Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 13 January 2017

  • Despite severe flood warnings for areas along the Suffolk coast, most places avoid flooding

  • Environment Agency says a change in wind direction helped avert flooding

  • Some local flooding, including at The Harbour Inn, Southwold

  1. Explosions heard at industrial fire on airfieldpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Thirteen fire crews are tackling the blaze at an industrial unit.

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  2. Smoke billows from industrial unit after explosionspublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Video shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the scene of an industrial fire.

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  3. Skater with 'catastrophic' head injury back homepublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Sid Hudson, 16, was put in an induced coma after he fell at his local skate park in Bury St Edmunds.

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  4. A selection of photos from Cromer beach...published at 18:23 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    This is what you get when a former plasterer and damp-proofer puts his skills to building sandcastles.

    Chris Rammell, from Surrey is up in Cromer for a week with his family, and says it will have taken three hours to complete.

    sandcastle

    Come on, drop some chips or we'll have to dive-bomb you...

    Gulls on a roof

    The Glide School teaches people how to surf safely...

    Glide School in Cromer

    RNLI Lifeguard Rob Riches is planning a cycle ride to raise funds for the Cromer Surf Lifesave Club and the mental health charity Mind.

    He intends to pedal from Land's End in Cornwall to to Ness Point at Lowestoft, and then on to Cromer.

  5. 'We're super busy' says beach-side fish and chips cafepublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    Flora Tea Rooms, DunwichImage source, Google

    "I'd say business is up and the beaches are busier than ever," says the owner of a Dunwich cafe that is well-known for its fish and chips.

    Christian Elsley, co-owner of Flora Tea Rooms next to the beach, said its car park is usually full by lunchtime and recently every day had been "like August Bank Holiday".

    "We lost three months' income during lockdown, but I think we've had a good summer so far.

    "I can't compare it to last year as there's two of us running it this year, but I feel like it's busier because we've had a good run of hot weather, just scorching, and we're super busy."

    Today, lots of people are taking advantage of the half price Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, but social distancing means only half his 23 inside and 16 outside tables are available, while others pick up takeaways and head to the beach.

  6. A ferry nice day for a boat trippublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    It's a ferry nice day for a boat trip, even a short one...

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  7. A beach (virtually) to themselves...published at 16:33 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    We've brought you lots of reports from the bustling resorts of Cromer and Clacton today, but roughly halfway between them is another great beach, and one that's rather less busy.

    Michelle Gant tweeted these pictures of her family having fun in the sunshine at Dunwich on the Suffolk coast.

    Not many problems with social distancing there, by the look of it...

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  8. 'It's become an enormous operation,' says village pub ownerpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    A seaside village pub has doubled its serving staff and taken on two extra chefs as people flock to the coast.

    The Dolphin, ThorpenessImage source, David James

    "The weather has a huge impact, of course, drink sales are up and the [government Eat Out to Help Out, external] voucher scheme has proved very popular," said David James, the owner of The Dolphin at Thorpeness in Suffolk.

    He said trade was up 30-45% on this time last year, all his rooms were booked and if the sun kept shining and continued into September, he hoped it would make up for losses during the lockdown.

    The pub has 40 socially distanced benches placed around its large garden and he has doubled his serving staff to 10 to meet demand.

    "We've been full every day since 4 August, we've shut down the boules area to provide more benches - it's become an enormous operation," he added.

  9. Cruise firm Fred Olsen to shed staff amid pandemicpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    The firm, whose head office is in the UK, says it has been forced to cancel sailings until March.

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  10. Teenage boys on trial over takeaway deathpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    Richard Day died the day after he was found lying on the ground outside a fast food shop.

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  11. 'Inflatables are our number one worry'published at 08:54 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

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    Nick Ayers, an RNLI water safety officer, says the rescue service's biggest concern is the increasing use of inflatables at sea.

    "Just don't do it - don't take them in the water at all," he said.

    Nick AyersImage source, PA Media
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    Nick Ayers, RNLI

    "We have interlocking sand bars where people can easily get cut off from the mainland and panic - or try to walk back or swim. They underestimate the sheer speed of the moving tide, especially at places like Ness Point in Suffolk."

    Ness Point in Lowestoft is the UK's most easterly point.

  12. The independent lifeboat teams of the Eastpublished at 08:14 British Summer Time 12 August 2020

    As well as the 15 RNLI lifeboat stations between Hunstanton and Southend, there are five independent volunteer teams keeping people safe:

    Volunteer lifeboatmenImage source, Hemsby Inshore Lifeboat
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    The inshore rescue team, based at Hemsby, north of Great Yarmouth

  13. 18th Century lighthouse reduced to rubblepublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 11 August 2020

    After more than 200 years of maritime duty Orfordness Lighthouse is demolished within weeks.

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  14. Children in hospital after pool chemical incidentpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 10 August 2020

    Two youngsters are being assessed after a suspected chemical leak at a holiday park swimming pool.

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  15. Pilot's daughter thanks man who found WW2 dog tagpublished at 00:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2020

    The tag was found 40 years ago, but social media has now helped track down a late pilot's relative.

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  16. Shetland Library book returned 37 years latepublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 8 August 2020

    The book was checked out in 1983 and returned this week to a library in Suffolk, 750 miles away.

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  17. League One & Two salary caps 'unlawful'published at 17:49 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    Plans for a salary cap in League One and League Two are "unlawful and unenforceable" says the Professional Footballers Association.

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  18. Former MP sentenced for child sex offencepublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    Eric Joyce had a video clip on a device showing the "sexual abuse of young children", a court hears.

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  19. Separated twins' parents thank nurses for picturespublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 7 August 2020

    The premature babies were treated in hospitals 60 miles apart but an app kept their parents updated.

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