:00:03. > :00:11.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies. And me, Dominic Heale.
:00:11. > :00:15.Our top story tonight: The dole queue just got longer.
:00:15. > :00:19.11,000 people joined the East Midlands drops unemployment total
:00:20. > :00:24.last month. A gang's Hama raid on a gold shop
:00:24. > :00:30.but the jeweller fought back. got out the shop, they took a few
:00:30. > :00:35.items. On the Alps say it -- outside, I started to smash their
:00:35. > :00:38.car. Copper thieves will be caught after
:00:38. > :00:44.a mile-and-a-half of valuable cable like this was stolen from
:00:44. > :00:54.underground. From Belfast to Brisbane, find out
:00:54. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:01.wind -- why one Nottingham's artist Good evening. Welcome to
:01:01. > :01:05.Wednesday's programme. First tonight unemployment on the rise
:01:05. > :01:10.and more gloom in the housing market. New figures on the economy,
:01:10. > :01:13.published today, show a big rise in the jobless total in this region.
:01:13. > :01:17.The East Midlands alone accounts for nearly 14% of today's rise in
:01:17. > :01:25.the national jobless figures. Our reporter Mike O'Sullivan's in Derby
:01:25. > :01:33.where people facing redundancy have today been looking for new jobs.
:01:33. > :01:38.Good evening. Good evening. Egg Bank has been
:01:38. > :01:42.here for 11 years, and it was a major financial employer moving
:01:42. > :01:46.into Derby but now 650 redundancies are being made at a time when
:01:46. > :01:52.unemployment is rising. Many workers feel they have got the
:01:52. > :01:56.skills that employers want. Recruiting now. A hopeful sign for
:01:56. > :02:02.650 workers that are being made redundant at the Egg Bank in Derby.
:02:02. > :02:11.It follows the takeover of their credit card business by Barclays.
:02:11. > :02:15.Today, a recruitment fair at Pride Park. I would prefer to stay local.
:02:15. > :02:19.I think there are some companies locally I would look for
:02:19. > :02:22.opportunities that are available. You need to make sure you are a
:02:22. > :02:26.competitive and cellular skills and the people here have got a lot of
:02:26. > :02:31.skill. But it is a challenging time to be looking for a job. Figures
:02:31. > :02:36.out today showed unemployment in East Midlands now stands at 186,000.
:02:36. > :02:42.That is an increase of 11,000 on the previous quarter. An
:02:42. > :02:46.unemployment rate of 8%. Around 30 employers turned out at the Egg
:02:46. > :02:55.Bank recruitment fair. 1,000 jobs on offer. One firm came up from
:02:55. > :03:01.Brighton. He we have seen people here complaining about payment
:03:01. > :03:04.insurance. It is worth it for us to see those people. The 650
:03:04. > :03:08.redundancies at Egg Bank mean that some of the customer calls answered
:03:08. > :03:13.that Derby will be handled by Barclay's staff abroad. Some will
:03:13. > :03:19.be answered in the UK, some in India, some in the Philippines. We
:03:19. > :03:24.have a diverse operating model. After November, they -- there will
:03:24. > :03:28.be 550 workers on site, but with the Yorkshire Building Society
:03:28. > :03:33.buying the savings and mortgage business, it is not clear what the
:03:33. > :03:40.long-term future of the site will So, Mike, some gloomy news for the
:03:40. > :03:43.region's housing market tonight. That's right. A survey out today
:03:43. > :03:48.said the economic gloom is impacting on the housing market.
