04/03/2014 Look East - West

European Union, that is certainly not shared the further east you go

into Good evening.

Tensions were running high in Luton tonight as 100 people gathered to

voice their concerns over policing in the town. These were the scenes

at the community centre. It comes amid claims that a man with severe

autism was beaten up by police. Two officers have been put on restricted

duties while Bedfordshire Police investigate the claims. Our Home

Affairs Correspondent, Sally Childzoy, met Farukh Ali, the man at

the centre of these allegations Farukh Ali, severely autistic and

with the mental capacity of a five`year`old returns home from his

time being cared for at a day centre. He is in shock after

allegedly being beaten by police in an unprovoked attack outside his own

home. They dragged him, they punched him, they held him hard and try to

get a grip of him by his coat. It was outrageous the way they

approached him. Within one second it happened. Because of his severe

autism, Farukh Ali likes routine, he likes to help the bin men every

Thursday by moving his neighbour's winds. It is while he was doing this

that two police officers sat in a police car nearby spotted him. One

allegedly climbed out and attack him. Since the incident about a

fortnight ago, his family say he has closed in on himself. Inside the

house, he has close the door on the world. He is more incoherence,

scared, worried and agitated. He cannot communicate as well as we

do, and it is more guessing about how he is getting angry and anyone

he sees, like a camera dressed in black. He will think that is someone

from the police force. These are some of the injuries it is claimed

he suffered at the hands of Well at tonight's meeting in Luton, there

were calls for the police officers alleged to have been involved in the

incident to be suspended. The officer. The decision has been

made at this time to suspend the officers and not dismiss them. But

you have powers to do that? The decision on this occasion has been

to restrict the officers and not suspend them. That decision will be

reviewed as this progresses. A mother has been describing the

chaos that surrounded the last moments of her teenager daughter's

life. Elouise Keeling collapsed with breathing problems during a cadet's

day at an RAF base in Cambridgeshire last summer. She'd suffered an

asthma attack. An ambulance was called but went to the wrong

location. But by the time it arrived it was too late. Struggling to

breathe, Ellie Keeling, aged 14 said she was going to die. People

with her told her not to panic, an ambulance was on the way. It wasn't.

In the middle is her mum, who moments before, she had called for

help. "I can't breathe, I can't walk," she told her. When Karen

Keeling saw her daughter, she was gasping for air, lying on her back.

"No, that's Wyton," she heard someone say. "This is Brampton"

That was Michael Smith, the cadet leader, then 18, who dialled 99 .

"They asked me for a postcode," he told the inquest. "I looked it up on

my phone". "That shows RAF Brampton and RAF Wyton," he said they told

him. "We're at RAF Brampton," he said, "in the village of Brampton".

At 7:48, he called for an ambulance, but it was sent to Wyton, ten miles

away. At 8:10, the second ambulance arrives at the right location, but

at 9:13, the inquest was told, Ellie Keeling was pronounced dead. Behind

her colleague is Suzanne Truston, who took the emergency call. She was

based in Norfolk, and didn't know that area, she told the inquest

"Would identifying a road name have been better"? She was asked. "In

hindsight, definitely," she said. An ambulance was first sent from

Huntington, a couple of miles or so from where Ellie was, but when the

crew queried if they were going to Brampton or Wyton, they were stood

down. The coroner said sadly another crew, closer to Wyton, were sent

instead. Ellie Keeling was described today as popular and bubbly, a young

lady with everything to live for. Tomorrow, at her inquest, more

evidence will be heard how she died. Bosses at Northampton General

Hospital have met today to discuss ways to ease pressure on its A

department. All non`emergency operations have been cancelled and

the Chief Executive says it's having a knock`on effect on other services

too. Our reporter Waseem Mirza joins me now with the latest. What is the

hospital saying tonight? Northampton General Hospital has told us it has

cancelled all nonemergency operations, things like knee and hip

replacements and hernia repairs This is because of the amount of

people coming in for emergency treatment. In the past week, more

than 1800 people have attended A, that is up more than 7% on last

year. The hospital is now warning of the possibility of further

cancellations in the coming days. How have the hospital found

themselves in this position? The chief executive told us it is down

to an increase OnDemand on its services which is affecting their

ability to see, treat and discharge patients as quickly as possible

More patients are being admitted because they are struggling to find

medical services in their own communities. What is the advice to

patients? If you are waiting for an operation, you will be contacted by

the hospital if there are any changes. Meanwhile they are urging

people to call their GP, pharmacists or the nonemergency helpline, 1 1.

In football ` just two of our teams were in action tonight. In League

One, Stevenage drew 1`1 game away to Crawley. Elsewhere Peterborough

faced Sheffield at Brammell Lane. Final score was 2`0.

That's all from the late team, now let's get the weather.

We had a frost last night and we are likely to have a frost tonight as

temperatures are diving under clear skies. Many places will get close to

freezing if not low as we get towards tomorrow morning. If you

wake up early you may experience mist and fog patches first thing.

But they should clear fairly quickly and then there should be sunny

spells. For the afternoon there will be patchy cloud at times, but it

should stay dry. In a moment, we will have the National forecast but

I will leave you with my out look. Thursday is dry with sunny spells.

By Friday, a week will stay miles into the weekend.

And with more on that, here is the National forecast.

Good evening. The skies across England and Wales are clearing. It

will turn cold once again. A different story for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. But ahead of that, the skies are clearing for England

and Wales. It will turn cold, so we will start tomorrow with a frost and

will also be some fog around. The frost will set in, getting down to

three below in rural spots. It is not until the latter part of the

night where we will see the fog thickening up. All while, the wind

is increasing. And