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This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale. And me, Kylie | :00:06. | :00:09. | |
Pentelow. Our top story tonight: A new war of words over Bombardier's | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
lost contract. Union anger about the Thames linked | :00:17. | :00:22. | |
deal. We do not know the basis on which it was accepted and to keep | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
this out of the public domain is outrageous. | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
Also, praying for help. For a plea to our government from our churches. | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
Sort out the metal thieves before they destroy our buildings and our | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
budgets. Plus a capital idea. What Boris | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
Johnson thinks Leicester can learn from London. | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
And after 15 years of trying, a couple welcome twins on New year's | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
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Good evening, welcome to Tuesday's programme and our first full | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
programme of 2012. First tonight: show us the money. That's the call | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
from a union and MPs in the row over Bombardier's lost Thameslink | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
contract. They want Siemens of Germany to | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
publish the financial details of their winning bid for the �1.4 | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
billion order. It could help explain why the rail carriages are | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
to be built near Dusseldorf instead of in Derby. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
But tonight a senior manager at Siemens in the UK said putting the | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
figures in the public domain is not a good idea. Mike O'Sullivan is in | :01:37. | :01:47. | |
Derby and can tell us more. Workers at Bombardier got a boost between | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
Christmas and the New Year. A new rail contract worth �188 million. | :01:51. | :02:01. | |
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It was the Big One That Got Away, Thames Link, that continues Tonight | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
Siemens in the UK rejecting calls to put the financial details of | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
their winning bid under the spotlight. Bombardier not around to | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
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comment on whether they'd want It led to Bombardier of Derby | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
announcing a 1400 job losses. Campaigners for the Derby-based | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
company Save the financial details of how Siemens are one should be | :02:29. | :02:36. | |
out in the open. We do not know the basis on which the Siemens bid was | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
accepted for Thames Link. To keep this out of the public domain is | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
outrageous. The transport select committee of MPs has recommended | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
that the financial difference between the bids from Siemens and | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
Bombardier is revealed. But Siemens says shining a light on a | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
competitive tendering process would not be the right thing to do. | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
first reason is that ourselves, as well as all the other people that | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
competed in the process, like Bombardier, signed a process | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
agreement which has very strict requirements regarding | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
confidentiality. That is number one. The second one is that when you are | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
involved in are the very so fierce competitive tendering process, not | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
only in the UK but across the world, I don't think it would be in the | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
interests of ourselves or any other parties. In the tendering process | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
to make that information public. I think it would damage competition | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
and would not be the best value for the fare-paying passenger. Some | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
observers have suggested that Siemens financial clout, with a | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
credit rating higher than Bombardier, was the main reason why | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
Derby lost and tussled of one. Bombardier are not around to | :03:47. | :03:54. | |
comment but they've all -- always a pointed towards the wider impacts | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
to be taken into account. The government has said they will do | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
that now and that is important for Derby because there is another | :04:01. | :04:11. | |
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important contract coming up, valued at �1 billion. | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Next, a crime wave that's sending worshippers through the roof. Last | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
year was the worst on record for people stealing metal from churches | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
- and Nottinghamshire was one of the worst hit areas in the country. | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
We've been given the latest figures today. They show the thefts are | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
costing the county's churches well over �500,00 a year, money they | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
just can't afford. Metal theft is massive, massive | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
business, massive crime and a massive headache and heartache for | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
our churches. They took the lead off the roof, all the way along | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
this side. They took lead from the far corner and down that side. | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
We've had to cover everything with this covering. And we had a | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
tarpaulin on the roof. They fitted every security device going after | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
the lead was ripped off for years ago but that didn't stop thieves | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
coming back recently. Once it has happened, you always think it is | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
going to happen again and when it does the second time, it is | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
devastating. Anglican churches across Nottinghamshire are some of | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
the worst effects is in the country. Latest figures show that in 2010, | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
