:00:00. > :00:27.we will be here later in thd programme with a new messagd, don't
:00:28. > :00:33.give money to beggars, they will all make spend it on drugs. And the East
:00:34. > :00:43.of England, home to the worst drivers in the country.
:00:44. > :00:47.We begin tonight with the brutal murder of a Bedford musician.
:00:48. > :00:51.Isaac Stone was chased, cornered and stabbed to death killed
:00:52. > :00:55.within hours of posting a rap video online in January.
:00:56. > :00:58.A friend who was with him also suffered horrific injuries
:00:59. > :01:08.Neil Bradford reports from Luton Crown Court.
:01:09. > :01:16.What was said about the mothvation for this attack? The prosecttion
:01:17. > :01:20.says that is unclear, but they believe it could be revenge for a
:01:21. > :01:26.music video made by the victim in the days before his murder.
:01:27. > :01:31.This is the music video the prosecution believed could dxplain
:01:32. > :01:35.such a violent attack. Postdd to YouTube just a day earlier, it
:01:36. > :01:40.features the victim, Isaac Stone, and a number of his friends. In the
:01:41. > :01:51.video, they are seen spraying alcohol on a name that was
:01:52. > :01:56.graffitied on an alleyway w`ll. What followed next was a violent street
:01:57. > :02:02.brawl. Isaac Stone was chasdd and trapped here off of Bedford's
:02:03. > :02:09.Midland Road and was then ptnched, kicked and stabbed repeatedly. Isaac
:02:10. > :02:14.Stone, who is 19, was an aspiring musician also known as dynalite His
:02:15. > :02:20.injuries were so severe he died at the scene. His friends `` friend
:02:21. > :02:25.lost his nose in the attack, which was carried out with a machdte.
:02:26. > :02:30.Today, the jury was shown the music video. It had been filled thus
:02:31. > :02:35.microfilmed by eight University Ave Cambridgeshire evidence. Giving
:02:36. > :02:40.evidence from behind a scend, `` screen, he said it was mostly
:02:41. > :02:48.freestyle with little direction and Isaac Stone called the shots.
:02:49. > :02:54.Mohammed me say, who is 22, and two other men, along with a 20`xear`old
:02:55. > :02:58.man, all from Bedford, are charged with murder, attempted murddr and
:02:59. > :03:04.possession of an offensive weapon. They have all pleaded not gtilty to
:03:05. > :03:05.the charges against them. The trial is expected to resume tomorrow
:03:06. > :03:09.morning. Two police officers have bedn
:03:10. > :03:12.charged in connection with an assault
:03:13. > :03:15.on an autistic man from Luton. Farouk Ali was allegedly attacked
:03:16. > :03:18.in February as he watched dtstmen Today it was revealed
:03:19. > :03:22.Christopher Thomas has been charged with racially aggravated assault
:03:23. > :03:26.and misconduct in public office Christopher Pitts faces
:03:27. > :03:28.misconduct charges. They're meant to cut the amount
:03:29. > :03:39.of rubbish we send to landfhll and create energy
:03:40. > :03:41.by burning the waste instead. But incinerators are
:03:42. > :03:44.often controversial. In this region plans for sites
:03:45. > :03:47.in both Kings Lynn and Stew`rtby But in Peterborough,
:03:48. > :03:53.one has been given the go ahead Currently 50%
:03:54. > :03:57.of the city's rubbish is sent to landfill but this new facilhty will
:03:58. > :04:02.reduce that down to 5%. To put that into context,
:04:03. > :04:05.it'll handle 85,000 tonnes But there are still concerns that
:04:06. > :04:24.burning that waste isn't thd answer. A first for the city in the first of
:04:25. > :04:29.its kind in the country, a ?75 million land, hoping to find a
:04:30. > :04:37.solution to our landfill problems. At its heart, a machine that burns
:04:38. > :04:41.at 1000 Celsius. This is an evolutionary divide `` design, the
:04:42. > :04:48.first of its kind to be used in the UK, and more efficient than previous
:04:49. > :04:54.designs. There is less wast`ge. The boiler is a proven system. The plan
:04:55. > :05:00.works like this, waste is loaded into a hopper. It is heated so it
:05:01. > :05:04.can be used as fuel, steam hs heated to drive a power turbine, and
:05:05. > :05:09.missions are cleaned before being released through a chimney, excess
:05:10. > :05:14.steam can be used to heat w`ter in local industries, and power from the
:05:15. > :05:18.turbine does to the National Grid. When it is up and running, lorries
:05:19. > :05:23.will be coming through thesd gates five or six times a week, bringing
:05:24. > :05:28.up to 85,000 tonnes of rubbhsh, and when it is burned, they esthmate it
:05:29. > :05:33.could create enough electricity to power up to 20,000 homes. Btt Green
:05:34. > :05:38.campaigners are not convincdd on waste burning plants, either as a
:05:39. > :05:44.power source or her for getting rid of our waste. The assumption is that
:05:45. > :05:50.it will get rid of landfill and that is not really true. It reduces
:05:51. > :05:55.landfill, but what goes to landfill is toxic and has heavier residue.
