:00:00. > 3:59:59That is all from the BBC News at That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:12.six. On Hello and welcome to Look East. In
:00:13. > :00:15.the programme tonight: Flights missed passengers on the central
:00:16. > :00:17.reservation and a motorway at a standstill for hours after a lorry
:00:18. > :00:26.sheds its load. Murder charges are dropped against a
:00:27. > :00:29.Northamptonshire couple accused of killing their baby, but the case
:00:30. > :00:32.continues. Demolition starts on one of the most
:00:33. > :00:41.recognizable buildings in Northampton.
:00:42. > :00:56.And I am here at Wicksteed Park for this year's BBC Children in Need and
:00:57. > :00:59.I am not alone. Say, hello. Hello! Good evening.
:01:00. > :01:05.We start tonight with early morning chaos on the M11. Some people on
:01:06. > :01:08.their way to catch flights at Stansted got out of their cars and
:01:09. > :01:11.dragged suitcases along the central reservation. Their patience simply
:01:12. > :01:14.ran out after a lorry shed its load blocking an entire carriageway in
:01:15. > :01:16.Essex. The accident happened just before six o'clock this morning on
:01:17. > :01:20.the northbound stretch between junction seven and eight, causing
:01:21. > :01:24.long tailbacks. The road finally re`opened at 1pm. Our reporter
:01:25. > :01:35.Felicity Simper spent the day on the M11.
:01:36. > :01:39.The traffic here this evening on the M11 is moving freely. As you can see
:01:40. > :01:43.behind me, all three lanes have now reopened but it was a very different
:01:44. > :01:49.story earlier on today. An accident which happened just before six
:01:50. > :01:55.o'clock this morning led to seven hours of delays, tailbacks and
:01:56. > :01:58.frustration for motorist is. This was the problem, bundles of 50 foot
:01:59. > :02:02.steel cables lying in the carriageway just down the road from
:02:03. > :02:07.Stansted Airport. What should have been rush hour was anything but
:02:08. > :02:14.With the motorway closed, there were miles of tailbacks. The recovery was
:02:15. > :02:22.a lengthy progress. Hazel was one of those stuck, going from Harlow to
:02:23. > :02:27.work in her cafe in Braintree. She said she moved just four yards in
:02:28. > :02:33.two hours. People walking up and down with suitcases, in between the
:02:34. > :02:39.southbound northbound on the M1 . Also on the hard shoulder. It was so
:02:40. > :02:46.dangerous. You cannot really go and say anything to the people. It was
:02:47. > :02:51.horrendous. It was like a nightmare. This photo posted on Twitter showed
:02:52. > :02:55.the extent of the frustration. Desperate to catch flights, some
:02:56. > :02:59.abandoning cars and dragging suitcases up the central reservation
:03:00. > :03:03.to the airport. Hundreds missed their flights but today, the budget
:03:04. > :03:11.airlines appear to have got it right. One woman tweeted to thank
:03:12. > :03:20.Ryanair for rebooking them onto another airline at no extra cost.
:03:21. > :03:26.EasyJet says it opened up extra death and brought in additional
:03:27. > :03:32.staff to get its passengers on the next available flights. Back on the
:03:33. > :03:35.M11 the recovery took several hours leading to a very long Friday
:03:36. > :03:42.morning for commuters and holiday`makers alike.
:03:43. > :03:46.A challenging day really for both the police and the highways agency,
:03:47. > :03:50.dealing with people walking up and down the motorway as well as people
:03:51. > :03:53.trying to recover the vehicles involved. The road finally reopened
:03:54. > :03:59.just before one o'clock this art name. Since then, there have not
:04:00. > :04:03.been any other problems. This evening's rush`hour is much smoother
:04:04. > :04:07.than this morning's. Back to you. Thank you.
:04:08. > :04:11.Well, earlier I spoke to Simon Calder who's a travel journalist. I
:04:12. > :04:18.asked him if you miss your flight through unavoidable circumstances
:04:19. > :04:22.what rights do you have? One reason why it is so stressful if you are
:04:23. > :04:26.stuck in a traffic jam is legally you do not have any rights at all.
