12/01/2017 Look East

In the programme tonight: Asked to leave their homes -

a major operation to move people at risk from flooding.

We are planning to stay. We will probably go tomorrow morning and

stay out for the rest of the day until we hear it is safe.

We'll have the very latest from Jaywick.

With more extreme weather forecast for tomorrow,

how is our region preparing for the threat of ice and snow?

I am mad potters ahead of the start of the World Indoor Bowls final is

both defending champions from this region.

And I mean Chatteris as these Bronze Age treasures go on display. -- I

yam here in Chatteris. A major operation is underway

in Essex tonight, to move people out of their homes as the emergency

services warn the area The problems could come tomorrow,

when high tides combined with strong winds could cause flooding

along the coast. This is when we're expecting

the water levels to peak, starting at 7am in Wells in Norfolk

and reaching Harwich around 12.30. Tonight, some people in Suffolk

and Essex are being asked By far the biggest evacuation

will be happening in Jaywick. He is a man with an impressive track

record. Emergency services gathering tonight

in Jaywick. Their task is to evacuate up to 3000 people at risk

from a tidal surge due to hit tomorrow lunchtime. Police visited

houses, advising people they should leave either tonight or tomorrow

morning. And make their way to a reception centre.

Daytime we will all be out anyway. People worried? I think there is a

little panic. The neighbours next door get panicked because she is not

very well next door and things like that. I think a lot of people are

planning to stay. Barry, who lives on the seafront, is planning to stay

put and help neighbours who may be vulnerable. When we had it last

time, it was fairly calm. It came right up to the top of the water

within our to ages and it went back. But it was lovely to watch it. It

was so calm. People were coming down here to watch it. Are you not

worried about what is in store tomorrow potentially? No, not

really. If it comes over, it comes over. Nothing anybody can do.

Volunteers said up and emergency reception centre, a temporary home

for evacuees and, if need be, their pets. We had experience of this in

2013. Our main concern tomorrow the big differences that we have got.

Exceptionally strong winds. They will coincide with a high tide just

after lunchtime. That is why we have put in place this operation to

evacuate safely the people of Jaywick. Forecasting the severity of

a tidal surge is notoriously difficult. But the police say people

should heed the warnings, leave their homes and take no chances.

Nigel Brown is in Jaywick now. How concerned are you about those people

who are saying they will not move? Good evening. Obviously that is a

concern. Especially if they are elderly and vulnerable people. Some

may be living on their own. The police can only advise them to leave

their homes. Nobody can make them. The main thing is we are here. We

are said up to receive them. Can you explain why Jaywick is more at risk?

It is because it is a low-lying area, below sea level. Obviously

people are only too aware of the 1953 floods when people lost their

lives. And only four years ago, we had a similar incident to now. The

wind changed direction at the last minute. Therefore it wasn't an

issue. When people were advised to and it doesn't happen, it makes them

wary of thinking that maybe they will get away with it this time.

There will calm a time when it will go over the wall and we hope they

are not there to experience it. So you say people may have a false

sense of security because of what happened last time. If they do

decide to stay, is there a any advice you can give them to protect

their homes? It is very difficult if they decide to stay. They are at the

mercy of the water and where it comes up two. -- to. Most of the

houses are only single story. Keep their belongings off the floor. If

they stay there, they are at the mercy of the weather and the tide.

If they come here, it is safe, warm and dry and they will be well looked

after. There is also the safety element for people who may feel they

can go and watch this, isn't there? Yeah, I think anybody would advise

people not to go down there and watch it. I'm sure people will not

heed that advice. But it would be very foolish not to. To take

pictures you are putting your life at risk if the waves are that high.

