:00:06. > :00:11.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:11. > :00:16.Tonight: A deaf couple survive a devastating gas explosion at their
:00:16. > :00:20.home. It is thought they owed their lives
:00:20. > :00:25.to a special alarm system installed by the fire service. We fitted the
:00:25. > :00:32.alarms to the premises not that long ago when we realised we had people
:00:32. > :00:38.here with hearing impairments. type, a new twist in the Hannah
:00:38. > :00:43.Smith bullying case. And the tale of two harvests.
:00:43. > :00:53.And it is all aboard at the sailing club as they secure �15,000 from the
:00:53. > :00:57.
:00:58. > :01:00.Welcome to Monday's programme. First tonight, a couple from
:01:00. > :01:07.Leicestershire have had a remarkable escape after a gas explosion
:01:07. > :01:12.destroyed most of their home. The blast happened in the village of
:01:12. > :01:17.Burbage at around 3am and caused a fire that engulfed the bungalow. The
:01:17. > :01:22.couple are deaf and were only saved by a special fire alarm.
:01:22. > :01:28.We can go live now to our reporter Tom Brown. He is at the scene. Good
:01:28. > :01:32.evening. Good evening. I am standing directly
:01:32. > :01:37.in front of the bungalow. You can see some of the damage caused by
:01:37. > :01:43.what was thought to be a gas explosion and fire. Round the back,
:01:43. > :01:50.much of the roof has also been damaged. As this was going on, the
:01:50. > :01:53.couple who are deaf were fast asleep. It could have had a tragic
:01:53. > :01:59.end to the night. Thanks to the special smoke alarm system involving
:01:59. > :02:08.a vibrating pad under the bed and a strobe light in the bedroom, the
:02:08. > :02:12.couple woke up and escaped. They were very fortunate. The police
:02:12. > :02:18.were reasonably fast in attendance and the occupants could not get out
:02:18. > :02:23.of the bedroom because of the fire. I understand they tried to throw
:02:23. > :02:27.some chairs at the window but failed to break it. I understand it was the
:02:27. > :02:33.police officers that broke the window. What do you know about the
:02:33. > :02:37.state of the couple now? I spoke to them this morning through a sign
:02:37. > :02:40.language interpreter. They are fine. It was a horrific position at
:02:40. > :02:47.that time of the morning but they have no ill effects from the smoke
:02:47. > :02:51.and very happy to be the way they are. You must be delighted.We are
:02:51. > :02:55.always delighted. We fitted the death alarms to this premise is not
:02:55. > :03:00.that long ago when we realised that we had people here with hearing
:03:00. > :03:06.impairments. To know that it works and I have spoken to the person who
:03:06. > :03:09.fitted it and they are very pleased as well. The police have not named
:03:09. > :03:19.the couple officially yet. Let us have a quick chat with their
:03:19. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:25.neighbour. What did you see? I heard banging. Within minutes, the police
:03:25. > :03:28.work back and said that we had to evacuate because of an explosion we
:03:28. > :03:35.were really concerned about the couple because we did not know
:03:35. > :03:40.whether they were out of the property -- the police came back.
:03:40. > :03:47.What has been the feeling among the community? This is not the sort of
:03:47. > :03:51.thing you expect to happen, and explosion. It is surreal. Thank you.
:03:51. > :03:56.The couple ran a sign language class out of their home here so not only
:03:56. > :03:59.have they lost where they live but where they work. Today the feeling
:03:59. > :04:09.in the community is one of relief that the deaf couple were able to
:04:09. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:13.walk away from the burning house. A teenage girl and a woman have been
:04:13. > :04:17.arrested after allegedly making more than 400 hoax calls to the police in
:04:17. > :04:21.the space of just six days - the same number received for the whole
:04:21. > :04:24.of last year. The pair, aged 16 and 20 and both from the Osmaston area
:04:25. > :04:27.of Derby, were arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance after
:04:28. > :04:30.making the calls in June. Both have been released pending further
:04:30. > :04:40.enquiries. Derbyshire Police say nearly 800 hours were spent dealing
:04:40. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:57.with hoax calls last year. It would result in delaying emergency
:04:57. > :04:59.responses and somebody's life could be lost.
