every day, he spends two hours securing his 4,000—acre cambridgeshire farm.rimes in just one year. what i'll do is i'll take you to the other side and i'll show you some of the issues. speaking last winter, he told the bbc that not one had been solved. we've had generators stolen, we've had batteries stolen off machinery, pieces of stainless steel. if it's not bolted down well enough, they'll come and cut it out and take it, anyway. according to new figures from the insurer nfu mutual, rural crime in cambridgeshire has more than doubled in a single year. across the uk, it's up by a fifth. expensive machinery is often stolen, as are advanced gps systems, as well as quad bikes, diesel, heating oil and livestock. it's estimated the total cost to farmers was £50 million. behind that figure is the toll on farmers. so farmers are already under a lot of pressure and so that can really add to a lot of stress for farmers. also, when a really essential piece of equipment goes missing, it means that you can't go to work. so that has a huge effect on your business. it's

a good scattering of showers such as here in cambridgeshire. through sunday, a quieter looking day, still windy for the time of day but not as blustery, still sunny spells but fewer showers around. this is the satellite picture from early round on saturday. on sunday, largely try note, also mild, temperatures between and 16 degrees, a keen south—westerly wind but not as blustery saturday and there will be a good scattering of showers as well but they will not be as heavy or as thundery as saturday, possibly a rumble or two of thunder across the moray firth and further spells of rain in northern ireland and parts of western scotland by the end of the day. top temperatures in east anglia, 23 celsius. this is the position of the rain on sunday night into monday morning, that will be moving northwards and eastwards across wales, south—west england, and northern england as well. scotland could see a largely dry day, scattering of showers out towards the east, possibly mostly driver northern ireland, and dry weather across east anglia and the south—e

with sunshine as recorded by a weather watcher but a good scattering of showers such as here in cambridgeshirey, still windy for the time of year but not as blustery. fewershowers for the time of year but not as blustery. fewer showers around. this is the satellite picture from early on on saturday. there is another deep area of low pressure approaching from the south—west on sunday with yet more heavy rain moving into scotland and northern ireland. this is how we start sunday, largely dry. it is also mild, temperatures between 14 and 16 mild, temperatures between 1a and 16 degrees. a keen south—westerly wind but not as blustery as it was on saturday and a good scattering of showers but they will not be as heavy or thundery as they were on saturday. possibly thunder across the moray firth and further spells of rain into northern ireland and western scotland. top temperatures in east anglia 23 celsius. this is the position of the rain on sunday night into monday morning. that will move northwards and eastwards across much of wales, south—west england and into northern england. it could be scotl

when we are talking about deaths that are similar to the deaths in essex, cambridgeshire, all around entire system called to account, because we have got layers of accountability that i just because we have got layers of accountability that ijust not accountable, they are all part of the problem. appreciate your time and your thoughts, thank you very much. thank you very much. in response, the norfolk and suffolk nhs foundation trust told us it was standard practice to check the factual accuracy of the draught report. they added that they had been open and honest about the failings highlighted. the report authors grant thornton told us the draught report changed after extra information came to light and maintained that it was an independent and robust assessment of what had happened at the trust. developing news out of pakistan, it concerns imran khan, ex prime minister, former cricketer, he has beenin minister, former cricketer, he has been in prison on charges of selling gifts he received while he was prime minister. alleged corruption charges. a high court in pakistan has effectiv

the sunshine recorded by a weather watcher but also good scattering of showers such as here in cambridgeshireuieter looking day, still windy for the time of year, but not as blustery and still still a sunny spells but fewer showers around and this is the satellite picture from earlier earlier on on saturday. you can see there _ earlier on on saturday. you can see there is — earlier on on saturday. you can see there is another _ earlier on on saturday. you can see there is another deep - earlier on on saturday. you can see there is another deep area | see there is another deep area of low— see there is another deep area of low pressure approaching from — of low pressure approaching from the south—west as we head through— from the south—west as we head through sunday with my heavy rain moving scotland and northern ireland.- rain moving scotland and northern ireland. this is how we start the _ northern ireland. this is how we start the day _ northern ireland. this is how we start the day on - northern ireland. this is how we start the day on sunday. | northern ireland. this is how| we start the

