:00:12. > :00:23.An illegal rave wrecks a former s grain harvest causing tens of
:00:24. > :00:29.thousands of pounds of damage. Lock in Northampton Town centre ` 24
:00:30. > :00:41.hours after the new bus station opens. This is the First World War
:00:42. > :00:48.from the point of view of those who refused to fight.
:00:49. > :00:54.Good evening. A Bedfordshire farmer's counting the
:00:55. > :01:01.cost of an illegal rave in one of his barns this weekend. It's thought
:01:02. > :01:04.up to two thousand people went to the farm in Meppershall, where the
:01:05. > :01:07.grain harvest was being stored. The rave lasted for hours. It took a
:01:08. > :01:11.major police operation with officers from three different forces to close
:01:12. > :01:12.it down. Six people have been arrested.
:01:13. > :01:21.William Parrish surveying the damage caused by up to 2000 revellers. Only
:01:22. > :01:25.now can he begin to count the cost. We keep the buildings as secure as
:01:26. > :01:32.possible. Obviously, being a food store it has to be kept as clean as
:01:33. > :01:40.possible. To come in here and see all this ` not only is it stressful,
:01:41. > :01:41.it's pretty soul destroying. Police from Bedfordshire,
:01:42. > :01:45.Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire were called to Manor Farm after 2am,
:01:46. > :01:52.after revellers forced their way into a green barn and started a
:01:53. > :01:55.generator ` with it, the music. It wasn't until yesterday afternoon
:01:56. > :02:00.that they began to leave, after a major police operation.
:02:01. > :02:03.We have recovered a number of vehicles. We have recovered over
:02:04. > :02:08.?100,000 worth of cash. We have also recovered a quantity of drugs, both
:02:09. > :02:12.Class A and cannabis. Damage has been caused to crops within the
:02:13. > :02:16.barn, up to ?100,000 worth. Some revellers seemed unaware of the
:02:17. > :02:20.damage that had been done. We're all having a good time, mate.
:02:21. > :02:24.We all come here, we all party it up, mate. We all have a good time.
:02:25. > :02:27.And that is it, mate. At the height of the rave, there
:02:28. > :02:31.were said to be around 200 cars here, some of which had travelled
:02:32. > :02:36.from as far as Scotland. Now, the farmer is increasing security to try
:02:37. > :02:39.to stop it happening again. It will take specialist contractors to clean
:02:40. > :02:47.up the contaminated grain to make it safe to eat.
:02:48. > :02:51.We spend ten months of the year growing the crop, and then you put
:02:52. > :02:54.it in store, you keep it in good condition, and then for the wants of
:02:55. > :03:02.revellers enjoying themselves you see all your hard work being
:03:03. > :03:06.destroyed. Now, farmers and the Farmers' Union
:03:07. > :03:12.are to meet with police to talk about fears over the crime, and the
:03:13. > :03:15.party that damaged a livelihood There's been chaos in the centre of
:03:16. > :03:20.Northampton today following the opening of the ?7 million bus
:03:21. > :03:23.station. Police were called in to help clear the traffic, and they
:03:24. > :03:33.blocked off roads to prevent traffic getting into the town centre. Louise
:03:34. > :03:36.Hubball is in Northampton now. This is as close as we can get
:03:37. > :03:42.because those police restrictions remain in place. Behind me is the
:03:43. > :03:46.old bus station, but today was supposed to be all about the new
:03:47. > :03:53.station. It was a ?7 million product... Project. This morning, it
:03:54. > :03:59.was complete chaos. There were lines of bosses not going anywhere. By
:04:00. > :04:06.lunchtime, most of the town centre was locked. `` lines of buses. A lot
:04:07. > :04:12.of frustrated passengers venting their anger on social media. One
:04:13. > :04:16.eyewitness said she saw a police helicopters circling overhead. It
:04:17. > :04:20.has been an extraordinary day. Many of the passengers we have spoken to
:04:21. > :04:29.have vented their anger very much towards the council.
:04:30. > :04:33.They just carry on, they don't listen to the people, and they just
:04:34. > :04:35.don't fit. And look at it ` it's absolute chaos.
