:00:00. > :00:21.The farmers calling for tougher action on flytipping.
:00:22. > :00:27.The new racing season starts in Newmarket next season.
:00:28. > :00:28.And we're talking about statues -
:00:29. > :00:42.First tonight, the council in the High Court to argue its case
:00:43. > :00:44.against what it says could become Dale Farm mark two.
:00:45. > :00:49.Evicting 400 travellers from the Dale Farm site in 2011 cost
:00:50. > :00:54.Basildon council more than ?4 million.
:00:55. > :00:58.This second site at Hovefields is just two miles away.
:00:59. > :01:02.Councillors say that once again it's the travellers who are in the wrong.
:01:03. > :01:05.And they say they want to nip the problem in the bud.
:01:06. > :01:08.Today they took their fight to the High Court.
:01:09. > :01:19.Once again, Basildon Borough Council and travellers are embroiled in
:01:20. > :01:25.legal disputes and there is a lot at stake this
:01:26. > :01:28.legal disputes and there is a lot at stake here at the High Court.
:01:29. > :01:30.The council accuses the travellers of
:01:31. > :01:33.being in contempt because it says they have continued to make changes
:01:34. > :01:36.to a number of pitches, despite court rulings banning them from
:01:37. > :01:39.The travellers deny it but if found to be in contempt their
:01:40. > :01:42.lawyer has told me they could potentially face prison sentences.
:01:43. > :01:46.And these are the pitches today's hearing was
:01:47. > :01:48.about in an area called Silver Lodge kennels.
:01:49. > :01:50.The council says touring caravans have been replaced by
:01:51. > :01:52.mobile homes and a shed with toilets inside is being built,
:01:53. > :01:56.Hovefields's neighbours have told us they are worried about what is
:01:57. > :02:01.Work has continued over the last three or four weeks despite
:02:02. > :02:17.This dispute has brought back unpleasant memories.
:02:18. > :02:24.Hovefields is less than two miles from Dale Farm, once the largest
:02:25. > :02:32.Years of legal wrangling lead to a costly and
:02:33. > :02:34.Now, six years on, Basildon Council and
:02:35. > :02:38.travellers once again faced each other across a courtroom.
:02:39. > :02:47.The travellers urged the judge to authorise the changes they have
:02:48. > :02:52.made, there are lawyer said taking action would have a devastating
:02:53. > :02:56.impact on the lives of the 12 children, including two newborn
:02:57. > :03:01.babies who live on those five pitches and Mr Clarke said traveller
:03:02. > :03:05.and Gypsy culture is under threat and said the European Court of Human
:03:06. > :03:09.Rights technology they need protection. More evidence will be
:03:10. > :03:14.heard tomorrow and there are echoes of the argument in the build-up to
:03:15. > :03:20.that Dale Farm eviction. The council saying planning law simply must be
:03:21. > :03:24.enforced and traveller groups saying they not enough pitches for them.
:03:25. > :03:26.The Home Secretary Amber Rudd came to Norfolk today
:03:27. > :03:27.to campaign for Conservative candidates
:03:28. > :03:29.in the forthcoming local council elections.
:03:30. > :03:40.A new report says care homes in this region
:03:41. > :03:41.have the highest number of staff vacancies
:03:42. > :03:47.So how would the different political parties
:03:48. > :03:49.deal with what's widely seen as a care crisis?
:03:50. > :04:01.On one of the Tories' big hitters lending a hand to fellow party
:04:02. > :04:05.members. Among the main challenges facing councils and how to look
:04:06. > :04:10.after our own elderly population. The care sector struggling to retain
:04:11. > :04:16.staff, our region has the second-highest staff vacancy rate
:04:17. > :04:24.after London, nearly 8%. Nationally more than 300,000 adult social care
:04:25. > :04:28.workers left their jobs in 2015-16. That is equivalent to name hundred
:04:29. > :04:34.and 28 people every day. One of the things we're doing is making sure we
:04:35. > :04:40.have an increasing number of apprenticeships and last year 87,000
:04:41. > :04:45.started an adult social care, 37,000 up on the previous year. It is very
:04:46. > :04:52.important area and hear on now for an nationally and we are also
:04:53. > :04:57.putting another ?2 billion in up to 2020. Norfolk County Council have
:04:58. > :05:03.funded this video to try and get more young people into a cabbie in
:05:04. > :05:08.the sector. A career in adult social care give you more satisfaction than
:05:09. > :05:14.you might think. -- young people into a career. There has always been
:05:15. > :05:23.an issue about you pay staff the minimum wage, how rotten hours and
:05:24. > :05:28.terms and conditions and expected top class service and we can see it
:05:29. > :05:34.does not happen, in any industry. We are trying to get some of the money
:05:35. > :05:39.that goes into overseas aid and bring it back into the system so we
:05:40. > :05:44.can use it for our social services, but adult social care and children.
