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Good evening and welcome to a special East Midlands Today. The | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
Olympic torch has travelled through our region and it has taken to the | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
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air. We will have a bird's-eye view A very warm welcome to the | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
programme and a welcome to the historic cathedral quarter in Derby. | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
It dates back in parts to the 16th century. I'm sure a piece of | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
history will be made here. Thousands of people have been | :00:54. | :01:01. | |
lining the streets. Here are some of them. The son has just come out. | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :01:11. | :01:55. | |
Let's have a look at the flavour of Many more great images like that to | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
come. At the moment, we are playing a waiting game - waiting for the | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
torch bearers to arrive in our part of Derby. Where are they? We might | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
be able to let you know. Some whack up there is a helicopter with Simon | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
on board. -- somewhere. Where is the torch? I cannot see it. We are | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
hovering about 1000 ft above fugue in the marketplace. We have seen | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
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crowds all the way along. It sets off from Mark Eaton Park. The | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
crowds are definitely forming. Derby is looking lovely in the | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
sunshine and very green tonight from up here. Every day this torch | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
relay is different from the rest. The big thing that makes Derbyshire | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
so very special is the landscape - the countryside. I am sure we will | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
find the images of Derbyshire are really what made the torch relay | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
event so very special. It started off at Nottingham Castle. It has | :03:13. | :03:22. | |
gone through Derbyshire on Day 422. Robb has been following the flame. | :03:22. | :03:30. | |
-- 42. Today the torch was king of the castle. The starting point next | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
to Robin head. There is always time for a quick kiss and then it is off | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
into student land. These front row seats cost nothing. The atmosphere | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
it is amazing. Lots of people ice - - I spoke to do not have tickets | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
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for the Olympics but want to feel part of it. Now then, now then, at | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
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now Ben! -- then. From Nottingham, it is Derby. You probably would not | :04:11. | :04:19. | |
want a taxi to take you this way. It is 112 miles. Loads of Union | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
Jacks. It was fabulous. Then the home of Lord Byron. A wonder what | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
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he would have thought - poetry in motion! -- I wonder. I think you'll | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
find you are not part of the official torch security. From the | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
famous crooked spire in Chesterfield, on to our most famous | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
stately home. There was only one thing were chatting about - the | :04:57. | :05:04. | |
torch. Perhaps best not to do this with it. Surely a high point of the | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
day. But then it was uphill through Bakewell to our highest town - | :05:12. | :05:19. | |
Buxton. All the earth that the athletes have put into this. -- the | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
effort. They call this the they wait to Dove Dale - Ashbourne. Here | :05:24. | :05:32. | |
they entered into the Olympic spirit. There is only 28 days to go. | :05:32. | :05:40. | |
Can you believe it? Some amazing pictures. As I predicted, some | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
wonderful landscape shops -- shots from Derbyshire. So many amazing | :05:47. | :05:53. | |
stories about the torch bearers. Today was a moment for a 16-year- | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
old girl from Derbyshire to really shine. She got to the top of her | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
sport despite having cystic fibrosis. Today have family shared | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
her big moment but they had to be on her toes as well. That is not | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
the torch-bearer on the run, that is her dad. 15-year-old Katie was | :06:16. | :06:25. | |
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sent, her family and friends, were not sure where to start. It is | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
amazing. No wonder the brass band was in fine form. Hundreds of | :06:31. | :06:38. | |
people lined the route. Kids from a school down the road. Above, a | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
bird's-eye view. Others wrapped up nice and warm from the British | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
summer. Tennis is her passion. She has become Derbyshire it's number | :06:50. | :06:57. | |
one at under 16 Foster that is despite having cystic fibrosis. -- | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
under 16. She'd ticket at a relaxed job. Mum, dad and friends were | :07:03. | :07:11. | |
trying to keep up. -- she took it. I did not think that many people | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
would show up. I really enjoyed it. I had to try to run up there in my | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
suit. I ran up as well. I did not know where he had gone. He | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
