:00:00. > :00:10.The choice to die with dignhty ` a husband backs
:00:11. > :00:20.the assisted dying bill aftdr watching his wife's painful death.
:00:21. > :00:27.I could easily have put her into it. Nobody would have known. But I
:00:28. > :00:28.couldn't break the law. That is another thing that I regret.
:00:29. > :00:31.8,000 jobs in the pipeline at Silverstone on the eve
:00:32. > :00:36.We'll be here later in the programme with the story that's got t`lking.
:00:37. > :00:51.Taking the children out of school for holidays `
:00:52. > :01:01.We're at the opening ceremony for the Tour De France in Yorkshire
:01:02. > :01:04.First tonight ` the husband who lost his wife to cancer, his regret that
:01:05. > :01:08.he was unable to end her suffering And his campaign to change the law.
:01:09. > :01:11.Steve Riley's wife Tracy didd at their home in Milton Keynes.
:01:12. > :01:14.It was less than a year between diagnosis and death
:01:15. > :01:17.but he wishes he'd been abld to end her life earlier.
:01:18. > :01:21.He is giving his backing to a new bill on assisted dying.
:01:22. > :01:24.It will go before the Lords in two weeks' time.
:01:25. > :01:26.But the bill has plenty of opponents, including the
:01:27. > :01:31.because of fears it would be open to abuse.
:01:32. > :01:34.Doctors would be able to prdscribe lethal doses
:01:35. > :01:39.of drugs to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives.
:01:40. > :01:57.Their professional wedding video shows a bride and groom likd any
:01:58. > :02:02.other. But for tracing and her family, this is also a farewell She
:02:03. > :02:11.lost her battle against somd `` stomach cancer. Everybody in the
:02:12. > :02:16.room knew that Tracy was dyhng. But they did not know how ill she was.
:02:17. > :02:33.She had to get a doctor in on the day because she was vomiting so
:02:34. > :02:38.much. The drugs were not working. Tracy had for some time said that if
:02:39. > :02:42.it didn't work out, she wanted to control how and when she didd. But
:02:43. > :02:47.eventually, which talked about it, she said she did not fear ddath she
:02:48. > :02:52.feared how she might die. So we talked about dignitaries, bdcause
:02:53. > :02:56.that is the only option. Tr`cey s condition deteriorated before
:02:57. > :03:04.arrangements could be made. Steve says it is not her only regret. She
:03:05. > :03:10.said she had a fantastic life and the best ten years of age h`d been
:03:11. > :03:16.with me. She said, I really want to die now. I can't stand it any more.
:03:17. > :03:21.I'm ready to go. And I knew that she wanted to die and I could e`sily
:03:22. > :03:26.have put into it, and nobodx would have known, but I couldn't do it. I
:03:27. > :03:30.couldn't break the law. And that is another thing that I regret. He
:03:31. > :03:36.believes the time has come for a change in the law. Nobody should
:03:37. > :03:41.suffer like my wife suffered. Nobody should be denied the right. You
:03:42. > :03:44.could use when you marry, when you work, when you live, you can choose
:03:45. > :03:50.whether you have children or not. What car you drive, where you go on
:03:51. > :03:54.holiday. But when it comes to death, you are denied that right to
:03:55. > :04:00.self`determination. And there is no logic to that argument. Steve is now
:04:01. > :04:05.trying to rebuild a life without Tracey. He is determined her memory
:04:06. > :04:09.will live on. He says he will continue to campaign for a change in
:04:10. > :04:23.the law so that others do not suffer like she did. Our reporter joins us
:04:24. > :04:28.now. A very emotional argumdnt in favour of this bill. But pldnty of
:04:29. > :04:34.people have concerns, don't they? Yes, many people fear that `ssisted
:04:35. > :04:39.dying of all kinds are open to abuse particularly when it comes to the
:04:40. > :04:42.vulnerable in society. That is the concern of the British Medical
:04:43. > :04:46.Association, who are also concerned that it goes against their criminal
:04:47. > :04:55.that their professional ethhcs to prolong life, not reduce it. Others
:04:56. > :05:01.feel it would lead to degradation of our morals and how society views
:05:02. > :05:07.killing. But David Tanner s`ys that the majority of people `` the
:05:08. > :05:11.campaign says that many people would not choose it. That is exactly the
:05:12. > :05:18.same argument as the lobby `gainst it. This will not be the last debate
:05:19. > :05:21.before this comes before thd Lords later this month.
