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[00:00:01]Good evening. Welcome to the program.

[00:00:03][music] >> Tonight's main story is he's the king of the north. What should the new prime minister do for the east?

[00:00:10]>> Making sure that towns like ours are looked after.

[00:00:13]>> Save our high streets. It never used to be like this.

[00:00:17]>> As Andy Bernham moves in here, [music] I'll be asking MPs from our region what they're hoping for from our new prime minister.

[00:00:25]Also tonight, the head of the Church of England visits the UK's first eco mosque.

[00:00:32]>> And could the [music] bakers behind increasingly popular cake sheds be risking a big fine?

[00:00:51]>> Hello from Beck and me and welcome to the program. First tonight, the region reacts as our seventh prime minister in just over 10 years moves into Downing Street.

[00:01:01]>> Former Manchester Mayor Andy Bernham takes over from Sakir Stalmer, who is leaving Downing Street after only two years in office.

[00:01:08]>> But as the so-called king of the north takes his crown, some in the east are worried about being forgotten.

[00:01:14]>> Well, our political correspondent Emma Hutchinson joins us from Downing Street.

[00:01:17]Very sunny evening there, Emma. Hello.

[00:01:19]Uh, and a very busy day as well.

[00:01:24]Absolutely. Yes. Here we go again. It used to be a relatively rare occurrence to see a change in prime minister. Not so now. Andy Bernham this afternoon becoming our fifth prime minister in just four years. And of course, it's only just over two years since the Ki Dharma walked up this street becoming prime minister after winning that huge Labor majority in July 2024. Just after 11:15 this morning, he walked out of number 10, said he was leaving with good grace. He had a smile on his face, said he was proud of his achievements. And then 90 minutes later, Andy Bernham walked up the street, also with a smile on his face, as you might expect, showing just how quickly power changes hands. As Matt Hudson reports, [applause] >> one out, [cheering] one in. The transfer of power from one prime minister to the next is quick, and the speed with which we have changed prime ministers recently is also fast.

[00:02:15]Andy Bernham has walked up this street before as a cabinet minister 16 years ago. Today, the former Manchester mayor and so-called king of the north returns as prime minister.

[00:02:28]>> I know people at home are fed up with politics. I hear you and I want to be honest with you. We have not been good enough and we need to be better.

[00:02:41]We will be.

[00:02:43]>> So, what will it mean for us in the east? At just 39, Labour's majority in northwest Cambridge isn't so much wafer thin as translucent. At its heart, the town of Ramsay's air of faded gentility harks back to a time when agriculture made its economy prosperous. Now its high street is almost eerily quiet on a warm Monday. Labour holds quite a few seats with small majorities. And so future electoral success for Andy Bernham will depend in part at least on whether people in communities like this feel their lives are improving. Among those who were out, we found many opinions about the high street.

[00:03:26]>> I would like to see Andy Burnham do something to save our high streets because really once they're gone, they're gone.

[00:03:32]>> Well, I think it needs shaking up in gravity. really >> just really making sure that towns like ours are are looked after in the big picture.

[00:03:40]>> In the farmer's coffee shop, retired teacher Chris Atkin also wants Andy Burnham to help our smaller communities.

[00:03:48]>> I want him to try and get to grips with the way um local government is funded and to help out local government, but also have a a more of an oversight of what's going on. We've had 600 new houses in Ramsey. All of them have been built in packets of less than a hundred, which has skirted rules and regulations about how we have infrastructure.

[00:04:13]>> Meanwhile, former engineer Alan Enis wasn't sure why the new PM was in Downing Street at all.

[00:04:19]>> The Joe public has had no say in this.

[00:04:22]You know, we vote for various governments, but this to me hasn't been put to the people of the UK. Andy Bernham has got to number 10 by winning the support of Labor MPs, including many in our region. [cheering] As he walks into number 10 to start the job, being a popular prime minister with voters may prove a trickier task. Matthew Hudson, ITV News, Ramsey in Cambridge.

[00:04:50][cheering] >> Well, let's go back to Emma. And many Labour MPs wanted a change in prime minister. What's their reaction now?

[00:04:58]They've got one.

