:00:00. > 3:59:59European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so
:00:00. > :00:14.it's with some of the region's most
:00:15. > :00:24.senior politicians. Days after the election which transformed the
:00:25. > :00:29.bullet,, we did we go from here? As always we will have a round`up of
:00:30. > :00:33.news. Heavy downpours caused problems across the region. A few
:00:34. > :00:38.years ago they spent something like ?30 million doing flood repairs to
:00:39. > :00:45.get the waterway, but it does not seem to work. It is as bad as it
:00:46. > :00:47.ever was. On the eve of the Suffolk show the farming industry makes a
:00:48. > :00:53.special effort to attract young people. And it is a day to remember
:00:54. > :01:32.for the D`day veterans as they gather in Essex. The ring years
:01:33. > :01:35.looking spec can span for the start of the show. The rain this afternoon
:01:36. > :01:39.is something that exhibitors could have done without. They have been
:01:40. > :01:43.battling through mud to set everything up. The organisers of
:01:44. > :01:47.this year's Suffolk Show insist that it is full steam ahead for tomorrow.
:01:48. > :01:52.But the weather elsewhere has caused all sorts of problems over the past
:01:53. > :01:57.24 hours. Overnight the deluge turned roads in two weeks. Some
:01:58. > :02:00.drivers chanced it here, others wished that they had not. Some
:02:01. > :02:09.businesses were left without customers to serve. A few years ago
:02:10. > :02:14.these element `` be spent about ?30 million to get the flood water away,
:02:15. > :02:18.but it is as bad as it ever was. People have cancelled because they
:02:19. > :02:22.cannot get here. We have been nine years and we have seen their 67
:02:23. > :02:26.times. We have waited for a delivery this morning, it has not arrived ``
:02:27. > :02:34.we have seen this six or seven times. The commute to work was a
:02:35. > :02:39.struggle. Flooding forced to mean closures on the A12. This was the
:02:40. > :02:49.scene outside Woodbridge. On Carol Road in Norwich some dreams were all
:02:50. > :02:55.around. My houses oche. `` is all right. I have the tables down in
:02:56. > :03:02.preparation. Sadly the council were not able to supply as with any
:03:03. > :03:11.sandbags. Meanwhile fire crews had to pump out flat after flash
:03:12. > :03:14.flooding. This card got stuck in a dream. It was a bleak scene on the
:03:15. > :03:17.seafront in Great Yarmouth. At Colchester camping there was no sign
:03:18. > :03:23.of the half`time crowd that they had hoped for. Last few days have been
:03:24. > :03:27.disappointing, dampness has come, it has been wetter and wetter.
:03:28. > :03:35.Fortunately we are towards the end of the bank holiday. At the caravan
:03:36. > :03:43.annual rally here in Suffolk it was a long, wet night. I got up at half
:03:44. > :03:51.past five this morning to push the water. It had been torrential rain
:03:52. > :03:54.all night. In Ipswich this afternoon in the torrential rain returned. At
:03:55. > :04:01.the showground they used pumps to clear surface water. The organisers
:04:02. > :04:07.are adamant that the rain not affect the show. When we chose this site in
:04:08. > :04:12.1960 we chose it because it is pure sand and very few training. As an
:04:13. > :04:18.agricultural organisation we do know how to manage land. Forecasters say
:04:19. > :04:26.that more heavy downpours will head our way in the coming days.
:04:27. > :04:35.BBC Radio Suffolk will be broadcasting all day from the shore.
