03/01/2017

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:00:09. > :00:11.A hit and run incident in Cambrideshire leaves

:00:12. > :00:13.two pedestrians dead. Police are hunting for the driver.

:00:14. > :00:17.Loss of dignity - a Paralympian says she wet herself on a rail journey

:00:18. > :00:19.because of broken toilets and lack of staff to help.

:00:20. > :00:28.And I will be here with the full weather forcecast for you later.

:00:29. > :00:29.First tonight, police in Cambridgeshire

:00:30. > :00:32.are searching for the driver of a car that was involved in a

:00:33. > :00:34.hit and run incident in which two men died.

:00:35. > :00:36.It happened close to Yaxley near Peterborough, just

:00:37. > :00:51.Police forensic teams scoured the scene on the B1091 this morning,

:00:52. > :00:53.looking for clues which may help explain how two

:00:54. > :00:56.It happened just after 11 o'clock, when police say

:00:57. > :01:01.The victims are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s.

:01:02. > :01:03.Police are still trying to trace their next of kin.

:01:04. > :01:06.For residents, disbelief - and concern that this is not

:01:07. > :01:13.I did hear there had been another hit and run down

:01:14. > :01:29.I do not know what happened with that. But this is quite shocking.

:01:30. > :01:35.For it to happen on your own doorstep soon enough.

:01:36. > :01:53.In the last few hours, the police are looking into evidence connected

:01:54. > :01:58.to a phone call we have heard. A briefcase full of money was

:01:59. > :02:07.apparently recovered from the scene. Residency changes are needed for the

:02:08. > :02:23.road. We do need the traffic cameras here. The person police want to

:02:24. > :02:29.speak to is the driver of the BMW. We believe he fled the scene on foot

:02:30. > :02:36.but despite the use of the police helicopter, he remains at large.

:02:37. > :02:40.And a man has died after his car was hit by a train at a

:02:41. > :02:41.level crossing in Lidlington in central Bedfordshire.

:02:42. > :02:44.The London Midland service from Bedford to Bletchley struck

:02:45. > :02:47.the car at half past nine. No-one on the train was hurt

:02:48. > :02:58.and police say the man's death is not being treated as suspicious.

:02:59. > :03:00.A Paralympian says she was left to wet herself

:03:01. > :03:03.because the disabled toilet was not working.

:03:04. > :03:05.Anne Wafula Strike has represented Team GB in wheelchair racing

:03:06. > :03:08.and been awarded the MBE for her charity work

:03:09. > :03:11.She was travelling back to her home in Harlow

:03:12. > :03:14.She says she felt robbed of her dignity.

:03:15. > :03:16.Here is our chief reporter Kim Riley.

:03:17. > :03:17.The 42-year-old wheelchair racer is a board member

:03:18. > :03:20.of UK Athletics and was awarded an MBE for her services

:03:21. > :03:23.She was returning to Harlow from a board meeting in Coventry

:03:24. > :03:26.last month when her train journey of almost three hours turned

:03:27. > :03:33.The CrossCountry train's disabled toilet was out of order.

:03:34. > :03:37.A member of the train crew suggested she get off the train at a station

:03:38. > :03:40.to use the disabled toilet there, but there were no staff

:03:41. > :03:44.She could not wait until the train reached Peterborough.

:03:45. > :03:48.I had to do it. I could not wait.

:03:49. > :03:50.It was humiliating, but I had to do it.

:03:51. > :03:52.When that happened to me, I just realised that sometimes,

:03:53. > :03:54.when you are different, you are so isolated.

:03:55. > :03:56.The world disqualifies you from having a life.

:03:57. > :03:58.It is as though, when you have a disability,

:03:59. > :04:04.you don't deserve to have equal rights in the community.

:04:05. > :04:06.The MP for Harlow, Robert Halfon, has taken up her complaints

:04:07. > :04:08.with CrossCountry Trains, describing the service as appalling

:04:09. > :04:10.and totally unacceptable in the 21st-century.

:04:11. > :04:17.I have never heard her complain in this way about her disability.

:04:18. > :04:19.In fact, she is a very positive, wonderful human being.

:04:20. > :04:22.It hugely saddens me that she has had to suffer and be humiliated by

:04:23. > :04:48.A spokesperson for CrossCountry said...

:04:49. > :04:50.Anne says she decided to speak out in the hope

:04:51. > :04:59.Too many people with disabilities, she says, suffer in silence.

:05:00. > :05:02.I spoke to Anne earlier and asked if she had heard

:05:03. > :05:07.They haven't apologised directly to me.

:05:08. > :05:11.They have sent a statement to the BBC this morning.

:05:12. > :05:14.They have also sent a letter to my local MP, Robert Halfon, but

:05:15. > :05:16.they have not actually apologised directly to me.

:05:17. > :05:29.This is what so many other people with disabilities are going through.

:05:30. > :05:32.You know, this is what it means to really have a system

:05:33. > :05:38.that is letting you down, a system that is failing you.

:05:39. > :05:40.The CrossCountry trains failed me big time.

:05:41. > :05:48.The least they could do is at least apologise.

:05:49. > :05:50.Is that why you decided to come forward publicly,

:05:51. > :05:53.given that you have a profile as a Paralympic athlete?

:05:54. > :05:58.I am not going public because I have a profile as a

:05:59. > :06:02.Paralympian, I have gone public about this issue because I do not

:06:03. > :06:07.You do not need to be a Paralympian, you do not need to be in

:06:08. > :06:10.the public eye for the world to listen to you.

