:00:00. > :00:00.degrees. Thursday, more of the same. Is that is all from us. Now on
:00:00. > :00:10.As more details emerge about the violent past of a taxi driver
:00:11. > :00:22.granted a licence in Milton Keynes the town's MP demands urgent action.
:00:23. > :00:25.We need to look at the whold system because something like this to
:00:26. > :00:28.happen unacceptable. Almost 80 years after the J`rrow
:00:29. > :00:31.Crusade, the march is recre`ted to We'll be here later
:00:32. > :00:35.in the programme counting down to With 100,000 Scots living
:00:36. > :00:39.in the East, and the links with Scottish business, how the outcome
:00:40. > :00:50.will be closely watched herd. And the search is on for wild hops
:00:51. > :00:56.from the hedgerow to create a new beer.
:00:57. > :01:01.The Prime Minister has told the BBC he's shocked at the
:01:02. > :01:04."bad decision" to allow a convicted rapist to become a taxi driver
:01:05. > :01:08.Nadeem Kiani was granted a licence in 2011 despite sdrving
:01:09. > :01:16.The mayor of Milton Keynes stepped down after it emerged he offered
:01:17. > :01:21.Today one of the town's MPs has called for
:01:22. > :01:24.the licensing system to be changed so that it can't happen agahn.
:01:25. > :01:27.We'll hear from Mark Lancaster in a moment after this report
:01:28. > :01:38.News there was once a rapist amongst the rank is still sinking in here.
:01:39. > :01:44.The taxi drivers of Milton Keynes are struggling to understand how he
:01:45. > :01:49.was ever given a licence, particularly as councillors knew of
:01:50. > :01:53.his criminal past. Nadeem Khani was granted a licence in April 2011
:01:54. > :02:01.That was even though he was convicted for a series of vholent
:02:02. > :02:05.rapes in 1994. He was jailed for eight years. Speaking on BBC radio,
:02:06. > :02:11.the Prime Minister said he was shocked by the bad decision. Taxi
:02:12. > :02:14.authorities should check whdther people are fit and proper pdrsons
:02:15. > :02:19.and we advise that they shotld do criminal records bureau checks and
:02:20. > :02:21.it's obvious in this case that the council followed the correct
:02:22. > :02:26.procedures but then made a bad decision. The Milton Keynes taxi
:02:27. > :02:32.Association which represents the 200 hackney carriage drivers of the town
:02:33. > :02:36.said it should never happen again. When you work in an industrx
:02:37. > :02:40.governed by licenses and conditions, everything has to be
:02:41. > :02:46.squeaky clean. If it's not, then we might as well pack it up. In this
:02:47. > :02:50.particular case, my immediate question is, how long has it been
:02:51. > :02:57.going on? How many drivers does it involve? Who are these people? What
:02:58. > :03:02.have they been doing? And how important is the CRB check to us?
:03:03. > :03:07.The town mayor has stood down after it was revealed he gave a character
:03:08. > :03:10.reference to Nadeem Kiana. Two other councillors on the licensing
:03:11. > :03:15.committee have also resigned their position. The BBC has made repeated
:03:16. > :03:20.attempts to contact the mayor without success, but he told the
:03:21. > :03:23.Milton Keynes Citizen newsp`per that he did not know about Nadeel
:03:24. > :03:27.Kiana's previous convictions at the time he gave the character
:03:28. > :03:29.reference. He told the local newspaper he felt he had bedn made a
:03:30. > :03:34.scapegoat for the decision of others. The case has printed a
:03:35. > :03:40.review of licensing procedures at Milton Keynes Council `` has
:03:41. > :03:43.prompted. It was emerging that seven had criminal convictions and two of
:03:44. > :03:45.them have voluntarily surrendered their licence. A decision is yet to
:03:46. > :03:49.be made on the remaining five. Mark Lancaster ` the MP for
:03:50. > :03:51.Milton Keynes North ` has wdlcomed what he calls the council's swift
:03:52. > :03:54.action in dealing with the hssue. But he says
:03:55. > :03:56.the system is unacceptable, and he's now asked the Transport
:03:57. > :04:09.Secretary to demand greater I think we need to have a rdview of
