:00:04. > :00:06.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and Anne Davies. Our
:00:06. > :00:14.top story tonight: Thorntons unwraps some shock news for the
:00:14. > :00:19.high street. As it celebrates its centenary, the chocolate maker says
:00:19. > :00:23.it may close up to 180 stores have been there -- over the next three
:00:23. > :00:26.years nationwide. Or so the news cancer treatment giving hope to
:00:26. > :00:31.patients, this is the first-of-its- kind in the Midlands. This machine
:00:31. > :00:33.can hit it, the exact spot we wanted, and not destroy too many
:00:33. > :00:40.cells. Plus the school that's facing
:00:40. > :00:45.almost a week of strike action by teachers. And I am at Wollerton
:00:45. > :00:55.Hall catching up on those who managed to get a secret look at the
:00:55. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:08.Good evening and welcome to Tuesday's programme. First tonight,
:01:08. > :01:10.more high street gloom for the East Midlands. The chocolate-making firm,
:01:10. > :01:13.Thorntons, is shedding hundreds of jobs and closing dozens of shops.
:01:13. > :01:18.The company, which is based at Alfreton in Derbyshire, says it
:01:18. > :01:22.wants to expand its online business and develop new products. Anne has
:01:22. > :01:30.more details. The news of the shake-up came at
:01:30. > :01:33.about 7am this morning. At the moment, Thorntons has 364 stores
:01:33. > :01:40.across the country. The plan is to close 120 of those, with the
:01:40. > :01:43.possibility of 60 more being cut. One prediction is that more than
:01:43. > :01:46.1,000 jobs are threatened, but the company hasn't yet put a figure on
:01:46. > :01:55.it. James Roberson has been examining the reaction to today's
:01:55. > :01:59.In Derby this morning, staff at one of the two company-owned stores in
:01:59. > :02:01.the city were trying to attract customers. The future of this
:02:01. > :02:06.Thorntons store, and around 120 others nationwide, is now under
:02:06. > :02:16.review. Over the next three years, dozens of stores could close as
:02:16. > :02:24.their leases expire. It could mean anything between 750 and 1,100 job
:02:24. > :02:29.losses. It is a lot of jobs to lose, and a lot of jobs are going the
:02:29. > :02:33.same way. Were have not got Woolworths, what have we got left?
:02:33. > :02:38.What are we going to do? Are we going to survive? Are don't think
:02:38. > :02:40.it is fair to the high street, they keep taking things into these
:02:40. > :02:43.centres. Thorntons, like other retailers,
:02:44. > :02:46.has seen the drop in footfall on the high street affect sales at its
:02:46. > :02:54.shops. That's despite major revamps of stores like this one in
:02:54. > :02:58.Kingston-on-Thames, and rebranding of products in the last few years.
:02:58. > :03:02.The hot spring has not been good for selling chocolate. Now the firm
:03:02. > :03:05.wants to concentrate on other areas of sales that make them less
:03:05. > :03:15.dependent on those traditional periods like Easter, Christmas and
:03:15. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:19.Mother's Day bus stop it will focus now on online sales. On creating
:03:19. > :03:28.new lines and slightly cheaper products, and increasing sales
:03:28. > :03:34.through other retailers. We looked at research and we found that one
:03:34. > :03:36.supermarket was serving 60 types of chocolate. There was a great threat
:03:36. > :03:39.an opportunity to businesses like this.
