:00:04. > :00:10.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:10. > :00:19.Fury as British Gas workers force their way into a flat with no gas
:00:19. > :00:26.supply. The owner had told them there was no supply and she cannot
:00:26. > :00:35.believe they still broken. It was a violation of my puberty. How can
:00:35. > :00:45.they just enter the home. A cracker dries in the cases of head and neck
:00:46. > :00:48.cancers. You have heard of strawberry picking, now a novel new
:00:48. > :01:00.way to shop for chilies. Good evening and welcome to
:01:00. > :01:04.Thursday's programme. First tonight, A woman says she feels violated and
:01:04. > :01:10.vulnerable after her flat was broken into by British Gas. Stephanie
:01:10. > :01:15.MacDonald—Walker says the energy company entered her Leicester home
:01:15. > :01:19.while she was out at work. The company claims it was because they
:01:19. > :01:29.believed she owed them money. But, there is no gas supply at the flat.
:01:29. > :01:33.Helen Astle reports. Stefanie moved into her flat in Leicester four
:01:33. > :01:37.months ago. It is the first time she has lived alone and she says her
:01:37. > :01:41.flat is her pride and joy. She was stunned to discover British Gas had
:01:41. > :01:49.entered the flat while she was at work over an unpaid bill that was
:01:49. > :01:54.not hers. When I saw the note, I did not know what was going on. It was
:01:54. > :02:00.just total violation of my puberty. Who are these people that they can
:02:00. > :02:06.just enter someone's home? She received a letter from British Gas
:02:06. > :02:10.about the unpaid bill. She phoned them and said it was not hers. She
:02:10. > :02:18.thought the matter had been resolved. I felt I had been burgled.
:02:18. > :02:25.But nothing had gone. Who has been in my apartment? Is there anything
:02:25. > :02:29.missing? My instinct was to ring the police that the police said there
:02:29. > :02:34.was nothing they could do because it was a dispute between myself,
:02:34. > :02:40.British Gas and by landlord. Who can do that? Who can come in to your
:02:40. > :02:46.home when you think you have locked your door, do a days work and then
:02:46. > :02:58.come back and find someone has done through everything? It is sketchy.
:02:58. > :03:05.Really scary. I feel violated and vulnerable. British Gas say they
:03:05. > :03:11.appreciate how distressing this has been. They go on to say they are
:03:12. > :03:16.investigating the incident as a matter of urgency. She has been
:03:16. > :03:19.offered £150 in compensation. She has turned it down. She says it is
:03:19. > :03:23.not about the money but the invasion of privacy.
:03:23. > :03:26.We checked and British Gas were perfectly within their rights to
:03:26. > :03:35.enter Stephanie's property under the Rights of Entry Act of 1954. In
:03:35. > :03:37.fact, British Gas told us that last year it had entered the homes of
:03:37. > :03:47.23,183 electricity customers and 29,178 gas customers using warrants.
:03:47. > :03:49.All that is of course no consolation to Stephanie. Tonight British Gas
:03:49. > :03:53.increased their offer of compensation to her from £150 to
:03:53. > :03:58.£1000 but Stephanie says it's not about the money and she is unsure
:03:58. > :04:00.she'll accept. Next tonight, an international
:04:00. > :04:04.fraudster has been jailed for seven years after one of the most complex
:04:04. > :04:09.investigations ever carried out by Derbyshire Police. The conman duped
:04:09. > :04:14.innocent investors into handing over huge sums of money over a period of
:04:14. > :04:17.years. Detectives say many of his victims lost their houses, their
:04:17. > :04:28.businesses and even their life savings because of the scam. Sarah
:04:28. > :04:31.Teale reports. This is one of the major players behind an
:04:31. > :04:37.international fraud which conned millions of pounds from dozens of
:04:37. > :04:41.investors. Graham Mills arrived at Nottingham Crown Court with his
:04:41. > :04:47.backpack this morning ready to be sent to prison. The 48—year—old and
:04:47. > :04:51.fellow conspirators set up fake companies and duped victims into
:04:51. > :04:57.investing in them. The scam netted a total of £9 million. The fraud only
:04:57. > :05:04.came to light when one of the victims, in investor, became
:05:04. > :05:09.suspicious and went to the police. He handed over tens of thousands of
:05:09. > :05:13.pounds including his life savings to the conmen. Derbyshire police
:05:13. > :05:20.discovered he was one of many who would never see his money again.
