leicestershire county council.at radical solutions to cut back running costs and put more into services. at the moment, one big council, leicester county, covers the whole area and is responsible for major services like social care and highways. but the county is also split into seven districts and each has a smaller council which looks after local services like planning and leisure facilities. my budget pressures are pretty horrendous. the county council leader has suggested scrapping all existing authorities outside of leicester city and creating one that does everything. i've got seven chief executives, seven heads of planning. seven people collecting in the council tax. i think that, if we went for a unitary form of government in leicestershire, i could save £30 million a year. bins, for example, could be collected by one contractor instead of several. some district council leaders say, "look at the system but don't ditch local democracy." a single council for leicestershire would be about 700,000 people. so, t

leicestershire county council?rshire, are looking at radical solutions to cut back running costs and put more into services. at the moment, one big council, leicester county, covers the whole area and is responsible for major services like social care and highways. but the county is also split into seven districts and each has a smaller council which looks after local services like planning and leisure facilities. my budget pressures are pretty horrendous. the county council leader has suggested scrapping all existing authorities outside of leicester city and creating one that does everything. i've got seven chief executives, seven heads of planning. seven people collecting in the council tax. i think that, if we went for a unitary form of government in leicestershire, i could save £30 million a year. bins, for example, could be collected by one contractor instead of several. some district council leaders say, "look at the system but don't ditch local democracy." a single council for leicestershire would be about 7

leicestershire county council?cut back running costs and put more into services. at the moment, one big council, leicester county, covers the whole area and is responsible for major services like social care and highways. but the county is also split into seven districts and each has a smaller council which looks after local services like planning and leisure facilities. my budget pressures are pretty horrendous. the county council leader has suggested scrapping all existing authorities outside of leicester city and creating one that does everything. i've got seven chief executives, seven heads of planning. seven people collecting in the council tax. i think that, if we went for a unitary form of government in leicestershire, i could save £30 million a year. bins, for example, could be collected by one contractor instead of several. some district council leaders say, "look at the system but don‘t ditch local democracy." a single council for leicestershire would be about 700,000 people. so, the question is, is it to

this is from leicestershire earlier today. a lot of cloud coming in from the atlantic.trip setting itself off from the seven ash tree towards the wash. patchy rain from vat. working there the south—east this afternoon. more of wales and some in the midlands, northern england will be brightening up northern england will be brightening up over the next few hours and more in the way of sunny spells. windy day, but particularly noeckler scotla nd day, but particularly noeckler scotland with plenty of showers. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. high teens for most of us but there are some in the low 20s, even if you do see a huge amount of sunshine in the south—east. it will be cooler by the end of tomorrow. patchy rain this evening and pulse of rain working in to wales in north—west england as the night goes on. clear spells. and in northern ireland and the showers to not trust scotland, but for many north of the weather front it is single figure temperatures and south of it it is double figures, quite humid in the south—east. but that is about to change as this weather front fi

a gloomy sky, threatening sky in leicestershi re sky, threatening sky in leicestershire but brighteningyou will know about that if you have been and that this afternoon, some in excess of 55 miles an hour. these are our temperatures this afternoon, some in the low 20s, the last day of that for a little while. this system will sit around overnight. another pulse of energy along that weather fronts coming in to produce outbreaks of rain, heavy bursts overnight in wales in south—west england. once a clear south tomorrow, cooler air spreading south. a fairly chilly start tomorrow in scotland and northern ireland, as we see the temperatures dipping down into single figures. this is the big picture for tomorrow. this weather front taking some rain, clearing from southern parts. notice the cooler colours coming in, changing the feel of the weather. most noticeable where it has been milder muqqy noticeable where it has been milder muggy today. tomorrow, a bit of rain in south wales. that will clear southwards, moving through southern england, brighter skies behind. southwards, moving through so

