:00:00. > :00:00.has been hit by a missile in northern Gaza. That's all from the
:00:00. > :00:10.In the programme tonight. BBC News
:00:11. > :00:12.The case of MP David Rufflex, who assaulted a former girlfriend,
:00:13. > :00:14.has been referred to the Tory Chief Whip.
:00:15. > :00:16.Today the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk
:00:17. > :00:27.I think everybody in public life has to you stand up to the standards
:00:28. > :00:29.that the public expect. I h`ve to do that, other figures have to do that
:00:30. > :00:32.as well. Battered
:00:33. > :00:34.by storms last December, today Hemsby misses out on millions
:00:35. > :00:37.of pounds for new sea defences. The RNLI says the number of people
:00:38. > :00:55.being rescued is on the increase. She had a very sore chest from
:00:56. > :01:01.inhaling underwater and a vdry high breathing rate. We placed hdr on
:01:02. > :01:02.oxygen and called for a number `` ambulance.
:01:03. > :01:05.And the race to salvage whatever we can from the most powerful ship
:01:06. > :01:14.The Conservative party is t`king action tonight four months
:01:15. > :01:18.after the MP David Ruffley was arrested and cautioned for
:01:19. > :01:23.Today it referred his case to the Chief Whip, the man responsible
:01:24. > :01:32.Mr Ruffley released a statelent apologising for his actions
:01:33. > :01:34.yesterday, saying he "does not condone domestic violence in
:01:35. > :01:38.form". He was prompted to do so after the publication of a letter
:01:39. > :01:41.about the assault, written by the Dean of St Edmundsbury, in which
:01:42. > :01:45.she claimed the assault was more serious than the MP admitted. Gareth
:01:46. > :01:53.George has spent the day in Mr Ruffley's constituency.
:01:54. > :02:02.In Mr Ruffley's constituencx, many felt an apology was not enotgh. The
:02:03. > :02:09.fact that he has been cautioned he is more or let belittling it. Saying
:02:10. > :02:17.it is just a domestic thing. I don't think he is the sort of person that
:02:18. > :02:21.should represent us. I think he should do the honourable thhng,
:02:22. > :02:25.which is to resign. If you can't control your emotions in yotr own
:02:26. > :02:32.domestic environment, are you trustworthy in the public domain?
:02:33. > :02:35.And, as we reported last night, no support at the cathedral either In
:02:36. > :02:47.a letter, the dean of the cathedral, has already described the
:02:48. > :02:49.MP's position is untenable. This is where David Ruffley lives.
:02:50. > :02:54.Neighbours say they don't sde a lot of him in the village these days. No
:02:55. > :03:02.apply either at the constittency Conservative Association. Mr Ruffley
:03:03. > :03:03.has said he telephoned his former partner to apologise, and is pleased
:03:04. > :03:19.that she has accepted my apology. Back in Bailey, one constittent was
:03:20. > :03:25.happy with that apology. I think he has been a good MP, I think it is a
:03:26. > :03:31.private matter. You don't think he should resign? No, I don't think it
:03:32. > :03:35.is a resigning matter. Not ` view shared by Labour's Parliamentary
:03:36. > :03:39.candidate. I think he should step down, I said four weeks ago when it
:03:40. > :03:45.first broke, he has no credhbility now. I haven't changed my mhnd. On
:03:46. > :04:01.social media today, more condemnation of Mr Ruffley,
:04:02. > :04:05.tonight, political commentators questioned whether Mr Ruffldy can
:04:06. > :04:11.survive all the criticism. Tim Passmore is the Police `nd
:04:12. > :04:14.Crime Commissioner for Suffolk. This afternoon I asked him for his
:04:15. > :04:18.views on Mr Ruffley's situation First of all,
:04:19. > :04:20.I can't comment on the individual circumstances of what happened to
:04:21. > :04:22.the Bury Saint Edmunds MP. It took place in London
:04:23. > :04:25.and I don't know the detail, I want to make the general point
:04:26. > :04:29.that domestic abuse is never We do have to deal with this problem
:04:30. > :04:36.in society, I fear it is far more prevalent than many of us rdalise,
:04:37. > :04:39.we are doing a major piece of research with the Universitx here in
:04:40. > :04:43.Ipswich to look at the prev`lence and what
:04:44. > :04:45.the barriers are to people reporting Given that it is such
:04:46. > :04:49.an important issue, what does it mean when someone
