:00:06. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look East, with Susie and me.
:00:09. > :00:13.Coming up in the next 30 minutes: A major police investigation in
:00:13. > :00:16.Ipswich after three teenage girls say they were raped.
:00:16. > :00:20.The fake war hero jailed for three years for telling lies about his
:00:20. > :00:26.military service. Disbelief at the A14 diversion,
:00:26. > :00:30.which takes drivers on a 37-mile tour of the countryside.
:00:30. > :00:40.And it's not even nice weather for Lemurs. The full bank holiday
:00:40. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:48.Specially trained police officers have been spending the day
:00:49. > :00:54.comforting three teenage girls, who said they were raped at a flat in
:00:54. > :00:57.Ipswich. A friend of the girls, who are all
:00:57. > :01:01.aged 15, called the police early this morning. The allegation
:01:01. > :01:09.involves a group of men. One, who is 19 years old, has already been
:01:09. > :01:12.arrested. Let's get the details now from Alex Dunlop in Ipswich.
:01:12. > :01:16.The police are saying this is potentially a very, very serious
:01:16. > :01:22.offence. The girls are, who are local, are all friends and to know
:01:22. > :01:26.each other, but the police are not saying if they knew their alleged
:01:26. > :01:31.attackers off of -- how many men were involved in this group. We
:01:31. > :01:35.know there Nineteen-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of rape
:01:35. > :01:39.and being in possession of a controlled drug. Police say more
:01:39. > :01:45.arrests are likely to happen. All day, a frenzied search inside
:01:45. > :01:48.and outside of St Nicholas House. - - a forensic. Today, friends of the
:01:48. > :01:51.teenage girls called the police saying that of the three had been
:01:51. > :01:58.raped by a group of men in the block of flats in the centre of
:01:58. > :02:01.Ipswich. We are now undertaking a serious inquiry with a group of
:02:01. > :02:05.colleagues to try and establish what happened and he was involved.
:02:05. > :02:10.How much information have you been able to get, bearing good mind the
:02:10. > :02:13.age of the girls? It is still very early in the investigation and they
:02:13. > :02:16.have been through a very traumatic period. We are working very closely
:02:16. > :02:21.with them, but in these types of inquiry, they take considerable
:02:21. > :02:26.time, so the process will be on going for several days. Should the
:02:26. > :02:30.wider public be concerned or is it an isolated case? A as far as I am
:02:30. > :02:35.concerned, it is an isolated case. These types of offences are
:02:35. > :02:39.extremely unusual, both in Suffolk and Ipswich. Our local the 19-year-
:02:39. > :02:43.old man has been questioned by detectives. -- a local 19-year-old
:02:43. > :02:48.man. The girls are being comforted by experienced officers and
:02:48. > :02:52.councillors. Many of the people who live in the flats are youngsters. A
:02:52. > :02:55.local unit has been set up to reassure local residents.
:02:55. > :03:00.Detectives say it is a complex investigation and they are keen for
:03:00. > :03:03.witnesses to come forward. So do we know how the girls are
:03:03. > :03:06.this evening? But police say the girls are very
:03:06. > :03:10.traumatised by what they say has happened to them, so it could take
:03:10. > :03:13.several days to build up a picture of exactly what happened. I spoke
:03:13. > :03:16.to one resident in the block of flats and he said there had been a
:03:17. > :03:21.big party going on in the block of flats throughout most of the night,
:03:21. > :03:26.but there is no evidence that it is linked to the alleged attack. We
:03:26. > :03:30.have 25 officers now have assigned to this case, trawling through CCTV
:03:30. > :03:35.evidence and talking to local people. At complex investigation
:03:35. > :03:41.and the police have put out of the phone number below in the hope that
:03:41. > :03:44.anyone who has information will come forward.
:03:44. > :03:47.A fantasist who made up an illustrious career in the Army is
:03:47. > :03:50.tonight beginning a jail sentence of three years. Jack Livesey wore
:03:50. > :03:53.service medals on his chest and claimed he fought in the Falklands
:03:53. > :03:56.War. He's been jailed at Peterborough after lying about his
:03:56. > :04:00.fake military service in a previous court hearing.
