19/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:14.Hello. stories on the BBC News Channel.

:00:15. > :00:17.First tonight - a 31-year-old from the Clacton-on-Sea area

:00:18. > :00:19.is being questioned by police about the abduction of a child.

:00:20. > :00:21.Kennedy Palmer, who's 15, disappeared three days ago

:00:22. > :00:28.after leaving for school near Ipswich on Thursday morning.

:00:29. > :00:31.An extensive search by the police and her family ensued.

:00:32. > :00:33.She was found this afternoon in North Essex,

:00:34. > :00:35.A swimming pool in Essex remained closed today after four people

:00:36. > :00:37.were taken to hospital following a chemical

:00:38. > :00:48.Witham Leisure centre was evacuated after two chemicals

:00:49. > :00:51.Eight people were treated for breathing difficulties.

:00:52. > :00:54.The move towards more local devolution continues

:00:55. > :00:56.when the new combined authority of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

:00:57. > :00:59.The meeting in Wisbech will appoint members

:01:00. > :01:03.The new body will have control of an extra ?20 million

:01:04. > :01:08.It comes ahead of the election for a new mayor in May.

:01:09. > :01:12.It is not just about Cambridge, not just about the areas that most

:01:13. > :01:17.It is about those parts of Cambridgeshire

:01:18. > :01:19.and Peterborough that sometimes, perhaps, in the past haven't got

:01:20. > :01:23.In terms of real opportunity through power, through money,

:01:24. > :01:25.and the right leadership to make a difference.

:01:26. > :01:28.The MP for Stevenage says he has no regrets about forcing the Government

:01:29. > :01:30.to change its mind over last week's Budget.

:01:31. > :01:32.Stephen McPartland helped force the Chancellor to scrap a

:01:33. > :01:33.planned increase in National Insurance Contributions

:01:34. > :01:38.The Conservative MP has also recently attacked plans

:01:39. > :01:42.I think occasionally you have to stand up,

:01:43. > :01:45.So for me, I'm standing up for ordinary working

:01:46. > :01:47.families in my constituency and around the country.

:01:48. > :01:50.You know, I am happy to speak out, and if other

:01:51. > :01:52.members of Parliament are happy for me to do

:01:53. > :01:55.I don't speak on anybody else's half.

:01:56. > :02:00.Around 2000 car lovers were in Southend last night

:02:01. > :02:06.since an injunction was granted last year allowing police

:02:07. > :02:10.to prosecute anyone driving dangerously or anti-socially.

:02:11. > :02:15.Essex Police say no arrests were made.

:02:16. > :02:17.From a policing perspective, very happy.

:02:18. > :02:19.The purpose of the injunction was to prohibit vehicles

:02:20. > :02:26.driving in an anti-social manner. Largely, this has been achieved.

:02:27. > :02:28.And I commend the drivers that have been

:02:29. > :02:33.down here, worked with us, engaged with us.

:02:34. > :02:38.Preplanned and complying with the council legislation.

:02:39. > :02:44.is now being trained to sniff out cancer in Buckinghamshire.

:02:45. > :02:47.A dog, caged and waiting to be sold for slaughter in Asia,

:02:48. > :02:50.is now being trained to sniff out cancer in Buckinghamshire.

:02:51. > :02:53.The dog, called Faith, was saved from the South Korean meat trade.

:02:54. > :02:55.Now, she's working with the charity Medical Detection Dogs,

:02:56. > :02:58.They train dogs to identify cancers by smell.

:02:59. > :03:00.She was incredibly disruptive to start with.

:03:01. > :03:03.She had no idea what a home was, what a table was, she thought

:03:04. > :03:13.So frenetic about wanting food and water - these dogs

:03:14. > :03:17.But, you know, to start with she was a complete whirlwind.

:03:18. > :03:19.But with time, careful training and teaching her the boundaries,

:03:20. > :03:26.Well, it's been a mixed bag of sun, showers,

:03:27. > :03:31.For most of us today, it felt quite springlike

:03:32. > :03:35.We also saw a bit a bit of sunshine around as well.

:03:36. > :03:37.Overnight tonight, it is still going to be mild,

:03:38. > :03:39.temperatures not really dropping out of double figures.

:03:40. > :03:42.There will also be a few areas of light, patchy rain

:03:43. > :03:45.And that is still going to be around into tomorrow morning.

:03:46. > :03:48.So this weather front sat just towards the north-west of us.

:03:49. > :03:50.There will be some dry spells at times tomorrow,

:03:51. > :03:53.but an awful lot of low cloud, and still this rather blustery

:03:54. > :03:56.There will be further outbreaks of rain as we head

:03:57. > :04:00.As this rain band pushes its way south eastwards.

:04:01. > :04:03.Behind it, it is going to feel an awful lot colder.

:04:04. > :04:04.Afternoon temperatures 10 or 11 Celsius.

:04:05. > :04:07.So it is still mild tomorrow, but it will feel a bit colder

:04:08. > :04:11.Possibly a touch of patchy rural frost, particularly

:04:12. > :04:15.By the time we get to Tuesday, feeling colder, but also

:04:16. > :04:31.What do we expect from England cos that is all from the East, we are

:04:32. > :04:33.back at 6:25am this morning News and weather. From all of us here, sleep

:04:34. > :04:38.tight!