there were 49 insurance claims. Last year, as you can see, that | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
figure almost doubled and the amount of money they can claim is | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
limited. It is nothing like the amount they need to repair the | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
damage. So the true cost to Nottinghamshire's churches last | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
year was well over 500 million -- �500,000. This latest theft has | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
cost us around �35,000 and we are grateful for people's generosity | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
but we cannot keep on replacing our lead. They want action. The | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
government is looking to change the law to tackle the theft. In | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
Nottinghamshire, the police have been running operation the Talacre, | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
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liaising with scrap-metal dealers. -- operation Metallica. | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
Still to come on the programme: force ten winds, fallen trees, and | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
flood warnings. But not here. We've escaped the | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
worst of it but will our luck hold? We are not out of the woods yet. | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
There seems to be a sting in the tail. The winds will strengthen | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
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further the season. All the details The Mayor of Leicester Sir Peter | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
Soulsby has kicked off the New Year by pressing the government for new | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
powers to run the city. And London's Mayor Boris Johnson | :06:50. | :06:59. | |
has backed him, saying it'll give Leicester a bigger profile. | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
It's one of the many changes that could shape the local and national | :07:03. | :07:11. | |
political scene in 2012. This is big picture politics. | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
man was the first mayor of Leicester. The mayor of Leicester | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
was the sort of powers once enjoyed by his city's Victorian | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
predecessors. Our public transport is very inadequate. The fire and do | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
my job properly, I need the same powers as Boris has in London. | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
Johnson not only runs transport in the capital but also the police. -- | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
Khmer London. It means you know there is some person who is | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
accountable to you and you can hold them to account. If they are not | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
succeeding, you can chuck them out. So should other mayors get tax- | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
raising powers? There is a strong case for that. The mayor of London | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
has additional powers and effect. But debate will start up if mayors | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
are created after next May. Next May, Nottingham, together with | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
other be English -- big English cities, will have a referendum vote | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
on whether it wants a directly Efenechtyd mayor. But could be the | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
cue for the government to give elected mayors are far more powers. | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
Another significant change in 2012 will affect controversial housing | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
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and planning issues. The council leaders... There is a large amount | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
of concern about alterations proposed to the planning rules | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
particularly. Some see this as a danger to areas like the green belt | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
and giving carte blanche to am -- to developers to develop without | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
planning permission. A a financial squeeze on household budgets will | :08:52. | :09:00. | |
tighten in 2012. -- the financial squeeze. This political Palmer | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
should will be looking for... big issue is going to the economy, | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
and whether or not we are getting the growth and jobs reneged in the | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
private sector to make up the shortfall in the public sector and | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
are generally for the overall recovery of the country. We have | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
not had any growth. It has been flat lining. The next 12 months, | :09:18. | :09:24. | |
David Cameron has to get growth in the economy. I don't think he will. | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
The Prime Minister says we will get through it. 20121 indicator if he | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
is right. -- 2012 will indicate if he is | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
right. Well, our Political Editor joins us | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
in the studio. And John, the New Year's about to remind us of one of | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
Grantham's best known exports. Yes, the Iron Lady is back. From | :09:47. | :09:49. | |
this Friday, Meryl Streep's movie portrayal of Mrs Thatcher hits the | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
cinema screens. But here's a turn- up. Among the film's extras is the | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
veteran Derbyshire Labour MP Dennis Skinner - the beast of Bolsover | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
himself. The most interesting thing about the extras was there were | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
half a dozen Tory whips out there, probably guarding the place. They | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
were extras as well but they had to sit on the same side as me shouting | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
insults at Thatcher. That was the most amusing part, Tory whips | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
shouting out Thatcher! I asked the Right Honourable Gentleman, whose | :10:20. | :10:27. | |
fault is that? She has always been meticulous in her preparation for | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
her fans, that is why she has won Oscars and been nominated for | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
Oscars countless times and will almost certainly be nominated again. | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
A There's a first. A Dennis Skinner prediction for the Oscars! And | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
while you would struggle to find a statue to Mrs Thatcher in her home | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
