:00:00. > :00:00.to British coastlines, with winds of up to 80 mph. That's all from
:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today. I'm Anne Davies and tonight we've a
:00:09. > :00:13.special programme marking the role of British troops in Afghanistan.
:00:14. > :00:15.I'm at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland, with the families spending
:00:16. > :00:26.Valentine's Day thousands of miles apart from their loved ones. And
:00:27. > :00:33.here in southern Afghanistan, I am here with dozens of trips from the
:00:34. > :00:37.East Midlands. Tonight we are out with the last British soldiers in
:00:38. > :00:45.Helmand province. There is always the risk of IED is. Here in Rutland,
:00:46. > :00:53.staying positive. How the families cope as the soldiers face of danger.
:00:54. > :00:57.Plus, an Army packing up and heading home and the dad who has missed
:00:58. > :01:06.Christmas. It is hard, it is hard because you miss them everyday.
:01:07. > :01:14.Welcome to Cottesmore in Rutland, home of the Royal Anglians' Second
:01:15. > :01:19.Battalion. Hundreds of troops from this barracks are spending the
:01:20. > :01:22.winter in Southern Afghanistan. It's the largest deployment from the East
:01:23. > :01:26.Midlands since the conflict began 12 years ago. And it involves two
:01:27. > :01:33.regiments that recruit from towns and villages across Derbyshire,
:01:34. > :01:37.Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. Tonight I'm with some of the
:01:38. > :01:40.families who have an anxious time waiting for their husbands, sons and
:01:41. > :01:43.fathers to return. We'll be hearing from them in a moment. But first
:01:44. > :01:46.let's link`up with Helmand Province in Afghanistan, where our
:01:47. > :01:48.Correspondent, Jeremy Ball and cameraman Adam Walker have spent
:01:49. > :01:55.this week with soldiers from right across the East Midlands. Good
:01:56. > :01:59.evening from camp Bastian. Camp Bastion is a vast British base
:02:00. > :02:02.that's not much smaller than the city of Derby. It's a place where it
:02:03. > :02:06.feels as though the army's already packing up and going home. But for
:02:07. > :02:10.hundreds of troops from the East Midlands, this is a mission that's
:02:11. > :02:13.far from over. And if you look at the map board, then... 8am at
:02:14. > :02:17.Forward Operating Base Lashkar Gar, and we are kitted out for a safety
:02:18. > :02:21.briefing that makes you sit up and listen. Should we come under any
:02:22. > :02:23.small arms fire... All this for a short walk to the provincial police
:02:24. > :02:27.headquarters where the Royal Anglians have been helping train the
:02:28. > :02:30.local Afghan Uniformed Police. Now those local officers are keeping
:02:31. > :02:33.this city relatively secure and open for business on their own, and soon
:02:34. > :02:37.there won't be any British soldiers here to help. It's only 200 meters
:02:38. > :02:41.between these two bases, but as you can see, we're very exposed here.
:02:42. > :02:45.They're not taking any chances. Overnight they found two improvised
:02:46. > :02:50.bombs or IEDs in this city, there is a threat from suicide bombers, too.
:02:51. > :02:56.But some people wave at us and greet us. It is easy to get into a false
:02:57. > :02:59.sense of security out there, people wonder why we are in full kit. There
:03:00. > :03:03.is always the risk of IEDs, vehicle`borne IEDs etc, coming down
:03:04. > :03:05.the main route, that we can't stop. Inside police HQ, a warrant officer
:03:06. > :03:11.from Loughborough and a Corporal from Anstey live and work with the
:03:12. > :03:16.Afghan forces. They are here to share intelligence about security
:03:17. > :03:20.threats. It takes time to build up a rapport with them, but once you do
:03:21. > :03:23.establish a rapport you can get a very good working relationship with
:03:24. > :03:28.them. They have a very similar sense of humour to ourselves, they do
:03:29. > :03:33.enjoy a good laugh. Back at the main base, they have been waking up to
:03:34. > :03:36.this. Desert sand covered in frost. And a meal tent protected by what's
:03:37. > :03:40.known as a guardian angel. And because the kitchens have just
:03:41. > :03:45.closed down here, this is breakfast. Hot chocolate in a water bottle and
:03:46. > :03:51.boil`in`the`bag ration packs. It is because most British Forward Bases
:03:52. > :03:55.have been closed. And this one is well on the way to being pulled
:03:56. > :03:59.down. And the Royal Anglians will be the last British soldiers in Lashkar
:04:00. > :04:01.Gar. If you could imagine an iso`container size, there's been
:04:02. > :04:03.about 700 iso`container sized equipment that's left so far.