:05:22. > :05:24.Now, on the eve of the Brithsh Grand Prix, Silverstone has unveiled major
:05:25. > :05:26.plans to bring thousands of new jobs to Northamptonshire
:05:27. > :05:29.The county is already at the heart of "Motorsport Valley .
:05:30. > :05:33.Currently there are around 0,20 companies linked to motorsport based
:05:34. > :05:39.in Northamptonshire and togdther they employ up to 20,000 people
:05:40. > :05:45.It's estimated that these companies generate ?131 million for
:05:46. > :05:52.But after today's announcemdnt, those figures could rocket.
:05:53. > :05:56.A company called MEPC is pl`nning to develop this ` Silverstone Park `
:05:57. > :06:00.which could be home to another 00 motorsport and high perform`nce
:06:01. > :06:09.If that were to happen, thex could generate 8,000 new jobs by 2025
:06:10. > :06:12.Michael Fallon is the Minister of State for Business.
:06:13. > :06:23.I spoke to him earlier about the significance of this development.
:06:24. > :06:31.This could be hugely import`nt. For the whole country. Motorsport has
:06:32. > :06:36.suddenly become one of our biggest industrial sectors. It avoids 4 ,000
:06:37. > :06:41.people, there are 4000 comp`nies. Most of the Formula one teal is
:06:42. > :06:44.here. Most of the global research and development into motorsport is
:06:45. > :06:48.now done in Britain. By concentrating it in a clustdr around
:06:49. > :06:54.Silverstone, we have the opportunity to capitalise on that and m`ke
:06:55. > :06:58.ourselves the global leader. So you are saying that Silverstone is going
:06:59. > :07:02.to be to the high`tech engineering industry what Cambridge alrdady is
:07:03. > :07:09.to the biotech and pharmacettical industries? Yes, the potenthal is
:07:10. > :07:15.that order. There is a huge opportunity there for to celent its
:07:16. > :07:20.place as the epicentre of this really important industry. Ht is no
:07:21. > :07:25.longer a sport, it is a major winner for Britain in the innovation and
:07:26. > :07:30.technology that it develops. So how is the government going to support
:07:31. > :07:35.it? We have already been supporting high`tech performance companies in
:07:36. > :07:40.the area. We have been supporting the new university technical College
:07:41. > :07:44.and Silverstone itself. There has been a significant investment in the
:07:45. > :07:49.area and next week, we are going to announce a local growth deal for the
:07:50. > :07:54.area. I can't give you detahls tonight but I hope that invdstment
:07:55. > :07:58.next week will show the importance the government attaches to the
:07:59. > :08:02.development of this kind of high`tech industry right across
:08:03. > :08:06.Northamptonshire. Despite that, I have to tell you that the ldader of
:08:07. > :08:11.the county council feels th`t the government could be doing more. You
:08:12. > :08:17.guilty of perhaps sitting b`ck and waiting for private enterprhse to
:08:18. > :08:21.step in? Absolutely not. It has always been a partnership. Xou have
:08:22. > :08:25.to create the right conditions for private enterprise to flourhsh. This
:08:26. > :08:29.is a perfect partnership between private investment developing the
:08:30. > :08:32.park, the government taking a city seeks new and ready to back up the
:08:33. > :08:36.industry where it can. This could be hugely import`nt. For
:08:37. > :08:38.the whole country. Motorsport has suddenly become one of our biggest
:08:39. > :08:41.industrial sectors. It avoids 4 ,000 people, there are 4000 comp`nies.
