:00:00. > 3:59:59winter storms opposing more danger to British coastlines, with winds of
:00:00. > :00:09.up to 80 mph. That's all from Hello and welcome to Look East. In
:00:10. > :00:13.the programme tonight: After the rain, expect the winds. The region's
:00:14. > :00:17.braced for more flooding and travel disruption. The Orwell Bridge will
:00:18. > :00:37.close tonight, and on the trains they're expecting delays. We still
:00:38. > :00:39.intend to run a full service but there is disruption.
:00:40. > :00:41.A ?28 million scheme is underway to protect thousands of homes from
:00:42. > :00:44.flooding. The grief of families after the
:00:45. > :01:02.inquest into the deaths of four men in a construction accident. We will
:01:03. > :01:09.never come to terms with our loss. And RAF Marham fly a jet in our
:01:10. > :01:13.country to photograph the flooding. Hello. After a day of pouring rain,
:01:14. > :01:17.tonight the east is braced for more disruption, with gale force winds
:01:18. > :01:20.and more heavy downpours. An amber warning is in place for Essex,
:01:21. > :01:25.Suffolk and Norfolk, with the wind gusting up to 70 miles per hour. On
:01:26. > :01:27.the trains, Greater Anglia is trying to persuade everybody to travel
:01:28. > :01:32.early this evening because the service is likely to be disrupted
:01:33. > :01:37.tonight. On the roads, the Orwell Bridge will be closed from 10pm
:01:38. > :01:40.tonight. And with at least an inch of rain falling on ground which is
:01:41. > :01:52.already saturated, river levels will rise. Let's go live to Alex Dunlop
:01:53. > :02:02.at Colchester Railway Station. Within the last minute, the rain has
:02:03. > :02:08.returned. The wind is not too bad. An amber alert kicked in half an
:02:09. > :02:20.hour ago. The winds are expected after midnight. Trees could fall
:02:21. > :02:26.across the track later. There has been flooding on minor and major
:02:27. > :02:29.roads. What a wretched day to see in the weekend. Tonight, drivers
:02:30. > :02:33.battled through the storms on the A12 in Essex. Within half an hour,
:02:34. > :02:36.there were five crashes on the county's roads. The Highways Agency
:02:37. > :02:39.says if in doubt, delay your journey. Winds were up to 70 miles
:02:40. > :02:43.an hour. The Orwell Bridge will close at 10pm tonight and may not
:02:44. > :02:47.reopen till dawn. It's tomorrow that we may see the full extent of the
:02:48. > :02:50.storms, and it could look like this ` a repeat of last Friday's floods
:02:51. > :02:53.across Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Schools were closed, houses flooded
:02:54. > :02:57.and rivers burst their banks. Drivers had to be rescued from their
:02:58. > :03:03.cars. Sinking water had to be pumped out of businesses. `` Stinking.
:03:04. > :03:06.Tonight, Greater Anglia suspended ticket restrictions to try to
:03:07. > :03:13.persuade rail commuters to head home early. There is a risk of disruption
:03:14. > :03:20.if the winds take place. We're taking precautions and giving
:03:21. > :03:24.warnings. We've put buses on at certain stations to allow
:03:25. > :03:27.flexibility. We're allowing tickets through, to get people through
:03:28. > :03:32.earlier. Many took that advice. Normally when the trains are delayed
:03:33. > :03:42.it takes hours to get home. First come first serve. I was meant to go
:03:43. > :03:45.to London but I haven't. This river in Essex was in full flow today.
:03:46. > :03:57.Tomorrow, the headache may not just be floodwater, but the ferocity of
:03:58. > :04:07.the gale force winds. We'll see what tomorrow brings. The National Trust
:04:08. > :04:14.is closing one park in Norfolk as a precaution. So what's caused it all?
