:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. continues. The dream
:00:10. > :00:12.In the programme tonight, the battle to save hundreds of jobs in Norfolk
:00:13. > :00:24.Today workers met with management at the start of a 3`month constltation,
:00:25. > :00:28.Labour's recipe for the reghon's railways, it wants a cap on fares
:00:29. > :00:32.One of our biggest solar farms, a blot on the landscape,
:00:33. > :00:41.We were very careful about choosing the fields, three years ago we would
:00:42. > :00:45.And the festival that brings the circus to the streets
:00:46. > :00:56.First tonight, workers facing redundancy at Group Lotus in Norfolk
:00:57. > :00:59.have met with management today to try to salvage their jobs.
:01:00. > :01:06.More than 300 could go across the company as it tries to cut costs.
:01:07. > :01:08.Lotus has been building high performance cars at Hethel
:01:09. > :01:14.It's also an engineering consultant to car makers all over the world.
:01:15. > :01:17.But in recent years it's struggled to make a profit and last ydar it
:01:18. > :01:27.Now as part of restructuring highly skilled engineering jobs ard going.
:01:28. > :01:36.Let's go live to the factorx at Hethel now and Alex Dunlop.
:01:37. > :01:43.Stuart, it seems extraordin`ry that a company founded on enginedring
:01:44. > :01:48.excellence, selling more cars now than it did before, is set to lose
:01:49. > :01:52.one in four jobs. The new chief executive says that if the `re to
:01:53. > :01:55.prosper, they will have two cut back.
:01:56. > :01:57.It's a strong brand that dr`ws Richard and his friends frol Brazil
:01:58. > :02:00.deep into the Norfolk countryside for a souvenir photo.
:02:01. > :02:02.We decided to stop here to look at the company.
:02:03. > :02:04.It is that famous that you've come all this way?
:02:05. > :02:10.But behind the badge is a fhrm in turmoil.
:02:11. > :02:13.Of the 1200 workers worldwide, more than 1000 are based in Norfolk.
:02:14. > :02:15.Workers could know by Christmas if they still have a job.
:02:16. > :02:23.We had an e`mail the day before most people had guessed what was
:02:24. > :02:30.Lotus won't stop building c`rs, but the new boss,
:02:31. > :02:34.who arrived just four months ago, took a look at the books and said
:02:35. > :02:41.We just had a very good quarter in sales, we have sold 46% lore
:02:42. > :02:47.However, it isn't sufficient, we still need to reduce costs
:02:48. > :02:52.What a roller`coaster ride it has been.
:02:53. > :02:57.Four years ago, Lotus unveils five brand`new models in Paris,
:02:58. > :03:03.Two years later, the boss was dismissed, last year,
:03:04. > :03:05.ministers came to call with ?10 million of government aid
:03:06. > :03:12.Lotus has a good long`term future and is now on a sound footing
:03:13. > :03:16.and there will be additional engineering staff coming here.
:03:17. > :03:20.A year on, analysts say Lotts has a future in the region.
:03:21. > :03:23.It has good links to the motorsport industry, which is not far `way
:03:24. > :03:26.And the wider UK car industry is doing very well.
:03:27. > :03:30.Yes, having a base in Norfolk is doable, ultim`tely,
:03:31. > :03:34.it needs a big partner to ptt the resources in and share technology.
:03:35. > :03:37.This part of the world is a centre of engineering excdllence.
:03:38. > :03:41.This nearby cluster of engineering firms says those lost
:03:42. > :03:46.If those that lose their jobs are able to transfer
:03:47. > :03:50.their skills, there are significant opportunities, if you look
:03:51. > :03:52.at the opportunities in precision engineering all around the county,
:03:53. > :04:00.So, although it is a diffictlt time, I think there are opportunities
:04:01. > :04:14.I have spoken to a source close to the company who says the new chief
:04:15. > :04:20.executive is a bright guy. The reasoning seems to be this, he has a
:04:21. > :04:26.?50 million wage bill, if hd can cut that by one quarter, that ghves a
:04:27. > :04:32.big pot of money to reinvest in engineering. Eventually, in the next
:04:33. > :04:38.three to five years, perhaps bring on more workers. Thank you, Alex.
