:00:00. > 3:59:59Jo just about. A reminder of the top story: Scotland has asked for a new
:00:00. > :00:00.Scottish independence referendum, We will continue to have
:00:00. > :00:20.a Fire Service and police This is about the governance that
:00:21. > :00:24.means we get better decisions The Fire and Rescue Service have
:00:25. > :00:28.been able to deliver a lot of prevention strategies which have
:00:29. > :00:35.helped our communities. The fear is that if we are too
:00:36. > :00:38.closely linked with the police service, we might lose that ability
:00:39. > :00:41.for our firefighters. Another report condemns the state
:00:42. > :00:43.of our local roads - at least one in six needs an urgent
:00:44. > :00:46.repair or might have to close. I am at the region's largest
:00:47. > :00:49.hospital, where they are showcasing a new machine to diagnose
:00:50. > :00:51.skin cancer earlier. And we need the street buskers
:00:52. > :01:02.who are going viral. It could be all change at the top
:01:03. > :01:14.of our emergency services. With growing support for the idea
:01:15. > :01:17.of a single person in charge. At the moment, the police
:01:18. > :01:23.and Fire Services have different But a recent change in the law has
:01:24. > :01:29.made it possible for a Police and Crime Commissioner to take
:01:30. > :01:32.control of the Fire Service. Essex could be one of the first
:01:33. > :01:35.counties to make the change. Those in favour of the idea say it
:01:36. > :01:38.would help deliver a more efficient But the fire brigades union said
:01:39. > :01:46.today they would oppose it. Let's get the details now
:01:47. > :01:51.from our chief reporter Kim Riley. The police and crime Bill given
:01:52. > :02:00.Royal assent in January this -- places a duty on current police
:02:01. > :02:03.commissioners to consult on the case for adding fire and rescue
:02:04. > :02:05.to their responsibilities. The Government, keen to see
:02:06. > :02:07.progress in that direction. We will continue to have a Fire
:02:08. > :02:10.Service and a police We will continue to have
:02:11. > :02:13.firefighters and police This is about the governance that
:02:14. > :02:19.means we get better decisions Roger Hirst is really
:02:20. > :02:23.moving forward there. Public consultation on the county's
:02:24. > :02:27.PCC becoming the PFCC continues If we can align the services
:02:28. > :02:34.and look at doing things like workshops together,
:02:35. > :02:38.IT better together so we We aren't using the assets best
:02:39. > :02:42.where they can be used. If you look at all of that,
:02:43. > :02:45.we reckon that's what we have done with the support of both the Fire
:02:46. > :02:49.and Rescue Service and the police service says that there should be
:02:50. > :02:51.saving somewhere between Across the region, the police
:02:52. > :02:54.and Fire Service often The main opposition
:02:55. > :02:59.to the plan so far has come from the Fire Brigades union
:03:00. > :03:01.across the region. It is worried that the two services
:03:02. > :03:04.becoming ever more closely It says firefighters are generally
:03:05. > :03:07.liked by the public. In some areas, police
:03:08. > :03:09.officers are not. One would be surrounding
:03:10. > :03:16.the neutrality of the Fire and Rescue Service, a very important
:03:17. > :03:23.part of the Fire Service's ability of the Fire Service's ability
:03:24. > :03:25.to be able to access The Fire and Rescue Service
:03:26. > :03:32.is a humanitarian service, and the police service is more
:03:33. > :03:35.of an enforcement. Supporters of the Government's plans
:03:36. > :03:36.say police commissioners represent the public and hold
:03:37. > :03:39.the Chief Constable to account. As Fire Commissioner,
:03:40. > :03:41.he or she would guard the public interest and hold the chief fire
:03:42. > :03:43.officer to account. In Essex, the elected
:03:44. > :03:45.representatives on the Fire authority would be replaced
:03:46. > :03:47.by the Commissioner. An idea first mooted by the former
