:00:00. > :00:00.In the programme tonight: That is all
:00:00. > :00:11.Stabbed during a robbery, a victim sees his teenaged attacker detained.
:00:12. > :00:19.You know, when you hear your daughter screaming and that you just
:00:20. > :00:28.do what you do. I am not a hero I just did what I thought was best.
:00:29. > :00:30.Back in court, multiple murderer Ang Zhiang Du appeals
:00:31. > :00:33.against his 40 year jail sentence for killing a Northampton f`mily.
:00:34. > :00:35.The taskforce targetting the multi`million pound scal that's
:00:36. > :00:37.caught out hundreds of people in our region.
:00:38. > :00:41.She's chef of the year and she's making anyone with jokes about
:00:42. > :00:56.A man attacked and left for dead in a burglary that went wrong today
:00:57. > :00:58.saw his teenaged assailant locked up for 12 years.
:00:59. > :01:02.Tony Abrahams was stabbed four times during the raid on his home in Luton
:01:03. > :01:14.His 16`year`old attacker was described as dangerous and defiant.
:01:15. > :01:21.Tony Abrahams says November 16 last year was a day that changed his
:01:22. > :01:26.family's lives for ever. He was woken by the sound of his d`ughter
:01:27. > :01:30.screaming at their home in Luton. Three masked intruders had broken in
:01:31. > :01:34.and when he tried to stop them he was stabbed repeatedly. I tried to
:01:35. > :01:38.get to Jade `` had a bit of a fight and then a bundle and that hs when
:01:39. > :01:44.it all happened. I did not think it was real. When you hear your
:01:45. > :01:51.daughter screaming and that, you just do what you do. I am not a hero
:01:52. > :01:55.or anything, I just did what I thought was best. One of those
:01:56. > :01:59.responsible for the near fatal attack had only just turned 16.
:02:00. > :02:02.Today he was sentenced at Ltton Crown Court for his part in the
:02:03. > :02:07.crime which the judge said was vicious and merciless. Sentdncing
:02:08. > :02:12.the 16`year`old to 12 years detention followed by a further five
:02:13. > :02:16.years on licence, the judge described him as dangerous `nd
:02:17. > :02:19.defiant. As the teenager was led away from the donkey turns towards
:02:20. > :02:25.his victims in the public g`llery and waved. Luton Crown Court heard
:02:26. > :02:29.that the juvenile suffers from a personality disorder and have spent
:02:30. > :02:33.much of his childhood in care. His Victim Support they are strtggling
:02:34. > :02:35.to sympathise. And have spent much of his childhood in care. Hhs Victim
:02:36. > :02:39.Support they are struggling to sympathise. Hundreds of people it
:02:40. > :02:44.does not give you the right to break into people 's houses and rtin
:02:45. > :02:48.lives. I have no sympathy for him at all. Seeing how my mum and dad are
:02:49. > :02:54.suffering and obviously that affects me more than what they did coming in
:02:55. > :02:58.my house. The Abrahams say they are pleased dangerous young man has been
:02:59. > :03:00.taken off the streets. They are determined they will not let him
:03:01. > :03:03.Neil Bradford joins us from our Luton newsroom now.
:03:04. > :03:05.Neil, a terrifying experience for the Abrahams family,
:03:06. > :03:15.That is right. The two other intruders that night have ydt to be
:03:16. > :03:21.traced. In mitigation the court was told that the 16`year`old w`s not
:03:22. > :03:26.the instigator of this crimd but the judge disagreed, saying he was not a
:03:27. > :03:30.follower in this case, but right at the forefront. Despite the fact that
:03:31. > :03:35.two of the attackers are sthll at large, the Abrahams have taken some
:03:36. > :03:39.comfort from today's sentencing and they say they are determined to
:03:40. > :03:43.rebuild their lives after their terrifying ordeal. Thank yot.
:03:44. > :03:45.It's emerged in the last few minutes that babies
:03:46. > :03:48.at two of the region's hosphtals have become ill after being given
:03:49. > :03:51.what appears to be a contamhnated batch of specialised feed.
:03:52. > :03:53.Addenbrooks Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital both reported
:03:54. > :03:56.two cases of babies in the neo`natal intensive card unit
:03:57. > :04:02.Four other hospitals across England are involved.
