:00:00. > :00:00.military activity in the area tonight. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies, and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:09. > :00:17.Tonight ` a police force under fire over a rape investigation. Former
:00:18. > :00:23.policeman Trevor Gray was acquitted, but only after his wife tracked down
:00:24. > :00:27.a key witness. It raises a puestion, did they have a preconceived idea
:00:28. > :00:32.that he was guilty? Also denied, the firm 's tr`ining an
:00:33. > :00:38.army of apprentices, and thdre are more in the pipeline.
:00:39. > :00:42.Plus, why we should all learn to use defibrillators. If it happened and
:00:43. > :00:47.you didn't know what to do, and you're stood there waiting for
:00:48. > :00:52.someone who does. And how this woman's swapped the
:00:53. > :00:59.suburbs for the mud and blood of a battlefield hospital.
:01:00. > :01:05.Welcome to Friday's programle. First tonight, the Police Federathon says
:01:06. > :01:08.the case of a detective who was wrongly convicted of rape r`ises
:01:09. > :01:10.serious questions about the integrity of the original
:01:11. > :01:17.investigation carried out bx Nottinghamshire police.
:01:18. > :01:20.Trevor Gray only cleared his name after his wife tracked down a key
:01:21. > :01:24.witness who'd been missed bx the police. The former detectivd now
:01:25. > :01:29.wants his job back, but the Force says it's waiting for the ddcision
:01:30. > :01:36.of an appeal tribunal. Here's our Chief News reporter Quentin Rayner.
:01:37. > :01:41.Former detective Trevor Grax is a free man only because his whfe
:01:42. > :01:45.turned detective. After he was wrongly convicted, she discovered a
:01:46. > :01:48.key witness had not been tr`ced With an four days of her putting out
:01:49. > :01:54.an appeal, the taxi driver was found. His evidence was crucial in
:01:55. > :01:57.overturning the conviction. The family complained about the way the
:01:58. > :02:00.case was investigated, only to find the officers assess in their
:02:01. > :02:04.complaint were the same ones who carried out the original
:02:05. > :02:11.investigation. I have littld, if any, faith in that team. I
:02:12. > :02:14.complained about themselves and the manner in which they conducted the
:02:15. > :02:19.investigation. Integrity, honesty, transparency? Questionable. The
:02:20. > :02:26.police Federation is funding his appeal. It raises the assumption
:02:27. > :02:28.that they had a preconceived idea that the start that they have
:02:29. > :02:33.apparently not even looked for that is... Such a crucial defencd
:02:34. > :02:39.witness. It raises the question with me, did they have a preconcdived
:02:40. > :02:41.idea that he was guilty and they have a preconceived idea th`t he was
:02:42. > :02:46.guilty and therefore stop looking for the truth? The IPCC is `lso
:02:47. > :02:51.looking at the case. Absolutely delighted. The IPCC commisshoner has
:02:52. > :02:56.assured me that a fully inddpendent investigation will be carridd out.
:02:57. > :03:04.Nottinghamshire police said Mr Gray is appealing his dismissal. In a
:03:05. > :03:08.statement, the force said, we take any report of sexual assault and
:03:09. > :03:10.rape extremely seriously and have a duty to investigate such
:03:11. > :03:14.allegations. Whoever they are made against. Trevor Gray says hd just
:03:15. > :03:19.wants his job back. His appdal should be heard by June.
:03:20. > :03:23.Next tonight ` learning a skill and getting paid for it. In the old days
:03:24. > :03:26.apprenticeships were a common route into the world of work ` and now
:03:27. > :03:29.they're back. Across the country the numbdr of
:03:30. > :03:34.apprenticeships is rocketing as the Government encourages more companies
:03:35. > :03:38.to give young people a chance. Which is why the Skills Minhster was
:03:39. > :03:42.in Leicester this afternoon visiting a state of the art training academy
:03:43. > :03:52.run by one of our biggest elployers. Mike O'Sullivan is there now.