:04:50. > :04:52.in a position of responsibility like a member of Parliament,
:04:53. > :04:57.get a police caution for assault? Well,
:04:58. > :05:01.I think everybody in public life has to try live up to the stand`rds the
:05:02. > :05:06.public expect them to adherd to I have to do that,
:05:07. > :05:12.other people have to do the same. I'm not
:05:13. > :05:14.for a moment saying everybody is perfect, it is not that, but when
:05:15. > :05:18.anybody looks at individual cases, it is up to the Bury Associ`tion to
:05:19. > :05:22.see what they make of it. I am very pleased that the Whip s
:05:23. > :05:26.office is looking at it, I hmagine they will have all the facts at
:05:27. > :05:30.their disposal, I don't havd that, they will be in a better position
:05:31. > :05:35.to make a judgement and comlent If you, in your position,
:05:36. > :05:38.were to get a police caution for assault, what would that mean
:05:39. > :05:42.for your career? I don't know what
:05:43. > :05:45.the actual regulations are, I'm not sure whether you be disqualhfied
:05:46. > :05:47.from office if you received a police caution, but all I can say
:05:48. > :05:51.is if I was in that position, I think it'd be very
:05:52. > :05:59.difficult to carry on. Mr Ruffley has said it is
:06:00. > :06:02.a private matter, but when does a private matter become public if you
:06:03. > :06:05.are in a position of responsibility, Yes, this is one
:06:06. > :06:10.of the difficulties, isn't ht? They look at you, see what xou do,
:06:11. > :06:14.see your behaviour. This is one of the matters that
:06:15. > :06:17.we all have to recognise. When you are elected to a position,
:06:18. > :06:25.you are under a lot more public scrutiny, people
:06:26. > :06:28.want to know what you are up to I have no problem with that,
:06:29. > :06:31.but it does mean that there is a code of conduct, the way xou
:06:32. > :06:34.behave has to be adhered to. You have just stick to the high
:06:35. > :06:40.standard that people expect. A lot of people have said
:06:41. > :06:43.that he should stand down. I'm not going to say that,
:06:44. > :06:51.I don't know the full situation I do have to remind everybody, I am
:06:52. > :06:57.in a different position, because of all the work we're doing, trying to
:06:58. > :07:01.tackle this difficulty in society, this problem of domestic abtse, I
:07:02. > :07:04.didn't think it was approprhate for me to stand here and say nothing,
:07:05. > :07:20.we do have our position on this Let's talk to Andrew Sinclahr.
:07:21. > :07:26.So the Chief Whip is now involved, what difference does that m`ke?
:07:27. > :07:37.We just had a statement frol his local association,. Yes, thdy said
:07:38. > :07:41.that they welcomed his statdment, and the issuance of an apology and
:07:42. > :07:45.regret. A lot of noting, no exceptions of support,
:07:46. > :07:49.interestingly. The Chief Whhp is now involved, will make a difference?
:07:50. > :07:53.Some people are saying that is just playing for time, but you could
:07:54. > :07:58.argue that the Conservative Party is finally taking his case serhously.
:07:59. > :08:02.For the last month, they sttck to their statement, that the m`tter was
:08:03. > :08:08.investigated by the police `nd it is now closed. But that has insulted
:08:09. > :08:14.many women support groups. This is now being dealt with by Michael
:08:15. > :08:17.Gove, the Chief Whip. He cotld suspend Mr Ruffley, he can lake
:08:18. > :08:24.apologise further, he could even persuade him to stand down. Reaction
:08:25. > :08:29.politically has been muted, hasn't it? Yes, many people have spoken
:08:30. > :08:32.about a wall of silence, a lot of conservatives we tried to contact
:08:33. > :08:36.haven't returned our calls, those that have have said they don't think
:08:37. > :08:40.it is appropriate to comment. This is obviously embarrassing for the
:08:41. > :08:44.Conservatives, sure a lot of people are trying to hide behind that, and
:08:45. > :08:51.also sensing a sense of concern for Mr Ruffley, and for his partner
:08:52. > :08:56.Will he survive? I think it is hard to say at the moment. I havd spoken
:08:57. > :09:01.to some people at the moment who has said his position is untenable,
:09:02. > :09:04.other people have said Mr Rtffley says the matter is closed, `ccept
:09:05. > :09:06.the apology and move on. Thdre is a meeting next week, that is crucial.
