:00:00. > 3:59:59connection with a murdering Belfast back in the 1970s. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:07.the Good evening and welcome to Look
:00:08. > :00:10.East on the day that Cambridge, Northampton and Luton get news of
:00:11. > :00:14.big investment. Money that will affect patients, power and
:00:15. > :00:19.passengers. We'll bring you all the details and analysis.
:00:20. > :00:22.And we'll be here later in the programme as the Labour Party launch
:00:23. > :00:25.their election campaign in Cambridge. What does Ed Miliband
:00:26. > :00:28.have to say about Europe and the East?
:00:29. > :00:30.And 106 years' young ` the Land Girls providing the some of the last
:00:31. > :00:46.living memories of the Great War. Well, it's been a day of major
:00:47. > :00:50.investment for the region with three big business announcements. First,
:00:51. > :00:53.Papworth Hospital WILL be relocating to the Addenbrooke's site in
:00:54. > :00:58.Cambridge ` a move that secures its future at the heart of medical
:00:59. > :01:01.science. In engineering, work has started today on a brand new factory
:01:02. > :01:06.for Cosworth boosting the already significant motor industry in
:01:07. > :01:10.Northamptonshire. And Luton Airport has been given the Government green
:01:11. > :01:12.light to expand with 5,000 more jobs, an improved terminal and road
:01:13. > :01:21.system all delivering increased capacity. We'll have special reports
:01:22. > :01:24.on all three stories for you tonight. But let's start with Luton
:01:25. > :01:33.where our reporter, Neil Bradford, is now. Neil.
:01:34. > :01:42.Yes, Luton airport is in its 76th year. It began as a base for
:01:43. > :01:48.aircraft manufacturing and is now the UK's fifth largest airport. Last
:01:49. > :01:52.month was its busiest in its history. The expansion plans hope to
:01:53. > :01:56.double the number of passengers over the next ten years and the airport
:01:57. > :02:01.says it is a much`needed boost to the local upon a `` economy. Those
:02:02. > :02:06.opposed state will bring more noise and congestion.
:02:07. > :02:13.9 million extra passengers and 45,000 extra flights with 5000 new
:02:14. > :02:18.jobs. The promise of Luton airport expansion. The vision moved a step
:02:19. > :02:24.closer to reality today after the government gave its approval. We
:02:25. > :02:29.will be able to increase the size of infrastructure and we think it will
:02:30. > :02:34.take ten years. It also means we will improve the quality of the
:02:35. > :02:40.passenger experience. We will have an airport we can really be proud
:02:41. > :02:44.of. Campaign groups feel they have been ignored. Those living close to
:02:45. > :02:54.the flight path say they will bear the brunt of increased noise. We won
:02:55. > :03:00.a problem tree of Beds `` promontory. They land coming in over
:03:01. > :03:11.towns and villages in Hertfordshire so Luton is owned by Hertfordshire
:03:12. > :03:13.but Beds gets the pain. The chief executive of Beds chamber of
:03:14. > :03:20.commerce says those opposed are being short`sighted. There have been
:03:21. > :03:24.lots of objectives `` objections and all that was taken into
:03:25. > :03:28.consideration. The government have made the right decision in my view.
:03:29. > :03:33.The creation of jobs and the investment to help the local economy
:03:34. > :03:40.can only be very, very good news. We are delighted with the outcome.
:03:41. > :03:43.Construction is expected to take place in three stages. Airport
:03:44. > :03:49.managers hoped the first will start by the end of the year.
:03:50. > :03:56.It does seem like Master of the reaction today `` much of the
:03:57. > :04:00.reaction today has been positive. But those opposed should not be
:04:01. > :04:04.underestimated. I have been speaking to a lot of schools today who are
:04:05. > :04:09.underneath the flight path and they are concerned an increase in flights
:04:10. > :04:13.will mean more disruption for them. As it is, they sometimes have to
:04:14. > :04:19.stop lessons and they have to keep windows shut during the summer.
