:00:00. > :00:07.to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all from
:00:08. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to programme`macro. Up to 2`macro
:00:15. > :00:21.inches of rain and winds gusting up to 60 mph, increasing. The
:00:22. > :00:26.sentencing begins Joanna Dennehy and the man dash`macro the men who
:00:27. > :00:31.helped her. We will be here later with the Tornado jets in the Thames
:00:32. > :00:36.Valley, how the RAF is helping to map the floods. The highs and lows
:00:37. > :00:45.of professional sport, why fans in Northampton do not know whether to
:00:46. > :00:48.laugh or cry. First tonight, the weather warnings in place for wind
:00:49. > :00:51.and rain as the latest storm affects the region. The Met Office has
:00:52. > :00:56.issued amber and yellow warnings saying there could be up to two
:00:57. > :00:59.inches of rain and gusts of up to 60 miles an hour. Tonight is usually
:01:00. > :01:03.one of the busiest travel nights of the year as most schools have
:01:04. > :01:14.started half term. Ben Bland has the latest on the weather and joins me
:01:15. > :01:17.now. The rain has been falling steadily through the afternoon and
:01:18. > :01:22.the early part of the evening and the wind at the minute is not too
:01:23. > :01:36.bad, but we are expecting it to pick up from 8pm. This, people are still
:01:37. > :01:41.dealing with the aftermath from last week as another storm sweeps across
:01:42. > :01:46.are part of the country. Exactly one week ago, this woman walk up to find
:01:47. > :01:52.her home flooded, the day her house was being sold. She looked out to
:01:53. > :02:00.find her street had become a river. Everything was in boxes, it has all
:02:01. > :02:05.been ruined. Worse was to come. By 10am I should have exchange
:02:06. > :02:10.contracts, but the people buying my house found out what had happened,
:02:11. > :02:18.so they came down, came in on Saturday afternoon and they said, it
:02:19. > :02:24.is not too bad. Then they did ring and say they were backing out. A few
:02:25. > :02:30.doors down, her neighbour showed us how badly his home had been
:02:31. > :02:35.affected. The flood water may have gone, but look at the furniture
:02:36. > :02:40.which was damaged. He was not just affected, look over the fence, in
:02:41. > :02:47.the front garden, hundreds of pounds worth of furniture which was
:02:48. > :02:51.damaged. As the resident still tried to dry out their homes, more heavy
:02:52. > :02:58.rain and strong winds are arriving this evening. The winds will
:02:59. > :03:01.continue to increase tonight. Not quite as strong in
:03:02. > :03:07.Northamptonshire, but Cambridge will get the worst. Given how saturated
:03:08. > :03:14.the grounders, trees could come down and cause disruption. This Friday, a
:03:15. > :03:18.busy time on the roads, PA 14 was already slow moving this afternoon
:03:19. > :03:25.as the highways agency braces itself for disruption. We have increased
:03:26. > :03:30.staff levels and we are ready to do with anything that happens. If there
:03:31. > :03:35.is debris, we can deal with that we will monitor the traffic situation,
:03:36. > :03:40.if we get a lot of congestion, we can inform travellers and they can
:03:41. > :03:43.perhaps delay their journey. In Luton, a desperate attempt to stop
:03:44. > :03:49.the pitch getting waterlogged in the hope that the match tomorrow go
:03:50. > :03:52.ahead. We have had a couple of postponements and at the end of the
:03:53. > :03:58.day, we want to play football, so we have brought in this cover, brought
:03:59. > :04:03.it down from Glasgow yesterday. Other parts of the country may be
:04:04. > :04:10.hit harder, but there is no shortage of rainfall here. The winds are
:04:11. > :04:16.expected to pick up as the evening and the night goes on, are parked
:04:17. > :04:21.dash`macro across parts of the country, gusts of up to 60 mph are
:04:22. > :04:26.expected. One of the big concerns is the effect it will have on
:04:27. > :04:32.transport, on the roads, police are telling us that a tree has fallen
:04:33. > :04:40.down on one road in Cambridge. No injuries, but it is causing
:04:41. > :04:44.congestion. Another stretch of road has been closed due to an accident.
