:00:06. > :00:16.Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. Tonight - a Derbyshire schoolboy
:00:16. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:22.drowns on a family holiday to France. Tributes have been paid to
:00:22. > :00:29.16-year-old Kieran Knight, described by his family as our much loved son
:00:29. > :00:33.and happy, lovely young man. Also tonight, three men go in trial
:00:33. > :00:39.in Leicester accused of paying for sex with a child.
:00:39. > :00:44.Plus, the grandfather who was diagnosed with testicular cancer at
:00:44. > :00:51.the age of 27. And the root of the problem, how
:00:51. > :00:59.fungus felled tree and almost flattened house.
:00:59. > :01:02.Good evening. Welcome to Monday's programme. First tonight - a family
:01:02. > :01:07.have paid tribute to their "much loved son" who drowned after
:01:07. > :01:09.swimming off the coast of south west France on a summer holiday.
:01:09. > :01:17.16-year-old Kieran Knight from Derbyshire disappeared after getting
:01:17. > :01:21.into difficulty swimming with his father. Sarah Teale reports.
:01:21. > :01:25.The Knight family had been enjoying a holiday on the Atlantic coast of
:01:25. > :01:29.south west France. It's believed 16-year-old Kieran had been swimming
:01:29. > :01:34.in the sea with his father near the town of Messanges when he got into
:01:34. > :01:37.difficulties and couldn't get back to shore. A patrol boat and three
:01:37. > :01:41.helicopters were scrambled in the search for him, but couldn't rescue
:01:41. > :01:51.him. Kieran, from Newhall in South Derbyshire, had just finished his
:01:51. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:56.last year at the William Allitt Secondary School. I have spoken to
:01:56. > :02:05.teachers this morning, and they are devastated by this news. It is
:02:05. > :02:11.dreadful for them actually, just to lose a child like that. Tell me what
:02:11. > :02:16.Kieran was like. He was very popular, and a good student.
:02:16. > :02:22.Tributes have also been paid to Kieran on social network sites, one
:02:22. > :02:26.calling him one of life's good guys, are bright, lovely young man who
:02:27. > :02:36.will be missed. Today, the foreign office issued a statement on behalf
:02:37. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :02:58.of Kieran's family -- Kieran's Kieran went missing last Wednesday.
:02:58. > :03:02.Rescue teams spent several days searching for him. The foreign
:03:02. > :03:05.office confirmed that his body was found on Saturday. They said they
:03:05. > :03:12.were offering his family all the help they needed at this difficult
:03:12. > :03:16.time. Three men have gone on trial accused
:03:16. > :03:22.of paying for sex with a child. The 16-year-old Sikh girl from Leicester
:03:22. > :03:26.was described as very damaged and vulnerable.
:03:26. > :03:28.The three men deny 22 counts against the teenager. The charges also
:03:28. > :03:36.include trafficking and child prostitution. Let's cross to our
:03:36. > :03:42.Chief News reporter Quentin Rayner, who's in Leicester.
:03:42. > :03:47.Tell us about the background to this case. This goes back to a two-month
:03:47. > :03:52.period between November last year and January of this year. A chance
:03:52. > :03:58.meeting between one of the defendants and the-year-old girl at
:03:58. > :04:06.a festival led to her having sex with up to six men and being paid.
