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But last year he was in court again fined ?600 for possession

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Until last season he as a co`promoter of the Mildenhall Fen

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Michael Lee is still a big name in the sport.

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And after the verdicts, I spoke to Michael Lee in our Ipswich newsroom.

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We couldn't talk about the accusations themselves for legal

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reasons but I asked him how it felt to be cleared.

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I can't explain. I am emotional at the end of it. It has been a long 15

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months and the last three weeks in particular and I have to start

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putting my life back together. What impact has this had on your life?

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Tremendous impact. These accusations are very unpleasant for anyone. I

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fully understand if the facts are true but in this case they weren't.

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I am now in a position where a lot has been taken away from me because

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of the accusations and a long time to piece it all back together and my

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work, my speedway, it has affected that. It would take a long time.

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Awful for anyone to face such allegations but there has also been

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more intense focus on you because of your successful speedway career. How

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has it been, coping with that focus? Most unpleasant. Anyone in the

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limelight a little bit will suffer these things. It is expected. As I

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say, speedway is important to me, I need to get that back, back on

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track, my business is obviously a big part of this is due to my legal

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team. They have worked tirelessly to prove my innocence. And without

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them, I would not be sitting here talking to you now. You have been

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very frank about the other problems he faced in the past with drugs and

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things. When did it all starts to go wrong because you were such a huge

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success? Yeah, I had problems with drugs in the past. If I have done

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something wrong, I do hold my hands up. The drug thing is a thing in the

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past for me. It was in my younger days. This is a different kettle of

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fish. And much more unpleasant. Yes, I can get over things from the past

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quite easily but this will take me a little while to establish myself

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again mentally, physically and just needs to start as soon as possible.

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Next the battle between protestors and the nuclear

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industry over a different kind of nuclear waste about to be pumped

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They call it FED ` Fuel Element Debris.

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Over an 18 month period 150 tonnes of FED

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will be processed and waste liquid will be pumped into the Blackwater

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Estuary as Bradwell nuclear power station is decommissioned.

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In a moment Alex Dunlop with what the nuclear industry has to say

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but first Felicity Simper with the protestors.

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100 or so protesters have gathered and it is all about the power

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station over the river there. They are concerned about this discharge

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being put out into the estuary. I've spent the day meeting people who

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Robert Scott runs an organic skin care company.

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Less than a mile from the Estuary he grows the ingredients,

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The purity and traceability of our products is key for us

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as an ethical business really important ` it could well have an

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impact ` concerns me as a parent, as a human being, as a business owner.

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Long standing campaigners say there's no need to dissolved

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It's an untried dissolution process .

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And the long term effects can't be known .

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We've asked for an independent assessment ` a lot of

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public concerns ` best way to allay public fears to have an independent

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assessment ` we also believe there should be a lot more public

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Campaigners say the start of the discharges were delayed

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But now it looks as though they're imminent bringing into question

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In 2009 Magnox were taken to court but the environment agency stressed

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there was no danger to the public. Joining me now is Nicola who

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organised the protest. The main concerns are this has been sprung on

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us, we knew nothing about it. There hasn't been proper consultation and

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no independent assessment. The parish council did not know,

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residents, different communities up and down have been completely in the

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dark. OK, thank you. Protesters say they will continue to campaign, they

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have set up a petition online saying they want some answers.

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The views there of protestors close to the Blackwater estuary.

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But of course once a nuclear power station closes down

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Once the power stops, the clean up starts.

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Alex Dunlop now on what decommissioning a power

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This is how many picture nuclear generation. These magnesium alloy

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cases like this, they surround the radioactive rods. The casing is

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crushed and dissolved in acid and after extensive treatment, the

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residual solid radioactive waste is stored on site. The resulting liquid

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will be released into the estuary and it is the discharge which is

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causing concern. The radioactive element in question is called

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tritium. It is a version of hydrogen which is by far the most important

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substance we are talking about. It is in the ocean, there are vast

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amounts around. In reality, it is difficult to see how this could have

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any negative effects on wildlife or human systems. Radioactive waste,

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however small, is a toxic issue. One which protesters say could harm a

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local industry. Every year, people celebrate the oyster season here.

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They point to the abundance of local wildlife. The nuclear industry

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points to the history of Bradwell. The reactor is situated in a shield

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of concrete. Ever since these magnesium casings will put in place

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in 1962, Magnox says regular discharges have been within agreed

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safe limits. The environment agency seems relaxed saying the discharges

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from the process will continue to be tightly controlled.

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And if you've got a story to tell us about nuclear

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power at either Bradwell or up the coast at Sizewell,

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UKIP the UK Independence Party has taken its European Election campaign

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to King's Lynn and Watton High Street today.

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They claim young people cannot find a home. The younger generation are

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missing out on the opportunity of getting a house while they are

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young. The problem is immigration. There is too much competition for

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housing, I am delighted to see we are doing so well in the polls and

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that people may well hold with us at the general election and that news

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will send shivers down the establishment.

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The West Suffolk Hospital is under investigation by

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the health watchdog Monitor because of a deficit which is expected to

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It wants to find out why the trust failed to deliver

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and overspent by around four million pounds last year.

