15/02/2014 BBC Weekend News


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thousands left without power in the wake of the latest storms. More than

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30 diners are rescued at a seafront restaurant in Hampshire. To look at

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it, it almost looked as if the windows were bending, then all of a

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sudden the outside of the windows started smashing. In Hertfordshire,

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houses are evacuated after a huge sinkhole opens up. And, Lizzie

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Yarnold collects her Gold medal in Sochi.

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Hello there, good evening to you. Two people have died and tens of

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thousands of homes are without power following last night's ferocious

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storms. Severe flood warnings are still in place in 16 areas, many of

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them along the River Thames. In Hampshire more than 30 people had to

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be rescued by the army from a seafront restaurant. Our

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correspondent, Chris Buckler is there. Chris. As the sun goes down

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on the south coast the light is fading on this debris and

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destruction. These huge big lumps of masonry that you can see along the

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seafront here. As light fades people aren't forgetting the stress and

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destruction caused by last night's storm. Edge of the ocean lies

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evidence of its power. This seafront littered with the debris and

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destruction of a fierce storm. Cars were no match for crashing waves.

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This sea view put diners in the path of danger. Today, rocks and shingle

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had to be cleared from the front of the marine restaurant. They were

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thrown up by the sea, shattering windows, during what was supposed to

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be a romantic meal on Valentine's night. The pebbles hitting the

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windows were like bullets. Smashing the windows. Smashing double

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glazing. Big boulders being hurled. That is when the fear factor came

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into people. The army helped the emergency services rescue more than

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30 people who found themselves trapped in the restaurant as it

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started to flood. We wouldn't have opened if we thought it would be

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anywhere as near as bad as it was. This was totally exceptional. No-one

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was seriously injured here, the harsh extremes of this winter's

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weather have again claimed lives. At sea an 85-year-old man was killed

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when a freakwave hit a cruise ship. In London, a taxi driver died when

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masonry fell from a building, crushing her car. Julie Sillito was

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49 and had three grownup sons. Weather warnings are still in place.

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Fallen trees have again left tens of thousands of families without power.

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This is a vast national effort where we are bringing all the resources of

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our country together. What we do in the next 24-hours is vital because

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tragically the river levels will rise again. Safety is still a

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concern, particularly by the sea. These waves are impressive, but the

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police know they need to keep people away from them. Windier than we've

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ever known it. We have been here donkeys years. It's frightening. We

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wondered when the tiles would fly off. During the summer this is a

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tourist destination, this isn't the weather for beach huts. Besides,

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many of them have been destroyed. I've got a bit of a beach hut. I

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went to a lot of trouble to put a new lock on the door. I smeared it

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with marine grease, I'm sure it work ifs I can find the door and wall

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it's attached to. Some people have been searching for their belongings

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among the remains of the storm and attempting to start the long job of

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making repairs. Even then, they are having to battle the elements. You

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can imagine these beach huts were just full of memories, but you can

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see the state of some of them just completely destroyed. More problems

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this evening with so many people without electricity. As the waves

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calm down a little, people will be a little bit happier, none the less,

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there are a lot of people still concerned this evening. Chris, many

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thanks indeed for that. Residents of a straet in Hemel Hempstead were

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forced to leave their homes after an enormous sinkhole opened up

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overnight. They were evacuated by police early this morning as soon

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Assad the 35 foot wide hole was discovered. Jeremy Cooke reports.

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Corner of the road, on a suburbanest state, early morning drama. The

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ground has collapsed, a sinkhole, 35 feet wide, and 20 feet deep.

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Undermining the house and the road. The fear is that more will go, so

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the residents were evacuated in a hurry. I just had police knocking on

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the door at 7.30 am to say, "you need to evacuate, there is a

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sinkhole outside." I didn't get time to grab anything. Not even my purse

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or clothes. We just had to get out. It's worse than it looks. The hole

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goes several feet beneath the house and half way under the road. The

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danger is obvious, the locals have been told they will be away for

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days, maybe weeks. Could this all be weather related? That's one for the

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engineers, but already there are theories. Local residents tell us

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they are in no doubt the torrential rain of recent weeks has a lot to do

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with this. A reminder that all this water causes problems on our coasts,

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with our rivers, but underground as well. Sink holes have not been

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caused by the weather. They've been triggered by the weather. The cause

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is the existence of a cavity at depth, be it artificial or natural.

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The trigger is actually that water passing through the ground. At the

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moment, this increased number is largely a result of the increase in

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rainfall. It's not the first sinkhole to appear in recent times.

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This is high Wickham, two weeks ago. The M2 in Kent just a few days back.

