28/10/2013 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The storm may

have passed but the disruption goes on. Thousands of homes still without

power and commuters told not to travel by train until tomorrow.

We'll have the latest from where you live. I thought the back end left

and a trailer went over and the cab and me just went with it. Supposed

to be in London today but not going to happen at the moment. The region

recorded wind speeds of almost 80 miles an hour.

In other news tonight: Plans for an incinerator in King's Lynn WILL go

ahead after a narrow vote. And Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel

make it four in a row. First tonight, the wind was gusting

up to 80 miles an hour as it blew across the region. By lunchtime, the

calm had returned but the effects are still being felt. Tonight

thousands of people are still without electricity and commuters

are being told to avoid the trains until tomorrow. Our reporters have

been out since early this morning ` Mike Liggins in Norfolk and Kevin

Burch in Suffolk. And first to Gareth George in Essex.

An overturned lorry blocking a southbound M 11. The wind was

pulling me all over the place. Then I felt the wind go underneath the

lorry and it took off. In Clacton, the PS survived the battering. Very

sad. One of our own staff saw it come down this morning. They had

just been to deal with a tree. They heard a tremendous crash and said it

was surreal and looked back to see that the helter`skelter had fallen

down on its side and was bouncing on the pier. There was even a power cut

at the crematorium. That power was restored. Here in Colchester, more

damage. Workmen clearing away yet another fallen tree. You can see by

the staff `` the trunk just how big this tree was. In the road, too

crumpled cars, and thereby, Colchester zoo was shot. The storm

had damaged the roof of the orangutan house. The zoo would have

had 6000 visitors today. But nevertheless, what we wanted to make

sure was the integrity of the park was safe and that the clean`up

operation could take place without members of public in the park today.

In Chelmsford, there were traffic olds up.

In Suffolk, lots of trees came down, leaving many people counting the

cost of the storm. It was a day of travel chaos and close shaves.

It's an image which tells you everything you need to know about

the power of the storm: Double`decker is towed barge easily

but this one was blown off the road. It just lifted this bus up and it

was like slow motion. It get over the side of the road and doubled on

its side in the field. The bus driver was hurt and taken to

hospital. The two passengers on board escaped serious injury. Trees

toppled. This one fell onto the front of Mildred's home. The house

escaped serious damage. I looked out of the bedroom window and it was

normally sunshine and blue skies. I got to the top of the stairs and it

was as black as anything. It was this thing leaning up the front door

and Windows. Good job no one was passing by. High winds brought a

quarter operations in the port of Felixstowe and the bridge reopened

to traffic at midday but its closure brought the town to a standstill. At

Ipswich station, travellers faced 's frustration, too. I am coming back

this evening for work so it will not be easy. I am supposed to be going

to Clacton but I am stuck in Ipswich. This landmark building

stands higher than most, striking but now stripped by the gales. And

evidence of yet another lucky escape. It was a day of close

shaves. Norfolk escaped the worst of the

storm. There was some disruption to travel and some minor damage. Mike

Liggins watched the storm arrive on the coast at Cromer.

This was the calm before the storm at 7am. A small ship taking refuge.

An hour later, the heavens opened. There was hardly a soul about but

Mark was out walking and was dressed for the weather. Supposed to be in

London today but not going to happen at the moment so I thought I would

come and see what the weather is like. Fishermen decided that enough

was enough. We got what we needed and back home again. Along the

coast, a viewer captured pictures on his mobile phone of a dramatic

rescue. A dog called Max had fallen over the cliff edge last night and

the Coast Guard couldn't get to the beach so they abseiled down the

beach and whinged Max to safety. The cliffs here are between 20`30 metres

high. Anyone who goes over the edge will go straight to the bottom. They

will get seriously injured and potentially worse. Max was back out

with his own this afternoon and is doing well but we spotted people

peering over the cliff edge. With more wet weather forecast,

coastguards say that as an accident waiting to happen.

As we've been hearing, some of the biggest disruption today has been on

the trains. Greater Anglia runs most of the services in Norfolk, Suffolk

and Essex. When I spoke to their managing director Ruud Haket late

this afternoon. I wanted to know if he was confident about the service

tomorrow morning. We will be planning for a full service. Main

risks are on the West Anglia line where we have two repair. And north

of Ipswich, there are an enormous amount of trees on the line. At the

moment, we are planning to normal service tomorrow morning. The MP for

Peterborough says, how come a gust of wind disables the whole of

England rail infrastructure? Look around how many trees have fallen

down, and tree falls on the track, I can't run trains safely. We have

40`50 trees scattered around the railway track. It is an exceptional

big storm. There are consequences not only for the railway. Look at

what happened in streets. Do you wish you had run trains earlier this

morning? I think we have done what we should have done. We declared

yesterday evening, don't expect trains before 9am, which allowed us

to run tests trains. If we had passengers, trains would have been

stuck with 1000 people on, and with 70`80 mile an hour winds, you can't

even rescue those people. You would have had people for hours on a

train. It was the right decision to take. The effect of the storm has

been more severe than we thought or hoped and therefore, that has taken

longer to get everything running. You had problems with an app which

people can download to say whether trains were running or not. The

national feed did not do what it was supposed to be doing. We are

investigating that. It's not only our service, it was more widespread

than that. Luckily, we didn't get too many problems because all the

complications from yesterday afternoon was please don't travel if

you don't need to. I was at Chelmsford train station most of the

morning and we hardly got any questions around it.

