:00:00. > :00:00.You're watching East Midlands Today. so it's goodbye from me.
:00:07. > :00:09.Tonight: Are NHS referrals weakening Glenfield's chances of keeping
:00:10. > :00:27.Forward is simple and straightforward, anyone can
:00:28. > :00:30.understand that if a patient lives near a centre, they go to that
:00:31. > :00:35.centre for their care. Also tonight: Two men and a woman go
:00:36. > :00:39.on trial, accused of illegal fox hunting.
:00:40. > :00:44.Plus, mixed reactions to plans for a new multi-million pound ice rink in
:00:45. > :00:50.Derby. Not really, not for that price, no. Derby does waste a lot of
:00:51. > :00:55.money. And, we will have a unique limbs into a never before seen part
:00:56. > :00:58.of one of Derbyshire's most famous poems. Dash-macro eight unique
:00:59. > :01:03.glimpse. Good evening, welcome
:01:04. > :01:05.to Tuesday's programme with Dominic Heale and me,
:01:06. > :01:07.Anne Davies. First tonight, the latest twist
:01:08. > :01:14.in the battle to keep children's heart surgery
:01:15. > :01:15.at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital. It's under threat because,
:01:16. > :01:18.according to NHS England, it doesn't Well, surgeons have told us
:01:19. > :01:22.the Glenfield unit could be saved if more patients from this region
:01:23. > :01:25.were referred to them, instead of being sent
:01:26. > :01:28.for treatment at other centres like Great Ormond Street
:01:29. > :01:31.Hospital in London. Up to 150 patients a year
:01:32. > :01:34.are referred elsewhere, Meanwhile, figures obtained
:01:35. > :01:40.by the BBC show many other centres Clare Clark from Lincolnshire
:01:41. > :01:52.had a heart operation herself as a baby and went to
:01:53. > :01:56.the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. Last summer, Claire
:01:57. > :01:59.chose to send Eloise May Peterborough City, wanted
:02:00. > :02:07.to refer Eloise May If she had had to go
:02:08. > :02:12.to Great Ormond Street, it is really far and I would not
:02:13. > :02:20.have been comfortable with that. NHS England is proposing to stop
:02:21. > :02:22.children's heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital as part
:02:23. > :02:25.of a review to raise Last year, Glenfield's three
:02:26. > :02:29.surgeons averaged 109 operations, The hospital says around 150
:02:30. > :02:36.patients a year are being sent out of the region
:02:37. > :02:42.for surgery elsewhere. Glenfield says it could meet
:02:43. > :02:45.the new target if referral patterns were changed and more patients
:02:46. > :02:47.from the East Midlands were sent here, instead
:02:48. > :02:51.of to other centres, including Great Ormond
:02:52. > :02:55.Street Hospital in London. Being where we are in
:02:56. > :02:58.the country, there is a drag to London that perhaps other
:02:59. > :03:00.networks don't have. But the proposal we have put
:03:01. > :03:03.forward is very simple, I think anyone can understand that
:03:04. > :03:08.if a patient lives near a centre, they go to that centre
:03:09. > :03:10.for their care. Figures obtained by a Freedom
:03:11. > :03:12.of Information request from the BBC showed centres that
:03:13. > :03:14.are currently likely to take Glenfield patients
:03:15. > :03:17.showed their waiting list were far Last November, Great Ormond Street
:03:18. > :03:21.Hospital neared 160. Most other centres had
:03:22. > :03:23.around the 70 mark. This is a proposal we've put
:03:24. > :03:34.to NHS England, rather than closing our centre
:03:35. > :03:36.because they think we are not operating enough, they simply need
:03:37. > :03:39.to encourage referers to refer patients to our service
:03:40. > :03:41.so that we can continue to thrive. Great Ormond Street says it accepts
:03:42. > :03:45.referrals from across England. Northampton General sends up to
:03:46. > :03:49.25 patients a year there, and Peterborough City Hospital says
:03:50. > :03:52.most of its patients get referred there,
