10/01/2017 Look East

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Hello, and welcome to Look East, with Stewart and me.

The headlines tonight, from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.

The Labour leader comes to this region with the party's message

We find out what it means for workers and employers here.

Can we, and should we wean our agriculture industry off subsidies

Cabbies protest in Essex as Uber drivers with a criminal

And Reginald James Watson, an old soldier with no

surviving relatives, gets a fitting sendoff

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn came to this region today

to make his most important speech of the New Year.

He told supporters in Peterborough that, under Labour, EU

migrants who are already here would have their

And he said he would not bow to pressure to support

Mr Corbyn's defence of migrant workers will have gone down well

in many areas of multicultural Peterborough.

But he also reassured Brexit-supporting parts of this

region that he will lobby for schemes to prevent

cheap migrant labour from undercutting local workers.

Let's get more now from our political

More than 55% of our region voted to leave the EU last year in the

referendum. 61% of them here in Peterborough. Jeremy Corbyn and most

of labour were on the Remainer side, in a region by labour has always

struggled. A lot of interest in the speech from the Labour leader, one

which will play a large part in determining the fortunes of labour

in this region for some time to come.

Labour are under growing a New Year beer brand, the speech was billed as

Jeremy Corbyn's big response to Brexit.

Labour accepts those challenges that the voters have given.

Among his ideas, more money for the NHS, a crackdown on high levels of

pay, and a new policy on immigration. The advance briefing

was he would back a restriction on the numbers coming to Britain but he

did not say that. He spoke about the importance of migrants to our

economy and said improving local services was the answer.

The question of underfunding of services is crucial in this city,

Peterborough for example, this council seems more interested in

selling council housing to private sector rather than housing the

people who are homeless. You say if there was more funding,

people would be so concerned about immigration?

Sometimes there are issues surrounding shortages of services

where people are unfairly blamed. It is generally accepted theories

about the pressures caused by immigration were the reason for the

large Brexit boat. The Leave campaign say the solution is to

limit numbers, Jeremy Corbyn believes more support for local

councils is the answer. It is reassuring voters we are

listening. There was a vote in June and people have had their say.

We need to make sure we as a party of the people are listening to what

they are saying. The thoughts of people in

Peterborough? I think we should put a cap on it.

But some are hard workers. There are a lot of jobs that perhaps

we don't want to do that people do. You will have two cap numbers, there

is no other way. Why come to a probe Brexit meeting

to deliver an anti-Brexit message. Jeremy Corbyn is hoping to win new

supporters. Of course, the other big issue

for this region as far as Brexit And there's a lot of uncertainty

about what will happen Our environment reporter

Richard Daniel says many farmers May last year, the then Environment

Secretary is handed a pig. By her side supporting the remaining

campaign, the Suffolk pig farmer Jimmy Butler. Seven months on the

now supports Brexit. The weaker pound has boosted sales of his free

range pork. He doesn't qualify for EU subsidies but he thinks they

should be phased out. Subsidies don't do us any favour

with the public, they see us as a protected species. All it it is

saving on the cost of production. The money comes from the taxpayer to

be handed back to the farmer. British farmers receive ?3 billion a

year in subsidy, 55% of total UK farm income. Scrapping the payments

would have a huge impact on the way our countryside is managed. The

current system of subsidies has plenty of critics. Conservationists

say it has failed to protect biodiversity. Others say the

wealthiest land owners take the lions share of payment.

Johnson's 1800 acres near Cambridge. Last year his business received

?155,000 in subsidies. The uncertainty of the future is

worrying. We received ?90 an acre on our cat

payments. As far as income or profitability,

without that support, we wouldn't make a profit. We read quite a lot

of land as well. We will have to look carefully to see how we can

structure the farm so they can remain viable in this new climate.

His uncertainty hitting confidence? This magazine in Ipswich has

reported farm machinery sales are holding up but there is no denying

the challenge. The Government has admitted they

were not prepared for Brexit. They are coming from behind, needing to

get the best trade deals. They are trying. But we are hopelessly

unprepared. As Jimmy's optimism shows, there are

others who see the current situation as an opportunity.

