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effort to put people off smoking. That is all from the BBC | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
This is East Midlands Today. Tonight, can a Prime Ministdr's | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
promise save our last collidry from closure? The Prime Minister promises | :00:10. | :00:23. | |
to fight for the jobs. But nearby there is resignation. I havd met | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
some wonderful people there. This place will be sad without the jobs. | :00:30. | :00:38. | |
Six men arrested over us missing teenager. Plus how Prince H`rry is | :00:39. | :00:46. | |
helping these youngsters in the inner`city. In sport, the cxcle | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
sweeps in. Stuart Pearce is here to prove he can deliver success. | :00:56. | :01:11. | |
Good evening. As the countdown began to the closure of the last deep mine | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
in Nottinghamshire, the Prile Minister promised the government | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
will everything it can to hdlp preserve jobs. 600 are under threat | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
at Thoresby after UK Coal announced it'll shut by next Autumn. But a | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
mining union says there's a way of keeping it open for another four | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
years. Here's our Chief Reporter. There are no prizes for guessing | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
what the main news is at thhs village. The closure of Thoresby | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
after almost 90 years. The fight to save 600 jobs. And the fear of the | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
effect it will have on this village. It has been the lifeblood of the | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
village. I don't know where people will find work. It is such ` shame. | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
The mining community is a slashing place. Everything will be affected. | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
The pub and everything. 2500 people used to work there. We're not sure | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
what will happen to our bushness. We are not sure what the knock`on | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
effect would be. Many men travel in from the area. UK Coal says the | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
government must provide half of a ?20 million loan to keep thd company | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
solvent to finance a structtred closure over 18 months. This morning | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
the Prime Minister made this pledge. We will work with them as closely as | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
we can. I am in the business of trying to save jobs and makd sure we | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
have diverse suppliers of energy. If we can help, we will. But the unions | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
say there is a way for the pit to stay open for another four xears. | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
They want the Government to bid for European state aid to pay for a | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
longer closure period. We wdre in Brussels yesterday. We were told | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
that the British government could apply. That would run this line and | :02:59. | :03:06. | |
another one out until the end of 2018. But the local MP who has been | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
in talks with ministers and UK Coal for six weeks is sceptical. I am not | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
confident we can do that, to be honest. I will keep pressurd on the | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
minister to look at all opthons If the global price of coal picks up, | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
then it remains economicallx viable to keep the pit open with a without | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
government support. The 45 day consultation began today and with it | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
the countdown to closure. Whthin 18 months, the headstock wheels are | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
expected to stop spinning after 90 years. | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
Next, a dramatic twist in the police search for a missing 15`year`old | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
girl. Officers looking for @na Simeonova have arrested six men Our | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
reporter is in the centre of Leicester and has the latest now. | :03:52. | :04:01. | |
Good evening. This is the ldast circle area of Leicester were Ana | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Simeonova was last seen on Tuesday of last week. She is 15 years old | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
but I'm told she appears to be older than that. Police have issudd this | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
picture from two years ago. When last seen, she was in a black jumper | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
with black leggings. She spdaks Polish and Turkish. Police have | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
revealed they have arrested six men from Leicester, aged between 19 and | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
35, in connection with her disappearance. So far, five have | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
been released on bail. Officers say this is still a missing persons | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
investigation. They have carried out house`to`house enquiries in this | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
area tonight. The longer th`t Ana Simeonova remains missing, they are | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
becoming increasingly worridd that she has become the victim of some | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
kind of crime. We are clearly very concerned about this 15`year`old | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
girl who has only been in the country for five weeks. She doesn't | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
speak English. She is clearly vulnerable for any one of those | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
reasons. We are moving into the 10th day of the investigation and that is | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
a long time for a young person to be missing. Ana Simeonova had only | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
recently come to Leicester from Poland. Officers are appealhng to | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
all communities in the city and beyond for information. You can | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
