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First tonight, the Defence Secretary was in Stevenage today announcing | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
half a billion pounds of spending on new missile systems | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
It will secure 130 jobs in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
and safeguard hundreds more in the supply chain. | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
The town is high on the list of Labour target seats. | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
It's been a week of big political announcements and speeches. | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
Today, the turn of the Defence Secretary here in Stevenage. | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
A ?539 million investment in new missile systems. | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
You are playing your part in helping the Royal Navy | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
The first, the state-of-the-art Meteor missile, seen here, | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
which will be used by both the Royal Air Force and the Navy. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
The common anti-air module missile, or CAMM - | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
And ?175 million Sea Viper weapons systems. | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
It's aimed to protect Royal Navy destroyers. | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
Three days after a general election was called, | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
I've been told today's briefing brought forward several weeks. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
Well this is half a billion pounds' worth, ?537 million worth | :01:24. | :01:34. | |
of investment in new missile systems to help keep the Royal Navy safe. | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
This is investment in the Royal Navy, to keep the Navy | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
safe as they keep us here at home safe. | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
This is the Meteor, an air-to-air beyond visual range missile | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
which will be fitted to F-35 stealth fighters like this one. | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
MBDA say this deal will sustain more than 130 jobs, many of them | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
Today, here in Stevenage, we have around 2,000 people out | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
of 3,600 working at MBDA in the UK, so it is a significant moment | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
to reinforce and keep those people employed for the future. | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
The first of the new missiles will be in service as soon as next year. | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
The Meteor eventually being used on F-35s based | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
Britain's defence budget is the fifth-largest in the world. | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
Contracts like these helping to secure this | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
The Conservative MP for Northampton South is facing | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
Some local members want to remove him, for his part | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
in a Borough Council loan to the town's football club, | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
which saw millions of pounds apparently disappear. | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
David Mackintosh denies any wrongdoing. | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
I've helped over 20,000 cases and seen many hundreds | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
Outside Parliament, posted on the Internet, David | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
Mackintosh proudly says what he has achieved. | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
And in the Commons on Wednesday, wanting new | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
roads in the region, wanting the Prime Minister's support | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
..and will the next Conservative Government continue to | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
support me as the MP in backing the scheme? | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
The Northampton MP fighting for his political future, | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
members of his local party telling us | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
campaigning in the council elections voters are critical of him. | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
His name mentioned on the doorstep, following | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
his role in the ?10.25 million loan to Northampton Town Football | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
Club when he was leader of the borough council. | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
Funds to develop the stadium, but work went unfinished | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
What happened here being investigated by | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
Northamptonshire Police, their inquiry looking | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
The MP in the past telling BBC he welcomed the | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
investigation and will co-operate fully. | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
In Northampton today, David Mackintosh not seen with senior | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
The Government fully aware of the political row bubbling here. | :04:08. | :04:15. | |
It is always for the local party to decide | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
So that's not something I should get involved in, it would be | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
Mr Mackintosh, did you know about the source of the donations? | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
David Mackintosh has repeatedly refused to answer our | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
But in this shortest of statements he told us simply, "I | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
The bakery firm Warburtons has announced it's planning | :04:36. | :04:43. | |
to close its factory in Milton Keynes. | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
More than 200 workers could lose their jobs. | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
The Giles Bakery based on the Blakelands Industrial Site | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
has been run by Warburtons since a take-over in 2013. | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
300 children marched to the council offices in Milton Keynes today | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
to demand improvements to the town's red ways. | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
They say the network of footpaths are neglected, | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
The redways are as much a feature of MK as its roundabouts, | :05:08. | :05:16. | |
but there are concerns that this network of paths is in need | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
of some TLC, so today these children set off along | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
the redways to the council, to deliver a very clear message. | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
We can actually change the redways so it will be safer, we will be | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
able to go in there, and so people who are our age, | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
like, seven and stuff, they will be safe to go | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
As part of this project, all of the schools carried out | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
a survey which found that 80% of their students actually used | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
these redways, but it also found that 40% of them didn't feel | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
En route, the children also took the opportunity to give | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
before then meeting up with other schools to press | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
And after these presentations, the verdict from the council - | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
There are not asking for anything major, they are asking | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
for a realistic set of 50 improvements we can make | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
and that is things like filling in small potholes and changing light | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
bulbs and cutting back shrubs and I think we can make | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
The children say they will hold the council to that promise, and say | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
they will also continue to do their bit to keep | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
Time for the weather now - here's Julie with a look ahead | :06:30. | :06:38. | |
to the weekend and the start of next week, and dare I say the s-word - | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
It's in the night and we will see patchy rain spreading down from the | :06:43. | :06:56. | |
north. With all the cloud it will be a frost free night with winds | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
becoming light and variable. Tomorrow a few showers drifting from | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
the Northwest but generally quite debt and dry, cloudy, but some | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
sunshine. Highs around 12 Celsius or 54 Fahrenheit. On Sunday after a | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
cold start it should be fine and dry with an isolated shower here and | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
there. In a moment Helen will have the National forecast, but I'll | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
leave you with the outlook. Monday has a cloudy start with a fuse box | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
of rain and then sunshine and showers, but cold night on Monday, | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
we could see temperatures below freezing. Tuesday has sunny spells, | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
marathon. Here is the outlook for the weather for the next few days | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
and Helen Willetts has the National forecast. | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
While unusual to see snow in May, it will be a shock to the system. We've | :07:46. | :07:55. | |
seen some interesting contrast. 19 degrees cost is in Scotland in the | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
sunshine today. In the sunshine | :07:59. | :07:59. |