11/08/2014 Look East - East

In the programme tonight: 6.00pm. So goodbye from

A bereaved mother speaks out after two of her daughters die

in a car which shouldn't have been on the road.

I would never want anyone to go through what I go through.

Why this region is being hit hardest.

The football season is back, with very different starts for Ipswich

And I am at the Imperial War Museum, where after last week's

commemorations there has been a big surge in interest in the First World

War. First tonight, a mother who lost

two daughters because the car they were travelling in had dangerous

tyres has warned drivers to do more Tamzin and Jessica Portor were

killed on the A47 near King's Lynn. They were in a Ford Focus car

when it swerved suddenly The coroner was told the car had a

slow puncture uneven tyre pressure The girls' mother, Lorraine Mason,

says you should never assume Our chief reporter Kim Riley is near

the scene of the crash in Walsoken. Just after Christmas 2012 I stood on

this very stretch of road, recalling a very sad story. Three children on

a planned visit to see their father. They had a planned visit to the

cinema as a post`Christmas treat. It ended sadly, with two sisters being

pronounced dread at hospital. `` pronounced dead.

Marie Easter arriving at today's inquest

She had been driving him and his three children along the A47

when her Ford Focus car rolled off the road, into a ditch, flipping

Jessica, seven, and Tamsin, ten, suffered fatal head injuries.

Giving evidence, she said she suddenly saw

I went to the left to avoid a head`on.

We went into a snake, I lost control.

Her partner, Alan, said he was in the front passenger

In the back, his children Liam, Tamsin and Jessica.

He had asked all three children, "Is your seat belt on?"

He said he hadn't seen the other car himself but, "I believe my partner.

If she said there was another car there, that's good enough for me.

She loves those children like anything."

The coroner said the girls suffered multiple injuries

She said Jessica had not been wearing a seat belt.

Both rear tyres were defective and tyre pressures uneven.

Physically check if seat belts are put on.

Physically check your tyres, the pressures.

If you think something is not right, do not drive it.

It is just a valuable lesson to be learned, because I would never want

anyone to go through what I go through every single day of my life.

Have you got any thoughts about dear Jessica and Tamsin now?

Mrs Mason thanked police, emergency services and other road users

The children's father left court saying he had no comment to make.

Let's not forget Liam, 12. He was sitting right next to his two

sisters on that final journey. His mother said he was trying his best

to call after an experience that would always haunt him. `` to cope.

New figures out today show that the East of England is the worst

In Essex, it costs farmers ?2.1 million last year, up 11%.

In Suffolk 1.5 million, a 36% rise on the year before.

The most common targets were fuel tools machinery and even livestock.

And a six farm after a visit from flight Kuipers. They are not all our

farmers have to contend with. John's security measures include

electronic gates activated only by his mobile phone. The thieves are

still get through. In the last 26 months alone we have had to make

claims approaching ?100,000 to our insurance company. That is a cost

which must be born and is becoming very painful. What are you losing?

In one night, we lost a brand`new slaughter, a pick`up truck, a

trailer, a utility vehicle and a lawn mower, all in one night. If we

leave anything anywhere, they will have it. We wish people would

realise the heartache it causes. This is the farm's main fuel tank.

In one incident, thousands of litres of diesel was siphoned out, despite

extra security measures. It shows just how determined thieves are.

