01/08/2014 Look East - East

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Welcome to the east. The he`dlines: Eight months after a tidal surge

threatened the region's coastline, a government windfall to help those

affected. It will make a huge difference, renovated the existing

building and make space for a bigger community facility, theatre and

learning centre and will also make the facility sustainable.

Clacton launches its own jet ski patrol to combat noise and nuisance

at the seaside. It was 20 years ago today. Lemories

of the fire which gutted thd library.

And it is a proud day in Essex for the family of this soldier, as we

get ready for the centenary of the First World War on Monday.

Two of the region's coastal communities badly hit by thd winter

storms are to receive Government help totalling ?1.2 million.

The cash is designed to help the areas recover

Waldringfield in Suffolk will be getting ?633 000

The village is on the estuary of the River Deben.

The tidal surge had a big ilpact on homes and businesses.

And at Wells`next`the`Sea more than ?600,000 will go towards

Let's go to Wells now and our chief reporter Kim Riley.

Hard to imagine it on such ` lovely evening but I remember that a lot of

businesses along this coast were out of action for a month and I remember

the Prime Minister coming to view the damage. Today, some serhous

money coming and as you said, we will hear about that project in a

moment. But first, to anothdr community with a reason to

celebrate. Waldringfield on the River Deben

estuary suffered, like Wells, Some families have still

to return to their homes. Now, ?633,000 will help pay for

a new system for flood defences It means we can go into the future

knowing that we are not going to be underwater again and knowing that

we can build the business to where we want to without having to worry

all the time that we are gohng to be The residents now have peacd

of mind, as do the business owners. It means that 18 families c`n now

sleep at night At Wells, local people well forget

the tide of water that swept across the sea w`ll in

the darkness last December. The flood water did not quite reach

the historic but decaying M`ltings Today's ?610,000 boost another step

towards realising a ?3 million project to transform

the 19th`century building and In the 68`seat Granary Theatre,

the opera company are rehearsing for today's performance

of Mozart. The plan is to almost doubld the

size of the theatre and provide a new cafe and tourist inform`tion

centre. Some of the public spaces

are tired and bland. But the roof space is a real insight

into a once thriving local hndustry. We are directly above the

Granary Theatre at the moment and you can see this is the only

part of the building where xou can We think having a facility which is

open all year round will bring visitors to Wells

all year round and we think that will have a huge

impact on the tourism trade itself Next March, the trust will discover

whether it has been successful in its ?1.84 million bid to

the Heritage Lottery Fund. If it is,

?1 million will have to be raised It has also sent up a number of

business units in a building once used for airing sacks. It is not

just creating a focus for the town but creating and safeguarding around

100 jobs. In coastal communhties like this, jobs that are

nonseasonal, at last all ye`r round, they are gold dust.

Thank you very much. Jet skiers have been warned today to

behave in a responsible way off the coast of Essex or they could

be fined up to ?1,000. In Clacton there have been

complaints because the jet skiers come too

close to the shore at high speed. There will now be an offici`l jet

ski patrol to monitor behavhour This time of year thousands

of people It is the jewel in the crown on

what they call the Sunshine Coast. The beach patrols are highlx trained

and vigilant but it is not just the sun lovers they need to watch out

for, but the speed merchants also. A bilaw here means that

if jet skis are 200 yards But this week, after a call

from the police, two of the team had to head off to where two groups of

people were whizzing up and down. Usually they are quite friendly

but every now and then we gdt some cocky ones who try to drag ht about

and scare you but it does not work. In all, these teams cover

36 miles of coastline. Although this is outside thd normal

patrol zone, they say they `re happy to respond to calls for help

from the police or the Coast Guard. It has been a fantastic

season with great weather. We believe this area of the coast is

on the up with more visitor numbers and more people on the water so it

is more important than ever that we look out for their safety, help them

use the water responsibly and keep It is not just here that jet

skis are proving a worry. This CCTV footage was released

by police of a jet ski At the time, youngsters werd having

a canoe lesson just yards away. It is estimated the jet ski was

travelling at around 35 mph ` more than three times

the river's speed limit. Back in Clacton,

Jack is still on patrol. We will head to

the other side of the pier. Some of these machines can

reach 70 mph. The problem is that while some jet

skiers take special courses to learn how to handle them before they take

to the water, the majority do not. The Conservative Party in Btry St

Edmunds says it hopes to have chosen a new general election candhdate

by November and it would be happy to receive an application from

the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Members of the party executhve met

for the first time since David Ruffley announced that he would

stand down at the next election He was arrested

and received a police caution It's been quite a week

for the local party. They must be wanting to draw

a line under the whole affahr? At this meeting, they agreed to

write a letter to David thanking him for 17 years of service as `n MP.

