:00:00. > :00:00.you might stay dry. The temperatures will still be in
:00:00. > :00:10.Behind bars, three men are found guilty over the shooting
:00:11. > :00:24.Horrendous. A young man, 27 years old, going about his daily
:00:25. > :00:25.business. Somebody decided they wanted to shoot him.
:00:26. > :00:28.Searching for Sonica, nearlx two years on, her sister makes ` fresh
:00:29. > :00:40.We will be here later with 04 marathons in 40 days. If yot think
:00:41. > :00:45.that is bad, you will be sldeping in a mobile shack. It may be Atgust,
:00:46. > :00:52.but the weather is taking a distinctly autumnal turn.
:00:53. > :00:59.A shooting that left victim Atif Ali fighting for his life.
:01:00. > :01:02.Blasted in the leg at close range, the young lawyer needed
:01:03. > :01:06.a seven hour operation to s`fe his leg and his life.
:01:07. > :01:10.Today, three men were found guilty for
:01:11. > :01:13.their part in the attack in a Luton street, early one morning l`st May.
:01:14. > :01:17.Three other men were cleared of all charges by the jury `t
:01:18. > :01:24.Our reporter, Neil Bradford, was in court for today's verdicts.
:01:25. > :01:32.It began like any other journey to work. But the Atif Ali the one on
:01:33. > :01:37.May 20 last year was one thd tainted life ever. He was shot in the leg
:01:38. > :01:41.and almost died. The target of a hit man, hired by a drag dealer who
:01:42. > :01:50.wanted a relationship with his fiancee. That man was mastermind
:01:51. > :01:58.behind the conspiracy. The gunman words this man. A man with ` violent
:01:59. > :02:08.past. He admitted shooting him, but denied he was trying to kill him.
:02:09. > :02:13.Matthew McCafferty. Horrendous act. Matthew McCafferty. Horrendous act.
:02:14. > :02:17.A young man, 27 years old, going about his daily business and someone
:02:18. > :02:21.decided to shoot him to be with the girl he was with. As Atif Ali drove
:02:22. > :02:23.to the streets of Luton, he was closely followed by the gunlan. Seen
:02:24. > :02:30.here on CCTV behind another car The Mondeo was crashed into Atif Ali's
:02:31. > :02:39.car. When he got out to inspect their damage, Pillai opened fire and
:02:40. > :02:43.shot him with a sawn off shotgun. The manic use of coordinating the
:02:44. > :02:48.operation was today found not guilty, along with the allegedly and
:02:49. > :02:54.spotter. Today, they spoke of their relief of being cleared. We have
:02:55. > :02:59.been struggling and thinking about what will happen. I am so h`ppy now.
:03:00. > :03:05.Did you have any involvement? No. Nothing at all. I have a datghter
:03:06. > :03:11.and she is my world. Why wotld I risk that? It's nonsense. It has
:03:12. > :03:16.been since January. That is all I will say. The jury took just four
:03:17. > :03:24.hours to reach a verdict. The judge described it as a brutal and callous
:03:25. > :03:30.act carried out for money. Jailing him to life with a minimum term of
:03:31. > :03:33.four years, he said he was `cting out despite. He described the gunman
:03:34. > :03:38.as a barbaric and a heartless thug. as a barbaric and a heartless thug.
:03:39. > :03:41.He too was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 17 ydars
:03:42. > :03:50.Matty McCafferty who supplidd the gun, will be sentenced on Sdptember
:03:51. > :03:54.the 1st. The judge described the gunman and the other man as
:03:55. > :04:00.dangerous men, capable of a most extreme criminal act. One w`s a
:04:01. > :04:04.criminal Ashgrove convicted drag dealer released on licence. Bernard
:04:05. > :04:10.Pillai was also one license, after slashing the necks of the two police
:04:11. > :04:13.officers. The judge describdd his performance in the dog is
:04:14. > :04:19.extraordinary, like a cardboard cut outs of an East and gangster,
:04:20. > :04:24.difficult to know with a fantasy figure ended and the real Bdrnard
:04:25. > :04:30.glamorous about you or what you did, glamorous about you or what you did,
:04:31. > :04:32.it was barbaric. The act of a heartless thug.
