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It's almost 6:30pm - you're watching East Midlands Today. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Tonight - safe and well - the Leicester couple | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
stranded by a blizzard on a Scottish mountainside. | :00:11. | :00:11. | |
Huddled for warmth in emergency bivouack, they were eventually | :00:12. | :00:14. | |
We'll definitely be back but we'll be probably a little | :00:15. | :00:22. | |
become the new focus of the battle over fracking? | :00:23. | :00:32. | |
Plus, smashed windows and slashed tyres, scores of cars | :00:33. | :00:34. | |
vandalised across seven Leicestershire villages. | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Do they wake up one morning and say, do you fancy | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
seeing how many cars we can smash up tonight? | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
And just imagine trying to do a headcount of this lot. | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
But they do have to count all the animals, | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
Good evening and welcome to our first full programme of 2017 - | :00:53. | :01:08. | |
First tonight, rescuers say a couple forced to spend a night | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
in the Cairngorms are lucky to be alive. | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
Bob and Cathy Elmer from Leicester were caught out when a planned hill | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
They sheltered with their dog in survival bags in white out | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
conditions before being found by a mountain rescue team. | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
This was the moment members of the Cairngorm Mountain rescue team came | :01:32. | :01:45. | |
across Bob and Cathy Elmer, 4000 feet up on a snow laden plateau. The | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
pair had been hill walking in Scotland for around 25 years but | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
they admit despite various periods and equipment they were unprepared | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
for the commitments they faced when they ventured out on the first day | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
of the year. We knew it was winter time. We probably didn't quite judge | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
how long it was going to take. They became an issue when I got two | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
thirds of the way down and Cathy was struggling to keep up with me. Then | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
I knew it was going to take a lot longer than I had anticipated. With | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
their dog in tow they found themselves in deep snow and | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
darkness. And when the batteries in both their torches gave out. The | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
snow was at times up to our waists. We decided we couldn't go on any | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
further because we didn't know really where we were going. You | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
couldn't see a hand in front of your face. So we decided to get the | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
survival bags out and gets down for the night in them. Mountain rescuers | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
say despite temperatures of -6 and high winds, Bob and Cathy's decision | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
to stay put and wait for daylight robbery saved their lives. The | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
prospect of staying out there isn't that attractive but it probably is | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
decision that saved their lives. And the pair saying being prepared for | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
when things might go wrong is key. You can go up on a summers day and | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
be knee-high and snow here. We've been there, we've done it. You have | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
to go equipped. You have do have the right kit even if the sun is | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
shining. We are now well into the winter climbing season and while | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Scotland's weather can be unpredictable at the best of times | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
that is especially the case up here and during the winter months. The | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
message to anyone venturing into the hills is make sure you have the | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
right equipment, make sure you have the necessary skills and always be | :03:46. | :03:46. | |
prepared to turn back. Next tonight - Sherwood Forest | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
could become the latest battle ground for those | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
for and against fracking. Documents obtained by Friends | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
of the Earth show that a chemical company wants to carry out seismic | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
surveys to see if there's shale gas The survey area | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
could come within 200 Opponents claim it will | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
decimate the forest. But the company involved says | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
Friends of the Earth Here's Quentin Rayner | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
to tell us more. These plans have been revealed | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
through a Freedom of Information They show that the chemical company | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
INEOS Shale appears to have agreed terms with the Forestry Commission | :04:27. | :04:38. | |
to carry out seismic surveys in Sherwood Forest | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
and other licenced sites The survey would involve putting | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
charges in the ground to establish if there is any gas in the rock | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
underneath which might be extracted These tests could take place | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
within 200 metres of the forest's most famous attraction, | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
the 1000 year old Major Oak tree. The company insists | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
it's not fracking in Friends of the Earth | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
of unnecessarily alarming the public by misrepresenting information it | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
has received from the Forestry One of its directors recently told | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
us what's involved with the seismic surveys in licensed areas | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
