0:00:00 > 0:00:02That's all from the BBC News at Six.
0:00:02 > 0:00:04Hello and welcome to Look East.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07In the programme tonight:
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Not qualified enough to deal with complex crime -
0:00:09 > 0:00:11the police forces cutting community support officers.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14I need warranted police officers doing things that PCSOs aren't
0:00:14 > 0:00:17legally entitled to do.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Bitter disappointment in the Budget.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23Councils campaigning for fairer funding ask why they were ignored.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I'm in the control room at Bury St Edmunds, as security
0:00:25 > 0:00:31is stepped up for the region's biggest Christmas fair.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33And a total transformation - how life has changed
0:00:33 > 0:00:39for Simon Dobbin thanks to his DIY SOS.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51First tonight, the shift in policing which could spell the end
0:00:51 > 0:00:53for community support officers.
0:00:53 > 0:00:5615 years ago, PCSOs were hailed as the way to put more
0:00:56 > 0:00:59bobbies on the beat.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01But they were controversial.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Lacking the powers of arrest or interrogation,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08critics called them "plastic police" - a cheap alternative.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Now, the force in Cambridgeshire says with a rise in complex crime,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15what they actually need is 50 more fully trained police officers -
0:01:17 > 0:01:19but it means losing 46 PCSOs.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Emma Baugh has the story.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25PCSOs were originally brought into have more visible policing,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29with officers on regular patrols.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32But now all that is changing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34With pressures on budgets, in Cambridgeshire, they say
0:01:34 > 0:01:38the money is better spent on regular officers.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We are really focusing on recruiting police officers next year.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43We have the highest number we've recruited into the force for many
0:01:43 > 0:01:46years, that's really good news.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48And PCSOs, we will obviously need to revisit that at some
0:01:48 > 0:01:49stage in the future.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52But at the moment, our focus is on recruiting
0:01:52 > 0:01:53warranted police officers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So was it a mistake to have so many in the first place?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59It was absolutely right thing to do to bring them in then.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Crime changes and people and societal issues change.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04We need, I need, warranted police officers in some parts of the county
0:02:04 > 0:02:07now to do things that PCSOs aren't legally entitled to do.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Community support officers like these aren't much cheaper
0:02:09 > 0:02:14to employ them regular police constables, but unlike them,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18they can't make arrests, investigate crimes respond
0:02:18 > 0:02:25to incidents in the same way.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27But in Huntingdon today, some are not convinced
0:02:27 > 0:02:29that the plans are good idea.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I think it's really sad because they're always helpful.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34My brother has been lost a few times in town and they helped
0:02:34 > 0:02:35bring him back to us.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I think it's a good idea, because obviously, the PCSOs
0:02:37 > 0:02:39can't enforce anything, whereas police can.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Solving the crimes is what I'm looking for,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44rather than a visible presence.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48The Police and Crime Commissioner says they have to prioritise.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53If we had more funding, we can tackle criminality.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55It's the low-level stuff, sometimes, that people feel
0:02:55 > 0:02:57really passionately about, the things that affect them
0:02:57 > 0:03:00that are becoming less of a priority for policing.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04And I think, again, you will see less of that,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07perhaps, in the future, because of the funding constraints.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09From April next year, you will see fewer of these PCSOs
0:03:09 > 0:03:12patrolling town centres, but more officers
0:03:12 > 0:03:20investigating serious crimes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Cambridgeshire isn't alone in starting to reverse
0:03:23 > 0:03:24this trend for PSCOs.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Over the border in Norfolk, the plan is to scrap all of them.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28So what's the picture elsewhere?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Sam Read's in Kettering tonight.
0:03:30 > 0:03:38You've been looking at the numbers - is this a trend?
