:00:00. > :00:14.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:14. > :00:20.Tonight: A teenager on trial, accused of plotting bomb attacks on
:00:20. > :00:24.his home town. His targets included a mosque and a
:00:24. > :00:29.cinema. Also, the community in shock as
:00:29. > :00:34.police hunting a missing teenager find a body. Dumbstruck. We are
:00:34. > :00:45.waiting to see what happens and what the police say. , plus, the
:00:45. > :00:51.controversial Muslim free school is closed by Ofsted.
:00:51. > :00:53.These schoolchildren are getting up close and personal with a
:00:53. > :01:06.masterpiece. Good evening. Welcome to the
:01:06. > :01:08.programme. First tonight, a Leicestershire teenager has gone on
:01:08. > :01:13.trial accused of preparing a terrorist attack. The court heard
:01:13. > :01:20.that his targets included a mosque and two colleges in Loughborough.
:01:20. > :01:23.He'd made a plan based on the mass shooting at Columbine High School in
:01:23. > :01:26.America. The jury was shown videos of him testing home—made bombs and
:01:27. > :01:30.threatening to kill Muslims. Our social affairs correspondent Jeremy
:01:30. > :01:40.Ball is live at the Old Bailey. Jeremy, what more can you tell us?
:01:40. > :01:45.We heard the teenager suffers from Asperger's syndrome. We cannot
:01:45. > :01:50.identify him because he is 17. He is facing two very serious terrorism
:01:50. > :01:58.charges. When the police went to his home, they found weapons including
:01:58. > :02:02.pipe bombs, a poisons Handbook and a list of targets. The targets
:02:02. > :02:06.included a mosque. We heard he had made notes about fighting what he
:02:06. > :02:11.called the Islamic invasion of Europe. Also on his list, the
:02:11. > :02:19.Council, the university, a local cinema and two local colleges. What
:02:19. > :02:25.is he accused of planning to do? We heard he had written plans for an
:02:25. > :02:30.operation referencing the shooting spree at Columbine high school in
:02:30. > :02:38.the US where a teacher and 12 pupils were shot dead in 1999. Here at the
:02:38. > :02:41.Old Bailey, the prosecution said this boy had made notes talking
:02:41. > :02:46.about attacking a secondary school, eliminating pupils and teachers by
:02:46. > :02:55.chaining up the exits and attacking classrooms with bombs and a machete
:02:55. > :02:59.and guns. In the notebook, he had drawn swastikas and written English
:02:59. > :03:05.Defence League slogans. What about his motivation? We had quite a lot
:03:05. > :03:09.about his far right views but the prosecution also talked about
:03:09. > :03:16.personal grudges. A very telling recording that he had recorded on
:03:16. > :03:20.his dictaphone. This is the voice of an actor. How could anyone treat a
:03:20. > :03:25.fellow person like anyone has treated me? That is what drives
:03:25. > :03:37.people to do this. Look at all of the things in the past, Columbine,
:03:37. > :03:46.others. All because of William. —— bullying. We saw home—made videos of
:03:46. > :03:49.the boy with friends where des Alpes wearing balaclavas and they identify
:03:49. > :03:56.themselves as the urban revolutionary army —— they are
:03:56. > :04:02.wearing balaclavas. The jury has been told to decide if the teenager
:04:02. > :04:09.on trial was simply a misfit or whether he really was a would—be
:04:09. > :04:12.terrorist. A second man has appeared in court
:04:12. > :04:15.charged with the murder of a football coach from Leicester.
:04:15. > :04:19.Antoin Akpom who was 20 died from a single stab wound following an
:04:19. > :04:21.attack on Kent Street in the city last month. Earlier today,
:04:21. > :04:24.19—year—old Hussain Hussain was remanded in custody to appear at
:04:24. > :04:26.Leicester Crown Court on Friday. Another 19—year—old, Abdul Hakim,
:04:26. > :04:31.has already been charged with murder.
:04:31. > :04:34.Managers at the Leicester Royal Infirmary have admitted failures in
:04:34. > :04:37.care. It's after an elderly dementia patient was allowed to walk out of
:04:38. > :04:42.its accident and emergency unit in his pyjamas. The 86—year old had
:04:42. > :04:46.walked more than four miles before he was found early in the morning
:04:46. > :04:48.last November, after falling near a police station. The hospital trust
:04:49. > :05:00.has apologised and says new training procedures are being introduced.
:05:00. > :05:05.Still to come: Trying new treatment for a cancer that has no cure.
