:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and Anne Davies.
:00:09. > :00:16.Tonight ` a budget bombshell for the elderly and disabled in Derbyshire.
:00:17. > :00:20.Thousands of some of the most vulnerable people who receive
:00:21. > :00:23.council care in their own home are told they will no longer be eligible
:00:24. > :00:29.to receive it. Also tonight, our plans for a new
:00:30. > :00:33.HS2 station at Toton heading for the buffers?
:00:34. > :00:37.Plus, this is one of two more care homes for the elderly in
:00:38. > :00:40.Nottinghamshire that have had their county council contract suspended
:00:41. > :00:43.because of inadequate levels of care.
:00:44. > :01:03.And a teenage pianist who has caught the eye of a world`famous rock star.
:01:04. > :01:07.Good evening. Thousands of elderly and disabled
:01:08. > :01:10.adults look set to lose the council`funded support which helps
:01:11. > :01:13.them live in their own homes. And thousands of others face having to
:01:14. > :01:17.pay more for the service. It's all part of a raft of cuts announced by
:01:18. > :01:23.Derbyshire County Council today. The authority needs to save ?157 million
:01:24. > :01:26.over the next four years. More now from our reporter, Simon Hare, who's
:01:27. > :01:36.at the council's headquarters in Matlock. Good evening. What's being
:01:37. > :01:41.suggested? We knew that Derbyshire county council was facing some very
:01:42. > :01:45.big cuts and today we got some details about exactly what will be
:01:46. > :01:50.affected. Adult social care, looking after the elderly and disabled
:01:51. > :01:50.people facing some of the biggest cuts. We are 0
:01:51. > :01:56.people facing some of the biggest cuts. We are told 2700 people who
:01:57. > :02:00.currently qualify for Council subsidised care in their own home
:02:01. > :02:04.will no longer be eligible to receive it. And around 7000 people
:02:05. > :02:10.who pay towards their care, they will have to pay more. The authority
:02:11. > :02:17.says it needs to save around ?57 million in this area towards the
:02:18. > :02:21.total figure of ?157 million worth of cuts over the next four years.
:02:22. > :02:22.And the counsellor in charge of adult social care here 0
:02:23. > :02:25.And the counsellor in charge of adult social care here in Derbyshire
:02:26. > :02:30.had admitted to me earlier that she has had sleepless nights over these
:02:31. > :02:34.proposals. It is really hard. The people that will be impacted are the
:02:35. > :02:40.elderly that are receiving care at home. Also people with learning
:02:41. > :02:45.disabilities and physical disabilities who get support paid
:02:46. > :02:48.for by the county council so it is an incredibly difficult decision to
:02:49. > :02:55.contemplate, never mind go through with. Other savings will see the
:02:56. > :03:00.elderly having to contribute towards the cost of their transport to day
:03:01. > :03:03.centres. Older and younger disabled children will have to pay towards
:03:04. > :03:09.the cost of their school transport and the council also considering
:03:10. > :03:11.ending its contract to the charity called Home Start which helps around
:03:12. > :03:14.200 families in the 0 called Home Start which helps around
:03:15. > :03:17.200 families in the area. These are all proposals at the moment and the
:03:18. > :03:19.council will be launching a consultation later this month and a
:03:20. > :03:23.special dedicated helpline for people to ring and get more
:03:24. > :03:27.information but the authority also warning that it will have to
:03:28. > :03:31.announce for major cuts next week and it has defended decision today
:03:32. > :03:36.to increase the salary of its 3000 lowest paid workers. Thank you.
