:00:00. > :00:00.a key business report ranked it top in the UK
:00:00. > :00:10.up over two per cent in the last year.
:00:11. > :00:26.Milton Keynes disguised as Metropolis, its futuristic buildings
:00:27. > :00:30.selected to double as Clark Kent's home city but 30 years on from
:00:31. > :00:35.Superman's flying visit and Milton Keynes has become its own mini
:00:36. > :00:42.metropolis even getting its own edition of monopoly. Over 70% of
:00:43. > :00:50.businesses in Milton Keynes started up in the town and over 60% of them
:00:51. > :00:52.employed no war than five people and by 2013 the latest estimates show
:00:53. > :00:58.that over ?30,000 as the average salary. The rear of Milton Keynes in
:00:59. > :01:03.the early days was good road and rail links by transport he was about
:01:04. > :01:06.to get the first, the government has already thrown its weight behind the
:01:07. > :01:14.new east-west rail link connecting Oxford to Milton Keynes and on to
:01:15. > :01:18.Cambridge. The next step will be airing details about the work and
:01:19. > :01:20.consulted on routes, we will do it in a sensitive away as possible and
:01:21. > :01:25.we will also deliver the connectivity we need in the heart of
:01:26. > :01:30.England here. This family run a haulage firm and had humble
:01:31. > :01:34.beginnings, the company is growing by the day. Today they are taking
:01:35. > :01:39.delivery of the first of 47 new trucks, expanding the footprint of
:01:40. > :01:45.this business across country. We investing ?3 million on the site,
:01:46. > :01:49.raising the roof, so be from 6000 ballot spaces to 15,000 pallets
:01:50. > :01:56.pieces so watch this space, Milton Keynes is growing. Warehouses here
:01:57. > :02:03.are super size, among them is this business, its Reach global. It is a
:02:04. > :02:06.shop window to our customers, many people come from across the globe to
:02:07. > :02:12.see us so it is important we are in a dynamic working environment. It is
:02:13. > :02:17.a great backdrop to a operation. It is not just manufacturing jobs in
:02:18. > :02:19.Milton Keynes attracts, it has become a successful technology hub
:02:20. > :02:26.attracting digital and creative jobs, too. Jobs that have inspired
:02:27. > :02:30.structural reality work. Here at the visualisation lab at the transport
:02:31. > :02:36.Systems catapult designers are working on ways to help us navigate
:02:37. > :02:44.our towns and cities in the future than one method is by using virtual
:02:45. > :02:47.reality. They made fun of its roundabout -- of the roundabouts but
:02:48. > :02:50.today it is one of the fastest-growing towns in the country
:02:51. > :02:55.with the business pedigree to match but most here regarded a city. Will
:02:56. > :02:58.it ever get the status to match its ideals and exhilarating growth?
:02:59. > :03:01.Pam Gosal is head of Corporate Economic Development
:03:02. > :03:03.and Inward Investment for Milton Keynes Council.
:03:04. > :03:11.I asked her what the secret was of Milton Keynes business success?
