27/02/2017 Look East

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bodies of this couple are recovered from a house in Stowmarket.

The hospital patient who blocked a bed for two years

is still in limbo as the authorities decide what to do with him.

And it's a cool and showery end to February

Join me later in the programme for a full look at the weather

In the last hour, detectives have said they do not believe anyone else

was involved in the deaths of a couple from Suffolk.

Richard and Sarah Pitkin were found yesterday at the home

Alex Dunlop is live at the scene now.

Are we any clearer about what happened?

I think we clearly know that police are not looking for a double

murderer and I think that will go some way to assure local residents.

This is a very quiet little street, Stowupland Street, in the centre of

snow basket. This is where the couple lived and you can see here on

the doorstep, floral tributes left by friends and neighbours. Officers

were first called to this address at two o'clock, just before two o'clock

yesterday afternoon. Tonight, they are officially treating these deaths

as unexplained. Forensic teams have been at the home

of Richard and Sarah Pitkin The couple moved to Stowmarket

from London ten years ago. 65-year-old Mr Pitkin, a carpenter,

converted the building, creating a tearoom that used

to be run by his wife. This, the couple at

its opening in 2009. Their bodies were discovered

when police arrived The owner of the nearby pub

thought he had heard gunshots Sarah especially very,

very polite lady. She was involved with the St

Elisabeth's Hospice up in the town and her partner Richard was a very

well respected carpenter, Straight down,

normal couple, really. For the past four years,

Sarah Pitkin has worked as an assistant manager at

the local hospice shop. It was closed today

following her death. The charity said she was

a well loved member of She's made a huge difference

and would be sadly missed. Flowers have been

laid outside the house, The couple are believed

to have four grown-up children, What about reports that there was

gunshots heard? There was some confusion about that.

Police are stressing tonight that no gun was discharged and that no far I

was decided anywhere really in the area. -- firearm. Postmortems will

be carried out on both bodies tomorrow. It could be something

completely innocent yet tragic or something more sinister. We do not

know. Local people here are very upset, buried the wilted and

certainly mystified as to how this couple could have died. -- the

wilted. Thank you, Alex. One of the longest staying

bed blockers in Britain who went on hunger strike

after he was evicted from a hospital Adriano Guedes who is paralysed

from the chest down spent more Since his eviction from hospital,

Adriano Guedes has refused to eat. For 24 days, he survived

on just fruit juice. Deciding where I should live,

what I should eat, where I should eat, how much

I eat, how much I drink. News of the 64-year-old's

eviction broke last month. This photo taken in

hospital says it all. He was eventually moved to this

temporary council flat. Exasperated at the care system

and saying he said 2000 different carers in eight years,

he's refused to cooperate Patrick Thompson who

supported patients rights for decades is

about to change that. We've now got to get you living

with your dignity and And we are going

to do it, aren't we? Mr Guedes came here from

Portugal 15 years ago. He worked as a union rep

but a stroke in 2008 left him If you hadn't persuaded him to go

back to eating, how bad do you think We would've ended up

with an inquest. And then the fingers

would've been pointed. And the other people,

at the end of the day, But I don't know if they have got

the courage to do something. All the authorities insist

it is Mr Guedes' refusal to cooperate which has prevented

them from helping him. Debbie Tubby, BBC

Look East, Suffolk. A short while ago I asked Debbie

to explain what she felt the key I think what dawns on you when you

see that meeting between Patrick Thompson and Adriano Guedes

is that he's lost his dignity Adriano is, you know,

he's exasperated by the health He's had all these carers over

all these years, you know, dealing with his personal hygiene and this

man is very independent. Although he's paralysed

and he can only use his right arm, he still wants to work,

he doesn't want to rely on benefits and he doesn't want to rely

on the local authority either. I mean, he feels as though

he has lost control of his life and I think Patrick is kind

of giving that back to him and I said to him, "Why

are you giving up your fight?" He said, "I'm not giving

up my fight, the only way I can So what's going to

happen to him now? I mean, potentially he goes back

to square one, He needs a wheelchair to move

around, he can't have a wheelchair He can't get his housing

sorted until he's got his wheelchair so if he loses that trust

in Patrick Thompson, he could go back to square one,

he could go on hunger strike, he could end up back in hospital,

he'll be bed blocking again. And Adriano Guedes said to me

he realises he is not the only person bed blocking,

we know it's a big thing for hospitals

at the moment, especially in these

tight financial times. The Suffolk County Council have

said to me tonight that they're pleased he is eating again

and they hope to engage with him further to try to allow

the situation to move forward. A man has been arrested on suspicion

of sending abusive messages Will Quince re-posted

the comments online saying he was "genuinely shocked"

