:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:
:00:07. > :00:09.On the road with the Transport Minister as the government
:00:10. > :00:13.hints there could be cash to pay for a complete dualling of the A47.
:00:14. > :00:16.The Lord Hanningfield expenses scandal.
:00:17. > :00:33.He should manner, he should do the right thing and return many he has
:00:34. > :00:37.spent back to the people of Essex. think the County Council probably
:00:38. > :00:39.owes me ?30,000. The moment a policeman's
:00:40. > :00:40.leg was broken in Norwich. And the Tour de France is
:00:41. > :00:45.on its way to us. Standby for a beginner's
:00:46. > :00:57.guide to all those jerseys. First tonight,
:00:58. > :01:04.another minister visits the A47 So are we finally getting closer to
:01:05. > :01:11.seeing this notorious road hmproved? The A47 runs from Great Yarmouth
:01:12. > :01:14.across to Peterborough Despite being classed as a Duropean
:01:15. > :01:20.highway, most of it is actually These bits in yellow are
:01:21. > :01:26.the only dual carriageway sdctions. And among the pinch points
:01:27. > :01:28.at the moment. And this stretch to the east
:01:29. > :01:35.of King's Lynn. Dualling the whole lot
:01:36. > :01:38.would cost ?1.4 billion. Here's our political
:01:39. > :01:54.correspondent Andrew Sinclair. This is all part of the ongoing
:01:55. > :01:58.campaign to keep the A47 in the government spotlight. From Great
:01:59. > :02:08.Yarmouth to Peterborough, MPs lined up to meet the Minister and drive
:02:09. > :02:12.along this stretch of the road. All the regions want to get the
:02:13. > :02:17.Minister, we have got him today, and it is very important we speak with
:02:18. > :02:22.one voice. At every stop thdre were the road was improved, it could be
:02:23. > :02:37.worth ?3 billion to the economy government has identified shx key
:02:38. > :02:45.routes in need of investment. The A47 was one of them. What I have
:02:46. > :02:55.real pinch points are, with the dangerous
:02:56. > :03:03.able to be progressed more puickly, but the overall messages that
:03:04. > :03:12.We have been reporting on campaigns to improve the
:03:13. > :03:20.still congested and accident frequently
:03:21. > :03:27.cusp of something really exciting. This is a very strong
:03:28. > :03:30.After this visit, expectations are now very high.
:03:31. > :03:39.I was told by someone at Westminster last month
:03:40. > :03:51.to go into the next election with a bold promise to improve the A47 It
:03:52. > :03:57.is going to happen. It will not happen overnight and it will not be
:03:58. > :04:04.the full ?1.4 billion but it will make a difference. If Labour
:04:05. > :04:09.next general election and ddcide to redraw the priorities, which is what
:04:10. > :04:12.Labour also appreciate the importance of this road.
:04:13. > :04:13.And despite all the publicity there will no doubt be thousands of
:04:14. > :04:31.I am about halfway between Braintree and Chalford and this village is
:04:32. > :04:36.getting into the Gallic spirit. Painted especially for the dvent.
:04:37. > :04:42.Monday, this village will bd packed just before midday.
:04:43. > :04:47.about 180 vehicles will hand out freebies to the onlookers and then
:04:48. > :04:52.the scale will really hit home. About 2000 vehicles passing down
:04:53. > :04:58.here full of team mechanics, people passing through. The
:04:59. > :05:08.helicopters overhead. 1:45pm, the moment everyone has been
:05:09. > :05:14.waiting for. After that has all happened, there is going
:05:15. > :05:21.public event held on this tarmac and they are
:05:22. > :05:29.village and the organiser s`ys it is one
:05:30. > :05:39.on the route on Monday. This is the World Cup of cycling.
:05:40. > :05:52.expectation is, unless you go to France
:05:53. > :06:03.wife has painted this, she hs 3 weeks pregnant. It is great fun.
:06:04. > :06:15.painted this colour for eight weeks. The route comes
:06:16. > :06:28.day. Road closures start at 7:30am in the morning and
:06:29. > :06:33.can't go to the website. Our colleagues at BBC Essex
:06:34. > :06:35.after admitting attacking two police officers in Norwich.
:06:36. > :06:37.Our chief reporter Kim Riley was in court.
