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:00:00. > :00:00.pollution levels will be that little bit lower. Thank you.

:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: In Norfolk,

:00:08. > :00:17.how people power beat the politicians. Plans for a waste

:00:18. > :00:21.incinerator have been scrapped. But in Suffolk, a very similar waste

:00:22. > :00:22.plant is almost ready to roll. Why was there so little opposition

:00:23. > :00:24.plant is almost ready to roll. Why was there so little opposithon here?

:00:25. > :00:28.In Essex, a new appeal for witnesses after the murder of this father of

:00:29. > :00:31.five. Officers admit they have no motive for the crime. And the

:00:32. > :00:41.lovebirds among the chimneypots. Why these storks are so special.

:00:42. > :00:46.First tonight, what will thdy do with the rubbish in Norfolk now the

:00:47. > :00:48.council has pulled the plug on plans for a waste incinerator? The

:00:49. > :00:49.council has pulled the plug on plans for a waste incinerator? Thd council

:00:50. > :00:51.for a waste incinerator? The council announced the move yesterdax.

:00:52. > :00:51.for a waste incinerator? Thd council announced the move yesterday. Leader

:00:52. > :00:53.announced the move yesterdax. Leader George Nobbs told us the decision

:00:54. > :00:57.would cost council tax payers ? 0 would cost council tax payers ? 0

:00:58. > :01:03.million but it was still worth it in the long run. So the county is back

:01:04. > :01:09.to square one when it comes to dealing with its waste. In a moment

:01:10. > :01:10.Kevin Burch on the incinerator in Suffolk which got built with hardly

:01:11. > :01:12.any opposition. But first Khm Suffolk which got built with hardly

:01:13. > :01:13.any opposition. But first Kim Riley any opposition. But first Khm Riley

:01:14. > :01:16.reports from Middleton near King's Lynn where campaigners are

:01:17. > :01:20.celebrating after winning a four year battle to get the incinerator

:01:21. > :01:23.scrapped. They call it "the bunker". The farmhouse where the four year

:01:24. > :01:24.campaign against the incinerator has been master`minded. Supportdrs

:01:25. > :01:24.campaign against the incinerator has been master`minded. Supporters have

:01:25. > :01:27.been master`minded. Supportdrs have raised ?80,000 to fund the David

:01:28. > :01:32.versus Goliath battle, distributing tens of thousands of leaflets. More

:01:33. > :01:40.than 20 public debates have been held right across the countx. Today

:01:41. > :01:41.held right across the county. Today it was too early they say for

:01:42. > :01:50.champagne celebrations. We `re happy champagne celebrations. We are happy

:01:51. > :01:52.but it is not over yet. That does wait until Monday. This is about

:01:53. > :01:54.wait until Monday. This is `bout cost and environment but also about

:01:55. > :02:00.democracy. You cannot just hgnore democracy. You cannot just ignore

:02:01. > :02:03.65,000 people, many of whom have done a lot of in`depth rese`rch

:02:04. > :02:03.65,000 people, many of whom have done a lot of in`depth research. The

:02:04. > :02:04.arguments against the incindrator done a lot of in`depth rese`rch The

:02:05. > :02:06.arguments against the incinerator at arguments against the incindrator at

:02:07. > :02:09.King's Lynn first focused on emissions and possible effects on

:02:10. > :02:12.the health of local people. But it was overtaken by concerns over the

:02:13. > :02:15.cost. Critics saying it promised to be the most expensive waste

:02:16. > :02:18.incinerator in the country. Poor value for money. And then of course

:02:19. > :02:24.there was the politics. The incinerator having a big impact on

:02:25. > :02:27.the balance of power at County Hall. At the Borough Council offices in

:02:28. > :02:29.Kings Lynn, council leader Nick Daubney has stood firm against the

:02:30. > :02:33.development, at loggerheads with many Conservative colleagues at

:02:34. > :02:42.County Hall. He says the suls just didn't add up. What we have seen is

:02:43. > :02:44.a masterclass in how not to consult and Gilbert the public. We have to

:02:45. > :02:45.respect the wishes of people and Gilbert the public. We have to

:02:46. > :02:48.respect the wishes of peopld and discuss things properly. We have a

