:00:00. > :00:15.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me Dominic Heale.
:00:16. > :00:21.Tonight: Save the Fosse Park Horses. Disturbing images of the condition
:00:22. > :00:25.in this field spark a huge Internet campaign. Also tonight, why a mother
:00:26. > :00:31.who almost died in childbirth is risking having a second child. I do
:00:32. > :00:35.feel it is worth the risk, because there is a risk everywhere you go in
:00:36. > :00:41.life, and you have to take it sometimes. Plus, rehearsing a
:00:42. > :00:47.disaster. The emergency services simulate the aftermath of a train
:00:48. > :00:53.crash. And, brick by brick, the firms struggling to keep up with the
:00:54. > :00:56.house`building boom. 2014 looks really promising. We have a full
:00:57. > :00:58.order book including 1 million bricks from a full order book
:00:59. > :01:02.including 1 million bricks, single customer. `` including 1 million
:01:03. > :01:03.bricks from 0 customer. `` including 1 million
:01:04. > :01:03.bricks from a 0 customer. `` including 1 million
:01:04. > :01:10.bricks from a single customer. Good evening and welcome to Monday's
:01:11. > :01:13.programme. More than 20,000 people have joined a social media campaign
:01:14. > :01:15.calling for action over the plight of a dozen horses living in sodden
:01:16. > :01:22.fields on the edge of Leicester. Rescuers tried to save one animal
:01:23. > :01:27.trapped in a pool of water but it had to be put down. The owner of the
:01:28. > :01:30.horses says he's done nothing wrong, and the police have confirmed no
:01:31. > :01:37.action will be taken against him. Mike O'Sullivan reports.
:01:38. > :01:41.Stranded and struggling. This horse was in such a poor state that it
:01:42. > :01:46.could not clamber from a pool of water on a soaking field next to the
:01:47. > :01:50.Fosse Park retail park on the edge of Leicester. A rescue attempt
:01:51. > :01:55.involving the RSPCA and the Fire Service failed on Saturday. With the
:01:56. > :02:02.owner in attendance, the animal had to be put down. We were bringing hay
:02:03. > :02:05.down to it, trying to get some energy into it, massaging it, we
:02:06. > :02:09.have the blankets out, we covered the horse to make it comfortable,
:02:10. > :02:11.but sadly we just couldn't stimulated enough. The RSPCA called
:02:12. > :02:13.the 0 0 stimulated enough. The RSPCA called
:02:14. > :02:18.the vet and the horse had to be euthanised. You are a do`gooder, and
:02:19. > :02:23.I don't blame you for being a do`gooder. Today, the owner of the
:02:24. > :02:26.horses, who insisted he had done nothing wrong, arrived at the site
:02:27. > :02:32.as members of the public tried to help the animals. It's heartbreaking
:02:33. > :02:35.when you see a little horse, no more than a year old, in these
:02:36. > :02:43.conditions. Just stress for the horses. They have no rights at all.
:02:44. > :02:47.Concern over their welfare has swept Facebook with more than 20,000
:02:48. > :02:52.people backing a call for action. At one time, the carcass of the horse
:02:53. > :02:55.was left lying in a field. The police spoke to the owner, and
:02:56. > :02:59.afterwards they confirmed that no criminal offence had been committed.
:03:00. > :03:04.The relevant authority, they said, was the RSPCA. You've looked after
:03:05. > :03:06.them for 25 years, so 0 was the RSPCA. You've looked after
:03:07. > :03:09.them for 25 years, so surely you should know if they're in good
:03:10. > :03:16.condition or not. Well, I am saying they are. The owner of the land says
:03:17. > :03:19.they've been appalled by the Facebook reports and are reviewing
:03:20. > :03:24.the tenancy grazing agreement. Well, Mike's been at the field all day and
:03:25. > :03:27.we can join him live now. Mike, this has been a very emotive issue for a
:03:28. > :03:33.lot of people, but that's not influenced the authorities? No legal
:03:34. > :03:37.action at all. I'm in the heart Fosse Park, and the field in
:03:38. > :03:41.question is just over the way, with the horse is spending another
:03:42. > :03:45.nightmare. Let's join Inspector James Lucas from the RSPCA. You are
:03:46. > :03:50.monitoring the situation, but no action. What is monitoring mean?
