23/01/2014 Look East - East

shaking your head. That is horrible. That is all

the Environment Agency admits that world renowned habitats may have to

be sacrificed to the sea and there are fears that the cost of the

region 's economy may be huge. It will affect the tourist industry and

anyone buying a property here. We hear are not enough staffing at

Customs and Stansted Airport. GCSE results led back to levels last

seen three years ago. And a schoolgirl becomes the

youngest ever winner of the world Bowls Championships.

There is concern tonight that sacrificing some of our famous

wildlife habitats of the sea will cost our economy millions of pounds.

The comments were made by the top man at the Environment Agency.

Speaking at the House of Commons he said it difficult decisions need to

be made following the tidal surge last week. We will hear from the

Environment Agency in a moment and see what people are doing in Suffolk

will stop firstly this report from Debbie Tubby.

The Environment Agency has told the select committee that this may be

the way forward. We can allow freshwater habitat to

re`establish or should we let tidal habitat re`establish? This is an up

Environment Agency problem. It will cost thousands of pounds to

put this back and the Environment Agency is questioning whether this

is worth that. The tidal surge last month not only

buried the emergency telephone in the car park, it puts salt into the

freshwater marshes and flooded several houses.

It will affect the two wrist industry `` tourist and anybody

buying a property here. The Environment Agency will need

more money to repair the existing defences and to upgrade them in some

cases. This nature reserve is protected by

the sea defences which hold back the surge of the tide.

You cannot defend what cannot be defended for ever. This is a rear

event. Places like this have some of the most important wildlife in the

country and it is what people come here to see so it is important in

economic terms. The Environment Agency says it will

continue to protect people and property.

The coastline in Suffolk has been at the forefront of the debate over

erosion. This is hardly surprising with huge areas of sand and shingle

being washed away week by week. But in some spots they have come up with

clever ideas. This man used on the Martello tower

here so he knows what it is like to be under siege from the sea.

The sea will rise and there will be other aspects we may not be aware of

at the moment. He has won more time through smart

thinking. He has raised ?2 million worth of defence work.

It is a good way of raising funds and encouraging the other powers

that be to put up a proportion of the funds as well.

The writing has been on the wall for some time. Three years ago there was

a warning that locals might need to dig deep.

We can achieve a lot more for the amount owed of the public purse that

is involved. Homeowners have given money for

defences and landowners have helped as well. This councillor lives near

Felixstowe and has input at government level on coastal issues.

Partnerships are working actively on the ground with ourselves and the

Environment Agency to make things happen more cheaply and effectively

with local input. The plan is to save the tower and

300 homes in the tower and 300 homes and they are proud the way with

ingenuity. Dr Charles Beardall is from the

Environment Agency I spoke to him this afternoon.

After the storm in December, there were around 30 breaches in the sea

around Norfolk and Suffolk and many of those threatened people and

property which we repaired within 24 hours. We have some sites that are

difficult to get to but we have not made final decisions on any of the

sites and we are getting our options together to see what the

possibilities are first rule repair. Some people say that to resume would

be greatly affected if you did not repay these breaches. `` tourism.

These are very important for the local economy and these

considerations will be taken into account when we make our decision.

The money that is provided to us from government is to protect people

and property so that is our first concern in the use of the limited

money available. There is an argument to say that if

you allowed nature to take its course it will sort out the problem.

There are sites that have been breached in the past and habitats

have created themselves behind those walls and we have very good at sea

defences in their own right. When do you think we will know which

areas will be protected? Many areas have been repaired and we will have

to look at the options once they have been costed and we will hope to

make decisions within three to four weeks.

How many do you think will be repaired and how many do you think

will be left? I am sure there will be a mixture but even sites that we

decide we cannot justify spending public money on might be mended by

the landowner. The community can contribute as well.

Annual report has criticised the almost total absence of staff in the

Customs channels at Stansted Airport. The chief inspector of

Borders Immigration says adequate staffing is an important visible

deterrent and has called on the Home Office to address the issue

urgently. We saw the challenge faced every day

by staff at the then UK border agency. They had to look out for

tobacco and cigarettes to fake travellers cheques.

The paperwork and the colours are all wrong.

Jobs are often seized with smugglers swallowing drugs. The report praises

the professionalism of staff in the face of fluctuating resources but

says the need to check all arriving passengers and keep to standards on

queueing time has led to pressure. It highlights an almost total

absence of staff and Customs channels and the removal of an

important visible deterrent to smugglers. Checks are often rushed.

It says weak controls over passenger movements allow some to buy

duty`free items without travelling abroad.

The Immigration Minister said this: the night in the light of the

findings of the report, there are concerns that the fourth busiest

airport in the UK to get the reputation as a weak link in our

border security. Kim is at Stansted now. I much

illegal material is not being sees at Stansted?

The x`ray machine use on the report was only used once in the months of

July and August last year and Stansted missed its target for class

a drug seizures. No heroine has been seized there since July 2012.

