:00:00. > :00:09.But last year he was in court again fined ?600 for possession
:00:10. > :00:16.Until last season he as a co`promoter of the Mildenhall Fen
:00:17. > :00:27.Michael Lee is still a big name in the sport.
:00:28. > :00:31.And after the verdicts, I spoke to Michael Lee in our Ipswich newsroom.
:00:32. > :00:33.We couldn't talk about the accusations themselves for legal
:00:34. > :00:41.reasons but I asked him how it felt to be cleared.
:00:42. > :00:53.I can't explain. I am emotional at the end of it. It has been a long 15
:00:54. > :00:57.months and the last three weeks in particular and I have to start
:00:58. > :01:03.putting my life back together. What impact has this had on your life?
:01:04. > :01:10.Tremendous impact. These accusations are very unpleasant for anyone. I
:01:11. > :01:16.fully understand if the facts are true but in this case they weren't.
:01:17. > :01:22.I am now in a position where a lot has been taken away from me because
:01:23. > :01:28.of the accusations and a long time to piece it all back together and my
:01:29. > :01:34.work, my speedway, it has affected that. It would take a long time.
:01:35. > :01:38.Awful for anyone to face such allegations but there has also been
:01:39. > :01:43.more intense focus on you because of your successful speedway career. How
:01:44. > :01:50.has it been, coping with that focus? Most unpleasant. Anyone in the
:01:51. > :01:58.limelight a little bit will suffer these things. It is expected. As I
:01:59. > :02:06.say, speedway is important to me, I need to get that back, back on
:02:07. > :02:13.track, my business is obviously a big part of this is due to my legal
:02:14. > :02:17.team. They have worked tirelessly to prove my innocence. And without
:02:18. > :02:23.them, I would not be sitting here talking to you now. You have been
:02:24. > :02:29.very frank about the other problems he faced in the past with drugs and
:02:30. > :02:36.things. When did it all starts to go wrong because you were such a huge
:02:37. > :02:42.success? Yeah, I had problems with drugs in the past. If I have done
:02:43. > :02:50.something wrong, I do hold my hands up. The drug thing is a thing in the
:02:51. > :02:58.past for me. It was in my younger days. This is a different kettle of
:02:59. > :03:01.fish. And much more unpleasant. Yes, I can get over things from the past
:03:02. > :03:10.quite easily but this will take me a little while to establish myself
:03:11. > :03:15.again mentally, physically and just needs to start as soon as possible.
:03:16. > :03:17.Next the battle between protestors and the nuclear
:03:18. > :03:21.industry over a different kind of nuclear waste about to be pumped
:03:22. > :03:24.They call it FED ` Fuel Element Debris.
:03:25. > :03:27.Over an 18 month period 150 tonnes of FED
:03:28. > :03:30.will be processed and waste liquid will be pumped into the Blackwater
:03:31. > :03:33.Estuary as Bradwell nuclear power station is decommissioned.
:03:34. > :03:42.In a moment Alex Dunlop with what the nuclear industry has to say
:03:43. > :03:53.but first Felicity Simper with the protestors.
:03:54. > :04:02.100 or so protesters have gathered and it is all about the power
:04:03. > :04:08.station over the river there. They are concerned about this discharge
:04:09. > :04:15.being put out into the estuary. I've spent the day meeting people who
:04:16. > :04:19.Robert Scott runs an organic skin care company.
:04:20. > :04:22.Less than a mile from the Estuary he grows the ingredients,
:04:23. > :04:29.The purity and traceability of our products is key for us
:04:30. > :04:32.as an ethical business really important ` it could well have an
:04:33. > :04:41.impact ` concerns me as a parent, as a human being, as a business owner.
:04:42. > :04:46.Long standing campaigners say there's no need to dissolved
:04:47. > :04:50.It's an untried dissolution process .
:04:51. > :04:56.And the long term effects can't be known .
:04:57. > :04:58.We've asked for an independent assessment ` a lot of
:04:59. > :05:02.public concerns ` best way to allay public fears to have an independent
:05:03. > :05:06.assessment ` we also believe there should be a lot more public
:05:07. > :05:19.Campaigners say the start of the discharges were delayed
:05:20. > :05:24.But now it looks as though they're imminent bringing into question
:05:25. > :05:46.In 2009 Magnox were taken to court but the environment agency stressed
:05:47. > :05:51.there was no danger to the public. Joining me now is Nicola who
:05:52. > :05:59.organised the protest. The main concerns are this has been sprung on
:06:00. > :06:03.us, we knew nothing about it. There hasn't been proper consultation and
:06:04. > :06:07.no independent assessment. The parish council did not know,
:06:08. > :06:14.residents, different communities up and down have been completely in the
:06:15. > :06:18.dark. OK, thank you. Protesters say they will continue to campaign, they
:06:19. > :06:25.have set up a petition online saying they want some answers.
