:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:09.me. And Welcome to Look East: In the
:00:10. > :00:13.programme tonight: Unveiled for the first time, the van that secured the
:00:14. > :00:17.future of Vauxhall in Luton. Improving ways to fight crime. The
:00:18. > :00:19.country's first Institute of Crime and Justice opens in
:00:20. > :00:22.Northamptonshire. We will be here later in the
:00:23. > :00:26.programme with the remarkable story of the war`timebomber which survived
:00:27. > :00:30.against all the odds. And home at last. The woman who was
:00:31. > :00:41.almost killed by a stag in Scotland goes back to work in Cambridge.
:00:42. > :00:49.Good evening. The van which secured the future of the Vauxhall plant in
:00:50. > :00:56.Luton has been unveiled for the first time today. Over 200 million
:00:57. > :00:59.euros have been invested in the Bedfordshire factory to prepare the
:01:00. > :01:02.production lines for the new Vivaro van. But the battle to secure the
:01:03. > :01:05.future of Vauxhall in Luton has been a long one. In 2009 Vauxhall's
:01:06. > :01:08.parent, General Motors, considered selling its European factories
:01:09. > :01:14.altogether, including the one in Luton. The year after, GM decided
:01:15. > :01:18.against a sale. But it became clear that the only way the Luton site
:01:19. > :01:21.remain open was to secure another contract to build the new model
:01:22. > :01:25.Vivaro. Then finally in March 2011, after months of lobbying, it was
:01:26. > :01:32.confirmed the new model would be built in this region. And today the
:01:33. > :01:39.new Vivaro was revealed to the public. Mike Cartwright reports.
:01:40. > :01:43.Unveiling the van that Vauxhall say saved the day ` the new Vivaro. For
:01:44. > :01:48.the factory in Luton, it means survival for at least another ten
:01:49. > :01:54.years. The big battle to save the plant has been won. The new van is
:01:55. > :01:58.here and we will go from strength to strength in Luton for many, many
:01:59. > :02:01.years to come. I have no doubts about that at all. Colin Kirk is
:02:02. > :02:08.preparing Luton's new production line. Employed here for 16 years, he
:02:09. > :02:11.says a workforce afraid the factory would close for good, endured
:02:12. > :02:16.everything to help keep it open. It's been a tough couple of years.
:02:17. > :02:21.We've taken pay freezes, changes in our terms and conditions. We are
:02:22. > :02:27.working longer hours, just to secure the future. We've got it now. We've
:02:28. > :02:30.had 12 years of successful, good quality vehicles out there and we
:02:31. > :02:35.are looking forward to ten or 12 years of the future with the new
:02:36. > :02:40.Vivaro. In its heyday Vauxhall employed 25,000 in Luton, now less
:02:41. > :02:45.than one tenth of that work here. The plant still integral to the
:02:46. > :02:49.town's economy. In 2010 it was doom and gloom. I don't think anyone
:02:50. > :02:54.beyond their wildest dreams expected us to get the second generation
:02:55. > :02:58.Vivaro. We supported Vauxhall. In 2012 and 13 they said they looked
:02:59. > :03:03.like they were going to get it. Now, of course, the rest is history. This
:03:04. > :03:07.van has saved the factory for at least the next decade. Now the plant
:03:08. > :03:15.will build around 55,000 vehicles a year. And that has saved around
:03:16. > :03:20.1,200 jobs. The production line that produced this van now one of its
:03:21. > :03:24.kind in the country. The Luton plant is now the only volume van
:03:25. > :03:32.manufacturing plant in the UK. It means we have jobs secured at the
:03:33. > :03:36.plant until 2025. Obviously we are in the start up phase of production
:03:37. > :03:39.now and that will ramp up and in time that could mean more jobs at
:03:40. > :03:43.the plant. It's a company that's built not far off a million vans in
