06/02/2014 Look East - West

Peter, thank you. That's all from the BBC News

Good evening, welcome. On the programme tonight. Pressure on the

front line, and a push for more volunteers. Is Northamptonshire

trying to police on the cheap? Also tonight. Drama at London Road as a

fan visit `` collapses pitch side with a heart attack.

He's eating and wants to go home. The first thing he said to me was,

what with the score? And looking ahead to the National Badminton

Championships, with the husband and wife team hoping for success in the

mixed doubles. And the Hollywood a list recreating

history at Huxford. `` Duxford. First tonight. The pressure on our

front line police forces. The policing minister was in the area

today to look at a new initiative involved in cutting crime. The force

is also pushing to triple the number of special constables. But is it

policing on the cheap? In a moment we'll hear from the Police and

Jodie, to Reza and Joyce, all part of a police experiment, working with

officers, these women from a nursery, homeless hostel and church

have helped tackle street jinking in their pot of Northampton. ``

drinking. We got volunteer to do the physical work and learn on what goes

on in the church. We have got a group to pull the cheese down to see

`` so you can see directly into the churchyard. Before, the police did

not involve you, they tried to sort the situation out but we are now all

involved in the situation and we wanted to work just as much as they

do. This scheme, using the community to solve problems, is thought to be

the first of the kind in the country. Enough to attract a

minister from the policing minister who has told `` was told it has

reduced street drinking. We have seen a reduction in street drinking

and so it has definitely been a success for us. Mean one of the

danger police is also trying to promote more officers, they are

underpaid volunteers. Is this policing on the cheap? I think

special have always played a significant role in policing, they

can do something on top of the full`time officers and PCS (already

there. Other forces may be watching to see how well these schemes work.

In the last hour I spoke to the Police and Crime Commissioner for

Northamptonshire Adam Simmonds and asked him if the county's police

force is under pressure. My ambition for Northamptonshire is to make it

the safest place in England so that requires a new way of thinking and

working. It requires community to look at themselves and say, they

cannot just expect the police to do everything. I expect communities to

work out how they can police their own street and look after their own

homes and schools. We are setting an ambitious target to raise the amount

of special constables to 900. We have 1200 full`time officers, we

want 900 volunteers. They will be properly trained as front line

officers are, it is not policing in the cheap in any way. You are saying

that but you do not have do hate this starting salary `` you are not

having to pay these specials ?2 ,000 per year. They are not getting paid

that they are played to be police officers. Is it just a coincidence

that it is when you are facing 20 million of cuts in the next four

years? I am not cutting police officers, I want to put more on the

streets but it is no like to say I do not have enough money to put on

new full time officers, we have to think creatively. Let's move on to

this number, this ambitious target, 900. If you do not manage to do

that, is Northamptonshire police force going to have a gap in its

policing? No, we have 300 specials right now so I am looking to

increase that to 900. My ambition is to raise it by October this year.

The whole point is to increase the number of volunteers rather than

meeting it by a particular month. If you do not manage to increase them,

what is your plan B? We are going to increase them by 2016, we will have

hopefully over 1000 more special constables by the time I am elected

and I can say to the public that we have put more warranted police

officers on the streets. It is not about a particular month. We need to

raise the number, I have said do it by October this year, and I think

that is entirely doable. The whole point is to raise the number of

specials, not particularly when we do it by.

A Peterborough United football fan is recovering in hospital after

collapsing during last night's game against Swindon. 67`year`old Ray

Stratton from St Ives had a heart attack during the final minutes of

the match. His son Adrian says the swift response from paramedics saved

his life. It was supposed to be a typical trip

to London Road for the Stratton family. Lifelong fans of

Peterborough United, hoping for a cup victory. As the game entered its

final few minutes, it became something far more serious. You can

hear the harsh. Ray Stratton were sitting in these seats with his son.

The game nearly finished when he encountered serious breathing

difficulties. His situation got worse quickly and soon paramedics

from picked side and a doctor in the crowd were rushing to his age. This

morning, Adrian described the moment his father suffered a heart attack.

He was troubling to press, one of duty paramedic `` one of duty

paramedic came and put into the floor. After a while he was

breathing, I had one of them say he had a pulse. You was taken away on a

stretcher as the crowd waited in near silence. The game is being

televised live. Adrian was concerned his mother would be watching at

home. We do not know the numbers, that our

community is said to support families. How has that impact on

morale? The air. Raise hundreds of jobs and

millions of pounds for the local economy. We need to take a longer

view, we need to look at it as a game of chess and sometimes

personnel are moving in and out The first personnel could be flying out

early as April, but they could lose more than the headline figure. The

bigger the base, the bigger the cuts and this is a big place.

A father who deliberately drove his Jeep into a house in Peterborough

has been been given a two`year suspended jail sentence. The court

heard Paul Kingsman snapped after being told his daughter was being

pestered by noisy neighbours. He's been disqualified from driving and

ordered to do 200 hours unpaid community work. He'll also pay costs

and compensation of ?15,000. Cut back, have more zero hour contracts,

do not have increases in pay. It reduces what is available to the

students. And we care. Sorry, that was not the same story.

