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This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and Dominic Heale. | :00:02. | :00:12. | |
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Tonight - another alarm is sounded over patient care. Inspection squads | :00:12. | :00:18. | |
are to go into Nottingham's two main hospitals. It is because the city | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
Hospital and the Queens medical Centre have been rated as among the | :00:21. | :00:28. | |
most high risk in the country. Also as temperatures rise, | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
youngsters ignore the warnings and take the plunge. I came down with my | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
mates and I thought I would do it. You only live once! White metropolis | :00:39. | :00:46. | |
after a war of words over the resting place, Cathedral bosses | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
agreed to a raised team for Richard III. | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
And a dryer Mr Darcy comes to Chatsworth House. He will not be | :00:55. | :01:05. | |
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emerging from a lake in a dripping Welcome to Thursday's programme. | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
First tonight, an East Midlands hospital trust will be among the | :01:14. | :01:20. | |
first in the country to be subjected to a tough new inspection regime. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
It's because of concern about the risks faced by patients. Nottingham | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
University Hospitals were found to have higher than expected infection | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
and readmission rates. It's one of 18 hospital trusts in the country | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
which will be inspected as a matter of priority by the Care Quality | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
Commission. Hospital bosses have reassured patients and say they | :01:39. | :01:48. | |
expect to pass the inspections with "flying colours". | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
Between them the Nottingham City Hospital and the Queens Medical | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
Centre deal with around a million patients every year. It makes the | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust one of the biggest in the | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
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country. But it's now also been rated as one of the most high-risk. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
Failing on safety which looks at infection rates and readmission | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
numbers. Because of that, the trust has been picked as one of 18 across | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
the country to be subjected to tough new inspections announced today by | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
the Care Quality Commission. Frankly I was surprised because of our | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
record with patient safety. I understand that may cause anxiety | :02:29. | :02:37. | |
but I can assure patients but Nottingham University capital | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
Hospitals come under the finalist in the country. The good teams will | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
spend longer inspecting key areas like maternity of paediatrics and | :02:46. | :02:53. | |
AMD. -- A&E. They'll consist of announced and unannounced visits | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
including in the evenings and weekends when it's known people are | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
more likely to experience poor care. The family of dementia sufferer | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
Peter Ryley - who died at the Queens Medical Centre after nursing staff | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
over-sedated him causing him to fall - say they're disappointed the | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
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hospital is one of six deemed as high-risk. The family were pleased | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
to hear the hospital had taken the case seriously. I have been sad and | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
disappointed to find out that the hospital has been given a high risk | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
rating by the Care Quality Commission but they have welcomed | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
the plans for rigorous inspection. We don't always get things right and | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
we accept that and when we don't get things right, we undertake to get | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
these problems solved and openly and transparently account to those we | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
serve. The inspections will be carried out over the next five | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
months and a new rating system will be introduced after that. | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
Earlier I spoke to Carolyn Jenkinson from the Care Quality Commission in | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
Nottingham. She explained the reasons for the inspections in | :04:03. | :04:12. | |
Nottingham. We want to look at whether the hospital is safe, | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
whether it is affected, and whether it is led well said things that have | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
come up are issues with infection control and more importantly in some | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
ways, the views of patients. White actor how effectively with your | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
teams be working? Scandal after scandal concerning hospital has | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
happened. Some of those were given a clean bill of health. We have | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
radically changed our inspection programme for hospitals and we will | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
do that with this inspection. We will be on-site for a long time and | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
look at of different parts of the organisation. We are going to take a | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
big team in with us and that will be made up of doctors, nurses and | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
experts who are experienced members of the public and former patients. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
understand you will be doing spot checks. If you do find problems, | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
what can be done? It all boils down to money. | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
And now a look at the weather. If we find issues of serious concern and | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
we think that there are Proms we will escalate that -- there are | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
