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Taking guns off our streets. it from Edinburgh we | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Northamptonshire Police announces its first amnesty in over a decade, | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
An over`reaction or a sensible precaution? | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
Reaction to the security sc`re which brought Luton Airport to | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
The motorcycle drag racer who survived a crash | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
And, the ex`servicemen from this region getting re`dy | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
Will it improve safety on the streets or leave weapons | :00:30. | :00:47. | |
That is the question being `sked of Northamptonshire Police aftdr they | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
It is the first time in a decade that the force has | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
Back in 2003, more than 500 guns and nearly 1,300 rounds | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
This is why police do not w`nt guns in criminals' hands. | :01:03. | :01:17. | |
In Northamptonshire, more than 350 weapons were crushed and | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
Locked away in the police armoury, there is an array of firearls. | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
All of these weapons have bden recovered by officers here | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
Here we have a sawn`off shotgun that was taken from a burgl`ry. | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
Now, there will be an amnesty to get more guns of the street. | :01:42. | :01:51. | |
This is indicative of peopld trying to safely dispose of firearls and of | :01:52. | :01:59. | |
This will make the area a safer place. | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
At this hunting and fishing shop in the town, | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
I think people who are willhng to use this amnesty will be mostly | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
people who may have found a gun in a relative's house | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
when they have been clearing it out after they have died, perhaps. | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
It is probably not people who have a gun for the wrong reason. | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
Gun crime is low in this arda, but what is the public percdption? | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
People who I hang around with do not have guns. | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
I have never heard anyone t`lk about guns. | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
Anything they can get to make the streets safer to walk | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
This gun was taken while executing a drug warr`nt. | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
This gun is real but officers would like replicas to be handed hn too. | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
This one is a police`issue firearm and the other fires blanks. | :02:54. | :03:03. | |
It is very difficult to tell the difference between them. | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
If someone pointed it at yot, would you know? | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
The force gathered more than 500 guns in the last amnestx. | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
This time, they want to destroy even more. | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
Mike Cartwright, BBC Look E`st, Northampton. | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
Glen Banks runs projects to tackle youth crime in the county. | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
Mr Banks, are amnesties a waste of tile? | :03:25. | :03:36. | |
I do not think that they ard a waste of time. They are a short`tdrm fix. | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
The majority of weapons that are handed in May not be from criminally | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
minded people. People who w`nt them for criminal reasons will not hand | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
them in because they need them. I was speaking to a former gang member | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
last night, someone who had been involved in crime for many xears and | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
has now turned his life arotnd, and I asked him what he would do. He | :04:10. | :04:20. | |
said he would not hand guns in. However, any amnesty is a good thing | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
because it means less guns on the street. When I say we have ` gun | :04:26. | :04:36. | |
crime problem, I do not mean as bad as other cities, but even one gun is | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
a problem. The police say Northamptonshire | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
doesn't have a gun problem ` I travel around the country talking | :04:41. | :04:51. | |
about knights and guns. One gun on the street is a problem. Thdy are | :04:52. | :04:59. | |
very dangerous in the wrong hands. My mother told me when I was young | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
that I would never have a motor bike because they are dangerous. But | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
motorbikes are not dangerous, it is the person who is driving. @ weapon | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
in the wrong hand is dangerous. The last amnesty | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
in the county was 11 years `go ` It did not make much differdnce We | :05:16. | :05:28. | |
spoke about whether it was going to make a difference with prisoners, | :05:29. | :05:37. | |
particularly bank robbers and people who have used firearms to t`ke | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
people's lives. They did not think it would make a difference. I do | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
think that it is important that guns come off the street and if this is a | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
way of getting guns of the street, whether they are illegal or illegal, | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
it can only be good. Thank xou for your time this evening. | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
Luton Airport has been accused of over`reacting to a securhty | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
alert which effectively shut the site down for almost four hours | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
Flights were suspended and thousands of passengers were | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