:03:39. > :03:42.Thorntons has also announced that chocolates produced at its factory
:03:42. > :03:45.in Somercotes in Derbyshire will not now be distributed by its own
:03:45. > :03:48.staff. The operation and 134 staff are being outsourced to freight
:03:48. > :03:50.hauliers, DHL. As Thorntons approaches its 100th birthday, with
:03:50. > :04:00.belt-tightening on the cards, it seems centenary celebrations at the
:04:00. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:09.With us now is Professor Joshua Bamfield from the Centre for Retail
:04:09. > :04:16.Research which is based in Newark. What's your reaction to the
:04:16. > :04:21.decision by Thorntons to shut so many stores? It is a shock reaction
:04:21. > :04:25.but it is probably irrational in the circumstances given that online
:04:25. > :04:28.retailing and selling through other stores seems to be much more
:04:28. > :04:33.successful to them than the existing stores they have got and
:04:33. > :04:36.trade as Thorntons. If you have got a successful product as they
:04:36. > :04:40.certainly seem to have, it makes perfect sense to sell it on line
:04:40. > :04:43.and have a bit of shelf space in the big supermarkets but if this
:04:43. > :04:53.process continues, our high streets will look very different, won't
:04:53. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:58.they? Yes and Thorntons is one of the most -- more interesting shops.
:04:58. > :05:04.People will regret Thorntons shops closing. Do you see a point where
:05:04. > :05:08.maybe it is just supermarkets with sections for Thorntons and things
:05:08. > :05:12.like that and traditional high- street shops gone? No, I don't
:05:12. > :05:16.think so. We feel that online will grow by perhaps 20% in retailing
:05:16. > :05:21.but we think that really the property owners in high streets
:05:21. > :05:24.have really got to reduce their rent. They have got to bring in
:05:24. > :05:28.more independent stores because that provide the interest and the
:05:28. > :05:31.difference compared to other high streets and there needs to be a lot
:05:31. > :05:38.of remodelling because many retailers complain that existing
:05:38. > :05:42.high streets, these stores are no longer suitable. To go back to the
:05:42. > :05:46.product that Thorntons produces, is it good enough in the current
:05:46. > :05:52.international market? There are rivals for higher end confectionery.
:05:52. > :05:59.That is true and a few years ago, you could say that Thorntons was
:05:59. > :06:03.seen as elegance, and the high end of chocolate product. I am not sure
:06:03. > :06:07.that is the case any more but nonetheless, it is a quality
:06:07. > :06:12.product. It has a good reputation and you could see they will want to
:06:12. > :06:16.defend it as hard as possible. have been hearing an awful lot of
:06:16. > :06:24.shops closing on the high street, is it really bad out there for
:06:24. > :06:30.retailers at the moment? Yes, Next were told they were running up the
:06:30. > :06:36.down escalator and we have been seeing figures something like
:06:36. > :06:41.15,015 1,000 employees have lost their jobs in returning -- 15,000
:06:41. > :06:45.employees. But things look like they are getting worse. Thank you
:06:45. > :06:47.for coming to speak to us. And there was another blow for
:06:47. > :06:50.retailing in Derbyshire as the historic Bennetts store announced
:06:50. > :06:53.it would be closing one of its shops. One of the country's oldest
:06:53. > :06:57.department stores, the company has shops in Derby, Ashbourne and
:06:57. > :07:00.Bakewell. Now the Bakewell store is being closed because of a dip in
:07:00. > :07:07.trade over the last three years. The other two branches will remain
:07:07. > :07:17.Still to come on the programme, the secrets of the Batcave. A
:07:17. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:27.tantalising glimpse of the filming And how these pupils are hoping to
:07:27. > :07:32.get first place when it comes to A young mother has appeared in
:07:32. > :07:34.court accused of shaking her seven- week-old baby to death. The 24-
:07:34. > :07:37.year-old denies killing her daughter at the family's former
:07:37. > :07:47.home in Leicestershire. Victoria Hicks joins us now from the city's
:07:47. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:54.Crown Court. What's the background? The baby was born 6.5 weeks
:07:54. > :07:58.premature and she died when she was just seven weeks old. The
:07:58. > :08:02.prosecution told the court that her mother had gone out in the garden
:08:02. > :08:06.to hang out the washing. She had a cigarette and then returned 10
