:00:00. > :00:07.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale, and me, Anne Davies.
:00:07. > :00:17.Tonight: Police discover body parts in a garden — and they could be a
:00:17. > :00:20.decade old. The remains were found in the back garden of this
:00:20. > :00:24.semidetached house near Mansfield. First tonight — the bodies of two
:00:24. > :00:29.people have been found buried in the back garden of a house in Forest
:00:29. > :00:34.Town in Mansfield. I am worried about my daughter's future. I want
:00:34. > :00:39.her to have an education, that is her right. The new flood bank
:00:39. > :00:44.villagers hope will protect them from scenes like these. And in
:00:44. > :00:59.sport, it might be a last visit to Leicester Tigers to Belfast.
:00:59. > :01:09.Good evening. First night, the bodies of two people have been found
:01:09. > :01:13.buried in the back garden of a house in Forest Town in Mansfield. Police
:01:13. > :01:17.say the remains could have been there for more than a decade. No
:01:17. > :01:21.arrests have been made but officers are appealing for information not
:01:21. > :01:25.just locally but nationally and internationally as well. Our
:01:25. > :01:33.reporter is there for us now. Good evening. What led police to this
:01:33. > :01:37.discovery? It was a tip—off given to Nottinghamshire police that led them
:01:37. > :01:41.to this semidetached property in Mansfield. Then, after digging up
:01:41. > :01:46.the garden, that chilling discovery of two bodies. It is not yet known
:01:46. > :01:51.what happened here, but officers have told me there are investigating
:01:51. > :01:58.an incident which they think happened here in the late 1990s. A
:01:58. > :02:04.quiet, cul—de—sac in the centre of a shocking discovery. It was a tip—off
:02:04. > :02:10.that led Nottinghamshire police to this semidetached home in the Forest
:02:10. > :02:15.Town area of Mansfield. Buried in the back garden, two bodies, thought
:02:15. > :02:24.to have been here since the late 1990s. We walk our dogs passed the
:02:24. > :02:29.house every night. It is just a shock to realise you have been
:02:29. > :02:35.walking past such a scene. What kind of community is this normally? It is
:02:35. > :02:41.lovely. Everybody helps each other. Can't believe it. Forensic teams
:02:41. > :02:45.have been gathering and removing evidence all day, but police say it
:02:45. > :02:50.could take weeks or even months to formally identify the bodies.
:02:50. > :02:56.Officers say the community is not at risk. It is a historical enquiry
:02:56. > :03:03.because of the length of time the people have been there. Clearly,
:03:03. > :03:09.people move on. But any information at all would be really great to
:03:09. > :03:13.receive. One neighbour told me an elderly couple living here in the
:03:13. > :03:20.1990s suddenly disappeared. Local people assumed they had emigrated.
:03:20. > :03:23.No arrests have been made in connection with the discovery of
:03:24. > :03:29.these human remains. Officers have told me that the tenant and the
:03:29. > :03:32.owner of this property are not linked to their investigation.
:03:32. > :03:38.Postmortems have been carried out this afternoon, and until those
:03:38. > :03:46.bodies are identified, mystery will continue to surround this quiet
:03:46. > :03:49.cul—de—sac. Thank you very much. Parents worried about the future of
:03:49. > :03:52.their children's troubled school have met with staff to air their
:03:52. > :03:56.concerns. The school, in Derby, admits it faces an enormous task
:03:56. > :04:00.meeting a string of demands made by the government earlier this week.