:06:26. > :06:28.The views there of protestors close to the Blackwater estuary.
:06:29. > :06:31.But of course once a nuclear power station closes down
:06:32. > :06:35.Once the power stops, the clean up starts.
:06:36. > :06:37.Alex Dunlop now on what decommissioning a power
:06:38. > :06:48.This is how many picture nuclear generation. These magnesium alloy
:06:49. > :06:54.cases like this, they surround the radioactive rods. The casing is
:06:55. > :06:59.crushed and dissolved in acid and after extensive treatment, the
:07:00. > :07:04.residual solid radioactive waste is stored on site. The resulting liquid
:07:05. > :07:09.will be released into the estuary and it is the discharge which is
:07:10. > :07:18.causing concern. The radioactive element in question is called
:07:19. > :07:23.tritium. It is a version of hydrogen which is by far the most important
:07:24. > :07:28.substance we are talking about. It is in the ocean, there are vast
:07:29. > :07:35.amounts around. In reality, it is difficult to see how this could have
:07:36. > :07:42.any negative effects on wildlife or human systems. Radioactive waste,
:07:43. > :07:48.however small, is a toxic issue. One which protesters say could harm a
:07:49. > :07:53.local industry. Every year, people celebrate the oyster season here.
:07:54. > :07:59.They point to the abundance of local wildlife. The nuclear industry
:08:00. > :08:05.points to the history of Bradwell. The reactor is situated in a shield
:08:06. > :08:09.of concrete. Ever since these magnesium casings will put in place
:08:10. > :08:17.in 1962, Magnox says regular discharges have been within agreed
:08:18. > :08:21.safe limits. The environment agency seems relaxed saying the discharges
:08:22. > :08:34.from the process will continue to be tightly controlled.
:08:35. > :08:36.And if you've got a story to tell us about nuclear
:08:37. > :08:39.power at either Bradwell or up the coast at Sizewell,
:08:40. > :08:54.UKIP the UK Independence Party has taken its European Election campaign
:08:55. > :09:07.to King's Lynn and Watton High Street today.
:09:08. > :09:16.They claim young people cannot find a home. The younger generation are
:09:17. > :09:21.missing out on the opportunity of getting a house while they are
:09:22. > :09:25.young. The problem is immigration. There is too much competition for
:09:26. > :09:32.housing, I am delighted to see we are doing so well in the polls and
:09:33. > :09:36.that people may well hold with us at the general election and that news
:09:37. > :09:47.will send shivers down the establishment.
:09:48. > :09:49.The West Suffolk Hospital is under investigation by
:09:50. > :09:52.the health watchdog Monitor because of a deficit which is expected to
:09:53. > :09:57.It wants to find out why the trust failed to deliver
:09:58. > :10:13.and overspent by around four million pounds last year.
:10:14. > :10:27.The finest weather forecast of 2014 so far. And yes, the cup final at
:10:28. > :10:29.Wembley on Saturday. We talk to the team hoping for a crucial win on
:10:30. > :10:40.Sunday. Believe it or not,
:10:41. > :10:42.it's nine years since the TV chef Jamie Oliver launched
:10:43. > :10:45.his school dinners campaign exposing the amount of unhealthy food that
:10:46. > :10:48.was being served to children. Now he's involved
:10:49. > :10:50.in another project called Food Revolution Day to teach every child
:10:51. > :11:08.about food and how to cook it. Gennaro Contaldo was born into an
:11:09. > :11:16.Italian family where food was fundamental. He started cooking when
:11:17. > :11:23.he was ten. At 65 he is more passionate than ever. He knows a
:11:24. > :11:27.thing or two about knocking budding chefs into shape. They tell me you
:11:28. > :11:36.taught Jamie Oliver everything he knows! Why do you love? The primary
:11:37. > :11:40.school is small, 65 pupils but has big ambitions to cooking and
:11:41. > :11:46.growing. A special classroom kitchen was opened five years ago used by
:11:47. > :11:53.children from other local schools. Three course meals are the norm.
:11:54. > :11:59.With Jamie Oliver?s backing, it is a flagship for others. You need it
:12:00. > :12:06.when you are older. What is your favourite dish? Chicken pie.
