27/01/2017 Look East (West)

Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:

Wellingborough based Booker Group is bought by Tesco

in a multibillion pound deal - what could that mean

police investigating historical abuse allegations in football.

In her first public engagement since her illness over Christmas,

champion, and don't call it table tennis.

First tonight - the huge business deal centred on this region.

Tesco has agreed to buy Wellingborough based

wholesaler the Booker Group for ?3.7 billion pounds.

Booker supplies food to 700,000 businesses

including independent high street names like Budgens and Londis.

Tonight the Wellingborough MP Peter Bone told Look East he hoped

it would mean more jobs at the HQ and warehouses in his constituency.

Burqa, basting Wellingborough. -- Bookers. Today, they gained a whole

lot of weight. Taken over by Tesco in a deal worth ?3.7 billion. From

the distribution centre, Booker supplied 200 cash and carry, more

buying 5000 convenience stores, pubs, restaurants, cafes. I buying

into this business, Tesco are taken on a whole new market. Londis and

Budgens are part of Booker. This man owns this shop, along with a pub and

a coffee shop here, all supplied by Booker. He calls the backbone of his

prisoners. I think it is good. It'll be a strong the supplied chain, we

will get more stock and hopefully that prices will be good for the

consumers and ourselves. I'm looking to open new stores with Tesco's and

Booker to help us, it should be good. We are told workers have

welcomed the news. The company employing 1300 people, it has one .3

million customers and suppliers 700,000 small misses. It is

exceptionally good news and it will hopefully lead to more jobs and more

growth for the combined group. Tesco is an enormous company but Booker is

a very big company too. I think what we'll see is growth overall which

will hopeful lead to more jobs than it will certainly lead to better

profitability, more economy is and that is good for the economy as a

whole. The company built on supplying the small independent has

now swallowed up the biggest of all. There's a real endorsement of our

sector and independent retailers. Everyone was predicting the demise

of independent retailers, that they would be overtaken by the likes of

Tesco and now we see in 2017, Tesco buying the right to supply those

retailers. Booker, part of the shop steel, now being budgeted by the

food industry. Our business correspondent

Richard Bond is in our newsroom. Why do Tesco and Booker

want to merge? I think there is as wrong chance

that the competitions and authorities will want to look at it.

Tesco is Britain's biggest retailer, it controls a third of the UK

grocery market and it owns the convenience jaw stain with -- chain.

I think if this deal is to proceed, the com petition authorities will

want to look at those relationships and to them, maybe even ask for one

of those businesses to be disposed of. Why do Tesco and Booker want to

merge? I think this is all about buying power. Both of them need to

buy their supplies as cheaply as they can so they can offer

attractive customer prices to their customers. Tesco, by virtue of its

size, already carries a lot of clout in negotiations with big suppliers

like Unilever. Adding Booker customer base will give Tesco even

more clout and it will be able to extract more value in the supply

chain, in other words, keener prices, and that will allow keener

prices to be passed back to Tesco and Booker and will give them a

competitive edge in a brutal market. A man has been arrested by

Cambridgeshire police in their ongoing investigation into

historical abuse. Kit Carson is well known internationally and here for

what has sometimes been described as his pioneering youth element work.

He joined Norwich City, he left ten years later to take up the post of

academy director at Peterborough Road United, and then he moved to

Cambridge United, becoming the head of talent and development, that was

between 2001 and 2006. Mr Carson began coaching youth teams in

Finland from 2012 but it is unclear whether he is still actively

involved in coaching there. We understand the allegations here

relate to his work at Cambridge United and Peterborough United. The

police confirmed they arrested a man in his 70s and put him into custody

on suspicion of indecency with children and assault. He is

currently being questioned at a police station in the county. Police

say anyone with concerns should call them on 101.

MPs and business leaders got together today to find out what's

happening with one of the region's most important planned

The upgrade of the Ely junction has been promised

But the message today was that passengers will have

It is probably the most strategically important junction in

the nation but when will it be improved? Today, another rail

summit, local politicians and business leaders once again pushing

for the work to start as soon as possible in Ely North. It has a

length the process to it. We've got some money available and we would

like to say get on with it but actually we have allocated the money

and there is a big long process. The ?200 million junction improvement

would make it possible to run more trains. The hope was that the work

could again in 2019 when the new Network Rail budget kicks in but

officials from the company told today's meeting that the project was

complex and there wouldn't be ready to start by then. Although they

insisted that Ely remains a priority. This scheme would generate

500 minion pounds for the local area. In my view, it has to be done.

