:00:00. > 3:59:59impacts will be less widespread but still the potential. Quite nasty
:00:00. > :00:00.weather. To keep an Hello and welcome to Thursd`y's
:00:00. > :00:18.programme. Coming Prince William takes on a role as an
:00:19. > :00:23.East Anglian air ambulance pilot. Empty for two decades,
:00:24. > :00:25.destroyed in two hours. A huge fire rages
:00:26. > :00:38.at a disused Northampton hospital. We will be continuing our sdries on
:00:39. > :00:45.the home front 100 years ago. Tonight, how continued at Ndwmarket
:00:46. > :00:54.throughout the war. And just 11 days old and already six feet tall.
:00:55. > :01:00.He's the first direct heir to the throne to take
:01:01. > :01:03.on a civilian job, and he's chosen to do it in this region.
:01:04. > :01:07.The Duke of Cambridge is to become a new helicopter pilot for the East
:01:08. > :01:15.Kensington Palace announced this afternoon that Prince Willi`m will
:01:16. > :01:17.begin his training next month before becoming a full membdr
:01:18. > :01:22.The service is one of three air ambulance charities covering this
:01:23. > :01:25.area along with Magpas and the Essex and Hertfordshire Trust.
:01:26. > :01:31.Last year it flew almost 1,700 missions.
:01:32. > :01:33.It runs two helicopters one in Norwich, one in Cambridgd,
:01:34. > :01:38.from where Mike Cartwright sent us this report.
:01:39. > :01:47.In just a few months, our ftture King will be working here, flying
:01:48. > :01:52.one of those. It is an extr`ordinary appointment that has given one of
:01:53. > :01:56.our charities international notoriety overnight. Kensington
:01:57. > :02:01.Palace say the Duke is very much looking forward to the next step in
:02:02. > :02:06.his career and this job cemdnts his links with as part of the world
:02:07. > :02:11.Cambridge, a city after which the royal couple took their namd. Only
:02:12. > :02:15.last year, the Duke studied here, and from next thing, he will be
:02:16. > :02:21.flying from here, piloting one of these. `` from next spring. His
:02:22. > :02:28.Royal highness will fit right in, they say. He is used to working in
:02:29. > :02:33.the search and rescue part of the Air Force will stop this is a
:02:34. > :02:39.natural transition. It is no big change. `` Air Force. This dxercise
:02:40. > :02:44.based on the type of emergency the Duke could deal with, emergdncies
:02:45. > :02:52.ranging from heart attacks to road emergencies. A Royal pilot, it is
:02:53. > :02:58.hoped will help all of our region's charities. All of these inddpendent
:02:59. > :03:04.charities need to raise the funds to keep essential services running and
:03:05. > :03:07.to save lives, so with Prince William become closely associated
:03:08. > :03:14.with them, the public will be made more aware of the fantastic work
:03:15. > :03:24.that our air ambulances do. In Ipswich, one hospice was whdre the
:03:25. > :03:27.Duchess gave her first speech. I am really sorry William was not here,
:03:28. > :03:36.he would love it. And as is expected to be their new home. Living here,
:03:37. > :03:42.working here, plenty of approval here. He brings attention to the
:03:43. > :03:46.city. He is doing a good job in the helicopter flying. He did a course
:03:47. > :03:51.in agriculture at the University. Good to see him spending sole time
:03:52. > :03:57.here. What do you think abott a whirl on your doorstep? Why not He
:03:58. > :04:01.could come in for a cup of tea. `` a Royal on your doorstep. The first
:04:02. > :04:05.future King to take on a civilian role. A think a lot about what
:04:06. > :04:12.Prince William has been doing has been about making the monarchy much
:04:13. > :04:16.more like the sort of world of the generation that he comes from, so I
:04:17. > :04:21.think there is a sense that he is modernizing, but the monarchy is
:04:22. > :04:26.always modernizing. Before taking the controls, he faces 14 exams and
:04:27. > :04:32.a flight test, and then is dxpected to do his bit. He well. We hope you
:04:33. > :04:38.will be making `` he will. We hope he will be making tea. In the past,
:04:39. > :04:45.the Prince has been speaking about his pride in serving in this part of
:04:46. > :04:48.the world, and later this ydar, he will be spending a lot of thme in
:04:49. > :04:57.it. The Duke will face five months of training. It is hoped, whth
:04:58. > :05:02.William behind the controls, it will help raise the 7.5 million pounds
:05:03. > :05:08.the service needs every year to keep it in the air. He has deciddd to
:05:09. > :05:16.donate the whole of his sal`ry to a charity, we have been told.
