:00:00. > 3:59:59That's it for now we'll be back at 6pm. Stay with us on BBC One. It's
:00:00. > :00:17.time for With your news now for the East
:00:18. > :00:21.Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. Councillors are being urged not to
:00:22. > :00:23.turn their backs on a project in Derbyshire, which has helped
:00:24. > :00:26.hundreds of homeless and vulnerable young people to change their lives.
:00:27. > :00:29.A meeting has been reviewing the success of the SAFE scheme which is
:00:30. > :00:32.run by three housing associations. In its first year, it's helped
:00:33. > :00:38.nearly 600 of Derbyshire's most vulnerable 16 to 24`year`olds.
:00:39. > :00:41.They've supported me through thick and thin, through everything that's
:00:42. > :00:45.happened in the short space of time that I have been with them. They've
:00:46. > :00:53.guided me and given me the skills that I need, in order to get the
:00:54. > :00:56.best from my life. The proposal at the moment is to
:00:57. > :01:00.reduce that funding by 85% next financial year. I don't think it
:01:01. > :01:03.would be a very viable service. We certainly couldn't provide anywhere
:01:04. > :01:07.near the level and breadth of support that we provide now across
:01:08. > :01:10.the county. Campaigners have launched a legal
:01:11. > :01:13.challenge against plans to build a cycle circuit on a nature reserve at
:01:14. > :01:16.Derby's Pride Park. Planning permission was granted for the track
:01:17. > :01:20.last week, but ecologists say it will damage the habitat of rare
:01:21. > :01:23.birds. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is seeking a judicial review, and has
:01:24. > :01:28.formally requested work stops on site immediately or it'll seek a
:01:29. > :01:30.court injunction. At the Winter Olympics, another
:01:31. > :01:33.contentious day for Nottingham`based speed skater Elise Christie. She
:01:34. > :01:37.looked to have won her qualifying heat by a thousandth of a second in
:01:38. > :01:41.the 1500 metre Short`track Skate, but for being inside the finish line
:01:42. > :01:46.she was instead deemed to have not finished the race at all!
:01:47. > :01:50.I was playing safe after what happened the other day. I was trying
:01:51. > :01:53.not to touch anyone or be near anyone. I haven't got a clue what
:01:54. > :01:56.has happened ` I'm gobsmacked. I expected this decision the other
:01:57. > :02:01.day, but, today, I have no idea what's going on.
:02:02. > :02:05.I have seen the official photo of the going over the line, and she is
:02:06. > :02:10.unfortunately one centimetre, the smallest margin ever, inside that
:02:11. > :02:13.line. Looking ahead to the weekend's
:02:14. > :02:17.football, and Nottingham Forest face Sheffield United in the fifth round
:02:18. > :02:20.of the FA Cup tomorrow. For Billy Davies it's a chance to catch`up
:02:21. > :02:22.with former Rams manager Nigel Clough who's taken the helm at
:02:23. > :02:25.Sheffield. Meanwhile, in today's league action: Notts County are at
:02:26. > :02:29.second placed Wolves in League One. And in League Two, after a pitch
:02:30. > :02:32.inspection at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, Mansfield Town's game with
:02:33. > :02:34.Oxford United is going ahead. Lots of weather to talk about ` how's it
:02:35. > :02:44.looking for us here this it will gradually start to come
:02:45. > :02:52.down, but it's still very blustery outside. We've got 70 mph gusts
:02:53. > :02:55.recorded. The wind will start to ease further, but we do have a
:02:56. > :02:59.weather front which is producing some showery outbreaks of rain. It
:03:00. > :03:06.will turn wintry through the Peak District area. We can hear some
:03:07. > :03:15.thunder and Susan Hale, as well, as we head toward the latter part of
:03:16. > :03:18.today. `` some hail. There will be a frost tonight, so it's a market
:03:19. > :03:27.difference from last night's stormy weather. It will be a bright and
:03:28. > :03:31.constant Sunday. Highs of eight Celsius, but more rain on the way.
:03:32. > :03:38.This area of rain starts to come in on Monday. A wet start to the week.
:03:39. > :03:44.Back with more for you just after 6:10PM.