:04:15. > :04:23.Here's Dan to explain. Another day, another area of low pressure. The
:04:24. > :04:34.radar shows the rain. More strong winds to come. There is an amber
:04:35. > :04:46.warning out. Gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour. Strongest winds after
:04:47. > :04:50.midnight. More details later. The Environment Agency has come in
:04:51. > :04:52.for some strong criticism during the recent floods from people in
:04:53. > :04:55.Somerset and even from Government ministers. It's been attacked for
:04:56. > :04:59.not doing enough to prevent flooding, but today they made a
:05:00. > :05:02.start on a ?28 million project at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk to keep
:05:03. > :05:07.thousands of homes safe next to the river. Three men, three spades. This
:05:08. > :05:13.was the ceremony to launch phase one of a three year programme to replace
:05:14. > :05:18.600 metres of flood walls. Let's show you the geography of one of the
:05:19. > :05:24.areas set to benefit. It's very close to the river. Here, they're
:05:25. > :05:37.used to keeping sandbags to the ready. The floods of 1953 claimed
:05:38. > :05:57.eight lives. 1,000 properties were overwhelmed. Then there was the
:05:58. > :06:07.major alert of two months ago. Early December, we had water levels above
:06:08. > :06:12.the 50s. We need to focus people. Long term, the project is just the
:06:13. > :06:21.beginning. This is just the first five years. We're working on the
:06:22. > :06:33.next phase already. We need to generate money. Up the coast, the
:06:34. > :06:49.recent sea surge saw homes fall into the sea. Locals have raised ?24,000.
:06:50. > :07:01.It wouldn't hurt for some money to be spent down here. The Environment
:07:02. > :07:06.Agency insists these communities haven't been forgotten.
:07:07. > :07:10.An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death on four
:07:11. > :07:13.men who were killed when a steel cage they were working in collapsed
:07:14. > :07:17.on top of them. Two brothers from Suffolk ` Daniel and Tom Hazelton `
:07:18. > :07:22.Peter Johnson and Adam Taylor died at Claxton Engineering in Great
:07:23. > :07:28.Yarmouth three years ago. This is the steel cage which collapsed,
:07:29. > :07:31.killing four men in January 2011. It was going to reinforce a concrete
:07:32. > :07:37.base for a pressure testing facility at Claxton Engineering in Great
:07:38. > :07:40.Yarmouth. The inquest heard that the four men were working inside the
:07:41. > :07:45.cage, fixing metal bars above them to provide strength. The cage fell
:07:46. > :07:53.over, collapsing like a picnic table. Daniel Hazelton and his
:07:54. > :07:58.younger brother Tom both died in the accident, with Peter Johnson and
:07:59. > :08:01.Adam Taylor. All four men worked for Hazegood Construction ` they'd been
:08:02. > :08:07.contracted by another firm, Encompass Project Management. They
:08:08. > :08:12.died at the scene from traumatic asphyxia. Today, an inquest jury
:08:13. > :08:22.returned a verdict of accidental death. We will never be able to come
:08:23. > :08:26.to terms with our devastating loss. Four men went to work and never came
:08:27. > :08:31.home. The evidence showed that Dan, Tom, Peter and Adam were skilled
:08:32. > :08:36.workers. No concerns were raised about the steel work they were
:08:37. > :08:39.doing. We hope the Health and Safety Executive will take appropriate
:08:40. > :08:46.action against those responsible so justice is done and it never happens
:08:47. > :08:54.again. Hazegood is still going but has struggled to find work.
:08:55. > :08:57.Encompass ceased trading in 2012. It was about to be dissolved before the
:08:58. > :09:02.Health and Safety Executive stopped that from happening. The Health and
:09:03. > :09:05.Safety Executive will now review the evidence in light of the inquest, to
:09:06. > :09:12.decide whether further criminal proceedings are appropriate. We will
:09:13. > :09:14.make a statement in due course. In closing the inquest, the Coroner
:09:15. > :09:29.extended her sympathies to the families of the four men, who met
:09:30. > :09:32.such tragic and untimely deaths. A structural engineer and a building
:09:33. > :09:36.company have been fined a total of ?60,000 pounds after two men were
:09:37. > :09:39.killed on a building site in Suffolk. Kevin Ruffles and Matthew
:09:40. > :09:43.Skeet were crushed when a wall collapsed at Worlingworth near
:09:44. > :09:45.Framlingham in October 2010. Barry Potts and the building company
:09:46. > :09:52.Elliston, Steady and Hawes were found to have breached health and
:09:53. > :09:55.safety regulations. Parents in Essex whose children's
:09:56. > :09:58.centres are facing big cutbacks say villages and rural areas are being
:09:59. > :10:01.unfairly targeted. Essex County Council has to save more than ?2
:10:02. > :10:05.million from its budget for Surestart Centres. In some places it
:10:06. > :10:14.will mean opening hours are cut from 40 to five hours a week. Every week
:10:15. > :10:17.new mums and dads bring their babies to this parenting group at the
:10:18. > :10:23.Carousel Children's Centre in Braintree. It's one of a number of
:10:24. > :10:26.classes that the centre runs to help new parents, along with a drop`in
:10:27. > :10:35.service that's open from 8am to 6pm every day. The fact that it's free
:10:36. > :10:38.and open to everybody is great. You can ask people any questions you
:10:39. > :10:41.might have. It's really helped with our little girl's development. But
:10:42. > :10:46.across Essex, children's centres are facing cuts. These mums and dads are
:10:47. > :10:51.among the lucky ones. This centre isn't being affected by these cuts.
