:00:13. > :00:15.The appeal from Luton's Muslim community as police launch `
:00:16. > :00:22.campaign to stop potential fighters heading to Syria. The policd have to
:00:23. > :00:30.have the support of the comlunity, and there has got to be a
:00:31. > :00:34.multi`agency approach. An elderly patient is locked in the loo for
:00:35. > :00:43.more than an hour. The hosphtal says sorry. We Preparing for 26 larathons
:00:44. > :00:46.in 26 days to raise money to help troubled families through football.
:00:47. > :01:00.`` And make, do and mend, the largely forgotten skill of sewing is
:01:01. > :01:04.making a comeback. The challenge to stop young Muslim
:01:05. > :01:10.men living in our region from going to Syria to fight. Today as part of
:01:11. > :01:13.the national campaign, membdrs of the police and community gathered to
:01:14. > :01:19.hear about the risks facing those who may be planning to go to war.
:01:20. > :01:23.Tonight, community leaders `re very clear that if the campaign hs to
:01:24. > :01:31.succeed locally, the police have to work with them.
:01:32. > :01:39.This food Parcell will help keep a family in Syria ally for a lonth. It
:01:40. > :01:43.is one of thousands being donated by generous members of the public. This
:01:44. > :01:47.is the way to have the people of Syria, say UK authorities who are
:01:48. > :01:53.trying to stop men going ovdr to join in the fighting against the
:01:54. > :01:58.regime. These harrowing images are fuelling a big rise in the number of
:01:59. > :02:04.men doing just that. This charity agrees. What they are doing is
:02:05. > :02:07.wrong. They are saying that they do not need men to fight. What they
:02:08. > :02:14.need is food to feed their families. By doing this work, you
:02:15. > :02:19.are for filling the religiots obligation and helping people where
:02:20. > :02:25.they need help. Luton was the focus of the national counter terrorism
:02:26. > :02:29.campaign to encourage Muslil women to be more involved in deterring
:02:30. > :02:37.their husbands and sons frol going to war. These men see their children
:02:38. > :02:44.far more than many of the f`milies, said they will see this mord
:02:45. > :02:48.effectively than their fathdrs. The conflict in Syria is becoming an
:02:49. > :02:51.increasingly complex and worrying situation. Increasingly, yotng man
:02:52. > :02:55.from here are going there and running the risk of death, kidnap
:02:56. > :03:01.and returning here radicalised, which in turn is eight thre`ts to
:03:02. > :03:06.homeland security. In recent weeks, two and from Luton were arrdsted on
:03:07. > :03:11.their return from Syria. It is an issue not restricted to Luton. It
:03:12. > :03:18.can affect families from across the region. Luton has the highest
:03:19. > :03:23.Islamic community. Fund raising for Syria permeates across the whole of
:03:24. > :03:27.the Eastern region and the whole of the UK. The women in the colmunity,
:03:28. > :03:30.we want them to come forward and talk to the police and their
:03:31. > :03:35.partners if they have any concerns about family members. Authorities
:03:36. > :03:37.say the most effective way to help the people in Syria is by
:03:38. > :03:46.contributing to registered charities.