contact the police on 101. Or the European missing children hotline. | :05:30. | :05:41. | |
That is 116,000. A 31`year`old man has been jailed | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
for eight years and banned from driving for ten following the death | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
of a teenager in a smash. 18`year`old Olivia Flanagan died | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
after the crash at Coalvilld in Leicestershire, just a few weeks | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
before Christmas last year. Luke Sykes of Coleorton pleaded guilty to | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
drink driving and causing ddath by dangerous driving. The court heard | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
he had only just had his licence returned following a previots ban. | :06:00. | :06:12. | |
Still to come: What goes on in a teenager's brain? Researchers are | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
using special scans to try to find out and improve the mental health of | :06:16. | :06:25. | |
young people. A man from Leicestershire who has | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
cystic fibrosis says the current levels of air pollution mean he is | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
unable to leave his home. M`rius Gregory from Stoney Stanton is now | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
on oxygen 24 hours a day. Experts say the pollution levels have been | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
high again and could continte to rise through this evening. Dast | :06:45. | :06:46. | |
Midlands Ambulance Service says there has been a 10% rise in the | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
number of 999 calls from people reporting breathing problems. | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
Another day and yet more pollution. In the countryside as well `s in our | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
cities, picture is the same. For most of us, it is a talking point. | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
For Marius Gregory, it is lhfe changing. He has cystic fibrosis. | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
His lung capacity is 30%. The pollution is having a big ilpact. | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
Since yesterday morning, I have had the oxygen on. It has been puite | :07:21. | :07:34. | |
shimmered. Mariusz Gregory hs not the only one affected. The @mbulance | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
Service has said there has been a 10% increase in calls of people | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
stating breathing difficulthes. It is quite unusual to have all of | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
these factors at the same thme. It is worth some special measures this | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
week to minimise the risk you have. My chest is very tight. I whll not | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
go out unless there is an elergency. Otherwise, if I need somethhng from | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
the shop, I will get my pardnts are my fiance to go. Unless it hs | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
essential, I will not be le`ving this house. This is the first time I | :08:13. | :08:21. | |
have notice this due to the weather that I have needed the oxygdn. I am | :08:22. | :08:31. | |
breathless even sitting down. As Mariusz Gregory rests at hole, the | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
pollution is slowly moving. Tomorrow, levels are expectdd to | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
fall. Fill weather forecast later. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Now a royal exclusive. East Midlands Today can reveal that Princd Harry | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
is helping inner`city youngsters to get jobs in the movie industry. It | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
follows a visit he made to St Anns in Nottingham. His charity has | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
agreed to fund a new film production and mentoring programme. Thd details | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
are being unveiled this evening at a local music studio. Our Sochal | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
Affairs Correspondent reports. It is almost a year Prince Harry was | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
welcomed to St Anns to one of the East Midlands most deprived | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
neighbourhoods. But this wasn't just a Royal Visit. It was fact`finding | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
mission. And now his charitx's finalising a plan to invest in | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
practical support. Jourdan hs one of five new youth mentors who `re being | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
employed here, with money from the Royal Foundation. He has just been | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
down to Buckingham Palace to discuss the charity's plans with Prhnce | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
Harry over dinner. Harry was at the head of our table. He is passionate | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
about this. He wanted to be a successful stop this project is like | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
his baby. He wanted to work. And today thousands of pounds of new | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
musical equipment arrived hdre at the Community Recording Studio. It | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
is being funded by the Royal Foundation. Part of a film `nd music | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
training project, for 16 to 25`year`olds. It is learning how to | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
write a script, how to record a film, how to do a camera and the | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
soundtrack and then launch `n. We will have apprenticeships in | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
industry leading companies. It is all about turning round an `rea that | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
used to be renowned for drugs and crime. And tackling violent gang | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
culture, by creating positive opportunities instead. Many people | :10:24. | :10:25. | |
get frustrated. They want to do something with your life, btt they | :10:26. | :10:33. | |
end up going astray. There have been times when there is no one to turn | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
to apart from my peers who `re going through the same thing. It hs like | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
the blind leading the blind. This is about changing lives. Princd Harry's | :10:42. | :10:43. | |
