:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening. Tonight, flooding hits the region. At this village
:00:16. > :00:21.was effectively cut off for most of the day. This is the band of rain
:00:21. > :00:25.that did the damage. In some places more than two inches fell overnight.
:00:25. > :00:31.The scandal of the women with dementia left in a bus overnight.
:00:31. > :00:37.We speak to the council chief. Something has gone tragically wrong
:00:37. > :00:42.here and we are working to make sure it can possibly happen again.
:00:42. > :00:52.The stunning exhibition in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
:00:52. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:06.And the nature reserve, tonight a First tonight, more rain, more
:01:06. > :01:13.flooding, more disruption. On Monday, Billericay was in the
:01:13. > :01:16.spotlight. Only four-wheel drives could make it through. Later today,
:01:16. > :01:23.residents of a camping site at Billing in Northampton were given
:01:23. > :01:27.temporary accommodation. On Tuesday, flooding across the region.
:01:27. > :01:32.Yesterday, those Belling residents were allowed home after two nights
:01:32. > :01:37.camping in a leisure centre. Today, 15 flood warnings in place. Schools
:01:37. > :01:41.are closed and roads are flooded. We start in Rattlesden near Bury St
:01:41. > :01:48.Edmunds, where residents walk up to what they describe as the worst
:01:48. > :01:54.flooding they had seen in 20 years. This village is just a few miles
:01:54. > :01:59.from Stowmarket. This river usually flows as a small stream behind
:01:59. > :02:04.these railings. It has broken its banks and flooded across the road.
:02:04. > :02:10.12 hours ago, things were much more difficult for people. The level of
:02:10. > :02:15.the what you would have been up to my chest. As you can see from the
:02:15. > :02:18.pictures, the water level was extremely high. The water level
:02:18. > :02:24.would have been so difficult that some cars actually got stuck in the
:02:24. > :02:27.water. It is not just Rattlesden that has had problems. Alex Dunlop
:02:27. > :02:34.has been looking elsewhere in the region.
:02:34. > :02:38.The morning rush after the deluge the night before. His Ford in
:02:38. > :02:48.Cambridgeshire is normally a trickle. Today it is four feet.
:02:48. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:56.Even aspire back to turn back. -- even the farmers. I am from the BBC.
:02:56. > :03:06.I saw another cargo through so I thought I would try and get through.
:03:06. > :03:06.
:03:06. > :03:15.I got the electronics wet. Many people set up cameras. Only some
:03:15. > :03:23.were guaranteed a safe passage. Emergency services had to deal with
:03:23. > :03:28.hundreds of lot related incidents. Some minor roads there are still
:03:28. > :03:36.impassable. People in Rattlesden walk up to a deluge on their
:03:36. > :03:41.doorsteps. With so much water coming down in such a short time,
:03:41. > :03:48.the run-off from the land has been excessive and consequently we've
:03:48. > :03:58.had flooding of land and very high river flows. The rest of the region
:03:58. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:06.has also been badly hit. Many of People have now been allowed back
:04:06. > :04:11.to their holiday homes. But the weekend could be a washout, a
:04:11. > :04:18.number of events being cancelled, including this historic Transport
:04:18. > :04:22.Rally in Northamptonshire. Gutted is not strong enough a word. We
:04:22. > :04:26.will be lucky if it gets back to anything reasonable for next year.
:04:26. > :04:31.One local election day, had you cast your vote at this village hall,
:04:31. > :04:39.you would be a floating voter. Some at least had fun. James Brown and
:04:39. > :04:43.his friend made the most of an impromptu water park in Suffolk.
:04:43. > :04:48.You can see from the debris where the water levels were earlier.
:04:48. > :04:52.Residents did get some warning of what was happening. One lady down
:04:52. > :04:55.the road in the next village told me she got a phone call from the
:04:55. > :05:01.Environment Agency at the end telling her to put sandbags out.
:05:01. > :05:09.The Environment Agency says most places are receding. They are
:05:09. > :05:13.keeping a close eye. keeping a close eye.
:05:13. > :05:17.Where did this lot of rain come from? It was a heavy band of
:05:17. > :05:22.thundery rain that moved in overnight last night, tracking West
:05:22. > :05:26.words. Hardest hit were parts of West -- were parts of Sussex and
:05:26. > :05:32.Essex. What is next? I'll be back Essex. What is next? I'll be back
:05:32. > :05:36.later with a full weather forecast. Thanks to everybody who send in
:05:36. > :05:46.photos. We've shown as many as we can but there are lots more on her
:05:46. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:53.Facebook page. Please keep the photos coming. More on the women
:05:53. > :05:57.with dementia left overnight for 14 hours on a bus in Luton. Today, the
:05:57. > :06:02.borough council admitted something had gone seriously wrong. We will
:06:02. > :06:07.hear from the chief executive in a moment. First, this update. Ho was
:06:07. > :06:13.a woman with dementia forgotten for 14 hours? On Monday, after spending
:06:13. > :06:16.a day at the day centre, the women, in her eighties, was picked up on a
:06:17. > :06:22.council bus like this. She was supposed to be brought back here.