:03:53. > :03:54.although there are links Glenfield says both hospitals
:03:55. > :04:00.are in its catchment area. They have saved her life
:04:01. > :04:02.and I owe them everything. All the nurses, the doctors, the
:04:03. > :04:10.surgeons, all of them are amazing. NHS England declined our
:04:11. > :04:14.request for an interview. It says it won't dictate referral
:04:15. > :04:17.patterns that would take choice away The public consultation
:04:18. > :04:24.ends in June. Well, Mike joins me now
:04:25. > :04:27.for more on this story. Mike, it does seem like a numbers
:04:28. > :04:30.game and what some people might Yes, it could look like that
:04:31. > :04:35.because the numbers are just so important in this review started
:04:36. > :04:38.by NHS England. They say that quality
:04:39. > :04:42.is linked to quantity. To drive up standards,
:04:43. > :04:57.they say they want the surgeons The doctor in our report described
:04:58. > :05:00.the standard as an activity level, so there is debate around what these
:05:01. > :05:02.figures mean. The has-been critical reaction
:05:03. > :05:06.tonight as well. That's right, from the Leicester
:05:07. > :05:08.West MP Liz Kendall. She says Jeremy Hunt has already
:05:09. > :05:11.refused to look at the referral patterns that Glenfield says
:05:12. > :05:22.are so important. Well, if parents are not given it
:05:23. > :05:25.information about Glenfield and the excellent outcomes it has got, and
:05:26. > :05:29.the brilliant follow-up service they provide, how on earth can they
:05:30. > :05:33.choose what is best for their children? I raised this issue
:05:34. > :05:37.directly with the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and with NHS England.
:05:38. > :05:42.She once Jeremy Hunt to look at this again. The Department of Health, we
:05:43. > :05:47.have asked them for a response and they have yet to come back to us. On
:05:48. > :05:49.Thursday, NHS England are in Leicester for a public meeting and
:05:50. > :05:55.campaigners will get a chance to hear what they have got to say. You
:05:56. > :05:58.have more on this subject at 10:30pm.
:05:59. > :06:03.Three members of the Grove and Rufford hunt have gone on trial
:06:04. > :06:09.The prosecution has been brought based on photos and video taken
:06:10. > :06:14.The court heard how a fox was seen being chased by a pack of hounds
:06:15. > :06:16.and there were no attempts to call them off.
:06:17. > :06:24.On the morning of Saturday 30th of January last year, the Grove and
:06:25. > :06:29.Rufford hunt met at this pub in the Nottingham show village. B Hunt
:06:30. > :06:35.claims it was trail hunting by laying a cent across nearby fields,
:06:36. > :06:39.which is legal. But one huntsman, a trail are and another are accused of
:06:40. > :06:44.allowing a fox to be killed by dogs, which is bound by the hunting act.
:06:45. > :06:48.Philip Palmer was out bird-watching with his partner, and they asked to
:06:49. > :06:52.take photos of the Hunt. He said he saw a fox run into a field, and the
:06:53. > :06:56.huntsman being told by another man the direction it went. One hour
:06:57. > :07:01.later, Mr Palmer described seeing a fox running into another field,
:07:02. > :07:06.chased by a pack of ?45, in view of members of the hunt. Philip Palmer
:07:07. > :07:13.told the court it was a mass of dogs and there was nothing left of the
:07:14. > :07:17.fox. Two were seen in the field, but Mr Palmer said he'd never heard a
:07:18. > :07:21.hunting horn or shouts to call the dogs. He said he did feel in a
:07:22. > :07:24.dangerous position because people were asking why I was taking
:07:25. > :07:28.photographs. The prosecution claims no one saw a trail being led by
:07:29. > :07:32.Peter White, and if one had been laid wobbly, the dogs would not have
:07:33. > :07:41.been seen running across roads with traffic on. The court was played a
:07:42. > :07:48.video of the kill, showing a mass of dogs gather in one place in a field.
