:00:00. > :00:00.Kier Starmer as well. Join me now on BBC Two.
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:07. > :00:08.In the programme tonight - a cliff collapses on the Suffolk
:00:09. > :00:15.We assess the impact of a weekend of wild weather.
:00:16. > :00:19.The GP crisis - in Essex, 10% of surgeries are refusing
:00:20. > :00:23.to take on new patients, prompting many to pay to go private.
:00:24. > :00:26.And after the drama of last week, I'll have a fairly settled
:00:27. > :00:41.The Environment Agency is warning home owners not to be complacent
:00:42. > :00:44.after many communities escaped the worst of the
:00:45. > :00:50.Thousands of people who were advised to evacuate, chose to stay at home
:00:51. > :00:57.In Suffolk a man died after a cliff collapsed on him
:00:58. > :01:03.But while most defences held, some of the most serious damage
:01:04. > :01:11.was on the north Norfolk coast. Alex Dunlop is in Cromer.
:01:12. > :01:18.Take a look at the size of this rock and now imagine this and thousands
:01:19. > :01:22.of others being picked up on this beach behind me by the wind and the
:01:23. > :01:29.waves and thrown against the seafront. A pretty devastating night
:01:30. > :01:35.on Friday but not as bad as four years ago and that is because at the
:01:36. > :01:39.last moment, the crucial trio of the high spring tide, the surge down the
:01:40. > :01:40.North Sea and also the north west wind didn't quite aligned as many
:01:41. > :01:47.had feared. The cost of clear-up
:01:48. > :01:50.in and around Cromer pier will run into the hundreds
:01:51. > :01:53.of thousands pounds. The force of the waves over the pier
:01:54. > :01:56.ripped up the decking. In a way, we are sort of relieved
:01:57. > :02:00.we got off lightly but the first thing we want to do is make sure
:02:01. > :02:03.things are safe for the public and then get the pier open
:02:04. > :02:05.as soon as possible. Chris Taylor filmed the storm
:02:06. > :02:07.hitting Cromer on Friday night. He is a photographer
:02:08. > :02:10.and the helmsman of the local RNLI. You could hear as the water came
:02:11. > :02:13.down, this clattering of big stones. Looking around us here, there
:02:14. > :02:16.are rocks the size of your head. Serious amounts of power there.
:02:17. > :02:19.The benches along the prom, big, heavy, metal benches being swept
:02:20. > :02:21.along the prom in the water. At Thorpeness in Suffolk,
:02:22. > :02:25.the storms may well have undermined this section of cliff.
:02:26. > :02:28.On Saturday, it collapsed on top of a man in his 50s who was walking
:02:29. > :02:32.on the beach with his wife. He was eventually dug out
:02:33. > :02:35.but it was too late. We are all very sorry to hear
:02:36. > :02:38.what happened and our hearts go out to the family and friends that
:02:39. > :02:43.are involved in this accident. I think perhaps people who are not
:02:44. > :02:46.from around here are less likely to be aware of how eroding
:02:47. > :02:50.those cliffs are. And on a nice, sunny day,
:02:51. > :02:53.it looks very benign. This tragic death has led to renewed
:02:54. > :02:57.safety warnings about the dangers of the soft cliffs which line much
:02:58. > :02:59.of the local coastline. At Jaywick in Essex
:03:00. > :03:03.and at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, most of the thousands of homeowners
:03:04. > :03:07.who were told to evacuate their properties have
:03:08. > :03:09.decided to sit tight. The defences held
:03:10. > :03:15.as the wind abated. At Salthouse on the Norfolk coast,
:03:16. > :03:18.the road was closed by debris And at the nearby reserve
:03:19. > :03:24.at Cley, seawater washed There is a lot of destruction
:03:25. > :03:30.in the short term, in terms of reedbeds, invertebrates that
:03:31. > :03:33.will have been killed and things like that,
:03:34. > :03:35.so food for birds is going to be The danger for now has passed
:03:36. > :03:51.but there are several more As you can see, the clear up is well
:03:52. > :03:54.underway. A real concern in the emergency services that a lot of
:03:55. > :04:01.people further down the coast who decided to stay in their homes...
