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Here on BBC One, it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
On Look East tonight: | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
A Brexit bombshell for
Milton Keynes, kicked out | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
of the competition to become an EU
Culture Capital. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
But why wait until today? | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
The shift in policing
which could see an end | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
to community support officers. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
And it's turning much colder again. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
Join me at the end of the programme
for the latest weather. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
First tonight, just a week before
the winner was due to be announced, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
Milton Keynes has been kicked out
of the competition to be | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
the European Capital
of Culture in six years' time. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
The title brings great economic
benefits, and Milton Keynes | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
was one of five places in the UK
under consideration. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
But today the European Commission
has told them they'll no longer | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
be allowed to continue
because of Brexit. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
Mike Cartwright reports. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:55 | |
Celebrations for MK's 50th, a party
that they hoped would carry on. | 0:00:55 | 0:01:04 | |
Milton Keynes, short listed
for European Capital of Culture | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
2023, a title putting culture
at its centre. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:15 | |
Celebrating what's already
here and what's to come. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
£150,000 spent on the bid. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
But after months of planning
and excitement, today, | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
learning they would no longer be
considered because of Brexit. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
For the council, a bitter blow. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:26 | |
It's hugely disappointing,
I think there was a real desire | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
in the city and the people
were quite excited about | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
bidding and becoming
European Capital of Culture. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
And it's a loss to the city,
all that economic development | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
it would bring in. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:38 | |
All the investment and all the jobs
it would have created. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
MK's bid going along with five
other British entries. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Tonight, anger from all of them
about the decision to ban them now. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
Why has the commission waited
17 months to let people know? | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
Because that public money
would clearly not have been invested | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
if people had known,
well, there's no point | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
in putting a bid together
because the European Commission | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
is going to say, "You can't enter." | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
A fallout from Brexit the council
here say they never expected. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
Now, not withdrawing their bid,
hoping a compromise can be found. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:13 | |
And Mike's here now. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Obviously, the timing of this
is really the problem - | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
but did it really come out
of the blue? | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
Yes and no. Of course, councils are
now asking when it allowed UK | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
entries if they were going to be
thrown out a week before announcing | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
the winner. But this goes further
back. In 2014, before the | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
referendum, it was decided in 2023,
a British city would become culture | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
capital. But in December 2016, the
UK Government said the competition | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
would run as normal but they did one
bidder is that there may be subject | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
to Brexit negotiations. So it looks
like councils were worn but pressed | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
ahead anyway. But it does seem
rather late in the day for the | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
decision. Did the commission leave
it late on purpose? Critics would | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
say yes, probably. Of course. But
£150,000 for effectively competition | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
entry, it sounds like a lot of
money. Is it wasted no? It is a lot | 0:03:06 | 0:03:12 | |
but MK Council say it's not a waste
because it paves the way for them to | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
develop art and coach there. But
they do feel they have missed out on | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
an opportunity to selling here
abroad. And they have lost out | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
financially. The culture capital
2008 cost the city 170 million to | 0:03:23 | 0:03:31 | |
win the bid but it generated £750
million, four times what they spend. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:37 | |
So was it a gamble worth taking's
they would say yes. Thank you very | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
much indeed. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
A man from Luton who planned
to fight for Islamic State in Syria | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
has been jailed for six years. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
22-year-old Mubashir Jamil
was arrested after this raid | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
at his home in Belmont Road. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
The former straight-A student had
also considered carrying out | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
a suicide attack in the UK. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
The judge said a mental health
disorder was only partly to blame | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
for his actions but he will be
treated in a secure hospital | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
until he's fit for prison transfer. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Next tonight - the shift in policing
which could spell the end | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
for community support officers. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:07 | |
15 years ago, PCSOs were hailed
as the way to put more | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
bobbies on the beat. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:11 | |
But they were controversial. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
Lacking the powers of
arrest or interrogation, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
critics called them "plastic police"
- a cheap alternative. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
Now, the force in Cambridgeshire
says with a rise in complex crime, | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
what they actually need is 50 more
fully trained police officers, | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
but it means losing 46 PCSOs. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
And it's a trend being echoed in
Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
which have seen PCSO numbers halve
over recent years. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
Emma Baugh has the story. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
PCSOs were originally brought
into have more visible policing, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
with officers on regular patrols. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
But now all that is changing. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
With pressures on budgets,
in Cambridgeshire, they say | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
the money is better spent
on regular officers. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
We are really focusing on recruiting
police officers next year. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
We have the highest number we've
recruited into the force for many | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
years, that's really good news. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
And PCSOs, we will obviously need
to revisit that at some | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
stage in the future. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:08 | |
But at the moment, our
focus is on recruiting | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
warranted police officers. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:11 | |
So was it a mistake to have
so many in the first place? | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
It was absolutely right thing to do
to bring them in then. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
Crime changes and people
and societal issues change. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
We need, I need, warranted police
officers in some parts of the county | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
now to do things that PCSOs aren't
legally entitled to do. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
Community support officers
like these aren't much cheaper | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
to employ them regular police
constables, but unlike them, | 0:05:28 | 0:05:32 | |
they can't make arrests,
investigate crimes respond | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
to incidents in the same way. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:42 | |
But in Huntingdon today,
some were not convinced | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
that the plans are good idea. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
