:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look East.
:00:08. > :00:16.Too risky and too expensive ` will plans for Europe's biggest dnergy
:00:17. > :00:19.park in Peterborough be pulled? The schoolboy who came into contact with
:00:20. > :00:22.asbestos is now a father with cancer. And he's sued a council for
:00:23. > :00:32.Eye have managed to make sole security for my wife and chhldren.
:00:33. > :00:36.`` I have. And I'll be here later
:00:37. > :00:39.in the programme with a wriggly The creatures that gave Ely
:00:40. > :00:42.its name are returning in record numbers to the Fens,
:00:43. > :00:45.thanks to their very own bypass And, the ping`pong prince
:00:46. > :01:02.batting for Commonwealth glory. First tonight, could plans for
:01:03. > :01:03.Europe's biggest renewable dnergy A group set up to look
:01:04. > :01:08.at the project have concluddd the risks outweigh the benefits
:01:09. > :01:10.and the sums just don't add up. This is what we're talking `bout `
:01:11. > :01:13.half a million glass solar panels across 900 acres of farmland
:01:14. > :01:16.at Newborough and Thorney. To give you an idea, that's about
:01:17. > :01:19.the size of 700 football pitches. But now it's future is far from
:01:20. > :01:43.clear and today's findings could A solar farm that would look like
:01:44. > :01:50.this but 25 times ago. That is what the `` is being proposed. The
:01:51. > :01:55.project has produced strong feelings. A group of councillors has
:01:56. > :01:59.looked in detail at the cost and potential profit. By a majority they
:02:00. > :02:05.are saying it should not go ahead. All of the figures we were given
:02:06. > :02:12.were termed as indicative. That to me is guesswork. There was nothing
:02:13. > :02:19.concrete, saying this will be the return, the actual estimated costs
:02:20. > :02:41.of the installation was nevdr rob the leader find. The estimated cost
:02:42. > :02:44.was ``... The three documents together make for interesting
:02:45. > :02:49.reading `` reading. The working group's report describes thd scheme
:02:50. > :02:54.as having returns that are not viable and risks that are
:02:55. > :03:01.unacceptable e`e`mails betwden the council and the government obtained
:03:02. > :03:07.by BBC Look East, in which the council says it does not know if it
:03:08. > :03:14.can go ahead for certain until after the general election. And the
:03:15. > :03:22.overall cost is nearly ?2.9 million. There needs to be an enquirx into
:03:23. > :03:26.why the council has spent ndarly ?3 million in the proposals without
:03:27. > :03:32.planning permission, subject to subsidies that might change. Frankly
:03:33. > :03:38.this will be kicked into thd long grass for a year or so. The working
:03:39. > :03:43.report will be discussed at a meeting tonight and then passed to
:03:44. > :03:46.senior councillors, who will decide whether to proceed.
:03:47. > :03:49.Well we did ask the leader of Peterborough City Council,
:03:50. > :03:52.who's been a strong advocatd of the solar park, for an interview, but
:03:53. > :04:11.But someone who was happy to talk was Aled Jones.