But interestingly, they are still refusing to talk publicly about the

incident which led to his downfall. They say it is for legal re`sons,

which I do not understand. H think they are hoping that now we are in

August this will soon be forgotten about and we can move on to other

things. That may be the casd but women's groups and domestic felons

groups are not happy. They `re pointing out that nobody in the

Conservative party has yet condemned him for his action. `` mysthc of

violence. And there's likely to be a lot of

interest in this seat, isn't there? Yes, definitely. Today they said

they would want someone with an affinity for the local area or Boris

Johnson, who they said they would not turn away.

Is Boris Johnson really likely to apply?

His name comes up whenever ` seat becomes available. He does not have

any Suffolk connections and I think that people would prefer a woman

candidate. Tax workers in Ipswich have been

on strike today in The PCS union claims all 600 jobs

in Ipswich are under threat and the future of the officd is

only guaranteed until April. Other Revenue Customs staff in

the East have also been on strike. A dog breeder from Norfolk has been

jailed for six months after cheating customers out of thousands of pounds

by claiming her dogs were pddigrees. Lisa Walsh, who lives in

Barnham Broom, lied about where the animals had been bred

and falsified Kennel Club rdcords. It was 20 years ago today that

a major fire swept through Fortunately,

many of the most valuable contents were saved, but the building was

later demolished to make wax Mike Liggins looks back

at the events of August 1st, 19 4. A routine testing of the fire

alarm in the new Norwich library. For some, like Roger Lincoln who

worked in the old library, ht is He was on duty at 7am on August 1st,

1994. Soon after the fire started,

he saw 30 foot flames. I could not get near it

because it was so hot. 'The fire started early this

morning as cleaners set to work 'One of them reported hearing a loud

bang 'Within minutes, fire was blazing

throughout the building, 'belting out a plume of black

smoke.' Firefighters came from

across Norfolk to tackle thd blaze. It did shatter

the belief that books do not burn. Because by the time we got there,

and we were in attendance vdry quickly after the initial c`ll,

we are already confronted whth If you know the library,

it broke out on the ground floor at the back, on what was

the American Airforce Library. Many valuable books,

documents and drawings were saved but a large part of the Norfolk

Collection was destroyed. Jennifer Holland is the head

of the Norfolk Library Servhce. She showed me some prints

which had a narrow escape. There had never been a fire

of a central library in England that had completdly

destroyed such a large libr`ry. So there was a lot learned

around sprinklers and just fire ` separation `nd

prevention and emergency pl`nning. If it had been 11am, there would

have been fatalities or injtries. Items destroyed

in the fire were bought agahn at auction and the collection

was gradually put back together So this is what

the public never see? Today, Roger Lincoln showed

me behind the scenes This is the new Norfolk Collection,

housed in a state`of`the`art, climate`controlled facility with

sprinklers...just in case. Also coming up:

The weekend weather forecast with Alex.

Plus the brother of rock legend Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar `nd onto

a year. `` and born to. Now let's think about the

First World War, which started 100

years ago this coming Mondax. And today in Essex there has been

a special ceremony to pay tribute to a soldier whose bravery earned him

the Victoria Cross. Private Herbert Columbine h`d the

unusual honour of having a statue made of him following a campaign in

his home town of Walton on the Naze. In a moment, we will have ddtails of

Monday's First World War centenary The last known words of Private

Herbert Columbine He was telling

his comrades to escape during With an isolated gun, he held off

several attacks for several hours, which his mother donated to the

town. Now, almost 100 years later, his

home town is remembering his bravery It stands in the Marine Gardens

overlooking the sea front. Among those paying tribute `

the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Light Dragoons, the Roy`l