:05:20. > :05:30.Some have been left completely penniless. They have lost life
:05:30. > :05:35.savings. Males who run the fraud from Thailand pleaded guilty to
:05:35. > :05:41.three charges including conspiracy to fraud. The judge said he did not
:05:41. > :05:49.believe the testimony from males that he had only received some
:05:49. > :05:54.£130,000 from the £9 million fraud. I do believe he has more knowledge
:05:54. > :05:57.of where the money as and he has sown —— showed no sign of trying to
:05:57. > :06:04.repatriate the money back to the victims. He was sentenced to a total
:06:04. > :06:08.of seven years in prison. Still to come. Advice on what
:06:08. > :06:19.Leicester can expect if it becomes UK City of Culture from the man
:06:19. > :06:23.behind Liverpool's cultural success. It is the spirit of cooperation and
:06:23. > :06:32.optimism and aspiration within the city. Whoever gets it will
:06:32. > :06:36.experience the same thing. Police say a man from Leicester who
:06:36. > :06:40.was murdered at a club night in Birmingham has been deserted by his
:06:40. > :06:43.closest friends. It's more than five weeks since Sylvester Koroma was
:06:43. > :06:49.killed and officers say their investigation is being frustrated by
:06:49. > :07:01.a wall of silence. Eleanor Garnier reports. Killed by a single bullet.
:07:01. > :07:06.Sylvester, a father from Leicester, shot and fatally injured at a
:07:06. > :07:13.Birmingham club night in August. More than five weeks since his death
:07:13. > :07:21.and police say the closest friends are holding their investigation
:07:21. > :07:28.back. If you look at some of the witnesses who have not given
:07:28. > :07:36.statements, they say if his best friends have not given statements
:07:36. > :07:40.why should they. It appears that he was popular when alive but now he is
:07:40. > :07:46.dead, all his close friends appear to have deserted him. Eight people
:07:46. > :07:50.have been arrested and bailed in connection with the murder. Officers
:07:50. > :07:54.are certain the answers to what happened lies in Leicester. They
:07:54. > :08:02.emphasise you can call the police anonymously. We will take statements
:08:02. > :08:13.of them. We would give evidence behind a screen in court. The family
:08:13. > :08:16.say Sylvester lit up the room with his smile. They cannot hold the
:08:16. > :08:19.funeral until that is further progress in the police
:08:19. > :08:24.investigation. They still do not know the motive for this murder.
:08:24. > :08:28.Detectives here say they are determined to solve this crime. They
:08:28. > :08:32.say the pressure is now on the friends of the victim who wait to
:08:32. > :08:38.Sylvester and his grieving family to break their silence.
:08:38. > :08:42.The family of a Nottinghamshire man who was shot and his wife killed in
:08:42. > :08:45.the attack on a Kenyan shopping centre have spoken of their
:08:45. > :08:49.devastation. Niall Saville from Newark was working in Nairobi. He
:08:49. > :08:53.and his wife Moon Hee Kang were caught up in Saturday's attack. His
:08:53. > :08:57.parents, from Farndon, have flown out to be at their son's hospital
:08:57. > :09:00.bedside. In a statement from both families, Moon Hee Kang was
:09:00. > :09:07.described as a bright, loving, kind and genuine person who'll be greatly
:09:07. > :09:11.missed. A report into the death of a
:09:11. > :09:14.13—year—old girl who was killed by a tram has recommended improvements to
:09:14. > :09:17.the horns on the vehicles. Lyndsey Inger was killed ten months ago at
:09:17. > :09:19.the crossing at Bestwood in Nottingham. The Rail Accident
:09:19. > :09:25.Investigation Report says trams should install a more urgent audible
:09:25. > :09:29.warning system. It also suggests better lighting at the pedestrian
:09:29. > :09:31.crossing. The Leicestershire fire service says
:09:31. > :09:36.solar panels started a primary school blaze during yesterday's
:09:36. > :09:39.firefighters' strike. It started on the roof of Mercenfield Primary in
:09:39. > :09:45.Markfield when many firefighters across the East Midlands had walked
:09:45. > :09:48.out in a row over pensions. The school will be closed again
:09:48. > :09:52.tomorrow, but hopes to reopen next week.
