:00:00. > :00:07.In the programme tonight: far this year.
:00:08. > :00:10.The benefits cheat up in court for claiming almost ?50,000
:00:11. > :00:24.The house the council said tripled in size without planning permission.
:00:25. > :00:28.We will be here later in the programme.
:00:29. > :00:33.A family launches a search for a bone marrow donor to save
:00:34. > :00:36.And in rugby, the Saints are on target this weekend
:00:37. > :00:47.First tonight, the benefit fraudster who claimed
:00:48. > :00:52.thousands of pounds for looking after a daughter he didn't have.
:00:53. > :00:54.For 11 years, Jem Bakalej from Northampton collected income
:00:55. > :00:56.support, tax credits and child benefit
:00:57. > :01:02.for a daughter who had actually died just after she was born.
:01:03. > :01:05.In total, he claimed just under ?50,000.
:01:06. > :01:08.His scam was only discovered after an anonymous tip`off to
:01:09. > :01:11.the government's fraud investigation team.
:01:12. > :01:13.We'll be hearing from them in a moment.
:01:14. > :01:20.But first, this report from Mike Cartwright.
:01:21. > :01:33.He did everything not to show his face. Mr Bakalej, are you ashamed to
:01:34. > :01:39.show your face? Anything to get away from the camera. A father he used
:01:40. > :01:45.his dead daughter's men to take ?50,000. Jem Bakalej walked free
:01:46. > :01:50.from court and could have gone to jail. He received a two`year
:01:51. > :01:57.suspended sentence for what the judge described as a very serious
:01:58. > :02:04.crime. He was also given 200 hours community service and a curfew from
:02:05. > :02:09.7pm to seven a.m.. He lived on this Northampton Street with his partner
:02:10. > :02:14.and their three children, a man who claimed single`parent income support
:02:15. > :02:18.for his baby daughter just a few months after she died. Over 11
:02:19. > :02:24.years, Jem Bakalej defrauded more than ?35,000 of income support,
:02:25. > :02:29.nearly ?7,000 in tax credits and nearly ?7,000 in child benefit. This
:02:30. > :02:34.sort of benefit fraud, over a 10`year period, is not particularly
:02:35. > :02:39.common, but as a whole benefit broadcast the taxpayer more than ?1
:02:40. > :02:45.billion. This is not a victimless crime, it's not only from
:02:46. > :02:50.taxpayers, it also harms the most vulnerable in society who see their
:02:51. > :02:59.much`needed benefits going to people who really don't have any legitimate
:03:00. > :03:05.claim. The care he provides to his son kept him from being sent to
:03:06. > :03:07.prison today. A man desperate to stay hidden after hiding benefit
:03:08. > :03:10.fraud for more than a decade. Mark Pickering is
:03:11. > :03:11.from the government's fraud I asked him why was Mr Bakalej
:03:12. > :03:23.allowed to get away with it for At the time it appeared to be a
:03:24. > :03:30.genuine claim. You say it is that you should take people 's work, but
:03:31. > :03:36.surely you have to check people are telling the truth? Absolutely. But
:03:37. > :03:45.based on the facts given to us at the time we had no cause to doubt
:03:46. > :03:50.what he was telling us. Yes, we will undertake reviews on people's
:03:51. > :03:56.claims, but he continued to tell us that the child was still alive,
:03:57. > :04:04.which is what we thought. This fraud went on for more than a decade.
:04:05. > :04:06.There will be people watching who are shocked and surprised. Were you
:04:07. > :04:20.shocked when you uncovered the case? It is unusual. We are merging now
:04:21. > :04:25.with one government department which could now involve us looking at
:04:26. > :04:31.local authorities. Are you saying that the system has been too
:04:32. > :04:38.bureaucratic to this point for you to be able to police it properly?
:04:39. > :04:44.Absolutely not. We have an excellent system in place and we have
:04:45. > :04:49.extremely good investigators doing a good job. It was ?1 billion last
:04:50. > :04:56.year. That is what benefit broadcast. It's an extremely large
:04:57. > :05:04.amount of money to anyone. It is an extremely large amount of money but
:05:05. > :05:12.when you bear in mind the amount of benefits we pay out, that equates to
:05:13. > :05:19.0.7% of benefits paid out. It is a high amount. We will recover where
:05:20. > :05:24.anybody has assets and we will recover fully when we can.
:05:25. > :05:26.After years of campaigning against a giant incinerator, villagers
:05:27. > :05:29.in Bedfordshire say they're now facing yet another planning battle.
