:00:00. > :00:11.Anger among the Somali commtnity, as a new law banning the drtg khat
:00:12. > :00:22.A half`a`billion pound defence deal for Stevenage.
:00:23. > :00:27.We'll have a special report on what the defence industry is worth to
:00:28. > :00:32.this region. We take a look at these, thd latest
:00:33. > :00:39.in 3D glasses, bringing hopd to people with poor sight.
:00:40. > :00:40.And on line, on time, free Wi`Fi comes to Cambridge, just ahdad of
:00:41. > :00:46.the Tour de France. Anger and defiance amongst
:00:47. > :00:52.the Somali community in Milton Keynes and Northampton,
:00:53. > :00:55.as a drug called khat will become The plant is grown in Afric`,
:00:56. > :00:59.and its leaves act Up until now,
:01:00. > :01:06.it's been considered a legal high. But, in less than six hours,
:01:07. > :01:08.it will become a class C drug carrying a m`ximum
:01:09. > :01:12.sentence of 14 years in jail for In a moment,
:01:13. > :01:19.we'll be hearing from the Milton Keynes MP who's camp`igned
:01:20. > :01:21.for the ban for eight years. But, first,
:01:22. > :01:26.this report from Neil Bradford. Ahmed Hassan has been chewing khat
:01:27. > :01:33.ever since he was a teenager. Now living in Milton Keynes,
:01:34. > :01:36.he is still a regular user. He bought this crop
:01:37. > :01:40.perfectly legally yesterday. From tomorrow,
:01:41. > :01:43.the natural plant becomes a class C I think if it is bad,
:01:44. > :02:07.my father would not let me. The natural stimulant is often
:02:08. > :02:10.compared to amphetamine. Users say it is no more harlful than
:02:11. > :02:13.caffeine, raising energy levels But those who campaigned
:02:14. > :02:20.for a ban said the drug can have a That will have an impact
:02:21. > :02:38.for the families, and health. Khat has been banned years hn Canada
:02:39. > :02:43.and America. It is also illegal in the whole
:02:44. > :02:45.of northern Europe Last year,
:02:46. > :02:52.it was banned the Netherlands. Until now, seven tonnes a wdek have
:02:53. > :02:55.been imported and sold at m`rkets Northamptonshire,
:02:56. > :03:08.home to one of the biggest @frican populations, police are takhng a
:03:09. > :03:10.pragmatic view on the legislation. Initially, we will take
:03:11. > :03:14.a low`key approach and depending on the intelligence on the problem,
:03:15. > :03:18.we will take appropriate action Users say that the new law has
:03:19. > :03:25.left them with nowhere to ttrn. They are forgetting
:03:26. > :03:27.the people. The new legislation has
:03:28. > :03:34.certainly divided opinion. Tomorrow, markets like this will
:03:35. > :03:38.become a thing of the past. No`one knows the consequencds of the
:03:39. > :03:45.illegal trade of this natur`l drug. Mark Lancaster,
:03:46. > :03:47.the MP for Milton Keynes, You've spent eight years
:03:48. > :03:53.campaigning for this law. So you're obviously convincdd
:03:54. > :03:55.it's the right thing. But plenty
:03:56. > :04:08.of people have their doubts. Some people do. But the reason I
:04:09. > :04:13.have campaigned to get this drug and is because I have been asked to do
:04:14. > :04:18.so by my Somali constituents. When you have women coming to yotr
:04:19. > :04:22.surgery sobbing because this drug is pulling their family apart, it does
:04:23. > :04:26.have an influence on you. I am convinced it is the right thing to
:04:27. > :04:30.do. What is making it illegal going to
:04:31. > :04:35.achieve other than forcing ht on to the black market?
:04:36. > :04:38.I do not think it will go on to the black market. It is being ilported
:04:39. > :04:44.in relatively small numbers. Because we are ahead of the game
:04:45. > :04:51.before it becomes mainstreal, we can nip that in the bud. It means
:04:52. > :04:55.families will have men going to work. They will not ignore their
:04:56. > :05:01.families. Families will hold together. I am on balance convinced.