:04:00. > :04:04.Jack Livesey built himself a "false life and a false persona". And
:04:04. > :04:06.that's the view of his his own defence team. This false life
:04:06. > :04:12.included a 20-year career with the Parachute Regiment and five tours
:04:12. > :04:15.of duty in Northern Ireland. And he also claimed to have fought in the
:04:15. > :04:22.Falklands and even took part in a Veterans' Day at the Duxford
:04:22. > :04:26.Imperial War Museum, where he also worked as a military historian.
:04:26. > :04:30.is very difficult, because you have Cox -- got a lot of happy memories
:04:30. > :04:35.but also sad memories and it is a day to come to terms with that
:04:35. > :04:38.particular war. That incident in my life. But in fact, Livesey had
:04:38. > :04:41.served just two years in the catering corps and left in 1974.
:04:41. > :04:45.Livesey's lies began to unravel 30 years later when he was convicted
:04:45. > :04:48.of benefit fraud. At the time, his military friends provided character
:04:48. > :04:54.references for him which directly referred to his military career -
:04:54. > :04:57.which, at this point, they had no reason to disbelieve. And at the
:04:57. > :05:00.time the judge said these references had spared him from a
:05:00. > :05:07.jail. But subsequent investigations revealed the truth and today
:05:07. > :05:12.Livesey was sentenced for perverting the course of justice.
:05:12. > :05:18.The judge said "much of your life has been ally and you have to seek
:05:18. > :05:24.the court's". -- A Life. He said it was a very serious offence and he
:05:24. > :05:27.had no option but to give a custodial sentence. This is a
:05:27. > :05:32.warning for those people living a lie and hopefully this can help
:05:32. > :05:36.prevent the scourge of this sort of thing. It is a disgrace to all of
:05:36. > :05:39.those soldiers who saved their friends' lives in conflict and
:05:39. > :05:45.returned injured, it is an insult to their efforts. He has belittled
:05:45. > :05:49.the memory of the 255 who sadly lost their lives 29 years ago, and
:05:49. > :05:55.hopefully we will have nobody attempt to do this next year on the
:05:55. > :05:58.30th anniversary at the National arboretum in Staffordshire. Tonight,
:05:58. > :06:00.Livesey is beginning his jail term with the knowledge he'd lived a
:06:00. > :06:04.complete lie. And his once-proud military reputation now lies in
:06:04. > :06:08.tatters. Later in Look East, it's Chelsea
:06:08. > :06:11.against Norwich in the Premier League. We hear from Chris Sutton,
:06:11. > :06:18.who played for both clubs. And with the summer almost over, we
:06:18. > :06:21.find out how business has been for the region's tourist trade.
:06:21. > :06:29.And after a bit of a stamp -- damp start to the weekend, it does get
:06:29. > :06:34.A former prisoner-of-war camp in the Fens, which houses hundreds of
:06:34. > :06:38.migrant workers, has been given a big loan to expand. The site is at
:06:38. > :06:48.Friday Bridge, near Wisbech. The owners wants to improve the
:06:48. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:53.accommodation and recruit more workers from Eastern Europe.
:06:53. > :06:57.These people have just arrived from Lithuania. They say they have come
:06:57. > :07:01.to work here for half the hours they work back home but for twice
:07:01. > :07:06.the money. But they need somewhere -- somewhere to live and this is
:07:06. > :07:08.where Friday Bridge camp comes in. We have workers arriving from most
:07:08. > :07:12.of the Eastern European countries and other rival, they have the
:07:12. > :07:17.option of whether they want to take accommodation here or they can
:07:17. > :07:21.arrange it in town. But at �32.27, it is a very good option and if
:07:21. > :07:25.they add more, they have more to send back to their families. But it
:07:25. > :07:29.hasn't always been foreign workers. Since the 1950s, people would bring
:07:29. > :07:36.their families here for working holidays. But with those gone,
:07:36. > :07:42.Polish workers take their place. is really, really good to live here.
:07:42. > :07:46.It is not like a normal home, but it is enough for us. These were
:07:46. > :07:50.Second World War prison blocks and up until 10 years ago, they were
:07:50. > :07:53.used to house migrant workers. Now it is hoped they could be
:07:54. > :07:58.demolished to provide accommodation for people who want to bring their
:07:58. > :08:02.husbands or wives here and give them extra privacy. Bergkamp has
:08:02. > :08:07.its own shop and bar, but here, they insist they are contributing
:08:07. > :08:12.to the economy -- the camp. Decent us worry about the number of
:08:12. > :08:17.jobs for English people? -- do you seem to worry? A again under send
:08:18. > :08:21.wide. But to the English person comes and Basque for a job, we can
:08:21. > :08:28.try and get them-that -- if any English person comes and asks for a
:08:28. > :08:31.job. By the end of the year, it could have doubled.
