:00:00. > :00:10.Prisoners won't return to Bedford prison
:00:11. > :00:12.until more staff are recruited - that's the assurance given
:00:13. > :00:25.Part of the issue here is the enormous stress that prison officers
:00:26. > :00:26.are under the kids they don't have the right numbers to look after the
:00:27. > :00:28.number of prisoners. The unseasonal thieves targeting
:00:29. > :00:31.butchers in the run to Christmas - one business loses ?15,000
:00:32. > :00:36.worth of meat. Stand by for the man dash,
:00:37. > :00:39.the retailers hoping for a last And after yesterday's delay,
:00:40. > :00:42.the Queen and Prince Philip arrive at Sandringham
:00:43. > :00:56.to start their Christmas break. Prison wings closed after a riot
:00:57. > :01:01.at Bedford prison won't re-open That's according to the local MP
:01:02. > :01:06.who visited the prison today. Richard Fuller says he was reassured
:01:07. > :01:10.that prisoners won't be moved back A riot last month left much
:01:11. > :01:18.of the prison unusable - with under-staffing and overcrowding
:01:19. > :01:20.blamed as the cause. Our Home Affairs correspondent
:01:21. > :01:21.Sally Chidzoy reports. The riot at Bedford
:01:22. > :01:23.jail last month will go down as a key date
:01:24. > :01:28.in the crisis afflicting jails
:01:29. > :01:30.across the country. Hundreds of inmates took control
:01:31. > :01:32.of two wings and used images of their rampage
:01:33. > :01:35.to social media sites. Privately, many governors
:01:36. > :01:37.and prison officers have said that incident finally
:01:38. > :01:39.made the governments sit up and listen,
:01:40. > :01:42.as they'd been warning
:01:43. > :01:44.that staffing levels were so low, prisoners
:01:45. > :01:45.and There are now 200 fewer
:01:46. > :01:48.prisoners at Bedford. They were shipped out
:01:49. > :01:50.after the troubles. Today, MP Richard Fuller met
:01:51. > :01:56.the governor and the head of the national offender
:01:57. > :01:57.management service. The focus was on safety
:01:58. > :02:23.of prisoners and offices. You lack a lowly prison might be OK
:02:24. > :02:26.from prisoners to be returned, I think it would be a mistake to bring
:02:27. > :02:30.prisoners back until the issue of prison officer numbers increase.
:02:31. > :02:37.The prison is trying to attract more staff but many officers are leaving
:02:38. > :02:38.because of the unsafe working conditions.
:02:39. > :02:44.Bedford jail is being designated a so-called red site,
:02:45. > :02:49.that means more benefits can be offered to drive recruitment.
:02:50. > :02:54.our new staff and officers on new terms and conditions to receive a
:02:55. > :02:57.It is only temporary but it could help bring
:02:58. > :03:00.new staff and prisoners on a par with Milton Keynes, who have been
:03:01. > :03:04.offering increased pay for a long period, which has brought staff away
:03:05. > :03:09.The local MP said he plans to closely monitor prison movement at
:03:10. > :03:12.This will involve regular meetings with the governor.
:03:13. > :03:17.We have a right to know that the prisoners working safely for the
:03:18. > :03:21.prisoners, the prison officers and the population as a whole. The
:03:22. > :03:26.element is keeping the option open of more prisoners returning to
:03:27. > :03:28.Bedford but said the damaged wings will not open any time soon unless
:03:29. > :03:37.there is an absolute emergency. Now, the long and significant
:03:38. > :03:41.decline in prison officers is at the heart of what is going on in the
:03:42. > :03:45.prison establishment. There are more mock ups of prisoners, more tension,
:03:46. > :03:56.more frustration. It's a vicious cycle. -- lock ups. A pension
:03:57. > :04:02.package was also unpaid. This means prison guards could go on protests.
