:00:00. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. The top stories tonight frol Essex,
:00:12. > :00:15.Suffolk and Norfolk... Believe it or not, this is the route
:00:16. > :00:20.for the Tour de France. With just four weeks to go, will it bd ready?
:00:21. > :00:23.Like the route, it is quite early on coming into Saffron Walden. But they
:00:24. > :00:27.will also be hitting a good 65 kilometres an hour. The potholes are
:00:28. > :00:31.big enough that you have to slow right down or there will be an
:00:32. > :00:34.accident. Marine investigators edge closer to
:00:35. > :00:40.finding what happened in thd boating tragedy off Felixstowe this weekend.
:00:41. > :00:44.On the day this union demands an extra ?1 an hour for public sector
:00:45. > :00:47.workers, we ask if the workdrs in this region are being short`changed.
:00:48. > :00:49.And a new collection of exotic creatures cutting a dash in the
:00:50. > :01:05.Norfolk countryside. Hello. It's just three weeks and six
:01:06. > :01:11.days until the biggest sporting event in the world comes to this
:01:12. > :01:14.region. Riders in the Tour de France will be travelling through Cambridge
:01:15. > :01:18.and Essex at speeds of betwden 0 and 40 miles per hour. But Look East
:01:19. > :01:21.can reveal that some parts of the route are still rutted with
:01:22. > :01:24.potholes. But the people in charge insist the roads will be re`dy for
:01:25. > :01:29.the big day. Is this a road fit for the world's
:01:30. > :01:35.best cyclists? Callum Riley lives in Saffron Walden and rides
:01:36. > :01:38.competitively. We asked his expert opinion on how these potholds on
:01:39. > :01:42.Windmill Hill could affect the Tour de France. They will be comhng in
:01:43. > :01:46.quick, whatever way you look at it. It may be the beginning of the tour.
:01:47. > :01:50.Like the route, it is quite early on coming into Saffron Walden. But they
:01:51. > :01:53.will also be hitting a good 65 kilometres an hour. So that is round
:01:54. > :01:57.about 40 miles an hour. The potholes are big enough that you havd to slow
:01:58. > :02:01.right down or there will be an accident. So it will cause
:02:02. > :02:04.disruption. And you don't w`nt to be remembered for that race th`t had
:02:05. > :02:08.the big accident, do you? Essex County Council, responsible for this
:02:09. > :02:12.road, says that it will be repaired before the race. We've had the
:02:13. > :02:15.organisers of the Tour de France already came twice and ridddn the
:02:16. > :02:19.route. They came in April and May and highlighted to us issues of
:02:20. > :02:23.concern. And they will be b`ck again in June. We have a regime that means
:02:24. > :02:25.that we will make sure potholes in the roads are filled. Meanwhile
:02:26. > :02:29.Cambridgeshire County Counchl says the race organisers are sathsfied
:02:30. > :02:32.its stretch of the route is safe and up to standard. Of course, Cambridge
:02:33. > :02:36.is known as a cycling city. But aside from the route of the Tour de
:02:37. > :02:40.France, just how well designed are the roads and junctions herd for
:02:41. > :02:45.ordinary, day to day cycling? Good examples include the whde cycle
:02:46. > :02:48.lanes on the Hills Road Bridge. And the green cycle filtered light at
:02:49. > :02:51.this junction, giving cyclists a head start before other traffic
:02:52. > :02:56.Common in the Netherlands, but the first of its kind in the UK.
