:00:04. > :00:12.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies. And me, Dominic Heale.
:00:12. > :00:16.Tonight, thousands attend open air prayers for a family killed in a
:00:16. > :00:23.house fire. The coffins were brought to a local park as grieving husband
:00:23. > :00:30.and father, Doctor Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar, called for peace and
:00:30. > :00:36.unity. All humanity, religions, denominations, nobody wants any or
:00:36. > :00:42.mishaps. Hyde the laboratory mice prompting talk of an Alzheimer's
:00:42. > :00:45.breakthrough. Plus it is claimed there will be thousands of more jobs
:00:45. > :00:51.in the pipeline with a new training centre here in the East Midlands.
:00:51. > :00:53.And the tonnes of wood and rubble cleared by volunteers from the dyke
:00:53. > :01:09.that floods their town. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:09. > :01:13.programme. Thousands of people gathered in Leicester today for the
:01:13. > :01:17.funeral prayers for a family of four killed in a house fire last month.
:01:17. > :01:21.The ceremony at Spinney Hill Park was held to remember Shehnila Taufiq
:01:21. > :01:24.and her three teenage children. Our reporter Eleanor Garnier is there
:01:24. > :01:32.now. Good evening. Just how many people were there? Police estimate
:01:32. > :01:39.they were around 7000 people here, who started arriving around 3:30pm,
:01:39. > :01:45.and by the time prayers started just after 4pm, the crowds were still
:01:45. > :01:51.gathering. Clearly, the cold and windy weather did not put people off
:01:51. > :01:55.coming to pay their respects. It is grief that brought thousands of
:01:55. > :02:00.people together in Leicester today. Mourning the loss of a mother and
:02:00. > :02:08.her three teenage children, their bodies brought to the park by police
:02:08. > :02:12.escort. Row upon row, friends, neighbours, strangers, coming for
:02:12. > :02:18.funeral prayers, and to support this man Doctor Muhammad Taufiq Al
:02:18. > :02:23.Sattar, now a widower and childless, but expressing thanks to
:02:23. > :02:28.people all around the world. From all different the nominations,
:02:28. > :02:36.getting e—mails, cards, telephone calls, that will give me peace and
:02:36. > :02:41.strength in my heart so that I can see this in Leicester and Dublin and
:02:41. > :02:49.throughout the world. —— different denominations. I am not angry, guess
:02:49. > :02:55.macro, my heart is broken. Is silent in reflective prayer, remembering
:02:55. > :03:01.Shehnila Taufiq, her daughter Zainab, and her two sons back row
:03:01. > :03:16.one and Bilal. This has brought everyone together. —— her two sons
:03:16. > :03:21.Bilal and Jamal. This has brought everyone together. Fire engulfed
:03:22. > :03:26.their home. And one more journey before their final resting place by
:03:27. > :03:31.ferry to Ireland, where the doctor worked as a neurosurgeon. On
:03:31. > :03:40.Saturday, in Dublin, their bodies will be laid to rest.
:03:40. > :03:43.Today was about paying respect to those who died and allowing a
:03:43. > :03:48.community to come together to mourn, but seven people have now
:03:48. > :03:52.been charged with the murder of Shehnila Taufiq and her three
:03:52. > :03:56.teenage children, clearly a court case continuing and one man arrested
:03:56. > :04:06.yesterday who remains in police custody. Thank you.
:04:06. > :04:09.Next tonight, landmark research carried out in the East Midlands is
:04:09. > :04:11.being hailed as a breakthrough in the eventual treatment of
:04:11. > :04:16.Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases. A team based in Leicester
:04:16. > :04:20.has shown they can halt brain cell death in mice. However, the
:04:20. > :04:24.Alzheimer's Society has given the news a cautious welcome. They say
:04:24. > :04:26.scientists are still a long way from finding a successful treatment. Our
:04:26. > :04:32.health correspondent Rob Sissons can tell us more.