problems we will escalate that. Thank you very much. | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
Lincolnshire Police has been identified as one of five forces | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
that will find it especially difficult to cope with further | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
budget cuts. The warning by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
Constabulary has been backed by the county's Police and Crime | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
Commissioner. Alan Hardwick called on the Government to "leave us | :05:42. | :05:52. | |
Despite significant tensions in their working relationship, | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
Lincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner and his Chief Constable | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
stood shoulder-to-shoulder to praise a 14% drop in recorded crime in the | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
county over the past year, but also to condemn the level of funding | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
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which sees less spent per head of population than any other force. | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
funding formula which was used to find out what force gets what was | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
weighted heavily against Lincolnshire in particular, it was | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
like the Government took an axe to the budget for Lincolnshire. For | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
every force in the UK spent the same amount per head as we do in | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Lincolnshire, if that was the case, the Government would save �1 | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
billion. It is appropriate the Government recognises that | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
Lincolnshire police are cut very close to the bone and delivering a | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
very efficient service. It is time to look elsewhere, quite frankly. So | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
no more cuts in Lincolnshire? That is the clear message. | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
Earlier this year, Alan Hardwick suspended Neil Rhodes for "potential | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
conduct matters". But Mr Rhodes successfully overturned that | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
decision in the High Court. So given that the Chief Constable is still | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
being investigated by the Commissioner, what is the state of | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
their working relationship? We get on extremely well and we meet | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
regularly, there is no animosity. you think you will continue to work | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
with him in the future? Absolutely, no shred of doubt at all. | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
In its report, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary says | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
Lincolnshire Police may soon struggle to protect front-line | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
policing further. The force says its books are balanced and jobs are | :07:31. | :07:38. | |
secure for the next two years. But beyond that, with further cuts | :07:38. | :07:46. | |
expected, Alan Hardwick says: "Who knows?" | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
Later in the programme: is it OK to come last in the egg-and-spoon race? | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
We'll be finding out if winners and losers are still allowed at school | :07:53. | :08:02. | |
sports days. Plus, where's Kaye? a Miami or even the Costa Del Sol? | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
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Or how about Skegness? Find out the Next tonight, the risks that | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
youngsters are taking to cool off during the current warm weather. | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
Today our cameras found a group jumping off a 30-foot-high bridge | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
into a Derbyshire river. And as schools start to break up for the | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
summer, Severn Trent has issued a warning urging people not to be | :08:29. | :08:39. | |
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tempted to take a cooling dip in one could kill or cause life changing | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
injuries. We found this group of youngsters jumping off the 30 foot | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
high bridge near Ashbourne this morning. It is part of the thrill. I | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
wouldn't do if it was dangerous - dangerous. What if you can't see | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
what is in the water? You only live once! I came down with my mates and | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
thought I would do it. Meanwhile, Severn Trent Water has issued a | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
warning urging everybody to stay out of reservoirs. It may look nice and | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
placid, look enticing but it is really cold and the temperature out | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
today, about 28 Celsius, that will not be any more than eight Celsius | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
in the water. People jump in there, they will find it quickly cold. A | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
shock to the system. 16 deaths nationally in reservoirs this year. | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
It is the people going to those sites that we want to get the | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
message too. Please don't come and think it is safe to jump into these | :09:51. | :09:57. | |
reservoirs because it is not. like this water in Derbyshire have | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
draw holes under the surface to meet changes in demand which can also | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
cause hidden currents. The advice is choose somewhere safe to keep cool | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
A couple from Ashby-de-la-Zouch who died when their light aircraft | :10:16. | :10:23. | |
crashed into a field on Sunday have been named. Robert Moulton, who was | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
76, and his 84-year-old wife Lillian, died when the plane came | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
down near Fenny Drayton. It's believed the aircraft took off from | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
an airstrip near Twycross Zoo and was heading to Stoke Golding | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
