:00:07. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to Look East. the programme tonight: The £91
:00:16. > :00:26.Preparing for strike action: Fire crews plan to walk out tomorrow
:00:26. > :00:31.Preparing for strike action: Fire there's a promise that emergency
:00:31. > :00:35.Back to her roots — England's Ashes winning captain returns to where it
:00:35. > :00:44.all started And land at any airport Cambridge. And land at any airport
:00:44. > :00:57.Good evening. It's been twenty years in the planning, three years in
:00:57. > :00:59.Good evening. It's been twenty years making but tomorrow the guided
:00:59. > :01:04.busway between Luton and Dunstable will open to the public for the
:01:04. > :01:07.first time. This is the main route which is just over six miles long
:01:07. > :01:13.stretching from Houghton Regis to Luton town centre. Almost five miles
:01:13. > :01:17.is a concrete guide—way running along the old railway line. It will
:01:18. > :01:22.link up to four routes for onward travel. The project has cost over
:01:22. > :01:29.ninety million pounds. And it's rebuilding of six bridges and the
:01:29. > :01:32.construction of three more. It's the second longest busway in the world
:01:32. > :01:35.after the Cambridge route. Luton Council says more than 125,000
:01:35. > :01:41.people live within walking distance of a bus stop. Neil Bradford got to
:01:41. > :01:54.They have been waiting for this of a bus stop. Neil Bradford got to
:01:54. > :01:59.two decades, those who planned the busway say it opens opportunities.
:01:59. > :02:01.Today, it was a dummy run but it is hoped thousands will use this to
:02:01. > :02:07.travel between Luton, Dunstable hoped thousands will use this to
:02:07. > :02:10.Halton Regis. The project is five months late and half £1 million
:02:10. > :02:15.Halton Regis. The project is five budget. Transport Minister Norman
:02:15. > :02:30.Baker insists it is money well The evidence from elsewhere is
:02:30. > :02:35.The busway is promising the juiced journey times, Dunstable to Luton
:02:35. > :02:39.will take less than 15 minutes, passengers travelling between the
:02:39. > :02:46.towns are used to journeys of three looking forward to putting it to the
:02:46. > :02:57.I will give it a go, I hope it will Sometimes I get delayed and late to
:02:57. > :03:09.work. I think it will be much easier Not stopping as much, straight
:03:09. > :03:15.Faster journeys are only one aim of between the council and Central
:03:15. > :03:24.Bedfordshire, both believe it will bring economic benefits to their
:03:24. > :03:34.We are attracting new businesses to Dunstable, a speculative warehouse
:03:34. > :03:36.and office project and we are taking the steps to open us up to the
:03:36. > :03:42.The busway was a consideration. the steps to open us up to the
:03:42. > :03:48.Luton busway may have critics but those behind the scheme point to the
:03:48. > :03:52.success of Cambridge, with the first passenger services starting in the
:03:52. > :03:57.morning, only time will tell if success can be repeated here. And
:03:58. > :04:02.with just a matter of hours now before the public put that service
:04:02. > :04:13.I spoke to Councillor Dave Taylor from Luton Borough council and asked
:04:13. > :04:22.because that is the first passenger day and today has been an ecstatic
:04:22. > :04:27.official opening today and thanks to the minister of transport for coming
:04:28. > :04:31.to open it and it was a fantastic experience and we appreciated the
:04:31. > :04:36.speed and efficiency and quality and It has been a long time coming and
:04:36. > :04:45.you are running five months over We have but it is well worth waiting
:04:46. > :04:52.for. We waited 20 years for this day so if you months would not make
:04:52. > :04:56.for. We waited 20 years for this day Let's talk about the money, a cost
:04:56. > :05:03.of over £90 million, we have had the multi—million pound dispute over the
:05:03. > :05:08.Cambridge guided busway, are you confident this is value for money?