town, The Iron Lady is coming to Grantham. I've been assured, the | :10:47. | :10:54. | |
movie will be screened at the town's Reel cinema from Friday. | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
Other news now: Police have named a three-year-old girl who died | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
following a road crash in Derbyshire. Lily Grace Roberts, | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
from Hilton, was seriously injured in the collision, which happened | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
yesterday afternoon on the A50 near Findern. Two vehicles were involved, | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
a silver Nissan, in which Lily Grace was travelling, and a blue | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
lorry. Derbyshire police are asking anyone who saw the incident to | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
contact them. Two men have pleaded not guilty to | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
charges involving the theft of six horses. 48-year-old James Snoddy | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
from Nottingham denies stealing the horses from a field in Calverton | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
last July. 43-year-old Christopher Booth from East Bridgford pleaded | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
not guilty to one charge of possessing stolen horses. After the | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
police found the animals, two had to be put down because they were in | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
poor condition. A trial will take place at Nottingham Crown Court | :11:40. | :11:50. | |
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later this year. The countdown has begun to one of | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
the biggest sporting events this country has ever seen. This summer, | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
Leicestershire will be thrust into the global spotlight as both the | :11:58. | :12:00. | |
British and Japanese Olympic teams come to Loughborough University to | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
train. But what will the lasting impact be | :12:03. | :12:11. | |
for the town that's hosting all of these athletes? | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
In six months' time, hundreds of athletes will be making use of | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
these facilities at Loughborough University but it is not just about | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
sport. People in the town are excited about the business | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
opportunities the games will bring. There are not going to be a lot of | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
business benefits because all the retail people are going to get | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
involved, they will be supplying not just the Olympic teams that are | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
based here but their families and their supporters as well. There are | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
local businesses that will benefit from the general high. The facts | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
Loughborough will be more on the map that it already is. The �6 | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
million refurbishment of the town's railway station has also helped | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
boost its image. Along with the construction of two new hotels, in | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
anticipation of Olympic business. If there are more people coming in, | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
they will spend more in the area. It is a great opportunity. I think | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
you cannot go wrong with it. There are many shops which have closed so | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
maybe it will improve things. think they are very important. | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
Everybody is struggling for money but the many people bring into the | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
town will be spent here. If the so- called legacy of the Danes will not | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
just be measured in bricks-and- mortar. There will definitely be a | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
physical legacy from the Games but obviously, the softer legacy will | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
be the fact that more people will be motivated by the games and | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
inspired to perhaps pursue a career in athletics was some sort of sport | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
themselves, or just become a bit healthier and fitter. It is hoped | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
the benefits to this town will continue to make a splash for years | :13:43. | :13:49. | |
to come. We all know that blood stocks can | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
run low at this time of year. Donors are in great demand. And the | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
same is true of dogs. The Leicestershire-based charity | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
Pet Blood Bank says its supplies have dwindled over the festive | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
break and it's appealing for dog donors to lend a helping paw. | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
Joe is an ideal blood donor, a young dog which weighs more than 25 | :14:14. | :14:21. | |
kilos. He is friendly and fully vaccinated. Last year, we had an | :14:21. | :14:27. | |
accident with our other dog. In the end, she had to have her leg a | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
contented -- amputated. A large dog can donate nearly one pint of blood | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
a time. The supplies are then sold to vet so nationwide. Each donation | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
is split into different components so more than one dog can benefit | :14:41. | :14:50. | |
from each donation. Vets are making very good use of these products. | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
People's perception of what health care for their animals should be | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
has changed over the years. People nowadays expect equivalent levels | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
of health care for their Peps as with themselves. We have to | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
constantly strive to improve the level of health care we produce, | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
using blood and other ways to do that. What is in it for the | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
patients? There is no tea and biscuits, just a tasty bowl of dog | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
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food. Still to come on the programme: | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
Glad Tidings, times two. The first day of the New Year heralds twins | :15:34. | :15:42. | |
There's been no rest for our intrepid adventurer Sarah Outen | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
over Christmas and the New Year. She's spent the festive season in | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
