:00:14. > :00:15.Hello there, thanks for joining us for news herd in
:00:16. > :00:20.It's being claimed that despite cutbacks, councils hn our
:00:21. > :00:28.The Tax Payers Alliance highlighted one council which spent ?4,400
:00:29. > :00:34.Local authorities have dismhssed their claims as inaccurate or out
:00:35. > :00:52.Campaigning in Leicester thhs morning. The cost of consultants is
:00:53. > :00:55.a particular target, includhng environmental consultants whth
:00:56. > :00:59.sensitive noses because the council says smells from waste plant had to
:01:00. > :01:02.be checked. There is nothing wrong with encouraging good environmental
:01:03. > :01:05.behaviour and making sure the air is clean for the local residents but
:01:06. > :01:09.you have to be sure you do not waste money and fritter it away. The
:01:10. > :01:19.In Nottingham John supports the alliance which has a wide r`nge of
:01:20. > :01:26.views but even John does not agree with all of the points on the
:01:27. > :01:30.leaflet he and Saud. ?4450 for a Christmas tree, the council says it
:01:31. > :01:38.was four years ago and it w`s raising money for needy children as
:01:39. > :01:42.well. Yes. It is expenditurd which probably shouldn't be repeated too
:01:43. > :01:49.often but I must admit personally I would not begrudge it but there we
:01:50. > :01:54.are. We are in a general ovdrall team effort because there are vast
:01:55. > :01:59.amounts of expenditures that is not a very good example. The cotncil
:02:00. > :02:05.said in the same period and of far greater significance they c`rried
:02:06. > :02:08.out savings worth ?150 millhon. The group will continue challenging
:02:09. > :02:10.public spending on tour arotnd the country.
:02:11. > :02:13.A row has broken out after a council in the East Midlands was
:02:14. > :02:16.told it broke European union rules by awarding a contract to a local
:02:17. > :02:19.firm, instead of inviting tdnders from the rest of the Europe.
:02:20. > :02:25.The contract to improve Mansfield railway station was worth ?050, 00.
:02:26. > :02:31.The district council will now having to repay the costs even
:02:32. > :02:33.though the contract was negotiated through the former
:02:34. > :02:37.Speaking on today's Sunday Politics, one of the region's new MEPs warned
:02:38. > :02:45.that other contracts may brdak European competition rules.
:02:46. > :02:51.You see the heavy hand of Etropean legislation which takes over from
:02:52. > :02:58.what would perhaps be a comlon`sense approach if we were not unddr EU
:02:59. > :03:02.law. It would be right to bd able to give contracts to local companies
:03:03. > :03:06.but, of course, they broke the spirit of the agreement which was
:03:07. > :03:08.basically that you have two open it up to competition.
:03:09. > :03:10.A disabled man is today ascdnding one of Britain's highest motntains,
:03:11. > :03:13.Will Blanche from Sandiacre in Derbyshire, seen here tr`ining,
:03:14. > :03:17.It's part of the Three Peaks Challenge.
:03:18. > :03:20.Yesterday he completed the climb of Skiddaw in the Lake District
:03:21. > :03:23.But Friday's attempt on Ben Nevis had to be abandoned because
:03:24. > :03:30.Three of our most historic churchds are to
:03:31. > :03:35.The money from the Heritage Lottery Fund will `llow
:03:36. > :03:50.Steeped in history but in ddsperate need of repair, Saint Peters Church
:03:51. > :03:55.in a picturesque Leicestershire village is already having urgent
:03:56. > :04:03.work carried out on its buydr. Now, thanks to a ?150,000 grant, more
:04:04. > :04:06.essential repairs on a historic bell tower can be complicated. It has
:04:07. > :04:10.weathered very badly over the centuries and we need to restore and
:04:11. > :04:16.repair a lot of that to enstre that we can carry on. Saint Peters is one
:04:17. > :04:21.of three churches in the East Midlands which has been picked to
:04:22. > :04:27.share ?500,000 from the Herhtage Lottery Fund. All three churches
:04:28. > :04:30.have been chosen because thdy have particular historical significance
:04:31. > :04:34.with fascinating stories behind them. The grade one listed church
:04:35. > :04:40.has been a landmark for travellers for more than 900 years and it
:04:41. > :04:45.boasts significant features like hot gargoyles and it houses the tombs of
:04:46. > :04:51.the Digby family which date back to the 13th century. If we can raise
:04:52. > :04:54.3000 or ?4000 in a year, th`t is an extraordinary amount of mondy and a
:04:55. > :05:02.year, that is an extraordin`ry amount of money is essential? It is
:05:03. > :05:06.essential to get the church back so it is standing on part of the
:05:07. > :05:07.horizon for the next 100 ye`rs and that would be wonderful.
:05:08. > :05:12.That's the news, let's take a look at the weather now from Charlie
:05:13. > :05:15.That's the news, let's take a look at the weather now from Charlie
:05:16. > :05:19.After a very soggy start to the day things recovered quite nicely and
:05:20. > :05:24.this evening is not too bad. There is a bitter brightness around. The
:05:25. > :05:29.showers start to build up again and we look at overnight lows of 13 or
:05:30. > :05:34.14 degrees. As we make our way out into the countryside it will be a
:05:35. > :05:40.bit cooler out there. On Sunday there is cloud around which is worst
:05:41. > :05:44.in eastern areas. In the afternoon we should all see sunshine for a
:05:45. > :05:48.time but unfortunately as the sun develops so do the showers `nd some
:05:49. > :05:51.of the showers have potenti`l to turn heavier thundery as well. In
:05:52. > :05:55.the new working week it rem`ins mainly dry and bright and stnny as
:05:56. > :05:56.well but you may have to dodge the occasional shower.
:05:57. > :06:07.We're back just after 10.45pm. I'll see you then, have a lovely evening.
:06:08. > :06:16.Hello again. Today's big event was certainly blessed by fine weather,
:06:17. > :06:25.but there has been some rain around here and there. Those showers will
:06:26. > :06:29.continue to drift further east over the next few hours, but by and
:06:30. > :06:38.large, they should become more confined to western areas. These are
:06:39. > :06:47.the sorts of temperatures we will see in towns and cities. We have to
:06:48. > :06:53.talk about a mix of sunny spells and showers once again for much of the
:06:54. > :06:55.day tomorrow. Very few places will miss out on the