:03:48. > :03:53.This from the asked -- RICS, the property surveyors. It is a measure
:03:53. > :04:01.of how confident they are with the market. The market continues to be
:04:01. > :04:06.subdued. 91% felt it was because of the uncertainty in the economy. 45%
:04:06. > :04:10.more expected prices to fall. I am joined by George coucher from the
:04:10. > :04:15.Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce. What is your
:04:15. > :04:20.reaction today to the rise in unemployment? Obviously, it is not
:04:20. > :04:25.unexpected. We thought it would rise in the autumn, so it has risen
:04:25. > :04:29.stronger than we had hoped. It puts great pressure on the private
:04:29. > :04:34.sector to generate more jobs. would you describe the situation at
:04:34. > :04:40.the minute? Patchy, fat lining? have just come from a meeting at
:04:40. > :04:44.the Chamber of horrors in Derby and employers are optimistic. --
:04:44. > :04:51.Chamber of Commerce. They are concerned about the long-term
:04:51. > :04:54.prospects. Egg Bank is a number of employers in Derby or making job
:04:54. > :04:58.losses. Still to come on the programme:
:04:58. > :05:03.A massive new forest in the heart of the East Midlands. Millions of
:05:03. > :05:13.trees are to be planted on 460 acres of Leicestershire countryside.
:05:13. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:22.Next tonight, dramatic pictures showing how a jewellery shop owner
:05:22. > :05:25.tried to fight off thieves armed with hammers. The four men went
:05:25. > :05:30.into the shop in Leicester at midday yesterday and escaped with
:05:31. > :05:40.around �30,000 of gold. But as Kylie Pentelow reports, it was all
:05:40. > :05:45.caught on CCTV. Kuala the sudden, my wife rushed
:05:45. > :05:50.into the back-office screenings. Seeing these four lads come in with
:05:50. > :05:54.hammers and smashing all of the tulip counters. At the same time, I
:05:54. > :05:58.got something in my hands, a baseball bat and started to use --
:05:58. > :06:02.started to fight with these guys. It is the second time the shop has
:06:02. > :06:06.been targeted and this time the owner did not want to let the
:06:06. > :06:13.thieves escaped. I was a bit more wary and I knew that at the end I
:06:13. > :06:18.had to protect my jury. And eyes get them out. That is what I did.
:06:18. > :06:23.Human instinct. And just started to fight with them. He followed them
:06:23. > :06:28.outside but the men did it away. Police say the increase in these
:06:28. > :06:31.robberies is because of the soaring price of gold. It is something
:06:31. > :06:36.nationally we are seeing an increase in that jewellery is being
:06:36. > :06:38.targeted. It is a worry for the owners of his jaw will restore that
:06:38. > :06:41.their livelihood has been attacked but I would like to reassure
:06:41. > :06:46.everybody in this community we are trying to do everything to tackle
:06:46. > :06:51.the problem. The police warn people that where large amounts of gold
:06:51. > :06:55.not make themselves a target. Now the owner is left with the clean-up
:06:55. > :07:00.but will not let the fear of being attacked again affect his business.
:07:00. > :07:06.Are a scary time and we do get scared, but we do have security in
:07:06. > :07:08.place in our jewellery shop, and it is something we will fight against.
:07:08. > :07:10.The police and electricity companies are warning metal thieves
:07:10. > :07:14.and disreputable scrap dealers that they are employing new technology
:07:14. > :07:24.to catch them. The authorities are seeing an epidemic of cable thefts
:07:24. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:31.as the world price of copper hovers close to an all-time high. More
:07:31. > :07:37.than a mile of heavy cable was stolen more -- before it could be
:07:37. > :07:43.switched on. A whole wind farm was put out of action today.
:07:43. > :07:49.On a windy day, wind turbine is not turning because thieves have stolen
:07:49. > :07:54.cables from this wind farm on all five turbines. This is not the only
:07:54. > :07:57.Nottinghamshire's site thieves have targeted. Today in a
:07:57. > :08:03.Nottinghamshire ward, engineers were putting in a mile of cabled
:08:03. > :08:07.back underground. The original wiring, capable of carrying
:08:07. > :08:13.electricity at 33,000 volts, was stolen in May just before it went
:08:13. > :08:19.live. They dragged it out using a 4x4 or which type equipment. They
:08:19. > :08:23.had six tons of material. The cost us is into several hundreds of
:08:23. > :08:28.thousands of pounds. You can see the valuable metal in the centre of
:08:28. > :08:33.this cable. This piece alone, the copper is worth �20 and the thieves
:08:33. > :08:36.got away with the equivalent of six drums of it which is about 2.4
:08:36. > :08:41.kilometres. Distribution companies go to extensive lengths to protect
:08:41. > :08:45.the cable. This has been sprayed with smart water before it goes
:08:45. > :08:53.underground but it is selected urban sites in the Midland,
:08:53. > :08:57.tripwires have been set up. It also -- spray thieves with Smartwater
:08:57. > :09:02.which can be seen for weeks afterwards. If criminals are
:09:02. > :09:06.cutting metal, their tours, clothing, home will be infected and
:09:06. > :09:10.contaminated with that Smartwater. And they will be identified with
:09:10. > :09:17.the crime scene. Thieves are targeting copper because after
:09:17. > :09:21.dropping in price three years ago, it has ridden -- risen again at.