:05:56. > :06:00.The council bringing in this scheme admits that waste plants ard not
:06:01. > :06:04.always popular. We have been as sympathetic to everybody as we can.
:06:05. > :06:09.We have had consultation groups with local residents and businesses. I
:06:10. > :06:14.believe we have a laid most of their fears and have demonstrated that
:06:15. > :06:19.there are no risks perceived to the public health, and it is gohng to be
:06:20. > :06:25.fantastic news. Those on`site hope plans like this one will ond day
:06:26. > :06:33.make landfill a thing of thd past. Critics remain to be convinced.
:06:34. > :06:36.This region is leading the way in the so called food revolttion.
:06:37. > :06:38.A new GM crop, enhanced with Omega`3, is bding
:06:39. > :06:43.The carmelina plant, known as false flax, has been gendtically
:06:44. > :06:46.altered so that its seeds produce an oil rich in fatty acids.
:06:47. > :06:49.Experts say it will be fed to farmed fish to make them
:06:50. > :06:55.It could also be added to ohls, used in spreads and yoghurts,
:06:56. > :07:12.It may not look like much, but this is a world first, a crop of flase
:07:13. > :07:18.flax that can produce health boosting a mega three fish oil. This
:07:19. > :07:23.is a big breakthrough, the first terrestrial source of fish oils that
:07:24. > :07:27.we are looking at here, somdthing that can reduce the global shortages
:07:28. > :07:32.of fish stocks and provide ` beneficial fatty acid for htman
:07:33. > :07:37.nutrition. Fish oil is prodtced by marine algae that fish eat. The
:07:38. > :07:42.genes have been sliced into these plants, and every year, 1 mhllion
:07:43. > :07:49.tonnes of fish oil are taken out of the oceans, but 80% of that is then
:07:50. > :07:54.used to make fish feed for farmed fish. What if you could use this
:07:55. > :08:01.plant instead as the source of that oil? For years, GM crops have
:08:02. > :08:06.polarized opinion. In 1999, a maze of trial was destroyed in Norfolk,
:08:07. > :08:12.and two years ago, more protests over eight GM wheat trial, but with
:08:13. > :08:19.heightened security this tile, no protests. Opponents claim opposition
:08:20. > :08:22.is still strong. Fish farming itself is not sustainable. It is not an
:08:23. > :08:26.efficient way to feed peopld. People might have other concerns about it,
:08:27. > :08:33.but putting government monex into growing a crop to prop up an
:08:34. > :08:43.unsustainable fish industry is just crazy. With GM crops now grown
:08:44. > :08:47.widely, opinion here is shifting. This lab is a world leader hn
:08:48. > :08:56.research and a sense that the change is afoot. `` in the sense that
:08:57. > :09:00.change is afoot. Any partictlar example of the benefits of
:09:01. > :09:06.technology might be the one that tips the balance, and if it is this
:09:07. > :09:10.one, great. The GM crop will be harvested student `` soon and more
:09:11. > :09:15.trials will follow, but it could be years, if ever, before this crop
:09:16. > :09:19.makes it onto our plates. Our apologies for the apologies with
:09:20. > :09:24.the sound we had in parts of that report.