:04:02. > :04:04.This was a close call and next time they say it could be different.
:04:05. > :04:06.Charles Beardall is from the Environment Agency.
:04:07. > :04:10.A short time ago, I asked him how concerned he was the vast majority
:04:11. > :04:13.of people at risk decided to stay in their homes despite all
:04:14. > :04:20.We issued 17 severe flood warnings this time and we only issue those
:04:21. > :04:25.when we think that people's lives are in danger, so it is very
:04:26. > :04:29.worrying that people do hear what the police say and then choose
:04:30. > :04:34.And our advice would be to anyone who hears from the police
:04:35. > :04:37.about evacuating their house, that they take heed of that advice
:04:38. > :04:42.But I mean, next time we have weather conditions
:04:43. > :04:45.like this, there may be even greater complacency.
:04:46. > :04:48.We got away with it this weekend, got away with it in 2013,
:04:49. > :04:55.I think we have got work to do with the police
:04:56. > :04:58.and the emergency services, the local authorities,
:04:59. > :05:02.to make people more aware of the danger that they are under
:05:03. > :05:05.if they do stay in their house. And if we can do that,
:05:06. > :05:07.then hopefully more people will evacuate next time.
:05:08. > :05:10.I know that you feel that the sea defences stood up
:05:11. > :05:13.well over the weekend, but there are some communities
:05:14. > :05:17.around the coast - smaller communities -
:05:18. > :05:20.that always feel at times like these, that they are overlooked,
:05:21. > :05:23.that the investment hasn't gone in there and that they are
:05:24. > :05:31.We maintain and manage over 500 miles of sea defences around
:05:32. > :05:35.East Anglia and we have invested multi millions of pounds in those
:05:36. > :05:43.Even at the moment, we have just done a schema Great Yarmouth
:05:44. > :05:45.which is ?28 million worth and another one in Ipswich is 32,
:05:46. > :05:48.but there are smaller schemes all around East Anglia that
:05:49. > :05:51.are protecting smaller communities up and down the coast.
:05:52. > :05:54.But of course, they all cost money and you can't protect everywhere.
:05:55. > :05:57.We can't afford to protect everywhere all the time
:05:58. > :06:00.and there will undoubtedly be big surge tides coming down the coast
:06:01. > :06:05.in the future which will overtop some of our defences.
:06:06. > :06:08.And that is why it is so important that the warning and informing
:06:09. > :06:19.is done in advance of these surge tides coming down.
:06:20. > :06:22.I would just like to say that it does stress the importance of people
:06:23. > :06:25.listening to the advice they are getting from the police
:06:26. > :06:27.and evacuating areas that they are advised to so they can
:06:28. > :06:29.be safe from these surge tides in the future.
:06:30. > :06:31.Thank you very much. Thank you.
:06:32. > :06:34.An inquest has been told that a mother begged staff
:06:35. > :06:39.at Chelmsford Prison to keep her son on suicide watch.
:06:40. > :06:42.Dean Saunders was found electrocuted in his cell a year ago.
:06:43. > :06:45.A nurse who was giving evidence this afternoon said Mr Saunders had
:06:46. > :06:49.told her he did not intend to harm himself.
:06:50. > :06:52.Instead of suicide watch he was monitored every half hour.
:06:53. > :06:58.In parts of the region, the number of patients forced
:06:59. > :07:01.to wait at least a week to see their GP has been steadily
:07:02. > :07:09.Surveys of GP practices suggest the crisis in the service
:07:10. > :07:15.In Essex, 10% of GP surgeries are refusing to take
:07:16. > :07:17.on new patients, prompting an increase in the number of people
:07:18. > :07:26.He has regular check-ups with his private GP.
:07:27. > :07:29.For Tim, paying to visit his doctor is worth every penny.
:07:30. > :07:32.Do I think my health is more important than ?400 a year,
:07:33. > :07:36.which is half a cost of a holiday or something like that?