:09:21. > :09:24.This time, this cable will be guarded until it goes live and the
:09:25. > :09:30.police are working with the wind farm owners to improve their
:09:30. > :09:33.security, too. Police in Australia have charged a
:09:33. > :09:36.man in connection with the death of a Nottinghamshire woman. Sally
:09:36. > :09:42.Brooks, who was 48 and originally from Stapleford, was found with
:09:42. > :09:45.severe head injuries at her home in Melbourne in July. She died in
:09:45. > :09:49.hospital on the day she had been due to return permanently to the
:09:49. > :09:55.East Midlands, along with her three children. Robert Meade has appeared
:09:55. > :09:58.in court in Melbourne charged with her murder.
:09:58. > :10:01.The parents of Madeleine McCann are to take part in the inquiry into
:10:01. > :10:05.the phone hacking scandal. They're among a number of high profile
:10:05. > :10:07.names invited to be what are called "core participants." They'll have
:10:07. > :10:12.the right to make statements and cross examine witnesses in the
:10:13. > :10:16.Leveson Inquiry into press ethics. A man from Nottingham has been
:10:16. > :10:20.scammed out of �300 by a telephone caller claiming to be from the
:10:20. > :10:24.Ministry of Justice. Trevor Richardson says the caller knew his
:10:25. > :10:28.bank details, passwords and even his mother's maiden name. He was
:10:28. > :10:35.told he was entitled to �3,000 in compensation. Police are warning
:10:35. > :10:37.people to check the details of any suspicious callers.
:10:37. > :10:42.Nottinghamshire County Council has announced that six of its
:10:42. > :10:45.residential care homes are to be sold off for just under �2 million.
:10:45. > :10:54.The authority is planning to re- invest the money in care for older
:10:54. > :10:58.people. But, today, UNISON called on the council to scrap the idea.
:10:58. > :11:02.A petition containing two-and-half 1,000 signatures. That wasn't the
:11:02. > :11:06.only opposition to the County Council's plans to sell off its 12
:11:06. > :11:08.care homes. Rival political candidates ditched their
:11:08. > :11:14.differences and turned their fire on the Conservative controlled
:11:14. > :11:19.authority. This is one of the homes. Bramwell. It provides specialist
:11:19. > :11:25.care for up to 22 elderly people. The council's proposing it and five
:11:25. > :11:29.others should be taken over which it says has a fine track record. --
:11:29. > :11:33.taken over by a company. They are rare quality company with a good
:11:34. > :11:38.name with the Quality Care Commission and with our own Vizards,
:11:38. > :11:41.they have excellent quality and they will put further development
:11:41. > :11:45.in and infrastructure into the homes in Nottinghamshire and they
:11:45. > :11:49.shouldn't be worried. Today, the Nottinghamshire branch of Unison
:11:49. > :11:52.called on the council to abandon the proposed sale of the six care
:11:52. > :12:01.homes, saying it would be a bad deal for the residents, their
:12:01. > :12:04.carers and the staff working in homes.
:12:04. > :12:11.England's green and pleasant land is about good greener. The Woodland
:12:11. > :12:14.Trust wants to plant -- plant one million trees. A 460 acre public
:12:14. > :12:19.would in Leicestershire will be the centrepiece which is being created
:12:19. > :12:24.to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee next year.
