:00:04. > :00:10.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:10. > :00:22.Tonight, an explosion and fire at the home of a deaf couple. Now it's
:00:22. > :00:27.a criminal investigation. The couple inside were lucky to survive,
:00:27. > :00:42.officers say petrol had been poured all around the bungalow. Facebook
:00:42. > :00:48.bullying continues. It was horrible, I cannot describe it, it was
:00:48. > :00:56.horrible. Plus the pet dog that had to be put down after being attacked
:00:56. > :01:09.while on a walk. And breakfast on the buses, just the ticket for
:01:09. > :01:13.Hungary passengers. Hello, good evening. First tonight, the police
:01:13. > :01:16.have revealed that an explosion at a bungalow in Leicestershire early on
:01:16. > :01:20.Monday morning was caused by a fire which was started deliberately. The
:01:20. > :01:27.blast happened in the village of Burbage. The couple who are in their
:01:27. > :01:30.50s and deaf, were only saved by a special fire alarm. Our reporter
:01:30. > :01:38.Eleanor Garnier is in Burbage tonight. Eleanor, what more can you
:01:38. > :01:45.tell us about this dramatic development in the investigation?
:01:45. > :01:49.This is now a criminal investigation. Please see this could
:01:49. > :01:59.easily have been a double murder enquiry. —— say. It happened early
:01:59. > :02:04.on Monday morning and it caused extensive damage to the property.
:02:04. > :02:10.The couple had to be rescued through a broken window. During
:02:10. > :02:15.investigations, police have now found petrol spread all over the
:02:15. > :02:22.property. Joining me now is the debt debt to in charge of the
:02:22. > :02:30.investigation. —— detect live. This was obviously a deliberate act?
:02:30. > :02:34.That's right. There has been petrol. It is definitely deliberate. What
:02:34. > :02:43.caused the explosion was the beeper building up inside the room. It was
:02:43. > :02:51.a confined space. You are looking for two people who were seen here at
:02:51. > :02:56.the time, is that right? Yes, there were two meals in the area both
:02:56. > :02:59.winning high visibility jackets, we are appealing for them to come
:02:59. > :03:04.forward so we can speak to them. Thank you. Officers have told me
:03:04. > :03:09.they believe this was a targeted incident and therefore none of the
:03:09. > :03:13.other houses and properties in this area are at risk. If anyone has any
:03:13. > :03:19.information they are urged to call Leicestershire police on that number
:03:19. > :03:23.101. A father from Leicestershire who claims his daughter took her own
:03:23. > :03:28.life after being bullied online says if there isn't tougher regulations
:03:28. > :03:32.more teenagers will die. David Smith from Lutterworth has spoken out on
:03:32. > :03:37.the eve of his 14—year—old daughter Hannah's funeral. Now, two more
:03:37. > :03:44.abusive internet pages have been discovered in the East Midlands.
:03:44. > :03:51.Rebecca Sheeran reports. She was a bubbly person. She enjoyed life. She
:03:51. > :03:57.did not deserve what happened to her. The 14—year—old was found
:03:57. > :04:06.hanged at her warm two weeks ago her family see she was bullied on an
:04:06. > :04:10.intranet site. —— say. I think somebody was abusing her online,
:04:10. > :04:16.abusing her quite a lot, and on Thursday night somebody had just
:04:16. > :04:27.pushed her over the edge. There were no signs to say that she was going
:04:27. > :04:36.to do this. There are other site that are abusive. Pictures of young
:04:36. > :04:42.children come up seeing really horrible things about them. It was
:04:42. > :04:48.sickening. Facebook cannot manage that, they cannot monitor net, why
:04:48. > :04:52.should it wait for more people to get at, for more youngsters to get
:04:52. > :05:00.bullied and they get to the point where they think what is the point?