:03:53. > :03:56.Give us a clue who this employer is. It is a big`name company, British
:03:57. > :04:00.Gas, which could trace the hndustry back to 1822 here in Leicester, when
:04:01. > :04:04.the gas street lighting was turned on. Today the company emploxs around
:04:05. > :04:09.about 4000 people in Leicestershire alone. It has got the
:04:10. > :04:13.state`of`the`art training academies. Part of the apprenticeships boom
:04:14. > :04:19.across the region. The skills Mr takes a look at some hands`on
:04:20. > :04:23.training. This is the British Gas Academy in Leicester. 50 people
:04:24. > :04:28.apply for each training place. Graduates and the over 20 is
:04:29. > :04:32.competing. Really lucky to be here, there was a lot of good people in
:04:33. > :04:37.the interview. I want to get as much out of this as I can. If yot have
:04:38. > :04:43.got a keen eagerness to learn, why not? The government is pourhng lots
:04:44. > :04:49.of money into subsidising apprenticeship training. Just over
:04:50. > :04:55.?1 billion nationally in 2009/1 . And around ?1.4 billion last year.
:04:56. > :04:59.The number of apprenticeship starts in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshhre and
:05:00. > :05:03.Leicestershire, and their corresponding cities, stood at more
:05:04. > :05:13.than 33,000 last year. That is up more than 73% on 2009`10. At British
:05:14. > :05:20.Gas, they received ?9,000 from the taxpayer towards the ?40,000 cost of
:05:21. > :05:26.training each apprentice. Wd have got leading facilities, which you
:05:27. > :05:34.can see here today. And we `re proud to have that. We offer the hndustry
:05:35. > :05:38.engineers. I want to see thd new norm that people, when they leave
:05:39. > :05:42.school, either go to university or into an apprenticeship. It hs our
:05:43. > :05:45.job in government not to push them one where the other, becausd
:05:46. > :05:49.university is right for somd people but not for everybody, it is our job
:05:50. > :05:53.to make sure there are good options available. British Gas hopes to
:05:54. > :05:59.train hundreds more engineers this year at this Academy. The mhnister
:06:00. > :06:03.was here as part of National apprenticeships week, the rtn`up to
:06:04. > :06:08.that, which is next week. In Nottingham, the city council is due
:06:09. > :06:11.to announce that they are t`king on 50 new apprentices in the
:06:12. > :06:15.neighbourhood services Department. Derby College is an apprenthceships
:06:16. > :06:19.open evening on Tuesday. Thd Leicester apprenticeships htb is due
:06:20. > :06:24.to be started on Wednesday. For details, search online or check out
:06:25. > :06:30.social media. Thanks very much indeed.
:06:31. > :06:33.Still to come ` skills of a different kind. Thousands of
:06:34. > :06:36.schoolchildren learn how to save a life.
:06:37. > :06:40.Plus, from art heavyweights to new talent. While Nottingham's Light
:06:41. > :06:47.Night is going to be an illtminating experience.
:06:48. > :06:51.The man accused of the attelpted murder of a Sikh spiritual leader is
:06:52. > :06:54.to face a retrial after a jtry failed to reach a verdict. Harjit
:06:55. > :07:00.Singh Toor from Oadby in Leicestershire attacked the Guru
:07:01. > :07:03.with an axe at a Leicester temple. His Holiness Sirisat Guru Uday Singh
:07:04. > :07:08.suffered a broken arm and a cut to his face. Toor said he only intended
:07:09. > :07:13.to hurt him and has admitted grievous bodily harm. The rdtrial is
:07:14. > :07:16.due to start at the end of next month.
:07:17. > :07:20.Next tonight ` creating a gdneration of life`savers. Thousands of
:07:21. > :07:24.children are taking part in the new Heartsafe campaign.
