Water leak forces BBC Look East off air

6 hours ago

BBC Look East has been broadcast from The Forum in Norwich city centre since 2003

Martin Barber/BBC An aerial view of the Forum in Norwich — BBC Look East has been broadcast from The Forum in Norwich city centre since 2003

A water leak at the BBC's regional TV studio in Norfolk has forced BBC Look East's bulletins off air.

Morning regional TV services will come from the BBC London studio until further notice, while listeners to BBC Radio Norfolk initially received output from BBC Radio Suffolk.

The leak only affected the part of The Forum building that houses the BBC.

Greeting listeners, Suffolk presenter Wayne Bavin said: "If you're listening in Norfolk this isn't an April Fool - they've had a little bit of a problem at the Forum where BBC Radio Norfolk is based. They've had a flood."

BBC Radio Norfolk began broadcasting from Ipswich at 08:00

George King/BBC Two presenters sit at a desk speaking into radio mics. — BBC Radio Norfolk began broadcasting from Ipswich at 08:00

BBC Radio Norfolk broadcast its own output at 08:00 BST, presenting from its sister station in Ipswich.

Normal service resumed from the Forum at 10:00.

Look East's lunchtime bulletin was also broadcast from the Norwich studio.

A BBC spokesperson said: "There was a water leak in a small area of the office, radio programming has now resumed with Look East regional TV news returning later today."

BBC Look East covers Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk.

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