:00:00. > :00:00.the oppression of one by another. The sun shall never set
:00:00. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to Look East, live tonight from the East Anglian coast.
:00:12. > :00:22.And, after a night of surging tides, it looks very much like we got away
:00:23. > :00:30.with it. The dramatic moment when this household could only watch as
:00:31. > :00:36.it was swept away. We will take you along the coast, county by county,
:00:37. > :00:43.for reports about how the region was affected. The emergencies Minister
:00:44. > :00:54.talks to us about the operation to keep communities safe. And I am here
:00:55. > :00:55.with the other news. Including the day that Nelson Mandela came to
:00:56. > :01:22.town. Hello and welcome to Great Yarmouth.
:01:23. > :01:26.You can see the river behind me. As the crow flies, the seaside is a
:01:27. > :01:29.mile in that direction/ For the people living here, and along the
:01:30. > :01:34.East Anglian coast, this has been a very worrying 24 hours. The water
:01:35. > :01:45.was right up here last night. You can see the debris. It was one of
:01:46. > :01:52.those nights where we all feared the worst. But we did very well. Last
:01:53. > :01:55.night, they faced the most serious tidal surge since 1953, when coastal
:01:56. > :02:10.communities were inundated and hundreds perished. We were filling
:02:11. > :02:13.the villagers of Hemsby in the local pub as they raised funds,
:02:14. > :02:17.ironically, for new sea defences. We went to the beach and were shocked
:02:18. > :02:20.by what we saw. This is a seriously high tide. Ferocious. Just look at
:02:21. > :02:24.the power of the water. It's cutting into the beach. Imagine living up on
:02:25. > :02:27.the cliff, right on the edge. While we're standing here, the lifeboat
:02:28. > :02:30.hut is literally tipping into the sea. The high tide has chiselled
:02:31. > :02:33.away underneath the foundations. It's literally tipping up as we
:02:34. > :02:37.stand here. Earlier in the day, we'd been filming with Jackie and Steve.
:02:38. > :02:42.Their house is right on the edge of the Dunes. I went with them to see
:02:43. > :02:49.if it was OK. Jackie's going in now. Hang on. They're close. The back of
:02:50. > :03:01.their house has gone... That's very unstable. What are we going to do
:03:02. > :03:12.now? I can't believe it. What's happened? We don't know. We're not
:03:13. > :03:17.prepared. Where do you go tonight? Somewhere safe? People have offered
:03:18. > :03:44.to have us. Heartbreaking. If you want to see the full report
:03:45. > :03:55.that will be on the One Show later. This report is from Norfolk.
:03:56. > :04:01.This was home to Stephen and Jackie. Last night, the bungalow to a dive
:04:02. > :04:06.off the sand dunes into the sea. Before it feel, local people had
:04:07. > :04:13.formed a human chain to help remove some of the positions. Have you lost
:04:14. > :04:26.everything? Yes. Everything is invested in the. `` in there. I am
:04:27. > :04:35.shell`shocked. Another home was engulfed next door. We watched for
:04:36. > :04:44.half an hour. The sea lifted it up into the water. We couldn't believe
:04:45. > :04:49.it. The sea carried it away. On the beach, what remains of the old
:04:50. > :04:53.lifeboat station has now become a tourist attraction. This was the
:04:54. > :05:00.high tide earlier this morning. The problem is still an over. Last
:05:01. > :05:07.night, the waves rose above what was expected. This is the main road.
:05:08. > :05:12.Several shots were flooded. This home received the full force of the
:05:13. > :05:22.water. The first time in 50 years. We didn't expect it. I know we were
:05:23. > :05:30.warned that we didn't expect it. `` but we didn't expect it. I've never
:05:31. > :05:39.known it to come up as high as this. This view a film these pictures of
:05:40. > :05:46.the sea becoming over Cromer Pier. `` coming over. In King's Lynn the
:05:47. > :05:52.sea defences struggled. Many places were without power. Workmen are
:05:53. > :06:10.senior recovering storm defence panels, damaged by last nights
:06:11. > :06:16.storms. `` last night's. I came across from Suffolk earlier and
:06:17. > :06:37.there were problems on the roads. Traffic jams. Here's a report from
:06:38. > :06:40.Suffolk. Water pours through a breach in the river wall at
:06:41. > :06:43.Southwold after a night few will forget. Among them, Richard Burrell
:06:44. > :06:47.` exhausted after spending all night on board to save his boat from being
:06:48. > :06:51.washed away. In the early hours of this morning I saw a haystack going
:06:52. > :06:54.down the river. Out to sea. At the Harbour Inn, a muddy mess. They'd
:06:55. > :06:57.cleared the furniture yesterday, but the speed of the surge was still
:06:58. > :07:00.shocking. We were about five`and`a`half feet under where
:07:01. > :07:04.we're standing at the moment. It was racing around the back. I thought
:07:05. > :07:07.enough's enough ` let's get out. Mike Pickles says if it was a few
:07:08. > :07:14.inches higher, they could have lost everything. It came up very high.
