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:00:00. > :00:11.Hello and welcome to the programme. Tonight, millions more for schools

:00:12. > :00:17.in Cambridgeshire, but is the money enough and is it fair?

:00:18. > :00:24.Do you regret underpaying your workers, a quick word? The Fenland

:00:25. > :00:27.gang master sentenced after destroying the wage slips of eastern

:00:28. > :00:32.European workers so he could underpay them.

:00:33. > :00:37.It is more money on its way for the arts? The theatre is hoping the good

:00:38. > :00:40.news in the budget. And, Louis Smith faces his first

:00:41. > :00:52.competition since London 2002. Good evening.

:00:53. > :00:55.First tonight, concerns that more cash for schools in Cambridgeshire

:00:56. > :01:02.will not be enough to plug the gaps. Yesterday's announcement looked

:01:03. > :01:07.generous. Funding per pupil up by 7%, that's an extra ?20 million in

:01:08. > :01:11.total. But, tonight, campaigners say the deal still leaves school

:01:12. > :01:13.children here short`changed. And a Liberal Democrat spokesman on

:01:14. > :01:18.education admitted to Look Dast that funding needs to be fairer. We have

:01:19. > :01:31.a full interview with the MP Simon Wright in just a moment. First, this

:01:32. > :01:35.report from Louise Hubball. When it comes to school funding the

:01:36. > :01:43.numbers allocated to each county are always different. That's because

:01:44. > :01:46.calculations are complicated, including levels of deprivation and

:01:47. > :01:54.how many students speak English as a first language.

:01:55. > :01:57.Critics have always said thd system was unfair to students in rtral

:01:58. > :02:00.areas. Now, that formula will change.

:02:01. > :02:07.Yesterday, the government s`id Cambridgeshire had been unddrfunded

:02:08. > :02:13.for too long. And the money for each pupil per year here will rise from

:02:14. > :02:19.just under ?4,000, to this luch But that won't happen until next April.

:02:20. > :02:22.The principal of this school, himself originally a maths teacher,

:02:23. > :02:26.says the government's sums don't add up.

:02:27. > :02:30.They have accepted it is not fare so why delay this extra funding for a

:02:31. > :02:35.year? We have to balance thd books next year. Secondly, they appear to

:02:36. > :02:40.be backing off to their comlitment to fair funding. It says in their

:02:41. > :02:45.documentation beyond 2016 it will depend on Spending Review.

:02:46. > :02:49.That Spending Review will, of course, be after the general

:02:50. > :02:52.election. And, waiting until next year means these Year ten ptpils

:02:53. > :02:56.won't get any benefit until after their GCSEs. And, even when the cash

:02:57. > :03:02.does come, staff say it won't go far.

:03:03. > :03:07.This money will go into eathng the increased cost of increased

:03:08. > :03:11.salaries, pensions, utilitids. It won't be enough to offset all those

:03:12. > :03:17.costs which may mean managing with less teachers. It is a feelhng of

:03:18. > :03:20.anger and frustration that we are impairing the education of our

:03:21. > :03:24.students here, simply because we can't get fairer funding.

:03:25. > :03:27.That battle for funding herd in Cambridgeshire has been raghng for

:03:28. > :03:33.the past 30 years. It seems it's not over yet.

:03:34. > :03:39.So, is it a fair deal? Yestdrday's government announcement was made by

:03:40. > :03:42.the Liberal Democrats. The chairman of their Education Committed is the

:03:43. > :03:45.MP Simon Wright. Earlier thhs afternoon, I asked him why ht's

:03:46. > :03:54.taken so long for Cambridgeshire's funding shortfall to improvd.

:03:55. > :03:59.It has taken decades. The previous Labour government did not gdt to

:04:00. > :04:04.grips with this issue. So C`mbridge, Norfolk and Suffolk has seen their

:04:05. > :04:09.pupils funded at a lower rate than the national average. This coalition

:04:10. > :04:15.started by protecting school funding so it was not affected by the cuts.

:04:16. > :04:20.Now, we have got a lot further by bringing that level of fundhng per

:04:21. > :04:26.pupil so that counties here are closer to the national aver`ge.

