12/08/2014 Look East - West

very much. That's all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye from me.

New figures show that one in five of our children are now classed

We'll be here later with thd scientists who developed our

medicines, how they are leading the way across the world.

And cheers, the Cambridgeshire Vineyard that's

First tonight, the man who plotted to kill his unborn baby is

Jamie Smith from Peterborough didn't want to be a father.

He tried to arrange for Jessica Santos to be attackdd with

a crowbar, so that she would lose the child.

Smith recruited his friend Steven Blades to carry out the att`ck.

They were both in relationships they met and became friends. In

2013, Jessica Santos became pregnant, she told Smith shd was

keeping it and that he would not appear on the birth certificate He

decided the baby would not be born at all.

Jessica Santos, 18, an expectant mother who became the target

in a sinister plot, to kill the baby she will give birth to soon.

The man behind it, Jamie Smhth, aged 23.

The unborn child's father, who, with his friend Stephen Blades, was

willing to use extreme violdnce to get rid of a child he didn't want.

What are your feelings toward him now?

I am hurt, I feel he betrayed me in a way.

I can't say I am angry with him but that is how I feel.

This is the car park in Hampton where Smith, Blades and another man

A bogus robbery, to happen here at a beauty spot

A rowing lake close to Peterborough city centre.

Jessica lured here on the pretence of talking about the pregnancy.

First, they would be threatdned by knives, then the expectant

Smith too was to be attacked and injured to make

None of this gruesome plot took place.

She was saved from these weapons after ond of the

His identity is now protectdd by police.

I have never investigated a incident like this.

The nature, viciousness of this it is incomprehensible.

Jessica's family fear she still has feelings for him.

I will now just raise the child if he wants to have contact with

his father in the future, I will allow it.

She said she used to be a confident girl, but now constantly sc`red

Given a big reason never to trust anyone again.

The judge told Smith he had a good upbringing and had every advantage.

He was the primary instigator in this, he wanted his life to continue

as a normal. 's family said they found it difficult to see hhm in

court and this was out of character. He begins a seven`year tonight.

Bin collections, road repairs and social care are all comhng under

The Borough Council needs to cut spending by more than ?30 mhllion

That's on top of the ?72 million they've already saved.

And now they're asking residents for ideas.

Clooney Street less fun? Shtt the library 's earlier? Or cut back on

home help `` clean the stredts. Like all councils, Luton need to save

money. It is now asking for ideas on how to make savings while protecting

essential services. One suggestion that often comes up is cutthng down

on managers. That has been like that, we have put a lot of staff,

lost a lot of managers, people at every level. The basic councillor's

allowance is ?7,000 a year, if we were to cut bows down to zero, it'd

be such a small amount, it would not have a big impact `` to cut those

down. Last year, the council was spending 167 million a year, that

needs to reduce to 126 millhon by 2017. They need to cut by a further

33 million in the next two xears to meet that target. One option is to

look at ways of making monex. Like using this council vehicle depot to

do an 's. That helps plug the gap, but not completely. Where would

people make savings, if thex were in charge? But a cross by the ones

where you would make savings. It is a difficult choice, they ard all

equally important. Transport. Street cleaning? Street cleaning, traffic.

Where else would you make s`vings? You have chosen children services

and counsel. Adult care perhaps All these are valid, I can't sax

anything. Pick one more than they will leave you in peace. Chhldren's

services. The least worrying for me would be the libraries and leisure.

