:00:00. > :00:00.in Ukraine. That is all from the BBC News at six. It is goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:10.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and Geeta Pendse.
:00:11. > :00:16.Tonight, an early`morning tremor rattles our region. Did the earth
:00:17. > :00:20.move for you this morning? If it did, you would have felt the
:00:21. > :00:27.earthquake which rocked Leicestershire and Rutland.
:00:28. > :00:33.Elaine's online hunt for her dad, missing since she was Abeid ``
:00:34. > :00:37.missing since she was a baby. I only have a picture. I would love to meet
:00:38. > :00:42.him, it means the world to me, just to meet him. How this Easter kicks
:00:43. > :00:46.off our multi`billion pound tourism industry.
:00:47. > :00:52.And I'm out hunting dragons and damsels in distress. Find out why
:00:53. > :00:55.last winter the wettest one on record, is still having an impact on
:00:56. > :01:12.our insect population. Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's
:01:13. > :01:15.programme. Once again the East Midlands has experienced a
:01:16. > :01:20.significant earthquake the strongest quake to hit the UK this year. There
:01:21. > :01:24.have been several tremors the region in recent years. This one, with its
:01:25. > :01:29.epicentre in Rutland, was among the biggest, with a magnitude of 3.2.
:01:30. > :01:34.Hundreds of people took to social media to report that the earth had
:01:35. > :01:37.moved at around 7am this morning. It was as Sarah Teale reports quite a
:01:38. > :01:40.wake`up call. The peace and tranquillity of the
:01:41. > :01:46.Rutland and Leicestershire countryside was rocked just after
:01:47. > :01:52.7am. This was the cause. An earthquake, measuring magnitude 3.2.
:01:53. > :01:56.Rhian Ivory and her family said it sounded like a lorry had crashed
:01:57. > :02:01.into their bungalow at Oakham in Rutland. It felt like the war was
:02:02. > :02:05.shaking behind me and there was a thundering in my chest. It was the
:02:06. > :02:10.sound and vibration as well. The combination was quite a big event.
:02:11. > :02:17.My eldest one thought it was a bomb, it was that loud. I heard
:02:18. > :02:22.rumbling sound and it shook my bed. The epicentre was at Oakham and
:02:23. > :02:26.originated 2.5 miles underground. Many took to social media afterwards
:02:27. > :02:30.including former rugby union player Austin Healey, who tweeted, we've
:02:31. > :02:35.just had an earthquake in Oakham. The house was shaking for ten
:02:36. > :02:41.seconds. Tremors were felt up to 28 miles away. It felt like an impact,
:02:42. > :02:45.like an explosion. But without the sound. Or something hitting the
:02:46. > :02:49.house, rather than rumbling or shaking. A bit like a massive lorry
:02:50. > :02:54.rumbling through the village. It was a strange feeling, a strange sound.
:02:55. > :03:01.I knew it was not quite right. In a quiet location you never hear that
:03:02. > :03:05.sort of thing. The last significant earthquake hit Market Rasen in 2008,
:03:06. > :03:11.with the magnitude of 5.2. That caused damage to many houses.
:03:12. > :03:15.Earthquakes are not that uncommon in the UK. The British Geological
:03:16. > :03:19.Survey says it has reports of about three every year in this country and
:03:20. > :03:25.it says it will be investigating the cause of this latest one. They
:03:26. > :03:29.occurs as a result of the adjustments that the geological
:03:30. > :03:33.structures make to the wider stresses that the UK experiences,
:03:34. > :03:38.although we are not close to a neat plate boundaries we do experience a
:03:39. > :03:41.slight squeezing as a result of mid`Atlantic Ridge. There is no
:03:42. > :03:44.pattern to earthquakes so there is no way of predicting when the Earth
:03:45. > :03:53.will move for East Midlands as again.
:03:54. > :03:59.Still to come, the Bank Holiday whether. Will Sara have anything
:04:00. > :04:02.earth`shattering to report? It might beat egg shattering rather than
:04:03. > :04:06.earth shattering X marks the first half will be fine and dry, but if
:04:07. > :04:16.you are planning an egg hunt, hide a few indoors!
