04/03/2017 Look East

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party's campaign

for the mayoral election in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

He said providing more affordable housing would be his

party's main priority. Elections for the county's first

ever directly-elected mayor take place in May.

Jeremy Corbyn and his mayoral candidate Kevin Price visiting a new

housing estate in Cambridge, funded by the local council.

They wanted to draw attention to the amount of extra

money which will be made available to housing, through devolution.

The Labour leader said there was a massive need which had to

Cambridge, as a city, is very expensive.

It is unaffordable for a large percentage of

Therefore, it does require an interventionist council

that will ensure housing is built for social rent, affordable rent,

and what we are looking at around here is actually brilliant.

This is an important election. Devolution will change the way

that house-building, transport and business development

are delivered in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

So, yesterday, the Justice Secretary was launching the

All the main parties, and at least one independent, will be standing.

Labour has always had to work hard to do well

in elections in this region, but this year,

there is an added pressure, because how Labour does

will be seen as a reflection on Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

He said Labour has a message which is relevant to

His supporters say he is ready for this fight.

The cull of 55,000 ducks is underway,

following the discovery of bird flu at a second farm in Suffolk.

The H5N8 virus was detected at Grange Farm in Redgrave,

which is run by Gressingham Foods. No birds were infected

with the virus, but they are being culled as a precaution.

A bird flu outbreak was confirmed last month at a neighbouring farm.

A deal has reportedly been reached to sell the Vauxhall van plant

Negotiations have been underway for the past three weeks,

2,000 people work at Vauxhall in Luton.

An official announcement is expected on Monday.

Detectives investigating a rape in Ipswich a week ago have carried

out checks and spoken to people in the area of the attack.

They are trying to trace two men, after a woman was attacked

and left unconscious in a car park off Rope Walk.

Last night, there were extra police patrols in the area.

Football now and Norwich's promotion hopes suffered a devestatimg

setback this afternoon. The Canaries were hammered 5-1

at Sheffield Wednesday, to fall nine points behind the top six.

Ipswich drew their fourth successive match, 1-1

with Brentford at Portman Road. Town move up to 15th.

In League One, Southend have lost ground on the play-off race,

after a 1-1 draw with strugglers, Port Vale.

They are now four points behind Millwall in sixth, who enjoyed

Peterborough's play-off hopes look remote, after a 1-0

Northampton are now seven points above the relegation zone,

In League Two, Cambridge and Colchester could not

be seperated - sharing a 1-1 draw at The Abbey.

John McGreal's side are now three points off the play-off zone.

Stevenage continued their fine form and move up

to sixth, following a 3-0 win over Notts County.

Two more goals for Matt Goddon. Luton's Danny Hylton is also flying.

Luton up to 4th, following a 4-0 win at Yeovil.

In rugby union, Northampton boosted their

Premiership play-off chances with a bonus-point win

at Sale Sharks last night. Pisi, Paterson, Haywood and Waller

The result leaves Saints sixth in the table,

four points behind Bath, who are fourth.

Cycling now and Jody Cundy has won his 13th track world title

atthe Paracycling World Championships in Los Angeles.

Cundy, from Cambridgshire, rode to victory in the C4 km time trial.

The 38-year-old is unbeaten in world kilometre events since 2006.

We can catch up on the latest weather outlook now,

That earlier rain cleared from coastal areas.

Most places then brightened up and we even saw quite a bit of sunshine.

I hope you made the most of it, because it was the nicer

Overnight, it will be cooler than last night.

The chance of a touch of frost in the more

Most places dry until we get to tomorrow morning.

We have got a band of heavy rain pushing its way east.

Some gusty wind on this, as well, and that is

So, many places here wet for much of the day.

Possibly some late brightness for southern parts, as we get into

Top temperatures under all that rain, feeling rather chilly,

Generally unsettled as we had through next week,

That is all for now. We are back at 5.50pm tomorrow.

Hello. I could have put almost anything in this sphere today such

was the variety. Some of you saw showers but the cloud is sitting

lower in the atmosphere. It was nice enough this morning across the

Midlands, not just here in Birmingham, but in that slot, it

filled in disappointingly, the showers were always there in Wales

and the South West and they crept further into the yeast, and further

into the North. All of that is driven by this low pressure, we have

had wind rain and snow in Scotland which becomes confined to the

Shetland Islands overnight making room for another band of weather in

the South West and in between, a touch of frost and perhaps a bit of

fog. This is how we start the day on Sunday, the rain and wind confined

to the Shetland Islands, elsewhere the good news story in Scotland,

Northern Ireland and the north of England is that you will get to see

some shots -- sunshine. A much improved day than