We need to open up the line to Kings Lane. We want good services from

Norwich to Cambridge and we want to get the heavy lorries off our road

and get those onto freight trains. There is a huge benefit to local

people in doing this but it is a quite torturous process. There was

some positive news today. Trains running through Ely will have more

carriages after the summer which should ease congestion. Local

businesses have committed almost ?8 million to pay for a study that will

hopefully speed up the design and planning process. There is a real

determination to see this junction upgraded a bad decision will be

taken by Network Rail when it has the money and the plans in place and

the reality is that it is still likely to be several years before we

even have a start date for the work. This week, we've been

celebrating the 50th birthday of Milton Keynes but being one

of Europe's fastest growing towns The NHS nationally is feeling

the pressure but what happens when your population is due

to grow by around 15% Currently, Milton Keynes

Hospital has 526 beds More than 4,000 babies

were delivered there last year and more than 84,000

people visited A and E. Stuart Ratcliffe has

been to the hospital This hospital opened in 1984. Then,

the population of Milton Keynes was 110,000. 30 years later, and the

population is 250,000. The hospital itself has also expanded but it does

illustrate the pressures that this hospital faces and to see for myself

those pressures, I spent the same -- day with Julie whose job it is to

manage the hospital beds. It is to be on Friday. What is the situation?

It is that Tripoli -- typically busy day. We are on an escalation. It is

governed by the number of patients waiting for heads, the number of

four hour breaches that you have, the number of fun place to patient

you have and that volume of patients coming in. We have three M T beds

currently which we will be filled shortly and an additional 20 or so

definite discharges and a further ten potentials. I have 50 patients

in my A department, ten of which definitely need beds. With pressures

building in A, it is the obvious first port of call. We are still on

red. We want to create capacity for the male patients we have waiting

for us. We should have beds coming up shortly. In total, Julie manages

526 beds in this hospital and it is a constant juggling act. But a new

ward with an extra 20 beds is due to open next month. It is all part of

the rebuild but without the -- with the publishing booming, will it be

enough? We believe the building programmes we have will allow us to

cope with the extra demand. It is harder to say, the NHS is doing very

well at looking after even more sick patients. It is always hard to

predict. We believe what we are doing here is the right entered the

doing. Do you think the NHS model is sustainable in the future? I

absolutely believe it is. The values that drive the NHS, the staff that

work in the NHS, the level of care, the policy of care is still without

question one of the best, is not the best in the world. The chief

executive also admits at this hospital and the wider NHS are

coping. But only just. Back on the wards, that means the search for

words in the juggling of resources continues. Despite its booming

population, this hospital does rather better than many hospitals

which spent much of the winter on black alert. Over the next ten

years, the population here will grow by another 50,000. Even with that

planned redevelopment, there are still concerns about whether this

hospital will be able to cope. Jurors at St Albans Crown Court have

today been shown pictures of the police excavation

of the cesspit where children's author Helen

Bailey's body was found. Police made the discovery

in the garage of the Royston home that Ms Bailey shared

with Ian Stewart in July 2016 - That is it from us. Later in the

programme, we'll have your weekend Julie is here with your

weekend weather forecast. And a masterclass in ping pong -

from the world champion. The Queen received a warm welcome

today from crowds and Fijian warriors when she toured a museum

exhibition in Norwich. It was the Queen's first official

engagement since a heavy cold kept out of the spotlight since

Christmas. This was showcasing art from Fiji.

A traditional Fijian welcome. The crowd delighted to see Her Majesty

looking fit and well after her health problems over Christmas. I

like seeing the Queen because her clothes are pretty. And I love your

crown, did you make that yourself? Yes. You look royal. Well done. Will

you remember it for a long time? Yes, because we are allowed to keep

these flags. That is fantastic. One of the Fijian

warriors was a professional rugby player in a different guise.