:08:42. > :08:44.Most of the Formula one teal is here. Most of the global research
:08:45. > :08:47.and development into motorsport is A children's doctor who worked
:08:48. > :08:50.in Cambridge will appear in court in the morning charged with a number
:08:51. > :08:52.of sexual offences against boys Doctor Myles Bradbury,
:08:53. > :08:54.41 and from Herringswell in Suffolk, worked as a paediatric haem`tologist
:08:55. > :08:57.at Addenbrooke's Hospital. The offences are alleged to have
:08:58. > :08:59.taken place between December Eight charges relate to offdnces
:09:00. > :09:03.against boys between the agds It is not known whether the alleged
:09:04. > :09:10.abuse took place at the hospital. Addenbrookes has set up a special
:09:11. > :09:18.helpline for families with concerns. A campaign is underway to try and
:09:19. > :09:24.encourage more people to kedp bees ` Ten per cent
:09:25. > :09:28.of the honey bee population was lost last winter ` and there are real
:09:29. > :09:31.fears for their future. A Government minister has bden
:09:32. > :09:50.in Leighton Buzzard today to One of nature's finest, which the
:09:51. > :09:54.government want to encouragd. Nature can exist alongside a very busy
:09:55. > :09:59.railway line, alongside highways, alongside farming. It is re`lly
:10:00. > :10:06.important that we do make the effort to look after our biodivershty, in
:10:07. > :10:13.this case our wonderful wild flowers and our bees and pollinators. It is
:10:14. > :10:16.very important to give nature by two people, particularly if you don t
:10:17. > :10:22.have a car and can't access a wildlife site. You should bd able to
:10:23. > :10:28.access a wild flower site. H want to give wild flowers back to children.
:10:29. > :10:33.This hive in Bedfordshire is home to up to 30,000 bees. But keepdrs are
:10:34. > :10:38.worried about threats to thd colony from viruses, pesticides and loss of
:10:39. > :10:44.habitat. There is a real long`term problem with beads. Honeybeds
:10:45. > :10:51.certainly, but all sorts of these and other pollinators, and ht is
:10:52. > :10:56.really serious. It has been argued that there has been a decline of 30%
:10:57. > :11:01.in numbers over the last ten years of other sorts of these. Figures
:11:02. > :11:05.show that at the end of the Second World War, there were 1 million
:11:06. > :11:11.managed to be colonies in Britain. By 2006, that had dropped to
:11:12. > :11:15.250,000. There are not any dxact figures over how many there are
:11:16. > :11:18.today, but there are real concerns in the future there may not be
:11:19. > :11:23.enough to pollinate our fruht and vegetables. Campaigners say that
:11:24. > :11:28.more money needs to be found and more money `` and more needs to be
:11:29. > :11:34.done to protect bees if we `re to secure our future.
:11:35. > :11:55.code France cyclists. And we are behind the scenes at the
:11:56. > :12:01.British Grand Prix. All this week we've been looking
:12:02. > :12:04.at the issue of taking holidays We know from all the calls `nd
:12:05. > :12:08.e`mails we've had that it's an issue As you may know,
:12:09. > :12:12.the Government changed the law and from September last year head
:12:13. > :12:14.teachers could only grant ldave Today the Department of Education
:12:15. > :12:20.told us that the changes ard working with 130,000 fewer pupils mhssing
:12:21. > :12:34.school regularly. Home time at college. Here, they are
:12:35. > :12:38.strict about taking days off in term time. Exceptional means
:12:39. > :12:46.exceptional. At the moment this line shows that
:12:47. > :12:52.we are around 94.5. The assistant principal shotld mean
:12:53. > :12:56.that attendance now stands `t 9 .5%, all down to the hard work of parents
:12:57. > :13:00.and pupils. There is a link between attdndance
:13:01. > :13:04.and a young person's achievdment. The better attendance they have the
:13:05. > :13:09.more likely they are to reach their potential.
:13:10. > :13:16.And number of you contacted us to say that schools seem to want to
:13:17. > :13:21.have it both ways. One man said "if schools fine parents, who do the
:13:22. > :13:34.parents find when teachers go on strike?
:13:35. > :13:49.And this comment from Mrs Jones Terry Kemp, former headteacher,
:13:50. > :13:52.e`mailed us to see that the change of law was no more than the
:13:53. > :13:58.government trying to win brownie points.
:13:59. > :14:03.Tinted a's society when there are a lot of pressures on family,
:14:04. > :14:09.financial and emotional, holiday with mum and dad or mum or dad, is a
:14:10. > :14:12.really good thing. I don't think schools should have the right to
:14:13. > :14:19.dictate to parents that thex cannot take their children away.
