:00:12. > :00:15.More than 40 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a
:00:16. > :00:22.It's thought the fire has caused ?750,000 worth of damage.
:00:23. > :00:26.Around 2,500 children were due to attend the Funky Fun Playhouse
:00:27. > :00:29.this Easter weekend, but the fire has gutted the building
:00:30. > :00:32.and the owners say it will be months before it can reopen.
:00:33. > :00:38.The smashed windows and blackened brickwork
:00:39. > :00:41.tell their own story about the intensity
:00:42. > :00:45.of the fire which started here just before 11 o'clock last night.
:00:46. > :00:49.So we have inside an office area of two floors which is
:00:50. > :00:52.built of what we call a mezzanine construction so it's almost
:00:53. > :00:56.The heat was building up within that area and
:00:57. > :00:58.then moving on into the wider play area.
:00:59. > :01:01.Now, of the very nature of the business behind
:01:02. > :01:03.us with the climbing frames and all the soft play
:01:04. > :01:06.furnitures in there, we were very loath to commit crews
:01:07. > :01:08.to the building and we had no intelligence
:01:09. > :01:13.So it was a case of fighting the fire from external means.
:01:14. > :01:16.Behind the play centre is a recycling depot
:01:17. > :01:19.and crews feared if the fire wasn't contained quickly,
:01:20. > :01:22.there was a serious risk it could spread.
:01:23. > :01:25.In the end, in needed crews from two counties
:01:26. > :01:34.This fire comes at one of the busiest times of the year
:01:35. > :01:37.Today alone they were expecting around 700 children with
:01:38. > :01:38.four birthday parties also booked in.
:01:39. > :01:41.And across the entire Easter period, they were expecting 2500 children.
:01:42. > :01:46.The management says it is trying to contact all customers
:01:47. > :01:50.with prebooked parties and says its Facebook page is also
:01:51. > :01:55.Meanwhile, a joint investigation by both the Fire Service
:01:56. > :02:05.Two teenagers have been stabbed at a party involving a large group
:02:06. > :02:11.It happened just after one o'clock this morning at the Kursaal.
:02:12. > :02:14.A 17-year-old is in hospital in a stable but "life
:02:15. > :02:18.A 16-year-old suffered minor injuries.
:02:19. > :02:24.And an 18-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
:02:25. > :02:26.In football - defeat for Norwich yesterday,
:02:27. > :02:29.and a win for Ipswich but with the season drawing in now,
:02:30. > :02:32.just five of our sides are still in the hunt
:02:33. > :02:35.for the play-offs, and they had mixed fortunes in yesterday's
:02:36. > :02:43.Southend got their play-off campaign back on track with a 4-0 win
:02:44. > :02:47.After defeats in the last two outings, Mr Brown's boys
:02:48. > :02:49.bounced back to form, including two goals for Simon Cox.
:02:50. > :02:53.Southend remain at one spot and one point
:02:54. > :02:56.outside the play-off places after sixth place Millwall
:02:57. > :02:59.overcame Northampton, who are probably safe now.
:03:00. > :03:03.In League Two, Luton stay fourth after drawing 2-2 at home to Orient.
:03:04. > :03:08.And after Orient hit back twice, Isaac Vassell
:03:09. > :03:14.grabbed a point for Luton with 15 minutes left.
:03:15. > :03:16.Stevenage slipped up though with a surprise 1-0 defeat
:03:17. > :03:24.They'd won their previous eight home matches
:03:25. > :03:26.but they slip to sixth in the play-off places.
:03:27. > :03:29.Colchester are still in the hunt after drawing 1-1 at home to
:03:30. > :03:31.the league leaders Doncaster, who are chasing the title.
:03:32. > :03:33.Ben Dickenson's strike earned Colchester a point,
:03:34. > :03:35.which lifts them to ninth, two points from the pack.
:03:36. > :03:38.And Cambridge are still in the mix, despite losing 2-1 at Grimsby.
:03:39. > :03:40.Brad Halliday with a consolation goal for Cambridge
:03:41. > :03:47.They fall to 11th but they're just three points adrift.
:03:48. > :03:55.Well, if you're planning to do any Easter egg hunting
:03:56. > :03:57.outside tomorrow, you might want to get up early
:03:58. > :04:01.But we have had some decent sunshine today, as captured by our
:04:02. > :04:03.Weather Watcher Amy here in Cromer in Norfolk,
:04:04. > :04:08.There should be some late sunshine for most of us as well.
:04:09. > :04:11.Still quite breezy though and it does cloud over in the night.
:04:12. > :04:15.So we start the day on a cloudy, damp note,
:04:16. > :04:17.this patchy rain right from the start becoming
:04:18. > :04:19.more persistent as we head into the afternoon and with
:04:20. > :04:22.that west to north-westerly wind, feeling quite chilly under the rain.
:04:23. > :04:25.Temperatures up to about 11 or 12 Celsius but in some spots,
:04:26. > :04:32.it may not make it above single figures.
:04:33. > :04:35.So, a bit of a wash-out for Easter Sunday but it should have
:04:36. > :04:38.cleared overnight so by Monday, things are looking a little drier.
:04:39. > :04:43.There will be some sunny spells but one or two isolated showers,
:04:44. > :04:46.perhaps a little heavy as we head into the afternoon.
:04:47. > :04:53.Still quite chilly though with highs of 11 or 12 Celsius.
:04:54. > :04:56.That's it, we're back tomorrow evening at 6.50 and again 10.20.
:04:57. > :05:20.Good evening. These and but not spectacular is probably a neat way
:05:21. > :05:24.to describe the weather this Easter weekend. -- decent but not
:05:25. > :05:29.spectacular. A bit of sunshine, patchy cloud and showers today, but
:05:30. > :05:33.as we can see from the satellite and radar, the showers are easing, cloud
:05:34. > :05:38.melting away, so a decent evening if you are heading out. Once it gets
:05:39. > :05:44.dark, it will be chilly, cold enough for a touch of frost in places, then
:05:45. > :05:47.a change out West. Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland clouding over
:05:48. > :05:51.with outbreaks of rain, and this wet weather splashes erratically
:05:52. > :05:55.eastwards during tomorrow, spoiling east today for some, especially
:05:56. > :06:00.across central areas. To the north of that, if you are out for a stroll
:06:01. > :06:05.in Scotland, sunshine, a few showers, but chilly, 8-9d. Poking up
:06:06. > :06:10.across Northern Ireland by this stage, but through northern England,
:06:11. > :06:11.the Midlands, East Anglia, as the rain rolls in,