:05:00. > :05:06.The girl's father says action needs to be taken instantly. It needs to
:05:06. > :05:10.be shut down because I don't think they will be able to change it. I
:05:10. > :05:14.was absolutely disgusted that the teenager could get so much abuse
:05:14. > :05:21.from one website and that needs to stop. The law needs to change. He
:05:21. > :05:26.laws are not good enough in this country to protect our teenagers. If
:05:26. > :05:36.the laws do not change we will end up with a lot more teenagers being
:05:36. > :05:43.buried. As a mark of respect the site will delay releasing the
:05:43. > :05:49.results of the review and tell after Hannah's funeral. Still to come:
:05:49. > :05:55.D—day for A—levels. Tonight the scramble for University places is in
:05:55. > :05:59.full swing. And as the flats are being demolished, with the next
:05:59. > :06:05.council homes coming from to tackle the crisis? A pet owner from
:06:05. > :06:11.Nottinghamshire has had to have her dog put down after it was mauled by
:06:11. > :06:14.another dog. Chris Thellmann from Mansfield is devastated by what's
:06:14. > :06:18.happened and has informed the police. She says the owner of the
:06:18. > :06:22.other dog did nothing to stop the attack and afterwards, just walked
:06:22. > :06:30.off. You may find some of Helen Astle's report distressing. Lucy was
:06:30. > :06:36.a much loved pet, adored by her owners. Nine days ago Chris took her
:06:36. > :06:41.for a walk at King's Mill Reservoir where she was attacked by an
:06:41. > :06:49.Alsatian. It just went for her, got her in its mouth and just savaged
:06:49. > :06:56.her. I was screaming at him to get his dog off. Lucy was screaming. It
:06:56. > :07:04.was awful. He just did not see anything to me —— say anything to me
:07:04. > :07:10.at all. I could not be. I was having an asthma attack. Chris broke her
:07:10. > :07:20.hand trying to save Lucy from the ulceration. The order just walked
:07:20. > :07:26.off after the attack. Her back was just ripped open and you could see
:07:26. > :07:33.all the skin. She had trauma and she was squealing. He was still stood
:07:33. > :07:41.there. I was all covered in blood. It was all over my top and my arms
:07:41. > :07:45.and everything. She has put up notices to warn other dog owners
:07:45. > :07:53.about what happened. The vets who treated Lucy say there has been a
:07:53. > :08:00.rise in dog attacks. We see one a fortnight now. The injuries baby
:08:00. > :08:03.from minor puncture marks two dogs that are quite severely mauled and
:08:03. > :08:12.sometimes results in the dogs being put to sleep. Lucy's injuries were
:08:12. > :08:17.so severe she had to be put down two days after the attack. Why should
:08:17. > :08:24.that man get away with it? He has robbed me and my family of my dog
:08:24. > :08:29.and he is just getting away with it. Next, it's been a day of destiny for
:08:29. > :08:33.many students across the East Midlands as thousands of teenagers
:08:33. > :08:38.got their A—level results. Overall pass rates are up but the number of
:08:38. > :08:44.candidates getting A and A*s has dropped slightly. And it's been a
:08:44. > :08:56.busy day too for our universities, as the clearing process got
:08:56. > :09:02.underway. I got a B, C, C. I got to bees and any. Students have been
:09:02. > :09:11.finding out if there are hard work has paid off. I got all the grades I
:09:11. > :09:20.wanted to get. I am going to study medicine at Cambridge. I am going to
:09:20. > :09:26.study English. There has been a rise in the overall number of passes but
:09:26. > :09:36.fewer top grades. About a quarter of students have got the job grades. We
:09:37. > :09:42.have had a significant increase in the high grades that students have
:09:42. > :09:47.achieved. This University in Leicester is part of the grieving
:09:47. > :09:52.process. Today they were dealing with 30 calls per minute at the
:09:52. > :10:01.busiest. IPhoto clog they had answered 10,000 calls but from
:10:01. > :10:10.students. We see keep camp. —— say. It is a very competitive environment
:10:10. > :10:12.at the moment but I am sure at our university you will be able to find
:10:12. > :10:19.a course that suits your requirements. People are deciding
:10:19. > :10:25.whether to reset, start work or take you to decide. Well done to
:10:25. > :10:28.everyone, whatever your results. One of the biggest council house
:10:28. > :10:32.building programmes since the 1960s is underway in Nottingham. Over the
:10:32. > :10:37.next four years, 350 new homes for rent are planned for sites around
:10:37. > :10:41.the city. It'll cost £60 million and today the first phase was officially
:10:41. > :10:53.opened. Here's our Political Editor, John Hess. This couple have been
:10:53. > :10:58.married for 45 years and they have in council tenants for most of their
:10:58. > :11:03.married lives. It was nice and bright, the facility is very good.
