:00:00. > :00:11.That's all from us. A first look at the papers on the news channel. Now
:00:12. > :00:18.Good evening. Conservative MP Peter Bone has strongly denied allegations
:00:19. > :00:21.that he's committed fraud. The Northamptonshire MP says he and his
:00:22. > :00:25.wife Jennie are "totally innocent" of the claims which relate to the
:00:26. > :00:28.care of his elderly mother in law. Mr Bone, who's been the MP for
:00:29. > :00:32.Wellingborough since 2005, says he's been living a "surreal nightmare"
:00:33. > :00:43.since a police raid on his home last year. Mike Cartwright reports.
:00:44. > :00:48.Questions over allegations of fraud, and NP waiting to hear if he will
:00:49. > :00:55.face prosecution. Peter Bowes says he's innocent. The allegations are
:00:56. > :00:59.surreal nightmare, he says. The council contacted police after fears
:01:00. > :01:03.they had been misled over the finances of Peter Bowden pot`macro
:01:04. > :01:08.mother`in`law. The authority had been partly paid for by the venture
:01:09. > :01:13.care, then allegations the family had sufficient funds themselves
:01:14. > :01:15.including money from the sale of the 81`year`old's home. Peter Bowman
:01:16. > :01:31.said the issue is simple... I know the answer, he said. Outside
:01:32. > :01:38.his constituency office some thought the story could be damaging. MPs are
:01:39. > :01:45.not known for being honest people. It would not surprise me. He says
:01:46. > :01:54.he's innocent. He might be. It isn't very good. The dispute began in 2009
:01:55. > :01:58.after a failure to fund his mother`in`law pot`macro care. In
:01:59. > :02:04.2013, his home was raided by police, personal papers and documents were
:02:05. > :02:09.taken. The next month, the MP and his wife what questioned by
:02:10. > :02:16.officers. Peter Bowden says his belief in the police has been
:02:17. > :02:21.shattered. Today, they confirmed a 61`year`old man had been formally
:02:22. > :02:27.interviewed. The county council says lawyers advised them not to comment.
:02:28. > :02:32.Allegations have made the front pages. Peter bone wondered if the
:02:33. > :02:37.story was leaked to the press by the police.
:02:38. > :02:41.Plans have been unveiled for more homes and businesses in this region
:02:42. > :02:44.to get superfast broadband. The Government is to boost its funding
:02:45. > :02:49.for the project with more than 14 million being invested here. So who
:02:50. > :02:52.will benefit? Waseem Mirza has the details.
:02:53. > :02:55.The roll out of superfast broadband is well underway but today the
:02:56. > :02:59.Government has pledged even more funding to help areas which it says
:03:00. > :03:03.are hardest to reach and stand to benefit the most. Homes and
:03:04. > :03:07.businesses here will get more than ?14 million towards faster broadband
:03:08. > :03:12.projects. Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire will receive the
:03:13. > :03:14.largest share of the pot. More than ?3.6 million for Northamptonshire
:03:15. > :03:20.with slightly less for projects in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
:03:21. > :03:23.Borough, Milton Keynes and Luton. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will
:03:24. > :03:28.receive just under one million pounds. So why is this important?
:03:29. > :03:31.For many small and medium sized businesses better broadband could
:03:32. > :03:37.mean the difference between more productivity and new jobs or put
:03:38. > :03:39.their survival at risk. Destination Digital is a scheme that gives
:03:40. > :03:49.grants to businesses in Cambridgeshire to help bridge that
:03:50. > :03:54.divide. If we didn't get this right there are other places in the world
:03:55. > :03:58.like Korea and China and India and Brazil who are investing in this
:03:59. > :04:02.technology and we cannot afford to be left behind.
:04:03. > :04:06.But is time running out? The Government says it's aiming for 95%
:04:07. > :04:09.of the country to get superfast speeds by 2017.
