19/05/2017 Look East (West)

"We will definitely gain seats in this region."

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour is determined to take seats

That's why I'm here today, that's why I've been

that's why I'm doing a campaign visit to as many Conservative-held

Stepping up safety patrols on the road that's seen two fatal

Bedfordshire Police, leading the way in finding those

And he has paid the price! Shattered dreams, how do two and missed out in

the final minutes of their play-off against Blackpool.

Jeremy Corbyn has told Look East that his party will "absolutely" win

seats in this region in next month's general election.

The Labour leader was in confident mood as he campaigned in Stevenage,

Bedford and Peterborough, his fourth visit to the region

Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair reports.

The Labour leader appears to have a spring in his step at the moment.

The polls are very slowly starting to narrow and his candidates

are telling him that on the ground the Labour vote is holding up.

This afternoon he addressed supporters in Peterborough.

The Conservatives' manifesto the focus of his attack.

They've released a book called the manifesto which is extraordinary

Labour believes that the Conservatives' plans to change

the way social care is funded and limit the winter fuel

allowance could be a game-changer in this election.

One reason why in Bedford he spent time meeting

Mr Corbyn is convinced that as Labour's policies get more

publicity his party is winning over more people.

We are certainly connecting a great deal.

The numbers of people who have joined the party

since the campaign started is huge, the numbers of people coming out

to help us by knocking on doors, the number of people

We are setting the framework for discussion about the direction

in which this country goes, and I am very pleased about that.

Do you believe Labour can win seats in this region as well as holding

There is no doubting the support for Mr Corbyn in this room.

But if Labour is going to do well in this election,

both he and the party need to get his message outside.

If Labour is going to make progress anywhere it should be

The Conservatives hold it with a majority of less than 2,000.

But they claim to be picking up new supporters in this election.

A lot of people are saying, yes, I've usually been Labour

But we've got to have this Brexit so we are getting more votes

particularly from former Labour supporters.

It will be difficult for me to vote Labour because they have ended up

I think if it had been any other leader other than Jeremy Corbyn

the Labour Party might win the general election.

I think people are voting against him rather

I like what he brings, it is different, not the same

Labour may be feeling more confident tonight

There are four candidates standing in Peterborough.

Their names and parties should be on the screen.

So, have Labour's fortunes turned around?

There has been a small spike in support, they are now in the 30%

bracket but they are still 16% points behind the Conservatives and

an added problem of labour in places like Peterborough and Cambridge in

that UKIP are not standing which will favour the Tories. Labour have

another two problems, the first is Brexit and on the doorsteps they are

meeting voters who are saying they normally vote Labour but because

they want Brexit to be handled properly they will vote

Conservative. The second problem is Jeremy Corbyn,

like a certain brand of yeast extract, you love or hate him. I met

some Labour supporters today who said, I would

like to vote Labour but I am concerned about the idea of Jeremy

Corbyn. He went to Stevenage, Peterborough,

Bedford but not Cambridge, a Labour held seat. Their candidate has the

fight of his life at the moment. He says he intends to visit Cambridge.

I am hearing they are more confident of holding onto the seat and talking

about moving more resources into hock their campaign there.