:05:02. > :05:07.I am wondering whether the `mount of police time and money that will be
:05:08. > :05:11.used to enforce this wouldn't be better spent on tackling cl`ss A
:05:12. > :05:17.drug 's? That is an issue but I am ilpressed
:05:18. > :05:22.with the approach the policd and community are taking. We ard there
:05:23. > :05:27.to educate in the first instance. No one wants to alienate the Somali
:05:28. > :05:32.community. People will be w`rned. Potentially, they will have a
:05:33. > :05:36.penalty notice. This is one of many things we are doing in Milton
:05:37. > :05:42.Keynes. But people will continue to take
:05:43. > :05:46.it. We heard in the report the user saying it has been a tradithon
:05:47. > :05:52.around for centuries. People probably will take to `` take
:05:53. > :05:56.it in the short term, which is why we want to offer support and
:05:57. > :05:59.education. We have a meeting in Milton Keynes on Friday night to
:06:00. > :06:06.introduce this and so peopld are fully aware. On balance, I remain
:06:07. > :06:10.convinced, given the harm it has done to my constituents, thhs is the
:06:11. > :06:14.right thing to do. How do you see it changing the
:06:15. > :06:21.community that you represent in Milton Keynes? I think we whll see
:06:22. > :06:26.more community cohesion, falily is not ripped apart because of this
:06:27. > :06:31.drug. Over eight years, constituents have come to me telling me of the
:06:32. > :06:35.damage this drug has done, ripping their families apart.
:06:36. > :06:37.A group of disabled adults `re fighting to save their
:06:38. > :06:41.Some of them have lived in Hampton House for nearly 20 years,
:06:42. > :06:45.Tomorrow, they will travel to Westminster to lobby Parlialent The
:06:46. > :06:57.home belongs to the charity Scope, and is one of eight across the UK
:06:58. > :07:01.These residents can't imagine living anywhere else.
:07:02. > :07:03.Nicky Thompson has lived here for nearly 40 years.
:07:04. > :07:05.She and her friend, Louise, have cerebral palsy.
:07:06. > :07:17.They say they are devastated Hampton House could close.
:07:18. > :07:19.It is our home. I don't want to leave it.
:07:20. > :07:23.There will be nobody to look after her.
:07:24. > :07:39.If my mum had a stroke, what would happen to me?
:07:40. > :07:42.The home is owned by Scope, and Nicky's sister says the charity
:07:43. > :08:06.This is all they have known for many years.
:08:07. > :08:08.It would be quite traumatic for anyone, let alone these people, to
:08:09. > :08:12.Emotions are running high, and tomorrow,
:08:13. > :08:27.The mother of one resident who has been here two decades
:08:28. > :08:29.is stark on what could happdn if closure goes ahead.
:08:30. > :08:32.If they want to close the place they have got to move
:08:33. > :08:34.the residents with their frhends, not on their own.
:08:35. > :08:39.Hampton House is one of eight residential homes around thd country
:08:40. > :08:43.The charity says it is part of ongoing modernisation, r`ther
:08:44. > :08:47.We do understand why people are anxious about the proposals Scope
:08:48. > :08:50.has made. But Scope doesn't just believe we should be running very
:08:51. > :08:53.old`fashioned services of this nature. Care homes that might have
:08:54. > :08:55.been appropriate in the 1960s. Increasingly, disabled people are
:08:56. > :08:58.choosing to live in very different kind of places.
:08:59. > :09:01.Scope added every individual would be supported, including if they
:09:02. > :09:06.No`one could be forced to lhve by themselves.
:09:07. > :09:08.The charity says it isn't about saving money.
:09:09. > :09:13.But, it says, it is the right thing to do.
:09:14. > :09:17.Meanwhile, residents here are focused
:09:18. > :09:24.on meeting their MPs tomorrow, and making their voices heard.
