:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. at Westminster.
:00:00. > :00:00.After that Commons vote on military action in Iraq,
:00:07. > :00:16.we seek the views of British Muslims on the streets of Luton.
:00:17. > :00:27.Militantly action is needed because of the urgent threat to British
:00:28. > :00:28.security. We do not want to get involved because that will bring
:00:29. > :00:31.more violence to this country. We report on the race to spruce up
:00:32. > :00:34.our war memorials in this cdntenary In tonight's special report,
:00:35. > :00:38.it's back to college and it's back to the same old problems
:00:39. > :00:41.for students with disabilithes. And Hope on the Horizon `
:00:42. > :00:43.an award winning garden deshgn There's been a mixed response
:00:44. > :00:58.from the region's British mtslims to the Commons vote backing air strikes
:00:59. > :01:01.on ISIS forces in Iraq. RAF Tornados based in Norfolk
:01:02. > :01:05.could be in action within hours Some Muslims have told Look East
:01:06. > :01:29.they fear a backlash on the streets In Westminster parliament w`s
:01:30. > :01:35.debating button's next move. The Prime Minister says joining action
:01:36. > :01:39.against IS is in the best interests of the country. In return where
:01:40. > :01:43.Muslims make up 20% of the population not everyone agrdes. It
:01:44. > :01:58.is not helping. It is bringhng more anger. They should be concentrating
:01:59. > :02:04.on our own security in this country. This local businessmen disagrees. He
:02:05. > :02:09.thinks Britain should intervene If it is threatening innocent people 's
:02:10. > :02:18.lives then militantly action is necessary. If there is anything that
:02:19. > :02:21.button can do they should do it Today's debate has had little to do
:02:22. > :02:37.with religion and everything to do with politics. This MP is against
:02:38. > :02:45.intervention. 57% are against the action. They deserve a voicd in
:02:46. > :02:52.Parliament. Other MPs found at a much tougher decision. I have been
:02:53. > :02:58.knocking on doors. I asked people what their opinion is. Most people
:02:59. > :03:05.think it is a tough call but mostly but think we should take action
:03:06. > :03:13.Back in Luton views remain divided. Militantly action is needed because
:03:14. > :03:17.there is an urgent threat to British security and the security of the
:03:18. > :03:24.region. That needs to be de`lt with immediately. There are alre`dy 0
:03:25. > :03:29.countries involved in this dra attack. Britain should not get
:03:30. > :03:34.involved because that would bring more violence into this country
:03:35. > :03:39.British air strikes against IS in Iraq could begin within days. The
:03:40. > :03:44.Prime Minister has warned ddfeating the terrorists could take ydars
:03:45. > :03:47.While many in Luton supports the UK's involvement for now, m`ny are
:03:48. > :03:51.also concerned about where this might lead.
:03:52. > :03:54.Well joining me now from our Luton newsroom, is Dr Sahib Bleher,
:03:55. > :03:55.the founder of the Islamic Party of Britain,
:03:56. > :04:11.What is your reaction to thd news of air strikes? It has been an
:04:12. > :04:16.overwhelming vote in favour. It is disappointing. It does not reflect
:04:17. > :04:22.the mood in the country necdssarily. We created this situation bx air
:04:23. > :04:27.strikes, I arming local rebdls. We treat as destabilisation in the
:04:28. > :04:31.Middle East. We created IS. Now we want to deal with the probldm with a
:04:32. > :04:36.solution that has already bden found bankrupt. It will be the sale thing
:04:37. > :04:42.again and it will get more dntangled and it will be more difficult to
:04:43. > :04:53.solve the problem. This is going to be something even bigger. Wd might
:04:54. > :04:58.be dragged into a war and Sxria We should not have got involved. But we
:04:59. > :05:03.have heard that there are some Muslims who think this is a good
:05:04. > :05:11.idea. They do not want to bd tied with the brush of Islamic State
:05:12. > :05:14.Nobody wants that. This is ` self`declared Islamic State. There
:05:15. > :05:19.is nothing Islamic about it. They kill people in the most an
:05:20. > :05:25.acceptable way for no justifiable reason. The victims of them are
:05:26. > :05:30.predominantly Muslims. Unfortunately because they have appropriated that
:05:31. > :05:38.label other Muslims are associated with that. But this does not mean
:05:39. > :05:45.you must support warmongering on the other side. Are you worried that
:05:46. > :05:55.there will be a local reacthon to this, a backlash against Muslims in
:05:56. > :05:58.Luton and Milton Keynes? Yes I am because the more irresponsible
:05:59. > :06:06.elements of the media played towards that. Anybody who opposes w`r and
:06:07. > :06:12.argues for peace is going to be labelled a potential terrorhst. And
:06:13. > :06:24.then people take it out on others in the streets, on Muslims and Hindus.
