26/07/2014 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

After hundreds of years burhed, feared lost, King Richard IHI has

Not only does it mark his lhfe and legacy, but the exact spot where

It was officially opened thhs morning, and the first wave

There's a real sense of anthcipation here today as the first vishtors

here are waiting to get a glimpse of this new visitor centre dedicated

I would imagine this would be stunning.

It's great for Leicester that this has happened.

I came to Leicester to studx history and I did this kind of history, so,

you know, it's so exciting, really, yeah.

Leicester's elected mayor officially opens the centre and the

Many travelling for hundreds of miles to see it.

I'm a teacher in Holland, so I like to tell my kids

To see a centre like this dedicated to a king I ve

always admired and been intdrested in, is just remarkable.

The centre aims to tell the story of Richard III through his dynasty,

This is the spot where King Richard III's bones were found under

And this glass floor gives visitors an intimate view of the grave he lay

The exact place and the exact position where we found the remains.

This new centre is yet another jewel in Leicester's crown.

And firmly puts the city at the centre of the Richard III story

A disturbance has broken out at a prison

It's after 120 inmates at Ranby Prison refused to rettrn to

The Prison Officers' Associ`tion confirmed the "serious incident

A spokesman for the Prison Service said there was minor damage but no

Possibly the region's newest war memorial was officially unvdiled

It's in Selston in Nottingh`mshire and commemorates

the 80 villagers who have dhed while fighting for their cotntry.

It's the village's first melorial to its fallen, and was dedicated

To sport, and Loughborough's Fran Halsall has set another record in

Having already qualified for tonight's 50 metre freestyle,

Halsall then led throughout the 50 metre fly heat to set a new British

I just wanted to chill out, keep it a bit low`key this lorning

because, obviously, I've got the 50 freestyle final tonight,

It was just a good swim, I suppose, which is quite nice.

She will be joined in tonight's semifinal 50 mdtre fly

and final 50 metre freestyld by fellow Loughborough swimler,

Amy Smith, who came second hn her 50 metre fly heat to qualifx.

It's looking like a rivalry between Australia's Josh Be`ver

A slow reaction to the gun saw the Loughborough swimmer just come

second in qualifying for tonight's semi`final 50 metre backstroke just

behind Beaver, who, last night, shared bronze in the 100 metres

And this morning it's just about getting up racing,

making it back for the semifinal this evening, which will be good.

That's just some of the events today.

Full coverage of course on BBC One, Two and Three throughout thd Games.

If you're inside watching that, let's see what weather you're

Good evening to you and I think the news that it's going

to be getting cooler over the next day or so is going to come

as welcome relief to those sick and tired of being hot and bothdred

As you can see, there are showers on the way as we make our way through

Some of them quite heavy, potentially thundery as well.

Not everybody is going to see them though.

They are far and few between to an extent but, as you can also see from

those temperatures, it is going to be another very warm night, but as

we make our way through to Sunday, yes, there is some sunshine around

at times but it's a mainly cloudy day and you might even have to dodge

a couple of showers once we go into the afternoon but thosd

20`21 degrees Celsius rather than 26`27 but, thankfully,

the new working week starts off on a largely dry note.

It's just going to be a little bit cooler.

The Beat's on your local BBC radio from six reporting tonight

from three festivals ` Simon Says in Leicester, plts

Derbyshire's Indietracks and the Not Glastonbury Festiveral in Bdeston.

More for us here, earlier than usual tomorrow at 5.00pm.

A bit of a change on the way, in fact it has already started in the

north and west of the UK. It will be cooler, temperatures slipping back

to where they cooler, temperatures slipping back

to where they should be for this time of the year. Some sunshine but

also some outbreaks of rain. Ahead of this crowd, some sunshine and

heat, 29 in Southampton but only 16 in the Western Isles. Heavy rain for

a time overnight working its way deep words -- eastwards. Elsewhere,

largely dry, particularly in southern counties. Warmer in