27/08/2014 Look East - West

again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the

It's a night football fans in Milton Keynes say they'll never forget.

A 4`nil victory over the mighty Manchester United.

For the first time Stadium MK was packed to capacity.

With millions more tuning in from around the world.

The MK Dons say it was 'a moment in history'.

but today many are saying the win goes further than just football.

it's a huge boost for the whole of Milton Keynes.

Ben Bland is at Stadium Mk for us tonight.

Just 24 hours ago even the most dedicated of MK Dons fans would not

have dared to dream about that sort of results. A 4`0 victory at home

over Manchester United, knocking out one of the most famous clubs in the

world. Our sports editor watch the games here at Stadium MK and tells

the story. Nights like this do not come around

often, the biggest club in the land making their first ever visit to

Milton Keynes. The game and the buses are not usually this popular

but this one carrying expensive luggage. It is very special. Both my

boys support MK Dons. Who will win? MK Dons! Man United will win! Ever

since the drop Manchester United was the hottest ticket in town.

Unbelievably it was the MK Dons team of children and `` of youngsters and

solid pros that one. Half`time came and went and Manchester United's

beating inspired a better dancer said. This second came in with a

cheeky test finished and then this came in at the end. Another player

to make a name for himself against the former champions. Louis van

Gaal's team were defeated and it was a road. A brilliant occasion. From

kick`off was just a great feeling. To win 4`0 is a brilliant night.

Best night of your career? I would say so. I have a lot of family who

are Manchester United supporters and this is something you dream of. I

was shocked to see the scoreline. It is ridiculous. I did not expect this

incredible feeling. I expected maybe one or 2`0 but not 4`0. How does it

feel to be easier? Fantastic, as a supporter you would not believe we

could have a stadium like this over the past ten years but this is

superb. MK Dons have always known that big games pool in big crowds

but the challenge is to fill the seats more often. For now they can

bask in the glory of a famous victory.

Milton Keynes at a time also benefited from this.

Absolutely, you mentioned the fact that the stadium was filled to

capacity, that is 27,000 people spending money on food, in drinks

and some of them perhaps staying in hotels overnight. The local tools on

board said that give a real boost to the local economy. I have spent the

day around the town of finding out if the excitement and interest and

benefit by being felt beyond the walls of the stadium. Dust one of

today's many visitors to the dons kiosk in the MK shopping centre.

Perhaps that is no surprise after such an astonishing results. I have

sold quickly few tickets to the mat on Saturday but it has been busy to

the extent that people who have perhaps not being interested in

football have, and chatted and said even if they did not go to the

stadium they watched it on TV. In the rare and raised in the result.

It has created quite a buzz in Milton Keynes. Brilliant. Made my

day. Are a football fan? Not really, but it was an excellent results. A

fantastic result for Milton Keynes, all of the people in the town and

city are so happy about it. Huge, we are all talking about it. It is all

over the local paper. Everyone is quite upbeat apart from the

Manchester United fans. A global brand like my test United coming to

town brings global attention. The benefits are felt by shops and

restaurants and hotels. In terms of value there was an estimate that the

game brought between 1.8 and ?2 million to the local economy so for

that alone even looking at the business side that is so important.

How do you follow a victory like this over one of the biggest and

most famous clubs in the world? The fans need only wait until Saturday

to find out when Crawley come to town to face the MK Dons. Of course

the club has seen a surge in online interest in social media, but there

has been plenty of attention on Milton Keynes. This is a town that

has dreams of one day becoming known as an international sporting city.

If the dons keep bidding and performances like last night it was

a feeling that could become a reality.

And the chairman of MK Dons Pete Winkelman, will be joining us live

There was another football match last night.

Northampton Town played away against Bournemouth in the Capital

One cup, however that wasn't a scene of celebration, they lost 3`nil.

Onto the rest of the days news and Police in Wisbech have been granted

extra powers to tackle a wave of anti`social behaviour, which is

It's happening in an area to the north of the town and has

escalated in the last few months, with reports of aggression and

This is the second time this summer that one of our police force's has

You have had people throwing eggs at people 's windows, you have had a

couple of people who have been assaulted, you get car is running

around this road, spelling, and things like that.