Thank you very much. Police are increasing high

visibility patrols and speed traps on a stretch of the A605

where there have been three serious collisions and three deaths

in the past ten days. Two young men lost their lives

in one crash and an elderly woman Her family say something must be

done to improve safety on the road. More patrols on the A605

but after the deaths of three people Ahead of us we have got a brief

section of dual carriageway on our side of the road to allow

vehicles to overtake Officers have been targeting this

road after two accidents Jo Booth who was 82 and from nearby

Nassington lost her life at this Leaving her family struggling

to cope with their loss. Devastating, just very sad

and we will all really miss her Everybody that knew

her thought the same. I have spoken to loads of people

who live in the area and they are very upset at losing Jo

and just desperate to get It comes days after two other people

were killed in a separate accident Every time there is a fatal

accident, highways officers and police come down to the scene

to see if there is anything about the road layout

which could have contributed and whether anything can be done

to make the road safer. That hasn't happened yet

but they say it will happen One of the pieces of work

we are continually doing is we analyse the statistics we get

and we look to see if there are And if that is the case then

we will always tried to put something in place to reduce

the number of crashes that happen. Villagers in Elton

have been campaigning The villagers' thoughts

are that this road's junction There have been so many

near-misses and this has been The villagers' view is the junction

needs to be improved and safety The village says it has been

promised traffic calming at the junction but says that is not

enough to stop people Emma Baugh, BBC Look

East, Cambridgeshire. More than 100 people

with dementia go missing every Their memory loss means

they can often be in danger For their families and police,

finding them can be difficult. Now, the county's police force has

become the first in the country to employ a dementia support worker

based at headquarters. The aim, to respond more effectively

if someone disappears. She was diagnosed with dementia

seven years ago and now Before that she was looked

after by her daughter Sue. But the big worry was that she might

get lost and have to You just don't want to think

about it because, you know, And as much as you can be with them,

you can't be with them 24 hours But it's my worst fear

because we live in Biggleswade near the busy London Road

and I always used to think if she got down there

whatever time of day it was, When you were younger,

Marge, did you have pets? That is where Catherine comes in,

she's a dementia support worker They have teamed up

with Bedfordshire Police to create If someone with dementia

has gone missing, I'll To build up a profile

of their background. To find out about places or people

that have been important And the intention is that if they go

missing again the police officers would have a much more comprehensive

picture of where that person might go and ultimately hopefully get

them found much quicker. This is the first police force

in the country to form a partnership like this but the ultimate aim

is prevention rather than cure. It means we have that access now

to a specialist dementia support worker that can work with families

at risk of somebody living And really give us that reassurance

everything is being done to prevent them going missing

in the first place. In the event of that

person being reported in to 999 to the police,

we have that information Living with dementia can

be a difficult and at It is hoped this new approach

will offer practical help to the families of those

most at risk. Kate Bradbrook, BBC

Look East, in Bedfordshire. A judge has ruled that

a Cambridgeshire couple who won the Euromillions have no obligation

to give any more money Dave and Angie Dawes from Wisbech

won ?101 million back in 2011 and gifted ?1 million to their son

Michael. But a court heard yesterday that

within a month he'd spent nearly all of the money on a lavish

lifestyle including giving away a quarter of it

to his partner's family. Stay with us for Julie's

weekend weather forecast. We are looking ahead

to the weekend's big boxing fixture and one of the world's

top awards for white wine The co-leader of the Green Party

told Look East today he was hoping to win votes in our region

on June 8th Despite this being one of the most Brexit-supporting

parts of the country. and they are promising

a second Refendum on the terms They think 16 and 17-year-olds

should be allowed to vote for two new nuclear power stations

in Suffolk and Essex. They would rely on renewable energy

like wind and solar. We will hear from

co-leader Jonathan Bartley, The Greens know they have a mountain

to climb even in their home counties where they lost four seats to Labour

at County Hall. In Suffolk, support was strong in Bury St Edmunds.

Listening to what people have been saying about Jewish and fees.

Worrying about the cost of a university education. A decade ago,

green was the new cool prompting David Cameron to use a sledge to

highlight climate change. They won the seat of deceit on city councils.

Since then local support has faded but the party says their relevance

has not. They will oppose nuclear power plants at Bradl in Essex and

Sizewell in Suffolk. They are against expansion at Stansted

Airport and will promote environmentally friendly transport.

They would also support local wind farms if people back then. They say

that the system of first past the post is rigged against them. They

are currently polling around 3% and it isn't being translated into

Parliamentary seats, they say. We need to change the system to favour

smaller parties. 5% of people voted Ukip or green last year and it

gained them to seats. It makes sense. Leadership is a collegiate

affair. They have two leaders. He is a keen drummer, gaining here with

his band. The party will fight fire out of six seats in the east and if

they win one it will be a huge coup. -- five out of six.

Of course, the Green Party has two leaders

When I spoke to Mr Bartley earlier this afternoon,

I asked him about their disappointing results

When they lost all their seats in Norfolk.

We were squeezed. A lot of people were thinking about the general

election and at general elections people think in different terms.

