, her housekeeper discovered
:08:29. > :08:34.her lying seriously injured in her bedroom. Two days later she died in
:08:35. > :08:38.hospital. The inquest heard she'd been found with a television and tv
:08:39. > :08:41.stand on top of her. She'd suffered severe chest injuries and rib
:08:42. > :08:50.fractures. Police are ruling out foul play. Her GP describe the
:08:51. > :08:55.92`year`old as very independent but with the ability problems and the
:08:56. > :09:05.risk of falling. The precise verdict from the coroner was that she died
:09:06. > :09:08.from accidental injury from a fall with cardiac disease which may have
:09:09. > :09:12.facilitated it. In her heyday, Jean Kent was a huge box`office star,
:09:13. > :09:16.going on to make 45 films, still receiving offers of work into her
:09:17. > :09:21.90s. Although her life has ended sadly, next Thursday, the British
:09:22. > :09:26.film Institute is paying tribute to her at the National film Theatre in
:09:27. > :09:31.London when they are screening her most famous film which made her a
:09:32. > :09:35.major star. It is nice to think that although she is gone, had talent and
:09:36. > :09:38.star quality will live on for future generations to enjoy. After her
:09:39. > :09:41.funeral at St Margaret's parish church, Jean Kent was buried in the
:09:42. > :09:44.churchyard alongside her late husband.
:09:45. > :09:51.The coroner today passed on his condolences to all who had been
:09:52. > :09:54.close to her. The Norfolk and Norwich festival
:09:55. > :09:58.kicked off today with a special celebration. 24 candles on a cake
:09:59. > :10:01.were blown out by a crowd of people using musical instruments to mark 24
:10:02. > :10:05.years that the region's railways have been supporting the event. This
:10:06. > :10:08.year's programme, which runs from the ninth to 25th of May, has
:10:09. > :10:15.performances from international artists as well as local talent.
:10:16. > :10:18.In two weeks' time, it will be polling day and as well as the
:10:19. > :10:22.European elections, there will also be voting taking place on some our
:10:23. > :10:25.local councils. These are the seats up for grabs. Red is Labour
:10:26. > :10:28.controlled, blue Conservative and grey is no overall control. One of
:10:29. > :10:31.the most interesting battles in Essex is Basildon. It's currently
:10:32. > :10:33.run by the Conservatives but, as our political reporter, Tom Barton,
:10:34. > :10:42.reports, another party is threatening to stir things up. For
:10:43. > :10:44.40 years, control of Basildon Council has been a straight fight
:10:45. > :10:50.between Labour and the Conservatives. Each party has won
:10:51. > :10:55.nine elections. But that could soon change. Because UKIP are now a
:10:56. > :11:02.serious electoral force here in Essex. We may be asking some
:11:03. > :11:10.difficult questions... The party won nine seat on the county council last
:11:11. > :11:22.year, putting them on the same level as: `` as Labour and Lib Dem 's in
:11:23. > :11:31.the opposition. We made gains and they know that with the support of
:11:32. > :11:38.the European elections echoing the UKIP message, we could have a UKIP
:11:39. > :11:41.led administration. That might be overoptimistic but the Conservatives
:11:42. > :11:46.are worried about the UKIP effect. They admit the Tories could lose the
:11:47. > :11:53.majority they have held for the last decade. Realistically on the 23rd of
:11:54. > :11:59.May we will wake up to a council that has no overall control, went
:12:00. > :12:03.we? No, I don't think so. It is a possibility but I would not say it
:12:04. > :12:09.is definite. Labour will lose votes to UKIP and so will we. They may
:12:10. > :12:15.come second. As I said, everything is to play for. You hear a lot about
:12:16. > :12:18.the effect of UKIP on the Conservatives but they are likely to
:12:19. > :12:24.take votes away from you as well, aren't they? They may do. People are
:12:25. > :12:30.angry and upset at the way they have been treated. Sometimes it is easy
:12:31. > :12:33.for people to get beguiled by a supposedly new group coming along
:12:34. > :12:38.and saying, well we are not really politicians and we have got all the
:12:39. > :12:50.answers and we blame immigration and Europe for everything. Husband and
:12:51. > :12:58.wife team Mr and Mrs Williams make up for the entire Liberal Democrat
:12:59. > :13:02.representation on the council. We have been part of the administration
:13:03. > :13:06.in the past and we are used to Upson Downs, as Liberal Democrat 's. He
:13:07. > :13:13.slings and arrows of outrageous political fortune. As politics in
:13:14. > :13:14.Basildon fragments, it will be more difficult than ever for one party to
:13:15. > :13:32.clean up on election day. Still to come. Taking the play out
:13:33. > :13:39.of the theatre. Performers in Peterborough prepare for opening
:13:40. > :13:44.night in an empty theatre. And we are behind`the`scenes as the
:13:45. > :13:47.women's tour comes to Bedford. More now on the space scientist
:13:48. > :13:50.Professor Colin Pillinger who has died in hospital after suffering a
:13:51. > :13:52.brain haemorrhage at his home near Cambridge.
