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a UN school and a crowded marketplace in Gaza. That is

In the programme tonight, a question from the shadow chancellor.

The economy may be improving, but do you feel better off?

People here in Bedford and `cross the country say it may be working

for you, but it is not working for for you, but it is not workhng for

me, my family or community. Six weeks to find a new school,

the pupils left stranded after a text telling parents the

gates won't re`open in September. Gold for Max Whitlock,

but can Greg Rutherford match that And forget street view,

the duck's eye view helping to First tonight as the economic

outlook appears to improve, The Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls gave

a major speech in Bedford today arguing th`t most

people still remain worse off. Bedford currently has

a conservative MP. So it was no coincidence Mr Balls

picked the town to make his point. And as Ben Bland now reports,

the economy and how we as potential voters may benefit will

be a major political battleground in When the economy starts to take

off, so to do businesses like this one. At a hangar in Bedfordshire,

hybrid air vehicles employs 35 people. This airship is thehr latest

model and for them the growing model and for them the growhng

economy is having a real impact. economy is having a real impact

Confidence in the markets need the money is there to invest and what

that means for others is th`t we can that means for others is th`t we can

recruit new people and undertake new operations and bring new jobs into

the area. This business feels the effect of the economy getting

stronger. The company is getting bigger. The report looking at the

state of businesses in Bedfordshire suggests others are also feeling the

suggests others are also fedling the benefit. The report we have just

published demonstrates really strong positive messages for the recovery

of the economy in Bedfordshhre. We of the economy in Bedfordshhre. We

have seen turnover increase, we have seen a particularly strong hncrease

seen a particularly strong increase in profitability, up 13%. What our

findings showed is that we saw an increase in salaries of arotnd %

findings showed is that we saw an increase in salaries of around 3% in

increase in salaries of arotnd % in a population that we sampled. On a

visit to Bedford, Ed Balls insisted that many people are still

struggling. What we are hearing a lot is that people who are sometimes

doing two or three jobs, thdy say doing two or three jobs, they say

they want to work full time but can only work part`time, will h`ve the

only work part`time, will have the power is reduced. That is tough I

power is reduced. That is tough. I want more good jobs on good wages.

The quantity of jobs is important. But quality matters as well. Went

back Mr balls said that Labour would create jobs and apprenticeships for

the next election. He hopes this will help win seats for the general

election in May. Back at hybrid air vehicles they have taken on three

and turns and if more orders come in the hope to expand more in the years

ahead. Are political correspondence joins me now. Labour call this an

important speech, it is significant, isn't it, that it was made hn

isn't it, that it was made in Bedford? The economy will bd the

main issue in the election `nd Bedford is one of a number of seats

along the M1 corridor that all Bedford is one of a number of seats

along the M1 corridor that all of the parties are very interested in.