:04:32. > :04:36.The work they have been doing in this laboratory in Leicester has got
:04:36. > :04:40.people excited around the world. They have had interviews with
:04:40. > :04:45.Canada, America and New Zealand. It is work on the brains of mice
:04:45. > :04:49.getting everyone so excited. The papers were full of it, scientists
:04:49. > :04:56.saying it could be a historic turning point in the development of
:04:56. > :05:06.medicines to treat degenerative new role —— degenerative conditions like
:05:06. > :05:10.Alzheimer's. We were able to do it genetically, but having a drug that
:05:10. > :05:16.can target the pathway is a huge step forward, leading ways for drug
:05:16. > :05:22.companies to develop these further. Both these mice have a rub it
:05:22. > :05:27.neurological disorder. But this one was treated with the compound,
:05:27. > :05:31.showing few symptoms, the other is not treated and moves with poor
:05:31. > :05:37.coordination. This is now opens the way for drug companies to develop
:05:37. > :05:41.treatments for people. It is hugely impressive in the whole Alzheimer's
:05:41. > :05:49.sphere anyway, but we hope we can work with them and colleagues based
:05:49. > :05:55.in Nottingham, chemists there to take this forward. Will it be a game
:05:55. > :05:59.changer? Heather hopes so. She is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's
:05:59. > :06:04.Society in Derby and has early signs of dementia. Her attitude, until
:06:04. > :06:11.there is a cure, make the most of every day. The white there and enjoy
:06:11. > :06:17.life as best you can. In the meantime, —— go out there and enjoy
:06:17. > :06:23.your life. In the meantime, make the best of it. This man died last month
:06:24. > :06:31.after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his '40s. His wife
:06:31. > :06:35.says this gives hope to people. We always hope for a cure, but
:06:35. > :06:39.unfortunately, there was not, but this is hopeful that other people so
:06:39. > :06:45.they do not have to go through what we went through. In Leicester, it
:06:45. > :06:51.has taken five years to get this far and two and a half million pounds.
:06:51. > :06:58.This story has been everywhere, huge reaction understandably? I guess it
:06:58. > :07:03.is because of numbers. According to the NHS, the number of people with
:07:03. > :07:10.Alzheimer's in the UK is well over 600,000. As we live longer, of
:07:10. > :07:15.course, more will get it. How far off is the treatment going to be
:07:16. > :07:21.available? There are works going on on other treatments, but in that
:07:21. > :07:27.laboratory in Leicester, they are protecting five maybe ten years
:07:27. > :07:32.before treatment humans. Alzheimer's Society, perhaps understandably,
:07:32. > :07:37.being cautious, what have they said? I believe they are managing
:07:37. > :07:43.people's expectations, because this will take years, and it may not
:07:43. > :07:49.translate to an effective drug. We know the compound given to those
:07:49. > :07:53.mice had a nasty side—effect with their pancreas. In humans, that
:07:53. > :07:57.could mean the treatment does not work. Still a long way to go. But
:07:57. > :08:08.keeping fingers crossed. IQ very much, —— thank you very much, Rob.
:08:08. > :08:12.Coming up, traders who sell so—called legal highs are told to
:08:12. > :08:16.examine their consciences. Plus we find out about the new IVF treatment
:08:16. > :08:22.that increases pregnancy rates by 20%.
:08:22. > :08:27.A court has heard extracts from a teenager's diary in which he
:08:27. > :08:32.describes how he'd carry out a massacre at his school. The Old
:08:32. > :08:34.Bailey was told the teenager from Loughborough, who can't be
:08:34. > :08:37.identified, intended to lock the exits, throw explosives into a
:08:37. > :08:42.classroom and "finish off" any survivors. Earlier the court had
:08:42. > :08:49.been shown weaponry, including pipe bombs, found in the boy's bedroom.
:08:50. > :08:52.Investigators have been trying to get inside a burned—out derelict
:08:53. > :08:58.building in Derby where a man's body was found. The discovery was made on
:08:58. > :09:02.Tuesday night after a large fire at the former Friargate Pine Company
:09:02. > :09:06.building. The cause of his death and the cause of the fire are not known
:09:06. > :09:09.at the moment. Police think they know the identity of the man, but
:09:09. > :09:14.haven't released any further details. Two men have been arrested
:09:15. > :09:19.in connection with the fire. More than £11 million is to be spent
:09:19. > :09:22.improving Nottingham's bus services. Five cities across the UK will
:09:22. > :09:25.benefit from the government's new Better Bus Funding. The idea is to
:09:25. > :09:30.drive up performance and passenger numbers. Nottingham City Council has
:09:30. > :09:39.received the biggest pay out and will be able to choose where the
:09:39. > :09:43.money goes. You are watching East Midlands
:09:43. > :09:45.Today, here on the BBC. Shopkeepers are being urged to stop
:09:45. > :09:50.selling "legal highs", substances that have the same effects as hard
:09:50. > :09:54.drugs. The call has come from a Nottinghamshire charity that helps
:09:54. > :09:57.young people who've taken them. Some have seen friends die. Our Social
:09:57. > :10:02.Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
:10:02. > :10:09.Getting high doesn't have to mean breaking the law. But that doesn't
:10:09. > :10:11.make it safe. These young men in Sutton in Ashfield have all
:10:12. > :10:18.experienced problems with legal highs. It can be quite frightening.