:04:36. > :04:39.We will have updates from Look East. The advice is to leave plenty of
:04:40. > :04:41.time if you are coming to the shore. The weather is looking brighter
:04:42. > :04:44.tomorrow but the advice is to wear some Wellington boots and bring up
:04:45. > :04:47.rally `` bring an umbrella. The family of a young man
:04:48. > :04:50.from Norfolk who died after jumping off the roof of
:04:51. > :04:54.a shopping centre has been telling Look East why they are taking legal
:04:55. > :04:57.action against an NHS trust. 25`year`old Matthew Dunham jumped
:04:58. > :05:10.off the Castle Mall centre Matthew's family have fond memories
:05:11. > :05:19.of their son. He was a happy child, overly happy child, he had so many
:05:20. > :05:22.friends and he loved computers. In February last year Matthew sought
:05:23. > :05:26.help for his mental health problems from the north that an Suffolk NHS
:05:27. > :05:36.Trust. In April he told the commission that he felt suicidal and
:05:37. > :05:44.had set up a noose in his flat. But he was not given an appointment
:05:45. > :05:48.until later in the month. It was too late. He took his own way. His
:05:49. > :05:54.family say that the delay in treating him was a key factor. It
:05:55. > :06:01.has to be. He wanted help, he knew he needed help. And it was too much
:06:02. > :06:05.of a delay. The warning signs were there and people don't pick up on
:06:06. > :06:11.it, but it was not passed to the other relevant people who could have
:06:12. > :06:14.helped him. At an inquest into Matthew's death the coroner said
:06:15. > :06:23.that the trust should address what would appear to be systematic pick
:06:24. > :06:34.gum axial years. It is quite `` systematic failures. Had earlier
:06:35. > :06:41.intervention taken place, the likelihood would be that his suicide
:06:42. > :06:43.would not have occurred. In a statement the trust's acting chief
:06:44. > :06:57.executive said... Matthew's parents hope that the
:06:58. > :07:00.civil action will point out inadequacies in psychiatric services
:07:01. > :07:01.and underline the importance of prompt treatment that they believe
:07:02. > :07:06.could have saved her son. Two men are still missing from
:07:07. > :07:09.Hollesley Bay Prison in Suffolk. Paul Oddysses, who's serving a life
:07:10. > :07:12.sentence for armed robbery, was last The police say he has connections
:07:13. > :07:23.to the Cambridgeshire area. Fire crews are expected to stay
:07:24. > :07:26.in Fakenham for a week following one of the worst fires of
:07:27. > :07:29.its kind in Norfolk for 20 years. The former Aldiss department
:07:30. > :07:32.store burned down on Sunday. A terrace of shops
:07:33. > :07:34.and flats were also damaged. Fire`fighters are still
:07:35. > :07:36.dealing with hotspots. More than 100 fire`fighters
:07:37. > :07:40.were called to the blaze. Five families were forced to leave
:07:41. > :07:42.their homes Now let's go back to the
:07:43. > :07:46.Suffolk Show. We saw the pictures
:07:47. > :07:49.a few minutes ago. For thousands of people the show is
:07:50. > :07:53.a good day out, but of course there In this region 40,000 people work
:07:54. > :07:57.directly in farming, but there is a big worry
:07:58. > :08:01.about the future and how to attract For the past 12 years,
:08:02. > :08:16.just a few weeks before the Suffolk Show itself, the event's
:08:17. > :08:19.venue, Trinity Park, is invaded It's a very deliberate drive
:08:20. > :08:22.by the Suffolk Agricultural Association to inspire and engage
:08:23. > :08:25.youngsters and their teachers But it's not the only way in
:08:26. > :08:29.which the farming community is At Stradbroke High School there are
:08:30. > :08:32.surrounded by fertile farmland and today students are getting
:08:33. > :08:35.advice about the industry provided by Edge Apprenticeships,
:08:36. > :08:37.based in the East of England to combat a fall in recruitment
:08:38. > :08:43.among 18 to 24`year`olds. Farmers's average age is always
:08:44. > :08:46.quite high and we have the second And so therefore we need to
:08:47. > :08:52.get more young people in. The problem here is one
:08:53. > :09:01.of perception. Farming apparently stuck with the
:09:02. > :09:05.image of low pay, muck and wellies. Do you think there is
:09:06. > :09:07.enough emphasis on forming? I think there is the stereotype
:09:08. > :09:12.of an old man These boys are 13 and come
:09:13. > :09:16.from farming families. And there is no doubt
:09:17. > :09:19.in their mind about the future. I've just started my own Limousin
:09:20. > :09:23.herd, so I am hoping to expand. My family have been pushing me
:09:24. > :09:27.towards it so I will just carry on. She loves animals
:09:28. > :09:31.and wants to become a vet. I think a lot
:09:32. > :09:34.of people just think that being a They don't see the side
:09:35. > :09:47.of it that is fun and where you get to meet people and
:09:48. > :09:51.meet animals and do a lot of fun There are training up 70 ambassadors
:09:52. > :09:55.in this region to go Already they believe they
:09:56. > :10:10.are making a difference. The repercussions
:10:11. > :10:13.from last week's local and European elections have continued to
:10:14. > :10:15.reverberate around the region. Today, Labour leader Ed Miliband
:10:16. > :10:18.came to Essex, vowing to win back And some of the region's Lib Dems
:10:19. > :10:23.joined calls for their leader In a moment, a live debate
:10:24. > :10:27.with senior politicians. That's after this from
:10:28. > :10:39.Andrew Sinclair. These are the headline figures for
:10:40. > :10:43.the East of England. Three seats for UKIP, three for the Conservatives
:10:44. > :10:47.and one for labour. Dig a little deeper and it is clear that you get
:10:48. > :10:57.by definitely the winners. Their share of the vote up from 19% last
:10:58. > :11:02.time to 34%. Where has it come from? The Liberal Democrats are down, but
:11:03. > :11:07.they also take seats from Labour and people who have never voted before.
