:00:00. > :00:00.September will settle down with Sony spells and it will get warmer --
:00:00. > :00:09.sunny spells. A story with a happy ending.
:00:10. > :00:18.In the programme tonight, the by`election bandwagon rolls
:00:19. > :00:20.into Clacton, with UKIP's leader admitting it's crunch time.
:00:21. > :00:22.This is High Noon. This matters.
:00:23. > :00:25.This matters an awful lot. It matters an awful lot to UKIP.
:00:26. > :00:27.It matters an awful lot to the Eurosceptic movement.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also tonight it's Decision day on the railways, as Network Rail
:00:31. > :00:33.rules it will go ahead with some engineering work this weekend.
:00:34. > :00:35.I'll be reporting live from Ipswich Railway station
:00:36. > :00:41.on what commuters returning home tonight made of that decision.
:00:42. > :00:43.Some of the giants of golf are at Woburn.
:00:44. > :00:54.We get their thoughts on the Ryder Cup.
:00:55. > :01:13.First tonight, the leader of the UK Independence
:01:14. > :01:18.Party kicks off the byelection campaign in Clacton, along with
:01:19. > :01:22.the newest member of his party. The man in question is
:01:23. > :01:24.Douglas Carswell. Yesterday, he stunned
:01:25. > :01:28.the political world when he defected to UKIP from the Tories.
:01:29. > :01:30.There will now be a by`election. Today in Clacton,
:01:31. > :01:34.a scene which will become very familiar in the weeks ahead.
:01:35. > :01:39.Mr Carswell, the UKIP leader Nigel Farage, and a media scrum.
:01:40. > :01:51.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair was there.
:01:52. > :01:57.After the political drama of yesterday, time for the party leader
:01:58. > :02:05.and his new recruits to start selling the message to Clacton. Do
:02:06. > :02:10.you want someone who calls you boss or calls David Cameron boss? This
:02:11. > :02:16.afternoon Douglas Carswell resigned as an MP and is now only a
:02:17. > :02:22.candidate. The reaction today was largely positive. Very pleased. I
:02:23. > :02:29.admire him very much. Do you think you can pull it off? I hope so. He
:02:30. > :02:34.has the courage of his convictions. What is the attraction of UKIP? I
:02:35. > :02:38.think they will do something the other parties are not bothering to
:02:39. > :03:00.do at all. But not everyone was positive. Crater `` traitor. Also on
:03:01. > :03:08.the scene today, the woman who always manages UKIP's most important
:03:09. > :03:13.campaigns. This is high noon. This matters, an awful lot. It matters a
:03:14. > :03:17.lot to the Eurosceptic movement and there is a growing number of us out
:03:18. > :03:23.there that want this country to be free of Brussels. There is one
:03:24. > :03:29.embarrassing problem, this man, who was only chosen three weeks ago was
:03:30. > :03:36.the UKIP candidate for Clacton, and he is refusing to stand down. This
:03:37. > :03:42.act if we wanted to sleep through one said, let them finish. I think
:03:43. > :03:47.that is only right. I am a fighter. This constituency needs a fighter.
:03:48. > :03:52.Nigel Farage says he is hoping to meet him later today. Drawing a
:03:53. > :03:56.crowd and getting the cameras to come along as the easy bit but what
:03:57. > :04:03.the Conservative majority of 12,000, taking the seat will be a big task.
:04:04. > :04:07.Over the next few weeks UKIP will have to explain what it stands for
:04:08. > :04:15.and why a UKIP MP will make a difference.
:04:16. > :04:18.Other news now. Network Rail has decided to
:04:19. > :04:21.scale back the engineering work it will carry out this weekend.
:04:22. > :04:22.Last weekend, work on the signals in Ipswich overran,
:04:23. > :04:25.leaving thousands of commuters waiting for trains that never came.
:04:26. > :04:28.This afternoon, the company said it was changing its work schedule.
:04:29. > :04:34.Kim Riley is at Ipswich Station now, Kim.
:04:35. > :04:43.After the bank holiday, the return to work that commuters blended.