:04:17. > :04:23.Next tonight, new research has identified a worrying slump in the
:04:24. > :04:27.economic recovery of one East Midlands city. There has been a big
:04:28. > :04:32.increase in the number of businesses in Nottingham said to be in critical
:04:33. > :04:35.financial distress. It is the construction industry that is really
:04:36. > :04:40.struggling. Our political editor John Hess has been looking at the
:04:41. > :04:45.figures. What has been going on? This is a real turn up. All the
:04:46. > :04:48.recent political talk has been to talk up economic revival. Only
:04:49. > :04:51.yesterday we were reporting an increase in unemployment in this
:04:52. > :04:57.region. That was against the national trend. This survey that
:04:58. > :05:01.covers the first quarter of this year shows that Nottingham's economy
:05:02. > :05:06.may be spluttering as well. That is also against the national trend. The
:05:07. > :05:11.problem seems to be in the city's construction sector. There has been
:05:12. > :05:14.a 16% increase in business this facing financial problems. It is
:05:15. > :05:18.four times higher than the rest of the Midlands. These figures come
:05:19. > :05:24.from Begbies Traynor. Its businesses to rescue firms that go bust. Are
:05:25. > :05:27.its findings are cause for concern? In the past the East Midlands has
:05:28. > :05:31.been a better performer compared to the rest of the country, so any
:05:32. > :05:39.slight weakening in that position can be over exaggerated. As we sit
:05:40. > :05:42.at the moment I am not seeing any particular worsening compared to
:05:43. > :05:45.everybody else, although strangely enough our figures show that
:05:46. > :05:48.construction has been a problem. Looking at it from the point of view
:05:49. > :05:52.of maybe being caused by bad weather. At bad weather has been bad
:05:53. > :06:00.around the country and maybe worse down south. Is it all jammed to the
:06:01. > :06:05.weather? Remember from last summer there was the ringing endorsement
:06:06. > :06:10.from the lens new governor of the back of England, Mark Carney. Let's
:06:11. > :06:15.see what he said. This is a bellwether for the UK economy. It is
:06:16. > :06:18.in regions and `` it is in regions such as this and industries such as
:06:19. > :06:25.those that will determine the course of the recovery. Soap is a case
:06:26. > :06:28.bellwether or lost sheep here I should mark the organisation that is
:06:29. > :06:32.responsible for regenerating our economy, the Local Enterprise
:06:33. > :06:37.Partnership, it accepts that growth is not even and said that inevitably
:06:38. > :06:40.there would be some challenges to overcome. It says it has published a
:06:41. > :06:46.special plan on the construction industry. Let's hope it is
:06:47. > :06:50.waterproof. Police searching for a soldier who
:06:51. > :06:55.went missing as he tried to swim across a river in York have found a
:06:56. > :06:59.body. 18`year`old Tyler Pearson from Nottingham was last seen in the
:07:00. > :07:02.River Ouse a fortnight ago. It is thought he went into the river
:07:03. > :07:07.voluntarily during a night out with a group of friends. The body has yet
:07:08. > :07:11.to be identified. His family has been told of the discovery.
:07:12. > :07:17.47`year`old workman has been treated hospital after falling from
:07:18. > :07:19.scaffolding in Derby this morning. Members of the Health and Safety
:07:20. > :07:23.Executive have been at the scene near The Spot in the city centre.
:07:24. > :07:28.During the incident this morning the man, who has not been named, fell
:07:29. > :07:32.about 15 feet onto a wooden platform. He suffered multiple
:07:33. > :07:35.injuries, non`thought to be life threatening.
