:00:10. > :00:20.Hello and welcome. In the programme tonight: when this road goes ahead
:00:21. > :00:28.in three years, there will be no toll. A toll`free A14 and fewer wind
:00:29. > :00:33.turbines. Remembering Leon ` friends mark a month since Leon Briggs died
:00:34. > :00:39.after being detained by police. We will be here later in the
:00:40. > :00:47.programme. The legacy of the mid`Staffs
:00:48. > :00:52.hospital scandal and the lesson for Met students in a care home. The
:00:53. > :00:59.woman who has given 40 years of her life to netball.
:01:00. > :01:04.It's the day the government told us where it's planning to spend our
:01:05. > :01:08.money over the next few years and for us the headlines are roads and
:01:09. > :01:10.wind turbines. As we forecast on last night's Look East, there was
:01:11. > :01:12.confirmation that the planned A 4 confirmation that the planned A14
:01:13. > :01:16.Huntingdon bypass will not be tolled. But today's announcement
:01:17. > :01:20.also signalled a change of emphasis on renewable energy. Subsidies will
:01:21. > :01:25.be diverted away from onshore wind and solar farms to offshore
:01:26. > :01:28.proposals. So, what will that mean for our energy parks? Already
:01:29. > :01:39.critics are saying the changes are too small to make a difference.
:01:40. > :01:43.Seven years ago, this Northamptonshire landscape changed
:01:44. > :01:49.for ever. Burton Latimer became home to the county 's first wind farm.
:01:50. > :01:54.Today, the government announced that subsidies for wind and solar farms
:01:55. > :01:57.where being reduced, potentially jeopardising smaller scale
:01:58. > :02:04.projects. Welcome news for countryside campaigners. The hope is
:02:05. > :02:11.that without the incentive we will not see so many applications for
:02:12. > :02:17.farms in inappropriate places. You will see dozens of turbines being
:02:18. > :02:23.erected. It is decimating parts of my constituency and lots of people
:02:24. > :02:27.can't even sell their house. It is a big issue for my constituents.
:02:28. > :02:33.Subsidy levels for onshore schemes will be cut by around 5% and more
:02:34. > :02:38.expensive offshore projects will seize subsidies rise by the same
:02:39. > :02:42.amount. Peterborough Council is planning a giant solar farm which it
:02:43. > :02:48.says will generate money for the city. It says it is too early to say
:02:49. > :02:52.what impact it will have on the plans and will study the details
:02:53. > :02:56.carefully. Industry experts say it is likely to make little
:02:57. > :03:03.difference. The changes are trivially small. They are so close
:03:04. > :03:08.to a lie as it makes no difference. It is a slight change of emphasis
:03:09. > :03:12.and a small increase for offshore. It is not significant. The
:03:13. > :03:19.government denies today's announcement is in response to
:03:20. > :03:26.public 's concern. They say it is purely down to the changing cost of
:03:27. > :03:31.technology. In Burton Latimer, they prepare for a drop insert ``
:03:32. > :03:36.subsidies. Nine more turbines are planned here. It seems where various
:03:37. > :03:38.profit, the industry will grow regardless.
:03:39. > :03:42.Well, the other big announcement today was, as we mentioned earlier,
:03:43. > :03:45.the confirmation that the A14 will not be tolled when the new road
:03:46. > :03:49.bypassing Huntingdon is built. Instead, the cost will be picked up
:03:50. > :03:57.entirely by the government. As the news sank in today, there have been
:03:58. > :04:02.mixed reactions. Another morning, another slow
:04:03. > :04:07.commute on the A14. Today there was confirmation a new road will be
:04:08. > :04:12.dealt and drivers will not have to pay to use it. I use it every day.