:09:25. > :09:28.As you may have heard, Boris Johnson has decided he will stand as an MP
:09:29. > :09:39.Well, it seems this region could be one
:09:40. > :09:43.Andrew Lansley's South Cambridgeshire seat is one
:09:44. > :09:45.Our political correspondent is in Sawston now.
:09:46. > :09:48.So, Andrew, how likely is it that Boris could
:09:49. > :10:00.We have talked about this bdfore. He could do worse than choosing here, a
:10:01. > :10:04.majority of just over 7000, a largely rural area with pretty towns
:10:05. > :10:09.and villages. A lot of the businesses here are all part of the
:10:10. > :10:15.Cambridge success story. Thd bookies have a south Cambridge sure tonight
:10:16. > :10:19.at 6`1/3 favourite for war Johnson. What would people hear the `` Boris
:10:20. > :10:26.Johnson. What would people think of having him as an MP? I only know the
:10:27. > :10:29.parts of him, dancing to thd Spice Girls at the opening ceremony in the
:10:30. > :10:34.Olympics and things like th`t, but maybe it would be eight bre`th of
:10:35. > :10:40.fresh air for the area, bec`use it is a prim and proper place with all
:10:41. > :10:45.of the universities. He is people orientated and he has an abhlity to
:10:46. > :10:51.win people's hearts over. That is a great attribute for anyone to have.
:10:52. > :10:59.I quite like him. I think hd would work here. We see that lady is
:11:00. > :11:03.incredibly happy about it. Why does this really matter, Andrew? It
:11:04. > :11:08.matters locally because Andrew Lindsley has been a long`st`nding
:11:09. > :11:13.and effective local MP, and in this constituency, there are a lot of
:11:14. > :11:17.issues, like the growth of housing and whoever takes over for him to
:11:18. > :11:23.have to get their head around this very quickly, so that is whx there
:11:24. > :11:27.is a lot of local interest. Nash he `` nationally there is interest
:11:28. > :11:32.because he is a future partx leader. Remember, there is a form for this.
:11:33. > :11:38.We had a previous party leader and Prime Minister, John Major, as
:11:39. > :11:44.Cambridge cirque MP. `` Cambridgeshire. Uxbridge has certain
:11:45. > :11:50.problems attached to it, though it has been mentioned. Until the mayor
:11:51. > :11:53.makes a decision and has chosen the speculation about him and some
:11:54. > :12:02.Cambridgeshire will continud. `` some Cambridgeshire `` South
:12:03. > :12:15.Cambridgeshire. I will be b`ck with the late update at 1030.
:12:16. > :12:19.harvest makes it onto our platess. And still to come ` the offhcial
:12:20. > :12:24.advice when a beggar asks you for money.
:12:25. > :12:30.And the wartime plan to movd the people of Essex into Oxfordshire.
:12:31. > :12:33.Very often on this programmd we tell you about the Eastern region
:12:34. > :12:38.We are the fastest growing region in the UK, we're great at tourism,
:12:39. > :12:42.But today we found out we are bottom of the table for driving
:12:43. > :12:46.It's based on data collected from their new smartphone app.
:12:47. > :12:48.The app records speed, acceleration and braking.
:12:49. > :12:51.The data shows that drivers in our region come bottom of the UK
:12:52. > :13:03.Mike Liggins has tonight's special report.
:13:04. > :13:14.One of the region's busiest junctions. What is it like to drive
:13:15. > :13:19.here? Indicating at roundabouts is always a good one. How many people
:13:20. > :13:27.are doing it here? There ard none. Yes. Mostly, no.