:08:06. > :08:11.minutes later to find the baby lifeless in her Moses basket. We
:08:11. > :08:16.heard the mother's frantic call to the pan at -- paramedics and that
:08:16. > :08:26.was played to the court. We heard her cry out "my baby is dead, help
:08:26. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:33.me". She thought the baby's big comedown. Tragically the baby's
:08:33. > :08:40.life-support machine was turned off later that day. The baby's mother
:08:40. > :08:44.held her head in her hands. The prosecution said no natural cause
:08:44. > :08:48.for the baby's death other than injuries consistent with having
:08:48. > :08:54.been shaken. The baby's mother said she shaped the baby to try to
:08:54. > :08:58.revive her but the prosecution says the injuries were not consistent
:08:58. > :09:08.with collapsing first and then being shaken. The baby's mother
:09:08. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:11.denies manslaughter and this case Cancer patients in this part of the
:09:11. > :09:14.world are now benefiting from a new form of radiotherapy. Nottingham
:09:14. > :09:17.City Hospital is the first in the Midlands to offer tomotherapy. The
:09:17. > :09:19.multi-million pound machine offers more targeted treatment for head
:09:19. > :09:29.and neck cancers. Our health correspondent, Rob Sissons, has had
:09:29. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:37.Michael goes for the new form of radiotherapy five days a week with
:09:37. > :09:42.difficult to target tumours, tomotherapy offers hope for the
:09:42. > :09:46.cure. I have got one up the right hand side, one at the back of my
:09:46. > :09:50.tongue and one on the side of my brain. The steamers are being
:09:50. > :10:00.targeted precisely with tomotherapy. Nottingham City Hospital is one of
:10:00. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:06.only five in the NHS across England which has a machine. We get a
:10:06. > :10:10.spiral of dose distributed in the patient's body. Michael is one of
:10:10. > :10:14.the very first patients to use this equipment in Nottingham and
:10:14. > :10:17.eventually they are hoping to treat up to 30 patients every day.
:10:17. > :10:25.Although he only has the treatment for minutes, it feels longer.
:10:25. > :10:30.was tiring afterwards. Late in the afternoon. It is different to what
:10:30. > :10:38.we have used before and so it is interesting for us. You can see the
:10:38. > :10:45.salivary glands here... Spare in healthy cells -- sparing healthy
:10:45. > :10:49.cells of a high dose of radiation can help improvements. We know that
:10:49. > :10:52.cancer patients do very well indeed after this treatment and it is
:10:53. > :10:56.among the best in the country. However what we want to do is not
:10:56. > :11:03.only cure people but help them to live well in the long term.
:11:03. > :11:13.hopefully after sailing through therapy, Michael wants to go on
:11:13. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:23.Rob is with us now. This is in addition to a existing techniques,
:11:23. > :11:27.not instead of? Yes, it will offer more options to patients in the
:11:27. > :11:33.East Midlands. There are gruelling treatment but this is another
:11:33. > :11:37.option. These cancers are detected early enough, there is a really
:11:37. > :11:40.good cure rate. A police officer was thrown out of
:11:40. > :11:43.court today after listening to messages on his mobile phone. It
:11:43. > :11:46.happened at Leicester Crown Court while evidence was being given
:11:46. > :11:52.during a murder trial. The officer was asked to leave after he was
:11:52. > :11:55.seen listening to his voicemail. Public meetings have been held
:11:55. > :11:58.about plans to set up a drugs rehabilitation centre next to a
:11:58. > :12:03.primary school. Councillors are considering turning the building,
:12:03. > :12:06.known as Florence House in Hinckley, into a treatment centre. It would
:12:06. > :12:10.be next door to a primary school. Last week, many parents said it was
:12:11. > :12:15.totally inappropriate. The plans have been deferred to allow more
:12:15. > :12:20.time for public consultations. Work aimed at helping vulnerable
:12:20. > :12:22.young children in Nottingham has won a national award. The city
:12:22. > :12:26.council's running several pilot projects aimed at reducing child
:12:26. > :12:31.poverty. The Early Intervention scheme aims to solve problems
:12:31. > :12:35.before children start school and save money in the long-term. It's
:12:35. > :12:37.now been given a national industry award.
