:00:00. > :00:00.story: Scotland has asked for a new Scottish independence referendum,
:00:00. > :00:10.A shake-up for emergency services as Police and Crime Commissioners
:00:11. > :00:21.It make sure the emergency services are working closer together.
:00:22. > :00:26.no new admissions at several premises and one forced to close.
:00:27. > :00:28.Ready for blast-off - but is Stevenage's space
:00:29. > :00:46.We meet these street buskers going viral.
:00:47. > :00:49.First tonight - they do very different jobs,
:00:50. > :00:51.but police officers and firefighters could soon answer
:00:52. > :00:57.There are moves to give Police and Crime Commissioners power over
:00:58. > :01:01.A law was passed in January to make it possible
:01:02. > :01:03.and several forces in the East are looking into it.
:01:04. > :01:10.Putting out fires, arresting criminals.
:01:11. > :01:17.Two very different jobs which could soon share one ultimate boss.
:01:18. > :01:21.Because the government says that Police and Crime Commissioners
:01:22. > :01:26.elected to set police priorities should take on fire services, too.
:01:27. > :01:28.It makes sure that our emergency services are working much
:01:29. > :01:33.So instead of having committees that nobody has ever heard
:01:34. > :01:36.of and hardly ever sees, there is very clear
:01:37. > :01:38.accountability in that Police and Crime Commissioner Commissioner
:01:39. > :01:41.That is better for decision making as well as transparency
:01:42. > :01:45.Northamptonshire says it was the first place in the country
:01:46. > :01:54.Fire and police here already share a range of things,
:01:55. > :01:55.including their headquarters, Wootton Hall.
:01:56. > :01:57.The Police and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mould says adding fire
:01:58. > :02:02.We will make sure the brands are protected distinctly.
:02:03. > :02:06.There will be two separate chief officers.
:02:07. > :02:09.Actually, it's about how we work together, but maintaining that
:02:10. > :02:17.And if anything, given that theY're kind of lost
:02:18. > :02:20.in the county council with the fire authority at this moment,
:02:21. > :02:22.it's much clearer about the money they think is being spent
:02:23. > :02:27.The government insists that firefighters at places
:02:28. > :02:30.like this in Northampton, will remain independent.
:02:31. > :02:33.But the union that represents them is worried public trust
:02:34. > :02:36.in the Fire Service would be damaged by a merger which they say
:02:37. > :02:39.The fire authorities have been delivering against their objectives
:02:40. > :02:47.When it comes to things like cuts, they unfortunately have
:02:48. > :02:51.not been as vociferous as we would like in opposing
:02:52. > :02:53.dangerous cuts and things like the cost of chief fire
:02:54. > :02:56.officer's salaries in some locations has been a big concern for us.
:02:57. > :02:59.But broadly, when you look at public satisfaction,
:03:00. > :03:03.people are quite happy with how the Fire Service is run.
:03:04. > :03:12.What some might call innovation, others claim is simply cost-cutting.
:03:13. > :03:14.A public consultation on merger plans will begin in Northamptonshire
:03:15. > :03:16.by early summer and in Essex it's already under way.
:03:17. > :03:19.Police and Crime Commissioners are still far from universally
:03:20. > :03:29.popular, but they could soon get even more power.
:03:30. > :03:31.But is there any need for this change?
:03:32. > :03:34.I asked a lecturer in policing issues at Anglia Ruskin University
:03:35. > :03:39.and former PCC for Essex Nick Alston.
