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This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. | :00:05. | :00:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | :00:15. | :00:55. | |
Our top story tonight - some good Good evening and welcome to the | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
programme. First tonight a significant jobs boost for the East | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
Midlands. Toyota at Burnaston is to create | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
1,500 new jobs over the next two years. And that's not all. Nestle | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
is to create 300 new jobs at ITS factory in South Derbyshire. The | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
Prime Minister was on hand to congratulate workers during pre- | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
arranged visits to both factories earlier today. David Cameron said | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
it was a vote of confidence in the skills and expertise of the local | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
workforce. Let's join our Political Editor | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
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John Hess who's at Toyota's factory There are just under 3,000 people | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
working here and last year getting on for 137,000 cars were made, most | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
for export. After recent turbulence, the future is well and truly | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
secured. Joining the production line, a | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
Prime Minister and a car maker battered by in economic storm. | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
David Cameron flanked by Toyota workers was all smiles. 1,500 new | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
jobs created at the plant. It is your success, a vote of confidence | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
and jobs invested for the future. The impact of the global recession | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
and the future of Toyota's operation in doubt, not now. Its | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
new hatchback will be made here. is the right time to decide to | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
produce more in Europe, localised production and concentrate in the | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
UK to make -- create extra jobs in the coming years. The Prime | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
Minister told the production line - - toured the direction line. He | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
told me he wants a renaissance in manufacture. The government is | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
helping with low taxes, deregulation and keeping the | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
markets open. The significance of the Prime Minister's visit is to | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
promote UK manufacturer but what about the importance of another | :03:08. | :03:15. | |
manufacturer, bombarded a? I pledge to people in Derbyshire | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
that will work with them to help them bid for new contracts. We are | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
putting money into new trains and tracks and carriages and there will | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
be opportunities for at the great business. Toyota or will start | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
recruiting new staff and next year. Could this be an early sign of | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
economic revival? The Prime Minister then it took the | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
15 mile drive to South Derbyshire to celebrate another jobs boost. | :03:45. | :03:53. | |
Nestle is taking on a 300 more workers a thanks to investment. | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
After Toyota, the Prime Minister stopped for a coffee break and a | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
chat at Nestle. The number one priority is growth and jobs. And he | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
had every reason to be full of beans. Talking to work force which | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
has trebled in size exporting coffee to 38 countries. Nestle is | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
still digging in at home in Derbyshire, to investing a further | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
�110 million to keep up with demand. That means another 300 jobs. They | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
will be well trained and technical jobs. We are also committed to | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
giving our engineers and technicians a lifetime of learning | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
so you can join us at 16 and work through to come out with a | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
foundation degree and go onwards and upwards. Three new production | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
lines will treble capacity. In the past, it has had trouble finding | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
the right blend of skills so a new training academy will focus on jobs | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
for graduates and young apprentices. For jobseeker's and the Prime | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
Minister, Nestle and twitter have provided 1800 reasons to be | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
cheerful. That is how many new opportunities will be created in | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
the coming months for people to find work. | :05:13. | :05:20. | |
That here and twitter and I am joined by the deputy managing | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
director of the UK manufacturing at twitter. This is not just an | :05:24. | :05:31. | |
endorsement of Toyota or -- twitter in the UK, also the supply chain. | :05:31. | :05:40. | |
Yes, Toyota UK has 50 manufacture and suppliers with which we spent | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
�870 million each year. So, those companies will be investing 85 | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
million as a result of this announcement. In terms of the jobs, | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
you will be recruiting, I am aware Jaguar Land Rover is recruiting, | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
are those skills out there when it comes to recruiting people? I think | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
so. We have a big catchment area within 45 minutes and we will | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
trainee. If you come here, we will train you and trainee for a long- | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
term career. Does this underscore the imported steel of manufacturing | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
in the UK? Absolutely. UK is a good place to make things and make cars. | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
We are internationally competitive now. Good to hear. It looks as | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
though the work on the new car coming here will start in at just | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
