:00:00. > :00:00.Heavy rain overnight leads to chaos during the morning rush hour, with
:00:07. > :00:12.fire crews using boats to rescue some drivers. Hello and welcome to
:00:13. > :00:16.Look East. Also tonight. The end of the line for the region's
:00:17. > :00:20.oldest wind farm. But two bigger turbines are on their way.
:00:21. > :00:30.Heartbreak in Sochi as the only competitor from this region pulls
:00:31. > :00:40.out injured. And did those feet in ancient times. But friends from 8000
:00:41. > :00:44.years ago. `` footprints. First tonight. Another day dominated
:00:45. > :00:48.by the weather as heavy overnight rain causes havoc on the roads and
:00:49. > :00:51.closes a number of schools across both Suffolk and Essex. In an
:00:52. > :00:56.average winter, on an average night, an inch of rain would not be a big
:00:57. > :00:59.deal. But this is not an average winter. The rivers are full to
:01:00. > :01:04.overflowing. The ground is saturated and the rain came in just a few
:01:05. > :01:08.hours. To give you a rough guide, this is the area hardest hit. Our
:01:09. > :01:16.first report tonight starts in the village of Manuden, just a few miles
:01:17. > :01:23.from Stansted. Believe it or not, this is a school
:01:24. > :01:29.playground. This school is one of 15 Annette is closed today. The school
:01:30. > :01:36.is very, very wet. There is a picnic table on the field and it is the
:01:37. > :01:44.tree covered in water. The river burst its banks. Many houses were
:01:45. > :01:48.flooded. We could not get out of the village this morning. There was a
:01:49. > :01:52.landslip behind us. There are trees across the road. The road and other
:01:53. > :01:57.direction were blocked as well, because of water everywhere. We have
:01:58. > :02:03.been stranded. The police been urging drivers not to go into deep
:02:04. > :02:10.water, but many ignore the advice. Byatt crews rescued and 84`year`old
:02:11. > :02:15.man who is disabled. `` fire. Just out side here, Essex Police use
:02:16. > :02:21.their car to pull drivers out of deep water. They say to beat is
:02:22. > :02:26.enough to make a car float. Cars are being stuck in flood water. My
:02:27. > :02:31.advice is to avoid going through floodwater. Even if they're just a
:02:32. > :02:34.little bit of water, to drive through that exceptionally
:02:35. > :02:39.carefully, with great care, because just a little bit of water can stop
:02:40. > :02:45.a car's engine. There were nearly 150 calls of the Fire Service, and
:02:46. > :02:53.hundreds to breakdown services. This was underwater. Only 4x4 cars to
:02:54. > :02:57.make it through. Visitors were hit. As the waters receded, the job are
:02:58. > :03:03.pumping out and cleaning up can begin. It was not just roads in Bury
:03:04. > :03:08.Saint Edmunds. Gardens and houses were flooded. The water came very
:03:09. > :03:14.quickly. Too quickly for people to do anything about it. The water came
:03:15. > :03:20.up very quickly. The could not fill up the sandbags quick enough. It was
:03:21. > :03:27.so quick. I have never seen a club so quick before. The area of low
:03:28. > :03:31.pressure is always going to be a primary area of the heavy rainfall.
:03:32. > :03:36.Most places got 30 millimetres of rain. It just so happened the stress
:03:37. > :03:41.on those part of Suffolk was already very great, and this was enough to
:03:42. > :03:44.top the river is over. With more rain possible overnight and this
:03:45. > :03:48.weekend, there could be more flooding to come.
:03:49. > :03:52.As ever the back roads were amongst the worst hit. And because the rain
:03:53. > :03:55.fell throughout the early hours, the morning rush hour was particularly
:03:56. > :03:57.grim. Richard Daniel now with a tale of stranded drivers and good
:03:58. > :04:08.Samaritans, from the A1088 at Tostock near Bury St Edmunds.