in the East Midlands, What we would do is undertake | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
the survey work, then marry the survey work with vertical-cored | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
wells - not fracked - simply samples of the geology, | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
looking at the depths, the content, and then we would use | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
that information to inform our conversation with the communities, | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
with the regulator, with the planning authorities, to take | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
on to a horizontal well and a frack. The Country Park is a Site | :05:38. | :05:46. | |
of Special Scientific Interest, as well as a Special Area | :05:47. | :05:48. | |
of Conservation, and Friends of the Earth fear the seismic | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
surveys alone could damage the ancient woodland | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
and its wildlife. Local anti-fracking groups fear that | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
if fracking ultimately takes place, it could lead to the decimation | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
of the Forest; increase the number of earthquakes in the surrounding | :06:09. | :06:16. | |
area; disrupt the water table They intend to make it a rallying | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
point by generating an international campaign opposing the plans starting | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
this Saturday with a rally Still to come - | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
a saddle-sore end to 2016. We meet Nottingham cyclist | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
Kaiser Tylen who got on her bike every day last year - | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
and covered a record-breaking thirty Police are appealing for information | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
after more than 60 cars were damaged in the early hours of yesterday | :06:37. | :06:48. | |
morning across Leicestershire. People reported slashed tyres | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
and smashed windscreens Our reporter Navtej Johal is in one | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
of those villages tonight. Good evening. I was speaking to a | :06:56. | :07:12. | |
resident here earlier who told me this is a very quiet village and not | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
much tends to happen here. That is one of the reasons why so many | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
people have been so shocked by what has been described as just mindless | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
destruction. One woman told me she stepped out of her house yesterday | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
morning and counted ten cars damaged on this street alone. In total, more | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
than 60 cars have had their tyres slashed or Windows smashed across | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
Leicestershire in villages. However, nothing appears to have been stolen | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
from any of them. We spoke to a couple of earlier who had a window | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
smashed in their car and a woman here who had to tyres slashed of her | :07:52. | :07:53. | |
car. Me and the kids, because | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
the kids were happy that we'd got another car | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
similar to the old one. You know, what gets | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
into their heads? Do they wake up one morning | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
and say, do you fancy seeing how many cars | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
we can smash up tonight? My front tyre has just been replaced | :08:09. | :08:10. | |
about a month ago, so it's And already I'm going to have | :08:11. | :08:18. | |
to replace that, just because some people have gone | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
and vandalised my car for no reason. The police have told us that no | :08:23. | :08:36. | |
arrests have been made so far. However a black Vauxhall Vectra | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
believed to be connected to the incidence was found abandoned | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
yesterday afternoon in elms Road. Police are asking anyone with | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
information about these incidents to come forward and contact them on | :08:48. | :08:48. | |
101. 's Police have confirmed two officers | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
were injured following a failed They were called to the Nationwide | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
Building Society in Borrowash just after 4am yesterday, | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
after reports of a break in. As the officers arrived | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
at the scene, a van The gang then escaped | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
in an Audi 4x4 which sped off An East Midlands hospital trust has | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
started a campaign to reduce Falls remain a major cause | :09:13. | :09:24. | |
of injury and death amongst the over 70s and cases rise | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
during the Winter months. According to Age Uk one in three | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
people over 65 who live at home will have at least one fall | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
in a year. Our Health Correspondent | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
Rob Sissons reports. Ryan has had a full. Here is being | :09:39. | :09:50. | |
looked after in Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire. He was going | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
downstairs. It took seconds. He says he will regret it. Four steps from | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
the Black bottom, handrail on the stairs, did I use it? No. Ryan | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
suffered a hip at fracture and of course he is not the only one. As | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
Kingsmill they see up to 400 hip fracture cases from falls each year. | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
Numbers are rising because of the ageing population. To prevent them | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
doctors recommend people check their homes for hazards, take regular | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
exercise, eat well and get medical help early for problems which can | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
cause dizziness. They say it is also important keep warm. The impact of a | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
fracture can be devastating. It can lead to long-term consequences. | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
About 65% of patients who have hip fractures can lose their | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
