:00:16. > :00:21.Failing to protect victims of domestic violence. Two of otr police
:00:22. > :00:27.forces are amongst the worst in the country.
:00:28. > :00:33.And what hope for the hundrdds made redundant by one of Corby's biggest
:00:34. > :00:40.employers? We are here at the BBC for School
:00:41. > :00:50.report. We will see how thex got on.
:00:51. > :00:54.First tonight how two of our police forces are failing to adequ`tely
:00:55. > :00:59.protect the victims of domestic abuse. Bedfordshire and
:01:00. > :01:03.Cambridgeshire are amongst the four worst performing forces in the
:01:04. > :01:06.country. A report by the independent body which inspects the polhce
:01:07. > :01:09.describes Bedfordshire's handling of cases as potentially dangerous and
:01:10. > :01:15.Cambridgeshire was labelled not good enough. Domestic abuse accotnts for
:01:16. > :01:20.eight per cent of all recorded crime in Britain. Across the country, it
:01:21. > :01:24.claimed the lives of 77 womdn last year. But today's report sahd
:01:25. > :01:27.Bedfordshire only has one dddicated officer to deal with cases of
:01:28. > :01:32.domestic violence. This report is from our Home Affairs Correspondent
:01:33. > :01:35.Sally Chidzoy. For 12 years, Ruth suffered horrific
:01:36. > :01:41.physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of her
:01:42. > :01:45.husband. Beaten with a rollhng pin, bottles smashed on her, her
:01:46. > :01:48.six`year`old daughter saved her She used to hide behind the door and
:01:49. > :01:52.watch. You never under estilate children because they absorb so
:01:53. > :02:00.much. She was the one who w`s brave enough to dial 999 and say this is
:02:01. > :02:06.wrong, this should not be h`ppening. When it comes to a six`year`old
:02:07. > :02:09.child, it's got to be right. There are thousands of domestic
:02:10. > :02:12.violence abusers like this lan, but many escape arrest. For every
:02:13. > :02:16.survivor like Ruth who fled to safety, there are many more women
:02:17. > :02:27.and men who suffer in silence behind closed doors. But it is the way that
:02:28. > :02:29.police respond to domestic violence and abuse that has led to Hdr
:02:30. > :02:31.Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary producing the report.
:02:32. > :02:34.Bedfordshire Police's handlhng has been described as potentially
:02:35. > :02:37.dangerous. There were real concerns that we expressed in this rdport
:02:38. > :02:41.that even victims at the highest level of risk, people that really
:02:42. > :02:46.could have a serious injury or even worse, were not being properly
:02:47. > :02:49.looked after. And the crimes relating to the abuse they had
:02:50. > :02:53.suffered were not being properly investigated.
:02:54. > :02:57.Bedfordshire Police accept their failings.
:02:58. > :03:01.We did prioritise our resources and dealt very well with the high risk
:03:02. > :03:11.which is why our performancd was so good in that area. But what we did
:03:12. > :03:15.lose focus on is the victims. They got a good service when thex were
:03:16. > :03:19.dealt with by the officers hn the street, and it says that in the
:03:20. > :03:22.report. What we did not focts on was picking up those issues aftdrwards
:03:23. > :03:25.and giving that ongoing support But it is something we will put right
:03:26. > :03:27.now. There is also criticism of
:03:28. > :03:30.Cambridgeshire Police who prioritised burglaries and other
:03:31. > :03:33.offences over domestic violdnce The report looks at 43 police forces in
:03:34. > :03:36.England and Wales, all described as needing to improve. Bedfordshire had
:03:37. > :03:38.serious failings, Cambridge was not good enough, Northamptonshire had
:03:39. > :03:45.the lowest arrest rates and Hertfordshire had a disjointed
:03:46. > :03:48.approach. There are serious failings, failures
:03:49. > :03:55.to attend emergency calls, to gather evidence and a failure to arrest
:03:56. > :04:00.violent and dangerous men. @nd sometimes outright hostile, negative
:04:01. > :04:07.attitudes towards the victil. We have to see change. This cannot go
:04:08. > :04:10.on. We cannot sit back and watch women and children being killed
:04:11. > :04:14.because the police are not doing their job.
:04:15. > :04:17.Control rooms are where victims often turn to first. For victims
:04:18. > :04:24.like Ruth, the right police handling can help them reach safety.
:04:25. > :04:31.It is the hardest thing to do, to leave. It is the most scary thing.
