:00:07. > :00:50.The levy bar owners in Notthngham up and was grass UKIP was getthng a lot
:00:51. > :00:58.of support in two of the I will be meeting these two.
:00:59. > :01:10.They have one of Britain'smarriages.
:01:11. > :01:12.Good evening and welcome to Monday's programme.
:01:13. > :01:15.First tonight ` hundreds of bars and clubs in Nottingham will now have to
:01:16. > :01:18.pay a levy of up to ?4,500 to help pay for late`night policing.
:01:19. > :01:21.The City Council passed the measure today, saying it's not right that
:01:22. > :01:26.But owners say it's an unfahr tax and could lead to more violdnce
:01:27. > :01:28.Our chief news reporter Quentin Rayner is at one of
:01:29. > :01:42.First it was Newcastle, now it's Nottingham which has to pay the
:01:43. > :01:44.late`night levy. I'm at Fothergills just by
:01:45. > :01:50.Nottingham Castle. It's a b`r which also serves bistro`style food.
:01:51. > :01:54.From November it faces an EXTRA potential charge
:01:55. > :01:57.because of the levy. We'll be hearing from the owner in a
:01:58. > :02:04.moment, but first this is why it's being imposed in the city.
:02:05. > :02:31.Today on a Saturday night up to 40,000 revellers taxpayers have to
:02:32. > :02:37.pay the by bars the levy wotld play the the charge would be up to ? 500
:02:38. > :02:50.a year, depending on how much the business relies on the sale of
:02:51. > :03:04.alcohol premises such as thdatres, cinemas and bingo halls runs a bar
:03:05. > :03:38.in the city centre and is also the levy is an unfair tax on no bars
:03:39. > :03:40.will close so there will thd levy comes into force in November and has
:03:41. > :03:44.been Let's talk to Chris Bulaitis,
:03:45. > :04:01.the managing director of welcomed what effect will bd levy
:04:02. > :04:32.have paying around ?2500 extra, for no reason. We don't cause any
:04:33. > :04:41.problems, we pay our to the community
:04:42. > :04:47.You've been getting in touch with us via social media. These are a
:04:48. > :05:19.flavour of your comments: Apparently, almost a third of
:05:20. > :05:25.Nottingham's violent crime takes place in and around the citx
:05:26. > :05:26.centre, it will be interesthng once this makes a difference to that
:05:27. > :05:35.statistic. Rolls Royce is to supply engines for
:05:36. > :05:38.a new Airbus passenger aircraft but it hasn't decided if thd engine
:05:39. > :05:41.will be built in Derby. Rolls Royce says Airbus is to buy
:05:42. > :05:44.the new Trent seven thousand, which will have its first test run next
:05:45. > :05:52.year. The engine will be usdd in the Airbus A`330 neo and is
:05:53. > :05:57.expected to go into service in 2017. It's hoped a decision will be
:05:58. > :06:00.made soon about whether the engine Firefighters in the East Midlands
:06:01. > :06:04.are taking part in eight consecutive days of strike action from today.
:06:05. > :06:10.It's part of a long running dispute over pensions and working
:06:11. > :06:12.conditions. Strike times will vary, but will mostly be from 6am to am
:06:13. > :06:16.and for another two hours bdtween 5 and 7 in the evenings. The
:06:17. > :06:32.government says the industrhal Still to come, the giant floral
:06:33. > :06:46.displays will will be making a big impression in Glasgow.
:06:47. > :06:48.Next, coincidence or conspiracy ` was grass cutting carried ott
:06:49. > :06:51.in parts of Derby to help sdcure local election results?
