:00:13. > :00:19.A prison campaign group is warning about increasing suicides, `ssaults
:00:20. > :00:23.and riots in East Midlands prisons, due to a cut in officer numbers
:00:24. > :00:25.The Howard League for Penal Reform claims government figures show
:00:26. > :00:30.between 2010 and 2013 the ntmber of officer grade staff dropped
:00:31. > :00:34.from 2,800 to just over 1,800 in our region.
:00:35. > :00:36.The organisation says action needs to be taken to reduce violence
:00:37. > :00:41.The government responded th`t the figures don't compare lhke for
:00:42. > :00:50.Hundreds of people gathered at a music festival
:00:51. > :00:54.The event, called Disabilitx Rocks, is the first of its kind
:00:55. > :00:56.in the East Midlands and more have now been promhsed
:00:57. > :01:03.Carolyn Moses reports from Kibworth in Leicestershire.
:01:04. > :01:13.In this barn disability really does rock. In the form of ten ye`r`old
:01:14. > :01:18.Alfie who has autism. This hs a place where fans can enjoy live
:01:19. > :01:23.music. The idea was set up by Richard Sutton whose son Max has a
:01:24. > :01:31.red disability himself. A lot of people who have a wide rangd of
:01:32. > :01:35.additional needs struggle to experience live entertainment. So we
:01:36. > :01:41.came up with our own. They are banging the drum in the
:01:42. > :01:45.East Midlands. And thanks to an army of volunteers, everyone's dhffering
:01:46. > :01:53.needs can be catered for so they can concentrate on having fun. Ht is
:01:54. > :01:58.fantastic because there is nothing like this in the East Midlands
:01:59. > :02:02.area. When you have a disabled child you are always struggling to get
:02:03. > :02:09.into places, people staring, and here you can do what you want.
:02:10. > :02:15.The prediction for the future? More events like this. People ard
:02:16. > :02:20.starting to understand that there is this need, and hopefully th`t means
:02:21. > :02:23.there will be more across the country and in lots of diffdrent
:02:24. > :02:29.communities. We are hopefully just starting the ball rolling.
:02:30. > :02:31.With Nottinghamshire's last deep coal mine closing next year, mining
:02:32. > :02:36.But a group of former miners from Bilsthorpe have joined forces
:02:37. > :02:38.and put together an exhibithon to preserve mining's past.
:02:39. > :02:51.Once a proud industry, mining is all but consigned to the historx books
:02:52. > :02:57.in Nottinghamshire. Eric Purdy was a miner in Bilsthorpe for over 40
:02:58. > :03:02.years. When the pit closed, he and his friends started a collection
:03:03. > :03:09.about life in a coal mine. We started this off in 1997, collecting
:03:10. > :03:15.different items when it was closing down, and it has built up into a
:03:16. > :03:19.proper committee. This is where we are today.
:03:20. > :03:24.The Bilsthorpe Heritage Musdum has just opened at the back of the
:03:25. > :03:27.village hall. It houses memorabilia from Nottinghamshire's mining
:03:28. > :03:31.industry and gives people a real taste of the conditions mindrs
:03:32. > :03:39.worked been. The children of today do not realise the suffering that
:03:40. > :03:41.men went through, deaths, injuries, it was phenomenal.
:03:42. > :03:45.With the imminent closure of Nottinghamshire's last you coal mine
:03:46. > :03:47.it is exhibitions like this that are crucial in maintaining our lining
:03:48. > :03:53.heritage for future generathons A council`owned listed building
:03:54. > :03:55.could be made into a hotel Rushcliffe Borough Council has
:03:56. > :03:59.owned Bridgford Hall since 0923 It's bidding for ?2.5 million
:04:00. > :04:03.from the Heritage Lottery Ftnd. If it's converted, the hall would be
:04:04. > :04:22.leased to a private hotel operator. Good evening. It has been a very hot
:04:23. > :04:25.and humid day. We are starthng to see the first signs of a band of
:04:26. > :04:29.heavy rain coming in, so a weather warning is in force because this
:04:30. > :04:35.rain could be very heavy and thundery. Overnight and into the
:04:36. > :04:38.early hours there is the potential for localised flooding. It becomes a
:04:39. > :04:44.little bit lighter through the early part of tomorrow morning, btt
:04:45. > :04:48.averages overnight no lower than 16 sources. That rain still quhte heavy
:04:49. > :04:53.and possibly thundery during the early part of the morning, writer
:04:54. > :04:59.spells following afterwards. `` brighter spells. But it shotld be a
:05:00. > :05:15.fresher day. Good evening.
:05:16. > :05:21.We are seeing thunderstorms developing. Some of these will stay
:05:22. > :05:26.with us well on into the evening to be replaced with outbreaks of rain
:05:27. > :05:29.later in the night. The rain we had heading into western Scotland and
:05:30. > :05:35.Northern Ireland and spreading east across the UK. There are some
:05:36. > :05:40.heavier bursts. Coast and hill fog around and a warm muggy night to
:05:41. > :05:45.come. Tomorrow we start with cloud. Damp in places. Many of us will see
:05:46. > :05:51.brighter skies arrive. There will be showers around. Light ones for Wales
:05:52. > :05:53.West earn England. Through the morning sunny spells will develop.