:11:08. > :11:10.Labour are notably up, but it seems that most of that vote came from
:11:11. > :11:14.former Liberal Democrats. There are stories that in some places many
:11:15. > :11:19.Labour supporters did not turn out to vote. If that is true then that
:11:20. > :11:25.is worrying for the party, so close to general election. It was dire for
:11:26. > :11:29.the Lib Dems, they got fewer votes than the Greens. That is why some
:11:30. > :11:34.councillors from this region have signed a letter for Nick leg to
:11:35. > :11:46.stand down. The big debate is how seriously to take UKIP. `` Nick
:11:47. > :11:48.Clegg. In parts of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire they could easily
:11:49. > :11:54.influenced the outcome of next year's election. But because UKIP
:11:55. > :11:58.are appealing to voters across the political spectrum, how do other
:11:59. > :12:03.voters adjust their policies? Or do they just say, this is a protest
:12:04. > :12:06.vote that will go away next year? But given the result of the sport,
:12:07. > :12:15.can the parties continue to say that? `` this vote.
:12:16. > :12:19.Here in the studio are Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP and
:12:20. > :12:21.Health Minister, and Richard Howitt, Labour MEP.
:12:22. > :12:24.Conservative MEP Vicky Ford is in Cambridge and newly elected UKIP
:12:25. > :12:30.Congratulations on that result for UKIP. It is it a good result for the
:12:31. > :12:35.region? Are you intending to do work for us in Europe? Yes, but we have
:12:36. > :12:41.to look at the big issue on the doors, which is immigration. We are
:12:42. > :12:44.the only party with a plan to take back control of the Borders. The
:12:45. > :12:48.other parties may say that they want to do that whilst being in the
:12:49. > :12:53.European Union, and that is an impossibility. The only way we can
:12:54. > :12:56.take control is to leave the EU. Are UKIP speaking the language of the
:12:57. > :13:02.ordinary working people that Ed Miliband said today that Labour is
:13:03. > :13:05.not reaching? I am grateful and glad to see Ed Miliband in Essex
:13:06. > :13:11.delivering that message and I think that there is a big difference
:13:12. > :13:15.between understanding concerns, concerns about the health service
:13:16. > :13:24.and access to that, whether children can get jobs, and also homes.