:04:03. > :04:07.14 others are said to be responding well to antibiothcs.
:04:08. > :04:12.We'll have more on that in our late bulletin.
:04:13. > :04:15.He was sentenced to a minimtm of 40 years in prison for the murder
:04:16. > :04:20.Now businessman Anxiang Du has failed to appeal against
:04:21. > :04:25.Today his case was heard at the Court of Appeal.
:04:26. > :04:40.The Ding family, in April 2011 or four were stabbed to death, their
:04:41. > :04:44.killer of former friend and business partner, Anxiang Du. He wanted
:04:45. > :04:48.revenge after losing a legal battle with them. He went to the f`mily's
:04:49. > :04:53.home and first slaughtered the couple and then their two d`ughters.
:04:54. > :04:57.He went on the run for 14 months and eventually he was arrested hn
:04:58. > :05:01.Morocco. In November he was jailed for life with a minimum terl of 40
:05:02. > :05:13.years. Relatives of the victims gave their reaction after he was found
:05:14. > :05:15.guilty, a statement read on their behalf. Anxiang Du deserves what he
:05:16. > :05:18.receives, justice has been served. We can now say our peace to our
:05:19. > :05:21.family in heaven. Today the Court of Appeal considered a request from
:05:22. > :05:25.Anxiang Du who had asked for permission to legally challdnge the
:05:26. > :05:32.length of his sentence. Had one of these victims been murdered by an
:05:33. > :05:36.life taken to the scene the criminal services act says an appropriate
:05:37. > :05:41.starting point is 25 years. The murder of two persons requires a
:05:42. > :05:46.starting point of 30 years. In our judgement it is simply an arguable
:05:47. > :05:51.that the assessment of 40 ydars is either wrong in principle or
:05:52. > :05:58.manifestly excessive. In other words the 40 year term remains. Wd agree,
:05:59. > :06:03.A coroner has heard today how a family trip to Billing Aquadrome in
:06:04. > :06:07.Two`year`old Mandy Munhuwa fell into a lake after going missing
:06:08. > :06:13.She was rescued and resuscitated but died two months later in hospital.
:06:14. > :06:15.Today the Northamptonshire coroner recorded a verdict
:06:16. > :06:26.This afternoon Mandy's parents paid tribute to their daughter.
:06:27. > :06:33.I just could not comprehend how this could have happened when I was
:06:34. > :06:38.there, how it could have pl`yed out like this. I just had this big heavy
:06:39. > :06:45.cloud of blame on me which H will probably carry to my grave. She was
:06:46. > :06:48.lovely always smiling, she would jump and sing. She was just a lovely
:06:49. > :06:54.New rules are to be introduced to crack down on the exploitathon of
:06:55. > :06:58.The Modern Slavery Bill which was announced in the Pueens
:06:59. > :07:00.speech follows a long campahgn by MPs in Cambridgeshire.
:07:01. > :07:03.They say the new legislation which could see human traffhckers
:07:04. > :07:06.jailed for life is the first of its kind in the world.
:07:07. > :07:15.Andrew Sinclair is at Westmhnster now so who is this aimed at?
:07:16. > :07:21.It is aimed at those who smtggle foreigners into this countrx, often
:07:22. > :07:25.in very dangerous conditions and also those who employed illdgally
:07:26. > :07:29.when they get here. You will remember last night we reported on
:07:30. > :07:33.the case of Tommy Connors who was jailed last year for treating its
:07:34. > :07:39.workers like modern slaves, people like him. It follows a long campaign
:07:40. > :07:43.from MPs who have witnessed cases of human trafficking and also cases of
:07:44. > :07:48.migrant workers being put in squalid conditions and paid next to nothing.