:04:20. > :04:22.Campaigners say they will continue the fight because these plans have
:04:23. > :04:25.not been given planning permission just yet.
:04:26. > :04:27.Thanks Neil. Now, after a long`running campaign and much
:04:28. > :04:32.speculation over its future, Papworth Hospital is on the move. By
:04:33. > :04:35.2017 it will be based at the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge next
:04:36. > :04:40.to Addenbrooke's, creating a hub of medical expertise. The Government
:04:41. > :04:45.has pledged ?165 million for the move. In a moment, we'll hear from
:04:46. > :04:49.the hospital's chairman, Professor John Wallwork, about what it means
:04:50. > :05:00.for patients. First this report from Ben Bland.
:05:01. > :05:05.This is the sort of hospital you get for ?165 million. A far cry from
:05:06. > :05:10.Papworth humble beginnings as a colony for two by killer doses
:05:11. > :05:14.patients. They carried out the first successful heart transplant in the
:05:15. > :05:20.UK in 1979 but now it is time to look for the future. It wasn't
:05:21. > :05:26.designed for 21st`century medicine and whilst this sat `` staff are
:05:27. > :05:29.fantastic, one needs to be closer to other hospital facilities so
:05:30. > :05:34.patients get full back`up 24 hours a day.
:05:35. > :05:41.There was a mixed response in the village. Very sad because it is a
:05:42. > :05:46.wonderful, therapeutic place. It is not a concrete jungle. In a way
:05:47. > :05:54.there will be less cars that the main road and more room for traffic
:05:55. > :06:01.to come through the village. I work out there so mixed feelings as to
:06:02. > :06:06.whether our jobs will go. When built, this site will be Papworth 's
:06:07. > :06:13.future home near Addenbrooke's Hospital. For patients, it means
:06:14. > :06:18.single rooms, been close to specialist services and more
:06:19. > :06:22.capacity to treat more patients. There was talk of Papworth moving to
:06:23. > :06:26.Peterborough to help the City Hospital that is struggling to meet
:06:27. > :06:31.payments on its new building. But money is also being borrowed to
:06:32. > :06:38.build the new Papworth and borrowed `` paid back over 30 years. A lot of
:06:39. > :06:42.changes had taken place in the way that PFI works to make sure it is
:06:43. > :06:45.value for money and it is value for money because of the world leading
:06:46. > :06:52.facility it will create in Cambridge. This move has been talked
:06:53. > :06:56.about for over ten years. Building work could begin next year with the
:06:57. > :06:59.hospital in its new home by 2017. Professor John Wallwork is Papworth
:07:00. > :07:11.Hospital's chairman and joins me now. We had some of the benefits. ``
:07:12. > :07:22.heard about. What will this mean for patients? Essentially, our patients
:07:23. > :07:26.will get tomorrow's medicine today. There are incredible research and
:07:27. > :07:31.education facilities alongside the hospital. There will be new
:07:32. > :07:35.inventions that there aren't elsewhere and there will be an
:07:36. > :07:48.opportunity to have diseases treated. When I started, we operate
:07:49. > :07:53.on younger people but now we operate on people in their 90s. We need to
:07:54. > :08:00.continue to have closeness to all these other specialties. What about
:08:01. > :08:04.the staff? You are a former surgeon so what would it have meant to you
:08:05. > :08:12.if you had the opportunity to work in an environment like this? That is
:08:13. > :08:16.complex because a hospital or any organisation is the people in it and
:08:17. > :08:21.not just the shell. But you now need to be close to other forms of
:08:22. > :08:24.medicine, basic science and engineering and it gives you the
:08:25. > :08:32.opportunity to develop new ideas and do things faster. The problem with
:08:33. > :08:39.the hospital is you have to be careful it doesn't become a factory.
:08:40. > :08:45.It is important to have a place that is both serving patients but also
:08:46. > :08:52.doing innovation. It will be a busy campus on the edge of a busy city.
:08:53. > :08:58.Patients might think, am I going to get `` have a nightmare getting
:08:59. > :09:06.there and parking. That is not my world, although I remember where ``
:09:07. > :09:13.when I was director of transportation, we all found that.