:03:37. > :03:41.Still to come ` should Leicester's old town become car`free? Yards from
:03:42. > :03:43.where the body of King Richard was found, a modern`day battle is
:03:44. > :03:56.brewing. When plans for HS2 were announced
:03:57. > :04:01.last year, the news put Toton on the map. It was revealed that Toton `
:04:02. > :04:08.between Nottingham and Derby ` would be home to the new high`speed
:04:09. > :04:12.railway station serving the region. But tonight, there's a question over
:04:13. > :04:15.the whole project. A Government minister says plans for housing near
:04:16. > :04:18.the site could scupper the station. The warning came as MPs debated the
:04:19. > :04:23.economic benefits of high`speed rail. Let's find out more from our
:04:24. > :04:33.John Hess, who's at Westminster for us. So this housing plan is a
:04:34. > :04:34.problem for HS2? Good evening. Yes, and 0 0 0
:04:35. > :04:38.problem for HS2? Good evening. Yes, and I think what it brings into
:04:39. > :04:43.doubt is whether Toton Sidings will remain as HS2's preferred location
:04:44. > :04:49.for as East Midlands station. And here is why. The backdrop to
:04:50. > :04:53.today's debate on HS2 is about a new pledge to limit the construction
:04:54. > :04:57.costs of the ?43 billion project. The new chairman of HS2, Sir David
:04:58. > :05:02.Higgins, says he'll deliver the new high`speed track more cheaply, by
:05:03. > :05:04.building the line more quickly. And with a new generation of specially
:05:05. > :05:10.trained construction engineers for the job. But the proposed housing
:05:11. > :05:19.development at Toton was today seized upon by MPs on opposite sides
:05:20. > :05:21.of the HS2 debate. That was at Westminster today. As an East
:05:22. > :05:23.Midlands 0 Westminster today. As an East
:05:24. > :05:27.Midlands MP, I can point to other example is of help HS2 could act as
:05:28. > :05:35.a spur to investment. A recent report found that the element in the
:05:36. > :05:41.ED that `` immediate vicinity could build 650`800s defy the and support
:05:42. > :05:48.up to 1500 admonitions of jobs. One Leicestershire Tory said the
:05:49. > :05:52.decision will add to the HS2 cost and that's another reason he claims
:05:53. > :05:55.the Prime Minister should scrap the entire project. I think he will when
:05:56. > :06:01.Labour ditch it before the next general election and Ed Balls in
:06:02. > :06:05.charge of making the decision, it is like leaving a vampire in charge of
:06:06. > :06:09.a blood bank. We've had snow on the line and
:06:10. > :06:13.leaves on the line, but could plans for 500 homes near the line really
:06:14. > :06:17.scupper HS2 at Toton Sidings? Here's Mike O'Sullivan.
:06:18. > :06:21.Precious to local campaigners and others ` these fields 41 hectares
:06:22. > :06:29.formed part of the only remaining green belt in Toton. Now Broxtowe
:06:30. > :06:32.Council has removed that protection, which means that houses could be
:06:33. > :06:46.built here. There's already a plan for 500. Campaigners say that this
:06:47. > :06:52.area should be used for jobs, not homes. And that means that the
:06:53. > :06:56.argument could be scuppered. I don't think we need extra houses, we need
:06:57. > :06:59.something that will bring jobs to the area. We haven't got the
:07:00. > :07:07.infrastructure to support another 500 or more houses. When Toton
:07:08. > :07:10.Sidings are transformed into a shiny HS2 station, it could attract huge
:07:11. > :07:14.inward investment to the area. But a third of the site could go to
:07:15. > :07:17.housing. A lost opportunity, say campaigners. Creating housing for
:07:18. > :07:23.commuters to go to jobs out of the region. Weakening the economic case
:07:24. > :07:27.for Toton but strenthening Derby's bid for the HS2 station. But surely
:07:28. > :07:31.it would make more sense to have this whole area declared for jobs
:07:32. > :07:38.and employment? The people in those jobs have to live somewhere. Houses
:07:39. > :07:42.near the jobs are ideal. The council says its Hs2 working
:07:43. > :07:48.group will now be looking at how many jobs can be brought to the
:07:49. > :07:51.site. Joining me now is the MP Anna
:07:52. > :07:54.Soubry, who's Broxtowe constituency includes Toton. Why do you worry
:07:55. > :08:09.that the HS2 station for Toton Sidings is scuppered? I was at last
:08:10. > :08:14.night's meeting and I listen to the debate in absolute dismay
:08:15. > :08:18.because... This is the council meeting that decided a minimum of
:08:19. > :08:21.500 houses and it is correct, our current and projected cannot support
:08:22. > :08:29.that but what they also failed to grasp is that this minimum of 500, I
:08:30. > :08:32.think it Israeli damaging for the prospect of Toton being the East
:08:33. > :08:37.Midlands hub and that is what people want. To be clear, people in Toton
:08:38. > :08:42.and Stableford and other parts of my constituency and greater Nottingham
:08:43. > :08:47.see the real positive benefit of a hub in the East Midlands at Toton.