We touched on farming and immigration, the major issues come

Brexit? Ten days into January and these

issues are being talked about not just by us but in a lot of

conversations taking place around office tables and businesses. Not

surprising, farming and fishing, very important industries in the

region. Immigration the main driver for the leave vote last year. A

third important issue, the future of education, science and research post

Brexit which will be addressed tomorrow by a House Of Commons

committee looking into the impact of Brexit on that sector.

How significant was it Jeremy Corbyn came to Peterborough today?

The first reason is he was coming to a major city in a major area where

many voted leave. The other is, to form a Government, Labour needs to

win sites -- Needs to win seats in places like Harlow, Basildon,

Charmouth, to win over Labour supporters again.

An inquest has been told that police charged a mentally ill man

with attempted murder so that he could be remanded

Weeks later, Dean Saunders was found dead in his cell

One police officer said they felt they were being

pushed into the decision because a psychiatrist refused

Robby West is outside the Coroner's Court in Chelmsford now.

Yesterday we heard how this father and brother were injured when they

stopped him cutting his own throat. Today focused on the event after he

was taken to Basildon police station. These suicide events had

been recorded on the police system. There was also read out on his

throat from an attempt to take his own life according to the Sergeant.

When a psychiatrist from the mental health partnership trust assessed

him, she was not aware of his intention to kill himself. The

doctor said she had not seen the police log or risk assessments, she

had not seen any red marks on his throat either. She did not section

Dean said he could be placed in a secure hospital unit because he had

not been charged. The court heard he was charged later with attempted

murder in order to get him remanded to protect him.

A man from Norwich has been charged with murdering

32-year-old Kerri McAuley was found dead at a flat

A post mortem examination was inconclusive but police believe

Joe Storey, who's 26, will appear at Norwich

A crowdfunding page has been set up to pay for her funeral.

It's already exceeded its ?5,000 target and currently

Several bunches of flowers have been left close to the block

This region has lost out to Lincolnshire in the battle

to get the headquarters of a major new windfarm.

The Racebank field is a just a short distance from the port

But the company behind it has opted to base its operations in Grimsby

The race is on to build a string of wind farms off our coast.

This is work underway to lay cables for the Galloper field off Suffolk.

Once they are completed, each wind farm needs a port

where its operations can be based for the long-term.

These operations and maintenance bases as they are called are highly

prized because they offer jobs to engineers and maintenance

The Racebank field off north Norfolk considered Grimsby,

It has come down in favour of Grimsby.

Wells felt it was in a good position to win the work as the closest

We'd like to have seen some benefits to the north Norfolk coast.

Racebank is only 14 miles from here, 40 miles from Grimsby.

I'm a little bit surprised but I'm sure they did their business plan.

They already have a base in Grimsby, I'm guessing

Wells is already the operations base for the Sheringham Shell field.

Having Racebank would have helped diversify its economy

There are currently seven operations bases on our coast either working

or waiting for their wind farms to be built.

Racebank's decision has also disappointed Yarmouth.

Though it has a strong chance of being chosen as the base

for future wind farms which are still at

There's been more news from the energy sector today.

The Government has started the process for approving

a Chinese nuclear reactor at Bradwell in Essex.

The Chinese want to build this reactor based on their own design.

It would be close to the old Bridewell station. To do this they

need the approval of UK regulators which is the process which kicked

off today, which typically takes four years, to establish the design

is safe and secure. If the UK regulators were to approve

this Chinese design, then it would be the first foothold of Chinese

nuclear technology in a major western economy, a very important

issue. Cabbies in Southend say drivers

stripped of their licences because they broke the law are back

on the streets. The resort's taxi drivers'

association claim the drivers are being used by the phone-app service

Uber. Mark Jennings is chairman of the

taxi drivers' association here, he said members were angry when another

to drivers who committed motoring offences and banned from operating

by the council was spotted back on the streets picking up fares.

For this to happen, you can imagine the level of frustration and anger

not just by the drivers but by residents, customers, people wonder

how this has happened. Drivers need a private hire vehicle

licence issued by the local authority.

The band drivers got around it by applying for another license from

Transport for London. They are now driving for Uber even

though the company has no devices to operate in Southend. Southend

Council told me how unhappy they are with the situation.