:04:59. > :05:03.It's understood the Derby-based train maker Bombardier has submitted
:05:03. > :05:07.its bid for the �1 billion Crossrail contract. Today is the deadline for
:05:07. > :05:09.firms competing for the project - an order for 60 trains for a new route
:05:09. > :05:15.across London. Bombardier missed out on the lucrative Thameslink deal
:05:15. > :05:24.which was given to Siemens. But the German company's already withdrawn
:05:25. > :05:27.from the running for Crossrail. Still to come: The Government
:05:27. > :05:29.announces tough new measures to control TB in cattle.
:05:29. > :05:39.Affected farmers say it'll be pointless without tackling the
:05:39. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:50.disease in badgers first. There's a new twist in the tragic
:05:50. > :05:54.death of Hannah Smith, the Leicestershire teenager found dead
:05:54. > :05:56.at her home ten days ago. Her father has always said the 14-year-old
:05:56. > :05:59.killed herself after being bullied online.
:05:59. > :06:02.But now it's being reported that Hannah may have written the majority
:06:02. > :06:06.of the abusive messages herself from anonymous accounts on the social
:06:07. > :06:13.networking site Ask.fm. Eleanor Garnier reports.
:06:13. > :06:17.Just 14 years old when she took her own life. Hannah Smith's father has
:06:17. > :06:21.always claimed it was cyber bullying that drove his daughter to kill
:06:21. > :06:25.herself. Now it is being reported that she may have written the
:06:25. > :06:31.majority of the abusive messages herself from anonymous accounts on
:06:31. > :06:39.the social networking site Ask.fm. The company has apparently analysed
:06:39. > :06:45.the addresses of the computer and apparently 95% of the abuse came
:06:45. > :06:49.from Hannah's IP address. You can view an IP address like a telephone
:06:49. > :06:55.number for a landline. You do not know what person was using the
:06:55. > :07:04.connection. It could be anyone in any machine in the house or it could
:07:04. > :07:09.be Wi-Fi or a hacker. Today Ask.fm told the BBC that claims the
:07:09. > :07:18.messages had been written by Hannah had come from an undisclosed source
:07:18. > :07:23.and not from Ask.fm in an official capacity. Officers acting on behalf
:07:23. > :07:30.of the coroner has secured a computer and mobile phone as part of
:07:30. > :07:35.the investigation into the settlements at delete macro -- the
:07:35. > :07:41.circumstances of her death. How easy would it be to work out who exactly
:07:41. > :07:45.posted the abusive messages? This can be really difficult to find the
:07:45. > :07:52.user from the IP address. Services can be paid for to change the IP
:07:52. > :07:56.address. These are services that people use for downloading films and
:07:56. > :08:03.music illegally. They can change the IP address to make it difficult to
:08:03. > :08:07.track who you are. Clues but no answers as to what food drove -- as
:08:07. > :08:16.to what drove Hannah Smith to take her own life as her family prepare
:08:17. > :08:20.for her funeral. It's being claimed that up to 8,000
:08:20. > :08:24.jobs could be created as a result of Nottingham's tram extension. Work on
:08:24. > :08:27.two new lines is due to be completed next summer. The city council says
:08:27. > :08:33.that already almost half of the construction jobs have gone to local
:08:33. > :08:40.people. Mike O'Sullivan has this report.
:08:40. > :08:45.It will stretch out for 17 kilometres across Nottingham. The
:08:45. > :08:51.city's tram extension has already created around 1000 construction
:08:51. > :08:55.jobs. I was unemployed for about five or six months. I was laid off
:08:55. > :09:01.in January. Looking for work was very stressful. It is a big project.
:09:01. > :09:06.To be part of this project, it is an honour. I was unemployed for a few
:09:06. > :09:11.months. It was really difficult. They did not seem to be a lot of
:09:11. > :09:21.work. They put me through a six-week college course to get a guaranteed
:09:21. > :09:22.
