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This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. | :00:04. | :00:07. | |
Our top story tonight: three Muslim men are convicted of stirring up | :00:07. | :00:16. | |
hatred against the gay community. They distributed leaflets saying | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
his lamb called for the death penalty for homosexuals. I feel | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
quite angry that it was felt appropriate to distribute stuff | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
that was primarily intended to stir up hatred. I cannot see how it was | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
intended to do anything else. Or City-mad: eight years after she | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
drowned on holiday in Greece, there is an inquest verdict. | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Plus, she has done it. This student becomes the youngest Briton to ski | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
to the South Pole. I am absolutely exhausted but ecstatic at the same | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
time! And in sport: I am where so many | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
other athletes want to be this summer, the Olympic Park in east | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
Good evening. Welcome to Friday's programme. First tonight, a | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
landmark case in Derby as three Muslim men are found guilty of | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
inciting hatred against homosexuals. They distributed leaflets called, | :01:18. | :01:24. | |
Death Penalty, which were hostile and threatening. Tonight the police | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
said the those views were not representative of the wider Muslim | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
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community. Leaving Derby Crown Court, one of | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
the three Muslim men found guilty of inciting hatred against | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
homosexuals. Any comment? Another of them than the, in the middle | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
wearing headgear, to try to have made the camera. These are the | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
three men were found guilty in the first case of its kind in the | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
country. The leaflet this was handed out said -- was called death | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
penalty? It showed a mannequin hamming from a nurse, containing | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
texts that said Campsall punishment was the only way to raise what it | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
called an immoral crime. I was really upset at the time and I've | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
become more angry about it. That it was felt it was right to deliver | :02:23. | :02:31. | |
that and put it through people's letterboxes, I feel angry. It was | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
primarily intended to stir up hatred. I cannot see how it was | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
intended to do anything else. leaflet was handed out outside this | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
mosque in Derby in 20th July 10. -- 20th July 10. One of the guilty men | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
said in court that he was doing his duty as a Muslim to point out what | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
he thought was a CERN. We have had a long-standing, strong | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
relationships with for community and the comments that were made | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
within these leaflets is not something that is representative of | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
the wider community. It is certainly not representative of the | :03:07. | :03:17. | |
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wider Muslim community. Two other men were cleared by the jury. | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
Derbyshire Friend is an organisation offering support to | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Their chief | :03:28. | :03:36. | |
executive is Andy Cave who spoke to me earlier. Seven out of town | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
lesbian, gay, Trans gender people have suffered hate crime in the | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
last three years. This is very under-reported. The more media | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
attention and the more awareness there is about hate crime, the | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
better. We need to encourage people to report these crime. Have what | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
was the reaction of people who came to you who had received these | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
leaflets? They were horrified and scared. These leaflets went through | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
their doors, into their personal space where they should feel safe | :04:02. | :04:11. | |
and secure. They felt these leaflets had been pointed towards | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
them because of their orientation. There are terrified about what | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
would happen. I guess it would be difficult for people to come | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
forward and say this is happening. Yeah, the witnesses that have gone | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
to court have been incredibly brave and have been well supported to go | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
through that court process. If one thing comes from this it is the | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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encouragement to get more people Detectives investigating the murder | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
of a takeaway shop owner in Leicester have arrested a third man | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
in connection with the incident. The body of 50-year-old Dogan Dogan | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
was found in his flat above Aladdin Pizza in Linton Street almost two | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
weeks ago. Two men had been arrested yesterday. One, a 46-year- | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
old, has since been released. Two men, aged 27 and 31, remain in | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
police custody. A former hospital worker in | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
Nottinghamshire has denied sexually assaulting three elderly women in | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
his care. The women were being treated at Bassetlaw Hospital. | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
Today 23-year-old Matthew Shah from Retford pleaded not guilty to the | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
