:00:00. > :00:00.With David and me. - so it's goodbye from me -
:00:00. > :00:08.The headlines tonight from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk:
:00:09. > :00:11.The region's poultry flocks to stay in lock down as the threat of bird
:00:12. > :00:27.Yellow Masco -- if you don't adhere to rules, that is where the problem
:00:28. > :00:29.lies. An Essex tradesman accuses
:00:30. > :00:32.housebuilders of snobbery after his van is banned
:00:33. > :00:41.from a new estate. It is outrageous because range
:00:42. > :00:43.Rovers are the same size. What is the difference?
:00:44. > :00:44.Mourners from the travelling community gather
:00:45. > :00:48.in Suffolk for the funeral of a man killed in Ipswich last month.
:00:49. > :00:50.And all present and correct - the zoo carrying out
:00:51. > :01:05.The region's poultry farmers suffered another blow
:01:06. > :01:08.tonight when they were told to keep their flocks indoors
:01:09. > :01:12.To guard against the risk of bird flu.
:01:13. > :01:13.The restrictions imposed by DEFRA were first brought
:01:14. > :01:15.in on December 6th after outbreaks of bird flu
:01:16. > :01:22.It meant all captive birds had to be kept under cover for 30 days
:01:23. > :01:27.to stop them getting infected by wild birds.
:01:28. > :01:29.An auction of poultry, due to take place near
:01:30. > :01:31.Mildenhall later this month, has been cancelled.
:01:32. > :01:33.The restrictions were due to end on Friday.
:01:34. > :01:36.But this afternoon the government confirmed it was extending them
:01:37. > :01:48.This field in South Norfolk should beef full of free range chickens but
:01:49. > :01:51.not the last four weeks. They will be confined to quarters that the
:01:52. > :01:57.next eight weeks, safely undercover until the threat of bird flu has
:01:58. > :02:04.passed. A worry for Mike Gordon who rears 1 million free range birds
:02:05. > :02:08.across 50 farms. It is a huge worry. We have farms across the whole of
:02:09. > :02:13.East Anglia and there is a huge amount of migration coming into this
:02:14. > :02:22.part of the world. It is a real worry. This is an issue that is not
:02:23. > :02:30.going to go away. It is here and here to stay. An outbreak has
:02:31. > :02:35.strained nerves. 5000 turkeys at this farm near Louth died or were
:02:36. > :02:40.cold and another case at a property in Wales. Public Health England say
:02:41. > :02:46.there has been no recorded places of the H five Nah strain as a risk to
:02:47. > :02:52.humans. The commercial risk of that is another matter. If bird flu is
:02:53. > :02:56.found in their flocks, the clean-up operation could cost hundreds of
:02:57. > :03:01.thousands of pounds. The East was hit hard by bird flu ten years ago.
:03:02. > :03:08.Thousands of turkeys and chickens had to be slaughtered. This is a
:03:09. > :03:13.massive industry and produce 107 million eggs every year. The sector
:03:14. > :03:26.is worth ?640 million. No new outbreak in the East the latest rain
:03:27. > :03:30.has hit businesses. There is also a ban on poultry shows and gatherings.
:03:31. > :03:37.It is something you live with and expects. I have survived for tanned
:03:38. > :03:44.mouth, bird flu, bird flu again and we will carry on and endeavour to do
:03:45. > :03:49.the best we can. The threat is from wild birds migrating over the
:03:50. > :03:55.eastern region and only until that threat has passed will mark release
:03:56. > :04:00.his turkeys and chickens back into East Anglia's fields.
:04:01. > :04:00.Stephen Lister is a veterinary specialist in poultry from Norfolk.
:04:01. > :04:03.He came into the studio earlier, and I asked whether he was surprised
:04:04. > :04:09.that the restrictions had been extended till the end of February.
