:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:00. > :00:00.In the programme tonight: Why the Police and Crime Commissioner
:00:07. > :00:10.for Essex is bidding to head up the fire and rescue service too.
:00:11. > :00:14.A man has died after being arrested at a holiday camp in Suffolk -
:00:15. > :00:20.And an exclusive television interview with Newmarket
:00:21. > :00:24.jockey Freddy Tylicki, who was paralysed from
:00:25. > :00:38.Essex could be the first county in the country
:00:39. > :00:41.to have its own Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.
:00:42. > :00:44.Roger Hirst, the current Police and Crime Commissioner,
:00:45. > :00:47.wants to take on responsibility for the Fire Service as well.
:00:48. > :00:50.He would control budgets and strategy for both,
:00:51. > :00:52.but critics say he would have too much power and be
:00:53. > :01:00.It's a five-year logo that within eight months could be out
:01:01. > :01:06.Essex's police and crime commissioner thinks an even closer
:01:07. > :01:09.collaboration between the police and fire service will be more
:01:10. > :01:14.More can be done, especially since the demands on both
:01:15. > :01:20.Today, his office launched a 12-week public consultation on the proposal.
:01:21. > :01:22.Of the three options on the table, the one he favours
:01:23. > :01:28.If we can align the services and look at doing things
:01:29. > :01:32.like workshops together, doing IT better together,
:01:33. > :01:36.so we don't get duplication, using the assets best where they can
:01:37. > :01:40.be used, if we can look at all of that, we reckon the work
:01:41. > :01:43.we have done with the support of both the fire and rescue service
:01:44. > :01:46.and the police service says that they should be saving
:01:47. > :01:50.It doesn't mean you would have a police officer turn up
:01:51. > :01:53.to help put out a fire or fire crews to help tackle crime,
:01:54. > :01:55.but the two services would be more joined up.
:01:56. > :01:57.These elected representatives, the Essex Fire Authority,
:01:58. > :02:03.It was an idea first mooted by Roger Hirst's predecessor.
:02:04. > :02:06.Today, the Fire authority would not go on camera, but a year ago,
:02:07. > :02:12.It will provide an improving service across Essex,
:02:13. > :02:16.whichever blue light service the public come in contact with.
:02:17. > :02:19.A closer alliance with the police, they say, could erode
:02:20. > :02:26.Norfolk's PCC says his police are looking at closer collaboration
:02:27. > :02:30.with Fire Service colleagues and Suffolk's Police Commissioner
:02:31. > :02:33.says he has no definite plans for a similar merger yet.
:02:34. > :02:36.In Essex, people will have until May to have their say
:02:37. > :02:39.on whether they would want an even closer marriage between their
:02:40. > :02:45.Stephen Robinson is a Liberal Democrat councillor
:02:46. > :02:47.on Essex County Council who is opposed to the plan.
:02:48. > :03:03.Concentrating the power in one person's hands, last year in terms
:03:04. > :03:06.of the oversight of the police and combining that with fire is a
:03:07. > :03:10.mistake because they are not accountable. Once elected for
:03:11. > :03:17.four-year is, they are a law unto themselves. What you're saying is
:03:18. > :03:20.you don't object to these services working closely together, you just
:03:21. > :03:26.don't want Roger Hurst in charge of them? It is not about the individual
:03:27. > :03:31.but if the post of Police Commissioner having their role
:03:32. > :03:36.extended to include fire. The Lib Dems were opposed to the creation of
:03:37. > :03:41.police commissioners and directly elected mayors because they are not
:03:42. > :03:45.as accountable as having local elected councillors. How would you
:03:46. > :03:51.like to see it run? The current Essex Fire authority is a reasonably
:03:52. > :03:56.effective mechanism for oversight because it involves more people. It
:03:57. > :04:00.involves councillors who are elected in their districts and they have
:04:01. > :04:05.oversight of the Fire Service. That will all go and be replaced by one
:04:06. > :04:11.individual. There is no accountability for that one
:04:12. > :04:18.individual. Roger Hurst says doing it his way, you are looking at
:04:19. > :04:24.savings, between 15 and 23 million. The savings have nothing to do with
:04:25. > :04:28.the governance, the way it is one. The savings are to do with the
:04:29. > :04:32.operational between the police officers, firefighters and their
:04:33. > :04:37.operational side, which is operational side, which is
:04:38. > :04:42.absolutely a good thing and would potentially be a good thing with the
:04:43. > :04:45.Ambulance Service as well. The key thing is Public accountability and
:04:46. > :04:47.putting all the power in one person's hands removes
:04:48. > :04:48.accountability. The Independent Police Complaints
:04:49. > :04:51.Commission has launched an investigation into the death
:04:52. > :04:53.of a man after he was arrested Paul Gladwell, who was 38
:04:54. > :04:58.and from Colchester, was detained by staff at Pontins
:04:59. > :05:18.in Pakefield on Tuesday night The investigation was launched by
:05:19. > :05:22.the IP CC after Paul Gladwell was arrested here on Tuesday following
:05:23. > :05:28.what people claim was an altercation. It has been reported
:05:29. > :05:32.that he had Asperger's and he was arrested on suspicion of assault.