:04:27. > :04:36.Isn't ?20 million a short`tdrm fix? Cambridgeshire will get over ?2

:04:37. > :04:39.million in total for the cotnty which will mean schoolchildren in

:04:40. > :04:44.Cambridgeshire will get the benefits of more resources in classrooms

:04:45. > :04:48.headteachers will have great ethics committee to recruit staff wanted

:04:49. > :04:53.and invest in professional development of teachers. Th`t will

:04:54. > :04:57.make an enormous difference. Campaigners are saying this is too

:04:58. > :05:00.little, too late. They are worried because the funding will not come

:05:01. > :05:04.through for a year that teachers will be made redundant, and some

:05:05. > :05:09.schools will go into deficit. Schools will continue to sed their

:05:10. > :05:14.budgets protected until this new uplift comes into effect. That

:05:15. > :05:18.additional money will go a long way to addressing the shortfall that

:05:19. > :05:24.Cambridgeshire schools have had Looking to the longer term, we need

:05:25. > :05:28.a national funding formula which is transparent, so every parent in the

:05:29. > :05:33.country knows what their chhld is entitled to. At the moment, that

:05:34. > :05:37.isn't the case. There is a longer term challenge. This announcement

:05:38. > :05:42.means caber show will go a long way towards getting the money it needs.

:05:43. > :05:47.You admit the funding formula is still unfair to Cambridgeshhre. Why

:05:48. > :05:56.can't it be changed now? Thhs announcement will take us 90% of the

:05:57. > :06:00.way there. We need a fairer funding formula for all schools for the

:06:01. > :06:05.whole of the country. That leans difficult decisions about which

:06:06. > :06:09.schools will lose out. Many schools are overfunded compared to the

:06:10. > :06:13.average. This amount of mondy will lift those underfunded schools. But

:06:14. > :06:15.no school in the country will lose out.

:06:16. > :06:18.An air accident report into a plane crash in Bedfordshire has rdvealed

:06:19. > :06:23.the company which owned the plane broke several rules. A trainee pilot

:06:24. > :06:26.and his instructor were serhously injured, when the Piper Tom`hawk

:06:27. > :06:29.crashed at Cranfield last Jtne. The Civil Aviation Authority has since

:06:30. > :06:34.withdrawn the licence for Hhnton Flight Training. The companx itself

:06:35. > :06:37.has yet to comment. One of the best known gang lasters

:06:38. > :06:40.in the Fens has admitted deliberately destroying the payslips

:06:41. > :06:43.of Eastern European workers,.so he could underpay them. Martyn Slender

:06:44. > :06:51.paid some Latvians less than half the national minimum wage. His

:06:52. > :06:56.punishment was a suspended jail sentence. But he'll also have to do

:06:57. > :07:04.200 hours' community work.unpaid. Our chief reporter Kim Rilex was in

:07:05. > :07:11.court. Martyn Slender, arriving at court,

:07:12. > :07:16.after admitting using unlicdnsed gang masters to provide labour. He

:07:17. > :07:20.deliberately destroyed payslips to underpaying workers. The prosecution

:07:21. > :07:24.said the managing director was paying nothing that you shotld have

:07:25. > :07:33.been, one Latvian worker reported he was earning ?60 a week less than

:07:34. > :07:39.Lithuanian colleagues. ?151 for five ten hour days, half the nathonal

:07:40. > :07:43.minimum wage. Defence was s`id to be so serious it merited a prison

:07:44. > :07:46.sentence but as Mr Slender buzz of previous good character and had

:07:47. > :07:55.pleaded guilty, it would be suspended. Do you regret underpaying

:07:56. > :08:00.your workers, a quick word, please? Getting rich while they werd getting

:08:01. > :08:04.poor? Living on a breadline? I am sure you regret it, wouldn't you

:08:05. > :08:11.like to say that two people? Have you repaid any of them? Last

:08:12. > :08:16.September, Mr Slender was exposed in a BBC East investigation. Two weeks

:08:17. > :08:20.later, he was one of ten people arrested in police raids. Today the

:08:21. > :08:27.court heard his business had now collapsed. He was ordered to carry

:08:28. > :08:29.out 200 hours of unpaid work. Long`awaited plans to redevdlop

:08:30. > :08:34.Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.got under way today. As well

:08:35. > :08:37.as increasing the number of seats in the ground, the project will also

:08:38. > :08:39.include new shops, houses,.`nd a conference centre. Today's official

:08:40. > :08:51.launch follows an 11`year b`ttle with the local council to gdt the

:08:52. > :08:59.plans approved. The battle to get these plans

:09:00. > :09:02.approved has been a long ond. For years, club and council were

:09:03. > :09:05.locked in a dispute, with the borough raising concerns thd retail

:09:06. > :09:07.element of the proposals cotld damage the town centre.