Different from the day job. This is made from the bark of a tree. This

is an important symbol... When the Queen visited Fiji in 1953 she was

presented with a whale tooth, one of the artefacts now on display in the

exhibition. There is also a canoe which featured in celebrations last

year. There is a wedding dress which was

worn by the daughter of a high chief who married a relative of one of her

ladies in waiting. This is a Fijian who was part of the choir who sang

to the Queen. I am gobsmacked. Speaking to Her Majesty was an

honour. This is the largest exhibition about Fiji ever

assembled. Before she left the Queen met staff and students. Her

enthusiasm for the exhibition and her affection for the Commonwealth

country clear to all. Something a bit different now

because across the region today people have been marking

Holocaust Memorial Day. the BBC has been telling the story

of one survivor of the death camps. and this is his account

of what happened You could see the squat chimneys

belching fire and smoke, sort of a sweet smelling smoke

of human bodies. The SS asked very politely,

no dogs or whips or anything, they said, if you feel you aren't

quite fit, we can take Of course, some people did,

the old and the disabled Of course they put them straight

into the gas chamber. I was extremely confused and not

terribly happy for the simple reason that for the first time,

we were separated. I was separated from my

parents and the parents My mother spotted me,

broke ranks, came over to me, I saw her then go along

this ramp and at the end Those who survived realised

that was into a gas chamber. Yes, the deadline's next

Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy

is certainly working hard He's agreed a loan deal with former

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor but not in time to play

at Preston tomorrow. Toumani Diagouraga could make

his debut after signing Preston meanwhile have turned down

a second bid for a reported ?2 million from Ipswich

for their striker Jordan Hugill. nothing concrete in terms

of transfer activity. Alex Neil will bring up his 100th

game in charge against Birmingham. The manager also confirmed

Louis Thompson's out Elsewhere, a couple of local

derbies to look forward to. In League One,

Peterborough host MK Dons. The Posh boss Grant McCann has

revealed he slept at the club's training ground after Tuesday's

defeat to Oldham. He said it was their worst

performance since he took charge. He'll be hoping for

better against MK. Derivate games are always great. We

have been good in their big games this season. We need to make sure we

do it again this Saturday. Looking forward to getting back in front of

our home supporters. The U's have been in good form

but are looking to bounce back It is massive. They are big games,

big games that everyone looks forward to. We have been involved in

to know. Their game against Luton earlier this season did not go our

way and we are disappointed about that and we want to go there and do

ourselves justice. Now, do you know the difference

between ping-pong and table tennis? Andrew Baggaley from

Milton Keynes is an expert. After a decade as England's most

successful table tennis player And this weekend, he's looking

to make it a hat-trick. Welcome to the fast and furious

world of ping pong. In a corner of a sports hall

in Milton Keynes you will find the world champion who kindly agreed

to slow it down for me. The sound for one is a lot hollower

and then there is the kit. Explain the differences between ping

pong and table tennis. The main difference

is the equipment. A table tennis bat is with sponge

rubber as you can see there and the ping pong

bat is with sandpaper. How does that affect

the way you play? Table tennis is a very fast sport,

you get a lot of spin on the ball with the rubber and sandpaper

is a bit slower and also more A two-time Commonwealth

table tennis champion, Andrew Baggaley has won the last two

world ping pong titles The brainchild of

promoter Barry Hearn. A tournament still in its infancy

but watched by millions worldwide. It is just a phenomenal feeling

to win two world titles in a row and looking to try and see if I can

do it again. If you had to choose,

ping pong or table tennis? At the moment there is only one ping

pong tournament in a year so... My heart is with table tennis,

my heart is with ping pong so I love both of them,

I can't choose. This weekend the blue bat is boss

once again at Ally Pally. He'll be hoping it's best too

for a third time in a row. Norfolk's Alfie Hewett

missed out in the final He lost to his British

teammate Gordon Reid There's coverage of all

the sport on your local Diana Moore is one of the country's

leading operatic singers and has Now she has come home to East Anglia

to give a special one-off She will be exploring

the history of female singers Alex Dunlop is at the Norwich

Central Baptist Church. You can see behind the Diana Moore

warming up with members of knowledge Barack. She has travelled the world

but she is a Suffolk girl. -- Norwich Baroque.

Trouser roles, this is woman dressing as men on stage playing

Baroque roles. It is exploring the lives of people who did this as a

living. For a woman to break into that world in the 18th century, they

must have had to be strong willed. Yes, they were characters. This lady

here, she was a famous actress and singer in the 18th century. But her

career was destroyed through a sex scandal. Handel wrote the part in

Messiah for her and she never looked back. Why come here? It is home.

Last summer we had a fantastic time. They invited me to choose a

programme of my own. This is what I wanted to do. Good luck. You are

going to sing as a part from a Handel's Opera, another close rule.

Thank you very much. What a wonderful voice. Here is the

weather. Some parts of the region last night

fell as low as minus six. That meant fantastic weather watchers pictures.

It still has not thawed out at three o'clock this afternoon.

Plenty of blue sky on the Norfolk - Suffolk border.

The thickest of the cloud will continue to feed up through tonight

and it is producing outbreaks of rain in places but most of the rain

to the night will be liked and patchy but we cannot rule out the

odd heavy airburst here and there. Not as calls tonight. Nothing more

than two Celsius. Light to moderate sized to south-easterly winds.

Tomorrow's weather dependent on how quickly this weather front clears

out to the north Sea. Still uncertainty about how quickly it

will do that. At the modem looks like a cloudy start to the day.

Further outbreaks of rain, most of it light and patchy. We are

expecting to hold onto a lot of cloud. Temperatures could be double

compared to today, seven or eight Celsius, closer to average. The

winds change to south to south-westerly. Sunshine in the

extreme West late on. For most of us it will be a cloudy day from start

to finish. On Sunday the weather dependent on how far north this

system spreads. We are not sure how fire officers going to get. The

further south you are in the region on Sunday the likelihood is you will

have a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain. Further north, may just stay

dry. Monday and Tuesday is a lot of cloud around. Monday perhaps light

rain and drizzle, largely dry. Tuesday more persistent rain late on

in the day. And check your barometer in the West, it should be 29.82

inches of mercury, in the East, 29.88 inches of mercury.

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