:00:00. > :00:14.This is East Midlands Today. Tonight, the stabbing horror in a
:00:14. > :00:22.Derbyshire village that left three people dead.
:00:22. > :00:30.An inquest hears how Rachael Slack suffered fatal stab wounds along
:00:30. > :00:37.with her son. Her former partner was found dead at the scene. Also
:00:37. > :00:42.tonight, the predatory and sadistic paedophile who almost killed a
:00:42. > :00:49.toddler. Plus, the National Trust local treasure which is causing a
:00:49. > :00:53.stir with villagers. And a new world record for the collector who hoovers
:00:53. > :00:59.up old vacuum cleaners. The official count stopped at 322. I've probably
:00:59. > :01:11.got more than that. I don't exactly know.
:01:11. > :01:18.Good evening. First tonight — an inquest has heard that a pregnant
:01:18. > :01:27.woman screamed for her neighbour to call the police before she, her
:01:27. > :01:38.young son and her former partner were found fatally wounded in a
:01:38. > :01:39.Derbyshire village three years ago. Rachael Slack and her two—year—old
:01:39. > :01:40.son Auden were stabbed in June 2010 at her home in Holbrook. Andrew
:01:40. > :01:48.Cairns, Auden's father was also found with stab wounds. James
:01:48. > :01:55.Roberson is at the coroner's court in Derby. Can you give us a little
:01:55. > :01:57.bit more about the background? Good evening. Around 11am on June two,
:01:57. > :02:02.2010, a resident in Holbrooke just north of Derby, heard shouting in
:02:02. > :02:08.the cottage next door. Through one of the cottage's Windows, she saw
:02:08. > :02:17.her neighbour screaming to get the police. Behind the woman was a
:02:17. > :02:26.man's shadowy figure. In the police broke and they found the bodies of
:02:26. > :02:27.38—year—old Rachael Slack, and slumped over her, her former partner
:02:27. > :02:35.Andrew Cairns. Both had multiple stud wounds. Next to them was their
:02:35. > :02:36.23—month—old son Alden, also severely wounded. He was flown to
:02:36. > :02:44.the Royal Derby Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. What has
:02:44. > :02:53.the jury been told about the lead up to the depths? They've been told
:02:53. > :02:54.that Andrew Cairns had long—term mental health problems. Rachael had
:02:54. > :03:07.separated from Mr Cairns and had told him that she now had a new
:03:07. > :03:09.partner, Robert Barlow, and that she was pregnant by Mr Barlow. The jury
:03:09. > :03:29.heard that when Mr Cairns was told about Mr Barlow, he had sworn at
:03:29. > :03:30.Rachael and said, I've given up everything to be with you, you have
:03:30. > :03:30.no idea what I'm capable of. I will kill you and him with me. Mr Cairns
:03:30. > :03:31.was arrested and released. But a police risk assessment at the time
:03:31. > :03:51.placed Miss Slack as being at high placed Miss Slack as being at high
:03:51. > :03:52.risk of homicide. What has been said about the terrible events inside the
:03:52. > :03:52.cottage? An expert forensics identities she believes all the
:03:52. > :03:53.stabbings happened quickly, one after another, in a small annex
:03:53. > :04:14.inside. A Home Office pathologist, Professor Guy Rutty, examined the
:04:14. > :04:15.scene and all of the bodies. He told the inquest that he believed Andrew
:04:15. > :04:15.Cairns' wounds were self—inflicted. He added, from pathological point of
:04:15. > :04:16.view, it would not be any surprise for the other two. On a balance of
:04:16. > :04:33.probabilities, I would favour that scenario, but ultimately that is a
:04:33. > :04:33.decision for the court. Thank you. Nottinghamshire man has
:04:33. > :04:34.been jailed for 17 and a half years for seriously sexually assaulting a
:04:34. > :04:35.toddler. 32—year—old Christopher Atkins was described as a predatory
:04:35. > :04:49.and sadistic paedophile. An investigation is now taking place
:04:49. > :04:50.into how social workers failed to carry out background checks on
:04:50. > :04:50.Atkins which would have raised concerns.
