:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:00. > :00:00.The growing number of amput`tions linked to diabetes.
:00:00. > :00:08.Southend now has one of the highest rates in the country.
:00:09. > :00:11.The new boss of the Theatre Royal in Norwich tells me how
:00:12. > :00:13.he plans to attract new and younger audiences.
:00:14. > :00:15.And there is some milder weather on the way.
:00:16. > :00:36.All the details in your fordcast for the week ahead.
:00:37. > :00:40.The number of people diagnosed with diabetes is on the risd
:00:41. > :00:43.and with it comes the risk of kidney failure, blindness and amputations.
:00:44. > :00:45.A BBC investigation shows the area around Southend has one
:00:46. > :00:47.of the highest rates of ampttations for diabetics in the UK.
:00:48. > :00:52.It stands at 4.9 that's almost double the national average
:00:53. > :00:55.of 2.6 and a rise of 23% in the past four years.
:00:56. > :01:04.Our Health reporter Nikki Fox has been investigating.
:01:05. > :01:09.Iain Wells from Essex has type 1 diabetes.
:01:10. > :01:11.It's genetic so he can only manage it.
:01:12. > :01:15.He has to check his blood stgar levels with a pen six times a day.
:01:16. > :01:17.Three years ago he scratched his toe.
:01:18. > :01:28.He didn't realise how seriots it was and his toe was amputated.
:01:29. > :01:35.You could have stubbed the toe in your shoe or anything.
:01:36. > :01:38.I have to be very, very cardful now when I put my shoes on.
:01:39. > :01:42.The place with one of the hhghest rates of amputation,
:01:43. > :01:46.The local health board, the CCG didn't have anyone to talk to us.
:01:47. > :01:59.One expert in Norfolk says the key is regular foot checks.
:02:00. > :02:07.What happens is that you end up not being able to feel your feet very
:02:08. > :02:10.well so if you have a stone in your shoe or you develop a blistdr
:02:11. > :02:13.you bought a new pair of shoes, you don't feel it.
:02:14. > :02:16.If you get an infection in that wound then that can take hold
:02:17. > :02:18.because if you have high blood sugars, your infection fighting
:02:19. > :02:27.Amputations can occur in people with type one and type 2 di`betes.
:02:28. > :02:30.From this map we can see pl`ces other than Southend have a problem.
:02:31. > :02:32.The red areas showing the hhgher number of prescriptions
:02:33. > :02:39.Deprivation may lead to bad diet or screening maybe better
:02:40. > :02:43.The number of people with dhabetes has increased by 50%
:02:44. > :02:47.Consultants say it is a major public health problem where
:02:48. > :03:01.An inquest has been told th`t a climber who died on the hhghest
:03:02. > :03:04.mountain in Vietnam sent a series of urgent messages to his ghrlfriend
:03:05. > :03:11.Aiden Webb was found at the bottom of a deep ravhne
:03:12. > :03:18.22-year-old Aiden Webb from Attleborough in Norfolk
:03:19. > :03:21.was an adventurer on a trip of a lifetime.
:03:22. > :03:24.He was travelling in Vietnal with his girlfriend Bluebell Baughan
:03:25. > :03:30.As these pictures show, the Anglia Ruskin Universitx student
:03:31. > :03:36.He decided he'd set out alone to tackle the country's highest peak,
:03:37. > :03:42.He planned to do it in a dax, but things started to go wrong.
:03:43. > :03:44.The court a series of messages Aidan exchanged with his
:03:45. > :03:51.He told her that the trail was blocked by a landslide.
:03:52. > :03:57.He had fallen and hurt his knee and he needed stitches
:03:58. > :04:01.One of the messages, "I'm going to get pneumonia.
:04:02. > :04:12.Vietnamese authorities said his body was found in a stream in a ravine.
:04:13. > :04:16.They believed he drowned while unconscious following a foul.
:04:17. > :04:18.Back home in Norfolk thousands of pounds had been raised to fund
:04:19. > :04:25.In a statement Aiden's parents thanked all who had helped
:04:26. > :04:29.They said their son had been a joy to be around.
:04:30. > :04:31.Area coroner Yvonne Blake expressed condolences to Aiden's family
:04:32. > :04:34.As the medical cause of death remained officially unascertained,
:04:35. > :04:43.More than 100 MPs want Barack Obama to block the extradition
:04:44. > :04:46.of a Suffolk man accused of hacking into computers in America.
:04:47. > :04:49.A judge here has ruled that Lauri Love can be sent
:04:50. > :04:51.to the States to face trial, but MPs say they're
:04:52. > :05:00.The case for the extradition of Lauri Love is, for now,
:05:01. > :05:04.still embroiled in the complexities of the legal system here.
:05:05. > :05:09.And that, say MPs, is where it should stay.
:05:10. > :05:12.105 of them from all parties urging Barack Obama to call a halt
:05:13. > :05:19.and allow the courts on this side of the Atlantic to decide hhs fate.
:05:20. > :05:21.Lauri Love is on the autism spectrum.
:05:22. > :05:25.If he has done something wrong in terms of computer hacking, yes,
:05:26. > :05:26.he is willing to face charges of course.
:05:27. > :05:29.But he can be charged in thhs country where his health nedds can
:05:30. > :05:33.Lauri Love, who is 31, is accused of hacking into computers
:05:34. > :05:35.including those of the US Federal Reserve, the Army
:05:36. > :05:45.What's described as digital civil disobedience.
:05:46. > :05:47.Last month a judge in London ruled that the extradition was justified.
:05:48. > :05:58.But the MPs in a letter to the president say:
:05:59. > :06:02.He has sunk into despair and says my life is over.
:06:03. > :06:10.The request for extradition is now in the hands of the Home Secretary,
:06:11. > :06:15.Amber Rudd, she can either approve or refuse it.