:11:03. > :11:11.They showed me around the two—bedroom bungalow. What is it
:11:11. > :11:15.like to be in a new house? It is lovely, we have got two bedrooms, a
:11:15. > :11:22.shower room, a lovely back garden, we love it. It is a newly built
:11:22. > :11:27.council home and is the first of 250 planned. It is the biggest council
:11:27. > :11:39.house building programme since the 1960s. The 1960s saw 350,000 council
:11:39. > :11:47.houses built. Over the past ten years 420 new council homes, last
:11:47. > :11:55.year just ten. Dear is real pressure on budgets. We got into a doldrums
:11:55. > :12:00.because we were not loading them. But now looking at the housing
:12:00. > :12:08.availability, sometimes the old ideas are the best. 60 years ago it
:12:08. > :12:13.was Harold Macmillan's decision before he became prime minister that
:12:13. > :12:21.let to the war council housing boom. Today's demand for new homes could
:12:21. > :12:28.mean a council housing revival. Council housing is popular, it works
:12:28. > :12:32.for the Council and for the tenants. Coming down soon at these flats in
:12:32. > :12:38.Nottingham. They were originally built to deal with any earlier
:12:38. > :12:45.housing shortage. They will make way for 150 council homes as part of the
:12:45. > :12:48.21st century housing solution. The forecourt at Derby Train Station has
:12:48. > :12:51.been cordoned—off for repairs despite a recent redevelopment
:12:51. > :12:59.costing more than £2.5 million. It's because the surface is bubbling and
:12:59. > :13:03.needs to be redone. As a result, glass has been taken out of the bus
:13:03. > :13:06.shelters. The work's expected to take nine days. East Midlands Trains
:13:07. > :13:09.says its customers won't be affected and the station will remain open.
:13:09. > :13:12.Lincolnshire's chief constable has been cleared of misconduct. Neil
:13:12. > :13:17.Rhodes was suspended in February by the county's police and crime
:13:17. > :13:20.commissioner Alan Hardwick. It was alleged Mr Rhodes had acted
:13:20. > :13:24.improperly when he tried to mediate between West Yorkshire police and a
:13:24. > :13:30.former employee. A report by the country's most senior police officer
:13:30. > :13:34.found no evidence against him. Half a million police fingerprint records
:13:34. > :13:38.are being digitised to save money and help solve crime. The
:13:38. > :13:42.Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire forces are the first in
:13:42. > :13:55.the country to get rid of their old paper records as our Social Affairs
:13:55. > :14:00.Correspondent, Jeremy Ball reports. This is where the analyser around
:14:00. > :14:04.1000 fingerprints every month. It is a powerful way to catch criminals.
:14:04. > :14:10.It is compelling evidence that can identify suspects and put them at
:14:10. > :14:14.the scene of a crime. This is the deconstruction of a robbery that
:14:14. > :14:19.happened in 1985, two years ago this man was finally jailed for that
:14:19. > :14:25.crime having been caught by his fingerprints. All the forces combine
:14:25. > :14:28.the databases and the fingerprints from this event could then be
:14:28. > :14:33.checked against the whole national collection. They were identified
:14:33. > :14:41.against fingerprints held in Nottinghamshire. He was given a ten
:14:41. > :14:46.year jail sentence. The records go straight to a computer database
:14:46. > :14:51.now. It is as easy as taking a photocopy but they used to do it
:14:51. > :15:04.like this with ink and paper. The old records are now being cleared
:15:04. > :15:11.out as the records are converted onto computer. It saves us having to
:15:11. > :15:18.employ somebody to physically take out those fit in those in forms and
:15:18. > :15:25.destroy them. We will be using these systems to solve crimes quicker. You
:15:25. > :15:30.will be collected by a private company that specialises in
:15:30. > :15:38.digitising public records. Is it safe for the police to pass it on?
:15:38. > :15:44.The documents we look after our very secure. The staff are checked and it
:15:44. > :15:48.is complete security. These days a lot of crimes are solved by surging
:15:48. > :15:52.mobile phone records or trawling the Internet. These traditional
:15:52. > :15:59.fingerprinting techniques are still as important as ever. A bus war has
:15:59. > :16:02.broken out between two rival companies after one of them
:16:02. > :16:07.introduced identical services on the same routes. Campaigners say they're
:16:07. > :16:11.worried it won't increase competition but simply reduce
:16:11. > :16:14.profits for both operators. Today one of the bus companies tried to
:16:14. > :16:27.tempt customers with a free breakfast. Sarah Teale was there.