:12:37. > :12:42.The political war of words over this Thursday's national strike by
:12:42. > :12:46.public sector workers is warming up. Among those due to walk out,
:12:46. > :12:48.members of Britain's biggest teaching union. But at one
:12:48. > :12:55.Derbyshire school it'll actually be the third consecutive day of action,
:12:55. > :12:58.as Simon Hare reports. Beauty therapy trainees at Heanor
:12:58. > :13:01.Gate Science College were adding a touch of sparkle to their studies
:13:02. > :13:05.today. But for many pupils there are no lessons today and tomorrow
:13:05. > :13:15.over plans to turn it into an academy and on Thursday as part of
:13:15. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:20.the national action on pensions. have to be mindful of health and
:13:20. > :13:29.safety and we just looked at the day's individually and we do the
:13:29. > :13:33.best we can to work at which students can be in. We planned this
:13:33. > :13:36.action in March and we postponed because we thought we had an
:13:36. > :13:40.agreement with the Government, they went back on that, we tried to get
:13:40. > :13:43.an agreement confirmed with them again. It failed and therefore we
:13:43. > :13:45.had to take this action today and tomorrow.
:13:45. > :13:51.Younger pupils have been given extra homework, but the industrial
:13:51. > :13:56.action has caused problems for some parents. I am on holiday today but
:13:56. > :14:00.my wife works at another school in the area. If I had been at work
:14:00. > :14:04.today and if she was at work today, it would have been a real problem.
:14:05. > :14:09.I can understand the concerns of the parents and the inconvenience
:14:09. > :14:14.but these are key issues for staff and we have to respect that they
:14:14. > :14:16.have the right to express their concerns about future Government
:14:16. > :14:19.policy. A And tomorrow night we'll have more
:14:19. > :14:29.information on how Thursday's strike is expected to effect the
:14:29. > :14:37.
:14:38. > :14:41.Earlier today we told you about a family in Nottingham who were
:14:41. > :14:45.desperate to have a shrub area in front of their home cleared because
:14:45. > :14:54.they felt it was dangerous. Kay Greensmith contacted us about this
:14:54. > :14:57.green verge in Arnold that had been left in a state of ruin. Her family
:14:57. > :15:01.are not as happy stepping out of the front garden because of this
:15:01. > :15:05.green verge. They say it has been left in a state of ruin and
:15:05. > :15:08.combined with an uneven footbath, it is posing a serious risk. I am
:15:08. > :15:13.concerned because when I get out of my car I have got a three-year-old.
:15:13. > :15:20.She gets the rose bushes in her eyes. She is walking to school
:15:20. > :15:24.daily and dripping. The steps are not safe. Her mother says she
:15:24. > :15:28.tripped over a slab and fell. Of the most frustrating part is that
:15:28. > :15:32.no one is taking responsibility. Every department we speak to passes
:15:32. > :15:35.you on to another and then back to the original one. Nobody is
:15:36. > :15:40.accepting responsibility for. we approached the borough council
:15:40. > :15:43.yesterday, they said it is unclear who has responsibility for the
:15:43. > :15:48.maintenance of the area but they planned to make the area safe and
:15:48. > :15:58.tidy. 24 hours later, the area has now been cleared up. It family say
:15:58. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:05.they are delighted and it is a huge The future of Sherwood Pines Forest
:16:05. > :16:08.Park is to be debated following announcements about cuts to the
:16:08. > :16:13.Forestry Commission. Last month the Commission was told it will lose a
:16:13. > :16:16.quarter of its budget by 2015. Tonight members of the public are
:16:16. > :16:18.being asked to give their views on the future of Sherwood Pines and
:16:18. > :16:21.can meet those in charge of overseeing the changes.