:04:45. > :04:51.On the railways, ticket restrictions have been lifted. Airports are
:04:52. > :04:56.operating as normal, but check with your airline. This is one of the
:04:57. > :05:04.busiest nights for travel, the start of half term, if you're venturing
:05:05. > :05:06.out, take it easy, go a bit slower. Serial killer Joanna Dennehy
:05:07. > :05:10.appeared in court today for the beginning of her sentencing hearing.
:05:11. > :05:13.In the dock alongside her were the three men who helped her. At one
:05:14. > :05:16.point, Dennehy told the court she was not sorry for having killed
:05:17. > :05:27.three men. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Sally Chidzoy was at
:05:28. > :05:31.Cambridge Crown Court. This was the first time Joanna Dennehy has been
:05:32. > :05:35.seen in court since she pleaded guilty last November to the three
:05:36. > :05:39.murders in Peterborough and 2`macro at attempted murders in Hereford.
:05:40. > :05:46.Brought to the court for sentencing, her barrister said his client
:05:47. > :05:49.'spos`macro offending was that the high`end of the criminal scale.
:05:50. > :05:56.Joanna Dennehy sat at the back of the dark away from her accomplices
:05:57. > :06:01.who were all on the front row, surrounded by security officers She
:06:02. > :06:05.appeared calm, relaxed and often smiled as she and Gary Stretch
:06:06. > :06:11.leaned towards each other and exchanged words. The court was told
:06:12. > :06:15.that she accepted she had behaved in a volatile way and she had
:06:16. > :06:20.manipulated men. Her barrister said it was her case that she was not in
:06:21. > :06:24.sexual relationships with the men, she stabbed to death her friend
:06:25. > :06:30.Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman and landlord Kevin Lee, who she made
:06:31. > :06:34.where a black dress before he died. Then unexpectedly, Joanna Dennehy
:06:35. > :06:39.spoke out about Kevin Lee. In a raised voice, she told the court
:06:40. > :06:43.there was no sexual interference, it is hearsay. I was going to assault
:06:44. > :06:48.him in a dress, I put him in a dress, it was humiliation, pure and
:06:49. > :06:55.simple, there was nothing sexual about it. Just as she was leaving
:06:56. > :06:58.the court in handcuffs, that was the second outburst. In the presence of
:06:59. > :07:01.victims's relatives, she said she wanted everyone to know, I am sorry
:07:02. > :07:05.for the attempted murders, but I am not sorry for the murders.
:07:06. > :07:11.Sentencing will be later this month at the Old Bailey. A man has been
:07:12. > :07:14.convicted today of the murder of a Northampton coin collector last
:07:15. > :07:17.July. Mark Ellson, who's 41 and of no fixed address, was found guilty
:07:18. > :07:21.of the killing of Guiseppe Micheli, who was known as Joe. He was found
:07:22. > :07:29.dead at his home in Bants Lane in Duston. He'd suffered head injuries.
:07:30. > :07:32.A driver has been left with a fractured skull after a road rage
:07:33. > :07:35.attack in Bedfordshire. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon on
:07:36. > :07:38.the slip`road at Junction 11 of the M1. Both drivers got out of their
:07:39. > :07:48.cars after stopping at the traffic lights, where a fifty four year old
:07:49. > :07:53.man was hit over the head. It appears that this was a random
:07:54. > :07:58.attack, possibly done out of road rage and the victim was just on his
:07:59. > :08:03.way home. The next thing you know, he is being attacked and has an
:08:04. > :08:06.nasty head injury. Look East has learnt that the police have been
:08:07. > :08:09.called in to investigate allegations of fraud within the Luton South
:08:10. > :08:12.Labour Party. It comes just a fortnight after the party launched
:08:13. > :08:15.an enquiry into allegations of membership irregularities. Our
:08:16. > :08:25.political correspondent, Andrew Sinclair is in our newsroom and
:08:26. > :08:28.joins me now. So what's the latest? Bedfordshire police confirmed today
:08:29. > :08:32.that they are investigating what they call historical allegations of
:08:33. > :08:37.electoral fraud relating to postal voting. I understand that this
:08:38. > :08:42.relates to the 2011 local elections in Luton, but sources in the party
:08:43. > :08:46.had said that the allegations may stretch back over many more years.
