:00:16. > :00:18.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:18. > :00:21.Our top story tonight: a woman's denied IVF treatment because her
:00:21. > :00:28.fiancee already has a child. The NHS won't pay for Susie's treatment
:00:28. > :00:32.because her partner has a grown up son. And classed as having a family,
:00:32. > :00:38.not classed as being childless. Also tonight, Boots pulls its ads,
:00:38. > :00:41.on the day the News of the World self-destructs.
:00:41. > :00:45.Plus, I've never abused anyone. A care home worker says claims of
:00:45. > :00:52.ill-treatment are rubbish. And Golden Hynd, and Sam Hynd's
:00:52. > :01:02.brother gets a Silver too. He is like a crocodile. He never stops
:01:02. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.Good evening, welcome to the programme. First tonight, the woman
:01:08. > :01:11.denied IVF treatment on the NHS because her fiance has a grown up
:01:11. > :01:15.son. The rules in the East Midlands mean
:01:16. > :01:18.she's not seen as childless because she has a stepson.
:01:18. > :01:26.The rules apply even though he's 20-years-old, and she's never even
:01:26. > :01:30.met him. Our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports.
:01:30. > :01:34.Susie makes dreams come true. She designs wedding dresses in
:01:34. > :01:38.Nottingham but is furious the NHS will not find her own dream to have
:01:38. > :01:44.a child. I cannot imagine myself being childless. I disagree with
:01:44. > :01:49.people who say IVF shouldn't be on the NHS because it is a lifestyle
:01:49. > :01:52.choice. Infertility is a disease. This affects one in 10 women.
:01:52. > :01:57.Regional criteria mean that if either partner has children, the
:01:57. > :02:01.course of IVF will not be funded. Susie's fiancee has a grown-up son.
:02:01. > :02:06.He is 20. She has never met him, he lives hundreds of miles away in
:02:06. > :02:12.Wales. And not about to start nurturing and protecting it went
:02:12. > :02:16.year-old man. -- I am not about. I'm not going to cradle him in my
:02:16. > :02:21.arms. That would be very weird. I want the opportunity to be a mother
:02:21. > :02:25.and a real mother. Unravelling the NHS rules has proved baffling for
:02:25. > :02:29.her. She has won many awards for her business. She loves her career
:02:29. > :02:35.but says it will not love her back. It is a baby she doesn't just want
:02:35. > :02:38.but needs. More than anything, and desperate to be a mother. I feel we
:02:38. > :02:45.are being discriminated against because I had a child in a previous
:02:45. > :02:48.relationship over 20 years ago. They say at the end of the day,
:02:48. > :02:52.they will find the money somehow for IVF. They say it is the
:02:52. > :02:58.principle of the whole thing. They insist the NHS should pay for at
:02:58. > :03:03.least one course. Well, there are several conditions
:03:03. > :03:06.that have to be met for you to get the go ahead for IVF on the NHS but
:03:06. > :03:09.Susie fails on one. Because she has a grown-up stepson. Now that rule
:03:09. > :03:14.applies throughout the East Midlands. And in fact is now the
:03:14. > :03:17.case across most of England. The only way round it is to opt for
:03:17. > :03:23.private IVF treatment and that would cost Susie around �7,000 for
:03:23. > :03:31.one cycle. Dr Greg Place is a Nottinghamshire GP who has to deal
:03:31. > :03:35.with this emotive issue. A line has to be drawn somewhere in terms of
:03:35. > :03:38.funding services for people who are not in law. That means you can
:03:38. > :03:42.maximise treatment options for those with cancer, those with heart
:03:42. > :03:46.disease, those with chronic lung disease, for kidney transplantation.
:03:46. > :03:50.For those people there were not physically ill, there is funding
:03:50. > :03:57.available to some extent and the idea of the funding guidelines as
:03:57. > :04:00.to maximise chances of having a baby for a certain number of people.
