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This is East Midlands Today, with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Tonight: Protests, campaigns and petitions. But the axe still falls. | :00:11. | :00:22. | |
Councillors approve a budget cut. If there was an easy way to avoid these | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
reductions, we would do, but there are not. | :00:27. | :00:34. | |
Death in Cyprus, Daniel's grieving family demand answers. Losing your | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
child is unbearable. The fact that we don't know what has | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
happened to him, we have to live with that. | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
Plus, screening for breast cancer, why are 100,000 women still missing | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
out? And, and astonishing eyewitness | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
account of the great War was Erik Lesser famous Christmas Day truce. A | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
voice came over from the German lines, happy Christmas, English. | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
To which we replied, happy Christmas, Fritz. | :01:10. | :01:18. | |
Good evening, and welcome to Thursday's programme. | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
First tonight: Campaigners have been protesting outside Nottinghamshire | :01:23. | :01:24. | |
County Council against planned budget cuts of ?83 million. The | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
final budget was being thrashed out today, but it's expected to lead to | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
hundreds of job cuts, and a reduction in many services. | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
Protesters say the cuts are unnecessary and will have a huge | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
impact on the people of Nottinghamshire. The council, | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
though, say they have no choice and have to make tough decisions. Sarah | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
Teale joins us in the studio with more. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
This graph shows quite clearly why cuts are having to be made. You can | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
see the funding gap between the budget which is needed to continue | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
running all the current services, and the actual budget which is | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
expected. And the difference is ?154 million which will need to be saved | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
over the next three years. Just over an hour ago, ?83 million of cuts | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
were finalised. The council say they are essential. Protesters disagree. | :02:17. | :02:29. | |
Protesters were in fine voice this morning outside Nottinghamshire | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
County Council. They were here to demonstrate against a cut in funding | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
to Nottingham Playhouse. More protests came later from Unison | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
opposing the principle of all council cuts. During public | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
consultation, 38,000 people gave their views, many showing strong | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
support for the Playhouse. Even famous names joined the campaign to | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
save its funding. Why do you think they have not listened? | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
I think they had made up their mind already. In all honesty, I don't | :03:02. | :03:13. | |
think it is a genuine consultation. This is not about getting them to | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
change their mind, this is about getting them to think about the | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
future and how they can support us in other ways. | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
Why can't they give more money to the most vulnerable people who need | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
our care and support. Amanda agrees with that sentiment, her son has | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
respite care at a short break centre in Chilwell. It has had one year's | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
reprieve from closure but it will still have to shut. To lose it all | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
together will be devastating. To pull him out of that environment | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
and put Tim Sommer Alves is not going to be an easy thing. Not just | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
him or the other adults, it will affect all of them. The council | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
leader call the decision is painful and sickening. | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
120 different savings proposals had been decided, including council tax | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
going up nearly 2%. School dinners increasing by 10p. A reduction in | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
youth centres, closures of day services, and recycling centres. | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
Council reserves of ?42 million are being drawn on to fund capital | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
projects like the widening of roads. These cuts today did not | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
single `` signal the end of thing. There are still millions of pounds | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
of savings to come to close that funding gap. | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
The leader of the council is with us, he has come straight from the | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
meeting. The government has been saying these cuts are relatively | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
modest. Is what you have done today necessary? If there were an easier | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
way of dealing with it, we would have taken that route. There is no | :04:56. | :05:03. | |
alternative for us. This council is dramatically underfunded by the | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
government. We inherited an hundred and ?32 million budget deficit, we | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
lost ?20 million in grants. We have to make savings. Can we talk about | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
efficiency. This document drawn up by the Department of local | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
government, 50 examples of sensible savings, sharing back office | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
functions, cutting free sandwiches in meeting. Have you explored every | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
avenue to become more efficient? I have a copy of that in my briefcase, | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
I have read it. A great many of those things we are doing. We are | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