This has smart water... Technology is making modern machine are harder

to steal. This dealer makes sure all of its vehicles are fitted with the

latest tracking and anti`theft devices. They say that farmers can

also do more to help their own security. We have to blog or

gateways, make sure there are no escape routes. It is very difficult

at harvest time is when the ground is dry because people can drive

around and get access. This is a major problem. What we are noticing,

and those in other counties are seeing the same, if it is the easily

saleable items that can be exported, often to eastern Europe where

agriculture is flourishing, they are going from places like Felixstowe

and are the bits of kit that are now being targeted. Back at John's farm,

it is one of the busiest times of the Lord he had stolen was worth

?50,000. `` detractors he had stolen. He says it is crippling

local industry. Earlier this afternoon,

he told me why he believes there is so much rural crime in this part

of the country. Unfortunately East Anglia has got

the biggest machinery in the UK. We have got the biggest tractors,

implements and fields. Unfortunately, that is just

what thieves are looking for. We have now got international

gangs who steal tractors to order. These are the big pieces

of kit that you see in fields. They get them down to ports on the

back of a lorry, whisk them across the channel into eastern Europe and

sell them right across the globe. They are big

and very difficult to move. The thieves put the tractors on the

back of curtain sided lorries. That is the big articulated

vehicles that have flexible sides. You can get just about the biggest

tractor on those and get them away. Yes, until this year,

we had seen the international gangs going for the very biggest

and most expensive pieces of kit, But this year, we have seen them

also taking medium`sized tractors, three or five years old,

not worth nearly as much. We have worked out that the reason

they are taking these is there is a big demand in the developing world,

where implements are smaller and the technology is not there to use

or repair the most modern tractors. It is not just the big implements,

it is domestic fuel oil as well. Yes, and the tanks

for these are usually cited near roads, so it is easy to fill

from them, but that has enabled thieves to spot them and, equipped

with a van with a tank in it and One word of advice to anybody who

lives in the countryside to stop these

people stealing almost anything? What is needed for everybody,

be they a farmer or just living in the countryside, is to keep

an eye out for anything suspicious. Be the eyes and ears

of the countryside. Let your local farmers know if

you see anything that could be dodgy going

on and also let the police know. That is the only way you can enforce

the same levels of security that are Fire crews in Norfolk dealt with

more than 160 calls relating to The worst rainfall was on Friday

evening around the Upwell Outwell The County Council is asking anyone

affected by the flooding to get Network Rail came under fire

from commuters today after weekend This time it was work to improve

signalling in the Ipswich area. The result ` 32 trains cancelled

and 18 trains running late. A short while ago I asked Dave Ward

why. We apologise for the delay but it

appears that activities we thought could work in parallel could not be

done, so we lost about four hours yesterday evening. If you know that

at 8pm, can you not stop what you are doing and get the system back in

place so that claims can start running normally on Monday morning

when it is important? That is a good description and precisely what we

did. The original estimate to complete the whole job would mean

the railway would not be opened until about 10am. That was not

acceptable so we put our efforts into restoring the signalling system

and restoring it safely and opened just after 6:30am. This is the

second time in three months we have done an interview with Network Rail

about overrunning engineering works from the weekend. Why can you not

stop it? We tried and are acutely aware of the destruction it causes.

There are 1800 trains running and we cancelled 18 trains. That is eating

too many and destruction or people but is not something we take likely.

`` that is 18 to many and we do not take it lightly. Our safety record

is second to none and, believe it or not, our punctuality record is

amongst the strongest in Europe. Each time one of these things

happens, it diminishes that. I have been looking at the Tweets. "No

other business could operate like this." " Horrendous, shambolic."

These people are fed up with this. I can understand people being angry

and fed up when we do not deliver a promise. That is the pivotal point

for me. We have to understand that each time these things happen...

