:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look East.
:00:00. > :00:08.Rail fares are on track to rise again in the
:00:09. > :00:18.New Year but are commuters darning enough to afford the hike?
:00:19. > :00:24.What the British taxpayer and commuter faces is a botched rail
:00:25. > :00:26.privatisation that has left us pay more for a worse service th`n
:00:27. > :00:30.anywhere else in Europe. The postcode lottery
:00:31. > :00:32.for dementia care. How some families are having to find
:00:33. > :00:35.the money themselves to covdr We'll be here later
:00:36. > :00:37.in the programme. As the curtain falls on MotoGP at
:00:38. > :00:39.Silverstone, the Northamptonshire circuit says it's hopeful this
:00:40. > :00:42.year's meeting won't be its last. And making hay while the sun shines
:00:43. > :00:58.and it's all in a good causd. Price rises won't
:00:59. > :01:01.put passengers off. How the rail industry has rdsponded
:01:02. > :01:06.to fare increases announced today. From January,
:01:07. > :01:08.season ticket holders in thhs region will have to pay hundreds
:01:09. > :01:11.of pounds more for their regular journeys as costs are expected to go
:01:12. > :01:17.up by an average of 3.5%. In fact,
:01:18. > :01:22.fares have risen by 24% since 2 10. In a moment,
:01:23. > :01:24.we'll hear from the Rail Delivery Group, which represents
:01:25. > :01:39.the train companies, but first this These are the train companids the
:01:40. > :01:45.crisscross our region. Come January, the cost for travelling on
:01:46. > :01:51.all of them will be a lot more. The region's newest train station and
:01:52. > :01:57.commuter said prices were too high. It cost me ?50 to go one wax to
:01:58. > :02:04.London this morning. They are expensive enough already. If I
:02:05. > :02:12.bought an open`ended return from here in Corby to the capital, it
:02:13. > :02:21.would cost me ?105 50. With a 3 5% rise, that there will go up to just
:02:22. > :02:26.over ?109. The town's MP saxs rail travellers are being ripped off
:02:27. > :02:30.What the British taxpayer and commuter faces is a botched rail
:02:31. > :02:34.privatisation that has left is paying more for a worse service than
:02:35. > :02:39.anywhere else in Europe. We need to look at the example of the Dast
:02:40. > :02:44.Coast in our region where wd have had a not`for`profit operator doing
:02:45. > :02:49.well to improve services. There is a different way of providing rail
:02:50. > :02:54.travel in this country. A 3.5% rise would see a season ticket from
:02:55. > :03:09.Huntingdon to King's Cross climb to more than ?5,000, an increase of
:03:10. > :03:17.?169. From Corby into the c`pital, 12 months travel would cost nearly
:03:18. > :03:24.?7,700. Commuters have to p`y these prices. But if you are paying that
:03:25. > :03:30.sort of money, and you have worked hard on the Friday, what yot want is
:03:31. > :03:34.to get home on time and get a seat. If you are paying that monex, you
:03:35. > :03:43.want to ensure you're getting a good journey. Passengers once ag`in face
:03:44. > :03:44.an annual train fair race: Higher ticket prices fast approachhng while
:03:45. > :03:48.wages are standing still. So when you buy a rail tickdt,
:03:49. > :03:51.where does your money actually go? Well, the largest part, 26%,
:03:52. > :03:55.goes to investment in the ndtwork. Staff costs and track maintdnance
:03:56. > :04:02.are next snd the smallest portion But the Rail Delivery Group,
:04:03. > :04:09.which represents the industry, says it does understand why
:04:10. > :04:14.passengers are angry. I know that nobody likes to pay more
:04:15. > :04:17.for their train travel but the money that we get from fares
:04:18. > :04:21.is helping to pay for the f`ster journeys, the better stations,
:04:22. > :04:23.the nicer carriages that passengers And those improvements
:04:24. > :04:25.are happening. We're transforming our railway
:04:26. > :04:28.into the best railway in Europe But there are a lot
:04:29. > :04:31.of people who say rail fares are increasing across England
:04:32. > :04:34.and the investment only seels to be happening in very small are`s
:04:35. > :04:36.and small pockets and they don't Well, I can tell you that
:04:37. > :04:41.in your region, there's going to be ?20 million spent by Greater Anglia
:04:42. > :04:45.on improving its InterCity fleet. In other parts of the country,
:04:46. > :04:47.we're electrifying lines, Across the country, we're ilproving
:04:48. > :04:52.the railway and passengers `re telling us, independent surveys are
:04:53. > :04:54.telling us that we've got Have we got one of the most
:04:55. > :05:11.expensive railways in Europd? I don't think that's entirely fair.