cutting back. The last thing we want to do is affect front line services, | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
particularly for our most vulnerable residents. We saw in that report, | :05:53. | :06:00. | |
there is a day centre you are cutting. You did say you would make | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
sure vulnerable adults are protected, that does not seem to | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
have happened. Where we can, we are doing. It is not possible because of | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
the huge level of savings we are forced to make, it is not possible | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
to save every single facility people tell us they need. We have looked | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
very carefully where we are cutting, the level of use, alternative | :06:24. | :06:32. | |
facilities available locally. It is a very difficult time for us. Thank | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
you for coming in. A grieving mother from | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
Leicestershire says she'll keep fighting for answers about how her | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
son died, 2,000 miles away. Daniel Brewster from Coalville was found | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
with fatal head injuries while on holiday in Cyprus. His family say | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
the police have dismissed his death as a "drunken Brit abroad". They've | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
been speaking to our reporter Helen Astle. | :06:55. | :07:03. | |
Sometimes, I wake up and I cannot believe this has happened. For | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
current Brewster, it has been a harrowing year. Last June, her | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
23`year`old son Daniel flew to Cyprus to be a best man at a | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
wedding. On a night out before the ceremony, he became separated from | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
his friends. He was later found with serious head injuries under this | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
large concrete plant pot. Police say Daniel must have lifted it up and | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
the plant pot fell onto his head. The container did not break. Daniel | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
died days later in hospital. I wish I could piece together and say this | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
could have happened. It is absolutely feasible. But I find it | :07:48. | :07:54. | |
difficult. Impossible. They cannot understand how he came to be | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
injured, and said the police had been dismissive. I got the | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
impression it was being put down to a Brit abroad, if you drinks, an | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
accident. I asked the police officer if he could accompany us to the | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
scene and explain how this had come about. Although it was only a | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
five`minute ride away, he said he didn't have time to do that. Losing | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
your child, unbearable. But, the fact that we don't know what has | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
happened to him, and we have to live with that. It is so painful. The | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
inquest is due to be held in Cyprus at the end of March. Karen and David | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
are fundraising to pay for a solicitor so they can try to get | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
answers to what happened to Daniel, and why. | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
Still to come: It's colder, but no snow. | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
Here's Anna, with a look ahead to the forecast. | :08:58. | :09:05. | |
Our beautiful spring flowers are set to feel the chill, as temperatures | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
plummet. Thankfully, this note is staying away. More details later. | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
Next tonight: 100,000 women missed out on breast screening in the East | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
Midlands last year. The latest figures are out today. When it comes | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
to 53 to 70`year`olds, our part of the world does better than anywhere | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
else in England. But, as our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports, | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
it still leaves one in five women not taking up the invite. Surely's | :09:35. | :09:46. | |
cancer was picked up early following in routine screening appointment. | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
One year on, she is doing well. She remembers she cannot forget hearing | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
the word which knocked her sideways. I never heard another word after | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
they said the word, cancer. I was shaking. I couldn't tell my family. | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
How do you bring it up? By the way, I have got breast cancer. It is | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
about spotting subtle changes, even before women experience symptoms. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
Breast screening saves lives but, between one in four and one in five | :10:21. | :10:28. | |
women women eligible for the test do not go for them. The Nottingham | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
Breast Institute says it is simple and quick. | :10:33. | :10:34. | |
The mammogram only takes a couple of minutes. All of the nurses are | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
female. They are used all shapes and sizes. It is not a panful test. Some | :10:39. | :10:50. | |
women find it uncomfortable. Take`up for 53 to 73`year`olds was 80%. 76% | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
was the England average. It means 100,000 missed out on the breast | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
screening. Women aged between 50 and up to 74 will get an invite to | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
screening. If a woman hasn't attended before, please think about | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
going this year if that invitation arrives. | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
For every death prevented, about three cases are identified and | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
treated. Take`up has improved because of mobile clinics. Last | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
year, we had at least 160 ladies picked up with breast cancer, using | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
their mobiles. So it is something we want to carry on with. | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
Women need to be registered with their GP to get an invite. | :11:39. | :11:46. | |