:04:32. > :04:34.But it is worth it. Ruth Bennett talking to our homes
:04:35. > :04:37.affairs correspondent Sally Chidzoy. Well, earlier, I spoke to the Chief
:04:38. > :04:44.Constable of Cambridgeshire and asked him if his force takes
:04:45. > :04:47.domestic violence seriously enough. We have 50 people working in the
:04:48. > :04:56.domestic violence unit that we have had for 18 months. But we h`ve not
:04:57. > :05:01.put all the pieces joined`up enough. But to say we do not take it
:05:02. > :05:08.seriously, it is the only specialist squad we have of any size in the
:05:09. > :05:13.constabulary. But the report says you do not take domestic violence as
:05:14. > :05:21.seriously as some other criles, like burglary. I appreciate that. That is
:05:22. > :05:31.what people felt when they came in December. But that is not the case
:05:32. > :05:38.now. Let's talk about the arrest rate, very low in Cambridge sure. ``
:05:39. > :05:48.Cambridge shire. Why are thdy so low? There is a lot of rese`rch
:05:49. > :05:58.about arrest rates, a lot of conflicting academic research. We
:05:59. > :06:02.should see how decisions ard taken to make sure our officers are taking
:06:03. > :06:08.the right decisions. If you compare your sales to other forces, the
:06:09. > :06:13.report says that Norfolk is doing well and Norfolk puts its stccess
:06:14. > :06:17.down to the leadership from the Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer. He
:06:18. > :06:29.takes domestic violence serhously and there is a trickle down effect.
:06:30. > :06:36.`` from the chief constable there. In the report, it was mentioned that
:06:37. > :06:50.the review and the work going on was being led by the chief causd. ``
:06:51. > :06:58.chief comes constable. You have been chief constables since 2010. Yet
:06:59. > :07:04.last year, there was a damnhng report about how domestic vholence
:07:05. > :07:11.is handled. We were aware that there were problems and we had instigated
:07:12. > :07:17.our own review. We have had that report for only a matter of days and
:07:18. > :07:25.were looking at it. I will dnsure that we continue to get better and
:07:26. > :07:28.better. Thank you. Northampton General Hospital has
:07:29. > :07:31.been told to improve its emdrgency services and to do more to lake sure
:07:32. > :07:34.essential medical equipment is properly maintained. Our reporter
:07:35. > :07:37.Emma Baugh has been to the hospital today after the Care Qualitx
:07:38. > :07:44.Commission published the results of its latest inspection.
:07:45. > :07:53.A hospital under pressure. Pressure on boards, services and staff.
:07:54. > :07:57.Already this month, non`emergency treatment has been cancelled. At
:07:58. > :07:59.accident and emergency, thex have been failing waiting times
:08:00. > :08:04.consistently. Today, the care quality commission said the hospital
:08:05. > :08:17.requires improvement and gave its recommendations.
:08:18. > :08:24.The Care Quality Commission says a number of areas needed improving
:08:25. > :08:28.apart from accident and emergency. They said that they had concerns
:08:29. > :08:32.that there was not a good enough system in place when moving patients
:08:33. > :08:43.from board to board during the night. `` ward to ward. Tod`y,
:08:44. > :08:48.people visiting the hospital said they thought it needed more staff.
:08:49. > :08:51.This staff are under tremendous pressure. There does not sedm to be
:08:52. > :08:56.enough of them, waiting timds are still high. Ten years ago, the staff
:08:57. > :09:04.are under pressure and the pressure has carried on. The hospital said
:09:05. > :09:10.there were positives, espechally on the quality of care. They s`id other
:09:11. > :09:14.issues are being addressed. We are trying to ensure that all otr
:09:15. > :09:18.partners across the system `re helping us so that despite the
:09:19. > :09:20.increasing number of patients coming into the department, we havd
:09:21. > :09:25.assistance in dealing with them more rapidly. One day this month, the
:09:26. > :09:43.hospital was short of 86 beds. This week, one of Corby's bhggest
:09:44. > :09:53.employers announced it was closing its factory. Well, today thdre was a
:09:54. > :09:56.glimmer of hope for some of those workers as companies from across the
:09:57. > :09:59.region attended a careers' fair in the town.
:10:00. > :10:03.Manager, team leader, then charge hand.
:10:04. > :10:07.This man was in charge of 40 people. He says he will take any job here.
:10:08. > :10:15.Made redundant after 17 years at Solway, Monday was his last day
:10:16. > :10:18.Horrible, horrible. The people you worked with for so long, thdy're
:10:19. > :10:23.like family some of them. Qtite emotional. After such a long time.
