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with each side blaming the other. That's all from the BBC News at

It's a bad day, a black day for Northampton Museum.

Made in a garden shed for jtst a few pence but it made them thousands.

A couple face jail for selling fake bomb detectors

The work of war poet Siegfried Sassoon goes online.

And remembering a famous big brother.

Leon Hendrix talks guitars and life with a star.

Its sale sent shockwaves through the art world.

The Northampton Sekhemka, an ancient Egyptian statue sold

off by the borough council for a record`breaking sum,

Today, as punishment, two museums in the town havd been

struck off by the Arts Council, losing their accreditation `nd

putting an end to extra funding for the next five years, but thd borough

It needed the money because of budget cuts.

That is a small museum at the centre of a global row. The sale h`s been

criticised by the Egyptian ambassador and now today,

sanctions, the museum ostracised for the next five years at least. But

the council say they made the right decision.

The Sekhemka statue, described by Christie's as the most ilportant

For its museums, it meant punishment.

We do need to put this into some context.

We don't receive huge amounts of money every year from thd

Arts Council for the museum service and this was

part of the decision we had to make when we decided to sell the statue.

Actually, now we've got ?8 lillion, we can invest

Well, we've got the Arts Cotncil statement here.

They speak of their dismay, they speak of negative consdquences,

Clearly, if the accreditation doesn't mean that the museul closes,

and the museum will continud to open its doors and carry out

the service it does tomorrow, it begs the question, what hs

Northampton Museum today at the start of its exclusion,

Losing its accreditation, the museum is now unable to dip into

certain pots of money, eithdr from the Arts Council or the Herhtage

Lottery Fund, but the museul's open today, it'll be open tomorrow.

It matters a lot, says Ruth Thomas, who worked the museum and c`mpaigned

It's a bad day, it's a black day for Northampton Museum and

We used to be the leading mtseum in this region.

We were the first to get accreditation some years ago and

being deprived of it means that we fall behind all the other mtseums.

Sekhemka was a powerful man, an Egyptian royal chief,

Acquired by the second Marqtis of Northampton, in 1880,

it was gifted to the town and sold in July for nearly 16 million,

a sale that prompted Egypti`n protests and today, sanctions.

It will have an impact on their ability to raise ftnds

It will have an impact on their ability to engage with

the wider museum community which, in turn, will have an impact on

what can be offered to the public and the people of Northampton.

And, I suppose, ultimately, we're very saddened that thhs will

have an effect on the peopld of Northampton, of course.

For more than 100 years in Northampton, it was public property,

now gone, sold to a private collector. The council say, do the

maths. ?8 million will pay for the museum to be doubled in sizd. The

arts Council have given to payments over last few years. It might be

financial but is ethical? Abi Hunt is from the

Anglia Ruskin University. She has a background in Egyptian

archaeology and a PHD I put it to her that with the

Northampton case, it was desperate Well, I would slightly disagree in

that I think it's a short`tdrm fix to funding issues and I would argue

that there are real issues when you Of course, there are ethical issues

with it, but I'm not sure it's really a sustainable way of sorting

out funding problems, and I think museums should really consider their

funding, their public engagdment activities,

carefully to be more sustainable. It Do you think that there's

a risk that other museums are going to follow suit,

ditch the ethics and grab the cash? This isn't the first time that

a museum has sold an item from its collection to raisd funds

and I'm sure it won't be an isolated case but I think it s

not a long`term fix. It's a very quick fix to thd

situation and I think if museums took a more businesslike approach to

their work, then maybe they could become more sustainable in the

future, so look at different ways of funding, different ways

of working operationally Abi Hunt,

thank you very much indeed. Maternity services

and children's care WILL relain That's according to health

bosses who are looking to m`ke The assurances follow weeks

of speculation and anger th`t services at the hospital will be

seriously downgraded but despite today's announcement,

the hospital's future is sthll This baby is just three days old. He

is one of more than 3000 babies born here every year but the closure of

this and the children's award is being seriously considered. Patients

would have to travel to othdr hospitals instead. We have one of

the best hospitals in the area. It's a growing population. To have a

hospital that has reduced a knee, no paediatrics and no birth is a

growing sign of this size. One of the highest scoring options includes

the closure of the maternitx and children's departments. Thex are

just ideas the now. I can rdassure you that we want what is best for

our patients. We can't carrx on as we are and we are looking to find

the most sustainable future for Bedford Hospital which will include

inpatients and emergency services. And maternity and children's care?

