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This is East Midlands Today. Our top story: anti-capitalism

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protesters prepare for a long campaign. They have been occupying

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the market square for three weeks. They say they will still be here

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for Christmas but what have they achieved? Also tonight: the Derby

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cabbie who says he has been the target of racist vandalism.

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Plus finally open after years of fund-raising. A striking new Cancer

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Centre that feels a lot like home. And Noddy and I will be exploring a

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little-known tradition that comes around every November. It is the

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Good evening. Protesters who have set up camp in the centre of

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Nottingham it say they are preparing to spend Christmas there.

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It is part of that global campaign against financial inequality, but

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after almost three weeks camping out, what have they achieved?

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Jeremy Ball is in the Old Market Square. This camp has been growing

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over the last few weeks. There are more than 30 tents here now. They

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have just started their evening at 630 assembly. Some of these

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protesters come and go, some stay overnight but it is getting people

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talking. We do a lot for this country. If you think people do not

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care about politics, come and listen to this. All they want is to

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change the world. I have given up my warm bed and the comforts of

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home to come here because it needed doing. Somebody had to start that

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process of change and bring it home to Nottingham. Four we are talking

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about your granny with meals on wheels to the young mother next

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door and things that everybody can relate to. They are kitted out for

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the long haul. They have even brought the kitchen sink and they

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are digging in. We have a stove brought out of donations given to

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us. We can cook Christmas dinner. I have achieved a connection with the

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people of Nottingham that I did not feel the full. Even though I have

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lived here all my life. We have had a problem with some people's

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attitudes. No one is in charge here said they are meetings in the camp

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to help make decisions. Today's agenda the cleaning rota and how

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they will mark Remembrance Day. How do they answer the charge that it

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is pointless and that a protest like this will never change the

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financial system? A lot of us have hope because without the hope, it

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is a rather sad looking world. You have to try. Will you change the

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world? Yes eventually. The world will change and evolution through

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evolution is what we aim to achieve. It is a big ambition and they know

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there were people who think their demands are naive but it will not

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stop them trying. We have seen a huge row over plans

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to evict a camp just like this are outside St Paul's. Are the

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Nottingham protesters going to be made Don? Not at this stage. They

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have agreed to move voluntary from the other side of the Old Market

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Square, but I have spoken to the police and the council who say

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there are no plans to shut the Camperdown. There seemed to be good

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relationships with the authorities here. They are more worried about

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people coming To Town tonight, getting drunk and causing problems,

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so much so that some of the people have been running security teams to

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protect the camp. They say they are here for the long haul.

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A taxi driver says he and his family feel like prisoners in their

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own home after a string of attacks on their property. In the latest

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incident, racist graffiti was daubed on their driveway. Earlier

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this year a brand new car was set alight and destroyed. Police say

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they are treating the incidents very seriously.

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Halloway and is known for some mischief but this is much more

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sinister. Two dudes spray lettering on a driveway on Monday night

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before running away. Jagtar Shergill discovered the graffiti

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the next day. He is hoping the CCTV footage could help to identify the

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culprits. They are just cowards, doing something behind your back,

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picking on your kids. Earlier this year, reported higher brand new

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Mini used by his daughter was destroyed in a late-night arson

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attack. Those responsible were also caught on camera, but not brought

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to justice. After the arson attack, Jagtar Shergill decided to have

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electronic gates fitted to his property. They will be installed

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later this week and he says after this latest incident, it cannot

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come soon enough. He has also recently invested in more cameras

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and a dog to guard the family in their home. I am not the one that

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should be in prison. It seems like I am coming into a prison. We are

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treating this Ferris seriously. It is a racially aggravated offence

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where graffiti has been sprayed in this gentleman strive. The police

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say they will not more patrols in the area but Jagtar Shergill says

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he fears it will not prevent another attack on his home.

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Still to come: we will have a special guest in the studio -

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cricketer Graeme Swann will be joining Natalie for sport and there

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Traffic was brought to a standstill this morning after construction

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workers held a protest at the Ratcliffe Soar power station. The

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workers claim they have been told to sign new contracts or leave but

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the Unite union says the new contracts would merge grades and

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cut pay by 30 %. It will ballot its members on industrial action.

