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two weeks' time. That is all from us tonight but

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Hello, I'm Shaun Peel. First, more on the death of a

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retired businessman from Essex who was killed during Friday's storms.

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James Swinstead, who lived near Colchester, died on a cruise ship

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when it was hit by a huge wave. His widow is demanding a thorough

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inquiry into what went wrong. He was lovely. He was a very good

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husband. James and Helen Swinstead had been married almost 60 years.

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They had been on a number of cruises, but their latest adventure,

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a 42 night voyage to the Azores, was to end in tragedy. The couple were

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in the restaurant at lunchtime on Valentine's Day when a wave smashed

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four windows right beside them. Suddenly, it blew in. Then it was

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real pandemonium. Four windows came in, people were bleeding. The dinner

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waiter found me and moved me to a chair away... Because I was terribly

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wet, you can imagine with the sea breaking over you. I sat there and

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they called for the doctor and he took my husband away. James, who was

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85, bore the brunt of the torrent of water and glass and died before he

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could be airlifted from the vessel which was just two days from its

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home port at Tilbury. A number of the other 700 passengers on board

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were also hurt. Mrs Swinstead says the ship was badly maintained and

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that was clear to see. I said to my husband that it was a rusty patch.

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There was water on the windowsill next to him. It's common sense, if

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you have rusty water come in through a window, you plug it, you don't

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have rusty water coming in. The Marco Polo is nearly 50 years old

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and was built for a Soviet shipping company. Five years ago, when it was

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chartered by a German company, it hit the headlines. 400 passengers

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and crew went down with a sickness virus and one man from Norfolk died.

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It is now run by a different operator. The company said it would

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not comment on Mrs Swinstead's views, but she is adamant there must

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be a full investigation to establish if safety on board was in any way

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compromised. Engineers have been working through

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the weekend to restore electricity supplies which were cut during the

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storm. Around 11,000 homes and businesses across the east lost

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power when falling trees brought down overhead lines. By today, only

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a handful of homes were still off. Across the region, assessment of the

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damage caused to buildings is continuing. Part of the roof was

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ripped off the sports hall of the Manor School at Raunds in

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Northamptonshire. And a former antique shop at Chatteris in

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Cambridgeshire was flattened by the force of the winds. Falling masonry

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wrecked a car parked outside. And the Imperial War Museum at Duxford

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near Cambridge is unlikely to reopen this week. The main hangar has

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suffered damage to its roof for the second time this year.

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Once we've been able to go up onto the roof, make it safe and assess

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the conditions, we will then be looking at some long`term structural

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improvements to make sure that when we do endure these very difficult

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weather conditions that all our buildings are very safe.

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A patient who went missing from Colchester hospital has been found.

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The disappearance of pensioner Gerald Shelcot this morning prompted

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a police search of the hospital grounds and surrounding area.

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Officers found the 78`year`old safe and well this afternoon at a

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supermarket on the other side of the town.

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OK, let's look at the weather. Here's Kate Kinsella.

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After a beautiful day today, the temperature dropped quite suddenly

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once it became dark. Fairly chilly first thing. But the temperature

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could rise as we head towards dawn as the cloud is set to arrive. We'll

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also get some outbreaks of light, patchy rain. This area of cloud is

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heading towards us. But when it reaches us, it will have broken up,

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so it is light and patchy rain. The wind is a little stronger tomorrow,

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nothing to worry about. As we head into the afternoon, some brighter

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spells further south. Further north are likely to hold onto that patchy

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rain until sunset. For the rest of the week, some quite heavy showers

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around for Tuesday. For Wednesday, a dry day and more rain for Thursday.

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That's it. We're back in breakfast news tomorrow from 6.30. Goodnight.

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Good evening. In the midst of any normal winter weather for the week

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ahead would be fairly unremarkable. Some rain in places, some

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