:09:08. > :09:15.We have fought this for 11 xears. The problem for Northampton was it

:09:16. > :09:19.was a hung council. The borough council was under control bx the Lib

:09:20. > :09:23.Dems who have different polhcies. For us, it was a manifesto

:09:24. > :09:31.commitment that we would make this happen. It shows where therd is a

:09:32. > :09:34.will, there is a way. The East and West Stands will be

:09:35. > :09:36.completely rebuilt, increashng the ground's capacity from 7,500 to

:09:37. > :09:41.nearly 10,000. This project is about much lore than

:09:42. > :09:47.increasing capacity at Sixfhelds, the plans include new houses and

:09:48. > :09:51.shops to be built on the land where this track is. Ultimately, the

:09:52. > :09:56.revenue from that will pay for the increase in capacity at Sixfields.

:09:57. > :10:00.And the timetable is an ambhtious one. The developer hopes to have the

:10:01. > :10:04.stands reopened in time for the new season. We started on the stadium

:10:05. > :10:11.right now, taking out the changing rooms and refurbishing one of the

:10:12. > :10:17.stands. As far as completion of the stadium, due to be handed b`ck in

:10:18. > :10:22.August, this is a tight schddule. From there, we will move into the

:10:23. > :10:26.athletics track, to look at residential and retail development.

:10:27. > :10:33.And conference and banqueting utilities will follow in early 015.

:10:34. > :10:38.With a larger capacity, and a hotel all adding revenue, its chahrman

:10:39. > :10:44.thinks in the longer term the club can push up the leaks.

:10:45. > :10:50.Northamptonshire can easily take Championship football.

:10:51. > :10:54.But, with Cobblers next to the bottom of the League, fans will be

:10:55. > :10:57.hoping that, when they do gdt into the new stands to watch the first

:10:58. > :11:00.game of the new season, thex'll still be watching Northampton

:11:01. > :11:03.playing in League Two. It's five years now since the retail

:11:04. > :11:06.guru Mary Portas criticised Dunstable, in a TV series c`lled

:11:07. > :11:09.Save Our Shops. Stores were closing, business confidence was collapsing,

:11:10. > :11:13.and the town was caught in ` vicious spiral, she argued. So, what's

:11:14. > :11:19.happening now? Many say the tide is turning, and new stores are opening.

:11:20. > :11:22.Anna Todd reports. The town that's been nicknaled

:11:23. > :11:31.Dumpstable, is slowly starthng to bloom. Sure, it's not perfect. Still

:11:32. > :11:34.empty shops. Still endless traffic. But, it's a far cry from thd

:11:35. > :11:42.portrait painted by Mary Portas Queen of Shops, a few years ago

:11:43. > :11:48.It looks like a cemetery. It is more about Mary Portas and her PR rather

:11:49. > :11:52.than thinking of a solution. People were talking it down. How c`n a case

:11:53. > :11:56.ever improve? Fortunately, there are more forward thinking peopld in

:11:57. > :12:01.Dunstable. Like the owners of these shops. When

:12:02. > :12:03.Mary likened Dunstable to a graveyard, they all upped their

:12:04. > :12:10.game. Invested thousands. And are now reaping the rewards.

:12:11. > :12:17.It was a wake`up call. Small independent retailers needed to be

:12:18. > :12:21.putting things into place and into action. It is a case of looking at

:12:22. > :12:29.what you can do to benefit xour business and the High Street.

:12:30. > :12:32.With the bigger, bolder Luton just a few miles away, this market town

:12:33. > :12:41.can't play the big name gamd anymore. A question mark hangs over

:12:42. > :12:45.the future of its shopping centre. But, as the guided busway brings

:12:46. > :12:48.more people in, and a new bxpass once open takes the lorries out

:12:49. > :12:53.there is a positive vibe. We had a greengrocer open, two

:12:54. > :12:59.delicatessens, said the High Street is thriving. But it needs change,

:13:00. > :13:02.the pavements need widening, cafe culture needs to develop. It will be

:13:03. > :13:05.a completely different anim`l in four years.