:04:33. > :04:35.It was Boxing Day 2012 when Sonica Hans walked out of her Bedford
:04:36. > :04:41.Sonica, who shared a home with her sister,
:04:42. > :04:44.said she was going out shopping and that was the last time they spoke.
:04:45. > :04:47.No`one has heard from the 35`year`old since.
:04:48. > :04:51.Today, as police divers searched a stretch of river close to
:04:52. > :04:56.their home, her sister, Manhsha made a new appeal for help.
:04:57. > :05:00.Searching the River Great Otse for a second time.
:05:01. > :05:04.Police dive teams from across three forces look in an area
:05:05. > :05:11.It's been more than 18 months since Sonnika Hans disappeared
:05:12. > :05:16.For her family, it's been a difficult time.
:05:17. > :05:25.They would have celebrated her 37th birthday this month.
:05:26. > :05:35.I miss her on her birthday, because they all were celebrated together
:05:36. > :05:43.and went together, enjoy it together. I just miss every and each
:05:44. > :05:46.day with her. We hope that Sonica is out there somewhere and that if she
:05:47. > :05:48.seizes, she will get in touch with her family you are desperatd to some
:05:49. > :05:49.news from her. On the day she disappeared, she was
:05:50. > :05:52.seen shopping at a supermarket on Midland Road, buying food at
:05:53. > :05:54.the Tesco Metro, before going home. More CCTV shows Sonnika walking
:05:55. > :06:04.along River Street and then Sonica came back here to thd flat
:06:05. > :06:08.she shared with her sister. She said she was going into town and left
:06:09. > :06:14.with a friend. That was the last the family saw of her. More CCTV shows
:06:15. > :06:20.Sonica walking along river street and then onto the embankment. Today,
:06:21. > :06:27.officers took to the street to jog people's memories to try to bring
:06:28. > :06:36.the family some hope. It is the not knowing. We just try to look at
:06:37. > :06:38.every stone, turn it over and double`check and we double`check,
:06:39. > :06:42.that is why we double`check, that is why we're here today, checkhng the
:06:43. > :06:48.riffle to make sure that wedkend reassures family `` River. Police
:06:49. > :06:52.say they have no reason to `ssume that people are going to harm Sonica
:06:53. > :06:56.and they are no nearer to knowing what happened to her. They hope
:06:57. > :06:58.their investigations would give the family some answers.
:06:59. > :07:01.Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101,
:07:02. > :07:07.or text direct to the force control room on 07786 200011.
:07:08. > :07:10.A vicar from Luton has pleaded guilty to seven charges
:07:11. > :07:15.38`year`old James Ogley, sedn here on the left, was vicar at S`int
:07:16. > :07:20.Francis Church in Carteret Road in the town until his arrest l`st year.
:07:21. > :07:24.The charges relate to materhal posted on an online chat blog
:07:25. > :07:31.A man has appeared in court today, charged with attempted murddr
:07:32. > :07:34.following a stabbing in Petdrborough on Friday.
:07:35. > :07:37.The incident happened in Cobden Avenue in Millfield.
:07:38. > :07:40.Officers say the victim, who is in his 30s, has suffdred
:07:41. > :07:46.He remains in Addenbrooke's Hospital in a critical but stable condition.
:07:47. > :07:48.Antonio Conceitao, of Cobden Road appeared
:07:49. > :07:58.There's been a dramatic risd in the number of stress related sick days
:07:59. > :08:04.BBC East has asked more than 10 councils and emergency servhces
:08:05. > :08:09.across the region how many work days have been lost because of stress,
:08:10. > :08:17.We found that the figure has gone up by 70% over the past five ydars
:08:18. > :08:19.Let's start with the impact on councils:
:08:20. > :08:22.Three years ago, Northamptonshire County Council lost
:08:23. > :08:26.just over 1,500 days to workers stress or depression.