:05:12. > :05:18.The issue with fares is one of two sides. There are regulated fares and
:05:19. > :05:23.governments have decided to increase those above inflation. We also have
:05:24. > :05:27.unregulated fares were train companies control prices. What they
:05:28. > :05:34.are keen to do is want to gdt more people to travel by train. We don't
:05:35. > :05:44.think it will price people of the railway. If it is all about
:05:45. > :05:50.passenger satisfaction, let's take these statistics. A transport
:05:51. > :05:55.charity says that since 2010, rail fares have risen by 24%. Has
:05:56. > :06:02.passenger satisfaction risen by as much? I don't know how much
:06:03. > :06:10.passenger satisfaction has risen since 2010. The passenger w`tchdog
:06:11. > :06:18.survey said satisfaction in 199 was 76% now it is 82%. We have 600
:06:19. > :06:22.million more journeys a year now. The Chancellor intervened in the
:06:23. > :06:26.Autumn statement and said, we will not allow fares to rise above a
:06:27. > :06:31.certain level. A lot of people are calling for him to intervend yet
:06:32. > :06:36.again. Forward that do to your plans for investment? We would be able to
:06:37. > :06:41.continue investing. Investmdnt is committed for the next five years.
:06:42. > :06:47.Network Rail will spend ?30 billion over the next five years on building
:06:48. > :06:48.better railways and I don't think... And I think that investment
:06:49. > :06:52.will continue. It's recognised
:06:53. > :06:53.as the biggest health issue Dementia already affects millions
:06:54. > :06:57.of people but a new report shows they're still struggling to get
:06:58. > :06:59.the help they need. It's been compiled
:07:00. > :07:02.by the former Northampton MP Sally Keeble, who says families f`ce
:07:03. > :07:05.a postcode lottery when it comes to care and many are forced to find
:07:06. > :07:21.the funding themselves. Alma is 89 and a dementia stfferer.
:07:22. > :07:25.Last year, she was living at home but then she had a fall on the
:07:26. > :07:30.stairs and was taken to hospital. She is modelled with the delentia
:07:31. > :07:37.and within a week, everything had gone. She couldn't do anythhng for
:07:38. > :07:42.herself. We started the journey looking for care homes in ftnding.
:07:43. > :07:46.That was when the problems began. Funding is based on a medic`l
:07:47. > :07:52.assessment and the family h`d been told she doesn't qualify. They are
:07:53. > :07:57.appealing. She needs turning every two hours, she needs feeding and
:07:58. > :08:04.changing. She can't do anything for herself. Everybody has got to think
:08:05. > :08:10.for her. Alma is being lookdd after at this care home. If the f`mily can
:08:11. > :08:13.prove she had medical needs, the NHS would pay back because she doesn't
:08:14. > :08:19.meet the criteria, the cost will have to be borne by the famhly and
:08:20. > :08:26.their assets and that is st`nding at ?700 a week. Across Britain, 80 ,000
:08:27. > :08:35.people have been diagnosed with dementia but the number getting
:08:36. > :08:43.funding stands at 59,000. Symptoms... Needs around washing and
:08:44. > :08:54.dressing was originally unddr social care. Research shows that w`y you
:08:55. > :09:03.live in the country can affdct whether you get funding. It's really
:09:04. > :09:06.important that the decision`making processes transparent and that
:09:07. > :09:12.families don't have this awful feeling that they have got lost in
:09:13. > :09:16.the process. The commissionhng group that assessed Alma said thex
:09:17. > :09:20.followed all national guidelines laid down by the government. The
:09:21. > :09:24.family said they will continue to appeal.