:07:36. > :07:41.In Nottinghamshire woman is using social media in a desperate attempt
:07:42. > :07:45.to find her long lost father. Adele Greenacre was 11 weeks old when her
:07:46. > :07:49.dad went missing in Nottingham. Thousands of people have shared his
:07:50. > :07:54.photo on Facebook. Our social affairs correspondent Jeremy Ball
:07:55. > :07:58.reports. Adele has been searching all her
:07:59. > :08:03.life, searching for the dad she never knew. It is 35 years since
:08:04. > :08:08.Derek Greenacre went off to work and simply disappeared. The search was
:08:09. > :08:12.publicised in several national papers, but Derek has never been
:08:13. > :08:17.found. He got up one morning, kissed my mum and me goodbye like every
:08:18. > :08:23.other day, and did not come home. There was not one sighting of him or
:08:24. > :08:27.one phone call and I need an answer. Even if it is, I don't want to know
:08:28. > :08:33.you, I needs an answer and to what has happened to him. Do you think it
:08:34. > :08:38.will ever happen? Excuse me. I hope so. But hope is not enough, so now
:08:39. > :08:43.Adele is sharing an appeal on Facebook. This old photo of Derek
:08:44. > :08:46.has been shared more than 20,000 times. Today, another message from
:08:47. > :08:50.someone who thinks they might have seen him. There is a bloke who fits
:08:51. > :08:56.the description, sits on his own, drinks Guinness, he would. But the
:08:57. > :09:01.strongest lead has come from a charity worker, who found his name
:09:02. > :09:05.on homelessness register. It had the same date of birth and it said my
:09:06. > :09:10.dad suffered a mental breakdown 35 years ago. The information we had
:09:11. > :09:17.got, he was sent back to Northampton in 2011 are so I went up there and
:09:18. > :09:22.had a wander around the pubs showing his picture and thought, if he is
:09:23. > :09:26.about surely everybody has a local. After 35 years of searching for
:09:27. > :09:29.Derek, you can see that Adele is determined not to give up hope. Now
:09:30. > :09:39.she is hoping that new technology can finally solve this mystery.
:09:40. > :09:44.Let's hope there is good news for Adele. Markets are great place to go
:09:45. > :09:49.forth fruit and veg but market traders in one Nottinghamshire town
:09:50. > :09:52.have told councillors to keep their hands off their stalls. Mansfield
:09:53. > :09:56.District Council is considering moving all of them onto one site and
:09:57. > :10:01.cutting the number of days the market runs. The council says it
:10:02. > :10:04.wants to make the market busier and more vibrant, but some traders fear
:10:05. > :10:11.it could spell the end of their businesses. Tom Brown has more.
:10:12. > :10:14.We have a campaign going to support the local market. We would
:10:15. > :10:18.appreciate it if you would sign the form. It is an issue that has got
:10:19. > :10:24.people talking. What should happen to Mansfield's market? It runs
:10:25. > :10:27.Monday to Saturday across two sites but the council is considering
:10:28. > :10:31.should the stalls be moving from here on Westgate into the main
:10:32. > :10:39.marketplace, and should be reduced from six days a week to just three
:10:40. > :10:43.or four. We have been here for 57 years. We would be devastated to
:10:44. > :10:48.move. It is nice. Most of shops like as here as well because had
:10:49. > :10:52.character to the town. We will lose our business because the days they
:10:53. > :10:56.are taking off our hour days and we want them to build on what we have
:10:57. > :11:00.got. We are successful market town, let's stay that way. The Saturday
:11:01. > :11:06.market attracts more than 20,000 visitors but earlier in the week and
:11:07. > :11:10.`` it can be just half that. The council says the falling footfall
:11:11. > :11:15.sparked the consultation under the changes could breathe fresh life
:11:16. > :11:18.into the market. You will find it hard to find markets that are open
:11:19. > :11:22.six days a week. Regarding moving stalls, a lot of shops, that is how
:11:23. > :11:28.they keep people interested. There will always be a Mansfield market.
:11:29. > :11:34.Another local councillor says the market should be made even bigger.
:11:35. > :11:37.We are lucky in this town to have a market on six days a week. With the
:11:38. > :11:41.industry that has gone from round here we should be announcing to
:11:42. > :11:46.people that Mansfield is open for business. Market stalls have lights
:11:47. > :11:50.`` lined the streets here since the 13th century and many traders have
:11:51. > :11:56.had the businesses for generations. This town has a proud tradition and
:11:57. > :12:00.the consultation has attracted more than 3000 responses. This photo
:12:01. > :12:05.shows the Westgate market more than 50 years ago. Today's traders hope
:12:06. > :12:13.that this year is not its last. The consultation ends tomorrow.