:04:00. > :04:05.Susie Henson's MP Vernon Coaker says he's taking the matter up in
:04:05. > :04:08.the House of Commons. That criterion that means she is
:04:08. > :04:13.automatically excluded. In other parts of the country, she would get
:04:13. > :04:16.IVF. It is very unfair. I will meet her tomorrow, discuss it with her
:04:16. > :04:22.and then I will see what I can do to help both locally and nationally.
:04:22. > :04:25.This is of such importance that it needs to be raised in Parliament.
:04:25. > :04:27.Well, the Commissioning Group responsible for making the policy
:04:27. > :04:37.say they recognise the difficulties couples face but they believe their
:04:37. > :04:42.rules are fair. Explosive news tonight from The
:04:42. > :04:45.News of the World - it's closing down. The phone-hacking scandal has
:04:45. > :04:47.finally sunk the top-selling tabloid and Sunday's paper will be
:04:47. > :04:51.the last. Only today, Boots the Chemist pulled its advertising from
:04:51. > :04:54.the paper. The East Midlands company was one of the paper's
:04:54. > :04:59.biggest advertisers but felt it had to withdraw its backing today as
:04:59. > :05:07.the size of the scandal grew. Simon Hare's at the Boots site now. Good
:05:07. > :05:11.evening, Simon. Good evening. The day began with
:05:11. > :05:16.the company saying it was reviewing its advertising with the News Of
:05:16. > :05:19.The World. LEA -- later can use it was put in its adverts on hold,
:05:19. > :05:24.although one at that will appear in the newspaper's Sunday supplement
:05:24. > :05:28.magazine which will now be the last. A significant Advertiser, as you
:05:28. > :05:34.say, said to be the 7th biggest advertiser with the News Of The
:05:34. > :05:38.World, spending almost �1 million a year plugging its range of health
:05:38. > :05:43.and beauty care products. Through the course of the day, other
:05:43. > :05:49.advertisers and organisations said they were stopping or suspending
:05:49. > :05:53.their relationship with Britain's biggest selling newspaper. The
:05:53. > :05:59.allegations of hacking also expanded to include alleged hacking
:05:59. > :06:03.off phones of soldiers and their families, soldiers killed in Iraq
:06:03. > :06:06.and Afghanistan. For the latest information, I'm joined by a
:06:07. > :06:11.lecturer in politics and the media at Nottingham Trent University.
:06:11. > :06:14.Quite an amazing story breaking late tonight but how influential do
:06:14. > :06:18.believe the loss of advertisers like Boots the Chemist has been in
:06:18. > :06:22.this amazing decision? I think it has been incredibly important.
:06:22. > :06:25.Advertising is the lifeblood of the newspaper industry. It is also
:06:25. > :06:30.important because people were not going to buy the newspaper on
:06:30. > :06:34.Sunday. I think Rupert Murdoch thought this might jeopardise the
:06:34. > :06:37.BSkyB deal. Stay with us for the moment. Within the past hour, we've
:06:37. > :06:44.been out on the streets of Nottingham to assess the reaction
:06:44. > :06:47.of readers. I think that the salaciousness of the News Of The
:06:47. > :06:53.World is probably represented elsewhere in the media now. I think
:06:53. > :06:57.it is a good thing. By May writer and it is not very good for
:06:57. > :07:02.literacy anyway. -- I am a writer. It has been a shameful episode for
:07:02. > :07:09.everyone concerned has and it, really? Sunday is not going to be
:07:09. > :07:14.the same without it. Some reaction to the news that the News Of The
:07:14. > :07:19.World is no more. Do you think that this is going to be a simple
:07:19. > :07:22.rebranding exercise? This is an amazing commercial decision.
:07:22. > :07:25.would be very surprised if in a couple of months' time, we don't
:07:25. > :07:29.see the Sunday Sun or some equivalent been launched. This has
:07:29. > :07:32.been an amazing week, a long- running story but an amazing
:07:32. > :07:36.development. A what is interesting is how quickly it has happened.
:07:36. > :07:46.the space of four days, a newspaper which has 168 years old has been
:07:46. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:53.closed down. Many thanks. Back to the studio.
:07:53. > :08:00.Still to come on the programme: Sally struggles for words.
