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waiting Leek East has learned the A 14 upgrade will get the go ahead.

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That and the rest of the day's news Kettering Hospital and a boost in

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the area for the science industry and meet the band who will make it

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big before Tony Blair said he liked of the most congested roads in the

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area will finally be improved. We have learnt that tomorrow, the

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Government will announce plans to help fund a new stretch of the A 14

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between Huntingdon and Cambridge. The work could start within the next

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two years. We'll get the details from our political correspondent

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Andrew Sinclair, who is at Westminster. Simon, at 10. 30am

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Danny Lex, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will stand up in the

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building behind me and announce �100 billion worth of infrastructure

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investment and I'm told from sources within the Department of Transport

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that the A 14 will be on that list. I'm told it will be a substantial

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investment and enough to get the project going. What I can't confirm

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at the moment is whether this new stretch of road between Huntingdon

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and Cambridge will be a toll road or not. The expectation is that it

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always would be, but the Liberal Democrats have been opposed to the

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scheme and so too have some hauliers, who have had concerns on

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the impact on fleealism stow. It seems that after -- flix stow. It

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seems that after years of waiting we'll see some action. It's the

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region's main economic artery, but the A 14 is clogged up and in

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desperate need of surgery. Tonight, that treatment appears imnerveleT

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The road runs 127 miles from Felixstope to the Midlands. Delays

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cost business millions, but last week, local councils and others put

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up �100 million towards an upgreat of the Cambridge section. Both the

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districts have been positive, but further afield. Importantly, the

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Local Enterprise Partnership, who have given half of the money, �50

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million, to the post of 100 million and other authorities like Suffolk

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and Norfolk and Northampton. offer of help is conditional on a

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start of work by 2016. That may well have persuaded Government to take

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the plunge. Motorists at Cambridge Services were expecting a toll road.

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An extra lane would be good and if it ended up with a toll road then I

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think we would have to cope with that. I use it quite a lot to go

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down to Suffolk, yeah, it would be a good move and if it's a toll, I use

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the M6, so I wouldn't mind paying for it. I don't think extra lanes

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would help, because it will fill up with more cars. We need better

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public transport. Hauliers say a toll road would add to costs, but

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that may be the deal on the table come tomorrow. Why do you think it

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has happened now? The Chancellor has always been keen on this project. I

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understand that he regularly tells colleagues and his staff that this

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is top of his list of priorities, but two things have come together

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very nicely first, the Government's Spending Review. The Government

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wants to spend what little money it's got on infrastructure projects,

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because it believes if we can all get around more quickly that's good

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for the economy. However, it could never afford to fund this scheme on

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its own, that's why it had to junk it in 20 # 10. So, it went -- 2010.

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It went to local authorities and said, "You'll have to help." Last

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week, they came up with the money, so we have that and Spending Review

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money and suddenly a scheme is just about possible that seemed

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expensive. The future of Kettering Hospital has been debated in

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Westminster tomorrow. Andy Sawford raised concerns about the A&E and

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demanded it gets more funding. In the last 25 years, the number of

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patients has doubled and it's struggled to cope. Last year, it was

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heavily criticised by the watchdog Monitor and faced enforcement

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action. A report said they were failing to meet waiting times and

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were criticised for financial management. Andy Sawford joins us

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now. Thank you very much for joining us. What were you hoping this

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afternoon would achieve? I wanted to highlight to Government the

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particular issues we face in Kettering. A&E all around the

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country has real problems at the moment with waiting times. At

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Kettering General, the Trust has been unfortunately missing waiting

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times for a long time. We had that Monitor report you referred to, but

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also a recent report by the Care Quality Commission, that highlights

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a real serious problem there. It's a problem of demand. I want ministers

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to meet with us and they've pledged a date, to talk about proper funding

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for improvements. You talk about meeting ministers. I think you are

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hoping with a meeting with Dan Poulter. Is there any more money

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available? What I've said to ministers is that there is an

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exceptional case here. Ce constituency has the highest birth

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rate in the country. It is the fastest-growing town. The rise in

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demand highlighted has been huge and once there are issues that are in

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common with lots of others, for example having an ageing population

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and the population with the 111 service, there are particular

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challenges that face us in Kettering and in the north of norm han

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tonneshire and I want ministers to recognise that, because it's not fit

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for purpose. There is a huge underspend in the budget and there

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are funds for capital projects and I want them to commit to spending that

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money. Can I just ask you, when you were elected you suggested this

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hospital would close. Is this becoming such of a political

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football? I never said the hospital would close. There has been a major

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review that Andrew Sinclair and others have followed very closely

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that looked at reducing the number of A&Es in our area and Kettering

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was planned to have theirs taken away. We fought that off, but we

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still have a big issue about rising demand. It needs improvement and I

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need to get that funding committed by the Government. Thank you.