:04:09. > :04:14.Son got away with it, others weren't so lucky. A journey to work was a
:04:15. > :04:20.bit like a game of Russian roulette. Watch this car, Bob like a
:04:21. > :04:26.cork as a tractor parsers. At least for motorists ended up with
:04:27. > :04:33.expensive repair bills. I saw cars in front of me go through. It did
:04:34. > :04:43.not seem too deep. Soon someone came in the other way. I felt the engine
:04:44. > :04:48.go. Drivers use their lorries to Judge Hall one car to safety. This
:04:49. > :04:55.woman was left afloat. She was called to safety by a passer`by. The
:04:56. > :04:59.water is paying into the car. When the tractor went past me, I thought
:05:00. > :05:06.he might have stopped and offered a hand. He went past and the waves
:05:07. > :05:12.sent be bothering along. She was in a dangerous spot. Nobody else stop
:05:13. > :05:18.to help. They kept in past fast. You see them. It is terrible. Another
:05:19. > :05:25.victim as the morning progressed. This level did start job a bit.
:05:26. > :05:29.Drivers using this road bound levels there are rising. Eventually
:05:30. > :05:38.everyone stranded was rescued. All were left room the day they took on
:05:39. > :05:41.the floods. `` Back to the village of Manuden now.
:05:42. > :05:44.Peter Randall is the head teacher of the village primary school. He was
:05:45. > :05:52.forced to close the school because of the heavy rain. How bad was it
:05:53. > :05:57.when you got in this morning? My field was totally flooded and the
:05:58. > :06:02.classroom behind me, the water had got in unfortunately. There is a
:06:03. > :06:08.picnic table over there. It was as high as a picnic table. Always a
:06:09. > :06:13.difficult decision for a head teacher to close a school. What are
:06:14. > :06:21.your main concerns as to the safety of the children? At the moment my
:06:22. > :06:25.staff work very hard. We intended to be open today right up until the
:06:26. > :06:30.point we had to make the decision to close. The thing to remind ourselves
:06:31. > :06:40.now as I can't run a school where my toilets aren't working. Quite basic.
:06:41. > :06:47.What about the outlook for the next two days? The Environment Agency are
:06:48. > :06:53.optimistic it won't get much worse. We are saturated, so any more water
:06:54. > :06:58.will come up. We have worked hard for the community today to get
:06:59. > :07:03.sandbags all around the school. If anyone has any spare, we could
:07:04. > :07:07.benefit from them. We would like some more sandbags, please. If the
:07:08. > :07:12.rain comes, we will see what happens. We have made a plan,
:07:13. > :07:21.hopefully it will work. When will you make the decision? My intention
:07:22. > :07:24.is to be open on Monday. The children in this costume,
:07:25. > :07:29.unfortunately they will not be able to come in. We will decide at 7:30am
:07:30. > :07:36.on Monday morning, depending on what happens is that the weekend. If my
:07:37. > :07:42.toilets flush, then maybe. What has the reaction been from parents and
:07:43. > :07:50.children? Peoples of course have enjoyed having a lovely Friday off.
:07:51. > :07:55.Parents have been supportive. I have had help from parents clearing out a
:07:56. > :08:00.classroom, put himself into a hall, pumping water. The community has
:08:01. > :08:03.been brilliant. Good luck over the weekend.
:08:04. > :08:07.Over the last two weeks we have highlighted what many people see as
:08:08. > :08:10.a crisis in mental health care in Norfolk and Suffolk. Those reports
:08:11. > :08:13.prompted an email from a carer in Essex. It says the re`organisation
:08:14. > :08:17.of services there has left him and his wife feeling abandoned and
:08:18. > :08:21.alone. The details from our chief reporter Kim Riley.
:08:22. > :08:25.At his home in Chelmsford, Phil Bates shows me his wedding album.
:08:26. > :08:31.The happy day 43 years ago when he married Vivienne, who was just 18.
