:00:08. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Look East as we begin a week's worth of programmes
:00:14. > :00:28.looking at the impact World War One had in this region. And we're
:00:29. > :00:31.starting in the trenches. This is a film set on the outskirts of
:00:32. > :00:34.Ipswich. And these trenches have been used in countless dramas `
:00:35. > :00:35.everything from The Last Tommy to Downton Abbey. Our theme
:00:36. > :00:35.Tonight, our themed is the war at home. We will be looki I talkin
:00:36. > :00:39.Tonight, our themed is the war at talking to a modern`day soldier All
:00:40. > :00:43.of that later in the programme but first a round`up of the news from
:00:44. > :00:46.your part of the region. Thousands of jobs promised to
:00:47. > :00:51.Peterborough has a ?130 million business plan gets the go`ahead
:00:52. > :00:56.Fighting to save jobs in Corby, 900 at risk at Solway Foods, with cuts
:00:57. > :01:09.described as inevitable. And rail passengers give their verdict on the
:01:10. > :01:13.new trains heading their way. Hello. First to Peterborough, and a
:01:14. > :01:17.plan to bring ?130 million worth of business investment to the city It
:01:18. > :01:21.comes with the promise of hundreds of jobs and growth. Peterborough
:01:22. > :01:24.already has one of the fastest growing private sectors in country
:01:25. > :01:31.with almost 4,000 jobs created in one year thanks to new business
:01:32. > :01:41.Just today a new distribution park opened which could lead to a further
:01:42. > :01:46.8,000 jobs. Mike Cartwright reports. Finished and ready for the first
:01:47. > :01:51.company to move on. A parcel delivery business. When its conveyor
:01:52. > :01:55.belt is up and running, more than 50 people will work here stop it is a
:01:56. > :02:02.hotspot. We run a model that tells us where growth will be. It is
:02:03. > :02:05.double`digit growth as a company. Peterborough is a hotspot that we
:02:06. > :02:13.recognise. That is why we have decided to invest here. This is the
:02:14. > :02:18.first warehouse on a 240 acre distribution park. Peterborough is
:02:19. > :02:22.home to one of the fastest`growing private sectors in the country, a
:02:23. > :02:28.city soon to see more private investment. ?130 million worth.
:02:29. > :02:34.Money held in an account overseas, opened by the council. They are a
:02:35. > :02:37.mix of investors, sovereign funds and high wealth individuals. And
:02:38. > :02:41.will be pension funds. It is a different way of doing things. In
:02:42. > :02:44.reality, the council historically relied on government funding to
:02:45. > :02:48.unlock development and that is no longer there so we have to work in a
:02:49. > :02:53.different way. Money from the overseas fund will be used to buy
:02:54. > :02:55.council property dotted around the city. On it will be built houses and
:02:56. > :03:01.businesses which the council say will generate wealth. But some are
:03:02. > :03:05.concerned about who may invest in the city. It is about being able to
:03:06. > :03:09.see where the investment is coming from the gods as a local authority,
:03:10. > :03:13.we must bear in mind that we need to be principled and we need to have
:03:14. > :03:17.ethics. We need to make sure that we get money from sources that are
:03:18. > :03:21.sound. They say that Peterborough is open for business. A city attracting
:03:22. > :03:29.big investment from home and abroad. And with that, the promise of many
:03:30. > :03:33.many more jobs. Meanwhile in Corby, 900 jobs are at
:03:34. > :03:38.risk at Solway Foods with losses now described as 'inevitable'. The
:03:39. > :03:40.company is one of the town's biggest employers, with a large factory
:03:41. > :03:43.making salad products for supermarkets. A few weeks ago it
:03:44. > :03:47.announced it was considering closing the site because it would be too
:03:48. > :03:56.expensive to update it. Plans to sell it are also being considered. A
:03:57. > :03:59.task force to save jobs has been set up and earlier I spoke to the
:04:00. > :04:02.chairman and asked if all 900 jobs can be saved.
