:00:16. > :00:17.Two teenagers have been questioned tonight on BBC1 at 10.30.
:00:18. > :00:22.Two teenagers have been questioned by police following a fire which
:00:23. > :00:25.destroyed a landmark building in Southend. It took 30 firefighters to
:00:26. > :00:27.bring the flames under control, but bring the flames under control, but
:00:28. > :00:34.they could not save the Victorian structure.
:00:35. > :00:38.The dramatic end of the headquarters of the local yacht club, captured on
:00:39. > :00:44.film as firefighters struggled in vain to save anything of thd
:00:45. > :00:48.130`year`old building. They could not stop its wooden structure from
:00:49. > :00:51.being engulfed. It had been the clubhouse of one of the olddst yacht
:00:52. > :00:58.clubs in the world until just a few months ago.
:00:59. > :01:02.It is total. It has completdly gone. It survived a fire in the
:01:03. > :01:06.1970s, but unfortunately thd framework has gone. There is
:01:07. > :01:11.effectively nothing left of the club whatsoever.
:01:12. > :01:15.This was the clifftop buildhng just two days before the fire. All that
:01:16. > :01:22.remains now is the brick chhmney. It had been holding to the yacht club
:01:23. > :01:26.since the 18 hundredths and was a popular landmark.
:01:27. > :01:32.As I walked along here earlher I saw it was still on fire.
:01:33. > :01:36.It was a good club to be in. It is a sad way for it to go.
:01:37. > :01:42.I think it is such a shame, because it is over 100 years old. Irony hope
:01:43. > :01:48.they can rebuild it. I'm taken by surprise.
:01:49. > :01:53.Firefighters were still at the scene when police stopped two teenagers.
:01:54. > :01:57.They were arrested on suspicion of arson, and this evening werd
:01:58. > :02:01.released on police bail. Thd yacht club moved out of the buildhng
:02:02. > :02:03.several months ago after it was found to be subsiding. The clubhouse
:02:04. > :02:08.was due to be dismantled, btt any was due to be dismantled, btt any
:02:09. > :02:09.thoughts of saving it now lhe in ruins.
:02:10. > :02:12.A man is in hospital after ` gang of men burst into his home
:02:13. > :02:16.The police say it happened at a house in Kimbolton Road
:02:17. > :02:21.There were six or seven men in the gang.
:02:22. > :02:23.The victim who's in his 20s was stabbed several times
:02:24. > :02:28.His condition is described as stable.
:02:29. > :02:33.A man has been charged with stealing a bus from a depot in Colchdster.
:02:34. > :02:36.The 40`foot single decker w`s driven out of the yard in Magdalen Street
:02:37. > :02:40.Police stopped it with a stinger`type immobiliser two
:02:41. > :02:46.19`year`old Ashley Barrell has also been charged with drink`driving
:02:47. > :02:52.It's the third bus to be stolen from the same depot in nine months.
:02:53. > :02:56.Experts are warning that thd mild, wet summer we've had is likdly to
:02:57. > :02:59.hasten the end of the region's ash trees.
:03:00. > :03:01.It's two years since the deadly fungus,
:03:02. > :03:06.which causes ash dieback, w`s first found in the UK, in Norfolk.
:03:07. > :03:10.Weather conditions this year are making it spread
:03:11. > :03:13.and it could be several years before scientists develop a tree
:03:14. > :03:30.It takes just a few seconds to find the tiny fungus that threatdns to
:03:31. > :03:38.hope and to find a way `` this lady hope and to find a way `` this lady
:03:39. > :03:42.hopes to find a way to comb`t the disease.
:03:43. > :03:48.The fungus has continued its life`cycle growing on the ldaf
:03:49. > :03:55.stalk. They can be blown up to the air to reach this year's le`ves
:03:56. > :04:02.This tree looks healthy, but in a few years it could be dead. The
:04:03. > :04:06.classic diamond shaped lesions are indications of the disease, and this
:04:07. > :04:13.year, a mild summer and light winds year, a mild summer and light winds
:04:14. > :04:18.will have helped the diseasd. Each red dot marks a confirmed ottbreak.
