16/02/2017 Look East

In the programme tonight: An exclusive television interview

with Newmarket jockey Freddy Tylicki.

He was paralysed from the waist down in a fall, but says he'll be back

Obviously it won't be a racehorse, it will be something slower. But

life goes on and you got to make the most of it. Roll on next Wednesday.

Why the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex

is bidding to head up the fire and rescue service too.

The project to recreate the Great Fen - using more

And later we meet Britain's strongest woman.

In his first television interview since a terrible fall left him

paralysed from the waist down, the Newmarket jockey Freddy Tylicki

has told Look East he will be getting back on a horse and soon.

It was during a race at Kempton in October that Freddy was involved

He was very badly injured and is still being treated

Today he told our reporter Tom Williams that riding horses

is "like a drug" and getting back on one will help him

I remember everything. Unfortunately that is racing. You know, it's a

very risky job. You know that. You don't think about it and you are

going to get falls, that's for sure and when you do fall, it is how bad

it is afterwards and I got away with it a few times and unfortunately I

didn't get away with it this time. Life has changed, it's very

different now. How are you learning with -- coping? Good days and bad

days. A lot of downs at the moment, but you got to fight through them

somehow, there is only two macro ways you can go in this situation

and I decided to go forward. Life goes on. Freddie had been an

emerging force in the saddle. A former champion apprenticed, last

year his best season yet. At 30 years old he was tipped for the top

before tragedy struck, falling in a four horse pile-up in October. I

sustained 18 broken ribs. Worst still a paralysis, meaning he has no

movement in the lower half of his body. Being here, you see people

with all sorts of injuries and to be honest a couple of lads watched the

race again and they said to me that I was very lucky to be here.

Apparently it was a horrible fall, I have not seen it. There is no point

in looking at it again. I've got to say in some ways I am lucky to be

here. You seem incredibly positive. Where do you find that strength?

There are a lot of friends, the racing community has been tremendous

to me and a lot of the lads dropped in on the way back and it took me

for something to eat. Stuff like that cheers me up. After weeks in

intensive care, Freddie's rehabilitation continues here.

Experts at the London spinal-cord unit keep him busy. Specialist

equipment keeps his muscles moving. I would never regret being a jockey,

I love my job, I live for the industry, my job. I started riding

racehorses when I was 11 or 12 years of age and it is like a drug, once

you start you cannot stop. Do you think there might be a chance you

could ride again? Most definitely, I have a riding lesson next Wednesday.

So you are getting straight back on a horse? Absolutely. It will not be

a racehorse, something slower, but life goes on and you have to make

the most of it. Roll on next Wednesday.

Jockey Freddy Tylicki talking to our reporter Tom Williams.

Essex could be the first place in the country to bring

the Fire Service under the control of the Police and

Roger Hirst wants to control budgets and strategy for both,

but critics say he would have too much power and be

It is a five-year logo that within eight months could be out of date if

Roger Hirst has his way. Essex's police and crime commission thinks

close collaboration between the police and Fire Service will be more

efficient and save money. Today his office launched a 12 week public

consultation on the proposal. The three options, the one he favours is

the so-called governance model. If we can align the services and look

at doing things like workshops together, IT better together, we use

the assets best, if you look at all of that, we reckon the work we have

done says that there should be saving something between 50 million

pounds. It does not mean a police officer tackling a firebug the two

services would be more joined up. These representatives would not

exist any more. It was an idea first mooted by Roger's predecessor. A

year ago they warmed to the idea. It will provide an improving service

across Essex. Unions are more cautious. A closer alliance with the

police they say could erode long-standing public trust. Others

are more outspoken. It is the governments that concerns us. That

is the issue. By putting all the power in one person's hands to set

the budgets of the police and Fire Services, that removes direct

accountability to the public. Norfolk's PCC says the police are

looking at further collaboration with the Fire Service. In Essex,

people will have until May to have their say on whether they want and

even closer marriage between the police and Fire Service.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission

is investigating after a man, who was arrested at a holiday

Paul Gladwell, from Colchester, was 38.

He became seriously ill in police custody after an incident

Today, his family paid tribute to a man "forever in their hearts".

This is the Pontin 's holiday Park. It was here that Paul Gladwell came

with his partner and their three jewel drip for a short break. Inside

the ballroom at the complex, a change of events began which would

end in tragedy. Suffolk police have appealed for witnesses. They are

on-site at the moment having put up signs urging people to come forward

as they try to the facts of a violent incident. It was about

11:40pm on Valentine 's night when Paul Gladwell was detained by

security staff. His family say there had been a dispute involving one of

their children, during which Paul was head-butted by another man then

pinned to the floor. Police officers arrived five minutes later. Mr

Gladwell was arrested on suspicion of assault. While he was taken to

the police, officers became worried about his condition. They stopped

and called an ambulance. Paramedics treated him when they arrived and he

was taken to the hospital in Corston. It was there that he died

this morning. Mr Gladwell's family have questioned the way he was

restrained. The eye PCC is now handling the case and says it is

gathering CC TV footage. It added in a statement:

A page has been set up online to raise money for Mr Gladwell's

partner and children and social media is awash with tributes. One

said, could not thank you all enough for your kind words and kind wishes.

