:00:07. > :00:16.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:16. > :00:22.Tonight, police hunt for two men in black after an armed raid.
:00:22. > :00:32.Terrified staff were shot at this bookies in Ilkeston. I was walking
:00:32. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:40.up the entry and two guys passed me, all dressed in black. Training for
:00:40. > :00:45.the London Marathon undeterred by the Boston bombs. I would love to
:00:45. > :00:51.go and do next year as a way of supporting Boston and paying
:00:51. > :01:01.tribute to be affected people. Could the jester from Leicester
:01:01. > :01:03.
:01:04. > :01:13.soon be wearing sneakers Triple Crown? -- snooker's. Good evening
:01:13. > :01:17.and welcome to the programme. A city council is hoping to persuade
:01:17. > :01:20.the transport secretary to change the route of the High Speed Two
:01:20. > :01:26.rail line through the East Midlands. This evening sees the unveiling of
:01:26. > :01:30.a transformed Derby station. The minister is there. Derby city
:01:30. > :01:40.council wants him to back their plan to bring it not through Towton
:01:40. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:47.but through Derby instead. Dancers greeted both commuters and the
:01:47. > :01:53.transport secretary tonight as part of celebrations for the opening of
:01:53. > :01:56.devastation after months of work. It cost �2.7 million to put in
:01:56. > :02:02.improvements and each year to complete. This morning, last-minute
:02:02. > :02:08.work was still going on to finish the refurbishment. Improvements
:02:08. > :02:12.include a wide and pedestrianised area and a mini bus station with
:02:12. > :02:16.interactive science and the cycle shelter. The city council leader
:02:16. > :02:24.acknowledges the work has taken longer than expected. There have
:02:24. > :02:29.been construction difficulties. It is a fantastic gateway to Derby. We
:02:29. > :02:33.have new benches over to the left and a new Scheldt which has
:02:33. > :02:39.interactive displays. We think it is something to celebrate a we're
:02:39. > :02:43.proud to open today and ask the Secretary of State to open it with
:02:44. > :02:47.us. They also want to ask the Transport Secretary about other
:02:47. > :02:53.major transport developments border city. The first thing we want to
:02:53. > :03:03.talk about his high-speed two. By having the station here, there must
:03:03. > :03:04.
:03:04. > :03:11.be more benefits. We also want to look about the A Macro 38 flyovers.
:03:11. > :03:14.-- A38. You get held up and it has to be bad for business. He also
:03:14. > :03:21.hopes the Transport Secretary will work to ensure the Derby train
:03:21. > :03:26.maker also benefits from HS2, which could potentially bring thousands
:03:26. > :03:33.of train building and signalling jobs to the city. Let's cross over
:03:33. > :03:39.live to our correspondent who is outside the station. Good evening.
:03:39. > :03:45.With me is suspected State for Transport. Let go to some of those
:03:46. > :03:49.points. What about bringing HS2 through Derby? That is something
:03:49. > :03:55.the City Council would like to happen. We have announced our
:03:55. > :03:59.preferred route. One thing about HSI 2 which is incredibly important
:03:59. > :04:03.for the long-term future of our country is it is serving the whole
:04:03. > :04:09.of the East Midlands region. Others in my mind when the opportunities
:04:09. > :04:15.were put to me. Derby was looked at. We will consult on the route. The
:04:15. > :04:19.route has been announced we will consult on it. For the long-term
:04:19. > :04:23.benefit of the United Kingdom, it is not just about speed but
:04:23. > :04:27.capacity and rail networks. One get more and more pressure for more and
:04:27. > :04:34.more services. Every time I am meeting people and aunt and
:04:34. > :04:39.questions from MPs, it is about more services. This will provide a
:04:39. > :04:45.vital long-term capacity. council leaders also mentioned the
:04:45. > :04:50.A38, which also runs through Derby. I have lived there for 35 years, it
:04:50. > :04:56.has been a problem with the roundabouts. Do you think we could
:04:56. > :05:01.see some flyovers or underpasses? What we have done is given the
:05:01. > :05:05.Highways Agency some money for pinch points. They have come
:05:05. > :05:10.forward with some improvements which will be made to the
:05:10. > :05:20.roundabouts. It is not the flyer this was that they are bigger
:05:20. > :05:22.
