:00:02. > :00:06.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Kylie
:00:06. > :00:13.Pentelow. Our top story tonight:
:00:13. > :00:18.Could BMI fall victim to a dogfight between the world's airline giants?
:00:18. > :00:23.The owner of BA launches a bid for British Midland and its valuable
:00:23. > :00:28.airport landing slots. For BA, this is a master joke, an
:00:28. > :00:32.amazing deal because it entrances their position further -- a master
:00:32. > :00:37.stroke because it entrenches their position.
:00:37. > :00:41.Also, as a family of seven flee a devastating house fire, a man is
:00:41. > :00:45.arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
:00:45. > :00:50.Plus, our jobs really going begging? We reveal the number of
:00:50. > :01:00.vacancies in our region. And connected at last, how a
:01:00. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:05.village was transformed just a week Good evening, welcome to Friday's
:01:05. > :01:10.programme. First this evening, its name is an
:01:10. > :01:14.East Midlands icon. But tonight there are fears it could disappear
:01:14. > :01:18.forever from our skies. British Airways wants to take over
:01:18. > :01:22.loss-making British Midland. If it does, there are fears tonight that
:01:22. > :01:25.dozens or even hundreds of jobs from this region could go.
:01:25. > :01:28.Of course, BMI has been German- controlled for three years, but
:01:28. > :01:38.could it now vanish altogether? Mike O'Sullivan is at BMI's HQ in
:01:38. > :01:41.Castle Donington. Good evening from East Midlands
:01:41. > :01:45.airport. An airport that has been associated with the British Midland
:01:45. > :01:49.group for decades, built by Sir Michael Bishop as a strong,
:01:49. > :01:53.independent band before being sold to the German carrier Lufthansa a
:01:53. > :01:58.few years ago. These days it is losing money but British Airways
:01:58. > :02:04.still wants to buy it. There are concerns for jobs and the future of
:02:04. > :02:10.well-known names like BMI Baby. It calls itself the no-frills
:02:10. > :02:14.airline with tiny fairs. But what BMI Baby really fit into the
:02:14. > :02:20.British Airways family? British Airways admits its primary interest
:02:20. > :02:24.is getting its hands on BMI Baby's sister companies, BMI International
:02:24. > :02:29.and BMI regional. One expert believes a change in ownership
:02:29. > :02:32.could result in job losses here in the East Midlands. BMI employers
:02:32. > :02:38.thousands of people in the East Midlands and indeed across the UK,
:02:38. > :02:43.and what this decision does is throw on certain light on many
:02:43. > :02:47.people's futures. The impressive Donington Hall is the headquarters
:02:47. > :02:54.of BMI, a company that prides itself on a high reputation for
:02:54. > :02:56.quality among business travellers. BMI Baby's offices are based near
:02:56. > :03:01.Midlands Airport -- East Midlands Airport, but with the BMI group
:03:01. > :03:06.making a big loss last year, the current air loan at -- the current
:03:06. > :03:11.owner, Lufthansa, has decided to sell. What British Airways wants
:03:11. > :03:15.his BMI's lucrative slots at Heathrow. We are excited about the
:03:15. > :03:18.prospect it gives for growth in the UK, for expanding the network will
:03:18. > :03:23.operate out of Heathrow and providing critical connectivity to
:03:23. > :03:26.the emerging markets in Asia. Tonight, the British Airways group
:03:26. > :03:31.said it would decide how it would deal with BMI Baby after the
:03:31. > :03:34.takeover, which could be in April next year.
:03:34. > :03:39.Tonight the British Airways group said it was to only to say what
:03:39. > :03:43.effect there would be on jobs but there are concerned. I am joined by
:03:43. > :03:49.Colin Whyat from the GMB union. What is the reaction from workers
:03:49. > :03:55.at the BMI group? It is to shock, in particular at the head office at
:03:55. > :04:00.Donington Hall, where the news came out today. What are the chances of
:04:00. > :04:05.BMI Baby being sold off? You cannot see a full-in sized airline like
:04:05. > :04:10.that being part of a giant like British Airways? At the time being,
:04:10. > :04:16.we are not sure, but we are looking into whatever is going to happen.
