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This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies. | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Tonight, tributes to a little girl killed by the family dog. | :00:09. | :00:18. | |
Flowers for four`year`old Lexi near the flat where she was attacked by a | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
bulldog. We have confirmed it is a bulldog. It is not listed under the | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
dangerous dog at. She was very smiley and beautiful. Also tonight, | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
the black hole in Derby's budget. Even the Christmas lights could be | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
cut to save cash. Plus, the building work that is | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
causing traffic chaos and costing local businesses thousands of | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
pounds. And, in the driving seat ` the new | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
man taking over as manager of Notts County. | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
Good evening, welcome to Wednesday's programme. | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
First tonight: The mother of a four`year`old girl who was savaged | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
to death by the family's pet bulldog has paid a loving tribute to her | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
daughter. Jodie Hudson said her little girl Lexi was bright and | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
bubbly and will never be forgotten. She had to stab the dog to get it | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
off her daughter. Meanwhile, the police are still investigating the | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
circumstances of the attack, as James Roberson reports. | :01:21. | :01:29. | |
Friends and family coming to pay their respects today to Lexi outside | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
the Mount Sorrell flat where she lived with her mother. Tributes have | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
been tenderly put in place by officers guarding the premises. We | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
can't even begin to imagine what she is going through. We are all here | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
for her, we are all showing our support, but we are also supporting | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
each other. Lexi had recently started attending the village | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
school. Today, and local church minister and her headteacher spoke | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
about her and how her death has affected the community. I have sat | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
with her on lunchtimes on occasion and raced with her to see who could | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
finish the meal first. The child I got to know was very charming, she | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
was very smiley and absolutely beautiful. You just see the way that | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
people were caring for each other and hugging each other, just showing | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
love and care. Our hearts go out to Lexi's mother and her family and | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
friends. They will be in our prayers. This afternoon, police | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
talked more about the dog involved, described by them as a bulldog, and | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
the terrible circumstances faced in the flat yesterday lunchtime by | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
Lexi's mother as she was alerted by her daughter's screens in the next | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
room. Her priority was to save Lexi's life and she did use a knife | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
to get the dog of her. The family had owned a dog for less than two | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
months and had got it from a re`homing centre two months earlier. | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
This afternoon, I spoke to the owner of the re`homing centre who said he | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
is cooperating fully with the police, but cannot co`operate | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
further until the police have updated him and completed their | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
investigation. The family had issued this statement: Lexi was a bubbly, | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
bright little girl. She fought for her life on the moment she was born | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
as she was premature. She has been taken from us so tragically. She | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
will be sadly missed. She will be our shining star in the sky and she | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
will never be forgotten. Family friends say Lexi's mother may never | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
get over what has happened. Jodie is never going to come back to this | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
village after this. I wouldn't. I couldn't, it would kill me. It is | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
just horrible. Police say the dog was not prohibited under the | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
Dangerous Dogs Act. Their investigation on behalf of the | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
coroner into these tragic events continues. | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
Earlier, I spoke to Arthur Rowe of the Bulldog Breeds Council. He told | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
me that bulldogs have a good temperament and he was shocked by | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
the news of what had happened to Lexi. | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
I was very surprised to hear that this was carried out by a bulldog. | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
We have tried to make enquiries and the police as yet are unable to tell | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
us whether it was pure bred or even an American bulldog. If it was a | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
crossbreed, what difference would that make in terms of the dog's | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
temperament? One of the things you lose when 0 | :04:43. | :04:42. | |
temperament? One of the things you lose when you cross a bulldog with | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
something else is the equable temperament that the breed has. I | :04:47. | :04:56. | |
have tried desperately to maintain that the dog has an excellent | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
temperament and should be a welcome member in any family home. If this | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
does turn out to have been a purebred bulldog are you concerned | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
that this would do damage to the reputation of the breed? I am | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
concerned that it would good Klay do great damage the reputation, because | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