:08:48. > :08:51.The last thing you want is 500 houses or more in the next couple of
:08:52. > :08:56.years. The new chairman of HS2 is talking about cutting costs, could
:08:57. > :09:01.you maybe persuaded to move that East Midlands hub from Toton to
:09:02. > :09:04.Derby? I hope not and I hope the council understand that because they
:09:05. > :09:06.are not silly, they know the benefits that HS2 will bring to the
:09:07. > :09:08.area as indeed it 0 benefits that HS2 will bring to the
:09:09. > :09:11.area as indeed it would bring to Toton and greater Nottingham if we
:09:12. > :09:16.have it. I very much hope that it does not happen but I really do
:09:17. > :09:21.think that the borough council and the labour and Lib Dem councillors
:09:22. > :09:22.have sold people out. Now it is a minimum of 500. They cannot be
:09:23. > :09:26.trusted on this. 0 minimum of 500. They cannot be
:09:27. > :09:29.trusted on this. Could that East Midlands hub be moving to Derby?
:09:30. > :09:33.Watch this space. From Downing Street this evening, the Prime
:09:34. > :09:39.Minister is said to be firmly committed to HS2.
:09:40. > :09:39.Meanwhile the biggest single housing development 0 0
:09:40. > :09:41.Meanwhile the biggest single housing development ever seen in
:09:42. > :09:44.Leicestershire can now go ahead after winning final approval. This
:09:45. > :09:48.farmland in Lubbesthorpe will have more than 4,000 homes as well as
:09:49. > :09:53.three schools, health and leisure centres built on it. Planning
:09:54. > :09:56.permission had already been given but now the developers and Blaby
:09:57. > :09:59.District Council have reached a legal agreement securing the ?40
:10:00. > :10:09.million needed before work could begin. I am a little disappointed. I
:10:10. > :10:13.cannot say it was unexpected but it has been a long while coming and you
:10:14. > :10:16.begin to wonder and hope that maybe the development will not happen so
:10:17. > :10:24.it is a shame that we have heard the news today. Still to come, standing
:10:25. > :10:29.tall, we have a Leicester Riders contingent here. The BBL Cup is
:10:30. > :10:34.theirs for the second year in a row, coach Rob Paternostro and Anthony
:10:35. > :10:35.Rowe join us in the studio to reflect on their stunning victory
:10:36. > :10:46.over Newcastle Eagles. Two more care homes for the elderly
:10:47. > :10:48.have had their contracts with Nottinghamshire County Council
:10:49. > :10:51.suspended after concerns were raised about the quality of care they
:10:52. > :10:55.offer. In response to these and other contract suspensions, a task
:10:56. > :10:57.force has now been set up. It'll provide specialist advice and
:10:58. > :11:03.support, and help to improve standards.
:11:04. > :11:07.At Burkitt Care Home in West Bridgford, a recent Care Quality
:11:08. > :11:12.Commision inspection witnessed staff ignoring a resident who repeatedly
:11:13. > :11:20.asked for a drink. The inspection also identified other shortcomings.
:11:21. > :11:23.We found that people are not being treated with dignity and respect at
:11:24. > :11:26.all times. I also found that at that time, they were issues with
:11:27. > :11:28.cleanliness and maintenance of the home.
:11:29. > :11:32.Burkitt Care Home is run by the Elder group. The group also runs
:11:33. > :11:35.Eton Park Home at Cograve. Concerns over care at both homes have led
:11:36. > :11:42.Nottinghamshire County Council to suspend their contracts at them. For
:11:43. > :11:45.Eton Park, it is the second time it has had its county council contract
:11:46. > :11:49.suspended in two years. It means county council and NHS
:11:50. > :11:51.health care commissioners will not place residents at Burkitt or Eton
:11:52. > :11:57.Park until care standards have improved. What we want to do is to
:11:58. > :12:05.give a very clear and strong message that we are not continuing to fund
:12:06. > :12:08.services in those homes that are persistently failing to make good
:12:09. > :12:12.quality care. Elder Homes say they are now working
:12:13. > :12:14.with organisations to raise care standards, have retrained or changed
:12:15. > :12:16.staff, and have extensive redevelopment plans under way. They
:12:17. > :12:27.told us: Meanwhile, Nottinghamshire County
:12:28. > :12:30.Council now has a task force to help homes that are struggling to excel
:12:31. > :12:37.to emulate the practices of the best homes.