:03:47. > :03:49.Earlier I spoke to a chairpdrson and the Luton Council of faith, and they
:03:50. > :03:53.asked him if he thinks therd are young Muslim men in the town who are
:03:54. > :03:59.prepared to go out to Syria to fight. I do not think there is
:04:00. > :04:10.evidence as far as we are concerned. But we have to bd
:04:11. > :04:16.careful. Do you think this campaign that has been launched todax has the
:04:17. > :04:21.potential to do more harm than good, because it is being fronted by
:04:22. > :04:25.the police, and that has thd potential to send out the wrong
:04:26. > :04:31.message. I think you have a point. We need to be careful, we nded to be
:04:32. > :04:37.sensitive. Obviously, we nedd to ensure that there is peace `nd
:04:38. > :04:42.harmony in our communities, but I think the idea of engaging directly
:04:43. > :04:47.with the community is a good idea, and Muslim families need to be
:04:48. > :04:54.empowered and supported. Wh`t do you think about the approach I've
:04:55. > :05:00.specifically asking Muslim women to inform or give information to the
:05:01. > :05:07.police about family members? Is that a constructive and positive
:05:08. > :05:18.approach? No mother or wife would want their loved one to get in
:05:19. > :05:22.harm's way, and if approachdd appropriately and properly, there is
:05:23. > :05:30.something in it, and it is ` question of sensitivity and being
:05:31. > :05:35.appropriate in terms of eng`gement. I think that is necessary. Do you
:05:36. > :05:42.think the police can make that appropriate approach? Should it come
:05:43. > :05:50.much more from the communitx and perhaps people like yourself? I
:05:51. > :05:57.think the golf that a potentially exists or does exist generally, the
:05:58. > :06:03.police and communities, it somehow has to be narrowed, the gap, and
:06:04. > :06:08.there is a great deal of work to be done by all concerned, and the
:06:09. > :06:13.police need to work proactively with communities and community
:06:14. > :06:18.organisations. Three people have been arrested following the death of
:06:19. > :06:29.a man in Peterborough. Officers were called to a flat this morning.
:06:30. > :06:34.From the heart of Peterborotgh, there has been a cordon herd. One
:06:35. > :06:39.witness said an ambulance arrived here at 6:30am in the morning and he
:06:40. > :06:42.then saw a man let away in handcuffs. Three men have bden
:06:43. > :06:47.arrested, and they lived in that flat there. That is where the dead
:06:48. > :06:51.man was found and it is belheved he lived there too. Shopkeepers here
:06:52. > :06:56.say that the men were Polish and lived here for some time. Forensics
:06:57. > :07:04.have been there all day and have been out on the street, and across
:07:05. > :07:11.the street to the cash point at the bank across the road. They have done
:07:12. > :07:15.swabs of DNA to see if it w`s that about it is believed to be was
:07:16. > :07:21.beaten to death. A porous modem will be done `` a parsed modem whll be
:07:22. > :07:25.done that and we will know lore then.
:07:26. > :07:35.And investigation is being done to find out how I'd utterly patient got
:07:36. > :07:39.locked into a hospital laboratory for over an hour. She says she is
:07:40. > :07:44.still haunted by her recent stay in hospital. The 87`year`old from
:07:45. > :07:51.Northampton is back at home being cared for by her family. Whhle being
:07:52. > :07:54.treated at a general hospit`l for a fractured pelvis, she was
:07:55. > :07:59.accidentally locked in the toilet. It took staff more than an hour to
:08:00. > :08:05.realise she was his thing. H was scared. I've thought, I am never
:08:06. > :08:14.going to get out of here. I was ever so nervous. Yeah. Unable to walk,
:08:15. > :08:19.she pulled the emergency cord. But it was not working. She had to crawl
:08:20. > :08:27.to open the door. I'm managdd to crawl to the door and unlocked the
:08:28. > :08:32.door and open it and they crawled and crawled and crawled. No`one
:08:33. > :08:39.answered. Northampton Gener`l Hospital says it is sorry for her
:08:40. > :08:43.ordeal, and it has apologisdd for the distress caused. It has a full
:08:44. > :08:51.investigation is" read out to ensure it doesn't happen again. Her
:08:52. > :08:55.daughter once the hospital to take urgent action. In a hospital, you
:08:56. > :08:59.expect the patience to be s`fe all stopped the whole point of people
:09:00. > :09:03.eating admitted to hospital is for 24`hour care, not to be takdn to the
:09:04. > :09:14.bathroom and to be left werd misplaced. Her family say hdr ordeal
:09:15. > :09:28.has not hurt confidence. Thdy are now determined to give her the best
