:00:00. > :00:00.one of his daughter's friends. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:00.so it's Hello and welcome to Look East. The
:00:07. > :00:11.headlines tonight from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk: A boom in
:00:12. > :00:18.engineering jobs could be on the way to RAF Marham, thanks to Europe's
:00:19. > :00:23.new fighter plane. It is very important to the local
:00:24. > :00:25.economy. It is the biggest employer in the area.
:00:26. > :00:31.Drama on the women's international tour as Olympic champion Laura Trott
:00:32. > :00:34.is hurt in a crash. When she came in, I had never seen
:00:35. > :00:38.anyone in so much pain. Rolf Harris goes on trial accused of
:00:39. > :00:41.sexual abuse ` the jury is told seven charges relate to a girl who
:00:42. > :00:45.lived in Norfolk. And they could be the engineers of
:00:46. > :00:46.the future ` how one of our most famous inventors hopes to inspire a
:00:47. > :01:04.new generation. Hello.
:01:05. > :01:07.There's been drama on Day Three of the Women's International Tour which
:01:08. > :01:10.is snaking its way across the eastern region. Olympic cycling
:01:11. > :01:13.champion Laura Trott was among a group of riders who crashed at the
:01:14. > :01:16.mid`way point in Essex. Trott was taken to Clacton Hospital for
:01:17. > :01:17.treatment for concussion and a suspected chipped elbow. Later, she
:01:18. > :01:27.tweeted: That's her home town.
:01:28. > :01:35.Trott's team boss Rochelle Gilmour spoke to BBC reporter Nick Hope
:01:36. > :01:43.outside the hospital. It was a really nasty crash. When
:01:44. > :01:50.she called for a spare bike, she was shaking. She looked quite pale and
:01:51. > :01:55.it was scary. She had to take a moment to consider whether she
:01:56. > :02:03.should continue all poor out. She decided to get on the bike. Then she
:02:04. > :02:09.vomited. It was a bad sign that she had hit her head. She also had a lot
:02:10. > :02:14.of pain in her elbow. She wrote to the finish, but when she came in, I
:02:15. > :02:20.have never seen anyone in so much pain. It was difficult to see her in
:02:21. > :02:24.tears. It is amazing that she wants to start tomorrow, even though she
:02:25. > :02:33.has not really had time to consider her condition. What is the
:02:34. > :02:38.diagnosis? Is it a broken elbow? It is very swollen, she has had some
:02:39. > :02:43.painkillers. She is having x`rays right now. We're hoping that it is
:02:44. > :02:50.not checked and that the swelling is just from the four, but it is `` if
:02:51. > :02:54.it is chipped, we will need to decide if she will start tomorrow or
:02:55. > :02:59.not. But she wants to start tomorrow and pain is no stranger to her. Even
:03:00. > :03:01.if she wakes up with a sore elbow, she will want to be on the start
:03:02. > :03:09.line. We'll have more from the Tour later
:03:10. > :03:12.in our sports round`up. There's growing optimism tonight
:03:13. > :03:15.that the RAF station at Marham in Norfolk could generate a wave of new
:03:16. > :03:18.engineering jobs thanks to Europe's new fighter jet.
:03:19. > :03:21.The new plane is called the Lightning II F`35 jet. It's due to
:03:22. > :03:25.come into service at Marham within four years. Today, it emerged today
:03:26. > :03:28.that Britain is likely to host a pan`European engineering hub to look
:03:29. > :03:30.after the aircraft. The Defence Secretary has hinted that Marham
:03:31. > :03:42.would be the preferred location, a decision which could lead to a local
:03:43. > :03:48.boom in engineering jobs. Yes, four years ago, this station
:03:49. > :03:53.appeared to be on the brink of closure. A big campaign was launched
:03:54. > :03:59.amid fears that the tornado force would be moved to Scotland. That did
:04:00. > :04:03.not happen, Marham kept those contracts for maintenance and
:04:04. > :04:08.upgrade. And now a new aircraft on the horizon that could secure its
:04:09. > :04:16.long`term future. This is what all the excitement is
:04:17. > :04:20.about, the Lightning II F`35 jet, an all`weather aircraft. Supersonic, it
:04:21. > :04:31.can operate from carriers as well as airbases.
