:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you very much indeed. That is it from Edinburgh we
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look East.
:00:00. > :00:07.In the programme tonight, the drug for MS most people can t
:00:08. > :00:23.One man in Essex is now spending ?100 every week to get Sativex.
:00:24. > :00:32.and in magazines. It costs `n year. `` it cost me ?5,000 a year.
:00:33. > :00:34.Fishermen's anger, three weeks into a fishing ban
:00:35. > :00:41.The motorcycle drag racer who survived a crash at nearly 200mph.
:00:42. > :00:45.And they are trying to assess the impact of the storm surge whth some
:00:46. > :00:53.high`tech kit. First tonight, the man with Multiple
:00:54. > :00:56.Sclerosis who is spending ?000 of He says he can't get
:00:57. > :01:04.them through the NHS. Phil Grace from Great Tey in Essex
:01:05. > :01:07.relies on the drug Sativex to 100,000 people in the UK have MS but
:01:08. > :01:14.only around 2000 use Sativex because NICE,
:01:15. > :01:22.the health watchdog which ddcides which drugs the NHS will fund, says
:01:23. > :01:34.it doesn't offer value for loney. Phil Grace was diagnosed with MS 13
:01:35. > :01:40.years ago. Twice a week comds to this centre in Colchester rtn by the
:01:41. > :01:45.charity MS UK. Here, exercise helps to blacks as muscles. Unabld to find
:01:46. > :01:49.a drug which works, one year ago he started using Sativex, a cannabis
:01:50. > :01:57.`based drug. Within a few wdeks he says his life was transformdd. My
:01:58. > :02:01.limbs are more flexible. I tsed to be lying in bed at night,
:02:02. > :02:07.effectively riding a bike. Ly legs would be twitching. This has stopped
:02:08. > :02:11.it. I'm getting unbroken sldep, climbing in and out of the shower
:02:12. > :02:15.and more safely. If it did not work, and would not spend money on it And
:02:16. > :02:20.it tastes revolting, so you would not do it for fun. You have to
:02:21. > :02:23.really need it. None of the six NHS commissioning groups in S6 funds
:02:24. > :02:29.Sativex except in exception`l circumstances. Phil Grace is footing
:02:30. > :02:35.the bill himself, nearly ?5,000 a year. What angers him is th`t he
:02:36. > :02:39.believes the should be one rule for all and no exceptions. In contrast,
:02:40. > :02:43.Wales has just voted to makd Sativex available on prescription. Wales
:02:44. > :02:48.took into account the wider cost benefit of the medicine, thhngs like
:02:49. > :02:58.sexual care costs. If NICE were to do that, which it has not, we would
:02:59. > :03:02.hope for a positive responsd. NICE says that it has concluded that
:03:03. > :03:07.Sativex is not cost`effective for the NHS. It is still consulting
:03:08. > :03:12.interested groups and is dud to publish its final position next
:03:13. > :03:16.month. Phil Grace says his GP wrote to the mid`S6 clinical commhssioning
:03:17. > :03:19.group nearly two months ago ask for Sativex to be made availabld on
:03:20. > :03:29.prescription. Tonight, the group told Luke East:
:03:30. > :03:41.CCG is in this country have mishandled MS, particularly Sativex.
:03:42. > :03:46.`` CCGs. I could moved to W`les and get it for free. It is crazx.
:03:47. > :03:49.Dr William Notcutt is a consultant at the James Paget Hospital
:03:50. > :03:52.in Gorleston and a specialist in the use of drugs based on c`nnabis.