:04:03. > :04:06.This is a blow to the governments. They had hoped a deal could have
:04:07. > :04:11.meant more stability in our prisons. As said in the report, it's not just
:04:12. > :04:15.about page comments about safety. Then Bedford, a number of prison
:04:16. > :04:18.officers are haemorrhaging out of the jail because of receiving it to
:04:19. > :04:22.be a difficult and dangerous place to work. They are quitting the
:04:23. > :04:25.service altogether are going elsewhere. It means there are more
:04:26. > :04:29.leaving than their are being recruited. That is a big problem for
:04:30. > :04:33.the governments and it's up to the governments to get it right. Right
:04:34. > :04:35.now, it's getting it wrong. Back to you, James, any Judeo. Thank you,
:04:36. > :04:40.Sally. -- in the studio. Police are warning business
:04:41. > :04:42.owners who sell meat and poultry that they may be
:04:43. > :04:44.vulnerable to theft. This comes after over
:04:45. > :04:46.?30,000 worth was stolen Most recently, thieves targeted
:04:47. > :04:52.a butchers in Fulbourn. Much of the haul
:04:53. > :04:53.was Christmas orders. Staff in this Fulbourn had been
:04:54. > :05:00.working round the clock to prep On Tuesday night, ?15,000 worth
:05:01. > :05:04.of that meat was stolen. My first thought was actually,
:05:05. > :05:08.have one of the guys been Because the lock sticks
:05:09. > :05:16.and we've had 20 minutes And so, it was like, no, no,
:05:17. > :05:21.none of us have done this. So, I thought, oh,
:05:22. > :05:26.I better check the fridge. I opened the fridge
:05:27. > :05:28.and the contents were Security is now being tightened up
:05:29. > :05:31.and every effort is being made to ensure people's orders are met,
:05:32. > :05:37.if a little later than planned. A nice big rib of beef I was going
:05:38. > :05:40.to serve on Christmas Eve, I trust that they will get
:05:41. > :05:45.some more in but, yeah, it means added shopping at this time
:05:46. > :05:50.of year, which is not good, really. When I came in this morning to pick
:05:51. > :05:53.up a whole gammon for Christmas, because we are going to family
:05:54. > :05:56.and I was bring it with me I was just very sad and sorry
:05:57. > :06:01.for them to discover they had been It is the third meat theft
:06:02. > :06:06.in South Cambridgeshire this month. The following week, ?12,000 of meat,
:06:07. > :06:14.including turkey, was taken Rogue traders tend to approach
:06:15. > :06:22.people in pub and supermarket car But trading standards is warning
:06:23. > :06:25.people not to be tempted by offers of cheap meat,
:06:26. > :06:28.which won't have been The risks are really high
:06:29. > :06:31.for contamination with pathogens Some of those microorganisms can't
:06:32. > :06:34.be killed by cooking. If you don't cook things
:06:35. > :06:37.sufficiently, you end up with some For the very old and very
:06:38. > :06:40.young, they can be fatal. For anyone in between,
:06:41. > :06:43.it would ruin Christmas and it's Police are urging butchers and farm
:06:44. > :06:54.shops to be vigilant, and customers may have
:06:55. > :07:02.to be patient. Police are still investigating
:07:03. > :07:04.the cause of a large fire at a cleaning products firm
:07:05. > :07:06.in Northamptonshire yesterday. Eight fire engines and two aerial
:07:07. > :07:12.platforms were called to the blaze at Multy UK
:07:13. > :07:15.on the Earlstree Industrial At its height, 70 firefighters
:07:16. > :07:22.tackled the flames which created plumes of black smoke that
:07:23. > :07:24.were visible for miles. Firearms officers are carrying
:07:25. > :07:26.out additional patrols in Northamptonshire
:07:27. > :07:28.following events in Berlin. The operation began this morning
:07:29. > :07:30.with armed police officers Police say there is no
:07:31. > :07:33.specific threat but patrols Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire
:07:34. > :07:51.and Hertfordshire Police, who share armed response units, will be
:07:52. > :07:53.carrying out "routine patrols". The leader of Cambridgeshire County