:05:05. > :05:08.Mesothelioma is often the legacy of a lifetime's exposure to asbestos.
:05:08. > :05:16.Now patients who have it are helping test a new drug.
:05:16. > :05:21.People living on the housing estate where a teenage boy went missing
:05:21. > :05:28.have told us they're devastated to hear a body has been found.
:05:28. > :05:32.Ciaran Sweeney who's 14 left his home on the Oaktree Lane Estate in
:05:32. > :05:37.Mansfield two—and—a—half weeks ago. His family had appealed for him to
:05:37. > :05:43.come home. But yesterday police told them they've found a body. Jo Healey
:05:43. > :05:49.reports. It is a close community so when the
:05:49. > :05:52.police started searching for Ciaran Sweeney people helped too, putting
:05:52. > :05:58.up posters, combing the heath land near his home. Hole I came to check
:05:58. > :06:07.the hiding I know. With my volunteers, we go out twice a week
:06:07. > :06:13.—— I came to check the hiding places I know. Now I feel sick and very
:06:13. > :06:20.sad. Feelings mirrored by others on the estate. People have come
:06:20. > :06:26.together over this. But you can see and feel the sadness and heartache.
:06:26. > :06:33.My daughter went to school with him. She has found it upsetting. She was
:06:33. > :06:39.close to him and close to his sister as well. People are dumbstruck. They
:06:39. > :06:44.are waiting to see what happens and what the police are going to say. We
:06:44. > :06:52.are waiting for answers. My thoughts and love go to the family and
:06:52. > :06:58.friends. A police underwater search team recovered the body of a teenage
:06:58. > :07:03.boy yesterday at a quarry. The body will not be formally identified
:07:03. > :07:08.until the end of this week. Here is what the chief inspector said. We
:07:08. > :07:13.appreciate it is an emotional and trying time for the local
:07:14. > :07:17.community. Until we can make a formal identification, we ask for
:07:17. > :07:29.patients and sensitivity to all those involved.
:07:29. > :07:32.A Muslim faith school remains closed tonight, 24 hours after Ofsted
:07:32. > :07:35.inspectors moved in and shut it down. At the end of one day of
:07:35. > :07:38.inspection, the Al—Madinah School in Derby was ordered to close
:07:38. > :07:41.immediately on health and safety grounds.
:07:41. > :07:44.In the past, the school has been accused of imposing strict Islamic
:07:44. > :07:46.practice on staff and pupils and there have been allegations of
:07:47. > :07:56.financial irregularities. More now from our reporter James Roberson.
:07:56. > :08:01.Today at the primary part of the school in Derby, there was a sign
:08:01. > :08:05.saying there was an ongoing Ofsted inspection but nothing about school
:08:05. > :08:15.closure will stop North could the staff enlighten us. Do you know what
:08:15. > :08:21.is happening? I cannot comment. On the school's website, the interim
:08:21. > :08:25.principal has put this statement for the parents. Owing to a health and
:08:25. > :08:29.safety issue, I have taken the decision to close the school until I
:08:29. > :08:36.am confident all children are safe. Ofsted themselves issued this
:08:36. > :08:45.statement. We agreed to bring forward our planned inspection of
:08:45. > :08:48.the school. As a result, we understand the principle has written
:08:48. > :08:52.to the parents informing them the school will be closed to children
:08:52. > :08:57.today. Half a mile away at the secondary school site of the
:08:57. > :09:00.Al—Madinah School, parents were coming to the school to try to find
:09:00. > :09:05.out for themselves why it had closed. They are happy with the
:09:05. > :09:12.school. We do not know what is going on. Obviously, with the teaching
:09:12. > :09:21.side, we are really happy. Really happy. We do not want it to
:09:21. > :09:26.shutdown. Not without any specific reason. We are really happy and I
:09:26. > :09:34.would definitely send my child to the school. Principal says he hopes
:09:34. > :09:38.the school will reopen in the very near future.
:09:38. > :09:41.Joining us in the studio now is Nick Raine, the regional officer for the
:09:41. > :09:46.National Union of Teachers. Thank you for coming in. We have heard
:09:46. > :09:53.claims that teachers have been told what to wear, that girls have been
:09:53. > :09:55.told to sit at the back of the class and claims of financial
:09:55. > :10:02.irregularities. Are you hearing this? We have had members contacting
:10:02. > :10:07.us with concerns about contracts and practices in the school, to the
:10:07. > :10:15.governments of the school. They have raised serious concerns. Hence the
:10:15. > :10:20.ongoing inspection. What do you think is the possible health and
:10:20. > :10:25.safety aspect? I do not know. It could be one of a number of things.