:13:25. > :13:28.UKIP's prescription is to support the health service and to remove
:13:29. > :13:34.people's appointment rates, which will increase job security. The very
:13:35. > :13:40.things that voters are worried about, Labour has the prescriptions
:13:41. > :13:43.that UKIP does not. 30% of voters chose UKIP over you at the European
:13:44. > :13:50.election. The disillusionment is not just with the government, it is with
:13:51. > :13:56.you. There is an anti`politics disenchantment, and labour's job is
:13:57. > :13:59.to Windows people over. In Norwich and Cambridge Labour had the
:14:00. > :14:06.majority and it looks like we will wind at the general election next
:14:07. > :14:10.year. The Labour vote went up. It is the first time in 20 years in the
:14:11. > :14:13.European election that Labour has beaten the Conservatives. It was a
:14:14. > :14:19.good election for Labour. But you did badly in places like Great
:14:20. > :14:25.Yarmouth. Is it over for the Lib Dems in this region? You did not
:14:26. > :14:30.even bother to put up some Lib Dems on some of the council elections. We
:14:31. > :14:33.do you go from here? It is absolutely not over. We have faced
:14:34. > :14:39.this question many teams and be always bounce back. Our focus has to
:14:40. > :14:46.be rueful sleigh on focusing to get this country back after really
:14:47. > :14:51.difficult times `` ruthlessly. You cannot get the country back if you
:14:52. > :14:54.do not have any MPs? We have many MPs in Parliament and we are in the
:14:55. > :14:58.coalition government. We have to act in the national interest. It is
:14:59. > :15:02.critically important that we have to listen to what the voters said last
:15:03. > :15:09.Thursday, that we treat people with respect for the decisions that they
:15:10. > :15:26.take. The way that the EU operates, it has let people down. We need to
:15:27. > :15:30.devolve power, make it more democratic and accountable. I want
:15:31. > :15:34.the Lib Dems to make fat reform argument. Little stock about
:15:35. > :15:43.reform. Your party is under pressure to spell out what it wants to
:15:44. > :15:51.change. What will you be arguing for ? The Conservative vote held up
:15:52. > :15:55.quite well. The people have spoken. They want reform and a new
:15:56. > :15:58.relationship with Europe. That is precisely why the Prime Minister has
:15:59. > :16:03.gone to Brussels today to start that renegotiation. On my list of things
:16:04. > :16:08.that I want to see be negotiated is that issue of immigration and
:16:09. > :16:11.freedom of movement of people and how the controls of that have not
:16:12. > :16:16.been strong enough for certain parts of the East of England. There are
:16:17. > :16:19.also issues to do with human rights and decisions on home affairs and
:16:20. > :16:24.justice. Those have been on our list. But a key difference between
:16:25. > :16:28.ourselves and UKIP is that I want to see every negotiation that looks at
:16:29. > :16:33.the detail so that business and British businesses will not be left
:16:34. > :16:38.with uncertainty, because we need to make sure that we support British
:16:39. > :16:46.businesses, British jobs, through this renegotiation. Can I just ask
:16:47. > :16:51.you... Very briefly, this is a vote for a referendum, and I support a
:16:52. > :16:54.referendum, 52 Conservative MPs in this region support and want a
:16:55. > :17:00.referendum so that people can choose. How concerned are you? You
:17:01. > :17:02.did well in the European vote but it is not looking so good for the
:17:03. > :17:07.Conservatives in the first past the post elections and that could be the
:17:08. > :17:13.big problem for you in this region. If people want a new relationship
:17:14. > :17:18.with Europe, which is suggested in last week's vote, then they need to
:17:19. > :17:26.make sure that they have MPs that are in favour of a referendum. If
:17:27. > :17:34.there is a vote that splits the pro`reform, pro`change votes, they
:17:35. > :17:38.could end up with a Labour MP. And those Conservative seats that we won
:17:39. > :17:45.in the last election, if they go back to labour you will not get you
:17:46. > :17:50.in out referendum. You are planning to stand in Thurrock. This region is
:17:51. > :17:54.high on UKIP's target list. But it will not just be about Europe, it
:17:55. > :17:59.will be about the economy, housing, welfare. Do you really think you can
:18:00. > :18:06.persuade voters to vote for you to be at Westminster? Absolutely. We
:18:07. > :18:11.won the popular vote at the council elections and in the European
:18:12. > :18:19.elections. What you have heard there, completely misrepresenting
:18:20. > :18:31.UKIP's position on NHS, particularly a cheap shot when Labour introduced
:18:32. > :18:40.public private partnerships. We have a comprehensive platform to bring
:18:41. > :18:47.change. If the Tory's best argument is vote for the blues to stop the
:18:48. > :18:50.red then they are all the same. Let me put to you that we must have a
:18:51. > :18:54.balanced debate about immigration and recognise that immigration has
:18:55. > :18:59.in many respects done an enormous amount of good for this country. If
:19:00. > :19:04.you think about the NHS... Let me finish this point. Let me make this