:07:25. > :07:27.It's about learning what to do if someone has a cardiac arrest. A
:07:28. > :07:32.local heart specialist wants to train every secondary school pupil
:07:33. > :07:35.in Leicester and Leicestershire Our health correspondent Rob Sissons
:07:36. > :07:38.reports A union says staff `t a Derbyshire factory have been
:07:39. > :07:42.completely devastated by thd news that 360 jobs are to go.
:07:43. > :07:48.There are about 60,000 cardhac arrest a week. About half of these
:07:49. > :07:54.are attended by the emergency medical services, and only 00%
:07:55. > :08:00.survive. Minutes are vital. Thousands of people will be involved
:08:01. > :08:08.in Heartsafe, one aim, to create life`savers. If you don't t`ke the
:08:09. > :08:12.head back, you won't get anx air in. Would you know what to do whth
:08:13. > :08:21.somebody stopped breathing properly? The pupils are being taught CPR
:08:22. > :08:29.Ante to use a later. `` and how to use eight fib relate. The children
:08:30. > :08:34.are fantastic. They act straightaway. Lights will bd saved.
:08:35. > :08:40.The idea came from a heart specialist to dreams of mord lives
:08:41. > :08:44.being saved. These pupils are first target, beyond that, straight into
:08:45. > :08:53.other years in schools, famhlies, sports clubs. Heartsafe has a
:08:54. > :08:58.high`profile backer. If it happened, and you're just stood here waiting
:08:59. > :09:08.for someone who does... One`woman collapse playing rounders. People
:09:09. > :09:13.gathered around me, kicking me. It is amazing, the people who have come
:09:14. > :09:19.together. You don't expect ht to be a strenuous as it is. The bhg hope
:09:20. > :09:42.is that today's children will be tomorrow's life`savers.
:09:43. > :09:45.A union says staff at a Derbyshire factory have been completelx
:09:46. > :09:48.devastated by the news that 360 jobs are to go. Sandvik in Swadlhncote is
:09:49. > :09:51.closing production of construction machinery and moving the opdration
:09:52. > :09:54.to Northern Ireland. The firm blames the slow pace of the global economic
:09:55. > :09:56.recovery. James Roberson reports. Today, the factory here in
:09:57. > :09:58.Swadlincote is quiet, as thd vast majority of workers are at home day
:09:59. > :10:01.jesting the information that 36 jobs are to go. News the unhons say
:10:02. > :10:07.that came completely out of the blue. The jobs are to go ovdr the
:10:08. > :10:08.next 12 months as the firm consolidates this factory's
:10:09. > :10:13.operations with its plant in Northern Ireland. The community the
:10:14. > :10:22.subcontractors in the supplx chain, they are affected. It is devastating
:10:23. > :10:26.for those members in the workplace. Sandvik, which makes heavy
:10:27. > :10:32.construction machinery, says they could not run two UK plans. Hence
:10:33. > :10:38.the move to County Tyrone. We have not seen any real market recovery
:10:39. > :10:43.since the post`financial crhsis of 2009. The local MP says she is
:10:44. > :10:51.hopeful other firms like Toxota Nestle and Brunel health care may
:10:52. > :10:55.have alternative positions. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. No stone
:10:56. > :10:59.will be left unturned. Workhng with Unite, working with managemdnt,
:11:00. > :11:04.rectors, we want to make sure those that want to have another job will
:11:05. > :11:07.find one. My next step is to get some cancers from the company, we
:11:08. > :11:13.were just told about this yesterday. We are totally in the
:11:14. > :11:22.dark. 80 jobs are being ret`ined in Swadlincote. The union starts talks
:11:23. > :11:25.tomorrow `` on Monday. Nottinghamshire county council has
:11:26. > :11:27.been criticised for dropping a welfare scheme for people f`cing
:11:28. > :11:30.financial hardship. The council approved the axing of the Wdlfare
:11:31. > :11:32.Assistance Fund yesterday as part of its budget plans for the next
:11:33. > :11:36.financial year. One of the biggest charities in the
:11:37. > :11:45.county says the decision will hurt those already suffering the most.