This survey was completely unscientific. What it does show is

that different services are important to different people. The

one thing they all agree on is that making cuts and savings is no easy

task. The man in charge of policing

Milton Keynes has today condemned an apparent shooting at a house

in Bletchley. A shot was fired at the door

of a home on St Helena Avente last Officers are appealing

for witnesses to come forward. Rising levels

of childhood obesity have bden And as more children become obese,

conditions such as diabetes and Across England,

nearly 19% of 11`year`olds `re described as clinically obese,

that's almost one in five. But in our region, as you c`n see,

three areas are Luton is the worst with just over

23% central Bedfordshire and But in Peterborough,

the battle has begun, with the council organising fitness classes

for children who are overwehght Daily life turned into exercise

This is the first ever holiday camp for overweight children in

Peterborough. Everyone is hdre by choice. I would just be sitting

around eating at home. I want to be healthier. Here you can be really

active, it is really fun and you can meet new kids. I came here because I

heard it told you about healthy stuff. I really wanted to bd healthy

and lose weight. I would be spending my holiday sitting at home gaining

weight. Sitting down playing video games. I used to get bullied, I came

here and I love it. Three hours a day, they run and jump. Thex shout

and sweat. Food becomes a ftel, not a mindless compulsion. Slowly but

surely they learn to love lhfe and respect their bodies. They say they

feel bad, they don't feel good, they may say that they don't feel good

all look good. If they are lazy they may have no confidence or self

esteem. Unhappiness is a word that comes up a lot. This club is part of

the City Council's effort to tackle childhood obesity. We have had

children, not on this progr`mme but others. Where if we ask thel by

removing your fingers when xou play on your computer, is that physical

activity cop? They say yes ht is, that is quite sad. That is not

physical activity. The kids will leave here full of energy, not full

of sugar. A free summer camp that could be life`saving.

The summer camp is for 10`14`year`olds, but at what age

should we begin to really focus on a child's nutrition?

I asked Dr Marie Ann Ha this afternoon.

You need to start early, thd risk develop throughout life. It is from

conception to aged two years. During that time, you lay down risk for

diabetes, heart disease and stroke. That depends on how well notrished

the mother is. How the mothdr eats during pregnancy, what you `re

afterwards. `` what you are fed You will not definitely get these

things, but it will increasd your risk. What is it about children s

diets now that is causing the obesity problem? It is fizzx

drinks, soft drinks, bodies don t recognise the added sugar. They will

drink that then go have a normal mail, which may be a healthx meal,

but because they have had this extra energy from drinks, they max not

exercise it. Some do, some don't. It is very difficult to exercise the

amount of sugar there is in a standard can of cola. What can we do

to tackle the problem? We c`n swap these beverages for water. Ht

doesn't taste as good though. Well, your tastes change, if you get used

to it, you accept it as norlal. It doesn't taste as sweet, but you will

get used to it over time. It is about persevering and getting used

to it. Look at the sort of things you snack on, instead of gohng for a

cake, you go for an apple. What happens if you don't tackle it?

Degeneration will not have the same life expectancy as their parents. ``

that generation. Those more diabetes and strokes. There will be ` greater

number of diabetics, mothers not exercising enough in their teenage

years up to pregnancy time, that means that both the mother `nd the

child is at increased risk of type two diabetes later on. Therd needs

to be major lifestyle changds. The NHS cannot afford the cost of what

is going to happen. As a society, we cannot afford to support thhs. We

have some major economic problems. Homes and businesses affectdd

by this weekend's floods are being urged to contact

their local councils. People are being asked to provide

videos and photographs of the flooding, to help cotncils

and emergency services learn where flood protection

can be improved. The worst rainfall was on Friday

afternoon around Bar Hill Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue

said in just over 24 hours they Those are tonight's top stories now

we join Stewart and Amelia for the rest of the programme.

Also coming up: We are at Stadium MK where the new

dawns played the old Dons in the capital cup.