:09:14. > :09:20.That is something the city and county have to deal with but I am
:09:21. > :09:27.not in that world. In the 1980s, you performed Britain's first heart/
:09:28. > :09:33.lung transplant. I am wondering what you think maybe the next first from
:09:34. > :09:38.the site? If I knew what it was in terms of care I would probably be
:09:39. > :09:42.doing it. Many people don't know that within Europe there is no
:09:43. > :09:47.cardiovascular research centre that is the top ten in the world and we
:09:48. > :09:50.have an opportunity in Cambridge to be in the top ten in the world for
:09:51. > :09:56.the whole of Europe and the whole of the UK. Thank you. From medicine to
:09:57. > :09:59.the motor industry. Work has begun today on a new ?20
:10:00. > :10:03.million factory for Cosworth Engineering in Northamptonshire. It
:10:04. > :10:07.will create 70 new jobs as well as 200 more in the supply chain. The
:10:08. > :10:15.plant will make and assemble engine parts for high performance cars.
:10:16. > :10:21.Mike Cartwright has this report. In Northampton, building work has
:10:22. > :10:27.begun on the site of cost worth's new engine factory. Once finished,
:10:28. > :10:31.the company say it will treble their output and they say the investment
:10:32. > :10:39.is a commitment to sell `` stay in the town. We have 50 years here and
:10:40. > :10:44.the local talent pool is part of our history and our DNA. We want to
:10:45. > :10:53.build a long`standing foundation and this dramatically improves our
:10:54. > :11:00.ability to do so. Engines for car racing and Formula one and rallying
:11:01. > :11:08.and high`performance cars... Nearly 300 employed here. Many are
:11:09. > :11:13.apprentices. You get an earning and an education at the same time. It is
:11:14. > :11:18.important we have this new factory because it brings in more people and
:11:19. > :11:22.it keeps the company moving forward. More than half the engines built in
:11:23. > :11:28.the factory will be for export and within four years they could be
:11:29. > :11:35.powering cars like this. They already do the electrics and now
:11:36. > :11:38.they could provide the engine also. Cosworth Engineering say they will
:11:39. > :11:47.make tens of thousands car components extra every year. With
:11:48. > :11:53.the emergence of the Formula one team and Silverstone and it puts a
:11:54. > :11:57.focal point here for being a centre in the world for all of that. The
:11:58. > :12:04.supply chain that feeds of that is immense. The industry is worth over
:12:05. > :12:07.?2 billion to the local economy. This year is their 50th. The company
:12:08. > :12:38.is great and Ed Miliband has been in Cambridge
:12:39. > :12:42.today to launch his party's European Election campaign. We'll be hearing
:12:43. > :12:46.from the Labour leader in just a moment. We go to the polls in two
:12:47. > :12:49.weeks, and most of the region is in the eastern constituency. There are
:12:50. > :12:53.seven seats up for grabs. As you can see, last time round Labour came
:12:54. > :12:57.joint bottom of the poll. Our political correspondent Andrew
:12:58. > :13:13.Sinclair was at today's launch. Hello! The Labour leader is enjoying
:13:14. > :13:15.himself at the moment. This afternoon, a leisurely walkabout in
:13:16. > :13:20.the city of Cambridge. Plenty of people wanted to meet him. All the
:13:21. > :13:24.comments were friendly, if a little insensitive! I've met your brother!
:13:25. > :13:30.And there were plenty of photo opportunities. Earlier, in someone's
:13:31. > :13:35.home, a chance to talk about his new policy to crack down on landlords
:13:36. > :13:38.who charge high rents. Critics point out that Labour is talking a lot
:13:39. > :13:45.about the cost of living, even though it isn't a European issue.