:11:46. > :11:50.Navtej Johal reports. This man has had a rough six months.
:11:51. > :11:55.He has Asperger's syndrome `nd spent a month in hospital after stffering
:11:56. > :12:00.psychotic episodes. Despite his situation, he was not eligible for a
:12:01. > :12:04.Nottingham county council scheme, set up to help vulnerable pdople as
:12:05. > :12:13.he was still employed. I felt rejected. If I can't get thd funding
:12:14. > :12:17.in my circumstances, who can? Through the help of a charity and a
:12:18. > :12:22.food bank, he has managed to get by, but he is one of many who h`s been
:12:23. > :12:27.turned down. One in four have had their application approved. And only
:12:28. > :12:31.around 10% of the money has been spent so far. Charities havd
:12:32. > :12:36.criticised the authority for making the criteria too harsh. The
:12:37. > :12:41.eligibility criteria is incredibly rigid. Many people find it `lmost
:12:42. > :12:48.impossible to access the fund, which explains the underspend. I think we
:12:49. > :12:53.targeted the resources perfdctly. We can use some of the fund we have not
:12:54. > :12:57.spent to provide services to people we have got a statutory is
:12:58. > :13:02.responsibility to. The council decided to end the fund as part of
:13:03. > :13:08.next year's budget. But where can people turn? Supporting people
:13:09. > :13:11.through our benefit advice service, we will retain full benefit workers,
:13:12. > :13:17.support people through supporting people programme. Even though he did
:13:18. > :13:21.not get the hell, this man hs hoping he can move on to a better chapter
:13:22. > :13:24.in his life. `` did not get the help.
:13:25. > :13:26.From Tracy Emin to Sarah Lucas, illuminating works by some of the
:13:27. > :13:31.UK's best known artists are featuring in a new exhibition of
:13:32. > :13:34.neon creations. It's part of Nottingham's annual
:13:35. > :13:39.Light Night ` an event that could also turn the spotlight on the work
:13:40. > :13:46.of local artists. Geeta Pendse reports.
:13:47. > :13:52.If you are rushing to catch a train at Nottingham station, it would be
:13:53. > :13:54.very easy to miss this building But those inside are hoping you will
:13:55. > :14:04.pause for a minute so they can illuminate your thoughts. From Tracy
:14:05. > :14:09.M into Sarah Lucas, these ndon works have been brought together `s part
:14:10. > :14:18.of Nottingham's Light Night. It all came about at this woman met Andy
:14:19. > :14:23.Colin Shaw, . A curator who happens to be friends with the artists. It
:14:24. > :14:29.is a great thing to have thdse artists exhibit out of London in a
:14:30. > :14:33.gallery in this crazy littld gallery on top of a really old building in
:14:34. > :14:39.the middle of Nottingham. It is quite special to have art of this
:14:40. > :14:44.calibre. In order to create this light effect, these tubes are
:14:45. > :14:52.moulded out of glass in temperatures of up to 500 Celsius. They `re then
:14:53. > :14:55.filled with argon gas and sdaled off so that when they come into contact
:14:56. > :15:00.with the source of electrichty, you get this light. Tonight, thd
:15:01. > :15:03.spotlight will also be on ndw talent. These porcelain sculptures
:15:04. > :15:13.were made to collaborate Thd Great War. `` to commemorate the great
:15:14. > :15:24.War. These works will be lighting up the walls for another six wdeks
:15:25. > :15:26.You need to go up how many flaws? I think there is a fourth floor, tiny
:15:27. > :15:30.little room. Still to come ` more evidence of our
:15:31. > :15:33.personal connections with the Great War. I meet the proud nephew of this
:15:34. > :15:42.young Nottingham woman who volunteered to be a nurse and lost
:15:43. > :15:48.her life in Northern France. It is time for sport. Doubld trouble
:15:49. > :15:53.tonight. Why have one sports presentdr when
:15:54. > :15:57.you can have two? Natalie is here because we want to take a closer
:15:58. > :16:00.look at our other two clubs first. She will take a look through it
:16:01. > :16:05.Let's start with Leicester, shall we? Can they continue to stdam
:16:06. > :16:13.roller the division? The bookies certainly think so, they have got
:16:14. > :16:19.them 10`1 to go up. They have also got odds of 33`1 for Leicester to
:16:20. > :16:24.avoid defeat between now and the end of the season. And why not?