sunshine recorded by a weather watcher, but also a good scattering of showers such as here in cambridgeshire still some sunny spells but fewer showers around. this is the satellite picture from earlier on on saturday. you can see there is another deep area of low pressure just approaching from the south—west as we head through sunday with yet more heavy rain moving into scotland and northern ireland. but this is how we start the day on sunday — on a largely dry note. it is also mild out there as well — temperatures between 1a and 16. still a keen south—westerly wind but not as blustery as it was on a saturday, and there will be a good scattering of showers too, but they won't be as heavy or as thundery as they were on saturday. still possibly a rumble or two off thunder across the moray firth, and there will be further spells of rain moving into northern ireland and parts of western scotland by the end of the day. top temperatures in east anglia where it will tend to be driest and brightest, 23 celsius, but this is the position of the rain on sunday night into monday morning. that is going t

this was the scene for a weather watcher in cambridgeshire but it wasn't that bright everywhere.roaching weather front taking some outbreaks of rain northwards and eastwards and that weather front lingering into friday, particularly across northern parts of scotland. some very heavy rain, at least for a time, across 0rkney and shetland, and this hang—back of cloud, too, across the south—east of england with the potential for some bursts of rain. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. one or two of those showers could be heavy, perhaps thundery. cooler and quite breezy out to the west — 20 or 21 degrees. still getting up to around 25 or 26 in parts of eastern england and then, through friday night, we will see further showers, perhaps longer spells of quite heavy rain swinging in across northern ireland and western scotland into the early hours of saturday. temperatures, well, still up at 1a or 15 degrees. those are the overnight lows, remember, so another relatively warm and quite muggy night to take us into saturday. low pressure in charge of our weather. this is the fifth weekend

every day, he spends two hours securing his 4,000—acre cambridgeshire farm.curity. that's because he's been the victim of 30 different crimes in just one year. what i'll do is i'll take you to the other side and i'll show you some of the issues. speaking last winter, he told the bbc that not one had been solved. we've had generators stolen, we've had batteries stolen off machinery, pieces of stainless steel. if it's not bolted down well enough, they'll come and cut it out and take it, anyway. according to new figures from the insurer nfu mutual, rural crime in cambridgeshire has more than doubled in a single year. across the uk, it's up by a fifth. expensive machinery is often stolen, as are advanced gps systems, as well as quad bikes, diesel, heating oil and livestock. it's estimated the total cost to farmers was £50 million. behind that figure is the toll on farmers. so farmers are already under a lot of pressure and so that can really add to a lot of stress for farmers. also, when a really essential piece of equipment goes missing, it means that you can't

germans, got to england and worked on bomber bases in cambridge fire in the northeast of england -- cambridgeshire in the northeast of england. attending deposits. there was no record they were there, even the people running the sort of museum space at that airbase. they had no recollection or any proof that those women had lived there and taking care of the soldiers. they landed on utah beach. they joined patton and stormed through western europe. they sought the liberation of paris. they were in the seige -- they were in the battle of the bulge and followed patton to germany and was they arrived in weimar, they helped to liberate buchenwald. my mother was wounded terribly in a jeep crash in the bavarian alps. so, she kept it quiet. any of you have veterans and your families probably know this, it is hard to find out. and i did not know. i saw my mother as the flamboyant person. i did not know she was here. i would not have known what to do with that information. but, one day, she had her army footlocker and it was full of stuff and i was told not to ever open it and i promised of course, no way,

we could hit 27 or 28 in cambridgeshire, east anglia and the west midlands.ght, this weather front coming in from the west. pushing north and east. the heaviest rain will be in northern ireland and scotland, you might hear the odd rumble of thunder. cloudy and damp as the tail end of the weather front moves east. but it will be another muqqy moves east. but it will be another muggy night. tomorrow we start with the rain in the north—east of scotland but it tends to pull away. a lot of dry weather again, showers through the course of the day in the north of the country but not all of us will catch one. cloud is not too far away from the english channel. as that comes into southern areas that could turn the sunshine hazy. we could see the odd shower in the north—east later. it will be muggy in the south—east but more fresh in central and western areas. it's 13 minutes past six. canadian musician robbie robertson, guitarist and songwriter for the rock group the band, has died. in a career spanning nearly seven decades, he wrote some of their best—known songs, in

