:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to the late edition of Look East.
:00:07. > :00:09.Our region's hopes and fears for Brexit -
:00:10. > :00:12.we get reaction from our strongest pro-leave and pro-remain areas.
:00:13. > :00:16.The Westminster attacker's former boss talks exclusively to the BBC
:00:17. > :00:20.And warm weather expected for tomorrow.
:00:21. > :00:33.As we've been hearing, the UK Government has formally
:00:34. > :00:37.started the process for Britain to leave the European Union -
:00:38. > :00:40.enacting the referendum result of nine months ago.
:00:41. > :00:43.And while our region as a whole backed Brexit,
:00:44. > :00:46.there were big differences within that.
:00:47. > :00:50.In Cambridgeshire, 30 miles separates Wisbech -
:00:51. > :00:52.where 71% voted leave - and Cambridge,
:00:53. > :01:00.Poles apart, but part of the same county.
:01:01. > :01:06.When it came to in our out, Cambridge and Wisbech
:01:07. > :01:12.Almost 74% of voters in Cambridge wanted to stay in the EU.
:01:13. > :01:15.One of the biggest Remain votes in the country.
:01:16. > :01:22.The city has a large European population, and last week,
:01:23. > :01:24.the Lib Dem leader sought to reassure them.
:01:25. > :01:27.I often say to people in my patch and elsewhere who are EU nationals
:01:28. > :01:30.who are panicking about the future, I say, I am 90% sure
:01:31. > :01:35.But Brexit has made many foreign investors nervous.
:01:36. > :01:40.We are probably looking to set up more offices in the continental
:01:41. > :01:45.As I mentioned earlier, yesterday I had an e-mail
:01:46. > :01:48.from the Germans asking me to move our business over there.
:01:49. > :01:51.A lot of people from home asking me if I felt any hostile environment,
:01:52. > :01:57.But, no, to be fair, I think Cambridge is a lovely
:01:58. > :02:01.Since Brexit, it raises a bit of uncertainty.
:02:02. > :02:04.For some members of our team from Europe.
:02:05. > :02:07.They say, oh, what will happen in the future?
:02:08. > :02:13.Cambridge may boast some of the most intelligent minds in the country.
:02:14. > :02:16.But it was the Brexiteers of Fenland who saw the writing on the wall.
:02:17. > :02:19.More than 71% of people here in Wisbech opted to leave the EU.
:02:20. > :02:24.For many, today could not come soon enough.
:02:25. > :02:26.We just had an influx of people coming in.
:02:27. > :02:33.We haven't got enough schools, the hospitals are overflowing.
:02:34. > :02:35.We have the right to rule our own country.
:02:36. > :02:40.I think we should rule ourselves anyway.
:02:41. > :02:43.But for some, the past nine months has prompted a change of heart.
:02:44. > :02:50.Mum and dad wanted to leave, the children wanted to remain,
:02:51. > :02:55.My daughter was really, really disappointed.
:02:56. > :03:00.One of the things she said to me, she said, you have ruined our lives.
:03:01. > :03:03.That is quite hard to take first thing in the morning.
:03:04. > :03:06.I reflect back on it, you think, did I make the right decision?
:03:07. > :03:17.But it is, we don't know how it is going to be for businesses,
:03:18. > :03:21.We may now be in the departure lounge as we prepare
:03:22. > :03:31.But which direction we take remains unknown.
:03:32. > :03:33.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair is there now.
:03:34. > :03:38.So what's the political reaction been?
:03:39. > :03:46.The prime said today was a day of celebration for some, disappointment
:03:47. > :03:49.for others. I have seen lifelong leave campaign is close to tears
:03:50. > :03:56.today, I made it has finally happened. I have seen remain
:03:57. > :04:05.campaigners put on a brave face. During the Prime Minister's speech,
:04:06. > :04:06.a local MPs sat with his arms folded.
:04:07. > :04:09.There are few days in politics where you can really say
:04:10. > :04:13.More important than most General Elections we have had.
:04:14. > :04:16.This is the day when we can really begin to believe
:04:17. > :04:18.that the governing party, that was a Remain party,
:04:19. > :04:26.I am absolutely certain, when we come out of the EU,
:04:27. > :04:29.we are going to be better off financially, democratically.