:16:25. > :16:27.Leicester are looking good on the training field, they are eight
:16:28. > :16:32.points clear at the top of the championship. 13 games unbe`ten
:16:33. > :16:36.they have only lost once at home all season. Tomorrow they play Charlton
:16:37. > :16:46.at the King Power Stadium. Charlton have been a little bit of a bogey
:16:47. > :16:53.team. They are side that have been tough opponents for us in rdcent
:16:54. > :16:56.years. They managed to beat us earlier in the season. It whll be a
:16:57. > :17:03.tough game. They have got good players, tremendous spirit, Chris is
:17:04. > :17:08.very thorough in his prepar`tion. We know it will be a tough gamd and we
:17:09. > :17:12.will do our best to win it. That is Chris Powell. Angel`
:17:13. > :17:15.Rafferty will be at Leicestdr tomorrow for us and we'll h`ve a
:17:16. > :17:19.special feature on Monday. But what about Forest, Nat? There is quite a
:17:20. > :17:22.story there, isn't there? Yds. Injuries dominating ahead of the
:17:23. > :17:29.Wigan game at the City Ground tomorrow. We've got a graphhc here
:17:30. > :17:33.which shows the extent. Nind players out, nearly a whole team. Shx of
:17:34. > :17:40.them first`team regulars. The headline news is that Jack Hobbs has
:17:41. > :17:43.an ankle stress fracture. That is a serious injury, it means thd
:17:44. > :17:50.shortest timescale for him being out is six weeks. 6`10 weeks. On a
:17:51. > :17:54.slightly brighter note, Andx Reid has had his hernia operation today,
:17:55. > :18:00.and the early signs are that that went well. Thanks for a much indeed.
:18:01. > :18:04.At the beginning, I said thd big game is Derby's. They are in third
:18:05. > :18:11.place, and they go up against Burnley.
:18:12. > :18:15.This is the Derby County kit room. Everything is ready in here to take
:18:16. > :18:17.away for the big game. The players are ready as well. Time to see just
:18:18. > :18:36.how far Derby County have come. It is certainly one which everyone
:18:37. > :18:41.on the outside will be lookhng to. Can Burnley maintain what they are
:18:42. > :18:50.doing? Can Derby continue their innocence climb to the top dchelons
:18:51. > :18:55.of the Championship? We havd got a chance to play at an even bdtter
:18:56. > :19:09.level. I give everything evdry day. We will try our hardest. Much has
:19:10. > :19:13.been said about the free`flowing attacking football under Stdve
:19:14. > :19:20.McClaren, but just recently, we have seen a different side. Less goals,
:19:21. > :19:27.but at the back Derby have been unbreakable, they have kept three
:19:28. > :19:30.clean sheets in a row. We wdre disastrous against Yeovil and
:19:31. > :19:35.Birmingham, we conceded fivd goals in two games. That was a big shock.
:19:36. > :19:40.We have looked at that, addressed it. Trying to get the balance
:19:41. > :19:45.between still attacking and scoring goals, but making sure that we are
:19:46. > :19:51.not that open but we can throw leads away. They certainly have not been
:19:52. > :19:56.doing that lately, the Rams are unbeaten in their last seven games,
:19:57. > :20:01.including five wins. What c`n they do against second`place Burnley Big
:20:02. > :20:09.test for the team to see just how far we have come. Let's hopd we give
:20:10. > :20:13.a performance and get a restlt. In League One, it's another tough
:20:14. > :20:16.assignment for Notts County. They're struggling but have to face high
:20:17. > :20:19.flying Rotherham away from home Notts currently four points from
:20:20. > :20:22.safety. And Mansfield Town owe their fans a performance after behng
:20:23. > :20:25.hammered by Bury. They're off to East London to take on Dagenham
:20:26. > :20:29.Redbridge who are seven places but only two points above them.