:07:15. > :07:18.Any higher and it would have been a disaster. A breach in the river wall
:07:19. > :07:22.shut the A12 at Blythburgh. And near Ipswich, motorists struggled
:07:23. > :07:27.through. At Felixstowe, the sailing club was left ankle deep in water.
:07:28. > :07:39.Today they were taking stock of the damage. I thought there would be no
:07:40. > :07:42.problems. Also flooded, the Felixstowe Ferry Cafe ` built
:07:43. > :07:55.shortly after the 1953 North Sea surge. This building here was washed
:07:56. > :08:04.away during the 1953 floods. The existing building replaced it. It
:08:05. > :08:08.was a pre`fab bungalow. Back at Southwold, the sea is still
:08:09. > :08:23.menacing. People are still on edge. They know this was a close call.
:08:24. > :08:31.Lots of us will have seen the famous pictures from 1953. There was
:08:32. > :08:36.devastation in Jaywick. Yesterday, the police were going round and
:08:37. > :08:40.asking people to leave their homes for their safety. We saw that some
:08:41. > :08:46.people did not want to leave their homes. They wanted to stay. As it
:08:47. > :08:58.happened, it wasn't as bad as people field. `` feared. By the early
:08:59. > :09:01.hours, the storm surge was lapping at the foot of the sea wall at
:09:02. > :09:05.Jaywick. It's unprecedented in the time I've been here. Four and a half
:09:06. > :09:09.years. Even the Chief Constable was urging locals to heed the warnings
:09:10. > :09:12.and leave the area. All along the East Coast, officers are
:09:13. > :09:14.recommending you get out. Take their advice. Secure your belongings. The
:09:15. > :09:18.decision to evacuate Jaywick was taken yesterday afternoon. Many
:09:19. > :09:22.residents vowed to stay but as evening closed in some decided it
:09:23. > :09:29.was better to be safe than sorry. They headed to the council's rescue
:09:30. > :09:33.centre. `` rest centre. 400 was the maximum we got to. Great community
:09:34. > :09:39.spirit. A few moans as you would expect but we had people from two or
:09:40. > :09:43.three years old to 103. These five evacuees said they'd had a sleepless
:09:44. > :09:51.night but been looked after very well. They weren't going home
:09:52. > :10:01.hungry! They laid on a dinner. Tea and coffee all night. Biscuits and
:10:02. > :10:08.bacon rolls too. It's a team spirit. Everybody's kind. It's like a home
:10:09. > :10:12.from home. The sea wall here at Jaywick did its job. You can see
:10:13. > :10:21.from this line of foam how close the water got to the top. There was
:10:22. > :10:24.flooding, however, on Mersea Island near Colchester. This morning, this
:10:25. > :10:33.woman could wade across her living room. It came up from the cellar. I
:10:34. > :10:38.knew there was nothing I could do. The sea had got me. This afternoon,
:10:39. > :10:42.another high tide on the road leading to Mersea Island. A reminder
:10:43. > :10:56.that the danger isn't quite over yet. Later in the programme I'll be
:10:57. > :11:04.speaking to the Environment Agency about our coastal sea defences. If
:11:05. > :11:10.you are worried about that we will have the information. The Minister
:11:11. > :11:14.in charge of the emergency services is Brandon Lewis, who also happens
:11:15. > :11:21.to be the local MP. It was a busy night for you? All of the emergency
:11:22. > :11:30.services, and all those who worked around the country, it all came
:11:31. > :11:35.together. All of the people on the ground deserve massive credit. There
:11:36. > :11:41.will be some people who are homeless... Their homes have been
:11:42. > :11:50.ruined. What is your message to them? I was in an evacuation centre
:11:51. > :11:53.last night. Fortunately we have been able to get some really great
:11:54. > :12:00.community spirit together. People who have chalets are opening them
:12:01. > :12:11.up. That is what to do that the community spirit has been fantastic.