:10:52. > :10:55.Across Essex, of the 82 centres which will still be open after the
:10:56. > :11:06.cuts, more than half will face a reduction in their opening hours.
:11:07. > :11:12.These mums are among those affected. They say they're hitting rural areas
:11:13. > :11:19.and fear there will be more to come. I can see it's only going to get
:11:20. > :11:28.worse. Ones cut to 40 hour weeks could go down to five when they need
:11:29. > :11:39.to make their next cut. As always, we are the ones that feel it because
:11:40. > :12:03.we're in small villages. We need it. In a statement, the council said...
:12:04. > :12:07.The Education Minister, Liz Truss, says decisions about children's
:12:08. > :12:11.centres should be local ones. Parents will find out over the next
:12:12. > :12:23.few months what impact these cuts are going to have. That's just one
:12:24. > :12:27.of the stories featured this weekend on the Sunday Politics. And they're
:12:28. > :12:30.also talking bingo, which is the one form of gambling that's taxed higher
:12:31. > :12:36.than anything else. That's Sunday morning, BBC One at 11am.
:12:37. > :12:40.A button on a control panel which was pressed by mistake led to a
:12:41. > :12:43.ferry crashing into a harbour wall in Harwich last year. Nearly 500
:12:44. > :12:46.people were on board the Sirena Seaways when it smashed into a
:12:47. > :12:49.concrete berth in June. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch found
:12:50. > :12:57.an officer had accidentally turned on a back`up system which left the
:12:58. > :13:01.main controls useless. The ferry was holed below the water line. No one
:13:02. > :13:04.was injured in the crash. Covers have now been put over back`up
:13:05. > :13:07.control buttons so they can't be pressed by mistake.
:13:08. > :13:11.Still to come: From M S to the NHS. One of the biggest names in
:13:12. > :13:14.retailing helps out our hospitals. Plus the town that's top of the
:13:15. > :13:23.table and bottom of the league at the same time!
:13:24. > :13:26.This region has been doing its bit to help parts of the country like
:13:27. > :13:30.Somerset and the Thames which have been hit hardest by the flooding.
:13:31. > :13:33.Our Fire Services have sent rescue teams, farmers have sent animal feed
:13:34. > :13:38.and troops have been filling sandbags. Now though, the help has
:13:39. > :13:42.turned hi`tech. It came in the shape of a Tornado jet from RAF Marham in
:13:43. > :13:45.Norfolk. It has been taking high resolution aerial pictures of the
:13:46. > :13:48.flooding on the River Thames. Very recently those same cameras have
:13:49. > :13:51.been used to monitor the Taliban in Afghanstan. These photographs are
:13:52. > :14:05.being used by the emergency services to plan the relief operations. This
:14:06. > :14:13.photo of the Thames Valley was taken by an RAF jet at 15,000 feet. It was
:14:14. > :14:19.out for three hours and managed to cover 150 square kilometres. It's
:14:20. > :14:29.used very rarely in the UK but is used extensively in Afghanistan. The
:14:30. > :14:35.differences are minimal. It operates in the same way. RAF Marham usually
:14:36. > :14:44.fly these jets over warzones, taking photos and gathering intelligence.
:14:45. > :14:50.This week its mission has been over home territory. We can see where's
:14:51. > :14:55.flooded, where's not flooded, and where is at risk. We can pass that
:14:56. > :15:06.down to the ground, or civilian authorities. The photos show the
:15:07. > :15:09.extent of the flooding around the Thames Valley. The water is at its
:15:10. > :15:17.highest level in 60 years. The information will be used to move
:15:18. > :15:28.sandbags and other resources. The operation has involved more than 100
:15:29. > :15:36.RAF personnel. It was a real effort but everybody's very invested in
:15:37. > :15:43.trying to assist wherever we can. We were doing that alongside our other
:15:44. > :15:47.operations. The base will continue to analyse the photos over the
:15:48. > :15:57.weekend. It could be used in future flooding operations.