0:03:38 > 0:03:44It is, Jenin, right across the region. The peak PCSO numbers were
0:03:44 > 0:03:47around the turn of the decade after they had been introduced by the
0:03:47 > 0:03:50former Labour Government. But since then, we have seen a fall, in
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Northamptonshire, numbers have fallen wire on half since 2009,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58though the force says the 87 that remain are important. In
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Bedfordshire, the number has fallen by around half over five years. In
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Thames Valley, that cover is not thinking, before hasn't been as big
0:04:06 > 0:04:10and they say to show how important the role is, they have been
0:04:10 > 0:04:15recruiting. But ask MPs, this comes at a time when Chief Constable say
0:04:15 > 0:04:19they gave more money and there was nothing for them in the budget
0:04:19 > 0:04:22yesterday. They are trying to balance solving complex crimes like
0:04:22 > 0:04:28child sexualised location that is hidden away in offices with a public
0:04:28 > 0:04:32demand to see offices on the streets that PCSOs were meant to deal with.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36That balance is difficult when the future funding still is not totally
0:04:36 > 0:04:41clear. We should learn more from the Government next month on a longer
0:04:41 > 0:04:45term funding formula and then it is hoped you constables will be able to
0:04:45 > 0:04:50plan better for the future.Thank you very much.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Next tonight, the councils criticising the Chancellor for
0:04:52 > 0:04:53ignoring them in yesterday's Budget.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Leaders in Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Cambridgeshire had
0:04:55 > 0:04:56been campaigning hard for fairer funding,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59to take into account the huge surges they've seen in population
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and demand on services.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05They were hoping that the budget would bring them good news.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07But it brought them no news at all.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09In a moment we'll hear from the Government minister
0:05:09 > 0:05:11responsible, but first, here's our political
0:05:11 > 0:05:12reporter Tom Barton.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Do you need to take your inhaler?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Yes.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Margaret and Ted Walton are both 87 years old.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Ted has lung disease and recently spent time in hospital with sepsis.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Most couples in their position would get daily help at home.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32But Margaret provides almost all of Ted's care herself.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36She is able to do so because after he was released from hospital,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Cambridgeshire County Council provided support designed
0:05:38 > 0:05:42to help her look after him.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45It's confidence, I suppose, to know that you can do it.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Because it's a very worrying thing, really, at first,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53when you think about...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56the responsibility you have.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Very important.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59COUGHS.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Because I have got utter faith in Margaret, which you can't
0:06:01 > 0:06:03have with a stranger.
0:06:03 > 0:06:10If you know what I mean.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13It's a service that can be good for older people but is also
0:06:13 > 0:06:15good for the council.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Instead of having a care package and that care
0:06:17 > 0:06:19package being maintained, we take an enabling approach.
0:06:19 > 0:06:26So, as Margaret explained, we listen to individual people,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29we work with them and actually manage to reduce the amount
0:06:29 > 0:06:32of care that they receive.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Cambridgeshire County Council says it wants to provide more
0:06:35 > 0:06:37of this sort of support.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41But the demand for care services is growing faster than funding.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45And they don't have the resources to grow innovative services like this.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49But there was no solution for council leaders
0:06:49 > 0:06:50in yesterday's budget.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I was disappointed by the fact that we didn't
0:06:53 > 0:06:55move towards announcing a new needs-based formula.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59This is the way that our funding will be rectified in the future,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03it's desperately overdue at this present point in time.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06It cannot be fair that a resident of inner London has
0:07:06 > 0:07:12£1190 spent on them, when I have to make do with £650.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Back in Burwell, Margaret is working with Ted to get him fit again.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18As for the councils which support older people,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23their finances aren't so healthy.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25The big question they face is where the funding
0:07:25 > 0:07:30will come from in future.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Well, after yesterday's budget announcement, Tom sat down
0:07:32 > 0:07:35with the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and asked him
0:07:35 > 0:07:38what the Budget had done to help local authorities screaming out
0:07:38 > 0:07:42for more cash.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Well, there was actually a lot of new investment in this Budget
0:07:45 > 0:07:47that has been announced for across the country,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49and much of that will be for local authorities
0:07:49 > 0:07:50or the new combined authorities.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53And of course, in Cambridgeshire, with James Palmer, they're already
0:07:53 > 0:07:54doing an excellent job.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57He was also able to secure more investment, for example,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59in local infrastructure, into local housing, and that's
0:07:59 > 0:08:03the kind of investment in people want to see.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05When you look at finances, though, take Northamptonshire County
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Council as an example.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11They say, even with changes that you've announced,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14they are so hard up they're having to axe all bus subsidies,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17potentially close most of their libraries.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Is that something that you support as a Government?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I don't want to see any local authority cutting those front
0:08:23 > 0:08:26line services that you, me, everyone relies on.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29But I think what people do expect from their local authority,
0:08:29 > 0:08:35whoever it is, is that they make the best use of taxpayers' money
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and where they can find savings, that they look in sensible places
0:08:38 > 0:08:40to do that.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43So, that's in the sort of back office functions, some of their...