[00:05:02]Well, I think there's a sense of hope and excitement amongst Labour MPs that I spoke to. You're right that many of them did want to change in prime minister.

[00:05:08]Many Labour MPs, including in our region, including some of those who were only elected just two years ago, had called on Kier Dharma to go, pointing at his plummeting popularity. So many are very pleased that Andy Bernham has now taken over. He had more or less unanimous support amongst Labour MPs to become the Labour leader and now Prime Minister. Of course, Andy Bernham is a former mayor of Manchester. he talked about as being the king of the north. So I spoke to Labour MPs in our region and asked them what they hoped he might bring to the east.

[00:05:38]>> He talks about Manchester, but equally I've had conversations with him that recognize the the challenges we have in Peterbr and across the East. I'll be making the case to him that we need that investment so that what's good for Manchester can also be good for Peterbr.

[00:05:51]>> I think he's called the king of the north by other people. I don't think he goes around calling himself that. That would be a bit weird. But he has talked about being successful in every post code. There are areas across the whole of our country that could do with a lot more attention and he's talked about them the forgotten areas and for far too long places like Luton have been.

[00:06:10]>> So what can we expect Emma from an Andy Burnham government?

[00:06:16]>> Well, it's obviously going to be a very busy start. Andy Bernham is in Downing Street right now first of all putting the finishing touches to a new cabinet.

[00:06:22]We will have a new chancellor. We understand he's already spoken to President Donald Trump on the phone this afternoon and we can expect quite a bit of policy I think already this week as he made that speech on becoming prime minister. He talked about one um pledge that is to end rough sleeping altogether. He also said he would be announcing tomorrow a plan to help ease the cost of living that would be fully funded. We'll wait to hear more about that. But there's certainly lots of demands on him, not just from voters, but from Labour MPs as to what they would want to see. And he might be learning some lessons perhaps from his predecessor that making a good first impression that coming out with things that are popular to start with might be a good idea.

[00:07:01]>> And do you think we will get a general election?

[00:07:08]>> Well, of course, Andy Bernham hasn't won a general election. He's here because he won a bi-election, became an MP, and then was chosen by Labour MPs. is the next general election could be more than 3 years away. So I suspect Annie Bernan won't want to have a general election too soon because he's got majority of more than 160 Labor MPs. Having said that, if he proves to be significantly more popular than Cle Dharma, then maybe he'll go for general election sooner rather than later.

[00:07:33]>> All right, Emma, thank you very much.

[00:07:35]>> Some more Vid's news. A teenager's identity has been revealed after he was sentenced for luring a man to an address and stabbing him to death in Luton last year. 17-year-old Emanuel Avog was sentenced to 20 years today for the murder of Adam Khn in Humbon Road.

[00:07:50]Police were previously unable to identify him due to his age. A 17-year-old girl was also given two years for manslaughter, but cannot be named.

[00:08:00]>> A gang from Welling, who lived lavish lifestyles funded by drug dealing, have been jailed. This video from Northampton Shere Police shows the cars, jewelry, and clothes bought by the four men and one woman who funded their lifestyle by selling class A and B drugs. All five defendants pleaded guilty. Their ring leader was jailed for 11 years.

[00:08:22]>> Students heading off to university in September are being urged to book a menitis B vaccination from today. Two doses are needed 28 days apart. 900 pharmacies across the east of England have signed up to offer the jabs on the NHS.

[00:08:38]>> Now, after a busy morning dealing with prime ministers, the king hotfooted it to Cambridge this afternoon for a visit.

[00:08:44]>> Yeah. The head of the Church of England was given a warm welcome as he arrived at the UK's first eco mosque. After taking off his shoes to walk through to the prayer hall, he was told all about how they've developed new ways to make it more environmentally friendly. Stuart Lee has this.

[00:09:00]It was a visit which represented a number of the king's personal interests as he arrived at Cambridge Central Mosque passing through the community garden and then began a tour of the building which has been described as Britain's first eco mosque.

[00:09:14]>> He was very nice. He was very pleasant.