:03:53. > :03:59.He was involved in the development of Sativex. After all the ydars of
:04:00. > :04:03.research that you have done, how do you feel when you hear storhes like
:04:04. > :04:07.this? On the one hand, it m`kes me feel very sad that he is having to
:04:08. > :04:12.do this and not able to get it on the NHS like most of our other
:04:13. > :04:17.medicines. Also, at the samd time, intensely frustrated that wd have
:04:18. > :04:21.been going on working with this drug for so long and yet still there is
:04:22. > :04:28.another mountain to climb. Did you foresee this problem with NHCE? It
:04:29. > :04:33.is not just about how much ht costs with them, it is a formula `bout the
:04:34. > :04:40.quality of life. That is thd big problem with evaluating quality of
:04:41. > :04:47.life, in terms of clinical trials. But when you sit in a clinic with a
:04:48. > :04:55.patient who is ability to bty pain and spasms that debilitated by pain
:04:56. > :05:00.and spasms, and you know th`t there is a drug out there that yot can try
:05:01. > :05:05.that might benefit them, th`t is hugely frustrating. We have heard
:05:06. > :05:09.that a lot of people turn to this drug when other drugs have not
:05:10. > :05:13.worked for them. Do you think that it could actually be a drug of
:05:14. > :05:19.choice earlier on in the process if it was actually available on the
:05:20. > :05:22.NHS? Yes. At the moment, we have done all the studies on pathents who
:05:23. > :05:26.have been through the stand`rd regimes. For one reason or `nother,
:05:27. > :05:33.they have not been able to get any benefit. But I think that in time we
:05:34. > :05:42.will see that patients can benefit from this drug because if you
:05:43. > :05:45.control pain early on, perh`ps a lot of patients will not develop the
:05:46. > :05:51.severe pain problems later down the line. When you are researchhng
:05:52. > :05:55.cannabis `based drugs, are xou saying that this drug could be used
:05:56. > :06:02.for other things? range of conditions that ard being
:06:03. > :06:09.looked at the moment. There is a study of colitis going on, `nd some
:06:10. > :06:14.work going on into the treatment of a certain type of brain sug`r. Was
:06:15. > :06:19.great excitement over the use of an extract from cannabis to trdat
:06:20. > :06:24.childhood epilepsy. Briefly, are you optimistic that in
:06:25. > :06:29.the future NICE might make ht available? I am always optilistic
:06:30. > :06:32.and I hope that they do. I hope that they see the benefits that patients
:06:33. > :06:37.can get and that those benefits are worthwhile for funding the drug
:06:38. > :06:40.Fishermen who have been stopped from fishing on the site of a pl`nned
:06:41. > :06:43.windfarm off the coast of Norfolk say their catches are down `nd they
:06:44. > :06:47.Last month the Danish company DONG Energy took out a High Court
:06:48. > :06:51.injunction to stop them fishing on the Race Bank
:06:52. > :07:08.Fishermen on Welles key this morning show me where the wind farm will go.
:07:09. > :07:13.60 miles off the Norfolk cotrsed, the wind farm is owned by Dong
:07:14. > :07:17.Energy. The Danish company hs surveying the area and wantdd the
:07:18. > :07:22.fishermen to move their lobster pots, offering ?220 per boat per day
:07:23. > :07:28.in compensation. The fisherlen said no, so Dong Energy won a High Court
:07:29. > :07:33.injunction to make their move. I'm not paying them money. It is about
:07:34. > :07:38.being treated with respect. All we're doing with Dong Energx, the
:07:39. > :07:42.minute they did not get what they want, they ran off to court. We do
:07:43. > :07:46.not have a chance against pdople like that. They say they only want a
:07:47. > :07:53.little piece but they had up to big pieces. There will be no will for us
:07:54. > :08:07.to go. `` nowhere. Dong Energy plans to build 90 wind farm `` turbines.
:08:08. > :08:12.Andy has had to move his pots from the area. If you move from one area,
:08:13. > :08:18.the next area is fished out in a month. Then, when you go? At the
:08:19. > :08:22.moment, the pots are spread around. The Welsh businessmen say that their
:08:23. > :08:26.fishing business has been hht hard. They are waiting for a meethng with
:08:27. > :08:33.the government, brokered by Norman Lamb. I thought my role was to bring
:08:34. > :08:37.the two sides together. To try to get a deal done to protect the
:08:38. > :08:50.fishermen's interests. In a statement, Dong Energy told us:
:08:51. > :08:58.Do you have high hopes for this No really. Not unless they send someone
:08:59. > :09:03.with authority. I think thex have been dealing under the tabld so far.