:04:32. > :04:36.The squadron prepare for a flight. Since the 1950s, Marham has been
:04:37. > :04:44.making news with its planes. In the Falklands War, a wee fuelled
:04:45. > :04:52.bombers. And Tornadoes `` they refuelled bombers. And it's
:04:53. > :04:56.Tornadoes crews have made headlines. I know that you will share with
:04:57. > :05:01.media excitement about having what will be the world's most advanced
:05:02. > :05:05.fighter aircraft based here and operating from here.
:05:06. > :05:10.Now there are negotiations with other countries to operate the
:05:11. > :05:17.Lightning II F`35 jet about where they will be surfaced. Marham looks
:05:18. > :05:21.to be a front runner. It is very exciting, it will be in
:05:22. > :05:29.service until 2040, which means that there are a lot of high stream is
:05:30. > :05:35.engineering jobs. But the idea that it could provide services to the
:05:36. > :05:40.fighter fleet across Europe is a fantastic opportunity.
:05:41. > :05:45.Our key skills here? Yes, and I have been encouraging more young people
:05:46. > :05:48.to study maths and physics and going to engineering. This shows why that
:05:49. > :05:57.is important. There are 5000 military and civilian
:05:58. > :06:03.employees here. 15,000 other jobs nearby are dependent on this base.
:06:04. > :06:07.When it arrives, the plane will open a new chapter, promising long`term
:06:08. > :06:14.security and more high school jobs. There had been fears that the
:06:15. > :06:18.production of the plane was falling behind schedule, but the Defence
:06:19. > :06:26.Secretary said that it would be on the runway at Marham as scheduled in
:06:27. > :06:30.2018. The jury in the trial of Rolf Harris
:06:31. > :06:33.has been told how he visited one of his alleged victims at her home in
:06:34. > :06:37.Norfolk after she revealed to her parents that the entertainer had
:06:38. > :06:40.abused her. Mr Harris is accused of 12 offences against four girls aged
:06:41. > :06:46.under 19 between 1968 and 1986. He denies all the charges.
:06:47. > :06:50.Well, this is a walk that Rolf Harris is expected to make into
:06:51. > :06:54.court for the next six weeks. Today the jury heard the alleged victim
:06:55. > :06:57.told a friend at school that she'd been abused by Mr Harris who she
:06:58. > :07:01.described as a "dirty old man" and that it started when she was 13.
:07:02. > :07:05.It's alleged that abuse went on for 16 years.
:07:06. > :07:09.In her late twenties, she wrote to the entertainer saying that she'd
:07:10. > :07:13.told her family. It prompted him to drive to her home in Norfolk to see
:07:14. > :07:17.her. While he was there, the woman told him he had "ruined her life"
:07:18. > :07:21.and made him walk around the village while she berated him.
:07:22. > :07:24.The prosecution say Mr Harris then wrote a letter to her father,
:07:25. > :07:28.confessing he'd had a sexual relationship with the woman, but
:07:29. > :07:31.denied it started when she was 13. In it, he described being in a state
:07:32. > :07:33.of "self loathing" and feeling "sickened" by himself for the misery
:07:34. > :08:06.he had caused her. Mr Harris denies all the charges
:08:07. > :08:09.against him. There's fresh evidence today that
:08:10. > :08:13.house prices in some parts of the region are back to the levels they
:08:14. > :08:16.were before the financial crash. Only houses in the East, the South
:08:17. > :08:22.East and London have regained their pre`slump values. Our business
:08:23. > :08:27.correspondent Richard Bond is here. It is clear for some time that the
:08:28. > :08:33.housing market is recovering, but we are now close to the previous peak?
:08:34. > :08:40.Yes, when the risk that hit comedy prices were very high, they took big
:08:41. > :08:45.knock and it fell by 30% in some places. The recovery has been felt
:08:46. > :08:56.for some time, but it has not been even. An average house in Essex now
:08:57. > :09:02.costs ?263,000, which is now what it was before the recession.
:09:03. > :09:10.Cambridgeshire excluding Peterborough is still 2% down. Luton
:09:11. > :09:15.is 5% below, as is Peterborough. Norfolk is 3% below.
