:00:09. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. In the programme tonight: Anger as a
:00:14. > :00:16.man convicted of three murddrs gets compensation for lost photos and a
:00:17. > :00:23.damaged alarm clock. This prison officer says he was attacked by him
:00:24. > :00:26.in jail. It is quite shocking. It is quite hurtful. I haven't received an
:00:27. > :00:32.apology or any compensation. Food banks stretched to the limit as
:00:33. > :00:36.demand for help almost triples. Coming up later: What this lan
:00:37. > :00:40.looked like after he fell from a hotel balcony. And what he looks
:00:41. > :00:42.like now with a new skull m`de of titanium. And the day the
:00:43. > :00:58.suffragettes burnt this hotdl in Felixstowe down 100 years ago. Good
:00:59. > :01:01.evening. First tonight: A triple murderer from Stevenage has been
:01:02. > :01:04.awarded more than ?800 after some of his personal items were lost during
:01:05. > :01:07.a prison transfer. Kevan Th`krar was convicted of gunning down three
:01:08. > :01:17.people in Bishop's Stortford in 2007. His compensation pay out
:01:18. > :01:20.includes damage to an alarm clock and a pair of nose hair clippers.
:01:21. > :01:27.The Prison Officers Association say the award is an insult and
:01:28. > :01:34.ridiculous. Neil Bradford rdports. He is serving three life sentences.
:01:35. > :01:42.He has a history of violencd in prison. Kevan Thakrar has spent time
:01:43. > :01:46.in several jails. He has bedn transferred to Milton Keynes Dons.
:01:47. > :01:51.During this transfer, a number of his possessions were damaged or
:01:52. > :01:58.lost. He was awarded compensation totalling ?815. One of his victims
:01:59. > :02:03.says it is an insult. It is quite shocking. It is quite hurtftl. I
:02:04. > :02:09.haven't received an apology. I haven't received compensation. I
:02:10. > :02:14.have had to move back into with my parents to get support. The fact
:02:15. > :02:19.that my life is in tatters `nd he is sitting there with a smile on his
:02:20. > :02:27.face, getting this publicitx and he has ?800 of taxpayers money in his
:02:28. > :02:34.bank. Kevan Thakrar was initially offered the compensation whdn he
:02:35. > :02:38.moved to prison in Milton Kdynes. He refused and took the case to the
:02:39. > :02:39.Small Claims Court. After whnning his case, the Prison Servicd were
:02:40. > :03:02.ordered to pay him ?814. Kevan Thakrar was jailed for the
:03:03. > :03:13.murder of three people in Bhshopston offered in 2007. `` in Bishops Court
:03:14. > :03:20.for the. The reaction of most people in the town was one of amazdment. It
:03:21. > :03:21.is very wrong, isn't it? He shouldn't be given that
:03:22. > :03:27.compensation. He committed those murders. Much better things money
:03:28. > :03:33.could go on than compensating somebody like that. No, he shouldn't
:03:34. > :03:40.get the money. No way. Well, I don't think you should get all of it. He
:03:41. > :03:45.should get about ?20. Kevan Thakrar is still protesting his innocence.
:03:46. > :03:48.He claims he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice. For the
:03:49. > :03:52.prison officers who suffered at his hands, the only injustice is this
:03:53. > :04:00.ruling. Sally Chidzoy has been following the
:04:01. > :04:05.case and is in our Newsroom now Sadly, there is a lot of anger over
:04:06. > :04:13.this pay`out. What did the judge say?
:04:14. > :04:22.I have the judgement here. The district judge was sitting `t Milton
:04:23. > :04:36.Keynes Dons County Court and was scathing of the initial handling. He
:04:37. > :04:38.says, it is Kevan Thakrar's property, not his liberty, with
:04:39. > :05:03.which I have two deal. There is a lot of focus on this
:05:04. > :05:07.compensation case today. It is not unusual for prisoners to get
:05:08. > :05:12.compensation, is it? Certainly not and it is on the rise. It is
:05:13. > :05:19.reported ?30 million was pahd out in one year alone. It is mostlx for
:05:20. > :05:29.things that slips, sports injuries and property losses. The judge in
:05:30. > :05:33.this case says it is all about the law, and not who gains from it.
:05:34. > :05:36.Sadly, thank you. Demand for emergency food p`rcels
:05:37. > :05:40.has almost tripled in this region in the last year. The figures come from
:05:41. > :05:43.the Trussell Trust which now runs 40 food banks across the East. It says
:05:44. > :05:50.it's helped more than 90,000 adults and children in the last 12 months.
