:00:07. > :00:12.In is East Midlands Today. Tonight, the airport and airlines no longer
:00:12. > :00:17.flying high. Yes, passenger numbers and profitings plummet as East
:00:17. > :00:21.Midlands Airport as the recession continues to bite P Also could
:00:21. > :00:28.relying on ready made baby foods during weaning affect a child's
:00:28. > :00:32.eating habits? Plus the campaign to save the pub. I think there won't
:00:32. > :00:38.be a community in longer in the village. I thought Mr Cameron
:00:38. > :00:48.wanted to keep communities alive. And I'm in Leicestershire finding
:00:48. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:56.out why these cows have benefited with pedometers. -- benefited. Good
:00:56. > :00:58.evening. Welcome to Friday's programme. First tonight, East
:00:58. > :01:03.Midlands Airport's passenger numbers and profits have dropped
:01:03. > :01:08.again. With management saying it is because the recession has continued
:01:08. > :01:16.to unwind. That is right. 400,000 fewer passengers used the airport
:01:16. > :01:20.last year but there are signs of an upturn. Good evening. Yes, a busy
:01:20. > :01:24.day here at East Midlands Airport, 100 passenger and 100 cargo planes
:01:24. > :01:27.in and out of the airport, but over the course of the last financial
:01:27. > :01:32.year, East Midlands Airport no different to other UK airports,
:01:32. > :01:37.there has been a downturn. The view from East Midlands Airport subpoena
:01:37. > :01:41.that it is still being buffeted by economic turbulence. Accuse coring
:01:41. > :01:46.to airport manager, the recession continued to unwind in the last
:01:46. > :01:51.financial year. Redicing passenger numbers. In tough times, it is
:01:51. > :01:54.understandable that some people are choosing not to fly within the UK,
:01:54. > :01:59.or abroad. We went for a week in Devon this year, just because we
:01:59. > :02:04.couldn't afford to go away this year. We had a cost cutting budget
:02:04. > :02:07.one, compared to going abroad. year I took my little boy, I had to
:02:07. > :02:11.take him to Butlins because it is cheaper. East Midlands Airport is
:02:11. > :02:17.part of the Manchester airport group. And its annual report shows
:02:17. > :02:22.how it is doing. In the 2011 financial year, passenger numbers
:02:22. > :02:27.were down by 400,000, to 4.1 million. The third consecutive year
:02:27. > :02:34.that passenger numbers have dropped. Profits have been hit. This year,
:02:34. > :02:40.profit was down by 2.6 million, to 7.1 million. Half of what it was
:02:40. > :02:45.two years ago. The ash cloud in April 2010 didn't help either.
:02:45. > :02:50.Costing the airport round �600,000. Other income streams have been
:02:51. > :02:56.important. Retail and car parking revenue have exceeded expectations.
:02:56. > :03:00.This independent travel agent based in Leicestershire says some people
:03:00. > :03:05.may be considering crewss rather than flying. You are looking at
:03:05. > :03:09.departing from Southampton, Dover, etc, on a seven, 14 night cruise
:03:09. > :03:14.down med and back again. It is more popular, there is more beds on the
:03:14. > :03:18.sea than there is on land on some occasions. The airport says there
:03:18. > :03:23.has been an increase in passenger numbers in the early part of 2011.
:03:23. > :03:29.They are hoping that will continue. Well, the airport told us in a
:03:29. > :03:33.statement a bit more about that upturn. They say from March to July
:03:34. > :03:38.passenger numbers are 4% above the UK market average, which they say
:03:38. > :03:40.is flat. So a bitle bit of improvement. I spoke to the
:03:40. > :03:43.Association of British Travel Agents as well. What they would
:03:43. > :03:49.like to see is the scrapping of the airport passenger duty, there are
:03:49. > :03:52.different levels on that, but they say every time you fly from
:03:52. > :03:57.somewhere like East Midland the Europe, that will cost you �13.
:03:57. > :04:02.Thank you. Next tonight police say they expect more arrests in
:04:02. > :04:07.connection with the murder of a man from Derby. 43-year-old Johnny
:04:07. > :04:10.Assani was assaulted in the city last Sunday afternoon. He died in
:04:10. > :04:13.the Queen's medical centre on Sunday. Three men have appeared in
:04:13. > :04:18.court, officers say they still want more people to come forward with
:04:18. > :04:24.information. Police are investigating another arson attack
:04:24. > :04:29.on hay bales at Nottinghamshire farm. The Fire Service 200 tonnes
:04:29. > :04:32.of hay were set alight. They will burn for a couple of days yet.