:05:30. > :05:31.This time, against a gas`fired power station.
:05:32. > :05:35.as Rookery Pits has seen development plans come and go,
:05:36. > :05:37.and each time there's been fierce local opposition.
:05:38. > :05:51.This is the place in question, Rookery Pits, just south of Bedford
:05:52. > :05:56.and surrounded by the villagers of Marston Moor, Millbrook and Stuart
:05:57. > :06:03.B. The gas station proposed here would be just the other side of the
:06:04. > :06:10.green mound and would take up 20 acres. The company behind it said it
:06:11. > :06:18.would create jobs and bring money to the local economy. On the back they
:06:19. > :06:25.are looking to build up a new gas power station. What do you do with a
:06:26. > :06:31.dish used clay pit? This used to supply the brickworks nearby until
:06:32. > :06:37.they shot `` disused. Plans of the site include an incinerator,
:06:38. > :06:42.landfill, and now a gas`fired power station. But not everyone is
:06:43. > :06:46.convinced. We always seem to be having yet another fight against
:06:47. > :06:52.major infrastructure projects. We just seem to be getting one major
:06:53. > :06:58.project after another. We are getting tired of it. This was the
:06:59. > :07:04.local reaction when a different company wanted to build an
:07:05. > :07:11.incinerator on the site to burn waste. It got planning permission
:07:12. > :07:18.but they were then put on hold. Why does Millbrook Energy want to build
:07:19. > :07:24.its power station on this site? It has been designated for industrial
:07:25. > :07:32.development. The facilities are keeping in with that designation and
:07:33. > :07:38.it is very close to the electricity and gas infrastructure. A leaflet
:07:39. > :07:45.outlining the plans has been sent to people living and working nearby.
:07:46. > :07:51.Their first impressions? I was very anti the previous company, but that
:07:52. > :07:58.was burning waste. I need to find out more. It didn't read as though
:07:59. > :08:03.it was written for the layman and the website was confusing. I
:08:04. > :08:08.wouldn't say I'm overwhelmed it will go there but I think it's a
:08:09. > :08:14.necessity that has to happen. Next week details of the plans will be
:08:15. > :08:23.made available at a series of exhibitions in surrounding villages.
:08:24. > :08:26.Next, the row over planning permission which saw
:08:27. > :08:28.a five`bedroom bungalow turned into a seven`bedroom mansion.
:08:29. > :08:31.Luton businessman Raza Shah told the council he wanted to add
:08:32. > :08:35.What happened next was building work which the council said tripled
:08:36. > :08:42.But now Mr Shah told us he will be allowed to keep his dream house.
:08:43. > :08:58.Last September, Mr Shah's dream home was facing demolition even before it
:08:59. > :09:03.was finished. The Luiten businessman had been given planning permission
:09:04. > :09:11.for an extension of the local planners felt it and build a new
:09:12. > :09:17.home. We spent two years on a project to be told that we needed to
:09:18. > :09:24.pull it down. Which makes no sense. The decision makes no sense. This is
:09:25. > :09:30.the five bedroom bungalow that Mr Shah bought three years ago. And
:09:31. > :09:35.this is how it looks today. Last September, Central Bedfordshire
:09:36. > :09:41.Council ordered its demolition because they felt it had been
:09:42. > :09:48.overdeveloped. The building has now been saved after Mr Shah lodged an
:09:49. > :09:53.appeal and one. `` and won it. I'm ecstatic. I've always had faith in
:09:54. > :09:58.God, and justice has prevailed. Central Bedfordshire Council said it
:09:59. > :10:02.was an inappropriate development in an area of outstanding natural
:10:03. > :10:06.beauty. The planning inspector disagree. Anybody looking at the
:10:07. > :10:12.house can see it's a completely different building to the original
:10:13. > :10:17.construction which was a flat roofed building. This looks more like
:10:18. > :10:24.Southfork. Anyone with a glimmer of common sense would say that that is
:10:25. > :10:29.a new house. A number of neighbours objected to the planning
:10:30. > :10:35.application. None of them wanted to appear in this report, but they all
:10:36. > :10:41.told me they felt rather frustrated and bewildered by the planning
:10:42. > :10:47.inspector's decision. A view shared by some but not all villagers. It
:10:48. > :10:51.looks a bit out of place. It stands out like a sore thumb. I think he's
:10:52. > :10:55.done a great job. The council Two men have been jailed for a
:10:56. > :10:59.series of shootings which took place Khadeem Newell,
:11:00. > :11:04.seen here on the left, and Rene Lawrence on the right were both
:11:05. > :11:07.convicted of conspiracy to murder. They will each serve a minimum
:11:08. > :11:12.of 11 years in jail. Now we can join Stewart and Susie
:11:13. > :11:58.for the rest of the programme. One at Christmas and one
:11:59. > :12:02.on her birthday. A Seago exhibition often
:12:03. > :12:04.drew long queues. The works up for sale have been
:12:05. > :12:20.displayed at Bury St Edmunds prior In a gallery, two art lovers meet
:12:21. > :12:27.for the first time, but already as sheer passion. East Anglia as did by
:12:28. > :12:36.Sir Edward Seago. That is the one. I would love that. Would you give it
:12:37. > :12:41.to me? I think Sir Edward Seago is a slightly unsung hero. Seven local
:12:42. > :12:50.land and seascapes by a local artist are soon to be auctioned in London.