under two years. The news of the job announcement | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
has been welcomed in Dobby which has seen several major redundancy | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
announcements recently. -- in Derby. There was cynicism that the Prime | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
Minister did not pay a visit in darker days. | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
East Midlands Today has learnt they could be more good news on the jobs | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
front for the city. In Derby they are proud of the | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
city's connections with a helping to build planes, trains and | :07:05. | :07:13. | |
automobiles. Add plenty of good news on the four will front. Some | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
criticism of the Prime Minister did not call in to bombard the AA. A | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
worker lives in Burnaston next to twitter. It follows good news where | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
it is easy to turn up at a factory and a senior jobs when there is a | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
place down the road where they are announcing a 1,400 job losses. | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
Those are the places he should be visiting, they need reassurance and | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
comforting. The council leader is meeting David Cameron at a number | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
10 reception this evening. government have got the message and | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
will try to deliver the new contracts which will enable us to - | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
- then to run in the city. The jobs at twitter and Nestle, this is | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
going to get Derby City moving. Hundreds of jobs were also lost in | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
Derby this summer with the break-up of the internet bank, egg. We | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
understand a major call-centre operator is on the verge of | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
agreeing to take over half of this site. If it goes ahead, it will | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
provide many more much-needed jobs and could guarantee another high- | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
profile political visit. Not such good news in | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
Leicestershire tonight. A factory is to close with the loss of 155 | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
jobs. The standard soap factory was formed in 1928 but in 1995 was | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
taken over by a Malaysian company which produces a Crabtree and | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
Evelyn. It is expected to shatter Christmas. | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
You are watching East Midlands Today. Still to come: the flicks, | :08:58. | :09:05. | |
ticks and tricks to take this quite conned a teenager to the Olympics. | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
-- taekwondo. Around 20,000 people lined the | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
streets of Leicester today to welcome a soldier's home from | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
Afghanistan. After being greeted by the cheering crowds, they were | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
granted the freedom of the city. Our social affairs correspondent | :09:25. | :09:35. | |
reports. An ancient military tradition these | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
soldiers have been fighting a modern war. They march through | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
Leicester carrying lances and wearing ceremonial uniforms and | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
they were followed by two of the tanks they used in Afghanistan. | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
This is a chance for the people to welcome the Richmond home. There | :09:52. | :09:58. | |
are thousands lining the streets today. Look at the reception. | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
coming to see my cousin back from Afghanistan. I want to see him | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
marching. A we have to support them as much as we can. They are | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
brilliant. Really proud of what they have done. Shame they're | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
coming back with injuries. Really proud. My father was killed in the | :10:18. | :10:27. | |
second world war. It is really emotional. There was a formal | :10:27. | :10:37. | |
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inspection. Order! And then they were given the freedom of the city. | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
I had a tear in my eye. The atmosphere it is a treat. It's | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
really good. When people turn out in the crowds, it makes you proud | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
to be a soldier. And what to stand for. They spent six hot months | :10:53. | :10:57. | |
protecting part of Helmand Province trying to get locals on side. They | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
have been fighting battles against the Taliban and a convinced it's | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
making a difference. The guys are happy with what they achieved. They | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
can do to the markets and see the locals do not feel local insurgency | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
punishing them. It is the happiness of the local individuals is plain | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
to see. It has been years since the East Midlands has seen a crowd this | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
size for a homecoming parade and the support means so much for the | :11:27. | :11:37. | |
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In other news: a man arrested in connection with a tap-in has been | :11:39. | :11:49. | |
released on bail. The two men were injured on Charles statement that. | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
But when tipped and arrested yesterday in London was released on | :11:52. | :11:59. | |
bail. A woman's desperate wait for a | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
captain dropped. They then, are apt want the option | :12:05. | :12:13. | |
is an ant may be as correspondent reports, she is now an been dropped | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
or conduct. It is the attempt it's this morning | :12:19. | :12:27. | |
is and 43 that have stopped a month and it popped to expect the at the | :12:27. | :12:37. | |
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two years. We kept it is Manchester victims and white. Since the | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
meeting the or stopped is tipped, topped it up and were Britons still | :12:43. | :12:52. | |
works. She sipped as this, but he, and... There is a risk of | :12:52. | :12:59. | |
complications, a shortage of donors and other people waiting. And the, | :12:59. | :13:07. | |