:12:24. > :12:29.62 trees form the New Grove. Though first is planted by Her Majesty...
:12:29. > :12:33.Tree planting and royalty. The two are firmly linked and in February
:12:33. > :12:39.Princess Anne kicked off the UK's largest-ever native tree planting
:12:39. > :12:44.project. This was to commemorate the Queen's diamond jubilee in 2012.
:12:44. > :12:50.The idea is that 6 million trees will be planted across the UK to
:12:50. > :12:55.create 16 new diamond woods. The Woodland Trust also wanted want to
:12:55. > :13:00.be bigger than all the rest. A flagship. And this is where it will
:13:00. > :13:05.be. In Leicestershire. Near to Ashby de la Zouch. It is near to
:13:05. > :13:09.people, and by Derby, Leicester, lots of population, lots of people
:13:09. > :13:13.can use it. The first thing we need to do is to buy the land so,
:13:13. > :13:18.clearly, before you start planting, there is lots of work to do as an
:13:18. > :13:23.organisation. We need to raise �3.3 million to buy this side. Moderate
:13:23. > :13:27.this land was not always pleasant although it is green. This was an
:13:27. > :13:31.active operational site three years ago which was removing coal and
:13:31. > :13:35.taking it out of the ground. Negotiations have taken place and
:13:35. > :13:41.we hope to be party to this Reddy tremendous project. Some people
:13:41. > :13:48.assume they would will take decades to read properly. Is there? Mare.
:13:48. > :13:51.This Asher's about 10 years old so you can see that people will be
:13:51. > :13:55.walking through a beautiful woodland soon. Sumptuous relations
:13:55. > :14:02.will be short-lived but not the creation of this would. Its impact
:14:02. > :14:05.will be felt for centuries. -- this wood.
:14:05. > :14:08.Workers at British Sugar in Nottinghamshire are to be balloted
:14:08. > :14:11.on strike action. It's part of a dispute over pay. Staff at four UK
:14:11. > :14:17.sites, including the company's factory in Newark, rejected a 3.5%
:14:17. > :14:22.pay offer. Union leaders are calling for a rise of nearly 6%.
:14:22. > :14:24.The ballot by the union Unite will close on October 12th.
:14:25. > :14:29.Managers of the Peak District National Park are to be directly
:14:29. > :14:32.elected by the public. It's one of two areas to try out the elections
:14:32. > :14:37.from next year. The Government's announced the move, calling it part
:14:37. > :14:39.of its 'big society'. At the moment, the Peak District's run by a
:14:39. > :14:45.National Park Authority, made up of appointed members, mainly local
:14:45. > :14:50.councillors. If you ever get burgled, you'll
:14:50. > :14:55.probably want the person who did it to get punished. But, for some,
:14:55. > :14:57.prison is nothing more than a university of crime. Here in the
:14:57. > :15:01.East Midlands, thousands of convicted criminals were caught re-
:15:01. > :15:06.offending last year. So now the government's looking for ways to
:15:06. > :15:08.break that cycle. In the final part of this week's series on Crime and
:15:08. > :15:16.Punishment, our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports
:15:16. > :15:19.from Nottingham Prison. If you'd been the victim of a
:15:19. > :15:24.serious crime, there is a fair chance the person that did it has
:15:24. > :15:29.been locked up here. For some inmates, the prison system isn't
:15:29. > :15:33.revolving door. Look at these reoffending figures in the region.
:15:33. > :15:40.Well over 3,000 criminals committed another offence within three months
:15:40. > :15:45.of being sentenced. That is a reoffending rate of 9%. So, how do
:15:45. > :15:51.you break that cycle? Just up the road in show would, we found a wide
:15:51. > :15:55.range of views. Don't make it so easy inside prisons. You can
:15:55. > :16:00.inflict ever more severe penalties costing the taxpayer more and more
:16:00. > :16:04.but it doesn't work. I think it is linked to poverty and deprivation.