:09:29. > :09:36.care they can at home. Tanks called anaerobic digester 's,
:09:37. > :09:40.with plans to be built, and our reporter has been to a farm which
:09:41. > :09:48.already has one to see how ht works. Traditional farming. Or is ht? Seeds
:09:49. > :09:52.are being sewn on this farm, but when they are harvested, many will
:09:53. > :09:58.be used for energy rather than food. This is last year's crop, which we
:09:59. > :10:04.have harvested back in October. Instead of buying electricity, they
:10:05. > :10:09.are using this to create thdir own. This is the chopped up corn from
:10:10. > :10:14.last year's crop, and it has quite a sweet smell from it. It gets
:10:15. > :10:19.transported into these tanks, where the digestion takes place, `nd after
:10:20. > :10:26.60 days, it becomes gas, fertilizer, and ultimately,
:10:27. > :10:29.electricity. It is sent to 3000 houses and little port. We `lso use
:10:30. > :10:33.the electricity ourselves to run the plant and as a by`product wd use it
:10:34. > :10:40.to heat the 24 tunnels for the mushrooms. A plant like this costs
:10:41. > :10:44.around ?10 million to set up. Supporters say it is a greener
:10:45. > :10:47.source of energy. It also mdans that mushrooms can be grown locally
:10:48. > :10:53.rather than relying on imports, and they say it helps farmers kdep costs
:10:54. > :10:58.down. Instead of buying electricity comic they can even sell sole back
:10:59. > :11:01.to the grade. The owners of this farmland want to build their own
:11:02. > :11:05.digester, it's similar to the one I have seen, but it has left people
:11:06. > :11:08.here locally worried about how imposing the tanks would look in the
:11:09. > :11:13.potential for extra noise and smells, and some people are worried
:11:14. > :11:18.about the loss of good agricultural land being used to grow crops for
:11:19. > :11:26.energy rather than food. It is a debate that is only just beginning.
:11:27. > :11:30.It was announced today that a civic reception is going to be held for
:11:31. > :11:37.the Luton football team on Sunday, May the 4th. It follows to blend
:11:38. > :11:40.scenes last weekend as fans supported the return of the football
:11:41. > :11:44.after a rogue return to the Football League after five years. Thdre will
:11:45. > :11:48.be an open top bus parade that will end in St. George's swear. Those are
:11:49. > :12:02.your top stories tonight. like Colchester or smaller places.
:12:03. > :12:07.So getting that right is important. Still to come, a marathon challenge
:12:08. > :12:11.by one club director to bring forward all into the communhty. And
:12:12. > :12:18.tips from the best, now that sowing is back in fashion.
:12:19. > :12:21.It is often said that this hs the most Eurosceptic region in the
:12:22. > :12:24.country. So it is perhaps strprising to learn that the Liberal Ddmocrats,
:12:25. > :12:30.the most Euro`friendly partx, chose this region for the launch of their
:12:31. > :12:34.national Euro election camp`ign The European elections are on M`y 2 nd
:12:35. > :12:38.and most of the region is in the Eastern constituency. There are
:12:39. > :12:41.seven seats up for grabs and currently the Conservatives hold the
:12:42. > :12:44.most. But the UK Independence Party is putting everyone under pressure
:12:45. > :12:48.and there have been predicthons that the Lib Dems won't hold thehr seat
:12:49. > :12:56.this time around. Andrew Sinclair was at the party's launch in Essex.
:12:57. > :13:02.They hope it is not an omen. The national campaign launched delayed
:13:03. > :13:05.by 35 minutes because the Ddputy Prime Minister's train was held up
:13:06. > :13:10.by an accident. Whilst they waited a car with dispatch to pick hhm up and
:13:11. > :13:16.bring him to Colchester. Nick Clegg has decided to be unashamedly
:13:17. > :13:22.pro`European. Britain is stronger, safer and richer because of Europe,
:13:23. > :13:26.he said. In these elections there is a lot at stake. Later at thd local
:13:27. > :13:29.football club he told reporters why even in this region it is worth
:13:30. > :13:38.putting the positive case for Europe. When millions of jobs depend
:13:39. > :13:43.on our continued existence hn the European union it is worth fighting
:13:44. > :13:45.for. If you look at the recdnt election results for your p`rty
:13:46. > :13:50.around here, people are not listening to your message. The
:13:51. > :13:56.message may be controversial with some but that does not mean we
:13:57. > :13:59.should stop saying you do not win an argument unless you're prep`red to
:14:00. > :14:08.have it. Andrew Duff has bedn the MEP for the region for many years.
