:00:02. > :00:09.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Kylie
:00:09. > :00:18.Pentelow. Our headlines tonight: Guilty. A union leader who stole
:00:18. > :00:20.thousands from a charity for sick and elderly miners. Neil Greatrex
:00:20. > :00:24.spent the money on home improvements.
:00:24. > :00:34.No comment. Why not? No comment! But he's been found guilty of 14
:00:34. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:46.charges. Metal theft madness. Hinkley's makeover finally make it
:00:46. > :00:55.on the drawing board. And the sport that is great for
:00:55. > :01:01.winding down. You have to get out of the why and stab them before
:01:01. > :01:04.eight they stab you. Good evening. First tonight, a
:01:04. > :01:12.union leader who was said to have given his life to coalmining has
:01:12. > :01:19.been found guilty of stealing from a miners' charity. And he's been
:01:19. > :01:21.told he will be going to jail. Neil Greatrex, the former president of
:01:21. > :01:25.the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, stole almost �150,000 from the
:01:25. > :01:31.charity to pay for improvements at his own home. Another UDM leader,
:01:31. > :01:34.Mick Stevens, was cleared of all 14 charges. Quentin Rayner is outside
:01:34. > :01:44.Neil Greatrex's home in Nottinghamshire. Good evening,
:01:44. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:49.Quentin. Good evening. This is Neil
:01:49. > :01:52.Greatrex's home near Teversal, where thousands of pounds stolen
:01:52. > :02:02.from a miners' charity were spent on home improvements, here and at a
:02:02. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:06.previous home. Despite being paid a salary of �113,000 by the UDM, as
:02:06. > :02:09.well as the union paying a third of his mortgage while he was an
:02:09. > :02:19.official, the former president stole from a care home for sick
:02:19. > :02:28.miners. In court he was accused of fiddling the books and feathering
:02:28. > :02:35.his own nest, and today a jury agreed.
:02:35. > :02:42.Neil Greatrex was told by a judge he had committed fraud against
:02:42. > :02:49.members who had placed their trust in him. The man described as a good
:02:49. > :02:59.union man remained tight-lipped. Do you have anything to say?
:02:59. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:13.comment. Are you ashamed? And no comment. Why not? No comment.
:03:13. > :03:22.six Sears -- six years, he used money to pay for improvements at
:03:22. > :03:31.his homes. He spent the money on landscaping, building repairs. He
:03:31. > :03:37.claimed it was in loo of a salary he was entitled to. They are in a
:03:37. > :03:44.position of trust. He has stolen from them. Mick Stevens was cleared
:03:44. > :03:52.of all charges. As a trustee, he countersigned the cheque, but the
:03:52. > :03:58.jury accepted yet little to do with the daily running of the care home.
:03:58. > :04:07.Do you think what he did were shameful?
:04:07. > :04:17.Neil Greatrex will be sentenced at the end of May. The prosecution
:04:17. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:21.said, charity begins at home. It does not mean taking from charity.
:04:21. > :04:24.Granting him bail, the judge told Neil Greatrex he will be going to
:04:24. > :04:28.jail when he's sentenced at the end of next month. The care home was
:04:28. > :04:31.sold in 2007 for �1.3 million and the charity has been wound up. With
:04:31. > :04:36.the completion of this trial, the Charity Commission will appoint new
:04:36. > :04:46.trustees to distribute those assets. Tonight, the Crown Prosecution
:04:46. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:50.Service said Greatrex was "guilty of deceitful and shameful actions."
:04:50. > :05:00.Quentin, thank you. John Mann, the Labour MP for Bassetlaw, joins us
:05:00. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:08.now. I know you are familiar with this case. What is your reaction?
:05:08. > :05:18.Some justice has been done. There is tremendous anger. There is a lot
:05:18. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:24.of elderly miners who have not had access to the care home.
:05:24. > :05:31.We had a no comment from Mr Greatrex after the trial. What
:05:31. > :05:37.should he be saying to the miners whose money was taken? The best
:05:37. > :05:47.apology he could make is to pay back the money. He should be
:05:47. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :06:04.volunteering information to the police. In the wider context of
:06:04. > :06:13.this, these miners have been ripped off by various people. They have
:06:13. > :06:19.lost their care home, there was a compensation scandal. That Kehoe
:06:19. > :06:29.was to help people with their health needs. It should be there as
:06:29. > :06:39.a care home, a convalescent home. Will all this end when Neil
:06:39. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:49.Greatrex is sentenced next month? I would like to see the finances of
:06:49. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :06:57.the UDM being fully investigated. Thank you. You're watching East
:06:57. > :07:03.Midlands Today. Coming up later. Time to think about China. The
:07:03. > :07:12.Derby company that's running like clockwork in the Far East.
