31/08/2014 Look East - East


31/08/2014

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Good evening. watts. -- in the vacuum cleaners.

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Government plans to simplifx the way taxis are regulated have

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been severely criticised, after a convicted rapist was allowed

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Last week, Shubarn Shafiq rdsigned as Mayor when it emerged he'd helped

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the man get a license, knowhng he was a convicted sex offender.

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Mr Shafiq is now under pressure to leave the council altogether

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Some of these taxi drivers have worked here for almost 30 ydars and

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they are angry that the council knowingly allowed a convictdd rapist

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to work as a driver. Everyone does really hard work here and some

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people are giving a bad namd to all of us. Do you worry it has given

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taxi drivers in Milton Keynds a bad name? Of course, yes. Shubarn Shafiq

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stood down after admitting offering a reference for a man with four

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sexual convictions. I have tried to speak to Shubarn Shafiq tod`y but he

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was not available, but he rdleased a statement saying he was reshgning

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with deep sorrow because he had lost the confidence of his local

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councillors. As regards the reference, he admits with the

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benefit of hindsight he shotld not have put his name to the reference.

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council whose struggle to admit that council whose struggle to admit that

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it might understand how this happened. Would I feel my d`ughter

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is safe any taxi with this bribe? Everything I have seen about this

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case, there is no way I would believe that. The case has `lso

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raised concerns that new legislation will make it harder for councils to

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scrutinise divers. It would be great if we got more clarity over what we

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are and are not allowed to do. Do you worry that if it is mord

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deregulated it could make things harder? It will make things harder.

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The driver has now been suspended and it has been revealed th`t the

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criminal past of six other taxi drivers is now under review.

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A new poll suggests UKIP cotld win the Clacton seat by a landslide

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It follows MP Douglas Carswdll's shock defection

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The poll in today's Mail on Sunday gives UKIP a 44 point lead over

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An inmate serving a life sentence, who absconded from Holleslex Bay

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open prison in Suffolk earlher this year, has been recaptured.

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Paul Odysses, a convicted armed robber, was arrested in Broxbourne

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In football, draws for Norwhch and Ipswich in the Championship

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But the big result came for Cambridge United in League Two.

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Norwich's run of four consecutive victories came to an end. They

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looked on track for five with this, but Bourne mouth kept cool `nd

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grabbed an equaliser. There were few clear`cut chances in the second and

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a point apiece was about right. Ipswich is bowling and 19th position

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but battled back well to earn a draw. Just one win from the opening

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five games. Peter Broc Parkes top of le`gue one

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at Colchester's expense. `` Peterborough ended the game with ten

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men. From Manchester United to Crawley,

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vastly different challenges but both dealt with impeccably by MK Dons.

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They had to finish the game with ten men after seeing red, but the points

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were sealed with this. Cambridge United secured their second win

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since returning to the football league and in style. An impressive

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win for Stevenage, ten down bat`mac 1`0 down. Wimbledon grabbed a late

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consolation. Mark Richards scored an 89th minute winner. Luton wdre also

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down to ten men, losing 2`0 at Shrewsbury.

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Time now for the weather with Sara Thornton.

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If you like it to feel like summer, good news with something

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approximating some are coming to us. Tomorrow, fairly cloudy across the

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region with outbreaks of rahn filtering towards us. Tonight,

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initially dry and clear and then we see the cloud increasing from the

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West with outbreaks of rain. Temperatures holding up and by

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breakfast time, that spreads to many parts and through the rest of the

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day that filters in with cloud and light and patchy rain with the odd

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moderate burst at times. Generally looking cloudy and the top

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temperature of 17 Celsius mdaning things will brighten up. As we go

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through this week, brightenhng up. I'll be back at around a qu`rter

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past ten with more news and weather, Good evening. Much of the country

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has enjoyed some sunshine to finish August. The last couple of hours

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brought a bit more cloud with some rain for Northern Ireland and

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western Scotland. That front will continue south through England and

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Wales overnight tonight, bringing with it a lot of mist and low cloud

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with patchy rain. Perhaps not quite reaching the south-east corner for

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the early

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