24/01/2017 Look East (West)

In Look East tonight: A cyber crime wave as more of us fall for scams,

police look for new ways to tackle it.

Vacancies go unfilled amid warnings of bigger class sizes.

Handful baking dish and is with the risk of ice, I have all the details

later. More and more of us

are falling for scams online - with Cybercrime costing the UK

economy billions of pounds. Police forces in Bedfordshire

and Cambridgeshire have reported huge rises in the number of cases

in the past year. Anna Todd has been finding

out how the criminals operate and who's

is most vulnerable. The internet has helped this small

company go from strength to strength, but it has also had

a more sinister impact. Cybercriminals sent

an e-mail purporting to be from the MD, asking an employee

to make a bank transfer. And she said to me, I have

done the transaction you have asked me to do, but they

asked for a long reference number and I couldn't fit it

all in, so I condensed the reference number

and it was that point, I said,

what are you talking about? At that point, obviously,

she went white and I did the same, we called

the bank straightaway. In Bedfordshire in 2015,

almost 1200 were reported. They were 370 reports

the following year. They target both randomly

and specifically. One method is ransomware,

where victims believe they have to pay a fine,

perhaps to a seemingly legitimate It is possible that big

organisations are now treating this type of ransomware as the cost

of doing business, and if you consider that the average

amount they are paying out is around ?13,000,

for big organisations it could be ?25,000, this is

clearly a big problem. Police nationwide say this

is a modern-day crime. We have recently held

a conference with a crime unit who have got departments

specifically dedicated to But some of their stats

are really worrying. They said they had seen over

2000 hacks on Eastern region companies this month, and

that is probably not all of them, because a lot of them

will not have been reported. This Cambridgeshire

company was lucky. But they say that the criminals

continue to try their luck So what can be done to stay one step

ahead of the hackers? Well our reporter Waseem Mirza has

been looking at the problem Well tonight, cyber crime experts

from across the region have been meeting in Cambridge to try

and find news ways of We spoke to the Police

and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire Jason Ablewhite

who said the figures are just We are driving this agenda forward,

we are getting those key messages out on how people can protect

themselves by all of the sort of methods that we use all the time,

and frankly I think going forward this is going to be seen as probably

the biggest growth in any crime in a generation.

When it comes to fighting back - there is the feeling that perhaps

it's not just technology alone that could eliminate the problem.

There are those like the Bedfordshire based

security group Layer8 - who believe people are the best form

of defence against hackers and online attacks.

To keep up with these vulnerabilities what we need to do

is educate on the types of emotions that perhaps the tactics will play

to give people the ability to deal with any kind of crime that comes

their way. Well there's a number

of things which can be done Start by changing your password

every one to two months. Use a completely different

password for every website you shop, Enable what's called

"2-step verification". It's like having another layer

on top of your password. Make sure you never

reveal your password to anyone. And strengthen your existing

password with special characters Now you can get more advice

on all this and more That's the warning from some

Northamptonshire Headteachers. in the county since 2010,

but the number of teachers Emma is a trainee, teaching others

by cloning herself. Not enough other people want to do what she is doing.

I think it is probably one of the most rewarding and challenging

professions there is that it is definitely worth it, if you're

willing to commit, give a lot of time to something you love then it

is something you should consider. Head teachers say they are

struggling to recruit and that is causing some to worry about the

future. We may not have a teacher for a class of students and you may

have to think very carefully about how you arrange that, it might be

having to have larger class sizes, it might be the headteachers

teaching for part of that and just things around that. I hope it will

not happen. Try and stop it happening today but in to ensure

candy cans or wants the promotional video and website to attract more

people to the profession. There are currently 84 teacher vacancies in

Northamptonshire for classrooms like this but the county council say that

because of a growing population over the next five years 33 new schools

will be needed and that is hundreds more teachers. We are working very

hard to promote the best of what we have here, we have good quality

housing, relatively low-cost compare to the south-east for example. We

have a fantastic cultural offer and excellent tones are working hard to

develop what they offer. The stakes are high, at the school in

Wellingborough they have previously advertised one teaching job and

doubly applied. Yellow might if I am being honest I think that the job is

incredibly challenging, it is very incredibly challenging, it is very

hard work, I have seen my young teachers particularly working long

hours, all teachers work long hours but actually there isn't an

appreciation amongst a lot of the public on how demanding the role is.

It is a commitment, you have to be prepared to work late nights and on

Sundays, have to be prepared to do lots of different things for the

school and if you have that commitment and that drive and

especially if you have the passion for your subject then you absolutely

love it. More people will now have to learn to love teaching if the

growing number of classrooms are going to be filled.

Next, as part of our series celebrating 50 years

of Milton Keynes, today we're looking at its vibrant arts scene -

as the town bids to become the European Capital

Around the many corners of Milton Keynes we will find public statues

and food Subs: -- fluid sculptors, like this horse standing outside a

bank with the same logo. This is shopping centre installation

celebrates the accessible art that has always been at the heart of the

town. Art is always about thinking about what might come next, Milton

Keynes is a town this. Process, how to construct a space that will work

in 50 years and 100 years, so it makes sense that the integrated

heart into the fabric. In 1980 roads were closed when Michael Jackson

performed here. And cable bathing in the heyday of stadium tours. From

pop royalty to Jazz royalty, Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine

founded the stables at live and on, a melting pot for all types of

music. But they had plenty of Milton Keynes was about to be developed

when they bought the real property. At first they were very all know we

did not want this but then my dad really grew to love Milton Keynes

and my mum, two, we have been very supportive of the stables and of

course now the stables is a big touring venue. Stadium MK is also

developing as a concert venue, future is thriving and MK gallery is

undergoing a major expansion. The A6 in Northamptonshire

will remain closed between Rothwell and Desborough until the end of

February. The road was shut last week

following the discovery Now Northamptonshire Highways

say the issue is "more significant" than first thought,

and poses a potential safety risk. A bit of football finally -

and Peterborough United lost at Oldham Athletic

in the Skybet League 1 tonight. The final score in the North West

1-0 Oldham's winner a penalty They'll now play Yeovil Town

in the quarter final of the Checkatrade Trophy on Tuesday

the 7th of February. And more freezing temperature ahead

tonight - so let's get the weather now with Alex,

but from me and the rest Good evening, the visibility

overnight with freezing fog patches around in the risk of ice also an

untreated surfaces so local radio the place to go for updates through

the rush hour tomorrow and there could be potentially some travel

attraction. This file is likely to become quite expensive as we go

through the night, most areas are likely to be affected. Temperatures

will be a degree or two below freezing for many places, perhaps

below in those frosty prone areas. We start the day on a cold frosty

not, high-pressure starting to move eastwards but still a very cool

picture across the region and compare it with the relatively it

will be cloudy after tomorrow so it will feel colder. That missed and

fog lifting through the morning into low-level clouds, perhaps just the

odd bright spell through much of the day and it is expected to save other

overcast with highs of 4 degrees. The National weather coming up that

output, it will be a bitterly cold beer on Thursday, temperatures

recovering by the end of the For all of us, it'll get colder and

then milder again come the weekend. This shot taken earlier by a weather

watcher in East Anglia. The fog becoming extensive over the next few

hours in many south-eastern parts of England.

Much, much milder, further north and west. Let's concentrate on that