:12:12. > :12:26.`` There is work to do. There has been a lot of money invested since
:12:27. > :12:33.1953. A paid dividends last night? Yes. Everybody did a fantastic job.
:12:34. > :12:42.The committee worked really hard. They listen to other advice. ``
:12:43. > :12:49.community. Can we keep spending money on keeping the sea at bay? We
:12:50. > :12:52.need to make sure that people are safe. The work that the Environment
:12:53. > :12:57.Agency are doing next year is helping to protect 50,000 homes in
:12:58. > :13:03.Great Yarmouth. When we do have this kind of situation we can be safer in
:13:04. > :13:10.our homes. That is important. Is that happening around the country?
:13:11. > :13:14.This is specific work in Great Yarmouth. But that is what being
:13:15. > :13:20.done all over the country. It makes a big difference. Especially when we
:13:21. > :13:27.have situations like this. Have you seen anything else that has been
:13:28. > :13:33.going on today? I have been all over. Visiting evacuation centres
:13:34. > :13:36.and front line areas. There was water coming over just a few hundred
:13:37. > :13:43.yards from you. But examples all over. But what has been consistent
:13:44. > :13:51.has been the community spirit. Everybody has worked well together.
:13:52. > :13:58.They deserve huge credit. Some people will be looking forward to
:13:59. > :14:01.Christmas but not in the own homes? Unfortunately so. There has to be
:14:02. > :14:07.worked on to make sure they have somewhere for Christmas. `` work
:14:08. > :14:15.done. Hopefully everybody else's home as they are in Great Yarmouth.
:14:16. > :14:23.It is a bitterly cold evening. I am grateful for you talking to us. We
:14:24. > :14:30.will be back there later. Now back to the studio.
:14:31. > :14:32.People from around the world have been paying tribute today to the
:14:33. > :14:36.South African statesman Nelson Mandela. In his lifetime, Mr Mandela
:14:37. > :14:39.came to our region on several occasions, and wherever he went he
:14:40. > :14:43.had a warm welcome. Nelson Mandela inspired millions of people around
:14:44. > :14:46.the world. But he was also inspired by many people from this region,
:14:47. > :14:52.which is why he visited several times after his release from jail in
:14:53. > :14:56.South Africa in 1990. In 1997, when he was President of South Africa, he
:14:57. > :15:01.came to the University of Essex with his friend. She was being given an
:15:02. > :15:10.Honorary Doctorate by the University for her work in Children's Rights.
:15:11. > :15:14.`` Children's Human Rights. How has your visit been, Mr President? This
:15:15. > :15:19.is the person you should ask! A year later, Michelle and Mandela were
:15:20. > :15:22.married. In 2000, a year after he retired as President, he came to
:15:23. > :15:26.Bedford. 10,000 people crammed into the town centre to see him. He came
:15:27. > :15:29.to pay tribute to Archbishop Trevor Huddlestone, who was born in Bedford
:15:30. > :15:32.and worked in South Africa to support Mandela and the
:15:33. > :15:36.anti`Apartheid campaign. Mandela said of him, 'no white person has
:15:37. > :15:42.done more for South Africa than Trevor Huddlestone'. I'm very
:15:43. > :15:50.honoured to be here today. To pay homage to the memory of a great man.
