:00:02. > :00:11.This is East Midlands Today with Quentin Rayner and me Anne Davies.
:00:11. > :00:18.Tonight a new strategy to take on the gangs. From now on Nottingham
:00:18. > :00:22.or treat street crime, as a gang crime. We need to get them off the
:00:22. > :00:28.streets into more positive relationships.
:00:28. > :00:33.Also tonight, the event macros may be over, but the consequences
:00:33. > :00:39.continue. Find out how some businesses are losing thousands of
:00:39. > :00:44.pounds every day. Plus, are you in the picture? Find out about the
:00:44. > :00:54.digital switch-over. Talking tactics with the man who says he is
:00:54. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :00:58.playing badly, but scoring belters First tonight, some of the most
:00:58. > :01:03.influential people in Nottingham have admitted for the first time
:01:03. > :01:07.that the city does have a problem with street gangs. We can reveal
:01:07. > :01:11.that they're now drawing up a plan to tackle it. They say this isn't a
:01:11. > :01:13.response to last week's riots. They began working on a gangs' strategy
:01:13. > :01:23.months ago, following growing concern about the level of violent
:01:23. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.crime on the streets. A trail of destruction as violence
:01:31. > :01:34.spread to Nottingham and a large group of thugs attacked homes and
:01:34. > :01:39.cars are the petrol bombing a police station. This may have been
:01:39. > :01:44.sparked by the events macros in London, but people there have been
:01:44. > :01:49.concerned for months. They are worried about groups of 16-24-year-
:01:49. > :01:55.old who have been involved in street crime. They are worried that
:01:55. > :02:05.guns and knives are also involved. I heard about one group who set up
:02:05. > :02:12.a one -- a road block and rob people. Another gang used machetes.
:02:12. > :02:17.This is about tackling between two -- between 200-300 people in the
:02:17. > :02:21.Nottingham area. We are looking to tackle the causes of gang of
:02:21. > :02:26.membership. We need to find people work, we need to have jobs for them
:02:26. > :02:31.to go to, and to tackle deprivation in the sitter for -- deprivation in
:02:31. > :02:37.the city. The police had been trying to
:02:37. > :02:41.tackle it as well. There have been arrested Radford, and they have in
:02:41. > :02:49.stock checks in St Anne's. Could this have been prevented? The
:02:49. > :02:52.people running these projects say that jobs are needed. These
:02:53. > :02:59.volunteers that in after the inclusion project was shut down.
:02:59. > :03:06.they take this away, what do the kids have left? We are trying to
:03:06. > :03:10.get them back on the right track. They keep blaming the parents.
:03:10. > :03:15.youth inclusion projects help -- help to these two musicians to turn
:03:15. > :03:19.their lives around. They performed at Glastonbury this year. They
:03:19. > :03:25.appealed for calm at the Notting Hill Carnival. If I get an
:03:25. > :03:31.opportunity to do something positive then I will do it,
:03:32. > :03:37.otherwise I would add been in prison like other youths like me.
:03:38. > :03:41.was always involved in gangs, this was a life-saver.
:03:41. > :03:47.It was police that tactics that brought a halt to the extraordinary
:03:47. > :03:51.violence, but now there is a wider debate about how it -- about how
:03:51. > :03:54.they stop it again. Police forces in the East Midlands
:03:54. > :03:56.say they have been "humbled" by the support they've received from the
:03:56. > :03:58.public following last week's rioting. In Derbyshire the number
:03:58. > :04:01.of people applying to become Special Constables has doubled and
:04:01. > :04:04.Nottinghamshire Police are holding a special recruitment event later
:04:04. > :04:13.this week. On Friday night our reporter Jonathan Cecil went out on
:04:13. > :04:16.patrol with two Specials in Nottingham city centre.
