:00:13. > :00:21.As the funerals take place in America, a vigil in Northampton
:00:22. > :00:25.Give us back our cardiac unit. We will be later in the programme
:00:26. > :00:29.with the rest of the news including how much is the racing industry
:00:30. > :00:31.worth to new markets? A new report shows it brings in millions of
:00:32. > :00:44.pounds every week. The mighty machines helping farmers
:00:45. > :00:48.to boost their crops. Good evening. As we begin tonight,
:00:49. > :00:51.in Utah in the United States, the funerals are taking place of the
:00:52. > :00:55.Northampton woman, her daughter and two grandchildren killed in a
:00:56. > :01:00.shooting last weekend. Marie King, Kelly Boren and the children were
:01:01. > :01:03.apparently shot by Kelly's husband. This evening a vigil is taking place
:01:04. > :01:14.in Wootton in Northampton where the family lived before moving to
:01:15. > :01:23.America. Neil Bradford is there now. Yes, the family would like to be in
:01:24. > :01:28.Utah right now at their relatives funerals. But for them including
:01:29. > :01:32.four of Marie King's brothers and three of her sisters, it is
:01:33. > :01:38.impossible. The rate the family but a close family and they have come
:01:39. > :01:43.here to remember and to mourn. About half an hour ago they released
:01:44. > :01:47.balloons and let candles to coincide with the relatives funerals across
:01:48. > :01:53.the pond. They are separated by the Atlantic
:01:54. > :01:59.but united in their grief. Tonight in Northampton and in Utah, two
:02:00. > :02:03.communities are saying farewell to an entire family. Last week,
:02:04. > :02:13.32`year`old Kelly Boren was shot dead by her husband. He also killed
:02:14. > :02:17.their two children along with Kelly Boren's mother, Marie King.
:02:18. > :02:29.Man`mac, a police officer, then took his own life. Speaking to a US news
:02:30. > :02:32.channel, Kelly Boren's father spoke of his distress. I can't even
:02:33. > :02:38.question it. I can't even strike out at him. He took that away from me.
:02:39. > :02:45.As a father, there is nothing he would not do to protect your kids.
:02:46. > :03:03.We thought he felt that way too Too brutally killed them. I don't know
:03:04. > :03:08.what to say. 55`year`old Marie King, now separated from her husband, grew
:03:09. > :03:12.up in Northampton. She had moved to be closer to her daughter and
:03:13. > :03:15.grandchildren. The family had plans to visit the UK this autumn. Late
:03:16. > :03:24.last Thursday, their bodies were discovered in the family home in the
:03:25. > :03:30.towns of `` 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Police say Kelly Boren
:03:31. > :03:38.and her husband were experiencing marital problems. There were many
:03:39. > :03:43.tears and much emotion at the video half an hour ago. What is this ``
:03:44. > :03:48.what is making this difficult for the family is the distance between
:03:49. > :03:56.sheer and the United States. Almost 5000 miles. They can't make sense of
:03:57. > :04:00.the sentence. A loving family, in English and
:04:01. > :04:10.American family. The word a solid unit. He lived for each other. They
:04:11. > :04:19.were just so loving. They supported each other. They live together. It
:04:20. > :04:26.is just a typical family. How hard has this news been to take? We are
:04:27. > :04:36.all heartbroken, all of us. We can't understand why it has happened, we
:04:37. > :04:40.never will. It is devastating. It is clear by talking to the family day
:04:41. > :04:48.at taking great strength from coming together this evening. What also is
:04:49. > :04:57.striking, speaking to Marie King, family is they bear no... They
:04:58. > :05:01.simply cannot understand why he did what he did.