:05:45. > :05:49.The Liberal Democrats are looking at a dedicated NHS and care tax so we
:05:50. > :05:54.know exactly where the money is going to it would show on your
:05:55. > :05:57.payslip and would be informed by an independent assessment of how much
:05:58. > :06:00.they need. Voting for the local council
:06:01. > :06:03.elections will take place on May the 4th.
:06:04. > :06:05.Our Health Reporter Nikki Fox is with me now.
:06:06. > :06:08.Nikki, why is the East so badly off when it comes to not
:06:09. > :06:17.Partly because there are quite a fewer retirement areas in this
:06:18. > :06:23.region that need more carers but those tend to be the edges that are
:06:24. > :06:28.more affluent sort then in turn carers can't afford to live there.
:06:29. > :06:32.Some independent carers are saying although Brexit hasn't necessarily
:06:33. > :06:36.meant lots of Eastern European workers have suddenly left, what it
:06:37. > :06:41.has meant is fewer people are coming here to work in the first place
:06:42. > :06:46.which is having a small impact and also in love what they have done
:06:47. > :06:49.quite a lot to recruit staff, as you so in that report. -- and also in
:06:50. > :07:04.Norfolk. If you offered more to what any supermarket then
:07:05. > :07:06.money can talk. Councils do not have much money so
:07:07. > :07:08.presumably they cannot be a lot. Suffolk County Council admits has
:07:09. > :07:11.not increased its fees for five years and for the first time Essex
:07:12. > :07:15.County Council is facing legal action of the amount it pays to care
:07:16. > :07:19.companies, it is being taken to court by the body representing two
:07:20. > :07:28.organisations and that is because some care homes receive around ?160
:07:29. > :07:31.less a week for Council funded care than they do for private. Some
:07:32. > :07:35.people say that is grossly unfair. Thank you.
:07:36. > :07:36.Farmers say fly-tipping in Essex has reached unprecedented levels.
:07:37. > :07:39.In the last six months there have been more than 120 cases
:07:40. > :07:42.where entire lorry loads have been dumped in fields.
:07:43. > :07:50.Landowners say the criminal gangs responsible must be stopped.
:07:51. > :07:58.A field of the A12, the spoiled and building waste. A lot of paperwork
:07:59. > :08:03.in here from schools and private houses, mainly in Romford. It will
:08:04. > :08:08.cost the land owner of thousands. And if he does not leave risks
:08:09. > :08:12.ending up in court. The main annoyance is it is now yours and
:08:13. > :08:18.nothing will happen except you have got to clear it up and pay the bill.