:04:16. > :04:25.Matthew and the Dani are Special Constables. They look like we do
:04:25. > :04:29.officers and have the same a powers. I do this after the goodness of my
:04:29. > :04:39.own heart to put something back into the community. I want to make
:04:39. > :04:43.sure the public are safe. That is good to hear... They have been
:04:43. > :04:49.trying to get as many of us as they cannot, they want to make sure the
:04:49. > :04:53.whole area is covered. To insure a visual presence around
:04:53. > :04:59.80 Special Constables run duty last week during the disturbances.
:04:59. > :05:07.kept hearing what was going on on the radio. I wanted to get in and
:05:07. > :05:14.help out. I have seen groups of youths hanging about the 4th. These
:05:14. > :05:21.people on a mission. I have not seen that before. It goes through
:05:21. > :05:27.your mind of what would happen if something was to kick off.
:05:27. > :05:31.You have done very well. I have a flat in Tottenham, I did not want
:05:31. > :05:36.to go back there. You have done very well up here. It makes you
:05:36. > :05:41.feel very good at them is their community out there.
:05:41. > :05:44.The level of support for the police has been a high this week. Senior
:05:44. > :05:53.officers recognise the value of their part-time volunteers, and
:05:53. > :06:01.want to add to the 350 Special Constables. All we ask is that they
:06:01. > :06:05.provide a minimum of four hours a week. The average person gives us a
:06:05. > :06:08.300 to 400 hours a year. recruitment drive is taking place
:06:08. > :06:11.this Saturday. Arrests are still being made in
:06:11. > :06:13.Leicester after last week's troubles. The police took 5 more
:06:13. > :06:19.people in for questioning today, including a 14-year-old boy
:06:19. > :06:21.suspected of burglary. So far, 83 people have been arrested.
:06:21. > :06:23.Meanwhile, traders say they're struggling to attract customers
:06:23. > :06:32.into the city centre, despite reassurances from the authorities
:06:32. > :06:36.that Leicester is now open for business.
:06:36. > :06:41.The clean-up operation in the City is still continuing. For
:06:41. > :06:46.restaurants and bars what happened last week is having a massive
:06:46. > :06:51.effect. This restaurant would usually do 100 covers a night.
:06:51. > :06:54.are about 40 % down on bookings. People say they are worried that
:06:54. > :06:57.any their relatives in, worried that their cars been damaged. These
:06:57. > :07:01.things are worrying to our customers.
:07:01. > :07:04.It is not just here where people are cancelling bookings, it seems
:07:05. > :07:13.to be happening across the city, and is costing them thousands of
:07:13. > :07:19.pounds. Fridays and Saturdays are usually quite busy, but after last
:07:19. > :07:25.week Wednesday was dead, really dead. There were many cancellations.
:07:25. > :07:30.This weekend was also quiet. think people are avoiding the area
:07:30. > :07:37.on the weekend. This restaurant has been
:07:37. > :07:44.particularly badly affected. have lost 80 % of our business. We
:07:44. > :07:49.lost about �20,000. That is a lot of money. Things are fairly tough
:07:49. > :07:52.coming out of recession, or busy taking a hit like this can have
:07:52. > :08:01.catastrophic effect on businesses. As soon as we can restore football
:08:01. > :08:09.to the city be better -- bought before.
:08:09. > :08:14.It hurts the business. Every cover is important, you want to make
:08:14. > :08:20.everyone happy. You have to see the customer a's appointed you, they
:08:20. > :08:25.want to feel safe. After the rioters, who all the
:08:25. > :08:30.restaurant has warned there is consumer confidence.
