:00:14. > :00:22.Hello and welcome. Tonight, forced pensioners having to move out with
:00:22. > :00:32.no guarantee of a new place. It makes me feel tearful. That and
:00:32. > :00:33.no guarantee of a new place. It multi—million pound deal to bring
:00:33. > :00:39.jobs and leisure facilities to Silverstone. Welcomed by some but
:00:39. > :00:44.how will the new a 14 affect already congested local roads? And back
:00:44. > :00:45.how will the new a 14 affect already the future, the project to return
:00:45. > :01:06.Dozens of pensioners are being forced out of their homes to make
:01:06. > :01:11.way for a multi—million pound new care facility. Many of the residents
:01:11. > :01:16.at Langley Court in Saint Ives are in their 80s and 90s. They were
:01:16. > :01:18.called to a coffee morning to hear what was termed exciting news. When
:01:18. > :01:25.they arrived, they were told that their sheltered housing was being
:01:25. > :01:31.demolished. Understandably, some strong feelings there tonight. Yes,
:01:31. > :01:37.I have been speaking to people here for much of the day, and to say
:01:37. > :01:39.I have been speaking to people here understatement. Many are upset and
:01:39. > :01:47.angry. Angry at the way it has been happening at all. It's been her
:01:47. > :01:51.angry. Angry at the way it has been for 15 years. But she could be out
:01:51. > :01:58.by Christmas. Devastated, really devastated. I just could relieve my
:01:58. > :02:04.ears. At 92, she didn't think she was going anywhere. It wrecks my
:02:04. > :02:11.heart. Even the thought of it now, it makes me feel tearful. In all
:02:11. > :02:14.honesty. Because I love my daughters daily but I wouldn't like to live
:02:14. > :02:17.with them and I don't think they would like me to live with them
:02:18. > :02:23.either! It hasn't worked, they are happy and we are happy as we are. 50
:02:23. > :02:26.people live at Langley Court. Today the mood is more up eight but they
:02:26. > :02:34.were told about a closing at a coffee morning. Disgusted, really.
:02:34. > :02:37.The way it was sprung upon us. When we got the letter, they said it
:02:37. > :02:39.The way it was sprung upon us. When good news for the residents and
:02:39. > :02:41.The way it was sprung upon us. When people of Saint Ives. It is not
:02:41. > :02:47.The way it was sprung upon us. When for me if I have got to move out. I
:02:47. > :02:51.do understand, . The plan is falling liquid to be demolished and in its
:02:51. > :02:53.place, a home for people who need a greater level of care. This is what
:02:53. > :03:02.is planned to be created. It is greater level of care. This is what
:03:02. > :03:08.development. It offers more carers, and they say they cannot ignore
:03:08. > :03:11.development. It offers more carers, has an ageing ablation. But it's not
:03:11. > :03:15.for everyone, even at 92, some are not ready for full—time care. Mum
:03:15. > :03:18.doesn't need that, doesn't want not ready for full—time care. Mum
:03:18. > :03:25.lose her independence. My sister and I help her but she wouldn't let
:03:25. > :03:27.lose her independence. My sister and take her independence away. They
:03:27. > :03:34.don't know when they will go but it could be before the end of the year.
:03:34. > :03:37.Some people have made arrangements to leave the home here but others
:03:37. > :03:42.insist they are not going anywhere, they going to stay, but something is
:03:42. > :03:48.going to have to give. They will be a new centre here by 2015. The
:03:48. > :03:56.company behind it say it must do all it can to try and ease pressures on
:03:56. > :04:01.what can be struggling care system. denied that breaking the news to
:04:01. > :04:07.residents at a coffee morning was insensitive. We wanted to make sure
:04:07. > :04:10.they could ask questions in real time of the staff who were there in
:04:10. > :04:18.front of them, who could give them all the answers that they required
:04:18. > :04:22.was felt much better and sensitive to do that rather than perhaps to
:04:22. > :04:27.write the residents, where they might be worried about what they
:04:27. > :04:33.were reading and have no immediate answered. But this was branded as
:04:34. > :04:36.exciting news, for most of those residents, this extra care facility
:04:36. > :04:41.you are creating there won't be residents, this extra care facility
:04:41. > :04:45.any use to them, they don't need it. But isn't actually the case. Around
:04:45. > :04:50.20% of the residents who already live there do need some kind of
:04:50. > :04:57.care, and therefore they would like to be eligible for the new scheme.