:03:51. > :03:55.That means we ensure that the owner meets the needs of the animals, and
:03:56. > :03:58.ensures that they have appropriate supply of good quality feed that is
:03:59. > :04:04.going to help support them through the current winter. You said in your
:04:05. > :04:08.statement there were dry areas in the land, that it's not completely
:04:09. > :04:11.sodden for the animals. When we talk about dry areas, that is relative.
:04:12. > :04:13.That's an area where 0 about dry areas, that is relative.
:04:14. > :04:16.That's an area where there is in standing water. At the minute, most
:04:17. > :04:23.fields are going to be fairly sodden. And this bill,
:04:24. > :04:28.unfortunately, is no exception. Mark Johnson, you started the campaign.
:04:29. > :04:34.Are you overreacting? They are wet field `` feels at this time of year.
:04:35. > :04:38.I know they are wet fields, but this is a flood plain and is prone to
:04:39. > :04:39.flooding in minutes. What do you want to see 0
:04:40. > :04:40.flooding in minutes. What do you want to see happen 0
:04:41. > :04:42.flooding in minutes. What do you want to see happen to the horses? I
:04:43. > :04:50.want the horses removed from the site. It is unsafe for them. Mark
:04:51. > :04:54.Johnson, RSPCA representative, thank you very much for this. Lots of talk
:04:55. > :04:57.about this on social media, but many people keeping an eye on things.
:04:58. > :05:02.Farmers across the East Midlands have rallied round to help those who
:05:03. > :05:05.have been badly affected by the floods in the South West. Hundreds
:05:06. > :05:07.of tonnes of feed and bedding have been donated. One lorry 0
:05:08. > :05:09.of tonnes of feed and bedding have been donated. One lorry load left
:05:10. > :05:15.Widmerpool in Nottinghamshire this afternoon. Angelina Socci reports.
:05:16. > :05:22.These are just a few of the farms in Somerset destroyed by the floods.
:05:23. > :05:26.Properties and land have been ruined, and cattle moved to other
:05:27. > :05:29.parts of the country. After seeing the devastation it caused, farmers
:05:30. > :05:34.in the East Midlands decided to help. Their homes man on the
:05:35. > :05:35.Somerset 0 help. Their homes man on the
:05:36. > :05:39.Somerset Levels, so I felt very strongly about helping them. I was
:05:40. > :05:42.watching all of the flooding in Muchelney, and I know the farmers in
:05:43. > :05:48.the area, so I felt deeply about it. I thought we ought to help. Since
:05:49. > :05:52.that plea, hundreds of tonnes of hay and straw have been donated. The
:05:53. > :05:57.farmer who helped coordinate the supplies says he's not surprised by
:05:58. > :06:00.the support shown. I think there's an enormous generosity amongst
:06:01. > :06:03.country people anyway, and as soon as there's a problem there are an
:06:04. > :06:08.enormous number of amounts of help you get offered, and people who are
:06:09. > :06:14.not finished with stuff of their own. This is the farmer 's
:06:15. > :06:16.livelihood, their cattle, so this is immensely 0
:06:17. > :06:20.livelihood, their cattle, so this is immensely important, this bedding
:06:21. > :06:24.and the fodder we are sending down. 50 tonnes have already been sent
:06:25. > :06:28.over the weekend, but farmers say there is no quick fix. This will
:06:29. > :06:34.take two or three years to get right. What we have to do is spread
:06:35. > :06:39.it out over a considerable length of time. It costs around ?800 to
:06:40. > :06:42.deliver each load, but farmers here say they will continue to do what
:06:43. > :06:45.they can to help as long as possible.