[00:09:16]He talked to everyone. He made sure he uh he really understood everyone's role and I think he really appreciates the architecture and uh eco-friendliness of the mosque. Um, and I think he also understands that such structures can't be built alone and it always means collaboration and I think he appreciates the international collaboration that we have here.

[00:09:34]>> The mosque opened in 2019 and has won awards for its architecture and design.

[00:09:39]It includes natural lighting and ventilation systems and makes use of collected rainwater which all helps to minimize its carbon footprint. I think what we've seen really and the vibes kind of speak for themselves is that the monarchy still has value in bringing together the diverse sections of modern Britain. Everybody's been so happy to see the king. Everybody's happy with his enthusiasm for the sustainable technologies that we have here. Uh the bishop was here, the rabbi was here.

[00:10:06]It's a kind of coming together in God's house.

[00:10:09]>> His majesty is of course head of the church of England. But the palace has recently expressed the king's desire to protect the space for faith within the multiffaith nation.

[00:10:19]>> Really such an honor. Um the mosque is such a beautiful u part of Cambridge. Um it's so wonderful that he is uh he was so interested to hear about the community initiatives, all the work that we're doing with the young people uh to kind of nurture and guide them. So um it was yeah it was lovely to meet him. As part of his visit, the king was shown the royal charter for city status which was granted by his grandfather, King George V 6th in 1951, and he chatted to mosque volunteers and visitors. And before leaving, he praised the mosque and its role in the community.

[00:10:51]>> I'm so impressed by the the quality of the design and all the care and attention which has been lavished on it.

[00:11:01]Uh, and the fact that you have a purpose-built mosque here with a community center attached makes a huge contribution, I'm sure, not only to the uh, Muslim community here, but to to Cambridge itself.

[00:11:14]>> Then it was time to move on and continue his tour of the city. Stuart less, ITV News, Cambridge.

[00:11:21]>> The signature wave as well. Collected rainwater. That would be a nice thing, wouldn't it? When the last time they collected anyone very dry, beautiful building, isn't it? Gorgeous. Well, thank you very much for joining us this evening. Here's what's still [music] to come on the program.

[00:11:35]>> How's that? There was plenty to celebrate for the Steelbacks this weekend [music] as Donovan will tell us later.

[00:11:41]>> Fields of gold where they should be purple. Well, lavender to be more accurate.

[00:11:47]>> And yes, high pressure still dominates the story for the week ahead. [music] It means more dry weather, but could there be some rain at the weekend? Full details in 15 minutes.

[00:12:01]Next [music] tonight, cancer patients are experiencing delays in their diagnosis and treatment because of a shortage of specialist staff. That's according to the Royal College of Radiologists.

[00:12:10]>> It says the East of England has almost 200 fewer radiologists than radiologists than it should have. And there's also a shortage of oncologists in the region.

[00:12:19]>> Yeah. The college claims more than a million NHS scan results across the country took longer than a month last year because of staffing shortages.

[00:12:27]Kevin Ashford reports.

[00:12:29]>> Waiting for the results of scans has become part of Jenny Duncan's life. She was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019 and has gone through periods of being clear of the disease and it then returning. And that was a time that she had to wait five weeks for scan results.

[00:12:46]>> Every single day feels like a week because you that's the only thing you can think about. you're so stressed out and to wait five weeks to then find cancer had returned. Obviously at the time I went to freef fall I was thinking am I going to die because I didn't know exactly where the cancer was. I didn't know exactly what the plan treatment was. I only knew that he'd returned.

[00:13:11]>> Delays in scan results and cancer treatment are becoming more common according to the Royal College of Radiologists because of a shortage of specialist staff. Its latest research found that the east of England has 197 fewer radiologists than it should.

[00:13:27]That's 33% below target. The region also has a shortfall of 23 oncologists, making it 17% below target. The college says the impact is being felt by patients. For the first time this year, we have um identified from colleagues across the country that those delays are having a direct impact on patient care.

[00:13:51]So nine in 10 radiology departments and over half of cancer centers are telling us that they've seen patients conditions worsen as a result of delays.

[00:14:02]>> Cancer charities have described the figures as very worrying. We know that the quicker you can diagnose patients and get them into treatment, the better their outcomes are. But we know that for some patients, particularly those with more aggressive cancers that are fast developing, the longer that they wait, the worse chances they have and the fewer treatment options they'll have.

