:00:00. > :00:00.bigger problems to deal with. Join me to find out more now
:00:00. > :00:14.It's been claimed tonight that a car rally in Southend at the weekend
:00:15. > :00:16.will leave tax payers with a policing bill
:00:17. > :00:47.It's been claimed tonight that a car rally in Southend at the weekend
:00:48. > :00:49.will leave tax payers with a policing bill
:00:50. > :00:53.Two years ago, after a similar event, the local council
:00:54. > :00:56.took out an injunction to stop dangerous driving.
:00:57. > :00:58.While this weekend's rally passed off peacefully,
:00:59. > :01:06.the council wants organisers to make future events official.
:01:07. > :01:08.One of over 2,000 high-performance modified cars on display
:01:09. > :01:13.My brother has his daughter and son here.
:01:14. > :01:31.This is the first major car cruise in Southend
:01:32. > :01:34.since the council clamped down on unauthorised events in town.
:01:35. > :01:36.Following filming of an event in 2015, the local authority
:01:37. > :01:39.That banning order was aimed at car cruising events,
:01:40. > :01:41.and allowed police to prosecute anyone driving dangerously
:01:42. > :01:46.We are giving reassurance to everyone tonight...
:01:47. > :01:49.On Saturday, extra police officers were on hand to carry out spot
:01:50. > :01:57.We would rather organisers got in touch with us before the event
:01:58. > :02:00.but it is what it is, and we would look forward to working
:02:01. > :02:02.with participants to ensure safety of those involved and those
:02:03. > :02:09.Critics of the cruise say that local residents have to foot the bill
:02:10. > :02:15.The hidden reality is, at a time when we have
:02:16. > :02:17.limited police resources, the police are being drawn
:02:18. > :02:24.away from other jobs they should be doing.
:02:25. > :02:31.The organiser argues that the cost is no more than policing a sporting
:02:32. > :02:32.event and that this brings an economic benefit to the town.
:02:33. > :02:34.The event went well, securing Southend as the capital
:02:35. > :02:42.But this title does not sit well with the whole of the town.
:02:43. > :02:45.MPs have been told that Norfolk has one of the highest rates
:02:46. > :02:47.in the country of students who've been permanently
:02:48. > :02:52.The number has almost doubled from 170 to 300
:02:53. > :02:57.The Norfolk MP Norman Lamb raised the issue in parliament this
:02:58. > :03:00.afternoon and received a promise that ministers will investigate
:03:01. > :03:06.Given the awful result outcomes for children
:03:07. > :03:08.who are permanently excluded, wht message does he send
:03:09. > :03:11.to Norfolk to sort out this unacceptable situation?
:03:12. > :03:14.Exclusion should always be a last resort and we need to make sure
:03:15. > :03:16.there are no inappropriate exclusions, either in Norfolk
:03:17. > :03:19.I am meeting the honourable gentleman on another matter
:03:20. > :03:23.and perhaps that's something we can discuss.
:03:24. > :03:29.Norfolk County Council has been fined ?60,000 for leaving sensitive
:03:30. > :03:32.files about children in a filing cabinet, which was sent
:03:33. > :03:36.It came to light three years ago when the person who bought
:03:37. > :03:38.the cabinet found social work case files.
:03:39. > :03:45.The council has apologised and says procedures have been tightened.
:03:46. > :03:47.Lorry drivers are facing a ban on overtaking along stretches
:03:48. > :03:51.Highways England is introducing the restrictions next week
:03:52. > :03:53.to improve traffic flow, especially near Stansted Airport.
:03:54. > :03:59.The announcement was criticised by some truckers.
:04:00. > :04:03.Long stretches of the M11 are just two lanes, meaning when lorries
:04:04. > :04:05.overtake each other, a big tailback can
:04:06. > :04:11.So Highways England is going to restrict lorries overtaking
:04:12. > :04:15.during the day on uphill stretches of motorway.
:04:16. > :04:19.Signs are going to go up saying any vehicle over 7.5 tonnes cannot use
:04:20. > :04:28.The lorry overtaking restrictions would be in place
:04:29. > :04:30.between junction 8 near Stansted, and junction 9 for the A11.