:20:30. > :20:33.In cricket, Nottinghamshire's Michael Lumb is making his One Day
:20:34. > :20:36.debut for England in today's first ODI against the West Indies. His
:20:37. > :20:40.Outlaws colleague Alex Hales had been expected to play too btt was
:20:41. > :20:43.ruled out because of the knde strain. Stuart Broad was captain for
:20:44. > :20:51.the first time, won the toss and fielded. The West Indies made 2 9`6
:20:52. > :21:08.in their 50 overs. England were 67 without loss, with Michael Lumb at
:21:09. > :21:12.58. In rugby, we previewed Leicdster
:21:13. > :21:15.Tigers last night ` they're off to Newcastle on Sunday and it's an
:21:16. > :21:17.opportunity to cement their place in the all important Premiershhp Top
:21:18. > :21:19.Four. And Nottingham Panthers homd game
:21:20. > :21:23.with Sheffield tomorrow night is close to yet another sell ott. Less
:21:24. > :21:26.than a couple of hundred se`ts left last we heard.
:21:27. > :21:29.Now to the last in our week`long series of features about thd Great
:21:30. > :21:32.War, and to a volunteer nurse from Nottingham called Dorothea Crewdson.
:21:33. > :21:35.As the conflict raged on, Dorothea was sent to a succession of vast
:21:36. > :21:38.military hospitals in Northdrn France to help treat thousands of
:21:39. > :21:41.injured soldiers. In rare moments of relaxation she wrote a serids of
:21:42. > :21:44.beautifully illustrated diaries chronicling the highs and lows of
:21:45. > :21:47.her life. They've recently been published by her nephew Richard We
:21:48. > :21:51.met up at a Church in Nottingham where Dorothea's memory is still
:21:52. > :22:02.honoured today. I think his baby around herd.
:22:03. > :22:07.Richard and his wife visit ` church. For Richard, this is the end of a
:22:08. > :22:10.journey that began 25 years ago when he found seven small dharies in
:22:11. > :22:19.a desk belonging to his father. The diaries were ridden by Rich`rd s ``
:22:20. > :22:24.written I Richard's ant. Thhs is the first time I have been in this
:22:25. > :22:30.church before. It is quite dxciting. My grandfather was the organist
:22:31. > :22:36.here. I feel a bond which every created by coming here todax.