told to leave the terminal xesterday afternoon after a suspect p`ckage | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
Today, a normal afternoon at Luton Airport. | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
Hundreds of passengers evactated from the terminal buildings. | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
A full scale security alert caused by a suspect item | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
There had been reports that the item was later discovered to be ` set of | :06:27. | :06:41. | |
here straight hours. The report has not confirmed this. In a st`tement, | :06:42. | :06:50. | |
the airport said that the object had electronic cables and had not been | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
identified. The passenger who the bag belonged to could not account | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
for the item and told the officers he had left the baggage unattended. | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
The bag was eventually destroyed in a controlled explosion. Somd people | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
have criticised the airport for over reacting and believe that p`rts of | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
the airport could have been left open. The whole airport was shut | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
down and all the surrounding roads. It was a judgement call, but with | :07:19. | :07:26. | |
the benefit of hindsight it does appear that they could have taken | :07:27. | :07:27. | |
another course of action. In total, | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
easyJet cancelled 41 flights. Six flights due to land herd | :07:35. | :07:35. | |
were diverted elsewhere. All the passengers were brotght | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
in by coach. Some people have criticised | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
the airport for over`reacting, but the policing unit says security | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
procedures worked The airport says in a time | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
of heightened security, the public Captain Chris McGee has been | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
a pilot for 30 years. She has flown during many | :07:52. | :08:02. | |
of the major security alerts, Earlier tonight, | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
she told me she did not belheve In my personal opinion, thex did not | :08:05. | :08:20. | |
overreact. When the situation start to happen, you do not have luch time | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
to react. It is very distressing for everyone with the delays, btt I | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
think you would rather be in a situation where positive action had | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
been taken to minimise a direct We are on high security at the moment. | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
I think they did the right thing. The threat level was raised almost | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
two weeks ago. How much of our concern is that you? It is ` great | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
concern to anyone who travels and flies. Into rehab more information, | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
it is hard to say how much ` threat it is. `` until we have mord | :08:56. | :09:04. | |
information. You were flying when the alert happened. What were you | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
told? We were not told very much. It would not have caused us major | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
problems. We knew that therd would be delays. In terms of the | :09:16. | :09:25. | |
information, professionally we try to minimise it. We will look at the | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
fine details when we are on the ground and everyone is home safely. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
You have been a pilot for 30 years now. What do you remember about nine | :09:37. | :09:56. | |
11. `` 9/11? At that time, security teams came onto my aircraft and | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
removed all the plates and glasses. These objects were thought to be | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
possible weapons and they wdre replaced by paper copies. Wdre you | :10:07. | :10:13. | |
surprised by the decision ydsterday? They would have been looking at the | :10:14. | :10:22. | |
operational perspective. He perhaps decided to act like this because | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
there was not much informathon in terms of the security team `t the | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
airport. A lack of informathon does lead to great frustration and people | :10:34. | :10:42. | |
filling in the gaps. Are yot happy that security is good enough at | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
airports in this country? Yds, I think it is. They do take action | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
quickly. The threat level h`s been raised and I have seen changes that | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
have been implemented to make sure that that is dealt with. | :11:00. | :11:01. | |
More details on the extra checks for taxi drivers in Milton Keynes, | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
after it was revealed a serial rapist had been working | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
Last night, the local council voted on new rules | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
which will mean all drivers will undergo fresh police checks. | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
A scandal that has shocked the region and rocked | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
Last month, it emerged a convicted rapist had | :11:17. | :11:18. | |
The revelations led to Milton Keynes mayor Subhan Shafiq ` | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
who had vouched for him during his application ` | :11:24. | :11:25. | |
He has so far refused to speak to the BBC. | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
Can I ask you some questions? Wide EU not want to talk to us? `` why do | :11:33. | :11:43. | |
you not want. Following last night's council | :11:44. | :11:44. | |
meeting, more than 1,300 taxi drivers in Milton Keynes will | :11:45. | :11:46. | |
also undergo police checks. It was agreed that in futurd, | :11:47. | :11:48. | |
all applications from drivers with convictions for sexual or vholent | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
offences will be refused, unless How can there be any excepthonal | :11:52. | :12:01. | |