The CSO Steve is on patrol. This year the area has been claimed by

anti`social behaviour. But now a dispersal order is in place. This

effectively gives the local police additional powers. It can ask a

group to leave the area and will be told not to return for 24 hours. If

they do make can be arrested and charged. He ordered here has been in

place since last Friday. Worked? We are seeing a difference. We see a

lot more feedback from residents as well as to how the area is

developing. They can sleep better at night. Some people see the orders

simply do not work and are no deterrent. One resident showed me

this, in order that has simply been ripped into. Residents told me they

were too scared to appear on camera due to threats of violence. A local

councillor believes more should be done. It is a sticking plaster. It

will hopefully disperse them but there is nowhere for young people,

13, 14, 15, that age group. Somewhere safe for them to go in the

evening. If they are to be disbursed need a safe place for them to go and

there's nothing. We have a local boxing club that reopens in

September but other than that there is nowhere for young people to go

safely in the evenings. In other areas dispersal orders have been a

factor in reducing anti`social behaviour. The question here is,

will the order reduce the problem or move it elsewhere?

Now as the ebola virus continues to make headlines around the world.

A company in Cambridgeshire has been drafted in by Nigeria to try

3 thermal scanners, made in Waterbeach, are being

shipped out at the end of the week, designed to check passengers

The deadly Ebola virus that continues to grow West Africa.

Killing more than 1400 people since it started to spread. The desperate

attempts to try and contain it. In Cambridgeshire they have been

developing a thermal imaging camera to check skin temperature. To help

alert people when someone may have a virus. They have been getting more

than a dozen calls per day from airports, hotels and hospitals.

Particularly across West Africa. The main advantage to this technology is

identifying people in areas where last transit of pedestrians and

passengers are going through, so that the main thing is to identify

people who may have an infection in a crowd so they can take on a side

and be examined further to make sure they do not pass on their infection

to other people. The system will not tell whether people have the virus

but it is an initial check. My body is currently being monitored by the

thermal imaging camera which is set to 38 degrees. It shows the alarm

point when someone might have a temperature. This was how the camera

might react when it sees a rise in temperature. An aid worker in

Suffolk is currently being treated, William Houllier has been given an

experimental drug at a hospital in London. We have been quite concerned

about our aid workers, we have an office in Nigeria promoting help to

people affected and collating news about the ball in play. Our staff

are safe and far away from the centre of the outbreak. There is now

pulled and treatment that `` no proven treatment for Ebola, which

kills half its victims. It is hoped that new technology might help limit

the spread of the disease. The Police and Crime Commissioners

for Bedfordshire has been suspended from the Labour Party. Ollie Martin

has been suspended after admitting sharing information about the death

of a man in custody. The Crown Prosecution Service will decide if

he should face criminal charges. Those are tonight's main stories.

Stewart and Susie have the rest of but he said I know what they are

capable of and we saw that tonight. Still to come, Alex will be here

with the weather. Have you been nominated yet? As the Ice Bucket

Challenge sweeps the country, we talk to the charity reaping the

rewards. At Newmarket they've been

selectively breeding horses The whole idea is to find the very

best. But now science is offering help

from another quarter with experts in Ireland saying they've managed

to identify the gene responsible. Louise Hubball has been finding

out more, for the second of her Standing outside Newmarket's Jockey

club, one of the greats. He is the favourite. He was the small horse

with big victories including the 1933 Epsom Derby. Now, his skeleton

has been involved in a DNA experiment, a gene in racehorses was

identified which showed over which distance they would be quickest and

Cambridge university, they tested 12 dead champions for this gene and

surprisingly, all had the same stamina variant. We had a horse from

the 1760s and the most recent horse we had was 1930 and we might have

expected that there would be some difference, but they were all the

same, despite their being low statistical probability of them

having the same variant. The gene revolves around a muscle Mass

development and cannot tell how fast a horse will run, but which distance

it will be strongest over. There are three possible genetic types, a

stamina type which all of them had, one which favours middle`distance or

another which favours Brent type. This pioneering discovery was made

here in Ireland. We monitor heart rates in relation to speed on a

treadmill. She has built up a company in Dublin which tests

racehorses for the gene. With clients in 15 different countries,

including Newmarket, she is focusing on enhancing an elite performance

test to identify the fastest horses. We are always trying to improve,

using the most recent genetic technologies available and the best

physiological information available and the best exercise information.