A Nottingham Forest football has been cleared after not king Iman to | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
the ground in a restaurant. He hit the man, insect organs, leaving him | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
needing surgery. It happened in 2012 on New Year. | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
Today, a jury found him not guilty of grievous bodily harm. | :12:06. | :12:22. | |
The factory that was once home to a major Derby employer is to be | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
demolished. Permission's been given to clear the now largely empty | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
celanese plant at Spondon. The chemical manufacturing site's the | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
size of 110 football pitches. At its height, it employed 20,000 people. | :12:34. | :12:36. | |
Most production ended in 2011. It's not yet known what'll replace it. | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
Rolls`Royce says it hasn't yet decided exactly where it will build | :12:40. | :12:42. | |
its next generation of aeroengines. As we reported yesterday the new | :12:43. | :12:45. | |
models will be 25% more fuel efficient than the first versions of | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
its existing Trent engines. Staff will be hoping that Derby is chosen | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
as the main plant to make them. But the firm has emphasised that the | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
aeroengine industry is a global one. Simon Hare has been to take a look | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
at the new technology. Rolls`Royce says the future is | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
bright, the future is turquoise. Turquoise is just the final paint | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
colour we've put on it. Fundamentally, it's a carbon fibre | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
blade under there. This is the latest fan blade | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
technology for its two new generations of engines. | :13:20. | :13:21. | |
It saves significant weight, around 750 pounds for an engine of this | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
size. An airliner that can save that amount of weight can then afford to | :13:26. | :13:28. | |
fly another seven or eight passengers. | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
That will make them more efficient than the existing Trent engines. The | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
latest of which hasn't even entered service yet. For the moment, they | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
have been called "advance" and "ultra" fan. A final decision on | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
their actual names will be taken later. But, for many, there's a | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
bigger question to answer. Will it be built in Derby? We don't know at | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
the moment, is the honest answer. We've developed a lot of the | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
technology here, but also in the rest of Europe. At the moment, it's | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
a technology and research programme, and where we finally do the | :14:03. | :14:05. | |
production will be subject to a much later decision. Although there are a | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
lot of people employed in Derby, we are a global company, so we do use | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
skills around the world. It's tested here, a lot of the design work was | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
done here. But, equally, some of the technology has come from our plants | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
in Germany and elsewhere in the United States. | :14:21. | :14:22. | |
We recognise it is a global company, but they have been here for | :14:23. | :14:25. | |
over 100 years. The two are definitely linked. What is good for | :14:26. | :14:27. | |
Rolls`Royce is always good for Derby. | :14:28. | :14:30. | |
It is hoped the new engines will be ready within ten years. | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
Volunteers at food banks say they're handing out a growing number of | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
parcels to people who are in work, but still can't afford food. Indeed, | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
many charity food projects here in the East Midlands are reporting | :14:44. | :14:46. | |
their busiest year ever. Jo Healey reports. | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
Jess works full`time, but earns little. Something had to give. | :14:52. | :15:01. | |
I was missing meals so my daughter could eat, basically, because things | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
were getting quite tough. Although it was tough, she didn't think she | :15:06. | :15:08. | |
could have food parcels because she works. But so do many people who | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
come here to Ilkeston. It was more the people on benefits and | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
pensioners. But now we've found a massive increase, it has probably | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
tripled now, in the working sector. So, people who have jobs but still | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
need food? Yeah. This is a typical food parcel for a | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
single adult, to last them around three days. They, plus couples, who | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
get a bit more, account for around 70% of the people who come here. And | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
this is a typical children's pack, and they account for 27% of all food | :15:38. | :15:45. | |
parcels handed out here each year. Homeless people account for just 3%. | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
This week, a Shadow Minister visited, and heard they provided | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
2,500 meals here last year alone. Speaking to people, it's a lot of | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
people you would not expect to be here at a food bank, the majority of | :16:01. | :16:04. | |
which are in work or desperately seeking work. | :16:05. | :16:06. | |
Jess says, if she needed to now, she would go to her local food bank in | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
Eastwood. And it seems many more people are having to do just that. | :16:12. | :16:22. | |
Still to come, our latest Great War feature. | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
Time now for the sports news. Coming up: The Leicester lads, in | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
rugby and in cricket. But we'll start with some football | :16:30. | :16:32. | |
news, because Nottingham Forest have lost a third key player to injury. | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
Midfielder Andy Reid is out for up to six weeks with a hernia problem. | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
He's been a big part of Forest's season, but will have an operation | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