let's get more on this now from andrew bridgen, the conservative mp for north west leicestershire. hejoins me down the line from millbank. thank you for being with us. what do you make of the comments from boris johnson? they have been criticised by the home secretary today, saying he needs to use more measured language than talking about suicide vests. one of the things i most admire about boris johnson vests. one of the things i most admire about borisjohnson and something that endears him to a lot of the british public is the fact that he says it how he sees it, and speaks truth to power. the fact that those in power don't appreciate that i think is understandable. is that language you would use? is not necessarily, but i'm not a great rate or a journalist, unlike boris johnson. he articulates he was that are held by the great swathe of our population and i think they find it refreshing that someone in a position, a public position, says it has a see it. the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, who saw a suicide bomb go off in afghanistan, said that the remarks are not

still quite sunny out there in leicestershire. the same for much of england and wales. heavy and places across western scotland. england and wales stay dry and sunny. the winds not too much of a problem down towards the south. quite gusty in the north—west. severe gales in the north—west of scotland. 50 to 60 miles per. 13 to 14 scotland. 50 to 60 miles per. 13 to 1a celsius in the north. in the south, 17 to 18 degrees. quite pleasant. through tonight we will continue with that cloud and the rain at times across scotland. northern ireland, the far north of england. we have that cloud and rain, so temperatures not falling below double figures. across the south with those clear spells, temperatures once again in single figures. wednesday again quite cloudy in northern areas. some rain continuing to feed and across northern scotland. the best of the sunshine across england and wales. perhaps more cloud compared to today across northern areas of england. but it will be a warm day. 17 to 21 degrees. for thursday we have still got this weather system across northern parts. th

rick kelsey reports from leicestershire. quiet peaceful canals and waterways of great britain.to a piece of rope being hurled into the murky depths. it's definitely a hand grenade. magnet fishing has taken off and it's gone pastjust seen people on your local canal. fishers are putting their videos up on youtube and making money from hits. that's a bomb. it's a hand grenade. there's no doubt about it. we're going to have to call the police, called the bomb squad. some are incredibly popular, allowing people to turn their hobby into a part—timejob. callum and his two uncles, james and ian, have been magnet fishing in the local canals for two years. it was one christmas, i was at my mother—in—law's house, who is callum's grandma. mmm. he was sat round. he'd actually been doing some terrible youtube videos and he'd made one about his school shoes. yeah. and that was the thing that tipped it, wasn't it, really? yeah. i said, come on, let's do some decent content. we got outside, we went to local history spot, we made a video about it. you had some fun. yeah. i enjoyed it. ian, who i

thanks to wirral hospice, leicestershire fire and rescue service and south yorkshire police for sendingark one with no teeth. ididn't the grandma shark one with no teeth. i didn't know any of this until this morning. you've got to get involved. do you think? earworms, how to get rid of them, there's some interesting theories. darin young of the, they say listen to the song, i'm not sure i recommend, then listen to god save the queen is one way of getting rid of it —— durham university. it's about distraction. with baby shark, it is the baby shark that gets in your head all day. listening to the whole song is a way of getting rid of the little bit. 0r god save the queen. a way of getting rid of the little bit. or god save the queen. or do something different. you just have to distract yourself. stay with us but do make a tea to distract yourself from the noise. still to come, we are here until 9:15a.m., go still to come, we are here until 9:15 a.m., go to the website to get involved and to look at more. we are also on social media this morning. involved and to look at more. we are also o

a match in leicestershire was stopped yesterday when a mccaw was this making noise in the trees. tickled me this morning. it tickled me two! —— too. donald trump has demanded the new york times reveal the name of the author of an anonymous editorial attacking his presidency. there is fierce speculation over who is responsible, with the vice president among those to deny any involvement. mr trump has described the writer as gutless and the newspaper as phony. so, if the flailing new york times has an anonymous editorial, can you believe it, anonymous, meaning gutless, a gutless editorial... we're doing a greatjob. the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great. and guess what, nobody‘s going to come close to beating me in 2020 because of what we've done. we can talk more about this now with dr brian klaas, who is a professor in global politics at university college london and a columnist for the washington post. the relationship is heating up between mr trump and the media?m is, this is the culmination of a long attack from donald trump on the press. he's called