:00:11. > :00:16.Good evening. Thousands of people in the region have gone into rent
:00:17. > :00:20.the region have gone into rdnt arrears since housing benefits
:00:21. > :00:24.changed. Research by the BBC found that fewer than 1% of peopld in the
:00:25. > :00:29.East have moved home. Today, critics said the so`called bedroom tax had
:00:30. > :00:32.been a disaster. The governlent said the so`called bedroom tax had
:00:33. > :00:39.been a disaster. The government said been a disaster. The governlent said
:00:40. > :00:41.it was on track to reach targets. This is the host that and now
:00:42. > :00:44.rents. The changes were to help tenants like her. Before she moved
:00:45. > :00:48.tenants like her. Before shd moved into her three`bedroom home, she was
:00:49. > :00:50.in a two`bedroom property. H in a two`bedroom property. I
:00:51. > :00:57.remember having to share a room it remember having to share a room, it
:00:58. > :01:02.was not fun. My daughter is beside herself. It has made the falily a
:01:03. > :01:10.lot happier. But there are losers like June, being forced the downside
:01:11. > :01:14.downsize `` being forced to downsize. She has lost 25% ` week in
:01:15. > :01:24.downsize. She has lost 25% a week in benefits. I don't even want to think
:01:25. > :01:27.about it. It is things the government have not thought about,
:01:28. > :01:32.the individual people, they just put down the numbers. No smaller
:01:33. > :01:34.property is yet available for June. Part of the problem is a shortage of
:01:35. > :01:36.suitable homes. It is one reason Part of the problem is a shortage of
:01:37. > :01:38.suitable homes. It is one rdason why suitable homes. It is one reason why
:01:39. > :01:43.so few have moved and one in five have fallen behind with rent
:01:44. > :01:44.payments. They want to keep their spare rooms for family members
:01:45. > :01:45.payments. They want to keep their spare rooms for family membdrs who
:01:46. > :01:53.spare rooms for family members who visit the help out. They sax they
:01:54. > :02:01.are being penalised. 75 of this goes to the Bedroom Tax. We charge about
:02:02. > :02:08.?30 million a week. The debts we are seeing as a result are around
:02:09. > :02:13.?40,000 per year. Very much in line with what we expected. In context,
:02:14. > :02:16.not a huge amount. The government says the changes are saving
:02:17. > :02:20.taxpayers more than ?1 millhon per taxpayers more than ?1 millhon per
:02:21. > :02:21.day. Labour said if they win the next election they will ditch what
:02:22. > :02:22.they have dubbed the Bedrool Tax they have dubbed the Bedroom Tax
:02:23. > :02:34.altogether. Millions of pounds of improvements
:02:35. > :02:36.to the region's RealNetworks are expected to be announced on Monday.
:02:37. > :02:44.Today, a summit was announced. `` Today, a summit was announced. ``
:02:45. > :02:46.railway networks. It is all part of a campaign to cut the journey time
:02:47. > :02:52.a campaign to cut the journdy time to the capital the just 90 minutes.
:02:53. > :02:53.to the capital the just 90 linutes. Getting trains running faster across
:02:54. > :02:57.this line has become a priority The this line has become a priority. The
:02:58. > :03:07.Chancellor commissioned attacks force `` task force. Today, business
:03:08. > :03:10.leaders met to do just that. If we put the case together, within the
:03:11. > :03:11.Treasury and Department of transport, it is over to thdm to
:03:12. > :03:17.transport, it is over to them to deliver it. Everybody is working
:03:18. > :03:24.together, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, stakeholders, business MPs, we need
:03:25. > :03:25.to capitalise on that. The lain problem is the track through Essex.
:03:26. > :03:31.Just one line in either direction, Just one line in either direction,
:03:32. > :03:33.very congested. Top of the wish list are some extra pieces of track
:03:34. > :03:37.very congested. Top of the wish list are some extra pieces of tr`ck so
:03:38. > :03:43.that fast trains can overtake commuter services. But closhng level
:03:44. > :03:48.commuter services. But closing level crossings will also speed things up.
:03:49. > :03:50.All this is many years off but on Monday, network rail will ptblish
:03:51. > :03:53.plans to remodel junctions and plans to remodel junctions `nd
:03:54. > :04:01.upgrade power lines. It will not solve all the problems at the start.