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The finest weather forecast of 2014 so far. And yes, the cup final at

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Wembley on Saturday. We talk to the team hoping for a crucial win on

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Sunday. Believe it or not,

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it's nine years since the TV chef Jamie Oliver launched

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his school dinners campaign exposing the amount of unhealthy food that

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was being served to children. Now he's involved

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in another project called Food Revolution Day to teach every child

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about food and how to cook it. Gennaro Contaldo was born into an

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Italian family where food was fundamental. He started cooking when

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he was ten. At 65 he is more passionate than ever. He knows a

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thing or two about knocking budding chefs into shape. They tell me you

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taught Jamie Oliver everything he knows! Why do you love? The primary

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school is small, 65 pupils but has big ambitions to cooking and

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growing. A special classroom kitchen was opened five years ago used by

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children from other local schools. Three course meals are the norm.

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With Jamie Oliver?s backing, it is a flagship for others. You need it

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when you are older. What is your favourite dish? Chicken pie.

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Anything from different countries. What do you make of Gennaro

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Contaldo? Funny. Epic. And cool. They have long been part of

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something ground`breaking, today something truly global as the key

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missing ingredient suddenly appeared. This TV linkup is being

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seen around the world, a cook along for children in 100 countries. It is

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lovely to see children who are not so confident and academic really

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thriving in the kitchen. If you come back in five years time to Suffolk,

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what do you hope would be the legacy? Yes, I would like to CDs

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small children here today becoming a chef, sit down, shut up and let me

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cook for you and I'll be the happiest man. The reality is we have

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lost touch with the basics and as guardians of this generation, it is

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essential we show them what they are missing when it comes to having fun.

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Funny, epic and cool. It was spot a yawn. Things do get tiring. They

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looked like they were having a lot of fun.

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The polls all show that the level of immigration is high on a list

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The parties in next week's European and local elections have been

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putting forward their own policies on the issue.

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But what do the official statistics show and how has the population

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Our chief reporter Kim Riley has been looking at the figures.

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First of all this was the shape of the European Union

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In 2004 it saw a huge expansion 10 new countries joined including

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the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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So with a free movement of labour what happened to immigration here?

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The census of 2001 shows that in England 9.2% of the population

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In the east of England it was a smaller figure 7%.

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The 2011 census, after that enlargement, shows that in England

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those born outside the UK had risen to just under 14% of the population.

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here in the east the figure had reached 11%.

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Often quoted is Peterborough ` in 2001, 9.8% of the local

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Ten years on the proprtion had doubled over 20%.

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David Voas, from the University of Essex, has

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There has been a large increase, whether in absolute terms one thinks

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it is large or little, it is a matter for political debate.

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According to the 2011 census, the town of Northampton saw

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an influx of almost 10,000 people from the countries that joined

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Paul Kuznekovs , originally from Latvia, runs a recruitment firm.

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When Latvia joined Europe in 2004 I immediately went to establish my

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company. The first thing I was thinking about was recruitment

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services. Helping my counterparts from my country, my countrymen to

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Creative designer Gregorz Filipiak came to Northampton eight years ago

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Since I met my neighbours which are British all of them then we live in

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a friendly community now. They are very helpful and we try to help each

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other. As we say in Poland, you can always count on them if you want to

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borrow a glass of sugar or something!

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Nearly all the eastern Europeans in the region have arrived since that

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But overall they?re still a relatively small proportion

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In 2001, 1 in 12 of us here in the east was born outside the UK.

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According to that most recent census, it?s now 1 in 9.

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In sport, three of the region's sides are

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On Sunday, Cambridge United have a date

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at Wembley for the Conference final tomorrow Southend play the second

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And there's plenty at stake at Franklin's Gardens tonight

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as Northampton Saints host arch`rivals Leicester Tigers in

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Yes, good evening. Two sides, 40 miles apart but with an intense and

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bitter rivalry which has lasted decades. Tonight, Franklin is

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Gardens selling out, a good healthy crowd. More on that later. Looking

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ahead to the Wembley date for Cambridge United fans. Twice they

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failed in the final stages, let's hope it is third time lucky.

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It is rare to see a group of footballers so quiet. No pranks, no

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wisecracks, just 100 and focus. Cambridge United manager Richard

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spent an hour drilling his Wembley troops. They have big match

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experience and the giant arch. Winners of the FA Trophy, they go as

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regulars not first timers. You can't put an estimate of the value of

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walking out at Wembley. You hear the noise for the first time. We have

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done that. And then producing after that is crucial. We can do it, we

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have done it and we are confident we will do it again in terms of

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performance and we have to see if they can. The new squad is packed

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with hungry players. There is an exception. Chadwick has experience

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with Manchester United but his work for Cambridge against Welling in

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March that he preferred to his first match against Bayern Munich. I

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always wanted to play for this club. Playing for Man United is

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unbelievable but I was a lot younger then.

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I didn't appreciate it as much. I appreciate things more. Promotion to

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the football league would end nine long years in the conference. Do

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they deserve to join Luton, Stevenage and possibly Southend in

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League two? Richard is in no doubt. The structure is incredible. It is

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as good as anybody in the country. We have the best structure of

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anyone. Even United and Chelsea and Liverpool? They spend 5 million on

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the use of structure and we generate our own cash pound for pound, yes.