They often refer to places like Bedford, Milton Keynes, Northampton,

as the home of aspirational middle England, people who have worked hard

to better themselves and only own home and want things to be better

for their children and many people believe that it is in these seats

that the next election will be won or lost. People will vote for the

party with the best economic policy. The poll suggests that Labour

party with the best economic policy. The poll suggests that Labotr has a

The poll suggests that Labour has a credibility problem and the

Conservatives say that Labotr are the party who crashed the car, stick

with us will the economy improves. This is all part of Labour 's

campaign to get through in this key constituency. So we will see

campaign to get through in this key constituency. So we will sed more

campaign to get through in this key constituency. So we will see more of

this campaigning throughout the summer? I am afraid the election

campaign has begun. Labour are campaign has begun. Labour `re

making a string of porting speeches. Today was the economy, tomorrow it

is the health service. The Prime Minister is on a series of regional

tours. Hardly a day goes by without some big government announcdment on

house`building or mortgage blogging, mortgage lending, this is normally a

quiet month for politics. MPs have been told to take short holidays

this year. Parents and children at a private

school in Northamptonshire have been told they have just six weeks

to find a new school as thehrs will Parents were told by text

and email that Great Hoe`ton school And with the summer holidays already

underway, parents say they face an almost impossible task to secure

a place at another school Joshua was planning a relaxing

carefree summer holiday. But then the news that his school was closing

for good. I was really upset. Nervous. About other schools and

whether I would get in in thme for September. Tell me about the

coursework. My photography work is at the school on Macs that `re on

coursework. My photography work is at the school on Macs that are on so

they could be taken back before I get them back. Joshua and hhs two

brothers all went to the school together but it is likely that come

September they will go to different September they will go to dhfferent

schools. We have found places for schools. We have found placds for

one or two of my boys but we schools. We have found places for

one or two of my boys but wd have not found anywhere that can offer

all three a place. That is puite all three a place. That is puite

hard, quite hard for my youngest because he likes the fact that he

was at school with his two brothers. The timing could not have bden

worse. We were told on the 25th of July, two weeks after we had broken

up. And just after the other schools had broken up. None of the schools

where they are. It is six weeks where they are. It is six weeks

where you must do your best with no information. The closure affected

350 pupils but it is not only the children looking for new schools.

Over 50 staff will have to look for new jobs. Staff at the school have

been working here today, but nobody from the school itself wanted to

from the school itself wantdd to talk to us. But the Independent

Association of pet schools told us that the closure was particularly

that the closure was partictlarly disappointing because the staff here

had worked so hard to secure its had worked so hard to secure its

future. But a viable solution cellphone at the final hurdle.

Parents are applying for both the private and state schools, the

County Council says it will accept applications in the normal way but

admits it could be end of August admits it could be end of August

before pedants will know if they isolated school has spare places and

crucially if their applicathon has crucially if their application has

been successful. The man in charge of the East

of England Ambulance Trust says it'll take another two years to get

the service back on track. Dr Anthony Marsh was brought in

in January to sort out the service. It was described as failing

and not fit for purpose. At a public meeting today hd said

things were getting better, It has taken a number of ye`rs to

create the difficulties that we are currently dealing with, but I remain

absolutely confident that with the absolutely confident that whth the

improvements we have seen already, with the steps I have taken, the

arrangements I have put in place, that we will turn this organisation

around but it will take two years. People living in Wellingborough

today were advised to close their windows and doors

after a fire broke out in an More than 14 firecrews were called

to tackle the flames Surrounding businesses

were cordoned off. Filmed on a phone, flames rhsing

from the roof. Crusading the fire from the roof. Crusading thd fire

from just after five this morning. The unit clouded in smoke, ` food

The unit clouded in smoke, a food processing plant. Inside it, Hoddle

that of oil and cooking fat. That black smoke was billowing ott, that

black smoke was billowing out, that is where the flames taken hold of

the food packaging unit, thd food is where the flames taken hold of

the food packaging unit, the food `` the food packaging unit, thd food ``

the roof is now totally collapsed and the fire has been burning for

five hours. The fire crews `re five hours. The fire crews are

trying to stop the flames the businesses either side. It hs

trying to stop the flames the businesses either side. It is a

businesses either side. It hs a large fire and having a huge

businesses either side. It is a large fire and having a hugd impact

large fire and having a huge impact on the local population. We are

giving advice to keep your doors and windows closed some people are not

windows closed some people `re not affected by the smoke. I have spoken

to the business users in the area to to the business users in thd area to

give them an update on when they should be able to get back to their

premises. More than 14 crews were called to tackle the flames,

firefighters using thermal hmaging cameras to gauge temperatures. The

Environment Agency checking contaminants have not been washed

into the water system. We are concerned about the firewater

run`off affecting the local watercourse, there is the

possibility we could get contaminated water going in. One

Road closed, neighbouring businesses Road closed, neighbouring btsinesses

cordoned off. What sparked this fire is now under investigation.

Troublemakers as young as 10 could face police action in a crackdown

A dispersal order is now in place in the Stopsley area to prevent

young people hanging around and causing a nuisance.

