:00:11. > :00:16.Hello, and welcome to Look East Our top stories tonight: In Luton, a
:00:17. > :00:24.warning that tension could turn to violence, following the death of a
:00:25. > :00:27.man in police custody. That and the rest of today's top stories.
:00:28. > :00:34."I didn't harm my son." The words of a Northampton father on trial for
:00:35. > :00:35.killing his newborn baby. Lest we forget ` thousands stand
:00:36. > :01:09.silent for Armistice Day. In the last half hour, five police
:01:10. > :01:12.officers have been suspended in connection with the death of a man
:01:13. > :01:16.in police custody in Luton. Leon Briggs died a week ago today, and
:01:17. > :01:20.there's a warning tonight that his death is leading to mounting tension
:01:21. > :01:24.in the town. In a moment, we'll be hearing from a community leader in
:01:25. > :01:33.Luton ` first, this report from Ben Bland.
:01:34. > :01:37.Leon Briggs, aged 38, described as kind, loyal, intelligent, and
:01:38. > :01:41.caring. In the weeks since he died, tributes have been left outside the
:01:42. > :01:45.police station. Last Monday, he was brought here, detained under the
:01:46. > :01:50.Mental Health Act, but while in custody, he died. Officers had
:01:51. > :01:57.restrained him at this junction Some nearby saw the events unfold. I
:01:58. > :02:01.just thought it was a normal arrest. I thought the way they drove off
:02:02. > :02:06.with him in a van was a bit erratic. He kept shouting that the
:02:07. > :02:12.cuffs were too tight. Other than that, there was constant screaming,
:02:13. > :02:18.which was strange. I had to instruct my windows. The IPCC is now asking
:02:19. > :02:22.any witnesses to come forward. They are treating this as a criminal
:02:23. > :02:26.investigation, looking at whether the police acted unlawfully.
:02:27. > :02:30.Tonight, police will meet community groups here to respond to questions
:02:31. > :02:35.and concerns about what happened. Meanwhile, a charity supporting
:02:36. > :02:40.Leon's family also wants answers. I'm deeply shocked by this death. He
:02:41. > :02:45.was a vulnerable young man in need of protection, and I think it raises
:02:46. > :02:49.some very worrying questions about mental health and policing, that
:02:50. > :02:56.need to be very seriously scrutinised. The police watchdog is
:02:57. > :02:59.now investigating what happened here on the 4th of November. They are
:03:00. > :03:04.looking at the events that led up to the death of Leon Briggs. Crucially,
:03:05. > :03:09.they are looking at whether or not there was any wrongdoing by
:03:10. > :03:13.Bedfordshire Police. But the community in Luton has more
:03:14. > :03:15.questions than those, and tonight, there'll be a meeting to address
:03:16. > :03:18.them. It's been organised by Non`Violence Alliance, who exist to
:03:19. > :03:22.stop conflict turning into violence. I asked Yvonne Sinclair why she
:03:23. > :03:27.thought Leon's death might lead to that.
:03:28. > :03:31.There is then lots of incidents all over the country where things like
:03:32. > :03:35.this have happened and we have seen violins, and we don't want that
:03:36. > :03:40.here. There are rumblings within the community, and we don't want any
:03:41. > :03:46.other issues taking away the emphasis off of this case. We would
:03:47. > :03:50.rather keep it peaceful and give the community an option to speak their
:03:51. > :03:54.views, their concerns, now, rather than taking it into their own hands
:03:55. > :04:01.and doing something that would not be palatable to the community. So
:04:02. > :04:06.what are the questions that the community want answered? There are
:04:07. > :04:17.many, and I know that safety is one of those. Another question would be
:04:18. > :04:21.about what denotes unusual behaviour with somebody being arrested, and
:04:22. > :04:27.what policies and procedures are there in place when for noble
:04:28. > :04:31.people, who do show signs of mental illness `` vulnerable people, what
:04:32. > :04:36.other policies and procedures that go with that? How are you going to
:04:37. > :04:42.make sure that this meeting eases tension is and does not inflame
:04:43. > :04:45.them? Well, this is about explaining, and even if we don't
:04:46. > :04:50.have answers, it is better to tell people we don't have the answers at
:04:51. > :04:54.the moment, but we are working on them than to just be silent. I think
:04:55. > :05:03.silence makes it worse, because it looks like no one cares. I think by
:05:04. > :05:11.having this meeting, it will help Luton, rather than hinder it.