:07:12. > :07:14.And the Labour leader is in Derby. Next tonight, a big a crackdown on
:07:14. > :07:16.stolen scrap. All five of our police forces are working together
:07:16. > :07:25.in Operation Tornado. Together, they're telling thieves that
:07:25. > :07:28.there's now no market for the metal they steal. Carol Hinds reports.
:07:28. > :07:31.Over the last seven days, scrap metal thieves have left dangerous
:07:31. > :07:35.holes in Derby's roads by stealing 80 cast iron drain covers. They're
:07:35. > :07:39.being replaced with ones made from plastic which can be locked.
:07:39. > :07:49.Each time we go to repair them, it costs in the region of �200. In the
:07:49. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :07:59.last week, that is �16,000. There are 40,000 of these across the city.
:07:59. > :08:02.If this happened widescale across the city, it could cost �8. This
:08:02. > :08:05.week has seen the start of new measures to tackle the crime in our
:08:05. > :08:08.region. Operation Tornado brings together all five police forces in
:08:08. > :08:11.the East Midlands to try to restrict the movement of stolen
:08:12. > :08:15.metal. -- �8 million. Anyone that brings in an item of metal and
:08:15. > :08:19.wants to exchange it for cash would have to bring in a photograph and
:08:19. > :08:22.some ID. But the scheme is voluntary, Sims Metal Management in
:08:22. > :08:32.Nottingham has signed up to Operation Tornado, but is concerned
:08:32. > :08:36.that other dealers in the city have not. It is vital that every scrap
:08:36. > :08:46.merchant in the area signs up to it. Those that do not need to be weeded
:08:46. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:56.out and brought to book. wouldn't you sign Aalborg it? -- up
:08:56. > :08:59.for eight per. Police officers stress that the measures are not
:08:59. > :09:01.designed to damage legitimate businesses, but to clamp down on
:09:01. > :09:10.unscrupulous dealers who choose to overlook where the metals they're
:09:10. > :09:13.buying may have come from. Well, we're staying with this
:09:13. > :09:14.subject briefly, because suspected metal thieves have damaged a
:09:14. > :09:17.memorial statue built to commemorate Nottinghamshire's
:09:17. > :09:20.wartime oil industry. The oil patch warrior in Dukes Wood near Eakring
:09:21. > :09:28.was attacked on Saturday. It marks the work of the American oilmen who
:09:28. > :09:38.helped build the UK's first onshore oil well in 1939. It'll now be
:09:38. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:43.removed from the site because of fears the thieves will strike again.
:09:43. > :09:46.The Nottingham bicycle maker Raleigh could be taken over by one
:09:46. > :09:49.of its rivals. The company is in talks with the Dutch firm Accell,
:09:49. > :09:52.which is one of Europe's leading bike manufacturers. Raleigh still
:09:52. > :09:55.designs its cycles in Nottingham, and this year it's celebrating its
:09:55. > :09:58.125th anniversary. The family of the Nottinghamshire
:09:58. > :10:03.woman murdered by her son say he's robbed them of a wonderful, loving
:10:03. > :10:08.and caring woman. Daniel Bartlam from Redhill near Arnold was only
:10:09. > :10:11.14 when he attacked his mother Jacqui with a hammer. He tried to
:10:11. > :10:15.destroy the evidence by setting fire to the family home. Yesterday,
:10:15. > :10:25.a judge told him he would serve at least 16 years for the senseless
:10:25. > :10:28.and grotesque murder of his mother. Jeremy Ball is with us now. Jeremy,
:10:28. > :10:33.what's been the reaction from people who knew Jacqui Bartlam?
:10:33. > :10:36.We've been hearing warm tributes. She was clearly very popular,
:10:36. > :10:40.despite Daniel's attempt to convince the jury he was provoked
:10:40. > :10:46.by a "bad mother". Her family say that couldn't be further from the
:10:46. > :10:49.truth. That she was caring, and loved her boys. I've had this
:10:49. > :10:53.statement from her workmates at the Land Registry in Nottingham. They
:10:53. > :10:55.say Jacqui was a pleasure to work with. She had a wicked sense of
:10:55. > :10:58.humour. And almost a year on, they're still in shock.