independence. In the run-up to Christmas they have been seeing a | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
lot of falls patients. Now, with the New Year cold snap they are | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
expecting more. Edna fell at home, aged 90, she says the fall really | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
suck her confidence. You have to watch the ice. I haven't walked to | :11:05. | :11:14. | |
well these last two back years. I'm glad it was inside out outside. | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
Doctors aim to operate as soon as possible because there is evidence | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
this can act age recovery. 300 historic buildings | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
and structures in Leicester are set to get greater | :11:32. | :11:32. | |
protection from development. City Council leaders want them | :11:33. | :11:34. | |
covered by so-called article four directions, | :11:35. | :11:36. | |
which mean they can't be altered The list covers everything | :11:37. | :11:38. | |
from churches to planters and even Lester has opened the first | :11:39. | :11:56. | |
supermarket where you can very nearly drive up to the counter. | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
1961. This was believed to be the first automated multi-scoring car | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
park in Europe. Today it is still one of Leicester's landmarks, | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
unlikely as that may seem. But like it or loathe it it is set to get | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
greater planning protection. One of 300 structures to be covered by | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
so-called article four directions. We have lots of buildings of | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
national heritage value. We also have many buildings of local | :12:27. | :12:29. | |
interest and value and we think it is important to protect that local | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
interest. The articles cover everything from buildings to this | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
stretch of planters, and mean they cannot be demolished, developed or | :12:40. | :12:42. | |
changed without planning permission. The vast and varied list which also | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
includes the former Lewis's tower and Georgian building has been | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
welcomed by the Leicester Civic Society. At least they can't destroy | :12:52. | :13:00. | |
the building before somebody has had a chance to make a case for saving | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
it. These buildings and the car park are also among 380 among the council | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
list of architectural interest, designed to give them extra | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
protection. You have these various categories. And it is much easier to | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
draw up plans and advise people. It easier to protect things. Some of | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
the listings may be controversial. Those behind them say in a growing | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
and changing city, buildings like this give a flavour of the past that | :13:34. | :13:35. | |
should be protected for the future. And now to a cyclist from Nottingham | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
who's broken the world record for the furthest distance cycled | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
by a woman in a year. Yes, endurance sportswoman | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
Kaiser Tylen travelled over 50,000 kilometres, | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
beating the record set back She cycled every day of 2016, | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
riding across England and Europe. And that includes Christmas Day, | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
does it not, Kaiser? Welcome. | :14:03. | :14:04. | |
Yes, it does. I have do ask you, why did | :14:05. | :14:06. | |
you embark upon this? I used to read the | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
Guinness Book Of World Records with my brother | :14:10. | :14:16. | |
when we were kids, and then I read about Billie Fleming who set | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
the record back in 1938 and it was just something | :14:23. | :14:24. | |
that resonated with me. And once I got it into my head | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
that was it then - I thought You've not been a lifelong cycling | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
enthusiast, have you? No, I only started cycling just | :14:32. | :14:34. | |
over four years ago. I'd climbed Kilimanjaro and I felt | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
this void, so I took up So, yeah, I've only been | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
doing that since 2012. You are a challenge | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
taker, aren't you? There's one thing I read, | :14:51. | :14:51. | |
and it said you wanted to have a year in the saddle, which | :14:52. | :14:54. | |
to me sounds like hell on earth, really, because a saddle can be a | :14:55. | :14:57. | |
very uncomfortable thing to spend Well, I rode my normal saddle | :14:58. | :15:00. | |
that I'd rode for pretty much all of my training, | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
and it was fine, but when I started riding every single day, | :15:08. | :15:10. | |
yeah, it took its toll. And then in September I changed my | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
saddle to a very fancy strange-looking contraption | :15:15. | :15:20. | |
and it was like a new lease of life. Actually, it's a saddle | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
that takes the pressure off your sit bones, so it | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
distributes the pressure elsewhere. We'll have to share | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
information at the end of What did you hope to achieve - | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
what have you achieved now I wanted to inspire other people | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
to get active, really, because I've gained so much from | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
doing challenges and it's not just about the exercise but it's | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
about the challenge itself, achieving a goal that you think | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
is out of your reach. And I wanted to inspire others | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
to do the same thing. So I started this thing | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
called a sweat pledge, whereby people pledged sweat to me | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
rather than donate money to charity So they would do | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
exercise themselves? Yes, I would say, I'm doing | :16:13. | :16:14. | |