:06:52. > :06:53.A BBC Freedom of Information request has revealed
:06:54. > :06:56.that grass cutting was carrhed out in four marginal wards in the city,
:06:57. > :06:59.shortly before the election, allegedly to make those Labour`held
:07:00. > :07:17.What could be more innocent than grass verges? Not according to some
:07:18. > :07:20.quarters in Derby. Today on BBC radio Derby the political
:07:21. > :07:27.correspondent was explaining how after the elections claims were put
:07:28. > :07:31.to him that grass verges had then cut before the election in some
:07:32. > :07:38.marginal Labour boards to m`ke them look more attractive. What the wards
:07:39. > :07:42.have in common is that they were held by Labour before the election
:07:43. > :07:47.and were very much wanted to be won by UKIP. While the Conservatives
:07:48. > :07:55.told Chris Doidge that they were unsure anything untoward had taken
:07:56. > :08:00.place, UKIP told us this. UKIP had some target wards. When polhtical
:08:01. > :08:05.parties canvas they realise that support does go in certain ways and
:08:06. > :08:12.it was clear that UKIP was getting significant ward Waring support in
:08:13. > :08:20.two of the wards where this grass cutting took place. We attelpted to
:08:21. > :08:24.contact the Labour Council but without success. But the City
:08:25. > :08:44.Council did sent us this st`tement. We asked voters in Galveston the
:08:45. > :08:50.$64,000 question. Where you influenced by whether the grass had
:08:51. > :08:56.been cut on the verges? No. Not really. I voted UKIP, I thotght it
:08:57. > :09:02.was the best one. Ken Clarke steps down
:09:03. > :09:04.as a Government minister after more than 40 years
:09:05. > :09:06.in front`line politics as D`vid Ken Clarke has gone `
:09:07. > :09:14.which other Conservative MPs from the East Midlands can dxpect
:09:15. > :09:19.a call from the Prime Minister? Our Political Editor John Hdss is
:09:20. > :09:24.in Downing Street for us tonight. Well, Ken Clarke is one
:09:25. > :09:26.of the so`called political Big Ken Clarke celebrated
:09:27. > :09:40.his 74th birthday the other week. And he dropped a heavy hint
:09:41. > :09:43.at a House of Commons dinner that his Cabinet
:09:44. > :09:46.days may be coming to an end. After the last general election he
:09:47. > :09:50.returned to the Cabinet table when David Cameron appointed him as Lord
:09:51. > :09:53.Chancellor and Justice Secrdtary. In the last reshuffle in 2002, he
:09:54. > :09:56.remained in the Cabinet but without Even David Cameron acknowledges
:09:57. > :10:20.a lack of women in his cabinet. Ashfield's Labour MP Gloria De Piero
:10:21. > :10:22.today criticised the Prime Linister, saying there were more bald men
:10:23. > :10:25.in his cabinet than women. So some of our 2010 intake of female
:10:26. > :10:28.Tories ` Loughborough's Nicky Morgan and Broxtowe's Anna Soubry `
:10:29. > :10:31.may be hopeful for a call from Nicky Morgan is currently a Treasury
:10:32. > :10:35.minister and was allowed to attend Cabinet meetings when appointed
:10:36. > :10:37.Minister for Women early thhs year. The Loughborough MP is now being
:10:38. > :10:40.widely tipped to get a full Cabinet Could she become Britain's
:10:41. > :10:43.first female Defence Secret`ry? And how's this `
:10:44. > :10:48.could she replace Ken Clarkd Using that role to be
:10:49. > :10:52.the high profile spokeswoman But it may be Nicky Morgan who set
:10:53. > :10:59.the fastest pace for promothon. Like the Prime Minister,
:11:00. > :11:02.she enjoys her running. We'll start to get the detahls
:11:03. > :11:05.of David Cameron's ministerhal changes tomorrow and discovdr
:11:06. > :11:27.the team that he will take The Chamber of Commerce has recorded
:11:28. > :11:31.the best set of economic indicators for seven years.
:11:32. > :11:33.One company that handles waste and provides materials for the
:11:34. > :11:39.construction industry says their workload has doubled.
:11:40. > :11:43.When the construction industry is booming, so is this Nottingham
:11:44. > :11:49.`based recycling company. They take in lorry loads of waste gendrated by
:11:50. > :11:54.small builders right through to the big names. They are doing 200
:11:55. > :11:59.vehicle loads a day, double that of 2012. The boom in the construction
:12:00. > :12:06.industry has been fantastic for ours. There is a real confidence in
:12:07. > :12:10.the marketplace. The upturn is reaching many parts of our dconomy.
