:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:08. > :00:10.In the programme tonight, the battle to keep our
:00:11. > :00:14.Why a group of MPs wants to see a total overhaul of the way
:00:15. > :00:17.The seas are rising, we're getting lots of flash
:00:18. > :00:19.flooding, we've got to concentrate more on floods
:00:20. > :00:23.than we are at the moment and that's what the report is saying.
:00:24. > :00:26.The local league footballer ordered to pay ?1200 after he
:00:27. > :00:32.And another cold night on the way with a risk of frost.
:00:33. > :00:47.First tonight, plans to change the way we fight flood water.
:00:48. > :00:49.At the moment, the Environment Agency is responsible
:00:50. > :00:57.But a committee of MPs says that has to change.
:00:58. > :01:02.A new English Rivers and Coastal Authority to take over.
:01:03. > :01:05.A national floods commissioner, and regional boards to make sure
:01:06. > :01:09.Developers who build on flood plains should share the cost
:01:10. > :01:14.And warnings about the risk of flooding must be simplifhed.
:01:15. > :01:20.The threat to this region from flooding is clear,
:01:21. > :01:27.Communities suffer, whatever the reason.
:01:28. > :01:29.Whether it is freak heavy rainfall or devastating sea surges
:01:30. > :01:35.But according to MPs on the Environment, Food
:01:36. > :01:39.and Rural Affairs committee, the policy for dealing
:01:40. > :01:43.with the threat needs a major overhaul.
:01:44. > :01:45.A new national floods commissioner, they say, would oversee flood
:01:46. > :01:49.protection around rivers and along the coast.
:01:50. > :01:53.The MPs argue that climate change will mean more
:01:54. > :01:56.intense storms to come, but the Floods Minister has
:01:57. > :02:03.I'll be honest, I really think that we should, instead of worrying
:02:04. > :02:06.about structures at the moment, make what we've got work.
:02:07. > :02:08.It is working better than it used to.
:02:09. > :02:11.And I think that further disruption won't actually help people
:02:12. > :02:14.in their homes, business people who want to be
:02:15. > :02:19.For 18 years, Malcolm Kirby has fought to defend the his village
:02:20. > :02:33.For him, there is one central problem.
:02:34. > :02:35.It is not reorganisation, it's money.
:02:36. > :02:37.Well, I'm blessed(!) They keep missing the point.
:02:38. > :02:39.They can have report after report after report.
:02:40. > :02:43.You can shuffle the cards as the top, but it won't make any
:02:44. > :02:45.difference if you do not adequately fund the problem.
:02:46. > :02:47.And we are so massively underfunded, all the fiddling around
:02:48. > :02:52.the edges won't make a scrap of difference.
:02:53. > :02:54.Today, some temporary relief for homes and businesses
:02:55. > :03:01.in Lowestoft, which was hit so hard by the storms surge in 2013.
:03:02. > :03:06.In 2020, the Environment Agdncy will complete a multi-million pound
:03:07. > :03:10.flood defence scheme, but until then, this kit and parts
:03:11. > :03:13.could prove critical - nearly a mile of temporary flood
:03:14. > :03:20.barriers, they cost ?300,000 and will be stored at key locations.
:03:21. > :03:21.They are well-tested, they are well-known
:03:22. > :03:27.And we'll only know the fin`l proof if something happens.
:03:28. > :03:31.Let's hope for the next few years that we don't need to use them.
:03:32. > :03:33.Flooding is a blight on homds, businesses and communities.
:03:34. > :03:35.And it is going to happen more often.
:03:36. > :03:43.People at risk are desperatd for solutions.
:03:44. > :03:46.Neil Parish is the MP who headed up the Commons Committee who ptblished
:03:47. > :03:52.I put it to him that the Floods Minister was unimpressed
:03:53. > :03:55.and that the current structure is working.
:03:56. > :03:59.At the moment, we have a very bitty approach across the country.
:04:00. > :04:03.So I'm going to be saying to the Minister, it is time
:04:04. > :04:13.that we have a Netherlands `pproach where we've got somebody in charge
:04:14. > :04:15.and then it rows down to local communities
:04:16. > :04:24.And so, I think the Governmdnt needs to listen.
:04:25. > :04:28.What the Minister will tell you is that actually
:04:29. > :04:31.what we have got is working, giving a chance,
:04:32. > :04:33.and structure is not the priority here.
:04:34. > :04:35.I mean, there is lots else in the report.
:04:36. > :04:40.So I would hope that they would look at the report and see some very good
:04:41. > :04:44.Tides, seas are rising, we are getting lots of flash
:04:45. > :04:46.flooding, we have got to concentrate more on floods
:04:47. > :04:51.There are a number of proposals, you are absolutely right,
:04:52. > :04:54.and we put some of those to one of our coastal campaigners today.
:04:55. > :04:57.In his words, he said, isn't this just sort
:04:58. > :05:01.I don't think it is because it's not just what happening now,
:05:02. > :05:05.And making sure that Government doesn't just react to where a flood
:05:06. > :05:08.is, that we have a plan of how we deal with the rising floods
:05:09. > :05:12.So that is the whole idea of the plan.
:05:13. > :05:16.It is not just what is happening now, it is is happening fivd, ten,
:05:17. > :05:23.We mustn't react, we must be proactive.
:05:24. > :05:26.But in order to do that effectively, surely we need more money.
:05:27. > :05:31.And that doesn't seem to be forthcoming, does it?
:05:32. > :05:34.Some money can directly comd through the Department of Defra,
:05:35. > :05:43.but also as we move out of the EU, we will be looking at agricultural
:05:44. > :05:46.policy and there may be somd policies where we can use some money
:05:47. > :05:49.to hold water on farmlands and stop floods by sending as much money
:05:50. > :05:53.getting down to villages and towns so quickly.
