13/06/2014 Look East - East

Police forces across the region are putting

on extra officers this weekdnd ahead of England's first World Cup match.

Detectives are expecting lots more people to be out late tomorrow

The flags of many nations going up in Norwich market.

Thousands of St George's Cross flags just

waiting to be snapped up, btt little sign yet of a World Cup fevdr.

It hasn't been going as well as we thought, but it will soon pick

If England do well, perhaps on Saturday?

Then we will probably sell out, hopefully, but I can't imaghne them

If we get past group stage, it will be brilliant but I can't see

Everybody has forgotten there is a big game of football on.

Some companies have made a special effort to make a World Cup

splash and for the many bars in Norwich city centre it'll be

a big night tomorrow as England kick`off their World Cup calpaign

We are normally very busy for sporting events so this one

Saturday night is generally busy so it could be manic.

Ten years ago in Thetford, Norfolk police dealt with a major

confrontation between English and Portuguese football fans.

There were many arrests and injuries but police now feel tensions around

The peaceful heart of Norwich changes character at night

With drinking into the early hours and thd

passions of football added to the cocktail, extra police will be on

Earlier I spoke to Inspector Ed Brown from Norfolk Police and began

by asking him if the late khck off posed an unusual challenge.

It is a late kick`off and one of our considerations is how many

people are going to come out, how many people are going to watch

the game in the pubs, clubs and bars, particularlx

around the city and how manx are going to stay on afterwards.

Is that going to affect people's moods,

Where'd you expect the pinch points to be, before kick off up to 11pm

when people might been drinking a lot before the game or at 1am

I think, generally speaking, we see our problems later in the nhght

But, obviosuly, with the football kicking off at 11pm, and thdre has

been such a big build`up to this particular World Cup, I think people

We are likely to see pinch points before the game and

Will you be high profile, low profile?

Generally, quite high profile but they are no different to how we

would normally deal with anx public order situation, so there whll be

lots of officers out, wearing their high visibility jackets and if there

are any problems at all, then members

of the public can approach ts and we will deal with that as best we can.

The Colchester Hospital Trust says a member of staff has been

suspended following allegathons of bullying and harassment.

An investigation is also underway into allegations that

the waiting list in demotology and endoscopy was manipulatdd.

The MP for Colchester is calling for a meeting with the Health Sdcretary.

I want to support the medic`l staff, the support staff who are doing a

valiant job, who are being let down bluntly by the leadership and to try

and give whatever assurances I can to my constituents and everxbody

involved that this is a hospital that need sorting out.

The sorting out has to start at the top.

The husband of the former British Number One tennis player

Elena Baltacha says she showed her fighting spirit right until the end.

The 30`year`old from Suffolk died last month from liver cancer.

In his first television intdrview since

her death, Nino Severino pr`ised his wife's incredible courage.

James Burridge has this exclusive report.

She was the ultimate Warrior on court, fighting repeated injuries

and the cruellest of condithons on it. She was such a strong

individual, she would battld through it. She didn't know what it was like

to have a healthy liver. Yot would be in a round two of the totrnament

and hair backward go, say she was not only taken tablets for her live

but she was taken tablets ftrther back and she was taken tabldts of

ankles. That was our life. Wake up, can you move? It was horrendous Can

remember much of the day shd was told she had liver cancer? Ht was

very difficult. I've never experienced strength in a htman

being. Lots of humane being to go through horrible things that this

woman was 30 years old `` htman beings go. We were up against this

fight and she never once evdr complained. This is her leg`cy,

Academy in Ipswich, Ronan bx her husband and a coaching team

determined to produce the ndxt British number one `` Ronan. It ll

help children who have not ` chance. `` run. It will help those who did

not have a chance. Nino Severino paying tributd to

his wife Elena Baltacha. Liberal Democrats are voting

in Cambridge tonight on whether to More than 100 members are holding

an extraordinary meeting on whether to try and oust Mr Clegg

before the General Election. It follows

the party's poor performancd That's it from me, I?ll leave

you with the weather with Alex. After the heat and humidity

of the day the risk They look like they will

predominantly affect western counties but certainly the dast in

the firing line for some of them but Quite cloudy as well with lows

of 13 Celsius. Now we start tomorrow with

a good deal of cloud around. The risk of one or two showdrs

at first but the day looks dry. It will remain cloudy through

the day and as northerly winds start to establish themselves,

it will feel cooler and fresher Temperatures may not get

higher than 15 or 16 degrees. Further inland, up to 20 Celsius

but cooler than it has been today. And for the afternoon,

it looks like a better prospect In a moment the national forecast,

but here's our outlook and ht will Still on the cool side

but a predominantly dry fordcast. next couple of days, looking good,

temperatures in the 20s. Now the West -- now the National forecast.

Good evening. Over the last two days in the south of England there has

been a lot of sunshine and temperatures up to 26 degrees. Don't

expect temperatures that high this weekend, cooler for many. A lot of

dry weather even if it is a little bit on the cloudy side at times We

see the cloud increasing this afternoon and through the evening.

The cloud has been drifting south. Over the last few hours we started

to see thunderstorms. Over the next few hours, further thunderstorms to

be found across parts of northern England, the Midlands, the eastern

side of Wales. They are drifting south overnight. Every bursts of

rain with that. Most will clear into the English Channel. A lot of cloud

out there, temperatures 14 or 1 degrees. Around the North Sea

coastal areas, temperatures not rising far because there is a cool

breeze from the North. Inland, the cloud -- the cloud breaks up in the

afternoon. Sunny spells developing. One or two showers. On the western

side of Scotland, doing well in