:05:02. > :05:07.Campaigners in Daventry say they are determined to get the town's cardiac
:05:08. > :05:09.unit reopened. It's nine months since the Nene Commissioning Group
:05:10. > :05:13.ended heart services at Danetre Hospital forcing patients to move to
:05:14. > :05:23.Northampton or Kettering instead. Many are meeting tonight to discuss
:05:24. > :05:28.how they can reverse the decision. This woman managed the
:05:29. > :05:32.rehabilitation centre for all those five years. Services have been moved
:05:33. > :05:36.and she says patients are receiving a substandard service and ultimately
:05:37. > :05:42.she fears that for some the chances of a full recovery could be damaged.
:05:43. > :05:46.They will get put the service, possibly, because of the distance
:05:47. > :05:50.and also are they prepared to make that journey to go for cardiac
:05:51. > :05:55.rehabilitation? Are they being seen quickly enough after the event? You
:05:56. > :06:00.do need to see someone just literally, not soon after
:06:01. > :06:07.discharge. I am very, very upset for people who have lost a fantastic
:06:08. > :06:09.service. Now the service has gone, campaigners say the journey to
:06:10. > :06:15.either Kettering or Northampton is not tactical. Especially as some
:06:16. > :06:18.cardiac patients are banned from driving for a period of time after
:06:19. > :06:24.their attack. When you do get there, and pain are saved over hospital
:06:25. > :06:32.struggled to cope. `` and when they get there. There is facilities here
:06:33. > :06:37.available for the cardiac unit to be used here. The fact we have free car
:06:38. > :06:40.parking, we have plenty of car parking, easy access, all the things
:06:41. > :06:45.Kettering and Northampton find a struggle. The Nene Commissioning
:06:46. > :06:48.Group told us that the decision was made to bring the county 's cardiac
:06:49. > :06:53.services in line with the national justification. That means the
:06:54. > :06:57.services are being provided at acute hospitals both at Kettering and
:06:58. > :07:03.Northampton. They said here in Daventry, a further 20 GPs are being
:07:04. > :07:09.credited to offer enhanced cardiology services. But those
:07:10. > :07:12.reassurances have failed to convince campaigners who say they hope to
:07:13. > :07:17.nice public meeting will further increase the pressure for a rethink.
:07:18. > :07:21.`` tonight 's public meeting. The demolition of Bedford town hall
:07:22. > :07:24.will start next week, part of a ?45 million investment in the time
:07:25. > :07:28.centre. The new multiscreen cinema, restaurants and a bus station. But
:07:29. > :07:38.shopkeepers on the edges of town say they feel abandoned and desperately
:07:39. > :07:43.need investment too. For 50 years it has dwarfed Bedford
:07:44. > :07:49.phosphoric buildings. But not for much longer. This is the view from
:07:50. > :07:55.the top. Block by block, the Townhall will be taken down. Taking
:07:56. > :08:01.his place, Newtown Square. Bedford is a towns centre and its proximity
:08:02. > :08:06.to London, it has tremendous potential. It has not lived up to
:08:07. > :08:12.the potential for some time. Schemes like this are starting the step
:08:13. > :08:17.change to make a much more pleasant place to visit. The new cinema,
:08:18. > :08:22.restaurants, hotels and bars. The crosstown, building will start at
:08:23. > :08:27.the same time on Auden bus station. `` on a new bus station. In the
:08:28. > :08:33.distance, the building covered in plastic is the site of the new
:08:34. > :08:39.station. Here, the old Townhall That is the site of the Riverside
:08:40. > :08:44.development. ?45 million will be spent here. Just a stones throw
:08:45. > :08:50.away, shopkeepers are crying out for investment. This florist feel they
:08:51. > :08:55.are forgotten. We feel a bit abandoned appear. We have not had
:08:56. > :09:00.the investment. Shops are empty and have been for quite awhile. Shots
:09:01. > :09:07.are vandalised. Sometimes the windows gone in the morning. More
:09:08. > :09:16.and more businesses are beginning to disappear. We feel isolated. We are
:09:17. > :09:24.managing an investment and bringing people in. We have to continue that
:09:25. > :09:30.investment and get money in. We have got to find many to invest and do
:09:31. > :09:33.that. Bedford 's new face live should be `` finished in 18 months.