:05:17. > :05:18.And later in the programme we'll be examhning the
:05:19. > :05:21.impact that royal support c`n have on both the profile of a ch`rity,
:05:22. > :05:34.tackling a fire at a derelict hospital in Northampton. People
:05:35. > :05:37.living close to the St Crispin's Hospital site were told to keep
:05:38. > :05:40.doors and windows closed as the fire raged. Today safety officers and
:05:41. > :05:42.structural engineers have bden at the scene assessing the dam`ge. Neil
:05:43. > :05:52.It has been empty for two ddcades. The fire took hold just aftdr 1
:05:53. > :05:56.o'clock last night. Those who lived nearby could not believe wh`t they
:05:57. > :06:03.were witnessing. Within minttes the whole place was ablaze, and it
:06:04. > :06:13.suddenly just took hold. Thd whole roof was ablaze. Within abott a
:06:14. > :06:17.minute, it just went up in flames. 80 firefighters were sent to the
:06:18. > :06:21.scene, but their efforts were largely in vain. This morning, it
:06:22. > :06:26.was clear just how much of the building had been lost. The cause
:06:27. > :06:30.cannot be investigated until the building is made safe. Structural
:06:31. > :06:37.engineers from the Council `re here now assessing the scene. We`ther the
:06:38. > :06:41.building can be shored up where will have to be demolished. The Fire
:06:42. > :06:47.Service says it received 17 999 calls about the fire, which could be
:06:48. > :06:52.seen across Northampton. Thd hospital was built in 1876 `nd has
:06:53. > :06:57.remained unoccupied since it closed in 1995. It is the second thme in
:06:58. > :07:01.four days firefighters have been called here. Local residents say
:07:02. > :07:06.security has been a concern on this site ever since it was bought by
:07:07. > :07:09.developers in 2009. Northampton Borough Council is now urging the
:07:10. > :07:16.owners to get on and develop the site. As a local counsellor, I feel
:07:17. > :07:21.it is time that something should be done, but what ever you try to do,
:07:22. > :07:26.the Borough Council, the parish council, they have very limhted
:07:27. > :07:30.powers in order to push the developers to complete the site The
:07:31. > :07:38.Borough Council says it will help in any way it can. The owners of the
:07:39. > :07:45.site say this is a blatant `ct of vandalism and the fence was attacked
:07:46. > :07:51.before the fire. After years of dereliction, last night's fhre means
:07:52. > :07:56.that the future of St Crisphn's is even more uncertain.
:07:57. > :07:59.Anglian Water says it may bd responsible for a pollution leak
:08:00. > :08:02.which has killed thousands of fish in Stour Brook near Haverhill.
:08:03. > :08:05.The Environment Agency is still investigating the cause, but the
:08:06. > :08:14.water company says sewage ldaked from its treatment plant ne`rby
:08:15. > :08:17.Despite efforts to aerate the water over the past few days,
:08:18. > :08:22.all fish in a three kilometre stretch are believed to havd died.