:03:40. > :03:51.What I found in Essex when I was PCC was Public accountability, making
:03:52. > :03:55.the police service are are responsive, was not there in the
:03:56. > :03:59.Fire Service. There was an old-fashioned authority that found
:04:00. > :04:02.it difficult to take decisions. It is about delivering effective and
:04:03. > :04:07.cost-efficient services to the public and we should think of it as
:04:08. > :04:12.service to the public. They are accountable to local authorities who
:04:13. > :04:17.are elected and can be kicked out if people are not happy. They said that
:04:18. > :04:22.about the old police authorities. They are not directly elected, they
:04:23. > :04:28.are appointed by someone in the council. Directly elected
:04:29. > :04:33.commissioners is giving a more immediate service for the police
:04:34. > :04:37.then used to be. They were elected on the police brief, would they know
:04:38. > :04:42.enough about fire, would they know what they would need to do if a
:04:43. > :04:46.building was five? That is not what they would do. I would not think of
:04:47. > :04:52.telling the Chief Constable what to do about policing. There would be an
:04:53. > :04:56.operational fire chief in charge of the service, but when you look at
:04:57. > :05:03.the estates, funding, human resource issues, those things are where the
:05:04. > :05:08.public expect good value and at the moment with the police and Fire
:05:09. > :05:12.Service not sharing facilities, you could take a different approach, as
:05:13. > :05:17.we have done in Northamptonshire, where you can reimagine how you
:05:18. > :05:21.deliver services for example to road accidents or people who have a fall
:05:22. > :05:26.at home and need someone to support them. It could be a fire officer,
:05:27. > :05:30.police, someone from the Ambulance Service. Let's get smart about
:05:31. > :05:35.delivering those services. Firefighters spent time on stand-by
:05:36. > :05:38.waiting for that call. Does that bother you, you think the police and
:05:39. > :05:42.paramedics are out constantly on shift quest it should bother the
:05:43. > :05:48.public about what are they paying fire officers to do. I do not have
:05:49. > :05:55.that detailed knowledge but from what I know, the number of calls out
:05:56. > :06:00.of hours at night are relatively few and we are paying a large number of
:06:01. > :06:05.officers to sleep and not be called out and I think there are questions
:06:06. > :06:06.to be asked about that. I am not criticising, I do not know the
:06:07. > :06:07.detail but it gives that appearance. Nick Alston from the Policing
:06:08. > :06:10.Institute at Anglia Ruskin There is concern tonight about five
:06:11. > :06:15.care homes in our region. Families at one in Milton Keynes
:06:16. > :06:18.have been told it will close And new admissions had been
:06:19. > :06:25.suspended at four homes that provide respite care to frail
:06:26. > :06:29.and vulnerable people, including Nicola Haseler is outside
:06:30. > :06:32.Five Acres Nursing Home Some of the elderly residents have
:06:33. > :06:44.been moved out of Five Acres today. This all started last
:06:45. > :06:46.November when the owner It was losing money
:06:47. > :06:50.and despite its appearance, had Milton Keynes Council
:06:51. > :06:56.stepped in and said it wanted to buy the home,
:06:57. > :06:59.and turn it into a specialist So the residents
:07:00. > :07:04.and staff stayed put. But last week the families were told
:07:05. > :07:07.that the council had pulled out, Milton Keynes Council have told us
:07:08. > :07:14.that the purchase is no longer viable but one family I've spoken
:07:15. > :07:23.to say they feel misled, That's their 91-year-old mother
:07:24. > :07:29.could have been moved out last year. She has advanced Alzheimer's
:07:30. > :07:31.and they've been warned that she may A moment ago I spoke to the local
:07:32. > :07:42.councillor Ric Brackenbury I am devastated for the residents. I
:07:43. > :07:46.know the council is coming up with a plan making sure there is something
:07:47. > :07:51.safe and managed for every resident. I think the council has worked hard
:07:52. > :07:53.to see if there is any way of keeping it open and I do not think
:07:54. > :07:55.they can be blamed today. There have also been problems over
:07:56. > :07:57.in Northamptonshire where admissions to four specialist care
:07:58. > :08:01.centres had been suspended. Shaw Healthcare provides care
