16/04/2017 Look East

Police are hunting a gang who robbed an 82-year-old

man at his home, pulling the wedding ring from his finger.

The three intruders ransacked the entire property at Bletchley

before making off with a large quantity of jewellery.

Subramaniam Vijayaratnam, together with his wife, at home today,

but the night the raiders struck he had been alone in the house.

His first reaction was to try to establish who they were.

He kept watching me, looking outside.

The other two went upstairs. They ransacked the place.

As well as the wedding ring, they smashed a gold chain

from his neck and tugged a cable from the wall when he

I am thinking when they will be coming.

I am scared to come inside, park the car and looking around

It is just unfortunate that they have to pick on people

that are less powerful than them, or less confident than them.

To just emotionally hurt someone like that, you know,

Detectives are asking people who have information,

or who might have seen a getaway vehicle parked up, or who have been

offered items of jewellery, to contact them on 101.

Police are continuing to question an 18-year-old man

following a double stabbing at a party in Southend.

It happened in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A 17-year-old remains in hospital

with "potentially life-threatening injuries".

A 16-year-old suffered minor injuries.

which caused three quarters of a million pounds worth of damage

to a children's play centre in Cambridge as arson.

More than 40 firefighters were called

to Funky Fun Playhouse on Friday night.

2,500 children were due to attend over this Easter weekend.

If you've been busy in the garden this weekend,

He has 120 acres to look after at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge.

Richard has been the head gardener there for 17 years

You see these weeds here, you just have to move

Richard Ford, with one of the National Trust volunteers

There's always a job here, but happily, there are always

So we've got just over seven of us

And then there's volunteers we've got round today.

Richard started working here 43 years ago.

He's changed a bit, and so have the gardens.

The skylight garden, where you can lean back

on a big wooden frame and look at the sky.

You see the wonderful cloud formations.

White, fluffy clouds everywhere around.

And it is about enjoying that and doing it in a way

that is easy just to lean back and enjoy this.

Much has changed at Anglesey Abbey in the last 43 years.

Visitor numbers have soared, with 370,000 people last year.

That makes it one of the most popular attractions in the region.

There can be a downside to this because more people, more wear, more

issues of maintaining the garden, so I can't say everything is rosy,

there are challenges, but we have to adapt

Richard Todd is leaving his job next month.

But Richard's vast experience and good humour will not be lost.

He staying with the National Trust

In rugby Northampton Saints hosted Saracens

in the Aviva Premiership at Stadium MK.

Saints were in control until the last ten minutes

when Saracens snatched victory with two late tries

It's dented Saints' hopes of a European Champions Cup

Now it's not been the sunniest Easter holiday -

but how's the forecast? Here's Georgina Burnett.

A bit of a soggy end to Easter Sunday but we had a good

deal of dry weather and we should do tomorrow, as well.

As we head through the night, that rain is

going to be clearing but there will be some

We should see some bright or sunny spells developing.

Out of the sunshine it is going to be feeling

Some showers continuing with temperatures

up at around 11 Celsius, possibly scraping 12 but in some

spots along the east coast we may not make it

Talking of chilly weather, high pressure is in

By day settled, sunny spells and dry weather,

but at night time, expect frost between Monday and Thursday.

Good evening if you spend Easter under cloudy skies with rain

hopefully I can promise you something brighter for tomorrow, not

much brightness earlier for our Weather Watch in Cumbria, there was

sunshine, sunny spells of the northern Scotland as well as some

showers, now the rain will begin to clear away quite quickly towards the

south-east as we go through tonight, behind it it will leave breaks in

the cloud, some various bars which could allow mist