:04:00. > :04:03.One parent has told us she believes the Al—Madinah free school is
:04:03. > :04:10.failing to give her daughter a broad enough education. Simon Hare has
:04:10. > :04:17.more. What are you coming to find out
:04:17. > :04:23.tonight? I don't know, wait and see. Parents arrived for a meeting last
:04:23. > :04:28.night at the troubled Al—Madinah. Among the parents, this woman. Her
:04:28. > :04:34.five—year—old daughter attends the school. She feels there's too much
:04:34. > :04:40.emphasis Islamic studies. They need to learn things like English, Maths,
:04:40. > :04:47.science. You don't think they do enough of that? They should have
:04:47. > :04:55.more of that. But you're not taking your daughter out of school? Right
:04:55. > :04:58.now I can't do that. In a letter to the school this week, Education
:04:58. > :05:02.Minister Lord Nash threatened to withdraw its funding unless
:05:02. > :05:06.governors meet a number of demands to a series of deadlines. In a
:05:06. > :05:24.letter of response to the parents, the school's governing body said:
:05:24. > :05:31.We understand the school will be found to be inadequate in all areas
:05:31. > :05:34.and then placed in special measures. That is only if the school continues
:05:34. > :05:40.to receive funding in order to operate. This headteacher, behind
:05:40. > :05:43.plans for a new free school in Nottingham, says the Al—Madinah
:05:43. > :05:48.experience has made the government much more robust. I think Lord Nash
:05:48. > :05:53.has set a new agenda on this particular area, the scrutiny of
:05:54. > :05:57.board applications through his civil servants is much greater. The
:05:57. > :06:02.criteria that you have to meet is much more rigorous.
:06:02. > :06:07.Still to come: The council houses that come with cold 'built in'.
:06:07. > :06:11.These properties have cast iron frames, making them freezing in
:06:11. > :06:20.winter. But hopes are rising of warmer times ahead. Certainly not
:06:20. > :06:26.warming up weather—wise. It will be windy, and wet as well, and you
:06:26. > :06:30.remember that weekend last weekend that was so warm and sunny? It is
:06:30. > :06:37.not going to be like that this weekend. Full details in the next
:06:37. > :06:41.few minutes. Next tonight: BBC research for the
:06:41. > :06:44.East Midlands Sunday Politics programme shows that fewer than 1.5%
:06:44. > :06:50.of the region's elected councillors are black. One of the few black
:06:50. > :06:55.councillors in the East Midlands is warning her community could be left
:06:55. > :07:03.feeling alienated and ignored. From Leicester, here's our Political
:07:03. > :07:10.Editor John Hess. The vibrant sound of the Caribbean.
:07:10. > :07:13.Members of this steel band on their weekly practice session at the
:07:13. > :07:18.city's African Caribbean Centre. They certainly make a big sound. It
:07:18. > :07:21.celebrates their cultural heritage will stop but when it comes to
:07:21. > :07:31.Parliament, they feel the black community is not being heard nearly
:07:31. > :07:35.loudly enough. I am not quite sure why we are not getting to more black
:07:35. > :07:40.people being there. Maybe a lot of people feel just like they are not
:07:40. > :07:47.benefiting from it. Even if it was targets or quarters, that is the way
:07:47. > :07:50.I would see it improving. The black community makes up 3% of the
:07:50. > :07:57.population. The number of black MPs is half that. The black vote could
:07:57. > :08:05.be decisive in 25% of Britain's Parliamentary constituencies. Those
:08:05. > :08:11.168 seats are in some of the most marginal seats in the country. This
:08:11. > :08:17.woman is one of two black city councillors. She is one of only six
:08:17. > :08:21.in the whole of the East Midlands. Black young people will be
:08:21. > :08:28.increasingly disenfranchised from the moderate politic. The middle way
:08:28. > :08:31.that is represented by our two or three party system will be alien to
:08:31. > :08:35.those young people, and I suspect that young people, black and white,
:08:35. > :08:42.will seek to find their own solutions. Our black unity say
:08:42. > :08:46.without better representations in politics, expect them to turn up the
:08:46. > :08:50.volume. MPs Chris Williamson and Andrew
:08:50. > :08:53.Bridgen will debate the issue on the Sunday Politics for the East
:08:53. > :09:00.Midlands. That's with Marie Ashby from 11:15 on BBC One. Next tonight,
:09:00. > :09:03.A 22—year—old man has become the eighth person to appear in court
:09:03. > :09:08.charged with murdering four members of the same family in Leicester.
:09:08. > :09:12.Shehnila Taufiq and her three teenage children all died in a fire
:09:12. > :09:16.at their home on Wood Hill last month. Tristan Richards and seven
:09:16. > :09:22.other men have been remanded in custody accused of killing them.
:09:22. > :09:25.Police say a man who carried out a violent sex attack in Mansfield may
:09:25. > :09:31.have been left with bite marks on his hand. The assault happened on
:09:31. > :09:34.Racecourse Park last month. A woman was punched in the face as she
:09:34. > :09:38.walked her dog and was then attacked. Officers say she bit the
:09:38. > :09:42.man — and his clothing could have been left dirty and bloodstained.
