27/01/2014 Look East - East

colder. It could be short lived That is all from the BBC's

Hello. In the programme tonight. The power of the storm, trains are

delayed, houses are damaged and this plane is turned upside down.

The storm made mincemeat of this aircraft, it flipped it over and

damaged the propeller, wrecking detail as well.

Another car is hit by something thrown from a bridge in Essex, this

time on the M11. What happens next to the seals left

orphaned by the tidal surge? And a good year for the snowdrops, a

male point brings them out early and in their thousands.

First tonight, after a winter of floods, this weekend it was the turn

of strong winds to wreak havoc across parts of our region. And

tonight many people are still picking up the pieces.

The storm didn't last very long, but it made a real impact. Late on

Saturday afternoon an area of low pressure blew in from the west.

Trees were blown down trains were delayed and houses had their roofs

blown off. Let's get more detail now from Richard Daniel at Leiston in

Suffolk. I am on the allotment site here in

late and Stewart, and the storm poured through the year. It

flattened this fence and oversee there is a bit of riffing from a

shared that was passed aside. Most of us would have experienced this

storm as intense wind and strong rainfall. It was very extreme.

Mother nature has a habit of remaining is how small and

insignificant we humans are. Recently we have had the North Sea

tidal tidal surge and now this.

It struck out of the blue leaving a trail of destruction, the Whigs

tying down this aircraft were no match for the storm force winds. The

Cessna was flipped onto its back like a toy. The storm made mincemeat

of this aircraft, flipping it over, damaging the propeller and wrecking

the tail. Worse than that it has also buckled the fuselage, here. It

is highly unlikely that this aircraft will ever take to the skies

again. In just a few minutes the storm

wreaked havoc, near Chelmsford trains were delayed by an hour and a

half, by trees blocking the line. The driver came on the tannoy and he

said he had hip reports that there were branches on fire in the lane is

further down the track. In Essex the breeze at 130 calls, at least 90

trees where brought down. This was the storm as it hit Ipswich, filmed

by a viewer. In Acton in Suffolk, devastation in one cul`de`sac.

Everywhere, tiles ripped from roots. All of a sudden, this black cloud

came and the noise was incredible. We thought we had been hit by

lightning. The dogs were going ballistic. As fast as it came it was

gone but the devastation it done coming through, we have things all

over the place. The clean`up is now over `` underway these contractors

are rushed off there. There are seven on this cul`de`sac alone.

Cars, things have gone through windscreens on cars, damage to the

gutters, everything. People see they have never seen a storm like it.

Intense, fears and belief. Remarkably, it seems, no one was

seriously hurt. It is very fortunate that no one was

hurt. In that close in Acton people spoke of tiles flying through the

air, slicing the fences as if they were not there. One family have

their conservatory damaged, debris came in and smashed the glass. One

man that at his car and found a piece of tile embedded in the tyre.

The tyre obviously written off. That is a measure of how severe this

storm was. So, what exactly happened to the

weather on Saturday evening? Here's Julie to explain. On Saturday we had

this line of thunderstorms pushing down from the north`west. They were

associated with a cold front and as the cold front and cold air hit the

mild heir over is it forced the mild heir to rise very rapidly which

caused the strong winds. As we take a closer look the thunderstorms

started to push in just after 3pm and the strongest most damaging

winds were on the leading front of the thunderstorms. What is unusual

but Saturday is that typically during the winter storm the winds

will pick up gradually but on Saturday the increase in minutes and

within five or ten minutes the worst was over. Ethically, across the

region, we had gusts in excess of 15 mph but I should point out that

these were taken in official recording stations so almost

certainly there will be some spice `` some places that sort stronger

gusts. And thanks for all your photos of the storm. Do keep your

pictures and your story ideas coming in. We love to hear from you. You

can phone or email. And there's Facebook and Twitter too.

