:00:00. > :00:00.us, you can keep up to date throughout the night with the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:00. > :00:10.The region's poultry flocks to stay in lock down as the threat
:00:11. > :00:15.You can't park here - An Essex tradesman accuses
:00:16. > :00:21.house-builders of snobbery after his van is banned
:00:22. > :00:35.Temperatures are dropping overnight as we have a sharp frost.
:00:36. > :00:38.The region's poultry farmers suffered another blow
:00:39. > :00:40.tonight when they were told to keep their flocks indoors
:00:41. > :00:46.To guard against the risk of bird flu, the restrictions imposed
:00:47. > :00:50.by DEFRA were first brought in on December 6th.
:00:51. > :00:52.After outbreaks were recorded across Europe.
:00:53. > :00:57.It meant all captive birds had to be kept undercover for 30 days.
:00:58. > :00:58.Today, a poultry auction in Mildenhall
:00:59. > :01:01.The government's now confirmed restrictions will be in place
:01:02. > :01:11.This field in South Norfolk should beef full of free range chickens
:01:12. > :01:15.They will be confined to quarters for the next eight weeks,
:01:16. > :01:20.safely undercover until the threat of bird flu has passed.
:01:21. > :01:23.A worry for Mike Gordon who rears 1 million free range
:01:24. > :01:31.We have farms across the whole of East Anglia and there is a huge
:01:32. > :01:36.amount of migration coming into this part of the world.
:01:37. > :01:49.5,000 turkeys at this farm near Louth died
:01:50. > :01:55.or were culled and another case at a property in Wales.
:01:56. > :01:57.Public Health England say there has been no recorded places
:01:58. > :02:07.The commercial risk of that is another matter.
:02:08. > :02:09.If bird flu is found in their flocks, the clean-up
:02:10. > :02:14.operation could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:02:15. > :02:17.The east was hit hard by bird flu ten years ago.
:02:18. > :02:19.Thousands of turkeys and chickens had to be slaughtered.
:02:20. > :02:24.This is a massive industry and produce 107 million eggs every year.
:02:25. > :02:35.No new outbreak in the east but the latest strain
:02:36. > :02:47.There is also a ban on poultry shows and gatherings.
:02:48. > :02:50.It is something you live with and expect.
:02:51. > :02:55.I have survived foot and mouth mouth, bird flu,
:02:56. > :02:59.bird flu again and we will carry on and endeavour to
:03:00. > :03:04.The threat is from wild birds migrating over the eastern region
:03:05. > :03:07.and only until that threat has passed will Mark release his
:03:08. > :03:16.turkeys and chickens back into East Anglia's fields.
:03:17. > :03:19.Earlier I spoke to poultry vet Stephen Lister and asked him
:03:20. > :03:45.if he thought DEFRA had overreacted by extending the restrictions.
:03:46. > :03:54.I assume DEFRA officials have looked at the regulations and conclusions
:03:55. > :04:00.will become too. Will there be further outbreaks? There has only
:04:01. > :04:09.been two commercial outbreaks but they have found the virus in wild
:04:10. > :04:14.birds. It will go into February, hence the decision. It is a problem
:04:15. > :04:23.that keeps resurfacing. Will we have to live with it? The way it comes
:04:24. > :04:30.into the country is wild birds and they like to migrate from Eastern
:04:31. > :04:35.Europe and other places to the UK. There was always a risk. There was a
:04:36. > :04:41.greater risk this year because there is this strain which is very
:04:42. > :04:47.prevalent in wild birds across the whole of Europe. Poultry farmers are
:04:48. > :04:54.more equipped to cope with housing birds. What if somebody next door
:04:55. > :04:59.has some chickens? I would expect people who have five or six chickens
:05:00. > :05:09.will help them at night to keep them away from Fox's and keep them
:05:10. > :05:12.comfortable. You have to keep them housed in comfortable accommodation
:05:13. > :05:17.and it is important because although they may not see the risk is being
:05:18. > :05:23.greater, the repercussions are just as much as if we have an outbreak in
:05:24. > :05:30.a small flock of five chickens rather than one in 5000 chickens.
:05:31. > :05:38.What should people be looking for? Any in -- ill-health in their birds.
:05:39. > :05:42.Not everything will be influenza. They will know quickly if they have
:05:43. > :05:44.chickens or turkeys because they will become very sick, very quickly.