:07:49. > :07:51.The lady who filmed it said "Nothing I saw was done to stop the dog
:07:52. > :07:54.schooling that fox". The trial continues.
:07:55. > :07:59.Still to come: Calke Abbey - the National Trust's "un-stately"
:08:00. > :08:02.home in Derbyshire awakes from its Winter slumber.
:08:03. > :08:05.And, grace combined with precision - meet the synchronised skating team
:08:06. > :08:08.from Nottingham who are heading for Canada to compete in the world
:08:09. > :08:21.A ?2,000 reward is being offered for information which will help find
:08:22. > :08:24.a man from Derby wanted on urgent recall to prison.
:08:25. > :08:26.Craig Shaw from Mackworth is wanted for possession of drugs
:08:27. > :08:29.with intent to supply, and a burglary in Chilwell
:08:30. > :08:34.The 26-year-old is believed to have links to Derby and the Basford area.
:08:35. > :08:41.The charity, Crimestoppers, is offering the reward.
:08:42. > :08:42.Almost 100 defibrillators have been installed outside shops
:08:43. > :08:45.in the East Midlands, paid for by the 5p
:08:46. > :08:51.The scheme's being run by the Central England Co-operative
:08:52. > :08:53.at its stores around the region, including this one at
:08:54. > :09:00.It's in response to a customer survey on how best to use the cash.
:09:01. > :09:03.And there are plans to roll out the life-saving equipment
:09:04. > :09:11.Next, it's a bold plan, and it comes with a ?30 million price tag.
:09:12. > :09:14.But it could transform a derelict area of Derby beyond recognition.
:09:15. > :09:17.The City Council's announced plans to redevelop the Becketwell area,
:09:18. > :09:23.and the main attraction would be a new indoor ice rink.
:09:24. > :09:26.Victoria Hicks joins us from the site.
:09:27. > :09:32.Victoria, what do we know about the plans?
:09:33. > :09:36.It's seen by many as one of the biggest eyesores in Derby,
:09:37. > :09:47.the Duckworth Square shopping centre.
:09:48. > :09:50.That was demolished in 2003, and the land has been
:09:51. > :09:54.Over the years, there have been all sorts of ideas for this site,
:09:55. > :09:56.including an Olympic-sized aquatic centre and a supermarket amongst
:09:57. > :09:58.others, but they've all failed, in part because the land's
:09:59. > :10:01.Today the council's announced how it wants
:10:02. > :10:04.to transform this area - with an ice rink residential
:10:05. > :10:16.It is a ?30 million scheme of public and private investment, and it will
:10:17. > :10:19.include an ice rink and residential and retail units, but will this
:10:20. > :10:20.project succeed where others have failed?
:10:21. > :10:25.Here's the Deputy Leader at Derby City Council.
:10:26. > :10:31.There is a risk, which is why the public sector has not been able to
:10:32. > :10:35.bring forward any scheme for the redevelopment of this area over the
:10:36. > :10:37.last ten or 20 years, but we have got strong confidence in the
:10:38. > :10:42.business plan and an operator coming forward to would be able to
:10:43. > :10:51.revitalise and breathe new life into this part of obesity centre.
