:00:00. > :00:00.6pm. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One, we join our teams where you
:00:00. > :00:13.are. Hello from Amelia and me. Welcome to
:00:14. > :00:17.Look East. The worst coastal tidal surge for 60 years is expected to
:00:18. > :00:21.hit our region within the next hour. We'll bring you the very latest from
:00:22. > :00:24.Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. More than 12,000 homes have been
:00:25. > :00:29.evacuated across the region, but many people in Jaywick are refusing
:00:30. > :00:37.to leave. I'm not going to move just for one day.
:00:38. > :00:40.I've got dogs to look after, a house to look after.
:00:41. > :00:44.We'll have the most up`to`date advice from the Environment Agency.
:00:45. > :00:47.Also in the programme: Suarez stuns Norwich, again.
:00:48. > :00:49.That's 11 goals against them in just four games.
:00:50. > :00:54.Celebrating our Unsung Sporting Heroes. Tonight, it's gymnastics
:00:55. > :00:57.with Brenda Hughes in Northampton. I'll have all the weather details,
:00:58. > :01:08.including the latest on the storm surge and the next high tides.
:01:09. > :01:14.Hello. First tonight, the worst coastal tidal surge for 60 years
:01:15. > :01:19.will hit our region in the next hour.
:01:20. > :01:26.So, where will it hit and when will it hit? King's Lynn will get it
:01:27. > :01:32.first at quarter to eight. It will then move around the coast, reaching
:01:33. > :01:35.Gorleston at 10.45. Next, it's Lowestoft at 11 o'clock, West Mersea
:01:36. > :01:38.just before two o'clock tomorrow morning and Southend soon after. The
:01:39. > :01:42.disruption will last about 36 hours because there could be more problems
:01:43. > :01:45.during high tides tomorrow. The details from Essex and Suffolk in a
:01:46. > :01:53.moment, but first live to Debbie Tubby in North Norfolk.
:01:54. > :02:00.The water here is thriving a lot faster than we expected. We are
:02:01. > :02:05.standing on the balcony of a pub because there is nowhere else to
:02:06. > :02:09.stand. The spring tide was not supposed to go over the key for
:02:10. > :02:13.another two and a half hours and it has already done that. The road
:02:14. > :02:21.behind me is covered in water and it is coming into the pub below. Add on
:02:22. > :02:28.gale force winds and be tidal surge, we can expect anything between one
:02:29. > :02:31.and 1.8 metres of water on top of the key that is equivalent to my
:02:32. > :02:35.head height. The force of the wind is already
:02:36. > :02:40.howling through the rigging this afternoon. Here, they hope for the
:02:41. > :02:45.best but fear for the worst. Hopefully, it doesn't go above these
:02:46. > :02:51.frames and then we are in for a chance. Many shops have removed
:02:52. > :02:58.their stock. If the water goes higher than the wall the glass will
:02:59. > :03:05.smash. We have been advised it is advisable to evacuate. I haven't
:03:06. > :03:10.been here when it has flooded before. This is the first time there
:03:11. > :03:17.has been an emergency, shall we say. It is surprising. What would you
:03:18. > :03:23.do? My mum and my in`laws live locally. This shows where the
:03:24. > :03:28.floodwaters came in 1978 and the great flood in 1953. Tonight, they
:03:29. > :03:33.expect the floodwaters to be lapping at the glass of this new defence
:03:34. > :03:37.wall. The sea wall has been breached before so it is now wider and
:03:38. > :03:42.stronger, but the caravan park has been evacuated and the fishing boats
:03:43. > :03:47.moved to the outer harbour. It is late afternoon and they are
:03:48. > :03:50.reviewing the conditions. The tide is earlier than expected but I am
:03:51. > :03:58.not overly concerned at the moment. The next hour or two is critical.
:03:59. > :04:01.Properly more concerned than I was earlier, but it is still wait and
:04:02. > :04:07.see. Along the coast at great Yarmouth it is a similar picture.