:19:05. > :19:07.point. If you think about the NHS and you think about our care
:19:08. > :19:12.service, the whole system would collapse without extraordinarily
:19:13. > :19:15.dedicated people from across Europe working and caring for our frail
:19:16. > :19:19.older people. You have to answer the question about where does that here
:19:20. > :19:26.come from if we send all those people back on? Last time UKIP good
:19:27. > :19:30.result in the European elections they went down to 3% by the general
:19:31. > :19:35.election. I was debating whether UKIP candidate this morning he said
:19:36. > :19:39.that yes, it is a protest vote. Next year the alternative is Labour and
:19:40. > :19:42.that is why Labour is on course to win that general election. We have
:19:43. > :19:46.spoken to many voters who did vote UKIP and they said that they do not
:19:47. > :19:50.know if they will vote UKIP in the general election. They want to see
:19:51. > :19:56.you prove yourself. You will be under a lot of scrutiny. Exactly. We
:19:57. > :20:00.have shown in the areas where we gained on Thursday, we'll acted one
:20:01. > :20:05.councillor in Thurrock in 2012, and people have seen the great work that
:20:06. > :20:12.that councillor has done and they have elected five more `` we elected
:20:13. > :20:14.one councillor. We will see places where we can make real
:20:15. > :20:20.breakthroughs, where we can actually sure that we can give up on the
:20:21. > :20:24.Punch and Judy of reds, blues and sometimes he was, and actually get
:20:25. > :20:28.real change. The truth is that nobody knows how it is going to play
:20:29. > :20:34.out at the general election, it is uncharted territory, which is
:20:35. > :20:37.dangerous for the party in power. If you vote UKIP and we end up going
:20:38. > :20:41.back to Labour then remember what it was like when we took over, with the
:20:42. > :20:45.country in deep financial crisis, we run out of money and it has been
:20:46. > :20:50.enormously painful getting this country's economy back together. A
:20:51. > :20:54.lot of people have felt that pain. But look at where we are now. We
:20:55. > :20:58.have cut the deficit to bring the economy back under control. 1.5
:20:59. > :21:04.million new jobs have started, 1.5 million young people given
:21:05. > :21:10.apprentices. Let us not get this country get back into financial
:21:11. > :21:15.disaster again. This has been done by the coalition. And it is two
:21:16. > :21:20.parties working together. You are not getting the credit, is that what
:21:21. > :21:26.you were saying? Yes, the smaller party does not get the credit that I
:21:27. > :21:28.think in time we deserve. But I think it has been critically
:21:29. > :21:33.important at a time of incredible danger to this country for two
:21:34. > :21:40.parties to work together, and our clear message has been that we work
:21:41. > :21:45.for a stronger economy, but also a fear society. Can I just... We have
:21:46. > :21:52.achieved massive tax cuts for people on low pay, a punk your costs. We
:21:53. > :21:56.have reformed pensions in a way that gives the money to people on low
:21:57. > :22:00.incomes. These are real achievements in government and that is what we
:22:01. > :22:05.should focus attention on. You have lost your identity in doing so. In
:22:06. > :22:12.your constituency the Lib Dems were down more than 12%, UKIP up 16%. I
:22:13. > :22:17.do not think we have lost our identity. I think that we have
:22:18. > :22:20.fought very clearly for a stronger economy and a fairer society. It is
:22:21. > :22:28.extraordinarily difficult for a time of economic people that we have been
:22:29. > :22:34.working with the party that have not in our natural allies. Economic
:22:35. > :22:39.dislocation is not just in Britain. Look at what has happened across
:22:40. > :22:44.Europe, French, right`wing parties, like UKIP, in France, in Austria, in
:22:45. > :22:56.Denmark, all gaining. It should be worrying to people. Let us talk
:22:57. > :23:03.about this region. There is some suggestion that Labour voters did
:23:04. > :23:10.not turn out, for example in Luton. Just 28% turnout. Are your voters
:23:11. > :23:17.staying at home? There were not local council elections... The
:23:18. > :23:23.turnout was higher than where it was just the European
:23:24. > :23:28.Luton we have to greet Labour MPs and we're on course with victories
:23:29. > :23:34.in Norwich, Cambridge, Watford, for Labour to be winning key seats that
:23:35. > :23:38.it needs to win. 110 since `` one sentence from all of you. What will
:23:39. > :23:42.you achieve for this region next year? We're on the road to economic
:23:43. > :23:49.recovery, let us not ruin it. If you vote UKIP you could end up with
:23:50. > :23:57.Labour and you will get back to financial disaster and you will not
:23:58. > :24:00.get a referendum on Europe. The old three parties, you cannot tell the
:24:01. > :24:03.difference between them. If you want back control of your borders,
:24:04. > :24:11.sovereignty and democracy, vote UKIP. The austerity policies have
:24:12. > :24:15.gone too far, we need to get that European money into the Easter think
:24:16. > :24:19.in. I am the only MEP that works for that and we need to deal with job
:24:20. > :24:29.insecurity and not slash employment rates. What are we missing out on?
