10/03/2017 Look East (West)


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First tonight, another boost to this region's infrastructure,

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as more money is announced for Northamptonshire's roads.

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?3.3 million will fund the widening of the A5 in the south

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It comes after yesterday's announcement of a share

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of ?59 million to fuel economic growth.

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And campaigners in the north of the county are cautiously hopeful

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that a new bypass may now be completed, after

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Stuart Ratcliffe is in Isham and joins us now.

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The strength of feeling in the village is clear.

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Because it links to all Northamptonshire's biggest towns,

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There has been a campaign for 50 years to get a bypass, but now,

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The strength of feeling in this village is clear for all to see.

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Residents here say that this village has been blighted for far too long

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and the time has now come for a bypass.

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As part of that battle, Graham has been one of the

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campaigners who has recorded the traffic levels here.

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He has no doubt about the impact this road has on village life.

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Sleep deprivation, just unpleasantness.

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Trying to get across this road is difficult.

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Trying to get out of the side roads is very difficult.

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Unless people actually stop, you just sit there for ages

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Today's announcement does not necessarily give the Isham

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It has already been offered ?15 million.

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Today's announcement is a further ?10 million.

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The construction cost is estimated to be at least

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?38 million, so there is still a ?13 million shortfall and it is not

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entirely clear where that extra money will come from.

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Northants County Council is confident that the shortfall can

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Today's announcement does not necessarily give the Isham

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It has already been offered ?15 million.

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Today's announcement is a further ?10 million.

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The construction cost is estimated to be at least

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?38 million, so there is still a ?13 million shortfall and it is not

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entirely clear where that extra money will come from.

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Northants County Council is confident that the shortfall can

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The county also received more good news today, with ?3.3 million

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being put towards a scheme to widen the notorious bottleneck on the A5.

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This area need some investment, especially where we allow

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Northamptonshire, as probably people know, we are lobbying

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to get more money for transport and things like that.

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That will come later on, but as far as I am concerned, yes,

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There has been a spate of infrastructure announcements

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Money was promised to develop plans for Northampton's

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Some have called on the government to deliver more cash for more

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In times of austerity, wriggle room is limited

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and the government says that these smaller schemes have the potential

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Next tonight, 500 new council homes for Cambridge to be built over

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five years, using money from the devolution deal between

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In 1980, there were 14,500 council houses in Cambridge,

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but that number has fallen to 7,000 this year.

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There are still around 2,000 people waiting

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And many more needing affordable housing, as Mike Cartwright reports.

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Cambridge, where homes are being built everywhere, but money

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These flats - just finished - the last social housing

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Now, ?70 million from the government means money to build more.

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Part of the deal for choosing to have a Mayor.

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There was going to be no more building, until we got the ?70

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That enables us, then, to use our right to buy

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receipts that we have, some ?20 million over that same

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period, which effectively gives us ?90 million with which to build new,

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much-needed council housing in Cambridge.

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Flats here in Trumpington will be demolished and the funds will pay

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for more than 50 new council houses to be built here.

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These will be among 500 going up around the city,

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but with 2,000 families on the waiting list,

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There is a desperate need for housing within the city

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and the greater region and I believe that, actually,

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It is not in the hundreds, it is in the thousands.

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Academics say councillors have moved quickly to benefit from devolution.

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Well, it is a real bold step and an early step.

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There is a housing strategy launched in the UK and Cambridge

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City Council has taken a very early step, a leading step in providing

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So, this is really good news for the residents of Cambridge.

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New homes that, for a while, will ease pressure,

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And in two months' time, Cambridgeshire's first

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Whoever wins, a range of new powers will lie in the hands

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It may well be brand new for us, but elsewhere in Europe,

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it is a form of local government that has been in place for decades.

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Our political reporter Tom Barton has been to Cambridge's twin city,

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Heidelberg in Germany, to find out about the powers and the limits

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Home to an ancient university and visited by millions

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of tourists each year. One of Europe's scientific centres.

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It is easy to see why Heidelberg and Cambridge are twin cities.

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For now, though, there is one big difference.

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Key local decisions affecting the city and its surrounding area

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are taken by a directly-elected mayor.

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It is a very powerful position and, by having such a position,

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you really can change the city in this or in this direction.

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If you want an idea of the sorts of things an elected mayor can

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It is a brand-new district of new homes and high-tech office -

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space that is being built on derelict railway land.

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But there are also limits to what Heidelberg's mayor can achieve.

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The current mayor wanted to build an extension

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But local people objected, held a referendum and forced

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While the idea of an elected mayor might be new to Cambridge,

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it is a common form of local government elsewhere in Europe.

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And that means that whoever wins May's election,

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there is lots to be learned from the experience

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And you can see more on that on the Sunday Politics this

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expansion of the Milton Keynes expansion of the Milton Keynes

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Museum Wisley today. The ambitious project will lead to two new

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galleries, telling the story of the area from prehistoric times, right

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up to the present day. Good evening. Any missed or fall

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should clear first thing in the morning. That should help break up

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the cloud. We should see some decent spills of sunshine. High

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temperatures of 14-15dC. But on Sunday, more cloud, oh breaks of

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rain moving to the east and some of that could be the heavy side. The

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National forecast coming up. He is the outlook. I pressure returning on

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Monday and Tuesday, so they should both be dry and break, with some

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sunny spells. Where the sunshine broke through to

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the North of Cornwall temperatures rose to 17 degrees under the blue

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skies. For many of us the cloud didn't break up through the day,

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keeping temperatures pegged at around about 13 degrees. That was

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the high today in the London region. Mild over night with the blanket of

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cloud around. Most places

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