:04:10. > :04:17.I am and was expecting a month because that would be sensible so it
:04:18. > :04:21.didn't confuse people. Taking it to the end of February is longer than
:04:22. > :04:32.we expected but it does take us to the end of the migratory period for
:04:33. > :04:38.wild birds. Is there any sign that not everyone is abiding by the zone
:04:39. > :04:43.or is it widely dear to? The commercial poultry sector in this
:04:44. > :04:48.region and elsewhere in the country are 100% compliant. We don't know
:04:49. > :04:52.whether we have reached or backyard poultry producers because even if
:04:53. > :04:58.you have five chickens in your back garden, you should be housing those
:04:59. > :05:03.and keeping them away from any wild birds. How does it affect free range
:05:04. > :05:10.birds because there are real -- balls. They have to be free range to
:05:11. > :05:17.be sold as free range. They allowed 12 weeks to allow free range birds
:05:18. > :05:22.to be housed if it is better that their care. The closer we get to 12
:05:23. > :05:27.weeks, the more concern there is as to whether those eggs could still be
:05:28. > :05:32.marketed as free range. The farmers have talked about their concern
:05:33. > :05:36.about bird flu. It is an ongoing issue and could be back next year.
:05:37. > :05:42.Is there anything more that could be done on a more permanent basis to
:05:43. > :05:48.protect flocks? We will never stop wild bird incursions as that is the
:05:49. > :05:52.nature of migration. We have a requirement that consumers who want
:05:53. > :05:57.free range eggs and meat of all types and therefore we will have to
:05:58. > :06:00.keep birds outside and there will always be a seasonal risk. This year
:06:01. > :06:06.is exceptional because this particular strain is very active and
:06:07. > :06:11.very prevalent in wild birds across the whole of Europe. Any that come
:06:12. > :06:16.over here have the risk of containing the virus. This area has
:06:17. > :06:21.a huge poultry industry. The effect could be devastating, could net, if
:06:22. > :06:29.it came here? You only have to look at America and Europe and it could
:06:30. > :06:33.be devastating for these birds. Whether you're wanting to do poultry
:06:34. > :06:38.shows, auctions or dealing with commercial poultry. It has massive
:06:39. > :06:41.international trading locations as well. Thank you very much.
:06:42. > :06:43.When there's an emergency, and people call for an ambulance,
:06:44. > :06:46.there's an expectation that the crew which turns up are fully trained.
:06:47. > :06:48.But the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has discovered that some
:06:49. > :06:52.staff at a private ambulance company based in Essex, had as little
:06:53. > :06:54.as an hour's training on how to respond to emergencies.
:06:55. > :07:05.James Melley, has this special report.
:07:06. > :07:15.When we dial 999, most people expect NHS ambulances to respond. NHS
:07:16. > :07:19.trusts are having to use private companies to meet demand. One of
:07:20. > :07:24.these companies is the private Ambulance Service based in Basildon
:07:25. > :07:27.Essex. It carries out work like taking patients to hospital
:07:28. > :07:32.appointments, transferring sick people between hospitals and it
:07:33. > :07:37.provides cover for 999 calls for the East of England NHS ambulance trust.
:07:38. > :07:41.We were told the staff are not popular -- properly trained and
:07:42. > :07:46.equipment is not up to scratch. We spoke to several people who have
:07:47. > :07:53.worked there. Paul would only speak to us if we disguised his identity.
:07:54. > :07:58.He worked as a mesic -- medic but lost his job last year. I didn't
:07:59. > :08:04.have any training. I was sent out that was it. It was clear that I was
:08:05. > :08:09.with people that weren't trained. They weren't competent in the job
:08:10. > :08:12.and not confident in joining -- dealing with certain situations.
:08:13. > :08:19.They did know how to take blood sugars, ECG's, manual blood
:08:20. > :08:26.pressures, basic stuff. We heard to store being stories about a lack of
:08:27. > :08:33.trading -- training the staff. David was sacked back in 2013. The job
:08:34. > :08:37.could require him to drive under blue lights when taking an emergency
:08:38. > :08:45.patient between hospitals. What training we've given to drive under
:08:46. > :08:54.the blue lights? One hour's training on blue lights. That's it. That is
:08:55. > :09:01.astonishing. What is an acceptable level of training to drive under
:09:02. > :09:04.blue lights? The courses four wheat is long and the foundation is then
:09:05. > :09:10.to move on to blue light training and it takes two weeks. The
:09:11. > :09:11.approached -- we approach the private Ambulance Service phone
:09:12. > :09:37.interview. They told us... The east of England's ambulance and
:09:38. > :09:43.the sad thing you to use Ambulance Services to keep up with demand.