:04:50. > :04:51.Nottingham Crown Court. This is the face of a predatory and
:04:51. > :04:52.sadistic paedophile. Christopher Atkins from Nottinghamshire
:04:52. > :05:07.seriously sexually assaulted a toddler. Today the court heard how
:05:08. > :05:08.the little girl was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre with
:05:08. > :05:09.life—threatening injuries. She would have died without medical
:05:09. > :05:30.intervention. The abuse she had been subjected to came to light when
:05:30. > :05:31.staff owned 18 separate injuries, including bruises, a bite mark and a
:05:31. > :05:32.burn on her back. The court heard that the girl was known to social
:05:32. > :05:32.services, but the social workers had failed to carry out background
:05:32. > :05:53.checks on Atkins. Had they done so, they would have discovered he had
:05:53. > :05:54.social services in Manchester over social services in Manchester over
:05:54. > :05:55.allegations of child abuse they are. No charges were ever brought, but
:05:55. > :05:55.the girl's father, who cannot be identified, told me
:05:55. > :05:55.down. Social services have been down. Social services
:05:55. > :06:13.disgusting. They have not listened to a word I have said all the way
:06:13. > :06:14.through this. I asked social services to check—in and they didn't
:06:15. > :06:15.bother. After the sentencing it was announced an independent serious
:06:15. > :06:16.case review would be carried out by the Nottinghamshire safeguarding
:06:16. > :06:17.children board. One of the issues we will look at is the responsibility
:06:17. > :06:35.of agencies to make sure their staff act appropriately and properly
:06:35. > :06:36.exercise responsibility is to keep children safe. They haven't done
:06:36. > :06:37.that, we will comment upon it and make sure action is taken. Woman
:06:37. > :06:37.from Farnborough who was living in Nottingham at the time, was given a
:06:37. > :06:57.suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to child cruelty.
:06:57. > :06:58.When sentencing Christopher Atkins, the judge described what he had done
:06:58. > :06:58.as an act of unspeakable cruelty. He set out any human being could do
:06:58. > :06:59.this to a little girl is beyond comprehension. He jailed him for 16
:06:59. > :07:17.years for sexual assault and a further 18 months for child cruelty.
:07:17. > :07:18.That was a terrible case, but something positive was heard in
:07:18. > :07:18.court today. The toddler who is now in care will fully recover from her
:07:18. > :07:19.injuries and is described now as a happy, friendly child. You're
:07:19. > :07:38.watching East Midlands Today. Coming up, good news for the National Trust
:07:38. > :07:39.in Leicestershire. Also tonight, Stamford says saving its
:07:39. > :07:40.from closure is better than being voted Best town in Britain. And I am
:07:40. > :07:59.treading where only trains have gone before. Join me for two of the
:07:59. > :08:00.Glenfield railway tunnel. —— a tour. A doctor has been
:08:00. > :08:00.pretending a lost wallet containing pretending a lost wallet containing
:08:00. > :08:01.two and a half thousand pounds was his. Nottingham Crown Court heard
:08:01. > :08:02.the wallet was handed in at the Starbucks cafe on the city's Old
:08:02. > :08:23.Market Square. The court was told that Doctor Abdul Choudhuri also
:08:23. > :08:24.contacted the manager of Starbucks telling her she no longer needed to
:08:24. > :08:25.be a witness in the trial. The doctor, who runs a cosmetic surgery
:08:25. > :08:25.clinic, was convicted of fraud and perverting the course of justice. 21
:08:25. > :08:49.people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into an
:08:49. > :08:50.alleged drugs ring in Derby. It is part of Operation Redshank, a police
:08:50. > :08:50.team set up to tackle drugs crime in the city. Those arrested include six
:08:50. > :08:51.women. 15 properties in Derby and Leicester were also searched. 14
:08:51. > :08:52.people remain in custody on suspicion of conspiracy to supply
:08:52. > :08:53.class a drugs. The mother of Madeline McCann was in Portugal
:08:53. > :09:14.today for the start of the family's libel action against a former police
:09:14. > :09:14.chief. Kate McCann is not expected to give evidence in Lisbon. The
:09:14. > :09:15.action is being taken against the man who led the initial police
:09:15. > :09:15.investigation into Madeline's disobedience in 2007. In a book, he
:09:15. > :09:16.made a number of allegations about the McCanns. There was an audible
:09:16. > :09:41.sigh of relief in a South Lincolnshire town after it was told
:09:41. > :09:42.its much—loved hospital has been saved from closure. Stamford feared
:09:42. > :09:42.it would be axed as part of to reduce a huge deficit faced by
:09:43. > :09:43.the rest of the trust. In a moment we will hear from the town's MP, but
:09:43. > :09:44.first our chief news reporter has been assessing the reaction.
