:00:00. > :00:20.That is all from the BBC's news at six, so it is goodbye from
:00:21. > :00:24.Good evening. First tonight, filthy, dangerous homes, eviction and
:00:25. > :00:41.threats. Just some of the conditions facing people renting in the most
:00:42. > :00:48.deprived areas of Peterborough. The growing problem of long`term
:00:49. > :00:52.youth unemployment. And a unique light aircraft takes to
:00:53. > :00:59.the stylus for the first time. `` skies. To crack down on it, the
:01:00. > :01:14.council is proposing a new licence which all private landlords will
:01:15. > :01:17.need to pay. It will affect homes in the Gladstone, Millfield, New
:01:18. > :01:24.England and Eastfield areas of the City, where there are just over
:01:25. > :01:27.4,000 private rentals. The cost of a licence for each property will range
:01:28. > :01:33.from ?600 to ?900 and last five years. But if landlords fail to get
:01:34. > :01:46.a licence they could face a fine of up to ?20,000. Our reporter Emma
:01:47. > :01:49.Baugh is in Peterborough. I am right in the heart of the area
:01:50. > :01:54.where they want to bring in the changes and it is a very high rental
:01:55. > :01:58.area. The council says there are a lot of good landlords but there are
:01:59. > :02:01.some that are far from it that are charging high rents and putting
:02:02. > :02:09.people in cramped and dangerous conditions.
:02:10. > :02:13.The enforcement officer arrives at a two bed terrace. One family living
:02:14. > :02:19.downstairs, upstairs a family of five with a month`old baby living in
:02:20. > :02:27.just two rooms. The family has been told to tell a different story. A
:02:28. > :02:30.landlord got wind that the council were carrying out investigations and
:02:31. > :02:34.told the tenants they were going to have to move the kitchen to make it
:02:35. > :02:38.look like a single family dwelling and he gave them a story to tell the
:02:39. > :02:46.council that it is a single family household. How that would have
:02:47. > :02:55.worked, I don't quite know. He promised he would put the kitchen
:02:56. > :03:00.back once the council had finished. Mum is obviously devastated because
:03:01. > :03:05.she can't do the motherly thing The council has had a call about another
:03:06. > :03:09.property but arrived too late. We have got some idea that the landlord
:03:10. > :03:14.has been around over the weekend but we have not got a full story on that
:03:15. > :03:20.as yet. We believe the landlord has had some part to play in illegally
:03:21. > :03:24.evicting the people. At another house, it is not about overcrowding
:03:25. > :03:31.but living conditions and whether people here are safe. We haven't got
:03:32. > :03:37.a fire, that is empty, and there is another empty one there. The council
:03:38. > :03:44.is looking to charge landlords to ?600 for every property they let
:03:45. > :03:47.out. Some say it is too much. Everything is tight now so the
:03:48. > :03:53.council is looking around trying to raise cash. I think we are an easy
:03:54. > :03:58.target. There are rogue landlords out there and we do need to clamp
:03:59. > :04:04.down on them. If this legislation came through, I would pay it but I
:04:05. > :04:07.would feel aggrieved. The council denies it is a moneymaking scheme
:04:08. > :04:15.and said it would just cover costs to help them target problem homes.
:04:16. > :04:19.There is a meeting taking place in the hall behind me tonight and I
:04:20. > :04:25.have been in there and there are around 300 people. There are quite
:04:26. > :04:29.angry scenes. I have spoken to the council asking if we can film and
:04:30. > :04:33.they said no but they do want people to get in touch by December. It
:04:34. > :04:36.certainly seems that people are having their say.
:04:37. > :04:40.The Residential Landlords Association represents private
:04:41. > :04:44.landlords. Earlier I spoke to Alan Ward, who told me that all a license
:04:45. > :04:48.fee would do is push up the cost of renting for tenants and that it
:04:49. > :04:57.wouldn't do anything at all to tackle rogue landlords. How will
:04:58. > :05:01.licensing good landlords and their properties improve the situation for
:05:02. > :05:05.the tenants in the bad properties? I don't see the logic of it. The
:05:06. > :05:09.council seems to be saying that the money will be ploughed back into
:05:10. > :05:17.enforcement. Does that make it any better? Not really. It is the good
:05:18. > :05:22.guys paying for the bad guys. A port landlord is not going to put their
:05:23. > :05:26.head over the parapet and say, come and inspect me. They will disguise
:05:27. > :05:31.their identity, use different addresses, they will say it is not
:05:32. > :05:35.their property. They can also hide behind limited companies. I don t
:05:36. > :05:43.want to give them all the tricks of the trade but these are what some of
:05:44. > :05:46.the battlements will do. `` bad ones. Peterborough have only
:05:47. > :05:51.prosecuted 55 landlords in the last five or six years. But they have
:05:52. > :05:55.really got to get out on the streets and investigate the properties. If
:05:56. > :06:00.they want to identify the properties and the landlords in the poor
:06:01. > :06:04.properties, they can go into the land registry and examine who owns
:06:05. > :06:08.them and trace them from there. But the council is saying that this many
:06:09. > :06:13.raised by the licence fee would give them the availability to do that.