:06:46. > :06:48.Still to come, there may be calmer weather ahead, but is there still
:06:49. > :06:57.rain in the forecast? Always a bit of rain in there
:06:58. > :07:01.somewhere, but looking quieter this week. The rain will not be as
:07:02. > :07:02.intense and the winds are quieting down. All the details coming up
:07:03. > :07:11.later. A young mother who nearly died after
:07:12. > :07:14.having her first baby has just started fertility treatment to have
:07:15. > :07:19.a second, even though she's putting her health at risk. Jade Worboys,
:07:20. > :07:24.who's 21 and training to be a nurse, had a rare condition which meant she
:07:25. > :07:26.nearly bled to death. But it's not stopping her trying again, as Jo
:07:27. > :07:33.Healey reports. The day after this was taken, Jade
:07:34. > :07:35.was 0 0 The day after this was taken, Jade
:07:36. > :07:36.was rushed back 0 The day after this was taken, Jade
:07:37. > :07:41.was rushed back into Kingsmill hospital where she had Bentley 18
:07:42. > :07:47.days earlier. The bleeding was profuse and staff worked to save her
:07:48. > :07:50.life. If it wasn't how fast the team worked and how they worked as a team
:07:51. > :07:56.and knew exactly who was doing what and how it was going to work, I
:07:57. > :08:00.wouldn't be here. There were 20 members of hospital staff around the
:08:01. > :08:05.bedside trying to save Jade's lie. She was to lose three times the
:08:06. > :08:10.amount of blood in her body `` Jade's light. At one point the
:08:11. > :08:13.consultant had to climb on the bed and put his fist on her womb to stem
:08:14. > :08:18.the flow, and they will wield like this down to theatre. Every bit of
:08:19. > :08:25.intervention we were doing was required to keep her alive. I didn't
:08:26. > :08:28.think I was going to live. It turned out she had a rare condition, and
:08:29. > :08:34.abnormal connection between blood vessels, and finally underwent an
:08:35. > :08:37.embolisation of her womb at the King 's medical Centre, but that
:08:38. > :08:42.life`saving operation may have caused a weakness in her win. If she
:08:43. > :08:49.is carrying a pregnancy, and the womb stretches, one of the issues
:08:50. > :08:53.is, will the area of weakness be a place where we could get into the ``
:08:54. > :08:59.trouble with the womb opening up when it shouldn't. Despite that, and
:09:00. > :09:02.even though Bentley is only six months old, Jade already wants to
:09:03. > :09:07.start fertility treatment for a second baby. Deep down I am very
:09:08. > :09:12.worried that I'm being positive and hoping it doesn't turn out to be a
:09:13. > :09:16.disaster. Do you feel it is worth the risk? Yes, I do feel it is worth
:09:17. > :09:22.the risk. A man's been arrested after a
:09:23. > :09:27.heavily pregnant woman was killed as she walked along a road in
:09:28. > :09:31.Leicester. 22`year`old Paige Jackson and her unborn baby died in hospital
:09:32. > :09:34.after being struck by a black Volkswagen car, just before 7:00pm
:09:35. > :09:38.on Saturday morning. It happened on Saffron Lane near the junction with
:09:39. > :09:39.Knighton Lane East. A 21`year old man has been 0
:09:40. > :09:40.Knighton Lane East. A 21`year old man has been questioned and released
:09:41. > :09:45.on police bail. Controversial plans to put up a
:09:46. > :09:48.noise barrier at a Derbyshire livestock market could be scrapped.
:09:49. > :09:51.Derbyshire Dales District Council is behind the proposal for a five metre
:09:52. > :09:55.high wall at the Agricultural Business Centre in Bakewell. It's
:09:56. > :10:01.aimed at shielding people living nearby from the noise. But it met
:10:02. > :10:03.with public opposition. Now the council says it's considering ways
:10:04. > :10:05.to tackle individual sources of noise instead. It'll decide later
:10:06. > :10:12.this month. ?28 million is being invested to
:10:13. > :10:14.improve health research here in the East Midlands and put the best
:10:15. > :10:23.findings into action. Experts say there's still too much
:10:24. > :10:26.variation in care and not everyone is getting treatment, based on the
:10:27. > :10:30.latest evidence. Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons is here.