:04:06. > :04:11.Three of men -- three of them deny 22 counts. They are accused of
:04:11. > :04:14.paying sex -- paying for sex with a child, and two of the men with
:04:14. > :04:21.trafficking had to several locations and introducing her for sex with
:04:21. > :04:25.others. What form did the exportation take? The men would
:04:25. > :04:30.arrange to meet her, and she would be driven to various locations
:04:30. > :04:34.around Leicester including public parts, -- parks, flats and
:04:34. > :04:39.bed-and-breakfast. She would be given alcohol and cannabis before
:04:39. > :04:45.being paid �20 for sex. On one occasion one of the men told her, if
:04:45. > :04:50.you keep me happy, I will keep you happy. Afterwards, she was driven
:04:51. > :04:56.back to her college, but she also began to get bombarded with calls
:04:56. > :05:02.and texts from men she did not know. What the court hear about the girl
:05:02. > :05:08.in this case? The jury was told, and she was described to them is very
:05:08. > :05:13.damaged girl who self harmed and took cannabis. But prior to meeting
:05:13. > :05:17.these men, the court was told she was offering sex to boys at her
:05:17. > :05:23.college for �20. The jury was told the teenager made it abundantly
:05:23. > :05:30.clear to the men what her age was. She also made it plain that she was
:05:30. > :05:36.a prostitute, and that she had told them she had entered a business
:05:36. > :05:43.relationship with them. How did the police become involved? By January
:05:43. > :05:47.of this year, both the family -- her family and the Sikh community became
:05:47. > :05:51.increasingly concerned. A group attacked a local restaurant where
:05:51. > :05:56.the 16-year-old girl had had sex with some of the men at a flat
:05:56. > :06:00.there. That brought the police in, and the full extent of what is
:06:00. > :06:05.alleged to have happened came to light. Three other men have already
:06:05. > :06:08.pleaded guilty to related charges, and this trial is expected to last
:06:08. > :06:13.up to three weeks. A council is to check big trees near
:06:13. > :06:16.houses, after an ash fell and damaged a couple's home. The owners
:06:16. > :06:20.of the house in Melton Mowbray say they could have been killed if
:06:20. > :06:23.they'd been in their garden. The council's requested a report from a
:06:23. > :06:28.tree surgeon to establish exactly why it came down. Carol Hinds
:06:29. > :06:33.reports. It's the unexpected feature that has
:06:33. > :06:35.left Wayne and Sharon Kimberlin unharmed but shocked. The ash tree
:06:35. > :06:43.which had stood on neighbouring council land came crashing into
:06:43. > :06:53.their garden in the early hours of Saturday morning. There was a
:06:53. > :06:57.rumbling noise, I shut the tap and a rumbling continued, following by a
:06:57. > :07:03.large crash. Things could have been so much different if it had happened
:07:03. > :07:07.a couple of hours later. We could have been outside in the garden, and
:07:07. > :07:12.first instinct was -- would be to run towards the house for safety
:07:12. > :07:17.which would have been the worst thing to have done. We sell -- row
:07:17. > :07:23.we have something like 8,000 trees in the borough. In any one year we
:07:23. > :07:29.would expect 250 to 700 trees individually and group. This tree
:07:29. > :07:33.was inspected in 2011, and it was our plan to be inspected this year.
:07:33. > :07:35.The borough council say that when the ash was last expected Royal
:07:35. > :07:42.Wolverhampton NHS Trust inspected, there was nothing to suggest a
:07:42. > :07:50.problem with the tree. A tree surgeon has been at this morning,
:07:50. > :07:52.and we have asked for a full report. The Kimberlins say they're just
:07:52. > :07:56.looking forward to getting their garden back to normal.
:07:56. > :08:00.But nothing can be done until the ash is removed, and that may still
:08:00. > :08:04.take a few days, as the council has been told a crane will be needed to
:08:04. > :08:07.remove it. The borough council says it now
:08:07. > :08:14.plans a review of similar trees in similar locations, to see if any
:08:14. > :08:23.more may be vulnerable. Still to come - any more storms on
:08:23. > :08:28.the horizon? Kaye's on downpour duty. I have my eyes fixed to the
:08:28. > :08:31.radar image. We have had some nasty storms across parts of
:08:31. > :08:39.Leicestershire today, and we still have a yellow weather warning in
:08:39. > :08:43.force. All the details later in the programme.
:08:43. > :08:47.Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of a man
:08:47. > :08:51.who was discovered at a house in Grantham at the weekend.
:08:51. > :08:56.30-year old Daniel Walsh was found at Edinburgh Road in the early hours
:08:56. > :09:05.of Sunday morning. He died later in Grantham Hospital. Two men aged 24
:09:05. > :09:08.and 21, who are both from Barrowby, have been remanded in custody.
:09:08. > :09:10.Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley have been told their appeals against
:09:10. > :09:14.the length of their prison sentence have been thrown out.