Now if anyone returns to a place they've been asked to leave

It is a decent part of Luton, a nice place to live. But the people. They

have had enough. Groups of xouths have had enough. Groups of youths

hanging around their homes, verbal abuse, vandalism, unity on walls and

fences. The kids hang around here, they sit on the wall. They have

knocked the top of the wall. I had one kid threw a brick at me. Once

you stand up to them the move on. If you don't they will be therd all

you stand up to them the move on. If you don't they will be there all the

time. When we came here first they used to drink down there and lacking

of stuff. Now they don't. Police have upped their game, they now have

the power to use a dispersal order, move on or face arrest. We `re going

to head to a footbridge that is at the bottom of the road, when we were

in last night that is where the groups congregated. Some were only

ten years old, they had set up camp in these woods, taking off when

police arrived. Sometimes they get upset, they will say we are just

sitting on a wall, what is the problem? We try and explain that we

know technically they are not doing anything criminal but what they are

doing is making people feel very insecure, very worried. This is not

just a summer thing, the problems have been going on since Frhday The

have been going on since Friday. The telling us they are bored, but

obviously criminal damage and anti`social behaviour is no excuse

for being bored. People are too scared to leave their house after

five o'clock. It is not good enough. That is why if we are being here in

the presence makes them think they can go 100 metres to the shop and

back without hassle, great. CCTV did not work, it simply shifted

troublemakers elsewhere. It is hoped the threat of arrest will pdrsuade

the threat of arrest will persuade them to go home. Campaigners trying

to save the glance whole day care to save the glance whole dax care

centre have welcomed another meeting to discuss the issue. Originally it

was going to be closed, prolpting an was going to be closed, prolpting an

angry response from people who use the centre and their families.

angry response from people who use the centre and their familids. The

council leaders said he at the mere mayor to convene an extraordinary

meeting of the full council. It's cost more than three mhllion

pounds to restore, but a Swiss Garden in Bedfordshire

will reopen to the public tomorrow. It's been hidden behind

the hangars at the Shuttleworth It was originally created

in the early 1800s, with 13 listed garden buildhngs

and a romantic Regency landscape. The restoration of the nine acre

garden got almost ?3 million Those are the top stories. Now to

join Stewart and Susie. Still to come tonight.

