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Good evening. Now on BBC | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
First tonight, strong hints from the Government | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
that one of the most notorious roads in our region will be improved. | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
The A47 runs from Great Yarmouth across to Peterborough | :00:21. | :00:22. | |
and the Midlands, but most of it is single carriageway. | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
The bits in yellow are the only dual carriageway sdctions. | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
Dualling the whole lot could cost ?1.4 billion but will it happen? | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
Well, the roads minister cale to see it for himself today, | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
and our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair travelled with him. | :00:37. | :00:43. | |
This is all part of the ongoing campaign to keep the A47 in the | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
Government's spotlight. Frol Great Yarmouth through to Peterborough, | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
MPs lined up to meet the roads minister and driving along their | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
stretch of the road. We are in a race with all the | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
country and we won by getting him here today. | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
with one voice, Norfolk United. At every stop, there were local people | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
show that if the road were improved, it could be worth ?3 | :01:26. | :01:35. | |
investment and the A47 is one of them. | :01:36. | :01:50. | |
see where the real pinch pohnts are and the dangerous parts. Maybe low | :01:51. | :02:03. | |
We have been reporting on campaigns to improve the A47 for the last | :02:04. | :02:19. | |
minister left feeling optimhstic. I think we are on the cusp | :02:20. | :02:37. | |
the Autumn Statement, but after this visit, expectations are verx high. | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
Of course the A47 is import`nt not only to Norfolk but two towns on the | :02:43. | :02:51. | |
coast like Yarmouth and Lowestoft and we have been campaigning for | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
improvements for years. In world, what happens is that real | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
schemes have got to be before funding is allocated. So | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
ministers coming round on unless he backs it up by saxing to | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
the authorities your objections. When I hear that, I | :03:14. | :03:23. | |
will know that he the Labour Government say those | :03:24. | :03:37. | |
things many international law, environmdntal law | :03:38. | :03:51. | |
and all the rest. What it takes coming round, dropping hints, | :03:52. | :04:09. | |
raising expectations. they say. Thank you. And just a | :04:10. | :04:23. | |
reminder that He resigned as council leader | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
in 2010 He is rejecting calls to return the | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
money voluntarily. It is all to do with entertaining civil servants and | :04:35. | :04:49. | |
the business of the day. Thd council clearly don't think they have | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
because otherwise they would take legal proceedings. I think I could | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
take some action for defamation The Tour de France races through | :04:59. | :04:59. | |
the region on Monday, with thousands poised to line | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
the route of stage three through It should boost the local economy, | :05:02. | :05:03. | |
with the hospitality industry Keith Johnson's getting into the | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
spirit of things, as well hd might. His pub is in the prime position to | :05:07. | :05:21. | |
profit from the tour route goes right past the front | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
door. entitling guests to a champ`gne | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
breakfast, four course lunch and a great view. We have sold VIP tickets | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
at ?150 per head. Easy to because the Tour de France `nd an | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
opportunity unprecedented for us. Hotels close | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
to the route are also busy. Double Tree in Cambridge will be | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
packed out. We Saturday but not normally on Sundays | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
and Mondays. We have that I am full on Sunday and on | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
Monday. It will hit many firms and there are | :06:14. | :06:23. | |
hopes for a long`term boost for focusing on keeping supplies moving | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
and focusing on business. look East will be showing you the | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
best places to follow the Tour de Monday in itself, send us your | :06:38. | :06:45. | |
pictures. Thank you. Changes on the way. A | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
band of rain will cross the region overnight, so turning | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
cloudy. Spots are patchy rain and as we get to dawn it turns | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
day in the eastern counties. The rain is slow to clear that | :07:11. | :07:33. | |
later in the day. Before that, plenty of sunshine. | :07:34. | :07:42. | |
Today's weather played out like a classic World Cup match - a tale of | :07:43. | :07:53. | |
two halves. Highest temperatures for this year. | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
A different story further north and west. A lot of cloud around. It was | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
breezy, and yes, we saw significant rain. This rain has to clear further | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
east overnight and then it introduces a different feel to our | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
weather - sunny spells but also showers. So a good drenching for the | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
gardens overnight. Some of the rain heavy over north-east England for a | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
time and stretching up towards south-east Scotland as this weather | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
front goes further east. First thing there is the potential for some of | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
that rain to be lingering | :08:34. | :08:34. |