:16:21. > :16:26.The Support Derbyshire charity is backing a national campaign to get
:16:26. > :16:29.free eye tests for those over 60. According to research by Age UK,
:16:29. > :16:32.nearly 40,000 people in Derbyshire haven't had an eye test for at
:16:32. > :16:37.least two years. Figures suggest one in every 14 falls suffered by
:16:37. > :16:40.an elderly person is linked to vision problems.
:16:40. > :16:44.Two schools in Nottinghamshire are swapping the whiteboard for the red
:16:44. > :16:48.cross this week. Pupils from East Leake are taking part in a national
:16:49. > :16:58.first aid competition. But the pressure is really on because
:16:59. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:02.they've won the title for the past English, maths and now first aid.
:17:02. > :17:04.It's all on the timetable here at Lantern Lane Primary. For months,
:17:04. > :17:10.these pupils and a group from neighbouring Harry Carlton
:17:10. > :17:13.Secondary have been given training by St John's Ambulance. Now their
:17:13. > :17:19.skills will be examined at a first aid competition being held in
:17:19. > :17:22.London tomorrow. The pupils will be given a variety
:17:22. > :17:25.of real life settings to deal with. They'll be tested on their
:17:25. > :17:28.knowledge, the treatment they give and how well they work as a team.
:17:28. > :17:36.These incidents are only a rehearsal but some pupils have
:17:36. > :17:40.already had first-hand experience of the real thing. I was in Paris
:17:40. > :17:46.with my family and my dad got a bee sting and they got it out with a
:17:46. > :17:51.credit card. I was out in my garden with my own sister and she fell
:17:51. > :17:54.over and I went inside and washed the wind and put a dressing on.
:17:54. > :18:00.This morning somebody in my class had a nosebleed and I treated them
:18:00. > :18:04.for that. Out in the playground, they are the first on the scene.
:18:04. > :18:08.Because the school is so busy, knowing the difference can save
:18:08. > :18:10.some money's life and putting those skills and showing their friends
:18:10. > :18:16.what they can do can make a difference of.
:18:16. > :18:19.A �1,000 prize is at stake for the winning school. It's an amazing
:18:19. > :18:24.achievement for the children, they have worked so hard since showing
:18:24. > :18:27.an initial interest in first aid and there is a competitive element.
:18:27. > :18:30.We have won for two years at the junior level and they would like to
:18:30. > :18:32.win again. But more importantly, the chance to
:18:32. > :18:42.demonstrate how their newly acquired skills could mean the
:18:42. > :18:43.
:18:44. > :18:49.difference between a life lost and Is that boy all right, he looked
:18:49. > :18:52.quite poorly! I am useless at that sort of thing, I could not do
:18:52. > :18:59.anything. A full weather forecast coming up,
:18:59. > :19:02.are we in for another muggy night? Once the showers clear away, we are
:19:02. > :19:12.looking at cooler temperatures tonight so hopefully we might get
:19:12. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:23.some sleep tonight! More weather Derby County are close to making
:19:23. > :19:26.their seventh signing of the summer. The Aberdeen striker Chris Maguire
:19:26. > :19:29.is expected to finally join the Rams. The 22-year-old is a Scotland
:19:29. > :19:33.international and was out of contract north of the border, but
:19:33. > :19:36.he'll still cost around �400,000 because of his age.
:19:36. > :19:39.And a sixth signing for Notts County too. Left-sided player Jeff
:19:39. > :19:42.Hughes arrives at Meadow Lane on a free transfer after scoring 11
:19:42. > :19:45.goals for Bristol Rovers last season.