:02:57. > :02:59.However... The other islands of the junction feel very unsafe. Xou
:03:00. > :03:04.can't, for example, get to the front where there is a sort of red box
:03:05. > :03:08.where people can wait in good view of drivers. In general, it feels a
:03:09. > :03:11.very cramped junction with lots of movements all over the placd. It
:03:12. > :03:16.really doesn't have, it's not somewhere you would choose to cycle
:03:17. > :03:19.unless you really had to. Other common problems include obstacles
:03:20. > :03:24.like these and lamp posts in the middle of cycle routes. `` like
:03:25. > :03:27.trees. There are plans to m`ke improvements in Cambridge, with a
:03:28. > :03:30.new type of bus stop that mdans buses won't block cyclists. They
:03:31. > :03:34.already exist in London and Brighton. Ultimately, though, all
:03:35. > :03:40.road design is a compromise between those on two wheels, those on four
:03:41. > :03:45.and those on foot. Ben is in Cambridge now. We heard
:03:46. > :03:50.what Essex County Council h`d to say there. Do you know what the repair
:03:51. > :03:55.schedule is? I have spoken to them again in light of this report, and
:03:56. > :03:58.the footage you have seen, `nd they have tonight reaffirmed that they
:03:59. > :04:04.are aware of defects and insist they will be repaired before the end of
:04:05. > :04:09.this month, and in fairness, Essex County Council has already repaired
:04:10. > :04:12.some parts of the route, thd roads through the village of finishing
:04:13. > :04:17.field have been relayed, and up in Yorkshire, where the tour starts,
:04:18. > :04:22.repair work on roads there hs costing the council is ?4 mhllion,
:04:23. > :04:26.and back here, Essex County Council has pointed out it is not spending
:04:27. > :04:30.extra money, the only thing changing is the schedule, these that already
:04:31. > :04:34.planned repairs, changing the scheduled to make sure the root of
:04:35. > :04:39.the Tour de France are readx in time, after all, this is thd
:04:40. > :04:43.world's most watched annual sporting event and they want people to have
:04:44. > :04:47.the lasting memory of the dreadful roads. What about the rest of the
:04:48. > :04:52.organisation? Is everything else on schedule? They want to make people
:04:53. > :05:00.aware of disruption, on the travel macro 14, signs of gone up, A14 and
:05:01. > :05:04.it is the biggest closure of roads the county has seen in Essex, and in
:05:05. > :05:11.the final few weeks, they w`nt people to plan how to get to work,
:05:12. > :05:15.or how to watch the race. Thank you. On the programme tomorrow nhght we
:05:16. > :05:18.will be finding out what thd tourism industry in this region is hoping to
:05:19. > :05:22.gain from hosting the Tour de France.
:05:23. > :05:25.Police say a couple whose y`cht collided with a dredger before
:05:26. > :05:28.sinking off Felixstowe at the weekend were local. The man was
:05:29. > :05:32.rescued, but the woman died. Her body was found in the wreckdd
:05:33. > :05:35.yesterday. Today, at the Port of Felixstowe,
:05:36. > :05:38.investigations on board the 900 tonne dredger, the Shoreway,
:05:39. > :05:43.continued. Nearby, parked on the quayside, two police cars. Ht was
:05:44. > :05:46.Sunday lunchtime in sunny wdather when the dredger collided whth the
:05:47. > :05:51.yacht Orca approximately five miles offshore. The yacht sank in minutes
:05:52. > :05:53.stop late yesterday, in strong currents and zero visibilitx, a
:05:54. > :05:58.specialist diving team from Norfolk recovered the body of a wom`n from
:05:59. > :06:03.the wreck. The victim was found inside the vessel. And we'vd got
:06:04. > :06:07.restricted access into the `ctual bottom of the boat. And obvhously,
:06:08. > :06:12.the diver was very mindful of his own safety. Putting himself into
:06:13. > :06:18.such a confined space. Therd was a lot of debris in there. So ht did
:06:19. > :06:23.take a bit of effort to get the victim out. A man on board the Orca
:06:24. > :06:28.was pulled to safety by the crew of the dredger. One of two dogs on
:06:29. > :06:32.board was also saved. The shipping lanes in and ott of the
:06:33. > :06:35.Port of Felixstowe are amongst the busiest in Europe. This are` is also
:06:36. > :06:39.extremely popular with recrdational sailors. But what is puzzling the
:06:40. > :06:43.sailing community is how thd crew of the Orca, in good weather whth the
:06:44. > :06:49.sun shining, failed to spot the dredger bearing down on thel.
:06:50. > :06:53.The vessel sunk a mile East of the number of two buoy. That puts it
:06:54. > :06:58.somewhere near that position in the inbound lane. `` outbound.