:09:25. > :09:26.The Health and Safety Executive is investigating an incident
:09:27. > :09:29.in rural Cambridgeshire tod`y in which a man was critically hnjured.
:09:30. > :09:32.The emergency services, including a hazardous area response
:09:33. > :09:35.team, were called to an app`rent gas explosion at the Produce Connection
:09:36. > :09:38.on the A10 Ely Road in Chittering just before 9am.The
:09:39. > :09:53.company at Chear Fen is a national potato supplier.
:09:54. > :09:55.Over the next few months, ?50 million worth
:09:56. > :09:57.of grants are to be handed out to companies in Cambridge.
:09:58. > :10:00.The money will be used to encourage small businesses in the hi`tech
:10:01. > :10:03.cluster so they can invest in growth and hopefully gendrate
:10:04. > :10:05.The hi`tech industry is already thriving in Cambridge.
:10:06. > :10:08.In fact, the city has the l`rgest collection of science`based
:10:09. > :10:10.businesses in the whole of Durope with more than 1,500 companhes
:10:11. > :10:21.Stuart Ratcliffe has been to one firm set to benefit from a grant.
:10:22. > :10:30.This company is bursting at the seams. It now employs 30 st`ff from
:10:31. > :10:40.nothing. We have got boxes `nd files, paper. People are sitting in
:10:41. > :10:47.cupboards. We are growing f`ster than we can build. But the building
:10:48. > :10:51.work has started now. The company has developed software allowing
:10:52. > :11:08.video and film to be archivdd. There are museums. There are sports
:11:09. > :11:19.federations, broadcasters, BBC, ITN. In total, CAIS will get ?1.4
:11:20. > :11:24.million. The money is coming from here. All new job creation xou see
:11:25. > :11:28.in the economy comes from early`stage businesses as they grow
:11:29. > :11:35.rapidly. We are here to try to keep these promising businesses. We want
:11:36. > :11:40.to help them grow but stay hn a cluster and create employment and
:11:41. > :11:43.upscale people for the next generation of jobs. Where ever you
:11:44. > :11:55.look, it's clear this clustdr is booming. We have even thought about
:11:56. > :11:58.opening facilities in San Francisco but fundamentally, the software is
:11:59. > :12:02.as good as the people who ddvelop it and this is where we are finding the
:12:03. > :12:15.right people so this is where we have decided to be.
:12:16. > :12:17.A decision on whether a controversial development ndar Corby
:12:18. > :12:21.The Brookfield Recovery Park is earmarked for woodland near Gretton.
:12:22. > :12:23.The developer claims it could create 3,000 jobs over 10 years
:12:24. > :12:27.but the plans for the waste recovery plant have received more th`n 3 0
:12:28. > :12:37.Time now to join Stewart and Susie for the rest of the programle.
:12:38. > :12:40.Lovell, are drowned out by the two litters. I have a constant sound of
:12:41. > :12:44.aircraft roaring through my head every day. It is not quiet. It is so
:12:45. > :12:54.loud that the Cochlear impl`nt hardly works because the two litters
:12:55. > :13:02.`` tonight 's is masking it. Peter can now lip read his wife btt the
:13:03. > :13:04.The scale of violence in prhsons in this region has been revdaled
:13:05. > :13:04.in a confidential document leaked to BBC East.
:13:05. > :13:07.Today, the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling
:13:08. > :13:09.denied the service was in crisis. But prison officers are reporting
:13:10. > :13:13.a surge in attacks and suicides behind bars.
:13:14. > :13:15.Recent examples include Chelmsford Jail, where staff had to withdraw to
:13:16. > :13:17.safety after losing control of a wing.
:13:18. > :13:23.A squad of specially trained officers were called in.
:13:24. > :13:25.While at Peterborough Prison, officers and inmates were injured
:13:26. > :13:28.in six outbreaks of violencd in recent weeks.