:06:38. > :06:44.Mohammed Labead admitted two counts of assault, one of wounding and when
:06:45. > :06:52.of inflicting grievous bodily harm. The attack happened in the Prince of
:06:53. > :06:55.Wales Road on January 19. CCTV pictures show him struggling with PC
:06:56. > :07:01.Lee Wilson the 19`year`old grabbed hold of a
:07:02. > :07:10.young woman After a punch to the head, the
:07:11. > :07:19.constable Mohammed Labead's level of
:07:20. > :07:26.aggression tibia. Reading an impact statement
:07:27. > :07:38.in court, PC Wilson painful and it will be several
:07:39. > :07:53.months about daddy being heard by the
:07:54. > :08:00.Batman. We economy. `` by the bad man. The
:08:01. > :08:12.judge said the courts shown an extreme level of vholence
:08:13. > :08:20.and if he had the was sentenced to 21 months hn a
:08:21. > :08:25.young offenders Institute. have been long delays for drivers on
:08:26. > :08:27.the A11. The council insists he owes more
:08:28. > :08:30.than ?50,000, but has decided not Today,
:08:31. > :08:43.the peer responded by saying he'll 18 months after they published
:08:44. > :08:51.details of Lord Hanningfield's credit card spending, Essex County
:08:52. > :08:55.Council has admitted it probably won't get any of it back. The former
:08:56. > :09:04.council leader spent ?287,000 on corporate credit card in five
:09:05. > :09:09.years. The council claims ?51,000 was not on official business.
:09:10. > :09:15.the Conservative council's leader decided not to take his predecessor
:09:16. > :09:22.more in legal fees than the council stood to win.
:09:23. > :09:30.thing, he should return mondy he has spent back to
:09:31. > :09:38.He should do the decent thing and put his hand in his pocket. Three
:09:39. > :09:46.jailed over his expenses but he has faced no action over
:09:47. > :09:53.feels vindicated. The council maintains you owe
:09:54. > :10:01.and that is quite categorical. I have looked at some of it
:10:02. > :10:06.ministers here and entertaining them.
:10:07. > :10:14.Council. They clearly don't think they are not going to take a legal
:10:15. > :10:23.procedure. I think council, it could yet find htself
:10:24. > :10:32.spending 300,000 fans are expected
:10:33. > :10:39.at Silverstone this weekend as the Northamptonshire circuit
:10:40. > :10:41.holds its 50th Grand Prix. To mark the anniversary, fans have
:10:42. > :10:43.already been allowed into the And all weekend there are special
:10:44. > :11:01.parade laps, with F1 cars It is a special year at Silverstone.
:11:02. > :11:06.They are celebrating 50 years of Formula One and look at that line of
:11:07. > :11:16.vintage cars. Sir Jackie Stewart, vintage cars. Sir Jackie Stdwart,
:11:17. > :11:23.what was it like to be back behind the wheel? They are not vintage
:11:24. > :11:30.cars, some of them are quitd modern. But
:11:31. > :11:38.a great job and to bring so many great
:11:39. > :11:46.probably the best race car I ever drove,
:11:47. > :11:56.win in front of a home crowd? Great.
:11:57. > :12:05.of your home crowd. To win the British Grand
:12:06. > :12:18.how much Formula One technology has evolved. Sure. My rear
:12:19. > :12:33.have today. But the technology in this country,
:12:34. > :12:49.champion to one who wants to be a champion again. I caught up
:12:50. > :13:11.weather like this and knowing we get a great crowd every year. I know I
:13:12. > :13:24.dream opportunity this year so I am working my hardest.
:13:25. > :13:32.And Stage Three starts in this region in two days,
:13:33. > :13:35.in Leeds. Later we have got a beginner's guide to the tour. First,
:13:36. > :13:39.this taster from Yorkshire. The calm before the storm that is
:13:40. > :13:45.the world's Coffey but no cakes for this French
:13:46. > :13:51.team. with pain and suffering are
:13:52. > :13:57.guaranteed. Leeds city centre the race for the
:13:58. > :14:07.yellow this race and they are making the
:14:08. > :14:18.most of it. my lifetime. I have cycled from
:14:19. > :14:33.Oxford and up to this big day. The 200 cyclists
:14:34. > :14:44.just go with it told. Cambridge is right up there. It is a
:14:45. > :14:58.very famous. One of the and 2000 people will cover the race.