:04:08. > :04:11.Police are visiting 9000 homes in the affected area to advise people
:04:12. > :04:18.to make arrangements to stay with relations of friends and evacuate
:04:19. > :04:22.for their own safety. We had 50,000 stand `` sandbags in stock and
:04:23. > :04:28.20,000 have been used within two hours. Back at the key, the last
:04:29. > :04:32.defence barriers are moved into place and the Fire Service
:04:33. > :04:39.reiterates its message for people to leave their homes.
:04:40. > :04:42.An evacuation has been set up at the high school here but the volunteer
:04:43. > :04:47.flood wardens say no one has left their homes yet. This may change
:04:48. > :04:52.their minds. The whole town has been given a flood alert although homes
:04:53. > :04:56.on the key have a severe flood warning. No trains are running north
:04:57. > :05:01.of Colchester to Norwich Clacton because of fallen trees and we are
:05:02. > :05:03.being told to leave the pub because it has been flooded drastically
:05:04. > :05:10.below. So, why is all this happening? Alex
:05:11. > :05:15.is here to explain. The concern is the coastal storm
:05:16. > :05:21.surge created by this area of low pressure in the North Sea. Beneath
:05:22. > :05:26.that, sea levels rise so we have a raised bulge of water being pushed
:05:27. > :05:31.directly onto the coastline by strong onshore winds whipping up big
:05:32. > :05:38.we've `` waves and it corresponds with high spring tides. It is a
:05:39. > :05:44.triple whammy of factors. That brings us the severe risk of coastal
:05:45. > :05:52.flooding. I will be back later. In Suffolk, a major incident centre
:05:53. > :05:53.has been declared. Police say 2000 properties could be be affected by
:05:54. > :06:03.flooding. On the key here this lunchtime, the
:06:04. > :06:10.talk was what the May `` next few hours may bring. They remember a
:06:11. > :06:14.previous flood and they know this evening 's ebbtide is critical. If
:06:15. > :06:19.the ebb tide cannot get out you have a stand of water already left going
:06:20. > :06:25.before the following spring tide and the surge so it compounds the high
:06:26. > :06:30.risk. If the ebbtide gets fully out it reduces the risk of breaching the
:06:31. > :06:35.wall. You will be watching keenly? Yes, we will watch the low tide and
:06:36. > :06:42.see the levels and that will give us an idea for planning in the small
:06:43. > :06:47.hours. Here, the high watermark of the 1953 flood remains on the walls
:06:48. > :06:52.and today they were preparing for a wall of water clearing the ground
:06:53. > :06:57.floor cellars. I know this is pretty serious and for me to open as
:06:58. > :07:02.quickly as possible after, I had to take all of these actions. Outside
:07:03. > :07:06.the town, dining hall catering staff at this school are preparing to look
:07:07. > :07:12.after local people advised to look after their homes. I am just pleased
:07:13. > :07:16.to be able to do something for the local community in this difficult
:07:17. > :07:22.time. I understand the warning is out for the next four `` 36 to 48
:07:23. > :07:28.hours so we will do everything we can to help the locals. The police
:07:29. > :07:32.are saying they are urging families on this stretch of coast to leave
:07:33. > :07:35.their homes tonight for their own safety. Special rest centres have
:07:36. > :07:50.also been set up. In ethics, the biggest evacuation is
:07:51. > :07:53.in Jaywick with people being urged to leave 2500 properties. Special
:07:54. > :07:59.rest centres are being set up and police say they will patrol the area
:08:00. > :08:05.is being cleared. The wind has been lashing Jaywick
:08:06. > :08:09.all day. In the early hours, it is feared storm watchers will reach
:08:10. > :08:13.nearly the top of the sea wall and so the decision was made to
:08:14. > :08:18.evacuate. Police officers are going to each of the properties here
:08:19. > :08:22.advising householders to leave and if they say they are staying, they
:08:23. > :08:26.are then asked to sign a declaration saying they have had the risk
:08:27. > :08:31.explain to them. The spectre of 1953 is never far
:08:32. > :08:35.from people 's minds here, but it seems they are used to storm
:08:36. > :08:41.warnings in Jaywick as the emergency services readied in a community
:08:42. > :08:46.centre, seemingly unconcerned residents played bingo. Most said
:08:47. > :08:53.they would stay put. You have to put up with it all year round. Just one