:12:51. > :12:59.A sneak preview today. A beach party somewhere in Norfolk. Silhouetted in
:13:00. > :13:06.snow. Barges. Underground trollop. This one expected to raise about
:13:07. > :13:13.?50,000. Not bad for a man who taught him self to paint and ran off
:13:14. > :13:20.to live with a travelling circus aged 18. He healed from Norwich and
:13:21. > :13:26.on time was hailed as one of the most elevated artists in Britain.
:13:27. > :13:33.This works were snapped up by monarchs and ministers. He is not a
:13:34. > :13:42.Marmite artist. He will appeal to most people. But the critics were
:13:43. > :13:47.sniffy? I think it was because of rapid developments occurring that
:13:48. > :13:54.critics did not take to him. He was never seen as cutting`edge. Another
:13:55. > :14:00.knowledge artist very much at the cutting edge is Colin self with an
:14:01. > :14:06.international reputation and he admits Seago will never be one of
:14:07. > :14:12.the great artist. It would probably be like comparing Mount Snowdon with
:14:13. > :14:16.Mount Everest. It is kind of quirky that someone like him still carries
:14:17. > :14:21.on, essentially painting 19th`century painting in the
:14:22. > :14:28.20th`century. It is a curious world with an art as stated by royalty and
:14:29. > :14:34.the public fell short with the critics, but he must have got
:14:35. > :14:41.something right and in the last 15 years alone, the value of his work
:14:42. > :14:45.has doubled. This dog will rise even more at next month is macro option.
:14:46. > :14:46.`` next month's option. The plight of a baby boy from
:14:47. > :14:47.Northamptonshire has highlighted a serious shortage of bone marrow
:14:48. > :14:47.donors across the region. Every three weeks, Joey Ziadi needs
:14:48. > :14:48.a blood transfusion to stay alive. Joey's family are now desperately
:14:49. > :14:48.searching for a donor but Just under 2,000 people
:14:49. > :14:50.in this country need a bone marrow a third find a perfect match with
:14:51. > :14:53.somebody in their immediate family but the rest including Joey have to
:14:54. > :15:06.rely on the donor register They are a happy family, but
:15:07. > :15:12.heartache behind the smiles. Joey has a rare blood condition and he
:15:13. > :15:18.cannot edges red blood cells to feed his body with oxygen at either
:15:19. > :15:23.transfusion every three weeks. It is a condition called Diamond`Blackfan
:15:24. > :15:30.anemia affecting only 125 people in the UK. Bad cells produce weirs
:15:31. > :15:38.cells are missing. As he is a baby, you want him to be up eight and
:15:39. > :15:45.learning and developing. But when he is anaemic every three weeks, he is
:15:46. > :15:49.floppy, lethargic. It is affecting his development. His first nine
:15:50. > :15:56.months have been dramatic, born lethargic and floppy and he could
:15:57. > :16:01.not open his eyes than two weeks, then suffering heart failure.
