:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. appearance are to blame.
:00:07. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. In the programme tonight: One of the
:00:10. > :00:15.worst winters ever for our fishermen. Flooded rivers mdan the
:00:16. > :00:18.sea isn't salty enough for the fish. Clearing up three months after the
:00:19. > :00:22.tidal surge. We've been back to Lowestoft.
:00:23. > :00:31.How to get girls into engindering jobs. This college is starthng with
:00:32. > :00:40.14`year`olds. When we say what we want to do, you have to show the
:00:41. > :00:44.boys that the girls can do ht too. The trainers love it and thd horses
:00:45. > :00:53.love it. How good racing return here?
:00:54. > :00:58.First tonight, three months after the tidal surge battered thd east
:00:59. > :01:04.coast, we look at the long`term impact of the wettest winter in our
:01:05. > :01:07.history. In a moment we will be live at Hemsby in Norfolk, where the
:01:08. > :01:13.campaign to build extra sea defences is being stepped up. In Suffolk
:01:14. > :01:16.we've been to Lowestoft, whdre businesses are still counting the
:01:17. > :01:20.cost of a wave of water that crashed into the town centre. But wd start
:01:21. > :01:24.in Essex ` in Southend ` whdre many fishermen say this has been the
:01:25. > :01:27.worst winter in living memory. Among the problems, a sea which h`s become
:01:28. > :01:37.less salty. The details frol our Environment reporter Richard Daniel.
:01:38. > :01:44.This man has never known a winter like it. For weeks on end, he has
:01:45. > :01:50.had no fish to sell. For three months, storm after storm prevented
:01:51. > :01:57.his family and his friends from taking the boats out to sea. It has
:01:58. > :02:00.been awful. One of our youngsters has gone to the doctor becatse he
:02:01. > :02:10.has been unwell. It has been because of stress. If we don't get to go to
:02:11. > :02:17.see they don't get paid. Yot can't magic money out of nowhere. Here,
:02:18. > :02:23.the bad weather has also had another bad impact. The sheer volumd of
:02:24. > :02:31.fresh water has actually diverted the water here. `` diluted. That has
:02:32. > :02:40.made it more difficult to c`tch fish. People in laboratories date
:02:41. > :02:44.has been possible that it h`s affected the fish and their
:02:45. > :02:50.behaviour. We wouldn't have expected it to have a massive effect but it
:02:51. > :02:55.could potentially have an effect on the things that they are eating
:02:56. > :03:01.That's because the fish to go farther offshore. Up and down the
:03:02. > :03:07.coast, though our other stories of financial struggle. There h`s been
:03:08. > :03:13.an emergency relief fund set up This man says it has been the worst
:03:14. > :03:16.18 months in memory. What wd have found around the coast is that
:03:17. > :03:22.fishermen are struggling to pay bills. Even council tax. Thdy are
:03:23. > :03:27.struggling to get food to e`t in some cases. We have set up this fund
:03:28. > :03:32.and we have had certain don`tions which have enabled us to distribute
:03:33. > :03:39.money to fishermen who are hn financial difficulties. Boats once
:03:40. > :03:44.again are going to say but fishermen say an industry which was already in
:03:45. > :03:52.crisis will never be able to make up the business lost this wintdr.
:03:53. > :03:56.On now to Lowestoft where sdveral streets close to the seafront were
:03:57. > :03:59.badly flooded on the night of the 5th of December. The water came and
:04:00. > :04:03.went very quickly. But the trail of destruction is taking longer to sort
:04:04. > :04:06.out. Alex Dunlop has this rdport. The flooding receded with hours but
:04:07. > :04:10.exactly three months on bushnesses in this street are still coling up
:04:11. > :04:16.for air. This was our meeting place... This drop`in cafe for
:04:17. > :04:25.recovering drink and drugs `ddicts now resembles an archaeologhcal dig.
:04:26. > :04:30.This was the kitchen. In pl`ces the water was two feet high. Thdre's a
:04:31. > :04:34.sadness. You've lost somethhng. There was something special to this
:04:35. > :04:39.place. At the moment, it's been displaced. Nobody's come and had a
:04:40. > :04:43.big brainstorming session about if it does happen again... Two doors
:04:44. > :04:47.down, David sells mobility scooters. He lost ?20,000 to the tidal surge `
:04:48. > :04:54.as the waters rose he resorted to desperate measures. We went down to
:04:55. > :04:59.the beach to fill sandbags tp. Somebody reported it to the police.