:05:51. > :05:54.The previous year, the figure was nearer 30,000. Let's go livd now to
:05:55. > :06:04.Louise Hubball, who is at the Bedford Food Bank tonight.
:06:05. > :06:08.From this Church hall, they fed 25 people today. We have seen them
:06:09. > :06:13.turning up and collecting an emergency supply of food. M`ny
:06:14. > :06:17.didn't want to be received `` didn't want to be filmed receiving help.
:06:18. > :06:24.The charity that runs this food bank says demand is rising.
:06:25. > :06:28.Is the first time Jim has rdsorted to a food bank. After he became
:06:29. > :06:32.ill, he has struggled to pax for everything after his governlent
:06:33. > :06:38.benefits. You have to be given a voucher to use a food bank. Jim was
:06:39. > :06:43.sent by his doctor. You strtggle paying your household bills aren't
:06:44. > :06:47.buying food. I would rather have electric and water in the house I
:06:48. > :06:55.spend most of my money on that. It leaves me nothing with which to buy
:06:56. > :07:02.food. Sometimes, I borrow money to get milk and bread. You said you
:07:03. > :07:10.have always worked. Did you expect to be in this position? Nevdr ever.
:07:11. > :07:16.I have been trying to get worse for nearly two years. It is verx hard.
:07:17. > :07:20.Very, very hard. Clients get an emergency supply of donated food to
:07:21. > :07:25.last three days. People comd here for many reasons. Redundancx or an
:07:26. > :07:32.unexpected bill. Demand has almost tripled in the region in thd last
:07:33. > :07:36.year. The various factors are fuelling demand, but increasingly,
:07:37. > :07:43.the welfare reforms the effdct of those, and particularly people not
:07:44. > :07:47.been sanctioned. That is whdn payments are stopped, if yot don't
:07:48. > :07:51.attend interviews or training. The government says there was no
:07:52. > :07:57.evidence of a link between welfare reforms and the use of food banks.
:07:58. > :08:00.This is the most expensive htem on our list, which was frozen
:08:01. > :08:05.vegetables, which I think is horrifying. Cheapest items `re
:08:06. > :08:12.crisps and chips. This family have spent ?1 a day each on this food to
:08:13. > :08:16.last five days. It is a budgeting challenge and has been tough. We
:08:17. > :08:24.love being hospitable. We love inviting people to have food with
:08:25. > :08:30.others or shirty with as. When you have so little, you stop dohng that.
:08:31. > :08:37.You have got to think about getting through the week. We didn't have
:08:38. > :08:42.that choice. It is a tempor`ry hardship for this family for a good
:08:43. > :08:50.cause. But donated food support thousands of people in need in our
:08:51. > :08:54.region. Just as one food bank supports 500 people every month
:08:55. > :08:59.helping them reach a cash shortage, that story is being repeated all the
:09:00. > :09:02.way across the East. Thank you.
:09:03. > :09:05.For years, Corby was the biggest town in Britain without a r`ilway
:09:06. > :09:12.station. But that all changdd five years ago today. Now the town has
:09:13. > :09:14.connections through to London and the North, passenger numbers have
:09:15. > :09:17.doubled and the station is now considered a key part of thd town's
:09:18. > :09:32.regeneration. Mike Cartwright reports.
:09:33. > :09:37.Milestone for the connection here. More than 100,000 passengers
:09:38. > :09:42.travelled from this station last year. The numbers are still rising.
:09:43. > :09:47.The main impact as it makes it easy for people coming to the town who
:09:48. > :09:50.would not have come here before The volume of people using the train
:09:51. > :09:55.station is increasing month on month. Passenger numbers ard rising
:09:56. > :10:01.every day. We changed the thcket office hours here. We are now open
:10:02. > :10:06.until 7:30pm. Tickets numbers have almost doubled since last ydar. All
:10:07. > :10:20.we's old station was closed in the 1960s. `` Corby's old station was
:10:21. > :10:26.closed in the 1960s. Lots of businesses here are part of European
:10:27. > :10:29.or even global groups. They say it makes a difference to them that
:10:30. > :10:36.people can travel hear directly from London. There is more work to do,
:10:37. > :10:40.though. There is still only one service one hour. There is only one
:10:41. > :10:45.service going up today. I w`nt to improve that. There are 16 direct
:10:46. > :10:52.trains from here to London dvery day. They say that by 2017, there
:10:53. > :11:00.will be two trains to the c`pital every hour to a station serving a
:11:01. > :11:06.town of 65,000. A developer is building more than 5000 new homes
:11:07. > :11:14.here. The new station is vital for growth, he says.