:04:30. > :04:32.That is what the British people realise, that is why
:04:33. > :04:37.My concern is that we are entering a period of extreme uncertainty.
:04:38. > :04:39.No-one really knows how this is going to unravel.
:04:40. > :04:43.My worry is that it is not really two years to negotiate this.
:04:44. > :04:45.It looks much more like 14 of 15 months.
:04:46. > :04:49.We could end up in a situation at the end where we just fall out
:04:50. > :04:53.If that happens, it would be very damaging.
:04:54. > :04:55.Particularly for an area like Cambridge and the East
:04:56. > :04:58.of England which relies so much on our links with
:04:59. > :05:10.What are the most important issues in the negotiations? The main
:05:11. > :05:15.concern in our region is in science and technology. The sound bite in
:05:16. > :05:24.Cambridge, space scientists and Bedford, they want to cooperate with
:05:25. > :05:27.colleagues around Europe and ease of movement is also important. Can the
:05:28. > :05:33.the brightest and best to work a? the brightest and best to work a?
:05:34. > :05:40.Canny get migrant labourers to bring in the other's? What about the NHS
:05:41. > :05:45.and care homes? Airports like Stansted and Luton hope the open
:05:46. > :05:53.skies policy will continue. Universities hope student exchanges
:05:54. > :05:57.will continue. The hope of local MPs is that we can sort of science,
:05:58. > :06:01.hopefully, and so does the rights of the EU migrants living in the
:06:02. > :06:07.region. The one thing that concerns them, they say it privately, is that
:06:08. > :06:09.farming may get a raw deal. That is only speculation, we have only just
:06:10. > :06:10.started. A helicopter which took off
:06:11. > :06:13.from Milton Keynes this afternoon It was believed to be travelling
:06:14. > :06:18.to Dublin with five people onboard. Coastguards have been searching
:06:19. > :06:19.between Caernarfon Bay in And are appealing to ships
:06:20. > :06:27.in the area if they have seen the privately owned
:06:28. > :06:29.twin squirrel red helicopter. Next tonight, the former boss
:06:30. > :06:33.of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood has spoken exclusively
:06:34. > :06:37.to the BBC about his life in Luton. Masood killed three people
:06:38. > :06:41.and injured dozens more when he drove his car into crowds
:06:42. > :06:43.near Parliament last week before Today, his former teaching colleague
:06:44. > :06:49.in Luton told Look East he did not believe Masood was
:06:50. > :06:55.radicalised in the town. Farasat spoke to our reporter
:06:56. > :06:57.Mike Cartwright, and asked What went through your mind
:06:58. > :07:01.when you knew for sure it was him? Bewildered.
:07:02. > :07:04.Disbelief, really. He did ask me once about a terrorist
:07:05. > :07:08.group, who were they? I explained, and extremist group
:07:09. > :07:18.with the teachings of Islam. He asked me, the way he asked me
:07:19. > :07:21.was quite dismissive. I don't think he was influenced
:07:22. > :07:25.by extremist groups at all. The attack that they,
:07:26. > :07:28.was it a terror attack? I haven't spoken
:07:29. > :07:30.to him for four years. I don't think the attack
:07:31. > :07:33.was motivated by his religion. What did he do, what
:07:34. > :07:41.did he talk about? He was friendly.
:07:42. > :07:47.Very serious about his job. I don't know about outside interest
:07:48. > :07:51.except training, he was very much into the gym and body-building.