:09:22. > :09:28.interview for the tram work. It is going to cost five and had a �70
:09:28. > :09:33.million. The city council is asking me contractors to deliver as many
:09:33. > :09:40.job opportunities as possible to local people -- it is going to cost
:09:41. > :09:44.570 million jobs. 320 jobs have apparently gone to people in the
:09:44. > :09:50.city. As well as the construction jobs on-site, there are claims the
:09:50. > :09:53.tram extension will create 8000 jobs when it is completed. All of those
:09:53. > :09:59.jobs will not be in construction. They will be as a result of the
:09:59. > :10:04.economic benefit. That is proven in all sorts of cities all over the
:10:04. > :10:10.world. Are people here convinced of the benefits of the tram? It is
:10:10. > :10:15.causing chaos at the moment. We will see. I have not been on one yet but
:10:15. > :10:22.I cannot wait for it to be up and running. I think it is a waste of
:10:22. > :10:27.money. We have a perfectly good bus system. Here is a man who can see
:10:27. > :10:32.both sides. He lives here and now works at the tram contractor's depot
:10:32. > :10:37.after being out of work for 16 months. A lot of my friends were on
:10:37. > :10:42.the trams. Without that, they would still be unemployed like I would be.
:10:42. > :10:47.It is only a good thing in my eyes. But lots of people have different
:10:47. > :10:53.views. Construction work is due to finish next summer. The first tram
:10:53. > :10:56.is due to start running in winter, 2014.
:10:56. > :10:59.And tomorrow Mike's looking at one of the biggest engineering
:10:59. > :11:03.challenges facing the tram - lifting a massive bridge into place next to
:11:03. > :11:06.the Queen's Medical Centre. Farmers in the East Midlands say new
:11:06. > :11:09.plans to control TB in cattle will be pointless without tackling the
:11:09. > :11:11.disease in wildlife first. Today the Department of Food,
:11:11. > :11:14.Environment and Rural Affairs announced a raft of new regulations
:11:14. > :11:20.aimed at farmers in ten counties, including Derbyshire, Leicestershire
:11:20. > :11:26.and Nottinghamshire. James Roberson reports.
:11:26. > :11:30.There have been cattle on this farm for decades but for the last nine
:11:30. > :11:33.years they have been periodically affected by bovine TB. The farmer
:11:33. > :11:39.says the TB has come from the spread of the disease in badgers which
:11:39. > :11:44.mixed with cattle in Barnes and leave infected droppings in the
:11:44. > :11:48.fields. The disease came in the badgers. There is no disputing that.
:11:48. > :11:55.You know that because of the different kinds of TB that have been
:11:55. > :12:05.identified. Most of the badgers died a horrible death with TB. Derbyshire
:12:05. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:12.is at the wave of bovine TB spreading across the country.
:12:12. > :12:16.important that we try to make sure that it does not spread any further.
:12:16. > :12:22.That is going to impose some disciplines but I hope they will
:12:22. > :12:25.realise that it is for the good not only of their own cattle but also of
:12:25. > :12:30.their neighbours' in preventing the further spread. The farmers say it
:12:30. > :12:37.is little use without tackling the TB infections in wildlife. All of
:12:37. > :12:42.these measures are only against Catalan nobody has the political
:12:42. > :12:49.will to tackle it in wildlife. This is a very dangerous disease -- only
:12:49. > :12:54.against cattle. Nearly 40,000 cattle a year are being killed. Once it is
:12:54. > :12:59.in the wildlife, you have a major problem to solve. We do not know
:12:59. > :13:04.where the front edge is. There has been spreading eastwards for the
:13:04. > :13:10.past few years. DEFRA say that money is available for badger vaccinations
:13:10. > :13:17.and they say they are assessing TB infection rates in badgers from
:13:17. > :13:21.those killed by traffic. Staying with rural life and the
:13:21. > :13:24.harvest is in full swing, as you can hardly have failed to notice.
:13:24. > :13:27.To quote a well-known harvest hymn, they're bringing in the sheaves. But
:13:27. > :13:30.will farmers be rejoicing? Well, it depends. If they planted
:13:30. > :13:37.rapeseed last autumn, probably not. I took a trip out to a 1,700-acre
:13:37. > :13:42.arable farm south of Nottingham to find out more.