:15:58. > :16:01.One of the biggest names in British retailing has been brought in by the
:16:02. > :16:04.NHS to help some of our struggling hospitals. Sir Stuart Rose turned
:16:05. > :16:07.around the fortunes of Marks Spencer but now he'll be offering
:16:08. > :16:12.leadership advice to the 14 hospitals across England which are
:16:13. > :16:15.in "special measures". Here in the east there are three ` King's Lynn,
:16:16. > :16:17.Colchester and Basildon, where the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
:16:18. > :16:26.launched the programme with Sir Stuart. The man who ran M has a
:16:27. > :16:35.lot to learn about hospitals. Sir Stuart Rose met staff yesterday in
:16:36. > :16:40.Basildon. Alongside the Health Secretary, he heard about changes
:16:41. > :16:44.being made. The hospital is one of those put into special measures
:16:45. > :16:49.after concerns about care. It's a world away from his retail
:16:50. > :16:57.background. But he says he can bring people skills to the table. You
:16:58. > :17:02.depend on people every day to do their job properly, do their job
:17:03. > :17:05.skilfully... In the case of customers in a store, it's about
:17:06. > :17:13.goods and services. Here, it's about the right service, prompt service.
:17:14. > :17:20.Sir Stuart is someone who uses the NHS. He doesn't have private health
:17:21. > :17:29.insurance. He's committed. But turning round hospitals is a huge
:17:30. > :17:34.task. It's not a gimmick. I'll be judged on my success in turning them
:17:35. > :17:39.around. Leadership comes up time and again as one of the critical issues.
:17:40. > :17:44.Basildon has hired more staff, and care is improving. The hospital is
:17:45. > :17:49.now run by a former nurse, who believes the NHS faces different
:17:50. > :17:59.challenges from businesses. Sometimes we have less freedom than
:18:00. > :18:02.an independent business. Our priority is not about the bottom
:18:03. > :18:06.line ` important though that is, it's about the health and safety of
:18:07. > :18:08.patients. The health union UNISON warned the NHS is fundamentally
:18:09. > :18:18.different to retail, with patients turning to the health service when
:18:19. > :18:22.they were at their most vulnerable. Sport now, and there can't be many
:18:23. > :18:26.places with a club at the top of the league and another at rock bottom.
:18:27. > :18:29.With a tale of one town and two teams... Here's Tom.
:18:30. > :18:32.Yes, if you're a Saints fans you're on top of the world. If it's the
:18:33. > :18:35.Cobblers for you, then Saturday afternoons have been rather gloomy.
:18:36. > :18:37.Northampton's rugby players are fighting to be crowned Premiership
:18:38. > :18:40.champions. The football team scrapping to stay in the Football
:18:41. > :18:44.League. Every point will matter to both sides in the closing stages of
:18:45. > :18:48.the season as our Sports Editor Jonathan Park reports. Northampton
:18:49. > :18:51.has a rich and varied sporting landscape. In fact, no other town in
:18:52. > :18:57.England contains professional rugby, football and cricket teams. But if
:18:58. > :19:01.you're a Saints or Cobblers fan, your viewing experience has been
:19:02. > :19:04.very different this season. Northampton Town have sacked a
:19:05. > :19:08.manager, are bottom of the league and their status as a Football
:19:09. > :19:11.League club is in doubt. But everything is going to plan for
:19:12. > :19:14.Northampton Saints. They're top of the Premiership, in a cup semifinal
:19:15. > :19:24.and supplying England with a number of players. I've followed many ups
:19:25. > :19:35.and downs. We've fallen at the final fence before. But we're growing in
:19:36. > :19:39.confidence. We're going well. It's depressing following the football at
:19:40. > :19:46.the moment. We win so few. We don't score. We concede bucketloads. It's
:19:47. > :19:50.a disaster. Awful season. Saints have powered their way to the top of
:19:51. > :19:56.Rugby Union's top flight. The Cobblers are football's basement
:19:57. > :20:08.boys ` 92 out of 92. But a crucial midweek win against Torquay has
:20:09. > :20:13.fired them up. Goal! It was new manager Chris Wilder's first victory
:20:14. > :20:19.in charge. 17 cup finals to go. Whether it goes into the last ten
:20:20. > :20:27.seconds of a game... So long as we're still in there... We'll give
:20:28. > :20:35.it all. Saints' loss is England's gain. They're still on for a treble.
