:00:00. > :00:13.shaking your head. That is horrible. That is all
:00:14. > :00:18.the Environment Agency admits that world renowned habitats may have to
:00:19. > :00:24.be sacrificed to the sea and there are fears that the cost of the
:00:25. > :00:32.region 's economy may be huge. It will affect the tourist industry and
:00:33. > :00:36.anyone buying a property here. We hear are not enough staffing at
:00:37. > :00:47.Customs and Stansted Airport. GCSE results led back to levels last
:00:48. > :00:50.seen three years ago. And a schoolgirl becomes the
:00:51. > :01:03.youngest ever winner of the world Bowls Championships.
:01:04. > :01:08.There is concern tonight that sacrificing some of our famous
:01:09. > :01:14.wildlife habitats of the sea will cost our economy millions of pounds.
:01:15. > :01:18.The comments were made by the top man at the Environment Agency.
:01:19. > :01:22.Speaking at the House of Commons he said it difficult decisions need to
:01:23. > :01:26.be made following the tidal surge last week. We will hear from the
:01:27. > :01:30.Environment Agency in a moment and see what people are doing in Suffolk
:01:31. > :01:38.will stop firstly this report from Debbie Tubby.
:01:39. > :01:48.The Environment Agency has told the select committee that this may be
:01:49. > :01:55.the way forward. We can allow freshwater habitat to
:01:56. > :02:03.re`establish or should we let tidal habitat re`establish? This is an up
:02:04. > :02:08.Environment Agency problem. It will cost thousands of pounds to
:02:09. > :02:12.put this back and the Environment Agency is questioning whether this
:02:13. > :02:17.is worth that. The tidal surge last month not only
:02:18. > :02:22.buried the emergency telephone in the car park, it puts salt into the
:02:23. > :02:30.freshwater marshes and flooded several houses.
:02:31. > :02:40.It will affect the two wrist industry `` tourist and anybody
:02:41. > :02:46.buying a property here. The Environment Agency will need
:02:47. > :02:52.more money to repair the existing defences and to upgrade them in some
:02:53. > :03:01.cases. This nature reserve is protected by
:03:02. > :03:07.the sea defences which hold back the surge of the tide.
:03:08. > :03:17.You cannot defend what cannot be defended for ever. This is a rear
:03:18. > :03:21.event. Places like this have some of the most important wildlife in the
:03:22. > :03:26.country and it is what people come here to see so it is important in
:03:27. > :03:29.economic terms. The Environment Agency says it will
:03:30. > :03:35.continue to protect people and property.
:03:36. > :03:40.The coastline in Suffolk has been at the forefront of the debate over
:03:41. > :03:44.erosion. This is hardly surprising with huge areas of sand and shingle
:03:45. > :03:52.being washed away week by week. But in some spots they have come up with
:03:53. > :03:57.clever ideas. This man used on the Martello tower
:03:58. > :04:04.here so he knows what it is like to be under siege from the sea.
:04:05. > :04:09.The sea will rise and there will be other aspects we may not be aware of
:04:10. > :04:22.at the moment. He has won more time through smart
:04:23. > :04:30.thinking. He has raised ?2 million worth of defence work.
:04:31. > :04:38.It is a good way of raising funds and encouraging the other powers
:04:39. > :04:43.that be to put up a proportion of the funds as well.
:04:44. > :04:49.The writing has been on the wall for some time. Three years ago there was
:04:50. > :04:57.a warning that locals might need to dig deep.
:04:58. > :05:02.We can achieve a lot more for the amount owed of the public purse that
:05:03. > :05:06.is involved. Homeowners have given money for
:05:07. > :05:13.defences and landowners have helped as well. This councillor lives near
:05:14. > :05:24.Felixstowe and has input at government level on coastal issues.
:05:25. > :05:28.Partnerships are working actively on the ground with ourselves and the
:05:29. > :05:33.Environment Agency to make things happen more cheaply and effectively
:05:34. > :05:37.with local input. The plan is to save the tower and
:05:38. > :05:44.300 homes in the tower and 300 homes and they are proud the way with
:05:45. > :05:47.ingenuity. Dr Charles Beardall is from the
:05:48. > :05:57.Environment Agency I spoke to him this afternoon.
:05:58. > :06:03.After the storm in December, there were around 30 breaches in the sea
:06:04. > :06:07.around Norfolk and Suffolk and many of those threatened people and
:06:08. > :06:14.property which we repaired within 24 hours. We have some sites that are
:06:15. > :06:19.difficult to get to but we have not made final decisions on any of the
:06:20. > :06:28.sites and we are getting our options together to see what the
:06:29. > :06:35.possibilities are first rule repair. Some people say that to resume would
:06:36. > :06:48.be greatly affected if you did not repay these breaches. `` tourism.