:13:06. > :13:08.And new companies are investing in the town. Which was evident at

:13:09. > :13:15.today's small business expo in Bedford. Frankly, it was appalling,

:13:16. > :13:22.it was not a nice place to go. That is a big deterrent, you havd to

:13:23. > :13:25.recognise that. They have sharpened their act up, there is a new

:13:26. > :13:28.interest, new businesses. It's all about shaking off the

:13:29. > :13:33.negativity. Shrugging off the bad mouths. If Dunstable can do that,

:13:34. > :13:40.and turn itself around, it will bring hope to high streets

:13:41. > :13:43.everywhere. Labour has held its seat in a

:13:44. > :13:47.council by`election in Luton. The poll was prompted by the resignation

:13:48. > :13:51.of Robin Harris, one of the most senior councillors in the town. He

:13:52. > :13:56.left, after a row within thd Labour Party. Paul Castleman is thd new

:13:57. > :13:59.councillor for the Farley w`rd. He had a clear majority, 1,200 out of

:14:00. > :14:01.1,700 votes. Later, we have the weather. First, back to Sushe for

:14:02. > :14:02.the rest of the technical centre will remain on site

:14:03. > :14:17.until May. Still to come: Tales of two

:14:18. > :14:21.Olympians. More medal glory for Paralympic skier Jade and their

:14:22. > :14:27.ethics guy, as they take silver and Louis Smith prepares for his first

:14:28. > :14:31.competition since London 2002. It's the budget next week, `nd for

:14:32. > :14:34.the first time in a number of years, the region's theatres are fdeling

:14:35. > :14:37.cautiously optimistic. All 30 theatres in our region have had to

:14:38. > :14:41.endure funding cuts. And it's not been helped by the fact that most of

:14:42. > :14:45.the money which the governmdnt gives to the arts is spent in London. It

:14:46. > :14:51.works out at ?69 for every resident in the capital, but just ?4.60 per

:14:52. > :14:54.person outside London. Thosd are the annual figures. But George Osborne

:14:55. > :14:55.just might have some good ndws, as our political correspondent Andrew

:14:56. > :15:09.Sinclair reports. I hate the piano and I hate you

:15:10. > :15:14.Final rehearsals at this thdatre in Colchester for Betty Blue Exes, a

:15:15. > :15:17.new musical opening tonight. Good audiences and increased sponsorship

:15:18. > :15:22.has helped them get through austerity, but any extra help would

:15:23. > :15:25.be most welcome. We are verx help hopeful after the budget, that

:15:26. > :15:30.regional theatre will see more funding, more investment in the arts

:15:31. > :15:34.means we have opportunities for new talent, that we can be more

:15:35. > :15:38.ambitious, and that we can put on great shows. Running a theatre has

:15:39. > :15:42.always been a challenge, and a massive disparity in funding with

:15:43. > :15:47.those in London has always felt unfair, particularly now, whth money

:15:48. > :15:51.so tight. London, which has all those fringe theatres and concert

:15:52. > :15:54.galleries, major national theatres and dance companies, all those

:15:55. > :15:58.commercial theatres as well, is absolutely stuffed with cultural

:15:59. > :16:05.product, and why is it that the fattest kid in the room gets all the

:16:06. > :16:08.bonds? MPs from the region have campaigned for years for more

:16:09. > :16:11.funding, and that could be `bout to happen. Ministers are understood to

:16:12. > :16:16.be looking at ways of pushing more lottery funding away from London.

:16:17. > :16:19.Next week, the Chancellor is expected to announce a constltation

:16:20. > :16:23.into plans for tax breaks for regional theatre. The proposals are

:16:24. > :16:28.still being worked out, but companies which take reducthons on

:16:29. > :16:33.tour may well benefit from this tax break. `` productions. This also

:16:34. > :16:37.applies to theatres producing their own work. There may also be

:16:38. > :16:40.incentives for investors. I think the government recognises that a

:16:41. > :16:44.loss of investment has happdned in our capital city, and we have also

:16:45. > :16:49.benefited in the regions, pdrhaps as much as we could, and I think this

:16:50. > :16:53.commercial incentive will do a loss for companies to come out into the

:16:54. > :16:58.regions more, but also, critically, to support new writing. Any changes

:16:59. > :17:01.will not end the disparity with London, and in fact they ard likely

:17:02. > :17:04.to be very small. But after the last few years, they will be verx welcome

:17:05. > :17:08.in our regional theatres. And as well as reviewing thd week's

:17:09. > :17:11.news, the Sunday Politics whll be looking at what else next wdek's

:17:12. > :17:13.budget may hold for our reghon. That's on Sunday at 11 here on BBC

:17:14. > :17:17.One. Sport now, and with news of more

:17:18. > :17:19.success in Sochi, here's Tol. Thank you.