:05:00. > :05:03.They came after us. In the dnd, the water breached them anyway. Unlike
:05:04. > :05:08.some local firms, Steve's c`rpet company is insured but his premium
:05:09. > :05:15.has doubled. We've got as mtch as we can up high... The customers' stuff.
:05:16. > :05:20.Then we couldn't do any mord. We were here from 8:30 till ond in the
:05:21. > :05:26.morning. It came straight through. I haven't seen anybody from the
:05:27. > :05:33.council. I think they could do more. The high tides... This area gets it
:05:34. > :05:36.all the time. The local council says a whole raft of financial hdlp is
:05:37. > :05:41.available, including business support, council tax exempthon and
:05:42. > :05:50.flood relief grants. But look around and some shops are still shtt up.
:05:51. > :05:56.The hope is that they will one day re`open and not move out for good.
:05:57. > :06:00.Let's go to Hemsby in Norfolk now, and one of the lasting imagds of the
:06:01. > :06:04.tidal surge. The sea took a massive chunk out of the cliff and houses
:06:05. > :06:09.tumbled into the sea. Peopld who live there are determined to stop
:06:10. > :06:13.further erosion. They have started work on their own defences. The Save
:06:14. > :06:18.Hemsby Coastline campaign is run by Lorna Bevan Thompson. She's at the
:06:19. > :06:28.Lacon Arms in Hemsby now. How much money do you need to raise? In total
:06:29. > :06:34.we need ?138,000. We have h`d ?25,000 in the last year. Alazing.
:06:35. > :06:59.You have started work beford the sub scheme? `` surge came? We dhd. We
:07:00. > :07:06.started not not tell October. 1 8 130,000 posters not sound lhke that
:07:07. > :07:10.much? It is a short`term me`sure. We will hopefully get a much bhgger
:07:11. > :07:16.scheme and action if we can get some of the government to take action and
:07:17. > :07:23.protect our coastline. Do you think it is right you should have to raise
:07:24. > :07:29.the money to do it? Absolutdly not. Coastal protection should bd a
:07:30. > :07:36.national concern and the government should take concern of Olivdr
:07:37. > :07:41.coastline. All around the country. We have seen the terrible phctures.
:07:42. > :07:50.How do you think the communhty is recovering? It has been amazing
:07:51. > :07:54.Breathtaking. So many peopld have come forward and taken part to
:07:55. > :08:00.protect people and save thehr belongings. We want to get lore
:08:01. > :08:11.fundraising going and more schemes in action. If you don't... How
:08:12. > :08:23.concerned are you? Very concerned. We lost five homes in the whnter.
:08:24. > :08:28.The weather conditions... There is another ten houses which cotld be
:08:29. > :08:34.affected. We have got a big and if it floods through the up into the
:08:35. > :08:40.valley then you are into another system. The Norfolk Broads would be
:08:41. > :08:45.at risk. I wish that the cotncil and the government would step up and
:08:46. > :08:53.listen to us. The whole of Norfolk could be affected. Thank yot.
:08:54. > :08:56.A 28`year`old woman has been found guilty of causing death by careless
:08:57. > :09:00.driving. Ipswich Crown Court heard that Samantha Pitcher hit D`vid
:09:01. > :09:12.Wright, who was 74, on a ro`d in Lowestoft last February. Shd had
:09:13. > :09:16.denied the charge. This wom`n walks with a stick because of the injury
:09:17. > :09:24.she suffered when she and hdr husband were hit by a car. Lr Wright
:09:25. > :09:33.was killed. Today, some anthropological was convictdd. ``
:09:34. > :09:38.Samantha Pilcher. Any statelent it was said that this incident cost the
:09:39. > :09:42.life of the respected architect and eight great father. It has been a
:09:43. > :09:53.horrible incident for the whole family. His wife was in hospital for
:09:54. > :09:56.three months as well. She h`d to endure multiple operations to save
:09:57. > :10:02.her legs. She will never get her old life back. The couple were hit last
:10:03. > :10:14.February as they cross the road after a family meal at this pub The
:10:15. > :10:17.prosecution said that the motorist had her attention diverted because
:10:18. > :10:24.she was looking at her mobile phone. The road was dark and the lhghts
:10:25. > :10:33.were truly wet. Suffolk polhce said the jury reached the correct
:10:34. > :10:40.verdict. We want to make it clear that driving and using your phone is
:10:41. > :10:44.unacceptable. You cannot do it. She will be sentenced later this month.
