:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look East. and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:00:00. > :00:09.In the programme tonight: The war against the drug gangs from London
:00:10. > :00:19.who exploit vulnerable people to sell for them here.
:00:20. > :00:27.You get threatened with your high, violence...
:00:28. > :00:30.The Braintree MP pays tribute to his friend of 25 years,
:00:31. > :00:37.the police officer killed on duty at the Houses of Parliament.
:00:38. > :00:49.He was a strong, professional public servant. It was a delight to meet
:00:50. > :00:51.him here again only a few months after being elected.
:00:52. > :00:53.Today's technology recreating the face of a man
:00:54. > :00:58.If you're a fan of Countdown, stay tuned to hear more
:00:59. > :01:11.IM here in Northamptonshire to see how your money is being spent by
:01:12. > :01:18.Comic Relief right across the region.
:01:19. > :01:21.The police in Norfolk have carried out their biggest raid yet
:01:22. > :01:24.against drug gangs who come to this region from London.
:01:25. > :01:27.Operation Gravity was set up three months ago.
:01:28. > :01:30.136 people have been arrested and crack cocaine and heroine
:01:31. > :01:35.with a street value of ?35,000 has been seized.
:01:36. > :01:37.This morning, Alex Dunlop joined the police for two raids
:01:38. > :01:49.An inspector and his team come to call but for the people in these
:01:50. > :01:59.flats it is anything but a gentle door knock. The search, for heroin,
:02:00. > :02:05.cocaine and cash. Within seconds they find evidence of drug abuse,
:02:06. > :02:14.needles, syringes, pipes and pills and evidence of chaotic lifestyles.
:02:15. > :02:17.Why have the police raided? Criminal gangs are migrating north from
:02:18. > :02:27.London preying on teenagers to become drugs couriers. This machete
:02:28. > :02:33.was found near the front door. This is common that they use these
:02:34. > :02:37.weapons. They also found a BB gun. After just an hour, police have
:02:38. > :02:48.found enough to arrest six people, three on drug charges. You are under
:02:49. > :02:55.arrest on suspicion of intent to supply class a drugs. Do people take
:02:56. > :03:05.drugs there? Yes. What about drug dealers? No. A common practice for
:03:06. > :03:09.drug dealers who move into an area is so-called cocooning, which is
:03:10. > :03:12.what has happened here. They befriend a vulnerable person and
:03:13. > :03:18.then take over the property and use it as a base from where they can
:03:19. > :03:23.deal drugs. More often than not the occupant is too afraid to tell them
:03:24. > :03:29.to leave. If I phone the police they will put the windows through and
:03:30. > :03:36.petrol bomb my door. I don't go out. I am too paranoid to go out. They
:03:37. > :03:41.take over your life. Violence, prostitution, shoplifting,
:03:42. > :03:46.burglaries, all our crime is generally because people are trying
:03:47. > :03:52.to feed an addiction. They come from London, other major cities. They see
:03:53. > :03:55.Norwich as a good market. Operation gravity intends to stifle that
:03:56. > :03:57.market for drug dealers but that means these teams are in for the
:03:58. > :03:58.long haul. This afternoon, I spoke to
:03:59. > :04:00.Chief Superintendent Dave Marshall from Norfolk Police and put it
:04:01. > :04:03.to him that drugs with a street value of ?35,000 over three months
:04:04. > :04:17.doesn't seem very much. No, it is not a lot when you talk
:04:18. > :04:23.about what you could produce on the drugs market but ?35,000 is a lot of
:04:24. > :04:28.drugs, a lot of people who have been subject to harm. The type of
:04:29. > :04:32.violence used in the drug supply trade is around small amounts of
:04:33. > :04:39.debt, so a disproportionate amount is used against people. The people
:04:40. > :04:44.you have arrested, 136 over the last three months, they would be fairly
:04:45. > :04:50.down the food chain so don't you need to go after the big boys? You
:04:51. > :04:54.have to start somewhere and by taking people off the street and
:04:55. > :05:00.getting the drugs off the street, that is our starting point. All the
:05:01. > :05:03.intelligence we gather at that point can help take out the high-level
:05:04. > :05:09.dealers, but the harm is being caused on the street, that is where
:05:10. > :05:15.violence is being played out so that is our priority at the moment. We
:05:16. > :05:20.saw in the film about cocooning, moving into a flat which is run by
:05:21. > :05:25.somebody who is honourable. What can people do to stop that happening
:05:26. > :05:29.near them? The biggest threat to these people is the community itself
:05:30. > :05:35.because everyone will know what is going on in their local community
:05:36. > :05:42.and if people tell us, we can act on it. People will be scared to phone
:05:43. > :05:51.you. I can understand that. We have had over 700 calls in the last two
:05:52. > :05:56.months hosting gravity to us. The information will come to us. If they
:05:57. > :06:02.are scared to phone you, what can you do to stop them being scared?