:04:12. > :04:14.He's an expert on sustainable energy at the Anglia Ruskin University
:04:15. > :04:17.A short while ago I asked hhm how significant this proposdd solar
:04:18. > :04:36.It is a very significant project. The size of the megawatts you would
:04:37. > :04:42.get out of it would make it one of Europe's largest solar parks. In
:04:43. > :04:47.terms of solar installations, there are significant parks being put in
:04:48. > :04:52.place. There are larger ones planned in North Africa but they ard yet to
:04:53. > :04:57.get off the ground. The manx objections that seem to havd been
:04:58. > :05:02.raised our financial. The council needs to balance its books. It does
:05:03. > :05:07.but it would be interesting to understand some of the contdxt in
:05:08. > :05:14.which they made that financhal risk assessment. The main thing going on
:05:15. > :05:21.in energy markets at the molent is a strike price agreed by the
:05:22. > :05:28.government for nuclear, much higher than current electricity prhces Oil
:05:29. > :05:32.prices will continue to go tp, as will gas. It is interesting to
:05:33. > :05:39.understand, when you have an initial capital outlay, the cost reduction
:05:40. > :05:47.over the long term should bd very significant. You are saying perhaps
:05:48. > :05:53.that it is a risk worth takhng. It is a risk that needs to be taken,
:05:54. > :05:59.when you look at electricitx markets and guaranteeing supply. We need
:06:00. > :06:03.more big visionary projects to demonstrate what is possibld and to
:06:04. > :06:10.be able to put them in at this sort of scale, the test the technology,
:06:11. > :06:15.lead the way and show that the UK builds jobs and growth, builds the
:06:16. > :06:20.renewables industry, all of those should play a part in making the
:06:21. > :06:26.decisions. We need energy sdcurity but we also need food securhty and
:06:27. > :06:31.this part is planned on an `rea that is prime farmland. The fact that the
:06:32. > :06:38.council owns land in Peterborough makes it any easier thing for them
:06:39. > :06:42.to do, to put solar parks on land they own. It is prime agrictltural
:06:43. > :06:51.land so there are questions to be asked about what it is the future of
:06:52. > :06:57.how they use their land. In the future land will be given over from
:06:58. > :07:00.Brownfield sites to big sol`r projects, but that is not h`ppening,
:07:01. > :07:05.so somebody needs to demonstrate what is possible.
:07:06. > :07:09.Six men have gone on trial for conspiracy to murder after ` Luton
:07:10. > :07:14.Atif Ali who's 27 almost didd after the shooting in Leicester Road
:07:15. > :07:18.All deny the plot to kill but two men have admitted plans to
:07:19. > :07:26.The trial at Luton Crown Cotrt is expected to last four wedks.
:07:27. > :07:35.Northampton General Hospital is being threatened by a `` with legal
:07:36. > :07:44.action over a dispute with hts biomedical staff. The UK's largest
:07:45. > :07:50.union, Unite, claims it is the first time an NHS hospital has faced court
:07:51. > :07:53.proceedings to break an indtstrial dispute.
:07:54. > :07:55.There's been good news todax for the region's schools `
:07:56. > :07:59.Schools receive funding from the Department of Educ`tion for
:08:00. > :08:02.every pupil ` but until now some local authorities have recehved
:08:03. > :08:05.The Schools Minister David Laws today announced a raft
:08:06. > :08:13.of extra funding ` to bring everyone up to the minimum level.
:08:14. > :08:22.Maths at a school in Saint Hves Part of the arithmetic around the
:08:23. > :08:26.school funding does not add up, says the head teacher. Per child they are
:08:27. > :08:34.receiving a lot less than other schools in other counties. We are so
:08:35. > :08:39.poorly funded in Cambridgeshire but I am hoping we can bring in extra
:08:40. > :08:44.teachers and support staff so that we can help all of our studdnts but
:08:45. > :08:50.in particular those students who need the most help. Schools in this
:08:51. > :08:54.part of the world have been short`changed for more than 30
:08:55. > :08:59.years, say campaigners, on `verage receiving ?600 less per puphl. This
:09:00. > :09:05.school is on the edge of Calbridge, one of 250 across the countx, a
:09:06. > :09:11.total of 78,000 pupils, all of whom will see their funding incrdased by
:09:12. > :09:19.7.9%. Here is the maths. Schools here receive mini ?4000 per pupil,
:09:20. > :09:23.which will rise to more than ?4 00, an additional ?300 plus each.
:09:24. > :09:28.Anybody who knows Cambridgeshire will know it is an expensivd place.
:09:29. > :09:33.There should be a proper fahr funding formula that takes `ccount
:09:34. > :09:40.of deprivation and need but also the cost of living, how expensive it is
:09:41. > :09:48.to hire staff. I want a fair for `` funding formula.
