:00:00. > :00:26.you might stay dry. The temperatures will still be in
:00:27. > :00:32.these flats after the gas mains is deliberately set on fire.
:00:33. > :00:38.New figures show a dramatic rise in stress levels for crews.
:00:39. > :00:45.Ministers singing the praises of single`storey. And the unexpected
:00:46. > :00:56.dangers on the beach. I picked up what looked like a store and I
:00:57. > :00:59.turned that around and realised it was not, it was a sort of hand
:01:00. > :01:05.grenades. Fire crews say people living
:01:06. > :01:08.at two blocks of flats in Essex are lucky to be alive
:01:09. > :01:10.after gas mains were deliberately set alight beneath their buildings.
:01:11. > :01:13.More than 50 people were told to leave their homes when flats
:01:14. > :01:15.at Westcliffe on Sea near Southend were evacuated.
:01:16. > :01:18.Engineers have spent the whole day trying to repair the mains.
:01:19. > :01:19.Tonight one person has been arrested on suspicion of arson.
:01:20. > :01:30.The details now from Richard Daniel. It was a deliberate fire that could
:01:31. > :01:36.easily have killed. Gas pipes were set alight. The alarm was raised
:01:37. > :01:43.just before 7pm yesterday. All 19 flats had to be evacuated as flames
:01:44. > :01:56.threatens the block. This resident rescued an elderly neighbour. I saw
:01:57. > :02:03.my motorbike on fire. I went back in but it was evacuated because I knew
:02:04. > :02:09.they were gas pipes. One resident with a heart condition was taken to
:02:10. > :02:16.hospital and treated for shock. The gas supply had to be made safe. The
:02:17. > :02:21.fire service says the gas main was deliberately broken and you can see
:02:22. > :02:28.the intensity of the fire. These are the supply pipes, buckled and fallen
:02:29. > :02:35.apart. Then just over three hours later another fire at another block
:02:36. > :02:38.of flats half a mile away. This time a gas cylinder was placed against
:02:39. > :02:46.the ruptured gas main and it was then ignited. 30 people had to be
:02:47. > :02:51.evacuated. Essex Fire and rescue service described this as
:02:52. > :02:59.potentially deadly. I smelt smoke and thought it was the boiler but I
:03:00. > :03:05.saw the orange glow outside so I came out and open the back door and
:03:06. > :03:13.we had this plume of smoke. It was something I have never experienced.
:03:14. > :03:18.Tonight a joint police and fire service investigation is underway
:03:19. > :03:19.and early this morning a 26`year`old man of no fixed address was
:03:20. > :03:27.arrested. A chain of academies
:03:28. > :03:28.in Norfolk has denied reports that some of its schools were tipped
:03:29. > :03:31.off about Ofsted visits. off about Ofsted visits.
:03:32. > :03:32.The Observer newspaper claimed it had evidence that three academies,
:03:33. > :03:34.connected with the so`called "Superhead"
:03:35. > :03:39.Dame Rachel de Souza, knew about the inspectors' visit days,
:03:40. > :03:40.and sometimes weeks, in advance. Now Labour's education spokesman has
:03:41. > :03:57.called for a full investigation. Rachel de Souza was May Day Dame for
:03:58. > :04:05.services to education. She has flown the flag for the academies
:04:06. > :04:09.programme. Sponsored academies improve at a faster rate than any
:04:10. > :04:13.other kind of school. She now finds herself at the centre of allegations
:04:14. > :04:21.firmly denied by the thrust of what she chief executive. She was
:04:22. > :04:26.formerly principal of an academy in Norwich and the Observer says the
:04:27. > :04:30.Academy knew the dates of its inspection at least two weeks in
:04:31. > :04:39.advance. A statement from the trust says...
