27/05/2014 Look East - East

European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so

it's with some of the region's most

senior politicians. Days after the election which transformed the

bullet,, we did we go from here? As always we will have a round`up of

news. Heavy downpours caused problems across the region. A few

years ago they spent something like ?30 million doing flood repairs to

get the waterway, but it does not seem to work. It is as bad as it

ever was. On the eve of the Suffolk show the farming industry makes a

special effort to attract young people. And it is a day to remember

for the D`day veterans as they gather in Essex. The ring years

looking spec can span for the start of the show. The rain this afternoon

is something that exhibitors could have done without. They have been

battling through mud to set everything up. The organisers of

this year's Suffolk Show insist that it is full steam ahead for tomorrow.

But the weather elsewhere has caused all sorts of problems over the past

24 hours. Overnight the deluge turned roads in two weeks. Some

drivers chanced it here, others wished that they had not. Some

businesses were left without customers to serve. A few years ago

these element `` be spent about ?30 million to get the flood water away,

but it is as bad as it ever was. People have cancelled because they

cannot get here. We have been nine years and we have seen their 67

times. We have waited for a delivery this morning, it has not arrived ``

we have seen this six or seven times. The commute to work was a

struggle. Flooding forced to mean closures on the A12. This was the

scene outside Woodbridge. On Carol Road in Norwich some dreams were all

around. My houses oche. `` is all right. I have the tables down in

preparation. Sadly the council were not able to supply as with any

sandbags. Meanwhile fire crews had to pump out flat after flash

flooding. This card got stuck in a dream. It was a bleak scene on the

seafront in Great Yarmouth. At Colchester camping there was no sign

of the half`time crowd that they had hoped for. Last few days have been

disappointing, dampness has come, it has been wetter and wetter.

Fortunately we are towards the end of the bank holiday. At the caravan

annual rally here in Suffolk it was a long, wet night. I got up at half

past five this morning to push the water. It had been torrential rain

all night. In Ipswich this afternoon in the torrential rain returned. At

the showground they used pumps to clear surface water. The organisers

are adamant that the rain not affect the show. When we chose this site in

1960 we chose it because it is pure sand and very few training. As an

agricultural organisation we do know how to manage land. Forecasters say

that more heavy downpours will head our way in the coming days.

BBC Radio Suffolk will be broadcasting all day from the shore.

