:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening. tonight on BBC1 at 10.30.
:00:17. > :00:19.As international tributes h`ve flooded in to mark the death of Lord
:00:20. > :00:22.Attenborough, the people of his home city of Leicester have also been
:00:23. > :00:31.He is irreplaceable, and th`t loss will be something that will
:00:32. > :00:37.He may be gone, but within the city he calldd home,
:00:38. > :00:46.It is nice to see people do remember him, and the fact he did a lot
:00:47. > :01:01.Over the years, he has done so much, and I think they're fond melories.
:01:02. > :01:03.He always talked about coming to Leicester as
:01:04. > :01:09."coming home", and certainlx he was very generous to the city.
:01:10. > :01:12.His contribution to the arts in Leicester, starting
:01:13. > :01:15.at the Little Theatre but l`ter in life, the Richard Attenborough
:01:16. > :01:23.Richard, for all of his soft exterior,
:01:24. > :01:30.He could be very angry if we didn't get it right.
:01:31. > :01:34.But for all that, he supported, he was committed.
:01:35. > :01:40.For months, Leicester has bden preoccupied with another Richard,
:01:41. > :01:47.But today, the city is mourning the loss of a Lord, but who wanted
:01:48. > :02:00.Richard Attenborough's caredr in film stretched back to the 0940s,
:02:01. > :02:04.From the 1960s, he achieved critical and colmercial
:02:05. > :02:12.Quentin Rayner has been looking back on his life.
:02:13. > :02:15.Born on 29 August 1923, Richard was one of three brothers
:02:16. > :02:20.His father was principal of the University of Leicester, and Richard
:02:21. > :02:28.We went camping, we went to discover new areas around the county and
:02:29. > :02:36.My first girlfriend, I caught in Victoria Park.
:02:37. > :02:38.Young Richard spent much of the childhood down at thd
:02:39. > :02:42.Little Theatre in Leicester, and in 1942, his love of theatre eventually
:02:43. > :02:46.took away from home and to RADA where his career soon took off.
:02:47. > :02:48.Lord Attenborough even used money from one of
:02:49. > :02:51.his feature films to help rdnovate a rundown centre for disabled people
:02:52. > :02:56.at the University of Leicester after a conversation with its founder
:02:57. > :03:02.So I said, "Yes of course I will" ` with my love for Leicester
:03:03. > :03:06.and the University in particular and my family connections and so on
:03:07. > :03:09.And so we decided to try to design and create
:03:10. > :03:12.a centre where people with dvery kind of disability and infirmity
:03:13. > :03:19.And after the tragic death of his daughter and granddatghter
:03:20. > :03:22.in the Boxing Day tsunami, Richard decided to donate
:03:23. > :03:28.his entire Picasso collection to the museum in Leicester.
:03:29. > :03:36.Jane, the daughter, met Picasso and she loved them.
:03:37. > :03:39.So the joy that they had and the joy that they gave ts can be
:03:40. > :03:41.transferred through Jane and Lucy to other people.
:03:42. > :03:46.My life has been blessed, and my life has been phenomdnal and
:03:47. > :03:51.I think I would like those who knew who I was, to say, "Well, I'm glad I
:03:52. > :03:55.met Dick because he was fun and he was kind, and he was caring for
:03:56. > :03:59.other people and he shared his good forttne by
:04:00. > :04:14.Police are appealing for information after a 9`year`old boy slipped
:04:15. > :04:20.Kai Lambe, who was from Hatton in Derbyshire, was rescued by fire
:04:21. > :04:25.The incident happened on Frhday evening near Tutbury Mill
:04:26. > :04:31.His death is not being treated as suspicious.
:04:32. > :04:33.All this week, East Midlands Today will be marking
:04:34. > :04:36.the centenary of the First World War with a series of special reports
:04:37. > :04:46.Typically British bank holiday weather, but in Belgium.
:04:47. > :04:50.I'm here today at the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Flanders Fields,
:04:51. > :04:57.who, like so many people, are visiting these cemeteries,
:04:58. > :05:00.trying to find some evidencd or link with their relatives who fotght in
:05:01. > :05:04.Today, we have been speaking to some people from Rutland.
:05:05. > :05:10.We're part of a project looking for the grave of Harry Waters,
:05:11. > :05:12.part of the North Hampshire Regiment, who died as part
:05:13. > :05:17.The project is trying to visit every Rutlander who died in World War I
:05:18. > :05:21.by 2018, wherever they are in the world.
:05:22. > :05:29.Seeing his name on the wall brings it home the
:05:30. > :05:35.So some people from Rutland finding a link with the past.
:05:36. > :05:38.Join us from tomorrow on East Midlands Today, when we will have
:05:39. > :05:43.a whole series of features `bout the Great War and the Centenary
:05:44. > :05:45.Well, it's been a bit wet in Belgium and back home.
:05:46. > :05:49.Let's get the latest on that weather now with Anna.
:05:50. > :05:52.It has been a rather disappointing bank holiday Monday,
:05:53. > :05:56.and we continue to have rain with us this evening and overnight tonight.
:05:57. > :05:58.If you are hoping for something better for tolorrow,
:05:59. > :06:02.you are in luck, as it should be a largely dry day and eventually, we
:06:03. > :06:08.For now, that rain is still with us, and the Met Office warning still
:06:09. > :06:16.It will continue to track north and east as we go through this dvening.
:06:17. > :06:22.It does look like it starts to ease and break up a little bit
:06:23. > :06:25.The cloud and rain holding temperatures up tonight with
:06:26. > :06:31.Tomorrow morning, it is cloudy and the damp start
:06:32. > :06:34.first thing, but eventually that rain starts to clear away.
:06:35. > :06:36.The cloud thinning and breaking through the morning,
:06:37. > :06:39.and it looks like we may evdn get some decent spells
:06:40. > :06:44.In that sun, the temperaturds respond ` a high of 18 Celshus.
:06:45. > :06:51.If you are hoping to get out about with the kids
:06:52. > :06:53.during school holidays, not looking too bad Wednesd`y.
:06:54. > :06:56.A fair amount of cloud, but temperatures not too bad.
:06:57. > :06:59.20 Celsius is likely the maximum on that day.
:07:00. > :07:03.Looking further ahead, rain is set to arrive into Thursday.
:07:04. > :07:06.It looks breezy Wednesday night itself.
:07:07. > :07:09.We expect there will be showers during the day on Thursday.
:07:10. > :07:15.If you are looking to be out and about this week,
:07:16. > :07:17.Tuesday and Wednesday look like your best bet, with further
:07:18. > :07:24.I'll see you with the late news at 10.20.
:07:25. > :07:47.Hello, if you love wet weather, you appreciate a satellite picture. A
:07:48. > :07:50.big swell cloud around to the west of Ireland. If you love bank
:07:51. > :07:54.holidays, you would choose different words to describe the weather, but
:07:55. > :08:00.Italy this cloud which are the heaviest rain. In Scotland, you have
:08:01. > :08:03.been derived with lovely sunshine in the north-west. Within the cloudy
:08:04. > :08:06.zone, further outbreaks of rain this evening. Difficult driving
:08:07. > :08:09.conditions if you are heading back after the long weekend and further
:08:10. > :08:10.heavy showers from the