:00:00. > :00:08.That's all from us. Now the news where you
:00:09. > :00:18.The evening. In the programme tonight: After the storm, more
:00:19. > :00:19.misery for commuters and continuing power cuts for some. That and the
:00:20. > :00:52.rest of today's's top stories now. Good evening. First tonight,
:00:53. > :00:54.pharmacies lit by gas lamps, shopkeepers struggling to save
:00:55. > :01:01.frozen food, rail passengers seriously delayed. They're just some
:01:02. > :01:03.of the thousands of people who've been facing continuing disruption
:01:04. > :01:09.today, 24 hours after the storm struck. Tonight, power companies say
:01:10. > :01:19.around 40,000 homes in the East are still not reconnected and there are
:01:20. > :01:23.still some problems on the trains. 24`hour it after the great storm of
:01:24. > :01:29.2013, the centre of Sawbridgeworth is still in the dark. A few hours
:01:30. > :01:34.grace last night gave this or pharmacist chance to catch up, and
:01:35. > :01:38.then the lights went out again. We are managing, just about with
:01:39. > :01:43.emergency prescriptions, but obviously, they have no computers,
:01:44. > :01:47.we have no computers. We're doing the best we can with torches and
:01:48. > :01:54.lanterns and things like that, because we have too. People need
:01:55. > :01:59.medication. Further down the street, many shops haven't opened today
:02:00. > :02:05.This man was up at 3am, throwing out ?1000 worth of stock from his
:02:06. > :02:12.freezer. It is a lot of stuff that has gone in the bin. A lot. Only the
:02:13. > :02:16.stuff on the sale or return, I have left for the companies. The rest of
:02:17. > :02:22.the stuff, I had no option to Bennett, because we can't sell it.
:02:23. > :02:26.All the traders I have spoken to have been helping each other out and
:02:27. > :02:31.making the best of a bad situation. The one thing they all said is there
:02:32. > :02:35.has been a significant lack of information. It has been very
:02:36. > :02:40.difficult. I thought we might even have a leaflet through the door but
:02:41. > :02:47.we had nothing. I was told we would wait 45 minutes to have anyone talk
:02:48. > :02:51.to us on the phone. They could have acted a lot more efficiently than
:02:52. > :02:59.they have done. As power companies worked to fit a lines, chop trees
:03:00. > :03:03.were removed, and it was another tiresome morning on the trains. Half
:03:04. > :03:07.term treats and business meetings were hanging in the balance. The
:03:08. > :03:13.notice board says the trains are going to arrive in five minutes and
:03:14. > :03:18.then it says cancelled. Who knows what the real story is. Today, I
:03:19. > :03:24.thought it would be OK, so I surprised there is cancellations. It
:03:25. > :03:30.would have been great if they got their act together. Network Rail
:03:31. > :03:36.says it has not been easy. Trees left on stable fell overnight
:03:37. > :03:42.causing more problems. We have stated objective that we wanted to
:03:43. > :03:45.restore the network this morning. We didn't achieve that, and I am
:03:46. > :03:49.partially disappointed that we didn't. I hope people will forgive
:03:50. > :03:56.us on the basis of their sheer scale of damage. This afternoon, the light
:03:57. > :04:00.came on, but it will take many local businesses here longer to recoup
:04:01. > :04:04.their lost earnings. It's the job of UK Power Networks to
:04:05. > :04:08.run and maintain the power lines in this region. Late this afternoon, I
:04:09. > :04:11.spoke to Matt Rudling and asked why, when the storm was forecast, people
:04:12. > :04:19.simply couldn't get through to their helpline. We had, yesterday, two
:04:20. > :04:25.months worth of calls in one single day. Two months worth of calls. We
:04:26. > :04:30.had three times on normal staffing levels, which we were prepared for,
:04:31. > :04:34.and we have been preparing over the weekend. We were as ready as we
:04:35. > :04:39.could be, but the scale of the event and ferocity of the winds meant that
:04:40. > :04:44.regrettably, some customers could not get through. I'm sorry about
:04:45. > :04:47.that, but we have done everything we could do. What we have done today is
:04:48. > :04:54.called back as many customers as we can, 10,000 calls today, to
:04:55. > :05:00.customers who bought affected by the storm. We'll continue to do that
:05:01. > :05:04.through the night and tomorrow, till this event is over and your
:05:05. > :05:13.customers are resumed. Why is it taking so long to get people back on
:05:14. > :05:19.to their supply? Over 90% of customers were restored in the first
:05:20. > :05:25.24 hours. That is a good result By close of play tomorrow, we hope that
:05:26. > :05:34.will be 98%. That is very good restoration performance. 500
:05:35. > :05:38.thousand people have had their power is restored. I apologise to those
:05:39. > :05:46.who haven't, but we're doing everything we can. We have six times
:05:47. > :05:50.the normal resources in place, and these resources are one people,
:05:51. > :05:54.resources we have in from the other network operators. What are you
:05:55. > :06:04.doing to protect customers against this in the future? We invest ? 60
:06:05. > :06:13.million per year and reinforcing our net work. We are investing heavily
:06:14. > :06:20.in that. Whether we should put the cables underground, that is a
:06:21. > :06:23.discussion we often have. It costs a lot more to put them underground,
:06:24. > :06:29.and we as customers would have to be about cost. These events are very
:06:30. > :06:32.rare, and well we do have a number of customers without supply, the
:06:33. > :06:45.vast majority have been restored, so I think we have the balance right.