:10:58. > :11:01.There has been a quite extraordinary reaction to the story,
:11:01. > :11:04.hasn't there? Huge. Look at the national papers today. It's on a
:11:04. > :11:06.lot of the front pages. Headlines like "Devil Child,""Corrie
:11:06. > :11:15.Copycat."And this story's been making headlines across Europe, and
:11:15. > :11:19.as far afield as Australia. That's because Daniel Bartlam's crime was
:11:19. > :11:29.so extraordinary. You reported on Bartlam's trial two
:11:29. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:36.months ago, but he hasn't been identified until now. Why's that?
:11:36. > :11:39.It's because he was so young that his identity was protected by a
:11:39. > :11:43.court order. This week that's been lifted, after a legal challenge by
:11:43. > :11:45.the BBC. And there were two reasons the judge agreed to that. First,
:11:45. > :11:47.because this crime was so horrific. And secondly, because Jacqui
:11:47. > :11:51.Bartlam's family wanted to pay tribute to her publically.
:11:51. > :11:55.One paper described him as a devil child and described him as evil.
:11:55. > :12:03.How did he appear during his trial? He came across as an extraordinary
:12:03. > :12:06.character. Intelligent. Articulate. But very cocky. He spent two whole
:12:06. > :12:09.days in the witness box, holding his own against the prosecution. I
:12:09. > :12:11.think it's pretty clear he thought he could outwit some very
:12:11. > :12:14.experienced lawyers and some very experienced and detectives, even
:12:14. > :12:20.though he was still only 14 years old at the time.
:12:20. > :12:23.Thanks, Jeremy. It's been talked about for years, but finally one of
:12:23. > :12:26.our town centres will get a massive facelift. �80 million is being
:12:26. > :12:35.spent in Hinckley in Leicestershire on a new bus station, cinema and
:12:35. > :12:39.shops. But not everyone's in favour, as Angelina Socci found out.
:12:39. > :12:47.It is a sight for sore eyes. The bus station and surrounding area
:12:47. > :12:52.has been decline for years. �80 million will be spent on the site.
:12:52. > :12:59.This will give the town a major boost. It will bring new facilities,
:12:59. > :13:05.new jobs, and transform what is predominantly a fairly run-down
:13:05. > :13:09.area. People have mixed views. has been a long time coming. The
:13:09. > :13:17.bus station is a bit of a mess. It is not very nice for people that
:13:17. > :13:24.visit. Probably a good thing. Hinkley has become a dormitory town.
:13:24. > :13:34.The really does need the shops, and with all the industry gone, it does
:13:34. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:43.need redevelopment. Some people have real concerns about the
:13:43. > :13:53.development. It will effect what has been here, businesses like
:13:53. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :14:00.myself. We are in very tough economic times at the moment. We
:14:00. > :14:09.want to support businesses as much as possible. The council says it
:14:09. > :14:14.will knock -- it will look to help independent retailers. Loyalty
:14:14. > :14:22.schemes will be introduced in some shops. Work will begin early next
:14:22. > :14:25.year and be completed by the end of 2014. A stately home in
:14:25. > :14:27.Lincolnshire will be turning off its fountains in an effort to
:14:27. > :14:30.conserve water. Belton House near Grantham is run by the National
:14:30. > :14:33.Trust. Although the property is excluded from Thursday's domestic
:14:33. > :14:41.hosepipe ban, managers say it's important to play a part in saving
:14:41. > :14:45.water where they can. A teaching union in Nottingham is
:14:45. > :14:48.advising its members not to pay the new Workplace Parking Levy. The
:14:48. > :14:51.charge, which came into force on Sunday, has been brought in by the
:14:51. > :14:55.council to fund improvements to the city's tram system. But the NASUWT
:14:55. > :14:58.says anyone who has the charge forced on them could have a legal
:14:58. > :15:07.case against their employer. The city council says teachers won't be
:15:07. > :15:11.allowed to park at work if they don't pay the levy.
:15:11. > :15:14.The Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has been in the East Midlands today,
:15:14. > :15:17.with a message aimed at boosting our manufacturing sector. On a
:15:17. > :15:21.visit to Toyota's car plant near Derby, he called for new government
:15:21. > :15:26.measures to kick-start the economy and get people buying cars again.