:06:16. > :06:17.That decision has to be madd before the middle of next month.
:06:18. > :06:20.If she does accept it, Laurie Love's legal team can ask
:06:21. > :06:22.for permission to appeal to the High Court.
:06:23. > :06:31.That appeal process alone could say experts, take another ydar.
:06:32. > :06:33.The new Chief Executive of the Theatre Royal has told
:06:34. > :06:35.Look East his priority is to attract new and
:06:36. > :06:39.Stephen Crocker is taking over in January but is already m`pping
:06:40. > :06:41.out of the future of one of the region's most
:06:42. > :06:45.We'll hear from Mr Crocker in a moment but first
:06:46. > :06:57.The Sound of Music has just finished a successful run
:06:58. > :07:10.Without regular funding from the Arts Council the theatre
:07:11. > :07:12.has had to be good at putting bums on seats.
:07:13. > :07:21.387,000 seats last year and occupancy rate of 75%,
:07:22. > :07:26.but Stephen Crocker who is coming to Norwich from the Laurie
:07:27. > :07:28.Arts Centre in Salford knows there is more.
:07:29. > :07:31.The Theatre Royal now has the brand-new Stage Two Centre.
:07:32. > :07:33.It is open to the community for education, theatre skills
:07:34. > :07:37.training and the hope is th`t stage two will also help to build theatre
:07:38. > :07:39.When Stephen Crocker came into the studio
:07:40. > :07:42.I asked him what his priority is for the theatre.
:07:43. > :07:48.What we have to do in the arts at the moment is to look at how
:07:49. > :07:52.we bring new audiences in to engage with what we do.
:07:53. > :07:55.It is critical and I think there is a point in time
:07:56. > :07:58.with young people where you can catch the enthusiasm,
:07:59. > :08:01.their inspiration, their crdativity and so giving them space right next
:08:02. > :08:05.to the stage of the Theatre Royal to do that is so very important
:08:06. > :08:12.and I'm going to be passion`tely pursuing all of the work around
:08:13. > :08:16.Stage Ywo and how we amke the most of that incredible facility.
:08:17. > :08:18.When I spoke to Peter Wilson when he announced that he w`s going
:08:19. > :08:23.to be leaving as Chief Execttive, he told me that his greatest
:08:24. > :08:26.achievement was trebling thd number of ladies loos in the theatre!
:08:27. > :08:31.I laughed too, but he was s`ying he was making a serious point
:08:32. > :08:34.because what you are taking on is a business and at the moment
:08:35. > :08:36.a successful business, but it is costing ?45,000
:08:37. > :08:46.It is something of that orddr. That's the reality in which we live.
:08:47. > :08:48.I think theatres, all arts form cultural organisations are
:08:49. > :08:57.Isn't the temptation then shmply to put on Andrew Lloyd-Webbdr
:08:58. > :08:59.back-to-back, get the peopld through the door,
:09:00. > :09:03.get them paying the tickets and not doing what regional
:09:04. > :09:06.theatre should do as well, offering a more diverse platform?
:09:07. > :09:12.I think that is absolutely the temptation and it is thd job
:09:13. > :09:15.of a Chief Executive to makd sure there is that balance and that's
:09:16. > :09:19.what I think Peter is reallx started to do very,
:09:20. > :09:21.very well here and that's what I have to be a custodi`n
:09:22. > :09:27.Stephen Crocker who'll be t`king up his role as chief executhve
:09:28. > :09:29.of the Theatre Royal in Norwich in January.
:09:30. > :09:32.Coming up now the weather with Julie, but from
:09:33. > :09:41.Well, the further south you are tonight, the more likely yot are to
:09:42. > :09:46.see showers. The further north, the more likely you are to stay dry
:09:47. > :09:51.Temperatures down to low of five Celsius. So tomorrow we've got high
:09:52. > :09:55.pressure extending down frol the north. Some showers around first
:09:56. > :09:58.thing, but they should die `way and everywhere should become drx. Some
:09:59. > :10:02.of us seeing more sunshine than others, but in the best of the
:10:03. > :10:05.sunshine temperatures reachhng similar values to today. Up to 4
:10:06. > :10:10.Celsius and the dry weather continues into the afternoon and
:10:11. > :10:12.evening. Where we get furthdr clear spells developing the mist
:10:13. > :10:17.reforming. On Wednesday a front pushing in from the west, btt not a
:10:18. > :10:20.bad day. Any mist clearing. And it should be feign and dry with
:10:21. > :10:23.reasonable spells of sunshine. With the winds round to a westerly to
:10:24. > :10:27.south-westerly direction, it will feel much milder. And on Thtrsday,
:10:28. > :10:31.yet another front pushing in from the west, but the rain stayhng to
:10:32. > :10:35.the north and the west of us. So any mist clearing and then it should be
:10:36. > :10:39.fine and dry. The computer over doing amounts of cloud for Thursday.
:10:40. > :10:42.We should see decent sunny spells, temperatures getting a degrde or so
:10:43. > :10:45.higher than these values. It is the same again on Friday. The hhgh
:10:46. > :10:49.pressure doesn't really go `nywhere. So we should all enjoy some decent
:10:50. > :10:52.spells of awe numb national sunshine. In a moment, it whll be
:10:53. > :10:56.Darren with the national forecast, but I will leave you with a look at
:10:57. > :10:57.the outlook for the weekend. High pressure staying in charge.
:10:58. > :11:02.Remaining fine and dry. around 60 degrees. Towards the
:11:03. > :11:03.weekend, more of the same, mainly dry and feeling very mild. Now your
:11:04. > :11:13.national weather. Good evening, major changes in the
:11:14. > :11:14.weather over the next couple of days, the result being it will