:00:03. > :00:06.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:06. > :00:14.Our top story tonight - a murder investigation as two bodies are
:00:14. > :00:20.found. The discovery was made at this house in Nottingham. Police
:00:20. > :00:26.have recovered a weapon. Also, a million pounds for charity
:00:26. > :00:31.- the astonishing legacy of marathon women Claire Squires.
:00:31. > :00:34.Plus, four years in jail for the union boss who stole for sick and
:00:34. > :00:39.elderly miners. And the soldier who served in
:00:39. > :00:42.Afghanistan then took his family there to live there. Everybody
:00:42. > :00:52.immediately things you are barking mad. On the face a bid, it is the
:00:52. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:56.most crazy thing you can think of. Good evening. Welcome to Friday's
:00:56. > :01:02.programme. And first, a murder investigation's begun in a
:01:02. > :01:04.Nottingham suburb after two bodies were found at a house. The man in
:01:04. > :01:11.his sixties and woman in her thirties were discovered yesterday
:01:11. > :01:14.morning. Police confirmed a weapon was found in the property. There's
:01:14. > :01:20.been a major development in this story tonight but first, here's
:01:20. > :01:24.Sarah Teale's report. The gruesome discovery was made
:01:24. > :01:27.yesterday morning. Inside this house on North Road in West
:01:27. > :01:33.Bridgford. Today police confirmed that that they have found the
:01:33. > :01:37.bodies of a 64-year-old and a 31- year-old woman. A murder
:01:37. > :01:42.investigation will be under way to establish the circumstances
:01:42. > :01:45.surrounding their deaths. Forensic officers have been in and out of
:01:45. > :01:49.the property all morning. Detectives have also been
:01:49. > :01:53.conducting house-to-house inquiries with neighbours. Many of the people
:01:53. > :01:59.we have spoken to said they have no idea it from lived in the House,
:01:59. > :02:02.but they were shocked by what had happened. It is a bit worrying, we
:02:02. > :02:08.heard on the news there was a drugs raid in Nottingham recently as well.
:02:08. > :02:11.So it is all a bit much. I didn't expected in an area like this, I
:02:11. > :02:15.have been told it is one of the most affluent areas in Nottingham,
:02:15. > :02:21.so it is one of the things you try and avoid, I don't think I would
:02:21. > :02:27.want to live here next year. Today, police were trying to reassure the
:02:27. > :02:31.local community. A weapon has been recovered from the scene, only to
:02:31. > :02:36.emphasise to the public we are not seeking anyone else at the current
:02:36. > :02:40.time in relation to this. Two other houses have been cordoned off as
:02:40. > :02:43.part of the investigation, including this one. Formal
:02:43. > :02:48.identification of the people who died he is yet to take place.
:02:48. > :02:54.Locals who knew them say they are upset and shocked. They have been
:02:54. > :03:01.living here since we have been here, over 20 years. It was a nice -- he
:03:01. > :03:06.was a nice guy, he always chatted with me. Very sad. Post-mortem
:03:06. > :03:11.examinations have been carried out to find out how the two people died.
:03:11. > :03:14.In the last few minutes it there has been a new development.
:03:14. > :03:17.Nottinghamshire police have just told us that they are looking into
:03:17. > :03:22.whether there are any links between those two deaths in West Bridgford
:03:22. > :03:27.with the discovery of another woman's body. She was found in the
:03:27. > :03:32.River Trent on April 15th. Police have said tonight it was her death
:03:32. > :03:36.which led them to the man and woman who were found in this property
:03:36. > :03:40.yesterday. Police say they are not formally identifying any of the
:03:40. > :03:43.victims at this stage, but asking anyone with information to get in
:03:43. > :03:45.contact with them. The amount raised in memory of a
:03:45. > :03:49.Leicestershire runner who died shortly before completing the
:03:49. > :03:52.London Marathon on Sunday has reached more than a million pounds.
