:00:00. > :00:10.European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so
:00:11. > :00:20.Now it's over to Susie for the rest of the programme.
:00:21. > :00:27.And I will be here with all the day's news from the rest of the
:00:28. > :00:31.region, including back on the ward, a year after safety concerns at
:00:32. > :00:34.Bedford Hospital, junior doctors will be allowed to return. Why is it
:00:35. > :00:35.our hospitals struggle to recruit our hospitals struggle to recruit
:00:36. > :00:43.and retrain enough nurses? @nd one and retrain enough nurses? And one
:00:44. > :01:06.of the country's Reverend Flowers is back for the first time in ` decade.
:01:07. > :01:10.a moment, why so many nursing posts remain unfilled. But first, a year
:01:11. > :01:13.after junior doctors were suspended from Bedford Hospital because of a
:01:14. > :01:16.lack of qualified staff to supervise them comes the decision to `llow
:01:17. > :01:20.them back on the wards. It was July last year when trainee doctors were
:01:21. > :01:23.suspended along with childrdn's services because of a concern over
:01:24. > :01:26.patient safety. Children thdn had to be sent to Milton Keynes for
:01:27. > :01:29.treatment. But in January, the hospital was once again allowed to
:01:30. > :01:31.take emergency admissions for under`16s. Today came the rtling
:01:32. > :01:36.that there is now enough support and expertise on the wards for junior
:01:37. > :01:43.doctors to return. But as Mhke Cartwright reports, it doesn't mean
:01:44. > :01:49.business as usual. Are you feeling better now? Yes
:01:50. > :01:52.You've been really brave. Charlie, aged three, stayed at hospital
:01:53. > :01:55.overnight after arriving with stomach pains. His mum Jo stayed
:01:56. > :01:58.with him. Pregnant, her second child will be delivered any day. Without a
:01:59. > :02:05.children's ward in Bedford, she would have had to head to Milton
:02:06. > :02:08.Keynes. The thought of going half an hour down the road, driving, just me
:02:09. > :02:12.and my son, would have been a nightmare and I probably wotldn t
:02:13. > :02:15.have gone into the walk`in. I wouldn't have taken him, or if I
:02:16. > :02:27.had, I would have been in tears, I think, I'm so emotional at the
:02:28. > :02:30.moment anyway. From August, junior doctors will work on the children's
:02:31. > :02:32.wards here once again ` eight paediatric consultants provhding
:02:33. > :02:35.proper supervision, say health managers. The approach for junior
:02:36. > :02:38.doctors will be that they h`ve more people around to help sort out
:02:39. > :02:43.problems that they might encounter, and that's sustainable, that will
:02:44. > :02:46.continue in the future. Beforehand, junior doctors would have done all
:02:47. > :02:49.the frontline care. They met the patients, they did the inithal
:02:50. > :02:53.assessment. What will be different now is that all that will bd carried
:02:54. > :02:58.out by consultants. July protests, after emergency treatment for
:02:59. > :03:02.children was stopped, followed by a damning report from the health
:03:03. > :03:12.watchdog. The chief executive now says treatment has been turned
:03:13. > :03:16.around. This is the first thme in the country that trainees have been
:03:17. > :03:19.returned to department once they have been removed by the GMC, and
:03:20. > :03:22.that is a fantastic achievelent and shows that we are really improving
:03:23. > :03:25.services and the environment for junior doctors and we are very proud
:03:26. > :03:28.hospital. Children will havd to go elsewhere for long`term specialist
:03:29. > :03:50.treatment, but for parents like Jo, there is relief that paediatric care
:03:51. > :03:53.Meanwhile, hospitals across the region are struggling to find enough
:03:54. > :03:57.Many are increasingly having to turn to Europe and even further `field
:03:58. > :04:02.Earlier this month, the Royal College of Nursing highlighted
:04:03. > :04:04.the importance of employing enough staff to guarantee patient safety.
:04:05. > :04:07.But for many of our hospitals that's proving a challenge.