0:08:43 > 0:08:46But they say they've made all of those cuts already and now
0:08:46 > 0:08:48are having to look to frontline services, and they're crying out
0:08:48 > 0:08:50for help from central Government.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I would say to any local authority that, first of all,
0:08:52 > 0:08:58please make sure that when you're finding savings, you really look
0:08:58 > 0:09:01to see what you can do perhaps with other local authorities,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03sharing some of the services, like many have successfully done.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And then, when you do need to look at the front line,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08you're right to work with Government, as your partner,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and where we can provide that extra support, so adult social care,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13the extra 2 billion of support in local infrastructure,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16there was billions of new investment in roads and rail across the country
0:09:16 > 0:09:19which many local authorities, particularly the upper tier
0:09:19 > 0:09:21authoritaries, the unitaries, will provide.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23So there's a strong partnership there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And the areas where it works best is where people work
0:09:26 > 0:09:28together in a partnership.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Just finally, councils particularly in our region are calling for fairer
0:09:31 > 0:09:34funding to be introduced, for a redistribution
0:09:34 > 0:09:38between councils so that hard-pressed rural counties
0:09:38 > 0:09:40get more money.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Is going to be any movement on that?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44There wasn't in this week's budget.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47We are committed to fairer funding, it's something that I have talked
0:09:47 > 0:09:49about and later this year, actually, I'll be publishing what's
0:09:49 > 0:09:51called a draft local government financial settlement,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54you can think of that as a sort of budget for local councils.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I will be saying more about the pathway to fairer funding.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I think it's a perfectly reasonable request from local councils.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03This hasn't been looked at, how funding is distributed,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05hasn't been looked at by governments for more than a decade.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's about time we looked at it again and I will...
0:10:08 > 0:10:14The process has already started to get us there and one
0:10:14 > 0:10:17of the things I will be publishing, for example, in the next few weeks
0:10:17 > 0:10:19is a consultation on cost drivers for local authorities,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22making sure we're really looking at the costs and seeing
0:10:22 > 0:10:25how they are different in different areas.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And there'll be more on fairer funding for councils on this
0:10:28 > 0:10:33week's Sunday Politics.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37That's at 11am on BBC One.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40A man from Luton who planned to fight for Islamic State in Syria
0:10:40 > 0:10:42has been jailed for 6 years.
