:00:05. > :00:15.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Quentin Rayner.
:00:15. > :00:15.
:00:16. > :00:19.Tonight, hundreds of jobs to go at British Gas.
:00:19. > :00:22.300 staff are told their jobs are going overseas.
:00:22. > :00:27.Also tonight, things are hotting up for Rangers with an earlier than
:00:27. > :00:30.usual warning of fire. Buzz, the women caught up in the
:00:30. > :00:34.breast implant scandal says the Government has acted too little too
:00:34. > :00:36.late. The longer these implants are
:00:36. > :00:43.inside us, the more damage they are doing.
:00:43. > :00:47.And, helping students to fathom out their academic futures. Nowadays,
:00:47. > :00:56.especially with the increased fees, it really is about the cause and
:00:56. > :01:01.getting the right grades. -- course.
:01:01. > :01:04.Good evening, our top story tonight: Hundreds of jobs are to go
:01:04. > :01:09.at a company in Leicester. British Gas Business made the announcement
:01:09. > :01:19.this morning. 300 posts will move overseas. The company say they need
:01:19. > :01:23.to save money and stay competitive. Helen Astle reports.
:01:23. > :01:26.The sunny skies at British Gas business were in short -- sharp
:01:26. > :01:31.contrast to the atmosphere inside the company today, where employees
:01:31. > :01:37.were given the grim news this morning. 300 jobs are to go, both
:01:37. > :01:42.here and at the side in the city. The jobs will move overseas and
:01:42. > :01:47.staff are shocked. It is upsetting because you have got colleagues who
:01:47. > :01:52.had you have worked with for so many years. What is the mood like?
:01:52. > :01:55.Not very good at the moment. But is to be expected, really. Many of the
:01:55. > :02:00.people we spoke to did not want to talk to us on camera. They describe
:02:00. > :02:05.the atmosphere inside as sombre. One woman who has worked here for
:02:05. > :02:15.24 years said the way the situation has been handled is brittle. No one
:02:15. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:33.This is a disappointment at for the families, and clearly British Gas
:02:33. > :02:37.is a big employer, so it is a great shame. But, if you look at the
:02:37. > :02:40.current employment market, there are a lot of jobs available now for
:02:40. > :02:45.people with skills, and I'm sure that a lot of people come out of
:02:45. > :02:49.British Gas the skills that other companies are looking for. A 90 day
:02:49. > :02:55.consultation period has now begun with staff, but for many here,
:02:55. > :02:59.tonight their future is uncertain. Staying with jobs and a company in
:02:59. > :03:03.Derby is recruiting 300 new workers. AS-System is a French owned
:03:03. > :03:07.engineering firm based at a number of locations in Derby. It works
:03:07. > :03:11.closely with Rolls Royce. The company has already taken on more
:03:11. > :03:15.than 70 new staff and expects the total to be 300 over the next three
:03:15. > :03:21.years. It's keen to employ local engineers, who have transferable
:03:21. > :03:24.skills and want to move into the aerospace industry.
:03:24. > :03:27.You're watching East Midlands Today from the BBC, and there's plenty
:03:27. > :03:29.more to settle down to, including the craftsman who's making a giant
:03:29. > :03:39.throne from an ancient sweet chestnut to showcase
:03:39. > :03:48.
:03:48. > :03:52.A woman who fears her health has been put at risk because of leaking
:03:52. > :03:56.breast implants says the Government has done too little too late to --
:03:56. > :04:01.too late. Jane Brown has been campaigning to get the NHS to offer
:04:01. > :04:05.more choice is to women caught up in the breast implant scandal. In a
:04:05. > :04:10.moment, we will hear from the East Midlands MP who heads the Commons
:04:10. > :04:14.health select committee, but first, he is her story.
:04:14. > :04:18.Jane told me at least one of her breast implants is leaking. Eight
:04:18. > :04:22.years ago she had been put in because she was worried about the
:04:22. > :04:27.way breast-beating had left that shape of her body. I was left with
:04:27. > :04:31.very little breast tissue after that, and it just made me really
:04:31. > :04:36.self-conscious. The operation boosted her confidence, but then
:04:36. > :04:40.the problems started. About 2008 I first started noticing problems,
:04:40. > :04:45.particularly with the left one - a deep rippling in them and lumps
:04:45. > :04:50.forming under my arms. The implants were manufactured in France. Some
:04:50. > :04:55.were filled with sub-standard silicon used as matches for love.