:09:52. > :09:56.Record numbers of head and neck cancers are being diagnosed in the
:09:56. > :10:00.East Midlands. It's the sixth most common cancer and cases have been
:10:00. > :10:05.increasing. Doctors are concerned that many cases are being picked up
:10:05. > :10:09.too late. Now they're urging people to be on the lookout for some of the
:10:09. > :10:21.classic symptoms and get help soomer. Our health correspondent Rob
:10:21. > :10:26.Sissons reports. —— sooner. Life is busy for Nicole with her favourite
:10:26. > :10:34.old twins and the 44—year—old feels lucky to have gotten over cancer of
:10:34. > :10:40.her tonsils. I had severe sore throat but I put that down to life,
:10:40. > :10:48.working, children and stress. I never thought anything of it. It was
:10:48. > :10:54.when an abscess developed on her neck that she went for a scan and it
:10:54. > :10:59.revealed the cancer. The lump appeared on my neck. Within a few
:10:59. > :11:05.hours it looked as if I had swallowed an orange. Innovative
:11:05. > :11:19.laser treatment got rid of the tumour. Classic symptoms include a
:11:19. > :11:29.sore throat, bloody nasal discharge, changing voice. You must
:11:29. > :11:40.get in touch for medical help if you have three of these symptoms. The
:11:40. > :11:43.cancer can turn up in any other city places in the head and neck. Smoking
:11:43. > :11:54.and alcohol are the biggest risk factors. The outcome for late stage
:11:54. > :12:00.cancers are not very good. They have performed amazing work was up from
:12:00. > :12:07.where she was the is like today, it is fabulous. I just have to think of
:12:07. > :12:10.the future because I am still here. I have to try and make the most of
:12:10. > :12:13.it. The Care Quality Commission has told
:12:13. > :12:18.Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust it must make improvements to comply
:12:18. > :12:22.with national standards. It follows a review at Kings Mill Hospital
:12:22. > :12:25.earlier this year. Inspectors assessed eight of the national
:12:25. > :12:30.standards of quality and safety, and found just three were being met.
:12:30. > :12:33.They'll be returning to check whether the issues raised have been
:12:33. > :12:36.addressed. Police have stepped up their search
:12:36. > :12:40.for a missing teenager from Mansfield. 14—year—old Ciaran Sweeny
:12:40. > :12:44.ran away from his home on the town's Oak Tree Lane Estate 12 days ago and
:12:44. > :12:48.has not been seen by his family since. Officers visited Ciaran's
:12:48. > :12:52.school friends today. They believe someone's giving him food and
:12:52. > :12:56.shelter and are urging them to come forward.
:12:56. > :12:59.More than two thousand people have signed a petition to try to save
:12:59. > :13:03.Snibston Discovery Museum in Leicestershire from closure. The
:13:03. > :13:06.future of the visitor attraction in Coalville is in doubt after the
:13:06. > :13:12.County Council announced plans to cut 110 million pounds from its own
:13:12. > :13:16.budget over the next five years. The council has said it will struggle to
:13:16. > :13:22.keep giving the museum £740,000 a year.
