:00:00. > :00:00.hundreds of people after a South That's all
:00:00. > :00:12.You This is East Midlands Today with Geeta Pendse and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:13. > :00:18.Tonight: Jail for three men who aimed a laser beam at a passenger
:00:19. > :00:25.plane. Are the three admittdd endangering passenger safetx. All I
:00:26. > :00:32.can say is I am very sorry for what happened. It would never happen
:00:33. > :00:38.again. Also tonight, a frightening end to a night out. A new w`rning
:00:39. > :00:45.for drivers towing caravans. Plus a huge rise in the number of people
:00:46. > :00:53.using food banks. Della mac you just get some food to keep you going And
:00:54. > :01:07.British touring car is at Donington Park, we have the best view of the
:01:08. > :01:11.action. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:12. > :01:14.programme. First tonight: J`iled ` three men who put the lives of
:01:15. > :01:17.hundreds of passengers in d`nger by aiming a laser beam at plands
:01:18. > :01:20.landing at East Midlands Airport. Twenty`one`year`old Luke Walters,
:01:21. > :01:23.seen here on crutches, and Craig Appleby, who's twenty, were
:01:24. > :01:28.sentenced to five months in prison. Nineteen`year`old Alex Parkdr was
:01:29. > :01:31.jailed for seven months. The judge condemned their actions,
:01:32. > :01:34.adding that people living in the region remembered the Kegworth
:01:35. > :01:42.Aircrash and therefore thesd were deterrent sentences. Simon Ward
:01:43. > :01:48.reports from Leicester Crown Court. The court heard that the aircraft
:01:49. > :01:53.and the control tower is at Midlands airport were struck by the laser.
:01:54. > :01:59.The crew of one error plane said the light was so bright, they h`d to
:02:00. > :02:04.cover the windows. These pictures from a police exercise shall have
:02:05. > :02:08.powerful laser pointers can be. Officials on the ground in the laser
:02:09. > :02:16.into the sky. This can affect the vision of crew at night. 20`year`old
:02:17. > :02:22.Craig Appleby pleaded guiltx with the others. They were caught near
:02:23. > :02:27.East Midlands airport in February last year. He told me he regrets the
:02:28. > :02:36.whole thing. There is no pohnt in lying about it. I said I shone a
:02:37. > :02:43.laser pen at the aeroplanes. I know what dangers it can cause now. It
:02:44. > :02:49.was horrible. On reflection, you can understand the dangers therd could
:02:50. > :02:54.be? After I read my statement, I was very shocked at the damage ht did.
:02:55. > :03:00.Having pleaded guilty, what would you say to other people? All I can
:03:01. > :03:04.say is I am very sorry for what happened. It will never happen
:03:05. > :03:12.again. I was not aware of what I was doing. In a darkened room, the laser
:03:13. > :03:15.pointer shows up more brightly. In recent years, the more powerful
:03:16. > :03:20.laser pointers have been reloved for general sale. They are supposed to
:03:21. > :03:27.be used in education and presentations. But others are easily
:03:28. > :03:34.available for just the few pounds. The main surprise was shock, it was
:03:35. > :03:39.the surprise that the pilot recorded. The real danger is flash
:03:40. > :03:44.blindness. The laser pointer comes unexpectedly, and is extremdly
:03:45. > :03:49.bright, and that flash blindness stays with the pilot for a while. It
:03:50. > :03:55.is an offence that has been increasing. East Midlands ahrport
:03:56. > :03:58.ranks about any medal for UK airports, with 70 incidents with
:03:59. > :04:03.laser pointers reported in the last year alone. The airport said that
:04:04. > :04:09.the safety of passengers and staff are their first priority. Shmon
:04:10. > :04:17.Ward, BBC East Midlands tod`y, Leicester.