:04:36. > :04:37.Traffic is just horrendous. This bus station isn't going to work
:04:38. > :04:40.whatsoever. It's a disgrace. It's a disgrace to
:04:41. > :04:46.Northamptonshire and to the County Council.
:04:47. > :04:50.The old bus station was once voted Britain's's ugliest building. The
:04:51. > :04:57.new one isn't proving very popular, at the minute. It was launched with
:04:58. > :05:02.huge fanfare. For this to have happened just hours after it was
:05:03. > :05:13.launched is a huge embarrassment. We put that to the leader of
:05:14. > :05:16.Northampton Borough Council. At peak time, this morning, it was
:05:17. > :05:21.fine. It actually started happening through an off`peak time.
:05:22. > :05:24.That's what we've got to address and get to terms with ` make sure it
:05:25. > :05:27.doesn't happen in future. Tomorrow morning is the future.
:05:28. > :05:32.Well, we are working hard tonight to make sure it doesn't happen
:05:33. > :05:36.tomorrow. The police have issued a statement.
:05:37. > :05:46.They're still enforcing those road closures. The main problems are
:05:47. > :05:54.around College Street. What everyone is beginning to think ` what will
:05:55. > :05:57.happen tomorrow morning? Were you particularly affected by
:05:58. > :06:01.today's delays? We'd love to hear from you, and if you see problems
:06:02. > :06:06.tomorrow please let us know by phone or email ` the details are on your
:06:07. > :06:09.screen. Next, a father's fight to reunite
:06:10. > :06:12.his family. Dave Chappell is from Peterborough. His wife is living
:06:13. > :06:16.4,000 miles way in America. Her attempt to get a visa has failed for
:06:17. > :06:19.a second time. And tonight the couple say they're running out of
:06:20. > :06:22.options. These are the rules currently governing immigration from
:06:23. > :06:26.outside the EU. You have to earn more than ?18,500 a year, or have
:06:27. > :06:29.?62,500 in savings before a visa can be issued for your spouse. If you've
:06:30. > :06:33.got children, your salary needs to be even higher. But Dave Chappell's
:06:34. > :06:38.military pension falls way short of that. Neil Bradford reports. Dave
:06:39. > :06:50.Chappell says he's as patriotic as they come,
:06:51. > :06:55.Dave Chappell says he's as patriotic as they come, but the country he
:06:56. > :06:59.loves has let his family down. Last year, his wife Brandi was refused a
:07:00. > :07:05.visa to live here. Now, they've been told their appeal has also failed.
:07:06. > :07:09.At some stage, I'm going to have to break it to Emma that I don't know
:07:10. > :07:14.when Mummy will come home. She asks every day, can we go to the airport
:07:15. > :07:19.to pick up Mummy? And I have to say no. But there is going to come a day
:07:20. > :07:22.when I have to say I don't know when Mummy will be coming home.
:07:23. > :07:25.The retired Navy police officer met his wife, who served with the U S.
:07:26. > :07:28.Navy, whilst stationed abroad. Her visa has been rejected because Dave
:07:29. > :07:31.does not earn enough money. His military pension falls short of the
:07:32. > :07:35.minimum income required by the UK border agency. A parliamentary
:07:36. > :07:41.committee recently found it an amount unattainable for many.
:07:42. > :07:48.They found that this income level of ?18,600 is one that 47% of the UK
:07:49. > :07:52.population couldn't comply with That means that a large number of
:07:53. > :07:55.people currently in the UK wouldn't be able to sponsor an overseas
:07:56. > :07:59.spouse, if they were to happen to fall in love with what the Home
:08:00. > :08:03.Office may see as the wrong person. Dave is unable to visit his wife in
:08:04. > :08:07.America because he broke US visa laws. He accepts that he made a
:08:08. > :08:09.mistake but both had hoped the UK would support their wish to be
:08:10. > :08:14.together as a family. I think it's despicable. All these
:08:15. > :08:17.people come into the UK from European countries, and they are
:08:18. > :08:22.able to use their article eight human rights. But my daughter's
:08:23. > :08:25.human rights, and my husband's human rights don't count, so we are being
:08:26. > :08:29.separated because my husband doesn't make enough money.