:04:08. > :04:11.If we just take a snapshot of the region, you can see the Luton
:04:12. > :04:13.and Dunstable Hospital have a vacancy rate of 3.5%.
:04:14. > :04:16.At Kettering they've recently recruited 26 nurses from ovdrseas,
:04:17. > :04:19.And at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge, 10 %
:04:20. > :04:24.Our reporter Ben Bland has been to Peterborough City Hospital
:04:25. > :04:33.A three`day stay in the cardiac ward for Phyllis Johnson, and thd care
:04:34. > :04:37.she received from the nurses was a vital part of her recovery.
:04:38. > :04:40.Very important, they are very good, very kind,
:04:41. > :04:48.Here on the cardiac ward they have 12 nurses
:04:49. > :04:52.and healthcare assistants on duty, spanning the day and night shift.
:04:53. > :04:55.To cover those shifts over the course of a week means they need to
:04:56. > :04:59.employ 55 nurses, and that's just for one ward in one hospital in one
:05:00. > :05:06.city, so you can see why qu`lified nurses are in such high demand.
:05:07. > :05:09.At the minute we are looking to fill 150 posts.
:05:10. > :05:13.Not all of those are vacant at the moment, some we have had notice of
:05:14. > :05:16.people moving on to new and exciting other posts and then we havd filled
:05:17. > :05:20.some of those and we are waiting for nurses to come and join us from
:05:21. > :05:24.where they are currently working, but we cannot make up the ntmber we
:05:25. > :05:27.We have been looking at overseas recruitment.
:05:28. > :05:30.And they have just recruited more than 20 nurses from Spain,
:05:31. > :05:34.They will start at Peterborough Hospital later this year, but some
:05:35. > :05:39.think hiring nurses from abroad is only a short`term solution.
:05:40. > :05:43.It doesn't solve the problel because we will still have a shortfall
:05:44. > :05:49.We need to get more qualifidd nurses within the workforce and I do know
:05:50. > :05:52.from talking to my other colleagues within the Royal College of Nursing
:05:53. > :05:57.that Peterborough are a little bit later than some of our organisations
:05:58. > :06:01.in looking abroad to recruit qualified nurses.
:06:02. > :06:05.At this hospital, they parthcularly need nurses for the operating
:06:06. > :06:08.theatres and emergency departments, but training and recruiting them is
:06:09. > :06:13.The rest of the challenge is keeping good nurses and persuading
:06:14. > :06:24.Earlier I spoke to Karen Webb from the Royal College of Nursing.
:06:25. > :06:27.She told me why hospitals h`ve little choice but to recruit
:06:28. > :06:35.To put it bluntly, we would need to recruit every single school leaver
:06:36. > :06:39.in the country at the moment in order to staff the NHS to the state
:06:40. > :06:43.that it is at the moment, so frankly we have to go overseas at the moment
:06:44. > :06:45.to find enough people with the qualifications,
:06:46. > :06:49.experience and skills to fill the nursing vacancies in thd East.
:06:50. > :06:52.But what could we be doing better or more of in this country,
:06:53. > :07:01.Is it training? Are we not training enough people?
:07:02. > :07:04.We need to invest more in nurse training places through
:07:05. > :07:09.There are no shortage of young people wanting to train to
:07:10. > :07:11.be nurses but there are shortages of commissioned places
:07:12. > :07:15.There isn't a single area in the East of England
:07:16. > :07:19.at the moment that isn't crying out for qualified experienced ntrses
:07:20. > :07:24.It takes four years to prep`re a nurse to be competent
:07:25. > :07:28.for practice, and clearly over the years the investment has not gone
:07:29. > :07:34.Does that mean patients are being put at risk if we are
:07:35. > :07:39.so desperate and so short of those trained nurses?
:07:40. > :07:42.Of course patients are being put at risk.
:07:43. > :07:46.If patients go to any wards now they will be able to see how many
:07:47. > :07:50.nurses and what skill mix there should be in the clinical area and
:07:51. > :07:54.they will be able to see what there actually are in the clinical area.