:06:46. > :06:48.A Jury has heard today that one or both parents of a baby boy inflicted
:06:49. > :06:51.terrible injuries upon him and left him for dead. Jamie Kightley from
:06:52. > :06:55.Northampton was less than eight weeks old when he died. His mother
:06:56. > :06:58.Jacqueline Parker and father Adam Kightley are on trial for his
:06:59. > :07:01.murder. Our reporter Mike Cartwright was in court. Some harrowing
:07:02. > :07:04.evidence heard today, Mike? Yes the prosecution opened its case today,
:07:05. > :07:08.warning the jury of distressing subject matter. Jamie Kightley, only
:07:09. > :07:12.seven weeks old, lost his life. The court was told he died from severe
:07:13. > :07:16.brain injuries ` that there were more than 40 fractures to the bones
:07:17. > :07:19.in his body ` his ribs and his legs ` and extensive bruising across his
:07:20. > :07:23.body. Trauma, the jury was told inflicted in two assaults. One
:07:24. > :07:26.around two weeks before died, the other, just hours before. Jamie
:07:27. > :07:30.Kightley's mother arriving in court in the hood here ` Jacqueline
:07:31. > :07:33.Parker, aged 21 ` is on trial for his murder, along with her partner
:07:34. > :07:39.and Jamie's father, Adam Kightley ` both also on trial for causing or
:07:40. > :07:42.allowing the death of the child The prosecution say that one or both of
:07:43. > :07:45.them assaulted Jamie at the family's flat in London Road, Northampton
:07:46. > :07:49.sometime between Friday the 16th Match 2012 and the following
:07:50. > :07:52.Saturday, causing his death. Effectively, both parents are
:07:53. > :07:57.blaming each other ` both giving police different versions of what
:07:58. > :08:00.happened. The court was told Adam Kightley said both parents washed
:08:01. > :08:05.and fed Jamie in the early hours of Friday morning and put him to bed.
:08:06. > :08:09.He then says he found the baby not breathing the next morning.
:08:10. > :08:13.Jacqueline Parkers says she felt sick on Friday night, went to bed,
:08:14. > :08:20.and was woken by Adam the next morning screaming, "Babe, it's the
:08:21. > :08:23.boy, he's not breathing." Adam Kightley told officers that he did
:08:24. > :08:27.feel a little high, as he'd smoked some weed. He didn't feel drunk but
:08:28. > :08:31.the couple had drunk four cans of Stella between them. Both say they
:08:32. > :08:36.don't know how the injuries were caused, both deny murder. The trial
:08:37. > :08:39.will last four weeks. Two members of staff have been
:08:40. > :08:43.sacked after having sexual contact with a female detainee at the
:08:44. > :08:45.Yarlswood Immigration Centre. A surprise inspection at the
:08:46. > :08:48.privately`run Bedfordshire site also raised concerns about how potential
:08:49. > :08:53.human trafficking victims were treated, and about the detention of
:08:54. > :08:59.pregnant women. A report says there have been improvements in other
:09:00. > :09:02.areas but more needs to be done Elderly care home residents were
:09:03. > :09:04.left lying for hours on painful bed sores at a nursing home in
:09:05. > :09:09.Northampton, a disciplinary hearing has been told today. Five nurses
:09:10. > :09:13.were called to answer allegations of neglect. The tribunal heard five
:09:14. > :09:16.residents died within two weeks of each other in 2009 at Parkside
:09:17. > :09:29.Nursing Home. Louise Hubball reports.