:05:08. > :05:12.Yes, we have learned lessons from that and the value for money is
:05:12. > :05:16.Yes, we have learned lessons from major capital project like this
:05:16. > :05:19.Yes, we have learned lessons from is only half £1 million over budget
:05:19. > :05:27.period, it is great. We know with increased bus patronage of twin
:05:27. > :05:31.Luton, Dunstable and the airport. When they see the quality of the
:05:32. > :05:40.service and the speed there will be How are you going to measure the
:05:40. > :05:49.success of this project, is it numbers of people, is it taking
:05:49. > :05:51.Yes, it will be passenger numbers. Not only are investment but the
:05:51. > :05:57.investment by the bus companies Not only are investment but the
:05:57. > :06:03.brand—new stock and I don't think they would take chances in spending
:06:03. > :06:12.enterprise and have invested heavily in new buses and they want the
:06:12. > :06:16.OK, thank you. Firefighters across East Anglia say they've been given
:06:16. > :06:20.no option but to walk out on strike government changes to firefighter
:06:20. > :06:31.pensions. The fire service however has guaranteed emergency cover will
:06:31. > :06:37.A fire on a farm near Peterborough today. Incidents like this could
:06:37. > :06:41.stretch the service during the strike, a dispute over pensions
:06:41. > :06:42.stretch the service during the a government proposal to raise the
:06:42. > :06:46.retirement age to 60. The union a government proposal to raise the
:06:46. > :06:53.most firefighters would not be fit There is a concern for public safety
:06:53. > :06:57.and firefighter safety. These people will be coming out the fires and
:06:57. > :07:03.rescuing fires and then needs to be certain fitness standards, the
:07:03. > :07:05.firefighters have to achieve. The majority would have concerns if
:07:05. > :07:13.individuals in their late 50s are between the Fire Brigades union
:07:13. > :07:14.individuals in their late 50s are the government. There could be
:07:14. > :07:17.hundreds of firefighters taking the government. There could be
:07:18. > :07:24.in Northampton, Cambridge, Bedford and Harford. During the last strike
:07:25. > :07:29.ten years ago, Green goddesses were brought in to provide cover. Those
:07:29. > :07:35.vehicles have since been sold. The strike is Judas that tomorrow. The
:07:35. > :07:40.firefighters will work out of their stations at noon and stay out until
:07:40. > :07:44.4pm. During that time, the other fire services have a legal Judy
:07:44. > :07:45.4pm. During that time, the other provide emergency cover so they
:07:45. > :07:49.4pm. During that time, the other been putting contingency plans in
:07:49. > :07:55.The management team are experienced officers and they will be riding
:07:55. > :07:59.appliances. They are experienced officers, not as good as the current
:07:59. > :08:06.crew on the front line because they do not do it every day but they
:08:06. > :08:09.crew on the front line because they Other fire services in the region
:08:09. > :08:14.say they will call in part—time operating below strength. They are
:08:14. > :08:20.urging people to take extra care to avoid accidents and fires. The
:08:20. > :08:30.proposed new pension scheme is generous, say the government. The
:08:30. > :08:33.so—called "mega—airport" would be too expensive and disruptive..
:08:33. > :08:36.According to Essex County Council. Its views are contained in a report
:08:36. > :08:45.submitted today to a Government commission on the future of UK
:08:46. > :08:50.A misty morning at Stansted and another round in the long and bitter
:08:50. > :08:58.fight over the airports future. commission on aviation led by this
:08:58. > :09:01.man, a businessman. The commission is looking at whether the UK needs
:09:01. > :09:10.more runway is but if it does wear We will be assessing the business
:09:10. > :09:13.plans, assessing the environmental implications, all of the things
:09:13. > :09:16.plans, assessing the environmental need to do when you put forward
:09:16. > :09:26.planning proposals for runways or a The commission received a plea from
:09:26. > :09:29.Essex, the council is urging the commission not to suggest Stansted
:09:29. > :09:34.becomes a multi—runway super hub airport with flights across the
:09:34. > :09:41.world. It says that be too costly and unacceptable to the council
:09:41. > :09:42.world. It says that be too costly Stansted airport is running at half
:09:42. > :09:50.of its capacity on one runway. Stansted airport is running at half
:09:50. > :09:54.million passengers per year, it Stansted airport is running at half
:09:54. > :10:00.Manchester airport group themselves agree it has the ability to take
:10:00. > :10:04.long—haul flights and passenger The council believes Heathrow is the
:10:04. > :10:09.best place for a new runway and The council believes Heathrow is the
:10:09. > :10:16.report said if Heathrow remains open, proposals that assumed the
:10:16. > :10:21.establishment of a giant rival super hub elsewhere would be unviable
:10:21. > :10:23.establishment of a giant rival super unsustainable. Many passengers at
:10:23. > :10:33.Stansted thought a biggest and stood It would be good and good business
:10:33. > :10:40.I do not live near Stansted. For the people around here it would be a
:10:40. > :10:46.As the country gets more populated we will need transport to get in and
:10:46. > :10:50.community thing more runways at Stansted would boost the economy.