Packages are sometimes used to import firearms and drugs and even

endangers the. If these measures are not right then the job is not done

properly. More resources are necessary to get the job done

properly. The Queen has been on her annual

visit to the Women's Institute in Norfolk. She is President of the WI

branch and likes to attend the January meeting on her Christmas

break in the country. The guest speaker was BBC Breakfast presenter

Bill Turnbull. Schools are Norfolk at the only ones

in the East not to show an improvement in the GCSEs results.

Only Essex has achieved the national average of 60% of pupils getting a

starter to C grades. `` A`star to C`grades. Mick the Cabinet Member

for Schools came into the studio this afternoon and I asked why

Norfolk could not improve. The ink was not even try on the new

improvement plans and they were only validated in the autumn. We cannot

judge the success of our improvement plans against historic results from

a previous year. If I come back after last summer and we are still

languishing in the levels of results that we are at the moment, I would

be very concerned but I can see the signs of improvement and two thirds

of our results are outstanding. Some months ago it was only 60%.

Last year, use bogus in July and August and September is saying the

same thing. May I remind you what you told us in July last year. But

if there is not improvement I will fall on my sword because that is

what it is about. I was elected to do this job and I aim to do it.

I think we will see significant improvements this year but

ultimately we hope to achieve extremely good and outstanding

scores by 2016. It is like turning a tank around. We have two degrees is

strategy for improvement. We need to tackle failing governance and it

does take time. Just so parents and pupils watching can be absolutely

clear, when we know the results of the GCS your results this year, we

will see you as you and your wrong word said, falling on your sword?

That goes without saying. If I did not Still to come, the schoolgirl

from Suffolk who has become the youngest woman ever to win the world

Bowls Championships. And the amazing bird boxes selling

for thousands. I know it doesn't feel like it but

this region is the driest in the whole country. Which is why farmers

have been meeting today to talk about water. Here's the problem.

They get their water from rivers and from underground but to do that they

need a licence and with all the red tape they are worried they could get

squeezed out. More than a third of the country's

vegetables are grown in the Fens. 30% of the potatoes and 25% of the

fruit and vegetables supplied to the supermarkets are grown here. And

water is critical to the whole industry. Farmers have plenty of

water, the fields are sodden and right now it is not a problem. But

in a hot, dry summer, many of our most important crops would feel if

they were not indicated. At this far they have just built a reservoir to

store 45 million gallons of water but even this will not be enough to

whatever crop. We need five inches per water for every acre of potatoes

we go, whether it is raining or not. That is why we need to build this

reservoir to guarantee that supply. Farmers are concerned because the

government is changing the system for extracting water. They want to

make sure they are not left high and dry. Farmers only use 1% of all

water taken out of the ground and from rivers, but the environment

agency says this has a disproportionate effect. It is taken

at the driest time of year and is to the system. Here in the East, what

is it most precious commodity, we are one of the fastest`growing areas

of the country and one of the driest is with this means more competition

here in many parts of the UK. The farmers have historic rates on the

water at the have used in the past, and so the whole process for us is

to make sure that farmers get enough water to grow the food that we all

need. These potatoes were grown in the heatwave last summer. Here, they

may have 30 educators working at one time. It costs 30 or ?40 to put an

inch of water on an acre of ground. The other like we have had 22 days

of recorded brain in the last 25. There is a huge volume of water

going pastors no, it goes 800 metres down the field and into the salt

water. We all must be given the opportunity to save this during the

winter with period and save it for a dry periods. Overall, it is unlikely

farmers will be allowed to take more water than we do now, the only

option now would be more storage. And more reservoirs.

Now we have a new world champion from this region. Katherine Rednall,

who's just 18, has become the Women's World Matchplay champion in

bowls. Today's final at Potters in Norfolk was billed as an East

Anglian derby with Rednall from Ipswich, up against last year's

defending champion Rebecca Field from Norwich.

For a sport often battling its own image, a welcome sight. The youngest

ever ladies final. 24`year`old Rebecca Seal up against the teenager

Gavin the week off school. The defending champion eager to teach

the young pretender a lesson. It was clear 18`year`old Katherine Rednall

would not be overwrought. It come confident approach that belied her

tender years, despite the experience of her opponent and the magnitude of

the occasion. Classmates were given the afternoon off to watch it on TV

and she sure put on a show. At times, Rebecca rendered helpless.

You can just sit back and admire it. She is having an absolutely

blistering match. And after pleasing a fair set, Kathleen had this ball

for the title. That looks very close for number two. `` Katherine Rednall

had this all for the title. A remarkable achievement on Katherine

Rednall's first appearance at Potters, her family beaming with

pride. The 2014 ladies matchplay champion! Give it up for Katherine

Rednall! Quickly study, it youngest ever winner with a new prize

possession. `` quite a story. There's a gala dinner at Potters

tonight. Both finalists are there and both are with us now. Katherine

Rednall, just show is that trophy. Do you have it? Hold it up. Where's

you nervous? Not really, I just sort of went into it as I would any other

game, I knew that if I played well I would have a chance. Rebecca, was it

something you did wrong or was it just that Katherine Rednall did

everything right? I think it was certainly Kathleen's day`to`day, we

all have days like that and she played exceptionally well.

