:00:13. > :00:16.With your news now for the Dast Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:17. > :00:18.A clergyman's spoken for the first time about being
:00:19. > :00:21.effectively blocked from taking up a promotion.
:00:22. > :00:24.Jeremy Pemberton from Nottinghamshire was refused
:00:25. > :00:26.a licence to become Chaplain for Kingsmill Hospital
:00:27. > :00:28.after he became the first ordained minister to marry
:00:29. > :00:32.his same`sex partner, earlidr this year.
:00:33. > :00:37.Canon Jeremy Pemberton knows gay marriage is a divisive issud
:00:38. > :00:42.But when he decided to make that commitment to his long`term partner,
:00:43. > :00:46.he didn't realise how costlx it would prove to be.
:00:47. > :00:49.But it is a decision that he stands bx.
:00:50. > :00:52.My decision to marry Laurence was a personal, conscientious,
:00:53. > :00:58.moral decision, to do something that was completely legal.
:00:59. > :01:07.Canon Pemberton is the Deputy Senior Chaplain for
:01:08. > :01:12.He recently secured promotion at Kingsmill Hospital but hd was
:01:13. > :01:18.Do you think you have been treated fairly?
:01:19. > :01:20.This bishop has refused to give me a licence.
:01:21. > :01:25.That's not equal treatment `nd I don't think it's fair, no.
:01:26. > :01:27.There has been no process, nobody has laid a complaint
:01:28. > :01:30.against me, I've not been ptt through any form of disciplhnary
:01:31. > :01:36.In a statement, the acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham,
:01:37. > :01:39.the Right Rev Richard Inwood, has said it would not be appropriate
:01:40. > :01:44.conduct for someone in holy orders to enter into same`sex marrhage
:01:45. > :01:47.In light of pastoral guidance and for reasons of consistency,
:01:48. > :01:52.he says he is unable to isste a licence for Jeremy Pemberton.
:01:53. > :01:53.Gay marriage remains a highly controversial subjdct
:01:54. > :02:04.But Canon Pemberton says getting married was the right thing to do.
:02:05. > :02:07.Another 2,000 jobs could go at Derbyshire County Council.
:02:08. > :02:10.Councillors will meet this week to discuss huge budget cuts,
:02:11. > :02:19.and they warn they're having to "think the unthinkable".
:02:20. > :02:28.Is a say to discuss cut by ` third, school crossing patrols will be one
:02:29. > :02:36.of many targets. Scrapping wardens next year would save ?600,000. It
:02:37. > :02:41.could have consequences for road safety. It is dangerous, but the
:02:42. > :02:44.whole budget for school crossing patrol in Derbyshire is one of the
:02:45. > :02:50.areas earmarked for reduced funding. Other potential savings include
:02:51. > :02:54.cutting grants to voluntary and community groups, gritting fewer
:02:55. > :02:58.roads and ending discount travel for 11 to 19`year`olds. Up to 20 feature
:02:59. > :03:02.audience centres for the under fives could also be closed. The bhggest
:03:03. > :03:07.cuts could be made to funding the social care, hitting people
:03:08. > :03:11.receiving support live at home or in residential homes. I think ht would
:03:12. > :03:16.be a scenario about heating and eating. Can they afford to put on
:03:17. > :03:19.central heating this winter? The council says it has already used
:03:20. > :03:24.money from reserves to prop up services and wants to raise cash by
:03:25. > :03:27.selling off more than ?20 mhllion of assets over next three years.
:03:28. > :03:29.A special football match was held near Nottingham earlier
:03:30. > :03:32.today to help youngsters avoid getting involved in gangs.
:03:33. > :03:34.The names of dozens of youngsters killed
:03:35. > :03:36.in gang`related violence were read out before the match, among them
:03:37. > :03:39.Antoin Akpom, murdered in Ldicester and Eugene Bergan, stabbed to death
:03:40. > :03:45.The game, organised by Real United, saw the club play alongside former
:03:46. > :03:52.Notts County and Nottingham Forest Players.
:03:53. > :04:02.It is a purpose, the event, it is something that boys are intdrested
:04:03. > :04:07.in, getting out and kicking a ball. Instead of working up and down the
:04:08. > :04:09.road `` walking, going into a shed and thinking, what can I pinch to
:04:10. > :04:12.sell? Let's see what the weather's
:04:13. > :04:14.planning. Sara has your fordcast. We have finally started to lose
:04:15. > :04:20.the crowd that was with us for a good percentage of
:04:21. > :04:23.the day across the East Midlands. And it is going to be a dry night,
:04:24. > :04:26.it will certainly be a cooler night as well, temperatures
:04:27. > :04:29.dropping to a minimum of around A fine start to Monday,
:04:30. > :04:33.a little bit of sunshine in the early morning, but it's gradually
:04:34. > :04:36.going to change into the afternoon. We start to see the cloud
:04:37. > :04:38.increasing, then there will be small amounts of patchy, light rahn
:04:39. > :04:41.as well arriving for the evdning. But a warm day,
:04:42. > :04:43.temperatures reaching reachhng And we are going to start to see
:04:44. > :04:47.the return of that hot and humid weather as well,
:04:48. > :04:50.as we progress throughout the week. Turning very hot
:04:51. > :04:52.by the time we get to Thursday. More from us in BBC Breakfast
:04:53. > :04:54.from 6:00. For now, from me
:04:55. > :05:18.and the weekend team, good night. Good evening. A fine night ahead. A
:05:19. > :05:22.few showers are lingering across eastern England and eastern
:05:23. > :05:26.Scotland. They should fade away into the small hours. There will be clear
:05:27. > :05:31.skies and it will be a fresher night and last night. Temperatures will
:05:32. > :05:35.slide down into the mid-teens and lower. A decent start to the new
:05:36. > :05:36.week. The emphasis