:10:50. > :10:54.Ultimately, an extended airport Stansted would boost the economy.
:10:54. > :10:58.Stansted would mean more jobs, The county council's view is use the
:10:58. > :11:06.existing runway for flights but The county council's view is use the
:11:06. > :11:10.A robot that helps surgeons with key hole surgery has been used for the
:11:10. > :11:13.first time to remove a cancerous lung tumour. The operation took
:11:13. > :11:14.place at Papworth Hospital and the patient was able to go home after
:11:14. > :11:23.Brian Reedman is on the road to patient was able to go home after
:11:23. > :11:29.remarkable quick recovery after patient was able to go home after
:11:29. > :11:38.It was a big relief, when I came have had keyhole and not the big
:11:38. > :11:45.operation. Yes, it was very very It is the first time this rib attic
:11:45. > :11:56.telescope device has been used to remove a lunchroom at —— robotic
:11:56. > :11:57.The telescope gets knocked and gets material and part of that is because
:11:58. > :12:05.we have a systems —— assistants material and part of that is because
:12:05. > :12:10.are inexperienced or have not worked before. The robot telescope puts the
:12:10. > :12:15.image under the control of the The success of the lung operation
:12:15. > :12:24.could see the system rolled out across Britain. People as far away
:12:24. > :12:29.as Birmingham are now believed to be affected by a fire.. That took out
:12:29. > :12:33.Northamptonshire. The fire started in a tile business in Blisworth
:12:33. > :12:34.Northamptonshire. The fire started Friday. It then spread to nearby
:12:34. > :12:37.internet communications equipment. Customers from 16 telephone exchange
:12:37. > :12:39.areas have been affected. Engineers have faced problems gaining access
:12:40. > :12:43.to the buildings because of safety concerns. BT says it's continuing to
:12:43. > :12:45.look for ways to restore service. In cricket Northamptonshire took a
:12:46. > :12:50.big step towards promotion from Championship as they bowled out
:12:50. > :12:54.Worcestershire for 163. That gave them three of the five points they
:12:55. > :12:56.need to guarantee promotion. A score of more than 250 tomorrow will now
:12:56. > :13:11.very long time. The lifeboat station at Southend is officially the
:13:11. > :13:14.busiest in Britain. New figures from the RNLI show that 'call outs' have
:13:15. > :13:17.increased by 30 per cent this summer. Still to come, we will be
:13:18. > :13:23.chatting to Charlotte Edwards, captain of the England cricket team.