:09:44. > :09:47.They are increasing front-line recruitment of paramedics so as not
:09:48. > :09:58.to have to rely on private Ambulance Services in the future.
:09:59. > :10:02.Police are searching for a man who stole lead from a church roof over
:10:03. > :10:07.Christmas. A 38-year-old man from Essex has
:10:08. > :10:09.been arrested after two men died in an apparent hit and run
:10:10. > :10:12.incident in Cambridgeshire. It happened between Yaxley
:10:13. > :10:16.and Farcet near Peterborough just after eleven o'clock
:10:17. > :10:17.yesterday morning. Officers searching
:10:18. > :10:20.for the driver of a BMW arrested a man in Chelmsford
:10:21. > :10:22.later that night on suspicion of causing death
:10:23. > :10:27.by dangerous driving The funeral has been held today
:10:28. > :10:34.for one of two men killed in a double stabbing at a travellers
:10:35. > :10:36.site in Ipswich. Barry Street, who was 32,
:10:37. > :10:51.lived at West Meadows. Barry Street's cortege made its way
:10:52. > :10:55.to the cemetery for a private burial. His coffin flanked by family
:10:56. > :11:03.members and other mourners. Earlier a funeral service was held nearby at
:11:04. > :11:07.Saint Gregory 's Church. Proceedings relayed by loudspeaker to mourners
:11:08. > :11:11.outside. Barry Street was one of two men stabbed to death that the West
:11:12. > :11:15.Meadows traveller site in Ipswich on December eight. The other was
:11:16. > :11:19.18-year-old Nathan Oakley. The 17-year-old boy was arrested and
:11:20. > :11:25.charged with both their murders. Barry Street, pictured here weeks
:11:26. > :11:31.before his death, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2006. He was
:11:32. > :11:36.part of a gang that carried out more than 30 RAM rains -- Ram raids and
:11:37. > :11:41.armed robberies across East Anglia. A few days after his death, two
:11:42. > :11:45.caravans were burned down and other properties were damaged. Six people
:11:46. > :11:49.have been charged with arson with intent to date -- endanger life.
:11:50. > :11:53.Today there were long delays as Barry Street's cortege passed
:11:54. > :12:00.through and there was a significant police presence. The teenager
:12:01. > :12:09.accused his peers of murder and is -- and is due to appear in court
:12:10. > :12:11.next month. -- the Chino Ajax accused of murder is due to appear
:12:12. > :12:13.in court next month. You're watching Look East
:12:14. > :12:16.with David and me. Stay with us for the debut novelist
:12:17. > :12:18.who's just won a top award. Alex has got your
:12:19. > :12:20.weather forecast, and we're at the zoo on the day
:12:21. > :12:23.they made sure everyone Well, whatever your views
:12:24. > :12:28.on politics, you have to admit 2016 was a watershed year,
:12:29. > :12:30.both here and across the world. David Cameron out of Downing Street
:12:31. > :12:33.in the summer after Britain And Donald Trump heading
:12:34. > :12:42.for the White House. All this week, our correspondents
:12:43. > :12:45.are gazing into their crystal balls to consider what the year
:12:46. > :12:47.ahead will bring. Tonight, our political correspondent
:12:48. > :12:49.Andrew Sinclair talks to political figures in our region about a 2017
:12:50. > :13:06.which will almost certainly be Last year's referendum led to the
:13:07. > :13:10.creation of a newspaper. Published in Norwich, the New Year appearance
:13:11. > :13:16.reflects the views -- views of those who voted to stay and six months on,
:13:17. > :13:21.many haven't given up hope. A portion of our readers are holding
:13:22. > :13:25.out that we will get a second opportunity to back out of this
:13:26. > :13:30.through a second referendum or a general election. Brexit will
:13:31. > :13:35.dominate British politics for a long time to come. The only thing we know
:13:36. > :13:41.is that nobody knows anything right now. It may be two years ago but
:13:42. > :13:45.there is growing pressure on the government to explain how Brexit
:13:46. > :13:51.will affect us. MPs of all parties say the uncertainty is starting to
:13:52. > :13:56.worry local employers. EasyJet, an airline based on European travel
:13:57. > :14:00.being easy, Vauxhall, where we can't get away with higher tariffs, that
:14:01. > :14:07.is one small part of our region. We need answers many of these
:14:08. > :14:12.questions. Politicians will be at the forefront of this year's Brexit
:14:13. > :14:16.negotiations. The early work will be done here at the European Parliament
:14:17. > :14:24.and one of our Euro MPs will pay eight key role. -- play a key role.
