:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:09. > :00:11.A Conservative councillor has resigned after this video emerges
:00:12. > :00:26.The Norwich Peterborough building society brand
:00:27. > :00:29.is about to disappear from the High Street.
:00:30. > :00:33.And how the recent storm surge may have played a vital role in saving
:00:34. > :00:48.In the last few hours a councillor from Norfolk has resigned
:00:49. > :00:51.following his behaviour during a hunt.
:00:52. > :00:55.He was filmed making lewd comments to a hunt protestor.
:00:56. > :00:58.Until recently, Charles Carter was the master of the West Norfolk hunt.
:00:59. > :01:02.He is also a Conservative councillor for Breckland.
:01:03. > :01:05.Tonight, both the local MP and the leader of the council told
:01:06. > :01:13.Excuse me, didn't you know hunting was banned?
:01:14. > :01:16.Video of the Middleton Hunt in North Yorkshire, filmed
:01:17. > :01:20.Linda Hoggard challenges at Charles Carter.
:01:21. > :01:24.He starts filming her, then makes a lewd comments.
:01:25. > :01:40.Charles Carter has been on Breckland Council since 2011,
:01:41. > :01:43.representing the ward of Saham Toney.
:01:44. > :01:49.A man in that position should know so much better anyway.
:01:50. > :01:51.And a woman shouldn't be spoken to like that
:01:52. > :02:01.People shouldn't say things like that.
:02:02. > :02:12.He shouldn't be representing anybody with those beliefs anyway.
:02:13. > :02:14.In June 2015, Mr Carter was the master huntsman
:02:15. > :02:19.Look East spoke to him about the ban.
:02:20. > :02:22.Having to look over one's shoulder all the time for fear
:02:23. > :02:26.of being in breach of bad law is not what the country should be about.
:02:27. > :02:31.Tonight, the local MP George Freeman says that
:02:32. > :02:34.while being rude isn't a crime, he believes all in elected public
:02:35. > :02:39.office have a duty to set the highest standards of conduct.
:02:40. > :02:41.North Yorkshire Police have confirmed they were
:02:42. > :02:53.called to an altercation and they are investigating.
:02:54. > :03:00.We made several attempts to contact Mr Carter today, but we've not heard
:03:01. > :03:01.back from him. However, I did speak to
:03:02. > :03:03.William Nunn is the leader of Breckland council,
:03:04. > :03:05.he made the decision to suspend Mr Carter as soon
:03:06. > :03:10.I was pleased to receive Charles' resignation.
:03:11. > :03:13.I felt he had done a dreadful thing, and it was absolutely right
:03:14. > :03:15.he resigned from his position on Breckland Council.
:03:16. > :03:18.And when he spoke to you earlier this evening to say
:03:19. > :03:21.that he was going to resign, what did he tell you?
:03:22. > :03:26.He was sorry he'd brought embarrassment to myself,
:03:27. > :03:28.to the local Conservative group and to Breckland Council.
:03:29. > :03:31.More so, I know that he contacted the protester to apologise
:03:32. > :03:36.to the husband and make it clear it was meant in no way to be rude.
:03:37. > :03:41.But the footage, you say yourself, you are shocked and appalled by it.
:03:42. > :03:45.When you did see it, were you also surprised by it,
:03:46. > :03:48.because you obviously know Mr Carter well?
:03:49. > :03:53.I've known Charles for some years now on the council.
:03:54. > :03:56.I was shocked he had used that sort of language to a person
:03:57. > :04:00.It was an absurd thing for him to do.
:04:01. > :04:06.But he did it, I felt as council leader I had no choice
:04:07. > :04:09.but to immediately suspend him from the Conservative group
:04:10. > :04:11.on Breckland Council, which has, obviously,
:04:12. > :04:17.George Freeman, the local MP, has said he too was appalled.
:04:18. > :04:22.How much damage do you think this has done to the Council and to
:04:23. > :04:28.I hope it hasn't done any damage to the Conservative Party locally.
:04:29. > :04:33.I think, as a party, we've handled it swiftly and appropriately,
:04:34. > :04:36.and I think that's the way it should be dealt with.
:04:37. > :04:40.Of course, for Charles, this is not good,
:04:41. > :04:48.The Norwich Peterborough Building Society brand
:04:49. > :04:54.will disappear from our high streets later this year.
:04:55. > :04:57.28 branches across the East will be closed and hundreds
:04:58. > :05:01.The society is owned by the Yorkshire Building Society,
:05:02. > :05:04.which says it wants to focus on the main brand.
:05:05. > :05:07.It's been a trusted name on our high streets for decades,
:05:08. > :05:14.But soon, the Norwich Peterborough name will completely disappear.
:05:15. > :05:18.It's owner, the Yorkshire Building Society, plans
:05:19. > :05:22.to close 28 N branches, including this one
:05:23. > :05:29.It's a shame, our elderly customers are going to feel the impact more.
:05:30. > :05:34.They rely upon the convenience on their doorstep of being able
:05:35. > :05:37.to withdraw their money and spend it at local businesses.
:05:38. > :05:41.In the vast majority of cases, it's matter of a couple of miles
:05:42. > :05:47.Of course, there are other ways we could help them as well,
:05:48. > :05:50.and what we'd certainly urge customers to do, if they have
:05:51. > :05:53.any concerns, please come and talk to us,
:05:54. > :05:57.pop into the branch and we'll do anything we can to help them.