:05:12. > :05:14.Tonight, Bedfordshire's Chief Constable has issued a statement
:05:15. > :05:17.saying the suspension of the five officers in no way jumps to any
:05:18. > :05:21.conclusion about the outcome of the IPCC investigation, but ensures
:05:22. > :05:25.neutrality and transparency. "I didn't harm my son." The words of
:05:26. > :05:29.a Northampton father on trial for killing his newborn baby. Jamie
:05:30. > :05:32.Kightley was 7`weeks`old when he died from multiple injuries. Both
:05:33. > :05:40.his father and his mother are accused of his murder. Louise
:05:41. > :05:44.Hubball was in court. 24`year`old Adam Kightley told the
:05:45. > :05:48.jury that baby Jamie had been on planned, but he had been ecstatic to
:05:49. > :05:53.become a father. He told them he never did anything to harm him. He
:05:54. > :05:56.said he had drunk to harm him. He said he had drunk two beers and had
:05:57. > :06:01.two smokes of cannabis that day At the hows the couple shared, Adam
:06:02. > :06:06.Kightley said he bathed and to call for feeding Jamie that night. When
:06:07. > :06:09.he woke up, he said the baby looked very quite, and he got his partner
:06:10. > :06:12.Jacqueline. The QC defending Jacqueline Parker asked, why didn't
:06:13. > :06:28.you cuddle him? He replied: he was then cross it `` cross
:06:29. > :06:44.examined by the prosecution, who asked: Louise joins me now.
:06:45. > :06:54.Adam Kightley became visibly upset at times, when he saw photographs of
:06:55. > :07:01.Jamie's injuries. The baby's mother stared straight ahead in the dog.
:07:02. > :07:06.Both deny murder. Louise, the court also heard from the mother. What did
:07:07. > :07:10.she say? Jacqueline Parker sobbed as she looked at pictures of the body.
:07:11. > :07:15.She said she was heartbroken by his death, and had never harmed her son.
:07:16. > :07:19.She said he was how little way of sunshine, and she was proud to be
:07:20. > :07:22.his mother. She said the night before he died, she had had a
:07:23. > :07:27.cigarette, which could have been cannabis, but she could not
:07:28. > :07:32.remember. She also said she had a can of beer. This is a case of two
:07:33. > :07:41.parents accused of murder, who both deny it, and trial continues.
:07:42. > :07:45.Plans for an East`West rail link have moved a step closer. The final
:07:46. > :07:48.lot of funding to reopen the stretch to Bletchley and Bedford has been
:07:49. > :07:51.confirmed. Meanwhile, the MP for Cambridge says work to complete the
:07:52. > :07:57.so`called Varsity line could be underway within the next ten years.
:07:58. > :08:00.It's a small but important step This evening in London,
:08:01. > :08:05.representatives of seven councils promised to pay a total of ?45
:08:06. > :08:08.million towards reopening the line between Bester and Bletchley. The
:08:09. > :08:13.government has already stumped up its share, so the work will start in
:08:14. > :08:18.the next few years. I think it's absolutely vital for all sorts of
:08:19. > :08:22.reasons. It will reduce congestion on board, improve connections
:08:23. > :08:27.between places like Milton Keynes, Oxford, Bedford, Aylesbury, and then
:08:28. > :08:31.hopefully further afield. It is hoped the project will generate in
:08:32. > :08:36.the region of 12,000 jobs. I think it will be a vital addition to the
:08:37. > :08:41.infrastructure. For the last 30 years, there has been talk about a
:08:42. > :08:45.direct line over to Oxford. Today this means that the best to
:08:46. > :08:51.Bletchley Lane will be open early as 2017. Then, just the stretch between
:08:52. > :08:55.Bedford and Cambridge will remain. Once that is completed, it will be
:08:56. > :09:01.possible to travel to places like Stansted, Ipswich, and Norwich. The
:09:02. > :09:05.last leg to Cambridge will cost around ?250 million. The local MP
:09:06. > :09:10.told a conference today that the plans are so advanced, it's only a
:09:11. > :09:13.matter of time. Once we can find a detailed route, there will be that
:09:14. > :09:17.money to make sure it happens. Everyone can see the advantages of
:09:18. > :09:22.having that East`West connection which means you can get to Cambridge
:09:23. > :09:28.and Oxford very very easily. Any East`West rail line is still a good
:09:29. > :09:31.15 years ago, but with so much political support both locally and
:09:32. > :09:37.nationally, there is a real sense of momentum now I hate this project.