:06:49. > :06:52.These are very important for the local economy and these
:06:53. > :06:59.considerations will be taken into account when we make our decision.
:07:00. > :07:05.The money that is provided to us from government is to protect people
:07:06. > :07:09.and property so that is our first concern in the use of the limited
:07:10. > :07:13.money available. There is an argument to say that if
:07:14. > :07:18.you allowed nature to take its course it will sort out the problem.
:07:19. > :07:27.There are sites that have been breached in the past and habitats
:07:28. > :07:37.have created themselves behind those walls and we have very good at sea
:07:38. > :07:49.defences in their own right. When do you think we will know which
:07:50. > :07:53.areas will be protected? Many areas have been repaired and we will have
:07:54. > :07:57.to look at the options once they have been costed and we will hope to
:07:58. > :08:01.make decisions within three to four weeks.
:08:02. > :08:08.How many do you think will be repaired and how many do you think
:08:09. > :08:14.will be left? I am sure there will be a mixture but even sites that we
:08:15. > :08:23.decide we cannot justify spending public money on might be mended by
:08:24. > :08:32.the landowner. The community can contribute as well.
:08:33. > :08:36.Annual report has criticised the almost total absence of staff in the
:08:37. > :08:40.Customs channels at Stansted Airport. The chief inspector of
:08:41. > :08:43.Borders Immigration says adequate staffing is an important visible
:08:44. > :08:49.deterrent and has called on the Home Office to address the issue
:08:50. > :08:55.urgently. We saw the challenge faced every day
:08:56. > :09:01.by staff at the then UK border agency. They had to look out for
:09:02. > :09:06.tobacco and cigarettes to fake travellers cheques.
:09:07. > :09:11.The paperwork and the colours are all wrong.
:09:12. > :09:19.Jobs are often seized with smugglers swallowing drugs. The report praises
:09:20. > :09:24.the professionalism of staff in the face of fluctuating resources but
:09:25. > :09:29.says the need to check all arriving passengers and keep to standards on
:09:30. > :09:33.queueing time has led to pressure. It highlights an almost total
:09:34. > :09:35.absence of staff and Customs channels and the removal of an
:09:36. > :09:48.important visible deterrent to smugglers. Checks are often rushed.
:09:49. > :09:52.It says weak controls over passenger movements allow some to buy
:09:53. > :10:13.duty`free items without travelling abroad.
:10:14. > :10:18.The Immigration Minister said this: the night in the light of the
:10:19. > :10:22.findings of the report, there are concerns that the fourth busiest
:10:23. > :10:28.airport in the UK to get the reputation as a weak link in our
:10:29. > :10:35.border security. Kim is at Stansted now. I much
:10:36. > :10:41.illegal material is not being sees at Stansted?
:10:42. > :10:46.The x`ray machine use on the report was only used once in the months of
:10:47. > :10:51.July and August last year and Stansted missed its target for class
:10:52. > :11:00.a drug seizures. No heroine has been seized there since July 2012.
:11:01. > :11:04.Packages are sometimes used to import firearms and drugs and even
:11:05. > :11:09.endangers the. If these measures are not right then the job is not done
:11:10. > :11:14.properly. More resources are necessary to get the job done
:11:15. > :11:18.properly. The Queen has been on her annual
:11:19. > :11:23.visit to the Women's Institute in Norfolk. She is President of the WI
:11:24. > :11:29.branch and likes to attend the January meeting on her Christmas
:11:30. > :11:33.break in the country. The guest speaker was BBC Breakfast presenter
:11:34. > :11:37.Bill Turnbull. Schools are Norfolk at the only ones
:11:38. > :11:44.in the East not to show an improvement in the GCSEs results.
:11:45. > :11:51.Only Essex has achieved the national average of 60% of pupils getting a
:11:52. > :12:09.starter to C grades. `` A`star to C`grades. Mick the Cabinet Member
:12:10. > :12:15.for Schools came into the studio this afternoon and I asked why
:12:16. > :12:21.Norfolk could not improve. The ink was not even try on the new
:12:22. > :12:27.improvement plans and they were only validated in the autumn. We cannot
:12:28. > :12:32.judge the success of our improvement plans against historic results from
:12:33. > :12:37.a previous year. If I come back after last summer and we are still
:12:38. > :12:44.languishing in the levels of results that we are at the moment, I would
:12:45. > :12:54.be very concerned but I can see the signs of improvement and two thirds
:12:55. > :13:05.of our results are outstanding. Some months ago it was only 60%.