:04:39. > :04:40.So the voters in Scotland h`ve rejected independence
:04:41. > :04:43.but they will get more powers over taxes and more public money per head
:04:44. > :04:47.While the result has been broadly welcomed in this region, it has left
:04:48. > :04:50.some questions about how we are governed in the future and whether
:04:51. > :05:10.No, 139,788. Despite the result this is still a political g`me
:05:11. > :05:14.changer. The reverberations of the referendum are expected to rattle
:05:15. > :05:18.the windows of government btildings in east Anglia. Scotland has set the
:05:19. > :05:23.ball of federalism are rollhng and it is rolling our way. If
:05:24. > :05:29.Westminster gives more power to Scotland, soon our town, city and
:05:30. > :05:32.county councils will demand it too. Politics professor Paul Whiteley
:05:33. > :05:36.from the University of Essex believes the forces of localism now
:05:37. > :05:39.unleashed means Westminster will relax its grip on local govdrnment.
:05:40. > :05:44.The key thing is to raise otr own money and spend it away we wanted to
:05:45. > :05:49.the sending it to London so that they can recycle it back to us in
:05:50. > :05:54.the form of big grants to local government. According to economists,
:05:55. > :05:57.the East contributes more to the viruses that could get in rdturn.
:05:58. > :06:05.And I'd would, perhaps, for more local autonomy. `` more to finances.
:06:06. > :06:11.I would like to see a country like Essex get much more responshbility,
:06:12. > :06:14.more power, therefore make services more responsive to local people and
:06:15. > :06:19.more inventive. They'll be lore innovation if it wasn't all
:06:20. > :06:22.corralled from Westminster. What do they make of the referendum on the
:06:23. > :07:37.referendum on the streets of Essex? I doubt they have stayed
:07:38. > :08:55.What we are trying to do is have a railway that puts the intdrest
:08:56. > :09:06.in Norfolk are calling for the full renationalisation of the rahlways.
:09:07. > :09:09.But even calling for partial renationalisation means votdrs will
:09:10. > :09:11.have a choice, has privatis`tion worked in the region's railways
:09:12. > :09:22.You can see that interview with Mary Creah in full on the Sunday Politics
:09:23. > :09:24.programme, which will be live at the Labour party conference.
:09:25. > :09:27.And Andrew will be here latdr in the programme with his analysis
:09:28. > :09:31.of what the Scottish referendum means for us in the East.
:09:32. > :09:34.Two years ago the best mountain bikers in the world came to Essex
:09:35. > :09:40.Now the circuit they raced on is being remodelled at a cost
:09:41. > :09:43.of nearly ?7 million and it's due to open to the public next xear
:09:44. > :10:00.The skill to this circuit is not to peddle, according to the experts. It
:10:01. > :10:05.is one of the new areas being built at Hadleigh as part of the Olympic
:10:06. > :10:09.legacy. Today, young people from all over the country are compethng
:10:10. > :10:15.here. You're knackered todax it is skill sessions, you have to weave
:10:16. > :10:28.out of places, tomorrow is ` handicap race and eliminated. ``
:10:29. > :10:31.today is a skill session. It is cooled to ride because that great
:10:32. > :10:39.athletes have ridden. A good course as well. The course will be open to
:10:40. > :10:43.the public next year, the project involves new tracks, modifyhng the
:10:44. > :10:48.Olympic course and building a bike shop, cafe and custom. We are hoping
:10:49. > :10:53.by 2024 over 100 thousand pdople a year will visit the site. In terms
:10:54. > :11:00.of using the facilities and getting the best out of the investmdnt made,
:11:01. > :11:03.this will really pay back over and over again. Following in thd
:11:04. > :11:09.footsteps of Lee Valley, whhch opened to the public after the
:11:10. > :11:12.Olympics, the main course at Hadleigh has been adapted. Once
:11:13. > :11:23.riders have skills, they can compete on challenging to rain. 'No' now we
:11:24. > :11:31.have locks, which is great. We are coming on par with the rest of
:11:32. > :11:37.Europe `` now we have the rocks This will move is up through the
:11:38. > :11:40.ranks in Europe. Once the btilding work is finished, the whole venue
:11:41. > :11:46.will open for everyone to gdt on their bikes in March 2015.
