:00:00. > :00:00.A shortage of nursery teachers is putting
:00:07. > :00:08.children's education at risk, according to a charity.
:00:09. > :00:10.The Muslim community react to Louis Smith's
:00:11. > :00:14.gymnastics ban after he was caught mocking Islam.
:00:15. > :00:17.And the coldest night of thd autumn coming up with a
:00:18. > :00:31.First tonight, a warning of a shortage of qualified nursery
:00:32. > :00:36.Save the Children says therd's been a sharp fall in the number of people
:00:37. > :00:40.applying for those teaching roles, partly because of low pay.
:00:41. > :00:43.And it means many children are at risk of falling behind
:00:44. > :00:49.A report by the charity found that in Peterborough 67%
:00:50. > :00:57.of children at independent nurseries don't have a qualified teacher,
:00:58. > :01:02.in Milton Keynes, where Sam Read spent the day.
:01:03. > :01:07.Zoe, we have to make sure that three eggs at the shop.
:01:08. > :01:10.Whoa, Carlos, you have been busy shopping, haven't you?
:01:11. > :01:12.This may look like just good fun, but these children
:01:13. > :01:16.at nursery in Milton Keynes are learning too.
:01:17. > :01:19.Bosses here say that is partly because there is a qualified
:01:20. > :01:26.My knowledge and expertise provide a better environment
:01:27. > :01:30.All children want to learn `nd it's just providing those opporttnities
:01:31. > :01:35.for them and seizing those loments where you see that you can `dd a bit
:01:36. > :01:38.of extra or teach them something new that they wouldn't
:01:39. > :01:43.But a report by Save the Chhldren says other nurseries
:01:44. > :01:48.The boss here say there is a recruitment crisis
:01:49. > :01:50.and while that is partly about salaries, operators s`y
:01:51. > :01:56.You can't have champagne nurseries with lemonade funding.
:01:57. > :01:58.If the funding levels are not sufficient to provide
:01:59. > :02:02.high-quality care and education then either the standards whll have
:02:03. > :02:05.to slip and corners will be cut or there just won't be
:02:06. > :02:11.There's currently 15 hours free childcare for three
:02:12. > :02:16.That's set to double to 30 hours but providers say the amount paid
:02:17. > :02:20.by the government for that care is not high enough.
:02:21. > :02:25.The Department for Education says the proportion of full-time nursery
:02:26. > :02:27.staff who have at least A levels is rising and that
:02:28. > :02:30.by the end of the parliament, it will be investing record
:02:31. > :02:34.But some in the industry remain concerned.
:02:35. > :02:39.What we know is that if children start behind when they start school,
:02:40. > :02:42.they are four times likely to be behind at 11 at that crucial stage
:02:43. > :02:48.And so they are just set up to stay behind for the rest
:02:49. > :02:53.That's why we have got to act early, we have got to try and invest
:02:54. > :02:55.in nurseries to help childrdn before they start school.
:02:56. > :02:57.Charities and nurseries say they want this month's Autumn St`tement
:02:58. > :03:04.They say the Chancellor needs to act if every child is to get
:03:05. > :03:15.Well, with pressures on nursery providers so gre`t,
:03:16. > :03:17.why is the government doublhng the amount of free childcard
:03:18. > :03:23.I asked our political reporter Tom Barton to explain.
:03:24. > :03:26.Well, Clare, this was a manhfesto commitment from the Conserv`tives at
:03:27. > :03:29.the last election to providd 30 hours of free childcare to families
:03:30. > :03:36.Of course, the point is to try and address the high cost
:03:37. > :03:41.It is going to be introduced from September next year
:03:42. > :03:45.and it's for parents of thrde and four-year-old children where
:03:46. > :03:49.both parents earn at least ?6,0 0 a year and neither parent e`rns more
:03:50. > :03:57.Of course though this is going to just increase the
:03:58. > :03:59.demand on an industry which, as we have just heard,
:04:00. > :04:06.Well, those who represent ntrseries say that the impact is going to
:04:07. > :04:10.According to the Preschool Learning Alliance,
:04:11. > :04:13.as many as half of their melbers say that they might have to close
:04:14. > :04:18.as a result of the funding shortfall in this scheme
:04:19. > :04:22.and while almost all nurserhes currently offer 15 hours
:04:23. > :04:25.of free childcare, as many as seven in ten
:04:26. > :04:28.say that they're considering not taking part in the extended scheme
:04:29. > :04:33.Now, it is worth noting that the Government has
:04:34. > :04:37.increased the amount of funding available by 7% but providers say
:04:38. > :04:41.that that increase to ?4.88 an hour just isn't enough
:04:42. > :04:50.Peterborough gymnast Louis Smith has been banned by his professional body
:04:51. > :04:52.after a video was leaked online showing him mocking Islam.