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The decision on the future of children's heart surgery at

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Leicester is expected in just over six weeks. The centre at Glenfield

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Hospital is one of several across England under threat as part of a

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government review. The Department of Health is considering which

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children's cardiac centres should be closed with the aim of creating

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fewer larger centres of excellence. An announcement is expected in

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December. Here are some good news, after four

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years of fund-raising and thousands of donations, a new support centre

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for people affected by cancer has officially open. International

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fashion designer Sir Paul Smith helped to the honours at the Maggie

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Centre in his home city of Nottingham. The eye-catching centre

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is run by a charity and aims to offer free, practical and emotional

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support to anyone affected by cancer.

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After years of fund-raising the the big day. Maggie's is opening. The

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eye-catching building has been likened to a giant teapot. To

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others it is a tree house. The inside has been styled by Paul

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Smith. Being a Brit we all like a cup of tea and we have put a lot of

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emphasis on the kitchen. He hopes the design will prove an ice-

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breaker. What I have tried to do is make it quirky. I understand it

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might not be to everybody's taste. This is one of the sitting REM's

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which is really lovely because it is very comfortable. A lot of

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muddied things are very shallow in the seat, very low but this one you

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can really get comfortable in. That is what I have tried to do in

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through the whole building. Optimistic colours, lots of things,

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conversation starters. Are you pleased to be associated with

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something in Nottingham? Yes. People have said, how has this carp

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about? They asked me. Nottingham lad born and bred. It is wonderful

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to be associated with it. architect said his dream was to

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create a magical meeting place. reads more homely than

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institutional, which is the important thing. That it should

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feel like a place that you are comfortable being in. Nottingham

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Post readers help make it possible raising over �600,000. We never

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thought it was a gamble because we've always thought the people of

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Nottingham would raise the money to build the centre. Sarah Brown, wife

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of Prom our Prime Minister of Gordon Brown, met a cancer patient.

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It is therefore everything. Financial advice, psychological

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support, advice on nutrition. is the essential link between

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diagnosis and answers - where do you go from here? Coup do you pass?

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At last with its eye-catching design, the Maggie's house in

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Nottingham is open. Leicestershire police say more

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people used its new it non- emergency number on Hannah wing. 75

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people have dialled one by one on the night. 61 calls the related to

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flour and eggs being thrown at houses. Officers handed out 60,000

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posters to elderly and vulnerable residents as part of a campaign to

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reduce anti-social behaviour. The supermarkets Sainsbury's says

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it plans to create 350 new jobs at West Bridgford in Nottingham. That

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is because it wants to build a new store there. The supermarket giant

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is proposing to redevelop the former Chateau pub side on Wilford

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Lane. It will have more than 600 parking spaces and so not -- solar

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panels. The company says it will be one of the most environmentally

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friendly stores in the UK. More than 300,000 adults in the

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East Midlands have dyslexia, a lifelong condition. As part of a

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series to mark National Dyslexia Awareness Week, Carol Hinds has

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been to meet two men who have very different approaches to living with

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dyslexia. Paul has two degrees. The Derby

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University graduate has not let his dyslexia hold him back. It is a

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colour associated dyslexia. I cannot see letters very well. I c a

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spectrum of colour, so if you see a page of words, I would see a

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rainbow. My involvement with Paul is to help our articulate his

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working words. Paul and I will talk through his ideas, his concepts and

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we will work towards putting, taking his words and I type them

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and write them and put them together. I can get the computer to

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play my e-mails that to me or at any text I need. It makes things a

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lot simpler. Steve Davis in Leicestershire were seven years old

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when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. Letters would get mixed up. Numbers

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would get mixed up. Reading aloud would be a massive issue. If

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someone said, can you read aloud, that would be horrendous. Almost 20

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years after being diagnosed, he saw a news item about this programme.

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They are doing physically exercise on a daily basis and repeating them

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and the aim is that is stimulating the cerebellum, which is the back

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part of the brain, the brain Skill Centre. This is one of the first

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exercises I had to do. I would have to keep my head straight, my eyes

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focused on the been back and throw it up, track, drop and catch.