:12:38. > :12:38.I visit 0 homes.
:12:39. > :12:39.I visit many 0 homes.
:12:40. > :12:43.I visit many residential homes and see really good quality care and I
:12:44. > :12:49.want all the residential care for older people to be of that standard.
:12:50. > :12:57.A man from Leicester has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother.
:12:58. > :13:00.Katrina Wardle's body was found in her home on Ottawa Road in St
:13:01. > :13:04.Matthew's in July last year after a message was posted on Facebook
:13:05. > :13:08.saying that Mark Howe had stabbed her. 21`year`old Howe has been
:13:09. > :13:11.sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison.
:13:12. > :13:13.Staff 0 21 years in prison.
:13:14. > :13:16.Staff at a Leicester college say they've been left with no option but
:13:17. > :13:20.to go out on strike. Unions claim around 60 out of a total of 80
:13:21. > :13:25.teachers at Gateway Sixth Form College have been taking industrial
:13:26. > :13:29.action. It's the first in a series of walk`outs in a dispute about a
:13:30. > :13:34.rise in the number of teaching observation sessions.
:13:35. > :13:38.More than ?2 million was spent in one year on locum doctors at
:13:39. > :13:40.Leicester's A department. The figures for 2012 contrasted with
:13:41. > :13:45.just ?350,000 spent three years earlier at the Leicester Royal
:13:46. > :13:48.Infirmary. Nationally, spending on temporary staff in casualty units
:13:49. > :13:57.has risen by 60% in three years to more than ?80 million a year. The
:13:58. > :13:59.Government says it's creating extra training places to tackle staff
:14:00. > :14:03.shortages. A row has broken out over plans to
:14:04. > :14:07.pedestrianise Leicester's old town. The city council wants to revamp the
:14:08. > :14:16.area around historic St Martin's near the place where Richard III's
:14:17. > :14:19.body was discovered. But many people are opposed to the scheme and now a
:14:20. > :14:22.Government inspector has been brought in.
:14:23. > :14:30.A well established restaurant in the city centre, The Case has been in
:14:31. > :14:33.business for more than 20 years. It will be directly affected by plans
:14:34. > :14:38.to pedestrianise the area and manager David Hartshorn says that
:14:39. > :14:42.will be bad for business. Car parking is essential to this area
:14:43. > :14:46.and it is to everybody. Take John Lewis, which has been in the city
:14:47. > :14:47.for five years. We would 0 Lewis, which has been in the city
:14:48. > :14:52.for five years. We would not have that without a massive car park
:14:53. > :14:54.bolted onto the side so likewise, we need our parking just as much if not
:14:55. > :14:59.more. But the city council disagrees. It
:15:00. > :15:02.says extending pedestrian`friendly routes to Greyfriars, St Martin's
:15:03. > :15:08.and Hotel Street will greatly benefit the area and businesses
:15:09. > :15:11.alike. The independent shops are the lifeblood of Leicester, they are
:15:12. > :15:15.what makes shopping here different, why is the City Council not
:15:16. > :15:19.listening to the traders? We are listening, we believe that what we
:15:20. > :15:23.are doing will significantly improve their trade. It is in the vicinity
:15:24. > :15:26.of the richer the third visitor centre and we anticipate more
:15:27. > :15:29.visitors and they will need high`quality pedestrian areas to
:15:30. > :15:35.walk through, it is a great opportunity for businesses and we
:15:36. > :15:39.want to work with them. An independent inspector has spent the
:15:40. > :15:42.day sitting here listening to the arguments both for and against
:15:43. > :15:46.pedestrianisation. Once he has heard all that evidence, he will then
:15:47. > :15:50.write up his report and give it to the city council. If that report
:15:51. > :15:50.does recommend pedestrianisation, then 0
:15:51. > :15:54.does recommend pedestrianisation, then it will still need to go to the
:15:55. > :16:02.Secretary of State who will make the final decision.