:08:31. > :08:35.Tornado bombers flew direct from RAF Marham in Norfolk to attack a
:08:35. > :08:42.bunker in Colonel Gadaffi's home town of Sirte. The MoD said they
:08:42. > :08:44.used Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Most of the missions by Marham
:08:44. > :08:48.Tornados over Libya have been mounted from an airfield in Italy.
:08:48. > :08:51.A woman who shot her ex-partner at a farm in Norfolk, because he'd met
:08:51. > :08:54.someone else, has been jailed for 24 years for his murder. Katherine
:08:54. > :08:56.Hodges shot John Loveday in June at Stratton Strawless. The police
:08:56. > :09:00.described her as a controlling character. She admitted going to
:09:00. > :09:03.the farm with a loaded rifle. Drivers who use the A14 in Suffolk
:09:03. > :09:09.will have to follow a diversion of 37 miles this autumn while
:09:09. > :09:14.roadworks are carried out. The plan, which will take the traffic through
:09:14. > :09:17.a number of small villages, has led to a wave of complaints.
:09:17. > :09:21.The village of Elmswell - rural and quiet, apart from the occasional
:09:21. > :09:31.lorry. And the Parish Council would like to keep it that way, but they
:09:31. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:38.say Elmswell is bound to be used as a shortcut. Are there any thick
:09:38. > :09:42.lorry drivers about? No. They have sat-nav, they have done it before
:09:42. > :09:45.and they will come through the Willett -- village. We blame the
:09:46. > :09:51.Highways Agency. It is crazy. When I presented it to buy councillors
:09:52. > :09:56.that the screen last meeting, they burst into laughter. -- Mike.
:09:56. > :10:00.this is the proposed route. Instead of going straight from Ipswich to
:10:00. > :10:03.Bury St Edmunds on the A14, traffic will have to go up the A140 to Diss
:10:03. > :10:11.and along the A143 to Bury St Edmunds - a diversion of about 37
:10:11. > :10:16.miles. The detour is planned for 12 nights between 7pm and 6am.
:10:16. > :10:19.Estate mad, the Highways Agency said the statement -- the diversion
:10:19. > :10:24.is designed to help people who don't know the most suitable roads
:10:24. > :10:28.and that the diversion will be well signposted and suggestions will be
:10:28. > :10:32.given to heavier vehicles coming from Felixstowe and Ipswich. But
:10:32. > :10:36.villagers in Elmswell aren't convinced it's a good idea. We get
:10:36. > :10:39.loads of lorries coming through, it is going to get worse. I come
:10:39. > :10:43.through at 6 o'clock in the morning and there are calls roaring through.
:10:43. > :10:47.It is very noisy and we will get a lot of truckers coming through.
:10:47. > :10:53.Night times are going to be worst. And there were con the A14 is due
:10:53. > :10:56.to begin in October. -- of the work A park and ride scheme costing �3.4
:10:56. > :10:59.million has been approved for the outskirts of Colchester. It will be
:10:59. > :11:03.built on a greenfield site near the Colchester United football ground
:11:03. > :11:06.at Cuckoo Farm. There will be parking for up to 1,000 vehicles,
:11:06. > :11:10.with buses into the town centre and to the railway station.
:11:10. > :11:14.Accidents in heavy rain closed a slip road off the M11 this morning.
:11:14. > :11:18.It happened at Junction 9 near Hinxton. A van rolled over at the
:11:18. > :11:22.turn-off for the A11. Then two cars collided behind an ambulance which
:11:22. > :11:28.had turned up to help. Two people from the cars were taken to
:11:28. > :11:31.hospital. Plans to scrap permit parking for
:11:31. > :11:34.residents in Great Yarmouth have sparked a wave of complaints from
:11:34. > :11:38.guest-house owners. The local council says it can't afford to
:11:38. > :11:42.meet the annual cost of �100,000 to run it.