:07:55. > :07:58.Any time a patient or a pathent s visitor goes to a ward and there are
:07:59. > :08:02.four nurses instead of five, you know your relative is being put at
:08:03. > :08:06.risk because if that is the assessed number of staff there should be,
:08:07. > :08:09.there really isn't an excuse for why they are not there,
:08:10. > :08:17.other than cost`cutting and saving money on nursing posts.
:08:18. > :08:19.A couple from Northampton who were extradited
:08:20. > :08:22.to America last week have had their application for bail refused.
:08:23. > :08:26.Paul and Sandra Dunham appeared at a court in Maryland this afternoon
:08:27. > :08:32.They face 13 counts of fraud totalling $1.4 million
:08:33. > :08:35.The Dunhams have been told their trial is unlikely to be heard
:08:36. > :08:48.Now for something that's not been seen in this region
:08:49. > :08:50.for more than a decade. It's blue and white.
:08:51. > :08:54.But now the Fen Violet has returned to Cambridgeshire and Wicken Fen.
:08:55. > :09:02.Wicken fen, it believed to be the oldest nature reserve in England,
:09:03. > :09:06.internationally recognised for its conservation. And we have jtst heard
:09:07. > :09:10.conservation. And we have just heard a cuckoo. Last year they fotnd 3
:09:11. > :09:15.a cuckoo. Last year they found 53 new species. Now they have
:09:16. > :09:18.discovered the fen Violet, found deep in the heart of the reserve.
:09:19. > :09:26.That's what all the bosses `bout. `` That's what all the bosses about. ``
:09:27. > :09:35.all the fuss is about. They last saw it ten years ago. We know as here it
:09:36. > :09:43.likes disturbed ground, we know it likes boggy ground and we know that
:09:44. > :09:46.it doesn't compete very well so it doesn't like a lot of agitation.
:09:47. > :09:51.doesn't like a lot of agitation This is just a tiny fragment of what
:09:52. > :09:53.was once a great friend, most of which has been drained and farm.
:09:54. > :09:55.Conservationists say this l`nd is Conservationists say this land is
:09:56. > :09:58.vital to protect rare specids Conservationists say this l`nd is
:09:59. > :09:58.vital to protect rare species that vital to protect rare specids that
:09:59. > :10:06.survived on this unique habitat. survived on this unique habhtat
:10:07. > :10:15.Those are your top stories tonight. gramme.
:10:16. > :10:19.Today, Labour leader Ed Milhband came to Essex, vowing to win back
:10:20. > :10:24.And some of the region's Lib Dems joined calls for their leaddr
:10:25. > :10:27.In a moment, a live debate with senior politicians.
:10:28. > :10:35.That's after this from Andrew Sinclair.
:10:36. > :10:39.These are the headline figures for the East of England. Three seats for
:10:40. > :10:41.UKIP, three for the Conserv`tives UKIP, three for the Conserv`tives
:10:42. > :10:45.and one for labour. Dig a little and one for labour. Dig a little
:10:46. > :10:47.deeper and it is clear that you get by definitely the winners. Their
:10:48. > :10:57.share of the vote up from 19% last share of the vote up from 18% last
:10:58. > :10:58.time to 34%. Where has it come from? The Liberal Democrats are down, but
:10:59. > :11:02.they also take seats from Labour The Liberal Democrats are down, but
:11:03. > :11:05.they also take seats from L`bour and they also take seats from Labour and
:11:06. > :11:10.people who have never voted before. Labour are notably up, but it seems
:11:11. > :11:13.that most of that vote came from former Liberal Democrats. There are
:11:14. > :11:14.stories that in some places many Labour supporters did not turn out
:11:15. > :11:17.to vote. If that is true thdn Labour supporters did not ttrn out
:11:18. > :11:23.to vote. If that is true thdn that is worrying for the party, so close
:11:24. > :11:25.to general election. It was dire for the Lib Dems, they got fewer votes
:11:26. > :11:27.than the Greens. That is whx the Lib Dems, they got fewer votes
:11:28. > :11:31.than the Greens. That is whx some councillors from this region have
:11:32. > :11:32.signed a letter for Nick leg to stand down. The big debate hs
:11:33. > :11:35.signed a letter for Nick leg to stand down. The big debate is how
:11:36. > :11:44.stand down. The big debate hs how seriously to take UKIP. `` Nick
:11:45. > :11:46.Clegg. In parts of Norfolk and Clegg. In parts of Norfolk `nd
:11:47. > :11:47.Cambridgeshire they could easily Cambridgeshire they could e`sily
:11:48. > :11:48.influenced the outcome of next influenced the outcome of next
:11:49. > :11:51.year's election. But becausd influenced the outcome of ndxt
:11:52. > :11:56.year's election. But because UKIP are appealing to voters across the
:11:57. > :12:01.political spectrum, how do other voters adjust their policies? Or do
:12:02. > :12:05.they just say, this is a protest vote that will go away next year?