:09:42. > :09:47.Firefighters across the East Midlands will strike for a second
:09:47. > :09:51.time a week tomorrow. The five hour protest is against planned changes
:09:52. > :09:55.to their pensions. The Fire Brigades Union held a four hour strike last
:09:55. > :10:00.month as part of the same dispute. The Government has called the action
:10:00. > :10:05."totally unconstructive and unnecessary".
:10:05. > :10:07.A fresh bid is being made for lottery money to redevelop
:10:07. > :10:11.Nottingham Castle as a major tourist attraction. You may remember, the
:10:11. > :10:15.first attempt was turned down earlier this year.
:10:15. > :10:19.The City Council now wants to spend a total of £26 million on new
:10:19. > :10:24.buildings and galleries — with the main theme being a riot which
:10:24. > :10:34.virtually destroyed the castle. Quentin Rayner reports.
:10:34. > :10:37.This bed for £15 million of Heritage Lottery funding to help redevelop
:10:37. > :10:42.Nottingham Castle into a world—class tourists attraction has less to do
:10:42. > :10:46.with Robin and more to do with a bunch of rioters who set fire to
:10:46. > :10:55.this place over 180 years ago and gutted it. In October 1831, a group
:10:55. > :10:59.of Parliamentary reformers marched on the castle. They were furious the
:10:59. > :11:02.reform bill had been defeated, scuppering electoral reform. The
:11:03. > :11:07.Duke of Newcastle had voted against it in the Lords. The march turned
:11:07. > :11:13.into a riot, and the palace was set alight with only the holes left
:11:13. > :11:17.standing. The castle was never restored on the jukebox Mac
:11:17. > :11:20.lifetime, he saw it as a symbol, a lasting rebuke to the people of
:11:20. > :11:29.Nottingham for having dared to provoke his ire. It is a fantastic
:11:29. > :11:34.story, dramatic, spectacular. They have got a much better castle to
:11:34. > :11:41.look forward to. They came up here and rioted and changed the face of
:11:41. > :11:46.this country. We need to make sure we get something for Nottingham. If
:11:46. > :11:50.the lottery bid is successful, it will be used to build a brand—new
:11:50. > :11:53.visitor centre and new galleries at the castle. Soon the public will get
:11:53. > :11:58.a flavour of what they could be like. From next year, new,
:11:58. > :12:02.interactive technology will allow visitors to use their smart phone to
:12:02. > :12:06.scan their device over objects and displays connected with the riot and
:12:06. > :12:11.see them come to life. Such as these leather wall panels which survived
:12:11. > :12:15.the fire. Visitors will be able to hold their tablet to these panels
:12:15. > :12:23.and will be able to look around with their tablet and see the gallery.
:12:23. > :12:28.The council hopes by next April two bid has not been shot down in flames
:12:28. > :12:32.again. Police investigating the death of a
:12:32. > :12:35.man found in a derelict building in Derby have released — on bail — one
:12:35. > :12:38.of the men they arrested. Firefighters found the body of a
:12:38. > :12:46.thirty year old in a disused building on Great Northern Road on
:12:46. > :12:51.Tuesday. A 53—year—old was released without charge. A 39—year—old has
:12:51. > :12:54.been released on bail. Officers have yet to release the identity of the
:12:54. > :12:58.man who died. The police have released an image of
:12:58. > :13:01.a man they want to speak to in connection with a drugs incident in
:13:01. > :13:04.Leicester. Officers went to a house in the Henley Crescent area of
:13:04. > :13:08.Braunstone on 18th August and found the premises were being used as a
:13:08. > :13:11.cannabis factory. A man was seen running from the house. The police
:13:11. > :13:17.believe the man pictured may have key information. Motorists in
:13:17. > :13:22.Nottingham are being warned to prepare for more rush—hour misery as
:13:22. > :13:29.another set of works gets underway this weekend on the ring road. It is
:13:29. > :13:33.a week ahead of major works on the A52, just days after parts of the
:13:33. > :13:36.city were brought to a virtual standstill because of lane closures,
:13:36. > :13:43.and work to the district heating system.