:03:44. > :03:52.Luton ` the newest model renewing hope for the long term future in the
:03:53. > :03:58.town. Joining me now is Professor Mike Sweeny from Cranfield School of
:03:59. > :04:03.Management. Just how important is the plant at Luton? We heard in that
:04:04. > :04:10.report there 1,200 people employed there and thousands more on the
:04:11. > :04:13.production line. Yes, well it is vitally important, for a number of
:04:14. > :04:18.reasons. Firstly, it is vitally important to the 1,200 people who
:04:19. > :04:25.have got employment for the next ten years or so. That's testimony to, as
:04:26. > :04:29.you heard previously, testimony to the management and the workforce and
:04:30. > :04:32.their commitment to producing a high`quality vehicle. It's also
:04:33. > :04:38.vitally important to the local community. The expenditure of people
:04:39. > :04:42.who work within the factories support local services and the
:04:43. > :04:48.commercial market locally and it is vitally important to the UK because
:04:49. > :04:53.this company and the products of this company ` 52% of those produced
:04:54. > :04:57.will be exported. It is good for the economy, too. The new van is due to
:04:58. > :05:02.be launched on to the market in September. How well do you think it
:05:03. > :05:08.will do, considering the eurozone is still lagging behind in economic
:05:09. > :05:12.recovery? That's an interesting issue. The status of the market at
:05:13. > :05:17.the moment is that the volume of demand in the UK for vans has grown
:05:18. > :05:23.at something like 1%. So you have growth of demand within the UK. ``
:05:24. > :05:28.something like 13%. And since we are talking about large numbers of
:05:29. > :05:34.vehicle, I mean 50,000 a year, made and sold from the UK, demand of 52%
:05:35. > :05:38.of those go to Europe. Demand from Europe is very important to the
:05:39. > :05:42.company B you that seems to be picking up now. `` but that seems to
:05:43. > :05:45.be picking up now and the economy of the euro countries in central and
:05:46. > :05:50.West Europe is growing. One can expect, I think, the demand for the
:05:51. > :05:54.product to increase. A point to remember, though s that this is a
:05:55. > :05:58.life cycle product. It lasts for about ten years. So we are talking
:05:59. > :06:04.about large numbers of vehicles being produced over a long period of
:06:05. > :06:08.time. So things looking good. Well, the contract is only for ten years,
:06:09. > :06:13.isn't it? What more do you think that the company and its staff could
:06:14. > :06:17.do to secure its long`term future beyond that point? What's really
:06:18. > :06:22.important is that the company continues to produce high`quality
:06:23. > :06:28.vehicles. More important than that, these are global companies that
:06:29. > :06:33.place products into Britain and they expect reducing costs and increasing
:06:34. > :06:36.productivity. So what is really critical to the survival of the
:06:37. > :06:40.company in the longer term, is that there is continued reduction in the
:06:41. > :06:44.cost of the product year on year. But maintaining the quality of the
:06:45. > :06:51.vehicles that they produce. Professor Sweeney thank you very
:06:52. > :06:55.much. It's been revealed that a Luton man
:06:56. > :06:58.who stabbed his neighbour to death was known to police and had also
:06:59. > :07:02.been referred to a crisis mental health team. But a judge at Luton
:07:03. > :07:05.Crown Court has said there was no warning that 35`year`old Sameer
:07:06. > :07:07.Babar would be violent. Babar has admitted killing 67`year`old Leonard
:07:08. > :07:12.Flower outside his garage in Carnegie Gardens last October. Babar
:07:13. > :07:19.as been detained indefinitely in a mental health unit.