:08:23. > :08:25.More than 50 people have bedn protesting outside their village
:08:26. > :08:29.It's because a supermarket has taken up the lease for the Fox and Hounds
:08:30. > :08:31.But planning permission was originally granted
:08:32. > :08:44.This is our village. The message is very clear, villages in Dearshanger
:08:45. > :08:50.don't want their pub turned into a supermarket. They had been delighted
:08:51. > :08:52.earlier in the year when pl`nning permission was granted to enhance
:08:53. > :08:57.the Fox and Hounds, which closed last summer, but in March, ht was
:08:58. > :09:02.leased to more sense. We were expecting a family pub and
:09:03. > :09:09.restaurant. `` Morison 's. We also been found out that Morrison's work
:09:10. > :09:14.advertising for staff. What was your reaction? Shock, discussed `nd the
:09:15. > :09:18.feeling of being lied to. There has been a pub here since the ttrn of
:09:19. > :09:23.the last century, but over recent years, it has struggled, with
:09:24. > :09:27.landlords saying rent was too high more people drinking at homd. I am
:09:28. > :09:33.not against a supermarket in the village, but not here, and H'll live
:09:34. > :09:39.two doors away and it will `ffect me directly `` and eyelid. 3500 people
:09:40. > :09:48.lived in this village. Therd is another pub and a series of stores,
:09:49. > :09:54.including a post office. More since coming here would absolutelx ruin
:09:55. > :09:58.our business completely. We have worked hard all of our lives for it.
:09:59. > :10:04.How has this happened? Under current planning laws, any permission is not
:10:05. > :10:08.required for a change of usd from a pub to a supermarket. When the new
:10:09. > :10:14.owner bought the site, the package to deliver a Morrison was local
:10:15. > :10:18.store was already in place. He told me he is absolutely astonished by
:10:19. > :10:24.the reaction of the villagers. In a statement, the council simply said,
:10:25. > :10:43.weather planning permission would be were fired will only be...
:10:44. > :10:48.Meanwhile, the campaign for real ale is calling for a change to planning
:10:49. > :10:56.laws nationally to protect pubs A man who drove along the A0M for 14
:10:57. > :11:00.miles in the wrong direction has Police set up a road block
:11:01. > :11:04.in the early hours of this lorning after reports that the drivdr was
:11:05. > :11:07.heading south on the Northbound The 26`year`old man, who's
:11:08. > :11:10.from Southampton, came to a halt the Antarctic will not be able to
:11:11. > :11:18.resume in the short or meditm term. It follows a 19 hour loss of power
:11:19. > :11:25.and heating at the Halley station . It follows a 19 hour loss of power
:11:26. > :11:28.and heating at the Halley station. They're said to be in good health
:11:29. > :11:32.but still living in incredibly difficult circumstances with
:11:33. > :11:36.temperatures of minus 31 Celsius. a major incident,
:11:37. > :11:39.says it's now clear that only How the Sport of Kings
:11:40. > :11:46.controversially survived thd odds as horse racing continued throtghout
:11:47. > :11:49.the First World War in Newm`rket. And Mike has been to meet
:11:50. > :11:53.a very big baby. More now on our top story and the
:11:54. > :12:08.news today that Prince Willham is to We will be finding out all `bout
:12:09. > :12:17.this draft and another new `rrival later in the program. `` jarrah ``
:12:18. > :12:20.More now on our top story and the news today that Prince Willham is to
:12:21. > :12:23.join the East Anglian Air Albulance Service as a fulltime pilot.
:12:24. > :12:25.The charity provides emergency medical help across four cotnties.
:12:26. > :12:29.The charity was set up 14 ydars ago and last year
:12:30. > :12:31.the Air Ambulance was called into action more than 1600 times.
:12:32. > :12:34.To run the service, they nedd to raise ?7.5 million every ye`r.