[00:14:21]And so it's really important that we have the staff and the resources in the NHS to give patients the speedy treatment they need.

[00:14:28]The government told ITV News that this year had seen a record number of doctors in the NHS, including radiologists and oncologists. And a spokesperson added that thousands more cancer patients were being diagnosed and treated on time compared to last year. Pressure on the system is expected to rise as factors like an aging population have an effect, putting further strain on resources.

[00:14:52]Kevin Ashford, ITV News.

[00:14:56]Next tonight, if you have a sweet tooth, you may have spotted a growing number of cake sheds popping up on driveways and gardens maybe near you.

[00:15:04]>> Yeah, it used to be just uh, you know, eggs, dinner, sale, maybe some honey, but some have found themselves facing fines from their local councils for not following trading licensing laws or paying for things like liability insurance. Nick Smith has this.

[00:15:16]>> Coming to a culde-sac near you, cake sheds are springing up all over the place for those who fancy a sweet treat.

[00:15:24]Amy Paige from Alsbury runs her own baking business and a couple of years ago decided to build her own cake shed on her front drive.

[00:15:32]>> I wanted to leave an accounting job that wasn't very enjoyable and I thought what can I do from home and baking was that.

[00:15:39]But in terms of actual cake sheds, they've only popped up I'd say in the past 2 years and really there was only one around me and I'm talking for a good 100 miles and then for some reason in the past year they have just gone absolutely crazy. So, I used to have a small shed about waist height and it had about 30 items in it. Now, we're doing about 250 a week.

[00:16:03]>> But it wasn't just a case of stocking it and waiting for the business to roll in.

[00:16:07]Amy had to make sure she had several boxes ticked before she could start selling to the public.

[00:16:13]>> There's a lot of setups that you have to do. Um, registering with the council you have to do 28 days before you actually start trading, which a lot of people don't realize. There's quite a lot of hidden costs which people don't think about. There's the shed, there's storage, packaging, labeling. If you're unsure about labeling, I would check out Natasha's law and that is how you do your ingredients list. If you don't do those, then you aren't compliant and people could have allergic reactions unnecessarily.

[00:16:40]>> Some cake shed owners have found themselves at the mercy of local authority fines of up to £1,000 for operating without a license. while obtaining one can also cost similar amounts every year. Jasmine Bertles is a personal finance expert and says it may well put off those doing it as a hobby as they need to make a reasonable profit to cover the costs.

[00:17:01]>> You're going to need to be making a few hundred quid per week, I would think, to make it at least cover its costs, the cost of of actually buying the ingredients because ingredients are expensive now. And ideally, you need to be looking at making a profit. you make it sort of double your money essentially. And do make sure that you've got public liability insurance because if anybody thinks that they have a problem after eating your cakes, they could sue you and that can be very expensive.

[00:17:29]>> In a statement, Norfolk County Council told us this is a wonderful way to buy local produce and a part of rural life in Norfolk. But selling food this way is running a food business in the eyes of the law. We're happy to help people get set up properly rather than fall foul of rules they may not know applied to them.

[00:17:47]But for those like Amy, it really does take a lot of time and consideration to get baking and making life in their communities that little bit sweeter.

[00:17:56]Nick Smith, ITV News.

[00:17:58]>> Well, I had no idea. I'm going to support them more now I've seen that.

[00:18:01]>> I think it's a good idea, but they have you have to have security there as well.

[00:18:04]>> Someone has to be on guard. You have to get the security guard in. Make sure no one nicks the cake. [laughter] That to get the shed and there. Yeah, hang on. Someone's making a purchase. Uh Dolly, hello. Time for some sport. And uh some great news at last for Northampton Cheers cricketers.

[00:18:20]>> Uh yes, the Steelbacks are the men's T20 champions once again after two dramatic contests on finals day at Edgebaston.

[00:18:27]Both after batting first, both with their captain in the thick of the action.