:13:22. > :13:25.The dangers of a notorious accident blackspot, where several people have
:13:25. > :13:32.died, have been filmed by villagers and posted online to try to force
:13:32. > :13:37.improvements. The stretch of the A614 near its junction with
:13:37. > :13:48.Bilsthorpe has seen numerous serious accidents. Now local people are
:13:48. > :13:53.demanding action. Quentin Rayner. A group says it set up five cameras at
:13:53. > :14:00.the junction and posted the video online. Every few hours they capture
:14:00. > :14:09.the dangerous place where motorists tried to join the Lord. The examples
:14:09. > :14:17.of dangerous overtaking. An officer assessed the dangerous for them. The
:14:17. > :14:26.tractor driver felt the only way he could cross the road was to pull
:14:26. > :14:33.out. Many people have told me they feel terrified on this stretch of
:14:33. > :14:36.road. Nothing should —— Nottinghamshire county council said
:14:36. > :14:43.they had been looking at the feasibility of installing traffic
:14:43. > :14:47.light. We need to do something about this before anybody else's injured
:14:47. > :14:52.or killed. That does have some traffic light and sort the problem
:14:52. > :15:02.out once and for all. Those who made the video say it is a choice between
:15:02. > :15:06.spending money or further deaths. The council says any claim that
:15:06. > :15:12.funding has been withdrawn is not true because it has not been part of
:15:12. > :15:16.a programme. He's known for cult shows like
:15:16. > :15:23.Grange Hill and Brookside but Phil Redmond is also the man behind the
:15:23. > :15:26.idea of a UK City of Culture. It came about after the success of
:15:26. > :15:30.Liverpool's year as a European Capital of Culture. So in the last
:15:30. > :15:34.of our series on Leicester's bid, our Arts reporter Geeta Pendse went
:15:34. > :15:45.to meet the Merseyside producer to find out if the cultural year has
:15:45. > :15:54.left a legacy in Liverpool. Liverpool! From one of their most
:15:54. > :16:00.famous exports to a giant spider, Liverpool was capital of culture in
:16:00. > :16:04.2008. 10 million visitors were attracted and £800 million was
:16:04. > :16:08.generated into the economy. The financial investments in European
:16:08. > :16:14.capital of culture is much greater than the UK version. In Liverpool,
:16:14. > :16:19.the City Council spent millions of pounds on cultural events. It also
:16:19. > :16:25.coincided with the opening of this £500 million shopping centre and the
:16:25. > :16:34.music arena. Can the UK version make a difference to Leicester? The man
:16:34. > :16:39.behind cult shows like Grange Hill and Brookside certainly thinks so.
:16:39. > :16:50.Phil Redmond was part of Liverpool 's year and the UK version was his
:16:50. > :16:55.brainchild. The investment and infrastructure was welcome. It was
:16:55. > :17:02.not a great number of jobs that were created. The issue was we had
:17:02. > :17:09.forgotten who we were. We had forgotten about the plate tradition
:17:09. > :17:12.and culture. A study by the universities in Liverpool said the
:17:12. > :17:18.perception of liveable changed during the year. If that's still the
:17:18. > :17:26.case five years on? We got a lot out of it. It brought a lot of jobs to
:17:26. > :17:31.the city but everything is gone now. It was a great atmosphere. It is
:17:31. > :17:38.noticeable that the city is now full of tourists. People have taken a
:17:38. > :17:42.title and used it as a badge of falsity to go out and enjoy
:17:42. > :17:45.themselves and come together and work in cooperation. They realise
:17:45. > :17:53.they can achieve things if they simply decide to do it. Most
:17:53. > :17:57.financial investment was key, one of the biggest changes is a change of
:17:57. > :18:00.image and a renewed sense of identity. It is up to Leicester to
:18:00. > :18:04.prove it has the potential to do the same.
:18:04. > :18:07.And if you missed any of our series on Leicester's City of Culture bid
:18:07. > :18:10.you can see them all by logging on to bbc.co.uk/eastmidlandstoday Just
:18:10. > :18:18.scroll down and click on the city of culture link.
