:00:09. > :00:15.This is East Midlands Today. Our top story: a mother's anger over
:00:15. > :00:19.the police's treatment of schoolchildren. The students strip-
:00:19. > :00:28.searched by police without parental permission. One mother has told me
:00:28. > :00:35.she is appalled. Also tonight, the victim a fly-tipping who took
:00:35. > :00:42.matters into his own hands. Pass here comes a hosepipe ban. Anglian
:00:42. > :00:52.Water warns of restrictions ahead. After 120 years, the final act for
:00:52. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.Good evening. The exclusive story of how police strip-searched
:01:05. > :01:09.teenagers at the school. Parents were told, and what asked for their
:01:09. > :01:15.permission. Derbyshire Police are defending their decision to search
:01:16. > :01:25.the boys at John Port School at Etwall. They said they were acting
:01:26. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:29.on information about drugs and made two a rest. One mother has said
:01:29. > :01:33.she's furious, and that her son was innocent.
:01:33. > :01:38.I am with the mother of one of the boys he was at strip-searched at
:01:38. > :01:43.school. We have agreed to protect their identity. Can you tell me
:01:43. > :01:48.what your son told you? When my son came home, he informed me he had
:01:48. > :01:53.been strip-searched. He was very distraught. Very embarrassed.
:01:53. > :01:57.did you feel about this as his mother? I feel my child has been
:01:57. > :02:04.victimised. For police to go into the school and strip-searched your
:02:04. > :02:09.child without permission, I am outraged. Under the misuse of drugs
:02:09. > :02:12.Act, the police can do just that. This is why they did it. We had
:02:12. > :02:17.very specific intelligence about how the drugs were being brought
:02:17. > :02:23.into the school, and the fact they were being brought in in underwear.
:02:23. > :02:33.We have a duty to investigate a criminality, and particularly with
:02:33. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:42.drugs. We did arrest 115, and 116- year-old boy. They found nothing on
:02:42. > :02:48.the other eight boys that they searched. We do everything that we
:02:48. > :02:57.can at this school to keep people safe. Part of that policy is a
:02:57. > :03:01.zero-tolerance attitude on drugs. Was stripped -- was stripped
:03:01. > :03:09.searching than justified? I want to take every step to keep children
:03:09. > :03:14.safe. I understand are the mother being upset. -- I understand about
:03:14. > :03:19.mother being upset. She is very upset. She says her son can't go
:03:19. > :03:25.back to school, he cannot face said. A row is raging over rubbish, after
:03:25. > :03:32.a landowner was hit by fly-tippers. He has taken matters into his own
:03:32. > :03:37.hands, after a huge mound of the staff was dumped in his field.
:03:37. > :03:42.Rubbish been dumped on private land. The difference is that this
:03:42. > :03:47.perpetrator is keen to publicise his actions. Why are? Because this
:03:47. > :03:51.rubbish was found on his land, and he wants to highlight the crime.
:03:51. > :04:00.It's an absolute mess. You have never seen anything like it before.
:04:00. > :04:07.Huge piles of rotting plastic, cardboard, cakes, it was absolutely
:04:07. > :04:10.shocking. There were rats, we have to clean it all up. We sifted
:04:10. > :04:14.through the rubbish, and rediscovered communication from
:04:14. > :04:21.their head office. The we decided that the best course of action
:04:21. > :04:26.would be to clear away land, loaded on to our trailer, and turn it up
:04:26. > :04:31.to their head office. We dumped it outside their front doors. That
:04:31. > :04:37.where we found employees clearing it up. Charles White acknowledges
:04:37. > :04:43.he could face prosecution, but has no regrets. I realise that there
:04:43. > :04:48.was a possibility of that. I will stand in my head up high, with the
:04:48. > :04:51.principle that what I did was completely apical and right.
