27/08/2014 Look East - East

again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the

should engineers carry out more work this weekend? I will be reporting

from the a 14 where there is a warning that a shortage of lorry

drivers could affect the economy in the region. Build your own bollards,

`` Sikhs. The pensioner whose health has been hit by drivers 13 times.

What happens when a fund`raising stunt goes viral, the charity

reaping the rewards of the Ice Bucket Challenge `` bollards. A

meeting is being held tonight to discuss the fallout from the

shambles on the railway us. Network Rail are now just four

months into a five year programme They say, by 2019,

the railway will be transformed. But that long term ambition is

bringing a short term dilemma. Having made passengers so angry

yesterday, should they go ahead with In a moment

the railway expert Christian Wolmar, A second day of disruption

at Ipswich station, today the problem is the branch line

to Felixstowe, a direct result Passengers had to be bussed,

because yesterday freight trains could not move

and were stacked up near the port. At least 10 people walked away

from the station in disgust. One lady said she would have to go

and get her car It was a terrible Bank Holiday

for rail travellers, engineering work around Ipswich

overran on Monday by seven hours. The results,

no trains on the Norwich to London mainline until 11am on Tuesday, with

more disruption into the evening. This is Network Rail's issue,

I know there have been some comments about the franchise, but this is

fundamentally my business and the project teams that we work

with, nobody else and we have just It is not

the first time that Network Rail has It has been a summer of disruption

on the Norwich to London mainline. In May, we had engineering work that

overran near Colchester and in June, thousands of passengers were locked

in Liverpool Street station with no trains, one overhead cable problem

near Chelmsford closed the line Earlier this month, it was Ipswich

again, where work on signalling overran and each time, Network Rail

came onto Look East to apologise We will try our very best to stop

this happening again, we are fully committed to giving a right time

railway line back on Monday morning. It works 99 percent of the time,

but when it does not work, it is unacceptable

and we have to get better. We have to make sure that we deliver

our promise each and every weekend and every night,

when we undertake vital works that Tonight, bosses will meet to discuss

what went wrong on whether engineering work next week will go

ahead. Network Rail comes under regular

criticism when anything goes wrong with the tracks or the signals or

the overhead cables, but it has a huge job on its hands here in East

Anglia and over the next five years, it is spending ?2.2 billion

in this part of the world. With much of the infrastructure

being 40 years old, more delays Christian Wolmar is a transport

journalist and a railway historian. Late this afternoon,

he told me that Network Rail have I think there are really two

choices, they can either say, look, every Monday is going to be messed

up, we will provide a bus replacement service to make it

efficient so you can get into town, or it they will have to say, we are

going to close the railways for a couple of weeks, and sometimes they

do this, but both options are unpopular. I remember years ago the

tunnel near Ipswich was closed for a long time and it made it a hassle to

get to Ipswich and Norwich. Are we right to keep blaming Network Rail?

It is a little bit unfair to blame it all on Network Rail. This railway

line is 106 years old. They are digging it up more of their early,

there is climate change, things are wetter, which causes problems, so

some of this is unexpected. On the other hand, this is Network Rail's

main job and they should be experienced at dealing with this

sort of eventuality. Are there any lessons we can learn from other

parts of the world? The problem with the British Railways is that they

are very heavily used. Most railways in the rest of the world are

slightly `` lest used which gives them more time to repair them ``

lest used. We really use our railways and use them to the full

extent. We have to grin and bear it? No, it is up to Network Rail to sort

it out better. There might be periods when you can close the

railway, Chris Mears is the traditional time, Easter is another,

you can close it for several days `` Chris Mears. There is a cost factor

involved `` Christmas. It will cost extra money. These are cash`strapped

times. If you live on a busy road,

especially on a corner, you will have worried about some driver

crashing into your house or garden. But spare a thought for Owen Allen,

who lives in Braintree. It's become so bad,

he's put up his own steel bollards. Owen Allen checks his home`made

defences and hope they are strong enough. These are the steel Sikhs,

filled with concrete, five of them and they are behind `` and behind

them there are three concrete bollards `` bollards. This is why he

has turned his home into a fortress, the last time a car ploughed into

his garden it took a crane to remove it. Although driving was exemplary

today, he says some drivers speed down this hill and fail to take the

corner outside his house. Over the past 15 years, I have had about 13

incidents when the car crashed into the hedge. He has spent years trying

to get something done. He wrote to everyone, from the local council to

the government, it even to the Queen. Ultimately, 200 letters, they

were sent out to various departments and officials, from whom, I thought

I would get some results. He did not, so he built his own bollards

and when they were destroyed, his strength of the barricades. Essex

County Council says it has approved the scheme here and a spokesperson

says it will provide additional signs and lines to highlight road

alignment and emphasise the requirement to maintain an

appropriate speed, but Owen Allen does not think it is enough and he

fears his defences will soon be tested again.