:08:27. > :08:31.Last year, that more than trebled to more than 5,500 days.
:08:32. > :08:34.To put that into context, that's the equivalent of losing
:08:35. > :08:39.around 24 full`time members of staff for an entire year.
:08:40. > :08:43.Across the region, 2,100 council workers were stressdd
:08:44. > :08:52.The combined councils in Northamptonshire lost 10,000 days.
:08:53. > :08:56.In Cambridgeshire, they lost 12 000 and across the Three Countids,
:08:57. > :09:01.The mental health charity, Lind says it's an issue which employers
:09:02. > :09:14.Over the last few years we have received an increasing numbdr of
:09:15. > :09:19.enquiries from employers yot are looking to address strength `` with
:09:20. > :09:20.stress anxiety and depression in the workplace.
:09:21. > :09:22.Some managers are lacking the confidence or the know`how to
:09:23. > :09:25.address mental health specifically, so they avoid having the discussion
:09:26. > :09:27.because they are, perhaps, concerned about triggering something off or
:09:28. > :09:40.Some councils are tackling the issue. Cambridge Campsie Cotncil has
:09:41. > :09:47.more than halved its stress absenteeism from down to
:09:48. > :09:49.Let's move on to the Emergency Services.
:09:50. > :09:50.Four years ago, Northamptonshire Police lost almost
:09:51. > :09:58.A similar picture for Bedfordshire Police up from almost 2,000 in 009,
:09:59. > :10:04.Bedfordshire Police Federathon represents staff there.
:10:05. > :10:07.Earlier tonight, Ray Reid told me that budget cuts
:10:08. > :10:12.The single biggest issue, and it is across all
:10:13. > :10:15.departments, not just the front line uniformed police, are a lack of
:10:16. > :10:20.resources. I have senior st`ff coming to me and talking about the
:10:21. > :10:26.demands placed on them. And what they are expected to do. Thd police
:10:27. > :10:29.in Bedfordshire, and across the land, will always provide that
:10:30. > :10:32.service but it has an effect. The effect is, as you are saying, with
:10:33. > :10:38.these figures, this is the stress on individuals. That has a knock`on
:10:39. > :10:43.We have huge issues, police officer
:10:44. > :10:46.debts, whole loads of divorce, stress and so forth.
:10:47. > :10:51.These are partly as a consequence of more stress `t work.
:10:52. > :10:58.Basically, this is where we are with huge cutbacks and demands for our
:10:59. > :11:00.current workforce. Stress is something that many people
:11:01. > :11:04.internalise. Is it fair to dxpect employees to see the signs? I think
:11:05. > :11:12.every employer has a duty of care. They need to see stress and identify
:11:13. > :11:26.every employer has a responsibility and weather that extends, elployers
:11:27. > :11:29.should be looking after thehr employees and monitoring thd time
:11:30. > :11:35.they have at work and offer work, and even monitoring journeys home.
:11:36. > :11:41.And the tiredness of the st`r. That brings greater efficiencies. It so
:11:42. > :11:46.few resources. Is there enotgh money for counselling for people who are
:11:47. > :11:50.suffering stress? Our welfare department I hugely busy, m`ssively
:11:51. > :11:59.busy. I think the force can with straight harder. `` can alw`ys try
:12:00. > :12:05.harder. There are massive things we do with our resources, we always
:12:06. > :12:10.look at what we currently do. The initiative is there. We are paying
:12:11. > :12:14.the consequences, possibly, of previous decisions and cuts as they
:12:15. > :12:18.are. You recognise that the force will not get much more monex, and
:12:19. > :12:22.that the Chief Constable is doing the best she can with what she has.
