13/07/2014 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the Dast Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

A clergyman's spoken for the first time about being

effectively blocked from taking up a promotion.

Jeremy Pemberton from Nottinghamshire was refused

a licence to become Chaplain for Kingsmill Hospital

after he became the first ordained minister to marry

his same`sex partner, earlidr this year.

Canon Jeremy Pemberton knows gay marriage is a divisive issud

But when he decided to make that commitment to his long`term partner,

he didn't realise how costlx it would prove to be.

But it is a decision that he stands bx.

My decision to marry Laurence was a personal, conscientious,

moral decision, to do something that was completely legal.

Canon Pemberton is the Deputy Senior Chaplain for

He recently secured promotion at Kingsmill Hospital but hd was

Do you think you have been treated fairly?

This bishop has refused to give me a licence.

That's not equal treatment `nd I don't think it's fair, no.

There has been no process, nobody has laid a complaint

against me, I've not been ptt through any form of disciplhnary

In a statement, the acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham,

the Right Rev Richard Inwood, has said it would not be appropriate

conduct for someone in holy orders to enter into same`sex marrhage

In light of pastoral guidance and for reasons of consistency,

he says he is unable to isste a licence for Jeremy Pemberton.

Gay marriage remains a highly controversial subjdct

But Canon Pemberton says getting married was the right thing to do.

Another 2,000 jobs could go at Derbyshire County Council.

Councillors will meet this week to discuss huge budget cuts,

and they warn they're having to "think the unthinkable".

Is a say to discuss cut by ` third, school crossing patrols will be one

of many targets. Scrapping wardens next year would save ?600,000. It

could have consequences for road safety. It is dangerous, but the

whole budget for school crossing patrol in Derbyshire is one of the

areas earmarked for reduced funding. Other potential savings include

cutting grants to voluntary and community groups, gritting fewer

roads and ending discount travel for 11 to 19`year`olds. Up to 20 feature

audience centres for the under fives could also be closed. The bhggest

cuts could be made to funding the social care, hitting people

receiving support live at home or in residential homes. I think ht would

be a scenario about heating and eating. Can they afford to put on

central heating this winter? The council says it has already used

money from reserves to prop up services and wants to raise cash by

selling off more than ?20 mhllion of assets over next three years.

A special football match was held near Nottingham earlier

today to help youngsters avoid getting involved in gangs.

The names of dozens of youngsters killed

in gang`related violence were read out before the match, among them

Antoin Akpom, murdered in Ldicester and Eugene Bergan, stabbed to death

The game, organised by Real United, saw the club play alongside former

Notts County and Nottingham Forest Players.

It is a purpose, the event, it is something that boys are intdrested

in, getting out and kicking a ball. Instead of working up and down the

road `` walking, going into a shed and thinking, what can I pinch to

sell? Let's see what the weather's

planning. Sara has your fordcast. We have finally started to lose

the crowd that was with us for a good percentage of

the day across the East Midlands. And it is going to be a dry night,

it will certainly be a cooler night as well, temperatures

dropping to a minimum of around A fine start to Monday,

a little bit of sunshine in the early morning, but it's gradually

going to change into the afternoon. We start to see the cloud

increasing, then there will be small amounts of patchy, light rahn

as well arriving for the evdning. But a warm day,

temperatures reaching reachhng And we are going to start to see

the return of that hot and humid weather as well,

as we progress throughout the week. Turning very hot

by the time we get to Thursday. More from us in BBC Breakfast

from 6:00. For now, from me

and the weekend team, good night. Good evening. A fine night ahead. A

few showers are lingering across eastern England and eastern

Scotland. They should fade away into the small hours. There will be clear

skies and it will be a fresher night and last night. Temperatures will

slide down into the mid-teens and lower. A decent start to the new

week. The emphasis