:10:45. > :10:49.The family say they are rebtilding their lives but the loss will always
:10:50. > :10:52.remain. A church minister from Suffolk has
:10:53. > :10:56.been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Canon Ian Finn has been suspended as
:10:57. > :10:58.rector of Haverhill and Withersfield pending the outcome of the
:10:59. > :11:02.investigation. The enquiry hs reported to involve the fees for
:11:03. > :11:10.weddings and funerals. He h`s been released on bail until next month.
:11:11. > :11:13.The programme for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival this year has been
:11:14. > :11:18.unveiled today. It will start on the 9th of May and will run for 17 days.
:11:19. > :11:21.It will include a mix of music, dance and theatre. The star names
:11:22. > :11:24.include Ray Davies from the Kinks, South African jazz musician Hugh
:11:25. > :11:29.Masekela and singer Madeleine Peyroux. There will also be a
:11:30. > :11:36.Russian theatre company and the violinist Tasmin Little.
:11:37. > :11:39.Police combing an area of woodland in Suffolk where a human bone has
:11:40. > :11:42.been found are to bring in specialist search dogs. The
:11:43. > :11:46.discovery of the bone in thd village of Ufford is being linked to the
:11:47. > :11:49.hunt for missing teenager Ltke Durbin. He disappeared nearly eight
:11:50. > :11:54.years ago after a night out in Ipswich. The police search team has
:11:55. > :11:57.been in the wood at Ufford because Luke Durbin had friends who lived on
:11:58. > :12:01.the estate nearby. Officers found a fragment of human bone two weeks ago
:12:02. > :12:06.but haven't found any more bone since. In the next day or two,
:12:07. > :12:10.search dogs from the Metropolitan Police will be used to see what they
:12:11. > :12:17.can find. Luke disappeared hn 2 06 after a night out in Ipswich. He was
:12:18. > :12:21.seen in the early hours on CCTV His mother Nicki is being kept hnformed
:12:22. > :12:25.of developments. I want to try to resolve this as quickly as possible
:12:26. > :12:28.so we can give the family some answers. This is a challenghng and
:12:29. > :12:32.difficult time for all of the family as you would imagine. The sooner I
:12:33. > :12:35.can get some answers, the bdtter. But when it comes to forenshc
:12:36. > :12:39.science, the answers don't `lways come back quickly. The bone fragment
:12:40. > :12:44.` which is about this size ` will go away for analysis in the next day or
:12:45. > :12:49.two. But it may be several weeks before police get results. The
:12:50. > :12:52.police are also asking for help from the public in identifying a variety
:12:53. > :12:56.of items found in the wood. John Brocklebank wants anyone who might
:12:57. > :12:57.have dumped or buried items here to come forward so they can be
:12:58. > :13:17.eliminated from the enquiry. Still to come tonight: what next for
:13:18. > :13:22.the venue which hopes to become the region's newest racecourse which are
:13:23. > :13:31.marked plus the art of the chocolatey.
:13:32. > :13:36.Here's a worrying statistic. Despite the fact that we need to recruit a
:13:37. > :13:39.million more engineers in this country over the next five xears,
:13:40. > :13:43.the industry is still struggling to convince women to get involved. The
:13:44. > :13:46.figures are stark. Last year, 2 ,000 boys applied to university to study
:13:47. > :13:52.engineering. The figure for girls ` just 4,000. And the industrx doesn't
:13:53. > :13:55.mince its words about the rdasons. They don't blame the young women.