:07:52. > :07:55.Seemed like a nice guy. The last person I thought
:07:56. > :08:00.were to a hideous act like he did. When he heard that the EDL
:08:01. > :08:05.were coming to Luton. Very upset they were
:08:06. > :08:09.being allowed to march. That is probably the first time
:08:10. > :08:13.I saw any emotion from him. There is no suggestion he was not
:08:14. > :08:18.radicalised in Luton. To learn that he probably
:08:19. > :08:20.wasn't must be some I mean, many other journalists
:08:21. > :08:27.asking what mosque did he pray in. The question is
:08:28. > :08:29.completely irrelevant. Irrespective of the most keep
:08:30. > :08:35.reading, none of the mosques If it did, they would be
:08:36. > :08:49.closed down tomorrow. He was very focused on his family,
:08:50. > :08:52.his career, and just He was already on the straight
:08:53. > :08:55.and narrow, he was keen Definitely, his period in Luton,
:08:56. > :08:59.and before, he wasn't a radical. In prison, in Saudi Arabia,
:09:00. > :09:02.and in the period he spent in Luton. If he was, I would have
:09:03. > :09:06.identified those signs. In other news, five police officers
:09:07. > :09:10.will face no charges over the way they dealt with a man who broke his
:09:11. > :09:13.neck during an incident outside 23-year-old student Julian Cole
:09:14. > :09:17.suffered severe brain damage. The Crown Prosecution Service says
:09:18. > :09:19.there is insufficient evidence to proceed,
:09:20. > :09:20.and Mr Cole's mother has Bedfordshire Police says
:09:21. > :09:25.a gross misconduct hearing Flights to Stansted Airport
:09:26. > :09:29.were diverted last night They padlocked themselves to
:09:30. > :09:34.the undercarriage of an aircraft - away from the main runway
:09:35. > :09:36.and passenger terminal. They were objecting to people
:09:37. > :09:45.being deported to West Africa. The Home Office said they respected
:09:46. > :09:48.their right to protest, but removal is an essential element
:09:49. > :09:52.of the immigration system. That's all from the late team
:09:53. > :09:55.here tonight, but you can get the latest on that missing
:09:56. > :09:57.helicopter in our breakfast bulletins from 6:30
:09:58. > :10:05.tomorrow morning. We'll leave you now
:10:06. > :10:08.with the weather and Alex. Lots of cloud across the region
:10:09. > :10:12.today, and that held But tomorrow, with sunshine,
:10:13. > :10:15.we could hit 20 degrees. For now, a lot of cloud
:10:16. > :10:17.across the region. There could be some spots
:10:18. > :10:20.of showery rain as we go And temperatures will stay
:10:21. > :10:23.very, very mild indeed. Perhaps not lower than ten or 11
:10:24. > :10:26.degrees for some of us So we start the day tomorrow
:10:27. > :10:30.with some cloud around first thing. But a subtle change in wind
:10:31. > :10:33.direction to more of a southerly will bring drier, continental
:10:34. > :10:34.air our way. A prospect of any cloud shifting
:10:35. > :10:37.and breaking and bringing One or two early
:10:38. > :10:40.showers first thing. Once that cloud is out of the way,
:10:41. > :10:42.sunshine comes out. Temperatures are
:10:43. > :10:44.expected to shoot up. Quite easily get
:10:45. > :10:46.into 18 or 19 degrees. Perhaps we may hit 20 degrees
:10:47. > :10:48.by tomorrow afternoon. The national weather is coming up,
:10:49. > :10:52.but here is the output. On Friday, a weather front coming
:10:53. > :10:56.in that is going to eventually bring us some rain and some cooler,
:10:57. > :11:07.fresher conditions for the weekend. far. The outlook for the next few
:11:08. > :11:09.days, temperatures coming down a bit but staying decent for this time of
:11:10. > :11:15.year. Here is Darren Bett with the national weather.
:11:16. > :11:21.The warm air coming up on a southerly breeze all the way from
:11:22. > :11:24.Iberia and across France into England and Wales. To achieve the
:11:25. > :11:29.high temperatures we need to get into some of this dryer air and
:11:30. > :11:32.sunshine. Even with the cloud today, 17 degrees. Not just about the
:11:33. > :11:36.temperatures, let's not forget there is some rain around as well. Quite
:11:37. > :11:41.wet in Pembrokeshire for much of the day. More rain overnight tonight,
:11:42. > :11:43.some rain and drizzle in northern and western areas. Wetter weather
:11:44. > :11:48.moving northwards across Scotland. Some rain in the south-west,
:11:49. > :11:50.shuffling towards the Midlands. Overnight, a lot of cloud around. It
:11:51. > :11:52.is going to be