:13:53. > :14:09.Tributes have been paid to the pioneering professor, who was just
:14:10. > :14:16.70 years old. He was discussing new projects right up until his death.
:14:17. > :14:31.He was the scientist who got us all interested in space. Friends say his
:14:32. > :14:34.distinctive side burns and West Country accent masked a true genius.
:14:35. > :14:37.It was Beagle two that endeared him to the public ` even after it
:14:38. > :14:41.spectacularly failed. He designed and built the probe looking for life
:14:42. > :14:43.on Mars but it vanished without trace. Professor Pillinger remained
:14:44. > :14:48.undeterred and later on Look East said the search would continue. We
:14:49. > :14:52.went to Mars to look for life and this is the question that everybody
:14:53. > :14:55.is asking all the time. Are we alone in the universe was to mark when
:14:56. > :14:59.will space exploration answer that question? Dave Moore, from Stevenage
:15:00. > :15:05.based firm Astrium, worked alongside Professor Pillenger on the Beagle
:15:06. > :15:11.two project. He says it was a success in so many ways. Colin again
:15:12. > :15:16.with his charisma and drive that space on the map for the British
:15:17. > :15:18.public. He got the generations of youngsters to get more involved and
:15:19. > :15:22.be passionate and interested. Professor Pillinger began his career
:15:23. > :15:25.analysing moon rocks for NASA. He became Professor of Interplanetory
:15:26. > :15:32.Science at the Open University and earned a host of awards. In 2005, he
:15:33. > :15:35.was diagnosed with MS. Yesterday, aged 70, he suffered a fatal brain
:15:36. > :15:40.haemorrhage at his home near Cambridge. Colleagues at the Open
:15:41. > :15:51.University say they will always be inspired by his passion and drive.
:15:52. > :15:57.He was often argumentative but always, always inspirational and
:15:58. > :16:01.able to bring people round to his way of thinking. Professor Pillinger
:16:02. > :16:04.was a pioneer and always said he had unfinished business with Mars. He
:16:05. > :16:07.may not have realised all his dreams but his vision remains an
:16:08. > :16:16.inspiration for scientists in the future.