:04:53. > :04:56.British Gymnastics has suspdnded him from competing for two months,
:04:57. > :05:02.Our reporter Waseem Mirza joins me now.
:05:03. > :05:16.We all know Lewis Smith as ` British Olympics hero. He won silver in the
:05:17. > :05:22.London 2012 and just this stmmer, in Rio. He became famous to a luch
:05:23. > :05:26.wider audience on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing programme. Last month,
:05:27. > :05:30.video appeared online in whhch he and fellow gymnasts Luke Carson seen
:05:31. > :05:38.mocking his arm. He appears to be laughing while Carson is filmed
:05:39. > :05:40.mimicking prepositions. Smith later told BBC Look East he was ddeply
:05:41. > :05:41.sorry. I've caused big offence
:05:42. > :05:43.to the Muslim community and to the people that follow Islam,
:05:44. > :05:46.to the people that support le. You know, I've let,
:05:47. > :05:48.honestly, let so many people down, you know, it w`s a very
:05:49. > :05:51.silly and drunken moment th`t I thought would always stay
:05:52. > :05:53.behind closed doors, you know, it's the moment where you cringe
:05:54. > :06:04.the next morning and you thhnk What is the response into hhs band?
:06:05. > :06:08.Lewis Smith had been trying to rebuild bridges with the Muslim
:06:09. > :06:11.committee. He visited a mospue in London just a few weeks ago saying
:06:12. > :06:16.he needed to learn more abott the religion of Islam. I spoke to the
:06:17. > :06:20.head of the Browne today who said that we should cut him some slack
:06:21. > :06:25.for doing that but given Smhth's position, he said the ban w`s a fair
:06:26. > :06:27.punishment. -- the head of Ramadan Foundation.
:06:28. > :06:29.Young people growing up in our schools look up
:06:30. > :06:31.to him as a role model, not just through his
:06:32. > :06:34.sports but through his various public figures on TV
:06:35. > :06:38.You know, there seems to be a different standard applied when we
:06:39. > :06:40.talk about criticising Islal or mocking Islam, people talk about
:06:41. > :06:43.freedom of speech but when ht is the Jewish faith or the Chrhstian
:06:44. > :06:46.faith or the Hindu faith, there seems to be a different script
:06:47. > :06:49.so I think, you know, I think it is the right dechsion.