:13:06. > :13:10.Last year, use bogus in July and August and September is saying the
:13:11. > :13:21.same thing. May I remind you what you told us in July last year. But
:13:22. > :13:26.if there is not improvement I will fall on my sword because that is
:13:27. > :13:34.what it is about. I was elected to do this job and I aim to do it.
:13:35. > :13:41.I think we will see significant improvements this year but
:13:42. > :13:54.ultimately we hope to achieve extremely good and outstanding
:13:55. > :14:03.scores by 2016. It is like turning a tank around. We have two degrees is
:14:04. > :14:16.strategy for improvement. We need to tackle failing governance and it
:14:17. > :14:21.does take time. Just so parents and pupils watching can be absolutely
:14:22. > :14:27.clear, when we know the results of the GCS your results this year, we
:14:28. > :14:38.will see you as you and your wrong word said, falling on your sword?
:14:39. > :14:54.That goes without saying. If I did not Still to come, the schoolgirl
:14:55. > :14:59.from Suffolk who has become the youngest woman ever to win the world
:15:00. > :15:05.Bowls Championships. And the amazing bird boxes selling
:15:06. > :15:09.for thousands. I know it doesn't feel like it but
:15:10. > :15:12.this region is the driest in the whole country. Which is why farmers
:15:13. > :15:15.have been meeting today to talk about water. Here's the problem.
:15:16. > :15:20.They get their water from rivers and from underground but to do that they
:15:21. > :15:22.need a licence and with all the red tape they are worried they could get
:15:23. > :15:26.squeezed out. More than a third of the country's
:15:27. > :15:29.vegetables are grown in the Fens. 30% of the potatoes and 25% of the
:15:30. > :15:32.fruit and vegetables supplied to the supermarkets are grown here. And
:15:33. > :15:42.water is critical to the whole industry. Farmers have plenty of
:15:43. > :15:49.water, the fields are sodden and right now it is not a problem. But
:15:50. > :15:52.in a hot, dry summer, many of our most important crops would feel if
:15:53. > :15:57.they were not indicated. At this far they have just built a reservoir to
:15:58. > :16:03.store 45 million gallons of water but even this will not be enough to
:16:04. > :16:07.whatever crop. We need five inches per water for every acre of potatoes
:16:08. > :16:13.we go, whether it is raining or not. That is why we need to build this
:16:14. > :16:15.reservoir to guarantee that supply. Farmers are concerned because the
:16:16. > :16:21.government is changing the system for extracting water. They want to
:16:22. > :16:26.make sure they are not left high and dry. Farmers only use 1% of all
:16:27. > :16:29.water taken out of the ground and from rivers, but the environment
:16:30. > :16:33.agency says this has a disproportionate effect. It is taken
:16:34. > :16:40.at the driest time of year and is to the system. Here in the East, what
:16:41. > :16:43.is it most precious commodity, we are one of the fastest`growing areas
:16:44. > :16:47.of the country and one of the driest is with this means more competition
:16:48. > :16:55.here in many parts of the UK. The farmers have historic rates on the
:16:56. > :17:01.water at the have used in the past, and so the whole process for us is
:17:02. > :17:05.to make sure that farmers get enough water to grow the food that we all
:17:06. > :17:12.need. These potatoes were grown in the heatwave last summer. Here, they
:17:13. > :17:19.may have 30 educators working at one time. It costs 30 or ?40 to put an
:17:20. > :17:25.inch of water on an acre of ground. The other like we have had 22 days
:17:26. > :17:28.of recorded brain in the last 25. There is a huge volume of water
:17:29. > :17:34.going pastors no, it goes 800 metres down the field and into the salt
:17:35. > :17:38.water. We all must be given the opportunity to save this during the
:17:39. > :17:43.winter with period and save it for a dry periods. Overall, it is unlikely
:17:44. > :17:48.farmers will be allowed to take more water than we do now, the only
:17:49. > :17:53.option now would be more storage. And more reservoirs.
:17:54. > :17:56.Now we have a new world champion from this region. Katherine Rednall,
:17:57. > :17:59.who's just 18, has become the Women's World Matchplay champion in
:18:00. > :18:02.bowls. Today's final at Potters in Norfolk was billed as an East
:18:03. > :18:04.Anglian derby with Rednall from Ipswich, up against last year's
:18:05. > :18:16.defending champion Rebecca Field from Norwich.