:04:27. > :04:30.You have a contract with the airline which says, I promise to get to
:04:31. > :04:34.Stansted 40 minutes before the flight, that is in the case of
:04:35. > :04:39.easyJet and Ryanair, if you do not, they say, the flight was here, you
:04:40. > :04:45.were not, it is your problem. It does not matter if it was not your
:04:46. > :04:49.fault. What have they done to help passengers? Both airlines have been
:04:50. > :05:02.generous. They say they understand there is a problem so they will not
:05:03. > :05:05.enforce your normal rules. We will try and rebook you. Some people will
:05:06. > :05:11.say this is prising because we do not expect this attitude from budget
:05:12. > :05:15.airlines. That have been previous examples where snow has stopped
:05:16. > :05:18.people getting to the edge port and staff shortages has meant long
:05:19. > :05:24.security queues and thousands of people affected, but that was before
:05:25. > :05:28.Ryanair went all cuddly and said, we are nicer than you thought we were.
:05:29. > :05:33.They have been very generous which I am delighted to see. It is a lot
:05:34. > :05:41.more dignified than it normally is. So this is a good thing, is it and
:05:42. > :05:44.not just a cynical PR exercise? I do not really care as long as people
:05:45. > :05:51.have got a bit of help in getting where they need to be. EasyJet have
:05:52. > :05:55.always tried to be the nice low`cost airline and say, we are a lot better
:05:56. > :06:00.than that other not. But Ryanair, after a couple of profits warnings
:06:01. > :06:03.has decided that being nice to your customers might be a really good
:06:04. > :06:06.plan. Meanwhile, there's disruption on the
:06:07. > :06:09.railway, after a freight train derailed near King's Lynn. 14 wagons
:06:10. > :06:13.carrying sand jumped the tracks earlier this afternoon. First
:06:14. > :06:19.Capital Connect has cancelled trains between King's Lynn and Downham
:06:20. > :06:23.Market, replacing them with buses. After more than two weeks of a
:06:24. > :06:27.trial, murder charges against a mother and father accused of killing
:06:28. > :06:30.their baby have been dropped. Jackie Parker and Adam Kightley now face
:06:31. > :06:35.charges of causing or allowing the death of a child. Jamie Kightley
:06:36. > :06:40.died at seven weeks old from multiple injuries in March last
:06:41. > :06:49.year. Our reporter Mike Cartwright was in court.
:06:50. > :06:54.It was a massive moment in court today. This is no longer a murder
:06:55. > :06:59.trial. The judge said there was insufficient evidence that Jackie
:07:00. > :07:03.Parker or Adam Kightley killed Jamie Kightley. It was not enough to say
:07:04. > :07:07.that one of them might have done it, but we're not sure which one. The
:07:08. > :07:12.Council of causing or allowing the death of a child remain. This is the
:07:13. > :07:18.child. Jamie Kightley, shaken to death, the court was told, left with
:07:19. > :07:22.multiple injuries, bruises and fractures from two assaults,
:07:23. > :07:26.12`macro hours before he died, the other one to two weeks before he
:07:27. > :07:33.died. The prosecution said there was no doubt his parents, Jackie Parker
:07:34. > :07:37.or Adam Kightley caused his death. These are the images of them
:07:38. > :07:41.arriving in court. The court heard one caused it and the other allowed
:07:42. > :07:46.it to happen. They have said nothing will stop they have hidden behind a
:07:47. > :07:52.wall of silence protecting themselves, protecting each other.