:10:52. > :10:54.The council has paid consultants to consider the vitality of this
:10:55. > :10:58.scheme. It says the demographics are right for an ice rink here, and it
:10:59. > :11:04.would create 250 jobs and bring life back to this derelict area. They
:11:05. > :11:08.have been working on this scheme for 2.5 years, and by the end of this
:11:09. > :11:11.month, they will have properly bought the former Debenhams
:11:12. > :11:13.building, which forms a key part of this site. But, do people really
:11:14. > :11:16.want an ice rink here? I did come here in the winter
:11:17. > :11:19.with my daughter and they put a temporary ice rink
:11:20. > :11:22.in the Market Square over there, and we really enjoyed
:11:23. > :11:24.it, so that was good. It is fun for the youngsters,
:11:25. > :11:33.they have got to get people Now, these plans will go
:11:34. > :11:47.to Cabinet this month. The Conservative opposition
:11:48. > :11:53.at Derby City Council says whilst they're not against the development,
:11:54. > :11:55.they need more information before But the plan is to have an
:11:56. > :11:59.international ice rink here by 2020, A new Leicestershire
:12:00. > :12:02.hospital has finally welcomed its first patients,
:12:03. > :12:04.almost 30 years after Construction work on the St
:12:05. > :12:08.Luke's Treatment Centre in Market Harborough was beset
:12:09. > :12:11.by delays and funding problems. But this morning it put all that
:12:12. > :12:14.in the past as it opened its doors. It's being claimed up to 600 jobs
:12:15. > :12:23.will be created in Leicester by two Artist impressions of the proposals
:12:24. > :12:28.for the Golden Mile Gateway off Belgrave Road have now been
:12:29. > :12:31.released by developers. They also want to build
:12:32. > :12:34.on the remaining part of the former Plans for both schemes
:12:35. > :12:38.are on display to the public This is really, truly,
:12:39. > :12:44.a mixed use scheme, so we are looking to compliment
:12:45. > :12:46.the existing neighbourhood. We'll have retail,
:12:47. > :12:49.leisure, we'll have some apartments up on the first
:12:50. > :12:52.and second floors, and we will also More importantly, I think
:12:53. > :12:57.for this scheme, is we are looking to bringing forward
:12:58. > :13:00.a fantastic new public open space to the frontage of the site
:13:01. > :13:06.as the gateway to the Golden Mile. Tomorrow is Budget day,
:13:07. > :13:09.in case you hadn't heard. There was a time when a Chancellor
:13:10. > :13:12.would have to resign if anything These days, though, we're given
:13:13. > :13:17.plenty of details in the days Today, for instance,
:13:18. > :13:23.we learn there's going to be money Controversially, the ?320 million
:13:24. > :13:28.is to be spent on either new free schools or the return
:13:29. > :13:32.of grammar schools. With us now is our
:13:33. > :13:34.Political Editor, Tony Roe. How is this likely to affect
:13:35. > :13:49.secondary education here We know for a fact that there is a
:13:50. > :13:53.shortage of school places. Schools are oversubscribed in the East
:13:54. > :13:56.Midlands. 39 of the 296 secondary schools have too many pupils, so we
:13:57. > :14:02.do need the places. This will not make a great deal of difference to
:14:03. > :14:05.that, but it is argued by the Conservative MP for Newark that
:14:06. > :14:09.grammar schools are a good thing for the future. He says he has 400
:14:10. > :14:14.pupils in his constituency who travel up to an arrant 15 minutes
:14:15. > :14:18.every day to go to grammar schools which exist in neighbouring
:14:19. > :14:22.Lincolnshire. He says this should not be just confined to those who
:14:23. > :14:26.can afford to do that, so he thinks Newark is a good place to put a new
:14:27. > :14:32.grammar school. He also thinks they should go in poorer areas, and he
:14:33. > :14:36.cited Nottingham. The Notts MP says it is an expensive irrelevance to
:14:37. > :14:39.talk about new grammar schools, especially for his constituents. He
:14:40. > :14:45.says they should stop budget cuts to school instead. Nicky Morgan, the
:14:46. > :14:50.former Education Secretary, she is not really siding with the
:14:51. > :14:54.government's policy on this, she is against grammar schools and should
:14:55. > :14:59.instead concentrate on making every school excellent. And Anna Soubry,
:15:00. > :15:04.she is also against grammar schools, and she says there was no desire for
:15:05. > :15:06.that in her constituency. I popped out to see what people think.
:15:07. > :15:09.I think grammar schools are the worst thing that
:15:10. > :15:14.There is quite clearly a need for grammar schools
:15:15. > :15:17.Kids don't need a bog-standard
:15:18. > :15:24.The school system we have got just needs modernising
:15:25. > :15:31.I think anything that will improve education, great.
:15:32. > :15:34.If you've got the knowledge, then why not?
