:00:00. > :00:13.Hello. Tonight, Inside Out East Midlands is focusing on energy. We
:00:14. > :00:20.are tracking down the power of the sewer costing us all money. All the
:00:21. > :00:27.power is used to these two metres is not being build, it appears. They
:00:28. > :00:32.are getting it for free, for now. We meet the community that has built
:00:33. > :00:34.its own power supply. It is putting money and resources back into the
:00:35. > :00:37.village. And we 0 money and resources back into the
:00:38. > :00:49.village. And we are in the house that time forgot. There you go, free
:00:50. > :00:54.can all water. As the row over energy prices gets evermore heated,
:00:55. > :01:00.a growing number of people are now choosing to steal their gas and
:01:01. > :01:02.electricity. Some of the thieves are cash`strapped and desperate, but
:01:03. > :01:08.there are others happy to cheat the system while living the high life.
:01:09. > :01:10.In this exclusive report for Inside Out, Mark Jordan joins the
:01:11. > :01:16.enforcement teams as they hunt down the power thieves.
:01:17. > :01:22.Energy prices are making headlines as our bills hit an all`time high.
:01:23. > :01:28.Honest households pay up. But ?30 a year of our bill is paying for the
:01:29. > :01:33.power thieves. The meter has definitely been interfered with ` it
:01:34. > :01:43.has a fake seal in the top. This is the story of the power thieves, and
:01:44. > :01:46.the people who track them down. The British Gas training academy in
:01:47. > :01:51.Leicester. Here engineers learn how to spot tampering of gas and
:01:52. > :01:54.electric supply. It's never been more needed. Difficult economic
:01:55. > :01:58.climate = more people are feeling this is the only way they can get
:01:59. > :02:02.their energy ` so the trend is upwards. This is a huge problem ` we
:02:03. > :02:10.believe ?500 million worth of energy is stolen each year. In terms of
:02:11. > :02:14.what that means for a customer, but edgily ?30 a year on their bills, a
:02:15. > :02:18.lot of money for our customers, money they shouldn't have to pay.
:02:19. > :02:20.For the 0 money they shouldn't have to pay.
:02:21. > :02:23.For the next few days, I'm riding along with Piers and Malcolm ` power
:02:24. > :02:27.theft investigators. The most bizarre case I've dealt with is a
:02:28. > :02:33.nursing home. When we caught the owner it cost him ?25,000. But this
:02:34. > :02:39.morning's call is for much smaller fry. Well, the first three we have
:02:40. > :02:43.got are domestic. A routine meter reading on an East London estate has
:02:44. > :02:47.discovered a single mother of three tampering with her gas meter. There
:02:48. > :02:51.was what appears to be a cooker hose at the time that actually replaced
:02:52. > :02:59.the gas meter. Even with gas central heating they only paid ?15 last
:03:00. > :03:08.year. Her mini people live in the property? My mum, my two sisters and
:03:09. > :03:11.myself. The meter's back but hasn't been installed correctly. Because
:03:12. > :03:15.the mother has children she's considered vulnerable and can't be
:03:16. > :03:19.cut off. Potentially this one will go to the police. We try to trace
:03:20. > :03:22.back whos doing this. We find trends where people go round estates and
:03:23. > :03:26.tamper with meters. These people will charge a range ` we've heard
:03:27. > :03:35.from ?10 to ?500 a time. They can do 10`15 a day. They are not putting
:03:36. > :03:38.themselves at risk. If something happened there its all the adjoining
:03:39. > :03:41.properties and everyone in there that's going to be affected by
:03:42. > :03:44.potential explosion. This was the scene that people on Dundas Road
:03:45. > :03:47.woke up to this morning. Whatever the cause, gas explosions can be
:03:48. > :03:50.deadly. A suspected gas explosion inside a terraced house. In
:03:51. > :03:56.Sheffield last year this entire house was blown apart. Miraculously
:03:57. > :04:00.no one died. It's a chilling reminder of the dangers of gas. The
:04:01. > :04:05.damage of that explosion was so great that authorities were never
:04:06. > :04:07.able to pin point the exact cause. Emergency services were worried
:04:08. > :04:15.about other dangers ` so they decided to conduct a test. The
:04:16. > :04:19.police were on site and they asked us whether or not we felt it was
:04:20. > :04:23.right to look at some of the other supplies on the street and, yes,
:04:24. > :04:33.from 20 houses in a single terrace street sure enough we found five gas
:04:34. > :04:38.thefts and two electricity thefts. It's a great example of how and what
:04:39. > :04:41.the scale of the issue is. Little now shocks Mark ` he's had
:04:42. > :04:51.80`year`old pensioners removing gas meters. He has seen all sorts of
:04:52. > :05:00.ways of stealing power. It is a bicycle inner tube. This tube would
:05:01. > :05:07.be across here like that. Hello? We have come here to inspect the
:05:08. > :05:15.electricity meter. This flat's total bill of just ?5 for last year led
:05:16. > :05:18.them to find this dangerous bypass. Malcolm prepares evidence for
:05:19. > :05:18.prosecution and the bill for years of 0
:05:19. > :05:25.prosecution and the bill for years of stolen electricity. It was back
:05:26. > :05:34.built since 2008 from when the account started. It is going to be a
:05:35. > :05:39.big bill. It will be. We are now in a very rich part of Essex. Homes
:05:40. > :05:44.here often sell for over a million. But the team have a tip`off about an
:05:45. > :05:49.eight bed mansion with ?300,000' worth of cars on the forecourt. But
:05:50. > :05:56.the house is suspiciously energy`efficient. Can I come in to
:05:57. > :05:59.see what you've got? Where is the light switch for this room here?
