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It's almost 6:30pm - you're watching East Midlands Today.

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Is public money being spent appropriately

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Union criticises pay levels after this school leader was paid more

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than a quarter of ?1 million last year. To see people at the top

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profiting from money that is meant for our children is upsetting. Also

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tonight... Police searching for mothers Samantha Baldwin who had

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abducted her two young sons carry out house-to-house inquiries in

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Newark where she lived. Plus, the dramatic story of how

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passers-by had to rescue a pedestrian and driver from this

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canal after a collision on the bridge.

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And the growing campaign to secure a knighthood for the last British

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Dambusters. It is enough for me to remember the 50,861, my comrades,

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who gave their lives fighting for this country.

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Good evening and welcome to Thursday's programme

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with Geeta Pendse and me, Maurice Flynn.

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First tonight, a teaching union has criticised what it says is a lack

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of accountability for top pay at publicly-funded school trusts.

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And they claim some trusts are just paying too much.

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The comments come after this programme investigated 15 trusts

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and found that one school leader here in the East Midlands

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was paid more than a quarter of a million pounds last year.

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Another union that represents school managers says there's competition

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Mike O'Sullivan has this exclusive report.

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Newark's getting a new free school this year.

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Demand from parents has been shown, funding's coming from the Department

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for Education, now they have to find a site.

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The idea for the free school is coming from the people who run

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the nearby Toot Hill Comprehensive at Bingham, rated outstanding.

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In control is John Tomasevic, the chief executive

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of the Torch Academy Gateway Trust, an organisation that is

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The chief executive of Torch is believed to be one

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of the highest paid in England, earning more than a quarter

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The National Union of Teachers says top pay at some school

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academy trusts is too high and there is a lack

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To see people at the top and those further layers of management

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being put in and profiting from money that is meant

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The BBC looked at the pay for chief executives or similar posts at 15

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multi-academy trusts operating in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

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Their pay ranged between ?90,000 and ?260,000.

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The top three earners, all based in Nottingham, were...

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Wayne Norrie of the Greenwood Academies Trust, earning ?160,000.

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Diana Owen CBE of the LEAD Academy Trust.

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Paid the most was John Tomasevic of the Torch Academy Gateway Trust...

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?260,000, in charge of six schools, including Toot Hill.

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All three declined to be interviewed and the trusts

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The Association of School and College Leaders

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Here, they say trusts are paying for top talent.

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They will be looking and benchmarking those salaries

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to show they are competitive, whilst at the same time

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not taking too much out of their academy budget.

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The Department for Education says it is up to individual trusts

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to set their own pay for school leaders.

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Well, Mike joins us now in the studio.

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We heard there that it's up to individual academies trusts

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to pay their leaders what they want...

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It's because of the way the academy system's been set up.

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Any school can become an academy and so get funding directly

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from the Department for Education instead of the local authority.

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Now some of these trusts have become quite large in terms of numbers

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of schools and geographical area, some becoming national chains.

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They have the freedom to organise their own budgets

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and their own remuneration committees to determine top pay.

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And that the cheeky -- chief executive is that were featured to

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have good reputations. How does the quarter of a million

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pound salary we've heard about in your report compare

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with other salaries in schools Well, for a head teacher -

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outside London - in a local authority school the top rate

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is around ?109,000. The Chief Constable

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of Nottinghamshire's salary is about ?145,000,

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the chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council

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is on around ?170,000 and his counterpart in the city

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is on around ?160,000. The Education Minister Lord Nash

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told the Education Committee of MPs last year that if it was thought

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anyone was being overpaid at a school academy trust,

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they had no powers to stop it, but they could take

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it up with the board Next tonight, the latest

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on the police search for a Nottinghamshire mum,

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who's disappeared with her two sons. This afternoon officers

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were carrying out house-to-house Samantha Baldwin was last seen

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in Nottingham on Monday and police are becoming increasingly concerned

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about the safety of Our reporter Sarah Teale

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is in Newark for us now, Well, Samantha Broadhurst two sons

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have been missing for four days now. Just a short time ago police

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released these new CCTV images of Samantha, the 42-year-old mother.