charges at Nottingham Crown Court. He was remanded on bail and is due | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
to stand trial in April. Still to come on the programme: | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
Olympic Dreams. News of a special TV documentary | :05:37. | :05:45. | |
celebrating our medal hopefuls. The as reversing the decline in the | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
High Street. Is it time to convert empty shops like this into new | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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Improved safety guidelines to sailing instructors and inspectors | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
is expected, following an inquest into the death of an 11-year-old | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
girl from Nottinghamshire. Laura Morgan from Woodborough died | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
in a sailing accident while on holiday in Greece eight years ago. | :06:12. | :06:22. | |
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But it's still unclear why. A fateful trip which started full | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
of promise. These were some of the last pictures of Laura Morgan | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
saving with two friends. The cut the water, the wind was picking up. | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
But minutes later, the boat capsized. The 11 year-old was | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
trapped in her harness underneath. The inquest had heard how frantic | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
attempts were made to save Laura under water but they failed. Today, | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
David Ritchie, an instructor and inspector for the Royal Yachting | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
Association, said in general some - - their safety record was excellent | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
but he raised concerns about the level of training the assistant had | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
who spoke to Laura and her friends before they set sail. I don't | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
believe, he said, that the briefing Laura received properly prepared | :07:07. | :07:15. | |
her to use the trapeze harness. The wrong person was in the wrong job, | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
asked the coroner? Yes. The changes have been introduced since | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
including advising to rescuers to put the boat upright first in a | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
similar situation. Had that happened then, Laura may have been | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
saved, but that wasn't the adviser at the time. Giving a narrative | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
verdict, the coroner explained that eight years on, it was still | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
unclear why Laura could not release herself from the hardest but she | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
said no suitable qualified professional had given her advice | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
on the harness before she set sail on the water. What is clear now it | :07:49. | :07:56. | |
is likely that guidance will be updated again so instructors -- two | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
instructors and inspectors worldwide. After years of waiting | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
and legal cases increase, the outcome was clearly emotional. | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
After eight-and-a-half years of fighting for justice for Laura, I | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
have reached the journey's end. I feel we have explored everything | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
now a much greater detail, and -- in an English court. The answer is | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
yes, we probably have finally got justice for Laura. | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
Police forces across our region are combining their specialist units to | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
save almost �30 million over four years. Leicestershire, | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
are all working more closely. Areas where specialist officers will | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
combine skills include serious organised crime and counter | :08:38. | :08:45. | |
terrorism. More than �13,000 has been | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
collected in fines from cyclists in one city. Nottingham city council | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
has fined 450 bike riders for dangerous cycling over the past | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
year. The council says the �30 fine is usually issued to riders | :08:57. | :09:07. | |
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endangering pedestrians. TV's Queen of Shops, Mary Portas, | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
came up with a few ideas to save the struggling high street but now | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
one of our MPs has a plan of his own. | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
Mark Spencer says his answer is to convert empty shops into homes. | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
Here's our Political Editor. These boarded-up shops are a tell- | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
tale sign of a high street in decline. It could be a long while | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
yet until new retailers moving. So, should these buildings have another | :09:35. | :09:43. | |
use? Empty, to let. They are window-shopping and there is not so | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
much to catch the eye. How do we regenerated? We need to encourage | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
people. Peacocks is the next high street name that could disappear. | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
This Nottinghamshire town has its fair share of empty shops. We need | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
to shrink the High Street physically. Someone needs an | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
overarching view and conferred some of those shots into residential | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
properties. This area of Mansfield Road north of Nottingham city | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
centre helps to illustrate what the MP is trying to achieve. They used | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
to be -- they used to be at Real Ale Shop here and and electricians, | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
but when they were dead, shot became derelict. Now they have been | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
transformed into residential use. Is that in answer for smaller towns | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
like Uncle? It will put more pressure on parking. There is | :10:34. | :10:41. | |
already a lot of trouble at weekends. The raw lot of these | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