:06:11. > :06:13.I think people who are suffering, they need to rise up, they need

:06:14. > :06:18.Will you be travelling by train again?

:06:19. > :06:24.I will be travelling by train again and the reason why I

:06:25. > :06:27.will be travelling by train again is because I really want to hold

:06:28. > :06:32.Finally, we hear about the huge profits that train companies

:06:33. > :06:34.get but with something like this, an incident like this,

:06:35. > :06:37.should they be fined for this type of unacceptable

:06:38. > :06:42.There should be huge, huge fines imposed on such

:06:43. > :06:51.The CrossCountry trains should be fined for what has happened.

:06:52. > :06:52.We have legislation that actually supports passengers

:06:53. > :06:54.with disabilities, that says their human rights

:06:55. > :06:59.or disability rights are met, but what is the need of

:07:00. > :07:01.having legislation that is so weak that companies

:07:02. > :07:11.and organisations and big franchises will get out without paying fines?

:07:12. > :07:15.I think it is high time we started to call upon the government and all

:07:16. > :07:29.together, so that we can start to hold such people to account.

:07:30. > :07:31.2017 will see the pharmaeutical company AstraZeneca start

:07:32. > :07:34.to move into its new global headquarters in Cambridge.

:07:35. > :07:35.Up to 2,000 scientists will eventually be housed

:07:36. > :07:38.in a bespoke building on the city's Biomedical Campus.

:07:39. > :07:44.This from our business correspondent, Richard Bond.

:07:45. > :07:47.Taking shape in Cambridge - a building that will

:07:48. > :07:51.one of the leading centres of drug discovery in the world.

:07:52. > :07:53.Four years ago, AstraZeneca said it would move

:07:54. > :07:55.its headquarters to the city. At the Cambridge biomedical campus,

:07:56. > :07:57.facilities for 2,000 workers are being created.

:07:58. > :08:01.The first of them will move in later this year.

:08:02. > :08:04.At the moment, they are scattered around

:08:05. > :08:11.eight sites in the area, including this office

:08:12. > :08:16.There are many times in your career, as a scientist, that you can work

:08:17. > :08:17.with designers and build your own building,

:08:18. > :08:19.that is dedicated to the science you are undertaking.

:08:20. > :08:22.It really is a sense of real excitement for

:08:23. > :08:24.AstraZeneca as a whole, but also the scientists

:08:25. > :08:29.that will be working in the new building.

:08:30. > :08:31.It will be a big moment for the region's economy when

:08:32. > :08:34.this site of the global headquarters of one of the world's biggest

:08:35. > :08:40.Construction work is at its peak on the ?330 million project.

:08:41. > :08:43.Once complete, the buildings will be powered by ground source heating

:08:44. > :08:51.The R centre will also include the corporate headquarters,

:08:52. > :08:55.which was moved up from London in 2016, so we will end up

:08:56. > :08:57.there with 1,500-2,000 scientists, and corporate headquarters, served

:08:58. > :09:07.Included in the workforce will be 400 people who moved to Cambridge

:09:08. > :09:09.from AstraZeneca's former research base in Cheshire.

:09:10. > :09:24.A big shake-up, but one that has been a massive boost to the city.

:09:25. > :09:26.Peterborough City Hospital says its faced an

:09:27. > :09:28.unprecedented demand for care in its accident

:09:29. > :09:30.and emergency department within the last 24 hours.

:09:31. > :09:32.A critical internal incident was declared yesterday and

:09:33. > :09:34.Extra staff were called in to assess patients

:09:35. > :09:38.Meanwhile, Cambridge University Hospitals are urging people to stay

:09:39. > :10:00.We can catch up with the latest weather now, with Alex Dolan.

:10:01. > :10:03.Temperatures got a few degrees below freezing last night.

:10:04. > :10:05.Tonight, they should stay just above freezing,

:10:06. > :10:08.because there is a lot more cloud over the region.

:10:09. > :10:11.It looks like it will be mainly dry, but by the end of the night, across

:10:12. > :10:14.northern counties, there could be just a few spots of rain.

:10:15. > :10:17.Temperature-wise, it should be no lower than 2-3 Celsius.

:10:18. > :10:21.Temperatures starting to rise tomorrow morning as this weather

:10:22. > :10:32.It will bring some light spots of rain or drizzle.

:10:33. > :10:34.It also introduces colder air behind it

:10:35. > :10:36.in the afternoon, once that front has moved through.

:10:37. > :10:40.A bit of a cloudy start, with some spots of rain first thing.

:10:41. > :10:41.Following that, some bright winter sunshine.

:10:42. > :10:43.But feeling rather cold, for most of us, with the

:10:44. > :10:45.temperature not getting up much above 6-7 Celsius.

:10:46. > :10:47.We'll start to establish a brisk north-westerly

:10:48. > :10:49.wind, which will make it feel colder still.

:10:50. > :10:51.The national weather is coming up, but here is

:10:52. > :10:56.A cold start to Thursday, but lots of winter sunshine around.

:10:57. > :11:11.milder later in the week. That is it from me but coming up next is the

:11:12. > :11:15.national picture. Good evening. But frost or not of frost, that is the

:11:16. > :11:19.weather question for tomorrow and the answer is no, probably not

:11:20. > :11:20.because of this weather front that