:17:20. > :17:21.They've become the most successful British women in Winter Par`lympic

:17:22. > :17:24.history. Visually`impaired skier Jade Etherington and her guhde

:17:25. > :17:27.Caroline Powell, who's from Essex, have won their fourth medal in

:17:28. > :17:37.Sochi, silver in the super combined event, taking their individtal tally

:17:38. > :17:41.to three silvers and a bronze. Jade Etherington, led by Basildon's

:17:42. > :17:45.Caroline Powell, had a tough decision this morning. Push hard for

:17:46. > :17:49.gold and risk losing everything or get to the bottom safely and claim

:17:50. > :17:53.another silver or bronze. They went for the first option, throwhng

:17:54. > :17:58.everything at the mountain. Was great gaining by Caroline Powell.

:17:59. > :18:01.They made up almost three sdconds on the Russian favourites, onlx to miss

:18:02. > :18:04.out by a fraction over half a second. Ayes she is an amazhng speed

:18:05. > :18:13.skier, and an amazing technhcal skier, and I am just happy. Without

:18:14. > :18:17.Caroline and asked to working together, the communication was spot

:18:18. > :18:22.on, and we fought all the w`y, so silver. They are the first Britons

:18:23. > :18:25.to win four medals at the P`ralympic Winter games. They still have one

:18:26. > :18:27.final chance for an elusive goal on Sunday.

:18:28. > :18:31.To football. It's the start of a vital few weeks for Norwich and boss

:18:32. > :18:34.Chris Hughton. His side takds on four teams currently in the Premier

:18:35. > :18:37.League's bottom seven beford that dreaded run`in. First, though,

:18:38. > :18:40.tomorrow it's Southampton who're mid`table. Nathan Redmond scored the

:18:41. > :18:48.winner against Saints back hn August.

:18:49. > :18:53.We can't look at the last four games and feel that we need to get all our

:18:54. > :18:58.points before then. We have nine games to go, and nine games means

:18:59. > :19:01.nine opportunities to get points. But we are getting to the stage of

:19:02. > :19:04.the season now where the gales are becoming bigger.

:19:05. > :19:07.Elsewhere, two significant battles in the play`off race. Wigan are at

:19:08. > :19:11.Ipswich ` that's seventh ag`inst ninth in the Championship. Hn League

:19:12. > :19:17.One, MK Dons could jump above Peterborough and into the play`offs

:19:18. > :19:21.if they win their regional derby. Peterborough won the best tdam in

:19:22. > :19:24.the league, and we want to lake sure that we are in a position at the end

:19:25. > :19:28.of the game that we are still competing with them. But it is just

:19:29. > :19:31.another game. Now, it's the first of thred

:19:32. > :19:33.successive cup final weekends. Cambridge and Peterborough's

:19:34. > :19:35.footballers are at Wembley hn the coming weeks. But this Sund`y,

:19:36. > :19:39.Northampton's rugby players are hoping to kick things off whth

:19:40. > :19:44.victory in the LV Cup. Saints are at Exeter.

:19:45. > :19:49.Cup finals are always going to be close, closely contested affairs,

:19:50. > :19:52.and playing at Exeter is a big challenge. We are aware of that and

:19:53. > :19:57.we asked training hard, tryhng to stick but we at are doing. Good luck

:19:58. > :20:01.to them. Over the years, sporting colebacks

:20:02. > :20:04.have been a bit hit and miss. For every Sir Steve Redgrave, there are

:20:05. > :20:07.several Bjorn Borgs! This wdekend, Cambridgeshire gymnast begins his

:20:08. > :20:14.bid to qualify for the Commonwealth Games. `` Louis Smith.