:04:02. > :04:04.Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is in Ipswich tonight,
:04:05. > :04:10.spending the evening on patrol with the town pastors, who help those on
:04:11. > :04:12.the streets feeling vulnerable. The scheme started in Suffolk eight
:04:13. > :04:14.years ago. Today there are lore scheme started in Suffolk ehght
:04:15. > :04:15.years ago. Today there are more than years ago. Today there are more than
:04:16. > :04:21.570 volunteers working in nhne 570 volunteers working in nine
:04:22. > :04:26.different towns across the county. A short while ago I asked him what he
:04:27. > :04:30.would be doing. I will be going round with the town pastors, see the
:04:31. > :04:42.people they meet, I believe I will meet the manager of the Sin Bar
:04:43. > :04:52.which quite amuses me. It is seeing what they do and learning what they
:04:53. > :04:54.do. What sort of response do you expect to get? Most people don't
:04:55. > :04:55.expect to go clubbing and rtn into expect to go clubbing and rtn into
:04:56. > :04:56.the Archbishop of Canterbury. expect to go clubbing and run into
:04:57. > :05:00.the Archbishop of Canterburx. Most people will not know who I am.
:05:01. > :05:00.the Archbishop of Canterbury. Most people will not know who I `m. I
:05:01. > :05:02.people will not know who I am. I have an immensely forgettable face.
:05:03. > :05:09.They will just think it is `nother They will just think it is `nother
:05:10. > :05:18.one. It is not just people having fun. Three pastors also worked with
:05:19. > :05:22.vulnerable people and the homeless. They really work with all sorts of
:05:23. > :05:24.people in all sorts of circumstances. It is not just people
:05:25. > :05:28.out clubbing, it is the homdless, out clubbing, it is the homeless,
:05:29. > :05:33.people who are ill. It is showing the compassion and love of Christ in
:05:34. > :05:36.compassionate ways and enabling people to see the love of God in how
:05:37. > :05:40.Christians reach out to them and Christians reach out to thel and
:05:41. > :05:44.show that they care. Let me ask you quickly about the main news story
:05:45. > :05:50.tonight, the introduction of gay marriage, which the Church tried to
:05:51. > :05:54.prevent it. What are your fdelings? It is very simple. Parliament has
:05:55. > :06:00.made a decision, Parliament is entirely within their rights to make
:06:01. > :06:04.decisions on these things. Our job as Christians is to continud to
:06:05. > :06:10.demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ demonstrate the love of Jests Christ
:06:11. > :06:12.to all people. We will go on doing that as we always have done. The law
:06:13. > :06:15.changes, we accept the situation, changes, we accept the situ`tion,
:06:16. > :06:22.there it is. You will not keep there it is. You will not keep
:06:23. > :06:27.opposing it? No. Thank you very much indeed. That is all from me tonight.
:06:28. > :06:30.Do not forget we have bulletins throughout the weekend. Now we will
:06:31. > :06:36.have the weather. throughout the weekend. Now we will
:06:37. > :06:39.Good evening, some warm weather around for this weekend. It might
:06:40. > :06:46.just be a bit cloudy at times. We should hopefully see the sunshine.
:06:47. > :06:52.There is some cloud out there. There might be some isolated showdrs.
:06:53. > :06:57.Temperatures should not drop away too far. Into tomorrow, there will
:06:58. > :07:03.be some long spells of quitd hazy be some long spells of quite hazy
:07:04. > :07:08.sunshine. We are importing some warmer air from the continent. That
:07:09. > :07:12.means the temperatures might climb to 17 degrees. Quite a brisk
:07:13. > :07:15.south`westerly breeze will lean south`westerly breeze will lean
:07:16. > :07:17.along the coast it will stay cold. along the coast it will stax cold.
:07:18. > :07:18.Very pleasant afternoon expected. along the coast it will stay cold.
:07:19. > :07:21.Very pleasant afternoon expdcted. In Very pleasant afternoon expected. In
:07:22. > :07:29.a moment, the National forecast Tom but here is the outlook. It remains
:07:30. > :07:31.warm for Sunday. A little unsettled next week. We keep the
:07:32. > :07:39.forward on Saturday night. Now here is Nick Miller with the national
:07:40. > :07:45.forecast. Hello. The clocks go forward this
:07:46. > :07:49.weekend, marking the beginning of British summertime, BST. It has
:07:50. > :07:53.nothing to do with the weather. As the clocks changed last year we were
:07:54. > :08:00.coming out of the March freeze. This year, though, as the clucks
:08:01. > :08:05.change, the weather is warming up. Not clear blue sky, the sun will be
:08:06. > :08:10.hazy but the thunder storms will be gone. It will be mainly dry.
:08:11. > :08:14.And the weather is lively out there this evening. There are bands of
:08:15. > :08:18.rain with hail over western parts of the UK.
:08:19. > :08:22.A bit of rain for parts of the north of England and south-west of
:08:23. > :08:30.Scotland. And lots of hill fog into the Pennines. Mist and fog in the
:08:31. > :08:31.central and eastern areas of England. It is a slow start