:00:07. > :00:10.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:10. > :00:19.Our top story tonight: the Government's under fire over the
:00:19. > :00:23.death of a serviceman in Afghanistan.
:00:23. > :00:31.For family accused the MoD of catastrophic failures. -- the
:00:31. > :00:38.family. We hope the lessons learnt will be taken up and used to
:00:38. > :00:44.advantage to savour their lives. Also tonight: a Nordic nightmare.
:00:44. > :00:48.They couple's dream of a new life in Norway lies in ruins. Suicidal,
:00:48. > :00:53.really. The whole thing has completely ruined our lives.
:00:53. > :00:57.Plus, attacked in class but did the punch that almost Kilcullen
:00:57. > :01:07.actually saved his life? And join me for a live rocket
:01:07. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:17.Good evening. Welcome to Wednesday's programme. First
:01:17. > :01:22.tonight, a grieving mother has said there is a catastrophic failure by
:01:22. > :01:25.the Government to meet the requirements of our troops. Teresa
:01:25. > :01:29.Woods was speaking after the inquest into the death of her son
:01:29. > :01:33.Corporal Marcin Wojtak, from Leicestershire.
:01:33. > :01:38.He died in Afghanistan in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan.
:01:38. > :01:41.The coroner ruled he had been unlawfully killed by insurgents.
:01:41. > :01:48.Our reporter has been following the inquest and joins us now from
:01:48. > :01:52.Loughborough. Good evening. The coroner said that
:01:52. > :01:57.his death was a tragic event. He died having been in Afghanistan for
:01:57. > :02:02.just over two weeks. He was killed by a roadside bomb. It has been a
:02:02. > :02:08.complicated inquest, agonising for the family, his mother sobbed as
:02:08. > :02:11.the verdict was delivered. His wing commander described him as
:02:11. > :02:15.an amazing human being. It was an honour to be his commanding officer,
:02:15. > :02:23.he said. Throughout the inquest, his colleagues have paid tribute to
:02:23. > :02:32.him. The questions were answered. He died in October 2009. He was on
:02:32. > :02:36.a routine patrol. His vehicle hit a roadside bomb. This is one of the
:02:36. > :02:40.lightly armoured vehicles. Questions have been raised as to
:02:40. > :02:45.its suitability. The vehicles were withdrawn six months after he died.
:02:45. > :02:48.He used to joke that they were like a coffin on wheels. He and his
:02:48. > :02:56.colleagues had been waiting for these two vehicles, mastiffs,
:02:56. > :02:59.heavily protected vehicles weighing 28 tonnes. To date, they have been
:02:59. > :03:03.208 strikes on a master finds no one has been killed. During the
:03:03. > :03:08.inquest, it emerged that he would probably have survived if he had
:03:08. > :03:11.been in a massive but supply lines were haphazard and no one knew for
:03:11. > :03:17.certain when they would arrive. They did arrive 48 hours after he
:03:18. > :03:22.died. After the verdict, his family spoke outside court. It is not
:03:22. > :03:27.surprising that so one met their deaths in effect off. This vehicle
:03:27. > :03:32.was no longer suitable to deal with the increased threat of Afghanistan
:03:32. > :03:36.and that was abolished as well today. I feel there has been a
:03:36. > :03:44.catastrophic failure by the Government to meet the requirements
:03:44. > :03:51.for our troops. Our family is heartbroken in losing him. It's a
:03:51. > :03:56.loss from which we will never recover. He was a kind and loving
:03:56. > :04:02.Gentleman and a gentle man who has paid the ultimate price for our
:04:02. > :04:08.freedom. And we will really, truly this and for ever. He did not die
:04:08. > :04:14.in vain. He was a brave young man and roast all the challenges placed
:04:14. > :04:17.before him. His early talent had been recognised with the award of
:04:17. > :04:25.acting corporal Reich. His girl friend said he had bright plans for
:04:25. > :04:28.the future. We were in the process of buying a house, we had discussed
:04:28. > :04:34.Weddings and what we wanted. He would leave hence for engagement
:04:34. > :04:44.rings around the house! We all knew it was coming. We just needed the
:04:44. > :04:44.
:04:45. > :04:48.time. These are the last lone -- last known photographs, taking --
:04:48. > :04:52.taken in the vehicle in which he died.