When you are renewing infrastructure, ?2.2 billion of work

in the Anglian region in the next five years, most of that

infrastructure is very old and what happens is that when you start to

pull at a Park and renew it, we find things we do not expect. That is not

acceptable. We have to make sure that we deliver our promise each and

every weekend and night when we undertake the vital investment these

railways need. A charity has condemned

as horrible the way people in Colchester failed to help when

a young woman had an epileptic fit. Two young men even filmed the fit

on their mobile phones. Perhaps even more worryingly other

people just stood and watched. The charity Epilepsy Action says

more needs to be done to help Maggie's seizures can be

life`threatening but she is determined to live

as normal a life as possible. While walking her dog, she

collapsed and lost consciousness. After a few minutes, unable to move

or speak, she was confronted They were pointing their phones

at me, laughing and making fun of me because I had wet myself

and had blood on my face. One of the boys brought his phone

very close to my face, I think to get a close`up cos there was a lot

of blood where I had bit my tongue. My dog growled and he stepped back,

looked uncomfortable Maggie posted details of her ordeal

online. She received many responses,

many from people who have epilepsy and are too afraid to leave

their own home. It brought tears to my eyes,

the thought that someone could treat my friend that way and

the thought of her having a seizure alone and to wake up and find two

people filming you is disgraceful. We could all help someone

who is having a seizure... There are around 40 different types

of epileptic seizure. This video gives advice

on what people should do If the seizure lasts longer than

five minutes, It is very common for people to

sustain injury during those seizures and if somebody is with them,

they can protect them from any danger and also watch them and make

sure they recover successfully. What depresses Maggie most was the

reaction of people in the park, who I believe these boys made

a mistake and should not have done But the people sitting around that

were out of the situation, What happened to Maggie was shocking

but she says it may at least highlight a condition which

affects 600,000 people in the UK. So what should you do if you see

somebody having an epileptic fit? The experts say there are three

key steps you should take. Cushion their head and remove

anything which could do them harm. Place them in the recovery position

and if possible stay with them Online shopping celebrated

its 20th birthday today. Of course,

it's changed the way we buy. But it's also affected

the way companies sell. They've had to build distribution

warehouses to get the goods to Many of those warehouses are

in this region. Online sales are expected to

reach ?107 billion this year. More than a third of that total is

from sales to people using Ben Thompson has spent the day

at a distribution centre in Can you believe it is 20 years

since our first online transaction? It has changed the way we buy

and sell. We are here at the John Lewis

distribution centre in Milton Keynes, where thousands

of items are flying around. Some of the 100,000 or

so that they stock at this site. They are being sent to people

who have ordered online You have spent a lot of money

on this site. Clearly it is a big investment

for you. But does it replace

traditional high street stores? It is not as simple as saying

that one replaces the other. About one third

of our sales are online. You can see the items whizzing

around today. But our customers are saying

that they like to do both. They maybe researche online

before going into a store or people shopping online

and having the items delivered to I just want to introduce you to

James, The challenge, of course,

when looking at online retailing has been the security and safety

of the technology. There was not any security in that

first transaction. What has happened

with online shopping has transformed Back in the day,

they would have access to tens of thousands of products,

today it is tens of millions. Making sure that all

the big retailers keep up with More of us now doing it on mobile,

expecting it quicker with the convenience that comes with

24/7 on the Internet. Very quickly, that original

transaction 20 years ago All of our teams played

their first matches this weekend. Contrasting starts for East Anglian

rivals Ipswich and Norwich. Mick McCarthy described

the Championship as bonkers, after Town out`played

and beat Fulham, who'd just come Norwich meanwhile endured

an uneasy start, losing at Wolves. Controversy surrounded a sending off

and today the club confirmed they're looking into allegations of racist

behaviour by a small group of fans. This man's wait for a first victory

as manager goes on. A demoralising start all round,

made worse hours after when Norwich revealed they are investigating

allegations of racist behaviour There are reports that two fans were

ejected, West Midlands police told us they

have not received Norwich had not won

on the opening day for 11 years. This second half effort

their only shot on target. Martin was sent out

and could yet face further The only goal was

scored minutes later. Life in the Championship,

not a pushover. I was disappointed with

the first yellow. It affects the game and it came

at a point where we were dominating We still had a couple of chances

near the end to get something. those hopes seemed justified

but the manager was quick to play Daryl Murphy scored the first,

before a second was added. Their newly`relegated opponents gave

them a late scare It does not matter what

you have spent or done. It was hard but they all worked

exceptionally well together. Some trepidation for Norwich,

who have two home matches to kick With 45 games to go,

both know nothing is won yet. It has been revealed in the last few

minutes that Martin Olsen has been charged with improper conduct and

has until Thursday to respond to that charge.

Defeat for Norwich was the only blip on an otherwise fabulous start for

We now have ten sides, eight of them won.

Strangely all five in League Two won 1`0, including

They were very keen to prove a point on the opening day.

When you have waited as long as Cambridge and Luton, the opening

day of life back in the Football League is something special.

Over 6000 swarmed into this sun`drenched stadium

and more than 1000 made the trip to Carlisle.