:04:32. > :04:36.Yesterday arsonists targeted Fife farms. The farmers affected say
:04:36. > :04:42.they have lost all of their animals' winter feed. Trading
:04:42. > :04:46.Standards officers in Derby have scene seized 900 bottles of bootleg
:04:46. > :04:50.vodka and 150 pacts of counterfeit tobacco. They were discovered in
:04:50. > :04:54.two separate stings on the same day. The City Council has warned the
:04:54. > :04:58.products can cause serious illnesses. It says counterfeiting
:04:58. > :05:05.is on the increase because of tough economic conditions. We have seen
:05:05. > :05:07.the deaths in Boston at the factory there, and more recently in
:05:07. > :05:13.Leicestershire, 100 thousand bottles of ill it is alcohol were
:05:13. > :05:21.seized in a factory. That is why in Derby the Trading Standards team
:05:21. > :05:26.are declaring war on ill it is tobacco and alcohol. We are build
:05:26. > :05:29.uper up for a heck of a weekend with sporting action. Including
:05:29. > :05:32.Leicester City taking on Nottingham Forest. On the road to success, the
:05:32. > :05:37.young people who have decided to get an apprenticeship instead of a
:05:37. > :05:47.degree. And I'm here to find out what these children are up to
:05:47. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:57.Before all that though, a health expert is warning parents not to
:05:57. > :06:01.rely on prepackaged baby foods food during weaning. Research from De
:06:01. > :06:04.Monfort University suggests that babies who are fed processed foods
:06:04. > :06:11.can develop unhealthy eating habits when they are over. The
:06:11. > :06:16.manufacturers say ready made food can play an important role, as this
:06:16. > :06:21.report says It smell like an apple. A class in healthy eating. These
:06:21. > :06:25.children are enjoying their food. However, new research from De
:06:25. > :06:29.Monfort University suggests parents who rely on ready made food while
:06:29. > :06:34.weaning their baby could have an impact on the way they eat later in
:06:34. > :06:39.life. In a survey doctor Helen could thard found babies who were
:06:39. > :06:43.given more home cooked fruit and veg at six months were more likely
:06:43. > :06:47.to eating it at seven years. She says parents shouldn't rely on
:06:47. > :06:51.ready made food. The reason why these jar foods aren't as good as
:06:51. > :06:56.home-made foods is they are a product, so they rl always the same
:06:56. > :07:01.texture, they are the same taste, whereas if you make your own carrot
:07:01. > :07:07.puree or apple puree you will cook it differently each time and be
:07:07. > :07:11.different varieties of apple. You will mash it up differently, so it
:07:11. > :07:17.will taste different. Of course, baby food is a huge industry, and
:07:17. > :07:25.with strict nutritional guidelines to comply with many manufacturers
:07:25. > :07:29.say using prepackaged food can be a healthy part of the weaning process.
:07:29. > :07:32.They provide well balanced foods. Very often we find people using
:07:32. > :07:36.them for convenience when they are out or for parents to give to
:07:36. > :07:41.somebody who is minding a child during the day. The powder in the
:07:41. > :07:47.jars are good for when you are weaning them, if you haven't got
:07:47. > :07:50.time to blend all the food. If I have the time I prefer to give my
:07:50. > :07:54.own food at home. The aim of weaning is for the baby to eat the
:07:54. > :08:00.same food as the rest of the family. The research suggests home-made
:08:00. > :08:04.food skrould a bearing. Next tonight, the alternative to
:08:04. > :08:08.university. As a record number of students chase every degree course
:08:09. > :08:12.available, it seems that many are also opting to skip higher
:08:12. > :08:17.education all together. Some ployers say they prefer to take
:08:17. > :08:23.young people straight from school, and there are all sorts of
:08:23. > :08:28.opportunities available. Tears of joy as making the grade but not all
:08:28. > :08:32.of the students have their sights set on university. Choosing will to
:08:32. > :08:36.stay on in further education can be a difficult decision, for some not
:08:36. > :08:40.going to university turned out to be the right choice. Ross left