:04:10. > :04:12.the guidance in this sort of situation, because to some dxtent it
:04:13. > :04:17.is left of the local authorhty, and the taxi drivers say they should be
:04:18. > :04:22.fit and proper person, it c`n lead to inconsistency. In Milton Keynes,
:04:23. > :04:25.where we have taxi drivers who are licensed in Northamptonshird, if
:04:26. > :04:30.they fail to get a license hn Milton Keynes, they can go to Northampton
:04:31. > :04:36.who might have a standard. The guidance needs to be tightened so we
:04:37. > :04:40.can get consistency across the UK. David Cameron says the systdm does
:04:41. > :04:43.not need overhauling. I will write to David Cameron and show hhm the
:04:44. > :04:47.example of this particular case and when you look at this particular
:04:48. > :04:54.case you do begin to wonder. What is the point of having a criminal check
:04:55. > :04:58.if it is just going to be ignored? I couldn't agree more, and thhs is why
:04:59. > :05:03.the case was a jaw`dropping moment. In ten years as an MP, I was shocked
:05:04. > :05:07.to hear it. I'm very pleased that Milton Keynes Council have taken
:05:08. > :05:10.swift and decisive action and there is an ongoing review. Ultim`tely it
:05:11. > :05:15.is a public safety issue we have to put at the forefront. He is not the
:05:16. > :05:18.only one Milton Keynes Council is looking at. We are told thex are
:05:19. > :05:23.looking at another seven drhvers, won a sex offender, who is currently
:05:24. > :05:29.still working. `` one of whom is a sex offender. To the credit of
:05:30. > :05:33.Milton Keynes Council it has acted swiftly and decisively. The chair
:05:34. > :05:36.and vice`chair of the licensing committee, and the chair and the
:05:37. > :05:40.mayor have resigned, they h`ve resigned, but they are still
:05:41. > :05:45.councillors. Should they be? I need to look at the detail. What worries
:05:46. > :05:48.me is looking at the person`l testimony of the former mayor, that
:05:49. > :05:53.is the only reason the licence was given. If that is the case, and I
:05:54. > :05:56.haven't heard from the formdr mayor of Milton Keynes, and he dods have
:05:57. > :06:00.the right to respond to the accusations, if that is the truth,
:06:01. > :06:03.he does need to consider his position. Surely the people
:06:04. > :06:08.responsible for making the decision have to explain why they did it
:06:09. > :06:12.Yes, and only they can expl`in it. I'm not in the position as `n MP to
:06:13. > :06:17.answer the question but I encourage them to come forward, explahn their
:06:18. > :06:20.actions, and then based on the explanation we can form a jtdgement
:06:21. > :06:24.on whether they should stand down. But on the information I have, I do
:06:25. > :06:28.think that the former mayor needs to consider his position. And H stayed
:06:29. > :06:33.with great regret, because he is a decent man who has made a tdrrible
:06:34. > :06:36.mistake, and unfortunately, there are consequences. There is `
:06:37. > :06:40.deregulation bill considered at the moment which aims to simplify the
:06:41. > :06:43.licensing laws. Will it acttally do anything to prevent this kind of
:06:44. > :06:48.thing happening again, or whll it make it more likely? This is the
:06:49. > :06:52.perfect medium for us to look at the legislation. What I think is vital
:06:53. > :06:56.is that we have a consistency across the UK. That seems to be ond of the
:06:57. > :06:58.problems. I intend to take the opportunity to try and ensure there
:06:59. > :07:01.is consistency. Police investigating
:07:02. > :07:03.the disappearance of a pub landlady 17 years ago have arrested ` man
:07:04. > :07:05.on suspicion of murder. Deborah Steel, who ran the
:07:06. > :07:08.Royal Standard pub in Ely, The 37`year`old was last sedn
:07:09. > :07:13.at around 1:00am. Detectives are currently se`rching
:07:14. > :07:19.an address in Longfields in Ely A 70`year`old man is being held
:07:20. > :07:21.at Parkside Police station Dozens of people have joined
:07:22. > :07:26.the Northamptonshire leg of a 3 0 mile march against what thex say is
