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The police force putting itself on show to the public.

I know some people have been concerned about this progralme but I

can the public have a right to see what we do and they can makd up

their own minds. The homeowners cashing in on the

driveways as parking prices rise. The quick and easy way

for doctors to find out abott cancer First tonight, a vital insight

into the work of the police in Luton Two views of a new document`ry

series about Bedfordshire Police. The force allowed 80 cameras to

film officers in their day`to`day work for the Channel 4 serids

called 24 Hours in Police Ctstody. But the family of Leon Briggs,

who died while he was being held by police,

have criticised the programle. 24 Hours in Police Custody captures

every aspect of life at The Bedfordshire force allowed

the programme makers unprecddented access for the 20`part serids

which begins on Monday. But the documentary has upsdt the

friends and family of Leon Briggs, the 39`year`old who died whhle

in police custody last Novelber The case is being investigated

by Independent Police Compl`ints Commission, and five officers and

two civilian staff remain stspended. It's been called inappropri`te

by the community cohesion group in the Luton area who wrote a letter

to Collette Moore saying th`t at this point in time there were some

very public concerns about policing accountability that this

filming shouldn't go ahead. It's been a difficult year

for Bedfordshire Police. Its relationship with the local

community, particularly in Luton, The assault on a man with sdvere

autism provoked an angry re`ction, another investigation and

the suspension of more officers But today in Luton, people seemed to

have good words for local police. It's good to see them around, but I

don't see a lot of them, to be fair. They do a remarkable job with

the resources they have. The community would benefit

from more police. Bedfordshire Police admit

taking part in the document`ry But the Chief Constable says

her force has nothing to hide. Our Bedfordshire reporter

Neil Bradford is with me now. We saw a few of the issues

which Bedfordshire Police h`ve had to deal with over the past xear

but that only really scratches I don't think anyone would disagree

with that, Luton was present challenges for Bedfordshire Police.

It's a small force, the third smallest in the country. But they

have inner`city problems. In the last 18 months we've had a spate of

gun crime which they struggled to get on top, a death in custody and a

number of other investigations and last week, an officer who won an

open tribunal for its disselination. So is this a foolhardy decision or a

brave move by the Chief Constable? By her own admission she adlits it

is a high`risk strategy potdntially opening above. Criticism and

certainly scrutiny. But in `n interview she tore me was a risk she

thought was a risk she calls were taken. I had been very carefully

about that we got involved hn this well before the tragic death of Leon

Briggs, well before. I had to reconsider it but what I did do was

to absolute steps and worked with the production company and got a

legal agreement that we would not cover anything that had anything to

do with Leon Briggs's case. And another outstanding case. So I have

written into the agreement lade sure it was correct. I have also made

sure that the programme doesn't go out at any time that is an

anniversary Briggs, the annhversary of the case which is in Novdmber. I

was keen to be as sensitive as possible. I also believed it was

absolutely right to show thd public what we do in Luton. Is in not

arrogant to take part in a programme like this when the IPCC is still

investigating the death of Leon Briggs? Know it is not. There is an

ongoing investigation which we are cooperating with that I had to then

beyond that. There are a lot of policing issues that take place and

I want the public to see it and make up their minds. Digit consider

pulling the programme? yes. It was a real consideration and I thought

very carefully about it. But I felt we had to show the public what we do

and it was sometime after the death of Leon Briggs, although it is an

ongoing and tragic case. Happy spoken to his family? I havd spoken

personally to them that I cry have not spoken to them personally. Given

that the family and front of Leon Briggs said the programme is

inappropriate and insensitive, do you think it will do anything to

rebuild community relations which are already damaged? What it will do

is show the human side of policing. You will see police officers as

human beings, you will see the good side and then discussing thdir

personal lives. You will sed them as people. I think the public will

better understand Luton and some of the policing challenges we have We

have a good relationship with a lot of the public in Luton, my police

officers report back having very good relationships. They welcome us.

But there are concerns, frol certain members of the community and we have

a dialogue with them nearly every day. Using the programme will help

build bridges or burn bridgds with parts of the community that are

already struggling with the police? I believe that the communitx can

make up their own minds abott policing in Luton when they see the

programme. I know some people have been concerned about is doing this

programme, but I think the public have the right to see what we do and

they can make up their own linds. Thank you.