:06:22. > :06:27.For whatever reason, she never made it. Instead she was left on the bus
:06:27. > :06:30.and spent the whole night in the depot. She was only discovered the
:06:30. > :06:35.next morning. What worried many people about this story is not only
:06:35. > :06:44.was she left in the first instance but she never returned home. Why
:06:44. > :06:49.was that missed? The council has launched an urgent investigation.
:06:49. > :06:52.Sources close to the depot says all the drivers are devastated. The
:06:52. > :06:59.woman's relatives had been told this will never happen again. The
:06:59. > :07:02.woman herself the spine. But it could have been so different.
:07:02. > :07:08.Luton Borough Council provides the bus and it also has commissions the
:07:08. > :07:14.service from the care home where the woman lives. I spoke to the
:07:14. > :07:17.chief executive, Trevor Holden. soon as I became aware what had
:07:17. > :07:21.happened on Tuesday morning, I commissioned an internal
:07:21. > :07:26.investigation to get to the bottom of why this has happened. We also
:07:26. > :07:33.put into place immediately some additional procedures to make sure
:07:33. > :07:37.this cannot happen again. The fact that this woman was last on this
:07:37. > :07:41.bus or 14 hours must be that nobody actually reported her missing.
:07:41. > :07:45.would appear to be the case. I don't want to pre-empt the enquiry
:07:45. > :07:49.that we have commissioned. There is no getting away from the fact that
:07:49. > :07:54.this is absolutely shocking, it is wrong, we have apologised to the
:07:54. > :07:58.family and a working with the family to support them. This is an
:07:58. > :08:02.isolated incident and actually the council provides a good level of
:08:02. > :08:06.service to its residents. We're working to make sure that appears -
:08:06. > :08:09.- absolutely this kind of thing cannot happen again. We were told
:08:09. > :08:15.that one of the fact is that could be at play here is there have been
:08:15. > :08:19.cuts to the bus service. There's no escort on all buses. There was
:08:19. > :08:23.obviously no less good on this bus. When you caring for people with
:08:23. > :08:28.dementia, surely those kind of things are vital. They have been
:08:28. > :08:32.changes to the service, constant changes to the service, as local
:08:32. > :08:37.government reacts to the budgetary pressures that thereunder. In terms
:08:37. > :08:41.of Escort, it would be normal. What happened in this case is the
:08:41. > :08:46.subject of the internal investigation I referred to. It
:08:46. > :08:51.would be wrong to pre-empt what comes out of that. I don't mean to
:08:51. > :08:57.be difficult. And try to clarify. Normally, on bus services like this,
:08:57. > :09:00.are their escorts for people with dementia? It depends on the
:09:00. > :09:03.requirements of the individuals who are being picked up and drop off.
:09:03. > :09:12.Some of the people who use that I have transport might have a
:09:12. > :09:17.physical disability so there will be a physical need to be an escort.
:09:17. > :09:23.What I cannot do is give you an answer as to what happened in this
:09:23. > :09:27.set of circumstances. Can you tell us how the lady is doing this
:09:27. > :09:31.evening? To the best of my knowledge, the lady is doing well,
:09:31. > :09:37.but we need to support her. We have got it seriously wrong and we need
:09:37. > :09:42.to support the individual and her family. Trevor Holden, thank you
:09:42. > :09:47.very much. One of the biggest food firms in
:09:47. > :09:50.the region is being sold to a Chinese company. Weetabix, based at
:09:50. > :09:56.Burton Latimer near Kettering, is currently owned by the American
:09:56. > :10:02.company Lion Capital. Weetabix described it as good news because
:10:02. > :10:09.it will help expansion. All these household names are made
:10:09. > :10:13.here at Burton Latimer. Weetabix already exports products to 80
:10:13. > :10:17.countries. Today's deal aims to tap into even more foreign markets.
:10:17. > :10:21.This is really about how we can take Weetabix around the world.
:10:21. > :10:27.That is what the focus in. We arrange 80 markets worldwide and
:10:27. > :10:33.with our new shareholders, this is a new opportunity for further
:10:33. > :10:43.opportunity. With any change in ownership, attention shifts to job
:10:43. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:48.security. Weetabix employs about 1000 people across Northamptonshire.