:11:42. > :11:45.Jane Reynolds has owned the Merivon guesthouse for several years. She
:11:46. > :11:55.helped set up the permit scheme back in 2006. Now she's fighting
:11:55. > :11:59.hard to keep it. People that come on to the internet very often ring
:11:59. > :12:05.us first. "what is your accommodation like? Have you got a
:12:05. > :12:12.space?". The next question is always, what do we do about
:12:12. > :12:16.parking? You have got to think about residents as well as
:12:16. > :12:22.holidaymakers. Otherwise there's lot of resentment. I feel sorry for
:12:22. > :12:25.residents if they have to give it up. The area under threat involves
:12:25. > :12:28.65 streets close to the seafront. Residents currently pay �25 for a
:12:28. > :12:30.yearly ticket, while a business permit costs �100. Last year, that
:12:30. > :12:40.raised almost �78,000, but the Conservative-led borough council
:12:40. > :12:44.say it's still operating at a loss. The permit numbers, the
:12:44. > :12:48.applications, have been dropping. The amount of fines, interestingly
:12:48. > :12:52.enough, has dropped significantly, because people, but it was first
:12:52. > :12:57.brought in, were not aware of the situation and they were being
:12:57. > :13:00.hammered. They have now got wise to it and the fines have dropped.
:13:00. > :13:04.Businesses and residents say the scheme has always run at a small
:13:04. > :13:07.deficit but until now, it had been propped up from the sea front pay
:13:08. > :13:12.and display charges. They want to know why it cannot still continue
:13:12. > :13:15.or whether the scheme could still be run more efficiently? Questions
:13:15. > :13:18.campaigners say are still to be answered. The final decision lies
:13:18. > :13:28.with the County Council. If approved, the scheme will be
:13:28. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:43.You are watching Look East. Coming up, the Bank Holiday weather, and
:13:43. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:49.Sport now and a packed programme of football this weekend.
:13:49. > :13:51.For Norwich City, it's their biggest match so far in the Premier
:13:51. > :13:54.League. The Canaries are off to Stamford
:13:54. > :13:56.Bridge to play a Chelsea side brimming with international talent.
:13:56. > :13:59.Here's Tom. First, news of an an injury blow
:13:59. > :14:02.for Norwich. Defender Daniel Ayala has been ruled out for two months
:14:02. > :14:06.with a knee problem. He's only just signed from Liverpool but had to
:14:06. > :14:09.come off against MK Dons on Tuesday. Tomorrow, Norwich are at Chelsea.
:14:09. > :14:12.Two draws for City so far. Now, we can't bring you interviews with the
:14:12. > :14:15.Norwich manager or players but we can hear from Chris Sutton. He
:14:15. > :14:22.played up front for both teams during his career and alongside
:14:22. > :14:27.Paul Lambert at Celtic. Phil Daley went to meet him.
:14:27. > :14:32.From the age of 14, his coach is now he would be a star. He won the
:14:32. > :14:38.titles and broke transfer records and scored some fantastic bowls.
:14:38. > :14:41.This is Chris Sutton, and the John Lukic couldn't stop bed. But before
:14:41. > :14:44.the big-money moves, Chris Sutton played over 100 games for the
:14:44. > :14:48.Canaries and wowed the Premier League. I started off with Dave
:14:48. > :14:53.Stringer with manager and move on to Mike Walker and we had a good
:14:53. > :14:57.European run. On the day, we had a good team. It was more of a level
:14:58. > :15:01.playing field in those days. There was not the Gulf financially which
:15:01. > :15:05.Norwich find themselves in at the moment, trying to match up against
:15:05. > :15:09.the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City. It was far more level in
:15:09. > :15:15.those days. Anja played for Norwich in the Premier League. Your
:15:15. > :15:20.feelings towards Norwich been there? Is it where they belong?
