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with Stewart and me. It's being described as a "gradual

lightening of the load" as The Queen hands over her honorary

roles at some of her charities. They include the Animal

Health Trust in Newmarket. A coroner records

a verdict of unlawful killing Detectives say they haven't given up

the search for his killer. A whole village up for sale

for half a million pounds. And a man of many talents,

despite his grave illness. I've been to see broadcasting

legend Clive James. It's been announced today

that the Queen is stepping down as patron of more

than 20 organisations. She will be handing over

the title to other members Now the Queen is 90 it's

being described as a "gradual The organisations include

the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket where the Princess Royal is already

President. The news comes as the Queen prepares

for the Christmas holidays Let's go there now and join our

reporter Mousami Bakshi. It has been a momentous year for the

Queen, not least because of her 90th birthday celebrations. It has been a

gear of parties and pageants that will surely be reflected upon when

the Queen arrived here at Sandringham in a few days' time for

her annual Christmas break. In October, she became the world's

longest reigning monarch but today, the first sign perhaps

It is an associate in that spanned nearly 60 years but at the end of

the year, the Queen will stand down as the patron of the Animal Health

Trust in Newmarket. It is renowned for its work fighting disease and

injury in animals. It was an urgent need of renovation. Her daughter,

the Princess Royal is still President and continues to play a

key role. The trust said it would discuss the patronage with her over

the coming weeks. As her 90th year ends, the Queen is keen to cut back

on her workload. She will be stepping down from 25. This is all

part of the gradual lightning of the load for the Queen, to give her

workload which is more appropriate to someone who is 90 years old. The

Queen will also hold over her patronage of the wetlands trust,

famous for the annual swan migration. She will be continuing to

support the Sandringham flower show alongside her son, the Prince of

Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. She is not just patron, they don't

take on these roles passive, she is very up-to-date with the flower

show. It is on her estate, it is her home so it is a very deep interest

that she has in all that we do. Today's another one been more TDs

for the younger royals, CEO for the Queen as she enters a quite a less

busy period in her life. -- you are all team.

Has there been much reaction? The Animal Health Trust publicly thank

the Queen ball had dedicated support. -- thanked the Queen for

her dedicated support. Suggestions to note that Prince Charles will

become the patron of the wild file and wetlands trust. The Queen has

been cutting back on some aberrant agents, hasn't she? She has, they

are now conducted by some of the other royals. Long haul foreign

engagements, they have also been cut back and taken up by other royals.

2017 is likely to seek a rather less hectic schedule for the Queen. Thank

you. Detectives in Essex said today

they will continue to search for the person who killed

of a notorious criminal from Essex. John Palmer was shot six times

at close range at his home Today an inquest decided

the man known as Goldfinger because of his criminal activities

was unlawfully killed. Our Essex reporter Gareth George

was at the inquest in Chelmsford. John Palmer, AKA Goldfinger. He got

the nickname amidst rumours he had melted down gold bullion from the

heist in 1983 will stop speaking to reporters at the time in ten Eric,

when he was operating a time-share scam, he denied having anything to

do with it. I am completely innocent. Of anything to do with

this so-called billion raid. I know nothing of it. In June last year,

shortly after the CCTV pictures were taken, Palmer was shot six times at

his home in Essex. The days, police did not realise he had been

murdered, thinking had died as a result of gall bladder surgery had

undergone. A mistake they have apologised. Today an inquest into

his death was held here in Cheltenham. The coroner concluded

that he had been unlawfully killed. There was only one member of John

Palmer's family present at the inquest and that was a man called

Ashley. He is the partner of John Palmer's daughter and he is seen

here on the right leaving the hearing with the Detective Chief

Inspector. The inspector gave evidence and said the murder

investigation is ongoing, one problem detectors have is the sheer

number of people who might have had a motive to kill him. In relation to

his conviction in 2001, there were listed up to anything or above

16,000 victims. There could be 16,000 motives why he was killed in

relation to that and his criminality involving the rate, we know a number

of people involved in that subsequent to that crime taking

place have now been either killed or have died. So again that was very

much in consideration. Hatton Gardens as well? Possible, it is a

line of enquiry that we took and we knew that John had associated in the

past with some people he responsible that crime and who are now in

prison. Police say someone in the criminal underworld knows who killed

John Palmer and after today's inquest, the appeal was renewed for

anyone with information to come forward.

