:00:07. > :00:09.In Look East tonight: A school roof collapses leaving a young girl
:00:10. > :00:12.Storm Doris brings railways and roads to a standstill.
:00:13. > :00:15.Ans a danger to women - a judge's words for Ian Stewart
:00:16. > :00:27.as he jails him for life for killing Roston writer Helen Bailey.
:00:28. > :00:31.A school girl was left with life-threatening
:00:32. > :00:36.injuries after the ceiling of her school hall collapsed.
:00:37. > :00:40.It happened this afternoon at Southwood School in Milton Keynes.
:00:41. > :00:43.Let's go to the newsroom where Mousumi Bakshi has the latest.
:00:44. > :00:46.Yes, a distressing end to the school day.
:00:47. > :00:49.Officers from Thames Valley we understand were called
:00:50. > :00:56.to Southwood Middle School at around 3.30 this afternoon.
:00:57. > :00:59.There, they found two children who'd been struck by a section
:01:00. > :01:01.of ceiling that had collapsed in the sports hall.
:01:02. > :01:05.One child was treated for minor injuries,
:01:06. > :01:10.the other rushed to hospital with what is being described as life
:01:11. > :01:24.Now we don't know the ages of the children, but Southwood
:01:25. > :01:26.teaches pupils aged between 7 and 11.
:01:27. > :01:29.The ceiling we know was an internal one and according to police,
:01:30. > :01:32.it is possible that the collapse was caused by the severe
:01:33. > :01:35.Health and Safety officers have confirmed that the building is safe
:01:36. > :01:37.and the school will be open tomorrow.
:01:38. > :01:39.A spokesman for Southwood has said: "We are co-operating fully
:01:40. > :01:41."with the relevant authorities in this investigation.
:01:42. > :01:44."Our thoughts are of course with this child and her family at this
:01:45. > :01:54.Meanwhile, Storm Doris has been causing havoc
:01:55. > :02:00.Strong winds battered overhead cables, bringing
:02:01. > :02:05.And there's been disruption on the roads too,
:02:06. > :02:07.with lorries overturning and blocking major routes.
:02:08. > :02:12.A mad crush to board one of the first trains to leave
:02:13. > :02:14.Cambridge station this evening, this one bound for Ely.
:02:15. > :02:17.Commuters had been waiting for hours, as Storm Doris wreaked
:02:18. > :02:20.Unfortunately it took me nearly eight and a half hours
:02:21. > :02:29.There do not seem to be any replacement bus services,
:02:30. > :02:33.I have been waiting five hours and all I have seen
:02:34. > :02:41.It was similar across the region as hundreds waited in vain
:02:42. > :02:43.for trains that never arrived at Luton.
:02:44. > :02:47.Damaged overhead power cables at St Albans delaying trains
:02:48. > :02:51.And it was the same picture in Peterborough.
:02:52. > :02:54.Empty platforms, with East Coast mainline running just
:02:55. > :02:58.Very frustrating because I have a long way to travel,
:02:59. > :03:02.I've got to go way back up north, so a long way to go.
:03:03. > :03:05.The main reason for the disruption today is objects such as trees
:03:06. > :03:07.falling down and falling on overhead power cables, which we need
:03:08. > :03:16.And when that happens our priority is the safety of passengers
:03:17. > :03:19.and workforce and that means going through very concise
:03:20. > :03:20.processes to get the railway operational again.
:03:21. > :03:26.As well as the long rail delays there were lucky escapes.
:03:27. > :03:30.The driver of this lorry escaped with minor injuries
:03:31. > :03:34.One of several problems on the region's roads.
:03:35. > :03:43.Gusts of up to 60 mph which caused lots of issues on the roads
:03:44. > :03:46.with debris and trees being blown onto the roads and high sided
:03:47. > :03:50.In Cambridge a man was pulled from under a fallen tree.
:03:51. > :03:52.My foreman said, there is a bloke underneath there.
:03:53. > :03:58.Ran across the road and he was on his knees,
:03:59. > :04:01.caught hold of him and pulled him out and asked him
:04:02. > :04:05.He said, yeah, I am fine, I just need to sit down and calm down.
:04:06. > :04:08.And I said, you need to buy yourself a lottery ticket.
:04:09. > :04:11.Sporting events have also been affected.
:04:12. > :04:14.No racing today at Huntingdon, abandoned over concerns
:04:15. > :04:19.And in Northampton the clear up finally begins.
:04:20. > :04:21.Traffic disrupted as part of this wall was brought down.
:04:22. > :04:24.But tonight all eyes are on the trains.
:04:25. > :04:27.Services in and out of London have resumed, but the knock on effects
:04:28. > :04:37.The fiance of the Hertfordshire children's author, Helen Bailey,
:04:38. > :04:40.has been sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.
:04:41. > :04:42.Ian Stewart, who didn't attend court, was told that he'll have
:04:43. > :04:49.Yesterday a jury convicted him of drugging and killing Miss Bailey
:04:50. > :04:52.and hiding her body in a cesspit at their home in Royston
:04:53. > :04:57.Sentencing him at St Albans Crown Court, the judge told Stewart
:04:58. > :05:04.that it was "difficult to imagine a more heinous crime".
:05:05. > :05:07.The head of the French car group PSA in talks to buy Vauxhall has
:05:08. > :05:10.The proposed deal, which could be signed within weeks,
:05:11. > :05:13.has prompted fears about the future of two thousand workers
:05:14. > :05:18.Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday spoke on the phone to the PSA boss
:05:19. > :05:20.Carlos Tavares to reiterate the UK Government's commitment
:05:21. > :05:29.Another of our councils has agreed big cuts - and a tax rise.