:04:57. > :05:02.By 2021, there will be 10,000 more elderly people with dementia in
:05:02. > :05:06.Cambridgeshire, all throughout the country, councils and organisations
:05:06. > :05:12.like us are making plans to either build new extra care facilities
:05:12. > :05:15.like us are making plans to either housing, which in the future, won't
:05:15. > :05:20.really meet the needs of a growing population who have higher levels of
:05:21. > :05:23.dependency. Is there not room for both of these facilities? Could
:05:23. > :05:24.dependency. Is there not room for not have left the sheltered housing
:05:24. > :05:30.where it was and found another site? The sites that are available
:05:31. > :05:42.for such facilities are not around at the moment. Also, namely Court is
:05:42. > :05:45.refurbishment in the next few years —— Langley Court. So actually, it is
:05:45. > :05:51.a sensible decision to make the change now. So this is not because
:05:51. > :05:54.your company will be paid more for extra care facilities than it is for
:05:54. > :06:06.sheltered housing, it's not about money? Not at all. Luminus is a
:06:06. > :06:13.nonprofit making organisation, we understand it is of concern, we
:06:13. > :06:16.nonprofit making organisation, we give it our guarantee to make it as
:06:16. > :06:19.stress—free as possible them and we guarantee that would ever they
:06:19. > :06:21.choose to do, we will try and make it the highest priority they get
:06:21. > :06:26.their choice. If they move into it the highest priority they get
:06:26. > :06:30.of our extra care schemes, or a traditional shelter scheme, we will
:06:30. > :06:39.make sure they feel safe and secure Next, the Transport Secretary says
:06:39. > :06:42.commuters in this region will be some of the main beneficiaries of a
:06:42. > :06:49.new country virtual high—speed rail line. The idea is for eight —— HS2
:06:49. > :06:54.Northamptonshire up to Birmingham. It would then mean that more trains
:06:54. > :06:59.could run on the existing tracks, easing the pressure on commuter
:06:59. > :07:02.services here. The commuter trains into London from places like Milton
:07:02. > :07:07.Keynes are some of the most crowded in Britain. We can't fit enough
:07:07. > :07:12.Keynes are some of the most crowded Without the capacity provided by
:07:12. > :07:22.Saint two, —— by HS2, the main roads and railways linking our largest
:07:22. > :07:26.overwhelmed. We are joined from correspondent. This sounds like
:07:26. > :07:33.overwhelmed. We are joined from new attempt to sell the idea to
:07:33. > :07:35.overwhelmed. We are joined from government has come out fighting
:07:35. > :07:40.today. It is, with a new argument, Saint two won't just provide fast
:07:41. > :07:45.train services to Birmingham but with those fast trains, there will
:07:46. > :07:51.be more space on the other rail government reckons not Keynes could
:07:51. > :07:54.get another 26th services a day government reckons not Keynes could
:07:54. > :07:58.London, Northampton could it get extra services, these are two of the
:07:58. > :08:01.most congested passenger routes extra services, these are two of the
:08:01. > :08:04.the country. We spoke to passengers this evening who said they could see
:08:04. > :08:10.the benefits of this. The local this evening who said they could see
:08:10. > :08:15.is also inevitably the idea. There are lots of stations along the main
:08:15. > :08:21.line, passengers from the stations into a very crowded trains at the
:08:21. > :08:25.peak, there is not enough room on the existing line for the InterCity
:08:25. > :08:34.trains, four commuter trains, for freight trains. I have to say not
:08:34. > :08:38.many MPs have changed their view is of this, most people here still
:08:38. > :08:42.many MPs have changed their view is to have a lot of concerns about
:08:42. > :08:46.many MPs have changed their view is project. The first concerns comes
:08:46. > :08:49.from people like the MP for South Northamptonshire who is worried
:08:49. > :08:55.about the route, the chaos and disruption and noise for those on
:08:55. > :08:59.objections are from people who say this is an expensive vanity project,
:08:59. > :09:03.can we really afford it in these austere times? Richard Bacon, the
