:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the BBC News at Six, so it's
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight. The Suffolk
:00:07. > :00:10.Police Commissioner tells Look East no one need lose their job, despite
:00:11. > :00:20.the force having to make millions of pounds of cuts. Whilst numbers will
:00:21. > :00:26.decline there'll be no redundancies. Things have gone wrong. What
:00:27. > :00:29.injuries will he sustained. In theatre: The Afghanistan veterans
:00:30. > :00:32.taking to the stage to describe life back in Civvy Street.
:00:33. > :00:37.The Women's Cycling Tour is on the road. We speak to the
:00:38. > :00:39.Brit ` live. And Springwatch heads to Suffolk. A
:00:40. > :00:50.sneak preview of what we can expect on the coast at Minsmere.
:00:51. > :00:54.First tonight. The Police Commissioner for Suffolk promising
:00:55. > :01:01.he can avoid compulsory redundancies despite having to make savings of
:01:02. > :01:03.?16 million. Just last week Tim Passmore pulled the plug on
:01:04. > :01:07.controversial plans to merge the Suffolk control room with that of
:01:08. > :01:14.Norfolk. But millions of pounds have still got to be saved somewhere.
:01:15. > :01:16.We'll hear from him in a moment. But first Sally Chidzoy with this
:01:17. > :01:24.assessment of the challenges faced by both forces.
:01:25. > :01:27.The Norfolk and Suffolk police and crimes commissioners were always
:01:28. > :01:31.poles apart on marrying up their control rooms. Even inside the hall
:01:32. > :01:40.where the plan collapsed, they sat at a distance. Suffolk's PCC killed
:01:41. > :01:55.it off. They wanted the merger to help them save ?1 million a year.
:01:56. > :01:59.They fear job losses will result. We have to find ways of delivering the
:02:00. > :02:13.same service for less money. We mean less people. I am not saying at this
:02:14. > :02:19.moment in time that it will see a reduction in PCs. Both forces have
:02:20. > :02:24.to look at their sums again. Norfolk has to find ways of saving ?20
:02:25. > :02:29.million and it is inevitable the workforce will have to slim down. In
:02:30. > :02:34.Suffolk the next runner cuts will pile on the pressure. It will impact
:02:35. > :02:40.on 2500 officers. Both forces are having to work on a plan B to find
:02:41. > :02:45.savings. In Norfolk that will be made public in July. A former Chief
:02:46. > :02:51.Constable welcomes the decision to abandon the merger, saying it is not
:02:52. > :02:54.about money. A lot of crime is local, a lot of disorder is local
:02:55. > :02:57.and the kind of communication you have to have is local. If you create
:02:58. > :03:01.structures which distance people from the police it is more difficult
:03:02. > :03:08.to do, so the crime commissioner has all of these factors, not just
:03:09. > :03:11.finance. It is the finance that is providing the biggest headache as
:03:12. > :03:16.over 80% of police budgets is tied up in paying salaries. Savings can
:03:17. > :03:23.only be made by reducing staff. How that is done is the challenge.
:03:24. > :03:29.So, tough decisions ahead for Suffolk Police. I sat down with him
:03:30. > :03:37.and asked them if his decision on the merger was purely down to the
:03:38. > :03:41.business or politics. I am a politician but I do say it as it
:03:42. > :03:47.is. I always put the interests of Suffolk verse. It is not just about
:03:48. > :03:53.money, it is about trust and confidence. You cannot take this
:03:54. > :03:56.lightly. If something had gone wrong after merging and there was a fatal
:03:57. > :04:03.incident, I would have taken the blame bed. I was not prepared to do
:04:04. > :04:09.that. Would it have made a difference if it was in Suffolk?
:04:10. > :04:14.Definitely. It would still be merged. The problem is that you
:04:15. > :04:18.would have the reverse argument in Norfolk. This would have saved you
:04:19. > :04:24.nearly ?1 million a year. You have to find lots of savings and your
:04:25. > :04:30.wage bill is your greatest expenditure. You can't guarantee
:04:31. > :04:35.there are going to be significant job losses. If you look at the
:04:36. > :04:42.projections, you will find that whilst numbers will decline, there
:04:43. > :04:46.won't be redundancies, so the pain would be great. I want to clarify.