:15:26. > :15:29.John Hess was with him. On the production line at Toyota's
:15:29. > :15:34.Burnaston factory, Ed Miliband is shown some of the new cars heading
:15:34. > :15:38.for the showrooms. If this political event looked familiar, it
:15:38. > :15:43.was. It's almost six months since the Prime Minister was making the
:15:43. > :15:45.same journey. Today, it was the Labour leader's turn to highlight
:15:45. > :15:52.the importance of manufacturing to the British economy.
:15:52. > :15:54.We have a future for British manufacturing. It needs government
:15:54. > :16:04.support, like the last Labour government and its car scrappage
:16:04. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:13.scheme. We need initiatives like that, from this government.
:16:13. > :16:16.The Labour leader also had a pressing political reason for the
:16:16. > :16:19.Derby stop-over. The city council is run by the Conservatives,in
:16:19. > :16:21.coalition by the Lib Dems. Sounds familiar? There aren't that many
:16:21. > :16:24.local elections in the East Midlands this May, but for Ed
:16:24. > :16:28.Miliband, Labour winning back control of Derby would be a big
:16:28. > :16:30.prize indeed. Looking to block any Labour advance on Derby, the
:16:30. > :16:34.Liberal Democrats today unvieled their manifesto for the city
:16:35. > :16:37.elections. They're promoting support for local business, and
:16:37. > :16:45.that involves rejecting one big Labour idea from Nottingham, the
:16:45. > :16:48.work place parking levy. We've had approaches already from
:16:48. > :16:54.companies considering relocating from Nottingham, so I think we are
:16:54. > :16:56.not going to have work place parking or congestion charging.
:16:56. > :17:06.The Labour leader wants a new economic approach.May's elections
:17:06. > :17:08.will show how many of us agree with him.
:17:08. > :17:11.Of course, another issue that's hugely important for British
:17:11. > :17:14.business is the global export market. One boss in Derby says up
:17:14. > :17:17.to 40% of his business could soon come from China. Mike O'Sullivan
:17:17. > :17:26.now has the second of his special reports from Shanghai, the
:17:26. > :17:28.epicentre of the world's second largest economy.
:17:29. > :17:33.The three men at the top of a leading Shanghai construction
:17:33. > :17:43.company. They turned to the clockmaker Smith of Derby when they
:17:43. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:53.wanted a signature piece at their headquarters. Smith of Derby were
:17:53. > :17:57.praised by Xu Chang, chairman of the East Asia Holding group, and he
:17:57. > :17:59.went on to say that these days in China many customers feel the
:17:59. > :18:02.product and the service are more important than the price. The
:18:02. > :18:06.shopping streets of Shanghai are bustling with the rise of the
:18:06. > :18:11.Chinese consumer. And at Shanghai University, I met a business expert
:18:11. > :18:21.who has close links with Nottingham Trent University. He'd love to see
:18:21. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:35.Nottingham's Paul Smith in Shanghai. Paul Smith is very good. They have
:18:35. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:46.not established a branch in China. I think it would be very popular.
:18:46. > :18:50.An elegant emporium of motoring style in Shanghai. Bentley says
:18:50. > :18:54.China is its biggest market. The cars may be made in Crewe, but the
:18:54. > :19:04.B on the Bentley is made at Lestercast in Leicester. And some
:19:04. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:17.cars are literally flying out to China. The demand is there. BHL at
:19:17. > :19:27.currying Bentley Motor cars to China. There are lots of people
:19:27. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:36.there who can afford to do and want to buy Western products.
:19:36. > :19:46.Probably about 30 % of business is from China. Hopefully, we will keep
:19:46. > :19:48.
:19:48. > :19:53.investing. The famous Customs House clock on Shanghai's waterfront
:19:53. > :20:00.inspired the businessmen to go to Smith of Derby for theirs. It was
:20:00. > :20:03.made in the 20s by a company in the Smith group.
:20:03. > :20:07.Their own Smith's clock in Shanghai shows it is the Year of the Dragon,
:20:07. > :20:17.considered to be a good year for business. Perhaps time for more of
:20:17. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:30.our region's exporters to cash in. I hear that cricket is becoming big
:20:30. > :20:33.in China. The County season starts on Thursday. England are in Sri
:20:33. > :20:36.Lanka, struggling with the very different cricketing conditions
:20:36. > :20:39.there. And Stuart Broad - England's Twenty 20 Captain - is frustrated
:20:39. > :20:42.to be at home injured. But preserving him now will mean he can
:20:43. > :20:51.play a big part in the summer. And that'll please members at the club
:20:51. > :20:55.where Stuart got his start. Egerton Park Cricket Club in Melton
:20:55. > :20:58.has got a decent track record of turning out top level cricketers.