:04:51. > :04:57.company says that all of this rubbish was being stored inside a
:04:57. > :05:02.horsebox trailer which was empty. The bakery says that trailer was
:05:02. > :05:11.stolen on Thursday night. That was the night that the rubbish was
:05:11. > :05:15.dumped. We spoke to the company, they would not be to last on-camera
:05:15. > :05:19.but, -- they would not be too was on camera, but said they had
:05:19. > :05:25.nothing to do with the dumping. The district council and the police are
:05:25. > :05:34.investigating. Still to come: finding a home for
:05:34. > :05:38.travellers. Councillors prepare to vote on the read travellers' site.
:05:38. > :05:48.I stripped my coat off this afternoon, it is going to get even
:05:48. > :05:51.
:05:51. > :05:58.The first hosepipe bans have been authorised in our region, and they
:05:58. > :06:05.will come into force on April 5th. Anglian Water has announced the ban.
:06:05. > :06:13.The rest of the region could follow. Let's go to the Saltersford water
:06:13. > :06:23.treatment works, we can speak to Chris Paterson. Good evening. Can
:06:23. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:33.you remind us what will be the penalty for using -- for using a
:06:33. > :06:41.hosepipe? We cannot and force a final �1,000. -- we can end forced
:06:41. > :06:47.a fine of �1,000. We know that we can get through this drought very
:06:47. > :06:55.well. Have you ever seen of this bad, this dry, this early in the
:06:55. > :07:01.year? No. These are exceptional circumstances. They remind, this is
:07:01. > :07:07.the lowest rate for we have had for over 100 years. We have not be able
:07:07. > :07:13.to recharge our reservoirs, as the usually word. -- as we usually
:07:13. > :07:23.would. These are exceptional circumstances. Where could be a
:07:23. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:28.send-up? -- where could have this end up? We are imposing
:07:28. > :07:34.restrictions early, so we don't have to take further measures later
:07:34. > :07:44.on India. At the moment we feel confident it will not come to that.
:07:44. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:51.What about businesses? This could be very distressing. At the moment
:07:51. > :07:58.the hosepipe ban will only affect domestic customers. We will be
:07:58. > :08:05.working a commercial -- working with commercial customers, we
:08:05. > :08:10.understand their problems. Thank you very much.
:08:10. > :08:17.You are watching East Midlands Today. Nottinghamshire County
:08:17. > :08:24.Council said they had saved over �90,000. They may be savings by
:08:24. > :08:27.getting more -- they made it the savings by getting rid of more than
:08:27. > :08:37.a 30 of their vehicles. They have taught drivers to drive more
:08:37. > :08:40.economic lead. -- economic lead. Police are concerned for the safety
:08:40. > :08:45.of a man who has gone missing from hospital. Farooq Sabir went missing
:08:45. > :08:52.on Saturday, police say he previously lived in Birmingham and
:08:52. > :08:58.Manchester, and has connections with London and Glasgow.
:08:58. > :09:01.Detectives say they need help from the public after a man was pulled
:09:01. > :09:11.from the River Derwent in Derby. The body of Michael Gibson was
:09:11. > :09:15.found yesterday told hours after he was reported missing. -- 12 hours.
:09:15. > :09:19.Police were called in after a manner was reported missing in the
:09:19. > :09:27.early hours of Sunday morning. They spent 12 hours searching be water,
:09:27. > :09:32.after finding -- later finding the body at Michael Gibson. Police know
:09:32. > :09:37.that he was seen by the river, one of the men tried in vain to rescue
:09:37. > :09:41.him. Police say they are keeping an open mind exactly how he died here.
:09:41. > :09:49.They say they need information from witnesses to help them establish
:09:49. > :09:59.exactly what happened. It was quite a key day, it was the Derby County
:09:59. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:05.verses what the game. -- what for the game. Lots of people were used
:10:05. > :10:09.in this area. They would have been very busy. His family, including a
:10:09. > :10:18.teenage daughter, are said to be distraught. Police are waiting
:10:18. > :10:21.parade postmortem -- waiting for a postmortem examination.