:04:13. > :04:20.It is a good idea scrapping the toll. Great. Obviously it will be a
:04:21. > :04:28.lot better if you had to pay `` if you don't have to pay. It will stop
:04:29. > :04:31.everyone. You can stand on any bridge between Cambridge and
:04:32. > :04:37.Huntingdon and see just how heavily the road is used. Look at the
:04:38. > :04:41.lorries on there right now and it is not even rush hour. The haulage
:04:42. > :04:45.companies are glad plans for a toll have been scrapped. Across the
:04:46. > :04:52.region, they were strongly opposed. One transport firm said it would
:04:53. > :04:58.have cost them ?170,000 a year. You would have seen people using other
:04:59. > :05:01.rat runs, a lot of congestion in small villages and you would have
:05:02. > :05:07.seen people relocate some businesses. We were certainly
:05:08. > :05:11.looking to move away from our site. Yesterday, we found out the toll
:05:12. > :05:15.would be scrubbed and today it was announced officially with
:05:16. > :05:21.confirmation that the new road will still be built. Not everyone has
:05:22. > :05:27.welcomed the news. We want to see money being put into an East `West
:05:28. > :05:34.rail link to include transport from Felixstowe to Nuneaton `` improved
:05:35. > :05:38.transport. The upgrade will be paid for by the government and local
:05:39. > :05:43.councils. A few months ago they said the toll was needed to make up the
:05:44. > :05:50.rest so does this mean councils will have to put in more taxpayers money.
:05:51. > :05:55.``? I have taken that as a know so we look forward to the road
:05:56. > :06:00.starting. Any indication when it will start? Hopefully, we will be
:06:01. > :06:05.back to the original timetable and delivering on the ground as soon as
:06:06. > :06:08.possible. The government says it has listen to concerns but Labour is
:06:09. > :06:16.accusing them of wasting time and money. It has been in and out of
:06:17. > :06:21.their plans and including the idea of a toll when there was no
:06:22. > :06:26.alternative role. `` road. My constituency this as an important
:06:27. > :06:30.economic grid and they are missing out. Work is due to start on 2016
:06:31. > :06:33.out. Work is due to start on 20 6 with the road not opening in 2016.
:06:34. > :06:35.with the road not opening in 20 6. Drivers do not have to pay but they
:06:36. > :06:38.had to wait. Later in the programme, our
:06:39. > :06:41.political correspondent, Andrew Sinclair, will give us his take on
:06:42. > :06:44.all of this. It's been exactly one month since
:06:45. > :06:47.38`year`old Leon Briggs died after being held in police custody. Since
:06:48. > :06:50.then, an investigation has been launched, a number of police
:06:51. > :06:54.officers have been suspended and his family and friends are still waiting
:06:55. > :06:57.to find out what happened. Tonight, a candlelit vigil is being held in
:06:58. > :07:09.his memory, but the support net spreads far wider. Anna Todd is at
:07:10. > :07:14.Luton police station now. Lots of people are already arriving
:07:15. > :07:18.for tonight 's candlelit vigil. While much of the support comes from
:07:19. > :07:23.the Luton area, there are also people coming from all over the
:07:24. > :07:30.country. The aunt of Mark Duggan, the man shut down `` dead in
:07:31. > :07:35.Tottenham last year sparking the Tottenham riots, is here. As you can
:07:36. > :07:41.see from the candles and flowers, the main element of the theme
:07:42. > :07:47.tonight is about Leon Briggs. Family man, Leon Briggs, father of
:07:48. > :07:52.two and friend to many. Since his death, known everywhere. On the 4th
:07:53. > :07:55.of November, he was restrained by police in Luton. He kept shouting,
:07:56. > :08:03.the cups `` cuffs are too tight. the cups `` cuffs are too tight.
:08:04. > :08:08.After that there was constant screaming. He was detained under the
:08:09. > :08:11.Mental Health Act but died after being in police custody. The
:08:12. > :08:16.Independent Police Complaints Commission confirmed it was
:08:17. > :08:20.investigating. One week after five police officers were suspended. The
:08:21. > :08:27.next day his family confronted police at a community meeting. It
:08:28. > :08:33.became heated and emotional. We do not know why he died. We know
:08:34. > :08:37.nothing. The Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police said if there
:08:38. > :08:42.was any wrongdoing she would deal with it. A postmortem examination
:08:43. > :08:48.proved inconclusive. A few days later, a candlelit vigil was held to
:08:49. > :08:54.remember Leon Briggs with over a hundred people looking for answers.
:08:55. > :08:59.With me is a man who knew Leon Briggs probably better than many
:09:00. > :09:04.others, Cyril Mitchell. What has the last month been like for you and the
:09:05. > :09:11.family? I would like to say the last month has been horrible and
:09:12. > :09:15.horrific. We are still here on this candlelit vigil and so many have
:09:16. > :09:20.come out to show their hurt and they concerned as to what has happened.
