:00:12. > :00:20.Hello. In the programme tonight: Guilty of
:00:21. > :00:25.triple murder, a Peterborough woman admits killing three men. Their
:00:26. > :00:32.bodies were found dumped in ditches. That and the rest of today's biggest
:00:33. > :00:36.stories. Rates in Northamptonshire, targeting drug dealers selling to
:00:37. > :00:42.children. These people who are preying on our young people are
:00:43. > :00:48.destroying their futures. It is game over for the British number one who
:00:49. > :00:55.retires after 16 years of triumph and tears. And how to make a silver
:00:56. > :01:06.birch shine. We are behind the seas `` scenes.
:01:07. > :01:12.Good evening. A woman from Peterborough has
:01:13. > :01:16.admitted murdering three men and attempting to kill two more. Joanna
:01:17. > :01:21.Dennehy surprised her own legal team as she pleaded guilty in court. The
:01:22. > :01:28.bodies of her victims were found in ditches in Cambridgeshire earlier
:01:29. > :01:32.this year. 31`year`old Joanna Dennehy's seven
:01:33. > :01:37.guilty plea to the whole court by surprise. Her barrister told the
:01:38. > :01:40.judge that the course of the arrangement was not one they
:01:41. > :01:45.anticipated. The bodies of her victims were found four days apart
:01:46. > :01:48.in two locations. This year, the body of Kevin Lee was found in a
:01:49. > :01:55.ditch near Peterborough. Four days later, the bodies of John Chapman
:01:56. > :02:02.and Lucas Slaboszewski was `` were found in a ditch. All three had been
:02:03. > :02:06.stabbed to death. Dennehy also pleaded guilty to the attempted
:02:07. > :02:13.murders of another two`man, Robert Brett set and John Rogers. She also
:02:14. > :02:17.pled guilty to preventing the decent burial of all three murder victims.
:02:18. > :02:20.Sally joins me now. Joanna Dennehy wasn't the only one in the dock
:02:21. > :02:25.today. There are three others accused of these murders. Alongside
:02:26. > :02:29.her was her 47`year`old boyfriend Gary Richards, who is a security
:02:30. > :02:35.guard. He stands at the seven foot, three inches. He denies three
:02:36. > :02:41.charges of preventing the lawful burial of the bodies of the three
:02:42. > :02:44.man and also denies attempting to murder two other men. Two other
:02:45. > :02:53.defendants appeared at the hearing, but this was by video link, Leslie
:02:54. > :03:00.Layton, who is 36, and he pledged at an earlier hearing, while Robert
:03:01. > :03:05.Moore, who is 55, denied assisting an offender. What happens now? It is
:03:06. > :03:08.not clear when that he will be sentenced following the police
:03:09. > :03:14.today, because there are the coaccused in this case, but there
:03:15. > :03:16.will be a further hearing next week. Drug dealers suspected of selling to
:03:17. > :03:20.school children in Northamptonshire were the targets of dawn raids this
:03:21. > :03:23.morning. 70 officers were involved, along with local teachers determined
:03:24. > :03:33.to stop the supply of drugs like cannabis to teenagers.
:03:34. > :03:38.These people who are preying on our young people are destroying their
:03:39. > :03:44.futures. They are destroying their communities. That is intolerable.
:03:45. > :03:48.For a headteacher to be briefing police officers before a raid is
:03:49. > :03:52.unusual. It is happening not just because cannabis has been dealt to
:03:53. > :03:56.students outside school gets, but because this classroom is the only
:03:57. > :04:02.place big enough to brief the 7 strong team. They will be rating
:04:03. > :04:13.houses believed to be connected to dealing cannabis. Open the door
:04:14. > :04:17.Open the door, police! Eight man is arrested at this address for
:04:18. > :04:22.breaching court bail. Officers also recover evidence of personal use of
:04:23. > :04:31.cannabis and a replica handgun. Elsewhere, another two`man and a
:04:32. > :04:38.woman are suspicious `` arrested on suspicion 's of drug dealing. I want
:04:39. > :04:43.to weed this issue out. We have got to keep the school safe. I want to
:04:44. > :04:52.get the message out to the low`level dealers that we are not tolerating
:04:53. > :04:57.dealing to kids. Half of all 16 to 29`year`old kid in the UK have tried
:04:58. > :05:00.cannabis. Children start using `` who start using by the age of 1 are
:05:01. > :05:08.more likely to suffer a psychotic disorder by 26. What bothers me is
:05:09. > :05:13.people who prey on younger people who find these things exciting and
:05:14. > :05:18.are curious and can get sucked into a world and series of behaviours
:05:19. > :05:23.that are damaging. Officers have been into local schools today,
:05:24. > :05:26.warning of the dangers of cannabis. Research suggests it is a particular
:05:27. > :05:33.risk to young people, because the brain is still developing.
