:00:00. > :00:12.on the BBC News Channel. I'm back with the News at Ten. Now it's
:00:13. > :00:21.Good evening. And we start tonight with the New Year's Honours List in
:00:22. > :00:25.this region. A former head teacher who now runs an education trust in
:00:26. > :00:28.Norfolk is among those to be recognised. Rachel de Souza becomes
:00:29. > :00:31.a Dame of the British Empire. The new boss of the East of England
:00:32. > :00:35.Ambulance Service is also honoured. Simon Newton has this report.
:00:36. > :00:38.From Norfolk to Bedfordshire, she has turned around failing schools,
:00:39. > :00:41.and today Rachel de Souza becomes a Dame for services to education.
:00:42. > :00:45.I really wasn't expecting it, I know everyone says that but it was a real
:00:46. > :00:52.shock and then it just felt great, like ten Christmases had just come
:00:53. > :00:58.at once! As an able Seaman, Edward Slater
:00:59. > :01:01.from Colchester served on D`day. Chairman of the Normandy Veterans
:01:02. > :01:05.Association, he is made an MBE. This is an honour to every man who
:01:06. > :01:11.went to Normandy on six June 1944. This is their honour as well as
:01:12. > :01:14.mine. Betty Baines from Diss in Norfolk
:01:15. > :01:17.also gets a gong after 56 years of campanology, she is made an MBE for
:01:18. > :01:21.services to bell`ringing. I'm over the moon, I'm so thrilled
:01:22. > :01:26.and I can't believe it's happened for me, really.
:01:27. > :01:29.Also honoured as Doctor Anthony Marsh, the new head of the East of
:01:30. > :01:32.England Ambulance Service. He gets a Queen's Ambulance Medal.
:01:33. > :01:38.And Professor David Neill, a cancer specialist at Addenbrooke's Hospital
:01:39. > :01:40.receives a CBE. Gillian Wood, from Henlow in
:01:41. > :01:44.Bedfordshire, has been involved in scouting for 40 years and is still
:01:45. > :01:48.going strong. Her effort rewarded with the British Empire Medal.
:01:49. > :01:51.I was just an ordinary person and I got this wonderful award and I just
:01:52. > :01:54.still cannot believe it. From chief executives to charity
:01:55. > :01:57.workers, more than 100 people from the East were named in today's New
:01:58. > :02:07.Year's Honours List, recognition of their service to their communities
:02:08. > :02:10.and the nation. A woman from Cambridge has been left
:02:11. > :02:13.seriously injured after being attacked by a stag in the highlands
:02:14. > :02:15.of Scotland. Kate Stone was airlifted to the Southern General
:02:16. > :02:19.Hospital in Glasgow. She's understood to be in intensive care.
:02:20. > :02:23.The incident happened in a village near Fort William in the early hours
:02:24. > :02:26.of yesterday morning. Members of the Fire Brigades' Union
:02:27. > :02:29.began their latest walk`out 15 minutes ago. The latest strike runs
:02:30. > :02:32.from 6.30pm until half past midnight. In Essex those who take
:02:33. > :02:38.part have been told they won't be paid for the rest of the shift.
:02:39. > :02:41.Thousands of tonnes of sand is finally being cleared from the
:02:42. > :02:44.seafront at Felixstowe ` more than three weeks after a massive tidal
:02:45. > :02:47.surge hit the East Coast. The clean`up operation started almost
:02:48. > :02:56.immediately, but work has been hampered by a new wave of storms.
:02:57. > :02:59.Unlike other parts of our coastline, the title source left
:03:00. > :03:07.thousands of pounds of sand on Felixstowe promenade, and is in the
:03:08. > :03:11.process of being cleaned up. Is a problem we did not have on
:03:12. > :03:19.Felixstowe before, prior to the sea defence work that was put in place,
:03:20. > :03:27.we had a prayer. `` we had a predominantly single beach.