:05:54. > :05:55.That is where some money could come from.
:05:56. > :05:58.I think we've got to have a plan, stick to it and look
:05:59. > :06:07.An F-15 pilot from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk has been grounded
:06:08. > :06:11.after flying too fast and causing a sonic boom.
:06:12. > :06:15.The airbase has issued an apology and says it will continue
:06:16. > :06:18.to emphasise airspeed restrhctions in flight briefings.
:06:19. > :06:21.The pilot will not be able to fly again until he's
:06:22. > :06:26.He was flying over a built-up area when he caused the sonic boom,
:06:27. > :06:34.A lorry driver has been arrested after a baby and two childrdn
:06:35. > :06:37.were found with 12 other suspected illegal immigrants in a chilled
:06:38. > :06:43.The police were called to the Albert Bartlett factory near
:06:44. > :06:47.The Spanish company which owns the lorry
:06:48. > :06:51.says it feels helpless and unprotected by the authorities.
:06:52. > :06:53.They say the truck was sealed and all mandatory
:06:54. > :06:56.The 15 people on board have now been handed over
:06:57. > :07:04.A local league footballer who flew into a rage after being sent off
:07:05. > :07:07.was today ordered to pay more than ?1200 pounds in
:07:08. > :07:13.William Drake saw red during a match against Sudbtry.
:07:14. > :07:15.He spat at home supporters, punched a steward,
:07:16. > :07:25.Well, it was here back in Fdbruary when Redbridge FC player
:07:26. > :07:27.William Drake assaulted a member of AFC Sudbury, damaged
:07:28. > :07:31.a fire extinguisher, and spat at the crowd.
:07:32. > :07:35.He initially denied those allegations.
:07:36. > :07:37.Today, when he arrived at Ipswich Magistrates' Court,
:07:38. > :07:44.We heard from the prosecution of how he spat at the crowd while swearing
:07:45. > :07:48.and shouting after he was sdnt off by the referee for elbowing Sudbury
:07:49. > :07:53.As he began to walk through the players'
:07:54. > :07:56.entrance, he grabbed a fire extinguisher and let it off.
:07:57. > :07:59.That is when AFC Sudbury steward Thomas Crofton
:08:00. > :08:04.But Mr Drake punched Mr Crofton in the face.
:08:05. > :08:08.Mr Crofton, who is near retirement age, was left very shaken.
:08:09. > :08:11.AFC Sudbury club director David Webb was at the game,
:08:12. > :08:17.Do you think this case will send a clear message to players
:08:18. > :08:21.across the board that this behaviour isn't acceptable?
:08:22. > :08:25.Especially at non-league level, which is where we are obviously.
:08:26. > :08:29.For a lad to get a fine likd that, that will hurt him.
:08:30. > :08:31.How would you describe his behaviour?
:08:32. > :08:35.Yeah, it was. It was not good.
:08:36. > :08:38.As a footballer, he should know better than that.
:08:39. > :08:40.With young people sitting in the stand as well.
:08:41. > :08:44.Just what he did was quite appalling really.
:08:45. > :08:49.Today, William Drake was fotnd guilty of assault using threatening
:08:50. > :08:52.and abusive behaviour and damaging a fire extinguisher.
:08:53. > :08:59.He was ordered to pay a total of ?1285 in fees and compensation.
:09:00. > :09:02.When he left the court, he simply told me, I'm very
:09:03. > :09:14.Looking ahead to tomorrow and the Queen will be visithng
:09:15. > :09:16.Newmarket to open a ?15 million National Heritage Centre for horse
:09:17. > :09:22.The centre was saved from possible redevelopment in the 1990s
:09:23. > :09:28.It covers five acres and will celebrate Newmarket's
:09:29. > :09:31.regal and racing past, attracting up to 60,000
:09:32. > :09:50.Temperatures have already dropped tonight. We are likely to seek more
:09:51. > :09:51.tonight. We are likely to sdek more scenes like this first thing
:09:52. > :09:58.tomorrow. Temperatures closd to tomorrow. Temperatures close to
:09:59. > :10:06.freezing and they may well get the below freezing. A chance of frost.
:10:07. > :10:15.Mist and fog clearing quite quickly tomorrow. Low pressure moving in
:10:16. > :10:17.from the North West, but making slow progress. In the east, we will
:10:18. > :10:24.from the North West, but making slow progress. In the east, we whll see
:10:25. > :10:28.decent weather after the mist and fog has cleared. Some sunshine.
:10:29. > :10:32.Through the afternoon, incrdasing Through the afternoon, incrdasing
:10:33. > :10:35.amounts of cloud. Still a cold feel to things, temperatures are unlikely
:10:36. > :10:39.to get higher than nine Celsius. to get higher than nine Celsius
:10:40. > :10:43.When switching to south-westerly. Certainly chilly. Through the
:10:44. > :10:51.afternoon, low pressure edging closer. A cloudier aims to the day.
:10:52. > :10:55.Eventually some showery rain moving across the region. For the bulk of
:10:56. > :11:00.the day that Alice, staying dry. Here is the outlook. Increasingly
:11:01. > :11:05.cold winds at the end of the not stop the temperature is coming
:11:06. > :11:12.up to around 12. Mick Miller has the national picture.
:11:13. > :11:17.The weather may have turned colder but for many of us today there was
:11:18. > :11:19.abundant sunshine. This is from the end of the day from Oxfordshire.
:11:20. > :11:20.end of the day from Oxfordshire Cold