:06:14. > :06:19.Put more officers on the street to investigate these properties. But I
:06:20. > :06:26.say again, who is paying for it That is the good landlords. They are
:06:27. > :06:35.already paying taxes anyway. ?6 0 per property, which is quite a sum
:06:36. > :06:42.of money to find, so in the end what they will do is, the rent will go up
:06:43. > :06:48.for the properties that are being taxed. Peterborough Council is not
:06:49. > :06:54.the first to do this. What would your message be? Look at Manchester,
:06:55. > :07:01.look at Bournemouth. Manchester with room suggestive licensing when they
:07:02. > :07:05.realised it would not work and Bournemouth today consultation and
:07:06. > :07:10.went through all of this and decided it was not appropriate for their
:07:11. > :07:16.needs. I welcome the consultation and we will be putting forward our
:07:17. > :07:20.views on this and suggesting that it is not the simplest solution that
:07:21. > :07:23.they think it is. Next, to the thousands of young
:07:24. > :07:27.people in this region struggling to find a job. Lastest figures for the
:07:28. > :07:32.East show youth unemployment now stands at 80,000. That's down by 2%
:07:33. > :07:35.from last year. But amongst them are a growing number of young people who
:07:36. > :07:41.have been claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than two years.
:07:42. > :07:52.That now stands at 1,700 ` up by 175%.
:07:53. > :07:57.Young people hoping for a brighter future. These 16`24 `year`olds are
:07:58. > :08:01.renovating part of a primary school. They are all volunteers without jobs
:08:02. > :08:06.but hoping to improve their chances of getting work, training or into
:08:07. > :08:13.further education. I have had knock`back and knock`back. I am
:08:14. > :08:17.trying to get a full`time job. I have found I have so many hidden
:08:18. > :08:23.talents giving me that boosting confidence. I have got leadership
:08:24. > :08:29.qualities. I am getting more confidence, better job skills,
:08:30. > :08:35.communication. This project is a partnership between the Princes
:08:36. > :08:39.trust and the YMCA will bed which. But these young people taking part
:08:40. > :08:41.have done all the budgeting and planning themselves. They are
:08:42. > :08:47.valuable skills to have when applying for jobs. We work on lots
:08:48. > :08:51.of different aspects that are preventing them from going into
:08:52. > :08:55.education employment or training, whether it be confidence, motivation
:08:56. > :08:59.or even the belief that they can actually do it. Youth unemployment
:09:00. > :09:03.in our region is among the lowest in the country and falling but today a
:09:04. > :09:07.senior minister was in Suffolk launching a scheme with the aim of
:09:08. > :09:14.halving it within two years. Every young person who is offered an
:09:15. > :09:18.opportunity to work, to train, through apprenticeship or training
:09:19. > :09:23.course with an employer, or to continue and education will have the
:09:24. > :09:29.ability to work and improve their skills. They have got to take it.
:09:30. > :09:33.Back in Luton they are still hard at work and with a new found skills,
:09:34. > :09:37.they are already looking for the next community project to work on.
:09:38. > :09:41.Next, she was killed in a car crash just months after passing her
:09:42. > :09:44.driving test. 18`year`old Becky Taylor had just dropped her younger
:09:45. > :09:48.sister off at school when she lost control of the car. That was in
:09:49. > :09:52.2008, and now her parents are calling on the government to make
:09:53. > :09:57.sure new drivers are safer on the road. The idea is for new drivers to
:09:58. > :10:00.be issued with an intermediate licence that would restrict their
:10:01. > :10:05.driving for a year after passing their test. They would only be able
:10:06. > :10:09.to carry one passenger and wouldn't be able to drive at night and they'd
:10:10. > :10:12.have a lower drink drive alcohol limit. It's something already used
:10:13. > :10:15.in other countries and Becky's mother Nicole Taylor met the
:10:16. > :10:20.Transport Minister this week to push for the changes here. She told me it
:10:21. > :10:25.was a positive meeting. He knows it makes sense. The
:10:26. > :10:31.evidence, you can't argue against it. There is no argument to say it
:10:32. > :10:35.is not going to make sense. It is like the seat belt rules we
:10:36. > :10:40.introduced in the 1980s. My point was that you have got to look at
:10:41. > :10:44.this evidence and statistics because underneath it all, it is parents,
:10:45. > :10:50.siblings, grandparents who know the actual true value of losing a child.