:09:07. > :09:17.Thank you. They hope these photos and CCTV
:09:18. > :09:20.images, captured around an hour before the incident, may le`d to
:09:21. > :09:22.more witnesses coming forward. It's thought the man pushed his
:09:23. > :09:25.girlfriend in front of a car before The NHS urgently needs to t`ckle GP
:09:26. > :09:29.recruitment in Norfolk. The recommendation is in a report
:09:30. > :09:31.by local councillors into a surgery in Watton, where 1500
:09:32. > :09:34.patients were de`registered Originally the problem was thought
:09:35. > :09:39.to be a growing migrant poptlation, but the panel found that GP
:09:40. > :09:47.salaries at the surgery are lower Campaigners for sea defences at
:09:48. > :09:50.Hemsby on the Norfolk coast say they will continue their fight, despite
:09:51. > :09:53.being turned down for millions They'd applied for ?2.3 million
:09:54. > :09:56.from the Coastal Communities Fund and only found out
:09:57. > :09:59.by email that they'd been rdjected. Today was a perfect day
:10:00. > :10:01.on the beach. On the first day
:10:02. > :10:03.of the summer holidays, It's difficult to imagine
:10:04. > :10:08.the scene here last December when the North Sea storm surge hit
:10:09. > :10:14.the stretch of coastline. In Hemsby, they lost seven homes
:10:15. > :10:22.and the lifeboat station. After the surge,
:10:23. > :10:24.local campaigners applied to the Coastal Communities Fund
:10:25. > :10:28.for money to protect their beach. We are devastated here,
:10:29. > :10:34.mortified that we didn't get through What gives them
:10:35. > :10:47.the authority to judge us? Do they know enough to base
:10:48. > :10:52.a judgement on the coastlind? All they have to go on is one e`mail
:10:53. > :10:56.from the coastal communities fund. It says clearly that
:10:57. > :11:00.the decision is final, The Hemsby bid was backed
:11:01. > :11:05.by the local MP and communities We need to know what was wrong this
:11:06. > :11:10.time round, I suspect one of the issues may be that the scheme
:11:11. > :11:14.that the Hemsby team has put together, there are two opthons and
:11:15. > :11:17.they haven't been approved by the council, that's not to say
:11:18. > :11:19.the council is unhappy by the scheme, but we haven't got
:11:20. > :11:22.through the formal process Once you have done that, we can look
:11:23. > :11:27.at different pots, what can Hemsby It is considering using two options,
:11:28. > :11:38.old tyres, blocks made out What they don't have yet is
:11:39. > :11:45.money or planning permission. But they do have a tourist hndustry
:11:46. > :11:49.worth ?80 million a year to the local economy, which is a very
:11:50. > :11:53.good reason to keep the sea at bay. Robert Casey's family have been
:11:54. > :11:58.holidaying here for 40 years, there We used to rent a property, just
:11:59. > :12:05.before the shoreline over there a place called Cranleigh, which went
:12:06. > :12:14.over the edge 12 years ago, in front of that, we used to have another 40
:12:15. > :12:20.or 50 yards of coast before that. Campaigners say giving up is not
:12:21. > :12:23.an option, they'll do what dver it Still to come tonight we'll have
:12:24. > :12:41.all the action from our athletes at the Commonwealth Games.
:12:42. > :12:47.And the race to salvage whatever we can from the wreck of the most
:12:48. > :12:54.powerful ship in Cromwell's navy. It's the first day
:12:55. > :12:57.of the school holidays for lany and with temperatures reachhng
:12:58. > :12:59.the mid twenties, people will be According to the RNLI,
:13:00. > :13:07.five people died as a result of accidents along the coast of Essex,
:13:08. > :13:11.Suffolk and Norfolk last ye`r. 69 more were rescued,
:13:12. > :13:15.the highest number in four xears. Our Chief reporter Kim Rilex is
:13:16. > :13:29.in Gorleston now. That's right, there is a big crowd
:13:30. > :13:35.on the pier hey, watching a demonstration put on by the
:13:36. > :13:45.lifeboat. Take a look if yot can, that is a seeking hovering over
:13:46. > :13:51.there. `` see King. We had ` fishing boat there, a man overboard. Around
:13:52. > :13:55.our coasts, it is increasingly involved, the RNLI in saving lives.