:18:18. > :18:22.Listeners to BBC Radio Derby shared a very personal moment with one of
:18:22. > :18:25.the station's best—known presenters this morning. Colin Bloomfield, who
:18:25. > :18:28.presents the Breakfast show, decided to tell his audience that he's been
:18:28. > :18:31.diagnosed with cancer and it could be serious. Colin, who's 31, hopes
:18:31. > :18:36.that talking openly about the challenges he faces may help others
:18:36. > :18:51.in a similar position. James Roberson reports. I am hoping for
:18:51. > :19:01.good news on the lung biopsy. This biopsy. Full stop. Colin told
:19:01. > :19:05.listeners about his diagnosis. He originally had an aggressive skin
:19:05. > :19:13.cancer kept out of his leg a few years ago. It seems it has returned.
:19:13. > :19:18.I found a lump under my groin. I got it checked out. The CT scan was
:19:18. > :19:26.done. It showed there were lesions on my liver and nodules on my lungs.
:19:26. > :19:29.He has been open about the condition with colleagues and sisters. He
:19:29. > :19:36.knows there are thousands of other settlers out there. It raises
:19:36. > :19:46.awareness of skin cancer. It is a fast—growing cancer among young
:19:46. > :19:50.people. I hope the message goes out. Talking with Sally Pepper, he
:19:50. > :19:55.explains he will go forward a biopsy tomorrow and maybe off work for some
:19:55. > :20:00.time. He also revealed his doctors warned him the condition may be very
:20:00. > :20:09.serious. I want to make sure I am here in 50 years time. I am not
:20:09. > :20:13.going to be a statistic. Not exactly a run of the mill day at
:20:13. > :20:17.the office for Colin, but hopefully his positive attitude and all the
:20:17. > :20:22.support he's getting will help see him through. It is time for the
:20:22. > :20:26.sport now. Yes the big derby match is this
:20:26. > :20:30.weekend, as if we needed to remind Forest and Derby fans. The game is
:20:30. > :20:33.on Saturday at the City Ground. The build up has started already. Derby
:20:33. > :20:37.manager Nigel Clough admits he doesn't look forward to these games
:20:37. > :20:48.but knows it's a huge fixture for supporters. I think they have
:20:48. > :20:51.enjoyed the trips to the ground in the last few seasons. For many years
:20:52. > :20:56.we did not get anything there at all. It is nice to give them some
:20:56. > :20:58.happiness in that department. We hope it continues on Saturday for
:20:58. > :21:01.them. Well, talking of fans, today we met
:21:01. > :21:04.a very excited and lucky Nottingham Forest one. Imagine if your
:21:04. > :21:08.favourite player is the captain and imagine if he popped round to your
:21:08. > :21:18.house, with a unique ticket to the biggest game of the season! Here's
:21:18. > :21:21.Kirsty Edwards to explain more. We are after the house of a young lad
:21:21. > :21:27.who is celebrating his eighth birthday today. He is a huge forest
:21:27. > :21:32.fan and Chris is his favourite player. Chris is asked to give him a
:21:32. > :21:37.special surprise. I feel like Cilla Black. I'm not saying, do not worry
:21:37. > :21:53.exhibition make you look disappointed. I you hardly question
:21:53. > :21:57.Mike Hardy did not expect to see Chris on his doorstep. He will be a
:21:57. > :22:03.mascot at the derby game on Saturday. A dream come true. I
:22:03. > :22:09.cannot imagine what was going through his mind when he opened the
:22:09. > :22:16.door. It is just something to treasure for ever. We will tell
:22:16. > :22:26.everybody and anyone. Yes, brilliant. It is a lovely thing to
:22:26. > :22:32.do and a nice thing for us to be able to give back the supporters. I
:22:32. > :22:42.bet you would have loved one of the football ideals to come and see you
:22:42. > :22:54.in your house Mr Mark? I would have been in shock. I did not know what
:22:54. > :23:00.to do. I was nervous as well. He is going to have a fantastic
:23:00. > :23:04.opportunity to experience the game as close as he possibly can get.
:23:04. > :23:07.And we'll have more from both Forest and Derby camps tomorrow.