:11:47. > :11:48.The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has failed another
:11:49. > :11:53.It will stay in special measures for a at least another 6 months
:11:54. > :11:55.In October it was given extra support after concerns were
:11:56. > :11:57.raised that patients may not be receiving effective care.
:11:58. > :12:01.The hospital says it is makhng "satisfactory progress".
:12:02. > :12:05.The Care Quality Commission says 6 out of 8 core servicds
:12:06. > :12:12.The leadership at the hospital has also been rated "inadeqtate .
:12:13. > :12:14.Critical care and children and young people's services have
:12:15. > :12:28.Still to come tonight, Tom's here with all the sport
:12:29. > :12:30.including our football leagte new boys Luton Town and Cambridge United
:12:31. > :12:37.Plus, the arts festival that brings the
:12:38. > :12:46.circus onto the streets, and it s going from strength to strength
:12:47. > :12:47.If you're driving around the countryside
:12:48. > :12:51.and see a field full of silver then the chances are it's a solar farm.
:12:52. > :12:53.They're springing up across the region, a carbon`free way
:12:54. > :12:59.But they're also controvershal, many people say they're a blot
:13:00. > :13:05.Now one of the biggest in Cambridgeshire is fighting back.
:13:06. > :13:08.The owners claim that as well as producing green power wildlife
:13:09. > :13:24.A Cambridge a field for harvesting, but not crops, the son. Row after
:13:25. > :13:29.row, the gaps between the p`nels are so these shades doesn't encroach on
:13:30. > :13:37.the light. How does this work? The sun comes down and hit the cells,
:13:38. > :13:40.each of these cells is on a module, and is ultimately linked into the
:13:41. > :13:46.inverter over there. From there it goes into the National Grid. On a
:13:47. > :13:53.day like this, will it work? If you feel it, the panels are not hot
:13:54. > :13:58.Although not hot, they are very efficient. More efficient than in
:13:59. > :14:05.Italy and Spain, for exampld, that is why in the UK we generatd more
:14:06. > :14:11.solar power. Today I visited just one small section of it, installed
:14:12. > :14:17.recently. There are over 20,000 panels here. Over 31 acres, which
:14:18. > :14:24.can power 1400 homes a year. Solar farms have been criticised `s a blot
:14:25. > :14:28.on the landscape. But here, largely undisturbed, nature is workhng
:14:29. > :14:34.around it. While filming, wd saw hairs, a kestrel, and evidence of a
:14:35. > :14:41.badger set. Some people aren't comfortable with land being used for
:14:42. > :14:45.solar farms. Understandable, we were very careful about using thd field,
:14:46. > :14:48.this is not a good feel for agriculture, and we would ndver have
:14:49. > :14:55.seen a registered here a few years ago. This is a great opporttnity for
:14:56. > :15:01.regeneration. This is the whole site from the air. The country's largest
:15:02. > :15:06.solar farm is now six times the size of this. When the lease runs out on
:15:07. > :15:09.this land and 25 years, the company says the structures can be pulled
:15:10. > :15:15.down and recycled and the l`nd return to crops.
:15:16. > :15:18.Sport now and six weeks into the football season it's time for a
:15:19. > :15:21.progress report on our teams who made it back into the Footb`ll
:15:22. > :15:23.League. With that and news of two of our
:15:24. > :15:25.sailors in the world championships, here's Tom.
:15:26. > :15:28.We'll start with football and our sides aiming for the Premier League.
:15:29. > :15:30.Ipswich in 10th after back`to`back wins
:15:31. > :15:33.for the first time this season have to wait until Monday to plax Wigan.
:15:34. > :15:38.Tomorrow, Norwich are back at home against Birmingham.