:09:45. > :10:10.Stamford Hospital has been open for 185 years. Its future has been in
:10:10. > :10:11.serious doubt, but today that threat was lifted. Quite honestly, I think
:10:11. > :10:11.this is actually better news than being named the Best Town In
:10:11. > :10:12.England. It has lifted and uncertainty on the hospital, so they
:10:12. > :10:40.can get on with the job. Deficits of £40 million every year for the next
:10:40. > :10:40.five years are faced, the biggest in the country. The hospital's problems
:10:40. > :10:41.are tied up in Peterborough's problems. Not only has it been saved
:10:41. > :10:42.by the health regulator, but the redevelopment plan will also go
:10:42. > :10:42.ahead to help ease pressure at Peterborough. It will give them more
:10:42. > :10:43.bed space, probably the key thing. And also it cuts down people, if
:10:44. > :11:04.they are in hospital, would rather be somewhere closer. The Mayor's
:11:04. > :11:04.delight is matched by the feeling in the town. We need our hospital. The
:11:04. > :11:05.town has got 20,000 inhabitants or thereabouts and it needs a hospital.
:11:05. > :11:06.It is ridiculous going all the way to Peterborough. I am not sure about
:11:06. > :11:28.the NHS and their finances, and whether it would be better to have
:11:28. > :11:30.everything in one place, but for the local community that is going to be
:11:30. > :11:30.a very good thing. 1828 was the year the hospital opened, 2013
:11:30. > :11:31.year it was given a future. year it was given a future.
:11:31. > :11:32.Earlier I spoke to the MP for Stamford, and I asked him for his
:11:32. > :11:53.reaction to the decision to keep the hospital open. It is very good news.
:11:53. > :11:54.What Monitor has confirmed it is that despite all of the serious
:11:54. > :11:54.challenges that face the trust, the plans for Stamford Hospital were
:11:54. > :11:55.worked out by the trust with local GPs argued and should be implemented
:11:55. > :12:16.—— are good. It is good news for Stamford residents. This
:12:16. > :12:17.redevelopment will go ahead, won't it? Yes. I was worried that the
:12:17. > :12:17.scale of the problems in the Peterborough trust would be so great
:12:17. > :12:18.that the future of Stamford would be lost. I was very keen to have
:12:18. > :12:41.reassurance that that plan would go ahead, almost whatever happened.
:12:41. > :12:42.That is what we received today in this report, and we need to make
:12:43. > :12:43.sure it actually happens. I will be keeping vigilant to make sure it is
:12:43. > :12:44.actually delivered. Would happier to see the hospital taken
:12:44. > :12:45.out of the trust? No. Now that it is clear that the plan for Stamford is
:12:45. > :13:10.good for the Peterborough trust, I think it is better but the
:13:10. > :13:11.Peterborough trust the liver trust to leverage this plan. They know
:13:11. > :13:12.Stamford Hospital, and I think that is what is best for the hospital.