:04:19. > :04:24.Of the 304 in the wild nationally, more than half are in our rdgion.
:04:25. > :04:30.It has progressively got worse and worse, and now the tree is dead
:04:31. > :04:33.The first case was diagnosed at this small wood in Norfolk two ydars
:04:34. > :04:40.ago. In my lifetime we will see `lmost
:04:41. > :04:45.the total loss of ash trees in our woodlands. In the next few
:04:46. > :04:50.centuries, ash trees will no doubt make a comeback.
:04:51. > :04:53.Thousands of ash tree saplings have been planted locally to see which
:04:54. > :04:55.variety is resistant and can survive. Scientists are also mapping
:04:56. > :05:01.the DNA of an ash tree which can the DNA of an ash tree which can
:05:02. > :05:07.fight back against the dieb`ck. There is an ash tree that is a good
:05:08. > :05:10.candidate for some resistance. It is about identifying that resistance,
:05:11. > :05:15.and it is difficult to see how long that will take.
:05:16. > :05:21.Months? Years? I would say probably years.
:05:22. > :05:25.The recovery will be measurdd in decades, perhaps centuries.
:05:26. > :05:27.A crackdown has been launchdd against anti`social behaviotr
:05:28. > :05:32.There's been a wave of complaints about groups of youths intilidating
:05:33. > :05:36.Now police have won a dispersal order which will be
:05:37. > :05:42.It gives them the power to order trouble`makers to leave the area
:05:43. > :05:50.Onto football, and MK Dons have been in training for one of their one
:05:51. > :05:55.Tomorrow they're hosting Manchester United at Stadium MK in the second
:05:56. > :06:01.It's the first time in 19 years that United havd been
:06:02. > :06:04.in the draw this early, aftdr failing to qualify for Europe.
:06:05. > :06:06.Despite the pressure, the Dons say that they're ddtermined
:06:07. > :06:20.The result is not going to be important. I would rather h`ve three
:06:21. > :06:23.points against Crawley next week. Tomorrow is definitely about the
:06:24. > :06:24.occasion, and perhaps it is a glimpse into the future this club
:06:25. > :06:26.could have. Well it's been
:06:27. > :06:40.a typical bank holiday Mond`y. It was a miserable day todax. The
:06:41. > :06:47.rain will continue for the next few hours, and much of the night is
:06:48. > :06:51.looking wet. Many places st`rt tomorrow quite cloudy and wdt. A
:06:52. > :06:56.mild night, temperatures not lower than 12 or 13 Celsius. Tomorrow
:06:57. > :07:02.starts with more outbreaks of rain, but across Northern counties it
:07:03. > :07:06.could clear and brighten up. We could see some sunshine into the
:07:07. > :07:13.afternoon. Temperatures between 17 and 18 Celsius with a moder`te
:07:14. > :07:16.north`easterly breeze. By the end of the day it is looking as if all
:07:17. > :07:20.places will see something a little bit brighter. Things will ilprove
:07:21. > :07:23.for Sunday, but current unsdttled once more on Thursday and Friday
:07:24. > :07:26.with some showers. I'll be back with more news
:07:27. > :07:42.and weather in the late bulletin. Hello, if you love wet weather, you
:07:43. > :07:48.appreciate a satellite picture. A big swell cloud around to the west
:07:49. > :07:52.of Ireland. If you love bank holidays, you would choose different
:07:53. > :07:57.words to describe the weather, but Italy this cloud which are the
:07:58. > :08:01.heaviest rain. In Scotland, you have been derived with lovely sunshine in
:08:02. > :08:05.the north-west. Within the cloudy zone, further outbreaks of rain this
:08:06. > :08:08.evening. Difficult driving conditions if you are heading back
:08:09. > :08:12.after the long weekend and further heavy showers from the south-west in
:08:13. > :08:15.southern areas as it goes on. Hill fog around too.