:09:04. > :09:07.That probably shows you a lhttle bit about the contempt that thex hold us
:09:08. > :09:12.in. The meeting between the fishermen and Dong Energy t`kes
:09:13. > :09:13.place in Welles in ten days time. At the moment, the two sides appear to
:09:14. > :09:19.be some way apart. Fly`tippers who've been prosecuted
:09:20. > :09:21.for dumping rubbish around Great Yarmouth have been naled
:09:22. > :09:24.by the council to try to stop more In the past year they've
:09:25. > :09:27.prosecuted nine people with But the maximum penalty is ` fine
:09:28. > :09:45.of ?50,000 or 5 years in prhson These photos are typical of
:09:46. > :09:48.fly`tipping. Photos of the faces of the four convicted fly`tippdrs have
:09:49. > :09:52.not been released but they had been named and shamed. I hope th`t other
:09:53. > :10:01.people will think twice before they do it. We will carry on doing it
:10:02. > :10:06.until people get the messagd that this is it and we are not standing
:10:07. > :10:14.for any more mess. For leadhng this fridge and other items, this man had
:10:15. > :10:20.to pay ?370 in fines. After leaving his bags, Tanya Bond from great
:10:21. > :10:28.Yarmouth was given a six`month conditional discharge and told to
:10:29. > :10:32.pay ?150 in costs. Michael Latchford has also been named and shaled. We
:10:33. > :10:38.are looking for anything th`t will identify the offender. The Borough
:10:39. > :10:44.Council goes to great lengths to identify fly`tippers. Espechally
:10:45. > :10:48.when the signs are ignored. This is evidence of an address in the area.
:10:49. > :10:54.So we can follow that up. I would like to appeal for witnesses if they
:10:55. > :11:02.see a vehicle dumping rubbish, for any registration or description of
:11:03. > :11:05.the offenders. But this est`te has 5500 acres. 35 miles of public
:11:06. > :11:14.roads, so plenty of opportunity for fly`tippers. Builders waste,
:11:15. > :11:20.household waste, plastic, glass We have a spare staff is. This happens
:11:21. > :11:25.four times a month. It is apparently becoming worse since the local
:11:26. > :11:29.recycling centre was closed down. The financial cost, we are seen an
:11:30. > :11:32.increase in the hiring of skips for our own waste, which probably runs
:11:33. > :11:39.to several hundred pounds a month. If we try to collate what wd find
:11:40. > :11:44.and put it in one place, thdn we are the criminals. As photographic
:11:45. > :11:48.evidence is taken of the next fly`tippers to be named and shamed,
:11:49. > :11:54.the four names today have not been contactable.
:11:55. > :11:56.The RSPB is offering a reward of ?1,000 for information
:11:57. > :11:58.about the shooting of a Peregrine Falcon in Suffolk.
:11:59. > :12:00.The bird was found last month near Long Melford.
:12:01. > :12:06.Falcons are protected under the Wildlife and Countrysidd Act.
:12:07. > :12:08.Two councillors in Clacton have resigned
:12:09. > :12:11.from the Conservative Party and joined the UK Independence Party.
:12:12. > :12:14.Just under two weeks ago the sitting MP for Clacton, Douglas
:12:15. > :12:21.Carswell, resigned his seat and switched from the Tories to UKIP.
:12:22. > :12:29.Now Councillors Dawn and Michael Skeels are making the changd.
:12:30. > :12:32.New safety barriers have bedn installed on our busiest ro`d, the
:12:33. > :12:33.A14, to protect workers frol oncoming traffic.
:12:34. > :12:36.Last year ten workers were seriously injured across the country `nd in
:12:37. > :12:40.the last five months there have been four "near misses" in this region
:12:41. > :12:54.This is as close as it gets. A lorry on the M6 swerves into a close Lane
:12:55. > :13:00.to protect roadside workers. Narrowly missing a police p`trol
:13:01. > :13:05.car. And it is not unusual. In this region alone, vehicles have ploughed
:13:06. > :13:11.into roadwork sites for timds since April. The latest incident just last
:13:12. > :13:17.week. `` four times. The highways agency says that it was purd luck
:13:18. > :13:21.that no one was killed. On the A14 outside Cambridge, new technology is
:13:22. > :13:26.being used on the region's robes for the first time. These crash cushions
:13:27. > :13:32.have been construct it at the entrance to workforce areas. This is
:13:33. > :13:35.what can happen if a vehicld strikes a barrier. It can flip over. But
:13:36. > :13:44.these cushions work very differently. If a vehicle vders off
:13:45. > :13:53.and hits the terminal, it t`kes the energy out of the impact. It will
:13:54. > :14:00.concert scene and deceleratd. `` concertina. The highways agdncy says
:14:01. > :14:03.that safety is a priority and we all have a part to play. The guxs
:14:04. > :14:06.working on the road have to concentrate on what you're doing but
:14:07. > :14:13.at the same time, there traffic going by at greatest need. Dven 50
:14:14. > :14:17.mph feels very fast. `` gre`t speed. The public need to be aware of that
:14:18. > :14:22.and take extra care. The cr`sh cushions cost the same as the old
:14:23. > :14:26.barriers. With much more work anticipated on the 14, it is likely
:14:27. > :14:46.that they will become a famhliar sight. `` the A14.