:03:52. > :03:57.The donations, plus the associated GiftAid, will go to the Samaritans
:03:57. > :04:04.via Claire Squires' charity web page. Our reporter Carol Hinds
:04:05. > :04:07.joins us now from the newsroom. Yes, it was around five o'clock
:04:07. > :04:10.this afternoon that the donations and the Gift aid contributions made
:04:10. > :04:17.to Claire Squires' Just Giving web page totalled more than a million
:04:17. > :04:20.pounds and even now, is still rising. It's a figure that's more
:04:20. > :04:24.than 20,000 times the amount she had initially hoped to raise for
:04:25. > :04:27.the Samaritans. The 30-year-old from Great Bowden in Leicestershire
:04:28. > :04:33.collapsed and died on Sunday as she was approaching the final stretch
:04:34. > :04:37.of the 26 mile race. Since then there's been a huge response from
:04:37. > :04:47.the public, with more than 70,000 donations from the UK and all over
:04:47. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :04:53.the world. It is a stunning total. What has been the reaction?
:04:53. > :04:56.Claire's friend Nicola Short said today that they are absolutely
:04:56. > :04:58.overwhelmed by the generosity and messages of support that have
:04:58. > :05:00.poured in. This afternoon, the Samaritans issued a statement
:05:00. > :05:02.saying that although the circumstances under which the
:05:02. > :05:05.donations have reached a million pounds are heartbreaking, they
:05:05. > :05:08.would like to thank everyone for their support. They also plan to
:05:08. > :05:11.sit down with Claire's family in due course, to discuss what they
:05:11. > :05:19.feel she would have liked these donations to fund within their
:05:19. > :05:22.organisation. Thank you. An arthritis patient is furious
:05:22. > :05:26.that the NHS has withdrawn a treatment she says improves her
:05:26. > :05:29.life massively. Sue Harrison from Nottinghamshire has been told the
:05:29. > :05:33.knee injections she was getting are too expensive and there isn't
:05:33. > :05:42.enough evidence to prove they work. Here's our health correspondent Rob
:05:42. > :05:46.Sissons. Sue's knees are bad and she says in
:05:46. > :05:51.retirement, her health is going downhill. She blames the NHS for
:05:51. > :05:55.stopping the osteoarthritis jab she had the years, because it says they
:05:55. > :06:02.are not cost-effective. At home, she cannot even ride a horse these
:06:02. > :06:09.days. The injunctions they took away from me, it causes a lot of
:06:09. > :06:19.reaction. -- injections. They made my joints so they would move freely.
:06:19. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:35.Why has the NHS stopped the The couple reckon the scrap
:06:35. > :06:40.medication cost of �300 a year per patient. She says the replacement
:06:40. > :06:46.steroids don't work as well for her and there are side-effects. Change
:06:46. > :06:50.of weight, daft as a side-effect! The medication maybe band in the
:06:50. > :06:54.character, but is given to patients in Nottingham city. That is now
:06:54. > :06:58.being reviewed. At this arthritis charity's headquarters in
:06:58. > :07:02.Derbyshire, there is sympathy. of people have osteoarthritis and
:07:02. > :07:06.find it very difficult to get the right treatment. If she is lucky
:07:06. > :07:11.enough to find something that works, to have it taken away... On the
:07:11. > :07:15.other hand, the treatment hasn't been proved to be cost-effective.
:07:15. > :07:20.Sue used to enjoy trekking. Now she says she faces having to go private
:07:20. > :07:23.for the medication or overturn a maze of Anne Rogers decision making
:07:23. > :07:26.it she is ever to make it through the jungle.
:07:26. > :07:35.Still to come on the programme - some record-breaking rainfall - and
:07:35. > :07:42.rising river levels. Yes, we have broken a number of rainfall records
:07:42. > :07:52.for April. So these live shots will come as no surprise. I will have
:07:52. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :07:57.all the details and your fault "Calculated and sophisticated
:07:58. > :08:00.greed." That's how a judge described the actions of Neil
:08:00. > :08:03.Greatrex, the former president of a Nottinghamshire miners union.
:08:03. > :08:08.Earlier this month he was convicted of stealing almost �150,000 from a
:08:08. > :08:18.charity for sick and elderly miners. Today he was jailed for four years.
:08:18. > :08:18.