The last thing we want is anybody losing their lives. Thank you for

talking to me. The rest of the region

is also bracing itself Jaywick's not the only place

on the coast bracing itself Tonight at the Felixstowe ferry

cafe, vital equipment was being shifted. In 2013, the surge hit

them. Businesses and homes are at risk. If it saves the business, and

the stuff inside, it is worth it. Fingers crossed that we have done it

all for nothing but you never know! When the water comes, the community

gets hit by a double whammy. It comes up the slipway and it also

hates them around the back. While this flood defence will protect

houses on this side, the people here are very exposed. Steven Reid is an

assistant harbour master. He lives yards from the water's age. You

build a building on the beach, you know you will get flooded. It is 2.2

metres off the ground. There may be slight damage downstairs. Plans are

in place here and at other vulnerable spots to evacuate at

midday tomorrow. Rest centres will be established. This is the team

trying to gauge the impact. The volatility of the weather is making

that conflicts. We are very good at predicting. We are talking about

Force eight north-westerly is. It makes it very volatile. There is

always the chance the wind will drop away and nothing will happen. As we

get closer, that becomes less likely. The seafront at Golston was

closed. Gritting teams were busy across the putter. 37 vehicles were

out by lunchtime. We have a particular set of conditions at the

moment. Rain, sleet followed by snow. One of the challenges faced by

the highway team is putting salt down is not very clever. We are

prepared to go now this very second. We may go out in several hours if it

rains and gets washed off, and again for or five hours after that. For

the drivers and officials there will be little rest. Planning for the

worst but hoping for the best. Debbie is in Norwich with the

latest. Another set of warning is basically

saying, don't get too close to the large waves because they could be

carrying all sorts of debris. Don't put yourself in danger by trying to

take photographs. And don't drive through floodwater because at just

30 centimetres of flowing water can move your car. The army will be on

stand-by tonight and tomorrow. There are evacuation centres being set of

in Felixstowe from eight o'clock in the morning. And if you are in an

affected area, expect a visit from the police denied to get the

details. You can get the latest information by tuning into your

local BBC radio station or online. Thank you.

We have a couple of areas of low pressure to content with in the next

few hours. The first has been tracking east and brought outbreaks

of rain. It is turning heavier. It has turned to sleet and snow. The

major hazard tonight will be ice. Temperatures below freezing. It is

expected to freeze. This is the radar chart showing the latest rain.

Starting to turn to sleet and slow in the rest. That's Mike Snow. The

next weather front comes from the north tomorrow. That brings snow

showers for Eastern counties. It will bring strong to near gale force

winds, coinciding with high tides. That could cause problems with

That could cause problems with flooding.

Norfolk's troubled Children's Services department has

appointed its second temporary director in three months.

Matt Dunkley, who's been in charge of the same

department in East Sussex, will take up his post in February.

Norfolk County Council has already appointed four directors

of Children's Services in as many years.

He is a man with an impressive track record. The head of children's

services in Suffolk for eight years, Matt Dunkley was awarded a CBE. Next

month, he heads to Norwich. But he want to take a permanent job. His

predecessor, also in Tehran, hands over as director after only six

weeks at the home. Norfolk children's services, which looks

after youngsters, some of them vulnerable, is going through a

turbulent time. Judged by Ofsted as inadequate, it has a -- had a quick

succession of permanent and interim heads since 2013. I would like to

see a permanent appointment done in the proper way and we can pick the

right person. It is bad for morale. It is a bad message to constantly

play musical chairs with this job. When Matt LeBlanc Lee takes over his

job, Norfolk would have had five heads of children's services within

four years. -- Matt Dunkley. Suffolk's officer has been in charge

since 2012 and in Essex, seven years. You need to change how you do

things? I think so, yes. We might, depending on the outcome of the

local elections, it could be that we will look very seriously at how

things work. Matt Dunkley will soon fly back from Melbourne in

Australia, where last year he was suspended from his previous job

after being caught up in a corruption scandal. That department

told us today it had completed an independent investigation and found

no evidence he was involved in any corrupt activity. County Hall says

it is aware of the issue. Its selection process included the usual

due diligence. Matt Dunkley is seen as a high-calibre appointment. He

will head up children's services onto the next Ofsted Extech --

investigation later this year. The search for a permanent director goes

on. That could take up to eight months. What is needed is long-term

expertise and stability. Council tax is likely to go up

by 5% for households The Conservative-led borough council

says it will help plug a ?13 million The rise means the owner

of an average band D property in Southend will pay an extra

?60 a year. Last year they had an increase of

?47 per year. The council is freezing the cost of car parking in

the town to help. Still to come tonight,

we talk to the defending champions on the eve of the World Indoor Bowls

Competition. And a rare glimpse at how life

was lived 3,000 years ago. If you travel to work by train,

how was your journey today? Did you get a seat, was the service

on time and is there anything Some believe the best way to improve

the railways is to bring them back The Green MP, Caroline Lucas,

who is also joint leader of the party, is trying

to get that done. Tonight, she's at

a meeting in Norwich. But first, this

from Andrew Sinclair. With new franchises and new rolling

stock on the way, there are signs that things are improving on the

railways in the region. And topped to hardened commuters like these at

Ipswich this morning and there is still a lot of unhappiness. Trains

constantly late, delayed. It is hard. We have had a patchy service

whatever the franchise. The confusion between different

ticketing rates is really bad. And a lot of support from renationalise

Asian. I would like that. At the moment things are not going as they

should be going. If passenger train is full of computers -- commuters...