:13:23. > :13:35.How you can land a passenger jet anywhere in the world without
:13:35. > :13:39.leaving Cambridge. As you may have seen, the Labour leader Ed Miliband
:13:39. > :13:42.has promised to freeze energy prices for homes and businesses if he
:13:42. > :13:45.becomes prime minister in 2015. But before he gets the keys to Downing
:13:45. > :13:49.Street, Mr Miliband must win over large swathes of our region. Here's
:13:49. > :13:52.the challenge: As you can see Labour has very little representation at
:13:52. > :13:55.all. On all of these district authorities Labour has no
:13:55. > :13:59.councillors and if you include those councils where Labour has just one
:13:59. > :14:03.seat you can see the party has a lot of work to do. One activist from
:14:03. > :14:06.Norfolk has set up a campaign to persuade the party to adopt a rural
:14:06. > :14:13.manifesto to make Labour more electable in the countryside. A
:14:13. > :14:16.couple of weeks ago, trade unions and members of the Labour Party
:14:16. > :14:23.gathered in Norfolk to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the were
:14:23. > :14:28.local strike. It was the longest ever industrial dispute, at a time
:14:28. > :14:35.when the Labour movement were strong in the countryside. Over the last
:14:35. > :14:42.seven years, —— 70 years, Labour's influence has declined. Jack is
:14:42. > :14:47.trying to change that. He is leading a campaign for Labour to have a
:14:47. > :14:57.romantic though. It is about being adaptable. —— rural manifesto. It is
:14:57. > :15:01.not one size fits all. It is about making something that is specific
:15:01. > :15:09.for Norfolk. Something specific for Suffolk. Something specific for
:15:09. > :15:14.Anglesey. That is what the manifesto does and it is something Labour has
:15:14. > :15:18.not done. A shortage of affordable homes, Prue Communications, the
:15:18. > :15:25.importance of farming. Things Labour talks about, but the rest of ——
:15:25. > :15:30.message does not resonate in the countryside. —— bad communication.
:15:31. > :15:32.Campaigners say Labour does not appear to understand the
:15:32. > :15:39.countryside, believing people who live here to be well off. It would
:15:39. > :15:46.be very nice if one nation Labour did not stop at the city limits.
:15:46. > :15:50.Jack cannot afford to get to the party conference this week but his
:15:50. > :15:55.paper is being spoken about a lot. Can Labour find a way to refine the
:15:55. > :15:58.message and show that they care about the countryside? I absolutely
:15:59. > :16:03.believe Labour can be the party of the countryside. It may not be
:16:03. > :16:07.relevant but if you think in the police and crime Commissioner
:16:07. > :16:13.campaign we were not just winning in places like Ipswich but places like
:16:14. > :16:18.Dunwich. We should be inspired and think that there are votes in these
:16:18. > :16:23.communities. 200 new councillors have been elected for Labour in the
:16:23. > :16:28.East but nearly all of them have been in urban areas. None of the
:16:28. > :16:31.target seats are in the countryside. Labour believes it has
:16:31. > :16:39.the policies but needs to find a way of getting the message of cross ——
:16:39. > :16:43.across. Pig farmers in this region have won a new ally today in the
:16:43. > :16:47.shape of Joanna Lumley. She has been full of praise for the way they care
:16:48. > :16:51.for their animals. Nearly a third of the country's pork is produced here
:16:51. > :16:54.in the East of England. But the industry is being undercut by
:16:54. > :16:57.producers in Europe who are still using illegal methods of rearing
:16:57. > :17:09.pigs. Joanna Lumley says it's time they were prosecuted. Compassionate
:17:09. > :17:14.farming says this privilege, shot in Europe, shows a blatant disregard
:17:14. > :17:20.for regulations. From this year, the tethering of pregnant pigs was
:17:20. > :17:23.outlawed. It is footage which infuriates Jimmy Butler, who farms
:17:23. > :17:28.free range pigs on the Suffolk coast. All of East Anglia's pig
:17:28. > :17:35.farmers have had to comply with ethical rules since 1999. The rest
:17:35. > :17:43.of Europe was given ten years, they have ignored it. Now there is nine
:17:43. > :17:51.countries out of 15, nine of them are not compliant. Why are we still
:17:51. > :17:55.importing from those countries? I struggle to understand. Today in
:17:55. > :18:00.Brussels, Joanna Lumley backed the campaign exposing the scale of the