:06:25. > :06:32.It is dividing British socidty. You have had experience of backlash
:06:33. > :06:39.yourself. Tell us about that. We have had an unhelpful policx in the
:06:40. > :06:44.past and it is still being run through successive governments. It
:06:45. > :06:51.is cold the Respect policy. People are encouraged to spy on each other.
:06:52. > :06:56.People get asked the articld opinions rather than whether they
:06:57. > :07:02.are carrying contraband. It is information gathering that hs going
:07:03. > :07:07.on. I have experienced that myself. People who work for charitids are
:07:08. > :07:12.kind of accused of collecting funds knots to help people in Irap or
:07:13. > :07:15.Syria, but actually to fund terrorism. That is unhelpful and it
:07:16. > :07:21.creates a climate of fear and suspicion. This is neither the way
:07:22. > :07:25.forward in Britain nor is it the way forward abroad. Thank you for
:07:26. > :07:30.joining us. It's been estimated that ond
:07:31. > :07:33.in ten of the region's war lemorials There's been a rise in applhcations
:07:34. > :07:37.for grant money to cover thd cost Towns and villages are keen to have
:07:38. > :07:41.them looking their best for Remembrance Sunday in the cdntentary
:07:42. > :07:50.year of the First World War. It was the war to end all w`rs. All
:07:51. > :07:54.previous conflicts eclipsed by the scale of destruction. More than
:07:55. > :07:58.700,000 British servicemen were killed. 100 years on from the
:07:59. > :08:04.beginning of the First World War how we remember the fallen is more
:08:05. > :08:07.poignant than ever. But somd war memorials like this one in
:08:08. > :08:11.Cambridgeshire are in need of sprucing up. This memorial hs Grade
:08:12. > :08:16.II listed and will be renov`ted with money from Cambridge Chty
:08:17. > :08:22.Council. And a few miles aw`y in Cherry Hinton 44 of
:08:23. > :08:24.these cherry trees were planted by women from the WI in the 1940s. One
:08:25. > :08:29.to commemorate every man from the
:08:30. > :08:33.village who lost his life dtring the First World War. Cherry Hinton's war
:08:34. > :08:36.memorial is currently being revamped after
:08:37. > :08:42.receiving more than ?13,000 from the city council and developers.
:08:43. > :08:46.We have been asking for something to be done
:08:47. > :08:51.is here for probably six or seven years. There was a memorial here but
:08:52. > :09:01.it was so low to the ground a lot of people didn't realise we had one.
:09:02. > :09:04.But now it is going to be going up by five or six feet, you will see
:09:05. > :09:07.it, it will be a place to put poppies and
:09:08. > :09:10.crosses and an area to stand on on the 11th of
:09:11. > :09:11.the 11th where they can havd a service around the memorial.
:09:12. > :09:15.22 men from Cherry Hinton lost thehr lives
:09:16. > :09:16.in the Second World War and this 81`year`old veteran says thhs work
:09:17. > :09:20.is vital. They gave their all for us
:09:21. > :09:25.so why should they be forgotten I just can't give words to express how
:09:26. > :09:32.I feel about it because thex gave so much. So they must be remembered.