:06:00. > :06:10.Within minutes of the team's arrival the power to most of the house
:06:11. > :06:14.mysteriously goes off. My suspicion is that all the back of that house
:06:15. > :06:18.and garage is on unmetered supply which they have now turned off. But
:06:19. > :06:25.where to look for the illegal supply? Just looking to see if any
:06:26. > :06:29.of it has been taken up recently. The owners insist the only meters
:06:30. > :06:39.are the ones outside. But an hour and a half into the search, Piers
:06:40. > :06:46.finds another supply. I can see the paper. Another electricity meter.
:06:47. > :06:51.Moments later... There we have another gas meter. All the power is
:06:52. > :06:58.being used to these two metres, it is not being build, it appears. They
:06:59. > :07:01.are getting it for free. For now. But very soon it is a mansion
:07:02. > :07:06.without power, the legal supply is cut off. It will not be restored
:07:07. > :07:13.until an estimated ?6,000 of stolen energy is paid for. These people can
:07:14. > :07:19.quite obviously afford to pay for their energy, and yet, they are not.
:07:20. > :07:31.Theft is being made all the easier by the Internet. We are from British
:07:32. > :07:36.Gas, come to inspect the gas meter. It doesn't seem to be moving. We are
:07:37. > :07:49.going to leave you off supply. Cut off the gas. The crude scum from
:07:50. > :07:55.China `` scam is being uncovered. We are now going to remove the index
:07:56. > :07:59.mechanism. He exposes the cogs that drive the meter mechanism, it is the
:08:00. > :08:05.moment of truth. It has got teeth that have been taken off. Cut off
:08:06. > :08:12.half of the teeth and you have the bill. Only a fraction of the gas has
:08:13. > :08:16.been recorded on that index. You still don't know anything about it?
:08:17. > :08:23.When that could've happened who could have done it? Meanwhile,
:08:24. > :08:30.Malcolm produces an estimated bill. It's ?1,782.10 for the past four
:08:31. > :08:35.months. Can you pay that? Otherwise I have got to tell the engineers to
:08:36. > :08:41.make sure that supply is kept off. We will walk away with the meter.
:08:42. > :08:45.The owner's credit card means this is one bill we will not be picking
:08:46. > :08:52.up. Immunity from prosecution not included.
:08:53. > :08:58.There is one area of power theft where police, not power companies,
:08:59. > :09:01.take the lead. Nationwide police uncover over 20 cannabis farms a
:09:02. > :09:11.day. Most steal their electric. Essex Police raid up to six a week.
:09:12. > :09:16.It is not a third of the electricity stolen in Britain goes on cannabis
:09:17. > :09:18.farms. They follow the wires all read the house and they think that
:09:19. > :09:24.this electricity is being stolen from the neighbours. You can see
:09:25. > :09:31.there is a power cable, coming from next door, they have spurred the
:09:32. > :09:33.power from next door. Police are now under orders to destroy everything
:09:34. > :09:39.that makes growing cannabis possible. Power theft. Whether on
:09:40. > :09:47.cannabis farms or the chip shop, it is booming, and unless detected, we
:09:48. > :09:50.get the bill. The total invoice amount is for ?7,702.88. Catching
:09:51. > :09:56.the thieves is costly ` few will ever see prison. Here, cheeky enough
:09:57. > :10:04.to ask for a discount! We don't offer discount. I think that is too
:10:05. > :10:12.much. OK, do you want to get the electrician in? We don't give a
:10:13. > :10:17.discount. The lights may go out ` but the bill's still on us! Cut the
:10:18. > :10:19.electricity. Off! The East Midlands uses more energy
:10:20. > :10:23.per head than anywhere else in the country, yet we have some of the
:10:24. > :10:28.poorest households. As prices soar, we sent Jim Davis to out find what
:10:29. > :10:33.help there is for families in fuel poverty. And to find out whether
:10:34. > :10:43.community action is one solution to those big bills.