:08:32. > :08:33.He was 24. They're still together, but besides a serious heart
:08:34. > :08:38.condition, Vivienne suffers from severe depression. She has twice
:08:39. > :08:41.attempted suicide. Phil says the withdrawal last year of the
:08:42. > :08:49.community psychiatric nurse, who provided wonderful support for them
:08:50. > :08:55.both, has left them bereft. My wife suffers from stress, anxiety and
:08:56. > :08:59.depression. It is very difficult to get her motivated do anything. She's
:09:00. > :09:14.in bed at the moment. She had a bad night. It means I am now on a
:09:15. > :09:17.24`hour suicide watch. I have got no real, and I stress the word real,
:09:18. > :09:25.access to help. We have been cast adrift. Do you feel the entire
:09:26. > :09:32.responsibility is on you to keep your wife alive? Oh, very much so. I
:09:33. > :09:37.think I put in my e`mail to you, she has to be only lucky once to achieve
:09:38. > :09:41.her aims. I have to be lucky every time. We raised the couple's plight
:09:42. > :09:45.with the Trust running mental health services in North Essex. It says, we
:09:46. > :09:49.are sorry they are unhappy about their care with us. It's awful to
:09:50. > :09:52.feel alone. Being a carer can be very stressful. We're happy to
:09:53. > :09:56.re`discuss the decisions we reached together last December, so ask them
:09:57. > :10:01.please to get in touch with us. This is not about budget cuts or
:10:02. > :10:04.dismantling mental health services. Phil has a deep sadness for
:10:05. > :10:07.Vivienne, for what she's lost, and for their retirement together being
:10:08. > :10:10.so different from the one they'd hoped for. With their relatives
:10:11. > :10:18.hundreds of miles away, he says a little more help and support would
:10:19. > :10:20.make all the difference. A leading energy provider is
:10:21. > :10:24.reducing the amount it charges customers who don't pay by direct
:10:25. > :10:27.debit. It follows a campaign by the MP for Harlow Robert Halfon. He told
:10:28. > :10:30.parliament this week that many energy companies were ripping off
:10:31. > :10:36.customers. First Utility is cutting its charge from ?96 a year to ?24.
:10:37. > :10:40.A Fire Service sniffer dog has found another dog alive in the rubble at
:10:41. > :10:44.the site of an explosion which destroyed two houses in Clacton on
:10:45. > :10:47.Wednesday. Reqs' works for Hertfordshire Fire Service and found
:10:48. > :10:51.the four`year`old bitch called Carryad. Fire crews then dug her out
:10:52. > :10:58.of the rubble, and she's been taken to the vet for a check`up.
:10:59. > :11:01.The oldest wind farm in this region is being dismantled. The Blood Hill
:11:02. > :11:05.farm at Somerton near Great Yarmouth was opened in 1992. Now the old
:11:06. > :11:07.turbines are being taken down and replaced.
:11:08. > :11:13.Gently does it, and for goodness sake don't drop it. Taking turbines
:11:14. > :11:16.off a wind farm is delicate work. Heavy blades inching their way to
:11:17. > :11:22.safety. Though today's slimy conditions did not make the work
:11:23. > :11:26.easy. This wind farm at Somerton was the region's first. It started
:11:27. > :11:31.generating in 1992. Over the years it has become quite a local
:11:32. > :11:35.landmark. But now the wind farm has come to the end of its normal life
:11:36. > :11:41.span and has been taken down. Ten turbines will be replaced by just
:11:42. > :11:47.two. A Dutch firm has been brought in to remove the turbines. Our plan
:11:48. > :11:53.is to dismantle one turbine in five hours. We can do two a day. That is
:11:54. > :11:57.our main goal. It will be dismantled in parts. The first part will go
:11:58. > :12:00.off. That is the wings and the hub. They will go down first, then the
:12:01. > :12:05.motor equipment and generator will come down. It is nine tonnes. The
:12:06. > :12:10.tower will be broken down in sections and put on the lorry, and
:12:11. > :12:16.the lorry can drive it away. Donna Watson's house looks out onto the
:12:17. > :12:20.turbines. I am delighted they're coming down. I've never liked them.
:12:21. > :12:23.I didn't like them 20 years go, I don't like them now. I do believe
:12:24. > :12:27.they are much better offshore. I think that is where they should be,
:12:28. > :12:29.not on land The turbines will be refurbished in Denmark before being
:12:30. > :12:47.sold for reuse, probably in Poland. A starting gun of sorts was fired
:12:48. > :12:51.for the European elections in May today. Representatives of the five
:12:52. > :12:57.main parties faced an audience of students from schools across
:12:58. > :13:00.Norfolk. It's part of an attempt by the European Union to get us
:13:01. > :13:04.interested in the poll, which takes place on May 22nd. And in this
:13:05. > :13:14.region they've got their work cut out.. As our political correspondent
:13:15. > :13:19.Andrew Sinclair reports. The press release said it was an
:13:20. > :13:24.attempt to create a bit of a buzz around the European elections. In a
:13:25. > :13:34.television studio, the five main parties rehearse their arguments.