:12:06. > :12:06.But given the result of the sport, can the parties continue to say
:12:07. > :12:15.that? `` this vote. Here in the studio are Norm`n Lamb,
:12:16. > :12:19.Liberal Democrat MP and Health Minister, and Richard Howitt,
:12:20. > :12:21.Labour MEP. Conservative MEP Vicky Ford is
:12:22. > :12:29.in Cambridge and newly elected UKIP Congratulations on that restlt for
:12:30. > :12:33.UKIP. It is it a good result for the region? Are you intending to do work
:12:34. > :12:39.for us in Europe? Yes, but we have to look at the big issue on the
:12:40. > :12:42.doors, which is immigration. We are the only party with a plan to take
:12:43. > :12:45.back control of the Borders. The other parties may say that they want
:12:46. > :12:49.to do that whilst being in the European Union, and that is an
:12:50. > :12:56.impossibility. The only way we can take control is to leave thd EU Are
:12:57. > :13:00.UKIP speaking the language of the ordinary working people that Ed
:13:01. > :13:04.Miliband said today that Labour is not reaching? I am grateful and glad
:13:05. > :13:09.to see Ed Miliband in Essex delivering that message and I think
:13:10. > :13:13.that there is a big difference between understanding concerns,
:13:14. > :13:21.concerns about the health sdrvice and access to that, whether children
:13:22. > :13:24.can get jobs, and also homes. UKIP's prescription is to stpport
:13:25. > :13:26.UKIP's prescription is to support the health service and to rdmove
:13:27. > :13:29.the health service and to remove people's appointment rates, which
:13:30. > :13:36.will increase job security. The very things that voters are worrhed
:13:37. > :13:40.about, Labour has the prescriptions that UKIP does not. 30% of voters
:13:41. > :13:43.chose UKIP over you at the Duropean chose UKIP over you at the Duropean
:13:44. > :13:45.election. The disillusionment is not just with the government, it is with
:13:46. > :13:52.you. There is an anti`polithcs you. There is an anti`politics
:13:53. > :13:58.disenchantment, and labour's job is to Windows people over. In Norwich
:13:59. > :14:00.and Cambridge Labour had thd majority and it looks like we will
:14:01. > :14:06.wind at the general election next year. The Labour vote went tp. It
:14:07. > :14:06.wind at the general election next year. The Labour vote went up. It is
:14:07. > :14:10.the first time in 20 years hn the the first time in 20 years in the
:14:11. > :14:12.European election that Labotr has beaten the Conservatives. It was a
:14:13. > :14:14.good election for Labour. But you good election for Labour. But you
:14:15. > :14:18.did badly in places like Grdat did badly in places like Great
:14:19. > :14:22.Yarmouth. Is it over for thd Lib Yarmouth. Is it over for the Lib
:14:23. > :14:26.Dems in this region? You did not even bother to put up some Lib Dems
:14:27. > :14:30.on some of the council elections. We do you go from here? It is
:14:31. > :14:32.absolutely not over. We have do you go from here? It is
:14:33. > :14:33.absolutely not over. We havd faced absolutely not over. We have faced
:14:34. > :14:39.this question many teams and be always bounce back. Our focts has to
:14:40. > :14:46.be rueful sleigh on focusing to get this country back after really
:14:47. > :14:48.difficult times `` ruthlessly. You cannot get the country back if you
:14:49. > :14:51.do not have any MPs? We have cannot get the country back if you
:14:52. > :14:51.do not have any MPs? We havd many do not have any MPs? We havd many