:07:54. > :07:56.Council says he wants to be Steve Count is seeking the backing
:07:57. > :08:00.of the conservation party The new mayor will have
:08:01. > :08:05.enhanced powers over housing and transport
:08:06. > :08:08.across all of Cambridgeshire I'll be talking to Councillor Count
:08:09. > :08:14.in a moment but first Louise Hubball has been looking at those hoping
:08:15. > :08:18.to be the all power elected mayor. Most of the councils
:08:19. > :08:20.in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough The party has yet to
:08:21. > :08:24.choose their candidates. We've already heard from Heidi
:08:25. > :08:27.Allen, the South Cambridgeshire MP, Today, the leader of
:08:28. > :08:32.Cambridgeshire County Council, Recently, James Palmer, the leader
:08:33. > :08:37.of Cambridgeshire District Council, who has a farming and business
:08:38. > :08:39.background, has also I have a great deal of knowledge
:08:40. > :08:45.of leadership, running a council successfully,
:08:46. > :08:47.making sure that services are kept Also, I understand business,
:08:48. > :08:53.I understand what it's East Cambs alone has had 12%
:08:54. > :09:00.business growth in the last year. There's things I can bring
:09:01. > :09:03.to the table that I don't think any And we found today Labour has short
:09:04. > :09:12.listed its contenders. Fiona Onasanya, a Cambridgeshire
:09:13. > :09:15.county councillor, and Kevin Price, The party will hold its
:09:16. > :09:22.hustings next month. Despite opposing the new position
:09:23. > :09:25.of mayor, the Lib Dems have also Ukip has no official hopeful
:09:26. > :09:36.yet, the party said it won't be announcing
:09:37. > :09:38.one until February. The only definite candidate
:09:39. > :09:39.in Cambridgeshire businessmen Peter Daw, who will be standing
:09:40. > :09:42.as an independent. So, at the moment, there's a lot
:09:43. > :09:44.of manoeuvring for position, but the actual election
:09:45. > :09:46.with the final candidates Well, a short time ago the leader
:09:47. > :09:52.of Cambridgeshire County Council Steve Count came into the studio
:09:53. > :10:03.and I asked him why he thought The reason I want to stand as
:10:04. > :10:07.because I believe I have the right skill set to be there and do a good
:10:08. > :10:14.job being there. I've been driving this for three years, I've jailed
:10:15. > :10:18.boards and I now chair the shadow authority and I will be the chairman
:10:19. > :10:24.of till May. -- chair. I looked at the skill set needed to make this
:10:25. > :10:30.the right thing and I believe I hold those. But what would actually do?
:10:31. > :10:32.Irony involved in the decision-making and the
:10:33. > :10:38.decision-making in this involves and touches on people's lives. -- I
:10:39. > :10:41.would be involved. We would be looking at the money invested in a
:10:42. > :10:46.housing, delivering the right places. ?600 million of
:10:47. > :10:50.infrastructure with the need to prioritise and with the right
:10:51. > :10:55.projects off as quickly as possible. I have been heavily involved with
:10:56. > :11:00.governments, the city deals. Part of this is liaising with governments
:11:01. > :11:04.and actually asking for more expansion on the panel is we need
:11:05. > :11:06.and then something I want to move forward with. What is the biggest
:11:07. > :11:13.priority in Cambridgeshire right now? And Peterborough? Housing and
:11:14. > :11:19.infrastructure are the two biggest issues we have. Are you worried
:11:20. > :11:24.about the turnout? At the moment, it doesn't seem to be excitingly public
:11:25. > :11:28.very much. Potentially, you could be elected on a low turnout. One of my
:11:29. > :11:33.jobs moving forward is to start engaging with the public. The
:11:34. > :11:38.combined anthology actually have to go out and explain to the public
:11:39. > :11:42.even more than it has today about why it's important to them. --
:11:43. > :11:50.authority. And why they should think about the mail. This booklet on
