02/11/2016 Look East

Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.

In the programme tonight, the battle to keep our

Why a group of MPs wants to see a total overhaul of the way

The seas are rising, we're getting lots of flash

flooding, we've got to concentrate more on floods

than we are at the moment and that's what the report is saying.

The local league footballer ordered to pay ?1200 after he

And another cold night on the way with a risk of frost.

First tonight, plans to change the way we fight flood water.

At the moment, the Environment Agency is responsible

But a committee of MPs says that has to change.

A new English Rivers and Coastal Authority to take over.

A national floods commissioner, and regional boards to make sure

Developers who build on flood plains should share the cost

And warnings about the risk of flooding must be simplifhed.

The threat to this region from flooding is clear,

Communities suffer, whatever the reason.

Whether it is freak heavy rainfall or devastating sea surges

But according to MPs on the Environment, Food

and Rural Affairs committee, the policy for dealing

with the threat needs a major overhaul.

A new national floods commissioner, they say, would oversee flood

protection around rivers and along the coast.

The MPs argue that climate change will mean more

intense storms to come, but the Floods Minister has

I'll be honest, I really think that we should, instead of worrying

about structures at the moment, make what we've got work.

It is working better than it used to.

And I think that further disruption won't actually help people

in their homes, business people who want to be

For 18 years, Malcolm Kirby has fought to defend the his village

For him, there is one central problem.

It is not reorganisation, it's money.

Well, I'm blessed(!) They keep missing the point.

They can have report after report after report.

You can shuffle the cards as the top, but it won't make any

difference if you do not adequately fund the problem.

And we are so massively underfunded, all the fiddling around

the edges won't make a scrap of difference.

Today, some temporary relief for homes and businesses

in Lowestoft, which was hit so hard by the storms surge in 2013.

In 2020, the Environment Agdncy will complete a multi-million pound

flood defence scheme, but until then, this kit and parts

could prove critical - nearly a mile of temporary flood

barriers, they cost ?300,000 and will be stored at key locations.

They are well-tested, they are well-known

And we'll only know the fin`l proof if something happens.

Let's hope for the next few years that we don't need to use them.

Flooding is a blight on homds, businesses and communities.

And it is going to happen more often.

People at risk are desperatd for solutions.

Neil Parish is the MP who headed up the Commons Committee who ptblished

I put it to him that the Floods Minister was unimpressed

and that the current structure is working.

At the moment, we have a very bitty approach across the country.

So I'm going to be saying to the Minister, it is time

that we have a Netherlands `pproach where we've got somebody in charge

and then it rows down to local communities

And so, I think the Governmdnt needs to listen.

What the Minister will tell you is that actually

what we have got is working, giving a chance,

and structure is not the priority here.

I mean, there is lots else in the report.

So I would hope that they would look at the report and see some very good

Tides, seas are rising, we are getting lots of flash

flooding, we have got to concentrate more on floods

There are a number of proposals, you are absolutely right,

and we put some of those to one of our coastal campaigners today.

In his words, he said, isn't this just sort

I don't think it is because it's not just what happening now,

And making sure that Government doesn't just react to where a flood

is, that we have a plan of how we deal with the rising floods

So that is the whole idea of the plan.

It is not just what is happening now, it is is happening fivd, ten,

We mustn't react, we must be proactive.

But in order to do that effectively, surely we need more money.

And that doesn't seem to be forthcoming, does it?

Some money can directly comd through the Department of Defra,

but also as we move out of the EU, we will be looking at agricultural

policy and there may be somd policies where we can use some money

to hold water on farmlands and stop floods by sending as much money

getting down to villages and towns so quickly.

That is where some money could come from.

I think we've got to have a plan, stick to it and look

An F-15 pilot from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk has been grounded

after flying too fast and causing a sonic boom.

The airbase has issued an apology and says it will continue

to emphasise airspeed restrhctions in flight briefings.

The pilot will not be able to fly again until he's

He was flying over a built-up area when he caused the sonic boom,

A lorry driver has been arrested after a baby and two childrdn

were found with 12 other suspected illegal immigrants in a chilled

The police were called to the Albert Bartlett factory near

The Spanish company which owns the lorry

says it feels helpless and unprotected by the authorities.

They say the truck was sealed and all mandatory

The 15 people on board have now been handed over

A local league footballer who flew into a rage after being sent off

was today ordered to pay more than ?1200 pounds in

William Drake saw red during a match against Sudbtry.

He spat at home supporters, punched a steward,

Well, it was here back in Fdbruary when Redbridge FC player

William Drake assaulted a member of AFC Sudbury, damaged

a fire extinguisher, and spat at the crowd.

He initially denied those allegations.

Today, when he arrived at Ipswich Magistrates' Court,

We heard from the prosecution of how he spat at the crowd while swearing

and shouting after he was sdnt off by the referee for elbowing Sudbury

As he began to walk through the players'

entrance, he grabbed a fire extinguisher and let it off.

That is when AFC Sudbury steward Thomas Crofton

But Mr Drake punched Mr Crofton in the face.

Mr Crofton, who is near retirement age, was left very shaken.

AFC Sudbury club director David Webb was at the game,

Do you think this case will send a clear message to players

across the board that this behaviour isn't acceptable?

Especially at non-league level, which is where we are obviously.

For a lad to get a fine likd that, that will hurt him.

How would you describe his behaviour?

Yeah, it was. It was not good.

As a footballer, he should know better than that.

With young people sitting in the stand as well.

Just what he did was quite appalling really.

Today, William Drake was fotnd guilty of assault using threatening

and abusive behaviour and damaging a fire extinguisher.

He was ordered to pay a total of ?1285 in fees and compensation.

When he left the court, he simply told me, I'm very

Looking ahead to tomorrow and the Queen will be visithng

Newmarket to open a ?15 million National Heritage Centre for horse

The centre was saved from possible redevelopment in the 1990s

It covers five acres and will celebrate Newmarket's

regal and racing past, attracting up to 60,000

Temperatures have already dropped tonight. We are likely to seek more

tonight. We are likely to sdek more scenes like this first thing

tomorrow. Temperatures closd to tomorrow. Temperatures close to

freezing and they may well get the below freezing. A chance of frost.

Mist and fog clearing quite quickly tomorrow. Low pressure moving in

from the North West, but making slow progress. In the east, we will

from the North West, but making slow progress. In the east, we whll see

decent weather after the mist and fog has cleared. Some sunshine.

Through the afternoon, incrdasing Through the afternoon, incrdasing

amounts of cloud. Still a cold feel to things, temperatures are unlikely

to get higher than nine Celsius. to get higher than nine Celsius

When switching to south-westerly. Certainly chilly. Through the

afternoon, low pressure edging closer. A cloudier aims to the day.

Eventually some showery rain moving across the region. For the bulk of

the day that Alice, staying dry. Here is the outlook. Increasingly

cold winds at the end of the not stop the temperature is coming

up to around 12. Mick Miller has the national picture.

The weather may have turned colder but for many of us today there was

abundant sunshine. This is from the end of the day from Oxfordshire.

end of the day from Oxfordshire Cold