:05:22. > :05:32.infrastructure projects. -- the flyers. Thank you very much. We
:05:32. > :05:38.will all be enjoying this brand new station for years to come. Back to
:05:38. > :05:43.you. At this very moment in London, the City of Nottingham is trying to
:05:43. > :05:53.persuade her host of companies to set up in the city. They will be
:05:53. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:58.pitching to 200 developers. The Nottingham economy is worth �12
:05:58. > :06:02.billion the year. The hunt is on for further investment. As one of
:06:02. > :06:07.the eight Court economics cities outside London, he qualified for
:06:07. > :06:11.�60 billion of money to encourage more investors and companies into
:06:11. > :06:16.the city. Brand Nottingham will be presented to 200 of them this
:06:16. > :06:19.evening. We have created a huge number of measures, infrastructure,
:06:19. > :06:23.skills, that really benefit businesses and benefit them at that
:06:23. > :06:28.early stage would have today's event is about demonstrating that.
:06:28. > :06:36.Any jobs it brings will be welcome. Unemployment and the city is
:06:36. > :06:41.currently -- in the city is currently 21,000. Evidence of
:06:41. > :06:45.investment can take a long time to materialise. It is two years since
:06:45. > :06:48.the Government announced an enterprise zone. 10,000 jobs are
:06:48. > :06:53.promise but preparatory work will not even start until the end of
:06:53. > :06:57.next year. 15 years on since the island business site near the BBC
:06:57. > :07:02.was cleared for development, much of it remains a wasteland. Tesco
:07:02. > :07:07.wanted to build a superstore here. The planners were set to reject it
:07:07. > :07:13.and the retailer lost interest. Those behind today's investment
:07:13. > :07:18.push, claimed such promotions are effective. This will have
:07:18. > :07:22.subliminal benefits. It is about getting the message percolating. It
:07:22. > :07:29.can lead to something in the future. What you need to ask yourself is,
:07:29. > :07:33.what would happen if you did not? The city council sees future growth
:07:33. > :07:43.in creative industries. The pitch this evening is, we have a great
:07:43. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:51.offer, a great city, and we want people to know that. Still to come:
:07:51. > :07:54.Still to come: Is this Mark Selby's year? Snooker's World Championships
:07:54. > :07:57.start this weekend and the Jester from Leicester tells us he expects
:07:57. > :08:01.to lift the trophy. If you're hoping for a break from the windy
:08:01. > :08:05.weather, things will settle down from tomorrow. The weekend is not
:08:05. > :08:15.an award winning one. Saturday could be slightly better than
:08:15. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:27.The moment that staff within the small bookmakers came within inches
:08:27. > :08:30.of being shot. Armed robbers fired a gun inside the shop after their
:08:30. > :08:34.demands for money went unanswered. The police say they are worried
:08:34. > :08:40.about what the two men could be capable of. And they have made it a
:08:40. > :08:45.priority to catch them before they strike again. Officers carry out a
:08:45. > :08:49.detailed search around the scene of last night attempted robbery. A
:08:49. > :08:53.search for clues to try to identified two men he went armed
:08:53. > :08:57.with a shotgun to his bookmaker's on Nottingham Road in the piston.
:08:57. > :09:01.They were prepared to use their weapons against too terrified
:09:01. > :09:06.members of staff. The two ladies who are working behind the counter
:09:06. > :09:10.at the time backed away from these individuals. They refuse their
:09:10. > :09:15.demands. At some point where they discharged a firearm, which has hit
:09:15. > :09:19.the wall at the back of the counter. We do not know whether that is
:09:19. > :09:26.intentional or some sort of accidental discharge of the weapon.