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These are from Monday when she was last seen in Nottingham. We know

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that Samantha does not have legal customary of nine-year-old Lewis or

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six-year-old Dylan and have said that this is being treated as

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abduction. Earlier here on the street and other street in this

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area, police began house-to-house inquiries. Samantha lived in this

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area and residents were shown photos of her and the boys to see if anyone

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could shed any light on their whereabouts and it is all part of an

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investigation which involves a huge team of specialist officers. Earlier

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today, Superintendent Richard Fretwell gave us this update.

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Every day that passes we become increasingly concerned

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and I would appeal directly, both to Samantha -

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to do the right thing - and to any members of the public

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who have any information, to come forward, give us that one

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bit of information that might be the little bit in the jigsaw that

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actually helps us find those boys and return them back safe and well.

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And there have been lots of developments,

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Well, this started out Beazley as a missing persons inquiry and quickly

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turned into an abduction. This is what we know so far.

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Samantha was last seen alone in Nottingham city centre on Monday. On

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Tuesday, a police press conference was held issuing an urgent appeal

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for information on the Nottinghamshire mother and her two

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young sons. Yesterday, a direct plea from police to Samantha, urging her

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to get in touch and tell them that she and the boys were safe. Ports

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and airports were put on alert. And they found out that two women, one

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aged 62 and 18 36 had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an

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offender within the first 24 hours of the investigation beginning. This

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morning, those women were released on police bail and today

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house-to-house inquiries began in Newark as officers were to glean any

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piece of information that may help to trace the family. And then, a

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short time ago, police released this CCTV image of Samantha from Monday,

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just before she went missing. Well, they obviously want to give

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this in the media spotlight. Today on social media they started a

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hashtag, find Louis and Dylan. This is to try and keep it in the public

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eye and they are urging anyone with any information to contact

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Crimestoppers or dial 101 to speak directly to Nottinghamshire Police.

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Tomorrow Samantha, Louis and Dylan will have been missing for three

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days and all the police have said is that they want them to come back

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safely. More than 40 volunteers have been

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searching a wood in Derbyshire Another six have been

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left ill after walking It's feared they may

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have been poisoned. The car park has been closed

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by the Forestry Commission while Two drivers have had a lucky escape,

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after a stack of straw bales came This dramatic footage was captured

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on the A1 sliproad near Newark. It was filmed on the dashcam

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of a Mid UK Recycling lorry. Both vehicles were left damaged,

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but amazingly nobody was hurt. It did however cause long delays

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for people travelling You're watching East Midlands Today

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with Geeta and Maurice. Lucy's here soon with the forecast

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and Colin's out tonight with the sport at the big varsity

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showdown of the week. No, it is nothing as a genteel as

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the boat race! This lot are pouring into Nottingham Arena to watch

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University ice hockey, more than 7000 people, it is the University of

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Nottingham against Nottingham Trent. What is later for the biggest of

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rivalries. -- the join us later. A man remains in a critical

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condition in hospital this evening - he was one of two people rescued

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from a canal after a road collision. The crash involving a van and car

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near the village of Swarkestone in Derbyshire saw a pedestrian

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and driver pulled out Our reporter Navtej Johal joins us

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from there this evening. What more do you know

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about what happened? Good evening. It was just over 24

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hours ago that a car and van were involved in a collision on the A5

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one in Swarkestone is not far from us. During a collision a pedestrian

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was also out and both he and the car went into the car went into this

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canal and you can still see some of the damage caused by the collision.

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Just over here is the barrier which usually belongs up there on the

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bridge. Passers-by helped pull the man, the pedestrian, out of the

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water and the elderly woman that was driving the car was rescued by a man

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who used a brick to smash through her window and pull her to safety.