:04:04. > :04:07.Portacabins, iso`containers themselves, vehicles. From Lashkar
:04:08. > :04:14.Gar to Camp Bastion is 20 mile journey, less than the distance
:04:15. > :04:17.between Leicester and Nottingham. But you travel by helicopter to
:04:18. > :04:22.avoid using roads, where insurgents can set up an ambush. Now those
:04:23. > :04:25.insurgents are being targeted by local Afghan security forces who are
:04:26. > :04:29.taking over combat operations from their British mentors. And
:04:30. > :04:31.Derbyshire soldiers and from the ninth 12th Royal Lancers are
:04:32. > :04:37.supporting them in hostile territory, coming under fire. A
:04:38. > :04:42.bloke just appeared from nowhere and fired an RPG, which came over the
:04:43. > :04:46.top of us. I have been under a few contacts, it is pretty scary, my
:04:47. > :04:49.first one. Pretty much every mission has some success. We'd be finding
:04:50. > :04:53.drugs, targeting their IED networks, finding IED components, and we have
:04:54. > :04:56.had a lot of success. Now they are focusing on the mammoth task of
:04:57. > :05:01.ending combat operations, they are scrapping a lot of equipment that
:05:02. > :05:07.isn't cost`effective to send home. Then there is this machine that
:05:08. > :05:12.sounds like a popcorn maker. It is recycling 20,000 bullets every week.
:05:13. > :05:15.That noise you can hear is the sound of he explosive rounds being broken
:05:16. > :05:19.up. The metal bullet casings come out of the machine like this, they
:05:20. > :05:23.will be melted down and sold as scrap. More than 3,000 vehicles are
:05:24. > :05:28.being deep cleaned, half have already been sent back to the UK. It
:05:29. > :05:31.was engineers from Chilwell in Nottinghamshire who designed this
:05:32. > :05:37.huge in camp Bastion and they are here to take it down. I was out here
:05:38. > :05:40.in 2006 and helped build the camps that are still here today. It was
:05:41. > :05:44.quite a surreal feeling going back to somewhere that you had lived for
:05:45. > :05:48.that long. I stood in the position that might tent had actually been
:05:49. > :05:51.and that's gone. And seeing all the land stripped out. It was very, very
:05:52. > :05:54.strange. Strange feeling. Thousands of British troops have already left
:05:55. > :06:03.Afghanistan and by the end of this year it will be another chapter in
:06:04. > :06:07.Britain's military history. It is not until you travel out here that
:06:08. > :06:10.you realise just how tough conditions are for the soldiers. At
:06:11. > :06:15.night the desert sands are getting covered in ice. Bart offer, though,
:06:16. > :06:23.is being away from home for so long and that is just as hard for their
:06:24. > :06:27.families back in the East Midlands. It is indeed and I am with some of
:06:28. > :06:31.those families in the East Midlands. Let me introduce you to Jonathan,
:06:32. > :06:37.Keely and baby Ruby. If you are wondering why it is quiet, we are in
:06:38. > :06:43.the soft play area. Good to be home? Yes, it is. How old was this
:06:44. > :06:49.young lady the last thing you went? 24 hours old. What was it like
:06:50. > :06:54.leaving her then? Quite horrible. And leaving the boys as well. You
:06:55. > :06:59.have two boys being off`loaded, playing there. How old are they?
:07:00. > :07:08.Your Mac to and three. Good to have them all? Amazing. Morice and Amber
:07:09. > :07:13.have been reunited. We are really have `` really happy. It has been
:07:14. > :07:27.three years. It will be a romantic occasion? A decent night. Is it good
:07:28. > :07:30.to be back? Yes. What is it really like to be over there? Obviously
:07:31. > :07:35.these guys know but it is one soldier's sorry.