:04:52. > :04:55.The coroner is going to write to the MoD, asking for confirmation
:04:55. > :05:00.that the vehicles have been withdrawn in certain areas. Outside
:05:00. > :05:03.court this afternoon, his mother accused the RAF of closing ranks,
:05:03. > :05:10.as evidence given today said that Master Oats, the vehicles which
:05:10. > :05:17.could have saved him, were available a week after he died. --
:05:17. > :05:22.Mastiffs. We will leave it there but thank
:05:22. > :05:25.you. Next tonight, a young teenager left
:05:25. > :05:28.fighting for his life after being assaulted by a classmate is back at
:05:28. > :05:33.school. Callum Massey was knocked unconscious and spent three weeks
:05:33. > :05:36.in hospital. Callum's life was saved by the
:05:36. > :05:39.quick action of specially trained school staff and bizarrely the
:05:39. > :05:45.punch that almost killed him could well have actually saved his life.
:05:45. > :05:51.It uncovered a serious heart condition.
:05:51. > :05:56.Happy to be back in the classroom at last. It is exciting because I
:05:56. > :06:01.can see my friends and by teachers. Cullen is 13 and has Asperger's.
:06:01. > :06:06.Last September, he was punched in their head by another schoolboy in
:06:06. > :06:11.the classroom. Luckily, the Academy principle is keen on first aid
:06:11. > :06:16.training for staff. It was the worst nightmare you could ever
:06:16. > :06:21.imagine and I'm thankful that Dr Edwards has -- had the notion to
:06:21. > :06:27.send his staff on Thursday it because it literally saves lives.
:06:27. > :06:30.Without Eddie, my son would not be here. It was a surreal moment. The
:06:30. > :06:35.child was in front of me, unconscious, not breathing and
:06:35. > :06:41.dying. I had to make a decision on what I was going to do next. Are
:06:41. > :06:45.sent him... In hospital, doctors discovered that he had a
:06:45. > :06:49.potentially life-threatening heart condition. It was previously
:06:49. > :06:53.undetected. The people who hate him is not at the Academy any more but
:06:53. > :06:57.he has not been charged with a crime. Because of the circumstances
:06:57. > :07:00.and because of the boys' ages, Nottinghamshire police tried a new
:07:00. > :07:04.approach. It is called restorative justice to what they did was work
:07:04. > :07:09.closely with both the boys' families so the boy who hit Callum
:07:09. > :07:15.is fully aware that what he did was wrong in the heat of the moment. He
:07:15. > :07:19.can now move forward without a criminal record. He has suffered
:07:19. > :07:23.enough. It has not just affected our family, it has affected his
:07:23. > :07:28.family as well. I think he has learnt from his mistakes. Lessons
:07:28. > :07:38.have been learnt all round. Now all Callum wants to do is to carry on
:07:38. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:46.with his lessons at the school he enjoys.
:07:46. > :07:55.Coming up on the programme: higher, lower. Sally takes a look at our
:07:55. > :08:05.see-sawing winter weather. The ice on that this lake has
:08:05. > :08:05.
:08:05. > :08:10.melted but will this mild spell Unemployment in the East Midlands
:08:10. > :08:18.is rising again. That's after months of bucking the national
:08:18. > :08:27.trend. The latest quarterly figures reveal that the jobless total
:08:27. > :08:32.increased by 7,000 to 190,000. That's an unemployment rate of 8.3%,
:08:32. > :08:34.still slightly lower than the national average.
:08:34. > :08:36.Let's find out more from Westminster and our Political
:08:36. > :08:39.Editor. Recent sets of quarterly figures
:08:39. > :08:42.for unemployment in the East Midlands may have given a false
:08:42. > :08:46.sense of security. Last year, and employers in the West Midlands
:08:46. > :08:54.started to increase but in the East Midlands, it looks like we were
:08:54. > :08:56.able to ride the economic downturn. That is not the case today. The
:08:56. > :09:02.regional TUC says the East Midlands figures are, truly depressing and
:09:03. > :09:07.worse than expected. It's certainly not the start to 2012 that
:09:07. > :09:09.coalition ministers would have wanted. So I asked the employment
:09:09. > :09:12.minister Chris Grayling why he thought finding jobs in the East
:09:12. > :09:15.Midlands was getting more difficult. The East Midlands has faced
:09:15. > :09:21.particular challenges. It has depended upon manufacturing in the
:09:21. > :09:26.past. We want to see business growth encouraged through changes
:09:26. > :09:29.to red tape and regulation, through targeted financial support. We went
:09:29. > :09:36.to see that to come -- come together so that prisoners can grow
:09:36. > :09:40.and develop. Isn't there a real danger that the push will get young
:09:40. > :09:44.people and student into work but for people over 50, they will end
:09:44. > :09:50.up on the unemployment scrapheap? We have specific measures targeting
:09:50. > :09:54.young people but we have first-rate support for those who are over 50.