:09:49. > :09:51.The funding hike `` hike will happen by 2015. For many schools it is
:09:52. > :10:01.overdue but very welcome. A father
:10:02. > :10:03.from Cambridgeshire has been awarded ?275,000 as compensation
:10:04. > :10:05.for an asbestos`related disdase Chris Wallace ` from Wisbech `
:10:06. > :10:07.came into contact with asbestos He's one of the first peopld
:10:08. > :10:28.in the country to successfully sue. Chris Wallace is one of the youngest
:10:29. > :10:35.people in the country to get an asbestos related cancer. I had
:10:36. > :10:41.stomach pains, weight loss. After five or six months I went to
:10:42. > :10:48.hospital and I was in there for weeks and they finally diagnosed me.
:10:49. > :10:53.The disease Chris has can elerge between 20 to 50 years after
:10:54. > :10:58.exposure to asbestos. He has taken legal action against Devon County
:10:59. > :11:04.Council, arguing he developdd the disease because he came into contact
:11:05. > :11:09.with the substance at school. Times when I had an off a pipe with other
:11:10. > :11:19.boys and there was asbestos lagging. `` hung off a pipe. There
:11:20. > :11:32.were as Best 's mats which were crypt and broken. `` asbestos mats
:11:33. > :11:38.which were chipped. The council arranged an out`of`court settlement
:11:39. > :11:44.but they did not admit responsibility. I have found some
:11:45. > :11:49.security for my wife and chhldren but just over a quarter of ?1
:11:50. > :11:54.million is not much for somdbody's life and to have such a painful
:11:55. > :12:03.death it is not much at all really. Chris attended four different
:12:04. > :12:08.schools in Devon during the 198 s. Devon County Council says it takes
:12:09. > :12:15.great care to manage as Best is in its buildings, including regular
:12:16. > :12:20.inspections. `` as best boss. This is the only time a Devon School
:12:21. > :12:24.pupil has taken legal action in these circumstances.
:12:25. > :12:29.The campaign to allow cheesdmakers in a Cambridgeshire village to call
:12:30. > :12:33.their blue cheese stilton h`s reached Westminster. Campaigners
:12:34. > :12:38.have been meeting the farming and food minister in the hopes of
:12:39. > :12:43.overturning DEFRA's decision to reject their application. Under
:12:44. > :12:46.current law only places in certain parts of the Midlands can claim the
:12:47. > :12:54.name. We need the `` we need advice from
:12:55. > :13:00.DEFRA to understand what we need to do to get this extended frol
:13:01. > :13:08.Leicestershire, Derbyshire `nd Nottinghamshire.
:13:09. > :13:10.Now we can join Stewart for the rest of the programme and a full weather
:13:11. > :13:18.forecast. Still to come to light, our best
:13:19. > :13:23.table tennis player, and thd boy prodigy who has stunned the art
:13:24. > :13:26.world takes the wraps off a new exhibition.
:13:27. > :13:29.It's been a remarkable week in the countryside.
:13:30. > :13:31.The sharp eyed have noticed a very rare butterfly and a very r`re bird.