:05:58. > :06:01.They're in branches and at N's headquarters in Peterbrough.
:06:02. > :06:03.After the closures, only 17 branches will remain under
:06:04. > :06:09.The Yorkshire says the banking market is changing.
:06:10. > :06:13.More customers are conducting their business online,
:06:14. > :06:18.and use of High Street branches like this is declining by 7% a year.
:06:19. > :06:23.Further investment in that network can't be justified.
:06:24. > :06:26.But that argument will disappoint thousands of members who expect
:06:27. > :06:30.a building society to provide a good branch network in places where
:06:31. > :06:36.These are some of the places set to close.
:06:37. > :06:39.The changes are due to take effect from September this year.
:06:40. > :06:42.Members are being encouraged to embrace online banking,
:06:43. > :06:50.but some elderly customers may find that difficult to do.
:06:51. > :06:52.Earlier, I asked Richard whether he was surprised
:06:53. > :07:00.Building societies are supposed to be different from banks.
:07:01. > :07:06.They're mutual organisations, owned by members, not shareholders.
:07:07. > :07:08.Building societies are supposed to use the money they save by not
:07:09. > :07:12.paying dividends to do good stuff for members,
:07:13. > :07:15.such as paying good interest rates and maintaining
:07:16. > :07:23.I think today's announcement risks making
:07:24. > :07:25.the Norwich Peterborough look like any old bank.
:07:26. > :07:28.So are we expecting some of our other smaller
:07:29. > :07:34.We're got the Ipswich and the Cambridge.
:07:35. > :07:36.I spoke to the Ipswich earlier today, they have nine branches,
:07:37. > :07:42.We had about 50 regional building societies in the 1950s,
:07:43. > :07:50.Plans to provide an extra 1200 school places in Essex
:07:51. > :07:52.Two weeks ago, our coastline was bracing itself
:07:53. > :07:55.for the devastating effects of strong winds and spring tides.
:07:56. > :07:57.But while many places were left counting the cost,
:07:58. > :07:59.at Orford Ness in Suffolk, they were counting their blessings.
:08:00. > :08:01.There, the waves dumped thousands of tonnes of shingle
:08:02. > :08:04.on the shoreline, and that could prove vital in a battle
:08:05. > :08:11.Once again, the volunteers are stepping into the
:08:12. > :08:17.This, the latest phase of work costing more than ?6,000
:08:18. > :08:21.to try to delay the now-redundant structure's collapse,
:08:22. > :08:25.using what they call these shingle-filled sausages.
:08:26. > :08:27.While they feared the worst as the most recent storm
:08:28. > :08:32.sea swelled, for once, the waves proved friend, not foe.
:08:33. > :08:36.Built in 1792 using three quarters of a million bricks,
:08:37. > :08:41.Below, there's another 20 feet, as the profile
:08:42. > :08:46.Once powered by whale oil, it was decommissioned in 2013.
:08:47. > :08:50.It's now owned by a trust driven by passion and pride.
:08:51. > :08:53.It's a landmark that everybody loves.
:08:54. > :08:56.When you drive into Orford, the first thing you see out
:08:57. > :09:02.Orford without a lighthouse would be disastrous.
:09:03. > :09:06.Do you have any vision of how many years you've got left?
:09:07. > :09:10.We will take it year by year, and at the end of each winter
:09:11. > :09:14.we will be able to assess how she's got through the winter.
:09:15. > :09:17.That's when we will start dismantling and moving
:09:18. > :09:23.These voice pipes go all the way down to the kitchen of the cottages,
:09:24. > :09:26.when the cottages were here by the side.
:09:27. > :09:31.The keeper could summon his mate to come up here and give him a hand.
:09:32. > :09:34.When the end is finally nigh, they will hope to salvage
:09:35. > :09:38.and exhibit in a museum this and other artefacts from the inside.
:09:39. > :09:47.The very top of the building will be taken away and preserved too.
:09:48. > :09:51.They know that day will surely come, but for now it is all about digging
:09:52. > :10:00.Coming up now the weather with Alex, but from the rest
:10:01. > :10:11.thank you very much. Good evening, another cold night across the
:10:12. > :10:16.region, despite the amount of cloud out there. Colder air coming in from
:10:17. > :10:20.the consonants, misty conditions and a few spots of rain possible, and
:10:21. > :10:25.the risk of icy patches on untreated surfaces. Temperatures widely low,
:10:26. > :10:30.lower than these temperatures as we get to the early hours of tomorrow
:10:31. > :10:37.morning. Already a cold start to tomorrow, but also this cold mass of
:10:38. > :10:41.continental air moving across us. It will feel bitterly cold,
:10:42. > :10:46.temperatures not likely to get above freezing all day. A lot of cloud
:10:47. > :10:52.around, as that moves in, the chance of some sunshine. But take a look at
:10:53. > :10:56.the temperatures, around 1 degrees for some of us. Factoring in
:10:57. > :11:01.wind-chill, it will feel bitterly cold. The National weather is coming
:11:02. > :11:03.up, USA outlook, cloudy take a look at the Outlook towards