:00:00. > :00:10.This is East Midlands Today. Tonight: It's been a day of
:00:10. > :00:19.disruption as teachers went on strike. Teachers say in others
:00:19. > :00:26.enough overpay, wages and workloads. The government insists its reforms
:00:26. > :00:29.will drive up standards. Also tonight, a racetrack criticised
:00:29. > :00:37.for being too noisy goes into administration. Plus, at Pride
:00:37. > :00:42.Park, Steve McClaren watches his new Derby County team for the first
:00:42. > :00:48.time. And how Leicester and Leicestershire left their mark on a
:00:48. > :00:56.broadcasting legend. I had a very lucky and full childhood.
:00:56. > :01:00.Welcome to Tuesday's programme. First tonight, hundreds of schools
:01:00. > :01:03.across the East Midlands suffered disruption today after two of the
:01:03. > :01:08.biggest teaching unions went on strike. Members of the NUT and
:01:08. > :01:13.NASUWT say it was a protest about changes to their pay, pensions and
:01:13. > :01:16.workload. Well, as a result almost seven
:01:16. > :01:20.hundred schools in the region were either closed completely or
:01:20. > :01:23.partially shut. That's two thirds of schools in Nottinghamshire, almost
:01:23. > :01:29.half in Derbyshire and just over half in Leicestershire and Rutland.
:01:30. > :01:32.The strike has been condemned by the Education Secretary Michael Gove,
:01:32. > :01:43.who earlier delivered a strong message to the unions. Children lose
:01:43. > :01:49.a day of education, parents have to scrabble to pay more for expensive
:01:49. > :01:52.childcare, and the prestige of the teaching profession, which we all
:01:52. > :01:56.wanted to see reinforced and built up, takes a knock. So I have a
:01:56. > :02:02.simple message for the leaders of the militant teaching unions.
:02:02. > :02:05.Please, please, please, don't put your ideology before our
:02:05. > :02:09.children's' interests. Tough talk from the government — so why exactly
:02:09. > :02:19.were teachers striking? Here's our chief news reporter, Quentin Rayner,
:02:19. > :02:23.to explain. The teaching unions justify their
:02:23. > :02:29.action as a fight for education's soul. In Nottingham, the estimated
:02:29. > :02:32.up to 800 marched for a protest rally against pension changes and
:02:32. > :02:39.what they say is creeping privatisation. Smaller but equally
:02:39. > :02:44.vocal marches and rallies were staged in other cities. In Derby, up
:02:44. > :02:49.to 300 took to the streets. A similar number gathered at
:02:49. > :02:52.Leicester's town square, the focus of the protesters' Bewley was
:02:52. > :02:56.clearly displayed. The government says this strike will damage the
:02:56. > :03:03.reputation of teachers. It says its reforms will drive up standards in
:03:03. > :03:07.schools. It is about dividing teacher against each, school against
:03:07. > :03:13.school. What is worse, paying teachers who are not qualified, we
:03:13. > :03:20.think a good profession is a qualified profession. A spoof report
:03:20. > :03:25.was brought along on the Education Secretary, describing him as a poor
:03:25. > :03:28.and disruptive student. He wants to break down union support in schools,
:03:28. > :03:35.he wants to bring in more qualified teachers, at attack us through our
:03:35. > :03:48.pay and conditions. The unions claim the majority of parents support
:03:48. > :03:54.their strike. Disgraceful. We are talking about one days' action. In
:03:54. > :04:00.Leicester, this man had no choice but to take his six—year—old son
:04:00. > :04:03.painting and decorating with them. I don't agree with them being on
:04:03. > :04:09.strike because it makes everyone's life more difficult. It makes my
:04:09. > :04:14.life more difficult, it —— there is not a great deal of sympathy for
:04:14. > :04:19.them. I'm very excited and looking forward to being with my dad. We
:04:19. > :04:24.will win if we stand together. Thank you very much. The unions are now
:04:24. > :04:30.planning for a national strike before Christmas.
:04:30. > :04:35.In other news, police searching for a missing Mansfield schoolboy have
:04:35. > :04:42.found a body. The 14—year—old went missing more than two weeks ago. A
:04:42. > :04:46.boy's body was discovered this morning. Formal identification and a
:04:46. > :04:52.postmortem are yet to take place. His family have been informed.