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Like Luton who are champions, Cambridge are more than ready to go

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up. The second`best team in the regular season they have to prove

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they are number one at Wembley on Sunday. Good luck to Cambridge.

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Coverage is on Sunday on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. A big game at

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Franklins Gardens. They have not beaten Leicester for years.

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What chance tonight? You know what is going through the players minds?

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Why has it been so difficult beating Leicester? I think Leicester have

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been more clinical taking opportunities and they are a good

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team. We need to be more clinical in those pressure areas to come away

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with a result. They have been feisty, a cube red cards down the

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years. You sense it is the mental mouse which could be the final thing

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which counts. Have Saints got it mentally to win? The week in

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training has been fantastic. Listening to the messages, I think

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tonight the lads will be switched on and hopefully we will see the game

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control to put us in the right areas. And you are at home which is

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quite rare for the Saints. How much will that be a factor? The

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crowd to rough fantastic. They travel everywhere. They put their

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hands in their pockets a lot. They are here for another semifinal and

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it shows how much it means. The boys want to put on a show for them.

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Good luck to Southend finely as well because they play in their play`off

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tomorrow against Burton. All of the coverage on your BBC local radio. A

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lovely weekend of weather. We reached the highest temperatures

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today so far this week, this year! Temperatures up to 22 Celsius. More

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places than I can fit on the chart got above 20 degrees. These numbers

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will go higher over the weekend because we have high pressure in

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position across the British Isles. It has been bringing warmer air up

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from the south`west. It is here to stay meaning warm temperatures this

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weekend but also sunshine and tomorrow might bring us more cloud.

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It is looking warm and sunny across the region for the entire weekend.

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So, the satellite image shows some cloud arriving earlier, some of you

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might have wondered where the sunshine went. It has started to

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thin and break up so we end the day for most of us fine and sunny and

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quite warm. Temperatures of 20 degrees. Overnight, patchy cloud

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coming and going, we have established some warmth,

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temperatures not falling down to low overnight. For many of us, we remain

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in double figures. Be aware if you live in a place prone to being

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Chile, there is a break in the cloud. So, we start tomorrow with

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lots of sunshine around. Into the afternoon, the cloud will build. ``

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chilly. There may be isolated showers. A fairly low risk for most

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of us it is warm and sunny. Temperatures are likely to get to 22

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Celsius. Somebody find conditions to come for the day. And then you might

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be wondering how long this will last, this is the pressure pattern

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for Sunday, we have a low coming, by Tuesday it will bring unsettled

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weather, it will still be warm on Monday. The amount of cloud will

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increase by the day itself looks dry. Look at Sunday, temperatures up

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to 23 Celsius, maybe higher. Long spells of sunshine, increasingly

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clouded by Monday with more cloud around, suppressing temperatures. As

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the low moves in, some showers moving in. Overnight temperatures

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stay in double figures so some fine weather for the next few days. Enjoy

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it. That looks lovely. 22 degrees again. What ever you are doing this

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weekend, have a good one. Goodbye. See you next week.

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One of the things I've done since I became leader of the Labour Party is

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understand where we got things wrong in government, and changed them.

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And one of the things we didn't get right was immigration.

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And that's why I've got a new approach.

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Millions of people in this country are concerned about immigration.

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the Labour Party I lead is going to be talking about it.

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And in these local and European elections,

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Labour is setting out a different plan.

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Britain's diversity is a source of strength and has made us

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if migration isn't properly controlled and managed.

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And I know that people can see their wages undercut.

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So it's not prejudice when people worry about immigration -

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Low-skill migration has been too high and we need to bring it down.

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That means the maximum transitional controls for new countries

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it means properly enforcing the minimum wage,

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so people aren't brought here to undercut workers already here,

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and it means let's give proper training to workers already here

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so that they have a fighting chance of filling the vacancies that exist.

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There's nothing wrong in employing people from abroad, but the rules

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need to be fair so that local people get a fair crack at the whip.

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I met young people at the college who were learning how to be

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car mechanics, learning how to be bricklayers.

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They're desperate for apprenticeships, desperate for jobs.

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That's why, under a Labour government,

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companies bringing in skilled workers from outside the European Union

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apprenticeships to the next generation.

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For recruitment agencies, some of whom do a good job,

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they can't engage in bad practices, like saying,

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"We're only going to employ people from abroad."

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we would say to all recruitment agencies, you can't just

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exclude people because they happen to be living in Britain.

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I've come to Acton College in West London.

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This is the college where my dad came, 70 years ago,

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He worked as a removals man by day and he studied English here.

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He knew he couldn't get on in life, couldn't get on in Britain,

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'and work here should learn the English language.'

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How important do you think these courses are, English...

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'was talking to the women in the classroom about learning English.'

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They said to me overwhelmingly, look, we've got

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to be able to learn English, because otherwise, as one of them said,

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English language teaching has been cut back in recent years.

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But talk to the people at this college and they say that's

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