shops which empty. It is a good idea for people that a homeless and | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
who are looking for somewhere to live. It would be good. It is | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
difficult to come third shops into residential properties so made to | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
look at that. Their needs to be a plan. But the moment, there doesn't | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
seem to be a plan. The government wants to revive our high streets, | :11:07. | :11:14. | |
transforming shops into homes may Now, here's a reminder that our new | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
Sunday Politics programme is back this weekend. And Marie Ashby has | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
news of a split in Conservative ranks over the issue of academies. | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
The leader of Leicestershire County Council is accusing the Government | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
of taxing the authorities to fund its Academies programme and he is | :11:31. | :11:40. | |
demanding action from the education secretary, Michael Gove. Are the | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
event mac's changes to benefits justified? | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
That's the Sunday Politics from 12 noon with Marie and Andrew Neil, | :11:46. | :11:53. | |
here on BBC One. What are we talking about now? | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
Business is booming for a well- known East Midlands pie maker. So | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
much so, that they've spent �7 million extending their factory. | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
The development at the Leicestershire site has already | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
created some jobs, and it's hoped it'll create even more in the | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
future. James Roberson reports. Pies. Thousands of them, pouring | :12:11. | :12:19. | |
off the production lines at Pukka Pies at Syston in Leicestershire. | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
And there to see them today, the local MP Stephen Dorrell. It was | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
all part of a gathering to mark the fact that the firm is expanding its | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
operation. This �7 million extension includes new distribution | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
docks for vehicles outside. And chilling and refrigeration plants | :12:32. | :12:39. | |
inside. It is a clear message to everyone we are still investing in | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
the business. This is our 49th year in business and we are still | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
investing in it, improved efficiency is, but above all else | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
we have liberated capacity and increased our ability to improve | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
and increase sales. I declare the extension officially | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
open. Any opening always needs an official plaque unveiling, and this | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
one, of course, was no different. The times are difficult and a | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
moment, but as is demonstrated here, even when times are difficult, | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
successful businesses can develop their businesses by developing | :13:13. | :13:21. | |
sales and creating new jobs and this is what this company has done | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
over 49 years. You have to keep investing in your business. | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
Efficiency comes from having the latest equipment, machinery, having | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
people work hard, and also from being very organised. The extension | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
has added a lot more jobs. 300 people are already employed at the | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
factory. The new extension's only meant another two dozen employees. | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
But if the firm can now up its 60 million pies a year output, more | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
jobs may follow. I do like a pie. | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
An East Midlands art gallery is having to extend its opening hours | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
to cope with a record number of visitors. More than 25,000 people | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
have visited the display of works by the painter LS Lowry at | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
Nottingham's Lakeside Arts Centre. The free exhibition runs until | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
February. So, still time to get there. | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
From art to music. Some of the East Midlands' most | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
talented young musicians have been given a masterclass at London's | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
world famous Abbey Road and Maida Vale studios. Stars such as Jamie | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
Cullum and Tom Robinson were there to give advice. It was all part of | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
BBC Introducing, which aims to find as yet undiscovered stars. Tom | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
Brown reports from London. For the last 80 years, Abbey Road | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
Studios has hosted some of the biggest names in music. But this | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
event was all about the stars of tomorrow. Including David Oliffe | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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A self-styled bedroom musician. All his tracks are produced right here | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
on his computer. After he featured on the BBC Radio programme The Beat, | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
David was selected for the Musicians' Masterclass. It is | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
amazing. It feels great. A few weeks ago, I never thought I would | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
ever set foot here and here I am. Also invited down to London was | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
Derbyshire's Lucy Spraggan. She is going from the radio studio of The | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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Beat, to the stage of Abbey Road. They asked if anyone would like to | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
play and I shot my hand up. It is all opportunity, so I thought I | :15:30. | :15:38. | |
would have to do it. Whether you are playing in a garage with your | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