:12:35. > :12:45.this is a charity that comm`nds huge local loyalty, not least from those
:12:46. > :12:49.it has helped to save, from the parents of little Lewis, who
:12:50. > :12:55.suffered a fit on a Norfolk beach, Mark, who was thrown against a sea
:12:56. > :12:59.wall, to Greg, who was in a crash while driving home from Lincoln
:13:00. > :13:04.They save lives every singld day, and I think that is the best way to
:13:05. > :13:07.describe it to people, that they can make changes to people's lives by
:13:08. > :13:14.just doing the servers that they provide. It is amazing. Anything
:13:15. > :13:19.that helps raise the profild of a lifesaving charity like that can
:13:20. > :13:26.only be amazing. The air ambulance has been even a job to go to. I have
:13:27. > :13:30.been lucky to have flown 8 few times with the air ambulance. This
:13:31. > :13:36.accident, typical of many of the emergencies they attend. We can do
:13:37. > :13:41.open chest surgery at the roadside, so would then maybe 8 or 9 linutes
:13:42. > :13:47.within getting a call, we could be at the roadside providing open chest
:13:48. > :13:54.surgery to a patient. Every time the ambulance flies, it costs ?2500 all
:13:55. > :14:00.from public donations. The `ddition of this high`profile pilot will do
:14:01. > :14:06.them no harm at all. Not just for the air ambulance here, but for all
:14:07. > :14:09.air tablets charities, it is a vital service that provides life saving
:14:10. > :14:13.Prince William has chosen to fly Prince William has chosen to fly
:14:14. > :14:18.with us. Prince William has made with us. Prince William has made
:14:19. > :14:20.continue his role in helicopter continue his role in helicopter
:14:21. > :14:25.rescue work. To be able to see a son or daughter's face when thex bring
:14:26. > :14:34.their loved 1 back from the edge of death, it is quite powerful. The
:14:35. > :14:41.Duke will work an 8 hour shhft. For the 55 mile, Bute `` commutd, will
:14:42. > :14:47.of course be a major considdration. His employer did not want to expand
:14:48. > :14:50.on that. By next spring, Prhnce William will be a qualified and
:14:51. > :14:52.frequent flyer in the skies above this
:14:53. > :14:54.Of course, the Duchess Of C`mbridge is patron of East Anglia's
:14:55. > :14:58.Children's Hospice. She accdpted the role two and a half years ago. The
:14:59. > :15:00.hospice supports children and young people with life threatening
:15:01. > :15:04.conditions and their familids. In March 2012 the Duchess visited the
:15:05. > :15:07.Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich and used the opportunity to makd her
:15:08. > :15:12.Graham Butland is the Chief Executive of
:15:13. > :15:38.What impact has the Dodgers's involvement had under charity `` had
:15:39. > :15:44.under charity? `` Duchess. The Duke will have a different role hn that
:15:45. > :15:47.he will be working full`timd, but 2 major East Anglian charities getting
:15:48. > :15:53.the endorsement of the couple must be a huge positive for the region.
:15:54. > :15:57.Oh, I think so. Everyone in East Anglia will feel very proud tonight
:15:58. > :16:07.that the 2 major regional charities, the air ambulancd and the
:16:08. > :16:12.children's Hospice, have thd Duke and Duchess connected with them You
:16:13. > :16:15.have talked about the profile that they have brought, what abott the
:16:16. > :16:20.money that they have brought? Has that increased substantiallx? It is
:16:21. > :16:25.difficult to say. You don't know why people give for whatever re`son but
:16:26. > :16:28.we certainly have noticed that there are is huge interest
:16:29. > :16:34.in the charity and also throughout in the charity and also throughout
:16:35. > :16:39.East Anglia, a higher profile for us completely. People are talkhng about
:16:40. > :16:43.this job that Prince Willial is going to do being a sign of this
:16:44. > :16:47.generation of Royals taking a more moderate approach. Is that xour
:16:48. > :16:55.impression of them question mark absolutely. The involvement that
:16:56. > :16:59.Catherine has had with the families and the children that we look after
:17:00. > :17:03.has been tremendous. She has made a number of private visit outside of
:17:04. > :17:09.the glare of publicity, but really got to know the work that wd do and
:17:10. > :17:14.more importantly, what faces the families who need to use our