This is our British rail liked to sell itself in the 80s but the

reality for passengers was different, with old rolling stock

and poor punctuality. The then MP for South Norfolk and Transport

Secretary was one of the early advocate of privatisation. We have

seen it happen in other injuries were -- industries were when you

break away from the monolithic structure, you see big improvements.

The result? Dozens of different companies running our trains.

Supporters of privatisation say they have brought with them millions of

pounds of investment, which the public purse could never have

afforded. There two key benefits. The train operating companies are

taking the risk. There is significant investment in our array

line which we would not have seen otherwise. Over ?1 billion of new

investment. Critics say the companies have been slow to make

that investment and they point to the brief re-nationalisation of the

East Coast line as proof that public ownership can work. Labour is also

against privatisation. The local MP, Clive Lewis, will be at the meeting

tonight. How much the public behind the campaign? Both parties made this

a big issue at the last election and it didn't seem to win them many

volts. -- volts. If it went back into public

ownership, how would you pay to run it? First of all, let's be clear

about the proposal. It isn't that overnight we were to take all the

rail franchises back. If you were to do that it would be costly. What we

suggest is that as the different franchises come up renewal, or if a

contract is broken, at that point they are brought back into public

ownership. To be honest, you would actually save money as a result. A

fragmented rail service is a costly one. There are a couple of hundred

people employed trying to work out which rail company is responsible

from which bit of a delay when you are laid. Around ?1 billion could be

saved by not having a fragmented system. Already the taxpayer is

paying huge amounts. Let's keep that money into the system rather than

have it siphoned off. Sometimes, you take the line here, 3.7 billion

pounds is going in. Page to the government. The government is not

paying them. That is money they wouldn't get? If you look over all

you will see there is more money going in from the government in a

privatised system than there was even in real terms in the three

years of to privatisation. We need to challenge this idea that the

current system is economically sensible. Anybody you have been

talking to on your programme will tell you the phrase in this country

has some of the most expensive in Europe. The services we get are some

of the worst. It has been a policy of yours and labour. Neither of you

seem to get any volts? Over a million people voted Green of the

last election. People vote on a range of issues, not just on

returning railing to public ownership. Every there is a on that

issue, a majority of people recognise that they would be better

off under public ownership. This is not a dewy eyed reflection of what

British rail was like. That was not perfect. We are looking at some of

the modern rail systems in other parts of Europe which are cheaper

and more effective. Return to those Julie eyed dated -- days, and the

reason they got rid of it was they couldn't afford to invest in it,

wasn't it? I think they got rid of it because that was the ideological

visitation of the Conservative Party then and now. More money is going in

from the government into the rail system now than before

privatisation. It is not the case the private companies have brought

in lots of fresh investment. A thousand new carriages over this

franchise in this region? The government is continuing to put

money into the rail system, as are the passengers. I can challenge you

on the overall rail system. More money is going in now after

privatisation, from the government, that is going on before. A lot of

that money is being siphoned off to the shareholders. We have the irony

that there is state involvement in the rail system. The irony is it the

state system from Holland, Germany, France, these people are investing

in our railways, and the profit our passengers are putting in goes back

to those countries. It makes no sense at all. Thank you.

It's the start of the World Indoor Bowls Championship at Potters resort

This year, the reigning champions in both the men and the women's

Norfolk by the coast in January, always cold but also the guarantee

of top-class sport. The world in the 's returns to Potters for a 19th

successive year. -- the World Indoor Bowls Championship. And two

Cambridge players are hoping for a successful defence. It is a hotbed

of talent and there are lots of strong players within the country.

It started with Greg Harlow. He has been great to Nikki and I over the

years. So yes, it is good. We have other national players as well. The

world number one. The world title had always eluded him, until last

year. The game is a blur. I remember a couple of bowls here and there.