airfield. An inquest into their deaths has been opened and | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
adjourned. Six people have been charged with | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
human trafficking offences after raids in Derby. The three men and | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
three women were arrested on Monday, when 11 suspected victims of human | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
trafficking were found at houses across the city. Police believe they | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
may have fraudulently used the details of the 11 men to claim | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
benefits and forced them into work. A 41-year-old woman who was also | :11:04. | :11:11. | |
arrested has been released on bail. A couple from Nottingham who won �45 | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
million on the EuroMillions have been given permission to build a | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
futuristic "hub" house. Matt and Cassey Topham scooped the jackpot in | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
February last year. They plan to knock down their �1.2 million | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
mansion to build their new home which will include a grotto-like | :11:23. | :11:25. | |
swimming pool and a botanical garden. Costing �5 million, the | :11:25. | :11:35. | |
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property will be located in the Wollaton Park Conservation Area. | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
The Derby-based train maker Bombardier has won a �180 million | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
contract to supply the Southern train company. The deal is to | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
provide Southern's electric rolling stock for the London Thameslink | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
route. Two years ago, Bombardier lost out to the German company | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
Siemens for the main order for Thameslink trains. But now this | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
smaller contract for Bombardier has the potential to double in size, | :12:00. | :12:07. | |
after it's signed in two weeks' time. | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
Losing the huge �1.4 billion order for Thameslink rolling stock to | :12:10. | :12:17. | |
Siemens in 2011 was a massive blow to Bombardier. Hundreds of | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
contractors and staff lost their jobs. But since then, Bombardier has | :12:20. | :12:28. | |
been awarded a series of smaller contracts. The latest of these, | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
announced today, is also ironically for trains to be used on the | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
Thameslink route. Southern Railway has announced it has selected | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
Bombardier to build 116 new electric rolling stock vehicles at a cost of | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
around �180 million. The order also includes the possibility of building | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
an additional 140 carriages, potentially bringing the total value | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
up to �385 million. Following today's announcement, | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
there is a formal hiatus of ten working days, in case unsuccessful | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
bidders wish to challenge the deal. Southern says it does intend to sign | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
with Bombardier at the end of this period. | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says the Government has | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
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worked closely with Southern on this Bombardier but they must win the | :13:31. | :13:40. | |
next major contract with Crossrail. In the meantime, assuming the | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
contract is signed on schedule, Bombardier will be expected to | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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deliver their 116 vehicles in 2015. Doctors and academics from Leicester | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
are leading a ground-breaking study into lung cancer. The research | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
project is part of a drive to boost survival rates for the illness. | :14:06. | :14:14. | |
Experts from the area will examine how exactly lung cancer adapts, | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
mutates and becomes resistant to treatment. 850 patients will be | :14:18. | :14:25. | |
studied across the UK. Now, the legal row over whether the | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
bones of Richard III should be buried in Leicester or York rumbles | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
on. But in the meantime, Cathedral bosses have had another battle on | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
their hands. Should the last Plantagenet king's final resting | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
place in Leicester be under a flat stone ledger or a raised tomb? Today | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
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we finally got a decision. The scaffolding is going up and the | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
transformation is just beginning. The argument over which city Richard | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
III should be buried in my not yet be settled. Nevertheless, Leicester | :14:58. | :15:04. | |
Cathedral is pressing ahead with its plans and it has just revealed the | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
last Plantagenet King will be getting a tomb. What is significant | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
about all this is that originally, the Cathedral said it wanted a flat | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
stone ledge for the King's final resting place but those plans were | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
criticised by the Richard III society which said it wanted a far | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
more prominent memorial. We have listened carefully, we have got a | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
flat ledger stone and a tomb like structure so it is win- win for | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
everybody. This is what it would looks like, a raised tomb surrounded | :15:36. | :15:45. | |
by a White rose. Not any king is buried in Leicester so it should be | :15:45. | :15:50. | |
a large team of people can see and visit. It is grand, a big gesture | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
that is more appropriate. in total, it will cost the Cathedral �1 | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
million. We have not got that money at the moment. We will need help | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
from the public, benefactors and patrons but we think that people | :16:08. | :16:12. | |
