:00:00. > :00:07.First Minister, Alex Salmond, what he would do
:00:08. > :00:14.Good evening. I'm Jenny Kirk. The future of the region's oldest and
:00:15. > :00:18.longest serving MP has just been decided. Sir Alan Haselhurst will
:00:19. > :00:30.continue to be the candidate for Saffron Walden at the next election.
:00:31. > :00:33.Some in the party had suggested that it may be time for someone younger.
:00:34. > :00:41.Andrew Sinclair was at the meeting and joins us now. This result came
:00:42. > :00:47.in in the last 20 minutes. Sir Alan survives by an overwhelming
:00:48. > :00:53.majority. He has been a very popular MP here. He has often championed
:00:54. > :00:58.local causes. It was a tough meeting for him tonight, by all accounts.
:00:59. > :01:06.The meeting overran and went on for at least two and a half hours.
:01:07. > :01:13.People did point out that perhaps it was time for a change. There was
:01:14. > :01:19.also talk about challenges facing the party. Alan will be an
:01:20. > :01:30.octogenarian after the next election. They decided to reselect
:01:31. > :01:36.Sir Alan Hazlehurst. I asked for his reaction. Relief, because it has
:01:37. > :01:44.been an anxious time. You don't like that sort of uncertainty. It has
:01:45. > :01:49.been heart`warming, the amount of vocal support I have had. The party
:01:50. > :01:57.has united behind me. You have been MP here for 36 years. What do you
:01:58. > :02:04.say when people ask if there is time for a change? Well, I haven't lost
:02:05. > :02:09.their appetite for it. It is a job I love doing. I try to help people as
:02:10. > :02:18.best you can. I know you cannot always win. People will not always
:02:19. > :02:22.agree with you. I tried to give decent reply and speak up
:02:23. > :02:32.effectively. So, Sir Alan Haselhurst got a
:02:33. > :02:35.majority of 15,000 last time. It is a fair bet he will go back to
:02:36. > :02:38.Parliament. Thank you.
:02:39. > :02:41.After a time of what they call "significant turbulance", Colchester
:02:42. > :02:45.Hospital says it's on the road to recovery. The new chief executive
:02:46. > :02:48.took part in her first board meeting today and told them she wants to
:02:49. > :02:54.restore public faith. And you can see why. The hospital's failed its
:02:55. > :02:56.most recent cancer waiting time targets and its A targets. A
:02:57. > :02:59.Department of Health investigation has been launched into its higher
:03:00. > :03:10.than expected death rates. And there's a ?3.5 million deficit. I
:03:11. > :03:15.appreciate that when you take these kinds of jobs on, you have to do
:03:16. > :03:20.with your heart. It isn't just about having the relevant skills, you have
:03:21. > :03:24.to really want to do the right thing and health both the organisation and
:03:25. > :03:26.patients and future patients of the trust. I felt I had the skills to do
:03:27. > :03:29.that. The Government has been told that
:03:30. > :03:39.Stansted Airport is being held back by poor rail links. A group of MPs
:03:40. > :03:42.says the airport could play an important role in easing the
:03:43. > :03:46.pressure on other London airports. Richard Bond has more. MPs want to
:03:47. > :03:52.increase their capacity in the South East. Stansted is the only London
:03:53. > :03:57.airport with spare capacity. MPs are asking what is holding back
:03:58. > :04:01.Stansted? It is the railings, specifically Stansted express. The
:04:02. > :04:06.journey takes upto 53 minutes, which they consider to be too slow. They
:04:07. > :04:11.also say it is a reliable, and they say it is driving passengers
:04:12. > :04:17.elsewhere. The current state of these things mean 34 million people
:04:18. > :04:24.avoid that airport, and catch flights instead likely from Heathrow
:04:25. > :04:31.or Gatwick. MPs want a section of the route in the London suburbs to
:04:32. > :04:34.be made for track rather than to at present. They want more trained
:04:35. > :04:40.early in the morning and late in the evening. The company which runs
:04:41. > :04:45.stance of express says it would welcome greater investment in the
:04:46. > :04:49.line but it is a decision for Network Rail.
:04:50. > :04:52.Tornado jets from RAF Marham in Norfolk were launched today to help
:04:53. > :05:04.create a picture of the flooding problems in the South. The aircraft
:05:05. > :05:07.have captured highly detailed images, pictures which will help
:05:08. > :05:09.agencies plan how they're going to help the people and communities
:05:10. > :05:13.affected. More wet and windy weather's due to
:05:14. > :05:16.batter us in the next few days, but problems still exist from the tidal
:05:17. > :05:19.surge ten weeks ago. At Blakeney in Norfolk their already`damaged sea
:05:20. > :05:21.defences might not be repaired, while in Suffolk, businesses are
:05:22. > :05:25.still cleaning up. Getting ready to reopen after a major refurbishment.