:16:03. > :16:05.After a stressful commute by bike into the city, what could be better
:16:06. > :16:09.than a 0 into the city, what could be better
:16:10. > :16:13.than a restorative session of physiotherapy and a meal and all
:16:14. > :16:17.while their bike is being repaired? Those are just three of the services
:16:18. > :16:26.that will soon be available at a brand`new cyclists centre under
:16:27. > :16:29.construction in the centre of Derby. A fine morning for a bike ride
:16:30. > :16:34.through Derby. But for Simon, managing director of Bennett 's
:16:35. > :16:39.department store in the city centre, he is as comfortable in his cycling
:16:40. > :16:43.gear as he is in a suit. And his eagerness for life on two wheels
:16:44. > :16:46.does not stop there, he has teamed up with the City Council to convert
:16:47. > :16:53.a former warehouse behind the store into a brand`new cycling super hub.
:16:54. > :16:57.Cycle commuters and visitors to Derby city centre need something to
:16:58. > :17:01.store their bikes. We are doing a project which provides free,
:17:02. > :17:06.indoor, secure cycle parking for anybody riding into Derby city
:17:07. > :17:10.centre. The warehouse is currently being converted with old waste
:17:11. > :17:14.substances being taken out so that a brand`new interior can go in. This
:17:15. > :17:18.includes secure parking downstairs for bikes and then an accessory
:17:19. > :17:22.shop, repair service and eight bistro on the next four up. The
:17:23. > :17:27.scheme is being backed with ?200,000 of council funds. I think it is
:17:28. > :17:28.great because we will build a business out of 0
:17:29. > :17:32.great because we will build a business out of the back of it. We
:17:33. > :17:35.are supporting it in two ways. It is a win`win situation and four Derby,
:17:36. > :17:41.it comes as the fact we are opening a velodrome later this year. Back,
:17:42. > :17:44.the top floor will have showers and even a physiotherapy service. We are
:17:45. > :17:46.trying 0 even a physiotherapy service. We are
:17:47. > :17:50.trying to make cycling as accessible as possible. Encouraging people onto
:17:51. > :17:53.bikes. The people are new to bikes, they might develop niggling faults
:17:54. > :17:59.and we have got somebody able to get them back on their bike again. It
:18:00. > :18:02.should create about ten jobs and see some Derby bicycle companies
:18:03. > :18:08.relocating there and be open for business in May.
:18:09. > :18:14.I wonder if they would mind if you pop it in if you did not have a
:18:15. > :18:18.bike. No, you need a bicycle. Time now for the sport. And breaking
:18:19. > :18:22.football news. It has been busy, our big guests on the way but first,
:18:23. > :18:25.last night we told you that Nottingham Forest were close to
:18:26. > :18:29.agreeing a deal to keep hold of Jack Hobbs, the defender and today it
:18:30. > :18:32.seems to have happened. Forest chairman has said he has agreed a
:18:33. > :18:32.deal for the defender with the chairman of 0 0
:18:33. > :18:41.deal for the defender with the chairman of Hull City. Jack Hobbs
:18:42. > :18:49.arrived in a season on loan from Hull. Social media received an
:18:50. > :18:53.update today say there is no official details from the club yet.
:18:54. > :18:57.There is a definite departure to mention at Derby County. Midfielder
:18:58. > :19:00.Kalifa Cisse hasn't made the impact everyone hoped and has been
:19:01. > :19:04.released. Rugby, and Leicester Tigers are
:19:05. > :19:05.being linked to the Gloucester fly half Freddy Burns. It's been
:19:06. > :19:07.confirmed he's 0 half Freddy Burns. It's been
:19:08. > :19:10.confirmed he's leaving his club at the end of the season and he's being
:19:11. > :19:16.touted as a possible replacement for the France`bound Toby Flood. But
:19:17. > :19:19.Tigers head coach Tony says they will take their time is over
:19:20. > :19:21.decisions. We get linked with lots of players so we know that it is
:19:22. > :19:24.common 0 of players so we know that it is
:19:25. > :19:28.common knowledge that Tony is leaving so we need to replace him.
