24/02/2017 Look East

In the aftermath of Storm Doris, for the news where you are.

engineers have spent the day reconnecting electricity supplies

to 30,000 homes and trees have been cleared

At its peak, winds reached speeds of up

Some companies say they lost thousands of pounds

as traffic on roads in Suffolk ground to a halt.

Tonight 2,500 homes are still without power.

The orange army of Network Rail, felling trees which threaten to

The work stopping all trains running between Norwich and Sheringham.

Winds of more than 70 miles an hour left country lanes strewn with

branches and thousands of homes without electricity.

Our intent is to get as many of those customers back on

supply tonight, because we recognise how difficult it is to be without

I really do think there will be some, because of the complexity of

the repair or just because we might make a lot of noise and disruption

trying to do the work, that we'll come

In Thetford this dump is what's left of a tree which fell onto a house.

Another came down in a courtyard between homes and this couple from

Great Horkesley in Essex had a lucky escape when this one fell

I didn't brake because I didn't have time.

I got out of the car, looked behind me and the whole

tree was behind me with these great branches.

This great big trunk just lay behind the car!

Half a second later, a few feet, and it would have been on top of us.

A tenant of a block of flats in Colchester

recorded the moment debris showered down from this flat roof.

It is hoped residents will be allowed to return this

And Suffolk police have been overwhelmed with calls.

We have dealt with over 800 999 calls

and then on top of that nearly 500 101 calls.

Businesses have been counting the cost of the storm, the

closure of the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk meant the diverted traffic

Yesterday it was just a sea of red around the Ipswich area, the red

This freight company had 30 lorries delayed

or off the road, a loss of

You just see the driver sitting there and you

check the tracker again half an hour later and they have moved

a few hundred yards, if a mile, if at all.

Unable to reverse or turn around, this bus had

to wait two hours while power lines across the road were made safe

A charity which has helped hundreds of stroke survivors

is having to close a local branch because it's lost funding.

The Stroke Association supports people in their own homes.

Health commissioners say they can no longer afford the service.

This from our Health Reporter Nikki Fox.

Ken Mason lives alone on a caravan park near Great Yarmouth.

Now retired, he used to DJ on the site.

In the run-up to a New Year's Eve gig, he had a stroke.

Mr Mason was helped by the Stroke Association and says

If you wanted a cup of tea, you couldn't lift the kettle.

And then the next thing comes into your mind, how will I cope?

If Nick hadn't turned up the following day,

I think within a week or so I'd have ended up either dead or in hospital.

Nick is an outreach worker in Yarmouth and Waveney.

Because Mr Mason couldn't work, the charity paid for his heating,

provided food vouchers and arranged benefits.

It is disappointed it can't be funded.

We know there are issues up and down the country

But the solution I suggest is not salami slicing,

not cutting off bits and pieces here and there, but maybe something

Engage with us, talk to us and talk to stroke

My understanding is they haven't been asked what they want.

The Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group

which pays for the service declined an interview.

It says the charity signposts people to information, and doesn't

Of course, they went, and I was back to square one.

The health workers helped me with the physical side of it,

trying to get some movement back into my arms and legs.

But they really couldn't help me with the mental side of it.

I was just destitute really, when you think about it.

Health bosses say they haven't taken the decision to cut funding lightly.

But Mr Mason is worried, with the outreach workers

going in April, people could be left to fend for themselves.

Norwich City and Ipswich Town go head to head on Sunday

The Canaries have won the last seven.

With Ipswich's last win eight years ago.

That said, both clubs have been in decent form.

Norwich go into it in 8th place, seven points off the play-offs.

Ipswich are down in 13th, so the points for them

are perhaps less important than the bragging rights.

If they've got to have any chance of getting the points, seven points

They pretty much are going to have to win a load of games.

It's going to have to be starting with us on Sunday,

We'll do our darnedest to stop them, of course.

But equally we have been in good form at home.

And I would expect us to go and attack the match

and hopefully, come away with the points.

The East Anglian Derby kicks off at midday at Carrow Road.

Delays around the ground are expected.

on both BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Suffolk.

That's how the region is looking tonight.

We're back tomorrow with our Saturday bulletin

There's just time to leave you with the weekend

Hello, after a dry and chilly start to the night we will see rain

increasing. As it happens temperatures should rise, initially

three Celsius, closer to five when the rain comes and it should get

windy so a blustery day tomorrow. Early rain should quickly clear,

becoming drier and brighter for some time before more rain comes from the

north-west. If we get sunshine coming through temperatures may get

a couple of degrees higher than these values but a strong,

occasionally fresh wind so it's a windy end to the day, cloudy with

bits and pieces of rain. In a moment the National forecast. I will leave

you with the outlook, perhaps early rain on Sunday, largely fine and

few days it is that the stay miles. Outbreaks of rain at times

particularly as we head into Monday. A much calmer day today after the

nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at your pictures, tranquil from

Hampshire, on the edge of the new Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from

Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that sea. We are starting to