:23:07. > :23:11.Some sad football news now. Ron Fenton has died at the age of 73. Mr
:23:11. > :23:14.Fenton, seen here sat next to Brian Clough, was part of the coaching
:23:14. > :23:18.staff at Nottingham Forest for 16 seasons, six of which were spent as
:23:18. > :23:21.assistant manager to Brian. He also had a managerial spell across the
:23:21. > :23:28.Trent with Notts County between 1975 and 1977.
:23:28. > :23:31.At Leicester City confirmation today that midfielder Neil Danns has gone
:23:31. > :23:34.out on loan for three months to Bolton.
:23:34. > :23:37.In cricket, Derbyshire have been relegated from Division One of the
:23:37. > :23:42.County Championship after being bowled out for 103 against
:23:42. > :23:46.Warwickshire this morning. They put up a good fight over the season,
:23:46. > :23:49.winning three championship matches. But their failure in this weeks game
:23:49. > :23:54.to gain any batting bonus points guaranteed the safety of
:23:54. > :23:57.Nottinghamshire and Somerset. Rugby and England and Leicester
:23:57. > :24:03.Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi faces two months out with a torn pectoral
:24:03. > :24:18.muscle. The good news is he doesn't need surgery. That is a real sport.
:24:18. > :24:22.—— that is all your support. —— your sport.
:24:22. > :24:25.Now we have probably all done a bit of strawberry picking at one time or
:24:25. > :24:28.another but one farmer in Nottinghamshire's come up with a
:24:28. > :24:31.novel idea to pick—your—own chillis! Bob Price from Rollerston has over
:24:31. > :24:35.30 varieties and grows one of the hottest chillies in the world. We
:24:35. > :24:45.sent Rebecca Sheeran to the taste test! The centre is just one of a
:24:45. > :24:52.handful in the country. It is nice to bring this to the people so that
:24:52. > :24:55.they can see what is available. What about for people like me who cannot
:24:56. > :25:09.eat anything hotter than a chicken korma? This is very mild. It has got
:25:09. > :25:16.a kick to it. Take a little bit of the end. That is a little bit
:25:16. > :25:23.hotter. That is definitely hot. I could not handle the heat but Bob
:25:23. > :25:28.has plenty of customers who can. It is nice to see somebody doing
:25:28. > :25:34.something different. Having somebody being able to tell you this is sweet
:25:34. > :25:41.and this has a citrus flavour is great. They are unbelievable. These
:25:41. > :25:51.are ones we have kept back for ourselves. They are Trinidad
:25:51. > :25:58.scorpions. Can you eat these? Not raw, they are very hot. Bob hopes he
:25:58. > :26:07.will be going for many years to come. She is still a bit Gatsby and
:26:07. > :26:28.flushed. They were gorgeous. The weather has not been bad of
:26:28. > :26:32.late. As far as the night goes, we should just see the odd sunny spell.
:26:32. > :26:39.The cloud will thicken as we go into the early hours of Friday morning.
:26:39. > :26:44.The temperatures down to around 12 Celsius. A little bit cooler than
:26:44. > :26:51.the last couple of nights. Although it will be cloudy early on, plenty
:26:51. > :26:55.of sunny spells and by the afternoon I see no reason why we should not
:26:55. > :27:01.see widespread sunshine for a time. Temperatures will be up to 17
:27:01. > :27:06.Celsius maybe even 18 Celsius. Into the weekend, it is going to be
:27:06. > :27:12.fairly bright and sunny and a little bit warmer particularly on
:27:12. > :27:18.Saturday. We have the milder air halving —— holding of the colder
:27:18. > :27:25.air. Despite all this pressure swirling around, the high pressure
:27:25. > :27:30.is just sending the low pressure to the south. We can be assured of a
:27:30. > :27:35.dry weekend and a bright weekend at times. A lot of sport going on this
:27:35. > :27:44.weekend. It should be dry and plate for the lot of them. It sounds very
:27:44. > :27:46.nice. I you doing the late news question Mike yes.