:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: Trains
:00:10. > :00:12.cancelled, bridges closed, flood alerts in place and warnings. This
:00:13. > :00:15.could be the toughest Christmas getaway in years.
:00:16. > :00:18.21 years after their daughter was murdered. The parents of Johanna
:00:19. > :00:33.Young appeal for help to catch her killer. There must be somebody
:00:34. > :00:37.somewhere with some information. Pressure on A We were on the
:00:38. > :00:40.wards at Peteborough City Hospital on what the experts called "Black
:00:41. > :00:44.Friday". And a window on another world. The
:00:45. > :00:56.tiny village, and a giant advent calendar.
:00:57. > :01:03.Hello, first tonight a warning of travel chaos to come as gale force
:01:04. > :01:07.winds start to batter the region. The wind has been getting stronger
:01:08. > :01:10.and the rain has been getting heavier all afternoon. The Dartford
:01:11. > :01:14.Crossing bridge on the M25 was closed just after 1pm. Lots of
:01:15. > :01:19.railway services have either been cancelled or changed. And the worst
:01:20. > :01:24.is still to come with wind speeds likely to peak overnight. The fear
:01:25. > :01:29.is we could wake up to flooding tomorrow morning. This report is
:01:30. > :01:34.from Debbie Tubby. These are the last few trains running to schedule
:01:35. > :01:37.this afternoon. Many services have now been cancelled or altered `
:01:38. > :01:41.there will also be no trains running tomorrow morning until 10am. Running
:01:42. > :01:45.at lower speeds is the most sensible thing to do. It's safe as well. It
:01:46. > :01:49.means we can't run the full timetable so there are alterations
:01:50. > :01:52.in place this evening. During the storm in October, 200 trees fell on
:01:53. > :01:59.the region's rail network and many homes were left without electricity.
:02:00. > :02:06.UK Power Network says it has brought in extra staff to repair any damage
:02:07. > :02:09.tonight and man its call centre. This afternoon, the QE2 bridge at
:02:10. > :02:14.Dartford was closed. It will stay that way until 4am tomorrow morning.
:02:15. > :02:19.Essex Police say the tunnels will remain open. Congestion is expected.
:02:20. > :02:29.The Highways Agency will make a decision later tonight on whether to
:02:30. > :02:32.close the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk. WeatherQuest says the strongest
:02:33. > :02:39.winds will hit between midnight and 2am. Much of central and western
:02:40. > :02:45.East Anglia will be getting 50 to 60 mile per hour winds. At the coast,
:02:46. > :02:52.it's about 70 miles per hour for the top winds. Fairly damaging. Drivers
:02:53. > :02:57.are also being warned to be aware of surface water. Unlike the floods
:02:58. > :03:00.caused by the tidal surge two weeks ago, the Environment Agency says
:03:01. > :03:07.this time the concern is the heavy bursts of rain. As that water makes
:03:08. > :03:11.its way down to the rivers, we need to be vigilant. We will be. We'll
:03:12. > :03:16.issue the appropriate alerts and warnings. We want to make sure we
:03:17. > :03:19.get the message out to the general public. At Norwich International,
:03:20. > :03:31.flights to Manchester have been cancelled and passengers will now be
:03:32. > :03:34.taken by coach. For the latest on the railways we can go to Kevin
:03:35. > :03:51.Burch who's at Ipswich Station. How's it looking Kevin? Frustrating.
:03:52. > :03:57.This has been a lot of anger here. `` There has been. It has been a
:03:58. > :04:06.horrible night. Not a lot of festive cheer. People wanted to get home but
:04:07. > :04:12.they haven't been able to do that. One guy said he left London at two
:04:13. > :04:18.o'clock and he has only just got here. Part of that has just been
:04:19. > :04:26.because of the broken down train. Major problems in Essex. Many
:04:27. > :04:31.services are disrupted. Replacement buses in place. It is all expected
:04:32. > :04:39.to go until nine o'clock this evening. I listened to the news this
:04:40. > :04:43.morning and I turned it off because I was getting frightened. But it was
:04:44. > :04:47.all ok. Not too bad. A little wait here and there. No trains till
:04:48. > :04:50.10am... I can't open up my business. No notice, either. It's not good
:04:51. > :04:56.enough. The government has to step in and do something about it. It's
:04:57. > :05:01.no good to the paying customer. Will you travel tomorrow? No. My business
:05:02. > :05:06.is closed and I can't travel. I've got to give people the day off. On a
:05:07. > :05:11.busy Christmas travelling day it's going to be very disruptive. You
:05:12. > :05:15.want it to be running as smooth as possible, and for them to keep
:05:16. > :05:25.disruptions to a minimum. In my experience, it's all fine. You're
:05:26. > :05:34.better safe than sorry. There have been some problems early on at the
:05:35. > :05:47.Orwell Bridge. Egg is now closed to high sided vehicles. `` it is now.