Does this take away the skill and the competition? Absolutely not.

Anyone who understands pedigrees or users pedigrees is trying to best

guess genes that come from ancestors. On this yard, horses here

have been tested and it influences decisions on how they are trained.

That trainer is this man, one of the most experienced names in racing,

responsible for a number of winners. On his immaculate yard, two

hours outside Dublin, he trains and breeds 100 horses and as a

co`founder of the speed gene company, he says knowing if a horse

has the variance, it is invaluable. It is a wealth of information to

have, as soon as they are born, we find out where they fit in from

point of view. People will say, I know what type they are by looking

at them, but that is not true. Does that don't `` have an economic

benefit? Yes. We have our types and we leave them in the paddocks and

only take the men when the weather dictates. It is cheaper to have a

horse out on the grass than have someone caring for it in doors and

the animal itself is better off being left until that time. It is a

growing area, publicly funded research in Ireland is examining the

role of genetics in the performance of horses. In terms of using

genetics to select horses best suited for their intended purpose,

it will help to reduce the risk of injury. Ultimately, racing can never

be an exact science, either here in be an exact science, either here in

Ireland or Newmarket. As well as investment, the brilliance of the

trainer, the judgement of the jockey and the dedication of those on the

yard, the horse has to perform on the day.

And tomorrow Louise will be looking at the doping scandal last year

and whether Newmarket's reputation has recovered.

It's the latest internet craze and it's for a good cause.

Within a few weeks, the "Ice Bucket Challenge"

has raised 2 million pounds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The charity, which is based in Northamptonshire,

So, how has the internet changed the way we give to good causes..

And are smaller local charities losing out?

Tonight's special report is from Alex Dunlop.

But neuron disease attacks the nervous system and it is often

fatal, incurable and this man has had it for 13 years `` motor neurone

disease. His younger brother has had `` has the disease and it has

claimed the lives of other members of the family. I was thinking, why

our family. What have we done wrong in a previous life? I just do not

know why we have all got it. Chris may find hope in this story from

Stephen Hawking who has defied the disease from more than four

decades, but scientists at this association are trying to find a

cure. Now, recipe of ice, water and our need to suffer for a good cause

has given it a global reach `` a recipe. Take the Ice Bucket

Challenge, donate to the charity and nominate others to do the same. We

have been delighted and amaze. It means that for people with the

disease, there is a public awareness of what the disease is. Because it

is so rare, not many people have heard of it. Shaking the tender for

charity is no longer enough, bathing in baked beans is last century and

now the internet is taking over. Social media sites have changed the

dynamic, which is why the charity is now ?2 million richer. Does that

mean that smaller local charities like this one for injured horses or

this one for people who have suffered road collisions are

sidelined? Fundraising online has been a huge opportunity for all

charities, but especially smaller ones with low budgets. You can set

up a Facebook page or a Twitter account and you do not have to pay

to register it. Chris's wife likes to to put her money where her mouth

is and stepped up to the plate, all for a good cause and for the love of

her husband. Andy Brady is an expert

on charities and social enterprise I asked him

whether he'd been surprised by the enormous, global, success

of the ice bucket challenge... It is not a complete surprise, we

have seen the success of similar viral campaigns earlier this year,

there was no make up selfie challenge which took Facebook by

storm and raised ?8 million in six days for Cancer Research Uk. The

nature of the Ice Bucket Challenge is what has surprised people. In the

long run, is that the best way for a charity to raise money or do they

prefer to have the regular subscriptions, direct debits of the

money keeps on coming? I would argue, probably that the best thing

for charities to do is to look across the piece, although a lot of

money is raised through these campaigns, they are unpredictable

and you cannot imagine when the next one will come along. Last, ?15

billion went to UK charities from individual and corporate donations.