:04:40. > :04:58.The newspaper says evidence from whistle`blowers suggest two
:04:59. > :05:04.inspiration trust schools also receive advance notice of impending
:05:05. > :05:08.inspection this summer. These are concerning allegations and we think
:05:09. > :05:13.Ofsted should inspect schools without fear or favour. We cannot
:05:14. > :05:24.have any politicised school inspectors it's `` inspectorate
:05:25. > :05:27.system. Ofsted itself have said if anyone has any allegations they
:05:28. > :05:34.should be raised. The point is we do not want some schools favoured over
:05:35. > :05:37.others. The inspiration trust told as its chief executive was
:05:38. > :05:42.unavailable for interview and it says Ofsted has made it clear none
:05:43. > :05:47.of its schools given advance notice of inspection. All our schools are
:05:48. > :05:52.managed on the basis that an inspection can car at any time. This
:05:53. > :05:56.discipline provides reissue and two pupils, parents and teachers.
:05:57. > :05:59.Figures obtained by the BBC show that stress`related sickness among
:06:00. > :06:02.workers in the public sector in this region has risen dramatically
:06:03. > :06:04.over the last five years. Under the Freedom Of Information
:06:05. > :06:07.Act, BBC Radio Suffolk analysed information from councils, the fire
:06:08. > :06:15.and police forces and hospitals. It found that 374,000
:06:16. > :06:17.days were lost. Last year, 3,800 council
:06:18. > :06:18.staff went sick. Tonight's special report is from
:06:19. > :06:33.Jon Wright. Meetings like this one used to be
:06:34. > :06:39.something of a taboo but no stress and anxiety are freely discussed.
:06:40. > :06:43.The culture surrounding mental health was like the rest of society.
:06:44. > :06:48.People just did not talk about it and if someone was off with
:06:49. > :06:55.depression it was, they are not very well. Now I feel that people talk
:06:56. > :06:58.about it. Among those sharing their experiences are Paul Charlton who
:06:59. > :07:05.works in social care and has twice had time for low mood. I found
:07:06. > :07:10.myself not really understanding that my behaviour was changing because of
:07:11. > :07:16.stress, but when it gets serious, I want to be to say to people with a
:07:17. > :07:22.ensure that we are discussing ensure that we are discussing
:07:23. > :07:27.people's well`being. But elsewhere in the public sector, sickness
:07:28. > :07:31.through stress is a growing issue. Last year, emergency services lost
:07:32. > :07:42.the equivalent of 182 years of work due to this and Norfolk lost over
:07:43. > :07:48.20,000 working days. 1600 council workers were stressed enough to be
:07:49. > :07:53.offset. Dealing with people in distress can have a personal impact.
:07:54. > :07:55.We have excellent monitoring arrangements in place and we follow
:07:56. > :08:00.that up with counselling, support that up with counselling, support
:08:01. > :08:06.for staff, and we you use and occupational health service. And it
:08:07. > :08:13.is not just the public sector. This man was an engineer for 30 years
:08:14. > :08:19.before he became stressed. You cannot say something is going wrong
:08:20. > :08:24.because it just gets darker and darker and takes the joy out of
:08:25. > :08:30.things. Small challenges become difficult to handle. At the worst
:08:31. > :08:36.point, ringing up a supplier was really hard and it took a lot to be
:08:37. > :08:42.able to get it together to do that. Two years ago he took redundancy and
:08:43. > :08:47.is living simply but stress free. I have my own time back and it is
:08:48. > :08:53.fantastic. That is one of the things I hold against work and it is that
:08:54. > :08:59.for 30 years I did not have my time. And the good life is something
:09:00. > :09:01.mental health charities recommend. Some managers are lacking the
:09:02. > :09:09.confidence to address mental health, so they avoid having the
:09:10. > :09:11.discussion because they are perhaps concerned about triggering something
:09:12. > :09:20.or making an existing situation worse. It has taken over an
:09:21. > :09:30.allotment for an equal therapy project. `` ecotherapy.
:09:31. > :09:34.And if you've got experience of stress in the workplace,
:09:35. > :09:37.do give us a call. The phone number is 0845 7 630 630.
:09:38. > :09:38.The email address is look.east@bbc.co.uk.
:09:39. > :09:40.You can also get in touch via Facebook and Twitter.
:09:41. > :09:43.A dog walker has described the moment she found a grenade
:09:44. > :09:46.on a beach in Essex. Clair Watson was walking her dog
:09:47. > :09:50.on the beach in Harwich yesterday when she picked it up by accident.
:09:51. > :09:52.There have now been five grenades found on the beach since July.
