:00:00. > :00:14.In the programme tonight,the landfill search for missing airman
:00:15. > :00:17.It will go on for at least three extra weeks.
:00:18. > :00:29.We road test some of their policies in Colchester.
:00:30. > :00:35.Take a look at this. You can record your own message or photograph and
:00:36. > :00:37.send it to your friends. The latest way of reminding people
:00:38. > :00:41.to register to vote. 18 stone lighter
:00:42. > :00:54.than she used to be. First tonight, a new development
:00:55. > :00:57.in the hunt for the missing Police have announced
:00:58. > :01:00.they will continue to search a landfill site near Cambridge
:01:01. > :01:05.for another three weeks. after a night out in Bury St Edmunds
:01:06. > :01:10.in September last year. Suffolk Police are
:01:11. > :01:12.working on a theory that his body was taken
:01:13. > :01:14.to a landfill site near They started searching
:01:15. > :01:27.that site in early March and said it would take
:01:28. > :01:29.a maximum of ten weeks. But those ten weeks
:01:30. > :01:31.have come and gone. They also said,
:01:32. > :01:33.if his body is there, it would be in one
:01:34. > :01:35.particular part of the site. Now they say the search
:01:36. > :01:37.will be widened. They will also carry on for at least
:01:38. > :01:40.another three weeks. Our first report tonight
:01:41. > :01:51.is from Ian Barmer. This search was always going to be a
:01:52. > :01:57.massive undertaking. Only area of roughly one quarter of Nico has
:01:58. > :02:01.already been excavated. 3500 tonnes of waste has been looked over by
:02:02. > :02:13.officers looking for any trace of Corrie Mckeague. His mother was
:02:14. > :02:20.pleased that finally the landfill site was been searched five months
:02:21. > :02:25.after he had disappeared. With Odinga deficit happened at first?
:02:26. > :02:32.Yes, but they do not want to go there. They are doing it now. Corrie
:02:33. > :02:41.Mckeague was last seen in Bury St Edmunds. Cameras caught him going
:02:42. > :02:51.into a nearly every commercial dustbins are. He was not recorded
:02:52. > :03:00.coming out. His phone was traced on the way to the landfill site, but at
:03:01. > :03:07.the time, it was not believed that the lorry in question had anything
:03:08. > :03:08.in it. That was later found not to be correct.
:03:09. > :03:10.Kim Riley is at the landfill site now.
:03:11. > :03:15.So Kim, what do we think lies behind today's decision by the police?
:03:16. > :03:30.We have to be clear. They have been through 3500 tonnes of waste and
:03:31. > :03:39.they have not come across any trees of Corrie Mckeague. But they have
:03:40. > :03:51.been finding items relating to the tame, date and location when he was
:03:52. > :03:59.last seen. When the hunt began, the police had the central focus for the
:04:00. > :04:07.search. But things do move around. Wiest linked to the location has
:04:08. > :04:13.been found and the central area and we are searching. So based on advice
:04:14. > :04:20.from people in the county, this search is now being extended. It
:04:21. > :04:21.will be for at least three weeks, possibly more, but that will be
:04:22. > :04:24.under constant review. As you probably know,
:04:25. > :04:26.the Liberal Democrats So what does it mean
:04:27. > :04:29.for this region? The Lib Dems are the only
:04:30. > :04:33.major party to promise a second referendum on the terms
:04:34. > :04:35.of the Brexit deal. And that includes the possibility
:04:36. > :04:38.of staying in the EU, They are planning an increase
:04:39. > :04:42.of 1p on income tax And there will be ?7 billion
:04:43. > :04:46.pounds extra for schools. They also say there will 15 hours
:04:47. > :04:48.free childcare every And they will maintain
:04:49. > :04:51.the "triple lock" on pensions. That means that pensions go up
:04:52. > :04:54.by the same as average earnings, the Consumer Price
:04:55. > :04:56.Index, or by 2.5%, And on housing, a promise to build
:04:57. > :05:00.300,000 homes a year by 2022 So let's take a closer
:05:01. > :05:04.look at three of those. Brexit, childcare and housing.