:08:19. > :08:26.Nearby another field and the same story. Cowpox cup and two more lorry
:08:27. > :08:32.loads of waste. We feel as if -- had locks cut. We feel as though we are
:08:33. > :08:38.the dumping ground for society and because it is on private property
:08:39. > :08:41.the enforcement agencies seek it is our responsibility. Inspector
:08:42. > :08:46.Clouseau could have discovered done this. But not a single prosecution
:08:47. > :08:51.so far. The Essex fly-tipping group has been formed for this reason with
:08:52. > :08:56.the aim to prove intelligence between landowners, police and
:08:57. > :09:01.councils and then target distributable with contractors to
:09:02. > :09:06.catch responsible. This is, full waste, a lot has been
:09:07. > :09:13.semi-processed, so great has been in the waste system and then the
:09:14. > :09:17.worthless waste is left such the plastic and plasterboard coming out
:09:18. > :09:21.onto farmland. This is very organised, they know what they are
:09:22. > :09:25.doing and are making money by avoiding the final land that
:09:26. > :09:29.charges. The Government today announced plans to make flight it
:09:30. > :09:34.was clear up waste. Cold comfort for the victims of industrial scale
:09:35. > :09:39.fly-tipping. They say punitive fines, long prison sentences and the
:09:40. > :09:40.seizing assets are the only thing that will stop this fly-tipping
:09:41. > :09:44.epidemics. South Norfolk Council has
:09:45. > :09:46.successfully prosecuted a business owner in Norwich for not
:09:47. > :09:48.ensuring his waste was He said he'd paid
:09:49. > :09:53.someone to remove it, but it was found dumped
:09:54. > :09:56.in a layby in Wymondham. David Fergus, from the council,
:09:57. > :09:58.told me why the business itself Well, all residents and businesses
:09:59. > :10:05.have a duty of care to make sure their waste is appropriate
:10:06. > :10:06.collected, managed and ultimately disposed
:10:07. > :10:08.they should really apply some
:10:09. > :10:10.common-sense checks to make sure the person they give their waste to does
:10:11. > :10:16.actually have a waste carrier's licence, which is something they can
:10:17. > :10:21.check with the Environment Agency. They also need to ask
:10:22. > :10:25.the question about where and make some reasonable
:10:26. > :10:30.enquiries about that. And that applies to both
:10:31. > :10:33.the residents, people at homes, Do you think people understand
:10:34. > :10:35.their responsibilities I think most people
:10:36. > :10:48.are quite responsible in terms of this, but there
:10:49. > :10:53.are a number of people who either see a deal
:10:54. > :11:01.and think it is a cheaper option
:11:02. > :11:04.without realising the risk they pose to themselves in terms
:11:05. > :11:05.of fly-tipping, or alternatively in
:11:06. > :11:07.terms of prosecution. We are doing quite a new awareness
:11:08. > :11:10.campaign here to raise awareness for all the residents
:11:11. > :11:12.and businesses locally. In that particular case,
:11:13. > :11:15.how did you trace it back We receive around 689 reports
:11:16. > :11:18.of fly-tipping and we conducted and 94 active
:11:19. > :11:20.investigations, and in each case we conduct an investigation
:11:21. > :11:22.we will actually go through and examine
:11:23. > :11:23.the material that has been deposited
:11:24. > :11:25.and look for those who can So when we went through
:11:26. > :11:28.the material that had been deposited
:11:29. > :11:30.we were able to track it back very clearly
:11:31. > :11:32.to the business, and attributed to him
:11:33. > :11:34.and therefore identify he We have heard about
:11:35. > :11:38.the worries in Essex about fly-tipping now
:11:39. > :11:39.on an How big the problem do
:11:40. > :11:47.you think it has become? Nationally it is a huge problem
:11:48. > :11:50.because at the price of disposing of waste gets
:11:51. > :11:54.higher and higher there professional criminals who are
:11:55. > :11:58.engaged in these illegal practices and sometimes people are seduced
:11:59. > :12:01.by people offering a very cheap I guess our message
:12:02. > :12:09.would be that if it is a very cheap option then
:12:10. > :12:14.you should be quite careful it is actually a compliant option
:12:15. > :12:18.for disposing of your waste because ultimately you will expose yourself
:12:19. > :12:21.to fixed penalty and prosecution. The Suffolk singer Ed Sheeran
:12:22. > :12:24.has reached a deal after he was threatened
:12:25. > :12:28.with legal action. was too similar to a song called
:12:29. > :12:32.Photograph by Ed Sheeran. The ?16 million lawsuit
:12:33. > :12:34.has now been dismissed said the two sides had
:12:35. > :12:46.reached an an agreement. She still to come, we will have the
:12:47. > :12:59.weather. And listen to this. John Bunyan here, the next big thing on
:13:00. > :13:06.the tourist trails, talking statues. I often wondered how John Bunyan
:13:07. > :13:10.would speak. Now we move. -- now we know.
:13:11. > :13:12.Have you heard of the racehorse Eminent?
:13:13. > :13:14.Maybe not, but in Newmarket there's a buzz in the air ahead
:13:15. > :13:19.Because Eminent is the son of Frankel, one of the most
:13:20. > :13:21.successful racehorses of all time. It's now four and a half
:13:22. > :13:23.years since Frankel was retired to stud unbeaten.