:09:14. > :09:18.Mairead Philpott was jailed for 17 years in April for her part in the
:09:18. > :09:23.manslaughter of her six children in a fire in Derby. Paul Mosley, a
:09:23. > :09:27.family friend, was given the same sentence. A judge at the Court of
:09:27. > :09:37.Appeal has refused permission for the application from the pair to go
:09:37. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:39.forward. Mairead's husband Mick was given a 30-year life sentence.
:09:39. > :09:42.Cab drivers have criticised the planning of Nottingham's five-week
:09:42. > :09:45.railway station close-down. They say customers can't find their new
:09:45. > :09:49.temporary taxi rank - and that's contributing to a huge drop in
:09:49. > :09:52.income. The City Council says new signs will be put up this week, and
:09:52. > :09:59.insists the short-term disruption will be worth it in the long run.
:09:59. > :10:02.Mike O'Sullivan has this report. Taxi drivers say their custom has
:10:02. > :10:07.dropped dramatically since the disruption started just over a week
:10:07. > :10:13.ago at Nottingham railway station. It's being closed for five weeks for
:10:14. > :10:22.�100 million of engineering work, and replacement buses laid on. Some
:10:22. > :10:26.taxi drivers say this is a hugely difficult period for them. They are
:10:26. > :10:32.not coming to the train station because they know it is closed. That
:10:32. > :10:38.is the problem. They told the people in advance, don't bother coming to
:10:38. > :10:43.the station because of the work, and people are not coming. The customers
:10:44. > :10:46.do not know where we are, and we are overcrowding because there are not
:10:46. > :10:49.many spaces we can park. The hackney cabbies say they used to
:10:49. > :10:55.have around 60 parking spots on Station Street. Now, they have
:10:55. > :10:58.around 20 on Station Street and another dozen or so on Queen's Road.
:10:58. > :11:08.One taxi driver took me to the Queen's Road rank - claiming many
:11:08. > :11:08.
:11:09. > :11:12.passengers don't know it's there. See how far away from the exit, and
:11:12. > :11:21.there are no signs whatsoever telling passengers that taxes are
:11:21. > :11:29.waiting on the left-hand side for you. Well, surely they can see there
:11:29. > :11:32.a taxi service here. But people still do not know. -- most people
:11:32. > :11:35.still do not know. East Midlands Parkway near Kegworth
:11:35. > :11:38.has become the hub for Nottingham's London services. But the Nottingham
:11:38. > :11:43.station taxi drivers can't base themselves at the Parkway because of
:11:43. > :11:47.their licensing conditions. The City Council says they have
:11:48. > :11:57.ambassadors around to direct members of the public to a taxi. It's also
:11:58. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:14.agreed to provide additional signing to the taxi rank on Queens Road.
:12:14. > :12:16.Police want people to contact them with information after a teenage
:12:16. > :12:19.girl was sexually assaulted. Tichfield Park in Mansfield was
:12:19. > :12:22.cordoned off at the weekend. A 15-year-old told police she was
:12:22. > :12:25.attacked there late on Friday night. She's given officers a description
:12:25. > :12:28.of her attacker. Detectives want anyone who saw anything suspicious
:12:28. > :12:32.to contact them. A record number of parks in the East Midlands have been
:12:32. > :12:39.recognised by their -- row for their quality. They have been given a
:12:39. > :12:44.coveted greenfly award. The University of Nottingham's Jubilee
:12:44. > :12:48.campus is among the first time winners. Keep Britain tidy say they
:12:48. > :12:57.are delighted that the region still boasts so many World Cup public
:12:57. > :13:07.spaces. Still to come, a full round-up of the weekend's sport, and
:13:07. > :13:18.
:13:18. > :13:22.find out what our twin towns have ever done for us. Next - the latest
:13:22. > :13:25.figures show the most common cancer in men is now survived by nearly all
:13:25. > :13:29.who have it. 160 men a year in this region are diagnosed with testicular
:13:29. > :13:33.cancer. But only around half a dozen of them will now die. Navtej Johal
:13:33. > :13:39.reports. This is a scene that Tim Parkes thought he might never see.