:08:54. > :08:59.day. I am not going to move out. Everyone around here is staying. We
:09:00. > :09:03.will help each other out. Leslie Jordan said she was staying because
:09:04. > :09:10.she didn't want to leave her birds and dog. Hopefully, this time
:09:11. > :09:16.tomorrow I won't be swimming in it. My home will still be standing. As
:09:17. > :09:20.darkness fell, police urged residents to take their advice and
:09:21. > :09:24.leave. Better to be safe than sorry. We plan for the worst and
:09:25. > :09:29.hope for the best. In these scenarios we want to make sure
:09:30. > :09:36.everyone is safe. And they should leave? The advice is based upon
:09:37. > :09:41.sound information based upon the `` from the Environment Agency. I would
:09:42. > :09:44.advise them urgently to leave. Some are heading for the Council rest
:09:45. > :09:49.centre but for those determined not to leave, it will be a nervous
:09:50. > :09:54.night. Let us speak to Julie Foley from the
:09:55. > :09:58.Environment Agency and she is in King's Lynn now. We heard from
:09:59. > :10:04.wealth that it is worse than expected. Is that the news you are
:10:05. > :10:09.getting? It is a very serious coastal surge event and it is really
:10:10. > :10:13.important people listen to the authorities and takes notice of our
:10:14. > :10:16.flood warnings. We have issued flood warnings across the whole of the
:10:17. > :10:22.East Coast and the number of severe ones. It is important people check
:10:23. > :10:26.the Environment Agency website as well as listening to the police and
:10:27. > :10:35.other authorities we have worked closely with. Is it worse than you
:10:36. > :10:38.expected? We have been monitoring `` monitoring the storm for a couple of
:10:39. > :10:43.days though it has been an opportunity to plan. It has enabled
:10:44. > :10:47.us to issue flood warnings and work with partners and other emergency
:10:48. > :10:51.services to make sure we are fully prepared. We have also checked all
:10:52. > :10:57.of our defences and they are all in good working order. I you confident
:10:58. > :11:03.that, with the defences, we won't get a repeat of what happened 60
:11:04. > :11:07.years ago? It is important to recognise it is a serious event and
:11:08. > :11:12.it is important people appreciate that. It is also important to
:11:13. > :11:17.realise our defences have been significantly improved in recent
:11:18. > :11:21.years as they have had significant investment. We are very prepared for
:11:22. > :11:27.this event. If anyone is concerned about what time they will get an
:11:28. > :11:32.event near them, all of the details are on your website? That is right
:11:33. > :11:37.and they should contact local authorities and listen to their
:11:38. > :11:40.local radio service. It is an important message from us and the
:11:41. > :11:45.communities and partners we work with that people stay safe and they
:11:46. > :11:49.do not go anywhere near the coast and recognise the importance of
:11:50. > :11:54.listening to evacuation notices from the police as well. Thank you very
:11:55. > :11:57.much. You can get up`to`date information
:11:58. > :12:02.throughout this evening and tonight by listening to your local BBC Radio
:12:03. > :12:05.station and there are special flood programmes running until the early
:12:06. > :12:08.hours of the morning with live updates also on your BBC local
:12:09. > :12:12.website. In other news: Police say formal
:12:13. > :12:16.identification of two bodies found in a burning car near Southend is
:12:17. > :12:19.likely to take weeks. They believe the pair may have been 45`year`old
:12:20. > :12:29.Catherine Mallaba from Zimbabwe and her 16`year`old son, Beki Ali.
:12:30. > :12:40.A ?26 million deal has been announced with Hewlett`Packard and
:12:41. > :12:53.Norfolk County Council. The council says ?10 million will be saved over
:12:54. > :12:56.five years. In football, another disappointing
:12:57. > :12:59.night for Norwich City. Luis Suarez had already scored two hat tricks
:13:00. > :13:03.against them. Last night, he did again. Final score, Liverpool five,
:13:04. > :13:09.Norwich one. Norwich now 16th in the Premier League.
:13:10. > :13:14.Lewis Suarez is a flawed genius perhaps but his talent is never in
:13:15. > :13:28.question. His performance last night lived up to his billing. Upped to
:13:29. > :13:35.his own tricks `` old tricks. That is absolutely stunning! Norwich
:13:36. > :13:42.fans no date cast their minds back to last April when he did the same.