:14:25. > :14:32.I want to keep as many things the same. The EU is over half of our
:14:33. > :14:38.exports for the Easterby and and I want to make sure that doesn't fall
:14:39. > :14:43.off a cliff. At Westminster, Ben Gummer is in charge of making sure
:14:44. > :14:47.government departments are prepared for Brexit. Agriculture Secretary,
:14:48. > :14:55.Andrea Leadsom, will have to make it work for farmers. Stuart Jackson is
:14:56. > :15:00.a key aide to David Davis. Meanwhile those of our MPs that leading
:15:01. > :15:03.figures in the leave campaign will be watching closely. Worried that
:15:04. > :15:10.some in the government will be trying to drag their feet. We know
:15:11. > :15:13.there are people in Parliament that have made it clear that they don't
:15:14. > :15:19.accept the result and want to play the long game. The Longo time we
:15:20. > :15:24.take to exit, the more chance of some event occurring which would put
:15:25. > :15:32.it off. You sound like you were worried this may never happen. I am.
:15:33. > :15:36.It seems appropriate that 2017 should've started with fireworks at
:15:37. > :15:39.Westminster. A lot more will follow as Brexit begins.
:15:40. > :15:45.Peter Bone is worried that Brexit may yet be scuppered - is he right?
:15:46. > :15:53.Look at the row over the resignation of our ambassador in Brussels. There
:15:54. > :15:58.is this suspicion that there are elements of the civil service, the
:15:59. > :16:01.press, Parliament who will try to scupper Brexit or slow things down
:16:02. > :16:08.and not make it work. The official line from Whitehall is that the
:16:09. > :16:15.referendum must be respected. We are leaving. If you look at the Labour
:16:16. > :16:21.Party, there are MPs like -- that feel they will vote against article
:16:22. > :16:24.15. Norman Lamb wants a second referendum and hinting they will
:16:25. > :16:29.slow things down in Parliament. Six months on, I am still speaking to
:16:30. > :16:34.people who believe Brexit can be stopped. They believe it can be
:16:35. > :16:40.stopped. I think it is a long shot but people are trying. We will be
:16:41. > :16:45.talking a lot Brexit but will anything change? On one front, no.
:16:46. > :16:49.The Brexit talks will have just begun and we will be for members of
:16:50. > :16:55.the European Union. What I think will be far more different will be
:16:56. > :17:03.uncertainty. Gavin was talking about that in my piece. Firms and
:17:04. > :17:08.institutions, research is Egyptian plan five or ten years ahead and
:17:09. > :17:11.students plan five or ten years ahead. What our future relationship
:17:12. > :17:22.will be is something that will worried them and we will be talking
:17:23. > :17:26.a lot about that. Which voter would you say symbolised Margaret
:17:27. > :17:30.Thatcher's success in the 1980s? That will be Essex man. That is
:17:31. > :17:35.right. That's right and Essex
:17:36. > :17:37.man, or at least some It follows news that commercial
:17:38. > :17:40.vehicles are being banned from parking on a new housing
:17:41. > :17:41.estate in Colchester. The builder, Persimmon Homes, said
:17:42. > :17:45.the rule was designed to protect The local MP said the ban
:17:46. > :18:06.sounds like snobbery. The Luke Wood Meadows estate has
:18:07. > :18:10.already made headlines. He was set by his 300,000 dream home until he
:18:11. > :18:14.realised he wouldn't be able to park his works fan outside his house
:18:15. > :18:19.because of a restrictive covenant that bars commercial vehicles. Not
:18:20. > :18:23.far from the estate, builders were working on an extension and Matthew,
:18:24. > :18:29.plumbing and heating engineer, said he thought the van ban was unfair.