:08:40. > :08:44.school at 16, and started a three year apprenticeship at this
:08:44. > :08:48.accident repair centre in Leicester. Because I had good GCSEs when I
:08:48. > :08:53.left school it was an option for me to do my A-levels but I wanted to
:08:53. > :08:56.get a skill behind me, because once I have that skill, I kl always
:08:56. > :09:01.improvement and -- improvement. I wanted to earn money as well. Bl it
:09:01. > :09:08.is a view shared by Andrew, two years ago he decided not go
:09:08. > :09:12.university, and has no regrets It has been amazing. It has flown by,
:09:12. > :09:16.but no worrys in my life. The only worry is passing the next exam. I
:09:16. > :09:22.am not going to worry about money. I can drive. I have money if I want
:09:22. > :09:26.to go out. One of his managers says there are many benefits for
:09:26. > :09:33.trainees who haven't chosen the academic route. We can mould them
:09:33. > :09:39.in the way the firm wants them to operate. They are young, they are
:09:39. > :09:43.enthusiastic, full of energy, and usually a very keen to learn. We
:09:43. > :09:47.feed off that. With tuition fees increasing next year, some
:09:47. > :09:54.employers believe that more and more students will look at alten --
:09:54. > :09:59.alternative ways to get on their chosen career path. To the other
:09:59. > :10:03.news and detectives investigating three indecent assaults are
:10:03. > :10:07.following up a number of new leads. A man attacked three women in
:10:07. > :10:10.different parts of Leicester. The oldest was 74. Police have been
:10:10. > :10:14.working with the victims to identify a potential suspect.
:10:14. > :10:19.Officers want people with information about the man to come
:10:19. > :10:25.forward. Nearly a quarter of blood donors in Derby aren't turning up
:10:25. > :10:28.for their appointments. Hospitals are missing out on as many as 30
:10:28. > :10:35.units of blood from each session. The department says it could be
:10:35. > :10:38.down to the number of people away on holiday at the moment. The
:10:38. > :10:44.Government's awarded researchs money to develop new medical
:10:44. > :10:52.treatments. The hospital also use the money to help combat digestive
:10:52. > :10:56.diseases and hearing problems. One patient speaks very highly of the
:10:56. > :11:00.departments. It had made me realise I did have a problem, and that the
:11:00. > :11:05.training, it seems to have improved things and following that, having
:11:05. > :11:11.identified the loss of hearing, I was eventually kitted out with a
:11:11. > :11:15.nice hearing aid system, which benefited me no end. You are
:11:15. > :11:21.watching East Midlands Today. Regulars at a village's last
:11:21. > :11:24.remaining pub are fighting plans to redevelop the site it is on. The
:11:24. > :11:29.owners Greene King have applied to build seven house tons lands and
:11:29. > :11:34.the villagers aren't happy about it. We went to meet the campaigners
:11:34. > :11:39.determined not to have last orders called on their local. Records show
:11:39. > :11:42.that there has been an ale house on this site since 1881. For the
:11:42. > :11:49.people of this village it is the only pub left in the village. Which
:11:49. > :11:54.is why they rup in arms over plans to demolish the Foresters Arms.
:11:54. > :12:00.is a community pub and we had Christenings, weddings and funerals
:12:00. > :12:04.and we did a lot for charity, it was the centre of the village.
:12:04. > :12:08.come in winter for darts and dom nose. Summer, we have a game of
:12:08. > :12:12.bingo and it is lovely everybody is so friendly. The owners Greene King
:12:12. > :12:19.say they have been reviewing the pub's future because of a drop in
:12:19. > :12:25.trade. They hope to build seven houses on the site The village has
:12:25. > :12:30.been the butchers and the Forester's Arms. It will be sad to
:12:30. > :12:36.see it go. The pub is one DH Lawrence would have known as a boy.
:12:36. > :12:44.Villagers say it would rip the heart out of the community. If this
:12:44. > :12:50.pub we won't go anywhere else. don't know see why the pubs can't
:12:50. > :12:59.survive. There is the Hay Loft. I can't walk Cowen there If the plans
:12:59. > :13:03.are turned down by the council, the villagers plan to celebrate.