:04:47. > :04:52.Are you saying you don't think there will need to be any compulsory
:04:53. > :04:58.redundancies? I don't think so. I can't give you a guarantee of
:04:59. > :05:06.course. At the moment it is a prediction. We have to save around
:05:07. > :05:14.?60 million, which is a huge sum. I am responsible for that. Surely you
:05:15. > :05:22.can't do that with natural wastage? With the savings we already have
:05:23. > :05:27.built`in, yes we can. You have a lot of people up for retirement. Will
:05:28. > :05:35.the police force to be slimmer? It will be slimmer. We have to join
:05:36. > :05:41.things up and make it bigger. As far as your relationship with the
:05:42. > :05:48.police, ?500,000 down the drain. That is up to the constable to spend
:05:49. > :05:52.money. That work has not been wasted. We have looked at
:05:53. > :05:56.recommendations between joint management structure. There is no
:05:57. > :06:07.reason Ashton be done. Don't think all that money has been wasted. ``
:06:08. > :06:11.why that shouldn't be done. We are always happy to look at all areas.
:06:12. > :06:18.The main thing is that we will keep that county police there and we will
:06:19. > :06:27.cooperate from a position of strength and respect each other.
:06:28. > :06:30.The police in Essex say they're growing increasingly concerned for
:06:31. > :06:34.the safety of a 13`year`old. Kathryn Goodchild was last seen at her home
:06:35. > :06:37.in Tiptree just over 24 hours ago. Police officers say she's never gone
:06:38. > :06:45.missing before. Richard Daniel is in Tiptree now, Richard.
:06:46. > :06:48.This is every parent's nightmare. A teenage girl missing. Kathryn
:06:49. > :06:55.Goodchild lives about half a mile in that direction. She was last seen at
:06:56. > :06:59.home last night just over 24 hours ago. Her parents raise the alarm at
:07:00. > :07:04.1030 last night. This afternoon the police have stepped up their search
:07:05. > :07:08.in the area. They have been combing would land near their home and
:07:09. > :07:13.carrying out door`to`door enquiries. They have been investigating her
:07:14. > :07:22.mobile phone but there have been no responses do that. She wasn't
:07:23. > :07:28.carrying any money either survey I `` so they are worried. Why are you
:07:29. > :07:32.concerned at this stage? This is out of character for her. She has been
:07:33. > :07:38.missing another 24 hours and she hasn't been in contact with her
:07:39. > :07:45.family. You are keen to make clear that if her friends are listening,
:07:46. > :07:53.she is not in trouble. Our sole aim is to get home safely. The search
:07:54. > :07:58.will continue until light fades. She is described as five at seven tall.
:07:59. > :08:04.She is slim and has light brown hair. When she went missing she was
:08:05. > :08:08.last seen wearing a black top. Anyone with information on her
:08:09. > :08:20.whereabouts are being asked to call 101.
:08:21. > :08:24.A member of Labour's Shadow Cabinet visited Essex today. Gloira De Piero
:08:25. > :08:28.is the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. She met a group of women
:08:29. > :08:32.from Basildon to find out what she can do to try to help them. She said
:08:33. > :08:34.one issue stood out above all others.
:08:35. > :08:38.I met one of the women today who has a little one, who was a
:08:39. > :08:41.three`year`old, so when I said, well you get 18 hours free childcare at
:08:42. > :08:47.the moment, but actually it we are elected next year it will be 25
:08:48. > :08:50.hours free childcare. Norwich City's Premier League fate
:08:51. > :08:53.could be decided this evening when Sunderland play West Brom. The
:08:54. > :08:56.Canaries managed to hold Chelsea to a goalless draw on Saturday. But it
:08:57. > :09:00.won't be enough to save them if their fellow strugglers pick up a
:09:01. > :09:03.point or more. Should they lose, Norwich will need them to go down to
:09:04. > :09:07.Swansea on Sunday and then win against Arsenal. The club have been
:09:08. > :09:10.in the Premier League for the past three seasons. Relegation would cost
:09:11. > :09:13.them millions of pounds. 65 servicemen and women from our
:09:14. > :09:15.region have been killed in Afghanistan but hundreds more have
:09:16. > :09:18.suffered life changing injuries. Now a theatre company made up of wounded
:09:19. > :09:21.veterans is working with professional actors to show the
:09:22. > :09:23.stark reality of life after war. This from our defence reporter Alex
:09:24. > :09:40.Dunlop. Every soldier on the stage has
:09:41. > :09:44.suffered physical or mental trauma, many in Afghanistan. They are about
:09:45. > :09:52.to take the audience on their journey from the battlefield back to
:09:53. > :09:56.civvy Street. Dan Shaw was a Tarrant 's expert until he stepped on a
:09:57. > :10:23.landmine. `` TOWERING. It was very tetchy at the start. You
:10:24. > :10:35.accept that instead pushing it away. You the fact what has happened and
:10:36. > :10:38.it rehabilitates you. When the two worlds first opened the cast realise
:10:39. > :10:47.people wanted to know about the brutal truth of modern war. When we
:10:48. > :10:50.saw that a standing ovation it was validation for the effort and the
:10:51. > :10:57.time we have put ourselves through to create this play, because it was
:10:58. > :11:02.exhausting and tiring. But not just for us, but for our families who
:11:03. > :11:10.were engaged in that project. After their pep talk, these schoolchildren
:11:11. > :11:15.will see the play tonight. We can connect with them. It was powerful
:11:16. > :11:28.and I think we got a laugh from it. A gripping play `` we got a lot from
:11:29. > :11:31.it. These new actors say they don't want sympathy, they just want a
:11:32. > :11:40.greater understanding of their world.