:13:29. > :13:31.In a moment, a campaigner for prison reform.
:13:32. > :13:39.That's after this from our home affairs correspondent Sally Chidzoy.
:13:40. > :13:46.Overcrowded and understaffed, presents have been under motnting
:13:47. > :13:50.pressure for years. In Chellsford error this month, former prhsoners
:13:51. > :13:56.climbed onto netting to encourage other inmates to join in. Sdrious
:13:57. > :14:00.assaults on prisoners and staff have shot up by over one third in a year,
:14:01. > :14:07.with self harm and suicide cases also rising. It can be hard to get a
:14:08. > :14:25.detailed picture of what is going on behind the walls but these detailed
:14:26. > :14:31.reports shall just that. `` show. In Peterborough, and offer was scolded
:14:32. > :14:44.and earlier this month a prhsoner was slashed from ear to most. ``
:14:45. > :14:48.mouth. The Justice Secretarx admits the service is under pressure but
:14:49. > :14:55.says it is not as bad as it was Violence today is that a lower level
:14:56. > :14:59.than it was five years ago. We have challenges from an increased
:15:00. > :15:02.population and we are meeting those challenges and recruiting more stuff
:15:03. > :15:11.but I am clear that there is no crisis. The errors pressure but no
:15:12. > :15:13.crisis. Experts on prisons say the government cannot ignore wh`t is
:15:14. > :15:16.happening, the high level of assaults and the number of prisoners
:15:17. > :15:21.self harming. Let's hear from Juliet Lyon,
:15:22. > :15:34.director of the Prison Reform Trust. The report highlighted worrxing
:15:35. > :15:41.levels of violence. What do you think the reason is? We are seeing
:15:42. > :15:48.not only a rise in violence, which is very worrying, but a redtction in
:15:49. > :15:54.staffing levels. It is no coincidence that prisons ard under
:15:55. > :16:05.such a high degree of presstre. You have to have enough high qu`lified
:16:06. > :16:08.staff to run them. The Justhce Secretary has admitted that they are
:16:09. > :16:15.under pressure but he says ht is not a crisis, do you agree? It depends
:16:16. > :16:19.upon how you define a crisis. We have a public service that hs there
:16:20. > :16:26.to hold people securely and safely and in many places it seems not to
:16:27. > :16:34.be doing so. Around half thd people that leave are convicted ag`in, and
:16:35. > :16:39.you have this rise in violence and suicide, and massive budget cuts,
:16:40. > :16:45.and the Justice Secretary who is driving a reform programme that I
:16:46. > :16:53.would suggest is befitting tndue pressure on public services. `` is
:16:54. > :16:59.putting. We should expect them to try to reduce reoffending, `nd
:17:00. > :17:07.simply hanging onto the reshdent population and trying to reduce
:17:08. > :17:13.deaths. We really need to look ahead much further and ask serious
:17:14. > :17:20.questions about what prisons are for and who should be behind bars? Why
:17:21. > :17:25.do we not make sure they'd hs not adequate staff in prisons across the
:17:26. > :17:33.country? In the short`term hs at all about money funding? `` mondy and
:17:34. > :17:39.funding. It is not all about money but it plays an important p`rt. The
:17:40. > :17:45.benchmarking process the costs down to the lowest private prison costs,
:17:46. > :17:48.and that has meant losing staff and changing conditions of servhce and
:17:49. > :18:01.making equipment for diffictlt. It is also about morale. A decdnt
:18:02. > :18:05.person runs not only on this plan `` on discipline but enabling people to
:18:06. > :18:11.learn skills and do jobs within the present, and about prisoners and
:18:12. > :18:17.staff working together to m`ke sure it is a decent place. That hs hard
:18:18. > :18:18.being cut back and people are being cut back and people are
:18:19. > :18:23.feeling anxious. Silverstone, the home of thd
:18:24. > :18:26.British Grand Prix, is getthng ready for the biggest motorcycling event
:18:27. > :18:30.in this country, the Moto GP. But there is now a big question
:18:31. > :18:33.mark over the future of the event. The race promoters have signed
:18:34. > :18:37.a contract to switch the GP to a new circuit in Wales.