:15:35. > :15:39.Why not take it back to the old method?
:15:40. > :15:42.How would a return to the grammar school system make provision
:15:43. > :15:44.for students with learning disabilities such as
:15:45. > :15:52.My view is that the grammar schools are the best thing that happened
:15:53. > :15:55.to this country over the last 50 years, and I very much
:15:56. > :16:00.It is a way that poor kids can make good in this world.
:16:01. > :16:03.Let's sort it out properly once and for all, stop wasting money
:16:04. > :16:18.Briefly, what else will be in the red box?
:16:19. > :16:24.We expect money for social care, help for business rates, and
:16:25. > :16:29.finally, something on what is called the Midlands engine, our version of
:16:30. > :16:36.the Northern powerhouse. Thank you. Now, the sport news.
:16:37. > :16:41.I am in Derby where there is championship football tonight, and
:16:42. > :16:42.also at the City Ground in Nottingham. First, the Premier
:16:43. > :16:49.League. We understand that Craig
:16:50. > :16:51.Shakespeare has been offer the job of manager of Leicester City
:16:52. > :16:54.until the end of the season. It follows two wins in the two
:16:55. > :16:57.games he's been in charge since Claudio Ranieri's sacking -
:16:58. > :16:59.the first-team coach has He's currently on a
:17:00. > :17:02.training camp in Dubai. Formal talks are set
:17:03. > :17:04.to continue at the end The clubs owners are
:17:05. > :17:28.believed to have flown Another Craig joins me now, and we
:17:29. > :17:35.will get your view on Derby County's season. A winless debris was
:17:36. > :17:37.corrected by a victory in March. First, a view from inside the
:17:38. > :17:40.changing room. We just don't want to accept
:17:41. > :17:43.we are tenth or 11th We have to try and focus,
:17:44. > :17:55.and hopefully someone slips up What is your view? It is a season
:17:56. > :17:58.that started with many fans expecting Derby to be in the
:17:59. > :18:04.play-offs. Yes, the start of the season was well marked, there was a
:18:05. > :18:10.missed opportunity, and obviously Steve came in. A great one, eight
:18:11. > :18:14.wins in ten, and then we expect to kick on, but we should have done
:18:15. > :18:19.more strengthening in January to give that dressing room the added
:18:20. > :18:23.quality to kick us on. It feels a familiar story. It seems to go wrong
:18:24. > :18:27.at this time of the year. Yes, this has been going on for the last few
:18:28. > :18:31.years, with a still don't have the magic formula. But we are still in
:18:32. > :18:34.it to wind it and it will be a massive task to get in the top six,
:18:35. > :18:39.we are ten points offered. Can't afford lose any more games. We have
:18:40. > :18:42.two beat Preston tonight and Brighton on Friday and then the fans
:18:43. > :18:50.will get behind them once again. Off you go to your commentary position.
:18:51. > :18:56.Across now to the city Ground that Nottingham Forest are in action.
:18:57. > :18:59.Angela is there. Another chance for Nottingham Forest to make sure they
:19:00. > :19:05.are not being dragged down to that relegation fight.
:19:06. > :19:11.Yes, plenty for the Forest fans to be happy about here, where they are
:19:12. > :19:14.on a fine run of form. Four wins out of five here, including a fantastic
:19:15. > :19:19.result against promotion favourites Brighton at the weekend. There is an
:19:20. > :19:22.interim manager in charge at the end of the season. He says he is happy
:19:23. > :19:28.with things so far. All we have said straightaway,
:19:29. > :19:31.from when we first took this on is that we would try
:19:32. > :19:33.to create a foundation. We would try to create
:19:34. > :19:35.a foundation in the training ground with the players
:19:36. > :19:38.and the staff really tight and unite to make sure we are working well,
:19:39. > :19:42.but we are trying to build on this football club to go forward
:19:43. > :19:44.and that is massively So, can Forest make it two
:19:45. > :19:48.home wins in a week? It will certainly help ease any
:19:49. > :19:58.relegation fears if they can. A fantastic result on Saturday. If
:19:59. > :20:02.we can do the same tonight, it will pull us away a bit more from those
:20:03. > :20:08.teams close to us. Their form is fantastic. Yes, we have got to keep
:20:09. > :20:12.winning our home matches. We are not good away from home, so every point
:20:13. > :20:17.at home will do the job for us. Another three wins and we could be
:20:18. > :20:21.OK. Was the performance on Saturday the best you have seen all season?