We will have updates from Look East. The advice is to leave plenty of

time if you are coming to the shore. The weather is looking brighter

tomorrow but the advice is to wear some Wellington boots and bring up

rally `` bring an umbrella. The family of a young man

from Norfolk who died after jumping off the roof of

a shopping centre has been telling Look East why they are taking legal

action against an NHS trust. 25`year`old Matthew Dunham jumped

off the Castle Mall centre Matthew's family have fond memories

of their son. He was a happy child, overly happy child, he had so many

friends and he loved computers. In February last year Matthew sought

help for his mental health problems from the north that an Suffolk NHS

Trust. In April he told the commission that he felt suicidal and

had set up a noose in his flat. But he was not given an appointment

until later in the month. It was too late. He took his own way. His

family say that the delay in treating him was a key factor. It

has to be. He wanted help, he knew he needed help. And it was too much

of a delay. The warning signs were there and people don't pick up on

it, but it was not passed to the other relevant people who could have

helped him. At an inquest into Matthew's death the coroner said

that the trust should address what would appear to be systematic pick

gum axial years. It is quite `` systematic failures. Had earlier

intervention taken place, the likelihood would be that his suicide

would not have occurred. In a statement the trust's acting chief

executive said... Matthew's parents hope that the

civil action will point out inadequacies in psychiatric services

and underline the importance of prompt treatment that they believe

could have saved her son. Two men are still missing from

Hollesley Bay Prison in Suffolk. Paul Oddysses, who's serving a life

sentence for armed robbery, was last The police say he has connections

to the Cambridgeshire area. Fire crews are expected to stay

in Fakenham for a week following one of the worst fires of

its kind in Norfolk for 20 years. The former Aldiss department

store burned down on Sunday. A terrace of shops

and flats were also damaged. Fire`fighters are still

dealing with hotspots. More than 100 fire`fighters

were called to the blaze. Five families were forced to leave

their homes Now let's go back to the

Suffolk Show. We saw the pictures

a few minutes ago. For thousands of people the show is

a good day out, but of course there In this region 40,000 people work

directly in farming, but there is a big worry

about the future and how to attract For the past 12 years,

just a few weeks before the Suffolk Show itself, the event's

venue, Trinity Park, is invaded It's a very deliberate drive

by the Suffolk Agricultural Association to inspire and engage

youngsters and their teachers But it's not the only way in

which the farming community is At Stradbroke High School there are

surrounded by fertile farmland and today students are getting

advice about the industry provided by Edge Apprenticeships,

based in the East of England to combat a fall in recruitment

among 18 to 24`year`olds. Farmers's average age is always

quite high and we have the second And so therefore we need to

get more young people in. The problem here is one

of perception. Farming apparently stuck with the

image of low pay, muck and wellies. Do you think there is

enough emphasis on forming? I think there is the stereotype

of an old man These boys are 13 and come

from farming families. And there is no doubt

in their mind about the future. I've just started my own Limousin

herd, so I am hoping to expand. My family have been pushing me

towards it so I will just carry on. She loves animals

and wants to become a vet. I think a lot

of people just think that being a They don't see the side

of it that is fun and where you get to meet people and

meet animals and do a lot of fun There are training up 70 ambassadors

in this region to go Already they believe they

are making a difference. The repercussions

from last week's local and European elections have continued to

reverberate around the region. Today, Labour leader Ed Miliband

came to Essex, vowing to win back And some of the region's Lib Dems

joined calls for their leader In a moment, a live debate

with senior politicians. That's after this from

Andrew Sinclair. These are the headline figures for

the East of England. Three seats for UKIP, three for the Conservatives

and one for labour. Dig a little deeper and it is clear that you get

by definitely the winners. Their share of the vote up from 19% last

time to 34%. Where has it come from? The Liberal Democrats are down, but

they also take seats from Labour and people who have never voted before.

Labour are notably up, but it seems that most of that vote came from

former Liberal Democrats. There are stories that in some places many

Labour supporters did not turn out to vote. If that is true then that

is worrying for the party, so close to general election. It was dire for

the Lib Dems, they got fewer votes than the Greens. That is why some

councillors from this region have signed a letter for Nick leg to

stand down. The big debate is how seriously to take UKIP. `` Nick

Clegg. In parts of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire they could easily

influenced the outcome of next year's election. But because UKIP

are appealing to voters across the political spectrum, how do other

voters adjust their policies? Or do they just say, this is a protest

vote that will go away next year? But given the result of the sport,

can the parties continue to say that? `` this vote.

Here in the studio are Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP and

Health Minister, and Richard Howitt, Labour MEP.

Conservative MEP Vicky Ford is in Cambridge and newly elected UKIP

Congratulations on that result for UKIP. It is it a good result for the

region? Are you intending to do work for us in Europe? Yes, but we have

to look at the big issue on the doors, which is immigration. We are

the only party with a plan to take back control of the Borders. The

other parties may say that they want to do that whilst being in the

European Union, and that is an impossibility. The only way we can

take control is to leave the EU. Are UKIP speaking the language of the

ordinary working people that Ed Miliband said today that Labour is

not reaching? I am grateful and glad to see Ed Miliband in Essex

delivering that message and I think that there is a big difference

between understanding concerns, concerns about the health service

and access to that, whether children can get jobs, and also homes.

