09/04/2017 Look East


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Hello, I'm Shaun Peel. Kennedy, BBC News at Vimy Ridge.

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Fire investigators are trying to establish how ten beach huts

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caught fire this morning on Mersea Island in Essex.

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Eight have been destroyed and two are badly damaged.

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Pictures of the scene on social media showed the beach huts

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on Empress Avenue completely burnt to the ground.

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The alarm was raised shortly before 2am this morning.

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Firefighters found propane gas cylinders inside

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There's an awful lot of people who will lose a lot of emotional

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things in these beach huts, memories, and actual things.

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We've had cases of mild vandalism in the past

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Two years ago in January, three of the huts were set on fire

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These huts can change hands for up to ?25,000 a time.

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The area has been cordoned off to allow an investigation into how

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Essex Police are trying to find a three-year-old girl from Clacton

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Peggie Happer was last seen five days ago.

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Officers are concerned because her parents,

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are believed to be involved with drugs.

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Coastguards were involved in rescuing three groups

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of people cut off by the tide in Norfolk today.

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All are safe and well but the news comes as

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a whistle-blower claims the service is at breaking point.

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It's mid-morning in Felixstowe but already, with the temperatures

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climbing, sun-seekers are coming in their droves.

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But this is a spot at Cobbolds Point where the pull of the water can be

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especially deceptive on the ebb tide.

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And even on a warm day the water temperature

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But it is not just currents and cold which should alarm us,

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says the whistle-blower behind today's allegations,

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Citing the mass closure of main coastguard centres,

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including those at Great Yarmouth and at Walton in Essex.

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This leak pinpoints a number of alleged problems,

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including people without the right qualifications, low morale,

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All that, it's claimed, leads to problems retaining staff.

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Our casualty rate rose by 58% last year.

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John Creswell is from the Coastal Patrol Rescue.

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Last year alone, it helped more than 160 people

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Now we are dealing with Dover Coastguard,

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which is 160 miles to the south, or Humber Coastguard,

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I mean, we're having more responsibility thrust on us.

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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said, we're very proud of our

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coastguard, both our full-time staff and volunteers,

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around the coastline for the work they do to ensure

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the safety around our coast 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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We're committed to looking after our staff and we take any

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concern about our coastguard operations very seriously.

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The dossier of allegations has already been passed

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to MPs and will be studied in the coming weeks.

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Football now and, with just a handful of games left,

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five of our sides still have realistic hopes of

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One of them isn't Norwich, though, despite beating

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Just a pity it's too late in the season for it to matter.

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The magnificent seven included braces for Hoolahan

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and Pritchard, with six of the goals coming in the first half

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Caretaker boss Alan Irvine said, that the best display

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Mick McCarthy said, we give two soft goals away.

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The only consolation for Ipswich was of no consolation, really,

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In League 1, Southend's play-off hopes took a hit

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John White with the Southend goal but it wasn't enough.

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Defeat leaves them one point from the pack with four to go.

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Northampton lost 2-1 to Sheffield United as the Blades

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came from behind to secure promotion to the Championship,

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ironically under former Northampton boss Chris Wilder on a triumphant

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MK Dons drew 1-1 at Swindon as Kieran Agard's penalty

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In League 2, Luton go fourth after winning 1-0 at Barnet,

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thanks to this second-half strike from Olly Lee.

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There was yet another twist in the play-off story as Stevenage

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crumbled at Colchester as the home side won 4-0,

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with all four goals coming in the first half.

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In means that Stevenage dropped to fifth, just behind Luton,

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and Colchester climb to tenth, just two points from the mix

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And Cambridge in ninth are also two points off the play-off places

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after beating League 2 whipping boys Leyton Orient 3-0.

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The goals from Berry, O'Neil and Mans.

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In rugby, in the Premiership, heartbreak for Northampton,

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who lost to a last-minute try at Wasps this afternoon.

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Saints ran in five tries but still lost by 32-30 as Wasps

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stole victory with a try at the death.

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OK, let's get the weather with Sara Thornton

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I hope you've enjoyed the lovely sunshine today but I have to tell

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you that temperatures are above average for this time of year and as

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we go through the next few days you will see them coming back down to

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where they should be. Much cooler but it will be dry although you will

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have to be pretty hardy to be out on the beach as people were today. The

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cloud sinks towards us from the north and the West with maybe some

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patchy drizzle. It is not rainfall that it brings but cooler air.

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North-westerly winds set in for tomorrow. We the sunshine. Some

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afternoon showers for some of us but look at that knock on temperatures.

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That's the story through the coming week.

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Good evening. If you can use a smelter describes the weather it

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would be owed a barbecue, and why not? Beautiful

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