:00:00. > :00:08.And that is all from us for this evening. Now on BBC One,
:00:09. > :00:15.Hello, I'm Simon Newton. Doctors say a 16`year`old from
:00:16. > :00:20.Essex, who drank a bottle of vodka as part of a so`called Neknominate
:00:21. > :00:23.challenge, is lucky to be alive. The mother of Megan Lister has
:00:24. > :00:29.decided to speak out against the current drinking craze after her
:00:30. > :00:33.daughter spent two days in hospital. Three young men taking part in the
:00:34. > :00:36.latest craze, called Neknominate. Friends challenge each other to film
:00:37. > :00:42.themselves drinking alcohol and put the footage on the Internet.
:00:43. > :00:47.But some end up in hospital. They take the dare too far and drink a
:00:48. > :00:50.large quantity of spirits. Dawn Lister's teenage daughter
:00:51. > :00:54.nearly died after drinking a bottle of vodka. She is now urging
:00:55. > :00:59.teenagers not to Neknominate. And parents to be vigilant. She couldn't
:01:00. > :01:04.stand. She was shaking violently. Could not hold her eyes still. Her
:01:05. > :01:09.eyes were rolling back in her head. She was screaming. She had hurt
:01:10. > :01:13.herself. She was lucky. It could have turned any other way, you know.
:01:14. > :01:16.She could have died. She could have lost her life. The most common and
:01:17. > :01:20.most dangerous side`effect of drinking a lot of alcohol is that it
:01:21. > :01:23.will affect your conscious level. So you will become unconscious. When
:01:24. > :01:28.you are unconscious, you cannot protect your airway. So you can
:01:29. > :01:30.actually suffocate to death. 20`year`old Isaac Richardson, a
:01:31. > :01:34.former pupil of Colchester Royal Grammar School, died after drinking
:01:35. > :01:38.a concoction of wine and spirits. Meanwhile, Neknominate footage
:01:39. > :01:41.becomes more and more outrageous. This woman rode a horse into a
:01:42. > :01:47.supermarket to perform her drinking challenge. She defended her actions
:01:48. > :01:51.as harmless fun. But there is deepening concern at the risks young
:01:52. > :01:59.people face if they take part in this drinking craze.
:02:00. > :02:02.Well, earlier, Look East spoke to Dr Tim Snelson, who lectures in media
:02:03. > :02:07.studies at the University of East Anglia. And third year student Ollie
:02:08. > :02:11.Osborne about the Neknominate craze and the part social media plays in
:02:12. > :02:15.these kind of online crazes. There is often talk about Facebook
:02:16. > :02:19.depression. That people feel this pressure that their lives have to be
:02:20. > :02:22.really exciting and special, because of the edited versions of other
:02:23. > :02:25.people's profiles they see. So there is a sense in which social media
:02:26. > :02:31.does provide some concerns or issues we would want to think about. I
:02:32. > :02:36.would not do it, because I do not feel the pressure from other people
:02:37. > :02:40.to do it. I guess it is down to being in those social groups. And if
:02:41. > :02:44.you want to participate, then you can. I guess we've got to remember
:02:45. > :02:48.that it is your own choice if you want to participate. You don't have
:02:49. > :02:52.to actively feel that you must do it. I feel there is an area around
:02:53. > :02:55.it. Where there is a discussion that happens off`line. Friends saying,
:02:56. > :03:02.drinking that pint was horrible. And that aspect of moving from being
:03:03. > :03:05.online and participating in online. `` in it. And then, moving it
:03:06. > :03:11.off`line to talk to your friends and other people. And say, I saw you do
:03:12. > :03:16.the Neknominate, how was it? You know, did you enjoy it? Was it
:03:17. > :03:20.horrible? That is that other off`line aspect we don't see,
:03:21. > :03:24.because it is not published. Other news and a police officer from
:03:25. > :03:26.Essex has been sacked after having a relationship with a vulnerable crime
:03:27. > :03:29.victim. The 45`year`old officer, who was based at Colchester police
:03:30. > :03:33.station, hasn't been named. A disciplinary hearing was told he'd
:03:34. > :03:38.met the woman through his work, then tried to cover it up. He's been
:03:39. > :03:41.dismissed without notice. Villagers in Suffolk who were
:03:42. > :03:44.flooded out of their homes during the East coast tidal surge met with
:03:45. > :03:48.the Environment Agency this afternoon. People in Snape say they
:03:49. > :03:51.feel forgotten. And now some of those residents and businesses have
:03:52. > :03:55.formed their own flood action group. We were here on our own. We didn't
:03:56. > :03:57.see the police, the fire, any emergency services. Residents in the
:03:58. > :04:00.village of Snape frustrated at the lack of support during the storm
:04:01. > :04:04.surge. Today, the Environment Agency held a meeting to discuss concerns.