:04:10. > :04:11.The girlfriend of a man who drowned while searching for a missing
:04:12. > :04:15.teenager has described how she desperately tried to save him before
:04:16. > :04:17.he Disappeared under the water. Ryan Pettengell from King's Lynn and
:04:18. > :04:21.16`year`old Umar Balogun both drowned at Bawsey Pitts on the same
:04:22. > :04:27.day in what a coroner has described as a "tragic coincidence". This
:04:28. > :04:36.afternoon a jury returned a verdict of accidental death on Mr
:04:37. > :04:40.Pettengell. His mother and family arriving at
:04:41. > :04:44.being questioned. He drowned on the same day at the same pits as the
:04:45. > :04:51.teenager he was looking for. Not knowing when he jumped in the water
:04:52. > :04:54.the body had already been found He is the sort of guy who if someone
:04:55. > :04:59.was in trouble he would have gone out of his way to help them out The
:05:00. > :05:04.PC said he was there when Brian died, he could not help because he
:05:05. > :05:09.wasn't a competence woman. Before he died, you asked if he had seen a
:05:10. > :05:13.16`year`old, his girlfriend said she could see something on the island
:05:14. > :05:17.she had Swansea. Despite breaking his wrist before, he said he would
:05:18. > :05:21.swim over. She told him don't bother, don't come because you will
:05:22. > :05:35.not make it. He got halfway across and shouted, get me a stick. She
:05:36. > :05:38.said she did but it would not float. He grabbed her shoulder, she
:05:39. > :05:40.went underwater and she swallowed water and was sick. She said she
:05:41. > :05:43.went back to the islands to get another stick and when she turned
:05:44. > :05:45.around or she could see was the bubbles where he had been. Shortly
:05:46. > :05:47.after the drownings, these photographs were revealed showing
:05:48. > :05:55.the dangers under the water. This is the diver after finding the body.
:05:56. > :05:59.You have no visibility but you are really restricted in movement.
:06:00. > :06:04.Before the family left the inquest, his mother said no swimming signs
:06:05. > :06:08.should also point out the dangers under the surface. She said it would
:06:09. > :06:13.give those something else to think about.
:06:14. > :06:17.In football there were three games tonight with important consequences
:06:18. > :06:24.at the top and bottom of the tables. In League One, Stevenage, who are
:06:25. > :06:28.bottom, won against Crewe. MK Dons faint play`off hopes were boosted at
:06:29. > :06:31.Oldham where they won 2`1. Meanwhile in League Two, bottom club
:06:32. > :06:35.Northampton won 2`1 against Southend at Sixfields. And of course there'll
:06:36. > :06:38.be more on those results on your BBC Local Radio Station's Breakfast Show
:06:39. > :06:47.tomorrow morning. That's all from the late team. Time now to get the
:06:48. > :06:51.weather ` here's Alex. The rest of the night looks largely dry and
:06:52. > :06:58.under clear skies it will turn quite chilly, a touch of ground frost in
:06:59. > :07:04.places. The winds are like south`westerly. They chilly start, a
:07:05. > :07:07.fine day, sunshine in the morning, patchy cloud feeding through for the
:07:08. > :07:12.afternoon and that could produce an isolated shower but for most of us
:07:13. > :07:18.it is dry with temperatures expected to climb to 10 Celsius. The wind is
:07:19. > :07:23.fresh in the afternoon, a sign of the next weather front pushing
:07:24. > :07:27.through for Thursday. In a moment, the National forecast. I leave you
:07:28. > :07:28.with the Outlook. The weather front produces showers on Thursday, the
:07:29. > :07:35.could be heavy but drier be rain, clearing into sunshine and
:07:36. > :07:37.showers, Buster once. Then it is more difficult. Susan Powell is here
:07:38. > :07:46.to explain more international focus. Take a glimpse out of the window and
:07:47. > :07:50.the chances they will be starry skies where you are. The showers we
:07:51. > :07:54.have today are dying back to the coast. The breeze is also easing and
:07:55. > :07:59.reclaiming skies and light winds, it will be chilly overnight tonight.
:08:00. > :08:00.The wind will remain keen enough to hold the