:13:56. > :13:57.It is the first year that RNLI lifeguards have patrolled
:13:58. > :14:01.A beautiful beach, but like others, a potentially dangerous one when the
:14:02. > :14:06.If you get tired at any point, the best thing to do is swil
:14:07. > :14:10.In just two weeks, Sophie and her colleagues h`ve saved
:14:11. > :14:14.a 17`year`old Portuguese yotth, and a 10`year`old girl, who got caught
:14:15. > :14:21.She had a very sore chest from inhaling the water, shd had
:14:22. > :14:24.a very high breathing rate, we placed on oxygen and called for an
:14:25. > :14:29.The scenario of a young child getting catght
:14:30. > :14:34.in the flood, is what accounts for about 95% of our rescues.
:14:35. > :14:36.While the 10`year`old girl was being treated by Sophie,
:14:37. > :14:40.Joe Middleton was dealing whth another potential emergency.
:14:41. > :14:43.There were two young swimmers, one of them got out of depth,
:14:44. > :14:47.I put the youngest on the board the other was capable of swhmming.
:14:48. > :14:52.The younger was holding onto him pulling him under.
:14:53. > :14:54.The Roberts family from Newcastle were enjoying their holiday today,
:14:55. > :14:57.but keeping a close eye on the children,
:14:58. > :15:02.The lifeguards keep an eye on them very closely, it is
:15:03. > :15:07.We notice, we were further along the other day, it comds in
:15:08. > :15:10.very quickly, the water was right up against us, if you don't kedp an eye
:15:11. > :15:17.28 people lost their lives on this coast in the last four years.
:15:18. > :15:22.The RNLI aims to halve accidental coastal deaths by 2024.
:15:23. > :15:24.Would you say this is a dangerous beach?
:15:25. > :15:27.I wouldn't say it is a dangerous beach, I would say that
:15:28. > :15:32.This beach has its dangers as does every one.
:15:33. > :15:37.If you're here during 1000 `nd 800, when the lifeguards are herd,
:15:38. > :15:43.Today saw the launch of a major awareness campaign,
:15:44. > :15:48.Enjoy our coastline and beaches but never underestimate the power
:15:49. > :16:05.Back here, you can see a man being dropped from the helicopter to carry
:16:06. > :16:13.out a rescue there. I'm with Alan, an official commentator, just grab
:16:14. > :16:18.you quickly. This is all? It is this evening is twofold, we are
:16:19. > :16:23.promoting the RNLI understood get a safety message across. We would
:16:24. > :16:28.rather be proactive than re`ctive. But if we are reactive, this is what
:16:29. > :16:32.you will get. You also want to raise money to lie? Yes, it takes a lot of
:16:33. > :16:37.money to keep this running, thankfully because of volunteers and
:16:38. > :16:43.everything else, but we alw`ys need more. You are a crewman, wh`t
:16:44. > :16:51.satisfaction do you get frol it Well, it depends on the weather you
:16:52. > :16:56.have to do what you can to save a life out at sea. Doing that is
:16:57. > :17:02.phenomenal, especially as a volunteer. Alan, thank you. There we
:17:03. > :17:06.go, it's all happening behind me, all unfolding here. We have had a
:17:07. > :17:12.fire, a man in the water, someone is being pulled from the water now
:17:13. > :17:15.This is what goes on, also hmportant work looking after children and
:17:16. > :17:18.other people and our beaches. Thank you very much.
:17:19. > :17:21.After the opening ceremony last night the athletes have been getting
:17:22. > :17:23.down to business today at the Commonwealth Games.
:17:24. > :17:26.We in this region are very close to winning our first medal with
:17:27. > :17:35.Norfolk Judo player Colin O`tes guaranteed at least a silver.
:17:36. > :17:42.Jonathan Park has been watching today's action.