:04:44. > :04:47.Literally hundreds packed onto the buses. Yesterday Network Rail
:04:48. > :04:52.identified a fault with the new signalling system being installed as
:04:53. > :04:56.part of the ?25 million upgrade. This afternoon, after a series of
:04:57. > :05:01.meetings it has put aside the signalling work but said that other
:05:02. > :05:07.planned work would go ahead. This was the reaction from commuters this
:05:08. > :05:11.evening. You have two adult a fatalistic approach, there is
:05:12. > :05:16.nothing much you can do about it. The service is appalling and it
:05:17. > :05:21.doesn't seem to get any better. I have been commuting for nearly 20
:05:22. > :05:31.years. If they need to do it, they need to do it, but I am a bit
:05:32. > :05:42.annoyed. There you go. Not terribly impressed? I am not. They say it
:05:43. > :05:47.might be getting better and may turn out to be wonderful. I just think
:05:48. > :05:50.that for the money you paid to travel by rail, the service can
:05:51. > :05:57.certainly be quicker and more reliable. The personal view is that
:05:58. > :06:01.if there is money to be spent, some of that should filter out to these
:06:02. > :06:08.counties in the East of England, which does not seem to be happening.
:06:09. > :06:14.Tonight, a new team is overseeing the work this weekend and has been
:06:15. > :06:22.told every step will be taken to avoid any overrun. Many MPs have
:06:23. > :06:28.criticised network rail and today it was announced politicians would have
:06:29. > :06:32.a bigger say in salaries and bonuses.
:06:33. > :06:35.Steve Cassidy is the area director for Network Rail.
:06:36. > :06:42.Straight after that meeting he told me what the new plan involves.
:06:43. > :06:49.We are pulling for word work that would have happened later on in the
:06:50. > :06:54.programme. Part of the work we had problems with last weekend, we are
:06:55. > :06:58.reviewing that and taking it out of the programme for this weekend. Can
:06:59. > :07:05.you assure us know that there will not be any problems on Monday
:07:06. > :07:09.morning? For this weekend, we have reviewed the programme and the work
:07:10. > :07:13.at any point. One of the yes use at any point. One of the yes use
:07:14. > :07:19.last weekend was we got to a point that for the safety of the line, we
:07:20. > :07:24.had to carry on with it. The work this weekend can be stopped at any
:07:25. > :07:29.point. So you can guarantee there will not be a problem on Monday
:07:30. > :07:33.morning? Essentially. As far as I can say, the work can be dropped at
:07:34. > :07:38.any time so we will return to normal. There could be something out
:07:39. > :07:44.whether control and we could have unless you but the chances are slim.
:07:45. > :07:49.There is absolute minimal risk. Is it a new team of people who are
:07:50. > :07:55.doing the work? We have a new team of people that are coming into the
:07:56. > :07:57.design problems. The problems were in the design rather than the
:07:58. > :08:03.implementation so essentially we have the same people implementing it
:08:04. > :08:08.but a new team reviewing it. So the people doing the design work before
:08:09. > :08:13.got it wrong? We do not understand fully exactly what happened. That
:08:14. > :08:17.preview is still underway but we know there was a problem with the
:08:18. > :08:21.design so the easiest and most effective way for us to deal with
:08:22. > :08:26.that is to have an independent team come in and check the design from a
:08:27. > :08:34.fresh perspective. That work you were going to do, you have pooled
:08:35. > :08:38.other work for word, so you have put the planned work on hold, does that
:08:39. > :08:42.mean that in the future that work will have to be done and that could
:08:43. > :08:48.cause problems? Yes, that will have to be done in the future. The chance
:08:49. > :08:51.of it causing problems should be reduced by the review that we are
:08:52. > :08:57.carrying out which is why we're not doing it this weekend. And you will
:08:58. > :09:01.come back on Monday and tell us that you are very sorry if it all goes
:09:02. > :09:02.wrong? I am quite happy to come back but hopefully that will not be the
:09:03. > :09:18.case. Over the next few weeks UKIP will
:09:19. > :09:20.have to explain what it stands for and why a UKIP MP will make a
:09:21. > :09:22.difference. This weekend the party experts will
:09:23. > :09:25.be going through the stats, trying to work out what kind
:09:26. > :09:27.of constituency Clacton really is. Here's what happened in 2010.
:09:28. > :09:29.Douglas Carswell won with more than 22,000 votes.
:09:30. > :09:31.UKIP didn't stand as part of an unofficial agreement with
:09:32. > :09:34.Mr Carswell. Labour came second with the Lib Dems
:09:35. > :09:36.third and the British National Party fourth.
