:00:00. > :00:13.deliver better programmes? That s all from us. A
:00:14. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:17. > :00:21.The unions claimed a million workers walked out across the UK.
:00:22. > :00:24.The Government claimed most public sector staff reported for work
:00:25. > :00:29.But whatever the actual figtres schools, the fire brigade and other
:00:30. > :00:33.services across the East Midlands were disrupted today by one of the
:00:34. > :00:44.Here is a round`up from our Political Editor John Hdss.
:00:45. > :00:47.Library worker Rosie, from Nottinghamshire has lost
:00:48. > :00:51.She regrets that, but then she has already lost
:00:52. > :00:54.a big chunk of her salary because of council budget ctts.
:00:55. > :00:57.That is why she joined todax's national strike
:00:58. > :01:07.I went from 37 hours just down to 19 at the time.
:01:08. > :01:10.So, you know, my wages have been greatly reduced
:01:11. > :01:14.and I have a nine year`old at the moment and it is difficult
:01:15. > :01:17.sometimes to try to make thd money stretch until the end of thd month.
:01:18. > :01:20.Teachers, civil servants, and council care workers also backed
:01:21. > :01:27.There was a similar big turnout in Leicester.
:01:28. > :01:30.Fire Crews, angered over the raising of their retirelent age,
:01:31. > :01:35.We are making a stand along with other public services
:01:36. > :01:41.In Derby, while public servhce workers gathered for a rallx, fire
:01:42. > :01:44.reservists covering for strhking full time crews were called to a
:01:45. > :01:50.school. A fire had broken ott in the roof. No one was hurt.
:01:51. > :01:56.There was a similar incident in Leicestershire.
:01:57. > :01:58.This is what trade union solidarity looks like.
:01:59. > :02:02.It is a show of strength but will it change the mindset of the government
:02:03. > :02:06.on public service pay, condhtions and austerity budget cuts?
:02:07. > :02:09.I think they are wrong and it will affect services and it
:02:10. > :02:12.will affect people who have nothing to do with the dispute whatsoever.
:02:13. > :02:16.I also think they are wrong because some of them are based on b`llots
:02:17. > :02:20.With a very small percentagd of people actually voting
:02:21. > :02:25.I personally would not want to see more strikes because these workers
:02:26. > :02:30.are sacrificing a day's pay and that is because some of these people are
:02:31. > :02:37.With the government talking about another four years
:02:38. > :02:40.of public sector pay cuts, there may be further stoppages between now
:02:41. > :02:49.The national rehabilitation centre for injured soldiers is
:02:50. > :02:53.The Ministry of Defence says new facilithes
:02:54. > :02:56.at Stanford Hall near Loughborough will open within the next four years
:02:57. > :03:00.They will replace the outdated centre for seriously injured
:03:01. > :03:09.If we start to get a conflict that delivers casualties in the future,
:03:10. > :03:12.we have a state`of`the`art place to treat them so we will need to think
:03:13. > :03:15.seriously about how we retahn the skills that we have learned
:03:16. > :03:19.tragically, over the past fdw years with the levels of complex trauma
:03:20. > :03:23.that we have had and the levels of head injury trauma that we have had.
:03:24. > :03:26.Figures show 13 people have been fined for hogging the middld lanes
:03:27. > :03:30.The new powers to levy fines were granted to
:03:31. > :03:38.Officers can hand out on the spot penalties of up to ?10 .
:03:39. > :03:40.It has been a day of Royal celebrations across Derbyshhre
:03:41. > :03:43.Thousands of people lined the streets to welcome the Pueen
:03:44. > :03:47.The Royal couple arrived at Matlock this morning, before moving
:03:48. > :03:54.The sun shone for the thous`nds who thronged to Derbyshire waithng, for
:03:55. > :04:03.Accompanied by Prince Philip, she arrived not by Royal tr`in,
:04:04. > :04:14.It has been 22 years since the Queen has been to Matlock.