:13:12. > :13:12.In other news, the demolition of a In other news, the demolition
:13:12. > :13:13.house we're six children were killed by their parents in a fire is to
:13:13. > :13:14.start later this month. Derby City Council says knocking down 18
:13:14. > :13:45.Victory Rd and the adjoining property will take three weeks to
:13:45. > :13:46.complete. They will be replaced with alternative housing. Mick and
:13:46. > :13:46.Mairead Philpott and a family friend were all convicted of the
:13:46. > :13:47.manslaughter of six children. Speed limits around schools in
:13:47. > :13:48.Nottinghamshire are set to be reduced. A study revealed that the
:13:48. > :13:48.area has the worst record for road accidents near schools outside
:13:48. > :13:49.London. Given the high level of pedestrians around school start and
:13:49. > :14:17.finish times, the county council is aiming to introduce advisory 20 mile
:14:17. > :14:18.an hour speed limits wherever possible. The Bishop of South well
:14:18. > :14:18.in Nottingham —— the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is to
:14:18. > :14:19.become the new Bishop of Durham. The appointment of the Right Reverend
:14:19. > :14:20.Paul Butler season following in the footsteps of Justin Welby. Next
:14:20. > :14:20.night, an historic cottage in Leicestershire could be the first
:14:20. > :14:21.National Trust attraction in the county if planners give it the
:14:21. > :14:51.go—ahead. Stoneywell Cottage in Ulverscroft was bought by the
:14:51. > :14:53.National Trust earlier this year. They hope that thousands of people
:14:53. > :14:53.will come and see it. But that is the problem, local people are not
:14:53. > :14:54.happy. They say the small country lanes won't cope on their privacy
:14:54. > :14:54.will be invaded. This cottage is causing controversy,
:14:55. > :14:55.will buy a local architect in 1899. Three generations lived here before
:14:55. > :14:56.the National Trust bought the property earlier this year. The plan
:14:56. > :15:23.open it for the public. We are right open it for the public. We are right
:15:23. > :15:24.next door. This is entrance. We are just next door.
:15:24. > :15:25.This is our drive which we have to reverse out of. This afternoon
:15:25. > :15:25.councillors came to the site. The trust wants to create a visitor
:15:25. > :15:26.attraction in the old stable block. Visitors would be limited to 35,000
:15:26. > :15:54.a year. Even at 163 visitors a day it is alarming. Our loss of privacy
:15:54. > :15:55.is going to be extreme. Steve Perry has organised a petition. Over 300
:15:55. > :15:56.people have signed it. I live just down the road from Stoneywell
:15:56. > :15:56.Cottage and our concern is the vast number of visitors coming into the
:15:56. > :15:57.area. And the traffic that comes with that. An estimate is an extra
:15:57. > :15:58.70% in terms of traffic, which is staggering. We have got stag —— we
:15:58. > :16:19.have got cyclists, the traffic is bad enough as it is. Councillors are
:16:19. > :16:20.due to make a decision tonight. In a statement, the National Trust say
:16:20. > :16:20.informed of their plans. They are informed of their plans. They are
:16:20. > :16:21.aware of the sensitivity around their application. Their aim is to
:16:21. > :16:38.allow it limited access to this place. Still to come, they say
:16:38. > :16:39.nature abhors a vacuum. But one Nottinghamshire man loves them.
:16:39. > :16:39.James Brown has been told that his collection of vacuum cleaners is
:16:39. > :16:41.officially the largest in This weekend, dozens of people will
:16:41. > :16:57.get the chance to tour one of Leicester's most important heritage
:16:57. > :16:58.sites. When the Glenfield Tunnel was built in 1831, it was the longest
:16:58. > :16:58.railway tunnel in the world. It was also credited with helping to create
:16:58. > :17:11.the moderate Leicester we know today. —— the modern Leicester.