:15:39. > :15:43.Two away wins inside a week has lifted them to second, another win
:15:44. > :15:49.I'm sure everybody now is expecting it to be a formalhty.
:15:50. > :15:53.I have been in the game long enough to know that
:15:54. > :15:57.If we go up into this complacently thinking it
:15:58. > :16:02.is a case of how many we will score, Birmingham will turn us over.
:16:03. > :16:05.Here are the games in Leagud One, all our sides lost in midwedk.
:16:06. > :16:08.MK Dons' fans will no doubt give an extra cheer tomorrow for one
:16:09. > :16:13.Midfielder Dele Alli has bedn named the Football League's
:16:14. > :16:18.The 18`year`old has been linked with several Premier League clubs
:16:19. > :16:25.but he's agreed a contract extension with the Dons.
:16:26. > :16:32.I have enjoyed playing here, hopefully I can help get thd club
:16:33. > :16:35.promoted. I would like to bd part of that, it would be a dream. The
:16:36. > :16:36.people here are great, they help keep my feet on the ground.
:16:37. > :16:39.people here are great, they help keep my feet on the ground.
:16:40. > :16:42.Now in League Two, all five sides are in action.
:16:43. > :16:47.The U's are expecting their biggest crowd in over a dec`de.
:16:48. > :16:49.Both teams were promoted last summer, so this will bd
:16:50. > :17:01.There will always be managers who have turned around the club's
:17:02. > :17:06.fortunes. These two took Calbridge and Luton back to the footb`ll
:17:07. > :17:08.league. It hasn't been as straightforward in their new
:17:09. > :17:13.surroundings, they are still settling in eight games in.
:17:14. > :17:20.Performance wise, I haven't been happy, we need to add a few roles.
:17:21. > :17:25.We have had a fairly solid start. If on the picture is room for
:17:26. > :17:30.improvement, Cambridge have had to open a game of it. A new,
:17:31. > :17:33.user`friendly ticket system. Progress for a club that st`rted the
:17:34. > :17:37.season with only two full`thme members of staff. They are both
:17:38. > :17:41.ambitious clubs but have both been in financial difficulty in the past.
:17:42. > :17:46.The key to their success is a winning team on the pitch, how much
:17:47. > :17:52.they spend about getting in trouble again. It is easy to throw loney at
:17:53. > :17:57.it but you collapse later. What we are trying to do as custodi`ns of
:17:58. > :18:00.the club is, we owe it to the supporters, when we leave it, the
:18:01. > :18:04.club is in a better position than we took over. Both clubs have had to
:18:05. > :18:09.bring in reinforcements this week, injuries have already taken their
:18:10. > :18:13.toll. With crowds of around 800 , looters have the deeper pockets but
:18:14. > :18:17.are two points worse off th`n Cambridge. The standard has been
:18:18. > :18:22.better, there is more footb`ll players, everyone is quicker,
:18:23. > :18:26.better, stronger, can read the game better. It is harder to score a goal
:18:27. > :18:34.and easy to conceive. I do X`rated differentiable games? What sort of
:18:35. > :18:41.question is that `` are you expecting to finish above C`mbridge?
:18:42. > :18:48.The three points on offer would be useful to both teams, but not vital.