Meanwhile council leaders have been to London today to lobby the Floods

Minister for more money. It's to help cover the cost of the clear up

operation following the tidal surge last month. Several councils in

Norfolk and Suffolk say they are seriously out of pocket. Brandon

Lewis said an extra ?6.7 million is being made available but councils

will have to bid for it. Clearing up after last month's storm

is time`consuming and expensive. Here in North Norfolk where they are

rebuilding the Sheringham promenade this afternoon they are facing a

bill of more than ?3 million, half of which will not be covered by

insurance. If we did not get that back we will have used around 85% of

the general reserve. That is what it is for, but it's something else

untoward happens then we will not be in a good place. In neighbouring

West Norfolk the council faces a bill for ?97 million, Waverley and

Suffolk coastal belt cost of ?40,000. `` ?97,000. The government

had a scheme in place to help councils affected by such

emergencies but the criteria is tough and many will be left out of

pocket. The meeting in London today was important. This is money we have

not budgeted for, we have huge financial restraints and budget cuts

that we are needing to go through and we would welcome any funding the

government is able to give us. The meeting today was chaired by Brandon

Lewis, an MP with a flood constituency so he does understand

the problem. The event he has secured extra money to help out

councils so his message was positive. There is a good package of

support the government has put in place but as I said to all of the

authorities that they have anything they think goes beyond that, come

and talk to us. Today's meeting is all about reviewing how the council

and emergency services responded. On that front the minister was

pleased. Everything had worked well, although there were problems of

mobile phone reception along parts of the course. For the authorities

the important thing is to get reimbursed. On that front they are

left feeling more positive. Andrew is at Westminster now. Was more

money promised question mark now, attention was drawn to the billing

scheme, which is supposed to help councils at times like these. He

drew their attention to the extra ?6.7 million he has found. He drew

their attention to a fund the Department for Transport has for

repairs to roads which will be important for Suffolk county

council, which has spent ?150,000 repairing the aid well. He did not

promise extra money, his message was we understand your problem, there is

help out there, claim it and we will see what we can do to help. Councils

are facing tough bodies and do not want to talk, they want to know how

much money they are going to get and they will not find out until all of

the claims have been processed and that will be several months. There's

one other thing I have heard, there is lots of extra money for the

narrow but there is also still a of fighting going on and a couple of

people said to me today that they are worried by the time everything

has been processed there will not be anything left to go round.

A woman has told Look East that she's lucky to be alive after an

object was thrown onto her car from a bridge over the M11 in Essex. It

happened on Tuesday night at junction seven near Harlow. The

police are appealing for information. This morning, Jane was

scraping the snow from Volkswagen golf, the incident has affected her

so much she does not want us to use her full name but she knows she is

lucky to be alive. When I reported it to the police they did say that

had gone through the windscreen the chances of my keeping a straight

line was not good and I might have actually caused an accident. And

maybe even a pile`up and I might not be talking to them. Jane was on the

11 after visiting her mother in Norfolk. A large sharp object was

dropped from a motorway bridge, smashing her sunroof. The bank was

so loud that I was very shocked and slightly scared, and then I realised

what was happening. That past. It's just annoyed me after that. This is

what it did to her sunroof. Thankfully the solid cover inside

was closed. This is the latest in a number of incidents when one is of

concrete have been dropped from motorway bridges. There was the

potential for serious injury, if not the fatality to the driver. Also it

was a risk to other motorists using the road through the driver was in

control. The suspicion is that it might well be children and they may

not be aware about how serious their actions are. Dean was not injured,

she is now waiting for her car to be properly prepared and does not

understand why anyone would do something so dangerous.

One of Norfolk's hospitals wants to start generating its own

electricity. The James Paget in Gorleston is hoping solar panels

will cut carbon emissions and help treat patients. The hospital's in

line for special NHS funding to develop a ground`based solar farm

generating 450 kilowatts. Norfolk county council will resume control

of social care for adults with mental health problems. It follows

criticism of the trust that currently runs the service. County

Hall is to take responsibility for the service back from the Norfolk

and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust from September. A council meeting in

November heard concerns over its performance. The council said it

planned to "revise and strengthen" services and the trust says it

accepts changes were needed. The council ran the service, for adults

aged 18 to 65, until 2008 when the trust took over.

Transport police are still trying to find out why a city banker was shot

at a railway station in Essex. Robin Clark was attacked at Shenfield

Station early on Friday morning. He is still in hospital with a serious

leg injury. This is Robin Clark, the banker who was shot on his way to

work. These pictures were posted by Kim on social media websites. He

works for a firm of city of London brokers called party Martin. The

firms say they are giving him all the support they can. Robin is now

in Basildon hospital being treated for a serious leg injury. Police

will not confirm whether or not he is under guard. Officers

investigating the shooting are still waiting to speak to Robin Clark,

they are hoping he will be well enough to be interviewed in the next

few days. He was shot on Friday just before 6am and just after parking

his car. The government was wearing a balaclava, and escape in another

vehicle. A spokesman for the British transport police said, we are doing

everything in our power to identify the motive behind the attack which

we hope will in turn enable us to identify the person or people

responsible. There are CCTV cameras at the station, footage from them

will be scrutinised by officers. Police are still appealing for

commuters who use the station and who might have seen something to

contact them. The public are being told not to worry because police say

Mr Clarke was specifically targeted. Still to come, a headteacher on the

warpath over parking problems on the school run.