:09:25. > :09:26.The Fire Brigades' Union has defended its strike over
:09:27. > :09:32.the weekend, after a man didd in a house fire in Hertfordshire.
:09:33. > :09:35.The Fire Service said it took longer for an engine to reach the scene
:09:36. > :09:38.in Welwyn Garden City because full`time crews at the
:09:39. > :09:48.The man was rescued from an upstairs room, but later died in hospital.
:09:49. > :09:51.A union spokesman said membdrs were shocked and saddened by the death.
:09:52. > :09:54.A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after
:09:55. > :09:57.a woman was shot in the village of Teeton, in Northamptonshhre.
:09:58. > :10:00.The incident happened just before six o'clock last night.
:10:01. > :10:03.The woman was seriously wounded and taken to hospital by air ambulance.
:10:04. > :10:06.A 51`year`old man was arrested shortly after midnight,
:10:07. > :10:08.following an extensive police search involving officers from
:10:09. > :10:17.across Northamptonshire and the police helicopter.
:10:18. > :10:21.It has an annual turnover worth hundreds of millions to the region,
:10:22. > :10:24.and provides up to 6,000 jobs. The defence industry is a major part of
:10:25. > :10:30.our local economy and, desphte government cuts to the armed forces,
:10:31. > :10:45.in big contracts. The latest is a missile system won by
:10:46. > :10:50.the Stevenage company MBDA, formerly known as
:10:51. > :10:56.The latest is a major new missile system won by
:10:57. > :10:58.the Stevenage company MBDA, formerly known as
:10:59. > :11:03.This report is from our defdnce correspondent, Alex Dunlop.
:11:04. > :11:05.A state`of`the`art Wildcat helicopter drops in on Stevdnage.
:11:06. > :11:07.For the engineers of MBDA, a chance to see the aircraft
:11:08. > :11:10.which will carry the missilds they are designing and developing.
:11:11. > :11:12.We have had them visit the squadron in the past.
:11:13. > :11:16.It is nice to be back up here to talk to the people who work
:11:17. > :11:19.on the missile, for them to see the end product, and the helicopter
:11:20. > :11:22.This is the new future anti`surface guided weapon,
:11:23. > :11:26.What looks like a computer game gives xou some
:11:27. > :11:29.Five years to develop and deliver that.
:11:30. > :11:33.It is a long journey, but this is a high`tech product
:11:34. > :11:36.This will defeat very sophisticated threats and sophisticated ships
:11:37. > :11:38.The contract to develop and deliver this missile so that it
:11:39. > :11:41.works in conjunction with this helicopter will mean employdes will
:11:42. > :11:46.It is a testing time for the region's defence colpanies
:11:47. > :11:47.because our Government and others are cutting back
:11:48. > :11:58.In our region, defence brings in the bucks.
:11:59. > :12:01.MBDA have 1,800 workers at their site in Stevenage.
:12:02. > :12:04.This Harlow company makes mtnitions, and employs 600 people.
:12:05. > :12:06.In Ampthill, this company is upgrading the Warrior.
:12:07. > :12:13.Marshall ADG in Cambridge now has more than 2,000 employeds.
:12:14. > :12:16.The drive for diversification and innovation is now cruci`l.
:12:17. > :12:23.We've found that innovation, particularly with large contracts,
:12:24. > :12:29.enables you to plan more effectively.
:12:30. > :12:35.to think of better ways to supply capability, to make sure yot do it
:12:36. > :12:44.in the most competitive way possible.
:12:45. > :12:50.This 60 years on this site. This war is designed to project confhdence
:12:51. > :12:53.that they can be here for m`ny decades more.
:12:54. > :12:55.Major roadworks are taking place at the Black Cat Roundabout
:12:56. > :12:59.More than ?5.5 million is bding spent improving the often congested
:13:00. > :13:08.It will take six months to complete the work, which includes making
:13:09. > :13:15.the roundabout bigger, and improving drainage and lighting
:13:16. > :13:43.Now, it's over to David and Susie for the rest of the programle.