:16:17. > :16:19.David Braben works in the science and technology industry in
:16:20. > :16:24.Cambridge. He featured in a book alongside Colin Pillinger and met
:16:25. > :16:30.him through that. Earlier, I asked him how he would best describe Colin
:16:31. > :16:34.Pillinger's life's work. I think he was a wonderful charismatic guy. He
:16:35. > :16:38.had a sort of magnetism and enthusiasm for science which was
:16:39. > :16:42.infectious. It was great. He appeared loads of times on
:16:43. > :16:46.television. I was lucky enough to meet him a couple of times. It was
:16:47. > :16:51.infectious, the enthusiasm he had. He managed to do something that
:16:52. > :16:57.other people hadn't done before him. Of course many people know him for
:16:58. > :17:02.that attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars in 2003. Sadly it didn't happen
:17:03. > :17:06.and he did wish to continue making it happen. Do you think he would
:17:07. > :17:12.have gone back and made it happen if he hadn't been ill? The problem is
:17:13. > :17:20.because it failed, which was a real shame, people were wary to do it
:17:21. > :17:24.again because it was expensive. It was one out of one that failed and
:17:25. > :17:32.that was blocked to him getting funding. It would have been
:17:33. > :17:37.wonderful if he had have done. What I was hoping for, and I think he was
:17:38. > :17:43.hoping for at the time prior to his 2003 mission as well, was that this
:17:44. > :17:47.would be the first of many very, very cheap mission is to explore our
:17:48. > :17:51.solar system, to put machines, Rovers or whatever on distant
:17:52. > :17:56.worlds. Such an enthusiastic person. Do you think that is why other
:17:57. > :18:01.scientist 's were drawn to him, to get on`board on projects? He is an
:18:02. > :18:07.explorer is another way of looking at it. He brought things forward. He
:18:08. > :18:16.started exploring the solar system as an individual, not as Nasser, but
:18:17. > :18:21.as Colin Perch `` Colin Pillinger working to achieve things. We need
:18:22. > :18:24.people like him to inspire the next generation or they will go into
:18:25. > :18:28.different things. It would be great, the more people who are kids
:18:29. > :18:36.today, who are doing science in the next ten years, it will be better
:18:37. > :18:41.for all of us. Thank you very much. Thank you.
:18:42. > :18:46.Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire played host to the women's tour
:18:47. > :18:53.today and the rain did not put people off. Preparing for an event
:18:54. > :18:56.of this scale takes a real preparation, as we have been finding
:18:57. > :19:04.out. How is that? Same setup, different
:19:05. > :19:11.location. For five days, the women's cycle tour is put up, rolled out and
:19:12. > :19:16.spruced up. Here we are on the embankment in Bedford. The
:19:17. > :19:19.organisers were here at 5am, getting everything setup. All we need now
:19:20. > :19:25.are the crowds, the riders and a bit of action. Basically, my job is to
:19:26. > :19:29.get the crowds ready and tell them what is going on, because they
:19:30. > :19:31.cannot see the race as it is happening. Hopefully get them that
:19:32. > :19:39.excited and then we bring in the race weekend. Alas, it would be a
:19:40. > :19:42.soggy race. The best place to be, inside where the timing team
:19:43. > :19:49.operates. This system is obviously very reliable. It has to be. It can
:19:50. > :19:56.take 10,000 pictures per second, so we can have ten thousandths of a
:19:57. > :20:01.second. We don't need that much for cycling but it is really accurate.
:20:02. > :20:05.The women's tour has started from Hinckley but these riders are the
:20:06. > :20:09.support race from Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton and they are getting a
:20:10. > :20:15.taste of what is to come in the main event. We tend to take it all for
:20:16. > :20:20.granted but we move 180 vehicles, 180 tonnes of equipment, hotels for
:20:21. > :20:24.400 or 500 people every night but that is what we do and we get on
:20:25. > :20:30.with it. The crowds were deep, despite the weather. We were racing
:20:31. > :20:36.on the circuit around here this morning. It was a great experience.
:20:37. > :20:41.For the organisers, stage two is nearly done and dusted and for the
:20:42. > :20:52.rice `` for the riders, 72 miles done. It was Italian that one in
:20:53. > :20:55.Bedford. As for the organisers, time to get the show on the road. `` it
:20:56. > :20:58.was an Italian. Tomorrow, the tour moves to Suffolk
:20:59. > :21:11.and Essex, starting in Felixstowe and finishing in Clacton.
:21:12. > :21:14.Some say theatre needs to be edgy. Well, in little over 30 minutes in
:21:15. > :21:18.Peterborough, it is opening night for a new play which its creators
:21:19. > :21:22.admit is the one of scariest things they've ever done. What's made it
:21:23. > :21:25.scary is that they didn't even have a venue until the very last minute.
