18/04/2014 Look East - West

on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the late news at 10pm.

Now, Good evening. Special "amnesty bins"

have been installed at the Sixfields football stadium in Northampton to

try to stop fans taking smoke grenades, flares or fireworks into

the ground. Nationally, there's a growing trend for so`called "pyros",

which are widely used on thd Continent. The police say it's

against the law, and want f`ns to bin their flares with no qudstions

asked. The away team arriving at Shxfields

today. Most football games `re friendly, but increasingly `cross

the country fans light fireworks and flares in stands. Some even throw

them onto the pitch. I think the danger of flares is massive, because

it is a chemical reaction, so there's a chance of burns, smoke

inhalation. There's panic alongst the fans who might find thelselves

surrounded by smoke, which can be upsetting for some. This afternoon,

police reminded fans of the dangers. They were also warned that taking

fireworks into a stadium is a criminal offence. Anyone carrying

pyrotechnics was urged to h`nd them in. They can get rid of thel. The

police won't take any action with anything that is found in the bins.

They'll be thrown away and discarded. We will see it as a

positive because they won't be going into the ground, and hopefully it

will avoid any youngsters gdtting into trouble later on. They think it

is fun, really, and it is not, it is dangerous. I think it is a good idea

because it is a dangerous thing bringing in flares, especially when

you are bringing children whth you. It could be potentially

life`threatening. The initi`tive will carry on for the next three

games. There've been calls to improve a

road in Norfolk, after a wolan died following a three car collision

yesterday. It happened on the A 46 at Loddon. Three air ambulances were

called to the scene. The ro`d was closed for six hours, and three

people remain seriously ill in hospital.

At this time of year, the E`ster holidays, rush`hour is terrhble It

is very difficult to find a gap to get onto this road. It is obvious we

need to slow down this traffic, a 60 mile per hour road. The onlx

solution, I think, can be a roundabout. You can only sax this so

many times. We can't allow lives to be lost like this.

Six people in Colchester have now received envelopes full of cash in

the post. No`one knows wherd it s come from and the only link so far

is that some of them live, or have lived, in the same street. Felicity

Simper reports. Two envelopes of cash, no note, no

name. Dennis Barnes is stumped. Receiving ?300 in total, he did have

a theory but now is back to square one. I racked my brains and then

realised there is more. That has got me thinking. It is definitely

elderly writing. Probably a woman's writing, so I've been told. Now the

mystery of the anonymous money doner has deepened with around six

residents having received envelopes of cash in the post, three of whom

are reported to live, or have lived, here in Wycombe Road. A mild away,

war veteran Charlie Williams is also trying to identify the anonxmous

benefactor who sent him ?200 in the post. I thought it might have come

from an old lady I used to look after. I don't know, but now I find

out more people have receivdd ? 00, ?300. What can I say? I havd put the

money to one side until the press or police, or whoever, finds ott who

sent it to me. Both Dennis `nd Charlie say the money is st`ying in

the bank until they find out who it has come from.

Football, and just our Leagte One and Two teams were in action this

afternoon. In League One, Colchester went down 1`0 at home. They're just

two points above the drop`zone. And MK Dons lost away at Port V`le.

Peterborough and bottom sidd Stevenage both play tonight. In

League Two, a great away win for Southend. They stay in the play`off

places. But a draw for Northampton couldn't get them out of thd

relegation zone. In the Championship, Ipswich could move

into the playoffs with a win at Watford tomorrow. And in thd Premier

League, the relegation zone beckons if Norwich lose against Livdrpool on

Sunday. Let's get the weather now. We had a

little bit more cloud this afternoon. Not the best of days but

we see an improvement tomorrow. It is looking dry tonight, and there'll

be some clear spells around. Into tomorrow, a better day with

brightness and sunshine. Thdre is a chance of one or two isolatdd

showers, but the big change will be the wind direction, coming from the

east. In the sunshine, tempdratures around 11 or 12 degrees. Watch out

for an isolated shower for the afternoon, but generally quhte a lot

of cloud around. We should see some sunshine, but then it goes downhill

on Easter Sunday. This is the pressure pattern. Low presstre

moving in, which means we won't all wake up to rain, but showers

spreading in, particularly `cross those serving counties, so dveryone

sees rain. As for the start next week, maybe some sunshine btt also

showers. I will be back with an update at 10:20pm. Goodbye.

Today we have seen temperatures rising if Scotland but again

tonight, with the clear skies and light wind temperatures will fall

sharply, and for many of us, we are looking at a touch of frost. The

satellite picture tells a story nicely. This belt of cloud is

sitting in the far north-west of Scotland, we have had this cloud

bubbling up across eastern areas and with the northerly wind it has felt

cold in East Anglia. That cloud is going to melt away, we will get an

easterly breeze picking the cloud back in again later in the