:18:17. > :18:22.For a sport often battling its own image, a welcome sight. The youngest
:18:23. > :18:25.ever ladies final. 24`year`old Rebecca Seal up against the teenager
:18:26. > :18:31.Gavin the week off school. The defending champion eager to teach
:18:32. > :18:37.the young pretender a lesson. It was clear 18`year`old Katherine Rednall
:18:38. > :18:40.would not be overwrought. It come confident approach that belied her
:18:41. > :18:44.tender years, despite the experience of her opponent and the magnitude of
:18:45. > :18:49.the occasion. Classmates were given the afternoon off to watch it on TV
:18:50. > :18:56.and she sure put on a show. At times, Rebecca rendered helpless.
:18:57. > :19:01.You can just sit back and admire it. She is having an absolutely
:19:02. > :19:08.blistering match. And after pleasing a fair set, Kathleen had this ball
:19:09. > :19:14.for the title. That looks very close for number two. `` Katherine Rednall
:19:15. > :19:17.had this all for the title. A remarkable achievement on Katherine
:19:18. > :19:22.Rednall's first appearance at Potters, her family beaming with
:19:23. > :19:28.pride. The 2014 ladies matchplay champion! Give it up for Katherine
:19:29. > :19:32.Rednall! Quickly study, it youngest ever winner with a new prize
:19:33. > :19:35.possession. `` quite a story. There's a gala dinner at Potters
:19:36. > :19:44.tonight. Both finalists are there and both are with us now. Katherine
:19:45. > :19:54.Rednall, just show is that trophy. Do you have it? Hold it up. Where's
:19:55. > :19:58.you nervous? Not really, I just sort of went into it as I would any other
:19:59. > :20:04.game, I knew that if I played well I would have a chance. Rebecca, was it
:20:05. > :20:10.something you did wrong or was it just that Katherine Rednall did
:20:11. > :20:14.everything right? I think it was certainly Kathleen's day`to`day, we
:20:15. > :20:20.all have days like that and she played exceptionally well.
:20:21. > :20:25.Catiline, when did you take up balls and who taught you? I started
:20:26. > :20:28.playing at around the age of five, the whole family have played as
:20:29. > :20:34.well, both grandparents on both sides. My mum saved in Yorkshire
:20:35. > :20:39.played so it was really dad who first got me started at the Ipswich
:20:40. > :20:43.district Bowls club and the junior section he ran. We saw some shots of
:20:44. > :20:50.your family watching, what were the first things we said? They all just
:20:51. > :20:55.congratulated me massively, I have had so many XM calls and everything
:20:56. > :20:59.from people who have been supporting, it has been brilliant.
:21:00. > :21:04.Rebecca, we are so often told that this is an old people 's game, there
:21:05. > :21:08.you are at 24 and you are the old person leaving your title to someone
:21:09. > :21:11.younger! I no, it is brilliant. It is
:21:12. > :21:18.fabulous to see so many young people. When I play in national
:21:19. > :21:26.competitions I am the eldest. This is a very good competition.
:21:27. > :21:31.Katherine you are studying A`levels, so it is back`to`school for you?
:21:32. > :21:39.Hello Mac definitely, I am back for double history. `` definitely, I am
:21:40. > :21:44.back for double history so it will be back`to`school. We are seeing
:21:45. > :21:49.some pictures of you heading in with your trophy, that must have been
:21:50. > :21:55.nerve wracking. I was more nervous about that than I was about going on
:21:56. > :22:03.the green this afternoon. Can I ask, firstly, Rebecca, what's next for
:22:04. > :22:09.you? It is crazy, busy, mad at the minute. I
:22:10. > :22:12.editions coming up. No rest, that is for sure. Both of you presumably
:22:13. > :22:19.this will be a challenge between the two of you, it will go on for years
:22:20. > :22:24.and years? I would imagine so. We have had a few good tussles already.
:22:25. > :22:30.Congratulations to both of you. Argue so much for bringing the
:22:31. > :22:33.trophy on to talk to us. Rebecca, thank you for coming. Consolation
:22:34. > :22:36.prize not what you hope for but there is a long way to go. Enjoy the
:22:37. > :22:40.evening. This weekend it's the RSPB's Big
:22:41. > :22:44.Garden Birdwatch. Nearly 68,000 people here in the East took part
:22:45. > :22:49.last year and I'm sure most of them had a bird box in their garden. But
:22:50. > :22:52.how about this? 'Den' and 'Simmo' who live in Suffolk are making
:22:53. > :23:01.bespoke bird boxes.This report from Mike Liggins.
:23:02. > :23:07.If you have a bird box or bird table in the garden then the chances are
:23:08. > :23:12.it is cheap and cheerful. It make even have seen better days. But for
:23:13. > :23:20.Simmo and his friend Den, bird boxes and bird tables are something more.