:11:41. > :11:50.Still to come. It is not looking good for the weekend. We have the
:11:51. > :12:05.forecast. Springwatch rolls into self work. `` Suffolk.
:12:06. > :12:09.The Women's Tour got under way today ` five stages held over five days.
:12:10. > :12:12.And all of them in the East. It is the first international women's race
:12:13. > :12:16.of its kind. And the organisers hope that in the years to come it will
:12:17. > :12:19.become the Tour de France of women's racing. Today they raced through
:12:20. > :12:22.Northamptonshire. James Burridge has been with them. And he's in
:12:23. > :12:29.Kettering now, James. Welcome to Kettering. We have had
:12:30. > :12:33.fantastic access. Right in the heart of the truck behind me is where they
:12:34. > :12:44.have their crucial team meetings before the riders go wild. This
:12:45. > :12:50.really is the nerve centre. Copy machines crucial of course. We will
:12:51. > :12:55.show you the lie of the line. Showers for the team after they
:12:56. > :13:02.finish. To my right this is all the engine room. The small bits and
:13:03. > :13:05.pieces. Here are the extra supplements the team needs an vital
:13:06. > :13:11.small bits of details they can go through as a unit, and once racers
:13:12. > :13:15.finished they can watch look East. It has been a fascinating day to see
:13:16. > :13:23.so many people come out and watch this inaugural women's race. They
:13:24. > :13:29.expected a crowd but not one quite like this. Across the Channel big
:13:30. > :13:34.crowds are standard but here this was new ground. Over 5000 people
:13:35. > :13:39.crammed into a picturesque market town for a moment of sporting
:13:40. > :13:47.history. The inaugural women's tour of Britain. For Britain to put this
:13:48. > :13:52.on is amazing. There are so many people, I can't believe it. It is
:13:53. > :14:04.hugely important and as a British rider I am proud. As the clock
:14:05. > :14:14.struck 11/100 of the world's best riders hit the road, a wave of noise
:14:15. > :14:26.rolling down the streets `` struck 11, 100 of the world's. I liked it
:14:27. > :14:41.when the cyclists went past. I fell off my bike. Women's sport receives
:14:42. > :14:47.less than 1% of sports sponsorship. Names were made and a market was
:14:48. > :14:51.born, making events like this possible. The tour is incredible
:14:52. > :14:56.because it sets a positive tone, not just about sport but encouraging
:14:57. > :15:05.young girls and boys to think about cycling as an option. We habited in
:15:06. > :15:16.France, but having something `` have the tour De France, but were about
:15:17. > :15:22.2012 we would not have this. One of a number of villages struck by the
:15:23. > :15:29.law of the tour. It swept through the landscape. Police on hand to
:15:30. > :15:35.sort the traffic. You have close roads and towns. It causes a bit of
:15:36. > :15:41.disruption and not every councillor or member of a town council is that
:15:42. > :15:48.of the doing it. But the ones who are brave enough to say, come on get
:15:49. > :15:54.on with it see the benefits of it. In just over two hours they crossed
:15:55. > :16:21.the line. The winner was from Sweden. Day one turn and it
:16:22. > :16:32.definitely delivered `` day one . What was it like? It was fantastic.