:15:51. > :15:52.Since 1995, Magdalene College in Cambridge has awarded scholarships
:15:53. > :15:58.named after Mandela to graduates from South Africa. In 2001, he was
:15:59. > :16:02.made an Honorary Fellow of the College. He said he was nervous
:16:03. > :16:08.about receiving the honour because of his history. I have a bad
:16:09. > :16:15.criminal record. LAUGHTER... Mandela's magic then
:16:16. > :16:21.inspired the Cambridge dons in an impromptu dance. A year later, and
:16:22. > :16:24.looking frail, he returned to England at House in Northamptonshire
:16:25. > :16:27.` the final resting place for another inspiration for him, because
:16:28. > :16:36.of her campaigning on landmines and AIDS. Diana, Princess of Wales. When
:16:37. > :16:48.I got the news that she had died in an accident, I was completely
:16:49. > :16:53.devastated. So the fact that I've come here now, to say goodbye to
:16:54. > :17:03.her, is something very significant. Unforgettable. Nelson Mandela ` who
:17:04. > :17:07.died yesterday. A man has been jailed for ten years
:17:08. > :17:09.after admitting the rape of a 12`year`old girl he met through
:17:10. > :17:12.social media. 31`year`old Robert Fulton from Lowestoft admitted using
:17:13. > :17:15.Facebook to make contact with the victim. He was sentenced today at
:17:16. > :17:18.Norwich Crown Court. The police said the girl had been left devastated by
:17:19. > :17:21.the incident. Firefighters in Cambridgeshire are
:17:22. > :17:24.to go on strike in the run up to Christmas. The Fire Brigades Union
:17:25. > :17:28.has announced two evening walk`outs in December. It's in a dispute over
:17:29. > :17:31.pensions and the age of retirement. They'll take action next Friday and
:17:32. > :17:46.Saturday night, between 6pm and 10pm. An exhibition at the Norfolk
:17:47. > :17:49.home of masterpieces is being dismantled after attracting its
:17:50. > :17:58.highest number of visitors. The collection was owned by written's
:17:59. > :18:08.first Prime Minister. The lengthy process of dismantling a
:18:09. > :18:12.priceless exhibition. The last five paintings are being carefully
:18:13. > :18:19.removed and are going to be shipped back to Russia and America this
:18:20. > :18:26.week. This painting was displayed in the common parlour. These people
:18:27. > :18:35.have to check for any damage before it is wrapped in film and placed in
:18:36. > :18:38.a creek. `` crate. It was once the greatest collection in Europe but
:18:39. > :18:50.had to be sold to save the family home. More than 7000 pieces, mainly
:18:51. > :18:54.paintings, were released by the State Hermitage of Saint Petersburg.
:18:55. > :19:02.It is one of the world 's oldest museums. It is the first thing that
:19:03. > :19:16.any museum in the world has led so many pieces. `` lent. It is a first
:19:17. > :19:22.for Russia. Things from England are going to travel to Russia in the
:19:23. > :19:26.near future. 115,000 visitors travelled from all over the world to
:19:27. > :19:31.see this collection. More than they anticipated. The exhibition was
:19:32. > :19:37.extended by two months. The paintings will make the 1700 mile
:19:38. > :19:42.journey on to Russia. In climate controlled trucks. It is probably
:19:43. > :19:47.the last thing we will see this artwork exhibited here in a
:19:48. > :19:52.lifetime. `` last time. `` our lifetime.
:19:53. > :19:55.In football, Norwich boss Chris Hughton insists he's working hard to
:19:56. > :19:58.improve the club's away record. The Canaries have suffered a series of
:19:59. > :20:03.heavy defeats. Tomorrow, they head to West Brom in the Premier League.
:20:04. > :20:06.Arsenal set the trend... Ozil has two... Arsenal have four... The
:20:07. > :20:13.torture continued at Manchester City... It's seven! At this moment
:20:14. > :20:22.it's hurting. I, as manager, take full responsibility. Liverpool and
:20:23. > :20:25.Suarez also made them pay. Norwich have lost six or their seven away
:20:26. > :20:31.games, conceding 21 goals ` more than any other Premier League team.
:20:32. > :20:37.The statistics speak for themselves. We're on the back of a big defeat in
:20:38. > :20:47.Manchester. One in Liverpool as well. We have to defend better. Be
:20:48. > :20:52.organised. Making it tougher for teams away from home. The manager
:20:53. > :20:55.says he and his team are working hard behind the scenes to address
:20:56. > :21:01.their frailties. They'll move above West Brom if they can win at the
:21:02. > :21:09.Hawthorns. I want to see a reaction. We've done that at times this
:21:10. > :21:14.season. I want to see a performance that gives us a good chance of
:21:15. > :21:18.winning the game. Mick McCarthy has got Ipswich moving the right way `
:21:19. > :21:21.three wins in four and the Championship play`offs in sight.