:12:14. > :12:17.The funeral of the Leicester author Sue Townsend will take place at De
:12:18. > :12:23.Montfort Hall on May the 2nd. The creator of the teenage character
:12:24. > :12:27.Adrian Mole died aged 68 after a short illness. Relatives are asking
:12:28. > :12:30.for donations to be made to the rainbows children's Hospice in
:12:31. > :12:36.Loughborough and to the/wards of Leicester Royal Infirmary.
:12:37. > :12:39.The Peak District is to become the first national park in the UK and
:12:40. > :12:43.only the third in the world to have its trail is viewable on the
:12:44. > :12:47.Internet. Walkers will soon be able to see such sites as the Derwent
:12:48. > :12:52.Dams and Monsal Head viaduct along with some of the famous rock edges
:12:53. > :12:55.popular with climbers. The same technology was used to record an
:12:56. > :13:01.online tour of towpaths running along the region's canals.
:13:02. > :13:05.People in Leicestershire are fighting hard to keep open a tourist
:13:06. > :13:10.attraction which has an uncertain future. The county council is
:13:11. > :13:13.considering downsizing the museum at Snibston discovery are near
:13:14. > :13:21.Coalville. Locals are fighting the plans. They claim losing it will
:13:22. > :13:25.cost the area millions of pounds `` Snibston Discovery Park macros
:13:26. > :13:31.Snibston Discovery Museum. It is a busy day as the children raise a
:13:32. > :13:35.Mini using magnets. Staff and volunteers want to raise the profile
:13:36. > :13:38.of the museum in the hope it will not close. Leicestershire County
:13:39. > :13:42.Council has launched a consultation on the plans. Campaigners say the
:13:43. > :13:47.proposals are free to complete. We feel it is a sham consultation. The
:13:48. > :13:53.decision has been made and it looks like they are determined to push it
:13:54. > :13:59.through. Despite that we will fight on. If it is not saved a small
:14:00. > :14:03.mining Museum will be built on the site and much of the land will be
:14:04. > :14:07.sold off for redevelopment. Visitors are not happy. The thought of
:14:08. > :14:10.closing it is catastrophic. We haven't been outside yet. There is
:14:11. > :14:17.something for all ages including adults. It is fantastic. What would
:14:18. > :14:21.you think about it, if it closed? It would be upsetting for a lot of
:14:22. > :14:27.people. Lots of people enjoy this place. If they closed it I would be
:14:28. > :14:32.upset because I do like this place. Campaigners are worried about the
:14:33. > :14:35.knock`on effect for Coalville. Economically we are talking of the
:14:36. > :14:43.loss of over ?4 million a year in terms of tourists' revenue, people
:14:44. > :14:47.coming to the museum and spending in the local area. Leicestershire
:14:48. > :14:51.County Council says all of its services are facing cuts and it
:14:52. > :14:56.can't afford to spend ?900,000 a year subsidising the museum which
:14:57. > :15:00.has falling visitor numbers. The consultation is due to finish in
:15:01. > :15:06.June. If these proposals are proved this museum will be demolished and a
:15:07. > :15:13.new mining museum could be up and running by as early as next year. ``
:15:14. > :15:16.with these proposals are approved. The concern over the future of
:15:17. > :15:20.Snibston comes as tourism chiefs predict a healthy rise in the number
:15:21. > :15:25.of visitors coming to our region. Tourism in the East Midlands and is
:15:26. > :15:29.worth more than ?4.5 billion and generates nearly 100,000 jobs.
:15:30. > :15:36.Traditionally this is the weekend when tourism really gets going.