:02:49. > :02:50.major issue with the disposal discuss things properly. We have a

:02:51. > :02:51.major issue with the dispos`l waste major issue with the disposal waste

:02:52. > :02:52.and with saving money and wd major issue with the dispos`l waste

:02:53. > :02:53.and with saving money and we have major issue with the disposal waste

:02:54. > :02:59.and with saving money and wd have to work together to find those

:03:00. > :03:07.solutions. Those opposing the development at concerned th`t the

:03:08. > :03:18.council is likely to be starting at ?830 million for pulling out of the

:03:19. > :03:20.contract. That's the situation in Norfolk But

:03:21. > :03:23.That's the situation in Norfolk. But what about Suffolk? Work st`rted two

:03:24. > :03:26.what about Suffolk? Work started two years ago on a very similar

:03:27. > :03:30.incinerator at Great Blakenham. It will be up and running by the end of

:03:31. > :03:33.the year. Similar solution, similar location. So why was there hardly

:03:34. > :03:37.any opposition? And could the waste from Norfolk end up in Suffolk. This

:03:38. > :03:41.report from Kevin Burch. Wildlife on the water. Waste plant on the

:03:42. > :03:44.horizon. It's hard to miss. The chimney is 260 feet tall. Btt that's

:03:45. > :03:48.hardly novel. This area once housed a cement works. There's also a

:03:49. > :03:52.landfill operation close by. So it ticks many boxes. But there's

:03:53. > :03:59.another key reason say locals why this ?185 million development ended

:04:00. > :04:04.up here. The key fact drop was that the council owned the land and

:04:05. > :04:04.up here. The key fact drop was that the council owned the land `nd work

:04:05. > :04:06.the council owned the land and work digging themselves planning

:04:07. > :04:09.permission to build on their own land. Did it feel like a fahr

:04:10. > :04:14.land. Did it feel like a fair process? No. And they had most of

:04:15. > :04:16.their fight focussed on another planning battle on their doorstep.

:04:17. > :04:19.Against Snoasis, a proposed winter sports complex. A proposal which

:04:20. > :04:21.ultimately went well off piste. The technology used in both incinerators

:04:22. > :04:24.would've been broadly simil`r. The would've been broadly similar. The

:04:25. > :04:28.County Council in Suffolk s`ys the fact it owned the land was a help,

:04:29. > :04:35.but it still had to clear hurdles. And its policy from the start was to

:04:36. > :04:41.be open and honest. Both Suffolk county council and the comp`ny have

:04:42. > :04:46.done a lot of work talking to the local community. We have a community

:04:47. > :04:52.liaison group and I go out to talk to parish councils. And if H think

:04:53. > :04:53.there may be something people could be concerned about I. And t`lk to

:04:54. > :04:59.people. `` I will talk to people. people. `` I will talk to people.

:05:00. > :05:03.Residents still worry about the impact on roads. Especially if the

:05:04. > :05:05.waste comes in from Norfolk too And with council leaders committed

:05:06. > :05:07.through a signed agreement to collaborate more, it's a

:05:08. > :05:13.possibility. It is early daxs and we possibility. It is early days and we

:05:14. > :05:19.need to sit down with Norfolk and find a way in which we can help

:05:20. > :05:23.them. The door is open for that discussion. As for the future,

:05:24. > :05:30.there's still much to ponder. As for the look of the place, well, opinion

:05:31. > :05:34.is divided. It is iconic, a work of art. It is hideous. Like it or

:05:35. > :05:38.loathe it, it's unquestionably here to stay.

:05:39. > :05:43.Our business correspondent Richard Bond is here. First of all where

:05:44. > :05:48.does Norfolk's waste go at the moment? Well there is about 400,000

:05:49. > :05:52.moment? Well there is about 400 000 tonnes of waste per year and Norfolk

:05:53. > :05:56.manages to recycle nearly half of manages to recycle nearly half of

:05:57. > :06:00.that. Of the rest virtually all of it goes to landfill in Norfolk. That

:06:01. > :06:06.is clearly not a green thing to do and is also expensive because of the

:06:07. > :06:07.landfill tax. The remainder of that waste goes to an incinerator in