:12:07. > :12:14.Anything from different countries. What do you make of Gennaro
:12:15. > :12:20.Contaldo? Funny. Epic. And cool. They have long been part of
:12:21. > :12:24.something ground`breaking, today something truly global as the key
:12:25. > :12:33.missing ingredient suddenly appeared. This TV linkup is being
:12:34. > :12:39.seen around the world, a cook along for children in 100 countries. It is
:12:40. > :12:45.lovely to see children who are not so confident and academic really
:12:46. > :12:52.thriving in the kitchen. If you come back in five years time to Suffolk,
:12:53. > :12:57.what do you hope would be the legacy? Yes, I would like to CDs
:12:58. > :13:04.small children here today becoming a chef, sit down, shut up and let me
:13:05. > :13:10.cook for you and I'll be the happiest man. The reality is we have
:13:11. > :13:13.lost touch with the basics and as guardians of this generation, it is
:13:14. > :13:21.essential we show them what they are missing when it comes to having fun.
:13:22. > :13:28.Funny, epic and cool. It was spot a yawn. Things do get tiring. They
:13:29. > :13:34.looked like they were having a lot of fun.
:13:35. > :13:38.The polls all show that the level of immigration is high on a list
:13:39. > :13:42.The parties in next week's European and local elections have been
:13:43. > :13:44.putting forward their own policies on the issue.
:13:45. > :13:47.But what do the official statistics show and how has the population
:13:48. > :13:52.Our chief reporter Kim Riley has been looking at the figures.
:13:53. > :13:55.First of all this was the shape of the European Union
:13:56. > :14:00.In 2004 it saw a huge expansion 10 new countries joined including
:14:01. > :14:03.the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
:14:04. > :14:06.So with a free movement of labour what happened to immigration here?
:14:07. > :14:09.The census of 2001 shows that in England 9.2% of the population
:14:10. > :14:15.In the east of England it was a smaller figure 7%.
:14:16. > :14:19.The 2011 census, after that enlargement, shows that in England
:14:20. > :14:22.those born outside the UK had risen to just under 14% of the population.
:14:23. > :14:26.here in the east the figure had reached 11%.
:14:27. > :14:31.Often quoted is Peterborough ` in 2001, 9.8% of the local
:14:32. > :14:38.Ten years on the proprtion had doubled over 20%.
:14:39. > :14:41.David Voas, from the University of Essex, has
:14:42. > :14:58.There has been a large increase, whether in absolute terms one thinks
:14:59. > :15:03.it is large or little, it is a matter for political debate.
:15:04. > :15:05.According to the 2011 census, the town of Northampton saw
:15:06. > :15:08.an influx of almost 10,000 people from the countries that joined
:15:09. > :15:15.Paul Kuznekovs , originally from Latvia, runs a recruitment firm.
:15:16. > :15:23.When Latvia joined Europe in 2004 I immediately went to establish my
:15:24. > :15:30.company. The first thing I was thinking about was recruitment
:15:31. > :15:34.services. Helping my counterparts from my country, my countrymen to
:15:35. > :15:38.Creative designer Gregorz Filipiak came to Northampton eight years ago
:15:39. > :15:56.Since I met my neighbours which are British all of them then we live in
:15:57. > :16:04.a friendly community now. They are very helpful and we try to help each
:16:05. > :16:09.other. As we say in Poland, you can always count on them if you want to
:16:10. > :16:10.borrow a glass of sugar or something!
:16:11. > :16:14.Nearly all the eastern Europeans in the region have arrived since that
:16:15. > :16:18.But overall they?re still a relatively small proportion
:16:19. > :16:23.In 2001, 1 in 12 of us here in the east was born outside the UK.
:16:24. > :16:27.According to that most recent census, it?s now 1 in 9.
:16:28. > :16:29.In sport, three of the region's sides are
:16:30. > :16:33.On Sunday, Cambridge United have a date
:16:34. > :16:36.at Wembley for the Conference final tomorrow Southend play the second
:16:37. > :16:41.And there's plenty at stake at Franklin's Gardens tonight
:16:42. > :16:43.as Northampton Saints host arch`rivals Leicester Tigers in
:16:44. > :17:02.Yes, good evening. Two sides, 40 miles apart but with an intense and
:17:03. > :17:09.bitter rivalry which has lasted decades. Tonight, Franklin is
:17:10. > :17:14.Gardens selling out, a good healthy crowd. More on that later. Looking
:17:15. > :17:21.ahead to the Wembley date for Cambridge United fans. Twice they
:17:22. > :17:28.failed in the final stages, let's hope it is third time lucky.