:12:23. > :12:32.What more can be doing `` c`n she do? What could be better is that we
:12:33. > :12:40.are funded as a rule force, but we should be funded as an urban force
:12:41. > :12:46.`` country`macro force. We `re not funded as we should be. I know our
:12:47. > :12:50.local members of Parliament, representatives of our forcd, have
:12:51. > :12:56.tried to argue this point. Our funding formula is wrong. Wd are
:12:57. > :13:02.being underfunded and have been for years and years. Any cuts, huge
:13:03. > :13:17.cuts, his task `` hit us more significantly.
:13:18. > :13:26.Still to come, wearable technology. And what to do when running a
:13:27. > :13:28.marathon is not tough enough. This man is going for 40 marathon ons in
:13:29. > :13:35.40 days. Did you know the word bungalow comes
:13:36. > :13:38.from the Indian words ?bangla Ghar,? meaning house in the Bengalh style?
:13:39. > :13:40.Bungalows became very popul`r between the wars but
:13:41. > :13:42.in recent years they have f`llen out of favour with builders.
:13:43. > :13:43.Now the Planning Minister Brandon Ldwis
:13:44. > :13:46.believes we should think ag`in. believes we should think ag`in.
:13:47. > :13:48.The Minister, who's also thd MP for Great Yarmouth, says we need to
:13:49. > :13:53.build more bungalows. He says they're ideal for pdople
:13:54. > :13:54.in their 60s and 70s who want to down`size but don't need shdltered
:13:55. > :14:09.housing or retirement homes. 1970s bungalows, quintessentially
:14:10. > :14:15.British, and according to the housing minister overlooked. This
:14:16. > :14:20.couple have lived in their bungalow since it was built 42 years ago and
:14:21. > :14:27.they absolutely love it. We enjoyed it. My wife finds it easy to keep
:14:28. > :14:35.the place clean because we have not got any stairs. I find it e`sy to
:14:36. > :14:42.paint and decorate. The nicd thing is we do not have to go upstairs to
:14:43. > :14:48.sleep. As you can see we have a big garden. The footprint of thd
:14:49. > :14:52.bungalow is bigger than a house but we have big plot of land whhch
:14:53. > :15:01.enabled us to build extensions onto the back. Just down the road, a
:15:02. > :15:08.development of 30 bungalows is being built to meet an increase in demand.
:15:09. > :15:12.We often think about bungalows for older people who want to downsize
:15:13. > :15:20.but still want their own hole and garden, and an apartment is not
:15:21. > :15:24.always available. It frees tp houses for a younger population and they
:15:25. > :15:33.are also appealing to youngdr people. They can play an important
:15:34. > :15:38.role across the scale. The boom in the building of bungalows c`me in
:15:39. > :15:46.the 1950s and 1960s when thdy were almost as popular as houses. In
:15:47. > :15:51.1986, 15% of new builds werd bungalows but that's reduced to 7%
:15:52. > :15:57.ten years later and by 2012, just 2%. Traditionally builders `re not
:15:58. > :16:04.so keen because they can make more money off the land by creathng flats
:16:05. > :16:08.or larger family homes. One estate agency says they are in dird need of
:16:09. > :16:15.bungalows because many older couples want smaller properties. We do not
:16:16. > :16:21.have anywhere to get people to go next, because they want to love from
:16:22. > :16:26.the big houses and downsize. A lot of the time the is nothing to go
:16:27. > :16:31.when two. Prince Charles once called them have modernised boxes but with
:16:32. > :16:36.an ageing population it could soon be boom time for bungalows `gain.
:16:37. > :16:41.As we all know, computers are getting smaller and more portable.
:16:42. > :16:44.In the last ten years many people have gone from a massive desktop PC
:16:45. > :16:46.to a tablet or smartphone. So what will be next?
:16:47. > :16:49.The latest buzz phrase is "wearable technology," or the smart w`tch
:16:50. > :16:50.Now rescue teams in Cambridgeshire are hoping it could help thdm save
:16:51. > :17:07.lives. A team of volunteers prepay a
:17:08. > :17:11.four`day training exercise hn March. Today rescuers have a new tool, a
:17:12. > :17:21.smart watch, that can help them find people more quickly. We can see
:17:22. > :17:24.where every individual has been and we have quick navigational reference
:17:25. > :17:29.is so worth we find any evidence we can look at the watch and sde the
:17:30. > :17:38.red reference straightaway `nd give that to our support.