:04:18. > :04:21.Next tonight, holiday`makers are being warned to take extra care
:04:22. > :04:26.after dramatic footage of a van towing an out of control caravan,
:04:27. > :04:30.was taken in Leicestershire. Footage of the crash has been released as a
:04:31. > :04:35.warning to holiday`makers to take care, as thousands head off for the
:04:36. > :04:40.bank holiday weekend. Shocking CCTV footage taken on the
:04:41. > :04:46.M1 in Leicester. The caravan is out of control, before being off into
:04:47. > :04:51.the side of the road. Thankfully, the motorway wasn't busy. Drivers
:04:52. > :04:55.here are looking forward to the Easter break, but they know all too
:04:56. > :05:01.well how dangerous towing a caravan can be. Della mac I have sedn
:05:02. > :05:07.caravans in the ditch, upside down, cars upside down, caravans smashed
:05:08. > :05:13.all over with their furniture already hard shoulder. When you put
:05:14. > :05:19.the foot on the break, you can't stop that easily. They are difficult
:05:20. > :05:27.to tour if the wind gets hold of them, they can turn over a very
:05:28. > :05:32.easily. You have two tonne of car, two tonnes of caravan, and then if
:05:33. > :05:38.somebody comes in and cut straight in front of me, how do I stop?
:05:39. > :05:45.Between January and March l`st year, there were 60 incidents on our roads
:05:46. > :05:49.involving caravans and trailers Over the spring, that figurd rose to
:05:50. > :05:59.125. Over the summer, the ntmber of incidents on our roads rose to 27.
:06:00. > :06:03.So what can drivers do? The best thing to do is make sure th`t the
:06:04. > :06:10.tyres are legal, the pressure is correct. Ensure that trailers are
:06:11. > :06:19.correctly attached, and keep to the speed limits. The message is clear `
:06:20. > :06:25.slow down and stay safe, so that you arrive at your destination hn one
:06:26. > :06:29.place. Leicester Prison was found to be 80
:06:30. > :06:31.per cent over capacity during a spot`check by inspectors. Today s
:06:32. > :06:34.report follows a surprise vhsit by Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons
:06:35. > :06:37.in November. It concludes that the jail faces some significant
:06:38. > :06:41.challenges if it's to becomd more effective. Staff were praisdd for
:06:42. > :06:44.the way they dealt with those at risk of self harm, but inspdctors
:06:45. > :06:48.were concerned many prisoners felt unsafe when it came to levels of
:06:49. > :06:52.violence. Derby's new velodrome could be used
:06:53. > :06:56.to host some events affected by the closure of the city's Assembly
:06:57. > :06:59.Rooms. Yesterday, it was announced that the venue will be shut for at
:07:00. > :07:02.least 18 months while it's rebuilt or repaired. A number of
:07:03. > :07:06.high`profile events have had to be cancelled. The velodrome, which
:07:07. > :07:10.opens next January, is being considered as an alternativd.
:07:11. > :07:18.Building a temporary venue hs also an option.
:07:19. > :07:20.Still to come ` feeding the hungry. Church leaders clash with the
:07:21. > :07:41.Government over the reasons behind a huge rise in the number of people
:07:42. > :07:44.relying on food banks. A teenager who murdered a football
:07:45. > :07:47.coach has been sentenced to life imprisonment and must serve a
:07:48. > :07:50.minimum of fifteen years. Htssain Hussain stabbed Antoin Akpol after a
:07:51. > :07:51.street confrontation in Leicester last year.
:07:52. > :07:54.The judge told the nineteen`year`old the killing was the result of
:07:55. > :07:58.gang`related street violencd. He said whatever the failures of Antoin
:07:59. > :08:00.Akpom, there was a good sidd to him and nothing could justify t`king his
:08:01. > :08:03.life. The jury was unable to reach a
:08:04. > :08:06.verdict on another nineteen`year`old, Abdul Hakim who
:08:07. > :08:09.denied murder. A decision on whether he'll face a retrial will bd made
:08:10. > :08:23.within the next two weeks. Here s our Chief News reporter Quentin
:08:24. > :08:26.Rayner. 20`year`old Antoin Akpomb w`s a
:08:27. > :08:29.father, fiance, and football coach, and the youngest of five.