:08:47. > :08:50.The police started working on this yesterday, they have been handed
:08:51. > :08:55.documents and are going through them to assess the strength of the
:08:56. > :09:01.allegations. How did this all come to light? We reported that Labour
:09:02. > :09:05.had launched an enquiry following a Sunday Politics programme which
:09:06. > :09:08.discovered there was an ease in the local party about membership
:09:09. > :09:12.packing, were a couple of members get dozens more members to join the
:09:13. > :09:17.party so they can influence candidate selections. Labour say
:09:18. > :09:20.that as a result of that enquiry, a small number of members alleged
:09:21. > :09:26.potential criminal activity and we told them to So, is this linked to
:09:27. > :09:31.the previous allegations about membership irregularities? Go to the
:09:32. > :09:35.police. No. That is an internal party member. We understand that
:09:36. > :09:38.that enquiry has concluded that there was no wrongdoing in Luton
:09:39. > :09:42.South. That will supply is a few people in the local party, what we
:09:43. > :09:51.are talking about today is an allegation of fraud. Staying with
:09:52. > :09:54.politics and the region's oldest and longest`serving MP has been
:09:55. > :09:56.re`selected to stand at the next General Election. Members of the
:09:57. > :09:59.Saffron Walden Conservative Assoication decided by an
:10:00. > :10:02.overwhelming majority last night to back Sir Alan Haselhurst. He'll be
:10:03. > :10:11.77 at the next election. Some members had suggested it might be
:10:12. > :10:14.time for someone younger. And there's more on our Sunday Politics
:10:15. > :10:17.show, looking at the future of Surestart children's centres and
:10:18. > :10:24.council cuts. That's Sunday, BBC One at 11 o'clock. Choosing the
:10:25. > :10:26.healthiest items to go in your shopping trolley isn't always
:10:27. > :10:28.straightforward. Now Cambridge researchers have been involved in
:10:29. > :10:32.developing a smartphone app that reveals how good a product is for
:10:33. > :10:35.you. It comes as the government is trying to improve the clarity of
:10:36. > :10:49.food labelling. Louise Hubball reports. But it comes to choosing
:10:50. > :10:52.the healthiest option, the supermarket can be a confusing
:10:53. > :11:00.place. There seems to be so many labels, so many choices and so
:11:01. > :11:05.little time. Imagine an app were a quick scan of the bar code can
:11:06. > :11:13.reveal not only add nutritional breakdown, but suggestions of what
:11:14. > :11:18.may be better for you. The food switch app has been developed with
:11:19. > :11:23.the Cambridge `based government funded research centre. What it does
:11:24. > :11:29.is offer you a quick and easy way of reading the food labels and offering
:11:30. > :11:35.you a really quick solution to finding those healthier
:11:36. > :11:38.alternatives. Around 80,000 supermarket products are stored on
:11:39. > :11:41.the database and it is already a success in Australia and New Zealand
:11:42. > :11:49.and developers hope it will take off here. Is this a black`and`white
:11:50. > :11:58.issue? What do shoppers make of it? I would not use it personally. I
:11:59. > :12:04.like junk food! I do not like people telling me what I should and
:12:05. > :12:09.shouldn't eat. It is a good idea. When you pick things up, you forget
:12:10. > :12:14.what is in it. I would like to know what is in my food. The app is free
:12:15. > :12:21.and the team responsible say it is impartial. We wanted to make clear
:12:22. > :12:24.that the developers behind it have been developing labelling in the UK
:12:25. > :12:32.and we are doing this for the benefit of customers. While the app
:12:33. > :12:46.compares healthier options, in these challenging times, it does not
:12:47. > :12:48.compare price. Later Dan is here with the weather and that
:12:49. > :12:56.an officer had accidentally turned on a back`up system which left the
:12:57. > :13:00.main controls useless. The ferry was holed below the water line. No one
:13:01. > :13:03.was injured in the crash. Covers have now been put over back`up
:13:04. > :13:06.control buttons so they can't be pressed by mistake.