:10:25. > :10:33.It is virtually unprecedented for a school to be closed the day after an
:10:33. > :10:37.Ofsted inspection. The nature of free schools is that no one is
:10:37. > :10:42.accountable. Have you tried to contact the people behind the
:10:42. > :10:48.school? I have had many journalists asking me who is in charge. This is
:10:48. > :10:54.inherent with free schools. You have a situation where schools are not
:10:54. > :11:00.accountable. The some of the parents seem very happy. They want the
:11:00. > :11:06.school to reopen. We all want the school to reopen but we also need to
:11:06. > :11:11.think about the future of schools up and down the country. This could
:11:11. > :11:26.well be replicated in other places. We will leave it there. Thank you.
:11:26. > :11:36.Cuts have been voted through at Nottinghamshire County Council. It
:11:36. > :11:41.has to save £157 million. In Matlock, the big picture is
:11:41. > :11:45.emerging. Five years of cuts voted through today at Derbyshire county
:11:45. > :11:51.council. Labour blame lack of funding from the government. The
:11:51. > :11:57.Conservatives Shepp 1200 jobs when they were in power. Now they say
:11:57. > :12:03.labour has slowed down the pace of the cuts. The greatest concern today
:12:03. > :12:07.in the report is the failure to maintain the momentum of making
:12:07. > :12:11.savings in this authority. It is something that has been going on now
:12:11. > :12:18.for the four years of our administration. This is the scale.
:12:18. > :12:23.£157 million over five years. Up to 1600 jobs at risk. These are some of
:12:23. > :12:28.the budgets being targeted this year alone. Nonsense to suggest they are
:12:28. > :12:33.not being tough enough says the Labour Party. We do not have sofas,
:12:33. > :12:44.we are cutting money on the civic budget, —— chauffeurs. We are
:12:44. > :12:48.finding money in all kinds of ways. The union is worried. From what we
:12:48. > :12:54.know, it is going to be the most abominable people within Derbyshire,
:12:54. > :12:59.particularly adult care. Those services are going to be affected
:12:59. > :13:05.directly by this. Much of the detail of the cuts has yet to emerge.
:13:05. > :13:12.We hear there has been another development this evening. That is
:13:12. > :13:17.right. Councillors have voted not to accept a 1% increase in their
:13:17. > :13:27.allowances. They say it will say something like £7,500 a year. In
:13:27. > :13:32.2012—2013, the allowances totalled around £1 million. Not a huge saving
:13:32. > :13:36.but the councillors say they are showing solidarity. They also voted
:13:36. > :13:39.through a new package of increased allowances for a slimmed down
:13:39. > :13:44.cabinet. Other councillors will get a reduction. There will be less paid
:13:44. > :13:50.out over all and it is claimed it will save the authority around £3600
:13:51. > :14:01.overall. Looking for savings everywhere. Thank you.
:14:02. > :14:05.Two new treatments for an aggressive form of cancer are being tested in
:14:05. > :14:08.the East Midlands. At the moment, mesothelioma, mainly caused by
:14:08. > :14:09.exposure to asbestos, can't be cured.
:14:09. > :14:12.More and more cases are being diagnosed each year and doctors at
:14:12. > :14:16.Leicester's Glenfield Hospital are predicting numbers could peak in the
:14:16. > :14:21.next six or seven years. Here's our health correspondent Rob Sissons.
:14:21. > :14:27.It is the past that is destroying this man's future. He is convinced
:14:27. > :14:33.he developed me Cecilio in the working as an engineer 40 years ago
:14:33. > :14:44.—— developed cancer. He was exposed to asbestos. We were going down into
:14:44. > :14:53.a stone storm —— snowstorm. A very dusty room. There were no masks or
:14:53. > :14:57.anything. The jagged edge around his long, cancer. Note you but there is
:14:57. > :15:05.hope. At this hospital he is the first to test a new drug —— there is
:15:05. > :15:15.no cure. We have had not had any treatments. What we plan to do is
:15:15. > :15:21.get the scan. You have the combination on the first day... The
:15:21. > :15:25.drug he is trying out is designed to prevent the growth of tumours. The
:15:25. > :15:31.university is leading an international trial into another
:15:31. > :15:36.drug to reduce reliance on chemotherapy. Even if it does not do
:15:37. > :15:45.me good, it is going to help other people in the long run. It can take
:15:45. > :15:52.15 to 16 years —— 15 to 60 years to develop cancer after exposure to
:15:52. > :15:59.asbestos. 2500 cases a year are diagnosed in the UK. We have seen in
:15:59. > :16:01.other cancers where survival is improved is that the more treatments
:16:02. > :16:08.you have got, the longer people live.