:05:30. > :05:32.Northamptonshire County Council says it needs to save ?58 million
:05:33. > :05:38.over the next year - at the same time as coping with
:05:39. > :05:47.A chance to get together and share experiences but this dementia cafe
:05:48. > :05:50.hasn't just seen its budget sliced but cut altogether, while other day
:05:51. > :06:00.The people who are doing these cuts don't realise what it's
:06:01. > :06:06.The budget for children's centres is being cut by more than 60%,
:06:07. > :06:10.I would be very isolated if it wasn't for the children's centre,
:06:11. > :06:17.especially when my little one was younger, when she was a baby,
:06:18. > :06:20.because I had a little bit of postnatal depression.
:06:21. > :06:24.So I think it would be terrible if they cut the budget.
:06:25. > :06:33.Despite members of the public speaking against the plans,
:06:34. > :06:35.today's meeting approved not only the cuts but a council
:06:36. > :06:39.Opposition councillors say it could have been avoided.
:06:40. > :06:44.Demand is rising and one of the issues around the budget
:06:45. > :06:50.is the fact that they have traditionally mis-forecast that
:06:51. > :06:53.demand and that is why they are always scrabbling around
:06:54. > :06:55.each year, trying to keep up with things.
:06:56. > :06:57.They have concentrated far too much on keeping an artificially low
:06:58. > :07:00.council tax at the expense of the vulnerable and those who rely
:07:01. > :07:03.This is the County Council's new, slightly delayed headquarters.
:07:04. > :07:06.Along with a major restructure of the authority, it's all meant
:07:07. > :07:08.to help deal with a significantly increasing demand for services.
:07:09. > :07:11.Last month, the number of children in care moved over 1,000
:07:12. > :07:19.In the next two years, the county's population is to grow
:07:20. > :07:22.by more than 33,000, and the demand for adult social care
:07:23. > :07:28.The growth in Northamptonshire is some of the highest in the country.
:07:29. > :07:31.We have an ageing population and, at the same time,
:07:32. > :07:34.And we have to live within our means.
:07:35. > :07:44.I think a lady actually said this morning, one of our speakers,
:07:45. > :07:49.Protesters worried about the cuts didn't stop today's decision but,
:07:50. > :07:51.with none of the options for our councils looking
:07:52. > :07:59.easy, the placards may be back out in future.
:08:00. > :08:02.Well, to give us an idea of how Northamptonshire compares
:08:03. > :08:05.to the rest of the region, here's our Political
:08:06. > :08:09.Last year, the government allowed councils with responsibility
:08:10. > :08:13.for social care to add 2% to bills to pay for the ballooning
:08:14. > :08:20.But they left it to councils to decide how much they want to charge.
:08:21. > :08:26.All of our councils opted to charge 3% except for Cambridgeshire,
:08:27. > :08:33.On average, these councils are putting up bills
:08:34. > :08:44.So what does that mean in pounds and pence?
:08:45. > :08:49.Well, in areas which have both county and district councils,
:08:50. > :08:52.most of your council tax is paid to the larger County Council.
:08:53. > :08:54.The biggest increase in these areas will be in Hertfordshire,
:08:55. > :08:58.which is adding just under ?60 per year to average Band D bills.
:08:59. > :09:00.While the smallest increase, of ?23, is in Cambridgeshire.
:09:01. > :09:03.Bills in these areas are likely to go up by more than that
:09:04. > :09:05.as district councils may also increase their share of council tax.
:09:06. > :09:08.In areas with unitary authorities, where there is just one
:09:09. > :09:10.council, rises are higher because the councils
:09:11. > :09:14.The biggest rise in these areas is in Bedford,
:09:15. > :09:16.which is adding just over ?64 to annual bills.
:09:17. > :09:18.While the smallest increase in in Peterborough,
:09:19. > :09:21.What, then, does all this mean for councils?
:09:22. > :09:23.Well, across our region, county and unitary authorities
:09:24. > :09:31.will collect an extra ?47 million this year.
:09:32. > :09:37.But given the increasing demand for many services,
:09:38. > :09:55.council leaders are warning it's not big enough.
:09:56. > :10:01.That is all from me but for the latest on the troubled construction
:10:02. > :10:06.in the morning tune into your local radio station -- travel disruption.
:10:07. > :10:09.Storm Doris brought gale force winds across the region today
:10:10. > :10:12.but the low-pressure weather system associated with the storm has moved
:10:13. > :10:15.out into the North Sea and the winds will continue to to ease
:10:16. > :10:18.through the evening and night and already they are easing
:10:19. > :10:21.Some patchy rain around and the odd isolated shower through the night
:10:22. > :10:23.with temperatures dropping quite considerably compared
:10:24. > :10:27.Risk of a touch of frost and some icy patches.
:10:28. > :10:30.We start tomorrow on a much chillier note but much calmer conditions.
:10:31. > :10:32.A largely dry day with good spells of sunshine
:10:33. > :10:38.A light to moderate west to and north-westerly wind.
:10:39. > :10:44.It looks to be staying fine in the afternoon
:10:45. > :10:55.The national weather is coming up but here is the outlook.
:10:56. > :11:12.Milder for the weekend with the chance rain.
:11:13. > :11:20.Good evening. It was quite a day for some of us. We get these sort of
:11:21. > :11:23.storms every couple of years also. Difficult to give an exact number,
:11:24. > :11:29.but it was certainly a nasty one. It's now moving into Holland,
:11:30. > :11:35.Germany, south of Denmark, and it continues to blow itself out. The
:11:36. > :11:38.winds around coasts were not particularly spectacular, but the
:11:39. > :11:39.inland winds were unusual, 62 mph in