:13:07. > :13:09.Still to come: From M S to the NHS. One of the biggest names in
:13:10. > :13:13.retailing helps out our hospitals. Plus the town that's top of the
:13:14. > :13:22.table and bottom of the league at the same time!
:13:23. > :13:25.This region has been doing its bit to help parts of the country like
:13:26. > :13:29.Somerset and the Thames which have been hit hardest by the flooding.
:13:30. > :13:32.Our Fire Services have sent rescue teams, farmers have sent animal feed
:13:33. > :13:37.and troops have been filling sandbags. Now though, the help has
:13:38. > :13:40.turned hi`tech. It came in the shape of a Tornado jet from RAF Marham in
:13:41. > :13:43.Norfolk. It has been taking high resolution aerial pictures of the
:13:44. > :13:47.flooding on the River Thames. Very recently those same cameras have
:13:48. > :13:49.been used to monitor the Taliban in Afghanstan. These photographs are
:13:50. > :14:03.being used by the emergency services to plan the relief operations. This
:14:04. > :14:12.photo of the Thames Valley was taken by an RAF jet at 15,000 feet. It was
:14:13. > :14:18.out for three hours and managed to cover 150 square kilometres. It's
:14:19. > :14:27.used very rarely in the UK but is used extensively in Afghanistan. The
:14:28. > :14:34.differences are minimal. It operates in the same way. RAF Marham usually
:14:35. > :14:43.fly these jets over warzones, taking photos and gathering intelligence.
:14:44. > :14:49.This week its mission has been over home territory. We can see where's
:14:50. > :14:54.flooded, where's not flooded, and where is at risk. We can pass that
:14:55. > :15:04.down to the ground, or civilian authorities. The photos show the
:15:05. > :15:08.extent of the flooding around the Thames Valley. The water is at its
:15:09. > :15:16.highest level in 60 years. The information will be used to move
:15:17. > :15:27.sandbags and other resources. The operation has involved more than 100
:15:28. > :15:35.RAF personnel. It was a real effort but everybody's very invested in
:15:36. > :15:42.trying to assist wherever we can. We were doing that alongside our other
:15:43. > :15:45.operations. The base will continue to analyse the photos over the
:15:46. > :15:56.weekend. It could be used in future flooding operations.
:15:57. > :16:00.One of the biggest names in British retailing has been brought in by the
:16:01. > :16:03.NHS to help some of our struggling hospitals. Sir Stuart Rose turned
:16:04. > :16:05.around the fortunes of Marks Spencer but now he'll be offering
:16:06. > :16:11.leadership advice to the 14 hospitals across England which are
:16:12. > :16:14.in "special measures". Here in the east there are three ` King's Lynn,
:16:15. > :16:16.Colchester and Basildon, where the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
:16:17. > :16:25.launched the programme with Sir Stuart. The man who ran M has a
:16:26. > :16:34.lot to learn about hospitals. Sir Stuart Rose met staff yesterday in
:16:35. > :16:39.Basildon. Alongside the Health Secretary, he heard about changes
:16:40. > :16:43.being made. The hospital is one of those put into special measures
:16:44. > :16:48.after concerns about care. It's a world away from his retail
:16:49. > :16:56.background. But he says he can bring people skills to the table. You
:16:57. > :17:01.depend on people every day to do their job properly, do their job
:17:02. > :17:04.skilfully... In the case of customers in a store, it's about
:17:05. > :17:12.goods and services. Here, it's about the right service, prompt service.
