:00:00. > :00:00.on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the late news at 10pm.
:00:00. > :00:20.Now, Good evening. Special "amnesty bins"
:00:21. > :00:22.have been installed at the Sixfields football stadium in Northampton to
:00:23. > :00:25.try to stop fans taking smoke grenades, flares or fireworks into
:00:26. > :00:28.the ground. Nationally, there's a growing trend for so`called "pyros",
:00:29. > :00:31.which are widely used on thd Continent. The police say it's
:00:32. > :00:37.against the law, and want f`ns to bin their flares with no qudstions
:00:38. > :00:40.asked. The away team arriving at Shxfields
:00:41. > :00:42.today. Most football games `re friendly, but increasingly `cross
:00:43. > :00:49.the country fans light fireworks and flares in stands. Some even throw
:00:50. > :00:52.them onto the pitch. I think the danger of flares is massive, because
:00:53. > :00:54.it is a chemical reaction, so there's a chance of burns, smoke
:00:55. > :01:00.inhalation. There's panic alongst the fans who might find thelselves
:01:01. > :01:06.surrounded by smoke, which can be upsetting for some. This afternoon,
:01:07. > :01:09.police reminded fans of the dangers. They were also warned that taking
:01:10. > :01:13.fireworks into a stadium is a criminal offence. Anyone carrying
:01:14. > :01:18.pyrotechnics was urged to h`nd them in. They can get rid of thel. The
:01:19. > :01:21.police won't take any action with anything that is found in the bins.
:01:22. > :01:25.They'll be thrown away and discarded. We will see it as a
:01:26. > :01:28.positive because they won't be going into the ground, and hopefully it
:01:29. > :01:32.will avoid any youngsters gdtting into trouble later on. They think it
:01:33. > :01:37.is fun, really, and it is not, it is dangerous. I think it is a good idea
:01:38. > :01:40.because it is a dangerous thing bringing in flares, especially when
:01:41. > :01:44.you are bringing children whth you. It could be potentially
:01:45. > :01:52.life`threatening. The initi`tive will carry on for the next three
:01:53. > :01:55.games. There've been calls to improve a
:01:56. > :01:58.road in Norfolk, after a wolan died following a three car collision
:01:59. > :02:02.yesterday. It happened on the A 46 at Loddon. Three air ambulances were
:02:03. > :02:05.called to the scene. The ro`d was closed for six hours, and three
:02:06. > :02:11.people remain seriously ill in hospital.
:02:12. > :02:15.At this time of year, the E`ster holidays, rush`hour is terrhble It
:02:16. > :02:19.is very difficult to find a gap to get onto this road. It is obvious we
:02:20. > :02:22.need to slow down this traffic, a 60 mile per hour road. The onlx
:02:23. > :02:26.solution, I think, can be a roundabout. You can only sax this so
:02:27. > :02:34.many times. We can't allow lives to be lost like this.
:02:35. > :02:37.Six people in Colchester have now received envelopes full of cash in
:02:38. > :02:41.the post. No`one knows wherd it s come from and the only link so far
:02:42. > :02:44.is that some of them live, or have lived, in the same street. Felicity
:02:45. > :02:48.Simper reports. Two envelopes of cash, no note, no
:02:49. > :02:52.name. Dennis Barnes is stumped. Receiving ?300 in total, he did have
:02:53. > :03:00.a theory but now is back to square one. I racked my brains and then
:03:01. > :03:08.realised there is more. That has got me thinking. It is definitely
:03:09. > :03:13.elderly writing. Probably a woman's writing, so I've been told. Now the
:03:14. > :03:15.mystery of the anonymous money doner has deepened with around six
:03:16. > :03:19.residents having received envelopes of cash in the post, three of whom
:03:20. > :03:27.are reported to live, or have lived, here in Wycombe Road. A mild away,
:03:28. > :03:30.war veteran Charlie Williams is also trying to identify the anonxmous
:03:31. > :03:35.benefactor who sent him ?200 in the post. I thought it might have come
:03:36. > :03:40.from an old lady I used to look after. I don't know, but now I find
:03:41. > :03:49.out more people have receivdd ? 00, ?300. What can I say? I havd put the
:03:50. > :03:52.money to one side until the press or police, or whoever, finds ott who
:03:53. > :03:56.sent it to me. Both Dennis `nd Charlie say the money is st`ying in
:03:57. > :04:02.the bank until they find out who it has come from.
:04:03. > :04:05.Football, and just our Leagte One and Two teams were in action this
:04:06. > :04:09.afternoon. In League One, Colchester went down 1`0 at home. They're just
:04:10. > :04:12.two points above the drop`zone. And MK Dons lost away at Port V`le.
:04:13. > :04:21.Peterborough and bottom sidd Stevenage both play tonight. In
:04:22. > :04:24.League Two, a great away win for Southend. They stay in the play`off
:04:25. > :04:26.places. But a draw for Northampton couldn't get them out of thd
:04:27. > :04:29.relegation zone. In the Championship, Ipswich could move
:04:30. > :04:32.into the playoffs with a win at Watford tomorrow. And in thd Premier
:04:33. > :04:36.League, the relegation zone beckons if Norwich lose against Livdrpool on
:04:37. > :04:42.Sunday. Let's get the weather now. We had a
:04:43. > :04:47.little bit more cloud this afternoon. Not the best of days but
:04:48. > :04:56.we see an improvement tomorrow. It is looking dry tonight, and there'll
:04:57. > :05:01.be some clear spells around. Into tomorrow, a better day with
:05:02. > :05:05.brightness and sunshine. Thdre is a chance of one or two isolatdd
:05:06. > :05:11.showers, but the big change will be the wind direction, coming from the
:05:12. > :05:15.east. In the sunshine, tempdratures around 11 or 12 degrees. Watch out
:05:16. > :05:20.for an isolated shower for the afternoon, but generally quhte a lot
:05:21. > :05:24.of cloud around. We should see some sunshine, but then it goes downhill
:05:25. > :05:29.on Easter Sunday. This is the pressure pattern. Low presstre
:05:30. > :05:38.moving in, which means we won't all wake up to rain, but showers
:05:39. > :05:41.spreading in, particularly `cross those serving counties, so dveryone
:05:42. > :05:51.sees rain. As for the start next week, maybe some sunshine btt also
:05:52. > :06:11.showers. I will be back with an update at 10:20pm. Goodbye.
:06:12. > :06:16.Today we have seen temperatures rising if Scotland but again
:06:17. > :06:19.tonight, with the clear skies and light wind temperatures will fall
:06:20. > :06:23.sharply, and for many of us, we are looking at a touch of frost. The
:06:24. > :06:26.satellite picture tells a story nicely. This belt of cloud is
:06:27. > :06:31.sitting in the far north-west of Scotland, we have had this cloud
:06:32. > :06:34.bubbling up across eastern areas and with the northerly wind it has felt
:06:35. > :06:38.cold in East Anglia. That cloud is going to melt away, we will get an
:06:39. > :06:40.easterly breeze picking the cloud back in again later in the