:08:30. > :08:36.There is a lot more to look forward to, we will deliver -- lifting the
:08:36. > :08:41.lid on people's lives, what you think that putting your treasured
:08:41. > :08:44.possessions inside a memory box? Nottinghamshire Police have started
:08:44. > :08:49.a murder inquiry after a 28 year old paramedic died nine days after
:08:49. > :08:53.being attacked. The cricket fan had travelled to the city to watch the
:08:53. > :08:56.Test Match. He was was assaulted outside a city centre pub in the
:08:56. > :08:58.early hours of the following morning and never recovered. Sarah
:08:58. > :09:07.Teale reports A twenty thousand pound reward is
:09:07. > :09:15.being offered for help in finding this is where James Hodgkinson was
:09:15. > :09:19.assaulted, outside this pub. The 28-year-old cricket fan had spent
:09:19. > :09:23.the day watching the Test match at Trent Bridge, and went into town
:09:23. > :09:28.afterwards. It is understood he received head injuries which were
:09:28. > :09:32.so severe he was left in a coma. He never recovered and died last
:09:32. > :09:37.Tuesday -- Tuesday in the Queen's Medical Centre. James Hodgkinson
:09:37. > :09:42.has been described as an amazing paramedic. He had been working in
:09:42. > :09:46.London, although he grew up in Southampton, joining the ambulance
:09:46. > :09:51.service for years ago. The local newspaper there has been carrying
:09:51. > :09:54.tributes to him. Nottinghamshire Police have started a murder
:09:54. > :10:01.investigation, p details have been released about exactly what
:10:01. > :10:09.happened. Their major crime team are investigating, and are
:10:09. > :10:15.appealing put any witnesses to come forward.
:10:15. > :10:21.In another murder investigation, a �28,000 reward has be offered
:10:21. > :10:24.behind in the kill other women in Nottingham. -- for finding the
:10:24. > :10:27.killer of a woman in Nottingham. The body of 28 year-old Caroline
:10:27. > :10:30.Coyne was found in St Ann's on Saturday the 23rd of July. Despite
:10:30. > :10:32.speaking to more than two hundred people, detectives say they still
:10:32. > :10:34.need more information. The reward is being offered by Nottinghamshire
:10:34. > :10:37.Police and Crimestoppers. Police are investigating after a
:10:37. > :10:40.man was stabbed five times at Somercotes in Derbyshire. The 19
:10:40. > :10:44.year old was found in the garden of a house on Nottingham Road just
:10:44. > :10:46.after ten o clock last night. He was taken to hospital for treatment
:10:46. > :10:49.and later released. Investigations are continuing.
:10:49. > :10:54.And Hollywood action hero Jean- Claude Van Damme is due to begin
:10:54. > :10:57.filming in Derby. The actor is one of the stars of a film called UFO.
:10:57. > :11:06.It's set for release next year and is being directed by Dominic Burns,
:11:06. > :11:11.who is from Derby. They say that every cloud has a
:11:11. > :11:13.silver lining and that's quite true for five young men from Nottingham.
:11:13. > :11:16.Two years ago, their musical studies came to end when their
:11:16. > :11:20.college ran out of money and their courses ended rather abruptly. Not
:11:20. > :11:22.to be beaten, they formed a band, called The Third Kind, and they've
:11:22. > :11:32.been causing quite a noise in the industry ever since,
:11:32. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.Now there's nothing more we dread They are back with popular demand.
:11:47. > :11:53.Five-piece rock band, the Third Kind started after their college
:11:53. > :11:56.course was cancelled, despite a musical picket line. The students
:11:56. > :12:01.were unable to complete their studies in contemporary popular
:12:01. > :12:11.music. If they feel they were left high and dry if, but decided to
:12:11. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:16.carry on regardless. It was a sinking ship, we thought
:12:16. > :12:23.if this was going to happen, we might as well start a band and go
:12:24. > :12:28.on around. The sudden events left them feeling angry and frustrated.
:12:28. > :12:33.It was frustrating been dropped in the deep end. We think we have got
:12:33. > :12:38.Brits, we are doing all right now. We have a decent set up, we are
:12:38. > :12:46.doing very well, we are playing a lot of gigs, we are raking in it be
:12:46. > :12:54.done. Well as much as we can! If we finish the course, we would
:12:54. > :12:59.have had a lot more experience. Two people in the band are
:12:59. > :13:04.considering returning to full-time education, one is unemployed, and
:13:04. > :13:14.the singer is a full-time carer and a part-time rock!
:13:14. > :13:18.
:13:18. > :13:24.It only happens to a few, They are allowed, but good!