circumstances when someone has that kind of conviction? | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
The authority will employ two extra enforcement officers to cope | :12:05. | :12:06. | |
Licence applications will also take longer, allowing more time to | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
consult law enforcement agencies and to interview drivers. | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
The reputational damage dond to the taxi industry has been serious. We | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
need to work together and m`ke the taxi industry work. We have over | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
1300 drivers in Milton Keynds and they play a vital role in the | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
economy. Taxis are safe in Lilton Keynes. Last night, the leader of | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
the council called on those who granted the licence to examhne the | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
conscience. There is no way to make them stand down. | :12:50. | :12:52. | |
New safety barriers have bedn installed on a section of the A 4 | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
Last year, ten workers were seriously hnjured | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
Since April, there have been four "near misses" in this region alone. | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
A lorry on the M6 swerves into a lane closed off by traffic cones to | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
protect roadside workers, n`rrowly missing a police patrol car. | :13:08. | :13:09. | |
But here on the A14, outside Cambridge, | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
new technology is being used on the regions roads for the first time. | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
These crash cushions have bden constructed | :13:20. | :13:21. | |
This is what can happen if a vehicle strikes an old style | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
But these crash cushions work very differently. | :13:29. | :13:37. | |
If a vehicle hits the end of this barrier, it takes the energx out of | :13:38. | :13:51. | |
the impact by Constantine in `` by crumpling. | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
The Highways Agency says safety is a top priority, | :13:57. | :13:58. | |
The guys who are working on the road have a job to do and they nded to | :13:59. | :14:08. | |
concentrate. At the same tile, they have cars going past at gre`t speed. | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
The public need to be made `ware of this and take great care whdn they | :14:16. | :14:17. | |
are driving. The crash cushions cost the same | :14:18. | :14:17. | |
as the old style barriers and, with much more work anticip`ted here | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
on the A14, it is likely thdy will become a familiar sight to lotorists | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
and a reassuring presence Still to come. And I in the sky to | :14:24. | :14:52. | |
look at the flooding. And a new challenge for injured service men. | :14:53. | :15:05. | |
We will stay with that storx. The summer of sport is not over. | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
Tomorrow, and new games will start and Prince Harry is involved. Many | :15:13. | :15:25. | |
will compete in the Invictus Games. A reporter has been to meet some of | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
the competitors. I was involved in a life changing accident. I w`s in | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
hospital for several years. I was badly burnt. I was unable to | :15:39. | :15:47. | |
continue my military duties, but I still wanted the adventure `nd | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
challenge. For this man, thd open road has a destination. He hs aiming | :15:56. | :16:05. | |
for the Invictus Games. These games are for injured servicewomen. These | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
men and women here have achheved so much already, but being seldcted for | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
this team is another milestone in their lives. This man was flying a a | :16:16. | :16:26. | |
plane when a court fire. His recovery is still ongoing. H was a | :16:27. | :16:35. | |
patient for two years. I have had 58 operations. It has given me a lot of | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
freedom. It has given me frdedom on the road and the ability to travel | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
significant distances on my bike. This man is also competing. He lost | :16:52. | :16:58. | |
his right leg while onto it in Afghanistan. When you leave the | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
Army, you missed the team environment. When you are working | :17:05. | :17:12. | |
together in places like Afghanistan, your friends are still | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
close. That is what the Invhctus Games is about. The excitemdnt is | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
building up now. He is up vdry early every morning for training. What is | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
life like at the moment knowing that this competition is approaching It | :17:31. | :17:38. | |
has taken over everything. Ht is important to hit targets and not to | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
drink. The pressure is alwaxs there. After spending three months battling | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
for selection, these men ard now ready for action. They have already | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
served their country with distinction once, and now it is time | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
to do it again. You can see the opening ceremony tomorrow at 7pm. | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
There will also be more covdrage on the red button and on my pl`yer 12 | :18:09. | :18:24. | |
months ago, there was an arda in Suffolk that people were trxing to | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
protect. But unfortunately, the marshes were flooded last ydar. The | :18:29. | :18:36. | |
impact was very bad. Now, the team is looking to the future with some | :18:37. | :18:43. | |
high`tech kit. It used to bd simple to walk here. Now you have to walk | :18:44. | :18:56. | |
through thinking mad. `` sthnking mud. Much of this area is under | :18:57. | :19:07. | |
assault water. Everything is now covered. We do not want to keep | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
fighting to maintain somethhng that is unsustainable. The cost hs huge. | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
The consensus is that there is no way to restore it. To help the team | :19:25. | :19:35. | |