:06:50. > :06:53.Banned from two months, what kind of impact will have on his carder? He
:06:54. > :06:56.eventually taking a break from the spot anyway. He is touring `s a
:06:57. > :07:00.guest celebrity on the keep dancing stage production. There are no major
:07:01. > :07:04.competitions scheduled before the end of the any. The only dolestic
:07:05. > :07:06.event that he would stand to mist out on is the British pub tdam
:07:07. > :07:13.Championships and design December. Next, the pace of growth
:07:14. > :07:14.of Cambridgeshire's economy has slowed with manx
:07:15. > :07:17.firms struggling to find That was the conclusion at ` meeting
:07:18. > :07:21.of the top 100 companies But the group are still makhng
:07:22. > :07:24.combined profits of more than a billion pounds a year
:07:25. > :07:27.and say they're investing Our business correspondent
:07:28. > :07:32.Richard Bond reports. Outside London, the economy
:07:33. > :07:34.of Cambridgeshire is in the best A unique mixture of technology,
:07:35. > :07:37.advanced manufacturing World-beating companies
:07:38. > :07:47.such as ARM Holdings, The ecosystem of businesses
:07:48. > :07:50.and health care companies... Each year, the accountancy firm
:07:51. > :07:53.Grant Thornton looks at how the county's top 100
:07:54. > :07:54.companies are doing. Their combined sales were up by just
:07:55. > :07:57.1%, less than previous years. What we are seeing again is people
:07:58. > :08:08.having the confidence in the future of Cambridgeshire
:08:09. > :08:11.to grow and develop. We have seen employee numbers go up
:08:12. > :08:14.significantly and we have sden And we have seen investment
:08:15. > :08:26.in property plant Across the 100 companies,
:08:27. > :08:28.employment increased Average pay, at ?31,700,
:08:29. > :08:32.is above the UK average of ?28, 00. Technology remains the biggdst
:08:33. > :08:34.sector within the top 100 companies. But even it has seen a drop in sales
:08:35. > :08:38.and profits over the last 12 months. The perennial challenge
:08:39. > :08:45.for technology and for many other sectors in the county is access
:08:46. > :08:49.to people but what we are sdeing is that companies are incre`sing
:08:50. > :08:54.their people numbers and I think that is really good
:08:55. > :08:58.and a real strong... Something that we should be
:08:59. > :09:01.proud of for the county. Access to people is a big issue
:09:02. > :09:05.for this software company. Redgate employs nearly 300
:09:06. > :09:09.people in Cambridge. If we want to grow, there's not that
:09:10. > :09:12.many people in Cambridge, so we are poaching from somdone else
:09:13. > :09:15.who is then poaching from us. So it's hard to get enough skilled
:09:16. > :09:19.people into the business. A concern for this and other
:09:20. > :09:22.companies in the survey is that Brexit will make it even harder
:09:23. > :09:29.to recruit staff from oversdas. Richard Bond, BBC
:09:30. > :09:31.Look East, Cambridge. An investigation is underwax
:09:32. > :09:33.after a man was shot in Luton It happened at around
:09:34. > :09:37.1.30am in Dallow Road, and the man in his 20s was found
:09:38. > :09:40.in the car park of a Bedfordshire Police say
:09:41. > :09:43.there was a large scale disturbance. The injured man is in
:09:44. > :09:45.hospital with serious The threat of strikes by easyJet
:09:46. > :09:49.pilots over concerns about fatigue has ended after they acceptdd
:09:50. > :09:51.new proposals from the airlhne. The British Airline Pilots'
:09:52. > :09:56.Association said its members voted to accept the Luton-based
:09:57. > :09:58.carrier's offer. In September, a majority voted
:09:59. > :10:00.in favour of industrial acthon, but talks were held
:10:01. > :10:02.to resolve the row. That's it from me -
:10:03. > :10:04.we're back with news updates throughout BBC Breakfast
:10:05. > :10:06.from 6.30 tomorrow morning. I'll leave you with the weather
:10:07. > :10:08.with Alex Dolan. It's already close to freezhng
:10:09. > :10:12.in some parts of the region Some clear skies right
:10:13. > :10:17.across the region and althotgh these are the sort of temperatures we can
:10:18. > :10:20.expect in towns and cities, out in the
:10:21. > :10:22.countryside, it could get bdlow freezing so the risk of a
:10:23. > :10:25.widespread ground frost loc`lly We've got an area of high pressure
:10:26. > :10:31.bringing us some So expect that chilly
:10:32. > :10:35.start but also some long spells of autumn sunshine,
:10:36. > :10:36.quite a crisp day. Temperature wise, well,
:10:37. > :10:39.it is going to be on the chhlly side despite the sunshine so we're likely
:10:40. > :10:42.to record temperatures of around nine Celsius
:10:43. > :10:43.at their highest. And the wind coming
:10:44. > :10:45.in from the north should be quite a light wind
:10:46. > :10:48.through tomorrow but certainly The national weather's coming up
:10:49. > :10:51.but here's the outlook. And the cold is going
:10:52. > :10:54.to set in for the rest of the week, certainly
:10:55. > :10:56.a chilly outlook, mainly drx before turning unsettled. Good You
:10:57. > :11:13.know what, in