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James McArthur lives just a few metres away from where all of this

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happened and saw the aftermath. She told me that the man who rescued

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this woman is a key role. -- is a key role.

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I could see a car had gone into the canal...

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There were two people on the side of the canal,

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an elderly lady that was sat all wrapped up and a gentleman that

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The lady was actually the driver of the car,

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which somebody had actually dived into the canal to get her out

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He was an absolute legend, no regard for himself,

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just dived straight into the canal to rescue this lady.

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Now, the college collision the woman was taken to hospital with minor

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injuries and later discharged. We understand, however, the man, the

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pedestrian, remained in hospital in a serious condition and still has

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some serious injuries. Meanwhile, the police have asked for any

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witnesses who saw what happened to come forward. Thank you very much

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for that. For most of us, it's pretty much

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a daily routine and we don't give But for those on the autistic

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spectrum, shopping can be a daunting So to mark Autism Awareness Week,

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extra support has been introduced at Nottingham's two main shopping

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centres to make it less stressful. Over 100 staff have been trained

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to help and spot those For any of us, shopping can be a

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battle, bewildering and exhausting. But for those on the autistic

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spectrum, processing of the sensory Debbie Austin was diagnosed

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in her early 40s and now works for Autism East Midlands,

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which helps 1,000 families. For people with autism,

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sometimes they get too much information and they cannot filter

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out things that other people can. So, for some people with autism,

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the noise, the crowds, the lighting can cause them

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to really not be able to function Now the charity has linked up

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with the Victoria and Broadmarsh Over 100 staff have been trained

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to spot the signs to look out Using a guide, people

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on the spectrum can plan their visit beforehand to avoid particularly

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busy times and familiarise They can also choose to wear

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a wristband so that trained staff On a Sunday and a Monday morning,

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we turn off the music, which, the feedback we have received,

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suggests that is a great thing to do because sensory-wise you are tuning

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it down a little bit but if a visitor came to the centre

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that felt uncomfortable, we have got quiet areas of the mall

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that we can take them too. To date, the charity has trained

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over 800 staff and organisations They include people

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such as Rolls-Royce, Notts County Football Club,

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the hospitals in the city and the universities

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have been fantastic... And as many people we can work with,

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we will, because that is what really makes a difference to the lives

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of autistic people. After all, they say a little bit

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of retail therapy does us Quentin Rayner, BBC

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East Midlands Today, Nottingham. Lord Sebastian Coe has been named

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as the new chancellor The Olympic gold medallist

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was a student there in the 1970s and went on to organise the 2012

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London Olympics. He says he's incredibly flattered

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to have been named chancellor. And he says he intends to ensure

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that Loughborough remains at the top The Rail Minister says he's excited

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about the grand opening of a Derbyshire railway

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station this weekend. Ilkeston Station will open

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to the public on Sunday, 50 years It was part-funded by a ?6.6 million

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government grant and local MP Maggie Throup says she hopes

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the investment will help Does the Minister agree

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that this is money well spent and would he encourage people to use

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the train to visit Ilkeston and bring a boost to

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the much-needed local economy? Well, I can only vouch

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for the anticipation in the Maynard household about this coming Sunday

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but I am glad to hear that Ilkeston too is looking forward

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to utilising its new train services. Now the East Midlands has had

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a special visitor today - the only surviving British member

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of the famous Dambuster Yes, Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson

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was a bomb aimer during the attack which took off from Lincolnshire

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in May 1943. But after the war, he became

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a teacher at a school in Newark. Well, today - now aged 95 -

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Johnny visited his school again and reflected on the current

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campaign to get him a knighthood and a recent return to the German

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dam he bombed 74 years ago. His body may be getting frail, but

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the mind of Johnny Johnson is as sharp as ever. Thank you, I am from

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the local school. Today he was greeted by the local peoples of

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Highfield School in Newark. He was helped through the door that he