:16:33. > :16:37.It was unbelievable. I suppose you can never have expected that
:16:38. > :16:42.support? I knew the organisers were nervous about people turning up.
:16:43. > :16:48.They can rest and know they put on a good event. We still have four more
:16:49. > :16:51.days ago. What is your next challenge? I go back to America and
:16:52. > :16:59.have four more days ago. What is your next challenge? I go back to
:17:00. > :17:08.America and having few races Trott and it seems women's cycling has
:17:09. > :17:12.taken off? It was definitely the best events. Everyone realised that
:17:13. > :17:20.and they put the time and effort in to make it better. This week was
:17:21. > :17:24.great. Best of luck. Let us give you a understanding of the tour because
:17:25. > :17:31.it starts in South Leicestershire, but it makes its way through
:17:32. > :17:35.Northamptonshire and it finishes in Bedfordshire tomorrow evening. It
:17:36. > :17:47.has been a fascinating day, a Gray Davis cycling and thousands have
:17:48. > :17:50.come out to watch. `` a great day. With the European elections just a
:17:51. > :17:54.fortnight away, one leading think tank is predicting that more people
:17:55. > :17:57.than ever will vote for parties that are against the whole idea of the
:17:58. > :18:01.European Union. In this region, most people will vote in the east of
:18:02. > :18:04.England constituency where last time two of the seven seats went to the
:18:05. > :18:07.UK Independence Party. UKIP's always done well in Euro elections because
:18:08. > :18:09.they use the proportional representation system. Now their
:18:10. > :18:12.success has encouraged other parties with similar views. This from our
:18:13. > :18:21.political correspondent Andrew Sinclair.
:18:22. > :18:28.Students of history will know it was in the village here where the
:18:29. > :18:32.peasant revolt of 1381 began and so it was here that the English
:18:33. > :18:36.Democrats launch their call for an English revolt. The party wants us
:18:37. > :18:43.to have our own parliament and spent our taxes only here in England. It
:18:44. > :18:48.is the UK structure which we think is operating against our interests.
:18:49. > :18:50.The only have to think that in Scotland and Wales there are free
:18:51. > :18:56.prescriptions of everybody. In England, hours have gone up.
:18:57. > :19:04.Deciding how we want to be governed is a key theme of the minor parties
:19:05. > :19:09.at this election. The alliance which has had minor success in local
:19:10. > :19:13.elections once bring a Christian focus to European politics. We are
:19:14. > :19:21.standing for traditional marriage. We also stand for withdrawing from
:19:22. > :19:25.the EU because money is wasted there. The European Parliament is
:19:26. > :19:32.littered with former UKIP members who have fallen out with Nigel
:19:33. > :19:38.Farage. This man has set up what he calls the true UKIP. I can tell you
:19:39. > :19:44.there's nothing happening in there which should concern us. We leave
:19:45. > :19:50.Europe. Westminster should make our laws. Whilst those in the trade
:19:51. > :19:58.union movement has set up their own party. Those at the moment are
:19:59. > :20:03.cutting worker's standards, lowering the minimum wage, allowing people to
:20:04. > :20:10.work in other countries on the basis of their country's minimum wage. Not
:20:11. > :20:16.wanting to be left out, the BNP, worried about the influence of
:20:17. > :20:21.Europe. Free movement sees me they will come this way. We don't move
:20:22. > :20:28.the other way. Everyone is coming here and it is because of the
:20:29. > :20:32.European Union. Those of the mainstream parties are supportive of
:20:33. > :20:38.EU membership to a greater or lesser extent, but the recent success of
:20:39. > :20:43.UKIP has given these parties hope they're tapping into a new wave.
:20:44. > :20:47.According to the think tank as many as a third of the seats here could
:20:48. > :20:55.be held by empty EU parties after these elections. Finally tonight,
:20:56. > :21:00.Springwatch is migrating to Suffolk after three years broadcasting from
:21:01. > :21:03.a nature reserve in Wales. The programme will be based at the RSPB
:21:04. > :21:06.reserve at Minsmere, on the coast between Aldeburgh and Southwold.
:21:07. > :21:10.Three weeks of live wildlife coverage kicks off on Monday May
:21:11. > :21:18.26th. Shaun Peel has been for a look around.