:06:59. > :07:03.This expert in marine safetx says the rules over who has right of way
:07:04. > :07:08.in shipping lanes are clear. There is a rule called the narrow
:07:09. > :07:12.channels rule. It says that a vessel of less than 20 metres shall not
:07:13. > :07:15.impede the passage of a vessel which can only safely navigate within a
:07:16. > :07:20.narrow channel. So that's the rules that apply here. And if we do cross
:07:21. > :07:24.the channel, we have to keep out the way of commercial vessels. @nd we
:07:25. > :07:28.should cross as near 90 degrees to the heading of the vessels `s
:07:29. > :07:31.possible. So that we are in the channel for the shortest tile. It is
:07:32. > :07:35.understood Orca was a local yacht. The woman who died has yet to be
:07:36. > :07:39.formally identified. A postlortem is due to be held tomorrow. Me`nwhile,
:07:40. > :07:42.investigators will be examining radar plots and interviewing
:07:43. > :07:45.witnesses. It could be weeks, or even months, before their initial
:07:46. > :07:50.findings into what happened are published.
:07:51. > :07:54.The police are looking for five men after a hit`and`run on the L11 in
:07:55. > :07:59.which a police motorcyclist was seriously hurt. He was hit by a
:08:00. > :08:03.black BMW just north of junction ten near Cambridge yesterday afternoon.
:08:04. > :08:08.The stolen car was later fotnd in nearby Harston. The men werd filmed
:08:09. > :08:12.by CCTV cameras at a petrol station in the village soon after.
:08:13. > :08:16.The Government has agreed to hold talks on the future of a walk`in
:08:17. > :08:20.health centre in Norwich. The lease for the Timber Hill Health Centre
:08:21. > :08:23.has run out and the site cotld be turned into restaurants. Thdre have
:08:24. > :08:28.been petitions to save the centre and today the matter was rahsed in
:08:29. > :08:31.the House of Commons. The Norwich walk`in centre should stay hn its
:08:32. > :08:35.city centre location to continue to move people away from A when they
:08:36. > :08:38.don't need to go there, Mr Speaker. Would the Secretary of Statd meet me
:08:39. > :08:44.to discuss both urgent and primary care provision in Norwich? H would
:08:45. > :08:47.be delighted to meet her. And she is absolutely right to say that the
:08:48. > :08:50.long`term solution to presstres in A is to find alternatives in
:08:51. > :08:53.out`of`hospital care that are easy for people to find. And that means
:08:54. > :08:58.improving GP access and any other alternatives. And I'm sure we can
:08:59. > :09:02.find a good solution in Norwich A double`decker bus has got stuck in
:09:03. > :09:05.a hole in a road in Suffolk. It happened after a water main burst
:09:06. > :09:08.and the road collapsed at Holbrook near Ipswich this morning. Homes
:09:09. > :09:11.nearby lost their supply and the village school was forced to close.
:09:12. > :09:16.The road was closed while the bus was recovered.
:09:17. > :09:19.Police forces across the region are getting ready for what could be an
:09:20. > :09:22.upsurge in cases of domestic abuse during the World Cup. Research shows
:09:23. > :09:25.that violence in the home increases during England football matches
:09:26. > :09:31.Gareth George has been findhng out what the police in Essex ard
:09:32. > :09:35.planning to do. The England team arriving in Brazil,
:09:36. > :09:41.but back home, alcohol fuelled reaction to results could ptt more
:09:42. > :09:46.pressure on police. According to research, police forces could see a
:09:47. > :09:50.26% increase in domestic abtse on an evening when England are pl`ying. If
:09:51. > :09:58.England lose, they increase could be as high as 38%. In Essex, that means
:09:59. > :10:04.22 more cases if England win or draw, and 33 if they lose. But Essex
:10:05. > :10:08.Police are trying to do somdthing. Using all the information it has
:10:09. > :10:14.about domestic abuse and football violence, they say they havd
:10:15. > :10:19.identified 117 people most likely to be involved in World Cup related
:10:20. > :10:25.domestic abuse, 110 men, seven women, and it says it will target
:10:26. > :10:28.them through the tournament. Today, the Chief Constable spoke to Look
:10:29. > :10:34.East, explaining what form that targeting would take. Ella bought
:10:35. > :10:39.saying to them, if they misbehave, ``... Sing to them, if they
:10:40. > :10:46.misbehave or mistreat their other halves, then it can be a safe period
:10:47. > :10:49.for others. Some of them cotld be arrested before the World Ctp, for
:10:50. > :11:01.outstanding offences, others spoken to. Meanwhile, a woman expl`ined by
:11:02. > :11:09.food boil `` explained why food boil `` football may trigger this
:11:10. > :11:14.violence the . Sign but thex cannot control what is going on on the
:11:15. > :11:18.television, so it could be these triggers that they do not rdalise is
:11:19. > :11:25.a problem it is what makes them react in a violent manner.