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is working in the care industry and studying for qualifications. Paul

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is completing an arts project ahead of next year's Olympic Games. Both

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men have found a way to work with Today they planted a tree at Jesse

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Gray School in West Bridgford to mark the day of their celebrations.

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I enjoyed it very much. It was an honour to be part of it. It was

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really cool. We have never really met anyone from the Royal Family

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before. The cricket team said hello. They answer some questions. Saving

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to the Queen's cousin's wife was a great honour and I do not think we

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will ever do it again. Now to a tale of selflessness and generosity.

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A war veteran celebrating his 90th birthday has turned down offers of

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gifts, saying he wants donations to go to a charity instead. George

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Ellis Parkinson from Youlgrave in Derbyshire is supporting his local

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hospice. It was quite wonderful. Looking back on a remarkable life.

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George has been a greengrocer, worked on the railways and flew 14

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wartime sorties for the RAF. Now he wants to make a difference to other

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people's lives. It is difficult for my relatives. When they think, what

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can we buy him? I decided that the money would more -- would do more

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good at the hospice. His daughter says she is very proud. It is good

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that he is giving the money to the hospice because every little helps.

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It will help them. Hopefully, anybody that once had to go from

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the village or any body that we know, it will help them. George has

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lost two close friends recently who were cared for at hospices. This is

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a cheque for my birthday. Instead of getting presents, I asked for

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money. Thank you very much indeed. This will really help us care for

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our patients. I think he is an absolutely fantastic man. It is so

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generous and thoughtful. Donations like these from people like him, we

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really need them. In fact, we rely on them. They will make a huge

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difference to our patients and their families. It will allow us to

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continue to provide the care that we do. George hopes that in some

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small way, his contribution will help Brighton patients' lives.

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What a nice man! You are watching East Midlands Today. Still to come:

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all hail the humble banger, why Noddy is so laid bites of cities --

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Slade by sausages. Now sport.

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England cricket star Graeme Swann is with us. Did I tell you that you

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were co-presenting with me tonight? I thought I would be in the car

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park! Before we get chatting, and I guess you have a lot to talk about,

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let's look back at a truly amazing year for Swanny. He is the best

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spin bowler. He helped England to an Ashes win at the beginning of

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the year and an emphatic Test series win against India. He was

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ranked at the top one-day bowler in the world and was the only

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Englishman named in the one-day international team of the year. He

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is England's primary match-winner and the man who brought the

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sprinkler dance to the cricket field.

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We will chat about the sprinkler in a bit but first I know you have

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strong views on corruption in cricket. Three Pakistan cricketers

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in court today. What is your take on it? A it is obviously very

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disappointing. For the guys who pay -- played in the Test match on the

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England side, it was shopping at the time and it is shopping today.

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-- shocking at the time. criticised Salman Butt. Do you

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regret that now? Not really. We were very cheesed off. The

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integrity of the game was tarnished. It was very disappointing at the

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time and I do not think any of the England team have much sympathy for

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him these days. What about the comments in the but when you were

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so critical about your England colleagues? Do you regret to back?

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They are your friends and to play with them every day. I was not so

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critical about them. Some of the tabloid headlines made it out to be

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like that. That is serialisation for you. I think it was a fairly

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honest assessment. I spoke to them and it was not a character

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assassination. It was just me trying to put my points a cross

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from what I remember of those events. What about the way you have

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had? Ashes, India, he became a dad. How are you mixing live with

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cricket? -- life with a cricket? has been phenomenal, over the past

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12 months. Beating India 4-0. And reintroducing myself to my son

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every three or four weeks who cries every time he sees me. It takes me

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a few days to win him over. We have got two months at home now so why

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am looking up to -- looking forward to bonding with him. Here is some

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footage of the sprinkler. Some of the England lads. Who is the best

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at it? He is a born at natural. Stuart Broad was awful. There is

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the best, obviously! It was good fun. My video diary there. A way of

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alleviating the boardroom of being in a hotel room or winter. We are

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international Pabst -- dance sensations. Are you a football fan?