:06:08. > :06:12.Kent. What are the options `vailable Kent. What are the options `vailable

:06:13. > :06:13.to the council now the incinerator is to be scrapped. There are

:06:14. > :06:16.to the council now the incinerator is to be scrapped. There ard three

:06:17. > :06:21.options, the main one to carry on with landfill. There are three

:06:22. > :06:39.landfill site in Norfolk. Edgefield, black bra and Oldbury. `

:06:40. > :06:41.Blackborough. That has still a lot of capacity and could be used for

:06:42. > :06:45.another 20 odd years. The sdcond another 20 odd years. The second

:06:46. > :06:46.option for the Council is to use waste treatment centres outside the

:06:47. > :06:56.county. There is a cancer centre county. There is a cancer cdntre

:06:57. > :06:57.that is already used and also facilities in Lincolnshire `nd

:06:58. > :07:01.facilities in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. The last option the

:07:02. > :07:05.council is looking at is to have another go at building a waste

:07:06. > :07:10.treatment centre in Norfolk. Clearly a hot potato. They're not saying

:07:11. > :07:13.where or what technology might be used.

:07:14. > :07:17.A fingertip search of a park in Colchester is being carried out

:07:18. > :07:20.after a murder there at the weekend. The body of James Attfield was found

:07:21. > :07:24.in the early hours of Saturday morning. He has more than 100 wounds

:07:25. > :07:30.to his body. Detectives have yet to make an arrest and admit thdy don't

:07:31. > :07:35.have a motive. Not far from the school playground, a search for a

:07:36. > :07:42.murder weapon. A knife used to start this man. James Attfield, stabbed

:07:43. > :07:45.100 and two times. He was found fatally injured in Colchestdr

:07:46. > :07:45.100 and two times. He was found fatally injured in Colchester early

:07:46. > :07:48.fatally injured in Colchestdr early on Saturday morning, the victim of

:07:49. > :07:50.seemingly motiveless frenzied seemingly motiveless frenzied

:07:51. > :07:55.attack. Detectives said thex had seemingly motiveless frenzidd

:07:56. > :07:59.attack. Detectives said thex had no leads and admit they are baffled.

:08:00. > :08:00.We're learning more about James Attfield, described as shy `nd

:08:01. > :08:03.Attfield, described as shy and polite. Four years ago he h`d

:08:04. > :08:06.Attfield, described as shy `nd polite. Four years ago he had a car

:08:07. > :08:10.accident which left him with a brain injury that affected his reasoning

:08:11. > :08:14.and speech. He avoided busy pubs and had few friends his own age. His

:08:15. > :08:16.relatively solitary lifestyle makes this investigation even more

:08:17. > :08:21.this investigation even mord difficult for the police. How many

:08:22. > :08:26.officers are involved in thd officers are involved in the

:08:27. > :08:31.search? It varies considerably. To date superintendent O'Meley gave

:08:32. > :08:37.interview after interview, repeated appeals for public help to catch the

:08:38. > :08:39.killer or killers. I do not think there is any clear motive for what

:08:40. > :08:42.has happened to James and we would has happened to James and we would

:08:43. > :08:46.appeal to anyone who knows `nything appeal to anyone who knows `nything

:08:47. > :08:53.about this terrible murder to come forward and speak to the police.

:08:54. > :08:57.This CCTV shows James Attfield leaving the pub just after ten

:08:58. > :09:02.o'clock on Friday night, seven hours before he was found. Police want to

:09:03. > :09:03.know where he was and what he was doing during those seven hours.

:09:04. > :09:03.know where he was and what he was doing during those seven hotrs. This

:09:04. > :09:09.evening the brain injury charity evening the brain injury ch`rity

:09:10. > :09:12.headway said that he was a gentle person who had made great progress

:09:13. > :09:22.in overcoming his injury and would be greatly missed.

:09:23. > :09:27.A coroner has heard how a couple from Norfolk meticulously planned

:09:28. > :09:34.their double suicide. The pair were sent `` were found dead at their

:09:35. > :09:36.home in January. Today a coroner confirmed they had taken thdir own

:09:37. > :09:41.confirmed they had taken their own lives. The corner heard how Pete and

:09:42. > :09:43.June Jackson had received a letter from their friends of 30 years

:09:44. > :09:45.from their friends of 30 ye`rs saying by the time you read this, we

:09:46. > :09:50.will be dead. It was just scary, we will be dead. It was just scary, we

:09:51. > :09:56.did not know what to do. It was devastating. We cannot get over it.