:20:58. > :21:04.But the brightest star in their firmament is definitely Stuart
:21:04. > :21:09.Broad. And, when he visits, he knows what he owes the place.
:21:09. > :21:15.means a huge amount to come back. The club was fantastic to me when I
:21:15. > :21:23.was growing up. There support means a lot to me now. One thing that
:21:23. > :21:28.setting out was his absolute enthusiasm. It was typified by the
:21:28. > :21:30.way he used to come haring in. Broad was in town promoting
:21:30. > :21:40.NatWest's support of club level cricket. And no wonder. Without it,
:21:40. > :21:42.
:21:42. > :21:48.the country's side is nowhere. Hopefully, we will find
:21:48. > :21:51.international stars for the future. But at the moment, however they
:21:51. > :21:58.start, England's cricketers are toiling in the sub-continent. At
:21:58. > :22:03.least in tests. Persistance, the key. It is a learning experience.
:22:03. > :22:06.Very good athlete have gone to these conditions and failed.
:22:06. > :22:16.They'll be glad to be back in English conditions. Lots to look
:22:16. > :22:26.forward to. A game which stand out in my mind is the 2020 game at
:22:26. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:31.Trent Bridge. It inspires you to get out and play.
:22:31. > :22:34.Still inspiring - and not forgetting his roots.
:22:34. > :22:37.Only one bit of joy for Broad's Notts teammates with England today
:22:37. > :22:44.- Graeme Swann getting the big wicket of Mahela Jayawardene. Lots
:22:44. > :22:48.more cricket from us tomorrow as we preview the county season.
:22:48. > :22:51.Now we've reached the letter F in our A to Z of Olympic sports and
:22:51. > :22:54.that means 'fencing'. Jeremy Nicholas has been along to Chilwell
:22:54. > :23:04.Olympia Sports Club in Nottingham to thrust and parry with the
:23:04. > :23:12.
:23:13. > :23:22.I thought fencing was something to lean on one you chatter to the
:23:23. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:48.There's three sorts of fencing. switched to epee. It is the most
:23:48. > :23:58.exciting. With the sabre, you use the cutting edge. It tends to be a
:23:58. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:13.little bit quicker. It is just a fantastic sport. You get a good
:24:13. > :24:17.workout. We are having a good time at the club. If you are worried
:24:17. > :24:24.about work, and somebody's coming up to you with a sword, you have to
:24:24. > :24:34.just get out of the way and stab them first! It would be rude not to
:24:34. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:42.have a go, wouldn't it? I am more of a thruster than a cutter. I
:24:42. > :24:50.remember a James Bond film were there was a fencing scene. After
:24:50. > :24:57.that, it became very popular. I'm sure the Olympics will do the same
:24:57. > :25:07.kind of thing, especially if we do well.
:25:07. > :25:16.
:25:17. > :25:19.It is unlikely car but you never know!
:25:19. > :25:29.Inventing, they stab you in the front.
:25:29. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:37.Now the weather. Sunshine last week, tonight,
:25:37. > :25:44.possibly snow. For most of us, it will stay as rain and sleet. We do
:25:44. > :25:52.have a yellow weather warning, that is for the next 24 hours. It really
:25:52. > :26:02.just relate to high ground. We have this unsettled weather because of
:26:02. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:14.this area of low pressure. Tonight has been quite damp and the rain
:26:14. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:21.will start to increase through the night. To the north of the region,
:26:21. > :26:31.particularly the Peak District, we will see some snow. Generally, it
:26:31. > :26:37.
:26:37. > :26:42.will not snow. Only on higher ground. Temperatures overnight,
:26:42. > :26:52.down to freezing, so quite a cold night. As we head into Wednesday,
:26:52. > :26:52.
:26:52. > :27:02.have very words and the potential to see some sleet. Maximum
:27:02. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:13.temperature, five degrees. Things will feel very bitter. As we head
:27:13. > :27:23.into Wednesday night, it will be cold, so don't be surprised if you
:27:23. > :27:28.
:27:28. > :27:31.wake up to some frost. By Good I head in some parts of Scotland,