:07:27. > :07:32.the privatisation of the NHS. The group is recreating the 193
:07:33. > :07:37.Jarrow crusade against unemployment. They say privatisation will kill
:07:38. > :07:40.the NHS. But the Department
:07:41. > :08:00.of Health says it makes up only Another day looms, from South
:08:01. > :08:05.Tyneside to Northamptonshird, some here have already covered over 00
:08:06. > :08:12.miles. They say they are marching to protect the values, ideals `nd the
:08:13. > :08:16.future of the NHS. There is the idea that only the private sector can
:08:17. > :08:19.deliver efficiencies and technology, and it's just not true. What needs
:08:20. > :08:26.to happen is for every pennx from the public purse for the NHS to go
:08:27. > :08:30.to the people. I feel privileged to be in a country which has an NHS and
:08:31. > :08:37.I have never been let down by the NHS. I have always been cardd for by
:08:38. > :08:42.quality and commission profdssionals `` committed professionals. The NHS
:08:43. > :08:46.should remain a flagship into new `` institution and should not go the
:08:47. > :08:51.way of the US health care sxstem. It mimics the Jarrow Crusade is of
:08:52. > :08:56.1936. They did it for jobs `gainst poverty. These people have larched
:08:57. > :09:01.for health against privatis`tion. The NHS is a wonderful insthtution
:09:02. > :09:05.and it will go if we don't fight for it. A lot of people fought the
:09:06. > :09:10.National Health Service to be here, so if we don't fight, it will
:09:11. > :09:14.disappear and generations won't benefit from it. I worked in the NHS
:09:15. > :09:19.for 24 years and I am watchhng it. In Huntingdon, the private
:09:20. > :09:24.management team Circle was turnround `` brought in to turn around a
:09:25. > :09:29.hospital, and two and a half years later it has been hailed a success.
:09:30. > :09:34.It has taken over the musty low skeletal services in Bedfordshire ``
:09:35. > :09:39.musculoskeletal. In Cambridgeshire, the largest outsourcing contract in
:09:40. > :09:43.NHS history is up for grabs. ?1 billion deal to run health care
:09:44. > :09:47.services for the elderly. The department of health has told us
:09:48. > :09:52.that other health care provhders an important role to play. It says the
:09:53. > :09:56.use of the private sector rdpresents just 6% of the total NHS budget but
:09:57. > :10:05.these people say they are m`rching to the words of the founder in
:10:06. > :10:08.1948, 90 Bevan, who said thd NHS would last as long as there were the
:10:09. > :10:12.folk left with a fade to fight for it. Tomorrow the protest moves to
:10:13. > :10:18.bed `` Luiten. `` Luiten town. Ten people have been arrestdd in
:10:19. > :10:20.connection with child explohtation following a series a raids `cross
:10:21. > :10:23.Buckinghamshire and the South East. 11 properties,
:10:24. > :10:25.including one in Milton Keynes, were raided this morning in an operation
:10:26. > :10:28.involving more than 100 offhcers. The men, aged between 28 and 45
:10:29. > :10:30.have been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences relating to two
:10:31. > :10:42.girls across a seven`year pdriod. Five of those who have been arrested
:10:43. > :10:48.so far have declared their dthnicity as Pakistani, and one Bangl`deshi,
:10:49. > :10:54.one Indian and one of Afro`Caribbean heritage. But this is not about
:10:55. > :10:58.ethnicity. No matter the ethnic background, it is the job of the
:10:59. > :10:59.police to protect them if they are a victim and to bring them to justice
:11:00. > :11:03.if they are offender. It's been more than three wdeks
:11:04. > :11:06.since the remnants of Hurricane Bertha caused flash
:11:07. > :11:08.flooding in parts of the region In March in Cambridgeshire,
:11:09. > :11:10.70 families were severely affected. Roads were cut off
:11:11. > :11:12.and trees uprooted. Today it's emerged
:11:13. > :11:21.the clean`up could last six months. It came up above the bricks and
:11:22. > :11:27.everything else. It went straight across the driveway and then up and
:11:28. > :11:31.in the door, and as fast as it was coming in, we could not control it.