:10:31. > :10:40.Rob, this is all about helping us to live longer healthier lives. It is,
:10:41. > :10:43.and if I show you the latest figures you can see some big variation in
:10:44. > :10:50.average life expectancy even within our region. A boy born in Rutland
:10:51. > :11:01.could expect to live over 81 years, that's six years more than the a boy
:11:02. > :11:06.in Leicester. Ash than a boy born in Leicester. `` than a boy born in
:11:07. > :11:10.Leicester. For girls, it's 83 years in Rutland and 80.1 in Leicester.
:11:11. > :11:13.The new research aims to help close the gap and it has a complicated
:11:14. > :11:19.title, The Centre for Leadership in Applied Research and Care East
:11:20. > :11:22.Midlands. 55 organisations are collaborating but the aim's simple,
:11:23. > :11:25.improving care for those with chronic conditions, mental health
:11:26. > :11:38.problems and for people who've had a stroke. Dave is 29 and that stroke
:11:39. > :11:42.rehabilitation units in Nottingham City Hospital. I went dead down one
:11:43. > :11:47.side. I have no movement in my arm. Very little in my leg. The latest
:11:48. > :11:52.research is about bringing everybody's care up to the best
:11:53. > :11:55.standards. One in six people will suffer a stroke in their lifetime,
:11:56. > :11:59.so it's the fourth biggest killer in the country, the biggest cause of
:12:00. > :12:04.disability. Some stroke units are better than others, and we want to
:12:05. > :12:07.find out why that is the case. Unveiled in Loughborough, the new
:12:08. > :12:12.money is about getting change to happen faster. How can 0
:12:13. > :12:14.money is about getting change to happen faster. How can we get things
:12:15. > :12:18.to be taken up quickly by the clinicians and health care providers
:12:19. > :12:22.so these patients get the best care that they deserve? Most patients in
:12:23. > :12:27.hospital are elderly. At this hospital, Derek has chronic
:12:28. > :12:32.breathing problems linked to a lifetime of smoking. Improving this
:12:33. > :12:36.sort of care is a major challenge. Many times I sat at the table and
:12:37. > :12:42.had to leave my dinner, because I just couldn't eat it because of the
:12:43. > :12:51.breathing. Anybody smoking today once their head testing. Improving
:12:52. > :12:54.care for patients with chronic problems is one of the biggest
:12:55. > :12:57.health challenges they will be looking at.
:12:58. > :13:01.Now, people living along the Nottinghamshire`Derbyshire border
:13:02. > :13:04.might have been forgiven for thinking a major incident was taking
:13:05. > :13:07.place today. Dozens of fire engines, ambulances and police cars all
:13:08. > :13:11.rushed to the Toton sidings. There was a big incident, but it was all a
:13:12. > :13:18.very realistic simulation. As James Roberson explains.
:13:19. > :13:24.It's just minutes after the great chain `` 0
:13:25. > :13:27.It's just minutes after the great chain `` train and the passenger
:13:28. > :13:31.train have collided. Passengers grasp as toxic fumes leaked from an
:13:32. > :13:36.overturned wagon. Meanwhile, dozens of passengers are trapped inside the
:13:37. > :13:38.derailed passenger carriage. It's all exercise but the ambulance crews
:13:39. > :13:43.arriving first still have the work what they are facing. The actual
:13:44. > :13:50.vehicle is hitting another train that has hit a chemical tanker. The
:13:51. > :13:53.chemical is not known to the responders at the time. The chemical
:13:54. > :13:57.in the tanker is so powerful it can dissolve flesh and is dangerous,
:13:58. > :14:02.which is why the first responders have retreated so they can assess
:14:03. > :14:02.the situation before going in with the 0
:14:03. > :14:06.the situation before going in with the Fire Service. The exercise was
:14:07. > :14:11.specially set up at Toton by the freight company date `` based at the
:14:12. > :14:14.sidings, so they can practice working with the emergency services.
:14:15. > :14:17.We have done 0 working with the emergency services.
:14:18. > :14:20.We have done numerous breakdown and recovery jobs, but an incident of
:14:21. > :14:23.this scale is not something I would ever want them to go to in real
:14:24. > :14:29.life, so to do it as a training exercise and be ready for it is
:14:30. > :14:34.fantastic. Even the casualties, local volunteers, are here to learn.