:09:03. > :09:07.Norfolk MP, said that there are austere times? Richard Bacon, the
:09:07. > :09:10.rail lines in our region which would benefit from a slice of the money
:09:10. > :09:17.that is currently being set aside for thing macro. —— HS2. 55% of
:09:17. > :09:20.that is currently being set aside public are currently opposed to
:09:20. > :09:26.that is currently being set aside The government still has a lot to
:09:26. > :09:31.A multi—million pound investment has been agreed for part of Silverstone
:09:31. > :09:39.motor racing circuit. The owners have signed a deal with the property
:09:39. > :09:48.million deal will provide a huge It's the colour—coded vision to
:09:48. > :09:49.million deal will provide a huge try —— transform Silverstone, which
:09:49. > :09:55.is planning to develop almost all the 300 and Dean Baker is on the
:09:55. > :10:01.referee on the track. Its owners have struck a deal with a commercial
:10:01. > :10:06.company for a 999 year lease, which could create over 8000 permanent
:10:06. > :10:12.jobs. If you look at what we have, community here, this will be four
:10:12. > :10:16.times as big. When you are coming off the road, the area to join left
:10:16. > :10:24.will be built out with industrial units, offices, workshops, as you go
:10:24. > :10:31.down towards the right, that will be a whole new Lodge area of industrial
:10:31. > :10:35.units as well. In order to safeguard the future of the British Grand
:10:35. > :10:38.units as well. In order to safeguard a few years ago, they realised they
:10:38. > :10:42.had to borrow big. Now that gamble has paid off. This new deal means
:10:42. > :10:48.not only is the landscape around me going to change, but the debt is
:10:48. > :10:51.written off. We went out on a limb because we felt it was our job to
:10:51. > :10:56.try and keep the British Grand Prix in Britain. There was a time when it
:10:56. > :11:04.was disappearing fast. We had to modifications, we have Moto GP,
:11:04. > :11:06.was disappearing fast. We had to is the place to be, we are able
:11:06. > :11:09.was disappearing fast. We had to wipe out all our debts completely
:11:09. > :11:14.with this. The land has planning permission for a hotel, retail and
:11:14. > :11:15.industrial developments. Soon plans will be announced to upgrade the
:11:15. > :11:22.track. It's a first—class track will be announced to upgrade the
:11:22. > :11:25.attractive for both the spectators and you can always make a track
:11:25. > :11:29.attractive for both the spectators for them, more grandstands. We
:11:29. > :11:32.wanted to do things on this side of the circuit, where we will build a
:11:32. > :11:37.hotel so there is more than can the circuit, where we will build a
:11:37. > :11:41.done. The planned for the circuit are expected next month. For a venue
:11:41. > :11:48.that nearly lost it all a few years Are currently has ruled out suicide
:11:48. > :11:51.in the case of a Bedford mother Are currently has ruled out suicide
:11:51. > :11:58.was found dead after going missing on Easter Sunday. Her family were
:11:58. > :12:00.violence or that she had taken her own life. She vanished after a
:12:00. > :12:06.to you. That is growing confidence that, come next June, the skies will
:12:06. > :12:19.be buzzing once more. Still to come, the project to
:12:19. > :12:26.restore thousands of acres of peatland. And a former commander of
:12:26. > :12:30.forces in Afghanistan says the government is creating a part—time
:12:30. > :12:35.Army as it cuts the number of regular soldiers.
:12:35. > :12:44.All this week, we've been looking at the plan to build a new toll road on
:12:44. > :12:48.the A14 in Cambridgeshire. It would mean part of the existing A14 would
:12:48. > :12:53.be demolished to stop drivers using the old road. So if you don't want
:12:53. > :12:56.to pay the toll, the Highways Agency is suggesting drivers could avoid it
:12:56. > :13:02.by travelling via St Neots using the A1 and the A428. But will those
:13:02. > :13:04.roads be able to cope with the extra traffic? Stuart Ratcliffe did the
:13:04. > :13:06.commute this morning. Thrapston, Northamptonshire.
:13:06. > :13:12.Destination Cambridge. And so far so good.
