:00:00. > :00:14.What next for the police force judged by inspectors
:00:15. > :00:23.I think it's important that the public in Bedfordshire know that the
:00:24. > :00:26.level of policing the receiving at the moment is not good enough.
:00:27. > :00:28.We ask the Chief Constable what's going on at Bedfordshire Police.
:00:29. > :00:31.Also tonight: A new appeal by police seeking the people
:00:32. > :00:32.who killed a 60-year-old woman in Milton Keynes.
:00:33. > :00:35.The little girl who needs to raise thousands of pounds
:00:36. > :00:45.And I'm stepping back in time to Renaissance Italy here in
:00:46. > :00:56.Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum. First tonight, a damning verdict
:00:57. > :01:01.on Bedfordshire Police and why it The Inspectorate of Constabularies
:01:02. > :01:05.today released the results of their inspections
:01:06. > :01:06.of all our forces. Cambridgeshire and Thames Valley,
:01:07. > :01:08.which covers Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire
:01:09. > :01:11.were told they require improvement. But Bedfordshire Police was the only
:01:12. > :01:14.force in in the country to be classed as inadequate -
:01:15. > :01:16.with particular criticism for its work on preventing crime
:01:17. > :01:18.and supporting victims. In a moment we'll hear
:01:19. > :01:20.from the Chief Constable, but first this report from Tom
:01:21. > :01:32.Barton. Bedfordshire Police officers search
:01:33. > :01:34.for evidence after the arrest of a As well as a small amount
:01:35. > :01:38.of cannabis, they found several thousand pounds
:01:39. > :01:40.in cash and a number of SIM This one here, that was found down
:01:41. > :01:44.the side of the bed. But while this arrest has
:01:45. > :01:46.been successful, the force has today been found to be
:01:47. > :01:51.failing by the policing watchdog. It is a deeply disappointing
:01:52. > :01:53.result for the force. The force, I think, will say
:01:54. > :01:55.they don't recognise some of the things that I've identified
:01:56. > :01:57.within my findings, but I think
:01:58. > :02:00.it is important that the public in Bedfordshire know that
:02:01. > :02:01.actually, the level of policing service
:02:02. > :02:02.they are receiving at the moment
:02:03. > :02:20.is simply not good enough. Overall, the verdict
:02:21. > :02:29.was that the force was 43 inspection reports have been
:02:30. > :02:35.published to daily into every police force
:02:36. > :02:36.in England and Wales. Only one, though, Bedfordshire,
:02:37. > :02:38.has been found to be The force, though, said it has
:02:39. > :02:50.been unfairly judged. In Luton, Bedfordshire's
:02:51. > :02:53.gangs and guns unit goes to drugs seized
:02:54. > :02:55.during a recent arrest. Alongside ?15,000 worth
:02:56. > :02:57.of heroin and cannabis, they But this team, dealing
:02:58. > :03:10.with some of the highest level series
:03:11. > :03:11.crime in the country, A victim, says Bedfordshire,
:03:12. > :03:15.of the fact that this force only receive the same sort of funding
:03:16. > :03:19.as low crime, rural areas. If you've got a force that's
:03:20. > :03:22.trying to combat the level of criminality,
:03:23. > :03:24.we need the resources to do so, otherwise we will never eradicate it
:03:25. > :03:33.and prevente it long-term. That, for you, is
:03:34. > :03:35.the biggest challenge? I would like to be
:03:36. > :03:38.ahead of the game, rather than trying to
:03:39. > :03:40.enforce and just be dealing I think more resources would enable
:03:41. > :03:44.us to do that and concentrate As the suspected drug
:03:45. > :03:48.dealer arrested this morning is taken into custody,
:03:49. > :03:50.the force that's investigating him faces some serious questions
:03:51. > :04:01.about its own performance. Earlier, I spoke with
:04:02. > :04:03.the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police,
:04:04. > :04:05.John Boucher, who says the verdict Clearly, I'm very, very
:04:06. > :04:12.disappointed with the grading. Bedfordshire Police is rebuilding,
:04:13. > :04:15.modernising and working tirelessly to protect
:04:16. > :04:17.vulnerable people and connect with our communities,