this week. All three of our clubs could be | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
represented on the pitch at the iPro for the England Under`21s match with | :16:48. | :16:50. | |
Wales on Wednesday night. Leicester's Liam Moore, Forest's | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
Jamal Lascelles, and Derby's Patrick Bamford and Will Hughes, are all in | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
Gareth Southgate's squad. Rugby's Leicester Tigers now. At | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
Newcastle this weekend, they could well be led again by Ed Slater. His | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
story is incredible. He came very late to the game, he was 21 when he | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
came to Tigers as injury cover. Less than four years on, he's just | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
captained them, and is breaking into the England side. Kirsty Edwards | :17:14. | :17:14. | |
reports. He is a big man who is experienced. | :17:15. | :17:27. | |
Last Sunday was one of his proudest moments yet. It was huge for me. | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
Obviously, I was a big supporter of the club as a kid so I am aware of | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
the people who have done the job before. The people I have played | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
with have got a lot of experience. To lead 0 | :17:44. | :17:43. | |
with have got a lot of experience. To lead the side at was massive for | :17:44. | :17:45. | |
me. Ed Slater has established himself at | :17:46. | :17:56. | |
the heart of the side and recently got called up for England. Amazing, | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
considering he only took up rugby at the age of 15 and didn't turn | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
professional until he was 21. I had never heard of him when he turned up | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
wanting to play. OK, you can train with us. He has a great attitude. | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
Physically very good. A little bit of aggression. It shows you don't | :18:18. | :18:20. | |
have to come through academies, you can turn up. Turn up and if you are | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
better than the people we have got, you can play. Which is what he did. | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
He was picked to lead the side last weekend ahead of more experienced | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
team`mates. He jokingly points out he has a 100% record as captain. We | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
were having a laugh about that. I was really happy with the wind. A | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
lot of criticism has come our way particularly after the Gloucester | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
game. It was a big step in the right direction for us as a team, to get | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
that win, to have three on the bounce, it is a huge boost for us. | :18:57. | :18:59. | |
He may have 0 bounce, it is a huge boost for us. | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
He may have trodden a very different path than most in this sport, but Ed | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
Slater is still very much on the road to glory. | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
They play at the weekend, but there was some action last night in ice | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
hockey, with Nottingham Panthers demolishing Coventry 7`2. Amazing | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
what a fully fit squad can do. He's been talked about in the same | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
breath as Sachin Tendulkar. He features on almost every list of | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
future England cricket stars but, even in the middle of preparing for | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
an operation on a hand injury, Leicestershire's Shiv Thakor hasn't | :19:34. | :19:35. | |
forgotten where he's come from. I was with him as he went back to his | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
old school 0 was with him as he went back to his | :19:39. | :19:40. | |
old school to try and inspire a new generation. | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
Around a decade ago, some Leicestershire Police it is stood in | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
this assembly hall, and inspired a young shift back. Now he is doing | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
the same. If we can inspire them, not just to play cricket but to stay | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
active for a long time, we will have a positive incident `` influence. | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
They have certainly not forgotten him here. I have been told, here we | :20:09. | :20:18. | |
are. The first name on there. It made me wonder what people he had | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
actually been. Best to ask my teachers. If I had 30 of him in my | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
class, it would have been lovely. He was quite a caring child. It is not | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
like that now! In the end, it is all about the cricket. This road show | :20:39. | :20:46. | |
links directly into games divertimento. There is no point of | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
doing six Weezer cricket and leaving them. We chain the teachers, the | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
kids as coaches `` train. The man himself has come a long way from | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
being this 11`year`old. A nasty finger injury is on his way right | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
now, but top level England recognition is the target. I am | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
fully aware there was a shake up going on in England. I'm probably | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
six games away from being up there. It is at the back of my mind. I need | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
to get my runs, get my wickets, get myself in a position where they have | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
no choice. As for the children, one word from them. Awesome. That is | :21:32. | :21:39. | |
something his career could be to `` too. | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
For many, the centenary of the start of World War One is a time to | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
reflect on the role played by relatives in the conflict. Through | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
the BBC's World War One At Home project, we've discovered diaries | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
and photographs that have lain unseen for years. As well as paper | :22:00. | :22:01. | |
records, Leicester University's history archive contains a number of | :22:02. | :22:04. | |
audio interviews conducted with former soldiers. One tape was | :22:05. | :22:07. | |
labelled with the name Arthur Tugwell, but no more information. | :22:08. | :22:10. | |