:07:53. > :07:56.What was said in a parents' defence? Both parents say they'd you
:07:57. > :08:00.not know how the injuries happened. This is the flat where paramedics
:08:01. > :08:06.were called to Jamie's lifeless body in March 2012. Both parents agreed
:08:07. > :08:15.that they put Jamie to bed at six o'clock in the evening. At 145 AM,
:08:16. > :08:22.he was woken, fed and Bathurst. Jackie says she went to bed leaving
:08:23. > :08:30.her partner alone with her son. There is evidence that Jackie Parker
:08:31. > :08:34.was awake that night and complaining of a screaming baby. Her defence is
:08:35. > :08:37.that she was eight devoted mother. Detectives are hunting a gang of
:08:38. > :08:41.robbers who assaulted, bound and gagged an elderly man in Luton. It
:08:42. > :08:45.happened at around 2.30am in the morning yesterday when three men
:08:46. > :08:49.forced their way into the man's home in Putteridge Road. The men forced
:08:50. > :08:52.him to hand over bank cards and a quantity of cash while his wife
:08:53. > :08:55.slept. A 19`year`old man from Luton has
:08:56. > :08:59.been jailed for seven and half years for the manslaughter of another
:09:00. > :09:04.teenager. Mark Hannell of Trent Road, Luton stabbed Ryan Burke at a
:09:05. > :09:07.flat in Milliners Court. The court heard there had been a confrontation
:09:08. > :09:10.between several men after Hannell's girlfriend finished the
:09:11. > :09:13.relationship. But the prosecution accepted that Hannell had not
:09:14. > :09:22.intended to kill. He was also convicted of harassing a woman.
:09:23. > :09:28.Two Northampton landmarks are about to disappear forever. Demolition
:09:29. > :09:32.work began today on the first of two gas holders of St Peter's Way. The
:09:33. > :09:39.historic structures are being demolished to make way for a new
:09:40. > :09:44.office development. An icon of another age, a remnant of
:09:45. > :09:53.the revolution of our industrial past and what goes up, now must come
:09:54. > :09:59.down. Because the structure is quite high we have to work out the
:10:00. > :10:05.demolition. It is not a traditional demolition. It is more delicate than
:10:06. > :10:09.that. We use structural engineers to determine what that sequences. It is
:10:10. > :10:14.all being pulled down as part of a 50 minim pound project to regenerate
:10:15. > :10:20.the waterfront. The old gasworks is a legacy of when we used to burn
:10:21. > :10:26.coal to create the town's fuel for its burgeoning industry. Over the
:10:27. > :10:29.last 150 years, Northampton has had five of these massive gasometer is
:10:30. > :10:34.and virtually every town and city in the country would have had one. With
:10:35. > :10:39.them no longer needed to store gas, they could become a major player in
:10:40. > :10:44.the development of brownfield sites. This site will become St Peter's
:10:45. > :10:48.Waterside. Specialists are coming in to make it safe for the major
:10:49. > :10:56.redevelopment. We have had very significant developer and investor
:10:57. > :11:05.interest in this site. There will be offices here and that could be
:11:06. > :11:11.anything between 1500 and 2500 jobs. But are the gas holders just an
:11:12. > :11:14.eyesore or are seen as iconic as Matt it is another landmark bomb
:11:15. > :11:22.from Northampton but you cannot stop progress, can you? It is a good
:11:23. > :11:26.thing. It is about time something happened in Northampton instead of
:11:27. > :11:33.Milton Keynes Dons change! While the towers are linked to the industrial
:11:34. > :11:39.past, planners say they serve no purpose now and bringing them down
:11:40. > :11:43.could help the economic future. A postmortem examination of a Luton
:11:44. > :11:49.man who died in police custody has proved inconclusive. Leon Brooks,
:11:50. > :11:52.who was 39, died after being held at Luton police station. The
:11:53. > :11:55.Independent Police Complaints Commission is conducting an
:11:56. > :12:00.investigation. It had a meeting with members of Mr Briggs' family today.
:12:01. > :12:01.Five police officers are currently suspended.
:12:02. > :12:04.Later, Alex has the weather. in Leiston until the end of the
:12:05. > :12:17.month, and then it's heading off to Stowmarket.
:12:18. > :12:23.Still to come this evening, the weekend weather, plus what you have
:12:24. > :12:26.been up to for Children In Need. Look East can reveal tonight that
:12:27. > :12:33.the region's booming space industry is in line for a major financial
:12:34. > :12:38.boost. The money is coming from a billion pound pot in Europe. It will
:12:39. > :12:41.benefit scientific research, including companies in the UK space
:12:42. > :12:43.belt in Essex and Hertfordshire. Our political correspondent Andrew
:12:44. > :12:49.Sinclair has tonight's special report.
