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6pm. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One, we join our teams where you

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are. Hello from Amelia and me. Welcome to

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Look East. The worst coastal tidal surge for 60 years is expected to

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hit our region within the next hour. We'll bring you the very latest from

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Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. More than 12,000 homes have been

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evacuated across the region, but many people in Jaywick are refusing

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to leave. I'm not going to move just for one day.

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I've got dogs to look after, a house to look after.

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We'll have the most up`to`date advice from the Environment Agency.

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Also in the programme: Suarez stuns Norwich, again.

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That's 11 goals against them in just four games.

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Celebrating our Unsung Sporting Heroes. Tonight, it's gymnastics

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with Brenda Hughes in Northampton. I'll have all the weather details,

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including the latest on the storm surge and the next high tides.

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Hello. First tonight, the worst coastal tidal surge for 60 years

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will hit our region in the next hour.

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So, where will it hit and when will it hit? King's Lynn will get it

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first at quarter to eight. It will then move around the coast, reaching

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Gorleston at 10.45. Next, it's Lowestoft at 11 o'clock, West Mersea

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just before two o'clock tomorrow morning and Southend soon after. The

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disruption will last about 36 hours because there could be more problems

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during high tides tomorrow. The details from Essex and Suffolk in a

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moment, but first live to Debbie Tubby in North Norfolk.

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The water here is thriving a lot faster than we expected. We are

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standing on the balcony of a pub because there is nowhere else to

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stand. The spring tide was not supposed to go over the key for

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another two and a half hours and it has already done that. The road

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behind me is covered in water and it is coming into the pub below. Add on

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gale force winds and be tidal surge, we can expect anything between one

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and 1.8 metres of water on top of the key that is equivalent to my

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head height. The force of the wind is already

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howling through the rigging this afternoon. Here, they hope for the

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best but fear for the worst. Hopefully, it doesn't go above these

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frames and then we are in for a chance. Many shops have removed

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their stock. If the water goes higher than the wall the glass will

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smash. We have been advised it is advisable to evacuate. I haven't

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been here when it has flooded before. This is the first time there

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has been an emergency, shall we say. It is surprising. What would you

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do? My mum and my in`laws live locally. This shows where the

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floodwaters came in 1978 and the great flood in 1953. Tonight, they

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expect the floodwaters to be lapping at the glass of this new defence

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wall. The sea wall has been breached before so it is now wider and

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stronger, but the caravan park has been evacuated and the fishing boats

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moved to the outer harbour. It is late afternoon and they are

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reviewing the conditions. The tide is earlier than expected but I am

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not overly concerned at the moment. The next hour or two is critical.

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Properly more concerned than I was earlier, but it is still wait and

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see. Along the coast at great Yarmouth it is a similar picture.

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Police are visiting 9000 homes in the affected area to advise people

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to make arrangements to stay with relations of friends and evacuate

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for their own safety. We had 50,000 stand `` sandbags in stock and

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20,000 have been used within two hours. Back at the key, the last

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defence barriers are moved into place and the Fire Service

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reiterates its message for people to leave their homes.

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An evacuation has been set up at the high school here but the volunteer

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flood wardens say no one has left their homes yet. This may change

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their minds. The whole town has been given a flood alert although homes

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on the key have a severe flood warning. No trains are running north

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of Colchester to Norwich Clacton because of fallen trees and we are

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being told to leave the pub because it has been flooded drastically

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below. So, why is all this happening? Alex

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is here to explain. The concern is the coastal storm

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surge created by this area of low pressure in the North Sea. Beneath

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that, sea levels rise so we have a raised bulge of water being pushed

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directly onto the coastline by strong onshore winds whipping up big

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we've `` waves and it corresponds with high spring tides. It is a

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triple whammy of factors. That brings us the severe risk of coastal

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flooding. I will be back later. In Suffolk, a major incident centre

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has been declared. Police say 2000 properties could be be affected by

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flooding. On the key here this lunchtime, the

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talk was what the May `` next few hours may bring. They remember a

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previous flood and they know this evening 's ebbtide is critical. If

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the ebb tide cannot get out you have a stand of water already left going

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before the following spring tide and the surge so it compounds the high

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risk. If the ebbtide gets fully out it reduces the risk of breaching the

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wall. You will be watching keenly? Yes, we will watch the low tide and