:13:24. > :13:27.There is nothing more we dread here than losing viewers, and a very is
:13:27. > :13:31.sadly, every chance of that happening unless you actor.
:13:31. > :13:37.That is because over the next fortnight, everyone has to switch
:13:37. > :13:47.to digital to carry on watching. Because otherwise, that is going to
:13:47. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:53.The TV switch-over starts here on 17th August. The reminders about
:13:53. > :13:59.the digital switch-over have been on our TV is it for a while, but
:13:59. > :14:02.now is the time to tune in to avoid your screen going blank. That is
:14:02. > :14:07.because the next stage affect the most important transmitter in the
:14:07. > :14:12.East Midlands, at Waltham in Leicestershire. Standing at more
:14:12. > :14:17.than 1000 ft, it serves 8 does -- 8000 homes. Over the course of the
:14:17. > :14:22.next few weeks, the old way of watching TV will be switched off,
:14:22. > :14:29.and the only way of watching will be via a digital signal. There are
:14:29. > :14:34.two dates for your diary. To BBC2 analogue channel will stop being
:14:34. > :14:40.transmitted, and two weeks later, on the 31st August, BBC1, ITV,
:14:40. > :14:45.Channel 4 and Channel 5 will also be switched off forever. After both
:14:45. > :14:50.stages, Freeview viewers will have to retune. Cable viewers are
:14:50. > :14:53.unaffected. The vast but charity of aerials will not need changing. The
:14:53. > :14:58.important thing to remember is you don't need to replace your TV with
:14:58. > :15:04.a new one, but if it doesn't have a digital tuner inside, you will have
:15:04. > :15:09.to buy and plug-in a set top box in order to continue viewing. There is
:15:09. > :15:14.help at hand for elderly and disabled viewers. The switch-over
:15:14. > :15:17.help scheme run by the BBC will come out and convert a television
:15:17. > :15:22.to digital. For some people that will be free of charge, some people
:15:22. > :15:27.would be asked to make a �40 contribution. But as part of the
:15:27. > :15:31.scheme, they will get the TV converted to digital, and get 12
:15:31. > :15:35.months after care, so if they need any more help or guidance, they can
:15:35. > :15:38.call and they will come out and show them. Nine out of 10 homes in
:15:38. > :15:42.the East Midlands have already gone digital, but the next fortnight
:15:42. > :15:52.need to see everyone making the big switch.
:15:52. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:06.I'm going to get my advice from the horse's mouth. I will get a 1-1
:16:07. > :16:11.with you! There is bound to be added to the switch-over on the
:16:11. > :16:21.weather front, as well. There is a change on the way, it is time to
:16:21. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:38.swap your sunglasses for one of Release! Sport will cheer you up.
:16:38. > :16:41.Shall I leave you to your 1-1? A long awaited new arrival at
:16:41. > :16:45.Forest, striker Ishmael Miller comes from West Brom to bolster the
:16:45. > :16:48.team which flopped at Millwall on Saturday, especially in the first
:16:48. > :16:52.45 minutes. Plenty of hard work ahead.
:16:52. > :16:56.This is the kind of promise that Ishmael Miller has shown in the
:16:56. > :17:00.past. West Brom's goal of the season three years ago, but a
:17:00. > :17:05.cruciate injury ruined his progress soon after this. Now it feels like
:17:05. > :17:12.a fresh start. I just want to play games, that is the main thing right
:17:12. > :17:15.now. I haven't played back-to-back games will a long time. -- for a
:17:15. > :17:19.long time. It is not like they are short of attacking options at
:17:20. > :17:27.Forest, but they couldn't produce a goal on Saturday, and opponents of
:17:27. > :17:32.all good. Henderson got the touch from a simple corner. A huge second
:17:32. > :17:36.half improvement including this attempted in the post, but trotter
:17:36. > :17:40.delighted the ever hostile home crowd with this killer goal.