:12:11. > :12:16.The latest report to guide ts through the peaks and troughs is the
:12:17. > :12:20.quarterly economic survey from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshhre
:12:21. > :12:27.Chamber of Commerce. 57% of firms said sales were up, 35% said exports
:12:28. > :12:31.were on the rise and more than half were intending to recruit. The best
:12:32. > :12:37.set of indicators recorded hn the seven years they have been recording
:12:38. > :12:41.data. This company takes in waste plasterboard from all parts of the
:12:42. > :12:46.that will make a new product. 2 6 that will make a new product. 2 6
:12:47. > :12:53.people were killed that now they want more. We want more drivers in
:12:54. > :13:00.the business and no operatives as well. We are looking for
:13:01. > :13:08.approximately 10% more. This company has invested ?200,000 in new
:13:09. > :13:15.containers, saying they can't get them quickly enough.
:13:16. > :13:20.Staying with booming trade, and the first `` in the first of our made in
:13:21. > :13:24.the East Midlands series we meet a company where success is not all
:13:25. > :13:30.shaped. The manners family decided to have a
:13:31. > :13:42.go producing elderflower cordial for a commercial market.
:13:43. > :13:52.Beaver Fruit Farms is on thd verge of moving to a purpose`built
:13:53. > :13:58.factory. This is where it all started, our
:13:59. > :14:08.fruit farm field. This was pick your own and we grew fruit in thdre. Dad
:14:09. > :14:12.hit on the idea of making mtm's home`made elderflower cordi`l and
:14:13. > :14:26.now we have 80 acres of elddrflower is. `` elderflowers. These `re
:14:27. > :14:35.perfect for making the cordhal in. We mix sugar, lemon and elddrflower
:14:36. > :14:40.is and this is what you get. Our biggest export markets `re
:14:41. > :14:58.Japan, America, Canada, but we sell as far`away as career or New
:14:59. > :15:05.Zealand. `` career`macro. `` Korea. This one is going to the Czdch
:15:06. > :15:14.Republic. We have a customer who sell it to Starbucks and other
:15:15. > :15:21.companies in the Czech Republic 30 years ago this company produced
:15:22. > :15:27.500 wattles, this year it is forecast to make 20 million, with
:15:28. > :15:32.plans to expand further. These are the plans for a ?3 million
:15:33. > :15:38.factory which allows us to dxpand production is hugely, two about four
:15:39. > :15:44.times what we are doing now, hopefully up to around 100 lillion
:15:45. > :15:50.bottles in a few years' timd, if we can sell that! It is a huge gamble
:15:51. > :15:52.but it will be great becausd we can put the offices together and be in
:15:53. > :15:58.one place and have a proper headquarters. It is great bdcause it
:15:59. > :16:04.gives us the chance to grow and expand naturally, which is the way
:16:05. > :16:09.to go. Well done, then. Still to come, meet
:16:10. > :16:14.the couple who have been married for 80 years.
:16:15. > :16:20.Roland and Isabel grew up in Leicestershire and married hn 1 34.
:16:21. > :16:22.Now, to a Derbyshire firm that'll be making a big impression
:16:23. > :16:27.at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland over the next few weeks.
:16:28. > :16:30.Plantscape near Ashbourne are in the flowering tubs,
:16:31. > :16:43.But it's on a much larger scale than your average garden centre
:16:44. > :16:52.The Commonwealth games in Glasgow start on July 23rd. If you `re
:16:53. > :16:56.looking at the coverage on television and admiring the floral
:16:57. > :17:04.displays, you have a companx in Derby to thank. These three tiered
:17:05. > :17:09.flowerpots are enormous. Dozens of them will be planted around the
:17:10. > :17:16.street in Glasgow. They are all being driven to Scotland from
:17:17. > :17:20.Derbyshire on fleets of lorries We'll be taking 645 foot lorries up
:17:21. > :17:30.into the centre of Glasgow to deliver the plans you can sde here
:17:31. > :17:37.`` six, 45 foot lorries. Thdre is quite a lot to go up. Other
:17:38. > :17:45.customers normally include local councils, boosting civil prhde,
:17:46. > :17:51.councils and love brightening up the streets, it goes a bit quiet after
:17:52. > :17:57.Christmas, and from May onw`rds we do very well. It is the Comlonwealth
:17:58. > :18:02.games which is keeping his company busy at the moment. Because these
:18:03. > :18:09.tubs are going to Glasgow, they all come complete with a thistld. The
:18:10. > :18:16.weather is also notorious for being changeable north of the border,
:18:17. > :18:24.these will be able to cope. They have a special system where you can
:18:25. > :18:30.put water into the top and ht rolls down into the second tier and into a
:18:31. > :18:41.reservoir at the bottom. Thdy can last seven days without watdring. He
:18:42. > :18:48.didn't quite get the hang of that. We need something to look forward
:18:49. > :18:50.to, now the World Cup is ovdr. Yes, we are looking forward to that.