:09:55. > :09:57.The work programme is offering specialist support to those
:09:57. > :10:00.jobseeker's from specialist organisations to what only paid
:10:00. > :10:04.when they are successful at getting somebody in to work and helping
:10:05. > :10:08.them stay there. Alongside that, we have schemes like the new
:10:08. > :10:11.enterprise allowance to help people move from employment into self-
:10:11. > :10:15.employment. They are particularly relevant to older people with
:10:15. > :10:18.experience that can be taken into building them and this has.
:10:18. > :10:22.While the headlines in the papers tomorrow will once again focus on
:10:22. > :10:26.the problems of young people trying to get work, the figures in the
:10:26. > :10:29.East Midlands, when you drill down, reveal that for the over-fifties,
:10:29. > :10:37.there are now getting on for one third of that age group who won a
:10:37. > :10:42.finding it difficult to get work. As we've heard, many older workers
:10:42. > :10:45.say finding another job is extremely difficult. It's an issue
:10:45. > :10:51.we've been looking at this week on East Midlands Today, focusing on
:10:51. > :10:54.the reality of being over 50 and out of work.
:10:54. > :10:57.Today Sarah Teale, in the third of her special reports, has been to
:10:58. > :11:02.one company which says it wants to employ more older staff because of
:11:02. > :11:07.the many benefits they bring to the firm.
:11:07. > :11:11.Trevor knows just how hard it can be finding a job in that your 50s.
:11:11. > :11:16.The 57 year-old wanted to leave the late nights of the sales industry
:11:16. > :11:20.behind him but he had to spend two years hunting for a different job.
:11:20. > :11:24.In the for market place, it is not easy for so one of my age because
:11:24. > :11:28.you are competing with people of younger years. Would you do speak
:11:28. > :11:34.to employers, they may be thinking of the longer term but also
:11:34. > :11:38.thinking about you being past it. Eventually, Trevor got a job here,
:11:39. > :11:42.domestic and General in at Nottingham. You can show that you
:11:42. > :11:47.are worthwhile and bring your experience to the job, rather than
:11:47. > :11:51.your youth and inexperience. Call centres traditionally employ large
:11:51. > :11:57.numbers of younger workers and they have a high staff turnover. But
:11:57. > :12:03.here, the company tries to recruit and retain older workers, who they
:12:03. > :12:09.say bring experience, loyalty and reliability. The company says it
:12:09. > :12:12.recognises the value that mature workers can bring and not just that,
:12:12. > :12:19.they firmly believe that older members of staff have a positive
:12:19. > :12:22.influence on the younger people who work here as well. A also, older
:12:22. > :12:25.workers and the younger workers make a great team the balance.
:12:25. > :12:30.older workers often so that working with younger people queued for the
:12:30. > :12:34.young. Older workers obviously have greater loyalty to the company. You
:12:34. > :12:39.tend to find that sickness absence is often lower and they will stay
:12:39. > :12:47.with us longer as well which is great. A positive message which are
:12:47. > :12:50.older workers hope more firms will heed.
:12:50. > :12:54.A new multi-million pound project led by Leicester University aims to
:12:54. > :12:59.use space technology to help ease road congestion. The scheme began
:12:59. > :13:05.at the National Space Centre today. The plan is to develop new traffic
:13:05. > :13:11.management systems which could cut pollution and increase road safety.
:13:11. > :13:13.The �2.4 million project will be funded by the European Commission.
:13:13. > :13:17.Nottinghamshire police are hunting for an armed robber who's targetted
:13:17. > :13:20.shops and old people's homes. The attacks happened in West Bridgford
:13:20. > :13:25.and Edwalton. Police are warning people to be on the lookout for the
:13:25. > :13:31.man who was filmed on CCTV. He's been seen with a knife and a gun.
:13:31. > :13:34.At the weekend he targeted two care homes.
:13:34. > :13:38.A couple say they've been driven to despair, after their dream of a new
:13:38. > :13:41.life in Norway was shattered. Paul and Andrea Hodgkinson sold
:13:41. > :13:50.everything they owned in Derbyshire, to embrace a new life in rural
:13:50. > :13:53.Norway. But they say the government there has tried to drive them out.