:07:49. > :07:51.They are delighted that the law is being toughened. I think we have
:07:52. > :07:56.seen some really sickening `nd tragic cases of human traffhcking
:07:57. > :08:00.and modern day slavery, particularly in the Fens. Some nasty and
:08:01. > :08:04.unscrupulous people. These proposals, enacted in law after a
:08:05. > :08:09.long campaign of almost eight years, are very good news and they
:08:10. > :08:24.will crack down on some unpleasant people and make sure that this
:08:25. > :08:25.scourge of modern day slavery is reduced and hopefully eradicated in
:08:26. > :08:27.our area. What difference will this ndw
:08:28. > :08:29.lawmaker? There will be much tougher penalties, particularly for those
:08:30. > :08:32.involved in human trafficking. At the moment you can go to prhson for
:08:33. > :08:36.40 years but that will be rdduced to `` increased to life. For those
:08:37. > :08:39.involved there will be true reparations to compensate pdople for
:08:40. > :08:45.the suffering endured. Therd will be an anti`slavery committee to
:08:46. > :08:48.coordinate the law response. At the moment there are five or six
:08:49. > :08:52.different pieces of legislation that cover this and different agdncies
:08:53. > :08:57.are involved, everything from the police to social workers and the
:08:58. > :09:00.border agency. The idea is to have one person overseeing it all and one
:09:01. > :09:04.main law that will make it dasier to crack down on offenders and make it
:09:05. > :09:06.easier to have a better lifd for victims.
:09:07. > :09:09.Police forces need to rethink the way they're organised,
:09:10. > :09:11.their relationship with the public and their leadership
:09:12. > :09:14.That's according to Adam Silmonds the Police and Crime Commissioner
:09:15. > :09:17.Today he's addressed the national body for future police leaddrs.
:09:18. > :09:33.I am really pleased with all of that. On his glossy board, @dam
:09:34. > :09:39.Simmonds points to a list of all of his priorities and goals. It does
:09:40. > :09:44.not stop there. He has big hdeas on how the police should changd for the
:09:45. > :09:48.21st`century. We will see a force that is much more mobile, ldss
:09:49. > :09:51.reliance on working out of ` police station and more likely working out
:09:52. > :09:57.of a vehicle. Similar to st`te troopers in the United statds who
:09:58. > :10:04.work entirely out of their vehicles. We will see a police force that has
:10:05. > :10:07.links with the police service under Fire Service and the Ambulance
:10:08. > :10:12.Service. The force will be better trained and better able to tse
:10:13. > :10:16.evidence. Adam Simmonds says the police are primarily reactive and
:10:17. > :10:20.should in future focus on predicting and preventing crime. In his speech
:10:21. > :10:24.today he told future police leaders that the system had to be epuipped
:10:25. > :10:28.to deal with the challenges of our modern age, more intelligence and
:10:29. > :10:34.evidence `based, coordinated, joined up, coherent.
:10:35. > :10:38.You have taken a bit of a pop at the old guard crusty type of police
:10:39. > :10:42.officer that is set in their old ways. I basically said that the
:10:43. > :10:46.future police officer, the ones we want to recruit in and the ones that
:10:47. > :10:50.will be leaders in the future, will not be refined `` defined bx the
:10:51. > :10:54.ones of the past. There will be less of that that have spent 30 xears in
:10:55. > :10:57.the police service and people will have been running other companies. I
:10:58. > :11:05.think the leadership experidnce will be wider and less service specific.
:11:06. > :11:08.Adam Simmonds says the police service has to change to move with
:11:09. > :11:12.the times, focusing more on victims and witnesses.
:11:13. > :11:16.Police are trying to track down two people who were caught lying down
:11:17. > :11:21.They've released these CCTV images of a man and woman seen loitering
:11:22. > :11:25.That's between Woburn Sands and Bow Brickhill stations.
:11:26. > :11:27.British Transport Police have called it foolish and extremely dangerous.
:11:28. > :11:30.The incident was captured bx Network Rail cameras on Aprhl 1 th.
:11:31. > :11:40.Now back to Stewart and Sushe for the rest of
:11:41. > :11:45.A task force set up to tackle a phone scam in our region says in
:11:46. > :11:46.the first four months of thhs year nearly 900 people were targdted
:11:47. > :11:49.Not every attempt was successful Not every attempt was successful
:11:50. > :12:01.but still ?313,000 was stoldn from victims here.
:12:02. > :12:03.The work of the task force hs being featured on the BBCs Watchdog
:12:04. > :12:11.programme tonight. She is a highly regarded
:12:12. > :12:15.mathematician and the mother of Tim Berners`Lee who created the World
:12:16. > :12:22.Wide Web. She had a phone c`ll from someone she believed was thd police.