:08:00. > :08:09.A brief period of precipitation, six letters, starts with the letter
:08:09. > :08:13.S, shower! Why didn't I think of that?! Or showers in the forecast
:08:13. > :08:23.later. And I will be finding out why this
:08:23. > :08:25.
:08:25. > :08:30.time of year is especially A senior care home manager has
:08:30. > :08:34.adamantly denied ill-treating three elderly patients in her care. Dawn
:08:34. > :08:44.Heaney told a jury at Leicester Crown Court today that in her 22
:08:44. > :08:45.
:08:45. > :08:48.year career she'd never abused anyone.
:08:48. > :08:51.She said claims that she'd slapped two residents and had a lack of
:08:51. > :08:54.respect for the diginity of her residents were utter rubbish. Sarah
:08:54. > :08:56.Teale was in court. Dawn Heaney took to the stand at
:08:56. > :09:02.Leicester Crown Court today where she repeatedly denied allegations
:09:02. > :09:04.of mistreating patients in her care. The 38-year-old from Woodthorpe in
:09:04. > :09:10.Loughborough faces four charges relating to her time as a senior
:09:10. > :09:13.care worker at Wymeswold Court Care Home at Wymeswold near Loughborough.
:09:13. > :09:15.Relatives of some of the patients were in court to hear claims that
:09:15. > :09:23.she'd slapped one 93-year-old wheelchair bound resident on the
:09:23. > :09:25.head and forcedfed chocolate to an 81-year-old patient. The
:09:25. > :09:33.prosecution then questioned her over allegations that she'd slapped
:09:33. > :09:36.and sworn at an 85-year Alzheimer sufferer. Heaney was calm and
:09:36. > :09:46.assured under cross examination. She denied ever hitting the elderly
:09:46. > :09:48.
:09:48. > :09:52.patient or swearing at him, but she did admit shouting. She told the
:09:52. > :09:55.jur,y in my 22-year service I have never hit a patient, ever. The
:09:55. > :09:58.prosecution is backing up it's case with claims that Heaney treated the
:09:58. > :10:03.patients with a lack of a respect and displayed a casual attitude to
:10:03. > :10:13.their dignity. They told cross examined her over claims she called
:10:13. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:17.several patients names. No, it is rubbish, she said. The residents
:10:17. > :10:21.would not have hit me use also a language like that. The judge began
:10:21. > :10:29.his summing-up this afternoon and the jury is expected to begin its
:10:29. > :10:31.deliberations tomorrow. It's emerged that a county
:10:31. > :10:34.councillor and former equalities spokesman faced a standards panel
:10:34. > :10:39.hearing after he used an offensive racist term during a Conservative
:10:39. > :10:43.Association meeting. It's not the first time Rob
:10:43. > :10:49.Fraser's phraseology has got him into trouble. Well, our chief news
:10:49. > :10:56.reporter Quentin Rayner joins us now. Obviously this was a deeply
:10:56. > :10:59.offensive term and many people will be upset by it.
:10:59. > :11:02.Yes, they will, and certainly someone who attended the
:11:02. > :11:09.association meeting at a pub in Ratby in March last year did find
:11:09. > :11:11.it offensive and complained to the County Council. Councillor Fraser
:11:11. > :11:14.used the phrase "ligger in the woodpile" which the Standards
:11:14. > :11:17.Committee felt brought his office or the Authority into disrepute
:11:17. > :11:22.when it met earlier this year to consider the case. That's right.
:11:22. > :11:27.When did he justify using this claim -- word?
:11:27. > :11:31.He said the word was offensive but the phrase was not. He rhetoric --
:11:31. > :11:35.he said it was a recognised and traditional phrase meaning
:11:35. > :11:40.something bad happened to him. If he thought he had offended anybody,
:11:40. > :11:44.he would apologise. The standards committee accepted that some voted
:11:44. > :11:48.not to take any action in the light that he had apologised.