:14:09. > :14:13.He is a committed federalist. It is true I will not get everyond to
:14:14. > :14:24.support me but there is a solid minority of around 30% of the
:14:25. > :14:29.British electorate who insist that Britain is a European place. But the
:14:30. > :14:34.party has lost a lot of traditional supporters, something evident during
:14:35. > :14:38.a question and answer session. How can you justify being in government
:14:39. > :14:45.whilst you have almost conthnually lied to the electorate regarding
:14:46. > :14:49.University tuition fees. It is losing us a lot of money. This is
:14:50. > :14:54.why the Lib Dems may struggle in these elections. With his p`rty
:14:55. > :14:58.barely polling double figurds there have been dire predictions that Nick
:14:59. > :15:02.Clegg could lose all his MEPs in this election. But the Lib Dems
:15:03. > :15:05.believe there is a strong pro`European audience even hn this
:15:06. > :15:09.region and they are now tryhng to win them over.
:15:10. > :15:12.Cambridge United's director of football Jez George is about to
:15:13. > :15:15.embark on the challenge of ` lifetime. He's going to walk 26
:15:16. > :15:21.marathons in 26 days, taking in every single Premier League ground.
:15:22. > :15:25.It's to raise money for the Community Trust, which helps local
:15:26. > :15:34.young people. In a moment wd will speak to Jez. But first a look at
:15:35. > :15:41.where the money goes. Are you ready? Once a week they meet to fine
:15:42. > :15:47.tune their skills, catch up with friends and enjoy a run. Thhs is one
:15:48. > :15:53.disability session laid on by the community trust. There is enjoyment
:15:54. > :15:58.and team bonding and the socialising side of it is massive as well. It
:15:59. > :16:01.gets them out of their day centres and doing something they re`lly
:16:02. > :16:06.enjoy. Every professional foot will team in the country runs sole
:16:07. > :16:11.community programme. But Calbridge United do not receive funding to
:16:12. > :16:22.help pay for things like pictures or coaches. Have you had fun today ?
:16:23. > :16:30.We were together as a team. We are out in the fresh air and with
:16:31. > :16:36.friends. To help people jealous George will zigzag across the
:16:37. > :16:45.country to try to raise ?200,00 . `` Jeff George. We can go out `nd do
:16:46. > :16:49.more projects in the communhty and I think everyone will see the
:16:50. > :17:02.benefits. Jez George is in Cambridge now. You did not think of rtnning
:17:03. > :17:05.them then? ! Just a gentle stroll! I thought football clubs put loney
:17:06. > :17:11.into the community, why do xou need to raise this money? I think a club
:17:12. > :17:14.of eyelevel, we have worked hard to develop our youth structure and we
:17:15. > :17:18.do not get funding for the @cademy or scholarship system but wd punch
:17:19. > :17:23.well above our weight compared to the size of the club. We want to do
:17:24. > :17:27.something similar with the community scheme and we have a huge l`ck of
:17:28. > :17:32.funding. We want to be proactive making an impact on the comlunity.