:18:30. > :18:35.It is ridiculous and discriminating against someone who goes to work and
:18:36. > :18:40.works hard. Just because they use a van, it is outrageous. At the
:18:41. > :18:45.florist, they use a van fit delivers and were not impressed. It labels
:18:46. > :18:52.people with the type of jobs that they do. It is good enough to be an
:18:53. > :18:59.office worker but not good enough to be a tradesman and park your vehicle
:19:00. > :19:03.at your own property. Colchester's MP is a former property lawyer and
:19:04. > :19:07.he wants an end to restrictive covenants that Bob commercial
:19:08. > :19:11.vehicles. There were lots of hard working people that rely on vans,
:19:12. > :19:15.use bands often. It is their only mode of transport and say they can
:19:16. > :19:23.build a house but not able to live in one because they can't park there
:19:24. > :19:31.than there is snobbery. Persimmon Homes,, they said...
:19:32. > :19:37.At the estate, residents said they were happy with the band but not
:19:38. > :19:44.all. People should be allowed to have whatever vehicle they wish. If
:19:45. > :19:48.they purchased out -- purchased a house, they should have whatever
:19:49. > :19:49.vehicle parked on the driveway. The only white van we spotted was
:19:50. > :19:51.leaving. The writer from Cambridge who's won
:19:52. > :19:55.a major award for his first novel. Francis Spufford
:19:56. > :19:56.is best-known for his His latest work, Golden Hill,
:19:57. > :20:00.is his first novel and it's won the Costa Book Award
:20:01. > :20:05.for a debut novel. I'm delighted to say Francis
:20:06. > :20:19.is in our Cambridge newsroom now. Good evening. Well, congratulations.
:20:20. > :20:25.Thank you very much. Before we go into how you found out about this
:20:26. > :20:30.award, what is the book about? It is about a suspicious in man with a
:20:31. > :20:34.suspicious name of Smithfield intones opinion New York in winter
:20:35. > :20:38.1746 when instead of being a gigantic world city, it is still
:20:39. > :20:46.basically a village where everyone knows everyone. You are not used to
:20:47. > :20:49.being a well published author. How did you make the transition? Was
:20:50. > :20:55.there something you always had in your mind that you thought one day
:20:56. > :20:59.you would put it to paper? Not this thing but I always thought I had an
:21:00. > :21:04.appointment with fiction sometime in the future. Code is held me back for
:21:05. > :21:11.years and years. It is only now in my 50s that I felt I wouldn't make a
:21:12. > :21:16.total fool of myself if I did it. They say there is a good book in
:21:17. > :21:27.most people. In 2007, you were nominated a Royal fellow of the
:21:28. > :21:30.Royal Society of literature. Here you have done it and you have this
:21:31. > :21:33.prestigious award. I suppose anybody watching, if you have an idea, do
:21:34. > :21:37.it. Absolutely but this is where the writing teacher in me comes out. It
:21:38. > :21:41.is extremely hard work getting from the golden glowing idea through to
:21:42. > :21:46.the actual words on the page and it is a process of turmoil and
:21:47. > :21:51.compromise and disappointment from time to time. It is worth
:21:52. > :21:58.persisting. When did you find out you have the award? I have to reveal
:21:59. > :22:02.the inner workings because they told me before Christmas and I have been
:22:03. > :22:08.sitting on this news and biting my tongue for the last ten days.
:22:09. > :22:14.Difficult to keep that information. Wouldn't it be great to have
:22:15. > :22:18.revealed it before Christmas? I couldn't possibly comment. The think
:22:19. > :22:26.you now is you have the debut novel and it has done well. If you get the
:22:27. > :22:31.overall award, you now have the difficult second album of coming up
:22:32. > :22:37.with another album. There is two in their jostling like two fat people
:22:38. > :22:48.trying to get through a revolving door. It is about London over the
:22:49. > :22:51.last 50 or 60 years starting with a bang. Congratulations again.
:22:52. > :22:55.What do lions, giraffes, ringtailed lemurs and Madagascan
:22:56. > :23:01.Well they were all part of the big annual
:23:02. > :23:07.stock take today at the Africa Alive Zoo near Lowestoft.