:17:15. > :17:22.service. Are you hoping to see even more of her soon? It is fortuitous,
:17:23. > :17:27.because we are about to build a new children's Hospice in Norfolk to
:17:28. > :17:29.replace our existing 1. No doubt if the Prince is out on duty, hf she
:17:30. > :17:33.would like to come down and help us would like to come down and help us
:17:34. > :17:35.to lay a few bricks, we would be glad to see her and also Prhnce
:17:36. > :17:46.William do. `` 2. Thank you. This week we've been marking
:17:47. > :17:48.the start of the First World War with some fascinating films looking
:17:49. > :17:51.at life on the Home Front. We've already told you
:17:52. > :17:55.about the plans to evacuate the county of Essex should
:17:56. > :17:58.the Germans invade and the German butcher who was hounded out
:17:59. > :18:01.of Peterborough by a rioting mob. Today we focus on sport,
:18:02. > :18:04.and how the power of the Jockey Club meant that horse racing continued
:18:05. > :18:10.in Newmarket regardless. Sport as it was at the outbreak
:18:11. > :18:14.of war was broken as the young men of rugby and
:18:15. > :18:17.cricket and football answerdd the call of Kitchener, but horsdracing
:18:18. > :18:26.survived, and only in Newmarket The playground
:18:27. > :18:27.of the rich was spared. Well, the Jockey Club,
:18:28. > :18:31.all`powerful at the time, dhd a deal with the government to allow horse
:18:32. > :18:34.breeding to continue and thdrefore horseracing, which took place on the
:18:35. > :18:39.July Course, which has changed very little in that time, and ovdr there,
:18:40. > :18:43.on the Rowley Mile Course, and then later on, towards
:18:44. > :18:47.the end of the war, the land to the north of the Rowley Mile Cotrse
:18:48. > :18:51.over there, was used as a training All the classics came to Newmarket,
:18:52. > :18:57.this was Gainsbourg winning His jockey, Joe Childs, gavd
:18:58. > :19:04.the winnings to the war effort. But the decision to keep racing
:19:05. > :19:05.at the home of racing annoyed Kitchener,
:19:06. > :19:10.who even tried to get it stopped. One concern was
:19:11. > :19:12.whether there was enough oats for It was calculated and put in
:19:13. > :19:21.a letter to the Times that the feed for one racehorse was the epuivalent
:19:22. > :19:25.of the feed for 30 to 40 soldiers, and that obviously got publhc
:19:26. > :19:32.sympathy, and again the almost immediate reaction
:19:33. > :19:34.from the government was to stop Tim Cox is writing the history
:19:35. > :19:41.of Newmarket races. The stands have changed on the July
:19:42. > :19:44.course but the landscape here has changed very little
:19:45. > :19:47.in the last 100 years, much like The arguments changed over time
:19:48. > :19:55.and the arguments were alwaxs that, should we have racing or, you know,
:19:56. > :20:02.amusement, when we were fighting So, as war raged, in Newmarket
:20:03. > :20:11.and the sport of Kings conthnued, the bloodlines of thoroughbreds
:20:12. > :20:16.preserved from the blood of battle. the story of Britain's first female
:20:17. > :20:32.war photographer Olive Edis She photographed many soldidrs
:20:33. > :20:40.and in 1919 she went to the Western Front to capture im`ges
:20:41. > :20:45.of the battlefields. If you like animals you're
:20:46. > :20:47.going to enjoy this. A new baby has just been born
:20:48. > :20:52.at Africa Alive in Suffolk but She doesn't have a name yet
:20:53. > :20:59.but she is pulling in the crowds. She was born on Saturday thd 26th
:21:00. > :21:09.of July, just after keepers arrived Her mum, Ciara, is one
:21:10. > :21:15.of three reticulated giraffds who Reticulated refers to
:21:16. > :21:22.their markings. For now, mum and baby are bding
:21:23. > :21:27.kept apart from the others. Well, they have a period of time
:21:28. > :21:32.for them to bond and for the mother to have her calf suckling
:21:33. > :21:36.and feeding well, but they `re at the point where soon we will soon
:21:37. > :21:40.reintroduce them to the fem`les We went with keeper Annie G`rner
:21:41. > :21:44.into the main enclosure at That's Zuri coming up behind us
:21:45. > :21:53.as well. As you can see,
:21:54. > :21:57.the giraffes are very curiots. The rhinos were a bit grumpx
:21:58. > :22:00.and we had to keep an eye on them, but the giraffes were very pleased
:22:01. > :22:04.to see us. This footage that Annie took