:18:49. > :18:50.Cambridge are neglecting thdir biggest crowd in over a dec`de as to
:18:51. > :18:52.old foes do battle. To rugby,
:18:53. > :18:54.English champions Northampton head to Newcastle on Sunday keen to learn
:18:55. > :18:57.from their opening defeat. Star winger George North has told us
:18:58. > :19:00.they're determined to send out a message to the rest
:19:01. > :19:05.of the Premiership. A lot of teams are coming at us week
:19:06. > :19:08.in, week out wanting to smash If you can't get motivated to defend
:19:09. > :19:13.your own house and look after your own team, I don't
:19:14. > :19:16.think you should put the jersey on. To the sailing World Championships
:19:17. > :19:18.in Spain, Peterborough windsurfer Nick Dempsey
:19:19. > :19:20.has missed out on a medal. The defending champion
:19:21. > :19:22.finished fifth. But there's still hope for
:19:23. > :19:41.Saskia Clark from Essex as The road to Rio begins here. After a
:19:42. > :19:46.dramatic coastline. The past six days have been about qualifhcation,
:19:47. > :19:50.racing to make the cut. The top ten are battling for medals. Nick
:19:51. > :19:53.Dempsey has been here enterdd before, but the Olympic silver
:19:54. > :20:00.medallist struggled to come to terms with the heavy conditions. Lother
:20:01. > :20:07.nature dished out strong brdezes, that 20 fell out of contenthon for a
:20:08. > :20:12.medal but the climb up to fhfth I came here with a realistic goal of
:20:13. > :20:16.finishing top five, I surpassed my own expectations of how I would
:20:17. > :20:20.perform in the wind, that is great. I was disappointed with my results
:20:21. > :20:26.in the strong winds. There have been better news for Essex's Saskia Clark
:20:27. > :20:30.and her partner Hannah Mills, with four top three finishers, they
:20:31. > :20:36.crossed the line second and fourth husband morning listening to third
:20:37. > :20:39.overall. `` second and fourth overall.
:20:40. > :20:42.For previews to all this wedkend's football including team news,
:20:43. > :20:46.There's coverage of all the games on your local BBC Radio Station
:20:47. > :20:48.You may remember there was controversy in the summer
:20:49. > :20:51.when the arts council announced who was it was giving funding to.
:20:52. > :20:54.Places like the Theatre Roy`l in Bury St Edmunds lost out,
:20:55. > :20:57.but one of the big winners a circus and street art event called
:20:58. > :21:01.It's been going for 7 years and it's been going
:21:02. > :21:05.This week, the streets of Great Yarmouth have been filled
:21:06. > :21:17.Dawn Gerber has been to see them in action.
:21:18. > :21:23.It is iconic and represents Great Yarmouth's Circus heritage, but
:21:24. > :21:27.tonight, the next generation of performers get their chance to
:21:28. > :21:31.shine. This local lad gradu`ted from Circus School recently and lixes
:21:32. > :21:35.debut performance tonight. There is a history of circus in my f`mily, my
:21:36. > :21:44.uncle is a clown and perforled here, growing up, he operatdd his
:21:45. > :21:48.own circus. I used to grow tp and see that with my family. It is
:21:49. > :21:54.always in my mind. Performing to a home crowd is scary. Especi`lly
:21:55. > :21:59.being back here, I spend so much time here. I watched all thd shows,
:22:00. > :22:04.now it is my chance to be in the ring. Tom is one of 200 arthsts
:22:05. > :22:12.performing at this year's Ott There Festival. We have a huge variety of
:22:13. > :22:16.art forms, dance, music, circus something for everyone and visitors
:22:17. > :22:21.as well. That is what we want to do, something enormous, but for
:22:22. > :22:25.everyone. Away from the rehdarsals, producers and promoters frol across
:22:26. > :22:29.Europe have been at a conference discussing how to help performers at
:22:30. > :22:34.this country get into the international scene. We will explain
:22:35. > :22:38.that if you have a UK company has you can structure it and also what
:22:39. > :22:44.type of performance could tour in other countries. Because yot can
:22:45. > :22:52.understand that maybe the ET and the UK can be different to what is
:22:53. > :22:56.happening in, say, France. The conference heard today is vdry
:22:57. > :23:02.international. I think that just shows why we should back thhs. The
:23:03. > :23:05.festival brings around ?1 mhllion in the local economy, attracting
:23:06. > :23:09.thousands of visitors and elploy local people. It is starting to get
:23:10. > :23:11.recognition nationally and internationally, adding to
:23:12. > :23:15.regenerate the area and put Great Yarmouth back on the map.
:23:16. > :23:18.Back to tonight's main storx, the decision by Scotland to stay
:23:19. > :23:22.We've already heard reaction from people in the region.
:23:23. > :23:24.But where does this leave the politics of the region?
:23:25. > :23:31.Andrew Sinclair is here, how much has changed?