:10:51. > :10:54.He needs to be braver. I urge people watching today, if they support
:10:55. > :10:59.this, let him know you support it. He needs to have the confidence the
:11:00. > :11:03.public will accept this. Do you believe there needs to be a change
:11:04. > :11:07.in the law or is this something parents could bring into place
:11:08. > :11:12.themselves, to say to their children at 17, you are not going to take the
:11:13. > :11:17.car out at night. Have you got children of that age? I have been
:11:18. > :11:26.that age though. There is your answer. You can know your children
:11:27. > :11:31.well, Rebecca, I had no concern about her driving at all. She was
:11:32. > :11:38.well trained, she was competent she was safe. She is not here today
:11:39. > :11:44.Five years on, the pain, the loss of losing a child never goes away. If
:11:45. > :11:50.we can just save just one family and one young adult from not having a
:11:51. > :11:57.life any more, it is worth put `` pushing the issue and it is worth
:11:58. > :12:02.setting a few people. It is about protecting our young adults.
:12:03. > :12:04.And staying with road safety, a number of villages in
:12:05. > :12:08.Northamptonshire have been at the centre of a crack down on speeding
:12:09. > :12:11.drivers. The two`day operation last week targeted these villages, with
:12:12. > :12:15.more than 60 people now being prosecuted. Police officers from
:12:16. > :12:28.Daventry worked in partnership with the Safer Roads Team.
:12:29. > :12:32.After days of train delays and power cuts, our part of the region was
:12:33. > :12:35.back on track today after Monday's stormy weather. Power has been
:12:36. > :12:38.restored to Hertfordshire and areas around Stansted, although there are
:12:39. > :12:41.still a few houses waiting to be reconnected. All trains to London
:12:42. > :12:44.were also back in service following a huge clear up operation to remove
:12:45. > :12:45.trees from the line and mend overhead cables.
:12:46. > :12:50.Those are the main and says it would cover costs to
:12:51. > :12:53.help them target problem homes. Still to come tonight.
:12:54. > :12:57.Britain's newest aeroplane takes to the skies over the east for the
:12:58. > :13:00.first time. And it's an anxious moment for Delia
:13:01. > :13:13.and Canaries fans, as a Norwich City star lies unconscious on the pitch
:13:14. > :13:16.at Old Trafford. Over the last few days we have been
:13:17. > :13:20.telling you about the political upheaval at Norfolk County Council,
:13:21. > :13:23.over the plans to build a new waste burner in King's Lynn. It was
:13:24. > :13:28.finally given the go ahead this week, after months of turmoil inside
:13:29. > :13:31.and outside the council chamber. In tonight's special report we ask
:13:32. > :13:34.this: what's the future of waste incineration in our region if it's
:13:35. > :13:40.so controversial? Our environment reporter Richard Daniel has been
:13:41. > :13:47.investigating. It is on time and on budget. This
:13:48. > :13:54.incinerator well`born 270,000 tonnes of rubbish a year. Most of it from
:13:55. > :14:08.homes. You have either got landfill. We do more than
:14:09. > :14:13.incinerator. We actually use the seat from the waist to use
:14:14. > :14:18.electricity and make sure that the emissions are fully cleaned up. The
:14:19. > :14:24.many people who are fiercely opposed to this. They either do not feel it
:14:25. > :14:29.is safe or they do not want the hundreds of lorries here dumping the
:14:30. > :14:37.ground. The fact is that this project, compare to others, has gone
:14:38. > :14:42.ahead with barely a hatch. In the East of England, five incinerators
:14:43. > :14:47.are planned. But so far only two are being built. It is down to Eric
:14:48. > :14:52.Pickles to decide whether this should go ahead. If it doesn't, the
:14:53. > :14:58.council could face a ?25 million compensation bill. In Bedfordshire,
:14:59. > :15:02.the American company behind the project is trying to sell it.
:15:03. > :15:05.Planning permission has been granted but there is a legal challenge.
:15:06. > :15:13.Opponents argue that cutting waste is the answer. Communities are
:15:14. > :15:20.rising up in opposition to this offensive alternative to waste. It
:15:21. > :15:28.is time for local politicians to get the message. We are not going to be
:15:29. > :15:33.dog with this. So why are incinerators proving so
:15:34. > :15:44.controversial? That is now one size fits all approach. We have got a
:15:45. > :15:49.very diverse region. In Suffolk, for better or worse, they have decided
:15:50. > :15:55.to go ahead. By December, next December it will be up and running.
