29/05/2017 Look East (West)

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Hamerton Park Zoo in Cambridgeshire has confirmed that a female

zookeeper was killed in what's been described as a "freak

Police were called to the zoo, near Huntingdon, this

morning to reports of a "very serious incident".

The incident is not believed to be suspicious.

As one of the zoo's tigers paces along its enclosure fence,

investigators were briefed on the events surrounding

what unfolded in this part of the park just hours earlier.

The Magpas air ambulance landed at Hamerton Zoo just

East of England Ambulance paramedics were also there,

along with Cambridgeshire Police and forensic teams.

As the park was evacuated, eyewitnesses spoke of an attack

By early evening, two staff members, too upset to speak, handed

a statement to the waiting media in which they spoke of the incident

as a freak accident and expressed their sympathies for the victim's

Police said that a tiger had entered enclosure with a keeper and that,

sadly, the female zookeeper had died at the scene.

Hamerton is home to a number of big cats.

These pictures, shot for BBC Radio Cambridge's Facebook

page, show a tiger in a pool that had just been built at Hamerton Zoo.

It has kept the animals since 2001, when it acquired its first pair

It has also worked with the Malaysian government to bring

over a critically endangered Malaysian tiger.

As staff this evening tended the attraction's other animals,

the zoo said at no point members of the public at any risk.

But, it will be closed tomorrow as investigators try to establish

how the femle keeper was fatally attacked.

Police in Essex have launched a murder inquiry

after a man was found in Harlow with fatal head injuries.

Minutes before midnight, a 39-year-old man found

inside a parked Volvo here on the Milwards

The alarm was raised and police arrived on the scene.

The victim, who hasn't yet been named, was rushed

to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, where he died early this morning.

About one o'clock this morning, the police turned up, ambulances,

They cordoned off the entire area, so that bit down there,

was all taped off, the bottom of Milwards was all

That's when I realised there was something going on.

Detectives say they are unclear on the events that

If anybody heard anything shortly before midnight

and the period just before, then please contact Essex Police

Three men, who were aged 24, 35 and 40, have all been arrested

The estranged mother of a man who made headlines around the world

of the Manchester bombings has been reunited with her son.

Chris Parker, from Norwich, was begging at Manchester Arena

He looked after a young girl and cradled a woman

and was reunited with him at the weekend.

It's definitely an explosion because there's nuts

This is how a homeless man came back into the life of his mother 200

Danny Blum, Chris Parker rank of debt.

all I heard was bang, and I mean a big bang,

Next thing you know, the

whole place was filled with smoke and people crying and everything.

I've seen people run out that way and I've

gone back in to try and help

His mother, Jessica, has childhood photos, but none of a son

Their contact has been sporadic, but this

week then she met him for the first time in five years.

It was heart-wrenching, absolutely heart-wrenching to know that he

He just told me, very matter-of-factly

He just said, "Mum I've just done with anybody else

And I went, "I don't think so, Chris.

"I think you did something really wonderful and you need to

Many have been moved by Chris Parker's actions.

More than ?50,000 has been raised through an

online campaign to help the man who helped others.

Jessica has told her son she doesn't want a penny, but

does want him to get good advice and help how to spend it.

Today, it's just beginning to hit home a little bit

as to what I can do from here for him and to process that

You know, and he's going to be all right.

He's going to be all right, I know he is.

For now, it's small steps taken carefully

She is planning to visit him next weekend.

Something good coming from something terrible.

Thousands of poppies were dropped over the American war

cemetery at Madingley, near Cambridge for the first

It was the finale of the annual Memorial Day service,

held to commemorate the thousands of US service personnel based here

It's a ceremony which, in its solemnity and symbolism,

never fails to stir emotions and, today, extra special in this

the 75th anniversary year of the "Friendly Invasion".

A tribute to those who lost their lives.

A time for proud and painful memories among the audience

of veterans, families and military personnel.

These were not spectators to life, they were warriors that climbed

into the arena and chose to live a life of value, a life of service.

They were willing to fight and die for freedom,

for the values both our nations share and for each other.

I do want to acknowledge the difficult week our British

allies have had and, although not nearly sufficient,

please know that you all are in our thoughts and prayers.

More than 8,000 men and women are commemorated here

and for this year's ceremony, a new poignant touch.

Beside the names on the wall of the missing, photographs

reflecting the human cost, the tender years.

Well, behind every picture there's a story.

Take Ben Barnes, he was from South Dakota and flew from the Martlesham

His remains were only found last year in Germany and this signifies

More than 100 floral tributes were laid.

Also this year, for the first time since the 1960s,

a petal drop provided a canopy of colour above the graves.

The theme running through today's event was "forever young",

a reminder of the toll of war and the lives which were cut

With ten days to go until the general electio,

With ten days to go until the general election,

our Gets My Vote series has been finding out what issues

Today, it's the turn of students at East Bergholt

If I could vote, I would vote for a party that is for defence.

I think knowing that we have a safe and secure NHS for the future.

I think that we need more support for education.

Educational resources for schools, because I think that would solve

some of the problems moving on in life.

What would get me voting is no more tuition fees.

I have Michelle Obama, because I think she's a strong

female voice and she would just get things done.

I would have Batman, because he could, we wouldn't need

Honestly, I wouldn't wish the job of Prime Minister

Coming up next, the weather with Julie Reinger.

Alex thanks very much. I'm going to start with the radar sequence

showing the showers over the last few hours. The green indicates the

heaviest downpours, but they occurred to the North Sea. We could

see a few charity acting through tonight, but the rest of us dry

night but with some rainy intervals at times. Rather warm, with 13-15dC

temperatures. Like south-westerly winds. Tomorrow were going to get a

cold front pushing in from the north-west, but we start a dry,

quite a lot of cloud around, but hopefully it will thin and break.

When the sunshine we could get a gig