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This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. | :00:02. | :00:06. | |
Our top story tonight: the PM pressures Nottingham to have an | :00:06. | :00:15. | |
elected mayor. The cities that do have a mayor are | :00:15. | :00:24. | |
promised more influence in Westminster. Ray Mears can | :00:24. | :00:31. | |
galvanise economic... Back on her feet, this woman is the first | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
person in England to have a heart valve. | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
Is the council playing fair with this market? Nothing has been | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
decided, they say, and then for us to find out that they have been | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
advertising this place for sale, it is disgusting. | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
How a very English designer tailors his close to suit Japan, like this | :00:54. | :01:03. | |
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Good evening. Welcome to Tuesday's programme. The Prime Minister today | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
offered the leadership of Nottingham City Council the chance | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
to sit at the cabinet table in Number 10. | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
However, that tempting offer depends on Nottingham's voters | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
backing plans, in a referendum, for a directly-elected city mayor. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
That's something Labour in Nottingham is against. David | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
Cameron says he wants to chair a cabinet of elected mayors to speak | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
up for our big English cities. One campaigner for a "yes" vote says | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
Nottingham is in danger of missing out. From Downing Street, here's | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
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our Political Editor John Hess. Should Nottingham opt for an all | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
powerful City mayor decided by the people of Nottingham? That's the | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
question that'll be put in a referendum on May 3rd. Nottingham | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
City Council's ruling Labour leadership wants its citizens to | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
vote no and a resounding no. But today inside Number 10, the Prime | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
Minister gave his personal endorsement to a cross-party | :02:02. | :02:11. | |
campaign to secure a yes vote. Arriving in Downing Street, the | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
former Labour insider, now feeling the political till in his own city. | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
He wants Nottingham to have a directly elected city mayor, but | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
that is political heresy in labour at Nottingham. I think it is about | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
giving people the choice. People want to choose who their leaders | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
are. It is not right in this day and age. Whereby someone gets to | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
leave the council by 0.1 % of the population. A cross-party reception | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
inside Number Ten. This is to pariah to a referendum in early | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
make on having City Meyers in our big English cities, including | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
Nottingham. Meyer's can galvanise economic action to make our cities | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
dynamos. -- mayors. I was elected by the people. That is what makes a | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
difference because they are the ones to whom I am a Cant sock -- | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
accountable. But Labour Nottingham is the sticking to its guns. They | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
are telling us they want to waste hundreds of thousands of pounds on | :03:20. | :03:27. | |
a mayor that nobody wants. creating voter interest is what | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
today's Downing Street reception was about. | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
And, John, the mayor of Leicester, finally knows what his pay packet | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
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is going to be in future? It was an issue that was not raised | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
in public at this reception, but it has been a hugely controversial | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
issue. The new pay deal for the city mayor of Leicester has been | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
set at �65,000. There was a huge row when an independent panel | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
suggested a salary in excess of �100,000. The whole controversy | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
over salary was used in Nottingham as a reason not to have a city | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
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mayor there. Sir Peter told me the new agreed salary was fair and in | :04:14. | :04:24. | |
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line with the salary of a backbench Thank you very much. | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
There were denials from the dock from the former UDM president, Neil | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
Greatrex. He, along with fellow union leader Mick Stevens, is | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
accused of stealing almost �150,000 from a charity for sick and elderly | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
miners and using it to improve their own homes. This afternoon, | :04:44. | :04:50. | |
the defence started at Nottingham Crown court. Jo Healey was there. | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
In court, two of Nottinghamshire mining's most familiar faces facing | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
14 counts of theft, charged with Sealink -- stealing from a charity | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
set up to help sick miners and their families. Trustees of the | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
Nottinghamshire miners Home charity which ran at this home called the | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
Phoenix on the Lincolnshire coast. They control the money and they are | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
accused of stealing it, nearly �150,000 of it to improve their own | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
homes. Neil Greatrex told the court he did | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
use the funds to install a kitchen at his house at a cost of �11,750. | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
But he said he was owed remuneration as the director and | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
company secretary. When he was asked, did you at any time other | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
than the kitchen ask anybody to supply invoices for work done at | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