will want to come behind what we are doing. White actor of the pressure | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
is on to make a fitting memorial but also an impressive show for the | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
thousands of people the cities it expected -- the city is expected to | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
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the venue that is experiencing a bit of a boom. The visitors' numbers are | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
extraordinary. More details later. One of the East Midlands' most | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
beautiful historic homes is once again in the spotlight. Chatsworth | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
House in Derbyshire is being used by the BBC to film its new period drama | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
Death Comes to Pemberley. The sequel to Jane Austen's novel Pride And | :17:00. | :17:10. | |
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Prejudice will hit our screens later suspense, suspicion and deceit. | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
Death Comes to Pemberley is the sequel to Jane Austen's Pride And | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
Prejudice. But with a murder mystery twist. | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy have been married for six | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
years but there is trouble at the end and a new Mr Darcy. It is a very | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
different character, he is a family man now, in love so not the brooding | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
arrogance that I think some associate with him. I can | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
wholeheartedly say that I will not be competing with Colin Firth about | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
emerging from a lake, I don't think anybody can top him. Chats with is | :17:56. | :18:03. | |
no stranger to big productions. The Duchess was partly filmed here as | :18:03. | :18:09. | |
well as Pride And Prejudice. It always helps boost visitor numbers. | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
The visitors absolutely loved it so when people were being filmed, | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
people crowd round to see the famous people. We try to link into that as | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
much as we can to all of our guides, they are all happy to talk to | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
visitors and anything we can tell them about productions enhances what | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
we have already got here which is enough in itself really. It dates | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
from the 16th century and includes priceless treasures but they have | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
been a few near misses. There was a large vase worth about �1 million | :18:42. | :18:49. | |
and there was a terrible crunching sound and somebody pulled the vase, | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
but thank goodness it was a cheap reproduction that we dropped. | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
The 3-part adaptation celebrates the 200th anniversary of the first | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
publication of Pride And Prejudice do for broadcast this Christmas. -- | :19:05. | :19:12. | |
view for broadcast. But no dripping Mr Darcy coming out of the lake. | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
And now the sport. No mention of how much like I am Mr | :19:18. | :19:20. | |
Darcy! In football, Nottingham's Sophie | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
Bradley could be about to make a surprise return to the England team | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
for tonight's must-win European Championship match against France. | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
That's despite the ankle injury that's kept her out of the | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
tournament so far. England are only still in contention | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
because of a last-minute goal against Russia from Toni Duggan and | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
the performances just haven't been good enough. That surely can be the | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
only reason coach Hope Powell would risk Sophie Bradley who even | :19:44. | :19:50. | |
yesterday was watching training with her feet up. There will be changes | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
tomorrow, trying to get something out of this game if we want to stay | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
in it. We have to get something otherwise we will be going home. I | :19:58. | :20:04. | |
cannot fault the effort, it is just not clicking for us at the moment. | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
The game's on BBC Three with a 7:30 kick off. England have never beaten | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
France but must win to be sure of going through. Lee Westwood has | :20:13. | :20:20. | |
begun his latest aid to get his elusive major title at the open | :20:20. | :20:22. | |
championship at Muirfield Golf Club. He is one of the favourites to lift | :20:22. | :20:32. | |
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the claret jug. He finished to hunt -- two underpar. | :20:37. | :20:39. | |
In today's cricket, a disappointing defeat for Nottinghamshire at | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
Edgbaston. The only bright spot a half century for struggling Alex | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
Hales. Poor Derbyshire were on the end of one of the most extraordinary | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
innings. Alex Lees making it to 275 not out for Yorkshire before the | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
Tykes declared. Surely he must have wanted 300. | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
In Division Two, once Ned Eckersley fell, the Leicestershire tail fell | :20:55. | :21:03. | |
apart. And medals today at the European | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
Youth Olympic Festival for Nottingham gymnast Ellie Downie, | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
part of the silver medal winning girls team and two Leicestershire | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
cyclists: Charlotte Broughton took silver and Grace Garner got bronze | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
in the road race. Next, school sports days. It's that | :21:16. | :21:23. | |
time of year. The Government - which is very keen on competition - has | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
just handed primary schools �150 million to improve sport. But should | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
it be about winners and losers? Nottingham's Helen Barnes is a | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
former international canoeist who is now a teacher. The ideal person to | :21:34. | :21:41. | |