:09:34. > :09:37.Many businesses are hoping further investments will follow.
:09:38. > :09:41.And tomorrow, BBC Three Counties Radio will be broadcasting for one
:09:42. > :09:45.last time from the shell of the old town hall office block. Roberto
:09:46. > :09:50.Perrone will be there from 3.00pm to 7.00pm.
:09:51. > :09:54.A gang which carried out a ram raid on a Cambridgeshire bank has been
:09:55. > :09:59.ordered to repay ?109,000. Ivan Hutchinson, Ebby Hall and Kevin
:10:00. > :10:02.Smith were jailed in July. The men used a stolen JCB to smash through
:10:03. > :10:08.the wall of Barclays in Kimbolton in September 2012. They stole almost
:10:09. > :10:11.?35,000 from the ATM but the court has added the cost of the stolen
:10:12. > :10:17.vehicles to the amount they must repay. They have six months to
:10:18. > :10:22.settle the debt or face a further six months in jail.
:10:23. > :10:26.A Cambridgeshire woman who was attacked by a stag whilst on holiday
:10:27. > :10:30.in Scotland is now walking again. Dr Kate Stone was gored through the
:10:31. > :10:33.neck by the animal and spent a week in an induced coma. She is still
:10:34. > :10:39.receiving intensive physiotherapy in hospital but is now able to walk
:10:40. > :10:43.short distances. It will be quicker, cheaper and
:10:44. > :10:47.should not distract drivers. What Anglican Water says about its new
:10:48. > :10:50.technique repairing sewers. Last year people faced weeks of problems
:10:51. > :10:54.in Cambridge when the sewer collapsed in the city centre. But
:10:55. > :11:05.now instead of tackling the problem from above they're digging a tunnel
:11:06. > :11:09.from below. These sewers in this city are old,
:11:10. > :11:14.dating back to the 1890s and they had deep underground, around ten
:11:15. > :11:17.metres which is the depth of two double`decker buses. That causes
:11:18. > :11:24.problems when one of them collapses which happened here last July. Since
:11:25. > :11:28.then, temporary measures have been put in place but now the real work
:11:29. > :11:33.is starting and you won't see any road closed signs. It is all
:11:34. > :11:38.happening down here. This is what they are doing. They have the
:11:39. > :11:42.capacity five eaters down and are tunnelling ten metres along in the
:11:43. > :11:46.Pembroke Street to join up with the old sewer. That has been blocked and
:11:47. > :11:52.a new sewer pipe is connected which runs along the tunnel and up to
:11:53. > :11:56.Pembroke College. The road out there is a busy road, especially now they
:11:57. > :12:00.are back in college with students and the amount of cars running
:12:01. > :12:06.through there. It would be mayhem out there. This is just the way
:12:07. > :12:10.forward. The turnout was dug by hand, it is tough work but it
:12:11. > :12:14.would've taken five months of the road had closed. It will now take
:12:15. > :12:20.two, making it quicker, a lot less disruptive and cheaper. We're
:12:21. > :12:23.talking about an excavation that would have been three times the
:12:24. > :12:30.value of what we're doing here now. We are talking about ?600,000. That
:12:31. > :12:34.is all on customers bills so that is not something we want to push
:12:35. > :12:45.especially if it will disrupt their life as well. This is going to cost
:12:46. > :12:50.200,000? Yes, a two and `` a ?200,000 solution. It is likely this
:12:51. > :12:59.will be the last time this will happen. 150 jobs could be a
:13:00. > :13:02.Barclaycard in Northampton. The company has entered into
:13:03. > :13:07.consultation with the Unite union. The union hope it `` they will not
:13:08. > :13:11.be any compulsory redundancies. Police in Leighton Buzzard say they
:13:12. > :13:14.are leaving no stone unturned in the search for a man who disappeared
:13:15. > :13:17.three weeks ago tonight. Neil Devlin, who has mild learning
:13:18. > :13:20.difficulties, was last seen leaving a friend's house in Falcon Mews at
:13:21. > :13:27.11:30pm. Officers will be in the area tonight asking members of the
:13:28. > :13:29.public if they remember seeing him. .