:07:20. > :07:23.The country's first Institute of Crime and Justice has opened in
:07:24. > :07:25.Northamptonshire. The centre is a joint venture between the county's
:07:26. > :07:29.Police and Crime Commissioner and the University of Northampton. It
:07:30. > :07:34.will carry out research on crime and its causes. But the Commissioner
:07:35. > :07:37.denies that the money spent on the new centre will mean money will be
:07:38. > :07:44.diverted away from frontline policing. It is best seen as an
:07:45. > :07:47.investment in the frontline, helping frontline police officers decide
:07:48. > :07:52.what prevents crime, how to go about their job on a day`to`day basis. How
:07:53. > :07:58.to engage with the communities and what they want back. So the learning
:07:59. > :08:01.that will be created will give us an evidence base of where to spend
:08:02. > :08:07.money, where to put police and where not to put them. A conference has
:08:08. > :08:10.been held in Cambridge looking at the specialist work of the city's
:08:11. > :08:13.new Trauma Unit. The centre opened at Addenbrooke's Hospital two years
:08:14. > :08:16.ago and has already transformed the lives of more than 1,000 patients.
:08:17. > :08:18.Fae Southwell reports Plans for a controversial stone quarry in
:08:19. > :08:22.Northamptonshire have been approved but the County Council has imposed a
:08:23. > :08:24.number of planning conditions on the application.
:08:25. > :08:27.At the age of 15, Ben hue ton nearly died. A cycle accident last year,
:08:28. > :08:29.left him with shattered bones and internal injuries. He was airlifted
:08:30. > :08:33.to the new trauma centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital where he was
:08:34. > :08:39.treat treated by a specialist team of trauma staff. The whole process,
:08:40. > :08:41.fwaufs started so quickly meant he could go back to school in
:08:42. > :08:46.September, despite his injuries because the treatment was started at
:08:47. > :08:48.the scene. It is the paramedics and doctors who are first at the scene
:08:49. > :08:52.who refer patients to the trawl divra centre. In the past they would
:08:53. > :08:56.have been taken to the nearest A department. The Cambridge trauma
:08:57. > :09:01.unit opened two years ago. It's one of only 12 specialist centres of its
:09:02. > :09:05.size in the country. Every year it treats 700 patients. All have been
:09:06. > :09:09.diagnosed with severe multiple injuries. 10% of those treated are
:09:10. > :09:14.children. The existence of the trauma centre could mean getting
:09:15. > :09:18.quicker treatments, which may mean the difference between life and
:09:19. > :09:22.death T could mean the difference `` it could mean the difference between
:09:23. > :09:27.a more prolonged hospital stay verses a shorter one. And it will
:09:28. > :09:31.have an affect on the ability to rehabilitate patients more quickly.
:09:32. > :09:36.Experts have now been sharing their experiences at a conference in came
:09:37. > :09:39.Britain. Ann among the speakers. Her speech full of praise for the team
:09:40. > :10:01.who helped her son make a full recovery.
:10:02. > :10:03.will be shared between 42 stations across the country.
:10:04. > :10:05.will be shared between 42 stations Now over to Stewart and Susie for
:10:06. > :10:16.the rest of the programme. to Southend or Manningtree. Coming
:10:17. > :10:19.up next on Look East, the region passes a health check with flying
:10:20. > :10:28.colours. And it's a warm welcome back to work in Cambridge for the
:10:29. > :10:32.woman who was gored by a Highland Stag A new survey out today suggests
:10:33. > :10:35.that people living in our region are among the healthiest in the country.
:10:36. > :10:39.We score well on everything from having our five fruit and veg a day,
:10:40. > :10:42.to feeling less lonely. But the research by a health insurance
:10:43. > :10:45.company shows we struggle to find time for exercise. And apparently we
:10:46. > :10:53.worry about the impact of growing old. Our special report tonight is
:10:54. > :10:57.from Maria Veronese. Living in the east is good for your
:10:58. > :11:04.health. We are happy and eat our fibre date and keep well trim. I
:11:05. > :11:11.live in a city so it is easy to come to the market. There is fish and
:11:12. > :11:20.vegetables. When you eat vegetables your age increases. Although my body
:11:21. > :11:40.is given up now I think by eating healthily I lose a better wave. `` a
:11:41. > :11:53.bit of a weight. We are not so good when it comes to the gym. Getting
:11:54. > :11:57.ready is the hardest bit. Most of us have good or excellent health. We
:11:58. > :12:02.are happy with our lives with a lot saying our lives all worth while.
