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September will settle down with Sony spells and it will get warmer --

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sunny spells. A story with a happy ending.

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In the programme tonight, the by`election bandwagon rolls

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into Clacton, with UKIP's leader admitting it's crunch time.

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This is High Noon. This matters.

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This matters an awful lot. It matters an awful lot to UKIP.

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It matters an awful lot to the Eurosceptic movement.

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Also tonight it's Decision day on the railways, as Network Rail

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rules it will go ahead with some engineering work this weekend.

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I'll be reporting live from Ipswich Railway station

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on what commuters returning home tonight made of that decision.

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Some of the giants of golf are at Woburn.

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We get their thoughts on the Ryder Cup.

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First tonight, the leader of the UK Independence

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Party kicks off the byelection campaign in Clacton, along with

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the newest member of his party. The man in question is

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Douglas Carswell. Yesterday, he stunned

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the political world when he defected to UKIP from the Tories.

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There will now be a by`election. Today in Clacton,

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a scene which will become very familiar in the weeks ahead.

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Mr Carswell, the UKIP leader Nigel Farage, and a media scrum.

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Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair was there.

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After the political drama of yesterday, time for the party leader

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and his new recruits to start selling the message to Clacton. Do

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you want someone who calls you boss or calls David Cameron boss? This

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afternoon Douglas Carswell resigned as an MP and is now only a

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candidate. The reaction today was largely positive. Very pleased. I

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admire him very much. Do you think you can pull it off? I hope so. He

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has the courage of his convictions. What is the attraction of UKIP? I

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think they will do something the other parties are not bothering to

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do at all. But not everyone was positive. Crater `` traitor. Also on

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the scene today, the woman who always manages UKIP's most important

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campaigns. This is high noon. This matters, an awful lot. It matters a

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lot to the Eurosceptic movement and there is a growing number of us out

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there that want this country to be free of Brussels. There is one

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embarrassing problem, this man, who was only chosen three weeks ago was

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the UKIP candidate for Clacton, and he is refusing to stand down. This

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act if we wanted to sleep through one said, let them finish. I think

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that is only right. I am a fighter. This constituency needs a fighter.

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Nigel Farage says he is hoping to meet him later today. Drawing a

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crowd and getting the cameras to come along as the easy bit but what

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the Conservative majority of 12,000, taking the seat will be a big task.

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Over the next few weeks UKIP will have to explain what it stands for

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and why a UKIP MP will make a difference.

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Other news now. Network Rail has decided to

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scale back the engineering work it will carry out this weekend.

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Last weekend, work on the signals in Ipswich overran,

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leaving thousands of commuters waiting for trains that never came.

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This afternoon, the company said it was changing its work schedule.

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Kim Riley is at Ipswich Station now, Kim.

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After the bank holiday, the return to work that commuters blended.

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Literally hundreds packed onto the buses. Yesterday Network Rail

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identified a fault with the new signalling system being installed as

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part of the ?25 million upgrade. This afternoon, after a series of

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meetings it has put aside the signalling work but said that other

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planned work would go ahead. This was the reaction from commuters this

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evening. You have two adult a fatalistic approach, there is

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nothing much you can do about it. The service is appalling and it

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doesn't seem to get any better. I have been commuting for nearly 20

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years. If they need to do it, they need to do it, but I am a bit

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annoyed. There you go. Not terribly impressed? I am not. They say it

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might be getting better and may turn out to be wonderful. I just think

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that for the money you paid to travel by rail, the service can

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certainly be quicker and more reliable. The personal view is that

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if there is money to be spent, some of that should filter out to these

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counties in the East of England, which does not seem to be happening.

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Tonight, a new team is overseeing the work this weekend and has been

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told every step will be taken to avoid any overrun. Many MPs have

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criticised network rail and today it was announced politicians would have

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a bigger say in salaries and bonuses.

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Steve Cassidy is the area director for Network Rail.

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Straight after that meeting he told me what the new plan involves.