:13:12. > :13:19.We are just approaching the junction for Ellington on the A14 and, in
:13:19. > :13:22.2019, this is where you would take the toll road cutting through those
:13:22. > :13:27.fields, working through the countryside before rejoining the A14
:13:27. > :13:32.at the Cambridge services. But we are carrying on on the old A14 to
:13:32. > :13:40.take the recommended diverging route, going down the A14 and across
:13:40. > :13:49.the A428. We are leaving the existing A14, this is the A1 above
:13:49. > :13:55.us and the alternative route if you did not want to take the toll. So
:13:55. > :14:00.down towards St Neots and Cambridge and we have the problems start. And
:14:00. > :14:07.this is what people are worried about. Only a single carriageway at
:14:07. > :14:15.the moment heading towards Caxton. The car has officially ground to a
:14:15. > :14:19.halt. And if it's like this now, people in St Neots are really
:14:20. > :14:25.worried about the future. When the A428 is clogged up with traffic, I
:14:25. > :14:31.have experienced the problems that causes around St Neots, and I do not
:14:31. > :14:36.want to see that regularly. The traffic at St Neots will be
:14:36. > :14:42.horrendous. We will be looking at chaos in time two, they will come
:14:42. > :14:51.down this road, try to get through over little britches. — —— we will
:14:51. > :14:59.be looking at chaos. It is bad enough now. So back to the roads.
:14:59. > :15:02.Even without the toll, how did the government's alternative fare? I
:15:02. > :15:05.guess that was an extra eight miles, taking an extra half an hour, the
:15:05. > :15:11.government's alternative route if you do not want to use the toll
:15:11. > :15:16.road. Philip Gomm is from the RAC
:15:16. > :15:21.Foundation. I asked him what impact he thought an A14 toll would have on
:15:21. > :15:27.other routes. It is a real consideration and potentially a real
:15:27. > :15:33.problem. A lot will depend on pricing. If people think the prices
:15:33. > :15:38.are kept very low, people might be prepared to pay the £1 for what had
:15:38. > :15:44.better be a much better journey. That is not the situation we found
:15:44. > :15:50.on the M6 toll road when unregulated charges mean drivers pay more than
:15:50. > :15:54.£5 per journey and we have seen a lot of existing traffic staying on
:15:54. > :15:58.the old M6 and deciding to take their chances with congestion. The
:15:58. > :16:05.highways agency would say that because of the jams on the A14 there
:16:05. > :16:10.are already diverse as people try to find ways around a serious
:16:10. > :16:16.bottleneck. I remember when the toll was first mooted and this was called
:16:16. > :16:22.a tax on Suffolk. And a lot of viewers again are saying they have
:16:22. > :16:28.already paid for this through their road tax, why pay again? Good point.
:16:28. > :16:37.Drivers contribute billions in fuel duty, before adding VAT, so drivers
:16:37. > :16:44.pay through the nose to use the roads. The irony is this A14 scheme
:16:44. > :16:48.has been around for years. Back in 2010, this government cancelled
:16:48. > :16:53.that, now we are going through it all again. They could have taken
:16:53. > :16:58.that taxation money and build the road when it was first mooted. This
:16:58. > :17:03.will be the first ball of its type in the country, but is this the
:17:03. > :17:10.future of road—building? Do you think old roads will have tolls in
:17:10. > :17:16.the future? The government say they are prepared to consider tolls for
:17:16. > :17:21.so—called new capacity. The RAC foundation sees a long—term case for
:17:21. > :17:28.some kind of national road charging, instead of fuel duty, but what we do
:17:28. > :17:33.not see any argument for is this piecemeal approach, essentially
:17:33. > :17:39.creating a postcode lottery. If you use the A14 in East Anglia, with
:17:39. > :17:41.existing taxation, you pay road tolls, something people will clearly
:17:41. > :17:53.be upset about. Thank you. The former commander of British
:17:53. > :17:57.forces in Afghanistan has told Look East the government is creating a
:17:57. > :18:00.part—time army as it cuts the number of regular soldiers. The MOD wants
:18:00. > :18:04.to recruit 11,000 more reservists and has pledged to invest almost £2
:18:04. > :18:09.billion training and equipping them. Our defence reporter Alex Dunlop has
:18:09. > :18:11.just returned from Croatia, where reservists from the Royal Anglians
:18:11. > :18:17.were on exercise. As the dawn mist rises, a platoon
:18:17. > :18:23.commander urges his men to focus. Pass it down, guys. Part—time
:18:23. > :18:28.soldiers from across the Eastern region on exercise near the Serbian
:18:28. > :18:40.border. The enemy, marked with orange tape, won't give up without a