Is that a guarantee? I will not stand up and say otherwise. The

hospital is under financial pressure. There is a greater demand

for care and limited funding to meet it but the chief executive says

changes have already been m`de while keeping key services. Things were

not as good as they could h`ve been. We had a review that brought

in an external new Doctor. Now we have got a service that meets or

national standards. Some of our doctors work in the community. We

have visited `` visiting consultants as well. It seems as though these

changes will affect patients and where they get treatment. There will

be a public consultation in the winter, where people would be

invited to comment on plans, but final decisions would be made until

after the general election next May. Two men have been jailed for

the murder of a snooker club worker Jamie McMahon, who was 26, died from

head injuries after he was `ttacked Michael Francis was sentencdd to

a minimum of 26 years, A couple from Dunstable havd been

found guilty of making fake bomb detectors in their garden shed,

selling them all over the world The devices, they claimed,

could also track down drugs and find The couple, Samuel and Joan Tree,

called it the Alpha 6 and it cost A deal has been signed to hdlp

develop the north`west area of Cambridge. Works have already begun

to build a new road junction, homes and shops. His latest deal hs

between the University of C`mbridge. Back to that story about thd fake

bomb detectors. Our reporter, Liza Hampele,

has been following the case They made these devices in their

garden shed and made them ott of black plastic which they imported

from China. It only cost ?5 each one and they used bits of paper and glue

and an antenna stuck on the top and they said these devices could find

my new substances including explosives, drugs and even lissing

people. The company said `` the man said he could find Madeleind McCann.

The prosecution said they m`de outlandish claims but they said they

were not guilty because thex believed they worked. This thing

sounds pretty unbelievable! How did they get away with it for so long?

They did some years and it was said in court that it was remark`ble that

only one person returned anx of these devices. They sold about. .

Hundreds of them. They made hundreds of thousands of pounds and the

public were gullible and believed they were sold all around the Middle

East and in many countries. Now we can join Stewart and Susie

for the rest of the programle. which started 100

years ago this coming Mondax. And today in Essex there has been

a special ceremony to pay tribute to In a moment, we will have ddtails of

Monday's First World War centenary The last known words of Private

Herbert Columbine He was telling

his comrades to escape during With an isolated gun, he held off

several attacks for several hours, which his mother donated to the

town. Now, almost 100 years later, his

home town is remembering his bravery It stands in the Marine Gardens

overlooking the sea front. Among those paying tribute `

the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Light Dragoons, the Roy`l

British Legion and his relatives. It is obviously sad

as well that he died very bravely And so it is sad but also a day that

really marks the sacrifice that officers and ordinary soldidrs

like Herbert made in World War I. It is the first time

a private soldier has been honoured Private Columbine was, I thhnk,

very typical of those young men who came and served and actuallx had to

give their lives. This is not

a makeover to make him look good. This is what the real man w`s

like and I think it is a grdat, It has taken three years and nearly

?60,000 to build the statue. The inspiration to build it came

from a local man called Mikd Turner, I was never really passionate

about it in the beginning. And as it came along, not jtst

because Mike died, we got to understand it mord and

began to get the feeling of it and we felt that

it would mean something. That maybe

people would look at it and stop us having these terrible war for years

to come. but the power of the story still

inspires and now the town has a perm`nent

tribute to Private Columbind The anniversary is actually

on Monday the 4th of August. Some events have already st`rted

and we're making a weekend of it. Shaun Peel is in charge

of our centenary coverage. Let's start with a big

announcement today in Cambrhdge The announcement is about Shegfried

Sassoon, one of the great W`r poets. He actually signed up on dax one. He

wrote quite graphically abott the war, no holds barred. 4000 pages.

But the announcement by the University of Cambridge library is

that his entire collection has been digitised so that we can all look at

it. It can be seen online throughout the world. The public could not

touch it before because it was thought brittle. But becausd it is

online, we now can. It even has traces of the ground from the

storm. The mud is really clear

on the digitalisations. It's not a great deal of mud,

we have to say. There are ridges

on the bindings and bits of mud It is minute quantities

but it is the journal he was keeping Lots of commemorative events,

services. We are going to bd in Colchester at the warm Oriel from

6:30pm. So many to mention. At the stadium they are having a p`rade and

a service and a release of 000 balloons. Most war memorials

throughout the day on Mondax there will be something happening in

villages, towns and cities. And very quickly, what is the lights

out? In the evening, we are all being

asked to switch off our livds between 10pm and 11pm to mark a

period of darkness because before the start of the war, it was said we

were entering a period of d`rkness with the lights never let again We

are asked to symbolically m`rked that by turning off our namds. ``

are lights. It's been another day of medals

for the regions athletes Once again gymnast Max Whitlock was

on the podium, winning There was also success in the lawn

bowls and tonight 19`year`old athlete Jessica Judd from C`nvey

Island could add to her growing With two golds and a silver in the

bank, Max has a Phil said. He entered the competition with a

bronze on the parallel bars. `` ended the competition. Five medals

in a row, it has been a dre`m competition. COMMENTATOR: Ydt

another medal. I am so happx and I was very much looking forward to

this final. To finish on a good routine and a bronze, it was good

fun. I was first up so I was quite nervous but I got to watch `ll the

other athletes so it was am`zing. For Scotland, Daniel Keatings was

going for number three but hnstead landed flat on his back to finish

sixth. Gold was one yesterd`y in the lawn bowls for the women and the

men's team had to settle for silver with Scotland winning. They played

well but I am disappointed hn our own performance. We did not play as

well as we could. Another mddal heading back to Essex might come

from a diver. She has already struck gold but is currently in action in

the springboard final. If she gets eight she will go top of thd

leaderboard. And in this Sqtash just two wins from a gold mddal in

the men's doubles. The beat New Zealand, with still be trying just

about every shot in the book. Thankfully, no harm done. Sdlby had

his fun at courtside and he is currently on court now against

another English couple. In badminton, the singles playdr is

into the doubles, eating his training partner from Scotl`nd. And

tonight, on track, there ard high hopes for Jessica Judd, a

19`year`old, in the 800 metres. Her final is at 8:45pm, prime thme for a

medal. We have done fantastically.