part of that reputation is built on the character of the dog, and | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
temperament pays a large part of that. | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
Next tonight, another day and another story of cuts at one of our | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
councils. Derby City Council says it's facing a "black hole" in its | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
budget for the next few years. Staff are being warned of inevitable | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
redundancies. One of the proposed cuts is the cancellation of | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
Christmas lights in the city centre next year. Simon Hare is at the | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
council's headquarters and can give us more detail about what the | :05:50. | :06:00. | |
council plan to do. Good evening. Derby City Council | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
says it needs to make savings of ?81 million over the next three years. | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
That could see the loss of 350 posts in the next financial year alone. | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
All staff have been warned that they are under threat of redundancy, and | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
Christmas lights could go. The council also looking at reviewing | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
quitting. They may have to prioritise main roads, and it is | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
looking at reducing street cleaning standards across the city. Christmas | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
lights going up in the city at the moment, but unless sponsors or | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
donors are found, the authorities are warning there will be no lights | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
next year. That idea got a mixed reaction on the streets of Derby | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
today. It gives us hope in the winter time. I would be sad to see | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
it go. It is sad, but I can understand it with all the cats the | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
council are experiencing, it won't be a priority. It is not a | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
necessity. It is overdone, isn't it? Yes. Oh no, I don't know about | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
that. It destroys the Christmas spirit. | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
I am joined by Councillor Sarah Russell. It was flower beds in the | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
summer, now we are talking Christmas lights. Are you trying to make a | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
political point to national government? No, it is about telling | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
the people of Derby the truth about our financial position. Every single | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
discretionary service we provide as the council is under review. The | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
government has set us a savings target of ?81 million over the next | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
three years, on top of the ?67 million we have already saved from | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
our budget. It is a monumental task and we want to engage with the | :07:48. | :07:49. | |
people of 0 and we want to engage with the | :07:50. | :07:50. | |
people of Derby about how we face it. You are also making cuts to | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
gritting, street cleaning, or the things people expect from their | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
council tax. It is what I would expect to 0 | :08:02. | :08:01. | |
council tax. It is what I would expect to be provided from the | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
council as well, but those things will be a slight reduction in | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
service, but we are looking strategically at how we can maintain | :08:10. | :08:12. | |
the same levels with a reduction in money. The reality is that we are | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
faced with an unprecedented challenge that local government has | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
not had before. Central government has launched an attack on local | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
government. Local government has received the biggest cut of any | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
government department. Bigger than health, bigger than the NHS. We need | :08:29. | :08:35. | |
to pull together as a city, focus on the outcomes and realise the task in | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
front of us. Looking at your shiny new offices here, some people may | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
ask if you have got your priorities right. Actually, these officers were | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
planned before we took control last May. We would not have spent the | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
money in this way, but the other capital programmes like a sports | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
arena and things in terms of leisure, every single capital | :09:03. | :09:03. | |
programme 0 leisure, every single capital | :09:04. | :09:04. | |
programme we have on the table warranty will be reviewed and | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
scrutinised, and only the things we think are the most important will go | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
ahead at this stage. Many thanks for joining us. | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
You're watching East Midlands Today. Later in sport, we're in Italy with | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
our speed skaters, ahead of the Winter Olympics. | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
And, it may have been the winter of his discontent, but find out by the | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
discovery of Richard III's domains could mean a glorious summer for the | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
region's arts scene. `` remains. | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Parents have reacted furiously after finding out that a meeting was | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
arranged between a convicted paedophile and a head teacher at a | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
primary school in Mansfield. They're demanding to know why they weren't | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
told in advance. The meeting was cancelled and the school has | :09:59. | :10:07. | |
apologised. Quentin Rayner reports. This is the background. Yesterday | :10:08. | :10:09. | |
morning a meeting was due to take place between the headteacher of the | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
primary school and a convicted violent child sex offender. The man | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
is understood to be in his 40s and is a relative of a child at the | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
school. It is thought the meeting was to discuss concerns over his | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