:22:05. > :22:16.on her smartphone It is a little bit stressful,
:22:17. > :22:21.because we were not sure wh`t was going to happen and how she was
:22:22. > :22:25.going to react to having thd calf, so obviously being a first time mum,
:22:26. > :22:29.sometimes it can be a bit stressful for them because they don't
:22:30. > :22:32.know quite what is happening. There are only about 450 reticulated
:22:33. > :22:39.giraffes in the world zoos `nd only 5000 left in the wild, so they are
:22:40. > :22:42.quite an important subspecids of This is where you end up with
:22:43. > :22:49.green slobber on your head. Hold on, hold on, hold on,
:22:50. > :22:57.there we go. Her mum didn't bond with her,
:22:58. > :23:02.and she had to be reared by the keepers, but no such problems
:23:03. > :23:06.for the new arrival, which, as you can expect, is proving to be
:23:07. > :23:09.a big hit with the visitors. She will have a name in due course,
:23:10. > :23:13.and will soon be allowed to play Mike Liggins, BBC Look East,
:23:14. > :23:43.Suffolk. We want to know about the htrricane
:23:44. > :23:43.that might be coming. A few were also worried, here are thosd
:23:44. > :23:57.things. We have actually had some vdry
:23:58. > :24:01.lovely weather today, and temperatures hit the mid`20s. Lots
:24:02. > :24:05.of sunshine, but the satellhte picture does show that therd were
:24:06. > :24:09.coastal areas of Suffolk and Essex, coastal areas of Suffolk and Essex,
:24:10. > :24:14.we have had some showers, and our are still some around, but for most
:24:15. > :24:17.others it will be a dry night, with showers fading. Clears spells
:24:18. > :24:22.developing overnight, and actually quite warm temperatures, so for some
:24:23. > :24:30.of us temperatures will not drop lower than 18 Celsius or 19 Celsius.
:24:31. > :24:34.Tomorrow, it is looking not as good. We have got an area of thundery rain
:24:35. > :24:37.coming up from the South West, and that brings with it some we`ther
:24:38. > :24:44.warnings, critically for parts of north but and Suffolk and Essex
:24:45. > :24:46.where there could be treachdrous driving conditions. Also a risk of
:24:47. > :24:50.localised flooding, you can see the localised flooding, you can see the
:24:51. > :24:53.bright colours on the chart where the rain is likely to be he`viest. A
:24:54. > :24:57.few live in the West, you mhght get away with it, but into the
:24:58. > :25:01.afternoon, there is likely to be some heavy showers. In betwden,
:25:02. > :25:06.sunny spells, and kept as climbing to the low 20s, so generallx a
:25:07. > :25:07.cooler day about when we get longer spells of sunshine, these fhgures
:25:08. > :25:14.could go up slightly. As for the could go up slightly. As for the
:25:15. > :25:16.afternoon, it is generally `n improving picture all`round, because
:25:17. > :25:20.there will be some showers, but they will start to fade as we get to the
:25:21. > :25:27.end of the day, so a lot of dry weather to come into the afternoon.
:25:28. > :25:32.Then we get to that hurricane. It has formed over the Atlantic, but it
:25:33. > :25:36.is no longer a hurricane. It could bring the remnants of the storm to
:25:37. > :25:40.our shores by Sunday. This hs the area of low pressure that it will
:25:41. > :25:43.generate, which could mean some awful conditions for Sunday. A
:25:44. > :25:50.miserable day, with heavy r`in and strong winds. That is where we get
:25:51. > :25:56.those green things. This is the possible track of the hurricane
:25:57. > :26:00.which demeans and strong winds, and also some heavy rain. This hs the
:26:01. > :26:04.most likely track of the storm, so you can see the counties th`t it is
:26:05. > :26:08.likely to affect, but there is a possibility that it may go further
:26:09. > :26:12.south, in which case, the ilpact will be less. Stay tuned to the
:26:13. > :26:15.forecast for the next few d`ys, cars the detail will change, but at the
:26:16. > :26:20.moment, it is not looking great for Sunday. Having said that, on
:26:21. > :26:23.Saturday, we have some sunshine and showers, but not a bad day. Tim
:26:24. > :26:32.Butcher is a little cooler, and we start Monday slightly more settled.
:26:33. > :26:40.Some sunshine and some showdrs. On the barometer. Thank you. Wdre those
:26:41. > :26:43.leaves coming from Iceland? The Atlantic will be covered in Leeds.
:26:44. > :26:50.That is all for now. Goodbyd.