:12:03. > :12:08.That is the highs in the country. The national average of people being
:12:09. > :12:14.lonely is 34%. Here in the east it is just 29%. It reflect society
:12:15. > :12:20.here. We have a strong sense of community in our towns, and that is
:12:21. > :12:27.an important aspect of life, and it probably is one of the reasons why
:12:28. > :12:34.we have such a low proportion. 29% is still hide? Yes, but we have more
:12:35. > :12:41.people living by themselves. More people are living longer and maybe
:12:42. > :12:47.widowed. Those background backs feed into that figure. Living alone
:12:48. > :12:54.shouldn't mean being lonely. They do get out and do things. There are
:12:55. > :12:59.lots of activities for older people. They are encouraged to form
:13:00. > :13:03.friendships and do activities. While we may be healthy we have our
:13:04. > :13:09.concerns, and one is getting old and what impact that will have on our
:13:10. > :13:14.health. Nobody wants to be old. Things start to wear out. We keep
:13:15. > :13:26.going. There is no point in worrying. You just try and stay as
:13:27. > :13:32.fit as you can. Was that a class for women, all were
:13:33. > :13:45.there no men there? We deserve what we get. You eat both fruits for
:13:46. > :13:49.yourself and also my portion. In a few weeks' time there will be
:13:50. > :13:52.events to mark the 70th anniversary of D`day, the Allied invasions,
:13:53. > :13:55.which changed the course of the Second World War.
:13:56. > :13:59.In a moment, we'll be hearing about a tale of war`time heroism which is
:14:00. > :14:02.being turned into a film. But first, a special exhibition to mark D`day
:14:03. > :14:05.at the Imperial war Museum at Duxford. Ben Bland has been along
:14:06. > :14:08.for a preview. Even 70 years on Nick Archdale is
:14:09. > :14:11.still learning things about those he fought alongside at the D`day
:14:12. > :14:16.landings. Ron rushed upstairs to establish a firing division. He
:14:17. > :14:26.startled a young French couple, lying naked. Nick himself is
:14:27. > :14:32.featured in one of the portraits, each capturing a personal moment or
:14:33. > :14:40.memory of the campaign. In that place, a bullet hit the wall right
:14:41. > :14:50.beside my eye. It completely blinded me. Only for a moment. And so I
:14:51. > :14:57.always remember that place. A Frenchwoman bathed my eyes. I could
:14:58. > :14:59.see again. It took two years to put the exhibition together,
:15:00. > :15:07.photographing each veteran at a key location, poignant for those on both
:15:08. > :15:10.sides of the campaign. This was a standout moment, because she hadn't
:15:11. > :15:17.been back to the chateau where she was a nurse for 69 years. So, to
:15:18. > :15:20.walk around the chateau with her listening to her say how things
:15:21. > :15:25.were, and seeing that glimmer of recognition was a standout moment.
:15:26. > :15:29.You will never do that again. In June 1944, Jeff Paterson was just 20
:15:30. > :15:35.years old. He remembers dodging enemy fire on patrol. His photo was
:15:36. > :15:39.taken at the stables where he was shot in the leg. What kind of
:15:40. > :15:49.feelings does it bring about seeing this photograph? Well, it is strange
:15:50. > :15:54.to see yourself some 70 years ago. I'm only too thankful to be standing
:15:55. > :16:01.there being photographed. Looking at it now it is quite poignant. Each of
:16:02. > :16:05.these photos tells its own story, not just in the words that accompany
:16:06. > :16:16.it, but in the faces of the veterans themselves. The exhibition is open
:16:17. > :16:20.here until the end of this year. The true story of a German fighter
:16:21. > :16:23.pilot, who had the crew of an American bomber at his mercy but
:16:24. > :16:27.instead allowed them to fly to safety, is to be made into a film.