:20:22. > :20:25.Yes, the best of the season, everybody played well. It will stand
:20:26. > :20:30.us in good stead for tonight. If they do winter night, there will be
:20:31. > :20:33.in touching distance of the top half of the table. After the season they
:20:34. > :20:40.have had, that would be enough for the fans.
:20:41. > :20:43.The results tonight will be in our 10:30pm bulletin.
:20:44. > :20:46.Away from football, and tonight a group of very excited young sports
:20:47. > :20:48.women are heading to Canada for a World Championships.
:20:49. > :20:50.They've just won their fourth successive British title.
:20:51. > :20:58.And the sport is fairly new on the block -
:20:59. > :21:03.Christian Hewgill's been to find out more.
:21:04. > :21:08.And next to skate, from Great Britain, team Icicle!
:21:09. > :21:14.16 girls, all skating exactly in unison.
:21:15. > :21:22.Precision, technique, and glamour all count.
:21:23. > :21:27.Meet the Icicles, who are British champions in every category
:21:28. > :21:36.And that only comes with true dedication.
:21:37. > :21:38.Just this week we have had about ten hours on the
:21:39. > :21:43.ice, which is quite a lot, especially with school.
:21:44. > :21:53.It is so worth it will stop we have something to show where we have got.
:21:54. > :21:58.There are not any words to describe how it feels to represent Great
:21:59. > :22:00.Britain in an international competition, and in Canada for the
:22:01. > :22:11.World Championship. When the judges judge the programme,
:22:12. > :22:14.they look for something that is interesting and good to watch. Do
:22:15. > :22:21.they enjoy the music is much too they enjoyed the choreography? How
:22:22. > :22:24.fast is the team across the ice? Unsurprisingly, the club's
:22:25. > :22:28.popularity is soaring with nearly 100 members. None of it would be
:22:29. > :22:34.possible without the team's biggest fans, mum and dad. Super proud, you
:22:35. > :22:40.can't believe how proud we are of what she has achieved. She only
:22:41. > :22:44.started at 11. Some of these girls have been skating together for as
:22:45. > :22:47.long as ten years, and while they are already national champions, I
:22:48. > :22:51.don't think they will stop there. Do you think you can wind even more?
:22:52. > :22:59.Yes! That seems pretty definite to me.
:23:00. > :23:00.All the best to them for the World Championships this weekend. Finally
:23:01. > :23:02.from me tonight. The funeral's been held
:23:03. > :23:04.today for one of golf's greatest ever caddies,
:23:05. > :23:10.Dave Musgrove from Nottinghamshire, in 1979 Muzzy, as he was
:23:11. > :23:15.known, was on the bag. He'd been a member of
:23:16. > :23:18.the Coxmoor Golf Club in Nottinghamshire for 50 years,
:23:19. > :23:20.but playing was the hobby, And he looked after Britain's Sandy
:23:21. > :23:25.Lyle who won the Open Lyle gave a reading today
:23:26. > :23:38.at Mansfield crematorium. Lots of lovely tribute in today, and
:23:39. > :23:42.a final reminder that if you want commentary on your local football
:23:43. > :23:44.team, BBC local radio is the place to be.
:23:45. > :23:47.Derbyshire's "least stately" stately home is giving up
:23:48. > :23:52.Until now the family apartments at the National Trust's Calke Abbey
:23:53. > :23:54.had remained firmly out of public view.
:23:55. > :23:57.Now, though, we can all see where, and how, the previous owners lived.