Well, after an appeal on BBC Radio Leicester, his family came forward. | :22:11. | :22:13. | |
I went to meet them, to find out more about Arthur, and the famous | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
Christmas Day truce of 1914 which he actually witnessed. | :22:18. | :22:29. | |
"Casualties have not been heavy. I estimate five killed, and ten | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
wounded." The writing is small and difficult | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
to read, but the words have special significance 0 0 | :22:39. | :22:38. | |
to read, but the words have special significance for Daisy. It is the | :22:39. | :22:46. | |
diary of her great`great`grandfather, Arthur | :22:47. | :22:49. | |
Tugwell, a 16`year`old who was one of the first 100,000 to sign up to | :22:50. | :22:51. | |
fight in the 0 of the first 100,000 to sign up to | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
fight in the Great War. It wasn't something that he ever talked about | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
very much, because I think it must've been very gruelling. Because | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
he was one of the first people to actually enlist. | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
His diaries are among a treasure trove of items contained in a metal | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
trunk which lay untouched in attics. Now, the family is starting | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
to 0 0 attics. Now, the family is starting | :23:17. | :23:16. | |
to piece everything 0 attics. Now, the family is starting | :23:17. | :23:17. | |
to piece everything together. He looks very young. He doesn't look | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
scared. From trench maps, to the letters home, it's a priceless | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
archive. The family also has an audio recording of Arthur recalling | :23:26. | :23:28. | |
the famous Christmas Day truce in 1914. | :23:29. | :23:36. | |
MAN: During Christmas Eve, there was very little firing from either our | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
trench, or from the Germans' side. During the night, it ceased | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
entirely. Absolutely quiet. To my amazement, lights appeared on the | :23:47. | :23:55. | |
parapet. Candles. He served in the London Regiment, | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
stationed just south of Ypres. After a while, a voice came over from the | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
German lines. Happy Christmas, English. To which we replied, happy | :24:08. | :24:09. | |
Christmas, 0 English. To which we replied, happy | :24:10. | :24:13. | |
Christmas, Fritz. Back came the message, see you in the morning, and | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
no firing. He might think that amazingly famous episode 0 | :24:21. | :24:21. | |
no firing. He might think that amazingly famous episode has been | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
embellished over the years, but from his words, that is what happened. | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
During that Jews, they were just mates again. They could trust one | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
another in a situation like that where, if you hours previously, they | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
were shooting, trying to kill one another. All of a sudden, it is | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
Christmas, let us lay down our weapons and just be human beings | :24:43. | :24:44. | |
again. We 0 weapons and just be human beings | :24:45. | :24:54. | |
again. We exchanged cigarettes. On Christmas Eve night, they were | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
singing carols. The cheering rings in my head now. That tune will last | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
me until I am in my old age. Merry Christmas. I recognise the tune of | :25:08. | :25:17. | |
that went for him, Holy Night. It doesn't matter whether you knew him | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
because the power of his words will live on forever. | :25:21. | :25:28. | |
You can hear more of Arthur's recording, and his story, on the | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
BBC's World One At Home website, in the BBC Radio Leicester section. | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
Time now for the weather. We are definitely going to be | :25:45. | :25:56. | |
feeling much colder over the next few days. We should still see plenty | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
of sunshine. Thank you for sending in this picture. Overnight, quiet | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
and cold. 0 in this picture. Overnight, quiet | :26:06. | :26:05. | |
and cold. Yesterday, 0 in this picture. Overnight, quiet | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
and cold. Yesterday, I was talking about snow. The low pressure is | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
actually sitting further south than we anticipated, taking that risk of | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
snow away from the East Midlands. We have some showers around. Some hail | :26:19. | :26:27. | |
earlier today. A dry evening, clear spells, temperatures are taking a | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
real 0 spells, temperatures are taking a | :26:31. | :26:30. | |
real tumble 0 spells, temperatures are taking a | :26:31. | :26:32. | |
real tumble tonight, down to two Celsius. Lower in sheltered spots, | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
with a touch of frost. That low pressure will move in bringing a | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
little rain and sleet to the south of Leicestershire. For most of us, | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
it will be a dry day on Friday, a lot of cloud around through the | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
morning but, in the afternoon, we will start to see Sunny spells in | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
from the west. Staying cold, with that wind, temperatures up to six | :26:58. | :27:04. | |
Celsius. The weekend is not looking too bad. By day, Saturday and Sunday | :27:05. | :27:07. | |
looking drive. Saturday, 0 too bad. By day, Saturday and Sunday | :27:08. | :27:08. | |
looking drive. Saturday, a 0 too bad. By day, Saturday and Sunday | :27:09. | :27:10. | |
looking drive. Saturday, a good deal of sunshine, more cloud in the | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
afternoon. An area of rain will push its way in, moving through Saturday | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
night into Sunday morning. Once that clears 0 | :27:22. | :27:21. | |
night into Sunday morning. Once that clears the way first thing, it is an | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
improving story on Sunday. Temperatures will stay around | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
average or just below. By March, it will be a low average. | :27:32. | :27:39. | |
The start of the meteorological spring. That's all from us. Join us | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
again during the Ten O'Clock News this evening. Goodbye. | :27:46. | :27:47. |