this for the challenge and for the goal, so why don't | :16:15. | :16:17. | |
you set yourself something that you Well, may many people | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
take up your challenge. I think you're absolutely incredible | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
to have done that, and And there's more video of Kaiser's | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
story on our Facebook page. Still to come - a day | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
of reckoning for Twycross Zoo. They're having to count every | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
single animal they have - Time for sport, and January has | :16:41. | :16:42. | |
barley begun and already there's Yes more on Leicester Tigers search | :16:43. | :16:59. | |
for a new boss coming up Tonight the former England, | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
Manchester United and Leeds star Alan Smith is taking temporary | :17:08. | :17:10. | |
charge at Meadow Lane. We understand Smith who is currently | :17:11. | :17:12. | |
a player/coach will take the team for the game with | :17:13. | :17:15. | |
Morecambe on Saturday. Notts County conceded some | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
shocking goals yesterday. Then John Sheridan was sacked | :17:19. | :17:21. | |
by new owner Alan Hardy. The Magpies were beaten | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
4-0 at Cambridge. It comes after nine | :17:28. | :17:29. | |
league defeats in a row. This awful performance leaves Notts | :17:30. | :17:31. | |
just one point above the relegation zone and perilously close | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
to the prospect of So Notts County are looking for | :17:36. | :17:37. | |
their 12th manager in seven years. The January transfer window is now | :17:38. | :17:45. | |
open of course giving teams a chance to bring in new players - | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
with signings already lined up So was it a Christmas | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
cracker for our sides This was a great opportunity for | :17:52. | :18:08. | |
Leicester to start 2017 with their first win of the season. But despite | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
not getting that elusive win on their travels this was a good point, | :18:15. | :18:24. | |
with cardio adding midfielder for around 25 million it has been a | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
decent Christmas. They came out of the festive period with four points | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
out of nine in Fardy back for this week 's game. Derby county's run | :18:33. | :18:42. | |
came to an end at Norwich after Forrest turned down her Derby's bid | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
for lands brief. This defeat showed how important it was to strengthen | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
their squad in January. So, four points out of nine for the festive | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
fixtures is disappointing for Derby but they are seventh in the table | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
and well-placed for a good end to season. Meanwhile Nottingham Forest | :19:01. | :19:11. | |
defeat to Barnsley. All should be resolved as soon as the takeover | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
goes through. Nothing they could do about this goal though and the | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
bosses in the dark over that American takeover. We wait, we are | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
waiting and I hope the situation will be clear because I think | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
everybody needs the result. So after taking one point out of 18, Forest | :19:34. | :19:40. | |
are 20th in the championship, just two points above the relegation | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
zone. But the takeover is expected in days. | :19:45. | :19:52. | |
Matt Green seized his chance to score his eleventh goal | :19:53. | :19:54. | |
of the season as the Stags won one nil at Blackpool. | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
Mansfield are 16th in League Two - eight points off | :19:58. | :19:59. | |
Rugby now and yes, not exactly a Happy New Year | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
for the Leicester Tigers, who are looking for a new director | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
of rugby after the departure of long-time club loyal servant | :20:09. | :20:11. | |
He's paid the price for the Tigers poor run of form so far this season | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
after his players showed a distinct lack of new year resolution | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
The final straw for Richard Cockerill. | :20:21. | :20:32. | |
Within hours of witnessing Tigers's New Year's Day home defeat | :20:33. | :20:35. | |
by Saracens from the stands, the director of rugby had been sacked. | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
A brief statement brought to an end more than two decades playing and | :20:40. | :20:42. | |
coaching the most successful team in British rugby. | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
And it was probably that record of success - Tigers won | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
three premierships under Cockerill - that meant that this season's five | :20:52. | :20:54. | |
losses in 12 games just wasn't ever going to be good enough for the | :20:55. | :20:57. | |
Though the decision hasn't brought universal acclaim. | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
Halfway through the season is not ideal. | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
Also there's a couple of European cup games in the group coming up | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
that are pretty important, and mathematically I know it's very | :21:10. | :21:11. | |
difficult to see it happening but Leicester | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
From current players, publicly at least, regret. | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
Skipper Ben Youngs tweeting that Cockerill's commitment and passion | :21:21. | :21:23. | |
While Marcos Ayerza told his followers it was a very sad day. | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
This, despite reports of a players's revolt. | :21:30. | :21:32. | |
It comes to a point as a player where you are sort of | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
weighing up do we just turn up and do our job and let | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
things go or do we say, hold on, I want to take a | :21:43. | :21:45. | |
bit of ownership of this and not necessarily put the ship right but | :21:46. | :21:48. | |
certainly do something about it, can't just keep drifting along. | :21:49. | :21:51. | |
And, again, if you believe the reports | :21:52. | :21:52. | |
coming out at the moment, that seems to be what's happened. | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
Pointedly Cockerill's own statement wished | :21:56. | :21:56. | |
Youngs and the team well in the future but made no | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
The two are widely thought to have had a | :22:00. | :22:02. | |