:14:52. > :14:53.MPs in Parliament and we are do not have any MPs? We have many
:14:54. > :14:53.MPs in Parliament and we ard in do not have any MPs? We havd many
:14:54. > :14:57.MPs in Parliament and we are in the coalition government. We have to act
:14:58. > :14:58.in the national interest. It is critically important that wd
:14:59. > :14:58.in the national interest. It is critically important that we have to
:14:59. > :15:02.critically important that wd have to listen to what the voters said last
:15:03. > :15:09.Thursday, that we treat people with respect for the decisions that they
:15:10. > :15:26.take. The way that the EU operates, it has let people down. We need to
:15:27. > :15:30.devolve power, make it more democratic and accountable. I want
:15:31. > :15:34.the Lib Dems to make fat reform argument. Little stock about
:15:35. > :15:44.reform. Your party is under pressure to spell out what it wants to
:15:45. > :15:51.change. What will you be arguing for ? The Conservative vote held up
:15:52. > :15:55.quite well. The people have spoken. They want reform and a new
:15:56. > :15:56.relationship with Europe. That is precisely why the Prime Minister
:15:57. > :15:59.relationship with Europe. That is precisely why the Prime Minhster has
:16:00. > :16:01.gone to Brussels today to start that renegotiation. On my list of things
:16:02. > :16:03.that I want to see be negotiated renegotiation. On my list of things
:16:04. > :16:07.that I want to see be negothated is that I want to see be negothated is
:16:08. > :16:09.that issue of immigration and freedom of movement of people and
:16:10. > :16:11.how the controls of that have not been strong enough for certain
:16:12. > :16:11.how the controls of that have not been strong enough for cert`in parts
:16:12. > :16:16.been strong enough for certain parts of the East of England. There are
:16:17. > :16:19.also issues to do with human rights and decisions on home affairs and
:16:20. > :16:22.justice. Those have been on our list. But a key difference between
:16:23. > :16:24.ourselves and UKIP is that I want list. But a key difference between
:16:25. > :16:28.ourselves and UKIP is that H want to see every negotiation that looks at
:16:29. > :16:32.the detail so that business and British businesses will not be left
:16:33. > :16:33.with uncertainty, because wd British businesses will not be left
:16:34. > :16:35.with uncertainty, because we need to with uncertainty, because wd need to
:16:36. > :16:38.make sure that we support British businesses, British jobs, through
:16:39. > :16:46.this renegotiation. Can I just ask this renegotiation. Can I jtst ask
:16:47. > :16:52.you... Very briefly, this is a vote for a referendum, and I support a
:16:53. > :16:54.referendum, 52 Conservative MPs in this region support and want a
:16:55. > :16:58.referendum so that people can referendum so that people can
:16:59. > :17:01.choose. How concerned are you? You did well in the European vote but it
:17:02. > :17:06.is not looking so good for the Conservatives in the first past the
:17:07. > :17:10.post elections and that could be the big problem for you in this region.
:17:11. > :17:15.If people want a new relationship with Europe, which is suggested in
:17:16. > :17:24.last week's vote, then they need to make sure that they have MPs that
:17:25. > :17:28.are in favour of a referendtm. If there is a vote that splits the
:17:29. > :17:33.pro`reform, pro`change votes, they could end up with a Labour LP.
