21/08/2014 East Midlands Today

in a moment, but now on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.

Celebrations today for thousands of pupils in the East Midlands who

But if the statistics are right, there are many out there today who

The East Midlands is the only region in the UK where key

Sarah Teale went to meet students at a Nottingham college

Tears of joy and hugs of relief. Students anxiously receiving there

GCSE results. I have done really well. That is great. A thrill for

this mum who gained EEC in maths. She wants to become a nurse. I am

stunned and I am so happy. Another mum went back to college at 28 to

fill `` fulfil her dream of becoming a teacher and passed all five GCSEs.

Trying to juggle work, kids, studying it is really hard. But I am

pleased I have done it. Nationally, results have improved but Arab

region but that trend. Ours is the only region in the UK that saw no

improvement in results. It is the only one query results are worse

than last year. There is some the radiation in statistics but here is

what has been published today. Between capital a and C the region

is down 0.2%. The grade with the biggest fall is Al 4`macro. `` E.

They are making big improvement in things like attendance and

behaviour. Some schools have made great strides and either the

positive story to tell. How hard are they? GCSEs are as hard as they have

ever been. More work and effort goes into make sure they did the rigorous

and robust system in place. That is a sentiment echoed by these students

ready to take the first steps towards the futures.

Labour's grip on Nottinghamshire County Council is in doubt tonight

One of its rising stars has quit in protest at budget cuts

Councillor Ian Campbell first made headlines as

His decision to quit means Labour has lost its overall majority

at County Hall, although it remains the largest party.

He'll now represent Retford West, as an independent.

The residents are fed up of not being listened to. People are being

affected by decisions Labour meet at County Hall. The readership need to

listen. In response the Labour leader

Alan Rhodes has said, "Being a Labour councillor is a

responsible position that requires commitment and dedication in these

challenging financial times." It's something that's likely

never to be repeated. A once in a lifetime moment for

thousands of aviation enthusiasts and veterans who witnessed

a flypast by three iconic planes. The last Vulcan bomber was flanked

by the last two flying Lancasters after taking off from RAF Waddington

in Lincolnshire. The planes had come together to mark

a symbolic moment in the development of a new memorial

centre to Bomber Command. To Lancaster 's and a Vulcan on a

day which will be remembered for years to come by enthusiastic.

Veterans, fundraisers and serving German gathered to cut the first

task on what is to become the international bomber command centre.

A spire representing the wing of a Lancaster bomber will represent all

those who died during the Second World War. Until recently people did

not recognise the suffering and contribution made by all of those

guys who got up in an even plain. The Lancaster 's joined forces with

the only fine Vulcan to go over the ceremony. The last surviving veteran

of the dambusters raid was there. I think it is fantastic, a dedication

to the aircrew that we lost during the war. In spite of the suffering

the boys still went over. I remember and I cry. It was a day like no

other for the thousands who stopped to watch and a fitting tribute for

those who serve and died with bomber command.

We know a lot of you would like to see that footage again so we've put

And we've also put up on there the guide to where the Lancasters

So, it's goodbye from me, but with your weather now,

Things are set to improve tomorrow. The cloud that is with us this

evening and overnight will increase with a scattering of showers as we

head into Friday morning. It will start to ease and become less as we

head towards dawn. Showers will feed first thing, Friday looks like it

should be a largely dry day for most of you. Broken cloud, sunny spells

and an odd isolated shower passing by through the afternoon. Saturday

looks like another largely dry day with more in the wake of cloud

during the afternoon. The risk of a shower.

In a few moments we will have a full national forecast,

lots of sunshine. Then more rain pushes in from the west for the Bank

Holiday Monday. Good evening. There's a feel of

autumn about the weather at the moment. It's thanks to the fact we

are pulling our off off the British Isles from the north making for a

cold feel by day and chilly nights. Still some showers to contend with

across England and Wales. Some heavy through the small hours of Friday,

particularly around the Bristol channel and into the south-east

towards the end of the night. Further north, the breeze eases. The

showers fade away and with clear skies, temperatures will fall down

into single figures in northern England, Northern Ireland and

southern and central Scotland. For Friday, he wassier showers hanging

back across the far