:10:21. > :10:28.Next tonight, hundreds of people are expected to attend a public
:10:28. > :10:32.meeting in the next hour to discuss gypsy and travellers' site in
:10:32. > :10:42.Leicester. The district council wants to create a more permanent
:10:42. > :10:52.sites. Some residents are not happy. This is one of the proposed sites.
:10:52. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :10:59.They will be up to 10 a family pictures here. -- pitches here. The
:10:59. > :11:07.site backs on to a supermarket and football pitches. The other side
:11:07. > :11:11.sits between a dual-carriageway, a bowling club, and they -- and a
:11:11. > :11:20.housing estate. There are already travellers on the other side, the
:11:20. > :11:25.plans is to -- the plan is to make it permanent. The travelling
:11:25. > :11:31.committee says having official site would help to defuse tensions with
:11:31. > :11:38.the local residents. The locals feel their not being listened to by
:11:38. > :11:45.the council. -- they are not being listened to by the local council.
:11:45. > :11:50.It will affect the local schools. It is cut and dried. It will happen.
:11:51. > :11:57.To recite in this area, that is going too far. One side, and others
:11:57. > :12:06.elsewhere, fine. We have a 19 unauthorised camps in that area the
:12:06. > :12:11.city. Batty's not on for the local people. We have to find a solution.
:12:11. > :12:18.The next few weeks will be full of decisions, whose knees will come
:12:18. > :12:26.first, city or county, residents or travellers?
:12:26. > :12:31.In other news, 20 people have been arrested during a week of action to
:12:31. > :12:38.tackle metal theft. Nottingham police say that dealers were
:12:38. > :12:41.visited and stolen metal was recovered. It was a co-ordinated
:12:41. > :12:46.campaign against metal thieves among all East Midlands police
:12:46. > :12:50.forces. A decision will be made for plans
:12:50. > :12:55.for a Velodrome in Derby. The planning committee will boater on
:12:55. > :13:00.Thursday about the project for pride Park. If approved, there will
:13:00. > :13:05.also be a 5,000 seater concert venue with basketball, and
:13:05. > :13:13.gymnastics facilities. A family from Leicester have taken
:13:13. > :13:21.part in a film about cancer to help families suffering from bereavement.
:13:21. > :13:27.This child died at the age of six because of a brain tumour. The
:13:27. > :13:35.charity hopes it'll help others to get through the situation. With the
:13:35. > :13:41.DVD, you have got it on hand. You can use it when you want to. If I
:13:41. > :13:47.had that, I would have benefited at the time. If anybody can get any
:13:47. > :13:55.kind of comfort, or encouragement to know that you can carry on, you
:13:55. > :13:58.The rise of the big supermarkets and our increasing use of the
:13:58. > :14:03.internet is putting more pressure than ever on small shops. It's
:14:03. > :14:05.estimated around 400 rural shops close down each year in the UK.
:14:05. > :14:08.The Leicestershire village of Thrussington hasn't had a shop for
:14:08. > :14:12.the past six years, but now that's all changed after one family
:14:12. > :14:22.decided to swap the rat race in London for life in the country.
:14:22. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:27.Simon Ward reports. Birdsong and blue skies. It seems a
:14:27. > :14:32.world away from the hustle and bustle of the capital. After six
:14:32. > :14:37.years of being disused, the village shop in Forth Bridge has come back
:14:37. > :14:42.to life with the arrival of this family. -- the village shop in
:14:42. > :14:46.Thrussington. We looked into it, and that kind of brought the two
:14:46. > :14:50.together, leaving London, coming up here to start a new life and
:14:50. > :14:55.business. If you wanted to buy a newspaper in Thrussington in the
:14:55. > :15:00.last six years, you couldn't. But you can now. Yes, a massive need.