:18:51. > :18:53.First though, cricket. The Trent Bridge test
:18:54. > :18:55.between England and India ended in a draw, but spectators h`d
:18:56. > :18:59.a lot of fun in the sun, watching an extraordinary game, wherd some
:19:00. > :19:01.of the best batting came from bowlers and some of the top batsmen
:19:02. > :19:04.tried their hands at bowling. You heard of the body`line series,
:19:05. > :19:12.well this was the body`swap test. Like one of those Hollywood movies,
:19:13. > :19:14.where the main characters swap For James Anderson,
:19:15. > :19:18.a bowler in real life, ordinarily, He tried everything,
:19:19. > :19:22.but he only took a single whcket That followed the innings
:19:23. > :19:26.of his life, the highest evdr last All that after the Indians `lso
:19:27. > :19:36.had a century last wicket stand The England captain,
:19:37. > :19:39.wildly celebrating You would have thought he won the
:19:40. > :19:44.game insted of failing with the bat, but in this funny body`swap test,
:19:45. > :19:47.where everything was against the bowlers, batsman Alistair Cook did
:19:48. > :19:50.at least take his first test wicket. Earlier, we saw another Cook,
:19:51. > :19:54.letting This match had no balance,
:19:55. > :20:03.unless you mean Gary Ballance. Another batsman who has nevdr taken
:20:04. > :20:05.a test wicket, who was trying But they could have
:20:06. > :20:13.been off`balance. Lots of fun, but no result,
:20:14. > :20:16.and as Alistair Cook left Trent Bridge last night, was he
:20:17. > :20:19.signing autographs, or was he For BBC East Midlands Today,
:20:20. > :20:35.Trent Bridge. Onto the County Games,
:20:36. > :20:37.and an afternoon of tumbling wickets In Nottinghamshire's game
:20:38. > :20:40.against Lancashire in Liverpool Notts went from a decent 234`5 to
:20:41. > :20:43.a merely okay 261 all out. In Division Two, only day one for
:20:44. > :20:50.Derbyshire, struggling to contain And on day two in Worcester,
:20:51. > :20:55.Leicestershire only just So the countdown is on, in just ten
:20:56. > :21:01.day's time the Commonwealth Games 6500 athletes
:21:02. > :21:05.from 71 nations will be competing Amongst those are athletes from
:21:06. > :21:11.right here in the East Midl`nds She has been there and done it,
:21:12. > :21:29.Fran Halsall carries the hopes of a nation on her shoulders,
:21:30. > :21:32.with five medals to defend from the last games in Delhh, she
:21:33. > :21:36.can't wait for Glasgow to bdgin My first one in Melbourne I really
:21:37. > :21:39.enjoyed, it was really good fun The second one I won
:21:40. > :21:43.a couple medals, but it was hard and I got a bit sick, this one,
:21:44. > :21:46.I just want to get back to I have won medals before,
:21:47. > :21:52.I am more relaxed now, I'm not Part of the specialist sprint team
:21:53. > :22:05.squad based at Loughborough, Halsall and her team`mates are coached by
:22:06. > :22:08.a man who knows all about stccess. James Gibson helped
:22:09. > :22:11.Frenchman Florent Manaudou `chieve His mission now is to do
:22:12. > :22:15.the same here at home. At the moment now,
:22:16. > :22:18.I have a fantastic group of athletes There are nine of us
:22:19. > :22:22.in our group and everybody bring something different table, ht is
:22:23. > :22:25.about having those people around I have been fortunate to be able to
:22:26. > :22:31.train with some really people throughout my career,
:22:32. > :22:42.that really helps. Preparation is key,
:22:43. > :22:45.and for defending champion Liam Sidelined by a mystery injury,
:22:46. > :22:51.he is glad to be here at all. You miss a couple of days for a cold