0:10:42 > 0:10:4422-year-old Mubashir Jamil was arrested after a raid
0:10:44 > 0:10:45at his home in Belmont Road.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47The former straight-A student had also considered carrying out
0:10:47 > 0:10:49a suicide attack in the UK.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The judge said a mental health disorder was only partly to blame
0:10:52 > 0:10:55for his actions, but he will be treated in a secure hospital
0:10:55 > 0:10:59until he's fit for prison transfer.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The lives of a disabled man and his family have been transformed -
0:11:02 > 0:11:07thanks to a team of volunteers led by the BBC's DIY SOS programme.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Simon Dobbin was left brain damaged after being attacked by a gang
0:11:11 > 0:11:15of football hooligans after a Cambridge United game.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Since then his wife has become his full time carer,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21but their home wasn't fit to deal with his complex needs.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23This morning, though, that changed.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Kim Riley reports
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Day ten of the big build, and some last-minute touches.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33More than 100 volunteers have gutted then transformed the small terraced
0:11:33 > 0:11:36house in Mildenhall for Simon Dobbin.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39The Cambridge United fan was left with severe brain injuries
0:11:39 > 0:11:44after being attacked by football hooligans in Southend in 2015.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46After leaving hospital, his bed has been in the dining room,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49a wet room part of the makeover.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51We can't show you the end result, that must wait
0:11:51 > 0:11:53until the programme show next year.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56But presenter Nick Knowles led the way as Simon's wife
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Nicole and daughter Emily, eyes firmly shut, had
0:11:59 > 0:12:02their first glimpse.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04This family's plight has been very widely publicised
0:12:04 > 0:12:06by yourself and other media.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09And so I think that the whole of Suffolk has taken it
0:12:09 > 0:12:11to their hearts, and we have had enormous goodwill.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Here come the heroes who have made it all happen.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Firms have donated materials, builders, plumbers, electricians
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and others given their labour free.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24The feel on the build was absolutely fantastic.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25It...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'm privileged to be a part of it.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30The amount of people you get here is unreal.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31You know...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34What's going on in the world today and you still get
0:12:34 > 0:12:36all these good-hearted people, it's great.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38After their first viewing of their new-look home,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Nicole and Emily emerged to wowed applause.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The designer of their new abode, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, looking on.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Everything is perfect.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Nothing is going to be changed.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Good old Laurence.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Good old Laurence, you know, he's done a cracker of a job in there.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Simon is in Addenbrooke's hospital recovering from a chest infection.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00But DIY SOS and hundreds of good people have ensured his home is now
0:13:00 > 0:13:10somewhere he can live with dignity.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Milton Keynes won't be the European Capital of Culture
0:13:13 > 0:13:16in 2023, after a decision by the European Commission.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17They say after Britain leaves the EU, they'll
0:13:17 > 0:13:19no longer be eligible to enter.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Milton Keynes Council said it's disappointed by the decision
0:13:21 > 0:13:24and won't withdraw voluntarily.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28The council has already spent around £150,000 getting the bid
0:13:28 > 0:13:31together.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34And we'll have reaction to that story on tonight's
0:13:34 > 0:13:35late news at 10:30pm.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37But for now, we can join Susie for more of Look East.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Still to come on the programme tonight - Alex will be
0:13:44 > 0:13:45here with news of a chilly weekend.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49And we are live at the Bury Christmas Fayre where armed police
0:13:49 > 0:13:51are on patrol after a year overshadowed by terrorist
0:13:51 > 0:13:54attacks at public events.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02This week we've been telling the story of Paul Chamberlain.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03He's from Norfolk
0:14:03 > 0:14:42but spends his time in charge of a boat called
0:14:42 > 0:14:43spotted on a flimsy boat.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48On the so-called deadliest migration route in the world.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51The good weather and calm seas has encouraged them to risk their lives
0:14:51 > 0:14:52before the winter storms set in.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Take our time, no rush.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Let's make sure we count people on.
0:14:57 > 0:15:07Let's make sure we count people on.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Paul briefs his crew on the latest situation.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11It's a simple humanitarian act and now to die at sea, really.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13For me, it's as simple as that.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15This is the second rescue in as many days.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19This time, we think there are about 80 people on board,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21we're not sure at this stage if it is wooden
0:15:22 > 0:15:23boat or an inflatable.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24There are in fact 95 on board.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27They've been unable to move from here for nine hours.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Tensions are running high.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Many of these are from Ghana and Libya.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Fleeing persecution and civil war, looking for a better life.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43My baby, my mama.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Silent, the baby is crying.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47They can only be rescued if the Italian maritime rescue
0:15:47 > 0:15:53coordination centre gives permission to do so.