:11:51. > :11:54.people's lives. -- mayor. What why do we need a mayor? Is this a good
:11:55. > :11:58.use of taxpayer money? I believe it is. We have spoken the Government
:11:59. > :12:01.and to get actually wind decision-making. With the mayor in
:12:02. > :12:04.place the combined authority, we will be able to make decisions much
:12:05. > :12:08.bigger than we ever have done before. That's one of the hold-ups
:12:09. > :12:09.with why they are getting on with things, I think. This will certainly
:12:10. > :12:11.help that. The Newmarket-based jockey
:12:12. > :12:13.Freddy Tylicki has been moved out of hospital
:12:14. > :12:15.to a specialist spinal unit. The 30-year-old fell
:12:16. > :12:17.from his horse seven weeks ago. He's paralysed from the waist down
:12:18. > :12:20.after a four-horse pile-up He is now at a specialist
:12:21. > :12:26.clinic in Middlesex. The Hertfordshire police dog
:12:27. > :12:29.who was stabbed while on duty earlier this year has caught
:12:30. > :12:31.a suspect on his first PD Finn was on his first working
:12:32. > :12:38.shift when he found the suspect hiding in a stable block
:12:39. > :12:51.following a road traffic collision. Right, I'll be back at 10:25pm. Time
:12:52. > :12:53.to hand you over to Stuart and Susie, Alex has the weather. Goodbye
:12:54. > :13:00.for now. We're at the races in Chelmsford
:13:01. > :13:02.as Great Leighs celebrates And the amazing voice of 14-year-old
:13:03. > :13:09.Breeze Redwine with her version As I'm sure you're aware
:13:10. > :13:32.there are just two more shopping days until Christmas and tonight
:13:33. > :13:37.is the last late night Of course, some people deliberately
:13:38. > :13:41.leave their shopping until the very last moment,
:13:42. > :13:43.hoping to pick up Our business correspondent
:13:44. > :14:02.Richard Bond is with shoppers Did you know that these days we do a
:14:03. > :14:07.quarter of our Christmas shopping online, but actually it is now too
:14:08. > :14:13.late to place orders that way with most retailers, so what can you do?
:14:14. > :14:18.All you can do is shop in person which is what people here have the
:14:19. > :14:27.option to do tonight. Mike has been in Milton Keynes. Christmas Day now
:14:28. > :14:34.just around the corner. Only two shopping days to go. As the UK's
:14:35. > :14:42.largest single story shopping centre, this year pattern. Started
:14:43. > :14:46.with Black Friday, the majority of online shopping takes place then, it
:14:47. > :14:53.follows into December. We see significant increases and we expect
:14:54. > :14:59.about 80% of shoppers to shop in the last two weeks of this month. Today,
:15:00. > :15:05.long lines outside some shops. What they are calling here the man-.
:15:06. > :15:13.Last-minute shopping by men. I have a list here. Take everything off and
:15:14. > :15:23.then I can go home. Last-minute trip. 200 shops, one million square
:15:24. > :15:26.feet. This year some retailers really busy. Sometimes you cannot
:15:27. > :15:34.move in the store and this week it has been that way. Sales slowing
:15:35. > :15:39.down for others. It has been unusual this year. Over the last eight
:15:40. > :15:45.years, there has been steady growth. This year it has gone backwards.
:15:46. > :15:51.There are a lot of people about, however full four has been down.
:15:52. > :15:57.More than 2 million shoppers are expected in the run-up to Christmas,
:15:58. > :16:01.around 600,000 in the last week, 100,000 on Christmas eve alone. Have
:16:02. > :16:12.you done most of the shopping online? Online. We are just getting
:16:13. > :16:19.a view last bits now. Note online. -- loads online. I like looking
:16:20. > :16:25.around, I love the atmosphere and the decorations. A perfect present
:16:26. > :16:40.for retailers, a late surge in sales. In this centre, that would
:16:41. > :16:45.make it a magical Christmas. Here, they monitor shopping numbers using
:16:46. > :16:54.their cameras and last week, a year ago, there were 195,000 people here.