:09:33. > :09:36.Nationally there are more than 100,000 monuments. The War Lemorials
:09:37. > :09:39.Trust say there's been a surge in funding applications to comlemorate
:09:40. > :09:46.those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
:09:47. > :09:48.Hinchingbrooke hospital has been heavily criticised by the
:09:49. > :09:56.In a letter leaked to the BBC inspectors reported medicind
:09:57. > :10:00.cabinets left open to patients, poor hand`washing by staff
:10:01. > :10:02.and high numbers of agency workers impacting on patient care.
:10:03. > :10:04.The hospital says safety is a priority
:10:05. > :10:11.A thousand jobs could be crdated at a new business park in Bedfordshire.
:10:12. > :10:15.The site at Millbrook is currently a test track for cars,
:10:16. > :10:26.Plans have been approved for a ?35 million technologx park.
:10:27. > :10:28.A book lover from Wellingborough has fulfilled his lifelong dreal
:10:29. > :10:34.of becoming a best selling `uthor at the age of 69.
:10:35. > :10:38.Alan Davey's novel Autumn on Angel Street has sold 3,000 copies
:10:39. > :10:41.and climbed to No 1 in the charts for the Internet site Kindld.
:10:42. > :10:43.Its sequel has now entered the book charts too.
:10:44. > :10:57.Alan Davie, a man who has loved words all his life. That he left
:10:58. > :11:02.school with few qualifications, got a job in a bank, became a lhfe
:11:03. > :11:08.coach, and then gave it all up to write. I devote a lot of tile to
:11:09. > :11:20.doing this when I could havd been doing other things. It validates the
:11:21. > :11:26.decision that all I ever wanted to do was write. This is the h`rdback
:11:27. > :11:34.of the novel he first wrote 20 years ago. Now rereleased it has climbed
:11:35. > :11:42.to number one. There is your book, a number one
:11:43. > :11:45.bestseller. It is justification It is justification for everything I
:11:46. > :11:58.have done in the past, all the time and effort devoted to it. There is
:11:59. > :12:02.the sequel. That is currently 4 . This is the typewriter his dad gave
:12:03. > :12:07.him as a boy. His novels first draft was written on it. A Victorhan love
:12:08. > :12:13.story. Two families from different sides of the tracks. It was early
:12:14. > :12:20.before dawn, but the rain would still have kept the Valley dark Not
:12:21. > :12:29.that she needed weight to know what the Valley of the plate.
:12:30. > :12:41.You become your own publishdr and your own agent. Write the book,
:12:42. > :12:43.published, and sit back and see what happens.
:12:44. > :12:50.His gene of becoming a succdssful writer has happened. His go`l is now
:12:51. > :12:56.two novels a year. `` his albition of becoming a successful wrhter has
:12:57. > :12:58.happened. They say we all have a beginners.
:12:59. > :12:59.Well done. Later Alex has the weather
:13:00. > :13:05.for the weekend. the sport with Tom and a very
:13:06. > :13:13.special garden for our war heroes. The police will be
:13:14. > :13:16.in the area this evening, shx months since Mr Attfield's body was
:13:17. > :13:19.discovered in Lower Castle Park Still to come tonight ` Alex will be
:13:20. > :13:22.looking ahead to a warm weekend Plus, as the Ryder Cup team get
:13:23. > :13:25.going at Gleneagles, We talk to the young golfers
:13:26. > :13:28.from Essex who hope to be following It is Freshers Week,
:13:29. > :13:32.with thousands of new students settling into a new life
:13:33. > :13:34.at university across the region But if you're
:13:35. > :13:36.a student with disabilities, The number of disabled
:13:37. > :13:40.undergraduates has increased in recent years, but campaigners
:13:41. > :13:54.say much more needs to be done. Thousands and thousands of teenagers
:13:55. > :13:58.across the UK have just left home for the very first time. Ovdr the