:15:37. > :15:43.So Easter bank holiday weekend ahead. What are you going to be
:15:44. > :15:50.doing? We are going to Nottingham Castle. Then we are going to play
:15:51. > :15:55.minigolf. We will go to Bradgate Park for a walk. Maybe the
:15:56. > :16:00.embankment and Wollaton Park. The push is on to get you through the
:16:01. > :16:05.doors or into the grounds. Just how much is tourism worth here in the
:16:06. > :16:09.East Midlands? Well, as these figures show you, it is a
:16:10. > :16:15.multi`billion pound business, right across the region. How healthy is
:16:16. > :16:20.tourism in Nottinghamshire at the moment? Most of our attractions seem
:16:21. > :16:24.to be reporting excellent visitor numbers, so that can only continue,
:16:25. > :16:33.especially when the weather is as good as it is. Here are the numbers
:16:34. > :16:38.of jobs tourism creates. Or generates. Across our three
:16:39. > :16:46.counties. And these are the numbers of tourists each year sampling the
:16:47. > :16:49.attractions of the East Midlands. We are looking at local attractions to
:16:50. > :16:54.see what there is to do. To make the most of the place we live in. And
:16:55. > :16:58.hopefully have some good weather. And the weather is the reason
:16:59. > :17:04.tourism bosses are expecting a 10% increase on Easter last year.
:17:05. > :17:10.We are spoilt for choice, aren't we? Indeed we are. Beautiful spring
:17:11. > :17:14.weather there. Still to come, was our winter too wet for waterborne
:17:15. > :17:17.insects? Yes, a charity asks for your help to monitor the health of
:17:18. > :17:26.countryside favourites like the dragonfly.
:17:27. > :17:33.Another beautiful creature, a rare sighting now, like the dragonfly.
:17:34. > :17:38.Angela is in the studio! You are sweet talker X macro
:17:39. > :17:41.Leicester City have dismissed as laughable transfer speculation
:17:42. > :17:44.involving the club. Nigel Pearson admits he has targets in mind for
:17:45. > :17:48.the Premier League next season but they don't include any players being
:17:49. > :17:52.named in the press and with four games to go there is the small
:17:53. > :18:01.matter of the Championship title to be secured.
:18:02. > :18:07.Promotion already secured, now they have set their sites on the title.
:18:08. > :18:11.If results go their way, and win over QPR would see the Foxes crowned
:18:12. > :18:14.as champions. In football it is about winning things and the players
:18:15. > :18:18.recognise they are in a good position at the moment. It would be
:18:19. > :18:25.nice for everybody associated with the club to finish the season at the
:18:26. > :18:29.top. Especially for the fans to see us lifting the club at the end of
:18:30. > :18:34.the season, it would mean a lot to them as it would to others as well.
:18:35. > :18:39.Hopefully we can do that. A play`off spot is Derby was my aim
:18:40. > :18:45.and victory this weekend will secure it. Easter weekend is always a big
:18:46. > :18:52.weekend for promotion and relegation is a waffle play`offs. Two results
:18:53. > :18:58.are probably the two two results of the season, we can cement our
:18:59. > :19:04.position in the play`offs. Forest's hopes are fading fast. No
:19:05. > :19:08.winning 12 and five points off the play`offs. It is an uphill task.
:19:09. > :19:11.There is a gap now, whether there is something to play for. Every time
:19:12. > :19:18.you walk on the pitch we owe it to the club to perform to the best of
:19:19. > :19:22.our ability. Four games left, still everything to play for. All set`up a
:19:23. > :19:26.cracking Easter weekend. Notts County will have midfielder
:19:27. > :19:30.Josh Vela for their relegation battle until the end of the season.
:19:31. > :19:33.Bolton Wanderers has said he can extend his deal at Meadow Lane.
:19:34. > :19:37.Mansfield Town are looking for a late run for the play`offs, taking
:19:38. > :19:42.on Accrington tomorrow, aiming for their fifth win on the trot. There
:19:43. > :19:44.is full match commentary on what is shaping up to be a massive Easter
:19:45. > :19:48.weekend on your BBC local radio station.
:19:49. > :19:53.History was made at Meadow Lane last night as a crowd of more than 1500
:19:54. > :19:56.watched Notts County Ladies play their first ever game in the Women's
:19:57. > :20:01.Super League. It finished 1`1, quite a result as they were up against
:20:02. > :20:02.Arsenal, the biggest name in the women was my game. Jeremy Nicholas
:20:03. > :20:05.was there. Impressive keepy`uppy skills by the
:20:06. > :20:11.turnstiles, but Notts'challenge is to keep up in their first season.
