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First tonight, one of our Police Forces is among three | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
in the country to be told it's taken too many officers off the front line | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
Bedfordshire Police has been told it's to improve | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
in the latest report by the Inspectorate of Constabularies. | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
It looked at how each force is coping with financial constraints. | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
Northamptonshire Cambridgeshire Thames Valley and Hertfordshire were | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
But in Bedfordshire, the force has had to make savings of ?20 million. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
These new police recruits are the first from Bedfordshire | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
There will be many weeks before they are patrolling the streets. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
That can't come soon enough for them or the force. | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
I have joined up because I want to make a difference. | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
I've come into this in a positive light. | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
Training is intense, they want to get us on | :01:03. | :01:04. | |
Bedfordshire Police is required to make more than ?20 million | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
Recruitment numbers in the county have fallen to | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Today's report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
says the force is at risk of not providing effective policing. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
It raised concerns about the force's responsibility to | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
It does not do justice to the work we're doing, | :01:29. | :01:36. | |
and the work people are doing working hard to protect the public. | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
The report suggests that the force has not been doing the best job | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
What it reflects is we are in a very difficult set of circumstances. | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
A rurally funded force that faces metropolitain challenges. | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
Bedfordshire is one of three forces in the country needing improvement. | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
The Police Federation says a lack of resources has had an impact. | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
Morale is an issue but it is getting better. | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
It is hard for police officers to maintain their get`go all the | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
The report says the force is now moving in the right direction. | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
It has never made a secret of the challenges it faces | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
but today it became clear just how tough those challenges have been. | :02:27. | :02:35. | |
Earlier, I spoke to our home affairs correspondent, Sally Chidzoy. | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
She told me that this is just another setback | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
for a force that over the years has faced many challenges. | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
Well, Bedfordshire is a small rural police force with metropolitan | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
challenges, with counterterrorism issues, serious crime. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
They planned to balance savings against recruitment and, basically, | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
What this report highlights is that they've lost too many police | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
officers, they haven't anticipated that, and that creates potentially | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
The force says it was difficult to predict how many they'd lose. | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
And they lost more than they expected. | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
They have to move fast to put things right. | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
58 new recruits by December, they say, and another 30 they plan | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
But it's not just about police on the streets, it's | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
about investing, it's about being efficient, getting IT processes | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
in place so that more police are out there dealing with the public. | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
A couple who died after being hit by a car on the A47 near Wisbech | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
26`year`old Tadas Zaleskas and Nonita Karajevaite were both | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
from Lithuania were engaged and lived in Wisbech. | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Police believe the Nonita was forcibly pushed into the path of a | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
It appeared to police at first that this was a tragic accident. | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
But then witnesses started to come forward revealing that what they saw | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
was the woman being shoved onto the eastbound carriageway | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
in the split second before both she and the man were struck and died. | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
And to add to the bizarre nature of this tragedy, both were walking | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
It's a case which was left police puzzled. | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
I'm quite satisfied that I know how physically they met their deaths, | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
but what I really don't understand is what has led to that, what's been | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
the catalyst for them apparently walking with very little clothing | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
And it's one I'm very, very keen to unravel. | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
It wasn't just walking barefoot which made the couple distinctive. | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
She was wearing a pink top which was virtually fluorescent in the sun. | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
The earliest sighting of them was at 12:30pm | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
on Sunday lunch time by the A47 at Wisbech. | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
they stopped at this farm shop in Walpole Highway. | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
Police say once they were inside the shop, the couple both separately | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
They didn't appear agitated or under duress. | :04:55. | :05:02. | |
Before officers arrived they had already gone. | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
Less than an hour later, they were both dead on the A47. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
I think in a small community like this, we're not used to things like | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
I think we feel very much for the Eastern European community | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
And we should spare a thought for the driver who was involved | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
in the collision because he would have had no time to react? | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
And, clearly, he is highly distressed, as you can | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
imagine, from being involved in something of this magnitude. | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
He says it would appear that their stopped at the farm shop | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
suggested they were in need of help but he needs to find out what, | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
in his words, was the catastrophic event that proved the catalyst | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
An investigation is under way after a coach carrying children | :05:45. | :05:55. | |
on a school trip from Cambridgeshire overturned. | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
42 pupils from William Westley Primary | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
in Whittlesford were on board the coach on a trip to the Norfolk | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
coast when the accident happened on the A10 at Hilgay this morning. | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
Children and staff sustained minor injuries. | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
The Coach driver is being treated for back injuries. | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
I think it's expected they'll make a full recovery. | :06:17. | :06:18. | |
Clearly, not a pleasant experience on a school trip, but by the time | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
I'd got here, they were sitting on the bank, having their picnic, | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
talking about their experiences with officers and firemen, and | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
Time to get the weather now with Alex Dolan. | :06:29. | :06:38. | |
The weather is going to be settled over the next few days | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
Some cloud out there but there will be some clear spells | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
overnight tonight and just the chance of an isolated | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
shower as we get to the early hours, but most places dry and bright | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
through the night, and temperatures probably not lower than 15. | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
We start tomorrow with a little bit of cloud first thing, the chance | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
of an isolated shower, but for most it looks dry through the day, and | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
it will quickly brighten up with some long spells of warm sunshine. | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
So, for many viewers, temperatures will climb to the high 20s. | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
There will be a moderate easterly breeze that will | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
freshen through the day so that will help cool things down a bit. | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
But it certainly looks like a warm and sunny afternoon. | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
In a moment, John Hammond with the national | :07:17. | :07:18. | |
It's staying settled for Thursday and Friday. | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
Warm and sunny, just the chance of an isolated shower. | :07:23. | :07:36. | |
Good evening. I know some of us could do with a drop of rain for the | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
gardens, and the hot weather doesn't suit us all, but it's within a warm | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
one today. 20 degrees in many parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
the warmest day of the year so far. It's been a hot one further south | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
too. 30 degrees along the south coast of England. There's plenty | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
more warmth to come through the rest of this week. A balmy night. Most of | :08:01. | :08:07. | |
us dry. Low cloud and mist off the North Sea into central and eastern | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
parts of the UK. The odd shower possible across | :08:14. | :08:14. |