:00:04. > :00:07.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Kylie
:00:07. > :00:16.Pentelow. Our top story tonight - a town remembers three members of the
:00:16. > :00:21.same family - found dead at home. Hundreds attend a church service
:00:21. > :00:27.for Toby day and the daughter he has believed to have killed. Greece,
:00:28. > :00:35.lots of sadness, but also being thankful for the people who were
:00:35. > :00:42.deeply loved. Plus, paralysed for five years, and now a robotic suit
:00:42. > :00:46.is helping Clare walk again. Also, the row over reopening disused
:00:46. > :00:51.footpaths. What about the homes that have been built on them since.
:00:51. > :01:01.I am with the dog who after being tied up and attacked earlier this
:01:01. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:11.week, is on the road to recovery First this evening, around 300
:01:11. > :01:14.people filled a church in Oakham this afternoon to remember former
:01:14. > :01:17.police inspector Toby Day, his wife and six year old daughter. Their
:01:17. > :01:19.bodies were found at their home in Leicestershire in December. Since
:01:19. > :01:29.then almost �13,000 has been raised for the couples two surviving
:01:29. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:37.children. Helen Astle reports. The Wise and the wherefores were for
:01:37. > :01:40.another time. Today it was a time for celebration. Family, friends
:01:41. > :01:49.and police officers from the Leicestershire force came together
:01:49. > :01:54.as the lives of Toby day, his wife Sam and daughter Jenny were
:01:54. > :01:57.remembered. The BBC respected the family's wishes and did not fill
:01:57. > :02:03.any of the family arriving the service -- arriving at the service.
:02:03. > :02:08.It was a poignant mixture of sadness and grief, but also
:02:08. > :02:14.celebration for the three people who would dearly loved. The service
:02:14. > :02:20.was shown on live screens at the start -- at the front of the Church.
:02:20. > :02:26.A friend of Saddam's paid tribute. We will miss you, she said. You
:02:27. > :02:34.will always be with us. One of the most moving tributes was by the
:02:34. > :02:38.school in Melton. Children sang some of Gen's favourite songs.
:02:38. > :02:46.is believed Mr day attacked his wife and three Chill month --
:02:46. > :02:54.children in Melton Mowbray. The couple's two teenage children
:02:54. > :03:00.survive. The fund will hope and -- help a little bit, and it will say
:03:00. > :03:07.that people are thinking of them. They are important. Often, complete
:03:07. > :03:14.strangers have donated. It must give them some solace in difficult
:03:14. > :03:18.times. The family had been regular parishioners here. Today, it was
:03:18. > :03:28.their family and friends who came here to say goodbye and to
:03:28. > :03:30.Still to come on this evening's programme. Putting right the damage
:03:30. > :03:33.caused by LAST Winter's weather. Somebody must have been counting
:03:33. > :03:43.because today Leicester City Council says it filled its 4,000th
:03:43. > :03:47.
:03:47. > :03:49.pothole. A woman who has been paralysed for five years is
:03:50. > :03:52.learning to walk again with the help of revolutionary robotic
:03:52. > :03:54.equipment. Claire Lomas from Rutland has been working with
:03:55. > :04:04.engineers to develop and test the 'Rewalk' suit. Today she managed
:04:05. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:17.her longest walk yet. Linsey Smith It may look like a laboured way to
:04:17. > :04:23.stand, but Clare Lomas says she dreamed about her weekly sessions
:04:23. > :04:29.training this. It is great to be back, feet and be weight bearing,
:04:29. > :04:33.and I can walk as well. Clare severed her spinal cord during a
:04:33. > :04:39.riding accident. She was told that she would never walk again. She is
:04:39. > :04:42.working with a company to test the suit for a UK market. The
:04:42. > :04:44.lightweight races help rotate the lightweight races help rotate the
:04:44. > :04:50.lightweight races help rotate the joint. Sensors under the feet
:04:50. > :05:00.detect when the weight is lifted. The back pack contained a eight
:05:00. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:06.The back pack contained a eight hour battery. The legs are an
:05:06. > :05:12.externally fastened on system, with motors that assist with the hip and
:05:12. > :05:20.knee joints, so you can walk in a normal manner. So far, Clare can
:05:20. > :05:28.walk 30 steps, but she has set herself a target of walking the
:05:28. > :05:36.London Marathon in April. There's a bigger challenge awaiting her first.
