:00:00. > :00:13.solicitor and to one of the complainants in the trial. But
:00:14. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. Good
:00:17. > :00:20.evening. First, the Government will not try
:00:21. > :00:23.to save Thoresby Colliery, the last remaining deep coal mine in the East
:00:24. > :00:35.Midlands. Instead, it's loaning it ?10 million to help manage hts
:00:36. > :00:38.closure. The National Union of Mineworkers is tonight warnhng that
:00:39. > :00:58.lay`offs could begin next month Here's John Hess. Thoresby Colliery.
:00:59. > :01:03.Today, confirmation it will shut in autumn next year, with the loss of
:01:04. > :01:06.several hundred jobs. The btsiness minister told MPs that maintaining
:01:07. > :01:11.coal production here and its sister picked in Yorkshire was not value
:01:12. > :01:13.for money. We are prepared hn principle to contribute a ?00
:01:14. > :01:18.million loan alongside contributions from other private`sector investors
:01:19. > :01:23.to help support a managed closure of the cholera is which would `void the
:01:24. > :01:33.significant losses and liabhlities `` closure of the colliery. UK coal
:01:34. > :01:38.says there are enough reserves here to last another four years, so there
:01:39. > :01:42.is an element of disappointlent and resignation at the announcelent The
:01:43. > :01:50.debate focuses on the impact on the local community. When a big employer
:01:51. > :02:07.like this closes, it has a knock`on effects to businesses that supply.
:02:08. > :02:12.The 600 jobs could become any more. The team will be sent to Shdrwood MP
:02:13. > :02:19.Mark Spencer is here now. The colliery to advise. Verx bad
:02:20. > :02:22.news for many of your consthtuents. First redundancies could be as early
:02:23. > :02:38.as next month. As the Minster hinted, we wdre very
:02:39. > :02:42.close to the receiver coming in Is flown from the Treasury, ?10
:02:43. > :02:50.million. It won't safeguard any jobs long term. It is worth noting, it is
:02:51. > :03:03.a commercial loan. It is not a freebie. I keep hoping therd will be
:03:04. > :03:08.a commercial businessman who can come in and make a profit again Is
:03:09. > :03:15.there still talk of a prospdctive buyer? They seem to have ev`porated,
:03:16. > :03:24.which is why we are in this dark place. It is worth rememberhng
:03:25. > :03:29.hundred ?16 worth of coal still underground. There has to bd a
:03:30. > :03:35.commercial way of getting it out of the ground. Many of your
:03:36. > :03:39.constituents will be grateftl for your interest, but may still blame
:03:40. > :03:46.your government for starting the demise of this industry.
:03:47. > :03:48.I think that is unfair. If the previous government were minded to
:03:49. > :04:04.support, they could have reopened Harwood. We are a fairly dark
:04:05. > :04:06.place. Thank you. Nottinghamshire Police have been
:04:07. > :04:09.ordered to reinstate an offhcer they sacked after he was wrongly
:04:10. > :04:12.convicted of rape. Detectivd Sergeant Trevor Gray was dismissed
:04:13. > :04:15.after being sentenced to eight years for attacking a woman at her home.
:04:16. > :04:19.But that conviction was quashed and he was cleared at a retrial. Now the
:04:20. > :04:25.Police Appeals Tribunal has ruled that Mr Gray can return to his job.
:04:26. > :04:37.Next ` a virtual vision of Derby's new ?28 million velodrome. @ new
:04:38. > :04:40.city council video shows how the arena will stage top`level cycling
:04:41. > :04:48.and transform into a concert hall for 5,000 people. James Robdrson
:04:49. > :04:53.reports. The building is now clearly taking place with a track area and
:04:54. > :04:57.central in field below clearly defined. The Council video has been
:04:58. > :05:01.produced to give the public idea what the building will look like
:05:02. > :05:04.inside when it is finished. Councillors say it will be tnlike
:05:05. > :05:12.the other velodromes in England Scotland and Wales. This is a
:05:13. > :05:16.multi`user SportsCenter as well We have the gym, a conference centre,
:05:17. > :05:24.and exhibition centre and some were for concerts. We will provide a
:05:25. > :05:29.really good facility. The track once just before professionals. The
:05:30. > :05:34.public will be at hire bikes. With the exterior eventually finhshed,
:05:35. > :05:38.apparently the interior shotld be finished by November, and the
:05:39. > :05:40.business `` and the building should open for business next Febrtary
:05:41. > :05:49.A man's died after being discovered in the back of a rubbish lorry.
:05:50. > :05:52.Police were called to Lyndhtrst Road in the Sneinton area of Nottingham
:05:53. > :06:00.just after five o'clock this morning. The man was taken to the
:06:01. > :06:04.Queen's Medical Centre wherd he later died. An investigation is
:06:05. > :06:07.under way into how he came to be in the back of the truck.
:06:08. > :06:10.A Leicestershire town has hosted a military parade with a diffdrence.
:06:11. > :06:14.As well as soldiers, the st`rs of the show were ` animals. It was the
:06:15. > :06:17.first parade through Melton Mowbray for the military dogs and their
:06:18. > :06:19.handlers since they returned from Afghanistan last year. They
:06:20. > :06:21.exercised their freedom of the borough by marching through the town
:06:22. > :06:25.centre. That's your news. So, it's goodbye
:06:26. > :06:32.from me ` but with your weather now, here's Anna Church.
:06:33. > :06:37.It is a quiet weather story at the moment. Looks like it will be
:06:38. > :06:42.staying dry and settled for the rest of the week. Tomorrow is looking
:06:43. > :06:47.like a fine day. We have sole clear skies but we will start to see some
:06:48. > :06:50.cloud feeding in from the North This is a weak weather fronts that
:06:51. > :06:56.will track south through thd early hours of Friday, producing ` few
:06:57. > :07:07.spots of a light rain. On the whole, a dry night. Low temperaturds about
:07:08. > :07:12.five Celsius. Tomorrow mornhng, we continue to see that cloud pushing
:07:13. > :07:17.away and behind it, some lovely sunshine. There will be mord in the
:07:18. > :07:23.way of cloud in the afternoon, but it will break at times to ghve
:07:24. > :07:32.bright sunny intervals. Highs of 13 Celsius. Frost first thing on
:07:33. > :07:33.Saturday. I will leave you with the outlook
:07:34. > :07:41.weather stays with us into the weekend and for the London Marathon
:07:42. > :07:44.as well. Parts of Australia are about to be
:07:45. > :07:50.hit by a powerful cyclone bringing whether that is just about as bad as
:07:51. > :07:55.it gets with winds gusting over 100 miles an hour and potentially
:07:56. > :08:01.flooding rain. First of all, back home our weather could not be more
:08:02. > :08:06.different. Settled weather generally for the next few days including the
:08:07. > :08:12.weekend. Tonight temperatures are falling sharply and it is a cold
:08:13. > :08:18.night in northern areas. In the countryside it will be down to just
:08:19. > :08:22.two or three Celsius. Some pockets of fog are likely. Showers in
:08:23. > :08:28.western Scotland, but generally there will be some dry and fine
:08:29. > :08:33.weather around. It will be a sparkling start to the day in
:08:34. > :08:36.northern England. Some fog and mist patches in south Wales and
:08:37. > :08:37.south-west England. We