the schools will be built in cambridgeshire , kent merton and cambridgeshire, kent merton and norfolkng 83, is set to open across england. this investment will almost double the number of special free school places available across the country from around 8500 to 19,000. india is hoping to make history today by becoming the first nafion today by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole. the chandrayaan three is on a mission to hunt for water based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the satellite in the future. if the spacecraft is successful , india spacecraft is successful, india will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing there. the country's second attempt comes just days after russia's luna, 25, crashed out. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker. by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . bev back to andrew and. bev >> so the controversial activist academic dr. shola bamu is facing a social media backlash for tweets suggesting that modern britain's most pr

it comes as south cambridgeshire district council has a trial in reduction of hours for staff.ger at the taxpayers alliance , conor o'hanlon. thank alliance, conor o'hanlon. thank you very much, conor, for joining us. i guess the thing is that the four day week become pretty ingrained since the pandemic . clearly, you know, pandemic. clearly, you know, things like rail services, tube services are on a friday. they're half empty now . they're half empty now. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> well , unfortunately, we are >> well, unfortunately, we are moving to a world in which it's harder to get hold of things at those kind of peripheral ends of the week. >> and we've seen it now trialled in local authorities , trialled in local authorities, like in south cambridgeshire and the outcomes on are good for people who live there and they're paying the same amount in council tax or in fact much more. but the services are getting worse and we just don't want to see that spread to elsewhere in the public sector. so said, we've written to so as you said, we've written to all authority lea

beanng to the region of cambridgeshire bearing that was talking.ly clearly the fibre connection is reaching out to the rural parts of the united kingdom as well. simon clark sorry about that . we're going to sorry about that. we're going to dive straight back in. we lost your connection for a second, but but you were saying that some smokers feel like they get a sense of pleasure from this , a sense of pleasure from this, despite knowing the health risks i >> -- >> yes, >> yes , indeed. and we all get >> yes, indeed. and we all get through the our lives in different ways. some of us drink, some of us eat comfort food, which some people might refer to as junk food. and other people choose to smoke. and that's what government has that's what the government has to is to respect. tobacco is a perfectly legal product of people choose to smoke. that's a matter for them. it's not really a matter for government. now, government does have a role to play government does have a role to play educating people about the health smoking. so i health risks of smoki

the schools will be built in cambridgeshire , kent merton and cambridgeshire, kent merton and norfolkn to the existing 83 set to open across england. this investment will almost double the number of special free school places available across the country from around 8500 to 19,000. india is hoping to make history today by becoming the first nafion today by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole . the chandrayaan south pole. the chandrayaan three is on a mission to hunt for water based ice , which for water based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation. on the satellite in the future. if the spacecraft is successful. india will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing. the country's second attempt comes just days after russia's luna, 25, crashed this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to mark and . news now it's back to mark and. pip tomson >> thanks very much indeed. let's update you here on the live desk with some breaking news we're getting

that call off cambridgeshire that to call off a road cycle race are we expecting to live with roadse planning tens of billions of poundsin planning tens of billions of pounds in taxation as motorists, road users ? road users? >> so we're being told it's the weather to blame for all of this. you would say you're not buying that ? buying that? >> no, definitely not. i mean , >> no, definitely not. i mean, yes, weather does affect roads , yes, weather does affect roads, but only if they're in a poor condition , because if the cracks condition, because if the cracks and crevices aren't there in the first place, the water can't get in there and break it down. i mean, interestingly, this is going on for decades . going on for decades. >> yes. but it was a very wet july. and yes, the roads are in a bad state, but it's just you can't you can't separate the two things, can you ? i mean, we're things, can you? i mean, we're in this situation because there's a shortage of money and we've been we've had such a rubbish summer. >> the technology is about >> and the technology is about the doesn't

know, in they're, you know, engaging in property development or maybe in some cases like south cambridgeshireexperimenting with four day weeks and things like that. so experimenting with four day weekitand things like that. so experimenting with four day weekit should1gs like that. so experimenting with four day week it should look ke that. so experimenting with four day weekit should look like1at. so experimenting with four day weekit should look like is. so what it should look like is councils finding efficiencies and savings and passing those savings taxpayers while savings onto taxpayers while protecting the key services . protecting the key services. >> it is interesting, of course , because we have just been speaking to economics and speaking to our economics and business halligan business editor liam halligan pfices business editor liam halligan prices going up. inflation prices still going up. inflation at 6.8. that means that any sort of freeze would mean a real terms cut in the amount being spentin terms cut in the amount being spent in real terms . spent in real terms. >> well, like