:05:36. > :05:39.I have a little girl who turns one year old on Friday. We are having a
:05:39. > :05:45.competition to see who walks burst! I am not sure if she is going to
:05:45. > :05:50.overtake me soon! It is an incredible piece of kit, with a
:05:50. > :05:59.�43,000 price tag. But there is already a substantial waiting list,
:05:59. > :06:02.which will keep these engine is A dog is recovering at a rescue
:06:03. > :06:06.centre in Nottingham after being tied up and attacked by a group of
:06:06. > :06:09.dogs in a park. The two year old bull mastiff cross is thought to
:06:10. > :06:12.have been used as bait by people who were training the other dogs to
:06:13. > :06:20.fight. Her injuries were described as horrific, but she's now on the
:06:20. > :06:26.road to recovery and looking for a new home. Tom Brown reports. Her
:06:26. > :06:30.tail was wagging again today, but three days ago, Eleanor looked very
:06:30. > :06:36.different. She came in with multiple puncture it wins on the
:06:36. > :06:42.side of her face, with her face really swollen out. She looked a
:06:42. > :06:48.solid -- sorry state, and very unhappy and nervous. I have been on
:06:48. > :06:54.reception at Nottingham police for 12 years, and not much shocks me,
:06:54. > :07:01.but when I saw her, I was sick in my stomach, looking at her injuries.
:07:01. > :07:06.Alan that had been tied to pay stick. The number of men had set
:07:06. > :07:11.their dogs on her, using her as bait. Attacks like this are not
:07:11. > :07:17.uncommon. People train their dogs to fight, often for their own
:07:17. > :07:23.enjoyment. Why? Why can people do this to a dog and take pleasure
:07:23. > :07:27.from it? It is an inhuman act, basically. That is the way I see it.
:07:27. > :07:33.If you could do it to a dog, you would do it to a human as well.
:07:33. > :07:36.you surprised at the recovery she has made? Young dogs can recover
:07:36. > :07:42.quickly, and I am sure within a couple of weeks, you will not see
:07:43. > :07:46.anything, and hopefully she will be pitting it right behind her. All of
:07:46. > :07:51.the people who saw an under earlier in the week have said that her
:07:51. > :07:56.injuries were horrific, but her recovery has been magnificent. Now
:07:56. > :08:06.they need to find her a new home. In a secured environment, I think
:08:06. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:16.she will be very happy, and give Police are appealing for help
:08:16. > :08:24.spotted walking alone next year Maine Road this morning. Three
:08:24. > :08:33.members of the public say they saw a girl of between five and eight
:08:33. > :08:43.years old word -- walking on the A 60. Anyone with information is
:08:43. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:46.encouraged to call the non- A man who told benefits staff that
:08:46. > :08:49.he could hardly walk was later caught playing golf. Robert Cave -
:08:49. > :08:51.seen here in the pink sweater - was filmed at a Nottinghamshire course
:08:52. > :08:54.by benefit fraud investigators. The 50-year-old from Mansfield has
:08:54. > :08:56.admitted failing to report that his condition had improved. He'd
:08:56. > :08:59.received more than �12,000 in disability benefits. He'll be
:08:59. > :09:01.sentenced next month. A man suspected of running an illegal
:09:01. > :09:04.music website has been arrested at a house in Leicestershire.
:09:04. > :09:07.RnBXclusive.com was being used by 70,000 people every day. Now the
:09:07. > :09:09.site's been closed down by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. It
:09:10. > :09:19.says music was being "stolen", and artists and record companies were
:09:19. > :09:22.being conned out of millions of pounds. An inquest has heard that
:09:22. > :09:25.the girlfriend of a teenager who died after swallowing packets of
:09:25. > :09:27.cocaine hadn't swallowed any herself - because she thought they
:09:27. > :09:30.weren't safe. Reece Staples died in police custody shortly after
:09:30. > :09:40.returning from Costa Rica, from where he'd smuggled the drugs.