:14:59. > :15:18.Chris Froome for a third successive year is great
:15:19. > :15:34.to be part of. learned so many things. 350
:15:35. > :15:47.kilometres of cycling roads. know but it is different. Mark
:15:48. > :15:52.Cavendish has is a huge opportunity
:15:53. > :15:55.for many businesses. But are there any
:15:56. > :15:56.longer term benefits? Our business correspondent
:15:57. > :16:08.Richard Bond's been finding out Heath Johnson is getting into the
:16:09. > :16:21.spirit of things. His business is in spirit of things. His busindss is in
:16:22. > :16:26.prime position to benefit from the tour. He has sold 80 VIP tickets
:16:27. > :16:34.entitling guests to a champ`gne breakfast, a four course lunch and a
:16:35. > :16:40.great view. The VIP tickets have been sold at ?150 per head. The Tour
:16:41. > :16:50.de France and another like this is unprecedented for us.
:16:51. > :16:58.Hotel 's are also busy. This hotel in Cambridge will be packed out.
:16:59. > :17:17.coming to Cambridge, we are full on Sunday and Monday. But it is not all
:17:18. > :17:29.Hauliers are worried about disruption. It is a problem when we
:17:30. > :17:41.and services to shops and pdople's homes while
:17:42. > :17:50.holidays? Northern Ireland has been through this already.
:17:51. > :18:02.The biggest benefit is this ?10 million of free publicity which much
:18:03. > :18:18.it is very hard to prove ond way or another if you
:18:19. > :18:31.than enough to worry about catering for visitors.
:18:32. > :18:35.its own language, so we askdd our sports reporter for his beginner 's
:18:36. > :18:39.Cambridge, UK's cycling capital. An historic city, no better place to
:18:40. > :18:44.host the 101st edition of the world's premier cycle race. Stage
:18:45. > :18:49.three on Monday starts right here, short 155 kilometre, just under 100
:18:50. > :18:58.miles `` The Tour de France is the oldest,
:18:59. > :19:03.most famous of the three gr`nd Tours. The route is
:19:04. > :19:15.stages. Wright is average speeds of 25 mph. `` riders average speeds. It
:19:16. > :19:26.has not always been high`tech. There is a cooling spray that is open to
:19:27. > :19:29.everyone. Modern`day feed zones as they are known are a little less
:19:30. > :19:37.chaotic. Former cyclist Jerry Taylor represented Great Britain in the
:19:38. > :19:43.1970s and 1980s and won a stage of the British milk race.
:19:44. > :19:50.the most gruelling sports to take part in.
:19:51. > :19:58.kilometres in all sorts of weather conditions.
:19:59. > :20:07.take over an hour, and something like
:20:08. > :20:17.even Chris Froome, it will take them two weeks to get over it.
:20:18. > :20:24.leader. Chris Froome heads up Team Sky. The other teams will ptt the
:20:25. > :20:28.what they can to get to Paris first. Yellow is warned by the overall
:20:29. > :20:36.leader. The green is for sprinter. Poker. For the king of the
:20:37. > :20:44.Mountains. And the best nearly 200 riders involved but how
:20:45. > :20:51.many can realistically about a dozen stand a chance of
:20:52. > :20:59.winning. The thing is, someone become ill, they have the wrong diet
:21:00. > :21:10.in the hotel. can have an overall winner who does
:21:11. > :21:22.not win a single stage. be sporting yellow when the tour
:21:23. > :21:26.heads east? And when you're out,
:21:27. > :21:29.remember to send us your pictures. We'll get the best ones on our
:21:30. > :21:43.special Tour de France programme on They will not be much hill climbing
:21:44. > :21:45.in our region. What is the weather looking
:21:46. > :21:57.Good evening. It has been a very hot day across the region. We rdcorded
:21:58. > :22:08.the highest temperatures across the country. But all the way down,
:22:09. > :22:16.temperatures of 28 and 29 Cdlsius. But changes are on the way. We
:22:17. > :22:21.got this weather front headhng in from the west. It is already turning
:22:22. > :22:30.a little bit cloudy. There hs some us later. But for the majorhty of
:22:31. > :22:37.us, nightfall. The chance of sole rain
:22:38. > :22:46.before the sun goes down. initially it will be quite light and
:22:47. > :22:58.patchy but there will be a night. Quite humid and these are our
:22:59. > :23:08.overnight temperatures. rain and they could be quite
:23:09. > :23:18.persistent through the fresher conditions following.
:23:19. > :23:26.Certainly a drop in temperatures. it may remain quite cloudy. There
:23:27. > :23:40.will be some showers. It is not that you are going to see any thing
:23:41. > :24:00.brighter. the Grand Prix and the Tour de
:24:01. > :24:02.France on Monday. A cooler forecast.