:14:35. > :14:38.It's for the experience, and to see what happens. It's quite exciting,
:14:39. > :14:41.really. Exercises like these are essential learning tools will
:14:42. > :14:48.organise `` organisations over the country. Dozens of observers are
:14:49. > :14:51.here, even from as far as Germany. Once the exercises finished there
:14:52. > :14:56.will be a debriefing process, a report written, and we will utilise
:14:57. > :14:59.that for further training and development to help the agencies to
:15:00. > :15:03.work together better `` once the exercises finished. They hope they
:15:04. > :15:08.never have to do it for real, but practising before is vital if the
:15:09. > :15:10.worst should happen. What an effort went into that.
:15:11. > :15:15.A mother says it's amazing that a specialist Asperger's support team
:15:16. > :15:17.has been saved from council cuts. After consulting the public,
:15:18. > :15:21.Nottinghamshire County Council has had a change of heart. Quentin
:15:22. > :15:22.Rayner has been hearing from one family who fought to save the
:15:23. > :15:33.service. 22`year`old Laura Hickman is one of
:15:34. > :15:36.200 adults in Nottinghamshire held by the specialist Asperger's team.
:15:37. > :15:41.The fast `` last four years, social workers have helped her become more
:15:42. > :15:48.independent `` for the last four years. It's transformed my life and
:15:49. > :15:50.build my confidence, got me more independent. It's helped me with
:15:51. > :15:52.strategies for my 0 independent. It's helped me with
:15:53. > :15:58.strategies for my anxieties, in a happy way. The team faced being
:15:59. > :16:01.disbanded in the latest round of savings. The County Council sought
:16:02. > :16:04.feedback and Laura's mother took up the chance to change their mind and
:16:05. > :16:05.succeeded. Fantastic 0 the chance to change their mind and
:16:06. > :16:09.succeeded. Fantastic news. I can't imagine being without the service.
:16:10. > :16:13.They are a fantastic group of people who know what they are talking
:16:14. > :16:17.about. They understand Asperger's, which is an invisible disability.
:16:18. > :16:18.People are too quick to judge. It's been 0 0
:16:19. > :16:22.People are too quick to judge. It's been a lifeline as a family. The
:16:23. > :16:34.County Council has two cut its budget by ?154 million. `` has to
:16:35. > :16:37.cut. It will save ?1.2 million by cutting public health teams, but
:16:38. > :16:41.after a consultation which drew almost 40,000 responses, the council
:16:42. > :16:46.has decided against disbanding this Asperger's team. We have listened
:16:47. > :16:50.carefully through the consultation, and we were concerned that we might
:16:51. > :16:54.risk the loss of a great deal of specialist knowledge and support,
:16:55. > :16:58.particularly since there are an increasing number of young adults
:16:59. > :17:03.who had been identified as having Asperger's. The team helped Laura
:17:04. > :17:04.get a place at college and she hopes to become a teaching assistant for
:17:05. > :17:07.people with disabilities. An interview with Leicester's Gary
:17:08. > :17:13.Lineker reflecting on 0 An interview with Leicester's Gary
:17:14. > :17:23.Lineker reflecting on the career choices facing ex`footballers.
:17:24. > :17:28.A brick manufacturer in Leicestershire says it can hardly
:17:29. > :17:29.keep up with a big increase in demand.
:17:30. > :17:33.It's even increased its staff by 25% to cope.
:17:34. > :17:38.The Hanson factory near Bagworth is working flat out.
:17:39. > :17:42.The company says it can't make bricks quickly enough following the
:17:43. > :17:49.upturn in the construction industry. Helen Astle reports.
