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In Look East tonight: The mother of a young boy who was killed | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
by a driver using a mobile phone says new penalties | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
Councils struggle to offer all pupils their first choice | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
of secondary school with a backdrop of rising pupil numbers | :00:17. | :00:18. | |
And the Hatters have failed to secure a Wembley final, | :00:19. | :00:26. | |
after losing against Oxford in the semi-finals of | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
First tonight, the crackdown on drivers using mobile phones that | :00:29. | :00:43. | |
From today, penalties and fines for offenders have doubled. | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
But the change in the law is still not enough according | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
to relatives of those killed by motorists who were | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
Nicknamed Smiler, seven-year-old Seth Dixon was a happy boy, | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
he loved singing and dancing and his mum Alice. | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
In December 2014 she asked him to post a letter across the road. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
He was hit by a car and died two weeks later. | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
You just can't believe it's happening. | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
You just want to scoop him up and shake him and say | :01:23. | :01:31. | |
The driver of the car that hit Seth was talking hands-free | :01:32. | :01:40. | |
Since then, Alice has campaigned for a total ban | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
Today saw the launch of tougher new laws, | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
six points instead of three and a ?200 fine. | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
New drivers caught within two years of passing their test | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
would have their licence revoked, but Alice says that's not enough | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
The message most people are taking from this is, if I am distracted | :02:00. | :02:09. | |
and have an accident, I will get fined. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
A lot of people are saying to me, that means that if I am not a person | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
who gets distracted by making a phone call, I will not have | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
Adam Pearson from Milton Keynes was seriously injured when a lorry | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
smashed into the back of his stationary car at 50 mph, | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
a mother and three children in another car where all killed. | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
Dash cam footage showed the lorry driver changing music on his phone | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
for at least eight seconds before the crash. | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
There is very strong evidence to suggest the destruction caused | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
by a phone is at least equal to or more than the impairment | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
I see no reason why the punishment should not be on par as well. | :02:51. | :03:01. | |
This new HGV cabin will give officers a better vantage point | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
in catching offenders at the wheel of larger vehicles. | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
They say mobile phone use is the modern problem | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
Back in the 70s, people were not wearing seat belts, | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
so we made it unsociable for people not to wear them. | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
Then we moved on to drink-driving, now we are in the era of social | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
People are using their mobile phones more. | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
Seth's mum Alice says she will continue her campaign. | :03:29. | :03:37. | |
Earlier I spoke to Mark Turner, the Chief Executive | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
It's a charity based in Bedford which supports | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
I asked him how much of a deterrent these new penalties | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
I don't think it will stop people completely. | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
Unfortunately what we have is a culture that people | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
think it is OK to be on the phone while driving. | :03:56. | :03:58. | |
The answer to this ultimately will be a holistic approach, that's | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
It's about awareness and culture, people thinking they should not be | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
on their phones when they're doing something as complex as driving | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
and recognising the true danger that it causes. | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
How do you make something like using your phone behind | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
It is socially unacceptable, entirely inappropriate | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
I think what happens around education and awareness | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
and enforcement is that the message does get through. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
It does not get there overnight, you only have to look | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
at other changes that have occurred around legislation. | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
Think of drink-driving compared to a few years' ago | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
The actual legislation, increased deterrence and penalties | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
will get through to people, and hopefully that will start | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
This is all about catching people using their phones | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
How confident are you that the police have | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
I do not think the legislation change is all about catching people, | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
You would have to ask the police about that. | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
They have lots of priorities, they do a very difficult job | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
That's the enforcement part, this is also about education. | :05:10. | :05:23. | |
It is also about promoting the issues of dangers of mobile phone, | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
and that will ultimately leak through to the public who should | :05:29. | :05:29. | |
take that message on board. Parents across the region have | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
been finding out today whether or not their child has | :05:33. | :05:34. | |
got their preferred secondary school Rising populations and in places | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
a shortage of school place means some councils are struggling | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
to offer children their If you're a parent of a Year Six | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