:13:03. > :13:07.Pedometers are often used by walkers and people wanting to lose
:13:07. > :13:11.right but farmers are fitting them to their cows. The more walking a
:13:11. > :13:17.cow does the more likely she is to be ready to get pregnant. Didn't
:13:17. > :13:22.know that! Computers built-in to milks systems can be used to
:13:22. > :13:26.analyse the data. Sigh Monday -- Simon Ward has the been to find out
:13:26. > :13:31.more. Cows walking through a field in Leicestershire. Nothing
:13:31. > :13:37.remarkable in that, but thetz cows are being monitored every step of
:13:37. > :13:43.the way. These. Pedometers count how far they whack. Walking less
:13:43. > :13:47.could mean the cow has gone lame. Every time they come back to be
:13:47. > :13:55.milked it counts how many steps she has done and if she is on heat we
:13:55. > :13:58.will put her in a separation pen or I can hon ter her. The 120
:13:58. > :14:03.Friesians are being trained to return to the farm for milking,
:14:03. > :14:06.they are linked to a new system the cows are getting used to. They feel
:14:06. > :14:11.relief after being milk and they get extra food after going through
:14:11. > :14:16.the system. In the farm building the cows wait for their turn to be
:14:16. > :14:20.milked and this is where all the data is collected. Lacers position
:14:20. > :14:25.the milking equipment. But it is not just about milk. Health
:14:25. > :14:29.information is picked gip system as well. The theory is it should help
:14:29. > :14:37.reduce the vets' bills. You will have earlier indication of any
:14:37. > :14:42.health problem, be it energy shortage because the protein and
:14:42. > :14:46.fat levels become imbalanced in the milk. And masti tis is the bigger
:14:46. > :14:51.issue. It should flag up any signs earlier, you can treat them earlier
:14:51. > :14:54.and you need less antibiotics. the cows on the farm were born
:14:55. > :15:01.through artificial insemination. The next generation will be grow up
:15:01. > :15:06.and be used to having a pedometer fitted and being milked bay robot.
:15:06. > :15:11.So that is what they are. I thought they had got ASBOs. I thought you
:15:11. > :15:15.carried a pink rose if you were going for a date! There is a huge
:15:15. > :15:20.weekend of sport ahead including that local Derby between Leicester
:15:20. > :15:24.City and Nottingham Forest. A game that will see two former England
:15:24. > :15:31.managers clash. More on that in a moment, as well as the weekend
:15:31. > :15:37.forecast from Fog horn Sal. Attention ladies and gentlemen, the
:15:37. > :15:41.weather tomorrow will bring rain and Sunday we will see the sunshine
:15:41. > :15:51.again. I assure you on the television I am a bit quieter than
:15:51. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:59.She really does not need that! He is not quieter. Now, when was the
:16:00. > :16:03.last time you heard a kuebg coo? I think I might have heard one this
:16:03. > :16:07.summer or maybe seen a turtledove. I don't think I have seen one of
:16:07. > :16:11.those. Experts of the British bird watching fair are warning of a fall
:16:11. > :16:13.in the numbers of migrating birds over the last few years. This year
:16:14. > :16:22.money from the fair will fund projects from Africa, through
:16:22. > :16:27.Europe, to Britain, to find out what is going wrong. Africa
:16:27. > :16:31.features highly in the bird fair as do other countries which lie along
:16:31. > :16:36.migration routes into the UK. Experts are concerned some of our
:16:36. > :16:40.birds are missing. Many of these are familiar. The swallows that
:16:40. > :16:47.nest in garages and barns or kuebgkoo, turtledoves but many are
:16:47. > :16:54.in serious trouble. We have lost two thirds of the cue -- cuckoos in
:16:54. > :17:01.Britain. The turtledove has declined 80%. Simon has seen the
:17:01. > :17:05.decline first hard. Cuckoo. Nightingale. I used to hear
:17:05. > :17:10.turtledoves regularly. Now? If I hear them in Italy I am lucky, so
:17:10. > :17:14.something is happening. Is it us? Climate change? We can't answer the
:17:14. > :17:18.questions a without research and that takes funding. So ticket sales
:17:18. > :17:23.are going towards that research, into why some of our visiting birds
:17:23. > :17:26.haven't been turning up in the spring. We all of us, where ever we
:17:26. > :17:31.live have a responsibility to look after our neighbour, our natural
:17:31. > :17:35.neighbour, be their bids birds, other wild creatures. It is getting
:17:35. > :17:42.serious, if we continue do something, the birds will disappear
:17:42. > :17:52.completely. The bird fair is on until Sunday and organisers hope
:17:52. > :17:55.
:17:55. > :18:02.the ticket sales will raise �250,000. From birds of a feathered
:18:02. > :18:08.variety to sport of a weekend variety! Yes, first it is the tale
:18:09. > :18:12.of two former England managers at the city ground tomorrow. Steve
:18:12. > :18:19.McClaren's November face Sven-Goran Eriksson's Leicester City. Five
:18:19. > :18:27.years after Steve replaced Sven as England boss they come up against
:18:27. > :18:32.each other. For years they were friends.