:13:53. > :14:00.The idyllic Norwegian home they bought may be forcibly sold and
:14:00. > :14:07.they're facing living in a tent back in Derbyshire.
:14:07. > :14:12.We first met Paul and Andrea in the 1990s, had their horse blogging
:14:12. > :14:18.business. They had long dreamt of owning their own farm and in 2006
:14:18. > :14:24.Sport this apparently idyllic property in Norway. -- Court. Even
:14:24. > :14:30.in winter, it looked beautiful. This winter, the couple are back on
:14:30. > :14:34.the only piece of land they have left in Derbyshire. The Norwegian
:14:34. > :14:39.government department say their farm in no way is being forcibly
:14:39. > :14:43.sold. There are not telling us how nor what happens of possessions.
:14:43. > :14:49.Removed personal and business items over there, never expecting the
:14:49. > :14:52.saga like this. A the couple had hoped to run a B&B and logging
:14:52. > :14:56.business from the farm that a long running dispute with the Ministry
:14:56. > :15:00.of Transport said that -- meant they couldn't move in. Now they say
:15:00. > :15:07.that because they have not lived in, they must go. Then they have to
:15:07. > :15:12.live on this land in a tent. But as a wood burner. It is not really
:15:12. > :15:16.suitable as somewhere to live. Hodgkinson's have started a paper
:15:16. > :15:19.and online petition but with no money, they cannot mount a legal
:15:19. > :15:22.challenge to the Norwegian government. It should not have got
:15:22. > :15:29.the stage and they don't seem to respect the fact that we are
:15:29. > :15:34.fighting it by ourselves. Over a number of years, it has been very
:15:34. > :15:37.stressful and is a big worry. Suicidal, really. The whole thing
:15:37. > :15:46.has completely ruined our lives. This is a government that gives out
:15:46. > :15:49.the Nobel Peace Prize. I think it is a disgrace.
:15:49. > :15:51.A spokeswoman for the Norwegian Agricultural Authority said she
:15:51. > :15:54.understood the Hodgkinsons had been warned several times that under
:15:54. > :16:04.Norwegian law they must live at the farm permanently to keep it. Since
:16:04. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:09.they haven't, the law stipulates the farm must be sold.
:16:09. > :16:17.A new centre is to be built for patients from the East Midlands who
:16:17. > :16:19.have a chronic, debilitating, life limiting condition.
:16:19. > :16:21.The Nottingham hospitals charity has begun a �2.1 million
:16:21. > :16:24.fundraising campaign towards the development which aims to provide a
:16:24. > :16:29.homely place for patients with cystic fibrosis.
:16:29. > :16:35.Stewart says he dreads hospital but with cystic fibrosis, is a fact of
:16:35. > :16:39.life. At Nottingham City hospital, patients are put on a generous
:16:39. > :16:46.spirit reward. It is not ideal. These patients have a different set
:16:46. > :16:49.of new routes -- set of needs and the nurses are torn in terms of
:16:49. > :16:54.where they direct their care. Cystic fibrosis affects around 9000
:16:54. > :16:58.people in the UK. It affects the glance that produce body fluids. It
:16:58. > :17:04.hinders the functions of organs like the lungs. Average life
:17:04. > :17:09.expectancy is 36 years. This is the dream, a perfect -- purpose-built
:17:09. > :17:12.centre in the East Midlands. The NHS is putting in �4.5 million. A
:17:12. > :17:18.fund-raising appeal has been started to get the rest. Building
:17:18. > :17:22.should start here later this year. By the way, the parking will be
:17:22. > :17:26.replaced by new spaces created near by. When I heard the news, it was
:17:26. > :17:32.amazing. I have been coming to this hospital since I was three years
:17:32. > :17:38.old. Stewart has never met a never adult cystic fibrosis patients.
:17:38. > :17:41.They are kept apart because of the risk of passing on infections. In
:17:41. > :17:46.the UK is, they are hoping people will be able to talk to each other
:17:46. > :17:52.using video conferencing. At the minute, a there are social networks.
:17:52. > :17:58.There's only so much you can do. The aim to make hospital with the
:17:58. > :18:06.extras feel more like home. It's expected to generate millions
:18:06. > :18:09.of pounds of business with people attending from all over the world.