:17:11. > :17:13.The Glenfield Tunnel made history, not just because it was designed by
:17:13. > :17:13.the famous railway engineer George Stephenson. It was one of the first
:17:13. > :17:27.railway tunnels. The railway was built to carry coal, to improve the
:17:27. > :17:28.industrial working. When the local railway line closed in the
:17:28. > :17:28.the tunnel was bought by Leicester the tunnel was bought by Leicester
:17:28. > :17:37.City Council for a fiver. By the early to thousands, there were plans
:17:37. > :17:38.to open part of the tunnel. It has had a major amount of investment,
:17:38. > :17:47.some half—million pounds to prevent it from collapsing. These are the
:17:47. > :17:48.remains of the grills. The idea was to prevent people throwing things
:17:48. > :17:54.down them. When you think about when they built this, how on earth they
:17:54. > :18:00.navigated underground. It's weird being underground, really
:18:01. > :18:07.fascinating. It was very cold, but really interesting to see inside. It
:18:07. > :18:12.will be years before visitors can walk the entire route to just over a
:18:12. > :18:18.mile. The long—term solution will be to put a small pilot tunnel in. The
:18:18. > :18:25.tunnel tour is fully booked for the weekend, but the society does plan
:18:25. > :18:34.to hold more tours later this year. Given the weather we are expecting
:18:34. > :18:41.this weekend, at tunnel might be a good place to go. Sports time now.
:18:41. > :18:48.I am going to start with Leicester City's Martyn Waghorn who has made a
:18:48. > :18:58.loan move to Millwall. It is the first local change in what might be
:18:58. > :18:59.a busy season for players making temporary moves. Leicester manager
:18:59. > :19:08.Nigel Pearson says he might look at bringing players in as well. In
:19:08. > :19:16.Martin's case, you need some pitch time and it has been a frustrating
:19:16. > :19:17.few months for him. He is determined to do well at Millwall and come back
:19:17. > :19:28.to us in good shape. The terms of Martyn Waghorn's deal stop him
:19:28. > :19:29.playing for Millwall when the two clubs meet in November. Derby
:19:29. > :19:40.manager Nigel Clarke says they are already talking to clubs and players
:19:40. > :19:41.about loan players coming to Pride Park. He doesn't expect anything
:19:41. > :19:55.definite until next week. With a loan last thing a maximum of 93 days
:19:55. > :19:56.timing can be crucial. We have got a good 18 at the moment. If we are all
:19:56. > :20:04.capable and we will try and leave it works the end of the month, line
:20:04. > :20:06.things up for them. Onto rugby, Leicester Tigers believe the loss of
:20:06. > :20:12.one of their players could be a huge blow. Cross —— Croft injured himself
:20:12. > :20:19.at the weekend. I am really gutted for him. He will be out for the rest
:20:19. > :20:25.of the season. He is a great player. Losing a player like that is
:20:25. > :20:34.hard, it is going to be hard to find a replacement. Signing news from ice
:20:34. > :20:43.hockey. The Finnish player Joonas Haari has signed as injury cover for
:20:43. > :20:47.the Nottingham Panthers. Onto cricket and the relegation battle
:20:47. > :20:51.for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. At the County ground, Derbyshire
:20:51. > :20:56.have been batting well. Nottinghamshire have gone even
:20:56. > :21:01.better down at Lord's as they confirmed their place in division
:21:01. > :21:04.one next season. Less possible play at Old Trafford where winless
:21:05. > :21:10.Leicestershire have struggled to take Lancashire wickets. The two men
:21:10. > :21:23.from Heanor hoping to beat para triathlon champions. The Brownlee 's
:21:23. > :21:36.worst huge stars of 2012. —— were huge star is.
:21:36. > :21:39.This week, Team GB have been training at Loughborough for the
:21:39. > :21:45.World Championships. The sport missed out on the excitement of
:21:45. > :21:52.London 2012, it wasn't included in the Paralympics. It will be next
:21:52. > :21:59.time, so they can all look forward to reorder De Niro —— really all.
:21:59. > :22:06.This is the man looking for medals. We have topped the medal table in
:22:06. > :22:13.the past four championships. The majority of our athletes here would
:22:13. > :22:15.compete and probably win against most able—bodied athletes. Amongst
:22:15. > :22:23.those athletes, Derbyshire's European champion. He will be 46 by
:22:23. > :22:30.the time of the Paralympics but that won't stop him. In my heart and mind
:22:30. > :22:35.I am there, I am thinking about it every day, it is the driving force
:22:36. > :22:43.behind everything I am doing. I need to be there. Simon is not the only
:22:43. > :22:46.European champion, David Ellis is as well. He races in the visually
:22:46. > :22:56.impaired category. They raced together on a tandem bike as well.
