:00:13. > :00:18.The Clacton MP Douglas Carswell hasn't ruled out trying to rejoin
:00:19. > :00:21.the Conservative Party before the next General Election.
:00:22. > :00:23.Mr Carswell announced yesterday he was resigning from Ukip,
:00:24. > :00:38.Once again, Clacton finds itself in the full glare of the political
:00:39. > :00:40.Courtesy of the resort's MP, Douglas Carswell.
:00:41. > :00:42.In 2014, he defected from the Conservatives to
:00:43. > :00:45.Now he's resigned from Ukip and become an independent MP.
:00:46. > :00:47.This morning, in an interview with the
:00:48. > :00:49.Sunday politics east, he didn't seem to rule
:00:50. > :00:50.out trying to rejoin the
:00:51. > :01:01.Go on, a straight answer here on local
:01:02. > :01:04.Would you like to be the next Conservative candidate for
:01:05. > :01:09.Fundamentally, it's not my choice, it is for local Conservative Party
:01:10. > :01:12.members to make if I was to apply for the job.
:01:13. > :01:14.You know, at the moment, I'm not inclined to do so.
:01:15. > :01:17.Nigel Farage, who once campaigned for Mr Castle on the Clacton,
:01:18. > :01:20.said the MP had jumped before he was pushed.
:01:21. > :01:24.Some political analysts say in the east, Ukip is now in crisis.
:01:25. > :01:26.They are really fighting like ferrets in
:01:27. > :01:29.the sack and this is not a good thing if you want
:01:30. > :01:32.Mr Carswell said a Clacton by-election isn't necessary because
:01:33. > :01:35.he's not joining another party and now he's an independent MP, he said
:01:36. > :01:52.he will be able to devote more time to his constituents.
:01:53. > :01:58.Police say a 33-year-old man wanted on suspicion of murder,
:01:59. > :02:01.robbery and possession of a firearm may be in Luton.
:02:02. > :02:02.Officers want to question Andrew McVicar, from Basildon,
:02:03. > :02:05.after a man died following a break-in in Essex.
:02:06. > :02:07.He's described as dangerous, and should not be approached.
:02:08. > :02:09.A report's revealed an air ambulance often flown by Prince William
:02:10. > :02:11.narrowly avoided a mid-air crash with a drone.
:02:12. > :02:13.UK Airprox Board investigators said the helicopter
:02:14. > :02:15.used by the East Anglian Air Ambulance
:02:16. > :02:17.missed the drone by chance over London in August.
:02:18. > :02:24.Prince William was not in the aircraft at the time.
:02:25. > :02:26.Researchers say more work is needed to understand the impact we're
:02:27. > :02:28.having on dolphins and porpoises off the region's coast.
:02:29. > :02:31.The waters of the southern North Sea are a hotspot
:02:32. > :02:40.Harbour porpoises, a species rarely seen off the East Anglian coast.
:02:41. > :02:42.The north sea is murky at the best of times,
:02:43. > :02:43.but hidden outthere are
:02:44. > :02:57.minke whale and in particular large numbers of harbour porpoise.
:02:58. > :02:58.This is a hydrophone, it's essentially a
:02:59. > :02:59.very sensitive underwater microphone.
:03:00. > :03:02.It enables us to hear the sounds of whales and dolphins are
:03:03. > :03:05.The Song of the Whales is a specialist research
:03:06. > :03:09.The engine room is insulated to reduce background noise
:03:10. > :03:18.Harbour porpoises are very difficult to see, even
:03:19. > :03:23.They are very small, quite cryptic species.
:03:24. > :03:25.This is where the Song of the Whale detected
:03:26. > :03:26.harbour porpoises during a brief survey
:03:27. > :03:28.of just a small part of the
:03:29. > :03:32.Researchers say more work is now needed to understand the seasonal
:03:33. > :03:34.movement of cetaceans and also the impact of human activity such
:03:35. > :03:38.During the construction phase of wind farms
:03:39. > :03:41.when there is a lot of piling activities from the towers being
:03:42. > :03:42.placed, that knowledge can displace whales
:03:43. > :03:45.longer term impact of that on the individuals,
:03:46. > :03:48.They do move back into the area afterwards.
:03:49. > :03:50.Researchers say cetaceans are a barometer of the
:03:51. > :03:51.health of the wider marine ecosystem.
:03:52. > :04:12.An environment we can't afford to ignore.
:04:13. > :04:16.Football, and there were no games in the Championship this weekend
:04:17. > :04:19.because of the internationals, but our teams in League One
:04:20. > :04:23.Phil Brown celebrated four years as Southend manager
:04:24. > :04:27.Nile Ranger scored his third in as many games with a
:04:28. > :04:30.brilliant opener and Simon Cox doubled Southend's lead just after
:04:31. > :04:32.They lie sixth in the play-off berth.
:04:33. > :04:34.Peterborough are eight points behind Southend and
:04:35. > :04:36.they kept their dwindling play-off hopes alive
:04:37. > :04:43.Julian Marias came off the bench to score the winner
:04:44. > :04:50.Matt Taylor's spot kick was well saved by Simon Eastwood.
:04:51. > :04:55.Elsewhere, MK dons drew 0-0 at Port Vale.
:04:56. > :04:57.In League Two, Colchester beat Luton 2-1, including two
:04:58. > :05:00.goals for Chris Porter, who stunned Luton in the fourth
:05:01. > :05:03.Isaac Vassel scored what proved to be a consolation.
:05:04. > :05:11.Cambridge versus was a stop-start, goalless,
:05:12. > :05:14.soulless affair as the U's lost ground in the hunt for automatic
:05:15. > :05:25.They use are five short of the play-off gang.
:05:26. > :05:35.Hello, the first day of British summertime and the weather didn't
:05:36. > :05:42.Clear skies at first but, as the night wears on,
:05:43. > :05:44.cloud developing with some patchy fog here and there.
:05:45. > :05:45.Temperatures no lower than 4-5 Celsius.
:05:46. > :05:47.There's a chilly start to the day tomorrow.
:05:48. > :05:49.Bright, bit more cloud around than we had over the
:05:50. > :05:52.weekend but that will tend to disperse and, come the afternoon,
:05:53. > :05:59.There's more dry weather to come through Tuesday and Wednesday.
:06:00. > :06:11.Some spells of sunshine with a small chance of some showers in the west.
:06:12. > :06:12.For the first time this year, the temperature reached