:13:32. > :13:34.On top of that, there's been a boom in the presence
:13:35. > :13:38.Mike Liggins has been on butterfly watch at the RSPB nature reserve
:13:39. > :13:52.Hello. What a wonderful day for watching wildlife. Just havd a
:13:53. > :13:58.look. Has Minsmere ever looked finer? The bird you referred to is
:13:59. > :14:02.the great not spotted in Norfolk, and the Butterfly spotted hdre and
:14:03. > :14:03.at one or two other sites in East Anglia is a yellow legged
:14:04. > :14:04.tortoiseshell. It was attracted to the Buddleia,
:14:05. > :14:07.maybe to the groove of the building, Just happened that
:14:08. > :14:12.the warden came out into his garden, and saw this butterfly that he
:14:13. > :14:15.wasn't quite sure what it w`s. Ian Barthrope is part of thd RSPB
:14:16. > :14:19.team at Minsmere. When I got here, it was sat
:14:20. > :14:23.on the gutter of the bungalow. He saw
:14:24. > :14:25.the yellow legged tortoiseshell The only previous record prhor to
:14:26. > :14:30.this week in the UK of a yellow legged tortoiseshell was
:14:31. > :14:35.in Kent back in 1953. So it's been a very long waht
:14:36. > :14:37.for butterfly watchers to fhnd Ian took this photograph of the
:14:38. > :14:44.elusive yellow legged tortohseshell. Compare that to a photograph taken
:14:45. > :14:47.by a keen viewer in Daventrx David Fairhurst managed to capture
:14:48. > :14:56.some video of the yellow legged tortoiseshell, blown in herd
:14:57. > :15:01.from East, possibly on warm winds. I can see a peacock,
:15:02. > :15:08.and a red admiral. And there are other ones
:15:09. > :15:11.frittering around. Haven't quite got a good vidw
:15:12. > :15:13.at the moment. Sharon Hill works for the Bttterfly
:15:14. > :15:17.Conservation Organisation. On Saturday, they start
:15:18. > :15:21.their day butterfly count. It's all about encouraging dverybody
:15:22. > :15:25.to spend some time counting In the garden, in the park,
:15:26. > :15:31.even at nature reserves. So we get some picture
:15:32. > :15:34.of how butterflies are faring. What are the chances of spotting
:15:35. > :15:37.a yellow legged tortoiseshell? Last year,
:15:38. > :15:39.it would have been zero but this year there is a chance, and there is
:15:40. > :15:44.a chance that you could spot one in You're much more likely to see
:15:45. > :15:53.a red admiral or a peacock. Either way, it's hard to thhnk
:15:54. > :16:11.of a more enjoyable and rel`xing It is a fantastic thing to do and we
:16:12. > :16:15.have been lurking in these bushes for most of the day, trying to spot
:16:16. > :16:23.a yellow legged tortoiseshell, but we haven't had any luck, pldnty of
:16:24. > :16:28.red admirals, and big and lhttle whites, but they feed on to, so it
:16:29. > :16:32.is a honeypot for them. You might also like to know that the
:16:33. > :16:38.Springwatch team, who were here a couple of weeks ago, have now moved
:16:39. > :16:40.on, they would have loved this next story about young eels in the fence.
:16:41. > :16:50.The numbers are on the incrdase story.
:16:51. > :16:55.In the heart of the fence, xou'll find one of our most mysterhous
:16:56. > :16:58.visitors. Eels was so common here, the city of the Ely was namdd after
:16:59. > :17:02.them. After years of numbers dramatically, it seems they are
:17:03. > :17:06.making a comeback. Remarkably, they don't become male or female until
:17:07. > :17:11.around a year old and can grow to 1.5 metres. These eels were born
:17:12. > :17:17.thousands of miles away in the Sargasso Sea, and have swum all the
:17:18. > :17:21.way here. That is until now when their journey is haunted by the
:17:22. > :17:27.Saint German's pumping stathon. This special pass has been built to allow
:17:28. > :17:32.the eels in here to swim around it. They follow the taste of frdsh
:17:33. > :17:36.water. So, it is time for a health check for these five`year`olds with
:17:37. > :17:44.the officer who monitors thdm. I have everyone apart from ond, not
:17:45. > :17:52.bad going. They are wriggly How healthy are they? The ones we are
:17:53. > :17:56.seeing here, they have survhved and because they are the fittest, they
:17:57. > :18:01.have still got the rest of their lives to live. Persistence,
:18:02. > :18:07.determination. It is a dram`, really, with all the characters you
:18:08. > :18:11.are looking for. Eel numbers have increased in the last two ydars
:18:12. > :18:14.thought to be due to favour`ble ocean currents, so it is not
:18:15. > :18:16.guaranteed that numbers will continue to rise. We are making sure
:18:17. > :18:27.that while they are with us, we can actually help them, they have the
:18:28. > :18:30.right habitat, the right food, and we're making sure that they are not
:18:31. > :18:35.taking intakes, damaged by pumps, and power stations, and while they
:18:36. > :18:40.mature before they migrate back out on their epic journey. All too soon,
:18:41. > :18:43.it was time to let them go. Eventually, these fascinating
:18:44. > :18:55.creatures will return to thd Sargasso Sea to breed.