:04:18. > :04:19.and very little of the really good work that has been done
:04:20. > :04:22.has been commented on in But they are also saying there is no
:04:23. > :04:35.consistent community presence and that you are failing
:04:36. > :04:38.to stop crime at source. According to HMIC,
:04:39. > :04:39.you are failing in your basic task of protecting
:04:40. > :04:45.the public, aren't you? They say we need to do more
:04:46. > :04:52.about domestic abuse, they were concerned
:04:53. > :04:57.about vulnerability, so we put more resources into vulnerability -
:04:58. > :04:58.and crime's changing, so domestic abuse,
:04:59. > :05:01.we've set up a new unit, We are protecting more
:05:02. > :05:10.people and dealing with domestic abuse
:05:11. > :05:13.in a far better way. You know better than anyone
:05:14. > :05:15.that this is fundamentally a Aren't you, therefore,
:05:16. > :05:19.losing the funding argument? No, I don't think we are losing
:05:20. > :05:22.the funding argument. At the moment, the funding
:05:23. > :05:24.formula is being looked at. I genuinely believe the police
:05:25. > :05:26.minister is listening. We need, just to bring us somewhere
:05:27. > :05:31.towards parity, only towards parity, another
:05:32. > :05:32.300 police officers. That's 30% more in our
:05:33. > :05:34.workforce, which is about That sounds like a terribly large
:05:35. > :05:40.amount of money but, in policing terms, it really isn't,
:05:41. > :05:42.and that would provide us with an ability to protect
:05:43. > :05:47.the communities in Bedfordshire and provide local
:05:48. > :05:50.policing in a way that has to be This isn't a force that has
:05:51. > :05:54.resourses that you can just move resources around without having
:05:55. > :05:59.an impact elsewhere. What is your message
:06:00. > :06:07.to people right now watching this, living in
:06:08. > :06:09.Bedfordshire, who think they've got a failing police
:06:10. > :06:11.force on their hands? The way I describe this is that this
:06:12. > :06:15.force is literally being rebuilt. That has been happening
:06:16. > :06:17.for the last 18 months. I'm really looking
:06:18. > :06:23.forward to the HMIC coming in later this year
:06:24. > :06:25.because I have absolutely no doubt the credit that the force deserved
:06:26. > :06:27.in the last inspection will definitely be
:06:28. > :06:29.provided in the next inspection, We're not sitting still,
:06:30. > :06:37.we have to modernise in Bedfordshire, we have to be
:06:38. > :06:40.smarter than other people and the officers and staff of this
:06:41. > :06:42.force do an incredibly difficult
:06:43. > :06:50.job brilliantly. Help me find my mother's killers:
:06:51. > :06:53.That's the plea from a Milton keynes man after his mother was killed
:06:54. > :06:56.by a gang in Milton Keynes. In January, six men broke
:06:57. > :06:58.into the home of Hang Yin Leung, pinning her down and
:06:59. > :07:00.stealing her belongings. The 65-year-old died
:07:01. > :07:02.of her injuries ten days later. Her death is now being
:07:03. > :07:04.treated as murder. To me, what has been
:07:05. > :07:19.taken cannot be replaced. So, please, if you
:07:20. > :07:21.have any information on the events that took place
:07:22. > :07:24.on the 31st of January, please contact Crimestoppers
:07:25. > :07:26.at Thames Valley Police. Today, Keith Leung paid
:07:27. > :07:29.tribute to his mother and spoke of the lifelong
:07:30. > :07:31.friend he had lost. I just remember her as someone
:07:32. > :07:34.who is bubbly, energetic, as the way that she would want
:07:35. > :07:38.to be remembered. Mrs Leung's Palace
:07:39. > :07:41.in Milton Keynes was picked out by a gang of six men,
:07:42. > :07:52.who returned on the 31st of January. It was on this night
:07:53. > :07:55.that they forced their way inside,
:07:56. > :07:57.pinning her to the floor. Police today were keen to stress
:07:58. > :08:02.this is no longer a burglary, but a murder investigation
:08:03. > :08:04.and they are appealing for the public's help to
:08:05. > :08:05.find those responsible. We ask anyone who has
:08:06. > :08:07.travelled between Milton Keynes and Ellsbury
