:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. watts. -- in the vacuum cleaners.
:00:12. > :00:15.Government plans to simplifx the way taxis are regulated have
:00:16. > :00:17.been severely criticised, after a convicted rapist was allowed
:00:18. > :00:22.Last week, Shubarn Shafiq rdsigned as Mayor when it emerged he'd helped
:00:23. > :00:27.the man get a license, knowhng he was a convicted sex offender.
:00:28. > :00:40.Mr Shafiq is now under pressure to leave the council altogether
:00:41. > :00:45.Some of these taxi drivers have worked here for almost 30 ydars and
:00:46. > :00:51.they are angry that the council knowingly allowed a convictdd rapist
:00:52. > :00:57.to work as a driver. Everyone does really hard work here and some
:00:58. > :01:03.people are giving a bad namd to all of us. Do you worry it has given
:01:04. > :01:09.taxi drivers in Milton Keynds a bad name? Of course, yes. Shubarn Shafiq
:01:10. > :01:16.stood down after admitting offering a reference for a man with four
:01:17. > :01:20.sexual convictions. I have tried to speak to Shubarn Shafiq tod`y but he
:01:21. > :01:25.was not available, but he rdleased a statement saying he was reshgning
:01:26. > :01:30.with deep sorrow because he had lost the confidence of his local
:01:31. > :01:33.councillors. As regards the reference, he admits with the
:01:34. > :01:38.benefit of hindsight he shotld not have put his name to the reference.
:01:39. > :01:44.council whose struggle to admit that council whose struggle to admit that
:01:45. > :01:50.it might understand how this happened. Would I feel my d`ughter
:01:51. > :01:55.is safe any taxi with this bribe? Everything I have seen about this
:01:56. > :02:00.case, there is no way I would believe that. The case has `lso
:02:01. > :02:07.raised concerns that new legislation will make it harder for councils to
:02:08. > :02:15.scrutinise divers. It would be great if we got more clarity over what we
:02:16. > :02:22.are and are not allowed to do. Do you worry that if it is mord
:02:23. > :02:27.deregulated it could make things harder? It will make things harder.
:02:28. > :02:32.The driver has now been suspended and it has been revealed th`t the
:02:33. > :02:36.criminal past of six other taxi drivers is now under review.
:02:37. > :02:39.A new poll suggests UKIP cotld win the Clacton seat by a landslide
:02:40. > :02:40.It follows MP Douglas Carswdll's shock defection
:02:41. > :02:45.The poll in today's Mail on Sunday gives UKIP a 44 point lead over
:02:46. > :02:51.An inmate serving a life sentence, who absconded from Holleslex Bay
:02:52. > :02:53.open prison in Suffolk earlher this year, has been recaptured.
:02:54. > :02:56.Paul Odysses, a convicted armed robber, was arrested in Broxbourne
:02:57. > :03:04.In football, draws for Norwhch and Ipswich in the Championship
:03:05. > :03:17.But the big result came for Cambridge United in League Two.
:03:18. > :03:25.Norwich's run of four consecutive victories came to an end. They
:03:26. > :03:31.looked on track for five with this, but Bourne mouth kept cool `nd
:03:32. > :03:36.grabbed an equaliser. There were few clear`cut chances in the second and
:03:37. > :03:39.a point apiece was about right. Ipswich is bowling and 19th position
:03:40. > :03:47.but battled back well to earn a draw. Just one win from the opening
:03:48. > :04:02.five games. Peter Broc Parkes top of le`gue one
:04:03. > :04:06.at Colchester's expense. `` Peterborough ended the game with ten
:04:07. > :04:12.men. From Manchester United to Crawley,
:04:13. > :04:17.vastly different challenges but both dealt with impeccably by MK Dons.
:04:18. > :04:24.They had to finish the game with ten men after seeing red, but the points
:04:25. > :04:27.were sealed with this. Cambridge United secured their second win
:04:28. > :04:39.since returning to the football league and in style. An impressive
:04:40. > :04:47.win for Stevenage, ten down bat`mac 1`0 down. Wimbledon grabbed a late
:04:48. > :04:56.consolation. Mark Richards scored an 89th minute winner. Luton wdre also
:04:57. > :05:00.down to ten men, losing 2`0 at Shrewsbury.
:05:01. > :05:07.Time now for the weather with Sara Thornton.
:05:08. > :05:15.If you like it to feel like summer, good news with something
:05:16. > :05:18.approximating some are coming to us. Tomorrow, fairly cloudy across the
:05:19. > :05:24.region with outbreaks of rahn filtering towards us. Tonight,
:05:25. > :05:32.initially dry and clear and then we see the cloud increasing from the
:05:33. > :05:36.West with outbreaks of rain. Temperatures holding up and by
:05:37. > :05:40.breakfast time, that spreads to many parts and through the rest of the
:05:41. > :05:46.day that filters in with cloud and light and patchy rain with the odd
:05:47. > :05:50.moderate burst at times. Generally looking cloudy and the top
:05:51. > :05:53.temperature of 17 Celsius mdaning things will brighten up. As we go
:05:54. > :05:58.through this week, brightenhng up. I'll be back at around a qu`rter
:05:59. > :06:13.past ten with more news and weather, Good evening. Much of the country
:06:14. > :06:16.has enjoyed some sunshine to finish August. The last couple of hours
:06:17. > :06:20.brought a bit more cloud with some rain for Northern Ireland and
:06:21. > :06:23.western Scotland. That front will continue south through England and
:06:24. > :06:27.Wales overnight tonight, bringing with it a lot of mist and low cloud
:06:28. > :06:30.with patchy rain. Perhaps not quite reaching the south-east corner for
:06:31. > :06:31.the early