:11:26. > :11:27.This week, Essex Police and Essex County Council began a joint
:11:28. > :11:43.campaign called standing together. In part two of Look East tonight, we
:11:44. > :11:52.are looking at pay packets hn the region.
:11:53. > :11:56.And semi`retirement for pelhcans. Just over six months ago, the Port
:11:57. > :12:00.of Felixstowe in Suffolk appeared to be facing a serious threat from a
:12:01. > :12:04.newcomer just down the road in Essex. The London Gateway is huge
:12:05. > :12:07.and promised to shake up thd industry. But so far, Felixstowe has
:12:08. > :12:11.managed to hold on to its ctstomers. This report from our business
:12:12. > :12:16.correspondent Richard Bond. London Gateway boasts the l`rgest
:12:17. > :12:19.quay cranes in the UK. Todax, they were busy unloading marble `nd
:12:20. > :12:25.granite from a ship newly arrived from Antwerp. One of six vessels due
:12:26. > :12:29.in this week. Britain's newdst port is already attracting services from
:12:30. > :12:34.all over the world. We are growing as planned. We started in November
:12:35. > :12:39.last year with one service. We are now up to six services. And the
:12:40. > :12:41.shipping lines are very keen and interested in the product ddlivered
:12:42. > :12:44.here at London Gateway. London Gateway opened late last ye`r,
:12:45. > :12:49.offering shippers direct access to the south`east. It poses a threat to
:12:50. > :12:54.nearby Felixstowe. It has the potential to be a world`class port.
:12:55. > :12:57.But so far, no main customers have been tempted to leave Felixstowe. In
:12:58. > :13:03.particular, the key Asian shipping lines. Lombard Shipping is `
:13:04. > :13:06.logistics company based in Hpswich. It's experienced teething problems
:13:07. > :13:12.receiving goods through London Gateway. The shipping lines cannot,
:13:13. > :13:16.particularly those with the very largest vessels, cannot afford the
:13:17. > :13:20.risk of signing up to go up to London Gateway. And changing their
:13:21. > :13:25.schedules and so on to accolmodate that. If London Gateway cannot
:13:26. > :13:33.actually do the business, as it were. So it's a big risk for any big
:13:34. > :13:39.shipping line to commit to London Gateway. One or two things have
:13:40. > :13:42.happened to help Felixstowe's cause. The dropping of plans to ch`rge
:13:43. > :13:46.tolls on the A14. And improvements to the local rail network. But
:13:47. > :13:52.shipping experts say London Gateway's in a long game. It's still
:13:53. > :13:55.early days, really. The port has only been open for six months. You
:13:56. > :14:03.know, they were almost inevhtably going to start with smaller
:14:04. > :14:06.customers. So it is a case of building up slowly and getthng ready
:14:07. > :14:10.to handle the big Asian customer. As any business in the containdr
:14:11. > :14:13.industry, we are keen to get more ships. But at the moment, wd are
:14:14. > :14:17.very happy with a sixfold increase in services in May. And the terminal
:14:18. > :14:21.is running very well. And also, we had a significant uplift in the Park
:14:22. > :14:24.interest. None of the big Asian shipping services using Felhxstowe
:14:25. > :14:30.wanted to be interviewed about London Gateway. But I understand all
:14:31. > :14:33.are being courted by the new port. Until one of them signs up, London
:14:34. > :14:42.Gateway will not be seen as serious competition to its southern rival.
:14:43. > :14:45.`` Suffolk rival. There's been some other important
:14:46. > :14:49.business news today. A settlement worth millions of pounds has been
:14:50. > :14:52.agreed for former workers at Visteon which made car parts. The v`lue of
:14:53. > :14:55.their pensions was slashed when the company went into administr`tion.
:14:56. > :15:00.This is what Richard had to say about that a short time ago.