:04:03. > :04:05.New trains for the region's busiest commuter routes have been unveiled
:04:06. > :04:09.to passengers. I do not believe that they can be
:04:10. > :04:17.saved. Because the company are losing money and they are having a
:04:18. > :04:25.lot of difficulties. In the thing that would love to see is Solway
:04:26. > :04:30.running a different premises, for more efficiently, and making profits
:04:31. > :04:35.so that they are therefore they are there for the long term. How many
:04:36. > :04:40.jobs that involves, I do not know. Certainly a substantial number. What
:04:41. > :04:46.are the financial incentives that the task force is giving to Solway
:04:47. > :04:49.two we hope that by the end of the week we will have had a chance to
:04:50. > :04:53.see the options that they are considering. And we will have had a
:04:54. > :04:58.chance to see what we can possibly offer, so that by next week, we can
:04:59. > :05:05.be talking to them again. As you say, even if Solway are persuaded to
:05:06. > :05:12.stay, some jobs are going to go How much of a blow will that be for a
:05:13. > :05:16.town like Corby? It is enormous It is easy to be clever about it but
:05:17. > :05:25.for anyone, if they lose their job, it is a major thing. Sadly, there is
:05:26. > :05:31.no way of avoiding job losses. I don't Excel and should not be
:05:32. > :05:37.pre`empting. I'd think it would be unfair to say that there was. `` I
:05:38. > :05:39.don't think so. New trains for the region's busiest commuter routes
:05:40. > :05:44.have been unveiled today. The promise less crowding, faster
:05:45. > :05:50.journey times and more destinations. But we will have to wait a few years
:05:51. > :05:54.until they are in service. Travelling by train can be a tight
:05:55. > :05:59.squeeze. There are more passengers than ever before. But help could be
:06:00. > :06:05.at hand. In Cambridge, they recently had a revamp to accommodate trains
:06:06. > :06:10.with 12 carriages. And in three years time, the majority of fast and
:06:11. > :06:16.semi`fast services to King's Cross will be made up of a dozen
:06:17. > :06:19.carriages. And that is not all. More than 100 of these new electric
:06:20. > :06:25.trains are being built, with more space, Clomid control, digital
:06:26. > :06:33.displays and baby changing areas. There is more space at floor level.
:06:34. > :06:39.2017, they are coming in. A bit of a wait. But it is worth waiting for,
:06:40. > :06:42.it looks like. What is the timetable? The new trains will run
:06:43. > :06:47.on the Bedford to Brighton line in 2016. The following year, they will
:06:48. > :06:53.be on the Peterborough to King's Cross route and in 2018, we will see
:06:54. > :06:55.direct services across London. That means you could travel straight
:06:56. > :07:01.through with your luggage to Heathrow, and perhaps even Gatwick.
:07:02. > :07:06.It will do an enormous amount to decrease overcrowding. The programme
:07:07. > :07:11.is geared up to address the levels of crowding on the route. That
:07:12. > :07:15.capacity is much needed. But if you are heading to King's Cross, the new
:07:16. > :07:26.trains will run alongside the existing stock, so you are not
:07:27. > :07:35.guaranteed to catch one. Major roadworks are due to start as
:07:36. > :07:37.part of a ?30 million scheme. The roundabout at junction ten is being
:07:38. > :07:40.replaced by a three lane carriageway, linking the motorway to
:07:41. > :07:43.the airport. It means the junction will be closed overnight for several
:07:44. > :07:49.nights from March fourth. But lane restrictions will be in place for a
:07:50. > :07:51.further 18 months. A pioneering project in
:07:52. > :07:59.Cambridgeshire is helping doctors to save more lives in emergencies. The
:08:00. > :08:02.scheme means patients can be given specialist treatment at the scene of
:08:03. > :08:05.an accident before they reach hospital. It's been so successful,
:08:06. > :08:09.similar training is now being rolled out in other parts of the country.
:08:10. > :08:12.And you can see what happened when David Whitely joined the doctors on
:08:13. > :08:17.tonight's Inside Out. That's at 7.30pm on BBC One.
