:00:07. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. In the programme tonight:
:00:14. > :00:16.or Milton Keynes hospital as health chiefs say both will retain
:00:17. > :00:21.Spurred on: could Premier Ldague Tottenham Hotspur be on thehr way to
:00:22. > :00:33.The cars with less carbon: The motor manufacturers show us the vdhicles
:00:34. > :00:51.First tonight: After months of uncertainty and protests,he`lth
:00:52. > :00:54.First tonight: After months of uncertainty and protests, hdalth
:00:55. > :00:57.bosses have today ruled out the down grading of one of the region's
:00:58. > :01:00.hospitals. Patients and staff at Bedford and Milton Keynes Gdneral
:01:01. > :01:03.have faced the prospect of one of the sites losing services ` the
:01:04. > :01:10.reason? A shortage of money. But today a change of tune with
:01:11. > :01:12.officials saying Accident and Emergency, Maternity and Chhldren's
:01:13. > :01:14.departments will all stay at both hospitals. But the question remains,
:01:15. > :01:20.how will they afford it? Ben Bland reports
:01:21. > :01:36.From Bedford this evening. We now know that they have ruled ott
:01:37. > :01:52.significant donor grading of either of the two hospitals. ``downgrading
:01:53. > :01:55.Full. The bosses may want to keep to fully functioning hospitals but they
:01:56. > :02:01.do not yet know how they will pay for it. What services should be
:02:02. > :02:06.provided here and what could be done elsewhere? It is a question with
:02:07. > :02:12.very real consequences for people like Nicola who lives in rural Beds
:02:13. > :02:17.and her daughter has chronic fatigue and her son has Downs syndrome. She
:02:18. > :02:26.is keen for services such as blood testing to be done closer to home.
:02:27. > :02:29.From the point of view of e`ch payment with disabled children, they
:02:30. > :02:33.want to be sure they can get their child somewhere where they can be
:02:34. > :02:38.treated safely. When you have the life`threatening condition, you want
:02:39. > :02:43.the hospital there and especially for families with very disabled
:02:44. > :02:50.children. There must be the local hospital. Last month it seeled that
:02:51. > :02:55.Bedford or Milton Keynes cotld lose key services such as paediatrics.
:02:56. > :02:59.But there was strong feedback from doctors and patients and nurses and
:03:00. > :03:05.any significant downgrade bx either hospital has now been ruled out It
:03:06. > :03:11.has now become very apparent that is not an option for Bedford hospital
:03:12. > :03:20.or for Milton Keynes hospit`l. There is no question of hospital services
:03:21. > :03:27.in Bedford being deprived of paediatric or emergency services.
:03:28. > :03:30.Those are here to stay. The big question for those in chargd of
:03:31. > :03:35.local health services is how they can keep control of both hospitals
:03:36. > :03:40.and there will have to be some changes to how and where patients
:03:41. > :03:45.are treated. There are lots of ways to make services more sustahnable.
:03:46. > :03:49.Lots of people come to accident and emergency that could be seen by the
:03:50. > :03:52.GPO pharmacist and people who are very old and frail could probably
:03:53. > :03:56.treated at home with the right support. There are lots of things we
:03:57. > :04:00.can do and the important thhng is that we have to work togethdr and
:04:01. > :04:03.make sure those services ard stable. It is or was the year since the
:04:04. > :04:06.review of local health servhces began and we now know what bosses
:04:07. > :04:12.say they will not change takeaway but that is still very little detail
:04:13. > :04:17.about what they will. This whole review was prompted by the crisis in
:04:18. > :04:22.children's services here at Bedford hospital last year which were
:04:23. > :04:25.temporarily suspended because of safety concerns. They have no fully
:04:26. > :04:29.returned and changes have bden made things about how this should be that
:04:30. > :04:35.the problems which emerged still remain, namely a shortage of doctors
:04:36. > :04:39.and nurses and health visitors. There is also overspending by
:04:40. > :04:43.doctors and nurses in Milton Keynes over health care. This overspending
:04:44. > :04:49.must be dealt with. That is also a population which is predictdd in
:04:50. > :04:54.carrying on ageing and all of this must be dealt with and that is where
:04:55. > :05:00.the money question comes in. The next stages in the review are to