0:15:53 > 0:16:03We've just been informed by MRCC in Rome there was another boat that
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and we are making speed, to save time when we get
0:16:09 > 0:16:10there, we've kept our
0:16:10 > 0:16:11rescue boat in the water.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14This time, they are from Gambia, Nigeria and Morocco.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16They welcome the helping hand and the friendly faces.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18For one man, it is just too much.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19He falls unconscious.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Sean, my cameraman, puts his camera down,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22he helps to bring him round.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Good work, Sean, good work.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Many have travelled hundreds of miles to be here.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33They suffer from a lot of pain so the man usually suffers
0:16:33 > 0:16:37from malnutrition so they all have abdominal pain and because they
0:16:37 > 0:16:40haven't eaten for a long time, they haven't had a shower for a long
0:16:40 > 0:16:41time, so they have infections.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46I'm from Gambia.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48And you've been travelling for three years?
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Yeah.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53I want to work in this place.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And the suffering in my country is too much.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Are you hoping for a better life?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59I need to have a better life.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01There are many children on board.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03This baby boy, literally born overnight on one
0:17:03 > 0:17:06of the inflatable boats.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Oblivious to the world he would have had at home
0:17:08 > 0:17:12or the one that he now faces.
0:17:12 > 0:17:19The boats are destroyed, slashed or set on fire to stop
0:17:19 > 0:17:24the people smugglers from everusing them again.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26The ship is almost at full capacity, the crew
0:17:26 > 0:17:28working night and day.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30262 migrants safe, for now, believing Europe opened
0:17:30 > 0:17:34them a better life.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40We hope to have more from Debbie tomorrow.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Armed Police are on patrol at the Christmas Fayre in
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Bury St Edmunds for the first time.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Organisers say it's not in response to a specific threat
0:17:50 > 0:17:52but it follows a year overshadowed by terrorist
0:17:52 > 0:17:57attacks at public events.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Bury Fayre attracts more than 100,000 people
0:17:59 > 0:18:01and was named the best in the country in an
0:18:01 > 0:18:02online poll last year.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08Alex Dunlop is there now.
0:18:08 > 0:18:15In the last 14 years, this Christmas Fayre has grown from 30 stalls to
0:18:15 > 0:18:19more than 300, it really is that popular. But with that comes huge
0:18:19 > 0:18:23crowd as you can see. In a very densely packed area, which does make
0:18:23 > 0:18:27it a potential target and so the decision to step up security in a
0:18:27 > 0:18:31very physical way.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34The front line against terrorism in the heart of Suffolk.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36A ring of steel and concrete installed around
0:18:36 > 0:18:39the centre of Bury St Edmunds to stop anyone using a vehicle as a
0:18:39 > 0:18:42weapon.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Great shame.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Particularly in a lovely market town that we live.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49To see these precautions that the authorities had to take.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Just before 2pm, a final security briefing.
0:18:52 > 0:18:59And then the barriers are closed around Angel Hill.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02As one of the country's biggest Christmas Fayres gets underway.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04For the next three days, colour and carnival take over
0:19:04 > 0:19:06the town, attracting more than 100,000 visitors.
0:19:06 > 0:19:16And for the first time, this.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Suffolk Police patrol openly with guns and sidearm.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Out of sight, undercover officers mingle with the crowd.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Among the 300 market stalls, Dennis and Theresa from Hertfordshire.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30We do over 100 shows a year up and down the country.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Definitely this year, there has been a higher
0:19:32 > 0:19:34presence of security since all the terror alerts, really.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Armed police?