disappeared. The shock and have face when she saw all these people. | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
They were crowding around. -- on her face. Now Katie is taking her | :07:38. | :07:46. | |
torch into her school and tennis centre. Here she is - the young | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
lady of the moment. Did you see that? I was quite surprised. I did | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
not think there was that match of May. We think you are a very | :07:57. | :08:06. | |
special girl. -- much of me. What was it like doing the round? It was | :08:06. | :08:14. | |
crazy. I did not think there would be that many people around. There | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
is a man on bouncy stilts. Describe the atmosphere. On the bus I got | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
bombarded by people. People were saying, have my child, have my | :08:27. | :08:35. | |
child! I thought, I am going to drop the baby. People were having | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
photos. Two of my friends were there. There were too many people. | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
You must be very proud of Katie. Extremely proud. She is an amazing | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
girl. So calm and collected. It is a cliche but she and young people | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
like her are really are an example, aren't they? They are. It does not | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
matter what is thrown at her, she will have a go. She puts great | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
effort into whatever she does. She is a great person. It is yet | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
another cliche but this was for you the experience of a lifetime. | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
ever came again, I would definitely want to do it again. It was really | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
special. Everybody - even the people on the bus - they were | :09:26. | :09:34. | |
really nice and really helpful. Thank you for bringing the sunshine. | :09:34. | :09:41. | |
I am confidently told the torch is heading our way. It has come from | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
Buxton to Ashbourne this afternoon and we are hoping it is making its | :09:45. | :09:53. | |
way down the Ashbourne Road. Sarah will tell us. The torch is coming. | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
We know that because the convoy is here. Look who I have with me! | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
Someone very special - pepper. How must he be feeling right now? | :10:06. | :10:15. | |
Excited but really nervous. -- you'd be feeling. They have been | :10:15. | :10:24. | |
waiting down now. There are so many people down there - all cheering. | :10:24. | :10:34. | |
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All your friends are here. Why were you nominated? I work for | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
Derbyshire mental health services. I represent all the people who | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
really go that extra mile. It is all to do with a training with | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
Nordic walking. I'm not a natural when it comes to exercise. I | :10:54. | :11:02. | |
discovered Nordic walking. I do it with my clients. I love it. I feel | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
a bit lost. It is very exciting. How proud are you to carry this | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
torch? Really proud. I never dreamt I would do something like this. | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
When I was nominated I never thought it would come to anything. | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
It is becoming a bit of a reality. The torch is coming, isn't it? We | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
will lead you to it. These women work with her. Why did you nominate | :11:32. | :11:38. | |
her? She really deserves it. She goes that extra mile. Are you | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
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excited? This is your first glimpse of the torch, isn't it? I am very | :11:48. | :11:55. | |
excited. We are told the torch is on its way. Let's see if we can see | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
it was up in the distance, possibly up there. I'll just grab a few | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
words with spectators who have come out this evening. Why was it so | :12:04. | :12:12. | |
important? It is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The Jubilee, | :12:12. | :12:21. | |
the Olympics - fantastic for our country! This is of this is | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
something quite amazing for you. What will it mean to see the torch | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
come right past you? -- have obviously. What do you think of the | :12:32. | :12:39. | |
atmosphere? It is really good - amazing. Thank you very much. I | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
hope you enjoy it. This is the convoy which is coming down the | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
road. At some point down here, the torch is coming, we are told. The | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
crowd is as far as the eye can see - people waving their flags - | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
getting excited, getting in the mood for doing this. Pepper is | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
getting ready to take a moment, which will be so exciting for her. | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
-- a moment. Here are a lot of media vehicles and support convoys. | :13:13. | :13:21. | |
This is the torch. It is carried by Daniel Longhurst from Derby. His | :13:21. | :13:28. | |
passion for dance got him the nomination. He has inspired so many | :13:28. | :13:36. | |
people. This is the kiss. A few photos get taken of this monumental | :13:36. | :13:46. | |
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Another kiss to mark the moment of the kiss and she will start her | :13:55. | :14:05. | |
moment - taking it along Ashbourne Road. Huge cheers from the crowd. | :14:05. | :14:11. | |
She will be giving it took Dan, one of our best Paralympic athletes. | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
High hopes for him in the Games in the discus. Off she goes. She is | :14:17. | :14:27. | |