:05:34. > :05:36.The Parker E`Act Academy was one of those schools which had a police
:05:37. > :05:39.visit during this morning's assembly. Earlier tonight I asked
:05:40. > :05:44.the principal there how the students had reacted.
:05:45. > :05:48.Some of them were shocked and very surprised, but I think others were
:05:49. > :05:53.clearly pleased, the fact that police officers were actually
:05:54. > :05:57.speaking to them about the matter, and treating them in a mature way I
:05:58. > :06:05.discussing the matters with them. How are you or any of the other
:06:06. > :06:12.teachers in the academies there noticed certain behaviour with the
:06:13. > :06:15.peoples? `` had you or any of the other teachers. I think there have
:06:16. > :06:22.been occasions when both academies have had to inform the police about
:06:23. > :06:28.people who were involved in some illicit dealing with drugs at some
:06:29. > :06:33.point outside of both of our academies, and we are able to report
:06:34. > :06:36.back to the lease and they are able to gather the intelligence
:06:37. > :06:42.accordingly. You and your colleague at the other Academy have also taken
:06:43. > :06:46.very active involvement in all of this. Were you not worried that by
:06:47. > :06:49.raising the issue so publicly it might damage the reputation of the
:06:50. > :06:54.school? I believe the fact that the reaction would definitely be that
:06:55. > :07:02.members of the local community as well as of course our parents who
:07:03. > :07:05.are part of the community will be pleased that the police have mounted
:07:06. > :07:15.the operation and also the fact that the two academies are supporting
:07:16. > :07:18.that particular initiative. Next, to the trial of Anxiang Du,
:07:19. > :07:21.the Chinese businessman accused of murdering a family of four from
:07:22. > :07:24.Northamptonshire. He sobbed in court today as his defence team began
:07:25. > :07:28.outlining their case. The Ding family was stabbed at home in
:07:29. > :07:31.Northampton in April 2011, on the day of the Royal Wedding. The
:07:32. > :07:34.prosecution claims it was in revenge for a business deal which had gone
:07:35. > :07:38.sour. Our reporter has been following the case at Northampton
:07:39. > :07:44.Crown Court. This is the first day that we have
:07:45. > :07:49.heard his defence. That is right. The prosecution case concluded last
:07:50. > :07:53.week. The jury had been told that Anxiang Du's defence is likely to be
:07:54. > :07:57.one of the ministry sponsored bill that he or loss of control. 14
:07:58. > :08:03.months after the family wasn't stabbed to death after their `` in
:08:04. > :08:09.their home, Anxiang Du was arrested in his `` in Morocco. One of the
:08:10. > :08:13.last people to see him was a Foreign Office official, and today that man
:08:14. > :08:20.gave evidence, and he describes to the jury his first impressions of
:08:21. > :08:24.Anxiang Du at that meeting to offer consular assistance. He said he was
:08:25. > :08:28.very subdued and quiet and at times quiet and very emotional. He said
:08:29. > :08:32.during the hour and a half meeting, they had to take regular breaks so
:08:33. > :08:36.Anxiang Du could compose himself. He said that in broken English Anxiang
:08:37. > :08:42.Du had try to explain some of the detailed about what happened in the
:08:43. > :08:46.UK. He said he had been in a business deal with his friends that
:08:47. > :08:50.have gone wrong, that he had lost a lot of money, that he had lost
:08:51. > :08:55.everything, and he had made one final attempt to visit the Ding
:08:56. > :08:58.family to sort things out, but he said that his friends laughed at his
:08:59. > :09:01.face and he told the Foreign Office official that he used the words I
:09:02. > :09:07.just went crazy and began to stipulating with his clenched fist
:09:08. > :09:10.to make the shape of a knife, and that that point, Mister Williams
:09:11. > :09:15.said he had to draw the meeting to a conclusion because in wasn't so
:09:16. > :09:22.emotional, and as he left, he said, and on how me. `` because Anxiang Du
:09:23. > :09:27.was so emotional. The jury were told he will not be taking the witness
:09:28. > :09:33.box as part of his defence. That is of course his legal rights to do so.
