21/07/2014 Look East - West

That's it. It all starts on Wednesday evening. We're looking

Good evening. forward to it.

The lawyer of a man who was shot in the street in broad daylhght

on his way to work in Luton has been telling a jury he belidves he

The victim, Atif Ali, was told he may never walk `gain

after sustaining horrific injuries during the attack last May.

Today, Mr Ali gave evidence from behind a screen in the courtroom.

Six men are on trial accused of conspiracy to murder.

It was in May last year that Atif Ali was shot in the leg

The 28`year`old from Luton was on his way to work.

A car drove into the back of his car, and when the drhver got

The prosecution says it was a hit man hired

by a man who wanted a relathonship with the victim's fiancee.

One of the defence lawyers put it to Atif Ali that months

before he was shot he had hhred someone to attack the other man

The man representing the defendant said:

Mr Khan then put it to him that he had hired

There are six men on trial, charged with conspiracy to lurder.

The prosecution says 28`year`old man Mahroof was the mastermind

He's admitted shooting Atif Ali but denies he was trying to kill

Matthew McCafferty is accusdd of providing the sawn`off shotgun,

while Mahroof's brother`in`law, Mahboob Baig, is accused

The prosecution says Mark O'Neil was thedriver

The jury also heard statements taken from eyewitnesses, among thdm

a teenage brother and sister who'd been walking to the bus stop.

They heard a bang like a firework, she said.

Her brother said he swa blood on the floor.

The six defendants deny conspiracy to murder.

The trial is due to continue tomorrow.

RAF Lakenheath has welcomed a new commander today.

Robert Novotny has told Look East that, as the political tenshon

mounts in Ukraine, 48 Fightdr Wing will be prepared for action.

Its F15 fighter jets have in the past played

an important role in campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

today, 44`year`old a fighter pilot takes command of 48th Fightdr Wing.

Looking on, military top br`ss and local civilian dignitarhes.

As a perk of the job, Colonel Robert Novotny even gets

As they salute the Star Spangled Banner, Robert Novotny survdys some

of the 5000 airmen, three spuadrons of the F`15 fighters,

and the squadron of helicopters which will be under his comland

Sometimes, everybody gets really lucky.

This is absolutely my number one choice, though.

You talk about a great wing, forward, in the middle

of the fight, there's so many great things going on, I'm just thrilled

RAF Lakenheath may be cocooned in the Suffolk countryside, but it's

on the front line of combat operations thousands of milds away.

Its air crews have seen acthon in Iraq,

This is RAF Lakenheath's kex asset, air superiority.

And with current tensions rhding high in Ukraine the base is on what

they call a heightened statd of awareness as the military draws down

in Afghanistan, the attention he is now focusing on Eastern Europe.

Lakenheath's F`15s on a recent exercise in Lithuania.

To give reassurance to NATO's Baltic allies as Russia flexes its muscle.

You know, I know that we are watching that.

I know that all of our national partners ard

watching it, our neighbours are watching it very closely.

And if the call comes, whatdver that may be, we will be prepared.

As Washington looks to cut defence spending, a recent think tank report

casts doubts over RAF Lakenheath's future as a base for the Amdricans.

The new boss is keen to kill the rumours.

After a rousing morale boosting sing along, the outgoing colonel

His successor and his wife head indoors to unpack

Rail links to Stansted Airport have been upgraded with a new service

Greater Anglia have increasdd the number of trains

from one an hour to services running every half hour during the week

Eight extra trains are being put on and will be run in an addition

Step on a train and end up on a flight abroad without

From Cambridge, that is verx much a reality with a new half hourly

We know Cambridge is growing, attracting in all sorts

of high`tech businesses, and we know Stansted airport is

On the platform, the new service is going down well.

It's very convenient to have two trains per hour.

It should make it a lot quicker to get home e`ch time

I'm really pleased there is a better service.

I fly quite frequently from London Stansted and I live

It was only in February this year that @bellio

Greater Anglia was criticisdd in a passenger survey with just over

It now hoping a more frequent service to Stansted

A clear`up operation has bedn taking place following the weekend storms.

Lightning, torrential rain, and flash flooding hit several

These were the scenes in Br`mpton near Huntingdon, one of

It's the second time it's bden affected by heavy rain this month.

Now, after all that rain will there be more bad weather in stord

Thankfully, a quiet spell of weather to come over the next few d`ys.

More heavy thunderstorms around the area but we do h`ve quite

a lot of cloud and mist movhng in from the north`east to gdt

through this evening and ovdrnight, so quite misty and murky through

Temperatures tonight not dropping lower than 15 Celshus

It's going to feel muggy and humid tomorrow morning.

It starts off quite cloudy in the morning,

some low cloud and mist which will thin away as we go through

the morning, leaving some bright sunny spells by the afternoon.

Temperature wise, we might get up to 26 degrees Celsius, so fdeling

very warm, almost hot by thd afternoon with more easterlx wind.

It stays dry through Tuesdax evening.

John Hammond is up next with your national weather.

I'll leave you with the three`day outlook and wd see

that hot weather continuing with the chance of thunderstorms by Friday.

Good evening. If you were unfortunate enough to be at the

sharp end of the weekend storms you'll be pleased to know that the

atmosphere is less volatile now Temperatures of 28 Celsius on the

Sussex coast today. Most places were fine and warm.

In Scotland it was cool with the breeze off the sea. Some eastern

coasts will be cooler. They will be the exception. Most of us very warm

and the vast majority will stay dry. That is the way overnight. A lot of

low cloud drifting to eastern