:16:04. > :16:11.They commit a crime, they are in prison, out in six weeks and going
:16:11. > :16:15.to do it again. As a barrister, this woman has seen this first hand.
:16:15. > :16:19.She used to represent criminals but now she is a local MP. I had a
:16:19. > :16:22.number of clients that I had a lot of time for. They had terrible drug
:16:22. > :16:27.addictions and they had to have a radical change of their morality,
:16:27. > :16:31.approach to live, how they live, get up in the morning, attend
:16:31. > :16:34.appointments, how they want to work etc. Ken Clarke's the
:16:34. > :16:39.Nottinghamshire MP in charge of the justice system and now he is
:16:39. > :16:43.planning radical reforms, among the new Troke recovery wings in several
:16:43. > :16:46.prisons, meaningful work for criminals in jail and payment by
:16:46. > :16:50.results for independent providers that stop criminals reoffending.
:16:50. > :16:54.There are plans that a controversial. These can be very
:16:54. > :16:58.damaging because it is likely to reduce professional standards in
:16:58. > :17:05.terms of how these community penalties are delivered. If they
:17:05. > :17:10.are delivered by private companies seeking profits. That is going to
:17:10. > :17:13.lead to more reoffending and more victimisation in the community.
:17:13. > :17:18.This Nottingham MP thinks tackling the cycle of crime needs much more
:17:18. > :17:21.long-term solutions. Graham Allen's idea has caught early and event
:17:21. > :17:25.from. The best way to stop reoffending is to raise kids and
:17:25. > :17:28.the right way, give them the right values, a purpose in life. You can
:17:28. > :17:31.spend billions of pounds when things have gone wrong and when
:17:31. > :17:35.they are deep-rooted with drink and drug abuse and all those other
:17:35. > :17:39.things. Why not spend a few pounds early on to stop those things from
:17:39. > :17:43.happening in the first place? Reoffending is an age-old problem
:17:44. > :17:46.and the one thing everyone agrees on is there are no easy solutions.
:17:46. > :17:51.Still to come on the programme: The Nottingham artist who's
:17:51. > :17:56.changing the skyline of cities around the world. He's the
:17:56. > :18:06.curiously named Wolfgang Buttress. His sculptures are rather eye-
:18:06. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:15.Talking of eye-catching... We know what is coming. Here is the
:18:15. > :18:18.sport. First, Derby County manager Nigel
:18:18. > :18:23.Clough told us today emotions won't come in to it when deciding whether
:18:23. > :18:25.or not to play Nathan Tyson at the City Ground on Saturday. Tyson
:18:25. > :18:30.controversially left Nottingham Forest for bitter rivals Derby
:18:30. > :18:34.County in the summer. He's been injured for the last six weeks so,
:18:34. > :18:38.ironically, he could make his debut against his old team. Tyson will
:18:38. > :18:40.always be remembered for his flag waving antics while at Forest in a
:18:40. > :18:50.grudge match against Derby, and Clough is well aware Tyson possible
:18:50. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:55.debut is what many fans are talking about.
:18:55. > :19:00.I think Derby fans will want know if he is going to make his first
:19:00. > :19:04.start for us and the Forest fans might be thinking up songs for him.
:19:04. > :19:09.He has only played an hour behind closed doors at Leicester on
:19:09. > :19:18.Tuesday afternoon. He has had 1.5 training sessions as well so we
:19:18. > :19:21.will see how he goes and we will make it is session on Friday. --
:19:21. > :19:24.make a decision on Friday. At Leicester City, Yann
:19:24. > :19:27.Kermorgant's contract has been cancelled and he has left the club.