:18:32. > :18:39.# Just the two of us # We can make it if we try
:18:39. > :18:44.# Just the two of us. # Comrades for England and allys they
:18:44. > :18:50.are buddys. On and off the field he is a gentleman. We are good friends.
:18:50. > :18:55.We had five, six year, great years. During those year, Sven was manager,
:18:55. > :19:02.Steve his coach, they took England to a World Cup quarterfinal, this
:19:02. > :19:10.last time they were on the touchline together. Yes, the years
:19:10. > :19:14.go fast, very fast. Yeah, but that is 2006. World Cup. Is that right?
:19:14. > :19:22.That is different tomorrow, when I'm about 20 yards away from him,
:19:22. > :19:28.not sat next to him. It will be the first time they meet as opposing
:19:28. > :19:33.managers. Two ex-England manager, it is not every day that happens in
:19:33. > :19:35.the Championship. It's a big game, an important game, but I'm just
:19:35. > :19:43.looking at Nottingham Forest, making sure that we perform better,
:19:43. > :19:47.and get the result. Both now are rebuilding their reputation, at big
:19:47. > :19:53.expectant clubs so it won't be easy and in the last five fixtures
:19:53. > :19:59.between the two teams there has been plenty -- 20 goals. Travelling
:20:00. > :20:04.with over 4,000 fan, which is fantastic. It is a big game. Always
:20:04. > :20:09.a big game against Leicester. Big for the fans. Between them, they
:20:09. > :20:12.have won major trophys in swede, Italy, Portugal, England and
:20:12. > :20:18.Holland but who will be the king of the East Midlands tomorrow night?
:20:18. > :20:22.There is a lot resting on it. hope he will offer me a nice glass
:20:22. > :20:27.of red wine. And he will. We said after this game we will go out for
:20:27. > :20:32.dinner and whoever loses will pay! Well there is another clash of the
:20:32. > :20:38.Titans this weekend. Remember when these two worked together? Martin
:20:38. > :20:43.Allen, he faces his old boss Milan Mandarich tomorrow. Martin, versus
:20:43. > :20:47.Milan will play out at Hillsborough. Milan Mandarich owns Sheffield
:20:47. > :20:54.Wednesday but he sacked Allen after four gamings, when they were at
:20:54. > :20:59.Leicester. Who will come out on top? Well, my money is on mad dog.
:20:59. > :21:03.We did a big feature on our best performing team. The Rams host
:21:03. > :21:09.Doncaster and if they win, it will be the first time they have won
:21:09. > :21:13.four on the trot at the start of the season since 1905. Now, over
:21:13. > :21:20.the past six years on East Midlands Today we followed the remarkable
:21:20. > :21:23.story of Matt Hampson. He is a Leicester Tigers player wheeze
:21:23. > :21:32.career came to an end after a training ground injury. He has been
:21:32. > :21:37.an inspiration to others and he has told his story in a book. Five
:21:37. > :21:43.years ago, Sunday Times journalist Paul interviewed Matt Hampson and
:21:43. > :21:46.they became friends and Matt persuaded him to write his
:21:46. > :21:52.autobiography. Engage, the last words he heard before he went down
:21:52. > :21:58.in a scrum. He ended up in Stoke Mandeville. The trials and
:21:58. > :22:04.tribulations I have been through since my accident, unbelievable. I
:22:04. > :22:09.wanted to tell people how it is and how it was in hospital. I was at
:22:09. > :22:14.that stage 20 years a sports writer, and I had never been as nervous
:22:14. > :22:20.interviewing anybody as I was the day I walked into Matt. I went in
:22:20. > :22:24.and within five minutes he had me at ease, he has a tremendousable to
:22:24. > :22:30.make people feel relaxed, and good and particularly good about
:22:30. > :22:35.themselves. He called himself the ghostwriter. He is the brains
:22:35. > :22:40.behind the project. I'm, I'm just a prop forward. It might not sound
:22:40. > :22:45.like a funny book but it is packed with humour, around the characters
:22:45. > :22:49.in the spinal unit. He said the guys in there you could make a TV
:22:50. > :22:54.series out of that. The humour among the guys in there. It was
:22:54. > :23:00.really very interesting, and enlightening. It is an amazing
:23:00. > :23:04.story about an amazing person. Matt says his injury has made him a
:23:04. > :23:11.better person. When I was lying in hospital I thought why me?