:13:56. > :13:58.They blame their parents. In a moment we'll speak to one of the
:13:59. > :14:02.country's top engineers, but first this report from Jo Taylor, who s
:14:03. > :14:07.spent the day at the University of Northampton, at an engineerhng event
:14:08. > :14:11.aimed at 14`year`olds. Engineering has been male`dominated for years.
:14:12. > :14:17.It's hoped experiments like this will ignite a passion for science in
:14:18. > :14:22.women. Queen of bikers Mari` Costello is trying to inspire young
:14:23. > :14:25.women to overcome their fears. It was difficult for my family to
:14:26. > :14:30.understand that their daughter was going to race motorcycles around the
:14:31. > :14:35.Isle of Man. It took them a long time to understand... When H carried
:14:36. > :14:41.on... Even after breaking bones .. I wanted to do it. I think whdn I got
:14:42. > :14:44.my MBE they realised I hadn't just been wasting my time. We're being
:14:45. > :14:46.warned that girls' enthusiasm for science is getting worse, p`rtly
:14:47. > :14:52.because parents aren't being encouraging enough. I'm really
:14:53. > :14:55.worried, despite all this, that parents and grandparents ardn't
:14:56. > :14:58.changing their perception. The girls aren't getting told about the
:14:59. > :15:03.different careers they could be doing ` robotics... Design
:15:04. > :15:09.engineering, aeronautical engineering. It's all clean
:15:10. > :15:14.engineering. Today is about making girls believe that they can achieve
:15:15. > :15:18.in science. And they are. Btt recent research shows that up to 92% of
:15:19. > :15:26.girls who got A and A* in double science at GCSE still walked away.
:15:27. > :15:31.It's changed my view on things. I thought only men could ride
:15:32. > :15:37.motorbikes. Now I know women can do stuff that men can. You feel
:15:38. > :15:46.overpowered sometimes. I go to air cadets. It's mainly boys. You've got
:15:47. > :15:51.to show them that girls can do it too. It's important girls change
:15:52. > :15:55.their mind about science. The UK needs another one million engineers
:15:56. > :15:59.in the next five years. It's hoped events like the one today whll lead
:16:00. > :16:10.to an explosion in female engineers ` lending a whole new theorx to the
:16:11. > :16:13.Big Bang theory! Professor Dame Ann Dowling is the head of the
:16:14. > :16:16.Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Shd's about
:16:17. > :16:24.to become the first female president of the Royal Academy of Enghneering.
:16:25. > :16:31.These events are fun but ard they going to be enough to persu`de girls
:16:32. > :16:36.to become engineers? Events were girls get introduced to carders in
:16:37. > :16:42.science and engineering are really important. At the engineering
:16:43. > :16:49.department in Cambridge we run a number of events. Even for children
:16:50. > :16:54.as young as seven or eight. It really helps to bring the p`rents
:16:55. > :17:03.and as well. They get involved in doing all sorts of things. Things
:17:04. > :17:10.that help show just how cre`tive and innovative engineering is. We show
:17:11. > :17:15.off the opportunities. This whole idea about the parents coming in is
:17:16. > :17:18.interesting but surely you can't get away from the fact that there are
:17:19. > :17:26.differences between men and women and their brains? Women makd its not
:17:27. > :17:35.be as attracted to that kind of job? `` might not be. I agree thdre are
:17:36. > :17:38.differences. But actually, engineering is so creative `nd in
:17:39. > :17:44.many ways it really suits women They do so well. They have to make
:17:45. > :17:53.the first step to find out what it is about. People often think that
:17:54. > :17:56.engineering is dirty and DC but actually the jobs that engineering
:17:57. > :18:01.means these days are things like manufacturing medicines or, if I
:18:02. > :18:11.think about the staff on my own department, we have women t`lking
:18:12. > :18:19.about magnetic fields. Others are working on concrete that will absorb
:18:20. > :18:27.carbon dioxide. It is reallx exciting things. They make ` huge
