21/04/2017 Look East (West)


21/04/2017

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First tonight, the Defence Secretary was in Stevenage today announcing

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half a billion pounds of spending on new missile systems

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It will secure 130 jobs in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

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and safeguard hundreds more in the supply chain.

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The town is high on the list of Labour target seats.

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It's been a week of big political announcements and speeches.

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Today, the turn of the Defence Secretary here in Stevenage.

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A ?539 million investment in new missile systems.

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You are playing your part in helping the Royal Navy

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The first, the state-of-the-art Meteor missile, seen here,

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which will be used by both the Royal Air Force and the Navy.

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The common anti-air module missile, or CAMM -

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And ?175 million Sea Viper weapons systems.

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It's aimed to protect Royal Navy destroyers.

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Three days after a general election was called,

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I've been told today's briefing brought forward several weeks.

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Well this is half a billion pounds' worth, ?537 million worth

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of investment in new missile systems to help keep the Royal Navy safe.

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This is investment in the Royal Navy, to keep the Navy

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safe as they keep us here at home safe.

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This is the Meteor, an air-to-air beyond visual range missile

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which will be fitted to F-35 stealth fighters like this one.

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MBDA say this deal will sustain more than 130 jobs, many of them

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Today, here in Stevenage, we have around 2,000 people out

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of 3,600 working at MBDA in the UK, so it is a significant moment

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to reinforce and keep those people employed for the future.

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The first of the new missiles will be in service as soon as next year.

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The Meteor eventually being used on F-35s based

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Britain's defence budget is the fifth-largest in the world.

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Contracts like these helping to secure this

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The Conservative MP for Northampton South is facing

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Some local members want to remove him, for his part

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in a Borough Council loan to the town's football club,

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which saw millions of pounds apparently disappear.

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David Mackintosh denies any wrongdoing.

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I've helped over 20,000 cases and seen many hundreds

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Outside Parliament, posted on the Internet, David

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Mackintosh proudly says what he has achieved.

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And in the Commons on Wednesday, wanting new

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roads in the region, wanting the Prime Minister's support

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..and will the next Conservative Government continue to

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support me as the MP in backing the scheme?

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The Northampton MP fighting for his political future,

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members of his local party telling us

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campaigning in the council elections voters are critical of him.

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His name mentioned on the doorstep, following

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his role in the ?10.25 million loan to Northampton Town Football

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Club when he was leader of the borough council.

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Funds to develop the stadium, but work went unfinished

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What happened here being investigated by

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Northamptonshire Police, their inquiry looking

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The MP in the past telling BBC he welcomed the

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investigation and will co-operate fully.

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In Northampton today, David Mackintosh not seen with senior

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The Government fully aware of the political row bubbling here.

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It is always for the local party to decide

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So that's not something I should get involved in, it would be

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Mr Mackintosh, did you know about the source of the donations?

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David Mackintosh has repeatedly refused to answer our

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But in this shortest of statements he told us simply, "I

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The bakery firm Warburtons has announced it's planning

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to close its factory in Milton Keynes.

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More than 200 workers could lose their jobs.

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The Giles Bakery based on the Blakelands Industrial Site

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has been run by Warburtons since a take-over in 2013.

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300 children marched to the council offices in Milton Keynes today

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to demand improvements to the town's red ways.

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They say the network of footpaths are neglected,

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The redways are as much a feature of MK as its roundabouts,

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but there are concerns that this network of paths is in need

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of some TLC, so today these children set off along

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the redways to the council, to deliver a very clear message.

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We can actually change the redways so it will be safer, we will be

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able to go in there, and so people who are our age,

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like, seven and stuff, they will be safe to go

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As part of this project, all of the schools carried out

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a survey which found that 80% of their students actually used

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these redways, but it also found that 40% of them didn't feel

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En route, the children also took the opportunity to give

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before then meeting up with other schools to press

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And after these presentations, the verdict from the council -

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There are not asking for anything major, they are asking

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for a realistic set of 50 improvements we can make

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and that is things like filling in small potholes and changing light

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bulbs and cutting back shrubs and I think we can make

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The children say they will hold the council to that promise, and say

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they will also continue to do their bit to keep

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Time for the weather now - here's Julie with a look ahead

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to the weekend and the start of next week, and dare I say the s-word -

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It's in the night and we will see patchy rain spreading down from the

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north. With all the cloud it will be a frost free night with winds

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becoming light and variable. Tomorrow a few showers drifting from

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the Northwest but generally quite debt and dry, cloudy, but some

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sunshine. Highs around 12 Celsius or 54 Fahrenheit. On Sunday after a

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cold start it should be fine and dry with an isolated shower here and

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there. In a moment Helen will have the National forecast, but I'll

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leave you with the outlook. Monday has a cloudy start with a fuse box

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of rain and then sunshine and showers, but cold night on Monday,

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we could see temperatures below freezing. Tuesday has sunny spells,

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marathon. Here is the outlook for the weather for the next few days

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and Helen Willetts has the National forecast.

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While unusual to see snow in May, it will be a shock to the system. We've

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seen some interesting contrast. 19 degrees cost is in Scotland in the

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sunshine today. In the sunshine

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