:08:08. > :08:09.on that evening, Tuesday the 31st of January,
:08:10. > :08:10.between 6:30pm and 9:30pm, if they've
:08:11. > :08:13.noticed a car driving erratically, dangerously, possibly up to six
:08:14. > :08:15.persons in their vehicle, The thieves that targeted
:08:16. > :08:21.Mrs Leung's house took a number of possessions,
:08:22. > :08:22.including a gold oyster Rolex and her long service police medal
:08:23. > :08:25.from Hong Kong. Police want to hear from anyone
:08:26. > :08:27.who may have information about these items and wish to assure the public
:08:28. > :08:31.that there is a team of 30 officers who are dedicated to
:08:32. > :08:50.catching those responsible. Next tonight, four-year-old
:08:51. > :08:52.Halle Heriot from Peterborough It means she can't walk unaided
:08:53. > :08:57.and is in pain on a daily basis. She's been accepted for a new form
:08:58. > :09:01.of surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital but it's not
:09:02. > :09:03.currently funded on the NHS. So Halle's parents are launching
:09:04. > :09:05.a campaign to raise It's physio every day
:09:06. > :09:16.for Halle Heriot. The family's hope is that
:09:17. > :09:18.a special treatment at Great Ormond Street
:09:19. > :09:23.could help relieve the pain
:09:24. > :09:25.and spasms in her legs, There are days where I truly do
:09:26. > :09:32.sit with my husband and roar our eyes out, because you do
:09:33. > :09:35.have that feeling of, why us? If we were to wait
:09:36. > :09:48.for the NHS, it would The treatment the family
:09:49. > :09:55.want her to have is called selective
:09:56. > :09:57.dorsal rhizotomy. It's not currently available
:09:58. > :09:59.on the NHS in England. With after-care, it
:10:00. > :10:04.will cost ?55,000. NHS England said that evidence
:10:05. > :10:06.surrounding the treatment is currently limited, but they have
:10:07. > :10:09.offered it to a number of patients They say they hope that this will
:10:10. > :10:13.give them vital information about They are sat in limbo
:10:14. > :10:25.at the minute waiting to find out whether this is going to be
:10:26. > :10:29.available to them in the NHS. In the meantime, they
:10:30. > :10:31.will have to fund it if I can understand that it's a very
:10:32. > :10:34.frustrating situation for Hopefully, by this time nest
:10:35. > :10:38.year, we'll have some The family except there
:10:39. > :10:40.is pressure on NHS We understand that NHS doesn't see
:10:41. > :10:46.it as a priority operation. We just have to do
:10:47. > :10:49.what we need to do. If she can wake up
:10:50. > :10:52.in the morning smiling and get on with things,
:10:53. > :10:57.wecan as well. She's ectremely determined
:10:58. > :11:10.and extremely positive. On the flip side of
:11:11. > :11:13.the heartbreak is that she is so determined and that's what this
:11:14. > :11:15.operation will give her. Just a different
:11:16. > :11:16.opportunity, a better It could be two years
:11:17. > :11:19.before the treatment could become NHS funded,
:11:20. > :11:22.but the family here said they can't It's been announced that this summer
:11:23. > :11:31.will be the final year of Cambridgeshire's Secret Garden
:11:32. > :11:32.Party. Since it opened with one stage
:11:33. > :11:35.and 1,000 visitors in 2003, the music festival has steadily
:11:36. > :11:38.grown in size - last year In a statement, the festival's
:11:39. > :11:41.founder said all good things must come to an end, but told revellers
:11:42. > :11:45.to watch this space for the phoenix The festival's headline acts have
:11:46. > :11:48.featured Ed Sheeran and Bastille and the event has been twice crowned
:11:49. > :11:55.Best Small Festival by UK Festivals. Time to hand you over
:11:56. > :12:02.to Susie and David. The Renaissance exhibition
:12:03. > :12:33.in Cambridge with objects rescued How many of us know a young person
:12:34. > :12:38.with a mental health problem? You may know one but may not realise it.
:12:39. > :12:41.One in four young people in the East would not confide in someone
:12:42. > :12:43.if they were experiencing a mental health problem,
:12:44. > :12:45.according to a survey by The Prince's Trust.
