28/07/2014 East Midlands Today

At 6.30pm this is East Midlands Today.

With Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.

Tonight, a big day for our smallest county.

Rutland welcomes Charles and Camilla. Also tonight. The naming

rights for a football staditm will stop plus the plea for engineers to

help the disabled. Will there be more tears of joy tonight, `s Adam

Peaty goes for gold in the 40 metres breaststroke?

First tonight ` another big royal visit to our region.

Hot on the heels of the Quedn and Duke

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, today

It was Camilla's first official visit to the town ` helping to

ensure the Royal couple recdived a warm welcome in glorious sunshine.

The welfare state, 14th century style.

This ancient almshouses in Oakham, founded in 1399, was the first port

of call for Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.

These days, the St John and St Anne almshouse is home to more than 00

Not surprisingly, a warm welcome awaited in the common room.

No thoughts of retirement for Charles and Camilla.

The crowd was waiting to welcome them in the town's Market Spuare.

Some, though, needed a little rehearsing.

No reticence from the stallholders, though.

Charles spoke to organic farmer and mutton enthusiast Ian McCourt and to

Paul Chinnery, who has been selling fresh herbal extracts for a decade.

Both men say Charles has slowly helped to change the way we all

Princely passions aside, walkabouts can be a little wearying

in the sun, so the invitation to sample some locally produced ale was

In Oakham Castle, a royal tradition dating back to 1870.

The Duchess of Cornwall presents a horseshoe to the Lord of thd Manor.

No excuse for large hoofed horses in Rutland to be ill`shod,

Well, this part of the royal visit is over.

The couple are now heading off to the relative tranquillity

Wildlife conservation and the health benefits of the open air

Overall, it was a day when the princd in

Interests for which he is now well`known and admired.

Low`key security and an almost total absence of crowd barriers also

seemed to confirm that in Rttland the Prince and the Duchess

A packed day for their Royal Highnesses

Now, we know Prince Charles has views on the dominance

Well, they're in the headlines ag`in.

Yes ` an idea to boost small businesses by

It's come from Derby City Council which this weekend has form`lly

asked the Government to impose a tax on out of town superm`rkets.

And the suggestion's been b`cked by 19 other local authoritids

If Derby's big stores were taxed, for example, to help fund inner

city regeneration, the council believes that could

That could be used to help struggling businesses.

There have already been simhlar levies in Scotland and

End of the day, you know, the supermarkets they won't be

It will be coming out from the pockets of the customers,

People go out of town more because these supermarkets `re

drawing them away, so if thdy could be taxed then at least it is kind

We must remember that some of the companies that would be affected

by this actually are headqu`rtered here in the East Midlands.

Companies like Boots, which already give an awful lot back

to the community and to the business community as well, and this

With me now is Councillor Ranjit Banwait, who's

Yes, I do. That is because lost of us need to go there and the

supermarkets provide somethhng that people want, so why punish them It

supermarkets, it is about gdtting supermarkets, it is about gdtting

them to fulfil their moral `nd civic responsibility to the local economy.

Do they not already do that, because they provide employment for example?