:04:55. > :04:59.Jane's private clinic today scan for her, and she knows one of them
:04:59. > :05:02.is leaking. It is really scary because we don't know the effects
:05:03. > :05:07.of this stuff. The thought of that leaking in the is really
:05:07. > :05:11.frightening. I have got it in my lymph nodes, I know because I can
:05:11. > :05:16.feel the lumps there. Kind of like marbles under the armpits, and you
:05:16. > :05:21.can feel them moving around. When I spoke to the NHS surgeon he said it
:05:21. > :05:25.was the silicon that has leaked into the lymph nodes. Some people
:05:25. > :05:30.say this is the price for being vain. I did not suddenly wake up
:05:30. > :05:35.one morning and think I would have a breast job. It was a long and
:05:35. > :05:38.hard decision to have them done. The NHS will remove implants.
:05:38. > :05:43.Pressure mounted today for them also to offer the chance for
:05:43. > :05:47.patients to have them replaced, but had -- perhaps with a top-up fees.
:05:47. > :05:51.A whole year has been wasted, really, from when they were first
:05:51. > :05:55.band to when we found out. The longer these implants are inside
:05:55. > :06:01.Lee, the more damage they are doing. That is where I am keen to get them
:06:01. > :06:04.out as soon as possible. Can Jane turned to the NHS before help about
:06:04. > :06:10.her implants and she had to have her as removed next month. She is
:06:10. > :06:15.not sure whether she wants new ones put in.
:06:15. > :06:20.Earlier I spoke to the chairman of the Commons health select committee,
:06:20. > :06:24.MP locally. I asked him why the committee objected to the end the -
:06:24. > :06:28.- NHS only removing the implants and not replacing them as well.
:06:28. > :06:32.is important to be clear about the principles here, which is that an
:06:32. > :06:35.implantation was made which was faulty in the private sector, and
:06:35. > :06:41.therefore the first responsibility for putting this right rests on the
:06:41. > :06:45.private clinic that inserted the faulty implants. What the NHS has
:06:45. > :06:50.said and the committee agrees with the Government about this is that
:06:50. > :06:56.if the private clinic won't do that, then the woman should be able to
:06:56. > :07:01.rely on a removal of a faulty implant by an NHS hospital when
:07:01. > :07:05.that is clinically required. The NHS should send the bill to the
:07:05. > :07:09.private sector that put that faulty implant in in the first prize. The
:07:09. > :07:12.difficulty arises when a woman chooses to have a replacement
:07:12. > :07:16.implant inserted and in those circumstances the Government is
:07:16. > :07:21.currently saying that it needs to be done on a separate day - in
:07:21. > :07:26.other words, the woman needs to go through two separate operations to
:07:26. > :07:30.have that achieved. The committee things that is not only to find
:07:30. > :07:35.common sense, to require a woman to go through to operations where only
:07:35. > :07:39.one is necessary, it is also very bad medicine, to be putting a woman
:07:39. > :07:43.through to procedures were only one is necessary. What are you
:07:43. > :07:49.suggesting? That the woman pays for the replacement at the same time as
:07:49. > :07:55.removal? Indeed. We think that, where a woman chooses to have a
:07:55. > :07:58.replacement implant, it is clearly continuing to be a private
:07:58. > :08:03.procedure -- no one is suggesting the NHS should pay for this
:08:03. > :08:07.procedure, but it should be open to the woman to have it done while she
:08:07. > :08:12.is in hospital, having the original implant removed. But the Government
:08:12. > :08:16.says that this flies in the face of a founding principle of the NHS,
:08:16. > :08:22.that nobody pays for treatment on the NHS. If you go down this road,
:08:22. > :08:26.it will set an unwelcome precedent. I think that is to interpret the
:08:26. > :08:31.rules, and I am very familiar with the rules and I am committed to the
:08:31. > :08:36.principle that NHS care should be available to everyone for free. No
:08:36. > :08:45.one is saying that there should be a purely cosmetic procedure
:08:45. > :08:49.available on the NHS. But NHS hospitals, many -- they do many
:08:49. > :08:53.private sector procedures. All we are saying is that in these
:08:53. > :08:56.circumstances, a woman should not be expected to go through to
:08:56. > :09:02.operations where only one is necessary, and that the private
:09:02. > :09:07.insertion of a new implant should be available at the same time as
:09:07. > :09:11.the removal of the old implant, the cost of which everyone accepts,
:09:11. > :09:21.including the Government, should be charged to the clinic that inserted
:09:21. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:30.the faulty implant. Two men have been found guilty of the murder of
:09:30. > :09:35.a former policeman from Leicester. The body of Paul Fyfe, who was 47,
:09:35. > :09:39.was found at a house in Rowlatts Hill in the city last June. He died
:09:39. > :09:43.from a single stab wound to the chest. Mohammed Adnam Hirsi and
:09:43. > :09:47.Ameen Hassan Jogee have been jailed for a total of 42 years.
