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Hello. In the programme tonight: The Prime Minister promises better roads

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and better railways to boost the economy of this region. During a

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visit to East Anglia, Mr Cameron says improvements are on the way.

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The Prime Minister is our live studio guest.

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I shall be reporting from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk where the base

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has staged a memorial service to the American air crew killed in the

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Norfolk helicopter crash. And there's been flooding in Essex,

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but spring`like sunshine elsewhere. I'm here with your full weekend

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weather forecast. The Prime Minister said today he

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wants this region to be at the heart of the economic recovery. He is

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promising better road and rail links. Spending on the

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infrastructure of this region. He says it will be the biggest since

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Victorian times. Mr Cameron is here in the studio to explain his plans.

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Critics accept the east is doing well as far as roads are concerned,

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but they say we are being short changed in other areas of government

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investment. They say we pay in more than we get out.

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After nearly 40 years of campaigning the All is almost completely

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dualled, and today the man who gave the go ahead to the final stage came

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to inspect the work. The Prime Minister spent half an hour at

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Elvedon. He was told that last year's good weather meant the road

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should be open by this summer. He said it would be the final piece in

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the jigsaw linking Norfolk with London. When it came to power in

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2010 the coalition scrapped dozens of road schemes but since then it

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has become a believer in infrastructure. The thinking goes if

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you make it easier to get about that helps the economy. So in Lowestoft

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he met campaigners calling for improvements to the A12 and A47.

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There were no big announcements today, but a recognition that these

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roads need improving and a promise they'll be top of the list for when

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there's money available. The former the commitment the better. It is

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important to recognise that infrastructure commitments made now

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will have to be delivered in three or both `` four years time. The

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revelation that we're now top of the list when it comes to transport

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spending is significant because for years under Labour and Conservative

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governments we lost out. But there is still a lot of scepticism. The

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A11 is the only big project currently underway, work on the A14

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is pencilled in for 2016. Improving the bottleneck at the Ely Junction

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hasn't started yet and the plans to speed up services to London are

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still some way off. Many of the lists and the ideas ICR purely on

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pieces of paper and much of the money is not planned to be spent

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until after the next election and who knows what might happen? We have

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seen that kind of problem before. The opposition parties said the

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prime minster was only here today because he was running scared after

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losing important council seats in last year's elections. It is not

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good coming to our region telling us nice things might happen. If there

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is no money to back it up. This is a government which is scared it is

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losing support in the east coming here and offering nothing. But the

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prime minster believes that for too long we've lost out and it's time to

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get things moving. The question is, will he be able to deliver?

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The Prime Minister is here. Will you be able to deliver? We are

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delivering. The A11 being dualled all the way down is evidence of

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that. I promised this road would be built and it is being built and I

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have the mud on my shoes to prove it. We do not want to leave it

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there. We will be spending ?1.9 billion on transport

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infrastructure, the second`highest the country. That includes what we

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are doing to improve the A47 and the A14, which will go ahead. One of the

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first things you did when you came into power was to stop the A14 going

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ahead. We faced a financial mess. We are sorting out those problems. The

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deficit is down by a third and we had only able to make these

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decisions because we are clearing up the mess that Labour left. That is

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part of our long`term economic plan. Infrastructure has a key part. You

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can on the deliver if you win the election. We are starting at the

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moment. The A11 will be opened later this year. The announcement I made

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today is that the A47 review will include the A12 which is an

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important announcement. The A14 scoping work is underway and I hope

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the shovels will be going into the ground soon. There is a lot more to

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do but this is a big set of investments, prioritising the

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region. Why does one of your MPs say we are facing a crisis? I do not

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accept that. The last government did not give priority to this region.