:17:39. > :17:46.In today's exercise, someond has gone missing in the water. The team
:17:47. > :17:53.will kayak across the river and focus on the way ahead. All the
:17:54. > :17:58.navigation elements are on the watch, which means they can use it
:17:59. > :18:03.hands`free and they do not have to be looking at the watch constantly
:18:04. > :18:12.but can tell speeds and everything by looking at the watch. For
:18:13. > :18:21.rescuers, these smart watchds represent a new tool. We can track
:18:22. > :18:27.Aliens that have been searched and that need searching again.
:18:28. > :18:33.Ultimately this can minimisd the potential of people being ott and at
:18:34. > :18:39.harm. This maximises the opportunity of finding people. The smart watch
:18:40. > :18:45.runs navigation software developed in Cambridge that can be usdd on
:18:46. > :18:47.Waterland. It is hoped the trial can be expanded to other areas to save
:18:48. > :18:54.lives. Sport now and it's been another
:18:55. > :18:56.tough day in a tough season for Northamptonshire's cricketers.
:18:57. > :18:58.Last summer they won the dotble promotion to Division One
:18:59. > :19:00.and the T20 Trophy. But this year it has been
:19:01. > :19:03.a struggle. Here we are in the middle of August
:19:04. > :19:06.and they are still waiting for their first win in the top flight.
:19:07. > :19:07.Today another defeat. This report from our Sports Editor,
:19:08. > :19:20.Jonathan Park. When you play against the bdst, you
:19:21. > :19:24.need to be at your best, and these players have endured a summdr to
:19:25. > :19:32.forget. It has been hard for everyone. People would have thought
:19:33. > :19:36.we would be more competitivd. It is how we come back that is thd
:19:37. > :19:43.critical thing. Last season they could not put a foot wrong but this
:19:44. > :19:51.season it is completely different. They have lost nine of 11 m`tches,
:19:52. > :19:56.and the step up in class has proved too steep. Operating with one of the
:19:57. > :20:01.country's smallest budgets, they are favourites to be relegated. Today
:20:02. > :20:12.they had the chance to break their duck, but Nottingham chased down to
:20:13. > :20:17.win with five wickets to sp`re. You have to perform and if you do not
:20:18. > :20:29.perform you call, and we have not done our jobs and have had some
:20:30. > :20:34.injuries that have limited things. It has been difficult and obviously
:20:35. > :20:39.trying to play the same plaxers all season is hard and that is probably
:20:40. > :20:43.why the bigger clubs can colpete in all competitions.
:20:44. > :20:50.They need to somehow recapttre the spirit of 2013, a historic season.
:20:51. > :20:58.Nine losses became ten defe`ts after today's game, and the sober reality
:20:59. > :21:05.of the league table. On thehr way back down. I expected a tough fight.
:21:06. > :21:16.I didn't expect them to be so much had left. `` addressed. I think they
:21:17. > :21:21.can build it back up again because they have an excellent coach. I
:21:22. > :21:28.think it is just bouncing b`ck next year. Relegation will not khll them
:21:29. > :21:35.because the big money comes from the T20 these days but the challenge is
:21:36. > :21:39.to keep the fans aboard. Attendance is up considerably on last xear and
:21:40. > :21:45.I am hoping we can coalesce around and people will stick with ts.
:21:46. > :21:51.Tonight the season is nearlx over. Beaten, battered and bruised.
:21:52. > :21:56.If the thought of running a marathon fills you with dread, spare a
:21:57. > :21:59.thought for the man who's rtnning 40 in 40 days ` more than 1,000 miles.
:22:00. > :22:01.Dave Hall from Stopsley in Bedfordshire started
:22:02. > :22:07.his first marathon in John O'Groats this morning.The
:22:08. > :22:11.final one should take him to Lands End at the end of September.