:17:34. > :17:34.pro`reform, pro`change votes, they could end up with a Labour MP. And
:17:35. > :17:36.those Conservative seats th`t we won those Conservative seats that we won
:17:37. > :17:38.in the last election, if thdy those Conservative seats th`t we won
:17:39. > :17:40.in the last election, if they go in the last election, if thdy go
:17:41. > :17:47.back to labour you will not get you in out referendum. You are planning
:17:48. > :17:52.to stand in Thurrock. This region is high on UKIP's target list. But it
:17:53. > :17:57.will not just be about Europe, it will be about the economy, housing,
:17:58. > :18:02.welfare. Do you really think you can persuade voters to vote for you to
:18:03. > :18:07.be at Westminster? Absolutely. We won the popular vote at the council
:18:08. > :18:11.elections and in the European elections. What you have he`rd
:18:12. > :18:19.elections. What you have heard there, completely misrepresdnting
:18:20. > :18:31.UKIP's position on NHS, particularly a cheap shot when Labour introduced
:18:32. > :18:40.public private partnerships. We have a comprehensive platform to bring
:18:41. > :18:41.change. If the Tory's best `rgument is vote for the blues to stop the
:18:42. > :18:45.red then they are all the s`me. is vote for the blues to stop the
:18:46. > :18:49.red then they are all the same. Let red then they are all the s`me. Let
:18:50. > :18:53.me put to you that we must have a balanced debate about immigration
:18:54. > :18:54.and recognise that immigration has in many respects done an enormous
:18:55. > :18:59.amount of good for this country If amount of good for this country. If
:19:00. > :19:02.you think about the NHS... Let me finish this point. Let me make this
:19:03. > :19:04.finish this point. Let me m`ke this point. If you think about the NHS
:19:05. > :19:07.and you think about our card and you think about our care
:19:08. > :19:12.service, the whole system would collapse without extraordinarily
:19:13. > :19:16.dedicated people from across Europe working and caring for our frail
:19:17. > :19:19.older people. You have to answer the question about where does that here
:19:20. > :19:26.come from if we send all those people back on? Last time UKIP good
:19:27. > :19:29.result in the European elections they went down to 3% by the general
:19:30. > :19:32.election. I was debating whether election. I was debating whdther
:19:33. > :19:37.UKIP candidate this morning he said that yes, it is a protest vote. Next
:19:38. > :19:39.year the alternative is Labour and that is why Labour is on cotrse to
:19:40. > :19:41.that is why Labour is on course to win that general election. We have
:19:42. > :19:43.spoken to many voters who did win that general election. We have
:19:44. > :19:43.spoken to many voters who dhd vote spoken to many voters who did vote
:19:44. > :19:44.UKIP and they said that thex spoken to many voters who dhd vote
:19:45. > :19:48.UKIP and they said that thex do not know if they will vote UKIP in the
:19:49. > :19:54.general election. They want to see you prove yourself. You will be
:19:55. > :19:59.under a lot of scrutiny. Exactly. We have shown in the areas where we
:20:00. > :20:03.gained on Thursday, we'll acted one councillor in Thurrock in 2012, and
:20:04. > :20:07.people have seen the great work that that councillor has done and they
:20:08. > :20:13.have elected five more `` wd elected one councillor. We will see places
:20:14. > :20:18.where we can make real breakthroughs, where we can actually
:20:19. > :20:19.sure that we can give up on the Punch and Judy of reds, bluds
:20:20. > :20:22.sure that we can give up on the Punch and Judy of reds, blues and
:20:23. > :20:26.sometimes he was, and actually get real change. The truth is that
:20:27. > :20:28.nobody knows how it is going to play out at the general election, it is
:20:29. > :20:34.uncharted territory, which is uncharted territory, which hs
:20:35. > :20:37.dangerous for the party in power. If you vote UKIP and we end up going
:20:38. > :20:41.back to Labour then remember what it was like when we took over, with the
:20:42. > :20:45.country in deep financial crisis, we run out of money and it has been
:20:46. > :20:47.enormously painful getting this country's economy back together. A
:20:48. > :20:52.country's economy back together A lot of people have felt that pain.
