:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:00. > :00:09.The worst is over, but the effects of Storm Doris
:00:10. > :00:12.We're live on the North Norfolk coast.
:00:13. > :00:17.Winds of up to 80mph, damage to buildings,
:00:18. > :00:23.It's been a tough day for many here in the East.
:00:24. > :00:28.Why 500 people in the region have more than 12 points
:00:29. > :00:41.on their licence, but are still legally allowed to drive.
:00:42. > :00:45.The winds may have died down, but the effect of Storm Doris
:00:46. > :00:48.is still very much being felt this evening and it looks like tomorrow
:00:49. > :00:55.More than 30,000 homes are without power, there have been
:00:56. > :00:58.delays on the roads and railways and people have been
:00:59. > :01:03.Mike Liggins is on the North Norfolk coast, which has seen some
:01:04. > :01:18.Yet is much calmer now. You may be able to see the lights of Cromer
:01:19. > :01:23.behind me. We think the wind speed at the moment is about 16 miles an
:01:24. > :01:28.hour, but earlier as speed of 81 macro is an hour was recorded just
:01:29. > :01:29.along the coast. It has been a difficult day for many in the
:01:30. > :01:31.region. High tide at Cromer at 5.00pm this
:01:32. > :01:34.afternoon and the North Sea But there are always sightseers
:01:35. > :01:38.here and on the pier some even The wind has definitely grown
:01:39. > :01:41.stronger in the last hour and with the rain,
:01:42. > :01:44.I don't think I've ever seen I'm pleased that we're
:01:45. > :02:02.off the pier now. The strong winds brought down power
:02:03. > :02:05.lines and UK Power Networks have All of our normal work has been
:02:06. > :02:11.suspended, as you'd expect. The whole organisation comes
:02:12. > :02:14.together in 'Storm Mode'. We've got over 400 engineers
:02:15. > :02:16.out there ready to go, some of them are out there working
:02:17. > :02:20.at the moment, to make sure we can In Haverhill, the roof of this job
:02:21. > :02:24.centre came adrift and staff had While in Colchester,
:02:25. > :02:31.64 homes in Greenstead Avenue were evacuated after Storm Doris
:02:32. > :02:36.damaged this building. It was as if a lorry had gone
:02:37. > :02:42.into the side of the building. Then, when I looked out
:02:43. > :02:45.of the window, I've just noticed all the bricks had fallen off
:02:46. > :02:50.the top of the roof. Then we looked out the front
:02:51. > :02:52.door and the whole roof On the roads, fallen trees made
:02:53. > :02:56.scores of minor roads impassable, while an overturned lorry blocked
:02:57. > :03:00.one lane of the M11 The Orwell Bridge at Ipswich
:03:01. > :03:05.and the QE2 Bridge at Dartford were both closed for much
:03:06. > :03:10.of the day, causing long delays. It has been a similarly miserable
:03:11. > :03:14.story on the rail network. Many commuters took to Twitter this
:03:15. > :03:18.evening with pictures of a packed For many in the East,
:03:19. > :03:37.it hasn't been a good Doris day. So the latest we have, UK power
:03:38. > :03:41.networks say that 31,000 customers across Norfolk, Sussex and assets
:03:42. > :03:47.are still without power. That number is slowly coming down. The Orwell
:03:48. > :03:50.Bridge and QE2 bridge both open tonight. Greater Anglia tell us that
:03:51. > :03:55.they will have a limited service on the trains first thing in the
:03:56. > :03:59.morning but there will be no trains between Norwich and Sheringham
:04:00. > :04:04.because there are conifer trees on the line which are at risk and can't
:04:05. > :04:07.be felt until the morning. It would probably be a good idea to check
:04:08. > :04:10.Alex will be here with the forecast later.