The wife of a man from Suffolk who went missing in France

this summer says the thought of Christmas without him is agony.

David Wood, who's from Woodbridge, disappeared in August

while walking in the French Alps near the couple's holiday home.

For Valerie Armstrong, the past four and half months have been

Unable to face Christmas at home, she's staying

We have nothing, we don't know if we are grieving.

There are four stages of grief, we go through every stage

and back again and back again and back again.

David Wood went missing on August the 2nd

while walking on a path between the villages of Marie

and Clans, a distance of six kilometres.

An exhaustive search over ten days found nothing.

He was last seen by a couple heading the wrong way.

Dave was going very fast with his walking poles,

going very fast towards Clans, the wrong way.

He stopped this couple and said, in French,

Because he knew, he knew the way to Marie and he wouldn't

A Facebook page has had a huge response.

Suffolk Police have David's dental records and fingerprints and are

There are plans to contact his Californian-based employer in the

Meanwhile, the couples' friends in France are distraught.

They are very kind people and this is hurting them all and the

The police in France have been good, very good.

I hope the New Year will bring some closure, it is

absolute agony for us, you know, to not to have any

idea what has happened to Dave,

you know, we love him so much and we miss him so much and it is

Detectives investigating a double stabbing in Ipswich have

Police were called to a car park in Foundation Street at ten o'clock

on Sunday evening after reports that two men had been found

A man and woman were arrested on suspicion of attempted

Parents of a one-day old baby from Cambridge,

who died a year ago today, have been talking to Look East

about how they've been trying to rebuild their lives.

An inquest ruled Alfie Field could have been saved if medics had

checked his heart rate properly during labour.

Addenbrooke's hospital admitted liability.

Anna Todd has been to meet Alfie's parents, Kym and Mark.

We were a few days from meeting our little boy.

Like any new parents, you just can't wait for a new baby to be here.

It was just two, three, four weeks of waiting,

Alfie died 35 hours after he was born.

For months, his parents battled for information.

I think it puts your grieving on hold.

You cannot grieve for your baby and take on a massive

hospital and try and get answers and get changes.

You have not got the mental capacity to do both.

Since the inquest in June, the couple have fundraised

tirelessly for Petals, the counselling charity

They are looking forward to the birth of Alfie's

From a father's point of view, once we started to deal with

everything we had been through, after the inquest, there was a part

of me which was aching for a child. Not a child, but my child.

You do not prepare, because you prepared last time

Addenbrooke's Hospital admitted liability.

They also apologised for Alfie's death.

But the parents say they are still pushing for more changes,

I don't think anything prepares you for a one-year-old's birthday when

I do not think you can ever prepare yourself for that.

But we never thought we would be planning a birthday party

But that is, kind of, how it has worked out.

The property bargain of the year has just come

For half a million pounds, you can buy an entire village.

For the money you will get houses, a castle and even a bingo hall.

The only downside is it's a bit small.

Wellington Pier Gardens has been a popular tourist

Here once stood the bandstand, now the home to Merrivale

Castle, an iconic fort that overlooks the model village.

Unfortunately, we are aiming towards retirement age, my partner in

business and private life has decided it is time to step back and

spend some time with our granddaughter.

You are only a custodian of a business like this,

it is not like running a small independent

This is something that you are a custodian of for however long

The model village is currently on the market

It's just such a fantastic business, the attractions

are great, the people enjoy it, it is iconic

in Norfolk, it is part of

the fabric of the local society and people, holiday-makers come back

here year after year so it was easy to see that this would be a business

that would attract a lot of potential purchasers.

But what do you get for half a million pounds?

Well, here there is a full working row

of shops, including a convenience store,

a bingo hall and even a

Now, if you've had a little bit too much to drink at the

nightclub, you might need some medical attention.

If we go to the other side of the rugby pitch,

St Mark's NHS Trust hospital, named after Mark, one of the main

As well as the village, it includes an

arcade, a tearoom and a royal exhibition with a scale model of

For Peter, this isn't just a business, this is a

He hopes that when the model village changes hands, it

will continue to provide happiness for children

Robby West, BBC Look East, Great Yarmouth.

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Coming up next, broadcaster, critic and poet Clive James.