Staff working in higher education have staged a third one`day strike

in an ongoing dispute over pay. This was Cambridge city centre earlier

today. Members of Unite, Unison and the University Colleges Union walked

out over what they call a paltry 1% pay rise. Unions say the Vice

Chancellors at the Russell Group of universities are pocketing big pay

rises. They haven't ruled out further industrial action.

A group of mothers say they want to make their fight to save their local

children's centres a national campaign. Some centres are facing

closure in Peterborough and across Cambridgeshire as councils say

budget cuts mean they need to target the most needy. It comes as the

education minister visited the region talking about how they're

helping families. Angela Brennan in Peterborough with

his son James. She says families are turning campaigners over threatened

closures. We are trying to take this nationally. In the UK, there is a

massive baby`boom and they need more children's centres not lengths ``

less. The money needs to be ring fenced. We are hoping to get

nationally children's centres and a threat to join us and try to get the

money ring fenced. Originally, children's centres were in areas

that were seen as most deprived Gradually they have expanded and all

families have been encouraged to use them. Now councils are saying that

the pressures on budgets, they are having to target the most

honourable. In Cambridgeshire, they plan to change from 40 centres down

to 12 clusters. In Peterborough it is planned to go from 15 to four

super hubs and three outreach centres, not open to everyone. Today

when the education minister visited she said decisions should be taken

locally. It is the ultimate decision of the local council to make sure

the children get a good start in life. We have been clear in

government guidance that there should be a strong network of sure

start centres that provide that support. In Peterborough, the plan

is to earmark ?100,000 to help families is centres close. I do not

think it is a drop in the ocean in Peterborough that is a large amount

of money and as long as we use it well, as long as we continue to

listen to the parents who will be most affected, we will provide the

services that they hope to see in their area. In Peterborough, parents

will find out next month if their centres are finally to close. That's

all from She desperately wants to have her

baby at home but it is a choice she and other mothers will now have to

pay for. Still to come, the couple from

Milton Keynes, favourites to win the English badminton champ ships in

their home town this weekend. And the Imperial War Museum at Duxford

with a starring role alongside George Clooney and Matt Damon.

One in three women, and one in five men, will experience domestic

violence in their lifetime. And, on average, two women are killed by a

violent partner every week in the UK. Over the last few years, there

have been four high`profile deaths in Essex where the police have been

criticised for not doing enough. Now, there will be special advisers

in local hospitals to spot the signs of abuse in people who may be too

scared to ask for help. For nine years, this woman we are

calling Lucy was in a relationship that became progressively more

abusive. Was the abuse physically violent? Not until I became pregnant

which is when it became physical. I used to snore really badly, and I

would wake up to a sharp blow to the stomach. It was like I was too

scared to sleep, too scared to fall asleep. Lucy was lucky, she

escaped. Maria stabbings, Jeanette Goodwin and Chrissie Chambers, along

with her daughter, were all killed by abusive partners in Essex. All

three cases lead to critical reports from the Independent Police

Complaints Commission and to a rethink into how police and councils

and others can help victims and catch perpetrators. Independent

domestic abuse advisers are now on maternity wards and in accident and

emergency departments in Essex hospitals, hoping to make contact

with victims who would not otherwise seek help. It is really important we

do it here. We have access to clients who are in hidden groups,

who wouldn't normally go to a domestic abuse agency. They would

always go to the hospital or GP and disclose it. The idea would be we

would wear these and record what we see and experience when we go to an

incident. Since last month, Essex police officers have been using body

worn video cameras when they attend domestic instances. It is capturing

the evidence that might have been missed otherwise, the exact comments

made at the scene. Often we will arrive at an instant

that may still be occurring, still being committed when we arrive.

Hopefully, it will lead to more convictions. Lucy says if she hadn't

escaped her abusive partner, she wouldn't be here today. The question

is whether the work happening now in Essex is enough to save others in

her situation. Stacey Richards works with victims

of domestic violence in Suffolk. She joins us now.

First of all, what you think of these measures being in Essex?

Hello. Much as the previous two guests have said, fantastic really

because the more evidence that can be gathered, the better we can

process the prosecution. People coming forward to ask for help off

and have been abused many times, statistics show they have been

abused many times before they get to us.

Why is that? Fear, embarrassment. It is sometimes

quite hard to approach an agency and ask for help. People get very

frightened when they are in that kind of relationship.

You are dealing with people who have been through domestic violence, what

do you say to them when they finally come? They must be brave to get to

that stage. Extremely, I take my hat off to

anybody that picks up the phone and reports, and asks for help. It is an

extremely courageous move, and a very difficult one to take. I am

really proud of anybody who does. By doing this, we can raise `` can

raise more awareness of the agencies. The police and agencies

are finding it hard to improve their treatment of victims.

Why do think so many people are falling the net?