:10:44. > :10:47.The East Midlands uses 40% more energy per household than anywhere
:10:48. > :10:51.else. So when costs rise we're hit hard. The political debate is
:10:52. > :10:54.electric. We know what a Labour government would mean, freezing
:10:55. > :11:04.energy bills until 2017. Freeze that bill. The Right Honourable gentleman
:11:05. > :11:11.is acting like a conman. He is promising something he knows he
:11:12. > :11:15.cannot deliver. Many people take a choice this winter between heating
:11:16. > :11:19.and eating. I hope he will welcome the Green Deal because it will give
:11:20. > :11:23.households the opportunity to cut their bills on their costs with
:11:24. > :11:26.absolutely no upfront cost. No matter how much politicians talk
:11:27. > :11:32.about reducing our energy bills they seem to keep on climbing. We have
:11:33. > :11:46.got green taxes, green deals. Freezing bells and freezing homes.
:11:47. > :11:49.Is it all just a lot of hot air? For Julie Laird from Nottingham, heating
:11:50. > :11:53.or eating isn't a political catchphrase ` it's a daily choice.
:11:54. > :11:56.Julie is sole carer for grandaughter Millie and every week she spends
:11:57. > :12:10.about a quarter of her income on heating and lighting. We like a cup
:12:11. > :12:20.of tea, don't we? I have to buy the cheapest brands and I have to budget
:12:21. > :12:25.very carefully. I can't afford meat. That is a luxury. Julie used
:12:26. > :12:27.to work in a care home but she's now on incapacity benefit and strong
:12:28. > :12:31.painkillers because of a slipped disc. ?45 a week of her benefits
:12:32. > :12:40.goes into the gas and electricity prepayment meters. We just live in
:12:41. > :12:42.this room with the gas fire. It's too expensive to heat the whole
:12:43. > :12:44.house. 0 too expensive to heat the whole
:12:45. > :12:48.house. The definition of fuel poverty changed last year. Now you
:12:49. > :12:51.only count if you have above average fuel costs which leave you with an
:12:52. > :12:58.income below the official poverty line. It doesn't matter to Julie.
:12:59. > :13:03.However you measure it, she's still an official statistic. And exactly
:13:04. > :13:09.the sort of person the government's green deal is supposed to help.
:13:10. > :13:13.Julie lives on the Clifton estate. Most of the houses here are built of
:13:14. > :13:20.something called no fines concrete and are notoriously poor for holding
:13:21. > :13:26.their heat. So Clifton found a great green deal solution ` solid wall
:13:27. > :13:30.insulation. They tapped into the energy company obligation or ECO. It
:13:31. > :13:35.obliges big energy companies to help us all shrink our carbon footprint.
:13:36. > :13:38.When we started filming, thousands of Clifton homeowners were being
:13:39. > :13:40.offered insulation for a fraction of the price it actually cost. Tenants
:13:41. > :13:43.got 0 the price it actually cost. Tenants
:13:44. > :13:52.got it for free ` all funded by British Gas. But last month the
:13:53. > :13:55.Chancellor cut green taxes. This week, we deliver on the promise made
:13:56. > :14:02.by the Prime Minister to roll back those levies. The result is an
:14:03. > :14:05.average of ?50 of family bills. The change to green levies meant, two
:14:06. > :14:08.weeks ago, British Gas served notice they were pulling the plug. Emily
:14:09. > :14:13.Braham is part of the Nottingham team that negotiated greener
:14:14. > :14:18.housing. She's gutted. We have now got 90 days notice so we will do as
:14:19. > :14:21.many properties as we can within that. We are looking to see what
:14:22. > :14:25.funding is available to try to put something together for the rest of
:14:26. > :14:30.Clifton. It is really disappointing. We have worked really hard to get
:14:31. > :14:38.this scheme off the ground. We were hoping to create long`term energy
:14:39. > :14:41.savings for residents. So what else can people like Julie do? We're
:14:42. > :14:47.always being told to shop around for our energy. Your current bill
:14:48. > :14:49.estimate is 1650. At Hope Church on the estate a group called RISE
:14:50. > :14:55.Regenerate is offering a drop`in clinic to help people who struggle
:14:56. > :15:03.to get online. They think that will save you ?235. If you do shop
:15:04. > :15:08.around, you can find cheaper deals but you have to know where you are
:15:09. > :15:11.looking. When Julie and I look into the green deal we find you can
:15:12. > :15:14.borrow money for energy saving improvements and pay it back through
:15:15. > :15:17.your electricity bill but it seems to be aimed at homeowners not
:15:18. > :15:21.tenants like Julie. Now you have had a look at this, what you think about
:15:22. > :15:28.it? Do you think there is advice for you? No. It's very confusing.