develop a management plan, they are using this to have a bird 's eye | :19:36. | :19:47. | |
view. It is doing a very detailed scan. It is very cost`effective We | :19:48. | :19:59. | |
filmed here almost one year ago during an archaeological dig. Today, | :20:00. | :20:08. | |
that area is now an island, like it would have been in the dist`nt past. | :20:09. | :20:17. | |
This land is claimed land. Xou cannot stop the sea. It is difficult | :20:18. | :20:25. | |
to stop trying to do somethhng and just to watch. We hope it bdcomes a | :20:26. | :20:36. | |
flood storage area and a good area for wildlife. Thankfully, it said | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
the village from the flooding. The impact of the flooding is clear to | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
see. Animals and plants are now dying. However, the team relain | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
philosophical. They say that there is no definitive line, only one | :21:04. | :21:05. | |
point in time. Now it is time for the weather. This | :21:06. | :21:27. | |
photograph was taken this morning in Norfolk. We may see more mornings | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
like this. This week, it will remain mainly dry. There will be some | :21:39. | :21:45. | |
sunshine and some cloud, as well. This week, things will remahn | :21:46. | :21:51. | |
settled. The high pressure hs keeping the weather quite nhce | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
across the whole British Isles. Tonight, there will be some cloud as | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
you can see on this satellite image. There will also be some sunshine. | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
Overnight, it will be dry. However, it could be quite a cold night. In | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
the countryside, we could sde 6`7 Celsius. Later in the night, the may | :22:19. | :22:29. | |
be some wet weather resulting in some fog in the morning. Thdn there | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
will be sunshine in the morning although there will be more cloud in | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
the afternoon. In the sunshhne there will be highs of 19`20 Celshus. | :22:42. | :22:51. | |
There will be a light winds. Expect more cloud in the afternoon, but it | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
will not be a bad day. For the rest of the week, the high presstre will | :22:58. | :23:09. | |
mostly hang on. On Thursday, because of weather overnight on Wednesday, | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
we could wake up to cloudy conditions. There is a posshbility | :23:15. | :23:26. | |
of mist. Hopefully we will then see a bit of sunshine. The weather will | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
recover on Friday. It is looking like it will be a sunny day. For the | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
start of the weekend, it looks like it will turn increasingly cloudy. | :23:41. | :23:50. | |
one extreme and the other. Freezing cold, and so much brain that there | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
have been floods. Climate experts have just finished our major project | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
confirming that our winters have become more turbulent in recent | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
years. What can we expect in years to come? Earlier, I spoke to one of | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
the offers, Professor Phil Jones. We have been looking at these long | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
records that go back to abott 1 00. In some periods, there are very | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
little difference is between winter and winter but over the last few | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
winters, since 2000, we havd had a greater variety of winters, from one | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
extreme to the other. We have had a run of three very positive winters, | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
and two very negative winters. This is very unusual in the stathstical | :24:39. | :24:46. | |
sense given the long records. One thing I've found interesting was | :24:47. | :24:49. | |
that you say it is specific`lly December that is the worst `ffected | :24:50. | :24:56. | |
month. Yes. We had been looking at the three winter months, December, | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
January, federally, and although you see some things in January `nd | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
feathery as well, they are lore pronounced in December. `` January | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
and February. We have a poshtive values, strong westerlies in some | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
Decembers, and then some negative ones. You will have noticed that in | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
the weather in previous winters We have had some cold winters `nd | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
relatively dry winters. And then we have had ones like last winter which | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
is relatively wet, and relatively one. `` relatively warm. Wh`t does | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
this mean for future winters? Has been this change, where we `re | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
seeing more bad winters. Is that mean we will statistically see more | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
bad winters in the future? Ht is impossible to say, really. But based | :25:49. | :25:55. | |
on the trends, particularly for December, we would expect them to be | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
as variable, based on recent trends over that period. We need to do more | :26:01. | :26:09. | |
research to find out why thhs `` these winters have become so | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
variable, so we're looking `t relationships with features in the | :26:17. | :26:19. | |
Arctic, particularly relating to Greenlands, and seeing weather | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
changes in the greenhouse g`ses and solar output might be the c`uses of | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
this. Professor Phil Jones, speaking to me earlier. Rocks to look forward | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
to them! `` lots. And we were glad to bring | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
you pictures of that crash, but we will bring you those tomorrow. Great | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
pictures, but something to look for two. Goodbye. `` | :26:46. | :26:47. |