Two individuals who we know about have had their licences revoked in

Southend and have been licensed by TfL and are working for Uber.

What do you think about that? It is a scandal of epidemic

proportions, it cannot be right back one licensing authority finds them

not fit to hold a licence, yet TfL have seen fit to give them a

license. TfL told us these were serious

issues which were under investigation. A spokesperson for

Uber said they would welcome more transparent data sharing between

licensing authorities. What they are doing, there is no

point having a local licensing you might as well go to the cheapest

area then drive you like. The cabbies here say they are

worried the fact drivers previously banned are now back in the resort

could put passengers in danger and are calling on the London Mayor to

take action. You're watching Look East,

with Stewart and me. Stay with us for action

from last night's Cup tie Alex will tell us about

a freezing end to the week. Local people make sure a war veteran

gets a fitting sendoff. The Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates

is giving $9 million to a medical company in Cambridge which is trying

to find cures for The grant is coming from the Bill

and Melinda Gates Foundation. The cash is going to a Cambridge lab

called Kymab which is researching vaccines for diseases such

as HIV and malaria. The Gates' involvement will ensure

that any treatments are shared among Scientists working in this Cambridge

laboratory are taking the first steps to create vaccines that

could prevent some of the world's Work is expensive and can take years

which is why bosses at Kymab are overwhelmed after being awarded

$9 million by Bill I think it is very special

because the foundation doesn't It wants to know it is going to get

high-quality science. So it is an indictment

how good the quality And how what we do at Kymab can

really contribute to the mission of the Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation. The company has developed

its own way of producing and testing antibodies,

the proteins that help ward off infections, by creating

genetically-engineered mice. The mice mimic the production

of antibodies in humans which helps Vaccine that could cure

whooping cough normally It's now being seen

in adults and experts say that is because current

cures aren't working. We think that is because the vaccine

received as a child is waning. What we are trying to do is generate

some antibodies that can be given as a therapy,

but also as a way of looking at vaccine design against the bacteria

that causes whooping cough. There is a certain cachet and allure

about attracting big-dollar The billionaire philanthropist is

widely considered to be the world's Money from the Microsoft founder has

enabled Kymab to grow rapidly. An initial $20 million investment

has seen the company grow from a handful

of scientists to more than 120 employees using state-of-the-art

lab equipment. Researchers here say that money

will enable them to be the first to discover vaccines,

and be the best. Mousumi Bakshi, BBC

Look East, Cambridge. Let's get the thoughts

of Martyn Postle who runs a biotech This deal is about philanthropy but

also business because the company will be able to commercialise those

axioms in developed countries? That is true. It doesn't matter how

philanthropic the founder is, the people who invest are generally not

philanthropic but financial investors.

All investment in our biotech sector is to be welcomed. How worried are

cos it might be harder to attract because of Brexit?

For companies like this, at least in the medium term, it probably won't

have any affect. Cambridge is still the Centre for European biotech and

still very successful in attracting overseas investment. But there are

risks, probably the most is the retention of scientists, about 40%

of the science base in Cambridge are non-UK nationals, not all from the

EU. I have heard stories about difficulties in attracting

scientists from overseas to work in Cambridge because of the uncertainty

as to whether their spouse will be able to get a job.

On the other side of the coin, what about the weakness of the pound? Is

that having any effect on the sector?

It is, it is good news for me, the service companies like consultancies

and contract research, we find we are even more connected than before.

Good news for the service sector. Like so many industries we hear

about post Brexit, you are suffering from the Institute of not knowing

when and what is going to happen. What would help the sector, what

would you like to hear from the Government?

First, exactly what the Government position will be in terms of

overseas scientists not having to jump through hoops to get visas.