:15:56. > :15:57.The Norwich City footballer Robert Snodgrass has been released from
:15:58. > :16:01.hospital after an injury which silenced the crowd at Old Trafford
:16:02. > :16:05.last night. The Canaries winger was knocked out after a clash of heads.
:16:06. > :16:08.He was lying on the pitch for ten minutes, getting attention from the
:16:09. > :16:11.medical team before he was taken off on a stretcher. The players were
:16:12. > :16:16.clearly shaken. Norwich eventually lost 4`0 and are out of the Capital
:16:17. > :16:19.One Cup. It was a traumatic night all round.
:16:20. > :16:23.Norwich left Old Trafford battered and bruised, but the result was
:16:24. > :16:33.overshadowed by a nasty head injury to Robert Snodgrass. Big clash with
:16:34. > :16:36.Rafael. He went down and he's stayed down. Manchester United's
:16:37. > :16:40.goalkeeper, Anders Lindegaard, reacted first. He quickly helped the
:16:41. > :16:46.winger into the recovery position. Then paramedics rushed to the scene.
:16:47. > :16:50.Play was delayed for ten minutes while Snodgrass received treatment.
:16:51. > :16:57.He lay motionless, knocked out, before he was carried off on a
:16:58. > :17:00.stretcher. After a very, very lengthy stoppage, Robert Snodgrass
:17:01. > :17:09.is carried off, wearing an oxygen mask. Harrowing scenes for everyone.
:17:10. > :17:13.Snodgrass regained consciousness before being taken to hospital. The
:17:14. > :17:18.club have confirmed that he was released late last night, suffering
:17:19. > :17:22.from concussion. It's not known how long he'll be out. All in all, a
:17:23. > :17:30.shocking night. Norwich fell behind to a penalty. Javier Hernandez
:17:31. > :17:34.scored from the spot. He scored a second ten minutes into the second
:17:35. > :17:42.half, and in the closing stages Man Utd ran riot. Phil Jones and Fabio
:17:43. > :17:45.with the goals. The scoreline was perhaps a little harsh on Norwich,
:17:46. > :17:50.but the champions were in no mood to let them off lightly. I thought we
:17:51. > :18:05.were decent in the first half. It was never a penalty. That can be
:18:06. > :18:13.demoralising. It's hard to take. I didn't think it was a penalty. I
:18:14. > :18:16.thought it was harsh. But in the end it didn't really matter because the
:18:17. > :18:19.other three goals made it comprehensive. Norwich's thoughts,
:18:20. > :18:23.whilst with Snodgrass, now return to the Premier League. They make
:18:24. > :18:26.another trip to Manchester on Saturday. This time to play City.
:18:27. > :18:36.Without a win in four, they'll be desperate for a change in fortune.
:18:37. > :18:39.A company based near Cambridge is claiming to have built the first new
:18:40. > :18:43.aircraft in the country for years. It's called an E`go, and is designed
:18:44. > :18:50.to fill a gap in the market between a microlight and a light aircraft.
:18:51. > :18:54.Of course, there's only one way to find out if a new plane actually
:18:55. > :18:57.works ` and that's to take it for a test flight. Which is exactly what
:18:58. > :19:00.happened earlier today at an airfield in Norfolk.
:19:01. > :19:05.If test pilot Keith Dennison was nervous, he didn't look it. This was
:19:06. > :19:11.only the fourth time the E`go had taken to the air, and the first time
:19:12. > :19:15.with anyone watching. Friends and relatives held their breath for a
:19:16. > :19:17.moment as Keith took off at Tippenham Airfield. No one should
:19:18. > :19:22.have worried. The first public flight went like a dream. Back on
:19:23. > :19:24.the ground, there was a warm handshake from Tony Bishop, one of
:19:25. > :19:31.the founders of the company. Excellent. I'm over the moon. It is
:19:32. > :19:35.a mixture of delight and relief. It's lighter and faster and more fun
:19:36. > :19:41.to fly than anything that is out there at the moment. We wanted to
:19:42. > :19:45.design something fun. The E`go is a single seater, powered by a rotary
:19:46. > :19:53.engine, and has a top speed of about 110mph. It came about as a result of
:19:54. > :20:00.deregulation by the Civil Aviation Authority. The amount of red tape we
:20:01. > :20:04.have had to go through is minimal. That's why it has been a rapid
:20:05. > :20:13.process. We can use technologies that have typically been used in
:20:14. > :20:16.cars. Not in aviation. I think this aeroplane could attract people to
:20:17. > :20:19.flying. People that aren't interested at the moment. You might
:20:20. > :20:25.have people who are considering a motorcycle or something like that.
