:00:16. > :00:16.Hello. news where you are.
:00:17. > :00:17.A warning tonight from our hospitals.
:00:18. > :00:20.Please don't go to accident and emergency unless your
:00:21. > :00:23.Many are struggling to cope with a high number of older patients
:00:24. > :00:27.and they are worried the situation will only get worse over New Year.
:00:28. > :00:29.There has also been a record demand for ambulances over Christmas.
:00:30. > :00:33.When the hospital says don't come to accident and emergency
:00:34. > :00:35.unless your condition is life or limb threatening,
:00:36. > :00:40.All beds here at the James Paget near Great Yarmouth are full.
:00:41. > :00:45.at A are having to wait up to five hours to be seen.
:00:46. > :00:48.Our staff are working relentlessly
:00:49. > :00:52.under extreme pressure to provide safe patient care.
:00:53. > :00:54.And are you able to keep up with that?
:00:55. > :00:58.we have to do the right thing for our patients.
:00:59. > :01:05.Northampton has no spare beds, Addenbrooke's and Cambridge says
:01:06. > :01:09.it's treating many older patients and the Lister in Stevenage,
:01:10. > :01:12.like many hospitals, is extremely busy.
:01:13. > :01:14.But this year we've seen another factor, Christmas Day
:01:15. > :01:18.and New Year's Day both full on Sundays which means
:01:19. > :01:23.that effectively we have got two bank holiday weekends back to back
:01:24. > :01:28.and that also has consequences for the wider health care system.
:01:29. > :01:31.It means more perhaps look to the emergency services
:01:32. > :01:33.rather than their family doctor when they fall ill.
:01:34. > :01:35.The region's Ambulance Service has seen
:01:36. > :01:37.a record-breaking rise in 999 calls this Christmas.
:01:38. > :01:42.Between 7pm on Christmas Eve and 11pm on Boxing Day,
:01:43. > :01:45.the service received almost 7000 calls,
:01:46. > :01:47.up from just over 6000 the previous year.
:01:48. > :01:51.The reason for the increase isn't clear.
:01:52. > :01:53.Our crews are working 12-hour days and often
:01:54. > :01:56.they're going from one patient to another patient to another patient
:01:57. > :02:02.and then to a hospital and then to another patient and it's
:02:03. > :02:04.The message from paramedics and hospital
:02:05. > :02:06.doctors, make your GP, your local pharmacy,
:02:07. > :02:09.your first point of contact if you fall ill.
:02:10. > :02:12.Because the next few days will be a huge challenge
:02:13. > :02:14.for those on health care's emergency front line.
:02:15. > :02:21.Hundreds of people gathered on the beach in Leigh on Sea last
:02:22. > :02:24.night to remember two teenagers who died in a car crash on Tuesday.
:02:25. > :02:27.Paper lanterns and balloons were released and fireworks set off.
:02:28. > :02:31.Reegan Knight and Liam Phillips were both 17 years old.
:02:32. > :02:34.Southend United football club is also planning a tribute
:02:35. > :02:42.I feel devastated, one of my close mates is not here any more.
:02:43. > :02:46.I can't speak to him but I just want to give him
:02:47. > :02:50.this lovely sendoff so he knows up there that we are looking out
:02:51. > :02:54.A man has been arrested in connection with a burglary
:02:55. > :02:57.in which police officers were threatened.
:02:58. > :03:00.It happened in Wivenhoe on December the 13th when police
:03:01. > :03:05.A 24-year-old man from Colchester has been arrested on suspicion
:03:06. > :03:13.of aggravated burglary and possession of firearms.
:03:14. > :03:15.House prices in Luton are rising faster than anywhere else
:03:16. > :03:20.They've gone up by nearly 20% in the last year,
:03:21. > :03:21.making it the biggest proportional increase.
:03:22. > :03:23.The average price of a house in Luton
:03:24. > :03:36.The Norwich City manager Alex Neil has refused to comment on a report
:03:37. > :03:39.in the Sun newspaper that he will get ?2 million if he is sacked.
:03:40. > :03:41.With eight defeats in the last ten league matches,
:03:42. > :03:47.Very little is going right for Alex Neil just
:03:48. > :03:51.at the moment and the last thing he needed was to find his name
:03:52. > :03:53.and that of his chairman Ed Balls on the back page
:03:54. > :04:01.The paper claims Neil will get ?2 million if he gets sacked.
:04:02. > :04:04.The man himself wouldn't confirm or deny that.
:04:05. > :04:07.It's like anything else, I've never sat here and spoke about
:04:08. > :04:09.players' contracts and different things like that
:04:10. > :04:12.so I'm not going to sit here and speak about my contract
:04:13. > :04:17.Despite relegation from the Premier League last year,
:04:18. > :04:24.But eight defeats in the last ten League matches this season
:04:25. > :04:31.So, can the Canaries afford to sack him now?