:15:00. > :15:06.There are about four villages in the area and not one of them has a
:15:06. > :15:09.village store. So a real big need for it. Bradley's store is well
:15:09. > :15:13.established in another Leicestershire village. People in
:15:13. > :15:17.the industry say it is vital that small shops to survive. I think
:15:17. > :15:24.people are more concerned about the environment, so do look at things
:15:24. > :15:27.like for us -- a fresh food and veg, if you buy exported vegetables from
:15:27. > :15:32.the supermarket, chances are it has travelled about 1800 miles before
:15:32. > :15:36.you buy it. Whereas if you buy it local, it is have produced locally,
:15:36. > :15:43.it is only troubled about 20 miles, so in terms of carbon footprint, it
:15:43. > :15:47.is much better. Back in Thrussington, the tea room part of
:15:47. > :15:51.the new shop is proving popular. wasn't nice seeing an empty place
:15:51. > :15:59.either. It used to be the hub of all activity and village gossip, of
:15:59. > :16:03.course! There are no shops in any of the villages around here like
:16:03. > :16:06.this, it is great to have it back. For the family, it is the start of
:16:06. > :16:14.a new adventure. For the village, it is the return of something that
:16:14. > :16:17.has been missing. It looks lovely! We wish them well.
:16:17. > :16:21.Still to come - the final act in a long-running amateur drama.
:16:21. > :16:31.The Derby Opera company was founded to perform comic opera - but now
:16:31. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:39.Plenty of drama in sport, no doubt. All unscripted, as well!
:16:39. > :16:41.We've got two wins and two defeats to talk about from the weekend's
:16:41. > :16:44.football. Both wins coming from our Nottingham sides. More on an
:16:44. > :16:47.amazing victory for Notts County in a moment, but first to Forest.
:16:47. > :16:55.Things are certainly looking a lot brighter for them at the moment.
:16:55. > :16:59.Kirsty Edwards reports. It is a cliche, but this was a real
:16:59. > :17:05.six-pointer for Forest. There was an early scare, first the post and
:17:05. > :17:11.then these legs saved the day. But then a forest sparked into life,
:17:11. > :17:18.with midfielder Andy Reed at the centre of everything. His cross
:17:18. > :17:21.found the weight -- he was again the creator as he floated in a
:17:21. > :17:28.free-kick for Danny Higginbotham to volley in. It was his first goal
:17:28. > :17:33.for a year. I will be happy for that! I went into the fans,
:17:33. > :17:39.shouting, it was a good day, not just for him, but Andy, he has been
:17:39. > :17:43.out of the team, he has won -- he has done a job. Things got a bit
:17:43. > :17:48.nervy when Millwall pulled a goal back in the second half, but no
:17:48. > :17:54.need to worry, Andy Reed was there with a fine goal of his own to
:17:54. > :17:57.insure a vital win. We cannot get sloppy and think we are safe, we
:17:57. > :18:01.are nowhere near, we have to keep our feet on the ground and keep
:18:01. > :18:07.doing what we have been doing, I think it will take care of itself.
:18:07. > :18:12.Forest are now five points off the relegation zone. Next up, the small
:18:12. > :18:15.matter of for a trip to Derby tomorrow night.
:18:15. > :18:18.Not so great elsewhere in the Championship. Leicester were
:18:18. > :18:23.crushed in a game they had to win. And Derby prepared for tomorrow's
:18:23. > :18:26.big match with Forest with a home defeat.
:18:26. > :18:31.Their failure was straightforward enough, as a manager Nigel Clough
:18:31. > :18:38.pointed out, they seemed to start the match at 3:15pm rather than 3pm,
:18:38. > :18:42.and they were already 2-0 down by then. Although Davies scored a
:18:42. > :18:47.free-kick to pull one back, and Derby pressed in the second half,
:18:47. > :18:55.you cannot give up two goals in this level. -- at this level.
:18:55. > :18:59.Leicester and Reading were also behind -- Leicester at Reading.
:18:59. > :19:03.contributed massively to our own downfall, the first half
:19:03. > :19:07.performance wasn't good enough. After half-time changes, Leicester
:19:07. > :19:14.were better, but still made crucial areas to let at Reading extend
:19:14. > :19:17.their lead to 3-0. This goal was no more than a poor consolation.