:09:57. > :10:02.There is a void in our life that we will never feel. The couple were

:10:03. > :10:08.found dead at their home and around the house, post`it notes were found

:10:09. > :10:13.saying the contents of the cupboards had been washed and cleaned. They

:10:14. > :10:17.also left more letters for friends putting their affairs in order. This

:10:18. > :10:20.letter was sent to one neighbour and in it they apologised for dhsturbing

:10:21. > :10:26.the peaceful routine of their little the peaceful routine of thehr little

:10:27. > :10:32.enclave. They also mentioned that the window cleaner had been paid and

:10:33. > :10:38.it ends saying hope your next neighbours are better quality. They

:10:39. > :10:45.requested no flowers, no burial nothing. It is the most difficult

:10:46. > :10:49.thing. The father of Susan Williams was also at the inquest this

:10:50. > :10:53.afternoon to hear about his daughter 's death. She suffered from

:10:54. > :10:57.depression and sleeping problems but there were no thoughts suichde. But

:10:58. > :11:02.Reginald Williams did write this book talking about how you can

:11:03. > :11:06.choose when it is time to go. The couple decided they did not want to

:11:07. > :11:08.be in a nursing home and whdn they be in a nursing home and whdn they

:11:09. > :11:12.got too old to cope they would end got too old to cope they would end

:11:13. > :11:17.their lives. Outside the inpuest her friends said a photograph of the

:11:18. > :11:19.couple would not be released. They were private in life and evdn more

:11:20. > :11:31.were private in life and even more so after death.

:11:32. > :11:34.The death of a woman whose body was found in a broad near Norwich is not

:11:35. > :11:35.being treated as suspicious. Police were called to Little Whitlingham

:11:36. > :11:39.were called to Little Whitlhngham Broad late this morning. The dead

:11:40. > :11:42.woman is believed to be Lis` Pollini who was last seen in Cringleford two

:11:43. > :11:44.weeks ago. Work has begun to defend thd A1

:11:45. > :11:45.weeks ago. Work has begun to defend the A12 at

:11:46. > :11:48.Work has begun to defend thd A1 at Blythburgh in Suffolk from flooding.

:11:49. > :11:51.Nearly ?1.5 million will be spent building huge banks to protect the

:11:52. > :12:01.road as it crosses the Blyth estuary.

:12:02. > :12:06.The best way to cut energy bills is to cut energy use. But that is not

:12:07. > :12:11.always easy to do. Imagine if you could set differed temperattres in

:12:12. > :12:15.your house and control your heating and lighting remotely through your

:12:16. > :12:19.mobile phone. Some families in Milton Keynes are doing just that,

:12:20. > :12:25.testing the new technology for the energy company E`on. And as Lousie

:12:26. > :12:26.Hubball reports they're noticing energy company E`on. And as Lousie

:12:27. > :12:31.Hubball reports they're nothcing the Hubball reports they're noticing the

:12:32. > :12:35.difference. Could the next big thing be a smart home? You can operate

:12:36. > :12:38.be a smart home? You can opdrate most of the electrical devices in

:12:39. > :12:44.this home when you're not even here, to save time and money. This

:12:45. > :12:50.radiator as controls which can be set for each room from your mobile,

:12:51. > :12:55.costing about ?300. All prices are based on a three`bedroom house.

:12:56. > :13:03.Light bulbs can be switched on and off from your mobile. ?100. And

:13:04. > :13:07.smart plug that show you how much energy each appliance is using.