This is only a small percentage of that. ?2 billion last year came in

the form of legacies, for example. Charities need to mix the old and

new methods. Are there any risks to this, that people might tire of it?

They might not actually take on board what the charity is doing.

There is definitely a case that donor fatigue might set in, but the

beauty of this kind of campaign, is that they harness all the creativity

and energy of the general public, so who knows where the next exciting

idea will come from? The BBC knows from its own charity campaigns that

people like doing crazy things, do you think that people give more when

they are doing something silly? Potentially, there is all is a risk

that they do not give anything, they forget to donate, there have been

examples were people have got a number wrong in the text to donate

and they begin to adopt a polar bear rather than donate to a cancer

charity. There are pitfalls. The beauty is that you are getting

people involved who would otherwise not get involved in raising money

for charity and back can only be a good thing. Thank you. `` that can

only be. A reminder now of the big

football news from last night. MK Dons, of League One,

beat Manchester United 4`0. Not only was it the biggest win

in the Dons' history. It was also their biggest crowd,

a whisker under 27,000. And there's only one person to

talk to after a night like that. He joins us live now.

Congratulations, what was it like for you? I want you to say that

score again, to be honest! I thought the draw was unbelievable. Almost a

dream come true. To get a result like that, obviously, we had to

catch Manchester United at the right time and all our players had to

perform well. The fans were amazing, I thought so many of them would be

here perhaps because of Manchester United and not to support MK Dons,

but when the third and fourth goals went in, the raw in this stadium is

something I will always remember. I suppose you were not making any

noise and you thought 1`0 was a good start, when did you dare to dream?

We wanted a goal, just one goal. Just so that we could get that

positive reaction from the crowd. You thought the first goal, it is

Manchester United, it was not until the fourth goal that you thought,

goodness, we are going to win! It is still unbelievable. It is one of

those moments. Football clubs need moments like this, we are a new

club, we have a short history, but history was made last night. An

amazing night, an amazing moment, but what does it mean for the club

off future? `` Michael club's future. It gives us a glimpse into

needs a professional sports team needs a professional sports team

doing really well and that burden has been something which has been

harder to achieve than I hoped. Last night gives us a glimpse at the

future, it gives us that hope, it sparks out that ambition you have to

have, because there was nothing as great as looking at that scoreboard

and seeing that score and realising that we were beating Manchester

United. I know it is difficult, but can you win the Cup now? I think we

have won the Cup in terms of what has already happened! I do not mind.

I did not worry about the scorer last night because you go into these

games, you're not expecting to win, but we got our timing right ``

scorer. Everyone played their part. The support was fantastic `` score.

Thank you for coming in. Let us get the weather.

A few changes on the way, this weather system is coming in from the

West and will turn things cloudier in the West and over the next few

hours, that cloud will increase across the East. Developing more

through the next few hours and eventually it will bring a patchy

rain, but look where the rain is, it is down over the West Country, quite

a long way away. If you are out this evening, it should be dry. As we did

into the later part of the night, this rain will start to move into

the East. It will be light and patchy, perhaps the odd heavy burst,

but many of us will not get it until the early hours of tomorrow. A lot

of cloud around, a mild night. Winds will come from a southeasterly

direction. Tomorrow looks like a pretty good day, but it will be a

cloudy start in the east and we will be expecting warm sunshine.

Temperatures could get higher tomorrow. A bit of rain for places

like the Norfolk coast and that is work cloud might linger. Some really

good breaks in the cloud, a lorry in some warm sunshine. `` at allowing.

Some slightly warmer air will come in and there might be an isolated

shower for the afternoon. It looks like it will stay dry through the

day. This is the pressure pattern likes, we have low pressure and for

Friday, high pressure building, this is what we want. The jet stream will

start steering those weather systems to the north and this is good news,

this could mean some fine and settled conditions for the second

half of the weekend and into next week. Before we get there, it

showers later on Friday into Friday night, a few showers for Saturday

and some sunshine, settled from Sunday onwards and into next week,

it could get warm again. Do not give up on summer just yet. That is it

from us, see you tomorrow. Goodbye. You asked for it. You got it.

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