:09:26. > :09:31.No one was injured. It was a live firing weapon. There was concern as
:09:31. > :09:35.to what the individuals were capable of. The two men have been
:09:35. > :09:40.described as white and in their early twenties. I was walking up
:09:40. > :09:45.the entry and two guys passed me, all dressed in black. Afterwards, I
:09:45. > :09:50.heard about the robbery at the bookies. Where do not think people
:09:50. > :09:55.would have Dems on the street. Another neighbour who did not want
:09:55. > :10:01.to appear on camera told me she heard a gunshot. She looked at her
:10:01. > :10:04.window to see the two men running off. One was clearly carrying a
:10:04. > :10:09.shotgun. The two men ran back down the alleyway there there had been
:10:09. > :10:13.seen earlier. We are pulling out all the stops. We have a dedicated
:10:13. > :10:16.team of detectives working on this. It could have been a lot more
:10:16. > :10:26.serious. Police are appealing for any of the witnesses to come
:10:26. > :10:33.
:10:33. > :10:36.forward before the men attempt A controversial waste treatment
:10:36. > :10:40.plant in Derby is to be built after a last-ditch attempt to block it
:10:40. > :10:43.failed. Campaigners had been to the High Court to try to stop the
:10:43. > :10:46.incinerator being put up on this site in Sinfin. But the judge threw
:10:46. > :10:48.out their claims that the plans were unlawful. There had already
:10:48. > :10:51.been two planning inquiries. Last night, despite years of protests,
:10:51. > :10:54.city councillors gave the plant the go ahead. An environmental campaign
:10:54. > :10:56.group says it will help to investigate poor air quality in
:10:56. > :10:59.Leicester. In January, the European Environment Agency revealed that
:10:59. > :11:01.the city had the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide in England.
:11:01. > :11:06.Nottingham came second. The gas comes from heavy traffic and can
:11:06. > :11:09.cause breathing problems. Now the group Friends of the Earth says it
:11:09. > :11:12.will work with the University of Leicester to try to reduce the
:11:12. > :11:16.pollution. What is thought to be the biggest collection of iron age
:11:16. > :11:19.metal work in the East Midlands has been found near Melton Mowbray.
:11:19. > :11:22.Knives, spears and brooches dating back to the 4th and 1st centuries
:11:22. > :11:28.have been dug up by archaeologists from the University of Leicester at
:11:28. > :11:31.Burrough Hill. They have even found a dice and pieces of a game among
:11:31. > :11:40.more than 100 items. They will eventually go on display at Melton
:11:40. > :11:43.There is now less than 72 hours to go until the London Marathon. The
:11:43. > :11:47.Home Secretary has said there will be an increased police presence
:11:47. > :11:50.following the Boston Marathon bombings. One Derbyshire family who
:11:50. > :12:00.are all running on Sunday say although they are worried they
:12:00. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:07.won't let it stop them from taking This family from Derby has been
:12:07. > :12:11.training for this Sunday's London Marathon for over a year. After
:12:11. > :12:15.seeing the Boston bombings, they were not sure if it would still go
:12:15. > :12:19.ahead. The fact it happened right on the finish line of the marathon
:12:19. > :12:24.indicated that is what they were aiming for. Bid was not a hotel
:12:24. > :12:33.bomb or a bomb at a disco, it was aimed at people in the marathon. It
:12:33. > :12:37.was very frightening. Over 35,000 people are due to take part. Many
:12:37. > :12:42.are raising huge amounts for charity. It really does help when
:12:42. > :12:47.the miles get hard work. It is a big incentive to keep going and to
:12:47. > :12:57.finish. A review of security plans on Sunday mean more police on the
:12:57. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:05.streets. Dave has run 26 marathons. That includes after the 9/11 and
:13:05. > :13:09.7/7 bombings. There was more security images than other years. I
:13:09. > :13:15.think we will see that again on Sunday. It takes training and
:13:15. > :13:19.effort to run a marathon. Boston is a long way away. This week, one
:13:19. > :13:24.thing I thought his I want to go and do it next year. I would love
:13:24. > :13:28.to go and do it next year as a way of supporting Boston and the
:13:28. > :13:32.tribute to people who have been injured and killed this week.
