:00:12. > :00:14.I'm Geeta Pendse. where you are.
:00:15. > :00:16.The Government has given its backing to plans for almost 6,000
:00:17. > :00:18.new homes in our region, housed in so-called
:00:19. > :00:24.Sites near Derby and Grantham are among 14 locations
:00:25. > :00:27.across the country chosen for development to help
:00:28. > :00:36.This site could soon become one of England's first garden villages.
:00:37. > :00:39.The Government has backed a planned development
:00:40. > :00:42.here on the edge of Derby, near the business
:00:43. > :00:46.It's one of 14 new settlements proposed across the country
:00:47. > :00:51.The Government are putting forward ?6 billion in total,
:00:52. > :00:56.of which we'll have part of that money which will be used to provide
:00:57. > :01:01.2,000 quality homes on this site, which will go towards meeting our
:01:02. > :01:08.need to provide 12,500 homes in South Derbyshire by the year 2028.
:01:09. > :01:11.Another of the villages is set to be created here, near Grantham,
:01:12. > :01:16.which will provide 3,700 homes and, like the others, have its own
:01:17. > :01:23.I know people need houses, but then you also have to match it
:01:24. > :01:26.I think the town can grow and get a bit larger.
:01:27. > :01:30.We can attract new shops to the town centre, so I think, all in all,
:01:31. > :01:35.In total, the new villages could provide more than 48,000 homes.
:01:36. > :01:38.According to this economist, it's a step towards easing
:01:39. > :01:43.Over the past decade, we've probably fallen short
:01:44. > :01:46.in England by about 50,000 houses a year.
:01:47. > :01:50.These garden villages will only go some way to make up that backlog.
:01:51. > :01:52.While there have been objections to the news
:01:53. > :01:55.in the East Midlands, ministers insist as well
:01:56. > :01:57.as much-needed homes, the new communities will also bring
:01:58. > :02:06.jobs, facilities and a big boost to local economies.
:02:07. > :02:09.Hospital managers in Nottingham say there has been unprecedented demand
:02:10. > :02:13.on its Accident Emergency department today, with new patients
:02:14. > :02:18.Staff at the Queen's Medical Centre say there have been waiting times
:02:19. > :02:22.They are urging people to seek alternative
:02:23. > :02:27.In sport, Notts County have sacked manager John Sheridan after a run
:02:28. > :02:31.Sheridan only became Magpies manager this summer,
:02:32. > :02:37.but has won just six of his 24 games in charge.
:02:38. > :02:41.Today's sacking follows a 4-0 defeat at Cambridge and confirmation over
:02:42. > :02:44.the weekend that the details of a deal to sell the club
:02:45. > :02:48.to local businessman Alan Hardy had been agreed.
:02:49. > :02:51.Meanwhile, Leicester Tigers Rugby Club say
:02:52. > :02:54.they will review their coaching structure before deciding how
:02:55. > :02:57.to replace sacked Director of Rugby Richard Cockerill.
:02:58. > :03:01.Cockerill was fired this morning after eight years in charge,
:03:02. > :03:03.during which Tigers won three Premiership titles,
:03:04. > :03:06.but in the last two years, Tigers' aura of invincibility has
:03:07. > :03:10.slipped and yesterday they suffered their fifth
:03:11. > :03:16.The family of a Derby woman accused of trying to poison
:03:17. > :03:19.the Prime Minister 100 years ago claim to have new evidence
:03:20. > :03:26.Alice Wheeldon was jailed, but her descendents believe
:03:27. > :03:30.she was the target of a plot by the intelligence services.
:03:31. > :03:35.This is the shop and house in Normanton, Derby,
:03:36. > :03:37.where the Wheeldon family, a century ago, sold
:03:38. > :03:41.But they also helped conscientious objectors,
:03:42. > :03:45.so MI5 sent an agent under the name of Alec Gordon, posing
:03:46. > :03:50.He fabricated a story that the Wheeldons were planning
:03:51. > :03:54.to shoot the then Prime Minister, Lloyd George, with a poison dart.
:03:55. > :03:56.Alice was jailed for ten years, along with her daughter
:03:57. > :03:59.and son-in-law, Winnie and Alf Mason.
:04:00. > :04:02.Now, though, the Mason's granddaughter says there
:04:03. > :04:05.is new evidence about the fake agent, Alec Gordon, who was sent
:04:06. > :04:11.Even in the last two months we have actually found more records,
:04:12. > :04:15.new material, that has been found in the South African records
:04:16. > :04:19.where Alex Gordon was sent, in his own handwriting
:04:20. > :04:21.about what happened, so we've got yet another
:04:22. > :04:28.Alice was released later in 1917, but died in Derby in 1919
:04:29. > :04:33.Now Chole hopes a legal case this year will see Alice's
:04:34. > :04:42.Time now to take a look at the weather.
:04:43. > :04:47.Well, the main difference between the weather today,
:04:48. > :04:49.which was beautiful, and tomorrow is the fact that
:04:50. > :04:52.tomorrow we will see more cloud in the sky.
:04:53. > :04:55.Still dry and clear, though, out and about and that's going to lead
:04:56. > :04:59.During the early hours of the morning you can start to see
:05:00. > :05:03.in the west a little bit more in the way of cloud starting to push
:05:04. > :05:07.Temperatures drop down to around about freezing, if not below.
:05:08. > :05:09.So, it will be a chilly start to your day tomorrow.
:05:10. > :05:12.Dry and bright, but cloud will continue to increase
:05:13. > :05:14.as we head through the morning and into the afternoon.
:05:15. > :05:16.Still broken in some spots and a very small chance
:05:17. > :05:20.On the whole, we should stay mostly dry.
:05:21. > :05:22.Actually, it will be milder than it has been today.
:05:23. > :05:25.A top temperature of around about six degrees.
:05:26. > :05:27.As we head through Wednesday, high pressure dominates
:05:28. > :05:31.Dry, bright, variable cloud and sunny spells
:05:32. > :05:34.and still on the mild side, but with clear skies overnight
:05:35. > :05:36.into Thursday it's going to be another cold and frosty start,
:05:37. > :05:39.leading us to a lovely dry, bright and sunny-feeling day.
:05:40. > :05:53.That is all from the late team. We will be back with breakfast
:05:54. > :06:08.bulletins tomorrow. Goodbye. Good evening. It's been a dry and
:06:09. > :06:11.bright day across most parts of the country today. Despite the chilly
:06:12. > :06:21.feel to the weather, there has been some sunshine. Clear skies as the
:06:22. > :06:24.sun set in east Essex. With those clear skies around, temperatures are
:06:25. > :06:28.plummeting, particularly across southern parts. Here we see the
:06:29. > :06:31.coldest temperatures. We could see icy stretches on untreated surfaces,
:06:32. > :06:37.pavements and roads first thing Tuesday morning. Not quite as cold
:06:38. > :06:39.towards the North West. Cloud moving in here through the overnight