past, but it was cancelled after our poor from parents. Many kept their | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
children away yesterday. Parent say they were only alerted about the | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
meeting by a letter circulating by a concerned grandparent of a child at | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
the school. He told us he was warned to stay away from the school by | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
police or face being arrested by police for breach of the peace. The | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
school sent a text message to parents telling them the meeting had | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
been cancelled and apologising for any distress. They said any future | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
meetings will be held at social care. In a statement, it was said | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
that had the meeting taken place, arrangements were in place to make | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
sure that no children would have been harmed. They go on to say that | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
they would ensure that arrangements to hold multi`agency meetings I | :11:08. | :11:14. | |
looked at. Reassurance patrols have been in operation, and parents are | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
now putting together a petition demanding to know the number of | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
meetings with known sex offenders on school premises. | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
Another Derbyshire school has been placed in special measures by | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
Ofsted. An inspection of Alfreton Grange Arts College found weaknesses | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
in teaching, learning, leadership and the sixth form. But inspectors | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
say the school's acting head remains determined to improve standards | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
after taking over in July. Derby's Al`Madinah Free School and | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
Heanor Gate Science College have also recently been put into special | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
measures. A Nottinghamshire Police officer has | :11:47. | :11:49. | |
been sacked after being found guilty of gross misconduct on a coach trip | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
to London. The 31`year`old Sergeant had been at this police march in the | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
capital in May last year. An internal investigation found he'd | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
exposed himself on the coach of 51 off`duty officers before carrying | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
out a "lewd act". He appealed, but his dismissal was upheld. | :12:06. | :12:13. | |
The Independent Living Fund based in Nottingham, which provides financial | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
support for thousands of disabled people across the country, is | :12:17. | :12:18. | |
celebrating a victory in the High Court. | :12:19. | :12:29. | |
There were celebrations in London today as the Court of Appeal quashed | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
the Government's decision to close the ILF. It means around 100 jobs | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
saved at the headquarters in Nottingham. And thousands of people | :12:36. | :12:46. | |
now won't lose their independence. It is absolutely fantastic news. It | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
is very early days and it remains to be seen what the end result will be, | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
but it is rape news for 100 or so people and their families, and great | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
news for the 19,000 disabled people across the UK who may have their | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
independence protected now. Now, if you've found yourself caught | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
in traffic lately, it really shouldn't surprise you because a | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
satellite navigation company claims Leicester and Nottingham are among | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
the most congested cities in the UK. Figures for the three months to June | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
rank Nottingham at 14th. Leicester is at number eight. | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
As Helen Astle reports, supermarket building works on Melton Road in the | :13:24. | :13:26. | |
city are proving a particular problem for local businesses. | :13:27. | :13:35. | |
Traffic queueing at one of the busiest routes into Leicester. | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
Building work for a new supermarket is well underway, but for residents | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
and local businesses, it is causing chaos. At a nearby Indian | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
restaurant, trade has fallen dramatically, losing the business | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
thousands of pounds. We have lost about 50% of the trade. Any person | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
can work out that means you have virtually wiped out your profit for | :13:57. | :14:04. | |
half the year. Everett devoutly, one of the busiest weekends of our year, | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
we have had 150 people cancel. They don't want to wait in the traffic `` | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
over the valley. The roadworks are the main talking | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
point over lunch. There are semi`traffic problems | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
here. It is ridiculous. It takes 20 minute to come to this restaurant. | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
We come here with the family for almost every occasion, but we have | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
had to avoid it. It is a nightmare. Further down the road, it is the | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
same story. Trade is down by 70%. Here, they have cut their opening | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
hours, but the business is still losing money. Up to ?3000 a week. | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
The car wash business has gone down, shop sales have gone down. We are | :14:53. | :15:00. | |
dipping into reserves to pay staff at the moment. We are struggling, it | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
is difficult times. All because customers cannot get to us. | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
Sainsbury's declined our request for an interview. In a statement they | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
said they are listening to the concerns of local businesses and | :15:15. | :15:16. | |
they have put more measures in place to help with the traffic. The store | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
is set to open at the end of the month. Today has been called "Wobbly | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
Wednesday" ` a comic name given to the day to raise awareness of a | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