Catiline, when did you take up balls and who taught you? I started

playing at around the age of five, the whole family have played as

well, both grandparents on both sides. My mum saved in Yorkshire

played so it was really dad who first got me started at the Ipswich

district Bowls club and the junior section he ran. We saw some shots of

your family watching, what were the first things we said? They all just

congratulated me massively, I have had so many XM calls and everything

from people who have been supporting, it has been brilliant.

Rebecca, we are so often told that this is an old people 's game, there

you are at 24 and you are the old person leaving your title to someone

younger! I no, it is brilliant. It is

fabulous to see so many young people. When I play in national

competitions I am the eldest. This is a very good competition.

Katherine you are studying A`levels, so it is back`to`school for you?

Hello Mac definitely, I am back for double history. `` definitely, I am

back for double history so it will be back`to`school. We are seeing

some pictures of you heading in with your trophy, that must have been

nerve wracking. I was more nervous about that than I was about going on

the green this afternoon. Can I ask, firstly, Rebecca, what's next for

you? It is crazy, busy, mad at the minute. I

editions coming up. No rest, that is for sure. Both of you presumably

this will be a challenge between the two of you, it will go on for years

and years? I would imagine so. We have had a few good tussles already.

Congratulations to both of you. Argue so much for bringing the

trophy on to talk to us. Rebecca, thank you for coming. Consolation

prize not what you hope for but there is a long way to go. Enjoy the

evening. This weekend it's the RSPB's Big

Garden Birdwatch. Nearly 68,000 people here in the East took part

last year and I'm sure most of them had a bird box in their garden. But

how about this? 'Den' and 'Simmo' who live in Suffolk are making

bespoke bird boxes.This report from Mike Liggins.

If you have a bird box or bird table in the garden then the chances are

it is cheap and cheerful. It make even have seen better days. But for

Simmo and his friend Den, bird boxes and bird tables are something more.

Much more. We made a few bits for friends and family and then they

told us really to show it to the wider world and since we have done

that it has gone a bit crazy. A builder from Essex, Den started by

making this packing crate. Simmo from Suffolk works in security, he

thought he would then have a go and created this wheel. It kind of

appeals to wives and mums because it is wildlife, birds, garden, that

kind of thing. A lot of it appeals to dads because it is interest

related, sport. Motor vehicles. And various other interests. Since they

started three years ago things have really taken off. A spark plug bird

box, a giant bolt for sparrows. And this bird table where everything is

handmade. Hand cut real slate, every slate is individually cleaved from a

big lump of slate and every mortise and tenon is a true mortise and

tenon with a true peg through to make the joint. They work apart but

share ideas help each other all the time. For now it is a hobby but they

would like it to be a business one day. Generally you come in here

armed with a list of things the wife would particularly like you to make,

occasionally you manage to get that and get it installed in the house

but more often than not you will make something and someone says,

"That's nice," and you end up selling it. It is a crazy world we

live in. You name it, Simmo and Den will make it. How much? Well,

hundreds and even thousands. So, not for everyone. But how bonkers, how

British, how brilliant the bird boxes and bird tables are.

Very clever. I wonder what the Brits then.

Not very much, I should think. Time for the weather.

It is already very cold and if we look at the Eliot rainfall we will

have problems with A/C patches. It banned of rain coming through but it

will brighten up and we had some showers. For most of us it does look

dry. Under those clearing skies a widespread sharp frost with the risk

of icy patches, also turning misty in places. Quite widely,

temperatures down to the teasing and certainly below in the countryside.

These are the values for towns and cities, certainly getting down to `2

and `3. It will be a bright start tomorrow if you take away some of

the mist patches that will be around, they should lift away but

there will be patchy rain later. It will come along this weather front

and be quite slow moving. As the rain crosses the country he weather

front will weaken so far as it looks like it will be mainly light and

patchy drizzle. Some early mist to patchy drizzle. Some early mist to

lift with a lot of bright weather in the morning. Increasing amount of

cloud in the West so it will turn cloudy cracker across the western

half and it will be chilly in the West. Five degrees or six hour top

temperatures. Here is the weather front for the afternoon, making its

way eastwards. Eventually getting into Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex

by nightfall. Certainly wet weather too, by tomorrow. It should be out

of the way by Saturday, and head of the two days Saturday looks like the

better of the weekend. An area of low pressure will bring in some rain

and some of that will be on the heavy saves to the afternoon and

evening for Sunday. For Saturday, temperature of the cover and it

looks largely dry and break through the morning, certainly, there will

be some showers that move through the Northwest for the afternoon in

the cold evening follows once more, frost expected. It is Sunday when we

make will start strike across the East, increasing amount of cloud

bringing rain and some of that turning heavy but at the moment it

looks dry. That's it for now. Back tomorrow.

Goodbye. A star will be born

on The Voice 2014!