:13:43. > :13:46.He has gone for the chip. Oh, what a goal! Back to last night and it
:13:47. > :13:57.wasn't long before he popped up again to make it two ` zero. A sense
:13:58. > :14:03.of inevitability for his third. Norwich are sick to the back teeth
:14:04. > :14:08.of him. Three hat tricks in four`day `` games against Norwich and the
:14:09. > :14:13.first Premier league player to do it against the same side. 3`0 down at
:14:14. > :14:20.half`time but here it `` Chris Hughton's side showed some
:14:21. > :14:25.character. On target and in the net. He has done it again. Norwich and
:14:26. > :14:35.some reward with Bradley Johnson scoring. But little consolation when
:14:36. > :14:39.Liverpool added a fifth. He is a world`class player and he's
:14:40. > :14:44.squirrels some goals that most players aren't capable of. You
:14:45. > :14:50.always accept that but I am probably more disappointed in the manner
:14:51. > :14:56.which we conceded. He is really, really happy. He has lovely
:14:57. > :15:02.enthusiasm and that is why we think so much of him. A familiar feeling,
:15:03. > :15:04.walking off with the match ball. Norwich will be relieved they won't
:15:05. > :15:21.see him again until April. Still to come: The News of the storm
:15:22. > :15:25.surges with Alex. We will also have the story of the
:15:26. > :15:30.Essex school and the missing time capsule.
:15:31. > :15:34.All this week we've been meeting the people on the short list to become
:15:35. > :15:42.the BBC East Unsung Sporting Hero. We've already met two people who
:15:43. > :15:45.coach netball. Tonight, it's the turn of gymnastics.
:15:46. > :15:48.Brenda Hughes has devoted more than 30 years to a gymnastics club in
:15:49. > :15:50.Northampton which caters for children with special needs. And her
:15:51. > :16:04.commitment has had amazing results. A big stretch, Sophie. That's it.
:16:05. > :16:09.It's difficult to say how many gymnasts render has guided over the
:16:10. > :16:15.years, but after 30 years of war maps it must run into the thousands.
:16:16. > :16:19.You get older and you think, will I give it up? But so long as your
:16:20. > :16:24.brain is on the ball and your body can cope, it keeps you active and
:16:25. > :16:32.alert and it fills my life out. I find it hard to miss it. Brenda is
:16:33. > :16:35.the heart and soul of Northampton 's Lings Forum Gymnastic Club, the only
:16:36. > :16:42.place which caters for special needs children is locally. She is an
:16:43. > :16:48.ambassador of gymnastics. She loves the sport and has a passion which is
:16:49. > :16:52.evident in the way she coaches and the relationship she has with
:16:53. > :16:57.parents and gymnasts. 14`year`old Eddie learned to point her toes and
:16:58. > :17:02.take the brunt `` plunge with Brenda and has her coach for the amazing
:17:03. > :17:10.display at the Olympics. I got five gold medals thanks to her and I had
:17:11. > :17:15.all the confidence from Brenda. 22 years ago, after I had my third
:17:16. > :17:21.daughter and she was down syndrome, I started a branch of this and we
:17:22. > :17:28.are the only one in the county, and only two in East Midlands, that have
:17:29. > :17:32.gymnasts with disabilities. It is her skill that working with girls
:17:33. > :17:36.with all abilities which stands out. Her commitment to gymnastics in
:17:37. > :17:42.Northamptonshire is huge. Describe how it felt when you realised you
:17:43. > :17:48.had been short listed? It was a big surprise. It knocked me for six
:17:49. > :17:51.because I am not the sort of people that is in the front line for
:17:52. > :17:58.anything. I organise in the background. She is wonderful and
:17:59. > :18:05.helped me with nearly everything. She is really special and a big part
:18:06. > :18:11.of my life. She always tells you to be happy and try your hardest.
:18:12. > :18:19.Brenda 's club is a happy club, small `` full of smiles: `` full of
:18:20. > :18:22.smiles, colour and opportunity. We'll be announcing the winner
:18:23. > :18:25.tomorrow night. There are 200 buildings which are officially
:18:26. > :18:28.listed as being "at risk" across the East, according to English Heritage.
