:00:00. > :00:10.First, a major police investigation is underway after violence flared
:00:11. > :00:14.A fight involving around twenty people broke out
:00:15. > :00:20.A car then struck three people, leaving one with serious injuries.
:00:21. > :00:26.An eyewitness described it as terrifying.
:00:27. > :00:30.Today, police were carrying out interviews after a hit and run
:00:31. > :00:33.incident outside the Sugar Hut nightclub in Brentwood.
:00:34. > :00:36.It happened around 3am this morning when officers were called
:00:37. > :00:41.to a disturbance outside the venue following a fight which was
:00:42. > :00:45.happening in the street, involving a group of around 20 people.
:00:46. > :00:48.I don't really know what started the fighting.
:00:49. > :00:52.The fight broke out which escalated to about 50
:00:53. > :00:55.or 60 people at one time. Two or three people looked
:00:56. > :00:57.as if they were quite badly hurt during that time.
:00:58. > :00:59.I phoned the police and the ambulance.
:01:00. > :01:02.I saw one guy that went down, it looked like he was unconscious
:01:03. > :01:05.and got dragged off the street. There was another guy that
:01:06. > :01:07.went down, he looked like he was quite seriously hurt.
:01:08. > :01:11.He stayed down for quite some minutes until the
:01:12. > :01:12.paramedics got there. Then the police arrived.
:01:13. > :01:15.I was probably watching the fight for about 15 minutes.
:01:16. > :01:19.Essex Police say two men and one woman were taken to hospital.
:01:20. > :01:24.One with serious injuries after being struck by a blue Audi.
:01:25. > :01:28.Their condition is believed not to be life-threatening.
:01:29. > :01:31.Police are now appealing to anyone who witnessed or filmed the incident
:01:32. > :01:44.on their mobiles to get in contact by calling 101.
:01:45. > :01:51.Armed officers were called following an incident in Norwich just after
:01:52. > :01:54.5:30pm to the Norwich Road area of rankings and spent a Norwich station
:01:55. > :02:01.after reports of a man armed with a knife. In man in his late 40s has
:02:02. > :02:01.been arrested and held for questioning on suspicion of
:02:02. > :02:03.possessing an offensive weapon. A man has been charged
:02:04. > :02:05.following a robbery in Essex Timothy Smith died after a gang
:02:06. > :02:10.forced their way into a house in The Drive in Hullbridge
:02:11. > :02:12.a week ago. Andrew McVicar from Dewsgreen
:02:13. > :02:14.in Basildon has been He's due to appear at Chelmsford
:02:15. > :02:21.Crown Court later this month. A conservation project
:02:22. > :02:23.on the norfolk suffolk border is to receive half a million pounds
:02:24. > :02:25.of lottery money. It's to help save twenty rare
:02:26. > :02:29.species of animal and plant life..including the stone curlew
:02:30. > :02:31.and a tiny plant - They're all threatened
:02:32. > :02:42.with extinction in The Brecks. The awful wildlife trust reserve not
:02:43. > :02:47.far from Thetford. At the edge of this field the lesser title -- in
:02:48. > :02:51.planet called Veronica Vernor, it is about the size of 50p coin and is
:02:52. > :03:00.extremely rare. It is just one this species naturally that -- that
:03:01. > :03:05.natural England want to protect. It goes beyond the plans, we're talking
:03:06. > :03:10.about a sweet of insects and moths and little wasps. It is also dealing
:03:11. > :03:17.with some of our birds here, the storm currently. This is the elusive
:03:18. > :03:24.stone curlew, under threat for so many years. According to James the
:03:25. > :03:30.summer boredom here that is much more to see. He believes that the
:03:31. > :03:37.area is hugely underrated. People think of biodiversity in Norfolk and
:03:38. > :03:41.immediately think of the broader the coast, but actually here in the
:03:42. > :03:47.Bracks we have just as important wildlife right on our doorstep. Back
:03:48. > :03:53.from the brink, designed to save species, but also to engage with the
:03:54. > :04:00.public. They can join the fight to protect this unique landscape.
:04:01. > :04:10.Good evening. Many of us plenty of sunshine today though it did turn
:04:11. > :04:15.cloudy the afternoon. There will be more sunshine on offer next week. It
:04:16. > :04:19.will stay mostly dry as well, just a few spots of rain possible on
:04:20. > :04:25.Tuesday. Gardeners take note there will be chilly nights with possible
:04:26. > :04:30.frost. Overnight eight staying dry with some patches of mist forming,
:04:31. > :04:35.and locally by the chilly start. The mist and low cloud will bring back
:04:36. > :04:37.to the coast, lots of blue skies and sunshine developing. Sunny spells in
:04:38. > :04:41.the afternoon with cloud bubbling up even there. Nice and pleasant spells
:04:42. > :04:47.of sunshine with a light breeze and- 16 degrees but towards the coast it
:04:48. > :04:53.will feel cooler and possibly quite murky. Some petty like rain on
:04:54. > :04:57.Tuesday, thickening cloud and after that will stay dry and Google.
:04:58. > :05:18.We are back tomorrow. Some lovely spring sunshine on
:05:19. > :05:20.offer. Highs of 12 degrees. In London you can