And signs that spring may just be on its way, Alex Dolan has been to see

some very early snowdrops at Anglesey Abbey.

I am sure you know in a lot of places the clean`up after the pedal

search last month is still going on. Everything from repairing the sea

defences to helping people who were made homeless. And it wasn't just

people there were the animals as well in particular the seals. In all

108 pups were taken to the RSPCA centre at East Winch in Norfolk.

Because they were so young they needed hand feeding at regular

intervals ` an incredibly laborious process. So, nearly two months on

how they getting on. This report is from our Chief Reporter Kim Riley.

The tidal surge brought the largest influx of seal pups to this centre

in its 25 year history. When I last visited it was overwhelmed. Staff

working around the clock to keep over 100 orphaned pups, many of them

very sick, alive. The seals are improving, which is great, we have

lost three, sadly, but the less are living. Numbers in the isolation

unit, all of them named after breakfast foods, are now below 40.

Greek yoghurt was brought in just yesterday from Winterton, he is fed

fish soup through a tube of the three hours. He is on antibiotics

and pain relief for the deep wound on his father. The possible dog

bite. Leading the wind requires firm handling. He is quite strong and

seal handling is quite difficult, it is a physical job, they do not want

to be fed so we must set a physical job, they do not want to be fed so

we must sit astride them and feed them. You must be quite firm but

gentle. Is the other pair in intensive care, at the coming along

OK? Yes, muesli and stroppy, what are doing very well. They are

beginning to hand feed at almost always picking up the flesh by

themselves. It is progressing well and they are looking fitter and

better. `` picking up the fish by themselves. The good news is that

real progress is being made, more than two dozen pubs are now building

up strength in outdoor pools. Encouraged to compete for the

herring and mackerel as they must do in the wild. It costs ?22 per week

to feed a seal pup, the RSPCA overwhelmed by the public response

to crisis appeal to help the seals. It has been lovely, we have had all

sorts of and cards telling us that they think we are doing the right

thing. It has been fantastic. It may be months before all of the orphans

are returned to the wild. But this group, enjoying feeding time in a

pool normally reserved for Swans, could be heading for open sea in

just two or three weeks. Muesli and compost, they will soon run out of

names! Dropping the kids off on the school

run is something many of us take for granted. But are you parking safely

when you do so? One head teacher from Northampton is so fed up with

bad parking outside her school that she invited cameras from Inside Out

to spend the day with her. As these pictures show Jackie Lapsa has got

quite a problem on her hands. When I spoke to her earlier today Jackie

Lapsa told me about the reaction she gets when she approaches the

drivers. It does tend to be very mixed. I have got to emphasise it is

only a small percentage of parents who drive illegally or drive

dangerously. I have got to say that at times the responses have been

very rude, and verbally aggressive. Why don't you get the police to do

this rather than you taking it on? The police say they haven't got the

presence to have someone here all the time. My answer is that I am a

very expensive traffic warden, and really my focus should be on

educating the children and providing the best education we can. The

answer I feel would be for the police to come here every three to

six months and actually enforce the law. Then I think we would see a

real turnabout. Give me an example of the worst case you have seen.

Last week, for instance, we had a car reversing, not really looking

where it was going and going up on the path, narrowly missing two

children and their parents. And that is the point, isn't it? It is not

about keeping the road clear but the danger to children. Absolutely, the

danger to children and to the adults, the parents, as well. There

is an accident waiting to happen and that really does concern me.

Jackie Lapsa speaking to me earlier today. I am sure many of you have an

opinion about that. We always love to hear from you. We spoke to

Northamptonshire Police this afternoon. They told us they do

patrol the area around the school but "it is not possible to dedicate

an officer solely to the parking issues at the school, considering

other incidents and issues we are dealing with on a daily basis". You

can see what happened when Mrs Lapsa confronted some of the drivers in

Inside Out tonight at 7.30 on BBC One.

Football now and it was not a good weekend for our last surviving teams

in this year's FA cup. Both Stevenage and Southend were dumped

out in the fourth round. To be fair both teams faced Premier League

opposition. And on both occasions Goliath knocked out David. Our

Sports Editor Jonathan Park has this report. It was the dream tie for

Southend manager Phil Brown, and new Lady dream start against his old

club. The team played with gusto, and they very nearly had the goal in

round two. It hits the bottom of the bar and out again. The difference

between the haves and have`nots is finishing chances of, and all

back`up striker Matthew prior to prove just that with two goals that

ended the cup run. The manager was proud of his players but maintain

winning promotion is more important than any cup win, even against his

old club. The theme continued at Stevenage when a call would have

given the Ordovician team extra belief. The reason that spurs and

Newcastle have failed to beat Newcastle on home soil, at Everton

found only on the do not fear reputations. The finishing of

Premier league level was on display again. Naismith with the goal! FA

Cup wins in the past have helped pay for a new training ground, but

irrecoverable beaten 4`nil by Everton. Try estimate, a fat blue

line kept them off the scoresheet. Then I'd buy another FA Cup

giant`killing. `` they were denied another FA Cup giant`killing.