:11:32. > :11:37.Peter Cochrane had only been moved here a matter of months when
:11:38. > :11:40.hurricane Bertha wreaked havoc. John August the 8th, the rain cale,
:11:41. > :11:44.pouring into the home of thd couple, and almost everything they owned was
:11:45. > :11:51.condemned, ruined by the fl`sh floods. He says it has affected them
:11:52. > :11:54.badly. We were in the room with the water having gone down, but in the
:11:55. > :11:58.end, because it all got condemned, we had to move that the health
:11:59. > :12:02.reasons. We were walking rotnd in Wellington boots for four d`ys, that
:12:03. > :12:07.was all we had on our feet. The storms cause chaos across the region
:12:08. > :12:11.and flooding on the a four to eight brought rush`hour to a standstill.
:12:12. > :12:21.Treacherous driving conditions. But the town bore the brunt with trees
:12:22. > :12:25.uprooted and a river landslhde. The road has been closed Pier shnce the
:12:26. > :12:30.landslip last month and the area has been fenced, ready for huge wire
:12:31. > :12:33.cages of stone to be bought in and built into the river bank to stop
:12:34. > :12:42.any more landslips with futtre flooding. We were hit by thd tail
:12:43. > :12:47.end of hurricane Bertha but the rain was extremely localised and it was a
:12:48. > :12:51.case of safety first and we had to shut the road. We expected ``
:12:52. > :13:00.inspected the embankment and tried to find the best solution and we
:13:01. > :13:02.have done our best there. B`ck a loss adjusters are sorting the claim
:13:03. > :13:09.of a couple which is running into tens of thousands of pounds. I get
:13:10. > :13:12.my good days and bad days. H look back and think of what we h`d and
:13:13. > :13:16.what we have now got, but then we have to think about what we have got
:13:17. > :13:21.when it is replaced. It was an act of nature. It wasn't anybodx's
:13:22. > :13:27.fault. It was just an act of nature. Nature came and went and we
:13:28. > :13:30.have got the result. For now, it is life in the hotels, and the couple
:13:31. > :13:36.are unlikely to return here until after Christmas.
:13:37. > :13:38.A man operating out of his bedroom in Wellingborough has
:13:39. > :13:40.become one of the world's bhggest YouTube stars.Dan
:13:41. > :13:42.who uploads videos of himself playing
:13:43. > :13:45.the computer game Minecraft has now made it into the site's top five.
:13:46. > :13:50.He got more than 185 million views in July.
:13:51. > :14:39.Now it's over to Susie and Stewart for the rest of Look East.
:14:40. > :14:55.Hong Kong airport built in the sea, but Boris Johnson's version of
:14:56. > :15:01.something similar was rejected today by an Airports Commission. Ht came
:15:02. > :15:08.as no surprise. We thought ht was a flight of fancy and we said the only
:15:09. > :15:12.thing that should be on the island as a statue of Boris Johnson with
:15:13. > :15:18.that slogan underneath it. We have vindicated and reviews. Nobody in
:15:19. > :15:23.the aviation industry was strprised. When this first came out 56 years
:15:24. > :15:32.ago, I give it a chance of one in 1000 are being built `` fivd or six
:15:33. > :15:37.years. It was far too expensive No one is more relieved than John
:15:38. > :15:42.Fuller who spearheaded a calpaign against it. He was admiring the
:15:43. > :15:48.estuary he believes Boris Island would have destroyed. I think it
:15:49. > :15:54.would have been a truism bolbshell. `` tourism. It would have bden
:15:55. > :15:59.really damaging to the tourhsm industry here. It means a ndw runway
:16:00. > :16:04.is much more likely to be btilt at Heathrow or Gatwick. But with
:16:05. > :16:10.flights predicted to grow, `irport are looking to the future
:16:11. > :16:13.optimistically. The demise of Boris Island could be good news for
:16:14. > :16:17.Stansted Airport. The managhng director here wouldn't say that
:16:18. > :16:23.himself today but he didn't make the Government that Stansted cotld play
:16:24. > :16:28.a significant role in incre`sing airport capacity. And that's without
:16:29. > :16:32.having to build a new runwax. Without existing commission, we can
:16:33. > :16:39.still get to 35 million passengers, so almost double in size. So the
:16:40. > :16:43.Luton will be hoping the Airports Commission underlines their role and
:16:44. > :16:53.the future of aviation, too. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson sthll holds
:16:54. > :17:01.Airports Boris Island would remain a fantasy it will take a whild. The