your house but picked up by the Phoenix, he replied, no, I did not. | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
He was also asked about cash payments for work done on his | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
properties. Neil Greatrex explained to the court how he paid for work | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
on his house in cash. Every peak months or so, he would meet the | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
bill they in a hotel off the M1 and hand over the cash payments. -- | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
every three months or so. The trial continues tomorrow. | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
Still to come on the programme: Two of the day's big talking points. | :06:15. | :06:23. | |
The football. And the weather. Everyone is talking about this | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
glorious weather, but guess what? It is set to get even warmer | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
tomorrow. How high will be tempered to get? I will tell you shortly. | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
And it was not wrong about today, look at the lingering sunshine | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
behind me. It must mean we are at the end of the Football season, | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
adding spice to the end of a local derby. | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
Next tonight, the first person in England to have a new type of heart | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
valve fitted and it was doctors here in the East Midlands who did | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
it Experts at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital have been leading the way | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
with minimally invasive techniques for replacing aortic valves for | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
years. The latest development involves a valve that is easier to | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
position in the best place. Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons | :07:12. | :07:22. | |
has been to meet the patient from Lincolnshire whose benefiting. | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
This woman is 89, but also a number one, the first patient to have a | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
new type of heart valve fitted in England. It was all smiles who -- | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
as she met the doctor who fitted it. I am very well, I hope the check-up | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
will be excellent. The latest valve build on this | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
design, allowing surgeons to repay it -- the reposition it using | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
keyhole techniques, something that was impossible in the past. It was | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
limited and now we have this option to reposition it. Edna was feeling | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
breathless before the procedure. With ageing, the aortic valve was | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
not functioning well because of calcium deposits. Three weeks later | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
and she feels on the mend. A I have not had any pain at since I had it. | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
Just a little discomfort. Otherwise I am feeling that I am on the mend. | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
This portrait shows Edna's procedure. It is very clear to see | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
the metal framework around here. That is sad now, positioned across | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
the patient's old valve, which is narrowed and not working properly. | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
She has more of a spring in her step and hopes to return to one of | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
her passions. I hope to pick up the reins and do a little more. I used | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
to go dancing quite a bit. I don't know whether I will manage that | :08:52. | :08:59. | |
again! Egg that is following this woman, who five years ago, was the | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
first patient to have another procedure. Ed that is hoping for | :09:04. | :09:12. | |
A body has been found under a boat in the River Trent. Officers were | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
called out this afternoon after the body was spotted by a boat owner in | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
a stretch of the river at West Bridgford. The dead man is white | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
and thought to be in his 40s. The police are investigating the | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
circumstances of his death. Wildlife groups say they're worried | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
a local nature reserve in Derby could be ruined by a cycle track. A | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
map produced by the City Council suggests it wants the outdoor | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
circuit to go through The Sanctuary on Pride Park. It's home to several | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
endangered species. The council says the plan is "indicative" and | :09:39. | :09:48. | |
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You start! Traders in Market Harborough have | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
reacted angrily about the district council's decision to advertise its | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
indoor market for lease before a final decision's made about its | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
future. The council says the Market Hall isn't making enough money and | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
it can no longer afford to keep it as it is. | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
So as part of our series on three streets in the East Midlands, | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
Victoria Hicks reports now on the controversy gripping the indoor | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
market in Market Harborough. Market day, people are shopping here while | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
they can. That is because harbour district council says the indoor | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
market is not making enough money. Traders have to move out and a big | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
brand needs to move in that so it has advertised the police have. | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
Despite the council saying it was willing to listen to what people | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
wanted to happen here, it is already gone ahead and advertised | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
this place on a 15 year lease. are supposed to be going to a | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
meeting on 13th April to this client -- decide whether the market | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
stays or not and they have already got the property up for sale. It is | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
an absolute kick in the gut. Instead of asking what we would | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