:03:48. > :03:52.holder of the role, Nick Alton. Now, Home Office proposals to open
:03:53. > :03:55.the way for civilians to compete with senior officers for the job
:03:56. > :03:57.of Chief Constable. It is all change in our
:03:58. > :04:02.blue light services. As you saw in Kim's report,
:04:03. > :04:05.Nick Alston was the Police Before moving to the Policing
:04:06. > :04:08.Institute for the Eastern Region. I asked him whether a PCC had time
:04:09. > :04:14.to take on responsibility I was very clear it was not
:04:15. > :04:22.something I wanted to We were doing a lot
:04:23. > :04:27.of exploring of options. But is it within the scope
:04:28. > :04:30.of a Police and Crime Commissioner to take on the Fire Service
:04:31. > :04:33.in terms of governance? I particularly now that
:04:34. > :04:41.the arrangements for Police and Crime Commissioner
:04:42. > :04:43.is for policing. Of course, there is
:04:44. > :04:46.still a lot to do. But I think we should worry chiefly
:04:47. > :04:49.about making sure that the public gets the best service they can
:04:50. > :04:52.from their public servants. We shouldn't worry so much
:04:53. > :04:54.about the police identity, the fire identity, or indeed
:04:55. > :04:56.the Police and Crime Commissioner's. Let's get those public services
:04:57. > :04:59.as good as they can be. Because there are people
:05:00. > :05:01.in the Fire Service are worried They see themselves
:05:02. > :05:04.as a humanitarian role, whereas the police and more
:05:05. > :05:07.of an enforcement role? I do understand where those fire
:05:08. > :05:12.officers are coming from. But you look at policing now,
:05:13. > :05:15.and again, something we have talked about many times,
:05:16. > :05:17.a lot of policing is now It is about dealing
:05:18. > :05:20.with the vulnerable. It is about dealing with those
:05:21. > :05:23.who have mental health issues. It is about doing with people
:05:24. > :05:26.suffering from abuse. Policing is not just
:05:27. > :05:27.about enforcement. We are not trying to turn
:05:28. > :05:31.police officers into fire It is about making sure that both
:05:32. > :05:37.services, Fire Service, police service, can share effective
:05:38. > :05:41.locally accountable governance. The Fire Service in Essex
:05:42. > :05:43.has had a troubled time Is that why you think
:05:44. > :05:52.it is particularly a good idea in Essex, or are you saying this
:05:53. > :05:55.could work in any county? I think it can work
:05:56. > :05:57.almost everywhere. It is important to remember that
:05:58. > :05:59.Fire Services are differently It looks different
:06:00. > :06:08.in different places. The problems in Essex,
:06:09. > :06:11.and they were very serious problems, with the Fire Service independent
:06:12. > :06:13.review, with some very severe And really with some
:06:14. > :06:17.series leadership issues. I think they have highlighted
:06:18. > :06:25.the fact that old forms of governance like police
:06:26. > :06:27.authorities in the past are not necessarily effective
:06:28. > :06:30.in this day and age. I think we need more locally
:06:31. > :06:32.accountable, clear governance. And I think commissioners
:06:33. > :06:34.can do that. We have also heard today
:06:35. > :06:36.that the Government is considering letting non-police
:06:37. > :06:38.officers apply to be Do you think that is
:06:39. > :06:41.something that could work? The big police forces,
:06:42. > :06:43.the big metropolitan forces, the London force, they are really
:06:44. > :06:48.big, complex organisations. I think it is exploring
:06:49. > :06:56.whether there are exceptional individuals who have been chief
:06:57. > :06:58.executives at big corporations. Who could take on that
:06:59. > :07:00.sort of challenge. Of course, within operational
:07:01. > :07:03.deputy, I think it is an idea that There has been strong
:07:04. > :07:08.criticism today. Of the state of the
:07:09. > :07:13.roads in this region. A new report claims that
:07:14. > :07:15.one in six local roads And some may be forced
:07:16. > :07:19.to close altogether. Let's get the details now.