:09:47. > :09:51.Next tonight, a court's heard the former president of the UDM has
:09:51. > :09:54.been accused of false accounting, of being "palpably dishonest" and a
:09:54. > :09:57.liar. Neil Greatrex repeatedly denied the allegations. He, along
:09:57. > :10:01.with fellow mining union leader Mick Stevens, are both charged with
:10:01. > :10:04.stealing almost �150,000 from a charity. They controlled the money
:10:04. > :10:08.which was meant to care for sick and elderly miners. Nottingham
:10:08. > :10:12.Crown's court's been told they used it instead, to carry out
:10:12. > :10:15.improvements to their own homes. Mick Stevens, who also denies the
:10:15. > :10:17.charges, is due to appear in court tomorrow.
:10:17. > :10:20.Extra patrols are being mounted in the Derbyshire Peak District as
:10:20. > :10:23.concern grows about the threat of moorland fires. Rangers said they
:10:23. > :10:26.had never issued this kind of warning this early, but the dry
:10:26. > :10:34.weather and warm temperatures are ideal conditions for fires to break
:10:34. > :10:40.out. Visitors are also being advised about the dangers. We can
:10:40. > :10:43.just see you there, Carolyn. Blair, I am in the Derbyshire Peak
:10:43. > :10:49.District on what looks like a glorious summer's evening. In fact,
:10:50. > :10:54.it has been a day of short sleeves, shades, and unbroken sunshine. And
:10:54. > :10:57.this is march! Combine that with an unseasonally dry winter, and
:10:57. > :11:02.impending school holidays when there are lots of visitors expected
:11:02. > :11:07.here, and you will understand why Rangers are particularly worried
:11:07. > :11:12.about this tinder-dry bracken. They are signs usually seen in
:11:12. > :11:16.summer, but this year, fire season has come early, and with it, the
:11:16. > :11:19.warnings. The dry winter means a warm, sunny spring could be even
:11:19. > :11:25.riskier than mid- July. Even a simple cigarette could start a
:11:25. > :11:31.wildfire. There is so much dead grass and bracken. All sorts of
:11:31. > :11:35.things that can just burn very easily, potentially the peat and
:11:35. > :11:40.her the catching fire. Once that is a light it can burn underground for
:11:40. > :11:45.periods of days or even weeks. year there were a number of fires
:11:45. > :11:49.in April, but Rangers admit warnings this early are unusual.
:11:49. > :11:54.is certainly showing stress from lack of water. They say if a fire
:11:54. > :11:57.happens now, the results could be far-reaching. We have
:11:57. > :12:01.internationally important species that breed on the moorland, and
:12:01. > :12:07.they are all ground-nesting birds. And also, the animals are starting
:12:07. > :12:16.to have their young, so the Lambs was to be out. Any fires are a
:12:16. > :12:20.potential threat to them. And, it is not just wildlife. Walkers, too,
:12:20. > :12:26.said they have been thrown by the timing of the warnings. I am really
:12:26. > :12:32.shocked about that. I can't even remember that we have had one. To
:12:32. > :12:38.be getting one now is really bad. It is really like a tinderbox up
:12:38. > :12:42.there. It is really very dry. after any fire receding the burnt
:12:42. > :12:46.areas of the Peak District can also be a major operation. With hotter,
:12:46. > :12:52.drier summers and springs been forecast for coming years, it is
:12:52. > :12:56.work that is not going to go away as the risks increase.