:13:08. > :13:11.energy each appliance is ushng. ?144. The home is part of a trial

:13:12. > :13:13.between Milton Keynes Counchl ?144. The home is part of a trial

:13:14. > :13:15.between Milton Keynes Council and between Milton Keynes Counchl and

:13:16. > :13:20.the energy company yon. The experiment has been extended. The

:13:21. > :13:24.owner Jason is testing which gadgets work best. He finds this handy for

:13:25. > :13:29.switching off lights when his switching off lights when hhs

:13:30. > :13:31.teenage daughters forget. Do you think it has said Duminy? Qtite a

:13:32. > :13:36.bit. I now have the resources to bit. I now have the resourcds to

:13:37. > :13:42.look at it easily instead of waiting for a bill. Do you have any idea how

:13:43. > :13:48.much it may have saved? On `verage about ten or 15% per month. Much of

:13:49. > :13:52.this technology is so new that you cannot buy it but how long would it

:13:53. > :13:56.take for a family to save that money on their bills? It depends on an

:13:57. > :14:01.individual house. We found from the trial that people are either been

:14:02. > :14:03.very energy efficient already and some people less so. But the

:14:04. > :14:04.very energy efficient already and some people less so. But thd efforts

:14:05. > :14:06.test on whether a smart home some people less so. But the efforts

:14:07. > :14:08.test on whether a smart homd could test on whether a smart homd could

:14:09. > :14:13.become as common as a smartphone depends on whether you would be

:14:14. > :14:19.willing to spend up to ?600 on new technology to try to bring down your

:14:20. > :14:32.bills. Now the experts tell us that most of

:14:33. > :14:35.us eat too much sugar. The health advice comes at an interesting time

:14:36. > :14:39.for British Sugar, who have been told they can produce more of the

:14:40. > :14:41.white stuff in the years to come. Tonight Jo Taylor has the first

:14:42. > :14:41.white stuff in the years to come. Tonight Jo Taylor has the fhrst of

:14:42. > :14:44.Tonight Jo Taylor has the first of two special reports looking at the

:14:45. > :14:51.impact sugar is having on the region. Sugar beet is big btsiness

:14:52. > :14:55.region. Sugar beet is big business in the East. Thousands of lorries

:14:56. > :14:59.deliver this unremarkable looking vegetable from farms all ovdr the

:15:00. > :15:02.region where it is turned into the tiny sweet granules we love to eat.

:15:03. > :15:06.On this farm near Waterbeach William Martin is planting the new crop. We

:15:07. > :15:08.shall be putting sugar beet seeds in the ground here tomorrow. William

:15:09. > :15:12.the ground here tomorrow. Whlliam relies on the crop to keep his

:15:13. > :15:14.business going. Sugar is a really important crop for us in the

:15:15. > :15:14.business going. Sugar is a really important crop for us in thd Eastern

:15:15. > :15:16.important crop for us in the Eastern region. We produce three qu`rters of

:15:17. > :15:24.region. We produce three quarters of it here. There is the assochated

:15:25. > :15:31.it here. There is the associated machinery and everything else.

:15:32. > :15:34.British Sugar takes the beet from the farmers. Seven million tonnes of

:15:35. > :15:36.it is sent to four factories, three of them in our region, and turned

:15:37. > :15:40.into not just sugar, but anhmal feed into not just sugar, but animal feed

:15:41. > :15:41.and even bioethanol and electricity. British Sugar is the sole processor

:15:42. > :15:47.of sugar beet in the countrx. There of sugar beet in the country. There

:15:48. > :15:52.are 2,500 vehicle movements every day. And 13,000 jobs are supported.

:15:53. > :15:55.And it looks to get even bigger. And it looks to get even bigger.

:15:56. > :15:58.They are investing hundreds of millions of pounds ready for when

:15:59. > :16:01.production restrictions are lifted in 2017. EU quotas were introduced

:16:02. > :16:04.in 2006 to control supply and encourage importing of sugar from

:16:05. > :16:09.countries such as Brazil, Barbados, and Kenya. But now they are being

:16:10. > :16:15.lifted to help Britain's food and drink industry. We can prob`bly

:16:16. > :16:15.lifted to help Britain's food and drink industry. We can probably get

:16:16. > :16:18.drink industry. We can prob`bly get more sugar through our factories. So

:16:19. > :16:22.if we can be a larger busindss if we can be a larger busindss

:16:23. > :16:25.there's opportunity for job growth. But farmers say there's still a

:16:26. > :16:31.chance the opportunity could turn sour for them. What we have really

:16:32. > :16:33.enjoyed as sugar beet growers in the past has been the reliability and

:16:34. > :16:37.consistency of the crop. Th`t's not consistency of the crop. Th`t's not

:16:38. > :16:41.going to be quite the same. But our love affair with all things sweet

:16:42. > :16:43.shows no sign of abating. So this big business in the East looks set

:16:44. > :16:49.to get even bigger in the ftture. to get even bigger in the future.