And on tomorrow night's Look East. We'll be looking at moves to

eradicate racism from football. There've been plenty of incidents

over the years. Tomorrow we'll be talking to those in the game about

their experience. Actually, it's not just the seals

that have been affected by the weather. Lots of rain strong winds

but very mild, which is why the aconites have been out for weeks and

now it's the turn of the snowdrops Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire has

more than 20 varieties in its grounds. And the lack of snow and

ice this winter means some are blooming two weeks ahead of

schedule. Alex Dolan has this report.

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, in the depths of winter. But already

there are signs of spring. It might have started to get called this

week, but we have had some really mild weather this winter and so far

no extended cold snap. That has confused some plans into following

LA. And that means this year 's snowdrop Festival is starting ahead

of schedule. Ten days or two weeks only from anything we would expect.

What strikes me is how many there are. Over 270 varieties in our

collection. This is Richard Ayres, our last head gardener. A beautiful,

strong early double with a cluster of petals of the inside. Absolutely

beautiful. If you are to be brave enough to bring a tent doors you

would find it has a lovely Connie sent. 44,000 people came to see the

snowdrops last year and the early blooms are attracting the close ``

attracting the crowds. Last year became infected the added was deep

in snow and we could not see any plans but this year we have come and

it is so much more forward, earlier in the year. What have you thought

of the snowdrops? Dutiful, they make you feel good.

There are many varieties and lots of them. Each year there are more and

more. If it gets really cold, what'll happen? The thing they will

worry about is if there is a really sharp frost it will burn some of the

flowers in our winter garden, especially, they are not used to

frost and it is not good for them. How will the snowdrop cork? The IV

medical flower, they fall down in frost and stand up the next day. ``

they are the miracle flower. It is going to get cold and for these

snowdrops winter is not quite over yet.

Like little soldiers who stand up after the frost. That one with the

green on the outside is lovely. My daughter said she thinks spring

is just around the middle. Not just around the corner. I am sorry. Just

to say the snowdrop Festival at Anglesey Abbey runs until Sunday the

9th of March. You have probably guess it is time for the weather.

It has not been the most exciting day, on Monday that has been fairly

miserable, it has to be said. We have had some breaks in the cloud

allowing for some sunshine but generally a lot of cloud feeding

down from the north`west and the thickest of that has produced

showers and rein in places for the time. Overnight we will have further

showers pushing them from the West, some of these will be heavy and

possibly somebody, too. Some will band together to give a longer spell

of rain. The cloud and rain means it will not be as cold as last night,

temperatures no more than four degrees or five degrees. We could

see some rural spot dropping to two degrees. We will have a moderate

south`westerly wind for many of us, inventing a frost in most areas.

Tomorrow the low pressure is still with us and the weather front will

slip over the top, bringing a fairly unsettled state. A lot of cloud and,

perhaps some sunshine if we're lucky but generally cloudy skies with

showers moving through and against some of those will join together to

give a longer spell of rain and some could be heavy possibly somebody.

Temperatures are around average, six degrees or seven degrees. ``

possibly thundery. There will be modest to freshen south to

southeasterly wind. We finished the day with further showers or a longer

spells of lean. Perhaps some sunshine before it gets dark in some

places. Over the next four days we could see brightness or sunshine on

all of these days but generally we are expecting a lot of clothes

alone. Wednesday will be unsettled with longer spells of rain with dry

interludes in between. The thing about Wednesday is the wind starts

to go easterly and that means it will feel quite cold on Wednesday

with highs of only around five degrees. On Thursday the wind eases

down a touch, temperatures are struggling to around three degrees,

if we're lucky, so bitterly cold. On Thursday the greater chance of some

of that train of thought showers turning when the with sweet or wet

snow, the small chance that this will happen to the rain showers on

Wednesday but a greater chance on Thursday. No Friday, the showers and

rain should be out of the way for most of the day, it looks as though

the bulk of the day will be dry with some brightness and sunshine if

we're lucky but generally cloudy skies and eventually a weather front

pushing them from the West. At the moment it looks as though that rain

should not rise until after dark. `` should not arise. There will be

frost timing more widespread, and Thursday is looking very cold

indeed. That said for tonight. Goodbye. ``

that is it for tonight.