:23:11. > :23:18.Eventually, it hit me one day, why not me? It could have happened to
:23:18. > :23:25.anyone and I was lucky I was doing, doing something I enjoy and loved.
:23:25. > :23:31.Well done Matt. In rugby the Leicester Tigers face the French
:23:31. > :23:39.super14 side Leon in a preseason match. On to cricket and the rain
:23:39. > :23:44.interrupted game at Taunton. Derbyshire needed to win their game
:23:44. > :23:49.at Chesterfield against north hapbts but the visitors declared on
:23:49. > :23:53.416 for nine and in Wales it is closer after Leicestershire
:23:53. > :24:00.declared on 309 for seven. Glamorgan are 126 for four, and
:24:00. > :24:04.that is all your sport. Thank you Natalie. Doesn't she read well! My
:24:04. > :24:08.mothers youed to say you're never too young to read and mothers are
:24:09. > :24:12.right. I wish my children would remember that. That is why children
:24:12. > :24:17.across the East Midlands are being encouraged to curl up with a book.
:24:17. > :24:27.Thousands of children are taking part and we went to see some of our
:24:27. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:35.young readers. Here is a novel idea. Take one child, six books, and one
:24:35. > :24:40.summer holiday. The result? An enthusiastic reader with lots of
:24:40. > :24:45.favourite books. Anne Frank. Why is that? Because she had to hide in
:24:45. > :24:50.the attic because the Germans were tried to find her. The magic far
:24:50. > :24:56.away tree. Snow White. Why? Because it has Princess in it. The scheme
:24:56. > :25:01.is part of a national campaign. 12,000 -- 12745 children have taken
:25:01. > :25:06.part in the reading challenge across Leicestershire. 1358
:25:06. > :25:10.children have joined a library, just to take part in the challenge.
:25:10. > :25:15.And six book, that is the number each child has to read to complete
:25:15. > :25:20.the challenge. Schools report there is a summer holiday reading dip and
:25:20. > :25:24.it takes a few weeks to get them back to that level. The challenge
:25:24. > :25:29.keeps them at that level. When they go back to school it is not hard to
:25:29. > :25:34.pick it up again. My children have done it for a few years. It is
:25:34. > :25:41.hoped children here will be off to a flying start as they open a new
:25:41. > :25:51.chapter of their school lives in the next few weeks. They are lovely
:25:51. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:56.aren't they. They are sweet. They are not like our Foghorn Sal.
:25:56. > :26:01.Sunday there is a charity fun run to raise funds for a much-needed
:26:01. > :26:06.brand-new x-ray machine. I will be there to start the race off. So a
:26:06. > :26:12.there to start the race off. So a need a megaphone. We will tell you
:26:12. > :26:14.there may be a chance over the next, the coming days of sightings of the
:26:14. > :26:18.International Space Station, would you believe. You will be able to
:26:18. > :26:23.see it from where you are, in the East Midlands, what you need to do
:26:23. > :26:26.is look to a west to south-westerly direction, at round about six
:26:26. > :26:30.minute past ten tonight. Hopefully the clear skies will stay with us,
:26:30. > :26:35.you will see it crossing from west to east. You will be able to see it
:26:35. > :26:39.with binoculars. If you want to see more check out the NASA website.
:26:39. > :26:43.Let us look at the weather forecast. We can see we have this system that
:26:43. > :26:48.is starting to move in from the west. For us, we are hopeful we are
:26:48. > :26:52.going to stay dry but we are seeing that cloud spreading its way in, as
:26:52. > :26:55.we go through the next few hours. We should hopefully keep hold of
:26:55. > :27:00.clear spells as we go through the evening. They will be few and far
:27:00. > :27:03.between. The sightings maybe a bit shortlived. Generally staying dry
:27:03. > :27:07.in the East Midlands and the temperatures on the humid side. 13C
:27:07. > :27:11.as your minimum temperature. So we start off Saturday morning, on a
:27:11. > :27:14.warmer note compared to the past couple of mornings. Dry and bright
:27:14. > :27:19.to started, the cloud starts to build in and we see this
:27:19. > :27:24.fragmenting front work up from the south. So it turns patchy and light
:27:24. > :27:28.in nature. Any rain we do see into tomorrow evening. The temperatures
:27:28. > :27:33.21C your high. A much better second half to the weekend. Sunday looks