:07:36. > :07:39.It is hard. It is hard because you miss them every day. I miss the
:07:40. > :07:43.cheeky little banter I get with my daughters. Christmas was a big one,
:07:44. > :07:46.I was away for Christmas. Not having Dad around on Christmas day is
:07:47. > :07:49.obviously a big thing for the girls.It was just hard knowing the
:07:50. > :07:53.girls were going to open their presents without you being there. I
:07:54. > :07:57.sort of employed my wife's parents to sort of assist in getting her big
:07:58. > :08:00.present. So she didn't think she was going to get anything, but they
:08:01. > :08:04.turned up on Christmas Day with a big present from me, which I am told
:08:05. > :08:08.she burst into tears about. So, my wife's part in this, and I am sure
:08:09. > :08:11.many wives' part in operation deployment is massive. They keep the
:08:12. > :08:15.houses running, keep the kids going to school, and they've also got the
:08:16. > :08:18.concerns of what we're doing at the time. You worry every day. Obviously
:08:19. > :08:22.there may be something they might need your help with. Looking forward
:08:23. > :08:25.to going home is definitely one of the big points, because it is a
:08:26. > :08:29.massive moment. There will definitely be tears, there is always
:08:30. > :08:33.tears when it comes to when you are leaving to go on tour, you know,
:08:34. > :08:37.both sides trying to fight back the tears but you know there's going to
:08:38. > :08:40.be tears. And when you get back there's almost tears of, like,
:08:41. > :08:52.elation if you like, that it's all over and you can get almost back to
:08:53. > :08:58.normal life. And here is certain theme and's wife, Joanne. And Chloe
:08:59. > :09:02.and Tamsin. What was it like seeing that film? It was really nice. It
:09:03. > :09:08.was nice to see where he has been living. Does it shock you? Yes, he
:09:09. > :09:14.does not show the pictures or tell you what it is like, really. It was
:09:15. > :09:18.interesting. I thought it was lovely as well, the importance he put on
:09:19. > :09:23.your roll back home. It was quite nice to hear that, it is quite hard
:09:24. > :09:31.being ( home wondering what they are doing. It is quite nice to hear it.
:09:32. > :09:35.It has been a difficult time over there and you have had to sacrifice
:09:36. > :09:42.a lot. In your mind, is it worth the sacrifice? Sundays, it is kind of
:09:43. > :09:47.questionable, but yes, of course it is. You have hard these when you
:09:48. > :09:50.think about how hard it is not when they come back and you see the look
:09:51. > :09:53.on the girl 's face when he walks through the door, it is really nice.
:09:54. > :09:58.It is one of those special moments. They know their daddy is away but
:09:59. > :10:03.when he comes back it is great. It is Valentine's Day and you are on
:10:04. > :10:09.your own. Have you had a letter? If fair few. We kind of made our own
:10:10. > :10:14.Valentines cards for each other. They make daddy is for when he comes
:10:15. > :10:20.home. Girls, was its nice to see daddy on TV? Yes. Are you looking
:10:21. > :10:26.forward to him coming home? Yes. We have made cards for him. That is
:10:27. > :10:30.fantastic. Thank you, we look forward to coming back.
:10:31. > :10:33.The jury in the trial of a man accused of attempting to murder a
:10:34. > :10:37.Sikh spiritual leader with an axe, has been discharged after failing to
:10:38. > :10:40.reach a verdict. Harjit Singh Toor from Oadby in Leicestershire had
:10:41. > :10:43.denied trying to kill His Holiness Sirisat Guru Uday Singh VI during a
:10:44. > :10:47.religious ceremony at a Leicester temple last August. A decision will
:10:48. > :10:50.be made within the next two weeks whether or not to hold a retrial. Mr
:10:51. > :11:05.Toor has admitted causing grievous bodily harm. The East Midlands has
:11:06. > :11:09.so far escaped the worst of the winter storms, but of course we
:11:10. > :11:13.might get similar weather patterns in the future. Experts have warned
:11:14. > :11:16.that people cannot just rely on outside organisations, but needs to
:11:17. > :11:23.protect themselves from future floods.