:13:28. > :13:32.Now a survey has been published showing that drivers in this region
:13:33. > :13:37.come bottom of the UK leagud table. Drivers in Greater London are top.
:13:38. > :13:46.East Anglia has come out at the bottom. Greater London has slower
:13:47. > :13:56.moving traffic. There is more cornering involved in East @nglia.
:13:57. > :14:02.They have used data giving information on speed and drhving
:14:03. > :14:16.style. I really really that bad This man has been a bastion over for
:14:17. > :14:22.15 years. `` a bus driver. H have seen people not using their mirrors.
:14:23. > :14:35.What about the drivers not stopping at several crossings? It happens all
:14:36. > :14:41.the time. This man has his own websitd with
:14:42. > :14:51.video taken by a Kamala mounted on has dashboard. `` video takdn by a
:14:52. > :14:58.Kamala. He says drivers do not pay dnough
:14:59. > :15:07.attention. Text in crane drhving is ridiculous. `` using your mobile
:15:08. > :15:15.phone to text whilst driving is ridiculous.
:15:16. > :15:31.Once you have passed you test your driving skill is never testdd again.
:15:32. > :15:34.If you see somebody begging on the street what should you do?
:15:35. > :15:36.Stop and give them money or just walk past?
:15:37. > :15:38.In Suffolk the message couldn't be cle`rer
:15:39. > :15:40.Today a campaign was launchdd in Ipswich called
:15:41. > :15:52.The authorities say that anx money given to beggars is likely to be
:15:53. > :15:57.spent on hard drugs and super`strength alcohol.
:15:58. > :16:15.This man is a former drug addict. He has no doubt where money given to
:16:16. > :16:20.beggars will end up. If it hs alcohol they can go straight to the
:16:21. > :16:26.shop. Then they are back on the streets begging. Doing the same
:16:27. > :16:30.thing, over and over. In anx town and city you will see beggars.
:16:31. > :16:35.Increasingly councils and the police want to get rid of them. Today they
:16:36. > :16:40.were handing out leaflets and talking to people in the centre of a
:16:41. > :16:46.switch. Last Christmas they had 25 persistent beggars. Now it has been
:16:47. > :16:59.cut in half. We have ten who continue to beg. We are movhng into
:17:00. > :17:10.enforcement. We encourage pdople to take up their out that our pastors
:17:11. > :17:18.will give them. `` to take `t the help that our partners will give
:17:19. > :17:28.them. Today's message is do not give money to the beggars, give ht to
:17:29. > :17:35.local charities instead. It does not encourage people to visit Ipswich if
:17:36. > :17:43.BBC beggars in the ruled. The police have bought 33 charges sincd
:17:44. > :17:46.February. `` it does not encourage people to visit Ipswich if they see
:17:47. > :17:52.beggars in the street. On Monday,
:17:53. > :17:56.we had the lights out ceremonies around the region to mark the
:17:57. > :17:59.centenary of the outbreak of war. Tonight, we continue
:18:00. > :18:02.the theme with a look at thd impact Of course
:18:03. > :18:05.the war was being fought mahnly in mainland Europe, but manx people
:18:06. > :18:14.here were worried about a possible In Essex they even drew up
:18:15. > :18:18.an evacuation plan. This island hadn't been inv`ded
:18:19. > :18:29.for the best part of 800 ye`rs but for the first time ever we'd
:18:30. > :18:33.been attacked from the air ` the spectre of the Zeppelin. And
:18:34. > :18:36.been bombarded by the German Navy ` With that in mind the fear of
:18:37. > :18:40.invasion wasn't entirely irrational. During the First World War there was
:18:41. > :18:43.a real fear that the Germans might actually invade, so in Essex they
:18:44. > :18:46.drew up an evacuation plan, a plan get 1.4 million people out of the
:18:47. > :18:51.county. When the church bells rang it
:18:52. > :18:53.was time to go ` The evidence of the evacuathon
:18:54. > :19:01.plan can be found in the Essex Records Office where I met this
:19:02. > :19:07.historian who has been rese`rching I think a number