:09:21. > :09:26.It has been painful for the family. His mother is still broken and the
:09:27. > :09:31.fact we can't bury our brother right now and they are rubbing our faces
:09:32. > :09:36.in it. We are disgusted. That is why so many people in the powerful
:09:37. > :09:41.community have come together to voice their concerns outside Luton
:09:42. > :09:45.police station. There has been concern because of the confusion and
:09:46. > :09:51.anger and circumstances over his death that there might have been
:09:52. > :09:58.some unrest in the Luton community. Is that the case? We are the only
:09:59. > :10:02.town with an airport, to motorway junctions and train stations and we
:10:03. > :10:09.are a community of power. We do that in a decent and peaceful way. All
:10:10. > :10:17.the people of Luton and Beds want justice. Justice for us all. Thank
:10:18. > :10:19.you very much. The IP CC is asking people to be patient while the
:10:20. > :10:27.investigation is ongoing. Rural areas are missing out on
:10:28. > :10:30.sports funding because the big towns and cities are swallowing up all the
:10:31. > :10:33.cash. That's what one of our MPs will tell the House of Commons
:10:34. > :10:35.tonight. Steve Barclay, who represents North East
:10:36. > :10:39.Cambridgeshire, says the funding system needs to be clearer and
:10:40. > :10:42.fairer. We'll hear from him in a moment, but first Emma Baugh reports
:10:43. > :10:45.from Wisbech Tennis Club which is desperate for some all`weather
:10:46. > :10:51.facilities. Reads on the centre line and real
:10:52. > :10:56.grass`roots tennis. They say they need all`weather courts but they are
:10:57. > :11:01.still waiting after two years. There are so many things we would like to
:11:02. > :11:06.do to encourage more youngsters to play. Go out into schools and
:11:07. > :11:11.introduce tennis to young people and adults but we cannot develop this
:11:12. > :11:16.programme without the facilities. The club is severely restricted by
:11:17. > :11:20.the weather, only playing from late April to September. In bad weather,
:11:21. > :11:26.they have to wait till late morning for the courts to dry out and in a
:11:27. > :11:33.bad summer, they can lose half of their playing time. The club needs
:11:34. > :11:36.to raise ?180,000. It says it has had to scale down plans after
:11:37. > :11:45.funding was directed to more urban areas. It is a real frustration for
:11:46. > :11:50.us as a club. For all the members and people in the community who are
:11:51. > :11:54.keen to play all the way through the year and have not got an
:11:55. > :12:01.opportunity. How does the area do for sporting facilities? Very
:12:02. > :12:07.sparse. Compared to the inner cities it is sparse. I think we lose out,
:12:08. > :12:12.yeah. I don't know what you can do about it. It comes down to money,
:12:13. > :12:18.doesn't it? They have to make sure the highest number of people can get
:12:19. > :12:22.to facilities, but clubs say that funding here has a long way to go.
:12:23. > :12:26.So, is the government ignoring these rural clubs, or is that the groups
:12:27. > :12:32.don't really know how to apply for funding? I asked the MP Steve
:12:33. > :12:36.Barclay this afternoon. It is because the model is complex.
:12:37. > :12:42.Government allocates the money to sport England and it has 11
:12:43. > :12:50.different grants and the criteria is often changing. It also gets a lot
:12:51. > :12:54.of his money `` gives a lot of it is money to various sporting bodies.
:12:55. > :12:58.They all have their own different schemes with different criteria
:12:59. > :13:05.which again often change. People with a love of sport find themselves
:13:06. > :13:09.dealing with a complex model of delivery and often one that is
:13:10. > :13:13.weighted against rural communities, like ours in north`east
:13:14. > :13:17.Cambridgeshire, because too much funding is going to the cities and
:13:18. > :13:21.that is something I am keen to have out in Parliament today. Isn't there
:13:22. > :13:26.an argument for the money to go to the places that benefit the most
:13:27. > :13:30.people? Of course cities should get funding and there are lots of people
:13:31. > :13:33.there and that should be reflected. What I will highlight is the
:13:34. > :13:39.disproportionate amount of funding that goes to the cities. If you look
:13:40. > :13:42.at rural communities where travel is more difficult and expensive and
:13:43. > :13:48.sometimes there aren't as many options, it is important we have
:13:49. > :13:53.local facilities so people, particularly young, but all ages,
:13:54. > :13:56.can be active and healthy. It shouldn't be the case that
:13:57. > :14:01.everything is centred in the cities. That is not realistic and I
:14:02. > :14:06.communities should have their fair share for, after all, what they are
:14:07. > :14:10.paying for. Sport England says that if you have plans to help more
:14:11. > :14:16.people play sport more often but you are held back by cost, we can help.
