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First tonight, another boost to this region's infrastructure, | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
as more money is announced for Northamptonshire's roads. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
?3.3 million will fund the widening of the A5 in the south | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
It comes after yesterday's announcement of a share | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
of ?59 million to fuel economic growth. | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
And campaigners in the north of the county are cautiously hopeful | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
that a new bypass may now be completed, after | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
Stuart Ratcliffe is in Isham and joins us now. | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
The strength of feeling in the village is clear. | :00:42. | :00:50. | |
Because it links to all Northamptonshire's biggest towns, | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
There has been a campaign for 50 years to get a bypass, but now, | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
The strength of feeling in this village is clear for all to see. | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
Residents here say that this village has been blighted for far too long | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
and the time has now come for a bypass. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
As part of that battle, Graham has been one of the | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
campaigners who has recorded the traffic levels here. | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
He has no doubt about the impact this road has on village life. | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
Sleep deprivation, just unpleasantness. | :01:15. | :01:15. | |
Trying to get across this road is difficult. | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
Trying to get out of the side roads is very difficult. | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
Unless people actually stop, you just sit there for ages | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
Today's announcement does not necessarily give the Isham | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
It has already been offered ?15 million. | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
Today's announcement is a further ?10 million. | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
The construction cost is estimated to be at least | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
?38 million, so there is still a ?13 million shortfall and it is not | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
entirely clear where that extra money will come from. | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
Northants County Council is confident that the shortfall can | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
Today's announcement does not necessarily give the Isham | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
It has already been offered ?15 million. | :01:45. | :01:46. | |
Today's announcement is a further ?10 million. | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
The construction cost is estimated to be at least | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
?38 million, so there is still a ?13 million shortfall and it is not | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
entirely clear where that extra money will come from. | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
Northants County Council is confident that the shortfall can | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
The county also received more good news today, with ?3.3 million | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
being put towards a scheme to widen the notorious bottleneck on the A5. | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
This area need some investment, especially where we allow | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
Northamptonshire, as probably people know, we are lobbying | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
to get more money for transport and things like that. | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
That will come later on, but as far as I am concerned, yes, | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
There has been a spate of infrastructure announcements | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
Money was promised to develop plans for Northampton's | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
Some have called on the government to deliver more cash for more | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
In times of austerity, wriggle room is limited | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
and the government says that these smaller schemes have the potential | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
Next tonight, 500 new council homes for Cambridge to be built over | :02:32. | :02:47. | |
five years, using money from the devolution deal between | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
In 1980, there were 14,500 council houses in Cambridge, | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
but that number has fallen to 7,000 this year. | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
There are still around 2,000 people waiting | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
And many more needing affordable housing, as Mike Cartwright reports. | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
Cambridge, where homes are being built everywhere, but money | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
These flats - just finished - the last social housing | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
Now, ?70 million from the government means money to build more. | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
Part of the deal for choosing to have a Mayor. | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
There was going to be no more building, until we got the ?70 | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
That enables us, then, to use our right to buy | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
receipts that we have, some ?20 million over that same | :03:26. | :03:27. | |
period, which effectively gives us ?90 million with which to build new, | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
much-needed council housing in Cambridge. | :03:31. | :03:46. | |
Flats here in Trumpington will be demolished and the funds will pay | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
for more than 50 new council houses to be built here. | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
These will be among 500 going up around the city, | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
but with 2,000 families on the waiting list, | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
There is a desperate need for housing within the city | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
and the greater region and I believe that, actually, | :04:01. | :04:09. | |
It is not in the hundreds, it is in the thousands. | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
Academics say councillors have moved quickly to benefit from devolution. | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
Well, it is a real bold step and an early step. | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
There is a housing strategy launched in the UK and Cambridge | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
City Council has taken a very early step, a leading step in providing | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
So, this is really good news for the residents of Cambridge. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
New homes that, for a while, will ease pressure, | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
And in two months' time, Cambridgeshire's first | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
Whoever wins, a range of new powers will lie in the hands | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
It may well be brand new for us, but elsewhere in Europe, | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
it is a form of local government that has been in place for decades. | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
Our political reporter Tom Barton has been to Cambridge's twin city, | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
Heidelberg in Germany, to find out about the powers and the limits | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
Home to an ancient university and visited by millions | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
of tourists each year. One of Europe's scientific centres. | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
It is easy to see why Heidelberg and Cambridge are twin cities. | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
For now, though, there is one big difference. | :05:05. | :05:05. | |
Key local decisions affecting the city and its surrounding area | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
are taken by a directly-elected mayor. | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
It is a very powerful position and, by having such a position, | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
you really can change the city in this or in this direction. | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
If you want an idea of the sorts of things an elected mayor can | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
It is a brand-new district of new homes and high-tech office - | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
space that is being built on derelict railway land. | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
But there are also limits to what Heidelberg's mayor can achieve. | :05:42. | :05:43. | |
The current mayor wanted to build an extension | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
But local people objected, held a referendum and forced | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
While the idea of an elected mayor might be new to Cambridge, | :05:49. | :06:03. | |
it is a common form of local government elsewhere in Europe. | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
And that means that whoever wins May's election, | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
there is lots to be learned from the experience | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
And you can see more on that on the Sunday Politics this | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
expansion of the Milton Keynes expansion of the Milton Keynes | :06:15. | :06:33. | |
Museum Wisley today. The ambitious project will lead to two new | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
galleries, telling the story of the area from prehistoric times, right | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
up to the present day. Good evening. Any missed or fall | :06:42. | :06:59. | |
should clear first thing in the morning. That should help break up | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
the cloud. We should see some decent spills of sunshine. High | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
temperatures of 14-15dC. But on Sunday, more cloud, oh breaks of | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
rain moving to the east and some of that could be the heavy side. The | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
National forecast coming up. He is the outlook. I pressure returning on | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
Monday and Tuesday, so they should both be dry and break, with some | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
sunny spells. Where the sunshine broke through to | :07:31. | :07:44. | |
the North of Cornwall temperatures rose to 17 degrees under the blue | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
skies. For many of us the cloud didn't break up through the day, | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
keeping temperatures pegged at around about 13 degrees. That was | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
the high today in the London region. Mild over night with the blanket of | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
cloud around. Most places | :08:01. | :08:01. |