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Definitely, armed police.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Behind-the-scenes, Martin heads up the team that monitors everything.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43We've got the hostile vehicle mitigation that's going on in three
0:19:43 > 0:19:45locations to protect the higher crowd density areas.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47How's the operation shaping up?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48It's early yet, we've built everything, everything
0:19:48 > 0:19:49is up and running.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Everything is operational.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58Last year, a lorry smashed into a crowded market place in Berlin
0:19:58 > 0:20:03killing 12 and injuring 50 more. The threat is even closer to haul
0:20:03 > 0:20:04killing a good home,
0:20:07 > 0:20:15-- from this pop concert, it is becoming more normal.We are taking
0:20:15 > 0:20:21even more trouble than normal to make sure people feel so to enjoy
0:20:21 > 0:20:25the Christmas Fayre.As the traditional lantern parade gets
0:20:25 > 0:20:30away, visitors except heightened security is set to stay.We saw
0:20:30 > 0:20:33police as he went out, but it makes you feel more secure.We know it's
0:20:33 > 0:20:39our safety so it's good.Its hometown, still got to come out, you
0:20:39 > 0:20:44can't let anybody get away with what they are getting away with.A few
0:20:44 > 0:20:50minutes ago, I had a chat with the local police chief inspector who
0:20:50 > 0:20:54assured me that Bury St Edmunds is not a specific
0:20:54 > 0:20:59target for terrorists but with the international thread at severe, the
0:20:59 > 0:21:03second-highest level, they say they cannot afford to take chances.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Certainly the message tonight is that Bury St Edmunds is a safe town
0:21:06 > 0:21:12in a safe county and as you can see, anyone and everyone is welcome to
0:21:12 > 0:21:18visit this really spectacular Christmas Fayre. Alex, thank you.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22When Jared Carpenter joined City College Norwich five years ago
0:21:22 > 0:21:25he was so anxious he couldn't go into classrooms or walk
0:21:25 > 0:21:26around on his own.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28The college helped him through Phoenix Purple,
0:21:28 > 0:21:29its specialist centre for people with autism.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31And he flourished.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33He's currently doing his Masters in Mathematics at the University
0:21:33 > 0:21:36of East Anglia and has been chosen as a finalist in the National
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Student of the Year Awards.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40This afternoon Jared came into the studio
0:21:40 > 0:21:42with one of his teachers, Gemma Burton.
0:21:42 > 0:21:48I asked him how he felt about getting this recognition.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Gobsmacked.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Totally, utterly gobsmacked.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55I was speechless when I first heard.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Let's see your certificate, hold that up to the camera so we can
0:21:58 > 0:22:07see.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08You've achieved so much at City College.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10What difference has it made, how they helped you?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It's changed my life, really.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Not just academic of course, emotionally.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Before I attended there, I couldn't really do anything on my own.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I was stuck at home a lot of the time, I didn't interact
0:22:19 > 0:22:22with many people so when I first arrived at the college,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I was only in one day a week and had to be constantly supervised.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27By members of staff.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I was too frightened even walk to the classroom down the hall.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I can now navigate a whole university by myself.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Fantastic.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And Gemma, you are part of the course that help
0:22:36 > 0:22:37these young people.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40What do you do to make that difference, that
0:22:40 > 0:22:41you have made to Jared?
0:22:41 > 0:22:46It's very much about giving young people a fresh start for education.
0:22:46 > 0:22:53A lot of the students who come to us have had a very negative
0:22:53 > 0:22:55experiences at school, they've struggled to
0:22:55 > 0:22:57communicate, deal with the social interaction and some of them
0:22:58 > 0:22:59have been quite bullied.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01So when they come to us, it's very much about creating
0:23:01 > 0:23:04an environment which is nurturing, so we do things like developing
0:23:04 > 0:23:06independence skills, we do things link to understanding
0:23:06 > 0:23:09autism, actually where you are coming from, and celebrating
0:23:09 > 0:23:15it and being comfortable with that fact.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17When you see a success story like Jared, how
0:23:17 > 0:23:18does that make you feel?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19It's highly rewarding.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23We have lots of students who come through our particular course.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's really great to see how far someone can travel from day one,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30when we were escorting students to get lunch and even
0:23:30 > 0:23:34entering the building, right through to several years down
0:23:34 > 0:23:36the line, going on to university and studies and things
0:23:36 > 0:23:40they want to do in the future.
0:23:40 > 0:23:48And Jared, you found that you have a particular ability for maths?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Was that something that you knew before you went to City College?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54No, really.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I found that and developed it.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02As Gemma said, the timetable was based on what you want so I wanted
0:24:02 > 0:24:04to do a couple of GCSEs, so English and Maths,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08but while doing it I found I loved it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Thanks to my teachers I was able to get onto a full-time A-level
0:24:12 > 0:24:14programme and I could not have done that straight from my
0:24:14 > 0:24:15last specialist school.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18And now you're doing a Masters in maths at
0:24:18 > 0:24:19the University of East Anglia.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20I might quite like it though.