:09:37. > :09:37.So what's going to happen in 2014? Richard Daniel has been
:09:38. > :09:46.taking soundings. It has all the trappings of a
:09:47. > :09:51.British seaside resorts but come the by`election that promises to be
:09:52. > :09:54.anything but predictable. This is classic UKIP territorially with many
:09:55. > :10:01.voters feeling disenfranchised with national politics, but it is not
:10:02. > :10:07.just about the seaside resort, important though it is. Other
:10:08. > :10:11.factors are then play elsewhere. The constituency used to include the
:10:12. > :10:16.traditional Labour stronghold of Harwich but no more following
:10:17. > :10:20.boundary changes. This corner of coastal Essex has corners of
:10:21. > :10:26.affluence and deprivation. Bierley two miles away, the poverty here in
:10:27. > :10:30.places is stark. This couple have lived here for 25 years and that the
:10:31. > :10:39.last general election they voted Conservative. Does he have Euro
:10:40. > :10:44.Report? Not necessarily. Not really because we have had dealings with
:10:45. > :10:50.him and he was not very helpful. I have no confidence in the man. It is
:10:51. > :10:58.not just UKIP that sense is an opportunity but Labour as well. Ivan
:10:59. > :11:03.Henderson lost his seat in 2005 and he believes Tories voting for UKIP
:11:04. > :11:09.could help split the vote in labour's favour. There is a good
:11:10. > :11:13.chance and we saw it in the past. We could sneak through from behind. I
:11:14. > :11:22.think it is open and nobody can call this one. But Labour faces
:11:23. > :11:26.challenges as well. In the north of the constituency I found a lifelong
:11:27. > :11:32.Labour supporter, and it was not Labour he had on his mind. I could
:11:33. > :11:36.never go Conservative but possibly to UKIP because some of those
:11:37. > :11:43.policies fit nicely with me. Labour to UKIP is a big jump. I would
:11:44. > :11:48.consider it. And that is what will make this by`election so close to
:11:49. > :11:54.call. It promises to be a thrilling ride.
:11:55. > :11:59.The East of England Ambulance Service has been fined ?1.5 million
:12:00. > :12:01.for poor response times, and poor turnaround times at hospitals.
:12:02. > :12:03.The fine has been imposed by the region's Clinical
:12:04. > :12:09.Commissioning Groups which buy NHS services on behalf of patients.
:12:10. > :12:18.This is a ?1.5 million fine which could get even bigger. The East of
:12:19. > :12:23.England ambulance trust serves 19 clinical commissioning groups across
:12:24. > :12:28.the East. These are the groups which now by NHS services on behalf of
:12:29. > :12:33.patients. These groups say ambulance performance has been too slow and
:12:34. > :12:42.when that happens, fines levied. The first part of the fine is for slowed
:12:43. > :12:44.responses to emergency calls. They failed to reach 75% of
:12:45. > :12:51.life`threatening emergencies within eight minutes. ?300,000 is for
:12:52. > :12:57.hospital time around the leaves, the time people have to wait and an
:12:58. > :13:04.ambulance outside A Last year, 29,000 people were kept waiting for
:13:05. > :13:07.more than 30 minutes. In a statement, the trust told look East,
:13:08. > :13:34.we are working hard... The ambulance service will have two
:13:35. > :13:37.pay the ?300,000 tolerant fine now but the fine fun emergency responses
:13:38. > :13:39.only covers the first three months of the financial year and did get
:13:40. > :13:46.bigger. The police in Norfolk are doing
:13:47. > :13:48.a good job at protecting vulnerable children, according to a report
:13:49. > :13:50.by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
:13:51. > :13:52.The force was inspected in April. Officers were found to be well
:13:53. > :13:54.trained to identify children at risk.
:13:55. > :13:56.There were some concerns over assessing the risk
:13:57. > :13:57.of suspects to other vulnerable people, and over children involved
:13:58. > :14:16.in long`term domestic abuse. Still to come, a road movie
:14:17. > :14:24.featuring a folk band and a B road. And why Monty is still the master.
:14:25. > :14:28.Figures obtained by Look East show the number of police community
:14:29. > :14:31.support officers has fallen across the region over the last five years.
:14:32. > :14:33.At the same time, the number of Special Constables has gone up.
:14:34. > :14:35.Of course, PCSOs get paid, specials don't.
:14:36. > :14:40.In Cambridgeshire, for example, there are currently 136 PCSOs
:14:41. > :14:49.compared to 289 Special Constables, So what's the difference
:14:50. > :14:54.between the two? And does it show that we're
:14:55. > :14:55.getting policing on the cheap? Louise Hubball has
:14:56. > :15:08.tonight's special report. In the modern police force, officers
:15:09. > :15:19.are backed up by police community support officers. And special
:15:20. > :15:24.constables, unpaid volunteers. Every Friday, Tony is in uniform and the
:15:25. > :15:30.rest of the week he is doing his day job, and he believes this work helps
:15:31. > :15:33.with policing. I am meeting with people and interacting with them so
:15:34. > :15:39.there are lot of interpersonal skills that you require, and it is
:15:40. > :15:46.the same as the police. And it is something his clients approve of. It
:15:47. > :15:52.gives us plenty to talk about. As a special constable, he focuses on
:15:53. > :15:59.rural crime. Within that farm building you have livestock and
:16:00. > :16:04.tools... The number of police community support officers has gone
:16:05. > :16:08.down, and it is not just here in Cambridgeshire. In the last five
:16:09. > :16:15.years, police forces have been reducing their numbers of PCS alls.