:03:12. > :03:19.You have that busy city centre jobs, you have the countryside feel as
:03:20. > :03:23.well and second would-be location, the fact that we have the north and
:03:24. > :03:27.south moving, East and West hopefully, the knowledge with the
:03:28. > :03:31.connectivity and location we have, that there is a good skills pool. It
:03:32. > :03:35.is important for businesses looking to Milton Keynes, the fact that you
:03:36. > :03:39.know our business has a lawyer and accountant there, a printer, we have
:03:40. > :03:45.so many diverse businesses that we have that in one place and last but
:03:46. > :03:49.not least Milton Keynes has much wind, we have a lot of development
:03:50. > :03:56.sites, commercial and residential, which work with our partners include
:03:57. > :03:59.the PB work with partners and make sure that is an investment. With the
:04:00. > :04:05.growing workforce echoes pressure on housing and infrastructure, how are
:04:06. > :04:10.you coping with that? We have the MK futures commission report which is
:04:11. > :04:13.looking at six key priorities, all the challenges we have moving
:04:14. > :04:24.forward whether it is infrastructure or to do with housing or basically
:04:25. > :04:27.IT related to higher education, or mobility with the ground. It is
:04:28. > :04:32.important we are looking at it not just in 50 years but looking 50
:04:33. > :04:36.years ahead. That all costs money at a time when the councils are
:04:37. > :04:41.strapped for cash. You're right, all councils are strapped for cash but
:04:42. > :04:46.this is where it is important that we are in the private sector, Milton
:04:47. > :04:49.Keynes Council has many partnerships not just with public bodies but we
:04:50. > :04:52.have good partnerships with the private sector and it is about
:04:53. > :04:56.enabling the private sector to help deliver our priorities whether it is
:04:57. > :05:01.apprenticeships are looking at tech hubs. Wave back the Prime Minister
:05:02. > :05:07.has been outlining how the economy might work post Brexit, how do you
:05:08. > :05:10.think Milton Keynes will fear? Milton Keynes is an extremely
:05:11. > :05:15.successful place in the fact that after the vote we are still getting
:05:16. > :05:19.a high level of enquiry from international and international
:05:20. > :05:24.businesses are not to forget our businesses are growing a lot one as
:05:25. > :05:25.well so I think to be honest at this moment I could say that it had
:05:26. > :05:27.affected body Keynes. whose body was found in a septic
:05:28. > :05:32.tank at her home in Royston has told a court her daughter had
:05:33. > :05:34.complained of feeling in the weeks before
:05:35. > :05:37.she went missing. also said she felt "uneasy"
:05:38. > :05:40.about her daughter's He denies drugging her with sleeping
:05:41. > :05:58.pills and murdering her. Bailey had suffered from memory
:05:59. > :06:01.lapses and felt dizzy and spaced out in the weeks and months before her
:06:02. > :06:09.disappearance in April. The jury heard from Helen's mother through
:06:10. > :06:12.video link. She said on one occasion Helen was left traumatised after
:06:13. > :06:18.realising she had left her beloved dog on the beach and had returned
:06:19. > :06:21.home without him. We have just one week before she went missing that
:06:22. > :06:24.Helen had called her mother sending anxious, after waking from a file or
:06:25. > :06:30.sleep in the middle of the day. Eileen Bailey broke down in tears
:06:31. > :06:34.were giving evidence, she also said she felt uneasy about Helen's
:06:35. > :06:38.relationship with Ian Stewart due to her state of mind. A police
:06:39. > :06:44.interview with the defendant was played in court and we have in one
:06:45. > :06:48.of the officers involved. This officer said I often found him rude,
:06:49. > :06:53.temperamental, uncooperative and dismissive of us. After the first
:06:54. > :06:59.interview she said he asked and I still suspect? I must be, I must be
:07:00. > :07:03.a suspect. Helen Bailey's body was found in a cesspit under her home
:07:04. > :07:06.three months after she vanished in April last year. The prosecution
:07:07. > :07:12.claimed Ian Stewart sedated his fiancee with sleeping pills before
:07:13. > :07:16.killing her for her money. Ian Stewart denies murder, averting the
:07:17. > :07:17.course of justice of fraud and preventing a lawful burial. The case
:07:18. > :07:23.will continue on Wednesday. Police divers have been searching
:07:24. > :07:26.a lake in Northamptonshire today trying to track down
:07:27. > :07:28.the killer of a pensioner. David Brickwood was murdered
:07:29. > :07:30.in his own home in Northampton So far no one has been
:07:31. > :07:34.charged with his murder, and police are yet to
:07:35. > :07:49.find the murder weapon. Searching the icy water, more than a
:07:50. > :07:54.year after David Brookwood was murdered in his own home. Police
:07:55. > :07:59.today looking for any clue to help track down his killer. We never
:08:00. > :08:03.located the weapon that killed David, and we don't not exactly what
:08:04. > :08:09.was stolen from his address so we are looking for anything that might
:08:10. > :08:12.have been the weapon that has harmed her that anything that could have
:08:13. > :08:15.come from his address. David was described as an honest and caring
:08:16. > :08:19.man and was asleep in his own bed when he was stabbed five times in
:08:20. > :08:24.what police described as a dreadful and violent attack. Despite appeals
:08:25. > :08:29.including one on the BBC's Crimewatch programme, questions
:08:30. > :08:33.remain about exactly what happened. Police say they will continue to do
:08:34. > :08:34.all they can to try and bring his killers to justice.