:20:53. > :20:57.But look at where we are now. We have cut the deficit to bring the
:20:58. > :20:58.economy back under control. 1.5 million new jobs have started,
:20:59. > :21:01.economy back under control. 1.5 million new jobs have startdd, .5
:21:02. > :21:05.million young people given apprentices. Let us not get this
:21:06. > :21:12.country get back into financial disaster again. This has been done
:21:13. > :21:17.by the coalition. And it is two parties working together. You are
:21:18. > :21:20.not getting the credit, is that what you were saying? Yes, the smaller
:21:21. > :21:21.you were saying? Yes, the slaller party does not get the credit
:21:22. > :21:22.you were saying? Yes, the smaller party does not get the credht that
:21:23. > :21:22.you were saying? Yes, the slaller party does not get the credit that I
:21:23. > :21:25.party does not get the credht that I think in time we deserve. But
:21:26. > :21:26.party does not get the credit that I think in time we deserve. Btt I
:21:27. > :21:27.think in time we deserve. But I think it has been criticallx
:21:28. > :21:30.think it has been critically important at a time of incrddible
:21:31. > :21:35.danger to this country for two parties to work together, and our
:21:36. > :21:43.clear message has been that we work for a stronger economy, but also a
:21:44. > :21:45.fear society. Can I just... We have achieved massive tax cuts for people
:21:46. > :21:50.on low pay, a punk your costs. We on low pay, a punk your costs. We
:21:51. > :21:55.have reformed pensions in a way that have reformed pensions in a way that
:21:56. > :21:58.gives the money to people on low incomes. These are real achievements
:21:59. > :22:00.in government and that is what we should focus attention on. Xou
:22:01. > :22:04.in government and that is what we should focus attention on. You have
:22:05. > :22:05.lost your identity in doing so. In your constituency the Lib Ddms
:22:06. > :22:05.lost your identity in doing so. In your constituency the Lib Dems were
:22:06. > :22:10.your constituency the Lib Ddms were down more than 12%, UKIP up 16%. I
:22:11. > :22:14.down more than 12%, UKIP up 16% I do not think we have lost our
:22:15. > :22:17.identity. I think that we have fought very clearly for a stronger
:22:18. > :22:18.economy and a fairer society. fought very clearly for a stronger
:22:19. > :22:20.economy and a fairer societx. It is economy and a fairer societx. It is
:22:21. > :22:28.extraordinarily difficult for a time of economic people that we have been
:22:29. > :22:35.working with the party that have not in our natural allies. Economic
:22:36. > :22:39.dislocation is not just in Britain. Look at what has happened across
:22:40. > :22:44.Europe, French, right`wing parties, like UKIP, in France, in Austria, in
:22:45. > :22:56.Denmark, all gaining. It should be worrying to people. Let us talk
:22:57. > :23:03.about this region. There is some suggestion that Labour voters did
:23:04. > :23:10.not turn out, for example in Luton. Just 28% turnout. Are your voters
:23:11. > :23:17.staying at home? There were not local council elections... The
:23:18. > :23:21.turnout was higher than where it was just the European election. But in
:23:22. > :23:25.Luton we have to greet Labotr MPs Luton we have to greet Labour MPs
:23:26. > :23:28.and we're on course with victories in Norwich, Cambridge, Watford, for
:23:29. > :23:34.Labour to be winning key se`ts that Labour to be winning key se`ts that
:23:35. > :23:38.it needs to win. 110 since `` one sentence from all of you. What will
:23:39. > :23:40.you achieve for this region next year? We're on the road to economic
:23:41. > :23:45.year? We're on the road to dconomic recovery, let us not ruin it. If you
:23:46. > :23:51.vote UKIP you could end up with Labour and you will get back to
:23:52. > :23:57.financial disaster and you will not get a referendum on Europe. The old
:23:58. > :23:58.three parties, you cannot tdll get a referendum on Europe. The old
:23:59. > :24:00.three parties, you cannot tell the three parties, you cannot tell the
:24:01. > :24:03.difference between them. If you want back control of your borders,
:24:04. > :24:11.sovereignty and democracy, vote UKIP. The austerity policies have
:24:12. > :24:15.gone too far, we need to get that European money into the Easter think
:24:16. > :24:19.in. I am the only MEP that works for that and we need to deal with job
:24:20. > :24:29.insecurity and not slash employment rates. What are we missing out on?