Now, of course, though, thoughts turn to | :22:03. | :22:10. | |
Not surprisingly, Stuart Lancaster's name has already | :22:11. | :22:12. | |
been mentioned, but the club say they'll be no further statement on | :22:13. | :22:15. | |
And in ice hockey - a near perfect Christmas period | :22:16. | :22:24. | |
for the Nottingham Panthers as they took 13 points out for 14 | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
Yesterday they beat Edinburgh Capitals by four goals | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
It looks to be an exciting 2017 for the UK's best ice hockey team. | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
The weekend after next, Panthers play in Italy in the Europe cup. | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
It's virtually un-heard of for a British team to make | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
the finals but our Nottingham boys will be there. | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
Now, it isn't the easiest of head counts, but today Twycross Zoo can | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
finally reveal its grand total of animals. | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
The zoo's stock take has been boosted by | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
a bumper birth of babies - 41 of them since last year's census. | :23:09. | :23:11. | |
The information's used by zoos around the world | :23:12. | :23:13. | |
to look at the potential for breeding endangered species. | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
Jo Healey reports from the new gibbon forest. | :23:17. | :23:18. | |
I know, you just want to see the baby animals. | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
How do you manage it with these guys, who are | :23:22. | :23:29. | |
It can be quite challenging but you just have to wait for them | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
to sit still for a bit and quickly count as | :23:35. | :23:36. | |
That isn't always easy and zookeepers have two keep a | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
That isn't always easy and zookeepers have to keep a | :23:42. | :23:43. | |
Some of the highlights include an more | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
Leopard 's which is one of the most endangered | :23:47. | :23:48. | |
big cat species in the | :23:49. | :23:50. | |
We've had a baby gorilla, a baby bonobo and we're the only zoo | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
in the UK to hold that, so it's a very special baby for us. | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
How many animals do you think there are, here at Twycross zoo? | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
So, not including all the insects, how many animals do you think I hear | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
I've finished counting these final three now and I | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
And we actually have 545 individuals, here at Ty Cross zoo. | :24:22. | :24:34. | |
That's all fed into a global database, recording populations and | :24:35. | :24:38. | |
breeding potential at zoos around the world. | :24:39. | :24:52. | |
It's making a positive impact on how zoos manage their species. | :24:53. | :24:54. | |
Is it ultimately to save endangered species? | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
And if they thought last year was good, very expecting even more | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
What is that baby elephant called? A baby elephant. A car. A calf. | :25:02. | :25:24. | |
We started off with a pretty decent sunrise and then that clouds rolled | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
in. For some there were some spots of light rain and drizzle as well | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
and that is how it is going to stay as we had through the evening and | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
overnight. Quite cloudy, a little bit of light rain and drizzle in | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
places. Because of the cloud it will not be as cold as it was last night. | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
Temperatures probably not dropping much lower than about 4 degrees | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
which is 39 in Fahrenheit. For most of us that will prevent frost. Just | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
a few patches of light rain and drizzle, and a moderate breeze. | :26:00. | :26:02. | |
Tomorrow it will be cloudy and damp to begin with but we will get | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
clearance from the north. By the afternoon it will be gorgeous, clear | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
blue skies and plenty of sunshine and still relatively mild, although | :26:12. | :26:14. | |
the breezes coming through them the North. Temperatures of about six or | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
7 degrees. Because of those clear skies to end the day tomorrow that | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
sets us up for a very cold and frosty night into Thursday. A | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
widespread, sharp frost so it will feel bitterly cold on Thursday. A | :26:29. | :26:31. | |
light breeze but temperatures at around three degrees. But beautiful, | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
lovely spells of sunshine ahead of the rain. You can start to see that | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
in the north-west. It will track through Friday. It. Try, the breeze | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
picks up and then the rain pushes in. We'll keep you posted on the | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
amounts of rain which will both through as we had through Friday. It | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
will sets up for a fairly quiet weekend with a lot of usable | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
weather. The best day looks to be Thursday. | :27:01. | :27:03. | |
Before we go - many of you have been asking about Kaye Forster - | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
On November the 25th, she and her husband, Matthew, | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
became the proud parents of twin boys - Freddie and Tom - | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
They've had a bit of a struggle but the family are now doing fine. | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
The proud parents want to say a big thank you to the staff at the NICU | :27:21. | :27:24. | |
at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre for all their fantastic care. | :27:25. | :27:30. | |
They're just so lovely! And if they these photos with you. | :27:31. | :27:39. | |
They're just so lovely! And if they are watching, we wish them well. We | :27:40. | :27:41. | |
will see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Magical new drama... | :27:42. | :27:57. | |
The Worst Witch. Something like this | :27:58. | :28:05. | |
could change my life. We're looking for someone | :28:06. | :28:06. | |
who can sing, someone who can move. Someone who can keep an audience | :28:07. | :28:10. | |
on the edge of their seat. | :28:11. | :28:13. |