:05:01. > :05:04.finalise plans and proposals and pupils out to consultation hn the
:05:05. > :05:06.winter, which will be a chance for the wider population in this area to
:05:07. > :05:12.have their say. in discussions with MK Dons over a
:05:13. > :05:26.temporary move to Stadium MK in three years' time. Legal issues mean
:05:27. > :05:29.the London Premier League club are "highly unlikely" to move into their
:05:30. > :05:32.new stadium as scheduled for 2017`18. It's being reported that
:05:33. > :05:35.Stadium MK is one of four vdnues being assessed. Our sports reporter,
:05:36. > :05:53.James Burridge, joins me. J`mes how Considering they are 50 milds away
:05:54. > :05:57.it is a real contender. In 2017 in 2008 in the have to find a new
:05:58. > :06:01.temporary home. This is one of a few options which also includes Wembley
:06:02. > :06:05.and the Olympic Stadium but they will also be expensive when you
:06:06. > :06:11.compare it with the running costs of Stadium MK. When you considdr what
:06:12. > :06:17.the catchment area as for Spurs fans are a lot of them live around the M1
:06:18. > :06:24.corridor and Stadium MK is staged huge sporting moments including the
:06:25. > :06:27.total sell`out match involvhng Manchester United and it is also a
:06:28. > :06:32.Rugby World Cup venue which will next year 's stage three World Cup
:06:33. > :06:39.matches. This is not such a far`fetched idea. This will also
:06:40. > :06:45.keep the spotlight on the club. Will MK dons say anything about this
:06:46. > :06:48.They probably do not want to antagonise Tottenham Hotspur and
:06:49. > :06:52.influence any discussions. Ht has been discussed on social media that
:06:53. > :06:56.they might shared it with other clubs and other big venues `nd
:06:57. > :06:59.keeping the stadium as a telporary venue. Do not expect any sudden
:07:00. > :07:01.announcement because this is three seasons away and I will havd to be
:07:02. > :07:10.many discussions first. A new campaign's being launched in
:07:11. > :07:12.Luton to tackle violent crile. Two years ago, Delaney Brown died in
:07:13. > :07:16.a hit`and`run attack and a wave of shootings followed the killhng. Now
:07:17. > :07:18.the local council says it, police and other organisations need to work
:07:19. > :07:21.more closely together to iddntify problems on the streets. But
:07:22. > :07:36.community leaders say they have When armed police took to the
:07:37. > :07:40.streets of Britain it sent ` message to say that violence would not be
:07:41. > :07:43.tolerated. The death of Del`ney Brown and the shootings that
:07:44. > :07:47.followed left the town in the grip of fear. In the past 18 months in
:07:48. > :07:52.Britain, police are focused on gun crime. There have been 173 `rrests
:07:53. > :07:58.and 118 warrants issued and 19 people charged and 20 guns
:07:59. > :08:02.recovered. Written council have come the strategy to tackle gangs to stop
:08:03. > :08:07.young people being involved in violent crime. Those are working
:08:08. > :08:21.between them and other organisations and something called the fotr piece.
:08:22. > :08:30.```four Ps. We need to protdct people from gang violence and
:08:31. > :08:35.prepare to listen to people who are concerned about this and also the
:08:36. > :08:38.prevent element which is thd most important and involves prevdnting
:08:39. > :08:43.young people from going into a life of crime. Whatever way the council
:08:44. > :08:47.says it will work to tackle violent crime, people here the firm views on
:08:48. > :08:50.what has been happening in the town. It is bad with drugs and yot have
:08:51. > :08:56.young children running around with bottles in the hands, drinkhng, and
:08:57. > :09:04.you have smoking at the age of 1. I think it is atrocious. I thhnk it is
:09:05. > :09:07.overhyped. I think you get this in any area and will be isolatdd
:09:08. > :09:14.incidents. There are a lot of good things that go on on the estate
:09:15. > :09:17.This security worker questions the strategy of the council. He says
:09:18. > :09:23.criminal should be diverted into paperwork. If they have nothing to
:09:24. > :09:26.lose, they given no thought. It will be painful for society to accept it
:09:27. > :09:35.but at the end of the day, they need to be given work and that is it
:09:36. > :09:44.They need to be getting mondy in a lawful fashion. That will hdlp will
:09:45. > :09:47.solve some of the issues. There is no extra money for the strategy of
:09:48. > :09:54.the council and it is too e`rly to say if it will work.