:18:09. > :18:12.The Agricultural Machinery Show at Newark Showground is the country's
:18:12. > :18:16.largest fair of its kind. But this year, the emphasis has
:18:16. > :18:21.been security. From a combine harvesters to muck
:18:21. > :18:25.spreaders, everything you might need on a farm on the -- at this
:18:25. > :18:28.event. Over two days, thousands of people are expected to visit but
:18:28. > :18:33.attention this time round was turned to ways in which farmers can
:18:33. > :18:37.protect their property. Last year, there was a 61 % rise in
:18:37. > :18:40.agricultural crime in the East Midlands, costing the region near
:18:41. > :18:46.the �10 million. But the forefront of everyone's minds is security.
:18:47. > :18:55.Much of the machinery you see here is usually expensive. Combine Farm
:18:55. > :19:00.vistas of �350,000. -- combine harvesters. Regrettably, rural
:19:00. > :19:04.crime is on the increase because fields and farms are large and
:19:05. > :19:10.difficult to Secure. Many farmers here know only too well what it is
:19:10. > :19:15.like to be targeted by thieves. had a trailer pinched last year, a
:19:15. > :19:19.plant trailer. That was 10 grounds with. Somebody came with a tractor
:19:19. > :19:24.and took it away. Kit with �1 billion is stolen every week in the
:19:24. > :19:34.UK. Security companies are coming up with new techniques to deal with
:19:34. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:40.a problem. -- kit worth �1 million. The way our scheme works is by
:19:40. > :19:43.using technology to give our sector, each piece of equipment, a unique
:19:43. > :19:53.and indelible identity which renders it relatively useless to
:19:53. > :19:57.the fees. They cannot shifted on. - - shift it on. To a security is
:19:58. > :20:07.more important than ever to farmers. It is hoped that this will put them
:20:07. > :20:17.back in control of their livelihoods.
:20:17. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:24.Good evening. For Leicester City, it's a taste of what's possible.
:20:24. > :20:27.For Nottingham Forest, the question is where do they go from here?
:20:27. > :20:30.Leicester had a convincing 4-0 win over Forest in the FA Cup replay
:20:30. > :20:35.last night. But for all Leicester's domination, Forest can still ask
:20:35. > :20:39.what might have been after a miss as bad as many people have seen.
:20:39. > :20:43.Thanks to these two, it was goalless in the original tie but it
:20:43. > :20:49.did not stay that way for long last night. The tempo was fast from the
:20:49. > :20:55.start and his cross was turned into the net. Six minutes gone, 1-0
:20:55. > :21:02.Leicester. Forrester are having a torrid time. They were hanging on.
:21:02. > :21:06.-- Forest. When they did break, they had chances. Two yards out,
:21:06. > :21:10.what was he thinking? Finally, Leicester turned their domination
:21:10. > :21:17.into a bigger league. A swift move from defence and at last, a goal
:21:17. > :21:22.for Jermaine Beckford. Forest still managed to conjure up a chance but
:21:22. > :21:27.Leicester looked more likely to score and they did. It was Beckford
:21:27. > :21:34.again. This was a performance to warm up the fans on an Alice cold
:21:34. > :21:39.fans. Leicester went on to win 4-0. It was their biggest win over
:21:39. > :21:44.Forest for 99 years, and Beckford scored a hat-trick. He went off not
:21:44. > :21:51.well after his goals. Forest at times were ripped apart. It was a
:21:51. > :21:54.performance which left many fans bewildered. I really enjoyed
:21:54. > :22:00.watching the players enjoy themselves tonight. I think that is
:22:00. > :22:06.something that we have to try and build on. We go behind and we lose
:22:06. > :22:11.heart. They spent probably the next five or 10 minutes' thinking we are
:22:11. > :22:15.going to get a goal but get stung again. We have to get more battle-
:22:15. > :22:19.hardened and it is the only way we would get out of it. The bigger
:22:19. > :22:26.picture is that we've got to try to reproduce that sort of performance
:22:26. > :22:30.more regularly. The presence of the former manager in the TV commentary
:22:30. > :22:36.box filled third fans' frustration. Leicester can now look forward to a
:22:36. > :22:39.home tie with Swindon in the 4th round.
:22:39. > :22:42.Derby County have signed the Sunderland striker Ryan Noble on a
:22:42. > :22:45.month's loan. And he's in contention for a place in the squad
:22:45. > :22:48.to play Burnley this weekend. He had a spell at Derby cut short last
:22:48. > :22:53.season. And Nigel Clough's persuaded Martin O'Neill to let him
:22:53. > :23:02.come to the East Midlands again. didn't see her and a 4th and last
:23:02. > :23:06.time. He has been fit for six weeks Aug -- six weeks or so. He has been
:23:06. > :23:10.on the bench quite a bit but we are delighted that he has been let out
:23:10. > :23:13.for a month initially and we will take it from their.