UKIP's prescription is to support the health service and to remove

people's appointment rates, which will increase job security. The very

things that voters are worried about, Labour has the prescriptions

that UKIP does not. 30% of voters chose UKIP over you at the European

election. The disillusionment is not just with the government, it is with

you. There is an anti`politics disenchantment, and labour's job is

to Windows people over. In Norwich and Cambridge Labour had the

majority and it looks like we will wind at the general election next

year. The Labour vote went up. It is the first time in 20 years in the

European election that Labour has beaten the Conservatives. It was a

good election for Labour. But you did badly in places like Great

Yarmouth. Is it over for the Lib Dems in this region? You did not

even bother to put up some Lib Dems on some of the council elections. We

do you go from here? It is absolutely not over. We have faced

this question many teams and be always bounce back. Our focus has to

be rueful sleigh on focusing to get this country back after really

difficult times `` ruthlessly. You cannot get the country back if you

do not have any MPs? We have many MPs in Parliament and we are in the

coalition government. We have to act in the national interest. It is

critically important that we have to listen to what the voters said last

Thursday, that we treat people with respect for the decisions that they

take. The way that the EU operates, it has let people down. We need to

devolve power, make it more democratic and accountable. I want

the Lib Dems to make fat reform argument. Little stock about

reform. Your party is under pressure to spell out what it wants to

change. What will you be arguing for ? The Conservative vote held up

quite well. The people have spoken. They want reform and a new

relationship with Europe. That is precisely why the Prime Minister has

gone to Brussels today to start that renegotiation. On my list of things

that I want to see be negotiated is that issue of immigration and

freedom of movement of people and how the controls of that have not

been strong enough for certain parts of the East of England. There are

also issues to do with human rights and decisions on home affairs and

justice. Those have been on our list. But a key difference between

ourselves and UKIP is that I want to see every negotiation that looks at

the detail so that business and British businesses will not be left

with uncertainty, because we need to make sure that we support British

businesses, British jobs, through this renegotiation. Can I just ask

you... Very briefly, this is a vote for a referendum, and I support a

referendum, 52 Conservative MPs in this region support and want a

referendum so that people can choose. How concerned are you? You

did well in the European vote but it is not looking so good for the

Conservatives in the first past the post elections and that could be the

big problem for you in this region. If people want a new relationship

with Europe, which is suggested in last week's vote, then they need to

make sure that they have MPs that are in favour of a referendum. If

there is a vote that splits the pro`reform, pro`change votes, they

could end up with a Labour MP. And those Conservative seats that we won

in the last election, if they go back to labour you will not get you

in out referendum. You are planning to stand in Thurrock. This region is

high on UKIP's target list. But it will not just be about Europe, it

will be about the economy, housing, welfare. Do you really think you can

persuade voters to vote for you to be at Westminster? Absolutely. We

won the popular vote at the council elections and in the European

elections. What you have heard there, completely misrepresenting

UKIP's position on NHS, particularly a cheap shot when Labour introduced

public private partnerships. We have a comprehensive platform to bring

change. If the Tory's best argument is vote for the blues to stop the

red then they are all the same. Let me put to you that we must have a

balanced debate about immigration and recognise that immigration has

in many respects done an enormous amount of good for this country. If

you think about the NHS... Let me finish this point. Let me make this

point. If you think about the NHS and you think about our care

service, the whole system would collapse without extraordinarily

dedicated people from across Europe working and caring for our frail

older people. You have to answer the question about where does that here

come from if we send all those people back on? Last time UKIP good

result in the European elections they went down to 3% by the general

election. I was debating whether UKIP candidate this morning he said

that yes, it is a protest vote. Next year the alternative is Labour and

that is why Labour is on course to win that general election. We have

spoken to many voters who did vote UKIP and they said that they do not

know if they will vote UKIP in the general election. They want to see

you prove yourself. You will be under a lot of scrutiny. Exactly. We

have shown in the areas where we gained on Thursday, we'll acted one

councillor in Thurrock in 2012, and people have seen the great work that

that councillor has done and they have elected five more `` we elected

one councillor. We will see places where we can make real

breakthroughs, where we can actually sure that we can give up on the

Punch and Judy of reds, blues and sometimes he was, and actually get