:19:17. > :19:20.Now, with all due respect to Forest, performance of the weekend
:19:20. > :19:23.definitely belongs to Notts County. They went to runaway League One
:19:23. > :19:27.leaders Charlton and gave them a football lesson. It means manager
:19:27. > :19:31.Keith Curle is unbeaten since he took over - winning five out of six
:19:31. > :19:38.games. Tonight he's a guest on our Late Kick Off programme and joined
:19:38. > :19:44.me a bit earlier from their studio. I have had a fantastic start, not
:19:44. > :19:48.only the result, three performances, but the reaction of the players,
:19:48. > :19:53.they have been asked to go out and express themselves, and everyone,
:19:53. > :19:57.to Amman, has done that. Did you expect a first half of the likes
:19:57. > :20:02.you got at Charlton? I think it was fantastic, but when you give
:20:02. > :20:05.players the responsibility to go out and enjoy themselves, express
:20:05. > :20:09.themselves, there is different factors within the game, a lot of
:20:09. > :20:14.hard work, people have to be brave, put themselves on the line, that is
:20:14. > :20:19.part and parcel of football. But when you can get the ball down, be
:20:20. > :20:24.productive, excellent to watch. Your record is extraordinary so far.
:20:24. > :20:29.Do you think this is a platform for more of the same? It is something
:20:29. > :20:34.to build on. We put on a thrilling performance in the first half, that
:20:34. > :20:39.was absolutely breathtaking. Walking into the tunnel at half-
:20:39. > :20:45.time, 4-0 up at Charlton, I think, what am I going to say to the
:20:45. > :20:51.players? I had a cup of tea, and I said, excellent, more of the same.
:20:51. > :20:56.How have you found the club overall? They have won some awards,
:20:56. > :21:02.pretty good? It is fantastic. It really is a community club, that is
:21:02. > :21:05.one of the things that was brought out in my interview, it is the
:21:05. > :21:09.importance of the football club that plays within the community,
:21:09. > :21:12.there is a fantastic backroom staff. The foundation is there to be
:21:12. > :21:15.successful. As well as Keith's appearance on
:21:15. > :21:17.Late Kick Off, there's an extended report from Derby's match and a
:21:17. > :21:20.really interesting and wide-ranging interview with Sven Goran Eriksson.
:21:20. > :21:23.Not to be missed. Other sport now - Leicester Tigers
:21:23. > :21:26.players were at the heart of England's stirring Six Nations win
:21:26. > :21:29.in France yesterday. Rampaging centre Manu Tuilangi
:21:29. > :21:33.scored the first try - providing England with a platform they never
:21:33. > :21:38.gave up. And the eventual match winner was a terrific solo effort
:21:38. > :21:42.from Tom Croft. The first time England have won three away matches
:21:42. > :21:47.in this competition. It means they still have a mathematical chance of
:21:47. > :21:50.winning the Six Nations. Speaking of rugby, first chance for
:21:50. > :21:54.me to say well done to Leicester Tigers. Squad players really
:21:54. > :21:56.stepping up to carry them to next weekend's LV Cup Final with a win
:21:56. > :21:58.over Bath on Friday. In case you missed it over the
:21:58. > :22:01.weekend, confirmation that Nottingham Rugby lost their playoff
:22:01. > :22:07.opener at London Welsh, but that Nottingham Panthers won four one in
:22:07. > :22:09.Hull on Saturday. A good warm-up for tomorrow.
:22:09. > :22:13.Finally from me, we can't go without marking the stunning
:22:13. > :22:15.performance of our swimmers at the British Championships last week. 13
:22:15. > :22:18.of them from the East Midlands qualified for this summer's Olympic
:22:18. > :22:27.Games. Loughborough's Dan Fogg became the last - smashing his
:22:27. > :22:32.1,500 metre personal best on Saturday. Well done to all of them.
:22:32. > :22:35.We will be talking more about derby against Forest tomorrow.
