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thank you. That's it from us. They will be | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
continuing coverage throughout the continuing coverage throughout the | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Labour's Shadow Chancellor hits the road in Luton, as the election | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
100 extra police officers in Northamptonshire | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
are to be trained and equipped with tasers. | :00:14. | :00:22. | |
And cloudy conditions continue, but slightly warmer conditions tomorrow. | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
Join me later for all the details. Labour began their election campaign | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
in Luton today with a visit from Shadow Chancellor, | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
John McDonnell. He was supporting Luton North MP | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Kelvin Hopkins ahead But with both Luton seats, | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
Labour strongholds. Marching to battle at the very start | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
of this 49-day election campaign. Shadow Chancellor John McDonald | :00:45. | :00:55. | |
here in Luton North with MP Kelvin This is one of only three Labour | :00:56. | :00:57. | |
seats in our region. Labour won this seat | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
by a comfortable majority in 2015. The aim today and for the next | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
seven weeks to make sure those who voted | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
Labour stick with Labour. In 2015, the constituency | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
of Luton North had a Neighbouring Luton South, | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
a slimmer majority of 5,700. You should never take | :01:18. | :01:27. | |
people for granted. She has called this election | :01:28. | :01:28. | |
I think for party political purposes, not for the interests | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
of the country and she has seen the polls and I think she is taking | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
people for granted. That is why, when I campaign, | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
I go to every seat - whether it is Labour, Liberal or Tory, | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
because people need to know what our I have never been part | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
of the establishment myself. I have always campaigned | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
on that basis. I have spoken my mind, | :01:50. | :01:57. | |
or I have voted according to Sometimes not with | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
the whips in my party. But do those who voted Labour last | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
time believe the party can deliver? I vote Labour, I have | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
always voted Labour. I think I am going to carry | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
on dealing with them a lot. I have been doing it | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
for years, and I think Labour's own supporters | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
here may be confident The bigger battle is | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
convincing the rest Earlier, I spoke with our | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
political correspondent Andrew Sinclair about why Luton | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
was so significant to Labour. I think there are two reasons. The | :02:35. | :02:47. | |
first is that Labour knows that has a fight on its hands in the | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
selection and needs to round up support in its existing seat. They | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
want to start the campaign on a positive note indices that have been | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
Labour for a long time. The second reason is campaign tactics. Labour | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
and the Conservatives always grappled with the M1 corridor. In | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
these seats, you have a whole pile of marginal swing seats like Luton, | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
Milton Keynes, Northampton. It is said that if you can win over voters | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
in these seats, you stand a very good chance of winning the election. | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
That is why Labour is going to focus a lot of firepower in this area. The | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
Tories this time around don't seem concerned. They said that the last | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
time these seats were up for grabs, our majorities went up. They think | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
they are going to be OK this time around. Labour believe they have a | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
distinctive message and the going to be taking it there as much as they | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
can. Debenhams has announced it is going to close a major distribution | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
centre. That pits 200 jobs at risk. It is part of the plan to reduce | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
stocks and closing some of its stores. | :04:01. | :04:00. | |
Police in Northamptonshire say that 100 extra officers are to be trained | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
Until now, only officers in the regional unit | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
covering four counties were able to use the device. | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
But now, local officers will be trained to use them and it's hoped | :04:09. | :04:18. | |
they'll offer a faster response to incidents. | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
In 2015, we filmed with Northamptonshire Police Constable | :04:21. | :04:22. | |
He had been called to a domestic disturbance, only to be confronted | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
PC Prentice was hit in the stab vest. | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
If the knife had been any longer, it would have caught his neck. | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
Afterwards, he told BBC look east, a Taser could | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
It doesn't make it just safer for myself, and | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
my colleague dealing with the incident, | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
it makes it safer for the | :04:48. | :04:48. | |
If you have to strike with batons, it can often | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
lead to broken bones and long lasting injuries. | :04:57. | :04:57. | |
If we were able to have the flexibility or option to | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
have a taser present, it would mean that it could all be | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
It's normally limited to specialist and firearms units, | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
but now 100 front-line officers are being trained to use taser. | :05:08. | :05:17. | |
figures from our region, for taser being deployed but not necessarily | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
Hertfordshire has seen the highest jump, from 60 incident in 2015 to | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
Bedfordshire rose from 70 to nearly 110 and Cambridgeshire | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
In Northamptonshire, Taser was deployed | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
over 100 times, only fired on eight occasions. | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
But the force says more taser capability will increase | :05:34. | :05:35. | |
It allows the officers to use greater distance, | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
not have to get so close to an individual who has a weapon for | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
It serves as one of the number of tackle options available | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
