13/07/2014 Look East - East

Hello. I'm Amanda Goodman.

First tonight, two months ahead of the vote

on Scottish independence, people living in the town dubbed Lhttle

Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to keep the UK intact.

A referendum has been held today in Corby, the Northamptonshire town

It's the Highland Gathering, first staged in the 1960s

to celebrate the townspeople's Scottish heritage.

It's been estimated well ovdr half of Corby's population are

But they won't be able to take part in the real referendum themselves.

I think the Scottish people, if you were born in Scotland, therd is an

argument they should get the vote because it will have a bearhng on

whether in two years time, if they go to Scotland, whether thex need ID

It wasn't supposed to be serious but the Labour Party's

top spokeswoman on Scotland turned up,

I accept people don't have ` vote here, but they have a voice,

and in Scotland we are taken by the fact that people across Britain

are taking such an interest in the referendum, that they care about the

outcome of it, they actually don't want Scotland, by and large,

This has been a Scottish enclave since thd 30s

when workers from the Clyde came South to the Corby steel plants.

That's four generations of Scottish heritage.

I vote we should stay as one country, I am for the union.

I think Scotland should be independent.

My mother was born in Aberdeen, my father is English, so I am British.

In the end, 576 people cast their vote and the result was very clear.

The result may be a comfort to the no campaign

but there's no guarantee thd verdict of Corby expats will be reflected in

Two months is a very long time in politics.

Next, questions hanging over the future of a small Suffolk seaport.

Campaigners say the harbour at Southwold is being neglected.

They believe that, legally, the town should own the harbour

But the town council says it doesn't want the responsibility

As picture perfect as it can seem, Southwold harbour needs investment.

One side of the harbour wall is dilapidated.

The caravan park needs updating. Some claim the local

District Council, Waveney, is taking rents on this

The caravan site has, for many years, been treated as a cash cow.

I appreciate they have to find funds to run their services,

but they also have to keep the harbour in good repair.

Some claim the District Council shouldn't own the land at all.

When local government was rdformed in the 70s, they say it should have

Waveney District Council adlits that it relies on the income from

But Southwold Town Council say they can't afford the liability of taking

on the ownership or the leg`l costs that could come with it.

There's boat`building, there's fisherman there, and

if there was to be an acciddnt, it could possibly cost the town council

A six`week consultation on the future

The one thing that wasn't up for discussion, though, is

Well, we've had sharp showers and even hailstones today.

What else is in store? Here's Georgina Burnett.

We have hopefully seen the back of those showers

David Leadbetter took this picture of where two houses caught

And the sky over Bury St Edlunds was said certainly picturesque

So, tonight, we're looking at a much fresher night.

It will be largely cloudy, but temperatures down to

about 12 Celsius, so certainly more comfortable.

And a fine day to come tomorrow. Plenty of sunny spells around.

As we head into the afternoon, a bit more in the way of cloud,

but it should still be quitd a nice end to the day with

a south`westerly breeze but nothing to

Tuesday, patchy rain returns, and Wednesday,

probably some more showers as well, but those temperatures rise as we

From all the team here in Norwich, goodnight.

Good evening. A fine night ahead. A few showers are lingering across

eastern England and eastern Scotland. They should fade away into

the small hours. There will be clear skies and it will be a fresher night

and last night. Temperatures will slide down into the mid-teens and

lower. A decent start to the new week. The emphasis really is on

start because, once the morning gets under way, wetter and windier

weather. To work its way into Northern Ireland probably reaching

most part by the end of the rush-hour and pushing into western

Scotland by lunchtime. The same weather system will also see the sky

is greying across the south-west of