:13:33. > :13:42.are raising money for Cancer Research UK. It is hoped there
:13:43. > :13:52.
:13:52. > :13:54.would raise �3,000. -- they will raise. Workers who look after
:13:54. > :13:57.people with learning difficulties went on strike today. The staff who
:13:57. > :13:59.are employed across the East Midlands for the charitable trust
:13:59. > :14:03.there are furious about new contracts. The strikers had moved
:14:03. > :14:07.over to the charity when it took over work from the NHS and councils.
:14:07. > :14:14.Now staff are angry at what they see as the erosion of their pay and
:14:14. > :14:19.conditions. The message loud, the workers are clear for debate insist
:14:19. > :14:22.they will be hit in the pocket if they have to come of that old NHS
:14:22. > :14:32.and Council terms of service that they made over to the charitable
:14:32. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:39.trust with. I am about to lose money. My wages Arnold 1200 from
:14:39. > :14:42.1800. That is a lot. He went inside to present a petition. It is the
:14:43. > :14:48.bosses at the national headquarters in Grantham may say must listen.
:14:48. > :14:51.is a race to the bottom so they can undercut other people, other
:14:51. > :14:56.organisations that are going to tender from contracts from local
:14:56. > :15:01.government and the health service. These workers look after people
:15:01. > :15:05.with learning disabilities, organising finances and social
:15:05. > :15:09.trips. They would see reductions and sick pay, flexible hours, a
:15:09. > :15:13.reduction in pension contributions. It says attempts to get more value
:15:13. > :15:18.for money. Shifting jobs from the public sector is nothing new and
:15:18. > :15:22.workers can end up on inferior conditions. About one in five of
:15:22. > :15:25.the working population is employed in the public sector. In order to
:15:26. > :15:32.control pub expenditure, you need to control the number of people.
:15:32. > :15:36.That is a large item in terms of wages and salaries. Supporters of
:15:36. > :15:41.greater use of the private and charity sector's stress it offers
:15:41. > :15:46.innovation and can improve care. One leading provider said it hopes
:15:46. > :15:55.better than you are to tax payers. -- it gives. They were told the
:15:55. > :15:59.anything -- the only thing that would change would be their pay
:15:59. > :16:02.cheque. The vast majority would have seen a change at all in their
:16:03. > :16:06.salary. No redundancies are proposed in relation to the pay
:16:06. > :16:11.review. Those affected will be offered to substantial
:16:11. > :16:14.discretionary support for 12 months. Let's stick with charities for a
:16:14. > :16:23.little while because we have been told tonight they have been closing
:16:24. > :16:26.at the rate of nearly one a month in one of our cities. Nottingham.
:16:26. > :16:36.It's only a tiny number, considering all the charities that
:16:36. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:38.are out there. But some worry it could be the thin end of the wedge.
:16:39. > :16:45.Sometimes, not even a royal seal of approval is enough to guarantee
:16:45. > :16:49.your future. This company in Nottingham teaches young people to
:16:49. > :16:53.maintain and repair cars. It is struggling to make ends meet.
:16:53. > :16:57.the downturn in the economy, funding has been increasingly
:16:58. > :17:02.difficult to get. We are on a shortfall of something like �70,000
:17:02. > :17:07.a year. This empty office used to belong to the home improvement
:17:07. > :17:11.Trust which helped older homeowners. It shut last month. It blamed
:17:11. > :17:15.austerity measures been used by the Government to reduce the national
:17:15. > :17:20.debt. It is one of 10 charities that have closed in Nottingham.