:04:15. > :04:17.The crowds made sure it would be a visit which would not be
:04:18. > :04:23.Many of them were lucky enough to share
:04:24. > :04:30.Our daughter was playing in the music ensemble so we would
:04:31. > :04:33.not have missed this day for all the earth.
:04:34. > :04:36.We only saw the turquoise bobbing hat from where we were,
:04:37. > :04:41.I'm just really excited to see the Queen
:04:42. > :04:45.After Matlock, it was into the royal car and they visited
:04:46. > :04:53.It was granted the royal se`l of approval two years ago.
:04:54. > :04:59.Local children sung to her before she met some of the
:05:00. > :05:08.Then it was onto sun`drenchdd Chatsworth House,
:05:09. > :05:12.where hundreds upon hundreds of well`wishers had arrived hours
:05:13. > :05:16.earlier to make sure they h`d secured a spot to see the Qteen
:05:17. > :05:20.Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh slowly worked
:05:21. > :05:25.their way through the crowds which lined the route to thd house.
:05:26. > :05:28.They were then introduced to local food and drink producers who
:05:29. > :05:32.presented the couple with a hamper of Derbyshire's finest
:05:33. > :05:35.She spent a long time looking at all of this didn't she?
:05:36. > :05:38.His Royal Highness was obviously very keen on some
:05:39. > :05:41.of the products and asked a lot of questions and spoke to us
:05:42. > :05:47.She asked if she would be able to fit it in her helicopter to take it
:05:48. > :05:50.home, so we all had quite a giggle with her, to be honest
:05:51. > :05:53.It was a memorable experience for many who came here.
:05:54. > :05:56.It was amazing and she looked beautiful.
:05:57. > :06:05.It has been amazing, I have never seen the Queen before
:06:06. > :06:09.She is quite smaller than I actually thought she would be.
:06:10. > :06:18.The crowds stayed to wave her goodbye, all in agreement there
:06:19. > :06:31.That is your news. So, it is goodbye from me, but with your weather now,
:06:32. > :06:44.Wheat were lucky to do in the rain stayed to the east. If you're
:06:45. > :06:50.heading down any of the rem`ining days it is looking to bad. There is
:06:51. > :06:55.the potential for a few showers on Sunday. The noun there is that rain
:06:56. > :07:05.which has been setting to the east of us all day. For the rest of us,
:07:06. > :07:11.just a gradual increase in cloud and a few spots of rain pushing end
:07:12. > :07:15.Temperatures of 13 degrees. Tomorrow morning the weather front moves
:07:16. > :07:21.westwards. There are the potential for a few spots of rain. For most of
:07:22. > :07:25.us it will remain dry. Their cloud should spend a little bit. `` the
:07:26. > :07:32.cloud should then a little bit. Hot 20s. The weekend - dry on Saturday.
:07:33. > :07:44.Sunday, showers. Is Good evening. We had stark contrasts
:07:45. > :07:50.in our weather today for most of us we had sunshine and it was warm 25
:07:51. > :07:57.in Glasgow, 27 Attlee on Solent Just 14 under this cloud back. We've
:07:58. > :08:01.had quite a brisk breeze and torrential rain at times.
:08:02. > :08:08.Thunderstorms across East Anglia, Essex and Kent. Parts of London
:08:09. > :08:12.That's meandering at the moment It is edging into Lincolnshire, parts
:08:13. > :08:16.of Yorkshire. It is going to bring further downpours throughout the
:08:17. > :08:22.evening. Nasty conditions on the roads with spray and warm. Elsewhere
:08:23. > :08:27.bar the odd shower, a drier, clearer night. Mist and fog around. A chilly
:08:28. > :08:33.in the Scottish glens. Fog for the East Coast. Sea fog could plague
:08:34. > :08:41.eastern areas tomorrow. More cloud as the rain slowly eases away. It is
:08:42. > :08:42.quite dry, but by the end of tomorrow, the rain for the weekend