And, of course, your BBC local radio station will have all the latest

information about travel on road and rail during their breakfast shows

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positive outcome. A man from Suffolk has been charged

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computers. The 28`year`old, who's been named as Lauri Love, is

believed to have lived at Stradishall and Lowestoft.

Councillors in Norfolk have voted by a very narrow majority to approve a

plan for a waste incinerator in Kings Lynn. They had been warned

that a No vote could have left the council facing a huge bill for

compensation and effectively bankrupt. The council leader has

called on opponents to accept the result and move on.

Too many at County Hall it seems rather apt that Norfolk was being

battered by a storm this morning. Inside, councillors gathered for one

of the most important votes in years. Radio Norfolk broadcast

proceedings live. If people don't want it, the Government doesn't

support it and the county doesn't need it. The time has come to say

no. We have a democratic mandate, and the public expects us to keep

our promise to the electorate. Is it the right thing for Norfolk? A dodgy

referendum in Kings Lynn? Emotive language. When it came, the vote was

close: 40 in favour, 38 against. If they hadn't got that short`term

financial gun pointing in their head, it is clear nowhere near as

many would have gone to support it. The council leadership had argued

that to pull`out would leave the authority open to a compensation

claim of around ?30 million, enough to putting at risk of bankruptcy. So

the council leader was relieved. I hope and pray this is the end to the

matter because people are for years the council have never had a full

debate about it. We have had a totally free vote. And finally, the

council has voted. This has been incredibly controversial. 65,000

people voted against the plans. MPs successfully lobbied the Government

to withdraw financial support. We are still waiting to hear if the

local government secretary will guard `` will grant planning

permission. If he doesn't, it's back to square one.

Still to come in the programme: Alex will be here with the details of how

the storm affected us and what to expect now.

And Red Bull make it four in a row. We'll be hearing from the man who

helped design the winning car. As you've been hearing tonight, the

storm has caused extensive damage to power lines across our region. Tens

of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity

tonight. We'll hear from UK Power Networks in a moment after this

report from Dawn Gerber. The storm has brought chaos to our

region and tens of thousands have been left without power. In Norfolk,

several trees collapsed onto a power line, threatening to fall onto the

road. In Suffolk, one woman woke up to find her tree Court in power

cables. What horrifies me more than anything is the fact people are

driving past! This tree is hanging onto threads at the moment and

people seem to think it's fine to drive underneath. The impact of the

severe weather also hit power supplies in nearby brand them. The

pub closed the day. In the west of the region, more businesses were

having to remain shut. Knebworth was without power from 7am. I have had

to send staff home. There is nothing they can do about it. I will make up

to them during the week. At its peak, 300,000 properties across East

Anglia were without electricity. This evening, 92,000 are still

waiting to have their power restored. Even with extra staff

working around the clock, UK power networks say it will take until

Wednesday before electricity supplies are back on.

This evening extra help is being brought in from Northern Ireland and

Scotland to help get the power back on across the region. Late this

afternoon I spoke to Matt Rudling from UK Power Networks who told me

how bad the situation had been. At its peak, we had 500,000

customers affected through the day, 350,000 of those in the East of

England. We have restored 250,000 of those already. We are now out there,

assessing the damage and trying to understand what we need to do to

restore the remainder. Why were so many people affected? It was the

sheer ferocity of the storm. But the wind speeds were particularly high.

The damage we saw reflected that. When do you expect the rest of those

people without power to be reconnected? We are working as hard

as we can we will continue to work through the night. We hope the vast

majority will be restored at the next 24`36 hours, but there may be a

few customers who we will supply for a few days after that. Our focus is

to get a big number of customers back. Is it trees coming down that

largely has brought cables down? No. Sometimes the wind has been

strong enough to impact our network directly. When you see wind speeds

like we have seen today, our network is exposed and is at risk from that

kind of thing. Some of it has been trees. We have seen the news

coverage. That has had an impact on us as well. There will because again

for power lines to be buried so that we don't have this problem. The cost

of doing so, it costs significantly more. These events are very rare,

fortunately, and hopefully, the response we have seen today shows we

are well equipped to deal with this kind of event.

Tonight at 7:30: Inside Out is looking at the single occupancy

charge. It wants people with spare bedrooms in council properties to

downsize or pay more. Those in favour say it will save millions.