:17:40. > :17:45.didn't deserve to win the game. If we had been playing until tomorrow,
:17:45. > :17:50.we wouldn't have scored. Plenty to consider as Steve McClaren get to
:17:50. > :17:53.grips with things. Derby County have also been talking
:17:53. > :17:57.strikers, and I haven't ruled out a move by Leicester City's Steve
:17:57. > :18:02.Howard, but at the weekend, another Steve made the headlines, youngster
:18:02. > :18:12.Steve Davies, who hit another wonder goal. This afternoon he has
:18:12. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:26.been talking to Natalie in our The Tactics Truck is back. By
:18:26. > :18:33.popular demand! The cameraman loves it. But forget him, because world
:18:33. > :18:38.renowned managers have been in this struck with us, international
:18:38. > :18:44.goalkeepers, and legends of world football. But tonight, at the man
:18:44. > :18:49.in the Tactics Truck is derby county's latest goal hero. Steve
:18:49. > :18:54.Davies is just 23, but in his third season with Derby. As soon as I
:18:54. > :18:59.have got the ball from under my feet, the first thing on my mind is
:18:59. > :19:05.to hit the target. A to get two goals in two weeks at the start of
:19:05. > :19:08.the season is great for you? As a striker, it is always nice to score.
:19:08. > :19:13.I don't dig I have played the best in the past two two games, the
:19:13. > :19:18.gaffer has let me know that. This is what he did on opening day
:19:18. > :19:24.against Birmingham. His goal against what birds at the weekend
:19:24. > :19:29.was another stunner. -- against Watford. Up until that moment, I
:19:29. > :19:36.hadn't had a kick, I was running around, chasing balls. He struggled
:19:36. > :19:41.with injury, but is now fit and enjoying himself. We have the likes
:19:41. > :19:46.of Croft, Bailey, Bryson, they all live in the same apartment, next
:19:46. > :19:51.door. They are always together. I and five or 10 minutes away. As
:19:51. > :19:55.soon as we can all get together, we all go out and socialise. Today the
:19:55. > :20:02.whole team went bowling and played snooker. This was the first time he
:20:02. > :20:12.had seen his goal. I have gone and not seen it at all to about 10
:20:12. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:20.Boris, the cameraman! Leicester City had an opening day party, but
:20:20. > :20:24.it came down like a popped balloon at the weekend. Expectations at the
:20:24. > :20:30.club sky high, so even Sven was left to describing the performance
:20:30. > :20:38.as poor and unacceptable. A free funfair for the kids was
:20:38. > :20:43.just part of the pre-game build up. How about a few Thai dancers? Atria
:20:43. > :20:50.with high-kicking girls. Thai massage for stressed fans, although
:20:50. > :20:56.this was not on offer after the game. Then some Leicester tradition.
:20:56. > :21:00.The team, packed with new signings, nothing could go wrong. Could it?
:21:00. > :21:05.They just could not live up to their billing. They created a for a
:21:05. > :21:13.few chances after a terrible first half, but dreadful defending gave
:21:13. > :21:21.Reading a deserved lead. An opening day blip for promotion favourites.
:21:21. > :21:25.We didn't play good football. We all get frustrated by it. The big
:21:25. > :21:33.point is, we have to do better. Sven will hope to see that when
:21:33. > :21:37.Bristol City visit in two days time. Huge news for Notts County. They
:21:37. > :21:42.are to play Juventus. The Italians have invited them to open venue
:21:42. > :21:45.41,000 seater stadium, with a game in Italy next month.
:21:45. > :21:49.The black and white of Notts County has more humble opponents, Charlton,
:21:49. > :21:53.to contend with on Saturday. While they were going down to the
:21:53. > :21:58.Londoners, finishing touches were being put to that game against
:21:58. > :22:02.Juventus. A century ago, the black- and-white shirts of Notts County
:22:02. > :22:07.were exported to Italy. They could hardly believe they have been
:22:07. > :22:13.invited to open the new stadium. Does it excite Martin Allen?