:13:24. > :13:26.And this season some of his fillies and colts will compete
:13:27. > :13:28.in the Classics for the first time, starting next month
:13:29. > :13:32.Tom Williams has been to see Eminent in training.
:13:33. > :13:36.As with all the fame comes a great expectation.
:13:37. > :13:37.All eyes on Eminent, centre of attention
:13:38. > :13:46.The first offspring for the unbeaten wonder-horse Frankel.
:13:47. > :13:55.Not a trainer around that wouldn't want to work with a mini-Frankel.
:13:56. > :13:58.It is a real privilege to do this, and knowing that he has got ability.
:13:59. > :14:01.The way that he won his maiden was fantastic and everything he has
:14:02. > :14:04.done for us since has lived up to that.
:14:05. > :14:07.How much pressure is on your shoulders, having
:14:08. > :14:17.Luckily he doesn't know about it too much, so that's all right.
:14:18. > :14:21.That's why he is yawning and he is quite happy, but for me
:14:22. > :14:26.This is a great hope for us to be able to put the yard on the map
:14:27. > :14:29.and hopefully he will live up to everything we expect of him.
:14:30. > :14:32.Frankel is widely regarded as the greatest ever racehorse,
:14:33. > :14:34.unbeaten in 14 outings, a Guineas winner, ending
:14:35. > :14:42.an illustrious career with victory on British Champions Day.
:14:43. > :14:45.Eminent has started his career well with a debut win at Newmarket,
:14:46. > :14:48.suggesting Frankel's foals are growing into
:14:49. > :14:56.We had the first crop of two-year-olds last
:14:57. > :14:59.year and the question was whether they would train on.
:15:00. > :15:08.Often the horses are precocious and they don't travel through,
:15:09. > :15:11.but it's had one or two winners this season already so clearly...
:15:12. > :15:14.And the way you look at the horse, Eminent here looks fantastic.
:15:15. > :15:19.Eminent will race at Newmarket's Craven meeting next week.
:15:20. > :15:22.A traditional trial for his Guineas, where he will hope to follow
:15:23. > :15:29.Frankel demolished the field that they in that famous race that
:15:30. > :15:35.And we're probably going to be blessed with a very strong
:15:36. > :15:38.And Frankel could be represented by at least three colts.
:15:39. > :15:45.Unfortunately, you know, if we just had the only one,
:15:46. > :15:49.but there are a lot of other good ones, so he is obviously proving
:15:50. > :15:52.He's a bright hope, and Eminent wants to prove
:15:53. > :15:56.Two friends from Suffolk have just returned home after walking
:15:57. > :15:58.a quarter of the way around the world.
:15:59. > :16:01.Henry Dunham and Sam Crimp set off in May and walked 6500 miles
:16:02. > :16:03.to cross their finishing line in Kathmandu in Nepal.
:16:04. > :16:06.Henry's sister Annie, from Framlingham, died a year ago,
:16:07. > :16:07.after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
:16:08. > :16:10.The pair have now raised more than ?14,000 for charity, including
:16:11. > :16:24.We'll speak to them in a moment, but first this from Kim Riley.
:16:25. > :16:26.Arrive in Istanbul and head towards Ankara.
:16:27. > :16:28.Planning their big adventure around the kitchen table last May.
:16:29. > :16:30.The trek was Hendry and Sam's contribution
:16:31. > :16:31.to Annie's Challenge, a
:16:32. > :16:34.charity set up in tribute to Annie Hughes' love of life.
:16:35. > :16:40.difficulties, married and had two young children.
:16:41. > :16:42.She lived eight months after her diagnosis.
:16:43. > :16:44.Here supporting early fundraising efforts.
:16:45. > :16:56.She was just 29 when she died, leaving behind her husband,
:16:57. > :16:59.David, and children Lilly and Noah. She was the inspiration that drove
:17:00. > :17:03.They walked beneath blue skies, sheltered from torrential rain.
:17:04. > :17:07.I would have to say being stuck up in
:17:08. > :17:13.the mountains in Romania was very gruelling, for two or three days.
:17:14. > :17:18.Among the places they had taken refuge, a shepard's hut.