:12:50. > :12:53.There are thousands of satellites orbiting the earth, and a small but
:12:54. > :12:59.growing number of them have been made in the East. At this company in
:13:00. > :13:03.Stevenage they build them. Here in Chelmsford, they make the ?100,000
:13:04. > :13:09.sensors and the imaging equipment to go inside them. So the news that the
:13:10. > :13:14.European Union will keep supporting space research is welcoming places
:13:15. > :13:18.like these. It is reassuring, particularly as we are doubling the
:13:19. > :13:22.number of people we had in this facility associated with space
:13:23. > :13:28.imaging, having just recruited 60 people of the last four months. To
:13:29. > :13:30.know that our customer base is continuing to receive funding
:13:31. > :13:36.clearly help support the decision we have just made. Today one for MEPs
:13:37. > :13:44.visited the companies, encouraging them to bid for this new money. This
:13:45. > :13:50.is very competitive. It is the new space race. China, India, Brazil,
:13:51. > :13:54.they are developing. This Chelmsford companies selling to them but it
:13:55. > :13:57.would not be doing so if it did not have the foundation stone of
:13:58. > :14:04.research and innovation from Europe. The announcement next week will be
:14:05. > :14:08.about more than just space. The EU will approve ?60 billion of funding
:14:09. > :14:15.for science, research and technology across Europe. And the region's Euro
:14:16. > :14:19.MPs who have helped negotiate this five`year package expect us to do
:14:20. > :14:26.well out of it. 20% of all research working Cambridge is already funded
:14:27. > :14:31.Ivy EU. MEPs say that many other companies and people across the East
:14:32. > :14:36.should benefit. It is significant for businesses and universities. It
:14:37. > :14:42.is an area where we get back more than we put into the EU budget. They
:14:43. > :14:46.will have to bid for the money, but the feeling among MEPs is that for
:14:47. > :14:49.those at the cutting edge of technology, the potential is out of
:14:50. > :14:52.this world. And there's more news and debate
:14:53. > :14:54.from the region's politicians in this weekend's edition of Sunday
:14:55. > :15:01.Politics. Etholle George presents the programme live, this Sunday at
:15:02. > :15:05.11 o'clock, on BBC One. Sport now, and one of the biggest
:15:06. > :15:08.sporting upsets this time last year was England beating the All Blacks
:15:09. > :15:13.at Twickenham. Tomorrow it's the rematch. More than a third of the
:15:14. > :15:15.England squad come from this region, including five players from
:15:16. > :15:19.Northampton Saints. They have dominated the Premiership season so
:15:20. > :15:22.far. James Burridge has been to the England camp.
:15:23. > :15:25.The match is over. It is a record victory for England. This was not
:15:26. > :15:31.supposed to end this way for New Zealand. It was magnificent and
:15:32. > :15:38.memorable, but when you beat the All Blacks, do better beware of the
:15:39. > :15:42.backlash. The result was a big statement last year, but on its own,
:15:43. > :15:46.it will quickly the forgotten about. We need to take it on to another
:15:47. > :15:52.level and to be decided is not only the best in the world, but they have
:15:53. > :15:58.all the experience and are going for unbeaten year. They are highly
:15:59. > :16:01.motivated to beat us. Dylan Hartley knows what to expect. The Kiwi
:16:02. > :16:09.turned Englishman celebrates his 50th cap tomorrow. He remembers all
:16:10. > :16:15.too well his friends from high school. It will give meeting Ulster
:16:16. > :16:20.in the back of my neck. That emotional energy will probably give
:16:21. > :16:30.me a boost. It is quite nice. 50 seems insignificant. `` give me a
:16:31. > :16:45.tingle. It is a massive honour for me. This region makes up one third
:16:46. > :16:49.of the England squad. Dylan Hartley and Tom Youngs, Hartley was injured
:16:50. > :16:51.last year. Tom Young stick his chance and he was surprised how well
:16:52. > :16:59.he did, playing for the British Lions. Tom Ince very dynamic. They
:17:00. > :17:03.are slightly contrasting hookers, but England are lucky to have both
:17:04. > :17:09.of them. Where do you think you can hurt England the most this weekend?