:08:19. > :08:22.Simon Hare reports. Neil Greatrex's family leave court
:08:22. > :08:26.without him. He gave them a wave goodbye as he was led away to start
:08:26. > :08:31.his sentence. The court heard his family have suffered harassment
:08:31. > :08:39.since his conviction. Have you could anything to say about
:08:39. > :08:43.betraying the miners? Nerve. jury had found him guilty of
:08:44. > :08:48.stealing almost �150,000. He sprinted on improvements to his
:08:48. > :08:52.home and his previous home, which included a new kitchen plus a
:08:52. > :09:00.replacement windows and doors. He persuaded the white man to provide
:09:00. > :09:03.false invoices which said they were repairs -- to work men. He was a
:09:03. > :09:08.trustee of the charity, and claimed he had taken the improvements in
:09:08. > :09:12.loo of a salary, but the judge today said he was already well paid
:09:12. > :09:17.for his role as president of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
:09:17. > :09:21.Sentencing him to four years, the judge told him, "you saw an
:09:21. > :09:25.opportunity to make personal profit at the expense of those less
:09:25. > :09:32.fortunate than yourself, whose interest you had agreed as trustee
:09:32. > :09:37.to protect. This was calculated and sophisticated read". He was in a
:09:37. > :09:41.position of trust, and instead, he stole real -- money, he had no real
:09:42. > :09:46.need to. He stole money from sick and ill miners. A hearing which
:09:46. > :09:48.will determine how much money has to pay back will be paid in -- held
:09:48. > :09:51.in June. Nottinghamshire police say that
:09:51. > :09:55.more than 60 officers are investigating the murder of Malakai
:09:55. > :09:58.McKenzie, almost a week after the teenager was killed. The 19-year-
:09:58. > :10:01.old suffered fatal injuries in a shooting in the car park of the
:10:01. > :10:03.Hubb in Sherwood in the early hours of last Saturday morning.
:10:03. > :10:06.Detectives are continuing to follow-up several lines of enquiry
:10:06. > :10:12.and have searched four addresses with a number of vehicles being
:10:12. > :10:15.seized. A train driver and passenger were
:10:15. > :10:18.taken to hospital with minor injuries after a train was derailed
:10:18. > :10:21.by a mudslide in North Nottinghamshire. 17 other
:10:21. > :10:25.passengers walked clear of the incident that happened at the exit
:10:25. > :10:35.to the Clarborough Tunnel near Retford this lunchtime. Rail
:10:35. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:39.services through the tunnel have been suspended.
:10:39. > :10:42.And now - a first for a high-tech Nottingham health care company.
:10:42. > :10:45.Something that's giving them the chance to save a teenager's life
:10:45. > :10:48.thousands of miles away. A blood sample stored at nearly 200 degrees
:10:48. > :10:51.below zero has been sent to the Middle East, where it'll be used to
:10:51. > :10:58.help a boy who's got bone marrow failure. Mike O'Sullivan has the
:10:58. > :11:02.story. High-tech and of high importance.
:11:02. > :11:07.The moment a sample of cord blood began its journey from Nottingham
:11:07. > :11:14.to the Middle East. The cord blood from a baby girl born 18 months ago
:11:14. > :11:19.in Jordan will help to save the life of her 16-year-old brother.
:11:19. > :11:24.Very excited. This is the moment we have been waiting for. We have had
:11:24. > :11:33.many samples stored, this is the first one, we are praying this will
:11:33. > :11:38.be a complete success. The goal's family paid 1500 pounds to store 15
:11:38. > :11:46.mm of cord blood and future health in Nottingham. 50,000 samples are
:11:46. > :11:51.kept here. They are placed in these huge tanks in liquid nitrogen paper,
:11:51. > :11:57.at minus 196 degrees. You can see the ice forming along the outside.
:11:57. > :12:03.The girl's cord blood is being sent to the Jordanian capital. He should
:12:03. > :12:06.arrive in a sealed container at 2pm tomorrow. The patient has anaemia.