:15:01. > :15:02.Well, this is a long`running saga. One of a number involving
:15:03. > :15:06.occupational pensions which have been in the news in recent xears for
:15:07. > :15:10.all the wrong reasons. It involves former Ford workers from Basildon in
:15:11. > :15:14.Essex. Their car parts division was sold by Ford to a company c`lled
:15:15. > :15:18.Visteon. It subsequently went into administration in 2009. And the
:15:19. > :15:20.members lost their jobs, but subsequently, they also found that
:15:21. > :15:27.the value of their occupational pensions had been slashed bx up to
:15:28. > :15:32.40%. So a real double blow. But a settlement has now apparently been
:15:33. > :15:36.reached. The union Unite has been campaigning on this for four or five
:15:37. > :15:40.years. MPs have been involvdd. There have been a number of legal
:15:41. > :15:43.hearings. And according to Tnite, it has reached a settlement worth
:15:44. > :15:46.several million pounds with Ford to benefit 1200 members at four
:15:47. > :15:49.locations in the UK, includhng Basildon. And members have
:15:50. > :15:51.overwhelmingly supported thd settlement, no doubt delighted to
:15:52. > :16:05.put the whole business behind them. The union Unison has been holding a
:16:06. > :16:08.protest today over a pay offer to thousands of local government
:16:09. > :16:13.workers which is below infl`tion. It wants a pay rise of at least ?1 an
:16:14. > :16:17.hour to make up for what it says has been years of pay`cuts. Our chief
:16:18. > :16:21.reporter Kim Riley is here. So is this just a local protest? Well
:16:22. > :16:27.today's action was at the Chvic Centre in Southend. Very much part
:16:28. > :16:31.of a national campaign by ptblic sector unions to get a bettdr deal
:16:32. > :16:38.for hundreds of thousands of local government workers. Once yot are a
:16:39. > :16:42.relatively low paid. `` ones who are. The employers have offdred a 1%
:16:43. > :16:45.pay rise, slightly more to the very lowest paid. The unions say this
:16:46. > :16:48.follows a three`year pay`frdeze A 1% increase last year. In effect,
:16:49. > :16:53.another pay cut. They are p`ying for this crisis. A crisis they didn t
:16:54. > :16:56.actually cause in the first place. Very clearly, our members are angry
:16:57. > :16:59.about the way they have been treated. They are being askdd to
:17:00. > :17:03.work longer, harder and acttally for less pay. And I think that's not
:17:04. > :17:06.fair. We just want a fair p`y rise. The employers say they're f`cing the
:17:07. > :17:10.biggest cuts in living memory. And this is a fair deal. But unhon
:17:11. > :17:12.members are now balloting on possible strike action. We've had
:17:13. > :17:18.politicians talk about pay `nd the cost of living. What are thd facts?
:17:19. > :17:21.Let's take one measure of p`y ` gross weekly earnings. Latest
:17:22. > :17:24.figures from the Office of National Statistics, to April last ydar, put
:17:25. > :17:30.London at the top of the table. Surprise, surprise. ?658. Northern
:17:31. > :17:35.Ireland at the bottom. ?460. This region comes fourth in the table.
:17:36. > :17:43.?505 a week. That's up 2% on the previous year. But here, as
:17:44. > :17:48.elsewhere, there is a gender divide. Men averaging ?550. Women in the
:17:49. > :17:52.East, 440. A difference of `bout ?6,000 a year. Now we know wages
:17:53. > :17:55.have been squeezed during the recession. This graph shows annual
:17:56. > :17:59.increases in gross weekly e`rnings over 15 years. Note the sudden drop
:18:00. > :18:06.from the start of the econolic downturn. Now let's put on the
:18:07. > :18:11.Consumer Prices Index. The CPI. The cost of living. For ten years, wage
:18:12. > :18:14.rises stayed well ahead. But see how the two indexes crossed as the
:18:15. > :18:19.recession took hold. Inflathon continuing to rise, far outstripping
:18:20. > :18:25.wage settlements. Those werd firmly going down. Only now are thd two
:18:26. > :18:28.measures coming back into b`lance. That shows why so many families have
:18:29. > :18:33.struggled to make ends meet during the recession. And by trade unions
:18:34. > :18:37.think the time is right to seek a better deal on wages and thdy said,
:18:38. > :18:44.if people are paid more, thdy can spend more, which is better for the
:18:45. > :18:48.economy. Thank you. They reckon that one nurse hn every
:18:49. > :18:51.four working for the NHS in this region comes from overseas. They are
:18:52. > :18:55.plugging a vital gap in the workforce. Most of them are already
:18:56. > :18:59.trained when they arrive and most of them know what to expect at work.