the innate more options warmth. Accept people want what it must or | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
opt and then kept that up as more people on their making. Is the | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
memorial to more than 400 people who updated organs and tissue | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
transplant in Nottingham's and snapped. These days, in intensive | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
care, next to him and accept no about 1% that. But when it becomes | :13:32. | :13:41. | |
wrapped this passion and hoped they'd call it the do and what | :13:41. | :13:51. | |
people he stepped up the people. we all in all my with warmth since | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
he chipped doesn't the the option Mark McCormack and get treatment | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
plants and stopped more people will talk. | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
You are watching East Midlands today eat. It has been the driest | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
year for their kids. Statements have seen only half as much | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
rainfall as usual. And for some places that dry | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
weather is costing a small fortune. As Paul Bradshaw reports, St | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
Peter's church at Thornton is in danger of becoming the leaning | :14:24. | :14:30. | |
tower of Leicestershire. Are are all winners in force when | :14:30. | :14:38. | |
the Church in Thornton. -- Bell ringers. His Cilic still has since | :14:38. | :14:45. | |
bought at a script up so, a pig announce that all but No It seems | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
the allotments are conspiring against it. Has sapped the footings | :14:51. | :14:57. | |
which has caused it to move from the body of the nave. You can see | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
the beginning of the. As bigger up the tail, there is water. Unchecked, | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
it is it that it will split from the church, a problem that will | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
cost Allison's team ethics. The up and 19th at all after home so that | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
any of the movement is not restricted. Out expect costs to | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
reach a son pounds. If the money, he raised, St Peter's may be forced | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
to close. The church used for weddings throughout the summer. | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
Most of them ask us to run but bulls. It is an important pot of | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
the community. We are currently guardians of this church and it is | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
important because it that the future. It is hoped that after the | :15:48. | :15:58. | |
work is completed, because will be able to run for many years to come. | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
A lovely church. In a moment, we will be going down | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
the market. And what a difference a year makes, | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
this time last year we were covered in snow. It is not the same story | :16:13. | :16:23. | |
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this year. We have a bond of rain There's nothing quite like the | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
atmosphere of a thriving market. And it's often the best place to go | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
for cheap, good quality food. So, shoppers and stallholders in | :16:37. | :16:39. | |
Leicester might be forgiven for feeling a little anxious about | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
plans to transform their centuries old market. I've been to find out | :16:43. | :16:53. | |
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more. I think this to be well the best | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
fruit and vegetable markets in a country. But changes of but and the | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
stall holders are hoping they will be for the but, and they don't | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
throw the baby up with the bathwater. The people spoken except | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
since the bid of concentration will not be known until next month. It | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
seems stall holders want improvements to their stalls and | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
then stopped not that keen on the act since these indoor mock it. All | :17:26. | :17:33. | |
agreed this to be tapped. Got to get it right. We at a big customer | :17:33. | :17:43. | |
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base. For many of the stall holders, the market really is a, after. -- A | :17:43. | :17:53. | |
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family affair. Changes off her name. On you can sit? A lot at all. | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
city council and stall holders to and always see eye-to-eye are put | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
on his, this is deep and hit agreement sent off. We want to make | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
it better, more vibrant and walked to stick the public. A place where | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
traders will want to come and do this and what people will want to | :18:11. | :18:20. | |
shock. All those whom of the mock it, there is a chance to question | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
of the one about the changes tomorrow on BBC Radio Leicester | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
form of May am. There is a card is apt on my | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
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It is quite why it for me today. News of a pretty dead football loan | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
deadline day. The window shut nearly two hours ago and the only | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
move at our clubs was confirmation that striker Tamas Priskin had, | :18:56. | :18:59. | |
indeed, arrived at Derby County - helping solve a major striker | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
crisis at Pride Park. Elsewhere though, managers seem content to | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
work with what they have at least until the January transfer window. | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
Do we need numbers? Not just some the. We've got plenty of us. Could | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
it does the balance of the squad? Possibly but apt to bring there is | :19:20. | :19:27. | |
an for the sake of it. Export a couple possibilities -- we have | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
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explored. If week and once somebody, it would be... One of the joys of | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
sport is watching an under the radar athlete come from nowhere to | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
get success. And ahead of next year's Olympic Games in London, we | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