:13:59. > :14:03.next three years at least, they will live and work in a new placd, filled
:14:04. > :14:09.with strangers, often far away from their family and friends. K`te is
:14:10. > :14:12.one of them. She is from Warrington, and has just st`rted at
:14:13. > :14:18.the University of East Anglha in Norwich, 235 miles away. Kate has
:14:19. > :14:22.muscular dystrophy, and reqtires 24`hour care. She was deterlined to
:14:23. > :14:29.go to university, but admits she had her doubts. We never really said it
:14:30. > :14:35.out loud, but we both sort of, it was a bit like, are we going to get
:14:36. > :14:41.there? And if I get there, will I be able to hack it, or will I just come
:14:42. > :14:46.home? I going to spend the rest of my life living at home with my
:14:47. > :14:49.parents? Which I do not want. This is an induction run by the
:14:50. > :14:53.University for students with disabilities, or who requird extra
:14:54. > :14:59.help. One of the reasons Kate chose East Anglia was because of the
:15:00. > :15:03.support it offers. We want students with disabilities, whatever their
:15:04. > :15:07.disability, to be able to access the full range of what the univdrsity
:15:08. > :15:12.has to offer, the learning `nd teaching, the social experidnce and
:15:13. > :15:17.the opportunity to get involved in volunteering and all sorts of clubs
:15:18. > :15:19.and societies. But many young people believe there are still too many
:15:20. > :15:28.barriers preventing them from going to university. The figures have
:15:29. > :15:33.improved ` up from 5.4% of the student population to 8.6%. But less
:15:34. > :15:41.than 15% of disabled people have a degree.
:15:42. > :15:48.The next three years will bd long and hard for Kate. Just getting here
:15:49. > :15:49.was tough enough. But she is determined to succeed, no m`tter
:15:50. > :15:53.what. Sport now, and it is
:15:54. > :15:56.an important weekend for golf fans, Plenty of football, too,
:15:57. > :16:01.with the battle at the top of Yes, potentially very excithng for
:16:02. > :16:07.followers of Ipswich and Norwich. Ipswich today have signed former
:16:08. > :16:10.West Ham midfielder Jack Collison on short`term deal
:16:11. > :16:14.after a successful trial. Town have enjoyed
:16:15. > :16:17.a stunning September. Tomorrow, they're
:16:18. > :16:23.at home to Rotherham and looking at the table, a chance to move into the
:16:24. > :16:36.top six with a fourth straight win. It gives an optimism around the
:16:37. > :16:42.town, and at the ground tomorrow. That has to be to put slightly,
:16:43. > :16:46.because Rotherham are no mugs, and it will be a tough game, as are all
:16:47. > :16:48.games in the Championship. But it helps the spirit, and it helps
:16:49. > :16:49.individually how you feel about yourself, and collectively `s a
:16:50. > :16:52.team. The season so far couldn't have
:16:53. > :16:55.gone much better for Norwich. Free`scoring, just the one league
:16:56. > :16:57.defeat, second in the table. But a draw with Birmingham `nd a
:16:58. > :17:01.surprise exit in the Capital One Cup Saying that,
:17:02. > :17:12.victory at struggling Blackpool We do not have to go all guns
:17:13. > :17:18.blazing, we have just got to win the game. It would be ironic and nice at
:17:19. > :17:21.times if we could just win ` Game 1`0 and it is an awful game. We have
:17:22. > :17:22.not had too many of those this season.
:17:23. > :17:26.Now for all golfers out there, have a look at this.
:17:27. > :17:31.Ian Poulter from Milton Keynes missing a tiddler
:17:32. > :17:36.A heavy defeat meant he was dropped from this afternoon's foursomes
:17:37. > :17:40.And from some of the world's best to the best juniors in the country
:17:41. > :17:42.The Essex under`18s will have their own Ryder Cup hopes one day.
:17:43. > :17:52.They've just been crowned national champions.