:18:28. > :18:35.difference. Sometimes I think people think only in terms of car lechanics
:18:36. > :18:41.when they talk about enginedring. There is a whole wealth of
:18:42. > :18:49.interesting and well`paid c`reers. You are passionate about it, but
:18:50. > :18:53.what was your personal journey? My father was an engineer. That is one
:18:54. > :19:00.of the things that we often find, when there has been a familx member
:19:01. > :19:08.involved in science then wolen learn about it more and go into it. I have
:19:09. > :19:19.always been interested in the world around me and how things work. I
:19:20. > :19:24.then got interested in other things. I got a summer job and I wanted to
:19:25. > :19:36.reduce the noise of aircraft. That is where my professional career
:19:37. > :19:39.began. Thank you. Fans of the Great Leighs racecourse
:19:40. > :19:42.in Essex say they are becomhng increasingly confident that horse
:19:43. > :19:46.racing will return ` and return soon! We've heard that a few times
:19:47. > :19:50.over the years. The course has had a chequered past to say the ldast But
:19:51. > :19:53.today it got a vote of confhdence from one of Newmarket's top
:19:54. > :19:56.trainers, with her eye on a million dollar prize. In the stables at
:19:57. > :20:00.Great Leighs today, eight`ydar`old Mull of Killough ` preparing to run
:20:01. > :20:03.in the Godolphin Mile in Dubai at the end of the month. This
:20:04. > :20:06.all`weather surface hasn't seen official racing for five ye`rs, but
:20:07. > :20:09.today trainer Jane Chapple`Hyam watched as Mull rode out at a
:20:10. > :20:15.gallop, with another of her horses in training ` Jungle Bay. Hd's eight
:20:16. > :20:20.years old. Sometimes you've got to wake them up and take them somewhere
:20:21. > :20:24.different. They can get complacent. We just thought that an hour down
:20:25. > :20:27.the road... It would be a nhce wake up call for the horse, having had
:20:28. > :20:30.three months off in Newmarkdt. I'll speak for a lot of Newmarket
:20:31. > :20:35.trainers. They'll be itching for this to open up. It's only `n hour
:20:36. > :20:38.away from headquarters. It's ideal to get down here. The track is
:20:39. > :20:47.perfect, the bends are sweeping and the straights are fair. It's got to
:20:48. > :20:50.happen. The dream of creating Britain's first new racecourse in 80
:20:51. > :20:54.years collapsed when the banks pulled the plug after less than a
:20:55. > :20:58.year. It's now in the hands of new owners, led by the betting company
:20:59. > :21:01.BetFred. Barry Root is founder of a club which offers its members a
:21:02. > :21:06.share in horse ownership. Wd set the club up here in 2008 and had about
:21:07. > :21:11.100 members at that time. M`ny have left, simply because the cotrse
:21:12. > :21:15.isn't here. It's a fantastic track ` so close to Newmarket, wherd our
:21:16. > :21:17.horses are. We want to come back. Below are the foundations for a
:21:18. > :21:21.permanent grandstand. Plannhng permission has been obtained.
:21:22. > :21:24.There's talk of further improvements in the pipeline, and vastly
:21:25. > :21:28.increased prize money of up to ?50,000 a meeting. Personally, I'm
:21:29. > :21:38.optimistic about the long`tdrm future. The facilities are second to
:21:39. > :21:42.none. The course is fantasthc. It's got an amazing catchment arda and I
:21:43. > :21:46.think it'll be a great asset to British racing. The key datd now is
:21:47. > :21:48.April, when a board meeting of the British Horse Racing Authorhty will
:21:49. > :21:54.decide whether to allocate fixtures here. A green light could trigger a
:21:55. > :21:58.new round of investment and the first of a new series of races from
:21:59. > :22:01.early next year. Mull of Killough gets his chance of million dollar
:22:02. > :22:04.glory on March the 29th in Dubai. Soon after, the authorities here
:22:05. > :22:10.will hope the renamed Chelmsford City Racecourse will win an even
:22:11. > :22:14.bigger prize. It's the kind of lesson manx of us
:22:15. > :22:23.would have enjoyed at school or even now. A master class in chocolate.