:11:15. > :11:26.The station was critical. It gives people confidence. We have had a
:11:27. > :11:31.hard time over the last fivd years. From here to London in just over an
:11:32. > :11:35.hour. Station helping this town forge a new future.
:11:36. > :11:42.Cambridge Airport's won a bhg new contract to fly daily services to
:11:43. > :11:45.Dublin and Amsterdam. It's part of a plan to build on its intern`tional
:11:46. > :11:48.status. But only last month, flights to other European cities were halted
:11:49. > :11:58.because of a lack of demand. That won't be an issue, says the new
:11:59. > :12:06.airline. It is a different schedule, different type of aircraft.
:12:07. > :12:11.Passengers can fly to many different destinations.
:12:12. > :12:14.Meanwhile, road connections in the East were given a boost this morning
:12:15. > :12:36.with the A11 Elvedon bypass in Suffolk finally opened. It's only
:12:37. > :12:40.one way in each direction and there is a speed limit of 40 miles an
:12:41. > :12:42.hour. It's a major milestond in the A11 dualling project. The ftll
:12:43. > :12:45.nine`mile section from Thetford to Barton Mills is still on tr`ck for
:12:46. > :12:47.completion in September. A statue worth millions of pounds is
:12:48. > :12:48.being sold by contract with the Irish company
:12:49. > :12:50.Cityjet to fly daily services to Dublin and Amsterdam It's part of
:12:51. > :12:53.council. The so`called Sekhdmka statue is from Ancient Egypt and was
:12:54. > :12:55.gifted to the council in thd 18 0s by Lord Northampton. It could be
:12:56. > :13:06.worth around ?7 million. into the relegation zone for the
:13:07. > :13:09.first time, but Northampton climb clear in League Two. And thd
:13:10. > :13:17.campaign to give women the vote House of a jet burned this hotel to
:13:18. > :13:29.the ground 100 years ago today. `` how suffragettes. For years now
:13:30. > :13:34.surgeons have been doing hip replacement operations using metal.
:13:35. > :13:37.But using metal in people's heads is a much more recent developmdnt. Lee
:13:38. > :13:41.Charie from Stansted Abbots near Harlow fell off a two`story balcony
:13:42. > :13:44.in Thailand in 2012. He lost a quarter of the bone in his head But
:13:45. > :13:46.using titanium, doctors at Addenbrooke's have managed to
:13:47. > :13:49.transform his appearance. Lee was told he could be paralysed
:13:50. > :13:53.for the rest of us live. He spent two weeks in intensive care in
:13:54. > :13:59.Thailand and this was the rdsult. On a diving holiday with friends he
:14:00. > :14:06.fell headfirst 25 beat off ` balcony. When it first happdned I
:14:07. > :14:11.was in a bad way. I lost wedks of knowing anything. My dad was in
:14:12. > :14:19.hospital. I went to the toilet and looked in the mirror and saw, and
:14:20. > :14:23.said what be done to my head. It has been a slow recovery fully, but few
:14:24. > :14:27.years on he is back running his own business again maintaining
:14:28. > :14:32.instrumentals. He says he owes it all to the hospital. After ` month
:14:33. > :14:40.recovering in Thailand he brought his school home in a box. Doctors in
:14:41. > :14:46.Cambridge rebuilt it and usdd a 3D printer to make a mould of his head.
:14:47. > :14:51.Then a titanium plate was fhtted to his skill using screws. The same
:14:52. > :14:57.material used to build spacd shuttles. It is a stronger
:14:58. > :15:03.material, being a metal. It is an inert metal. It is easily shaped. It
:15:04. > :15:10.stays in shape and the infection rate lower than with other
:15:11. > :15:15.materials. Lee went for a checkup and his skill is taking a bht of
:15:16. > :15:19.getting used to. He doesn't have to explain his story to everyone in the
:15:20. > :15:38.pub and no longer has two where a heavy to hide his head. I couldn't
:15:39. > :15:45.believe it. `` where a hoodhe. I'm still here and happy to be here Lee
:15:46. > :15:50.almost died on holiday. He hs most grateful he is still alive but also
:15:51. > :15:59.appreciates the titanium cr`nium which has given him back his
:16:00. > :16:02.appearance. Time for the football now. @nd there
:16:03. > :16:08.were plenty of crucial fixttres this weekend. Here's Tom. It's h`ppened.
:16:09. > :16:11.Norwich City have finally dropped into the Premier League's rdlegation
:16:12. > :16:15.zone. Ryan Giggs' Manchester United ran riot at Old Trafford. Rooney
:16:16. > :16:19.first from the spot. His second came from range and Man U were soon out
:16:20. > :16:22.of sight. ?37 million Juan Lata sealed the win with two mord goals.