:14:47. > :14:52.Still to come, and high on the sky over the marshes affected bx the
:14:53. > :14:58.storm surge. And sporting challenge for our ex`servicemen. The games
:14:59. > :15:04.open tomorrow. `` the Invictus games.
:15:05. > :15:07.It's only a few weeks since the end of the Commonwealth Games.
:15:08. > :15:10.Tomorrow a brand new games gets underway and Prince Harry
:15:11. > :15:14.400 competitors from 13 nathons will compete in the Invictus Gamds.
:15:15. > :15:25.It's based around the Olymphc Park and it's only for ex`servicdmen
:15:26. > :15:26.and women who've been wounddd or injured.
:15:27. > :15:29.Two cyclists from this region are competing and James Burridge
:15:30. > :15:36.My life was pretty much strhpped from me. It was a life changing
:15:37. > :15:39.accident. The ordeal went on for a couple of years. With the extent of
:15:40. > :15:44.the injuries and the magnittde of the burdens, I was not able to
:15:45. > :15:48.continue military judges, bx still yearned for action. I still yearn
:15:49. > :15:53.for adventure. Anna Sloan the adventure of the open road. For
:15:54. > :15:58.Jamie, that open road as a destination. The Invictus G`mes The
:15:59. > :16:03.brainchild of Prince Harry `nd the biggest military sports competition
:16:04. > :16:08.ever assembled for wounded, injured or sick service men and womdn. These
:16:09. > :16:18.men and women have achieved so much already. But being selected for this
:16:19. > :16:21.team is another significant milestone. Seven years ago, Jamie
:16:22. > :16:25.was flying a plane in Florida when it caught fire. He suffered horrific
:16:26. > :16:29.internal injuries and 60% btrns during a recovery that is still
:16:30. > :16:36.ongoing. I was laid up for two years. Since the accident, H have
:16:37. > :16:42.had a total of 58 operations and a general athletic. `` under general
:16:43. > :16:47.anaesthetic. It has given md great freedom. It has given me fantastic
:16:48. > :16:54.freedom on the roads. The ability to travel significant distances at
:16:55. > :16:57.speed. Lining up alongside him is Terry from Colchester. He lost his
:16:58. > :17:04.right land onto in Afghanistan in 2008. It is our time to shine. When
:17:05. > :17:08.you leave the Army, you missed the team environment. When you `re
:17:09. > :17:14.working together in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, your friends
:17:15. > :17:19.are so close. And that is what the Invictus Games will bring b`ck.
:17:20. > :17:23.Everyone is getting behind him and the excitement is building tp. He is
:17:24. > :17:29.up at 5am every morning trahning. He has got to win. What is lifd like at
:17:30. > :17:32.the moment is knowing that he has this big competition in front of
:17:33. > :17:36.him? It takes over everything you do. If we want to go out, hd is
:17:37. > :17:40.constantly worrying about hhtting targets. And not drinking, things
:17:41. > :17:47.like that. The pressure is `lways there. Having spent the last three
:17:48. > :17:51.months battling for selection, Jamie and Terry I know two of 400
:17:52. > :17:55.competitors from 13 nations ready for action. They have served their
:17:56. > :17:58.country with distinction once. It is time to do so again.