mates or on a laptop in your bedroom, or open Mike nights, | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
whatever, it has to start from a place of joy, enjoyment and truth, | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
because that will carry you all the way. He is a great singer, a down- | :15:55. | :16:00. | |
to-earth guy, and you can take a lot from that. For David and Lucy, | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
it is back to the East Midlands, with the hope they will return here | :16:04. | :16:14. | |
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one day to inspire the next generation of musical talent. | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
It is all about the stars today. Still to come: | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
On top of the world, at the most southerly point on the planet. | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
Derbyshire Student Bryony Balen skis to the South Pole and into the | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
record books. We'll be talking live to her proud parents. | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
Then there may well be some pretty snow in the South Pole, but back | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
here it is dreary rain. Will it improve for the weekend? I will | :16:37. | :16:47. | |
tell you later. Time for the sport. The Olympics | :16:47. | :16:53. | |
are coming this year which is why Colin has been down to East London. | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
I am at the Olympic Park, looking pretty fabulous now. I am preparing | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
for a special programme all about our East Midlands athletes, their | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
coaches and families. I will tell you more about that later on. | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
Plenty of other sport today. A big we can do football. In the | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
Championship, the tension -- attention is focused on Nottingham | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
Forest. They could be about to lose West more -- Wes Morgan to | :17:20. | :17:26. | |
Leicester. For more than eight years, Wes | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
Morgan has been a firm favourite of Nottingham Forest with his solid | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
displays at the back and some great goals, too. Leicester have now been | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
trying to prise him away. They have made one bit, rejected today by | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
Nottingham Forest, but there is nothing to stop Mr coming back with | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
a better offer, for a man out of contract in the summer. We don't | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
want him to leave, but I need to know where he is with it. The club | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
cannot be used like it was used before, where a player has walked | :18:00. | :18:07. | |
out of the door on a free transfer only three or four months later. | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
This is a dilemma. If they reject any bids, they run the risk of | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
losing him anyway, getting nothing for him, so the question is do they | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
cash in now, while they can? In fact, the club have issued a | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
statement today, reiterating they can only sign new players if they | :18:27. | :18:34. | |
sell current ones. It means Cotterell and first-team coach Sean | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
O'Driscoll have a huge task ahead of them, starting with tomorrow's | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
trip to West Ham. At Leicester, they have finalised some business | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
today, signing Manchester United midfielder. They don't play until | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
Monday. Derby County are in action tomorrow. They go to Burnley | :18:55. | :19:03. | |
looking to make it an amazing six wins in a row. The work-rate and | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
honesty of the players has to doubt incredibly. We are making it much | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
more difficult for the opposition to create a chance never mind score | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
against us. An contrast, Notts County are | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
looking to put an end to their slide down the Guam as they take on | :19:22. | :19:31. | |
Martin Allen's former side, MK Dons. Tiger's game with Perone is a dead | :19:32. | :19:41. | |
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rubber, but the Cornwall quarter- final is a very live. | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
Sir, that is the sport today and looking ahead to the weekend, but | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
in an Olympic year, so many eyes are focused at the Olympic Park in | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
East London, especially true for us in the East Midlands because we are | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
blessed with Olympic talent. We have got a special programme for | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
you this weekend, looking at some of those athletes and the families | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
and support networks that surround them. He is a taste of. | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
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-- here is a taster. 2012 will be crazy, but exciting. | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
We were literally swimming hat -- it for her for. | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
Here we have a thing about putting athletes on podiums but one thing | :20:29. | :20:35. | |
we have discovered is just what it takes to put them on the podium. | :20:35. | :20:42. | |
Join us at home with the Adlingtons. How are you feeling about it? | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
Excited. Nervous. A bit apprehensive. | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
You can feel the impact of Paralympic training. | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
Times when I was struggling in certain areas may be, it makes me | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
the most motivated person that I am. And come behind the scenes at the | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
world's leading sports institute. Do you think we have become world | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
leaders? If not, we are as good as. That has improved a hell of a lot | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
in the last few years. It is quite a story. That's this | :21:21. | :21:23. | |
Sunday at 5:00pm. I think you will love it. | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
Before I go, news of a Olympians on the up. Ceri Williams and Christian | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
