:00:00. > 3:59:59And we will ask why so many more people over the age of 65 are
:00:00. > :00:00.getting married these days. Hello and welcome to
:00:00. > :00:00.the Look East late news. The region's response to the threat
:00:00. > :00:14.of serious flooding two months ago is
:00:15. > :00:15.condemned as inadequate. Sleeping in a box -
:00:16. > :00:19.an idea to cut infant death rates in Finland is now being hailed
:00:20. > :00:22.a success in Essex. And the challenge was
:00:23. > :00:26.a sketch a day for a year. We catch up with artist
:00:27. > :00:37.Kate Batchelor. A new report has found a catalogue
:00:38. > :00:45.of errors in how authorities in Suffolk handled the tidal surge
:00:46. > :00:47.earlier this year. Mistakes included a lack of training
:00:48. > :00:54.losing a set of keys to emergency At a meeting in Lowestoft tonight
:00:55. > :00:59.councillors have been considering the report which lists
:01:00. > :01:03.64 lessons which must be learned. In a moment, we'll hear
:01:04. > :01:05.from the council chief executive, The village of Snape knows only too
:01:06. > :01:11.well about the impact of flooding, the surge of 2013 left
:01:12. > :01:14.a pub and homes awash. So as trouble loomed again
:01:15. > :01:18.in January, they were ready. A rest centre in the village hall
:01:19. > :01:21.took in about 30 people, it emerged as one of the busiest for miles
:01:22. > :01:24.around on that night. But one area of worry was a lack
:01:25. > :01:28.of communication with council The initial concerns
:01:29. > :01:32.we got as a community People were asking us as volunteers
:01:33. > :01:37.in the community, are we going to be
:01:38. > :01:41.asked to evacuate? So it took a bit of time
:01:42. > :01:44.just to get the clarity That need for better
:01:45. > :01:48.communication is the key one in this list of more than 60
:01:49. > :01:50.recommendations after council officials ordered a root and branch
:01:51. > :01:55.review of how it handled the threat. On that night, this community
:01:56. > :01:58.building in Leiston was set up as a rest centre but,
:01:59. > :02:01.says the report, it lacked amenities and the team here hadn't been
:02:02. > :02:06.trained or told what to do. There's also the question of public
:02:07. > :02:12.car parks in flood zones. They weren't closed
:02:13. > :02:15.off, it suggested they should be to avoid potential
:02:16. > :02:17.damage to vehicles And Waveney's own council
:02:18. > :02:26.base in Lowestoft is flagged up, home to the emergency
:02:27. > :02:28.control centre but sitting in a
:02:29. > :02:29.flood zone itself. And what about other niggles
:02:30. > :02:33.there on the night, a missing key for a vital storage cupboard,
:02:34. > :02:36.an emergency satellite phone which didn't work and staff being unsure
:02:37. > :02:39.how to log in to or use a critical I think there are some big
:02:40. > :02:45.lessons to learn but I think other smaller things,
:02:46. > :02:47.sometimes it is human error, sometimes it is systematic failure
:02:48. > :02:49.but the important thing is that they have done this review and they are
:02:50. > :02:53.going to address it for the future. Well, officials are saying
:02:54. > :02:56.it is important to keep this Yes, 60 odd recommendations but this
:02:57. > :03:00.is a warts and all report. But they're adamant it's not
:03:01. > :03:03.just the defences that need to be watertight,
:03:04. > :03:06.but the systems too. Kevin Burch, BBC Look East,
:03:07. > :03:10.at Felixstowe Ferry. Stephen Baker is the Chief Executive
:03:11. > :03:25.of Suffolk Coastal and 64 recommendations in that report.