:16:02. > :16:08.Transfusions can help but long`term can affect organs. Now his family
:16:09. > :16:15.have set up a Facebook page asking people to come forward as donors. It
:16:16. > :16:20.would give him the chance to have a normal life without having these
:16:21. > :16:26.blood transfusions hanging over him every three weeks. Just so he can
:16:27. > :16:34.grow to be a normal little boy, be able to run around and not after
:16:35. > :16:41.three weeks go down the hill. He can sustain his own body with a bone
:16:42. > :16:47.marrow transplant. In the UK, every 20 minutes, someone is diagnosed
:16:48. > :16:53.with lung cancer. Only 30% of patients find a match within their
:16:54. > :17:00.own family. We have over half a million people on the register, and
:17:01. > :17:07.access to the other registers around the world, where we can search for a
:17:08. > :17:12.match, meaning we can access 20 million people, but for about half
:17:13. > :17:19.of the people needing transplants, we cannot find a match in the UK, so
:17:20. > :17:22.the more people coming forward, the more families matches we can we
:17:23. > :17:25.apologise for the loss of subtitles. If you want to find out more
:17:26. > :17:26.about donating bone marrow you can get in touch with the Anthony Nolan
:17:27. > :17:26.register. Their website is
:17:27. > :17:27.at anthony nolan.org. It's an exciting weekend
:17:28. > :17:28.in store for supporters They are hoping to secure
:17:29. > :17:29.their second big prize in a week by lifting the Premiership trophy
:17:30. > :17:32.for the first time On Sunday,
:17:33. > :17:37.their England stars leave for Players like Tom Wood who has
:17:38. > :17:42.his own special way You will not find many back row
:17:43. > :17:48.bruisers with a Robin Hood fetish. Whether you are Bath,
:17:49. > :17:51.Leicester or just a plain old rugby ball, all have been on the receiving
:17:52. > :17:54.end of Northampton's Tom Wood. Where did your passion
:17:55. > :17:57.for actually come from? A friend
:17:58. > :18:00.of mine mentioned he had a bow. But when I saw kit like this,
:18:01. > :18:11.had a go, I don't think put one How do you think this has
:18:12. > :18:15.helped you as a rugby player? It is about getting away from rugby,
:18:16. > :18:19.the rigours of the professional game, training day in, day out,
:18:20. > :18:22.the intensity of fans, the media, nice to be on a field with none
:18:23. > :18:26.of that going on and half an hour Stealing over the line to Rob Lester
:18:27. > :18:31.of a place in the premiership final fortnight
:18:32. > :18:35.ago, he then took his band of merry men to Cardiff last week to claim
:18:36. > :18:38.their first trophy in four years. Last Friday night was a big one,
:18:39. > :18:41.because having that in the cabinet already gives us that
:18:42. > :18:43.extra confidence, But after what happened last year,
:18:44. > :18:48.and all the work we've put in already this season,
:18:49. > :18:51.we really want to go there and bring home some silverware to
:18:52. > :18:54.this club, to the town. A lesson with Tom Wood
:18:55. > :18:57.on the compound bow is Your biceps are
:18:58. > :19:06.about five times the size of mine. Until this bit hits this bit
:19:07. > :19:08.of string. A natural teacher,
:19:09. > :19:11.his light`hearted approach betrays You get much banter
:19:12. > :19:15.of team`mates for this? The banter is about how intense I
:19:16. > :19:26.am, rather than the actual pursuit. I have picked up the nickname arrow,
:19:27. > :19:29.which I don't mind, The premiership title is one
:19:30. > :19:35.trophy to have eluded Saints. With snipers like Wood
:19:36. > :19:37.on the Twickenham turf, The build up to England's World Cup
:19:38. > :19:48.campaign gets underway in just over an hour. Roy Hodgson's
:19:49. > :19:52.side are taking on Peru The match could give us some idea
:19:53. > :19:59.about what to expect in Brazil.But Brazil, they've got one by Shakira,
:20:00. > :20:04.one by J`Lo and Pitbull and most of Let's go live to Wembley and
:20:05. > :20:24.World Cup Mike. Welcome to Wembley, a big night for
:20:25. > :20:31.England and their fans. A chance for them to say good luck and goodbye
:20:32. > :20:37.before going to America then on to Brazil. Let us look down Olympic
:20:38. > :20:43.Way. You take your life in your hands when among football fans, but
:20:44. > :20:50.this should be a good crowd. Not maybe both from Peru. This is a time
:20:51. > :20:57.for optimism. These chaps are from Cambridge. The other Free Kicks, and
:20:58. > :21:03.they have written a song about Roy Hodgson. `` they are called Free
:21:04. > :21:09.Kicks. The Free Kicks at their studios in Cambridge with their own
:21:10. > :21:14.World Cup warm up. Ordinarily, the playful rock around the pubs, but
:21:15. > :21:21.this singer songwriter was inspired by nine other than Roy Hodgson. And
:21:22. > :21:32.not only is there a song, but a very cool video as well. Sadly, we do not
:21:33. > :21:39.know what Roy Hodgson thinks of the song yet. He is busy with the
:21:40. > :21:50.football for the ``. The World Cup tops everything. Stephen Gerrard
:21:51. > :21:56.also gets a mention. Just to echo what he has said, everyone is
:21:57. > :22:01.impressed, certainly the young lads have done fantastically well, even
:22:02. > :22:08.the two young lads training with us have been superb. And it is not just
:22:09. > :22:16.the Free Kicks busy with the song, have a look at Beer Belly Billy and
:22:17. > :22:28.the Billericay Boys, raising money for a garden Hospice in Letchworth.
