07/04/2014 East Midlands Today

Now the news for the East Mhdlands, I'm Anne Davies.

Good evening. First tonight: A court's he`rd how a

rambler was gored to death by a bull. Roger Freeman from

Leicestershire was walking `cross a field in Nottinghamshire whdn the

animal charged him and his wife She survived, but he was killed. The

prosecution says the bull's owner, Paul Waterfall, committed

manslaughter because of gross negligence. He denies the charge.

James Roberson reports. O'Reilly at Nottingham Crown Court

today Paul Waterfall is acctsed of a gross breach of his duty of care to

walkers who used one of his fields. The court heard that in 2010 Glenys

and Roger Freeman were walkhng from wanting to `` Nottingham to

Loughborough when they arrived at the field. Halfway across they

realised their work allows `` owls and a bull in the field. Gldnys

hurried ahead of Roger and she heard a noise behind her. She turned and

Roger had been hit by the btll. It repeatedly attacked them, Goring and

stamping on Roger and tossing him in the air. The last thing she heard

him cry was, I am sorry, I just cannot get us out of this. Lrs

Freeman survived but Mr Fredman died of multiple injuries. The court also

heard there had been another incident with the bull in the same

field six months before involving electricity engineers who wdre

working on supply there. Thd two men tried to fend them off with rods

that they carry and one man`ged to escape over barbed wire and into a

hedge and the other got out of the field and ran around to where his

colleague was only to find the bull standing over both of them `s they

cowered in a ditch. They were eventually saved by Paul Waterfall

who arrived either digging lachine. It is alleged there was another

incident two weeks before Roger Freeman died. The prosecution allege

that Paul Waterfall was well aware that the bull was aggressivd and

posed a threat to walkers. Paul Waterfall belies `` denies gross

negligence leading to mansl`ughter. A murder investigation has begun

after the body of a woman w`s found in Derby. She was discovered behind

homes in Hartington Street xesterday morning. It's an area known for high

levels of crime. Police say they're keeping an open mind about how the

woman, who was in her 30s, died Train lines across the East Midlands

were targeted by vandals or trespassers more than 500 thmes last

year. Network Rail and Brithsh Transport Police are tackling the

problem by reintroducing safety trains, as Jo Healey reports.

Look at the risk they are rtnning. Trains travel up to 125 milds an

hour and can take a mile and a quarter to stop. If someone is on

the tracks train cannot stop quickly. This attack and thhs

trespassing happened locallx. These are reasons why safety trains had

returned to the East Midlands. From the outside this looks like a normal

train but it is staffed by officers from British Transport Police and

staff from British rail. If they see anything going on that should not

be, like trespassing, they will The train right away and get out and

deal with it. There were 57 reports of trespassing and vandalisl on this

line last year. On tracks across the East Midlands there were more than

500 incidents, with 14 reported just last week. The delays they caused

cost Network Rail ?1.3 millhon a year in compensation. We responded

last week two a fatality and as we were responding we had people

trespassing nearby as well. Caution, fine, jail, all penalties pdople

doing this sort of thing can be faced with. They are hoping the new

patrols. Them in their tracks. `` they are hoping that these new

patrols will stop them in their tracks.

There's a call for more bushnesses to start exporting to Brazil. A

trade mission from the East Midlands has been out to the city of Sao

Paulo to meet potential customers and partners. Here's Mike O'Sullivan

with the first in a series of special reports from South @merica.

They call the Brazilian supdr city of Sao Paulo the New York of the

tropics. It is a World Cup venue, a place for World Cup protest as

well. It is big with 30 million people and it is big on bushness.

Doing business in Sao Paulo means getting around the legendarx traffic

problem. Some Brazilians do it by helicopter. This building h`s a

helipad 24 stories up. Can our businesses get to lift off hn this

economic powerhouse to make their export ambitions take flight?

Six businesses and organisations have come here on a four`dax trade

mission from the East Midlands. This is their market briefing from UK

Trade Investment, the govdrnment trade agency that setup the trip.

Back home this man's firm elploys 11 people making specialist eqtipment

for everything from laboratories to Labour `` laser printers. Wd have to

export, the market in the UK is pretty saturated. We are dohng OK in

the States which will continue to grow but we must find growth

elsewhere as well. Many companies are not making Brazil a high

priority. We have set a target to double our exports which is

achievable but stretching. They say that this could be a city and

country that stretches the horizons of our businesses.

Tomorrow night Mike looks at how the Triumph motorcycle company hs taking

part in that Brazilian economic miracle.

That's your news, so it's goodbye from me, but with your weather now,

here's Anna Church. from me, but with

We have had some lively weather around today. We have had spually

winds and is `` squally winds and heavy rain. The active weather front

has cleared away now so things are settling down for tomorrow. It will

be drier and brighter with lore sunshine. It stays breezy and it

will be cooler. The wind will stay strong tonight. It blows in the

showers and will stay dry whth clear spells. It is a much cooler and

fresher night. Tomorrow morning will be bright and breezy with showers

first thing that they will fade away in the afternoon. The presstre will

build and a lot of sunshine later in the day. It stays windy and you will

notice the difference with Hakula feel to things. `` a cooler feel to

things. Good night. getting up to around 14 degrees.

Unsettled conditions through the next few days. A bit of rain around

on Friday but with more on that I will hand you over to Nina Ridge.

The weekend brought some mild nights. Signs of a change across

Northern Ireland and Scotland, but for England and Wales many places

began the day at ten to 13 degrees. That contrast has been cleared away

so by tomorrow morning a chillier start to the day and typical

temperatures will be five to seven degrees. An active cold front, heavy

rain and wind. We have some showers following on from behind. On the

satellite picture, a main low-pressure clearing out into the

North Sea. In between the showers through the night there will be

clearer spells and that allows the temperatures to drop away. The

westerly breeze will