:09:30. > :09:31.Nurses, Mary Bisieri Ombui, Anastacia Maduli and Girlie Franklin
:09:32. > :09:39.came to central London for a disciplinary hearing. The deputy
:09:40. > :09:43.manager at the time also attended. Another manager failed to appear.
:09:44. > :09:47.The allegations have been brought by the nursing and midwifery Council,
:09:48. > :09:51.who are based on the building behind me. This afternoon, the word red to
:09:52. > :09:57.three members of an independent panel, who preside over the hearing.
:09:58. > :10:03.The tribunal heard disturbing evidence. The allegations relate to
:10:04. > :10:08.ten residents of the Parkside Nursing Home in Northampton, who
:10:09. > :10:18.were in the nurses care in April 2009. It is claimed on resident s
:10:19. > :10:24.sewers were so bad, he omitted a smell akin to rotting flesh. They
:10:25. > :10:33.also showed signs of severe and prolonged malnourishment. The
:10:34. > :10:36.investigations into Parkside nursing home were prompted after
:10:37. > :10:43.allegations. The home has since closed. The nurses have admitted the
:10:44. > :10:46.charges against them on the basis that they worked nights shifts and
:10:47. > :10:53.were told they weren't allowed to deliver certain elements of care.
:10:54. > :11:02.Deputy manager Maria McKenzie and another nursemaid deny any
:11:03. > :11:10.wrongdoing. The care nurse did not answer the charges, and the court
:11:11. > :11:13.heard she is in retirement in Trinidad.
:11:14. > :11:16.In Formula One, Ross Brawn will leave his position as Mercedes
:11:17. > :11:20.principal at the end of the season. The team, based in Brackley near
:11:21. > :11:24.Milton Keynes, have failed to reach an agreement with him on a role in
:11:25. > :11:26.which he'd have been happy to stay. Brawn masterminded Michael
:11:27. > :11:28.Schumacher's seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari and also headed
:11:29. > :11:31.Jenson Button's title`winning season.
:11:32. > :11:32.Wolfswinkel has a toe injury and Alex Tettey could also miss out.
:11:33. > :11:49.Kick`off is at 7.45pm and there's coverage on BBC Radio Norfolk.
:11:50. > :11:54.Still to come: We are live by candlelight in a village in Essex
:11:55. > :11:59.where they are still without power. And the campaign to recognise our
:12:00. > :12:02.Christmas Island veterans. Today Norfolk County Council's
:12:03. > :12:05.cabinet formally approved the plans to build a waste incinerator in
:12:06. > :12:09.King's Lynn. It is the latest stage in a long and controversial saga
:12:10. > :12:13.which may not yet be at an end. The original decision to build a
:12:14. > :12:16.waste incinerator was made in 2006. Two years later the site at
:12:17. > :12:19.Saddlebow on the outskirts of King's Lynn was purchased. The protests
:12:20. > :12:25.started soon after, and in a referendum 65,000 people voted
:12:26. > :12:33.against. The council decided the poll was meaningless and pressed
:12:34. > :12:36.ahead. The Government ordered a public inquiry and we're still
:12:37. > :12:39.waiting for the result of that. But two weeks ago the Government
:12:40. > :12:42.withdrew financial support. Then yesterday the full council voted to
:12:43. > :12:47.go ahead and build the incinerator after a warning that to pull out
:12:48. > :12:49.would leave them open to a claim for compensation. And it's not over yet.
:12:50. > :12:58.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair reports.