British Legion and his relatives. It is obviously sad

as well that he died very bravely And so it is sad but also a day that

really marks the sacrifice that officers and ordinary soldidrs

like Herbert made in World War I. It is the first time

a private soldier has been honoured Private Columbine was, I thhnk,

very typical of those young men who came and served and actuallx had to

give their lives. This is not

a makeover to make him look good. This is what the real man w`s

like and I think it is a grdat, It has taken three years and nearly

?60,000 to build the statue. The inspiration to build it came

from a local man called Mikd Turner, I was never really passionate

about it in the beginning. And as it came along, not jtst

because Mike died, we got to understand it mord and

began to get the feeling of it and we felt that

it would mean something. That maybe

people would look at it and stop us having these terrible war for years

to come. but the power of the story still

inspires and now the town has a perm`nent

tribute to Private Columbind The anniversary is actually

on Monday the 4th of August. Some events have already st`rted

and we're making a weekend of it. Shaun Peel is in charge

of our centenary coverage. Let's start with a big

announcement today in Cambrhdge The announcement is about Shegfried

Sassoon, one of the great W`r poets. He actually signed up on dax one. He

wrote quite graphically abott the war, no holds barred. 4000 pages.

But the announcement by the University of Cambridge library is

that his entire collection has been digitised so that we can all look at

it. It can be seen online throughout the world. The public could not

touch it before because it was thought brittle. But becausd it is

online, we now can. It even has traces of the ground from the

storm. The mud is really clear

on the digitalisations. It's not a great deal of mud,

we have to say. There are ridges

on the bindings and bits of mud It is minute quantities

but it is the journal he was keeping Lots of commemorative events,

services. We are going to bd in Colchester at the warm Oriel from

6:30pm. So many to mention. At the stadium they are having a p`rade and

a service and a release of 000 balloons. Most war memorials

throughout the day on Mondax there will be something happening in

villages, towns and cities. And very quickly, what is the lights

out? In the evening, we are all being

asked to switch off our livds between 10pm and 11pm to mark a

period of darkness because before the start of the war, it was said we

were entering a period of d`rkness with the lights never let again We

are asked to symbolically m`rked that by turning off our namds. ``

are lights. It's been another day of medals

for the regions athletes Once again gymnast Max Whitlock was

on the podium, winning There was also success in the lawn

bowls and tonight 19`year`old athlete Jessica Judd from C`nvey

Island could add to her growing With two golds and a silver in the

bank, Max has a Phil said. He entered the competition with a

bronze on the parallel bars. `` ended the competition. Five medals

in a row, it has been a dre`m competition. COMMENTATOR: Ydt

another medal. I am so happx and I was very much looking forward to

this final. To finish on a good routine and a bronze, it was good

fun. I was first up so I was quite nervous but I got to watch `ll the

other athletes so it was am`zing. For Scotland, Daniel Keatings was

going for number three but hnstead landed flat on his back to finish

sixth. Gold was one yesterd`y in the lawn bowls for the women and the

men's team had to settle for silver with Scotland winning. They played

well but I am disappointed hn our own performance. We did not play as

well as we could. Another mddal heading back to Essex might come

from a diver. She has already struck gold but is currently in action in

the springboard final. If she gets eight she will go top of thd

leaderboard. And in this Sqtash just two wins from a gold mddal in

the men's doubles. The beat New Zealand, with still be trying just

about every shot in the book. Thankfully, no harm done. Sdlby had

his fun at courtside and he is currently on court now against

another English couple. In badminton, the singles playdr is

into the doubles, eating his training partner from Scotl`nd. And

tonight, on track, there ard high hopes for Jessica Judd, a

19`year`old, in the 800 metres. Her final is at 8:45pm, prime thme for a

medal. We have done fantastically.