:04:52. > :04:57.A pensioner's had a lucky escape in Derbyshire after a bus crashed into
:04:57. > :04:59.the side of his house. The bus collided with a car before smashing
:04:59. > :05:02.into the property on Beresford Road in Long Eaton. Both drivers suffered
:05:02. > :05:05.cuts and bruises but neither had to go to hospital. The bus can't be
:05:05. > :05:14.removed until structural engineers assess the damage to the house. I
:05:14. > :05:22.was in Sheffield Blitz during award, so I am quite used to houses coming
:05:22. > :05:28.down and that sort of thing. I suppose it was a lucky escape but I
:05:28. > :05:32.was probably about ten foot away from the impact anyway. Very
:05:32. > :05:35.stoical, isn't he? There's a warning this evening that
:05:35. > :05:39.if Mallory Park racetrack in Leicestershire closes it will be a
:05:39. > :05:41.severe blow for the local economy. It's after the company operating the
:05:41. > :05:45.circuit went into administration. Mallory Park Motorsport says it had
:05:45. > :05:56.no other option after a loss in earnings following a legal dispute.
:05:56. > :06:03.Eleanor Garnier explains. They have been racing here for more
:06:03. > :06:06.than half a century, but now after a row over noise, the company which
:06:06. > :06:11.operates the track has gone into administration. Mallory Park
:06:11. > :06:17.Motorsport ended up being taken to court by the local council, accused
:06:17. > :06:23.of breaching noise levels. The company was found guilty and says it
:06:23. > :06:27.has suffered significant losses, having been forced to reduce track
:06:27. > :10:15.days to just two a week. And it is not
:10:16. > :10:20.Police have made a fresh appeal for information about a violent sex
:10:20. > :10:24.attack in Mansfield at the weekend. Racecourse Park in the town was
:10:24. > :10:27.cordoned off for most of Sunday. A woman was punched in the face and
:10:27. > :10:33.then attacked on Saturday evening as she walked her dog. A 32—year—old
:10:33. > :10:36.man was released without charge. The preconception in people 's mind will
:10:36. > :10:42.not fit our young image. But that is what we are looking for. Lots of
:10:42. > :10:46.local dog walkers use here, this is a really unusual attack.
:10:46. > :11:09.Two of the region's leading women Conservative MPs say old fashioned
:11:09. > :11:13.you certainly need plenty of stamina to keep ahead in the political race
:11:13. > :11:18.and during the party conference. This Loughborough MP believes many
:11:18. > :11:24.women have the dry and determination to become MPs but are being put off.
:11:24. > :11:27.Unfortunately there is still a glass ceiling, women need to be better
:11:27. > :11:34.about setting out where they want to go, their goals and having faith in
:11:34. > :11:37.themselves. Speaking at the Conservative party, Theresa May is
:11:37. > :11:41.now the Tories' most prominent women's since Margaret Thatcher. But
:11:42. > :11:46.she remains one of only 49 women Conservative MPs. At a fringe
:11:46. > :11:52.meeting, Nicky Morgan was backed by Health Minister, who have been
:11:52. > :11:57.promoted by David Cameron and praise his rejection of some old—fashioned
:11:57. > :12:02.attitudes often found when candidates are selected. I think we
:12:02. > :12:07.need to start breaking some of those moulds. We need to do that to
:12:07. > :12:11.encourage everybody to get more involved in politics and more
:12:11. > :12:16.involved in our party. This woman hopes to become the next MP for
:12:16. > :12:22.Derby South. She also heads up the party's women's organisation. I'm a
:12:22. > :12:26.great believer that it should always be about who is best for the role,
:12:26. > :12:30.be that a public appointment or an MP. That I do believe that women
:12:30. > :12:38.have an off a lot to offer Parliament. Nicky Morgan is setting
:12:38. > :12:41.pace for getting more women in Parliament. Getting more women
:12:41. > :12:48.around the Cabinet table may require more effort. Last day of the
:12:48. > :12:51.conference tomorrow. A new vision for the future of
:12:51. > :12:54.Newark Hospital has been revealed. The proposals include extra day
:12:54. > :12:57.surgery, and more outpatients are likely to be seen there. But
:12:57. > :13:00.campaigners say the changes simply don't go far enough. There's still
:13:00. > :13:03.resentment in the town over the loss of the hospital's Accident and
:13:03. > :13:11.Emergency department. Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports.