:13:39. > :13:44.The now retired grandfather was diagnosed with testicular cancer
:13:44. > :13:49.aged just 27. That was back in 1984 when survival rates were
:13:49. > :13:54.significantly lower. On the ward you make friends, and you get quite
:13:54. > :13:58.close to people in there. And then you see those people around you
:13:58. > :14:04.dying. Today, thanks to more advanced research and improvements
:14:04. > :14:09.to treatment, 96% of men survived testicular cancer, an increase of
:14:09. > :14:13.30% in the last 40 years. In the East Midlands, around 160 men are
:14:14. > :14:18.diagnosed every year, and one former surgeon says the national figures
:14:18. > :14:24.are reflected in our region as well. Survival rates in the East
:14:24. > :14:29.Midlands have really improved, and it is very uncommon for people to
:14:29. > :14:34.die from testicular cancer now. Pete -- patients to present earlier, and
:14:34. > :14:38.it is uncommon for them to present with really big lumps now, and the
:14:38. > :14:42.effectiveness of changing drug regimes has helped. Testicular
:14:42. > :14:48.cancer is still the most common cancer among young men. Tim Parkes
:14:48. > :14:54.wants to make sure more of them keep beating the disease. If you do not
:14:54. > :15:01.go to the doctors, you will be one of the 4%, it is better being one of
:15:01. > :15:05.the 96% who has gone early, and you might not even need the drugs.
:15:05. > :15:08.Next tonight, the first of three special reports on civic twinning.
:15:08. > :15:13.Yes - your town or village is probably twinned with somewhere,
:15:13. > :15:17.probably in Europe. The idea's been around for decades - but what do we
:15:17. > :15:20.get from it? And can we still afford it? Derby, for example, spends
:15:20. > :15:26.�35,000 a year on its twinning arrangements with a German city. A
:15:26. > :15:36.lot of money. In his first report, Tom Brown travelled to Germany to
:15:36. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:46.find out if it's worth it. The signs are there. In parks,
:15:46. > :15:56.streets and even Nottingham station. But how much do we actually know
:15:56. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:08.about our twin towns? Have you ever heard of Derby? No, I have not.
:16:08. > :16:18.Why do they have to spend a lot of money anyway? I think it is an
:16:18. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:23.excellent idea. I am visiting the three German partners of our cities.
:16:23. > :16:26.My journey begins at the top of the church tower, a group visiting from
:16:26. > :16:35.Derby are being given a birds eye view of their German twin.
:16:35. > :16:43.You can see the house where I live from here. Followed by a reception
:16:43. > :16:50.at the hostel at town Hall. This trip has been arranged by the two
:16:50. > :16:56.envoys of the time. Rob has been sent here to promote
:16:56. > :17:04.Derby as part of the city Council's annual twinning budget of �35,000.
:17:04. > :17:13.These houses... Anti-Morsi's council pays marina to
:17:13. > :17:18.come to Derby. But does having an envoy to value for money? It is an
:17:18. > :17:22.expense that is worth it and pays for itself. It brings so much money
:17:22. > :17:28.into the economy from private tourists. We do not want to be a
:17:28. > :17:32.useless expense, we want to bring money in.
:17:32. > :17:37.But despite the envoys, the real benefits of twinning have not always
:17:37. > :17:43.been easy to find. There is the odd name on a sign, and the occasional
:17:43. > :17:46.council gift. Three years ago, the relationship almost came to an end.
:17:47. > :17:52.Right back row with budget cuts beginning to bite, the city Council
:17:52. > :17:58.in Derby was contemplating cutting the envoys system and ending almost
:17:58. > :18:02.four decades of twinning, but under pressure from here in anti-Morsi,
:18:02. > :18:07.they decided to keep it and both time-saver twinning is as strong as
:18:07. > :18:16.ever. Part of the envoys role is to
:18:16. > :18:21.attract students to do work placements in Derby. Derby City
:18:21. > :18:31.Council says the money the students spent alone pays for almost all of
:18:31. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:39.its twinning budget. At first I contacted lots of times and they
:18:39. > :18:46.said no, and she helped me to find the place here. So you are both here
:18:46. > :18:56.because of the twinning links? It is money that would not be spent
:18:56. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:02.in Derby. -- would have been spent in Derby. The envoys say they help
:19:02. > :19:07.boost tourism, attract trade, and give people the chance to experience
:19:07. > :19:14.a whole new culture. You will find plenty of people who say twinning is
:19:14. > :19:17.worth the money. For the friendship between England and Germany.
