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struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has a | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
lot more About 10,000 homes across the region | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
have been without electricity today after power lines were brought down | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
in gale force winds. Engineers have been working all day and nearly | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
three quarters have now been reconnected. But some homes could | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
still be without power for Christmas. Oh, crumbs! Well, we've | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
got water but we haven't got electricity. The First Impressions | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
hairdressing salon in a village just north of Norwich. 60 appointments | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
for the day and no power. I got here around about 7:20am and was going to | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
start at 7:30 because it is a busy day, Christmas Eve. I switched the | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
lights on, nothing. The power went off in the early hours and in this | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
shop nearby they were working by lights powered by a generator. The | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
brewers have gone home because we have got no power. They are coming | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
back at 4pm. Unfortunately, they are going to be here until midnight but | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
it is a sterling effort. We hope they have a great Christmas but good | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
effort. Kay is having family round for Christmas. She was wondering how | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
she was going to feed everyone. The ham was bubbling away on a gas stove | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
but cooking the turkey might be more of a problem. I have got a freezer | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
full of food. These are the anxieties everybody is going to | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
have. Particularly at Christmas time. You know, you're absolutely | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
full of food. You have your fridge full, freezer full. We want people | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
to have a great Christmas and enjoy their Christmas and we are doing | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
everything in our capability today to ensure that happens. Kay's | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
husband cranked up a generator to give them some power. Engineers were | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
busy working nearby to restore power to the whole area. The UK power | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
network say the vast majority of people cut off last night should | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
have electricity restored for the big day. | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
The strong winds also caused problems on road and rail. Trains | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
were suspended overnight until the lines had been checked and many | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
rivers have been swollen. But the immediate risk of flooding appears | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
be receding. This report from Kevin Burch. After a night of raging | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
winds, many people woke once again to start counting the cost. This was | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
in Cambridgeshire. Elsewhere in the county, roads were inundated, with | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
officials urging everyone to take care. People always underestimate | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
the dangers of floodwater. The fact that it has stopped raining does not | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
mean it is less dangerous. I would advise people to keep away from | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
rivers, keep away from high water and keep safe over Christmas. The | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
rail firm Greater Anglia warned commuters not to expect any trains | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
running before 10am this morning. As it was, a limited service was | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
operating after the tracks and overhead cables had been checked | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
first thing. It is frustrating but we are all in the same boat. Not too | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
bad because they said ten o'clock and I thought I'd chance it. You're | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
going to get held up. You're going to get held up if you drive. It's | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
one more thing. You would have thought they would have prepared for | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
it better. It's when I get to Waterloo that I may have to ask a | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
few questions! I think it probably won't be too bad. I'll think | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
differently if we get delayed en route to Peterborough, or something | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
like that. The rail firms say they have to put safety first and can't | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
risk trains and passengers getting stranded. As far as the floodwater's | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
concerned, officials say that with two dry days ahead, hopefully levels | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
will subside quickly. Members of the Fire Brigade's Union | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
across the region are taking strike action this evening, in a row over | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
changes to their pensions. They will be on strike tonight from seven til | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
midnight. Three more are planned over New Year. Each brigade has some | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
kind of resilience in place. In addition to that, we've also got a | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
Major Incident Return to Work Plan agreed. We have that here in | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
Bedfordshire with our chief officers. That is the case across | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
the majority of the country, with the exception of Essex, whose chief | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
has decided to lock them out for the full duration of the Christmas Eve | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
strike and potentially the New Year's Eve strike as well. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
Now it's time for the weather. Year's Eve strike as well. | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
Now it's time for Here's Alex. It is looking much calmer for | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
Christmas. Dry at the moment but the chance of showers developing | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
overnight and it could be quite heavy locally. Most of us should be | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
free of frost. Temperatures getting close to freezing but enough wind to | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
prevent frost forming, perhaps just in the countryside. Through | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Christmas Day, it looks largely dry through much of the day with sunny | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
spells on patchy cloud. The chance of showers developing in coastal | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
part of Southwark and ethics but most places should stay dry. Chilly | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
on Boxing Day. It looks largely dry for Boxing Day. Quite a bit more | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
cloud and then we end the week as we started, wet and windy. | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
That's all from us. Have a good night. Merry Christmas. | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
it from us - we are back on Boxing Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas. | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
Hello. The weather has been a little kinder today to travellers and | :05:09. | :05:19. | |
last-minute Christmas shoppers across England | :05:20. | :05:20. |