:08:30. > :08:32.Sometimes I'm OK, sometimes it feels like someone has ripped somdthing
:08:33. > :08:36.out from inside me, because he was the youngest one and he... Xou just
:08:37. > :08:39.miss his voice, his laughter... I could talk to him about anything. He
:08:40. > :08:43.was just an amazing person. Her son was stabbed once in the back
:08:44. > :08:46.with a ten inch kitchen knife by Hussein Hussein, a refugee from
:08:47. > :08:49.Somalia. It happened shortlx after 5:30pm on the evening of 12
:08:50. > :08:52.September last year, just as this BBC employee was returning to his
:08:53. > :08:55.parked car. I noticed there was a young man
:08:56. > :09:00.lying face`down, right next to my card here, and he was attended by
:09:01. > :09:04.some paramedics. It was onlx later on that I noticed that therd was a
:09:05. > :09:17.trail of blood from the corner of Sussex Street all the way up to here
:09:18. > :09:27.where Antoin fell. Gang riv`lry was blamed. But Antoin Akpom's family
:09:28. > :09:31.categorically denied he ever had anything to do with gangs.
:09:32. > :09:35.He didn't even look back. Hd stabbed my son and ran. What type of person
:09:36. > :09:40.or monster would do something like that? Someone that he didn't even
:09:41. > :09:44.know. He just killed my son. After he was stabbed, Antoin
:09:45. > :09:47.collapsed into the arms of his close friend and business partner.
:09:48. > :09:50.To see a man like this leadhng and dying, basically, is somethhng that
:09:51. > :09:57.will never leave my memory because it's something that should never be
:09:58. > :10:01.seen from such a great man. This is Antoin's corner. I come here
:10:02. > :10:05.every evening, I like the c`ndles, and I talk to my baby. I love you
:10:06. > :10:08.baby. I really really miss xou. Antoin was engaged to Amber, his
:10:09. > :10:13.childhood sweetheart. They `lready had a son, one`year`old Akedl.
:10:14. > :10:17.He was such a proud dad, he really was, amazing... And that is the
:10:18. > :10:28.saddest part, Akeel, he'll know of his dad, but he will never know his
:10:29. > :10:32.dad. That's really sad. The latest unemployment figtres show
:10:33. > :10:34.the East Midlands is one of the few English regions bucking the national
:10:35. > :10:40.trend, with an increase in hts jobless figures. There are now
:10:41. > :10:43.163,000 people out of work. That's a rise of 14,000 on the last
:10:44. > :10:50.quarterly figures, although the region's unemployment rate of 7 is
:10:51. > :10:54.the same as the national avdrage. But these latest figures won't
:10:55. > :10:56.reflect a recent round of bhg job loss announcements in the rdgion's
:10:57. > :11:10.more traditional industries. Here's our Political Editor John Hdss. Old
:11:11. > :11:15.industries may go, but making things still matters in the East Mhdlands.
:11:16. > :11:21.There are 300,000 jobs in the region's manufacturing sector. No
:11:22. > :11:27.surprise they there, maybe. But that figure has fallen by 40% in the last
:11:28. > :11:32.25 years. 1.5 million peopld now work in the service sector. Banks,
:11:33. > :11:39.retail, leisure, hospitalitx. That has increased by 186% in thd East
:11:40. > :11:41.Midlands. Our world of work is changing.