:19:00. > :19:03.But what about their free thme? For some, it's a very big changd. Dawn
:19:04. > :19:09.Gerber has been to King's Lxnn to find out.
:19:10. > :19:12.Paula Santos and Caroline Dhago have been staff nurses at the Quden
:19:13. > :19:17.Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn for nearly one year. Like many hospitals
:19:18. > :19:20.in the region, it has been recruiting from abroad for lany
:19:21. > :19:27.years, places like South Africa the Philippines and Europe. The standing
:19:28. > :19:33.of `` the standard of nursing, particularly in Portugal, h`s been
:19:34. > :19:40.very high. A lot of the English nurses say that they have found that
:19:41. > :19:46.they have had to almost compete and it has raised their game, so I think
:19:47. > :19:49.it has raised tandems all round And in the news, there has been the
:19:50. > :19:56.issue of people from overse`s taking British jobs. They are not, we have
:19:57. > :20:02.advertised them to the Brithsh and have not got the response, some of
:20:03. > :20:07.that is the location that wd have, and more younger people are looking
:20:08. > :20:13.for perhaps city life. They have uprooted from Portugal after
:20:14. > :20:19.struggling to find work. I looked for a job in Portugal for one year,
:20:20. > :20:25.for her it was two years. Wd did a lot of applications, and thd answer
:20:26. > :20:34.was nothing. After all that time, we want to work. So I applied for this
:20:35. > :20:42.one, once I applied for a job in England. And we got this ond and we
:20:43. > :20:48.came. But once their duties are over, what is life like outside It
:20:49. > :20:56.was hard in the beginning. We stayed more together. All of us in the flat
:20:57. > :21:02.and the hospital. But after a certain time, you see the hospital
:21:03. > :21:11.in front of you and need to change. Normally, we go shopping, whth
:21:12. > :21:15.friends, and we go for walks, like today is a sunny day, go for a
:21:16. > :21:23.coffee, dinner, we like to go for dinner. They want to build ` life
:21:24. > :21:27.year and they will not be the last overseas nurses to join the
:21:28. > :21:30.hospital, the more experienced staff retiring and people living longer,
:21:31. > :21:37.meaning the need to recruit more nurses and some of those will be
:21:38. > :21:42.from abroad. Alex is here. Before she dods the
:21:43. > :21:47.weather, she's been to a new zoological park which has jtst
:21:48. > :21:53.opened in Norfolk. Yes, it's called the Shorelands Wildlife Gardens A
:21:54. > :21:57.garden with wildlife roaming free. Lots of birds and really untsual
:21:58. > :22:05.ones, all kinds, many of thdm rare and endangered. And you can get up
:22:06. > :22:11.close? Yellow but absolutelx, quite a unique place.
:22:12. > :22:14.Tucked away in a secluded p`rt of the Norfolk countryside, a new
:22:15. > :22:17.zoological Park has recentlx opened to the public. Shorelands Whldlife
:22:18. > :22:22.Gardens were set with conservation in mind. It was the brainchhld of
:22:23. > :22:27.Ben Potterton. It started off as a hobby. We used to be birds for zoo
:22:28. > :22:31.and look after older birds. Then we decided to open to the publhc in May
:22:32. > :22:35.and let people into have a look round. We think it is quite nice and
:22:36. > :22:38.a pleasing attraction for pdople to visit. Many of the animals roam free
:22:39. > :22:42.in the gardens. And this relaxed atmosphere has encouraged breading.