:11:48. > :11:52.This isn't the first time that he has used some kind of phrase and
:11:52. > :11:55.made a public comment. In January 2009, while he was
:11:55. > :12:05.addressing a public meeting concerning the proposed travellers'
:12:05. > :12:09.site, he said this: The Romanians, they'll stick a knife in you as
:12:09. > :12:12.soon as look at you. Going on to say, some of these European ones,
:12:12. > :12:15.they make the Irish look like complete amateurs and I would dread
:12:15. > :12:21.to see them in Groby. On that occasion, the county council did
:12:21. > :12:25.take action. He was suspended for a month as well. He was ordered to
:12:25. > :12:28.attend a diversity course. Mr Fraser has pointed out that the
:12:28. > :12:38.next council election -- at the next election, he doubled his
:12:38. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:42.majority. Derbyshire Police are investigating
:12:42. > :12:45.after a 28-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Ilkeston. She
:12:45. > :12:50.was approached near the Pewit Golf Course yesterday but managed to
:12:50. > :12:53.fight off her attacker. He's described as white, slim and in his
:12:53. > :12:57.late 20s. He was wearing a black Umbro jacket with white stripes
:12:57. > :13:00.along the arms and a dark beanie hat covered in dog hairs.
:13:00. > :13:03.Villagers opposed to a Tesco store being built in Keyworth in
:13:03. > :13:05.Nottinghamshire have told a public inquiry that they would would
:13:05. > :13:07.prefer the land to be used for sheltered housing instead. The
:13:07. > :13:11.supermarket chain's application was refused permission by Rushcliffe
:13:11. > :13:19.Borough Council in November. But if their appeal is successful, it
:13:19. > :13:22.could be built. A leading rail union says the
:13:22. > :13:26.possible loss of 1,400 jobs at the Derby train-maker, Bombardier, will
:13:26. > :13:28.be at the top of the agenda when it meets the Transport Secretary next
:13:28. > :13:32.week. The union says it wants to stop the
:13:32. > :13:35.government actually signing a huge train contract with a German firm.
:13:35. > :13:38.Meanwhile, the leader of a task force helping rail workers facing
:13:38. > :13:46.redundancy, says she believes they will be able to find jobs. James
:13:47. > :13:49.Roberson reports. Three rail unions and the TUC were
:13:49. > :13:52.due to see the Transport Secretary Phil Hammond on Wedsnesday, anyway
:13:52. > :13:58.to discuss railway reform. But now the RMT union says the Bombardier
:13:58. > :14:00.situation has jumped up the agenda. The union wants pressure kept on
:14:00. > :14:03.the government to review the contract, even though Philip
:14:03. > :14:07.Hammond's stated he does not have the power to change the contract,
:14:07. > :14:11.whose term were written by the previous Labour government. Isn't
:14:11. > :14:14.that strange, that they are quick to blame everyone else put
:14:14. > :14:18.themselves. They've been in government for 14 months. It is
:14:18. > :14:22.happening on his watch, on Cameron's watch, and they need to
:14:22. > :14:25.change their mind. However, if jobs do go at Bombardier and elsewhere,
:14:25. > :14:33.the government's new task force leader, a former Rolls Royce
:14:33. > :14:37.executive, believes other work can be found for workers. I think this
:14:37. > :14:40.town has a very high skilled population. The city depends on
:14:40. > :14:44.higher skilled people. There will be opportunities. It is our job to
:14:44. > :14:47.make sure thereof. A government trade and investment tsar, based
:14:47. > :14:51.here in our region, says there could also be jobs for any local
:14:51. > :14:56.redundant railworkers in Europe. would much pig -- I would much
:14:56. > :15:00.prefer people to stay in this kind of the world, selling engineering
:15:00. > :15:06.products around the world. That said, better job than no job, and
:15:06. > :15:09.one of the advantages is the free movement of labour. When you come
:15:09. > :15:12.back, you bring back additional skills you've learnt somewhere else.
:15:12. > :15:16.A further pressure is being put on the government for national
:15:16. > :15:22.newspapers. Thus the story in today's Daily Mirror. This is the
:15:22. > :15:26.story in today's the Sun. And the Daily Express has gone one further
:15:26. > :15:29.with a full campaign. We asked for an interview with Philip Hammond to
:15:29. > :15:39.discuss bombarding a. We were told he did not have time today to talk
:15:39. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:50.They're known for crossing roads, often badly, but hedgehogs it seems
:15:50. > :15:53.often end up in all sorts of places that really aren't very good for
:15:53. > :15:55.them. Which is why so many end up at rescue centres.