:14:20. > :14:22.On Monday many schools are closing because of the Tudor France. We
:14:23. > :14:30.contacted most of the skills and Kim Richard which are closing. Safety
:14:31. > :14:35.was quoted as the main reason. Next week there is a planned teachers'
:14:36. > :14:40.strike, sure to go down badly with most parents, but back in the school
:14:41. > :14:45.they plan to stay open. We do every single thing we can as
:14:46. > :14:50.do most schools to have every single pupil in. Schools do not have a
:14:51. > :14:56.choice with the strike, it hs a legal national action and wd did the
:14:57. > :15:00.best we can in the circumst`nces. And the school they say atthtudes
:15:01. > :15:03.are changing and as a result standards are improving, but is that
:15:04. > :15:05.enough for hard`pressed pardnts This afternoon I spoke to
:15:06. > :15:06.Karen Wilkinson from a group campaigning for parents
:15:07. > :15:09.to have a say over policies that I asked what parents were
:15:10. > :15:23.telling her about this issud. They want to be seen as being the
:15:24. > :15:30.primary carers for their chhldren, and a clear understanding from
:15:31. > :15:34.government that parents do have their children's best interdsts at
:15:35. > :15:37.heart. We understand why thd government came up with this policy
:15:38. > :15:41.because they are concerned `bout persistent absenteeism, and this
:15:42. > :15:45.came up because of the Tottdnham riots and the missing millions from
:15:46. > :15:49.skills that it was blamed on, but they have not looked at the whole
:15:50. > :15:52.issue properly and have not considered for instance that
:15:53. > :15:57.children who are persistently absent are in fact the children who are
:15:58. > :16:01.least likely to be going on family holidays.
:16:02. > :16:05.There seems to be a grey arda about what counts as an exception`l
:16:06. > :16:08.circumstance. Would you likd to see a definitive list applicabld across
:16:09. > :16:13.all schools? I don't think a definitive list is
:16:14. > :16:17.going to be possible becausd situations will arise which will not
:16:18. > :16:22.be on the list and there will still be unfairness. What we want to see
:16:23. > :16:27.his recognition of the fact that issues around bereavement and family
:16:28. > :16:33.illness and around disability need to be taken into account. Wd just
:16:34. > :16:36.need teachers to be acting hn the best interests of the children and
:16:37. > :16:45.not in the best interests of the attendance figures.
:16:46. > :16:47.IU concerned about the effect on the relationship between parents and
:16:48. > :16:52.teachers? I can think of anything elsd which
:16:53. > :16:55.has damaged the relationship like this. In the past there was always
:16:56. > :17:00.an understanding that teachdrs tried their best and of the thing would
:17:01. > :17:05.not necessarily be perfect, and parents would try their best
:17:06. > :17:08.likewise. But now because p`rents are not being trusted to make
:17:09. > :17:13.decisions, they are questioning decisions that teachers are making.
:17:14. > :17:18.Whenever a school closes parents get cross about it, and whenever
:17:19. > :17:21.children watch DVDs or do qtizzes, parents question what the
:17:22. > :17:24.educational benefit is becatse they are not being allowed to make that
:17:25. > :17:28.decision themselves. You are trying to talk to the
:17:29. > :17:32.government about this. How optimistic are you that there will
:17:33. > :17:38.be changes ahead? We have tried a petition, which had
:17:39. > :17:45.a signatures on it, we had ` debate in Parliament in February this year
:17:46. > :17:49.which was well attended, we have had countless letters to ministdrs, and
:17:50. > :17:52.all we get back is this one reliance on a statistic which says there is a
:17:53. > :17:55.correlation between attendance and attainment, but they have not shown
:17:56. > :17:57.which causes which. Police and Crime Commissiondrs
:17:58. > :18:00.across this region have been given more than ?1.5 million
:18:01. > :18:02.by the Government to spend Sexual assaults
:18:03. > :18:07.and domestic violence will be high priorities for most PCCs who had to
:18:08. > :18:10.bid for the extra cash. This report from our Home Affairs
:18:11. > :18:25.Correspondent Sally Chidzoy. This service provides counsdlling
:18:26. > :18:30.for women, young people and children who have suffered from domestic
:18:31. > :18:35.violence. It is one of many services in Suffolk to receive extra
:18:36. > :18:41.government funding. Those sdeking help in this unique project pay just
:18:42. > :18:44.?10 for 61`hour sessions to help them rebuild their lives. This
:18:45. > :18:49.mother escaped from a violent marriage and says the centrd helps
:18:50. > :18:54.to give her strength. It has given me the confidence to do
:18:55. > :19:03.things, and it has helped md understand more, because it got to
:19:04. > :19:07.the stage when I phoned I w`s dependent because he had always made
:19:08. > :19:13.me dependent on him. In the last year we had eight
:19:14. > :19:18.councillors, and about 29 women who came for counselling. In thhs year
:19:19. > :19:24.alone since April that figure has almost doubled.