:13:42. > :13:46.From afar, it looks like a bumper crop. As ever for farmers it is
:13:46. > :13:51.about quality not quantity. This field is a perfect example of the
:13:51. > :13:54.problems faced by some farmers. On the left of the field, the wheat
:13:54. > :13:58.crop harvested this weekend, excellent quality. On the right,
:13:58. > :14:03.this should have been rape seed oil but the quality was so patchy in the
:14:03. > :14:09.spring they dug it up and replanted it with barley. This is the good
:14:09. > :14:13.news. Quality wheat harvested this weekend at the rate of over three
:14:13. > :14:17.tonnes per acre helped by the sunshine. We only started on
:14:18. > :14:22.Saturday and we are about a third of the way through. Depending on the
:14:22. > :14:26.weather and the rest of the quality, it remains to be seen. At
:14:26. > :14:33.the moment, the quality is high and it will produce the best quality
:14:33. > :14:36.flour. For rape seed being harvested today the opposite is the case. The
:14:36. > :14:45.cold spring delayed growth, pigeons took the seat and weeds fill the
:14:45. > :14:49.gaps. The end result, a poor crack that is costly to clean and process.
:14:50. > :14:54.These are weeds and this is the rape. It has got to be cleaned and
:14:54. > :15:02.served and we will get a small amount. It will cover the cost of
:15:02. > :15:06.the combine harvester. It is a salvage operation rather than a
:15:06. > :15:10.farming operation. Farmers like this one need a fortnight of fine weather
:15:10. > :15:15.to finish the wheat harvest. For those whose rape seed has suffered,
:15:15. > :15:19.there may not be a lot of profit on the balance sheet went always safely
:15:19. > :15:26.gathered in. What a lovely colour, the gold.
:15:26. > :15:29.Still to come, when recycling is music to the ears. We meet a man who
:15:29. > :15:39.makes instruments out of everything from furniture rails to rusty
:15:39. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:43.umbrellas. Sports clubs across the East
:15:43. > :15:46.Midlands have won almost �2 million worth of funding.
:15:46. > :15:49.It's part of a wider �40-million project from Sport England in the
:15:49. > :15:56.bid to keep the Olympic legacy alive. Rebecca Sheeran reports from
:15:56. > :16:01.one club in Rutland to benefit where the funding is proving a lifeline.
:16:02. > :16:07.It might be over the years since the 2012 Olympics, but here at the
:16:07. > :16:12.sailing club, the idea of sportsmanship is very much alive.
:16:12. > :16:17.are supporting the two army bases in the area, as we have done with the
:16:17. > :16:25.RAF. We are giving those families an opportunity to enjoy sport. It is a
:16:25. > :16:29.sporting club that is their to improve people's lives. Now they
:16:29. > :16:37.have caught the winds of good fortune, securing �50,000 of
:16:37. > :16:43.National Lottery funding from Sport England to improve train -- improved
:16:43. > :16:48.changing rooms. We wanted to be more family friendly. We want adults and
:16:48. > :16:54.young people to be able to get changed separately. And
:16:54. > :16:58.schoolteachers, we want them to feel like they are in a safe environment.
:16:58. > :17:02.3000 people come here to use the club from schoolchildren to the
:17:02. > :17:09.Army. The management say that the funding is going to be vital to make
:17:09. > :17:16.sure it continues to thrive. It was all hands on deck today. Let us hope
:17:16. > :17:23.thousands more will fail here in the future. -- will sail here.
:17:23. > :17:29.Messing about on the water. I fancy the idea of learning to sail
:17:29. > :17:32.there. Sport proper.
:17:32. > :17:36.Lots to come, including Leicester at home and a proud day for Mansfield.
:17:36. > :17:39.But let's start our round up with two away wins for Derby and Forest.