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first entered as a teacher in the 1960s when he taught there. What is

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it like being back at the school again for Utor so many years ago? It

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will always be a pleasure to come back to the school. This is where I

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first learned to teach children who want to learn. The ethos of the

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place remains the same now as it was then. But it is for his role in the

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famous dambuster ride in 1943 that he will always be remembered. At the

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school today, the crew photo from 1943, his medals, a Lancaster model

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and even the switch that he pressed to release the bomb... There was a

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petition to give you a knighthood, how does that make you feel? It is

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enough for me to remember the 58,000 861 of my comrades who gave their

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lives fighting for this country. Perhaps more poignantly, last month

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he went back to the dam that he bombed in 1943 and met a German

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survivor of that night. What was it like after all of this time? They

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remembered as well as I remembered and eventually, the presentation

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from the museum there, which sits on my desk at the moment, very much

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there is a reminder of what it was all about. To the strains of the

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dambuster March, Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson, celebrated by a new

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generation of admirers for his, and the bravery of his RAF colleagues 70

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years ago. The new future for a figure

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from many of our pasts... I'm Timmy Mallet and coming up later

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on BBC East Midlands Today, find out who is the artist

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who created these paintings. Now, its the University

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Boat Race this weekend. Oxford against Cambridge

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is a student rivalry like no other. Colin Hazelden, though,

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is at the National Ice Centre because he thinks he has one

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to match it... When I was younger there was nothing

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to top Oxford against Cambridge but this is University sport, ice hockey

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between the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent, it is

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remarkable how the atmosphere is already building in here. I have two

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student support officers, Warren and Matt. Quickly, let us show people

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what we're looking at, this place. Amazingly. The atmosphere is

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fantastic. Over 7000 attending tonight. It is growing in popularity

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every year. Matt, what is that about the sporting event that makes it

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tick off more than others? Everyone has pride in their university, they

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were their colours bright and loud and to be honest, university ice

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hockey, you could try it in other countries, but this is probably one

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of the biggest you will find. I am sure it is. As it get spicy between

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the two universities? There is definitely a rivalry but it is

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friendly competition. Ever universities get behind it and

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support their teams. It is the culmination of a few weeks of

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competition. Who will come out on top? I am hoping that it will be a

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pink win this year, we are the underdog but sometimes that helps.

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We will see what happens. Thank you both for joining us. Later we will

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be talking to the sporting directors. Firstly have ever... --

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firstly have Onto cricket, and former Notts

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and England batsman James Taylor has Donington's busy motorsports

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calendar gets off to a roaring start this weekend with the first rounds

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of the British Superbikes It still pulls in some

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of the Worlds best riders and, this year more than ever,

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it's packed full of The champion, but where will this

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challenge come from this year? Leon Haslam is always where you look

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first. From a Derbyshire racing dynasty and denied last year only by

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a one-off disaster in the end of season showdown. It was frustrating.

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Up until that point we had been doing well very frustrating. But

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every year we score more points than anyone else and have more wins than

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anyone so we cannot look at it as a disaster. We have got to make it

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count this year in the showdown and hopefully we can go that one better.

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Then you have the French here. This other Frenchman is back with the

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Brits after only two years after his world title. Plenty of track

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experience and knowledge. It was competitive last year, some big

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battles going on. Hopefully we can be part of that as soon as possible.