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The figures are clear. Outside London and the south`east, which are

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affected by things like the biggest infrastructure programme anywhere in

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Europe, the east of England is getting more investment in roads,

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railways, transport infrastructure, than any other region. Liam says, we

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should not ring fence anything. I do not agree with that. I think the NHS

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is special to me and millions of families in this country and while

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we have to make difficult decisions and we have had to make cuts, we

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have protected the NHS, its budget is going to go up every year because

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it is a vital service. Your Chancellor was here a few weeks ago

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talking about the railways and he said we definitely need improvement

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on the railways. Year is going to hold a feasibility study. That's

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never built anything. We have a programme which is getting an expert

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group drawing up everything that is going to give us a 90 minute train

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service between Norwich and London. It will need improvements in track

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and signalling and going to have to be part of network real's

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investment. That is way down the line. We have to start planning now

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to deliver it. As you can see from the dualling of the A11, the promise

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will be delivered. The Ipswich MP says we have suffered some of the

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worst levels of investment in railways, hand`me`down carriages and

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services other parts of the country have long forgotten about. He is

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right and that is why it is important to give the east the

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priority it deserves. When I look at the industries, pharmaceuticals,

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agriculture, biotechnology and the Port of Felixstowe, what they need

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is clear plans from the government and strong investment in

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infrastructure so I believe the growth potential of the eastern

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region is extremely strong but it needs that transport

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infrastructure. Why do you not put more money into the railways? Make

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difficult choices and put money into the railways. I would argue that we

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are, ?1.9 billion over the next spending period. That is a major

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transport programme. In terms of the real ways we are seeing upgrades and

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improvements, the money is going in but in order to deliver what we want

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which is a better service between Norwich and London, which has an

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impact on Ipswich as well, all the things that need to change to make

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that happen have to go into a plan. Can you give me a figure on the

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railways? How much would you like to see a invested? We are going to draw

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up what needs to be done. We know it is bad. We know the target is a 90

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minute train service that we have to drop what has to happen. It is

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better train services. I accept we cannot make it happen tomorrow but

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you have to plan and then look at the money and then make the

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decision. Important to you is this region? We think it is important

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because of the investment in knowledge`based industries and the

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portability store. `` port of Felixstowe. I do not want another

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cycle all the money being made in the London and the south`east area

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and the rest of the country falling behind which we have had in the

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past. One of the reasons to be here today is to focus on this region and

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the potential and make sure we realise it because we have great

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universities in the east of our country, great businesses and

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industries, an enormous amount of potential. There is not a single

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motorway. There will be, by the end of this year, a job carriageway

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between London and Norwich. That has taken far too long but I am proud of

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that fact we are delivering it. To take money out of the region and

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give it to other parts of the country, do you not have to put the

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money into those areas which are making the country rich? We are one

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country and we have to look after the poorest and most deprived

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regions but what I am signalling as those areas with potential like the

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east of England should have the infrastructure to make that

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potential deliver. That is what today is about. When the A11 is

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finished, you will drive along it and see us again. Absolutely. It

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will be `` it was great to see it today and see the people working on

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it. Thousands of American service

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personnel have been at a memorial service this afternoon to honour the

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four crew members of a helicopter which crashed during a training

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mission in Norfolk. The service was held at the United States Air Force

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base at Lakenheath. Our reporter was at the service and is at Lakenheath

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now. You can still see the floral tributes behind me at RAF Lakenheath

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and the memorial today was an extraordinarily moving event held in

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a giant hangar which was filled with emotion. The word I kept on hearing

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was family, the squadron are a family and they are grieving for all

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their own. `` four of their own. Today we learned who they were. Four

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extraordinary young people at the top of their game whose job was to

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rescue people from the most dangerous of situations. One captain

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had saved more than 130 lives. For 20 minutes or more, this hangar

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was island, 2000 people waiting for the service to start with hardly a

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word said. Then the families arrived, fathers, mothers, brothers

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and sisters. Directly in front of them, four helmets and battle dress

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and four photographs. The helicopter crashed on a training mission in

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north Norfolk. All four crew members died. Sean was one of the pilots,

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married to Rachel with a son Liam. Chris was the other pilot, a married

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man, 18 runner. His parents only found out what he had been through

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in Afghanistan and Iraq when he spoke to school children. Their crew

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had 100 rescues and all the kids were impressed, I was thinking, that

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is one a day, going into fire and situations. Dale was the flight

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engineer, an Afghanistan veteran, who saved numerous lives on the

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battlefield. After an was the Arial gunner. Married to an error man, she

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leaves two small boys. Her close friend paid tribute. She was wife to