[00:18:36]David Willie leading the Northampton church steelback celebrations as they became T20 blast champions for the first time in 10 years. He'd returned to the county from Yorkshire and the presence of head coach Darren Leman has certainly had a galvanizing effect. The Steelbacks were beaten finalists last year. the squad were primarily all there last year and I think that experience one or two additions in into it and again that that determination we could go one step further and uh absolutely delighted that we have >> it was inevitable that the skipper would be involved in some of the breathtaking moments on finals day defending their score of 143 in the semi-final struck with the first ball of Somerset's innings his intervention to dismiss big hitter Craig Overton later in the innings though was stunning.

[00:19:27]>> Oh my goodness. Brilliant. Simply brilliant. [cheering] >> The shot was destined for a six before Willie combined with Safe Ze for a remarkable catch. The Steelbacks won by 17 runs. They made more runs in the final against Hampshire 169 thanks largely to Ricardo Vasconos. He smashed 88 before becoming one of Sunny Baker's five victims. The England strike bowler also ripped through the steelback's tail. But Willie once again made telling contributions in the field. Another first ball dismissal in Hampshire's innings. Then when Joe Weatherly threatened to take the game away from the Steelbacks, Willie was in the right place at the right time. Victory eventually achieved by 14 runs and the Steelbacks T20 champions for a third time.

[00:20:17]>> What a catch.

[00:20:18]>> Brilliant, wasn't it? Right, rugby now.

[00:20:20]The nation's championships reaching the halfway stage.

[00:20:23]>> Uh, yes, with more success for the Northampton Saints players with England after a feisty encounter with Argentina.

[00:20:30]And you got the feeling what was to come after Saints winger Tommy Freeman's early try. He was less than impressed with the late hit which sparked this reaction. England eventually won by 31 points to 24. But the Saints had three players yellow carded during the match.

[00:20:46]Firstly, Alex Coohl's after this incident in the second half. Henry Pollock and Manny Aogan both finished the game in the sin bin after repeated infringements, but it's backto-back wins now for England in the competition.

[00:20:59]>> No, yellow car. What surprise? Uh, now on Friday, we asked if Kimmy Anteneelli could um well produce the goods for Mercedes at the Belgian Grand Prix.

[00:21:07]>> Uh, yes. The Italian teenager failed to score points for the Northamptonshire constructor for the first time this season at the British Grand Prix. Well, it turned out to be a temporary setback.

[00:21:16]Antelli roared back by winning at Spar yesterday, only after George Russell's victory hopes were ended in a collision with Sir Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.

[00:21:26]Antelli still had to bypass Charles Declair after a spell behind the virtual safety car as he went on to win. Max Vstappen finished third for Red Bull of Milton Kees.

[00:21:38]>> Finally, you're either going to be very happy or very sad about this, but seven weeks of World Cup football has come to an end. Uh yes, congratulations to the region's fans who follow Spain after last night's victory over Argentina in the final. If you didn't see it, here's the winning goal from Ferren Torres to clinch it for the reigning European champions. And less we forget, England enjoyed their best World Cup finish since 1966. Northampton born former cobblers and Peterbrra player Ivan Tony enjoyed his first start at the tournament in England's extraordinary 64 win over France to secure third place.

[00:22:14]Nice consolation prize there, Donnie.

[00:22:16]Name of the tournament, Donnie. Thank you very much.

[00:22:19]>> Cheers, Donnie.

[00:22:20]>> Right after us, this is it evening News, a half six. Here is Mary.

[00:22:26]>> Coming up in the evening news, the seventh prime minister in a decade.

[00:22:30]We'll have all the latest on Andy Bernham's first day in charge, including his top cabinet picks.

[00:22:37]He's promised to end rough sleeping and build more council homes while honoring defense commitments.

[00:22:44]And let the party continue. Spain's World Cup winning team returns home after being crowned tournament champions.

[00:22:52]Well, do join me for all those stories and more at 6:30.

[00:22:57]>> We were all a Spania yesterday.

[00:22:59]>> We really were. Yeah. And now, if you live in Hitchen, I'm sure you'd be expecting the smell of lavender at this time of year. With the UK's largest lavender farm right on your doorstep, >> you're rather lucky. But this summer, the smell might be disrupted by another species of flowers that's arrived a month early. It seems that the sunflowers are in full bloom at Cadwell Farm. Oh, >> weeks of sunshine and dry conditions have created an ideal climate for the flowers to grow. They don't need much rain like other plants do, so they normally bloom in mid to late August when it's typically drier.