:17:50. > :17:53.Brick upon brick, and here there are millions of them. Joe is just one of
:17:54. > :17:55.the new recruits. It 0 millions of them. Joe is just one of
:17:56. > :17:57.the new recruits. It is 0 millions of them. Joe is just one of
:17:58. > :18:06.the new recruits. It is my job to go in and pick them up, and take them
:18:07. > :18:09.to the selected areas. He's not the only one with a new job as there's
:18:10. > :18:16.been a 25% increase in staff in the last year. Business is booming. This
:18:17. > :18:19.is where they mix the clay, and it is squeezed out, and you can see a
:18:20. > :18:23.roll down there which will give them the imprint on to the bricks. They
:18:24. > :18:27.then go on to the stand. This machine is working round`the`clock,
:18:28. > :18:33.and every hour it produces 14,500 bricks. Things are very different
:18:34. > :18:37.from a year ago. A great yellow last year we had enough stock on the
:18:38. > :18:41.ground for house`builders to pick them up on the day `` last year we
:18:42. > :18:45.had enough stock on the ground for house`builders to pick them up on
:18:46. > :18:51.the day, but now we have to plan with them. Last week we sold 2.8
:18:52. > :18:55.million. At the start we thought it might be a blip, but we're seeing
:18:56. > :19:00.sustained growth, and we think this is a success story with a long way
:19:01. > :19:03.to run. 2014 looks really promising. We have a full order book, including
:19:04. > :19:05.100 million bricks from one customer. 0 0
:19:06. > :19:08.100 million bricks from one customer. With the average house
:19:09. > :19:11.needing 10,000 bricks and the government encouraging people to
:19:12. > :19:17.build more homes, there could be many more people like Joe.
:19:18. > :19:24.That's an awful lot of bricks. Yes, imagine being a bricklayer with 100
:19:25. > :19:26.million of those. Time for the sport with Colin. Coming up, Gary Lineker
:19:27. > :19:32.on life after sport. But we'll start with the weekend's
:19:33. > :19:36.action and a dramatic end to Nottingham Forest's long unbeaten
:19:37. > :19:39.run. They went out of the FA Cup at Nigel Clough's League One Sheffield
:19:40. > :19:43.United, undone by two very late goals.
:19:44. > :19:49.So many subplots to this match it was worth reminding yourself that,
:19:50. > :19:53.actually, an FA Cup quarterfinal place was at stake. The quite a
:19:54. > :19:58.while, Nottingham Forest looked every inch the team most likely to
:19:59. > :20:02.take it. And Jamie Paterson's opener was a peach, worth seeing again for
:20:03. > :20:08.his great control of the angle on the header. Forrest had chances to
:20:09. > :20:12.end the match as a contest, but only one goal leaves a door unlocked. And
:20:13. > :20:18.when it was opened by the goalkeeper dropping the cross, Sheffield United
:20:19. > :20:23.got the equaliser. Then it all went very wrong for Forest. Billy Davies
:20:24. > :20:23.had no complaints about the penalty the 0 0
:20:24. > :20:28.had no complaints about the penalty the handball. Chris Porter had no
:20:29. > :20:31.nerves about the finish. And in injury time, it was Porter who
:20:32. > :20:36.completed the job and spark scenes of delirium for the home fans.
:20:37. > :20:37.Nottingham Forest must concentrate on 0
:20:38. > :20:38.Nottingham Forest must concentrate on the league.
:20:39. > :20:42.Elsewhere, there were League defeats for both Notts County and Mansfield
:20:43. > :20:46.Town. David Jackson rounds things up.
:20:47. > :20:50.Notts County could have no complaints about being beaten at
:20:51. > :20:51.Wolverhampton Wanderers. 0 complaints about being beaten at
:20:52. > :20:55.Wolverhampton Wanderers. Two goals from Michael Jacobs reflected the
:20:56. > :20:59.game. County had a couple of chances, but the manager said it was
:21:00. > :21:03.clutching at straws. The best team on the day one. I'm disappointed
:21:04. > :21:03.with the level of performance. I've become accustomed 0
:21:04. > :21:07.with the level of performance. I've become accustomed to better than
:21:08. > :21:12.that. Mansfield had lots of chances at Oxford, some of them excellent.
:21:13. > :21:16.We had 14 attempts on target, and God knows how many corners. The game
:21:17. > :21:21.should have been out of sight in the first 25 minutes. Promotion chasing
:21:22. > :21:24.Oxford made them pay for not taking them. They scored three goals, and
:21:25. > :21:26.the first two were very much against the run of play. Mansfield now sit
:21:27. > :21:31.18th. Leicester Tigers played poorly and
:21:32. > :21:36.left it late to win their game against Gloucester at Welford Road.