:17:43. > :17:49.There is only one colour of metal that Colin wants from Glasgow. It is
:17:50. > :17:56.not a silver or bronze. Fending off a Scottish opponent, the 31`year`old
:17:57. > :18:02.had too much power and technique. In a few minutes's time, he has the
:18:03. > :18:04.gold medal match against a Cypriot eight years his junior. It would be
:18:05. > :18:10.a great upset at the Norfolk man a great upset at the Norfolk man
:18:11. > :18:18.didn't bring gold back. A long way to go for our badminton pair, the
:18:19. > :18:26.Northern Ireland pair of Chris and Gabby, playing in the team dvent for
:18:27. > :18:33.England. It's all over, quicker horribly done the Northern Hrish and
:18:34. > :18:39.wanted. Britain's best singles player also found a way tow`rds
:18:40. > :18:51.victory. Essex's Sarah Walkdr completed the victory five now. ``
:18:52. > :19:02.5`0. Lyndon's record medal winner at the games, helped England to victory
:19:03. > :19:07.against Jamaica. `` England. It is a good job England's boulders packed
:19:08. > :19:16.their shorts. The triples got the competition underway. `` bowlers. It
:19:17. > :19:24.was a nail`biting game which they eventually won. Later tonight,
:19:25. > :19:28.England's hockey team with three suffered players, start thehr bid
:19:29. > :19:30.for glory with the opening latch against Trinidad and Tobago ``
:19:31. > :19:35.Suffolk. Across the world conservationists
:19:36. > :19:37.are working to protect endangered species, but getting the message
:19:38. > :19:43.across is not always easy. Now a computer game company
:19:44. > :19:45.in Cambridge has joined the fight by adapting one of
:19:46. > :20:01.its most popular games to hhghlight This animal is in grave danger,
:20:02. > :20:05.every day, every night, it hs pray for poachers. Now, this ongoing
:20:06. > :20:13.threat has been highlighted in a computer game. They were brought to
:20:14. > :20:17.life at an online game studho in Cambridge as part of the Unhted for
:20:18. > :20:21.wildlife campaign. Their pl`yers, of which there are more than 200
:20:22. > :20:28.million, have to answer questions to win a rider. Everybody is chatting
:20:29. > :20:32.about the game, they are all meeting up and enjoying it, they have all
:20:33. > :20:39.embraced it. It is exactly what we wanted, a new way to reach ` younger
:20:40. > :20:44.audience about conservation. We are conservationists, and we ard here to
:20:45. > :20:51.dash out that this conservation student is now immortalised on
:20:52. > :20:58.screen. In two weeks, over ` quarter of a million rhinos were adopted in
:20:59. > :21:03.the game, ten times the wild number. There are people who want rhinos as
:21:04. > :21:07.a commodity, they don't know it s consequences of killing thel in
:21:08. > :21:12.Africa. Something needs to be done. One way of doing so and to plant a
:21:13. > :21:22.seed it is the young people to get more aware of the problem. Baby they
:21:23. > :21:25.can influence the parents, who want to choose medicines of rider in
:21:26. > :21:33.them. 100 black rhinos are detected in this conservation area in Kenya.
:21:34. > :21:39.It is not always protection enough. People often coming to shoot
:21:40. > :21:44.rioters, they see these anilals but they have been monitoring, that they
:21:45. > :21:48.know intimately. It's prettx devastating. The rhinos sorry story
:21:49. > :21:51.has reached a tipping point. If a computer game can raise awareness
:21:52. > :21:57.quickly, so be it. Back in 1664 the battleship London
:21:58. > :22:00.was the biggest, newest, most Then one day there was a massive,
:22:01. > :22:06.unexplained explosion. The London went down and 300
:22:07. > :22:10.people on board were killed. The wreck lies just
:22:11. > :22:13.off Southend`on`Sea and is now Divers are working against the clock
:22:14. > :22:30.to salvage what relics they can This treasure Trail is taking us
:22:31. > :22:42.down the tracks, along the railway on Southend Pier. Almost to the very
:22:43. > :22:47.end. There, waiting already is a crowd keen to see the latest chapter
:22:48. > :22:50.in the story of the London tnfold. As anglers fish for mullet hn the
:22:51. > :22:57.distance, divers are fishing for much more. These divers havd their
:22:58. > :23:01.work cut out, there's a strong tidal flow here, they only have a small
:23:02. > :23:06.window in which to operate, visibility is poor. They cotld just
:23:07. > :23:16.about see the end of their `rm on a good day, it is like working in a
:23:17. > :23:20.washing machine. A work by the Dutch artist captured the magnificence of
:23:21. > :23:24.the ship. She had 64 guns, but at the time of the tragedy, thd mood on
:23:25. > :23:31.board would have been regatta like. We know from diaries, that the
:23:32. > :23:37.captain and crew had females on board, they were not ready for war.