:16:27. > :16:36.ATM and passengers board the bus for Derby. This morning they are treated
:16:36. > :16:46.to a free breakfast as an incentive to customers who pick the service
:16:46. > :16:51.over a new rival one. Your Bus has started operating on this route and
:16:51. > :17:02.two others in Derbyshire just a few minutes earlier than the Trent
:17:02. > :17:07.Barton buses. Gill macro they are aiming to get customers from our
:17:07. > :17:16.services. Surely competition is about winning customers. Know it
:17:16. > :17:20.isn't, it is wasteful competition. Campaigners fear that is not enough
:17:20. > :17:24.demand to keep both companies and business and passengers seem to
:17:24. > :17:32.agree. I think competition is healthy but I think it is quite
:17:32. > :17:38.close together. It is crazy, they could boot another bus service
:17:38. > :17:45.somewhere else. A single to Derby is £3 60 with Trent Barton at the other
:17:45. > :17:51.company have undercut the fear by 30p and they are accepting Trent
:17:51. > :17:59.Barton tickets on the buses. Why don't you load your prices? We need
:17:59. > :18:10.to make these sustainable and that is what our fears reflect. Your Bus
:18:10. > :18:16.was not available for comment today. Breakfast seems a long time ago
:18:16. > :18:22.ex—Commissioner Mark still to come: A pleasure trip postponed. A humble
:18:22. > :18:26.coot stops a 70 foot barge from starting sightseeing trips along the
:18:26. > :18:32.Cromford Canal. Earlier we looked at those all important A—level results.
:18:32. > :18:37.But not making the grade for higher education needn't spell disaster.
:18:37. > :18:40.Simon Hare has been to meet two men who pursued another course to a
:18:40. > :18:55.dream job and their own successful business. This is our flagship
:18:55. > :18:59.model, the best we do. This man studied business and his hot cup
:18:59. > :19:07.firm has now seen its annual turnover over half £1 million. ——
:19:07. > :19:17.watch top. Normal delivery times are like two weeks but did he Rascal
:19:17. > :19:29.wanted his tomorrow. E—business began during his A—level studies.
:19:29. > :19:36.When you are 16 or 17 and you get a few hundred pounds coming in every
:19:36. > :19:39.week it seems like a massive amount. After 18—year—old Sam gave up on his
:19:39. > :19:49.A—levels they found a marketing apprenticeship. Quite often these
:19:49. > :19:57.days we are told university is the only route and I would not see that
:19:57. > :20:03.is the case. I got the perfect job. Many young people are attracted to
:20:03. > :20:13.an offer that combines burning with learning. —— learning with learning.
:20:13. > :20:17.Yet are apprenticeships, internships, all sorts of
:20:17. > :20:24.opportunities. If you have a cracking idea, jump on it. Now Dan
:20:24. > :20:33.is planning to tell his own internal apprentice, you are hired. Don't
:20:33. > :20:38.forget, your future begins right now, whatever happened. Now the
:20:38. > :20:41.sport. Starting with a bit of transfer news: Theo Robinson has
:20:41. > :20:44.left Derby for Doncaster Rovers. We understand Rovers have paid around
:20:44. > :20:48.£150,000 for the striker who first came to the Rams from Millwall in
:20:48. > :20:53.2011. He's become a Jamaican international and scored 20 goals in
:20:53. > :20:56.80 appearances for Derby. So as one player leaves the club, Derby County
:20:56. > :21:02.are paying tribute to a man who's dedicated half a century to them.
:21:02. > :21:05.This Saturday they're unveiling a newly named stand in honour of
:21:05. > :21:09.Gordon Guthrie. A man who's worked tirelessly behind the scenes. Kirsty
:21:09. > :21:19.Edwards has been along to Pride Park to find out more. Over the years
:21:19. > :21:27.Derby County has seen people, and go but there has been one of present.