But what critics call the Bedroom Tax is making life very difficult

for many people. The programme features a couple from Suffolk whose

home cost thousands of pounds to modify but are being asked to move

because they have too many bedrooms. Can't sleep at night. Getting

headaches. Not feeling well. In the long term, it would be better for

asked to move because it would be smaller. As long as it was adapted

for my wife's needs. You can see that full report on Inside Out at

7:30pm on BBC One. In football, the Norwich City

manager Chris Hughton says he understands mounting criticism from

fans. Despite a summer of record`breaking spending, his team

are still in the bottom three. So far this season, they have managed

just two wins in nine games. The atmosphere is getting edgy. Fans

starting to lose patience. Most left Saturday's draw with little to smile

about. The manager 's future the hot topic of discussion. He came in at a

difficult time and did a good job last season. He's quite negative,

especially at home. Should be more positive upfront. He needs more

time. He's very honest and a good manager. Unfortunately, at the

moment, I am seeing a lot of negativity. Nothing going forward. I

won him out. In truth, Norwich should not still be in the bottom

three. They outplayed Cardiff. 31 shots in 90 minutes, none found the

target. Only six league goals all season, and it is this approach that

has seen the manager come under scrutiny. You have two accepting

these criticisms or frustrations because we all have them. Do you

feel under pressure? The pressure you always feel is what you feel we

in, week out. There is always pressure with the modern game and

expectations that sometimes, you have to expect. He spent a record

?25 million in the summer but supporters have yet to see a return

on their investment. It's expected they would be doing a lot better

than this time around. But it's early days. Anybody watching the

recent games can see they are playing well. Mostly two camps. I

don't think he will be surprised he is under pressure because his team

are in the bottom three and staying in the Premier League is paramount.

Next up, a trip to Manchester. United tomorrow, city on Saturday.

No place to hide. In motor racing, Red Bull have done

the double.. For the fourth season in a row. They've won both the

Drivers' and the Instructors' Championships. Sebastian Vettel's

victory yesterday means he's become only the fourth man in history to

win four titles. So what is the secret to their success? James

Burridge has been to the factory in Milton Keynes to meet the team's

chief designer. A doughnut of delight from the

dominant driver of 2013. Sebastien fettle and red Bull are one of sport

's most successful double acts. Winning isn't just a habit, it's

virtually expected. I love to give everything I have on a Sunday and

the whole weekend. Trying to give back what they give me, hours of

work, attention to detail. What are we here for? We are here to win!

While the bandwagon flies for the next round, 70% of the team in

Milton Keynes are working on next year 's car. Tell me what makes this

car so fast. The car is all about keeping the tires on the track. It

is about maximising grip and ability to accelerate round corners. Having

a suspension system that presents the tied to the road in the optimum

fashion is crucial. Winning, though, has come at a price:

Predictability. Some disgruntled fans have reacted by building in

Belgium. There is a bit of resentment fall is him. But the true

fans sit there, and even if they don't support a particular sports

man, they realise they are watching something special. In all your time

in Formula one, can you think of another driver like him? He's an

exceptional talent. There are great drivers out there. He's probably the

best. Critics will argue his successes down the quality of his

car in part. But this sport is a Batman as well as machine, a

partnership proving impossible to break.

Some of the strongest winds in our region were recorded inland due to a

sting jet. You can see where it developed from the shaded area on

the map. It's the sting in the tail of a storm, drawing down a powerful

jet of air from the stratosphere and can cause very strong winds, which

explains why the bus was blown over in Hadleigh. If we look in detail,

you can see quite strong gusts. But go a bit further south, you can see

places, 76 miles an hour, 79 miles an hour, and this is where there was

most damage. But the low pressure has now moved well away from us. It

is currently across Scandinavia where it has recorded even higher

gusts. Wind gusts of around 150 miles an hour there. Coming here but

still quite windy. Still the chance of further showers through this

evening, although on the whole, they will become isolated. Fairly decent

clear spells in quite a chilly night. Temperatures down into single

figures. But still quite a breeze. What prospect tomorrow? A calmer day

in all, but still quite breezy. Some isolated showers developing but most

places should see dry weather, and particularly through the morning,

sunshine. In the afternoon, it will tend to turn more cloudy. Quite

chilly through tomorrow. Ten or 11 Celsius. Still the risk of them

showers into the afternoon, evening, and looking ahead, Wednesday brings

us a pretty good day but we have this approaching weather front which

will bring rain but probably not until overnight Wednesday into

Thursday. Here is the next four days. A fairly good day of weather

on Wednesday with sunny spells. Quite a brisk breeze and eventually

clouding over from the West. Outbreaks of rain for Thursday. A

dry start to Friday with a chance of rain turning up later on, but

temperatures worth taking note. Chile by day and the risk of the

frost on Tuesday night. Before we go, a big thank you to

everybody sent us your pictures of the weather. We are always delighted

to see your pictures at any time to [email protected]. Or you can send

them in by Facebook or Twitter. Here are just a few of them. Goodnight.

This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland. He's the one

that's going to present us with the ten grand. When we win it.

You've just got to make it as bearable

Here we are in the PR nerve centre of Iceland

at the end of 96 hours of total hell.

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