18/12/2016 Look East


18/12/2016

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Poultry farmers in the east are on the alert following the first

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confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Lincolnshire.

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New regulations designed to keep the disease at bay have already been

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after the H5N8 virus was found in mainland Europe.

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says it's now a major concern in this region.

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This is Austen Fen near Louth, where 5000 turkeys have been

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Many have already died, the rest will be culled.

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One of our leading turkey producers says outbreaks can be

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Bird flu is a big concern for all of us all the time.

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There has been an outbreak in Lincolnshire and we've been

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discussing this as an industry for many months now.

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There has been an outbreak in mainland Europe.

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And it's just a matter of, not if it comes to the UK,

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the reality is when it comes to the UK.

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This is a massive industry in the east.

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We produce 107 million eggs a year and a quarter

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A sector worth ?640 million per year.

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The region's last big bird flu outbreak was in 2007,

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Thousands of birds had to be slaughtered but the firm has said it

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has intense bio-security already in place and is complying

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Two weeks ago, Defra ruled all poultry and captive birds had

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to be kept indoors to stop them getting infected by wild ones,

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It is killing both wild birds and domestic poultry,

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so it is a very serious threat to birds but not to people

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and Public Health England have said the threat to public health is low.

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Back in Lincolnshire, officials are investigating

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Paul Kelly says he hopes it won't spread to other

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Nothing has been been found during the latest search for missing

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Volunteers from Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue

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five square miles of land around RAF Honington.

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Exactly 12 weeks after Corrie went missing on a night

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out in Bury St Edmunds, this was the first search organised

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by the Mckeague family without Suffolk Police.

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The Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue members plus 30

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members of the public all gave their time voluntarily.

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They concentrated on an area near RAF Honington called

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King's Forest, which hasn't been searched by the police.

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No trace that Corrie was found, but there's still a lot

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We have other areas in mind that we could.

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In fact, there's still the very large areas of King's Forest

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Not all areas got completed, so therefore there is completion

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This latest search was based on the theory that Corrie Mckeague

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may have been hit by a car on his way back from Bury St Edmunds

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to his base at Honington and his body left in the woods.

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Hundreds of people had volunteered to help,

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but only a small number were selected, to keep

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Corrie's mother, Nicola Urquhart, has said she won't stop searching.

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As you may have seen, Andy Murray won the BBC's Sports Personality

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At the event, our region was well represented.

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Max Whitlock, the Hertfordshire gymnast who trains at

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the South Essex Club, was a nominee after winning two gold

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Ellie Robinson, the swimmer from Northampton who won

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gold at the Paralympics, was also recognised

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for winning the BBC Young Sports Personality award.

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And the Suffolk soprano Laura Wright sang a tribute to those sports stars

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To the weather now with Ashling Creevey.

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We start the new working week on a foggy note.

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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for some

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To start off tomorrow morning, plenty of mist and fog

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Do take care if you are out and about on the roads.

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Make sure to leave plenty of extra time to travel in the morning.

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As we head through the day, we will see that mist and fog lift.

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We will see one or two spots of rain but, for most of us,

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We will see highs tomorrow of around seven or eight Celsius,

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so it is a little bit on the chilly side.

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Over the next couple of days, we hang onto an awful lot of cloud.

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Temperatures stay in single digits and, as we head into Wednesday,

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we should see a spell of wet and windy weather pushing

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through but, but by the end of the week, we will see the return

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That's it from Look East for tonight.

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We'll be back with bulletins throughout BBC Breakfast

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From me and the late team, goodnight.

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Good evening. It's a big week for pre-Christmas travel plans and the

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weather can be quite challenging at times, too. We start the week with

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the issue of fog once again. Just about anywhere on the hills on

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Monday morning but at its most extensive at lower levels across

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parts of western England and Wales, particularly towards the south-west,

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it could hamper your morning journey and some of the airports. Maybe not

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as extensive as it has been through the weekend in East Anglia and the

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south-east but fairly great start for many. Damp, too, in parts of

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Scotland and Northern Ireland but brightening up later. Subtle hints

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of brightness through the cloud elsewhere. It does stay rather grey

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and misty and all in all, a fairly cool day. We finish Monday with

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patchy rain and drizzle in eastern England which will push westward,

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some heavy bursts in and around the English Channel but clear skies

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through Monday night into Tuesday giving you your coldest night of the

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week. A widespread frost into Tuesday morning. The Tuesday morning

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commute could be hampered by dense patches of fog. That will clear as

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the breeze picks up and sunshine for a time

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