:09:53. > :10:04.Gareth George is there now, Gareth. I am at Dovercourt here than there
:10:05. > :10:09.are still a few people on the beach but they are being encouraged to be
:10:10. > :10:15.careful because grenades have been found in recent weeks. We spoke to a
:10:16. > :10:24.dog walker who found the most recent. Not only is Bonnie I could
:10:25. > :10:29.get all, she is lucky as well. She loves chasing after stones and what
:10:30. > :10:34.looked to be a perfect stone turned out to be more dangerous. I turned
:10:35. > :10:42.it around and realised it was not a stolen but a grenade, and it was
:10:43. > :10:50.quite corroded. I put it gently down in the sand and kept my dog away. I
:10:51. > :11:50.panicked because I thought if this goes off, I am
:11:51. > :11:53.Just 24 hours earlier this grenade was found on the same beach
:11:54. > :12:53.Firefighters are still tackling The total phone so
:12:54. > :12:56.a blaze near Brentwood. It involves about 5,000 tonnes
:12:57. > :12:58.of wood. Crews were called to Mount Nessing
:12:59. > :13:00.just before 7pm this morning. People living nearby were told to
:13:01. > :13:04.keep windows and doors closed because of smoke.
:13:05. > :13:18.The fire is in a pile of disused timber which is 15 metres tall.
:13:19. > :13:27.Still to come, wearable technology. And what to do when running a
:13:28. > :13:29.marathon is not tough enough. This man is going for 40 marathon ons in
:13:30. > :13:36.40 days. Did you know the word bungalow comes
:13:37. > :13:39.from the Indian words ?bangla Ghar,? meaning house in the Bengali style?
:13:40. > :13:41.Bungalows became very popular between the wars but
:13:42. > :13:43.in recent years they have fallen out of favour with builders.
:13:44. > :13:45.Now the Planning Minister Brandon Lewis
:13:46. > :13:48.believes we should think again. The Minister, who's also the MP
:13:49. > :13:50.for Great Yarmouth, says we need to build more bungalows.
:13:51. > :13:55.He says they're ideal for people in their 60s and 70s who want to
:13:56. > :14:06.down`size but don't need sheltered housing or retirement homes.
:14:07. > :14:13.1970s bungalows, quintessentially British, and according to the
:14:14. > :14:18.housing minister overlooked. This couple have lived in their bungalow
:14:19. > :14:26.since it was built 42 years ago and they absolutely love it. We enjoyed
:14:27. > :14:32.it. My wife finds it easy to keep the place clean because we have not
:14:33. > :14:38.got any stairs. I find it easy to paint and decorate. The nice thing
:14:39. > :14:47.is we do not have to go upstairs to sleep. As you can see we have a big
:14:48. > :14:52.garden. The footprint of the bungalow is bigger than a house but
:14:53. > :15:00.we have big plot of land which enabled us to build extensions onto
:15:01. > :15:07.the back. Just down the road, a development of 30 bungalows is being
:15:08. > :15:12.built to meet an increase in demand. We often think about bungalows for
:15:13. > :15:15.older people who want to downsize but still want their own home and
:15:16. > :15:24.garden, and an apartment is not always available. It frees up houses
:15:25. > :15:29.for a younger population and they are also appealing to younger
:15:30. > :15:37.people. They can play an important role across the scale. The boom in
:15:38. > :15:44.the building of bungalows came in the 1950s and 1960s when they were
:15:45. > :15:48.almost as popular as houses. In 1986, 15% of new builds were
:15:49. > :15:57.bungalows but that's reduced to 7% ten years later and by 2012, just
:15:58. > :16:01.2%. Traditionally builders are not so keen because they can make more
:16:02. > :16:08.money off the land by creating flats or larger family homes. One estate
:16:09. > :16:13.agency says they are in dire need of bungalows because many older couples
:16:14. > :16:18.want smaller properties. We do not have anywhere to get people to go
:16:19. > :16:24.next, because they want to move from the big houses and downsize. A lot
:16:25. > :16:31.of the time the is nothing to go when two. Prince Charles once called
:16:32. > :16:33.them have modernised boxes but with an ageing population it could soon
:16:34. > :16:40.be boom time for bungalows again. As we all know, computers are
:16:41. > :16:43.getting smaller and more portable. In the last ten years many people
:16:44. > :16:46.have gone from a massive desktop PC to a tablet or smartphone.