:21:27. > :21:33.This man was a player but over the decades has been on to be a physio,
:21:33. > :21:39.trainer and kit man. This weekend his name will officially go on the
:21:39. > :21:43.south—west corner stand. Gordon Guthrie has been here for 50 years
:21:43. > :21:48.and it is about time we had a tribute to him in the stadium. I
:21:48. > :21:57.remember him when I was just a few years old. It is lovely that he has
:21:57. > :22:02.got that stand. He is a very special person. It is that corner of the
:22:02. > :22:08.stadium just over there that is getting the honour. Anyone over
:22:08. > :22:14.there will be in the Gordon Guthrie stand. His long service means he has
:22:14. > :22:25.worked under Brian Clough and now all these years on his son Nigel
:22:25. > :22:29.Clough. I think one thing everybody has got for him is respect as well
:22:29. > :22:33.as love and admiration. Here's a lovely man and every time he comes
:22:33. > :22:38.in, whether to the training ground or here, the players, the current
:22:38. > :22:45.players, everybody likes to see them. You could see —— say Gordon
:22:45. > :22:53.Guthrie is part of the furniture here but from this weekend you could
:22:53. > :22:56.see he will be just that. —— say. There's no stopping Mansfield's
:22:56. > :22:59.Paralympic swimmer Ollie Hynd. Just 24 hours after winning his first
:22:59. > :23:03.ever World Championship gold medal he's got himself another one. Ollie
:23:03. > :23:07.went into the 400 metres freestyle final as the fastest qualifier and
:23:07. > :23:10.he led for most of the race. In fact by the end he was miles ahead
:23:10. > :23:13.finishing just outside of the world record. And his older brother Sam
:23:13. > :23:22.Hynd made it a double celebration for the family picking up the
:23:22. > :23:27.silver. Congratulations to them, we hope to have them in the studio next
:23:27. > :23:30.week. In Cricket, it's a big night in the YB40 for Notts Outlaws.
:23:30. > :23:34.They're playing Sussex in Brighton knowing a win will put them into the
:23:34. > :23:39.semi—finals. Well into the game now and Outlaws are batting. They have
:23:39. > :23:47.reached 195 for three after 31 overs. Derbyshire are also in action
:23:47. > :24:09.home to Durham. Derbyshire are 160 four set. —— for set. —— six. 200
:24:09. > :24:11.years ago, it was the transport link of its day. The Cromford Canal in
:24:12. > :24:15.Derbyshire carried thousands of tonnes of cotton goods from the
:24:15. > :24:18.nearby mills. But in recent years, it's become severely silted up. Now
:24:18. > :24:21.local councils and volunteers are working to re—open the canal. In
:24:21. > :24:25.fact, pleasure trips on a restored 70—foot barge are ready to begin
:24:25. > :24:28.again for the first time in 25 years. Or they would, if it wasn't
:24:28. > :24:31.for a certain bird. James Roberson explains. It is all aboard the good
:24:31. > :24:35.ship birds worse. It has been lovingly restored to the way it
:24:36. > :24:43.looked when it was first launched in 1938. No electrically powered, the
:24:43. > :24:48.boat is running on the water once more. These are acutely as the
:24:48. > :24:55.volunteers who have supported the restoration of the boat. It has
:24:55. > :25:00.taken hundreds of man—hours to restore the canal. Volunteers come
:25:00. > :25:07.from all over the world. Last summer this woman was on an exhibition to
:25:07. > :25:18.the North Hall, this year, the Parisien is in Derbyshire. It gets
:25:18. > :25:23.reopened injured by inch because it costs so much money. Eventually it
:25:23. > :25:30.will be fully open providing a good amenity for the public. If it wasn't
:25:30. > :25:38.for this bird that has built a nest right in the centre this rule would
:25:38. > :25:42.be emptied. We have done all the planning that we possibly could but
:25:42. > :25:49.this is a very sensitive wildlife reserve. Once the bird has flown it
:25:49. > :25:57.is hoped they can start carrying people at the weekends from
:25:57. > :26:12.September. It may be silted up but it is lovely. And that person boot
:26:12. > :26:19.holding things up! Now the weather. —— cursed coot. There have been
:26:19. > :26:25.quite a few showers this afternoon but now you can see what is lacking
:26:25. > :26:29.out West, a big wall of water is heading our way for this evening. It
:26:29. > :26:34.is all tied in with this weather front. This one is more reliable
:26:34. > :26:37.than the previous ones we have had. There will be a spell of more
:26:37. > :26:44.persistent and heavy rain through this evening. It will be quite a wet
:26:44. > :26:48.and windy end to the day. The rain will stick around for much of the
:26:48. > :26:54.night. It will feel quite muddy and humid. Temperature is not much lower
:26:54. > :27:03.than 16 or 17 degrees. Tomorrow morning will see a wet start.
:27:03. > :27:08.Eventually it will move off and these guys will brighten up behind
:27:08. > :27:13.that so decent looking afternoon. It will be drier with lots of lovely
:27:13. > :27:22.sunshine. Temperatures still doing pretty well. That takes us into the
:27:22. > :27:31.weekend, it does look like we have some rain on the way, not a wash—out
:27:31. > :27:44.why any stretch of the imagination but wet and windy with green by the
:27:44. > :27:46.evening. —— green by the evening. —— rain.