:04:11. > :04:13.BBC Look East has learned that more than 500 motorists in Norfolk,
:04:14. > :04:16.Suffolk and Essex are still driving despite having too many penalty
:04:17. > :04:22.Usually drivers are banned when they exceed 12 points, but it's
:04:23. > :04:31.One driver from Essex currently has 42 points and is still on the road.
:04:32. > :04:34.From causing a road collision to failing to have insurance,
:04:35. > :04:37.when you break traffic laws you are penalised.
:04:38. > :04:40.12 points on your licence usually means a driving ban for six months,
:04:41. > :04:44.but figures obtained by the BBC show that, in this region,
:04:45. > :04:49.502 drivers are still on the road despite having 12 or more points.
:04:50. > :04:57.Essex has the highest count at 313, where one person is still driving
:04:58. > :05:01.despite having 42 points on his licence.
:05:02. > :05:04.Alex McFarlane was caught speeding six times in three months.
:05:05. > :05:07.He would have lost his job had he been banned.
:05:08. > :05:12.Drivers can appeal if they claim that the ban can cause them
:05:13. > :05:17.For example, they could lose their job.
:05:18. > :05:19.There is no definition in law, though, as to
:05:20. > :05:24.Every person, every case is looked at on its own merit.
:05:25. > :05:26.Magistrates have to consider the impact of a ban not
:05:27. > :05:30.just on the motorist, but also the effect on his or her
:05:31. > :05:35.There are drivers out there on the road with
:05:36. > :05:40.As I say, it's a matter for the courts that they've
:05:41. > :05:44.All I would hope is that people with an excessive amount of points
:05:45. > :05:47.do begin to learn the lesson and not commit offences in the future.
:05:48. > :05:50.The vast majority of drivers with 12 points are banned,
:05:51. > :05:52.but the fact remains there are a handful who have
:05:53. > :05:58.continually broken the law who are still on our roads.
:05:59. > :06:00.Simon Nicholls is from Belmores Solicitors.
:06:01. > :06:07.At the end of the day, that's my job - to try and keep
:06:08. > :06:10.people their driving licence when they go over the 12 point mark.
:06:11. > :06:12.The Magistrates' Court have a discretion not
:06:13. > :06:14.to disqualify people if they find the disqualification would cause
:06:15. > :06:18.The important word there is 'exceptional', so not just
:06:19. > :06:21.discomfort or you've got to get the bus or you've got
:06:22. > :06:24.It means it's going to cause a real exceptional hardship,
:06:25. > :06:34.A bus driver who is single and lives at home with his parents.
:06:35. > :06:37.A bus driver who is married, has a mortgage, has a young family,
:06:38. > :06:42.One of them loses his licence, he loses his job as a bus driver.
:06:43. > :06:46.The other one loses his job as a bus driver, can't get another job,
:06:47. > :06:50.the family is at risk, mortgage, all the rest of it.
:06:51. > :06:52.But doesn't it suggest, then, that you can kind
:06:53. > :06:54.of break the law and, as long as you've got
:06:55. > :06:57.yourself a good lawyer, you'll be all right?
:06:58. > :07:00.It helps to have a good lawyer, I'm not going to argue
:07:01. > :07:02.with that, but the reality is that the magistrates listen very
:07:03. > :07:05.carefully to these arguments, and I have seen people
:07:06. > :07:07.present their own arguments in court and those presented by lawyers,
:07:08. > :07:09.and they analyse them, they scrutinise them very closely.
:07:10. > :07:13.No one pulls the wool over magistrates' eyes very easily.
:07:14. > :07:16.Can you understand, though, that some people think it's not fair,
:07:17. > :07:21.Is anything in life a real level playing field?
:07:22. > :07:24.But the law gives the magistrates discretion and people are entitled
:07:25. > :07:31.It's not easy because of the word 'exceptional' and the court has
:07:32. > :07:33.got to be convinced, and we have to convince
:07:34. > :07:35.the court on the balance of probabilities, that exceptional
:07:36. > :07:45.Today, we got one of the most detailed breakdowns for many years
:07:46. > :07:49.of how much money has actually come to this region from the EU
:07:50. > :07:54.The East of England office in Brussels says our region has
:07:55. > :07:59.received ?4 billion of EU investment over the last ten years,
:08:00. > :08:02.which has helped fund ?12 billion worth of projects.
