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for Mosul underway, there will have to be some follow-through. So what

comes next? Join The Business Secretary has said

the Government is fully committed to supporting Vauxhall

workers in Luton. Milton Keynes -based badminton

players lose their appeal over Olympic funding. And after an

exceptionally mild Monday, I will have your weather for the week

ahead. The Business Secretary has said

the Government is fully committed to supporting Vauxhall

workers in Luton. Vauxhall's parent company

General Motors is looking to sell it to the French company PSA which owns

Peugeot - leading to fears about But, today, Greg Clark

told the Commons he had Vauxhall has dominated

this town since 1905. Then the remaining van plant also

faced years of uncertainty as it waited to hear where the new Vivara

van would be built. But that uncertainty lifted

in 2011, when the new deal But that uncertainty has now

returned following news of a possible takeover,

which today led to questions If this takeover does go ahead,

we need to get the message out that risking the closure of either

facility would be a retrograde step, not just for the UK economy,

but also for the new owners, so can the Secretary of State

confirm that the Government stands ready to use all of the tools

at its disposal to protect But the Business Secretary was quick

to point out he had received some assurances about the future

of Vauxhall in the UK. The PSA executives said

that they too greatly and the commitment of its workforce

and that any deal would build They also emphasised

that their operational approach in recent years has not been

to engage in plant closures but to focus on continuous

improvements in plant performance. But aside from fears

about what the takeover means for the Luton factory,

concerns have also been raised about what any new deal could mean

for the 15,000 people signed up to Vauxhall's pension scheme,

a scheme which reportedly has Can he say a little bit

about the Vauxhall pensioners in this country, many

of whom are in my constituency and across Bedfordshire,

they will be worried for the future Can he say a little bit on that

issue as well as the jobs? The Government again said

that it has made PSA aware of this contentious issue,

but the big question the unions and workers have

is what will Brexit actually mean And until the two-year negotiations

with the EU have finished and the deal is on the table,

the answer to that question Well, uncertainties over Brexit have

also been on the minds of EU The fourth fastest-growing

place in the country - between 2001 and 2011 Peterborough's

population grew by more than 27,000 For example, more than 6,500

people came from Poland. Today, the city's been

celebrating its migrant communities, Alice, from Portugal,

with her British husband, Stewart. She has been here for 13 years

and is worried about whether EU citizens like her will be

allowed to stay. Without guarantee, I don't know

what will happen in two years. I am married to a Brit,

so we have four children So if we would have to go,

it would separate family. I came here in 1983 and I have

since worked in the NHS. And since Brexit,

I really feel insecure. It doesn't feel very good

to be a foreigner in this My concern is that ordinary

people, human beings, which we all are, are being treated

as bargaining chips. I know that MPs have been saying

we need the same guarantees from the European Union,

but as we are the ones who are leaving, I think

it is up to us to offer Today's event was a chance

for people to come together to support those who have made

Peterborough their home. There is no question that

immigration has had an impact here in Peterborough,

with latest census figures showing that in ten years,

more than 27,000 people moved here. And the city is still one

of the fastest-growing in Britain. But not everyone agrees

that migration has been I think there's too many people that

are in Peterborough now, and there's not enough houses

and I think there will be It has been a city that I should

think from the 1960s we have At the end of the day,

there's reason for it to be good because we can redevelop,

we can let people in, but at the end of the day,

it is taking other people's jobs For families here, they fear that it

could be a long time before they find out exactly

where they stand. Peterborough's MP is part

of the Government's team working out Earlier, I asked Stewart Jackson

when EU migrants would countries do want to assist

in securing the bonafides and future But as this process is going to be

managed by the European Commission we're not really in a position

to know quite when it will happen. But you can rest assured

that the British Government, David Davis, Boris Johnson

and particularly the Prime Minister, is absolutely committed

to resolving this issue. And do you yourself believe that

migration, especially from the EU, It has been good, but it

is not a one-way street. People say, well, you know,

they pay taxes, they work hard. That is all true and we welcome

people who want to be decent citizens who make a contribution

to our society in Peterborough. But the sheer size and scale

of the EU migration since 2004 has placed a massive burden on

public services in the city, particularly things like housing,

school places, health So, you know, it is not just

one side of the story. It is all very well the Treasury

saying that the tax revenue is great, it is a net plus,

but actually, my constituents have borne the burden of uncontrolled

immigration over the last 12 years. It has been a very

considerable burden. Jobs and facilities connected

to Badminton England in Milton Keynes are hanging

in the balance tonight, after the sport's appeal

for Olympic funding failed. The announcement is a major blow

to the sport, which won a medal in Rio and were on course

for more in Tokyo. Our sports editor

Jonathan Park reports. It was always going to be

a decisive day for Badminton. Its funding was stripped by UK

Sport, not convinced its players could win medals

at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo. Their futures resting

on the result of today's appeal. We were looking for about ?1.2

million a year to get us to Tokyo. It is a tough hurdle to overcome,

but it is not something that will deter our ambition to still deliver

medals for Great Britain UK Sport distributes public money

in the pursuit of medals. For London, badminton

got ?17.4 million. Rio, it was reduced to ?5.7 million,

which helped Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge win Britain's

first Olympic medal for 12 years. A few months later, its entire

funding was cut for Tokyo. After Rio, we were so positive,

there was such a buzz in this badminton centre,

we really were feeling like Milton Keynes,

National Badminton Centre, this is it, we are just going to go

onwards and upwards post Rio. I feel like it has just

deflated everyone. Unlike 31 other Olympic

and Paralympic sports, badminton will get nothing

in the run-up to Tokyo. The number of players training

here will be cut and staff at its headquarters in Milton Keynes

have been warned of I knew the appeal was imminent,

I didn't know it was actually today. It has big implications

for the sport and also I mean, they have had the centre

here in Milton Keynes for a while and so it obviously

may threaten them. Badminton wants more moments

like this but now needs to pick itself up off the floor and come up

with a plan for Tokyo. Badminton has one last final attempt

to try and save some of its funding and that is to appeal

to the sport's resolution panel. It's got 20 days to decide

whether or not to do that. I understand, though,

that's an unlikely option. That's it from me -

let's get the weather Hello, there, well it's a largely

cloudy night with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle

and we could have some heavy Temperatures, though, for many of us

no lower than nine Celsius, So tomorrow, the front

that the overnight rain's associated with eventually falls away

to the south but it might take a little while to do that,

so I think some rain and drizzle Eventually, it should become largely

dry but I think we'll be left But if we get any brightness

breaking through, we could actually get a degree or so higher than these

values and we finish the day largely cloudy with perhaps a few bits

and pieces of rain here and there. And then on Wednesday,

another front pushing down from the north,

a cold front. That's going to introduce more rain

for a time but it will eventually clear away to the south and as that

happens, we should start to see some dry and brighter conditions

following in from the north. And then on Thursday, another front

rattling in from the west, and the isobars very tightly packed,

so it's going to be a windy day Eventually that rain clearing,

so becoming drier and brighter with a few showers but the winds

for a time strong And then those winds should

ease down on Friday, becoming more northerly and perhaps

dragging in a few showers which could turn a bit wintry,

but it should be largely dry, Now, in a moment, the national

forecast but I'll leave you the outlook for next weekend

and on Saturday, some rain pushing in from the west but that

should be gone by Sunday, which is looking largely fine

and dry with sunshine and a few showers and it is likely

to be fairly windy. As you have just seen, after a day

in which some of you have been shedding the layers, you will be

putting them back on for the rest of this week. Big changes ahead, all

down to where the air has been coming from. Today, it originated in