:09:34. > :09:37.The prosecution have to prove his guilt come and he does not have to
:09:38. > :09:51.prove his innocence. He denies all four counts of murder. The case is
:09:52. > :09:54.due to present tomorrow. An organisation `` An organisation in
:09:55. > :09:58.Cambridge which tracks down and removes images of child abuse from
:09:59. > :10:00.the internet is to almost treble in size. The announcement by the
:10:01. > :10:04.Internet Watch Foundation was made at today's cyber summit in London.
:10:05. > :10:07.In an office in a research Park four people are analyzing images
:10:08. > :10:10.from the World Wide Web. So graphic is the content they are examining,
:10:11. > :10:15.the staff have to have regular counselling and most of them want to
:10:16. > :10:19.state anonymous. I see horrible things on a day to day basis. It can
:10:20. > :10:25.be disheartening to know how much and it is out there. I can either be
:10:26. > :10:29.part of the solution to get rid of the contents or I can pretend it is
:10:30. > :10:34.not there, and I know it is fair. If they find a UK website hosting
:10:35. > :10:38.illegal images, it can be closed down within the hour. If it is
:10:39. > :10:42.overseas, they can block it in this country, but getting the image
:10:43. > :10:46.removed will take much longer. Last year, we removed just under 10, 00
:10:47. > :10:52.websites, of which only 35 are hosted in the UK, and that shows you
:10:53. > :10:56.that the problem is elsewhere. Teeple say it is just a drop in the
:10:57. > :11:00.ocean and `` people say it is just a drop in the ocean and I say that is
:11:01. > :11:04.not good enough. But is also the attitudes of the Prime Minister who
:11:05. > :11:12.today held a second fibre summit at Downing Street. One of the chakras
:11:13. > :11:17.fibre summit `` fibre summit. People right across the globe will be safe
:11:18. > :11:21.because of the actions that are betake `` are being taken today and
:11:22. > :11:26.he wants to push this and make sure that children are safe. The money
:11:27. > :11:29.will allow the foundation to take on several more analysts. Instead of
:11:30. > :11:34.waiting for tip offs, they will be able to actively seek out illegal
:11:35. > :11:41.images. If we can go out and seek it, we can actually remove loads
:11:42. > :11:52.more content when the foundation was established in 1996, 18% were hosted
:11:53. > :11:55.on websites in the UK. Today, that figure is just 0.3%. And ministers
:11:56. > :12:18.say that proves the Internet Watch Foundation is making a real impact.
:12:19. > :12:21.A mother of The roads are a bit busier than the
:12:22. > :12:34.where in 1963. Still to come we talk to the Suffolk
:12:35. > :12:40.tennis star Elaine about Thatcher about her decision to retire. And
:12:41. > :12:47.Alex takes part in an unusual clean`up at the National trust.
:12:48. > :12:52.Our special report tonight looks at the housing market and in particular
:12:53. > :12:57.the lack of accommodation for people in the region.
:12:58. > :13:00.Let's give you numbers. There are around 6 million people in the East
:13:01. > :13:04.of England and that figure is going up by 1000 every week. Making is one
:13:05. > :13:09.of the fastest`growing regions in the UK. The government estimates we
:13:10. > :13:13.need to build about 25,000 new houses every year to cater for the
:13:14. > :13:24.demand. But last year we only managed to build 12,000. What do we
:13:25. > :13:28.do about it? At Medina Gardens, the tradesmen are
:13:29. > :13:33.busy once more. Kitchen fitters, bricklayers and plasters. This
:13:34. > :13:37.development on the outskirts of Rockhampton is one of 37 sites
:13:38. > :13:42.currently being worked on by a person and across the East,
:13:43. > :13:47.delivering more than 3000 new homes for which there is a ready demand.