:16:28. > :16:30.The bomber had been on a mission from Cambridgeshire in 1943 when it
:16:31. > :16:38.happened. Now the playwright Tom Stoppard has acquired the rights and
:16:39. > :16:42.filming could start next year. This airfield in Norfolk, former
:16:43. > :16:48.home of the 448th bomb group. There were 3000 young Americans here
:16:49. > :16:51.between 1943 and 1945. In the restored control tower, Pat Evison
:16:52. > :16:54.showed me the officers' watchlog for Monday, 28 December 1943, when an
:16:55. > :17:03.unexpected visitor made an emergency landing. At 14:29, B17 S167 landed
:17:04. > :17:12.from the mission with one engine, one dead, one injured. They informed
:17:13. > :17:16.division and base. 21`year`old pilot Charlie Brown was at the controls.
:17:17. > :17:19.The flying fortress had come under heavy ground fire on a mission over
:17:20. > :17:23.Germany. The tail gunner had been killed, an engine destroyed. When a
:17:24. > :17:30.fighter came alongside, it's pilot, Franz Stigler, decided to spare
:17:31. > :17:36.them. Over 40 years later the two men were reunited and became firm
:17:37. > :17:42.friends. I looked out the right window and there parked on my right
:17:43. > :17:48.wing is a German BF109. The little sucka looked like he owned me and
:17:49. > :17:55.belonged there. It is hard to describe because it was so crippled.
:17:56. > :18:02.You know positively that there were badly wounded people aboard. And for
:18:03. > :18:08.me it would have been the same as shooting at a parachute. I just
:18:09. > :18:13.couldn't shoot. To do something like that was brilliant. They counted up
:18:14. > :18:16.how many people, through his act, were alive now, their children and
:18:17. > :18:28.grandchildren and all the relatives involved. Charlie and Franz died
:18:29. > :18:32.just months apart in 2008. Who will play them in the film based on the
:18:33. > :18:36.bestselling novel, A Higher Call?. We have got people in mind and it
:18:37. > :18:39.would be unfair to say who we are approaching, going to approach. It
:18:40. > :18:45.will be the usual suspects and we are pretty excited about the names
:18:46. > :18:49.on the list. They're holding the first open day of the season on
:18:50. > :18:53.Sunday. Visitors can reflect on the 499 airmen who lost their lives
:18:54. > :19:07.flying from here and on Charlie and his crew, spared by an act of great
:19:08. > :19:13.humanity amidst the fog of war. Isn't that a truly remarkable story?
:19:14. > :19:18.A woman who was gored in the throat by a stag has spoken of the "simple
:19:19. > :19:21.joy" of eating solid food for the first time in nearly four months. Dr
:19:22. > :19:23.Kate Stone was left with "life`threatening" injuries after
:19:24. > :19:26.being struck by the animal in the Scottish Highlands. This week she
:19:27. > :19:38.finally came home to Cambridge. Alex Dunlop caught up with her.
:19:39. > :19:42.It's been a long haul back to work for Kate Stone, a planned week's
:19:43. > :19:45.break for the New Year became a four`month marathon. Are you sure
:19:46. > :19:49.you missed me? How big is the welcome body? Huge. This is what I
:19:50. > :19:53.use to breathe through. If it was on the back, I could have been like a
:19:54. > :19:56.dolphin and swam. Today the welcome back from her small team was
:19:57. > :20:00.heartfelt and humorous. Kate loves baked beans, but finally she can
:20:01. > :20:07.enjoy real food. How does it feel to eat again? Amazing, absolutely
:20:08. > :20:13.incredible. I am sipping my cup of tea, eating my cupcake. It has been
:20:14. > :20:16.incredible. This was Kate's diet while recovering with relatives in
:20:17. > :20:21.Scotland, fed through a gastric tube. She had been on holiday with
:20:22. > :20:25.friends when they startled a stag in this garden. In its panic the animal
:20:26. > :20:28.charged. It's antlers impaled Kate's throat. During an operation in March
:20:29. > :20:35.surgeons reopened her throat,grafting skin from her left
:20:36. > :20:40.shoulder. My food pipe and windpipe, there was a joint between the two.