:19:27. > :19:30.Kermogant came to prominence when he missed this penalty in a crucial
:19:30. > :19:33.play-off game for Leicester two seasons ago. Former Foxes coach
:19:33. > :19:36.Chris Powell is now manager at Charlton Athletic and he has signed
:19:36. > :19:39.the striker on a two-year deal. In League One, Notts County moved
:19:39. > :19:42.to joint sixth in the table last night after winning a point at
:19:42. > :19:49.Exeter. The real Magpies were playing at real St James Park! Mark
:19:49. > :19:55.Shardlow reports. Last week at Turin, last night
:19:55. > :19:58.Exeter. A crazy week included with a -- concluded with a crazy goal,
:19:58. > :20:03.an own goal. With just eight minutes gone, a mistake from the
:20:03. > :20:10.left back was not what they needed. They were playing well and there
:20:10. > :20:17.was a welcome equaliser. County, in the blue, or dominating. Geoff
:20:17. > :20:21.Hughes came close. And he was again in a good position. He went down,
:20:21. > :20:27.but claims for a penalty were waved away. In the second half, the
:20:27. > :20:33.goalkeeper made a decent save from a free-kick and then Exeter's
:20:33. > :20:40.striker stumbled with a goal. So, just like with trim, it finished 1-
:20:40. > :20:43.1. -- just like in Turin. Rugby now, and Nottingham are
:20:43. > :20:46.hoping regular Friday night rugby will be the key to their success
:20:46. > :20:50.this season. They take on Esher at Meadow Lane on Friday looking to
:20:50. > :20:53.boost their attendance. Jeremy Nicholas reports.
:20:53. > :20:57.The club are based at Lady Bay, playing home games over the river
:20:57. > :21:01.at Meadow Lane. They did not get on with the previous owners of the
:21:01. > :21:06.Football Club but they became part of Notts County plc last year and
:21:06. > :21:11.now the future is looking good, if they could get bigger crowds.
:21:11. > :21:14.target is two and a half 1,000 and we are averaging about 1,800 and
:21:14. > :21:19.beyond, but the crowds are improving. We would like more
:21:19. > :21:22.people to come because what we do, we believe, is worth seeing.
:21:22. > :21:26.Playing on a Friday night they hope will bring large attendances,
:21:26. > :21:31.targeting people that want to stop the weekend and a. They can come
:21:31. > :21:35.after work, have a beer, some more wine, spend a few hours and go home
:21:35. > :21:39.and still have the weekend. If you have had a hard week, there is
:21:39. > :21:42.nothing better than watching a physic contested game of rugby and
:21:42. > :21:47.have a pint. After training, they meet up with their footballing
:21:47. > :21:53.neighbours. While imagining the rugby guys eat more than the
:21:53. > :21:57.footballers. We try. We tried to eat their food. But we stay over
:21:58. > :22:03.each other's sides. One win this season. Nottingham hungry for
:22:03. > :22:11.success. The season started with defeat with Bedford in a tightly
:22:11. > :22:15.fought game. They lost 28-26, but then won 20-10 at Moseley. It
:22:15. > :22:23.looked like an uphill struggle, but that might be the camera and goal.
:22:24. > :22:26.It is not a bad start. The home game should be much easier.
:22:26. > :22:29.In cricket, Nottinghamshire's Graeme Swann will captain England
:22:29. > :22:33.for the first time. It was announced this morning that he's
:22:33. > :22:36.been put in charge of the Twenty20 team for the series with the West
:22:36. > :22:41.Indies. His Notts colleagues Alex Hales and Samit Patel are also in
:22:41. > :22:44.the squad. Well, in the County Championship
:22:44. > :22:48.today, Nottinghamshire's season is drawing to a close. In Division Two,
:22:48. > :22:50.Derbyshire were well beaten by Surrey at the Oval to bring to an
:22:50. > :23:00.end their season. Whilst Leicestershire's miserable year in
:23:00. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:03.the Championship ended with a win at Grace Road against Middlesex.
:23:03. > :23:06.That is all the sport from me tonight.
:23:06. > :23:10.From Brisbane to Belfast, a Nottingham artist's rather larger
:23:10. > :23:13.than life sculptures are attracting global attention. Looming as high
:23:13. > :23:18.as 120 feet, Wolfgang Buttress's works form a distinct part of the
:23:18. > :23:26.landscape. This week, one of them will be unveiled in Northern
:23:26. > :23:30.Ireland. We sent Geeta Pendse to see him at work.