:09:16. > :09:21.Getting back to the previous figures, other figures showed that
:09:22. > :09:30.the output of the economy is almost back to its prerecession peak. Yes,
:09:31. > :09:35.they are saying that it is within a whisker of of what it was in 2008.
:09:36. > :09:40.In East Anglia, we have probably gone past our previous peak.
:09:41. > :09:48.The region is a fantastic place to live and work. It's does not rely on
:09:49. > :09:54.other places. We can make a growth in the UK and overseas.
:09:55. > :09:58.Another indicator is unemployment, and that has fallen over the last
:09:59. > :10:08.few years. It is now back to where it was in 2008.
:10:09. > :10:10.One of the country's biggest arts festivals gets under way this
:10:11. > :10:14.evening. And it's promising something for everyone over the next
:10:15. > :10:16.two weeks. This afternoon, I spoke to William Galinsky, artistic
:10:17. > :10:19.director of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival. I asked him why the
:10:20. > :10:25.festival continued to prove so popular.
:10:26. > :10:30.We have captured people's imaginations and is something for
:10:31. > :10:35.everyone. We are going to be creating a cardboard replica of the
:10:36. > :10:41.church tomorrow. Starting at 10am, anyone can come and help us build. A
:10:42. > :10:45.lot of the outdoor things that we do capture the imagination.
:10:46. > :10:51.Tickets go very quickly, but from what I have seen, there is not that
:10:52. > :10:58.much publicity. It is quite a low profile. Why? I am not sure if it is
:10:59. > :11:03.low profile. We change how we advertise with technology. We have
:11:04. > :11:07.60,000 brochures out there in the county, we have also got a lot of
:11:08. > :11:13.Facebook and e`mail mailing lists will stop.
:11:14. > :11:19.There are professionals from across the world, what are your
:11:20. > :11:25.highlights? There are so many highlights. The laboratory Theatre
:11:26. > :11:31.from Moscow is spectacular, about the life of a Russian composer. Andy
:11:32. > :11:41.Festival finale, which is a great new show called Safe House.
:11:42. > :11:48.These are professionals, is there anything for amateurs? We have added
:11:49. > :11:54.an extra day and we are working with a business improvements organisation
:11:55. > :12:01.to make a day called it is your Festival. We have teenage rock bands
:12:02. > :12:12.and others, outdoor venues all round the city. It will be a celebration
:12:13. > :12:15.of the talents in the area. Drivers are being advised both
:12:16. > :12:18.northbound tunnels of the Dartford Crossing will be closed for six
:12:19. > :12:21.hours tomorrow night due to a full scale emergency exercise. The
:12:22. > :12:24.scenario of a blaze in the tunnel will involve tunnel staff and around
:12:25. > :12:28.50 firefighters, including those from Essex Fire and Rescue Service.
:12:29. > :12:31.It means no traffic will be able to use the crossing northbound between
:12:32. > :12:41.ten o'clock Saturday night and four o'clock Sunday morning.
:12:42. > :12:52.Still to come, Southend aiming for promotion at the weekend.
:12:53. > :13:02.Plus the remarkable story for an old shed used for beer and bingo.
:13:03. > :13:04.The inventor Sir James Dyson has given Cambridge University ?8
:13:05. > :13:07.million for a new technology hub. It's the biggest donation the
:13:08. > :13:09.engineering faculty has ever received.
:13:10. > :13:12.When the centre opens next year, it'll give 2000 students access to
:13:13. > :13:15.some of the world's most advanced laboratories. Those behind the
:13:16. > :13:23.project hope it will inspire a new generation of engineers.
:13:24. > :13:31.The desire to design starts very early. What's it's like this? Or you
:13:32. > :13:40.need is imagination. Here is one Norfolk schoolboy who stuck the
:13:41. > :13:43.course. Best known for inventing a revolutionary vacuum cleaner, Sir
:13:44. > :13:50.James Dyson has the respect of prime ministers and now the gratitude of
:13:51. > :13:52.those who work here. His donation is the largest that Cambridge's
:13:53. > :14:03.engineering Department has ever received stop the Dyson engineering
:14:04. > :14:07.departments will help postgraduate students research about electric
:14:08. > :14:16.cars, among other things. It will have two slot into a confusing site.