:16:16. > :16:22.The figures for the specials are more complex with numbers in some
:16:23. > :16:26.areas going up. This volunteer says it is not all about cutting costs.
:16:27. > :16:32.Certain people enjoy giving their time. I give my time and do not feel
:16:33. > :16:37.it is policing on the cheap but is about connecting again with the
:16:38. > :16:42.community. And despite needing to make savings of ?25 million, Cambs
:16:43. > :16:49.police say the recruitment decision is not driven by money. Having a
:16:50. > :16:53.special Constabulary is fundamental to policing and has been in place
:16:54. > :16:58.for years. We want to recruit people who want to be a part of policing in
:16:59. > :17:02.their local area so we are introducing specialist roles,
:17:03. > :17:06.whether that is child abuse investigation or major crime, to
:17:07. > :17:12.give people a clear path with the special Constabulary. This force
:17:13. > :17:13.will always employ dedicated individuals prepared to a
:17:14. > :17:21.challenging job without being paid. In golf, Colin Montgomerie is the
:17:22. > :17:23.hot favourite to defend his Masters title at Woburn this weekend.
:17:24. > :17:26.And with the European Ryder Cup team announced next week, selection
:17:27. > :17:27.is the hot topic of debate. Tom Williams has spent the day
:17:28. > :17:35.on the Duke's Course at Woburn. Welcome to Woburn.
:17:36. > :17:38.Huge crowds expected over the three days of the Travis Perkins masters.
:17:39. > :17:43.Winding down in the hospitality area after a
:17:44. > :17:49.tricky opening day for the players. The scoreboard is behind me and it's
:17:50. > :17:51.a very familiar name on the top. Colin Montgomerie four
:17:52. > :17:54.under par today. He's a past Ryder Cup captain
:17:55. > :17:57.and that really is the top topic of debate this week,
:17:58. > :18:05.who will be selected in the team next Tuesday.
:18:06. > :18:09.It's become a Who's Who of golf. The European senior tour
:18:10. > :18:18.brimming with talent. Ryder Cup legends as competitive
:18:19. > :18:21.and as classy as ever, this week eyeing up more silverware.
:18:22. > :18:23.With the next Ryder Cup just a month away, the race
:18:24. > :18:32.for selection is tight and tense. After failing to qualify, Woburn's
:18:33. > :18:35.finest needs a captain's pick. Ian Poulter has been a talisman in
:18:36. > :18:37.the last couple of matches, can you imagine the team without him?
:18:38. > :18:38.I cannot. Since 2012,
:18:39. > :18:42.it should not have "Europe" but "Ian Poulter" written on it.
:18:43. > :18:45.It was unbelievable. If he didn't get
:18:46. > :18:50.a wild card everyone would boycott the Ryder Cup.
:18:51. > :18:54.In recent Ryder Cups, he has been Europe's top points scorer.
:18:55. > :19:00.His points and passion are priceless.
:19:01. > :19:03.He would be tough to leave out but he is in the mix
:19:04. > :19:06.along with several other players. Stevie Gallacher can play
:19:07. > :19:10.his way into the team if he gets in the top two and
:19:11. > :19:15.Francesco Molinari is in the mix. Lots of players have their hands
:19:16. > :19:17.up looking for the spot. The focus for
:19:18. > :19:19.the seniors this week is the Travis Perkins title, showing the world
:19:20. > :19:26.that they are still the Masters. Well played today.
:19:27. > :19:28.Thank you, it was difficult, the winds were swirling
:19:29. > :19:34.and the green was soft, very difficult to get close to the hole.
:19:35. > :19:40.I'm delighted to get in at 68 and the wind is still up
:19:41. > :19:42.so it will be difficult. Defending champion this week
:19:43. > :19:48.and a couple of majors already this year, you are red hot?
:19:49. > :19:53.Neither red nor hot but delighted with how the year has gone.
:19:54. > :19:58.Just because we have turned 50 does not
:19:59. > :20:02.mean we cannot play golf any more and the standard is great and I am
:20:03. > :20:06.looking forward to the challenge. As
:20:07. > :20:09.a former Ryder Cup captain you know where Paul McGinley is this week.
:20:10. > :20:12.Next week there is confirmation. What will be going through his mind?