And beating the UK's best. @ seven medal haul for a vineyard from

temperature. `` Cambridgeshhre. It's an industry

which employs 15,000 people in this region in 750 companies and

does some of the most important work We're talking about life schences,

which is all about turning cutting`edge

scientific research into medicines. In this region,

it's based mainly around Calbridge. It's worth up to ?10 billion

a year to the local economy and Look East has been told it could

become five times bigger. In the first of three speci`l

reports this week, here's otr This research campus is homd to

many biomedical companies and is one of the jewels in the crown

of the life sciences cluster that has grown up around Cambridge over

the last 30 years. The Government has put

in ?50 million over three ydars Doctor Andy Richards is a dhrector

here. He was one of a handful

of young entrepreneurs who got I had been working in West Coast

biotech companies and I love the band of brothers,

us against the world, let's change And then the opportunity cale to do

it here and to do a start`up and I guess,

in a sense, the rest is history That start`up became

a big success and the clustdr grew The question is

why did it keep growing herd? I guess that is about the ctlture,

environment and world`class science. One of the things that is great to

see is how people who have succeeded have decided not to go away

and do something else but to stay here and do their second, third

fourth, fifth companies People like Andy found ways to turn

scientific research Today, at least one third

of life sciences organisations in That is 750 companies

employing 15,000 people. And there are several research

sites spread across the reghon. They employ thousands of schentists

doing cutting`edge research. The main areas

of expertise include... What it is all about

in the end is finding better One of the 50 start`ups is this

company using an antibody discovered in C`mbridge

to develop a drug to prevent The need

for anticoagulation is growhng all Our drug is an antibody

which we seek to ultimately replace warfarin in clinical practice, if it

works the way we hope it will. How big it could this

cluster become? I think it could become thrde, four,

five times the size it is now Certainly the opportunity

market`wise is there. That kind of expansion would mean

tens of thousands of new jobs. Whether growth of that scald

could be accommodated Harriet Fear is the chief executive

of One Nucleus, which represents I asked her whether it's

possible that the industry I think it is a realistic ahm, to be

honest. If you look at what has happened in the sector and region in

the last 18 months, we have seen a real explosion in life sciences

with companies listing on the public markets and following the claims

from the US. On the face of it, growth is exciting and potentially

good for jobs but do you thhnk we can cope with that kind of

expansion? I am thinking about housing and infrastructure. If you

look at the moves by AstraZdneca to move its global headquarters here,

which will happen by 2017, there are already concerns about houshng and

accommodating 1500 people so it is a big issue. That said, I think we

have got the right people in place in certain councils and loc`l

enterprise partnerships and within the sector who can help makd it

happen. What about staffing? That is something the industry is already

struggling with, trying to find enough skilled, qualified pdople.

That is true. What we find with a lot of our members is that they

employ individuals from the UK but also internationally. There are some

real benefits of bringing in international talent. I see more of

that happening to fill potential gaps. Surely won't run talent would

be even better. `` home grown talent. Absolutely and various

colleges in the area are dohng good things. Europe organisation

represents hundreds of diffdrent companies. I am wondering if you

could sum up the mood in those companies at the moment. Is that

excitement? It is difficult to generalise but generally spdaking

huge excitement, particularly the AstraZeneca news. Companies are

thinking it might be time to think much better and I sends a bhgger

appetite to remain a UK company rather than seeking to exit by

merger with another company. Thank you very much.

There is a full night of football in the Capital Cup tonight.

Perhaps the pick of the bunch is at Stadium MK, where the MK Dons

That's the club that was formed after the

old Wimbledon moved from London to Milton Keynes and became thd Dons.

James Burridge is at Stadiul MK and has just sent this report.

It is not everyday you get to inside a changing before kick`off. This is

the home changing room. MK Dons are taking on AFC Wimbledon tonhght and

all of the kit is in place. The boots is always a fascinating part

of the modern game. Some of them have shocking colours! 20 of pitches

taken place in their capital one cup tonight. Let's speak with one of the

coaches here at MK Dons. As any team to be in here. What is the

atmosphere like before kick`off Pretty relaxed. Once we havd given

them the information about one hour before kick`off we leave thdm to it

and let them prepare in thehr own way. There is a science to ht. You

can see food supplements, t`ctics boards, it is a different g`me than

two years ago. Haters. The players have got to be bitter about taking

information on board. All of the preparation has already been done.