:17:33. > :17:38.And projects such as the ond that you showed, it is really hulbling to
:17:39. > :17:42.see that. It is the vision that the club has, to play a big part in the
:17:43. > :17:51.community, but to do that it needs funding. You were starting hn the
:17:52. > :17:57.North East? Starting at Newcastle. The team play at Gateshead on
:17:58. > :18:04.Saturday and then Peter Beardsley is going to kick us off at Newcastle
:18:05. > :18:08.United on Sunday. Then we h`ve a big gala fundraising dinner in
:18:09. > :18:14.Cambridge. And I will visit all 18 in the league clubs in Engl`nd in
:18:15. > :18:18.the meantime. The weekend bdfore that Cambridge United could actually
:18:19. > :18:25.be promoted. By the time yot go to knowledge, Norwich may have been
:18:26. > :18:28.relegated. Well I hope that they stay up and I hope we are promoted
:18:29. > :18:32.because with the status of being in the football league, it does help us
:18:33. > :18:40.in terms of funding with our youth development programme. We h`ve
:18:41. > :18:45.struggled outside of it. We have done some fundraising efforts in the
:18:46. > :18:49.past and now this is somethhng positive that we can do to benefit
:18:50. > :18:58.the whole of the community hn Cambridge. And what training have
:18:59. > :19:04.you done? Just as many miles as I can around fundraising and visiting
:19:05. > :19:07.a lot of people. I have got in a few miles and I just have the whll to
:19:08. > :19:11.succeed and to finish. Knowhng so many people are behind us and so
:19:12. > :19:16.many local companies have stpported us. I will get through thosd 26 days
:19:17. > :19:20.and make a big difference, hopefully.
:19:21. > :19:24.Experts believe that by 2050, some of the key tasks in farming could be
:19:25. > :19:28.carried out by robots. Anything from checking crops in the field, to
:19:29. > :19:31.pruning plants in a vineyard. "Farmbots" may be the futurd, but at
:19:32. > :19:37.the moment the industry needs people. The average age of ` farm
:19:38. > :19:42.worker is 55, so it needs to recruit. It reckons it will need to
:19:43. > :19:46.find 60,000 people in this country over the next ten years. So a
:19:47. > :19:54.special event in Suffolk today is very important.
:19:55. > :19:58.They come by the coachload to Trinity Park near Ipswich. 4000
:19:59. > :20:04.youngsters aged seven to nine years old. Their desks give way to
:20:05. > :20:13.discovery zones in this anntal Farmer country fair. Everything from
:20:14. > :20:22.the majestic and captivating two men dressed as cows. Surveys show that
:20:23. > :20:27.one in five of us think that a parsnip rose on trees. But this is
:20:28. > :20:30.about engaging with youngstdrs to get them to think about farling and
:20:31. > :20:36.food production as a possible career. The reality is this industry
:20:37. > :20:42.desperately needs new recruhts. This is the first step on the ro`d and we
:20:43. > :20:46.can interact with them and `s it do what to live and work in thd
:20:47. > :20:51.countryside. We can show thdm what a lovely place it is to work. I love
:20:52. > :21:01.it and would not go back to anything else. I spoke to one school teacher
:21:02. > :21:06.a few years ago and she was impressed. Agriculture has `lways
:21:07. > :21:15.been at the heart of the economy in East Anglia. The combined f`rming,
:21:16. > :21:20.and food sector is worth solething like ?400 million in Suffolk. It is
:21:21. > :21:27.surprising what they do not know. They need to learn and we hope some
:21:28. > :21:35.of them will become involved in agriculture. It is fun to sde how
:21:36. > :21:40.they use stuff. I learnt about the combined harvester. At their age it
:21:41. > :21:45.is probably too early to know what career they fancy but the organisers
:21:46. > :21:50.will be helping that perhaps they have helped to sell a few sdeds for
:21:51. > :21:54.the future. We all know that a big TV sdries can
:21:55. > :21:57.make a lot of difference to almost anything. Strictly did it for
:21:58. > :22:03.dancing. Mary Berry did it for cakes. And now the Great Brhtish
:22:04. > :22:06.Sewing Bee is doing it for sewing. Today in Essex a new sewing school
:22:07. > :22:10.opened, hoping to capitalisd on those re`discovering the skhll or
:22:11. > :22:16.taking it up for the first time A finalist from the TV progralme has
:22:17. > :22:25.joined the team as a tutor. Her name is Chinelo Barry. She is
:22:26. > :22:30.selling superstar. Today Chhnelo opened the sewing school run by two
:22:31. > :22:38.sisters who hope to capitalhse on the new craze to make do and mend.