:17:39. > :17:41.The Rams' victory at last season's play-off semi-finalists Brighton was
:17:41. > :17:47.a particularly good performance. Natalie Jackson begins by the
:17:47. > :17:51.seaside. Derby in their new kit were on top against Brighton who have
:17:51. > :17:58.been totally out of sorts. When the home team went ahead, it came as a
:17:58. > :18:02.bit of a shock. We started excellently. I think it was
:18:02. > :18:08.Brighton's first meaningful attack. It led to a goal. We are
:18:08. > :18:15.disappointed with that. To come back and win the game, brilliant
:18:15. > :18:19.performance. This is how they did it. Two goals from Chris Martin. The
:18:19. > :18:26.first was built on a smart turn, lots of persistent and a little
:18:26. > :18:30.luck. The second was a goalkeeper's nightmare. Chris Martin arrived at
:18:30. > :18:36.speed to bury it in the goal. Last season's waveform turned firmly on
:18:37. > :18:45.its head. -- away form. Forrest worked hard
:18:45. > :18:49.but left it late at Blackburn Rovers. We had some chances. You get
:18:49. > :18:59.what you deserve in this business. What they deserved finally arrived
:18:59. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:07.in injury time. They never came up. Open goal! He drives it in from 20
:19:07. > :19:10.yards. He popped up, wonderful performance, wonderful goal.
:19:11. > :19:20.Delighted for him and the substitutes who made the huge
:19:21. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:24.difference. Two games and two wins in the championship for Forest.
:19:24. > :19:27.Speaking of Forest, signs this afternoon of a resolution to the
:19:27. > :19:30.crisis affecting the Nottingham Forest Ladies side. They had said
:19:31. > :19:33.they were a week away from going bust. But officials at the men's
:19:33. > :19:37.side say the ladies who are currently independent would be
:19:37. > :19:41.welcome as part of one structure at Forest. We'll see how it develops.
:19:41. > :19:44.At Leicester City, the first home game of the season. For the Foxes
:19:44. > :19:47.faithful, a chance to see whether the team that came so close last
:19:47. > :19:54.season can go one better. Angela joined an expectant crowd at the
:19:54. > :19:58.King Power Stadium. Always a special atmosphere for the
:19:58. > :20:08.first home game of the season. After the emotional roller-coaster of the
:20:08. > :20:09.
:20:09. > :20:15.last campaign, what are the fans expecting this time? I think we are
:20:15. > :20:25.going to do it this season. This is the first game, we want to win and
:20:25. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:30.win well. I would like automatic promotion. Come on, Lester! High
:20:30. > :20:34.expectations. Can this team fulfil them? They put plenty of pressure on
:20:34. > :20:44.the defence and there was no lack of effort but no one could break the
:20:44. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :21:02.the substitute Chris . Denied by the woodwork. It ended in a stalemate.
:21:02. > :21:12.game of few chances, two disciplined side is out there. It was all is
:21:12. > :21:16.going to be tough for one of the sides to win. Next up, Derby County.
:21:16. > :21:19.In League One, Notts County had a bit of a shocker at Meadow Lane.
:21:19. > :21:22.Peterborough, a Championship side last season, were never going to
:21:22. > :21:28.easy opponents. Notts started really well, taking the lead through Dean
:21:28. > :21:31.Leacock. But after that, the traffic was almost all one way. The visitors
:21:31. > :21:35.dominating the match and scoring four times before Yoann Arquin put
:21:35. > :21:40.the consolation penalty into the back of the net. Notts, a side that
:21:40. > :21:44.still need to settle. As well as Leicester, we had another
:21:44. > :21:47.nil-nil draw over the weekend. But the clean sheet could not possibly
:21:47. > :21:57.have mattered more to Mansfield Town. It gave them their first
:21:57. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:09.football-league point for five This is now the dressing room for
:22:09. > :22:15.the footballing team again. It means so much to the players, the fans,
:22:15. > :22:20.the town. It means that even though the manager provided Glory, the
:22:20. > :22:25.pressure stays on. The nature of the beast, one minute you are a hero and
:22:25. > :22:31.the next minute everybody hates you. It is important to look forward and
:22:31. > :22:36.try and keep momentum going and keep winning. That is as simple as that.
:22:36. > :22:44.In the end, the first home league game in five years was entertaining
:22:44. > :22:54.but scoreless. Plenty to be optimistic about. They need to
:22:54. > :23:00.believe in themselves a little bit more. We are not going to be bad.
:23:00. > :23:03.for the fans, they are just pleased to be back.
:23:03. > :23:07.In Cricket, the one-day YB40 competition is nearing its climax.