:08:18. > :08:20.Onto sport, and Cambridge United are the latest team from Cambridgeshire
:08:21. > :08:28.to book their place in a Wembley final. The U's will face Gosport
:08:29. > :08:31.Borough in the FA trophy. It follows Peterborough's road to Wembley in
:08:32. > :08:40.the final of the Johnstones Paint Trophy. Here's Jonathan Park.
:08:41. > :08:45.Cambridge United? They will be on sale on Friday. Cup finals are few
:08:46. > :08:50.and far between at Cambridge United so fans were keen to get orders in
:08:51. > :08:54.for Wembley tickets. For the supporters, this is why you do it.
:08:55. > :08:58.It is financially a little boost, but to me, it is about the players
:08:59. > :09:03.and supporters. And this is what we strive for. It has been 45 years
:09:04. > :09:11.since Cambridge United won a cup final. Saturday's semifinal win
:09:12. > :09:15.means that they are 90 minutes away from updating the board. It means a
:09:16. > :09:21.lot to the fans of Cambridge United. Obviously, 1969 was the last time we
:09:22. > :09:27.won a cup. Cambridge will earn ?50,000 if they beat Gosforth aura
:09:28. > :09:30.next month. `` Gosport Borough. Victory will create one problem
:09:31. > :09:35.where to put the silverware. The club sold the trophy cabinet on
:09:36. > :09:41.eBay. It might have been a joke but it went up to ?1.5 million. In the
:09:42. > :09:46.end, Luton bolted for the youth academy for ?750. There is no no
:09:47. > :09:50.trophy cabinet but there will be one in the next month to put the trophy
:09:51. > :10:03.in. The month of March is all about Wembley. Joining the are
:10:04. > :10:07.Peterborough. And it might be for more than once with play`offs a
:10:08. > :10:14.strong possibility for blue and yellow hearts of Kim Butcher.
:10:15. > :10:16.In rugby union, Northampton's incredible run continues with their
:10:17. > :10:19.eleventh straight win. Saints beat Newcastle 22`16 in the Premiership
:10:20. > :10:22.yesterday to remain top of the table. They scored three first half
:10:23. > :10:27.tries including this spectacular effort from Tom Stephenson.
:10:28. > :10:30.A competition to design a flag for Northamptonshire is down to its
:10:31. > :10:34.final four designs as chosen by a panel of judges. A public vote for
:10:35. > :10:39.the final winner has now begun. latest pictures from under the North
:10:40. > :10:44.Sea, of Europe's longest chalk reef. Now it's time to go back to Stewart
:10:45. > :10:50.who's on a World War One film set on the outskirts of Ipswich.
:10:51. > :11:07.Welcome back to the Trench Farm film set in Suffolk. We're here to mark
:11:08. > :11:21.100 years since the War. There is a periscope here. Water in a petrol
:11:22. > :11:31.can... Corned beef! Bullets as well, for the rifles. It was very cold
:11:32. > :11:45.down here. They would spend virtually the whole day here. But
:11:46. > :11:50.there was a new kind of warfare. And a new word too. The Zeppelin. On a
:11:51. > :11:53.foggy night in January 1915, people in Great Yarmouth were transfixed by
:11:54. > :11:57.an eerie noise above. A terrifying, new style of attack was about to be
:11:58. > :12:00.unleashed by aerial invaders. People would stupidly come out of their
:12:01. > :12:03.houses and say 'look, it's the Zeppelin!' All of those people would
:12:04. > :12:10.be standing in their doorways when they threw the bombs out of the side
:12:11. > :12:13.of the gondola. Three bomb were released, doing little damage, but
:12:14. > :12:16.then a fourth one exploded, killing two people ` Martha Taylor and
:12:17. > :12:24.Samuel Smith. Gladys and Katherine were young girls at the time. ``
:12:25. > :12:32.Kathleen. The window was coming in. My mother was thrown onto the couch.