like first, they have gone and pulled the rug from under our feet. | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
To tell us that nothing has been decided and then for us to find out | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
that they have already been advertising this place for sale, it | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
is disgusting. But the council insists the decision to advertise | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
the lease does not undermine the consultation process. We are | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
looking at to might move in their at the time -- as the same time we | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
are doing the consultation. If the two do not come together, it will | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
not happen, but we cannot wait until we finish the consultation. | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
We have a year to make �1 million of savings. This has gone way | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
beyond the gauging of interest, it has put the whole market up for | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
least complete with the details of square footage, the potential | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
income requirements, development potential, even down to details | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
about a planning for planning permission to extend. Trade is plan | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
to me with the council next week to see if they can cut a deal and take | :11:54. | :12:01. | |
on the East of themselves. -- take on the police themselves. | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
Supporters of a care service for younger people with dementia have | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
mounted a last ditch campaign to try to save it. Nottinghamshire | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
county council wants to close the New Outlook centre in Sutton in | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
Ashfield and send those using it into general day care. But their | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
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families say vulnerable patients will suffer. Carolyn Moses reports. | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
This man's maimed -- memory may be fading but he can still remember | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
his time at the New Outlook centre. He spent five years using the | :12:33. | :12:39. | |
dementia Service after day-care became difficult. They took him out | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
for lunch is, because he is into aeroplanes, they took him to Newark. | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
The staff know each person individually. They cater what they | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
do for them, what they are interested in. It is not like a day | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
centre where they sit in a chair. We have not been allowed to film | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
inside to show the work he does, but the county council says it is | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
planning to transfer the services here to general day centres across | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
the county. It is spending �7 million up grading 14 centres, but | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
campaigners say they will not offer the specialist services that are | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
here. People like Phil who has been using | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
it for months. He is worried about sharing his care. I could not cope | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
with that. It is not because I dislike other people, but it can | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
make you be overwhelmed. But the council says the fears are | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
unfounded and the new centres will mean dementia care is expanding. | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
They will be changing from the all- day services of tea and biscuits. | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
We are not bring people together and leaving them to mix. We are | :13:48. | :13:54. | |
still improving services. We will have its specialist services in | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
each centre which we do not at the moment. Overall the move to mixed | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
centres should save �4 million a year. Families want it may backfire, | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
with some patients simply unwilling to try them. | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
The health service says two Nottinghamshire hospitals haven't | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
had any cases of MRSA for the past two years. Newark Hospital and the | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
Kingsmill Hospital haven't had a single outbreak of the infection | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
since March 2010. Health bosses say the success is due to strict | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
cleaning and hygiene, and because patients are screened for MRSA when | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
they're admitted. Four fire fighters are to receive | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
the Queen's Gallantry Medal which is awarded for acts of exemplary | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
bravery. They were nominated after responding to a major gas explosion | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
at a house in June 2010 that left two people with life-changing | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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injuries and destroyed the property. When people's lives at risk -- at | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
risk, that is when you this cures, it is part of the job. He has | :14:57. | :15:06. | |
exploded behind the point I was shocked at first, almost thought it | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
was a prank. It has not sunk in yet. It is the third highest civilian | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
medal you can get and I am very proud of it. | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
They should be. Two East Midlands fashion companies | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
are enjoying huge success in Japan. Yesterday we told you about the | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
Derbyshire knitwear firm John Smedley which is making huge | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
inroads in the Far East. Well, it's not just John Smedley. The designer | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
Sir Paul Smith from Nottingham has more than 60 shops in Japan. Kylie | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
Pentelow reports from Tokyo on what it is about the East Midlands that | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
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It feels a long way from the East Midlands, but people in this city | :15:48. | :15:57. | |
love wearing our brand. Hello! This is the Paul Smith shop. The | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
designer from Nottingham has made it feel like home. | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