:08:03. > :08:04.Farmers, businesses and local communities are all eligible,
:08:05. > :08:16.No, not the slopes of Bordeaux, but a farm
:08:17. > :08:20.The Witchells have planted their own vineyard and open up a winery,
:08:21. > :08:24.helped in part by ?42,000 from an EU fund set up to encourage rural
:08:25. > :08:30.We fitted the bill for the leader funding very well because we're
:08:31. > :08:33.going to be boosting tourism in the area and employing local
:08:34. > :08:35.people here and adding to the local supply chain,
:08:36. > :08:40.so really, it was the perfect funding for us.
:08:41. > :08:42.Improvements to several of our nature reserves,
:08:43. > :08:46.a new freight line through Ipswich, the regeneration of
:08:47. > :08:51.Hundreds of projects in the East have benefited from EU money,
:08:52. > :08:54.but they're not going to for much longer, which is why one
:08:55. > :08:57.of our business organisations commissioned this report -
:08:58. > :09:04.Millions of pounds of European funding comes to support economic
:09:05. > :09:07.growth and we know that's coming to an end.
:09:08. > :09:11.What we're doing is to make the case to Government to say that here's
:09:12. > :09:15.The Leave campaign argued that because we send more
:09:16. > :09:18.to Brussels than we get back, the Government should be
:09:19. > :09:22.able to keep funding all the schemes after Brexit,
:09:23. > :09:24.but ministers will only guarantee funding to existing
:09:25. > :09:27.projects until 2021 because after that they don't know
:09:28. > :09:31.how much money they'll have the play with.
:09:32. > :09:33.Science, technology and infrastructure will probably
:09:34. > :09:39.But no one can be sure at the moment.
:09:40. > :09:47.They're looking for firm promises quickly.
:09:48. > :09:50.You can see more on that story on Sunday Politics East.
:09:51. > :09:53.That's this Sunday on BBC One at 11.00am.
:09:54. > :09:56.Coming up now is the weather that's been making the news,
:09:57. > :10:04.but from the rest of the team, good night.
:10:05. > :10:11.You will be glad to know that Storm Doris has now moved well away and
:10:12. > :10:16.this centre of the area of low pressure is now well out over
:10:17. > :10:20.Scandinavia. The winds are easing and continue to do so over the
:10:21. > :10:24.course of the night. There could be some patchy rain as we go through
:10:25. > :10:27.the night and with clear spells developing and temperatures dropping
:10:28. > :10:32.quite a bit lower tonight than they have recently, there is the risk of
:10:33. > :10:43.icy patches and a touch of frost in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
:10:44. > :10:45.The average wind speeds are much lower as we get to 5am tomorrow.
:10:46. > :10:48.Tomorrow, complete transformation in our weather. It is likely to be
:10:49. > :10:50.quite a bit colder, but try with some good spells of sunshine and
:10:51. > :10:54.some light to moderate north-westerly winds, so feeling
:10:55. > :10:57.very different. Temperatures only seven or eight Celsius at their
:10:58. > :11:00.best. It will feel noticeably cooler. Here is the outlook. It
:11:01. > :11:02.turns smiled up at the be much milder. I will leave you
:11:03. > :11:16.with Thomas Shelter. Good evening. It was quite a day for
:11:17. > :11:21.some of us. We get these sort of storms every couple of years also.
:11:22. > :11:27.Difficult to give an exact number, but it was certainly a nasty one.
:11:28. > :11:32.It's now moving into Holland, Germany, south of Denmark, and it
:11:33. > :11:35.continues to blow itself out. The winds around coasts were not
:11:36. > :11:36.particularly spectacular, but