:00:04. > :00:13.This is East Midlands Today with Kylie Pentelow and me Dominic Heale.
:00:13. > :00:18.Our top story tonight - a crash on the M1 sparks Friday travel chaos.
:00:18. > :00:24.Ibiza smashed let people trapped and diesel fuel could be across the
:00:24. > :00:32.road. Also to bad karma budget cuts the
:00:32. > :00:39.meaning people have to pay for care and company. �21.50 for four hours,
:00:39. > :00:46.I do not know. And transferring padded plastic
:00:46. > :00:53.into an exact replica of Richard the Third's skull.
:00:53. > :00:58.And lose some or would this Coppull that bristled on Skegness. -- news
:00:58. > :01:02.summer for this decoupled that was the old on sketches.
:01:02. > :01:08.Good evening. A motorway pile-up in Derbyshire has caused severe
:01:08. > :01:10.disruption and delays for thousands of commuters this evening. The
:01:10. > :01:13.collision involving four vehicles closed five lanes of the M1 for
:01:13. > :01:20.several hours as emergency services tried to deal with a fuel spillage
:01:20. > :01:24.on the carriageway. The accident closed the M1 northbound at
:01:25. > :01:34.junction 25, but also shut two lanes on the southbound carriageway.
:01:34. > :01:38.At one stage, the tailback stretched back to junction 28.
:01:38. > :01:41.Hundred and that was almost 17 miles away. And delays built
:01:41. > :01:45.quickly on main roads around the crash, like the A52, and further
:01:45. > :01:52.afield along the A453. Well James Roberson is alongside the motorway
:01:52. > :02:00.overlooking the site of the crash. Good Evening James.
:02:00. > :02:08.Good evening. You can see that almost six-and-a-half hours later,
:02:08. > :02:11.three out of the four lanes on the northbound carriageway are still
:02:11. > :02:19.close to be a job should be D5. The vehicles have been taken away at
:02:19. > :02:25.last. Earlier, the driver had to be airlifted from the hospital when
:02:25. > :02:30.his truck ran and decent food reservation. It is thought that his
:02:30. > :02:38.vehicle collided with other vehicles, just by where job should
:02:38. > :02:43.we d5 joins the carriageway. - But True Duke should we T5. Arts
:02:43. > :02:46.investigations are continuing. Nottinghamshire police say it was
:02:46. > :02:53.lucky that there were concrete barriers that stopped the truck
:02:53. > :02:57.going you to the opposite carriageway. We are very pleased
:02:57. > :03:03.with this new design had it has stopped the crossover in the past
:03:03. > :03:09.with the metal barriers, so it has done its job. The accident caused
:03:09. > :03:15.major problems on the motorway, but other areas affected also.
:03:15. > :03:21.absolutely, it has been dreadful across the area, but crash meant
:03:21. > :03:28.the traffic going south pound was also severely affected, two lanes
:03:28. > :03:34.could be used only. They were tailbacks for miles. As the traffic
:03:34. > :03:44.tried to escape the motorway closure, areas for miles around
:03:44. > :03:49.became jammed. Traffic was allowed back on to one lane northbound. The
:03:49. > :03:55.traffic is passing by, it is going northbound, but the motorway is not
:03:55. > :04:01.opened, it is being cleared up. This could go on for some AAS and
:04:01. > :04:04.traffic problems could continue into the seething. -- have forced
:04:04. > :04:07.Abba's. Hundreds of people queued up today
:04:07. > :04:10.for their first chance to learn more about the dig that uncovered
:04:10. > :04:13.the body of King Richard III. Earlier this week it was confirmed
:04:13. > :04:16.that the skeleton found under a Leicester car park was that of the
:04:16. > :04:25.English king. Today an exhibition featuring a replica skeleton opened
:04:25. > :04:29.at the Guildhall in the city. Luke Hanrahan went along to have a look.
:04:29. > :04:34.Dozens of people arriving early this morning to examine the
:04:34. > :04:38.evidence for themselves. It is a story that has captured the
:04:38. > :04:44.imagination of millions, attracting people from all over the world, at
:04:44. > :04:52.some waited for a looked on him. was there debate yesterday, and how
:04:52. > :04:59.I am here. -- I was number three in the queue yesterday. I came from
:04:59. > :05:06.your aqua I live. I was reading about it did the New York Times....
:05:06. > :05:12.I came from New York City, where I live. It is big news in America,
:05:12. > :05:16.and it is fascinating to be here. We're very excited to see it.