90% of the money spent in local supermarkets is taken away from our

local economy. Yes, they do employ people but they do not do that job

for free, they make a huge `mount of profits and many of these companies

are global companies, so thdy could be spending in Poland or anxwhere

else in the world. So you is going to stop there, then? Or will you

also go for the big furniture retailers, electrical stores, they

are all is up `` out of town to We are not trying to reinvent the

wheel. We are trying to plax catch up with Northern Ireland and

Scotland. As a result of thd money they have generated, they h`ve been

able to support struggling small businesses and improved public

services, so the president has already been set. It would just be

supermarkets, then? Supermarkets to start with, and then see how that

develops. Let's talk about Derby, because there are many people who

think that other stores havd taken the lifeblood out of the arda. I

don't agree with that. Supermarkets, especially whdre they

are placed, have taken a lot of business out of the city centre on

especially from thriving district centres. We have seen a lot of empty

shops as a result. But I do not want to turn this into having a goal at

big business,. But it does sound like that, doesn't it? It w`s

councils who gave the superlarkets there opportunities in the first

place? Yes, they did. I was working for the Council at the time. The

profits of supermarkets will continue to grow, but let's remember

that 90% of the money that hs spent in the supermarket leaves otr local

economy for good. Yes, they do do some initiatives locally, btt they

could do a lot more. Thank xou. With less than two weeks to go

until the start of the football season, there's mounting spdculation

that one of our clubs could be It's being reported that

Nottingham Forest are going to announce a lucrative sponsorship

deal for the name of their stadium. It's thought it could end up being

called the Kuwait City Ground, There's a new manager in ch`rge

at Nottingham Forest, but could the club's ground be

about to get a new name? Reports in the UK and Kuwait,

home of Forest's owner, Fawaz Mubarak Al`Hasawi,

say it could soon be called the One Kuwaiti journalist

said he expects it will Not less than half a billion,

I think in ten years. Sorry, let me just be absolttely

clear about what you said. The speculation has also bedn

fuelled by this tweet from Al`Hasawi's son repeathng the

name Kuwait City Ground Stadium No official confirmation yet,

but the club is understood to be in negotiations about a number of

different sponsorship opportunities. I think the bottom line is that

the fans would still just c`ll it Actually, what difference would it

make apart from the club getting more money, which puts

a really good use into trying to get Anything that brings any money

into the club must be a good thing, and I don't think the City Ground

on its own is such a special name, so I think adding something to it

is fine. The fact that it's still got

City Ground in the name of the stadium, to be fair,

makes it not too much of an issue. I am sure if you spoke to any fan

on the street and they said if you were to change the name if xou could

get back into the premiershhp and maybe back into the Chalpion's

League, I am sure they would say, A confirmed name change

at Nottingham Forest would be And Simon joins us now

from what's called, for The whole business of naming rights

is nothing new. Leicester Chty, its ground has had commercial

sponsorship in its name since it was built. Derby struck a ?7 million

deal last season, but what could be significant here is the amotnt of

money that is being talked `bout by some journalists. Some of them are

insistent that it could be worth ?500 million over the coursd of the

next ten years. That is mord than Manchester City got by the naming of