Standby for a wet and windy Christmas,

And the Suffolk teenager with the world at his feet.

Six years ago, the writer and broadcaster Clive James

was diagnosed with leukaemia kidney failure and lung disease.

Not long after that he told the BBC he was nearing the end.

Then last summer, he said he was slightly embarrassed

Clive James says it's incredible he's still alive.

It's mainly thanks to the treatment he's been receiving at

In a moment, I'll be speaking to him about that and many other things

Since he came to England in the 1960s, Clive James has more than

He read English Literature at Pembroke

College, Cambridge, appearing in the Footlights revue of 1968.

Beautiful BBC Two presents socioeconomically orientated,

psycho-motivated, watch with mother figure.

He was an award-winning TV critic for the

Observer newspaper in the 1970s, a medium that couldn't get enough of

He is a curious mixture, generous, poet,

He was once dubbed and he's still blushing,

Shooting from the lip, he was the perfect

guest on dozens of studio-based shows, always entertaining, great

Here on Did You See in the mid-80s, the

I want to attend the show on to get something unique from Wogan.

I won't turn it on at night to see, say, some

Americans who is starring in the London production of 42nd St

singing lullaby of Broadway out of tempo

As a lyricist, Clive has worked extensively down the years with

They have produced albums, a two-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe and

# Be careful when they offer you the moon

# It was only ever made to light the night #.

At his home in Cambridge, he is surrounded by

His volumes of autobiography, novels, travel writing

and poetry have secured his reputation as a major

Still writing, still funny, still here.

This morning, I sat down with Clive at his home in Cambridge and I asked

A few years ago, I thought I was a goner, yes.

By the miracles of modern science, my leukaemia went into remission and

while it was in remission for about five years,

new drugs were invented and I'm testing them out right now.

I wouldn't be half so merry or productive if I was in pain and a

I go to Addenbrooke's, the hospital here,

all the time and there is a lot of people there who aren't going to

come home who are in far worse shape than I am.

It is a reminder that I have actually had it lucky.

Here I am, I am upright, being interviewed by a glamorous woman,

You mentioned Addenbrooke's, you must've got to know

And how have you felt about your treatment there?

I have got nothing but praise for them.

For one thing, it's a lesson in international united nations

civic behaviour because every nationality

of doctor and nurse in the world seems to stop in at Addenbrooke's.

No, I have no complaints, quite the opposite.

You have been amazingly prolific during your illness,

churning out books and poems and columns, do you feel like your

Well, here's my secret, for you alone, all right?

I just say no to everything and I just

write which for me has always been a relaxing

activity and I've got a few books done

in the last four years which I didn't expect.

First of all, I didn't expect to live to write

them and second, I never expected to finish them and if you read

the last chapter in each of them, you will

I'm a more interesting character now than I was when I was

I was a sort of energetic, selfish idiot and a bit of adversity has

brought me a bit of maturity, a lot of maturity in fact.

The latest book that has come out is actually about

you, not written by you, it is about your songwriting in the 1970s.

At the time, you were mentioned in the same breath as of

We were, but not on the list of millionaires.

There's quite a good chance now actually, as I

drop off the twig, as we say in Australia, that our music will be

rediscovered and Pete will make a few bob.

Log onto YouTube, if you look up Pete Atkin,

you find him singing our songs, pages and pages of them.

It is a terrific reservoir of what we have

And you obviously ended up becoming very

famous in television, do you actually wish that

Yeah, I do rather because being famous in television is easy.

There you are, they see your face, they

see your mouth moving, they notice you.

But it is a very busy business, television.

And if you've got other interests as well, it's hard not to

I'm not here to interview you, although I would love to.

I loved interviewing, especially women.

Now, obviously, you do love women but was there another reason you

That was the right answer, definitely.

Very few energetic and effective men are also sensitive.

Because sensitive gets you in the way

of action so sometimes it is

I was about to say, are you going to spill the beans?

I can think of at least three Hollywood

I could name names right now that would get us both into trouble.

Yes, better be careful, the lawyers will

Now, we are sitting here in your house in Cambridge and

although you are Australian, Cambridge has been your home for

If you have got tabs on yourself as a

bright person, it's a real cure to be here because you never know

whether you are talking to an atomic physicist or not.

And that happens all the time in Cambridge.

