:00:00. > 3:59:59on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the late news at 10pm.
:00:00. > :00:19.Now, Good evening. Special "amnesty bins"
:00:20. > :00:22.have been installed at the Sixfields football stadium in Northampton to
:00:23. > :00:24.try to stop fans taking smoke grenades, flares or fireworks into
:00:25. > :00:27.the ground. Nationally, there's a growing trend for so`called "pyros",
:00:28. > :00:28.which are widely used on the Continent. The police say it's
:00:29. > :00:30.against the law, and want f`ns Continent. The police say it's
:00:31. > :00:30.against the law, and want fans to against the law, and want fans to
:00:31. > :00:36.bin their flares with no qudstions bin their flares with no questions
:00:37. > :00:39.asked. The away team arriving at Shxfields
:00:40. > :00:41.today. Most football games `re friendly, but increasingly across
:00:42. > :00:48.the country fans light fireworks and flares in stands. Some even throw
:00:49. > :00:51.them onto the pitch. I think the danger of flares is massive, because
:00:52. > :00:56.it is a chemical reaction, so there's a chance of burns, smoke
:00:57. > :00:59.inhalation. There's panic amongst the fans who might find thelselves
:01:00. > :01:05.surrounded by smoke, which can be upsetting for some. This afternoon,
:01:06. > :01:08.police reminded fans of the dangers. They were also warned that taking
:01:09. > :01:10.fireworks into a stadium is a criminal offence. Anyone carrying
:01:11. > :01:12.pyrotechnics was urged to hand criminal offence. Anyone carrying
:01:13. > :01:15.pyrotechnics was urged to h`nd them pyrotechnics was urged to h`nd them
:01:16. > :01:19.in. They can get rid of them. The police won't take any action with
:01:20. > :01:23.anything that is found in the bins. They'll be thrown away and
:01:24. > :01:26.discarded. We will see it as a positive because they won't be going
:01:27. > :01:27.into the ground, and hopefully it will avoid any youngsters gdtting
:01:28. > :01:31.will avoid any youngsters getting into trouble later on. They think it
:01:32. > :01:36.is fun, really, and it is not, it is dangerous. I think it is a good idea
:01:37. > :01:37.because it is a dangerous thing, bringing in flares, especially when
:01:38. > :01:40.you are bringing children with you. you are bringing children whth you.
:01:41. > :01:43.It could be potentially life`threatening. The initi`tive
:01:44. > :01:51.life`threatening. The initiative will carry on for the next three
:01:52. > :01:52.games. There've been calls to improve a
:01:53. > :01:54.road in Norfolk, after a woman There've been calls to improve a
:01:55. > :01:57.road in Norfolk, after a woman died following a three car collision
:01:58. > :02:01.yesterday. It happened on the A 46 at Loddon. Three air ambulances were
:02:02. > :02:04.called to the scene. The road was closed for six hours, and three
:02:05. > :02:10.people remain seriously ill in hospital.
:02:11. > :02:14.At this time of year, the Easter holidays, rush`hour is terrhble It
:02:15. > :02:18.is very difficult to find a gap to get onto this road. It is obvious we
:02:19. > :02:20.need to slow down this traffic, a 60 mile per hour road. The only
:02:21. > :02:21.mile per hour road. The onlx solution, I think, can be a
:02:22. > :02:23.roundabout. You can only sax this solution, I think, can be a
:02:24. > :02:26.roundabout. You can only say this so roundabout. You can only say this so
:02:27. > :02:33.many times. We can't allow lives to be lost like this.
:02:34. > :02:35.Six people in Colchester have now received envelopes full of cash in
:02:36. > :02:36.the post. No`one knows wherd received envelopes full of cash in
:02:37. > :02:38.the post. No`one knows where it's the post. No`one knows wherd it s
:02:39. > :02:42.come from and the only link so far is that some of them live, or have
:02:43. > :02:45.lived, in the same street. Felicity Simper reports.
:02:46. > :02:49.Two envelopes of cash, no note, no name. Dennis Barnes is stumped.