:05:48. > :05:54.No trains running until ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Elsewhere, here
:05:55. > :06:09.are some other problems. And you can get more information by
:06:10. > :06:12.going to BBC News online, where the weather is the lead story on the
:06:13. > :06:15.home page. Tomorrow morning you can also listen to the Breakfast Shows
:06:16. > :06:19.on BBC Radio Norfolk, Radio Suffolk or BBC Essex to get the latest on
:06:20. > :06:23.the disruption where you live. The parents of a 14`year`old from
:06:24. > :06:28.Norfolk who went missing 21 years ago tonight have made a new appeal
:06:29. > :06:31.for help in finding her killer. Joanna Young disappeared after
:06:32. > :06:34.failing to turn up for her morning paper round in the town of Watton.
:06:35. > :06:40.Her body was discovered three days later in a frozen pond. Johanna
:06:41. > :06:45.Young opening her Christmas presents in an old family video. But 21 years
:06:46. > :06:50.ago, her presents remained unopened at the end of her bed. She had gone
:06:51. > :06:55.into Watton town centre on a cold and foggy night on the 23rd of
:06:56. > :06:58.December. Then she failed to turn up for her morning paper round. On
:06:59. > :07:03.Boxing Day, her partially`clothed body was found face down in a frozen
:07:04. > :07:08.pond. A postmortem showed she'd suffered a fractured skull and died
:07:09. > :07:14.from drowning. After the shocking discovery, a special service was
:07:15. > :07:18.held at Wotton St Mary's Church. We pray today for the family of
:07:19. > :07:23.Johanna. We remember Robert and Carol during this time of grief. We
:07:24. > :07:33.pray for the police as they seek to find and apprehend the person
:07:34. > :07:44.responsible. She came into the doorway... She asked if it was all
:07:45. > :07:52.right if she went out. I said yes. You said don't be late. Then she
:07:53. > :07:57.went off. Johanna's siblings have given their parents the gift of
:07:58. > :08:00.grandchildren. But Robert and Carol still mourn the loss of Johanna and
:08:01. > :08:06.the life she might have lived. 21 years on, they still hope somebody
:08:07. > :08:09.can give them answers. There must be somebody, somewhere with a little
:08:10. > :08:17.bit of information that may help the police ` to help find out who did
:08:18. > :08:28.murder Johanna. Somebody knows something. Somebody knows who did
:08:29. > :08:34.it. Why can't they tell? It would mean a lot, to have it all sorted.
:08:35. > :08:38.For her to get the justice she deserves. I urge people to come
:08:39. > :08:43.forward, to bring those people to justice. Also to provide the family
:08:44. > :08:48.with answers about what happened to their 14`year`old daughter. She was
:08:49. > :08:56.a vibrant, young, carefree teenager, full of life and energy. They miss
:08:57. > :09:00.her deeply. On Christmas Day, Robert will go to St Mary's Churchyard
:09:01. > :09:09.where Johanna is buried. He'll talk to her as he does on every Christmas
:09:10. > :09:17.and birthday. He and Carol dream of getting an answer to the question of
:09:18. > :09:21.who killed his daughter. Colchester Zoo has told the BBC it
:09:22. > :09:25.stands by its decision not to tell visitors about the escape of some of
:09:26. > :09:28.its wolves last month. Five timber wolves broke free from their
:09:29. > :09:31.enclosure at the end of November. Three of them were shot dead.