:20:15. > :20:18.It is time for Louis Smith to prove he has still got it. But ond

:20:19. > :20:22.Briton's modern greats will only find out when he stands and cons of

:20:23. > :20:25.the judges. It has been nearly two years since I have competed. I have

:20:26. > :20:29.been doing routines in training and they have been going really well,

:20:30. > :20:33.but who knows? As soon as I put my hand up to do the routine, H don't

:20:34. > :20:40.know if I will be excited or nervous. All I can do is prdpare the

:20:41. > :20:43.way I know how to in the gyl. Was like old times at Huntingdon, Lewis

:20:44. > :20:48.and his training partner back in harness and targeting this summer's

:20:49. > :20:51.Commonwealth Games. One step at a time, Louis needs to perforl in

:20:52. > :20:57.three competitions, starting at the Indus Championships in Wigan this

:20:58. > :21:00.weekend. He has changed a loss. He is more mature, he is a mord rounded

:21:01. > :21:06.individual, I should say. Hd understands the media, work, and so

:21:07. > :21:10.many sing there were things he did not understand a few years `go. He

:21:11. > :21:12.is working diligently and economic, and understands exactly what you

:21:13. > :21:17.must do to get ready for thd competition. I have every confidence

:21:18. > :21:20.that he will make it. Louis has been in the gym for two months, `nd needs

:21:21. > :21:23.to return to somewhere near his London best, when he coped with a

:21:24. > :21:27.tonne of pressure to leave Twenty20 with a silver and a bronze. If his

:21:28. > :21:31.comeback is successful, it will likely end in Glasgow. The road to

:21:32. > :21:36.Rio is blocked for a specialist like Lewis. I could not go to Rio just on

:21:37. > :21:39.the pommel horse. I would nded to do other apparatus, and the wax the

:21:40. > :21:44.British team is evolving, I don t think I have what it takes to make

:21:45. > :21:48.the team. But if I was my own nation, and I was representhng

:21:49. > :21:54.myself, I could definitely go to Rio and challenge for a medal! But that

:21:55. > :21:57.is not the case. Louis will be working on the pommel horse again in

:21:58. > :22:01.Wigan, along with the parallel bars. It does not always go to pl`n, but

:22:02. > :22:05.he has had the ability to pdrform when it matters. Wigan might not be

:22:06. > :22:10.London, but you get the feeling the show man wants to prove he hs still

:22:11. > :22:14.the man. Unbelievable! That's it. Previews to all this

:22:15. > :22:18.weekend's fixtures on the BBC Sport website.

:22:19. > :22:21.Thank you. Thorpe Hall in Peterborough is a

:22:22. > :22:25.historic house but it's also home to a hospice. And that can cause a few

:22:26. > :22:28.problems. Which is why the Sue Ryder charity has launched a ?6 mhllion

:22:29. > :22:32.appeal. The charity currently helps 1,500 families, but is hoping to

:22:33. > :22:42.double that with a modern extension and a day centre.

:22:43. > :22:47.Did you have a good sleep? Xes, I slept a lot this morning. C`ring is

:22:48. > :22:52.sometimes just about making time. Graham from Peterborough is being

:22:53. > :22:58.treated for lymphoma. For this sister, it is less a ward, lore a

:22:59. > :23:02.home. I came here as a studdnt nurse and fell in love with the place

:23:03. > :23:07.really. It is like one big family, and it is really centred on the

:23:08. > :23:13.patients. These people are `t a really difficult point in their

:23:14. > :23:16.lives, and they need support and a bit of laughter, and I think that is

:23:17. > :23:21.what we try and give them. @ lot of people think it is very mord bit and

:23:22. > :23:27.a miserable place, but it is really not. It is a beautiful building but

:23:28. > :23:31.it has its challenges. With shared rooms and facilities that are hard

:23:32. > :23:36.to get to. That is a too bad. That is a too bad, and there is `

:23:37. > :23:39.three`bedroom down there. To get to the bathroom, anyone on this site

:23:40. > :23:42.needs to go over there to the toilet. Now, they are trying to

:23:43. > :23:47.raise money to build a modern extension to old building. This is

:23:48. > :23:50.one of the old walled gardens at Thorpe Hall, and it is going to

:23:51. > :23:54.become home to the new hosphce building. It will have 20 ensuite

:23:55. > :24:00.bedrooms offering greater privacy, and it will all be on one ldvel

:24:01. > :24:04.offering the latest in hosphce care. With end of life care, they need

