08/05/2017 Look East

Hello, welcome to the start of the new week on Look East

The race for Number Ten properly got underway today

and the Prime Minister chose Norwich to kick start her campaign.

I want to see a country that is working for everyone but the choice

on the 8th of June is about who is going to deliver in those Brexit

negotiations, who is going to show the strong

I think that is under me and my team.

The alternative is a coalition of chaos under Jeremy Corbyn.

Also today we invite you to tell us what

you want to hear from the politicians and what gets your vote.

I'm looking at a lot of issues to deal with health care and how

I want to see the public services preserved for the

people who have no choice but to use the public services.

And I don't think the British people like being bullied either.

geography but comes back down to geography but comes back down to

earth as the youngest candidate in the local elections. Poetry is our

game, learning it is our aim. I now have the legs of Shakespeare and TS

Eliot are helping children at the school in Norfolk. -- find out how

the likes of Shakespeare. On the first day of proper

campaigning for the general election Theresa May came to Norwich

with a promise that brexit will open up new job

opportunities for the region. Now the local elections

are out of the way, the focus has already

turned to June the 8th, and today the Prime

Minister came to Norwich. It's the only Labour

seat in this region and the only place

which voted Remain This from our political

correspondent Andrew Sinclair. The Prime Minister at the Norwich

aviation Academy this afternoon. Just open, it is a new type of

training facility, teaching young people how to beat aviation

mechanics. What can we see about the list? In a classroom, she sat in

another lesson about earlier dynamics and appeared to follow what

they were talking about. Mrs Mason is the sort of place shows that we

can make a success of Brexit because we are developing our own

world-class expertise. The enthusiasm of the young people shows

that this is going to be great, big and ensuring they have got the

skills needed for the jobs of the future but also developing the

economy of the future. Creating jobs for the future is one thing but

Norwich weather remains city and there are a lot of people at this

airport and businesses in this part of the world who are worried that

Brexit and leaving the single market will actually make us lose jobs.

What we want to do is ensure that we get the best possible deal out of an

Brexit negotiations, the best possible deal of our relationship in

the future with the European Union, I want that to be a deep and special

partnership. We are looking for a comprehensive free trade agreement.

I want to ensure that their jobs here and across the whole of the

country. The people who run this Academy agreed that Brexit can

provide opportunities. Does Brexit worry you are told? Not personally

I'm not as organisation. There are opportunities to continue as we work

as we do Europe. To continue to take place on the world stage. This is

not the easiest of all stages for conservative premise that campaign.

Norfolk is very conservative and Brexit supporting but Norwich

recorded a big remain vote and there were no conservative councillors on

the City Council. Norwich North is held by the Tories with this

mortgage a rarity. While the other seat, Norwich South, is constantly

held by Labour and there there are concerns about Brexit. Lots of our

residents from the European Union and elsewhere in Norwich who are

making tremendous contributions to the local economy, bringing with

sorts of things that I am a bit sorts of things that I am a bit

worried about because of the Prime Minister is going for a hard Brexit,

I think that jeopardises our growing economy. The Prime Minister the

part of this city today. But she part of this city today. But she

knows that if she wants to show that she can unite the country Priest

Brexit, she needs to start winning support from the hole Norwich. --

unite the country post Brexit. That was the scene

at Norwich Airport. On the other side of town

canvasssers for the other parties were preparing to take their message

onto the doorsteps. Our chief reporter Kim Riley

is in the city's Lakenham district. This is part of the Norwich South

constituency. You could call this traditional Labour territory they

oppose the Brexit rate, those lines have become rather blurred. The

Branislav has said that she enjoys meeting people, she enjoys knocking

on doors. -- the prime Minster. Campaigning is so very different

political leaders than it used to be some years ago.

John Major's battle bus heading into Norwich for the

He campaigning on his trusty soapbox.

It went with him across the region, he was frequently

surrounded by large, sometimes hostile, crowds.

You would never see scenes like this now.

As I went canvassing opinions Lakenham

today there were quite a few no shows and some locals clearly

I wondered though just how voters would react if Theresa May

Well, I would be surprised to see her but at the

same time I may be quite pleased to see that she's getting about,

I think she has caught the public imagination of

someone who is determined and knows where she is going and knows how to

I think, at the end of the day, I think she will look after us.

What, deliver on Brexit is what you mean?

No, there are few things what I wouldn't agree with some of

I'm working-class so I wouldn't vote for her.

No, they look after the ones with money.

Labour's candidate in Norwich South, Clive Lewis, who got

married on Saturday, said the people of the city

were canny enough to see through Mrs May's promises.