:13:11. > :13:16.There is a new direction, that no one said it was ever going to be
:13:16. > :13:23.easy. You are depriving the people of Newark their loved ones! Now the
:13:23. > :13:30.ideas include seeing more outpatients there and a GP out of
:13:30. > :13:37.hours service. We are bringing GPs together with the doctors and nurses
:13:37. > :13:40.in minor injuries units. In future Newark could look after more
:13:40. > :13:51.patients like this man, on the mend after two heart attacks. I live in a
:13:51. > :13:58.flat and I got a duck —— I got a visit from a doctor. Protesters say
:13:58. > :14:02.many emergencies are going to far away in the first place and it can
:14:02. > :14:10.take too long to get there. It doesn't look like we're going to get
:14:10. > :14:12.20 47 admissions. This man is undergoing treatment for bladder
:14:13. > :14:19.cancer. He backs the idea for more day surgery here. For things that
:14:19. > :14:24.can be done locally and not need all the enterprise of a huge hospital.
:14:24. > :14:28.Operations involving an overnight stay are likely to be sent
:14:28. > :14:30.elsewhere. There was an argument coming through that was
:14:30. > :14:33.demonstrating that some of the more complex work we were doing should
:14:33. > :14:41.not have been done at new cost little. —— Newark Hospital. Final
:14:41. > :14:47.decisions are expected later this year.
:14:47. > :14:49.Same with health, more than three people every day are dying in
:14:49. > :14:54.Nottinghamshire alone because they smoke. Yet still one in five of us
:14:55. > :14:58.carries on smoking. And in Mansfield that number's a lot higher — at
:14:58. > :15:02.nearly one in three. Today marks the start of Stoptober, a campaign to
:15:02. > :15:08.get people to quit the habit. Jo Healey reports.
:15:08. > :15:16.Mansfield, Nottinghamshire's biggest hotspot for smoking. But can
:15:16. > :15:26.Stoptober stop them? If I could pack up, I would do. Why can't you? It's
:15:26. > :15:34.an addictive habit. I keep trying. Do you think you'd ever stop? No.
:15:34. > :15:39.Across the country, 20% of the country smoke. In Mansfield, that
:15:40. > :15:42.figure is much higher. This is the number of people who die in
:15:42. > :15:48.Nottinghamshire each year because they smoke. That is more than three
:15:48. > :15:57.people every day. How can Stoptober help? John used to be a 20 day man.
:15:57. > :16:01.Last October, he quit. With the help of friends, family and the new
:16:01. > :16:05.service, I was really focused, got that support, used nicotine
:16:05. > :16:08.replacement therapy and I have done really well and I'm feeling better,
:16:08. > :16:14.healthier and wealthier because of it. People can go along to the
:16:14. > :16:17.service, go to their GP, community pharmacy. There are lots of
:16:17. > :16:23.programmes out there that can help you provide friendly support for you
:16:23. > :16:27.to help you stop smoking. And they are hoping Mansfield will listen.
:16:27. > :16:30.Health workers will be at Mansfield town football club, their goal to
:16:31. > :16:40.persuade some of the fans there to kick the habit.
:16:41. > :16:45.Sports now, it has been a pretty mad few days in the East Midlands. The
:16:45. > :16:48.big local game, a manager sacked, and a familiar face returning.
:16:48. > :16:52.All centred on Derby County. So Colin and the team are at Pride Park
:16:52. > :16:57.tonight. Yes, that is because there is
:16:57. > :17:01.actually a football match, believe it or not, in the middle of all the
:17:01. > :17:08.craziness surrounding the arrival of Steve McClaren, as the new head
:17:08. > :17:14.coach. That is his title here. Caretaker boss Darren Wassall has
:17:14. > :17:17.prepared the team, but today the squad are meeting their new boss for
:17:17. > :17:22.the very first time. But not until after he had spoken to me about the
:17:22. > :17:26.past and the future here. It was the swiftest of arrivals, Steve
:17:26. > :17:33.McClaren, approached at the weekend, had his coaches lined up. But he is
:17:33. > :17:39.a familiar face year, he was a coach when Derby were being promoted in
:17:39. > :17:44.the mid—1990s. He feels like a Derby man, and in person he is amenable,
:17:44. > :17:49.ambitious and very enthusiastic. We know what they want. We want to put
:17:49. > :17:54.players out there who get them off their seats, they are excited about,
:17:54. > :17:57.and they want to come and play, they want to watch them play. And
:17:57. > :18:01.hopefully, success will follow. That's what happened when I was here
:18:01. > :18:06.with Jim Smith. When this town gets rocking I know what it can do.