:11:24. > :11:27.With all the rain we have had recently this trickle should be a
:11:28. > :11:30.torrent but the Hamilton estate in North West has been carefully
:11:31. > :11:36.designed by the special drainage system that holds water back to stop
:11:37. > :11:40.flooding downstream. We have done away with pipes, there are no
:11:41. > :11:43.drainage pipes, it is all about getting the water into natural
:11:44. > :11:49.drainage channels above ground, a mixture of grassland reedbeds so the
:11:50. > :11:52.water trickles down slowly. Residents here pay towards
:11:53. > :11:56.maintaining the drainage system, many claiming expenses or
:11:57. > :12:00.organisations must take control of flood prevention just as workers
:12:01. > :12:04.from British gypsum did here in East Nottinghamshire after floods in
:12:05. > :12:07.2012. Government and emergency urbanisation is no longer have the
:12:08. > :12:12.money or staff to provide all the help. As we have seen in the
:12:13. > :12:15.south`east, Eagle are waiting for someone to turn up and very often
:12:16. > :12:20.they do not have the staff numbers to do that. Individual resilience is
:12:21. > :12:24.very important. The father of a young man who went
:12:25. > :12:26.missing on a night out in Derby has made an emotional appeal for
:12:27. > :12:29.information about his son. 20`year`old Nadish Kunwar was
:12:30. > :12:32.spotted on BBC Radio Derby's CCTV after leaving friends at the Jurys
:12:33. > :12:36.Inn hotel two weeks ago. Officers say he had been drinking heavily. He
:12:37. > :12:44.hasn't been seen or heard from since.
:12:45. > :12:46.There is absolutely nothing to suggest anything sinister has
:12:47. > :12:50.happened, it is literally that. A missing person enquiry. And we have
:12:51. > :12:54.come to a point with CCTV where we are desperately appealing to members
:12:55. > :12:58.of the public to help us at this point. Every night we are searching
:12:59. > :13:01.that area, the police have given some hints, it should be this area.
:13:02. > :13:07.We are leafleting that area, putting posters on all the stops. Every
:13:08. > :13:17.night, we can't, we don't have appetite, we can't sleep at night.
:13:18. > :13:19.If somebody watching... Nottingham figure skating legends
:13:20. > :13:23.Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean recreated their Gold medal`winning
:13:24. > :13:27.Bolero dance last night. They took to the rink in Sarajevo, the city
:13:28. > :13:34.where they won at the Winter Olympics 30 years ago. From there,
:13:35. > :13:41.Mark Shardlow reports. Jayne Torvill And Christopher Dean!
:13:42. > :13:46.For most of us it was a night of pure nostalgia. For others, it meant
:13:47. > :13:51.much, much more. Thank you very much. We are so excited to be here
:13:52. > :13:57.this evening. Sarajevo is right here, beating in my heart from 30
:13:58. > :14:01.years ago. Local children performed in the show, their parents this age
:14:02. > :14:09.when the Olympics were on, but who lost their childhood in the
:14:10. > :14:12.desperate, brutal war. Amongst the crowds last night, the flower girls
:14:13. > :14:15.who helped Torvill and Dean, like Elmer Krazni, just a tot in 1984,
:14:16. > :14:21.now reunited with her childhood heroes who helped her through the
:14:22. > :14:24.horrors. I think a lot of people during the bad moments remember
:14:25. > :14:27.those Olympics, and remembered how positive this city once was, and
:14:28. > :14:31.really tha tkept them going, I think, so Torvill and Dean coming
:14:32. > :14:45.back means that we won this big battle. Life! So Bolero was and is
:14:46. > :14:50.more than Olympic gold. And that's why last night was so poignant. For
:14:51. > :14:56.people here, it reminds them of another time. It reminds them of
:14:57. > :15:01.when the Olympics was here and all the fun that happened around that.