training for the next leg of her record-breaking attempt to loop the | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
globe from London to London. She's in Japan, preparing to set | :15:53. | :16:01. | |
off in the spring to row across the Pacific Ocean to Canada. | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
Arriving in Japan after cycling 11,000 miles and kayaking dangerous | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
waters. Since arriving in the country, Sarah has been | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
volunteering in areas worst hit by the earthquake and tsunami. It is | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
particularly poignant seeing some of the stuff that has been washed | :16:19. | :16:28. | |
up, to London's choice -- children's toys, clothes and so on. | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
Back home in Rutland, friends, family and supporters packed vital | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
supplies into her boat. This seven metre-long vessel will be home to | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
Sarah for several months when she attempts to row solo across the | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
Pacific Ocean. But will be the second leg of her record-breaking | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
attempt to cycle, kayak and roll around the world, from London to | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
London. Sara's experience in Japan will always stay with her. It has | :16:56. | :17:05. | |
humbled and silenced me. It has reminded me that the ocean is boss. | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
Messages of love and support have been scrawled on the boat to give | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
her encouragement, including one from her mother. Excited for her | :17:13. | :17:19. | |
but obviously it is a huge, huge expanse of water to row across. But | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
she will do it. She is so determined. Packed with supplies, | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
but was sent off in style. Next stop, Japan, for the woman who | :17:30. | :17:40. | |
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wants to break records running here. Good luck to her. | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
What a happy new year. All four clubs enjoying excellent starts to | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
2012. Goals for Forest and a winning streak for Derby on the way, | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
along with a party at Meadow Lane. But first, Leicester City. Today | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
they had an attempt to sign Hull City's Cameron Stewart | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
contemptuously dismissed by Hull. But yesterday they came up with | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
their first win in six games, putting them back in the playoff | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
picture. Nigel Pearson admitted it was not | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
pretty but says his first away win since returning to the foxes was an | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
important one, given the club's lofty expectations. First player | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
opened the scoring against his former side with a touch of the, | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
Kohl and the classy. Watch the keeper smash the ball against his | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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own defender. It was a free kick that led to goal number two. Nigel | :18:41. | :18:49. | |
Pearson had well and truly shaken things up. Palace pulled one back, | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
leaving Leicester to ride out the home pressure. The game ended on a | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
sour note. Through the south London sunshine, an altercation between | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
Howard and the assistant referee led to the striker's dismissal. | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
Howard continued his argument, despite his fate. A big win for the | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
foxes, who stomped home just four points of the play-off places. | :19:12. | :19:17. | |
There were away wins for Derby and Forest too. Derby, who are having a | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
seesaw season, making it three wins on the trot and Forest ending a run | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
of seven games without a goal. At last! | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
You wait 10 hours for a goal, and then three come along all at once. | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
The first came after five minutes. Forest's last goal was by the same | :19:37. | :19:46. | |
player, also by then -- also against it which. -- Ipswich. The | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
tractor boys began to show signs of pulling out of their rut. Having | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
broken for rat, Forest were full of confidence. The second was a belter. | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
Ipswich were still in the game. Thomas hit the bar from a distance. | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
No one was able to put the ball in from the rebound. When Thomas went | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
over in the box, had such were given a penalty and Grant scored | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
from the spot. This player masterminded the victory with no | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
passes. Forest would like to play at which every week. Derby have had | :20:18. | :20:27. | |
a cracking Christmas with three wins in a row. Derby coach says it | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
may not have been the best performance but praised the side's | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
effort. When the chance came, it fell to Robinson after the break, | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
who took his time before sliding it underneath the keeper. The Rams had | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
a chance to add to their lead but did not get the run of the green. | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
After that, Derby put up stubborn resistance. The Hull bourse said | :20:53. | :21:02. | |
they set out to frustrate his side and they succeeded. | :21:02. | :21:09. | |
While the Championship clubs all celebrated, so did Notts County. | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
The world's oldest professional Football League clubs turns 150 | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
years old this year. It's an amazing history and one the club | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
continues to honour. The reception area is brand new, so | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
is the trophy cabinet. This is not a club pickling itself in the past | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
but it is celebrating. This year, Notts County will be marking 150 | :21:29. | :21:37. | |
years of football. They are even serving specially brewed beer. | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
means everything. We are proud. Long-term fans have not just turned | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