:11:42. > :11:44.When coal dominated the reghon's economy two generations ago, the
:11:45. > :11:48.collieries of the East Midl`nds provided work for more than 60, 00
:11:49. > :11:51.people. It was a way of lifd. The closure of our last pit, Thoresby,
:11:52. > :11:54.was announced a week ago. Lhkewise, shoemaking in Leicester, bicycle
:11:55. > :11:56.making in Nottingham, textiles in Darbyshire and, till yesterday,
:11:57. > :12:03.cigarette production at Impdrial Tobacco: They are now all p`rt of
:12:04. > :12:06.the sunset industries gone or going. If the industrial landscape of the
:12:07. > :12:11.East Midlands is changing, xou see it on estates like this. New
:12:12. > :12:13.companies, smaller companies, specialising in IT, pharmacduticals
:12:14. > :12:16.and precision engineering. That s reflected in new research bx one of
:12:17. > :12:25.the country's biggest busindss organisations the D2N2 Chamber of
:12:26. > :12:29.Commerce for the East Midlands. We have got this growth in
:12:30. > :12:33.manufacturing jobs going on locally. But, yes, the world of work is
:12:34. > :12:35.changing. More people are bding self`employed, taking their own
:12:36. > :12:40.economic destiny into their own hands. More people are doing more
:12:41. > :12:44.than one job, so maybe doing several jobs, which is in some respdcts very
:12:45. > :12:49.helpful ` if there is ever ` downturn they don't actuallx lose
:12:50. > :12:52.the whole of their employment. Cue Nigel Stevenson. Having worked
:12:53. > :12:58.for an established, big`namd company, he decided to branch out on
:12:59. > :13:01.his own. Madcap? He set up his own cafe business in Kimberley,
:13:02. > :13:06.Nottingham called the Mad H`tter. He now employs seven people.
:13:07. > :13:09.I think if everybody that w`nted to open their own business within a
:13:10. > :13:11.community did that, and employed people locally, slowly the dconomy
:13:12. > :13:18.would get better, and the communities would be built. It's not
:13:19. > :13:26.just about the money, it is about the communities, and working within
:13:27. > :13:30.the communities. All my staff are local, and I love the fact that we
:13:31. > :13:33.are buying into the community and working together.
:13:34. > :13:40.The way we work, and who we work for is changing. Now here is another
:13:41. > :13:43.sign of changing economy. Think science, and you may think of
:13:44. > :13:51.Cambridge or the silicon valley But the East Midlands, now employs
:13:52. > :13:58.around 155,000 people. That is an increase of just under 80% since the
:13:59. > :14:01.late 1990s. If that rate of growth continues, forget coal, forget
:14:02. > :14:06.tobacco, we will be talking about science.
:14:07. > :14:08.A man accused of murdering ` teenager in a gang`related shooting
:14:09. > :14:11.in Derby nearly five`and`a`half years ago is facing another
:14:12. > :14:14.re`trial. Michael Hamblett`Sewell's ndxt court
:14:15. > :14:19.date could be in September `fter a jury failed to reach a verdhct
:14:20. > :14:22.earlier this month. The prosecution claim he ordered the shooting of
:14:23. > :14:30.15`year`old Kadeem Blackwood in Caxton Park in Derby in 2008,
:14:31. > :14:33.something Mr Hamblett`Sewell denies. A cricketer is to carry the
:14:34. > :14:37.Commonwealth Games relay baton on the Leicester leg of its worldwide
:14:38. > :14:41.tour. The Leicestershire all`rounder Shiv Thakor has been given the
:14:42. > :14:45.honour. He'll carry the Quedn's Baton through the city on Ttesday
:14:46. > :14:48.the 10th of June. It will h`ve visited 70 nations and terrhtories
:14:49. > :14:55.ahead of the Commonwealth G`mes in Glasgow in July.
:14:56. > :14:58.There's been a huge rise in the number of people relying on free
:14:59. > :15:01.food parcels here in the East Midlands. Today, one food b`nk
:15:02. > :15:09.charity revealed that it's feeding well over 700 people in this region
:15:10. > :15:12.every week. It's prompted a row between churches and the Government
:15:13. > :15:16.over whether it's linked to welfare reforms. Let's cross to Narborough
:15:17. > :15:27.in Leicestershire, and our social affairs correspondent Jeremx Ball.
:15:28. > :15:33.Welcome to a food warehouse which is packed with supplies for Easter
:15:34. > :15:38.lots of fruit and vegetables, big bags of pasta, and pallets stuffed
:15:39. > :15:47.full of spaghetti and breakfast cereal. They have all been donated
:15:48. > :15:50.to the charity by supermarkdts and food producers, and some of this
:15:51. > :15:52.will begin in a way to independent food banks.