:22:43. > :22:45.So this is a baby white stork. He is looking a little scruffy today after
:22:46. > :22:50.the torrential rain of Saturday And this is a European white stork. And
:22:51. > :22:54.he will grow up to be a nicd strong chick. He is about three and a half
:22:55. > :22:57.weeks now. So he's getting there slowly. His feathers are st`rting to
:22:58. > :23:00.appear. There are also older birds in the collection, like these
:23:01. > :23:04.retired pelicans. They came from a zoo in Austria. `` in the
:23:05. > :23:08.Netherlands. I love the ide` this has become a retirement homd for
:23:09. > :23:12.pelicans. Well, we have a fdw, we do take on a few animals that `re
:23:13. > :23:15.older. We have 44`year`old cranes here as well. And some with
:23:16. > :23:18.extraordinary plumage. This is a female grey crowned crane. @nd she
:23:19. > :23:22.is a particularly steady felale She's got a mate here, and nest to
:23:23. > :23:25.my right. But being bred in captivity and born in captivity she
:23:26. > :23:29.does bond to certain people. Here she is, she has come to see what I'm
:23:30. > :23:33.doing. Quite relaxed bird and normally out on the lawns. We give
:23:34. > :23:37.them space here where they can come and nest in a corner part. @nd
:23:38. > :23:41.again, a bird that is probably quite endangered in the wild. But they are
:23:42. > :23:45.beautiful birds. One of the most attractive birds we have here.
:23:46. > :23:49.Shorelands was created alongside Blacksmiths Cottage, one of the
:23:50. > :23:52.region's top plant nurseries. And visitors can enjoy the garddns which
:23:53. > :23:56.are teeming with insect lifd. And it's also home to a variety of other
:23:57. > :23:59.animals. Running breeding programmes with institutions across Europe
:24:00. > :24:00.Shorelands aims to conserve rare and endangered theses and ensurd their
:24:01. > :24:15.future survival. `` species. Why don't the birds fly awax? They
:24:16. > :24:20.are so happy and well fed, they stay there, and I was worried about the
:24:21. > :24:27.pelicans, but he said they were more interested in the fish buckdt.
:24:28. > :24:31.A lovely place to visit and it is open between Wednesday and Sunday.
:24:32. > :24:35.And a perfect place to go in this kind of weather. Today was very
:24:36. > :24:43.warm, temperatures getting to 2 Celsius, and here are the hotspots.
:24:44. > :24:49.For the rest of the week, wd can expect more worn their visu`ls ``
:24:50. > :24:55.warm temperatures, maybe cooler tomorrow but plenty of sunshine The
:24:56. > :25:03.risk of some showers in places, but mainly dry. Increasing amounts of
:25:04. > :25:07.cloud across the West. Not spoiling things for us, but low`pressure out
:25:08. > :25:12.to the west meaning some showers up across the Midlands, but if you live
:25:13. > :25:17.somewhere like Northamptonshire Peterborough, you might catch one of
:25:18. > :25:22.those showers before the end of the day, but a fine end to the day for
:25:23. > :25:28.the rest of us and dry night with long clear spells, temperattres a
:25:29. > :25:31.degree or so lower than night, to around 10`11dC and a light
:25:32. > :25:39.south`westerly wind. We start tomorrow with high`pressure bringing
:25:40. > :25:44.lots of dry, fine and sunny weather, a beautiful sunny lorning,
:25:45. > :25:49.some patchy cloud through the day, the small risk that somewhere might
:25:50. > :25:56.catch an isolated shower, btt largely dry for most of us. Cooler
:25:57. > :26:04.tomorrow, temperatures around 2 or 21 Celsius, like westerly breeze,
:26:05. > :26:09.and some onshore breezes cotld develop, so cooler on the coast But
:26:10. > :26:15.largely fine and dry for thd rest of the day. Looking ahead, this weather
:26:16. > :26:21.is picking around, temperattres creeping up slightly for Thtrsday,
:26:22. > :26:27.maybe 23 Celsius, possibly higher, long spells of sunshine. On Friday,
:26:28. > :26:31.this could be the warmest d`y of the week, possibly of the year hf
:26:32. > :26:37.temperatures go higher than 24 degrees, it looks fine and sunny,
:26:38. > :26:41.with long spells of sunshind, more cloud developing, showers from the
:26:42. > :26:45.north which may get into thhs part of the world, and as for thd
:26:46. > :26:52.weekend, looking reasonable, but the risk of showers returning.
:26:53. > :26:58.Thank you. Hopefully the we`ther will be good tomorrow, as Khm Riley
:26:59. > :27:01.will be live in a suspect n`ture reserve for Springwatch 2014 ending
:27:02. > :27:08.on Thursday, and he will john the team who, among other things, will
:27:09. > :27:12.be looking at adders. And I am sure he does not like snakes! We will see
:27:13. > :27:17.you tomorrow night. Goodbye.