to the officers and they will have to use a good decision-making and a | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
proportionate use depending on the threat that is proposed. | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
Nationally, 64 police officers are assaulted | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
Northamptonshire Police hope more tasers will afford them | :05:59. | :06:08. | |
Next tonight, the latest in our series looking | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
at the candidates vying to become Cambridgeshire's | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
The winning candidate will control a multi-million pound budget, | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
with direct powers over housing and growth. | :06:22. | :06:23. | |
Tonight is the turn of the English Democrats. | :06:24. | :06:25. | |
Their candidate is a former Peterborough city councillor, | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
who's "pro-car" and if elected, will invite the US President Donald | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
Our political reporter Mousumi Bakshi put Stephen | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
I am Stephen Goldspink, running for the English Democrats | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
and the first thing I would do if elected their is | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
collect information from residents about traffic problems and issues, | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
transport issues, around their area and try and get in and solve them. | :06:46. | :06:52. | |
How much money has been set aside for affordable housing? | :06:53. | :07:00. | |
?170 million, of which 70 million are to | :07:01. | :07:01. | |
Tell us one thing that people might not know | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
People might not know that I am a fan of the 1970s pop | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
group The Sweet and that I invited them to Peterborough | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
in 2004 and set up my own concert. | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
Because I understand what people want in Cambridgeshire. | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
I will do my best to make sure that any houses that we build are | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
accessible to the majority of the population. | :07:28. | :07:28. | |
Where is your favourite place to go in Cambridge? | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
My favourite place to go in Cambridgeshire... | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
I guess that would have to be out on the Fens where I live. | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
I just love driving across the Fens, the big open spaces. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
And we'll hear from the other candidates next week. | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
But before that, there is a special programme called | :07:46. | :07:47. | |
A Mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough tonight straight | :07:48. | :07:49. | |
after this bulletin on BBC One at 10:45pm. | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
A new bike share scheme in Cambridge is proving controversial, | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
The O-FO project allows cycles to be hired out via an app. | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
Users can then leave them anywhere in the city once they've | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
But there are concerns it could lead to bikes being dumped. | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
With congestion on four wheels a problem in Cambridge, there is a | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
Many of us use our bikes to get around here, but now | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
there is something new in this old university city. | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
Fresh from China, where the company claims to have 30 | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
million active users, with Ofo, you simply tap | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
the bike number in the app, unlock, and off you go. | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
We chose Cambridge because it is the cycling capital of the UK. | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
Once you finish your journey, you literally kick the | :08:43. | :08:44. | |
stand out, put the bike to one side, lock the back wheel and end | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
But it is precisely because there is no | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
docking system like so-called Boris bikes in London that it is causing | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
At City Cycle Hire, they already rent out more than 500 | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
bikes and they are worried about safety. | :09:03. | :09:04. | |
We rigorously check our bikes after every use from a customer. | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
I can't see how this is possible with the Ofo scheme. | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
Cambridge has already had a cycle share scheme go wrong. | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
More than 20 years ago, many of the green bikes | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
Although Ofo say they know where bikes have been left | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
because of GPS on the smartphone app, some still have real concerns. | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
It could be a dump-anywhere scheme if | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
people aren't careful and what we don't want is for all of the | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
responsibility effectively to fall on the council, | :09:38. | :09:39. | |
because there aren't even phone numbers on these bikes | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
The local council says Ofo haven't answered | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
all their questions, so I put one to the firm. | :09:47. | :09:48. | |
How are you going to ensure these bikes aren't | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
left in irresponsible places or even just dumped? | :09:54. | :09:55. | |
We have actually paid positions, we will be an employer | :09:56. | :09:58. | |
within Cambridge, employing an on the ground team | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
to round the bikes up and make sure that they are | :10:03. | :10:04. | |
evenly distributed around the city where they are needed most. | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
The project is being trialled for three | :10:08. | :10:08. | |
weeks in the city, but more yellow bikes | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
With the local council watching how the scheme will work in practice. | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
A lot of cloud across the region, temperatures not as low as last | :10:20. | :10:33. | |
night. The thickest of the cloud could produce some spots of light | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
rain or drizzle. Some clear intervals, so it is possible that we | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
will have lows of five or 6 degrees. Temperatures rising by the end of | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
the night. The picture for tomorrow is relatively cloudy with this | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
weather system coming from the north. That will introduce cooler | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
here, but the day itself is relatively mild. Despite cloud cover | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
and the lack of sunshine, there may just be some brighter spells at | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
times, but it does look generally cloudy. We still may record | :11:05. | :11:06. | |
about that and the UK outlook, Helen Willetts. | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
The sunshine make such a difference this time of year, only 12 or so | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
degrees under the cloud today but 19 in eastern Scotland not far away | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
from St Andrews. Also in north-east | :11:22. | :11:23. |