:05:05. > :05:12.Alex Dunlop is in Colchester. So let's take a closer
:05:13. > :05:15.look at three of those. Brexit, childcare and housing.
:05:16. > :05:38.Alex Dunlop is in Colchester. Welcome to the theatre. The timing
:05:39. > :05:43.is perfect. The candidates are picking numbers out of our hurt did
:05:44. > :05:51.decide who will talk first at the first major hustings together. 700
:05:52. > :05:59.people will come in here tonight. New house is growing up in
:06:00. > :06:09.Colchester. But what is the impact for first-time buyers? I need the
:06:10. > :06:16.?12,500 deposit on a ?120,000 flat. That is difficult. The liberal CV
:06:17. > :06:20.will bring forward policies which will make it much easier for
:06:21. > :06:28.first-time buyers to get on the property market. Estate agent says
:06:29. > :06:38.many young local buyers who need help. Many people are being able and
:06:39. > :06:47.having to rent for between three in five years before the able to
:06:48. > :06:57.purchase a property. A complex issue. The main area in Colchester
:06:58. > :07:07.is that we need more social housing. How do we do that? We need to give
:07:08. > :07:12.notice to housing associations to provide the houses which are needed.
:07:13. > :07:16.I think we have to keep going with the likes of start-up schemes. But
:07:17. > :07:24.we simply need to build more housing. We need to take over
:07:25. > :07:27.long-standing empty houses. Properties which have been empty for
:07:28. > :07:38.more than six months should be appropriated. There is some
:07:39. > :07:44.agreement between all the major parties Liberal Democrat policy, but
:07:45. > :07:59.when it comes to Brexit, the party are out on their own. We took the
:08:00. > :08:02.temperature in Colchester. We want to have another look at it and see
:08:03. > :08:09.if we like the deal, not of the politicians like it. No. We have
:08:10. > :08:21.decided to leave. We have to just go with it. I am not that interested in
:08:22. > :08:28.politics, but I do think the Prime Minister mix-up remained quickly and
:08:29. > :08:36.get on with it. I think it is at the picture for the Liberal Democrats to
:08:37. > :08:40.go for something like that. Childcare is a less contentious
:08:41. > :08:48.issue. The CV will extend Che would for all two-year-olds. Jennifer said
:08:49. > :08:53.she would welcome it. But everyone promises things. Sometimes it
:08:54. > :09:01.happens, sometimes it does not. It is only when the do it that you know
:09:02. > :09:06.about it. We are in favour of anything in which the children could
:09:07. > :09:19.access good quality childcare. But that is just about being
:09:20. > :09:27.sustainable. Like young Alana, they are hoping that the politicians will
:09:28. > :09:35.make a splash. The voting population in Colchester has expanded more than
:09:36. > :09:40.any free else in the region. Up by 9%. The people here tonight will be
:09:41. > :09:43.hoping that the view of the policies that we want to hear.
:09:44. > :09:46.Of course, the Lib Dems were once the "second party"
:09:47. > :09:48.across much of the region, behind the Conservatives.
:09:49. > :09:50.In 2010, they had 24% of the vote in Norfolk,
:09:51. > :09:53.It gave them four MPs in North Norfolk,
:09:54. > :09:54.Norwich South, Cambridge and Colchester.
:09:55. > :10:01.In Colchester, in 2010, Sir Bob Russell had 48% of the vote.