:17:53. > :17:58.These guys at this level all have a natural ability, and our job has
:17:59. > :18:04.been to home that ability. They all have the ability to go further. They
:18:05. > :18:06.are good golfers individually, but put them together and they have
:18:07. > :18:17.proved to be the best in thd country. The Essex U18s boys team
:18:18. > :18:23.have been on quite a journex. We won the singles in the afternoon, we
:18:24. > :18:31.never lost a game. Ryder Cup format? Similar, yes. Georgd is one
:18:32. > :18:36.of seven golfers with a new, silver companion. They spent hours striking
:18:37. > :18:41.balls at this course near M`ldon. But there was time today for a quick
:18:42. > :18:44.look at the mother of all m`tchplay competitions, the Ryder Cup, a
:18:45. > :18:49.tournament any aspiring golfer would love to be part of. Some of them
:18:50. > :18:56.will perhaps become professhonals. Some will become touring pros. Some
:18:57. > :18:59.will become citydwellers and play golf as a past time. But I would
:19:00. > :19:04.like to think we give them the opportunity to fulfil their dream.
:19:05. > :19:10.It is too early to say wherd golf will take these Essex boys, but in
:19:11. > :19:15.the short term, a new piece of kit should help them on their w`y. Radar
:19:16. > :19:23.tracks the ball, `information about speed, distance and accuracx. What
:19:24. > :19:27.is next for you? This is my last year of juniors, so next ye`r I will
:19:28. > :19:35.be going to play the amateur events. Then hopefully I will go to America
:19:36. > :19:40.to play golf, with a scholarship. This victorious Essex boys team will
:19:41. > :19:43.be broken up, as they each love on. The county coaches players from 12
:19:44. > :19:54.years old, so there is more talent being developed.
:19:55. > :19:57.Two of English rugby's biggdst beasts go head to head tomorrow
:19:58. > :20:02.Champions Northampton host darly leaders Bath ` the form teal so far.
:20:03. > :20:11.It is a game the Saints can't wait for, in front of a capacity crowd.
:20:12. > :20:17.People are coming here to bdat us, and we know that, and we like that,
:20:18. > :20:22.we want that. We want to make sure that every game we go into, we want
:20:23. > :20:25.to win. We do not want to bd a trick pony, we want to get to the
:20:26. > :20:31.finals again and again. We have got a settled squad. Pre`season was
:20:32. > :20:33.good, and we have shown that in our first three games.
:20:34. > :20:36.Finally cricket, and Northamptonshire's dismal sdason
:20:37. > :20:40.After last year's promotion, they are relegated without winning
:20:41. > :20:44.Better news for Essex today, after their promotion quest came up
:20:45. > :20:49.just short ` Ravi Bopara has signed a new contract.
:20:50. > :20:52.On a brighter note, cracking weekend ahead.
:20:53. > :20:57.Previews to all the fixtures are on the website.
:20:58. > :20:59.A garden dedicated to injurdd veterans has been officiallx
:21:00. > :21:04.It is called Hope on the Horizon, and it won a prize at the
:21:05. > :21:07.Chelsea Flower Show ` including a People's Choice Award
:21:08. > :21:19.After the show, the garden had to be taken apart and put back together in
:21:20. > :21:22.its permanent home. Moving `n award`winning garden from Chelsea to
:21:23. > :21:26.Colchester has had its challenges. Simple things like trying to move
:21:27. > :21:32.A40ft treat! It is not very straightforward! Just making sure
:21:33. > :21:38.that everything is dealt with very delicately. For many injured in war,
:21:39. > :21:42.the road to recovery is long. We Hope on the Horizon garden hs
:21:43. > :21:45.designed to represent that journey, a journey more than 600 vetdrans
:21:46. > :21:51.have made here at the Help for Heroes recovery centre. It hs about
:21:52. > :21:55.convincing people they are safe it is an environment we have tried to
:21:56. > :22:00.engender from the start, th`t when people arrive here, they fedl safe.
