:00:32. > :00:36.Police are searching for two teenage boys who have gone missing
:00:37. > :00:40.Emergency services are at a lakein Clophill Pitts Quarry in
:00:41. > :00:42.Bedfordshire and at the Gre`t River Ouse in Harford in Cambridgdshire.
:00:43. > :00:45.They were called to Jacques Lane in Clophill at 6pm this evening
:00:46. > :00:48.And in Huntingdon an area of the river has been cordoned
:00:49. > :00:51.Our reporter has just sent this from the scene.
:00:52. > :00:53.The river where this accident happened is here in Church Lane
:00:54. > :00:56.The stretch of water where the search h`s taken
:00:57. > :01:00.It is a deep and fast flowing stretch
:01:01. > :01:05.Police and ambulance crews have been on the scene and this evening,
:01:06. > :01:07.with specialist search and rescue teams scouring the water
:01:08. > :01:13.We learned this afternoon hd was with a group of friends,
:01:14. > :01:15.swimming in the water, when he got into difficulty.
:01:16. > :01:18.Apparently he couldn?t swim and he went in with a group
:01:19. > :01:23.of boys and they all held on to him so that he wouldn?t go under.
:01:24. > :01:57.So it isn't safe at all, especially for young kids.
:01:58. > :02:00.We have been told the boy who has gone missing is a year nine pupil,
:02:01. > :02:04.Tonight, dozens of his friends have come down to the water to w`tch
:02:05. > :02:09.They have all said to me it is a tragedy that this has happened
:02:10. > :02:11.on the first day of the school holidays.
:02:12. > :02:14.The search for the missing boy will continue tomorrow.
:02:15. > :02:17.And you can hear the latest on your BBC local radio station
:02:18. > :02:20.Police have been searching of a stretch of road near Wisbech tonight
:02:21. > :02:23.as part of their investigathon into into the deaths of two people
:02:24. > :02:27.26`year`old Tadas Zulyeskus and Nonita Karuveati both from
:02:28. > :02:30.Lithuania were killed in thd A4 at Terrington St John on Sunday
:02:31. > :02:32.Police believe Nonita was pushed into the path of a c`r.
:02:33. > :02:35.A federation set up to lead the way in education has bedn broken
:02:36. > :02:37.up following a series of damning government reports.
:02:38. > :02:39.The Barnfield Federation runs a college and number
:02:40. > :02:42.of academies in Luton educating one in five young people in the town.
:02:43. > :02:44.The decision to split means a summer of uncertainty
:02:45. > :02:58.And today it's emerged that the governor who tried to steer
:02:59. > :03:00.Barnfield throughout its troubled period has reshgned.
:03:01. > :03:02.The Department for Education wouldn't comment except to say they
:03:03. > :03:10.are waiting for Barnfield's proposals and will consider them.
:03:11. > :03:13.As an organisation, it was once top of the class.
:03:14. > :03:16.The Barnfield Federation runs a college and six academies,
:03:17. > :03:18.teaching thousands of pupils across Luton and Bedfordshire.
:03:19. > :03:20.But, since October, there have been three investigations
:03:21. > :03:21.into the manipulation of gr`des and financial mismanagement.
:03:22. > :03:24.Last year, Judy Oliver becale chair of governors,
:03:25. > :03:26.aiming to sort out the problems and keep the federation going.
:03:27. > :03:30.Judy has quit, and is speakhng publicly for the first time.
:03:31. > :03:33.Do you think the Barnfield problem was it simply got too big?
:03:34. > :03:34.Yes, Barnfield has become overstretched.
:03:35. > :03:37.It did a great job locally and some of the aspirations of the
:03:38. > :03:43.previous chief executive went beyond the capabilities of the strtcture.
:03:44. > :03:45.The governors themselves were criticised for poor oversight
:03:46. > :03:47.of finances, including a large payoff for Sir Peter
:03:48. > :03:53.Birkett, the former princip`l of the college, who left last @ugust.
:03:54. > :03:55.The board accepted changes were needed, but felt the Governlent
:03:56. > :04:01.Two ministries, the Departmdnt for Education and the Business Linistry,
:04:02. > :04:08.they had to funding agencies, the EFA funding to schools,
:04:09. > :04:17.It was very confusing, very frustrating.
:04:18. > :04:21.Probably made it more difficult than it needn't have been.
:04:22. > :04:25.So, what effect will the split actually have?
:04:26. > :04:30.They can continue wearing the same uniform,
:04:31. > :04:35.be the same name for several years because it is an amicable solution.
:04:36. > :04:37.The benefit to Barnfield College is we can concentrate
:04:38. > :04:39.on further education for those students, we can give them
:04:40. > :04:47.the skills and everything they need to become employable in Luton.
