16/01/2017 Look East (West)

As Jeremy Corbyn says he doesn't want a new mayor

for Cambridgeshire - and one of the highest profile

Conservative candidates fails to make the short list.

I've heard it said, pale, male and stale. That is what it could be. And

it is disappointing. Pioneering research

into embryos in the fight against miscarriage,

but what are the moral questions? The crisis in care for

the elderly, and what that could mean for your

council tax bill. And Northampton Town have a new

manager, Justin Edinburgh signs up at six fields and promises to

reinvigorate the Cobblers this season.

First tonight, one of the region's highest profile MPs has failed

in her attempt to run for the new role of

Heidi Allen, who's MP for South Cambridgeshire,

But she's not even made the short list to be Conservative candidate.

Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told BBC Look East

he is not in favour of even having a mayor.

So where does that leave the race for what will become one of the most

Felled at the first hurdle - Heidi Allen, thought by many to be

the most high-profile Conservative candidate in a five-horse race,

will not be Cambridge's first elected mayor.

Securing just four votes, the MP crashed out of the short list

process along with former leader of Peterborough City

The decision here has been met with disbelief.

It looks like the selection process for the Conservatives was done

She was the only woman in the room, basically, as far as I'm told.

So you think, well, maybe that's something to do with it.

I think it is down to Heidi Allen being someone who is not afraid

Possibly, that is why she would have made such a good mayor.

In a statement, a senior member of the East Cambridgeshire

I've heard it said, pale, male and stale.

Three Tory candidates will now go forward

Steve Count, the leader of Cambridgeshire County Council.

James Palmer, who leads up East Cambridgeshire.

And district councillor Roger Harrison.

The Green Party will announce its candidate this Thursday,

while both Ukip and the Lib Dems have already made their selections.

Paul Bullen representing Ukip, with city councillor Rod Cantrill

Labour has yet to select a candidate.

It's leader decidedly lukewarm at the prospect.

I'm not totally wedded to the idea of mayors that are underfunded

and given huge responsibility to deliver central

What we need is proper funding of local government.

The new mayor will take control of planning and transport budgets

But without its most recognisable candidate, will anyone notice?

Before Saturday's vote, she was the clear favourite to become the

candidate. A shoe in, even. She saw Theresa May as an ally. That went

some way to seeing of the detractors who thought she was not a true Tory.

I have spoken to Heidi Allen, who is disappointed. She says her

Westminster profile could have shaped further devolution powers. I

will support the winning candidate, however.

The Conservatives will choose in the next ten days. Labour have three

days to make their selection. Peter Dawe declaring early. The big day,

on the 4th of May. The jury in the Helen

Bailey murder trial tried to push through the sale

of her flat after she disappeared. The children's author disappeared

from her home in Royston in April. She was found three months later

in a cesspit under the house. Kate Bradbrook has been

following the trial at St Albans Crown Court,

and joins us now. Today's evidence centred around the

events of Monday the 11th of April last year, the last time Helen

Bailey was known to be alive. We were told that state she was due to

meet a solicitor about the sale of her flat. We heard from Ian

Stewart's two sons who were living at her house at the time.

The court was told that, on Monday the 11th of April,

Helen Bailey was due to meet a solicitor to arrange the sale

But instead, Ian Stewart turned up, claiming she was unwell.

Later on, after she was reported missing, he began to push

for the sale to go through in her absence.

And even mentioned invoking power of attorney.

The solicitor, Timothy Penn, said that, by July, Ian shows became

very anxious and not at all pleased to hear the sale couldn't go ahead.

We heard, too, from Ian Stewart's sons.

Jamie, seen here on the right, said his father suffered from ill-health.

And had undergone surgery to remove a cancerous lump.

He said, he couldn't even reach a dinner tray.

We heard he told police, I don't know how my dad

I couldn't imagine him wanting to do her any harm.

The court also heard how Ian Stewart's other son, Oliver,

told police in December last year that his father told him two

men came to the house wanting Helen's paperwork.

He said, on one occasion, they punched Ian Stewart in the stomach.

He said his father had implied the men were connected

The prosecution claim Ian Stewart drugs Helen Bailey

with sleeping pills before killing her and putting her body

He denies murder, perverting the course of justice,

fraud and preventing a lawful burial.