:08:02. > :08:03.to frail and vulnerable people in Northampton,
:08:04. > :08:08.Rushden, Daventry and Corby, and had stopped taking
:08:09. > :08:10.anymore patients due This evening they said
:08:11. > :08:19."after positive discussions I spoke earlier to Age UK
:08:20. > :08:31.in Milton Keynes, who told me the care sector is struggling
:08:32. > :08:33.to cope with cuts, increasing costs I think we're going to see more
:08:34. > :08:39.and more crises like this because of the problems
:08:40. > :08:41.there are in the care There is financial pressure
:08:42. > :08:44.on local authorities, who place about 50% of people
:08:45. > :08:47.into care, to bring costs down. Care homes are then trying
:08:48. > :08:49.to recover those costs through residents
:08:50. > :08:50.who are self-funding and really the government
:08:51. > :08:55.has got to address this. Until we have that strategic
:08:56. > :08:57.review of what's going on, we are going to see more and more
:08:58. > :09:08.cases like this and residents It is an unsettling time for the
:09:09. > :09:12.residents here. The council hopes to find new homes for the residents it
:09:13. > :09:17.pays for by Friday. Thank you. How will the international space
:09:18. > :09:20.industry cope with Brexit? In the same week the UK triggers
:09:21. > :09:24.Article 50 to start leaving the EU, a Stevenage-built rocket will be
:09:25. > :09:27.blasted into space from The East is the biggest region
:09:28. > :09:35.for space outside of London and the South-East -
:09:36. > :09:37.with 84 space companies headquartered here,
:09:38. > :09:38.turning over ?1.75 Louise Hubball has been taking
:09:39. > :09:52.a look at how they might fare. It is hard to believe but in 1960
:09:53. > :09:59.Stevenage launched a rocket, a Thunderbird anti-aircraft missile.
:10:00. > :10:06.57 years later at Airbus, the town space programme is thriving. The
:10:07. > :10:09.company employs 1500. This is the heart of a telecommunications
:10:10. > :10:14.satellite that will relay news from around the world, but with Brexit on
:10:15. > :10:17.the horizon, what could it mean for business? The European Space Agency
:10:18. > :10:23.is a separate body and you do not need to be a member state. The UK
:10:24. > :10:30.will continue to invest in that and the agency is the customer for a
:10:31. > :10:33.number of our projects. The Mars Rover, solar orbital satellite,
:10:34. > :10:39.another satellite, a high proportion of the work we have in Stevenage. It
:10:40. > :10:43.is not just Airbus. Stevenage has been dubbed the UK's space city and
:10:44. > :10:48.the range of businesses supporting the industry in the town is
:10:49. > :10:54.surprisingly diverse. Here, cutting edge technology is used to develop
:10:55. > :11:00.the spacecraft's competing systems. The satellites have to be autonomous
:11:01. > :11:05.and to be able to repair themselves. Deadlines here determined by launch
:11:06. > :11:09.dates. In this digital age, proximity to their main client is
:11:10. > :11:14.surprisingly important. It makes a huge difference. We can just go and
:11:15. > :11:17.have collaborative meetings and discuss problems and it means
:11:18. > :11:24.face-to-face we get together rather than using Skype or a phone. With
:11:25. > :11:29.the complex interactive problems we have to solve with Airbus it makes a
:11:30. > :11:35.huge difference. Down the road, this small family metalworking firm has
:11:36. > :11:40.had Airbus as a client for 30 years. This aluminium will end up in space
:11:41. > :11:45.as a bracket for a satellite. They are concerned about what is around
:11:46. > :11:48.the corner. We are slightly worried because Brexit is unknown and nobody
:11:49. > :11:55.knows what will happen with Europe and ourselves. We hope because they
:11:56. > :12:00.are based in the UK it will not affect is but everybody will have to
:12:01. > :12:05.wait and see. The space industry is inspiring the next generation of
:12:06. > :12:08.Stevenage scientists. On a recent visit to Airbus astronaut Tim Peake
:12:09. > :12:15.acknowledged the role the town plays. We have a huge space industry
:12:16. > :12:19.in the UK, and in Stevenage we have the Airbus facility. And here we are
:12:20. > :12:23.doing cutting edge research and technology for what will be the
:12:24. > :12:28.future of Mars exploration which is exciting. Over the next 12 months,
:12:29. > :12:31.four satellites will be launched or built here in space city.