:09:32. > :09:35.Visitors inside the zoo were told it was a medical emergency. The police
:09:36. > :09:39.were told about the escape at 8am but the zoo stayed open until 3pm
:09:40. > :09:42.that afternoon. A couple from Norfolk who lost
:09:43. > :09:45.everything when their home was destroyed in the tidal surge say
:09:46. > :09:49.they are amazed by the kindness of other people. Wesley Woods and Helen
:09:50. > :09:52.Robinson, who live in Walcott, now have a new home filled with
:09:53. > :09:57.furniture which has been donated. Walcott, on the north Norfolk coast,
:09:58. > :10:00.was badly hit by the storm surge. Look East filmed a couple whose
:10:01. > :10:07.caravan was destroyed. But they were already amazed by the kindness of
:10:08. > :10:11.strangers. We've been given clothes... Coats... One guy we
:10:12. > :10:15.didn't even know walked up and gave us the contents of his wallet. That
:10:16. > :10:23.was just the start. Kindness has put clothes on my family's back and
:10:24. > :10:28.filled this new home with furniture. It's restored my faith in human
:10:29. > :10:35.nature. We've had a dining table. Presents. The kindness people have
:10:36. > :10:40.been showing... Amazing. We've had the arms of the community wrapped
:10:41. > :10:44.around us and we feel nice and warm. Fridge freezer from a lady who
:10:45. > :10:51.helped us on the first night when we had nowhere to stay. People turning
:10:52. > :11:03.up with cups and mugs. Dishes as well. Pots and pans. All of these
:11:04. > :11:11.things. Everything you can see. I've got so much. Amazing kindness. It'll
:11:12. > :11:20.be a much better Christmas than you envisaged a few weeks ago? So much
:11:21. > :11:24.better. I feel on top of the world. At a local pub, musical firefighters
:11:25. > :11:28.raised money for a flood fund which has already reached six figures. The
:11:29. > :11:42.fear here, though, is that it won't be long before the community is
:11:43. > :11:45.tested again. Still to come on the programme
:11:46. > :11:48.tonight: Chris Bell will be here with the latest on those storms.
:11:49. > :11:52.And in football, another manager bites the dust. Aidy Boothroyd pays
:11:53. > :12:04.the price after a torrid season at Northampton Town.
:12:05. > :12:07.Hospital managers have been warning for months about the building
:12:08. > :12:10.pressure in our Accident and Emergency departments this winter.
:12:11. > :12:13.And we were warned that last weekend would be particularly bad ` so much
:12:14. > :12:18.so that they were predicting last Friday would be 'Black Friday'. But
:12:19. > :12:21.what was the reality for the NHS? Well, we were on the wards at
:12:22. > :12:35.Peterborough City Hospital. Jo Taylor has this report. It's only
:12:36. > :12:38.8pm and the place is full. This woman is having breathing
:12:39. > :12:42.difficulties. She has a history of health problems. In the next
:12:43. > :12:48.cubicle, a man has been brought in uncoscious. He's been in a road
:12:49. > :12:52.accident and is being taken for a scan to assess how badly injured he
:12:53. > :12:56.is. The Emergency Department has seen more than a 50% rise in the
:12:57. > :13:00.number of people turning up over the Christmas fortnight over the last
:13:01. > :13:08.five years. When I first started we had a minor injury unit and another
:13:09. > :13:14.area... It was rare to use it, never mind fill. This is three times the
:13:15. > :13:17.size and full. This man is worried about redness following a hernia
:13:18. > :13:23.operation. He called the non`emergency 111 number and told
:13:24. > :13:33.not to come here. They said a GP would ring us in six hours. We
:13:34. > :13:44.didn't want to wait. We were a bit concerned. So we came down here and
:13:45. > :13:48.hopefully we will be seen soon. One in ten who turn up do not need to.