:17:20. > :17:25.That is less than 1% of all the charities in the city. That is only
:17:25. > :17:30.the ones we know about. A lot of groups will be in trouble. These
:17:30. > :17:34.services will run entirely on volunteers. Some will close or fall
:17:34. > :17:37.under a certain threshold that we will not know about. The city
:17:37. > :17:40.council said more rigorous assessment are being applied to
:17:40. > :17:44.charity funding them they were three years ago due to a smaller
:17:44. > :17:51.pot of money being made available. Projects like this are having to
:17:51. > :17:56.find new ways of staying afloat. They are offering this service to
:17:56. > :18:02.paying customers. Could they joined the list of charities to close?
:18:02. > :18:11.course. We have been living hand- to-mouth for a long time. Things
:18:11. > :18:21.are very difficult and very squeezed. Without this plays, I do
:18:21. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:25.not think I would stand a chance in First tonight snooker. And ahead of
:18:25. > :18:28.the start of the World Championships this weekend,
:18:28. > :18:31.Leicester's Mark Selby has told us he's confident he can lift the
:18:31. > :18:33.trophy. The world number one has already won two major titles this
:18:33. > :18:38.season. Adding the World Championship as well would cement
:18:38. > :18:48.Selby's place in snooker history. Tom Brown went to see how his final
:18:48. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:09.He finishes with a trick shot was stopped he is the 23rd team Masters
:19:09. > :19:14.champion. Well played! Mark Selby has won the UK Championship, the
:19:14. > :19:20.Masters and now he is going for the World Championship title. Ladies
:19:20. > :19:29.and gentlemen, your champion, Mark Selby! What can you take we'll two
:19:29. > :19:33.wins earlier in the season? Just confidence really. -- from your two
:19:33. > :19:37.wins. The man they call the jester from Leicester is a serious
:19:37. > :19:45.contender at the Crucible. Winning all three major titles in a season
:19:45. > :19:50.would give him a very rare triple crown. It is in the back of my mind.
:19:50. > :19:54.I would like to fund said it were not. I repeat only one of four
:19:54. > :19:59.players to do it one in the same season. That would be a great feat.
:19:59. > :20:03.To be world champion is a feat in itself. Just three tables away is
:20:03. > :20:07.another local professional - 25- year-old Ben is making his World
:20:07. > :20:13.Championship debut next week. He is keen to following the footsteps of
:20:13. > :20:19.one of the world's best. I have known him for 12, 13 years now. He
:20:19. > :20:27.is a great inspiration to try and do as well as him. Mark Selby could
:20:27. > :20:33.be about to cement his name in snooker history. You would not
:20:33. > :20:38.merit. A managed to win the last few weeks and that is good.
:20:38. > :20:44.paper, he is already number one. Now he is out to prove it on
:20:44. > :20:46.snooker's biggest stage. Looking forward to some great snooker.
:20:46. > :20:50.Other sport now, starting with the day's cricket. In Division One,
:20:50. > :20:52.Derbyshire have made sure Middlesex did not have it all their own way
:20:52. > :20:55.today. A well balanced game at Lords. And, in Division 2,
:20:55. > :20:59.Leicestershire are working hard in response to Kent's big first
:20:59. > :21:02.innings total. One bit of football news. Derby's very highly rated
:21:02. > :21:08.youngster Will Hughes has signed a contract extension with the Rams.
:21:08. > :21:12.It keeps him at the club till the end of the 2015 to 2016 season.
:21:12. > :21:16.Nottingham Rugby Club say they are in need of fresh investment to
:21:16. > :21:19.achieve their aim of reaching the Premiership. The club says, that
:21:19. > :21:23.while attendances are up, they are still losing money each week. And,
:21:23. > :21:27.in the run up to their play-off semi finals, the club says it can't
:21:28. > :21:32.carry on as it is without extra finance. If we do a get that
:21:32. > :21:35.funding, we have to cut our cloth accordingly and make significant
:21:35. > :21:39.reductions in the playing squad and support services which have enabled
:21:39. > :21:42.us to reach the heights he had this season. In hockey, we've already
:21:42. > :21:46.seen Beeston crowned the English Men's Champions and now it is the
:21:46. > :21:48.turn of Leicester Ladies to go for glory They are in the final four
:21:48. > :21:54.for the Championship this weekend down in Reading. Just two games
:21:54. > :21:59.away from once again being officially the best in the country.