:07:37. > :07:40.And the answer is, my health is more important.
:07:41. > :07:43.Here in Essex, private GP practice is thriving.
:07:44. > :07:47.We are seeing an increasing number of new patients
:07:48. > :07:50.who are here because they cannot get an appointment with their NHS GP.
:07:51. > :07:52.Across the county, practices are struggling
:07:53. > :08:03.Here, a combination of an ageing population, doctors retiring
:08:04. > :08:05.and problems recruiting, has led to a huge strain being put
:08:06. > :08:12.Dr Peter Skew joined the Green Elms Medical Practice five years ago.
:08:13. > :08:15.His aim? To turn around a failing practice.
:08:16. > :08:23.Dr Skew concentrated his efforts on recruitment, offering
:08:24. > :08:26.such as defined hours, to attract GPs to the practice.
:08:27. > :08:29.Now, the surgery has five regular GPs and one long-term locum.
:08:30. > :08:34.Because we know the patients are going to come back to us
:08:35. > :08:37.if we don't get it right, we have a much stronger driver
:08:38. > :08:42.Surveys of GPs suggest the workload issue is becoming more and more
:08:43. > :08:46.of a crisis and that plays into your ability to
:08:47. > :08:55.The government says it is responding and it is committed to spending more
:08:56. > :08:59.and maintaining free access to GP practice.
:09:00. > :09:02.It is not just the NHS, it is what society wants
:09:03. > :09:11.And if they can only get it privately, we have failed.
:09:12. > :09:14.And you can see a longer version of that report
:09:15. > :09:17.by searching for Inside Out East on the BBC iPlayer.
:09:18. > :09:21.Coming up now, the weather with Julie.
:09:22. > :09:29.But from the rest of the late team - goodnight.
:09:30. > :09:37.It will be difficult to predict how much cloud we will get over the next
:09:38. > :09:40.few days. Underneath a clearer skies, temperatures already falling
:09:41. > :09:46.closer to freezing and likely to drop lower. A fairly widespread
:09:47. > :09:52.frost, come the morning and with light winds, perhaps some patchy fog
:09:53. > :09:56.as well. Cold, frosty start tomorrow for many and it looks like it will
:09:57. > :10:03.have quite a lot of sunshine if all goes to plan. Temperatures, even
:10:04. > :10:08.with the sun, will struggle. Light winds. As we go into Tuesday night,
:10:09. > :10:16.under the clear skies, temperatures could fall even lower. Tuesday night
:10:17. > :10:19.looking very cold. Wednesday, high pressure in charge, this front
:10:20. > :10:24.should stay to the north and for many of us, a cold and frosty start.
:10:25. > :10:31.The further north you are, the more likely thicker cloud will appear.
:10:32. > :10:34.Temperatures only two or three degrees above freezing again. A
:10:35. > :10:38.weather front of Thursday pushing down from the north which could
:10:39. > :10:46.introduce more cloud on Thursday with some drizzle perhaps. At the
:10:47. > :10:50.moment, Friday looking at a repeat performance, generally cloudy skies
:10:51. > :10:53.and a lot of dry weather with hopefully some brightness and
:10:54. > :10:57.temperatures around six Celsius at best. Nick will have the national
:10:58. > :11:04.forecast in a moment but herd comes the outlook for next weekend.
:11:05. > :11:09.perhaps a little milder. If you like the mild weather, you'll have to
:11:10. > :11:13.head elsewhere in the country. Find out more in the national weather
:11:14. > :11:17.forecast. Our weather is going against normal expectations this
:11:18. > :11:20.week. In Highland Scotland some snow to be seen on the hills.
:11:21. > :11:26.Temperatures as high as 12 Celsius today. Over the next few days the
:11:27. > :11:30.coldest air is in the far south-east of England where there is sunshine
:11:31. > :11:35.to be had. Four or five Celsius in Kent. Differences remain over the
:11:36. > :11:39.next few days and here is why. I pressure in control of the weather.
:11:40. > :11:40.Some clear a