:03:28. > :03:36.This is either promenade looked afterwards. The plants and seating
:03:37. > :03:39.have also been covered. The clean`up operation has been constantly
:03:40. > :03:45.hampered by the Guild force winds, blowing the sands back on the
:03:46. > :03:52.promenade. We are trying to make the access to
:03:53. > :04:02.the promenade safer. When there are projected high tides and severe
:04:03. > :04:10.winds, we will carry on. They will discuss moving the sands
:04:11. > :04:14.next week. A couple from Norfolk who went
:04:15. > :04:17.without food in order to pay for Christmas are warning others about
:04:18. > :04:20.the dangers of falling into debt. Donna and John Smith turned to the
:04:21. > :04:24.charity 'Christians Against Poverty' for help. Two years ago, this
:04:25. > :04:30.couple's lives were consumed by debt. When he lost his job, they
:04:31. > :04:33.turned to credit cards for money. They found themselves ?45,000 in
:04:34. > :04:40.debt and had to file for bankruptcy, not helped by the stress
:04:41. > :04:43.of paying for Christmas. You feel obligated to buy your children and
:04:44. > :04:50.relatives and everybody something nice, but she cannot afford. It is a
:04:51. > :04:58.big worry. We have gone without a couple of meals to try to get some
:04:59. > :05:04.money together. The couple turned to this charity
:05:05. > :05:07.for financial advice and assistance. The charity says that its client in
:05:08. > :05:15.the east are nearly ?12,000 in the East on average. The majority of
:05:16. > :05:22.money owed on credit cards and loans, all things that mount up at
:05:23. > :05:25.this time of year. This is generally our busiest time
:05:26. > :05:28.of year because people do not want to think about it, they want to
:05:29. > :05:35.provide an ace Christmas for their family, particularly if they have
:05:36. > :05:39.children. They may use credit cards or other short`term borrowing to
:05:40. > :05:50.provide Christmas. The couple are now managing their
:05:51. > :06:00.money and get free `` get free debt free.
:06:01. > :06:09.It is looking promising that you will welcome in the New Year under a
:06:10. > :06:16.clear sky. The cloud has still not quite cleared from the eastern half
:06:17. > :06:20.of the region. It should soon be out into the North Sea, leaving us with
:06:21. > :06:27.a largely dry night. Some patchy cloud, with the chance of showers,
:06:28. > :06:32.but they might just get into the Western Power so for most of us it
:06:33. > :06:41.will probably be dry at midnight. Relatively mild until midnight, but
:06:42. > :06:45.temperatures will drop after that. Perhaps a touch of ground frost in
:06:46. > :06:50.places. Some further showers after midnight across the region. Then it
:06:51. > :07:03.looks like a dry start to New Year's Day. Not for long. A wet and windy
:07:04. > :07:07.day to come for New Year's Day. Mild array will raise temperatures, but
:07:08. > :07:14.the rain and cloud and the strength of the wind will not make it feel
:07:15. > :07:24.great. This will be a very persistent and heavy spell offering.
:07:25. > :07:26.Thank you very much that is all from us this evening. Happy New Year.
:07:27. > :07:32.Goodbye. us this evening. Happy New Year.
:07:33. > :07:44.team, have a happy New Year. Good evening. It looks like mother
:07:45. > :07:48.nature may provide her own pyrotechnics in the run-up to bid
:07:49. > :07:52.night tonight. We have some heavy showers in western parts, starting
:07:53. > :07:58.to ease a bit across Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the showers
:07:59. > :08:02.further south are heavier, with some flashes of lightning as they move
:08:03. > :08:06.eastwards. They do get a bit more hit and miss as we head towards
:08:07. > :08:12.midnight, but a greater chance of getting wet in the south as we move
:08:13. > :08:16.into 2014. Cardiff and London could see heavy downpours. Further north,
:08:17. > :08:24.you could be greeting the New Year on a dry note. A touch of frost in
:08:25. > :08:26.northern and eastern areas going into New Year's Day. A few