:19:25. > :19:30.It is one project that is m`king a big impact on the lives of victims
:19:31. > :19:34.of crime. We have got a very good settlement
:19:35. > :19:38.for Suffolk. We have done bdtter than a lot of constabularies across
:19:39. > :19:42.the country, and we are verx pleased that we are able to give thd service
:19:43. > :19:46.?35,000 for counselling services for victims. It is important we do what
:19:47. > :19:51.we can to support these organisations.
:19:52. > :19:58.Every crime scene produces ` victim. Across the region, PCCs now
:19:59. > :20:01.know how much they will get to spend on projects of their choice.
:20:02. > :20:05.Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex will receive these amounts, and
:20:06. > :20:12.Hertfordshire, Kim Richard `nd Northamptonshire will receive these
:20:13. > :20:15.amounts. Victims of sexual assaults will
:20:16. > :20:23.benefit from a large proportion of the additional funding, and for the
:20:24. > :20:25.rest money will be spent whdre PCCs decided it is needed most.
:20:26. > :20:28.We are just three days away from the Tour de France passing throtgh our
:20:29. > :20:31.region but tonight of coursd it s all about Yorkshire and the opening
:20:32. > :20:35.Thousands of cycling fans from around the world have descended
:20:36. > :20:39.Including our Sports Editor Jonathan Park who sent
:20:40. > :20:52.The world's largest annual sporting event has arrived in Yorkshhre
:20:53. > :20:55.before it comes to our part of the world for stage three beford
:20:56. > :20:59.finishing in London. This is the Leeds arena where the opening
:21:00. > :21:05.presentation is taking placd tonight, and a short while `go the
:21:06. > :21:10.200 or so riders took a short trip across Leeds city centre to go from
:21:11. > :21:14.the press area to hear to bd part of this official ceremony tonight. And
:21:15. > :21:20.on the British interests, Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish. Lots of
:21:21. > :21:24.excitement building, and thd sheer size and scale of this oper`tion is
:21:25. > :21:32.quite impressive. 2000 membdrs of the media are crammed into the press
:21:33. > :21:36.area where the riders took part in press conferences earlier today
:21:37. > :21:40.among those Mark Cavendish who has strong legs with Essex becatse he
:21:41. > :21:44.does some of his training rhdes at Essex and has a home in thehr. You
:21:45. > :21:50.give us his thoughts on ridhng on the roads he knows so well.
:21:51. > :21:55.I know the roads, my wife w`s born around their, and so I spent some
:21:56. > :22:01.time there. To finish on thdm all again in London will be another
:22:02. > :22:08.opportunity to try to win in front of the Queen.
:22:09. > :22:13.One local rider will not be taking part in the tour because he is not
:22:14. > :22:16.well enough to take his place in the Tour de France. This opening
:22:17. > :22:22.ceremony is being orchestrated by another Essex resident who was head
:22:23. > :22:28.of ceremonies for London 2002. And to give you an idea of the scale of
:22:29. > :22:32.the tour to France, 3.5 billion people will watch it on teldvision,
:22:33. > :22:37.1200 rooms are booked out every night by the teams and riders and
:22:38. > :22:42.personnel, and 12 million pdople will watch the road race on the
:22:43. > :22:50.roads and streets wherever ht happens to take place, on average,
:22:51. > :22:52.that is. And this whole racd is coming to our part of the world in
:22:53. > :22:56.just four days' time. The British Grand Prix is bding
:22:57. > :22:59.staged this weekend at Silvdrstone. And for the first time,
:23:00. > :23:02.fans are being given access to parts of the circuit which have bden
:23:03. > :23:04.off limits till now. It's part of the celebrations to
:23:05. > :23:08.mark Silverstone's 50th Grand Prix. James Burridge sent this
:23:09. > :23:20.from the circuit. Welcome to Silverstone and ` very
:23:21. > :23:24.special one. For the first time the fans have been allowed unprdcedented
:23:25. > :23:29.access in the pit lane. Thex are never seen teams are close like this
:23:30. > :23:33.before. Guys, what is it like seeing the team is so close?
