24/12/2016 Look East


24/12/2016

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Major engineering work on the rail line between Norwich

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It means anyone travelling on Abellio Greater Anglia services

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to the capital will need to use replacement buses

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for part of their journey. The work lasts until the New Year.

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For many people across the region, enjoying

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the end-of-year festivities is just a train ride away.

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But for passengers heading to London from

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Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, a warning that journeys will involve

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Closures on the London Liverpool Street line will allow engineers

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Overhead power lines will also be replaced.

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In the summer, you may recall, there were

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some problems with the overhead lines.

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We had to have reduced speeds in the summer,

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because the overhead lines were sagging.

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So, they are putting in brand-new overhead lines.

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So, hopefully, in the summer, the trains will be

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According to Greater Anglia, passenger numbers drop by 40%

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Nevertheless, it is not taking any chances, laying on 1,000 coaches,

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to transport passengers to their final destinations.

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It has not been too bad, but I live up in

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London, and come back because my parents live here.

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So, I travel every weekend back to London.

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So, this is continuous. Every week.

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Then, a couple of months and then they are

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doing it all again. So, it is a bit annoying.

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It has been OK coming from Colchester here.

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We got on a bus. It was comfortable enough.

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Yeah, as far as I am concerned, we did prepare for it.

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Buses will also replace trains between Ely and Cambridge over

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But with fewer people travelling, the region's

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rail lines lines are likely to remain quiet.

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A fire which killed a woman and her youngest daughter

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Alina Kordaszewski and 11-year-old Emila died

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in the blaze at their home in Braintree on Wednesday.

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The fire service concluded its investigation

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today and found the fire started in the lounge.

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Rafal Kordaszewski paid tribute to his wife and daughter,

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saying he had been overwhelmed by the public's generosity.

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More than ?20,000 has so far been raised for the family.

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A medieval hall is set to become England's national writing centre.

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Dragon Hall in Norwich has been awarded ?800,000, to provide

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opportunities for people to get involved in creative writing.

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The funding from Arts Council England

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will allow the new centre to open in 2018.

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Volunteers from across our region will be preparing Christmas lunch

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for those who would otherwise spend tomorrow alone.

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In Bury St Edmunds, one charity is cooking a three-course meal

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Here at Gatehouse, they are busy preparing for their annual annual

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Around 120 people who would otherwise be alone over

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the holidays have been invited to a three-course Christmas meal.

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We have about 17 kilos of Brussels sprouts to get peeled.

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And the same in parsnips and carrots.

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We are lucky that the turkey is donated by a local catering company,

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so that already comes sliced and cooked for us.

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The people that attend the lunch are a real mix of people.

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Some of them are just people who live on their own.

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Younger people who find themselves in a situation

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where they are removed from their family,

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so they come along to the Christmas lunch.

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And sofa surfing and homeless people.

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This is a real community affair, where local businesses

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organisations and households have donated the food and are helping to

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deliver Christmas hampers across Bury St Edmunds

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The charity was set up 30 years ago and say it is

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important, especially at this time of year, to hold this event,

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so the community can come together on Christmas Day.

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Now, here is Georgina Burnett, with the weather.

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Good evening. The flying conditions for Father Christmas may not be so

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bad to make. It is a largely cloudy a fear tomorrow. But mainly dry,

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with the odd patch of drizzle. High temperatures of 1314 Celsius.

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Overlay, some rain clearing in time to as a dry but called Boxing Day. A

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filament of sunshine as the a patient takes more control.

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That is all from us, but if you visit the Look East Facebook page,

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we have prepared a special Christmas greeting.

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Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow

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across the Scottish hills, it's so mild outside, whether you like it or

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not. It's all thanks to this storm, big windstorm in the North Atlantic.

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It is drawing up warm air from the southern climes. You can see the

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Azores, warm air moving in our direction. It's here to stay. Just

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in time for Christmas. Cloudy with bits of rain in the centre pushing

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through across parts of Scotland, western part of the UK. It could be

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quite heavy, that rain, for a time. The real story

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