:12:46. > :12:47.The charity also found many young people worry that
:12:48. > :12:49.mental health issues could affect their job prospects.
:12:50. > :12:54.Even the Prince's Trust was alarmed by its own findings.
:12:55. > :13:00.Alarmed that 80% of 16-24 year olds surveyed still feel a stigma talking
:13:01. > :13:05.It suggests that 46%, almost half of young
:13:06. > :13:07.people in the region, have experienced
:13:08. > :13:16.And a third of them, 34%, say they didn't seek any help.
:13:17. > :13:25.When Alice turned eight, the man she idolised, her father, was sent to
:13:26. > :13:30.prison. Alice began to suffer from depression and anxiety. Apart from
:13:31. > :13:34.close friends, others at her school bullied her and her self-esteem
:13:35. > :13:41.crumpled. I struggled to trust people. I had no motivation to do
:13:42. > :13:46.anything and it was awful. My mum, who is a successful woman, I wanted
:13:47. > :13:51.to be like her but had no motivation. The Princes trust says
:13:52. > :13:59.greater expectations at school, peer pressure, fears over getting a job,
:14:00. > :14:03.a home, all play a part. A lot of young people are struggling on their
:14:04. > :14:07.own and what we are aiming to do is how we support young people to have
:14:08. > :14:12.the confidence to speak up to the people around them. Young royal
:14:13. > :14:17.patronage helps break down the stigma over mental health. From
:14:18. > :14:21.chatting to children in Essex about classroom pressures to visiting this
:14:22. > :14:26.project to improve youngsters confidence and the role of employers
:14:27. > :14:30.is crucial. Luton airport has trained 150 young people suggested
:14:31. > :14:38.by the Princes trust. 86 have found a job. The key thing is to give
:14:39. > :14:44.these young adults opportunities at the airport. We can show them the
:14:45. > :14:47.door that they can open themselves. It was the Norfolk and Norwich
:14:48. > :14:54.Hospital that opened the door for Alice. She is working towards a
:14:55. > :14:59.degree in nursing. Excited, but really scared and happy as well.
:15:00. > :15:04.Really happy and I feel like the experience I have got will mean I do
:15:05. > :15:12.well. I never thought I would say that. I feel good now. As a young
:15:13. > :15:17.ambassador for the Princes trust, Sophie heads to Westminster to
:15:18. > :15:21.relate her story to MPs. Her and the charity's message, hash tag take
:15:22. > :15:23.control. For help and advice
:15:24. > :15:25.about mental health, you can go to youngminds.org.uk
:15:26. > :15:33.or call 0800 802 5544. A head teacher in Harlow has told
:15:34. > :15:37.Look East he will resign rather than sack staff if his school loses
:15:38. > :15:41.out under the government's Passmore's Academy in Harlow is one
:15:42. > :15:46.of nearly 1,000 schools in the East According to the government,
:15:47. > :15:54.more than 70% of schools in Suffolk, Bedford Borough, Peterborough
:15:55. > :15:58.and Essex will get more cash. But it's a bleaker picture in Luton
:15:59. > :16:03.and in Southend - no schools This from our reporter
:16:04. > :16:20.Mousumi Bakshi. Vic is a busy man, a man who could
:16:21. > :16:26.put himself out of a job last year. He is facing a cut of ?750 and he
:16:27. > :16:31.could lose up to 20 teachers. I have let them know that for that year I
:16:32. > :16:36.will draw the plan up on how they can save that money but I will not
:16:37. > :16:40.implement it. There will be a difficult choice for me and them in
:16:41. > :16:45.the fact that I will either have to leave or they will have to get rid
:16:46. > :16:56.of me because I am not willing to do that. There were always going to be
:16:57. > :16:59.winners and losers as a result of the school funding. Around 11,000
:17:00. > :17:04.schools are set to benefit with 9000 losing out. Across the country there
:17:05. > :17:08.have been protests and at least one headteacher resignation. According
:17:09. > :17:13.to the government, funding is at an all-time high but bills are going up
:17:14. > :17:17.so in real terms, schools are feeling poorer. Under the changes,
:17:18. > :17:24.all schools will be given a lump sum but take into account local
:17:25. > :17:30.geography. It is surprising that in Luton one of the poorest pockets of
:17:31. > :17:35.the country 57 out of 59 primary schools will the budget is cut. If
:17:36. > :17:40.the idea was to give the funding to those areas where there is the
:17:41. > :17:46.greatest need, greatest deprivation, then one would think any government
:17:47. > :17:50.would put that as a priority, but this is not the case in terms of
:17:51. > :17:56.Luton. From another critic, accusations the government has
:17:57. > :18:02.simply got its sums wrong. For too long, government has failed that
:18:03. > :18:08.there is disparity in funding. That may be true but that is not the same
:18:09. > :18:16.essay question which is the one we are setting which is are we spending
:18:17. > :18:20.the right amount on education? If the budget cuts bite, how much
:18:21. > :18:24.longer will this headteacher be educating pupils?