:07:20. > :07:34.From Gareth George. This is the Ipswich Road on the edge
:07:35. > :07:39.of Colchester. You don't have to look too far for a pothole. Our
:07:40. > :07:41.roads are getting busier. That is one reason says the report that they
:07:42. > :07:43.are in a bad state of repair. Another tough shift collecting
:07:44. > :07:49.rubbish for this crew. But theirs is a bin
:07:50. > :07:51.lorry with a difference. It is fitted with a camera,
:07:52. > :07:54.and has the lorry does its rounds, a camera catches footage of almost
:07:55. > :07:57.all the area's road network. It is hoped that the information it
:07:58. > :08:00.gathers will help them point which roads need repairs,
:08:01. > :08:02.also help engineers predict Particularly potholes and surface
:08:03. > :08:10.defects in the road. Between April and September, we jet
:08:11. > :08:13.patched, which is an intermediary Probably about three
:08:14. > :08:23.times what the Government We have an issue, yes,
:08:24. > :08:27.our roads are wearing out and we have to protect them as much
:08:28. > :08:30.as we can. But today's survey says councils
:08:31. > :08:32.need to do more than just It says our local roads
:08:33. > :08:36.are in terminal decline because of decades of underfunding
:08:37. > :08:38.and wetter winters, In a document it calls
:08:39. > :08:46.the Alarm Report, the asphalt Our county councils would
:08:47. > :08:58.each have to spend... One in six roads on average
:08:59. > :09:01.across the country have only got Which means in the next five years,
:09:02. > :09:07.they either need to invest heavily in repairing and replacing them,
:09:08. > :09:10.or the ultimate sanction they have Look East filmed this team carrying
:09:11. > :09:17.out road repairs in Norfolk. But the survey claims nationally
:09:18. > :09:20.the gap between the amount councils say they need to keep the roads up
:09:21. > :09:24.to scratch and the amount they actually receive
:09:25. > :09:27.is almost 733 million. It also says the number of potholes
:09:28. > :09:41.being filled has dropped. The asphalt industry allies admit,
:09:42. > :09:44.yes, it has a vested interest but its report is based on feedback from
:09:45. > :09:51.council engineers. It says it was the Government to rethink how much
:09:52. > :09:53.it gives the councils to spend on the roads.
:09:54. > :09:56.A man from Essex who posed as a teenage girl to groom boys
:09:57. > :09:59.all over the world has been jailed for eight years.
:10:00. > :10:01.Connor Allen-Howe - who's 21 - is a former
:10:02. > :10:04.He pleaded guilty to 31 offences after a teenager
:10:05. > :10:08.The judge described him as "devious and manipulative".
:10:09. > :10:10.A pregnant woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries -
:10:11. > :10:13.after she was hit by a car in Leigh on Sea.
:10:14. > :10:15.Essex Police say she was trying to stop an attempted
:10:16. > :10:17.fraud at the newsagents where she worked.
:10:18. > :10:19.When she was struck by a getaway car.
:10:20. > :10:22.Her baby's not thought to have been harmed.
:10:23. > :10:24.Patients who are worried about skin cancer.
:10:25. > :10:26.Are being promised a quicker screening test.
:10:27. > :10:30.At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
:10:31. > :10:33.Many patients are kept waiting for several weeks.
:10:34. > :10:36.But now the new test can provide a result within minutes.
:10:37. > :10:45.We can see everything is absolutely fine.
:10:46. > :10:49.For the 6000 people screened here for skin cancer every year,
:10:50. > :10:52.this latest technology will take away the anxiety of
:10:53. > :10:58.It is about speed, giving patients a diagnosis within minutes.
:10:59. > :11:07.Instead of patients coming to see me and then having to go waiting list
:11:08. > :11:10.to wait for a biopsy, and then to wait for the result
:11:11. > :11:14.to come through, I will just put the machine on to the area that I am
:11:15. > :11:16.concerned about, and I should be able to make
:11:17. > :11:26.If patients are having to wait for a biopsy, wait for a result,
:11:27. > :11:29.the skin cancer will be growing during that time.
:11:30. > :11:31.The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is the first outside
:11:32. > :11:35.This machine is called a confocal microscope.