:12:56. > :13:00.Just to reiterate, they are asking for no naked flames, cigarettes, a
:13:00. > :13:04.barbecue. To show just how seriously they are taking this risk
:13:04. > :13:08.of fires, they have been training all week here in the Peak District
:13:08. > :13:12.- Rangers, fire officers, gamekeepers, coming together to
:13:12. > :13:22.practise their fire-fighting skills. The hopers, with proper care, they
:13:22. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:27.won't need to put them into It is a double worry for young
:13:27. > :13:31.people, rising tuition fees and high unemployment. Teenager's face
:13:31. > :13:34.tough choices when deciding whether to go to university or enter the
:13:34. > :13:37.world of work. So universities from across the
:13:37. > :13:45.country came together as today for a fair to highlight what students
:13:45. > :13:48.would get for their money. They came in their thousands. Mind
:13:48. > :13:52.and a half 1000 to be precise over the course of today and tomorrow.
:13:52. > :13:58.Teenagers from across the region, at the end of their school career
:13:59. > :14:04.and now wondering whether to embark on a new one at university. People
:14:05. > :14:14.don't want to go because these are high. A lot of people want to go to
:14:14. > :14:22.college but the fees are high. INDISTINCT.
:14:22. > :14:25.With tuition fees now costing up to �9,000 a year, or respect its --
:14:25. > :14:30.prospective students are asking questions about the quality of
:14:30. > :14:31.courses on offer and what sort of Careers they could lead to in the
:14:31. > :14:36.future. Nationally, university applications
:14:36. > :14:41.are down three per cent. He in Derby they -- there have been eight
:14:41. > :14:45.per cent fewer. A sign of the so- called rush tradition with more
:14:45. > :14:51.established universities seen as a better investment for many
:14:51. > :14:54.prospective students and their parents. We are looking for the
:14:54. > :14:58.complete package, to get the right course with good employment
:14:58. > :15:02.prospects after that. We have noticed people are looking at
:15:02. > :15:07.traditional subjects a bit more, maybe not vocational ones as much,
:15:07. > :15:13.and we would say if you want a job in media or fashion, though is our
:15:13. > :15:17.traditional Careers and still require those courses. People are
:15:17. > :15:21.looking at how to pay accommodation fees. Derby is hoping hosting the
:15:21. > :15:28.event will hope to sell its courses to others who may decide to stay a
:15:28. > :15:33.little closer to home. Simon Hare, East Midlands Today, Derby.
:15:33. > :15:36.Now something you may not be aware of, there are apparently now more
:15:36. > :15:40.herons nesting at the Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire
:15:40. > :15:46.than ever before. I thought you were going from Monty
:15:47. > :15:52.Python joke? There are now 14 s compared to 25 in previous years.
:15:52. > :15:56.Tom Brown has more. Hunting for herons, something that
:15:56. > :15:59.this year seems particularly easy. So far 41 nests have been found at
:15:59. > :16:06.Attenborough Nature Reserve, which now makes it the largest heronry in
:16:06. > :16:09.the county. Once we got beyond 25 and knew we still have more we
:16:09. > :16:13.started getting excited, then we once cut -- once we got be on 30
:16:13. > :16:18.and into the port is we were really excited and knew we were on to
:16:18. > :16:21.record for the site -- into the Forties. Why this increase? The
:16:21. > :16:25.mild winter has certainly helped but the Wildlife Trust has also put
:16:25. > :16:30.it down to the Prime wetland habitat on offer here, including
:16:30. > :16:34.good quality water for of the brain needed to feed the and heron chicks.