:23:07. > :23:09.Remember, it all builds up to a big final at Lords. A comprehensive win
:23:10. > :23:12.for Notts Outlaws over Northants yesterday means a home victory
:23:12. > :23:14.tomorrow over Worcestershire might well see them safely into the
:23:14. > :23:18.semi-finals from their group. Also yesterday, Leicestershire beat
:23:18. > :23:27.Yorkshire with a ball to spare at Grace Road. A result which keeps
:23:27. > :23:30.them in the semifinal race. Derbyshire on the fringes.
:23:30. > :23:34.Finally, well done to Long Eaton's Will Sharman. The hurdler did
:23:34. > :23:37.brilliantly to grab a place in the 110-metre hurdles final at the World
:23:37. > :23:44.Championships in Moscow. He ran it just a few minutes ago. He finished
:23:44. > :23:47.fifth. After a few years of injuries, he will be delighted.
:23:47. > :23:52.What can you make from old furniture rails, rusty umbrellas and biscuit
:23:52. > :23:55.tins? Well, a guitar it seems. Or a banjo, a violin or a double bass.
:23:55. > :23:59.That's what David Blanchard makes from items he finds in junk and
:23:59. > :24:09.antique shops. But as Carolyn Moses reports, there's one thing he admits
:24:09. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:14.he can't yet turn his hand to. In a small loft in a small
:24:14. > :24:19.Derbyshire village, work is under way creating a small string section.
:24:19. > :24:24.While these might not suit a large orchestra, they would certainly suit
:24:24. > :24:29.and unusual one. These are cookie tin instruments. Violins, guitars
:24:29. > :24:36.and double basses he has made since February. It is an American idea
:24:36. > :24:40.with a twist. I tried to make them appropriate to the ten, somehow. In
:24:40. > :24:47.my head, anyway. This one because it is round like a banjo and I thought
:24:47. > :24:56.the image... I don't know, she just looks like she might play a banjo. I
:24:56. > :25:00.try to use salvaged things. This has got an old fork, silver-plated
:25:00. > :25:10.nickel fork. Most of my instruments they have been using copper nails
:25:10. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:18.for the fret not. -- nuts. I have used umbrellas, strimmer cables.
:25:18. > :25:24.Makes it more interesting. With all of these strings to his bow, what is
:25:24. > :25:29.next for David? Learning to play them, it seems. The natural thing to
:25:29. > :25:39.do would be to give you a cheering, but unfortunately, I can't. That is
:25:39. > :25:43.on my to do list. The music you could hear was done on
:25:43. > :25:53.one of his instruments but not by him.
:25:53. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:04.and showers again. The blustery westerly wind as well. Things are
:26:04. > :26:07.coming down nicely now which is perfect timing. The peak of the
:26:07. > :26:13.Perseids meteor shower is happening tonight. The skies of clearing up
:26:13. > :26:18.for this. If your eyes to the skies tonight, you could see as many 60
:26:18. > :26:23.shooting stars in the space of an hour. We have got a few showers to
:26:23. > :26:27.get through first. They are starting to clear. They are being blown in on
:26:27. > :26:32.the brisk north-westerly wind. They are fading away now. A dry night
:26:32. > :26:38.with clear skies. Turning a little bit chilly with temperatures just
:26:38. > :26:42.about holding into double figures in towns and cities. In the rural
:26:42. > :26:48.spots, we will be down at seven or eight degrees by the morning.
:26:48. > :26:52.Tomorrow morning, it starts fairly promising once again. We have rain
:26:52. > :26:56.heading our way later on. If you are up early, you will get the best of
:26:56. > :27:01.the sunshine. The clouds will increase and they will start to
:27:01. > :27:07.thicken later. Like today, quite hit and miss. Northern parts of
:27:07. > :27:12.Derbyshire may see dry weather all day long. A lot of cloud tomorrow.
:27:12. > :27:17.Temperatures disappointing. If you get up to 20, you're doing well.
:27:17. > :27:26.Similar story on Wednesday. Starting dry and bright. The cloud will
:27:26. > :27:29.increase and patchy rain later on. If we get any breaks in the cloud on
:27:29. > :27:34.Thursday, temperatures could go up into the mid-20s.