:03:26. > :03:33.So a lot of what he did wasn't good enough? As Kevin just said, there
:03:34. > :03:37.are 64 recommendations, they are points of actions. Some of them are
:03:38. > :03:42.quite serious, like making sure we have adequate communication in the
:03:43. > :03:46.committees. We will take that on board. We asked for root and branch
:03:47. > :03:48.review, we pride ourselves on the quality of our response. Because of
:03:49. > :03:52.that, we wanted to make everything that, we wanted to make everything
:03:53. > :03:58.better if we could possibly do so. We want to continually improve. A
:03:59. > :04:03.lot of those action points in real detail. Things like getting an extra
:04:04. > :04:07.whiteboard in one of the rooms and so on. There is a lot of detail in
:04:08. > :04:12.there. It was an internal document but we are happy to be open and
:04:13. > :04:17.transparent with it. No, I would say not 64 errors as being reported. 64
:04:18. > :04:24.is that we can potentially improve. As you well know, the region escaped
:04:25. > :04:33.on that night. Had things been worse, could some of those floors
:04:34. > :04:42.actually have proved quite costly? -- flaws. I would not say that. We
:04:43. > :04:49.have a good record. We work with it every day, flood risk, so, no, if we
:04:50. > :04:55.had overtopping flooding, we were ready to respond. The rest centre
:04:56. > :04:58.were open, on reflection, there might have been a case for better
:04:59. > :05:03.training. On reflection, we could have been quicker opening a centre,
:05:04. > :05:06.we could not get hold of the caretaker as quickly as we like.
:05:07. > :05:11.These are areas that we can improve on and that is the whole point of
:05:12. > :05:18.the review, to improve our response. Rest assured, and in the community
:05:19. > :05:24.should rest assured, we are always ready to respond to the threat. That
:05:25. > :05:29.is what the report is about. Stephen Baker, thank you very much indeed.
:05:30. > :05:32.Next tonight, we can reveal that a pilot project in Essex to help
:05:33. > :05:34.reduce the number of baby deaths is proving a success,
:05:35. > :05:38.New mothers at Colchester Hospital are being given small cardboard
:05:39. > :05:41.to stop them rolling onto their tummies.
:05:42. > :05:44.The idea came from Finland but Colchester decided to try it
:05:45. > :05:52.Midwife Tracey Baxter demonstrating to new parents Jenny and Stuart how
:05:53. > :05:59.Baby Poppy, less than 24 hours old, will sleep in this
:06:00. > :06:03.cardboard box to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
:06:04. > :06:07.The idea is simple, first used in Finland
:06:08. > :06:10.in the 1930s, the baby is placed on its back
:06:11. > :06:12.in the box, preventing it
:06:13. > :06:15.from rolling onto its tummy which could cause the infant to stop
:06:16. > :06:22.A lot of families are telling us that if they have already
:06:23. > :06:24.got a Moses basket, if they have already
:06:25. > :06:26.got a baby, that they will
:06:27. > :06:28.use these downstairs, they don't have to move their Moses baskets
:06:29. > :06:31.around, they are there directly in front of them and encouragement
:06:32. > :06:34.to put their babies down and not to cosleep with their babies.
:06:35. > :06:38.In the eight years leading up to 2014, 221 babies in
:06:39. > :06:40.the east have lost their lives to
:06:41. > :06:45.Since these boxes were introduced at Colchester Hospital
:06:46. > :06:48.a year ago, 700 have been handed out
:06:49. > :06:52.to new parents in the hope of reducing that risk.
:06:53. > :06:55.I think the most important part of it as well,
:06:56. > :07:00.it's the basic yet really vital information that you get in the box
:07:01. > :07:04.I think it's a wonderful idea, really.
:07:05. > :07:10.Yes, yeah, we're definitely going to give it a go.
:07:11. > :07:13.We have got a Moses basket as well and I'm sure
:07:14. > :07:15.she'll have a preference, one or the other.
:07:16. > :07:17.And it's good in an emergency as well.
:07:18. > :07:19.Colchester Hospital was the first in the region
:07:20. > :07:24.They are now being rolled out in hospitals in
:07:25. > :07:32.Katherine Nash, BBC Look East, Colchester.