:14:17. > :14:20.We have buildings from the 1970s and 1950s here. But the director of
:14:21. > :14:26.research says that it means that a lot more brainpower will be focused
:14:27. > :14:30.here as well. It will be our work on future cities to create the right
:14:31. > :14:36.environment for people to live in. It is about how people live. It is
:14:37. > :14:39.about providing them to the rights of products and services that they
:14:40. > :14:43.can live life to the full and do it in a way that does not damage the
:14:44. > :14:48.planet. Engineering is now very popular, one
:14:49. > :14:52.in ten students at Cambridge studying engineering. I chose
:14:53. > :14:58.structures in order to become a structural engineer. It is very
:14:59. > :14:59.relevant. There are everyday problems that are solved by
:15:00. > :15:07.engineering. The so`called Cambridge cluster is
:15:08. > :15:11.now a international design hub. They have developed microchips for
:15:12. > :15:19.smartphones, pregnancy tests and parts for Concorde. But now to the
:15:20. > :15:24.children, the teachers say that more money should be given to children
:15:25. > :15:29.like these, and often curiosity is stifled as they grow up.
:15:30. > :15:34.This is the most important research development centre in the country,
:15:35. > :15:38.and at many schools in the country, this is where children are creating
:15:39. > :15:43.new things. They are the inventors and designers of the future.
:15:44. > :15:46.We want to inspire the next generation of scientists and
:15:47. > :15:52.engineers. This man has put his money where his
:15:53. > :15:57.mouth is. When the Dyson Centre opens next year, people hope that
:15:58. > :16:04.there will be ground`breaking inventions and ideas from it.
:16:05. > :16:07.Let's catch up with the weekend sport now. And there's still plenty
:16:08. > :16:10.at stake as the season reaches its climax. Yes, it's all over bar the
:16:11. > :16:13.shouting for Norwich, but promotion is still on the cards for
:16:14. > :16:16.Peterborough and Southend. Yes, Norwich will bid farewell to
:16:17. > :16:19.the Premier League this weekend after enjoying three seasons in it.
:16:20. > :16:22.Five defeats in six leaves them three points behind West Brom.
:16:23. > :16:25.Norwich would need to beat Arsenal 17`0 tomorrow to stand a chance of
:16:26. > :16:33.survival. And attention has already turned to next season.
:16:34. > :16:38.He has been with the club for 20 years, his pride there for all to
:16:39. > :16:43.see. He has been in charge for a few weeks, and now he is having to
:16:44. > :16:47.explain a season of shattered dreams, with Norwich out of the
:16:48. > :16:55.Premier League. We are bitterly disappointed. It
:16:56. > :17:00.hurts a lot. For myself and the players, the supporters are hurting,
:17:01. > :17:06.everyone is. The Premier League is the best league in the world, we
:17:07. > :17:12.have fallen out of it. Keeping them up was too great a
:17:13. > :17:18.task. Bouncing back is not easy. Only four clubs in the past decade
:17:19. > :17:21.have managed it in the last `` first attempt.
:17:22. > :17:25.It is a big summer, because whatever the board decides to do, and the
:17:26. > :17:31.recruitment and the players going out, then used to be changes. We
:17:32. > :17:35.have lost too many games and that becomes a culture. That needs to
:17:36. > :17:41.change. As it hits the players financially?
:17:42. > :17:46.Yes, massively. When people say that they don't care, they still get
:17:47. > :17:53.paid, no. I think every player that I have spoken to, yes, wages,
:17:54. > :17:58.bonus, it is common practice for any Premier League club, especially from
:17:59. > :18:04.where we have, from. You can't go down with the money, the club got
:18:05. > :18:09.relegated and found itself in financial trouble. This time, it
:18:10. > :18:14.will be difficult `` different. It affects everyone.