:05:33. > :05:36.His family say he got in a dispute over one of his children and they
:05:37. > :05:44.claim he was head-butted by another man. He was arrested by police, put
:05:45. > :05:47.into a police van and taken to the investigation Centre in Great
:05:48. > :05:53.Yarmouth and while on the way to that centre, the officers became
:05:54. > :05:57.concerned for his welfare. He was treated at the scene and taken to
:05:58. > :06:02.hospital in a serious condition and this afternoon it was confirmed he
:06:03. > :06:09.died in hospital. What has the IP CC said today? It has issued a
:06:10. > :06:14.statement today. It has offered its condolences to Mr Gladwell's family
:06:15. > :06:19.at this extremely difficult time, but it has told us about the
:06:20. > :06:22.investigation and teams have been on site today, there have been
:06:23. > :06:27.door-to-door enquiries as well as CCTV being looked at. All of this
:06:28. > :06:32.information will be gathered to work out what happened surrounding Vista
:06:33. > :06:36.Gladwell's death and the interaction he had with police.
:06:37. > :06:39.The cull of 23,000 chickens affected by an outbreak of bird flu
:06:40. > :06:41.in Suffolk is expected to finish shortly.
:06:42. > :06:44.The outbreak is the first case of birdflu in this
:06:45. > :06:49.The chickens are at a poultry farm at Redgrave near Diss.
:06:50. > :06:52.Tomorrow, once the birds are removed, the farm will be
:06:53. > :06:57.The East of England Ambulance Service has been issued
:06:58. > :07:00.with two official warnings, which accuse it of failing to ensure
:07:01. > :07:06.The notices were imposed by the Health and Safety Executive.
:07:07. > :07:10.They relate to staff working more than 48 hours a week.
:07:11. > :07:14.The ambulance service says it has now "agreed a way
:07:15. > :07:19.All staff must now complete an opt out form if they want to work more
:07:20. > :07:25.Next tonight, the Newmarket jockey Freddy Tylicki has given his first
:07:26. > :07:27.television interview since a terrible fall left him
:07:28. > :07:33.It was during a race at Kempton in October that Freddy was involved
:07:34. > :07:38.Today, he told our reporter Tom Williams that riding horses
:07:39. > :07:42.is "like a drug" and getting back on one will help him
:07:43. > :08:01.So how are you coping with learning to adapt to a new way of living?
:08:02. > :08:04.You get good days and you get bad days obviously.
:08:05. > :08:10.Freddy had been an emerging force in the saddle.
:08:11. > :08:14.A former champion apprentice, last year his best season yet.
:08:15. > :08:18.At 30 years old he was tipped for the top before tragedy struck,
:08:19. > :08:23.falling in a four horse pile-up at Kempton in October.
:08:24. > :08:29.Worse still a T7 paralysis, meaning he has no movement
:08:30. > :08:33.in the lower half of his body. To be honest a couple of lads
:08:34. > :08:38.watched the race again and they said to me that I was very lucky
:08:39. > :08:45.Apparently it was a horrible fall, I have not seen it.
:08:46. > :08:51.I was there, so there is no point in looking at it again.
:08:52. > :08:54.In some ways I am lucky to be here, yes.
:08:55. > :08:56.After weeks in intensive care, Freddy's rehabilitation
:08:57. > :09:04.Experts at the London spinal cord unit keep him busy.
:09:05. > :09:07.Specialist equipment keeps his muscles moving.
:09:08. > :09:11.I would never regret being a jockey, I love my job,
:09:12. > :09:16.I live for the industry, I live for my job.
:09:17. > :09:20.I started riding racehorses when I was 11 or 12 years of age
:09:21. > :09:24.and it is like a drug, once you start wth
:09:25. > :09:28.Do you think there might be a chance you could ride again?
:09:29. > :09:33.Most definitely, I have a riding lesson next Wednesday.
:09:34. > :09:36.So you really are getting straight back on a horse?
:09:37. > :09:43.It will not be a racehorse, something slower, but life goes
:09:44. > :09:45.on and you have to make the most of it.
:09:46. > :09:55.That's all from me, coming up now the weather with Alex,
:09:56. > :10:10.Good evening. There was some rain earlier and fairly cloudy
:10:11. > :10:14.conditions. Most of that rain has cleared into the North Sea, so it
:10:15. > :10:21.will be a largely dry night and quite misty as well in places.
:10:22. > :10:24.Temperatures down to six or seven Celsius. Tomorrow morning we have
:10:25. > :10:30.this weather system quite close by. It will bring quite a lot of cloud
:10:31. > :10:34.first thing, possibly rain as well but high pressure building so a
:10:35. > :10:40.fairly settled forecast for the next few days. We might have more cloud
:10:41. > :10:46.around generally but there should be some brighter spells. Into the
:10:47. > :10:51.afternoon, a good chance of seeing some sunshine and temperatures of
:10:52. > :10:56.ten or 11 Celsius with a light and variable wind. The National weather
:10:57. > :10:59.is coming up but here is the outlook and for the weekend the temperatures
:11:00. > :11:00.are staying miles. Cloudy