:15:55. > :15:58.At one in Leicestershire they're currently looking after dozens of
:15:58. > :16:00.babies who've been found without mothers. But it's not just the
:16:00. > :16:03.babies, or hoglets, that need our help.
:16:03. > :16:06.No, the whole species really need a little bit of TLC from the human
:16:06. > :16:13.race so for this months what's on guide Kylie Pentelow went to
:16:13. > :16:16.Quiniborough to find out a bit more about this prickly problem.
:16:16. > :16:26.When they're this small, they've not spiky, just don't really keep
:16:26. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:29.still. And they seem to like our mini camera! Pat Wadd runs Helping
:16:29. > :16:34.Hands from her home and it's a time consuming job. These little ones
:16:34. > :16:42.need a feed every three hours! Right, your turn. He is not spiky.
:16:42. > :16:51.There you go. I need an extra hand. It is harder than it looks, Pat.
:16:51. > :16:53.If you're into wildlife there's a whole weekend of activities coming
:16:53. > :16:59.up. Find out about Nottinghamshire's inhabitants at
:16:59. > :17:02.Clumber Park. Across the region there are events for Archaeology
:17:02. > :17:08.week, that starts on 16th. And it's the Ashby show in Derbyshire with
:17:08. > :17:13.vintage tractors, activities, dogs and horses. Now, it's not just the
:17:13. > :17:21.hoglets who need a helping hand here. The grown-up hedgehogs get
:17:21. > :17:26.into the odd prickly situation too. This is Charlie. He came to me when
:17:26. > :17:29.he was found in the daytime. He had a little injury. He came in in a
:17:29. > :17:37.very bad way and now he is quite happy. He is ready to be released.
:17:37. > :17:39.Charlie's off to an enclosed garden to live out his in days. This month
:17:39. > :17:42.the Open Air theatre season gets underway, this play's at Nottingham
:17:42. > :17:48.Castle. In Leicester the Mela is celebrating 25 years, that's this
:17:48. > :17:57.Sunday. And for more music the Splendour festival is in Wollaton
:17:57. > :18:01.Park in Nottingham, with bands like the Scissor Sisters and Blondie!
:18:01. > :18:05.Some tips for you if you want to help hedgehogs. Don't give them
:18:05. > :18:09.bread or milk, they much prefer a puppy food. If you have a pond,
:18:09. > :18:16.make sure it has a hedgehog escape route. Do not put slug pellets in
:18:16. > :18:20.your garden. Hedgehogs don't like them.
:18:20. > :18:23.They are very cute, aren't they? Still to come on the programme,
:18:23. > :18:33.changing churches. The vicar who's been ordained as a
:18:33. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:47.Catholic priest, at the tender age But what does age matter?
:18:47. > :18:47.
:18:48. > :18:50.Not at all! First, its looks like Leicester City have made the
:18:50. > :18:52.Championship signing of the summer today. Later tonight they're
:18:53. > :18:55.expected to announce that Reading defender Matt Mills has become a
:18:55. > :18:59.Leicester player. Premier League clubs have been chasing Mills but
:18:59. > :19:02.we understand Leicester have paid a fee of �5 million to get him.
:19:02. > :19:06.Natalie was the first to get a glimpse of him at the King Power
:19:06. > :19:11.stadium in the last hour. Here he is, Matt Mills leaving
:19:11. > :19:16.Leicester City tonight. The deal is not done. But tomorrow, it should
:19:16. > :19:20.be. He could become the championships most expensive player.