Is this actually a way of m`king the police force more transparent?

Certainly that is a motive. The Justice for Leon campaign that I

spoke about welcomes transp`rency in the police but they say bye to get

production company in is not the way to go about it. They are calling for

police officers in Bedfordshire to work on the cameras with all

interactions with the public. They use them some of the time. @s for

the documentary, well we will have to wait until it is broadcast a

secret changes perceptions. `` see if it changes.

Next tonight, the tension between those ndeding

homes and local communities trying to keep their identities.

Across the region, local authorities are making

long`term plans about where housing growth should take place.

In North Hertfordshire, for example, the draft local plan proposds

That includes 3.5,000 homes on land north of Baldock.

But local people say that would almost double the size

That view is what people ard worried of losing. This field and others

could be developed. We're jtst north of the railway station and this is

part of a plan by North Hertfordshire District Council for

building new homes. This is based on how much they estimate the

population will grow over the next 16 years. They think many 10.5

thousand new arms and some of those are planned for around `` for a

Baldock. Many residents are unhappy. The main concern is the shedr

number of houses that are bding It's a very unfair proportion given

the number being proposed for the rest of North Hertfordshire

and we believe the number of houses should be spread more evenlx

across the whole of the comlunity. Baldock itself cannot take this

number of houses without significant disruption

and spoiling the town itself. North Hertfordshire District Council

is keen to stress this is jtst a draft plan. They want to he`r

people's views but why they're proposing some of it one pl`ce?

The bigger sites are, in a way, better than the smaller ones.

A big site will deliver with a master plan put in place with

local planning and will delhver the infrastructure that?s needed such as

schools, roads, houses, loc`l shops and everything that goes with it.

But if you have a big development, almost a new settlement,

particularly to the north of Baldock because it?s separated from the main

part of the town by the railway it is, in effect, a new settlelent `

and that can bring great benefits to the community.

And this is not just an isste here, it is an issue right around our

region. We know the Milton Keynes is planning for 30,000 new homds,

Central Bedfordshire are pl`nning for 31,000 new homes all by 203 .

It's a balancing act and a delicate one. They need to preserve beautiful

views such as this against providing enough new homes for those who want

to live in places like Baldock. Police have today named

a man killed yesterday Stephen Spavins from Spalding

in Lincolnshire died when his microlight aircraft was

involved in a mid`air collision with It crashed at Tempsford near

the Black Cat roundabout on the A1. The other aircraft was able to carry

on flying and landed safely The price of parking in somd areas

of Cambridgeshire is to go tp. It has been announced that the 30p

hourly rate will rise to ATP. In Cambridge is sold, demand for

parking is high and shoppers and commuters often complain it is too

expensive. Now a growing trdnd is seen homeowners rent out thdir

driveways for parking. Some are making hundreds of pounds e`ch year.

Is a familiar experience, driving around looking for a space. In

Cambridge it can be pricey. Parking here close to the shops gust ?2 a

day. `` costs ?25 a day. Th`t when this private space is it potnd 0

per day. It is cheaper to b`rk here than in the station car park if you

are travelling early. This space belongs to George Jiminez. When he

rented his flat out, he dechded to rent out the parking space

separately. it works well, `nd is becoming better. Three or four years

ago I only made one booking twice a month. Now it is full on. H`mmers do

you make? Over ?100 a month. This is new Government guidelines l`st year,

parking spaces have sprung tp all over the country. Cambridge is

proving popular. But like road there is a huge opportunity for pdople is

to cash in on parking spaces. Not just homeowners, the churchds and

schools. By now we have abott 1 0 spaces available in Cambridge but

demand exceeds that. It is ` gold mine. Hearing the city, in general,

people seem to be in favour. Parking spaces are hard to get and then you

are always worried about how you will get in the before yet clamped

or whatever. So I be happy to rent a space. I don't think is a good idea.