:13:48. > :13:53.There has been a demand, people are very nervous over the past few
:13:54. > :13:56.years, obviously about where things were and with the availability of
:13:57. > :13:59.different market products, the Help To Buy scheme, all it has done is
:14:00. > :14:03.yesterday that confidence for people and maybe if people do not want to
:14:04. > :14:07.move the four years ago, the oh no thinking there was the time to do
:14:08. > :14:11.it. This region needs new homes because its population is rising. By
:14:12. > :14:17.around half a million people every decade. Most of that is due to
:14:18. > :14:23.immigration. Even now, we are not building. It is reckoned we need to
:14:24. > :14:29.25,000 new homes per year, but last year we only got 12,000. However,
:14:30. > :14:32.house`building is up 7% this year, the new homes are mostly going up
:14:33. > :14:37.along the main commuter belts. The dark areas, close to the main
:14:38. > :14:42.release and roads. Will the recovery in house`building last? This company
:14:43. > :14:47.as a good indicator of where the market is heading will stop it puts
:14:48. > :14:50.on the roads, drains and sewers before house builders move on and is
:14:51. > :14:58.working on a tight in Norfolk and Suffolk. If we are busy, it would
:14:59. > :15:03.suggest the rest of the housing industry will follow suit. It's a
:15:04. > :15:10.good indicator that the residential market is buoyant, picking up, and
:15:11. > :15:12.is said to have some good growth. But the pick`up has caused a
:15:13. > :15:18.shortage of bricks and concrete blocks. This firm has doubled
:15:19. > :15:22.production since last year. We are extremely busy and we can hardly
:15:23. > :15:28.make enough blocks to keep up with the demand currently. People are,
:15:29. > :15:32.regain, building homes, and ringing forward projects which were put on
:15:33. > :15:35.hold for the last five years. In Northampton, these new homes are
:15:36. > :15:41.being snapped up there is a long way to go before house`building back to
:15:42. > :15:44.its prerecession peak. Let's talk to Richard. Some encouraging signs
:15:45. > :15:51.there. But how sustainable is this recovery in house`building? I think
:15:52. > :15:56.the recovery is pumped up by the help to buy scheme under which the
:15:57. > :15:59.government provides loans to first`time buyers. That scheme will
:16:00. > :16:03.have to come to an end sometime so it could all be a bit of a
:16:04. > :16:06.short`term boost. Another concern is what is happening to the smaller
:16:07. > :16:10.house builders. Most of the houses being built are being built by the
:16:11. > :16:14.major house`building groups and the smaller people are finding it
:16:15. > :16:17.difficult to get the bank lending they need but overall, it's good to
:16:18. > :16:21.see house`building recovering at all after several years of being in the
:16:22. > :16:25.doldrums. Richard, thank you. Every year in this country we spend ?1
:16:26. > :16:34.billion on clearing up litter. In just one town, Wellingborough, the
:16:35. > :16:36.bill is ?100,000. The local council decided to illustrate the scale of
:16:37. > :16:42.the problem and took one street and cleaned just one side of it. The
:16:43. > :16:53.other side was left unclean. So what happened? The details from Stuart
:16:54. > :16:57.Ratcliffe. Britainmacro`poss battle with litter is nothing new. But
:16:58. > :17:01.perhaps the tactics to get people to change their habits are. This
:17:02. > :17:06.weekend in Wellingborough, litter pickers were picking up after
:17:07. > :17:09.late`night drinkers but the clean`up was on just one side of the street,
:17:10. > :17:17.and by Monday, it was clear this was a tale of two footpath. As expected,
:17:18. > :17:23.there is litter on the floor. It is right next to where litter bins are
:17:24. > :17:29.so they could have been used for the it's no surprise to myself. I
:17:30. > :17:32.thought it could have been worse. The experiment is one which is being
:17:33. > :17:38.monitored closely. Not just by the council but by shoppers in
:17:39. > :17:42.neighbouring Northampton. I'd do wonder whether people actually drop
:17:43. > :17:47.more letter on that street than they would normally would. Do you think
:17:48. > :17:52.littering is getting worse in Britain? I think it is, getting very
:17:53. > :18:01.bad. People don't care like they used to. Why'd you think that is? I
:18:02. > :18:04.don't know. I don't think there's as much respect for where you live. I
:18:05. > :18:10.think it quite disgusting, to be honest, no need for it, is there? At
:18:11. > :18:17.a time when councils are tightening their belts, questions are being
:18:18. > :18:24.asked about the true cost of litter. When you spend ?100,000 picking up
:18:25. > :18:28.litter, at times when money is short, what could we do with that
:18:29. > :18:31.money? There could be services we don't have to cut, and it's just
:18:32. > :18:35.because people can't be bothered and throw it on the ground because we
:18:36. > :18:39.will pick it up. This experiment is being repeated across the country
:18:40. > :18:43.with similar results. But the question here is whether experiments
:18:44. > :18:52.like this have any effect at all other than to remind us what litter
:18:53. > :18:56.louts the British can be. Elena Baltacha announced today she was
:18:57. > :18:59.retiring from the professional game. During his 16 year career, she
:19:00. > :19:04.became one of our longest`running British number one players. She won
:19:05. > :19:08.11 singles titles and was once ranked in the top 50 in the world.