serious and rare eye condition. Nystagmus affects around two to | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
three people in every 1,000, causing partial sight loss and involuntary | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
eye movements. A family in Leicestershire is taking part in the | :15:42. | :15:44. | |
campaign, as Eleanor Garnier reports. | :15:45. | :15:59. | |
This child enjoys painting, despite suffering from nystagmus. Her eyes | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
move from side to side. One of her fears her parents have is that she | :16:04. | :16:04. | |
will be able to 0 fears her parents have is that she | :16:05. | :16:05. | |
will be able to drive 0 fears her parents have is that she | :16:06. | :16:06. | |
will be able to drive when she is older, but it also affects her day | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
to day life. If something is the same colour she won't see it. We | :16:11. | :16:16. | |
have had numerous bombs on the head. If we go out into public, large | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
public spaces with lots of people would frighten her because she would | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
not see any detail. On what has been called wobbly Wednesday, clinicians | :16:28. | :16:31. | |
in Leicester are raising awareness of the condition. Genetics could be | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
part of the cause of nystagmus. Researchers at the University of | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
Leicester, and Doc is at the hospital, hope there will be one day | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
a year. It is one of the largest centres in the world. The University | :16:46. | :16:55. | |
is working together with the NHS, researchers with clinicians, and | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
this combination helps the advance as research can immediately be | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
applied to patients. We hope that through research and funding, | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
eventually we will find a cure for something at the moment which is | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
incurable. They are doing treatment at the moment, trying to slow the | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
eyes down and help people that suffer with the condition. She has | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
made this picture, which is being sold today through an online auction | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
site, or part of raising awareness of nystagmus. | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
Still to come: We ask you not to be deceived or disheartened by today's | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
inclement conditions. Hang on in there because I have got | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
something a little more pleasant at my sleeve for tomorrow. How about a | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
bit of sunshine? All the details coming up later. | :17:49. | :17:59. | |
Sport now, and it has been a hive of activity with lots going on. | :18:00. | :18:07. | |
It has been confirmed that Shaun Derry is the new manager of Notts | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
County. He is an experienced midfielder, but has never managed. | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
He will bring in the former Carlisle boss Greg Abbott as his assistant. | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
We hope to hear from him before the end of our sports bulletin. Staying | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
with football, and Derby County club captain Shaun Barker will travel to | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
the United States this weekend as part of the next step on his road to | :18:30. | :18:32. | |
recovery. Barker suffered a horrendous injury | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
in March last year, dislocating his kneecap and rupturing nearly all the | :18:36. | :18:38. | |
ligaments. The 31`year`old defender will spend two weeks with a sports | :18:39. | :18:40. | |
rehabilitation specialist, to give him the best chance of resuming his | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
career. Cricket, and Nottinghamshire have | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
confirmed that James Taylor will captain the Outlaws next season. | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
Taylor has signed a two`year extension to his contract. The | :18:53. | :18:56. | |
23`year`old batsman will also be vice captain to Chris Read in the | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
County Championship. Now, it's a big week for short`track | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
speed skating. The British team, which is based in Nottingham, are in | :19:07. | :19:09. | |
Italy for a vital Olympic qualifying tournament. It's a big deal for our | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
local stars who are preparing for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. | :19:15. | :19:23. | |
Ollie Williams reports. Only three months remain until the | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
beginning of the 2014 Winter Olympics. First, we have to get | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
there, and that is what this week is about. The British team are at | :19:32. | :19:33. | |
skating for the Olympics futures. For Nottingham's Alex Stanley, | :19:34. | :19:55. | |
getting to the games is a family affair. I have got my husband at my | :19:56. | :20:04. | |
brother, and he is now going out with a lease so we are quite close | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
now. You have someone who is quite understanding with your ups and | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
downs. Sometimes it was difficult, growing up. We have always been in | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
the same team. It just feels like more like home when we are | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
travelling. This week in Italy, and next week in Russia, is the final | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
push to qualify for the games. The British focus is on Elise Christie, | :20:27. | :20:35. | |
who has transformed to the world number one. She is growing up, more | :20:36. | :20:41. | |
experience, she is a lot stronger mentally. You can have a fantastic | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
first round, but not focus on the second round and go out. You have | :20:50. | :20:59. | |
got to focus on every race. It is mental attitude, rather than | :21:00. | :21:06. | |
ability. In a couple of days time, we will find out who has got bad | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
attitude and who is going to the game. | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
Back to a top sports story tonight. Shaun Derry has been confirmed as | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
the new Notts County manager. Kirsty Edwards has just returned to the | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
office with the first interview with him. | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
It is almost 16 years since Shaun Derry left Notts County as a | :21:29. | :21:31. | |
player. Today, she has returned as the new man in charge. He joins me | :21:32. | :21:38. | |
now. How does it feel to be back here as manager? It is fantastic. It | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