Secondly, when it comes to start up companies, the spin offs from

university, who until now have relied on investment from the EU

investment fund, how exactly the Government will make up the money

they can no longer access. And our two teams left in the FA

Cup this year now know Norwich will be at home

to Arsenal if they can beat Ipswich will be at home to Brighton

if they can beat Lincoln. Last night, Cambridge

United threatened But ultimately the League Two

side came up just short. For fans of Cambridge United, a game

they would not miss for the world. For some top clubs, the FA Cup has

lost a little of its magic. But at this level, it

still means everything. Fingers crossed, we have

good league form. Hold to half-time, get ten minutes

then, bang, start again. League Two side to knock out

the Championship side? Leeds made eight changes

to their starting line-up, Possibly not if the first half

was anything to go by. Cambridge United looked more

determined, in truth, they dominated and thoroughly

deserved to go in front. A goal neither nor

the fans will ever forget. But if the first period

was one-sided so was the second. They drew level and the winning goal

followed shortly after. A rousing Cup tie for half

the game, it looked Leeds showed their Championship

class in the second half The first 20, 30 minutes it was all

Cambridge, it was brilliant. We did well for ages and then

there were lots of gaps. Two years ago, Cambridge made more

than ?1 million from their Cup run. A third-round exit this

year but another boost Financially it was huge and it

came after nine years The club is in a good

way and financially This allows us to maybe make one

or two signings in January And accelerate the continued

growth of the club. We want more of this,

and to put ourselves We want to make sure that at the end

of the month we are stronger for it. The focus now is

on winning promotion. That means, for the 8,000

inside last night, they have another 200 mourners packed a village church

in Norfolk today to pay Reginald Watson lived

in Ormesby St Margaret. He was 90 years old when

he died in hospital. But today, after a campaign

on social media, he was given So different from how

it might have been. He'd put aside funds for his funeral

but there were no relatives A public health burial in

an unmarked grave was a possibility. But hanks to detective work

by the Reverend Mandy Bishop, support from funeral directors,

the Royal British Legion and social media, the former rifleman

in the King's Royal Rifle Corps Amongst the 200 mourners,

some who knew Reginald, others as the vicar put it who had

come to give something back for his service

to his community and country. As a former serviceman,

I served in the Royal Air Force, the thought of someone dying alone,

being committed alone As a former serviceman,

Reginald had a lot of family. It is a brotherhood regardless

of what capacity we may have served, Because of him, we have

the freedoms we have today. Hugh Taylor, whose father also

served in the King's Rifle Corps, was wearing his blazer,

KRC badge, and war medal I walked into this church together

with some colleagues from the Royal British Legion,

thinking that we were The funeral director

with Reginal's prized possession, We have all rallied together,

along with the support of social gentleman's funeral,

to ensure release of his own funds and ensure he had the

sendoff he deserved. A rare photograph, Reginald

at the age of four with a neighbour Celebrated today, a quiet man,

a hard worker, a perfect gentleman, Some fine weather across the region,

this is a beautiful photograph showing blue sky. And a lovely

coastal scene as well. A relatively mild night with this weather front

from the west but cold weather is on the way. This is introducing more

cloud. A cloudy but mainly dry evening. Through the night there

could be spots of patchy rain as the weather front moves through. For

most of us, no lower than 5 degrees. But it may be lower than these

alleys where there are breaks in the cloud. Patchy rain first thing and

strengthening winds, this weather system brings a change. Behind it

much colder air is tucked in. The main feature will be that

strengthening north-westerly wind which will make it feel cold. But it

is a mild start with highs of 11 degrees. The weather front moves

through briskly. Brighter skies with sunshine. Mainly dry. Certainly the

strength of the wind will be a feature through the day. 10 degrees

through the morning. By the afternoon, that cold air digs in,

more like 7 degrees, feeling cold, and a cold night with a frost

likely. That will continue for a few days. Looking ahead to Thursday,

some interesting weather. This weather system comes in from the

south bringing us some rain essentially. It may turn to sleet or

snow. Some uncertainty what will happen. Mainly a brain event at the

moment but the potential is there. Collection -- Rain. A dry day on

Thursday. Long spells of hazy sunshine and high-level cloud.

Later, the rainbow push through with the potential to turn to sleet or

snow. I will give you an update tomorrow. Looking perish in the cold

by the end of the week. Fine weather on Friday and Saturday but a strong

north-westerly wind on Friday with gales on the coast. Some sharp

frosts. A colder theme on the way. Join us again after the Ten O'Clock

News here on BBC One.