:10:02. > :10:06.In 2015, he was out, when the Lib Dem share
:10:07. > :10:09.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair is in the only seat
:10:10. > :10:12.they held on to in this region two years ago,
:10:13. > :10:35.Good evening. It is worth noting that until recently, the Liberal
:10:36. > :10:44.Democrats at the second-largest number of local councillors in the
:10:45. > :10:48.region. There is a lot of liberal democratic minded people who would
:10:49. > :10:57.definitely consider voting for them if they had the rate policies. Last
:10:58. > :11:07.time round, it was student tuition fees which played extremely badly
:11:08. > :11:15.for the party. Here in North Norfolk, it is clear that Brexit is
:11:16. > :11:20.the major issue. A lot of people do not like the fact that the Liberal
:11:21. > :11:22.Democrats are offering some sort of uncertainty for you by the
:11:23. > :11:27.Conservatives are not. And Andrew, North
:11:28. > :11:43.Norfolk was once again Absolutely. The Defence Secretary
:11:44. > :11:48.was here today. He told party supporters to ignore what the
:11:49. > :11:54.opinion polls are saying and that it was important that the work for
:11:55. > :11:59.every vote. We are not complacent. We need to work very hard to give
:12:00. > :12:09.the Prime Minister the mandate to negotiate Brexit on our behalf. A
:12:10. > :12:18.majority of 12 is not enough. The shadow inflation secretary --
:12:19. > :12:27.Education Secretary was on hand for the Labour Party in the region. The
:12:28. > :12:33.emphasis is on segregation and the standards rather than the structure
:12:34. > :12:41.on schools. We want to ensure that every child reaches the full
:12:42. > :12:43.potential. More on the manifesto coming up tomorrow.
:12:44. > :12:45.You can see a full list of candidates for
:12:46. > :12:48.and every other seat, online at bbc.co.uk/politics
:12:49. > :12:51.And a little bit later in the programme,
:12:52. > :12:54.a special report on how the election is playing in the Polish community.
:12:55. > :13:00.We have also got advice on how you register to vote.
:13:01. > :13:02.You are watching Look East from the BBC.
:13:03. > :13:04.Coming up next in the programme tonight, meet Britain's
:13:05. > :13:18.slimming champion. How Tracey Topping lost 18 stone.
:13:19. > :13:21.Back to the election now and the views of people who have
:13:22. > :13:24.Polish migrants make up the biggest foreign-born
:13:25. > :13:29.and that gives them the right to vote.
:13:30. > :13:31.One of the big centres for Poles in this region is Peterborough.
:13:32. > :13:33.More than 6,500 Polish nationals have
:13:34. > :13:38.So for tonight's special report, we asked Emma Baugh to find out more
:13:39. > :13:47.about the issues that matter to them.
:13:48. > :13:50.In her Peterborough radio studio, she cannot apply to become a citizen
:13:51. > :13:54.She says many of her listeners have already applied in
:13:55. > :13:57.order to have a secure future and help choose
:13:58. > :14:08.Polish people in the UK are waiting for the outcome of the negotiations.
:14:09. > :14:12.That is why much more people have applied for British
:14:13. > :14:19.One of her listeners, Robert, has been a UK citizen since
:14:20. > :14:25.2010 and now with a British passport has other concerns.
:14:26. > :14:33.I would like to be concerned only about the
:14:34. > :14:37.Economic aspects of political party programmes, this is the most
:14:38. > :14:48.Ivy also has citizenship, she owns a shoe shop
:14:49. > :14:50.and for her it is all about staying in the single market.
:14:51. > :14:53.I want the economy to grow, to be good for my
:14:54. > :15:02.Because most of my goods comes from Europe.
:15:03. > :15:08.He has not got a British passport but his five-year-old son
:15:09. > :15:11.He is looking to get citizenship now himself.
:15:12. > :15:13.I want to do what normal citizens do, I have
:15:14. > :15:17.been hit quite a long time, ten years, it is quite a long time to
:15:18. > :15:22.Whether people have a vote or not this election will have a greater
:15:23. > :15:25.impact on those who live and work here and how much their lives will
:15:26. > :15:39.Of course, it doesn't matter who you want to win,
:15:40. > :15:42.or who you hope will be the next Prime Minister
:15:43. > :15:48.If you have lived in the same house for a number of years and you filled
:15:49. > :15:50.in the form last autumn, you are probably on the list.
:15:51. > :15:53.But if you have moved recently you might not be.
:15:54. > :15:55.And the deadline for registration for the general election
:15:56. > :16:00.is just five days away. This from Katherine Nash.