:10:48. > :10:52.Meetings have been taking place all day at Old sites. Staff have been
:10:52. > :10:58.told what is takeover actually means for them. Despite
:10:58. > :11:04.reassurances, the staff I have spoken to are still concerned. Do
:11:04. > :11:10.they need to worry? The jobs are safe? We are very focused on taking
:11:10. > :11:15.care of the UK business going forward. We believe this is a great
:11:15. > :11:21.opportunity to grow the business, particularly internationally.
:11:21. > :11:28.are the new owners? This is one of China's largest companies. Bright
:11:28. > :11:34.Food. They had been buying famous brands and they say they are
:11:34. > :11:38.committed to Weetabix. This historic brand is celebrating their
:11:38. > :11:48.80th anniversary. They will be seeking reassurances about the
:11:48. > :11:49.
:11:49. > :11:56.long-term future of Weetabix. Later, more on the weather. And why
:11:56. > :12:00.nesting is proving tricky at this nature reserve.
:12:00. > :12:03.Security has been increased at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge in
:12:03. > :12:09.the build up to an exhibition of priceless Chinese art. It comes
:12:09. > :12:16.weeks after thieves stole Chinese jade from the museum. The treasures
:12:16. > :12:20.on sale this weekend -- on show this weekend.
:12:20. > :12:29.Treasures interlaced with pure gold. It once contained the body of a
:12:29. > :12:34.king. Dated second century BC. It forms part of the exhibition at the
:12:34. > :12:39.Fitzwilliam Museum, where security is tight for than ever. It is like
:12:39. > :12:48.the Crown Jewels. This represents the material of the period which
:12:48. > :12:51.defines Chinese culture most. This is the finest of it. With you
:12:51. > :13:00.having this until November comes responsibility. I will use it you
:13:00. > :13:07.read? -- how well you did it say? We have very good security. We
:13:07. > :13:14.never speak about the security arrangements like all museums.
:13:14. > :13:17.can be seen, the pure gold belt buckles, the terracotta, the most
:13:17. > :13:27.it -- the most important exhibition ever to come out of China must be
:13:27. > :13:36.protected in Cambridge 247. There is lots of safety equipment.
:13:37. > :13:43.look? Yes. I'm very happy with it., three years of planning went into
:13:44. > :13:48.the exhibition. There was never any question of a been cancelled. -- it
:13:48. > :13:51.being cancelled. A man and teenager had been arrested in London. They
:13:52. > :13:55.are being questioned in Peterborough. There is mounting
:13:55. > :14:01.evidence that Chinese jade is being targeted by thieves and museums are
:14:01. > :14:05.needing to respond to this. The jury in the trial of a former
:14:05. > :14:10.bouncer from Essex accused of murdering his former partner has
:14:10. > :14:17.been visiting the house where the bodies were found. David Oakes
:14:17. > :14:22.denies killing Chrissie Chambers A man has been remanded in custody,
:14:22. > :14:29.charged with the murder of a 25- year-old at the home of former
:14:29. > :14:32.butter -- boxing champion Herbie Hide. The man is due to appear in
:14:32. > :14:36.court in two weeks time. Aviva, the biggest insurance
:14:36. > :14:40.company in the region, has become the latest big business to face a
:14:40. > :14:44.backlash from investors over executive pay. At the annual
:14:44. > :14:48.meeting today, more than half the shareholders voted against the
:14:48. > :14:52.boardroom pay policy. Aviva says it will listen carefully to what
:14:52. > :14:57.investors have to save. Aviva is one of the region's biggest
:14:57. > :15:01.employers - 6,000 staff in Norwich alone. During the downturn, the
:15:01. > :15:06.former Norwich Union has been pretty stable, but not all is well
:15:06. > :15:10.at the insurer. Its investors are angry about the share price, which
:15:10. > :15:16.has dropped, and about the pay of its directors, which they say only
:15:16. > :15:23.ever goes up. The Chief Executive gets a basic �960,000 per year. He
:15:23. > :15:29.was due for a rise of �46,000, taking him over �1 million. But, on
:15:29. > :15:36.Monday, after protests, he agreed not to take the increase. Today, at
:15:36. > :15:43.the AGM in London, shareholders voted against the board's pay
:15:43. > :15:46.report. It has been seen as a humiliation for the board.
:15:46. > :15:51.The owner of an animal rescue centre in Norfolk has been banned
:15:51. > :15:55.from keeping seals for five years. 85-year-old Harold Nickerson was
:15:55. > :16:02.found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a grey seal called
:16:02. > :16:05.Hope. He was also given a conditional discharge for 12 months.