:13:30. > :13:30.Those are tonight's top stories Let's join Stewart
:13:31. > :13:34.patients themselves. The donation will pave the three support workers
:13:35. > :13:42.for the next five years. `` will pay for three support
:13:43. > :13:44.workers. Still to come: 21st`century
:13:45. > :13:48.tractors. Plus, they call it the sport of
:13:49. > :13:59.kings, but what about everybody else? A special report from
:14:00. > :14:03.Newmarket coming up. New figures out today show the
:14:04. > :14:06.number of people out of work in this region has fallen to its lowest
:14:07. > :14:08.level for five years. The regional unemployment total now stands at
:14:09. > :14:13.178,000. It makes the East one of the best
:14:14. > :14:15.places in the UK to find a new job. So, where are they being created?
:14:16. > :14:18.Our business correspondent Richard Bond has been finding out.
:14:19. > :14:24.What with booms and busts, we've had our ups and downs over the years
:14:25. > :14:28.when it comes to jobs. In the early '90s, unemployment in this region
:14:29. > :14:32.hit a peak of 253,000. Then came a long period of growth which brought
:14:33. > :14:38.the total down to 93,000 in 2003. The last recession took it back up
:14:39. > :14:42.to 221,000. That was in 2011. However, in the last year, there's
:14:43. > :14:47.been an appreciable drop. There are now 56,000 more jobs in the region's
:14:48. > :14:51.economy than there were a year ago. So, where are those jobs coming
:14:52. > :14:54.from? Well, interestingly, given the constraints on public spending,
:14:55. > :14:59.quite a lot of them are in the public sector. Employment in health
:15:00. > :15:03.and social work across the East is up 40,000. Suffolk County Council
:15:04. > :15:13.employs 220 social workers at several offices, including this one
:15:14. > :15:19.in Bury St Edmunds. We had a very successful year in 2013 and we are
:15:20. > :15:25.able to recruit 45 vacant social work posts. Our service remains very
:15:26. > :15:28.busy and there will be further recruitment that we are needing to
:15:29. > :15:31.do in 2014. Moving on to other sectors, there are 32,000 more jobs
:15:32. > :15:37.in professional, scientific and technical roles and 29,000 more in
:15:38. > :15:40.administrative and support roles. The insurance broker Hastings Direct
:15:41. > :15:48.employs 250 people at its call centre in Newmarket. It wants to
:15:49. > :15:57.take on 100 new staff this year and is currently recruiting about half
:15:58. > :16:02.that number. We have 250 people here in Newmarket. We are looking to grow
:16:03. > :16:07.by 44 new roles in various departments, customer service,
:16:08. > :16:11.sales, back office. We need to do that in the near future. One other
:16:12. > :16:15.trend ` women in the region have benefited more from the drop in
:16:16. > :16:17.unemployment over the past year than men.