:21:26. > :21:29.That venue is an empty retail unit in a shopping centre. Kevin Burch
:21:30. > :21:35.has more. You could say this is a tale of the heart in the heart of
:21:36. > :21:41.retail. In unit 23 of the serpentine Green shopping Centre in Hampton, it
:21:42. > :21:49.is almost time for the audience to arrive. It is called River Lane and
:21:50. > :21:52.professionally produced, but beyond that, it is entirely the work of the
:21:53. > :21:56.community. Around 70 local volunteers, aged 11 to 76, recruited
:21:57. > :21:59.to handle every aspect of the show from the performance and props to
:22:00. > :22:02.stage management and sound. It's set in the Swinging Sixties and written
:22:03. > :22:06.by local playright, Tony Ramsay, using his memories of life as a
:22:07. > :22:08.teenage boy in the River Lane area of the city. We have only had
:22:09. > :22:11.evenings and weekends, meaning the number of hours to get rings down
:22:12. > :22:14.are cut down. To know that it is tonight is really exciting. It feels
:22:15. > :22:24.like we have made it. Don't do that estimation mark you made me jump. It
:22:25. > :22:29.is my first time in a shopping centre but I worked on a touring
:22:30. > :22:34.Macbeth that worked in all sorts of buildings, so this kind of work is
:22:35. > :22:37.the sort that excites me. I have lived in Peterborough pretty much my
:22:38. > :22:46.whole life and yet I didn't know all about the story from the 60s. I have
:22:47. > :22:53.learnt a lot about fishing as well for top if I kept walking this way,
:22:54. > :23:03.I'd end up in London. And you'd be in... Manchester as Commissioner
:23:04. > :23:10.Mark tell me about your singing. Oh, it's great. No, we get through it.
:23:11. > :23:13.It's taken a year to produce. It's a story rich in local characters,
:23:14. > :23:23.legends and landmarks. It opens tonight and runs for ten days.
:23:24. > :23:33.Desmond back! It is pretty damp out there, isn't
:23:34. > :23:40.it? It is. More wet weather this afternoon and
:23:41. > :23:46.this evening, with heavy rain around and we cannot rule out thunder. It
:23:47. > :23:53.should ease away into the early hours, but we do expect showers to
:23:54. > :23:56.feeding from the west later on. Temperatures down to ten or 11
:23:57. > :24:04.Celsius, perhaps cooler under clear skies. The winds are mainly moderate
:24:05. > :24:08.westerly. A fresh westerly wind tomorrow though and this system
:24:09. > :24:11.moves towards us bringing wet weather for Saturday. More on that
:24:12. > :24:16.in a moment but for tomorrow, showers around from the word go.
:24:17. > :24:20.Some could be heavy and thundery, but a much better chance of seeing
:24:21. > :24:23.some sunshine and a fair amount of dry weather, although showers will
:24:24. > :24:31.be around. Temperatures, near average. Perhaps a degree or so
:24:32. > :24:34.higher than appears in the sunshine, but a blustery day as well. That
:24:35. > :24:40.will blow the showers through quickly. On Saturday, I think it
:24:41. > :24:45.will be a wet and windy start to the day, but by the afternoon, we should
:24:46. > :24:49.see brighter conditions. Still pretty windy with heavy showers. It
:24:50. > :24:55.all depends on how quickly that morning rain clears. Sunday and
:24:56. > :24:59.Monday, to showery days. Some of those showers could be on the happy
:25:00. > :25:04.side. They will be on the call side. The difference between the two
:25:05. > :25:09.days, hopefully on Monday, slightly lighter winds. Overnight lows, as we
:25:10. > :25:14.head into the new working week, we will see some chilly nights but we
:25:15. > :25:16.should stay frost free. At the moment, pressure is falling, so not
:25:17. > :25:21.a great night that is all from us. Have a good
:25:22. > :25:53.evening. No-one would have believed, in the
:25:54. > :25:58.first years of the 21st century, that Britain's affairs were being
:25:59. > :26:01.watched and scrutinised With the help
:26:02. > :26:06.of our three political parties, who lie to the British public
:26:07. > :26:09.about their intentions, minds immeasurably
:26:10. > :26:13.more bureaucratic than ours slowly and surely drew
:26:14. > :26:18.their plans against us. smashing our democracy
:26:19. > :26:31.and destroying our laws... ..plotting to annihilate
:26:32. > :26:34.our currency