:15:02. > :15:05.It's an Olympic city, and remember how London felt in 2012, and that's
:15:06. > :15:15.what they were carrying. And then, the tragedy of the war. But the
:15:16. > :15:18.city, the country is coming back. Anything that can be done to
:15:19. > :15:24.highlight that, that's wonderful, and that's part of us being here as
:15:25. > :15:26.well. The reception showed the appreciation. The perfect sixes of
:15:27. > :15:38.Valentine's Day 1984 repeated last night.
:15:39. > :15:44.And if you want to have another look at Torvill and Deans Bolero routine
:15:45. > :15:47.there's a short video clip on the East Midlands Today Facebook page.
:15:48. > :15:55.Now, though, it's time for a round`up of the day's sport ` here's
:15:56. > :15:59.Colin Hazelden. Welcome to Bramall Lane, this is the
:16:00. > :16:04.whole of Sheffield and football club but the reason I am here is this is
:16:05. > :16:09.where forest are coming in the famous old competition, the FA Cup,
:16:10. > :16:14.on Sunday. 5000 Forest fans will make the trek up the M1, they will
:16:15. > :16:18.see their team at this stage of the competition for the first time in
:16:19. > :16:22.nine years. If they win they will back themselves a quarterfinal. A
:16:23. > :16:27.big game and Natalie Jackson has been in the camp today. It is just
:16:28. > :16:39.over a year since manager Billy Davies returned to Nottingham
:16:40. > :16:47.Forest. 12 months on and it is a cold, wet, windy Valentine's Day at
:16:48. > :16:55.training. Be careful! The honeymoon period for Davies is definitely
:16:56. > :17:01.over. , and! Seven of his best players are out injured in the gym
:17:02. > :17:04.and on the treatment table. But just injuries, the way in which we are
:17:05. > :17:13.picking up the injuries, every injury we have had has been, has
:17:14. > :17:16.happened in a game situation. That value, Chris Cohen, Kelvin Wilson,
:17:17. > :17:23.Eric Levi, David Vaughan, Henry Lansley, Dexter Blackstock. Injuries
:17:24. > :17:27.he said the critics did not take into account. We are focused on this
:17:28. > :17:32.current group of players who should have more points. Should have more
:17:33. > :17:36.points even though they are missing. But seeing that conservatively. ?10
:17:37. > :17:41.million worth of players? Even though we are the only 16 game
:17:42. > :17:46.unbeaten run in the top six, five points from second place, fantastic
:17:47. > :17:51.form at home. His team are two games away potentially from a Wembley
:17:52. > :17:55.semifinal. Defensively two games away from the sack in football! I
:17:56. > :18:01.prepare for the match `` I prepare for the next match. That is what I
:18:02. > :18:04.encourage my staff and players to focus on. Preparing for the next
:18:05. > :18:09.game. There are no shortage of reasons why this should have added
:18:10. > :18:13.space. The manager here have so many years at Forest and it is not a
:18:14. > :18:17.secret that he had current Forest manager Billy Davies are not the
:18:18. > :18:20.greatest of friends. Add to that the fact he was sacked by Derby five
:18:21. > :18:27.months ago and this seems like the ideal time for a catch up. We are
:18:28. > :18:35.going to have hopefully 20,000 in there, between 20 and 20,000 would
:18:36. > :18:41.be a great atmosphere. Whenever a deeply at Bramall Lane it is a great
:18:42. > :18:45.atmosphere. `` whenever you play. We hope the scheme goes ahead, you can
:18:46. > :18:49.CD covers on the pitch at Elliott on it was very badly waterlogged
:18:50. > :18:54.underneath there. We'll keep you on that. It is a big weekend elsewhere,
:18:55. > :18:59.not least in league one for Notts County. They are travelling to
:19:00. > :19:03.Wolves. In league two Mansfield town are off to Oxford United, in the