:08:30. > :08:32.Having served my country for 27 years, I asked for one thing which
:08:33. > :08:36.was for my family to be back together, and I can't have that
:08:37. > :08:39.That's the only thing I asked for. I've never asked for anything from
:08:40. > :08:46.this country. I've given my all and I feel that we've been treated
:08:47. > :08:47.really badly. The Chappells say they are now
:08:48. > :09:02.running out of options. They are awaiting the outcome of an
:09:03. > :09:06.appeal with the US authorities, but believe the chances of them living
:09:07. > :09:13.together as a family are getting smaller by the day.
:09:14. > :09:17.And there'll be more on immigration and the families being kept apart on
:09:18. > :09:24.tonight's Inside Out. That's BBC One at 7:30pm.
:09:25. > :09:27.The MP for Peterborough has won his legal battle with the parliamentary
:09:28. > :09:30.expenses watchdog. Stewart Jackson was threatened with court action
:09:31. > :09:34.after he refused to re`pay more than ?50,000, but he's now been told it
:09:35. > :09:38.was all a mistake and he actually owes nothing. A short while ago I
:09:39. > :09:49.asked our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair about the
:09:50. > :09:54.significance of the case. This has been a bitter row between
:09:55. > :09:59.Stewart Jackson and observe. He says it has been quite damaging to his
:10:00. > :10:04.reputation. It all goes back to the last election, when rules were
:10:05. > :10:07.tightened up on second homes. MPs were told they could have a bit
:10:08. > :10:12.longer to keep claiming for their second home, but they would have to
:10:13. > :10:17.pay back any difference. Originally, 70 MPs were sent bills. All of them
:10:18. > :10:22.paid except Stewart Jackson, who said that there is no way that my
:10:23. > :10:28.home has gone up by ?75,000 in two years. It's wanted ?50,000 for
:10:29. > :10:33.that. He refused and they took into court.
:10:34. > :10:38.But he was right all along? It seems that the surveyor got his
:10:39. > :10:44.figures wrong. It's have told Stewart Jackson that he owes
:10:45. > :10:51.nothing. He is still very angry that he has run up legal bills of
:10:52. > :10:53.?25,000. He says that this was illegal overkill. It was unnecessary
:10:54. > :10:59.and totally unjustified. This won't help relations between
:11:00. > :11:04.MPs and IPSA will it? No. In number of MPs have fallen out
:11:05. > :11:10.with IPSA, thinking it a very heavy`handed indeed. IPSA are
:11:11. > :11:13.unrepentant ` they say it's our job to keep a close eye on MPs's
:11:14. > :11:21.expenses. IQ. There is worry and confusion
:11:22. > :11:30.tonight at one of Corby's largest employers. Today, a special task
:11:31. > :11:34.force of unions and politicians matched to find ways of keeping it
:11:35. > :11:38.open. The future is far from certain ` at
:11:39. > :11:42.Corby's second largest employer we found a workforce very worried.
:11:43. > :11:47.The town has plenty of industry but we are 900 people. We are going to
:11:48. > :11:51.be looking at slim pickings. I'm worried because I'm 52, now
:11:52. > :11:54.It's going to be hard to get a job at my age, again. I've worked here
:11:55. > :11:58.for nearly 30 years. Everybody is worried. What is going
:11:59. > :12:01.on? We don't know exactly. We wait for the answer.
:12:02. > :12:05.The site which packages salad is not fit for purpose and is losing money,
:12:06. > :12:08.says its owners, who, today, met with unions and politicians
:12:09. > :12:14.desperate for ways to try and save it. What came out of the meeting,
:12:15. > :12:18.today? Talks are continuing. The positive
:12:19. > :12:27.vibes I get are that all the agencies are together to make sure
:12:28. > :12:32.that they keep jobs in Corby. Investing millions to fix this site
:12:33. > :12:35.doesn't make sense, its owners say. The options are: if another company
:12:36. > :12:38.doesn't come along and buy it, either they close the factory `
:12:39. > :12:43.fully, or partially ` or move to another site in Corby. Clearly,
:12:44. > :12:46.that's what the council wants. The Borough Council can look at
:12:47. > :12:51.support around things like rates, discounts and rate` free periods.