It seems the Japanese cannot get enough of his English style. More | :16:04. | :16:14. | |
than 40 % of his worldwide business is in Japan. | :16:14. | :16:21. | |
He likes the accessory collection which is simple but queued. | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
TRANSLATION: She likes English a lot. She likes the way they dress | :16:27. | :16:33. | |
in a nice way which which -- which we do not have in Japan. In the | :16:33. | :16:40. | |
shop, you can feel that. For the first time, Paul Smith is | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
designing specific clothing just for the Japanese. | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
Like this three-dimensional womenswear. You do not need glasses | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
to see that it is worth adapting their brand to this market. Back in | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
Derbyshire, John Smedley is also tailoring its knitwear for Tokyo, | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
and sizing is a particular issue. The sleeves are up slightly shorter | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
and the chest with is more-or-less the same, but the sleeve and the | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
body length change. We probably do about six or seven different | :17:12. | :17:15. | |
colours per style. They seem to work very well for their market. | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
It is not just the finished product, but the history, the Heritage, that | :17:20. | :17:28. | |
is making the East Midlands so popular in the Far East. | :17:28. | :17:37. | |
A little closer to home now! Visitors to a stately home get a �6 | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
million a welcome. Apparently Bess of Hardwick would approve, we have | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
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been told. Another day, another local derby. | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
They've come thick and fast. This time its Nottingham Forest's trip | :18:01. | :18:10. | |
to Leicester City. Forest looking to get three points nearer to | :18:10. | :18:12. | |
safety, the Foxes, three points nearer the play-offs. The world of | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
football is a small one and former team-mates usually end up facing | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
each other at some point. There are some prime examples of that tonight, | :18:19. | :18:21. | |
notably Leicester defender Wes Morgan. He's set to line up against | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
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his old side for the very first time. Kirsty Edwards has more. | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
It may be the strange before Forest fans to see where small then in a | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
Leicestershire at. But as far as his former manager is concerned, | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
there will be no hard feelings. is gone, he went with our best | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
wishes. Probably without selling him, we might have been in trouble. | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
Enough has been said about us being able to bring players in and | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
strengthen the team. We have a lot to thank him for. | :19:03. | :19:11. | |
He is not the only Leicester player to move about. Top lad, I have a | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
lot of time thin, good player. It would be nice if we could have him | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
here, but I don't think we could afford him. It will be good to see | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
him again. Respect is definitely mutual, although Nugent all be | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
looking to put one over his old boss. He is a good manager and it | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
will be tough, but it will be a good test. Hopefully we can get the | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
three points. Over the years, you could barely | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
separate them. They have played each other won a one times together. | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
The foxes were ahead by one win. -- 101 times. How will that statistic | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
look after tonight? We got a great result last time. Beat them last | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
season with Portsmouth 6-1. I suppose it had to even out | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
somewhere along the line. Hopefully if I can get back to the record I | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
had before their game, or we will be delighted. All friendships will | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
be forgotten come kick-off tonight with both sides desperate for all | :20:16. | :20:26. | |
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Let's talk to the former Leicester captain now. Everyone kept | :20:32. | :20:35. | |
mentioning that FA Cup game, but that was a long time ago, in | :20:35. | :20:41. | |
January. A season will go quickly now. It was only five weeks ago but | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
it does seem like a long time ago. It was a massive game for be teams | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
tonight. Is it that they? Are Leicester serious about the play- | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
offs? I have not given up. Have you? Now permit -- mathematically | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
there are points available. Five points adrift now. People have been | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
saying to me that the season is over, but I do not see it that way. | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
Lest they have got to take each game as it comes. Every game is a | :21:08. | :21:16. | |
cup final. Briefly, how much pressure is wares more than under? | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
He will handle the situation. He is a good player, very reliable and | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
has a lot of respect. Not just from the Leicester fans. It is a big | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
game in and I am sure he will enjoy it. Thank you for joining us. The | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
game's all know that tonight. Nottingham Panthers play off | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
quarter final first leg is tonight against Braehead in Glasgow. It's | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
come round quick! Result in our late bulletin tonight. | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
And in cricket, England were bowled out for just 193 in Sri Lanka but | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
Nottinghamshire's bowlers are leading the fightback. Stuart Broad | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
took an early wicket before his Notts team-mate Graeme Swann took | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
the next four. The marvellous spell from Swanee has Sri Lanka all in a | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
spin at 84 for five. And with Jayawardene out, who knows who'll | :21:57. | :22:03. | |
win the game now? The game here at the King Power is | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