:04:05. > :04:09.It does annoy me that all of this is going on. And everybody is
:04:10. > :04:12.complacent. The message that we got was not necessarily that clear in
:04:13. > :04:15.terms of what we should and shouldn't have done in advance. You
:04:16. > :04:21.should have had a flood plan, shouldn't you? I'm not sure that a
:04:22. > :04:25.plan would have made a lot of difference. It is a fairly easy bit
:04:26. > :04:29.to say, we should have had a plan, it would have made a difference. Why
:04:30. > :04:32.are you having a plan now, then? Because I think there are lessons to
:04:33. > :04:36.be learned. Back in December, the water overtopped this bank, flooding
:04:37. > :04:39.50 acres of land. This is The Crown Pub back in December, completely
:04:40. > :04:42.surrounded. It finally reopened today. I think there wasn't a proper
:04:43. > :04:45.structure. Whereas in other communities, I know they are
:04:46. > :04:48.slightly bigger and slightly different. But I think we could do
:04:49. > :04:52.something here in Snape like they've got. That is when I knew something
:04:53. > :04:56.was wrong, I tried to put the lights on. Sarah Gallagher's cottage was
:04:57. > :05:00.flooded at three in the morning. Her home has been gutted. She won't be
:05:01. > :05:04.able to return until July. To see policeman telling you that they have
:05:05. > :05:07.no wellies and cannot come across. It is quite scary. Because they
:05:08. > :05:11.seemed to treat our plight rather lightly. Sarah's saddened she and
:05:12. > :05:14.her family felt forgotten by the agencies that were supposed to
:05:15. > :05:18.protect them. But she is hoping to set up an action group to put in
:05:19. > :05:24.place a proper flood plan for the future.
:05:25. > :05:27.And a house facing demolition on an eroding cliff top in Suffolk has
:05:28. > :05:30.been sold. The property at Easton Bavents near Southwold comes with
:05:31. > :05:34.rights and financial help to build a new house elsewhere. It's currently
:05:35. > :05:39.just eight metres from the cliff edge.
:05:40. > :05:42.The actor, John Hurt, launched a ?50,000 appeal today to help create
:05:43. > :05:45.a film heritage centre in Norwich. Mr Hurt is patron of Cinema City
:05:46. > :05:51.which is behind the ?660,000 project. The money will be used to
:05:52. > :05:53.improve access and it's hoped those with a disability, particularly
:05:54. > :05:59.dementia, will benefit from the education programmes. It is opening
:06:00. > :06:07.up an understanding of the language of film. Which is a very specific
:06:08. > :06:11.language. It is still quite young. It is only 100 years old anyway. But
:06:12. > :06:16.it is inextricably part of our lives now.
:06:17. > :06:20.A Suffolk firm which became world famous for making sheepskin coats is
:06:21. > :06:24.trying to find a buyer. Nursey of Bungay has been in business for more
:06:25. > :06:26.than 200 years, but has been making losses. If the company can't find a
:06:27. > :06:35.buyer, it will close next month. That's all from me. Time for the
:06:36. > :06:39.weather now with Alex. Those earlier showers have no clear,
:06:40. > :06:45.the rest of the night looking dry but cold. Clear spells across the
:06:46. > :06:51.region. And the wind continuing to ease, so chillier than it has been
:06:52. > :06:57.recently, cold enough. `` cold enough for a touch of frost.
:06:58. > :07:01.Locally, widespread growing frost by the end of the night. We start
:07:02. > :07:06.tomorrow quite chilly, but it should be bright sunshine through the
:07:07. > :07:11.morning, feeling cooler and fresher than today, but we should see plenty
:07:12. > :07:16.of sunshine and it will be quite windy. Increasing cloud for the
:07:17. > :07:19.afternoon may produce some showers, although they are expected to be
:07:20. > :07:23.quite isolated and stop in a moment, we have the national
:07:24. > :07:29.forecasts, I will leave you with a word about the weekend, Saturday
:07:30. > :07:30.looks the better, quite breezy but dry and bright weather, the wind
:07:31. > :07:34.picks up on you in just the second. But here is
:07:35. > :07:39.the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey skies and a bit of drizzle, too
:07:40. > :07:46.Good evening. You may have had the latest from the Met Office about the
:07:47. > :07:50.rainfall we have had this winter, the wettest winter on record. It is
:07:51. > :07:54.sometimes difficult to visualise the numbers. Let me explain how much
:07:55. > :08:00.rain we had. If you think about a stretch of land across the UK, we
:08:01. > :08:04.had about half a metre of rainfall falling so far this winter. That is,
:08:05. > :08:09.if the water didn't sleep into the ground. We have a huge amount of
:08:10. > :08:14.water brought in by areas of low pressure. 15 of them have been big
:08:15. > :08:17.storms, causing lots of damage. As far as the shorts is concerned, it
:08:18. > :08:21.is just a breeze. We have a few shells on the horizon and that is
:08:22. > :08:23.pretty much it. You can see where the weather is coming from the
:08:24. > :08:25.moment. It has