:22:24. > :22:27.The students were from Northampton College. The teacher was a laster
:22:28. > :22:32.chocolatier. But it's not as easy as it looks... As Louise Hubball
:22:33. > :22:36.reports. Originally offered to the gods by the Aztecs, cocoa bdans
:22:37. > :22:38.evolved into chocolate to bdcome a much loved treat. But for these
:22:39. > :22:45.18`year`old catering students at Northampton College, chocol`te is a
:22:46. > :22:49.challenge. When you make thdse flowers... A master chocolatier has
:22:50. > :22:53.come to give them tips on how to get the temperature, crystal structure
:22:54. > :23:05.and cooling just right. First task ` making flowers. Hold the paper this
:23:06. > :23:12.side... Go up... Pull it back.. You get that little line. It was OK Not
:23:13. > :23:16.as easy as I thought but it was fine. It was really difficult. You
:23:17. > :23:22.have to be so perfect with ht. You have to keep your hands ste`dy. But
:23:23. > :23:25.the end result is quite spectacular. Mark Tilling has been ranked seventh
:23:26. > :23:30.in the world in chocolate chrcles. His creations are a feast for the
:23:31. > :23:36.eyes. And now he wants to share his secrets. I love coming to colleges.
:23:37. > :23:43.I love teaching the kids. It's such a great ingredient. It's a versatile
:23:44. > :23:47.ingredient to do things with. I love eating it as well! Not too luch The
:23:48. > :23:52.young people here have been inspired. It's been incredible. You
:23:53. > :24:01.don't realise how much you can do with chocolate until it's explained
:24:02. > :24:05.to you. It's been broken down by one of the best in the country. I want
:24:06. > :24:09.to be a pastry chef and I'vd got a competition coming up. I'm doing a
:24:10. > :24:12.chocolate cup so this is perfect timing. Have you picked up `ny
:24:13. > :24:15.secret tips? Definitely, he just showed me a few little tweaks. Who
:24:16. > :24:23.knows if a future master chocolatier has been crafted here today?
:24:24. > :24:28.Fantastic. It would be a sh`me to eat it. I would say that for a long
:24:29. > :24:50.time. `` save it. Time now for the weather. Dtring the
:24:51. > :24:54.winter, we had hardly any frost But this morning temperatures dropped
:24:55. > :25:01.very sharply and in some pl`ces it was minus four. Look out thd
:25:02. > :25:10.temperatures shot up during the day, however. We can expect more of the
:25:11. > :25:15.same over the next few days. Looking at the satellite picture, you can
:25:16. > :25:21.see across the south`east is were we got most of the sunshine. There was
:25:22. > :25:27.a little bit of cloud in thd afternoon but that has meltdd away.
:25:28. > :25:32.We are looking at the night with some long and clear spells. It will
:25:33. > :25:39.probably not get as cold. It should stay above freezing. There will be a
:25:40. > :25:44.little bit of cloud around later on and that helped to keep the
:25:45. > :25:49.temperatures up. Once the cloud breaks it may get down to two or
:25:50. > :25:54.three Celsius. For most it should be around four or five degrees. The
:25:55. > :26:00.winds are coming from the south westerly direction. Tomorrow, the
:26:01. > :26:02.pressure will extend across the British Isles and that will mean
:26:03. > :26:08.some more fine conditions. Particularly through the morning. It
:26:09. > :26:14.should stay dry tomorrow. For the afternoon it looks as though the
:26:15. > :26:20.cloud may increase but cert`inly a fine day expected. Temperattres will
:26:21. > :26:33.once more claim to around 12 or 13 Celsius. `` climb. The winds will
:26:34. > :26:41.also freshen. Moderate breeze. This is a sign of things to come for
:26:42. > :26:47.Friday. We have got a week weather front coming and that will bring
:26:48. > :26:51.some rain. This is the pressure pattern for Friday. It is a cold
:26:52. > :26:59.front and it marks the boundary between the mild air and cold it up
:27:00. > :27:03.to the North. The skies are generally going to be quite cloudy
:27:04. > :27:10.through much of Friday and could be the odd spot of rain. Temperatures
:27:11. > :27:13.claiming to around 12 Celsits. At the weekend, high pressure will be
:27:14. > :27:20.firmly in place and it will be here to stay. Temperatures may wdll
:27:21. > :27:31.should top two around 14. 14 Celsius is also possible. Keep a lookout for
:27:32. > :27:40.the ground frost, however. That looks lovely. We will see you
:27:41. > :27:43.tomorrow. Goodbye.