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We are pulling for word work that would have happened later on in the

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programme. Part of the work we had problems with last weekend, we are

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reviewing that and taking it out of the programme for this weekend. Can

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you assure us know that there will not be any problems on Monday

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morning? For this weekend, we have reviewed the programme and the work

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at any point. One of the yes use at any point. One of the yes use

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last weekend was we got to a point that for the safety of the line, we

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had to carry on with it. The work this weekend can be stopped at any

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point. So you can guarantee there will not be a problem on Monday

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morning? Essentially. As far as I can say, the work can be dropped at

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any time so we will return to normal. There could be something out

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whether control and we could have unless you but the chances are slim.

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There is absolute minimal risk. Is it a new team of people who are

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doing the work? We have a new team of people that are coming into the

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design problems. The problems were in the design rather than the

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implementation so essentially we have the same people implementing it

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but a new team reviewing it. So the people doing the design work before

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got it wrong? We do not understand fully exactly what happened. That

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preview is still underway but we know there was a problem with the

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design so the easiest and most effective way for us to deal with

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that is to have an independent team come in and check the design from a

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fresh perspective. That work you were going to do, you have pooled

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other work for word, so you have put the planned work on hold, does that

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mean that in the future that work will have to be done and that could

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cause problems? Yes, that will have to be done in the future. The chance

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of it causing problems should be reduced by the review that we are

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carrying out which is why we're not doing it this weekend. And you will

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come back on Monday and tell us that you are very sorry if it all goes

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wrong? I am quite happy to come back but hopefully that will not be the

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case. Over the next few weeks UKIP will

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have to explain what it stands for and why a UKIP MP will make a

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difference. This weekend the party experts will

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be going through the stats, trying to work out what kind

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of constituency Clacton really is. Here's what happened in 2010.

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Douglas Carswell won with more than 22,000 votes.

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UKIP didn't stand as part of an unofficial agreement with

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Mr Carswell. Labour came second with the Lib Dems

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third and the British National Party fourth.

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So what's going to happen in 2014? Richard Daniel has been

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taking soundings. It has all the trappings of a

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British seaside resorts but come the by`election that promises to be

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anything but predictable. This is classic UKIP territorially with many

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voters feeling disenfranchised with national politics, but it is not

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just about the seaside resort, important though it is. Other

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factors are then play elsewhere. The constituency used to include the

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traditional Labour stronghold of Harwich but no more following

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boundary changes. This corner of coastal Essex has corners of

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affluence and deprivation. Bierley two miles away, the poverty here in

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places is stark. This couple have lived here for 25 years and that the

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last general election they voted Conservative. Does he have Euro

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Report? Not necessarily. Not really because we have had dealings with

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him and he was not very helpful. I have no confidence in the man. It is

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not just UKIP that sense is an opportunity but Labour as well. Ivan

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Henderson lost his seat in 2005 and he believes Tories voting for UKIP

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could help split the vote in labour's favour. There is a good

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chance and we saw it in the past. We could sneak through from behind. I

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think it is open and nobody can call this one. But Labour faces

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challenges as well. In the north of the constituency I found a lifelong

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Labour supporter, and it was not Labour he had on his mind. I could

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never go Conservative but possibly to UKIP because some of those

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policies fit nicely with me. Labour to UKIP is a big jump. I would

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consider it. And that is what will make this by`election so close to

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call. It promises to be a thrilling ride.

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The East of England Ambulance Service has been fined ?1.5 million

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for poor response times, and poor turnaround times at hospitals.

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The fine has been imposed by the region's Clinical

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Commissioning Groups which buy NHS services on behalf of patients.

