17/02/2017 Look East (West)


17/02/2017

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Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Thousands of Vauxhall workers in Luton are waiting to hear

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about the future of their jobs after crunch talks in Paris.

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The Business Secretary held emergency talks with Peugeot

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who are considering a takeover of General Motors in Europe.

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Vans being assembled at the Vauxhall plant in Luton.

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The van has a proud history of production here, but

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looking forward there is uncertainty, as the French

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car-maker PSA, which owns Peugeot and Citroen,

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looks to take over the

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European arm of Vauxhall's parent company, GM.

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We have been here before so I think most people are

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We are just waiting to see until something is

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We do not know what is going on, we have not

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They just said they will let us know when they know.

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Last October I visited Vauxhall as they celebrated

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50 new jobs being created at their police car factory in Luton -

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Today, the UK Business Secretary Greg Clark said he had constructive

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But he made no assurances about Vauxhall's future.

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If this deal goes ahead there will be plant

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Now, the question then is where will the axe fall?

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The UK plant are very efficient but we have very flexible

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labour market rules in the UK and it is very

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easy to fire workers, and

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also of course there is considerable uncertainty over our trading

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relationship with Europe and whether or not we will be in the single

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It is not the first time thhere has been worries over

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This was the old Vauxhall car plant in 1999 shortly before it

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The land has now been redeveloped for houses,

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This man was a forklift truck driver at Vauxhall up until

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There was a contract come in and they said they had to get rid

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I did not see Vauxhall as a job, I saw it

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So I thought Vauxhall could do a lot for me but...

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It has been a week of uncertainty for Vauxhall

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workers here, and while the firm says it has no

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definitive news to report as yet.

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It seems that uncertainty will continue for some time to come.

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It's one of the region's biggest attractions but tourism bosses

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in Cambridge say not enough visitors stay overnight here.

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They don't want more visitors but they do want people to stay

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longer and spend more money in the city ad the surrounding area

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Capturing the sights in one Britain's most photogenic cities.

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More than 5 million visitors come to Cambridge

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each year, but very few of them stay the night.

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And those who promote tourism here want

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If people are only staying here for a few hours, which many do,

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they might only be spending ten or ?15.

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But if you can encourage them to stay longer and explore

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further, then you are spreading the benefits of that visitor economy

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It is about value tourism, not volume.

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You know, we genuinely don't need more

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visitors to the city, but we just need them to stay longer.

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Tourism bosses think the key is to persuade

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visitors that there is much more to see than the city centre.

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For example, the historic Wimpole Hall

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and the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, enough to keep you busy

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So are today's visitors staying for a while or here just for

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Are you just here for the day or are you staying here?

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So you are visiting Cambridge for the day today?

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We just came down yesterday, last night.

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Just for two days, but you are staying in a hotel here?

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Whether you are in Cambridge for a day or for three weeks, a punting

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But are attractions but this just bringing

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We have a very small restricted area,

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And in a small historic city like Cambridge,

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I believe that this kind of tourism will prove ruinous.

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And that is the question facing everyone

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How to grow the industry without spoiling this historic city?

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For 20 years, the Kick It Out campaign has tackled

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racism and discrimination in English football.

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It's made a difference but there's still plenty to do.

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So Cambridge United have decided to start young -

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with a new scheme in primary schools.

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As times you can do it by yourself, but football is a team game,

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so you need everyone working together, and this will happen.

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I think it is very important everyone is equal in football

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because if everyone is not equal you cannot have a fair game

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and if there is no fair game it is not a game at all.

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Wise words from 11-year-old Dallas at this half-term football camp run

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We are really committed to this campaign and we all want it

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to succeed and it is very important to us to give an

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It is about fighting against discrimination and racism

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and if that happens on the football pitch it is not fair.

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Every one of the 92 Football League clubs host a dedicated

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Cambridge United's players, though, are going the extra mile

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as part of their campaign, each of visiting 20 primary schools

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All the girls out there who actually like football

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but don't want to show it, just show it.

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You will be proud of yourself when you show

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it's been a big day for Northampton schoolgirl Ellie Robinson,

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receiving her MBE at Buckingham Palace.

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The 15-year-old won gold at the Paralympics.

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Today she said it was "amazing and quite surreal".

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Here's julie to tell us if the warmer weather will last or not.

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It is a largely dry and cloudy night, under clear skies we mist and

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fog. Tomorrow, any mist and for will take a while to clear and then we

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are left with quite a lot of cloud but it should send an break and some

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sunshine coming through. Generally into double figures. We finish the

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day on a dry note with variable amount of cloud. I will leave you

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with the output. Sunday and Monday likely to start cloudy and a bit of

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rain first thing and then brighter spells than sunshine. Monday is very

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mild. 17 Celsius possible in the sunshine. Not as mild on Tuesday.

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Celsius in a few spots. Here is knit with

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