:19:29. > :19:33.Freddie will be one of the guys that will come into that bracket. Along
:19:34. > :19:38.with other guys. We need to make sure they are the right fit when
:19:39. > :19:40.they come in and Freddie is a quality English player and we always
:19:41. > :19:44.like to have them here. So time to meet our special guests.
:19:45. > :19:47.At the weekend, the Leicester Riders basketball team picked up where
:19:48. > :19:50.they'd left off last season ` winning trophies. They won the BBL
:19:51. > :19:53.Cup for the second year running, after looking like the Newcastle
:19:54. > :19:53.Eagles had them completely beaten. Coach 0 0
:19:54. > :19:55.Eagles had them completely beaten. Coach Rob Paternostro and forward
:19:56. > :20:03.Anthony Rowe are here. Amazing stuff, guys, but you made it hard on
:20:04. > :20:07.yourselves. Let's look back. Newcastle going 11 points clear just
:20:08. > :20:15.a few minutes to go, talk us through what happened next. For us, Drew got
:20:16. > :20:18.hot, he hit a few shots from behind the line but I don't think we ever
:20:19. > :20:24.thought that we were done, I think part of the allure of this group is
:20:25. > :20:31.that we play for the full 40 minutes and once we got going, our
:20:32. > :20:38.confidence and our belief was there. Drew Sullivan described you as "just
:20:39. > :20:40.too stupid" to know when to give up. He is relentless and he keeps going,
:20:41. > :20:43.and 0 He is relentless and he keeps going,
:20:44. > :20:49.and trust is a big word we have in one another and we kept going. You
:20:50. > :20:53.still had to defend, but we will look at this, the moment of victory
:20:54. > :21:02.after this hard defence. How does it feel to win it? That was a big shot,
:21:03. > :21:09.but here, the final defensive play, will holding onto the lead and they
:21:10. > :21:13.made a great defensive switch and absolutely jubilation from us. We're
:21:14. > :21:15.really do 0 absolutely jubilation from us. We're
:21:16. > :21:20.really do work hard and to win with a group of guys like that is super
:21:21. > :21:27.special. Last season, Anthony, which is due to win more, can you go on
:21:28. > :21:31.and win more this season? Yellow matter I will not break any promises
:21:32. > :21:37.today but we accept the challenge and that is what we live for.
:21:38. > :21:40.Everybody who is part of this organisation, we want this challenge
:21:41. > :21:46.and we want to do the best we can. How do you build on this in a
:21:47. > :21:53.broader sense? You are selling out all the time with the crowds, how do
:21:54. > :21:57.you build on this? Up and down the country, we have been close to a
:21:58. > :22:01.sell out wherever we play. It is not just a regional thing that is
:22:02. > :22:02.happening here, but for us it is continuing to pass 0
:22:03. > :22:05.happening here, but for us it is continuing to pass the word of mouth
:22:06. > :22:09.on the street to let people know where we are at. But the excitement
:22:10. > :22:14.is huge in Leicester now and everybody was to talk to me about
:22:15. > :22:17.basketball. Especially the Riders. You were supposed to bring in the
:22:18. > :22:27.Trophy today, what happened there is Jim `` what happened there? Elinor
:22:28. > :22:32.Barker I can say it was a logistical problem but it is in a safe place.
:22:33. > :22:35.Can you do as a spin live on the screen.
:22:36. > :22:42.We got a bit out of them there! Is brilliant. It's likely makes up
:22:43. > :22:46.for the fact he forgot the trophy. `` it slightly.
:22:47. > :22:50.It's not everyone who catches the eye of top music judges, but that's
:22:51. > :22:50.what's happened to one Nottingham schoolgirl. 0
:22:51. > :22:53.what's happened to one Nottingham schoolgirl. Isata Kanneh`Mason is
:22:54. > :22:56.about to be plunged into the national spotlight, reaching the
:22:57. > :23:00.piano finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.
:23:01. > :23:02.And, as Carolyn Moses reports, she's also won over one of the world's
:23:03. > :23:14.most famous rock stars. She's still a teenager but already
:23:15. > :23:19.Isata achieved more than many musicians. Not only has she been
:23:20. > :23:21.short listed for one of the country's top accolades, the
:23:22. > :23:30.17`year`old's played alongside a legend. Isata's shared the stage
:23:31. > :23:35.with none other than Sir Elton John. He used to go to the same music
:23:36. > :23:40.school I go to now, so they put the Ford for it and I found myself doing
:23:41. > :23:44.a documentary with Elton John! It was released Gary, I had to play the
:23:45. > :23:52.piano for in and I had to go to Los Angeles to play Violetta in his
:23:53. > :23:55.band. `` to play by Ola `` play the violin.
