31/03/2017 Look East (West)


31/03/2017

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Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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police have confirmed the bodies of five people from this region

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killed in a helicopter crash two days ago

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Kevin and Ruth Burke who lived in a village near Milton Keynes,

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and three other adult members of the Burke family

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when the aircraft ditched in the North Wales

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Emma Baugh has spent the day in the village of Hulcote

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A village today deeply saddened that five people from the same

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family are all believed to have lost their lives.

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Someone who lives locally has passed away.

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Kevin and Ruth Burke had lived in the area for some time.

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They had just moved to the dream home they built.

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Their neighbour are served on the parish council with Kevin.

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He was a very successful businessman.

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Desperately sad to hear about this very tragic

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Particularly of course for the children.

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And of course a terrible shock to people

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Kevin had a local building firm and his company were involved in

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projects like the expansion of the MK stadium.

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The family set off from Milton Keynes, flying to Ireland on

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Conditions in the mountains are treacherous.

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The most experienced climbers are finding it

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hear from Wales breeze the night that all five the breeze have been

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recovered, they have been confirmed as Ruth and Kevin Burke, and it will

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be before we discover what went wrong and cause them to lose their

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lives. Over a hundred people

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in Northamptonshire have lost their jobs after the bakery

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company Oliver Adams Staff were told this morning

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that the company's main bakery and all its shops were to close

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with immediate effect. The company has a long history

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in Northampton and opened its first It's understood the company

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has had financial It's been announced that

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a government-backed scheme, providing electric car drivers

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in this region with free Source-East says it can no longer

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subsidise the running costs. Other providers will take over

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the service, but it means customers will now have to pay a subscription

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of eight pounds a month Green campaigners have

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criticised the move. Next - there'll be more black

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and ethnic minority police officers on the streets

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of Bedfordshire from today. The force has been actively trying

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to increase diversity in its ranks - and new recruits from that programme

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completed their training But it comes on the same day

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as the Independent Police Complaints Commission revealed 15 staff

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are under investigation for gross misconduct for their roles in a case

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of internal racial discrimination. The new faces of

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Bedfordshire Police. After months of training

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and testing, these new recruits They're the first to pass out

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since the campaign was started last year to encourage more people

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from minority ethnic We will be able to deliver,

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to cater for the needs of some of the different communities,

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some of the challenges they face. We will be able to have a dialogue

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with people who we have We will have a huge positive impact

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for the whole community. As we are jogging round,

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I want you to imagine you have a football at your feet,

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flick your toes out. These were some of the recruits five

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months ago undergoing fitness tests. It was always going to be more

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of a marathon than a sprint. At the moment, just 6% of police

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officers in Bedfordshire are from minority

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ethnic backgrounds. Personally, I am doing this so that

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other female Asians can see that you can do it,

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you don't have to be scared, you don't have to do worry

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about religion or anything. You can be out there

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positively and you can help It is hoped this injection

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of new blood will help the force to improve trust

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and public perception. Seeing people from your culture,

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it breaks down barriers So it's not just the police

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and them, it's us. But on this day of positivity,

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the force's past conduct The IPCC is now investigating 15

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staff members, many of them senior officers, over claims of racial

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discrimination against There was an employment tribunal in

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2014 and looked at the force going back many years, certainly before my

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time here. What we can do is prejudge the investigation. The

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investigation must take its course. It may find the has not been

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inappropriate behaviour so we must be careful about commenting.

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96 new recruits will join the force this year,

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It seems there are still a long way to go, but the change starts today.

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it's the annual Cambridge and Oxford University boat race

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along a four mile stretch of the River Thames.

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This year, it's thought the rowers will be watched by more than two

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hundred thousand spectators, and millions more on television.

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almost sank in the Women's Race last year,

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That's all from the Look East late team here in Cambridge,

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Julie has the weekend weather now but from me, goodnight.

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It is a mainly dry night of course, an isolated shower but someone clear

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spells and another mild night with many other seen temperatures no

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lower than about 8 degrees. Tomorrow the good old double act of sunshine

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and showers and some of the showers will be heavy, possibly somebody to

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with how mixed in. It should feel pleasant sunshine, highs of 15

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degrees. White south-westerly wind. It does mean the showers will be

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fairly slow moving. And then on Sunday I think I think a dry day for

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everyone on the whole, perhaps just an isolated shower and they will be

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isolated indeed. In a moment the National forecast but I leave you

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with Outlook, I pressure building on for Monday which is looking fine and

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dry, some showery rain first thing on Tuesday but then it should again

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become fine and dry for everyone. Hello. There the weekend is here and

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Sunday looks like being the better day of the two. We're going to start

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the weekend, a new month,

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