:22:37. > :22:39.Dorothea Crewdson was a voltnteer nurse who from 1915 tended wounded
:22:40. > :22:43.British soldiers behind the front line in France. Her diaries,
:22:44. > :22:50.beautifully illustrated with pen and ink sketches, paint a vivid picture
:22:51. > :22:58.of her water, water which she bore stoically. This is the beginning of
:22:59. > :23:05.an entry on the 22nd of Aprhl. This is a sad, sad war indeed. It goes on
:23:06. > :23:11.and on bringing so much destruction and misery with it. Her diaries
:23:12. > :23:17.record highs and lows of life in military hospitals. Christm`ses in
:23:18. > :23:24.particular were a of great joy. `` were a source of great joy. On a
:23:25. > :23:32.couple of occasions, she refers to people going West, so peopld dying
:23:33. > :23:38.would have been a common experience for her. If they could not get back
:23:39. > :23:47.to Blighty, it was usually because they were too ill to survivd. They
:23:48. > :23:51.died in the hospitals in Fr`nce In one entry, she gets quite nostalgic
:23:52. > :23:55.for home, saying, they seem to be a good many Nottingham men in the
:23:56. > :24:00.hospital just now. There ard familiar Lingle very pleasantly
:24:01. > :24:03.reminiscent of home. She was awarded the military medal for bravdry and
:24:04. > :24:07.survived the war, but only for three months. Like many of the soldiers
:24:08. > :24:13.she treated, she was carried off by disease, not enemy fire. Her matron
:24:14. > :24:18.wrote a letter to her parents, raking the news that she didd of
:24:19. > :24:23.peritonitis. It was a dreadful shock to us all, as she was always
:24:24. > :24:28.apparently so well and healthy. We later to rest at nine o'clock this
:24:29. > :24:34.morning in a military cemetdry. She was loved by everyone, so thorough,
:24:35. > :24:40.thoughtful and reliable. Anx patient who had her for a nurse was more
:24:41. > :24:48.than fortunate. Wonderful, gentle and loyal, helping her mind as well
:24:49. > :24:52.as her body. She is a seriots loss. A loss recorded here, the only woman
:24:53. > :25:00.featured on this memorial to the fallen. The glorious and undying
:25:01. > :25:07.memory of the men of Linton, she is almost tacked on. She deserves to be
:25:08. > :25:11.there anyway. She did indeed. It has been a lovely
:25:12. > :25:19.series. Very moving, some of it What do you think will last with you
:25:20. > :25:24.the most? What struck you is that this is history, not in the sense of
:25:25. > :25:29.Agincourt or 1066, there is evidence of World War I everywhere. People
:25:30. > :25:35.still feel pretty sad and proud of their families' involvement. There
:25:36. > :25:40.will still be plenty more to come over the year as well. Now ht is
:25:41. > :25:44.whether time. We started getting reports very late
:25:45. > :25:49.last night that the aurora borealis was visible in the UK, incltding
:25:50. > :25:58.here in the East Midlands. Here is a sighting near Lincolnshire, another
:25:59. > :26:01.beautiful view. If you are hoping for a similar opportunity tonight,
:26:02. > :26:07.I'm afraid it is looking quhte slim, as this particular solar storm
:26:08. > :26:13.is diminishing. There will be ample opportunity to see stars, plenty of
:26:14. > :26:17.clear skies out there. That is the first day of the media wrotd logical
:26:18. > :26:24.`` of the meteorological spring tomorrow. We're expecting freezing
:26:25. > :26:28.fog in places. Saturday is looking quite promising, plenty of sunshine
:26:29. > :26:32.to be had. More cloud and p`tchy rain on Sunday. While we sthll have
:26:33. > :26:39.a few showers around, they `re going to start to ease, and it looks like
:26:40. > :26:42.a largely dry night, clearing skies, and temperatures really takhng a
:26:43. > :26:49.tumble, freezing if not below into parts of these Midlands. Quhte a bit
:26:50. > :26:53.of fog starting to form by Dawn We had fog first thing, it will take
:26:54. > :26:57.its time to clear and lift, then we're in for a fairly nice day. Lots
:26:58. > :27:00.of early spring sunshine as we go through Saturday. Light winds,
:27:01. > :27:07.variable winds through the day. It is going to be feeling fairly
:27:08. > :27:10.pleasant, highs of seven Celsius. We start fairly promising on Stnday,
:27:11. > :27:14.but we start to see cloud increase from the West with patchy lhght rain
:27:15. > :27:20.and drizzle at times. This rain starts to make its way known towards
:27:21. > :27:24.the end of the day on Sundax, a wet night on Sunday, taking us hnto a
:27:25. > :27:29.wet start to the new week. The unsettled theme is continuing. But
:27:30. > :27:35.you have got a lovely picture to brighten things up for us.
:27:36. > :27:39.Yes, I kind of orangey one. We will leave you with this picture.
:27:40. > :27:41.Thanks to Mo El`Fatih for this picture he took last night near
:27:42. > :27:46.Buxton. Have a good weekend. Goodbye.