:12:33. > :12:40.Mr Smith was killed. Ms Taylor too. They were killed, yes. This plaque
:12:41. > :12:43.marks the spot of the first aerial bombardment on Britain. They may not
:12:44. > :12:47.have done much physical damage but the Zeppelins were very effective
:12:48. > :12:54.weapons of terror. Local press called them aerial babykillers, sent
:12:55. > :12:57.over by blood`mad fiends. At a high altitude, the Zeppelins were safely
:12:58. > :13:02.out of range but British pilots soon had shells which could bring down
:13:03. > :13:08.the giant airships. In Autumn 1916, L33 was shot down in Essex. The
:13:09. > :13:17.German crew scrambled free and were soon made to surrender. This man saw
:13:18. > :13:22.it all. They passed the gate. There was a Special Constable who met them
:13:23. > :13:29.in the next village. He took them in hand. In St. Peter's Church in
:13:30. > :13:35.Suffolk, another souvenir of another downed Zeppelin ` L48. This woman
:13:36. > :13:41.helped maintain the memories of those who witnessed the event and
:13:42. > :13:46.the 16 Germans who perished. It burnt up quickly. There was just the
:13:47. > :13:54.skeleton left. People for miles around saw it burning. Lots of
:13:55. > :13:57.souvenir hunters! I think they tried to keep a lot of that away. The
:13:58. > :14:06.local militia sorted it out, to keep people away! In four long years, as
:14:07. > :14:20.a weapon of war the Zeppelin had failed, but as a weapon of terror it
:14:21. > :14:32.made a lasting, local impression. I told you this was a film set. It's
:14:33. > :14:37.a big place! Earlier today, when the sun was up, I looked at the other
:14:38. > :14:40.parts. As you can see, they've got everything here for the modern film
:14:41. > :14:44.set, looking back at the First World War ` about 200 metres of trenches.
:14:45. > :14:50.This is what it would have been like in the early years, with water in
:14:51. > :14:53.the bottom. Some of the soldiers got something called 'trench foot',
:14:54. > :15:04.caused by standing in damp water. They'd been here for about ten
:15:05. > :15:17.years. This is one of the trenches. Where we are tonight... You can see
:15:18. > :15:25.people getting ready. You will have seen these in shows like Downtown
:15:26. > :15:29.Abbey and many other programmes. There's everything here but it shows
:15:30. > :15:48.you what life was like for the soldiers working in the trenches day
:15:49. > :15:51.in, day out. These trenches are the brainchild of
:15:52. > :16:01.one man ` Taff Gillingham. An expert on World War One. You're an expert.
:16:02. > :16:11.How long did they spend here? They were all ages. People who were too
:16:12. > :16:20.old as well as young lads. It depended on where you were. In some
:16:21. > :16:34.places, only for a day. In other areas... Maybe a week or ten days.
:16:35. > :16:44.It depended on the situation. In the other trench it was wet! The
:16:45. > :16:53.soldiers were suffering? Trench foot was a real problem. They were
:16:54. > :17:07.waterlogged. There were problems with drainage. They found a way to
:17:08. > :17:16.fight nature. They also, about trench foot, made it the officer's
:17:17. > :17:29.problem! This is very much a built trench. Some felt dug, in contrast.
:17:30. > :17:45.Yes. They were built in different ways. German ones were built for
:17:46. > :18:01.permanence. To the Allies, it was temporary. Thank you for having us.