:17:19. > :17:22.Later they were arrested by Turkish police for
:17:23. > :17:26.They saw some amazing sites - the view
:17:27. > :17:31.from Mount Sandakphu in the Himalayas.
:17:32. > :17:37.Finally, on the 27th of March, after some 13 million steps,
:17:38. > :17:43.a reception committee of friends and relatives
:17:44. > :17:47.As the banner said - Kathman-done-it.
:17:48. > :18:02.Did you have any idea what you were taking an? Short answer no. We went
:18:03. > :18:08.to the gym a lot and were well-trained but nothing can prepare
:18:09. > :18:13.you that. How much weight did you lose because presumably food was
:18:14. > :18:21.scarce. We did not have the best diet. Bread and jam most nights. We
:18:22. > :18:28.both lost around eight kilograms. You had to take a detour at one
:18:29. > :18:33.point? In India we did. There is a separatist group who can cause quite
:18:34. > :18:39.a bit of mischief and we got two thirds of the way along and tall by
:18:40. > :18:45.our security friend we had to take a very sudden detour so we got a train
:18:46. > :18:50.to Calcutta and then continued our route down to Kathmandu. I know you
:18:51. > :18:55.had helped along the way but what is interesting in the richer companies
:18:56. > :19:01.never be helping -- richer countries know that they helped you, only in
:19:02. > :19:09.the poorer countries. I think it is empathy with the see a struggling
:19:10. > :19:14.and the wanted to help us out. What I do not want to say anything bad
:19:15. > :19:19.about Germans or Austrians! But we found a little but they were not so
:19:20. > :19:24.keen to help. Did you have any very low points you thought you could not
:19:25. > :19:29.continue? There were certainly low point but we never once a vocally
:19:30. > :19:34.said we should give up. In Turkey the political situation once more
:19:35. > :19:39.caused ranks between us and the locals and it was also raining the
:19:40. > :19:46.whole time we were there. -- had caused some banks. But the contest
:19:47. > :19:52.he flew after that. There is a very serious side to this and told me
:19:53. > :19:56.some interesting facts about the brain tumours. The sad thing about
:19:57. > :20:01.brain tumours as it is often referred to as the young person's
:20:02. > :20:10.can serve as it kills more people under 40 than any other cancer. But
:20:11. > :20:20.there is a very little funding for it, it received 1% of Government
:20:21. > :20:23.funding which is why people like us and the charity we support try to
:20:24. > :20:29.make a difference. And you did this all because of
:20:30. > :20:34.Annie, and how are her family coping now? Obviously it is incredibly
:20:35. > :20:41.difficult, to lose anyone but Annie was this incredibly brave character,
:20:42. > :20:46.just the most gentle person you will ever meet. She had these two
:20:47. > :20:50.beautiful young children who sadly will probably live the rest of their
:20:51. > :20:55.lives never really remembering their mother and that is the biggest
:20:56. > :20:59.sadness of all. Congratulations to both of you. What we have both done
:21:00. > :21:02.is amazing and I'm sure she would be very proud of you.
:21:03. > :21:04.Tourist bosses are always looking for new ways
:21:05. > :21:08.And today an idea which has already proved popular
:21:09. > :21:10.in Chicago and Berlin, has been unveiled in Bedford.
:21:11. > :21:12.Basically, it involves a mobile phone,
:21:13. > :21:17.and some history lessons about the great and the good of Bedford.
:21:18. > :21:29.Louise Hubball has been to hear for herself.
:21:30. > :21:32.In Bedford you do not have to go far before you find a statue.
:21:33. > :21:38.And now these figures from the town's history can
:21:39. > :21:48.Simply scan the sign with your smartphone
:21:49. > :21:51.and there is a message from this famous Puritan preacher.
:21:52. > :21:53.John Bunyan here, one-time sinner and bestselling author of
:21:54. > :21:58.Born of humble origin in the year of our Lord 1628.
:21:59. > :22:00.Other familiar faces on the tour include jazz
:22:01. > :22:02.musician Glenn Miller, who performed here during the Second World War.
:22:03. > :22:05.Now, you don't happen to know where I can find
:22:06. > :22:09.Across the river, the imposing knight on top of the war memorial
:22:10. > :22:13.Most people stroll past with their ice cream, cans of drink,
:22:14. > :22:16.I imagine him rather lonely up there.