:13:43. > :13:49.You might as well just stay at home. Still to come, we have that lovely
:13:49. > :13:52.weekend weather forecast. Plus, the villagers who are hoping they will
:13:52. > :14:03.not need their wellies after the installation of a new flood bank.
:14:03. > :14:10.Some people living in Derby say they have been dreading the dropping
:14:10. > :14:14.temperatures. The reason, they live in council houses with cast iron
:14:14. > :14:20.frames which they claim make them absolutely freezing in winter. But
:14:20. > :14:25.help could be on the way. Since moving to this house in Derby
:14:25. > :14:30.from Wales three years ago, this woman says she has seen her energy
:14:30. > :14:34.bills go through the roof. Absolutely horrendous, we are
:14:34. > :14:38.spending £50 a week, 25 on gas and 25 on electric. You can see the
:14:38. > :14:44.house —— the heat going out of the house. This is one of the houses
:14:44. > :14:48.that was built from cast iron panels. In the past, they have had
:14:48. > :14:54.internal installation fitted, but she says not nearly enough. You have
:14:54. > :15:01.got to have the heating on in winter 24 hours. As soon as the heating was
:15:01. > :15:04.off, it is really cold in here. We're refurbishing the external face
:15:04. > :15:09.of the homes here by adding installation and rendering the
:15:09. > :15:17.properties. Her landlord has grants to put in installation on these
:15:17. > :15:20.types of houses. The work we're doing will improve the fuel bills
:15:20. > :15:23.and reduce them considerably, and will enhance the installation has
:15:23. > :15:32.already been applied to these houses. Having extra wall cladding
:15:32. > :15:37.should make a difference. Such insolation can improve. It can even
:15:37. > :15:42.be designed to blend with increasing —— existing housing. This looks like
:15:42. > :15:48.solid brick but it is actually cladding. It is about one centimetre
:15:48. > :15:53.thick. Back in Derby, these houses will have similar cladding. They
:15:53. > :16:00.also hope now to get grants to insulated the rest of the houses. If
:16:00. > :16:03.we can get this scheme approved and secure grant funding from energy
:16:03. > :16:07.companies to support this work, we're hoping we will be able to
:16:07. > :16:14.complete all of these house times across the course of the next year
:16:14. > :16:17.or so the city. A new flood defence scheme opened
:16:17. > :16:20.today after decades of flooding in South Derbyshire. It's cost almost
:16:20. > :16:23.nine million pounds and taken just over a year to finish.
:16:23. > :16:26.Environment officials and local people say the investment will help
:16:26. > :16:34.avoid major clear up operations when the waters rise. Simon Ward reports.
:16:34. > :16:38.This river is beautiful today, but also notorious for flooding and
:16:38. > :16:41.causing misery for homeowners. The villages around this area have been
:16:41. > :16:49.badly affected by flooding over the years. Today, the new defences were
:16:49. > :16:54.opened, protecting the communities. 1600 homes and businesses should
:16:54. > :17:02.benefit from the barriers. They cover more than three miles of the
:17:02. > :17:04.river. The flood banks themselves may not look particularly
:17:04. > :17:08.impressive, but the Environment Agency say they are designed to hold
:17:08. > :17:12.back a one in 100 year flood, perhaps the worst possible flood.
:17:12. > :17:18.And they can prevent 500 cubic metres of water flowing a second.
:17:18. > :17:24.lot of the expense takes place underground. Floodwater conceit
:17:24. > :17:27.beneath embankments as well. We have to put foundations in that
:17:27. > :17:37.waterproof and bury them again. A lot of work has gone on. This woman
:17:38. > :17:45.has lived in Hatton all her life. It was horrific. It came through our
:17:45. > :17:49.garden like a tsunami. It literally pulled down the wall of five
:17:49. > :17:55.bungalows, and water came everywhere. We were just like a
:17:55. > :18:04.lake, surrounded by water for about three days. Couldn't get in or out.
:18:04. > :18:07.So here it is. The local MP officially opened the flood defence
:18:07. > :18:15.scheme. Residents say it is a relief to know they can now live without as
:18:15. > :18:24.much fear of flooding. Drier times ahead. It is sport time
:18:24. > :18:32.now, and a massive night in rugby because the Tigers Heineken Cup
:18:32. > :18:38.campaign gets underway. Which is why we have sent Colin to soak up some
:18:38. > :18:44.of the atmosphere. This is Ravenhill, the home of
:18:44. > :18:48.Ulster rugby. They are spending a lot of time developing it for big
:18:48. > :18:52.European nights like this. A visit from Leicester Tigers. It is the
:18:52. > :18:57.opening of the Heineken Cup. Hopes for Leicester are very high indeed.