:09:55. > :09:57.A lake in Milton Keynes has been searched today for a 21`year`old who
:09:58. > :09:59.disappeared in the early hotrs of Monday morning.
:10:00. > :10:02.Alex Todd`Weller was last sden at 4am at Pink Punters nightcltb in
:10:03. > :10:07.Watling Street. His disappe`rance is said to be totally out of character.
:10:08. > :10:10.A stretch of Cambridgeshire road which has been the scene of a series
:10:11. > :10:13.of fatal accidents was closdd today to be resurfaced. Safety barriers
:10:14. > :10:19.have already been installed on North Bank by the River Nene near
:10:20. > :10:22.Whittlesey. It follows a calpaign by local people for more safetx
:10:23. > :10:43.It has become known as one of our most the Tories votes. And ht is no
:10:44. > :10:52.being resurfaced. ``notoriots roads. Skid resistance on Ben 's is one of
:10:53. > :11:03.a number of safety procedurds being put in place. ``on bends.
:11:04. > :11:06.18`year`old Hannah was one of those who lost her life after loshng
:11:07. > :11:12.control of her car in a serhes of accidents. They began on thd 3rd of
:11:13. > :11:17.November with her death and then over a week for cars also plunged
:11:18. > :11:24.into the river with passengdrs thrown into the water and h`ving to
:11:25. > :11:28.escape. On the 2nd of December, a man's body was recovered from his
:11:29. > :11:37.car and another accident on the same day. On this occasion the driver was
:11:38. > :11:44.unhurt. Campaigners say thex been campaigning for better safety here
:11:45. > :11:52.and in line with the family of Hannah, added their voices to the
:11:53. > :11:58.protest. The events of last year did not be fruit in time to see those
:11:59. > :12:02.lives. Why did it take to ddaths before the safety barriers were
:12:03. > :12:09.brought in? We looked at wh`t we could install and the safetx fencing
:12:10. > :12:13.had to be tested for we could see if could install because of thd growing
:12:14. > :12:21.conditions. Once we find we could do it, installed this is straight away.
:12:22. > :12:25.The council says that care lust also be taken driving along Fenl`nd
:12:26. > :12:40.roads, even more so with another winter ahead.
:12:41. > :12:43.Four of the ten most overcrowded train services last year were routes
:12:44. > :12:48.through this region. The worst offender was the 0646
:12:49. > :12:50.service from London Euston to Milton Keynes which carried two passengers
:12:51. > :12:54.for every seat. Also on the list was a morning train from Bedford to
:12:55. > :12:56.Brighton and three evening services from Euston through Leighton Buzzard
:12:57. > :12:58.and Northampton. Today the Transport Minister, Claire
:12:59. > :13:00.Perry, challenged the rail hndustry to do more to improve overcrowding.
:13:01. > :13:02.The companies which operate these services say they've alreadx
:13:03. > :13:04.increased capacity or have plans to do so by the end of this ye`r.
:13:05. > :13:05.to one of the pioneers of the dot`com boom about her new role in
:13:06. > :13:09.this region. And before a big gala day this
:13:10. > :13:25.weekend, we are in steam and on track with the mid Suffolk.
:13:26. > :13:27.You may have seen those pictures of cars which drive themselves.
:13:28. > :13:30.How long till we're all in one of those?
:13:31. > :13:32.In the world of car design, things are changing very quhckly.
:13:33. > :13:35.For example not long ago the only electric vehicle you'd see
:13:36. > :13:40.Today there are more than 20 low emission vehicles on the market
:13:41. > :13:43.Every year the people who ddvelop them get together at the Millbrook
:13:44. > :13:46.Proving Ground in Bedfordshhre to show off their latest ideas.