:04:31. > :04:32.Highways England believes it will ease congestion,
:04:33. > :04:36.but some HGV drivers said not being able to overtake
:04:37. > :04:47.If you are stuck behind trucks going at 40 mph, ours can do 56,
:04:48. > :04:55.it makes quite an impact on what time you can get there.
:04:56. > :04:57.You have vehicles with odd weights and loads,
:04:58. > :05:03.and if it is a slight incline, it is surprising how much
:05:04. > :05:06.Then you are stuck, probably behind 20 or 30 lorries,
:05:07. > :05:13.The daytime overtaking ban for lorries is already in force
:05:14. > :05:17.on this stretch of road, the A14 in Northamptonshire.
:05:18. > :05:19.Highways England says lorry speeds haven't changed,
:05:20. > :05:24.Lorry drivers caught overtaking where they shouldn't can be fined.
:05:25. > :05:27.On the M11, the overtaking restriction is expected to start
:05:28. > :05:31.One lorry driver said that the best way of tackling congestion
:05:32. > :05:39.here would be widening this section of the M11 to three lanes.
:05:40. > :05:42.The former fashion designer Wayne Hemmingway, famous
:05:43. > :05:44.for the Red Or Dead label, has been addressing a meeting
:05:45. > :05:48.He believes the town could do with a makeover and he's had success
:05:49. > :05:51.in other seaside resorts around the country.
:05:52. > :05:54.We'll hear from him in a moment, after this from Alex Dunlop.
:05:55. > :05:57."Come to Lowestoft," they told Wayne Hemingway, "on a good day,
:05:58. > :06:04.Well, perhaps not today, but the design guru sees
:06:05. > :06:14.At a seafront hotel, he came up with a master plan
:06:15. > :06:20.to transform the town with a straight-talking
:06:21. > :06:21.lecture to local business leaders and politicians.
:06:22. > :06:24.His message - you need more radical ideas if you want
:06:25. > :06:29.Everyone has got to rise to that challenge.
:06:30. > :06:32.The fact is that people have a lot of choices
:06:33. > :06:35.where they come on holiday, where they go to eat what they do
:06:36. > :06:47.We've got to make your we've really got something special to show
:06:48. > :06:50.to people to prove that Lowestoft is the place they can come
:06:51. > :06:53.A decade ago, ?40 million was spent locally to regenerate lost.
:06:54. > :06:56.More than 1 million people came here last year.
:06:57. > :07:00.Wayne Hemingway has helped boost of fortunes of other coastal towns
:07:01. > :07:02.with designs on seafront buildings and ambitious projects.
:07:03. > :07:04.It's pushing people and he's going to make things happen.
:07:05. > :07:06.He was coming at it from unusual angles.
:07:07. > :07:11.He clearly brings with him a lifetime of experience.
:07:12. > :07:13.But don't expect an overnight transformation - the momentum,
:07:14. > :07:15.says Mr Hemingway, must come from those who have a lasting
:07:16. > :07:25.I spoke to Wayne Hemmingway earlier this evening and asked him
:07:26. > :07:26.what it is he thinks Lowestoft needs.
:07:27. > :07:29.It just needs some TLC and some exciting things to happen.
:07:30. > :07:31.Everything is here that you want, that the British people
:07:32. > :07:39.It's got sand, a lovely sea, great buildings, the promenade,
:07:40. > :07:41.all the ingredients are there, but it is lagging behind a little
:07:42. > :07:51.We're not talking specifics at the moment.
:07:52. > :07:56.We're here with my team, the Hemingway Design team,
:07:57. > :07:59.tonight to start to meet the local community and the regional community
:08:00. > :08:04.That doesn't come in the form of some designer striding
:08:05. > :08:07.in on a white horse and saying, "This is my great design, this
:08:08. > :08:11.Great design also costs money, doesn't it?
:08:12. > :08:22.As you well know, the cash-strapped council doesn't have any.