:18:56. > :19:01.One or two butterflies have just landed on me! I don't if thd weather
:19:02. > :19:04.is going to be that great this weekend, go to our Facebook page for
:19:05. > :19:08.all the links The games start
:19:09. > :19:54.in Glasgow next week. The table tennis player
:19:55. > :19:56.Andrew Baggaley from Milton Keynes has already won two gold,
:19:57. > :19:59.two silver and one bronze mddal since making his first appe`rance
:20:00. > :20:02.in Manchester 12 years ago. Today he spent
:20:03. > :20:24.the afternoon promoting the sport as In the last four years, table tennis
:20:25. > :20:29.has moved outdoors. But all the time, just in summertime. Mhlton
:20:30. > :20:38.Keynes today, a Commonwealth legend joined in. Lovely day. Thesd tables
:20:39. > :20:42.will spread out across the country, so it's fantastic for everyone to
:20:43. > :20:46.get involved playing the gale. Gold, silver and bronze. He's got the full
:20:47. > :20:51.collection. England's most decorated athlete taking it easy on the
:20:52. > :20:55.passers`by before Glasgow and his fourth games. England's most
:20:56. > :20:59.successful table tennis plaxer in the Common of games history, how
:21:00. > :21:05.does it feel? Great! Hopefully, I can continue doing really wdll. I am
:21:06. > :21:08.very fortunate that I'm plaxing this is my fourth games. Hopefully,
:21:09. > :21:15.I'll be at my best in Glasgow and try to wind a medal again. Ht was 12
:21:16. > :21:19.years ago in Manchester when he fell head over heels with the so`called
:21:20. > :21:28.friendly games. It was tabld tennis' debut at the games. It was
:21:29. > :21:33.introduced in 2002, and that was fantastic. I remember playing, and
:21:34. > :21:38.winning two gold medals, followed by running a silver and a silvdr and
:21:39. > :21:42.bronze in Delhi. So it is fantastic. I am so happy th`t I am
:21:43. > :21:50.part of it. He lives in Milton Keynes. So, too, table tennhs with
:21:51. > :21:55.its HQ in the town. Today's event is starting off a summer of ping. How
:21:56. > :22:01.do you get more people coming to events like this and taking part in
:22:02. > :22:05.table tennis? According to sport England, fewer people are playing
:22:06. > :22:11.the sport. This initiative will definitely help table tennis. It
:22:12. > :22:13.will be in the summer months, so all the kids will play. What's good for
:22:14. > :22:18.the kids is for the big namds deliver on the big stage. No
:22:19. > :22:21.pressure, Andrew! Excitement is building in the art
:22:22. > :22:24.world tonight as a Norfolk schoolboy gets ready for a new exhibition
:22:25. > :22:26.of his amazing landscapes. Keiron Williamson will be 12
:22:27. > :22:28.in three weeks. The first time his work went on show
:22:29. > :22:37.it was snapped up in 14 minttes with The new show is promising
:22:38. > :22:41.even more interest. Dawn Gerber has been to Holt
:22:42. > :22:54.for a preview. Striking pictures capturing the
:22:55. > :22:58.landscape, work from the petrol artist you might think. Thex've all
:22:59. > :23:05.been painted by 11`year`old Keiron Williamson from Norfolk. I like
:23:06. > :23:11.Saint Bennetts Abbey. That hs my favourite place to paint. This is
:23:12. > :23:17.his ninth exhibition. This work is alongside his idols' and here they
:23:18. > :23:25.fetch from ?2 to ?22,000. M`ny have sold. It is amazing. Just fhnishing
:23:26. > :23:32.the pictures off, framing them up at home and then seeing them in the
:23:33. > :23:36.proper light is amazing. It is an amazing transformation. So H am very
:23:37. > :23:42.proud to see all my pictures hanging up. He has been painting for five
:23:43. > :23:47.years. Aged seven, his first exhibition. By November, his work
:23:48. > :23:58.was hot property. He sold 16 pictures in 2009. We were blown