Managers at Pontin 's have made no comment about what happened on site

or the investigation. The cull of 23,000 chickens

affected by an outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk has

continued /finished today. The outbreak is the first

case of birdflu in this The chickens are at a poultry farm

at Redgrave near Diss. The East of England Ambulance

Service has been issued with two official warnings for failing

to ensure its "patterns The notices were imposed

by the Health and Safety Executive. They relate to staff working more

than 48 hours a week. The Justice Secretary

and South West Norfolk MP Elizabeth Truss says she's keen

to stop children who've been Ms Truss has been visiting

Nelson's Journey, a Norfolk-based charity which supports children

who've lost someone Aaron and Keenan are 16. Both have

lost loved ones. Both have been supported by Nelson's journey.

Aaron's sister died three years ago of cystic fibrosis. Because I didn't

want to speak about it, it would build up inside. Here is a safe

space I can talk about what is going on at home. It is all confidential.

Keenan's father died of cancer five years ago. It was quite a mess

because I did not know what I thought. I was quite sad at times

but also angry. Some people can channel that anger into media

committing crimes, senses? Absolutely. It can be such a... A

lot of people could go down that path. They might feel that is a way

to let out that anger. The Justice Secretary is keen for children to

get the right support for the grief so they do not channel their anger

into crimes. A lot of our young people have suffered bereavement. I

have seen that first-hand. We are seeing fewer young offenders coming

into our system, which is good, but the more we can do to how people

deal with those problems, those mental health problems that might

emerge, the better. Nelson's journey has seen an increase in the number

of children who have been bereaved. Persistent offenders in particular

are more likely to have experienced bereavement or a series of movements

compared to the general population. We know those very traumatic

circumstances can lead to offending behaviour. Losing a loved one has

changed these children's lives for ever but they are learning to focus

on their memories not their loss. A dairy in Essex, which closed

with the loss of hundreds of jobs, The entire contents of the former

Arla depot in Hatfield Peverel Buyers from as far away

as New Zealand are expected It was once a bustling site

employing more than 200 people. The people have gone

and the machines have fallen silent. Everything here is up for sale,

from heavy machinery The online auction contains

everything you would expect it to contain, including bottling

lines, packaging machinery, office furniture, even

the contents of the canteen. One of the items which is generating

interest is a life-size plastic cow I'm expecting it to make

a couple of hundred pounds, We have had international interest

from as far afield as Turkey, South America and New Zealand

and we are expecting to achieve We have already sold some

of the items previously, Up until last year, this factory

produced more than 350,000 There are 800 lots going up for sale

including this, this is a bottling The bottles are filled over

here and then they are transported through here, where the caps

are screwed on. There has been dairy production

at this depot in Hatsfield In terms of scale of production,

this is quite a small dairy as far They have opened a much larger

facility at Aylesbury and production The site is due to be redeveloped

but plans are unclear. The online auction closes

on the 23rd of February. If you've got a lego fan

in your house, stay tuned - And we'll be finding out just how

powerful you have to be to be A team of injured soldiers

is in training to compete against able-bodied drivers

in the Le Mans 24-hour race. The legendary endurance race

attracts fans from across the world. Warren McKinlay

is part of Team Brit. He was a mechanic based at RAF

Honington in Suffolk when he was badly injured

in a motorbike accident. Now he's in training with four

other former servicemen and they've even put

together their own My name is Warren McKinlay, I am 35

years old. I was in the Royal Electrical engineers and I suffered

a brain injury. The team Brit car down the inside. Nicely done. Team

Brit stands for British racing injured troops.

We spoke to Warren McKinlay and his wife Sarah, and asked

what it meant to Warren to be part of this team

First of all, it's a fantastic opportunity I have been offered to

be part of this journey. It is a mammoth task. But the distance we

have travelled six months ago, I now can see is a fully achievable goal.

Sarah, how nervous are you that he is going to be going round a track

at high speeds? I am nervous about it especially after his accident,

but I am fully behind him and looking forward to going to the

races and watching him. Warren, it is an extraordinary journey you have

been on since your accident 11 years ago, because for a time you felt

like you were not alive. Yes. As strange as it sounds for either need

to say it now, at my time in Headley Court and for about 18 months, I did

believe that I had died in the accident and everything that

happened to me was some kind of afterlife. We know about his

problems, but you have had to live with those, how has that been for

you? It has been really hard. The children have gone through the

journey with us as well, but we have all stuck together and worked at it.