I think it's really sad
because they're always helpful. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
My brother has been lost a few times
in town and they helped | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
bring him back to us. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:53 | |
I think it's a good idea,
because obviously, the PCSOs | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
can't enforce anything,
whereas police can. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Solving the crimes is
what I'm looking for, | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
rather than a visible presence. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
The Police and Crime Commissioner
says they have to prioritise. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:07 | |
If we had more funding,
we can tackle criminality. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
It's the low-level stuff,
sometimes, that people feel | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
really passionately about,
the things that affect them | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
that are becoming less
of a priority for policing. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
And I think, again,
you will see less of that, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
perhaps, in the future,
because of the funding constraints. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:25 | |
From April next year,
you will see fewer of these PCSOs | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
patrolling town centres,
but more officers | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
investigating serious crimes. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:39 | |
Now to the councils criticising
the Chancellor for ignoring them | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
in yesterday's budget. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
Leaders in Northamptonshire,
Peterborough and Cambridgeshire had | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
been campaigning hard
for fairer funding | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
to take into account the huge surges
they've seen in population | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
and demand on services. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
They were hoping that the budget
would bring them good news. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
But it brought them no news at all. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Our political reporter
Tom Barton explains. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
Do you need to take your inhaler? | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
Yes. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
Margaret and Ted Walton
are both 87 years old. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
Ted has lung disease and recently
spent time in hospital with sepsis. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:13 | |
Most couples in their position
would get daily help at home, | 0:07:13 | 0:07:18 | |
but Margaret provides almost
all of Ted's care herself. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:23 | |
She's able to do so because after
he was released from hospital, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
Cambridgeshire County Council
provided support designed | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
to help her look after him. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
It's the confidence, I suppose,
to know that you can do it. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
Because it's a very worrying
thing, really, at first, | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
when you think about... | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
the responsibility you have. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
Very important. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
COUGHS. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:48 | |
Because I have got utter,
utter faith in Margaret, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
which you can't have
with a stranger. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
If you know what I mean. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
It's a service that can be
good for older people, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:02 | |
but is also good for the council. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
Instead of having a care
package and that care | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
package being maintained,
we take an enabling approach. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
So, as Margaret explained,
we listen to individual people, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
we work with them and actually
manage to reduce the amount | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
of care that they receive. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:21 | |
Cambridgeshire County Council says
it wants to provide more | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
of this sort of support. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
But demand for care services
is growing faster than funding. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
And they don't have the resources to
grow innovative services like this. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:35 | |
But there was no solution
for council leaders | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
in yesterday's budget. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
I was disappointed by
the fact that we didn't | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
move towards announcing
a new needs-based formula. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
This is the way that our funding
will be rectified in the future, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
it's desperately overdue at this
present point in time. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
It cannot be fair that
a resident of inner London has | 0:08:51 | 0:08:56 | |
£1190 spent on them,
when I have to make do with £650. | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
The Government says it is listening. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
We are committed to fairer funding. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:05 | |
It's something I've talked
about and I think it's | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
a perfectly reasonable request
from local council. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:09 | |
This hasn't been looked at,
how funding is distributed hasn't | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
been looked at by governments
for more than a decade. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
It's about time we looked
at it again and I will... | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
The process has already
started to get us there. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
Back in Burwell, Margaret is working
with Ted to get him fit again. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
As for the councils
which support older people, | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
their finances aren't so healthy. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
The big question they face
is where the funding | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
will come from in future. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:40 | |
The A14 has been closed in both
directions near Cambridge tonight | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
after several separate incidents. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
It began with a multi-vehicle crash
westbound at junction 34 | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
for Fen Ditton, but was soon
followed by a crash on the eastbound | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
side at the same point. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
Within an hour, police also
closed the road just | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
a few miles along at junction 32
because of another problem. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
They say traffic
is still very heavy. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
That's all from us for now. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
Now, let's get the weather. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
Hello, there. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
Cold weather on the way
and it is going to turn much | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
chillier overnight tonight. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:12 | |
There could be some outbreaks
of rain coming in across Southern | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
counties during the course
of the night but a lot of dry | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
weather across the north
with some clear spells, | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
so temperatures potentially
down at 1-2 degrees, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
bringing the risk of frost
and icy patches. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
This is the pressure
pattern for tomorrow, | 0:10:23 | 0:10:24 | |
we have got this weather system
close by but essentially, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
a lot of fine weather on the way. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
A bit of a cloudy start in one
or two spots and there | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
could be an isolated shower,
but for most places it stays dry | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
with some good spells of sunshine. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
But it is going to feel very cold. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
There will be light winds
through tomorrow but certainly, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
despite the sunshine,
temperatures not getting higher | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
than around 7 degrees. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
It's expected to stay
fine for the afternoon. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
National weather is coming up
but here is the outlook. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
And a freshening wind
from the north-west into the weekend | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
will make it feel bitterly cold. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
5-6 degrees our high. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
Some sharp frost on the way
but there will be some | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
good spells of sunshine. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 |