:04:32. > :04:34.It's much more important that Norwich try and get back to the
:04:35. > :04:37.Premier League than it is maybe to have to pay a manager
:04:38. > :04:39.what he's owed, it's as simple as that.
:04:40. > :04:41.Because it would cost a lot more to stay in
:04:42. > :04:44.the Championship or even worse, as we've seen with Norwich
:04:45. > :04:46.in the past, to go down another league than it is
:04:47. > :04:49.to maybe change the manager and it's a case of how long
:04:50. > :04:55.Contrary to suggestions in the local media,
:04:56. > :04:58.I don't bury my head in the sand.
:04:59. > :05:00.I know exactly where we are, what's gone on.
:05:01. > :05:03.I know that it's unacceptable and we need to do better.
:05:04. > :05:07.I can assure you I feel that more than anybody else.
:05:08. > :05:10.Mainly because I'm a winner, I want to win games,
:05:11. > :05:16.Brentford tomorrow, Derby at Carrow Road on Monday.
:05:17. > :05:20.Two wins and the pressure eases but if the results go against
:05:21. > :05:25.the Canaries, it's unlikely to be a happy New Year for Alex Neil.
:05:26. > :05:30.Mike Liggins, BBC Look East, at the Norwich City training ground.
:05:31. > :05:33.And two of our teams are in action tonight.
:05:34. > :05:36.Ipswich are at home to Bristol City and MK Dons are also
:05:37. > :05:45.Now time for a look at the weather with Dan.
:05:46. > :05:50.Mist and fog causing some problems across the region today. Poor
:05:51. > :05:55.visibility but not everywhere. We have seen some sunshine as well.
:05:56. > :05:58.This is one of our pictures. One of the lucky few that saw a glimpse of
:05:59. > :06:05.blue sky through because of the day. I probably can't hear. But for many,
:06:06. > :06:11.a lot of locale, mist fog. If you're driving this evening, Met Office
:06:12. > :06:19.warning that the dense fog with visibility below a hundred in
:06:20. > :06:23.favours. -- not for many here. Perhaps just the thing a little bit
:06:24. > :06:26.towards the north-west of the region tonight, temperatures or maybe just
:06:27. > :06:31.above freezing but locally, if you get a gap in the car, down 2-1 minus
:06:32. > :06:37.two Celsius. Patchy frost here now. Not as cold as last night. A lot of
:06:38. > :06:40.cloud tomorrow, mist and fog lifting to the day tomorrow so improving on
:06:41. > :06:44.today with a bit of rain is here and there for the afternoon. The breeze
:06:45. > :06:51.picking up as well, highs to seven to nine Celsius. Tomorrow evening,
:06:52. > :06:56.as we run up towards midnight, not a lot changing, the breeze will pick
:06:57. > :06:59.up, mostly dry, the odd spot of impossible and temperatures should
:07:00. > :07:03.be around six or seven Celsius. Quite master this time of the year.
:07:04. > :07:07.It is all change as we go into the New Year, a band of rain stinking
:07:08. > :07:12.south towards the morning on New Year's Day, healthy buzz of rain.
:07:13. > :07:22.Bit of uncertainty of how quickly the rain clears. It might turn
:07:23. > :07:25.sweetie on the back edge. Sunday, looking quite wet through the
:07:26. > :07:29.morning but mild as the rain" it will turn colder do because of the
:07:30. > :07:33.afternoon. Hopefully something a little bit brighter later on in the
:07:34. > :07:37.day. A cold frosty night to follow into Monday morning, the bank
:07:38. > :07:41.holiday. Both Monday and Tuesday mainly dry days but cold with some
:07:42. > :07:44.sunshine, chilly overnight, sharp frost on Monday night and parts of
:07:45. > :07:50.Norfolk and Suffolk might see a wintry showers feeding in from the
:07:51. > :07:53.North Sea. Thank you very much. That is it from me for this year. I will
:07:54. > :08:07.see you next year. Have a happy New Year.
:08:08. > :08:14.Good evening, fog has been a problem in recent days, slow changes over
:08:15. > :08:19.the next 48 hours or so as this weather front moves south bringing
:08:20. > :08:23.rain and behind it, much cleaner, cold arctic air which will sweep
:08:24. > :08:27.that fog out of the way. The fog was dense in places, you could hardly
:08:28. > :08:31.see across the Thames in Kingston, Greater London this afternoon. It
:08:32. > :08:37.has been thickening up in the last few hours and if you are on the move
:08:38. > :08:38.in the next few hours, into the morning, state shoes and two