:12:52. > :12:55.We're going to work really hard with the company to say: look, stay in
:12:56. > :12:58.Corby, these jobs are important to Corby. Corby values Solway very
:12:59. > :13:04.much. The town is growing, but could it
:13:05. > :13:08.absorb more than 800 redundancies? That's going to be a challenge, it's
:13:09. > :13:12.a big number. But Corby is fortunate ` the staff and the job centre here
:13:13. > :13:15.have been working really hard with our partners. The employment figure
:13:16. > :13:21.has gone up ` employment has gone up by 30% in the last 12 months.
:13:22. > :13:24.It's been a big employer here for more than three decades ` its
:13:25. > :13:39.departure disastrous for the town, say councillors. Its fate will be
:13:40. > :13:42.decided in the coming days. Those are your top stories, tonight.
:13:43. > :13:46.Now, it's over to Stewart and Susie, and Julie will have the weather
:13:47. > :13:47.raising the age would make the roads more dangerous. A spokesman said no
:13:48. > :14:05.decisions have been made. Still to come. Another heavy defeat
:14:06. > :14:10.for Norwich City. A different take on the First World War. We speak to
:14:11. > :14:15.the relatives of one man who refused to fight.
:14:16. > :14:19.Cycling now, and 11 of the world's top 14 women's teams have signed up
:14:20. > :14:22.to the first Women's Tour of Britain later this year. The details of the
:14:23. > :14:25.tour were announced today. It's going to start at Oundle in
:14:26. > :14:29.Northamptonshire on May seventh and finish in Bury St Edmunds four days
:14:30. > :14:39.later. Simon Newton is an bike shop in Bury now, Simon.
:14:40. > :14:44.This is one of the biggest bike shops. They sell about 500 bikes
:14:45. > :14:48.every single year, and about a quarter of those now go to women.
:14:49. > :14:55.Those women on the binaries leisure buys, they are turning to these more
:14:56. > :14:59.sportier machines. It is grown in stature. There are big races across
:15:00. > :15:05.the continent. There is a big race in Britain. The two Britain was
:15:06. > :15:16.launched today. It will finish in Bury Saint Edmunds.
:15:17. > :15:18.It's billed as a clash of cycling titans. The world's elite versus
:15:19. > :15:23.Britain's Olympic heroines. The first ever Women's Tour begins on
:15:24. > :15:30.May seventh. Five gruelling stages. 100 riders. 11 pro teams. And nearly
:15:31. > :15:34.all of it in our region. Big`name British riders include double
:15:35. > :15:37.Olympic champion Laura Trott. Silver medalist Lizzie Armistead is also
:15:38. > :15:44.competing, as is the woman who beat her to road race gold, Marianne Vos.
:15:45. > :15:47.Today, organisers were in Northamptonshire unveiling the route
:15:48. > :15:56.of Stage One from Oundle to Northampton. It'll be a huge
:15:57. > :16:03.experience. Every get nothing out of it, at least we can say we
:16:04. > :16:08.completed. We wanted to go to the east Midlands because of the good
:16:09. > :16:12.roads. It is easy to get to. We organised the men's tour and wanted
:16:13. > :16:16.to create the same thing for women. Stage two of the race on May the 8th
:16:17. > :16:20.will take the peloton from Hinkley to Bedford. The next day the women
:16:21. > :16:23.ride from Felixstowe to Clacton on the Essex coast. Stage Four goes
:16:24. > :16:26.from Cheshunt in Hertfordshire to Welwyn Garden City. The final stage,
:16:27. > :16:37.on Sunday May 11th, starts in Harwich and ends in Bury St Edmunds.
