28/03/2017 Look East

In the programme tonight, it is all change at the top

as the police and Fire Services in this region look

At least one in six needs an urgent repair.

When this soprano teamed up with a tenor.

First tonight one boss. Double the responsibility.

Why Essex could be the first county in the country to have the same

person governing both the fire and police service.

Those in favour say it would help deliver

a more efficient and effective emergency service.

But the fire brigades union said today they would oppose it.

This from our chief reporter, Kim Riley.

The police and crime bill given Royal assent in January

places a duty on current police commissioners to consult on the case

for adding fire and rescue to their responsibilities.

The Government keen to see progress in that direction.

We will continue to have a Fire Service and a police

We will continue to have firefighters and police

This is about the governance that means we get better decisions

Roger Hirst is really moving forward there.

Public consultation on the county's PCC becoming the PFCC continues

If we can align the services and look at doing things

like workshops together, IT better together so we

We are using the assets best where they can be used.

If you look at all of that, we reckon the work we have done

with the support of both the Fire and Rescue Service and the police

service says that there should be savings somewhere between

Across the region, the police and Fire Service often

The main opposition to the plan so far has come

from the Fire Brigades union across the region.

It is worried that the two services becoming ever more closely

It says firefighters are generally liked by the public.

In some areas, police officers are not.

One would be surrounding the neutrality of the

Fire and Rescue Service, a very important part

of the Fire Service's ability to be able to access

vulnerable communities is its neutral status.

The Fire and Rescue Service is a humanitarian service,

and the police service is more of an enforcement.

Supporters of the Government's plans say police commissioners

represent the public and hold the Chief Constable to account.

As Fire Commissioner, he or she would guard the public

interest and hold the chief fire officer to account.

I think we should worry chiefly about

making sure that the public gets the best service they can from their

We should not worry so much about the police identity,

the fire identity, or indeed the Police and Crime Commissioner's.

It is about, let's get those public services as good as

Now, Home Office proposals to open the way for

civilians to compete with senior officers for the job of

It is all change in our blue light services.

Lorne Green is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk.

He's been holding a public meeting about the force in Cromer tonight.

Would you like to take on responsibility for

I wouldn't use the words relish, I want the best services for the

people of this county. Both fire and rescue and constabulary. I am

respectful of historical traditions. We will see if a case can be made or

not. We are collaborating extensively, the commanders of both

control room services will be shared control room services will be shared

in the autumn. Let's see whether a case can be made or not. You don't

sound as convinced as your counterpart in Essex. The challenge

is to see if a local case can be made. I want to be respectful of the

traditions and specialisms of the two forces. Where will this take is?

I don't know. Let's see how the collaboration goes first. I am not

trying conclusions at this point. I am interested in your take on the

fact that chief constables could be recruited from the civilian

workforce. Is that something that could work in Norfolk? That is

academic. In Norfolk. A Chief Constable as to combine a breadth of

experience and vision. We have an outstanding Chief Constable in

Norfolk. Whether that would be thinkable at this moment, I don't

know, it is not necessary in Norfolk at the moment. The current one has

experience and a wide vision. If there are people who can, from

outside or elsewhere, combine experience with the breadth of

vision, we will take a look at the best possible people. You wouldn't

rule it out? Agyei for joining us. -- thank you.

There has been strong criticism today.

Of the state of the roads in this region.

The report claims that one in six local roads

Some may be forced to close altogether.

Another tough shift collecting rubbish for this crew.

But theirs is a bin lorry with a difference.

It is fitted with a camera, and has the lorry does its rounds,

the camera captures footage of almost all the area's road network.

It is hoped that the information it gathers will help them point

which roads need repairs, also help engineers predict

Particularly potholes and surface defects in the roadway.

Between April and September, we jet patched, which is an intermediary

Probably about three times what the Government

We have an issue, yes, our roads are wearing out

and we have to protect them as much as we can.

But today's survey says councils need to do more than just

It says our local roads are in terminal decline

because of decades of underfunding and wetter winters,

In a document it calls the Alarm Report, the Asphalt

Our county councils would each have to spend...

One in six roads on average across the country have only got

Which means in the next five years, they either need to invest heavily

in repairing and replacing them, or the ultimate sanction they have

Look East filmed this team carrying out road repairs in Norfolk.

But the survey claims nationally the gap between the amount councils

say they need to keep the roads up to scratch and the amount

they actually receive is almost 733 million.

It also says the number of potholes being filled has dropped.

Two buskers from the region are attracting worldwide attention.

After a video of them went viral on the internet.

When soprano Hayley Moss and tenor Benjamin Lake sing

Everyone stops to listen. And for the first time,

the pair are preparing to swap the street for the stage.

# Quando sono solo sogno all'orizzonte e mancan le parole

# Si lo so che non c'e luce in una stanza quando manca il sole #.

The soprano and the tenor in Norwich at lunchtime.

Until a year ago, Hayley Moss and Ben Lake had performed alone.

And now, together, they are stopping people in their tracks.

It is nice to hear the male and the female

Singing the big classics like Time To Say Goodbye as a duet.

I've been working on my own a long time.

I have lovely Hayley singing with me.

We can sing all of these fantastic duets that I've always

wanted to sing and I always have to singon my own.

Now, when I sing on my own, I want to be singing with Hayley.

They should be seen at La Scala in Milan.

Hayley and Ben's appeal is going global.

Videos of them online are attracting hundreds of thousands of views.

This weekend, they are doing their first stage show together at

I didn't know there was a tenor as well.

On a Saturday, in Sheringham. Wonderful.

Coming up now, the weather with Alex.

But from me and the late team, goodnight.

A much milder night tonight compared with the last few nights. A weather

system coming in, bringing a lot of cloud and some patchy rain through

the night. Much of this cleared the way by the end of the night, cloud

left behind. Overnight temperatures stay mild. We start the day with

temperatures close to double figures. We have this weather system

coming in from the West, a cloudy picture. It looks as though it will

stay mostly dry. Some brighter spells, perhaps some sunshine.

Temperatures not quite as high as today, 17 degrees today. Tomorrow,

more like 15. A noticeable south-westerly wind coming in. The

afternoon, a better prospect of seeing some more brightness and

sunshine. The national weather coming up, here is the outlook, with

temperatures climbing for Thursday and Friday, good spells of sunshine.

One area from the south. Eventually, rain spreading in later on Friday.

Much fresher conditions for the weekend with

times, but fairly mild for the time of year. This stay tuned for the

national weather forecasts with John Hammond.

Good evening. Your parents might have told you once that life 's not

fair and they were right. He is the proof. Over the next few days some

of us will enjoy some lovely sunshine, temperatures in the low

20s. It will feel like early summer. For others, quite a lot of rain

around and it will feel like late March. This is showers earlier on

today and dampness this evening in the West Country and Wales. That is

heading north eastwards. A different sort of night. A lot of cloud

around, quite damp and misty in places.