:10:18. > :10:27.I have seen little green men, I tried to pick them up, tried walking
:10:27. > :10:31.through a door, but it was a wall. I was instantly tripping, could not
:10:31. > :10:39.thing straight, or control my mind or body. It is like your brain turns
:10:39. > :10:42.off. John was only 11 when he started taking legal highs. Three of
:10:42. > :10:48.his friends have died from overdoses. They overdosed on it, not
:10:48. > :10:55.knowing what was in it, did not know how to deal with over diocese ——
:10:55. > :10:58.overdoses. This is what legal highs look like. They're chemical
:10:58. > :11:03.compounds that mimic the effect of hard drugs. But they can be sold as
:11:03. > :11:05.incense or bath salts, as long as they're labelled not for human
:11:05. > :11:10.consumption. And they are easy to get hauled off.
:11:10. > :11:13.Shops like this seldom over—the—counter. And it is
:11:13. > :11:17.perfectly legal to buy them online as well. But one charity is asking
:11:18. > :11:22.traders to examine their consciences. This conference in
:11:22. > :11:25.Mansfield heard why they're so worried. A survey of vulnerable
:11:25. > :11:29.young people found that two thirds of them had taken legal highs. Far
:11:29. > :11:33.more than the number who smoked. We are really concerned. The stuff they
:11:33. > :11:38.are selling is just as damaging as illegal drugs. They may think it is
:11:38. > :11:44.legal, but may have some legal substances such as mephedrone. ——
:11:44. > :11:48.some illegal substances. Legal or not, these young men say they don't
:11:48. > :11:52.want to repeat the experience. But there'll be plenty of others still
:11:52. > :11:56.taking legal highs tonight. Next tonight, a breakthrough in IVF
:11:56. > :11:59.treatment which gives women a 20% greater chance of falling pregnant.
:11:59. > :12:04.It's a relatively simple procedure which is being trialled by
:12:04. > :12:07.researchers at a Nottingham clinic. They say the results are very
:12:07. > :12:16.significant and very promising for women trying to have a baby through
:12:16. > :12:20.IVF. Sarah Teale reports. Let's see what he is up to.
:12:20. > :12:24.This is an exciting time for mum—to—be Jo Cummings from Ripley.
:12:24. > :12:30.She's almost 29 weeks pregnant with a baby boy. After trying to conceive
:12:30. > :12:34.for three years, she fell pregnant on her first cycle of IVF treatment
:12:35. > :12:38.at the Nurture Clinic in Nottingham. She was part of a clinical trial for
:12:38. > :12:42.a procedure called endometrial scratching. A tiny sample of the
:12:42. > :12:48.womb lining is taken away before IVF takes place. It is fantastic to know
:12:48. > :12:53.now how worthwhile it has potentially been for me to take
:12:53. > :12:57.part, but at the time, even 1% more of a chance was worth it. When you
:12:57. > :13:03.feel desperately trying to get pregnant, I read that and thought,
:13:03. > :13:09.if it helps me, or anyone else, it is worth it. There have been greater
:13:09. > :13:17.developments in IVF, such as number of eggs and embryos. The missing
:13:18. > :13:21.part of the puzzle has been implementation. It's something as
:13:21. > :13:28.safe as this to do that, it would be fantastic. 180 women are taking part
:13:28. > :13:32.in the Nurture trials. The first study took place in Brazil.
:13:32. > :13:43.And the results are pretty astonishing. Pregnancy rates are up
:13:43. > :13:52.from 29% to 49%. And live births up from 23% to 42%. Why such a simple
:13:52. > :13:59.procedure works is still a mystery. A lot of anecdotal evidence. People
:13:59. > :14:03.who have had IVF in the past, or infertility investigations, and it
:14:03. > :14:07.has not worked, but the fall pregnant. It may be the lining of
:14:07. > :14:12.the womb regenerating itself. Or maybe complex than that, but that
:14:12. > :14:17.could be an easier way to understand it. Jo says she still can't believe
:14:17. > :14:20.she was one of the lucky ones. It still has not sunk in in, despite
:14:20. > :14:32.seeing him beautifully on—screen all. It amazes me every day. It is
:14:32. > :14:38.wonderful. Wonderful indeed. Lovely.