:09:38. > :09:42.What seemed a few years ago to be an impossible dream is very slowly
:09:43. > :09:45.becoming the other two. `` reality. Peterborough Council has promised to
:09:46. > :09:48.meet safety campaigners following the latest river death in the Fens.
:09:49. > :09:51.18`year`old Hannah Yates from Whittlesey died when her car plunged
:09:52. > :09:54.into the Nene a week ago. Campaigners had already been raising
:09:55. > :09:57.money for new safety barriers following an earlier death at the
:09:58. > :10:05.same spot on North Bank. Now they say the council should act.
:10:06. > :10:08.The Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire Nadine Dorries has
:10:09. > :10:12.apologised to the House of Commons after failing to register how much
:10:13. > :10:15.money she made from going on the reality TV show I'm A
:10:16. > :10:18.Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! The Commons Standards watchdog said she
:10:19. > :10:22.must declare all payments from media work. On Monday, November the 1 th,
:10:23. > :10:25.the Committee on Standards and Privileges published a report into
:10:26. > :10:28.my declaration on the Register of Members' Interests, which concluded
:10:29. > :10:31.I had breached the rules relating to how I registered information. Mr
:10:32. > :10:34.Speaker, I wish to apologise to the House fully and unreservedly, for
:10:35. > :10:41.what was a genuinely inadvertent breach of the rules which I have at
:10:42. > :10:44.all times sought to comply with Work on a ?42 million project around
:10:45. > :10:50.Kettering to upgrade the A14 begins tonight. A third lane is being added
:10:51. > :10:54.between the A43 Corby junction and the A509 for Kettering and
:10:55. > :10:56.Wellingborough. The Highways Agency says some disruption including
:10:57. > :11:01.night`time road closures are inevitable.
:11:02. > :11:15.on the road training he really hopes the safety message can get through.
:11:16. > :11:26.Still to come, the weather for the week ahead and Goldie Sayers on
:11:27. > :11:32.winning back her funding. This week, we are exploring the links
:11:33. > :11:37.between the East and the far east. China is one of the Legion's biggest
:11:38. > :11:47.export market is worth over ?700 million. `` one of the region's.
:11:48. > :11:54.This is Shanghai, a truly remarkable city. It is the place where modern
:11:55. > :12:00.communism and consumerism live side`by`side. A place of big ideas
:12:01. > :12:06.and big buildings. Here they do not will out, the build up. If you do
:12:07. > :12:11.not like people, you probably will not like Shanghai. Officially 23
:12:12. > :12:16.million people live here, and officially it is probably 30
:12:17. > :12:20.million. We are looking at the close ties between the East of England and
:12:21. > :12:26.the far east. Everything from business to education. Tonight it is
:12:27. > :12:32.to do them. Many come to our region, to college and hunting. They also
:12:33. > :12:41.come to visit something most of us have never heard of. Another tour
:12:42. > :12:46.taking in the sights. For Chinese visitors kings and punting is a
:12:47. > :12:53.must. This student here showed me what is at the very top of their
:12:54. > :13:08.list. Just over this bridge, a piece of Chinese cultural history. It
:13:09. > :13:17.means gently I am living just like gently I came. It is a poorly to
:13:18. > :13:32.every child in China written by this modernist poet from the 1920s who
:13:33. > :13:37.went on to become a Chinese icon. Harbour or Princeton would be just a
:13:38. > :13:44.good university but coming here to Cambridge is like a dream come true
:13:45. > :13:53.because of the podium. The numbers of Chinese visitors have swelled. ``
:13:54. > :14:04.one. They know the importance of the poet. I had to be able to say his
:14:05. > :14:10.name properly. They learn to say it and the excitement they have when
:14:11. > :14:14.they the bridge. It is the most boring one on the River but the
:14:15. > :14:23.excitement they have at seeing it is beautiful. And on the rainy day in
:14:24. > :14:34.November, people from China filled every punt. We know the history. We
:14:35. > :14:41.want to see and experience it. The Chinese market is growing. Around
:14:42. > :14:46.350,000 Chinese visitors Carmen to getting each year currently. That is
:14:47. > :14:57.expected to go up to 1 million x 2015. Cambridge is a big stop of on
:14:58. > :15:05.the grand Chinese tour. This poem is about how hard it is to leave year.