While Jamie was giving evidence, Ian Stewart was seen to weep in the

dark. We heard from a nurse who treated him on the 11th of April,

describing him as distant and matter of fact. Later this week, we will

hear from heaven Bailey's mother, and this child could last another

six weeks. -- Helen Bailey. Next - it could be a huge step

forward for fertility research, A Cambridge scientist says allowing

embryos to be studied beyond the legal limit of two weeks

could shed invaluable light on why However, religious and ethical

objections have been raised, A human embryo, and how it develops

in its very first hours. But nearly half of fertilised eggs

die even before a mother And around 20% of pregnancies

fail within seven weeks. At the University of Cambridge,

one of the worldleading embryologists now believes

experimenting on embryos past 14 days, the legal limit,

could shed light on why That's the time when three layers

of cells come together So that's the process of development

that very often goes wrong. So to be able to understand

the principles of this stage of development in humans would be

very important for preventing This mother from Cambridge

has two healthy sons. But after they were

born, heartbreak. And two that were a bit later

and did have an explanation. When you go through miscarriage,

and it is very devastating, a trauma - you want to research

to be done to prevent If it is something that can be

prevented by looking in that time period,

doing research, it has to be Father Mark Langham

is a Catholic chaplain. The law shouldn't be

relaxed, he says. Experimentation on embryos

shouldn't happen at all. It is heart-rending,

these situations, of course. But it is how important we attach

protecting the most vulnerable most defenceless forms of life

that we draw the line here, We understand people's

pain and hurt. But life in all its forms,

even the most defenceless and the earliest stages of life,

is precious and must be protected. Now, at the moment, scientists only

know how to keep embryos growing So even if there was a change

in the law, limits lifted, embryologists would have do find

new techniques to I strongly promote the opening

of this debate by involving not only scientists,

but also the public And if so, what should

be our next time point A Cambridgeshire poultry farmer

says her business producing free-range eggs could be threatened

if she has to keep her chickens Last month, the Government ordered

farmers and small-holders to keep their poultry away from wild

birds, following outbreaks of avian flu in Lincolnshire,

North Yorkshire and Wales. Carolyn Stokes has around 3000 birds

at her farm near Melbourn. Carolyn Stokes left a high-profile

job in the city to farm free range chickens -

producing two 2500 eggs per day But the latest outbreak of avian flu

has made things tough. Because we've had to keep our birds

in since early December. And not only that, we just recently

got planning permission to have our new farm shop

and our tearoom. We did really want to have

all our birds out to help us Normally, there'd be around 3000

chickens clucking away They have been there

for a month now. If they are there for another two

months, 120 days in total, For egg producers like Carolyn,

that poses a real problem. Days after a recent

outbreak of the deadly H5N8 strain in Lincolnshire,

restrictions were imposed. Although not thought to be

dangerous to humans, the commercial risk to farmers

like Carolyn is great. If flocks become infected,

it could cost producers Here in the east, we account

for over 1 million eggs. We've never produced anything other

than free range eggs. Our birds have always

run freely everywhere. We don't have battery

chickens, or barn eggs. Really, the birds have been kept

in buildings that were designed She wants Defra to better

educate the owners to For those with chickens

in the garden to the large By doing so, she hopes her chickens

will soon be free range once again. Derek Warwick, the President

of the British Racing Drivers Club, says Silverstone is in talks

with the Government about securing the future

of the Formula One Grand Prix. The BRDC, which owns the track,

suggested before Christmas it was considering activating

the break clause in its contract Still to come tonight -

Julie with the weather. And in football - the former Spurs

defender taking charge The National Health Service is under

particular pressure at the moment with many people believing

this winter is the toughest ever. Tonight three different snapshots -

life on a busy Accident The hospital buying up beds

in a care home to help And the Councils planning to raise

taxes to pay for social care. This morning Sadie Nine presented

the BBC Essex breakfast show from Colchester Hospital.

Here's a flavour. This is brand-new and it says,

"Help keep A for those With all the troubles in the NHS,

BBC Essex decided to bring our breakfast show live from the A

to see for ourselves. Sylvester was in the waiting room

after falling at work. At 7am, we spoke to this

doctor who had just come off his night shift and had been

dealing with patients. All through the night,

I've got a group of doctors It has been very tough but we have

given it our best shot. Colchester Hospital has been

in special measures, rated In the first few weeks of this year,

they have experienced I have certainly been reviewing

people in the back of ambulances as well over the New Year period

when it would have been unsafe to offload any more people

into the corridor. If there was anyone seriously ill,

we would make sure that they got We have to categorise

based on clinical need. Chief Executive Nick Hume has been

working to turn things around after last year's inspections found

some patients without pain relief I can assure the public and patients

that the care has improved. But the important thing is for me

is that we don't concentrate on getting out of special measures,

the most important thing is that we improve the care

that we give to our patients, the support that we give to families

and carers and the consequence of which will be to get out

of special measures. There is a lack of doctors

and nurses with roles going unfilled But after being stretched

to the brink at the start of this year, today,

this hospital seems to be coping. It's been quite quiet

and our callers have been mainly positive,

but there have been one or two who said they had

to have their operations cancelled once again.