:19:20. > :19:24.Leicester City of really splash in the cash. This is what his new
:19:24. > :19:28.team-mates had to say about him. There are going for the best
:19:28. > :19:33.players in the championship at the moment. He has proven that he is
:19:33. > :19:38.that one of the best defenders. He is worth over to March and nobody
:19:38. > :19:47.will be arguing. Phil spending a lot of money to bring him here. --
:19:47. > :19:51.they are spending. David Newton... They are highly rated players in
:19:51. > :19:55.their own right. But Mount Mills was wanted by a number of Premier
:19:55. > :20:02.League clubs and Sven Goran Eriksson has been chasing him for
:20:02. > :20:08.weeks. Of them more on the way? cannot talk specifically but yes,
:20:08. > :20:14.there are also more common. Not many but it is important for us to
:20:14. > :20:20.find the right ones. How many more? Is it possible to say? No, I don't
:20:20. > :20:25.know. One or two, three maybe. understand why Leicester City have
:20:25. > :20:32.paid Reading a fee of around �5 million and we've heard that his
:20:32. > :20:37.wages are about �25,000 a week. Leicester are certainly splash in
:20:37. > :20:42.the cash. Mills will be their 6th summer signing and Sven says there
:20:42. > :20:51.are more aware. We are even hearing that the former Manchester United
:20:51. > :20:55.star Owen Hargreaves could be on his way to the stadium here.
:20:55. > :20:58.Astonishing spending! Just a line on Derby County, confirmation that
:20:58. > :21:00.Luke Varney has moved to Portsmouth. Still no news of signings at
:21:00. > :21:05.Nottingham Forest, though. Some good news for
:21:05. > :21:08.Nottinghamshire's Lee Westwood as he builds up to next week's Open.
:21:08. > :21:11.He's currently playing the Scottish Open, which is on a links course
:21:12. > :21:15.too this weekend. Westwood is in the lead after a first round seven
:21:15. > :21:17.under par. In Cricket, Leicestershire are in
:21:17. > :21:20.the T20 quarter finals and Derbyshire are still in the hunt
:21:20. > :21:23.after both sides won yesterday. No doubt about the moment of the
:21:23. > :21:26.evening. Leicestershire's Jigar Naik taking three wickets in just
:21:26. > :21:29.one over. His only over. As for the Falcons? They probably still need
:21:29. > :21:31.to win all three of their remaining games but you can see they're still
:21:31. > :21:34.fighting. A year ago today, Mansfield's
:21:34. > :21:39.Paralympic swimming champion Sam Hynd was involved in a car accident
:21:39. > :21:45.that was so serious, his mum thought he'd never pull through.
:21:45. > :21:48.This week, he claimed gold in the European Championships. And what's
:21:48. > :21:52.even more remarkable is that Sam's brother was just behind and took
:21:52. > :21:55.the silver on his international debut. Ross Fletcher reports.
:21:55. > :22:01.2008 and the high point of Sam Hynd's swimming career, claiming
:22:01. > :22:08.gold in the Paralympics. But that was almost his final flourish. 12
:22:08. > :22:15.months ago, a car crash nearly ended his life. The car was code to
:22:15. > :22:18.the concertinaed. I don't want to see the car. The emergency staff
:22:19. > :22:22.did not think he would get out alive but luckily he did. He has
:22:22. > :22:26.made a fantastic recovery. After missing the world championships his
:22:26. > :22:30.recovery has been quite something. This week he was back in the water,
:22:30. > :22:37.winning the 400 metres in Berlin. But this has been about Team Hynd,
:22:38. > :22:41.with younger brother Ollie coming second. I knew he would be there
:22:41. > :22:46.for the whole of the race. I cannot say how chuffed I am to do it. And
:22:46. > :22:51.chatty got second as well. I turned a 300 with 100 to go and I thought
:22:51. > :22:55.he is not as far ahead as he was in the heat so would put my head down
:22:55. > :23:00.in the last 100 but I couldn't quite catch him. He is like a
:23:00. > :23:10.crocodile. He never stops snapping. That is how I wanted. It is absurd
:23:10. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:14.it is fantastic, but we are about this level of competition. Both
:23:14. > :23:17.swimmers have a condition which is gradually weakening their legs, so
:23:17. > :23:25.London 2012 could be very special for the Hynd family. It will be
:23:25. > :23:28.fantastic to be at their home games. To have to plea... Quick, Valium!