:12:32. > :12:34.A suspected stolen car crashed into a housing development
:12:35. > :12:36.in Cambridge last night - after police deployed
:12:37. > :12:40.Numerous police cars chased the vehicle -
:12:41. > :12:46.thought to have been taken from Chesterton High Street.
:12:47. > :12:59.You're watching Look East with Stewart and me.
:13:00. > :13:01.Our studio guests tonight, the street buskers hoping
:13:02. > :13:07.And as Britain hands the EU its notice to quit,
:13:08. > :13:19.The biggest shake-up in county cricket history was launched today.
:13:20. > :13:22.When the sport's governing body gave the go ahead for a new Twenty-Twenty
:13:23. > :13:27.The idea is to create eight new city-based teams.
:13:28. > :13:33.The competition would be played over 36 matches in 38 days.
:13:34. > :13:35.The fixtures would shown free on terrestial television.
:13:36. > :13:38.Today, Essex gave a cautious welcome to the plan.
:13:39. > :13:41.But hoped Chelmsford would be one of the venues.
:13:42. > :13:49.Our sports editor Jonathan Park reports.
:13:50. > :13:54.England's highest run scorer Alastair Cook, doing what he does
:13:55. > :13:58.best on the eve of the new cricket season. But the landscape is
:13:59. > :14:04.changing with big invitations for the county game. New teams, eight of
:14:05. > :14:08.them, based in cities playing 2020 cricket. But not all of them are
:14:09. > :14:13.convinced. Whatever is right for cricket, I support. Whether the new
:14:14. > :14:20.tournament as it is being laid down is the way to go, I have concern. We
:14:21. > :14:25.will clear this up over the next few days, make a vote. If we look at
:14:26. > :14:31.change, if we don't have an open the game will die. In recent years,
:14:32. > :14:37.quickfire cricket has really taken off. It is a moneyspinner. At Essex,
:14:38. > :14:42.they make ?1 million per season from that T20 last batches. The Newton
:14:43. > :14:46.and will take place in addition to the tournament. Later in the summer.
:14:47. > :14:51.There are many who think the plans I a good idea. It is said they want to
:14:52. > :14:57.future proof cricket, and if you are a player, make a while the sunshine.
:14:58. > :15:01.Bigger crowds, more money if selected for a new regional team. We
:15:02. > :15:06.are pretty excited. Especially players in our dressing room, we
:15:07. > :15:17.have people who could benefit from that. At the moment, it is like more
:15:18. > :15:22.to come out about it. The players will benefit, and counties have been
:15:23. > :15:27.offered a sweetener. ?1.3 million per year for five years. It is not
:15:28. > :15:33.clear which eight cities will host the new teams. Likely to be test
:15:34. > :15:39.grounds. Everyone has said these new centres will be Lancashire and
:15:40. > :15:47.Yorkshire. Why not Essex, why can't Chelmsford 's the one of the
:15:48. > :15:51.centres? This feels like a watershed moment for English cricket. It could
:15:52. > :15:53.be a game changer. But what long-term impact will the new term
:15:54. > :15:57.it have on the county game? There is a very good chance.
:15:58. > :16:00.If you've been into town today. People like Hayley Moss.
:16:01. > :16:06.When she starts singing. Shoppers and office
:16:07. > :16:09.workers stand and listen. We've seen Hayley
:16:10. > :16:11.before on Look East. But now there's been a development -
:16:12. > :16:14.the soprano has met a tenor. And together they are
:16:15. > :16:16.formidable double act. Hayley Moss and Ben Lake.