There's a lot of coverage for the big parties. It's hard for us. We've

been given a lower billing by broadcasters in this election. It

was inevitable that we were to be struggling. If those people were

taking about the general election in the local elections, they will be

thinking about it in the general election, where they? We have got

our place in the leaders debate, plays on question Time, a lot more

media coverage. We've had to fight very hard to get our voice heard but

in the latter part of the general election campaign there will be much

more of a Green presents so people will see what we are standing for

and we'll hear what a green vote means for them particularly in

places like Norwich. You've had good representation on Norwich City

Council and yet parts of it are still among the most polluted parts

of the country. Nothing has been achieved. We haven't controlled the

council so we are not able to put forward our policies but we are able

to shout very loudly when the policies of labour are not

delivering for local people. Labour seem to be stealing a lot of your

policies to shout loudly against you. Take care pollution. Labour

aren't making the right choices. You can't save you will tackle air

pollution and expand roads and airports. You have to make the right

choices around air pollution. We are very principled. We don't

compromise. This is the second most Brexit friendly area in the whole

country and you are saying that you will look again at Brexit and the

deal we get. That is not going to play well with a lot of people here.

People in my family voted Leave. People in our party voted Leave. It

is the biggest decision that will affect our kids futures for decades

to come. Theresa May has conceded after much campaigning that there

should be a vote in parliament on the final deal. If we just that the

MPs, how much more should we be trusting the British people to make

that decision. They are going to have to pay the consequences of the

deal. They should have a vote on whether to accept it. It is their

lives at stake. Our coverage of the Election

continues with Sunday We shall be asking

what small business is looking That's Sunday Politics,

eleven o'clock, BBC One. The Luton Town manager Nathan Jones

says he's proud of his players, despite the heartbreak

of losing to Blackpool in the League Two play-off

semi-final last night. The tie was heading into extra time

but the Hatters conceded an equaliser with virtually

the last kick of the game, Our Sports Editor

Jonathan Park reports. COMMENTATOR: The goalkeeper stays at

home and he's paid the price! No time for Luton to recover. Perhaps

as heartbroken in the 94th minute of as heartbroken in the 94th minute of

their 48 league match. No wonder they hit the deck. We keep doing

this. I supported them 50 years. this. I supported them 50 years.

This is what they do to others. They never make it easy. Terribly

disappointing to lose in that fashion at the end. Gutted, aren't

we? I don't know. Get on with it. Rewind an hour and a half, as soggy

Kenilworth Road was full of hope. They had their work cut out when

Blackpool took the lead and a 2-goal advantage in the tie. The Hatters

rolled up their sleeves and began to dominate. Alan Shearer's shot was

going wide but Kevin Mela's leg had other ideas. Scott Cuthbert glanced

Nathan Jones's side in front. The tie all square. Then a controversial

third for the Hatters. Danny Houghton tumbling theatrically in

the box but sending Luton 5-4 in the tie and on their way to Wembley. By

hook or by crook, it was looking good until Hatters goalkeeper Stuart

Moore entered stage right but his timing was out. Blackpool pulled one

back. 3-2. 5-5 on aggregate. And then that corner, that header, that

Miss kick and more misery. An element of naivete in certain

things. To concede three in all three semifinals, really is

disappointing. I'm proud of how we go about our work, proud of the

group and the club. A miserable record in the play-offs continues.

They've never been promoted by the play-offs. They start next season

back in League 2. Such a contrast. Wembley for them. Which, for them.

There's a big night of boxing ahead for two brothers from Norfolk.

Tomorrow the Walsh twins Liam and Ryan from Cromer

are fighting on the same bill at London's Copper Box Arena.

And is fighting for the IBF Super Featherweight World title.

To the Walsh brothers official fan club, an early breakfast

before making the journey from Cromer to London.

The excitement building ahead of fight night.

They've earned their right to be on that level,

Liam especially on that world level. It's been really nice to see.

Something special, something we've been waiting for seven years,

7-8 years we've been waiting for this.

You wouldn't know it but the brothers are preparing

They are relaxed as ever the hard work behind-the-scenes is done.