:18:25. > :18:27.The Department for Education said school funding in Essex would go
:18:28. > :18:29.up by over ?20 million if the new funding
:18:30. > :18:34.The system for distributing current funding
:18:35. > :18:36.is unfair, opaque and outdated and we want to end
:18:37. > :18:41.You can see more on this story on the Sunday Politics
:18:42. > :18:46.programme at 11 o'clock, BBC One, on Sunday.
:18:47. > :18:48.It wasn't to be for Luton Town fans who were dreaming
:18:49. > :18:53.The Hatters faced Oxford in the semifinal of the Checkatrade
:18:54. > :18:58.trophy last night, but were beaten by a goal in the 84th minute.
:18:59. > :19:01.That was after a brave fight back, which nearly saw them take
:19:02. > :19:10.They must now pick themselves up and go for promotion.
:19:11. > :19:19.A night that promised so much. The price of a Wembley final. Luton are
:19:20. > :19:24.in the middle of a promotion push but they only had eyes for Oxford.
:19:25. > :19:29.They were ready for a dramatic night. Leaked two against League 1
:19:30. > :19:39.and the Hatters had the bar rattling. Jake Gray will be kicking
:19:40. > :19:44.himself it wasn't 1-0. Luton were still full of running and thought
:19:45. > :19:52.that equalised. It was difficult to tell if they had to have crossed the
:19:53. > :20:01.line. And its bird Oxford on and they doubled their lead. Martin
:20:02. > :20:07.Johnson's cross into the back of the net. Luton finally got the goal to
:20:08. > :20:16.reignite their Wembley wish. With the clock ticking, Kenilworth Road
:20:17. > :20:24.exploded from 2-0 down it was 2-2. Danny Hilton with goal number 24 the
:20:25. > :20:28.season. Extra time loomed but then disaster struck just two minutes
:20:29. > :20:34.later, the Hatters switched off from a corner and Johnston pounced.
:20:35. > :20:40.Without doubt the goal of the game and Oxford were going to Wembley.
:20:41. > :20:46.The Hatters heartbroken, manager seething at the defensive lapse. A
:20:47. > :20:51.Coventry Oxford final, Luton's fall focus now on promotion. We have to
:20:52. > :20:56.be relentless. We have to show that we wanted. But this disappointment
:20:57. > :21:01.behind us and get promoted because that is the goal. One route to
:21:02. > :21:04.Wembley is blocked for Luton but there is always the play-off final.
:21:05. > :21:07.Now the Renaissance, meaning rebirth, saw a profound change
:21:08. > :21:09.in artistic style and the revival of learning in Europe
:21:10. > :21:13.The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has one of the finest collections
:21:14. > :21:15.of Renaissance paintings in the country and while we now
:21:16. > :21:17.see objects from that time as treasures, a major
:21:18. > :21:19.new exhibition, Madonnas and Miracles, aims to show
:21:20. > :21:21.they were instead everyday domestic items of devotion.