:15:53. > :15:55.Today, the largest of those charities revealed that shocking new
:15:56. > :15:59.figures The Trussell Trust runs 25 food banks, here in the East
:16:00. > :16:03.Midlands. Last year, those centres handed out well over 37,000 food
:16:04. > :16:08.parcels. That's up from fewdr than 11,000 the year before ` more than a
:16:09. > :16:15.threefold increase. I've bedn out to their Coalville food bank to ask why
:16:16. > :16:20.there's so much demand. Welcome to a store where thdy hand
:16:21. > :16:25.out free bags of shopping. But this isn't open to anyone. It's `n
:16:26. > :16:27.emergency stopgap that's only for people who've been given official
:16:28. > :16:30.vouchers. Lee's been out of work for ` year.
:16:31. > :16:33.He was receiving Jobseeker's Allowance. But now his monex's been
:16:34. > :16:41.stopped for three months, under what's known as a "Benefit
:16:42. > :16:47.Sanction". I have already spent two weeks with no electric, it has made
:16:48. > :16:50.a huge difference. It is nice to know there is help out therd for
:16:51. > :16:58.people who do need it, and `re in dire straits.
:16:59. > :17:03.Lee got into such dire strahts because he missed a job`seeker's
:17:04. > :17:07.training appointment scheduled on a day when he had to go to cotrt as a
:17:08. > :17:11.witness. Others have never received any benefits, weeks after losing
:17:12. > :17:17.their jobs. Often you are told it could be three to six weeks before
:17:18. > :17:22.you get your benefits. All xou can have happen is you have an `ccident
:17:23. > :17:25.at work and you miss your bdnefits. And in Loughborough, they wdre
:17:26. > :17:28.queuing for food parcels thhs week outside another Christian charity
:17:29. > :17:31.that's seen a surge in demand. They think that's partly because there's
:17:32. > :17:34.less stigma about using food banks. But many here are desperate. And
:17:35. > :17:37.Gemma still needs their help, despite getting work s a part`time
:17:38. > :17:41.cleaner. I have two children, and it is very hard at the moment. I have a
:17:42. > :17:47.growing boy here, and he can't stop eating. You get out there, xou get a
:17:48. > :17:54.job and it is fine, but it hs a struggle at the moment. We get
:17:55. > :17:57.people who are hard`working people who unfortunately that month all the
:17:58. > :18:02.bills have come in, and there is just no much money `` no money left
:18:03. > :18:04.at the end of the month to pay for food for the kids.
:18:05. > :18:07.Today church leaders have ddscribed the increase in food parcels as
:18:08. > :18:10."terrible". But the Governmdnt says they're not part of the bendfits
:18:11. > :18:14.system, and there isn't any robust evidence of a link with its welfare
:18:15. > :18:19.reforms. It's a row that's becoming increasingly political.
:18:20. > :18:26.Coming later ` we've had a perfect spring day.
:18:27. > :18:33.Here they supply three quarters of a million meals last year. How much
:18:34. > :18:40.difference is this making? We have seen tremendous growth in ddmand for
:18:41. > :18:45.our services, last year it came up from 40 organisations we supply to
:18:46. > :18:50.over 60. We supply to organhsations, that Cook, serve and supply food to
:18:51. > :18:55.people in need. Is there a danger that food banks create a dependence
:18:56. > :19:00.on hand`outs? That can be an issue, so our national policy is to
:19:01. > :19:07.encourage organisations to cook and serve meals, community cafes,
:19:08. > :19:12.breakfast clubs etc, so there is a social interaction of eating. Is
:19:13. > :19:17.this increased engineered or partly down to the fact that all `` more
:19:18. > :19:21.food banks are opening? I c`n understand that to a degree there is
:19:22. > :19:25.an increase in availability, but you and I know how much food prhces
:19:26. > :19:31.increase, and equally our rdnt, council tax, utility bills, so for
:19:32. > :19:35.people on the lowest income, the money they have to spend on food is
:19:36. > :19:40.getting squeezed. This is just helping people in need,
:19:41. > :19:44.it is also that might have been thrown away if it wasn't here. So it
:19:45. > :19:48.is actually preventing wastd as well.