:18:57. > :19:02.It has to be said, the team going to face Ulster tonight is weaker, and
:19:02. > :19:06.the fans are not expecting a huge deal. More importantly, big European
:19:06. > :19:11.nights at places like Ravenhill are under threat. The Heineken Cup is on
:19:11. > :19:14.its last legs. The English and French leagues think that the Celtic
:19:14. > :19:18.nations and the Italians are taking too much money out of the system and
:19:18. > :19:23.a qualification for them is simply too easy. As a result, plans for a
:19:23. > :19:35.breakaway competition are well underway. Only the best survive. The
:19:35. > :19:42.French and the English have to have an equal share. Never mind the
:19:42. > :19:45.history, never mind Leicester's great Heineken moments. The
:19:45. > :19:53.competition is on its last legs as the French and English clubs sees
:19:53. > :19:56.the power to match their muscle. Whether it be Leicester or the
:19:56. > :20:02.English clubs or to lose for the French clubs, there is a value to
:20:02. > :20:09.that. That is the nature of business. It is all important
:20:09. > :20:17.European prestige and the Leicester Tigers. But 2002 seems a long time
:20:17. > :20:22.ago. If you look at what Leicester have achieved in the past, winning
:20:22. > :20:28.the European cup twice. You are part of Europe's elite when that happens.
:20:28. > :20:34.We have got a responsibility to the past to perform to the best of our
:20:34. > :20:43.ability. I was involved in the team that won the Heineken Cup. It's
:20:43. > :20:46.huge. It is so difficult to win it. The benefit of a new competition may
:20:46. > :20:54.be a better chance for that Tigers to win it. The atmosphere is
:20:54. > :21:01.fantastic. The supporters get behind their team really well. All the
:21:01. > :21:05.players lift their intensity levels. If you want to win in Europe, you
:21:05. > :21:18.have got to play against the best teams in the league. An Irishman may
:21:18. > :21:27.relish Leicester's tribes but he may want his countrymen to share in the
:21:27. > :21:33.enjoyment. —— Leicester's triumphs. The European cup is dead, long live
:21:33. > :21:37.the European cup. The last thing we heard there was
:21:37. > :21:43.that fans will get what they want, when they want European rugby. Let's
:21:43. > :21:47.ask people in this pub in Belfast. We can dig a few of them out here.
:21:48. > :21:55.They are coming through with the bears. Begin is is flowing. Let me
:21:55. > :22:01.dive in this way. How much the European nights mean to you? It
:22:01. > :22:06.means everything. The fans are here ready to go, we are excited about
:22:06. > :22:11.the outcome. Can't wait. Can I ask, is it looks like there may be a
:22:11. > :22:16.possibility that Ulster may be off the agenda. How much would you miss
:22:16. > :22:19.that? It would be great to see them off the agenda. We have got to win
:22:19. > :22:26.this game to get through to the final. But evenings like this in
:22:26. > :22:34.Belfast? Fantastic. The atmosphere is great. Thank you very much. Enjoy
:22:34. > :22:39.the game. Nottingham Rugby in action this evening as well, they are away
:22:39. > :22:44.at Plymouth. The Nottingham Panthers are in cup action as well, two games
:22:44. > :22:49.for them. They are at home tomorrow night to Coventry, and away in Hull.
:22:49. > :22:56.Good luck to all of our footballers on international duty as well.