:06:03. > :06:05.The fact we're out in the communities, knocking on doors,
:06:06. > :06:11.informing people and acting on information should reassure the
:06:12. > :06:20.community that we do what they say seriously. Across the whole country,
:06:21. > :06:26.this is not an issue isolated in Norfolk. What we find is that the
:06:27. > :06:30.drugs trade is like any other business, it is about people looking
:06:31. > :06:34.for another duty to make money. It could be in any town which is why we
:06:35. > :06:37.need everyone in Norfolk to be vigilant. Thank you.
:06:38. > :06:39.The Braintree MP, James Cleverly, has described the police officer
:06:40. > :06:43.who was killed yesterday as strong, professional and a friend.
:06:44. > :06:48.Mr Cleverly told MPs he first met PC Keith Palmer 25 years ago
:06:49. > :06:50.in the army and he called on the government to formally
:06:51. > :07:04.On a sealed off Westminster Bridge police forensics officers continued
:07:05. > :07:08.their investigations. While MPs in the Commons stood firm against the
:07:09. > :07:13.evils of terrorism. The MP for Brentry pay tribute to his old army
:07:14. > :07:23.friend PC Keith Palmer who paid with his life. He was a strong,
:07:24. > :07:28.professional public servant and it was a delight to meet him here again
:07:29. > :07:36.only a few months after being elected. Would my right honourable
:07:37. > :07:41.friend the Prime Minister in recognition of the work that he did
:07:42. > :07:47.and the other police officers and public servants here in the house
:07:48. > :07:55.consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally with a
:07:56. > :08:00.posthumous recognition? The Prime Minister said his request would be
:08:01. > :08:05.considered in due course. James was today back at the Green pastures
:08:06. > :08:08.plant centre in Norfolk. It won a farm enterprise award from the
:08:09. > :08:15.countryside Alliance. Yesterday here and his partner took this picture
:08:16. > :08:19.after leaving an award ceremony at the House of Lords. Seconds later
:08:20. > :08:23.the attackers car ploughed into the railings behind them. If we had not
:08:24. > :08:28.taken that picture, they would have been further up the road and being
:08:29. > :08:36.at that point at the wrong time. The policemen were yelling at the top of
:08:37. > :08:43.his voice, saying, run! He looked quite scared. Obviously so were we.
:08:44. > :08:48.The couple were given refuge amongst the gowns in the House of Lords
:08:49. > :08:53.cloakroom. Later holed up in Westminster Abbey. At the same award
:08:54. > :08:59.ceremony yesterday, the team from Lavenham butchers in Suffolk. I was
:09:00. > :09:03.concerned for my wife. Running through my head was what happened in
:09:04. > :09:09.Paris especially when we heard the shots, we were not sure who was out
:09:10. > :09:13.there. I have a nine-year-old who asked me what a terrorist was and
:09:14. > :09:17.why people do these things. True Muslims do not believe in these
:09:18. > :09:23.actions of the terrorists so we need to focus and stick together whatever
:09:24. > :09:28.race, religion we are. Police chiefs have been meeting today to discuss
:09:29. > :09:31.the implication of yesterday's attack. Essex Police among forces
:09:32. > :09:33.deploying armed units to keep public areas.