:16:17. > :16:21.Before we hear from you. Let's just see you in
:16:22. > :16:25.action earlier today: # Quando sono solo sogno
:16:26. > :16:31.all'orizzonte e mancan le parole # Si lo so che non c'e luce in una
:16:32. > :16:42.stanza quando manca il sole #. The soprano and the tenor
:16:43. > :16:44.in Norwich at lunchtime. Until one year ago, Hayley Moss
:16:45. > :16:47.and Ben Lake had performed alone. And now, together, they are stopping
:16:48. > :17:02.people in their tracks. We have been watching her
:17:03. > :17:06.and another lady for months and months
:17:07. > :17:08.and months and months. Sometimes we sit down
:17:09. > :17:10.for about two hours. They should be seen
:17:11. > :17:21.at La Scala in Milan. Hayley and Ben's appeal
:17:22. > :17:29.is going global. Videos of them online are attracting
:17:30. > :17:33.hundreds of thousands of views. This weekend, they are doing
:17:34. > :17:35.their first stage show together at I didn't know there
:17:36. > :17:40.was a tenor as well. 1000 billion trillion out
:17:41. > :18:48.of 1000 billion trillion. I have been humming bat. -- that.
:18:49. > :18:58.They said you should be at La Scala, not in Norwich. But you still love
:18:59. > :19:05.basking? -- basking. People are there in front of you. There is
:19:06. > :19:10.nowhere to hide. The reaction comes instantly. You see people there
:19:11. > :19:21.enjoying what you are doing standing there. And you get to work from it?
:19:22. > :19:27.Yes. It is good for ourselves. It is about the people that we get coming
:19:28. > :19:33.over, Kevin us their stories. It is lovely. Working together and finding
:19:34. > :19:45.this relationship with Ben, your voices work so well together. Do you
:19:46. > :19:52.get on well? Look at you two. We get on really well. We just clicked from
:19:53. > :19:57.day one, really. We started singing together and it went from there. You
:19:58. > :20:02.look at someone, you know where they are going, you don't have to work it
:20:03. > :20:07.out. We know what each other are going to do on a certain song. That
:20:08. > :20:17.is something you can't manufacture. You argue over the songs? All the
:20:18. > :20:30.time. We had a really good feel of the repertoire. We will do a big
:20:31. > :20:38.number like Nessum Dorma. People say, you don't do that, do you? Of
:20:39. > :20:45.course. It is lovely seeing them sitting there. And you are going to
:20:46. > :20:54.the theatre. How excited are you? We did a concert at a church over
:20:55. > :20:59.Christmas, a sell out. We did two shows. That was our first
:21:00. > :21:06.performance together. And the Sheringham Little Peter. At the
:21:07. > :21:17.Palladium, you didn't take him. -- Theatre. Was that great? Fantastic.
:21:18. > :21:23.Just over one year ago. A whirlwind since then. I love working with Ben.
:21:24. > :21:29.We feel we can give more as a performance, duets and sellers. The
:21:30. > :21:36.pressure is off. And what is your game? We are trying to go out and
:21:37. > :21:44.tour. Get more work. Do more theatres. A tour of knowledge,
:21:45. > :21:51.Cambridge and London, as buskers. It's more of the theatres. And maybe
:21:52. > :21:54.lascar lap. Well, Hayley and Ben's rendition
:21:55. > :21:57.of Time to Say Goodbye. As tomorrow Britain will be will be
:21:58. > :22:01.invoking the so-called Article 50. It's time for us to
:22:02. > :22:03.say goodbye to the EU. You might think it's time
:22:04. > :22:09.for a nice cup of tea. With a limited edition
:22:10. > :22:33.Brexit teapot. This firm has been in business for
:22:34. > :22:39.almost 40 years. And Mark products to catch a landmark moment. Brexit
:22:40. > :22:45.good not be ignored. Demand is brewing. We have sold advanced
:22:46. > :22:49.orders. The first going to someone in Saxony in Germany. I'm not sure
:22:50. > :22:54.if that is because they are celebrating us going. The very first
:22:55. > :23:01.order from a German. There is a certain irony to it. The process
:23:02. > :23:08.here has changed little since the 17th century. He joined the team
:23:09. > :23:15.recently, and is still, the young apprentice. You've seen it all at my
:23:16. > :23:24.age. But this is great, I never thought I would do something like
:23:25. > :23:30.this. Jill tidy thing up. It is easy compared to some of my desires. And
:23:31. > :23:41.then a tricky job to put the red knob on the end. The Carol in
:23:42. > :23:47.question is precise and proud the work will be seeing the world over.