up for today's glory. It means a lot to everybody. Inside the ground, | :21:46. | :21:52. | |
out came the old players. Great goalscorers, promotion winners, | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
fans and so on. A lot of the players who have played for the | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
club still live in the area and would break a leg to get down here | :22:00. | :22:08. | |
to celebrate. It's a great day. of this who pluck is only good if | :22:08. | :22:18. | |
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the team of 2012 can do it on the This bit went nuts after half-time. | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
Huddersfield's first goal sparked 40 minutes of enthralling end-to- | :22:24. | :22:32. | |
end football, including decent chances for Notts County. The | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
spills did not stop there. Both teams hit the bar before Notts | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
determination played dividends. Lee Hughes was strong in the box and | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
deadly with the finish. The fans loved it. Absolutely fantastic. | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
Come on, Notts County. With Haydon Hollis making his debut, a day | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
focused on the past was about the future as well. Our supporters love | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
to see one of their own coming through the system. There are more | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
lads coming through the system. now we do know what else is new | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
beer is good for. It's good for celebrating unexpected new ears.. | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
Very well done to Notts County. In Ice Hockey Panthers are second | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
in the table and pushing leaders Belfast hard after ending the | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
festive period with a confident 5-0 win over Hull last night. The team | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
are away at Braehead this evening hoping for more of the same. | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
And today's windy weather was a positive at Southwell Racecourse. | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
It's got behind the horses in a five furlong charge and helped a | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
four year old called Ghostwing to a new course record. | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
Now we're only three days into the new year but for one couple, 2012 | :23:50. | :23:54. | |
has already brought them everything they wanted. The Kanabars from | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
Leicester have spent the last 15 years trying to have a baby but now | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
they've had not one, but two! The babies were the first twins to | :24:01. | :24:10. | |
be born in the city this year. Meet the twins. They've yet to be | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
named. The pair were born on the early hours of New year's Day. For | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
the parents, it is the end of 15 years of trying. This time last | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
year, we had given up hope. We thought that sit, you know. A year | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
down the line, we have to beautiful children. A boy and a girl. I don't | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
have words to describe it. It's a blessing. It is the best feeling | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
you can ever get. It is the best thing that ever happened to us. We | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
are living our dream now and that is fantastic. The babies were born | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
by Caesarean section. For the father, waiting to join his wife in | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
a theatre was an anxious time. half an hour wait, whilst they got | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
everything where -- everything ready, that was the longest half- | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
an-hour of my life. Everything goes through your head, what is | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
happening? They took me in and within five minutes, the baby boy | :25:00. | :25:08. | |
was born. One minute later, the baby girl was born. He was crying. | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
I was crying. Everything ran to my body and I started crying. | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
Everything was perfect. After 15 years of wanting a child, they are | :25:17. | :25:26. | |
now looking forward to a very happy and very busy 2012. | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
How lovely. It sounds like the only ones not crying with the babies | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
themselves! The wind has been preparing horses | :25:37. | :25:46. | |
Briefly but things will turn more unsettled over the next few hours. | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
We will get strong winds and squally showers. This photograph | :25:49. | :25:59. | |
was taken earlier. Thanks for sending it in. It was this area of | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
low pressure sitting across Scotland that has moved out towards | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
the North Sea. It has taken with it all the heavy rain we had earlier | :26:06. | :26:13. | |
today. The win Seve's a little. Down to 35 mph gusts. This evening, | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
real see this occluded front pushing through, bringing with it | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
squally showers. We can expect guests of between 50 and 60 Matt | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
Powell. It is brief and should clear by midnight. We have started | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
to see that cloud begin to increase. Showers are beginning. They will | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
turn quite heavy for a time. They won maybe turn to snow and subtle | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
over the Peak District but everywhere else, they will fall as | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
rain. A drier end to the night. Some showers around across | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
Derbyshire. Rather cold out there with temperatures down to two or | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
three Celsius but it should stay frost-free. We will brook -- make- | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
up -- wake up with Frost but eventually, the rain will push its | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
way in from the north. It will sweep south-east through the day. | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
The winds will be around 35 miles per hour. Top temperatures for | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
Wednesday of seven Celsius. This rain will continued to push south- | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
east during the natal won so. Clearing by Thursday morning, | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
giving us not as windy a day on Thursday with lovely winter | :27:19. | :27:24. |