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heading towards you. It is on its way. Isn't that wonderful? How | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
fantastic to see that kiss point happening live in front of our | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
cameras! Wonderful images. It is on its way, that is the main thing. | :14:39. | :14:46. | |
The torch relay - the torch has been carried by the wonders number | :14:46. | :14:54. | |
of means. It has been across rivers using zip wires, on top of | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
mountains, on a camel. Not during this particular Olympics, I must | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
say. Something unique has happened. It has travelled by cable car as | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
Anthony Bartram reports. The torch has been taken over the edge come | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
up on the water. Who can forget this? After a zip wire the | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
adrenalin rush, what you really need to do is slow down and enjoy | :15:22. | :15:30. | |
the ride. This iconic cable-car ride up the heights of the -- | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
Abraham has seemed apt. The torch has been off-road before but never | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
with views like this. 15-year-old gymnast Dominic Cunningham from | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
Birmingham hopes the 2016 Olympics are on his horizon, as he climbed | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
over the Derwent Valley. There was plenty to inspire. The warming | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
effect of the flame has been seen and heard all along its route. | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
were hanging out of the window with an Olympic torch. Seeing everyone | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
on the hilltop was brilliant. primary-school were the top | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
cheerleaders. What did you think of the torch? Brilliant! I was really | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
excited to see it in the cable car. It was awesome. I really liked it. | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
The fact it was maybe the last time we would see it in our country. | :16:26. | :16:32. | |
Another happy crowd up lifted, it was soon time for the ride Down, to | :16:32. | :16:42. | |
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There is a bit of a party atmosphere building up behind me, | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
isn't there? That is nothing compared with what will happen | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
later. The really big party is happening not very far from here, | :16:58. | :17:08. | |
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Hello. I have got Colin Jackson with Meath was a delightful to have | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
you with me! It is a pleasure to be here. It is the second time I have | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
ever come to Derby. An incredible amount of people in the park, just | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
to see something spectacular. are waiting. The flame will come | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
here. It will go through the clouds -- crowds and light the cauldron. | :17:36. | :17:46. | |
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We reckon we may have 20,000 people here. Do join us at 7pm. We are | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
featuring a wonderful stories of all the torch bearers today and | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
over the next few days as the relay heads across the East Midlands. | :17:54. | :18:02. | |
There are so many of them that they have to put three of them together. | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
Three of our bearers and this report. Lots of students live here | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
so where better to carry the torch and through Lenton. Rebecca is at | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
Nottingham Trent University. It is her rise to the top of table tennis | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
that has earned her the honour of carrying the torch. Bennett was the | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
turn of Clary Jones to carry the flame. -- then it was. She lost her | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
leg after a hit and run accident. She wants to set up a visit -- a | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
business to design clothes for disabled people. This man gave both | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
students the good news they would be running with the flame. Both | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
girls were worried at being called to the office. It was emotional for | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
them. It was amazing! It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Not just | :19:00. | :19:08. | |
a kiss but a handshake for Bill Ferguson. He has had a lifetime of | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
athletics, running for Team GB. He was the team manager in the | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
Commonwealth Games three times. There was a hug along the way for | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
extra support. For young and old today it was a time for them all to | :19:23. | :19:33. | |
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shine. Welcome back to the cathedral quarter. Behind me, a | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
group of people you might not normally expect to see in the | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
centre of Derby. A group of sailors - Sea cadets to be more precise. | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
With them Sea Cadet leader. Welcome! I can see from where you | :19:47. | :19:54. | |
are holding their you had your day today. Where did you do your run? | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
It was a fantastic day for do- nothing like I was expecting. | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
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you nominated? -- a fantastic day. Nothing like I was expecting. | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
People might think there is not a lot of sea in the East Midlands so | :20:15. | :20:22. | |