:04:16. > :04:19.We want to fight for our members' jobs and we hope BMI Baby will
:04:19. > :04:24.remain in the East Midlands. have concerns about highly skilled
:04:24. > :04:30.workers in the BMI Baby group based at East Midlands airport? On the
:04:30. > :04:33.back of the dreadful news in Derby about Bombardier, there are
:04:33. > :04:37.hundreds of skilled men at the BMI Baby maintenance department who I
:04:37. > :04:41.am sure will be concerned about their jobs as we move forward with
:04:41. > :04:45.this. Thank you very much, Colin Whyat.
:04:45. > :04:50.That I asked Lufthansa whether it had been reviewing BMI for a while
:04:50. > :04:54.before deciding to sell, it said it has. I asked them, had they made a
:04:55. > :04:59.mistake in the first phase in buying the BMI group? That is a
:04:59. > :05:01.question the spokeswoman refused to answer.
:05:01. > :05:04.Thank you. A man has been arrested on
:05:04. > :05:07.suspicion of attempted murder following a house fire. A family of
:05:07. > :05:09.seven, including a newborn baby, had to flee their burning home in
:05:09. > :05:17.the early hours. Neighbours have described how they
:05:17. > :05:21.helped to raise the alarm. From Derby, Simon Hare reports.
:05:21. > :05:27.Sniffing out the clues, fire and police investigators examine
:05:27. > :05:31.material at the scene of a house fire. The family home on Buchan
:05:31. > :05:36.Street in Derby was left gutted. The alarm was raised by neighbours
:05:36. > :05:40.in the early hours of this morning. I was in the House, about to go to
:05:40. > :05:46.bed, and then looked through the window and saw some -- saw smoke
:05:46. > :05:51.coming out from a neighbour's place. I got, they can't be cooking. I ran
:05:51. > :05:55.downstairs, I shouted, fire! Fire! And the neighbours came out. People
:05:55. > :05:59.had left before we arrived and we could not be certain that everybody
:05:59. > :06:03.had escaped, and right through the incident of probably 20 to 30
:06:03. > :06:07.minutes we still thought the tension in there was a person in
:06:07. > :06:11.the Olding. It later emerged the teenage boy had already jumped to
:06:11. > :06:15.safety from an upstairs window, breaking his wrist. I told him not
:06:15. > :06:20.to jump until I got to him, but he saw the fire and smoke and jumped,
:06:20. > :06:25.and then I picked him up off the floor and took him into my house so
:06:25. > :06:29.he was warm. It has been a very serious fire, it has totally booted
:06:29. > :06:33.the living room, the kitchen, and there is extensive heat and smoke
:06:33. > :06:38.damage through the rest of the house. This morning fire
:06:38. > :06:43.investigators brought in dead dog, which can detect traces of
:06:43. > :06:47.flammable liquids. -- brought in their dog. Several items of
:06:47. > :06:52.interest were found and have been taken for further testing. Then
:06:52. > :06:56.police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.
:06:56. > :07:02.Police are appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area
:07:02. > :07:04.last night to get in touch. This is East Midlands Today. Still
:07:04. > :07:07.to come: The lowest rainfall in more than a
:07:07. > :07:17.century. In just six months, you can see
:07:17. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :07:22.just how much our rivers have dried The Greek crisis continues tonight,
:07:22. > :07:27.and the instability around the massively indebted nation is now
:07:27. > :07:30.having a direct impact in the East Midlands.
:07:30. > :07:36.One exporter in the region says the financial turmoil came close to
:07:36. > :07:42.costing him one million euros and it has threatened his business.
:07:42. > :07:48.Here is our political editor, John Hess.