:13:44. > :13:51.Still to come, news of a stormy night ahead. Plus the gener`tion of
:13:52. > :13:58.smart glasses which could transform the lives of people with poor sight.
:13:59. > :14:03.Two weeks today, hundreds of thousands of people are expdcted to
:14:04. > :14:05.line the streets to see the Tour de France as it passes through
:14:06. > :14:10.Cambridge and Essex. Many of them will want to share the photos on
:14:11. > :14:18.their smartphones. Will the network cope? Many will know you can't
:14:19. > :14:24.guarantee it. Cambridge University have been working to launch a new,
:14:25. > :14:27.free, public Wi`Fi network `cross the city. The Tour de Francd will be
:14:28. > :14:32.its first big test. When the Tour de France comds to
:14:33. > :14:36.Cambridge, there will be thousands here. Many wanting to share their
:14:37. > :14:43.photos with family and friends. We know how jammed the mobile networks
:14:44. > :14:49.get at crowded events. Therd is a new, free, Wi`Fi network cldverly
:14:50. > :14:54.hidden away at the top of l`mp posts. Now officially launched, it
:14:55. > :14:58.is promising fast speeds for everyone.
:14:59. > :15:03.Part of the role that has bden to deploy the latest wireless standards
:15:04. > :15:12.giving up to 300 megabits a second for each user. 100 times dolestic
:15:13. > :15:15.broadband. Who is paying for it This has been funded exclushvely by
:15:16. > :15:21.the University of Cambridge, ?3 ,000 to bring wireless to parts of the
:15:22. > :15:28.city centre. The transmitters had been positioned along the route of
:15:29. > :15:34.the Tour de France in Cambrhdge Take a look at the casing. This is
:15:35. > :15:37.what is on top of the lamp posts, designed here in Cambridgeshire and
:15:38. > :15:42.it proved a challenge. We had to make sure the signal
:15:43. > :15:47.strength was satisfactory through this unit, which meant the plastics
:15:48. > :15:52.we used had to be carefully considered. To make sure it didn't
:15:53. > :15:57.have any chance of insects getting into the unit. It is ventil`ted very
:15:58. > :16:05.well. Being black and mountdd on top of a poll, it will stand all weather
:16:06. > :16:09.conditions. We took the original and enlarged it and designed thd
:16:10. > :16:14.fittings for the aerial inshde. It uses a Wi`Fi network called the
:16:15. > :16:19.cloud which is free but you have to register. If this 12 month trial
:16:20. > :16:23.goes well, it could be extended but they are not promising free public
:16:24. > :16:27.Wi`Fi for the whole county. It is about getting the right
:16:28. > :16:32.connectivity across the county. In some cases it will be mobild, in
:16:33. > :16:38.some cases it will be Wi`Fi. Those behind the scheme say around
:16:39. > :16:43.50,000 people have already tsed it. The real test will be if it can cope
:16:44. > :16:49.during the Tour de France when a similar number may be trying to log
:16:50. > :16:53.on all at once. It might be the height of stmmer but
:16:54. > :16:59.already NHS planners are worrying about demand on our accident and
:17:00. > :17:02.emergency departments next winter. Last year, hospitals were
:17:03. > :17:07.experimenting with new ways of dealing with the growing prdssures.
:17:08. > :17:11.Now there is another possible solution, elderly and frail patients
:17:12. > :17:19.can go straight to a specialist geriatric ward.
:17:20. > :17:24.Hospital for elderly patients can be frightening, especially if their
:17:25. > :17:30.first experience is in accident and emergency. This new hospital ward
:17:31. > :17:37.aims to assess patients by ` specialist geriatric team.
:17:38. > :17:42.Accident and emergency can be chaotic. That can be somewhdre where
:17:43. > :17:47.elderly patients feel overwhelmed. Coming up to a hospital ward where
:17:48. > :17:51.there is more space, more staff it is better for them.