:20:36. > :20:39.Something the Cobblers can only dream of. We want them to stay up,
:20:40. > :20:43.obviously. It's great having them about. This town is a good sporting
:20:44. > :20:51.town, with football, rugby and cricket. Top or bottom, different
:20:52. > :21:03.battles lie ahead. The audience awaits for the final episodes of
:21:04. > :21:06.this Northampton drama. In football, no game for Norwich
:21:07. > :21:09.this weekend so there's some respite for boss Chris Hughton whose job is
:21:10. > :21:12.coming under mounting pressure. The club's Chief Executive David McNally
:21:13. > :21:16.told BBC Radio Norfolk he's watching the situation carefully and is aware
:21:17. > :21:19.of the fans' concerns. He admits performances have been encouraging
:21:20. > :21:23.despite the club boasting just one win in 11 Premier League games. He
:21:24. > :21:26.also insists Hughton has their support with the manager still
:21:27. > :21:32.positive he can keep them up. Norwich are one point clear of the
:21:33. > :21:35.drop`zone. Now one team who'd dearly love to
:21:36. > :21:42.trade places with Norwich are Ipswich. Town are just three points
:21:43. > :21:45.off the play`offs with 16 games to go. They're at home to Blackpool
:21:46. > :21:48.tomorrow knowing that with the top five looking nailed on, there's
:21:49. > :21:52.going to be quite scrap to finish sixth. It's that type of league ` as
:21:53. > :21:56.easy as you win three, you can lose three. We just keep plugging away
:21:57. > :22:02.and try to be consistent. Hopefully by May we'll have done enough to be
:22:03. > :22:22.in the top six. And there's some football tonight in
:22:23. > :22:25.League One. Here are the fixtures. Olympic champion Greg Rutherford
:22:26. > :22:27.makes his first appearance of the season indoors in Birmingham
:22:28. > :22:30.tomorrow. The long jumper from Milton Keynes is joined by Bedford's
:22:31. > :22:34.Nigel Levine, Andrew Osagie from Harlow, hurdler Will Sharman and
:22:35. > :22:36.Robbie Grabarz in the high jump. For Rutherford, no chance to ease
:22:37. > :22:39.himself into competition. He's up against the three medallists from
:22:40. > :22:53.last summer's World Championships. He's been out with injury. That's
:22:54. > :22:57.it. Check out the website. Let's go back to our main story now
:22:58. > :23:01.` the strong wind and rain which have been sweeping across most of
:23:02. > :23:04.the region today. It's the weekend and the start of the half`term
:23:05. > :23:08.holidays, so what can we expect over the next few days? A question I put
:23:09. > :23:11.to Adrian Gosling from the Environment Agency headquarters in
:23:12. > :23:15.Peterborough. The rain's started to come through already. People have
:23:16. > :23:21.seen a band of rain already. The rivers are going to react. We advise
:23:22. > :23:30.people near the big rivers to be aware and log on to the websites. We
:23:31. > :23:39.have a big region with a lot of rivers in it. Is Essex the main
:23:40. > :23:46.trouble spot? What other areas are you concerned about? Everybody needs
:23:47. > :23:50.to be aware. Those people who experienced high levels last Friday
:23:51. > :23:58.will experience similar levels. They need to be aware and alert. Are you
:23:59. > :24:10.expecting things to calm down after the weekend? After tonight. But
:24:11. > :24:15.people shouldn't relax. It can take three to five days for water to go
:24:16. > :24:25.through certain river systems. People need to be alert to that.
:24:26. > :24:31.Especially when they're out. Take care. We're talking about the water
:24:32. > :24:40.but there will be high winds too. Does that have a knock`on effect?
:24:41. > :24:52.Yes. People near the coast need to be aware. There will be big waves at
:24:53. > :24:54.the coast and slightly higher than normal tides. I advise people to be
:24:55. > :25:29.cautious and careful. Thank you. Time for the weather. Here's the
:25:30. > :25:39.radar picture. The Met Office have an amber warning out. Gusts of 50,
:25:40. > :25:49.60, even 70 miles an hour. Trees could be uprooted. Inland, we are
:25:50. > :26:04.widely covered by a yellow warning. The winds increase. Midnight to 3am
:26:05. > :26:17.will be the wildest. Temperatures are actually rising. Eventually down
:26:18. > :26:29.to six or seven Celsius. Tomorrow will still be windy. Saturday will
:26:30. > :26:39.be windy, with a mixture of sunny spells. Gusts of 40 to 50 miles an
:26:40. > :26:50.hour. They'll ease down progressively. Quite mild, actually.
:26:51. > :27:02.Showers gradually pull away to the east. Tomorrow night it will be dry.
:27:03. > :27:12.Perhaps a touch of frost on Sunday. Much better day then overall. The
:27:13. > :27:27.next weather front eventually comes in. It may take till late in the day
:27:28. > :27:32.till it reaches our region. Here's the projection.