:00:00. > 3:59:59Gove and Labour's Brexit Secretary Kier Starmer as well. Join me now on
:00:00. > :00:00.BBC Two. Some campaigners say they're
:00:00. > :00:15.disappointed a popular female MP is off the list of candidates
:00:16. > :00:17.for Cambridgeshire Mayor. Should scientists be allowed
:00:18. > :00:28.to experiment with embryos And after the trial of last week,
:00:29. > :00:34.I'll have a fairly settled forecast for the week ahead.
:00:35. > :00:40.One of the region's most high-profile MPs has failed
:00:41. > :00:42.in her attempt to run for the new role of
:00:43. > :00:46.Heidi Allen hasn't made the short list to be Conservative candidate.
:00:47. > :00:49.Meanwhile, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told BBC Look East
:00:50. > :00:52.he is not in favour of even having a mayor.
:00:53. > :00:55.Mousumi Bakshi reports on the latest devolution developments.
:00:56. > :01:00.Felled at the first hurdle - Heidi Allen, thought by many to be
:01:01. > :01:08.the most high-profile Conservative candidate in a five-horse race,
:01:09. > :01:09.will not be Cambridge's first elected mayor.
:01:10. > :01:12.Securing just four votes, the MP crashed out of the short list
:01:13. > :01:14.process along with former leader of Peterborough City
:01:15. > :01:18.The decision here has been met with disbelief.
:01:19. > :01:23.It looks like the selection process for the Conservatives was done
:01:24. > :01:29.She was the only woman in the room, basically, as far as I'm told.
:01:30. > :01:32.So you think, well, maybe that's something to do with it.
:01:33. > :01:37.I think it is down to Heidi Allen being someone who is not afraid
:01:38. > :01:41.Possibly, that is why she would have made such a good mayor.
:01:42. > :01:44.In a statement, a senior member of the Southeast
:01:45. > :01:58.I've heard it said, pale, male and stale.
:01:59. > :02:02.Three Tory candidates will now go forward
:02:03. > :02:06.Steve Count, the leader of Cambridgeshire County Council.
:02:07. > :02:08.James Palmer, who leads up East Cambridgeshire.
:02:09. > :02:12.And district councillor Roger Harrison.
:02:13. > :02:15.The Green Party will announce its candidate this Thursday,
:02:16. > :02:20.while both Ukip and the Lib Dems have already made their selections.
:02:21. > :02:22.Paul Bullen representing Ukip, with city councillor Rod Cantrill
:02:23. > :02:28.Businessman Peter Dawe is so far the only independant
:02:29. > :02:34.Labour has yet to select a candidate.
:02:35. > :02:37.Its leader decidedly lukewarm at the prospect.
:02:38. > :02:41.I'm not totally wedded to the idea of mayors that are underfunded
:02:42. > :02:44.and given huge responsibility to deliver central
:02:45. > :02:50.What we need is proper funding of local government.
:02:51. > :02:53.The new mayor will take control of planning and transport budgets
:02:54. > :03:04.But without its most recognisable candidate, will anyone notice?
:03:05. > :03:10.to become the first elected mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
:03:11. > :03:12.Waseem Mirza has been gauging the political reaction
:03:13. > :03:19.Well, with the elections for a Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
:03:20. > :03:22.coming every closer, there is still fierce debate about
:03:23. > :03:25.Following Jeremy Corbyn's comments at the weekend,
:03:26. > :03:29.the group leader of the Liberal Democrats for Cambridehsire -
:03:30. > :03:31.Councillor Lucy Nethsingha - said that she was in agreement
:03:32. > :03:38.with him over the issue, felt "frustrated".
:03:39. > :03:48.I don't think we need a Maher. I don't think there is a desire for
:03:49. > :03:52.the post, and I think it was imposed by central Government. It is
:03:53. > :03:59.frustrating that Jeremy Corbyn should say that at this stage, when
:04:00. > :04:02.it might not have happened had they not been supportive earlier.