:17:13. > :17:19.Sir Stuart is someone who uses the NHS. He doesn't have private health
:17:20. > :17:28.insurance. He's committed. But turning round hospitals is a huge
:17:29. > :17:32.task. It's not a gimmick. I'll be judged on my success in turning them
:17:33. > :17:38.around. Leadership comes up time and again as one of the critical issues.
:17:39. > :17:42.Basildon has hired more staff, and care is improving. The hospital is
:17:43. > :17:48.now run by a former nurse, who believes the NHS faces different
:17:49. > :17:58.challenges from businesses. Sometimes we have less freedom than
:17:59. > :18:01.an independent business. Our priority is not about the bottom
:18:02. > :18:04.line ` important though that is, it's about the health and safety of
:18:05. > :18:07.patients. The health union UNISON warned the NHS is fundamentally
:18:08. > :18:17.different to retail, with patients turning to the health service when
:18:18. > :18:21.they were at their most vulnerable. Sport now, and there can't be many
:18:22. > :18:25.places with a club at the top of the league and another at rock bottom.
:18:26. > :18:28.With a tale of one town and two teams... Here's Tom.
:18:29. > :18:31.Yes, if you're a Saints fans you're on top of the world. If it's the
:18:32. > :18:34.Cobblers for you, then Saturday afternoons have been rather gloomy.
:18:35. > :18:36.Northampton's rugby players are fighting to be crowned Premiership
:18:37. > :18:39.champions. The football team scrapping to stay in the Football
:18:40. > :18:43.League. Every point will matter to both sides in the closing stages of
:18:44. > :18:47.the season as our Sports Editor Jonathan Park reports. Northampton
:18:48. > :18:50.has a rich and varied sporting landscape. In fact, no other town in
:18:51. > :18:55.England contains professional rugby, football and cricket teams. But if
:18:56. > :19:00.you're a Saints or Cobblers fan, your viewing experience has been
:19:01. > :19:03.very different this season. Northampton Town have sacked a
:19:04. > :19:07.manager, are bottom of the league and their status as a Football
:19:08. > :19:10.League club is in doubt. But everything is going to plan for
:19:11. > :19:13.Northampton Saints. They're top of the Premiership, in a cup semifinal
:19:14. > :19:22.and supplying England with a number of players. I've followed many ups
:19:23. > :19:33.and downs. We've fallen at the final fence before. But we're growing in
:19:34. > :19:38.confidence. We're going well. It's depressing following the football at
:19:39. > :19:45.the moment. We win so few. We don't score. We concede bucketloads. It's
:19:46. > :19:49.a disaster. Awful season. Saints have powered their way to the top of
:19:50. > :19:54.Rugby Union's top flight. The Cobblers are football's basement
:19:55. > :20:07.boys ` 92 out of 92. But a crucial midweek win against Torquay has
:20:08. > :20:12.fired them up. Goal! It was new manager Chris Wilder's first victory
:20:13. > :20:18.in charge. 17 cup finals to go. Whether it goes into the last ten
:20:19. > :20:26.seconds of a game... So long as we're still in there... We'll give
:20:27. > :20:34.it all. Saints' loss is England's gain. They're still on for a treble.
