31/05/2014 Look East - East

I'm Tom Williams. evening on the BBC News Channel.

The Conservatives have been stripped of power at a council in Essex,

after the opposition parties agreed to unite against them.

It has happened in the local Government Secretary's

The Tories still hold the largest share of seats on Brentwood Council,

but no other group was willing to keep them in office.

When the people of Brentwood cast their votes on May the 22nd, they

returned a council where a change of political direction was possible.

Before the election, the Conservatives had a small majority

on Brentwood Council but they lost three seats early this month and

that means the opposition parties have more seats on the council than

they do. That has allowed the opposition to join together and to

force the Conservatives out of office. The Liberal Democrats,

Labour, local party Brentwood first and an independent councillor had

been in talks for more than a year. Now they have formed an unusual

alliance which excludes the Conservatives, but each policy will

be decided on an issue by issue basis and with a majority of one,

that could be unstable. It would only take one person going off, I do

not think that is going to happen. I know those individuals very well,

some close personal friends, that is not going to happen. We are united

and determined not to let that happen. The Conservatives are

accusing the Alliance of opportunism. We want `` we won the

popular vote, we know what we stand for. I could understand it if people

were coming together with a common set of policies. They are not. The

new arrangement will be formalised on June 11, the challenge will be

for the administration to prove it is not heading for political

gridlock. Four teenagers have been charged

with murdering a man The body of the victim, 23`year`old

Michael Green, was found in an Three boys, aged 15, 16 and 17,

and a 16`year`old girl, And another boy has appeared

in court after being charged by police investigating a murder

at a party near Great Yarmouth. Connor Barrett was stabbed to

death at a chalet in Hemsby. A 15 year old has been charged with

possessing an offensive weapon. On to that rugby result, and there

will be a civic celebration on the Northampton Saints have secured

a European and domestic cup double. Their first ever Premiership crown

came with a last minute, An extraordinary day, an

extraordinary and tap and extraordinary game. 100 minutes of

rugby finished with a last touch of the ball by the Saints. It went to

air television match official to be confirmed. Underneath the post by

the narrowest of margins. It gives city Saracens elusive trophy they

have been hoping for, for so long. Scenes of complete joy and disbelief

at the final whistle, and the entire team came on, there were smiles all

round the cos they have been here so many times before. After 80 minutes,

the sides were locked, 14 points each. It went to extra time, two

penalties apiece. Saracens had a 3`point lead going into the dying

seconds and they could have taken the last, but they stuck by their

guns. Injured by inch, they got there. This is the end result.

Saints Premiership champions. Fantastic, well done, time for the

weather. Crowd around this afternoon, we may

have showers but drive for many of us. More sunny spells tomorrow. ``

cloud. Decent breaks in the cloud to allow the sun to shine through.

Largely dry tomorrow. We cannot rule out showers but quite a pleasant way

to end the weekend, temperatures up to enjoy the sunshine and the warm

weather, things go downhill on Monday with wetter weather.

We back tomorrow evening with the victory parade, and the rest of the

news, good evening. Hello. So far, so good. Most of us

have had a dry start of the weekend. Some of us will be turning wetter

tomorrow. For that change we look to the far north-west of the UK.

Overnight into western Scotland, thicker cloud. Patchy hybrids of

rain moving in. Some of that reaching Northern Ireland late in

the night. Elsewhere, dry. Where you are clear, you will see some patchy

mist and fog developing. Temperatures just over a single

figures. There will be a different look to the weather across the

western side of the UK. Western coast 's of England and Wales, so

much sunshine today. More cloud around, maybe a hint of drizzle. In

the evening we will start to see our bricks of rain. Central and eastern

England will see a fair amount of morning sunshine. Southern and

eastern Scotland, a dry start. For Northern Ireland and western

Scotland, not just goal, but rampant places to begin the day. Easier when

you have rain, the temperature held down. There will be low is in the

rain, especially in Northern Ireland. In the afternoon we'll see

more in persistent rain