:14:38. > :14:42.New jobs in the gas industry are being promised with the opening of a
:14:42. > :14:45.£6 million training centre in the East Midlands. Half of National
:14:45. > :14:49.Grid's gas engineers are due to retire in the next ten years and new
:14:49. > :14:52.apprentices are now urgently needed. Simon Ward has been to the centre in
:14:52. > :14:55.Nottinghamshire. National Grid is a company that
:14:55. > :14:59.distributes gas and electricity to our homes on behalf of the energy
:14:59. > :15:02.firms. This training complex is being officially opened today at
:15:02. > :15:06.Eakring in Nottinghamshire. These pipes would normally be under high
:15:06. > :15:12.pressure with gas. For training purposes, high pressure air is used.
:15:12. > :15:17.With so many gas engineers due to retire from the company in the next
:15:17. > :15:19.decade, new staff will be needed and they'll be trained here. Technicians
:15:20. > :15:24.coming into this industry can experience the real physical reality
:15:24. > :15:29.of the equipment and the computers that drive the gas around the UK. We
:15:29. > :15:33.are going to be hiring and training thousands of engineers in the
:15:33. > :15:38.future. This industry needs a lot of talent coming in. We are investing
:15:38. > :15:44.in skills and people. There is another half miles were below ground
:15:44. > :15:49.of pipework. Davey is a big issue in this high—pressure. Trainees working
:15:49. > :15:51.very realistic conditions. The first apprentices studying here in
:15:51. > :15:56.Nottinghamshire have come down from Scotland. We can pick the brains of
:15:56. > :16:00.people with this knowledge, working in the industry for 40 years, and
:16:00. > :16:06.hope lay fill their boots at some point. It is not traditional to want
:16:06. > :16:10.to work in engineering, but interested for me. There must be
:16:10. > :16:14.more women interested in this type of job. The issues of how much
:16:14. > :16:17.energy costs and how it is generated are very much in people's minds at
:16:17. > :16:23.the moment. National Grid says it will stay at the forefront of the
:16:23. > :16:30.industry with this new centre. Beautiful sky there. Very nice.
:16:30. > :16:34.Still to come... A big moment for a mixed up mutt at the Mother of
:16:34. > :16:37.Parliaments. An "almost poodle" called Noodle is crowned Westminster
:16:37. > :16:49.Dog of the Year. But which honourable member does he belong to?
:16:50. > :16:53.Got a glimpse there. Just a tiny glimpse.
:16:54. > :16:57.Volunteers have completed the first leg of clearing blockages from a
:16:57. > :17:01.dyke which caused major flooding in a Nottinghamshire town a few weeks
:17:01. > :17:04.ago. So far, tonnes of debris has been collected from the waterway in
:17:04. > :17:07.Southwell. The group is now demanding that it's regularly
:17:07. > :17:10.maintained by council workers. Quentin Rayner is there.
:17:11. > :17:15.Whenever floods hit Southwell, Potwell Dyke is usually to blame.
:17:15. > :17:19.Unable to cope with sudden surges of rainwater, and clogged by debris, it
:17:19. > :17:22.overflows causing misery and mayhem. In July, three inches of rain fell
:17:22. > :17:27.in just 80 minutes, making the county the wettest place in the UK.
:17:28. > :17:31.Since then, twice a week, a team of volunteers has been clearing the
:17:31. > :17:35.dyke to improve its ability to cope with any future flash floods. In
:17:35. > :17:46.seven weeks, a lot has been removed from the half a kilometre cleared so
:17:46. > :17:52.far. All this huge pile, we have taken to the tip, huge quantities of
:17:52. > :17:56.recycling, metal, plastic, huge rubbish, about 120 bags of what
:17:56. > :18:01.looks like domestic rubbish, but it is nasty and smelly. The problem is
:18:01. > :18:04.the dyke isn't actually owned by anybody with overall responsibility.