:18:29. > :18:31.And tonight on BBC One, there's a programme about the campaigners
:18:32. > :18:34.hoping to save some of them. It's called Restoring England's
:18:35. > :18:37.Heritage. It features several important buildings in this region
:18:38. > :18:41.and it's presented by John Sergeant. When I spoke to him about the
:18:42. > :18:44.programme, he told me why he thinks people are now so interested in
:18:45. > :18:54.saving buildings which had been allowed to fall apart for years.
:18:55. > :19:00.I think people realise that, if you are not careful, the buildings up
:19:01. > :19:05.can go and lost forever. If you don't do work of this sort, the
:19:06. > :19:11.places you visit all look the same. The same shops on the high street,
:19:12. > :19:16.the same buildings and the stain `` same materials, but if you restore
:19:17. > :19:22.one of these old buildings, you can attract visitors more easily. You
:19:23. > :19:26.have seen different things in our part of the world, starting with
:19:27. > :19:33.something from the Second World War? Yes, the radar station in
:19:34. > :19:37.Suffolk built in 1937 and the first proper radar station in the world.
:19:38. > :19:42.Although the Germans didn't know that at the time, the network of
:19:43. > :19:48.radar stations, starting with board seat, would be the key factor in us
:19:49. > :19:53.winning the battle of Britain. Rhetorically something like that
:19:54. > :19:57.takes effort and money? Yes, they have worked for many years and they
:19:58. > :20:01.still haven't got it right because there is a lot of money involved and
:20:02. > :20:06.you can't expect to get much money from people who will then come to
:20:07. > :20:13.visit. So you need money from English Heritage and the not refund.
:20:14. > :20:20.I think is worth it. `` the lottery fund. The little gem in great
:20:21. > :20:25.Yarmouth? The Winter Gardens. What a terrific building that is. Crystal
:20:26. > :20:29.Palace started the craze for these buildings made of cast iron and
:20:30. > :20:34.plate glass and then every town wanted one, particularly a seaside
:20:35. > :20:41.resort like great Yarmouth. But they found one in Torquay which had
:20:42. > :20:46.already been built. In 1903, it was packed up and put onto barges and
:20:47. > :20:50.re`erected in great Yarmouth. If the restoration goes according to plan,
:20:51. > :20:55.it is the sort of fat `` the sort of thing that could attract visitors?
:20:56. > :21:01.The plan is for it to be made into a Winter Gardens again so it will have
:21:02. > :21:04.lots of plants, exotic plants and the Royal horticultural Society will
:21:05. > :21:08.be involved so you can't say better than that. It must be a delight for
:21:09. > :21:12.you to go around and see so many different things? And what gets you
:21:13. > :21:16.going is the volunteers because without them you don't get a
:21:17. > :21:24.restoration project. Also, you think how interesting it is that Saint
:21:25. > :21:28.Mary 's is an old church in Clophill and not used for 150 years. They
:21:29. > :21:36.will restore most of it but they will also build lodges,
:21:37. > :21:41.accommodation for visitors. So, give it a new use if you can. Thank you
:21:42. > :21:45.for your company. A couple of weeks ago, we told you
:21:46. > :21:49.about a junior school in Essex which had buried a time capsule 25 years
:21:50. > :21:51.ago. The only problem was, when they came to dig it up, they couldn't
:21:52. > :21:54.find it. You can imagine, everybody at
:21:55. > :22:02.Writtle Junior School near Chelmsford was very disappointed.
