:00:00. > :00:00.The headlines from BBC Look North this Thursday night.
:00:07. > :00:11.Soldiers tell homeowners to prepare for flooding as the East Coast
:00:12. > :00:17.And after the last flood, I had a couple of strokes.
:00:18. > :00:22.We are doing everything that we can to make sure
:00:23. > :00:24.that we are prepared and that the local
:00:25. > :00:30.He was the Lincoln boss who went on to the biggest job
:00:31. > :00:39.in the English game - tributes tonight to Graham Taylor.
:00:40. > :00:44.What Graham did was to connect the football club and the community.
:00:45. > :00:47.And some pretty severe weather to come over the next 24 hours.
:00:48. > :01:07.Stay tuned, I will have a full forecast shortly.
:01:08. > :01:09.Soldiers have spent tonight knocking on doors telling homeowners
:01:10. > :01:12.A combination of strong winds and high tides could bring
:01:13. > :01:14.widespread flooding all along the East Coast.
:01:15. > :01:17.Thousands of properties could be affected from Bridlington to Boston.
:01:18. > :01:18.Some schools have said they'll be shut tomorrow
:01:19. > :01:22.as the authorities do all they can to protect coastal communities.
:01:23. > :01:26.Jill Archbold is live in Hull tonight.
:01:27. > :01:41.The tidal barrier might be up now, but it has already been down once
:01:42. > :01:46.this evening, and it is likely to be lowered again, at least another
:01:47. > :01:47.twice in the next 24 hours. It's not just people in Hull who will be
:01:48. > :01:49.watching the weather carefully. There are 27 flood warnings
:01:50. > :01:51.across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire covering high tide
:01:52. > :01:53.tomorrow morning A warning means that
:01:54. > :01:56.flooding is expected. There are two warnings covering
:01:57. > :02:02.the sea defences at Humberston and Cleethorpes, another
:02:03. > :02:04.warning for Immingham. Then if we look at the Humber
:02:05. > :02:06.Estuary on the North Bank A further two cover the coast
:02:07. > :02:11.at Bridlington and then the Easington and Kilnsea area
:02:12. > :02:16.is also at risk. The River Ouse is covered by four
:02:17. > :02:19.warnings and then there's one at Grimsby and three covering
:02:20. > :02:23.the South Bank at Winteringham, South Ferriby, New Holland
:02:24. > :02:27.and Barton to Immingham Dock. There are a further seven flood
:02:28. > :02:30.warnings in Lincolnshire six for the sea defences both north
:02:31. > :02:42.and south of Mablethorpe Because of these warnings,
:02:43. > :02:45.precautions have been taken right across our region.
:02:46. > :02:47.Along Lincolnshire's coast, the threat of a storm surge led
:02:48. > :02:53.Soldiers deployed to Skegness to help the police by knocking
:02:54. > :02:55.on doors and tonight warning residents of the risks.
:02:56. > :02:58.They've asked for our assistance in warning and informing the local
:02:59. > :03:06.And the residents, to ensure that they are prepared for the flooding.
:03:07. > :03:09.If it does arise, that they've got somewhere to go.
:03:10. > :03:14.And if they are vulnerable and need our assistance,
:03:15. > :03:16.that we are prepared to give it to them.
:03:17. > :03:19.Thousands of people living near the east coast are being given
:03:20. > :03:21.the option of being evacuated to an inland rest centre.
:03:22. > :03:24.If you are in a single story dwelling, a caravan or a chalet
:03:25. > :03:27.and you are close to the sea defences, you might want to think
:03:28. > :03:30.about spending the evening, or perhaps the next couple
:03:31. > :03:35.On the Humber bank at South Ferriby, the Environment Agency have put up
:03:36. > :03:38.temporary defences and local residents were moving
:03:39. > :03:46.And after the last flood, I had a couple of strokes.
:03:47. > :03:53.It's just, it's stuff that we've got a lot of memories about.
:03:54. > :03:55.And we saved it last time, a lot of it.
:03:56. > :04:02.On the North bank, water pumps were on stand-by and residents who'd
:04:03. > :04:06.been flooded before put up their own defences.