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I am a Newcastle fan. I like to follow their couple of the teams

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locally. Chesterfield. Derby County are in action tonight. They are at

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home to Cardiff this evening and then play at Peterborough on

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Saturday. Manager Nigel Clough is looking for a maximum points out of

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the next two games. For a we want to put a similar performance in as

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we have in the majority of home games.

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A victory for Derby tonight could take them up to third. Last night

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there were wins all round for Nottingham Forest and Leicester

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City. Here is Jeremy Nicholas. they have not lost a midweek home

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night fixture for 28 games. The Foxes Wedd took bids. -- work to

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good. A spectacular effort. Burnley's equaliser came after an

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unconvincing punch. It was headed straight back into the net. Burnley

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came close a few times to taking the lead. The Foxes battled on

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sharing a great team spirit and that at this header. The cross was

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a beauty but it still left them with a lot to do to head it into

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the goal. Leicester were awarded a penalty and Gallagher made no

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mistake to settle the match. At Forest, Steve is already doing

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better. Steve Cotterill has scored more than Steve McClaren. This colt

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was ruled out for offside. It was not quite enough from a Reading.

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Both sides had their chances in a game that seemed destined to be a

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draw. Reading had got lost in eight games previously. The goal finally

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came in the 68th 7th 67th minute. - - 67th minute. Leicester are doing

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well at the moment without a manager. A Geordie connection is

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Kevin Keegan. He may take over at the Foxes. I think it would be

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amazing. Lee Clark is a cracking young manager. I am not sure it

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would be easy to drag him a wave. There is always a place for Kevin

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Keegan in football. He was there in the glory years. Let us hand back

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to dominate. Brilliant! This week is pretty busy in the

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seasonal calendar. Hallowe'en a couple of days ago. Guy Fawkes like

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coming up. It is also a special pull something else. Not fireworks,

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but a bangers. It is National Sausage Week and expert sausage

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makers, they have been in Nottingham today hoping to be told

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that they have the best recipe in the region.

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You may be used to pork, beef or vegetable, but here there is no

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such thing as the humble sausage. I am in the kitchen where master

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butchers are fighting it out to win the battle of the banners. When we

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did our first round in September it became apparent that we had a real

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step fast group of fantastic but shares in this area. Obviously the

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people of Nottinghamshire at loved their sausages and they know what

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makes a great sausage. Four varieties you can include... The

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Henry Cooper at sausage, presumably because it packs a punch. Jake

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Fleetwood has made a sweet chilli sausage. Why have you entered this

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challenge? I am a chilli pepper fan but not everyone likes the heat of

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a chilly so we have combined it with some sweetness. It has been a

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real hit with customers. It is turning into a bit of Bass's All! -

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- a bit of the apes is all! Noddy Holder is beginning the taste test.

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Why have you moved from head- banging to this? I am a sausage

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fans. I want to promote British produce, British pig farmers and

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British butchers. What has been your favourite? I cannot pick a

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favourite. The quality has been so high. Today's winning the sausage

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was a Lincolnshire sausage which When's this lovely black. A great

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record! You have nicked my sausage! I love the British Sausage

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We have got some rain on the way this evening. A yellow warning

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issued by the Met Office for some pretty heavy rain. It is going to

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create some standing water issues on the roads because leaves are

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blocking drains. That will cause quite tricky driving conditions

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overnight. Strong winds are picking up. Gorgeous autumn scenes still a

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cross the east Midlands. This was taken by the supermarket. It shows

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you do not have to go too far to get some nice shops -- shops. This

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low-pressure is moving towards us, bringing the rain and strong winds.

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Some patchy outbreaks of rain this evening across the East Midlands

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this evening. Very like to start with but intensifying as the main

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band of rain moves in tomorrow morning. Temperature wise, quite

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mild. 11 degrees minimum. Surprising for the time of year.

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The rain clears early hours. Some of greatness through the morning

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but further showers starting to spread through as we go into the

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afternoon. Temperatures up to 17 degrees tomorrow. Overnight a

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Thursday, further rain pushing in. That will clear by the early hours

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of Friday morning. We are still left with a very blustery a fad for

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Friday. Good news for your fireworks display on Friday night

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