:16:01. > :16:09.Students armed with questions for the prospective members of
:16:10. > :16:13.Parliament. The deadline for registering to vote is coming up. It
:16:14. > :16:31.is something young people sometimes feel to do. I have registered. It is
:16:32. > :16:42.very important. A registered to vote. Interest my in politics is not
:16:43. > :16:53.as high as it probably should be, so I would not be sure who to vote for.
:16:54. > :17:04.Two years ago, only two thirds of 18-19 -year-olds registered to vote.
:17:05. > :17:11.It was we be the other to carry -- categories. It is all about
:17:12. > :17:20.political maturity. It is you entering adulthood in many ways.
:17:21. > :17:25.There are lots of innovative ways to try and encourage young people to
:17:26. > :17:37.Fort. From today, the social medial application Snapchat has been added.
:17:38. > :17:43.You can actually use it to send messages to your friends. It
:17:44. > :17:51.amplifies the message. It gets in the space that the young people
:17:52. > :17:56.occupy, which is very important. It is hoped the use of social media
:17:57. > :18:01.will assist young people to register. There are just five days
:18:02. > :18:03.to go before the deadline for registration concludes.
:18:04. > :18:07.Come on then, nuts and bolts, what do you need to do
:18:08. > :18:10.to make sure you are on the electoral roll?
:18:11. > :18:22.You just head to the government website. You fill out a piece of
:18:23. > :18:30.paper and post awesomely do so on the website. There is a big green
:18:31. > :18:38.button. It says start here. It should take literally five minutes.
:18:39. > :18:41.You have got five days to do that. The big green button. That is my
:18:42. > :18:44.kind of computer programme! but it is the Chelsea
:18:45. > :18:48.Flower Show next week, so the green-fingered have been
:18:49. > :18:51.working their fingers raw to be One group has been
:18:52. > :18:55.working on a boat. It is a replica of the so-called
:18:56. > :18:58.Chet Boat found next to the River Chet on the Norfolk
:18:59. > :19:00.Broads four years ago. The original is medieval
:19:01. > :19:02.and made of oak, So how do you recreate an ancient
:19:03. > :19:07.boat in a modern college? This report
:19:08. > :19:09.is by the boatbuilders themselves. What we discovered in doing
:19:10. > :19:11.the drawings of it and the reconstruction of it is that
:19:12. > :19:13.it's almost identical So it was probably used as a little
:19:14. > :19:24.lighter for carrying reeds, eeling. Would have been
:19:25. > :19:26.a one-man boat, really. Sometimes it would have sailed
:19:27. > :19:28.and occasionally it would probably have been pushed along
:19:29. > :19:30.with a pole, which locally is You shave a bit of the planks off,
:19:31. > :19:39.you try more modern methods, So it is kind of make
:19:40. > :19:45.it up as you go along. I think it is probably how
:19:46. > :19:47.the original was built. We all want everything
:19:48. > :19:49.to be perfect. That is the ethos of
:19:50. > :19:52.the college, a centre of excellence, it stretches
:19:53. > :19:54.to everything we do. Doing this garden has
:19:55. > :19:56.taken a lot of thought. Gary has taken on the
:19:57. > :19:59.brunt of it but you always think of that little thing
:20:00. > :20:02.at the last moment and think, What you will see
:20:03. > :20:08.at the garden is this little double-ended medieval chet
:20:09. > :20:11.boat under construction, surrounded by natural plants
:20:12. > :20:15.from that period, which are still found,
:20:16. > :20:19.a lot of them are very rare. It is not very often
:20:20. > :20:22.you get people coming straight from school at 18 and
:20:23. > :20:27.working alongside retired lawyers, accountants, people who have
:20:28. > :20:29.travelled the world, sailed It is nice for me to get back
:20:30. > :20:37.and as an instructor I am often It is nice to get
:20:38. > :20:41.involved and get in It is the passion for what is done
:20:42. > :20:46.here, it is a place where the craft and skills of
:20:47. > :20:49.joinery and boat-building are built to such a level you do not
:20:50. > :20:58.see anywhere else. My wife is very keen I'm
:20:59. > :21:00.involved so she can tell all my friends that I was involved
:21:01. > :21:08.in the Chelsea Flower Show. in all its glory in place
:21:09. > :21:13.at the Chelsea Flower Show. On its staithe,
:21:14. > :21:15.to illustrate the life of the boatman and the landscape
:21:16. > :21:18.of the Broads 900 years ago. Listen to this,
:21:19. > :21:21.according to one survey, more than 29 million
:21:22. > :21:23.people in this country So, if one of them was you,
:21:24. > :21:30.you are not alone. And if you need a success
:21:31. > :21:33.story to keep you going, step forward Tracey Topping
:21:34. > :21:35.from Northamptonshire, Tracey ballooned
:21:36. > :21:41.after having children. And in 2014, she tipped
:21:42. > :21:44.the scales at almost 30 stone. Her weight stopped her living
:21:45. > :21:47.a normal life and made Joining her local slimming club
:21:48. > :21:52.changed her life and she has now won an award.