:21:19. > :21:23.The world famous Minsmere nature reserve in Suffolk. Home to more
:21:24. > :21:29.than 5000 species, over wetlands and woodlands, heathlands and
:21:30. > :21:34.grasslands, sand dunes and shingle. And now for the next three years,
:21:35. > :21:44.home to the BBC's Springwatch. Wow, so this is it, this is the studio?
:21:45. > :21:48.Absolutely. This is the structure they're going to use, where the show
:21:49. > :21:58.will be broadcast from. What an absolutely stunning view.
:21:59. > :22:03.We just don't know what might turn up. We have just had a flock of
:22:04. > :22:07.cranes drift across the reserve, a really rare bird here despite the
:22:08. > :22:11.common name. It's really difficult to be certain what we will be able
:22:12. > :22:16.to showcase but we are certain that whatever we do show will be
:22:17. > :22:22.fantastic. Yes, hello and welcome to the final programme of Springwatch
:22:23. > :22:25.2013. For the last three years Springwatch has been embedded in
:22:26. > :22:32.Wales but they have always coveted Minsmere. It is the jewel in the
:22:33. > :22:35.RSPB's crown and now this corner of Suffolk will be British nature's
:22:36. > :22:39.shop window. Cameras have been installed around the site of the
:22:40. > :22:43.first three weeks of broadcasting at the end of May. The reserve will
:22:44. > :22:48.still be open and bosses here are hoping that TV cameras will inspire
:22:49. > :22:52.people to visit. The excitement is building. It is fantastic to be able
:22:53. > :23:01.to show people what fantastic wildlife we have here. Particularly
:23:02. > :23:07.here at Minsmere. It is one of the best places to watch wildlife in the
:23:08. > :23:10.UK. The BBC's first ever live bird watch was from Minsmere 25 years
:23:11. > :23:14.ago, and now the live cameras are back, back from the west coast of
:23:15. > :23:24.Wales to the east coast of England. The stage is set now for the real
:23:25. > :23:27.stars of Minsmere to put on a show. And BBC Radio Suffolk will have more
:23:28. > :23:30.on Springwatch on their breakfast programme tomorrow morning. Etholle
:23:31. > :23:39.George will be talking to presenter Chris Packham at 7.10am. We know
:23:40. > :23:48.it'll get worse because you rain there. More wet and windy weather to
:23:49. > :23:51.come. We had a number of showers across the region today. Here is a
:23:52. > :23:57.satellite picture from today. Some sunshine this morning but those
:23:58. > :24:03.showers come in words. Some of those showers are quite heavy. They will
:24:04. > :24:06.fade away now and a lot of dry weather developing this evening.
:24:07. > :24:12.Taking a look at the bigger picture you can see this next area of cloud
:24:13. > :24:18.developing. Tomorrow there will be some wet weather to come. A lot of
:24:19. > :24:24.dry weather tonight, quite a bit cloud though, especially later on
:24:25. > :24:31.tonight and we will keep that moderate wind. Tomorrow is all about
:24:32. > :24:35.these weather fronts coming in from the south`west. A warm front
:24:36. > :24:42.bringing patchy rain and this more active cold front bringing rain. For
:24:43. > :24:53.much of Thursday a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, intermittent no.
:24:54. > :25:00.`` though. The winds tomorrow or lights and temperatures at best
:25:01. > :25:04.about 14 or 15 degrees. But as they say, later afternoon there could be
:25:05. > :25:14.some heavy, possibly thundery outbreaks of rain. For Friday
:25:15. > :25:21.low`pressure comes in, so quite a blustery day, with some heavy
:25:22. > :25:24.showers as well. Then we get this cold front developing on Friday
:25:25. > :25:32.night. That should hopefully clear by the afternoon so is laid into
:25:33. > :25:37.Sunday, but the low is still weather is on Sunday and the winds are
:25:38. > :25:42.turning around. It will turn cooler towards the end of the weekend.
:25:43. > :25:47.Overall it does stay unsettled. Some sunshine in between the showers, but
:25:48. > :25:54.with all that it should stay weather to be mild at night.
:25:55. > :25:55.with all that it should stay weather to be mild at That is all from us.
:25:56. > :26:21.See you tomorrow. 'This is the story of Nick Clegg -
:26:22. > :26:26.a man entrusted by a nation 'to act upon the policies
:26:27. > :26:30.he proposed.