:16:34. > :16:37.-- full of the prey needed. The Wild Life Trust says this could
:16:37. > :16:41.lead to even more Herren nests in future. It is great for people
:16:41. > :16:45.visiting the reserve to see the behaviours of herons which they may
:16:45. > :16:48.be wouldn't have seen in the past before at such close quarters. If
:16:48. > :16:52.the increase in numbers will be great news but we are lucky enough
:16:52. > :16:56.to have her heronry of this size here at Attenborough. It is big,
:16:57. > :17:00.you can see it easily and it doesn't hide. Unlike a lot of those
:17:00. > :17:04.little grey or brown things it is easy to see, you don't need a
:17:04. > :17:07.telescope or binoculars or an expensive camera, you can just look
:17:07. > :17:11.here and see quite clearly, it is not difficult to see. With the
:17:11. > :17:17.number of Heron's now creeping into triple figures, it could be more
:17:17. > :17:20.than just the unseasonable weather but helps drawing the crowds. --
:17:20. > :17:24.that helps. From the countryside to the town,
:17:24. > :17:30.Grantham is bidding for a share of funds from the scheme promoted by
:17:30. > :17:33.the retail expert Mary Portas. The government has a �1 million pot of
:17:33. > :17:37.cash to boost town centres. Business leaders in Grantham want
:17:37. > :17:40.to improve the look of the town and attract more shoppers. Market
:17:40. > :17:45.Harborough in Leicestershire has also confirmed it has applied for
:17:45. > :17:47.funding from the scheme. What you do with the 350-year-old
:17:47. > :17:55.tree that has blown down in the wind?
:17:55. > :18:00.Do you have a great big bonfire? No. One man's answer is to make it into
:18:00. > :18:03.a giant throne, of course, as Peter Snow reports, it is all about
:18:03. > :18:06.showcasing Nottinghamshire's skills in Italy.
:18:06. > :18:10.Patrick Turk has worked with would all his life, but his latest
:18:11. > :18:16.commission is a chair, or rather a throne, with a difference. This
:18:16. > :18:23.thing is huge, it is 8 ft high, to the top the seat is just under 3 ft,
:18:23. > :18:27.and the arms of 50 of inches of the ground, so it is huge. -- 50 of
:18:27. > :18:31.inches. Not a normal chair. wood has come from a giant tree,
:18:31. > :18:35.which Patrick named the restoration tree. The so called Restoration
:18:35. > :18:41.tree was planted here in Sherwood Forest by William Cavendish first
:18:41. > :18:45.Duke of Newcastle. 350 years later when it blew down in a gale it
:18:45. > :18:50.provided the wood and the inspiration for some furniture.
:18:50. > :18:55.fact that Patrick works with trees that grow in Sherwood Forest is
:18:55. > :18:59.incredibly inspiring. It is unique, incredibly, and I think the world
:18:59. > :19:03.will want it once they get to know about it as well, and also the fact
:19:03. > :19:07.that he is using traditional craftsmanship. The machine couldn't
:19:07. > :19:12.make a thrown out of these pictures are -- pieces of wood because it is
:19:12. > :19:17.twisted, particularly at the back, where it came off the trunk and was
:19:17. > :19:22.milled, there for every single rail on the side is a different length.
:19:22. > :19:24.The finished Rome will be taken to the International Design Festival
:19:24. > :19:28.in Milan in two weeks -- finished throne. Meanwhile, the first
:19:28. > :19:32.finished panel has returned to the forest. I like to bring some of it
:19:32. > :19:35.back to the woodland it came from, and when the throne is finished her
:19:35. > :19:39.plea of the weather was nice we will bring it here and put it in
:19:39. > :19:43.front of the tree -- hopefully if the weather is nice. The tree is
:19:43. > :19:49.not dead. New buds have appeared and in 350 years' time it could be
:19:50. > :19:55.back to its original height. How fabulous!
:19:55. > :20:01.Beautiful. Good use of an old tree. I would love a throne!
:20:01. > :20:03.And we are all in the pink today. Pretty pink faced as well today in
:20:03. > :20:08.the heat, but is there more to come?