:13:35. > :13:42.You can't coming to sign on. You won't go on top of the housing list.
:13:43. > :13:48.We don't want Britain marginalised. For more than an hour a day and said
:13:49. > :13:52.questions on the Euro crisis, fracking and European scepticism.
:13:53. > :14:00.The audience aborted was worthwhile. It is good to hear their opinions.
:14:01. > :14:07.There are some fantastic debate and ideas. Did you learn anything?
:14:08. > :14:12.Massively. A series of lectures at the University of East Anglia. It
:14:13. > :14:14.was organised by the EU eight and ideas. Did you learn anything?
:14:15. > :14:25.Massively. A series of lectures at the University of East Anglia. It
:14:26. > :14:29.was organised by the EU ate went absent issues like bent bananas and
:14:30. > :14:34.cucumber 's head the news. Good or bad, I feel it is absolutely crucial
:14:35. > :14:40.for people to know about what goes on, and then make up their mind and
:14:41. > :14:50.use their democratic worth. Europe plays an important part in our
:14:51. > :14:54.lives. And yes, the turnout at European elections is notoriously
:14:55. > :14:59.low, and those who do vote, vote not an European issues, but to pass
:15:00. > :15:04.judgment on who ever is running the government. Coming up interest is
:15:05. > :15:09.hard in this part of the country. Five of our seven MPs can be called
:15:10. > :15:18.Euro sceptic, whilst UKIP Paul's hires in Eads than anywhere else ``
:15:19. > :15:23.Paul is higher in East. There were problems linking to Brussels, and as
:15:24. > :15:27.it overran, some of the audience left. The politicians felt it was
:15:28. > :15:34.worth while. Expect a lot more of this in the months to come. Petros
:15:35. > :15:42.Fassoulas is ahead of the European movement in the UK. I put a term
:15:43. > :15:49.that many people think currency are making things worse, not better. I
:15:50. > :15:54.think the immigration question is one we need to discuss a bit more.
:15:55. > :16:02.The benefits for the economy as a whole are enormous. Billions of
:16:03. > :16:08.pounds come here. They contribute to the well`being of the whole of the
:16:09. > :16:14.nation. Lotsa people would say they put pressure on services, take jobs
:16:15. > :16:18.that people could do. As an outside observer, the problem is not much
:16:19. > :16:24.the issue of immigration, it is how much we invest in schools and
:16:25. > :16:28.hospitals. That is very interesting that you put it that way. There are
:16:29. > :16:35.a lot of people in this country who just don't see that as reality. I
:16:36. > :16:43.think it is interesting that it is something I have experienced. People
:16:44. > :16:50.appreciate having hard`working polish people working in the
:16:51. > :16:58.fields. They see the effect they have in a local community. There are
:16:59. > :17:05.cases where we have to look at them. We have to invest properly to make
:17:06. > :17:13.sure if there are problems, they are resolved. How can you be impartial
:17:14. > :17:21.in the pro`European? Unfortunately, my belief is that the pro`European
:17:22. > :17:27.argument is not listen to another. We are trying to do as much as we
:17:28. > :17:32.can to have our point of view heard. That is not impartial. If you put a
:17:33. > :17:38.pro`European movement forward, it can't be. We are engaging with
:17:39. > :17:41.everyone. We welcome positions from all political parties, especially
:17:42. > :17:46.those who engage constructively. What we don't like, and I think the
:17:47. > :17:51.debate has suffered as a result, is the tendency for some people to
:17:52. > :17:56.ignore the facts and focus on the mythology around what it is to be a
:17:57. > :18:02.member of the European union. Why do so many people think we should get
:18:03. > :18:10.out of it? They have not had the opportunity to consider its. You
:18:11. > :18:14.believe it? I don't say you don't know what you are talking about.
:18:15. > :18:20.When was last time you had the opportunity to discuss openly the
:18:21. > :18:26.cost of living in the union? Rarely we talk about the benefit of being
:18:27. > :18:31.in the union. I think it is important that we take a step back
:18:32. > :18:39.and consider those matters. Thank you very much.
:18:40. > :18:41.The overnight rain has already affected some of our football
:18:42. > :18:44.matches. Stevenage's game against Wolves has been called off. And
:18:45. > :18:47.there will be a pitch inspection at Colchester tomorrow morning. Of the
:18:48. > :18:51.games still on, Norwich against Manchester City is top of the bill.