:09:40. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:49.Sarah Teale was in court. Reece staples had been a promising
:09:49. > :09:53.Nottingham Forest Academy player, but he died at the age of 19 after
:09:54. > :09:58.a packet of cocaine burst in his stomach. Today, his girlfriend told
:09:58. > :10:03.an inquest how they had gone to Costa Rica, where police had
:10:03. > :10:09.swallowed at least 19 packages of cocaine. Kylie Hodson was a
:10:09. > :10:13.reluctant witness, asking -- answering yes, no, or I don't
:10:13. > :10:18.remember. She was asked why she had not swallowed the cocaine herself.
:10:18. > :10:24.She said that she was scared, but her police statement was read out,
:10:24. > :10:28.saying that the packets had looked too large to swallow, and she
:10:28. > :10:36.thought they had not been properly bract. The couple, who have a
:10:36. > :10:41.daughter to get back, returned home on June 6th, 2009. Later, Reiss was
:10:41. > :10:45.arrested for criminal damage, and he told four different officers on
:10:45. > :10:51.three different occasions that he had swallowed cocaine, but no one
:10:51. > :10:55.took any action. He collapsed four hours later and died on arrival at
:10:55. > :10:59.the Medical Centre. The inquest was told that Kylie Hodson had received
:10:59. > :11:04.a phone call on the night the police died, telling her that the
:11:04. > :11:09.packages were wrecked, and raised should hurry up and get them out.
:11:09. > :11:18.What did you do to help Reiss, she was asked. She did not know that
:11:18. > :11:22.she was going to burst. Five police officers have been disciplined for
:11:22. > :11:31.gross misconduct following their handling of the case. The inquest
:11:31. > :11:34.People living in a Nottinghamshire village are up in arms over
:11:34. > :11:36.attempts to re-open a disused footpath which runs right through
:11:36. > :11:39.their gardens and homes. The controversy in the village of
:11:39. > :11:43.Besthorpe near Newark is the result of an increasing number of claims
:11:43. > :11:52.by ramblers to restore old rights of way. It's led to calls for the
:11:52. > :11:55.Government change the law. Here's our Political Editor John Hess.
:11:56. > :11:59.When the weather has the spring- like quality, there is nothing
:11:59. > :12:04.better than heading into the countryside and having a good walk.
:12:04. > :12:07.But in villages like this, you had better check the maps first! The
:12:07. > :12:13.presidents of Besthorpe are having to check old village maps in
:12:14. > :12:19.details. That is why -- that is because ramblers are demanding a
:12:19. > :12:22.path last used by Victorians is reopened. Walk through the village
:12:22. > :12:30.and the residents tell you the consequences. It will cut through
:12:30. > :12:34.gardens, even homes. People are unable to sell houses, and up --
:12:34. > :12:42.come to suit -- considering moving because it goes through their
:12:42. > :12:48.property. This put -- footpath goes right through the middle of this
:12:48. > :12:56.Conservative -- conservatory that was built with planning permission.
:12:56. > :13:03.Arthur Goddard shows the councillor in charge of planning the risk.
:13:03. > :13:08.might have to come down, or whatever they might do to it.
:13:08. > :13:13.former councillor except that some ramblers may be too zealous in
:13:13. > :13:19.trying to re open disused pathways, which is because of a legal
:13:20. > :13:26.deadline. The Act was passed in 2000. We are halfway there. It is
:13:26. > :13:32.not surprising that people are making claim, -- claimeds, because
:13:32. > :13:39.it is the biggest active pastime in the past die -- in the country.
:13:39. > :13:45.They don't take any interest in the issues of amenity, or the factors
:13:45. > :13:49.of selling a house. The factors were not taken to -- into account.
:13:49. > :13:56.The government is under pressure to review the situation. In Besthorpe,
:13:56. > :13:58.they hope the path ahead leads to a A mother has made a formal
:13:58. > :14:02.complaint about the standard of care given to her severely
:14:02. > :14:05.epileptic son after he was admitted to hospital.
