05/04/2017 Look East

It matters not that they're travellers, it is just an individual

or a group of people cannot develop ilegally.

Ambulance response times for the most serious

The Duchess of Cambridge at a gala performance that

could raise thousands for East Anglia's

And what next for England's former test captain, Alastair Cook,

ahead of the new cricket season here in Essex?

The battle to stop an illegal travellers' site in Essex

Six years ago it cost Basildon Council millions of pounds

to evict people from parts of Dale Farm, which was the biggest

The new battle focusses on Hovefields, less than two

Today the council went to the High Court to stop

But the travellers say they have nowhere else to go,

and the hearing was adjourned on humanitarian grounds.

In a moment, Alex Dunlop revisits the eviction of Dale Farm.

But first Robby West, and the legal fight over Hovefields.

Today, building work continues on green belt land.

Basildon Council has already secured an injunction,

It started last month, when residents of Hovefield Avenue

noticed multiple lorries filled with hard-core, travelling

Since then, more tarmac has been laid, and more mobile

Work has continued over the last three or four weeks.

Residents fear this situation will turn into another Dale farm,

where the eviction of 80 families from their illegally built homes

left 15 police officers injured, and saw 45 arrests.

To try and avoid this, the council have taken

With Dale Farm, it was about civil proceedings.

That's because they owned the land, no injunctions were breached.

On this one, we had injunctions down for a number of months now,

Earlier today, the council were at the High Court for a hearing

The judge adjourned the case until next Tuesday

Back at Hovefields, residents are pleased the council

If you develop an area, you have to have infrastructure.

You cannot just set up, be it a caravan, house, a bungalow,

It matters not that they're travellers.

It is just an individual, or a group of people,

We've made repeated attempts to talk to people living

on the site unfortunately, they did not want to

In the past, they have said they don't feel there's enough

provision for the traveller community to live in the area.

Nobody in that involved wants this to turn into a second Dale Farm.

When the case returns to the High Court, it's hoped

answers on how to avoid that happening will become clearer.

So could this be the start of a new Dale Farm?

That legal battle lasted several years and cost

Six years ago, Alex Dunlop was inside Dale Farm when police

It was a chaotic climax to a decade of illegal occupation

They're just coming through the barrier now,

they're having bricks thrown at them.

As police piled into Dale Farm to clear the site, local residents

Local travellers wondered where they would next

A once semipermanent conurbation of 80 homes has now

Dale Farm, to the right of the existing legal side,

But the court battles and eviction cost Basildon Council

And so, two years on, the government reinforced the law.

Traveller sites on the green belt, it says,

And that the need for a traveller site should be done only

through the plan making process, and not in response

Those who work with travellers say there simply aren't

enough authorised sites, that they're being forced

People have to exist, and they have to have a place to live.

They can buy their own property, they can put

But sometimes, that takes years to go through.

And in the meantime, 99.9% of gypsy and traveller

One of the landowners at Hovefields has already launched an appeal

against the local authority, which won't be heard

This has the early signs of a long legal fight which, like Dale Farm,

Joining us now is the leader of basildon Borough Council,

It cost millions of pounds to get people off Dale Farm. Are you

prepared to spend that amount of money this time? We'll spend

whatever we have two to get justice. That's really the crux of it. We had

that many of the colour is believed that they would go to a legal fight

if enough well provided. -- many other travellers. That is

understandable. You said in your preview there about having a local

plan that provides sites, and we have done exactly that. What we

would also ask is that other authorities, neighbouring

authorities and authorities up and down the country might do the same.

Then we might see that those sites coming forward much more readily. If

you had enough sites in your borough, they would move onto them,

so you don't have enough do you? That's not quite true. We have

enough sites. The local plan provides more than enough sites. And

that is done on a needs basis. What we would have to find out is who

exactly are looking at occupying those sites. And that is an

important factor in how you allocate the sites that are coming forward.

Today we heard that this was stopped on humanitarian grounds. What

exactly was that? I don't know exactly, but I understand there was

some bereavement. I think the travellers weren't around to appear

in court today. I think the judge-made good call. Putting off

for a few days is not going to make a hell of a lot of difference, but I

think the judge has indicated he wants to get this matter sorted

quickly -- I think the judge has made a good call. If you put the

hearing off for another couple of weeks, then we wouldn't have been so

pleased, but we can wait until next Tuesday or Wednesday without too

much of a problem. Rather than confrontation and a legal battle,

have you gone to them and ask them to stop doing what they are doing?