:21:37. > :21:40.Tigers were 8`3 down going into the last ten minutes and needed to pull
:21:41. > :21:44.a try from Matthew Tait and a Toby Flood penalty out of the hat to take
:21:45. > :21:47.the victory. Lots to work on for Leicester.
:21:48. > :21:53.Some bad news for Tigers and their England prop Dan Cole, he's been
:21:54. > :21:56.ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations with a neck injury. It'll be
:21:57. > :22:06.some time before we know when he'll be back in action.
:22:07. > :22:10.At the Winter Olympics, Nottingham Ice Dance pair Nick Buckland and
:22:11. > :22:14.Penny Coomes finished 10th after their Free Dance delivered a routine
:22:15. > :22:17.that had the crowd cheering, with one spectacular lift really catching
:22:18. > :22:20.the eye. They were several points below their best but reaching the
:22:21. > :22:24.top ten is a genuine launch pad for the next Olympics. This year we have
:22:25. > :22:30.taken a huge step in recognition from the judges. And being known as
:22:31. > :22:34.one of the top teams now, worldwide, we can go into the next cycle of
:22:35. > :22:46.four years really confident and build. In Ice Hockey, Nottingham
:22:47. > :22:49.Panthers were forced to watch Belfast reclaim the Elite League
:22:50. > :22:52.title after losing 3`1 at home to the Giants on both Saturday and
:22:53. > :22:55.Sunday. Belfast have dominated the league completely this season and
:22:56. > :22:58.were equally ruthless in the way they tied Panthers down over the
:22:59. > :23:03.weekend. Now Nottingham will focus on tomorrow night's Challenge Cup
:23:04. > :23:05.semifinal at home to Sheffield. I'm going to leave you with the first in
:23:06. > :23:07.a 0 going to leave you with the first in
:23:08. > :23:10.a three part special series from the former Olympic Canoeist Helen
:23:11. > :23:13.Barnes. Like many athletes when she retired Helen faced enormous and
:23:14. > :23:16.challenging changes. Now, one year on, she's talked to three East
:23:17. > :23:18.Midlands stars about how they coped with quitting. Helen kicks off
:23:19. > :23:19.tonight with Leicester's Gary Lineker, on the 0
:23:20. > :23:22.tonight with Leicester's Gary Lineker, on the set of Match of the
:23:23. > :23:26.Day. You look very comfortable sitting here now, but was it always
:23:27. > :23:30.like that? Pretty comfortable because we're not on air, but it was
:23:31. > :23:39.totally different, although I am a bit relaxed now. Tell you what,
:23:40. > :23:44.football's back. The first time I did it was Euro 1996, I was very
:23:45. > :23:46.wooden, very stiff, but I sort of survived. I wasn't very good, but
:23:47. > :23:48.not 0 0 survived. I wasn't very good, but
:23:49. > :23:53.not bad enough for them to get rid of me. You were very successful in
:23:54. > :23:57.your life after football but it's not the case are many people who
:23:58. > :23:59.retire from sport. If you get to your early 30s you've done
:24:00. > :24:00.reasonably well, and then there's a lot of 0 0
:24:01. > :24:00.reasonably well, and then there's a lot of life. 0
:24:01. > :24:02.reasonably well, and then there's a lot of life. We have to find
:24:03. > :24:07.something else you can do. Most footballers are born to play, that
:24:08. > :24:13.is their skill. Will they make good managers or coaches? A small
:24:14. > :24:17.percentage will. Are they going to go into television or punditry, or
:24:18. > :24:21.presenting? A small percentage. Then the large percentage find life
:24:22. > :24:25.difficult. I retired from canoeing last year and the change in body
:24:26. > :24:30.shape and not being as fit and having the focus has been difficult.