:14:05. > :14:14.As Simon Hare reports, managers from the QMC in Nottingham have
:14:14. > :14:18.apologised and have promised to investigate.
:14:18. > :14:22.Michael is nine and needs constant care. Yoghurt is one of his
:14:22. > :14:28.favourite foods. But when he was admitted to the queue and see
:14:28. > :14:33.recently, he was offered ravioli, which was nine months out of date.
:14:33. > :14:37.It was the final straw for his mum, from Long Eaton. She says there had
:14:37. > :14:41.been several other problems. The most frightening was when he had
:14:41. > :14:47.become tangled in his wheelchair harness. The trainee nurse had left
:14:47. > :14:52.or one side and done, making it extremely easy for Michael to slide
:14:52. > :14:58.down, and he was strangling himself. I could no longer stay there with
:14:58. > :15:03.my son, I did not deem it safe to stay there with him any more. I
:15:03. > :15:09.just asked them to transfer me to another hospital. He knows it is
:15:09. > :15:14.soft. He is now back at home, and she has made a formal complaint.
:15:14. > :15:18.The hospital has apologised, and promised a detailed investigation.
:15:18. > :15:22.As a matron will go through each of the complaints, looking through the
:15:22. > :15:26.records, interviewing staff, working out what went wrong and
:15:26. > :15:31.where Mac. We have made one change, around the food, which had been
:15:31. > :15:35.left on the ward by another parent, and we have removed all non
:15:35. > :15:45.hospital food from the ward. hospital insists its standard of
:15:45. > :15:50.care is improving, but Michael's mother says he was let down.
:15:50. > :15:53.Taxi drivers in Derby are opposing plans to put up their license fees.
:15:53. > :15:59.The cabbies are angry at city council proposals to increase the
:15:59. > :16:02.cost of licenses and drivers' ID badges from April. They say they're
:16:02. > :16:08.already suffering from higher fuel costs. A 480-name petition's been
:16:08. > :16:18.handed in. The council says it faces a �19,000 shortfall if it
:16:18. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:24.doesn't increase the charges. While the winter - so far - has not
:16:24. > :16:27.been as bad as last year, councils across the region are still having
:16:27. > :16:30.to do battle with something drivers always try to avoid - potholes.
:16:30. > :16:34.In Leicester, they use an in-house team which, today, filled in its
:16:34. > :16:37.4,000th pothole. Derby, on the other hand uses contractors - but
:16:37. > :16:47.could they save hundreds of thousands of pounds by following
:16:47. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:55.Leicester's lead? James Roberson Pothole surgery by the expert. Cut
:16:55. > :17:01.round the infected area, loosen the decayed matter and clear. This is
:17:01. > :17:08.how one team from the council were tackling a oil this morning. In May
:17:08. > :17:12.last year, the then incoming mayor, promised 1000 pot holes would be
:17:12. > :17:17.filled in his first 100 days. Have the councils that to their pledge?
:17:18. > :17:23.We hit the target had a power schedule, and I'm pleased that
:17:24. > :17:33.today, we are hitting pothole 4000. Leicester City Council says the bad
:17:34. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:46.weather means potholes increase It cost �60 Per pothole. But do
:17:46. > :17:49.Leicester people think enough is being done? Congratulations, but I
:17:49. > :17:52.don't think there is that much change on the road to put off I
:17:53. > :17:55.don't know what because they are working on, but when you are
:17:55. > :18:02.driving around there are still plentiful stock in Derby, the
:18:02. > :18:07.council uses private contract is to mend what false bus-stop --
:18:07. > :18:11.potholes. We are going to make savings by bringing the work back
:18:12. > :18:15.in a house. There are some excellent staff who will contact
:18:15. > :18:19.them back over that the council. Some of the management staff will
:18:19. > :18:24.change, but we also have some excellent Highways staff who will
:18:24. > :18:28.accommodate the change. Back in Leicester, as the territory on
:18:28. > :18:38.pothole are 4000 concludes, the council says it intends to put more
:18:38. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:43.money into it next year. All fixed up!