:19:04. > :19:08.Rugby Leicester Tigers are back at home welcoming Gloucester to Welford
:19:09. > :19:14.Road. At the Winter Olympics it is a chance to take a look at the ace
:19:15. > :19:17.dancers in the short programme. For me here at Sheffield United that is
:19:18. > :19:21.just about it. We have our fingers crossed. If the forest can win they
:19:22. > :19:28.will be one game away from a Wembley semifinal. That is your news and
:19:29. > :19:32.sports letters goodbye from me. Let me have you back to an with her Army
:19:33. > :19:36.families in Rutland. Welcome back to the Royal Anglians'
:19:37. > :19:41.home base here in Rutland. They're among thousands of
:19:42. > :19:47.`` little Oliver has been very good until this moment. We looked at him
:19:48. > :19:50.in the moment. He is going back very soon, one of the thousands of men
:19:51. > :19:55.and women who have served in Afghanistan. It has been some of the
:19:56. > :20:00.toughest fighting that the British Army has experienced since World War
:20:01. > :20:06.II. Many of them as we now have lost their lives. Jeremy Ball has been
:20:07. > :20:12.falling for the last 12 years and the is giving his take on big
:20:13. > :20:15.achievements. When you watch the troops preparing
:20:16. > :20:18.their weapons it is easy to forget by the troops preparing their
:20:19. > :20:21.weapons it is easy to forget why we ended up in the Desert so far away
:20:22. > :20:24.from home. It was all because of the 911 attacks in New York, attacks
:20:25. > :20:30.coordinated right here in Afghanistan. The response to those
:20:31. > :20:34.attacks came within weeks. Soldiers from Leicestershire and Lincolnshire
:20:35. > :20:39.when among the first to arrive here after Afghanistan's brutal Taliban
:20:40. > :20:43.government was forced out of power. They found a capital city shattered
:20:44. > :20:47.by decades of civil war. Out of these photos in Campbell, 12 years
:20:48. > :20:53.ago, these children came up to shake hands. The Royal Anglian shoulders
:20:54. > :20:56.did not even need to wear helmets. We found this school where girls
:20:57. > :21:01.were being educated for the first time in years. Last autumn
:21:02. > :21:04.Afghanistan finally had something to celebrate when the country won the
:21:05. > :21:09.first international football tournament. For many, life has
:21:10. > :21:13.improved year, so much so that millions of Afghan refugees have
:21:14. > :21:18.come home. What is in it for us? I put that to the government minister
:21:19. > :21:22.in charge of the Armed Forces. Our troops have been helping to protect
:21:23. > :21:26.people back home from terrorist threats. They have been fighting to
:21:27. > :21:30.help keep bars and our families safe. I believe ultimately it has
:21:31. > :21:34.been successful. Interview in Helmand province solos from
:21:35. > :21:39.Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire were drawn into battle is on a daily
:21:40. > :21:45.basis. This is what happened when I filmed the patrol with the messy in
:21:46. > :21:48.Redmond five years ago. This exchange of fire was so routine the
:21:49. > :21:52.crack jokes about how close the bullets came, but it was deadly
:21:53. > :21:56.serious. It is the photos of troops that have been killed that brings
:21:57. > :22:02.home the real cost of this conflict. These are 23 men from the East
:22:03. > :22:06.Midlands, victims of a war that has claimed the lives of thousands of
:22:07. > :22:11.civilians. Cuban hell was from Nottingham. There have been too many
:22:12. > :22:18.people who have suffered massive sacrifices. `` Kieron Hill. People
:22:19. > :22:24.suffering from post`dramatic stress. It is not worth it for me. I have
:22:25. > :22:37.lost too much. But it has destroyed my life. `` post`traumatic stress.
