04/03/2017

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:00:12. > :00:13.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party's campaign

:00:14. > :00:16.for the mayoral election in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

:00:17. > :00:19.He said providing more affordable housing would be his

:00:20. > :00:21.party's main priority. Elections for the county's first

:00:22. > :00:27.ever directly-elected mayor take place in May.

:00:28. > :00:30.Jeremy Corbyn and his mayoral candidate Kevin Price visiting a new

:00:31. > :00:32.housing estate in Cambridge, funded by the local council.

:00:33. > :00:34.They wanted to draw attention to the amount of extra

:00:35. > :00:37.money which will be made available to housing, through devolution.

:00:38. > :00:40.The Labour leader said there was a massive need which had to

:00:41. > :00:47.Cambridge, as a city, is very expensive.

:00:48. > :00:49.It is unaffordable for a large percentage of

:00:50. > :00:53.Therefore, it does require an interventionist council

:00:54. > :00:55.that will ensure housing is built for social rent, affordable rent,

:00:56. > :01:04.and what we are looking at around here is actually brilliant.

:01:05. > :01:06.This is an important election. Devolution will change the way

:01:07. > :01:08.that house-building, transport and business development

:01:09. > :01:11.are delivered in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

:01:12. > :01:13.So, yesterday, the Justice Secretary was launching the

:01:14. > :01:19.All the main parties, and at least one independent, will be standing.

:01:20. > :01:22.Labour has always had to work hard to do well

:01:23. > :01:30.in elections in this region, but this year,

:01:31. > :01:32.there is an added pressure, because how Labour does

:01:33. > :01:34.will be seen as a reflection on Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

:01:35. > :01:37.He said Labour has a message which is relevant to

:01:38. > :01:43.His supporters say he is ready for this fight.

:01:44. > :01:45.The cull of 55,000 ducks is underway,

:01:46. > :01:48.following the discovery of bird flu at a second farm in Suffolk.

:01:49. > :01:50.The H5N8 virus was detected at Grange Farm in Redgrave,

:01:51. > :01:53.which is run by Gressingham Foods. No birds were infected

:01:54. > :01:55.with the virus, but they are being culled as a precaution.

:01:56. > :02:02.A bird flu outbreak was confirmed last month at a neighbouring farm.

:02:03. > :02:05.A deal has reportedly been reached to sell the Vauxhall van plant

:02:06. > :02:09.Negotiations have been underway for the past three weeks,

:02:10. > :02:12.2,000 people work at Vauxhall in Luton.

:02:13. > :02:19.An official announcement is expected on Monday.

:02:20. > :02:22.Detectives investigating a rape in Ipswich a week ago have carried

:02:23. > :02:25.out checks and spoken to people in the area of the attack.

:02:26. > :02:28.They are trying to trace two men, after a woman was attacked

:02:29. > :02:31.and left unconscious in a car park off Rope Walk.

:02:32. > :02:34.Last night, there were extra police patrols in the area.

:02:35. > :02:37.Football now and Norwich's promotion hopes suffered a devestatimg

:02:38. > :02:39.setback this afternoon. The Canaries were hammered 5-1

:02:40. > :02:41.at Sheffield Wednesday, to fall nine points behind the top six.

:02:42. > :02:43.Ipswich drew their fourth successive match, 1-1

:02:44. > :02:45.with Brentford at Portman Road. Town move up to 15th.

:02:46. > :02:54.In League One, Southend have lost ground on the play-off race,

:02:55. > :02:56.after a 1-1 draw with strugglers, Port Vale.

:02:57. > :02:58.They are now four points behind Millwall in sixth, who enjoyed

:02:59. > :03:02.Peterborough's play-off hopes look remote, after a 1-0

:03:03. > :03:05.Northampton are now seven points above the relegation zone,

:03:06. > :03:11.In League Two, Cambridge and Colchester could not

:03:12. > :03:13.be seperated - sharing a 1-1 draw at The Abbey.

:03:14. > :03:16.John McGreal's side are now three points off the play-off zone.

:03:17. > :03:19.Stevenage continued their fine form and move up

:03:20. > :03:21.to sixth, following a 3-0 win over Notts County.

:03:22. > :03:24.Two more goals for Matt Goddon. Luton's Danny Hylton is also flying.

:03:25. > :03:33.Luton up to 4th, following a 4-0 win at Yeovil.

:03:34. > :03:35.In rugby union, Northampton boosted their

:03:36. > :03:36.Premiership play-off chances with a bonus-point win

:03:37. > :03:39.at Sale Sharks last night. Pisi, Paterson, Haywood and Waller

:03:40. > :03:42.The result leaves Saints sixth in the table,

:03:43. > :03:48.four points behind Bath, who are fourth.

:03:49. > :03:51.Cycling now and Jody Cundy has won his 13th track world title

:03:52. > :03:52.atthe Paracycling World Championships in Los Angeles.

:03:53. > :03:55.Cundy, from Cambridgshire, rode to victory in the C4 km time trial.

:03:56. > :04:05.The 38-year-old is unbeaten in world kilometre events since 2006.

:04:06. > :04:08.We can catch up on the latest weather outlook now,

:04:09. > :04:15.That earlier rain cleared from coastal areas.

:04:16. > :04:19.Most places then brightened up and we even saw quite a bit of sunshine.

:04:20. > :04:22.I hope you made the most of it, because it was the nicer

:04:23. > :04:27.Overnight, it will be cooler than last night.

:04:28. > :04:30.The chance of a touch of frost in the more

:04:31. > :04:33.Most places dry until we get to tomorrow morning.

:04:34. > :04:38.We have got a band of heavy rain pushing its way east.

:04:39. > :04:41.Some gusty wind on this, as well, and that is

:04:42. > :04:49.So, many places here wet for much of the day.

:04:50. > :04:52.Possibly some late brightness for southern parts, as we get into

:04:53. > :04:55.Top temperatures under all that rain, feeling rather chilly,

:04:56. > :04:58.Generally unsettled as we had through next week,

:04:59. > :05:03.That is all for now. We are back at 5.50pm tomorrow.

:05:04. > :05:19.Hello. I could have put almost anything in this sphere today such

:05:20. > :05:24.was the variety. Some of you saw showers but the cloud is sitting

:05:25. > :05:28.lower in the atmosphere. It was nice enough this morning across the

:05:29. > :05:32.Midlands, not just here in Birmingham, but in that slot, it

:05:33. > :05:36.filled in disappointingly, the showers were always there in Wales

:05:37. > :05:40.and the South West and they crept further into the yeast, and further

:05:41. > :05:45.into the North. All of that is driven by this low pressure, we have

:05:46. > :05:47.had wind rain and snow in Scotland which becomes confined to the

:05:48. > :05:51.Shetland Islands overnight making room for another band of weather in

:05:52. > :05:56.the South West and in between, a touch of frost and perhaps a bit of

:05:57. > :05:59.fog. This is how we start the day on Sunday, the rain and wind confined

:06:00. > :06:03.to the Shetland Islands, elsewhere the good news story in Scotland,

:06:04. > :06:08.Northern Ireland and the north of England is that you will get to see

:06:09. > :06:09.some shots -- sunshine. A much improved day than