:05:26. > :05:31.The first of more than 300 new seeds are finally being restored at the
:05:32. > :05:44.East Coast Cinema in Lowestoft. The repair bill is more than a quarter
:05:45. > :05:49.of ?1 million. It is unbelievable they managed to rebuild a place in
:05:50. > :05:59.six weeks. Around the corner, this business was also submerged in
:06:00. > :06:02.water. Two months on it still drying out. It won't reopen for another
:06:03. > :06:06.month. I will have to work hard and hope you come through it, because
:06:07. > :06:10.there is no guarantee being out of business for months that everything
:06:11. > :06:13.will come back to how it was. The council hopes a promenade destroyed
:06:14. > :06:16.by the waves will be fixed by the summer, added vows to continue to
:06:17. > :06:20.support local businesses. We have been giving tax relief and aid
:06:21. > :06:23.relief from day one. We have moved all of the damage, flood damaged
:06:24. > :06:27.items. Well, today the Environment Agency held a drop in session for
:06:28. > :06:31.people in Blakeney, one of the places badly affected by the tidal
:06:32. > :06:36.surge. The defence is kept busy at, but they were damaged, and to repair
:06:37. > :06:40.them will cost almost ?1 million. Environment Agency has opened up a
:06:41. > :06:47.debate. They admitted they may not rebuild the sea defence nearby. We
:06:48. > :06:59.need to accept that in places, we can't keep resisting the force of
:07:00. > :07:06.nature and the North Sea. Others say the outlay more than justifies the
:07:07. > :07:09.payback generated by local is this and tourism. The Environment Agency
:07:10. > :07:13.says there is no easy answer. That's it from me for now ` but
:07:14. > :07:20.Julie's here with an extended weather forecast for you.
:07:21. > :07:27.There is a lot of weather imminent, isn't there?
:07:28. > :07:33.Lots to talk about. Foremost was, a dry night and a fairly one. Long,
:07:34. > :07:38.clear spells. We will start to see the wind easing down. With
:07:39. > :07:47.temperatures close to freezing, we will probably see a frost in places
:07:48. > :07:51.and perhaps actually icy patches. There will be yet more wet and windy
:07:52. > :07:59.weather. There is another yellow warning in place from the Met Office
:08:00. > :08:05.for more heavy rain. We could see up to 20 millimetres of rain in our
:08:06. > :08:09.region. It is a dry start to the day. Largely dry, give or take one
:08:10. > :08:13.or two showers. Then we will see that band of rain pushing in from
:08:14. > :08:20.the South West, heavy at times. It will be accompanied by fresh
:08:21. > :08:22.south`west of this. It is wet and windy afternoon. As we head into the
:08:23. > :08:26.evening, we head into the evening, we'll start to see the main band of
:08:27. > :08:30.rain coming away and a rash of showers behind it, some on the heavy
:08:31. > :08:38.side. Continue into the early hours Saturday morning. We are expecting
:08:39. > :08:45.strongest winds. They will be strong to gale force south`west of this.
:08:46. > :08:59.Goss generally of 50 or 60 mph. We cannot rule out up to 70 mph. Nick
:09:00. > :09:02.has a national forecast. If you have any worries, do
:09:03. > :09:03.few days and now we go to the weather centre for the national
:09:04. > :09:12.forecast from Nick Miller. Hello, in this winter of perpetual
:09:13. > :09:16.autumn, it seems we're never more than a day away from a storm so we
:09:17. > :09:20.must be due another one and as you've just heard, here it comes,
:09:21. > :09:25.deepening in the Atlantic Trio heading for us. Overall for the UK,
:09:26. > :09:29.we're not expecting this to be as severe as the storm yesterday that
:09:30. > :09:32.there will be some significant impact, particularly where the Met
:09:33. > :09:36.Office has weather warnings impact, particularly where the Met
:09:37. > :09:43.and that means more rain will serve to heighten the floods. All the
:09:44. > :09:46.while, the wind is picking up, reaching its peak tomorrow night in
:09:47. > :09:50.southern England. This is the rest of tonight and where we've had
:09:51. > :09:59.showers, south-west England and Northern Ireland and Scotland, as
:10:00. > :10:02.icy patches developing. Quite a cold start but, for Scotland, Northern
:10:03. > :10:08.Ireland and northern England, a dry start for most of us. Look at this -
:10:09. > :10:09.the rain from that