:05:16. > :05:25.was the moment they had been waiting for, the opportunity to
:05:25. > :05:30.take a virtual tour of his story. We did not expect such a large red
:05:31. > :05:36.to people, it is amazing but people are still behind the exhibition.
:05:36. > :05:46.You can see how he discovered his body and thus I be tried prevent it
:05:46. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:50.was him. But are prepared to these are aides are improving it was him.
:05:50. > :05:57.Is a free exhibition is expected to bring thousands more people to the
:05:57. > :06:03.city next week and there is more to, with plans to build a visitors'
:06:03. > :06:08.centre year or the body was found.... Is to rid the body was a
:06:08. > :06:11.As we've been hearing, the exhibition aims to answer the many
:06:11. > :06:14.questions we all have about Richard III. But visitors may be left
:06:14. > :06:19.wondering how they made the exact replica of his skull. Quentin
:06:19. > :06:24.Rayner has been to Loughborough University to find out.
:06:24. > :06:28.When it comes to turning heads, the astonishing discovery is hard to
:06:28. > :06:34.beat. Although the Poles would not be put on public display, the Guild
:06:34. > :06:44.Hall exhibition provides the next best thing. The centrepiece is an
:06:44. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:53.exact replica of his skull made by 3D experts. The University filmed
:06:53. > :06:59.its own promo of the procedure as the skull was gradually emerged out
:06:59. > :07:04.of the powder. It is built up from CT scans taken at the Leicester
:07:04. > :07:08.Royal Infirmary. It is extraordinary to think that you
:07:08. > :07:18.could drugs or padded plastic to make their damage to blow a shape
:07:18. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :07:27.like this. But but group transform a padded plastic. He infuses the
:07:28. > :07:32.plastics and it grows the into our object into a plastic model. The
:07:33. > :07:39.laser heats the powder and will join the articles of the plastic
:07:39. > :07:43.powder together. The esteem as made a scale model of the bones and will
:07:43. > :07:49.eventually have a replica of the into our skeleton which will be
:07:49. > :07:56.invaluable for future studies. It is the opportunity to replicate it
:07:56. > :08:01.in it is a former art. It is the opportunity for people to have a
:08:01. > :08:07.better description of the various different things that happened.
:08:07. > :08:12.With York Minster and accepted that he should be re- interpreted master,
:08:12. > :08:19.perhaps a compromise should be a replica courtesy of Loughborough
:08:19. > :08:22.University. Still to come on the programme,
:08:22. > :08:32.that exclusive interview with Billy Davies and the owner of Forest who
:08:32. > :08:33.
:08:33. > :08:37.say's he's happy to let the manager get on with managing.
:08:37. > :08:47.Add it depends on how this low- pressure performs as to whether we
:08:47. > :08:50.
:08:50. > :08:54.see rain on the East Midlands or Increasing numbers of elderly
:08:54. > :08:57.people are being left isolated because of cuts to social care.
:08:57. > :09:00.That's the warning today from Age UK Leicestershire and Rutland which
:09:00. > :09:09.says it's already seeing a fall in the number of people using day care
:09:09. > :09:15.centres. Eleanor Garnier has been finding out more.
:09:15. > :09:24.Is warm in its 89 years old and has no ID series of strokes and breast
:09:24. > :09:28.cancer. -- of this woman. Leicester City Council have stopped funding
:09:28. > :09:38.her weekly trip to the day-care centre, are due is means tested so
:09:38. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:50.they said you would have to pay for it as of. It is terrible. I'm not
:09:50. > :09:57.going air. Why they should want all that money, �28.54 and for ours, I
:09:57. > :10:01.do not snared. The charities as this is not the only woman. The use
:10:01. > :10:06.of day-care centres has fallen by nearly 20 I presented three years.
:10:06. > :10:11.These elderly people have said coming year is not just about
:10:11. > :10:19.getting hot meals. For some, their visit is the only chance to meet
:10:19. > :10:24.with friends. A lot of these people that do not qualify, they stay at
:10:24. > :10:29.home all day and they have nothing to do, and a kick at the four walls,
:10:29. > :10:35.and the depression is leading to a deterioration in their physical and
:10:35. > :10:41.mental well-being. We are confident that we will not ask people to pay
:10:41. > :10:46.oddness they can't afford it. Where people choose but to attend
:10:46. > :10:50.activities they had been charged, we will always provide
:10:50. > :10:54.entertainment and adviser that other services. There have been
:10:54. > :10:58.warnings for cuts to social care for months, but only know at the
:10:58. > :11:08.starting to hit and it is a elderly people are to elect to pick up the
:11:08. > :11:11.The funeral's taken place of a former East Midlands air ambulance
:11:11. > :11:14.pilot who was killed in London. 50- year-old Pete Barnes died when the
:11:14. > :11:16.helicopter he was flying hit a high-rise crane last month. Born
:11:16. > :11:18.and educated here, he flew for both the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and
:11:18. > :11:25.Rutland Air Ambulance AND the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
:11:25. > :11:28.service. His funeral was held at Reading Minster.
