:00:09. > :00:12.A record number of patients are attending hospitals
:00:13. > :00:16.in this region, leading to luch longer waiting times and putting
:00:17. > :00:20.Last week, the Accident and Emergency at Norfolk and Norwich
:00:21. > :00:23.had its busiest day ever and the A at Ipswich its busiest week.
:00:24. > :00:30.People often think Accident and Emergency departments are pushed
:00:31. > :00:35.But this summer they are also feeling the heat, as they experience
:00:36. > :00:40.The James Paget Hospital, near Great Yarmouth, recently had
:00:41. > :00:47.Normally its A would have expected around 180 patients ` inste`d,
:00:48. > :00:54.It meant the hospital was barely able to cope.
:00:55. > :00:58.I think people are more keen now to come up to Accident and Emergency.
:00:59. > :01:02.We are getting people coming up who have had a couple hours of this,
:01:03. > :01:05.or a couple of hours of the other, who possibly the next morning would
:01:06. > :01:11.feel a bit better with some paracetamol or ibuprofen.
:01:12. > :01:15.In July 2011, just over 1,300 people attended James Paget's A
:01:16. > :01:20.in one week, compared to more than 1,500 the same week this sulmer
:01:21. > :01:27.Up from 1,200 to 1,700 at Ipswich Hospital, at the Norfolk
:01:28. > :01:30.and Norwich up from 1,700 to more than 2,000, and at Colchestdr
:01:31. > :01:38.It means that waiting room targets are missed
:01:39. > :01:42.Colchester will soon run a trial to ease the pressure on A
:01:43. > :01:45.GPs will treat some patients who arrive there.
:01:46. > :01:49.If it works, they may set up a permanent urgent care centrd ` note
:01:50. > :01:56.Pressures within the NHS are not helping either.
:01:57. > :01:58.Some turn up at A rather than wait days
:01:59. > :02:03.They are almost victims of their own success, because they
:02:04. > :02:10.People want to go there, but I think they forget it hs
:02:11. > :02:12.Accident and Emergency and sometimes they regarded it
:02:13. > :02:18.Obviously, it is not there for that reason.
:02:19. > :02:21.Many rural surgeries like this are struggling to attract doctors.
:02:22. > :02:25.This one in Watton is having to de`register 1,500 patients to
:02:26. > :02:31.At the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, they are adapting
:02:32. > :02:36.The hospital boss says that some people see themselves
:02:37. > :02:42.We want it, and we want it now, and we want to right.
:02:43. > :02:45.That is not the way that our parents would have thought about
:02:46. > :02:50.accessing healthcare, but because we do our weekly shopping like that,
:02:51. > :02:53.because in every other walk of life we consume in that way ` why
:02:54. > :03:00.After all, it is probably the most important thing that we consume.
:03:01. > :03:05.And she went on to say that they may soon have to re`brand as A
:03:06. > :03:07.The health service is having to adapt ` and fast.
:03:08. > :03:10.If you want to hear more, tomorrow's breakfast show on BBC Radio Suffolk
:03:11. > :03:13.will be discussing the issud with the Suffolk MP and health minister,
:03:14. > :03:22.A huge plume of sand and gravel was blasted ashore in Essex today.
:03:23. > :03:25.It marks the start of a ?36 million project to defend over
:03:26. > :03:31.three miles of shoreline between Clacton Pier and Holland on Sea.
:03:32. > :03:34.Sand and gravel dredged 12 miles offshore thunders
:03:35. > :03:40.This is the start of work to create a platform out to sea.
:03:41. > :03:45.From it, the first of 23 groynes will be built.
:03:46. > :03:49.300,000 tonnes of granite whll be shipped in from Norway.
:03:50. > :03:53.We will bring the material about three miles offshore from hdre.
:03:54. > :03:58.We will load it onto a bargd, and then the barge will shuttle
:03:59. > :04:01.and come here at high water, and will offload the rocks
:04:02. > :04:04.at high water, and then we will retrieve the rocks at low w`ter
:04:05. > :04:07.That is the process and it will be repeated for every groynd.
:04:08. > :04:18.Along the prom, scaffolding props up handrahls.
:04:19. > :04:22.While steps that used to lead to sandy beaches now go nowherd.
:04:23. > :04:25.Jean and George Smith cannot wait to get the beach back.
:04:26. > :04:27.There used to beautiful beaches down here
:04:28. > :04:31.and they have gradually disappeared, which is such a shame for pdople
:04:32. > :04:34.who bring their grandchildrdn and their children down here.
:04:35. > :04:43.So why is this scheme being funded when so many others
:04:44. > :04:47.It all comes down to the Government rules that state that every pound
:04:48. > :04:50.spent on coastal defences, there must be ?8 of damage prevented.
:04:51. > :04:51.Behind these vulnerable cliffs are some 3,000 homes.
:04:52. > :04:58.One of the worries this winter has been that this could have gone.
:04:59. > :05:00.It is in critical condition in places.
:05:01. > :05:03.This will help to establish them and when we have that schemd we will
:05:04. > :05:07.It has pulled in the sightseers and it is on schedule.