:16:18. > :16:20.Well, one place where there has been plenty of employment over the years
:16:21. > :16:23.has been Newmarket. Today, economic experts worked out what the racing
:16:24. > :16:30.industry generates in terms of cash and jobs for the town. Here are the
:16:31. > :16:35.numbers: Racing turns over ?208 million a year, an average of ?4
:16:36. > :16:40.million every week. And it employs 8,500 workers. The independent
:16:41. > :16:47.report published today says the money benefits the whole local
:16:48. > :16:51.economy. It is the sport of kings and this is
:16:52. > :16:57.its factory. From farriers and that's to the sales and scientific
:16:58. > :17:00.laboratories, not to mention two world`class racecourses, the equine
:17:01. > :17:05.sector in and around Newmarket is enormous. What we have had here in
:17:06. > :17:11.the last 15 years is an incredible influx in investment from the Middle
:17:12. > :17:17.East, the Far East and into the Newmarket area, into the stud farms,
:17:18. > :17:21.the stallions, as well as the horse racing industry. You market has now
:17:22. > :17:26.become number one in the northern hemisphere. Today we find out the
:17:27. > :17:30.financial importance of the equine world. It generates ?208 million a
:17:31. > :17:36.year and is responsible for 8500 jobs, with trainers and stud farms
:17:37. > :17:41.the leading contributors. This that is living proof of how the sport has
:17:42. > :17:47.expanded in the town. `` this vet. We have been trying to build a big
:17:48. > :17:54.cost little for years. `` a big hospital. We moved out in 2009 from
:17:55. > :17:58.our old premises to a large 15 acre site on the edge of town. This
:17:59. > :18:03.report emphasises how important the horse racing industry is to this
:18:04. > :18:05.part of the region. Its image and reputation is crucial to its
:18:06. > :18:12.existence will stop of all the money invested, how much is spent here? ``
:18:13. > :18:17.crucial to its existence. Some businesses benefit. The subtle red
:18:18. > :18:22.shops, things like that. And probably some of the town centre
:18:23. > :18:29.eateries and pubs. But retail as a whole, we do not see the benefit.
:18:30. > :18:33.The racing industry and the yards and trainers and studs have a moral
:18:34. > :18:37.obligation to support their town and I feel as far as retail is concerned
:18:38. > :18:41.they do not support their town. Until now, Newmarket's status as an
:18:42. > :18:47.equestrian powerhouse was assumed. Now it has hard facts. Its financial
:18:48. > :18:53.value to those not associated with the support is `` with the sport is
:18:54. > :18:56.still difficult to judge. William Gittus is from the Newmarket
:18:57. > :19:02.Horseman's group which together with the district council commissioned
:19:03. > :19:04.the report... He's in Cambridge now There's been heavy traffic round the
:19:05. > :19:11.East of England Showground near Peterborough today.
:19:12. > :19:17.How evenly is the money being shared around? The claim that it is not
:19:18. > :19:27.contributing to the high street is rather strange. The industry as you
:19:28. > :19:34.said earlier supports 8500 jobs. Only about 3500 of those are direct
:19:35. > :19:38.employment. The rest of those at indirect lament from expenditure
:19:39. > :19:46.from those people employed within the industry and non`industry
:19:47. > :19:50.businesses `` indirect employment. Whatever is generated by the
:19:51. > :19:54.industry stays within the industry, that is the accusation. Where do
:19:55. > :20:01.people think those people paid in the industry by their food,
:20:02. > :20:08.clothing? It is a wealthy industry. You have got wealthy people at the
:20:09. > :20:11.top and it is supported by people who are not played so well at the
:20:12. > :20:19.bottom, the stable hands. `` not paid so well. That is an obvious
:20:20. > :20:25.point to make. But I think the wealthy people at the top, as you
:20:26. > :20:28.call them, I would rather plan them as benefactors. These people poured
:20:29. > :20:32.huge amounts of money into the industry and the local economy.
:20:33. > :20:35.Newmarket would be a very different place without the industry. I think
:20:36. > :20:44.without it Newmarket would become a fairly boring unknown market town.
:20:45. > :20:50.Whereas as it is today, it is unique, very special and has a
:20:51. > :20:57.fantastic environment and is known worldwide for being a world leader
:20:58. > :21:04.in the sport. Thank you very much indeed. There has been heavy traffic
:21:05. > :21:08.around the trade show today. Visitors from around the world have
:21:09. > :21:11.descended on the venue to see the latest in agricultural technology.