:20:35. > :20:38.Something the Cobblers can only dream of. We want them to stay up,
:20:39. > :20:42.obviously. It's great having them about. This town is a good sporting
:20:43. > :20:50.town, with football, rugby and cricket. Top or bottom, different
:20:51. > :21:01.battles lie ahead. The audience awaits for the final episodes of
:21:02. > :21:05.this Northampton drama. In football, no game for Norwich
:21:06. > :21:08.this weekend so there's some respite for boss Chris Hughton whose job is
:21:09. > :21:11.coming under mounting pressure. The club's Chief Executive David McNally
:21:12. > :21:15.told BBC Radio Norfolk he's watching the situation carefully and is aware
:21:16. > :21:18.of the fans' concerns. He admits performances have been encouraging
:21:19. > :21:22.despite the club boasting just one win in 11 Premier League games. He
:21:23. > :21:25.also insists Hughton has their support with the manager still
:21:26. > :21:31.positive he can keep them up. Norwich are one point clear of the
:21:32. > :21:34.drop`zone. Now one team who'd dearly love to
:21:35. > :21:40.trade places with Norwich are Ipswich. Town are just three points
:21:41. > :21:44.off the play`offs with 16 games to go. They're at home to Blackpool
:21:45. > :21:47.tomorrow knowing that with the top five looking nailed on, there's
:21:48. > :21:51.going to be quite scrap to finish sixth. It's that type of league ` as
:21:52. > :21:55.easy as you win three, you can lose three. We just keep plugging away
:21:56. > :22:01.and try to be consistent. Hopefully by May we'll have done enough to be
:22:02. > :22:21.in the top six. And there's some football tonight in
:22:22. > :22:24.League One. Here are the fixtures. Olympic champion Greg Rutherford
:22:25. > :22:26.makes his first appearance of the season indoors in Birmingham
:22:27. > :22:29.tomorrow. The long jumper from Milton Keynes is joined by Bedford's
:22:30. > :22:33.Nigel Levine, Andrew Osagie from Harlow, hurdler Will Sharman and
:22:34. > :22:35.Robbie Grabarz in the high jump. For Rutherford, no chance to ease
:22:36. > :22:38.himself into competition. He's up against the three medallists from
:22:39. > :22:52.last summer's World Championships. He's been out with injury. That's
:22:53. > :22:56.it. Check out the website. Let's go back to our main story now
:22:57. > :22:59.` the strong wind and rain which have been sweeping across most of
:23:00. > :23:03.the region today. It's the weekend and the start of the half`term
:23:04. > :23:06.holidays, so what can we expect over the next few days? A question I put
:23:07. > :23:09.to Adrian Gosling from the Environment Agency headquarters in
:23:10. > :23:14.Peterborough. The rain's started to come through already. People have
:23:15. > :23:20.seen a band of rain already. The rivers are going to react. We advise
:23:21. > :23:29.people near the big rivers to be aware and log on to the websites. We
:23:30. > :23:38.have a big region with a lot of rivers in it. Is Essex the main
:23:39. > :23:45.trouble spot? What other areas are you concerned about? Everybody needs
:23:46. > :23:49.to be aware. Those people who experienced high levels last Friday
:23:50. > :23:57.will experience similar levels. They need to be aware and alert. Are you
:23:58. > :24:09.expecting things to calm down after the weekend? After tonight. But
:24:10. > :24:14.people shouldn't relax. It can take three to five days for water to go
:24:15. > :24:24.through certain river systems. People need to be alert to that.
:24:25. > :24:30.Especially when they're out. Take care. We're talking about the water
:24:31. > :24:38.but there will be high winds too. Does that have a knock`on effect?
:24:39. > :24:50.Yes. People near the coast need to be aware. There will be big waves at
:24:51. > :24:53.the coast and slightly higher than normal tides. I advise people to be
:24:54. > :25:28.cautious and careful. Thank you. Time for the weather. Here's the
:25:29. > :25:37.radar picture. The Met Office have an amber warning out. Gusts of 50,
:25:38. > :25:47.60, even 70 miles an hour. Trees could be uprooted. Inland, we are
:25:48. > :26:03.widely covered by a yellow warning. The winds increase. Midnight to 3am
:26:04. > :26:16.will be the wildest. Temperatures are actually rising. Eventually down
:26:17. > :26:28.to six or seven Celsius. Tomorrow will still be windy. Saturday will
:26:29. > :26:38.be windy, with a mixture of sunny spells. Gusts of 40 to 50 miles an
:26:39. > :26:48.hour. They'll ease down progressively. Quite mild, actually.
:26:49. > :27:00.Showers gradually pull away to the east. Tomorrow night it will be dry.
:27:01. > :27:11.Perhaps a touch of frost on Sunday. Much better day then overall. The
:27:12. > :27:26.next weather front eventually comes in. It may take till late in the day
:27:27. > :27:31.till it reaches our region. Here's the projection.