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| Hotel roof ripped off by storms | |
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| Strong winds have torn part of a roof off a hotel in Suffolk and uprooted trees in Essex. | |
| Metallic sheeting was ripped from the newly-opened Days Inn in Haverhill on Saturday night and trees were toppled at Great Yeldham, Essex. | |
| Hotel manager Donna Revell said they had been looking through a window when the storm struck but no-one was hurt. | |
| "We saw the storm come across the back of the building and it tore through the place and the roof came off," she said. | |
| The hotel is on a business park and an adjacent restaurant was closed because of the storm. | |
| Eyewitnesses said heavy rain and hail hit the area as well as driving winds and a one-mile cordon was set up around the business park. | |
| Trees toppled | |
| Firefighters said they were alerted to a number of reports of minor damage as the storms battered many parts of East Anglia on Saturday night. | |
| Police reported no serious incidents and there were no reports of injuries but the heaviest damage was seen on the Suffolk/Essex border. | |
| A family in Great Yeldham, Essex, south of Haverhill, had two trees brought down and lead ripped off an outbuilding roof. | |
| James Francis said: "These things were all in a straight line but the area all around was untouched. | |
| "My neighbours' rubbish bins were left still standing and they were only about 10 feet away from where the trees fell over." |