:07:48. > :07:51.I am on the but in sheer and Derbyshire border. Athens is over
:07:51. > :07:57.1,500 miles away -- on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
:07:57. > :08:00.border. But events they have had an impact here. Sid Pepper shows me
:08:00. > :08:06.the power station that his firm was helping to build in Greece until
:08:06. > :08:09.the early stages of the euro crisis gripped Athens. At one stage I was
:08:09. > :08:15.over one million euros outstanding and was so full six months, which
:08:15. > :08:20.was hurtful. His firm, Arrow Max Structures, employees 22 staff in
:08:20. > :08:26.the former Cold -- Coll community where jobs are at a premium.
:08:26. > :08:29.would not have dealt directly with the Greek government, we were
:08:29. > :08:33.walking -- working for an American corporation who preferred to walk
:08:33. > :08:37.away and terminate the contract. The people are difficult to work
:08:37. > :08:41.with, there were violent strikes while I was over there, we used to
:08:41. > :08:45.have the docks going on strike at short notice with no payback for
:08:45. > :08:50.the costs incurred. And there is a warning that the you resent crisis
:08:50. > :08:54.that started in Greece could hit many businesses closer to home. --
:08:54. > :08:59.the eurozone crisis. There will be less demand for British products
:08:59. > :09:04.and services because they will be in a recession, perhaps, and
:09:04. > :09:09.perhaps a long-term a session. there and answered? Things are grim
:09:09. > :09:12.and worrying and I would say to everybody in the East Midlands, be
:09:12. > :09:15.aware you are potentially affected by this and think about what you
:09:16. > :09:21.want to do with your cash and your assets, don't have any money owed
:09:21. > :09:26.to you by Greeks or Italians right now. If today's G20 deal welds at
:09:26. > :09:29.the eurozone together, exporters like Sid Pepper will breathe a sigh
:09:29. > :09:32.of relief tonight. A man has been jailed for the
:09:32. > :09:34.manslaughter of a cricket fan who was attacked in Nottingham city
:09:34. > :09:38.centre. 28-year-old James Hodgkinson was attacked outside
:09:38. > :09:41.Yates's Wine Lodge in the Old Market Square in July. He had
:09:41. > :09:45.travelled from London to watch the Test match between England and
:09:45. > :09:50.India. Today, 19-year-old Jacob Dunne was sent to prison for 30
:09:50. > :09:53.months. An agency which provides care
:09:53. > :09:56.workers has been warned that it is failing to protect the safety and
:09:56. > :09:59.welfare of people it is supposed to be helping. Lifeways Community Care
:09:59. > :10:01.in Oadby, in Leicestershire, has been told to make urgent
:10:01. > :10:09.improvements in relation to the management of medicines and
:10:09. > :10:13.supporting workers, or face further action. The agency says it has
:10:13. > :10:18.reviewed its guidelines and training.
:10:18. > :10:21.More on jobs now. It is often said there just aren't any jobs out
:10:21. > :10:25.there. Well, we have collated the job vacancy figures in our region
:10:25. > :10:31.to see how true that is. In September, there were, in fact,
:10:31. > :10:36.16,310 job vacancies in this region's jobcentres. In Leicester,
:10:36. > :10:38.for example, 2,000 jobs on offer. A similar number in Nottingham. In
:10:38. > :10:48.Derby, threatened with losing the trainmaker Bombardier, jobcentres
:10:48. > :10:54.have 1,257 vacancies. The picture varies elsewhere. In Charnwood, for
:10:54. > :11:00.example, there are 761 vacancies. In the Grantham and Stamford areas,
:11:00. > :11:04.790. But that is not the end of the story. Chris Lawton is from
:11:04. > :11:10.Nottingham Trent University's business school.
:11:10. > :11:15.When times are good, vacancies in the JobCentre are about a third of
:11:15. > :11:22.all vacancies because of the other ways that employers can advertise.
:11:22. > :11:30.It would be reasonable to expect that JobCentre vacancies are now
:11:30. > :11:35.still about a third, but we really don't know.
:11:35. > :11:44.So there could be 50,000 vacancies. Can read say what kind of jobs
:11:44. > :11:46.could be out there? Yes, we can. Here is a chart showing just that.
