21/01/2017 Look East

now on BBC1 it's time for the news where you are.

Neighbours have paid tribute to an elderly man who died

after a suspected gas explosion at his bungalow in Cambridgeshire.

Fire ripped through the property in the village of Eye,

and windows of neigbouring homes were smashed to rescue

Rescue workers at what is left of the home in Eye, making it safe,

before investigations can even begin.

The home, mostly destroyed after being torn apart

Five fire crews were called from two counties.

With the reports of a potential explosion did create issues

with regards to safety of responding emergency responders

as well as local residents as well, so that was taken into consideration

and we did get some gas engineers on-site very quickly to isolate any

Concerns have been felt deeply in the village.

It's a bad thing for the little community, which is a nice,

tight community and you don't expect this sort of thing to happen.

It's hard for those who have to come out and they have to get

everything done again, built up, and all the residents have

Some living locally have moved out while the emergency services

We've just made sure that everybody, particularly along this road,

Some people have decided to stay with family,

others have gone to friends, so we've made sure everybody

has perfectly safe accommodation for the weekend.

Once the building is finally safe, investigations will continue

A man arrested in Luton after a body was found in a wheelie bin has been

The body of Adim Baba, who was 49, was found

Detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection

with the death, or that of a woman who was found dead

A man has died after the car he was driving collided with a lorry

It happened just after 7pm last night, at Creeting St Mary

Both vehicles caught fire and the man died at the scene.

In the last hour, the Conservatives have chosen their candidate

for the first ever mayoral election in Cambridgeshire.

He's James Palmer, who's currently the leader

of East Cambridgeshire District Council.

The election for the new mayor will be held in May.

The other main parties and at least one independent are also standing.

Football now, and in the Championship, Ipswich lost 2-0

at Huddersfield heaping more misery of manager Mick McCarthy,

but relief for Norwich who beat Wolves 3-1 with poals from Naismith,

Brady and Howson to leave themsleves in ninth place five points

In League One, eight goals in the derby match,

Southend v Bolton was postponed because of a frozen pitch

at Roots Hall, and Peterborough in eighth won 1-0 at Swindon,

And in League Two, Cambridge went down 3-1 at home to Mansfield.

Colchester lost 3-0 at Exeter but they stay in seventh,

Stevenage lost 2-0 at Hartlepool, And Luton in sixth

In rugby, Northampton lost at Montpellier last night

Too late for Saints in white, bottom of the pool and and already out,

as they fell to the French side by 26 points to 17.

Captain Lee Dickson and Tom Kessell scored the Northampton tries.

And in the British and Irish Cup, it's currently half time

with the Newport Dragons winning eight points to five.

Let's get the weather, with Elizabeth Rizzini.

It was a rather grey day for many of us today.

We saw some cloud spread in from the east.

Still a frost to start the morning and there will be another widespread

sharp frost forming overnight tonight, underneath

Some of the more rural spots could be down as low

Watch out for some patches of fog tomorrow morning.

Plenty more sunshine on offer tomorrow for just about everywhere.

A bit of patchy cloud here and there as we head

Top temperatures tomorrow only between 3 and 5 Celsius.

So another chilly feel to things tomorrow, but the winds will be

No rain at all in the immediate forecast.

Staying dry and staying cold as we head into the start

Mist and fog could become a problem, particularly so on Tuesday morning,

when it will be very slow to lift and clear.

Good evening. It does not get warmer. If you check the UK as a

whole, it has been one of the coldest days so far. The hard frost

to come in areas where it stays clear, parts of East Anglia,