For Liam, it's his first crack at a world title.

Every drop of sweat, every drop of love, every hour

we spent in the gym, every little bit of

His opponent, the current world champion failed to make the weight.

Two ounces too much, despite going to all lengths.

You won't get many boxing experts, if any who will tip me

The only man who really needs to believe they can

On the same bill, Ryan makes the third offence

Certainly the biggest in our professional careers.

The biggest in our lives because, in boxing, to be successful,

Back in Cromer, an anxious time for all the family.

Although, the newest members are keeping cool.

It's horrible having to watch them fight and it's going to be great

and I know he's going to bring back that belt.

And, obviously, it's hard to watch but, I'm not nervous.

The Walsh fans are forecasting a mighty storm in the ring.

Must be very difficult watching. I can't believe it comes down to two

ounces. They just take their shirts off. That's why he was holding the

thing up. To the great wine drinking growing

regions of the world Marlborough, Bordeaux and Napa Valley,

we can now add The Norfolk Broads. A family run vineyard

has just beaten off competition To be the first in England

to win one of The Bacchus 2015 from

Winbirri Vineyards in Surlingham. It has been selected the best white

wine from a single grape variety. It's only eight years old but

already this vineyard is a world beater. That's according to 200 top

wine experts at the Decanter world wine awards. They were looking at

wines under ?15 per bottle. It's the pinnacle of what we can do with our

still white wines. It's the biggest competition in the world. To win it

for our Bacchus wine is amazing. The Bacchus grape is an English hedgerow

in a glass. Notes of goo is free and elderflower. Quintessentially

English. The grape was developed in Germany but growers here realised it

was perfect for English conditions. Nature plays a part in the success

here. It is typically warm, dry, and sunny. The soil drains well. But

there is a lot of nurture in producing wine here. No more than 12

kilos in a tray, not crushing the grapes. Once you do, you start

splitting the Skins. You can buy Bacchus 2015 in supermarkets online

but closer to home, they are proud to sell it locally just down the

road at cold hall. Very nice and very tasty. Very sharp and clean. If

it's been voted the best in the world, I can well believe it. The

flavour is delicate but it's got a good flavour. We are great believers

in supporting local projects. To have vineyard just half a mile away

is fantastic. They modestly called the award a pat on the back. They

hope it will encourage vineyards across the country. To win that for

England has put in Gush wines on the map. We've proven with the sparkling

wine in the past that we can beat champagne. Now, with the still wine

we can prove that we can beat the European still wines. They are

planning to plant more vines. The problem with Bacchus now is making

an offer of it. -- making enough of it. It is lovely wine. I ask you to

describe it earlier and you didn't come up with English hedgerow in a

glass. I wish I had. A great description.

Today are much fresher feel. A shock to the system. We've had some rain

as well. Not everywhere. Where we haven't had wet stuff, cloudy skies.

Nevertheless, impressive weather pictures. The radar sequence shows

the shower is well scattered in the East. This area produced some heavy

downpours and quite persistent rain for a time. That's now breaking up

and overnight there will be quite a lot of dry weather. Showers could

happen just about anywhere. For some others, it could turn quite chilly.

Some parts as low as 5-7dC. We might have a fewer overnight showers

lingering for a time but a lot of dry weather to start the day before

more showers start to feed in from the south-west. Temperatures getting

a bit higher than today. Up to about a bit higher than today. Up to about

17 Celsius at best. During the afternoon, showers becoming more

widespread. Longer spells of rain for some of ours. We can't rule out

the odd heavy downpour. On Sunday, high-pressure starting to build.

Sunday looking a fine and dry day. If we are going to see a shower,

probably in the Northwest. It will probably stay dry and in the

sunshine temperatures up to about 18 degrees. That's the trend heading

into Monday. On Monday, highs of 20 Celsius. Quite a lot of cloud around

on Monday but it should stay dry. Perhaps some lengthy spells of

sunshine on Tuesday as high pressure builds.

That's it. From all others. Have a lovely weekend. Goodbye.

It's cold. Tastes a bit like avocado.

And soon we're all going to be eating them.

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