:18:06. > :18:13.Football people say Steve really stands out. He has had success and
:18:13. > :18:16.failure as a manager. The failure that stands out locally, his ill
:18:16. > :18:22.starred ten games at Nottingham Forest. Instead of building
:18:22. > :18:28.something, why can't we win tomorrow? I was too anxious, too
:18:29. > :18:31.ambitious. I made mistakes. The man who will live or die by this
:18:31. > :18:36.appointment is Derby's chief executive. You going to be
:18:36. > :18:47.challenging Sam to be backing and supporting you in your ambitious ——
:18:47. > :18:57.ambitions? Every day. That's my job. I think the fans expect that. He has
:18:57. > :19:03.money available, we spent in the summer £4 million on transfer fees.
:19:03. > :19:09.So Steve will have the money available and I am looking forward
:19:09. > :19:12.to seeing how he does. Helping Steve will be hugely experienced coaches,
:19:12. > :19:18.both ex—Derby men. Neither needed any persuading. It literally will
:19:18. > :19:25.take a lick of polish on the boots and I will be there. As soon as I
:19:25. > :19:30.can do that I will be in the car. Fantastic stuff. You cannot buy
:19:30. > :19:32.desire like that. It is worth pointing out that every one of the
:19:33. > :19:36.coaching staff year has gone out of their way to praise the former
:19:36. > :19:41.manager Nigel Clough. Nigel Clough has put himself on record, thanking
:19:41. > :19:46.the fans for their support through this period. But it has been a crazy
:19:46. > :19:54.few days. Time to take a bit of a breath and assess things a little.
:19:54. > :19:58.Kirsty can do that for us. There hasn't been a moment to breathe, has
:19:59. > :20:04.there? Joining me as the former Derby midfielder. It has been a
:20:04. > :20:08.dramatic few days, hasn't it? It's been absolutely mad. It's been
:20:08. > :20:17.buzzing all over the place. The phone has not stopped. Sad to see
:20:17. > :20:23.Nigel go? Yes, could I take the opportunity on behalf of the fans to
:20:23. > :20:26.thank Nigel. He was sacked after that defeat at Forest at the
:20:26. > :20:31.weekend. But Steve has come out and praised the work he has done here.
:20:31. > :20:36.The squad he has assembled. What do Steve need to do now to improve
:20:36. > :20:43.things? He has inherited a young side, a very talented side. He needs
:20:43. > :20:46.to use his experience and coaching skills to get the best out of these
:20:46. > :20:50.lads and take them to the next level. He will be watching from the
:20:50. > :20:56.stands. The players will want to make a good first impression, would
:20:56. > :21:01.they? Yes. You start from scratch when a new manager comes in. It is a
:21:01. > :21:06.bit of excitement for everyone. The players will give an extra 10%
:21:06. > :21:12.tonight. There has been one addition to the squad since Nigel's
:21:12. > :21:15.departure. The club Broughton a player on loan from Leicester
:21:15. > :21:21.yesterday. He has already trained with the side and he says he had no
:21:21. > :21:24.hesitation in joining the club. It was a bit rushed over the weekend.
:21:25. > :21:30.But it was good to come down and join the lads. It is a great
:21:30. > :21:36.opportunity, a massive club. The club is doing well, a decent start.
:21:36. > :21:42.A great opportunity for me to play. I was delighted. The defender goes
:21:42. > :21:50.straight into the squad for tonight's game. If you're not here,
:21:50. > :21:53.you can get Coventry —— commentary. There are other games going on
:21:53. > :22:00.tonight, back to Colin to tell you all about them.
:22:00. > :22:06.It is easy to get lost in everything that has been going on tonight.
:22:06. > :22:11.Leicester City are in action are we at Yeovil, Nottingham Forest are
:22:11. > :22:21.way, going off to the valley to play Charlton. Both games those two sides
:22:21. > :22:28.will expect to win. Mansfield town manager Paul Cox has been managed ——
:22:28. > :22:32.has been nominated for Manager Of The Month. I'm sure Steve McClaren
:22:32. > :22:35.will be hoping for a few nominations. We will watch his rain
:22:35. > :22:38.with interest. He is not looking after the team tonight but he will
:22:38. > :22:45.be looking to see exactly what he can do with this Derby County team.