:12:59. > :13:04.They are not out of the woods yet, today it is expected that the
:13:05. > :13:07.Cabinet will formally approve the incinerator and for the developer is
:13:08. > :13:16.another milestone has been cleared. You'll mark ``. There has been
:13:17. > :13:20.debate on all sides. It represents good value for money. We will
:13:21. > :13:27.continue to work with the people of Norfolk and deliver a great
:13:28. > :13:30.infrastructure project. But there is still one big hurdle. Eric Pickles
:13:31. > :13:38.has the final say and he is being heavily lobbied to reject the
:13:39. > :13:41.scheme. But if incinerator is rejected the council will still face
:13:42. > :13:47.a compensation bill of around ?25,000.
:13:48. > :13:51.Mr Timmins told the meeting that the council would not be able to use its
:13:52. > :13:54.reserves, and despite what local MPs have suggested, he thought it would
:13:55. > :13:59.be unlikely that they would be allowed to borrow the money. He said
:14:00. > :14:02.that the councils may want to start asking officers to hold back on
:14:03. > :14:09.spending in case Eric Pickles rejects the plans. Councillors left
:14:10. > :14:16.the meeting in a sombre Mead. To find 24 million in the final phases
:14:17. > :14:21.of this financial year would have catastrophic consequences. Why on
:14:22. > :14:25.earth did this administration and previous administrations nor there
:14:26. > :14:28.was a risk of planning failure, it was on the risk register. Why did
:14:29. > :14:34.they not start putting money aside earlier. If Eric Pickles approves
:14:35. > :14:37.the scheme it will not be a problem and building work will start your
:14:38. > :14:46.next summer. If it doesn't, this will become a very real debate in a
:14:47. > :14:51.few months's time. George Nobbs is a leader of Norfolk
:14:52. > :14:56.county council. This is a real mess, isn't it? It is not a mess, it is a
:14:57. > :15:00.situation we have inherited, it is not perfect. But just one thing, we
:15:01. > :15:08.did not decide today to go into a contract, what we decided today was
:15:09. > :15:13.not to cancel the contract. Saw you have no plans to build it? That is
:15:14. > :15:19.not what I'm saying. The contract was signed many years ago, `` the
:15:20. > :15:25.contract was discussed many years ago, signed 18 months ago. We had to
:15:26. > :15:32.decide whether to withdraw from the contract and pay penalties. We have
:15:33. > :15:40.?180 million worth of cuts to make. We are now ?169 million worth of ``
:15:41. > :15:45.worse off because of the withdrawal of PFI credits. We have
:15:46. > :15:50.extraordinary challenges to face. We could not pay another ?30 million.
:15:51. > :15:54.Can I ask you about that point that someone mentioned in the film, why
:15:55. > :16:00.did you not think about those savings when you were elected on me
:16:01. > :16:06.the fifth? We took office on me the 24th. We were told then that we had
:16:07. > :16:14.?140 million worth of cuts that we had to make because of the cut in
:16:15. > :16:17.government grants. Within one month, because of changes in government
:16:18. > :16:22.grants, we were told we had to make another ?45 million on top of that.
:16:23. > :16:26.We were not planning at any time to say that we would increase that by
:16:27. > :16:33.cancelling the contract. I'm in crested. `` interested. You said it
:16:34. > :16:42.was not a mess, it sends like it is to me. You'll mark I will tell you
:16:43. > :16:48.why it is a mess, it is because the government granted this... It is a
:16:49. > :16:51.council thing. Norfolk county council have got themselves into
:16:52. > :16:58.this problem. The government have the rate withdraw that. You are
:16:59. > :17:02.wrong. One of my predecessors, when they signed the contract they were
:17:03. > :17:10.promised ?169 million of government grant. If you have a public enquiry
:17:11. > :17:14.the government can withdraw that. Government inquiry has nothing to do
:17:15. > :17:17.with the PFI contract. The government decided earlier this year
:17:18. > :17:21.that they would look at all of the outstanding PFI grants to see if
:17:22. > :17:26.they wanted to continue in order to save government spending. When they
:17:27. > :17:41.decided to weeks ago, at the behest of some of our MPs, to... Who you
:17:42. > :17:45.are not very happy with X . I have to ask you one last question. Have
:17:46. > :17:53.you heard from Eric Pickles, is there a nod and a wink that you will
:17:54. > :18:02.get the money? No, I have not. But we will be in touch with Mr pickles.