Labour and Conservatives face opposition

from the Greens and the Liberal Democrats, who feel they have a

We are the only major party offering the people

We held the seat until very recently.

This really is a chance to elect another

Liberal Democrat MP and I really hope the people

A pro-Europe demonstration in the wake of last year's

referendum reinforced the city's reputation as a bastian of

That is bound to be reflected in the vote here next month.

Ukip has announced it will not be putting up candidates in either the

Norwich seats. It wants Ukip supporters to lend their boats do

the Conservatives. But not to give it to them.

Thank you very much. -- lend their votes.

Day one of the campaign proper - why Norwich?

To shore up conservative breadboard. The Conservatives have some very big

majorities. One of the few exceptions is Norwich North. Chloe

Smith's seat, she hold it with a majority of just under 4500. I'm

told the Prime Minister has a soft spot for Norwich North because she

ran the by-election campaign there in 2009, Chloe Smith has been on

maternity leave and has not been seen much. She thought she would go

along and give her a bit of support. The second reason is that next door

you have got Norwich South, Clyde Lewis's seat, majority seven

thousand and the Tories came second last time and they are saying it is

a big, big ask that we might just on this occasion be able to take up the

big beast of labour, Clive Lewis, but also sees a remain seat. The

Tories say if they can do that, that would send a powerful signal.

Andrew, thank you very much. says internet companies

like Facebook and Google hold the key to stopping people

from viewing images of child cn the day our region's

police forces came together with a child

protection charity I always thought that one day

I would get that knock on the door. The words as said by actors,

originally spoken by offenders. I didn't consider the full effect

this has had on my wife. This is a video made

by the Lucy Faithful Foundation to help offenders to stop

and to get help. I didn't really think

about things like the number of people who

would have to be told. Simon Bailey, the Chief Constable

of Norfolk police, is in charge of child protection

across the country. He has launched Operation Net

Safe to tackle what he The police service across

the United Kingdom is arresting over 400 men every month,

we are safeguarding other country in the world

within this field, we simply cannot Police forces across our region are

dealing with an unprecedented number This is the Norfolk

Police control room where they take calls from those

who have been abused. Interestingly, in the last

year, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation has taken

more than 1800 calls east who are concerned

about their own behaviour online. I would tell myself all

the usual things, like, They are smiling at

the end of the day. Chief Constable Simon

Bailey believes this crime will only be stopped

if the internet companies make it There is a moral responsibility

here, the police service alone simply cannot deal with this,

we have to look at the root cause but the tech companies

hold the key here. A spokesman for Facebook said...

Google has not yet been available for comment.

Police say the chances of getting caught have never been higher.

It was enough to remove me from that vicious cycle.

And if you're being abused or you are concerned

You can contact the Lucy Faithfull Foundation on their "Stop It Now!"

It's almost a year to the day that a heavily pregnant woman

and her unborn baby were killed in an arson attack on a block

Khabi Abrey and her baby died in hospital two

days after the fire outside her flat in Westcliff on Sea.

They were the innocent victims of a neighbour

To mark their tragic deaths, friends and family have today been

It's one year since a fire claimed the lives of Khabi Abrey

She died after a neighbour started a fire in the tower blocks

We had lived in the same block of flats through about

four years so I did see her and we always used to chat

and always had a laugh whenever I saw her.

Khabi Abrey lived on the ninth floor of

On May the seventh, Lillo Troisi, who lived on

the eighth floor, started a fire outside of Khabi's flat.

She was found unconscious and died two days later.

Khabi was eight months pregnant, her unborn baby suffered

Lillo Troisi, who admitted manslaughter and arson, was

later detained under the Mental Health Act.

Today the community has teamed up with Essex Fire Service to

promote fire safety, handing out information leaflets

We are working closely with our colleagues in the community

safety department, we will be visiting people's homes, giving fire

safety advice and the importance of a smoke alarm will be given to them

We are here from the Fire Service, as part of the Fire Safety Week.

It was immensely important because we just want to

say never again as a community, stand together

and say never again and

then make sure that the information is out there.

Organisers say it is important to host this

Fire Safety Week to educate and inform local residents,

a tragic incident like this from happening again.

Dawn Gerber, BBC Look East, Westcliff on Sea.

You're watching Look East from the BBC.

Stay with us for Julie's five day regional weather forecast.

And a new campaign to encourage school children

So today is the unofficial start to the 2017 Election campaign.

We've already seen the Prime Minister in Norwich today.