:19:49. > :19:52.We have had a perfect spring day today.
:19:53. > :19:59.But will the blue skies strdtch into the weekend? Yes, there will be more
:20:00. > :20:03.sparkling sunshine to start the Easter break, but first, th`t is
:20:04. > :20:09.cloud to talk about. More ddtails shortly.
:20:10. > :20:12.`` there is cloud to talk about Time for the sport.
:20:13. > :20:16.First, Derby County defender Jake Buxton has won the supporters' club
:20:17. > :20:18.player of the season, and today Head Coach Steve McClaren hailed what he
:20:19. > :20:24.called Buxton's enormous contribution this campaign.
:20:25. > :20:30.The bearded Beckenbauer, as fans call him, is a real cult hero. When
:20:31. > :20:36.he signed in 2009 from Burton Albion he says no`one had heard of him and
:20:37. > :20:39.he was the sixth choice centre half. But he's defied the critics who said
:20:40. > :20:42.he couldn't cut, and this afternoon at Derby's weekly press conference
:20:43. > :20:50.the boss called him the ide`l professional. `` who said hd
:20:51. > :20:53.couldn't cut it. His perforlances have been excellent, not just that
:20:54. > :20:59.but his leadership on and off the field, in the dressing room, I run
:21:00. > :21:06.the players. He has that old school honesty that should never go out of
:21:07. > :21:09.the game. He tells it how it is great leadership.
:21:10. > :21:12.Well, the men's football se`son is nearly over, but the ladies are just
:21:13. > :21:15.getting started. Tonight a little bit of history is being madd tonight
:21:16. > :21:20.as Notts County play their first`ever game in the Women's Super
:21:21. > :21:27.League. They're taking on one of the top clubs ` Arsenal ` at Me`dow
:21:28. > :21:34.Lane. Jeremy Nicholas reports. Last season the club were known as
:21:35. > :21:36.Lincoln Ladies, but they have moved across the border into
:21:37. > :21:43.Nottinghamshire, and tonight they will run out as Notts Countx. It is
:21:44. > :21:49.a new season and franchise, all the players want to play for Notts
:21:50. > :21:53.County, they are playing for the barge, not the name on the back
:21:54. > :21:58.Therefore they have got to dnsure they are nice and relaxed, game day,
:21:59. > :22:04.but also, the reception we have had from the city and the club htself
:22:05. > :22:08.has been infectious. There has been an increase over the years hn
:22:09. > :22:15.participation in women's football, I hope it involves more to get
:22:16. > :22:20.involved. It is looking poshtive. Jess is one of the Cricketers
:22:21. > :22:26.wingers in the game. `` quickest wingers. It is great to havd a
:22:27. > :22:30.little bit of unity. We will see some of the guys around the training
:22:31. > :22:38.pitch, and they will have a word of encouragement. We have a fotr year
:22:39. > :22:41.franchise, and the chairman has brought us together because we want
:22:42. > :22:46.success. It might not come instantly, but once we gel H am sure
:22:47. > :22:54.we will be there in the mix for forthcoming seasons. They f`ce `` it
:22:55. > :22:57.is a 7:30pm kick`off, and Notts County season ticket holders get in
:22:58. > :23:00.for free. Nice sunny night to go and watch,
:23:01. > :23:02.but there's also commentary available on BBC Radio Five Live
:23:03. > :23:05.Sports Extra. Cricket, and Nottinghamshird's
:23:06. > :23:09.Director of Cricket Mick Newell was interviewed to be the new coach of
:23:10. > :23:13.England this morning. Newell is thought to be one of five n`mes in
:23:14. > :23:17.the frame to succeed Andy Flower. Finally from me tonight motor sport
:23:18. > :23:20.because it's a big weekend for Donington Park as the second round
:23:21. > :23:24.of British Touring Cars arrhves Colin Hazelden has been to the track
:23:25. > :23:35.to see the new cars, teams `nd drivers and to have a go hilself.
:23:36. > :23:39.Events like British touring cars are a key part of Donington's appeal.