[00:23:31]>> Yes, the first time since at least 2020 that sunflowers and lavender have peaked at the same time at the farm. And it's all getting increasingly difficult to predict.

[00:23:40]All of a sudden, they came with all this glorious sunshine. They've just suddenly started to open. We were initially telling people they'd be flowering in August, and now we're having to say, "Oh, actually, no, they're flowering a couple of weeks early." So, yeah, it is climate change, I suppose, to a degree.

[00:23:53]It is, it is climate change. Um, it's definitely getting drier each summer.

[00:23:57]It's no problem for sunflowers and lavender. They like dry weather, but it's just knowing when they'll peak.

[00:24:03]>> Two of my favorite flowers. They might not need the rain, but we do, Chris.

[00:24:07]>> We really do. I'm just interested if sunflowers grow taller if they flower in August. I don't know if that's the answer. Maybe someone could let us know.

[00:24:14]That'd be really interesting. But yes, we do need the rain. And unfortunately, I'm going to sound like a broken record.

[00:24:19]You're going to get bored of me this week because it is the same story. Today though, temperatures, unless you've been towards coastal areas, have been into the mid20s once again. 26° C at Monkswood through this afternoon.

[00:24:31]Cardington just south of Bedford as well reached 26 Celsius. And I just thought we'd take a quick look at the satellite imagery. So this here was the middle of June. You can see how green the land is.

[00:24:42]We fast forward to today. Much much of a brown landscape. Of course, we've got arable farming here in the east, but still something to note. Now, I did highlight potentially there could be some rain, some rain into the weekend.

[00:24:57]This is the computer model, one computer model that looks at Saturday's forecast.

[00:25:00]That's as far as the data goes. But this weather front here is just starting to fizzle out. So we're all eyes towards the weekend for those of us that really want to see some rain. Here's the details though for the week ahead.

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[00:25:27]So there has been some sunshine once again today, but it was rather chilly to start this morning. Temperatures, would you believe, got as low as 5° C last night. A lovely sunrise photo, those sent in from one of our viewers earlier on, as you can see, just as it popped its way above the horizon. And as we've gone through today, temperatures have risen into the mid20s. But for the week ahead, it stays largely dry. There could just be a handful of us that could see the odd very isolated shower, but otherwise, it's back to seeing the sunshine. sunny spells of course with some patchy cloud but it will always be that bit cooler if you're closer towards the coast and that's because we've got high pressure just to the west of British Isles at the moment this little feature here just bringing some thickening cloud as we go towards the middle of the week which could bring isolated showers but I think not really enough to wet the gardens and then as we work towards the end of the week the high slips southwards and we're just keeping an eye on this little runner here to the north and west of us that may be a little rain maker for us as we go towards the weekend jury still out at the moment. As we go though through this evening and overnight, we've still got the clear skies, patchy amounts of cloud, but there's that small handful of us that may just see the odd isolated shower towards the likes of Kings Lin there. And it won't be as cold to start first thing tomorrow. Temperatures 13 near 15° C. So, a much milder start into Tuesday. Through much of Tuesday, still the cloud coming its way onshore, just blown in by that brisker northeasterly breeze. Not as strong though, that breeze through today. we see through the afternoon still with the sunshine and I've put the color contours on here. You can see quite nicely coastal areas into the low 20s to further west though into the mid 20s that's the mid70s of Fahrenheit. Now as we go through Wednesday it's a rinse and repeat story.

[00:27:07]Little change could be thicker cloud on Wednesday. So again could see some isolated showers but majority staying largely dry. Temperatures once again into the mid20s a little cooler across coastal areas and that story continues through the week ahead. Take care.

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[00:27:27]>> We don't need you every day, really, do we? I'm going to go now.

[00:27:30]>> Yeah, you can just record this.

[00:27:31]>> See you Friday [laughter] with the right shoes.

[00:27:35]>> See you tomorrow.

[00:27:36]>> Bye-bye.