:23:59. > :24:02.away. They just went. From his mailing list, those not advdrtising
:24:03. > :24:07.for that second exhibition `t all, and we were blown away by how
:24:08. > :24:10.quickly they went. With such success, his parents have h`d to
:24:11. > :24:17.ensure he is not exploited. From the beginning, we had a local solicitor
:24:18. > :24:23.to offer us advice on how to manage his finances. He has breachdd the ?1
:24:24. > :24:30.million barrier. People need to understand that he is also paying
:24:31. > :24:34.his corporation tax ten years before his peers are likely to, so there is
:24:35. > :24:38.a lot of outgoings as well `s significant income. He is not the
:24:39. > :24:41.only artist to produce such a high standard of work. But is certainly
:24:42. > :24:45.unique. To have such an accomplished style and technique is absolutely
:24:46. > :24:53.incredible. It is typical through art history. On the 14th century, a
:24:54. > :24:58.painter was discovered at the age of 11, Picasso had his first exhibition
:24:59. > :25:02.at the age of nine, so some have been discovered early on. Hd's just
:25:03. > :25:05.finished his first year of home`schooling, a decision lade so
:25:06. > :25:10.he could focus on art. At the moment, his love of painting takes
:25:11. > :25:17.into London, Norfolk and Cornwall, but the future holds no boundaries.
:25:18. > :25:22.He has his eyes set on painting landscapes abroad.
:25:23. > :25:26.He has to pay corporation t`x? Lets get the weather!
:25:27. > :25:39.It has been a hot day, but not the hottest day. We still got to a
:25:40. > :25:44.respectable 27 Celsius. Temperatures are likely to hit 30 degrees
:25:45. > :25:49.tomorrow, perhaps higher. It is going to be the hottest day of the
:25:50. > :25:54.year tomorrow, probably. Tonight, after a warm day, it will not cool
:25:55. > :25:58.down. It is going to be a w`ll and muggy night. We have showers coming
:25:59. > :26:05.up tipping western counties tomorrow morning. Most of us stay drx through
:26:06. > :26:10.the night with some clear spells. It will be a warm and muggy fidld to
:26:11. > :26:19.things with lows of 15 or 16. We stopped tomorrow quite warm, so
:26:20. > :26:23.becoming very warm early on. We have some cloud first thing, but then
:26:24. > :26:30.quickly brightening up with hot spells. A lot of heat and htmidity
:26:31. > :26:35.building, so it is possible we might have 30 or 31 tomorrow. If ht is
:26:36. > :26:43.cooler weather you are after, go to the coast. Quite a nice day on the
:26:44. > :26:46.coast with a moderate south`easterly breeze picking up through the day.
:26:47. > :26:54.Plenty more hot sunshine to come in the afternoon. We have some fun to
:26:55. > :26:56.read rain coming up from thd south. It is coming up from the continent,
:26:57. > :27:02.meaning some pretty intense downpours into the early hotrs of
:27:03. > :27:06.Saturday morning. This is rolling the graphics right through to six
:27:07. > :27:14.seven o'clock on Saturday morning. Some hail, thunder, downpours. But
:27:15. > :27:19.there will be a gap in procdedings. Discovering up from the continent,
:27:20. > :27:26.so the middle part of the d`y on Saturday could be calmer and drier,
:27:27. > :27:31.but the heat and humidity mdans the `` we could have some thunddry
:27:32. > :27:38.downpours. On Sunday, cooler. Then you'll be glad to know that it will
:27:39. > :27:42.be a settled start into next week. Thank you. That is it. From all of
:27:43. > :27:57.us, good night. It took less than 90 seconds for the
:27:58. > :28:06.eight-storey building to collapse. Imagine the number of women
:28:07. > :28:09.this industry supports. This World investigates
:28:10. > :28:12.the true cost of fashion. It took less than 90 seconds for the
:28:13. > :28:17.eight-storey building to collapse.