:15:06. > :15:10.That is all from Shanghai for this evening but tomorrow we will be at
:15:11. > :15:19.the busiest container port in the world and looking at the close links
:15:20. > :15:26.between that and Felixstowe. That is tomorrow night in Look East. The
:15:27. > :15:31.Royal British Legion says awareness of Armistice Day is increasing among
:15:32. > :15:38.young people. Children across the region observed a two`minute
:15:39. > :15:47.silence. There was a special school assembly in a six. Bringing together
:15:48. > :15:52.those who have grown old and those who are still young. Every pupil at
:15:53. > :16:00.this academy in Braintree today welcomed local veterans. From
:16:01. > :16:06.conflicts as distant as Singapore to the current campaign in Afghanistan.
:16:07. > :16:13.I thought our love would last forever, I was wrong. This is my way
:16:14. > :16:24.of remembering my grandad. I never knew him personally. The veterans
:16:25. > :16:36.sheared lunch and history with the pupils. They find them attentive.
:16:37. > :16:43.They appreciate what we do. Boys and girls of tenure is old put money
:16:44. > :17:01.in, that is very nice. `` of Ken years old. The observed the silence.
:17:02. > :17:09.Any are too young to take on the enormity of the sacrifice paid by
:17:10. > :17:15.those in war. It is quite the poignant service. For them to
:17:16. > :17:20.appreciate people who have lost their lives in the world wars and
:17:21. > :17:27.conflicts thereafter, I think it is very important that we understand
:17:28. > :17:33.the sacrifice made on their behalf. Today they remembered and
:17:34. > :17:41.Northamptonshire lad awarded the highest honour for valour, the VC.
:17:42. > :17:49.He gave his life for his country, we have got to be respect back. They
:17:50. > :18:00.are still dying. Different creeds, and nations marked Armistice Day. In
:18:01. > :18:05.Norfolk today the children look to the future as hundreds of schools
:18:06. > :18:11.were given poppy seeds to plant in the spring. I feel like I am part of
:18:12. > :18:19.the people who did because I am doing this for then, I am returning
:18:20. > :18:32.the favour for them. Saying it kind of shows that we are not forgetting
:18:33. > :18:36.them. In 12 months we will mark the centenary of the outbreak of the
:18:37. > :18:48.great war from which Armistice Day was born. This Friday it is BBC
:18:49. > :18:58.children in need. `` Children in Need. People give up their time to
:18:59. > :19:03.fundraiser. It helps projects such as Pulse in Luton. It brings young
:19:04. > :19:09.people together and for some is a lifeline. We meet one young man who
:19:10. > :19:15.says he would have gone off the rails without it. Saying putting my
:19:16. > :19:24.trust into a stranger was probably the most difficult bit. He went into
:19:25. > :19:28.here at 15, his relationship with his father had broken down and his
:19:29. > :19:35.grandmother was not able to look after him. They are macro I came
:19:36. > :19:44.here to take my mind off what had happened. It is part of the project
:19:45. > :19:50.from Saint Mary's church. It is a group under the church with pool and
:19:51. > :19:57.ping`pong, a safe place for young people to meet, talk and get
:19:58. > :20:03.guidance. I would take it out on a lot of objects and people, I did not
:20:04. > :20:06.hit people but I would shout. They would pool me aside and make media
:20:07. > :20:13.lies that what I was doing was wrong. The thing that unites
:20:14. > :20:20.everyone here is football. Now, at 18, he is giving something back to
:20:21. > :20:29.the group as a leader. They are macro I am excited now that I am the
:20:30. > :20:36.one they are listening to. I could have mist up to be doing drugs and
:20:37. > :20:42.smoking and having children at the age will stop that is for adults.
:20:43. > :20:50.They need to get their heads down, go to school, get good careers. We
:20:51. > :20:58.are here to make sure they are on the right path. Over the past five
:20:59. > :21:03.years this project has received ?27,000 in Children in Need funding.
:21:04. > :21:12.Organisers say they could not have done without it. This boy is in no
:21:13. > :21:23.doubt that it saved him. He wants to the teacher, work at a college or in
:21:24. > :21:29.football. If someone had told me I would be a success I would have
:21:30. > :21:41.laughed in their face. I have come a very, very, very long way.