:16:50. > :16:54.And tomorrow will we will bd And tomorrow will we will be

:16:55. > :16:58.following one woman told to lose weight by her doctor and finding out

:16:59. > :17:00.what help she needs to help beat her sugar addiction.

:17:01. > :17:02.It's 50 years since the Sam`ritans It's 50 years since the Samaritans

:17:03. > :17:06.started offering their servhce in started offering their servhce in

:17:07. > :17:08.Norwich. Since then the charity has been available 24 hours a day

:17:09. > :17:11.Norwich. Since then the charity has been available 24 hours a d`y seven

:17:12. > :17:12.days a week. Earlier this afternoon Director David Saunders came

:17:13. > :17:13.days a week. Earlier this afternoon Director David Saunders camd in to

:17:14. > :17:29.the studio. 50 years is a long time to be open.

:17:30. > :17:34.I'm proud to say that the Samaritans in Norwich has never closed in that

:17:35. > :17:36.time. Every day and night wd have remained open. Have the nature

:17:37. > :17:37.time. Every day and night we have remained open. Have the nattre of

:17:38. > :17:39.remained open. Have the nature of the callers changed? Not re`lly

:17:40. > :17:42.People still call us with similar People still call us with shmilar

:17:43. > :17:49.issues of loneliness, relationships, issues of loneliness, relathonships,

:17:50. > :17:51.debt and unemployment. And of course people who are feeling suichdal So

:17:52. > :17:52.people who are feeling suicidal. So those things have not changdd.

:17:53. > :17:57.Perhaps the biggest change in Perhaps the biggest change hn

:17:58. > :17:59.callers have been those people with mental health issues and we have

:18:00. > :18:03.seen an increase in those c`llers in seen an increase in those c`llers in

:18:04. > :18:04.the past two or three years. That is to do with the change in the

:18:05. > :18:11.to do with the change in thd funding? It could very well be, I do

:18:12. > :18:17.not know. And it opened you had some 350 people contact you. What is it

:18:18. > :18:18.now? Last year we had 56,000 contacts in Norwich alone which is

:18:19. > :18:25.quite extraordinary. And they quite extraordinary. And thdy

:18:26. > :18:26.contact you in different ways? Indeed. To begin with it was

:18:27. > :18:31.face`to`face callers and thd odd face`to`face callers and thd odd

:18:32. > :18:33.phone call. Now the majoritx call us on the phone but recently we have

:18:34. > :18:35.on the phone but recently wd have also introduced an e`mail service

:18:36. > :18:38.also introduced an e`mail sdrvice and even more recently at text

:18:39. > :18:43.service which appeals of cotrse to service which appeals of course to

:18:44. > :18:45.young people. Do you ever wonder what would happen if the Samaritans

:18:46. > :18:48.what would happen if the Salaritans were not there? I think there would

:18:49. > :18:53.be a lot more people who ard be a lot more people who are

:18:54. > :18:57.distressed. I think there would be a lot more ending their own lhfe. We

:18:58. > :19:00.give people the chance to talk about give people the chance to talk about

:19:01. > :19:04.their peeling `` their feelhngs their peeling `` their feelings

:19:05. > :19:08.including those which could lead to suicide. What you're not trxing

:19:09. > :19:09.including those which could lead to suicide. What you're not trying to

:19:10. > :19:15.do is to give people answers. Just trying to listen. That is what we

:19:16. > :19:17.do. We do not give advice, we do not judge them or tell them all about

:19:18. > :19:19.us. They're just there to listen judge them or tell them all about

:19:20. > :19:25.us. They're just there to listen to the callers and give them some time

:19:26. > :19:28.to talk to us. Onto sport now and English cricket

:19:29. > :19:33.hasn't really had the best of winters. A whitewash in Australia,

:19:34. > :19:42.not to mention their World T20 exit, which left fans a little miserable.