:19:09. > :19:12.She is now expected to go into coaching. We spoke to her, who told
:19:13. > :19:18.us she made her decision because of injuries. I still love tennis. I
:19:19. > :19:23.love competing. And I would have loved to have carried on. I still
:19:24. > :19:30.think I could've achieved many more things, but whenever I put myself
:19:31. > :19:34.into anything I've always given 100% and I just feel that I haven't been
:19:35. > :19:39.able to practice. I haven't been able to push my body the way I
:19:40. > :19:43.wanted to. And also, you know, I've only been training once a day, which
:19:44. > :19:47.is not enough, especially if I want to improve and get better and take
:19:48. > :19:51.on the big players. I just feel it's definitely the best time to retire
:19:52. > :19:57.because I feel I won't be able to develop as a tennis player. Judy
:19:58. > :20:01.Murray called to the most incredible ambassador for women's ten is in
:20:02. > :20:04.Britain for the past 12 years. `` called you. I presume you will stay
:20:05. > :20:11.as a great ambassador for tennis? Absolutely. It was so lovely of duty
:20:12. > :20:21.four sub Judy is an amazing lady. She is so inspirational and one of
:20:22. > :20:27.my major achievements that I'm always representing my country. And
:20:28. > :20:33.also playing for Judy Murray was such an experience. She's such an
:20:34. > :20:36.inspirational lady. Of course, everything I have banked over the
:20:37. > :20:42.years, I want to get back to the next generation. Obviously, my
:20:43. > :20:46.academy has to do come first, based in Ipswich, and I would dedicate
:20:47. > :20:50.myself to that fully. But also, I want to get back to British tennis
:20:51. > :20:56.and give children the opportunity that tennis has given me to
:20:57. > :21:05.hopefully, you know, pastime my knowledge and hopefully leave them
:21:06. > :21:11.alone and it is in it. Do you have any regrets or disappointments from
:21:12. > :21:14.your years at the top? You are always going to get disappointments
:21:15. > :21:20.along the way and I always think, if you don't, either you're not going
:21:21. > :21:24.to be successful or you are just unbelievably lucky. I think, through
:21:25. > :21:28.the disappointments, that's where it makes you stronger. I wouldn't
:21:29. > :21:33.change anything if I had to do it again. I wouldn't change anything at
:21:34. > :21:36.all. It does make you who you are and I'm glad I had those obstacles
:21:37. > :21:42.and I managed to fulfil my potential. Great to talk to you and
:21:43. > :21:48.we wish you the best for the future. Thanks for coming on the programme.
:21:49. > :21:52.Thank you very much. Gardeners can do lots of things with trees,
:21:53. > :21:57.plants, prune them and chop down but today in Cambridgeshire, they were
:21:58. > :21:59.actually washing them. These are silver birches and innovative
:22:00. > :22:05.Christmas they are used to provide a stunning backdrop to The National
:22:06. > :22:10.Trust centre. Alex has been to see how they do it four sub as the
:22:11. > :22:14.winter weather sets in, the gardens at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge are
:22:15. > :22:19.being brought back to life. The team is hard giving the silver birch
:22:20. > :22:24.trees a bit of a face`lift. Over time they build up a green algae and
:22:25. > :22:27.were just trying to get them cleaned up with fresh washers, get them
:22:28. > :22:34.looking nice and back to their stunning white. It was established
:22:35. > :22:37.here in Anglesey Abbey 16 years ago and these are Himalayan silver
:22:38. > :22:41.birches and they have been specially selected for the brilliant white
:22:42. > :22:44.bark. And according to head gardener, Richard Todd, they will be
:22:45. > :22:51.the centrepiece of the winter light Festival. It opens next week. These
:22:52. > :22:58.will be lit. This is the climax of the whole event. We are lighting up
:22:59. > :23:01.over one mile of the whole garden with colouring themes, and all sorts
:23:02. > :23:07.of amazing features for the every tree will be lit up and away you
:23:08. > :23:11.have never seen before. Last, 7500 people turned up to see the winter
:23:12. > :23:17.lights including photographer Alistair Grant.
