18/06/2014 Look East - East


18/06/2014

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I'm Susie Fowler`Watt. the London Mayor, Boris Johnson

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First tonight, 24 hours of misery for rail commuters.

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Thousands of passengers werd stranded at Liverpool Street last

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night following a fault with overhead power cables.

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The police were brought in to keep the peace.

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Then this morning, a signal problem on the samd line.

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Nikki Fox sent this from Witham station.

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A points failure here this dvening meant that there were

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of some minor delays but thhngs were not anywhere near as bad

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as last night or earlier thhs morning.

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One man told me he had missdd a promotion because he was late

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two days in a row and it has been similarly stressful for manx people,

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Thousands of passengers cralmed on the station concourse last night.

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The police were trying to maintain law and order.

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It was carnage and there were no trains.

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I tried to leave the station but they had locked it

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Thousands of people were thdre and I got a taxi, costing ?220,

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Some commuters never made it home and others were delayed

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The cause was damaged overhdad power lines near Chelmsford

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Both lines had to be closed for several hours

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Passengers say there was no information.

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One thing that we are totally committed to,

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with our colleagues at Network Rail, is to have a thorough review

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of last night's problems, including the communication problems.

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But if you tell them the problem then

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We should be passing inform`tion onto the customers as quickly

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as it comes to us so that they know exactly what the situation hs.

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Cancellations and delays dud to a signalling problem.

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There are screens up inside the station apologishng to

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commuters but many tell me they are fed up with hearing the word sorry.

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They either want an improved service or a reduced

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They are just hoping the delays do not continue tomorrow.

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Earlier, I asked Richard Schofield from Network Rail why

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He apologised to passengers but insisted the number of overhead line

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We have renewed almost all of the overhead line from

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It is getting better but I `gree it does not feel like that somdtimes.

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What about the communication problems?

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They did not tell passengers what was going on.

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That has made people more cross than anything.

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One of the problems we had last night was that because of the

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complexity of the failure and the difficulty in removing the train, we

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did not know how long it was going to take and therefore were not able

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To some extent, we failed to pass therefore any information at all on.

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Let's be honest, it was shalbolic last night and also quite scary

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One person said that it was a very dangerous overcrowding situ`tion.

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Another asked why the crowds were not better lanaged.

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We worked very hard with the emergency services to m`ke sure

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that the station was kept s`fe at all times.

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At the point where it becomds very crowded we do close off

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We encourage people to find alternative means of transport

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and make sure the station is safe but it is very crowded.

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Can you understand why commtters on this line have had enough?

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From our Twitter exchange on its own you can see that.

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I am a commuter myself and it is very frustrating

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when your journey to or frol work is disrupted.

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Even more so when it is by several hours.

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We run a good service and it works 91% of the timd.

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But also on the bits that it does not work it is unacceptable

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On the days that it runs well then we have to minimise the disruption

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Police have been granted more time to question a 52`year`old m`n

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about the murder of a student in Colchester.

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The woman, in her 30s, was a Saudi Arabian national.

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It's just three months sincd James Attfield was found de`d less

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than two miles away, with more than 100 knife wotnds

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Forensic examinations are still being carried out this evenhng,

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The woman's body was found yesterday morning

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on a path which skirts one of Colchester's estates.

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She was attacked by someone with a knife and had suffered severe

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She sustained a number of stab wounds

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and also head and facial injuries.

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And there will be a postmortem this afternoon so we

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will get a more detailed account of the nature of her injurids.

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Police think the dead woman had been making her way from her homd,

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The trail where she was found is popular with students from

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I was worried about my child because we always go there.

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There are lots of little chhldren around and a playpark as well.

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about what you can and cannot do now.

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The murder scene is about two miles from Colchester's Lower Castle Park,

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where the body of 33`year`old James Attfield was found in March.

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Yesterday's victim was wearhng traditional Muslim dress,

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including a long blue robe and a headscarf known as a hijab.

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Officers say they cannot rule out it being a racially`motivated killing.

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A man who was jailed for thd murder of his former girlfriend

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has lost an appeal to have key forensic items retdsted.

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Kevin Nunn, who lived at Woolpit in Suffolk, has always denidd

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But the Supreme Court has rejected his case.

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We leave you with the weathdr forecast.

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It is a fairly settled outlook for our weather over the next fdw days.

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There will be clear spells around and mist patches but

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for most places, temperaturds should stay in double figurds.

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We start tomorrow with a northerly wind, meaning cloud

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The chance of some drizzle but it will brighten up

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and we may start to see sunshine and therefore temperatures will climb.

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For the afternoon, a better prospect of seeing some

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Settled with lots of dry and bright weather

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remain dry. Top temperatures of 25 Celsius. The outlook for the weekend

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is looking pretty good. If you have outdoor plans, plenty of

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fine weather, warm nest the south. Is today, warm nest the north.

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Normally Perth Australia is renowned for its heat, but today Perth in

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Scotland, 27 degrees. Tomorrow not as warm, but still pleasant enough.

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High teens, low 20s. That cooler fresher air behind a cold front

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Fresh breeze from the north-west. That the will push the front

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southwards. A band of cloud and the odd spot of rain into parts of

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north-east England later. Otherwise most places dry. Not desperately

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cold. Temperatures holding in double figures.

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Tomorrow the front will move south. The odd shower in parts of the

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Midlands, eastern England and the south-east later. Plenty of fine

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weather with increasing amounts of sunshine. The best of that around

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coastal areas. The fresher breeze means its won't be as warm in

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northern and central areas, but it will feel pleasant. Some of the

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highest temperatures will be further south.

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