:09:34. > :09:36.A man has been found guilty of a sex attack at an isolated
:09:37. > :09:40.Sam Duncan had denied the attempted rape of a woman
:09:41. > :09:43.at Melton train station, but was convicted by a jury
:09:44. > :09:53.Another leading high-tech company in this region
:09:54. > :09:57.E2v in Chelmsford is being bought by an American
:09:58. > :10:01.Last year, ARM Holdings in Cambridge was sold to a Japanese company.
:10:02. > :10:06.This from our business correspondent Richard Bond.
:10:07. > :10:09.It's one of the jewels in the crown of the region's economy.
:10:10. > :10:14.E2v of Chelmsford might not be a household name, but Nasa,
:10:15. > :10:19.Boeing and Airbus use its sensors and semiconductors and now this
:10:20. > :10:23.British high-tech star is about to fall into foreign hands
:10:24. > :10:28.thanks to a ?600 million takeover by an American firm.
:10:29. > :10:33.It grew out of Marconi and for many years was known
:10:34. > :10:40.It's the latest British high-tech firm from this region to fall
:10:41. > :10:45.under foreign ownership, but should we care?
:10:46. > :10:48.Quite a few people cared when Cambridge -based Arm Holdings
:10:49. > :10:55.The chip designer was bought by the Japanese.
:10:56. > :11:00.That followed big-money takeovers of two other silicone Fen firms,
:11:01. > :11:03.the ink-jet printer Domino and the wireless
:11:04. > :11:11.This Cambridge-based partner of a national accountancy firm said
:11:12. > :11:16.these recent deals may have something to do with the referendum.
:11:17. > :11:18.Obviously since the referendum, sterling has fallen noticeably
:11:19. > :11:22.against other currencies, but most obviously the dollar,
:11:23. > :11:25.so that has made UK companies cheaper to foreign buyers.
:11:26. > :11:27.Does it matter if our high-tech firms are bought
:11:28. > :11:33.If you look at the companies that are acquiring our local businesses,
:11:34. > :11:36.they are major multinationals with huge resources,
:11:37. > :11:38.so that gives a big opportunity for further investment
:11:39. > :11:44.The American company buying E2v is called Teledyne.
:11:45. > :11:47.It specialises in defence electronics, aerospace
:11:48. > :11:53.It's a great compliment to E2v and all it has achieved
:11:54. > :11:57.over its various incarnations that we have this American
:11:58. > :12:03.We want to see it remain in Chelmsford, we want to see
:12:04. > :12:06.investment continue in developing the company, developing products
:12:07. > :12:09.there and we are hopeful that it will be good news for E2v
:12:10. > :12:12.as an organisation and Chelmsford as a city.
:12:13. > :12:15.While a small number of head office jobs are expected to be lost,
:12:16. > :12:24.the vast majority of staff are likely to be kept on.
:12:25. > :12:27.The company's strength in growing high-tech markets should see to
:12:28. > :12:29.that. Is everyone so positive
:12:30. > :12:41.about foreign takeovers? No, there always give you that you
:12:42. > :12:46.sell out, you lose control and future decisions will be made
:12:47. > :12:50.overseas. Future profits will be taken by the new owner rather than
:12:51. > :12:55.local shareholders and there is the worry of whether assets have been
:12:56. > :13:01.sold on the cheap, but in a global economy, takeovers take place on a
:13:02. > :13:06.two way Street. Foreign companies can buy our companies if the terms
:13:07. > :13:09.are right, but also British companies can go overseas and buy
:13:10. > :13:17.assets there as well and that goes on a lot. E2v itself has done that.
:13:18. > :13:26.And the man who started running three years ago hoping
:13:27. > :13:36.Five years ago, about 400 complete skeletons were uncovered
:13:37. > :13:39.at the Old Divinity School at St John's College
:13:40. > :13:42.in Cambridge, on what was the old monastery hospital.
:13:43. > :13:46.Now, scientists have used the latest technology to recreate the face
:13:47. > :13:48.of one man who lived and died 700 years ago.