:18:38. > :18:39.But the venue isn't ready ydt and Silverstone is confident this
:18:40. > :18:41.month's racing won't be the last at the Northamptonshire circuit
:18:42. > :18:53.Our sports editor Jonathan Park has spent the day therd.
:18:54. > :19:01.Britain's fastest on two whdels promoting the world's biggest bike
:19:02. > :19:09.race. It is claimed this ye`r's might be the last for some time and
:19:10. > :19:15.it is heading to a field in Wales. Britain's top riders are not
:19:16. > :19:19.convinced. It is not easy to build the racetrack and all the associated
:19:20. > :19:26.things so until we see something concrete it will be hard to say It
:19:27. > :19:32.could be anything. The layott looks pretty good but we have to see how
:19:33. > :19:40.it is in real life. I will be sad to miss Silverstone itself. Thhs is
:19:41. > :19:45.still only a computer`gener`ted image with no financial backers yet
:19:46. > :19:49.found, but the developers are looking for government financial
:19:50. > :19:58.support. Representatives today visited Silverstone. We are the only
:19:59. > :20:03.ones qualified to run the r`ce. Donington came up with investment
:20:04. > :20:07.and the circuit in Wales dods not yet exist and they need to raise the
:20:08. > :20:15.money to build that circuit. If the race cannot be run in 2016 hn Wales
:20:16. > :20:19.then it could be up for grabs again. Silverstone want to keep thd race
:20:20. > :20:25.but were not prepared to agree to the financial terms offered in the
:20:26. > :20:32.new contract. The margins are tight and despite well over 100,000 fans
:20:33. > :20:40.paying to watch the race, it is not a big moneymaker for Silverstone.
:20:41. > :20:43.Silverstone said that when they tried to get government support to
:20:44. > :20:50.keep the British Grand Prix, the government rejected their attempts.
:20:51. > :20:55.We see a great project going on inside of Wales but we have to be
:20:56. > :21:02.patient and see what goes ahead Right now we have a great f`cility
:21:03. > :21:03.and I have some great memorhes from the last format years and I am
:21:04. > :21:16.looking forward to making others. Conservationists launched a project
:21:17. > :21:21.today to restore precious whldflower meadows in the Norfolk countryside.
:21:22. > :21:23.It's being done by cutting green hay and using the seeds to
:21:24. > :21:28.supply farmland locations, which have seen their meadows decline
:21:29. > :21:32.Prince Charles has been involved and it's being backed by a number
:21:33. > :21:33.of local conservation groups. It's already been tried oncd, last
:21:34. > :21:42.year, and it appears to be working. Wild flowers lining the roads,
:21:43. > :21:46.unnoticed by drivers but abundant in South Norfolk.
:21:47. > :21:49.Here we have knapweed, this purple one.
:21:50. > :21:52.We have birdsfoot trefoil, the yellow one, and this ond, which
:21:53. > :21:58.has gone to seed, is sulphur clover, and that's nationally endangered.
:21:59. > :22:01.And it is seeds from this plant they need to create
:22:02. > :22:08.new wildflower meadows becatse there has been a dramatic decline.
:22:09. > :22:11.Once upon a time, most of the meadows in lowland England
:22:12. > :22:14.would be very much like this. In the last 70`odd years,
:22:15. > :22:17.we have seen massive changes in agriculture and most hay today
:22:18. > :22:26.is produced from fields of just one or two different species of grass.
:22:27. > :22:31.They are very productive and they produce fantastic hay
:22:32. > :22:34.but they do not have the mix of wild flowers you get with this.
:22:35. > :22:36.Today they are cutting down and collecting what they call green hay.
:22:37. > :22:39.All across the country, teams of conservationists are doing
:22:40. > :22:42.exactly that. It is part of the Coronation Meadows
:22:43. > :22:55.project, to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
:22:56. > :22:59.From this roadside, it takes a short journey.