:21:12. > :21:13.The star exhibits include hi`tech tractors and flying drones. Claire
:21:14. > :21:30.Marshall has been for a look round. Farming does not get more glamorous
:21:31. > :21:35.than this. This show is the giant sweet shop for tens of thousands of
:21:36. > :21:43.farmers from all over the world is full of first up, designed and made
:21:44. > :21:48.in the UK. `` all over the world. All I've our products utilise
:21:49. > :21:53.digital video cameras that look down at the crop in front of the
:21:54. > :21:59.machine. The images are analysed by a computer that finds at exactly the
:22:00. > :22:04.position of the plants. This is a weedy field of brassicas. The camera
:22:05. > :22:11.comes down and if there are weeds... It will cut the weeds
:22:12. > :22:16.between the rows of plants and between the individual plants. Take
:22:17. > :22:22.a look at this crop sprayer. It will set you back quite a lot. Its
:22:23. > :22:30.computer can tell you if you have missed a bit. Its designers based in
:22:31. > :22:36.Lincolnshire. Do you think Britain is leading the way? If people see
:22:37. > :22:39.that, they will buy it because it goes a long way around the world.
:22:40. > :22:48.Everything we export we put a union Jack on. Here is the latest machine
:22:49. > :22:51.to help the farmers, and amazing tractor, so simple to drive, it is
:22:52. > :23:02.easy enough for an eight`year`old boy...
:23:03. > :23:05.How things have changed. Now farmers are even taking to the
:23:06. > :23:11.skies. This drone can get you any information you need. We turn up to
:23:12. > :23:16.the farm and they tell us where they want to fly, what information they
:23:17. > :23:20.want. Do they want to know where the weeds are in their fields? We send
:23:21. > :23:25.these into the air and they have specialist sensors on`board. We
:23:26. > :23:30.capture the imagery, extract the formation and turn it back to them
:23:31. > :23:37.as data they can use to target their application and improve their
:23:38. > :23:41.yields. Yield is what it is all about. These machines have evolved
:23:42. > :23:49.from one thing, wanting to get more and better from the land.
:23:50. > :23:58.Some lovely things there! Letters take a look at the weather.
:23:59. > :24:08.A mixture of weather today. For this evening, a few showers. Tracking
:24:09. > :24:22.east. For most of us, are largely dry night. Clear spells developing.
:24:23. > :24:26.Mist and fog. Cold enough that the `` that the touch of frost. It will
:24:27. > :24:30.stay quite cold. A band of early rain will move across the region.
:24:31. > :24:34.Later on, it looks as though it will get a bit brighter. This weather
:24:35. > :24:38.front quickly rattles across the country. If you are up early, it
:24:39. > :24:44.might well be dry and bright first thing. Quite quickly turning cloudy.
:24:45. > :24:49.A band of showery rain. There could be heavy bursts. It clears quickly.
:24:50. > :24:54.A brisk north`westerly wind making it feel cold. The sunshine is likely
:24:55. > :25:02.to come out, maybe making it feel a little better. Certainly feeling
:25:03. > :25:04.colder than it did today. It looks largely dry and bright in the
:25:05. > :25:08.afternoon. The skies will be responsible for quite a sharp frost
:25:09. > :25:12.tomorrow night. The pressure pattern is staying pretty unsettled. This is
:25:13. > :25:16.the pattern for Friday. The next weather front bringing us a band of
:25:17. > :25:21.rain. Brisk westerly winds. Behind me on the chart, that is the low
:25:22. > :25:27.coming Sunday. We are certainly not having any respite from the rain.
:25:28. > :25:31.For Friday, looking like it has sped up slightly. It might just be dry to
:25:32. > :25:37.start with. Quite quickly cloudy with rain spreading in. Much of it
:25:38. > :25:42.out the way on Saturday. Saturday looks like a better day. Gradually
:25:43. > :25:47.improving. A lot of cloud around but not quite so cold. The sharp frost
:25:48. > :25:50.follows on Saturday. The next weather front coming on Sunday.
:25:51. > :25:54.Whether staying very unsettled. Thank you very much.
:25:55. > :26:19.We think. We will see you tomorrow night.
:26:20. > :26:23.We all have hopes and fears for the future