:15:29. > :15:31.Doesn't apply to me. So we offered to get Julie some independent expert
:15:32. > :15:37.advice. We'll find out how she got on a bit later.
:15:38. > :15:43.Perhaps the answer is community action rather than relying on
:15:44. > :15:46.government help. In the village of Hockerton in Nottinghamshire they've
:15:47. > :15:56.clubbed together to build their own power source. How much does one of
:15:57. > :16:04.these cost? Second`hand, we paid about ?65,000 for the turbine but
:16:05. > :16:10.the connection was another ?60,000. So this is the metre room. How can
:16:11. > :16:19.you see how much you are making? On this dial here. It is actually
:16:20. > :16:22.1,115,000 kWh since we installed it. Feed in tariffs pay back the 76
:16:23. > :16:32.investors with interest of around 7%. We are also giving money to the
:16:33. > :16:46.village. ?200 to improve sustainability. Brian Smith is one
:16:47. > :16:50.of the original investors. Ironically in his day job as a
:16:51. > :16:53.solicitor advising on planning he often opposes wind turbines. But
:16:54. > :16:59.he's a big fan of this one and has been so inspired he's even built his
:17:00. > :17:05.own eco house. Have you noticed your bills changing? We have the last
:17:06. > :17:14.bill here, ?200, and that is everything. I think the key thing
:17:15. > :17:20.for this house and for this situation is insulated. It is
:17:21. > :17:25.keeping energy costs down in the first place is better than
:17:26. > :17:31.generating power. Back in Clifton Julie's got a visitor. Can I come
:17:32. > :17:37.in? Thank you. Melvin Young is from the charity Nottingham Energy
:17:38. > :17:43.Partnership. There is quite a lot of draft coming through the door. There
:17:44. > :17:49.is a large gap so we can put some draft excluders across. You have got
:17:50. > :17:53.a tumble dryer which is an invented and humble drivers use a lot of
:17:54. > :17:57.energy. He's something of an expert in cutting energy bills. And he
:17:58. > :18:06.finds Julie's house is insulated but draughty. She has the main fabric of
:18:07. > :18:08.the house done correctly. It is all about the internal aspects and how
:18:09. > :18:12.she uses energy. While Julie's thinking over all that advice I'm
:18:13. > :18:15.off to the Belgrave area of Leicester. Vinod Popat has another
:18:16. > :18:24.idea for cutting big bills ` he wants people to bulk buy their
:18:25. > :18:27.energy. You get a lot of people joining in the scheme and then you
:18:28. > :18:38.go to the big companies and negotiate. Our in numbers? Power in
:18:39. > :18:42.numbers, exactly. Vinod told me it's already worked elsewhere ` he just
:18:43. > :18:51.needs 300 people to sign up. We stand a very good chance. Getting a
:18:52. > :19:01.discount of 20%. You can save ?60 a quarter. That is almost 250 per
:19:02. > :19:04.year. A few weeks later and I'm back at Julie's house in Clifton. So
:19:05. > :19:10.what's changed? Well, Millie's had a birthday, and Julie's had a present
:19:11. > :19:17.from the council. I see you have a new front door. Yeah, it's very
:19:18. > :19:23.nice. There are no more drafts and it is a lot warmer. So it has made a
:19:24. > :19:23.difference? Definitely. Julie told me she's 0
:19:24. > :19:26.difference? Definitely. Julie told me she's stopped using her tumble
:19:27. > :19:30.dryer, and she's started using her radiators more carefully. She's also
:19:31. > :19:36.trying to switch to a cheaper deal on direct debit rather than
:19:37. > :19:39.pre`payment meters. So with a bit of advice Julie's managed to cut her
:19:40. > :19:43.bills just by changing the way she uses her energy. Something most of
:19:44. > :19:48.us could do, to be honest. But if bills keep rising, she'll struggle.