Absolutely. I mean, there has been various processes like a stop

notice, injunctions, all of these are designed to try and hold it

before you get into court. But this group are not listening to those

processes, they're not adhering to the legal priorities that are set

down in law. Thank you very much for being with us this evening.

The East of England Ambulance Service should soon be able

to meet more of its targets for emergency response times.

Not because it will get to more seriously ill patients

within the target time, but because the target

It means fewer people having a heart attack or stroke can expect

an emergency ambulance within eight minutes.

Our Health reporter Nikki Fox is with me.

So they don't have to get better, they just have to look

Critics would say by effectively moving the goalposts it will make

the Ambulance Service look better. But those in favour say it's

realistic, given the fact that none of the Ambulance Services across the

country are meeting these targets. That target is to get to 75% of the

most serious calls within eight minutes. That has now been relaxed

to 68.5%. Now, it's always been difficult for the East of England

Ambulance Service because it covers such auroral error. There has been

an increase in demand and it's consistently failed its targets -- a

rural error. In 2014 it was fined for doing so. Last August, the Care

Quality Commission also criticised it. Since then, things have

improved, but not enough to meet those old national targets. Have we

had a reaction from the Amlin service today? They have spoken to

us about this. This has all been agreed very quietly -- the Ambulance

Service. The operating director says it has been transparent.

We publish it in our board reports, the targets are in there.

And again, as we move into the New Year, it's

Nobody nationally is achieving those standards on a consistent basis.

What we are doing this year, what our commissioners expect of us

and have funded us to do, is to deliver an average, or above

The Ambulance Service says its continued focus will be getting to

the most seriously ill patients, people have heart attacks and

strokes, as quickly as it possibly can. If there's compared to other

trusts, it's performing very well. Amongst the best in the country over

the last couple of months. But relaxing response times to some

might sound like a bit of a defeat. Thank you very much.

21 tall ships were in Ipswich today s part of the Race of Classics.

It's the biggest student sailing competition in Europe and involves

students from the Netherlands racing on the North Sea.

The competitors spent the night in Ipswich before setting

Stansted Airport has been given planning permission

It will cost ?130 million and will help meet growing demand

It will be next to the current terminal building and include

new shops, better transport links and a bigger immigration area.

Still to come tonight, Alex will be here with news

of a possible heatwave at the weekend.

We're at the County Ground in Chelmsford looking forward

And the Duchess of Cambridge at the opening of a show that

could raise thousands of pounds for East Anglia's

Next tonight, another Cambridge biotech success story.

Astex Pharmaceuticals is Japanese owned, and a new breast cancer drug

it has helped develop has just been approved in America.

It took a team of 25 Cambridge scientists 12 years

Enabled by this robot and a process called x-ray crystallography,

which allowed scientists here to define the shape

This discovery has meant a new drug being developed to target advanced

I think it is a statement on the quality of science

And this is why you have so many organisations,

multinational companies, who clearly have investment here,

but also collaborate with companies such as Astex, based here.

Now the drug has been approved in America.

To get a drug into production revolves around different companies

working together in sync, and based on opposite

But here at the Cambridge Science Park just up the road,

there's a chemical technology firm which also has

Johnson Matthey is a global firm, providing chemical facilities

We like being in Cambridge because Cambridge is one

of the biggest pharmaceutical and biotech hubs in the UK,

So many of our customers are local, which allows us to work

But we also work with customers in continental Europe,

with customers in Asia and in the USA, so it's

And it's the global nature of this precise network that doesn't sit

What will the impact of Brexit be for the company now?

Science is an international game, so we have scientists

In fact, around 30% of our scientists here

It is important for us to still have access to the best talent,

Whether it's continental Europe or Asia, or the Americas.

And this will be crucial for the firm, as it will now be

expanding its workforce after this latest pioneering success.

We've heard a lot this year about the free movement

But what about the free movement of zoo animals?

You probably don't know, but lots of zoos exchange animals

with other zoos in Europe for all sorts of reasons.

