06/07/2014 East Midlands Today


06/07/2014

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Hello there, thanks for joining us for news herd in

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It's being claimed that despite cutbacks, councils hn our

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The Tax Payers Alliance highlighted one council which spent ?4,400

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Local authorities have dismhssed their claims as inaccurate or out

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Campaigning in Leicester thhs morning. The cost of consultants is

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a particular target, includhng environmental consultants whth

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sensitive noses because the council says smells from waste plant had to

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be checked. There is nothing wrong with encouraging good environmental

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behaviour and making sure the air is clean for the local residents but

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you have to be sure you do not waste money and fritter it away. The

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In Nottingham John supports the alliance which has a wide r`nge of

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views but even John does not agree with all of the points on the

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leaflet he and Saud. ?4450 for a Christmas tree, the council says it

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was four years ago and it w`s raising money for needy children as

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well. Yes. It is expenditurd which probably shouldn't be repeated too

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often but I must admit personally I would not begrudge it but there we

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are. We are in a general ovdrall team effort because there are vast

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amounts of expenditures that is not a very good example. The cotncil

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said in the same period and of far greater significance they c`rried

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out savings worth ?150 millhon. The group will continue challenging

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public spending on tour arotnd the country.

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A row has broken out after a council in the East Midlands was

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told it broke European union rules by awarding a contract to a local

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firm, instead of inviting tdnders from the rest of the Europe.

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The contract to improve Mansfield railway station was worth ?050, 00.

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The district council will now having to repay the costs even

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though the contract was negotiated through the former

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Speaking on today's Sunday Politics, one of the region's new MEPs warned

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that other contracts may brdak European competition rules.

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You see the heavy hand of Etropean legislation which takes over from

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what would perhaps be a comlon`sense approach if we were not unddr EU

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law. It would be right to bd able to give contracts to local companies

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but, of course, they broke the spirit of the agreement which was

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basically that you have two open it up to competition.

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A disabled man is today ascdnding one of Britain's highest motntains,

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Will Blanche from Sandiacre in Derbyshire, seen here tr`ining,

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It's part of the Three Peaks Challenge.

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Yesterday he completed the climb of Skiddaw in the Lake District

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But Friday's attempt on Ben Nevis had to be abandoned because

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Three of our most historic churchds are to

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The money from the Heritage Lottery Fund will `llow

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Steeped in history but in ddsperate need of repair, Saint Peters Church

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in a picturesque Leicestershire village is already having urgent

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work carried out on its buydr. Now, thanks to a ?150,000 grant, more

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essential repairs on a historic bell tower can be complicated. It has

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weathered very badly over the centuries and we need to restore and

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repair a lot of that to enstre that we can carry on. Saint Peters is one

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of three churches in the East Midlands which has been picked to

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share ?500,000 from the Herhtage Lottery Fund. All three churches

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have been chosen because thdy have particular historical significance

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with fascinating stories behind them. The grade one listed church

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has been a landmark for travellers for more than 900 years and it

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boasts significant features like hot gargoyles and it houses the tombs of

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the Digby family which date back to the 13th century. If we can raise

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3000 or ?4000 in a year, th`t is an extraordinary amount of mondy and a

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year, that is an extraordin`ry amount of money is essential? It is

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essential to get the church back so it is standing on part of the

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horizon for the next 100 ye`rs and that would be wonderful.

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That's the news, let's take a look at the weather now from Charlie

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That's the news, let's take a look at the weather now from Charlie

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After a very soggy start to the day things recovered quite nicely and

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this evening is not too bad. There is a bitter brightness around. The

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showers start to build up again and we look at overnight lows of 13 or

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14 degrees. As we make our way out into the countryside it will be a

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bit cooler out there. On Sunday there is cloud around which is worst

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in eastern areas. In the afternoon we should all see sunshine for a

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time but unfortunately as the sun develops so do the showers `nd some

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of the showers have potenti`l to turn heavier thundery as well. In

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the new working week it rem`ins mainly dry and bright and stnny as

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well but you may have to dodge the occasional shower.

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We're back just after 10.45pm. I'll see you then, have a lovely evening.

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Hello again. Today's big event was certainly blessed by fine weather,

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but there has been some rain around here and there. Those showers will

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continue to drift further east over the next few hours, but by and

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large, they should become more confined to western areas. These are

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the sorts of temperatures we will see in towns and cities. We have to

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talk about a mix of sunny spells and showers once again for much of the

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day tomorrow. Very few places will miss out on the

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