:13:46. > :13:49.But Labour is a pro`European party. Its one MEP for the east of England
:13:50. > :13:56.has been on the doorsteps, talking about the benefits of European
:13:57. > :14:08.membership. I'm proud of the investment. Many millions. Money for
:14:09. > :14:14.disabled people, women going back to work, others to improve their job
:14:15. > :14:19.prospects. That doesn't get talked about but it's what I do as a Labour
:14:20. > :14:32.MEP. The last Euro elections were in 2009. Labour was very unpopular. But
:14:33. > :14:36.since then Labour has rebuilt its base in towns like Great Yarmouth,
:14:37. > :14:40.Norwich and Cambridge. But could its success be dented by this lot? UKIP
:14:41. > :14:44.has, on the whole, been taking supporters from the Conservatives.
:14:45. > :14:47.But increasingly, Labour campaigners are telling me they're noticing the
:14:48. > :14:55.anti`immigration and establishment message is playing well in poor,
:14:56. > :15:03.working class areas. That's probably why Mr Miliband has started to talk
:15:04. > :15:07.tough about immigration. He needs to do well in the east and he doesn't
:15:08. > :15:14.want his success derailed by another party.
:15:15. > :15:22.I spoke to Ed Miliband in the last hour. I put that point to him that
:15:23. > :15:32.the party's thunder was being stolen by UKIP. We are fighting a very
:15:33. > :15:38.positive campaign about what I think is the biggest issue a country
:15:39. > :15:41.faces, the cost of living crisis. We are talking about freezing energy
:15:42. > :15:46.bills and making a difference about what I think is a massive issue. We
:15:47. > :15:52.are seeing something very important to date which is that if you are a
:15:53. > :15:59.tenant in the private sector, we are going after agents for charging new
:16:00. > :16:03.fees. `` you fees. I think that shows that Labour is the one party
:16:04. > :16:11.in these elections talking about the biggest issues. You do talk about
:16:12. > :16:15.the cost of living, it is important, but these are the European
:16:16. > :16:20.elections. We are not hearing much about Europe. Is that because you
:16:21. > :16:25.know that your view on Europe is not very popular? I think it is very
:16:26. > :16:32.relevant to the cost of living crisis. For example, people have to
:16:33. > :16:40.make sure that when they come to Britain, we do not find that migrant
:16:41. > :16:43.workers here are exploited. That is why we have clear proposals on
:16:44. > :16:51.agency work and were we enforce the minimum wage. `` that we enforce. We
:16:52. > :16:57.want to tackle the living crisis here at home but also in the
:16:58. > :17:05.European Union. Europe, the local elections, it is central to our
:17:06. > :17:09.campaign. UKIP is speaking about Europe. At the top of the agenda. At
:17:10. > :17:16.the top of the voters agenda as well. 56,000 people came from Europe
:17:17. > :17:20.here since 2010. There are deep concerns about the infrastructure
:17:21. > :17:25.not being able to cope. We are not hearing about that. I have talked
:17:26. > :17:35.about that a lot since I became the leader of the Labour Party. I have
:17:36. > :17:40.said that I want to set a clear proposals. Many people are concerned
:17:41. > :17:44.that when people come here and they find that the wages are undercut, we
:17:45. > :17:51.are doing everything we can to stop that happening. I do not propose
:17:52. > :17:56.withdrawing from the European Union. The muscle many companies in this
:17:57. > :18:07.region who rely on it. It would cost jobs. This is a key region for
:18:08. > :18:11.Labour. You should be doing better in the polls at the moment if you
:18:12. > :18:20.are going to secure the seat you need? Norwich North for example. You
:18:21. > :18:26.are not actually addressing the issues that are resonating with the
:18:27. > :18:34.public. I do not agree but we will see what happens on me the 22nd and
:18:35. > :18:40.the general election. `` May the 22nd. Childcare is a massive issue
:18:41. > :18:53.and Labour is saying that 25 hours of free no silly education is
:18:54. > :19:00.important. `` free education. That is a clear proposal. Zero hours
:19:01. > :19:04.contract is another massive issue. It is labour that is saying if you
:19:05. > :19:10.are doing regular hours you should get a regular contract. But members
:19:11. > :19:19.of your own party are saying that you are not resonating with the
:19:20. > :19:23.voters. I don't agree with that. When I was in Cambridge today I have
:19:24. > :19:31.had lots of people coming up to me and saying the key with the agenda
:19:32. > :19:40.we are putting forward. `` they agree with the agenda. These are so
:19:41. > :19:44.important to the country. Thank you. And on tomorrow night's programme,
:19:45. > :19:50.Stewart will be talking to the UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
:19:51. > :19:53.Let me take you back to 1908. The Penny Post began, Henry Ford
:19:54. > :19:58.produced the first Model T and Hoover started making the vacuum
:19:59. > :20:04.cleaner. It was also the year that Cynthia Cook and Eileen Knevett were
:20:05. > :20:08.born. They're in the same nursing home in Essex and are among the last
:20:09. > :20:10.remaining people in the country to have lived through two World Wars.