:20:26. > :20:34.If they see this, because it looks so different, they might think I
:20:35. > :20:39.want some of that. If you do want some of that, it is going to cost
:20:40. > :20:45.?50,000. E`go aeroplanes are hoping to go into production soon. With a
:20:46. > :20:48.view to delivering their first E`go single seater in 2015. Designed,
:20:49. > :20:59.developed and manufactured in our region, the aim is to sell the E`go
:21:00. > :21:02.around the world. Beautiful Norfolk skies there. But
:21:03. > :21:05.despite today's sunshine, summer has gone and it's the end of another
:21:06. > :21:16.season for a Suffolk business that's been in the same family for five
:21:17. > :21:20.generations. We're going to take you on a pleasant crossing of the River
:21:21. > :21:23.Blyth in Suffolk. The service has been provided by the same family for
:21:24. > :21:26.five generations. These days it's down to Dani Church to row the boat
:21:27. > :21:31.between Southwold and Walberswick. Dani looks back now on another busy
:21:32. > :21:34.season, in her own words. There has been a ferry running from
:21:35. > :21:39.Walberswick to Southwold since 1236. My family became involved in the
:21:40. > :21:47.late 1800s. About 1890. That makes me the fifth generation of my family
:21:48. > :21:51.to work here. My dad was a ferry man and I used to love sitting on the
:21:52. > :21:56.boat with him when I was younger. I used to sit in the rings at the back
:21:57. > :22:01.and watch him. When I was about six, he would sit me on his lap, and I
:22:02. > :22:08.would take the oars. He was so patient. I would watch how he did
:22:09. > :22:14.it. Rowing is quite an art. You either take to it or you don't. It's
:22:15. > :22:20.a lot to do with coordination. It is quite tricky here. The tides are
:22:21. > :22:24.strong. I can do it in about ten strokes on easy water, with no wind.
:22:25. > :22:31.It takes less than a minute. But sometimes I can be rowing for up to
:22:32. > :22:41.four minutes. People like to come on the ferry because it's like a step
:22:42. > :23:00.back in time. Escapism. We take lots of things on. Buggies and prams. My
:23:01. > :23:05.dad retired and I thought we would row together. We did for a while.
:23:06. > :23:20.This is definitely in my blood. I love it.
:23:21. > :23:39.It looks beautiful. Her story is part of a new online series. Details
:23:40. > :23:54.on the website. Time for the weather. Overnight, the
:23:55. > :24:03.rugby showers. It is a bit of a wet night in prospect. This rain looks
:24:04. > :24:13.like an a patchy but it need produce heavier busts in places. Tonight we
:24:14. > :24:22.are looking at nine to 10 Celsius. If you live in Suffolk and Essex, it
:24:23. > :24:29.might be wet first thing. On the whole, across the region, it stays
:24:30. > :24:39.cloudy. In the afternoon, it may be brighter, but the risks of showers.
:24:40. > :24:50.We are at about 14 or 15 Celsius for tomorrow. A little above average.
:24:51. > :24:57.Into the afternoon, we have those showers. If you are out for
:24:58. > :25:03.Halloween it is not good news. It would be raining all the time but it
:25:04. > :25:10.could be quite damp at times. We have got a developing law and this
:25:11. > :25:21.could produce some very heavy rain. It is not intense, not as intense as
:25:22. > :25:27.Monday, but there is another one behind it. That is good to be very
:25:28. > :25:32.windy on Sunday. It is good to be changeable and unsettled. Tomorrow
:25:33. > :25:38.should be largely dry but there could be showers in the afternoon.
:25:39. > :25:43.In the evening they become more widespread. In Friday, we start dry
:25:44. > :25:51.and the rain starts to develop. It could turn heavy. It could cause
:25:52. > :26:05.some problems with localised flooding is . Showers possible later
:26:06. > :26:16.on Saturday. Also on Sunday. Back to you.
:26:17. > :26:43.Everyday normal things that everybody does is where I use my energy.
:26:44. > :26:45.I haven't got an extravagant lifestyle,
:26:46. > :26:48.I've not got a hot tub outside or something like that.
:26:49. > :26:52.In essence, it is a choice between heating or eating.
:26:53. > :26:55.We will still eat and we will still have heating
:26:56. > :26:59.It's just maybe the quality of the food that we eat
:27:00. > :27:02.may not be as good as what we're eating at the moment.