:17:52. > :17:55.Dennis was admitted with brdathing problems. He is being treatdd but is
:17:56. > :18:02.also having physiotherapy. The hospital ward has its own specialist
:18:03. > :18:05.team. The idea is to cut thd number of moves and get patients home or
:18:06. > :18:13.quickly. Basically, to get more mobile. They
:18:14. > :18:17.want to get you on your feet and able to walk and have some form of
:18:18. > :18:22.mobility before you go home. There is another advantage to having
:18:23. > :18:26.a specialist team on the hospital ward, they not only treat the
:18:27. > :18:30.immediate symptoms but assess their other physical, psychologic`l and
:18:31. > :18:35.social needs. It is impossible to prevent any
:18:36. > :18:39.health problems recurring. But in this competitive assessment, we want
:18:40. > :18:42.to put a safety net around the patient so if another medic`l
:18:43. > :18:47.problem arises they have a better chance of being managed in their own
:18:48. > :18:53.environment and closer to home. There are 26 beds on the water. Not
:18:54. > :18:59.a huge number but a start to ease the pressure currently being put on
:19:00. > :19:02.accident and it is the. A new generation of smart glasses is
:19:03. > :19:08.being worked on in Cambridgd which could transform the lives of people
:19:09. > :19:13.with poor sight. They enhance the images nearby and project them onto
:19:14. > :19:18.the lens. Researchers are working on a prototype and soon they are likely
:19:19. > :19:23.to need volunteers. From a distance, Ronan looks like
:19:24. > :19:28.any other baby but, close up, you can see the scars from oper`tions he
:19:29. > :19:31.has had since being born, whth a condition that impacts his dveryday
:19:32. > :19:38.life. Ronan was born with an Andover
:19:39. > :19:48.development of the eyes `` underdevelopment. Being abld to get
:19:49. > :19:53.around is the primary thing. With nearly 2 million peopld in the
:19:54. > :19:57.UK thought to have a sight problem, researchers have been able to create
:19:58. > :20:02.smart glasses to help those with only a small amount of vision, using
:20:03. > :20:06.a 3D camera. We have been able to take a
:20:07. > :20:10.real`time depth image of thd environment immediately in front of
:20:11. > :20:16.the person and use that to highlight nearby objects. Once we havd
:20:17. > :20:23.detected the objects, we dr`w a bright outline.
:20:24. > :20:30.Warren has virtually no sitd because of a rare genetic condition.
:20:31. > :20:35.I was a fairly regular 18`ydar`old guy. The first time I noticdd it was
:20:36. > :20:46.playing video games, I would fiddle around with the contrast on my telly
:20:47. > :20:51.but my friends didn't understand. Despite that, he has plenty of
:20:52. > :20:56.optimism for the future. He enrolled on a trial of these smart glasses
:20:57. > :20:59.developed by scientists in Cambridge and Oxford.
:21:00. > :21:04.I can see immediately and ilage superimposed over my normal vision.
:21:05. > :21:07.You can appreciate how important this can be for people with sight
:21:08. > :21:13.problems. The second version of the tdchnology
:21:14. > :21:20.promises more detailed imagds and a slimmer frame. More people will be
:21:21. > :21:25.needed to test it in Cambridgeshire. As we all know, England rout of the
:21:26. > :21:31.World Cup and the football pundits have spent the weekend disctssing
:21:32. > :21:36.where it all went wrong. In case you need reminding, the World Ctp is
:21:37. > :21:39.still on, and fans, voluntedrs and TV professionals are still out
:21:40. > :21:52.there. We have been finding out how they have been getting on.
:21:53. > :21:58.COMMENTATOR: A strong finish by Belgium. 1`0!
:21:59. > :22:04.The late winner by Belgium `gainst Russia in Rio, and there to see it,
:22:05. > :22:09.a King's Lynn volunteer at the stadium.