:11:28. > :11:31.A million pounds is to be spent carrying out MORE repairs on
:11:31. > :11:35.Nottinghamshire's roads. The county council says it's found the money
:11:35. > :11:39.from savings and reserves. It'll go towards fixing at least 5,000 extra
:11:39. > :11:49.potholes this year. That's on top of the 36,000 the authority
:11:49. > :11:55.
:11:55. > :11:58.repaired last year. The top scientist who developed the
:11:58. > :12:01.body scanning technique, MRI, at the University of Nottingham says
:12:01. > :12:04.he still hopes the noise from the machines can be reduced to help put
:12:04. > :12:07.patients more at ease. Sir Peter Mansfield, who won a Nobel prize
:12:07. > :12:09.for his work, has been talking about his achievements and the
:12:09. > :12:12.publication of his memoirs. The scanners, now in hospitals around
:12:12. > :12:19.the world, have saved millions of lives. Our Health Correspondent Rob
:12:19. > :12:25.Sissons reports. Back in the 1970s, testing a first
:12:25. > :12:31.full body scanner at the University of Nottingham. Dr Pete a month
:12:32. > :12:38.build good but be sure that this was safe. The worst thing that
:12:38. > :12:45.could happen would be a cardiac arrest. No, Orams the world, these
:12:45. > :12:50.scammers are used to save lives. He had an ambition to reduce this
:12:50. > :12:56.further, the noise that the scammers make, some people I did
:12:56. > :13:03.intimidating. I have spent years working poor or reduce the been
:13:03. > :13:13.noise level. But it as defeated me. He won the Nobel Prize for his work
:13:13. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:24.did not go up. He had lie-ins was not for him. -- he ignored the
:13:24. > :13:29.teacher who said sides was bought for him. It is all of us trying to
:13:29. > :13:36.decide what all of these lumps and bumps are, and if it is a problem.
:13:36. > :13:40.Medically, it has been issued at a month. He still does it work at the
:13:40. > :13:43.University of Nottingham, but he has been recovering from a stroke
:13:43. > :13:51.recently at home in Nottingham which has given him time to think
:13:51. > :13:55.up new ideas. I cannot really pick up these other ideas, you might
:13:55. > :13:58.hear about them one day. Businesses in Skegness say they're
:13:58. > :14:03.unhappy with plans to carry out maintenance on the rail line from
:14:03. > :14:09.Nottingham at the height of the summer season. There's usually a
:14:09. > :14:13.direct service from Nottingham Station to Skegness. But for
:14:13. > :14:16.fifteen days during July and August, this train won't run. Passengers
:14:16. > :14:26.will instead have to take a replacement bus service to Grantham,
:14:26. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:30.then get a connecting train to the coast. Phil Connell has more.
:14:30. > :14:40.The end of the line in its directness about the possible end
:14:40. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:47.of a prosperous a work, as they Its hoteliers as 70 but they do
:14:47. > :14:53.bookings are from his area, but he is concerned that holiday makers
:14:53. > :14:59.will, with the reduction in the trains service.... Says a 70 % of
:14:59. > :15:05.bookings. The could not have chosen a worse time, we appreciate that
:15:05. > :15:12.Nottingham needs upgrading, and it will help buy at greeting. The
:15:12. > :15:16.timing is not the best in the world. But maintenance work will the is
:15:16. > :15:23.like those due Skegness between the 20 type of July and August ninth.
:15:23. > :15:31.They will also be a second closure until 26th August. In the 15 days,
:15:31. > :15:41.a bus service will take passengers to grab up. Big gap eight Committee
:15:41. > :15:46.trade to Skegness.... At eight at Would be somewhere's disrupted
:15:47. > :15:56.service, they say that these UPA may not go on holidays to escape
:15:57. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:04.For businesses inspectors, a potential loss of trade at the
:16:04. > :16:10.worst possible time. With many tried to recover from last year's
:16:10. > :16:15.wet weather. Many had been optimistic about this year, a
:16:15. > :16:22.chance to get back on their feet, but that the mayor of hope is
:16:22. > :16:30.threatened by a Network Rail. was are made in Poms. To not have
:16:30. > :16:36.those trades is very worrying. damaged his is in the summer.