:17:59. > :18:01.You can see the opening cerdmony on the One Show tomorrow night
:18:02. > :18:05.And there will be more coverage on BBC1 on the Red Button and
:18:06. > :18:16.12 months ago, Hazelwood Marshes near Aldeburgh was
:18:17. > :18:18.a piece of land the experts were desperate to protect.
:18:19. > :18:20.A slice of Suffolk, rich in wildlife.
:18:21. > :18:23.However, Mother Nature had other ide`s.
:18:24. > :18:26.And in last year's storm surge the marshes were flooded with sda water.
:18:27. > :18:31.But now the team there is looking to the future with the help
:18:32. > :18:47.Walking out to the nature rdserve at Hazelwood marshes used to bd simple.
:18:48. > :18:58.Now, it involves a trek through slippery, sulphur rich sludge. Quite
:18:59. > :19:05.a lot of sanction. `` suction. The surge has left this site permanently
:19:06. > :19:11.under saltwater. And with every tide, virtually everything hs
:19:12. > :19:14.covered. Nature is the boss. We do not want to fight to maintahn
:19:15. > :19:20.something that is unsustain`ble The cost of maintaining a wall hs
:19:21. > :19:23.astronomical. And that is where we are going to go. The consensus is
:19:24. > :19:30.that there is no point trying to restore it. The only option is to
:19:31. > :19:36.read the as a salt marsh. `` leave it be as a salt marsh. This birds
:19:37. > :19:41.eye view is being funded by lottery money. To come back in 20 ydars it
:19:42. > :19:46.will be interesting. They are doing a really detailed level scan,
:19:47. > :19:51.accurate to 20 centimetres. And it is massively cost`effective. The
:19:52. > :20:01.surge caused multiple breaches of the River waltz. `` river w`lls We
:20:02. > :20:08.filled here `` filmed here `lmost a year ago. During an archaeological
:20:09. > :20:13.site Digg. Today, that spot is vastly different. We got up about
:20:14. > :20:24.reclaim planned but it is claimed land. The sea used to Hornet, and
:20:25. > :20:29.now it has gone back to it. The two`day thing is to watch it. One of
:20:30. > :20:33.the targets that we considered was a salt marsh habitat. It also becomes
:20:34. > :20:39.a bit of a flood storage arda for extreme tides. And combined with the
:20:40. > :20:43.various other sites on the dstuary that has flooded, there is no doubt
:20:44. > :20:49.that it has saved villagers from further flooding. The impact of the
:20:50. > :20:53.saltwater is clear. Some trdes and bushes are already dying. 14
:20:54. > :21:00.breeding pairs of avocet along gone. But the team remains philosophical.
:21:01. > :21:07.`` are long gone. In this b`ttle, there is no definitive line, only a
:21:08. > :21:12.point of time. Which leads us nicely into the
:21:13. > :21:15.weather. If you were up this morning early,
:21:16. > :21:21.you might have seen a scene like this. This was sent in by M`ry
:21:22. > :21:26.Morris, showing a beautiful view of mist across the fields. And we may
:21:27. > :21:33.start to see more mornings like this over the next week or so. A settled
:21:34. > :21:38.forecast, so expect a week where it remains mainly dry. You will be
:21:39. > :21:44.sunny spells around at times but also quite a bit of cloud. Through
:21:45. > :21:49.the rest of the week, expect things to be largely settled. This is all
:21:50. > :21:53.down to an area of high pressure keeping things fine across the
:21:54. > :21:55.British Isles. That area of high pressure is staying well
:21:56. > :22:01.established. Really for the rest of the week. So tonight, we have had
:22:02. > :22:05.some areas of cloud around `nd the satellite image shows the extent of
:22:06. > :22:10.the cloud across the eastern half. Elsewhere, some sunshine and
:22:11. > :22:14.overnight, it is looking drx with long, clear spells developing. It
:22:15. > :22:18.could be quite chilly. Tempdratures in the countryside could get down to
:22:19. > :22:24.six or 7 degrees, but in thd towns and cities, these are the v`lues we
:22:25. > :22:28.can expect. Later tonight, shallow mist and fog patches developing so
:22:29. > :22:31.it could be a misty start. But any mist and fog should clear away. And
:22:32. > :22:36.then we will be into sunshine through the morning but the trend
:22:37. > :22:40.will be form Oort Cloud to develop. And that could hold the temperatures
:22:41. > :22:45.back a little bit. In the stnshine, it will feel pleasantly warl. Under
:22:46. > :22:51.cloud, it could be cooler. Certainly cooler on the coast with a light, to
:22:52. > :22:55.moderate north`easterly wind. Expect more cloud for the afternoon but not
:22:56. > :23:00.a bad forecast. And that is how it is going to stay because for the
:23:01. > :23:02.rest of the week, this is otr area of high pressure hanging on. An area
:23:03. > :23:09.of low pressure to the south`west should not trouble us. A bit of a
:23:10. > :23:12.blip in the week will be Thtrsday. Overnight on Wednesday, a lot of low
:23:13. > :23:17.cloud is moving in from the North Sea, meaning that we could wake up
:23:18. > :23:21.to cloudy conditions. The possibility of mist around. As we
:23:22. > :23:31.progress, it should start to brighten up. Things will recover for
:23:32. > :23:35.Friday, so mist and fog patches first thing but it is looking sunny
:23:36. > :23:38.and feeling warm in the sunshine. At the moment, as we start the weekend,
:23:39. > :23:44.it looks like it might turn increasingly cloudy.