More gold at the Commonwealth Plus, the beautiful Broads

As you've probably never From the water's edge,

straight onto your computer 46 years ago we started pumping

gas from the North Sea. Back then they thought the

industry would last for 20 xears. But of course it's still gohng

strong, and the region's energy This week there's been a fltrry

of new investment by local offshore companies

and increasingly they're selling Nothing

like it had ever been seen before. The creation

of a whole new industry. The discovery of gas off Norfolk

provided jobs for thousands of workers, although they often

laboured in treacherous conditions. For some years, production of North

Sea gas and oil has been declining. Presenting local companies with

a challenge. Their response has been to

sell their expertise overse`s. JDR, based at Littleport, makes

cabling for oil and gas companies. As they search the Gulf of Mexico

and West Africa for new supplies, more sophisticated equipment is

required. JDR has developed technology

that can allow them to This week, the company opendd

a new research centre in Cambridge. UK engineers are sought after all

around the world, expertise developed in the North Sea,

also the flexibility and business acumen you find associated with UK

companies is very much apprdciated. We see a lot

of growth opportunities. At great Yarmouth, this company

makes underwater electrical It won a Queen's award

for enterprise after doubling As the world has opened up to us, we

send more products out to various parts of the world, Africa, the

Middle East and places like that. We also send people out there to

terminate the cables We have a crew

of people we send around thd world But some firms still rely

on the North Sea. Fabricator AFS opened new offices

today after outgrowing Many platforms in

the North say have come to the end They have found more oil reserves

so the life expectancy has had to Most of the offshore workers from

the early days retired years ago. But there are still plenty

of jobs in the supply chain as East Anglian expertise is deployed

around the world. What an afternoon

for our gymnasts at the Max Whitlock took the men's all

round Gold medal and Daniel Keatings And tonight the Olympic champion

Greg Rutherford in the long jump. It would be his first Commonwealth

medal. Let's go live to Glasgow now and

Tom Williams. It hasn't been such a pleas`nt day

here in Glasgow, a bit overcast. It hasn't been such a pleasant day

here in Glasgow, a bit overcast Our here in Glasgow, a bit overcast Our

first brain of the Commonwealth first brain of the Commonwe`lth

Games, finally, the sun is poking through. `` our first rain. It has

been a golden day for Max Whitlock, he has played a leading role in

he has played a leading rold in getting England to team gold. Today,

he was doing it for himself. He didn't disappoint in the individual

final. Another faultless display. This is the focussed face

of a sporting star. With team gold in the bank, Max

Whitlock demonstrated why hd is one Today's individual challengd

involved six apparatus. Effortless on the pommel horse,

rock solid on the rings. Twisting, turning, tucking

his way to a second gold medal. Chasing his tail was Dan Ke`tings

for Scotland. This pommel horse routine

a noted highlight. Demonstrating the poise

and execution of a champion. He's absolutely nailed all six

pieces of apparatus and Max Whitlock that was an amazing feeling to go

out there, I had goose bumps in the whole competition,

to compete alongside these great athletes, such good friend of mine,

to be up on the podium with them is It was amazing,

this is the first major international I have done where I

did all six pieces since 2012. It is amazing just to be out here

again Elsewhere, on the track, Canvey

Island's Jessica Judd is through to Milton Keynes's Chris Clarkd is also

through to The Badminton husband

and wife pair of Chris and Gabby Adcock made light work of

their mixed doubles match, they beat their Northern Ireland counterparts

to ease through to the last 16. Essex's Peter Barker and his partner

Alison Waters are also looking good, they topped the pile in the mixed

doubles with a second win in a row. In the lawn bowls, Cambridge's

Ellen Scotland in the women's triples and

then out into the quarterfinals. Another hectic day, no time off for

our gymnasts. All back in action tomorrow in the arena behind me.

our gymnasts. All back in action tomorrow in the arena behind me The

tomorrow in the arena behind me. The individual apparatus finals. Should

be a battle for gold. Tonight, attention turns to the athletics at

attention turns to the athldtics at Hampden Park, two athletes in

Hampden Park, two athletes hn particular both points to prove for

different reasons. He is the particular both points to prove for

different reasons. He is the man for the big occasion, Greg Ruthdrford

hoping to add Commonwealth Games to his Olympic title. `` Commonwealth

gold. After two injury plagted years, can his body take the strain?

Yes, I am OK, there are a fdw Yes, I am OK, there are a fdw

niggles and pains, humanities Yes, I am OK, there are a few

niggles and pains, humanitids and hopefully come into the championship

feeling as good as you can. I am feeling confident. 2014 is a

feeling as good as you can. I am feeling confident. 2014 is ` golden

feeling confident. 2014 is a golden opportunity for Sayers to m`ke up

for 2012. I would like to say opportunity for Sayers to make up

for 2012. I would like to s`y a thank you to everyone in here,

hopefully I can do the country proud in Rio. Two years of torturd,

in Rio. Two years of torture, finally her chance of redemption.

Elsewhere, this Norfolk teenager makes her debut in the shot put. And

makes her debut in the shot put And in the pool, Rebecca hopes to dive

into the medals in Glasgow. Yes, it into the medals in Glasgow. Yes, it

should be a good night, awax into the medals in Glasgow. Yes it

should be a good night, away from that, plenty to look forward to in

particular, the cycling. There is particular, the cycling. Thdre is

huge appetite for this at the moment, we have had the Tour de

France for the last few weeks, it is the time trial tomorrow, in the

men's competition we have an Essex represent the two `` a Essex

representative. This really is one of her specialities, if you remember

she won a silver medal at Bdijing of her specialities, if you remember

she won a silver medal at Beijing in she won a silver medal at Beijing in

2008 Emma Pooley will be looking to go out on a high. But Max Whitlock

routine... Amazing. After hd finished it, they showed it again in

slow motion, it is so... I don't know how he can do it.

We look at a road map on the internet

and with one click we can see the photos of where we want to go.

Google was the first to do it and called it Streetview.

Now though, it's been joined by Broads View.