:04:07. > :04:12.But now that the weather has settled down, I don't feel as though
:04:13. > :04:17.Because when it was really windy, it which the waves up.
:04:18. > :04:19.I think they have been overcautious now.
:04:20. > :04:23.But then, part of me's saying, "Are they?"
:04:24. > :04:25.East coast communities and those living near the Humber have been
:04:26. > :04:28.told to be prepared - it's believed a high tide tomorrow
:04:29. > :04:36.evening currently poses the greatest threat.
:04:37. > :04:44.water pumps have been on stand-by. water pumps have been on stand-by.
:04:45. > :04:48.Vulnerable points at the north bank. They'll be back in the early morning
:04:49. > :04:49.and back again for high tide tomorrow
:04:50. > :04:54.Ben Hocking is from the Environment Agency and joins me now
:04:55. > :05:03.Good evening. How concerned are you about the next 24 hours? Good
:05:04. > :05:07.evening. As your colleague's just been explaining, we have a large
:05:08. > :05:10.number of flood warnings across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. And
:05:11. > :05:14.flood warning means that there is an immediate risk of flooding, so we're
:05:15. > :05:18.really keen for people to heed those warnings. If they want to see which
:05:19. > :05:23.areas they are in, whether they might be affected by one of those
:05:24. > :05:26.warnings, they can visit their website and type in the flood, that
:05:27. > :05:29.will give them all the information they need on the government website.
:05:30. > :05:38.People will be worried we could see a repeat of 2013. Are you sure that
:05:39. > :05:41.we couldn't be again tomorrow? We have been preparing for the
:05:42. > :05:45.potential for flooding since Monday this week, when the forecast
:05:46. > :05:49.indicated that this was a possibility. And we've been working
:05:50. > :05:52.really hard with our partners in local authorities, the emergency
:05:53. > :05:57.services, and as you have reported, the Lib military, to the best job we
:05:58. > :06:03.can warning people. I accept that -- the military. How sure are you that
:06:04. > :06:09.it is not going to be like 2013? Well, we think that there's less of
:06:10. > :06:12.a risk of that happening this time around. But obviously, we want
:06:13. > :06:16.people to take all the precautions that they can to protect themselves
:06:17. > :06:21.and their property from risk of this. That is quite telling. If
:06:22. > :06:26.there isn't a problem of high tide at the morning, it does that mean it
:06:27. > :06:31.wouldn't be at tea-time? It could be was in the afternoon. Tidal peaks
:06:32. > :06:34.come twice a day, so the tidal barrier at Hull was close this
:06:35. > :06:38.evening and will be closed again for high tide in the morning. And a
:06:39. > :06:43.tomorrow evening. Certainly, we're focusing at the moment on that high
:06:44. > :06:46.tide tomorrow morning. But there'll be another high tide that could also
:06:47. > :06:51.be affected by that storm surge to my evening as well. So people do
:06:52. > :06:52.need to across those flood warnings. Thank you much indeed. Most grateful
:06:53. > :06:55.to you. Keep up to date on all the latest
:06:56. > :06:58.on the weather and the storm surge BBC Radio Humberside is on air
:06:59. > :07:02.from five o'clock tomorrow morning, while BBC Radio Lincolnshire
:07:03. > :07:08.is on air throughout the night. Stars from across the world
:07:09. > :07:10.of football have been paying tribute to the former Lincoln City
:07:11. > :07:13.and England manager Graham Taylor, He grew up in Scunthorpe and then
:07:14. > :07:23.spent his whole playing career in Lincolnshire -
:07:24. > :07:26.with Grimsby Town and then Lincoln City, before
:07:27. > :07:27.going into management at And that was a path that took him
:07:28. > :07:32.all the way to the biggest job Our sports reporter
:07:33. > :07:35.Simon Clark has this. When after a modest playing
:07:36. > :07:37.career at Grimsby Town and Lincoln City Graham Taylor
:07:38. > :07:39.accepted the manager's job at Sincil Bank aged 28,
:07:40. > :07:41.it changed his life. He led them to promotion
:07:42. > :07:43.with a record points score. Pop star Elton John spotted