:23:13. > :23:18.A finally from a, a new shirt unveiled by Notts County today
:23:18. > :23:23.which they will be unveiling next season as part of their hundred and
:23:23. > :23:26.50 if celebrations. Embedded in the black stripes are the names of 3000
:23:26. > :23:29.supporters. They are the ones who bought their season tickets in the
:23:29. > :23:34.last April. Cricket is going on general sale at the end of the
:23:34. > :23:42.month. Tomorrow night, we will have more on Notts County as they have a
:23:42. > :23:52.civic reception to mark the 100 and 50th year to March -- 100 and 50th
:23:52. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:02.year. Last night thousands of people
:24:02. > :24:04.turned out in the cold to stare at the sky as they became part of the
:24:05. > :24:08.BBC's Stargazing Live week. Well, today there's a chance to
:24:08. > :24:11.tour the inner solar system. You won't need a space suit or rocket
:24:11. > :24:13.to visit Venus or Mercury. You just need to get down to Alvaston Park
:24:13. > :24:19.in Derby. A smooth lift-off for rockets made
:24:19. > :24:23.by students at two schools in Derby. These paper vessels would not make
:24:23. > :24:28.it into space but they were one of the activities on offer at a new
:24:28. > :24:35.science garden in Alvaston Park. is all about the world around us
:24:35. > :24:40.and is an opportunity to explore and discover and discuss.
:24:40. > :24:45.cannot write with his pencil. It helps to measure the Sun's movement.
:24:45. > :24:51.This is the planet Venus, it is known as the morning and evening
:24:51. > :24:56.star. The star Lloyd's -- besides the unknown, it is the brightest
:24:56. > :25:02.object in the night sky. This is Mercury and it is the fastest
:25:02. > :25:06.planet in the solar system. Visitors can become a human sundial.
:25:06. > :25:11.You stand on the correct one for on a sunny day and your shadow helps
:25:11. > :25:15.you to tell the time. If you don't have a watch or you don't have your
:25:15. > :25:20.phone on you, you can simply stand on here when the sun is out and it
:25:20. > :25:24.will show what time it is hopefully. This rocket will be on show during
:25:24. > :25:28.tonight's star-gazing live event as Alveston Park. It can travel 100
:25:28. > :25:37.kilometres into space. Visitors to the new science garden will be able
:25:37. > :25:47.to explore our solar system without ever leaving Planet Earth.
:25:47. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :25:58.Brilliant enthusiasm from all these Good evening. Yes, if you're hoping
:25:58. > :26:02.to stargaze tonight, unfortunately it is pretty cloudy. We did see
:26:02. > :26:05.that lovely sunset earlier on because the clouds broke up just
:26:05. > :26:10.enough to see a lovely red sky but that is proof that tomorrow it will
:26:10. > :26:15.be a much brighter day. Good news on the way. Further rain to come in
:26:15. > :26:19.between. I thought I would shave his photograph that Beryl sent in.
:26:19. > :26:24.She was out and about in Derbyshire yesterday and spotted the snowdrops
:26:24. > :26:32.with the frost surrounding them. That sums up that topsy-turvy
:26:32. > :26:35.weather we've had in January so far. We can see this rain that is coming
:26:35. > :26:38.late on the ceiling is the next front that is working its way
:26:38. > :26:43.through from the West. We will see that westerly breeze starting to
:26:43. > :26:52.pick up as that rain putsches in overnight. For now, the staff of
:26:52. > :26:57.the evening, cloudy skies for most areas. -- the start of the evening.
:26:57. > :27:01.Today was quite mild and tonight remains the same. Around six
:27:01. > :27:05.Celsius as your minimum temperature. His reign will start to sink
:27:05. > :27:09.southwards very early on tomorrow morning so by the end of the rush-
:27:09. > :27:14.hour, we should see that rain disappearing altogether. -- this
:27:14. > :27:18.rain. We are left with a dry and bright day for Thursday. Good sunny
:27:18. > :27:22.spells, the best of which will be the in the afternoon. Allow for the
:27:22. > :27:26.odd shower in parts of Derbyshire. Temperatures are not quite as mild
:27:26. > :27:31.tomorrow, highs of eight Celsius. As we look ahead, we will see a