:23:40. > :23:44.Motorsport fans can get closer to the action, and with motorsport
:23:45. > :23:50.worth a fortune to the region's economy, this new focus is bringing
:23:51. > :23:54.in new spectators. The sport is in great health, and the spect`tors
:23:55. > :23:58.love it when they come here. But you're right, we need more people to
:23:59. > :24:01.come. We need more people to come and see what motor racing is about.
:24:02. > :24:07.But that will be offering something different. I got lucky, but
:24:08. > :24:14.something very different indeed I am getting today a flying lap ``
:24:15. > :24:18.getting to do a flying lap. This should be something! Wish md luck,
:24:19. > :24:36.everyone. Where I enjoy the madness, H will
:24:37. > :24:41.introduce you to the driver, three times champion Matt Neal. It is
:24:42. > :24:50.great to see the reaction on people's faces. What is it like when
:24:51. > :24:54.you are doing the real thing? Do you still feel the intensity after all
:24:55. > :25:03.these years? I still get butterflies sat on the grid. The butterflies are
:25:04. > :25:08.well worth it. From the inside of a car Donington
:25:09. > :25:12.is looking in very fine neck. From what I saw of it when I was just
:25:13. > :25:19.hanging on for dear life. And there is tremendous spedds could
:25:20. > :25:25.take Neal back to the top. H do not like to get complacent, but I am
:25:26. > :25:29.hopeful. He is just one of the drivers to watch out for. W`tch out
:25:30. > :25:34.for Donington as well, it w`s back in its racing stride.
:25:35. > :25:37.Colin had that helmet on, btt you could see he had a big grin on his
:25:38. > :25:40.face. Not surprising!
:25:41. > :25:43.We saw some lovely blossom darlier, here she is now with the forecast.
:25:44. > :25:49.here she is It has been a beautiful day, and it
:25:50. > :25:54.has been perfect to be out `nd about with your camera.
:25:55. > :25:57.Thank you very much, Nicola. But there is a little bit of ch`nge on
:25:58. > :26:02.the way, we are expecting a cloudy day tomorrow, but it should be
:26:03. > :26:07.mostly dry. The UV levels whll be lowered during the day. At the
:26:08. > :26:11.moment we have some early evening sunshine around, but through the
:26:12. > :26:15.next few hours we start to see some high`level clouds filling `` feeding
:26:16. > :26:19.in from the north, probably enough to keep us frost free but there may
:26:20. > :26:25.be sunlight patchy rain into the North. Then to butchers of six
:26:26. > :26:33.Celsius. Tomorrow morning `` minimum temperatures. Tomorrow a little bit
:26:34. > :26:38.of light, patchy rain as we go into the early afternoon, but a good deal
:26:39. > :26:44.of dry weather still to be had. However the cloud will make it feel
:26:45. > :26:49.a little bit cooler tomorrow. Looking further ahead to Good
:26:50. > :26:51.Friday, then, high pressure is back in charge, so if you have enjoyed
:26:52. > :26:55.the sunshine, there is more to come on Good Friday. All spells of
:26:56. > :27:01.sunshine, dry and settled, with temperatures in the mid`teens. High
:27:02. > :27:07.holds on for Saturday, giving us another dry, sunny, subtle day. But
:27:08. > :27:10.on area of low pressure is starting to push in from east, and that will
:27:11. > :27:15.give us quite unsettled day on Sunday, and I went day. But rain
:27:16. > :27:20.looks like it is still with us as we go into Monday, into Bank Holiday
:27:21. > :27:25.Monday, it looks like it is going to be quite unsettled to end. The best
:27:26. > :27:30.part of the Easter weekend, Good Friday and Saturday, dry and sunny,
:27:31. > :27:35.but unsettled for Easter Sunday and Monday.
:27:36. > :27:37.A bank holiday of two halves then. Rain on bank holiday? That never
:27:38. > :27:40.happens! If you're going to do anythhng, do
:27:41. > :28:12.it on Friday and Saturday. Good night.
:28:13. > :28:16.In 1750, two visionaries were brought together