:13:49. > :14:02.The problem is that doctors deal with are getting more serious. We
:14:03. > :14:12.have got a wide range of patients. Patients with cases revolving around
:14:13. > :14:20.XS alcohol and many other things. `` excess alcohol. Dominic was a week
:14:21. > :14:38.after row. He is being transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital. That is
:14:39. > :14:45.life. But they are not able to save everybody. There are two deaths this
:14:46. > :14:49.evening. It was quite moving for us. The patient had died but they were
:14:50. > :15:00.still very grateful. That is touching. If we don't feel like that
:15:01. > :15:05.then we shouldn't be nurses. By midnight, another 40 patients have
:15:06. > :15:12.come through the door. It is a typical Friday night for staff as
:15:13. > :15:15.they head towards Christmas. Dr Dan Poulter is a Health Minister. He's
:15:16. > :15:19.also the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. Late this afternoon,
:15:20. > :15:22.I asked what we could do about so many people going to A when they
:15:23. > :15:26.don't need to. It's absolutely right that if someone is unwell they
:15:27. > :15:30.should be seen quickly. That's what A is for. But the challenge is to
:15:31. > :15:33.help people understand that it's not in their interests ` or the
:15:34. > :15:36.interests of other, sick patients ` to put extra pressure on A for
:15:37. > :15:43.routine complaints like a sore throat. The appropriate thing to do
:15:44. > :15:47.is go to see their GP the next morning. Part of that is about
:15:48. > :15:54.doctors in A pointing it out to people. Next time they might want to
:15:55. > :15:58.see their GP rather than come to A when it's a relatively minor
:15:59. > :16:06.complaint. One of the big problems is that it's not always easy to see
:16:07. > :16:13.your own GP. Do we have enough? Do we pay them enough? The average GP
:16:14. > :16:18.is paid around ?105,000 a year which is a good salary by anybody's
:16:19. > :16:22.standards. Most of them won't be doing evenings or weekends. Some
:16:23. > :16:32.will, of course. The challenge is to increase the number of GPs. If we
:16:33. > :16:35.want to move to a position where we have more working over evenings and
:16:36. > :16:38.weekends then it's not just about getting the current GPs to work
:16:39. > :16:44.later... It's about making sure we have enough bodies on the ground to
:16:45. > :16:48.provide the service. Is one of the problems that people move around so
:16:49. > :16:54.much in the country, and Europe as a whole, that they don't bother
:16:55. > :16:59.signing up with a GP? There is a challenge relating to high
:17:00. > :17:08.population. It happens in inner`city areas as well as some rural ones. As
:17:09. > :17:15.much as a third of the GP register can change on a yearly basis. `` an
:17:16. > :17:21.annual basis. Younger people are particularly bad at signing up. It
:17:22. > :17:24.tends to be them who turn up at A for more trivial complaints. When
:17:25. > :17:28.they do turn up with a minor complaint, the A department should
:17:29. > :17:47.link them to a GP so that in the future that person won't be putting
:17:48. > :17:50.extra pressure on. Thank you. And the BBC is keeping a close eye on
:17:51. > :17:53.how our Accident and Emergency departments cope this winter. You
:17:54. > :17:57.can actually see how your local hospital is getting on by going to
:17:58. > :18:01.the BBC website online and searching for 'NHS Winter' You can put a post
:18:02. > :18:04.code in ` the studio here is NR2 1BH ` and we get the Norfolk and Norwich
:18:05. > :18:21.University Hospital. You can see how many patients are
:18:22. > :18:25.being seen within four hours in A And if you scroll down you can also
:18:26. > :18:34.compare how your hospital is doing compared to the England average.
:18:35. > :18:42.Plenty of opportunity on the site to share your own NHS experiences too.
:18:43. > :18:45.In football, Northampton Town go into Christmas and the New Year
:18:46. > :18:48.battling for survival in the Football League and trying to find a
:18:49. > :18:52.new manager. Aidy Boothroyd was sacked at the weekend following a
:18:53. > :18:55.heavy defeat. Back in May they were at Wembley in the League Two
:18:56. > :18:59.play`off final. But they've only won four games this season and the
:19:00. > :19:03.manager paid the price. Saturday. Wycombe Wanderers at Sixfields. Aidy
:19:04. > :19:08.Boothroyd needed a win but he didn't get it. The Cobblers lost 4`1 ` and
:19:09. > :19:14.at 5:39pm, less than an hour after the final whistle ` Boothroyd was
:19:15. > :19:17.sacked. We lost the manager at the weekend. He was a friend,
:19:18. > :19:23.particularly to me. The players got on with him well. But they reacted.
:19:24. > :19:26.We had a little talk and I thought they trained very well. Aidy
:19:27. > :19:30.Boothroyd joined Northampton Town just over two years ago. He'd
:19:31. > :19:35.already taken Watford into the Premier League, followed by spells
:19:36. > :19:39.at Colchester United and Coventry. In May, the Cobblers made it to the
:19:40. > :19:43.League Two play`offs and the Wembley final... But they lost. And this
:19:44. > :19:48.season has been a disaster. This is what Boothroyd told Look East just a
:19:49. > :19:54.few weeks ago. You know you're going to have highs and lows. There are
:19:55. > :19:59.more lows than highs. Fortunately, I'm getting the opportunity to
:20:00. > :20:08.change it and turn it around. A lot of guys in this day would have been
:20:09. > :20:11.chopped by now. `` in this day and age. Whether he realised or not, the
:20:12. > :20:15.board was losing patience. The Cobblers are bottom of League Two
:20:16. > :20:22.with just four wins. I know there was gloom after the decision. I just
:20:23. > :20:26.feel we have to have a lift. We can't have a negative opinion. I
:20:27. > :20:30.think the club are taking a gamble by replacing him at this stage. He
:20:31. > :20:36.knows the players. He's been backed financially. He looked to be getting
:20:37. > :20:40.more in January as well. After Saturday's final whistle, maybe
:20:41. > :20:44.Boothroyd did know what was coming. Instead of thanking the players on
:20:45. > :20:48.the pitch, he looked on then turned and walked straight down the tunnel.