:24:30. > :24:31.Jobs and the economy. We will work in the government to rebuild this
:24:32. > :24:35.economy after an incredibly different time and I think we are
:24:36. > :24:42.achieving a real difference. Thank you all very much for joining us
:24:43. > :24:43.this evening. It has been up pretty grotty day weather`wise, so we sent
:24:44. > :24:52.Alex outside. If we kick off with the pressure
:24:53. > :24:56.chart we can see the culprit, which is an area of low pressure out over
:24:57. > :25:00.the continent. That will mean further outbreaks of rain this
:25:01. > :25:04.evening and overnight, but it will improve, so hang in there. The radar
:25:05. > :25:09.chart shows us where the heaviest of this rain has been and some of it
:25:10. > :25:13.has caused problems with localised flooding. Some heavy rain in a short
:25:14. > :25:18.space of time. Looking at tonight's chart you can see the track of this
:25:19. > :25:21.rain. It is starting to clear westwards through this evening and
:25:22. > :25:25.overnight. It brings us heavy pulses of rain. By the end of the night it
:25:26. > :25:29.looks as though the main rain band will be sitting on the north`west of
:25:30. > :25:34.it. For many counties it will be a dry end to the night. A good deal of
:25:35. > :25:40.cloud temperatures will remain relatively mild, around ten, 13
:25:41. > :25:45.degrees. We kick off tomorrow with a lot of cloud around. If you live in
:25:46. > :25:50.northern counties, northern parts of Cambridgeshire or Norfolk, it will
:25:51. > :25:54.be cloudy but it will start to clear northwards. That is where the main
:25:55. > :25:58.focus of this rain will be across the country tomorrow. If you're off
:25:59. > :26:01.to the Suffolk Show you may well see a glimmer of brightness. It may well
:26:02. > :26:05.remain quite cloudy across the region, but rarely get any
:26:06. > :26:10.brightness or sunshine, which could be in short supply, but we may get
:26:11. > :26:17.some, temperatures may claim to around 15 or 16 degrees. Moderate
:26:18. > :26:20.north to north`easterly wind. But there will be limp through than by
:26:21. > :26:27.the end of the day. The chart shows just that. This is going to give you
:26:28. > :26:30.some hope, because this is the pressure chart that we will end
:26:31. > :26:34.with, which shows how pressure building for Friday. It is an
:26:35. > :26:38.improvement. Before we get there, looking at the outlook, we have
:26:39. > :26:42.closed with outbreaks of rain to come on Thursday. It becomes
:26:43. > :26:45.gradually drier and brighter and then for afraid he entered the
:26:46. > :26:49.weekend we have later when sent brighter spells and some sunshine
:26:50. > :26:56.around. It is looking like a dry forecast for the weekend. Let us go
:26:57. > :27:00.back to Suzy. That is all from us after a very
:27:01. > :27:06.lively debate on the issues surrounding the European elections.
:27:07. > :27:09.I and sure that that debate will continue in the coming months. Have
:27:10. > :27:12.a good evening, goodbye.