:05:08. > :05:10.If the weather holds, the whole project could be finished
:05:11. > :05:15.Richard Daniel, BBC Look East, Holland on Sea.
:05:16. > :05:18.It has been a blistering dax for our athletes at the
:05:19. > :05:21.Commonwealth Games ` two golds and two silvers claimed by sportsmen
:05:22. > :05:25.Tom Williams is in Glasgow for us tonight.
:05:26. > :05:33.He is quickly becoming the star of the Commonwealth Games for England.
:05:34. > :05:38.South Essex gymnast Max Whitlock today won his third gold medal.
:05:39. > :05:40.After the team and all`around titles,
:05:41. > :05:45.He also won a silver on the pommel horse,
:05:46. > :05:50.This evening, Whitlock claimed fifth in the men's rings final.
:05:51. > :05:59.To come out with floor gold is a major achievement for me.
:06:00. > :06:02.It gives me a lot of confidence and it makes me chill out
:06:03. > :06:06.With those medals under my belt, I can just go and enjoy the rest
:06:07. > :06:10.of the experience and just try to stay as relaxed as I can.
:06:11. > :06:12.Max tonight admitted he is pretty tired after four days
:06:13. > :06:16.One more final to come tomorrow in the parallel bars `
:06:17. > :06:22.And there were more medals today in cycling's time trial.
:06:23. > :06:28.Silver for Norfolk's Emma Pooley ` who has announced she is retiring
:06:29. > :06:37.Hunger and desire are commonplace in elite sport.
:06:38. > :06:41.Alex Dowsett had anger too, fuelling his veins,
:06:42. > :06:47.He missed London 2012 with injury, he has battled haemophilia
:06:48. > :06:50.his whole life, illness scuppered his Tour de France ride through
:06:51. > :07:01.No one wanted that today more than I did.
:07:02. > :07:03.Obviously there was disappointment I was not picked
:07:04. > :07:12.Right back to when I was a kid, I pull something out of the bag
:07:13. > :07:23.Emma Pooley was battling emotions too.
:07:24. > :07:26.Her time trial was her cyclhng swansong before retirement.
:07:27. > :07:29.A straight shootout for gold with the New Zealand
:07:30. > :07:36.It was close, but I am happy to be on the podium.
:07:37. > :07:40.Obviously, when you come through and you have the quickest thme and
:07:41. > :07:43.the person behind you was qticker, it is a little bit disappointing.
:07:44. > :07:45.But I do not think I could have done any better.
:07:46. > :07:48.Even if I had come last, I would have had to be satisfied.
:07:49. > :07:50.There is no rest for these two either.
:07:51. > :07:53.Both are back on the bike in the road race on Sunday.
:07:54. > :07:55.Our Suffolk hockey trio of Harry Martin,
:07:56. > :07:58.George Pinner and Tim Whitelan are safely through to the semis, after
:07:59. > :08:04.They now face the favourites Australia.
:08:05. > :08:06.On the track, master against apprentice in
:08:07. > :08:13.Legendary David Weir saw off his training partner with ease,
:08:14. > :08:17.but at just 17 years old Norwich's Will Smith, who c`me fifth
:08:18. > :08:21.and joined in the lap of honour showed he is one to keep an eye on.
:08:22. > :08:24.And elsewhere tonight at Halpden Park, Canvey Island's Jess Judd
:08:25. > :08:29.was in impressive form ` winning her semi`final in the 800 mdtres.
:08:30. > :08:32.She will be hoping for a medal tomorrow.
:08:33. > :08:35.Essex squash duo Peter Barker and Daryl Selby are going wdll
:08:36. > :08:41.And keep an eye on Jamie Chdstney in the lawn bowls `
:08:42. > :08:47.he is going for gold tomorrow in the men's fours final against Scotland.
:08:48. > :09:02.That is the way the news looks tonight.
:09:03. > :09:09.It will not be a cold night. Temperatures will not drop below
:09:10. > :09:17.14`15 Celsius. Tomorrow will start off fine, but there will be
:09:18. > :09:18.increasing cloud by the afternoon. The showers could be heavy `nd
:09:19. > :09:25.The showers could be heavy and thundery in places. But there will
:09:26. > :09:31.be sunshine in between, allowing temperatures to rise to 23`24?C.
:09:32. > :09:31.There will be thundery rain overnight
:09:32. > :09:36.Rain for Saturday. Now to John who will take you through the national
:09:37. > :09:40.forecast across the UK. Hello there. You may have to find
:09:41. > :09:46.ways of occupying the children. A lot of rain for some, not so much
:09:47. > :09:50.for others. That was the way in July but overall whelmingly warm. Not as
:09:51. > :09:54.warm as last year but it continues the run of months with higher than
:09:55. > :09:59.average temperatures. The eighth now in a row. On to August, a few
:10:00. > :10:04.showers around. That is across the north and the west. Lots of dry
:10:05. > :10:07.weather between. A mild night at dawn, the temperatures about the
:10:08. > :10:12.mid-teens. You may wake up to sunshine but the general trend
:10:13. > :10:14.through the day is for things to deteriorate across the northern and
:10:15. > :10:16.western parts of England and Wales where the showers will begin to
:10:17. > :10:17.merge into