:15:20. > :15:23.think so. The fans want to see a Norwich team who are competing,
:15:23. > :15:29.which I think they built to this season. Paul Lambert has done
:15:29. > :15:32.incredibly well. -- I think they will do. I expected them to get
:15:32. > :15:35.their to Division One, but back-to- back promotions show what a great
:15:36. > :15:41.job he has done four-star on Saturday after bedcover Stamford
:15:41. > :15:44.Bridge, a grand but Chris Sutton knows plenty about. -- on Saturday
:15:44. > :15:50.afternoon, it is Stamford Bridge, a grand Chris Sutton knows plenty
:15:50. > :15:53.about. Back when I played, you could go to Stamford Bridge and be
:15:53. > :15:59.confident about getting a result. Norwich have a chance, it is only a
:15:59. > :16:04.small chance, but what they have in their favour is they do have a
:16:04. > :16:07.resilience and they do have players who can cause problems. While his
:16:07. > :16:11.�10 million move to Chelsea never quite paid off, if he is now
:16:11. > :16:14.putting pen to paper about his career as a footballer. I am sure
:16:14. > :16:17.he will take 90 minutes off on Saturday to watch two of his former
:16:18. > :16:20.clubs collide. Some transfer news just in. We
:16:20. > :16:24.understand MK Dons striker Sam Baldock is on the verge of
:16:24. > :16:28.completing a big-money move to West Ham. The fee's believed to be
:16:28. > :16:31.around �2 million. Now to the rest of tomorrow's
:16:31. > :16:39.football. How will Ipswich and Peterborough fare after last week's
:16:39. > :16:43.incredible game? A moment of calm after a week of
:16:43. > :16:49.frantic activity. After four straight defeats, finally success
:16:49. > :16:53.on the transfer front. Three in, popular midfielder Jimmy Bullard,
:16:53. > :16:57.centre-back Ibrahima Sonko and striker Darren Murphy. They are all
:16:57. > :17:01.likely to be involved against Leeds. Jimmy hasn't played a lot of
:17:01. > :17:06.football, he has been away from Hull for about four weeks, so we'll
:17:06. > :17:11.we'll have to assess his fitness. There Murphy can play at wide left,
:17:11. > :17:16.quite right, kids as options. We have relied on Michael Chopra too
:17:16. > :17:22.much -- it gives us options. He scored within 21 seconds of his
:17:22. > :17:25.debut. The goal came against Middlesbrough 18 months ago. But
:17:25. > :17:28.it's in defence where Town have real worries. Conceding 12 times in
:17:28. > :17:32.two games - seven of them at Peterborough. It was disappointing,
:17:32. > :17:39.embarrassing, but it takes strong figures to come out on Saturday and
:17:39. > :17:42.play against a very good lead side and put it right. -- Leeds. With
:17:42. > :17:45.three goals in five games, Kayode Odejayi has reason to be happy. Not
:17:45. > :17:48.so. With Colchester winning just once so far, the striker says it's
:17:48. > :17:50.taken the gloss off his own goal- scoring form. The U's host Oldham
:17:50. > :17:57.in League Two. In the league below, after starting
:17:57. > :18:02.with two wins, Southend have suffered two defeats. It is a
:18:02. > :18:05.difficult run, September is going to be very difficult. So many teams
:18:05. > :18:09.that at the top end. We are a better team than we have showed and
:18:09. > :18:15.have the bounce back. The Blues will hope to do just that at Port
:18:15. > :18:18.The new president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, Derek Warwick,
:18:18. > :18:20.says his main aim is to help secure private funding to develop
:18:20. > :18:23.Silverstone further. The BRDC own the Northamptonshire circuit, which
:18:23. > :18:27.is now one of the world's best venues. Warwick, who takes over
:18:27. > :18:29.from Damon Hill, is also keen to develop young British talent.
:18:29. > :18:32.England's hockey players take on the host nation Germany in the
:18:32. > :18:35.semi-finals of the European Championships this evening.
:18:35. > :18:41.Norfolk's Richard Alexander was one of the stars in their 8-1
:18:41. > :18:44.demolishion of France. -- demolition. He scored twice.
:18:44. > :18:48.England vs Germany starts at eight o'clock. They are very disciplined
:18:48. > :18:51.and they penalise you, they wait for you to make mistakes. We have
:18:51. > :18:54.beaten them in a couple of tournaments and hopefully we will
:18:54. > :18:57.continue that, we are hopeful we can beat them.
:18:57. > :19:01.In tennis, Elena Baltacha was knocked out of the Texas Open in
:19:01. > :19:04.the quarter-finals. The Ipswich player lost in straight sets to
:19:04. > :19:07.France's Aravane Rezai. Next up for Baltacha is next week's US Open,
:19:07. > :19:11.where she'll play wildcard Jamie Hampton in round one.