This is what dreams are made of. I was fortunate enough last year to

win my first world title. It means the world. Whatever sport you play,

whatever your chosen sport, to be world champion doesn't get any

better. Ellen was back on the carpet today getting a feel for it. She is

now a three-time world champion. She beat Rebecca Field in the final. It

is a really special place to play. Everybody wants to play here. It is

on everyone's bucket list. If you are lucky enough to win the title,

it is a memory that will stay with you forever. Can you defend it? Any

player is capable of winning it. Everybody is of such a high calibre.

It is about playing the big bowls at the right time and hoping things go

your way. Time will tell. I will be trying four times as hard as last

year. We will see in the next couple of weeks. The Championship starts

tomorrow with the pairs. Both have some down time before the singles.

But for any bowler, there is no better place to be them by the

seaside. Some of the discoveries from one

of the most important historical sites ever found in Britain have

gone on display to the public. The site at Must Farm

has been described as This is the site where

it appears the homes were abandoned very suddenly

because of a catastrophic fire. Archaeologists even found

food left in bowls. So Must Farm can tell us a lot

about everyday life 3,000 years ago. Today in Chatteris, people got

to have a look for themselves. The aura of coming face-to-face with

a way of life 3000 years old, preserved in incredible detail and

pulling in the crowds. From a bowl still containing food residue, to

individual fish scales. I think it is fascinating. I love the fact they

have a whole village for us to see. It's marvellous to have so much

here. Wonderful. It is very good to have this here in Chatteris so

people know their background and where they come from. The artefacts

have been found in Whittlesea just outside Peterborough. In the late

Bronze Age, five wooden homes on stilts stood here above a river. But

a devastating fire caused them to collapse into the water. It is

thought those living there had to leave everything behind, which

survived in the silt. A lot of the things we are finding, they are the

best examples in England or Europe in many cases. It is a snapshot of a

moment, a day in the life of the people. This is just a tiny sample

of the artefacts discovered. Most are now undergoing complex

scientific analysis. One of the most exciting things is an analysis of

the food crusts found inside a lot of the pots. We will do a variety of

different techniques on those to reconstruct what the meals were that

were being eaten at the time of the fire. What is unique about this

visit is the local museum... You can see the similarities with the one

that was recently excavated. Today there have been reunited. The

archaeologists invited here by Chatteris Museum to allow local

people to travel back in time to a community we now know used a sickle

to harvest crops, and eight Pike for one of theirs -- their last meals.

I just find that fascinating. So much to learn. And we shall learn

about the weather now. Lots of wintry weather to content

with. Sleet and snow settling across the region. A couple of photographs

have just come in. A couple of scenes in Essex. You can see that

snow has settled there in the last 30 minutes. It has all slowed down a

little bit. An area of low pressure has brought heavy rain. The Met

office has issued a weather warning for our part of the country for snow

and ice. Ice will be a major hazard as temperatures fall away. This is

the area of low pressure responsible. It has brought

outbreaks across the region today. That rain has turned heavier. It is

being undercut by a cold blast of dried Arctic air. Those temperatures

are plummeting. This was the last couple of hours. It is mainly

falling as rain are fewer hours ago. It is now turning to sleet and snow.

It is possible we will get some accumulations. Initially it is

falling on wet ground, so not really settling. Some accumulation is our

already in evidence. As we go through the night, further

accumulation is possible. It does clear eastwards by the end of the

night. The major hazard for tonight will be ice. Temperatures are

expected to get below freezing. It will be a hazard on untreated

surfaces. A brisk wind from the north-west. That would be a feature

of the weather tomorrow. That will bring some hazards, particularly for

coastal areas. Low pressure coming down from the North. That is likely

to bring some snow showers to Eastern counties, Norfolk, Suffolk

and Essex, during rush hour. Also, a strong north-westerly wind

developing, near gale force, on the coast. That is likely to coincide

with high tide. We have a Met Office yellow warning out for wind through

tomorrow. Those winds could peak of around 50 mph gusts, peaking around

lunchtime and into the afternoon. They will also coincide with those

high tides on coastal areas in Essex and Suffolk. A bitterly cold day. So

many things to content with. Three or four Celsius our high. The winds

easing as we get to the end of the day. Eventually it does start to

calm down. A lot of dry and bright weather tomorrow. Snow showers in

the north-east. Another cold night. As we look ahead, high pressure

building in. Slightly less cold by the end of the weekend and slightly

more calm conditions. Here is the outlook. Cold for the next few days.

Strong winds, sleet, snow, ice. The full set!

Don't forget you can keep up to date on all the latest developments

with the weather and travel situation by listening to your BBC

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