:12:23. > :12:30.They told me they had arrested two young men who had a clone of my
:12:31. > :12:36.credit card. They told me to link the number on the back of mx card.
:12:37. > :12:40.The man was not from the police but was a professional con artist. She
:12:41. > :12:48.hung up and immediately picked it up again to make the cold. The
:12:49. > :12:54.fraudsters were still on thd line. The fact is they have an opdn phone
:12:55. > :12:57.line and even if you fallen the emergency services you would not
:12:58. > :13:05.connect to that. You're convinced you're phoning a legitimate number.
:13:06. > :13:09.The scammers told her to withdraw thousands of pounds from thd bank
:13:10. > :13:14.and a career would pick it tp from her home because she thought she was
:13:15. > :13:19.talking to the genuine fraud department, and so she agredd. I put
:13:20. > :13:28.it into the bag. I handed the bag over. It was only later it dawned on
:13:29. > :13:37.her that she might have been conned and when she called the polhce they
:13:38. > :13:45.confirm that. I felt very foolish, dreadful. I felt I had been stupid.
:13:46. > :13:46.Police are still investigathng the case and estimate many diffdrent
:13:47. > :13:52.gangs are involved in the scams programme tonight.
:13:53. > :13:54.This afternoon I spoke to Detective Inspector Danny L`wrence
:13:55. > :13:57.who you saw in that report. He leads the task force targeting
:13:58. > :14:00.the fraudsters and told me the worst affected areas
:14:01. > :14:04.are the counties near London, but they operate across the region.
:14:05. > :14:25.Those that commit this type of offence are very convincing and have
:14:26. > :14:30.been doing this for a long time and one example only recent serhes of
:14:31. > :14:36.warrants we executed, there was a book on how to speak with
:14:37. > :14:42.confidence. They work out what they confidence. They work out what they
:14:43. > :14:43.vulnerable, they are teachers and vulnerable, they are teachers and
:14:44. > :14:44.insurance managers and formdr police officers, so if anyone has been a
:14:45. > :14:53.victim do not feel you are stupid and do not feel embarrassed. How
:14:54. > :14:57.much success are you having? It is almost a franchise. There are so
:14:58. > :15:05.many distinct groups of indhviduals we have identified and condtcted
:15:06. > :15:14.activity against. We have sdized property and cash and valuables One
:15:15. > :15:21.gentleman gave over ?30,000 in cash and it was only after the third
:15:22. > :15:24.occasion he thought something was not right and came to the police.
:15:25. > :15:31.What are the banking industry What are the banking industry
:15:32. > :15:34.actually doing? In that particular case you would have thought there
:15:35. > :15:41.was alarm bells are ringing at the bank? We have spoken to staff and
:15:42. > :15:46.told them to remain vigilant about people who they believe may be in
:15:47. > :15:52.We have had people in us th`t they We have had people in us th`t they
:15:53. > :15:57.have kept one of the customdrs in the bag because they felt it was
:15:58. > :16:00.part of this scam and indeed it was, and they saved ?7,000, so the banks
:16:01. > :16:06.have been very positive and supporting. Many people will think
:16:07. > :16:12.they are just so many things to think about and worry about, what
:16:13. > :16:16.would be your main message? The key message is that the bank and the
:16:17. > :16:21.police will never ask you to hand over your possessions or crddit
:16:22. > :16:27.cards or anything else to any courier company or anybody on the
:16:28. > :16:33.doorstep. They will never ask you for a pen number over the phone or
:16:34. > :16:41.to go to the bank to West brought anything. If you realise it is a
:16:42. > :16:43.scam, use another fallen and contact the local police.
:16:44. > :16:47.but they operate across the region. If you've been affected
:16:48. > :16:50.by a scam and have a story to tell we'd love to hear from you.
:16:51. > :16:53.You can contact us by phone, email, Facebook or Twitter
:16:54. > :16:58.and please don't forget to leave a number so we can call you back.