:22:56. > :23:00.Mansfield town, at home to Bristol Rovers. They are trying to come back
:23:00. > :23:03.from two successive defeats, one of them in the trophy. But they have
:23:03. > :23:09.had a cracking start the season and there is a great atmosphere around
:23:09. > :23:12.the stadium and that where that game is tomorrow. Back to the rugby and
:23:12. > :23:15.that question about Europe. Is it going to be sorted out for the fans
:23:15. > :23:20.of Irish provinces and the Welsh and Scots and the Italians, and what
:23:20. > :23:24.about tonight as well? BBC Radio Leicestercommentary team is here. Is
:23:24. > :23:32.it going to be sorted out, it is isn't it? All we can do is hope. It
:23:32. > :23:37.has got a long way to run yet. The unions are getting involved know
:23:37. > :23:43.which has good, Kate matters —— which is going to complicate
:23:43. > :23:48.matters? Nights like this, everybody has been talking to me about the
:23:48. > :23:53.atmosphere. Explain the atmosphere. It is electric. We have been
:23:53. > :23:57.thrashed on two occasions, but we have always had a welcome here at
:23:57. > :24:03.Ravenhill. I expect tonight will be superb. Leicester are under
:24:03. > :24:09.pressure, a lot of changes to the team. It will not be easy. Anywhere
:24:09. > :24:13.in Ireland is a difficult place to come to. For clubs like Leicester
:24:13. > :24:16.that is the challenge. That is the challenge we love in Europe. We
:24:16. > :24:20.don't win that often when we come over here. Maybe tonight is the one
:24:20. > :24:24.step too far for us. We have had a lot of injury problems. But of the
:24:24. > :24:30.Leicester spirit is there, we will not disgrace ourselves. We will see
:24:30. > :24:34.what happens and catch up with at all. You can keep up with it here on
:24:34. > :24:39.BBC East Midlands Today. Can I say hello to a couple of people. The
:24:39. > :24:44.Quinn family, thank you very much for helping us out earlier on. And
:24:45. > :24:49.also a 60—year—old man who still plays who is being honoured
:24:49. > :24:56.tomorrow. I am intrigued, I want to know what
:24:56. > :25:00.the Quinn family did. There is nothing much nice about our weather
:25:00. > :25:06.forecast tonight apart from the weather forecaster. Thank you very
:25:06. > :25:10.much, you're far too kind. You will regret saying that in a moment. The
:25:10. > :25:14.weather forecast is not going to be very pretty unfortunately. It will
:25:14. > :25:18.be wet and cold this weekend. It will certainly be very windy as
:25:18. > :25:22.well. I hope you get used to them because they are not going anywhere
:25:22. > :25:25.over the next 48 hours or so. As far as this evening, we have got a few
:25:25. > :25:31.drizzly Scherer making their way north words. As we move into the
:25:31. > :25:34.early hours, more persistent rain. It is spreading into parts of
:25:34. > :25:38.Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire largely getting away with
:25:38. > :25:44.it. It will be relatively mild, much milder than the last couple of
:25:44. > :25:48.nights. Ten or 11 degrees is not too bad. The problem is it is not going
:25:48. > :25:52.to budge too much as we make our way into the weekend, this band of rain
:25:52. > :25:56.slowly making its way up. If you are doing anything in the afternoon, and
:25:56. > :25:59.with the international breaking news that leads to take centre stage, a
:25:59. > :26:05.couple of games across the East Midlands, you will probably need to
:26:05. > :26:09.take the umbrella with you. The rain will be heavy and northern parts on
:26:09. > :26:13.Saturday afternoon. It will not be particularly pleasant at all. Those
:26:13. > :26:25.temperatures, around 12, 13 Celsius. But let's talk about wind—chill. It
:26:25. > :26:29.becomes more like nine, 10 Celsius. Sunday is slightly better, slightly,
:26:29. > :26:34.as it starts off wet, but thankfully this system will start to spin away
:26:34. > :26:37.from us. We will get a little pocket of drier and brighter weather in the
:26:37. > :26:41.afternoon as well. But unfortunately, with all of these
:26:41. > :26:46.low—pressure systems knocking about at the moment, it will not be too
:26:46. > :26:49.long before we see the next lot of wet weather. However, we might get a
:26:49. > :26:54.couple of drier days to start off the new working week. But notice the
:26:54. > :26:59.little blue spot their hanging over the UK and that air mass will eat a
:26:59. > :27:04.more cold weather. The wind will pick back up again and it will turn
:27:04. > :27:07.things really quite cold. A wet weekend in front of us. I wish I
:27:07. > :27:13.could bring you better news but I cannot. It is like a little conveyor
:27:13. > :27:18.belt of nastiness at the moment. I just thought I saw it move a
:27:18. > :27:20.little bit. Have a great weekend despite that. Goodbye.