why is that happening? We are based in Nottingham. There are loads of | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
different training organisations throughout the UK. You ran twice | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
today. How did that happen? I did my initial run and was asked to | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
continue for the extra 300 metres, which I agreed to do. You can | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
probably hear the huge amount of noise behind me. That is because | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
the first part of the convoy has arrived in the cathedral quarter of | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
Derby. Blue lights flashing, outriders. This is the initial part | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
of the cavalcade. It does not mean that the torch bearer has arrived. | :20:57. | :21:04. | |
It is the advance party. It is so exciting. It whips the crowds up | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
into a frenzy. The torch bearer is about five minutes behind. It is | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
good to see the advance party. Where were we? You experienced all | :21:16. | :21:22. | |
this excitement as you were doing the round, is it overwhelming? | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
definitely was. Seeing the crowds lining the streets and cheering | :21:26. | :21:34. | |
your name was unbelievable. You are famous! 15 minutes of fame has been | :21:34. | :21:41. | |
fantastic. Thank you very much. Are you allowed to keep the torch? | :21:41. | :21:47. | |
indeed. Everyone will want to see it. It has been such a fabulous day. | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
We have been asking you to send in your pictures. Here is the | :21:52. | :22:02. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :22:02. | :23:00. | |
Wow! The noisiest corporate truck you have ever seen or heard his | :23:00. | :23:07. | |
passing by. You went away for a while. The torch is about five | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
minutes away. It will be here soon. There is another big story today | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
and that is the weather. This is considerably better than yesterday. | :23:20. | :23:27. | |
We had golf-ball sized hail stones or tennis ball sized! They were the | :23:27. | :23:34. | |
size of golf balls. For the whole of June, it fell within one hour | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
yesterday across the East Midlands. It is not confirmed but a possible | :23:38. | :23:48. | |
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tornado as well. That did cause some damage. Geoff spent the day | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
patching up his damaged Conservatory in Burbage. It bore | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
the brunt of a hailstorm and shattered dozens of windscreens. | :23:59. | :24:07. | |
You have got the best part of �3,000 to get a new roof on S. | :24:07. | :24:13. | |
looked and sounded like a tropical storm. This is mobile-phone footage. | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
The wind has picked up. The trees in the background. Things are | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
flying around - big items. Things are getting drawn out of the house. | :24:25. | :24:32. | |
A tree has fallen on top of a car down the road. This is when a | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
whirlwind happened. Tiles were whipped of the rooms and flung into | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
gardens. This gadget was blown apart by the storm. The roof has | :24:43. | :24:50. | |
gone. -- the garage. It is all still there but it is very wet. | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
When the rain and hail finally stopped, some streets in Leicester | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
and Loughborough were turned into rivers. They had a third of a | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
month's rain fought in a few hours. It is not what to expect in summer, | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
is it? -- rainfall. Back in Burbidge, Geoff and his neighbours | :25:12. | :25:21. | |
of counting the cost of a storm that no one is likely to be get. -- | :25:21. | :25:27. | |
forget. We have had some wind here. I have not been able to do her | :25:27. | :25:33. | |
thing with my hair. Much better than yesterday. -- a thing. A | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
continually improving picture? Still the chance of a few showers | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
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As the showers start to die away throughout the evening, we will see | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
their cloud increasing from the south-west and rain will move up | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
from the south-west was dug once that rain clears, through the | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
morning, we will get a bit of respite from the rain but showers | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
will soon develops throughout tomorrow. A few of the showers will | :26:09. | :26:16. | |
become heavy. The chance of thunder into the afternoon. Not as bad as | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
yesterday. They will move through quite quickly on the strength of | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
the wind. On Sunday, we do start to see the ridge of high pressure | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
building up from the south. That should start to kill off some of | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
the showers that are likely on Sunday. Sunday should be the drier | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
day. It will be quite breezy. We should get away with missing out on | :26:40. | :26:47. | |
a few of the shires as well. The wind is certainly gusting in the | :26:47. | :26:55. | |
centre of Derby. It has gone up or cloudy again. A bit hit and mess | :26:55. | :27:03. | |
with regard to showers. We're waiting for the torch to come. | :27:03. | :27:13. | |
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Tomorrow it leaves Derby for Birmingham and the West Midlands | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
better returns to a region on Monday. Starting off in Coventry, | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
Northampton, Kettering and Corby before making its way to Market | :27:24. | :27:26. |