:22:45. > :22:53.Thank you very much. I guess we will have the result on the late—night
:22:54. > :22:57.news. He's a broadcaster who's known
:22:57. > :23:00.around the globe — but Sir David Attenborough says his upbringing in
:23:00. > :23:04.Leicester provided a launch pad for his love of natural history and
:23:04. > :23:07.music. Tonight — In the first of our new series entitled 'Made in
:23:07. > :23:10.Leicester' — Sir David explains to our Arts reporter Geeta Pendse how
:23:10. > :23:22.the city's culture shaped his future.
:23:22. > :23:27.In 50 years of programme making, I have been lucky enough to explore
:23:27. > :23:32.the living world in all its splendour and complexity. For
:23:32. > :23:36.decades, Sir David Attenborough has been the face of natural history. In
:23:36. > :23:40.many ways, it was his childhood in Leicester in the 1930s and 40s, that
:23:40. > :23:46.formed the building blocks for his love of wildlife and music. I grew
:23:46. > :23:50.up, it was easy to get into the countryside. I knew quite a bit
:23:51. > :23:58.about birds and foxes and badgers and hedgehogs and newts. I also knew
:23:58. > :24:07.about the fossils. That was important. I also knew about music.
:24:07. > :24:13.I also knew about theatre. David's father was the principal at
:24:13. > :24:16.University College Leicester. Wandering through the nearby former
:24:16. > :24:26.lunatic asylum was a constant source of adventure. My brother Richard
:24:26. > :24:34.shut the door on me once. It is very alarming because there is no handle
:24:34. > :24:37.to adore. Nobody could hear you. Whilst Richard Attenborough is famed
:24:37. > :24:41.for his work as a director and actor, Sir David was also deeply
:24:41. > :24:56.influenced musically after spending time here. I belong to a Boy Scout
:24:56. > :25:03.troop there. I handed out programmes. It meant that you heard
:25:03. > :25:10.all of this orchestral work. There were visiting orchestras as well. At
:25:10. > :25:19.the age of 12, I knew all of the Beethoven symphonies. I knew the
:25:19. > :25:24.standard programme very well. There is no denying Sir David's greatest
:25:24. > :25:28.passion is the natural world. Yet Leicester's cultural landscape has
:25:28. > :25:32.also left an indelible mark. And you can see that interview again
:25:32. > :25:39.by visiting our website — then click on Made in Leicester.
:25:39. > :25:41.The site also has an array of other interviews exploring Leicester's
:25:41. > :25:52.cultural scene and we'll have plenty more in the coming weeks.
:25:52. > :25:59.Lots to see on there. Shall we have a look at the weather? After quite a
:25:59. > :26:03.period of dry weather over the last few days, if not weeks, we will now
:26:03. > :26:07.start to see a change in the weather. A couple of bands of rain
:26:07. > :26:12.are working their way in. Tonight, still a lot of cloud and also quite
:26:12. > :26:17.windy night as well. Quite a strong southeasterly wind with us for next
:26:17. > :26:20.couple of days. The rain is coming in across the South West, which is
:26:20. > :26:25.kept as quite cloudy through the day. Quite mild tonight, a breezy
:26:25. > :26:31.one at that. Temperatures falling lower than 12 Celsius. The first
:26:31. > :26:35.area of rain moves on in the early hours of the morning, working its
:26:36. > :26:38.way across towards the north—east. This will produce heavy bursts as it
:26:38. > :26:43.works its way towards the Lincolnshire coast line. The skies
:26:43. > :26:47.try to Brighton for a time, but there will be quite a few showers,
:26:47. > :26:52.the odd sharp shower is well likely into the afternoon. A daytime
:26:52. > :26:56.temperature of 16 Celsius. An early weather warning in force, regarding
:26:56. > :27:00.the rain that is likely to come through on Thursday. This is causing
:27:00. > :27:05.a little bit of a headache because it is slowing down the moment. At
:27:05. > :27:09.present, it is likely to arrive in the evening across the East
:27:09. > :27:12.Midlands. We will certainly know when it arrives, because it will
:27:12. > :27:18.come heavy and thundery and produce quite a bit of rainfall in a short
:27:18. > :27:22.period of time. We will gradually see the back of it by Friday. This
:27:22. > :27:26.is what is looking as if it's going to start happening for the weekend.
:27:26. > :27:30.At the moment, it is high pressure pushing up from the south—west,
:27:30. > :27:37.working its way across, and we should hopefully see a more settled
:27:37. > :27:42.picture for and even Sunday. I'm off to the farmers market
:27:42. > :27:45.tomorrow morning. You need to buy a brolly if they sell them. See you on
:27:46. > :27:47.the late news.