60 miles of the Broads in Norfolk and Suffolk have been photographed

All it takes to see them is a click on a map.

Pop myself down here. How cool is this? Our mission is to get a look

`` a Duck View of the Broads. They are planning to map the whole of the

Broads. Joe, what was the idea? We wanted people to be able to explore

the Broads from their computer. See all the features they would see on

the River such as pubs, places to get an ice cream or stretch their

legs. Things you wouldn't phck get an ice cream or stretch their

legs. Things you wouldn't pick up legs. Things you wouldn't phck up

from doing research on the Internet. from doing research on the Internet.

Joe is a software engineer so he has a head start. But his camera kit is

a head start. But his camer` kit is quite basic. These are for go pro

cameras, they are all electronically triggered, they take a picttre every

ten seconds. We have to make the ten seconds. We have to makd the

images suitable for display on the website. They take in more than you

would see in a bigger boat. Joe has taken in a lot of the area so far.

How do people react when thdy see How do people react when thdy see

this? People are surprised initially, you don't see a lot of

this on the Broads. There are a lot of this prized faces on our

pictures. I've seen a lot of the river but I haven't seen before, ``

a lot of surprised faces. This has backing from the local authority. It

fits in with our ethos, we are keen fits in with our ethos, we are keen

to keep up with people enjoxing fits in with our ethos, we `re keen

to keep up with people enjoying the to keep up with people enjoying the

Broads, we are keen for the will to see areas you don't normallx

Broads, we are keen for the will to see areas you don't normally see.

Broads, we are keen for the will to see areas you don't normallx see. It

see areas you don't normally see. It gives you a low, water's eyd view of

where you can paddle. Joe has gives you a low, water's eye view of

where you can paddle. Joe h`s a fair where you can paddle. Joe h`s a fair

few hours left to paddle, if you see him, give him a wave. We had a few

technical problems at the start of that report, sorry about th`t. A

lovely day to go out on the Broads. Yes, he must have had a lovely

lovely day to go out on the Broads. Yes, he must have had a lovdly time.

We did well for sunshine today. As you can see, plenty of sunshine

throughout the day. We end the day on a fine note. A lovely, warm

evening. Overnight, clear spells. Increasing cloud and a chance that

somewhere we will get a shower. So many of us it will stay dry

throughout the night. Once more, throughout the night. Once lore

warm throughout the night. Temperatures in the teens, `lmost

warm throughout the night. Temperatures in the teens, almost 15

Celsius in some parts 17 in others. What prospects for tomorrow. A dry,

bright start for the day. Increasingly cloudy later, this

cloud could produce showers in the West. We should wake up to sunshine

tomorrow, patchy cloud around, a risk of showers, particularly across

this north`west corner. Those of showers do have a potential to be

quite heavy, possibly thunddry, showers do have a potential to be

quite heavy, possibly thundery, and hail. A heavy downpour is possible.

A lot of the region stays dry food tomorrow and warm in the centre.

Temperatures climbing to thd Temperatures climbing to thd

mid`20s. A noticeable breeze Temperatures climbing to the

mid`20s. A noticeable breezd from mid`20s. A noticeable breezd from

the South West. These showers will be difficult to predict, most in the

East may be at risk. We are into a rather unsettled outlook for the end

of the week and into the weekend. rather unsettled outlook for the end

of the week and into the wedkend. An of the week and into the wedkend. An

area of low pressure developing from the South West, moving throtgh the

region Friday night into Saturday. Having said that, it is a pleasing

start to Friday, sunshine around and an increasing risk of showers. A bit

more widespread on Friday afternoon, than they have been. A spell of rain

overnight, rain or showers on Saturday, not raining all the time.

Could be thundery downpours low, Saturday, not raining all the time.

Could be thundery downpours low and Could be thundery downpours low, and

unsettled start to the weekdnd. Could be thundery downpours low and

unsettled start to the weekend. By unsettled start to the weekend. By

Sunday, it is looking drier and brighter. Overnight temperatures,

our lowest value on the chart is 13 Celsius. Thank you, Alex. That is

it, see you tomorrow.