:18:03. > :18:05.Veterans of nuclear tests carried out in the 1950s have taken their
:18:06. > :18:09.fight for compensation to Westminster today. More than 1,000
:18:10. > :18:12.men say they and their families have suffered ill health since the
:18:13. > :18:15.Christmas Island tests. The Essex MP John Baron held a Commons debate
:18:16. > :18:28.this afternoon. We'll be hearing from him in a moment, but first this
:18:29. > :18:32.from Simon Newton. A few mistakes were made because
:18:33. > :18:40.they had no idea what would happen, no thought seemed to have gone into
:18:41. > :18:46.it. Now aged 74, David was a teenage airman posted to Christmas Island.
:18:47. > :18:55.Within a few weeks of coming home my gums started to bleed and within six
:18:56. > :18:59.months, I was actually losing teeth. Like thousands of other veterans,
:19:00. > :19:04.David believes that exposure to the nuclear blast left him with a
:19:05. > :19:13.lifetime of health problems, including a seizure, an aneurysm and
:19:14. > :19:20.spinal problems. We all sat with her back to it, that is probably one of
:19:21. > :19:23.the reasons why. He later developed bowel and stomach cancer. The MoD
:19:24. > :19:31.has long denied any link, but today John Baron led a Westminster debate
:19:32. > :19:41.calling for their sacrifice to the recognised. The signs were unknown,
:19:42. > :19:46.the risk was unquantifiable, but the cost to the veterans and their
:19:47. > :19:49.descendants was very severe indeed. We just want the recognition and
:19:50. > :20:00.perhaps a handshake to say that we are sorry that we did this to you.
:20:01. > :20:04.Only a few thousand atomic veterans still survive. Some believe it is
:20:05. > :20:07.now time to give up, but David is determined they should not be
:20:08. > :20:16.forgotten. For him and many others it remains a battle worth fighting.
:20:17. > :20:19.This afternoon I spoke to the MP John Baron and began by asking
:20:20. > :20:22.whether it was recognition or compensation that was really
:20:23. > :20:29.important to the veterans and their families. First of all, official
:20:30. > :20:33.recognition from the Prime Minister, preferably oral but in rating if
:20:34. > :20:39.necessary, making clearer debt of gratitude to these veterans. But the
:20:40. > :20:44.establishment of a ?25 million benevolent fund that would be
:20:45. > :20:49.distributed on the basis of need, not entitlement, to help veterans
:20:50. > :20:57.and their descendants when it came to care. There is also a health
:20:58. > :21:01.needs analysis, helping veterans through the NHS, which has been
:21:02. > :21:04.successful. This is a campaign that has been going on for many years
:21:05. > :21:11.now, are you still optimistic about getting this benevolent fund and the
:21:12. > :21:14.current economic situation? Yes, I am. The reason being that this is a
:21:15. > :21:21.just cause and it is wrong that needs to be righted. The government
:21:22. > :21:28.has a track record of doing just that, I can think of thalidomide
:21:29. > :21:32.that ends. `` victims. The nuclear test falls into this camp. We should
:21:33. > :21:37.never forget that there is a legacy that we would these veterans. A debt
:21:38. > :21:43.of gratitude that we have not yet fully acknowledged. We need to put
:21:44. > :21:47.that right, for the sake of not just the veterans, but also their
:21:48. > :21:52.descendants. But are you running out of time on this? We have been
:21:53. > :21:58.fighting a Parliamentary campaign for a few years now. We rankle most
:21:59. > :22:01.at the bottom of what we call the international table of decency when
:22:02. > :22:08.comparing how other countries treat their test veterans `` we rank
:22:09. > :22:13.almost at the bottom. Canada, the Isle of Man. Or you had to prove is
:22:14. > :22:19.that you were at the test and you are ill and you will get a payment,
:22:20. > :22:22.you do not have to prove a causal link. In this country very elderly
:22:23. > :22:28.veterans have to go through a very torturous war pension scheme which
:22:29. > :22:32.often feels. That is clearly wrong, we are at the bottom of the
:22:33. > :22:41.International table of decency and the time has come to put that right.