:21:53. > :22:11.Anna Todd has been to meet her. Hold them up. Take a look at that. I
:22:12. > :22:19.think both of us could fit inside! Tracey Topping this half the women
:22:20. > :22:25.she was. She paled on the week after the birth of her first child. A
:22:26. > :22:35.couple of decades later, she could hardly walk and of a rent out. It
:22:36. > :22:42.was very difficult. I love doing things with my grandchildren. But
:22:43. > :22:52.when my grandchildren were born, they were struggling to even homes.
:22:53. > :22:58.The turning point came on a family holiday. She was nursing swollen
:22:59. > :23:04.ankles while the rest of the family were having fun. When she returned
:23:05. > :23:13.home, she joined a local swimming club and stopped eating junk food.
:23:14. > :23:24.Everybody kept seeing each week, we can see a difference. I could not.
:23:25. > :23:30.It was really only before I had lost 5-6 store that I was in a shop and
:23:31. > :23:46.looked at myself in the motor and I suddenly saw. I am just so proud.
:23:47. > :23:54.She is a totally different person. She was smiling and happy when she
:23:55. > :24:02.was losing that week, but no she has done, she has really come out of her
:24:03. > :24:11.shell. She know has two dogs, three grandchildren and two jobs. She can
:24:12. > :24:13.no keep up with everyone. Fantastic. We can catch up with the latest
:24:14. > :24:34.weather forecast. Some much-needed Rhian coming into
:24:35. > :24:41.the region. That should spread to all parts of the region during the
:24:42. > :24:49.next few hours. We received some terrific photographs of the wet
:24:50. > :24:53.weather around this morning. Things went dry for a few hours before the
:24:54. > :24:58.second band of rain brought more showers to the region. Overnight
:24:59. > :25:07.tonight, slightly cooler than last night. Temperatures still in double
:25:08. > :25:16.figures. We will start the day tomorrow only much brighter note.
:25:17. > :25:24.Some good spills of sunshine, perhaps the drop of rain first
:25:25. > :25:34.thing. For most of us, it is likely to be dry. Slightly cool. High
:25:35. > :25:40.temperatures of 17-18dC. Towards the end of the week and the weekend, a
:25:41. > :25:49.degree of uncertainty. Possibly rather showery. But also some
:25:50. > :25:57.sunshine alone. Mostly dry tomorrow. Some heavy showers developing on
:25:58. > :26:10.Friday. Feeling slightly cooler come the weekend. Should be mainly dry,
:26:11. > :26:11.with a bit of showers. Any showers which come alone have the potential
:26:12. > :26:22.to be heavy. That is ever know. We are back at
:26:23. > :26:53.the same time tomorrow evening. Goodbye from no.
:26:54. > :26:57.The choice you now face is all about the future.
:26:58. > :27:02.Whoever wins on the 8th of June will face one overriding task -
:27:03. > :27:07.to get the best possible deal for this United Kingdom from Brexit,
:27:08. > :27:13.because making Brexit a success is central to our national interest
:27:14. > :27:18.and it is central to your own security and prosperity.
:27:19. > :27:20.Because, while there is enormous opportunity for Britain
:27:21. > :27:28.if we do not get this right, the consequences will be serious
:27:29. > :27:33.and they will be felt by ordinary working people across the country.