:05:45. > :05:48.Thank you. Commercial vehicles are being banned
:05:49. > :05:50.from parking on a new housing The builder, Persimmon Homes, said
:05:51. > :05:56.the rule was designed to protect The local MP said the ban
:05:57. > :06:01.sounds like snobbery. The Oakwood Meadows estate has
:06:02. > :06:03.already made headlines. He was set on his 300,000
:06:04. > :06:06.dream home until he realised he wouldn't be
:06:07. > :06:13.able to park his work van outside his house
:06:14. > :06:15.because of a restrictive covenant Not far from the estate,
:06:16. > :06:28.builders were working on an extension and Matthew,
:06:29. > :06:33.a plumbing and heating engineer, said he thought the van
:06:34. > :06:35.ban was unfair. It is ridiculous and discriminating
:06:36. > :06:38.against someone who goes to work and Just because they use
:06:39. > :06:47.a van, it is outrageous. Colchester's MP is a former
:06:48. > :06:49.property lawyer and he wants an end to restrictive
:06:50. > :06:51.covenants that ban commercial There were lots of hard working
:06:52. > :06:55.people that rely on vans, It is their only mode
:06:56. > :07:00.of transport and say they can build a house but not able to live
:07:01. > :07:03.in one because they can't park there People should be allowed to have
:07:04. > :07:22.whatever vehicle they wish. If they purchased a house,
:07:23. > :07:24.they should have whatever vehicle parked
:07:25. > :07:28.on the driveway. The only white van we
:07:29. > :07:35.spotted was leaving. One of the region's leading
:07:36. > :07:36.Brexit campaigners, the MP John Whittingdale,
:07:37. > :07:40.says Britain's last ambassador in Brussels clearly didn't
:07:41. > :07:42.believe in the project. It follows the resignation
:07:43. > :07:45.of Sir Ivan Rogers, who in a leaked letter to staff attacked
:07:46. > :07:59.the government's It is a caution giving advice to
:08:00. > :08:05.ministers but they should do so in private. It makes sense that as we
:08:06. > :08:09.go to important negotiation, we should be having someone that
:08:10. > :08:14.believes the outcome can be beneficial for the UK.
:08:15. > :08:16.The intervention of senior figures like Mr Whittingdale indicates how
:08:17. > :08:18.much local politics this year will be dominated by Brexit.
:08:19. > :08:20.And earlier our political correspondent Andrew
:08:21. > :08:32.The East was at the forefront of last year's referendum campaign so
:08:33. > :08:37.it makes sense that our MPs should be at the forefront to make Brexit
:08:38. > :08:45.start to happen. We are seeing key members of the campaign who are not
:08:46. > :08:51.in government, starting to talk a lot to make sure Brexit happens.
:08:52. > :08:57.There is a suspicion that there are elements that are trying to slow
:08:58. > :09:00.Brexit down. Then Gummer is in charge of the office and is
:09:01. > :09:07.responsible for making sure all government departments are ready for
:09:08. > :09:10.forthcoming negotiations. Vicky Forth has been involved in
:09:11. > :09:21.negotiations in Brussels and will play a key role. This won't go away.
:09:22. > :09:26.The referendum result must be respected but you have the Lib Dems,
:09:27. > :09:30.Norman Lamb, saying they want a second referendum and will
:09:31. > :09:35.scrutinise any legislation in Parliament. There will be attempts
:09:36. > :09:39.to slow down Brexit this year. MPs in this region will be conscious of
:09:40. > :09:41.the fact that most people in this region voted to leave them that is
:09:42. > :09:45.what they will want to see happen. Finally, it's been a long
:09:46. > :09:46.but significant day at Lions, giraffes, ring-tailed
:09:47. > :09:48.lemurs, even Madagascan hissing cockroaches have
:09:49. > :09:51.all been taking part In fact every zoo has to count
:09:52. > :09:57.all its animals by law OK, that's all from me this
:09:58. > :10:04.evening, have a good night. I'll leave you with
:10:05. > :10:15.the weather and Alex Dolan. A cold night tonight. Already many
:10:16. > :10:19.of us are below freezing. There has been one or two fleeting showers
:10:20. > :10:25.across Norfolk and Suffolk which are expected to fade. We have clear
:10:26. > :10:29.spells and temperatures down to minus three Celsius. Out in the
:10:30. > :10:33.countryside, it could get lower. A cold start the day but high pressure
:10:34. > :10:40.is establishing itself across the British Isles and we have weather.
:10:41. > :10:45.It will be a cold side after the frosty start. There are one or two
:10:46. > :10:49.showers across parts of Norfolk. Most of us, it is looking dry with
:10:50. > :10:56.long spells of sunshine. Temperatures will not get higher
:10:57. > :11:00.than four Celsius. Feeling cold end the low temperatures. The National
:11:01. > :11:01.weather is coming up. Here is the outlook and rain is expected
:11:02. > :11:04.rain by Friday afternoon. Temperatures creeping up a notch or
:11:05. > :11:05.two and turning milder into the