:23:08. > :23:10.In fact every zoo has to count all its animals
:23:11. > :23:33.You can't miss a giraffe but at Africa Alive Zoo, they have to count
:23:34. > :23:38.them all the same. You are going to steal it all? We have four. Not easy
:23:39. > :23:43.to tell apart if you don't work with them every day. When you do, you can
:23:44. > :23:50.easily see how different they lock. No surprises. Zoe locks the official
:23:51. > :23:57.number and the giraffes are ticked off the list. We do it to make sure
:23:58. > :24:01.our records are the same as what we have and we put it on a large
:24:02. > :24:06.database and nine times out of ten, we have the same and it matches up.
:24:07. > :24:13.The only times he might not as if we have a birth. They have 2000 animals
:24:14. > :24:22.at the zoo and they are not big. These are Madagascan hissing
:24:23. > :24:27.cockroaches. There is an angry one. What causes them to hiss? Little
:24:28. > :24:37.holes in their body. They suck in air and blow it out. They live in
:24:38. > :24:42.the same place as the ring tailed lemur and they like to eat them for
:24:43. > :24:47.their dinner. These are the ring tailed lemurs. All males and keen to
:24:48. > :24:51.get their hands on some snacks. The keepers thought there were nine and
:24:52. > :24:58.there are nine. Most of the time, that is how it is. You do get to see
:24:59. > :25:03.new births and it is an excuse to walk over. It is nice to see the new
:25:04. > :25:08.arrivals because you don't always see them if you work in a different
:25:09. > :25:13.part of the park. They will start to crunch the numbers and arrive at the
:25:14. > :25:20.official total and they'll do it all again in the year's time.
:25:21. > :25:27.The lemur's always steal the show. I have held a scorpion and a cockroach
:25:28. > :25:37.but not at the same time. Good evening. It will be eight very
:25:38. > :25:43.cold night night. This was a dramatic photograph that caught my
:25:44. > :25:49.eye in Bedfordshire. We have had photographs of rainbow sent in by
:25:50. > :25:53.some of you. This is where the showers have been falling. There
:25:54. > :26:00.hasn't been a huge amount of them. This weather front brought us some
:26:01. > :26:05.patchy rain and it set up this cold northerly wind. It has felt bitter
:26:06. > :26:08.in that wind and that is what has brought in the showers. There is the
:26:09. > :26:13.risk of further showers as we go through the evening but they should
:26:14. > :26:18.fade away. The biggest risk is the frost. Whether the showers have
:26:19. > :26:22.fallen, there could be some icy stretches. Elsewhere, dry across
:26:23. > :26:29.those clear skies and temperatures falling to minus three Celsius. It
:26:30. > :26:33.could get down low. Really cold start to Thursday. High establishing
:26:34. > :26:37.itself and lots of fine weather expected tomorrow. It is a cold and
:26:38. > :26:43.frosty start and we shouldn't have a problem fog overnight. Lots of dry
:26:44. > :26:48.and bright Weatherford tomorrow. The risk of some showers the parts of
:26:49. > :26:54.Norfolk and Suffolk. Across the board, lots of wintry sunshine but
:26:55. > :27:00.turning cold into the afternoon. Temperatures for some of us, no
:27:01. > :27:04.higher than four Celsius. As we get into the evening and overnight, we
:27:05. > :27:09.are expecting some dense fog patches to form. That could linger through
:27:10. > :27:14.much of the morning on Friday. This weather front is going to change
:27:15. > :27:19.things to a milder regime for the weekend. It will bring some rain
:27:20. > :27:25.although not expected until my four. The bulk of the day is dry. Some fog
:27:26. > :27:30.patches lingering. A cold day expected. As we get into the
:27:31. > :27:36.weekend, it looks as if it will be rather cloudy. Look at those
:27:37. > :27:51.temperatures. That is all from us. Goodbye.
:27:52. > :27:55.as he explores Naples, Venice and Florence.
:27:56. > :27:57.It's like we're walking through a giant's armpit.
:27:58. > :28:06.We can follow the escape route of Michelangelo.