:18:04. > :18:07.There's confusion and uncertainty among the 80 or so landowners as to
:18:07. > :18:11.their responsibilities about maintaining it. We are looking for
:18:11. > :18:15.one government agency to take this on board and look after the dyke
:18:15. > :18:21.properly. The County Council, District Council, perhaps. Done
:18:21. > :18:26.piecemeal will not work. We need one board to look and make sure it is OK
:18:26. > :18:30.and clear it when needed. The County Council was at work today, repairing
:18:30. > :18:35.a hole caused by the floods beneath a bridge over the dyke that
:18:35. > :18:38.threatened to rupture a sewer. Last month, hundreds of people packed
:18:38. > :18:42.into the Minster for the first public meeting of the newly formed
:18:42. > :18:45.Southwell flood forum. The County Council has commissioned a detailed
:18:45. > :18:49.flood study, which is expected to be published by next April. Action is
:18:49. > :18:55.promised. It can't come soon enough for those in peril from the Potwell
:18:55. > :19:04.Dyke. Thank goodness we have had a quiet
:19:04. > :19:08.autumn so far. So far, chickens and hatching and whatnot. Now for the
:19:08. > :19:11.sport. First, the chairman wants them in
:19:12. > :19:17.the Championship. Their manager says second place sucks. I am quoting
:19:17. > :19:22.there. No lack of ambition then at Mansfield Town. Back in the Football
:19:22. > :19:25.League after a five year exile, expectations are high. Despite two
:19:25. > :19:27.recent defeats, the Stags have been surprising people this season.
:19:27. > :19:31.Angela Rafferty went behind the scenes at their midweek cup game
:19:31. > :19:34.this with week. An hour before kick—off and this is
:19:34. > :19:37.where you'll find the man who masterminded Stags promotion. Alone
:19:37. > :19:42.in his office, finalising his set pieces for tonight's match. The last
:19:42. > :19:46.three or four years have been fourth from bottom and people calling for
:19:46. > :19:53.my head. But off to a good start. The club seems to have a massive
:19:53. > :19:56.smile on its face. Little wonder. An unexpected defeat last weekend ended
:19:56. > :20:00.an eight game unbeaten run enough to put them into the playoffs.
:20:00. > :20:08.Expectations are high. I wanted to drive on the club. Try and finish as
:20:08. > :20:12.high as we can. For Mansfield fans, a return to the Football League
:20:12. > :20:19.means the world. Something you cannot define, it is in your heart.
:20:19. > :20:25.The add your site. Absolutely fantastic, brilliant start to the
:20:25. > :20:32.season. —— the team is your side. A fantastic start. As the fans
:20:32. > :20:49.streaming, it is down to business. A break from league action this week
:20:49. > :20:52.brought the auld enemy to town. Up against Chesterfield in the
:20:52. > :20:56.Johnstone's Paint Trophy. The Stags' performance outstanding. The result,
:20:56. > :21:01.though, a big disappointment. Gutting, but it is a long season. I
:21:01. > :21:07.have to stay focused, mentally strong, I have good young players. I
:21:07. > :21:18.believe in them. I think they will achieve. A post—match beer with the
:21:18. > :21:22.fans. A chance for the chairman to make clear his vision for the
:21:22. > :21:28.future. We are a championship club. We want to be in the championship
:21:28. > :21:34.season after season. They've proved many doubters wrong already. You
:21:34. > :21:40.would not bet against them doing it again this season.
:21:40. > :21:43.Some other news, Leicester Tigers will hand a debut to winger Miles
:21:43. > :21:46.Benjamin in tomorrow's Heineken Cup clash with Ulster. The game in
:21:46. > :21:49.Belfast will cap Benjamin's return from injury. Ulster's Ravenhill
:21:49. > :21:53.Stadium is already sold out. But we'll be there for you.
:21:53. > :21:56.One of the country's top sprinters is moving to the region. World
:21:56. > :22:00.junior 100m champion Adam Gemili will train in Loughborough for the
:22:00. > :22:04.forthcoming season. The 20—year—old has split from his coach and will
:22:04. > :22:07.now work under British Athletics senior sprint coach Steve Fudge.
:22:07. > :22:10.Gemili's new training group will include James Dasaolu, who is
:22:10. > :22:12.Britain's second—fastest sprinter in history and Paralympic star Jonnie
:22:12. > :22:18.Peacock. He'll divide his time between Loughborough and London
:22:18. > :22:21.where he's studying for a degree. Finally tonight, our search for the
:22:21. > :22:26.BBC East Midlands Sports Unsung Hero. We're looking for a volunteer
:22:26. > :22:30.who's given their time and effort to help sport in your community. The
:22:30. > :22:32.winner will get a very special night out at the BBC Sports Personality of
:22:32. > :22:39.the Year show in December. So if you know someone who fits the
:22:39. > :22:47.bill, please fill out a nomination form. You can get them online at
:22:47. > :22:51.bbc.co.uk/unsunghero. Or you can ring 0845 308 8000. Calls cost up to
:22:52. > :22:55.5p a minute from most landlines. They may cost considerably more from
:22:55. > :22:58.mobiles. Nominations need to be in by next Wednesday. Please get in
:22:58. > :23:04.touch if you know someone, they deserve the recognition.