Definitely there are far too many tragedies. And police, statutory,

voluntary agencies, are doing extremely well with their awareness

training, offering more and more support. Unfortunately, people still

do not report it. Our neighbours, are they aware, do they feel

comfortable to pick up the phone and say this is not right and I want to

do something about it? There may be people watching tonight who are

either victims, or know someone who they think is a victim of domestic

violence. What would you say to them that they

should do? Please, please, have the strength

and courage to pick up the phone and ask somebody for help. If you don't

wish to report to the police, perhaps you would feel comfortable

walking into a children's centre or seeing a nurse at your GP. Whoever

you feel comfortable speaking to, please pick up the phone, and let us

stop this happening now. You can see more on that subject in

the Sunday Politics, Sunday at 11am, on BBC One.

It's not uncommon for sports stars to get married to each other.

There's Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff, and Zara Philips and Mike

Tindall. But there are very few couples who play the same sport, in

the same team. Chris and Gabby Adcock play mixed doubles in

Badminton, and are favourites to win the national title in Milton Keynes

this weekend. It is not uncommon in badminton for

relationships on court to blossom of court. Chris and Gabby Adcock of the

latest 24/7 couple. Teenage sweethearts, they tied the knot last

summer and are still getting used to their own `` their new status.

Gabrielle White... Gabrielle Adcock! They are the British leading mixed

doubles team, they are now ranked number five.

They beat the Olympic champions on the way to winning the Hong Kong

open. Becoming only the second British pair ever to win on the

global stage. We both want to succeed and we are driven. It means

we can be honest and completely truthful with each other where we

need to work on. I think it is an advantage. We are on a brave lead

which is better than some people. We get to travel together everywhere.

Some people who travel away miss their partners. A big advantage.

Their second big win is expected to come at the National Championships

this weekend staged in their home town of Milton Keynes. It is great

they have brought the champ ships to the home of badminton. It should get

really good crowds. It is an exciting time. The nationals are

closely followed by the European champion ships in Switzerland. Their

main focus is on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In between, there

is the small matter of a house move. It is all good for Mr and Mrs

Adcock. There must be sometimes where you could do with not seeing

other! We are so used to it from such a

young age, from the age of 15, we have spent our whole time together.

We got our own house together and travelled together. We wouldn't know

any other way. We love what we do and being able to share it together.

Business or pleasure, badminton's number one couple have a connection

no others can match. This region is rich in very famous

people. Everything from film stars to rock stars, and from Prime

Ministers to Archbishops. Now, we can add George Clooney and Matt

Damon to the list. Last year, the Hollywood A`listers were at the

Imperial War Museum at Duxford near Cambridge, to shoot some scenes for

the film, The Monuments Men. Next week, the film is released, as Mike

Liggins reports. As film sets go, the Imperial War

Museum is up there with the best. Now, it features in a new Hollywood

movie. They have been stealing our art. We need to put a team together

to protect what is left. The Monuments Men. The scenes were

filmed in May last year. Here is a relaxed George Clooney on set, he

directs and stars in The Monuments Men alongside Matt Damon. You see

George Clooney, Matt Damon, landing in the air foils `` airfield, and

walking towards the airfield. The film is a true story, allied art

historians and curators rescued countless works of art stolen by the

Germans. I never heard the expression, The Monuments Men, which

captures the essence of this band of people. It wasn't a team of people I

was familiar with, it is wonderful to learn about them. How long did it

take to build? 28 years! Really? A big part of my life. Terry has a

replica Spitfire he built himself. He was involved in the filming at

Duxford. It took all day to prepare. It was lined up with three flying

Spitfires. Hugh Bonneville came along and walked part `` past. The

stars apparently stayed in Cambridge, going to the gym, and

turning up to play basketball. You can burn their homes and somehow

they will find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you

destroy their achievements. As if they never existed. The film opens

in the UK next week. Why didn't we know about that at the

time? I could have done basketball if necessary!

Time now for the weather. We start with the radar picture, a

huge swathe of rain which pushed up from the south in the afternoon.

Some of this has produced heavy downpours. Plenty more following in

behind. A cloudy night, further outbreaks of rain, some of this on

the heavy side. Depending on the low`pressure weather front, which is

associated with this rain, that will determine the strength of the wind.

They could be near gale force for a time on the coast, turning

temporarily to the north`west before returning to a southerly direction.

Tomorrow, this is the low`pressure weather system bringing the rain,

pulling away very quickly tomorrow. Much faster than expected. A better

day for most of us. Starting cloudy, overnight rain lingering. Much

brighter weather spreading in quickly. By the early afternoon,

everywhere should be largely drive. A good deal of sunshine.

Temperatures at best, nine Celsius. Above average for the time of year.

A keen and blustery south`westerly wind for much of the day. Make the

most of the afternoon sunshine. As we head into Friday evening, we

start to see further showers. This is ahead of another area of rain.

Friday night into Saturday morning, gale`force winds macro. It rattles

through quickly. Saturday morning, most of the rain should have gone.

Still blustery but gale forced wins should ease a touch. Saturday

morning should be drive. Saturday afternoon, up to 60 mph. Bringing in

heavy showers which could merge together to give a longer spell of

rain. Sunday, a scattering of showers. Lighter winds by Monday.

More wet and windy weather is expected next week. Colder nights to

come. Perhaps a frost and some ice.