17/04/2017 Look East (West)

Good evening. for the news where you are.

A murder inquiry is under way in Essex after a man

was shot dead and his sister stabbed multiple times.

The woman survived the incident in Wickford,

This travellers' site remains cordoned off by police

after a 45-year-old man was shot dead and his 35-year-old sister

Emergency services were called here just before ten o'clock last night.

Both victims were taken to hospital, where the man

Today at a press conference at Basildon Police Station,

one of the detectives working in the case said those behind

We believe this attack was targeted and is isolated.

I accept that there will be many residents within the area that

I would like to reassure them that there is no wider risk

Again, we believe it was a targeted, isolated attack and we have

a significant number of uniformed officers currently in the area.

Detectives are working round the clock to identify

The 35-year-old woman is in a serious but stable

Police are asking anybody with any information to contact them on 101.

Police are still searching for a gang who raided an elderly

man's home in Bletchley near Milton Keynes.

Officers have issued an e-fit of one of the men

who targeted the 82-year-old, who was alone at his home

It happened at about 8pm on the 4th of April.

The property was ransacked in the raid.

A group of residents, many of them elderly and disabled,

say they feel trapped in their block of flats in Norwich after being left

The problem occurred before Easter and they have complained

that it is taking too long to be fixed.

A long way for anyone, even further if you're 83 years old.

I think we've got a disabled girl in a wheelchair and this

sort of thing has caused so many problems.

A sign on the elevator from last Thursday apologises and said

the lift it will be fixed next week, but Marisa on the second floor says

It's not typically an inconvenience, but for a lot of us like me,

I have cerebral palsy and wear braces on both legs,

it's a large inconvenience and this is a block full of people who either

have illnesses or are elderly and for us, it has been

a life-changing, life-altering situation and is actually

Two floors up, extra paramedics were needed to help take Sandra's

We did ask the paramedics, they said, we thought

we were coming up the stairs, how are we going to get him down?

She was making a joke to my dad that even if we have to put

you in in a duvet and drag you down, we'll get you out, but she said,

maybe we would have to call the fire brigade.

Through those trees over there are the apartments

We tried to contact them today but they have been

But another day spent waiting is another day stuck

inside for residents like Marisa who only want one thing.

And make sure that they keep a set of parts on store instead of having

It's hoped the lift will be fixed much earlier

In our report earlier today, we referred to

We would like to make it clear this was incorrect and apologise

Football now and in the Championship Ipswich pulled off an impressive 3-1

win at home to Newcastle thanks to goals from Freddie Sears David

Norwich also won 3-1 away to Preston.

That result takes them up to eighth in the table.

In League One, the match between Peteborough and Wimbledon

finished goalless Northampton drew 1-1 at Shrewsbury.

MK Dons beat Southend 2-1 with Southend's goal coming

And in League Two, Cambridge remain in the play-off hunt

Luton stay in fourth after a draw at Mansfield and Colchester

were held to a draw after Morecambe won a penalty late on.

A police dog which has retired after being stabbed in the head

and chest while chasing a suspect in Stevenage has made his first

Finn wasn't allowed to leave Hertfordshire

Following his attack campaigners called for better protection

I think it will be difficult for Finn and I to get any closer.

Since October, we've been through some massive ups and downs.

I think there's going to be some pressure now, not only from Finn,

but from his fans and the family, to move nearer the beach so he can

And if you want to see more on that story you can.

Just go to the Look East Facebook page.

It was sunny today but chilly and that is the story for the coming

days. We start cold, we get a milder blast on Thursday and Friday and it

turns colder again next week but the headlines are that we've got a lot

of dry weather. Gardeners beware, chilly nights to come. We will see

frost and it will be a bit milder by Thursday. A little bit of rain

tonight. The weak front just slipping southward in the coming

hours. Behind it, some very cold air. You can see blues towards

northern parts. That suggests we got the frost but it's after the rain

clears off every see the temperatures dropping away. They've

each single figures. Be chilly start tomorrow but largely dry. Lots of

sunshine. If you're out to eastern counties, rather fresh, maybe a few

showers. 11 Celsius is the best we will see. Another frost to start

Wednesday morning and then a very nice morning, lots of sunshine. As

the day goes on, you can see a shadow just starting to pull in

again, a little bit more than the way of cloud. The wind is crucially

changed direction three winds crucially changed direction through

Wednesday into Thursday. See the impact that has on temperatures,

back to mid teens, but as I said at the beginning of this bulletin, much

colder by next weekend. That's all from me, but I'll be back

with an update tonight at 10:20pm. Until then, have

a very good evening. Hopefully you managed to enjoy some

good weather this Easter. It has not been ideal but it has not been that

bad. Pretty cold tonight. Sharp frost on the way in role areas and

across northern parts. The skies are not clear just yet but they are

starting to clear. By the end of the night, those temperatures will

tumble across Scotland, maybe as low minus eight. No surprise this time

of the year. We do get frost, but this