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The weather may be improving, but in London and beyond the affects of the

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recent rain are still clear and present. Croydon's water treatment

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plant threatened with flooding, a major operation underway to hold the

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water back. Even now, nearby homes are still being evacuated. In

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Winchester, the army and Environment Agency are working flattout to slow

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the River Itchen, divert its course away from the city centre, as water

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levels rise, all fed by the rain of recent days. Jeremy Cooke, BBC

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News--. Flood levels will peak tomorrow. There is a see fear

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weather warning in place in Staines-upon-Thames. Staines didn't

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escape the storms. The floods are of a big concern. All day we have had

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volunteers here making sandbags, putting them in trucks and

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delivering them to people who still need there. There are more than 400

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tonnes of sand have been delivered by charities and businesses. The

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community here really feels with the Environment Agency stretched, with

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authorities stretched in other parts of the country dshgs's down to the

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local community to be able to lead the relief effort. The worry is in

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the coming days the weather might be fine, the rain that has fallen could

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see levels rise once again. Thanks. The second round of Syrian peace

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talks in Geneva has ended abruptly without making any progress. The UN

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enjoy, Lakatar Brahimi, apologised to the Syrian people, and said no

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date had been set ford further talks. The Foreign Secretary,

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William Hague, said the blame for the talks failing lies "squarely"

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with the regime of President Assad. The Now, with all the latest sport,

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here's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Sport Centre. Thanks very

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much, good evening. Well, it's been another action-packed, but mixed day

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for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics. More cheers for Golden

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girl Lizzy Yarnold as she collected her skeleton medal, but heartache

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for Elise Christie in the speed skating, disqualified for the second

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time at these Games. Andy Swiss reports from Sochi. Disqualified on

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Thursday, surely it couldn't happen again? Elise Christie's dreams of

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redemption turned to another nightmare. She seemed to be safely

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through her 1500 m heat. The referee spotted she had skated just inside

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the black finish line and not over it. Technically she hadn't completed

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the race and was, therefore, out. Christie, who revealed she received

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threats on the internet after her disqualification in the 500 m was

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left once again distraught. I was playing safe after what happened the

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other day. I was trying not to touch anyone or not be anywhere near

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anyone. I don't have a clue what happened. I'm gobsmacked. As well as

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despair there was also unbridaled British delight. Lizzie Yarnold

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receiving her gold medal after her victory in the Skelton, so composed

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in competition, finally the emotions overflowed. Britain's newest Olympic

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Champion. For the British fans then a first golden moment in so Sochi.

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At the half way point of these Games there will be confidence of more

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medals to come. Now, it's the fifth round of the FA Cup this weekend.

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Last year's winners, Wigan, are through to the quarter-finals after

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beating Cardiff 2-1. The day's biggest fixture is still going on,

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Manchester City are playing Chelsea at the Etihad. Earlier, Sunderland

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beat Southampton. Craig Gardner's brilliant strike the only goal of

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the game at the Stadium of Light. The Scottish Premiership leaders,

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Celtic, play tomorrow, but in today's matches there were victories

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for Dundee United, Hibernian and Motherwell. Inverness drew with

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Hearts. In Paisley, Adam Rooney's penalty was the only goal in second

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placed Aberdeen's 1-0 win at St Mirren. Some of the biggest names in

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football have being paying tribute today to one of England's greatest

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players, Sir Tom Finney, who died last night, aged 91. Famous, not

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only for his goals, but also for his loyalty, playing his entire career

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at Preston North End. Stuart Flinders looks back on his life. In

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death, as he had been if life, Sir Tom Finney was applauded

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enthusiastically here today. Preston North End supporters celebrated his

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life before his team's match against Leyton Orient this afternoon. Those

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who played on the same pitch as him recall it as a privilege. I always

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looked at him being a national sporting icon. You know, I would

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rank him as probably one of the greatest sportsmen we produced

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really in these islands. Sir Tom made more than 400 appearances for

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Preston between 1946 and 1960,, he is one of England's all-time highest

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goal scorers. He remained at deep deal throughout his career. The club

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refusing a move to Italy at a time when his wages were ?14 a week. I

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think the greatest personal satisfaction I got was being

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fortunate enough to be born I think with the skill which enabled me to

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play a game I loved playing and would willingly have played it for

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nothing. His father insisted he finished his apprenticeship as a

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plumber. A trade he returned to in later years. Most of these

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supporters are too young to have seen him play, but his remained the

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most famous face in Preston, long after he retired. His modesty is as

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legendary as his talent. That's the sport, back to you Benn.

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That's it for now. We're back with the late news at 10.40pm.

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