:14:17. > :14:21.Are they falling short of that? Their rhetoric is great but the
:14:22. > :14:27.reality isn't. Cambridge has had five times as much funding as my
:14:28. > :14:33.constituency. Of course there is more need in Cambridge, but is it
:14:34. > :14:36.five times? Why is it that the criteria on funding bids keeps
:14:37. > :14:42.changing and why is it so complex that it makes it difficult for
:14:43. > :14:46.people to get their bids in? Why are criteria often weighted against
:14:47. > :14:50.Shire counties? That is why I want to put pressure on ministers so we
:14:51. > :14:56.get our fair share. We are just looking for a reflection of the fact
:14:57. > :15:00.that people in villages, towns and community areas across north`east
:15:01. > :15:04.Cambridgeshire want to play and participate in sport and are not
:15:05. > :15:10.getting a fair share of the funds. In a statement, the Department for
:15:11. > :15:12.culture, media and sport said they are investing over ?1 billion in
:15:13. > :15:30.sport up to 2017. There are warnings of strong winds
:15:31. > :15:32.hitting the region tonight. The weather forecast in a moment but
:15:33. > :15:35.businesses in the region to tell them what flights they want as part
:15:36. > :15:38.of a survey. The airport is particularly keen to speak to
:15:39. > :15:40.companies with links to the USA, Middle East and Far East who
:15:41. > :15:49.currently travel from other terminals.
:15:50. > :15:56.Still to come, more on the history of the A14 project. And more on our
:15:57. > :15:59.unsung heroes project. Meet Phillipa Pitts, the inspiration behind
:16:00. > :16:02.Eastwood netball. The University of East Anglia is
:16:03. > :16:06.giving some medical students the chance to care for elderly people as
:16:07. > :16:09.part of their studies. The idea comes in the wake of the Francis
:16:10. > :16:11.Report earlier this year into the failings at the Mid`Staffordshire
:16:12. > :16:14.Hospital. Among the recommendations from Mr Francis, a call for the
:16:15. > :16:19.caring professions show more compassion. `` to show more
:16:20. > :16:24.compassion. Mike Liggins has spent the afternoon with one of the
:16:25. > :16:29.students at a care home in Norwich. This woman is in the third year of
:16:30. > :16:33.her degree course in occupational therapy. The last five weeks, she
:16:34. > :16:40.has been coming year to this care home in Norwich. Today, she has come
:16:41. > :16:52.to seek 92`year`old IV and talk soon turns to Ivy's recent birthday
:16:53. > :16:58.party. So you had to cakes? Yes. Rhianna is one of five students who
:16:59. > :17:06.have been volunteering. It is to help students with confidence,
:17:07. > :17:09.communication and compassion. I think everybody deserves respect and
:17:10. > :17:14.to be treated as an individual and to be listened to. This experience
:17:15. > :17:19.particularly has helped me understand people's stories and it
:17:20. > :17:25.brings home to you that people have a life that they have lived. The
:17:26. > :17:32.pilot is being run by the school of rehabilitation at the University of
:17:33. > :17:38.East Anglia. This compassion something that we should have to
:17:39. > :17:44.teach students? I think a lot of students who come to the caring put
:17:45. > :17:47.`` caring professions are compassionate, but it doesn't harm
:17:48. > :17:55.them to get more exposure within the sort of environment. Grandchildren?
:17:56. > :18:00.How many do you have? We have been delighted with the way it has gone.