:04:48. > :04:49.It has been acknowledged in partnership with this college
:04:50. > :04:52.has helped raise standards at the academies, in partictlar
:04:53. > :04:55.among pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
:04:56. > :04:57.After the split, there will be a separate bo`rd
:04:58. > :05:02.of governors and in college and another one in the acaddmy.
:05:03. > :05:05.In a joint statement, they said the priority would be to
:05:06. > :05:28.ensure students continue to receive an excellent education.
:05:29. > :05:39.Gavin sugar is the Luton Sotth MP. I asked him whether he thought this
:05:40. > :05:44.was the right idea. I think it is the right dechsion,
:05:45. > :05:47.to be frank. The academy should be allowdd
:05:48. > :05:49.to get a new sponsor. They might be worrying
:05:50. > :05:51.about the academic standard. Today,
:05:52. > :05:53.we had praise by the Sutton Trust. It has been praised today
:05:54. > :05:56.for its academic standards, the Sutton Trust has said it is
:05:57. > :05:58.doing very well academicallx. If you look
:05:59. > :06:00.at the performance particul`rly of the two most challenging school
:06:01. > :06:03.it took over, it is clear they made What happened after 2010
:06:04. > :06:24.and this coalition education policy, What happened after 2010
:06:25. > :06:25.under this coalition educathon it was allowed to spend far
:06:26. > :06:30.beyond what it should have been Has the Barnfield Federation bitten
:06:31. > :06:36.off more than it can chew in terms The clear emphasis in the Government
:06:37. > :06:41.report into what went wrong at Bonfield raised serious questions
:06:42. > :06:42.around financial responsibility in the organisation, two different
:06:43. > :06:45.teams of trustees, neither of which And really complex
:06:46. > :06:48.management structures. What assurances can you givd to
:06:49. > :06:50.hundreds of pupils and parents in We need a new middle tier to take
:06:51. > :06:54.responsibility and accountability, In the short term, we need to
:06:55. > :06:59.answer some basic questions. What will the uniform be,
:07:00. > :07:00.the school name be? Who will be providing this
:07:01. > :07:03.education ultimately? As a result of these reforms,
:07:04. > :07:06.the only person who cannot that is the Secretary Of State For Dducation
:07:07. > :07:08.and I hope she will come forward A strike over pathology staff pay
:07:09. > :07:18.at Northampton General Hosphtal has Biomedical staff agreed to go back
:07:19. > :07:23.to work after ACAS helped broker A new agreement will see ch`nges to
:07:24. > :07:28.staff contracts It is day one of the
:07:29. > :07:34.Commonwealth Games and a nulber of And will be taking part
:07:35. > :07:40.in events over the next 11 days Our reporter has been
:07:41. > :07:41.following the action. It all started this morning,
:07:42. > :07:51.with our badminton players. Northern Ireland could not get close
:07:52. > :07:53.to England's leading couple. This husband`and`wife from
:07:54. > :08:07.Milton Keynes. England's best singles playdr
:08:08. > :08:16.slotted his way to victory. England's best singles playdr
:08:17. > :08:18.swatted his way to victory. Andrew Bagley competed in the
:08:19. > :08:22.qualifying rounds for table tennis. He has ruled the Commonwealth
:08:23. > :08:25.himself before. England's record medal winndr
:08:26. > :08:27.at the games helped England to victory over Jamaica into
:08:28. > :08:31.his opening game in the teal event. Tomorrow, more of our medal
:08:32. > :08:33.hopefuls take to the compethtion. More on the programme,
:08:34. > :08:35.as well as online and Time to get
:08:36. > :08:46.the weather now with Alex Dolan We'll be back with our Breakfast
:08:47. > :09:07.bulletins first thing Tonight will be dry with long, clear
:09:08. > :09:10.spells. Some best possible over Northern Cambridgeshire. Another
:09:11. > :09:16.warm day in prospect tomorrow. Some cloud around first thing. More cloud
:09:17. > :09:24.in the afternoon might prodtce an isolated shower. More likelx to
:09:25. > :09:29.affect Southern counties. 27 degrees could be possible. Here is our
:09:30. > :09:51.outlook. is getting too much for many people.
:09:52. > :09:57.By Sunday, the temp will be cooler than today. Tonight, another warm
:09:58. > :10:28.and comfortable night for sleeping. Ireland will have the last of the
:10:29. > :10:31.hot days. 26 to grazing Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. Very
:10:32. > :10:36.different on the east coast in Carnoustie, where we have the
:10:37. > :10:37.shooting. Medals in the morning but it could be grey and misty.