:08:23. > :08:25.I would say that's where you're wrong, because ideas don't cost
:08:26. > :08:28.anything at all and as long as the idea is intelligent and fun
:08:29. > :08:30.and makes people smile, other things start to happen,
:08:31. > :08:32.it brings ideas out in other people and eventually,
:08:33. > :08:36.So are you to the seaside resort what Mary Portas
:08:37. > :08:49.We've had a lot of success doing things for Morecambe,
:08:50. > :08:51.we're working in Hastings to Weston-Super-Mare so we become
:08:52. > :08:54.experienced, but no, I don't want to be held in the same
:08:55. > :09:00.All right, I won't do that, but change is coming to Lowestoft?
:09:01. > :09:03.These things take time, but we're here to create positive change.
:09:04. > :09:05.It is the most easterly part of Great Britain
:09:06. > :09:09.and we want to bring that out to make it a place the East visits
:09:10. > :09:12.and people come from wider, there's no point in rushing things,
:09:13. > :09:20.Wayne Hemmingway talking to me earlier.
:09:21. > :09:30.But from the rest of the late team, goodnight.
:09:31. > :09:35.It's rather cool out there at the moment, a much fresher feel to
:09:36. > :09:38.things compared to earlier today and we have one or two showers to
:09:39. > :09:43.contained with tonight but a lot of dry weather, some clear spells and a
:09:44. > :09:46.breeze carrying a shower through but most places are dry and a chilly
:09:47. > :09:50.night, temperature is not far off freezing by tomorrow morning so
:09:51. > :09:54.maybe a bit of frosty than there. A I started Tuesday, lots of sunshine
:09:55. > :09:58.in the morning. 18 breeze will make you feel quite chilly but cloud
:09:59. > :10:06.bills through the day, maybe one or two showers in the afternoon --
:10:07. > :10:12.cloud builds. Feeling colder because of the southwesterly breeze. The
:10:13. > :10:16.middle of the week, low pressure gives us a lot of uncertainty in the
:10:17. > :10:22.forecast. For Wednesday, a dry start. The rain will dry to head
:10:23. > :10:25.east but there is uncertainty about how quickly that happens if it ever
:10:26. > :10:30.reaches the Far east. We will keep you updated about that but it will
:10:31. > :10:34.feel chilly we get the cloud in the rain and on Thursday, if it reaches
:10:35. > :10:37.the east, we get in northeasterly winds developing sort the rest of
:10:38. > :10:40.rain is still there but not raining all the time, some dry and bright
:10:41. > :10:45.weather in between as well. The same is true for Friday. Some rain in the
:10:46. > :10:48.south and southeast and the further north and west you go, staying dry,
:10:49. > :10:54.but still a chilly, northeasterly breeze. For the weekend, low
:10:55. > :10:56.pressure is dominating but pulls away and high pressure topples and
:10:57. > :10:59.so things settle down for the weekend. As they go into the
:11:00. > :11:02.weekend, it is looking mainly dry with sunny spells. Pleasant by day
:11:03. > :11:04.but still the chance of frost at night and if you're
:11:05. > :11:06.outlook for Saturday and Sunday is for something dry and settled, sunny
:11:07. > :11:20.spells but a bit on the cool side. This week we are starting off with a
:11:21. > :11:24.taste of winter. This is Paul and maritime air, it has come from a
:11:25. > :11:30.long way north and will push in lots of showers. The last of any mild air
:11:31. > :11:36.gets swept away with the cloud. Tonight we have showers mostly
:11:37. > :11:41.across the northern half of the UK, which will turn wintry and that
:11:42. > :11:47.means more snow, particularly across Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:11:48. > :11:53.perhaps northern England. With those temperatures it is not just snow
:11:54. > :11:57.that is a concern, it is icy roads. Quite a few wintry showers still
:11:58. > :12:01.packing in across the north and west of Northern Ireland, west of
:12:02. > :12:04.Scotland by this stage. Eastern Scotland much more sheltered so it
:12:05. > :12:08.should be drier and we may have early sunshine here as well. For
:12:09. > :12:09.England and Wales, plenty of sunshine to begin