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a man who she adored. A mother to two boys she loved more than

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anything in the world. She was my best friend. She will be missed but

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never forgotten. Four lives lost, four families bereaved. I am with

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someone who is married to a US airman. You have set up a fund to

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raise money. We have raised just over $42,000. That is

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extraordinary, probably more than you were expecting. Yes, it is very

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overwhelming to see the amount of donations and more importantly the

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amount of support that has rolled them since they are restarted. I

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mentioned a reference to family and you are one of that family. That was

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so palpable in the hangar today. It was amazing. It was breathtaking. It

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was very moving but it was a very beautiful celebration of their

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lives. How do people feel about what happened last week? Personally I

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know that we are still grieving but we know that we are going to give

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all the support and love and help that we possibly can but we know

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that work has to go on, missions have to keep going, we have to carry

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on. Do you know what is going to happen to the money you have raised?

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At the moment, not at the moment. I am working with public affairs and I

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am turning the money over to them and they will decide how the money

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will get used, whether it will be distributed with the families or

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whether the families are going to decide to donate it somewhere else

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or something like that. Thank you for joining us. Perhaps the most

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moving part of the ceremony was when the squadron leader presented the

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families with the military decorations of those who died. As he

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did, please did in front of each airman's body armour and saluted

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them. The traditional missing man

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formation. Once symbolically heads towards heaven. Fellow airmen paid

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tribute. He was dedicated, fun loving and energetic. We miss you,

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we love you you will be in our hearts forever. Few, perhaps too

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few, appreciate the role that they played. Today we were reminded of

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their mortal. That others may live. Words which explain why our heroes

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were flying on that day. One by one the families were presented with

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military citations to those they had loved and lost. They were carrying

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out and it `` a rescue mission. They will continue. The tone was sombre

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with moments of levity as some recounted happier days with those

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friends. As the service due to a close, a lone bagpipers struck up

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Amazing Grace. How hard for the families left behind. For some, the

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agony too intends. The callsign will not be resurrected. Along with

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Captains Christopher Stover and Sean Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale

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Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton Ponce, it will be laid to rest. The

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final words left to the men and women of 56 squadron, the rousing

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call of their unofficial model, to rescue all left behind. `` motto.

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With me now is the base commander. The things we do that others may

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live is the motto. A lot was said about that during the ceremony. That

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is definitely true. That is what we live by. They will do anything they

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can to rescue anybody when they need to. We heard how difficult their

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jobs were. They were on a training mission when they died but can you

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explain what we actually did when they were in places like

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Afghanistan? They get a call and they would go in the helicopter and

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take off after a couple of minutes and go anywhere, it usually in poor

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weather, they will be shot at, the gunners will try to suppress the

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fire, they will drop down, take care of people, sometimes they will be

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being shot at, and issuing first aid and then they will hoist them back

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into the aircraft. We heard that these four when at the top of their

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game. Outstanding crew. A terrible loss. That is definitely right. They

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were at the top of their game. They were special. They bore a special

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place in our hearts because they are the people who would come after us

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if we were in trouble. How is the mood? There is definitely going to

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be a sense of loss which will be with us for a while but we have

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already is hearted flying this week for basic training missions and

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focusing on things we have to do. We will still be grieving but we have

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to continue to train. Has this changed anything? Or does everyone

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know that everything has to carry on? It changes a little bit, it

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makes you think about things you perhaps did not think about before.

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We have to move on. We learnt a lot today about those who died. One was

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an outstanding leader, one was a prankster, one was brilliantly

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clever and another would help anyone in need. They were all loved,

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admired and respected, but most of all will be terribly missed.

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Earlier in the programme the Prime Minister told us he was going to

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deliver better transport links in this region. We will return to that

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in a moment, but first the day's other news in brief.

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Heavy rain has been causing problems in Essex. This was the scene at

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Mountnessing near Chelmsford. The A127 at Rayleigh was also

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underwater, causing long delays. The Environment Agency has issued a

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flood warning for riverside properties in Chelmsford including

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the cricket ground. Network Rail has had an appeal

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against a fine of ?500,000 thrown out. It follows an accident on a

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level crossing in Suffolk. In 2012, 10`year`old James Howe was in a car

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driven by his grandfather at Barnby near Lowestoft when it was hit by a

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train. He had devastating head injuries. Last year Network Rail

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admitted safety failings but appealed against the fine.