:07:33. > :07:35.A year ago we featured an artist from Suffolk on the programme
:07:36. > :07:38.She'd set herself a challenge of doing
:07:39. > :07:44.Kate was also posting her sketches online.
:07:45. > :07:52.Mike Liggins has been back to see the 'tweeting painter'.
:07:53. > :07:56.I think one of the nicest things about doing a sketch a day was that
:07:57. > :07:58.it reconnects you with your landscape.
:07:59. > :08:02.Lots of people go, oh, I don't know what to paint.
:08:03. > :08:04.Well, if you get outside and sketch then you
:08:05. > :08:07.are giving yourself new ideas all the time.
:08:08. > :08:10.In 2016, Kate Batchelor made a New Year 's resolution to do
:08:11. > :08:20.She couldn't give up chocolate and she wanted to stretch
:08:21. > :08:22.herself as an artist and so out she went
:08:23. > :08:24.in all weathers and, yes, Kate
:08:25. > :08:26.did manage a sketch a day but did the sketching improve?
:08:27. > :08:29.The sketches got more fluid and the mark making
:08:30. > :08:31.more interesting so, yes, I think it did.
:08:32. > :08:33.I think practice is one of those things, it's like being a
:08:34. > :08:38.musician, you need to practice every day.
:08:39. > :08:41.We first met Kate last year when she was sketching at
:08:42. > :08:46.She exhibits in galleries all over Norfolk and Suffolk
:08:47. > :08:52.The sketches were made available to a wider audience online
:08:53. > :09:00.and this is the last sketch at Covehithe on New Year's Eve.
:09:01. > :09:03.I was just really pleased when I'd finished it and I've got this little
:09:04. > :09:09.162 crayons I got through and at the end of it,
:09:10. > :09:11.I was very good at sharpening crayons.
:09:12. > :09:19.she is planning to do one painted sketch a week.
:09:20. > :09:24.This is a replica Dutch barge on the quay at Beccles.
:09:25. > :09:28.And this is the finished work, proof, if proof were needed,
:09:29. > :09:31.that good artists are always learning,
:09:32. > :09:33.challenging themselves to improve and find new audiences.
:09:34. > :09:40.Mike Liggins, BBC Look East, Beccles.
:09:41. > :09:43.Just time to tell you about something our digital team is up to.
:09:44. > :09:46.From midnight tonight until midnight on Thursday, they'll be
:09:47. > :09:51.in the A department at Ipswich Hospital to reflect how
:09:52. > :09:54.staff and patients are coping with the pressures.
:09:55. > :09:59.You can follow live updates at bbc.co.uk/suffolk and you can
:10:00. > :10:06.also follow the team on Twitter - #AandElive.
:10:07. > :10:10.Coming up now the weather with Alex,
:10:11. > :10:14.but from the rest of the late team, goodnight.
:10:15. > :10:24.Thank you. Templars got to 18 Celsius. Not quite one tomorrow with
:10:25. > :10:27.more cloud. It is likely to turn quite misty as we go through the
:10:28. > :10:31.night. Temperatures not lower than six or seven Celsius for most of us
:10:32. > :10:36.tonight. We start the day tomorrow with them mist two thing. Should be
:10:37. > :10:40.some bright sunshine to start with but this weather system coming in
:10:41. > :10:44.from the west, that will turn up our skies cloudier and bring in some
:10:45. > :10:49.patchy rain. Probably not until the evening and overnight. Early mist,
:10:50. > :10:52.some sunshine for the morning, into the afternoon, more cars coming in
:10:53. > :10:59.from the west. Staying dry for the daytime areas. Temperatures will be
:11:00. > :11:02.cooler under the cloud. 12 Celsius, a notable south western breeze. The
:11:03. > :11:05.national been. The outlook, rain around, if
:11:06. > :11:06.it stays dry I will be surprised. Here is Nick with the national
:11:07. > :11:11.headlines.