Still work to be done. Experts say so-called bed blocking

is one of the main reasons that hospitals are under

so much pressure. Older people can't leave hospital

because they can't find a place in a care home or they can't get

a care package to help them go home. Ian Barmer now on one possible

solution in Suffolk. Ethel is making a cup of tea,

all under the watchful eye of an occupational therapist,

at the Glastonbury Care Home of an occupational therapist,

at the Glastonbury Court Care Home in Bury St Edmunds.

Ethel was in the West Suffolk Hospital but instead of going home,

she has been sent here. The hospital has bought 20 care home

beds and staffed them It moves patients out

of the wards and frees up space. This is a much better

environment for these patients. They are out of hospital,

it provides an opportunity for them to return to normal life,

recover, have a little bit of rehabilitation

or optimisation, before plans So it is all about moving people

through the system, is that right? It is and it is very important that

people move through the system. The A department at

the West Suffolk Hospital. If elderly people are blocking beds,

people here cannot be admitted. The care homes scheme

in Bury St Edmunds is just one small part of major changes across the NHS

over the next few years. It is all being done under

the banner of sustainability and transformation plans,

or STPs, for short. Across the east, there are seven

STPs, roughly covering They will see the NHS

collaborate with local councils And it means new ways will have

to be found to deliver that care. A key theme -

the reorganisation of hospitals. In Essex, Southend, Broomfield

and Basildon hospitals Bedford, the Luton and Dunstable

and Milton Keynes could In Cambridgeshire, there's

the merger of Peterborough The other key theme -

moving people out of hospitals for treatment in the community, like

the initiative in Bury St Edmund. It's brilliant, the personal care,

they have got everything. One thing is clear,

with an ageing population, the pressure to make changes

in the health and care A lot of those pressures on the NHS

are connected to the huge strain And that is down to combination

of funding cuts, increased staff costs and a growth in demand

as our population gets older. The Government's given local

councils permission to put up Council Tax this year to provide

extra funding for the service Andrew Sinclair is here and it looks

as if councils are doing that? The new budgets are starting to be

published and every Council seems to be putting apps Council Tax. Mainly

to support social care. Over the weekend, Norfolk said it was looking

at a 4.8% increase, about an extra ?57. Both Essex and Suffolk have

announced plans for a 3% tax increase, although Essex saying the

extra money raised will just pay for about 12 days extra social care.

Social care needs a fundamental redesign.

The government needs to look at the funding for local government

And this pressure on social care is only going to increase, isn't it?

The population is getting older as you said and more papal than ever

before will turn 70 this year. More money for social care is one option

and there is a big campaign happening about that but councils

are accepting increasingly they have to look at things differently. That

is why there is a lot of interest in what is going on in West Suffolk.