:18:01. > :18:05.The five students have been amazing. Each of them has found something
:18:06. > :18:08.different out of the experience and they have been really happy coming
:18:09. > :18:16.to our home and we have been delighted to have them. Rhianna says
:18:17. > :18:20.that her time with these patients has been hugely beneficial. The UAE
:18:21. > :18:24.`` need the University of East Anglia hope they can carry on with
:18:25. > :18:27.this in the future. This week in Look East, we're
:18:28. > :18:30.meeting the three people who have been short listed for the BBC East
:18:31. > :18:32.Unsung Sporting Hero Award. Yesterday it was a netball
:18:33. > :18:37.administrator, today it's a netball coach. Phillipa Pitts has given more
:18:38. > :18:40.than 40 years of her life to coaching netball in Essex. She
:18:41. > :18:48.spends nearly every week night and every weekend on a netball court.
:18:49. > :19:00.We are going to do a change of direction tonight. 1974. Britain was
:19:01. > :19:06.under a three`day week. It was also the year that Phillipa Pitts started
:19:07. > :19:11.Eastwood netball team. Three fingers, carve them so that you have
:19:12. > :19:19.them around ear height. Just one team, with a handful of girls. She
:19:20. > :19:23.now has 13 teams with 150 players. People who started in year seven,
:19:24. > :19:26.they have gone through and their daughters have been playing as well.
:19:27. > :19:32.So that continuity of families, mother and daughter. She has taken
:19:33. > :19:37.individuals and turn them into `` she is taken beginners and turn them
:19:38. > :19:41.into international. But it is about making sure they enjoy the sport. It
:19:42. > :19:46.is not just about her being a coach, she is an umpire, she brings girls
:19:47. > :19:52.up to gloat. I am now a coach as well. It wouldn't run without her.
:19:53. > :19:57.Are you running backwards? Which you run backwards on a netball court?
:19:58. > :20:02.For whatever reason, many girls drop out of sport in their teenage
:20:03. > :20:07.years. But Phillipa's girls keep coming back. You can hear that they
:20:08. > :20:11.are enjoying themselves. It is the sport can take them all the way
:20:12. > :20:15.through. With some sports, they can drop out. We try to accommodate
:20:16. > :20:21.those who want to be performance players but also those who just love
:20:22. > :20:25.the sport. It is all about the love of the sport. Her passion is
:20:26. > :20:34.catching and because of her, thousands of girls had taken up
:20:35. > :20:37.netball and deliberately taken up netball `` taken up netball.
:20:38. > :20:39.And tomorrow we meet our final candidate a woman from Northampton
:20:40. > :20:42.who's spent 30 years helping children with special needs take
:20:43. > :20:45.part in gymnastics. And we'll be revealing the winner on Friday.
:20:46. > :20:49.Back now to the news that the government has abandoned its plan
:20:50. > :20:53.for a toll road on the A14. But the new road will be built. Work will
:20:54. > :20:57.definitely start in 2016. But if you think you've heard that before, you
:20:58. > :21:00.probably have. We've reported it on Look East on many occasions for more
:21:01. > :21:04.than 20 years. John Cranston has been looking through our archives
:21:05. > :21:12.with the help of one man who's seen it all before.
:21:13. > :21:16.When the ribbon was cut on the A14 in 1994, the road was heralded as
:21:17. > :21:28.opening up the east. But it shared the stretch between Heybridge and
:21:29. > :21:32.Huntingdon with the A1 M11 link. We proved that it was not long before
:21:33. > :21:37.there were regular problems occurring along it. The first
:21:38. > :21:43.suggestion of bypassing the bypasses came in 2000. The transport
:21:44. > :21:50.secretary was proposing plans for a ten lane superhighway. We need to
:21:51. > :21:56.make sure that our road and rail links are strengthened to make sure
:21:57. > :22:02.that we have a Rob `` have the jobs. It will be widening the path around
:22:03. > :22:05.the motorway and could start in 2008. But there were planning
:22:06. > :22:10.problems and the financial crash came and all we ended up with work
:22:11. > :22:17.promises. The government has said that the long`awaited plan to build
:22:18. > :22:19.the A14 will now begin in 2011. And heavy highways agency done its job
:22:20. > :22:27.effectively the first time around, we would not be in the position we
:22:28. > :22:31.are now because that would have happened before the financial crisis
:22:32. > :22:37.and the change of government. The coalition will do the axe. Let's
:22:38. > :22:41.begin with the news that many businesses and commuters really
:22:42. > :22:47.didn't want to hear. We can't proceed with a ?1 billion funded
:22:48. > :22:53.dual carriageway. Then the toll road solution was mooted. You can't just
:22:54. > :22:56.expect the taxpaying public to pay for everything. You have to share
:22:57. > :23:00.the burden between taxpayers and those who abuse the road. What
:23:01. > :23:09.finally scuppered the idea was the lack of an eternity of `` and it ``
:23:10. > :23:13.and alternative free route. It is unlikely that the road will be
:23:14. > :23:21.started before late 2016. But we welcome that if it actually happens.