:22:17. > :22:19.He is also an all-purpose medieval warrior, so I thought of him
:22:20. > :22:22.as perhaps angry at the First World War being fought by millions of
:22:23. > :22:24.He wants war fought by professionals like
:22:25. > :22:32.And the speech for John Howard, the famous prison reformer
:22:33. > :22:39.from the 1700s, has been written by inmates from Bedford
:22:40. > :22:42.prison working alongside a local theatre groups.
:22:43. > :22:44.I ask you to remember the sweetness of
:22:45. > :22:51.freedom and the relief of forgiveness.
:22:52. > :22:53.The team behind project are keen to get the
:22:54. > :22:58.They really engaged with the project and were
:22:59. > :23:06.excited to be part of it and talk about the fact once they were out of
:23:07. > :23:09.prison they would be able to come and hear the statues talk and know
:23:10. > :23:12.for the John Howard statue they were part of the project.
:23:13. > :23:14.The reflections of Bedford sculpture is voiced by the comedian
:23:15. > :23:18.You've checked out my lacy underparts, right?
:23:19. > :23:20.I represent the lace makers of Bedford as well as
:23:21. > :23:24.The project, produced by Sing London, has already had
:23:25. > :23:26.So Sing London have taken the project from
:23:27. > :23:35.Chicago to Berlin, to Manchester, Leeds and now here in Bedford.
:23:36. > :23:38.We are hoping it will put our statues on the map and also local
:23:39. > :23:41.people will engage more in the history of their town and these
:23:42. > :23:44.So next time you take a stroll through Bedford it
:23:45. > :23:49.is worth seeing what the statues have to say.
:23:50. > :24:01.That is a very good idea. The weather with Alex. Thinking
:24:02. > :24:07.about the Easter weekend, it will be a bit cooler by the weekend and the
:24:08. > :24:14.chance of some rain. We have had above average temperatures and some
:24:15. > :24:20.more fine weather today. Some lovely sunshine here on the beach and
:24:21. > :24:24.another photograph looking at Northamptonshire, glorious. The
:24:25. > :24:27.satellite image shows a lot of sunshine today and this weather
:24:28. > :24:35.system coming down from the north is pushing cloud in our direction so
:24:36. > :24:39.although the deep end is fine with some sunshine, the evening and night
:24:40. > :24:43.will see cloud increase from the north-west which could eventually
:24:44. > :24:49.produce some rain by the end of the night. With more close than must
:24:50. > :24:54.lead it will be more mild and temperatures tomorrow morning around
:24:55. > :24:59.seven Celsius. Tomorrow starts with the few of rain and this weather
:25:00. > :25:08.system coming and Andy cold front bringing some fresh and conditions
:25:09. > :25:13.expected -- expected to be more blustery. It should brighten up on
:25:14. > :25:23.the whole of the Day looks much cloudier than today. Quite a
:25:24. > :25:27.blustery wind in from the west. As we get into the afternoon it will
:25:28. > :25:32.cloud over once more from the north-west and although it will not
:25:33. > :25:39.amount to very much there could be some spots of rain here and there
:25:40. > :25:44.but some will miss that entirely. Slightly fresher conditions behind
:25:45. > :25:50.that cold front and clearer skies meaning a chilly start to Thursday.
:25:51. > :25:54.Some uncertainty for Easter weekend depending on the behaviour of this
:25:55. > :26:01.weather system. Fresher for Easter weekend and the chance of some rain
:26:02. > :26:07.but a brightly on Thursday, killing a lot fresher, chance of an isolated
:26:08. > :26:12.shower in western counties -- feeling a lot fresher. On Friday at
:26:13. > :26:18.the risk of one or two showers but largely dry. Cooler and fresher on
:26:19. > :26:23.Saturday with some sunshine and the risk of some rain over Easter
:26:24. > :26:28.weekend. I will have an updated picture tomorrow.
:26:29. > :26:29.Colder and possibly wetter than last weekend.
:26:30. > :27:36.That is all. Goodbye. There have never been
:27:37. > :27:38.so many people in work - that's what the Government
:27:39. > :27:41.keeps telling us.