:23:56. > :23:58.And now Elton's backing her. He was so impressed he's offered to pay her
:23:59. > :24:01.fees at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music. I am really
:24:02. > :24:03.grateful for his help and really happy.
:24:04. > :24:06.It's a far cry from the everyday life as a sixth former at
:24:07. > :24:12.Nottingham's Trinity School. But her friends there say her growing
:24:13. > :24:17.success is well deserved. To be able to play with such a legend. It is
:24:18. > :24:25.inspirational at this young age and she is really inspirational and
:24:26. > :24:28.modest. It makes you feel that your achievement is worthless! But it is
:24:29. > :24:32.very good for her. Even her home life's harmonious.
:24:33. > :24:36.This is the way she, her brothers and sister get on ` in a chamber
:24:37. > :24:39.music band. Now with the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition
:24:40. > :24:48.looming, Isata admits there's everything to play for. It is really
:24:49. > :24:50.nerve wracking but I am normally OK once I get on stage and start
:24:51. > :24:59.playing. I normally forget about everything else.
:25:00. > :25:11.What a wonderful, wonderful pianist she is. It makes my creepy Crawley
:25:12. > :25:14.looked a bit sad. Now, a look at the weather.
:25:15. > :25:20.Some lovely winter sunshine in the past couple of days and it has sent
:25:21. > :25:29.you all at snapping. Some beautiful pictures sent in. Keep them coming
:25:30. > :25:31.in, thank you to Ian for that. You normally get two choices at this
:25:32. > :25:34.time 0 0 normally get two choices at this
:25:35. > :25:38.time of year, cold and sunny, or cloudy and mild. We have had plenty
:25:39. > :25:43.of the former in the past few days but we are moving on to the latter,
:25:44. > :25:49.all changed now. Much more clout but it is turning more mild.
:25:50. > :25:58.Temperatures into double figures. `` much more cloud. The cloud is
:25:59. > :26:02.thickening up and it feels like Groundhog Day. It is a wet end to
:26:03. > :26:06.the day, that cloud will be with us throughout the night and it will be
:26:07. > :26:09.on and off. The winds will pick up towards the end of the night and we
:26:10. > :26:12.will see some hill fog across the tops of the Peak District but the
:26:13. > :26:16.temperatures, look at them. They will be starting to rise, at around
:26:17. > :26:21.seven Celsius by 0 will be starting to rise, at around
:26:22. > :26:25.seven Celsius by Dawn. The rain then moves away fairly swiftly. There
:26:26. > :26:30.will be a few showers moving in across southern parts of
:26:31. > :26:34.Leicestershire moving in behind that but generally most places will stay
:26:35. > :26:34.dry but we will keep the cloud. So quite 0
:26:35. > :26:38.dry but we will keep the cloud. So quite a dismal day in terms of
:26:39. > :26:41.sunshine. The winds are starting to come in from a southerly direction
:26:42. > :26:45.so it is a much milder feel the temperatures getting into double
:26:46. > :26:49.figures, ten or 11 Celsius. Yet again, a weather front moving in for
:26:50. > :26:52.tomorrow evening and this one moves through quite quickly. We have got
:26:53. > :26:56.low pressure in charge for the end of the week and that. It out towards
:26:57. > :27:00.the West but it means a mix of sunshine and showers for Thursday
:27:01. > :27:04.and Friday but staying on the mild feel.
:27:05. > :27:13.Here on down to some! Let's stay positive! It is important to be
:27:14. > :27:27.positive. We will see you at 10:25pm. Good night for now.
:27:28. > :27:34.Telling you about the stories and digging deep to uncover the stories
:27:35. > :27:37.that are important to you. On BBC Radio Leicester. All very well
:27:38. > :27:43.saying you will do it, but Nottinghamshire is still waiting.
:27:44. > :27:48.You with BBC Radio Nottingham. Take your local Radio with you.