:16:23. > :16:26.It ended 4`0. Not a pretty picture for City fans. This table charts the
:16:27. > :16:29.Canaries' league position over the last few months. As you can see they
:16:30. > :16:33.began flirting with the drop`zone in the Autumn. Wins over West Ham and
:16:34. > :16:37.Crystal Palace moved them up to 14th by the end of November. In January,
:16:38. > :16:40.they were as high as 12th. Victory over Spurs salvaged what'd been a
:16:41. > :16:44.poor February, leaving them 14th but since then, a steady declind. Five
:16:45. > :16:51.defeats in a row leaves thel in the bottom three with two games to go. A
:16:52. > :16:54.remarkable turnaround but Ipswich just fell short of the play`offs.
:16:55. > :16:58.Four points back, one to go. Defeat to Burnley ended their hopes. But
:16:59. > :17:01.after battling relegation in his first year in charge, the m`nager
:17:02. > :17:09.wasn't too downhearted with evidence of real progress.
:17:10. > :17:16.We came to Burnley last year having just survived the game before. We
:17:17. > :17:20.are coming this season, thrde points winner kept us in the play`offs The
:17:21. > :17:24.players deserve the credit for that because they're put a shift in. I'm
:17:25. > :17:34.still frustrated because I thought we could have got into the top six.
:17:35. > :17:36.Peterborough are hoping to join Ipswich in the Championship next
:17:37. > :17:39.season. They're guaranteed ` play`off spot after a win at
:17:40. > :17:43.Shrewsbury to sew up sixth place. Posh's play`off semifinal fhrst leg
:17:44. > :17:46.is on eighth May. MK Dons whll also finish in the top half. Meanwhile,
:17:47. > :17:49.Colchester's fans are happy. Why not? Victory means they're `ll but
:17:50. > :17:52.safe. Given the club contintes to invest vast resources in thdir
:17:53. > :17:56.academy whilst giving some ` crack in the first team. Reason to be
:17:57. > :18:01.proud. Even if it got a little nervy.
:18:02. > :18:06.Outsides and air of trepidation A point clear of the relegation zone,
:18:07. > :18:14.two games to play. Inside some tranquillity. We are quite confident
:18:15. > :18:21.as we are in those games. Wd feel we can get something from the game
:18:22. > :18:26.today. We know the budget is tight, but that means the younger players
:18:27. > :18:31.get a chance? That is important in what we are trying to do. Whth the
:18:32. > :18:36.size of our budget we try to improve what we have in home`grown talent,
:18:37. > :18:44.and that reflects in the te`m we are picked. Colchester invest ?0 million
:18:45. > :18:47.a year in youth team development. In Saturday, the under 18 's wdre
:18:48. > :18:56.presented with the winning ledals. Many of the people have dond it
:18:57. > :19:02.here. It is exceptional. At kick`off, it was focusing on the
:19:03. > :19:08.now. They raced into a lead, and although Brentford pulled one back,
:19:09. > :19:12.the only panic was a new wax end. They secured their League One state
:19:13. > :19:21.is due to a superior goal difference. It is an amazing
:19:22. > :19:34.performance. People don't rdalise what a young side we have. @s the
:19:35. > :19:38.years go on they will progrdss. You can see more from an exciting day at
:19:39. > :19:42.Colchester in Late Kick Off tonight on BBC One. In League Two, joy for
:19:43. > :19:45.both Southend and Northampton. A draw for the Blues. They know for
:19:46. > :19:48.certain they'll be involved in the end of season play`offs. Northampton
:19:49. > :19:51.meanwhile escaped the releg`tion zone for the first time since
:19:52. > :19:54.September. Ivan Toney scored twice in a 3`0 win over Dagenham. They
:19:55. > :19:58.were the 18`year` old's first goals for the club. Ian Morris also scored
:19:59. > :20:01.a cracker. A point for the Cobblers next week guarantees their place in
:20:02. > :20:04.the Football League for another year. That's it. For more sport
:20:05. > :20:08.check out the website. How much do you know about the
:20:09. > :20:10.campaign to give women the vote The campaign by the Suffragettes
:20:11. > :20:12.included everything from ch`ining themselves to railings, to
:20:13. > :20:15.disrupting public meetings. The most famous incident involved Emhly
:20:16. > :20:18.Davison, who threw herself tnder the King's horse at the Derby in 19 3.
:20:19. > :20:22.In 1914, the Suffragettes rdsorted to arson too. Among their t`rgets
:20:23. > :20:25.was a pier in Great Yarmouth and 100 years ago today, a hotel in
:20:26. > :20:28.Felixstowe. Gareth George h`s this report.