also completely up for grabs. Two teams who've started scoring goals | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
and entertaining. Lets see what the fans think. Paul Bradshaw's been | :22:10. | :22:18. | |
finding out. It has been an inconsistent season | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
so far, but tonight it is all about the local passion. What will these | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
Corby? 2-0 to it City. It has been a long month of games, but I think | :22:30. | :22:40. | |
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we will keep going. A good win at the weekend so it 2-0. Good stuff. | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
Forest put seven past Leeds. would not put a bet on another | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
seven, but I think a revenge of 4-0 would be good. That is quite | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
important to get a bit of pride back after that. That was | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
embarrassing to say the least. I am going for a Forest win. To do zero | :22:59. | :23:06. | |
would be nice. -- a 2-0. We are hoping for an entertaining game | :23:07. | :23:08. | |
tonight. So, Leicester City versus | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
Nottingham Forest. Foxes still harbouring faint play-off hopes. | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
Forest nearly safe but not quite. BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
Nottingham both with full commentary. | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
Don't worry about me sitting here, I am thus keeping it warm for the | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
people who are waiting to be entertained. A real prospect | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
tonight. Thank you very much indeed. | :23:34. | :23:36. | |
Exciting stuff! Visitors to one of our finest | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
stately homes will get a whole new experience when they arrive - | :23:39. | :23:42. | |
thanks to a � 6 million makeover. The stable-yard at Hardwick hall | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
will not only house new restaurants and shops, but will also act as a | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
gateway to the estate in Derbyshire. As James Roberson reports, the Duke | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
of Devonshire says his ancestor, Bess of Hardwick, would have been | :23:51. | :24:00. | |
proud. It is a way of arriving he ate | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
never before favoured by Dukes, but the Duke of Devonshire came this | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
way to the stately home in north Derbyshire to see the radical | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
changes that have been brought in the stable yard. They are the | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
culmination of a seven-year project to redevelop the visitors' entrance. | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
These buildings have been on the at-risk register for some time and | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
we wanted to do the basic repairs. But then it was to get them into a | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
good use. You are going to come up the drive as you have done for | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
years, but then go left and go around the back so people will see | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
ague they have never seen before. For more than two years, the stable | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
yard has been a building site, but now it is almost complete thanks to | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
the �6.5 million that has been found to renovate the buildings | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
into shops and restaurants. Visitors can hire the cottages and | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
enjoy a new vistas. This is an investment that not Ali looks after | :24:55. | :24:58. | |
this important historical building, but gives Hardwick a viable | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
financial future by ensuring that people who come they can have the | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
facilities that of fantastic quality, but have access to one of | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
the best houses in the country. There are at least six new things | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
that have been invented false stop opening the development, the Duke | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
said that his ancestor, Bess of Hardwick, would have been pleased | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
by the renovation. I think she would have been | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
thrilled because she loved value- for-money, so to see these | :25:25. | :25:35. | |
buildings, which were falling into dereliction, she would have been | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
thrilled with that. While the House will only be open from February to | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
October and during early December, the new stable yard will be open | :25:43. | :25:51. | |
all year round and bring you access to the estate as well. | :25:51. | :25:53. | |
Doesn't it look gorgeous in the sunshine? | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
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It looks lovely. Alan was saying What a glorious day, as it has been | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
over the East Midlands, it will be continuing until the temperature | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
cools towards the end of the week. Overnight it will be quite chilly | :26:15. | :26:24. | |
under the clear skies. First photo of tonight now. The next one, | :26:24. | :26:30. | |
beautifully backed by the blue skies. A final photo, thank you for | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
sending it in. The reason for the settled conditions is the high | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
pressure which is sitting right across the UK now and will continue | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
to dominate for at least the next 24 hours before things start to | :26:44. | :26:50. | |
change. It means overnight, we are dry, settled, we have clear skies. | :26:50. | :26:53. | |
Underneath these guys, temperatures will suddenly fall very quickly so | :26:53. | :26:59. | |
a chilly night ahead. Temperatures down to two or three degrees. The | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
coldest temperatures will be in north Derbyshire way you could see | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
a frost and some patches of mist and fog. That will quickly left in | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
the morning and we are in for another stunning day tomorrow. | :27:08. | :27:15. | |
Clear, blue, sunny skies and a high temperature of 23 degrees. Tamara | :27:15. | :27:21. | |
is going to be the hottest day of the week. Looking further ahead, on | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
Thursday the high-pressure starts to slip away so you will notice | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
things being cooler on Thursday. The temperatures will continue to | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
come down torts the weekend. Still sunny. | :27:33. | :27:37. |