:16:55. > :16:59.The same week this year, 208,000. Colin is general manager. More
:17:00. > :17:04.shoppers, are they spending more? Definitely. All of the managers have
:17:05. > :17:07.been very happy with Christmas this year. Our people deliberately
:17:08. > :17:14.leaving their shop late in order to catch bargains? I think it is very
:17:15. > :17:20.much a man thing. We all tend to leave it a little bit late. Many of
:17:21. > :17:24.the ladies have been shopping early. Christmas this year probably started
:17:25. > :17:29.in the middle of November and carried through. Christmas Eve for
:17:30. > :17:35.the on a Saturday. What difference will that make? Last time this
:17:36. > :17:39.happened was 2011 and then we had 45,000 visitors on that Saturday
:17:40. > :17:47.alone. A lot of experts are predicting it will be panic
:17:48. > :17:50.Saturday. Thank you. The message from shopping centres like this is
:17:51. > :17:52.if you have not done your shopping for Christmas this year, get a move
:17:53. > :17:54.on but there is still time. As you have probably seen,
:17:55. > :17:57.the Queen and Prince Philip have arrived at Sandringham in Norfolk
:17:58. > :17:59.for their Christmas break. They should have travelled
:18:00. > :18:01.yesterday, but they both They travelled by helicopter
:18:02. > :18:04.and landed this afternoon. I spoke to the BBC's royal
:18:05. > :18:07.correspondent Peter Hunt and put it him that there'd been quite
:18:08. > :18:21.a change of plan. Very much so. The plan yesterday was
:18:22. > :18:25.that the train would take the strain but as the Palace later revealed,
:18:26. > :18:31.they have heavy colds so they could not go on the train, then this
:18:32. > :18:36.afternoon, a helicopter whisked them away from London to Norfolk and now
:18:37. > :18:41.they can start their delayed Christmas break at Sandringham. Has
:18:42. > :18:47.the Palace given any update on their health? No. Once they are talking
:18:48. > :18:53.about the Private health of these elderly monarchs, they believe they
:18:54. > :18:57.are entitled to protect some of the information about them. It was
:18:58. > :19:02.earlier this week that the Queen announced she would be stepping down
:19:03. > :19:09.from some of her charity roles. How significant was that? What was
:19:10. > :19:14.significant was that it reminded us that she is a 90-year-old head of
:19:15. > :19:18.state who does not intend to resign, abdicate and so something has to
:19:19. > :19:23.happen to insure her workload is eased and so that is why she has
:19:24. > :19:27.given up these patronage is and you see she has not done any long-haul
:19:28. > :19:34.travel outside of Europe in five years, and when she does invest a
:19:35. > :19:38.chirpy 111 more of those are done by Prince William and Prince Charles.
:19:39. > :19:45.What she will see is that she will continue to delegate some of her
:19:46. > :19:50.duty is which she -- while she continues to reign. What more do we
:19:51. > :19:56.know of her plans for Christmas at Sandringham? Christmas Day we will
:19:57. > :20:00.be able to establish the nature of the recovery of the Queen and Prince
:20:01. > :20:06.Philip. The Queen is normally driven to church and Prince Philip, he
:20:07. > :20:09.always tended to favour walking the short distance to the church. Thank
:20:10. > :20:11.you. I'm sure lots of you
:20:12. > :20:13.remember the Great Leighs It opened in a blaze of publicity
:20:14. > :20:17.and closed soon after. It re-opened a couple of years ago
:20:18. > :20:23.as the Chelmsford City Racecourse and now it's celebrating
:20:24. > :20:27.it's second birthday. And business at the new all-weather
:20:28. > :20:31.circuit is booming. It's had more than 250,000
:20:32. > :20:34.racegoers, lots of fixtures and prize money has also
:20:35. > :20:36.been going up. Tom Williams has spent
:20:37. > :20:48.the day at the races. What a difference two years can
:20:49. > :20:52.make. Chelmsford city racecourse today in all its glory. Still
:20:53. > :20:58.looking shiny and new and a festive feel for its final fixture of the
:20:59. > :21:05.year on its second anniversary. We have raced 120 times since we
:21:06. > :21:09.opened. We also trade seven days a week. Christmas parties have gone
:21:10. > :21:17.fantastic and the investment, we have put a lot of money into this.
:21:18. > :21:21.It is an independent West Coast. They have transformed the venue
:21:22. > :21:27.which now makes money on no -- non-race days. In two years, over a
:21:28. > :21:35.quarter of a million people have gone racing. We have ?100,000 in
:21:36. > :21:41.prize money today. It is superb. We have a champion jockey here, all the
:21:42. > :21:45.trainers, the big training centre is good, the best racing surface in the
:21:46. > :21:54.world. It is quite buzzing today, really busy. Everyone seems in well
:21:55. > :22:03.festive spirit. We are here for a good laugh. What a lovely day. Great
:22:04. > :22:07.please closed in January in 2009. It went into administration less than a
:22:08. > :22:19.year after launching. It was a sorry sight. I'm not but now cherished
:22:20. > :22:23.again. It is improving all the time. One or two problems with the service
:22:24. > :22:29.because it had been dormant for a long time. But they have done a
:22:30. > :22:34.great lot of work on it and it is much better now. First race and a
:22:35. > :22:41.winner for this year 's champion jockey and by some distance. Best
:22:42. > :22:48.start in a new job so great to get a winner. The racecourse has only been
:22:49. > :22:57.open for two years. What is it like? A good track. The prize money is
:22:58. > :23:03.critically important. We attract competitive racing and good horses.