:19:11. > :19:14.Plenty more sport on the website. There's coverage of your team on
:19:14. > :19:24.BBC local radio tomorrow, plus highlights of Norwich on Match Of
:19:24. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:34.The Day on BBC One, followed by the Football League Show straight after.
:19:34. > :19:37.We are down to what many regard as the last weekend of the summer
:19:37. > :19:40.holidays and the region's tourist industry will be taking stock. So
:19:40. > :19:43.far, it's looking pretty good. All the signs are that people have
:19:43. > :19:46.continued to spend more leisure time at home on what has become
:19:46. > :19:48.known as a "staycation". So what is the mood of the holiday industry?
:19:48. > :19:52.Our chief reporter Kim Riley is at Caister-on-Sea.
:19:52. > :19:58.Yes, how about this? Alcohol banned. No talking after 11pm. And a Sunday
:19:58. > :20:01.afternoon treat - a lecture on the Labour movement. That was how it
:20:01. > :20:09.was back in 1906, when Britain's very first holiday camp was opened
:20:10. > :20:13.right here. John Dodd's socialist holiday camp offered breaks to the
:20:13. > :20:18.families of working men from east London. Eventually, tents gave way
:20:18. > :20:24.to huts and chalets. In the 1930s, an adult had to pay 2 pounds 2
:20:24. > :20:29.shillings to stay here for a week. Well, as you can imagine, things
:20:29. > :20:37.are very different now, as we'll find out in a moment. First, let's
:20:37. > :20:41.review the holiday season so far. It all began in a blaze of glory.
:20:41. > :20:49.People took to the beaches as April and May raised hopes of a glorious
:20:49. > :20:55.summer. But of course, it didn't last. The rains came. At the summer
:20:55. > :21:04.festivals, at Latitude was a bloody affair. In Chelmsford, but I
:21:04. > :21:08.umbrellas were up. -- muddy. Be sure, tourism trade is said to have
:21:08. > :21:11.held up pretty well compared to last year. A hotelier's Association
:21:11. > :21:17.says the last five years has seen more visitors coming for shorter
:21:17. > :21:22.breaks off to-for days, leading to a greater turnover of guests. --
:21:22. > :21:27.two-four. The Blackburn family have visited his camper for years in a
:21:27. > :21:35.row. We call it a baby black Paul Hartley eased, but clean-air.
:21:35. > :21:39.we have come again for next year -- we call it the Blackpool of the
:21:39. > :21:42.East. It is clear the Investment that has been made in the
:21:42. > :21:48.accommodation and facilities over the last few years brings more
:21:48. > :21:54.customers here and brings them back. At Colchester Zoo, a line of Lima's
:21:54. > :21:58.shelter from the rain. Last year, visitors dropped by around 11%.
:21:58. > :22:03.This year, helped by online special offers, the downward trend has been
:22:04. > :22:08.reversed. On a good year, we attract around about 500,000 people
:22:08. > :22:13.to the zoo. This year, we are about 12% up, so we would like to think
:22:13. > :22:18.that by November, we are looking at Knierim of half-a-million visitors.
:22:18. > :22:24.For Milton Keynes Theatre has as one of the most successful outside
:22:24. > :22:28.London -- is. Milton Keynes itself is a serious visitors magnet.
:22:28. > :22:34.concert that took place at the start of July brought in 100 and
:22:34. > :22:37.that it 1,000 people over two days, which is huge. -- 130,000 people.
:22:37. > :22:43.With acres of open spaces and attractions, Milton Keynes is
:22:43. > :22:46.delivering the goods for a vital industry.