:22:52. > :22:55.and that is a problem, misshng the I tell you what, I always gdt out
:22:56. > :23:01.and I always like to put myself against the best people
:23:02. > :23:04.in the world, the Commonwealth Games In Glasgow, these swimmers who spend
:23:05. > :23:22.days on end side`by`side, will be competing for opposhng home
:23:23. > :23:25.nations, winning for Wales hs I'm a really proud Welsh wolan,
:23:26. > :23:33.I wouldn't have it any other way, I love, if anyone wins a Welsh medal,
:23:34. > :23:38.and you hear the anthem plaxing I can't wait to put my Welsh kit
:23:39. > :23:45.on and be part of the team. Fast and furious, the sprint team
:23:46. > :23:48.are aiming to come home frol Glasgow Finally, you're about to medt a
:23:49. > :24:14.couple who, on the face of ht, may not seem extraordinary. Rowland was
:24:15. > :24:17.a knitter, his wife Isabel worked as They were childhood sweethe`rts who
:24:18. > :24:20.grew up together in Leicestdrshire and married on July 14, but in
:24:21. > :24:23.1934! Today, incredibly, thdy are celebrating their 80th weddhng
:24:24. > :24:24.anniversary. One of Britain's longest ever recorded marri`ges Jo
:24:25. > :24:44.Healey's spent the day with them. Plenty to celebrate, they h`ve been
:24:45. > :24:59.married for eight decades. What is their sacred? `` secret. It all
:25:00. > :25:03.comes right in the end. Thex get on well together through the rough
:25:04. > :25:10.times and the good times. They haven't buckled under the pressures
:25:11. > :25:21.of modern day living. It's `ll about the meat and potatoes pies. Rowland
:25:22. > :25:26.is 100, they have been a chhldhood friend, then childhood sweethearts.
:25:27. > :25:32.We all used to go out together as children. That is how we got
:25:33. > :25:38.together. And stayed togethdr. They married in 1934 full stop of their
:25:39. > :25:44.marriage was long and fruitful. Six children, 18 grandchildren, 28
:25:45. > :25:53.great`grandchildren and one great great run child. 80 impresshve
:25:54. > :26:01.years. It is amazing really. 80 years. Do you love her as mtch as
:26:02. > :26:14.ever? I love her now more. He certainly does, it is the s`me for
:26:15. > :26:21.me. Isn't that great? Beauthful perfect. Yes, we have had a lovely
:26:22. > :26:26.day today. A bit of high prdssure has kept a settled for todax. We
:26:27. > :26:30.will see some rain courtesy of this weather front. After this, `nother
:26:31. > :26:34.ridge of high pressure will develop, a similar day tomorrow
:26:35. > :26:39.It'll stay dry throughout the day and there will be spells of
:26:40. > :26:52.sunshine. We are staying on the warm side however. The rain declhnes as
:26:53. > :26:59.it ages its way south. What it will do is keep the temperature hs up.
:27:00. > :27:04.Another muggy night. Tomorrow morning, we will start off dry,
:27:05. > :27:08.quite a lot of clout in the morning, but I am hopeful that cloud will
:27:09. > :27:14.leave as we go through the afternoon. Spells of sunshine, light
:27:15. > :27:21.wind once again. Temperaturds will climb to 22 Celsius. A lovely day
:27:22. > :27:25.tomorrow, warmer still on Wddnesday. Temperatures up to 23 Celsits. So
:27:26. > :27:29.join in the morning and clotd in the afternoon. Temperatures will creep
:27:30. > :27:38.up day by day. By the end of the week, 25 or 26 Celsius. That could
:27:39. > :27:42.trigger some showers. Sounds lovely. Whenever we get hot weather in this
:27:43. > :27:54.country, we get thunderstorls. Goodbye.
:27:55. > :28:13.MUSIC: "Edward Scissorhands Introduction" by Danny Elfman
:28:14. > :28:38.DRUMBEATS CONTINUE WITH SWELLING, DRAMATIC MUSIC