:24:31. > :24:35.Funny you should say. When I finished playing, it was my 34th
:24:36. > :24:42.birthday, and then I did nothing for about six or seven years. The
:24:43. > :24:47.thought of not training every day was bliss. But after a period of
:24:48. > :24:52.time, like you say, I didn't like the change in the body shape. It was
:24:53. > :24:52.soft and flabby. So I decided to start 0
:24:53. > :24:53.soft and flabby. So I decided to start training. I 0
:24:54. > :24:56.soft and flabby. So I decided to start training. I would do it three
:24:57. > :24:59.times a week and I've done it ever since, and my training is really,
:25:00. > :25:05.really hard. I hate every session I do but I love it when it's over. Do
:25:06. > :25:06.you still play football? I have not played any 0
:25:07. > :25:08.you still play football? I have not played any kind of game of football
:25:09. > :25:14.since the day I retired. If you can pay your life now to when you are
:25:15. > :25:19.playing, which was better? I loved playing. `` compare your life. It's
:25:20. > :25:23.a brilliant thing to do and I played at the very highest level. And on
:25:24. > :25:28.the biggest stages of all. It was wonderful. But, you know, in many
:25:29. > :25:32.ways I think I enjoy my life more now. Do not miss the fans and the
:25:33. > :25:32.feeling of people cheering? Only when they 0
:25:33. > :25:39.feeling of people cheering? Only when they like you. Good point. And
:25:40. > :25:42.tomorrow on East Midlands Today, Helen Barnes will be talking to
:25:43. > :25:45.Rebecca Adlington about life after sport and how difficult it can be
:25:46. > :25:46.for female athletes to deal with the focus on how they 0
:25:47. > :25:49.for female athletes to deal with the focus on how they look. And Helen's
:25:50. > :25:51.longer interviews with Gary, Rebecca and with javelin champion Steve
:25:52. > :25:58.Backley all feature in tonight's Inside Out at 7:30pm, here on BBC
:25:59. > :26:01.One. Worth a watch, as is the weather.
:26:02. > :26:08.Looking a lot better this week. Things quieting down nicely. I can't
:26:09. > :26:12.promise you are completely dry week. There will be rain around at times
:26:13. > :26:15.but the winds have been the noticeable feature, and they will
:26:16. > :26:19.certainly be a lot lighter for us this week. And staying on the mild
:26:20. > :26:22.side with temperatures into double figures over the next couple of days
:26:23. > :26:26.or so. We are not completely settled. We still have low pressure
:26:27. > :26:27.in charge of the weather but it's a lot 0 0
:26:28. > :26:31.in charge of the weather but it's a lot flabby and the recent ones we
:26:32. > :26:34.saw. The isobars are spaced out, so the winds are lighter. We have got a
:26:35. > :26:39.little weather front coming into night and that has given us a lot of
:26:40. > :26:40.cloud around today. A few spits and spots of rain as 0
:26:41. > :26:43.cloud around today. A few spits and spots of rain as well. The rain as
:26:44. > :26:48.well. The rain will pepper for a time, so some clears up the East,
:26:49. > :26:53.and it should dry and foremost Mr Knight, just a few light showers
:26:54. > :26:53.following on behind. It is really quite 0
:26:54. > :26:54.following on behind. It is really quite mild 0
:26:55. > :27:01.following on behind. It is really quite mild `` for most of us
:27:02. > :27:04.tonight. Not really falling early oh `` below the daytime values
:27:05. > :27:09.overnight. Spits and spots of rain first thing in the morning. We will
:27:10. > :27:12.see some sunshine breaking through, but a chance of a cluster of showers
:27:13. > :27:16.pushing in in the afternoon. Some of these could be on the lively side
:27:17. > :27:21.and there could be some hail and Thunder thrown in for good measure.
:27:22. > :27:25.But look at the temperatures. Highs of nine or 10 Celsius. Wednesday
:27:26. > :27:29.quite quiet, mostly dry with sunshine in the afternoon. But I
:27:30. > :27:32.think the only fly in the ointment this week is Thursday, wet and windy
:27:33. > :27:36.weather, but otherwise not looking too bad.
:27:37. > :27:44.A bit more spaced out and flabby. Gary Lineker was talking about
:27:45. > :27:46.flabbiness as well. Enough already. See you on the late news. Goodbye.