:12:06. > :12:11.Bone marrow failure. He hasn't previously been strong enough to
:12:11. > :12:16.undergo the treatment. But now his family have hope. They have been
:12:16. > :12:21.waiting a long time for the boy to be well enough to receive the cells,
:12:21. > :12:25.and I think like everything else, it is fingers crossed, and did they
:12:25. > :12:29.look forward to him having a normal lifespan. Now it is a waiting game
:12:29. > :12:34.in both Nottingham and Jordan. The company's first a life-saving
:12:34. > :12:37.transfusion should be carried out within the next few days.
:12:37. > :12:42.Next tonight, the incredible story of a Nottinghamshire soldier, who
:12:42. > :12:44.left the army, and then moved to Afghanistan with his family. David
:12:44. > :12:47.James thought the military campaign wasn't working, and decided he
:12:47. > :12:51.could do more good by helping to build the country's economy. Now
:12:51. > :13:01.he's writing a book on what lessons need to be learned from the
:13:01. > :13:06.conflict, as our Social Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Ball reports.
:13:06. > :13:11.This footage I filmed in 4002 when I was a soldier in the British Army,
:13:12. > :13:18.and this is... David James was first deployed to Afghanistan only
:13:18. > :13:22.months after 9/11. He was astonished by how many -- friendly
:13:22. > :13:29.the locals were. Fundamentally, we are giving people a huge incentive
:13:29. > :13:32.to be violent. You fire a couple of RPGs, the military come along and
:13:32. > :13:36.bowled to a school and do well to win over your hearts and minds so
:13:36. > :13:40.you reject the insurgency. If you live in a peaceful part of
:13:40. > :13:44.Afghanistan, you get nothing. swapped his soldier's uniform for
:13:44. > :13:48.civilian clothes and went to live in Afghanistan with his family.
:13:48. > :13:54.Their new home was away from the fighting in a place that is so poor,
:13:54. > :13:57.some people starved to death. A remote mountain valley. Everybody
:13:57. > :14:02.thinks you are barking mad. On the face of it, it is the most crazy
:14:02. > :14:05.thing you can think of. We lived in a mud-brick house, we had to
:14:05. > :14:09.collect the water from the river, fell to the water, no electricity,
:14:09. > :14:15.but once you lie in a mug to the Afghan people, they really look
:14:15. > :14:22.after you. They bring you into their houses and homes, entertain
:14:22. > :14:29.you with music. Our cat died, they brought one wild tom cat round for
:14:29. > :14:37.our two-year-old a year-year-old son. This is why David chose the
:14:37. > :14:41.valley, didn't it a mountain -- to develop a mountain tourism agency.
:14:41. > :14:46.If they develop 50 porters, $10 a day each, they can survive the
:14:46. > :14:50.winter. So their families are not going to die. The matinees did
:14:50. > :14:57.start coming, but the BECTU and -- company was a victim of its own
:14:57. > :15:00.success. We just couldn't publicise the fact that there are unarmed
:15:00. > :15:05.civilians wandering around the Hindu Kush without worrying that
:15:05. > :15:09.the Taliban would have a go. I am frustrated about the whole thing.
:15:09. > :15:13.After trying so hard, he is pessimistic about Afghanistan's
:15:13. > :15:17.future and worried about what will happen to his friends. Before
:15:17. > :15:24.leaving, he went to see how much had changed. This is where I used
:15:24. > :15:34.to patrol. The thing they used to tell us, every patrol was that the
:15:34. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:42.Welsh do not work. 10 years on, the Some stories make your own life
:15:42. > :15:48.seemed a very mundane. Now it is that support.
:15:48. > :15:51.It is not mundane for Nottingham County fans. They have two games
:15:52. > :15:59.left to play to make the play-off so tomorrow's trip to Wycombe will
:15:59. > :16:09.be huge. They lost to Borrie 42 points of the top set. The captain
:16:09. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:26.is hoping it does not mean they We did not say that performance
:16:26. > :16:34.coming. Everything had been geared up as usual. It was one of them at
:16:34. > :16:44.days. We have got two games left and I believe that if we get the
:16:44. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:53.six points out of them, we will We have had shock results in the
:16:53. > :17:03.last two weeks. The only results we can affect is the one at Wycombe
:17:03. > :17:09.