:23:48. > :23:52.Australia, Kazakhstan. Canada. America. Wherever you can think of,
:23:53. > :23:56.really. It is nice to know that people appreciate what you are
:23:57. > :24:03.doing. They want something British. I like it. Stylish. Designed to be
:24:04. > :24:12.like a flying flag, the union flag in the breeze? That it sent out a
:24:13. > :24:19.message? Very British, patriotic. It takes one week to make each teapot.
:24:20. > :24:24.A slow, particulars business. Above all else, Suffolk made on the
:24:25. > :24:29.doorstep, and that is why they are keen to fly the fact. I love the
:24:30. > :24:38.title, ceramic paint ress. So tomorrow lunchtime,
:24:39. > :24:39.the Prime Minister will trigger what's called Article 50
:24:40. > :24:41.of the Lisbon Treaty. That will pave the way for two years
:24:42. > :24:44.of negotiation before departure. To mark that event, tomorrow's
:24:45. > :24:47.Look East will examine what it Don't miss tomorrow's programme.
:24:48. > :24:55.At 6:30. It was a bit of a slow start to the
:24:56. > :25:03.day. Quite a lot of mist and fog around. Atmospheric photographs to
:25:04. > :25:08.show you. Some swans here. Across a playground, you can see how misty
:25:09. > :25:14.and 40. Once is lifted, spells of subject. Temperatures down to 17
:25:15. > :25:20.Celsius. By Thursday, they could be up to 20. For now, a mild night.
:25:21. > :25:25.This weather system piling in the cloud. For some of us, one or two
:25:26. > :25:29.showers as affecting parts of the region this evening. As it continues
:25:30. > :25:35.to company Southwest, wringing more cloud. And patchy rain. Through the
:25:36. > :25:39.evening and night, a chance of patchy rain in some parts. Dry
:25:40. > :25:45.weather around as well. And much milder tonight compared to last
:25:46. > :25:52.night. We had some pretty cold stuff last night. Close to freezing
:25:53. > :25:56.tonight. The wind coming from the South West. I too moderate. A
:25:57. > :26:04.feature for tomorrow, breezy at times. This weather system kept well
:26:05. > :26:09.to the west by high pressure. But it will be cloudy and through tomorrow
:26:10. > :26:13.compared with today. It should stay dry for most of us. Some brighter
:26:14. > :26:20.spells, perhaps some sunshine. The odd spit and spot. It dry forecast
:26:21. > :26:26.from any part of the region. In temperatures in the brightest bells,
:26:27. > :26:32.up to 16 degrees, light to moderate south-westerly wind. Breeze at
:26:33. > :26:36.times. Thursday, warm air from the south. A one-day Father's Day. This
:26:37. > :26:39.weather system eventually will bring some cool and fresh air for the
:26:40. > :26:47.weekend. That's weather it should hold on. Friday and other warm and
:26:48. > :26:55.sunny day with the rain arriving later. A couple of cracking days. 19
:26:56. > :26:58.or 20 degrees for Thursday, not bad. Good spells of sunshine expected on
:26:59. > :27:05.Friday before the rain eventually pushes in for the weekend, and
:27:06. > :27:07.settled with showers and cooler. There is a terrific! That is all
:27:08. > :28:17.from us, see you tomorrow. A middle-aged woman
:28:18. > :28:20.chasing after a teenage boy...