:04:03. > :04:03.Well, Heidi Allen of course, had insisted
:04:04. > :04:07.that she could have served as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
:04:08. > :04:11.and continue her job as MP for the south of the county, too.
:04:12. > :04:13.But some were tonight critical of that insistence, and that
:04:14. > :04:15.if followed through, both roles would have
:04:16. > :04:30.I think that was a bit of arrogance. Quite frankly. It demeans both
:04:31. > :04:32.roles. To be a member of Parliament, to have to give your life to it.
:04:33. > :04:34.Has there been any reaction from Heidi Allen herself?
:04:35. > :04:55.She said she was naturally disappointed in the outcome.
:04:56. > :05:00.She did though say she fully respects the decision
:05:01. > :05:03.The jury in the Helen Bailey murder trial has been told her fiance,
:05:04. > :05:06.Ian Stewart, tried to push through the sale of her flat
:05:07. > :05:09.The children's author went missing from her home in Royston in April.
:05:10. > :05:11.Her body was found there three months later.
:05:12. > :05:18.The court was told that, on Monday the 11th of April,
:05:19. > :05:21.Helen Bailey was due to meet a solicitor to arrange the sale
:05:22. > :05:27.But instead, Ian Stewart turned up, claiming she was unwell.
:05:28. > :05:30.Later on, after she was reported missing, he began to push
:05:31. > :05:32.for the sale to go through in her absence.
:05:33. > :05:35.And even mentioned invoking a power of attorney.
:05:36. > :05:42.The solicitor, Timothy Penn, said that, by July, Ian shows became
:05:43. > :05:45.very anxious and not at all pleased to hear the sale couldn't go ahead.
:05:46. > :05:47.We heard, too, from Ian Stewart's sons.
:05:48. > :05:50.Jamie, seen here on the right, said his father suffered from ill-health
:05:51. > :05:54.and had undergone surgery to remove a cancerous lump.
:05:55. > :05:56.He said, he couldn't even reach a dinner tray.
:05:57. > :06:01.We heard he told police, I don't know how my dad
:06:02. > :06:06.I couldn't imagine him wanting to do her any harm.
:06:07. > :06:09.The court also heard how Ian Stewart's other son, Oliver,
:06:10. > :06:12.told police in December last year that his father told him two
:06:13. > :06:15.men came to the house wanting Helen's paperwork.
:06:16. > :06:19.He said, on one occasion, they punched Ian Stewart in the stomach.
:06:20. > :06:22.He said his father had implied the men were connected
:06:23. > :06:28.The prosecution claim Ian Stewart drugged Helen Bailey
:06:29. > :06:31.with sleeping pills before killing her and putting her body
:06:32. > :06:36.He denies murder, perverting the course of justice,
:06:37. > :06:42.fraud and preventing a lawful burial.
:06:43. > :06:44.While Jamie was giving evidence today, Ian Stewart was seen
:06:45. > :06:50.We heard from a nurse who treated him on the 11th of April,
:06:51. > :06:53.describing him as distant and matter of fact.
:06:54. > :06:57.Later this week, we are expected to hear from Helen Bailey's mother,
:06:58. > :07:11.and this trial could last another six weeks.
:07:12. > :07:13.A Cambridge scientist says allowing embryos to be studied
:07:14. > :07:16.beyond the legal limit of two weeks could shed light on why
:07:17. > :07:20.But the idea of changing the law has raised ethical questions,
:07:21. > :07:24.A human embryo, and how it develops in its very first hours.
:07:25. > :07:27.But nearly half of fertilised eggs die even before a mother
:07:28. > :07:32.And around 20% of pregnancies fail within seven weeks.
:07:33. > :07:35.One of the world's leading embryologists now believes
:07:36. > :07:41.14 days, the legal limit, could shed light on why
:07:42. > :07:46.That's the time when three layers of cells come together
:07:47. > :07:52.So that's the process of development that very often goes wrong.