charity is expecting to spend a substantial sum of money in St Anns, | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
over the next year. It is also going to fund mentors at local prhmary | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
schools. An investment by royal appointment that could make a | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
long`term difference. 150 soldiers marched though | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
Mansfield in Nottinghamshird today, after being granted the Freddom of | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
the Town. The 2nd Battalion of The Mercian Regiment were greetdd by | :11:02. | :11:04. | |
applause from shoppers as they paraded through the streets and then | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
around the town square. The Lord Lieutenant of the County and the | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
Mayor of Mansfield took a s`lute from the battalion. | :11:14. | :11:21. | |
Teenagers often feel that nobody understands them. Now researchers | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
are trying to do just that, by scanning their brains. The project | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
at the University of Nottingham is re`scanning volunteers who were last | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
seen four years ago. The sttdy hopes to find out how to improve the | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
mental health of teenagers `nd how their brains change has thex grow | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
up. Many of us have experienced being a | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
moody teenager, or being thd parent of one. What makes a teenagd brain | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
tick? We could be closer to finding out. Conner was last in an LRI | :11:55. | :12:04. | |
scanner four years ago. Now aged 18 he's back for the next part of the | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
study. 2,000 teenagers are having their brains scanned at universities | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
across Europe. Here in Notthngham, researchers give the voluntders | :12:13. | :12:22. | |
tasks to stimulate their br`ins Everything that appears on this | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
screen, he is seeing through the goggles in there. A series of three | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
shapes, for instance this triangle. They tell him how many points he can | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
win if he presses a button when the square appears on the screen. I did | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
it as I grew the 14`year`old because I knew there was eye`catching | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
centre. I wanted to keep gohng because the project is investigating | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
different behavioural traits in teenagers that is using acttal brain | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
scanning. Early results frol a previous study show that wolen who | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
smoke when pregnant may havd children that are more likely to | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
experiment with drugs. Hopefully this will enable us to look for risk | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
factors because the onset of a lot of mental illnesses happens before | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
it the age of 24. Volunteers also watch the faces of people whth | :13:20. | :13:22. | |
angry, neutral and happy faces to gauge their reactions. The | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
rescanning is due to be finhshed in around a year, when we may know more | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
about what's going on insidd teenagers minds. | :13:30. | :13:40. | |
We're getting reports of an explosion on London Road in | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
Leicester. Police say it is an electricity explosion. Roads in the | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
area are closed and police `re asking people to avoid the `rea | :13:50. | :13:57. | |
More on this as an when we get it. `` as and when. | :13:58. | :14:00. | |
A Derbyshire firm is leading a scheme to recruit apprenticds to | :14:01. | :14:03. | |
make steam boilers for trains and ships. It's a trade that allost died | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
out in the 1960s. But with revived interest in steam power the firm's | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
benefiting from part of a ?400, 00 lottery grant to continue the | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
tradition. At Israel Newton's works at | :14:15. | :14:17. | |
Cromford, it is red hot work producing parts for a new boiler. | :14:18. | :14:26. | |
Traditional boilers, and thts boiler making. This was the Derby loco | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
works pre Second World War. It almost disappeared with the death of | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
steam on British rail in thd 19 0s. You might think this kind of heavy | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
engineering is dying out, btt there are 6000 boilers around the country | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
at 200 heritage centres. It is still needed. And the 200`year`old | :14:45. | :14:46. | |
Derbyshire company is benefhtting from that heritage steam resurgence. | :14:47. | :14:58. | |
There are lots of railways tsing steam locomotives. They havd to be | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
repaired. The problem is th`t older people like myself are retiring and | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
we want to pass on our knowledge to young people. Now, apprenticeships | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
for boiler makers are back `fter 50 years. Israel Newton will t`ke on | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
two new apprentices out of 06 nationally, all paid for by a | :15:16. | :15:17. | |
?469,000 grant from the Herhtage Lottery Fund. 17`year`old apprentice | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
Tom has already joined, driven by his interest in this tradithonal | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
art. I always wanted my own steam engine from when I was very little. | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
I couldn't afford one. I saw this company and decided to e`mahl them | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
to ask about an apprenticeship. Now I am on an apprenticeship scheme is | :15:42. | :15:49. | |
a boilermaker. And what better endorsement for this trade than from | :15:50. | :15:52. | |
the son of the immortal Fred Dibnah, now an engineer here, himself? It is | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
only dying out. But people here are keeping it going. Lots of pdople | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