:19:49. > :19:51.Like millions of others. Maybe it's time we came up with some long term
:19:52. > :20:03.solutions. Finally tonight, we are going to
:20:04. > :20:07.visit some houses were repair bills are an even bigger problem than
:20:08. > :20:08.energy costs. Some of the oldest housing we have is in the
:20:09. > :20:12.countryside 0 housing we have is in the
:20:13. > :20:16.countryside and stop a lot is the property of big country estates
:20:17. > :20:19.which, between them, one and a quarter of the land in the East
:20:20. > :20:22.Midlands. Many homes have been rented by the same families for
:20:23. > :20:33.generations. But that is all changing.
:20:34. > :20:40.This castle dominates the skyline and the land around it. The estate
:20:41. > :20:46.owns 350 homes and business properties. This house could have
:20:47. > :20:53.been in their family for anywhere up to 100 years. Repair bills can be
:20:54. > :20:53.huge. Some need of urgent work. We want 0
:20:54. > :20:53.huge. Some need of urgent work. We want to 0
:20:54. > :20:53.huge. Some need of urgent work. We want to get them 0
:20:54. > :20:57.huge. Some need of urgent work. We want to get them done and back on
:20:58. > :21:05.the market. There has been a pupil in recent years. `` upheaval. I am
:21:06. > :21:07.not the most popular person around here but as time goes on, the key
:21:08. > :21:08.thing is to keep this 0 here but as time goes on, the key
:21:09. > :21:08.thing is to keep this heritage together, 0
:21:09. > :21:12.thing is to keep this heritage together, intact. 0
:21:13. > :21:14.thing is to keep this heritage together, intact. And they have
:21:15. > :21:23.uncovered some remarkable projects. We'll have a quick look. Yet, best
:21:24. > :21:23.way is through this window. They have purchased a 0
:21:24. > :21:31.way is through this window. They have purchased a time catch all of
:21:32. > :21:37.the house to restore. 12 years ago, we featured this estate and what was
:21:38. > :21:37.then the new Duchess, on the first Inside 0
:21:38. > :21:44.then the new Duchess, on the first Inside Out. We have to make this
:21:45. > :21:51.work for future generations, for my son, for the nation, I believe,
:21:52. > :22:01.certainly for the East Midlands. We did a lot of events in the castle
:22:02. > :22:06.over a lot of days and that wasn't cost`effective either. So I has...
:22:07. > :22:07.Had to make a 0 cost`effective either. So I has...
:22:08. > :22:08.Had to make a lot of 0 cost`effective either. So I has...
:22:09. > :22:13.Had to make a lot of changes to make it viable to survive. The engine
:22:14. > :22:20.Yard is where the estate building workers were based. They lost their
:22:21. > :22:28.jobs. At its height, the castle directly employed 180 people. On
:22:29. > :22:34.land and working in the castle. Now, there is a staff of only 20. I made
:22:35. > :22:41.a lot of people redundant and a lot of the people had lived and worked
:22:42. > :22:51.on this estate for generations. I outsource everything to local
:22:52. > :23:02.people. It is the property income which keeps the business of running
:23:03. > :23:05.a Duke in this area going. This man is the property manager. When
:23:06. > :23:07.families move 0 is the property manager. When
:23:08. > :23:11.families move out, he moves in people to fix things. This cottage
:23:12. > :23:18.was a good example of what you find when a family had been in it for 100
:23:19. > :23:24.years. We have a lot of fancy detail on the outside walls. Underneath you
:23:25. > :23:32.will be a well where the water and we used to pump that allowed. We
:23:33. > :23:39.will have to make that safe. Little has changed and damp as takeover.
:23:40. > :23:42.This black mould in the corner, there was probably a lot of
:23:43. > :23:52.furniture in there which has made it a lot worse because of the furniture
:23:53. > :23:58.is against the wall it will sweat. He is so passionate about wanting to
:23:59. > :24:05.make these properties right and he is so passionate about every pound
:24:06. > :24:05.is a prisoner, which is one of my great views 0
:24:06. > :24:10.is a prisoner, which is one of my great views about running heritage.