:16:38. > :16:43.The Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France now have women's events. The
:16:44. > :16:46.launch of the Women's Tour here ` say organisers ` proof that the
:16:47. > :17:00.sport's appeal not only continues to grow, but also spans the sexes. With
:17:01. > :17:06.me is Sarah who runs this bike shop. How big a deal is it for women's
:17:07. > :17:14.cycling to have those big names? It is a big deal. It will help the
:17:15. > :17:21.image of the sport. It is great it is coming to our region. For
:17:22. > :17:32.women's cycling have more popular has gained in terms of women buying
:17:33. > :17:36.bikes? The Olympics helped. Women are out there cycling. Several years
:17:37. > :17:44.ago it was mainly seen as a sport for the older gentleman, but now
:17:45. > :18:00.there is more female specific kit which looks better. Women are there
:18:01. > :18:05.in China is. `` enjoining it. We will know where these routes will
:18:06. > :18:08.take us later on. The Norwich City manager Chris
:18:09. > :18:10.Hughton is under more pressure tonight, after yesterday's four`one
:18:11. > :18:14.defeat at Aston Villa. After the game he admitted there had been a
:18:15. > :18:17.'mad 15 minutes'. Norwich are now 15th in the Premier League and just
:18:18. > :18:20.four points above the relegation zone.
:18:21. > :18:22.It started well enough for Norwich when Wes Hoolahan put them in front
:18:23. > :18:33.after just three minutes. Hoolahan wanted to sign for Villa in
:18:34. > :18:37.the transfer window, but Norwich wouldn't let him and the City fans
:18:38. > :18:41.were not best pleased to see his lack of celebration at the goal. And
:18:42. > :18:48.then came the mad 15 minutes. Christian Benteke scored a contender
:18:49. > :18:53.for goal of the season. Two minutes later he scored again to make it
:18:54. > :18:57.2`1. Chris Hughton must have been hoping for a fight back, but it went
:18:58. > :19:09.from bad to worse as Leandro Bacuna finished off a brilliant counter
:19:10. > :19:17.attack. Sebastian Bassong scored an own goal and the Canaries were
:19:18. > :19:24.beaten before half time. It feels like a major setback, because of the
:19:25. > :19:28.manner of defeat. We came here with intentions of continuing the form we
:19:29. > :19:35.have been showing, and the first 25 minutes showed that. We had a mad 15
:19:36. > :19:39.minutes. The Norwich City chief executive David McNally has said if
:19:40. > :19:43.Chris Hughton keeps the club out of the bottom three ` he keeps his job.
:19:44. > :19:50.The Canaries play Stoke at home on Saturday.
:19:51. > :19:54.Staying with football, and Late Kick Off is back tonight on BBC One. And
:19:55. > :19:58.the new series has a new line up too. Our own James Burridge is
:19:59. > :20:06.playing up front with Paul McVeigh a former striker with both Norwich and
:20:07. > :20:11.Luton of course. Just tell us how it will work. We are taking it day by
:20:12. > :20:21.day. We could be in the divorce court later. We will see what
:20:22. > :20:27.happens. James, it is a great time for the programme. A lot of our
:20:28. > :20:37.teams have a lot to play Every team in the region is playing for
:20:38. > :20:43.something. Every team we are covering for the next nine weeks has
:20:44. > :20:48.something to play for. In lot to talk about including safe standing?
:20:49. > :20:56.It is something Peterborough have been championing. You have to look
:20:57. > :21:03.at the Hillsborough tragedy. Is it saved the first or the fans? I was
:21:04. > :21:07.at a game on Saturday and 50% of the Colchester fans were standing up.
:21:08. > :21:11.Because I was at the back that meant I had to stand up. It depends on
:21:12. > :21:17.whether you go for the safety aspect or the enjoyment. I think the has to
:21:18. > :21:25.be a happy medium. James, you are the presenter and Paul will be
:21:26. > :21:29.reviewed and other guests? We will have all the managers from the
:21:30. > :21:47.region. We have called Robinson coming in. `` Carl Robinson. It is
:21:48. > :21:50.on at 11:20pm tonight. Bank you `` thank you.
:21:51. > :21:53.Last week we heard a lot about the men who served in the First World
:21:54. > :21:57.War. But what about those who refused to fight ` the conscientious
:21:58. > :22:00.objectors? They were often shunned by society and sent white feathers
:22:01. > :22:03.in the post, a symbol of cowardice. Have a look at these. They are
:22:04. > :22:07.campaign medals. Percy Boddy got them for his work with the Friends
:22:08. > :22:10.Ambulance Unit. But they were never worn, and Percy was actually sent to
:22:11. > :22:14.prison for refusing to serve later in the war. His family say his
:22:15. > :22:24.objection to the horrors of war was a different kind of bravery.