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see the levels and that will give us an idea for planning in the small

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hours. Here, the high watermark of the 1953 flood remains on the walls

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and today they were preparing for a wall of water clearing the ground

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floor cellars. I know this is pretty serious and for me to open as

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quickly as possible after, I had to take all of these actions. Outside

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the town, dining hall catering staff at this school are preparing to look

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after local people advised to look after their homes. I am just pleased

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to be able to do something for the local community in this difficult

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time. I understand the warning is out for the next four `` 36 to 48

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hours so we will do everything we can to help the locals. The police

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are saying they are urging families on this stretch of coast to leave

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their homes tonight for their own safety. Special rest centres have

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also been set up. In ethics, the biggest evacuation is

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in Jaywick with people being urged to leave 2500 properties. Special

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rest centres are being set up and police say they will patrol the area

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is being cleared. The wind has been lashing Jaywick

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all day. In the early hours, it is feared storm watchers will reach

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nearly the top of the sea wall and so the decision was made to

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evacuate. Police officers are going to each of the properties here

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advising householders to leave and if they say they are staying, they

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are then asked to sign a declaration saying they have had the risk

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explain to them. The spectre of 1953 is never far

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from people 's minds here, but it seems they are used to storm

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warnings in Jaywick as the emergency services readied in a community

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centre, seemingly unconcerned residents played bingo. Most said

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they would stay put. You have to put up with it all year round. Just one

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day. I am not going to move out. Everyone around here is staying. We

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will help each other out. Leslie Jordan said she was staying because

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she didn't want to leave her birds and dog. Hopefully, this time

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tomorrow I won't be swimming in it. My home will still be standing. As

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darkness fell, police urged residents to take their advice and

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leave. Better to be safe than sorry. We plan for the worst and

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hope for the best. In these scenarios we want to make sure

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everyone is safe. And they should leave? The advice is based upon

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sound information based upon the `` from the Environment Agency. I would

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advise them urgently to leave. Some are heading for the Council rest

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centre but for those determined not to leave, it will be a nervous

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night. Let us speak to Julie Foley from the

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Environment Agency and she is in King's Lynn now. We heard from

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wealth that it is worse than expected. Is that the news you are

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getting? It is a very serious coastal surge event and it is really

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important people listen to the authorities and takes notice of our

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flood warnings. We have issued flood warnings across the whole of the

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East Coast and the number of severe ones. It is important people check

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the Environment Agency website as well as listening to the police and

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other authorities we have worked closely with. Is it worse than you

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expected? We have been monitoring `` monitoring the storm for a couple of

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days though it has been an opportunity to plan. It has enabled

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us to issue flood warnings and work with partners and other emergency

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services to make sure we are fully prepared. We have also checked all

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of our defences and they are all in good working order. I you confident

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that, with the defences, we won't get a repeat of what happened 60

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years ago? It is important to recognise it is a serious event and

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it is important people appreciate that. It is also important to

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realise our defences have been significantly improved in recent

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years as they have had significant investment. We are very prepared for

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this event. If anyone is concerned about what time they will get an

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event near them, all of the details are on your website? That is right

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and they should contact local authorities and listen to their

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local radio service. It is an important message from us and the

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communities and partners we work with that people stay safe and they

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do not go anywhere near the coast and recognise the importance of

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listening to evacuation notices from the police as well. Thank you very

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much. You can get up`to`date information

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throughout this evening and tonight by listening to your local BBC Radio

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station and there are special flood programmes running until the early

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hours of the morning with live updates also on your BBC local

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website. In other news: Police say formal

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identification of two bodies found in a burning car near Southend is

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likely to take weeks. They believe the pair may have been 45`year`old

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Catherine Mallaba from Zimbabwe and her 16`year`old son, Beki Ali.

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A ?26 million deal has been announced with Hewlett`Packard and

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Norfolk County Council. The council says ?10 million will be saved over

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five years. In football, another disappointing

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night for Norwich City. Luis Suarez had already scored two hat tricks

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against them. Last night, he did again. Final score, Liverpool five,

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Norwich one. Norwich now 16th in the Premier League.

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Lewis Suarez is a flawed genius perhaps but his talent is never in

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question. His performance last night lived up to his billing. Upped to

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his own tricks `` old tricks. That is absolutely stunning! Norwich

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fans no date cast their minds back to last April when he did the same.