investigate for us. Competitive sport is back at the heart of the | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
new curriculum and the start of a healthy debate. I think | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
competitiveness is a good thing because it teaches children that | :21:49. | :21:55. | |
life is about winning and losing. think it is too much pressure on the | :21:55. | :22:01. | |
children. It divides opinion that which opinions are schools choosing? | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
On our sports day, every child is a winner. It is about individual | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
winners. One winner. We want everybody to join in and feel good | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
about themselves. Life is competitive, children need to deal | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
with that. White matter I carried out my own survey and contacted 50 | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
schools across the region. At Bowes, 15 are running competitive | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
days. The rest are doing a mix of both. I have been to two sports | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
days. The first in Galveston where they have been learning to fail | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
which is important as winning. We like to show a competitive side. | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
While we feel that children need to understand that and children need to | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
know they can win but you have to be gracious in defeat. But over in | :22:55. | :23:05. | |
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Nottingham, at Radcliffe, they feel sports should be fun. As a first | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
feeling of organised sport, they should be successful and wants to be | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
successful and set up to succeed. We do not want to start a race knowing | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
that if there are six children, five of them have already lost. | :23:19. | :23:25. | |
That was fantastic, give yourselves a big clap. It is up to each | :23:25. | :23:29. | |
individual school how they run a sports day. That is a former | :23:29. | :23:36. | |
international canoeist, professional sport is something I feel about. | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
Children have chances to excel in the classroom in exams so why not | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
give children who are really good at it a chance to shine? | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
I remember the humiliation of sports days and that is just the dads' | :23:50. | :24:00. | |
With this heat continuing it's probably no surprise that people are | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
flocking to outdoor pools to try and cool off. But we have some | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
statistics that might just surprise you. Compared with this time last | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
year when it was a little bit wetter Ashby-de-la-Zouch's open air | :24:14. | :24:16. | |
swimming pool has had a 2,400% increase in visitor numbers. | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
90 years ago, going to a Lido was an exciting day out often filled with | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
beauty parades, diving competitions and water polo. This is | :24:24. | :24:26. | |
Leicestershire's last public open-air swimming pool at | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch and already first thing this morning there's a queue | :24:29. | :24:39. | |
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at the door and people are starting to fill it up. We are coming here | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
because of the lovely weather. not to swim around in the sunshine | :24:44. | :24:50. | |
but it is really warm. It is a nice day outside so when you jump in, it | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
is nice weather. You get to live in the sun it is really nice. | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
This time last year when it was wet and raining, Hood Park leisure | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
Centre had 145 people use the outdoor pool. This year a staggering | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
3,632 went for a dip to try and cool off from the summer sun. It is | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
terribly important, part of the heritage of Ashby going back to the | :25:16. | :25:24. | |
1930s when lots of bases had lidos. We must preserve our heritage and | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
make sure it is well used by everybody. We have pool parties, | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
barbecues, even in winter, you can use the pool for a charity swim if | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
you have the courage! If the larger pool is still too cold, this centre | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
has a heated pool for the younger, more sensitive swimmers who also | :25:45. | :25:55. | |
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it, you are lucky! Talking about them, I think our reporter is on a | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
beach somewhere. I have been let out for good behaviour! We are 60 miles | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
away from the coast here in Nottingham city centre where they | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
are preparing the beach for this year's Nottingham Riviera. Tonnes | :26:14. | :26:20. | |
and tonnes of sand here, fairground rides, fish and chip shops and a | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
beach bar. All we need is the sunshine. | :26:22. | :26:28. | |
It opens tomorrow and it looks like we will get that. Another hot and | :26:28. | :26:34. | |
sunny day with temperatures soaring again into the high 20s. We did not | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
get the elusive hottest day of the year today, temperatures up to 28 | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
Celsius but it is still feeling warm and another oppressive muggy night | :26:41. | :26:50. | |
tonight. Temperatures only slowly rolling back to around 16 Celsius. | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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And then we do it it again tomorrow up into the afternoon once again. | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
But it is the sunshine that is taking the limelight once again, | :27:04. | :27:10. | |
temperatures up to 28, 29 Celsius. Subtle changes on the way for the | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
weekend, the high-pressure moves north and that allows us to drag in | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
an easterly wind and that will be bringing in more cloud so for | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
Saturday, more clout for the morning, but it should earn back to | :27:21. | :27:25. |