:23:22. > :23:26.Let's go to Westminster and Andrew Sinclair. Let's start with the
:23:27. > :23:35.shorts of John Bridge. How sceptical should we be? `` the thoughts of
:23:36. > :23:39.John Bridge. In the House of Commons, Alistair Darling said he
:23:40. > :23:43.was sure he had announced the screens before. The trouble with
:23:44. > :23:47.infrastructure is that it takes a long time to put together. It can
:23:48. > :23:51.get bogged down in the planning system as well. The government is
:23:52. > :23:53.conscious of this and in this massive book of infrastructure
:23:54. > :23:58.announcements which we got today, there is a plan to set up a new body
:23:59. > :24:00.which will be in charge of driving through infrastructure
:24:01. > :24:05.developments. The government is saying that if big schemes like the
:24:06. > :24:12.A14 get bogged down in the planning process, they will use legislation
:24:13. > :24:15.to fast track it. And of course the subsidies for offshore will come in
:24:16. > :24:21.after the next election so everything we have talked about
:24:22. > :24:24.today could change? On the offshore subsidies, that could well change
:24:25. > :24:31.because everything about energy is political. On the A14, there seems
:24:32. > :24:38.to be political consensus that this road needs to be improved. Labour
:24:39. > :24:46.won not happy with the toll, so I think, sticking my neck out, that it
:24:47. > :24:51.should start in 2016. Is there anything else to announce? It seems
:24:52. > :24:58.as if we have had everything today. There will be more money for small
:24:59. > :25:03.businesses. That is always big in our region. What happens to fuel
:25:04. > :25:07.prices as well? The Essex MP has been pushing for a few cut. Now time
:25:08. > :25:20.for the weather. `` a few well cut. We have had a damp day today and we
:25:21. > :25:24.are seeing the price of the later sometime because some parts of the
:25:25. > :25:35.region are now close to freezing. Ms patches forming `` mist patches
:25:36. > :25:40.forming. Into tomorrow, we have this intense area of low pressure which
:25:41. > :25:44.will push this France down across the country. Not a great deal of
:25:45. > :25:49.raid on it when it comes to us, but it will increase the winds during
:25:50. > :25:57.the day. So for all of us, it will be a windy day. There is a risk of
:25:58. > :26:01.coastal flooding particularly on the Norfolk coast. Tomorrow will be dry
:26:02. > :26:09.and bright with increasing amounts of cloud. That wind speed increasing
:26:10. > :26:15.through the day. These are the strong gusts which we expect during
:26:16. > :26:19.the day. Then as the day progresses, it is important to flag up
:26:20. > :26:23.particularly that north Norfolk coast. A culmination of the
:26:24. > :26:28.direction of the wind is and high spring tides, the push of the sea,
:26:29. > :26:32.all coming together at the same point. This is the area under the
:26:33. > :26:40.amber warning from The Met office. A risk of localised flooding for that
:26:41. > :26:46.North Norfolk coast. This is our pressure chart. High pressure starts
:26:47. > :26:51.to build back in. You can see that the isobars are starting to widen so
:26:52. > :26:54.the winds will ease through Friday but still there is a risk on the
:26:55. > :27:01.North Norfolk coast on Friday morning with the high tide. It will
:27:02. > :27:12.be very cold because that by the fund will introduce much colder air.
:27:13. > :27:16.So expect lower temperatures. As they get the weekend, the high
:27:17. > :27:21.starts to drag in a lot more cloud. `` as we get to the weekend. It will
:27:22. > :27:30.be rather cloudy. Saturday feeling chilly. Temperatures will start to
:27:31. > :27:38.recover and by Sunday, we are back to highs of around eight else else
:27:39. > :27:40.`` eight Celsius. That's it from all of us. See you
:27:41. > :27:42.tomorrow night.