:24:11. > :24:16.It is easy to let pounds go up to hundreds and thousands. This estate
:24:17. > :24:27.building is now run as a top`class bed`and`breakfast. You can also go
:24:28. > :24:34.glamping here at the right time of year. It is a great opportunity for
:24:35. > :24:39.businesses like ours. We have picturesque views and it is easily
:24:40. > :24:47.commutable for corporate client from London and around the world. Country
:24:48. > :24:50.estates like this one are vital for the local economy. Events like the
:24:51. > :24:57.horse trials generate income but it is important there are places for
:24:58. > :25:01.businesses to be based. It is important to maintain the landscape
:25:02. > :25:08.and keep traditional buildings but we should find new and good uses for
:25:09. > :25:13.them. Back at the castle, another estate property is the home to the
:25:14. > :25:20.artist in residence, a successful sculptor who light`year fantastic.
:25:21. > :25:24.When you work and live on an estate like this, you basically have
:25:25. > :25:35.everything you need to hand. The raw materials, this space. Yet... The
:25:36. > :25:43.more people who live here, the more chance the pubs and shops have of
:25:44. > :25:46.staying open. You have the responsibility to the community.
:25:47. > :25:53.There is isolation if you want it but most choose to do more. I have
:25:54. > :25:57.done workshops in local schools. A lot of the types of schools were
:25:58. > :26:00.kids perhaps don't come from very privileged backgrounds and wouldn't
:26:01. > :26:06.normally have gone and experienced at in a big city. The days when
:26:07. > :26:10.generation after generation lived in the same house are going. This man
:26:11. > :26:20.worked for the estate until he was 75 and has retired to a grace and
:26:21. > :26:24.favour flat. His family lived in a house which she remembers have no
:26:25. > :26:34.plaster on the walls. It was just bare brick. You had to go about 50
:26:35. > :26:39.or 60 yards to the toilet. But that was luxury compared to this place.
:26:40. > :26:51.It has just been bought back by the estate. Two elderly brothers lived
:26:52. > :26:51.here. There has never been any access. 0
:26:52. > :26:57.here. There has never been any access. There is no electric, no
:26:58. > :27:00.water, no seating at all. They had a hose pipe coming out of the canal
:27:01. > :27:10.so, hopefully, it might still be there. I've only been here a couple
:27:11. > :27:17.of times. Word around here is they had been prisoners of the Japanese
:27:18. > :27:36.in World War II. That is quite an old box isn't it? 1904. 2000. Let's
:27:37. > :27:36.see if we can get any water out of it. We are getting 0
:27:37. > :27:41.see if we can get any water out of it. We are getting a bit. That is
:27:42. > :27:45.free canal water. It doesn't look too bad, does it? I don't think I
:27:46. > :27:51.would want to drink it straight out of the canal. I know they did years
:27:52. > :28:02.ago. And this is the toilet the heart. `` they had. The estate
:28:03. > :28:09.survives as the money it gets from a landline. `` landlord. At last they
:28:10. > :28:19.have their heads above the financial parapet. In 15 years' time I'm
:28:20. > :28:26.hoping I will have groomed some one like my son into thinking, mother,
:28:27. > :28:34.move over. We will see how it works out on Inside Out in 2029.
:28:35. > :28:45.And we look forward to it. That is it for another week. Thanks for
:28:46. > :28:51.watching. Next Monday, inside out investigates legal highs. I have had
:28:52. > :28:53.one bad experience and I thought I was going to die. If anything bad
:28:54. > :29:06.happens to me I blame myself. Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your
:29:07. > :29:10.90-second update. The mother of Mikaeel Kular has
:29:11. > :29:20.appeared in court charged with his murder. The three-year-old's body
:29:21. > :29:22.was found in Fife on Friday. Rosdeep Kular was remanded in custody.
:29:23. > :29:26.Suspended for refusing to apologise over sexual harassment claims - the
:29:27. > :29:28.Lib Dems say Lord Rennard will now be investigated for bringing the
:29:29. > :29:30.party into disrepute. He's always denied the allegations. An
:29:31. > :29:32.investigation cleared Lord Rennard and he insists he's nothing to say
:29:33. > :29:35.sorry for. Police have released disturbing
:29:36. > :29:37.footage of a violent mugging in Birmingham. The victim was knocked
:29:38. > :29:40.unconscious, moments later he was kicked and robbed. A number of cars
:29:41. > :29:43.drove by without stopping. More than 30 drivers have been told
:29:44. > :29:46.they won't face prosecution over this pile-up if they go on an
:29:47. > :29:49.awareness course. It happened during thick fog in Kent last year. 200
:29:50. > :29:50.people were hurt. The Rosetta spacecraft launched ten
:29:51. > :29:52.years