:19:17. > :19:21.Tomorrow, Tom is in Leicester's German twin town of Krefeld.
:19:21. > :19:27.And we must mention Andy Mayer - the cameraman on this series - for
:19:27. > :19:30.without him there would be no pictures! Time now for the sport.
:19:30. > :19:34.First, Derby County have confirmed the signing of Tottenham Hotspur
:19:34. > :19:38.defender Adam Smith on a season-long loan. The 22-year-old replaces John
:19:38. > :19:41.Brayford at right-back, after he left Derby for Cardiff last week.
:19:41. > :19:51.Smith, who's an England under-21 international, already has over 100
:19:51. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:57.Football League appearances to his name. Today there was a signing
:19:58. > :20:04.session in the club shop. Hundreds of fans turned out to see them.
:20:04. > :20:10.Derby fans have high hopes about the new campaign. Hopefully a top six
:20:10. > :20:20.finish. I am really excited about it. Hopefully we will get at least
:20:20. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:24.in the play-offs. The pre-season has been helpful. Hopefully we will do
:20:24. > :20:28.it this time. Well, five days to go now until the
:20:28. > :20:31.big kick off and we are counting down to the season with features on
:20:31. > :20:34.all our teams. Starting tonight with Leicester City, who in preparation
:20:34. > :20:37.for Saturday played a pre-season friendly with Monaco at the weekend.
:20:37. > :20:47.Monaco have spent �200 million on international stars, as James
:20:47. > :20:56.
:20:57. > :21:04.Championship season. But on Saturday it was all about Leicester versus
:21:05. > :21:11.Monaco. A mammoth task lay ahead. Logic says we will get destroyed,
:21:11. > :21:21.but you always believe, don't you? You'd think, we can do this. It is
:21:21. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:37.going to be 3-1. I think it will be 2-2. Monaco's manager fielded a
:21:37. > :21:38.
:21:38. > :21:48.strong side with many of his big hitters starting the game.
:21:48. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:58.City started the game the brighter of the two teams. Eight minutes put
:21:58. > :22:02.
:22:02. > :22:08.the visitors won - nil up. -- one goal up.
:22:08. > :22:12.The margin of victory did not flatter Leicester. I don't think we
:22:12. > :22:18.created enough opportunities today to make it competitive enough, which
:22:18. > :22:24.I would have expected us to do, but having said that it has still been a
:22:24. > :22:30.worthwhile exercise. This season is about to start. Not quite the result
:22:30. > :22:35.Leicester City wanted, but Nigel Pearson's men cannot be too down on
:22:35. > :22:38.themselves. In cricket, Nottinghamshire batsman
:22:38. > :22:41.James Taylor looks ever more likely to play for England in the third
:22:41. > :22:45.Ashes test against Australia. He hit an unbeaten 121 against Australia
:22:45. > :22:50.while on loan at Sussex. Taylor is likely to replace Kevin Pietersen,
:22:50. > :22:54.who's carrying an injury. Taylor's regular team mates at Notts
:22:54. > :22:59.were doing him proud in his absence - they booked a home T20
:22:59. > :23:02.quarterfinal with a demolition of Lancashire Lightning. In the clash
:23:02. > :23:06.of the North Group's top two the Outlaws got off to the best possible
:23:06. > :23:10.start, with some huge hitting and a brilliant 82 from the previously out
:23:10. > :23:14.of form Alex Hales. They set Lightning a big total to chase, and
:23:14. > :23:18.the visitors never really got close - undone by a personal best
:23:18. > :23:22.five-wicket haul from Graeme White, and some top notch fielding too.