:21:22. > :21:25.They face Huddersfield tomorrow. We've got consistency now and we're
:21:26. > :21:30.winning games. We may not be playing pretty football, like Real Madrid,
:21:31. > :21:35.but winning is all that matters. And for six sides a place in the FA Cup
:21:36. > :21:38.third round is at stake. Non`league Cambridge United are hoping to cause
:21:39. > :21:45.an upset against Sheffield United. They're struggling in League One.
:21:46. > :21:50.This week we've been featuring the candidates short listed for the BBC
:21:51. > :21:54.East Sports Unsung Hero Award. And we can tell you tonight that the
:21:55. > :21:57.winner is Gloria Keech from Bedford who runs the Hertfordshire Mavericks
:21:58. > :22:00.Netball team. Gloria is now up for the National Unsung title at the
:22:01. > :22:04.annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Gloria received her
:22:05. > :22:14.trophy at the Hertfordshire Sports Awards last night. You've won the
:22:15. > :22:25.BBC East Sports Unsung Hero Award! Our Unsung Hero for the East is
:22:26. > :22:29.Gloria! Well done to her. I'm back with the Look East late news at
:22:30. > :22:38.10:25pm. Now though, we can re`join Stewart in Great Yarmouth.
:22:39. > :22:42.Welcome back to Great Yarmouth, where things are returning to normal
:22:43. > :22:45.after a night of worry about the tidal surge. Steve Hayman is from
:22:46. > :22:55.the Environment Agency. How did this compare with 1953? In several places
:22:56. > :23:04.we have seen levels that were higher in 1953 `` than 1953. In Essex it is
:23:05. > :23:12.a bit lower. We were concerned about high take that it has passed OK? It
:23:13. > :23:19.didn't come as high as we thought. We are pleased to see that levels
:23:20. > :23:24.are returning to normal. As far as the Environment Agency is concerned,
:23:25. > :23:34.everything went to plan? We always learn lessons. We are pleased with
:23:35. > :23:41.both the accuracy of the warnings that we got out and the timeliness.
:23:42. > :23:45.Compared with 1953, when there was a terrible loss of life, largely due
:23:46. > :23:51.to the fact that people had no warning, this time we have seen a
:23:52. > :24:03.major event and there has been no loss of life CDs injury. `` or
:24:04. > :24:09.serious injury. Some people have no home to go home to tonight. But it
:24:10. > :24:15.is better to have taken the precaution to leave? If you have
:24:16. > :24:24.seen the height of the Tate last night, against the defences, in that
:24:25. > :24:35.situation you have two error on the side of caution. `` to err on the
:24:36. > :24:42.side of caution. `` height of the tide. It came very close to this
:24:43. > :24:49.barrier. It would not have taken much more to come over? No. But our
:24:50. > :24:55.forecasts are always getting better. You cannot be incredibly precise
:24:56. > :25:05.about these things. We have two allow a bit of leeway. Very
:25:06. > :25:11.importantly, the way we worked with the emergency services and the local
:25:12. > :25:20.authorities was a real team effort. Thank you to everybody for their
:25:21. > :25:32.hard work. No time for the weather. `` Now time for the weather.
:25:33. > :25:55.At King 's Lynn, here are the times for the high tides. If you do have
:25:56. > :26:02.any concerns, you can call the Floodline. In terms of temperatures,
:26:03. > :26:14.it is going to be quite cold. A week weather front. `` weak. Isolated
:26:15. > :26:19.showers. Overnight temperatures for some of us, particularly across
:26:20. > :26:25.Norfolk, maybe below freezing. Possibly some icy patches. For more
:26:26. > :26:31.of us the temperatures are recovering. We start tomorrow quite
:26:32. > :26:39.cold. There will be bright spells. Temperatures recovering. Some sunny
:26:40. > :26:47.spells developing. A lot of cloud. Slightly milder direction for the
:26:48. > :26:57.wind. In the afternoon, it looks largely dry and the late. `` dry and
:26:58. > :27:04.bright. Temperatures of around nine Celsius for the start of next week.
:27:05. > :27:11.High pressure is across the region. That means cloudy conditions
:27:12. > :27:18.continue. Not a lot going on. Much calmer. With enough cloud around,
:27:19. > :27:33.most of us should be free from a frost. Back to Stuart. As far as the
:27:34. > :27:39.Environment Agency is concerned, the tides are back to normal. It has
:27:40. > :27:41.been a worrying few days but thankfully we have all come through
:27:42. > :27:46.it alive and well. Goodbye.