:00:13. > :00:12.Good evening. Hillsborough Castle.
:00:13. > :00:14.Four of our further education colleges
:00:15. > :00:17.and The University of Bedfordshire have been banned from admitting new
:00:18. > :00:23.It follows an investigation which estimates nearly 50,000
:00:24. > :00:26.immigrants may have been able to cheat their way through language
:00:27. > :00:31.Across the country 57 private colldges
:00:32. > :00:38.and two universities are accused of failing to make the proper checks.
:00:39. > :00:42.Have some students obtained visas through fraudulent me`ns?
:00:43. > :00:45.The question for one of our fastest growing univershties.
:00:46. > :00:49.Concerns raised by the Immigration Minister in the Commons.
:00:50. > :00:52.We have told a further two universities, the Universitx of
:00:53. > :01:03.Bedfordshire and the University of West London, that they are no longer
:01:04. > :01:05.allowed to sponsor new studdnts pending further investigations,
:01:06. > :01:07.which will decide whether they should also be
:01:08. > :01:10.The University say they do not know why they have been namdd
:01:11. > :01:13.We are confident, from internal reviews, that procedures ard
:01:14. > :01:18.robust and our licence was not suspended this week.
:01:19. > :01:23.We are confident that when we have an audit we will get a clean bill
:01:24. > :01:27.of health and will be free to recruit new international students.
:01:28. > :01:29.The Government claims come after this.
:01:30. > :01:32.Secret filming that appears to show foreign students being helped
:01:33. > :01:36.to cheat to pass their Englhsh tests.
:01:37. > :01:37.It is highly unlikely, the Government say,
:01:38. > :01:42.that some universities and colleges were fulfilling their duty.
:01:43. > :01:45.Passing an English test is a requirement for a student visa
:01:46. > :01:49.but so is proof of academic qualifications and attendance.
:01:50. > :02:02.57 private colleges are now banned from taking new foreign students,
:02:03. > :02:09.There is a failure but it is with the Home Office. We need to get to
:02:10. > :02:12.the bottom market without sdeing the loss to great men and women being
:02:13. > :02:16.educated in our times. 57 private colleges are now banned
:02:17. > :02:18.from taking new foreign students, Mohammed, from Pakistan,
:02:19. > :02:22.is a student. His visa is legitimate, he says but
:02:23. > :02:25.now he is confused and concdrned. All of my friends are calling me
:02:26. > :02:29.about my university being stspended. Colleges are being told thex should
:02:30. > :02:39.have checked students' certhficates before offering places
:02:40. > :02:43.but colleges in our region say they New research suggests small
:02:44. > :02:51.and medium sized businesses in this region are at the forefront
:02:52. > :02:55.of driving economic recoverx. Businesses in 64 of the country s
:02:56. > :02:59.biggest cities were assessed for productivity profitabilhty
:03:00. > :03:04.innovation and growth. Milton Keynes comes fifth
:03:05. > :03:08.for the highest concentration of Milton Keynes is also doing
:03:09. > :03:16.well fourth for the highest Overall Cambridge scores thd best
:03:17. > :03:22.in the country. Northampton also in the top ten
:03:23. > :03:27.from where Stuart Ratcliffe reports. Oyster cards ` a familiar shght
:03:28. > :03:31.if you use the tube in London. But the software
:03:32. > :03:33.behind them is controlled Novacroft has doubled its
:03:34. > :03:41.workforce over the last two years. I think it will not be long
:03:42. > :03:47.before we are known What we are seeing now is that
:03:48. > :03:55.whilst London is growing, in terms of economic abilitx,
:03:56. > :04:19.actually a lot of people ard moving It's very interesting because they
:04:20. > :04:23.are very different times with different heritages and profiles.
:04:24. > :04:27.The first thing I would say is that this is great news because for a
:04:28. > :04:34.sustainable recovery we need to be broad and the fact that we have ?3
:04:35. > :04:35.doing very well is fantastic news. And Northampton hopes that this
:04:36. > :04:41.building could attract even more small businesses to the town,
:04:42. > :04:43.because when complete this could be home to 55 new small
:04:44. > :04:46.businesses. The local enterprise partnership
:04:47. > :04:49.here is also providing support Companies in the new enterprise zone
:04:50. > :04:52.also benefit from tax breaks, which means Northampton is now
:04:53. > :04:56.competing and on occasions beating We are not to be modest
:04:57. > :05:03.about our achievements. I think now and we certainlx
:05:04. > :05:06.should not be in the future. We are not Cambridge or
:05:07. > :05:08.Milton Keynes, we are This is undoubtedly an excellent
:05:09. > :05:15.place to come and start and grow
:05:16. > :05:18.a business and is a lot mord But today's report says there's
:05:19. > :05:25.no room for complacency. Saying the government needs to do
:05:26. > :05:28.more to work with towns and cities to improve infrastructure
:05:29. > :05:35.and training. A couple
:05:36. > :05:36.from Northampton extradited to the United States to face fraud charges
:05:37. > :05:40.have been released from prison. Paul and Sandra Dunham who deny
:05:41. > :05:44.the charges fought extradithon fearing they'd be held
:05:45. > :05:47.in a detention centre for months. Their trial could take placd
:05:48. > :05:54.in a few months time. A protest on horseback has taken
:05:55. > :05:57.place in Newmarket over A group
:05:58. > :05:59.which represents key figures from the racing industry says thd town is
:06:00. > :06:02.special and 400 homes planndd for Hatchfield Farm, which hs owned
:06:03. > :06:13.by Lord Derby, shouldn't be built. But campaigners say it'll
:06:14. > :06:15.destroy Newmarket's image. People coming into Newmarket,
:06:16. > :06:18.it comes across as a large village And that is critical to
:06:19. > :06:25.the perception of investors A huge number of which come
:06:26. > :06:30.from overseas. This is the atmosphere
:06:31. > :06:45.they want to invest in. this is where they were horses to be
:06:46. > :06:46.trained and bred, not in thd middle a town.
:06:47. > :06:50.Time to get the weather now with Alex Dolan
:06:51. > :06:53.A dry night ahead, and a chilly night under clear skies.
:06:54. > :06:55.There will be some mist patches around as well
:06:56. > :07:00.Although these will be the values in towns and cities, it could be
:07:01. > :07:09.But a fine and sunny morning with long spells of sunshind.
:07:10. > :07:11.More cloud in the afternoon with the small risk of a shower.
:07:12. > :07:15.As for the afternoon, a bit cloudy but largely drx.
:07:16. > :07:20.Unsettled through the end of the week, with outbreaks
:07:21. > :07:32.of rain and some heavy, thundery showers around by Saturday.
:07:33. > :07:39.afternoon. It does turn more unsettled and there would be heavy
:07:40. > :07:46.and thundery downpours around. Good evening. A little bit later than
:07:47. > :07:51.usual. The weather over the next couple of days will change. Let me
:07:52. > :07:55.show you the satellite picture. You can see the cloud streaming across
:07:56. > :08:01.the Atlantic. This weather front Weller upset the weather across --
:08:02. > :08:08.will upset the weather in the south-west. As far as tonight is
:08:09. > :08:13.concerned, cool, even Chile by Thursday morning. There is some rain
:08:14. > :08:22.around across the north-west of the country. In the south-west, that is
:08:23. > :08:25.what is heading into the direction of Cornwall. In the east,
:08:26. > :08:28.temperatures could be