:11:36. > :11:38.They are made up of two separate units.
:11:39. > :11:42.And they contain a series of lasers to scan the upper layer of the skin.
:11:43. > :11:48.Most of the money came from fundraising and donations
:11:49. > :12:01.Her family has raised more than ?10,000.
:12:02. > :12:07.If the technology had been around, it would have saved a lot
:12:08. > :12:09.of the waiting around for a diagnosis because it is never
:12:10. > :12:14.nice obviously to be diagnosed with cancer.
:12:15. > :12:18.But the waiting for the biopsy results takes several weeks.
:12:19. > :12:22.At least I would have known what I was dealing with.
:12:23. > :12:25.It was really hard, you know, because we didn't know
:12:26. > :12:30.I mean, just the waiting alone is really hard.
:12:31. > :12:33.When you get a phone call saying you have to go in,
:12:34. > :12:36.I know, just from my mum acting differently.
:12:37. > :12:41.The machine is currently being used for research,
:12:42. > :12:56.before it becomes available to patients later this year.
:12:57. > :12:59.You're watching Look East with Stewart and me.
:13:00. > :13:01.Our studio guests tonight, the street buskers hoping
:13:02. > :13:07.And as Britain hands the EU its notice to quit,
:13:08. > :13:19.The biggest shake-up in county cricket history was launched today.
:13:20. > :13:22.When the sport's governing body gave the go ahead for a new Twenty-Twenty
:13:23. > :13:27.The idea is to create eight new city-based teams.
:13:28. > :13:33.The competition would be played over 36 matches in 38 days.
:13:34. > :13:36.The fixtures would shown free on terrestial television.
:13:37. > :13:39.Today, Essex gave a cautious welcome to the plan.
:13:40. > :13:41.But hoped Chelmsford would be one of the venues.
:13:42. > :13:49.Our sports editor Jonathan Park reports.
:13:50. > :13:55.England's highest run scorer Alastair Cook, doing what he does
:13:56. > :13:59.best on the eve of the new cricket season. But the landscape is
:14:00. > :14:04.changing with big invitations for the county game. New teams, eight of
:14:05. > :14:08.them, based in cities playing 2020 cricket. But not all of them are
:14:09. > :14:13.convinced. Whatever is right for cricket, I support. Whether the new
:14:14. > :14:20.tournament as it is being laid down is the way to go, I have concern. We
:14:21. > :14:26.will clear this up over the next few days, make a vote. If we look at
:14:27. > :14:31.change, if we don't have an open the game will die. In recent years,
:14:32. > :14:38.quickfire cricket has really taken off. It is a moneyspinner. At Essex,
:14:39. > :14:42.they make ?1 million per season from that T20 last batches. The Newton
:14:43. > :14:47.and will take place in addition to the tournament. Later in the summer.
:14:48. > :14:52.There are many who think the plans I a good idea. It is said they want to
:14:53. > :14:57.future proof cricket, and if you are a player, make a while the sunshine.
:14:58. > :15:02.Bigger crowds, more money if selected for a new regional team. We
:15:03. > :15:06.are pretty excited. Especially players in our dressing room, we
:15:07. > :15:18.have people who could benefit from that. At the moment, it is like more
:15:19. > :15:22.to come out about it. The players will benefit, and counties have been
:15:23. > :15:28.offered a sweetener. ?1.3 million per year for five years. It is not
:15:29. > :15:34.clear which eight cities will host the new teams. Likely to be test
:15:35. > :15:39.grounds. Everyone has said these new centres will be Lancashire and
:15:40. > :15:47.Yorkshire. Why not Essex, why can't Chelmsford 's the one of the
:15:48. > :15:52.centres? This feels like a watershed moment for English cricket. It could
:15:53. > :15:54.be a game changer. But what long-term impact will the new term
:15:55. > :15:57.it have on the county game? There is a very good chance.
:15:58. > :16:00.If you've been into town today. People like Hayley Moss.