:20:12. > :20:15.It's really good. To have women's football at Notts is a great step
:20:16. > :20:19.forward for us. 1523 were there to see Notts' historic first game in
:20:20. > :20:23.the Super League. Five Live Sports Extra listeners heard them take the
:20:24. > :20:27.lead through Jess Clarke. The Notts fans were from a broad church,
:20:28. > :20:31.cheering their team in the line of duty. Really enjoyed it. I'm
:20:32. > :20:36.surprised how skilful the players were. I did not know what to expect,
:20:37. > :20:41.but it was quite good, quite good passing. We are leading, so that is
:20:42. > :20:46.even better. It's fantastic that the crowd also into it as much as the
:20:47. > :20:49.men's game and nice to see a lot of the men supporters here as well,
:20:50. > :20:53.singing the songs and getting into it. 53 minutes gone and an equaliser
:20:54. > :20:57.for Arsenal but otherwise a great night. A big crowd, everyone happy.
:20:58. > :21:00.Arsenal pushed hard for a win and Notts had to hang on. Their
:21:01. > :21:07.supporters lifting the noise to see them home. So it has finished all
:21:08. > :21:17.square, Notts County one, Arsenal one. Not a bad start to the season
:21:18. > :21:24.for Notts. Raby playing Champions League footballer Meadow Lane. ``
:21:25. > :21:28.may be. I got as engrossed with the game as I would any other game. They
:21:29. > :21:31.are strong women, do you know what I mean? They are tackling, playing
:21:32. > :21:35.just like the men would. All respect to them. The second half it was a
:21:36. > :21:40.different game. They scored early on and got us on our heels, but we came
:21:41. > :21:46.and drew with Arsenal and we will take that. Fantastic tonight. It was
:21:47. > :21:50.a hard game, it always will be against Arsenal. When you get to 70
:21:51. > :21:54.or 80 minutes, the crowd are amazing and it keeps you going. A decent
:21:55. > :21:57.start for Notts County. My favourite moment of the night was when moment
:21:58. > :22:00.member of the crowd shouted at the ref, "Silly boy!" You don't get
:22:01. > :22:07.language like that in men's football!
:22:08. > :22:11.Rugby, a big name for Tigers tomorrow night. They face Quins at
:22:12. > :22:15.the Stoop. Leicester want to take maximum points to snatch second
:22:16. > :22:19.spot. And secure the all`important home tie for the semifinals. We are
:22:20. > :22:23.comfortable to go anywhere and try and win so if we have to go away, we
:22:24. > :22:26.will go away and that is the punishment for not being as good in
:22:27. > :22:34.the early part of the season as we should have been. That is all sport.
:22:35. > :22:37.Here is how you can help a few damsels in distress. The Canal and
:22:38. > :22:43.River Trust is warning that the wettest winter on record could have
:22:44. > :22:46.a lasting impact on populations of dragonflies and damselflies. The
:22:47. > :22:51.Trust is asking people to help monitor the insects as part of its
:22:52. > :22:54.annual Great Nature Watch. Carol Hinds has been to the Grantham Canal
:22:55. > :22:58.to do a bit of insects spotting. On a sunny day, it can be hard to
:22:59. > :23:02.remember the damage caused by the winter floods. As the days get
:23:03. > :23:04.warmer, the Canal and River Trust is examining how well species such as
:23:05. > :23:11.dragonflies and damselflies have survived. Dragonfly nymphs, their
:23:12. > :23:15.juvenile stage, they spend a lot of time in the water, up to two years,
:23:16. > :23:18.so they could have been washed away during this very wet weather. The
:23:19. > :23:21.Grantham Canal in Hickling in Leicestershire is just the sort of
:23:22. > :23:27.place where the dragonfly and the smaller and more delicate damselfly
:23:28. > :23:31.flourish. The Grantham Canal here is beautiful. There is lots of reeds,
:23:32. > :23:34.which are an important habitat and that helps support the invertebrates
:23:35. > :23:37.which live under the water. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest
:23:38. > :23:43.along here. It really is important for wildlife. The Canal and River
:23:44. > :23:47.Trust's Great Nature Watch is running from now until September. So
:23:48. > :23:53.if you live near a river or canal, reservoir or even if you have a
:23:54. > :23:57.garden pond, they need your help. Go to our website or download our app,
:23:58. > :24:00.which we have, the Great Nature Watch app, and you can look at the
:24:01. > :24:05.different plants and animals you can find along the canal. We want people
:24:06. > :24:08.to record them and tell us what they have seen when they come out for the
:24:09. > :24:11.day. Information from the survey will help the Trust to improve the
:24:12. > :24:24.habitats of plants, animals and insects found along our waterways.