:23:18. > :23:28.Tickets are selling out fast. See spectacular scenes like this. I came
:23:29. > :23:35.around the corner and I saw a wall of the good pink light, really
:23:36. > :23:40.nothing I've seen. Hard to describe unless you were there. The colours
:23:41. > :23:44.were just vivid, fantastic, really, really bright and, of course, it
:23:45. > :23:49.really showed off the bark of the silver birches to its fullest
:23:50. > :23:53.extent. With over 100 trees to clean and only one day to do it, an extra
:23:54. > :24:02.pair of hands is needed. But we will have to wait until next week before
:24:03. > :24:04.we see their full transformation. They look great, don't they? Time
:24:05. > :24:13.now for a look at the weather. A rather gloomy day and through the
:24:14. > :24:17.afternoon, cold air advancing towards us from the north`west. It
:24:18. > :24:22.is actually behind this band of rain. It's a very narrow band, as
:24:23. > :24:27.you can see, but it's moving pretty quickly, so over the next few hours,
:24:28. > :24:31.well, it's going to race across our region and I think by about
:24:32. > :24:35.midnight, the last of it will clear the Essex coast. Then you can see
:24:36. > :24:40.dryer skies following behind. Along with much colder air. These are the
:24:41. > :24:46.low temperatures we're expecting in built`up areas and the coast but
:24:47. > :24:50.rural spots could top down to `3. A widespread frost. A very cold night.
:24:51. > :24:53.I the end of outcome of the wind will be light moderate,
:24:54. > :25:03.north`westerly. `` by the end of the night. Wet and windy weather on
:25:04. > :25:06.Wednesday. Tomorrow, high`pressure means cold, frosty but a sunny start
:25:07. > :25:11.the day four sub much cloud tomorrow. We could see a few
:25:12. > :25:14.showers, mainly affecting the north`east corner and they could
:25:15. > :25:19.have a bit of sleet or hail mixed in. Temperatures, well, despite the
:25:20. > :25:24.sunshine, struggling to around five Celsius at the very best. I have to
:25:25. > :25:29.say, those modern north`westerly winds certainly not make me feel any
:25:30. > :25:32.warmer. Through the afternoon into the evening, a few showers around
:25:33. > :25:37.but eventually they will fade away so, for many of us, it is a dry and
:25:38. > :25:40.to the day. As we head into Wednesday, I mentioned that weather
:25:41. > :25:43.system on the pressure chart, it will bring longer spells of rain
:25:44. > :25:49.during Wednesday morning. But, by the afternoon, to the south`east we
:25:50. > :25:54.will see sunny skies following behind. And then, on Thursday,
:25:55. > :25:58.decent spells for many of us, another chilly day in the northerly
:25:59. > :26:04.wind, but it could dry in the summer showers. And again, some sleet or
:26:05. > :26:08.hail mixed in. But, by Friday, those showers will be few and far between
:26:09. > :26:14.and, for most of us, another chilly day. The wind easing down a touch.
:26:15. > :26:15.And some cold nights on the cards. Tonight and tomorrow night.
:26:16. > :26:24.Particularly cold. Thank you very much. A big thank you
:26:25. > :26:27.to all of you who supported children in need over the weekend. We always
:26:28. > :26:33.do very well in this region and we can confirm we raised ?2.2 million
:26:34. > :26:41.and that is a record. We will leave you with some highlights. Bye bye.
:26:42. > :28:03.'We wanna do a science fiction series.'
:28:04. > :28:09.CS Lewis meets HG Wells meets Father Christmas, that's the Doctor.
:28:10. > :28:22.Can't we have Doctor Who without Doctor Who?
:28:23. > :28:26.Travel back to the birth of a phenomenon.