:18:15. > :18:22.The big question is who takes charge now. Many are tipping the former
:18:23. > :18:27.defender Mackay, and there was discussion is after the settlement
:18:28. > :18:33.over his sacking. He did a great job at Cardiff, they
:18:34. > :18:38.tried for years to get up, and he did the job. He is young and hungry,
:18:39. > :18:42.I think he would be a perfect fit. There is the test over how would I
:18:43. > :18:49.cope, would I feel I am comfortable doing it? Would I feel suited to
:18:50. > :18:56.it? But in terms of have I enjoyed it and and I comfortable, yes.
:18:57. > :19:01.He refuses to admit there is nothing at stake, professional pride and
:19:02. > :19:04.money in front of a sell`out crowd. It's the play`offs this weekend.
:19:05. > :19:07.Peterborough and Southend are in semi`final action. Posh play the
:19:08. > :19:10.first leg of their tie against Leyton Orient at home tomorrow.
:19:11. > :19:13.They're looking for an instant return to the Championship after
:19:14. > :19:18.being relegated on the final day last season.
:19:19. > :19:21.It is different for the last time that we were in the play`offs, we
:19:22. > :19:26.were much more like the other three teams. This time, we have had to
:19:27. > :19:29.keep on winning until the last game in the season. That may help us.
:19:30. > :19:33.For Southend in League Two, Burton Albion on Sunday. The Blues lost at
:19:34. > :19:44.this stage two years ago, but head into the play`offs unbeaten in five.
:19:45. > :19:51.We will move on, we cannot bring you that clip.
:19:52. > :19:54.In cycling, as we've been hearing, it's been another dramatic day on
:19:55. > :19:58.the Women's Tour of Britain. Five days. All here in the East. Today's
:19:59. > :20:01.stage three began at 11 this morning from Felixstowe. They cycled through
:20:02. > :20:07.Ipswich to Manningtree, ending up this lunchtime at Clacton. Jonathan
:20:08. > :20:12.Park has followed them all the way. He is with the American team.
:20:13. > :20:17.Breakfast is the most important meal of the day if you are about to
:20:18. > :20:24.travel on a long journey. We are always hungry. On the bike, we are
:20:25. > :20:30.just drinking bottles of electrolytes.
:20:31. > :20:37.This is one of the two women in the America's tour, gearing up for
:20:38. > :20:43.another tough day in the saddle. We all crashed yesterday, but we are
:20:44. > :20:49.fighting again today. To stay in contention and strike if
:20:50. > :20:56.there is an opportunity. 's team director's Kevin message, there were
:20:57. > :21:03.several talented sprinters and a solo star.
:21:04. > :21:10.# We all want to go to the seaside #.
:21:11. > :21:16.A first taste of the seaside for many of them, it was bright and
:21:17. > :21:22.breezy. It is important for us to get through it. We had two riders
:21:23. > :21:27.crash yesterday. Unfortunately, it is part of the sport and it will
:21:28. > :21:32.happen. I had a little crash yesterday.
:21:33. > :21:41.So we are now minutes away from the start. The five girls are ready to
:21:42. > :21:46.go. How are you feeling? Yes, I am really excited. It will be a good
:21:47. > :21:52.day today. Thousands of schoolchildren provided
:21:53. > :21:59.the soundtrack. There was drama, but thankfully not for the American
:22:00. > :22:07.team. The race has already started, and we
:22:08. > :22:16.have not seen any of our girls here. It was awesome. Finishing sixth?
:22:17. > :22:23.That is a good day's work. Yes, my highest finish this week.
:22:24. > :22:27.Seaside to seaside, their best result so far. Chance for some
:22:28. > :22:34.traditional cuisine for Hertfordshire in stage four.
:22:35. > :22:38.In the rugby, Northampton play their final game of the regular season. A
:22:39. > :22:46.point for Saints against Wasps guarantees them a home semifinal.
:22:47. > :22:52.We wish Laura Trott a speedy recovery so that she can ride in her
:22:53. > :22:56.hometown. Two rare examples of army barrack
:22:57. > :22:59.huts from the First World War have been saved from demolition, after
:23:00. > :23:03.being found in an Ipswich car park. Over the years, they have been used
:23:04. > :23:05.as a meeting place for people to have a drink and play a game of
:23:06. > :23:09.bingo. The old wooden huts are beginning to
:23:10. > :23:13.look a bit down at heel and were due to be pulled down. They were
:23:14. > :23:16.discovered by a collector who's now planning to use them at a Great War
:23:17. > :23:24.visitor centre he's creating near Bury St Edmunds.