:16:08. > :16:11.Still to come, schools get a masterclass in art. Works by leading
:16:11. > :16:14.painters are being taken into classrooms across Nottingham, giving
:16:14. > :16:28.children a chance to see their work up close.
:16:28. > :16:31.It is sport time now. What a night at Derby County. They will take
:16:31. > :16:34.their time to make the right appointment when it comes to wait
:16:34. > :16:42.technical director to work alongside new head coach Steve McClaren. And
:16:42. > :16:46.what an introduction to his team for him last night. McClaren was in the
:16:46. > :16:50.stands as he saw the Rams go 4—1 down by half time against Ipswich.
:16:50. > :16:57.Derby were so bad he was forced to intervene and inspired a dramatic
:16:57. > :17:01.comeback. Kirsty Edwards was there. And so the new era began as Steve
:17:01. > :17:06.McClaren and his coaching team met the players for the first time last
:17:06. > :17:09.night. Darren was in temporary charge for the game with Steve
:17:09. > :17:15.McClaren watching in the director's box. With the new boss watching,
:17:15. > :17:21.these players will be desperate to make a good first impression
:17:21. > :17:25.tonight. And desperate for their first home win. As first impressions
:17:25. > :17:42.go, the first half was a masterclass in how not to do it. He has scored
:17:42. > :17:50.in his own net! Terrible defending. It is four. Oh, dear. Derby were
:17:51. > :17:59.four — one down. Steve McClaren had enough. He did an unexpected team
:17:59. > :18:04.talk. Everyone knew that we would be told what they thought of us. He
:18:04. > :18:09.came down and he changed the shape of it and told us to believe in
:18:09. > :18:17.ourselves. Whatever he said, it obviously worked. Derby have got
:18:17. > :18:25.another one back! Into the net! Derby have a third goal. He puts it
:18:25. > :18:30.in the net! Derby have an equaliser. Down from the director's
:18:30. > :18:37.box, Steve McClaren watched on. They tried to snatch a late winner but
:18:37. > :18:45.time just eluded them. That is what you call a game of two halves. What
:18:45. > :18:54.an amazing comeback. Unbelievable. Great atmosphere. We liked doing it
:18:54. > :18:59.the hard way. What do you think Steve McClaren will have learnt from
:18:59. > :19:07.tonight? He will have learnt we need to defend better, from set pieces
:19:07. > :19:17.particularly. We need to play as we did in the second half.
:19:17. > :19:21.At Leicester City their excellent form continues. Last night they beat
:19:21. > :19:24.Yeovil by 2—1. So tonight, this is how the Championship table looks.
:19:24. > :19:31.The Foxes are third but only goal difference separates them from
:19:31. > :19:36.Burnley and QPR. Leicester are our best place team in the Midlands.
:19:36. > :19:40.They have won seven out of their first ten league games. It was a
:19:40. > :19:44.night for Leicester when their quality shone through. They had the
:19:45. > :19:54.better chances and could have won by more. They deserved the lead on 54
:19:54. > :20:04.minutes . Their power and pace was too much for Yeovil Town. David
:20:04. > :20:13.Nugent has scored six times from the penalty spot this season and again,
:20:13. > :20:17.he made no mistakes. Yeovil Town got a penalty of their own but Leicester
:20:17. > :20:20.were dominant and are unbeaten in five games and joint top of the
:20:20. > :20:24.championship. Onto Nottingham Forest who are still
:20:24. > :20:27.in talks with Wolves about bringing in winger Bakary Sako to the City
:20:27. > :20:31.Ground on loan. Discussions have been ongoing for a long time so the
:20:31. > :20:34.club could be forced to go elsewhere. On the pitch, Forest have
:20:34. > :20:42.only lost one of their first ten games. Last night, they drew 1—1 at
:20:42. > :20:50.Charlton. Mark Shardlow reports. Forest in the grey started the night
:20:50. > :20:54.in style. Andy Reid's free kick gave them the lead after three minutes.