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This is a ?1.5 million fine which could get even bigger. The East of

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England ambulance trust serves 19 clinical commissioning groups across

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the East. These are the groups which now by NHS services on behalf of

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patients. These groups say ambulance performance has been too slow and

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when that happens, fines levied. The first part of the fine is for slowed

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responses to emergency calls. They failed to reach 75% of

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life`threatening emergencies within eight minutes. ?300,000 is for

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hospital time around the leaves, the time people have to wait and an

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ambulance outside A Last year, 29,000 people were kept waiting for

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more than 30 minutes. In a statement, the trust told look East,

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we are working hard... The ambulance service will have two

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pay the ?300,000 tolerant fine now but the fine fun emergency responses

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only covers the first three months of the financial year and did get

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bigger. The police in Norfolk are doing

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a good job at protecting vulnerable children, according to a report

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by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

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The force was inspected in April. Officers were found to be well

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trained to identify children at risk.

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There were some concerns over assessing the risk

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of suspects to other vulnerable people, and over children involved

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in long`term domestic abuse. Still to come, a road movie

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featuring a folk band and a B road. And why Monty is still the master.

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Figures obtained by Look East show the number of police community

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support officers has fallen across the region over the last five years.

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At the same time, the number of Special Constables has gone up.

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Of course, PCSOs get paid, specials don't.

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In Cambridgeshire, for example, there are currently 136 PCSOs

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compared to 289 Special Constables, So what's the difference

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between the two? And does it show that we're

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getting policing on the cheap? Louise Hubball has

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tonight's special report. In the modern police force, officers

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are backed up by police community support officers. And special

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constables, unpaid volunteers. Every Friday, Tony is in uniform and the

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rest of the week he is doing his day job, and he believes this work helps

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with policing. I am meeting with people and interacting with them so

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there are lot of interpersonal skills that you require, and it is

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the same as the police. And it is something his clients approve of. It

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gives us plenty to talk about. As a special constable, he focuses on

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rural crime. Within that farm building you have livestock and

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tools... The number of police community support officers has gone

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down, and it is not just here in Cambridgeshire. In the last five

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years, police forces have been reducing their numbers of PCS alls.

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The figures for the specials are more complex with numbers in some

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areas going up. This volunteer says it is not all about cutting costs.

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Certain people enjoy giving their time. I give my time and do not feel

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it is policing on the cheap but is about connecting again with the

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community. And despite needing to make savings of ?25 million, Cambs

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police say the recruitment decision is not driven by money. Having a

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special Constabulary is fundamental to policing and has been in place

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for years. We want to recruit people who want to be a part of policing in

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their local area so we are introducing specialist roles,

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whether that is child abuse investigation or major crime, to

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give people a clear path with the special Constabulary. This force

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will always employ dedicated individuals prepared to a

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challenging job without being paid. In golf, Colin Montgomerie is the

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hot favourite to defend his Masters title at Woburn this weekend.

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And with the European Ryder Cup team announced next week, selection

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is the hot topic of debate. Tom Williams has spent the day

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on the Duke's Course at Woburn. Welcome to Woburn.

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Huge crowds expected over the three days of the Travis Perkins masters.

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Winding down in the hospitality area after a

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tricky opening day for the players. The scoreboard is behind me and it's

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a very familiar name on the top. Colin Montgomerie four

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under par today. He's a past Ryder Cup captain

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and that really is the top topic of debate this week,

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who will be selected in the team next Tuesday.

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It's become a Who's Who of golf. The European senior tour

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brimming with talent. Ryder Cup legends as competitive

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and as classy as ever, this week eyeing up more silverware.

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With the next Ryder Cup just a month away, the race

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for selection is tight and tense. After failing to qualify, Woburn's

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finest needs a captain's pick. Ian Poulter has been a talisman in

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the last couple of matches, can you imagine the team without him?

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I cannot. Since 2012,

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it should not have "Europe" but "Ian Poulter" written on it.

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It was unbelievable. If he didn't get

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a wild card everyone would boycott the Ryder Cup.

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In recent Ryder Cups, he has been Europe's top points scorer.

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His points and passion are priceless.