:20:08. > :20:11.Yes, it will last for another glorious day across the East
:20:11. > :20:21.Midlands tomorrow, but advice from me, keep your coats and scarves
:20:21. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:28.It is cricketing weather, I would say.
:20:28. > :20:31.Need to. We could be playing it now.
:20:31. > :20:35.There is cricket to come, but we will start with football, and while
:20:35. > :20:41.we have been spoiled for the sunshine so far, Notts bowled four
:20:41. > :20:46.goals last night I am afraid. Leicester's pygmies -- East
:20:46. > :20:51.Midlands derby ended goalless. -- not spoilt for goals. The foxes
:20:51. > :20:55.have edged just a little closer to the play-off places.
:20:55. > :20:59.These lads were certainly dreaming of scoring for Leicester before the
:20:59. > :21:06.game, and both sets of fans were arriving confident of seeing lots
:21:06. > :21:13.of goals. Death and at Leicester win, 3-nil. -- definite Leicester
:21:14. > :21:20.win. Confident, 3-0. Easy win for Nottingham Forest. Leicester are
:21:20. > :21:24.going to win for definite. 3-1. Come on you reds!
:21:25. > :21:29.So expectations were high, in the end, though, neither keeper was
:21:29. > :21:33.trouble too much, both sides with the odd chance to grab all three
:21:33. > :21:38.points, forest with some early pressure, without any real cutting
:21:38. > :21:42.edge. Leicester's best chance is probably fell to the two plays it -
:21:42. > :21:46.- players who scored in Saturday's win. Ben Marshall phantoms of in
:21:46. > :21:50.some space with the crowd urging him to shoot -- found himself in
:21:50. > :21:54.some space. He obliged but it missed the goal. Then Lloyd Dyer
:21:54. > :22:00.had a chance to get on the scoresheet and leasing a shot that
:22:00. > :22:04.went narrowly wide -- unleashing. In the second half the Reds had a
:22:04. > :22:08.great chance to break the debt -- deadlock with Dexter backstop's
:22:09. > :22:15.header hitting the bar. But a. Leaves the foxes four points of the
:22:15. > :22:19.play-offs and the reds are away from danger, an important point for
:22:19. > :22:22.them then. All in all we are pleased with the point. We knew it
:22:22. > :22:27.would be a tough game, and it is a measure of how far we have come
:22:27. > :22:33.since last time, which wasn't very good at all. Many sides are
:22:33. > :22:39.slipping up, so a two point drop for as in some ways, but we still
:22:39. > :22:42.believe we have a fighting chance. News from Derby County, Captain
:22:42. > :22:45.Shaun Barker has been under the surgeon's knife today having an
:22:45. > :22:50.operation on the knee he injured during the match against Nottingham
:22:50. > :22:54.Forest. It was a really nasty injury. He dislocated his kneecap
:22:54. > :23:00.and ruptured his medial and cruciate ligaments. He is expected
:23:00. > :23:04.to be out for a year. He has been unlucky in a sense as he has
:23:04. > :23:07.already had injuries, so he knows what to expect. He is a strong
:23:07. > :23:11.enough character to know what he is coming towards, and he will work
:23:11. > :23:15.hard and come better -- come back a better player. In ice hockey, there
:23:15. > :23:20.was a shock defeat for Nottingham Panthers in Glasgow last night.
:23:20. > :23:25.Their hopes of a second trophy so that a major setback as they lost
:23:25. > :23:28.their first play-off match 3-0 at Braehead Clan. It means they will
:23:28. > :23:35.really have to pull something out of the back for Saturday's return
:23:35. > :23:38.leg at the National Ice Centre. In rugby now, Leicester Tigers have
:23:38. > :23:42.suspended Ben Youngs for a week after an internal disciplinary
:23:42. > :23:47.where he was cited for striking an opponent in the win over London
:23:47. > :23:50.Irish. In cricket, Nottinghamshire's Graeme Swann took
:23:50. > :23:55.six second innings wickets for England against Sri Lanka, but they
:23:55. > :24:00.will have to make history tomorrow to win. England need a record 340
:24:00. > :24:05.runs on the final day. Closer to home, and the domestic
:24:05. > :24:08.cricket season starts next week, but Derbyshire are also planning
:24:09. > :24:13.well beyond this season, they are hunting for future young talent
:24:13. > :24:16.within the county and getting the first team players to help by
:24:16. > :24:19.taking coaching sessions. Jeremy Nicholas has more.