:17:02. > :17:02.Airports Commission's final recommendations are expected next
:17:03. > :17:06.summer. The vote on Scottish Independence
:17:07. > :17:08.will take place in just over two weeks from now and,
:17:09. > :17:11.of course, the outcome will be According to the latest census,
:17:12. > :17:15.there are around 100,000 Scots And there are also many companies
:17:16. > :17:19.who do business north of thd border. Neither connection gives people
:17:20. > :17:22.down here a right to a vote of course, but that doesn't mean
:17:23. > :17:32.there's a lack of opinions. For every Scotsman you find banging
:17:33. > :17:38.the drum for independence, xou'll find another who wanted to stay part
:17:39. > :17:44.of the United Kingdom. Ian hs from the island of Allen and movd to
:17:45. > :17:46.Peterborough five years ago. He is a drum Sergeant in the local pipe
:17:47. > :17:55.band. On the question of independence. I think I would be
:17:56. > :17:59.leaning towards yes. In terls of visiting family in Scotland, I don't
:18:00. > :18:06.think it will change. I havd great faith in Scotland to be a prosperous
:18:07. > :18:12.country but I think our Parliament serving country would serve the best
:18:13. > :18:18.needs of Scottish people, any better way than London. There are 000, 00
:18:19. > :18:26.people from Scotland living in our region. Under the referendul, they
:18:27. > :18:31.won't get a vote on independence because they don't live in Scotland
:18:32. > :18:37.any more. We've got a satellite office in Falkirk. Some bushnesses
:18:38. > :18:47.in East Anglia also have links to Scotland. This technical services
:18:48. > :18:51.offers is. The managing dirdctor fears the potential impact Scottish
:18:52. > :18:54.independence. My concern is that Scotland became an independdnt
:18:55. > :18:59.country, we would be faced with additional risks that we don't have
:19:00. > :19:02.the moment. The restaurant currency, if Scotland adoptdd a
:19:03. > :19:10.different currency to the rdst of the UK, potential differencds in
:19:11. > :19:14.employment law. All of thesd things employment law. All of thesd things
:19:15. > :19:21.add to our risks and administration and things that I wouldn't welcome.
:19:22. > :19:25.The Highland gathering is era made of the strong Scottish links in our
:19:26. > :19:30.region. Many Scots moved down here for jobs at the steelworks hn the
:19:31. > :19:35.past, the town now with the real interest in Scotland's future
:19:36. > :19:39.direction `` a real. And a reminder that's a lot more
:19:40. > :19:42.on the Referendum debate online In football, after a summer
:19:43. > :19:47.of speculation, the transfer window They signed nine players
:19:48. > :19:53.following their relegation Tom Williams has the details,
:19:54. > :20:05.he's in our newsroom now. Knowledge's new manager Neil Adams
:20:06. > :20:10.enjoyed a shopping spree thhs summer. A number of transfers,
:20:11. > :20:17.spending well into the millhons The arrivals last night, ignore the
:20:18. > :20:24.Miguel for an undisclosed fde, thought to be under ?1.5 million.
:20:25. > :20:29.The site, for Lewis Thompson, sums up knowledge's financial muscle He
:20:30. > :20:34.joins from Swindon and immediately loaned back. I would have thought
:20:35. > :20:40.that knowledge had done verx good business. Absolutely. One of their
:20:41. > :20:49.main rivals, Lewis Graban, has made a terrific start to his carder. They
:20:50. > :20:58.have been able to keep the lajority of last year's squad togethdr. Some
:20:59. > :21:01.big departures like Snodgrass. But crucially, Gary Hooper and Nathan
:21:02. > :21:08.Redmond are still there aftdr last night. And Ipswich managed to hang
:21:09. > :21:12.on to hang onto the person they wanted to keep, David McGoldrick. It
:21:13. > :21:17.would have been tempted. Town are thought to have toned down to bids
:21:18. > :21:25.from Leicester for around ?7 million `` turned. He was their top scorer
:21:26. > :21:30.last season and they are all was the top scorer last season and they are
:21:31. > :21:36.lot. Peterborough side and James, lot. Peterborough side and James,
:21:37. > :21:41.Northampton brought in a cotple of players, Cambridge one. That sums up
:21:42. > :21:53.what it is like in the lower leagues, but when you're in the
:21:54. > :21:55.football league, they rely on free transfers and loan signings. The
:21:56. > :21:58.emergency transfer window opens next week.
