14/02/2014 Look East - West

Good evening, I'm Katherine Nash. First tonight, weather warnings have

been issued for gale force winds and heavy downpours. Ten millimetres of

rain is expected to fall overnight on already saturated ground. And

wind speeds could reach up to 70 miles per hour. Earlier this

evening, rail passengers on Greater Anglia were warned of disruption and

in Suffolk the Orwell Bridge has just closed. In a moment, we'll have

the latest on the travel situation. But first, this report from John

Cranston. Battling home through the rain on

the A12 in Essex this evening as the storm approached. Both Queen

Elizabeth Bridge over the Thames and the Orwell Bridge over Ipswich have

closed as wind speeds increase. On the trains, Greater Anglia urged

people to travel early. Just getting there early, first come

first serve. I was meant to be going to London

but I haven't gone because of the weather just in case I couldn't get

back. Commuters faced lengthy delays after

a man was hit by a train. In Hertfordshire, people living in

Puckeridge try to dry out their homes after the last bout of

flooding, hoping the latest one won't bring more. In Luton, a

desperate attempt to stop the pitch getting waterlogged in the hope that

tomorrow's football match can go ahead.

We've had a couple of postponements through waterlogged pitches and we

just want to play football so we resorted to bringing in this cover.

The River Chelmer in Essex was in spate today. It seems the immediate

threat is not just more water but the ferocity of those winds.

Dawn Gerber is in our newsroom now. What's the latest on the trains?

There hasn't been as much disruption as originally thought as many

passengers took the advice and travelled home early. There will be

a reduced service across parts of the network tomorrow because of the

high winds. Commuters should check with the real And what about our

roads and airports? Operators before travelling.

The police are warning people not to travel unless they have two. There

are delays on the A120. Luton airport is warning of disruption and

a handful of flights have been cancelled at Stansted Airport. The

worst of the weather is expected from midnight tonight to 4am. The

best thing is to listen to your local BBC Radio station for more

information. Serial killer Joanna Dennehy

appeared at Cambridge Crown Court today for the beginning of her

sentencing hearing. In the dock alongside her were the three men who

helped her. At one point Dennehy told the court she was not sorry for

having killed three men. This was the first time Joanna

Dennehy had been seen in court since she pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey

last November to the three murders in Peterborough and two attempted

murders in Hereford. Brought to Cambridge to record the sentencing

hearing, the serial killer's barrister said his client's

offending was at the high`end of the criminal scale. The court was told

she accepted she acted in a volatile way from time to time and that she

acknowledged that she manipulated men around her. Her barrister said

it was her case that she was not in sexual relationships with the men.

She stabbed to death her friend Lukasz Slaboszewski, housemate John

Chapman, and landlord Kevin Lee, who she made where a black dress shortly

before he died. And then unexpectedly, Joanna spoke about

victim Kevin Lee. In a raised voice she said there was no sexual

interference. "It is hearsay, I was quick to assault him in a dress, I

did put him in a dress, it was humiliation, pure and simple. There

was nothing sexual about it." Then, just as she was leaving the court in

handcuffs, there was a second outburst. In the presence of her

victim's relatives she said, I want to make everyone to know I'm sorry

for the attempted murders but I'm not sorry for the murders.

Sentencing will be later this month at the Old Bailey.

An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death on four

men who were killed when a steel cage they were working inside

collapsed on top of them. Two brothers from Suffolk Daniel and Tom

Hazelton, Peter Johnson and Adam Taylor died at Claxton Engineering

in Great Yarmouth three years ago. This is the steel cage which

collapsed killing four men in January 2011. It was going to

reinforce a concrete base for pressure testing at Claxton

engineering in Great Yarmouth. Daniel and his younger brother Tom

died in the accident with Peter Johnson and Adam Taylor. The men had

been sub contracted from another firm. They died at the scene from

traumatic asphyxia. A solicitor read out a statement on behalf of the

family. We will never be able to come to terms with our devastating

loss. Four men went to work that day and

never came home. The evidence clearly showed that the men were

conscientious and skilled workers and no concerns were raised about

the work they were doing. The employer is still going but has

struggled to find work. The Health and Safety Executive will

now review the evidence in light of the inquest. They will decide

whether criminal proceedings are appropriate and will announce its

decision in due course. The judge extended his sympathy to

the families of the four men. They met such an tragic and untimely

death, she said. In Football, two of our teams have

been in action in League One tonight. Peterborough hosted

Walsall. They drew 0`0. And it was also a goalless match for Colchester

against Swindon. Well, that's all from me. Time to look at the weather

now with Dan. The Met office have and amber

warning out. Some trees could be downed due to the dampness of the

ground. Blustery showers coming in from the south`west. Temperatures

are fairly mild. Saturday will be quite windy with lots of showers

piling on from the south`west. There will be dry intervals but it will be

quite a windy day. It will ease a little bit as we head through the

day. The showers tends to fade away through the course of the evening

leaving a dry night. Sunday is much and bright after a chilly night. I

will leave you with the weekend summary for London. Let's go to the

weather centre to get the national forecast.

Our love hate relationship with the weather has become unbalanced this

winter, I suspect there is not a lot of love left. Today's storm has not

helped. It gave us 20 to 30 millimetres of rain. Snow in the

past few hours at lower levels in eastern Scotland. That should turn

to rain again but the blizzards in the Scottish mountains will

continue. This evening, it has