But now we want to hand over to you to find out

Yes, what we want is for Look East viewers to get in touch with us.

You might have a question for a politician or a comment

We're calling it hashtag "Gets My Vote" To get things

started, I went to Suffolk today to meet people young and old to find

out what is important to them and what will get their vote

We are increasingly told that millennials, the 18 to

25-year-olds, could be very important in the outcome of this

election but will they turn up to vote?

I have come to the West Suffolk College to talk to

performing arts students about the issues that matter to them.

I am really glad I get to vote this year

because last year I was a few months out of 18 and, of course, I didn't

get a say at all what implication it would have on my country and my

future so I am glad that I get to this year.

I am also very strongly looking at the health system and NHS

and the cuts and the improvements they are making to mental health

because I think that is something that is really important and is

A big life decision, really, isn't it?

So you should take what you can and vote if

I don't vote because I don't understand any of it for one

and it's not something that I have grown up with, like, it's not

something that is spoken in my family.

The political parties always want to set the agenda, whether it's

health, wealth, education or Brexit, they like everybody to sing to their

tune but we want you to call the shots to talk about your issues

in your town, in your lives, in your way.

I've worked with people with mental health issues and I know how

much there is a lack of funding for that

I want to see the public services preserved for the people who have no

So there is nothing that appeals to you about politics at the moment?

I stay out of it, I just live my life, go to work and that is it.

In this building here, the Gippin branch of the Oddfellows Society

are having their normal Monday get together and lunch and I'm going to

go find out what they are thinking about the general election.

Well, again, I think it is the health service.

I mean, we spend so much money abroad, don't we, for people

Yes, I agree with that 100% but, on the

other hand, they have got to look nearer to home.

And I think that the EU are trying to bully us and that makes

If you would like us to come to your part of the world,

Show us where you live and tell us what is bothering you.

And you can contact us in all the usual ways -

by phone or on email, via the Look East Facebook page,

or by using that hashtag "gets my vote" on Twitter.

Well, we saw some young people there talking

Now somebody who has taken it a step further.

has only just turned 18, but he was determined to stand

In recent weeks, he's been dashing from the classroom to the campaign

Charlie Nixon only became old enough to vote this year.

Last week's election wasn't just his first time

at the ballot box, it was his first time standing as a candidate.

On the day the results were declared, over

breakfast, he told me why he is trying to become

I want to inspire people, young people to vote

and get out there and do something and sharing...

Showing that if I can do it, anyone else can

I mean, a good day for me would be if I won.

Standing for Labour in South Suffolk, he's trying to

unseat a Conservative Cabinet member.

Whilst most candidates were heading straight to their result

that morning, Charlie had other commitments.

Still a student at Suffolk One College, before he could

even think about the results, he had to get through

We've got industrialisation in Costa Rica, you've got the...

During their break, his friends told me how Charlie's attempt

to become a counsellor has got them interested in politics.

If he's doing it and he goes to college and wants to go to

uni or whatever, like, it shows that you don't need to be

an adult with a load of life experience, does it?

On social media and stuff there is a lot of

discussion happening, I feel as though people are getting

College over, Charlie swaps his textbooks for his rosette,

arriving just in time to see his votes being counted.

There's one for you. Yeah.

I am hopeful, I am hopeful that I've changed, swivelled some heads,

changed some opinions, opened the eyes...

Once they tallied up the result,

The Conservative Party candidate, 1502.

Nixon, Charles Ernest, Labour Party, 323.

Well, I mean, I've lost but I've increased my vote by a

significant amount and I'm just pleased that I've shown that young

people are out there doing something politically

and that, you know, there's another option.

Politics is a cut-throat business, Charlie found that out the hard way.

But by standing as a candidate, he's engaged some younger voters

into the political process and that is a real victory.

Andrew is here. It is good to get young people involved in politics.

When Suzy was in Suffolk today, old and young were talking about the

NHS. It is going to be very interesting, the campaign. The

Conservatives are very keen to talking about Brexit and leadership.

Labour on the other hand, we saw this when Jeremy Colburn was on

holiday the other week, talking about public services because they

think that is what voters chemist about. -- was in Harlow. The public

are concerned about Brexit. This is a general election. This is the only

time you get for five years to say what you think about the issues that

are really important for you. It is clear that the public want to talk

about other issues in this election, other than Brexit. Campaign is

underway, Jeremy Corbyn in Harlow, the premise in Norwich today. Do not

get used to this baize cavity. Once the selection gets going, it is the

north and the Midlands where the are the main battle grounds. It is not

ours. Thank you very much. The police search for the missing

airman Corrie Mckeague is now and so far there has

been no sign of him. Teams began searching a landfill

site near Cambridge back in March. It's thought Corrie's body

may have been deposited there after he vanished

during a night out in Let's get the latest

from the search site now. I stood on the landfill at the

beginning March with the police. They were confident they would find

the answers they were looking at all. We are at the end of a ten week

search. They have found some stuff relating to the time he disappeared

and Corrie Mckeague's mother said they found branded bags and boxes

belonging to the Greggs the Bakers, it is thought he entered their pain.