:13:49. > :14:04.In a peaceful corner of Cambridge and the old Divinity School, more
:14:05. > :14:08.than 400 medieval skeletons were unearthed. They were the sick or
:14:09. > :14:14.people with no money cared for by monks. One skeleton found at this
:14:15. > :14:20.spot has brought us face-to-face with the community we know little
:14:21. > :14:25.about, the medieval poor. Across the city at this laboratory a series of
:14:26. > :14:31.tests have been carried out on these bones. They revealed the man who
:14:32. > :14:35.died was around 40 and Fifa to seven. By taking the skull and
:14:36. > :14:45.digitally laying in muscle muscle and skin thickness a photograph from
:14:46. > :14:51.the past stairs out. It is the same reaction many of the viewers will
:14:52. > :14:56.have that it turns it much more from being a scientific specimen into a
:14:57. > :15:01.person and we have to treat him as both at the same time. The skeleton
:15:02. > :15:04.shows a wear and tear of a hard-working life and chemical
:15:05. > :15:10.analysis of the bones can reveal a remarkable amount about the man
:15:11. > :15:16.buried in a pauper's grave. He had a quite rich diet with a bit of fish
:15:17. > :15:23.and animal protein which was is a price considering as a poor person
:15:24. > :15:28.he would have eaten a lot of green. He may have had a life supplying
:15:29. > :15:34.food in one way or another. A closer look suggests he could have died in
:15:35. > :15:41.considerable pain. He had a condition called Galton caused by a
:15:42. > :15:47.Euro classic level build-up in the bloodstream and it can be quite
:15:48. > :15:51.painful. This is the beginning of a four year project. 400 skeletons are
:15:52. > :15:55.boxed here awaiting analysis and although this man died before the
:15:56. > :15:58.Black Death, it is thought many of the others will provide an
:15:59. > :16:02.unprecedented insight into the disease that proved so fatal in the
:16:03. > :16:03.medieval world. Three years ago, Dave Reading
:16:04. > :16:06.smoked 60 a day and wasn't Then a doctor told him
:16:07. > :16:10.something had to change. So Dave took up running and now he's
:16:11. > :16:13.hoping to beat the world record for running the 837 miles
:16:14. > :16:29.from Lands End to John O'Groats. In just three years, Dave has become
:16:30. > :16:36.a running machine. Pounding the pavements at steady speed for him it
:16:37. > :16:42.really is much, much more of a marathon than a sprint. I have only
:16:43. > :16:47.been running since 2014. I was a heavy smoker and gave up and running
:16:48. > :16:53.helped with the craving. Trouble is I did not know where to stop. He is
:16:54. > :16:57.now taking on a truly epic challenge running all the way from lands end
:16:58. > :17:02.to John O'Groats raising money for the charity walking with the
:17:03. > :17:09.wounded. You are trying to run 837 miles in eight and half days, what
:17:10. > :17:15.are you thinking? Hopefully raise a lot of money. It is a great cause.
:17:16. > :17:23.It is a long way so we will see what happens. Daunted? A little. We have
:17:24. > :17:30.driven the route and it does make you realise how far it is. Pretty
:17:31. > :17:34.extraordinary feat. It represents the courage, determination, staying
:17:35. > :17:40.power and mental fortitude of those that serve in the Armed Forces. Dave
:17:41. > :17:46.is testament to that as a Bertrand himself but it is extraordinary. As
:17:47. > :17:51.it is finding the time to train. At home his wife and eight children
:17:52. > :17:57.keep him busy. He was not very good at running. He could barely make it
:17:58. > :18:07.up the stairs. Can you believe him now? It is crazy. I thought he was
:18:08. > :18:12.stupid but it is inspiring. He has a loyal support group. His son is
:18:13. > :18:20.cycling the route. We have a toilet on-board, cooking facilities, a
:18:21. > :18:24.small bed for Dave to have a rest on if he needs to have a lie down. Do
:18:25. > :18:32.you think he will be up for the challenge? He is more than up for
:18:33. > :18:37.it. It is not like running a marathon. I will run four marathons
:18:38. > :18:42.a day so that is the equivalent and 33 marathons in eight and a half
:18:43. > :18:50.days. A body is not thought to do that? Mine is. Sleep will be a
:18:51. > :18:53.luxury. The record stands at just over nine days. His attempt to beat
:18:54. > :18:56.it already makes him a hero. Over the last two years,
:18:57. > :19:01.?1.3 million has been spent on 169 different good causes
:19:02. > :19:05.in this region. And all of that money came
:19:06. > :19:09.from you for Red Nose Day. And, of course, Red
:19:10. > :19:11.Nose Day is tomorrow. The Countdown presenter
:19:12. > :19:13.Nick Hewer has been to see how some of the money
:19:14. > :19:31.was spent in Northamptonshire. All aboard the bus. A lifeline for
:19:32. > :19:35.older, disabled and isolated people. It is a personal door to door bus
:19:36. > :19:42.service for people who would be trapped at home without it and today
:19:43. > :19:49.on board, that bloke from the telly. Without the bus life could be
:19:50. > :19:58.lonely? Definitely. It is a community on the Demuth because it
:19:59. > :20:05.is the same people all the time and for ?20 a year, which is what you
:20:06. > :20:11.pay, it is nothing. It is fantastic, a great service, a lifeline to many.