There's a warning tonight that a shortage of lorry drivers could

Haulage firms across the East are struggling to recruit.

And now drivers need to get a new European qualification

by September 10th, which some say is making the problem worse.

It is every lorry driver's worst nightmare, five days, stuck in a

classroom to get what is called a CPC, a certificate of professional

competence, this is a company that deals with this. The drivers have

had five years to do the CPC, but now with the deadline looming there

is a panic on to complete the course. If, come the deadline, they

have not completed the training, they can incur a ?5,000 fine for the

driver and a fine for the company for which they are driving. The

drivers need a card like a drivers license, this man has won, but he

does not rate the CPC. The certificate covers driver hours,

health and safety and even healthy eating, but according to this man,

it is the worst kind of European bureaucracy. Rubbish, a waste of

time. It is an attendance course, most of Europe will not be

implementing it as quickly as we are and it is costing drivers that are

already hard up, expense for themselves. The UK is already

suffering from a shortage of hate GB drivers and in this region, firms

are worried that the CPC is making a charge is worse `` HGV. Older

drivers are choosing not to take the training. They do not see the point

of taking this. We have an ageing population of HGV drivers, it is not

an attractive job now, people do not want to be away from home,

congestion on the road, the stress levels, the whole thing has changed.

Back here, this training firm insists the CPC does make lorry

driver saver, but with just 1% now under 25, haulage firms say the

driver shortage is arguably a bigger problem.

A company in Cambridgeshire is using its equipment to help stop

Thermo`tecknix, based in Waterbeach, has produced a system to measure

Three thermal image scanners are being sent to Nigeria to screen

people in places like airports, train stations and factories.

In football, Norwich City are through to the third round

of the Capital One Cup, after beating Crawley 3`1 at Carrow Road.

Crawley found themselves here after knocking out Ipswich, but they could

not pull off a double. 14,000 fans were in the ground to see a new look

Norwich, injuries `` injuries meant the accent was on news and they

booked their place in the third round. Cameron, on his debut put

Norwich ahead after the away goal keeper had fumbled this initial

effort. Joshua Murphy scored the first of two second`half goals, but

Crawley were gifted a ray of hope after Carlos scored a peach of a

goal in the wrong end. It did not matter as Murphy tied up the tie

with this strike in the last minute. The Norwich manager said the

injuries from the weekend meant they had to put their trust in the kids,

but he said I know what they are capable of and we saw that tonight.

Still to come, Alex will be here with the weather. Have you been

nominated yet? As the Ice Bucket Challenge sweeps the country, we

talk to the charity reaping the rewards.

At Newmarket they've been selectively breeding horses

The whole idea is to find the very best.

But now science is offering help from another quarter with experts

in Ireland saying they've managed to identify the gene responsible.

Louise Hubball has been finding out more, for the second of her

Standing outside Newmarket's Jockey club, one of the greats. He is the

favourite. He was the small horse with big victories including the

1933 Epsom Derby. Now, his skeleton has been involved in a DNA

experiment, a gene in racehorses was identified which showed over which

distance they would be quickest and Cambridge university, they tested 12

dead champions for this gene and surprisingly, all had the same

stamina variant. We had a horse from the 1760s and the most recent horse

we had was 1930 and we might have expected that there would be some

difference, but they were all the same, despite their being low

statistical probability of them having the same variant. The gene

revolves around a muscle Mass development and cannot tell how fast

a horse will run, but which distance it will be strongest over. There are

three possible genetic types, a stamina type which all of them had,

one which favours middle`distance or another which favours Brent type.

This pioneering discovery was made here in Ireland. We monitor heart

rates in relation to speed on a treadmill. She has built up a

company in Dublin which tests racehorses for the gene. With

clients in 15 different countries, including Newmarket, she is focusing

on enhancing an elite performance test to identify the fastest horses.

We are always trying to improve, using the most recent genetic

technologies available and the best physiological information available

and the best exercise information. Does this take away the skill and

the competition? Absolutely not. Anyone who understands pedigrees or

users pedigrees is trying to best guess genes that come from

ancestors. On this yard, horses here have been tested and it influences

decisions on how they are trained. That trainer is this man, one of the

most experienced names in racing, responsible for a number of

winners. On his immaculate yard, two hours outside Dublin, he trains and

breeds 100 horses and as a co`founder of the speed gene

company, he says knowing if a horse has the variance, it is invaluable.