child, the chances are today has I know I'm not getting my results | :05:47. | :05:54. | |
for another couple of hours, My daughter who started at secondary | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
school last year went We applied for four schools | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
and we were given an unranked school, which means a school | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
that we hadn't chosen. It was upsetting, | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
and quite daunting. The demand for school places | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
has never been higher. This is Wootton Park free school, | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
it opened in September last year in an attempt to reduce | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
the scramble for places. We've had a huge amount of interest, | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
we are oversubscribed now There is a demand from the people | :06:37. | :06:38. | |
to have a local school that is We will grow year-on-year | :06:39. | :06:47. | |
until we are 1260 in total, making sure we offer that quality | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
education that young people As the county council knows, | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
it needs many more schools They weren't able to speak to us | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
today, but in the past they have told us that the County's booming | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
population is creating unprecedented By 2020, Northamptonshire will need | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
an extra 25 primary schools Such is the pressure to find | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
out if school choices have been successful, | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
the county council's website Thousands of parents logged on, | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
prompting this apology: But that still leaves | :07:29. | :07:50. | |
Northamptonshire lagging behind. Perhaps this year's school report | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
for the county and several other of our councils could well be | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
"improving, but could do better". In the last hour Luton Town | :07:58. | :08:06. | |
have lost their match against Oxford United, | :08:07. | :08:08. | |
missing out at a final a Wembley. The Hatters lost 3-2 in the semi | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
finals of the Checkatrade Trophy. Our Sports Reporter James Burridge | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
has been watching the match at Kennilworth Road tonight | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
and sent this report. An entertaining and enthralling | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
match here at Kenilworth Road, Luton in the end just didn't quite | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
have enough over Oxford, But being down two | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
seemed to inspire them. Within two minutes, | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
Isaac Vassell smashed the ball Suddenly the crowd here began | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
to believe, and they believed even more when Danny Hylton popped up | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
against his former club, 2-2. Kenilworth Road really did feel | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
they were on their way The cruelty of that was | :08:51. | :08:52. | |
that Marvin Johnson, who had scored earlier, | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
had an absolute ripper outside By far and away the best | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
shot of the game. In the end, that goal | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
was decisive and definitive. Consider how much they've been | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
through, they've been fined ?15,000 They miss out on Wembley | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
but they can take a lot of credit And you can hear reaction to that | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
loss on the Breakfast Show on BBC Three Counties Radio tomorrow | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
morning from 6am. And of course, full analysis | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
on the BBC News website. A team which helps to test | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
the hearing of babies who are just a few hours old has been named | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
as best in the region and second Staff at Peterborough City Hospital | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
have made it their mission to diagnose as many newborns | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
as possible and minimise Mums say it makes a real difference | :09:47. | :09:48. | |
by offering reassurance and enabling children who need them to get | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
hearing aids as early as possible. That's how the region | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
is looking tonight. Some outbreaks of rain | :10:00. | :10:01. | |
to start the night, some of that on the heavy side, | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
but eventually many southern parts will become largely dry with some | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
clear spells developing. Further north, it will | :10:10. | :10:11. | |
probably hold onto the wet The winds are going to pick up | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
as the night goes on, we are looking at a fresh to strong | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
west and south by Those winds should gradually ease | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
through the day as this pulls away to the continent, | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
but it does look like a very But eventually the rain | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
and showers should clear, and we should see some long sunny | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
spells developing everywhere. Temperatures tomorrow | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
at best around 9 degrees, by the afternoon and those winds | :10:36. | :10:36. | |
should be down to a moderate We finished the day largely fine | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
and dry, with a lot of clear sky. In a moment, John will have the | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
National forecast, but I will leave On Friday, more rain | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
pushing up from the south, Rain giving way to showers, some of | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
those on the heavy side on Saturday. Showers or longer spells | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
of rain on Sunday. outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What | :11:00. | :11:08. | |
does that mean? Maybe John Hammond will tell you. | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
We're in for a bumpy ride. The weather chopping and changing | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
keeping us on our toes. Rain never too far away from our crystal ball. | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
There has been rain around today across southern areas. This band of | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
wet weather pushing through Wales and the Midlands. A little bit of | :11:27. | :11:28. | |
the white stuff | :11:29. | :11:29. |