:24:05. > :24:08.privacy, they need to spend time with their families, so within the

:24:09. > :24:15.new`build, having single rooms with ensuite facilities and the

:24:16. > :24:19.opportunity to have the accdss to the gardens outside, that whll be

:24:20. > :24:23.fantastic for them. But for now care continues in the same

:24:24. > :24:28.thoughtful way it has for ydars They have lovely personalithes, all

:24:29. > :24:33.of them. They are all sweet and kind. Once again, she is allost back

:24:34. > :24:40.to my old Shirley. Laughing and smiling, and not quite full of them,

:24:41. > :24:45.but the quarters, I knew? The charity Sue Ryder has already raised

:24:46. > :24:48.more than a million. Today, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire has plddged its

:24:49. > :24:52.support. It is thought it whll be next year when the ?6 million tiger

:24:53. > :24:54.is reached. `` target.

:24:55. > :24:57.And for more information about Thorpe Hall and that appeal, go to

:24:58. > :25:02.log on to bbc.co.uk/radiocambridgeshire.

:25:03. > :25:06.Let's find out about the we`ther now. Here's Alex.

:25:07. > :25:10.Good evening. Last night we experienced thick fog and also low

:25:11. > :25:14.temperatures. Quite a shift night, with no fog and the temperatures

:25:15. > :25:17.will be milder. Let's review those temperatures from last night. A

:25:18. > :25:23.number of places recorded temperatures close to freezhng or

:25:24. > :25:27.just below, but look at the swing. It has to be said, some fog took a

:25:28. > :25:31.long time to clear, so the sunshine did not come out till lunchtime for

:25:32. > :25:39.some of us, but 16 Celsius hn a number of locations. 17 Celsius at

:25:40. > :25:43.Writtle in Essex. We are expecting those values to continue through the

:25:44. > :25:46.weekend, particularly Sundax, when there will be long spells of

:25:47. > :25:51.sunshine. Having said that, that we can get up to be cloudy start. When

:25:52. > :25:54.the sunshine comes out, it will feel pleasantly warm, but compard to last

:25:55. > :25:58.weekend, it will be slightlx breezy, so even though we rdcord

:25:59. > :26:02.temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees, it might not feel as warm as that.

:26:03. > :26:16.Let's look at the detail with the pressure pattern at the momdnt. A

:26:17. > :26:19.weak front head down from the north`west. That already me`ns that

:26:20. > :26:22.the breeze is starting to phck up, and it becomes cloudy across the

:26:23. > :26:24.region, so for much of the night, it looks as if that will stay cloudy. A

:26:25. > :26:27.lot of low`level cloud around, but we shouldn't have problems with the

:26:28. > :26:29.mist and fog. With breeze and cloud, milder temperatures for tonhght

:26:30. > :26:31.something like six or seven degrees. The wind is a moderate

:26:32. > :26:35.north`westerly. We start thd weekend with a huge amount of cloud around,

:26:36. > :26:38.but it looks as though therd is some hope for it too thin and brdak

:26:39. > :26:43.through the morning, so into the afternoon, it looks brighter. The

:26:44. > :26:48.cloud will hold temperatures back, but sunshine comes up, 16 Cdlsius,

:26:49. > :26:52.and maybe even above that is possible. A noticeable breeze comes

:26:53. > :26:56.from the north`west, but thd afternoon for all of us looks like

:26:57. > :27:00.better prospects for some stnshine. Then, the pressure pattern stays

:27:01. > :27:04.pretty much the same, certahnly into the start of next week. High

:27:05. > :27:08.pressure still dominates. A bit of a breeze for Sunday as well. Sunday

:27:09. > :27:12.also looked like we will sed some long spells of sunshine, a really

:27:13. > :27:17.fine day. Locally, temperattres may get to 18 Celsius. There will be

:27:18. > :27:21.increasing cloud moving in from the west later, but that should not

:27:22. > :27:26.spoil the day. We start next week that it will be difficult to predict

:27:27. > :27:29.where we get cloud. Any clotd that starts to break out, the values

:27:30. > :27:31.could be higher for Monday `nd four choose day.

:27:32. > :27:35.could be higher for Monday `nd Thank you very much. That is

:27:36. > :27:37.authorised this evening. Hope you have a very good weekend. Wd will be

:27:38. > :27:42.back on Monday. Goodbye.