have this as a hobby as well as they apprenticeships. | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
Still to come: what makes a Midlander? Plenty of famous people | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
were born and brought up here, but a new book claims we're much | :16:12. | :16:14. | |
misunderstood. We'll Meet the Author later. | :16:15. | :16:26. | |
Time for the sport. Lots gohng on at City Ground. | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
So finally Nottingham Forest have a new manager. 11 days after Billy | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
Davies was sacked Reds legend Stuart Pearce has agreed to take over. A | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
two year deal has been signdd by the man the fans knew as Psycho. Angela | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
has spent the day at the city Ground. | :16:43. | :16:55. | |
Here's a Nottingham Forest legend and now he is back. Stuart Pearce | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
out to prove he can succeed where others have failed and finally | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
deliver success at the city Ground. This is a massive honour. I am | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
acutely aware of what I havd done here as a player is irrelev`nt. It | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
is what I do on the first d`y in July to make the man on my left very | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
proud and feel he has delivdred the correct person. Keane knows what to | :17:24. | :17:34. | |
expect. I am a manager and H will select the team. I give the go`ahead | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
for those who leave and those who join us. Also the dressing room | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
situation. That is non`negotiable. Beyond that, I want as much | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
involvement as possible frol the chairman. I look forward to working | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
with him. Do you hope he is your last manager, this fifth ond? I hope | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
so. Everybody is happy that he is with us. The fans are happy to have | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
him back with us. The fans will support him. I think this whll go | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
well. There is a lot of expdctation on his shoulders. He is a ldgend | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
here. I hope it goes right for him. It is nice to have him back. He has | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
managed at Manchester city `nd England under 21 is, this job means | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
a lot. To have the opportunhty of coming into this football club and | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
seeing the multi`from the w`ll inspires me. Will you introduce punk | :18:35. | :18:45. | |
rock into the dressing room? It will be on my iPod, but if the players | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
want to pick that idea up and run with it, I am happy with th`t. | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
Onto Leicester City where Nhgel Pearson has been nominated for the | :19:00. | :19:02. | |
Championship Manager of the Month award yet again. Pearson guhded the | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
Foxes to four wins and two draws in March. | :19:07. | :19:08. | |
As for Derby County. Well, looking at the league table you certainly | :19:09. | :19:11. | |
wouldn't bet against them m`king the play`offs. And if they do, the | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
club's confirmed they will be able to hold on to their loanees like | :19:16. | :19:18. | |
Patrick Bamford and Andre Whsdom. Captain Richard Keogh says ht's | :19:19. | :19:21. | |
important they keep the squ`d together. | :19:22. | :19:22. | |
Every time you step out on that line, we work hard for each other. I | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
think that is important. Yot have a strong dressing room and we have a | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
good mix of experienced plaxers and young players. They will pull each | :19:29. | :19:30. | |
other through. That is really positive news. That is important. | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
In League One, Notts County manager Shaun Derry has called on hhs | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
players to motivate themselves for the last few games of the sdason. | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
The Magpies are on the vergd of what they've branded a "Great Escape | :19:41. | :19:43. | |
after winning three games rtnning and lifting themselves out of the | :19:44. | :19:46. | |
relegation zone. Ultimately, it comes from whthin. As | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
the penny dropped the Mac I hope it has, I hope it has. They have | :19:52. | :19:56. | |
realised of late they are in a massive problem and they have got | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
themselves out of it in the last three games. Let's hope that | :20:00. | :20:11. | |
continues over the remaining games. `` has the penny dropped? I hope it | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
has. Now to the young woman from | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
Leicestershire who's amongst the best in one of the toughest of | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
sports. Lucy Hall is in New Zealand for the start of the World Triathlon | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
series. It's the first test for Lucy since she took the decision to leave | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
her home county to train with the likes of Alistair and Jonny Brownlee | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
in Yorkshire. Our reporter has been to see her. | :20:35. | :20:36. | |
I am from Leicester. It is time for me to try new things. I movdd to | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
Leeds. I have changed coachds and training squads. I am 22 ye`rs old | :20:44. | :20:51. | |
now. I am still learning. I want to learn from the best and try to be | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
the best. Stronger, faster, better... On her bike and in the | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
water, Lucy Hall is a match for most in the world. To becomd a | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
champion, she will need to hmprove her running. My running will take a | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
long time to develop. I am not from a running background. I havd been | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
told I have to be patient. Telling any athlete to be patient is | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
difficult. We are always wanting more. We crave to be the best. Lucy | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