:23:04. > :23:11.Please do, it is so worth it. 500 Aquaboxes have been packed up
:23:11. > :23:13.ready to leave the East Midlands bound for Syrian refugees in
:23:13. > :23:16.Lebanon. The boxes contain water filters and survival essentials.
:23:16. > :23:20.They have been assembled by volunteers in the Derbyshire village
:23:20. > :23:29.of Cromford. Over two million people die every
:23:29. > :23:32.year due to waterborne diseases. If an earthquake or flood has displaced
:23:32. > :23:38.you, it can have tragic effects on whole communities. The charity
:23:38. > :23:41.Aquabox is trying to help. This morning, 500 boxes of filters and
:23:41. > :23:46.aid worth £60,000 are being shipped to Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Each
:23:46. > :23:51.one goes to a family, containing a family filter which will give at
:23:51. > :23:56.least 18,000 litres of safe drinking water. The rest of the boxes full of
:23:56. > :24:02.emergency aid, tarpaulin, tools to make shelter. Stainless steel cooker
:24:02. > :24:08.parts, plates, bowls, mugs, to enable people to eat. They make the
:24:08. > :24:11.water filters here in Cromford. These smalls pumps can filter all
:24:11. > :24:18.bacteria out, so families can drink safely. It is a project we are
:24:18. > :24:22.immensely proud of. I think the fact we get about 70 volunteers coming
:24:22. > :24:28.here every week to either assemble the pumps or the boxes. They come
:24:28. > :24:34.and enjoy coming. They realise that they are doing something that will
:24:34. > :24:38.help these poor, unfortunate people. There's a constant need for these
:24:38. > :24:47.boxes all across the world. And that needs constant donations.
:24:47. > :24:52.They are brilliant, those water boxes. Great work being done in
:24:52. > :24:58.Derbyshire, as ever. Weather now, it was pouring outside. Not very nice,
:24:58. > :25:07.feeling chillier, because of dramatic changes.
:25:07. > :25:13.Some lovely warm temperatures on Monday, but dramatic come down
:25:13. > :25:21.today, struggling to reach double figures.
:25:21. > :25:26.11 degrees not particularly unusual, but the strength of wind made it
:25:26. > :25:33.feel chilly. A northerly wind particularly felt across the East
:25:33. > :25:37.Coast. That is normally a sheltered wind direction, keeping most of the
:25:37. > :25:43.showers subway, some decent sunshine this morning, but the wind coming to
:25:43. > :25:50.an easterly direction, bringing more showers tonight. Quite a damp night,
:25:50. > :25:57.cloudy, breezy, but all of that will hold temperatures up, so not that
:25:57. > :26:01.much lower than the time highs, around seven or eight Celsius.
:26:01. > :26:06.Tomorrow morning starting cloudy, damp, spit sunspots rain through the
:26:06. > :26:11.morning, but brisk northerly winds continuing, driving the showers
:26:11. > :26:18.through. Tom Dryer sports tomorrow, but staying cloudy and breezy. ——
:26:18. > :26:24.some Dryer sports. Temperatures higher around 13 or 14 degrees. The
:26:24. > :26:29.wind will make it feel cooler. Into the weekend, keeping that strong
:26:29. > :26:33.easterly wind through Saturday. The weather front will edge northwards
:26:33. > :26:38.through the day as well, so not a very good day for Saturday, cloudy,
:26:38. > :26:44.damp, outbreaks of the rain, and the wind making it feel chilly.
:26:44. > :26:49.Hopefully, the wind easing down into Sunday. Some rain around, some
:26:49. > :26:57.cloud, and quite cool, and not much fine of things warming up next week.
:26:57. > :27:04.Never mind. Staying cheerful. Finally, one local pet has been
:27:04. > :27:07.putting their best paw forward. A Leicestershire MP's dog has been
:27:07. > :27:11.crowned Westminster Dog of the Year for 2013. Alan Duncan's cocker
:27:12. > :27:18.spaniel poodle cross, named Noodle, was the proud pooch who took the
:27:18. > :27:35.title in today's competition. This is a dog —— dogafesto, not a
:27:35. > :27:44.manifesto. Noodle once an end to politics and ruff justice! I have
:27:45. > :27:47.never seen him looking so pleased. That is it from us.