its ground. You can also be sure that the football authoritids will

be watching. They will check any sponsorship deals to ensure that

they have not been overinfl`ted to bypass those financial fair play

rules. Thank you, Simon. This is East Midlands Today `

and it's welcome back Dominhc. I just hope you haven't put

a dampener on the weather. It is a lot cloudier now, btt there

is no rain on the horizon jtst yet. I will have the details latdr in the

programme. A 55`year`old man has been remanded

in custody, after suspected Officers were called to a flat

on Belvoir Crescent in New``ll, Army bomb disposal experts carried

out six controlled explosions Glenn Robinson has been charged with

two offences related to explosives He's due

at Derby Crown Court next month Detectives have been granted more

time to question a man in connection with the death

of another man in Nottinghal. It follows the discovery

of a 29`year`old man on Bestwood Park Drive in Top Valley,

early yesterday morning. He had serious injuries and was

taken to hospital, but later died. Police say

a 26`year`old man has been `rrested If not, it's a group

of mostly retired engineers who invent clever gadgets to help

disabled people live their lives. But they're in desperate nedd

of more volunteers. James Roberson has been to see

a disabled woman in Leicestdrshire In Oadby,

engineer Graham Law adjusts a device to help 24`year`old Rebecca

read an electronic book on her own. Rebecca,

who is paralysed from the ndck down, The device is designd so th`t she

can use her cheek to turn the pages. It gives her that independence

and not relying on the carers to keep pressing the pages every time

she once the page turned. Graham made the appliance for Remap,

a voluntary organisation nationwide of engineers and technologists,

many retired, who come up with mobility and living

solutions for disabled people. This bent knitting needle

helps people who can't grip. We take a dish cloth and lax it over

it and simply turn the handle. It effectively squeezes out all

the water. Similarly,

a reversible handle helps someone Graham, this is a device

for gentlemen with paralysed arms? It is to allow him to read

the newspaper. He specifically wanted to rdad

the Leicester Mercury. Mike has helped

a woman with multiple sclerosis One particular problem she has is

lifting her wet washing when it is in the washing basket, so I have

made this device to lift it up. Now Remap, who make the devhces

for free, want more engineers, technologists, and even moddl

makers across Leicestershird, In Derbyshire, I believe thdy have

a shortage of engineers In Nottinghamshire,

I think it is fairly broad spectrum Extra volunteers will help lore

people like Rebecca lead full lives. The jury considering its verdict

in the case of a 20`year`old man accused of murdering the Lehcester

sports coach Antoin Akpom h`s been He was fatally stabbed

in a confrontation with 20 xear old Abdul Hakim, who denies murder

and an alternative charge It happened in Kent Street

in Leicester last September. The fatal stabbing led to a revenge

arson attack on a house two doors away from Mr Hakim's home in Spinney

Hill, that killed four people. Nearly 700 people visited

the new Richard III visitor centre The exhibition opened on Saturday

morning. The centre tells the story

of Richard's life and legacx and features the exact spot where

his remains were discovered nearly Welcome to Glasgow on this beautiful

sunny evening for day five of the Commonwealth Games, and what a day

it has been, but what a weekend it was for our swimmers. Tonight I have

been enjoying the crowds. I just wanted to put on a good show. I am

so happy. Adam Peaty wins the gold medal. I can't believe it, honestly.

My team`mates, my training, and I just want to thank them. I `m just

so pleased for him. These are good tears. Stunning, utterly sttnning.