:10:24. > :10:28.And that's not just me, that's a lot of people in the same posithon. I
:10:29. > :10:32.think it will be worse next week when the night shift finishds.
:10:33. > :10:35.There are 500 jobs on offer here from 27 employers. Among thdm
:10:36. > :10:41.Iforce, a packing and dispatch company. At their warehouse in
:10:42. > :10:45.Corby, they need 30 new workers Looking for the admin side,
:10:46. > :10:50.supervisors, management. General pickers and packers. Anyone with a
:10:51. > :10:54.warehouse background. How dhfficult is it to find people like that
:10:55. > :10:59.normally? It is, usually we go through an agency.
:11:00. > :11:02.On Monday, workers at Solwax found out their jobs would go. Thd factory
:11:03. > :11:09.that packs salads for superlarkets was to close. Many shocked,
:11:10. > :11:13.saddened, stunned. We feel if they had committdd, they
:11:14. > :11:21.could have stayed open and not saved all the jobs, but some of them.
:11:22. > :11:32.Since I worked here, there have been over 1000 jobs. `` redundancies
:11:33. > :11:37.It's going to be another major blow to Corby. It's going to be sad, very
:11:38. > :11:41.emotional. By the end of August, the f`ctory
:11:42. > :11:44.will have closed with more than 900 redundancies. If Solway can't sell
:11:45. > :11:49.the site, it will sit here dmpty, derelict.
:11:50. > :11:56.There are interested businesses who want to move to Corby, it m`y be a
:11:57. > :11:58.site they can utilise. Other companies have indicated thdir
:11:59. > :12:07.willingness to move at least onto part of the site. I don't sde it
:12:08. > :12:15.lying derelict for too long. Employers here know Solway workers
:12:16. > :12:19.have the skills they want. For this man, a choice of jobs. I have been
:12:20. > :12:23.told I will be contacted next week, I have two interviews already. That
:12:24. > :12:26.is good news. Yes, see what happens. Other large companies are looking to
:12:27. > :12:30.take large numbers of emploxees from here. The factory is finishdd, its
:12:31. > :12:34.workforce isn't. In football, Stevenage boss Graham
:12:35. > :12:38.Westley said it was a travesty his side came away from Sixfields
:12:39. > :12:41.empty`handed. Borough lost 0`0 against fellow strugglers Coventry
:12:42. > :12:46.last night who scored midwax through the second half. They were `lso
:12:47. > :12:50.awarded a penalty, which was saved. The result leaves Stevenage rooted
:12:51. > :12:56.to the foot of League One They have eight games to play. They could jump
:12:57. > :12:58.out of the relegation zone on Saturday with a win at home to Port
:12:59. > :13:00.Vale. awareness. It's hoped more bus
:13:01. > :13:02.companies will now sign up to the Saturday with a win at home to Port
:13:03. > :13:04.Vale. Those are your top stories tonight. Now it's over to Stsie and
:13:05. > :13:10.David for the rest of the programme. RNIB charter.
:13:11. > :13:13.Still to come on the progralme tonight: We're school reporters from
:13:14. > :13:16.Longsands Academy in St Neots. We've been finding out how the we`ther
:13:17. > :13:20.forecast is put together and presented. Our film is coming up,
:13:21. > :13:22.and we'll be back later in the programme to take part in a weather
:13:23. > :13:40.forecast itself with Alex! Magic!
:13:41. > :13:42.We got a look at a little bht planet Mars today in Hertfordshire. Airbus
:13:43. > :13:46.Defence and Space has offichally opened a new testing area. Ht's
:13:47. > :13:49.being used to trial the ExoLars rover vehicle which is built in
:13:50. > :13:52.Stevenage. All being well, ht's due to land on Mars in 2018.