:21:42. > :21:46.Tomorrow, I will be reporting on the charity that helps victims of the
:21:47. > :22:02.mystic violence. The big Children in Need event for this region is in
:22:03. > :22:10.Kettering. `` domestic violence. Goldie Sayers from Cambridgeshire
:22:11. > :22:17.injured her elbow three weeks before the last Games and came away without
:22:18. > :22:22.a medal. For the last 15 months she has been through major operations
:22:23. > :22:31.only to find her funding cut. But she appealed that decision and one.
:22:32. > :22:35.Olympic Games should be about performing at the peak of your power
:22:36. > :22:41.but for Goldie Sayers it was not to be. I would like to thank everyone
:22:42. > :22:51.and hopefully I can do the country proud. The recovery has been
:22:52. > :22:57.googling. Two operations on her elbow was hard enough but then she
:22:58. > :23:01.lost her funding from UK athletics. The wind is biting, no`one is here
:23:02. > :23:08.in Cambridge today but ironically this is what it has been about for
:23:09. > :23:17.Goldie Sayers. Despite her setbacks she is back throwing the javelin. I
:23:18. > :23:23.really mist it when I was watching friends and team`mates last summer.
:23:24. > :23:35.Not that you take competing for your country for granted but if I get
:23:36. > :23:43.back to grade I was I will take nothing for granted at all. She took
:23:44. > :23:49.on the funding cuts and won. It is not like you get paid and of lot of
:23:50. > :23:54.money, probably the minimum wage but more the medical support. If you
:23:55. > :23:58.have to have a scan to see how ligaments are progressing, you will
:23:59. > :24:07.not have to shell out ?350 to do that. In terms of representation, if
:24:08. > :24:12.she can get through this year to re`establish herself then hopefully
:24:13. > :24:17.by the Commonwealth, may be a top place in the European Championships
:24:18. > :24:25.as well. It would be a great year to re`establish our on the world stage.
:24:26. > :24:34.Is life a lot sweeter? I just feel like I have bought a normal elbow
:24:35. > :24:42.past. I have some cracking scar is but it is amazing what you can do
:24:43. > :24:48.when you look after it. Now let us get the weather. It has been a
:24:49. > :24:53.grisly day. It was a beautiful sunrise this morning. I am sure
:24:54. > :25:00.there were very few of us up at that time. We have some pictures to prove
:25:01. > :25:07.it. This was the sun coming up at seven o'clock this morning. Next,
:25:08. > :25:14.this was captured this morning at Ocean leak. And a beautiful double
:25:15. > :25:21.rainbow at one of the highest points in Norfolk. Thank you so much for
:25:22. > :25:34.these photographs. Sadly, we have not got time to show all of them. It
:25:35. > :25:39.did all go downhill. Men will like rain and drizzle. There were a few
:25:40. > :25:46.heavier bursts. `` mainly light rain. This evening and overnight
:25:47. > :25:53.some of the rain could turn quite heavy at times. There will be some
:25:54. > :26:00.fog patches forming for some of us. The temperatures will not do much,
:26:01. > :26:09.staying where they are now in built up areas, dropping to eight Celsius
:26:10. > :26:15.in more rural spots. The wind will become the light north`westerly
:26:16. > :26:26.later in the night. That dream will move erratically to the east. Most
:26:27. > :26:31.places starting tomorrow cloudy but the rain will push away south`east.
:26:32. > :26:40.The further north and west you are the more likely you are to see the
:26:41. > :26:44.best of tomorrow's sunshine. And we finish the day fine and dry with
:26:45. > :26:53.some further sunshine before it gets dark. Skies will continue to clear
:26:54. > :26:58.so overnight it will be quite chilly with a frost for some of us by
:26:59. > :27:03.Wednesday morning. Wednesday will not be too bad at all. The bulk of
:27:04. > :27:09.the day generally fine and dry. There will be some sunny spells. You
:27:10. > :27:14.could be a little rain as wet and windy conditions spread down from
:27:15. > :27:20.the north`west late in the day. That will rattle through leaving a
:27:21. > :27:27.blustery but bright day on Thursday. Some decent spells of sunshine and a
:27:28. > :27:32.few showers. That is similar to Friday, for many of us it will be a
:27:33. > :27:40.dry day but perhaps a few showers around. That is all from us. Good
:27:41. > :27:51.evening. Goodbye.