:18:52. > :18:55.When Norwich went to the Etihad in November they lost 7`0, their worst
:18:56. > :19:01.defeat in the league in 75 years. This report from Tom Williams.
:19:02. > :19:08.It is 2`0. That is exquisite. An absolute belter. That is seven. Do
:19:09. > :19:14.you still have nightmares about what happened at City? No. Especially as
:19:15. > :19:20.I have seen the amount of goals they have scored against, perhaps bigger
:19:21. > :19:26.teams than us. You have to put that behind you. It was arguably worst
:19:27. > :19:28.performance of the season. But as Chelsea proved, the free scoring,
:19:29. > :19:32.multi`million pound juggernaut is fallible. Saying that, they spent
:19:33. > :19:35.250 million to do it. Norwich's problem, Manchester City can't
:19:36. > :19:40.afford successive defeats in their title chase. Most fans would agree
:19:41. > :19:45.Norwich's form at Carrow Road will hold the key to survival. After
:19:46. > :19:49.Manchester City this weekend, the next home game is against Tottenham.
:19:50. > :19:52.Then of course that dreaded run`in. Liverpool, Manchester United,
:19:53. > :20:00.Chelsea, before Arsenal here on the final day. It means results between
:20:01. > :20:04.now and then will be crucial. Norwich have only won once in nine.
:20:05. > :20:09.Last week's loss at Cardiff a costly one, leaving them two points clear
:20:10. > :20:18.of the drop zone. Where do you see the points comming from to guarantee
:20:19. > :20:22.safety? In every game. In every game we play. There is not a game we go
:20:23. > :20:25.into that we think, we will write this one off, because that is
:20:26. > :20:29.defeatist. The facts don't lie. We are only three point away from tenth
:20:30. > :20:36.place, but we know how tight it is below us. Here to help, a new
:20:37. > :20:43.signing. Joseph Yobo, who could make his debut. I like challenges. Extra
:20:44. > :20:46.motivation. I want to go to the World Cup. I want to perform at the
:20:47. > :20:49.highest level. Pushing myself, and also understand the situation
:20:50. > :20:54.Norwich are in. It is strong motivation for me. He is staying
:20:55. > :20:57.positive, keeping calm, but it would take some transformation to reverse
:20:58. > :21:01.this scoreline. The opening ceremony of the winter
:21:02. > :21:04.Olympics has been taking place this afternoon but one athlete who isn't
:21:05. > :21:08.involved is Craig Pickering from Milton Keynes. He was set to become
:21:09. > :21:12.only the eighth British athlete to compete at both a winter and summer
:21:13. > :21:22.Olympics. Sadly a back injury on the eve of the games in Sochi means he's
:21:23. > :21:30.already back home. I had surgery on it in 2012. It has
:21:31. > :21:35.gone into the spinal nerve canal. Know I've athlete wants to get bad
:21:36. > :21:42.news. It is a hammer blow before the eve of an Olympic Games. I spend a
:21:43. > :21:51.lot of effort getting to this level. To get so close and then having to
:21:52. > :21:55.pull out is very tough. Pickering could barely watch as is team`mate
:21:56. > :22:01.stumble down the course. They needed a good result to qualify for Sochi.
:22:02. > :22:05.Pickering was set to become a British athlete to compete at both
:22:06. > :22:10.summer and winter games. Sadly, another slipped disc in his back as
:22:11. > :22:14.ruined his chances. The doctors said we could tribute up as much as
:22:15. > :22:20.possible. You will be able to go out there. You will perform very well.