:23:32. > :23:37.Two things are going on herd, we are part of the national story, a lot of
:23:38. > :23:43.MPs think we have given awax too much power to Scotland. Thex are
:23:44. > :23:49.worried that Google is baton that people in England `` that pdople in
:23:50. > :23:56.England will think they havd lost out. MPs are saying don't forget
:23:57. > :24:01.about us. This is a potenti`lly big row in the Conservative Party. There
:24:02. > :24:04.is the regional story as well, people are saying that becatse
:24:05. > :24:09.Scotland has more powers, the regions should have more as well. If
:24:10. > :24:13.we live in Cornwall or the north`west of England, this would be
:24:14. > :24:18.a live issue. But in this rdgion, there is no East Anglia and
:24:19. > :24:21.separatist movement. But whhle local politicians might want to t`ke more
:24:22. > :24:22.power from Westminster, thex will struggle to get ordinary people
:24:23. > :24:24.interested. And yet the Prime Minister talked
:24:25. > :24:36.today about giving more powdr to Yes, he said he wanted to do more to
:24:37. > :24:40.empower the cities, many of our towns of our towns have alrdady been
:24:41. > :24:47.empowered, places like Cambridge Ipswich, Milton Keynes, that gives
:24:48. > :24:52.councils more of a say over spending and development. A lot of this
:24:53. > :24:54.region is verbal, indeed, the local and government organisations pointed
:24:55. > :24:58.out that people in the countryside often feel left out when it comes to
:24:59. > :25:01.spending decisions. Remember, we pay more into government than wd get
:25:02. > :25:05.back. Whether we like it or not there will be a debate in the years
:25:06. > :25:07.ahead, how do we empower people do they want to be a debate in the
:25:08. > :25:21.years ahead, how do with the heat and humidity building,
:25:22. > :25:27.it has all gone back. Thunddrstorms across the region. This aftdrnoon,
:25:28. > :25:33.we have seen an intense perhod of rainfall, some torrential downpours
:25:34. > :25:40.causing localised flooding. This area is stretching from Essdx up to
:25:41. > :25:45.West Norfolk. Flashes of lightning, anywhere is at risk of thesd in the
:25:46. > :25:49.evening and overnight. They could pop up anywhere. Nowhere is free of
:25:50. > :25:54.them, but you might find th`t some of the region might end up staying
:25:55. > :26:11.dry. Lots of missing moving in, fog patches in the morning. `` ` lot of
:26:12. > :26:16.mist. A cold front will movd in cooler, bright and fresh to the
:26:17. > :26:21.north. That will be with us by Sunday. But for tomorrow, ftrther
:26:22. > :26:28.showers, any of them could be heavy and fungi. If anything, as that when
:26:29. > :26:33.the front approaches, they could be more frequent `` heavy and thundery.
:26:34. > :26:37.Still quite warm and humid, temperatures could get you 20
:26:38. > :26:42.Celsius, it'll get cooler and fresh as different heads southwards. In
:26:43. > :26:48.the afternoon, showers will keep going, gradually dying away as we
:26:49. > :26:52.get overnight. This is what is likely to happen next,
:26:53. > :26:55.high`pressure, good news, it will mean fine and settled conditions
:26:56. > :27:02.from Sunday onwards until the middle of the week. To summarise, we will
:27:03. > :27:08.see further showers on Saturday that could be heavy and thundery, then it
:27:09. > :27:12.will be quite a bit more sunshine on Sunday, perhaps the odd coastal
:27:13. > :27:18.shower, most places dry, but cooler and fresher. A drop in tempdrature
:27:19. > :27:23.on Sunday, but it looks as though we will get if you days of dry
:27:24. > :27:29.weather. There will be patchy cloud, but plenty of sunshine. A lhttle
:27:30. > :27:34.cooler by day and by night, temperatures dropping to single
:27:35. > :27:40.figures, some cool nights, but not as much mist. Thank you, Aldx. You
:27:41. > :27:46.knew it would rain, didn't xou? Yes. Good night.