:11:46. > :11:49.Manufacturing, a traditional East Midlands strength, that only
:11:49. > :11:51.accounts for just under a third of the jobcentre vacancies. The
:11:51. > :11:54.remainder are either skilled trade or service sector jobs, for
:11:54. > :11:59.instance in banks, shops, offices, call centres. But do jobseekers
:11:59. > :12:03.have the right skills? I think vacancies are few and far between,
:12:03. > :12:06.people need to have specific skills for their jobs. It is important
:12:06. > :12:11.that the students coming out have the skills to match the jobs that
:12:11. > :12:16.are out there. One time, we had manufacturing jobs. People were
:12:17. > :12:21.skilled in machinery, printing, that sort of thing. That sort of
:12:21. > :12:26.thing we need more of, really. think there are a lot of over
:12:26. > :12:33.skilled people with qualifications who cannot get the jobs. Some of
:12:33. > :12:36.the jobs out there are basic menial jobs and a lot of people are
:12:36. > :12:40.applying, so it is difficult all round, to be honest.
:12:40. > :12:43.This is the September unemployment figure for our region - 130,700. So
:12:43. > :12:50.clearly there are plenty of people, in theory, who could fill those
:12:50. > :12:54.empty posts. Looking at the vacancies data, the
:12:54. > :12:58.sorts of jobs being advertised as vacant are the kind being
:12:58. > :13:01.advertised for quite some time. They tend to be in the health
:13:01. > :13:05.service, things like care assistants, elsewhere in the
:13:05. > :13:11.services, domestic cleaners or clerical assistants. They tend to
:13:11. > :13:15.be low-skilled but our jobs that require those softer communication,
:13:15. > :13:18.customer service skills that might well be more lacking in people who
:13:18. > :13:24.have been unemployed for quite some time.
:13:24. > :13:27.Lots of unemployed people, but lots of job vacancies, too. Business
:13:27. > :13:30.chiefs have told us in the past people lack skills and sometimes
:13:30. > :13:33.the right work ethic. But the reality seems even more complex
:13:34. > :13:36.than that. A care home worker from
:13:36. > :13:41.Loughborough who was jailed for nine months for abusing two
:13:41. > :13:44.pensioners has had her sentence cut. 38-year-old Dawn Heaney was
:13:44. > :13:53.sentenced at Leicester Crown Court in August after being convicted of
:13:53. > :13:55.two counts of ill treatment of a person lacking mental capacity. The
:13:55. > :13:59.offences happened while she was working at Wymeswold Court, near
:13:59. > :14:09.Loughborough, in 2009. Today, the Court of Appeal cut her jail term
:14:09. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:12.by three months. A man from Derbyshire thought to be
:14:12. > :14:15.the oldest in Britain turned 109 today. Earlier this week, Reverend
:14:15. > :14:19.Reg Dean celebrated his birthday with friends and family, as well as
:14:19. > :14:24.his old choir. Born in 1902, Reg has said he now wants to go on to
:14:24. > :14:28.become the oldest man in the world. Happy birthday, Reg.
:14:28. > :14:33.Next, the lack of rain. Some rivers in the region are getting so low
:14:33. > :14:37.that they have dried up altogether. The Environment Agency is worried
:14:37. > :14:46.there may not even be enough water in some rivers for fish to breed.
:14:46. > :14:52.James Roberson reports. It is ironic that on the day we
:14:52. > :14:58.want to look at dried-up rivers, it is pouring down. But all of that
:14:58. > :15:02.rain still amounts to a puddle in a dried-up river. It is a worry for
:15:02. > :15:07.the Environment Agency's fisheries expect. It should be a raging
:15:07. > :15:11.torrent at this time of year. It should have returned to its normal
:15:11. > :15:16.state and be flowing quite merrily. Simon is familiar with this river.
:15:16. > :15:22.Every year he and his colleagues, using electric loops to stun the
:15:22. > :15:26.fish, move them from this stretch. The river dries off in the summer,
:15:26. > :15:31.so there is no water left on the surface for a short length of river.