and they were "absolutely vile." They referred to his son

Robert who was stillborn. A man is being questioned

on suspicion of malicious Millions of pounds are being spent

on Hoveton Great Broad, near Norwich, to improve water

quality and encourage wildlife. The work will take a couple

of years, but at the end of it the hope is to have the water

as clear as gin. For decades, Hoveton Great Broad had

pollution coming into it from farms and sewage and that led to

toxic algae blooms Local farmers and Anglian

Water have worked to improve the quality

of the water in the River Bure And it's got to the state

now where it's so good that restoration work can begin

on the broad and the water quality will get better

and better, the fish will come back, the plants will come back and

biodiversity will improve. The silt and sludge

is now being dredged up from the floor of the broad

and being transferred These will build up new banks

creating better wildlife habitats. What's coming out now

is decades of dead algae, very little can live in it,

plants can't get established. The time is right now to do it

because of the water quality We can shift it now, we can give it

a kick and make it work. Get it back to what made

the broads famous originally, Some boat owners have

complained that the broad won't be open to them

but Natural England say they want to preserve the tranquillity of this

special place and a longer nature trail will be

open for walkers seven days a week. We want to maintain

the tranquillity that we offer. People really enjoy,

the ability to stop on the edge of the river,

go off into our wet woodland and really enjoy their place

of peace and tranquillity. This unique place opens up seven

days a week from April and it is hoped the legendary gin clear waters

of the Broad will return by 2020. That's all from me, but I'll leave

you tonight with the weather We've had some showers around

through the course of the day. More tomorrow but things actually

turning a little bit milder later on as we head

deeper into March. Here's our jet stream tonight,

big trough across the UK, a lot But as we go through

the week, you'll notice that gets pushed away and the jet

stream becomes much more mobile, this westerly pattern

developing from the Atlantic. So, we have had some showers

already this evening, they'll continue to run off

to the north-east Some clear spells developing,

still quite breezy but the winds will ease down and cold enough

for a touch of frost tonight, some Temperatures getting close

to freezing so maybe some ice A few showers, yes, at first

but a good deal of dry weather, some good spells

of sunshine around, less showers compared with Monday but later

on perhaps an organised band of rain Temperatures a little bit

down, seven or eight Celsius and out on the wind,

it will feel quite chilly tomorrow. But hopefully a little bit more

in the way of sunshine. Towards the middle of the week,

high pressure building in, that means things settling down

for Wednesday so a good deal A bit more cloud though

pushing up from the south, eventually some rain reaching

southern counties late in the day, but ahead of that, getting up

to eight or nine Celsius. And for Thursday, that

rain's slow to clear the far north of the region but it

should brighten up through the day with some sunshine, temperatures

getting up to ten or 11 Celsius. Low pressure in charge

for the end of the week. So, for Friday, the risk of some

rain spreading out from the south, some strong winds too

and the same into the weekend. Rather changeable

with some rain at times John Hammond has the weather for the

rest of the country. According to one man-made

definition, spring begins in a couple of days, but in reality

weather does it own thing at its own pace. This was taken in Midlothian,

a funny old day, some lovely rainbows, downpours, burst of

sunshine, and out of the breeze it felt a little bit springlike. At the

moment we have clusters of cloud crossing the country, generating

wintry showers, clearer gaps in between allowing sunshine by day,

but overnight that means dropping temperatures, already a frost in

some places. Further wintry showers particularly out West, one or two

making it further east, with some ice around first thing in the

morning, temperatures falling away, close to freezing or just above in

the larger towns and cities. There will be frost particularly through

parts of Scotland