:18:43. > :18:52.This winter has been mostly mild so far - but it seems not for long.
:18:52. > :18:56.Anna's here with news of another cold snap coming our way. Yes, as
:18:56. > :19:06.the cold air comes back into play, we can expect a cold and frosty and
:19:06. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:10.put the weekend. But how cold will First up, Nottingham Forest are
:19:10. > :19:14.asking fans to be patient as discussions about the club's
:19:14. > :19:19.financial future continue. There's been uncertainty following the
:19:19. > :19:22.tragic death of owner Nigel Doughty earlier this month. But the club
:19:22. > :19:25.say initial meetings have already taken place with representatives of
:19:25. > :19:30.his family and they are hoping to release more information in the
:19:30. > :19:34.next few weeks. Elsewhere, Leicester City opened up
:19:34. > :19:38.their training session to fans today at the King Power Stadium.
:19:38. > :19:40.And keeping a close eye on his players is manager Nigel Pearson.
:19:40. > :19:44.Frustrated by their defeat against Watford in the week, he's looking
:19:44. > :19:53.forward to a chance to put things right in the FA Cup against Norwich
:19:53. > :19:57.this Saturday. It is a chance for us to get Tuesday night at the now
:19:57. > :20:05.system, because we were disappointed with our performance
:20:05. > :20:09.in lot of weight. It was again, really, that would have been upset
:20:09. > :20:12.to get one point out of, but to lose it was very disappointing.
:20:12. > :20:15.Nottingham rugby club finally managed to get a game at Meadow
:20:15. > :20:18.Lane last night after four postponements because of the bad
:20:19. > :20:21.weather. Amazingly, it was their first home game in 2012. The break
:20:21. > :20:27.has obviously done them good as Nottingham ran in four tries,
:20:27. > :20:29.beating Doncaster Knights by 40 points to 12.
:20:29. > :20:34.Few sports can match the sudden burst of attention athletics gets
:20:34. > :20:36.every four years. Cinderella sport for months on end, then suddenly
:20:36. > :20:42.runners, vaulters and javelin throwers get their shot at becoming
:20:42. > :20:52.household names. So, for the second in our series looking at every
:20:52. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:04.Olympic sport, Colin finds out what It is another half turned gathering,
:21:04. > :21:08.but not -- the edge of his club have got the kids in for some
:21:08. > :21:13.babysitting. Covering all the running, and jumping events. Some
:21:13. > :21:20.of these kids have never done the hammer before. Maybe later on they
:21:21. > :21:24.will come back and give it a go. the very same hall, there is stuff
:21:24. > :21:31.going on you might think of as cooler, but the good news for
:21:31. > :21:34.athletics is there is no shortage of numbers or enthusiasm. All the
:21:34. > :21:44.kids here are really keen, and really do want to be here. You get
:21:44. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:51.to know what you're good at. High As well as the fund this lot are
:21:51. > :21:59.having, there is some proper drive here as well. I nearly fell over, I
:21:59. > :22:02.pulled a muscle. Some of them here are regular club members can simply
:22:02. > :22:05.topping up their talent. It is really exciting, and I love
:22:05. > :22:09.competing, because I'm quite competitive, and I have loads of
:22:09. > :22:13.friends here now, because I have done it so many times. I could
:22:14. > :22:18.never imagine not doing athletics. I don't know what I would do with
:22:18. > :22:21.my life, really. As for the Olympics, a lot of these youngsters
:22:21. > :22:27.have tickets and they cannot wait to go and watch, and one day,
:22:27. > :22:37.compete. I'm going to see the 10,000 metres at final double with
:22:37. > :22:37.
:22:37. > :22:40.Mo Farah. -- final. You worry fan? Usain Bolt!
:22:40. > :22:43.And if that young lad wants home grown inspiration this year, he
:22:43. > :22:47.should get it - there will be British medals in the Olympic
:22:47. > :22:50.Stadium. And from the East Midlands, keep a close eye on Andy Turner and
:22:50. > :22:54.Lisa Dobriskey. Next week's sport - badminton.