:17:10. > :17:15.Set pieces are good for us. The scrum will be difficult. The game is
:17:16. > :17:20.generally one lost on the efficiency of the break down. We got that right
:17:21. > :17:25.last year. For the eight layers of the region staying here this week,
:17:26. > :17:30.this is the acid test. New Zealand do not like losing. Can England
:17:31. > :17:35.produce a performance of such consistency that will give the whole
:17:36. > :17:38.country something to shout about? You can see highlights of that
:17:39. > :17:43.England`All Blacks match on BBC Three tomorrow night, starting at
:17:44. > :17:46.seven o'clock. It's BBC Children In Need Day and
:17:47. > :17:51.across the region people have been raising money for the annual appeal.
:17:52. > :17:53.Tonight, the regional live broadcast comes from Kettering in
:17:54. > :18:02.Northamptonshire. Let's go there now and say hello to Janine Machin.
:18:03. > :18:10.The gates have only been open for half an hour, but people have
:18:11. > :18:14.already flooded into the park. This is the oldest theme park in the
:18:15. > :18:18.country. Tonight it is playing host to Children In Need. We have the
:18:19. > :18:23.pirate ship setting off and the carousel. People are bringing their
:18:24. > :18:30.cheques and they have been raising money all day. It is freezing. I am
:18:31. > :18:34.going to grab this rabbit to keep warm. Let's look at the things you
:18:35. > :18:49.have in doing to raise money. We are going to try this busking song.
:18:50. > :18:59.Song`mac, here comes Pudsey been again.
:19:00. > :19:24.`` THEY SING. I just want to busk the day away. With young Pudsey who
:19:25. > :19:40.can sway. Please support Children In Need.
:19:41. > :20:05.Thank you, everybody, in Northampton. # If you can help us,
:20:06. > :20:21.it's all in aid of Children In Need. # I just want to busk the day away.
:20:22. > :20:35.# With young Pudsey who can sway. # We're live in Cambridge here. # For
:20:36. > :20:41.BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. As you can see, I have come inside for a little
:20:42. > :20:46.bit of a warm up. Take a look at all of these people. We have a 200
:20:47. > :20:51.strong choir. This is one of the main focus points of BBC Children In
:20:52. > :20:56.Need. They will be singing with lots of other choirs around the country
:20:57. > :21:01.to a Gary Barlow tune. Alice, what are you looking forward to the
:21:02. > :21:06.most? Just getting the vibe of the everybody singing. Have you done
:21:07. > :21:13.anything like this before? No. It is the first time. What has been the
:21:14. > :21:17.hardest bit about rehearsing? Just learning all the words and all the
:21:18. > :21:21.moves and putting it all together. It is a Gary Barlow tune, the ones
:21:22. > :21:35.he wrote for the Golden Jubilee? Yes. I have heard you guys sing and
:21:36. > :21:40.you absolutely amazing. `` you are. Let's see what has been going on.
:21:41. > :21:51.These men have been hard at work for over four hours. We will need to
:21:52. > :21:53.play a CD. Is that OK? The BBC producer arrives late 90s already
:21:54. > :22:00.fretting about the night's big moment. Children's wires from all
:22:01. > :22:04.over the UK will come together to sing a Gary Barlow song. This is
:22:05. > :22:11.network television, going out across the country. Possibly 10 million
:22:12. > :22:16.people watching. So when they say, Kettering, you are wrong, we need to
:22:17. > :22:21.be on. The theme park started life in nine 1043. Since then, it has
:22:22. > :22:31.been a firm favourite for generations. At 1:30pm, the children
:22:32. > :22:38.arrived. It is going to be a long and tiring day. How are you
:22:39. > :22:47.feeling? Excited. What do you think of the song? Good. You're like Gary
:22:48. > :22:53.Barlow? Yes. They are really excited, really happy to be here.