You have obviously had your illness for some years now, to

-- do you get down about it or do you treat every

day as a blessing that you are

I treat every day is a blessing because I am down lucky to

have a version of my various diseases that doesn't hurt.

I would probably give a very different

When all else fails, I can read and reading is one of my

I have got a great idea for a poem about my final time, my

last years, strangely enough, it is set in a place

I want to do that, there's a big prose book that I would

like to do and then, listen to this, and then I would like to do another

volume of my memoirs and after that, get on with something big!

You might as well, statistics say that I might

be gone tomorrow but there is no point sitting down, lying around and

You may as well do what you are good at.

Well, we look forward to reading all your new

It has been wonderful talking to you, thank

I have got half a dozen of them in the next room, would you

What a wonderful man. Such an honour to meet him. Just so talented. And

women are more intelligent. I wanted to keep that bit in.

There are many sports for children to try these days,

from football to fencing, gymnastics to golf.

Callum Wilkinson from Suffolk decided to try it and in just four

years has gone from novice to world junior champion.

It's the first time this country has won a world title

He puts his success down to natural talent and a strict training regime.

This report from our sports editor Jonathan Park.

Step through, step through, horizontal, horizontal.

That's better, that's gravity,

There are no short cuts in this business.

Mick makes sure of that, he doesn't stop.

The technique is drilled into Callum,

It's got two very clear rules that you have

got to have, contact with the ground at

all times with the human eye and

you have got to have a straight front leg

and so if you explain it to a person walking

by you on the street, you are just trying

increase your cadence of your step and just work on really

Callum Wilkinson is only 19 but he's got the world at

2016 will always be remembered as the year this

Sullfolk teenager broke a 52-year-old British record,

winning the World Junior Championships,

He could be a bit of a legend if he carries on.

It is keeping the hunger within which I think he has got and

And what is more remarkable, Callum's first

Four years, 2012, young novice first ever race...

It all started with a village walk in

Morton near Newmarket, organised by Ron Wallwork,

There was a knock on my door, it was Callum, his brother and

his dad and they said they were going to do the village

walk, which is a five mile walk to the next

They heard I had been a walker, could I give them

some tips because they want to do it in under the hour?

Well, he absolutely hammered the hour.

Now, it is quite something to say that you are the best in the

world at what you do but in sport, there is always something else to

strive for and in Callum's case, it is increasing the race distance.

At senior level, it is 20ks, that's 10km then junior level.

Callum is confident he can make the jump.

The next Olympics in Tokyo beckons, it is where Ken Matthews

The back in Tokyo in four years' time

For now, there is endless hours listening to Mick.

He can talk the talk and Callum can certainly walk the walk.

It is a special walk to walk. It looks uncomfortable. It is exercise,

it would. I did not mean it. The weather. We have had some fine

weather across today. Some photographs to show you, the blue

sky and sunshine. Here we are in Suffolk. Another one here in

Cambridge. Certainly some fine weather RAM, some clear skies around

so does look like quite the chilly evening. Temperatures getting close

to freezing in places so a touch of frost possible. As we go through the

night and into the morning, more cloud pushing in on a weather front

from the west. Eventually there will be some light and patchy rain

affecting some parts of the region by the end of the night. Although

these are the thoughts of temperatures we can record as we go

through the first part of the night, for the second part, those

temperatures lifting and not quite so cold. To my's weather is good to

be shaped by this weather front which may come to a bit of a stall

across the region. It will mean OBR cloudy start with some outbreaks of

rain best thing but hopefully in the middle, a dry interlude. The weather

looking like it will be patchy and then steal remaining rather cloudy,

with some brighter spells perhaps, some further rain expected they do.

Temperatures will be milder, some slightly milder air coming in on

that weather front, nine or ten Celsius. The wind picking up a

swell. As the day goes on, there is expecting to be some more rain

around and some of this turning a little bit heavy into the evening

and overnight. Then looking beyond, not far until Christmas weekend and

it is looking quite windy as we get towards the end of the week. This is

the pressure pattern for Friday, it looks like a dry day for us here in

the east that sadly those winds picking up as the weather front

blues do and some rain. Thursday, some sparkling sunshine, I am just

making a point but it will be the best day of the week. As we get is

that we can, there will be some rain around, the big thing for the

Christmas weekend is the strengthening wind. Back to you.

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