It is profiteering. There are of course, other choices. Cyclhng or

the park`and`ride at which now costs a day to park or syllables for to

get into Cambridge town centre. But because some people cannot leave

their car at home, empty drhveways are running some homeowners hundreds

of pounds. `` are earning. Let's join Stewart and Susid now

for the rest of the programle. Still to come tonight,

the pressure's rising as thd UK s biggest collection

of barometers goes up for s`le. And the autumn season gets

under way at Newmarket. We're looking ahead to

the Cambridgeshire Meeting and some of the best young horses

in the country. 330,000 people in the UK ard

diagnosed with cancer every year. Put another way,

one person every two minutes. It's a disease that touches most

of our lives. Scientists in this region are

at the forefront of cancer research, and now they've devised

a new treatment which means patients don't need painful biopsies,

or expensive scans. It's a way of monitoring thd

progress of a tumour using ` simple Three years ago, Victoria w`s

diagnosed with a rare and aggressive She underwent five months

of chemotherapy. Part of me thought why is

this happening to me? I'm 33 years old,

I've got a one`year`old child. Things like that don't

happen to people like me. But you deal with it and although it

is horrific, you just get on with it because that's what you havd to do,

especially when you've got children. During treatment,

Victoria was subjected to bhopsies, CT scans, MRIs, all means to see

the disease's progress. But now a Cambridge life schence

start`up Through a simple test showing tiny

fragments of the cancerous tumour. Within

the cells there are biomolecules, And some of this DNA ends up

in the blood, in circulation. And this allows us to pick ht up

in the blood and measure it through a blood

sample, and allows us to get more regular information about the cancer

from our blood sample withott having to look into the tumour itsdlf

and the material from the cdlls Backed by a ?4 million investment,

this newly formed company c`n start proving

the clinical benefit to pathents. What this test means

as we might be able to, using a simple blood test,

understand what the changes are in the DNA from the cancer `nd allow

us to choose the best route. In addition to that,

will be able to measure the changes in that over time and it gives us

a way of seeing if the patidnt is responding that doesn't necdssarily

need a CT scan or more tests. This is the man who spotted

the investment opportunity. Realising the potential imp`ct

on cancer management. He wanted to keep the science,

the kudos, right here. A lot of the technology we

have seen have been established in the US, even if the science was

originally from the UK. And I think that when we have got

such great scientific opportunities, we should be able to providd funding

in order for them to stay in the UK. All being well, it hs hoped

cancer patients could benefht from One of the highlights of Newmarket's

autumn racing season The Cambridgeshire meeting runs over

three days, and it gives racing fans a chance to see some of the stars

of the future. The trainer John Gosden has

entered 16 horses, and is qtietly Our Sports Editor Jonathan Park has

been out with him on the gallops. It's the time of year when Newmarket

looks to the future, searchhng for new champions to graduate

from the gallops to the racdcourse. Winning on the Rowley Mile hs a

distant dream for some but in John Gosden's ring,

many make the grade. We have had some luck

down the years, as you know. You've got to have the right horses,

but we've got a couple in Cambridgeshire, and I thhnk

Cornrow is doing particularly well. Newmarket's former champion trainer

is enjoying another fine se`son He could become the Cambridgeshire

meeting's most successful ever trainer

if he saddles another two whnners. Something he did seven times with

racing's latest star Kingman but a throat infection has finished

his season and career. Instead, he is retiring to

the same stud as Henry Cecil's I think it would have been ` great

race over a mile between thdm. At six we would have had

the advantage, and at the mhle, he But over a mile, it would h`ve

been a fascinating affair. I can't talk to Henry, I usdd to

stand here and watch Frankel with him, but I'll have to check with him

one day what he thinks. Racing needs the big stars

like Frankel or Kingman Those kinds of horses are

stand out from the crowd. The search is on now to find one

of the new stars of the futtre. We might just see one make

a breakthrough We are coming to that period

of the year where the next tranche of high`class horses are showing

their worth, going into winter for Then, of course,

we've got the fantastic Cambridge Handicap, a race that has

been run for over 150 years. We've got some very high`cl`ss

two`year`old races coming up, looking to be the stars

of the future. There are 23 races over

the next three days. The highlight,

Saturday's Cambridgeshire H`ndicap, which dates back to 1839,

featuring over 30 horses. 20,000 racegoers are expectdd

and John Gosden hopes to be in the winner's enclosure as he bids to

become the King of Cambridgdshire. In the football last night,

MK Dons won, and are through to the fourth round of the League Cup

for the first time. They lost 1`0 to Shrewsbury

from League Two. MK Dons made headlines with their

heroics over man `` Manchester City. Against Bradford, they showdd it was

no fluke. Two goals from thd top drawer from one of the Football

League 's finest finishes. He is on loan from Arsenal and he gave the

lead after five minutes with this brilliant turn and shot. And then

finished a one`on`one in thd dying minutes after this speech pdrfect

pass. The mess than two months, he's scored nine goals and the MK Dons

are reaping the rewards. We know what he can do. He has added goals

to the pace. He has eight or nine now. So it is a fantastic

achievement. He has five in this competition so he is enjoying it.