:24:19. > :24:22.A under the new scheme, Derbyshire players now have written into their
:24:22. > :24:26.contract that they must give up some of their time to coach
:24:26. > :24:32.youngsters, and it seems they are only too happy to help. Having come
:24:32. > :24:35.through the system myself, it seems like five minutes and so was he the
:24:35. > :24:38.Academy doing these sessions, so for me personally it is great to be
:24:39. > :24:43.here helping out every way I can, and these lads in the first-team
:24:43. > :24:46.squad at the moment feel the same, I know. It is important for asked
:24:46. > :24:49.to come back and talk to the young guys because it was only a few
:24:50. > :24:53.years ago we were in their position being coached off guys we looked up
:24:53. > :24:56.to playing first-team cricket, so it is definitely important for us
:24:56. > :24:59.to come down and pass on our knowledge. With limited resources
:24:59. > :25:05.to attract top players to the county, Derbyshire had to discover
:25:05. > :25:08.local talent and develop it. -- hope to discover. It is vital. The
:25:08. > :25:13.academy will provide us with the life blood of the future teams. It
:25:13. > :25:18.is going back to how things were when you and I grew up, really,
:25:18. > :25:22.when we saw local Gap -- lads playing from local county side, the
:25:22. > :25:27.likes of Bob Taylor, Geoff Miller, Mike Hendrick, local lads, great
:25:27. > :25:30.for Derbyshire, who represented England. They is nothing better.
:25:30. > :25:35.The players enjoy seeing the youngsters prosper but owners of
:25:35. > :25:38.warning about them progressing too quickly. -- there are warnings.
:25:39. > :25:44.need to keep your eye open to make sure they are not trying to steal
:25:44. > :25:48.my place! -- I need to keep an eye open.
:25:49. > :25:56.It will probably pour with rain next week when the season starts!
:25:56. > :26:00.It will last into tomorrow when we have high pressures and high
:26:00. > :26:04.temperatures for the time of the year. However, at this time of the
:26:04. > :26:08.we have chilly night, which is on the cards tonight. Firstly, Jamie,
:26:08. > :26:11.thank you very much for this picture. He took it yesterday at
:26:11. > :26:17.Loughborough University with his brand new camera and needed lots of
:26:17. > :26:21.patience to get a shot, so thanks for that. E-mail us, the addresses
:26:21. > :26:24.on the screen. We started the week with high pressure in the North Sea
:26:24. > :26:29.which stayed with us for the last couple of days, gradually moving
:26:29. > :26:32.across the UK and slowly today out into the Atlantic. It will cling on
:26:32. > :26:35.for the next 24 hours to bring another beautiful day tomorrow, but
:26:35. > :26:38.will then move away into the end of the week when temperatures will
:26:38. > :26:43.come down quite considerably, you will notice. This evening we have
:26:43. > :26:46.clear skies, lovely early evening sunshine before it gets dark, and
:26:46. > :26:50.then with clearer skies overnight tonight it might get cold enough in
:26:50. > :26:57.rural spots to see frost to start the morning, a little bit of Mr in
:26:57. > :27:01.places, but mostly minivans of four Celsius -- mist in places. Tomorrow
:27:01. > :27:04.morning we will have a chilly start, clear skies and yet again another
:27:04. > :27:09.glorious day right across the East Midlands. A couple of degrees
:27:09. > :27:13.cooler tomorrow, around about 21 Celsius, 70 Fahrenheit. You will
:27:13. > :27:18.notice it is lower, of course, there, but still doing nicely
:27:18. > :27:22.across this time of the year on the coast. High pressure still on
:27:22. > :27:26.Friday but we are in for a decent day, plenty of sunshine but
:27:26. > :27:30.temperatures starting to come down on Friday, 16 Celsius your high,