could have one of those emerging stars from right here in the East | :19:48. | :19:58. | |
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Midlands. Ross Fletcher's been to Manchester to see him in action. | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
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This is what or limpet had wandered You have to be explicit and focused. | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
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-- you have to be explosive. It was ecstatic. This was but I was | :20:49. | :20:58. | |
leading 6-1 at one point. This is stepped dipped with his drugs which | :20:59. | :21:08. | |
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is ridiculous. -- with his legs. When I first joined the academy, | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
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was quite but this and she. I didn't believe in myself. The | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
coaches and support stuck up the bill, combatants. He is by some in | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
three of his British team-mates for once bought at London and double. - | :21:31. | :21:41. | |
- London 2012. A it is very competitive. At the end of the day, | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
it is a selfish act. Ribbon as the big tournaments to prove his worth | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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As winter draws on, do you like to stay put and embrace the chilly | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
weather or would you prefer to jet off to warmer climes? Whether | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
you're taking off or not - there have already been thousands of | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
arrivals and departures in the bird world. Sally Pepper Goes Wild again | :22:18. | :22:28. | |
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It has been a few months but we are back at Rutland Water with the | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
project officer. Last time, the Ospreys had made their return from | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
their winter migration to Africa. They really are amazing birds. They | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
have made their winter migration again. Yes, they are wintering in a | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
tropical West Africa and today you cannot blame them! We were lucky | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
this year because we have followed them on their migration and one of | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
them reached the South of Guinea in 14 days. He flew from Rutland down | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
towards London and across the Channel to Paris and fished in the | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
River Seine and then carried across branch, the Pyrenees, Spain and he | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
flew past Madrid and then across the Mediterranean into North Africa. | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
And then across the Sahara. And then down into the tropics and into | :23:32. | :23:39. | |
Guinea where he will spend the next few months. So, we have seen the | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
amazing journey the Ospreys have taken to warmer climes. It has made | :23:44. | :23:51. | |
room for thousands of ducks. Yes, it is a dark cavern. We counted | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
around 30,000 ducks around the reservoir which was the most we | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
have recorded. Where are they flying from? They are coming from | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
all over continental Europe, some ducks we have come from Russia, | :24:03. | :24:09. | |
they might be flying 1,500 miles, some might have come from northern | :24:09. | :24:16. | |
Germany or Sweden. The shoveler has a great big beak. It filters the | :24:16. | :24:23. | |
water so it uses it to sift out the aquatic invertebrates. There is | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
another duck, an incredibly important place, they look a bit | :24:30. | :24:37. | |
plain, they are the grey ones. The females are more Brown. They have a | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
white flash on the sides. Rutland Water is the most important site in | :24:41. | :24:48. | |
the UK for them and we counted something like 2,400 which was the | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
maximum count ever recorded at a single site in the UK. Rutland | :24:53. | :25:00. | |
Water is breaking the records. After a typical gloomy November | :25:00. | :25:06. | |
date at Rutland Water, I am freezing. For the ducks they are | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
finding is almost tropical. Let's get a cup of tea. Let's do it. | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
looked lovely in the mist. Rutland Water is always beautiful. It was a | :25:19. | :25:28. | |
lovely report. Gorgeous. I cannot believe it is a year ago we had | :25:28. | :25:34. | |
snow. Gritting the roads. getting to work. Very different now. | :25:34. | :25:42. | |
There is none of that on the There is a chance of some snow. We | :25:42. | :25:47. | |
will notice a dramatic change in what we have been experiencing. A | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
very mild day to day. This was the satellite picture. This was the | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
country a year ago, virtually covered in snow. A little bit of | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
green peeping through. We have a slightly different picture today. A | :26:01. | :26:11. | |
mild day, it started quite misty. Paul Taylor captured this picture. | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
A misty start. A David gradually improved. There was some sunshine | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
the first thing. What we have tonight is strong wind, it will | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
start to develop and the band of rain will weaken as it works its | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
way towards the south-east corner. The wind will become quite squally, | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
and the range starts to work southwards overnight. Heavy bursts | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
around as well. This guy's well clear behind it. A minimum | :26:43. | :26:50. | |
temperature tonight of six Celsius -- their skies. It will be breezy, | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
quite a bright one. Early morning sunshine but a line of showers into | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
the afternoon. The chance of catching a shower tomorrow. The | :27:01. | :27:08. | |
wind comes from the south-west but not as mild as today. Ten Celsius. | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
High-pressure sitting in the south towards the weekend, low-pressure | :27:13. | :27:18. | |
affecting Scotland and the North West. Saturday will be a windy day. | :27:18. | :27:24. | |
A dry and bright day. Some rain overnight Saturday and Sunday. The | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
skies Brighton on Sunday but the wind strengthens, a windy day on | :27:28. | :27:32. |