:20:12. > :20:16.Sometimes they would go on shopping trips, to craft fairs or the coast
:20:17. > :20:22.but it is not about the destination, it is the journey. It is better to
:20:23. > :20:28.travel than to arrive. A lot of them are isolated. If it was not for this
:20:29. > :20:34.vehicle and five others, they would sit there looking at four walls and
:20:35. > :20:38.doing little at all. One person looking at four walls for the best
:20:39. > :20:44.part of four years was former prison officer John Jones. After two
:20:45. > :20:48.amputations, kidney failure and a triple heart bypass he was a
:20:49. > :20:52.prisoner in his own home with his wife who was also his carer. But
:20:53. > :21:02.this bus has given him his life back. It doesn't matter where it is
:21:03. > :21:06.going, it is so nice to get out and chat to different people. It is a
:21:07. > :21:13.lovely atmosphere. I am a candidate for this sort of thing. I am 73, I
:21:14. > :21:17.feel quite lonely sometimes. Yes there is public transport but not
:21:18. > :21:22.everyone can get to the bus stop, not everyone can get on the bus.
:21:23. > :21:27.This bus comes to them and takes them to the best place ever, a place
:21:28. > :21:28.full of friends. A place called freedom.
:21:29. > :21:32.We want to hear what you're doing for Comic Relief and we want your
:21:33. > :21:36.You can get in touch by email, you can post your videos on Facebook
:21:37. > :21:44.We'll be showing some of your fundraising tomorrow.
:21:45. > :21:53.Let's have a look at the weather. Lots of lovely spring sunshine
:21:54. > :21:57.across the region today. Some beautiful blossom here in Milton
:21:58. > :22:01.Keynes and a lovely scene across a field in Essex. It was feeling
:22:02. > :22:07.chilly in that north-easterly breeze but things should be warmer
:22:08. > :22:12.tomorrow. Tonight, clear skies does generally translate into a cold
:22:13. > :22:17.night but cloud comes in from the North Sea so particularly for the
:22:18. > :22:22.north eastern half of the region, temperatures staying at six or 7
:22:23. > :22:27.degrees, go further west we could record lows of three or four
:22:28. > :22:33.Celsius. We start tomorrow with cloud but high pressure is here and
:22:34. > :22:38.it is here to stay into the weekend and beyond bringing us some
:22:39. > :22:42.sunshine. We cleared the cloud away first thing tomorrow and then we see
:22:43. > :22:48.good spells of sunshine and the wind will not be as strong. It will be
:22:49. > :22:55.cooler on the coast, do further inland we will record highs of 12
:22:56. > :23:01.Celsius. Some good spells of sunshine for the afternoon. Looking
:23:02. > :23:06.beyond, not a lot is changing. High-pressure sticks around, so a
:23:07. > :23:13.fine weekend. It will stay try with good spells of sunshine but some
:23:14. > :23:19.fairly chilly nights. In the next few days out of the two days of the
:23:20. > :23:23.weekend, Saturday looks better in terms of sunshine. Cloudy on Sunday
:23:24. > :23:30.but the fine weather will stay into next week so we will record highs of
:23:31. > :23:35.30 Celsius but chilly overnight. The clocks go forward on Saturday night
:23:36. > :23:37.into Sunday morning, so from all of us here, thank you for your company.
:23:38. > :23:40.Good night.