:22:54. > :23:00.And you have rehearsed them well? Yes, we have two quire masters. One
:23:01. > :23:08.for the boys and one for the girls. `` choir masters. By two o'clock,
:23:09. > :23:13.the BBC's finest on in place and very busy. Outside broadcasts can be
:23:14. > :23:22.complicated and much can go wrong, but hopefully not in the hands of
:23:23. > :23:25.this in junior. I'm testing this out. It sends the pictures from our
:23:26. > :23:32.cameras back to the satellite van. We have ordered this equates and, so
:23:33. > :23:39.I have got to if it does not work, Pudsey will be very upset. Trying to
:23:40. > :24:00.organise 200 excited children is not easy. The conductor has a real job
:24:01. > :24:04.on her hands. THEY SING. Outside, Janine is chatting to BBC radio
:24:05. > :24:09.Northampton. There will be lots of running around. I have got my flat
:24:10. > :24:15.shoes on, so that is a real first for me. The joy if it is that you
:24:16. > :24:21.get into all of it. The BBC producer is trying to keep the children
:24:22. > :24:29.quiet. He is failing miserably. THEY SING. But the rehearsals go well.
:24:30. > :24:36.Nothing can possibly go wrong, or can it?
:24:37. > :24:41.You will never guess who I have want into. It is Pudsey bear. We are
:24:42. > :24:46.going to be here at the theme park all evening. You will be able to
:24:47. > :24:52.keep up`to`date with what we're doing on BBC One the evening. If
:24:53. > :24:57.you're in the area, come and Sears. Some of the rides are open. We are
:24:58. > :25:00.here and we hope to see you here as well. Thank you for all the
:25:01. > :25:04.fundraising. Thank you.
:25:05. > :25:10.It is quite chilly, isn't it? Thank you.
:25:11. > :25:14.It is quite chilly, isn't Yes, and temperatures will drop further this
:25:15. > :25:19.evening. Hype `` has meant light winds and clear skies. That will
:25:20. > :25:28.mean a cold night. There will be a risk of widespread frost. The risk,
:25:29. > :25:31.as we go through the night, is of mist and fog patches forming,
:25:32. > :25:37.particularly across the West and the south of the region. It may get very
:25:38. > :25:44.close to freezing in towns and cities, and polite in the
:25:45. > :25:52.countryside. We could get as low as `1, and perhaps minus two degrees.
:25:53. > :25:56.The weather looks try for tomorrow. There is a lot of cloud around and
:25:57. > :26:02.the reason for that is this weather front. It is over Scotland and it
:26:03. > :26:12.will push site. It will introduce more cloud as it gets here. `` it
:26:13. > :26:17.will push south. The South might start with brighter skies, but we
:26:18. > :26:21.can see this blanket of cloud. It will feel cold underneath the cloud.
:26:22. > :26:28.Nine degrees will be the best temperature tomorrow. The winds will
:26:29. > :26:32.be light and westerly. The cloud will spread everywhere by the end of
:26:33. > :26:37.the day. That means it will not be as cold tomorrow night. We are not
:26:38. > :26:44.expecting a frost tomorrow night for Sunday night. This weather front
:26:45. > :26:53.isn't reducing career. `` is introducing cold array. Expect the
:26:54. > :27:04.spell of rain from Monday. The significance of it is the Calder are
:27:05. > :27:09.it introduces. `` the colder air. It will flood across the British Isles
:27:10. > :27:14.by the end of next week. By Monday and Tuesday, much cooler
:27:15. > :27:18.temperatures. The thickest of the cloud on Sunday might produce light
:27:19. > :27:23.rain and drizzle. On Monday, we will get this weather front. It will
:27:24. > :27:28.bring steady rain in the middle of the day. Look at the temperature for
:27:29. > :27:37.Tuesday and the overnight low temperatures. We are below freezing.
:27:38. > :27:41.Expect a much colder week. Thank you very much, and thank you to all of
:27:42. > :27:42.you have in raising money for BBC Children In Need. Have a great
:27:43. > :27:43.weekend.