:16:01. > :16:06.When she starts singing. Shoppers and office
:16:07. > :16:09.workers stand and listen. We've seen Hayley
:16:10. > :16:11.before on Look East. But now there's been a development -
:16:12. > :16:15.the soprano has met a tenor. And together they are
:16:16. > :16:16.formidable double act. Hayley Moss and Ben Lake.
:16:17. > :16:21.Before we hear from you. Let's just see you in
:16:22. > :16:25.action earlier today: # Quando sono solo sogno
:16:26. > :16:32.all'orizzonte e mancan le parole # Si lo so che non c'e luce in una
:16:33. > :16:42.stanza quando manca il sole #. The soprano and the tenor
:16:43. > :16:44.in Norwich at lunchtime. Until one year ago, Hayley Moss
:16:45. > :16:47.and Ben Lake had performed alone. And now, together, they are stopping
:16:48. > :17:02.people in their tracks. We have been watching her
:17:03. > :17:06.and another lady for months and months
:17:07. > :17:08.and months and months. Sometimes we sit down
:17:09. > :17:10.for about two hours. They should be seen
:17:11. > :17:21.at La Scala in Milan. Hayley and Ben's appeal
:17:22. > :17:30.is going global. Videos of them online are attracting
:17:31. > :17:33.hundreds of thousands of views. This weekend, they are doing
:17:34. > :17:36.their first stage show together at I didn't know there
:17:37. > :17:41.was a tenor as well. 1000 billion trillion out
:17:42. > :18:49.of 1000 billion trillion. I have been humming bat. -- that.
:18:50. > :18:59.They said you should be at La Scala, not in Norwich. But you still love
:19:00. > :19:05.basking? -- basking. People are there in front of you. There is
:19:06. > :19:10.nowhere to hide. The reaction comes instantly. You see people there
:19:11. > :19:21.enjoying what you are doing standing there. And you get to work from it?
:19:22. > :19:27.Yes. It is good for ourselves. It is about the people that we get coming
:19:28. > :19:34.over, Kevin us their stories. It is lovely. Working together and finding
:19:35. > :19:46.this relationship with Ben, your voices work so well together. Do you
:19:47. > :19:53.get on well? Look at you two. We get on really well. We just clicked from
:19:54. > :19:58.day one, really. We started singing together and it went from there. You
:19:59. > :20:03.look at someone, you know where they are going, you don't have to work it
:20:04. > :20:08.out. We know what each other are going to do on a certain song. That
:20:09. > :20:18.is something you can't manufacture. You argue over the songs? All the
:20:19. > :20:30.time. We had a really good feel of the repertoire. We will do a big
:20:31. > :20:38.number like Nessum Dorma. People say, you don't do that, do you? Of
:20:39. > :20:46.course. It is lovely seeing them sitting there. And you are going to
:20:47. > :20:54.the theatre. How excited are you? We did a concert at a church over
:20:55. > :21:00.Christmas, a sell out. We did two shows. That was our first
:21:01. > :21:06.performance together. And the Sheringham Little Peter. At the
:21:07. > :21:17.Palladium, you didn't take him. -- Theatre. Was that great? Fantastic.
:21:18. > :21:23.Just over one year ago. A whirlwind since then. I love working with Ben.
:21:24. > :21:30.We feel we can give more as a performance, duets and sellers. The
:21:31. > :21:36.pressure is off. And what is your game? We are trying to go out and
:21:37. > :21:44.tour. Get more work. Do more theatres. A tour of knowledge,
:21:45. > :21:51.Cambridge and London, as buskers. It's more of the theatres. And maybe
:21:52. > :21:55.lascar lap. Well, Hayley and Ben's rendition
:21:56. > :21:57.of Time to Say Goodbye. As tomorrow Britain will be will be
:21:58. > :22:01.invoking the so-called Article 50. It's time for us to
:22:02. > :22:03.say goodbye to the EU. You might think it's time
:22:04. > :22:09.for a nice cup of tea. With a limited edition
:22:10. > :22:33.Brexit teapot. This firm has been in business for
:22:34. > :22:39.almost 40 years. And Mark products to catch a landmark moment. Brexit
:22:40. > :22:45.good not be ignored. Demand is brewing. We have sold advanced
:22:46. > :22:49.orders. The first going to someone in Saxony in Germany. I'm not sure
:22:50. > :22:55.if that is because they are celebrating us going. The very first
:22:56. > :23:01.order from a German. There is a certain irony to it. The process
:23:02. > :23:08.here has changed little since the 17th century. He joined the team
:23:09. > :23:16.recently, and is still, the young apprentice. You've seen it all at my
:23:17. > :23:25.age. But this is great, I never thought I would do something like
:23:26. > :23:30.this. Jill tidy thing up. It is easy compared to some of my desires. And
:23:31. > :23:42.then a tricky job to put the red knob on the end. The Carol in
:23:43. > :23:47.question is precise and proud the work will be seeing the world over.