Norfolk County Council are talking about redrawing the whole way they

provide social care. And on Inside Out tonight

David Whiteley will be looking at the challenges facing GPs

in this region. And he finds out how some surgeries

are being taken over by private That's Inside Out tonight

at 7.30pm on BBC1. Time for sport now and with news

of a new man in the hot seat at Northampton Town,

here's James Burridge. Welcome to Sixfields in Northampton

and displays got used to a fair share of success last season. They

got promotion to League 2. Rob page lasted only eight months until he

was sacked last week. A new man at the helm, Justin Edinburgh, a

familiar face around these parts. Justin Edinburgh whose managerial

career took off at Rushden Diamonds five years ago,

now hoping the grass is a little I think if I could have the same

impact that I did at Diamonds, then I think the crowd

and the people of Northampton The last man here, Rob Page,

suffered really under the shadow of Chris Wilder,

who brought them promotion, so what do you need to do,

Justin, to reinvigorate this team? To stamp my style of play,

I think I have spoken... People have spoken about formations

and I think it is a difficult one, coming midway through a season,

to try and make players play in a formation that

perhaps doesn't suit them. So I think we have to pick

a formation for the players but also He will need to instil

a little steel as well. The Cobblers ran out of puff

against Scunthorpe on Saturday, conceding the winner

in the last few minutes. We are going to raise

the morale, the confidence. But I see a good sign

this morning in trading. Very good vibe, real

intensity to training. They are scared stiff

of you, aren't they? But we want competition for places

and an honesty and a trust. With the Cobblers just five

points above the N1 clash with MK Dons this Saturday,

Justin Edinburgh is keen to produce The profession continues to grow on

the Norwich boss Alex Neil after another defeat on Saturday. Paul

Lambert return this weekend with Wolves. Can Alex Neil survive?

If they lose to Wolves, with Paul Lambert in charge,

with Carrow Road as noisy and as toxic as it will be

if Norwich do lose, then it is going to get more and more

difficult for anybody at Carrow Road to justify keeping him in the job.

But we have been here before, we thought that before

The man everyone is talking about at Ipswich Town at the moment is Tom

Lawrence. The focus is on Tuesday night at Lincoln, third-round

replay. He played an important part in that game.

Tom Lawrence is making a happy habit of goals like this.

COMMENTATOR: Glorious effort. Quite remarkable goal.

He's now scored seven in all, including both goals

against non-league Lincoln in the FA Cup.

Lawrence is on loan from Premier League champions Leicester,

His all-round performances have been good, as well.

Unfortunately, that goes unnoticed when you're not scoring goals.

You add goals to performances, and of course everybody's

waxing lyrical about him, and where he's going to go

and where he's not going to go. How much he'll cost.

He is our player to the end of the season - I'm delighted.

Former MK Dons defender Jordan Spence signed today.

And 6'6" Kieffer Moore from Forest Green.

The striker has played with Lawrence before.

Did you know he could strike a ball like that?

Obviously, we were together at Yeovil.

He used to do it day in, day out in training.

Neither of Ipswich's new signings are eligible to play

in tomorrow's's replay, when Town will look to avoid

Top six is looking out of their reach.

Too good to get dragged into a relegation battle,

in my opinion, so it's more about now sort of seeing a bit

of light at the end of the tunnel. A bit more entertainment

value for the fans. A little cup run wouldn't go amiss.

Ipswich were given a real scare against Lincoln the last time.

He's desperate to avoid a repeat tomorrow, with a home draw

Some Formula 1 news, Mercedes in Northampton shire were last year's

constructors champions and that was Nico Rosberg Duan the Championship

and then retired. They are looking for Valtteri Bottas, hoping he could

be a driver for the future. Looking at a slightly, week of

weather this week? After the drama of last week, it should be much more

settled this week. High pressure in charge keeping it fine and dry. The

difficulty will be judging the cloud and how much sunshine we will get.

On the satellite picture, the cloud, best breaks in the east but

eventually they spread to most places. A lot of clear sky. We will

see cloud feeding down from the north and perhaps a couple of

showers but largely dry. Underneath a clearer skies, we could see

temperatures as low as minus one Celsius. Looking at a frost across a

lot of the region. Light winds which could mean patchy fog. Tomorrow

morning, some frost and fog and it looks like a largely dry day with a

good deal of sunshine. Potential for some or cloud in the north and north

west but it could be fairly well broken. Temperatures really

struggling. It will feel quite chilly. We hold on to light winds

and it looks like the dry conditions will continue through Tuesday

evening into Tuesday night and Wednesday. Tuesday night looking

very cold. Wednesday, high pressure in charge, this weather frontage

stayed to the north so after the frosty start, it should be a fine

and dry day with potential for quite a bit of sunshine. The north and

north west will perhaps see some thicker cloud and drizzle.

Struggling to get a few degrees above freezing. Perhaps the change

on Thursday. High pressure in charge but the weather front may drift

southwards and so we will see more cloud. They could be a little bit of

drizzle. But we may see some brightness and sunshine. Thursday is

looking a cloudy day at the moment with temperatures perhaps a little

closer to average, around seven Celsius. There is a lot of

uncertainty about the amounts of cloud right the way through the week

but at the moment, Friday is looking cloudier although we cannot rule out

a little bit brightness and sunshine and temperatures a couple of degrees

higher than the beginning of the week. It looks like that weather

will continue into next weekend so largely dry and settled but always a

lot of cloud around and some brightness and sunshine and mainly

chilly. We will see you tomorrow night, good

night.