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His team-mate Steve Mackenzie is rising through the ranks. He will

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not really challenge this year but will be well supported. I have to

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drag him out of the bowling green. That is down in Ashby. I dragged him

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out and if we do all right you will see him running on the track again

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probably! Which leaves this mob... The Yamaha team and Josh Brookes,

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the former British champion. He is back and one setback. Absolutely, we

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want to give ourselves every chance and I have expectations of what I

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can do with the bike. Call for that is enough to take the championship

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again. So where is the talent is coming from? We cannot wait to find

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out. -- challenge coming from? Good luck to all of our riders. Back to

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the ice hockey arena. Here are the two sporting directors. Here is

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James Hayter. We talk about the accuracy but the quality is high as

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well. Yes, really high. As a city, we probably have the best University

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sport in the whole country, I would say. We have had gold medallist at

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the last Olympics, Haughey, canoe, slalom, so really high standard. Let

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us talk to Dan from the University of Nottingham. All around,

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universities are lifting their sport. Yes, a huge investment going

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into University sport at the moment. One has just spent ?40 million on a

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new centre. Birmingham has done likewise. We are very lucky to have

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these fantastic facilities in Nottingham and students can take

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advantage of the ice arena here. Thank you both very much. If you

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want to sample the atmosphere at the weekend, there are tickets on sale

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for the Panthers. Tonight however it is sold out.

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Thank you for that, Colin. He's known for wacky glasses,

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loud shirts and a mallett - we are of course talking

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about the 1980s children's But what you might not know,

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is that Timmy's swapped TV fame for fine art and his latest

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collection goes on display this We sent Amy Harris along

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for a sneak preview. He is, for many, the face of their

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childhood. Fondly for hosting shows that brought smiles. Several decades

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on, the wacky glasses and shirts are still in the wardrobe of Timmy

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Mallet but he has swapped his trusty TV companion the Mallet for a

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palate. Today launching his fine art collection in Leicester. Leicester

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were the founding of the King in the car park and then Premier League

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champions, trying to win the Champions League, I did not put this

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exhibition anywhere else but right here, right now, Leicester, it is

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the perfect place. As you would expect, the collection is colourful,

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inspired by the seasons it includes local landmarks from the water in

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late summer to Sherwood Forest in the autumn and a certain stature in

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the heart of Leicester. Choosing Timmy Mallet's work was an easy

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decision for this new gallery. People know him for his wackiness

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and stuff in the past, his children's DVDs, but they do not

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know how serious his artwork is and it blew me away. I think it will

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blow everyone else away as well. Years after those famous

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entertainment shows last aired, as an artist he has told me that he is

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still playing games, this time with his own name. I always put the

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signature somewhere different and I make it as hard as possible, so your

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job is to spot it and by the way, any, Maine is much better. I did

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spot a couple, honest, including this one. If you did not manage it,

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the collection will be on display in Leicester for the next fortnight.

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Amy Harris, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicester.

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I spotted it. Zoom den, you did a great job.

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I think that he did a great job. There is more cloud as we move

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through the night but today has been very one, temperatures across the

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East Midlands reached a maximum of 20 Celsius.

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The average for this time of year is that any grey Celsius. Well above

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what we would expect to see for this time of year and that has been

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courtesy of this southerly wind direction. We have dried up some

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warm air from the South and adding in the sunshine it has made it feel

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mild. As we move into tomorrow it will not be quite as warm. Slightly

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cooler, temperature still in the teens, so not cold by any means. We

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will see sunny spells but the risk of seeing the old shower. Putting

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the detail onto the map then, as we move through this evening and

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overnight, just the chance of the odd isolated shower. We will see

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more in the way of cloud as we move through the night. If you patch

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habits of light rain. But it will be mild, overnight lows of 11 Celsius.

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And tomorrow and the fairly cloudy start to the day. Then we will start

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to see more in the way of brightness into the afternoon. Lovely sunny

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spells developing, but always the risk of seeing the odd isolated

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shower. Temperature is not too badly, a maximum of 15, 16 Celsius,

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it will be fully breezy. This is what is going on in the bigger

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picture, this cold front moving across on Friday and that will drag

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in some cooler air. Saturday will feel noticeably fresher, some quite

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thundery showers to look out for, temperatures

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at a maximum of 14 Celsius, but high pressure on Sunday settle things

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down, so it does look like it will be drier and brighter by the time we

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get to Sunday. Thank you very much, if ever there

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was an excuse for a lion, that was it.

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