:22:13. > :22:17.course it does! I know there is a link between the Kits, but that
:22:17. > :22:21.still doesn't quantify, to me, paying for us all to go out there
:22:21. > :22:25.back and play them. They are planning a return game in
:22:25. > :22:30.Nottingham the following season. A stunning story from someone we
:22:30. > :22:35.have followed for years here. 22- year-old Chris Adcock from
:22:35. > :22:38.Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire sensationally won a silver medal at
:22:38. > :22:42.the world badminton -- World Badminton Championships. He was
:22:42. > :22:48.unseeded, with his partner, Imogen Bankier. This is them winning their
:22:48. > :22:55.semi-final. They beat more fancied pairings. A truly heroic
:22:55. > :22:59.performance. Set them up nicely for the book Olympics.
:22:59. > :23:09.Not should be playing in the Sydney 40 cricket this evening, but it has
:23:09. > :23:14.not started yet. We have got a personal question for
:23:14. > :23:19.you. Are you a hoarder? Do you have boxes full of old postcards,
:23:19. > :23:26.railway ticket? I think most of us do. Half the time, you don't know
:23:26. > :23:36.what you have got all wear it is. But a memory box could be the
:23:36. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:46.From traditional to a little more unusual. These boxes are represent
:23:46. > :23:53.people's special memories. They are individually designed and made in
:23:53. > :23:57.Derbyshire. The outside is designed to be shared with the world. But
:23:57. > :24:02.when you unlock the box, opened the box, all the private things are
:24:02. > :24:08.inside. Every time you look at it it recalls a wonderful memory.
:24:08. > :24:16.Quality craftsmanship does of course, to price. It is hand-made,
:24:16. > :24:19.completely bespoke. It is from �500 to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:24:19. > :24:27.So you could end up with a memory box of this one, made for a
:24:27. > :24:31.passionate theatre fan from Nottingham. Each individual piece
:24:31. > :24:39.of this creation, however small, is made from different coloured wood,
:24:39. > :24:44.and reflects the scale of Nigel's workforce. We have a plasterers,
:24:44. > :24:49.designers, all those details, created through the skills that
:24:49. > :24:55.they have. Most projects take about five weeks to complete, but it is
:24:55. > :25:01.never too late to add or change things. This can of course make the
:25:01. > :25:11.process take a bit longer, or a lot longer. Two years later, it is
:25:11. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:14.finished, almost! Skilfully crafted, famous carriages from stage and
:25:14. > :25:20.screen are around every corner of this piece. -- are famous
:25:20. > :25:26.characters. It can be passed down the family, people over the years
:25:26. > :25:30.can be adding things to it. It becomes a real history of the
:25:30. > :25:40.things that are important to the family, from generation to
:25:40. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:44.generation. Oh my gosh. Beautiful. They are too
:25:44. > :25:52.nice to put anything in the more. I still have on the lips full of
:25:52. > :26:00.rubbish! -- envelopes. Time for the weather. I wasn't
:26:00. > :26:04.going to bother going to it, I You may be depressed briefly, but
:26:04. > :26:13.things are improving after the next 24 hours. The weekend is said to be
:26:13. > :26:18.warm. Rain is however on the way. First, thanks to re for sending in
:26:18. > :26:22.this photograph. The reason for the change in the weather is the ridge
:26:22. > :26:29.of high pressure moving away, you will see this cold front, followed
:26:29. > :26:32.by a warm front, and an area of rain. That is pushing its way into
:26:32. > :26:39.the west of the Midlands, maybe parts of Derbyshire are starting to
:26:39. > :26:47.see it. It will then break up, made its way towards the east, behind it,
:26:47. > :26:57.we have scattered showers. A mile the night but last night. -- a mild
:26:57. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:06.at night than last night. Temperatures, 21 Celsius. The
:27:06. > :27:12.showers will then Clear, a try and pretend to the day on Tuesday. --
:27:12. > :27:18.dry air and brighter end to the day. Thursday at day going to be a
:27:18. > :27:25.mostly dry day. The good news comes on Friday, expected to be dry, warm