:19:45. > :19:48.Derbyshire bowler Steffan Jones will retire at the end of the
:19:48. > :19:51.season, to take up a job in teaching. The 37-year-old has
:19:51. > :19:53.turned down a three-year deal to stay at the county as player and
:19:53. > :20:01.coach. Meanwhile, Derbyshire have been in
:20:01. > :20:04.cracking form. They got to 367 before reducing Glamorgan to 60 for
:20:04. > :20:07.five. The hosts have recovered since then. But Derbyshire in
:20:07. > :20:10.control. He's the man who makes sure that
:20:10. > :20:13.the Wimbledon fans are always kept in the loop. Mansfield's John Parry
:20:14. > :20:16.made his name as a top umpire and had the odd run-in with John
:20:17. > :20:24.McEnroe but now, as far as the visitors to SW19 are concerned,
:20:24. > :20:28.he's the voice of the tournament. The morning rush for the best seats
:20:28. > :20:36.in the house. But even at this most genteel of sporting tournaments,
:20:36. > :20:40.the fans need a little persuasion to keep calm. In the interests of
:20:40. > :20:44.your own and others' safety, please do not run.
:20:44. > :20:54.The voice belongs to John Parry and this is his Wimbledon debut behind
:20:54. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:00.the mic. It is pretty awesome when you go live and I am looking out
:21:00. > :21:04.just before and there is 30,000 people and all the people in the
:21:04. > :21:08.courts as well. And they do listen, it is nice to have a good audience!
:21:08. > :21:11.I have not always had that. He might well be referring to his
:21:11. > :21:19.30 years in the umpire's chair and more specifically when this man was
:21:19. > :21:23.at his posturing peak. You cannot be serious! That Paul was on the
:21:23. > :21:26.line. John handled the halcyon days of
:21:26. > :21:29.John McEnroe, as well as several Wimbledon finals. There was an
:21:29. > :21:37.infamous confrontation with McEnroe in 1981 but these days he's more
:21:37. > :21:43.worried about keeping the crowd happy. You have got to develop your
:21:43. > :21:47.own style. I am trying to be a little bit lighter because it is
:21:47. > :21:51.entertainment, in a way. It is a fantastic sport and very serious
:21:51. > :21:55.but people are still coming along for a nice day out so I try to be
:21:55. > :21:58.cheerful even if the weather is not. When it rains, John's at his
:21:58. > :22:05.busiest but there's no room for fat fingers whenever the Centre Court
:22:05. > :22:08.roof is closed. It would be a complete disaster if I hit the
:22:08. > :22:13.Centre Court button and I suddenly said can I have your attention
:22:13. > :22:18.please in the middle of a tie-break point, I would probably be on the
:22:18. > :22:25.red bus up the road by lunchtime. Especially if it was McEnroe who
:22:25. > :22:28.was on court. Staying with Wimbledon, mixed
:22:28. > :22:31.fortunes for us in the second round of the boys' junior tournament
:22:31. > :22:34.today. Josh Ward Hibbert couldn't cope with the Austrian seventh seed
:22:34. > :22:36.Dominic Thiem and lost in straight sets. But much better for
:22:36. > :22:38.Nottingham-based Liam Broady. He's 15th seed and comfortably got past
:22:38. > :22:48.the unseeded French lad Matthias Bourgue six-one, six-four. Safely
:22:48. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :22:54.into the third round and looking And in case you're wondering what
:22:54. > :23:03.was going to be said in the hand over that was not, you can check on
:23:03. > :23:06.If you've been trying to visit Wollaton Hall this week, forget it.
:23:06. > :23:09.Batman got there first and it's shut for the next few days. They're
:23:09. > :23:12.right in the thick of filming part of the Hollywood blockbuster
:23:12. > :23:15.starring Christian Bale at the stately home in Nottingham. No-
:23:15. > :23:21.one's allowed onto the set of The Dark Knight Rises, but that hasn't
:23:21. > :23:25.stopped people trying. Quentin Batman's certainly making its
:23:25. > :23:28.presence felt here. Not only has the crew managed to damage the main
:23:28. > :23:34.gate, but both the house and grounds are shut for the next few
:23:34. > :23:44.days as its transformed into Wayne Manor. No-one's allowed on set but
:23:44. > :23:50.
