:00:17. > :00:23.Good afternoon with your headlines for the East Midlands. There are to
:00:24. > :00:27.be meetings between parents, governors and the City Council in
:00:28. > :00:34.Derby after the weekend to find new school places for 140 children. It
:00:35. > :00:38.comes after the city's troubled free school Al Madinah was ordered
:00:39. > :00:43.yesterday by the government to shut its secondary school. One teacher
:00:44. > :00:48.'s' union says it confirms that claims and fears that the free
:00:49. > :00:52.school system does not work. The idea that anyone can set up a free
:00:53. > :01:15.school where ever they like and if it fails, they can just be closed,
:01:16. > :01:18.it is unacceptable. Schools need to be accountable to the public and the
:01:19. > :01:20.taxpayer and be run by professional people and parents need to know it
:01:21. > :01:23.will stay open. A Derbyshire charity has discovered a rare archive film
:01:24. > :01:25.of its founder Leonard Cheshire in action during a daring World War II
:01:26. > :01:28.mission. The footage shows a night`time raid on a French factory
:01:29. > :01:31.that took place 70 years ago today. He gave 500 people in the building
:01:32. > :01:36.time to escape. It would have caused serious loss of life and injury. I
:01:37. > :01:42.can only thank God that everybody did escape, except one unfortunate
:01:43. > :01:50.man who returned for his bicycle. Nottingham skaters Jon Eley led Team
:01:51. > :01:58.GB into the opening ceremony at Sochi last night. It is the biggest
:01:59. > :01:59.British team with 56 competitors. Two 0 0
:02:00. > :02:02.British team with 56 competitors. Two skaters are taking part this
:02:03. > :02:06.afternoon. Nick Buckland and Penny Coomes go to Sochi as European
:02:07. > :02:11.bronze medallists with a target to finish in the top eight.
:02:12. > :02:15.Nottingham Forest hope to stretch their undefeated run as they head to
:02:16. > :02:24.Blackpool. Leicester are hoping to stretch their lead at the top. Last
:02:25. > :02:25.night's Premiership 0 stretch their lead at the top. Last
:02:26. > :02:31.night's Premiership action saw Leicester Tigers return to winning
:02:32. > :02:32.ways, although only narrowly. A late penalty goal from Toby Flood secured
:02:33. > :02:47.the win. How is it looking? It has been a
:02:48. > :02:51.fairly decent morning. But the cloud has been thickening and the wind is
:02:52. > :02:55.strengthening and that is a key feature of this afternoon. We have
:02:56. > :03:00.yellow warnings which last until tomorrow morning. Most of the
:03:01. > :03:05.showers hang back until we reach this evening. The winds make it feel
:03:06. > :03:10.fresher than those temperatures suggest. Then the showers come in
:03:11. > :03:19.and they will be quite lively with some hail and thunder and will be
:03:20. > :03:25.accompanied by some blustery wind. Tomorrow it gets off to a blustery
:03:26. > :03:31.start. Still wet and windy, but the wind starts to ease as the day goes
:03:32. > :03:35.on. It remains breezy on Sunday, but it will be a bit brighter by
:03:36. > :04:04.tomorrow afternoon. We will have more this evening.
:04:05. > :04:14.evening. -- the winds will ease Good afternoon. It is yet another
:04:15. > :04:19.stormy day to day with heavy rain around and very strong winds. The
:04:20. > :04:24.Met office has issued an amber warning for the strong winds. They
:04:25. > :04:27.could be disruptive and damaging. This is the latest in a string of
:04:28. > :04:32.storms that we have seen this winter. For southern England, this
:04:33. > :04:39.looks like one of the wettest winters for 250 years. Scotland saw
:04:40. > :04:43.the wettest December 4/100 years. Low pressure well in charge of
:04:44. > :04:44.things at the moment, drifting across the UK to the