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Gove and Labour's Brexit Secretary Kier Starmer as well. Join me now on

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BBC Two. Some campaigners say they're

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disappointed a popular female MP is off the list of candidates

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for Cambridgeshire Mayor. Should scientists be allowed

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to experiment with embryos And after the trial of last week,

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I'll have a fairly settled forecast for the week ahead.

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One of the region's most high-profile MPs has failed

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in her attempt to run for the new role of

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Heidi Allen hasn't made the short list to be Conservative candidate.

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Meanwhile, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told BBC Look East

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he is not in favour of even having a mayor.

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Mousumi Bakshi reports on the latest devolution developments.

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Felled at the first hurdle - Heidi Allen, thought by many to be

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the most high-profile Conservative candidate in a five-horse race,

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will not be Cambridge's first elected mayor.

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Securing just four votes, the MP crashed out of the short list

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process along with former leader of Peterborough City

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The decision here has been met with disbelief.

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It looks like the selection process for the Conservatives was done

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She was the only woman in the room, basically, as far as I'm told.

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So you think, well, maybe that's something to do with it.

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I think it is down to Heidi Allen being someone who is not afraid

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Possibly, that is why she would have made such a good mayor.

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In a statement, a senior member of the Southeast

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I've heard it said, pale, male and stale.

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Three Tory candidates will now go forward

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Steve Count, the leader of Cambridgeshire County Council.

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James Palmer, who leads up East Cambridgeshire.

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And district councillor Roger Harrison.

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The Green Party will announce its candidate this Thursday,

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while both Ukip and the Lib Dems have already made their selections.

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Paul Bullen representing Ukip, with city councillor Rod Cantrill

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Businessman Peter Dawe is so far the only independant

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Labour has yet to select a candidate.

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Its leader decidedly lukewarm at the prospect.

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I'm not totally wedded to the idea of mayors that are underfunded

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and given huge responsibility to deliver central

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What we need is proper funding of local government.

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The new mayor will take control of planning and transport budgets

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But without its most recognisable candidate, will anyone notice?

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to become the first elected mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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Waseem Mirza has been gauging the political reaction

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Well, with the elections for a Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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coming every closer, there is still fierce debate about

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Following Jeremy Corbyn's comments at the weekend,

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the group leader of the Liberal Democrats for Cambridehsire -

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Councillor Lucy Nethsingha - said that she was in agreement

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with him over the issue, felt "frustrated".

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I don't think we need a Maher. I don't think there is a desire for

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the post, and I think it was imposed by central Government. It is

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frustrating that Jeremy Corbyn should say that at this stage, when

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it might not have happened had they not been supportive earlier.

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Well, Heidi Allen of course, had insisted

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that she could have served as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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and continue her job as MP for the south of the county, too.

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But some were tonight critical of that insistence, and that

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if followed through, both roles would have

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I think that was a bit of arrogance. Quite frankly. It demeans both

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roles. To be a member of Parliament, to have to give your life to it.

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Has there been any reaction from Heidi Allen herself?

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She said she was naturally disappointed in the outcome.

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She did though say she fully respects the decision

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The jury in the Helen Bailey murder trial has been told her fiance,

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Ian Stewart, tried to push through the sale of her flat

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The children's author went missing from her home in Royston in April.

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Her body was found there three months later.

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The court was told that, on Monday the 11th of April,

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Helen Bailey was due to meet a solicitor to arrange the sale

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But instead, Ian Stewart turned up, claiming she was unwell.

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Later on, after she was reported missing, he began to push

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for the sale to go through in her absence.

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And even mentioned invoking a power of attorney.

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The solicitor, Timothy Penn, said that, by July, Ian shows became

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very anxious and not at all pleased to hear the sale couldn't go ahead.

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We heard, too, from Ian Stewart's sons.

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Jamie, seen here on the right, said his father suffered from ill-health

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and had undergone surgery to remove a cancerous lump.