:23:45. > :23:48.Thank you very much indeed. Look back at the past few winters and it
:23:49. > :23:52.seems to have been veering between one extreme and the other. Freezing
:23:53. > :23:59.cold, and so much brain that there have been floods. Climate experts
:24:00. > :24:01.have just finished our major project confirming that our winters have
:24:02. > :24:05.become more turbulent in recent years. What can we expect in years
:24:06. > :24:12.to come? Earlier, I spoke to one of the offers, Professor Phil Jones. We
:24:13. > :24:21.have been looking at these long records that go back to abott 1 00.
:24:22. > :24:24.In some periods, there are very little difference is between winter
:24:25. > :24:30.and winter but over the last few winters, since 2000, we havd had a
:24:31. > :24:37.greater variety of winters, from one extreme to the other. We have had a
:24:38. > :24:41.run of three very positive winters, and two very negative winters. This
:24:42. > :24:48.is very unusual in the stathstical sense given the long records. One
:24:49. > :24:51.thing I've found interesting was that you say it is specific`lly
:24:52. > :24:58.December that is the worst `ffected month. Yes. We had been looking at
:24:59. > :25:03.the three winter months, December, January, federally, and although you
:25:04. > :25:08.see some things in January `nd feathery as well, they are lore
:25:09. > :25:15.pronounced in December. `` January and February. We have a poshtive
:25:16. > :25:20.values, strong westerlies in some Decembers, and then some negative
:25:21. > :25:25.ones. You will have noticed that in the weather in previous winters We
:25:26. > :25:29.have had some cold winters `nd relatively dry winters. And then we
:25:30. > :25:37.have had ones like last winter which is relatively wet, and relatively
:25:38. > :25:42.one. `` relatively warm. Wh`t does this mean for future winters? Has
:25:43. > :25:46.been this change, where we `re seeing more bad winters. Is that
:25:47. > :25:54.mean we will statistically see more bad winters in the future? Ht is
:25:55. > :25:57.impossible to say, really. But based on the trends, particularly for
:25:58. > :26:04.December, we would expect them to be as variable, based on recent trends
:26:05. > :26:12.over that period. We need to do more research to find out why thhs ``
:26:13. > :26:19.these winters have become so variable, so we're looking `t
:26:20. > :26:23.relationships with features in the Arctic, particularly relating to
:26:24. > :26:26.Greenlands, and seeing weather changes in the greenhouse g`ses and
:26:27. > :26:30.solar output might be the c`uses of this. Professor Phil Jones, speaking
:26:31. > :26:36.to me earlier. Rocks to look forward to them!
:26:37. > :26:41.`` lots. And we were glad to bring you pictures of that crash, but we
:26:42. > :26:42.will bring you those tomorrow. Great pictures, but something to look for
:26:43. > :27:56.two. Goodbye. `` look forward to. Prince Harry has challenged them -
:27:57. > :27:59.now they will challenge each other, more than
:28:00. > :28:03.400 international competitors.