:16:59. > :17:02.This year we've been looking at how our region was affected by the First
:17:03. > :17:05.World War and tonight the story of how one of our great Stately
:17:06. > :17:09.Homes was turned into a hospital. Wrest Park in Bedfordshire hs owned
:17:10. > :17:10.by English Heritage, but whdn war broke out, it became Britain's first
:17:11. > :17:27.rest home for wounded soldidrs. A family home for 700 years, its
:17:28. > :17:33.gardens crafted by capability Brown. Wrest Park is one of the code and
:17:34. > :17:41.use of English Heritage. At the outbreak of war it was owned by Lord
:17:42. > :17:46.Lucas. He saw what was happdning and gave Wrest Park to the nation as a
:17:47. > :17:54.convalescence home but therd was a catch. They had to be ordin`rily
:17:55. > :17:57.sold yours and not officers. He was quite an idealist and a libdral
:17:58. > :18:03.intellectual and he thought it was his duty to do so. He wanted to help
:18:04. > :18:11.the common man and saw it as seen his family have so much wealth. This
:18:12. > :18:18.seemed like a suitable purpose rather than sitting empty. The
:18:19. > :18:21.soldiers could not believe their surroundings, it was luxury, but as
:18:22. > :18:26.more and more wounded were taken in, it was apparent that Wrest Park
:18:27. > :18:33.would have to become a military hospital. Today it is quiet but it
:18:34. > :18:38.would have been bustling with nurses, doctors, lots of thhngs
:18:39. > :18:46.going on. The hospital was run by his sister who kept a diary
:18:47. > :18:51.detailing every day at Wrest Park, including the happier times soldiers
:18:52. > :18:58.spent recovering. Ordinarilx men treated as the Royals. The soldiers
:18:59. > :19:09.in the photograph were sitthng right here, in the library which was back
:19:10. > :19:14.then a war. There was 200 bdds and there around 1600 soldiers treated
:19:15. > :19:18.here in total. Two years into the war it was hit by fire and never
:19:19. > :19:28.reopen but those who stayed here always described Wrest Park as best.
:19:29. > :19:30.rest home for wounded soldidrs. Some of Europe's leading senior
:19:31. > :19:34.golfers are at Stoke by Nayland over the next five days
:19:35. > :19:36.with the PGA Seniors Championship returning to the Suffolk cltb.
:19:37. > :19:39.A number of former Ryder Cup players are
:19:40. > :19:42.in the field with nearly a puarter of a million pounds up for grabs.
:19:43. > :19:45.Today it's the Pro`am and following the recent success
:19:46. > :19:48.of Paralympic sport, the totrnament is doing its best to raise `wareness
:19:49. > :19:51.of blind and disabled golf. Tom Williams is at the club now
:19:52. > :20:01.Thank you. We have done well today dodging most of the showers with the
:20:02. > :20:06.seniors and celebrities impressing the crowds and showcasing their
:20:07. > :20:10.talents. There is a nine`year`old from
:20:11. > :20:21.Bishops Stortford who lost his leg to cancer. An elite teenage swimmer
:20:22. > :20:23.who turned to grams six years ago. He is now aiming to become `
:20:24. > :20:42.professional. So what sort of opportunitids are?
:20:43. > :20:47.Off the back of London and the Paralympics, I think it has opened
:20:48. > :20:52.everybody's eyes to what sole people can do. If it gets more people
:20:53. > :20:54.interested in disabled golf and knowing we can play as well as
:20:55. > :21:04.others. In the build`up to the PGA others. In the build`up to the PGA
:21:05. > :21:08.seniors championship, is left, Carl Mason and defending champion Paul
:21:09. > :21:16.Wessel Ling took part in thd challenge. Anyone can play with
:21:17. > :21:24.anyone and with the handicap system, you can play against the best in the
:21:25. > :21:32.world. It is wonderful to sde that today and try it on one leg. This
:21:33. > :21:38.13`year`old struggles with `utism but golf has helped him deal with
:21:39. > :21:43.life challenges. It has got me more social because can be awkward not to
:21:44. > :21:47.talk to somebody and you have to socialise. What was it like playing
:21:48. > :21:56.with the professionals? Nerve wracking. I could not talk. It is
:21:57. > :22:01.hoped disabled golf will become a Paralympic sport in years to come.
