23/10/2016 Look East

First, three people, including two young children,

have had to be rescued after a fire badly destroyed

It broke out just before five o'clock this morning

It's thought the cause was accidental.

This was the scene at the Red Lion as flames tore through the roof.

The alarm had been raised just after half past four.

they found the whole of the first floor ablaze.

It was finally extinguished just before seven and

the clear-up began as the pub's tenant tried to sum up her emotions.

It's family, it's everything just gone up in smoke.

17 years of hard work in a family-run business.

We were going to take it back over next October, me and my husband,

because my dad's going to retire next year.

Who knows what's going to happen next?

She said a friend had been staying in the pub at the time with

It seems he'd been unaware what it was happening until

he heard firefighters banging on a window.

All managed to escaped unhurt but were treated by ambulance crews

for the effects of breathing in smoke.

It's been here for such a long, long time.

It'll be a tragic loss while it's closed.

It's a part of the community, isn't it?

The coming few days should reveal more

about the extent of the damage and the cost of the repair.

The Fire Service confirmed tonight that an initial check

had suggested that the cause of the blaze was accidental.

Kevin Burch, BBC Look East, at Great Wakering.

A man arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, assaulting

a police constable and breaching a court order has escaped

22-year-old Jordan Jorgiou fled on Friday night while being treated

A postmortem examination has initially revealed that the fin

whale, found on a Norfolk beach had developed a spinal abnormality.

The condition limited its ability to dive and feed.

The 40 foot whale was discovered on Thursday at Holkham.

Whale experts say the abnormality had resulted in starvation.

Football now and with a look at some of yesterday's

A setback for Norwich who sliped from second to fourth after losing

1-0 at home to Preston who won it with a late header.

Manager Alex Neil not best pleased with the defending.

Newcastle extended their lead at the top after beating Ipswich

Manager Mick McCarthy said, "We were beaten by the best team.

If you see a better team than that this year,

MK Dons manager Karl Robinson is under pressure

after Dons lost 3-0 at home to Southend, leaving them just

He told BBC Three Counties Radio he would be

discussing his future with Chairman Pete Winkelman.

He said, "It's a decision for the chairman, not for me.

I won't walk away but this is the lowest point of my career

Northampton heaped misery on the bottom side Shrewsbury

One that takes them to eighth, just two

Paul Anderson scored twice as the Cobblers mauled their hosts

with Gabriel Zakuani and Sam Hoskins also

Elsewhere, Peterborough slipped to 10th after losing 1-0

at home to a Tom Elliott Wimbledon goal ten minutes in.

In League Two, Luton remain fourth after saving a

point at Mansfield, they were trailing 1-0

Two goals in the first ten minutes gave Cambridge a 2-1 win

Luke Berry on seven minutes and Harrison Dunk three minutes

later, stunned the home side and lifted Cambridge to 18th.

Two goals from Chris Porter gave Colchester the lead twice

at home to Morecambe but the visitors responded twice to deny

Col U the points and they slip to 15th.

Elsewhere, Stevenage lost 2-1 at home to Carlisle.

In boxing, Anthony Ogogo from Lowestoft lost his unbeaten

record to Craig Cunningham, who won the WBC international

middleweight title in Birmingham last night.

Ogogo, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, had

And finally, you only have until midnight tonight to nominate

someone for this year's BBC Sports Unsung Hero.

They'll give up hours of their own time to help others

take part in grass roots sports from grounds men to

You can nominate by going to bbc.co.uk/unsunghero.

Let's take a look at the weather now, here's Sara Thornton.

We've had some fine weather around the region today and actually a lot

of fine weather to come to this week, of course,

A cloudy start though, we'll be talking about

But a lot of dry weather and, actually, from the middle part

of the week, it will turn just that little bit milder as well.

Of course we've had a nagging east, north easterly wind

That persists as we go through the night,

We've also got some cloud moving up from the south.

Little bits and pieces potentially of drizzle but it means

the temperatures hold up more than they did last night.

So, it is a cloudy start tomorrow,

maybe a little bit damp here and there in places.

But nothing in terms of significant rain

and as we go through the day, that cloud continues to invade

But as I say, it is generally dry, still on the

cool side with that north easterly wind.

I promised you something a little bit milder from

Not bad. That is all from Look East. We are back

Hello. More details coming up in Countryfile, but there are changes

over the week ahead. A quiet start, old, patchy frost and sunshine. From

midweek onwards, the temperatures rise a little, because we get a

westerly wind. For the moment, we still have an easterly, more cloud

coming in as well. Not as cold as last night. There could be some rain

along the south coast, mainly clipping the south-west of England,

and showers on an easterly breeze. Where we have brakes, patchy frost

and fog. We see the contrast, North and south. The fault will lift, for

sunshine. Fewer showers on Monday. Further south, more cloud, and there

could be Shari