:07:44. > :07:46.this and encouraged him to join his club Watford,
:07:47. > :07:48.who he took from fourth That brought him the biggest job
:07:49. > :07:51.of all with England. But the team nearest his heart,
:07:52. > :07:55.home-town club Scunthorpe United. You have to have a reality
:07:56. > :07:57.when looking at the situation Would we want to see them again
:07:58. > :08:02.in the championship? Would we expect them to be doing
:08:03. > :08:11.much more than having Graham Taylor was very much
:08:12. > :08:16.a son of Scunthorpe. He went to the local primary school,
:08:17. > :08:20.and that's just a stone's throw away from the place that
:08:21. > :08:27.would have the biggest impact on young Graham's mind,
:08:28. > :08:29.the old Showground now a supermarket, the former home
:08:30. > :08:31.of Scunthorpe United. A club which in later life
:08:32. > :08:35.would make him a vice president. We were so fortunate,
:08:36. > :08:37.to be honest with you, The last time he was here
:08:38. > :08:41.was back in October, and he was always telling us
:08:42. > :08:43.what we're doing right, Very enthusiastic
:08:44. > :08:47.about our promotion push. He came back in July 2016
:08:48. > :08:49.to attend the grand opening We felt it was really
:08:50. > :08:55.important that he came back, because it marked the transition
:08:56. > :08:57.from the old school to the new school, and it was just
:08:58. > :09:00.lovely because he was so pleased Graham Taylor's football
:09:01. > :09:05.service earned him an OBE, but here it's his transformation
:09:06. > :09:10.of Lincoln that best remembered. Most of all I think what Graham did
:09:11. > :09:15.was to connect the football club with the community,
:09:16. > :09:19.more than any other manager was doing at the time,
:09:20. > :09:26.or for a long time afterwards. Graham Taylor used to joke
:09:27. > :09:29.that he was the only man alive revered by all three big
:09:30. > :09:50.Lincolnshire ruivals, Remembering Graham Taylor. Now,
:09:51. > :09:53.let's get the forecast. Many of us have seen the severe weather
:09:54. > :09:57.conditions today and tonight we do have another weather warning in
:09:58. > :10:02.force. It's a warning for snow. This is mainly further inland, a couple
:10:03. > :10:05.of showers here. Elsewhere, it will turn largely dry. You can see the
:10:06. > :10:10.whole map is turning blue, a couple of showers along the coast there.
:10:11. > :10:17.Lows of about 0 Celsius, it will be a cold one. Try warning, ice inland.
:10:18. > :10:21.-- tomorrow morning. Gale force winds, large waves as well. Do take
:10:22. > :10:26.care if you're heading to the east tomorrow. We will see some pretty
:10:27. > :10:31.nasty conditions there. Again, a couple of snow showers possible and
:10:32. > :10:35.likely to fall to lower levels. The pressure chart for tomorrow night,
:10:36. > :10:39.that weather system moves away. You can see the map is turning blue. A
:10:40. > :10:44.very cold night, leading us into a very cold day on Saturday. Another
:10:45. > :10:48.warning in force. On Saturday. The rest of us, I think it'll be a dry
:10:49. > :10:55.day, very cold. Stay tuned to the latest forecast taken. High tide in
:10:56. > :10:57.Hull tomorrow is at 6:34am and 6:50pm tomorrow night. They you for
:10:58. > :11:01.watching. Take care. note. If that's not your sort of
:11:02. > :11:06.thing, Sunday will be cloudier and milder.
:11:07. > :11:14.Good evening. It was such a mild December, wasn't it, but winter has
:11:15. > :11:19.arrived. Tomorrow morning, again, could be prising the wipers off the
:11:20. > :11:23.frozen windscreen. Yes, it's going to be cold tonight, whether it is
:11:24. > :11:26.liquid,/ or snow, it will freeze solid late at night with
:11:27. > :11:30.temperatures close to or below zero in many places. This was the early
:11:31. > :11:34.snow which pushed across the south-east, a few centimetres over
:11:35. > :11:38.the high ground. Now we concentrate on the showers, which feed in over
:11:39. > :11:40.the north and west of the UK. Some getting into the Midlands, giving a
:11:41. > :11:43.further coding in places.