:16:05. > :16:10.Train services have been affected by a second strike by drivers in a
:16:10. > :16:15.week. East Midlands trains runs a service from Norwich to
:16:15. > :16:21.Peterborough and the north-west. The drivers are in dispute over
:16:21. > :16:24.changes to the pension scheme. Four beaches in the east have been
:16:24. > :16:30.dropped from the Good Beach Guide because the water is too polluted.
:16:30. > :16:34.The Marine Conservation Society released the annual list today. Two
:16:34. > :16:41.beaches at Southwold and two at Southend reported that high levels
:16:41. > :16:45.of bacteria. Southwold Beach, last year awarded
:16:45. > :16:48.a gold standard for water quality. Although it is safe to swim here,
:16:48. > :16:56.the Marine Conservation Society recommends that bathers go
:16:57. > :17:01.elsewhere. Every year, water is taken from the tee -- from the sea
:17:01. > :17:07.and tested. Depending on what the results are, the beach is given a
:17:07. > :17:11.classification. South wall has only just past the UK's standard for
:17:11. > :17:15.pollutants and bacteria. It is not certain why this was the case but
:17:15. > :17:25.it is thought that rainfall could be to blame, or washing pollutants
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:35.into the sea. We are asking for the lot to be
:17:35. > :17:40.complied with. There are also saw - - socio-economic impact. People
:17:40. > :17:45.will go to other beaches that a cleaner. Knowing that there are
:17:45. > :17:50.potentially harmful chemicals or waste in the water, when you've got
:17:50. > :17:55.two children, it is not good news. It would not put us off coming
:17:55. > :18:00.again. Not at all. While for Mike beaches in the east
:18:00. > :18:06.are dropped from the guide, four different beaches to join it. Water
:18:06. > :18:12.quality in Great Yarmouth has improved since last year. They
:18:12. > :18:15.joined the largest list of other -- the largest ever list of beaches
:18:15. > :18:25.bridges by the Marine Conservation Society. They say that it is an
:18:25. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:29.indication of what a quality -- of water quality.
:18:29. > :18:37.It has been election the across the region for many local councils
:18:37. > :18:43.In the east, we will be broadcasting live from Harlow. My
:18:43. > :18:50.card right is at the Latton Bush centre right now.
:18:50. > :19:00.19 of our councils will be holding elections. There are 277 seats, 12
:19:00. > :19:00.
:19:01. > :19:05.right here in Harlow. The polling stations opened at seven. This one
:19:05. > :19:09.was in Norwich, voters going earned out all day. There have been
:19:09. > :19:14.similar scenes right across the region. At 10pm the polling
:19:14. > :19:18.stations will close and soon after, these ballot boxes will be coming
:19:18. > :19:25.through the doors. They will be opened up and brought into the
:19:25. > :19:32.counting hall. Later on, there will be an army of counters and a forest
:19:32. > :19:42.of ballot papers. This is all the kit that they need to use. These
:19:42. > :19:47.will protect their fingers. We will have an update at 10:30pm. Behind
:19:47. > :19:55.be here are BBC colleagues. They will be having an election
:19:55. > :20:02.programme. Tune into your local radio station, they will have all
:20:02. > :20:07.the regional results between midnight and 4am. We will have all
:20:07. > :20:13.the results tomorrow at a lunchtime programme and on our teatime
:20:13. > :20:16.programme. If you know your badminton, you
:20:16. > :20:20.probably know that the National Centre is based in Milton Keynes.
:20:20. > :20:25.You might not know that the latest English school champions are from
:20:25. > :20:29.Milton Keynes as well. A good opportunity, then, for the stars of
:20:29. > :20:34.the future to get up close and personal with the stars of today.
:20:34. > :20:37.Jonathan Park as tonight's Olympic Report.
:20:37. > :20:41.There is plenty of talent on these courts. Some had been there and
:20:42. > :20:46.done it, others are looking towards 2016. These lads are more likely to
:20:46. > :20:52.peak around 2020. They are from Milton Keynes and they have just
:20:52. > :20:56.become national champions. I think anybody having the opportunity to
:20:56. > :20:59.have a national champion and being given the chance to train with the
:20:59. > :21:03.English elite is absolutely wonderful. Winning the title was
:21:03. > :21:07.fantastic. It is a bit special, coming down here and walking with
:21:07. > :21:11.these guys. A 22,000 youngsters started on the road towards the
:21:11. > :21:17.finals, but then they have form. Three times in the last four years
:21:17. > :21:22.they have slashed their way to the title. The life of a full-time
:21:22. > :21:26.badminton player is different to the life of a full-time student.