real change. The truth is that nobody knows how it is going to play

out at the general election, it is uncharted territory, which is

dangerous for the party in power. If you vote UKIP and we end up going

back to Labour then remember what it was like when we took over, with the

country in deep financial crisis, we run out of money and it has been

enormously painful getting this country's economy back together. A

lot of people have felt that pain. But look at where we are now. We

have cut the deficit to bring the economy back under control. 1.5

million new jobs have started, 1.5 million young people given

apprentices. Let us not get this country get back into financial

disaster again. This has been done by the coalition. And it is two

parties working together. You are not getting the credit, is that what

you were saying? Yes, the smaller party does not get the credit that I

think in time we deserve. But I think it has been critically

important at a time of incredible danger to this country for two

parties to work together, and our clear message has been that we work

for a stronger economy, but also a fear society. Can I just... We have

achieved massive tax cuts for people on low pay, a punk your costs. We

have reformed pensions in a way that gives the money to people on low

incomes. These are real achievements in government and that is what we

should focus attention on. You have lost your identity in doing so. In

your constituency the Lib Dems were down more than 12%, UKIP up 16%. I

do not think we have lost our identity. I think that we have

fought very clearly for a stronger economy and a fairer society. It is

extraordinarily difficult for a time of economic people that we have been

working with the party that have not in our natural allies. Economic

dislocation is not just in Britain. Look at what has happened across

Europe, French, right`wing parties, like UKIP, in France, in Austria, in

Denmark, all gaining. It should be worrying to people. Let us talk

about this region. There is some suggestion that Labour voters did

not turn out, for example in Luton. Just 28% turnout. Are your voters

staying at home? There were not local council elections... The

turnout was higher than where it was just the European

Luton we have to greet Labour MPs and we're on course with victories

in Norwich, Cambridge, Watford, for Labour to be winning key seats that

it needs to win. 110 since `` one sentence from all of you. What will

you achieve for this region next year? We're on the road to economic

recovery, let us not ruin it. If you vote UKIP you could end up with

Labour and you will get back to financial disaster and you will not

get a referendum on Europe. The old three parties, you cannot tell the

difference between them. If you want back control of your borders,

sovereignty and democracy, vote UKIP. The austerity policies have

gone too far, we need to get that European money into the Easter think

in. I am the only MEP that works for that and we need to deal with job

insecurity and not slash employment rates. What are we missing out on?

Jobs and the economy. We will work in the government to rebuild this

economy after an incredibly different time and I think we are

achieving a real difference. Thank you all very much for joining us

this evening. It has been up pretty grotty day weather`wise, so we sent

Alex outside. If we kick off with the pressure

chart we can see the culprit, which is an area of low pressure out over

the continent. That will mean further outbreaks of rain this

evening and overnight, but it will improve, so hang in there. The radar

chart shows us where the heaviest of this rain has been and some of it

has caused problems with localised flooding. Some heavy rain in a short

space of time. Looking at tonight's chart you can see the track of this

rain. It is starting to clear westwards through this evening and

overnight. It brings us heavy pulses of rain. By the end of the night it

looks as though the main rain band will be sitting on the north`west of

it. For many counties it will be a dry end to the night. A good deal of

cloud temperatures will remain relatively mild, around ten, 13

degrees. We kick off tomorrow with a lot of cloud around. If you live in

northern counties, northern parts of Cambridgeshire or Norfolk, it will

be cloudy but it will start to clear northwards. That is where the main

focus of this rain will be across the country tomorrow. If you're off

to the Suffolk Show you may well see a glimmer of brightness. It may well

remain quite cloudy across the region, but rarely get any

brightness or sunshine, which could be in short supply, but we may get

some, temperatures may claim to around 15 or 16 degrees. Moderate

north to north`easterly wind. But there will be limp through than by

the end of the day. The chart shows just that. This is going to give you

some hope, because this is the pressure chart that we will end

with, which shows how pressure building for Friday. It is an

improvement. Before we get there, looking at the outlook, we have

closed with outbreaks of rain to come on Thursday. It becomes

gradually drier and brighter and then for afraid he entered the

weekend we have later when sent brighter spells and some sunshine

around. It is looking like a dry forecast for the weekend. Let us go

back to Suzy. That is all from us after a very

lively debate on the issues surrounding the European elections.

I and sure that that debate will continue in the coming months. Have

a good evening, goodbye.