The question was whether their teams could handle the occasion.

At Cambridge, this early penalty miss proved pressure could tell.

200 miles north, Luton took a deserved lead.

Back at the Abbey, they had to wait an hour for the deadlock to break.

Cambridge's longest serving player calming the nerves.

His side's first league goal in almost a decade.

It is a relief, there is no doubt about that.

We set out to prove that we are good enough.

We have to prove ourselves over ten, 20 or 30 games but this was good.

Luton playing on in Cumbria, even if the goalkeeper gives

We have shown all the attributes that we will need throughout

A season which has only just started and feels like

There is never a dull moment in the Football League.

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And it's available on the iPlayer all week.

It's a week now since we marked the 100th anniversary start of the

First World War with a series of events rights across the country.

There has already been a surge of interest in everything

about the Great War, especially at the Imperial War

Good morning, everybody. It may have been 100 years ago but

maybe we are just beginning to really learn about the First World

War. At the Imperial War Museum, a history lesson from a former history

teacher for young and old. Recently it seems to play a second fiddle to

World War II, that have become very popular. People are very interested

in the history, with their relatives. Obviously this year, with

the 100 year anniversary of the start of the war, there has been an

upsurge in people's interest. Duxford may have been an era base

but they have their own trenches, where visitors got a sense of what

life might have been like waiting for the call to go. And you do not

really learn until you experience the feel of a uniform, the fear of a

gas attack or the weight of an Enfield. I think it was 7500 people

got hurt or had injuries on the first day of the war. The things

that they were wearing were quite heavy and quite itchy so it must

have been quite uncomfortable. This place would not exist if it was not

for the First World War. It was built in 1918 as a training base for

pilots. Many buildings remain and this original accommodation block

for the pilots has survived. The reason they came here was the land

was quite flat without many trees and they wanted the error field as a

training station so you would have learn pilots and you wanted to give

them plenty of room and blazers they could land without doing too much

damage. Many of these stories have not been told or buried with the

fallen and only now, 100 years on, are we really grasping the cause and

effect of the First World War. Within the last hour, government

sources have confirmed that tornadoes on the trick will be going

to the Middle East in coming days and they will join the humanitarian

effort in Northern Iraq. I have been told that the tornadoes will, within

the next 48 hours, the heading out to eBay 's in the Mediterranean or

Middle East, perhaps by Chris or Turkey. `` Cyprus. They will be

operational by the end of the week, I understand. They will not be doing

combat operations. They are equipped with high`tech imaging operation so

will be eyes in the skies, pinpointing where the refugees are

so that humanitarian aid can be targeted on the ground. Thank you

very much. It was not the hurricane that

brought us the most rain over the past few days, but the thundery rain

which pushed up from the south to stop at an unofficial site in

Cambridge, the recorded 130 millimetres of rain, over five

inches. That is double what you would expect from the whole month of

August. At our official posts, we also had impressive totals. On

Sunday, many of us had less than 20 millimetres. It did produce some

pretty blustery winds. We had gusts, as you can see, of over 40 mph. It

has been pretty blustery today. It has meant that these showers have

whisked on through. Some of those have proved heavy and thundery and

there are more to come over the next few hours. Eventually, they should

move away to the east and it should become largely dry and clear for

many of us. Not aid bad night for watching the moon. We should see

those winds easing down a touch, although still remaining pretty

blustery especially towards the cost. Tomorrow, there is the low

pressure associated with birth. A pressure associated with birth. A

westerly flow, dragging in some showers but they will be few and far

between. For many of us, a dry day with some sunshine although you

could see heavy showers with the fund are mixed in. `` with thunder.

Still quite windy, with a good moderate breeze. We finished the day

with some showers around but for many of us, some sunshine to end the

day. Wednesday is looking dry for everyone at the moment but by

Thursday, a greater risk of some showers. They are likely to be

slow`moving with the lack of wind. We could still have a few around on

Friday but hopefully some fine and dry weather as well. Just before I

go, your overnight lows. # It is only a supermoon. #

Goodbye.