:22:03. > :22:08.This report from Mike Liggins. In October, pupils, former pupils
:22:09. > :22:14.and staff gathered to celebrate 25 years of the school. They thought it
:22:15. > :22:19.would be fun to dig up a capsule buried in 1988. We all had to think
:22:20. > :22:24.or make something to put into the Time Capsule. It had a first and
:22:25. > :22:28.second class stamp in it because I remember thinking recently it would
:22:29. > :22:33.be interesting to see what they were. They started digging and they
:22:34. > :22:37.kept digging, but no sign of the capsule. Before the school grounds
:22:38. > :22:53.became a muddy heap they stopped digging. Retail heritage were called
:22:54. > :22:58.and they threw everything at the problem. A super`duper metal
:22:59. > :23:05.detector and Olivia helped out with divining rods and, guess what? They
:23:06. > :23:13.found the capsule? They are incredible. Really intelligent. They
:23:14. > :23:22.always cross over and you think, what will they do? The findings of
:23:23. > :23:27.the detector were conformed `` confirmed by the dowsing rods. Dug
:23:28. > :23:30.it up and low and behold! That is what we had. The children were
:23:31. > :23:36.really inquisitive to find out what had been put in there. Now we can
:23:37. > :23:42.have a look at the contents, pack them up and rebury them with a new
:23:43. > :23:48.Time Capsule. In the capsule, was a copy of the Daily Telegraph, a train
:23:49. > :23:52.ticket, a stamp and a Star Wars toy. The capsule is being reburied with
:23:53. > :23:57.the new items in the New Year. Perhaps a map and a very big sign
:23:58. > :24:02.saying where might be a very good idea!
:24:03. > :24:08.Back to our top story and the tidal surge. Last time we spoke to Debbie
:24:09. > :24:15.she was being told to leave the pub. Have you left now?
:24:16. > :24:19.Yes, the water came over the key and hour and a half earlier than
:24:20. > :24:25.expected. There is already five feet of water there and the road behind
:24:26. > :24:30.me, the main road, has three feet of water. People behind me have been
:24:31. > :24:34.evacuated from the pub because the electricity has gone off and the
:24:35. > :24:36.whole town is on flood alert. It could be a lot worse here than
:24:37. > :24:42.expected. Thank you very much.
:24:43. > :24:48.That is the situation in Wales. Alex is here.
:24:49. > :24:55.Thank you. We have had a deepening area of low pressure bringing strong
:24:56. > :25:00.winds across the region. 72 mph gusts recorded at Wattisham. Coastal
:25:01. > :25:08.flooding has already caused problems in Wales. `` Wells.
:25:09. > :25:18.A bulge of water is being pushed towards the coast line in strong
:25:19. > :25:22.onshore winds. Of course, it is coinciding with high tides and that
:25:23. > :25:32.is where the risk becomes highest. If we have a reminder of when the
:25:33. > :25:35.high tides are. Right the way through the evening. It does not
:25:36. > :25:41.mean when flooding can occur as there may be a delay. Further down
:25:42. > :25:43.the coast, you can see high tides over the next few hours into the
:25:44. > :25:58.early hours. It will also get very cold tonight
:25:59. > :26:05.because the weather front has brought in lots of cold arctic air.
:26:06. > :26:08.For many of us temperatures will fall below freezing. We didn't have
:26:09. > :26:14.a lot of rainfall earlier but it brings the risk of icy patches and
:26:15. > :26:19.the risk of a frost. The winds will ease this evening and overnight.
:26:20. > :26:24.Remaining windy across the North Norfolk coast but not as windy as
:26:25. > :26:30.today. Into tomorrow morning, we start clear and bright but bitterly
:26:31. > :26:35.cold. Temperatures are not expected to get higher than three or four
:26:36. > :26:42.Celsius tomorrow. We will see some sunshine. Wind coming from a
:26:43. > :26:48.north`westerly direction. Breezy around the coast but a moderate wind
:26:49. > :26:54.for most. Dry into the afternoon with dry and sunny spells to come.
:26:55. > :27:03.High pressure builds backing so the cloud comes back. Cold on Friday but
:27:04. > :27:07.temperatures recovering. The wind will be lighter and we may well see
:27:08. > :27:13.bright and sunny spells but as we get to the beginning of next week,
:27:14. > :27:19.temperatures declined just `` temperatures climb to double
:27:20. > :27:26.figures. With cloud around, temperatures will not be quite so
:27:27. > :27:35.low. With any flooding concerns, here is the flat line number.
:27:36. > :27:39.And you will be back on the late bulletin tonight.
:27:40. > :27:43.Please don't go anywhere to film anything tonight, but if you get
:27:44. > :27:47.some good pictures, we would love to see them. Good night.