:22:35. > :22:38.He certainly was fantastic on Friday.
:22:38. > :22:40.A leading member of the amateur theatre scene says he fears for the
:22:40. > :22:43.future of "am-dram" in the East Midlands.
:22:43. > :22:47.It's been announced that one of the region's oldest amateur companies -
:22:47. > :22:50.the Derby Opera Company - is closing after 120 years.
:22:50. > :22:52.Its chairman says it's an ominous sign for all amateur theatre when
:22:52. > :23:02.even well-established groups are unable to continue. James Roberson
:23:02. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:14.For Steve and and, it is good buy from them and the whole of the
:23:14. > :23:18.Derby Opera Company. After 120 years, it is closing down. Despite
:23:18. > :23:23.winning awards, their last production lost �14,000. At the
:23:23. > :23:28.last 11 shows, seven have made a last, and only four have made a
:23:28. > :23:33.profit. We are also having trouble getting volunteers, so that has
:23:33. > :23:37.made it really impossible for us to continue. The company started in
:23:37. > :23:41.1891, primarily to perform Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but over
:23:42. > :23:47.the years it has diversified into any kind of light opera or musical.
:23:47. > :23:51.It gave voice to hundreds of amateur performers. I joined in
:23:51. > :23:55.1967 because I wanted to have an interest away from my professional
:23:55. > :24:01.life. I met people, I went to events I would never otherwise have
:24:01. > :24:07.experienced. And it has been very enjoyable, and I'm very sorry it is
:24:07. > :24:10.coming to an end. And a church was a member for six years. We put so
:24:10. > :24:16.much work into rehearsal, sometimes it was harder than coming to work
:24:16. > :24:19.for the day, because they wanted it so perfect, it was a real challenge.
:24:19. > :24:22.The second you stood on the stage here, it was just magic. I do know
:24:23. > :24:28.of other companies that are struggling, both in Derby and
:24:28. > :24:32.Nottingham. I am worried that the future of all professional theatre,
:24:32. > :24:36.only one or two shows seem to do well, the rest of them struggle,
:24:36. > :24:40.and there is nothing like live theatre. The company is hoping to
:24:40. > :24:50.have a final reunion dinner for past and present members this
:24:50. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:05.That is sad! Poignant. That lady was a director's headmistress. He
:25:05. > :25:12.says he is still scared of her! Time for the weather. Venus,
:25:12. > :25:17.Have you spotted it in the last couple of night? Of Venus and
:25:17. > :25:24.Jupiter or, you can spot it. Unfortunately, the cloud is going
:25:24. > :25:30.to increase to all areas of the East Midlands this evening. A
:25:30. > :25:36.lovely shot of a bleated enjoying the sunshine in Nottingham. Thank
:25:36. > :25:42.you for the photo. We have got to thank this high-pressure, sitting
:25:42. > :25:47.over the UK. It is not helping with the rain factor, but plenty of
:25:47. > :25:51.decent dry and settled weather to come over the next couple of days.
:25:51. > :25:57.Some good clear skies for the first part of the evening, and gradually,
:25:57. > :26:05.to all areas, that cloud will start to build. Turning a little murky
:26:05. > :26:09.through the early hours, with some drizzle. Tuesday morning starts on
:26:09. > :26:15.a cloudy night, misty and murky first thing, that will lift fairly
:26:15. > :26:21.quickly, but cloud looks like it it will be a bit more stubborn.
:26:22. > :26:26.Certainly not the all-out sunshine that many areas got this afternoon.
:26:26. > :26:30.If you get plenty of sunshine, it could well peak at 14 Celsius
:26:30. > :26:38.tomorrow. The same is true of Wednesday, more in the way at
:26:38. > :26:42.sunshine. The high pressure continues to dominate. Thursday,
:26:42. > :26:47.you can see under pressure chart, the high pressure starting to pull
:26:47. > :26:53.away to the south. Thursday does have the potential to be one of the
:26:53. > :26:57.warmest days of the year so far. You could see temperatures up to 18,