:22:56. > :23:05.You spend hours together. You have got to get on well. Apart from when
:23:05. > :23:13.I threw you off the tandem. Not on purpose, obviously. It does seem
:23:13. > :23:20.like you have to be pretty hardy for this sport, that's for sure. You've
:23:20. > :23:26.got to be crazy, for sure. When I am training, we swim in packs and you
:23:26. > :23:33.get kicked in the face, elbows on the head, goggles ripped off. It is
:23:33. > :23:36.tough but good fun. Triathlon is an amazing sport.
:23:36. > :23:47.Interesting, isn't it? I am told that you are now stranger
:23:47. > :23:55.to a vacuum cleaner. James Brown has so many vacuum
:23:55. > :24:03.cleaners his collection has been accepted and the Guinness Book of
:24:03. > :24:09.World Records. He has been interested in Hoovers since the age
:24:09. > :24:12.of four. He now has working machines dating as far back as the 1920s.
:24:12. > :24:23.Electrolux, Dyson, Hoover, dirt Devil, you name it, it is in
:24:23. > :24:29.James's shop in Heanor. Here's the Guinness world record holder for
:24:29. > :24:35.having the most vacuum cleaner models. I got my first vacuum
:24:35. > :24:41.cleaner at around seven or eight. Then my second turned into a third.
:24:41. > :24:47.When I was younger I was only allowed six, seven, eight at a
:24:47. > :24:55.time. The collection built from there. The team at Guinness world
:24:55. > :25:01.records contacted James. James has 322 vacuum cleaners. The excitement
:25:01. > :25:10.of completing a collection, reaching your end goal, it is exciting to a
:25:10. > :25:18.point. A lot of collectors identify with that. Again, I have got the
:25:18. > :25:27.latest model, I had to save for that. I was very happy to get hold
:25:27. > :25:31.of that. His oldest vacuum is this 1920s Hoover, which still works.
:25:31. > :25:39.James sells, fixes and replaces parts for all manner of vacuums, as
:25:39. > :25:43.well as showing the older models in his museum.
:25:43. > :25:55.I could do with borrowing one. Sweeping up the weather for us now.
:25:55. > :26:00.The weather is keeping a low profile at the moment, but by Sunday it will
:26:00. > :26:06.be the main topic of conversation. Stormy conditions lie ahead. Cloud
:26:06. > :26:10.is the main problem today. It did break up to allow spells of
:26:11. > :26:12.sunshine, helping the temperatures, we saw highs of 20 Celsius in parts
:26:12. > :26:19.of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. This evening, rain
:26:19. > :26:27.will push its way down towards the south—east corner. It will be fairly
:26:27. > :26:29.light but persistent before it breaks up and clear as a wager in
:26:29. > :26:36.the early hours, leaving behind a lot of cloud stopping those tablet
:26:36. > :26:37.is from dropping too far. Overnight lows of around 14 degrees. Tomorrow
:26:37. > :26:47.will be cloudy, with some brightness will be cloudy, with some brightness
:26:47. > :26:49.again before the rain pushes in later in the afternoon. There may be
:26:49. > :27:05.drizzle around first thing in the morning, that low cloud will lift
:27:05. > :27:06.and break to allow some brightness chewing the middle part of the day
:27:06. > :27:22.before rain works its way in from the west. It looks like that will be
:27:22. > :27:23.with us chewing rush—hour. Temperatures remain fairly
:27:23. > :27:25.will be a tale of two halves. Sunday will be a wet and windy affair, with
:27:25. > :27:39.sunny spells on Saturday. Saturday will have that rain from Friday
:27:39. > :27:39.night clearing away, behind it the skies will brighten it. Into Sunday,
:27:39. > :27:41.this autumn low will cause problems. Our first storm of autumn producing
:27:41. > :27:46.tightly packed is all buyers —— isobar is.