:16:36. > :16:43.Network Rail say they have chosen this summer because fewer people
:16:43. > :16:50.travel by train. They say they would prefer to have his disruption
:16:50. > :16:53.at quite a Torrens, the business Leicester City and Derby County on
:16:53. > :16:58.the way - but first Nottingham Forest chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi
:16:58. > :17:05.says he does NOT want a revolving door at the club. It comes after
:17:05. > :17:08.Billy Davies yesterday became his third manager in JUST six weeks. As
:17:08. > :17:11.the dramatic news unfolded we were there at the London home of the Al
:17:11. > :17:13.Hasawi family and the first to get the interviews. Natalie Jackson
:17:13. > :17:16.reports. They said he would never return!
:17:16. > :17:20.Fancy seeing you here. But as Billy Davies stepped into the Mayfair
:17:20. > :17:29.mansion of the club's owners and then put on the old tie - he was
:17:29. > :17:32.back. I spoke to you that to me, I said there was no doubt that I
:17:32. > :17:37.would love to come back to Nottingham Forest and people
:17:37. > :17:41.laughed. The Scot was sacked 18 months ago by the old regime. Many
:17:41. > :17:46.fans felt he was harshly treated after he the took the club to back
:17:46. > :17:56.to back playoff-semi finals. So as they sat talking about their hunger
:17:56. > :18:02.for success - I knew some would be asking - will this work? We will
:18:03. > :18:07.work together on what we are trying to achieve, but are would say to
:18:07. > :18:11.the arms, they are in good hands and die but you ought to be
:18:11. > :18:19.challenged and he would do the best beach aunt. He is a passionate
:18:19. > :18:29.manager, I do you are Eyam bitches, can you get on? -- I knew that you
:18:29. > :18:31.
:18:31. > :18:34.are ambitious. We cannot get on. -- can't get aunt. But this is his
:18:34. > :18:39.third appointment in six weeks. After the photo shoot, the tough
:18:39. > :18:46.talking - he insists he will let the manager manage. I knew that he
:18:46. > :18:51.is a strong manager. The chairman told us he wants to draw a line
:18:51. > :18:56.under the last six months, as the second Billy Davies era begins.
:18:56. > :19:01.bought the club in July, the slow we had different when pictures, but
:19:01. > :19:08.finally we have been the devas and I hope that we achieve what we want
:19:08. > :19:12.to achieve. It is good for me be back here are there to try and get
:19:12. > :19:14.this club into the Premier League. He wants nothing more than to
:19:14. > :19:17.deliver and put Premier League football on the table. And while
:19:17. > :19:24.this weekend, the critics debate this whole fascinating saga, for
:19:24. > :19:32.Billy Fawaz and Forest the season starts now.
:19:32. > :19:35.Both interviews - in full - are now on the BBC website. And we're
:19:35. > :19:39.hoping that Fawaz Al Hasawi will appear live on BBC Radio Nottingham
:19:39. > :19:43.tomorrow afternoon. So one man happy to make a return
:19:43. > :19:47.to his former club - but is it always a good idea to go back? Well,
:19:47. > :19:50.you don't need to look very far to find another manager enjoying his
:19:50. > :19:56.second stint in charge of a team - and proving that, given time,
:19:56. > :19:59.success is a very real possibility. Here's Angela.
:19:59. > :20:02.He would say they have achieved nothing yet this season - but
:20:02. > :20:05.things are looking good for leicester City. Second in the
:20:05. > :20:14.championship eight games unbeaten. Pearson is a man on Premier league
:20:14. > :20:18.mission. That is what I have been brought here to do. It is my
:20:18. > :20:23.intention to do everything that aren't hard to achieve what was set
:20:23. > :20:26.out to do. He came so close to achieving that ambition during his
:20:26. > :20:29.first stint in charge - losing to Cardiff in the play off semi-finals.
:20:29. > :20:33.He left the Foxes soon after following a disagreement with the
:20:33. > :20:37.owners - but after a change of regime he decided to return. I came
:20:37. > :20:44.back because I felt it was the right thing to do. It was an
:20:44. > :20:48.interesting journey. I think we are on the right track. On the right
:20:48. > :20:52.track. His job to assemble a side he could call his own. That took
:20:52. > :20:55.time. A rare commodity in football management. And would have
:20:56. > :21:04.preferred a things worked out or positively last year, but things
:21:04. > :21:08.have to be done in it Chaytor prisoner of. -- change of personnel.
:21:08. > :21:10.Wished it had worked last season. Great expectations at the Foxes -
:21:10. > :21:14.going back could prove to be their best way forward.