:22:54. > :22:57.And finally, congratulations to Nottinghamshire Golfer Lee Westwood.
:22:57. > :23:00.He received his OBE from the Queen in a special ceremony at Buckingham
:23:00. > :23:04.Palace today. The 38-year-old from Worksop was the world number one
:23:04. > :23:14.for a five-week spell last year and was awarded the honour for his
:23:14. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:22.services to golf. Didn't he looked smart!
:23:22. > :23:25.Him and recorded. -- Ronnie Corbett. Now, your chance to get sporty and
:23:25. > :23:28.raise a bit of money too. In around four weeks, the Sport Relief Mile
:23:28. > :23:31.comes to town. You can run one, three or six miles.
:23:31. > :23:41.Many celebrities take part and so too do athletes from the East
:23:41. > :23:46.Midlands Wheelchair Rugby club. Jim Harris went to see them in training.
:23:46. > :23:52.This is a wheelchair rugby. It is not a spark -- sport for the faint
:23:52. > :23:57.of heart. The game goes like this. There are four in a team, the
:23:57. > :24:02.objective is to get the ball over the opening's line, one way or
:24:02. > :24:07.another. Originally from Canada, the sport has grown and is now an
:24:07. > :24:12.official Paralympic event. They just love it instantly. It is hard
:24:12. > :24:16.hitting, it is fast. It is the nature of feeling good doing that
:24:16. > :24:20.kind of thing. Like many sports, they have had help from charities,
:24:20. > :24:26.and next month they will be taking part in the Sport Relief Mile. You
:24:26. > :24:29.could join them. It is open to all. They will be a big event in
:24:29. > :24:36.Nottingham. You don't have to be the best, it is all about taking
:24:36. > :24:40.part. We are self-funded, we try and raise money to keep our sport
:24:40. > :24:46.and our club going. It is nice every so often to just give a
:24:46. > :24:51.little bit back, so too do the Sport Relief Mile, all three or six
:24:51. > :24:59.miles, it is just our way of saying thank you. And compared to the pace
:24:59. > :25:07.of this game, the Sport Relief Mile should be a huge problem. We always
:25:07. > :25:12.set a challenge as individuals, so doing one mile is going to be easy,
:25:12. > :25:15.we will probably aim for the six miles. And mile events are taking
:25:15. > :25:25.place all over the East Midlands and not just in Nottingham. For
:25:25. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:46.We have had another mile day-to-day, and tomorrow we will have thought
:25:46. > :25:54.milder conditions staying with us. Things will turn quite frosty by
:25:54. > :26:03.Sunday. Tonight, cloudy conditions and mild weather, on Tuesday,
:26:03. > :26:08.Russell took this picture on a trip to Hardwick Hall. High pressure is
:26:08. > :26:12.now sitting a little bit further south west, behind me now. We will
:26:12. > :26:18.continue to get the milder air coming in under the influence of
:26:18. > :26:25.that high pressure. To the south of this weather front of more we keep
:26:25. > :26:33.hold of mild conditions, but a lot of cloud around. Thick enough to
:26:33. > :26:36.produce an spot of light rain and drizzle at times. The average
:26:36. > :26:43.February night temperature is at one Celsius, so we're doing quite
:26:43. > :26:49.nicely overnight. Tomorrow morning, we keep hold of that cloud. The
:26:49. > :26:55.best of the sunshine out towards Lincolnshire. For most of us,
:26:56. > :27:00.holding onto that cloud, with the outbreaks of rain. Little bit
:27:00. > :27:05.breezy at times through Friday. Turning complicated on Saturday.
:27:05. > :27:10.The weather front will sink south and east, bringing a short burst of
:27:10. > :27:15.rain fall, but behind that, that colder air been introduced.
:27:15. > :27:21.Saturday night is expected to be frosty, so on Sunday, we are
:27:21. > :27:25.expecting clear skies and beautiful, sunny spells. Feeling quite crisp