:23:00. > :23:02.We have a handful of farmers who have prepared the ground
:23:03. > :23:05.and then we bring in the grden hay, and it is essential for the seed
:23:06. > :23:08.soil contact to have bare ground. Once the hay is covered,
:23:09. > :23:09.the seed settles and hopefully we will get germination.
:23:10. > :23:13.Restoring and recreating meadows will provide
:23:14. > :23:16.rare habitats which insects, small birds and mammals depdnd on.
:23:17. > :23:21.By next summer, this area of ground will hopefully
:23:22. > :23:32.be knee`high full of wild flowers, the basis of a new meadow, `nd we
:23:33. > :23:35.hope for more funding to expand this project right across Norfolk.
:23:36. > :23:39.Fans of MK Dons queued around the block this morning
:23:40. > :23:41.for tickets for the Cup gamd against Manchester United.
:23:42. > :23:43.It's being described as the biggest match in the club's history.
:23:44. > :23:46.Some fans camped out overnight as 29,000 tickets for the
:23:47. > :23:48.Capital Cup match at Stadiul MK went on sale this morning.
:23:49. > :23:50.It's 19 years since United were involved
:23:51. > :23:51.at this stage of the compethtion. The fixture was sold out
:23:52. > :24:02.by this afternoon. Big,
:24:03. > :24:04.big game and we're going to win it. Nothing to do with me but
:24:05. > :24:07.for my sons, I have been in the queue since :30
:24:08. > :24:12.for them. I've been up since 6:30.
:24:13. > :24:15.It means a lot because I both support both teams
:24:16. > :24:16.and it's for my birthday. I've been here
:24:17. > :24:18.since half past seven. Why?
:24:19. > :24:19.Buying tickets for friends. For friends!
:24:20. > :24:20.Aren't I good? Very lucky friends.
:24:21. > :24:22.They are. I hope they are watching it too
:24:23. > :24:47.I deserve a reward. You should not give up on some are
:24:48. > :24:53.just yet but we had in for ` cooler week. Temperatures remaining below
:24:54. > :24:56.normal and also showers arotnd and a chilly night West tonight probably
:24:57. > :25:03.the coldest since the start of the summer. This week whether front has
:25:04. > :25:09.brought showers across the region and we currently have some of those
:25:10. > :25:19.showers lingering, but quitd a lot of gaps and sunshine to end the day.
:25:20. > :25:24.A lot of these showers have been liked but the odd headache one and
:25:25. > :25:29.currently quite a few around Peterborough. They are clearing so
:25:30. > :25:36.you can expect them to feed overnight, so any showers whll be
:25:37. > :25:42.heading out towards the North Sea and a largely dry night but
:25:43. > :25:48.temperatures may plummet tonight. These are the sort of values we can
:25:49. > :25:59.expect tonight, but some pl`ces it in the countryside, five Celsius is
:26:00. > :26:03.possible. `` out in the countryside. Bright with sunshine through the
:26:04. > :26:09.morning and in the afternoon we will develop more cloud and that could
:26:10. > :26:15.produce more showers. They will be mostly isolated but the odd heavy
:26:16. > :26:20.downpour could be possible. Temperatures remaining cool at
:26:21. > :26:27.around 18 Celsius and a light to moderate north`westerly wind and the
:26:28. > :26:33.risk of more showers. This hs the pressure pattern for Thursd`y, with
:26:34. > :26:36.more clouds being introduced and perhaps the odd shower but xou can
:26:37. > :26:42.see high pressure building from the south`west. This promises some
:26:43. > :26:48.slightly more settled weathdr for the past part of the weekend, but it
:26:49. > :26:54.also may mean that temperattres return to normal by the start of
:26:55. > :26:58.next week. Quite a cloudy d`y expected for Thursday and the chance
:26:59. > :27:03.of sunshine and showers on Friday, but we start the weekend looking guy
:27:04. > :27:09.with sunny spells but not bdfore some chilly nights.
:27:10. > :27:17.That's all from us, have good evening. Good night.