:16:47. > :16:48.So what will be next? The latest buzz phrase is "wearable
:16:49. > :16:51.technology," or the smart watch. Now rescue teams in Cambridgeshire
:16:52. > :17:00.are hoping it could help them save lives.
:17:01. > :17:11.A team of volunteers prepay a four`day training exercise in March.
:17:12. > :17:17.Today rescuers have a new tool, a smart watch, that can help them find
:17:18. > :17:24.people more quickly. We can see where every individual has been and
:17:25. > :17:28.we have quick navigational reference is so worth we find any evidence we
:17:29. > :17:30.can look at the watch and see the red reference straightaway and give
:17:31. > :17:45.that to our support. In today's exercise, someone has
:17:46. > :17:50.gone missing in the water. The team will kayak across the river and
:17:51. > :17:58.focus on the way ahead. All the navigation elements are on the
:17:59. > :18:01.watch, which means they can use it hands`free and they do not have to
:18:02. > :18:09.be looking at the watch constantly but can tell speeds and everything
:18:10. > :18:20.by looking at the watch. For rescuers, these smart watches
:18:21. > :18:28.represent a new tool. We can track Aliens that have been searched and
:18:29. > :18:31.that need searching again. Ultimately this can minimise the
:18:32. > :18:39.potential of people being out and at harm. This maximises the opportunity
:18:40. > :18:42.of finding people. The smart watch runs navigation software developed
:18:43. > :18:48.in Cambridge that can be used on Waterland. It is hoped the trial can
:18:49. > :18:52.be expanded to other areas to save lives.
:18:53. > :18:56.Sport now and it's been another tough day in a tough season
:18:57. > :18:58.for Northamptonshire's cricketers. Last summer they won the double,
:18:59. > :19:01.promotion to Division One and the T20 Trophy.
:19:02. > :19:03.But this year it has been a struggle.
:19:04. > :19:06.Here we are in the middle of August and they are still waiting for
:19:07. > :19:08.their first win in the top flight. Today another defeat.
:19:09. > :19:16.This report from our Sports Editor, Jonathan Park.
:19:17. > :19:22.When you play against the best, you need to be at your best, and these
:19:23. > :19:28.players have endured a summer to forget. It has been hard for
:19:29. > :19:34.everyone. People would have thought we would be more competitive. It is
:19:35. > :19:41.how we come back that is the critical thing. Last season they
:19:42. > :19:49.could not put a foot wrong but this season it is completely different.
:19:50. > :19:55.They have lost nine of 11 matches, and the step up in class has proved
:19:56. > :20:00.too steep. Operating with one of the country's smallest budgets, they are
:20:01. > :20:06.favourites to be relegated. Today they had the chance to break their
:20:07. > :20:15.duck, but Nottingham chased down to win with five wickets to spare. You
:20:16. > :20:21.have to perform and if you do not perform you call, and we have not
:20:22. > :20:31.done our jobs and have had some injuries that have limited things.
:20:32. > :20:38.It has been difficult and obviously trying to play the same players all
:20:39. > :20:42.season is hard and that is probably why the bigger clubs can compete in
:20:43. > :20:50.all competitions. They need to somehow recapture the
:20:51. > :20:55.spirit of 2013, a historic season. Nine losses became ten defeats after
:20:56. > :21:04.today's game, and the sober reality of the league table. On their way
:21:05. > :21:15.back down. I expected a tough fight. I didn't expect them to be so much
:21:16. > :21:21.had left. `` addressed. I think they can build it back up again because
:21:22. > :21:27.they have an excellent coach. I think it is just bouncing back next
:21:28. > :21:31.year. Relegation will not kill them because the big money comes from the
:21:32. > :21:38.T20 these days but the challenge is to keep the fans aboard. Attendance
:21:39. > :21:43.is up considerably on last year and I am hoping we can coalesce around
:21:44. > :21:46.and people will stick with us. Tonight the season is nearly over.