:17:09. > :17:16.and Colchester next week. Saturday It is coming at the end of a
:17:16. > :17:23.turbulent year. Even Sol Campbell came for a couple of weeks, so it
:17:23. > :17:28.was an unreal season. It is positive in some respects. The
:17:28. > :17:38.change of manager, up and down, and we went on a fantastic run with
:17:38. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:54.Steve Cotterill and we have been on Elsewhere, it is nothing but pride
:17:54. > :18:02.to play for as Derby entertain Portsmouth, Leicester travel to
:18:02. > :18:07.Leeds, and it will be a in -- and emotional game at Fort Steve
:18:07. > :18:12.Cotterill. Leicester Riders are in Sheffield
:18:12. > :18:16.this evening for the play-off for the quarter-finals. They are taking
:18:16. > :18:20.nothing for granted. For we feel good. We have played very well over
:18:20. > :18:26.the last six weeks and we have had eight games in 23 days coming into
:18:26. > :18:29.the play-offs. We have a nice rhythm right now. There are many
:18:29. > :18:34.top teams and if you don't play well, you are going to have trouble
:18:35. > :18:38.going through. In cricket, Nottingham's James Taylor will
:18:38. > :18:42.captain the England Lions against the West Indies touring side.
:18:42. > :18:45.Bad light affected play today in not an inch a's game against
:18:45. > :18:52.Worcestershire, and in Leicestershire's game Hampshire on
:18:52. > :18:58.out chasing their first innings total. -- art now chasing.
:18:58. > :19:06.Now we have the next Elsey was going through the Olympic sports.
:19:06. > :19:16.Today it is Hamble, which few people know about. -- of the next
:19:16. > :19:19.
:19:20. > :19:28.A cross between basketball and five-a-side football, fast, high-
:19:28. > :19:32.scoring and often stings a bit. is like five-a-side football. It is
:19:32. > :19:39.better. It is likely unknown. People don't know what they are
:19:39. > :19:49.doing, and it is a whole heap of fun. They this was the evening they
:19:49. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:57.launched the ladies' team. It was low key. In Hungary, for girls, it
:19:57. > :20:02.is the main sport and everyone knows about it and follows it.
:20:02. > :20:07.your wrist straight behind the ball. But it was all new to Lucy. It is
:20:07. > :20:12.good to have a few tips towards the end about how to hold the ball and
:20:12. > :20:16.where to handle it from. I will be back to learn more. It may start
:20:16. > :20:20.small, but as the growth of the men's sideshows, it is something to
:20:20. > :20:25.build on. We have one and that keeps people coming back. Traps
:20:25. > :20:31.await the unwary. The new boy discovered the dangers of this
:20:31. > :20:37.stuff! Sticky hands and gulls are marked with tape. British handball
:20:37. > :20:43.is claiming 600% growth. It is all ages and abilities and everybody
:20:43. > :20:47.can get involved. It is still a long way from Olympic standard, so
:20:47. > :20:53.I wonder whether we can learn to love handball.
:20:53. > :20:57.If you fancy a go at British handball, it is coming to
:20:57. > :21:02.Nottingham this weekend. It will be at the Victoria Shopping Centre
:21:02. > :21:06.tomorrow and the Broadmarsh Centre tomorrow -- on Sunday. We know from
:21:06. > :21:10.the weather pictures how much everybody loves a wildlife and
:21:10. > :21:15.nature so, like us, you may be interested to hear about a special
:21:15. > :21:21.anniversary. The Notts Wildlife Trust, along with other UK trusts,
:21:21. > :21:26.is celebrating its one hundredth birthday. It bills itself as the
:21:26. > :21:30.county's first line of defence for wild species and habitats and Erin
:21:30. > :21:34.McDaid from the Organisation is with us. How did the trust begin?