:23:34. > :23:42.It is fantastic. We have bedn coming for the last seven years and to get
:23:43. > :23:46.to see the drivers and cars are close has made a weekend. Normally
:23:47. > :23:50.the Thursday is just sitting around the campsite, but hopefully this
:23:51. > :23:55.carries on. What have you seen that perhaps you
:23:56. > :23:58.wouldn't have had the chancd to see before?
:23:59. > :24:02.Goes into the car is, actually see the guys work on the cards for the
:24:03. > :24:05.first time. Just everybody being here, it is so fantastic just to be
:24:06. > :24:12.here. We will bring you over here, you can
:24:13. > :24:19.see the Mercedes garage where Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are
:24:20. > :24:26.based. Down the way drivers for Red Bull, and Richard Phillips, the man
:24:27. > :24:31.running the show. This must be a real feat of organisations.
:24:32. > :24:37.It is the first time we havd tried to do this, they started quduing at
:24:38. > :24:41.eight o'clock was a mile long before we opened lane. It is
:24:42. > :24:45.extraordinary. What is a mean to Silverstone to
:24:46. > :24:50.have the Grand Prix here for so long?
:24:51. > :24:55.50 years of Grand Prix, makds it one of the oldest Grand Prix is. At huge
:24:56. > :25:02.motor Heritage. Four days of it this year, as well.
:25:03. > :25:10.We will be here every day for road, Look East.
:25:11. > :25:19.They may need their wet tyrds at Silverstone.
:25:20. > :25:26.We recorded some of the hottest averages in the country. Sole of you
:25:27. > :25:29.have written into the newsroom to see your recorded higher
:25:30. > :25:34.temperatures than this in your back garden, but these are our official
:25:35. > :25:40.statistics taken from within a closed box and metre from the ground
:25:41. > :25:49.and away from direct sunlight, so they are taken as the most `ccurate
:25:50. > :25:54.data that we can use. But vdry hard indeed. And a fine end of the day
:25:55. > :25:58.with a lot of sunshine around. Overnight, some clear spells, but it
:25:59. > :26:04.will not allow temperatures to fall very low. It will stay warm with
:26:05. > :26:11.temperatures staying in the teens. Winds like south`westerly. Tomorrow
:26:12. > :26:13.will be another hot and sunny day. It could be humoured through
:26:14. > :26:19.tomorrow. 20 of sunshine through the morning, some high`level cloud
:26:20. > :26:25.moving in through the afternoon More than just one place for record
:26:26. > :26:29.high temperatures of 28 Celsius Essex looks like the place to record
:26:30. > :26:36.those high temperatures. But it could be 27 right across thd
:26:37. > :26:40.region. Wind speeds pick up across the afternoon and this is the sign
:26:41. > :26:45.of a weather front approachhng. But it is likely to stay warm and sunny
:26:46. > :26:49.throughout the day. You can see the weather front edging into the North
:26:50. > :26:53.West. It could bring more cloud and one or two spots of rain. It looks
:26:54. > :26:56.likely that this rainbow tr`ck eastwards overnight. This is the
:26:57. > :27:06.weather front responsible. Ht will be difficult to predict its
:27:07. > :27:09.movement, so expect a spell of rain overnight
:27:10. > :27:13.it may take some time to cldar through Saturday. Saturday to stay
:27:14. > :27:20.some brighter skies but also the risk of some showers... But it will
:27:21. > :27:24.feel like a bit cooler and fresher than it has over the last fdw days.
:27:25. > :27:28.On Sunday it starts promising with plenty of sunshine and then the risk
:27:29. > :27:34.of some showers that could be heavy in the afternoon. And it is Shari at
:27:35. > :27:35.start of next week. Overnight lows around