:18:00. > :18:04.problem. Countries breaking the law include Germany and Denmark. The Mac
:18:04. > :18:12.I condemn those who give animals freedom. The ones who are getting
:18:12. > :18:16.away with it deserve to have the law come down like them on a tonne of
:18:16. > :18:25.bricks if it was is, the papers would be agreed. They agree that
:18:25. > :18:29.they should be prosecuted and fined. People should act with their wallets
:18:29. > :18:34.and by British produce until we can make sure the rest of Europe is
:18:34. > :18:38.compliant. European Commission has launched proceedings but the wheels
:18:38. > :18:45.are turning slowly. Farmers like Jimmy Butler are deeply frustrated
:18:45. > :18:48.by what he sees as double standards. Summer 2013 will go down as one of
:18:48. > :18:52.the best for English cricket: Essex batsman Alastair Cook led his side
:18:52. > :18:53.to victory in the Ashes and Charlotte Edwards from
:18:54. > :18:59.Cambridgeshire completed the double as captain of the women's team which
:18:59. > :19:02.also beat the Australians. This afternoon, Charlotte returned to her
:19:02. > :19:06.roots in Ramsey, taking part in a children's coaching session. And, of
:19:06. > :19:13.course, showing off that famous trophy. I'm delighted to say we can
:19:13. > :19:16.link up with Charlotte now. A great year for you and I think you have
:19:17. > :19:25.the trophy there with you. Let's have a closer look. It is obviously
:19:25. > :19:32.great to bring the trophy back home tonight. This is somewhere with fond
:19:32. > :19:38.memories for me. Charlotte, you don't call that the Ashes, do you?
:19:38. > :19:44.Yes, we do. We have a slightly different format, played over three
:19:44. > :19:48.formats, and this is the first time it has been played this summer, and
:19:48. > :19:54.this is the lovely new trophy. You played a test match, then some other
:19:54. > :20:00.formats, and you got points for all of those. It was quite close until
:20:00. > :20:06.the end, wasn't it? Yes, the scoreline probably does not suggest
:20:06. > :20:12.how close it was. It was 12—4 in the end. It was three or four weeks ago
:20:12. > :20:18.that we did the test, and we finally got to lift this trophy in Durham. I
:20:18. > :20:26.bet you got a great reception. You have been for quite a few years.
:20:26. > :20:30.These still enjoy it as much? Summer's a very special time, and
:20:30. > :20:39.ones like this are very special. I am very proud of what the team has
:20:39. > :20:43.achieved and it is great to bring this trophy back. If that is getting
:20:43. > :20:50.heavy feel free to get somebody to take it off you. It has been... I
:20:50. > :20:53.remember watching you in previous years and you were living on your
:20:53. > :21:01.nerves. Was it as nerve wracking this year? Yes, I have looked back
:21:01. > :21:04.on some of the footage and it is quite embarrassing how nervous I was
:21:04. > :21:09.but that is how much it means to us as players to win this trophy and to
:21:09. > :21:14.beat the stray Leah and obviously, the guys did fantastically well. To
:21:14. > :21:19.double that up has made it a great summer for English cricket. Another
:21:19. > :21:27.thing that is important for you is to encourage young girls into sport.
:21:27. > :21:34.I'm sure that success like that will help. It is just as important,
:21:34. > :21:38.inspiring girls to play cricket. There looks to be a lot of girls up
:21:38. > :21:44.here tonight, which probably ten years ago you would not see. It is
:21:44. > :21:49.great to come back and see that and hopefully that is happening across
:21:49. > :21:55.the country and East Anglia, which is very close to my heart.
:21:55. > :22:03.Congratulations. That Alastair Cook for new? —— has Alastair Cook called
:22:03. > :22:09.you? Not a phone call, I saw him a few weeks ago and they all said well
:22:09. > :22:15.done. They did a great job themselves. Thank you for being with
:22:15. > :22:19.us. Thank you very much. Starting this week trainee airline pilots
:22:19. > :22:23.will be able to take off — and land — at any airport in the world
:22:23. > :22:27.without leaving Cambridge. Marshalls Aerospace has set up a new pilots'
:22:27. > :22:32.academy to train the airline pilots of the future. The unit houses the
:22:32. > :22:36.most advanced flight simulator of its kind. It will provide trainees
:22:36. > :22:40.with the most realistic experience available. But it doesn't come cheap
:22:40. > :22:47.— an hour in the seat will cost you £400.