:23:50. > :23:53.Go on the internet and you'll see footage of a scene being filmed
:23:53. > :23:56.between Christian Bale and what's thought to be Anne Hathaway, who's
:23:56. > :23:58.said by those working on the film to look "smoking hot" in her
:23:58. > :24:01.Catwoman costume. Also captured, the moments shortly
:24:01. > :24:04.after that truck crashed into one of the main gate posts trying to
:24:04. > :24:07.get into the park. A graveyard's been built prompting rumours
:24:07. > :24:12.there'll be a scene where Bruce Wayne visits the graves of his
:24:12. > :24:21.murdered parents. And someone's got a shot of Batman's new car, a
:24:21. > :24:27.Lamborghini Aventador, coming in at Rumour has it the stars have been
:24:27. > :24:31.seen drinking in one of Wollaton's locals.
:24:31. > :24:35.I have not seen them yet. We have had the film crew, they were in
:24:35. > :24:39.last night but we have not seen any of the famous ones yet. Who are you
:24:39. > :24:43.hoping for a? Michael Caine, I would like to see him. To see if he
:24:43. > :24:53.talks like that in real life. would be nice to see anybody,
:24:53. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:59.Christine Dale, anybody. -- But the bats are in the belfry at
:24:59. > :25:03.Nuthall apparently. That's where the stars are said to be staying.
:25:03. > :25:06.have got a friend who works there and he cooked breakfast for Morgan
:25:06. > :25:09.Freeman, they said he was a really nice guy.
:25:09. > :25:12.But wait a holy moment. Why aren't they also filming here in Goatham?
:25:12. > :25:14.Legend has it that ancient tales of madness in this Nottinghamshire
:25:14. > :25:22.village inspired the dark underworld that is Gotham City. To
:25:22. > :25:32.What's this? Where's the Lamborghini? I can't rescue Anne in
:25:32. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:42.this. The Joker would just laugh at It is the BBC, the budget has been
:25:42. > :25:52.cut. And I have been not rescued because I am still here. A fate
:25:52. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :26:00.worse than death! And now for a A noticeably cooler day-to-day but
:26:00. > :26:04.we have had a picture of the Millbrook at Shepshed, dry with a
:26:04. > :26:07.picture of some of the wild flowers. We have got the cloudy skies at the
:26:07. > :26:11.moment and if you have been travelling on the A one road, there
:26:11. > :26:19.have been a few lively thunderstorms as well but they have
:26:19. > :26:26.been moving away. Not many of us expecting anything different from a
:26:26. > :26:30.cooler, dry night overnight. Tomorrow morning starting off dry
:26:30. > :26:33.and we will start to see a sunny start, some showers developing into
:26:33. > :26:37.the afternoon. Many are across the northern part of our region but
:26:37. > :26:42.some of them working towards their way towards the south. But in the
:26:42. > :26:45.sunshine, daytime temperatures reaching a maximum of 20 Celsius.
:26:45. > :26:49.It should feel pleasant if you manage to miss the showers. We have
:26:49. > :26:55.got high pressure and that will give us some settled weather for
:26:55. > :26:59.the next few days. We will see variable amounts of cloud but by
:26:59. > :27:03.the time we get to Thursday and Friday, more sunshine and they may
:27:03. > :27:08.start to see it changing again. It will stay dry with the high
:27:08. > :27:11.pressure not moving very far away but then the wind changes direction.
:27:11. > :27:15.We will see the cloud gradually increasing once again and we have
:27:15. > :27:18.got the opportunity of things trying to brighten up but daytime
:27:18. > :27:24.temperatures go back to what they should people this time of year,
:27:24. > :27:33.about 15 Celsius lower at around 18 Celsius so a bit more bearable on