:20:54. > :21:01.Soon after, he had a half chance for a second. But Charlton gave notice
:21:01. > :21:07.this would not be an easy night as they gave them a fright. This was
:21:07. > :21:13.probably the moment when Forest should have racked up the points but
:21:13. > :21:20.they could not quite finish it. In the second half, Charlton
:21:20. > :21:25.equalised. As the game neared the end, the home side look for the
:21:25. > :21:32.winner. First, the woodwork saved Forest. Then it was some scrambled
:21:32. > :21:43.defending to desperately clear. The ball was staying out of the net to
:21:43. > :21:53.Forest's relief. Finally, gymnastics. One of our top Olympic
:21:53. > :21:56.stars is hoping to reach the finals of the World Championships this
:21:56. > :21:59.evening. Nottingham's Becky Downie competes on the bars and beam. She's
:21:59. > :22:02.hoping for better fortune than Sam Oldham who's also from Nottingham.
:22:02. > :22:05.The medal winner from the London Olympics failed to make the finals
:22:05. > :22:17.in the competition which is being held in Belgium. Hard luck, Sam.
:22:17. > :22:20.From the gallery to the classroom. Today, hundreds of school children
:22:20. > :22:24.in Nottingham were given the chance to see a masterpiece up close.
:22:24. > :22:27.As part of the BBC's Your Painting project, works by leading artists
:22:27. > :22:31.are being taken into schools in an attempt to introduce children to
:22:31. > :22:37.art. Geeta Pendse reports. It is not every day you have a
:22:37. > :22:41.security man at the doors. These children today got the chance to
:22:41. > :22:47.have a close encounter with an original piece of artwork. Ella
:22:47. > :22:57.Macri you have the nail varnish. Can you see, is it just on the floor? ——
:22:57. > :23:02.you have the nail varnish. Owned by Nottingham Castle Gallery, curators
:23:02. > :23:07.were on hand to chat to the children. The purpose behind it is
:23:07. > :23:13.making artwork more accessible and it could not be more accessible than
:23:13. > :23:18.being in your own home for the day. A great opportunity for the children
:23:18. > :23:22.to look up close at the artwork. Then we find out more about it,
:23:22. > :23:29.particularly because it is a local artist. It is one of 27 paintings
:23:29. > :23:36.being taken to schools across the UK. It is not just about
:23:36. > :23:43.appreciating the artistic merit, but also exploring a moment of history.
:23:43. > :23:47.We do not get many trips to the gallery to see famous paintings. I
:23:47. > :23:57.thought it was amazing. Really cool to have a real painting in the
:23:57. > :24:04.school. It is not like cartoons, it is realistic, like a real person. I
:24:04. > :24:07.like the painting. The painting will be returned to Nottingham Castle
:24:07. > :24:12.where it is also hoped these children will venture in the future
:24:12. > :24:15.to take another look. And you can get more information
:24:15. > :24:23.about this project by logging onto our website.
:24:23. > :24:26.I thought that was really lovely. Pretty as a picture, here is the
:24:26. > :24:37.weather. Such a long time since we have seen
:24:37. > :24:42.significant rainfall, but we had lots overnight and first thing this
:24:42. > :24:51.morning. Nottingham sought 17 millimetres of rain over the past 12
:24:51. > :24:56.hours —— Nottingham saw. The cloud will be with us overnight. The risk
:24:56. > :24:59.of one or two outbreaks of rain, particularly through western parts,
:24:59. > :25:11.the Peak District and western parts of Leicestershire. Further east, it
:25:11. > :25:16.is a dryer picture. Overnight lows of around 14 degrees. Tomorrow, it
:25:16. > :25:22.will start dry for most places. Quite cloudy. Do not be fooled for
:25:22. > :25:27.thinking the rain is not with us, it will just take a while. Not too bad
:25:27. > :25:31.they start to the day. Some brightness. In the sunshine,
:25:31. > :25:37.temperatures will reach 19 degrees. Breezy. The rain will edge its way
:25:37. > :25:43.and in the afternoon. It will become more heavy and persistent as we go
:25:43. > :25:51.into the evening. Gradually, it. To work its weight used. It will be
:25:51. > :25:55.heavy and persistent for a time —— gradually, it will start to work its
:25:55. > :26:02.way eastwards. Further showers on Friday. By Saturday, a ridge of high
:26:02. > :26:06.pressure will build and that will help to settle things down. We will
:26:06. > :26:11.not see Wall to wall sunshine. It will be quite a cloudy affair. We
:26:11. > :26:17.will see some sunshine at times. And temperatures will not do too badly
:26:17. > :26:20.either. After Thursday night, it looks like it will be an improving
:26:20. > :26:25.picture. I do not think we can remember wall
:26:25. > :26:30.to wall sunshine. Thinking really hard!
:26:30. > :26:31.That is it for us. Good night.