:22:01. > :22:05.If they feel safe, they can forget about their concerns and st`rt
:22:06. > :22:07.thinking about the future. Lark was diagnosed with post`traumathc stress
:22:08. > :22:13.disorder a decade ago. Last year he left the services and spent four
:22:14. > :22:18.months receiving treatment here You can hear the water, you can see what
:22:19. > :22:23.the garden represents, but lore importantly, you are surrounded by
:22:24. > :22:27.recovery. Yes, it is a warm blanket around you, but you have thd ability
:22:28. > :22:35.to let that blanket go and be able to treat yourself. The hard
:22:36. > :22:37.landscaping material I have used is's, to represent the physhcal
:22:38. > :22:42.well`being of the soldiers. As you move through the space, it becomes
:22:43. > :22:47.more and more refined, like the soldiers do in recovery. Out the
:22:48. > :22:50.back, it is essentially finhshing recovery and using the spacd to go
:22:51. > :23:02.on into their futures. The garden took 12 weeks to replant following
:23:03. > :23:07.Chelsea. Now the garden has been officially opened, the healhng can
:23:08. > :23:08.start ` a safe place for those to reflect, with a symbolic horizon
:23:09. > :23:12.giving hope to the future. Back now to our lead story `
:23:13. > :23:15.the decision by the House of Commons to approve plans for air strikes
:23:16. > :23:18.in Iraq against Islamic State. Our political correspondent
:23:19. > :23:36.Andrew Sinclair was in the Commons How did our MPs vote? As expected,
:23:37. > :23:41.most of them voted for air strikes, but four voted against, the Essex MP
:23:42. > :23:47.John Baron, Richard Bacon, the Cambridge MP Julian hump it and the
:23:48. > :23:51.MP for Luton, Kelvin Hopkins. But the vote masked some real concerns
:23:52. > :23:55.held by a number of our MPs about what exactly we are getting into
:23:56. > :23:58.here. Peter bone, for Wellingborough, said today that he
:23:59. > :24:03.questioned whether air strikes would really be enough. He feels ht is
:24:04. > :24:08.only a matter of time beford we get involved in Syria as well. James
:24:09. > :24:12.Pace, the Cambridgeshire MP, said he was worried about the lukew`rm
:24:13. > :24:16.support of neighbouring Arab states. There is a sober feeling here that
:24:17. > :24:20.we could be at the start of something very big, which whll go on
:24:21. > :24:24.for a very long time. What struck me was how many of our MPs havd felt
:24:25. > :24:29.the enormity of the decision they are taking. Many have consulted with
:24:30. > :24:34.constituents, many have felt and thought long and hard about how they
:24:35. > :24:38.will vote. This is an incredibly difficult decision, just like last
:24:39. > :24:43.year, when we were asked to vote on Syria. The question is, are we going
:24:44. > :24:48.to save lives or put more lhves at risk? I am new into Parliamdnt, I
:24:49. > :24:53.look back at the lessons of things like Iraq, and it is clear that
:24:54. > :24:57.these things are complex, there can be no more grave decision for an MP
:24:58. > :25:06.and to send our Armed Forces into fight. This leaves the way open for
:25:07. > :25:10.jets from RAF Marham to go hn? Yes, and it could happen as soon as
:25:11. > :25:14.tonight. The Prime Minister paid tribute to what he called otr
:25:15. > :25:18.inspirational Armed Forces, who will be putting themselves in harm's way.
:25:19. > :25:23.He was talking about the personnel of RAF Marham. So, they havd decided
:25:24. > :25:28.we are going in, and we now await to see what happens.
:25:29. > :25:34.Let's have a look at the we`ther. It is going to be a pretty good weekend
:25:35. > :25:37.of weather, feeling quite w`rm, but there will be quite a bit of cloud
:25:38. > :25:45.around at times. Today was ` case in point. Some of us had beauthful
:25:46. > :25:53.sunshine, others had quite ` lot of cloud. This front has not qtite
:25:54. > :25:57.cleared through yet. It is where we get these breaks that we cotld get
:25:58. > :26:03.some mist and fog patches overnight tonight. They are likely to be quite
:26:04. > :26:07.patchy. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, the frog could be
:26:08. > :26:12.quite dense in places. Therd is a real variation in temperatures
:26:13. > :27:47.expected overnight tonight, depending on the cloud.