Nothing to link any thing they found with the Ben or Corrie Mckeague

himself. I spoke to Nicola ten days ago and she is not sure that they

are looking in the right place. I do believe Corrie

is in the landfill. That is my concern,

that he might not be in that cell. I know the police are rechecking

and rechecking constantly. I keep trying to think,

we're talking about it constantly, The search could continue into next

week. Bear in mind, this investigation has cost ?1 million.

Where do we go next? Alex, thank you very much.

Did you lump poetry at school? Not me, my father learned at school I

can still reiterated. There is a worry that

a growing number of children don't know their stanzas

from their rhyming couplets. Or their Betjeman

from their Tennyson. Well, a chain of

academies in our region The schools are requiring

their pupils to learn The task, to recite lines from a

famous poem. Harper Lee, half a league onward. All in the ballad of

death. Forward the light Brigade, charge for the guilty, into the

valley of death rate is 600. Tiger Tiger, burning bright in the forest

of the night. The fearful symmetry. Easy for these young pupils which

specialises in English but how about learning and reciting up to 100

Well, that is what has been Well, that is what has been

introduced as part of the curriculum by the inspiration trust which runs

schools like this one. Jane Austen College is one of converting schools

pupils will be expected to lend pupils will be expected to lend

parents from the likes of TS Eliot and, of course, the famous

Shakespeare. So the big question is, how does reciting poems helps

students in the long run? Being able to stand up and recite lines from

Shakespeare from memory, there is a sense of achievement that comes from

that. It helps their confidence to grow. It helps them to develop as

communicative and that is going to help their employment prospects.

Martin has been a poet for 20 years. Based in Norwich, he often judges

the poetry at heart competition which seems many youngsters learn

and recite poetry but he feels this way of learning may have its

consequences. What you see is that poems chosen as a teaching tool for

something else. I believe one of the something else. I believe one of the

aims is to give children confidence so be poems become secondary. And

reciting poems does give people confidence and that is a good thing

about it but it is also a joyful thing, an interesting thing in its

own right. You do not have to tell the students that. Whether it is one

100 poems, Rhianna has some good advice on how you can learn those

lines. So when you have the verses, you read the first line and then you

repeat it but with the second night, you repeat that with the third by so

you keep repeating it and adding a line every time. Got it? Better

start practising. chilly when I was out filming today.

I hope it is going to get warmer. Skies like this. For much of the day

we have had the winds gusting. That is certainly not made it feel any

warmer. You can see the cloud coming down from the north. Late on, we've

had some breaks and that hasn't had an effect on the temperature. Ten or

11 soldiers, to 13 or 14 Celsius. We keep the speed of cloud from the

north. Some clear intervals and maybe a little bit of drizzle but

for most of us it should be dry. Temperatures, ranging from lows of

about five to eight Celsius. Under clear skies we could see a random

Brecel says abruptly touch of frost. The mischievous, a fast the night.

Rather a lot of cloud, some brightness and sunshine at times add

a little bit of drizzle here and there. Temperatures, a little bit

higher tomorrow. Underneath the cloud, around 12 or 13, where we get

any rain is coming through, you might see something closer to 15

Celsius. Lighter winds tomorrow. A north to south easterly direction.

They will be turning June because of the day. We finished the day with

largely cloudy but dry skies. Tuesday, high pressure in charge and

a better day when it comes to sunshine and brightness.

Temperatures higher. In the best of the sunshine, above these values,

above 17 Celsius we could see on Wednesday. Then towards the end of

the week, the weather dependent on how quickly this weather frontages

and from the south. At the moment, I stress at the moment, Thursday a

fine dry start with some sunshine, eventually cloud increasing and we

may see a little bit patchy rain in the south. But Brady is the day when

we are expecting cloudier skies and some outbreaks of more significant

rainfall. As we head into the weekend, I think some rain and

bright weather, milder nights. See bright weather, milder nights. See

you later. I was trying to find a weather poem

that I could recite. I told him he should make one up. See you tomorrow

night. Goodbye.