:22:47. > :22:54.Final approach into Stansted Airport, but it could be Salzburg or
:22:54. > :23:00.Salt Lake City. This simulator can put you anywhere in the world at any
:23:00. > :23:05.time of day. This is the latest generation Boeing 747. It is the
:23:05. > :23:10.sort of airliner you would be flying with your family on holiday. This is
:23:10. > :23:18.the same as a Boeing 737 so you could do your training in this and
:23:18. > :23:20.come straight out of the aircraft. Simulators are a serious investment
:23:20. > :23:26.and this is the most advanced of its type in the UK. It cost around £2
:23:26. > :23:34.million to buy and on hour in either seat will set you back £400. Since
:23:34. > :23:38.the simulator has been here, pilots like grip here have used it for
:23:38. > :23:46.refresher training. Now the company is taking it to the next level by
:23:46. > :23:49.training up new pilots. The number of pilots operating within Europe
:23:49. > :23:56.will double over the next 20 years. That means we can do a lot here.
:23:56. > :23:59.Cambridge is an ideal location with the proximity to Stansted and Luton
:23:59. > :24:08.and direct flights into Cambridge airport. Lots of students come from
:24:08. > :24:12.overseas. It is ideal for us. Two companies already use the simulator.
:24:12. > :24:18.Now the Academy will see companies from all over Europe progress with
:24:18. > :24:22.the likes of easyJet, Ryanair and Thompson. Like the plane it
:24:22. > :24:28.represents, this simulator is something of a workhorse. In use 16
:24:28. > :24:33.hours a day, seven days a week, it can be called upon to fly to any one
:24:33. > :24:38.of 24,000 airports around the world. But come January the fleet will
:24:38. > :24:48.double in size. They will have a different simulator appealing to yet
:24:48. > :24:59.more airlines. Business is soaring. I fancy that, but £400 per hour. Can
:24:59. > :25:04.I have a shot? Now the weather. Good evening. We have a settled forecast
:25:04. > :25:08.this week. It will stay mainly dry but be a little cloudy at times.
:25:08. > :25:11.That makes surprise you because we have high pressure across the
:25:11. > :25:16.British Isles at the moment. We are close to the high pressure. We have
:25:16. > :25:20.had warm air moving up from France. The temperatures have been quite
:25:20. > :25:25.reasonable. The detail is going to be the sunshine. Today was a case in
:25:25. > :25:39.point. We had missed and fog patches first thing. For some of us,
:25:39. > :25:50.sunshine. Overnight, it is going to stay dry. In places, fog patches
:25:50. > :26:03.could be dense, but it will remain mild. An expected lower of 12
:26:03. > :26:07.Celsius. Tomorrow will be grey and misty in places, and it might linger
:26:07. > :26:14.through the morning. We have an onshore breeze around the coast of
:26:14. > :26:19.Norfolk. It may stave misty —— remain. There is a chance of it
:26:19. > :26:33.breaking up. It will feel warm and the sunshine, 20 degrees. Into the
:26:33. > :26:37.afternoon, it is dry, but in some areas it will stay cloudy. Looking
:26:37. > :26:46.ahead we have a weather front moving southwards on Thursday full up
:26:46. > :26:53.overnight, and it will introduce clearer and cooler air. A better
:26:53. > :27:11.chance of sunshine if you do not see it tomorrow. Perhaps the weather
:27:11. > :27:15.front might produce light drizzle. On Friday we start rather grey and
:27:15. > :27:26.misty. We should see some bright or sunny spells. An area of low
:27:26. > :27:37.pressure is moving in. It will bring in an increased risk of showers. It
:27:37. > :27:40.will stay relatively mild. That not too bad. I will be playing golf.
:27:40. > :27:42.Goodbye.