:22:10. > :22:14.It was a really good game, the fans were great, it is nice to h`ve some
:22:15. > :22:18.Europeans bear. The really late goal was amazing, the fans went crazy. A
:22:19. > :22:26.really nice atmosphere. Here is some crazy Belgian fans
:22:27. > :22:30.doing the conga after the g`me. For England fans, this is what light
:22:31. > :22:40.have been. Also at the game last night was a
:22:41. > :22:47.cameraman from Suffolk. Southend fan Dave sent us this from the Truguay
:22:48. > :22:54.game. While John, a plumber from Northampton, is loving it in Brazil.
:22:55. > :22:56.He was at the Holland game today. He has been impressed by the
:22:57. > :23:01.friendliness of the South Alerican fans.
:23:02. > :23:08.They are really passionate fans I tried to chat with them, with sign
:23:09. > :23:11.language, they really friendly people.
:23:12. > :23:16.John is trying to get his flag on the TV. It hasn't been easy to spot
:23:17. > :23:23.on the cameras in Brazil. Btt it has been flown at the beach in Rio.
:23:24. > :23:28.We had a few drinks. Then the bar staff wanted to put the flag on a
:23:29. > :23:34.pole. It was a little bit of a giggle.
:23:35. > :23:40.John is travelling with Graham and then. If the defeat for England
:23:41. > :23:44.wasn't bad enough, they havd had a dose of Brazilian belly. Th`t
:23:45. > :23:51.aside, our fans from here are clearly having a fantastic time over
:23:52. > :23:59.there. We didn't need to know that bit
:24:00. > :24:07.Fantastic weather at the wedkend. Despite England. Perfect we`ther for
:24:08. > :24:10.the throne yourself out of `n aeroplane!
:24:11. > :24:23.`` throwing. Temperatures up to 24 Celsits. In
:24:24. > :24:29.fact, generally across the region today, many other places clhmbed
:24:30. > :24:34.into the mid`70s Fahrenheit. The difference is that today thdre have
:24:35. > :24:40.been a few showers. This is the radar sequence. Those showers moving
:24:41. > :24:45.in, in bands and lines, somd have been heavy and thundery. Sole
:24:46. > :24:51.impressive lightning. All of this will continue over the next few
:24:52. > :24:56.hours. Still the potential for torrential downpours and thtnder and
:24:57. > :25:02.lightning. But everywhere should become dry, clear spells, some
:25:03. > :25:12.patchy mist and fog. Temper`tures, most classes no lower than 01
:25:13. > :25:16.Celsius. Light winds. The pressure chart for tomorrow shows thhs
:25:17. > :25:21.weakening and decaying cold front steadily pushing down over ts from
:25:22. > :25:27.the north. That means we will have a dry start. Mist and fog shotld clear
:25:28. > :25:31.pretty quickly. As the mornhng goes on, some thicker cloud will push
:25:32. > :25:38.down from the north and somd showers which are likely to be well
:25:39. > :25:43.scattered. Nothing like the showers we have out there at the molent We
:25:44. > :25:49.are expecting some spells of sunshine which should have
:25:50. > :25:58.temperatures up to 22 Celsits. And the winds tomorrow, light to
:25:59. > :26:03.moderate. They may become v`riable for a time. We finished the day
:26:04. > :26:09.again with some showers arotnd. For many of us, tomorrow could be a
:26:10. > :26:13.completely dry day. That is tomorrow. The best of the stnshine
:26:14. > :26:22.taking temperatures into thd low 20s. Wednesday, a cold day. Further
:26:23. > :26:26.north, the chillier the start will be. Eventually, we should sde some
:26:27. > :26:31.spells of sunshine developing. Not looking bad. Then, a great deal of
:26:32. > :26:36.uncertainty about Thursday `nd Friday. As it stands, Thursday is
:26:37. > :26:46.looking fine and dry, if anxthing, a little warmer. Temperatures up to 20
:26:47. > :26:51.Celsius. At the moment, it looks like any rain will eventually arrive
:26:52. > :26:58.on Friday. Showers banding together to give a longer spell of r`in. As
:26:59. > :27:04.ever, we will keep you postdd. Overnight, Tuesday, we could see
:27:05. > :27:05.temperatures lower than this. Then they start to recover later in the
:27:06. > :27:06.week.