:15:31. > :15:35.This year, the removal took place earlier than usual because the
:15:35. > :15:42.spring had been exceptionally dry. This morning, Simon took me for a
:15:42. > :15:48.walk along what should have been a riverbank. There is no current.
:15:48. > :15:52.fact, the river, so full of water and fish in May, is still empty for
:15:52. > :15:56.nearly four kilometres upstream from here. This has been the driest
:15:56. > :16:01.12 months in the Midlands on record. The problem for the fish is that
:16:01. > :16:05.the best areas are in the dry area, so normally the fish would be
:16:05. > :16:09.getting ready to spawn, and if the river does not come back in the
:16:09. > :16:13.next couple of weeks, they will miss out on that. It is a great
:16:13. > :16:17.concern and the impact of felt elsewhere as well as here. We have
:16:17. > :16:22.other rivers that are dry, and it is a problem for all of the
:16:22. > :16:24.wildlife that lives along the river. While the agency is working with
:16:25. > :16:28.farmers and water companies to limit what they take from rivers,
:16:28. > :16:36.it also says we must think of water as an increasingly precious
:16:36. > :16:41.resource for all of us, not just these fish.
:16:41. > :16:45.And a full weather forecast is coming up. As is this: Welcome to
:16:45. > :16:55.the 21st century. Does a week on the internet really
:16:55. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:03.changed life in the country? The village that reckons it does.
:17:03. > :17:07.First tonight, no new manager at Leicester City yet. But we do
:17:07. > :17:10.understand the Thai owners do know who they want now. They have, at
:17:10. > :17:18.least, a number one target. Natalie Jackson guides us through the
:17:18. > :17:22.thinking at the King Power. It is 10 days now since Sven-Goran
:17:22. > :17:26.Eriksson left Leicester City, but there is still no new manager. Why
:17:27. > :17:31.do you think it is taking so long? Probably because they have want to
:17:31. > :17:34.make the right decision. There is so much left in this season, we
:17:34. > :17:38.don't want to make another appointment later on. We want to
:17:38. > :17:43.get into the Premier League, let's make the decision that takes us up
:17:43. > :17:47.Lahm. That man could be Nigel Pearson. My sources are telling me
:17:47. > :17:52.the former Leicester manager is the number-one target. That could
:17:52. > :17:57.explain the delay, because he is in a job at Hull City. I have got no
:17:57. > :18:03.control over what happens anywhere else. Not interested in talking
:18:03. > :18:10.about anything outside of Oz. there has been no contact? Not as
:18:10. > :18:16.far as I am concerned. 10 days ago, Nigel Pearson was 33-1 with the
:18:16. > :18:22.bookies. Tonight, he is eight-13. You cannot get a bet on him. He is
:18:22. > :18:26.a favourite with in the pub. I love my job as a person and a manager.
:18:26. > :18:32.Whether he comes back, that is up to the club to ask and him to
:18:32. > :18:37.decide. I have no views about who is coming. If you love him, though,
:18:37. > :18:43.you would love to see him back? love lots of people! I love my wife,
:18:43. > :18:51.she is not going to be the manager! There are rumours flying about, but
:18:51. > :18:57.I don't know. Whoever it will be, I will find out when I shake his hand.
:18:57. > :19:01.Could Nigel Pearson returned to take over from Sven-Goran Eriksson?
:19:01. > :19:07.Tonight, sources in hole say they are expecting an approach from
:19:07. > :19:09.Leicester. But no deal done yet. We shall wait
:19:09. > :19:12.and see. On to Forest, whose manager Steve
:19:12. > :19:15.Cotterill faces an emotional weekend. He is taking his Reds team
:19:15. > :19:18.to Portsmouth, the club he left just a few weeks ago. Speaking of
:19:18. > :19:22.comebacks, one name that has been missing from the Forest team sheet
:19:22. > :19:25.for almost a year is striker Dexter Blackstock. But all that is about
:19:25. > :19:31.to change. He is back in training after recovering from an horrific
:19:31. > :19:36.injury. Angela has been to see him. It was a tackle that could have
:19:36. > :19:41.ended his career forever. I was not sure exactly where it was, whether
:19:41. > :19:46.it was a broken leg or ligament damage, but I knew it was Serie us.