was a surprise member of thd London Olympic team. The season, she hopes | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
to make the Commonwealth Gales in Glasgow and perform well in the | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
World Series. I think just knowing that physically, mentally, | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
tactfully, I have given it ly all. Podium medal is just a bonus? All my | :21:53. | :22:01. | |
God! That would be great if it happened. Let's just see how things | :22:02. | :22:10. | |
go. Big game at Leicester City tomorrow. | :22:11. | :22:13. | |
We all know that life can bd confusing at times. But if xou live | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
in the Midlands you're apparently very confused all of the tile. A new | :22:17. | :22:23. | |
book claims that Midlanders have no idea of their image or heritage | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
while Northerners and those from the South have a strong sense of | :22:27. | :22:29. | |
identity. In other words, they shout about their achievements and we | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
don't. So what should we be be proud of. Here are just a few exalples. | :22:34. | :22:36. | |
Issac Newton ` arguably the world's greatest scientist. Lord Byron ` | :22:37. | :22:55. | |
infamous Romantic poet. Jesse Boot. Frank Whittle ` inventor of the jet | :22:56. | :23:05. | |
engine. Pork Pie. Bramley Apple Stilton. Rolls Royce ` an | :23:06. | :23:14. | |
international brand. DH Lawrence ` the Nottinghamshire author. A sock | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
with the instantly`recognis`ble stripes from Paul Smith. | :23:20. | :23:27. | |
So does the midlands get a raw deal ` author Robert Shore thinks so ` | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
and his book on the subject comes out next week ` Bang in the Middle | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
explores just what our part of the country has given to the world. It | :23:36. | :23:38. | |
is the birthplace of modern democracy in British art. It is the | :23:39. | :23:41. | |
birthplace of most of the things that people not from the Midlands | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
and possibly not from England tend to like about England actually think | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
of as typically English in ` good way, that is. But if you look at | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
your average travel guide, then about half of the pages go to the | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
South, then two thirds of what is left goes to the north. The last few | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
pages go to the Midlands. Why do you think we are so hard done bx? We are | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
not very good about talking about ourselves. We have big roads that | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
goes straight through. We h`ve big train connections. People tdnd to | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
see us as a stopping off pohnt on the way to somewhere with a more | :24:23. | :24:25. | |
distinctive character. One reason is we are not very good at takhng on | :24:26. | :24:34. | |
the name Midlands as somethhng slightly bigger than just Ldicester | :24:35. | :24:43. | |
or Nottingham. What about pttting up a border to declare independence? I | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
am not sure that is a good hdea But the North gets quite a lot of | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
identity from the fact that people from cities that have an intense | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
rivalry, such as Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle, ard all | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
proud Northerners. Winners H don't think that works in the Midlands. | :25:06. | :25:13. | |
Yes, there is some rivalry. We have delivered there. That is | :25:14. | :25:21. | |
fascinating. The weather has been very gloomy and | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
dull. Let's first they talk about pollution. The levels have reached | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
high during the afternoon in parts of the East Midlands. The good news | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
is it will be improving for tomorrow. The reason for thd | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
pollution has been recently we have had the Saharan dust. Ones that | :25:39. | :25:47. | |
clears into the North Sea, we will start to see the wind changd in | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
direction to a south`westerly. What that will do is it starts to push in | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
much cleaner air. Effectively clearing the pollution during the | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
day on Friday. If you have had some effect is from it, the good news is | :26:02. | :26:08. | |
it is an improvement. There has been an improvement in the fields. We | :26:09. | :26:16. | |
keep hold of a lot of cloud and there will be some patchy r`in | :26:17. | :26:19. | |
around. It is really quite light rain at the moment. As we go through | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
the night, Maureen for a tile before it starts to clear away to the | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
North. A lot of cloud around and some missed forming by Don. On mild | :26:31. | :26:34. | |
night threw out with lows of eight Celsius. Friday morning will start | :26:35. | :26:42. | |
dull and cloudy. The cloud should at least then to give us some | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
brightness into the afternoon. If we are lucky, we might see the odd | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
sunny spell. We have the brhghtness, Thames just reaching 14 Celsius | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
Looking at the weekend, Sattrday doesn't look too bad. Starts off | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
fairly bright. We start to see cloud increasing from the West as we go | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
through the day on Saturday. Maybe a little rain to end the day. On the | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
whole, dry and temperatures still in the mid teens. Were expecting | :27:13. | :27:23. | |
temperatures to be decent on Sunday. A little colour and unsettldd as we | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
go into Monday. To be Capcol pollution levels are high btt will | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
improve overnight and into tomorrow. That is good news because it has | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
been uncomfortable for many today. Relief is on the way. | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
We are back at 10:25pm. Enjoy your evening. Goodbye. | :27:45. | :27:48. |