:23:48. > :23:52.Australia, Kazakhstan. Canada. America. Wherever you can think of,
:23:53. > :23:57.really. It is nice to know that people appreciate what you are
:23:58. > :24:03.doing. They want something British. I like it. Stylish. Designed to be
:24:04. > :24:12.like a flying flag, the union flag in the breeze? That it sent out a
:24:13. > :24:19.message? Very British, patriotic. It takes one week to make each teapot.
:24:20. > :24:25.A slow, particulars business. Above all else, Suffolk made on the
:24:26. > :24:29.doorstep, and that is why they are keen to fly the fact. I love the
:24:30. > :24:38.title, ceramic paint ress. So tomorrow lunchtime,
:24:39. > :24:40.the Prime Minister will trigger what's called Article 50
:24:41. > :24:42.of the Lisbon Treaty. That will pave the way for two years
:24:43. > :24:44.of negotiation before departure. To mark that event, tomorrow's
:24:45. > :24:47.Look East will examine what it Don't miss tomorrow's programme.
:24:48. > :24:56.At 6:30. It was a bit of a slow start to the
:24:57. > :25:04.day. Quite a lot of mist and fog around. Atmospheric photographs to
:25:05. > :25:08.show you. Some swans here. Across a playground, you can see how misty
:25:09. > :25:15.and 40. Once is lifted, spells of subject. Temperatures down to 17
:25:16. > :25:21.Celsius. By Thursday, they could be up to 20. For now, a mild night.
:25:22. > :25:26.This weather system piling in the cloud. For some of us, one or two
:25:27. > :25:30.showers as affecting parts of the region this evening. As it continues
:25:31. > :25:36.to company Southwest, wringing more cloud. And patchy rain. Through the
:25:37. > :25:39.evening and night, a chance of patchy rain in some parts. Dry
:25:40. > :25:45.weather around as well. And much milder tonight compared to last
:25:46. > :25:52.night. We had some pretty cold stuff last night. Close to freezing
:25:53. > :25:56.tonight. The wind coming from the South West. I too moderate. A
:25:57. > :26:04.feature for tomorrow, breezy at times. This weather system kept well
:26:05. > :26:09.to the west by high pressure. But it will be cloudy and through tomorrow
:26:10. > :26:14.compared with today. It should stay dry for most of us. Some brighter
:26:15. > :26:21.spells, perhaps some sunshine. The odd spit and spot. It dry forecast
:26:22. > :26:26.from any part of the region. In temperatures in the brightest bells,
:26:27. > :26:32.up to 16 degrees, light to moderate south-westerly wind. Breeze at
:26:33. > :26:37.times. Thursday, warm air from the south. A one-day Father's Day. This
:26:38. > :26:40.weather system eventually will bring some cool and fresh air for the
:26:41. > :26:47.weekend. That's weather it should hold on. Friday and other warm and
:26:48. > :26:55.sunny day with the rain arriving later. A couple of cracking days. 19
:26:56. > :26:59.or 20 degrees for Thursday, not bad. Good spells of sunshine expected on
:27:00. > :27:06.Friday before the rain eventually pushes in for the weekend, and
:27:07. > :27:09.settled with showers and cooler. There is a terrific! That is all