At one wildlife complex in Suffolk, experts say the exchanges,

especially of endangered species, is vital and must go on.

I could so easily appear cynical if I suggested that the half term

holidays would seem the ideal moment for zoos to trigger

But there is behind the scenes a niggling worry that we could see

a system which works well start to unravel.

Terry is animal manager here, and explains why the exchange

We've got 18 species here that are part of quite

intensively managed European breeding programmes.

And those breeding programmes rely on every single individual.

Because you need around 200 individuals for a programme

to remain reasonably genetically viable.

He's worked for 30 years with animals, not just in this

just in this country, but in the Middle East

On this 60 acre site, with around 80 difference species,

in the past month alone more than six animals have arrived

here from zoos in Europe and four have gone out.

The fossa from Madagascar was one species which was

The female youngster recently was sent to a zoo

And we've still got the two young males that were also part

of the litter, and they're due to go to a zoo in Israel.

There are of course so many uncertainties about Brexit.

Does this feel as though the zoos are just putting

In other words, there is no firm evidence to say things will change,

What will be absolutely crucial when we get to the point

where it's discussed again, where Brexit is concerned,

it is crucial that zoo professionals are sitting round a table

People who know what they're talking about?

He doesn't foresee major problems for the simple reason, he says,

that this is a system which works well.

And where everyone has a vested interest and benefits to reap

Last night was very special for this 12-year-old boy from Cambridge. He

went to London. He saw a West End show for the first time, and he got

to meet the Duchess of Cambridge. We'll hear from him

and his family in a moment. But first a warning that this report

contains some flash photography. At the opening of 42nd St

at Drury Lane Theatre last night, Attending in her role as royal

patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices,

she was there to raise the charity's profile and to raise money

for a new hospice in Norfolk. Among the welcoming party,

the show's producer and 12-year-old Ollie from Cambridge,

whose family had been supported Shortly after the Duchess became

patron of the charity, she made her first visit

to the Tree House Facilities there are

state-of-the-art. It means that children can

be hoisted out of bed, And then they can be hoisted

back down into the bath. A sensory room, hydrotherapy pool

and family accommodation, just three of the things that

will be offered when the new hospice in Norfolk,

known as the Nook, is built. We launched the Nook appeal back

in 2014 because we have The care that we deliver from there

is outstanding, but unfortunately So we want to transform children's

palliative care in Norfolk by providing a purpose-built hospice

just outside of Norwich. Since the Duchess of Cambridge

became patron in 2012, awareness of the work

that the charity carries It's hoped that by being

represented in the West End, even more people will

show their support. As audiences were wowed by sequins

and slick choreography, the charity hopes its ?10 million

appeal for the new hospice will now take centre stage,

and that the spotlight falls on the work it carries

out across the region. So let's hear from that

12-year-old boy, Oliver Duell, And we talked about that

conversation with the Duchess. She was talking about

the hospice, how much care Did you get much of

a chance to speak to her? She asked about the hospice and

the care that Oliver received there. And whether he went for respite,

or whether he had daycare. She asked about the show,

and how excited Oliver was to see the show,

which Oliver had never been And she said how lovely

it was to meet Ollie and all of us. How was the show, Oliver,

if you had never been And when you do go to the hospice,

what do you do there? And it is something

you look forward to doing? How important is it, do you think,

to have somebody like the Duchess The hospice is a fabulous

organisation, but having her as our patron has raised the profile

of the Each itself, but also just brought into focus how important

hospices, children's hospices are. She comes round and she has seen

the hospice being used, and it's brilliant having somebody

like her out there And how important is it

to your daily lives that Oliver has somewhere like this that he can go

from time to time? Oliver has been part of the hospice

since he was three years old... He goes there for respite,

which means some time away from us, some time away from his very

demanding care needs. But not only that,

they help us as a family. They provide us support

and a safe place for Oliver And also to meet other

parents and families that are going through the same sort

of experiences that Oliver, now you have been to see

a big West End musical once, Will you get your mum

to take you again? Thank you, both of you,

for being with us. And it was good to meet

the Duchess, wasn't it? Oliver knows he started when he was

two. In cricket, the former Engalnd

captain Alastair Cook has told Look East He wants to carry

on playing cricket for Essex He resigned as England

captain two months ago and will now play

more games for Essex. in their opening game against

Lancashire Because he is injured. This from our Sports

Editor Jonathan Park. Forget the photos, all this lot want

to do is get started. But in time honoured tradition, some smiles and

snaps before the new cricket season gets up and running. You walk down

the line of the F-16, they're ultimately talented. One name

stand-up head and shoulders above all else. The question is, what next

for Alastair Cook? I still hope for a few more games left in me.