:23:04. > :23:07.They plan to build a new grandstand, grass track and on-site training
:23:08. > :23:09.facilities to make Chelmsford not only one of the finest racecourses
:23:10. > :23:28.in the country but in Europe also. Now the weather. If you are hoping
:23:29. > :23:33.for a white Christmas, you will be disappointed. It will be
:23:34. > :23:37.exceptionally mild and quite windy. Some cold weather today but
:23:38. > :23:43.beautiful weather as well. A frosty start for many of us this morning.
:23:44. > :23:49.Quite chilly out there at the moment with clear skies across much of the
:23:50. > :23:54.reason -- region. High-pressure does mean we will be in for another
:23:55. > :23:58.chilly night tonight. Right overnight with long, clear spells.
:23:59. > :24:05.Temperatures for many getting down to freezing. We are expecting a
:24:06. > :24:10.force to form and these are the sorts of temperatures we will record
:24:11. > :24:16.in towns and cities. A chilly start tomorrow. The big feature of
:24:17. > :24:23.tomorrow's whether his storm Barbra, heading to the north of Scotland.
:24:24. > :24:27.What it will mean for us is it will get increasingly windy but it is
:24:28. > :24:34.expected to stay dry through the day with that Wayne arriving later on.
:24:35. > :24:39.Mist and fog. These winds whipping up from the south-west, so by the
:24:40. > :24:46.afternoon, these are our average wind speeds. As this rain band comes
:24:47. > :24:55.through, and those winds pick up even more, it will be through the
:24:56. > :25:01.evening very windy. We could record gusts of around 40 mph. That rain
:25:02. > :25:06.clears and we are into a dry forecast for Christmas Eve and for
:25:07. > :25:11.Christmas Day, they get this push very mild air. We may set some
:25:12. > :25:15.records for Christmas Day, but before then, Christmas eve is a
:25:16. > :25:22.little chilly. Temperatures around eight Celsius and then into the
:25:23. > :25:27.mid-teens for Christmas Day. He wins he is a little bit for Christmas Eve
:25:28. > :25:31.but then pick up again for Christmas day. Next week some fine days and
:25:32. > :25:35.cold nights. Tonight and tomorrow,
:25:36. > :25:37.we're ending the programme Tomorrow, it's the choir
:25:38. > :25:40.of Norwich Cathedral singing Ding Dong Merrily On High,
:25:41. > :25:42.but tonight, something It's a song made famous
:25:43. > :25:45.by Greg Lake, who died So here is 14-year-old
:25:46. > :25:50.Breeze Redwine, who was discovered by BBC Introducing, accompanied
:25:51. > :25:54.on guitar by Lisa Redford # They said there'll
:25:55. > :26:07.be snow at Christmas # They said there'll be peace
:26:08. > :26:11.on earth # But instead it
:26:12. > :26:15.just kept on raining # A veil of tears for
:26:16. > :26:21.the virgin birth # The winter's light
:26:22. > :26:28.and a distant choir # And that Christmas tree
:26:29. > :26:32.smell # And their eyes full
:26:33. > :26:38.of tinsel and fire # And I remember one
:26:39. > :26:59.Christmas morning # And I looked to the sky
:27:00. > :27:03.with excited eyes # 'Till I woke with a yawn
:27:04. > :27:07.in the first light of dawn # And I saw him and
:27:08. > :27:13.through his disguise # I wish you a hopeful
:27:14. > :27:17.Christmas # I wish you a brave
:27:18. > :27:21.new year # All anguish, pain
:27:22. > :27:25.and sadness # Leave your heart,
:27:26. > :27:30.let your road the clear # They said there'd
:27:31. > :27:34.be snow at Christmas # They said there'd
:27:35. > :27:38.be peace on earth