:22:29. > :22:34.You have also been telling me on Twitter about your favourite World
:22:35. > :22:40.Cup songs. This one from 1970 tops the list are many, but sadly a
:22:41. > :22:46.nightmare in the quarterfinals and we were home to early. Hopefully,
:22:47. > :22:52.the Free Kicks, including some seminaked cavorting in Cambridge,
:22:53. > :23:01.can inspire England to World Cup glory this time.
:23:02. > :23:08.This is the singer`songwriter. Not a big football fan, how did you write
:23:09. > :23:14.the song? I trawled through the Internet, looking at other ones. I
:23:15. > :23:22.used that as a reference. What kind of reaction have you had? It has
:23:23. > :23:29.been great, lots of friends and family, Radio five Live laid as,
:23:30. > :23:39.social media, it has been great. `` have played the song. Let's have a
:23:40. > :23:55.quick final burst of the chorus. SINGING.
:23:56. > :24:09.Fantastic! Who knows? It could be a hit. It is available on iTunes. Good
:24:10. > :24:16.luck to England tonight. Get in touch with me if you have World Cup
:24:17. > :24:21.story, using these details on screen. Goodbye from Wembley.
:24:22. > :24:26.Thank goodness he did not predict England would win the World Cup. He
:24:27. > :24:38.is the worst. Now for the weather. The World War I tour has arrived in
:24:39. > :24:45.Norwich, these are live pictures showing them setting up for
:24:46. > :24:52.tomorrow. Lots of visitors it acted and certainly some good weather. The
:24:53. > :24:58.tour was in Suffolk and will be in Colchester on the fifth and 6th of
:24:59. > :25:05.July, promising visitors a fool recruitment experience. I hope you
:25:06. > :25:12.have fun. And the weather is looking good for lots of outdoor pursuits
:25:13. > :25:19.this weekend. I am off to Ladies Day at the racecourse and pleased to
:25:20. > :25:26.report it is looking quite fine for most of Sunday, just the small
:25:27. > :25:32.chance of showers, but barely low`risk. For most of us, looking
:25:33. > :25:37.dry right the way through the weekend. Dry weather across the
:25:38. > :25:43.British Isles. Some fine conditions, but it could turn a bit
:25:44. > :25:48.cloudy. Coastal parts of the region did well for sunshine. Other inland,
:25:49. > :25:55.more cloud around. `` farther inland. Most of us seeing sunshine
:25:56. > :26:00.to end the day and clear spells overnight. Possible it could get
:26:01. > :26:05.chillier than the last few nights. Temperatures getting down into
:26:06. > :26:11.single figures, perhaps or 7 degrees and some mist patches in the early
:26:12. > :26:18.hours of tomorrow. Tomorrow starts with some fine weather, a little
:26:19. > :26:24.chilly to start with, but warming up in the sunshine. The clouds starting
:26:25. > :26:30.to feed through into the afternoon and the small risk it could produce
:26:31. > :26:37.some isolated showers, but for most looking dry. In the sunshine, 17 or
:26:38. > :26:42.18 degrees the high. And onshore breeze means cooler temperatures
:26:43. > :26:48.along the coast and stop largely fine and cloudy for the afternoon.
:26:49. > :26:55.The weather will change next week, the pressure part into next week,
:26:56. > :27:01.meaning some unsettled conditions returning, but not spell your link
:27:02. > :27:08.`` but not spoiling the weekend. By Monday, some regions could get to 19
:27:09. > :27:12.Celsius. But the risk of some showers. Then unsettled to start
:27:13. > :27:17.next week, increasingly cloudy for Monday, the Chancellor showers
:27:18. > :27:18.around, and Tuesday looking like sunshine and