:20:41. > :20:43.They separated them and laid it up between, whilst leaving me attached,
:20:44. > :20:50.and over about two weeks that healed up and meant I could eat again.
:20:51. > :20:54.Until now Kate has had to manage her employees remotely from Scotland
:20:55. > :20:57.while undergoing treatment. The company is at the cutting edge,
:20:58. > :21:03.using microelectronics to connect artworks and posters with
:21:04. > :21:06.smartphones and tablets. This poster is Bluetoothed to my iPhone and
:21:07. > :21:09.every time you touch a different button, a different sound plays and
:21:10. > :21:19.on the screen you see all the colours. This is an interactive
:21:20. > :21:22.advert? Yes. Kate says the accident has reinforced a personal philosophy
:21:23. > :21:29.of hers, never take anything for granted. I couldn't breathe through
:21:30. > :21:33.my mouth or nose. Suddenly I could breathe, and I blew on my fingers
:21:34. > :21:36.and it was such an incredible experience, and for several hours
:21:37. > :21:45.later I just blew on my hands and cried. It just made me realise it is
:21:46. > :21:49.not until we are lucky enough to lose something that we get to
:21:50. > :21:54.appreciate the most simple things. Good to be back? Good to be back. I
:21:55. > :22:10.have two smiles. This one, and this one.
:22:11. > :22:12.Isn't that amazing? . A reminder that the BBC is offering
:22:13. > :22:15.apprenticeships in its local radio stations. Successful candidates will
:22:16. > :22:19.start a 15 month apprenticeship in September. If you are 18 or over by
:22:20. > :22:23.September, a non graduate and you want to find out more, go to the BBC
:22:24. > :22:33.website at bbc.co.uk/las. The deadline for applications is May
:22:34. > :22:42.12th. And so to the weather. It was a slow
:22:43. > :22:48.start this morning, a lot of Mr round, and some of us some rain but
:22:49. > :22:59.into the afternoon the cloud obeyed `` mist around. It is still possible
:23:00. > :23:04.you might catch a light shower before the day is out but much of
:23:05. > :23:09.the night is dry. Wheelhouse and clear spells overnight and the
:23:10. > :23:15.chance of some misty patches `` we will have some. The temperatures
:23:16. > :23:21.were only get down to eight Celsius. Once more a slow start of
:23:22. > :23:26.the day tomorrow and there could be more cloud through the day. A risk
:23:27. > :23:32.of some isolated showers but they do look isolated. Most of us will be
:23:33. > :23:39.dry and that mist and Fog is slow to clear. Places like the coast may
:23:40. > :23:44.hang on to some mist right through the day but elsewhere looks hopeful
:23:45. > :23:51.that it will brighten up. Where we see the sunshine the temperatures
:23:52. > :23:54.should climb to 16 degrees. The winds are generally light and
:23:55. > :23:58.variable but a little bit cooler on the coast itself. As we get into the
:23:59. > :24:05.afternoon we might bring in some isolated showers, looking those at
:24:06. > :24:08.risk across southern counties. Then of course we look to Thursday
:24:09. > :24:14.because there are some big changes on their way. We have big pressure
:24:15. > :24:19.moving in is that means not the best day of weather on Thursday. It will
:24:20. > :24:26.introduce some cooler air as well, so if you're thinking about the bank
:24:27. > :24:30.weekend, it is quite early to talk about the weather but it looks
:24:31. > :24:35.certain to be dry with some sunny spells, high pressure building in.
:24:36. > :24:41.It will feel quite a bit cooler with a chilly night as well. So we have
:24:42. > :24:50.that web data, on Thursday with some rain or showers `` wet day. That's
:24:51. > :24:57.all from us. Good evening.