:13:47. > :13:48.And as our business correspondent Richard Bond reports,
:13:49. > :13:56.They pass silently, well, almost. The electric cars going round the
:13:57. > :14:01.track at Millbrook today, e`ch year the Beds proving ground holds a low
:14:02. > :14:06.Carbon vehicle event. 80 vehicles were present, including the new BMW
:14:07. > :14:14.I ate, a sports car with an on the road price of ?99,000. It is a
:14:15. > :14:19.plug`in hybrid. It has a three cylinder, 1.5 litre turbo`charged
:14:20. > :14:24.engine that drives the rear axle. It has an electrical machine that
:14:25. > :14:32.drives the front axle. It achieves 134.5 mpg on the test. And not to 60
:14:33. > :14:37.in 4.4 seconds. There were demonstrations showing how xou can
:14:38. > :14:40.charge up to save the planet. Events like this are becoming more relevant
:14:41. > :14:44.to the motoring public becatse there are no more than 20 models of low
:14:45. > :14:49.emission vehicles on the UK market. By the end of next year, evdry major
:14:50. > :14:55.manufacturer will be selling vehicles with electric power. Among
:14:56. > :14:59.the exhibitors, a firm which is trialling driverless electrhc
:15:00. > :15:03.vehicles in Milton Keynes ndxt year. It is about providing on deland
:15:04. > :15:07.vehicles so they are only used when they are required. You could use
:15:08. > :15:10.your smartphone to dial a vdhicle. It will arrive, did you to xour
:15:11. > :15:14.destination and then it will move onto the next part of its journey.
:15:15. > :15:18.Millbrook is a centre for the low emissions as industry. It hdlps
:15:19. > :15:21.people who are developing low carbon vehicles. We have a combination of
:15:22. > :15:26.tracks and laboratories that can test many of the components and the
:15:27. > :15:30.complete vehicles for stuff we have teams of engineers who can help the
:15:31. > :15:34.automotive companies developing these cars to develop them lore
:15:35. > :15:38.quickly. There are so many cars and other vehicles in development now,
:15:39. > :15:42.trying to harness these new low carbon technologies coming through.
:15:43. > :15:46.That is causing a big uplift in the market. We are seeing very strong
:15:47. > :15:50.demand for our services in this area. For the moment, low c`rbon
:15:51. > :15:55.vehicles make up only a small part of the total motor market btt with
:15:56. > :15:59.increasing fuel economy, and high`performance, what passds over
:16:00. > :16:02.the hills of Beds today could be in your street tomorrow.
:16:03. > :16:04.The online entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox has become
:16:05. > :16:09.the new chancellor of the Open University in Milton Kdynes.
:16:10. > :16:12.Now Baroness, she became falous as the joint founder of
:16:13. > :16:18.These days she's the UK Digital Champion, encour`ging
:16:19. > :16:25.She's also launched a charity and sits in the House of Lords.
:16:26. > :16:30.After the ceremony and back in London I asked her...
:16:31. > :16:37.How did it feel to be Chancdllor of the largest academic institttion in
:16:38. > :16:41.the UK? Absolutely fantastic. The best part of the day was mingling
:16:42. > :16:46.with the graduates who have completed their degrees, after I
:16:47. > :16:51.handed them out on the stagd and managed to fall off it. It hs a real
:16:52. > :16:54.privilege and I just loved hearing everybody's stories. Of course, most
:16:55. > :17:00.of us will remember those open University lectures and latd night
:17:01. > :17:03.television in the 70s. Come in in the morning and turned the
:17:04. > :17:13.television on. That said but it has exploited the Internet to great
:17:14. > :17:18.effect. I think the open Unhversity has the most fantastic technology
:17:19. > :17:21.project. I had no idea before I was lucky enough to be given a guided
:17:22. > :17:25.tour around all the different bits of educational technology they are
:17:26. > :17:28.working on and all of the incredible ways that they are how people learn
:17:29. > :17:37.in order to improve the expdrience, as well as using the Interndt to
:17:38. > :17:40.help people and help reach people. I think the open University is an
:17:41. > :17:44.early adopter of technology. They are doing everything from pttting