:20:13. > :20:16.It is not easy because you will have to say someone
:20:17. > :20:21.that I think you are better than you and that is never easy
:20:22. > :20:24.in golf terms because we all think we're better than everyone else.
:20:25. > :20:28.It is one man's opinion and I think he will make the right
:20:29. > :20:34.decisions for the sake of the team and we will get the 12 players.
:20:35. > :20:37.Everyone here at Woburn is desperate to see their local man
:20:38. > :20:41.Ian Poulter. Tough to leave him out?
:20:42. > :20:46.I think he is guaranteed, although he is not had a great summer.
:20:47. > :20:52.It would be very difficult to think of a Ryder Cup team without
:20:53. > :21:03.Ian Poulter in it. Thanks ever so much.
:21:04. > :21:05.Best of luck over the weekend. The weaher I think is set to be
:21:06. > :21:07.fair over the weekend and certainly, Montgomerie will be
:21:08. > :21:17.the man to beat. Highway to Hell?
:21:18. > :21:19.How about the B1159 in Norfolk? It's the coast road between Cromer
:21:20. > :21:21.and Great Yarmouth. And a folk band called
:21:22. > :21:47.Addison's Uncle has just released a new anthem in its honour.
:21:48. > :21:59.Addison's Uncle with an acoustic version of the B1159. Why the
:22:00. > :22:00.B1159? That is down to the singer songwriter. He would insist on
:22:01. > :24:15.taking this stupid route and it will be a chance to comment
:24:16. > :24:17.on the popularity of the government, but there is far more to it than
:24:18. > :24:23.that, because UKIP have good chance of winning the seat.
:24:24. > :24:31.Nationally that could be big, but locally, UKIP has a big presence in
:24:32. > :24:38.the region, and if they can or cannot take Clacton, what does that
:24:39. > :24:42.say about other parts of Essex? And if Douglas Carswell can pull it off
:24:43. > :24:49.in Clacton, what about other MPs from our region who have been linked
:24:50. > :24:54.with UKIP in the past? Will they now be tempted to jump ship? Whoever
:24:55. > :25:01.wins the selection, it will be remembered. UKIP looked very
:25:02. > :25:06.confident, can they do it? They do, but they have never seriously fought
:25:07. > :25:11.Clacton before, and statistically nobody is really too sure what can
:25:12. > :25:14.happen. Douglas Carswell's popularity and the demographic means
:25:15. > :25:20.he stands a good chance but the Tories have a 12,000 majority so
:25:21. > :25:25.should be favourites. One bit of late news, Labour has chosen its
:25:26. > :25:33.candidate, Tim Young, a Colchester counsellor. This will be going on
:25:34. > :25:40.every day for weeks six lets get the weather.
:25:41. > :25:48.Certainly blustery today and we have had this system moving in from the
:25:49. > :25:51.west. The thicker cloud and rain will continue east were swept most
:25:52. > :25:57.of the rain light and patchy but we cannot rule out some heavy
:25:58. > :26:03.downpours. Not particularly cold with temperatures no lower than 15
:26:04. > :26:09.Celsius. The when this tended to ease down a touch but remaining
:26:10. > :26:14.moderates. The frontal system moves in and we have a low pressure to the
:26:15. > :26:21.North and high pressure from the south`west. This north`westerly flow
:26:22. > :26:24.is likely to feed a few showers so the overnight rain should clear from
:26:25. > :26:29.the east and we are left with largely dry conditions. We could
:26:30. > :26:35.have a few showers speeding through, most of the light side, but a sharp
:26:36. > :26:43.one he ran clear. Temperatures around 20 Celsius. A mainly moderate
:26:44. > :26:49.westerly wind and we finished the day with a few showers but a lot of
:26:50. > :26:53.fine and dry weather. We can look at the pressure chart and Sunday still
:26:54. > :27:00.looks like having high pressure from the West but Monday into Tuesday,
:27:01. > :27:08.still a certain amount of uncertainty, but this is actually
:27:09. > :27:13.the tail end of a front associated what a hurricane, and if it moves
:27:14. > :27:19.over the top of us, we could have a lot more cloud and outbreaks of
:27:20. > :27:26.rain. Saturday, a few showers but mostly dry and Sunday is looking guy
:27:27. > :27:28.everywhere. Monday and Tuesday, depending on what happens, high
:27:29. > :27:33.pressure is still with us but we could have a lot of cloud and
:27:34. > :27:36.outbreaks of rain, and we're not sure about amounts of sunshine. Keep
:27:37. > :27:44.an eye on the forecast. Goodbye. From all of us, whatever you're
:27:45. > :27:48.doing this weekend, see you next week.