:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening. More now on the sighting of a lion by holidaymakers
:00:17. > :00:21.near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. As we have heard, Essex Police called-off
:00:21. > :00:31.their search this afternoon. They say they think it was a domestic
:00:31. > :00:36.cat or a wild cat. Our reporter is in St Osyth now.
:00:36. > :00:42.This is the entrance to a form where the beast, whatever it was,
:00:42. > :00:46.was first spotted. How has the great Essex lion hunt unfolded? It
:00:46. > :00:51.started at 7pm last night when Essex police were told that a wife
:00:51. > :00:55.and had been seen in a field year. A firearms team and helicopter were
:00:55. > :00:59.scrambled. The search went on through the night. One resident
:00:59. > :01:05.said they had seen paw prints. Another said he had heard a loud
:01:05. > :01:11.roar. But the search was called on -- called off this afternoon. The
:01:11. > :01:15.police think it was either a large domestic cat or a wild cat.
:01:15. > :01:25.Holidaymakers here remain absolutely convinced that they saw
:01:25. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:32.alive and. -- the sort a lion. It was weird. I saw a very large cat.
:01:32. > :01:42.I got the binoculars and it stood up and looked at us. It was a lie
:01:42. > :01:46.and. Rumours there was a lion on will this year caused something of
:01:46. > :01:55.his stare. The experts always sounded a note of scepticism. The
:01:55. > :02:00.photograph was shown to Amman at Colchester Zoo. It is very
:02:00. > :02:04.difficult to say one way or another what a photograph is. It is a
:02:04. > :02:08.blurred image taken at a distance. The police were correct to treated
:02:08. > :02:16.with caution, but it is difficult to be conclusive. Did you have an
:02:16. > :02:20.instinct about what it might be? The photograph is so indistinct
:02:20. > :02:23.that although one wants to her on the side of caution, it is very
:02:23. > :02:31.difficult to give a positive identification as to what it could
:02:31. > :02:36.be. Was this great searched really necessary? Essex Police said that
:02:36. > :02:40.public safety was always at the forefront of their operation and
:02:40. > :02:45.are advising people to return to normal life. After all the
:02:45. > :02:52.excitement here, I don't think seemed also us will ever be the
:02:52. > :02:55.same again. -- I don't think this town will ever be the same again.
:02:55. > :02:58.One woman has life threatening injuries and another's been taken
:02:58. > :03:01.to hospital after being attacked by burglars in Lowestoft. Police were
:03:01. > :03:04.called to the house on Cambridge Road in the early hours of this
:03:04. > :03:09.morning. They say two people forced their way inside and assaulted the
:03:09. > :03:12.women stealing cash, jewellery and a handbag.
:03:12. > :03:15.A council has been accused of mocking the Olympic legacy after
:03:15. > :03:18.the closure of a sports centre. The land at Desborough in
:03:18. > :03:21.Northamptonshire will be used for new housing but there is a promise
:03:21. > :03:27.that a new leisure centre nearby will be much better.
:03:27. > :03:32.This leisure centre says it all. Inspire a generation. You saw
:03:32. > :03:40.people get so involved in the Olympics. When the site goes, you
:03:40. > :03:44.cannot get it back. The site is now earmarked for 100 new homes. But
:03:44. > :03:52.they have been provided with some new facility is. We will have to
:03:52. > :03:57.squash courts and an outside changing area for football pitches.
:03:57. > :04:01.With the phase completed, it will give us a far larger building and
:04:01. > :04:07.leisure centre than we had previously. The question is when
:04:07. > :04:10.the money will be secured. And when will building work begin.
:04:10. > :04:12.The Paralympic flame has been making its way through parts of the
:04:12. > :04:19.region today. It has been in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire
:04:19. > :04:27.ahead of the games which start on Thursday.
:04:27. > :04:32.The Paralympics are days away. Excitement for the event is growing.
:04:32. > :04:36.It has been fantastic. You can sense that it is building and
:04:36. > :04:42.building. People cannot wait for the activity to start. It is good
:04:42. > :04:52.for disabled people throughout the country. Athletes perform some
:04:52. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :05:00.breathtaking dives. The Olympics has prompted a lot of interest in
:05:00. > :05:09.its new sports. This has been fantastic. Later, the Church -- the
:05:09. > :05:15.torch was that this rise of four. - - the torch came to a local
:05:15. > :05:22.reservoir. I thought it was fantastic. The Paralympics will be
:05:22. > :05:25.as spectacular as the Olympics. crowds jeered it on its way. Just
:05:25. > :05:32.as they will cheer up the athletes as they will cheer up the athletes
:05:32. > :05:37.competing at the Games. We have had fairly cloudy skies
:05:37. > :05:41.across the region today. There are some weather fronts responsible for
:05:41. > :05:50.this. The first one brought some patchy rain. A cold front will
:05:50. > :05:55.bring more persistent rain overnight. This evening, some spots
:05:55. > :06:03.of rain in places. Becoming persistent and heavy overnight.
:06:03. > :06:10.Under cloudy skies, it will stay mild. Temperatures tonight will be
:06:10. > :06:18.between 14 and 17. The winds will die down. Cloudy skies to start
:06:18. > :06:25.tomorrow. We will see some sunshine coming out. Temperatures will climb
:06:25. > :06:29.into the twenties. Mostly light south-westerly winds. Where we have
:06:29. > :06:38.the thicker cloud, we could get the odd isolated shower. Most places
:06:38. > :06:43.should get away with a dry or bright afternoon. There will be
:06:43. > :06:53.further spells of rain for Wednesday and Thursday. It will
:06:53. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:59.improve by the end of the week and into next weekend. Wednesday will
:06:59. > :07:05.start dry and bright. Scattered showers to start with on Thursday
:07:05. > :07:10.but becoming dry air through the day. Temperatures will be cool. On