:22:38. > :22:40.The question now, what is Afghanistan 's future? Who will be
:22:41. > :22:45.in charge after the elections next month? And will be sacrifices of so
:22:46. > :22:57.many British troops take a lasting evidence here? `` make a lasting
:22:58. > :23:03.difference. As we said, Captain Barranquilla is about to go. When do
:23:04. > :23:11.you go? Approximately two weeks. If little Oliver gets to set up we
:23:12. > :23:18.might have to stop. This is a snapshot, we take over 45 kilograms
:23:19. > :23:23.of kit and weapons systems. I can hardly hold, that that is your body
:23:24. > :23:30.armour. Body armour and plate carrier, we get plates issued. It
:23:31. > :23:37.will be even heavier. What are the things that mean something that you
:23:38. > :23:43.take? Things that I take, high`powered, cameras, every person
:23:44. > :23:47.is different but for me it is the connection to everyone back home. As
:23:48. > :23:54.that made a big difference for soldiers? You can skate and see
:23:55. > :23:59.people back home. It makes a huge difference. The Internet provisions
:24:00. > :24:04.are amazing, people speak and see one another all the time. How do you
:24:05. > :24:08.prepare mentally for going? It is a job but there are dangers and you
:24:09. > :24:12.know what they are. Our training has made is confident in the fact that
:24:13. > :24:17.we know we can do the job. The last thing I was when I was single with
:24:18. > :24:20.no family. Now it is different. You get yourself into a position where
:24:21. > :24:25.you look forward to coming back and he wants to do the job the best of
:24:26. > :24:29.your ability. We wish you all the luck. And U2, Lisa. Let's see what
:24:30. > :24:37.the weather is doing. The weather has been nicer in
:24:38. > :24:41.Afghanistan than here, we have been subjected to more wet and windy
:24:42. > :24:47.weather today. Here is the latest instalment. It looks like it did
:24:48. > :24:51.yesterday, another area of low pressure has been sweeping in from
:24:52. > :24:54.the south. We stay under the influence of that tonight and
:24:55. > :24:59.tomorrow but hang in there because by Sunday we get some high`pressure
:25:00. > :25:05.that'll settle things down nicely. It is a game of two parts, and looks
:25:06. > :25:10.as though Saturday will be our showery, posterity. By Sunday things
:25:11. > :25:14.will be improving considerably. We will get some winter sunshine back.
:25:15. > :25:17.Back to these years and now we have more rain to get through tonight.
:25:18. > :25:21.The rain is showery but it is looking as though it will pick up
:25:22. > :25:25.into the early hours of the morning. We will see heavier rain here and
:25:26. > :25:30.there but we have not seen the peak of the winds it. They will pack up
:25:31. > :25:35.as well. Gusts of around 50 or 60 males per hour. It could be higher
:25:36. > :25:41.than that across eastern part and into Lincolnshire. At least we have
:25:42. > :25:46.a mild evening, temperatures not following very far, 56 degrees. It
:25:47. > :25:49.wet and windy start tomorrow, showery outbreaks of rain throughout
:25:50. > :25:54.the day in the wind will stay strong. Eventually things will climb
:25:55. > :25:58.down as he headed towards the end of the afternoon and the showers will
:25:59. > :26:01.be fading away as well. Sunday is looking a much better day, much
:26:02. > :26:07.drier and greater with some sunshine.
:26:08. > :26:16.That's just about it from all of us here at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland.
:26:17. > :26:19.I must say thank you to everyone who has organised that and do all of the
:26:20. > :26:24.families who have been here all evening. The kids have been really
:26:25. > :26:29.good. A big thank you to everyone here. It is the dramatic day of the
:26:30. > :26:33.year, it is Valentine's Day. And it wouldn't be Valentine's Day
:26:34. > :26:37.without a few special messages so we leave you tonight with just a few of
:26:38. > :26:46.them sent from the Afghan desert. From all the East Midlands Today
:26:47. > :26:51.team. Goodnight. A message to my wife, Gemma Evans, I am sorry I will
:26:52. > :26:55.not be there on Valentine's Day but I will make it up to you when I get
:26:56. > :27:00.back. I miss my fiance Anabelle Goodall and I will be glad to see
:27:01. > :27:05.you very shortly. For my wife, Ely, I miss you and I love you and I look
:27:06. > :27:10.forward to spoiling you. This is to sell my wife, happy Valentine's Day.
:27:11. > :27:17.I wish I could be with you. `` this is to set up my wife. And should be
:27:18. > :27:24.home. But I love you. A shout out to my wife. I miss you loads. I will
:27:25. > :27:29.season. Happy Valentines to my lovely wife Samantha and to my kids.
:27:30. > :27:42.Joe, sorry I am not there. I miss you loads and I love you what's as
:27:43. > :27:44.well. Fully I will be back soon. On Sunday politics, the crisis in our
:27:45. > :27:47.county council.