:21:47. > :21:56.Beaten, battered and bruised. If the thought of running a marathon
:21:57. > :21:59.fills you with dread, spare a thought for the man who's running 40
:22:00. > :22:01.in 40 days ` more than 1,000 miles. Dave Hall from Stopsley
:22:02. > :22:07.in Bedfordshire started his first marathon in John O'Groats
:22:08. > :22:10.this morning.The final one should take him to
:22:11. > :22:12.Lands End at the end of September. And just to make it a bit tougher,
:22:13. > :22:26.he'll be sleeping in a mobile shack. Running a marathon is nothing new
:22:27. > :22:32.for Dave Hall. Over the last 15 years he has taken part in 130 but
:22:33. > :22:40.he has set himself a new challenge, to run 40 and 40 days. It starts at
:22:41. > :22:46.John O'Groats and the whole team is flying up or being transported
:22:47. > :22:53.there, and then we are stopping at 35 venues and churches and places to
:22:54. > :22:57.inform people on what the project is and hopefully to raise money and by
:22:58. > :23:05.the end of it all we should end up in Land's End. And this is his
:23:06. > :23:10.motivation. In Sierra Leone, hundreds of thousands live in
:23:11. > :23:17.poverty. It is a charity designed to build homes for people who live here
:23:18. > :23:24.and it is for this reason that he is living `` raising money and sleeping
:23:25. > :23:28.in a shack for each night. He was ready to do a major challenge and
:23:29. > :23:32.asked to work with us because he had seen the effects of poverty in these
:23:33. > :23:39.places. I was overwhelmed because to do this challenge is just an
:23:40. > :23:45.incredible feat. The marathon challenge started this morning, and
:23:46. > :23:51.covering 1000 miles he will head from John O'Groats before finishing
:23:52. > :24:03.at Land's End on Friday 26 September. He is hoping to raise
:24:04. > :24:11.?2000 for the charity. He is already a quarter of the way to his target
:24:12. > :24:12.but with many more miles to run. I am exhausted just thinking about
:24:13. > :24:17.it! And we've just had these pictures in
:24:18. > :24:20.showing Dave Hall setting off from John O'Groats this morning on the
:24:21. > :24:22.first leg of that first marathon. We'll let you know how he gets
:24:23. > :24:34.on over the next few weeks. We will not ask you about the
:24:35. > :24:42.weather at John O'Groats but will it be nice?
:24:43. > :24:53.It was blustery yesterday, I lost some washing off the line. Between
:24:54. > :24:59.about 35 and 45 mph. The strongest on the north Norfolk coast. The
:25:00. > :25:07.strongest today as well, but generally less windy today. You can
:25:08. > :25:10.see some good breaks in the cloud particularly in the north`east
:25:11. > :25:17.corner and a few showers proving to be quite heavy. Still some to move
:25:18. > :25:23.through over the next few hours but once most of those have gone, it
:25:24. > :25:29.should be a dying night. It will be on the chilly side. These are the
:25:30. > :25:34.expected lows but in some rural spots we could be down to around
:25:35. > :25:40.eight Celsius. Light to moderate westerly. For the next few days,
:25:41. > :25:47.chilly a feeding down from the North. Tomorrow is a dry start with
:25:48. > :25:55.brightness and sunshine and we are likely to see some showers but fine
:25:56. > :26:03.and but I generally but not very warm. Called are moving unsold
:26:04. > :26:07.temperatures struggling to 18 Celsius but many others will not
:26:08. > :26:14.even get that high, so be low average, and we hold on to moderate
:26:15. > :26:22.westerly winds. We finish with a scattering of showers but quite a
:26:23. > :26:28.lot of fine, dry weather. On Wednesday, still a scattering of
:26:29. > :26:34.showers but again, temperatures should recover to 17 Celsius and it
:26:35. > :26:40.looks as though it will be a repeat performance on Thursday. Friday will
:26:41. > :26:50.see showers and longer outbreaks of rain but hopefully some sunshine. We
:26:51. > :26:54.will be into a run of chilly nights. In rural spots, temperatures could
:26:55. > :27:02.drop even lower so particularly on Tuesday night, it could hurt five
:27:03. > :27:13.Celsius. Perhaps time to dig out the heavy pyjamas.
:27:14. > :27:17.I hope you find all your washing. Good night.