:23:38. > :23:42.A bit of a party atmosphere, which is why there was such a loss of
:23:43. > :23:47.life. After painstaking work, the dive team returns to the pidr. It
:23:48. > :23:52.has been in the past, and is now at risk because of climate change and a
:23:53. > :23:58.sifting sea bed. Volunteers are logged and wrapped the latest finds,
:23:59. > :24:05.including musket balls, a c`ndle, and bits of wood. It is gre`t, when
:24:06. > :24:08.you go to museums or archivds, it has already been sorted and
:24:09. > :24:13.preserved. It was great seehng something that has come out of the
:24:14. > :24:19.water and that you can handle. It is a big ship, not a lot is known about
:24:20. > :24:27.it, don't think, it is a major find, it is really cool to be part of it.
:24:28. > :24:34.The work is an evaluation for a bigger operation next year, could we
:24:35. > :24:41.see another Mary Rose, with the structure lifted up the watdr? That
:24:42. > :24:44.is very unlikely, it is of lajor significance, of course, but that
:24:45. > :24:50.isn't enough Museum capacitx. They described Iraq as a time capsule of
:24:51. > :24:57.the 17th century `` they described the rack. Its treasures are destined
:24:58. > :25:04.for the local museum. Isn't that a fascinating story? So interdsting.
:25:05. > :25:09.Another hot and sunny day, virtually unbroken sunshine. It allowdd the
:25:10. > :25:18.Mercury declined to the high 20s. I will hot spots they were in Bedford.
:25:19. > :25:25.`` it allowed at the Mercurx to climb. Overnight, we started clear
:25:26. > :25:31.spells, but an increasing alount of cloud and mist moving in from the
:25:32. > :25:37.North Sea. Particularly in North Norfolk, this could move inland
:25:38. > :25:42.perhaps affecting Cambridge. Temperatures in teams for m`ny
:25:43. > :25:48.places, anywhere between 15 and 18 Celsius, a light North eastdrly
:25:49. > :25:55.wind. Our pressure pattern for tomorrow, a settled day tomorrow,
:25:56. > :25:58.high`pressure dominating. A risk of showers developing later, btt
:25:59. > :26:03.actually, the predominant theme for the day is a dry day. Some darly
:26:04. > :26:06.mist and clouds to clear first thing, then into long spells of
:26:07. > :26:13.sunshine in the middle of the day. Sunshine could be followed by
:26:14. > :26:18.showers, Essex is at risk, not quite as warm tomorrow, temperatures in
:26:19. > :26:25.are getting up to 26 Celsius. Still a north`easterly breeze, a cooler
:26:26. > :26:31.coastal forecast, temperatures at 21 or 23 Celsius, it is mainly dry a
:26:32. > :26:35.lot of sunny weather across the region. The only have a bit of a
:26:36. > :26:40.shift, this is the pressure pattern for the weekend, a cold front
:26:41. > :26:46.heading southwards, introducing cooler conditions, at the rhsk of
:26:47. > :26:52.showers as well. Saturday looks OK, cloud then sunshine, later hn the
:26:53. > :27:00.day, increasing cloud could bring one or two showers, drive S`turday.
:27:01. > :27:04.Sunday is a bit cooler, sunshine, but the odd shower possible. The
:27:05. > :27:13.Monday, it is still cool, btt after Monday, high`pressure coming in A
:27:14. > :27:19.quick barometer reading. We have 1017 millibars. That's for ts, have
:27:20. > :27:55.a very good evening. Well, when did we start funding
:27:56. > :28:00.projects in Gaza? How do you know people
:28:01. > :28:02.are telling the truth? Well, when did we start funding
:28:03. > :28:11.projects in Gaza? I should never have done this.
:28:12. > :28:19.I should never have agreed to this. ECHOING HEARTBEATS
:28:20. > :28:32.LOW, THROBBING BUZZ