:20:49. > :20:59.Within minutes he'd be sacked. Another manager looking for another
:21:00. > :21:03.job. A former sports editor here at BBC
:21:04. > :21:06.Look East has died at the age of 82. John Myatt presented sports
:21:07. > :21:09.bulletins during the 1970s and 1980s. He was also a reporter and
:21:10. > :21:22.presenter on the radio programme Roundabout East Anglia. He died at
:21:23. > :21:25.Southwold Hospital yesterday. There was a time when you knew what
:21:26. > :21:29.to expect with an advent calendar. Mary and Joseph round the crib,
:21:30. > :21:32.perhaps a few shepherds in a field or some wise men on camels. These
:21:33. > :21:35.days it's anything from a Christmas tree to pop groups like One
:21:36. > :21:39.Direction. And behind every door, anything from chocolate to whiskey.
:21:40. > :21:42.But in the village of Abington Pigot in Cambridgeshire they've gone one
:21:43. > :21:44.better. The whole village has, in effect, become an advent calendar.
:21:45. > :21:49.Every night throughout December, people have gathered at a house and
:21:50. > :22:04.opened another window. Alex Dolan explains. It is the eve of Christmas
:22:05. > :22:09.Eve. For a small Cambridge village the countdown has been extra
:22:10. > :22:13.special. People usually open and Advent calendar but here in Abington
:22:14. > :22:19.Pigotts they have taken the idea even farther. They have transformed
:22:20. > :22:33.the house is in two Advent calendar windows. `` their houses. `` into
:22:34. > :22:43.Advent calendar windows. I tried to gauge interest and I had a great
:22:44. > :22:58.response. We have got lots of things here. Beyers, rabbits... `` Bears.
:22:59. > :23:05.What has it been like seeing all these windows? Everybody has had a
:23:06. > :23:12.different slant. It has been great to get together with people even
:23:13. > :23:26.just for 15 or 20 minutes. It has been lovely. It has been amazing. We
:23:27. > :23:34.are new to the village of this is our first experience. 24 minced
:23:35. > :23:51.pies. 24 glasses of wine. Lots of friendly people.
:23:52. > :24:01.The villagers have really got into the spirit of things. With just two
:24:02. > :24:10.windows left to open, they are likely that next year will be even
:24:11. > :24:12.better. `` they are all agreed that next year will be even better. That
:24:13. > :24:38.music will be in my head all night! Now for the weather. I am going to
:24:39. > :24:51.show you some graphics. Here are some very cold air over my homeland
:24:52. > :24:54.of North America. `` Here is some. There is a real contrast in
:24:55. > :25:01.temperature. It has allowed these big areas of low pressure to
:25:02. > :25:15.develop. You can see at streaming over. `` it. Some of these winds
:25:16. > :25:21.have been very fast. When you get strong winds like this, over the top
:25:22. > :25:33.of low pressure, it becomes quite fierce. Fort and eight, across our
:25:34. > :25:37.region, there will be gale force winds and some strong gusts. `` For
:25:38. > :26:01.tonight. The Met office has a wind their brain will be with us right
:26:02. > :26:21.throughout the night. `` the rain. 60 to 70 mph is for the winds. These
:26:22. > :26:26.will come at around midnight. There could be some damage done. At the
:26:27. > :26:35.end of the night it will be confined to eastern areas. It will start to
:26:36. > :26:39.ease down eventually. The rainbow sweep away to the east leaving us
:26:40. > :26:55.with a much nicer day. `` the rain will. High temperatures of 78
:26:56. > :27:03.Celsius. `` seven to eight Celsius. For Christmas Day it looks like a
:27:04. > :27:13.mild day. That is how things will go into Boxing Day. We will see the
:27:14. > :27:22.wind is picking up again. That could potentially cause some strong winds.
:27:23. > :27:26.See you tomorrow.