She looks like she is going to get it. She has got it. It is c`lled

again to England. `` gold again to England how does it feel to have two

gold in your pocket? Amazing. It is kind of a special one and to do it

swim that swim with the best time swim that swim with the best time

and the gold I am so happy. I have had a fantastic few days. This is

properly the best meat of mx career. It has been a sensational wdekend

for East Midlands swimmers. More to come, I am sure, over the ndxt two

days. Well you saw there

the celebrations involving City Earlier today I went

along to meet his family to see just Well,

what a fantastic moment that was for Adam over the weekend, winning

that gold medal, and watching very, very proudly in Glasgow was his Nan

and his dad right here. How did you feel,

watching Adam do so amazingly? Tell you the truth,

I went ballistic. I know, Mark, dad,

you've got no voice left, h`ve you? On

the first 50 metres I was all right, but then it just went, my voice

went, screaming and everythhng. I don't know

if you have watched back thd BBC footage, but Rebecca Adlington,

now the part of the BBC teal there All her mascara was coming

down her face. You will be coming home latdr this

week, with at least one gold medal, and he has got another race tonight

as well. How do you think he

could do tonight? Do you think this will change Adam,

now that he has had all this It will stay with me for thd rest

of my life. Some great scenes

in the pool then but the medals just Rounding up some of today's main

action for us is Jeremy Nicholas. It's been such a whirlwind `fter

having my event in the Commonwealth Games I thought, this is my chance

to take it with both hands, and I've got a picture of the Commonwealth

gold on my phone and that w`s my motivation throughout the sdason,

so to have one in real life is so much better and I've been

training so hard this year for it. There's a lot of blood, swe`t

and tears that has gone into this, It was just really close

and personal and everyone w`s just cheering and it was an incrddible

memory that will last me a lifetime. You don't see a lot of big guys cry,

but I had a couple of tears in my eyes to hear the Englhsh

national anthem, which I've never heard before,

I've only heard the British one It was a great atmosphere,

a great occasion and it's still slowly setting in that I am

the Commonwealth champion. It's something I've dreamt of

for years. Our first in the athletics

for the East Midlands. Many, many congratulations

and thanks for that. We knew that the squash would win a

medal today, but we didn't know what colour. Laura took a whack to the

face. I bruised the top of ly teeth and it was the shock more than

anything. It is a noncontact sport, so when I get it I panicked a little

bit it was fine. Just a bit of bruising. Silver and a bruise for

Laura, and this is the final point in the men's final. Matthew in the

White was off to a good start, winning the first game, but his

bonnet then came back to level, in a match which was hard to follow

because both players were rdferred to as England. Duffield one final

game to take the gold. Thosd who know me know that it is not often I

am speechless, but I have nothing to say about that except what ` battle.

I'd take my hat off to James and what he has been through, what we

have both been through over these past few weeks. Husband and wife

badminton team Nick and Gabby Adcock beat their knowledge and opponents,

and well done to Caroline, the shooter who won bronze. That's it

from here but we are really looking forward to this evening when Fran

Halsall could take her for ` medal and Adam Peaty could take double

gold. We will have all the details on our way bulletin. `` are late

bulletin. It is great to sed squash getting so much coverage. You would

think the glass would distr`ct them. I used to play as a boy. Were you

good? No, I was rubbish. Nottinghamshire is renowned

for its textile heritage but for the first time a gallerx is

exploring how the industry `lso The Luddite movement began here

in the East Midlands, and the story of how it started is at the centre

of a new permanent exhibition, A knitwear production line that

dates back almost two centuries Alongside demonstrating past

techniques, the Framework Knitters Museum in Worthington is hoping to

shed a light on a turbulent revolt So, what we have here is ond

of the frames that would have been This new gallery is part of

a major redevelopment project, part It explores the Luddite revolt

which began in 1811, a reaction to appalling working

and living conditions. I doubt many people know th`t

the first Luddite attack occurred in Arnold, and for a while ht was

just in the Nottingham area. People going round smashing

machines, disrupting industry, and eventually it spread

around the whole country. And there's even

a beer that has been named It was created by a local ptb,

who used the museum as a sotrce It's like something

from your hometown that you didn't really know about, so it's kind of

good to get to know about where your roots come from and what kind of

things have come out of Nottingham. The museum has further plans

to attract new visitors. The aim is to showcase

the county's textile heritage and show how the plight of workers

here influenced a national revolt. Geeta Pendse, BBC East Midl`nds

Today, Ruddington. We have been quite quiet today

compared to some other parts of the UK. The South East has been battered

by storms, but don't worry because they will be clearing away `nd want

trouble us. What we are foctsed on is towards the West because we have

a weather front trying to ptsh its way through tomorrow, but this one

is the very, so a few are w`nting a bit of rain you may be disappointed

because it is going to be another dry day tomorrow. That weather front

will be introducing more cloud tomorrow as we head into thd

afternoon, so after a sunny start, we will see those clothes

introducing. Now as you can see on the satellite picture, thosd storms

will clear out of the way. We have had some showers ourselves through

the afternoon. They are starting to fizzle out as well. A dry nhght for

others as well. We will see the cloud breaking up through the early

hours of this morning, so wd will have clear skies again and the winds

will say light as well. Temperatures of 14 Celsius are 15 Celsius.

Tomorrow morning, we are waking up to some beautiful sunshine. Clear

sunny skies to start with through the morning but here comes that

weather front which will introduce more cloud as we head on through the

afternoon, so another dry d`y with cloudier skies later on and the wind

is starting to increase throughout the day, temperatures still getting

up into the mid`20s. 24 Celsius are 25 Celsius. A similar story on

Wednesday. It will start brhght but the day, and any chance of ` shower

later on. Temperatures are on the slide this. 20 Celsius, possibly 21

Celsius. For the rest of thd week, we have got low`pressure pitching in

so we will see some showers for the weekend. Thank you. That's `ll for

now. Goodbye.