:00:17. > :00:27.32 seats up for grabs in the Brexit election. This woman's dog mauled a
:00:28. > :00:29.three-year-old and she will be sentenced. And join me for the
:00:30. > :00:29.forecast. So as we brace ourselves
:00:30. > :00:33.for another general election. Well, let's take a look
:00:34. > :00:40.at the political map for Essex, This was the result two years
:00:41. > :00:49.ago: a sea of blue - 29 Conservative MPs,
:00:50. > :00:51.one Ukip MP in Clacton, one Labour MP in Norwich South
:00:52. > :00:54.and one Liberal Democrat in North So how much will things change this
:00:55. > :00:59.time round and how do voters feel They are calling this the Brexit
:01:00. > :01:06.election and this will be one Norwich was the only place
:01:07. > :01:10.in East Anglia to vote Voters on both sides of the argument
:01:11. > :01:17.still have strong opinions here. I think it would be a chance
:01:18. > :01:22.for people to stand up and have a say and I'm very
:01:23. > :01:24.against Brexit also, so maybe we would be able to put
:01:25. > :01:28.the halt to that as well. I think if she's going to start
:01:29. > :01:31.the process, we do need to get on with it and we need to know
:01:32. > :01:34.where we stand and we need to know what's going
:01:35. > :01:36.to happen for the future. You think she's right
:01:37. > :01:39.to call an election now? Both the anti-Brexit
:01:40. > :01:43.Liberal Democrats and the Greens say they will be closely targeting
:01:44. > :01:46.the seat, but so too will the pro-Brexit Conservatives,
:01:47. > :01:48.because Norwich also has the region's only Labour MP,
:01:49. > :01:50.Clive Lewis, whose party's poor performance nationally is one
:01:51. > :01:52.of the reasons the Prime Minister Mr Lewis, a Remain supporter,
:01:53. > :02:05.is ready for the fight. This is not about the Labour Party,
:02:06. > :02:08.this is about the future of our country, our place
:02:09. > :02:12.in the world, our relationship with Europe, about the fate
:02:13. > :02:14.of Europe in fact, and this is possibly the biggest,
:02:15. > :02:16.most important general Most of the seats in the East
:02:17. > :02:22.are held by the Conservatives. The assumption is that very little
:02:23. > :02:25.will change in this election, but no one can be sure how deeply
:02:26. > :02:31.people still feel about Brexit. Every MP in Suffolk
:02:32. > :02:39.supported Remain last year. They'll now have to explain
:02:40. > :02:41.to voters why they believe And what will happen
:02:42. > :02:44.here in Clacton? Douglas Carswell's defection to Ukip
:02:45. > :02:47.in 2014 brought the EU referendum a step closer,
:02:48. > :02:49.but last month he decided His former party is
:02:50. > :02:55.putting on a brave face. I think Clacton will be fine,
:02:56. > :02:58.I think Ukip will be fine. It's a big jump, lots of things have
:02:59. > :03:04.happened in the last few weeks and people will naturally be looking
:03:05. > :03:07.around to see what to do next. Previous elections have seen
:03:08. > :03:09.the East at the centre This time, a lot of attention
:03:10. > :03:15.will be on other parts of the country, but the votes
:03:16. > :03:18.from here will still play an important part in deciding how
:03:19. > :03:20.the Prime Minister - whoever that is - approaches
:03:21. > :03:26.the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. So, while Labour is left with just
:03:27. > :03:29.one MP in this region, the same is true for the Liberal
:03:30. > :03:33.Democrats. Norman Lamb has represented
:03:34. > :03:35.North Norfolk for 16 Years. His constituency returned one
:03:36. > :03:40.of the country's highest And while Mr Lamb chose
:03:41. > :03:48.to abstain on Article 50. So how much of a fight does
:03:49. > :03:53.Norman Lamb have on his hands? On a sunny day like today,
:03:54. > :03:56.the scenery in North Norfolk Appropriate, in many ways,
:03:57. > :04:01.because in places like Holt, this constituency, which seems to be
:04:02. > :04:03.a straight fight between the Liberal Democrats
:04:04. > :04:05.and the Conservatives, Norman Lamb has been MP
:04:06. > :04:07.here since 2001, but is last summer's Brexit vote a problem
:04:08. > :04:12.for him now? I've been very clear throughout
:04:13. > :04:15.that we must respect and accept What this is about now is the sort
:04:16. > :04:25.of deal that we negotiate. Ann Steward stood for
:04:26. > :04:28.the Conservatives in North Norfolk The Liberal Democrats have made it
:04:29. > :04:33.quite clear that they want to just grind and bring Brexit
:04:34. > :04:35.to a standstill. That's not what this
:04:36. > :04:37.country needs at this time. This is about moving forward
:04:38. > :04:44.with some strong policies. Well, in our unscientific survey,
:04:45. > :04:50.most people in Holt tonight Do you think Norman Lamb has
:04:51. > :04:54.a fight on his hands? The fact is that we voted
:04:55. > :04:58.to be out of Europe, It'll be a good job
:04:59. > :05:06.when we are out of that We don't want other people
:05:07. > :05:16.telling us what to do. Paul Whitely, a polling expert
:05:17. > :05:21.from Essex University, believes other issues may
:05:22. > :05:24.play a part. There's a real crisis as we know
:05:25. > :05:30.in our community in the NHS and in social care and Norman Lamb
:05:31. > :05:33.has played a prominent part in the past on the health policy
:05:34. > :05:36.area, and people worry about that. 24 hours ago, the regulars
:05:37. > :05:39.at the Holt Fish Bar only had to worry about what to have