:21:14. > :21:17.At Derby they know the next few games - starting with a visit to
:21:17. > :21:20.Sheffield Wednesday - are crucial. Just six points off the playoffs
:21:20. > :21:24.and coming off a big home win, getting the away form fixed is key.
:21:24. > :21:26.One big lift is the mood of the three Irish internationals - at one
:21:26. > :21:36.point on Wednesday night Jeff Hendrick, Richard Keogh and Conor
:21:36. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:46.Sammon were all on the pitch in Republic green together. It is
:21:46. > :21:52.great for the club to get to ease against good opposition. Great
:21:52. > :21:55.credit to that. It was a dream to go out and play on Wednesday, a
:21:55. > :22:01.full international match for my country, with which Armley in the
:22:01. > :22:06.crowd. A very proud family moment. It has whetted by appetite to be in
:22:06. > :22:09.the upcoming squat and try and play more of a part in the squad.
:22:09. > :22:12.Notts County will have a new striker in their squad for the
:22:12. > :22:15.match at home to Crewe. Manchester United youngster John Cofie has
:22:15. > :22:18.come in on a months loan to give caretaker manager Chris Kiwomya
:22:18. > :22:21.some more attacking options. You can hear how all our clubs get
:22:21. > :22:24.on, on your BBC Local Radio station. It's the very best in commentary -
:22:24. > :22:26.don't miss it. In Rugby, Leicester Tigers are back
:22:26. > :22:30.in Premiership action this weekend. They host London Welsh with Matt
:22:30. > :22:33.Smith making his hundredth first team start. His dad, Ian, also
:22:33. > :22:38.started over a hundred games for the Tigers. They're the first
:22:38. > :22:40.father-son combination to do that particular double.
:22:40. > :22:43.Finally, huge disappointment for the Nottingham Panthers players,
:22:43. > :22:47.who were part of Great Britain's Olympic dream. They had to beat
:22:47. > :22:50.France in their second group game in Latvia to stand any chance of
:22:50. > :22:55.going to the Winter games in Sochi but this goal from Panther Rob
:22:55. > :23:05.Lachowicz came too late for GB. In the end the French won four two and
:23:05. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:09.Britain have only pride to play for on Sunday.
:23:09. > :23:12.Now he seems to be building a bit of a reputation as a hard man of
:23:12. > :23:16.the big screen. Stephen Graham starred in Gangs of New York and
:23:16. > :23:19.This is England. Now the Leicester- based actor is playing one of the
:23:19. > :23:22.most famous gangsters of all time - and has undergone intense physical
:23:22. > :23:32.training to prepare for the part. Our arts reporter Geeta Pendse went
:23:32. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:44.to the boxing ring to meet him. He is no stranger to taking
:23:44. > :23:54.direction ONS that. Steve Redgrave is preparing in the boxing ring. He
:23:54. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:06.has undergone intensive physical training and his is the reason why.
:24:06. > :24:12.Asked by martyr's course these economic he plays Al Capone in the
:24:12. > :24:18.American series. He was a big boxing fan and he liked to do a bit
:24:18. > :24:25.of boxing had salve, it is nice to have that is a presence. He tends
:24:25. > :24:35.to beat a lot a people up on located, and it is good to have the
:24:35. > :24:39.tactical ability. His trainer works with our other actors and has a
:24:39. > :24:47.reputation in the industry. Are I have worked on many movies, treat
:24:47. > :24:55.the actors are and actresses. deep it is used to playing work
:24:55. > :25:05.guys. - Acres Devine is used to play by. It is far removed from his
:25:05. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:15.own life. It is a great sensitivity in the village.
:25:15. > :25:18.P 8 years of, I do not want any problems while you are gone.
:25:18. > :25:28.films the new series in New York this summer which will be on Sky at
:25:28. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:55.that dictated this year. At the moment, we have an hour
:25:55. > :25:55.
:25:55. > :26:02.leeks no warning in force. Not much great day. -- and Ali snow warnings.
:26:02. > :26:12.Sub sleep on higher ground. Cold tonight. Temperatures dropping deep
:26:12. > :26:22.freezing. The cloud increasing. Saturday, it will be buried gold.
:26:22. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:35.Turning wintry. Soon peering into the afternoon with a lot of cloud
:26:35. > :26:45.cover at times. Temperatures around four degrees. A light wind. On
:26:45. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :27:00.Sunday, and no early warning of the Introduce the band of rain which
:27:00. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:14.will be active tomorrow. Been no pressure to join in. This is the
:27:14. > :27:21.forecast depicting where the snow will be. Subject to change. Keep