:20:11. > :20:18.Today they celebrated their 106th birthdays.
:20:19. > :20:22.Two people from the same care home celebrating 106 years is remarkable.
:20:23. > :20:31.So are they. They have seen at all, from the First World War to the
:20:32. > :20:37.World Wide Web. Happy birthday. As a child, Eileen witnessed Zetland is
:20:38. > :20:42.on fire over London as the crew led to the crew led to their deaths.
:20:43. > :20:56.Moon landings, coronations of the Queen, John F. Kennedy. She likes
:20:57. > :21:04.bread and drippings. You used to have ten food that was out of date!
:21:05. > :21:11.`` tinned food. How she has reached 106 is beyond all of us. They are
:21:12. > :21:20.looked after by this care company in Clapton. Cynthia did not come here
:21:21. > :21:24.until she was 100. She has got four children, 12 grandchildren, 16
:21:25. > :21:35.great`grandchildren and to keep great`grandchildren. One more on the
:21:36. > :21:42.way. Her and her friend were going out with two men and the other one
:21:43. > :21:55.was going out with my father. They just happen to swap over! ``
:21:56. > :22:01.happened. People like Eileen and Cynthia are asked how the public so
:22:02. > :22:05.long. For Cynthia it is Guinness, Cherie and young men! For Eileen,
:22:06. > :22:14.all dancing and the occasional glass of champagne. `` ball dancing. ``
:22:15. > :22:17.sherry. I wonder whether the Fire Brigade
:22:18. > :22:35.was on stand`by! 212 candles! Time now for the weather. We have
:22:36. > :22:44.seen a lot of cloud around today. Also some showers. Were they have
:22:45. > :22:52.fallen, the showers, they merged together. The has been some heavy
:22:53. > :22:59.rain in Western counties. Still a few dotted around. Dry weather in
:23:00. > :23:04.between. They are gradually going to move southwards. A lot of the night
:23:05. > :23:12.is looking dry. Coming mistake with some cloud around. `` Turning misty.
:23:13. > :23:20.Temperatures are not expected to drop below seven or eight IDs. ``
:23:21. > :23:28.degrees. We have got high pressure building from the North. Luton model
:23:29. > :23:39.you will notice the difference. It will feel cooler. `` Through
:23:40. > :23:45.tomorrow you will notice. We start tomorrow with quite a lot of cloud
:23:46. > :23:54.around. Counties like Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. You can start to
:23:55. > :24:04.see the cloud shifting and baking. `` breaking. 11 or 12 Celsius. The
:24:05. > :24:10.afternoon looks largely dry. We should see some sunshine. This is
:24:11. > :24:19.the pressure pattern for the bank holiday. It means a dry forecast.
:24:20. > :24:23.That is good news. There will be some sunny spells, a bit of cloud
:24:24. > :24:29.around at times but also the other great thing is that it will start to
:24:30. > :24:39.warm up. Saturday, Sunday and beyond. On Monday temperatures
:24:40. > :24:47.claiming to 17. `` climbing. Tomorrow will be a cold night. Cold
:24:48. > :24:55.enough for a touch of ground frost. That will do. That is out. Have a
:24:56. > :24:59.great evening. Goodbye. `` That is it.