Norwich's defeat by Shrewsbtry was one of the shocks of the rotnds so

far. Neal Adams had made 11 changes but the Canaries failed to finish in

front of goal. Then a second`half header proved decisive.

Every week on Look East, we give you a barometer reading

Barometers of course measurd atmospheric pressure and,

before weather apps on smartphones, they were very popular.

The largest private collecthon of barometers in the UK

It's owned by a man from Norfolk, and Mike Liggins has been

Patrick is one of the world's leading experts on barometers. He

lives in a perfectly ordinary house on a nice estate in Norfolk but

behind the net curtains is something quite extraordinary.

100 barometers of all shapes and sizes. They originally belonged to

his father a barometer maker and restorer for most of his life until

he died last year. The things that went through his workshop, he would

put them to one side and he would think, I'll repair this latdr on, or

it is a good example of somdthing I haven't seen many of. And so he

would put it to one side. Jtst to give you an idea of the extdnt of

the collection, the barometdrs go all the way up the stairs, `nd then

onto the landing. Most of them are domestic but, of course, ovdr the

years, barometers have been used in all walks of life. Barometers were

used on ships, down the pits to read pressure and minds, and as `

marketing tool. I like the look of this one. Tell me about it. This one

is made by an maker who werd the Rolls`Royce of the instrument making

world of that time in the mhd`1 th century.

With smartphones, whether apps and computer predictions, do we really

need barometers these days? If you have a barometer in your hole, when

you go past it twice a day, morning and evening, and you tap it, and you

look at the reading, and thdre is something just a little bit more

special about that, you know? What are they worth? Some of thel might

fetch ?2000. The collection as a whole might even reach six figures.

We will know more when the collection goes on sale in this on

October the 3rd. We always do the barometer reading

on Thursday unless somebody forgets. But today being Wednesday...

It's not because I forget it, sometimes we run out of timd.

There's quite a lot of weather to talk about. But a special treat for

you tonight. This is our re`ding. The weather forecast this wdek is

actually fairly settled, having said that, we had a disappointing

forecast this morning. This weather front took ages to clear, which has

meant for some counties, like Norfolk and Suffolk, it staxed

cloudy with showery rain. Wd have seen the last of its bar thd odd

isolated shower, it is lookhng largely dry. It is looking like a

good end to the day but it hs a chilly night because we are under

clear skies. The temperaturds tumbling into single figures. In

towns or cities, six or sevdn, so out in the country, it could get

chilly, and feeling quite attumnal as we get to tomorrow morning. The

forecast for tomorrow is likely to be cloudy. We

start but there is cloud coling in from the west. There are sole cloudy

spells don't expect any sunshine. We do get some slightly warmer air

coming our way, and slightlx more humid air with a south`westdrly

wind. If you are up early, xou might see some early brightness. Then it

is cloud. Most of the region should stay dry through the day but under

the cloud, it is possible wd could get some light rain or crystal in

places. Many dry, but just the risk. Temperature wise, they perk up.

After the chilly Stott, a lhght wind will help lift things to perhaps 18

or 19. Although it stays predominantly cloudy for thd second

half of the day, there might be some brighter spells out fire. The

pressure pattern for the rest of the week, weather front around for

Friday, but the unfortunate thing is it will be rather cloudy and breezy.

That former air still with ts on Friday so temperatures could lift to

21 Celsius. Quite a lot of cloud, but looking more promising on

Saturday with sunshine. Temperatures hovering around 19. More cloud on

Sunday. But it is a chilly night tonight, and then relativelx mild

with double figures. Will we get the barometer tomorrow?

We will see. See you tomorrow night.