This is the next step in his recovery with his racing. Sarah,

have you noticed the change in Warren since he has got involved in

motorsport? Has it been obvious to you the impact it has had? It has,

it has given him his strive back again and given him his motivation,

going out and having a day on a track. He is buzzing from it. One of

the problems you have had is you have had trouble concentrating and

focusing and yet the one thing you have to do in a car is concentrate

and focus, so how do you adapt? Since my accident, one way I dumped

with these is to take myself away from the situation, one of the

things that helped me was driving. I would drive and be on my own, it was

one skill I never lost. When I put the race helmet on and get into the

racing car, I really do wish I could work out how I can focus so much on

one single task and feed it into other aspects of my life. We wish

you all the very best of luck in the run-up to Le Mans and good luck to

you, Sarah, watching. She's 34, married

and a mother of two. She's also Britain's

strongest woman. That's remarkable enough,

but it gets better. She has only been training for two

years and now she's about to go to America to take part

in the competition to become Breakfast time in the Thompson

household. Close to competition time, Andrea needs about 3500

calories a day so while the children are having cereal, Andrea Downes a

fruit and vegetable smoothly plus a mushroom and spinach omelette.

Without it you would not lift anything? No, I get tired, I cannot

perform in the gym, I get frustrated and end up having a bad day. I was

hoping the spinach might give me muscles like Popeye but it is hard

to compete with biceps like this. Andrea has only been in the sport

for two years, she wanted to get fit for her sister's wedding, went to

the gym and soon got the bug for weightlifting. Andrea trains four or

five times a week. How good is she? Very good. The day she came in it

was obvious she had great potential and over the years we have developed

that and she is starting to realise that now. Andrea builds up her

sessions smoothly. Here squat lifting 180 kilos or just over 28

stone. It is tough and as Britain's strongest woman, Andrea is up to the

task. Come on! Andrea is competing at the Arnold sports festival in

America next month where she will compete against the world's's best.

I am hoping to do better than I did last. I came last year. I would love

to win but my next step is just to do better than I did. Frankly I was

get it -- script getting a sweat on just watching. 250 kilos, 39 stone

and it looked like my idea of hell. I do care at times how hard she gets

pushed. She needs to push if she needs to reach the top. You have to

admire Andrea's strength and determination. She has, a long way

in a short time and who is to say Britain's strongest woman cannot one

day be the world's's strongest woman. The trainer has the easier

job! She is amazing! That looks painful! If you have tried to build

a model out of Lego you know how fiddly it can be. I spent a whole

Christmas doing a dolphin cruiser once for my daughter. Imagine trying

to do it with more than a million pieces. That is the challenge the

Great Fen project has taken on. It is a model of the Cambridgeshire

wetland and this half term they need your help.

They came to see and help make a miniature, magical world. A mini

Great Fen. It is wetland and wildlife. More than a million

building bricks. It is half term so plenty of helping hands. I made a

duck and it came from a video that I watch. I made a barn owl on a bench,

because I find owls are interesting because they are awake at night and

sleep in the day. It's amazing to see how many things you can make and

some things are so small and others are very big and lifelike. The bird

hide and its watchers you can find that on the Fens. Its historic

buildings you can find that also. The great fen Project restoring the

Cambridge farmland to wetland. How it was before being drained more

than 400 years ago. This is their swallowtail butterfly. You can still

find them on the Norfolk Broads but they have been extinct on the Fens

for 100 years. They are hoping the real thing will return. This is a

fun way to teach you about the great fan. We have spent years and years

building the great fen which is a new nature reserve. It often takes a

long time to do things in reality on the ground, but with Lego we can

build it in a day. They will build it until Saturday. Sunday it all

comes down. Hundreds of thousands of bricks taken apart. Not just broken

up but sorted into colours, piece by piece.

Now the weather. Lovely day today. It has turned a bit cloudy with some

rain around but look at the earlier photographs from weather watchers.

This is a cloud spotter's dream in Essex. Another coastline shot in

Norfolk and in Suffolk, lots of fine weather. We will see more over the

next few days and it will stay mild. This is the pressure setup at the

moment. High pressure to the South building in. This weather front here

throws in a lot of cloud. We have seen patchy outbreaks of rain so

that will continue this evening. But it should Clint Eastwood 's, so for

the rest of the night, it looks lovely dry. -- clears eastward. Once

more it is a mild night with loads of six or 7 degrees. We start the

day tomorrow with this weather system on the scene. A little cloudy

to start with but high pressure building in. More fine weather and

it is likely to stay mild. We start with a bit of cloud first thing and

the chance of some patchy rain, and then it is looking largely dry. More

cloud around but we should see some brightness and sunny intervals.

Temperatures of ten or 11 degrees and there will be a light and

variable wind. The afternoon could turn cloudy at times, but hopeful we

should see some brightness and sunshine. Not a lot changing on the

pressure pattern. We have this weather coming through Saturday

night into Sunday but the weekend looks as though it will stay mild.

Mainly dry, cloudy at times, sunny intervals and a much milder start to

next week if a little cloudy. Some great pictures today. See you

tomorrow. Good night.