:17:29. > :17:38.It is rare to see a group of footballers so quiet. No pranks, no
:17:39. > :17:42.wisecracks, just 100 and focus. Cambridge United manager Richard
:17:43. > :17:49.spent an hour drilling his Wembley troops. They have big match
:17:50. > :17:55.experience and the giant arch. Winners of the FA Trophy, they go as
:17:56. > :18:02.regulars not first timers. You can't put an estimate of the value of
:18:03. > :18:11.walking out at Wembley. You hear the noise for the first time. We have
:18:12. > :18:16.done that. And then producing after that is crucial. We can do it, we
:18:17. > :18:20.have done it and we are confident we will do it again in terms of
:18:21. > :18:26.performance and we have to see if they can. The new squad is packed
:18:27. > :18:33.with hungry players. There is an exception. Chadwick has experience
:18:34. > :18:38.with Manchester United but his work for Cambridge against Welling in
:18:39. > :18:45.March that he preferred to his first match against Bayern Munich. I
:18:46. > :18:48.always wanted to play for this club. Playing for Man United is
:18:49. > :18:52.unbelievable but I was a lot younger then.
:18:53. > :18:56.I didn't appreciate it as much. I appreciate things more. Promotion to
:18:57. > :19:02.the football league would end nine long years in the conference. Do
:19:03. > :19:08.they deserve to join Luton, Stevenage and possibly Southend in
:19:09. > :19:13.League two? Richard is in no doubt. The structure is incredible. It is
:19:14. > :19:21.as good as anybody in the country. We have the best structure of
:19:22. > :19:26.anyone. Even United and Chelsea and Liverpool? They spend 5 million on
:19:27. > :19:32.the use of structure and we generate our own cash pound for pound, yes.
:19:33. > :19:38.Like Luton who are champions, Cambridge are more than ready to go
:19:39. > :19:41.up. The second`best team in the regular season they have to prove
:19:42. > :19:50.they are number one at Wembley on Sunday. Good luck to Cambridge.
:19:51. > :19:54.Coverage is on Sunday on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. A big game at
:19:55. > :20:00.Franklins Gardens. They have not beaten Leicester for years.
:20:01. > :20:05.What chance tonight? You know what is going through the players minds?
:20:06. > :20:08.Why has it been so difficult beating Leicester? I think Leicester have
:20:09. > :20:14.been more clinical taking opportunities and they are a good
:20:15. > :20:18.team. We need to be more clinical in those pressure areas to come away
:20:19. > :20:24.with a result. They have been feisty, a cube red cards down the
:20:25. > :20:28.years. You sense it is the mental mouse which could be the final thing
:20:29. > :20:34.which counts. Have Saints got it mentally to win? The week in
:20:35. > :20:37.training has been fantastic. Listening to the messages, I think
:20:38. > :20:42.tonight the lads will be switched on and hopefully we will see the game
:20:43. > :20:48.control to put us in the right areas. And you are at home which is
:20:49. > :20:53.quite rare for the Saints. How much will that be a factor? The
:20:54. > :20:57.crowd to rough fantastic. They travel everywhere. They put their
:20:58. > :21:01.hands in their pockets a lot. They are here for another semifinal and
:21:02. > :21:06.it shows how much it means. The boys want to put on a show for them.
:21:07. > :21:10.Good luck to Southend finely as well because they play in their play`off
:21:11. > :21:17.tomorrow against Burton. All of the coverage on your BBC local radio. A
:21:18. > :21:22.lovely weekend of weather. We reached the highest temperatures
:21:23. > :21:28.today so far this week, this year! Temperatures up to 22 Celsius. More
:21:29. > :21:31.places than I can fit on the chart got above 20 degrees. These numbers
:21:32. > :21:36.will go higher over the weekend because we have high pressure in
:21:37. > :21:41.position across the British Isles. It has been bringing warmer air up
:21:42. > :21:45.from the south`west. It is here to stay meaning warm temperatures this
:21:46. > :21:50.weekend but also sunshine and tomorrow might bring us more cloud.
:21:51. > :21:57.It is looking warm and sunny across the region for the entire weekend.