:23:30. > :23:35.His first sculpture were created in this garage but 20 years on and art
:23:35. > :23:40.is mac's work on a much bigger scale. In Nottingham, his mammoth
:23:40. > :23:49.sculptures are pieced together. This one will eventually end up in
:23:49. > :23:53.Brisbane, at the Grand Hyatt of 75 feet. -- big height of 75 feet.
:23:53. > :23:57.did on the computer, and you have the sense of the scale, but it
:23:57. > :24:02.isn't until you start making it you think, oh, my goodness. What have I
:24:02. > :24:07.done? This week, his mistress and sculpture will be unveiled in
:24:07. > :24:11.Belfast. It took three years to create. It straddles the two
:24:11. > :24:16.communities. The Protestants and Catholics. So what I wanted to do
:24:16. > :24:22.for that sculpture was so that it would be seen around, so it
:24:22. > :24:25.wouldn't turn its back on any community. It is the scale of his
:24:25. > :24:30.projects that are quite mind- blowing. For the sculpture, there
:24:30. > :24:33.are currently seven people working in Nottingham, then shipped over to
:24:33. > :24:40.Australia in three pieces and welded over there, and, eventually
:24:40. > :24:44.placed in a park, and all that would have taken two years. Venus
:24:44. > :24:48.rising will be placed in an area once used for worship by Aborigines,
:24:48. > :24:57.linking the ground with the heavens. Wolfgang Buttress hopes his work
:24:57. > :25:03.will echo that tant he wants the public to walk inside did. It is
:25:03. > :25:07.nice. It is good to do things in Nottingham. And then in four
:25:07. > :25:12.months's time to think this will be the other side of the world. It is
:25:12. > :25:18.crazy. He says he often feels like a big hit with a giant Meccano set.
:25:18. > :25:21.Though it should be a giant set -- giant Challenge round the corner
:25:21. > :25:26.soon. And they look different up close,
:25:26. > :25:36.don't they? Beautiful. We will go from Venus to
:25:36. > :25:36.
:25:37. > :25:40.Yes, you could see it last night. It is the brightest star and quite
:25:40. > :25:45.prominent. We have got a bit of cloud at the
:25:45. > :25:50.moment, but yesterday we mentioned on Twitter that we had a rainbow
:25:50. > :25:55.over the BBC building. David Cross managed to capture a double rainbow
:25:55. > :25:59.so please keep your pictures coming in. We always look forward to
:25:59. > :26:04.seeing your weather related pictures. We have got a small
:26:04. > :26:08.amount of cloud sitting over us. There is a small and weak weather
:26:08. > :26:11.front working over us which fizzles out as the night goes on, leaving a
:26:11. > :26:16.very small amount of cloud across the South of the region but the
:26:16. > :26:23.further North you are across those clear skies, it will turn chilly.
:26:23. > :26:28.We are down to single figures. In rural areas, it could go down to
:26:28. > :26:32.about four or 5. This will give us a cold start tomorrow morning. A
:26:32. > :26:38.bit of a September morning in store for Thursday, but it'll be a dry
:26:38. > :26:42.and bright start. The day not doing badly at all with some small cloud
:26:42. > :26:45.developing and daytime temperatures reaching a maximum of 19. The winds
:26:45. > :26:50.as well very light because the high pressure is virtually sitting over
:26:50. > :26:55.the top of us. It will be quite transient and doesn't stay around
:26:55. > :26:59.long. It moves away on Friday, allowing this weather front to come
:26:59. > :27:03.in from the West. We have a few showers into the afternoon on
:27:03. > :27:09.Friday and Saturday, too, a deep area of low pressure cuts across
:27:09. > :27:14.the country although the winds are not on this chart, they will
:27:14. > :27:18.strengthen. Although it eases on Sunday, it is a blustery day with a
:27:18. > :27:21.chance of a few thunderstorms. If you would like one of the
:27:22. > :27:25.weather team to visit your school, get in touch. We'll bring a mini
:27:25. > :27:34.weather studio, show the pupils how we forecast the weather and each of