Hopefully I can carry on scoring runs for England. It's kind of a

different phase of my career, after being captain. I love being Derry

playing cricket, I love playing for England. -- I love playing cricket.

It's a huge honour walking out at Lord's or wherever, Ashes tour as

well. I hope to get on the plane. He is now 32 but no longer the test

captain, stepping down in February after five years at the helm. He was

still chase test runs, possibly alongside his Essex team-mate,

another run machine who starred for England Lions in the winter. We joke

about how long he's going to play, but he is so fit he can play for as

long as he wants to. It'd be nice if you pay 200 tests, I think that

should be his target. As long as he's scoring runs come he can play

for as long as it once -- if he could play 200. You would like to

play in a test alongside him? It's nice scoring runs of him last year.

In division two, he played some of the early games and managed to score

some runs. Code is frustrated he will miss double's opening match

through injury, but there is a buzz following their promotion in the

County ground. His experience will be vital if they are to stay up. He

has been with us throughout pre-season. Just to have somebody of

his calibre both as a cricketer and public. He shares his experience.

People feed off that and get confidence from it. He also scores a

lot of runs and be a good influence on the part, which is what we are

trying to do. With no Test matches until July, Cook will be around for

the first three months of the season, then he'll be back for

England, but not as Captain Cook. Will it be strange paying under

different captain, Joe Root? I think it might be strange in the first

week, but I've come back here for five years and played without being

captain. I don't think it'll be any different in the long run. And

hopefully, as I say, I can score some runs. It's a new challenge for

Cook and four Essex, but they're good together. This relationship

won't fizzle out. You probably think it looked quite

nice pair today, but look ahead to the weekend, shorts weather. It's

looking nice, yes. Much warmer for the weekend. We've had some areas of

cloud in the region today, but lots of fine weather with some great

sunshine, lots of fantastic photographs sent in. Here's a few of

them. This one showing some blue sky. This is stunning, taken in

Essex. We move along to, where is this? Cambridgeshire, more sunshine

to be had there. The satellite image shows that during the course of the

day after the bright start, more cloud was coming in on the northerly

winds. A light wind, but a bit of a feed of cloud of the North Sea. For

some of us, is clouded over in the afternoon. The cloud will thin and

break through the evening and night. We will be left with some clear

spells during the night. Another area of cloud moving in by the end

of the night. Temperatures probably dropping a bit lower in the middle

part of the night, down to around two all three degrees, but should

recover by first thing tomorrow morning. We start on around seven or

8 degrees with a light northerly wind. Tomorrow, high pressure will

be on the scene for a few days, said into the weekend. That will bring a

settled forecast with light winds. It'll be difficult to depict how

much cloud we hold onto. Over the next couple of days particularly

with those northerly winds. Some bright weather, some sunny spells,

but it made ten cloudy at times which will make things feel cooler.

In the sunshine, temperatures likely to get to 13 or 14 degrees. The wind

becomes lighter in the afternoon, but it looks like it should stay

dry. The beyond, a few changes on the way. A subtle change in wind

direction is going to be what brings us the warmth for the weekend. Here

we have it. High pressure getting squeezed away to the east. More of a

southerly flow, and dry continental air coming our way, meaning that

temperatures lived by Saturday and Sunday. We could record highs of

around 20 degrees. We've gone for some more modest temperatures of 17

or 18 Celsius, but it could be said in some spots we record highs of

around 20 Celsius, not bad at all for weekend weather. Before that we

have Friday, and we could end up with quite a lot of cloud at times.

But we have that wind turning to a southerly direction and we get the

temperatures warming up for the right position. That jet stream has

a lot to answer for, but it looks good this weekend. Have a good

evening, goodbye. CHILD: This is

a major scientific breakthrough. Hello. It's All Round to

Mrs Brown's, where my guests will be Steve Backshall, and music

from the beautiful Pixie Lott.