seems like I've only been away five minutes, walking down these | :21:45. | :21:47. | |
corridors. I remember that one very well. I am delighted to be back. I | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
fully appreciate what a huge job I have got to do here. I am confident | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
I can do it. You join with Notts County bottom of league one. How do | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
you get them out of that position? We have just had a meeting with the | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
staff and try to address a few things. Ultimately, it is going to | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
be an incredible amount of hard work. Attitudes have got to change. | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
The togetherness of the squad has got to change. Ultimately, it is | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
going to be hard work and determination. I have achieved | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
absolutely everything I could achieve within the game for my | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
ability, and that is what I want these guys to do as well. You have | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
been on loan at Millwall. Can you play here at all? Well, that's | :22:39. | :22:44. | |
something that the Chairman and Chief Executive have got to discuss. | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
Ultimately, I come here as manager and I want to make the right | :22:49. | :22:53. | |
impression on the players. If I can do that, they might see me out on | :22:54. | :22:55. | |
the training field. You are certainly a very experienced | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
player. No experience yet of management, but you will experience | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
that for the first time here at Notts County. | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
That's all the sport on the day that Shaun Derry returns to Notts | :23:13. | :23:15. | |
County. What a busy day. | :23:16. | :23:18. | |
It's one of Shakespeare's most famous works, but now it seems the | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester is influencing how the | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
work is performed. Archaeological findings from the dig are being used | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
to adapt a key scene in a new production of the play. Geeta Pendse | :23:29. | :23:40. | |
explains. Now is the winter of our | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
discontent. The first major production of Richard third since | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
the discovery of his remains, and whilst this portrayal of a | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
villainous and plotting Prince remains true to Shakespeare's | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
writing, the director here at the Nottingham Playhouse has used new | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
archaeological evidence to capture his last moments at the Battle of | :24:06. | :24:10. | |
Bosworth. The archaeological discovery has meant that we have an | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
absolute click indication of how many blows the King took how he was | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
probably killed, what weapon probably killed him, and the fact | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
that he was probably surrounded by men on horseback, hence his cry, a | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse. Whilst Richard III is amongst | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
Shakespeare's most acclaimed plays, many considered it a work of Tudor | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
propaganda, reflecting the thinking of the time. Academics say change | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
could be a flood. What the discovery may do make us look again at what | :24:44. | :24:50. | |
Shakespeare takes from the sources and what he invents, and I think it | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
will animate once again how we understand his version of events. It | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
is not just the Nottingham Playhouse that has been lauded by the story of | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
Richard III. If Lester Winters bid to become the next UK city of | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
culture, there are plans for an outdoor production. But, our | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
audiences inspired? It is quite a violent end. I think people are a | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
little bit shaken up by that because it is not just a story any more. | :25:21. | :25:27. | |
This production will be performed at York Theatre Royal next. Given the | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
current battle over Richard's final resting place, many here will be | :25:32. | :25:34. | |
hoping his remains don't follow suit. | :25:35. | :25:45. | |
What a drama. Now, I would settle for a sunny day. We might just be in | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
luck. What a day today has been. It has | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
been miserable. Coles, cloudy and very wet. Once again, we have got a | :26:02. | :26:12. | |
weather front to thank for that. The rain has really pepped up in the | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
last couple of hours. It is clearing away, and behind that we get one of | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
these brief ridges of high pressure, which tends to calm things | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
down for a little while. This one is timed perfectly for daylight hours | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
tomorrow. A beautiful autumn day for us tomorrow. It will stay dry | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
throughout and there will be plenty of sunshine, and that will last | :26:36. | :26:38. | |
throughout the day as well. We have still got this rain to get through | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
this evening. The rain has become quite heavy in the last couple of | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
hours or so. Eventually it will clear to the south, so it is drying | :26:49. | :26:52. | |
up by around midnight. Behind that the cloud should wake up as well. | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
Try and clear by the early hours of the morning. That'll allow ten | :26:58. | :27:04. | |
ridges to fall away, perhaps to four or rural spots. Tomorrow will be | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
chilly to start, but lots of sunshine from the off tomorrow | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
morning. Blue skies into the afternoon as well. A little bit of | :27:14. | :27:19. | |
cloud here and there, but the breeze will pick up later in the day and it | :27:20. | :27:27. | |
will feel a little cooler. Into Friday, the cloud returns and winds | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
will pick up, and those showers will return as well, so make the most of | :27:34. | :27:36. | |
tomorrow. I think we will. It looks lovely, | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
one of those crisp, autumnal days. That's it from us. Goodbye. | :27:44. | :27:48. |