:13:53. > :13:56.It doesn't look much from the outside, and indeed this big shed in
:13:57. > :13:59.Stevenage used to be a supermarket warehouse. Inside, you're
:14:00. > :14:09.transported to the surface of the planet Mars. It's meant to be
:14:10. > :14:20.exactly like Mars. The rocks are like Mars. Even the sand! This is a
:14:21. > :14:24.prototype of the Mars Rover. He s called Brian. The Mars Yard ` as
:14:25. > :14:32.it's being called ` is his new home. This latest extension is st`te of
:14:33. > :14:35.the art. We've rebuilt completely. It replicates the conditions the
:14:36. > :14:49.Rover will see on Mars ` thd obstacles, the sand... We c`n test
:14:50. > :14:52.it out! The Mars Yard was opened today by Business Secretary Vince
:14:53. > :14:55.Cable and the top man from the European Space Agency. Spacd
:14:56. > :14:59.industry is big business ` ?9 billion and 30,000 jobs in the UK
:15:00. > :15:12.alone. 1,000 of those jobs will be here. But what's it actuallx going
:15:13. > :15:22.to do when it gets there? Wd're looking for signs of life. We have a
:15:23. > :15:28.drill mounted on the front of the Rover. It will take samples from two
:15:29. > :15:41.metres below the surface. Wd'll bring them up and analyse them on
:15:42. > :15:45.board. The Rover will be powered by solar panels. It will have cameras
:15:46. > :15:48.enabling it to see in 3D and travel at two centimetres a second.
:15:49. > :15:50.Politicians are hoping it mhght help inspire a generation. Britahn needs
:15:51. > :15:52.more scientists and engineers. We need to get young people excited.
:15:53. > :16:05.AirBus are now constructing a new AirBus are now constructing a new
:16:06. > :16:13.facility to build the Rover in. If all goes to plan, it will l`nd on
:16:14. > :16:17.Mars in 2018. Nothing tastes quite as good as food
:16:18. > :16:21.in season. Soon, the first tender new potatoes will be in the shops,
:16:22. > :16:24.followed by a favourite: punnets of sweet English strawberries. Trouble
:16:25. > :16:34.is, you have to grab them while you can. Imported strawberries never
:16:35. > :16:37.taste as good or as sweet. But now a major producer based in Essdx is
:16:38. > :16:42.turning to technology to produce one of our favourites... Out of season.
:16:43. > :16:55.Strawberries... As far as the eye can see. They produce 250,000 every
:16:56. > :17:03.year. The season lasts seven`and`a`half months. A Disco
:17:04. > :17:16.lights, almost! This is a project with LEDs. It demonstrates how early
:17:17. > :17:29.the crop can be brought forward They're at least a week earlier than
:17:30. > :17:40.this area with no lights. The nursery often has to throw `way
:17:41. > :18:00.?100,000 worth of strawberrhes. But the LED is helping. And the LED
:18:01. > :18:09.lighting is used. It consumds much less electricity than normal
:18:10. > :18:20.lighting. We give these plans everything they need. `` pl`nts
:18:21. > :18:36.Plenty of CO2. Everything that they need. And the lights to boot?
:18:37. > :18:45.Definitely. The signs are promising. Particularly on fridge numbdrs and
:18:46. > :19:06.other things. Let's see what these alike. `` are like. Gorgeous!
:19:07. > :19:10.It's 100 days to go until the Tour de France ` the World's most famous
:19:11. > :19:13.bike race. It starts in Yorkshire. The next day it travels down to
:19:14. > :19:16.Cambridge for stage three. Ht also passes through Essex before
:19:17. > :19:19.finishing in London. Our Sports Editor Jonathan Park has bedn
:19:20. > :19:28.assessing the impact the race will have in our region. The Cambridge
:19:29. > :19:38.cycling club are always on their bikes. Today, there was thunder and
:19:39. > :19:48.lightning. I am really excited about it. It has been a big event for me
:19:49. > :19:58.every year. I watch it on tdlevision so to see it live will be f`ntastic.
:19:59. > :20:03.Tens of thousands are expected and it will be good news for businesses
:20:04. > :20:10.like this nearby hotel. But is there a lack of promotion? It is only 100
:20:11. > :20:16.days away but the others not seem to be much information. No banners and
:20:17. > :20:25.so on. Businesses are not ghving us the extra information. Things like
:20:26. > :20:30.road closures. Yorkshire provided the fireworks and most of the ? 0
:20:31. > :20:40.million needed to pay for the Tour de France. Since the negoti`tion
:20:41. > :20:50.with the Tour de France org`nisers it has been over two years. 26 and a
:20:51. > :21:00.half miles from the start, the cyclists will arrive here. Ht will
:21:01. > :21:04.be a busy place on July sevdn. I don't know what we're going to do
:21:05. > :21:14.with all of these people here. But not many people have come down to
:21:15. > :21:23.speak to us. You are the first. The Lord, this place is offering people
:21:24. > :21:33.a refuge. It is great for the village. We want to help people
:21:34. > :21:38.People have a lot of interest. Whether you are ACE is cyclhsts or
:21:39. > :21:43.Julius, the Tour de France hs coming soon.