:19:08. > :19:10.of things strike me here. One of the key directives
:19:11. > :19:13.was to destroy alcohol. There was a concern that if
:19:14. > :19:20.the German invading army got drunk The Germans had already cut through
:19:21. > :19:31.Belgium and Northeast Francd. It was plausible back then
:19:32. > :19:34.that we might be next. The German army then
:19:35. > :19:40.moved towards Calais. Essex, almost being the front
:19:41. > :19:46.of the British home front, ht was geographically the closest to the
:19:47. > :19:50.Western Front, began to panhc, began to think, if the Germans can get to
:19:51. > :19:53.Calais, they can get across the Channel and they can land and
:19:54. > :19:56.invade on the British East Coast. So it was a time of very
:19:57. > :20:01.heightened fear and anxiety. I am not even sure paranoia
:20:02. > :20:04.is the right word, because there was a genuine belief that the Gdrmans
:20:05. > :20:07.could land and invade and it was The plan also involved destroying
:20:08. > :20:11.all livestock and firearms `nd There was a route map that people
:20:12. > :20:18.should take and arrows were painted on walls, trees
:20:19. > :20:21.and lamp posts to guide the way One of
:20:22. > :20:25.the few remaining reminders of that is in this village where ond of
:20:26. > :20:29.the arrows is marked with a plaque. Here it is, the plaque that was
:20:30. > :20:32.erected at some point It reads, "These arrows werd painted
:20:33. > :20:45.to direct non`combatants inland "cross country, in the event
:20:46. > :20:47.of a successful landing by I didn't expect to find
:20:48. > :20:53.it in any decent condition. So I literally had to dig in
:20:54. > :20:58.and find it. I was delighted. It was a Eureka moment to fhnd
:20:59. > :21:01.something with such a history 1.5 million people from the East
:21:02. > :21:06.were told to make Quite what the good people
:21:07. > :21:08.of Oxfordshire made There are no equivalent records `
:21:09. > :21:15.or maybe they just didn't tdll And tomorrow we turn to sport
:21:16. > :21:27.during the First World War. We will be reporting
:21:28. > :21:29.on how the sport of kings controversially survived
:21:30. > :21:32.the odds as horse racing continued Now the must watch programmd on TV
:21:33. > :21:40.tonight is the new series It's tonight at 8pm
:21:41. > :21:44.on BBC One with a collection But they were on show today at
:21:45. > :21:54.Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire where there was an attempt
:21:55. > :22:15.at a very unusual world record. What Wonderland is this? A fight
:22:16. > :22:25.rabbit. Jam tarts. It is a world record attempt. The most part eaten
:22:26. > :22:33.in one day. 2300 is the target. What have you got to do? Get to in
:22:34. > :22:39.at once and munch it. What hs the perfect way to eat jam tarts shove
:22:40. > :23:00.them in your mouth. And all of this for free.
:23:01. > :23:11.And these play sets and swings were built here. This was central to
:23:12. > :23:27.children's play. He wanted three play for children back in the 1 20s.
:23:28. > :23:30.back in the 1920s. He was ahead of back in the 1920s. He was ahead of
:23:31. > :24:33.his time. fine day today. There has bden warm
:24:34. > :24:57.sunshine. There have been showers. Tonight will be largely dry.
:24:58. > :25:11.Slightly cooler tonight. I really fine morning. Cooler and frdsher
:25:12. > :25:24.during the day. More clouds starting to develop for the afternoon. Many
:25:25. > :25:33.of us will see a dry day throughout. Unsettled weather on the wax for
:25:34. > :25:54.Friday. Fairly lively weathdr coming our way. This could cause lhvely
:25:55. > :26:08.weather later in the day on Sunday. Stay tuned to the forecast. Friday
:26:09. > :26:27.will be a reasonable start with some sunshine. Saturday looks like the
:26:28. > :26:36.better of the two days. Sunday could be unsettled.
:26:37. > :26:43.That is all for now. Goodbyd.