:08:35. > :08:37.That's how the region is looking tonight.
:08:38. > :08:40.Coming up next the weather with Julie, but from me
:08:41. > :08:43.We'll be back with the Breakfast bulletins from 06.25
:08:44. > :08:56.We might have a little bit of light rain and drizzle to light but be
:08:57. > :09:01.largely dry and under clear skies turning chilly. Temperatures down to
:09:02. > :09:05.-1 or two but we might see some even more, perhaps -5 and we have a
:09:06. > :09:10.yellow warning in place for fog. Some of that will be freezing fog
:09:11. > :09:14.and leads to tricky driving conditions not just an iPod tomorrow
:09:15. > :09:16.morning as well. Some of this fog could linger through the day of or
:09:17. > :09:21.not everywhere, some other should hopefully brighten up with some
:09:22. > :09:25.sunshine coming through. Where that happens highs of around 6 degrees,
:09:26. > :09:29.whether fog lingers temperatures struggling to get above freezing. In
:09:30. > :09:33.finish the day drive but under the clear skies of frost then fog
:09:34. > :09:36.resuming in forming. On Wednesday at cell high-pressure migrating
:09:37. > :09:42.eastwards, the wind picking up little so on Wednesday the frost in
:09:43. > :09:47.the fog should clear more readily if all goes to plan. Then on Thursday
:09:48. > :09:52.we start to drag in much cold air from the continent. After a frosty
:09:53. > :09:58.start plenty of sunshine really feeling very chilly, especially in
:09:59. > :10:02.the wind. Hopefully not quite as cold on Friday, largely dry with
:10:03. > :10:03.brightness and sunshine. We have the
:10:04. > :10:05.For the weekend we will have dry weather with sunny spells and it
:10:06. > :10:15.will be a little bit milder. Good evening. We are continuing to
:10:16. > :10:23.see huge righty in the weather. Getting the detail right is proving
:10:24. > :10:28.to be a challenge. This was in Pembrokeshire and other parts of the
:10:29. > :10:34.UK were gloomy throughout the day. The fog is thickening up right now.
:10:35. > :10:42.Particularly pool on the M5 in south-west England. Very foggy
:10:43. > :10:47.across parts of the West Country. This fog is tending to spread its
:10:48. > :10:51.way further eastwards. Some fog as well across parts of Yorkshire.
:10:52. > :10:57.Northern Ireland and Scotland are mild but damn. This is how we will
:10:58. > :11:00.start the day. At eight o'clock in the morning, quite a lot of fog
:11:01. > :11:06.around which could affect the major airports. What all of us have seen
:11:07. > :11:12.fog. There will be Sunni areas to western fringes of England and
:11:13. > :11:17.Wales. Across Northern Ireland and Scotland it is much milder. Some
:11:18. > :11:21.patchy rain around coming in on the Bruce, particularly over the hills
:11:22. > :11:27.in the West. Much of that will fade away. It will be relatively mild.
:11:28. > :11:32.For England and Wales, much of the fog were clear. Some of it will not
:11:33. > :11:38.sell it will be especially chilly. Quite a contrast in temperatures
:11:39. > :11:43.again. -- so it will be especially chilly. Despite sunshine, it will be
:11:44. > :11:48.on the chilly side. The fog will come back again. On Wednesday
:11:49. > :11:52.morning, Central and eastern parts are particularly prone. Some
:11:53. > :11:56.sunshine will emerge. Rather more cloud for Northern Ireland and
:11:57. > :12:02.Scotland. Most of the rain will be held at bay. Still relatively mild.
:12:03. > :12:07.A real edge to that further south and east. It would be a sign of
:12:08. > :12:10.things to come. On Thursday we will tap into some particularly cold air
:12:11. > :12:17.sitting over the continent for several days now. Europe is frozen
:12:18. > :12:22.at the moment. Some of the freezing cold air will head towards us on a
:12:23. > :12:28.stiffening south-easterly breeze. Some places will not get above
:12:29. > :12:31.freezing, maybe the odd snow flurry. Wherever you are, it will feel cold.
:12:32. > :12:32.All