:23:25. > :23:28.They were built to last a war, but this some of these lasted a
:23:29. > :23:34.lifetime. This man searched the length of Britain to find some of
:23:35. > :23:38.these, then he found two on his own doorstep. It is a perfect example
:23:39. > :23:42.and has not been messed around with. They were used for beer and bingo
:23:43. > :23:46.and they would you to be demolished. I have walked past this
:23:47. > :23:54.place thousands of times, and then I read in the Ipswich Journal, that
:23:55. > :23:57.the club had a new planning permission to build the restaurants,
:23:58. > :24:02.and they were going to demolish an old hot. I wondered what that old
:24:03. > :24:06.building was. This is what it could have been
:24:07. > :24:11.like, this recruit shining his buttons for the battle again. They
:24:12. > :24:16.will be rebuilt at the different location. Thousands of First World
:24:17. > :24:24.War soldiers would have slept in this hot for they went to fight the
:24:25. > :24:27.battles. No replica will ever compensate for having something that
:24:28. > :24:32.is real. They started their life behind these
:24:33. > :24:41.troops exercising. After the war, some were destroyed and others
:24:42. > :24:45.became Scout huts and bingo halls. Many people did not know the value
:24:46. > :24:49.of these older sheds, they were almost firewood.
:24:50. > :24:56.We went all over the country trying to find these huts, but they were
:24:57. > :25:02.right under our noses. Almost chopped up as firewood, what
:25:03. > :25:11.a travesty. Here is the weather. It has been quite wet.
:25:12. > :25:17.Low pressure will continue to influence our weather. The current
:25:18. > :25:21.pressure pattern shows low`pressure moving to the north`east. This is
:25:22. > :25:26.the next frontal system heading to the north country. That will bring
:25:27. > :25:31.us some rain. Expect a weekend where we will have rain clearing tomorrow
:25:32. > :25:36.morning. There will be some showers following behind, but also sunshine.
:25:37. > :25:41.Let's have a look at some of the shell was that we have seen today.
:25:42. > :25:46.There was the odd heavy shower across the region, but also
:25:47. > :25:51.sunshine. These have cleared out into the North Sea, so it is looking
:25:52. > :25:56.quite right. Some clear spells and sunshine. Not a bad end to the day.
:25:57. > :26:01.The night looking dry, but this is the next band of rain. For most of
:26:02. > :26:07.us, it will not arrive until after midnight, but some of it is expected
:26:08. > :26:12.to be on the heavy side. A good covering of Cloud, temperatures not
:26:13. > :26:20.dropping too low. Eight or nine Celsius. That wind will pick up as
:26:21. > :26:24.the rain moves through. Quite a blustery day tomorrow. The rain will
:26:25. > :26:30.clear eastwards, Eastern counties likely to see the rain through the
:26:31. > :26:35.morning. Then we will see the showers developing. It should
:26:36. > :26:40.brighten up, so we should cease and sunshine. Those showers could be
:26:41. > :26:45.heavy and could be thundery. Where we have sunshine, the temperatures
:26:46. > :26:51.should get warmer. A blustery wind from the west or south west, could
:26:52. > :26:57.give us because of 30 or 40 miles an hour. Further showers through the
:26:58. > :27:01.evening, but they should fade away. Then the pressure pattern should be
:27:02. > :27:06.unsettled for the next couple of days, but the pressure is starting
:27:07. > :27:11.to push away in the south`east. This area of high pressure is starting to
:27:12. > :27:15.build up, and on Tuesday onwards we will see an improvement. On Sunday,
:27:16. > :27:21.it is looking like a day of showers and quite a bit cooler. Some
:27:22. > :27:25.sunshine around. There will be showers on Monday, but they should
:27:26. > :27:31.be lighter. The wind is not quite so blustery, and drier on Tuesday. One
:27:32. > :27:40.or two nights where it is quite cold, but not cold enough for frost.
:27:41. > :27:41.So not too wet apart from that giant swimming pool. Have a good weekend.
:27:42. > :27:47.Goodbye.