:21:22. > :21:23.The exhibition features many beautiful objects never seen
:21:24. > :21:35.From golden Madonnas to devotional words to luxurious rock crystal
:21:36. > :21:40.rosaries, all on display at an exhibition with a difference. Broken
:21:41. > :21:45.up into intimate rooms to make it feel like a renaissance home. What
:21:46. > :21:51.we are trying to do is to create a piece of Renaissance Italy here in
:21:52. > :21:55.Cambridge. Often you see them denuded of any context. If you can
:21:56. > :22:00.try to recreate the original context, it helps the public
:22:01. > :22:05.understand the context in which these works of art would have been
:22:06. > :22:09.seen and appreciated. There are many Private devotional items such as
:22:10. > :22:14.this portable altar piece. The simple wooden panels were
:22:15. > :22:19.commissioned to give thanks for a miracle in this case surviving an
:22:20. > :22:24.earthquake. One of the exhibition highlights that they had never left
:22:25. > :22:30.Italy before and neither had this beautiful wooden doll. Venerated for
:22:31. > :22:33.generations with people queueing to kiss its feet, the Italian
:22:34. > :22:41.Franciscan nunnery where it was housed was destroyed by an
:22:42. > :22:46.earthquake in October. But this survived. This event is unusual
:22:47. > :22:51.because it is a result of four years of research across Cambridge
:22:52. > :22:55.University. What we are putting on here is cutting edge. What we are
:22:56. > :23:01.focusing on his family, we have works that were aimed at children,
:23:02. > :23:07.even babies and all different kinds of people across the social
:23:08. > :23:13.spectrum. This research was funded by 2.3 billion euros European grant
:23:14. > :23:17.and are marks the art, a very contemporary concern. We are very
:23:18. > :23:22.worried about the future post Brexit and what that will mean for European
:23:23. > :23:27.funding of British academic projects. By walking under the
:23:28. > :23:31.arches, the exhibition allows you to immerse yourself completely in the
:23:32. > :23:37.Renaissance in a very personal way. It opens to the public next Tuesday.
:23:38. > :23:50.Fascinating collection. I was in Northampton this morning and it felt
:23:51. > :23:56.quite warm. Quite mild but it will get chilly tonight. Some showers
:23:57. > :24:01.earlier for some parts of the region. Also some lovely sunshine so
:24:02. > :24:07.once the winds eased this afternoon, it was quite pleasant but we have a
:24:08. > :24:11.changeable forecast on the way. This is the pressure pattern showing this
:24:12. > :24:15.weather system coming in from the South West which will bring us a wet
:24:16. > :24:20.forecast tonight and tomorrow and that will hang around into the
:24:21. > :24:24.weekend. We start the evening dry with clear spells so it will allow
:24:25. > :24:35.things to get rather chilly and temperatures down to three two
:24:36. > :24:41.Celsius. Some patchy rain. Tomorrow we start with wet weather around. It
:24:42. > :24:46.will quickly spread northwards. Low pressure on the scene so expect a
:24:47. > :24:53.wet and windy forecast tomorrow. A brisk wind coming from the south and
:24:54. > :24:58.we are likely to reach highs of ten, 11 degrees. It will not feel
:24:59. > :25:02.pleasant. If you live in Southern counties, a good chance you will
:25:03. > :25:07.find it a drier and brighter towards the end of the day, but across
:25:08. > :25:12.northern counties, it could stay rather overcast and wet but
:25:13. > :25:17.eventually the rain will clear. Then we are into the weekend and it is
:25:18. > :25:22.pretty changeable. Low pressure on the scene, weather front is coming
:25:23. > :25:28.our way, quite breezy conditions. Rain at times, particularly for
:25:29. > :25:33.Sunday. Perhaps Sunday looks more of a wash-out than Saturday.
:25:34. > :25:37.Temperatures of the nine Celsius. Rain clearing first thing on
:25:38. > :25:42.Saturday, brighter weather in the middle before more rain. And
:25:43. > :25:44.uncertain start to next week and chilly temperatures overnight.
:25:45. > :25:47.Just before we go, I'm sure many of you will have children
:25:48. > :25:50.or grandchildren who dressed up for World Book Day today.
:25:51. > :25:53.We went to Bignold Primary School in Norwich to find out what pupils
:25:54. > :27:23.WHISTLING: Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II
:27:24. > :27:28.the gap between the richest and everyone else
:27:29. > :27:38.And while the funding for our schools and hospitals is being cut,
:27:39. > :27:42.many of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals
:27:43. > :27:55.And the tax dodgers are getting away with it