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David Cameron has pledged an extra 1.2 billion pounds over the course of this parliament to help pay for education, jobs and humanitarian protection of Syrian Refugees. It comes as officials from 70 countries gather in London for a Syria donors conference. Alongside this, a poll for 麻豆社 local radio suggests attitudes towards allowing refugees into Britain have hardened. The survey, carried out just last month, involved interviewing more than 2000 adults - including many right here in the East Midlands. It found that almost half of people (48%) across our area felt that the UK should accept fewer refugees. Less than one in 5 of us said we should accept more. We asked people in Leicester whether they agreed.
Also, the Campaign for Better Transport is warning that rural bus services in England and Wales are facing "utterly devastating" cuts - because councils can't afford to keep them going. They say the challenges facing public transport are like the Beeching of the Buses and identify Leicestershire as one of the areas likely to be worst hit. With proposed cuts of two million pounds in the next two financial years.
And, children walking into a secondary school in Leicester this morning will get a rather unusual welcome. Members of the armed forces and their vehicles are on the gates of Crown Hills Community College in Evington. The idea is to showcase the different faiths within our army. Well, Helen McCarthy has managed to park her Satellite Van alongside the army truck and can tell us more.