:21:34. > :21:39.It all started with the vision of one man, Charles Rothschild, in
:21:39. > :21:44.1912. He came off with the idea that to protect wildlife, we need
:21:44. > :21:48.to create what we now know as nature reserves. Let's bring it
:21:48. > :21:54.back up to today. What are the talent is facing the reserves, 100
:21:54. > :21:58.years on? We now manage over 200 sites in the East Midlands. We need
:21:58. > :22:03.lots of support and volunteers. We have around 2000 volunteers in this
:22:03. > :22:07.region alone. You have 50,000 members - it is extraordinary! Is
:22:07. > :22:12.their concern that in hard economic times, people will care less and
:22:12. > :22:17.give less? We are not seeing that. It is about protecting wildlife on
:22:17. > :22:21.people's doorsteps. The funds are invested in the local area.
:22:21. > :22:26.there different pressures now, with climate change, people wanting to
:22:26. > :22:30.build on land and so on? Yes, it all start with nature reserves,
:22:30. > :22:34.which are important to us, but we realise we need to link those in
:22:34. > :22:38.better to the wider countryside. We are trying to work with landowners
:22:38. > :22:43.and create a living landscape all people and wildlife. You have had
:22:43. > :22:51.some great campaigns. I remember the dawn chorus. People got up at
:22:51. > :22:55.an ungodly hour to appreciate the dawn chorus. The Ospreys are
:22:55. > :23:01.brooding at Rutland Water. We have key wildlife in the East Midlands.
:23:01. > :23:05.The work over the nature centre or has put us in the public eye.
:23:05. > :23:11.your view of the future a good one? Do you think that despite the way
:23:11. > :23:15.technology is going, that we all care about our wildlife in of?
:23:16. > :23:19.the moment, we are inundated with new volunteers. People really seem
:23:19. > :23:26.to care. People want to come and help and do their bit. Hopefully,
:23:26. > :23:32.the more support we have, the more we can do to protect wildlife.
:23:32. > :23:37.Thanks for joining us. And now for news of what our
:23:37. > :23:40.politics team is up to on Sunday, here is Mary.
:23:40. > :23:44.Lunch at a -- on The Sunday Politics, the controversial plan to
:23:44. > :23:49.move people from London to our cities. Is it human trafficking?
:23:49. > :23:53.And should not in them have an elected mayor? A fan and a fierce
:23:53. > :24:02.opponent get their chance to present their own political
:24:02. > :24:04.We saw the pictures early of the River Trent having burst its banks.
:24:05. > :24:10.It has been raining here and further north.
:24:10. > :24:20.Yes, we have the April rainfall statistics in place now up to the
:24:20. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:35.27th. The most notable record we We have more rainfall forecast for
:24:35. > :24:39.the weekend so the level will actually just rise. No surprise
:24:39. > :24:46.that some of our rivers have flooded their banks, including the
:24:46. > :24:56.River Derwent. These pictures were taken this afternoon. These are
:24:56. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:02.live pictures of the River Trent, which has burst. These are pictures
:25:02. > :25:07.from Radcliffe. We have a number of flood alerts in place right across
:25:07. > :25:11.the weekend. With that in mind and with more rainfall forecast, if you
:25:11. > :25:15.are concerned about the levels near you, you can keep up to date with
:25:15. > :25:20.the Environment Agency website. Back to the weekend forecast,
:25:20. > :25:26.Saturday is looking like a dry day but Sunday is looking very
:25:26. > :25:33.unsettled. Heavy rain and strong gusts of wind. We are expecting the
:25:34. > :25:37.wind to pick up between 40 and 50 mph gusts. We will keep you up to
:25:37. > :25:41.date over the weekend. Through much of the day, we have had rain
:25:41. > :25:45.sitting across the East Midlands. Leicestershire had dry weather for
:25:45. > :25:53.a while but as we go through the night, that will start to ease and
:25:53. > :25:56.there will be a bit of rain. Saturday morning will see the rain
:25:56. > :26:01.continued to ease out and although we have a lot of dry weather
:26:01. > :26:05.throughout the day, allow for a few spots of drizzle if you are heading
:26:05. > :26:10.out and about. Across Derbyshire and into the Peak District, you may
:26:10. > :26:15.get some sunshine. Temperatures struggling nine Celsius on Saturday
:26:15. > :26:20.and for Sunday, it will turn #ColourWhite and windy as the band