It is a wealth of information to have, as soon as they are born, we

find out where they fit in from point of view. People will say, I

know what type they are by looking at them, but that is not true. Does

that don't `` have an economic benefit? Yes. We have our types and

we leave them in the paddocks and only take the men when the weather

dictates. It is cheaper to have a horse out on the grass than have

someone caring for it in doors and the animal itself is better off

being left until that time. It is a growing area, publicly funded

research in Ireland is examining the role of genetics in the performance

of horses. In terms of using genetics to select horses best

suited for their intended purpose, it will help to reduce the risk of

injury. Ultimately, racing can never be an exact science, either here in

Ireland or Newmarket. As well as investment, the brilliance of the

trainer, the judgement of the jockey and the dedication of those on the

yard, the horse has to perform on the day.

And tomorrow Louise will be looking at the doping scandal last year

and whether Newmarket's reputation has recovered.

It's the latest internet craze and it's for a good cause.

Within a few weeks, the "Ice Bucket Challenge"

has raised 2 million pounds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The charity, which is based in Northamptonshire,

So, how has the internet changed the way we give to good causes..

And are smaller local charities losing out?

Tonight's special report is from Alex Dunlop.

But neuron disease attacks the nervous system and it is often

fatal, incurable and this man has had it for 13 years `` motor neurone

disease. His younger brother has had `` has the disease and it has

claimed the lives of other members of the family. I was thinking, why

our family. What have we done wrong in a previous life? I just do not

know why we have all got it. Chris may find hope in this story from

Stephen Hawking who has defied the disease from more than four

decades, but scientists at this association are trying to find a

cure. Now, recipe of ice, water and our need to suffer for a good cause

has given it a global reach `` a recipe. Take the Ice Bucket

Challenge, donate to the charity and nominate others to do the same. We

have been delighted and amaze. It means that for people with the

disease, there is a public awareness of what the disease is. Because it

is so rare, not many people have heard of it. Shaking the tender for

charity is no longer enough, bathing in baked beans is last century and

now the internet is taking over. Social media sites have changed the

dynamic, which is why the charity is now ?2 million richer. Does that

mean that smaller local charities like this one for injured horses or

this one for people who have suffered road collisions are

sidelined? Fundraising online has been a huge opportunity for all

charities, but especially smaller ones with low budgets. You can set

up a Facebook page or a Twitter account and you do not have to pay

to register it. Chris's wife likes to to put her money where her mouth

is and stepped up to the plate, all for a good cause and for the love of

her husband. Andy Brady is an expert

on charities and social enterprise I asked him

whether he'd been surprised by the enormous, global, success

of the ice bucket challenge... It is not a complete surprise, we

have seen the success of similar viral campaigns earlier this year,

there was no make up selfie challenge which took Facebook by

storm and raised ?8 million in six days for Cancer Research Uk. The

nature of the Ice Bucket Challenge is what has surprised people. In the

long run, is that the best way for a charity to raise money or do they

prefer to have the regular subscriptions, direct debits of the

money keeps on coming? I would argue, probably that the best thing

for charities to do is to look across the piece, although a lot of

money is raised through these campaigns, they are unpredictable

and you cannot imagine when the next one will come along. Last, ?15

billion went to UK charities from individual and corporate donations.

This is only a small percentage of that. ?2 billion last year came in

the form of legacies, for example. Charities need to mix the old and

new methods. Are there any risks to this, that people might tire of it?

They might not actually take on board what the charity is doing.

There is definitely a case that donor fatigue might set in, but the

beauty of this kind of campaign, is that they harness all the creativity

and energy of the general public, so who knows where the next exciting

idea will come from? The BBC knows from its own charity campaigns that

people like doing crazy things, do you think that people give more when

they are doing something silly? Potentially, there is all is a risk

that they do not give anything, they forget to donate, there have been

examples were people have got a number wrong in the text to donate

and they begin to adopt a polar bear rather than donate to a cancer

charity. There are pitfalls. The beauty is that you are getting

people involved who would otherwise not get involved in raising money

for charity and back can only be a good thing. Thank you. `` that can

only be. A reminder now of the big

football news from last night. MK Dons, of League One,

beat Manchester United 4`0. Not only was it the biggest win

in the Dons' history. It was also their biggest crowd,

a whisker under 27,000. And there's only one person to

talk to after a night like that. He joins us live now.

Congratulations, what was it like for you? I want you to say that

score again, to be honest! I thought the draw was unbelievable. Almost a

dream come true. To get a result like that, obviously, we had to

catch Manchester United at the right time and all our players had to

perform well. The fans were amazing, I thought so many of them would be

here perhaps because of Manchester United and not to support MK Dons,

but when the third and fourth goals went in, the raw in this stadium is

something I will always remember. I suppose you were not making any

noise club, we have a short history, but

history was made last night. An amazing night, an amazing moment,

but what does it mean for the club off future? `` Michael club's

future. It gives us a glimpse into the potential future. Milton Keynes

needs a professional sports team doing really well and that burden

has been something which has been harder to achieve than I

You asked for it. You got it. SHRILL WHISTLE