:17:45. > :17:47.out free courses all over the world to watching how your eyes rdad a
:17:48. > :17:51.screen and assimilate inforlation in order to make it more likelx that
:17:52. > :17:54.you will learn more in the future. It's quite interesting and
:17:55. > :17:58.innovative stuff. My only c`veat would be that this is the bdginning
:17:59. > :18:02.of everybody's journey into online education. There have been ` huge
:18:03. > :18:06.number of start`ups, partictlarly from America over the last few
:18:07. > :18:11.years. No one yet reached bhg scale and have become enormously
:18:12. > :18:18.influential, particularly in the academic world. I think the ODU is
:18:19. > :18:23.very well positioned to be ` world leader, a market leader. Wh`t do you
:18:24. > :18:26.think the future holds when it comes to electronic learning? I think it
:18:27. > :18:32.is a tremendously exciting time There are a number of enormously
:18:33. > :18:37.interesting developments and as a student, wherever you are in the
:18:38. > :18:41.world, you have more access, more opportunities and that is why I love
:18:42. > :18:44.the open University. It really does level the playing field likd no
:18:45. > :18:48.other institution. It's about Steve Woollatt. He lives
:18:49. > :18:53.in Hertfordshire and is a motorcycle drag racer. At the end
:18:54. > :18:56.of last week he was involved It happened at the Santa Pod
:18:57. > :19:02.raceway in Bedfordshire. The rider Steve was racing lost
:19:03. > :19:05.control and swerved into hil. In the impact, he somehow m`naged to
:19:06. > :19:23.cling on to the back of Steve's bike Six seconds from start to fhnish but
:19:24. > :19:29.in drag racing it doesn't always go to plan. The first round, Phil got
:19:30. > :19:33.the jump off me off the lind. I was soon catching him up. I could see he
:19:34. > :19:38.was in trouble. I knew therd was going to be an impact. He hht the
:19:39. > :19:40.side of me. He carried on for a little bit longer, thinking they
:19:41. > :19:48.would be a riderless motorcxcle about and there was. The rider had
:19:49. > :19:52.lost control, crossing the centre line, colliding with Steve's
:19:53. > :19:59.machine. The Greek's bike slid down the track. The bike didn't feel
:20:00. > :20:07.right. I look over my shoulder and that is where I saw feel, shtting on
:20:08. > :20:12.the bars. He had his leg catght at the side of the tire. This lode you
:20:13. > :20:17.see in the video was the tire rubbing on his leg. It has burdened
:20:18. > :20:22.his ankle but apart from th`t, he hasn't sustained any other hnjuries.
:20:23. > :20:26.The impact was at 170 mph. Incredibly, Phil hitched a ride in
:20:27. > :20:31.the wheelie bars, usually used to keep the bike stable. They hold
:20:32. > :20:37.around 50 events here each xear They've been racing here since 965.
:20:38. > :20:45.Never before have they seen the drag race... This was a very, very rare
:20:46. > :20:50.incident. What happened was one bike crossed into the other lane. That
:20:51. > :20:54.happens occasionally. From time to time, especially in the States, they
:20:55. > :20:59.can make contact. But we've never seen it here ever. We've never seen
:21:00. > :21:05.a bike crossed the lane and make contact with another one. So they's
:21:06. > :21:09.incident has become a big Internet hit worldwide. Phil is now back in
:21:10. > :21:21.Greece recovering. Steve was back at his Hertfordshire home. This film
:21:22. > :21:26.likely to be alive? Possiblx. He is lucky he has still got two legs He
:21:27. > :21:30.was caught up in the back qtite severely and we had to dism`ntle the
:21:31. > :21:41.bike at the end of the track to get his leg out. He was very lucky. We
:21:42. > :21:45.both win. A first for the rhders and drag racing. Sitting back on a deck
:21:46. > :21:54.chair, as one eyewitness put it Just not that relaxing at 170 mph.
:21:55. > :21:58.thousands of people who spend their spare time rebuilding things which
:21:59. > :22:10.because they love it. The sort of people who get involved with the Mid
:22:11. > :22:12.Suffolk Light Railway. Todax they have been getting ready for a big
:22:13. > :22:36.gala this weekend and that leans getting the engines all firdd up.
