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And that is all from us for this evening. Now on BBC One,

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Hello, I'm Simon Newton. Doctors say a 16`year`old from

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Essex, who drank a bottle of vodka as part of a so`called Neknominate

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challenge, is lucky to be alive. The mother of Megan Lister has

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decided to speak out against the current drinking craze after her

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daughter spent two days in hospital. Three young men taking part in the

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latest craze, called Neknominate. Friends challenge each other to film

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themselves drinking alcohol and put the footage on the Internet.

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But some end up in hospital. They take the dare too far and drink a

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large quantity of spirits. Dawn Lister's teenage daughter

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nearly died after drinking a bottle of vodka. She is now urging

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teenagers not to Neknominate. And parents to be vigilant. She couldn't

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stand. She was shaking violently. Could not hold her eyes still. Her

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eyes were rolling back in her head. She was screaming. She had hurt

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herself. She was lucky. It could have turned any other way, you know.

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She could have died. She could have lost her life. The most common and

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most dangerous side`effect of drinking a lot of alcohol is that it

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will affect your conscious level. So you will become unconscious. When

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you are unconscious, you cannot protect your airway. So you can

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actually suffocate to death. 20`year`old Isaac Richardson, a

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former pupil of Colchester Royal Grammar School, died after drinking

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a concoction of wine and spirits. Meanwhile, Neknominate footage

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becomes more and more outrageous. This woman rode a horse into a

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supermarket to perform her drinking challenge. She defended her actions

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as harmless fun. But there is deepening concern at the risks young

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people face if they take part in this drinking craze.

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Well, earlier, Look East spoke to Dr Tim Snelson, who lectures in media

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studies at the University of East Anglia. And third year student Ollie

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Osborne about the Neknominate craze and the part social media plays in

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these kind of online crazes. There is often talk about Facebook

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depression. That people feel this pressure that their lives have to be

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really exciting and special, because of the edited versions of other

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people's profiles they see. So there is a sense in which social media

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does provide some concerns or issues we would want to think about. I

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would not do it, because I do not feel the pressure from other people

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to do it. I guess it is down to being in those social groups. And if

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you want to participate, then you can. I guess we've got to remember

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that it is your own choice if you want to participate. You don't have

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to actively feel that you must do it. I feel there is an area around

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it. Where there is a discussion that happens off`line. Friends saying,

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drinking that pint was horrible. And that aspect of moving from being

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online and participating in online. `` in it. And then, moving it

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off`line to talk to your friends and other people. And say, I saw you do

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the Neknominate, how was it? You know, did you enjoy it? Was it

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horrible? That is that other off`line aspect we don't see,

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because it is not published. Other news and a police officer from

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Essex has been sacked after having a relationship with a vulnerable crime

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victim. The 45`year`old officer, who was based at Colchester police

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station, hasn't been named. A disciplinary hearing was told he'd

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met the woman through his work, then tried to cover it up. He's been

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dismissed without notice. Villagers in Suffolk who were

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flooded out of their homes during the East coast tidal surge met with

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the Environment Agency this afternoon. People in Snape say they

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feel forgotten. And now some of those residents and businesses have

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formed their own flood action group. We were here on our own. We didn't

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see the police, the fire, any emergency services. Residents in the

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village of Snape frustrated at the lack of support during the storm

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surge. Today, the Environment Agency held a meeting to discuss concerns.

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It does annoy me that all of this is going on. And everybody is

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complacent. The message that we got was not necessarily that clear in

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terms of what we should and shouldn't have done in advance. You

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should have had a flood plan, shouldn't you? I'm not sure that a

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plan would have made a lot of difference. It is a fairly easy bit

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to say, we should have had a plan, it would have made a difference. Why

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are you having a plan now, then? Because I think there are lessons to

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be learned. Back in December, the water overtopped this bank, flooding

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50 acres of land. This is The Crown Pub back in December, completely

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surrounded. It finally reopened today. I think there wasn't a proper

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structure. Whereas in other communities, I know they are

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slightly bigger and slightly different. But I think we could do

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something here in Snape like they've got. That is when I knew something

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was wrong, I tried to put the lights on. Sarah Gallagher's cottage was

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flooded at three in the morning. Her home has been gutted. She won't be

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able to return until July. To see policeman telling you that they have

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no wellies and cannot come across. It is quite scary. Because they

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seemed to treat our plight rather lightly. Sarah's saddened she and

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her family felt forgotten by the agencies that were supposed to

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protect them. But she is hoping to set up an action group to put in

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place a proper flood plan for the future.

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And a house facing demolition on an eroding cliff top in Suffolk has

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been sold. The property at Easton Bavents near Southwold comes with

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rights and financial help to build a new house elsewhere. It's currently

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just eight metres from the cliff edge.

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The actor, John Hurt, launched a ?50,000 appeal today to help create

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a film heritage centre in Norwich. Mr Hurt is patron of Cinema City

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which is behind the ?660,000 project. The money will be used to

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improve access and it's hoped those with a disability, particularly

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dementia, will benefit from the education programmes. It is opening

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up an understanding of the language of film. Which is a very specific

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language. It is still quite young. It is only 100 years old anyway. But

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it is inextricably part of our lives now.

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A Suffolk firm which became world famous for making sheepskin coats is

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trying to find a buyer. Nursey of Bungay has been in business for more

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than 200 years, but has been making losses. If the company can't find a

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buyer, it will close next month. That's all from me. Time for the

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weather now with Alex. Those earlier showers have no clear,

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the rest of the night looking dry but cold. Clear spells across the

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region. And the wind continuing to ease, so chillier than it has been

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recently, cold enough. `` cold enough for a touch of frost.

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Locally, widespread growing frost by the end of the night. We start

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tomorrow quite chilly, but it should be bright sunshine through the

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morning, feeling cooler and fresher than today, but we should see plenty

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of sunshine and it will be quite windy. Increasing cloud for the

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afternoon may produce some showers, although they are expected to be

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quite isolated and stop in a moment, we have the national

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forecasts, I will leave you with a word about the weekend, Saturday

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looks the better, quite breezy but dry and bright weather, the wind

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picks up on you in just the second. But here is

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the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey skies and a bit of drizzle, too

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Good evening. You may have had the latest from the Met Office about the

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rainfall we have had this winter, the wettest winter on record. It is

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sometimes difficult to visualise the numbers. Let me explain how much

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rain we had. If you think about a stretch of land across the UK, we

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had about half a metre of rainfall falling so far this winter. That is,

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if the water didn't sleep into the ground. We have a huge amount of

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water brought in by areas of low pressure. 15 of them have been big

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storms, causing lots of damage. As far as the shorts is concerned, it

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is just a breeze. We have a few shells on the horizon and that is

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pretty much it. You can see where the weather is coming from the

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moment. It has

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