:05:40. > :05:41.for their tea. Now, there's another important
:05:42. > :05:56.political decision to be made. Our political correspondent
:05:57. > :06:07.Andrew Sinclair joins me now. Is it is true to say that Brexit is
:06:08. > :06:10.think it will. I've spoken to some think it will. I've spoken to some
:06:11. > :06:14.MPs today who have told me they are looking forward to fighting on the
:06:15. > :06:18.local record of getting more homes for the constituency or money free
:06:19. > :06:21.transport scheme. In normal circumstances those would be
:06:22. > :06:27.imported election issues. The future of grammar schools will be big
:06:28. > :06:31.issues in this area but I think it will be the Brexit election as you
:06:32. > :06:36.said. Brexit will have a big impact in the street in particular it comes
:06:37. > :06:41.to things like science, farming, fishing -- a big impact in this
:06:42. > :06:45.region. Now all parties will be able to lay out their vision of how they
:06:46. > :06:51.feel all these sectors will fare under their policies. the
:06:52. > :06:57.Conservatives hold most of the seats in this region. 60% between Suffolk,
:06:58. > :06:59.Norfolk and Essex voted to leave but watch the Liberal Democrats. They
:07:00. > :07:03.used to be the main party of opposition in the east and they feel
:07:04. > :07:08.their anti-Brexit stance could stand them in good stead. . Labour are the
:07:09. > :07:12.main party of opposition and should be making inroads in this region
:07:13. > :07:15.now. No sign of that at the moment but things could change. Ukip on the
:07:16. > :07:20.greens have made a name for themselves in the past and is the
:07:21. > :07:26.danger could get squeezed in this. Local elections as far as we know
:07:27. > :07:30.will continue as planned on May the 4th. After that, the general
:07:31. > :07:31.election campaign starts for real. And Andrew will be reporting live
:07:32. > :07:34.from Westminster tomorrow with more on Look East at 6:30pm and,
:07:35. > :07:39.of course, of this programme. A woman whose bulldog attacked
:07:40. > :07:42.and killed a three-year-old boy in Essex has pleaded guilty
:07:43. > :07:48.to owning a dangerous animal. Dexter Neal died following
:07:49. > :07:50.the attack at Jade Dunne's house Jade Dunne, whose dangerous
:07:51. > :08:00.American bulldog mauled Dexter Neal was three
:08:01. > :08:05.when he was attacked in Jade Dunne's garden in Parker Way in Halstead
:08:06. > :08:08.on August 18 last year. Neighbours were
:08:09. > :08:10.alerted by screaming. I could hear a man doing
:08:11. > :08:17.chest compressions. It was just terrible,
:08:18. > :08:23.seeing everything going on. Magistrates heard how Dexter had
:08:24. > :08:36.gone around to the house to play. They also heard how
:08:37. > :08:41.he was frightened of the dog, which, on the day of the attack,
:08:42. > :08:45.had been let out of a room As Dexter passed the dog,
:08:46. > :08:49.it growled at him and then attacked, baiting the back of his head
:08:50. > :08:51.and his neck. Neighbours tried to save Dexter,
:08:52. > :08:54.who suffered several cardiac An air ambulance was called,
:08:55. > :09:02.which took him to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge,
:09:03. > :09:04.but his life couldn't be saved. The court heard the American
:09:05. > :09:09.Bulldog, similar to this one, had been involved in several
:09:10. > :09:12.incidents including one where it Today, Jade Dunne pleaded guilty
:09:13. > :09:15.to owning a dog that was dangerously out of control and causing injury
:09:16. > :09:18.resulting in Dexter's death. She'll be sentenced at
:09:19. > :09:26.Chelmsford Crown Court next month. Two people have been arrested
:09:27. > :09:28.following a shooting at a travellers site in Wickford in Essex
:09:29. > :09:31.in which a man was killed A postmortem examination showed
:09:32. > :09:35.Hugh Doherty, who was 45, died as a result of a gunshot wound
:09:36. > :09:41.to the chest. Three people were arrested
:09:42. > :09:43.at the weekend during an unofficial The bikers defied warnings not
:09:44. > :09:52.to attend the annual event. The Borough Council is coming under
:09:53. > :09:54.more pressure to control Coming up now, the weather
:09:55. > :10:11.with Alex, but, from the rest Thank you very much. Good evening.
:10:12. > :10:14.Some fine weather this week and getting warmer as the week
:10:15. > :10:17.progresses but there will be some chilly nights and tonight,
:10:18. > :10:20.temperatures could drop below freezing, bringing us a frost in
:10:21. > :10:23.tomorrow so it's a chilly start to tomorrow so it's a chilly start to
:10:24. > :10:26.the day but high pressure is still keeping things settled on a
:10:27. > :10:31.settlement for the rest of the week and into the next weekend, so some
:10:32. > :10:35.sunshine around first thing. It will be a little bit cooler on the coast
:10:36. > :10:41.but generally, temperatures could be up a degree or two on weather God to
:10:42. > :10:44.today, 1112 Celsius with the light, variable wind. There will be some
:10:45. > :10:47.sunshine for the afternoon but just a bit more cloud feeding in in the
:10:48. > :10:50.afternoon so it might cloud over afternoon so it might cloud over
:10:51. > :10:57.into the afternoon. The national forecast is coming up. Either the
:10:58. > :10:59.out look, it looks generally cloudy but with temperatures climbing,
:11:00. > :11:00.still chilly at night and