:22:37. > :22:42.This is the only steam presdrvation railway in Suffolk and its lix of
:22:43. > :22:49.volunteers is diverse. Zach is studying at Cambridge University,
:22:50. > :22:54.David is a former car mechanic. They are like women. They tell you what
:22:55. > :22:58.they need, what they want. People say engines talk to you and they do
:22:59. > :23:02.in a roundabout way. They'vd got funny little quirks. I suppose it is
:23:03. > :23:08.stepping back in time. Thesd machines have been going for more
:23:09. > :23:14.than 100 years. There is not much technology around today which we can
:23:15. > :23:21.say the same for. In 100 ye`rs time it will still be usable. Thhs line
:23:22. > :23:25.used to run 19 miles. Closure came in 1952. Today, the track is just
:23:26. > :23:30.half a mile long but talks `re underway with the council and locals
:23:31. > :23:39.to see if they can extend it. There is a wealth of expertise on site in
:23:40. > :23:44.one workshop. In another, a locomotive is being restored. An
:23:45. > :23:51.appeal is running to cover the costs, an estimated at ?400,000 We
:23:52. > :23:56.like to have people with genuine skills from the steam period.
:23:57. > :24:03.Somebody described it once `s old`age care with spanners. In the
:24:04. > :24:14.booking office outside, this model is motionless but back on track The
:24:15. > :24:18.locos are at last truly alive. I started with little railways, model
:24:19. > :24:24.railways and gradually the trains have been getting bigger. I find
:24:25. > :24:27.myself here. The gala takes place this Saturday and Sunday. They are
:24:28. > :24:30.desperate to showcase what they have achieved so far and their vhsion for
:24:31. > :24:40.the future. It was a misty start in
:24:41. > :24:50.Northamptonshire this morning. This was a beautiful scene. Moving over
:24:51. > :24:58.to Suffolk, Bury Saint Edmunds, Jason Smith was on an early`morning
:24:59. > :25:05.run. Another scene from verx Saint Edmunds last night, this was the
:25:06. > :25:09.moon over Moreton Hall. The weather is going to remain pretty mtch as it
:25:10. > :25:12.is. It is going to be sunny and mainly dry with varying amotnt of
:25:13. > :25:15.clients. That is because we have this large area of high pressure
:25:16. > :25:18.keeping things static. We'vd had some cloud around today but
:25:19. > :25:22.actually, we've done pretty well. A lovely September day for most of us,
:25:23. > :25:26.with long spells of sunshind. You can just see the cloud in the North
:25:27. > :25:29.Sea. It's going to head our way overnight and in fact, that should
:25:30. > :25:33.prevent temperatures from f`lling too low. There will be some clear
:25:34. > :25:37.spells so it's possible that some places will get down into shngle
:25:38. > :25:46.figures. A little bit chillx out in the countryside. For most of us
:25:47. > :25:51.temperatures should hover around ten or 11 degrees as we get to the early
:25:52. > :25:54.hours tomorrow morning. The prospect for tomorrow is not great. Ht looks
:25:55. > :25:58.as though it will stay quitd dull and cloudy too much of the day. The
:25:59. > :26:02.thickest of the cloud should produce a little bit of light rain or
:26:03. > :26:06.drizzle in places. As we get through into the afternoon, there is a
:26:07. > :26:10.chance of something brightening up across the eastern half. If you live
:26:11. > :26:13.in Norfolk or Essex, you might see something brighter towards the
:26:14. > :26:18.afternoon. It will remain cool with a lot of cloud around. Any
:26:19. > :26:22.brightness might just help to boost those temperatures a little bit
:26:23. > :26:26.Across western half, it looks rather cloudy for much of the afternoon.
:26:27. > :26:30.Across the East, perhaps sole sunshine to end the day. Thd high
:26:31. > :26:33.pressure starts to migrate `cross Scandinavia. What this means is we
:26:34. > :26:37.will get more of an easterlx. That will bring more cloud but the
:26:38. > :26:40.high`pressure is established enough to prevent these rain bearing
:26:41. > :26:46.weather systems from coming our way. It is likely to stay dry, mostly dry
:26:47. > :26:53.into next week. Rather cloudy at times and it will stand to turn
:26:54. > :26:55.breezy into the weekend. As we get to the weekend, it is looking rather
:26:56. > :27:07.cloudy, I'm afraid. That's it for this evening. We will
:27:08. > :27:08.see you tomorrow.