:23:21. > :23:24.Much more. We made a few bits for friends and family and then they
:23:25. > :23:30.told us really to show it to the wider world and since we have done
:23:31. > :23:34.that it has gone a bit crazy. A builder from Essex, Den started by
:23:35. > :23:38.making this packing crate. Simmo from Suffolk works in security, he
:23:39. > :23:43.thought he would then have a go and created this wheel. It kind of
:23:44. > :23:48.appeals to wives and mums because it is wildlife, birds, garden, that
:23:49. > :23:53.kind of thing. A lot of it appeals to dads because it is interest
:23:54. > :23:58.related, sport. Motor vehicles. And various other interests. Since they
:23:59. > :24:05.started three years ago things have really taken off. A spark plug bird
:24:06. > :24:10.box, a giant bolt for sparrows. And this bird table where everything is
:24:11. > :24:14.handmade. Hand cut real slate, every slate is individually cleaved from a
:24:15. > :24:18.big lump of slate and every mortise and tenon is a true mortise and
:24:19. > :24:24.tenon with a true peg through to make the joint. They work apart but
:24:25. > :24:29.share ideas help each other all the time. For now it is a hobby but they
:24:30. > :24:32.would like it to be a business one day. Generally you come in here
:24:33. > :24:36.armed with a list of things the wife would particularly like you to make,
:24:37. > :24:39.occasionally you manage to get that and get it installed in the house
:24:40. > :24:42.but more often than not you will make something and someone says,
:24:43. > :24:49."That's nice," and you end up selling it. It is a crazy world we
:24:50. > :24:57.live in. You name it, Simmo and Den will make it. How much? Well,
:24:58. > :25:00.hundreds and even thousands. So, not for everyone. But how bonkers, how
:25:01. > :25:15.British, how brilliant the bird boxes and bird tables are.
:25:16. > :25:22.Very clever. I wonder what the Brits then.
:25:23. > :25:28.Not very much, I should think. Time for the weather.
:25:29. > :25:33.It is already very cold and if we look at the Eliot rainfall we will
:25:34. > :25:39.have problems with A/C patches. It banned of rain coming through but it
:25:40. > :25:46.will brighten up and we had some showers. For most of us it does look
:25:47. > :25:51.dry. Under those clearing skies a widespread sharp frost with the risk
:25:52. > :25:57.of icy patches, also turning misty in places. Quite widely,
:25:58. > :26:01.temperatures down to the teasing and certainly below in the countryside.
:26:02. > :26:07.These are the values for towns and cities, certainly getting down to `2
:26:08. > :26:11.and `3. It will be a bright start tomorrow if you take away some of
:26:12. > :26:15.the mist patches that will be around, they should lift away but
:26:16. > :26:19.there will be patchy rain later. It will come along this weather front
:26:20. > :26:24.and be quite slow moving. As the rain crosses the country he weather
:26:25. > :26:26.front will weaken so far as it looks like it will be mainly light and
:26:27. > :26:32.patchy drizzle. Some early mist to patchy drizzle. Some early mist to
:26:33. > :26:36.lift with a lot of bright weather in the morning. Increasing amount of
:26:37. > :26:39.cloud in the West so it will turn cloudy cracker across the western
:26:40. > :26:45.half and it will be chilly in the West. Five degrees or six hour top
:26:46. > :26:49.temperatures. Here is the weather front for the afternoon, making its
:26:50. > :26:53.way eastwards. Eventually getting into Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex
:26:54. > :26:59.by nightfall. Certainly wet weather too, by tomorrow. It should be out
:27:00. > :27:03.of the way by Saturday, and head of the two days Saturday looks like the
:27:04. > :27:07.better of the weekend. An area of low pressure will bring in some rain
:27:08. > :27:12.and some of that will be on the heavy saves to the afternoon and
:27:13. > :27:15.evening for Sunday. For Saturday, temperature of the cover and it
:27:16. > :27:18.looks largely dry and break through the morning, certainly, there will
:27:19. > :27:21.be some showers that move through the Northwest for the afternoon in
:27:22. > :27:28.the cold evening follows once more, frost expected. It is Sunday when we
:27:29. > :27:30.make will start strike across the East, increasing amount of cloud
:27:31. > :27:35.bringing rain and some of that turning heavy but at the moment it
:27:36. > :27:37.looks dry. That's it for now. Back tomorrow.
:27:38. > :27:55.Goodbye. A star will be born
:27:56. > :28:18.on The Voice 2014!