:22:02. > :22:09.Familiar faces have gathered with star is holding the game ahdad of
:22:10. > :22:15.the seniors championship. You got a glimpse of him in the film `nd he
:22:16. > :22:21.joins me now. Fantastic work going on to promote disabled golf.
:22:22. > :22:28.Disabled players can be so hnspiring and had a good fortune to play with
:22:29. > :22:37.a man with one leg who playdd better than many pro`s. The course is in
:22:38. > :22:43.great shape and we're looking forward to a good championship.
:22:44. > :22:53.There's free coaching for dhsabled golfers in this week call and in
:22:54. > :23:01.fact for youngsters of all `ges and abilities.
:23:02. > :23:03.There was a time when school dinners meant spam fritters,
:23:04. > :23:08.Now the standard of cooking is so high there is a national
:23:09. > :23:13.This year the title goes to a school cook from Bedfordshire
:23:14. > :23:15.whose Spanish themed dinner wowed judges of all ages.
:23:16. > :23:30.Anna Todd has been to meet her and her food savvy customers.
:23:31. > :23:43.An extra lunch an hour before lunchtime. What a great job for
:23:44. > :23:49.these schoolkids. The food was very nice, I would have more. It was very
:23:50. > :24:00.juicy and not right. Really soft and enjoyable. It was so nice. Plating
:24:01. > :24:06.up, Tanya Watkin, recently named the best new school chef in the country.
:24:07. > :24:20.Judges liked her Spanish menu. She is a floating chef who works in
:24:21. > :24:24.schools across Beds. She had just an hour and they have to creatd a two
:24:25. > :24:32.course menu that was nutrithous balanced and ?1 60. She has entered
:24:33. > :24:37.the competition six times. Hn 2 12 she forgot to put sugar in the
:24:38. > :24:42.muffins and in 2013 and in 2013 her pan a court heard that not set.
:24:43. > :24:54.There was almost a sponge dhsaster this year. `` pannacotta. I had to
:24:55. > :25:00.get more ingredients and work very hard to make it in the time but it
:25:01. > :25:07.was all good in the end. Colpetitors cooked all morning and then waited.
:25:08. > :25:14.It was a nightmare. I was over the moon. The proof of heritability
:25:15. > :25:18.is... In the pudding. Demolhshed by schoolchildren in seconds. `` have
:25:19. > :25:24.ability. We heard they managed to dodge most
:25:25. > :25:37.of the showers. Many parts of the region had dry
:25:38. > :25:42.weather. Here is the radar picture and you can see a lot of rahn this
:25:43. > :25:47.morning with much of it tow`rds the north`west. This is the art of rain
:25:48. > :25:53.currently over Wales is working its way back towards us. Where ht is dry
:25:54. > :25:58.at the moment things will go downhill through the second half of
:25:59. > :26:03.the evening. Heavy rain working East Lords tomorrow morning, gradually
:26:04. > :26:11.clearing towards the end of tonight. The weapons are also picking up with
:26:12. > :26:17.moderate westerlys. Tomorrow will be a bit of a slow start thanks to this
:26:18. > :26:21.easier of low pressure. Things will improve with time through the course
:26:22. > :26:26.of the day saw a bit of a cloudy and upstart to day. Gradually clearing
:26:27. > :26:33.with brighter weather from the south`west. And improving phcture.
:26:34. > :26:42.Quite breezy with a moderatd westerly. 18 and up to 19 Cdlsius.
:26:43. > :26:50.The Antiques road show is coming to Northampton tomorrow. Through
:26:51. > :26:58.tomorrow night, clear skies and light winds mean it will be chilly
:26:59. > :27:05.but into Friday, very warm `nd humid coming up from the south. Lots of
:27:06. > :27:10.sunshine around and quite w`rm but on Saturday this weather front
:27:11. > :27:15.destabilises the humidity and we could get some thunderstorms
:27:16. > :27:23.developing through Saturday. Not a lot of detail but the risk of some
:27:24. > :27:27.heavy downpours. High presstre builds from the south on Sunday and
:27:28. > :27:32.it will be less humid late hn the weekend. Very war on a Frid`y night
:27:33. > :27:38.with the risk of some thunderstorms.
:27:39. > :27:53.That's all from us, have good evening.
:27:54. > :27:57.When the first travellers crossed America, they were faced with this -