Cullen scored goals to beat Argentina at the four Nations in | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
Cordoba. They are in at the Sunday's fire more. | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
From the Olympic Park, from London, getting ready for the Olympic year, | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
that is your sport. And, as well as that programme, | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
your BBC local radio station will be featuring Olympic stars and | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
their families on their breakfast programmes through next week. | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
So, from those with dreams of Olympic gold to a young woman who | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
had a dream of reaching the South Pole. Well, now she can tick it off | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
her to-do list because her dream has come true. After a slog through | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
the freezing wasteland, Bryony Balen's done it! And she's broken a | :22:10. | :22:16. | |
record, too. Geeta Pendse's with Bryony's delighted family now. | :22:16. | :22:24. | |
They must be delighted. Celebrations are well and truly | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
under way at these -- at this house. We have got mum and dad, friends | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
and family, supporting Bryony Balen for a long time. She came up with | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
the idea three years ago. We will talk to them about what it has | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
meant to her, but now let's have a look at the epic journey. | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
It was a gruelling training process but she was determined to become | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
the youngest Briton to speak to the South Pole. She has Guido the 700 | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
miles from the coast to the poll, navigating challenging terrain and | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
temperatures as low as minus 30. The 21-year-old completed her | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
challenge and describe how she felt. Absolutely exhausted, but ecstatic | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
at the same time. To have achieved this so young, everyone seems to be | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
in shock, but I think for me it is the start. I will not have a boring | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
lie. She celebrated her 21st birthday on the ice and said the | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
track had played a huge part in her life. The three-and-a-half-year us, | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
and I turned 21 on this trip, that is a third of my lifetime. There | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
was two years of physical training, and the 3.5 stone of a week I had | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
to put on which was epic. And we skied 1,200 kilometres. The trip | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
began in early December and Bryony Balen is looking forward to a well | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
earned rest this we can. What an incredible journey. We are | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
here with the family and friends. First of all, proud dad Paul. What | :24:06. | :24:10. | |
was your reaction, initially, when she said she wanted to ski to the | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
South Pole? We sort of grinned and said that sounds like a great idea. | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
We left it because very often she has mad ideas, but this one stuck | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
and she was serious about it. And off she went, training, finding out | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
information about who would lead the expedition, and the cost and | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
every thing. And we get the sense of the training she was under, but | :24:35. | :24:42. | |
what was it like for her to be out there? Minus 45, 47 degrees, and | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
the food was pretty ghastly, she says. But it is both a physical and | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
mental bath -- but it is both physical and mental attributes that | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
she needed. What did you say to her? She said, I don't know what I | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
will do next. What happens now? That makes sense. Granny and | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
grandad, you must be proud. Definitely. Couldn't wish for more. | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
And what do you think? A great achievement. It has been coming for | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
a long time, but she has got the guts to do this job. Berry | :25:17. | :25:24. | |
Proudfoot stop well, Bryony Balen, she will leave the South Pole this | :25:24. | :25:30. | |
evening and something tells me we might hear about her again. Now, is | :25:30. | :25:40. | |
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it a post to her? Yes. Cheers. -- Hopefully, she is not skiing back. | :25:44. | :25:54. | |
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Maybe catching a bus? Minus 45? Goodness me. A mild | :25:55. | :26:02. | |
weekend in store over the next couple of days. It will be windy. | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
Do you remember yesterday I showed you 14-year-old putts Molly's | :26:07. | :26:15. | |
photo? 13-year-old George is getting in on the act with this. I | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
thought I would share just shrug's attempt with his. Thank you for | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
your sunset over Ashby de la Zouch. Whatever your age, send me your | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
photos. Let's take a look at the weather. We have had this pesky | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
warm front sitting over asked for remarks of the day, bringing a | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
dreary and dank conditions, outbreaks of rain as well, now | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
starting to clear a way eastwards and we will start to see some | :26:44. | :26:52. | |
drizzle. Durie, most places should turn a dry. -- generally, most | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
places. Winds increase. We expect mild temperatures. Tomorrow morning, | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
mild, cloud with some drizzle through the morning but then | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
gradually through the afternoon we should see things drying and | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
brightening. You might see some sunshine before the date is out. | :27:14. | :27:19. | |
Temperature-wise, mild. The key thing are those gusting winds but | :27:20. | :27:29. | |
particularly in the morning. 40, or 50, mph. Sunday, cloudy, but more | :27:29. | :27:37. |