:02:50. > :02:55.Receiving ?300 in total, he did have a theory but now is back to square
:02:56. > :03:03.one. I racked my brains and then realised there is more. That has got
:03:04. > :03:11.me thinking. It is definitely elderly writing. Probably a woman's
:03:12. > :03:13.writing, so I've been told. Now the mystery of the anonymous money doner
:03:14. > :03:16.has deepened with around six residents having received envelopes
:03:17. > :03:24.of cash in the post, three of whom are reported to live, or have lived,
:03:25. > :03:26.here in Wycombe Road. A mild away, war veteran Charlie Williams is also
:03:27. > :03:29.trying to identify the anonxmous trying to identify the anonymous
:03:30. > :03:35.benefactor who sent him ?200 in the post. I thought it might have come
:03:36. > :03:39.from an old lady I used to look after. I don't know, but now I find
:03:40. > :03:45.out more people have receivdd ? 00, ?300. What can I say? I have put
:03:46. > :03:46.out more people have received ?200, ?300. What can I say? I havd put the
:03:47. > :03:48.?300. What can I say? I have put the money to one side until the press or
:03:49. > :03:49.police, or whoever, finds ott money to one side until the press or
:03:50. > :03:51.police, or whoever, finds out who police, or whoever, finds out who
:03:52. > :03:52.sent it to me. Both Dennis `nd Charlie say the money is staying
:03:53. > :03:53.sent it to me. Both Dennis and Charlie say the money is st`ying in
:03:54. > :03:59.Charlie say the money is staying in the bank until they find out who it
:04:00. > :04:01.has come from. Football, and just our Leagte One
:04:02. > :04:04.Football, and just our League One and Two teams were in action this
:04:05. > :04:08.afternoon. In League One, Colchester went down 1`0 at home. They're just
:04:09. > :04:10.two points above the drop`zone. And MK Dons lost away at Port V`le.
:04:11. > :04:18.MK Dons lost away at Port Vale. Peterborough and bottom sidd
:04:19. > :04:21.Stevenage both play tonight. In League Two, a great away win for
:04:22. > :04:24.Southend. They stay in the play`off places. But a draw for Northampton
:04:25. > :04:26.couldn't get them out of thd relegation zone. In the
:04:27. > :04:28.Championship, Ipswich could move into the playoffs with a win at
:04:29. > :04:29.Watford tomorrow. And in the into the playoffs with a win at
:04:30. > :04:31.Watford tomorrow. And in thd Premier Watford tomorrow. And in the Premier
:04:32. > :04:35.League, the relegation zone beckons if Norwich lose against Liverpool on
:04:36. > :04:41.Sunday. Let's get the weather now. We had a
:04:42. > :04:46.little bit more cloud this afternoon. Not the best of days but
:04:47. > :04:55.we see an improvement tomorrow. It is looking dry tonight, and there'll
:04:56. > :04:58.be some clear spells around. Into tomorrow, a better day with
:04:59. > :04:59.brightness and sunshine. There tomorrow, a better day with
:05:00. > :05:00.brightness and sunshine. Thdre is a brightness and sunshine. Thdre is a
:05:01. > :05:04.chance of one or two isolated chance of one or two isolatdd
:05:05. > :05:10.showers, but the big change will be the wind direction, coming from the
:05:11. > :05:14.east. In the sunshine, tempdratures around 11 or 12 degrees. Watch out
:05:15. > :05:15.for an isolated shower for the afternoon, but generally quite
:05:16. > :05:19.for an isolated shower for the afternoon, but generally quhte a lot
:05:20. > :05:23.of cloud around. We should see some sunshine, but then it goes downhill
:05:24. > :05:25.on Easter Sunday. This is the pressure pattern. Low presstre
:05:26. > :05:35.pressure pattern. Low pressure moving in, which means we won't all
:05:36. > :05:37.wake up to rain, but showers spreading in, particularly across
:05:38. > :05:41.those serving counties, so dveryone those serving counties, so everyone
:05:42. > :05:45.sees rain. As for the start next week, maybe some sunshine but also
:05:46. > :05:51.week, maybe some sunshine btt also showers. I will be back with an
:05:52. > :06:13.update at 10:20pm. Goodbye. Today we have seen temperatures
:06:14. > :06:16.rising if Scotland but again tonight, with the clear skies and
:06:17. > :06:21.light wind temperatures will fall sharply, and for many of us, we are
:06:22. > :06:24.looking at a touch of frost. The satellite picture tells a story
:06:25. > :06:27.nicely. This belt of cloud is sitting in the far north-west of
:06:28. > :06:32.Scotland, we have had this cloud bubbling up across eastern areas and
:06:33. > :06:35.with the northerly wind it has felt cold in East Anglia. That cloud is
:06:36. > :06:37.going to melt away, we will get an easterly breeze picking the cloud
:06:38. > :06:39.back in again later in the