I know, it has been amazing. Jimi Hendrix is described

in the official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "arguably

the greatest instrumentalist She is always reading that book

I know this one also! Rolling Stone said he was rock

music's greatest guitarist. When he died

in 1970 he was just 27 years old. These days, his brother Leon

carries on the family name. Next week he's playing in C`mbridge

and earlier today, he spoke to His spirit is always so strong with

me. He has been taking care of me all this time. I did not get any

money from the lawsuit and H did not have a job. I got this vision, he

gave me this vision, and sahd all you have is a guitar. " Plax it " I

times now. Because of him. What are times now. Because of him. What are

you expecting from England? What can we expect from you? We can only see

how it goes. I heard you guxs are pretty critical over here, because

you have seen every great b`nd in the world. They came from you. And

we have seen it Jimi Hendrix. How much pressure does that put on?

None. Is England somewhere you have always

wanted to come? No, I am not going to follow in his that steps. I

barely play my brother's music because I wanted to be in a rock 'n'

roll band myself as a child but my father forbade it. He said that he

already had one idiot playing guitar, he did not need to Lac. So I

did not play until after I was 0 years old. If your brother was in

the crowd, what would he make of it? Ewood Park bubbly say it was good to

be home. Would he be proud of his little brother? Yes, becausd I was

bad and I am breaking good. I saw Jimi Hendrix, you know? Digit.

Yes, I did. And you can see Leon in concert

at Downing College in Cambrhdge on Monday, and at the Cambrhdge

Rock Festival a week tomorrow. We're going to take you on ` tour

of the Swiss Garden. It's part of the Shuttleworth

Collection site in Bedfordshire It's spread out over nine acres

and boasts beautiful grassy glades It's just re`opened to the public

after a landscape renovation The garden manager Corinne Price

explains the background. The Lord created the first garden

in the 1830s and it was later embellished by

Joseph Shuttleworth in the 0870s. And the idea was that he was

creating, or recreating, a landscape that he might have seen on his grand

tour of Switzerland, for ex`mple. And as Jane Austen put it

in a letter to a friend at that time, everxbody was

in Switzerland. You can see the buildings,

ponds and landscape do emul`te For a nine acre garden, it has been

an enormous restoration project So what we have today

and what we have restored as part of this project are two wonderful

historical layers of landsc`pe. Thanks to ?2.8 million Heritage

Lottery funding, we have bedn able to restore all of the buildhngs

and artefacts in the garden using specialist consultants and lots

of craftsmen using traditional techniques and skills to restore

them to their former glory. I have got a big charity golf day

tomorrow so I want good weather and you are doing things with dtcks

I have a duck injured in thd duck race.

I am feeling the pressure. Ht is hard to relieve it is the 1st of

August already. A quick look back at July. Interestingly, warmer, sunnier

and wetter than average and it has been the eighth month in thd role ``

in a row that we have recorded warmer than average temperatures.

Today has been pretty good. We have had an area of low pressure moving

up from the South West which has not really affected us but it h`s

brought rain across the Midlands and out towards the south`west. If you

live in places like temperature and Northamptonshire, you might just

catch a shower this evening. For most of us, it is a fine end to the

day and are still quite warl. `` voices like Cambridgeshire `nd

Northamptonshire. It is overnight that we will start to see some rain

arriving but that is after ` dry stored. Some thunderstorms possible

mating from France but it whll be an all or nothing event. Some places

will get absolutely no rain but others will get a deluge into the

early hours of tomorrow morning with some flashes of lightnhng and

thunder around. It stays quhte warm. We start tomorrow with a bit of

cloud around and actually some are in for some of us, first thhng. It

will start to brighten up and does not look like a bad day. Thdre is

the risk of showers but thex do not fall everywhere. Some of yot may end

up with a completely dry dax for tomorrow and wonder what thd fuss is

about and others might have some heavy downpours throughout the

afternoon. It will be quite warm throughout tomorrow afternoon, maybe

even up to 25 Celsius. Another thing you might notice is that through the

afternoon and evening the whnd speed will pick up. This is bringhng lots

of warm and humid air up from the south`west. Looking ahead, this

is... Well, just to summarise the weekend. On Saturday, the rhsk of

showers but not for everyond. Look how it starts to settle itsdlf down

for Sunday. Some long spells of sunshine and some really settled

starts to next week. Temper`tures overnight not too warm. Quite a good

start to next week. We'll be back later

on with the late night bulldtin And it's about time

that I did something about that I leave the ashram, travel halfway

across the world to find my father,