:21:59. > :22:01.It's the time of the year when our hedges are laden whth
:22:02. > :22:04.Sloes, rose hips and blackbdrries of course.
:22:05. > :22:07.This year people are being `sked to look out for something else `
:22:08. > :22:35.These are hops. Belinda Jennings is a brewer in Southwold. The hunt is
:22:36. > :22:42.on to find fresh hops, drawhng much closer to home. These are ndarly
:22:43. > :22:47.ready. You can see that thex are opening up a little bit. Thd actual
:22:48. > :22:54.flavour we are after is at the base of the leaves. It contains the resin
:22:55. > :23:04.and essential oils to provide the bitterness and aroma in beer. They
:23:05. > :23:16.want to prove a pale ale ushng wild hops pecked by the public. The
:23:17. > :23:21.result will be difficult to project. We've come five miles out and omits
:23:22. > :23:28.the blackberries are hops. They aren't quite ready to pick. They had
:23:29. > :23:34.to turn brown. You can pop them off, that's exactly what we are `fter.
:23:35. > :23:40.Ten won will introduce from Flanders early 16th century. This calpaign
:23:41. > :23:44.gives them full marks for clever marketing. He hopes it is the
:23:45. > :23:50.beginning of a revival. It hs a wonderful thing to do, to rdvive the
:23:51. > :23:58.use of hops. They grow naturally in our hedgerows. The tiny brewery in
:23:59. > :24:04.Edwardson have their own microbrewery and grow their own
:24:05. > :24:11.hops. It is nice to see small brewers using local ingredidnts
:24:12. > :24:14.They plan a one`off brew of ?60 000. If it goes well, the beer should be
:24:15. > :24:26.in pubs by the end of the month I've got ten won on my hedgds.
:24:27. > :24:46.They're very difficult to gdt rid of! `` hops. I should be packing
:24:47. > :24:53.them in! A reasonable because weather ahead. It might start to get
:24:54. > :24:57.cloudy. If we look at the s`tellite image, it has been cloudy this
:24:58. > :25:02.afternoon. We have high pressure that is keeping things settled.
:25:03. > :25:08.Across the eastern half, a lot of cloud moving in off the North Sea.
:25:09. > :25:12.This is suspected to thin and break overnight so there will be clear
:25:13. > :25:17.spells initially, but as thd night progresses, it want of low cloud
:25:18. > :25:21.moving in and some mist and fog It is going to stay relatively mild,
:25:22. > :25:31.temperatures anywhere betwedn 1 and 14 Celsius. We start tomorrow
:25:32. > :25:39.gloomy. A lot of mist and fog patches around with light, low
:25:40. > :25:45.cloud. We start to see sunshine in the late morning. The western have
:25:46. > :25:49.these cloudy through the early afternoon but where we get sunshine,
:25:50. > :25:58.it will feel pleasantly warl in the 20s. Look at the temperaturds across
:25:59. > :26:05.the coast. Were a moderate breeze, they stay cooler. As the dax
:26:06. > :26:09.progresses, we will get dridr air moving in from the continent.
:26:10. > :26:18.That'll mean sunshine from `ll of us `` for all of us. This is the charge
:26:19. > :26:25.for overnight once the low cloud comes back for Wednesday to
:26:26. > :26:27.Thursday. We still have high pressure hanging on and so ht keeps
:26:28. > :26:34.our weather settled, but we might start to get a lot more clotd moving
:26:35. > :26:41.in towards the end of the wdek. After a bit of a misty, clotdy start
:26:42. > :26:48.to Thursday, long spells of sunshine are expected with temperatures
:26:49. > :26:51.peaking into the mid`20s. Looking ahead, the jury is out on hdr much
:26:52. > :26:56.cloud we will get for Fridax and Saturday. Will it stays clotdy, it
:26:57. > :27:03.will hold temperatures back at 8 or 19 Celsius. But with sunshine, these
:27:04. > :27:11.could get higher, so we can get more than 20 Celsius for Friday `nd
:27:12. > :27:24.Saturday. Sunday is a sunny start turning cloudy. That's all for now.
:27:25. > :27:29.Goodbye.