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Prince Harry has been moved from his job as an Apache helicopter pilot at

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Wattisham in Suffolk to take up a desk job. He has been based at

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Wattisham since 2011 and qualified as an Apache commander last summer.

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He flew in combat in Afghanistan for four months. He will now be involved

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with the organisation of big commemorative events.

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The Prime Minister has now left the studio after spending the day in

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Norfolk and Suffolk. He promised to boost the economy of this region by

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investing in better transport links. This is what he has to say. It is

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important to give the Eastern region the priority it deserves. When I

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look at the industries, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and

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the Port of Felixstowe, and those energy industries, what they need is

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clear plans from the government and strong investment in infrastructure.

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I believe the growth potential is immensely strong but it needs that

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transport infrastructure to make it work. You said you want to improve

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the balance between not have to put the money into the area is making

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the country rich? We are one country and have to look after the poorest,

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the most deprived, but what I am signalling as those areas with

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attentional, like the east of England, should have the

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infrastructure to make that potential deliver. Our political

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correspondent is here. What did you make of that? This visit has been in

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the diary for some time and his advisers wanted him to talk about

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the economy or perhaps education but instead he chose to talk about

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infrastructure and that is fascinating because for many years

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the feeling has been that we have been ignored by Whitehall, that

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London has not understood the importance for proper transport

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links in this region. We were both of the league table ten years ago,

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the Prime Minister says we are now top outside London. That is really

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significant that the message has got through and the Prime Minister was

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keen to say that. He wants us to have better rail and road links and

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he wants to deliver them. You say, can he deliver? Do you think he can?

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The problem is we have a general election in 16 months than the

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problem is that he might not be Prime Minister after that. He can

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make promises, they can say, I believe what to see the A47 become a

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dual carriageway, but he might not have the power to do it and if we

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have another government they may have other priorities. The counter

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argument is setting up a feasibility study does move things forward a

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little bit and many people believe that when it gets to bend the year

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of the Prime Minister it gets noted in London so even if we change

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government some people might listen. A lot of promises about roads, not

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too many about rail. The problem is the rail budget has been allocated

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until 2019 and the Prime Minister has said we have to carry out

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further studies. Nothing has happened on infrastructure for so

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many years, you have to do the preliminary work before you can

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actually drop proper plans and start spending money so we are playing

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catch up actually drop `` actually draw up proper plans.

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We have had heavy showers and also springlike sunshine. The heaviest of

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the showers affecting parts of ethics where we have seen problems

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with flooding. `` ethics. The bulk of the night is looking largely dry

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with some clear spells. We start to develop some cloud later on with a

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narrow band of rain pushing through which is looking light and patchy.

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Temperatures will stay on the mild side with a breeze from the

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south`east. Around five or six Celsius. Into the weekend low

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pressure on the scene which means unsettled weather with some rain,

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but it will not clean all the time. Saturday looks cloudier with a

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greater risk of rain but there should be some brighter spells,

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particularly for Sunday. We start Saturday with this band of rain

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clearing away and then it looks largely dry and it will be cloudy

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with some brighter spells but that will be quite hopeful. For most of

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us this guy is remaining cloudy. Factor in the modern at

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southeasterly breeze which means it will feel a little bit chilly. `` a

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moderate. Looking ahead, low pressure is starting to the north, a

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red of high pressure building in from the south`west which will mean

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lighter winds so fine conditions as we start next week but also much

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colder nights. Sunday is looking quite cloudy, with the chance of a

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shower and lighter winds. Some brighter spells developing. The

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weather front pushing through on Sunday night will bring us some rain

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but also temperatures dropping under clear skies. There could be a patchy

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frost and icy patches. Next week is looking colder, mainly dry and

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bright for Monday. Perhaps the odd isolated shower. A much colder night

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which will bring a widespread frost and me linger into Tuesday. `` might

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linger into Tuesday. We will be back on Monday morning.

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