:22:25. > :22:36.A call to arms in 19 14,000 of men and listened in a wave of patriotic
:22:37. > :22:43.fervour. This man was a pacifist. He joined the friends Amber Liz unit
:22:44. > :22:53.serving in France in 1916 `` Friends Ambulance Unit. He was given medals
:22:54. > :22:57.at the end of the war. His family have been researching the story and
:22:58. > :23:00.discovered from letters to their grandmother that he was worried
:23:01. > :23:11.about the military nature of the unit. It seems to grow more military
:23:12. > :23:17.than otherwise. I almost think that I should not have joined. Percy was
:23:18. > :23:21.one of 16,000 men who refuse to fight when conscription was
:23:22. > :23:27.introduced. He had already left the unit, feeling it was part of the
:23:28. > :23:31.British Army. He was tried by a local tribunal and jailed three
:23:32. > :23:35.times as a conscientious objector. He spent around two and a half years
:23:36. > :23:44.in prison. My grandmother said the years in prison probably aided his
:23:45. > :23:50.early death. I know she was sent a white feather, as a lot of people
:23:51. > :23:58.were, who were conscientious objectors. Some prison sentences
:23:59. > :24:03.were harsh, and useless. They were given work to do which was
:24:04. > :24:13.pointless. I think at that time the idea you weren't a real man was a
:24:14. > :24:18.hard one to stand against. Percy's stands when him support. He was
:24:19. > :24:23.elected a Labour councillor after the war, and in 1946 he became
:24:24. > :24:29.sheriff of knowledge. I'm sure they'll will be many who will say
:24:30. > :24:33.people like him and the others who were objectors, were in fact powers,
:24:34. > :24:39.but I don't believe that is the case and I believe what they did took
:24:40. > :24:55.courage. Percy Boddy died in 1949 following a stroke, aged just 16. ``
:24:56. > :25:02.60. Time for the weather. The best of the sunshine was in the north of
:25:03. > :25:16.the region today. We have got if you to move into tonight. `` a few. A
:25:17. > :25:25.loss of the showers will clear away and much of the night will be dry.
:25:26. > :25:32.We get the lowest temperatures under the clear skies, down to freezing.
:25:33. > :25:37.That means a bit of surface water will be out, and you can't rule out
:25:38. > :25:44.icy patches. With light winds we are looking at some patchy mist and fog.
:25:45. > :25:49.Tomorrow, this low and rain stays to the south`west, so for us it is not
:25:50. > :25:53.a bad day. I think the mist and fog should clear and, apart from a few
:25:54. > :25:57.showers, we're looking at fine and dry conditions with sunshine coming
:25:58. > :26:05.through at times. Temperatures will be around eight or nine Celsius. The
:26:06. > :26:11.best of the sunshine will see double figures. In the sunshine, it
:26:12. > :26:14.shouldn't feel too bad at all. Through the afternoon, there will be
:26:15. > :26:19.some showers but they will be few and far between. For most of us dry
:26:20. > :26:24.enter the day. As we head into the rest of the week, Wednesday, after a
:26:25. > :26:30.cold start, it looks fine and, high`pressure building and some
:26:31. > :26:35.decent spells of sunshine. Then a lot of uncertainty from Thursday
:26:36. > :26:39.onwards. It depends on where the weather friend goes to. It looks
:26:40. > :26:43.like the rain should stay to the north of us on Thursday, so after a
:26:44. > :26:51.bright start it will cloud over, but it will stay dry. Depending on
:26:52. > :26:57.Thursday, Friday is looking a cloud free day. It will be breezy towards
:26:58. > :27:01.the end of the week but much milder too. After some pretty cold and
:27:02. > :27:06.frosty wind, we should have a mild night.
:27:07. > :27:10.Just a reminder, Inside Out is on at 7.30pm on BBC One tonight. Among the
:27:11. > :27:18.stories David Whiteley is back at Hemsby, three months after the tidal
:27:19. > :27:23.surge caused so much damage. Have a very good evening.