0:24:20 > 0:24:28You must be very good at it as well!
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I love spending time with academics and you get to have these wonderful
0:24:31 > 0:24:34conversations about maths, and uncapped level, you must say.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40I want to see which area of maths really takes my fancy so it could be
0:24:40 > 0:24:42scientific, I've always been interested in whether,
0:24:42 > 0:24:43that kind of thing.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45I've also always been interested in financial stuff.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47So maths could take you anywhere, really.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52I'll go anywhere they will take me.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Well, huge congratulations, what a fantastic award to get.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And thank you both so much for coming on the programme.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Thank you for having us.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Thank you.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Jared needs to come in and talk to you.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Jared needs to come in and talk to you. We are now starting to swap
0:25:08 > 0:25:12mild and windy weather for colder conditions and it will continue into
0:25:12 > 0:25:15the weekend. But at the pressure pattern, you can see we've got this
0:25:15 > 0:25:19weather front of the scene. That will bring some outbreaks of rain
0:25:19 > 0:25:23tonight. We are starting to bring a cold northerly wind in and you can
0:25:23 > 0:25:29see from the chart, all this cold air mass waiting to push down from
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the north, that mild air squeezed out the way. By the tomorrow, it
0:25:33 > 0:25:36will be blue by the cold air establishing itself across the
0:25:36 > 0:25:41country. -- this part of the country. Fantastic photographs today
0:25:41 > 0:25:47because there was lots of fine weather and windy. A good photograph
0:25:47 > 0:25:51with the leaf on the lens. The blogs are go and sunshine, clear sky to
0:25:51 > 0:25:54start this evening but as we go through the evening and night, more
0:25:54 > 0:25:57cloud from the south and the weather front will bring some outbreaks of
0:25:57 > 0:26:03rain. Not for everyone, some parts will stay dry, parts of North
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and parts of Suffolk and Essex will see
0:26:08 > 0:26:12some of this rain. It will clear quite swiftly. It will be quite a
0:26:12 > 0:26:18chilly night though so colder than last night, three or four Celsius
0:26:18 > 0:26:21potentially, coldest temperatures across the region tonight. Into
0:26:21 > 0:26:26tomorrow, we have largely high pressure dominating, that
0:26:26 > 0:26:30north-westerly wind establishing itself in a cold fail to things,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34reasonably light winds that they will freshen by the weekend. Long
0:26:34 > 0:26:38spells of sunshine but there could be some showers. These are more
0:26:38 > 0:26:40likely to affect southern parts of the region that they could be a
0:26:40 > 0:26:44little bit further north sake you might get a shower but also sunshine
0:26:44 > 0:26:52around. It will fill quite chilly, 6-8dC are expected high. On the
0:26:52 > 0:26:55afternoon, they will fade away so it looks like it will stay dry to end
0:26:55 > 0:26:59the day then a sharp frost follows. Tomorrow night, many parts of the
0:26:59 > 0:27:04region below freezing. A sharp frost for Saturday morning. The pressure
0:27:04 > 0:27:06pattern is bringing high-pressure income and low pressure in the North
0:27:06 > 0:27:10grating is squeezed on the ice above, the north-westerly wind will
0:27:10 > 0:27:15make things really feel quite cold. During the weekend. There will be
0:27:15 > 0:27:20some swells of sunshine for our part of the country, a chilly wind and
0:27:20 > 0:27:25some frosty nights back. The outlook is looking a little bit like this.
0:27:25 > 0:27:295-7dC are expected high over the weekend, factor in that
0:27:29 > 0:27:31north-westerly wind, feeling colder and it looks like it might start to
0:27:31 > 0:27:32get a little milder
0:27:32 > 0:27:33and it looks like it might start to get a little milder to start next
0:27:33 > 0:27:37week again. I love that picture of the falling leaves, it was
0:27:37 > 0:27:42beautiful. That's all from us. Have a good evening, goodbye.