:18:40. > :18:45.fight. 50 metres! Pass, pass, pass! Doug Farthing, a paratrooper for 23
:18:45. > :18:51.years before he became a reservist, has done it all before. This his day
:18:51. > :18:56.job now, a professional artist. We do see ourselves being used, as much
:18:56. > :19:00.as already used both in Afghanistan and Iraq. We will be integrating
:19:00. > :19:03.with regular battalions more. And deploying not only on operations,
:19:04. > :19:08.but on overseas exercises as well in the future. The student hopes this
:19:08. > :19:13.will give him an edge, before joining the Army Air Corps. I need
:19:13. > :19:18.something that puts me about the rest. Just the life experience I get
:19:18. > :19:25.from this will hopefully put me above everyone else applying. A
:19:25. > :19:30.soldier to be and are now professional welcomed into the
:19:30. > :19:35.ranks. The vast bulk of the 11,000 reservists the army needs by 2020
:19:35. > :19:40.will be civilians. And so far, not enough people are signing up. The
:19:40. > :19:44.government is investing £1.8 billion into reserves like these. That
:19:44. > :19:49.includes centres for lawyers. But critics say that is a cynical move
:19:49. > :19:51.by making full—time soldiers redundant and effectively hollowing
:19:51. > :19:58.out the army. —— centres for employers. This ex—colonel turned
:19:58. > :20:05.analyst says replacing with reservists is short—sighted. We have
:20:05. > :20:11.seen a crisis in reservists before the government decided to do that.
:20:11. > :20:17.What will that do to the Army? What is behind this is a false edifice.
:20:17. > :20:21.We are increasingly moved towards a part—time army, and civilian army.
:20:21. > :20:25.And an army made up in that way cannot function in the way the
:20:25. > :20:28.British Army has functioned since time immemorial as one of the most
:20:29. > :20:33.respected and professional Armed Forces in the world. A more flexible
:20:33. > :20:42.or more constrained Army? Either way, reservists will have a key role
:20:42. > :20:47.on and behind the front line. This afternoon, I spoke to the
:20:47. > :20:52.Defence Minister and Essex MP Mark Francois, who was a reservist with
:20:52. > :20:57.the Royal Anglians himself. I put it to him that Colonel Kemp believes we
:20:57. > :20:59.could end up with a part—time army. I do not accept that, because
:20:59. > :21:06.reserves will get high—quality training, equipment on a par with
:21:06. > :21:11.the regulars and we will peer reserve units with regular units.
:21:11. > :21:16.You have been looking at Royal Anglian reserve in creation who have
:21:16. > :21:23.been exercising with the 2nd Battalion of the regulars. There is
:21:23. > :21:27.a good example of what we will be doing across the Army of hearing
:21:27. > :21:33.reserve units with regular units, working more closely together, and
:21:33. > :21:38.more capable combine. But we will not be able to carry out the role
:21:38. > :21:44.the British Army has traditionally carried out so many reservists? I do
:21:44. > :21:51.not accept that. Territorial Army units in the Second World War have a
:21:51. > :21:55.proud history. Supporters one thing, but more than one in three soldiers
:21:55. > :22:01.will be reservists, a high number and people high up in the Army
:22:01. > :22:06.concerned about it. There is a high your ratio than that in other
:22:06. > :22:13.armies. Isn't this just about saving money? No, we are be balancing the
:22:13. > :22:19.Army, and the Ministry of Defence has had financial challenges, this
:22:19. > :22:25.is to expand the reserve part of the Army and integrate them more closely
:22:25. > :22:30.with regulars. But not going into the hottest of hot spots, doing
:22:30. > :22:36.back—up work? I do not accept that, we have had some reservists in
:22:36. > :22:41.Afghanistan, in some hotspots, and unfortunately some killed serving
:22:41. > :22:49.their country, just like regulars. Reservists at the sure pound ——
:22:49. > :22:57.sharp end for a number of years. So we do not need a regular army? No, a
:22:57. > :23:03.combination of both. We have always had regulars and reservists. In both
:23:03. > :23:10.the second and First World War, Iraq, Afghanistan, both regulars and
:23:10. > :23:15.reservists have formed well, that has been our tradition for a century
:23:15. > :23:20.and we continue it with this reform, and strengthen it. Thank
:23:21. > :23:25.you. Thousands of acres of peatland are
:23:25. > :23:30.to be restored as part of an ambitious project which could last
:23:30. > :23:33.into the next century. The Great Fen Project in Cambridgeshire is part of
:23:33. > :23:38.a national campaign to bring back our wetlands. There is a huge amount
:23:38. > :23:42.of carbon dioxide in peat. So it's important for all of us to save it.