:07:53. > :07:56.Dee from Cambridge has two healthy sons.
:07:57. > :07:58.But after they were born, heartbreak.
:07:59. > :08:06.And two that were a bit later and did have an explanation for.
:08:07. > :08:09.When you go through miscarriage, and it is very devastating,
:08:10. > :08:11.You want to research to be done to prevent
:08:12. > :08:14.If it is something that can be prevented by looking
:08:15. > :08:17.in that time period, doing research, it has to be
:08:18. > :08:20.Father Mark Langham is a Catholic chaplain.
:08:21. > :08:21.The law shouldn't be relaxed, he says.
:08:22. > :08:26.Experimentation on embryos shouldn't happen at all.
:08:27. > :08:29.It is how important we attach protecting
:08:30. > :08:33.the most vulnerable and most defenceless forms of life
:08:34. > :08:41.We understand people's pain and hurt.
:08:42. > :08:43.But life in all its forms, even the most defenceless
:08:44. > :08:46.and the earliest stages of life, is precious and must be protected.
:08:47. > :08:53.Now, at the moment, scientists only know how to keep embryos growing
:08:54. > :08:59.So even if there was a change in the law, limits were lifted,
:09:00. > :09:02.embryologists would have do find new techniques to
:09:03. > :09:08.I strongly promote the opening of this debate by involving
:09:09. > :09:11.not only scientists, but also the public
:09:12. > :09:19.To reach a consensus for how long. Should we go beyond day 14 one day?
:09:20. > :09:22.And if so, what should be our next time point?
:09:23. > :09:34.That's the late news from Look East -
:09:35. > :09:36.let's get the weather for the week ahead.
:09:37. > :09:43.It is a fairly unsettled week of weather ahead.
:09:44. > :09:46.Tonight, some long, clear spells, and under clear skies temperatures
:09:47. > :09:52.We will see a frost, and with light winds,
:09:53. > :09:54.we can't rule out some patchy fog as well.
:09:55. > :09:57.So, tomorrow morning, some of us will have a cold start.
:09:58. > :09:59.And then, a lot of dry weather with some sunshine.
:10:00. > :10:02.The further north and west you are, the more likely you will hold
:10:03. > :10:06.Even here, we can see the cloud thinning and breaking.
:10:07. > :10:08.Temperatures struggling only up to three or four Celsius.
:10:09. > :10:11.A chilly day and we hold onto the wind.
:10:12. > :10:13.And also hold onto dry conditions through tomorrow evening
:10:14. > :10:19.We could see minus four or minus five.
:10:20. > :10:23.Wednesday, this weather front should stay to the north.
:10:24. > :10:28.A very cold and frosty start, and then it should be
:10:29. > :10:33.The further south you are, the more likely you are to hold
:10:34. > :10:36.The further north, cloudier skies, with perhaps
:10:37. > :10:41.On Thursday, that weather front steps southwards
:10:42. > :10:45.Although there is still quite a lot of uncertainty.
:10:46. > :10:47.But a cloudier day on Thursday, it looks like, with temperatures
:10:48. > :10:51.And it's almost a repeat performance for Friday.
:10:52. > :10:53.In a moment, Nick will have the national forecast,
:10:54. > :11:09.perhaps a little milder. If you like the mild weather, you'll have to
:11:10. > :11:14.head elsewhere in the country. Find out more in the national weather
:11:15. > :11:17.forecast. Our weather is going against normal expectations this
:11:18. > :11:21.week. In Highland Scotland some snow to be seen on the hills.
:11:22. > :11:26.Temperatures as high as 12 Celsius today. Over the next few days the
:11:27. > :11:31.coldest air is in the far south-east of England where there is sunshine
:11:32. > :11:35.to be had. Four or five Celsius in Kent. Differences remain over the
:11:36. > :11:41.next few days and here is why. I pressure in control of the weather.
:11:42. > :11:46.Some clear a continental air, but coming into Scotland from the
:11:47. > :11:47.Atlantic plenty of clouds