:24:25. > :24:28.Beautiful. The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed those pieces
:24:29. > :24:33.were not filmed today, because it was a bit grey. Underwhelming, as we
:24:34. > :24:37.said at lunchtime. Are things going to improve? It is nice to start off
:24:38. > :24:38.with sunshine but it did change through the daytime and
:24:39. > :24:40.with sunshine but it did change through the daytime we had a weak
:24:41. > :24:46.weather front with us. If you just take a look a bit further ahead to
:24:47. > :24:49.the coming weekend, if you have plans, and you would like to do
:24:50. > :24:51.anything outdoors, the first couple of days, Good Friday and Saturday
:24:52. > :24:55.will be the better days of the weekend. Remaining fine and dry with
:24:56. > :24:59.some sunshine. As we head towards Easter Day and Easter Monday, there
:25:00. > :25:03.is the likelihood of a fair bit of rain coming in. We have had our week
:25:04. > :25:08.weather front sinking southwards throughout today, losing the lovely
:25:09. > :25:11.clear skies first thing. It was the king of times to produce the odd
:25:12. > :25:16.spot or two of rain but it has been a weakening front and it is starting
:25:17. > :25:19.to pull away towards south. The skies have started to clear across
:25:20. > :25:23.northern parts of the country. We will start to see the temperatures
:25:24. > :25:27.dropping as well, turning into a chilly night tonight. Temperatures
:25:28. > :25:32.in the towns and cities around 3`4 Celsius. In rural areas, just above
:25:33. > :25:36.freezing. There is the chance of a slight grass frost starting to form.
:25:37. > :25:41.We will start off with quite a bit of sunshine tomorrow morning. And I
:25:42. > :25:46.stay in store for Good Friday. One thing you need to bear in mind, a
:25:47. > :25:51.bit of cloud in the afternoon, a north`easterly breeze and that will
:25:52. > :25:54.make it feel that bit cooler across the East Midlands. Daytime
:25:55. > :26:00.temperatures down by about 2`3 degrees compared to most of this
:26:01. > :26:06.week. 12 Celsius is the maximum for Good Friday. Temperatures start to
:26:07. > :26:11.pick up on Saturday. Around 14 Celsius. But there is going to be a
:26:12. > :26:15.fair bit of cloud with us and the cloud increases further into the
:26:16. > :26:18.afternoon. Maybe a bit of brightness around. That will make it feel
:26:19. > :26:23.slightly cooler still, despite the fact it is a dry day. For Easter
:26:24. > :26:28.Day, if you are planning an Easter egg hunts, try to get the eggs
:26:29. > :26:34.outdoors for the kids, it will turn wet. This is 11am. It is always to
:26:35. > :26:38.`` it is always dangerous to say that because it is subject to
:26:39. > :26:43.change. It is going to produce some heavy rainfall through Easter day.
:26:44. > :26:47.Partly on Easter Monday as well. We might see brightness, although it
:26:48. > :26:53.will stay showery at times. Make the most of the first half. And Easter
:26:54. > :27:00.egg hunts inside as well as outside, for safety. The earthquake, Zak has
:27:01. > :27:03.said I have just seen your report on the earthquake in oak and
:27:04. > :27:09.surrounding areas. In Spain, where I live, we get stronger than that
:27:10. > :27:14.10`15 times a year. Impressive that you are watching us from Spain! Have
:27:15. > :27:17.a great bank holiday weekend. See you later. Goodbye.