:23:28. > :23:36.So the way things are going? Well, Sam might have to share the
:23:36. > :23:43.limelight. But they both belong to us! That is
:23:43. > :23:46.the important thing. Finally, he's nearly 83, he's a
:23:46. > :23:49.great grandfather, he's been an Anglican vicar for nearly 60 years
:23:49. > :23:52.and now he's just been ordained a Catholic priest.
:23:52. > :23:58.Father Peter Peterken is one of three former vicars who've recently
:23:58. > :24:02.become priests. Jo Healey has followed his extraordinary story.
:24:02. > :24:10.Peter walks near the two miles each morning from his home to his new
:24:10. > :24:15.church, to say Mass. So why? He has become a Catholic priest in his
:24:15. > :24:22.eighties. All of my life, I've believed in the unity of the Church.
:24:22. > :24:27.When the Pope offered us the opportunity to join the Catholic
:24:28. > :24:31.Church, it seemed the right step to take. He was recently ordained in
:24:31. > :24:34.St Barnabas Cathedral. There are priests with a difference. Peter
:24:34. > :24:40.has four children, 12 grand children and four great-
:24:40. > :24:44.grandchildren. How does it feel to be married to a Catholic priest?
:24:44. > :24:54.have been married to a priest for such a long time, nearly 58 years
:24:54. > :25:01.now. It doesn't seem very different. It is different of course and we've
:25:01. > :25:04.been made to feel so welcome in the Catholic Church. Other clergy we've
:25:04. > :25:08.met have made us feel so welcome. He was an Anglican minister for
:25:08. > :25:13.nearly 60 years and among his new congregation are people from his
:25:13. > :25:20.old church were converted with him. It is Father Peter's 83rd birthday
:25:20. > :25:24.soon but he says his journey is just beginning.
:25:24. > :25:34.A lovely story and Happy birthday for whenever it is.
:25:34. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:43.I do crosswords regularly! Good evening. We've had a showery theme
:25:43. > :25:46.through the past few hours and that will continue for a time. This
:25:46. > :25:49.picture depicts the scenes across the East Midlands this afternoon.
:25:49. > :25:55.Philip sent this one in the from Leicestershire. He was on a bike
:25:55. > :26:00.ride. He managed to escape the showers. Do keep your photographs
:26:00. > :26:03.coming in. For now, there are one or two showers for us to try and
:26:03. > :26:06.avoid. We are looking at this area of rain that is sitting in the
:26:06. > :26:10.south-west corner of the UK. That is gradually making inroads during
:26:10. > :26:13.the course of the night. And of course we've had a pretty cloudy
:26:13. > :26:17.day and from those clouds we seen a lot of showers. Blustery showers as
:26:17. > :26:21.well. It has been a windy day. It will get when you are still by the
:26:21. > :26:25.time we get to tomorrow. For now, those showers are becoming few and
:26:25. > :26:31.far between. Trying overnight with clear skies. Temperatures staying
:26:31. > :26:35.in double figures. There it is, but rain hours talking about. It is
:26:35. > :26:38.gradually making inroads and by the early hours of tomorrow morning, it
:26:39. > :26:42.will be continuing to make a wet and windy start to Friday.
:26:42. > :26:46.Gradually, that band of rain works its way northwards. Behind it, we
:26:47. > :26:52.will get a blustery showers coming in. Interspersed with nice, sunny
:26:52. > :26:55.spells. 20 Celsius is your high, 68 Fahrenheit. We could do better than
:26:55. > :26:59.that and we will try our best over the weekend. This low pressure
:26:59. > :27:02.gradually works its way northwards and moves away from us so after a
:27:02. > :27:08.showery start on Saturday, we are left with a dry and bright
:27:08. > :27:13.afternoon. Sunny spells, lighter winds. Highs of 22 Celsius.
:27:13. > :27:16.Hopefully getting even warmer still. Sunday is looking a much more
:27:17. > :27:21.settled day. Dry with sunny spells. The best of the sunshine through
:27:21. > :27:26.the morning. As we going to the start of next week, all I can say