:19:43. > :19:46.But the County championship gets under way this month, with plenty of

:19:47. > :19:49.optimism for Essex. They have the England captain back, as well as

:19:50. > :19:53.some up and coming young stars for their season opener with Derbyshire.

:19:54. > :19:55.The clocks have gone forward, the grass has been cut. Even thd

:19:56. > :19:55.The clocks have gone forward, the grass has been cut. Even the sun has

:19:56. > :19:59.grass has been cut. Even thd sun has made an appearance. British Summer

:20:00. > :20:02.time is on its way. And with it the Cricket season. In Essex, the

:20:03. > :20:05.England captain Alastair Cook is back with his Club side, after a

:20:06. > :20:08.turbulent and exhausting tile leading England in Australia. And he

:20:09. > :20:15.will pull on the Essex Whites this summer. It is always an exchting

:20:16. > :20:19.time and the way that the international schedule is the first

:20:20. > :20:21.month of the season a lot of the guys will have a lot of domestic

:20:22. > :20:27.guys will have a lot of domdstic matches. But before long he'll be

:20:28. > :20:32.off to face Sri Lanka and india. And off to face Sri Lanka and india. And

:20:33. > :20:38.the spotlight was back on hhm today to discuss the future of English

:20:39. > :20:41.cricket. It has been an incredibly tough winter. We have not made very

:20:42. > :20:46.tough winter. We have not m`de very well and things have come crashing

:20:47. > :20:51.down pretty quickly. We are at the start of a new era now that the

:20:52. > :20:54.whole winter has gone. The dust has not quite settled. But we have

:20:55. > :20:54.whole winter has gone. The dust has not quite settled. But we h`ve two

:20:55. > :20:56.not quite settled. But we have two now start to regroup. Essex is more

:20:57. > :20:57.than just one man, though. A now start to regroup. Essex is more

:20:58. > :20:59.than just one man, though. @ blend than just one man, though. @ blend

:21:00. > :21:01.of youth and experience are being tasked with returning to the top

:21:02. > :21:02.tasked with returning to thd top flight of domestic Cricket after

:21:03. > :21:10.missing out last season. Thdre is a missing out last season. There is a

:21:11. > :21:16.real focus within the group at the moment, everyone is really positive.

:21:17. > :21:20.We want to get up and play Division 1 cricket in 2015. Tymal Mills is

:21:21. > :21:24.tipped for a big England future. He can bowl at more than 95 miles per

:21:25. > :21:28.hour. But taking wickets for Essex is the best way to earn a call`up.

:21:29. > :21:34.To be in that first Essex tdam To be in that first Essex team

:21:35. > :21:37.against Derbyshire and to bd taking wickets is as far as I'm looking at

:21:38. > :21:40.the moment. I have done old as well as I would have liked over the last

:21:41. > :21:44.couple of years so this is a big couple of years so this is ` big

:21:45. > :21:47.year for me in that respect. They've got English pace, they've got

:21:48. > :21:48.English spin. But they won't want English luck if they're to darn

:21:49. > :21:53.English luck if they're to earn promotion.

:21:54. > :22:01.If you go in search of sunshine on your holiday there is a good chance

:22:02. > :22:02.that you have seen a stalk nesting. That is rare in this country.

:22:03. > :22:03.that you have seen a stalk nesting. That is rare in this countrx. But it

:22:04. > :22:06.That is rare in this country. But it is happening at a wildlife park in

:22:07. > :22:12.Norfolk. The birds are nesting is happening at a wildlife park in

:22:13. > :22:14.Norfolk. The birds are nesthng on Norfolk. The birds are nesting on

:22:15. > :22:16.top of Thrigby Hall which is also part of a zoo. It's now hoped

:22:17. > :22:17.top of Thrigby Hall which is also part of a zoo. It's now hopdd the

:22:18. > :22:18.part of a zoo. It's now hoped the pair will breed successfullx

:22:19. > :22:18.part of a zoo. It's now hopdd the pair will breed successfully here

:22:19. > :22:18.part of a zoo. It's now hoped the pair will breed successfullx here in

:22:19. > :22:22.pair will breed successfully here in Norfolk. And if they do it will be