:22:12. > :22:21.And just to make it a bit tougher, he'll be sleeping in a mobile shack.
:22:22. > :22:28.Running a marathon is nothing new for Dave Hall. Over the last 15
:22:29. > :22:36.years he has taken part in 030 but he has set himself a new ch`llenge,
:22:37. > :22:40.to run 40 and 40 days. It starts at John O'Groats and the whole team is
:22:41. > :22:48.flying up or being transported there, and then we are stopping at
:22:49. > :22:53.35 venues and churches and places to inform people on what the project is
:22:54. > :23:00.and hopefully to raise monex and by the end of it all we should end up
:23:01. > :23:06.in Land's End. And this is his motivation. In Sierra Leone,
:23:07. > :23:11.hundreds of thousands live hn poverty. It is a charity designed to
:23:12. > :23:18.build homes for people who live here and it is for this reason that he is
:23:19. > :23:25.living `` raising money and sleeping in a shack for each night. He was
:23:26. > :23:29.ready to do a major challenge and asked to work with us because he had
:23:30. > :23:35.seen the effects of poverty in these places. I was overwhelmed bdcause to
:23:36. > :23:42.do this challenge is just an incredible feat. The marathon
:23:43. > :23:48.challenge started this mornhng, and covering 1000 miles he will head
:23:49. > :23:57.from John O'Groats before fhnishing at Land's End on Friday 26
:23:58. > :24:03.September. He is hoping to raise ?2000 for the charity. He is already
:24:04. > :24:11.a quarter of the way to his target but with many more miles to run
:24:12. > :24:13.I am exhausted just thinking about it!
:24:14. > :24:18.And we've just had these pictures in showing Dave Hall setting off from
:24:19. > :24:21.John O'Groats this morning on the first leg of that first mar`thon.
:24:22. > :24:28.We'll let you know how he gdts on over the next few weeks.
:24:29. > :24:32.We will not ask you about the weather at John O'Groats but will it
:24:33. > :24:49.be nice? It was blustery yesterday, H lost
:24:50. > :24:55.some washing off the line. Between about 35 and 45 mph. The strongest
:24:56. > :25:03.on the north Norfolk coast. The strongest today as well, but
:25:04. > :25:07.generally less windy today. You can see some good breaks in the cloud
:25:08. > :25:14.particularly in the north`e`st corner and a few showers proving to
:25:15. > :25:18.be quite heavy. Still some to move through over the next few hours but
:25:19. > :25:26.once most of those have gond, it should be a dying night. It will be
:25:27. > :25:30.on the chilly side. These are the expected lows but in some rtral
:25:31. > :25:38.spots we could be down to around eight Celsius. Light to moddrate
:25:39. > :25:44.westerly. For the next few days chilly a feeding down from the
:25:45. > :25:51.North. Tomorrow is a dry st`rt with brightness and sunshine and we are
:25:52. > :26:00.likely to see some showers but fine and but I generally but not very
:26:01. > :26:03.warm. Called are moving unsold temperatures struggling to 08
:26:04. > :26:10.Celsius but many others will not even get that high, so be low
:26:11. > :26:15.average, and we hold on to loderate westerly winds. We finish whth a
:26:16. > :26:25.scattering of showers but qtite a lot of fine, dry weather. On
:26:26. > :26:29.Wednesday, still a scattering of showers but again, temperattres
:26:30. > :26:37.should recover to 17 Celsius and it looks as though it will be ` repeat
:26:38. > :26:43.performance on Thursday. Frhday will see showers and longer outbreaks of
:26:44. > :26:52.rain but hopefully some sunshine. We will be into a run of chillx nights.
:26:53. > :26:56.In rural spots, temperatures could drop even lower so particul`rly on
:26:57. > :27:02.Tuesday night, it could hurt five Celsius. Perhaps time to dig out the
:27:03. > :27:04.heavy pyjamas.