:22:46. > :22:52.Back here at the Caister Holiday Park, there is a volleyball match
:22:52. > :22:57.going on. 1,000 caravans and chalets Arnside and people are
:22:57. > :23:01.sheltering under the shade sticky bout of the rain, having a drink --
:23:01. > :23:04.and the shades, staying out of the rain. Well, the Caister Holiday
:23:04. > :23:07.Park is 105 years old. It's now operated by Haven Holidays. The
:23:07. > :23:11.general manager is Gary Cook. You can't just have knobbly knees
:23:11. > :23:15.competitions anymore. No, you can't. We have had significant investments
:23:15. > :23:20.over the years. We have recently had a refurbished indoor swimming
:23:20. > :23:26.pool, we have had this built and we are looking for sizable investment
:23:26. > :23:29.over the winter. If the weather is good, what do you offer? There is a
:23:29. > :23:35.multitude of activities. But there are two show bars, entertainment in
:23:35. > :23:40.the activities that capers -- caters for all ages, we have our
:23:40. > :23:45.own teams of competitions, archery, fencing, bicycle hair -- bicycle
:23:45. > :23:49.hire... Enough. And how our bookings going? They have held up
:23:49. > :23:54.well. We had a good start to the year which have levelled across the
:23:54. > :23:58.summer, we have been fully booked for the six-month summer holiday --
:23:58. > :24:01.six weeks. We have tried to keep the same price band as 2010 and
:24:01. > :24:05.they sure everybody gets good value for money forced up thank you very
:24:05. > :24:10.much, that is what everybody are looking for more and more. -- thank
:24:10. > :24:13.you very much. We have run around a lot of different tour operators and
:24:13. > :24:18.they do give a very bullish message, perhaps surprisingly, but the
:24:18. > :24:22.weather could be a lot better! Band you very much. We might think
:24:22. > :24:27.that the weather could be better but we are lucky we are not on the
:24:27. > :24:29.East Coast of America. That is right, we do have a
:24:29. > :24:32.Hurricane Irene the Atlantic at the Hurricane Irene the Atlantic at the
:24:32. > :24:38.moment. Hurricane Irene, it just made its way through the Caribbean
:24:38. > :24:41.and it is now pushing its way towards North Carolina. At about 2
:24:41. > :24:47.am our time tonight, we will see hurricane-force winds pushing near
:24:48. > :24:50.the course -- coast of North Carolina. And in the early hours of
:24:51. > :24:54.Sunday our time, it could bring strong winds to New York City, and
:24:54. > :25:04.it is very rare for a barricade to make it that far north, but it
:25:04. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.could bring very gusty winds -- It is a category to. Expected to
:25:09. > :25:15.maintain that the strength, at least fast North Carolina at -- two.
:25:15. > :25:19.Back home, a lot of rain here today, that will continue to push away but
:25:19. > :25:24.it will continue to bring unsettled weather before the next day or so.
:25:24. > :25:27.All of that rain drifting from south to north across the region,
:25:27. > :25:32.and some of the showers at this afternoon did turn a bit of
:25:32. > :25:35.thundery across Essex. As we go through the rest of the evening, we
:25:35. > :25:41.will continue to see some showers flinging around, so they will fade
:25:41. > :25:44.a bit of tonight. You can see the graphic showing a bit of showery
:25:44. > :25:49.rain just about anywhere this evening, but it will become more
:25:49. > :25:53.patchy, particularly for eastern parts of the region. Overnight, you
:25:53. > :25:58.can see the showers hanging on back in the West and towards the end of
:25:58. > :26:04.the night, cloudy and damp. Temperatures no lower than 11 or 12
:26:04. > :26:07.degrees Celsius, with a light West- north-westerly breeze. For the bank
:26:07. > :26:10.holiday weekend, there will be showers around at first but it will
:26:10. > :26:14.become drier and brighter towards the end of the weekend. We get rid
:26:14. > :26:18.of the showers for a time on Saturday morning but they will
:26:18. > :26:22.redevelop through the course of the day and a few of those,
:26:22. > :26:28.particularly across northern part of the area, could see a heavy
:26:28. > :26:33.downpour. Maybe the odd rumble of thunder. 17 or 18 degrees. A
:26:33. > :26:36.moderate westerly winds, so breezier around those showers. The
:26:36. > :26:39.showers will generally fade away through Saturday evening which is a
:26:39. > :26:44.sign of slightly better weather to come. This area of high pressure
:26:44. > :26:47.will move its way into western Britain and will be a cross by the
:26:48. > :26:53.end of the Bank Holiday weekend, bringing some drier weather. --
:26:53. > :27:00.across. Isolated showers on Sunday but by Monday, trying out just
:27:00. > :27:04.about everywhere. 18 or 19 Celsius. By the middle part of the week, it
:27:04. > :27:07.will warm up a little bit. Overnight lows, eight or nine
:27:07. > :27:10.degrees Celsius, just a touch below average for the time of year. That