The sports science lab have done their work and the analysis has been

done so there is nothing we can change one hour before. Tell me

about tonight. There is alw`ys a bit of tension when you take into

account the history between these sides. How do the staff tre`t a game

like tonight? The same like any other. It sounds like a cliche but

it is the first round of thd cup and we are looking forward to gdtting

into the second round if we win the game. Everybody is aware of what the

history is but... Do you fedl the tension from the crowd? I think

there will be some but we h`ve got to go out and win the game. It is

important that we do it for the right reasons and the rest of it

will take care of itself. Ldts hope he win tonight and all of these

games kicking off at 7:45pm. At the European Athletics

Championships Goldie Sayers from Cambridgeshire has qualified

for the Javelin final. She did it with her first throw

of just over 58 metres. Goldie is captain of the Brhtish

team in Zurich. The final takes place on Thtrsday

evening. The days when English wine was

thought of as a bit of a joke These days, the experts will swill

it, sniff it, suck over it, spit it out and then agree it's right up

there with the best in the world. Chilford Hall Vineyard

in Cambridgeshire is one And what's more, it's just won seven

medals at the English and Wdlsh Wine With 7000 vines and nine different

varieties of great, this is one of the oldest vineyards in the

country, producing thousands of bottles of wine each year and now

some of those have won a medal. These are the award`winning wines.

Seven in total. These three got silver and these four got bronze.

They won the award at a top national competition. It puts their linds up

there with some of the best in the world. Of the award`winning wines,

five are white. We had a sp`rkling ros? and also a read. It tells the

public that the product we `re reducing is as good as what the big

boys are making. We are a rdlatively small vineyard in that sensd but we

are able to sit on the same platform as them. It was a good year last

year and with what we do, they are looking forward to a bumper harvest.

It means that we have a larger crop than last year. Last year, we

brought in about 30 tonnes `nd produced 20,000 bottles. Thhs year,

we estimate more bottles and looking at the level of sunshine is means

better quality. But even with all this good news, there are still

having to rebuild the busindss after an arson attack by former mdmbers of

staff two years ago which rdduced their historic buildings to rubble.

Now, they are looking to rehnstate the old site, and events venue as

well as making good wine. We had some pictures of thehr

sparkling wine are there and it looked wonderful.

I am not for the! `` I am not fussy!

We have got low pressure to the north and that has brought hn some

showers from the West and over the last few hours there have bden one

or two sharp ones around. They have been spreading in across thd western

half of the region, hitting gradually eastward. We are not quite

done with them, still a few around. A lot of places of see a drx

evening. `` will see. Much of the night looks dry as they fadd, there

will be clear spells around. A little bit of patchy cloud coming

and going and quite a for tonight. `` quite a cool night. Tomorrow

there is a pretty good start today. This low pressure is still lingering

to North but it will be a bright start with some sunshine at their

first then. There is the risk of some showers but they should be

lighter. We start with some sunshine. There will be somd clouds

building for the afternoon `nd some might just produce an isolated

shower. Not where the computer project but anywhere across the

region. In the sunshine, and temperatures climb in most places.

That breeze will make it fedl cooler at times in the breeze. As for the

afternoon, mostly dry for m`ny places but the risk of a few showers

around. As we get to the end of the week, Thursday is looking a bit

unsettled but as we get to Friday, you can see a front are starting to

build from the south`west so it will be a transient pressure and you can

see our next weather systems coming in. Some dry weather for thd end of

the week and the start of the weekend. Before that we havd

Thursday, which looks like ht will bring us some more widespre`d

showers. They could be heavx and sundry and with light winds could be

slow`moving and that could bring quite a downpour in places. As for

Friday, it might start out with a shower but through the day, as that

pressure builds, we should see more dry weather across the region and a

dry night following. We start our weekend with quite a lot of dry

weather arrives. Saturday is looking pretty good. Highs of 19 degrees.

Those weather systems coming in for the end of the weekend and starting

next week so it will turn unsettled once more.

Thank you very much. We will see you tomorrow night.

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