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A former stone Mason has been fined �10,000 after a mantlepiece he

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installed collapsed can killing a four-year-old. The mantle crushed

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Matthew Green in October 2005. The Crown Court heard Kristian Childs

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failed to train his staff properly and the mantle had been held on with

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just a blob of mortar. The prosecution against the house

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builder Persimmon Homes had previously failed. Described as a

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lovely boy, four-year-old Matthew Green's life ended when the stone

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mantle in his parent's house fell on top of him. Today, his family were

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in court. The man responsible was fined �10,000. It's obviously been a

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very long eight years, and it's been a very difficult time for the whole

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family. We are relieved it's over. Obviously, the result is not what we

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wanted it to be. Kristian Childs ran a stone-works company and he was

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employed by Persimmon Homes to install fire places in the houses.

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Aftermath ewe's death inspections were carried out in other properties

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on the estate. Out of 1600 fire places over 100 gave cause for

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concern. 21 were faulty. The court heard about other incidents between

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1996 and 2008, when mantles in other properties had also collapsed. The

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prosecution said Kristian Childs had no formal training in construction

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and his staff were poorly trained in the installation. It's all to do

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with a lack of mechanical fixings and that was the problem. The

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guidance that is published now, that is widely available, makes it very

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clear that mechanical fixings must be used. Since the death, lth Health

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and Safety Executive has issued new guidance for stone Masons. The

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directors of a troubled ambulance trust are refusing to resign,

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despite pressure from many of the region's MPs. Two weeks ago a report

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was published on the way the east of England ambulance trust was being

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run. Today, the trust met for their first board meeting since then. Only

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one non-Executive Director stood down. Arriving for today's meeting,

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two of the Board's non-executive directors. Margaret Stockham and

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Phil Barlow. He's been on the board for siple years. Neither in a mood

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to quit. Both played an active part in the discussions in the public

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session. The interim Chief Executive reporting improved performance,

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better response times, fewer delays from hospital handovers and sickness

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levels continuing to go down. The meeting was told that Caroline Bails

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was stepping down with immediate effect due to other work

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commitments, a period of office was due to end next month. The chairman

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Dr Jeff Harris told me the position of these part-time directors was not

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the key issue. It's my top priority to review the leadership of the

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Trust. I think discussions about individuals should be had with

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individuals and that's what I inend to do, but my focus will continue to

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be on ensuring we have got the best high-quality leadership for the

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organisation and indeed that we stay focussed on delivery. The message

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from the MPs tonight is that one resignation isn't enough. I do not

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see how the Trust can continue, even through the period of reform and

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looking ahead, with the particular individuals in place. They were all

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culpable for much of the damage that took place in the Trust over the

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previous years when the Trust was failing and they added no value then

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and I don't see how they can add it going forward. Tonight, the Trust's

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turn around plan is perceived to be making head way, although everyone

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believes there is a long way to go. Firefighters are at a blaze in a nut

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we're house. Fire crews were called to the Cavalry Hill Industrial Park

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in Weedon this morning. People living near by have been Khanned to

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keep doors waned owes closed. 90 firefighters were involving in

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tackling the blaze. The Government is facing a Commons

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revolt over the HS2. Ministers say the new route would allow more

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trains to travel on existing lines into London. The issue has divided

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MPs in our area, who claim it's a waste of money. High-speed trains

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linking lon and Birmingham in under an hour. The Government's vision of

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2026. The new line would run through south Northamptonshire, but some

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feel it would ruin the countryside and others say it is just too

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expensive. Money is tight and we are spending thousands of millions of

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pounds on a railway, which actually I don't think we need. Why not spend

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it on something else? Supporters say it would create thousands of new

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jobs in areas like Milton Keynes. taking off the express InterCity

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trains that don't currently stop here, that will create more space

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for extra communitier trains, or regional trains that will connect

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Milton Keynes to other towns and cities. MPs get their first official

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vote on HS2 this evening. Rebels opposing it is Nadine doRaries. The

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Government is backing it. A massive programme that has the capacity to

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transform the regional and economic geography of this country. Today's

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challenge is unlikely to throw HS2 off course, but underlines how

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controversial a project this is. Detectives investigating the murder

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of a 65-year-old man have released new CCTV images of a man. Sharif

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Demir was stabbed to death at his house in Kempston in May. New

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footage shows the man walking close to the murder scene in Vineyard Way.

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This is an awful case. We have to look at what happened in the house.

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He was murdered in his own home in front of his 68-year-old partner and

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all I would say is that we have a dedicated team who continue to work

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tirelessly on this investigation, but it's key the public get in touch

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so we can apprehend the offenders and bring them to justice.

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Silverstone is offering tickets on the gate this weekend, because of

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slow sales. Last year's event was hit by heavy rain and people

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suffered lengthy delays trying to get into the track. The venue is

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normally sold out at this stage and organisers are still predicting a

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