:00:11. > :00:15.Good evening. Police forces across the region have started giving
:00:15. > :00:24.details of their plans for New Year's Eve. Extra patrols will be
:00:24. > :00:28.on the street for the busiest night of the year in pubs and clubs.
:00:28. > :00:33.This is one of Kettering said biggest pubs. As you can see, it is
:00:33. > :00:38.already pretty busy. It will be tomorrow when the party really gets
:00:38. > :00:42.under way. I am joined by a chief inspector from Northampton police.
:00:42. > :00:48.He has been heading their festive campaign. What plans to have it
:00:48. > :00:55.tomorrow? We are working with our partners in the pubs and clubs. We
:00:55. > :00:58.are putting extra resources out and about, not just in town centres. It
:00:58. > :01:08.won't just be a uniformed presence, there will be other people present.
:01:08. > :01:15.What advice to have blood drinkers tomorrow? -- de you have for
:01:15. > :01:24.drinkers? Get yourself a designated driver. Act responsibly.
:01:24. > :01:34.Thank you very much. Police are adopting a zero-tolerance approach
:01:34. > :01:44.to illegal raves. They have been a spate of mobile phone theft in
:01:44. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:55.Cambridge. Essex Police, and Thames Valley, say they will have extra
:01:55. > :01:59.officers on the streets. If you are going out, the force's message is
:01:59. > :02:02.the same, if you are going out, have fun, but drink sensibly, and
:02:02. > :02:05.stay safe. The Suffolk-based owner of a chain
:02:05. > :02:08.of toy shops has become the latest victim of the squeeze in consumer
:02:08. > :02:11.spending. Hawkins Bazaar went into administration this morning. The
:02:11. > :02:14.company which has 65 stores across the country has its head office in
:02:14. > :02:18.Beccles. 400 staff are on the books. It's thought the business could be
:02:18. > :02:21.broken up and sold. A driver has been killed in a crash
:02:21. > :02:24.on the A47 in Norfolk. It happened on the Brundall roundabout this
:02:24. > :02:29.afternoon. The victim is believed to be a woman in her eighties. The
:02:29. > :02:32.east bound carriageway is still closed.
:02:32. > :02:36.Poultry producers in the region fear they could be hit by cheap
:02:36. > :02:39.foreign imports in the New Year. The UK has signed up to new rules
:02:39. > :02:48.on battery cages, but some producers believe they could lose
:02:48. > :02:55.out to rivals on the Continent who haven't agreed to the changes.
:02:55. > :03:00.These are some of the last battery hens in the region. Buried their
:03:00. > :03:06.charity in Norfolk. They were kept in a space equivalent to the size
:03:06. > :03:13.of three pieces of A4 paper. They will be re homes. On Saturday, the
:03:13. > :03:18.rules against battery cages changed. A I believe it is better than what
:03:18. > :03:26.it was. In truth, I don't believe they should be in cages at all.
:03:26. > :03:35.They should be outside, that is natural. A good touch -- a
:03:35. > :03:40.production is a big business in the east. Producers are spending a lot
:03:40. > :03:48.of money on new cages, in Europe farmers are not. It allowed them to
:03:48. > :03:56.produce cheap eggs. Those producing colony eggs, they will be in a very
:03:56. > :04:04.exposed to perdition -- exposed position. Competitors across the
:04:04. > :04:08.water have 80 million birds Alston in battery cages, who can export
:04:08. > :04:14.their products. The government has said they are ready taking action,
:04:14. > :04:22.with pledges from supermarkets not to use the cheap foreign eggs.
:04:22. > :04:25.Reduces he will be watching the outcome very closely. -- produces
:04:25. > :04:27.here. A controversial clean up of
:04:27. > :04:30.contaminated land near Cambridge has been completed. But campaigners
:04:30. > :04:38.are not convinced it's safe and are worried about plans to build 400
:04:38. > :04:44.homes on the site. For the last two years locals there
:04:44. > :04:50.have been complaining of a strong smell. Word had been on going to
:04:50. > :04:58.clean up its chemicals side. It had led to health problems. -- basic
:04:58. > :05:03.chemicals site. The land will be declassified as contaminated. That
:05:03. > :05:07.is worrying campaigners. People had health problems, the first year was
:05:07. > :05:13.particularly bad. It does concern me that houses are going to be
:05:14. > :05:18.built on there. It should not be six months. Final planning
:05:18. > :05:21.permission will only be granted if the land is considered suitable in
:05:21. > :05:24.six months' time. Football now. In the Premier League
:05:24. > :05:26.Norwich City play Fulham tomorrow with manager Paul Lambert playing
:05:26. > :05:29.down expectations. Norwich are above Fulham in the table, but
:05:29. > :05:39.Lambert says that doesn't mean they are favourites to take all three
:05:39. > :05:41.
:05:41. > :05:48.points. We are doing well enough to try and win the game. We got to try
:05:48. > :05:50.and curtail ourselves, it is a new year, Fulham are well established.
:05:50. > :05:53.In the Championship tomorrow. Peterborough are away to
:05:53. > :05:56.Middlesbrough and Ipswich go to Reading. In League one MK Dons are
:05:56. > :05:59.at Brentford, Colchester are at home to Exeter, and Stevenage go to
:05:59. > :06:06.Wycombe. In League two, Southend go to Wimbledon, and Northampton are
:06:06. > :06:12.to Wimbledon, and Northampton are at home to Swindon.
:06:12. > :06:16.Now the weather. We had rain moving across the
:06:17. > :06:21.region, that's going to clear the next few hours. There is a warmer
:06:21. > :06:28.front 18 in from the North Sea. There is a cold front behind that.
:06:28. > :06:34.That may bring a little rain. This is the radar sequence. That darker
:06:34. > :06:39.blue, a little bit of heavier rain. Most of that is edging to the east
:06:39. > :06:45.of the region. One or two showers behind it. The rain will clear away,
:06:45. > :06:50.a damp start of the night. It should dry out, maybe Misty In a
:06:50. > :06:58.few places overnight. You will notice the mild temperatures,
:06:58. > :07:06.milder tonight than during the day. 9-ten degrees. A moderate westerly
:07:06. > :07:13.wind. Tomorrow, summer light drizzle. The bulk of the afternoon
:07:13. > :07:23.will be mainly dry. Temperatures, very mild indeed, 12 degrees. That
:07:23. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:28.is above average. Moderate West to, to south-westerly winds. New year's
:07:28. > :07:38.eve, some patchy rain developing, that could make things a little bit
:07:38. > :07:43.damp for the celebrations. 10 -11 degrees. New year's Day, a few
:07:43. > :07:47.sunny spells, one or two showers again. Dry on Monday, but unsettled