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He would be tough to leave out but he is in the mix

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along with several other players. Stevie Gallacher can play

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his way into the team if he gets in the top two and

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Francesco Molinari is in the mix. Lots of players have their hands

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up looking for the spot. The focus for

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the seniors this week is the Travis Perkins title, showing the world

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that they are still the Masters. Well played today.

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Thank you, it was difficult, the winds were swirling

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and the green was soft, very difficult to get close to the hole.

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I'm delighted to get in at 68 and the wind is still up

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so it will be difficult. Defending champion this week

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and a couple of majors already this year, you are red hot?

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Neither red nor hot but delighted with how the year has gone.

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Just because we have turned 50 does not

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mean we cannot play golf any more and the standard is great and I am

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looking forward to the challenge. As

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a former Ryder Cup captain you know where Paul McGinley is this week.

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Next week there is confirmation. What will be going through his mind?

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It is not easy because you will have to say someone

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that I think you are better than you and that is never easy

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in golf terms because we all think we're better than everyone else.

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It is one man's opinion and I think he will make the right

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decisions for the sake of the team and we will get the 12 players.

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Everyone here at Woburn is desperate to see their local man

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Ian Poulter. Tough to leave him out?

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I think he is guaranteed, although he is not had a great summer.

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It would be very difficult to think of a Ryder Cup team without

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Ian Poulter in it. Thanks ever so much.

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Best of luck over the weekend. The weaher I think is set to be

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fair over the weekend and certainly, Montgomerie will be

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the man to beat. Highway to Hell?

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How about the B1159 in Norfolk? It's the coast road between Cromer

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and Great Yarmouth. And a folk band called

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Addison's Uncle has just released a new anthem in its honour.

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Addison's Uncle with an acoustic version of the B1159. Why the

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B1159? That is down to the singer songwriter. He would insist on

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taking this stupid route and it will be a chance to comment

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on the popularity of the government, but there is far more to it than

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that, because UKIP have good chance of winning the seat.

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Nationally that could be big, but locally, UKIP has a big presence in

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the region, and if they can or cannot take Clacton, what does that

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say about other parts of Essex? And if Douglas Carswell can pull it off

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in Clacton, what about other MPs from our region who have been linked

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with UKIP in the past? Will they now be tempted to jump ship? Whoever

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wins the selection, it will be remembered. UKIP looked very

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confident, can they do it? They do, but they have never seriously fought

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Clacton before, and statistically nobody is really too sure what can

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happen. Douglas Carswell's popularity and the demographic means

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he stands a good chance but the Tories have a 12,000 majority so

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should be favourites. One bit of late news, Labour has chosen its

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candidate, Tim Young, a Colchester counsellor. This will be going on

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every day for weeks six lets get the weather.

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Certainly blustery today and we have had this system moving in from the

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west. The thicker cloud and rain will continue east were swept most

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of the rain light and patchy but we cannot rule out some heavy

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downpours. Not particularly cold with temperatures no lower than 15

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Celsius. The when this tended to ease down a touch but remaining

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moderates. The frontal system moves in and we have a low pressure to the

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North and high pressure from the south`west. This north`westerly flow

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is likely to feed a few showers so the overnight rain should clear from

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the east and we are left with largely dry conditions. We could

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have a few showers speeding through, most of the light side, but a sharp

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one he ran clear. Temperatures around 20 Celsius. A mainly moderate

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westerly wind and we finished the day with a few showers but a lot of

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fine and dry weather. We can look at the pressure chart and Sunday still

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looks like having high pressure from the West but Monday into Tuesday,

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still a certain amount of uncertainty, but this is actually

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the tail end of a front associated what a hurricane, and if it moves

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over the top of us, we could have a lot more cloud and outbreaks of

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rain. Saturday, a few showers but mostly dry and Sunday is looking guy

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everywhere. Monday and Tuesday, depending on what happens, high

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pressure is still with us but we could have a lot of cloud and

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outbreaks of rain, and we're not sure about amounts of sunshine. Keep

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an eye on the forecast. Goodbye. From all of us, whatever you're

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doing this weekend, see you next week.

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