:23:58. > :24:04.Navtej Johal has been to take a look.
:24:05. > :24:11.The sun is shining on Calke Abbey as it reopened its doors after a winter
:24:12. > :24:17.break. This time, it is open more doors than ever before. This is the
:24:18. > :24:20.entrance hall here at Calke Abbey, and normally visitors would only be
:24:21. > :24:25.allowed access to the rest of the house through this door. But, as of
:24:26. > :24:29.a few days ago, The National Trust allowed access to the family
:24:30. > :24:31.apartment through this door. It's the first time this has been opened
:24:32. > :24:39.since The National Trust acquired the property. Previous owners lived
:24:40. > :24:43.in these rooms until recently. The dining room, drawing room and
:24:44. > :24:50.kitchen. It really gives a poignant message about how, in the 1920s and
:24:51. > :24:54.30s, Calke Abbey was in decline, the family had to close up rooms, and
:24:55. > :24:58.they ended up in this one small suite of rooms. It really gives that
:24:59. > :25:03.message of the decline of Calke Abbey, and how close it was to being
:25:04. > :25:06.lost. Few people know this building better than 93-year-old Norman, who
:25:07. > :25:12.has volunteered here for almost 30 years. He has been revelling in the
:25:13. > :25:15.details of the rooms. You have this unique fireplace behind me, and that
:25:16. > :25:20.shows some marvellous things, and also some of the chequered history
:25:21. > :25:28.of the Harper family because there are anomalies in it. It is a superb
:25:29. > :25:33.piece of carving and well worth coming to see in its own right. What
:25:34. > :25:36.is it mean to you to be able to show these rooms of to the public
:25:37. > :25:39.question mark it is lovely. We have had marvellous things to show over
:25:40. > :25:45.the last 20 years, but now we have got this as the cherry on the top of
:25:46. > :25:48.the cake. The trust is still to decide what to do with the rooms
:25:49. > :25:49.long term, but in the meantime it will ask visitors about what they
:25:50. > :26:03.would like to see. What an amazing place.
:26:04. > :26:06.The sky was blue, and the sun shone this morning.
:26:07. > :26:10.It definitely did, the best of the brightness was across the east
:26:11. > :26:14.today. In the East Midlands we saw some lovely sunny spells first thing
:26:15. > :26:17.this morning. A bit more in the way of cloud into the afternoon, but
:26:18. > :26:21.some of that was high level, so still some brightness around.
:26:22. > :26:26.Through tonight, we will see a band of rain coming in from the west,
:26:27. > :26:30.which will be heavy at times. We can see that on the pressure charts.
:26:31. > :26:33.This is the weather front moving across, and it will largely have
:26:34. > :26:40.cleared away by the time we get into tomorrow morning. Some dry weather
:26:41. > :26:44.as we move through this evening, we will see that cloud thickening up
:26:45. > :26:49.before the arrival of that band of rain from the West, which will be
:26:50. > :26:55.quite heavy at times. The warm front introducing some milder air.
:26:56. > :26:58.Overnight lows of seven Celsius. By tomorrow morning, some outbreaks of
:26:59. > :27:03.rain first thing, but clearing pretty quickly towards the south.
:27:04. > :27:06.Further in the south of the region, the chance of seeing one or two
:27:07. > :27:09.outbreaks of rain into the afternoon. The best of the
:27:10. > :27:15.brightness in the North East tomorrow with tempered as reaching
:27:16. > :27:20.11 Celsius. Thursday, not looking like a bad day at all. Largely dry,
:27:21. > :27:24.with the best of the brightness in the North East might tempered his
:27:25. > :27:29.reaching a maximum of 12 Celsius. He is the outlook: Turning slightly
:27:30. > :27:35.milder to the next couple of days, with rain on the way tonight.
:27:36. > :27:39.Double figures! Spring is here. Let's hope so. We will have all the
:27:40. > :27:41.results of the football, and the weather, and all the news at
:27:42. > :27:46.10:30pm. Goodbye.