:20:29. > :20:33.The Bath Hotel, once Felixstowe s finest. It stood proud on the
:20:34. > :20:38.seafront until the suffragettes burned it down. Exactly 100 years
:20:39. > :20:44.ago today they started the fire probably around midnight or
:20:45. > :20:49.thereabouts. By the time thd Fire Brigade got there it was well
:20:50. > :20:58.alight. There is a grainy photograph of the culprits, Two differhng
:20:59. > :21:01.characters. Hilda was 37 and had a long history of suffragette
:21:02. > :21:06.campaign. She had been in prison twice for the cause. She was a very
:21:07. > :21:10.outgoing and common person, whereas Florence was only 22 when she came
:21:11. > :21:18.to Felixstowe, and didn't h`ve a long involvement with the
:21:19. > :21:22.suffragettes. The West Wing is all that remains of the hotel and today
:21:23. > :21:31.a plaque dedicated to the two women was unveiled. They chose Bath Hotel
:21:32. > :21:34.because it was a prominent hotel and well`known, but also becausd it was
:21:35. > :21:40.closed season and therefore they decided they would burn it down
:21:41. > :21:44.without a risk to life. As ` woman I think my vote is very precious and
:21:45. > :21:48.yet I'm glad they fought for people like me. I fully support wh`t they
:21:49. > :21:51.did here 100 years ago todax, because nobody was harmed and they
:21:52. > :21:56.knew the hotel was empty before they carried out the action. I would not
:21:57. > :21:59.look at is it terrorism. Thdy were pushed to the brink and had no
:22:00. > :22:03.choice. I think because thex were so ignored by government and bx men
:22:04. > :22:09.they got to the point where they were desperate. This was Hilda and
:22:10. > :22:13.Florence's handiwork. Earlidr the same month they burned down the pier
:22:14. > :22:18.at Great Yarmouth. This man runs a book shop and has just publhshed a
:22:19. > :22:25.book about the Bath Hotel. One has to applaud the idea and thex
:22:26. > :22:31.achieved a lot. It is a contradiction in terms to ptt a
:22:32. > :22:36.plaque up for the suffragettes because they burned down our hotel.
:22:37. > :22:43.It is an odd situation. Crowds gathered to jeer them at thdir trial
:22:44. > :22:59.at Felixstowe. But it has now honoured them.
:23:00. > :23:06.Let's get the weather. Some of us enjoyed some brightness but there
:23:07. > :23:10.was some cloud around too. There was heavy showers around, but they're
:23:11. > :23:16.clearing away to the west so it will be dry us tonight. Some misty cloud
:23:17. > :23:22.around, but it won't be a particularly cold night, lows of
:23:23. > :23:29.eight or nine degrees. And the winds are very light and from a e`sterly
:23:30. > :23:36.direction. Tomorrow we have this front pushing from the South west,
:23:37. > :23:42.and in between we have a light winds and any mist or fog may be slow to
:23:43. > :23:48.clear and may linger on the coast. Elsewhere, hopefully it'll be drier
:23:49. > :23:52.and brighter. We are likely to see some bit of rain pushing in from the
:23:53. > :23:57.east but I think the many others it will be dry. The best of anx
:23:58. > :24:05.brightness, temperatures up to 5 or 16 Celsius. We hold onto those lysed
:24:06. > :24:09.easterly winds as well. Through the afternoon we do see showers but for
:24:10. > :24:14.most of us it'll be a dry end to the day, and I think a similar day on
:24:15. > :24:19.Wednesday. Some mist and fog lingering with a day, but it should
:24:20. > :24:25.clear and some brightness whth the chance of a few showers. Thtrsday's
:24:26. > :24:31.weathered the dense on some weather fronts. As it stands it seels there
:24:32. > :24:36.will be some longer spells of rain but it is something we are keeping a
:24:37. > :24:45.close eye on. Friday should be largely dry, with the best chance of
:24:46. > :24:49.sunshine in the west. Winds are in a northerly direction and it hs
:24:50. > :24:54.becoming cold it during the weekend. Friday night will be four
:24:55. > :25:08.Celsius, or lower, so perhaps a return to frost. This month, the BBC
:25:09. > :25:10.is offering apprenticeships in its local radio stations. Successful
:25:11. > :25:14.candidates will start a 15 lonth apprenticeship in September. If you
:25:15. > :25:17.are over 18 by September, a non graduate and you want to find out
:25:18. > :25:29.more, go to the BBC website at bbc.co.uk/las. The deadline for
:25:30. > :25:34.applications is May 12th. That is all from us. Good nhght