:22:39. > :22:44.It has sparked a new interest in selling and with fantastic
:22:45. > :22:49.programmes like the Great British Sewing Bee, people just want to get
:22:50. > :22:54.back to selling their own clothes and having the satisfaction of
:22:55. > :22:58.making something to wear th`t no one else will be walking around in.
:22:59. > :23:06.Chinelo Ridge the final of the hit television series the Great British
:23:07. > :23:12.Sewing Bee. You should be proud of yourself. It is a lot of work in a
:23:13. > :23:18.short space of time. She has not looked back since and is now the
:23:19. > :23:23.setting up own clothing range. We are doing mainly the spoke `t the
:23:24. > :23:28.moment and eventually will grow into supplying two boutiques and
:23:29. > :23:32.hopefully the bigger shops. One thing I could not help noticing at
:23:33. > :23:39.the launch today, the sewers were all women. I am feeling a lhttle
:23:40. > :23:47.uncomfortable. There are not many blokes here. But apparently there is
:23:48. > :23:56.no reason why men should not join in. We have some men joining one of
:23:57. > :24:03.the classes next week. We are doing a course on cushions and already
:24:04. > :24:08.have a couple of men coming. Despite having some obvious talent, I cannot
:24:09. > :24:13.see me ever selling cushions, quite frankly. But if you fancy it then
:24:14. > :24:21.Chinelo will be one of the children at the new sewing school. `` one of
:24:22. > :24:26.the tutors. I did a little bit when I w`s at
:24:27. > :24:36.school. I lived in fear of needlework!
:24:37. > :24:42.Good evening. There will be some showers around over the next few
:24:43. > :24:47.days. Today we had some isolated showers that they were quitd slow
:24:48. > :24:50.moving. They should fade aw`y this evening but it will turn quhte
:24:51. > :24:56.misty. A lot of mist and low cloud moving in from the North Se` later
:24:57. > :25:04.in the night and also the rhsk of some showers running up the coast by
:25:05. > :25:09.the end of the night. So misty start to the day and quite in places. Then
:25:10. > :25:13.the risk of these showers rtnning north quite swiftly through the
:25:14. > :25:19.morning. We should be done with them quite quickly though they m`y be
:25:20. > :25:21.heavy in places. Quite a variation in temperatures tomorrow. In the
:25:22. > :25:27.north of the coast it stayed cloudy and misty holding temperatures back
:25:28. > :25:34.at around 12 degrees. Elsewhere in the sunshine, 17 degrees or perhaps
:25:35. > :25:42.even higher. And that could spark of some thunderstorms come the
:25:43. > :25:48.evening. So looking ahead, the forecast remained an unsettled with
:25:49. > :25:54.low pressure on the scene. So if you are inking about weekend pl`ns, do
:25:55. > :25:58.be aware that you may see some showers and longer spells of rain.
:25:59. > :26:04.But there will always be sole sunshine. Looking at the outlook,
:26:05. > :26:10.for Saturday and will be a band of rain crossing the region whhch is
:26:11. > :26:16.likely to linger in some pl`ces The load does pull away so for Sunday
:26:17. > :26:24.and Monday both showers shotld be fewer and larger.
:26:25. > :26:52.`` lighter. That is all frol us Have a very good evening.
:26:53. > :26:56.All across the country, millions of families are waking up
:26:57. > :26:59.to a Britain in which they find it harder to get on.
:27:00. > :27:04.Whilst the Government keeps telling people everything is fixed,
:27:05. > :27:08.no longer stops the pound in their pocket getting smaller