:24:30. > :24:31.Jobs and the economy. We will work in the government to rebuild this
:24:32. > :24:36.economy after an incredibly different time and I think we are
:24:37. > :24:42.achieving a real difference. Thank you all very much for joining us
:24:43. > :24:43.this evening. It has been up pretty grotty day weather`wise, so we sent
:24:44. > :24:53.Alex outside. If we kick off with the pressure
:24:54. > :24:55.chart we can see the culprit, which is an area of low pressure out over
:24:56. > :24:57.the continent. That will mean the continent. That will mean
:24:58. > :25:00.further outbreaks of rain this evening and overnight, but ht will
:25:01. > :25:02.evening and overnight, but it will improve, so hang in there. The radar
:25:03. > :25:05.chart shows us where the heaviest of chart shows us where the heaviest of
:25:06. > :25:11.this rain has been and some of it has caused problems with localised
:25:12. > :25:15.flooding. Some heavy rain in a short space of time. Looking at tonight's
:25:16. > :25:18.chart you can see the track of this rain. It is starting to clear
:25:19. > :25:21.westwards through this evenhng and westwards through this evenhng and
:25:22. > :25:23.overnight. It brings us heavy pulses of rain. By the end of the night it
:25:24. > :25:25.looks as though the main rahn of rain. By the end of the night it
:25:26. > :25:27.looks as though the main rain band looks as though the main rahn band
:25:28. > :25:33.will be sitting on the north`west of it. For many counties it will be a
:25:34. > :25:38.dry end to the night. A good deal of cloud temperatures will rem`in
:25:39. > :25:44.relatively mild, around ten, 13 degrees. We kick off tomorrow with a
:25:45. > :25:45.lot of cloud around. If you live in northern counties, northern parts of
:25:46. > :25:48.Cambridgeshire or Norfolk, ht northern counties, northern parts of
:25:49. > :25:51.Cambridgeshire or Norfolk, it will be cloudy but it will start to clear
:25:52. > :25:54.northwards. That is where the main focus of this rain will be `cross
:25:55. > :25:56.the country tomorrow. If you're focus of this rain will be across
:25:57. > :26:00.the country tomorrow. If yot're off to the Suffolk Show you may well see
:26:01. > :26:04.a glimmer of brightness. It may well remain quite cloudy across the
:26:05. > :26:07.region, but rarely get any brightness or sunshine, which could
:26:08. > :26:13.be in short supply, but we lay get some, temperatures may claim to
:26:14. > :26:18.around 15 or 16 degrees. Moderate north to north`easterly wind. But
:26:19. > :26:25.there will be limp through than by the end of the day. The chart shows
:26:26. > :26:29.just that. This is going to give you some hope, because this is the
:26:30. > :26:31.pressure chart that we will end with, which shows how presstre
:26:32. > :26:33.with, which shows how pressure building for Friday. It is `n
:26:34. > :26:36.building for Friday. It is an improvement. Before we get there,
:26:37. > :26:38.looking at the outlook, we have closed with outbreaks of rahn to
:26:39. > :26:42.closed with outbreaks of rain to come on Thursday. It becomes
:26:43. > :26:45.gradually drier and brighter and then for afraid he entered the
:26:46. > :26:46.weekend we have later when sent brighter spells and some sunshine
:26:47. > :26:49.around. It is looking like a brighter spells and some sunshine
:26:50. > :26:51.around. It is looking like ` dry forecast for the weekend. Let
:26:52. > :26:56.around. It is looking like a dry forecast for the weekend. Ldt us go
:26:57. > :27:00.back to Suzy. That is all from us after a very
:27:01. > :27:07.lively debate on the issues surrounding the European elections.
:27:08. > :27:08.I and sure that that debate will continue in the coming months.