:22:21. > :22:24.You would do yourself damage. It is a cruel blow for the sprinter who
:22:25. > :22:28.tried his hand at Bobsleigh. This injury put 's long`term future as a
:22:29. > :22:32.sportsman in serious doubt. Is this the end of your professional
:22:33. > :22:40.sporting career? Potentially. It is a bad injury. I had a bad injury two
:22:41. > :22:46.years ago. To have a second disco in such a short space of time is not a
:22:47. > :22:53.good sign that Iraq desk. The bigot pick a double bed now? TLC. Making
:22:54. > :22:58.sure we are here for him. We were hoping it would not be serious, but
:22:59. > :23:02.it sounds like it is more serious than we thought. He's a computing
:23:03. > :23:07.added in the game is the pinnacle of his life. It is your journey he will
:23:08. > :23:12.not take again. He was still watches team`mate, and rolling them on to
:23:13. > :23:16.success. Almost a million years ago, five
:23:17. > :23:19.people, possibly a family, took a walk along what is now the Norfolk
:23:20. > :23:22.coast at Happisburgh. Behind them they left perfect footprints, which
:23:23. > :23:27.have only just been discovered. Scientists say they're among oldest
:23:28. > :23:30.in the world. They had only days to record their find before the
:23:31. > :23:37.evidence was washed away by the sea. Alex Dunlop has been following in
:23:38. > :23:47.their footsteps. May be my first footprint will be
:23:48. > :23:51.preserved. It was at this very spot that five early humans literally
:23:52. > :23:57.made an impression. Several impressions. When Nasher's storms
:23:58. > :24:00.washed with a bit sad, scientist had a few days to record and photograph
:24:01. > :24:08.the footprints before the sea washed away them. You can see it is covered
:24:09. > :24:19.in hollows. They have been washed out by the sea. It is very fragile.
:24:20. > :24:26.This could be the earliest footprint anywhere in Europe and Asia.
:24:27. > :24:32.Potentially it is important. Analysis shows footprints are small,
:24:33. > :24:36.probably children's. It might been a family going for a walk. This one
:24:37. > :24:41.would have been an adult male. He was about five foot nine and may
:24:42. > :24:49.have looked like this. Not a pretty sight, but clever enough to make
:24:50. > :24:53.tools and hunt animals. At the time, this area was an inland estuary.
:24:54. > :25:00.East angler was stalling by land to continental Europe. There could be a
:25:01. > :25:05.whole treasure chests on the speech. This project has been going
:25:06. > :25:13.for years. We're been hoping to discover a school. It is yet to
:25:14. > :25:19.happen. I am sure it. Is no and Mecca for you? We are the only
:25:20. > :25:23.county to have evidence of four species of human. This coastline is
:25:24. > :25:30.a prehistoric treasure trove, yielding of mammoths and ancient
:25:31. > :25:46.tools. Some survived 800,000 years, others just a few seconds. He won't
:25:47. > :25:51.be the years from now. We have a yellow warning for more rain
:25:52. > :25:55.tonight. He is that next lot of rain. Some showers at header that
:25:56. > :25:58.main band, is that main band, so that'll rattle through the next few
:25:59. > :26:06.hours. Some of them may be the heavy side. This main band the rain comes
:26:07. > :26:09.in, produce five millimetres. It will be accompanied by strong
:26:10. > :26:14.southerly winds, which could reach gale force around the coast. The
:26:15. > :26:19.rain rattles through quickly, so during the early hours we will see
:26:20. > :26:24.drier conditions. The winds easing down just a touch. Temperatures no
:26:25. > :26:28.lower than seven or eight degrees. Tomorrow morning, Italy lighter
:26:29. > :26:36.winds. Plus three started today with a few showers. The showers will be
:26:37. > :26:44.on the heavy side. The winds will pick up in the afternoon. A strong
:26:45. > :26:50.south westerly winds. Gusts of 50 the city mph, but on the coast we
:26:51. > :26:54.may have stronger gust still. Good afternoon we will see more showers
:26:55. > :26:58.piling in, some of them given a longer spell rain. The showers
:26:59. > :27:03.continue through Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday. That sets
:27:04. > :27:08.the scene for Sunday itself. Further showers, heavy at times. Strong
:27:09. > :27:12.south westerly winds, but hopefully for the day on Sunday we should
:27:13. > :27:14.start to see those winds easing down, and hopefully we saw to see
:27:15. > :27:20.those winds easing down, and hopefully we stop the CQ showers.
:27:21. > :27:29.From now until Sunday, the potential for 20 millimetres of rain. Monday,
:27:30. > :27:34.a few showers. More wet and windy weather arriving Tuesday. We could
:27:35. > :27:38.see some frosting eyes on Sunday night as well as Monday. Have a
:27:39. > :28:24.great weekend. It's your job to keep law
:28:25. > :28:36.and order, isn't it? It must be exciting being
:28:37. > :28:39.a policewoman. It has its moments.