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BBC News Channel, but now on BBC One, it's time for the news where

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you are. Hello, I'm Simon Newton.

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Two passengers remain missing tonight after they jumped from a

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cross channel ferry off the east coast. The pair were aboard the

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Stena Britannica heading for the Hook of Holland when they leapt into

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the sea shortly after it left the Port of Harwich. It's believed they

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are Eastern Europeans. The search for the two was called off a few

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hours later, and tonight the ferry finally reached the Netherlands,

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from where Anna Holligan sent us this report.

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The huge Britannica ferry docked at the Hook of Holland at around 6.30pm

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this evening. 92 passengers made the crossing from Harwich. This woman,

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who did not want to give her full name, told us what they saw. There

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was a group of Albanians. I think the man said they had to get their

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passports back. Otherwise they would hand it over to the police. They

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were not pleased. The man came to talk to them about. I did not hear

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the whole of the conversation. Then I went to the deck and so did they.

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They stayed there. At the few minutes or so, certainly... We kept

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turning. Someone said to guys had jumped over. This is the ferry that

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the group were travelling on. We've have a statement from Stena. They

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refused to confirm the passengers' identity. They did tell us us the

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group was turned away from the UK. They had their passports confiscated

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and were sent back to the country of departure. Stena have also told us

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they do everything within their power to ensure these ferries aren't

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used by people trying to gain access to Britain illegally. When we

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arrived here at the Hook of Holland train station, there were a group of

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Dutch special police waiting to question the remainder of the group.

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The pair who jumped believed to be Eastern European is, possibly

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Albanians. The alarm was raised at 9:45am this morning. The crew

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reported that two people had jumped overboard half a mile from shore. An

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RAF search helicopter, as well as lifeboats join the search. The ferry

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itself also lived the area looking for the passengers. Eventually, to

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leather jackets found in the water, and at one o'clock the search was

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stood down. At the Hook of Holland this evening, all is quiet as the

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ferry prepares to make its return journey.

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Bingo players and MPs from this region joined forces today to

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protest on behalf of the bingo industry. They say it's unfair that

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the game is taxed at 20%. That figure compares to 15% for

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bookmakers and 12% for lottery tickets.

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This is the bingo hall. It is one of the most popular in the country,

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with 54,000 members. According to the latest figures there are 41

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million visits to bingo halls every year, compared with 23 million

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visits to a football match, and 19 million visits to a National Trust

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property. This is an industry in crisis. Membership has halved in the

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last seven years. The smoking ban is partly to blame but so too is the

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high rate of tax, says the industry. We face an unfair case

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that tax is 20% of the bingo, so companies don't have the money to

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invest. Other forms of gambling are taxed at 15%. All we are saying is

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that there should be level playing field. That is why bingo players

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join us from the region did demonstrate outside Parliament. A

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petition containing 300,000 signatures was wheeled past number

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ten. Cutting the tax would cost ?21 million. Campaigners say it is worth

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it. Another ?31 million is coming to the

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east to help speed up the installation of superfast broadband.

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The government says the money will help ensure 95% of homes and

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businesses have super fast broadband by 2017. Essex gets the biggest

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share with just over ?10million. Norfolk and Suffolk will get more

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than ?10 million between them. Seals orphaned after the tidal surge

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in December have been released back into the wild. More than 100 pups

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were taken to the wildlife hospital in Norfolk, in one of the biggest

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rescue operations in its 25`year history. And today the first batch

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returned to the sea. They had been driven 60 miles from

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the hospital in East Winch. Eight now very healthy pups carried onto

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Winterton beach by the RSPCA teams, about to be released from their

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stretcher hammocks. After the surge, the centre had been overwhelmed.

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Staff working around the clock to keep very sick orphan pubs alive.

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This morning, fully recovered grey seals, Morn Flake and Marmite, were

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confronted with the open sea. They have had months of tender loving

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care in the East Winch centre. They are just about to be released from

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the hammocks, and the big test now is will they head staright for the

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water. A little hesitation, perhaps put off by the herd of photographers

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watching their every move, but finally into the waves they went.

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What does it mean to you? It is absolutely fantastic. It is a job

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well done. For those who happened to come along ` a wonderful spectacle.

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We didn't know the news and we were lucky to be here. We caught the

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moment really. It is nice for Alfie here to see them go back to the

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wildlife and natural habitat. Today's release was just down the

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coast from the sand dunes where the orphaned pups were found washed

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ashore after the violent storms. Over the next few weeks and months,

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further batches will be released. Finally all this week on Look East

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we're looking at how people here were affected by the First World

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War. And tomorrow we're finding out about the priest who won The

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Victoria Cross. You can see our stories online at: bbc.co.uk/ww1 and

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your BBC local radio station has more stories at 8.15am every

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morning. Well that's all from me for tonight. Let's get the weather with

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Julie. We will have a band of rain later

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tonight. Temperatures are down to five Celsius. They shouldn't fall

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much lower. More cloud will mean temperatures don't get any lower and

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a freshening breeze will come. It'll be quite a different start tomorrow.

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Wet and windy first thing but that rain will clear away. Although the

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sunshine will come out there will be some showers around. Temperatures in

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the sunshine should get up to 10 Celsius. The showers could be on the

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heavy side as they develop into the afternoon. In a moment, we will have

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the national forecast, but I will leave you with our outlook. Pressure

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moving in on Thursday could bring wet and windy weather on Friday.

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moving in on Thursday could bring day on Friday, wet snow around and a

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breeze blowing as well. Tricky into the weekend. And now we have the

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national forecast. Good evening. We know it has been a

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wet winter but it has also been mild and across England and Wales,

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lacking in snow. The last day of the season which we measure on Friday,

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might provide a bit of it. Friday's weather is coming from the small

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area of low pressure. These tiny low-pressure systems are difficult

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to track and a subtle change in position could have a big impact.

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Tonight we have more straightforward, a weather front

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spreading out rakes of rain across most areas. Turning windy as well.

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The rain will be heavy but will move through quickly because of the

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strength of the wind and it will be a mild night for most. The rain is

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lingering across Scotland and eastern England for the morning.

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lingering across Scotland and eastern England for the morning It

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will continue to be pushed into the North Sea but it may take most of

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the morning before it clears away. Following behind, brighter skies,

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sunny spells but more showers than

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