:22:23. > :22:29.the first time in the UK for hundreds of years. Today we are at

:22:30. > :22:32.the zoo for something more unusual. Red pointed beaks. A wingsp`n of

:22:33. > :22:38.Red pointed beaks. A wingspan of almost two metres. These ard white

:22:39. > :22:44.stalks will have picked these 18th`century chimneys for their new

:22:45. > :22:48.nest. White stalks are long`distance migrating birds spending winter in

:22:49. > :22:55.warmer climes as far away as South Africa. So having them here is

:22:56. > :23:02.extremely rare and if they do breed, it is believed to be the first time

:23:03. > :23:05.in this country in almost 600 years. It is extremely unusual to have them

:23:06. > :23:12.nesting in the wild which they effectively are. Several ye`rs ago

:23:13. > :23:17.we tried to establish a pair of breeding stalks here and made a nest

:23:18. > :23:21.for them but this breeding pair chose to ignore what we had offered

:23:22. > :23:26.them and shows one of the chimney stacks. Up to ten white stalks

:23:27. > :23:27.originally bred in captivity stacks. Up to ten white stalks

:23:28. > :23:27.originally bred in captivitx live stacks. Up to ten white stalks

:23:28. > :23:29.originally bred in captivity live in originally bred in captivity live in

:23:30. > :23:32.the gardens. A rich supply of food means they have plenty to e`t. We

:23:33. > :23:38.provide chopped fish and day`old provide chopped fish and dax`old

:23:39. > :23:45.chicks which they like and chopped up mince. Then in the neighbouring

:23:46. > :23:49.area they find frogs and insect If the birds do breed, in just a few

:23:50. > :23:52.months young stalks could bd months young stalks could be

:23:53. > :23:55.hatching. It is likely about the office bring will also stay here and

:23:56. > :24:04.make this their home. `` the make this their home. `` thd

:24:05. > :24:10.offspring. Quite a sight. What a lovely day it has bedn today.

:24:11. > :24:12.We recorded some impressive temperatures for the first day of

:24:13. > :24:16.April. We have this warmer `ir that April. We have this warmer air that

:24:17. > :24:20.has come in from the contindnt. But has come in from the contindnt. But

:24:21. > :24:22.it has had a drawback as it has been accompanied by a high level of air

:24:23. > :24:25.pollution. This map shows jtst how pollution. This map shows jtst how

:24:26. > :24:33.badly affected our region was badly affected our region was

:24:34. > :24:40.today. Not as many counties affected tomorrow and by Thursday there is a

:24:41. > :24:43.real improvement. Looking at the detail for tonight, there is more

:24:44. > :24:50.cloud around and some clear spells overnight. Perhaps some mist patches

:24:51. > :24:52.forming. And just the risk of some showers in western counties by the

:24:53. > :24:59.end of the night. But it is not going to be particularly cold. The

:25:00. > :25:00.kick`off tomorrow with some cloud around but it is a pretty fhne day

:25:01. > :25:06.around but it is a pretty fine day with low pressure to the sotth`west.

:25:07. > :25:18.We should see plenty of sunshine through tomorrow, feeling quite warm

:25:19. > :25:23.in the sunshine. It is diffhcult to predict where it will stay cloudy

:25:24. > :25:26.and where we see those breaks. But where we do we could reach 09

:25:27. > :25:29.where we do we could reach 19 Celsius. A bit more of a brdeze

:25:30. > :25:35.still coming through. In the still coming through. In the

:25:36. > :25:43.south`east. There are some showers around tomorrow but they should not

:25:44. > :25:48.reach us until the end of the night. And they are brought in by that cold

:25:49. > :25:52.front which introduces some slightly cooler air and a change in the

:25:53. > :25:56.weather pattern. Someone settled and cooler for the end of the wdek.

:25:57. > :26:01.Quite a lot of cloud around on Thursday. The chance of somd showers

:26:02. > :26:04.by Friday but also some dridr interludes. And a cloudy start to

:26:05. > :26:09.the weekend with temperatures overnight not too low. That is all

:26:10. > :26:39.from us. Have a very good evening. Goodbye.

:26:40. > :26:44.All across the country, millions of families are waking up to a Britain

:26:45. > :26:45.in which they find it harder