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He has gone for the chip. Oh, what a goal! Back to last night and it

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wasn't long before he popped up again to make it two ` zero. A sense

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of inevitability for his third. Norwich are sick to the back teeth

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of him. Three hat tricks in four`day `` games against Norwich and the

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first Premier league player to do it against the same side. 3`0 down at

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half`time but here it `` Chris Hughton's side showed some

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character. On target and in the net. He has done it again. Norwich and

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some reward with Bradley Johnson scoring. But little consolation when

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Liverpool added a fifth. He is a world`class player and he's

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squirrels some goals that most players aren't capable of. You

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always accept that but I am probably more disappointed in the manner

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which we conceded. He is really, really happy. He has lovely

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enthusiasm and that is why we think so much of him. A familiar feeling,

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walking off with the match ball. Norwich will be relieved they won't

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see him again until April. Still to come: The News of the storm

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surges with Alex. We will also have the story of the

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Essex school and the missing time capsule.

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All this week we've been meeting the people on the short list to become

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the BBC East Unsung Sporting Hero. We've already met two people who

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coach netball. Tonight, it's the turn of gymnastics.

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Brenda Hughes has devoted more than 30 years to a gymnastics club in

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Northampton which caters for children with special needs. And her

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commitment has had amazing results. A big stretch, Sophie. That's it.

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It's difficult to say how many gymnasts render has guided over the

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years, but after 30 years of war maps it must run into the thousands.

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You get older and you think, will I give it up? But so long as your

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brain is on the ball and your body can cope, it keeps you active and

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alert and it fills my life out. I find it hard to miss it. Brenda is

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the heart and soul of Northampton 's Lings Forum Gymnastic Club, the only

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place which caters for special needs children is locally. She is an

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ambassador of gymnastics. She loves the sport and has a passion which is

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evident in the way she coaches and the relationship she has with

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parents and gymnasts. 14`year`old Eddie learned to point her toes and

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take the brunt `` plunge with Brenda and has her coach for the amazing

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display at the Olympics. I got five gold medals thanks to her and I had

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all the confidence from Brenda. 22 years ago, after I had my third

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daughter and she was down syndrome, I started a branch of this and we

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are the only one in the county, and only two in East Midlands, that have

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gymnasts with disabilities. It is her skill that working with girls

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with all abilities which stands out. Her commitment to gymnastics in

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Northamptonshire is huge. Describe how it felt when you realised you

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had been short listed? It was a big surprise. It knocked me for six

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because I am not the sort of people that is in the front line for

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anything. I organise in the background. She is wonderful and

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helped me with nearly everything. She is really special and a big part

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of my life. She always tells you to be happy and try your hardest.

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Brenda 's club is a happy club, small `` full of smiles: `` full of

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smiles, colour and opportunity. We'll be announcing the winner

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tomorrow night. There are 200 buildings which are officially

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listed as being "at risk" across the East, according to English Heritage.

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And tonight on BBC One, there's a programme about the campaigners

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hoping to save some of them. It's called Restoring England's

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Heritage. It features several important buildings in this region

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and it's presented by John Sergeant. When I spoke to him about the

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programme, he told me why he thinks people are now so interested in

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saving buildings which had been allowed to fall apart for years.

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I think people realise that, if you are not careful, the buildings up

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can go and lost forever. If you don't do work of this sort, the

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places you visit all look the same. The same shops on the high street,

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the same buildings and the stain `` same materials, but if you restore

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one of these old buildings, you can attract visitors more easily. You

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have seen different things in our part of the world, starting with

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something from the Second World War? Yes, the radar station in

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Suffolk built in 1937 and the first proper radar station in the world.

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Although the Germans didn't know that at the time, the network of

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radar stations, starting with board seat, would be the key factor in us

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winning the battle of Britain. Rhetorically something like that

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takes effort and money? Yes, they have worked for many years and they

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still haven't got it right because there is a lot of money involved and

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you can't expect to get much money from people who will then come to

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visit. So you need money from English Heritage and the not refund.