:18:02. > :18:05.It's been fascinating! Away from the trenches we're going
:18:06. > :18:08.to be looking at how life changed for ordinary people during the First
:18:09. > :18:12.World War. Tonight we're going to set the scene. What did the East
:18:13. > :18:15.look like 100 years ago? This report is from our chief reporter Kim
:18:16. > :18:19.Riley. In the picture files he doesn't have a name ` billed as a
:18:20. > :18:23.typical Norfolk labourer. The year is 1912. He was one of over 200,000
:18:24. > :18:26.farm workers across the region. At the Gressenhall farm and workhouse,
:18:27. > :18:31.they've turned back the clock to those tough times. Male life
:18:32. > :18:36.expectancy was 52 and wages for farm workers were around ?50 a year. Work
:18:37. > :18:40.was seasonal and employment was casual. For some it was a life of
:18:41. > :18:43.grinding poverty and eventually the stigma of becoming an inmate at the
:18:44. > :18:46.local workhouse. The years of childhood were brief. Going to
:18:47. > :18:52.school had only been made compulsory in the 1880s. There could be up to
:18:53. > :18:56.60 children in a class. This is a typical classroom of the time. It
:18:57. > :18:59.was compulsory for children to go to school up to the age of 12, but
:19:00. > :19:05.there were many ten`year`olds who actually had jobs. It was very
:19:06. > :19:10.unusual for many children to go on to secondary school. Few homes had
:19:11. > :19:13.electricity and many had no piped water or fixed bath. Even going
:19:14. > :19:17.through the motions of doing the laundry... Lighting a fire to heat
:19:18. > :19:20.the water, using a washing dolly to agitate the clothes... Putting them
:19:21. > :19:25.through a mangle and pegging on the line... It's a world away from
:19:26. > :19:30.today's wash and spin cycles. In 1911, the world was just beginning
:19:31. > :19:33.to become really petrol`fuelled. It's true cars were becoming common
:19:34. > :19:37.in London, but in eastern England the bicycle held sway. With 4% of
:19:38. > :19:43.the population owning 90% of the wealth, only 7% of people paid
:19:44. > :19:46.income tax. Protestors from this region joined the suffragettes `
:19:47. > :19:52.militants burned down the Bath Hotel in Felixstowe in April 1914.
:19:53. > :19:55.Professor Jane Chapman, research associate at Wolfson College in
:19:56. > :19:59.Cambridge, says there was still a clearly defined class structure.
:20:00. > :20:06.Domestic service was the main employment for women but so much was
:20:07. > :20:09.about to change. The First World War has a tremendous legacy. It really
:20:10. > :20:13.was a turning point. Legacies we don't think about... Not just women,
:20:14. > :20:21.but the beginning of the modern world ` the 21st century as we know
:20:22. > :20:26.and understand it now. `` 20th. Women played a vital role in the war
:20:27. > :20:30.effort. Children, too. Here they are, lining up to help out on the
:20:31. > :20:33.land. Patriotism, and a belief the war would soon be won, brought men
:20:34. > :20:39.rushing to join our county regiments. But for many, the reality
:20:40. > :20:53.was terrible losses amidst the horror of life in the trenches.
:20:54. > :20:57.Major Dave Walker is a soldier with Seven Para RHA. He's served in both
:20:58. > :21:04.Iraq and Afghanistan. Trench warfare ` it's traditional. How much
:21:05. > :21:20.relevance is there now? You'd be surprised. An awful lot has changed
:21:21. > :21:24.but the human experience... You could transplant a soldier from 1916
:21:25. > :21:35.and it's not that different. Trenches are still used in training.
:21:36. > :21:56.It's not something we've experienced in Afghanistan. But in 2003, in
:21:57. > :22:19.Iraq, I was sat in a bunker. I saw Marines stood in trenches. I think
:22:20. > :22:30.the effects are the same. Knowing the lifeline is there, with friends
:22:31. > :22:39.at home is a good coping mechanism. The opposite side is that that can
:22:40. > :22:46.bring anxieties of its own. Technology has improved, and
:22:47. > :22:54.improved those links. Afghanistan has good infrastructure. My soldiers
:22:55. > :23:06.still discovered the art of letter writing. The big difference is they
:23:07. > :23:18.virtually knew the people they were fighting. You rarely get up close
:23:19. > :23:28.and personal. Rarely. But you are in and among the people. The proximity
:23:29. > :23:41.is there, in a different context. Thank you. And tomorrow on Look East
:23:42. > :23:43.we'll be reporting on how the shoemaking industry of
:23:44. > :23:46.Northamptonshire rallied to help. That's World War One At Home,
:23:47. > :23:48.tomorrow night on Look East. And there are many more stories
:23:49. > :24:05.online.And tomorrow on Look Time for the weather now. Over to
:24:06. > :24:06.Julie, back in the studio. Temperatures have