:22:42. > :22:44.Back now to our top story, and the tens of thousands of homes still
:22:45. > :22:46.without power after yesterday's storm. Homes and businesses are
:22:47. > :22:53.affected. Neil Bradford is at a pub in the
:22:54. > :23:04.village of Stebbing in Essex. Good evening. I suppose we could say
:23:05. > :23:07.we are in deepest, darkest Essex. Perfect for stargazing, not the best
:23:08. > :23:13.for finding your way around. We very nearly did not find this pub, but I
:23:14. > :23:16.am glad that we did. Although it has been without heating and electricity
:23:17. > :23:22.since yesterday it does of course have a warm welcome. At has become a
:23:23. > :23:27.focal point for the community. Let us talk to some residents about how
:23:28. > :23:31.they have been coping. How have you been coping without power? It's
:23:32. > :23:35.getting to be a bit of a drag now, to be honest with you. The biggest
:23:36. > :23:40.problem at home as the freezer, the food is going off. You cant watch
:23:41. > :23:51.television, can do anything. I have been over at `` you cannot do
:23:52. > :23:56.anything. I have been over at the golf course. I have not tried to get
:23:57. > :24:01.out, but plenty of people have and they have come in here. We just sit
:24:02. > :24:09.and wait. Conflicting messages from companies. The reserve roaring log
:24:10. > :24:15.fire here. Let's talk to the landlord of the white cart. It has
:24:16. > :24:24.brought the community together, but it must be difficult trading like
:24:25. > :24:30.this? It is difficult, with the glass washer and cooking especially.
:24:31. > :24:36.And food. You normally do food, but you have not been able to? The odd
:24:37. > :24:40.sandwich, that is it. As of tomorrow everything goes out. How much longer
:24:41. > :24:46.do you think you can cope? Who knows. The bear is hanging in there,
:24:47. > :24:57.but it is warming up, which is not good. `` the lager. At least it has
:24:58. > :25:00.brought the community together. UK Power Networks has been on the
:25:01. > :25:03.village checking on the vulnerable and that is what they are asking you
:25:04. > :25:10.to do. If you are in power affected village, check on your neighbours.
:25:11. > :25:20.Time for the weather. Stebbing make be without power, but
:25:21. > :25:25.look at the dramatic sunset they have had this evening. We have
:25:26. > :25:29.spared the pictures up so that you can see the sun sinking behind the
:25:30. > :25:32.trees. It will be a fine start to the day tomorrow, but not before
:25:33. > :25:36.temperatures have dropped quite sharply. We have a ridge of high
:25:37. > :25:41.pressure is starting to move them from the south`west. That will mean
:25:42. > :25:45.light winds and clear skies. For some of us a touch of ground frost.
:25:46. > :25:51.It will stay dry overnight tonight and for much of the night those
:25:52. > :25:57.quiet skies stay clear. We are dropping down into single figures
:25:58. > :26:04.quite widely across the region. Certainly we could get close to two
:26:05. > :26:24.or three Celsius in more oral spots. A bit of a crisp spot `` in more
:26:25. > :26:27.rural spots. Virtually unbroken sunshine through the morning, a bit
:26:28. > :26:32.of a chilly start but those temperatures could claim perhaps a
:26:33. > :26:38.little higher than they could today. A bit of a brisk south`westerly
:26:39. > :26:41.breeze, that will tend to freshen during the day and you will start to
:26:42. > :26:49.see Clay developing into the western half of the region. That rain
:26:50. > :26:52.arriving for most of us overnight into the early hours of Thursday
:26:53. > :26:57.morning. It may just take its time to clear. Developing low could be
:26:58. > :27:02.interesting for the weekend. Promising some and windy weather,
:27:03. > :27:08.but the track of it still not quite established yet. It does look as if
:27:09. > :27:14.it will turn am settled. Some rain to clear for the eastern half on
:27:15. > :27:19.Thursday. The risk of one or two showers for the afternoon. Into
:27:20. > :27:22.Friday, we may get away with a dry but cloudy start with some rain
:27:23. > :27:25.pushing on and the next system for Friday, it is looking like it could
:27:26. > :27:31.be quite wet and windy to start the weekend. Tonight is the night that
:27:32. > :27:33.we have the risk of ground frost. Certainly some chilly weather still
:27:34. > :27:37.on the way. Thank you very much indeed.
:27:38. > :27:38.Stay warm, we'll see you tomorrow night.
:27:39. > :27:41.Goodbye.