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He said, he couldn't even reach a dinner tray.

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We heard he told police, I don't know how my dad

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I couldn't imagine him wanting to do her any harm.

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The court also heard how Ian Stewart's other son, Oliver,

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told police in December last year that his father told him two

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men came to the house wanting Helen's paperwork.

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He said, on one occasion, they punched Ian Stewart in the stomach.

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He said his father had implied the men were connected

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The prosecution claim Ian Stewart drugged Helen Bailey

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with sleeping pills before killing her and putting her body

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He denies murder, perverting the course of justice,

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fraud and preventing a lawful burial.

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While Jamie was giving evidence today, Ian Stewart was seen

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We heard from a nurse who treated him on the 11th of April,

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describing him as distant and matter of fact.

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Later this week, we are expected to hear from Helen Bailey's mother,

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and this trial could last another six weeks.

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A Cambridge scientist says allowing embryos to be studied

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beyond the legal limit of two weeks could shed light on why

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But the idea of changing the law has raised ethical questions,

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A human embryo, and how it develops in its very first hours.

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But nearly half of fertilised eggs die even before a mother

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And around 20% of pregnancies fail within seven weeks.

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One of the world's leading embryologists now believes

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14 days, the legal limit, could shed light on why

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That's the time when three layers of cells come together

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So that's the process of development that very often goes wrong.

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Dee from Cambridge has two healthy sons.

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But after they were born, heartbreak.

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And two that were a bit later and did have an explanation for.

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When you go through miscarriage, and it is very devastating,

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You want to research to be done to prevent

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If it is something that can be prevented by looking

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in that time period, doing research, it has to be

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Father Mark Langham is a Catholic chaplain.

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The law shouldn't be relaxed, he says.

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Experimentation on embryos shouldn't happen at all.

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It is how important we attach protecting

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the most vulnerable and most defenceless forms of life

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We understand people's pain and hurt.

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But life in all its forms, even the most defenceless

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and the earliest stages of life, is precious and must be protected.

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Now, at the moment, scientists only know how to keep embryos growing

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So even if there was a change in the law, limits were lifted,

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embryologists would have do find new techniques to

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I strongly promote the opening of this debate by involving

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not only scientists, but also the public

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To reach a consensus for how long. Should we go beyond day 14 one day?

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And if so, what should be our next time point?

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That's the late news from Look East -

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let's get the weather for the week ahead.

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It is a fairly unsettled week of weather ahead.

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Tonight, some long, clear spells, and under clear skies temperatures

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We will see a frost, and with light winds,

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we can't rule out some patchy fog as well.

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So, tomorrow morning, some of us will have a cold start.

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And then, a lot of dry weather with some sunshine.

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The further north and west you are, the more likely you will hold

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Even here, we can see the cloud thinning and breaking.

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Temperatures struggling only up to three or four Celsius.

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A chilly day and we hold onto the wind.

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And also hold onto dry conditions through tomorrow evening

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We could see minus four or minus five.

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Wednesday, this weather front should stay to the north.

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A very cold and frosty start, and then it should be

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The further south you are, the more likely you are to hold

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The further north, cloudier skies, with perhaps

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On Thursday, that weather front steps southwards

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Although there is still quite a lot of uncertainty.

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But a cloudier day on Thursday, it looks like, with temperatures

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And it's almost a repeat performance for Friday.

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In a moment, Nick will have the national forecast,

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perhaps a little milder. If you like the mild weather, you'll have to

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head elsewhere in the country. Find out more in the national weather

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forecast. Our weather is going against normal expectations this

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week. In Highland Scotland some snow to be seen on the hills.

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Temperatures as high as 12 Celsius today. Over the next few days the

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coldest air is in the far south-east of England where there is sunshine

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to be had. Four or five Celsius in Kent. Differences remain over the

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next few days and here is why. I pressure in control of the weather.

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Some clear a continental air, but coming into Scotland from the

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Atlantic plenty of clouds

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