:19:46. > :19:53.Painful to watch, more painful to bear -- I knew it was serious.
:19:53. > :19:58.car was from surgery to repair the actual ligament. -- this scarf.
:19:58. > :20:04.This one is where they took the hamstring. Then they went on to my
:20:04. > :20:10.other leg. It is amazing what they can give. It has meant an entire
:20:10. > :20:14.year watching from the sideline. always believed I could come back.
:20:14. > :20:22.I believed I could come back stronger and probably fitter and
:20:22. > :20:27.faster than when I left. But it has not always been in easy. With the
:20:27. > :20:31.play-offs, knowing that I could not help the team, that was difficult.
:20:31. > :20:36.He has dedicated himself to his recovery, in the gym four hours
:20:36. > :20:44.every day, amount spent in America for we have, and the work is paying
:20:44. > :20:47.off. -- for rehabilitation. Hopefully I will be up for
:20:47. > :20:51.selection, the sooner I can get back the better, but I will not
:20:51. > :20:56.take unnecessary risk. There have been changes at the top, but their
:20:56. > :21:00.new boss has nothing but praise for how he has handled himself. I have
:21:00. > :21:05.seen him, morning and afternoon, working his socks off and he will
:21:05. > :21:09.get everything he deserves from now on in his like. We hope there is a
:21:09. > :21:14.lot more luck round the corner for him than he has had in the last 12
:21:14. > :21:20.month. For now, he will settle for a return to the game be lowered.
:21:20. > :21:26.see that hard work paying off, to go back on the pitch, to get back
:21:26. > :21:30.out on the pitch in front of the home fans.
:21:30. > :21:33.He really has never stopped supporting his team-mates, as well.
:21:33. > :21:36.Also in action are Derby County. Still suffering their injury woes,
:21:36. > :21:38.they have a trip to Peterborough to contend with. Notts County host
:21:38. > :21:41.League One strugglers Wycombe Wanderers at Meadow Lane.
:21:41. > :21:44.Commentary on all the weekend's games is on your BBC local radio
:21:44. > :21:48.station. If you can't be there, it's the next best thing. And catch
:21:48. > :21:51.the goals here on BBC One over the weekend.
:21:51. > :21:53.In other news, a local twist in cricket's match-fixing saga. Former
:21:53. > :21:56.Leicestershire captain and England wicket-keeper Paul Nixon has
:21:56. > :22:04.claimed he was once offered "millions of pounds" to throw a
:22:04. > :22:08.match in England. Nixon says he was being asked to fix a Leicestershire
:22:08. > :22:11.T20 game. He says he turned the approach down, spoke to the anti-
:22:11. > :22:13.corruption team and went about his work as normal. But the story
:22:13. > :22:18.reveals that the match-fixing problem is probably not limited to
:22:18. > :22:20.the sub-continent. Just up the road from the
:22:20. > :22:22.cricketers, rugby's Leicester Tigers welcome Martin
:22:22. > :22:27.Castrogiovanni and Louis Deacon back for their first Premiership
:22:27. > :22:33.starts of the season. The visitors are London Irish, as Tigers work to
:22:33. > :22:36.catch the clubs who raced away from them during the World Cup.
:22:36. > :22:41.Nottingham are in rugby action, too, away to former Premiership side
:22:41. > :22:43.Leeds on Sunday. Nottingham Panthers go to Cardiff
:22:43. > :22:48.Devils tomorrow night before welcoming Fife Flyers to the Arena
:22:48. > :22:55.on Sunday. Fife have struggled back in the top flight, but have even
:22:55. > :23:00.more history than the Panthers. Eight years of it, to be precise.
:23:00. > :23:05.And it is their first League visit for 15 years. A bit of history
:23:05. > :23:08.being made and we should expect a few Nottingham goals.
