07/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:12.We're back with the late news at 10.10pm.

:00:13. > :00:16.First tonight, the villagers who could actually welcome plans for a

:00:17. > :00:21.Campaigners have spent years fighting plans for an incindrator

:00:22. > :00:31.Now plans have gone on show for a ?200 million power station hnstead.

:00:32. > :00:34.The disused clay pit at Stewartby near Bedford, until a few ydars ago

:00:35. > :00:39.It's peaceful now, but therd's been a long`running battle over

:00:40. > :00:43.These were the scenes three years ago, when

:00:44. > :00:48.the company Covanta announcdd plans to build a big waste incinerator.

:00:49. > :00:52.For the last three days, another firm has been presenting its plans.

:00:53. > :00:55.Millbrook Energy wants to btild a gas fired power plant.

:00:56. > :00:57.It seems to be attracting a guarded welcome.

:00:58. > :01:10.The likes power stations. Btt we all want to switch the lights on when it

:01:11. > :01:15.gets dark. I want to find out more det`ils

:01:16. > :01:18.about the environmental imp`ct and the impact on health.

:01:19. > :01:21.The company claims Marston Vale is ideally suited

:01:22. > :01:27.and says work could start on the station within four xears.

:01:28. > :01:34.This is the beginning of thd process. We will be coming back in

:01:35. > :01:41.the autumn for a period of strategy consultation after we have completed

:01:42. > :01:45.a range of environmental sttdies. We have been fighting the Covanta

:01:46. > :01:49.issue and it has not gone away. There is the possibility th`t

:01:50. > :01:55.something may happen. In my opinion, I think that what has been offered

:01:56. > :01:57.today is an improvement on Covanta, and all that we want is an dnd to

:01:58. > :01:59.the landfill. And,

:02:00. > :02:00.although planning permission does remain open for an incinerator an

:02:01. > :02:03.end to uncertainty over the future Members

:02:04. > :02:09.of the far right wing English Defence League have staged ` march

:02:10. > :02:11.through Stevenage this afternoon. There was a heavy police prdsence

:02:12. > :02:14.as around 200 supporters of the group were led from the

:02:15. > :02:17.Old Town to the high street. There was also

:02:18. > :02:19.a counter demonstration, Police say the event passed without

:02:20. > :02:23.any trouble, but some people in the town were

:02:24. > :02:39.unhappy with the EDL's presdnce I think it is terrible. I don't

:02:40. > :02:45.think there is any need for it. We all should live as one.

:02:46. > :02:53.It is next to a children's Park It is disgusting.

:02:54. > :02:58.We saw minor scuffle on the CCTV. It seems that the stewarding through

:02:59. > :03:01.the EDL and the police, we have no reports of any crime in rel`ted to

:03:02. > :03:04.this event. There's still no sign

:03:05. > :03:06.of a pensioner who's gone mhssing Searches have continued through

:03:07. > :03:10.the day for George Young. The 86`year`old was reported missing

:03:11. > :03:12.yesterday evening He suffers from Alzheimer's

:03:13. > :03:16.and police say there's growhng The appointments booking system

:03:17. > :03:21.at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital is working

:03:22. > :03:24.again after days of disrupthon The NHS?s entire Choose and Book

:03:25. > :03:27.system crashed on Wednesday. The service was largely restored

:03:28. > :03:31.by the following day, but connection to several hospitals, including

:03:32. > :03:35.the Norfolk and Norwich, wasn't The government announced last month

:03:36. > :04:00.that Choose We have had a lively weather through

:04:01. > :04:06.the region. Tomorrow should be a nice day, more dry than tod`y and

:04:07. > :04:09.warm. It is a dry night tonhght with good spells of sunshine tomorrow

:04:10. > :04:13.morning. As we go through the day, there will be some cloud. Why the

:04:14. > :04:19.afternoon, there will be sole showers. It looks like the showers

:04:20. > :04:26.will be out to the west and the north, summer towards the Norfolk

:04:27. > :04:32.coast. Many places staying dry. Highs of 2122 Celsius.

:04:33. > :04:36.We will have an area of rain towards the north. The further you `re

:04:37. > :04:43.towards the west, you are lhkely to avoid that. It does tend to clear as

:04:44. > :04:49.we go through the morning into the afternoon. A risk of some showers as

:04:50. > :04:55.we go through Monday afternoon. 21 or 22 degrees. Temperatures still

:04:56. > :04:59.quite decent for the time of year. We are back tomorrow at 6:10pm. Good

:05:00. > :05:17.night. Good evening. Most of us have seen

:05:18. > :05:22.some rain so far today. It started off in the south. As it worked its

:05:23. > :05:27.way north, we lost the thunder and the lightning. Many of us ended the

:05:28. > :05:31.day on a decent note. After a decent day in the north of Scotland, that

:05:32. > :05:37.band of rain marches northwards Be hiengd it, there is a -- behind it,

:05:38. > :05:44.there is a lot of dry weather to be found. Most of us are dry by the end

:05:45. > :05:48.of the night and relatively mild. Starting Sunday in Scotland, still

:05:49. > :05:52.some showers around in the south and the west. I suspect the north and

:05:53. > :05:53.the east are getting off to a decent start to the