:23:42. > :23:49.Ghostly and silent. Beautiful in its flatness. And underfoot black gold,
:23:49. > :23:52.the precious peat soil. But this rich organic darkness, the living
:23:52. > :23:58.breathing soul of the Fens, is dying. Intensive drainage projects
:23:58. > :24:04.followed by years of arable cultivation has literally sucked the
:24:04. > :24:13.life out of the landscape. Back in 1850, this was completely drained
:24:13. > :24:18.and the people behind that controversial drainage project put
:24:18. > :24:26.in this metal pole to show the impact of drainage on peat soil. And
:24:26. > :24:31.ground level was at the very top. Research shows two centimetres of
:24:31. > :24:37.parched peat is lost every year. Known as a Fen Blow, the black dust
:24:37. > :24:39.clouds fill the skies. But the environmental impact potentially
:24:39. > :24:46.devastating. Peatland is a very valuable means of locking carbon
:24:46. > :24:52.dioxide into the soil. When peatland dries out, when peat dries out, it
:24:52. > :24:58.releases carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas. But by re—wetting
:24:58. > :25:02.peatland, we can lock some of that carbon dioxide. From Trundlemere
:25:02. > :25:07.Hide, you can see this vast landscape changing. Islands rise up
:25:07. > :25:15.from the earth. Newly dug waterways rehydrate the soil. Pools and ponds
:25:15. > :25:20.are filling up. It will be one of the most important reedbeds. About
:25:20. > :25:25.30 hectares. Within five to ten years, this whole landscape will be
:25:25. > :25:30.entirely transformed as far as the eye can see, all the way to the
:25:31. > :25:34.horizon there. And we will get wetland species moving in. It will
:25:34. > :25:38.take a long time to lick the wounds inflicted on this damaged land. Up
:25:38. > :25:38.to a 100 years before it is truly healed.
:25:38. > :25:49.It looked autumnal. Now for the weather. Low pressure and whether
:25:49. > :25:52.fronts is the theme this week. This front has been responsible for
:25:52. > :26:04.a lot of cloud. It has made things quite gloomy.
:26:04. > :26:09.Expect light and patchy rain, some drizzle here and there, but petering
:26:09. > :26:17.out. By the end of the night, we should be largely drive. A lot of
:26:17. > :26:24.cloud of around. —— we should be largely dry.
:26:24. > :26:32.Quite a bit of cloud around first thing, then something brighter, some
:26:32. > :26:38.sunshine perhaps breaking through the cloud. Much warmer air tomorrow,
:26:38. > :26:48.so temperatures climbing. Like south—westerly wind. 18, 19, perhaps
:26:48. > :26:56.20 degrees in places, then increasing cloud later tomorrow, and
:26:56. > :27:01.the next month, more potent, with more rain. The rain chatting
:27:01. > :27:07.eastwards overnight into early Friday morning, and more persistent
:27:07. > :27:13.and heavy. Some uncertainty for Saturday. Low pressure from the
:27:13. > :27:20.South. Will that mean rain? Maybe it does. But stay tuned, because that
:27:20. > :27:26.is some uncertainty. Overnight rain for Thursday, clearing first thing
:27:26. > :27:32.Friday morning, then not a bad day, quite a lot of cloud, but largely
:27:32. > :27:37.dry for the bulk of the day, the chance of rain on Saturday. Not bad
:27:37. > :27:42.on Sunday, chilly overnight. That is it.
:27:42. > :27:46.From all of us here, thank you for your company this evening. We will
:27:46. > :27:46.see you tomorrow night.