:23:08. > :23:11.Finally tonight, a village in Rutland is at the forefront of a
:23:11. > :23:13.rural internet breakthrough. Hambleton, on the shores of Rutland
:23:13. > :23:22.Water, has had a state-of-the-art fibre optic connection installed,
:23:22. > :23:31.which has vastly improved broadband speeds. Paul Bradshaw went along to
:23:31. > :23:36.find out more. The web, famously, his worldwide,
:23:36. > :23:39.but this is Hambleton, standing on a finger of land on Rutland Water.
:23:39. > :23:44.It is an unlikely place for a digital revolution, but that is
:23:44. > :23:48.exactly what is happening here. Because it is fibre, end to end,
:23:48. > :23:52.from where you connect in your house all the way out to the
:23:52. > :23:56.internet, it is much more reliable and predictable and does not fade
:23:56. > :24:01.in the afternoons or when it starts to rain. Despite the government go-
:24:01. > :24:04.ahead to roll out super-fast broadband in Rutland, the locals
:24:04. > :24:09.have found the money for the upgrade themselves, and the
:24:09. > :24:12.landlord at the local pub says it has made a difference to try it.
:24:12. > :24:17.has improved our business significantly. We have businessmen
:24:17. > :24:21.who will stay, they can work on their computers. This is the way it
:24:21. > :24:27.is going now. People who stay away for a couple of nights want to
:24:27. > :24:31.bring their computer to keep in contact with business. The network
:24:31. > :24:39.speed here is 63 megabytes per second, faster than Japan. The
:24:39. > :24:44.locals are thrilled. 60 houses in the village, over 40 have taken the
:24:44. > :24:50.service, 40 people with smiles on their face. I have friends in South
:24:50. > :24:54.America us, so I can be on Skype to them -- in South America. I have
:24:54. > :24:59.relatives in Australia as well. do a bit of work from home so it
:24:59. > :25:05.has made everything a lot easier now. No drop-outs, everything is
:25:05. > :25:10.there straighter weight. beneath this sleepy road in Rutland
:25:10. > :25:17.is a soup of it -- information superhighway helping those off the
:25:17. > :25:22.beaten track get online. Welcome to our world. Junk mail,
:25:22. > :25:32.crashes, viruses! And you are on Twitter as well!
:25:32. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:37.Yes, you can follow me now. I just press the button and hope it
:25:37. > :25:41.works! We have had a damp day across the
:25:41. > :25:46.East Midlands, and the good news is it will turn mainly dry over the
:25:46. > :25:50.weekend, which is good news. Make what you will of this, Steve Adams
:25:50. > :25:54.took this photo of a red sky at night last night over Kimberley in
:25:54. > :26:04.Nottinghamshire. It started raining early on this morning so I would
:26:04. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:11.not put too much stock in what the If we take a closer look, we have
:26:11. > :26:16.this big clump of showers, working their way through. One or two heavy
:26:16. > :26:20.ones, some rumbles of thunder in there, too, but they will fizzle
:26:20. > :26:29.out through the evening. Staying mainly cloudy overnight. If you
:26:29. > :26:33.have a bonfire tonight, it could be fairly damp. As we go into the
:26:33. > :26:39.weekend, there will be sold bob in places, low cloud for the rest of
:26:39. > :26:47.us, but that will break up through the date -- there will be some fog
:26:47. > :26:51.in places. This rain is part of a front working towards us, it might
:26:51. > :26:57.just make it into areas like Rutland, but at the moment the
:26:57. > :27:00.forecast suggests those areas will be staying dry. Into Bonfire Night
:27:00. > :27:05.proper, you can see that is the warm front that has tried to work
:27:05. > :27:10.its way towards us. It fails, as things stand, and hopefully that
:27:10. > :27:14.will be the case as we go through Bonfire Night. If you are setting
:27:14. > :27:19.up a bonfire, check underneath before you like them in case there
:27:19. > :27:23.are any hedgehogs hibernating underneath. Into Sunday, you can
:27:23. > :27:27.see it is staying dry again, a little on the breezy side and
:27:27. > :27:31.cloudier, too, but keeping under this high pressure as we start next
:27:31. > :27:35.week. Behind will block the low for now, anyway.