:21:58. > :22:01.So, the satellite image shows some cloud arriving earlier, some of you
:22:02. > :22:06.might have wondered where the sunshine went. It has started to
:22:07. > :22:11.thin and break up so we end the day for most of us fine and sunny and
:22:12. > :22:14.quite warm. Temperatures of 20 degrees. Overnight, patchy cloud
:22:15. > :22:18.coming and going, we have established some warmth,
:22:19. > :22:24.temperatures not falling down to low overnight. For many of us, we remain
:22:25. > :22:29.in double figures. Be aware if you live in a place prone to being
:22:30. > :22:35.Chile, there is a break in the cloud. So, we start tomorrow with
:22:36. > :22:39.lots of sunshine around. Into the afternoon, the cloud will build. ``
:22:40. > :22:48.chilly. There may be isolated showers. A fairly low risk for most
:22:49. > :22:54.of us it is warm and sunny. Temperatures are likely to get to 22
:22:55. > :23:00.Celsius. Somebody find conditions to come for the day. And then you might
:23:01. > :23:06.be wondering how long this will last, this is the pressure pattern
:23:07. > :23:12.for Sunday, we have a low coming, by Tuesday it will bring unsettled
:23:13. > :23:18.weather, it will still be warm on Monday. The amount of cloud will
:23:19. > :23:24.increase by the day itself looks dry. Look at Sunday, temperatures up
:23:25. > :23:28.to 23 Celsius, maybe higher. Long spells of sunshine, increasingly
:23:29. > :23:33.clouded by Monday with more cloud around, suppressing temperatures. As
:23:34. > :23:39.the low moves in, some showers moving in. Overnight temperatures
:23:40. > :23:45.stay in double figures so some fine weather for the next few days. Enjoy
:23:46. > :23:53.it. That looks lovely. 22 degrees again. What ever you are doing this
:23:54. > :24:18.weekend, have a good one. Goodbye. See you next week.
:24:19. > :24:22.One of the things I've done since I became leader of the Labour Party is
:24:23. > :24:25.understand where we got things wrong in government, and changed them.
:24:26. > :24:29.And one of the things we didn't get right was immigration.
:24:30. > :24:31.And that's why I've got a new approach.
:24:32. > :24:34.Millions of people in this country are concerned about immigration.
:24:35. > :24:39.the Labour Party I lead is going to be talking about it.
:24:40. > :24:41.And in these local and European elections,
:24:42. > :24:46.Labour is setting out a different plan.
:24:47. > :24:50.Britain's diversity is a source of strength and has made us
:24:51. > :24:58.if migration isn't properly controlled and managed.
:24:59. > :25:01.And I know that people can see their wages undercut.
:25:02. > :25:04.So it's not prejudice when people worry about immigration -
:25:05. > :25:10.Low-skill migration has been too high and we need to bring it down.
:25:11. > :25:14.That means the maximum transitional controls for new countries
:25:15. > :25:18.it means properly enforcing the minimum wage,
:25:19. > :25:22.so people aren't brought here to undercut workers already here,
:25:23. > :25:26.and it means let's give proper training to workers already here
:25:27. > :25:31.so that they have a fighting chance of filling the vacancies that exist.
:25:32. > :25:35.There's nothing wrong in employing people from abroad, but the rules
:25:36. > :25:39.need to be fair so that local people get a fair crack at the whip.
:25:40. > :25:42.I met young people at the college who were learning how to be
:25:43. > :25:45.car mechanics, learning how to be bricklayers.
:25:46. > :25:48.They're desperate for apprenticeships, desperate for jobs.
:25:49. > :25:50.That's why, under a Labour government,
:25:51. > :25:54.companies bringing in skilled workers from outside the European Union
:25:55. > :26:00.apprenticeships to the next generation.
:26:01. > :26:03.For recruitment agencies, some of whom do a good job,
:26:04. > :26:06.they can't engage in bad practices, like saying,
:26:07. > :26:08."We're only going to employ people from abroad."
:26:09. > :26:13.we would say to all recruitment agencies, you can't just
:26:14. > :26:18.exclude people because they happen to be living in Britain.
:26:19. > :26:21.I've come to Acton College in West London.
:26:22. > :26:24.This is the college where my dad came, 70 years ago,
:26:25. > :26:31.He worked as a removals man by day and he studied English here.
:26:32. > :26:36.He knew he couldn't get on in life, couldn't get on in Britain,
:26:37. > :26:44.'and work here should learn the English language.'
:26:45. > :26:48.How important do you think these courses are, English...
:26:49. > :26:55.'was talking to the women in the classroom about learning English.'
:26:56. > :26:58.They said to me overwhelmingly, look, we've got
:26:59. > :27:02.to be able to learn English, because otherwise, as one of them said,
:27:03. > :27:09.English language teaching has been cut back in recent years.
:27:10. > :27:13.But talk to the people at this college and they say that's