:21:26. > :21:36.These people trained for 36 are so weak, all a bit different to
:21:36. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:49.revising for your GCSEs. -- 36 hours.
:21:49. > :21:56.Today's world rankings and have a this guy and his partner...
:21:56. > :21:59.They have played each other three towns. Chris has come out on top.
:21:59. > :22:03.It is a close call. The squad is officially announced
:22:03. > :22:09.at the end of the month. Regardless of Roberts and featuring in London
:22:09. > :22:15.before his retirement, he has inspired plenty of youngsters.
:22:15. > :22:18.has gone on and played every big tournament and won. I have known
:22:18. > :22:22.him from a young age because he has been involved in my training. He is
:22:22. > :22:25.a great guy. There is excitement in badminton
:22:25. > :22:30.circles about our long-term prospects. Many will still be
:22:30. > :22:36.around in 2016. Britain's most played racket sport will always
:22:36. > :22:39.have a steady stream of talent coming through.
:22:39. > :22:47.Back to the flooding now, and another wrangle. At this time of
:22:47. > :22:52.year the Ouse Washes is usually take -- home to grazing cattle.
:22:52. > :22:56.After the recent downpours, the nesting season for birds at the
:22:56. > :23:00.RSPB reserve is quite literally a washout.
:23:00. > :23:04.At this time of year it should not look like this. The swans are
:23:04. > :23:09.making themselves at home of grassland where some 2,500 beef
:23:09. > :23:13.cattle would normally be grazing. Waders like redshanks and snipe
:23:13. > :23:18.come to breed here. The internationally famous area is now
:23:18. > :23:24.and it -- a massive inland sea, and 22 miles long and half-a-mile wide.
:23:24. > :23:27.It has an absolute disaster area. We should be looking at -- it is an
:23:27. > :23:31.absolute disaster area. We should be looking at pairs of ducks
:23:31. > :23:38.breeding and, as you can see, there is very little wildlife at all.
:23:38. > :23:44.would not normally be like this? not at all. We would be looking at
:23:44. > :23:54.damp grassland, meadow fields with ditches and ponds and scrapes and a
:23:54. > :23:57.cacophony of sound with birds swirling overhead. It is an
:23:57. > :24:01.nationally and internationally important site for wildlife.
:24:01. > :24:08.A at this pumping station they are shifting vast quantities of water
:24:08. > :24:15.brought downstream from swollen rivers. 2.5 tonnes of water per
:24:15. > :24:22.second are being brought into the area. One of the challenges we have
:24:22. > :24:32.is that it is shared by birdlife and has an important function to
:24:32. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:40.protect property in the farmland of the area. It is not all bad news.
:24:40. > :24:45.200 acres of arable land had been turned into a rare breeding ground
:24:45. > :24:52.for birds. The breeding results are encouraging but, compared to the
:24:52. > :24:55.traditional watches, a drop in the ocean.
:24:56. > :24:58.Was that I actually a rare bird that we saw?
:24:58. > :25:08.You are always on the lookout for one!
:25:08. > :25:13.We have seen some pulses of rain across this front. The worst of
:25:13. > :25:21.that was last night over night. Essex and Suffolk were the hardest
:25:21. > :25:26.hit. Behind it, we did see one or two showers and there is still a
:25:26. > :25:29.line of fairly heavy rain just to the north-west of the region. It is
:25:29. > :25:35.not an entirely dry forecast for tonight. The good news is that the
:25:35. > :25:45.worst of that heavy rain is done for the next few days. Some patchy
:25:45. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:55.rain possible overnight. It stays cloudy and frost-free. The winds
:25:55. > :26:00.will be north-westerly and light. There is a risk of some patchy rain
:26:00. > :26:10.through the morning tomorrow. One or two showers into the afternoon.
:26:10. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:23.Temperatures could climb during brighter spells. The northerly
:26:23. > :26:23.
:26:24. > :26:28.winds set the scene for some cooler air to come our way. Looking ahead,
:26:28. > :26:38.it is all about a cold front. It will sweep across the country or
:26:38. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:45.one might Friday into Saturday. Much cooler air moves in. It will
:26:45. > :26:52.be quite a bit colder. We will see the return of some frosty nights
:26:52. > :26:56.but, on the flipside, it will be dry and brighter with some sunshine.
:26:56. > :26:59.It is still pretty unsettled over the next five days. Cloudy
:26:59. > :27:04.conditions tomorrow with patchy rain possible. Saturday looks like
:27:04. > :27:14.the driest of the weekend. The chance of an isolated shower. A
:27:14. > :27:15.