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I think is worth it. `` the lottery fund. The little gem in great

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Yarmouth? The Winter Gardens. What a terrific building that is. Crystal

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Palace started the craze for these buildings made of cast iron and

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plate glass and then every town wanted one, particularly a seaside

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resort like great Yarmouth. But they found one in Torquay which had

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already been built. In 1903, it was packed up and put onto barges and

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re`erected in great Yarmouth. If the restoration goes according to plan,

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it is the sort of fat `` the sort of thing that could attract visitors?

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The plan is for it to be made into a Winter Gardens again so it will have

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lots of plants, exotic plants and the Royal horticultural Society will

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be involved so you can't say better than that. It must be a delight for

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you to go around and see so many different things? And what gets you

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going is the volunteers because without them you don't get a

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restoration project. Also, you think how interesting it is that Saint

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Mary 's is an old church in Clophill and not used for 150 years. They

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will restore most of it but they will also build lodges,

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accommodation for visitors. So, give it a new use if you can. Thank you

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for your company. A couple of weeks ago, we told you

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about a junior school in Essex which had buried a time capsule 25 years

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ago. The only problem was, when they came to dig it up, they couldn't

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find it. You can imagine, everybody at

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Writtle Junior School near Chelmsford was very disappointed.

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This report from Mike Liggins. In October, pupils, former pupils

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and staff gathered to celebrate 25 years of the school. They thought it

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would be fun to dig up a capsule buried in 1988. We all had to think

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or make something to put into the Time Capsule. It had a first and

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second class stamp in it because I remember thinking recently it would

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be interesting to see what they were. They started digging and they

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kept digging, but no sign of the capsule. Before the school grounds

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became a muddy heap they stopped digging. Retail heritage were called

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and they threw everything at the problem. A super`duper metal

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detector and Olivia helped out with divining rods and, guess what? They

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found the capsule? They are incredible. Really intelligent. They

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always cross over and you think, what will they do? The findings of

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the detector were conformed `` confirmed by the dowsing rods. Dug

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it up and low and behold! That is what we had. The children were

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really inquisitive to find out what had been put in there. Now we can

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have a look at the contents, pack them up and rebury them with a new

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Time Capsule. In the capsule, was a copy of the Daily Telegraph, a train

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ticket, a stamp and a Star Wars toy. The capsule is being reburied with

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the new items in the New Year. Perhaps a map and a very big sign

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saying where might be a very good idea!

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Back to our top story and the tidal surge. Last time we spoke to Debbie

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she was being told to leave the pub. Have you left now?

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Yes, the water came over the key and hour and a half earlier than

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expected. There is already five feet of water there and the road behind

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me, the main road, has three feet of water. People behind me have been

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evacuated from the pub because the electricity has gone off and the

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whole town is on flood alert. It could be a lot worse here than

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expected. Thank you very much.

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That is the situation in Wales. Alex is here.

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Thank you. We have had a deepening area of low pressure bringing strong

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winds across the region. 72 mph gusts recorded at Wattisham. Coastal

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flooding has already caused problems in Wales. `` Wells.

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A bulge of water is being pushed towards the coast line in strong

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onshore winds. Of course, it is coinciding with high tides and that

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is where the risk becomes highest. If we have a reminder of when the

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high tides are. Right the way through the evening. It does not

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mean when flooding can occur as there may be a delay. Further down

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the coast, you can see high tides over the next few hours into the

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early hours. It will also get very cold tonight

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because the weather front has brought in lots of cold arctic air.

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For many of us temperatures will fall below freezing. We didn't have

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a lot of rainfall earlier but it brings the risk of icy patches and

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the risk of a frost. The winds will ease this evening and overnight.

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Remaining windy across the North Norfolk coast but not as windy as

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today. Into tomorrow morning, we start clear and bright but bitterly

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cold. Temperatures are not expected to get higher than three or four

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Celsius tomorrow. We will see some sunshine. Wind coming from a

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north`westerly direction. Breezy around the coast but a moderate wind

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for most. Dry into the afternoon with dry and sunny spells to come.

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High pressure builds backing so the cloud comes back. Cold on Friday but

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temperatures recovering. The wind will be lighter and we may well see

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bright and sunny spells but as we get to the beginning of next week,

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temperatures declined just `` temperatures climb to double

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figures. With cloud around, temperatures will not be quite so

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low. With any flooding concerns, here is the flat line number.

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And you will be back on the late bulletin tonight.

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Please don't go anywhere to film anything tonight, but if you get

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some good pictures, we would love to see them. Good night.

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