:21:59. > :22:05.We have been in these situations before. We have had many European
:22:06. > :22:09.experiences as well. Winner have to cope. The true sign of a good great
:22:09. > :22:16.team is you are they doing it you in and year out. That is what will
:22:16. > :22:19.trying to achieve in master. -- we are trying to achieve in Leicester.
:22:19. > :22:22.And well done to Nottinghamshire gymnasts Sam Oldham and Becky
:22:22. > :22:24.Downie. Sam's qualified for the Floor and High Bar finals at the
:22:24. > :22:28.European Gymnastics Championships while Becky has qualified for the
:22:28. > :22:31.final on the bars. Next, Mansfield. The town with big ambitions to be
:22:31. > :22:34.the cleanest in the world. At the moment, they are having to clear
:22:35. > :22:44.hundreds of tonnes of rubbish off the streets every year. But, from
:22:45. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:52.this week, they are hoping all that Are we ready to start litter
:22:52. > :22:56.picking? For the children from this primary school, it is down to
:22:56. > :23:01.business. People are leaving bits of plastic and banks and things
:23:01. > :23:10.behind around. What do you think about that? It is not very good.
:23:10. > :23:16.There is probably not have been far away from here. -- ate in. There is
:23:16. > :23:20.loads of rubbish in the trees. is not good for the environment. I
:23:20. > :23:24.have found a sweet wrapper. It is not very good and people should
:23:24. > :23:32.start picking up litter more. year come up on the streets of
:23:32. > :23:37.Mansfield, the council is having to shift 1300 tons of rubbish. It cost
:23:37. > :23:43.them �1.3 million a year. It is enough rubbish to film 90 dustcarts
:23:43. > :23:50.which end to end would reach 4.5 miles across Mansfield. This clear-
:23:50. > :23:53.up could go global. We have about 30 events going on across man's
:23:53. > :24:02.beard. It is a fantastic opportunity for people to get
:24:02. > :24:08.involved in clearing up Mansfield. Adelaide is humming a clear up as
:24:08. > :24:18.well. Mansfield in Adelaide. -- is having Fulstow have a bet their
:24:18. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:29.litter pickers were not struggling Will the wind died down? Yes,
:24:29. > :24:32.tomorrow morning. It has been very windy across the East Midlands. It
:24:32. > :24:39.will stay gusty through this evening and into the early hours of
:24:39. > :24:45.the morning. We have seen some hefty showers. There was some hail
:24:45. > :24:51.in Leicestershire and Rutland. What we will start to see his The Club
:24:51. > :24:57.Is Alive increasing across the North in the earlier rounds. -- is
:24:57. > :25:02.the cloud increasing across the North in the early hours. Minimum
:25:02. > :25:07.temperature tonight of six Celsius. A bit of a damp start tomorrow
:25:07. > :25:11.morning. The rain will sink southwards. The showers will not
:25:11. > :25:16.move through quite as quickly as today, due to the fact the wind
:25:16. > :25:21.will be a lot lighter. It has changed direction. We have lost the
:25:21. > :25:26.mild south-westerly wind. We are also losing a few degrees of our
:25:26. > :25:32.daytime temperatures. Tomorrow's maximum will be 11 Celsius. We are
:25:32. > :25:37.notice that change as well. Sunshine is starting to get
:25:37. > :25:43.stronger. On Saturday there will be high pressure. That will be quite a
:25:43. > :25:47.settled day. A cold start as there will be a widespread frost. There
:25:47. > :25:55.will be another weather front coming down from the north-west.
:25:55. > :26:00.Sunday will start off drive. It will be a cold start. -- start off
:26:00. > :26:05.dry. Turning better. The temperatures in the region of ten
:26:05. > :26:09.Celsius. A cold start to next week and at times it will be quite