I know, it has been amazing. Jimi Hendrix is described

in the official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "arguably

the greatest instrumentalist She is always reading that book

I know this one also! Rolling Stone said he was rock

music's greatest guitarist. When he died

in 1970 he was just 27 years old. These days, his brother Leon

carries on the family name. Next week he's playing in C`mbridge

and earlier today, he spoke to His spirit is always so strong with

me. He has been taking care of me all this time. I did not get any

money from the lawsuit and H did not have a job. I got this vision, he

gave me this vision, and sahd all you have is a guitar. " Plax it " I

have been around the world three times now. Because of him. What are

you expecting from England? What can we expect from you? We can only see

how it goes. I heard you guxs are pretty critical over here, because

you have seen every great b`nd in the world. They came from you. And

we have seen it Jimi Hendrix. How much pressure does that put on?

None. Is England somewhere you have always

wanted to come? No, I am not going to follow in his that steps. I

barely play my brother's music because I wanted to be in a rock 'n'

roll band myself as a child but my father forbade it. He said that he

already had one idiot playing guitar, he did not need to Lac. So I

did not play until after I was 0 years old. If your brother was in

the crowd, what would he make of it? Ewood Park bubbly say it was good to

be home. Would he be proud of his little brother? Yes, becausd I was

bad and I am breaking good. I saw Jimi Hendrix, you know? Digit.

Yes, I did. And you can see Leon in concert

at Downing College in Cambrhdge on Monday, and at the Cambrhdge

Rock Festival a week tomorrow. We're going to take you on ` tour

of the Swiss Garden. It's part of the Shuttleworth

Collection site in Bedfordshire It's spread out over nine acres

and boasts beautiful grassy glades It's just re`opened to the public

after a landscape renovation The garden manager Corinne Price

explains the background. The Lord created the first garden

in the 1830s and it was later embellished by

Joseph Shuttleworth in the 0870s. And the idea was that he was

creating, or recreating, a landscape that he might have seen on his grand

tour of Switzerland, for ex`mple. And as Jane Austen put it

in a letter to a friend at that time, everxbody was

in Switzerland. You can see the buildings,

ponds and landscape do emul`te For a nine acre garden, it has been

an enormous restoration project So what we have today

and what we have restored as part of this project are two wonderful

historical layers of landsc`pe. Thanks to ?2.8 million Heritage

Lottery funding, we have bedn able to restore all of the buildhngs

and artefacts in the garden using specialist consultants and lots

of craftsmen using traditional techniques and skills to restore

them to their former glory. I have got a big charity golf day

tomorrow so I want good weather and you are doing things with dtcks

I have a duck injured in thd duck race.

I am feeling the pressure. Ht is hard to relieve it is the 1st of

August already. A quick look back at July. Interestingly, warmer, sunnier

and wetter than average and it has been the eighth month in thd role ``

in a row that we have recorded warmer than average temperatures.

Today has been pretty good. We have had an area of low pressure moving

up from the South West which has not really affected us but it h`s

brought rain across the Midlands and out towards the south`west. If you

live in places like temperature and Northamptonshire, you might just

catch a shower this evening. For most of us, it is a fine end to the

day and are still quite warl. `` voices like Cambridgeshire `nd

Northamptonshire. It is overnight that we will start to see some rain

arriving but that is after ` dry stored. Some thunderstorms possible

mating from France but it whll be an all or nothing event. Some places

others will get a deluge into the others will get a deluge into the

early hours of tomorrow morning with some flashes of lightnhng and

thunder around. It stays quhte warm. We start tomorrow with a bit of

cloud around and actually some are in for some of us, first thhng. It

will start to brighten up and does not look like a bad day. Thdre is

the risk of showers but thex do not fall everywhere. Some of yot may end

up with a completely dry dax for tomorrow and wonder what thd fuss is

about and others might have some heavy downpours throughout the

afternoon. It will be quite warm throughout tomorrow afternoon, maybe

even up to 25 Celsius. Another thing you might notice is that through the

afternoon and evening the whnd speed will pick up. This is bringhng lots

of warm and humid air up from the south`west. Looking ahead, this

is... Well, just to summarise the weekend. On Saturday, the rhsk of

showers but not for everyond. Look how it starts to settle itsdlf down

for Sunday. Some long spells of sunshine and some really settled

starts to next week. Temper`tures overnight not too warm. Quite a good

start to next week. We'll be back later

on with the late night bulldtin And it's about time

that I did something about that I leave the ashram, travel halfway

across the world to find my father,