:23:22. > :23:29.This piece of brilliance from Steven Mullaney. Opponents and date to be
:23:29. > :23:33.confirmed later in the week. Leicestershire finished their T20
:23:33. > :23:35.campaign on a high - thrashing Yorkshire. They finished fourth in
:23:35. > :23:39.the group. But Derbyshire, after hauling themselves into quarterfinal
:23:39. > :23:43.contention at one point, finished a disappointing fifth. They were
:23:43. > :23:46.beaten at Durham yesterday. Our Paralympic athletes Richard
:23:46. > :23:48.Whitehead, Libby Clegg and Dan Greaves all made triumphant returns
:23:48. > :23:51.to the Olympic Stadium in the Anniversary Games. But
:23:51. > :24:01.Loughborough's Jonnie Peacock now knows he faces real competition over
:24:01. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:10.the next few years. It was a brief return to the glory
:24:10. > :24:14.days of last summer, the anniversary games giving Richard Whitehead
:24:14. > :24:24.another chance to tease us all with a slow start before charging to
:24:24. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:38.victory. Another packed crowd, with Libby Clegg claiming victory. As for
:24:38. > :24:44.Jonnie Peacock, he was never going to win this. The man who finished
:24:44. > :24:47.second, Richard Brown, is his competitor, and he broke the world
:24:47. > :24:55.record for his class. It is a rivalry that will run all the way to
:24:55. > :25:00.real. -- Rio de Janeiro. The football season is approaching
:25:00. > :25:05.fast, so we have all those pieces this week.
:25:05. > :25:08.I cant believe it! It is still some time.
:25:08. > :25:11.Something else that is unbelievable Something else that is unbelievable
:25:11. > :25:18.is the weather. We were on course for one of the
:25:18. > :25:25.driest July months on record, but this week has put a stop to that. We
:25:25. > :25:29.have footage of some flash flooding, on the Nottingham Road last week. We
:25:29. > :25:33.have had lots of reports of flooding this week, and similar pictures
:25:33. > :25:39.across the East Midlands. We have made up for that drives start of the
:25:39. > :25:44.month, but we have had exceptional rainfall amounts over four inches of
:25:44. > :25:50.rain have fallen. 106 millimetres in a week in market Bosworth, and we
:25:50. > :25:55.are not done just yet. We have a daisy chain of weather fronts in the
:25:55. > :25:58.Atlantic, sweeping in over the next few days. Tomorrow we are going to
:25:58. > :26:02.see some lively downpours again, heavy rain through Wednesday as
:26:02. > :26:08.well. But there will be some sunshine in between those showers,
:26:08. > :26:12.and it is warming up once again for the end of the week. It has been all
:26:12. > :26:16.about the thunderstorms today, and nasty band across the Leicestershire
:26:16. > :26:20.area this afternoon, and we are not done yet. We still have a yellow
:26:20. > :26:24.warning in force for Leicestershire and parts of Derbyshire and
:26:24. > :26:34.Nottinghamshire. The next couple of hours will see some further heavy
:26:34. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:39.downpours. They will fade away tonight, we will have clear skies,
:26:39. > :26:41.but a bit cooler and fresher than recently. We are looking at lows of
:26:41. > :26:44.down to 12 or 13 degrees. Tomorrow morning it is a promising start to
:26:44. > :26:48.the day, some brightness early on, but the shares quickly develop
:26:48. > :26:52.through the morning, and there will be quite a rush of them into the
:26:52. > :26:56.afternoon. That rain could be persistent in southern areas, but in
:26:56. > :27:01.between the showers there will be sunshine and temperatures on a par
:27:02. > :27:06.with today. For Wednesday, we have an area of more persistent rain
:27:06. > :27:12.moving in, so it will start of drier, but then it will become more
:27:12. > :27:17.persistent rain in the afternoon. Again, temperatures into the 20s.
:27:17. > :27:21.But that rain is linked to a weather front. It is warm front, and it will
:27:21. > :27:26.be drawing up warm air from the South during the latter half of this
:27:26. > :27:32.week. Towards the end of the week it looks drier and brighter, warming up
:27:32. > :27:38.by Thursday again. A real tropical feel in the air,