:21:44. > :21:47.Today, right across the BBC, students have been taking p`rt in
:21:48. > :21:50.School Report day. It's a chance for young people to get experience of
:21:51. > :21:54.what working in television news is like. The theme this year is the
:21:55. > :21:59.weather. We opened up our ndwsroom to Joseph, Benedict, Becky `nd
:22:00. > :22:02.Bronte. Here's what happened. Hi, we're from Longsands Academx in St
:22:03. > :22:14.Neots. We're here for the BBC's School Report. Come with us and see
:22:15. > :22:18.just how they make the weather. We have to be very quiet in here. This
:22:19. > :22:28.is the gallery, and we're w`tching the lunchtime weather bulletin with
:22:29. > :22:33.Alex Dolan. A lot of people wonder what I can see when I'm doing the
:22:34. > :22:38.weather. There's a big scredn behind me. What happens if you can't hear
:22:39. > :22:47.the gallery? That's when our floor manager comes in. She gives me hand
:22:48. > :22:50.signals so I know how long H've got. Most TV presenters use an attocue
:22:51. > :23:01.but weather presenters have to remember it all in their he`d. Stand
:23:02. > :23:07.about there... It's harder than it looks. It was finally time for us to
:23:08. > :23:21.have a go! We'll see some p`tchy fog. The day will be overcast with
:23:22. > :23:30.some scattered showers. Sattrday will see some showers. What do you
:23:31. > :23:32.worry about the most? Peopld's livelihoods depend on the wdather
:23:33. > :23:39.being accurate! I even dreal about being accurate! I even dreal about
:23:40. > :23:51.the weather! I dreamt it was going to snow but thankfully it w`s sunny!
:23:52. > :23:58.Before preparing her forecast, Alex hooks up with The Met Officd to get
:23:59. > :24:03.the latest information. That's my image and I've got a radar here as
:24:04. > :24:16.well. It shows me if there's any rain. It's an improving picture this
:24:17. > :24:19.afteroon. So now we know how it s done, we'll never watch the weather
:24:20. > :24:24.the same way again. This has been Longsands Academy for BBC School
:24:25. > :24:27.Report! Have a look at this ` we've got an
:24:28. > :24:37.all singing, all dancing we`ther forecast tonight. Here's Benedict to
:24:38. > :24:51.start us off. Thank you. People start with weather pictures. `` We
:24:52. > :25:04.will start. Over to Alex with the weather. Thank you very much. The
:25:05. > :25:06.weather has been quite grim today. Some of the showers have banded
:25:07. > :25:18.together to give us long spdlls of rain. Eight or nine degrees. It has
:25:19. > :25:24.felt quite better. `` bitter. There will be more heavy downpours this
:25:25. > :25:31.evening. It depends regular. `` where you live. By the end of the
:25:32. > :25:35.night, it is looking quite dry. There will be some clear spdlls but
:25:36. > :25:46.temperatures should not drop too low. We should be free of any frost.
:25:47. > :25:52.Tomorrow, this is the presstre pattern. We have got a weather front
:25:53. > :26:00.reading slowly from the North West and it might bring a shoe spots of
:26:01. > :26:05.rain. For much of the morning will be cloudy. There is a better
:26:06. > :26:10.prospect of seeing something a little bit brighter in the
:26:11. > :26:19.afternoon. If that is sunshhne then it will fuel a little warmer. Around
:26:20. > :26:24.12 Celsius. `` feel a littld warmer. The afternoon is not looking too
:26:25. > :26:27.bad. Hopefully some of us whll see some sunshine. It is all ch`nge and
:26:28. > :26:35.that is a real difference and things. There will be a lot of warm
:26:36. > :26:39.air coming in from the conthnent. By the time we get to the weekdnd it
:26:40. > :26:49.will be much warmer. Saturd`y is looking quite good. It will
:26:50. > :26:53.certainly be feeling warmer. On Sunday, temperatures of arotnd 6
:26:54. > :27:04.degrees but it will be cloudy at times. Showers overnight on Sunday
:27:05. > :27:19.into Monday. Over two joseph. Thank you. It is 1012 millibars. Thank
:27:20. > :27:30.you. That is amazing. You c`nnot teach that. Did you enjoy it? It was
:27:31. > :27:39.great. I was nervous but re`lly enjoyed it. Well done. In tdn years
:27:40. > :27:44.time you will be doing it for a living. Goodbye.