:00:00. > :00:00.Monday. That is all from the
:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:09. > :00:20.Tonight: Another big step forward in the hunt for Madeleine.
:00:21. > :00:26.1600 miles away from the McCanns' home village, the Portuguese inquiry
:00:27. > :00:35.into the disappearance of Madeleine is springing back into life.
:00:36. > :00:41.Also, Eunice Koroma, agony. Her son was murdered but none of his friends
:00:42. > :00:50.will talk. 500 unfilled posts. The hospitals
:00:51. > :00:54.now scouring Europe for new nurses. And our Queen of the cakes. France's
:00:55. > :01:10.Queen, joins us. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:11. > :01:13.programme. First tonight, five years after deciding to close the
:01:14. > :01:18.Madeleine McCann case, police in Portugal sensationally reopened
:01:19. > :01:21.their inquiries today. Officials in Lisbon say they are following up new
:01:22. > :01:25.information after an internal review.
:01:26. > :01:30.In England, there's been a cautious welcome to the news from Kate and
:01:31. > :01:32.Gerry McCann. Let's join our chief news reporter Quentin Rayner, who's
:01:33. > :01:43.in the McCann's home village of Rothley for us. Quentin, how much of
:01:44. > :01:48.a surprise is this? Very much so. They are in mind that up until now
:01:49. > :01:53.the Portuguese authorities were adamant they would not reopen this
:01:54. > :02:01.case without new evidence. And then things started to move very quickly.
:02:02. > :02:07.This was only proposed last night but by today the Portuguese Attorney
:02:08. > :02:13.General confirmed the case would be reopened. There has also been a
:02:14. > :02:19.discreet review going on behind the scenes by Portuguese police officers
:02:20. > :02:25.in the north of the country, outside the Algarve. They have carried out
:02:26. > :02:33.their own review and this seems to have come from that two and a half
:02:34. > :02:36.year review. Everyone is in agreement that this represents a
:02:37. > :02:42.triumph for the McCanns and their determination to have the case
:02:43. > :02:46.reopened. Kate and Gerry McCann say they are
:02:47. > :02:52.pleased that the investigation has been reopened in Portugal. The
:02:53. > :02:59.Portuguese shelved their investigation five years ago but now
:03:00. > :03:01.they're Attorney General says new lines of inquiry have been
:03:02. > :03:08.discovered as a result of an internal review. For a case to be
:03:09. > :03:13.reopened there has to be new evidence. Not just looking back at
:03:14. > :03:18.things which had already been discovered but new evidence. The
:03:19. > :03:21.Portuguese authorities always said they would reopen the investigation
:03:22. > :03:32.at that ever happened, although they are not telling us what that lead
:03:33. > :03:39.is. The Portuguese inquiry will run separately but in parallel with the
:03:40. > :03:44.Metropolitan Police. He was a white man with brown hair. In a
:03:45. > :03:51.reconstruction, they said it was vitally important for them to track
:03:52. > :04:01.down a man seen carrying a child. Two witnesses saw him and helped the
:04:02. > :04:05.police to produce the e`fits of him. I hope this will enable a resolution
:04:06. > :04:10.of this terrible thing that happened to the McCann family and saw that
:04:11. > :04:16.her parents are able to now finally what happened to Madeleine. The
:04:17. > :04:21.Portuguese decision is said to be very significant. It is hoped it
:04:22. > :04:29.will answer the questions of the McCanns say they need. Although the
:04:30. > :04:34.Met Police welcome this significant development, they also cautioned
:04:35. > :04:40.that there is a way to go yet. We have a statement that says this
:04:41. > :04:44.development is the best opportunity yet to understand what happened to
:04:45. > :04:47.Madeline. Still to come this evening ` Ellie
:04:48. > :04:50.takes the plunge. We talk to swimming star Ellie
:04:51. > :04:57.Simmonds about her decision to move to Loughborough to train for the
:04:58. > :05:00.next Paralympics. A Nottinghamshire man has been
:05:01. > :05:04.jailed for life for shaking his partner's child to death. Darryl
:05:05. > :05:06.Elliott, who's 30 and from Stapleford, killed 14`month`old
:05:07. > :05:11.Amelia Bowmar at their home in Sutton`on` Sea in Lincolnshire last
:05:12. > :05:15.year. Police say Elliott had consistently denied harming the
:05:16. > :05:21.child. He'll serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.
:05:22. > :05:25.The region's major hospital trusts have all been put in the top three
:05:26. > :05:29.bands of risk by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC has drawn up a
:05:30. > :05:32.list of high`risk hospital trusts, based on higher than expected death
:05:33. > :05:37.rates, staffing levels and patient satisfaction. The Sherwood Forest
:05:38. > :05:41.Trust ` including Kings Mill Hospital ` is in the highest risk
:05:42. > :05:44.band along with the University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
:05:45. > :05:50.Nottingham University Trust is in the second highest band. And Derby's
:05:51. > :05:53.in the third. Some of those hospitals revealed
:05:54. > :05:56.today that they are having real trouble recruiting nurses.
:05:57. > :05:59.More than 500 posts are unfilled in the East Midlands so hospital bosses
:06:00. > :06:08.are having to scour Europe, and beyond, for more staff. Rebecca
:06:09. > :06:12.Sheeran has this report. They play a vital role caring for
:06:13. > :06:18.patients and yet there is a shortage of nurses in our region. Campaigners
:06:19. > :06:28.call it the biggest crisis in nurse recruitment for a generation. It is
:06:29. > :06:35.a major problem. Crucial care can only be delivered by nurses and this
:06:36. > :06:44.is a problem, especially in winter. In the Leicester, there are 300 jobs
:06:45. > :06:54.to fill. In Nottingham, they need 200. In Derby, there are only 27. In
:06:55. > :07:00.Kingsmill they don't have the final figures but they are looking to
:07:01. > :07:07.recruit. Here, the chief nurse needs to make huge strides to increase the
:07:08. > :07:11.level of nurses. Staffing levels were not meeting the needs of
:07:12. > :07:17.patients and we have to sort out where we are getting the nurses
:07:18. > :07:22.from. This isn't the first time that NHS trusts have recruited from
:07:23. > :07:28.abroad. 14 years ago, nurses came from old area and the Philippines.
:07:29. > :07:33.It is hard to find nurses in the UK because, despite unemployment, it is
:07:34. > :07:40.a hard job to train for. Some people disagree. There has been a total
:07:41. > :07:45.lack of forward planning for this. A lot of nurses I have spoken to got
:07:46. > :07:53.fed up working in the NHS and went to the private sector. That should
:07:54. > :07:57.not have happened. The trust admit that recruitment won't happen
:07:58. > :08:01.overnight and they're putting key staff in place as they face a tough
:08:02. > :08:04.winter. So, local hospitals in our region
:08:05. > :08:08.may be having to recruit from abroad to fill vacancies but that doesn't
:08:09. > :08:10.mean that no`one here wants to follow a nursing career.
:08:11. > :08:13.In fact, the University of Derby says it's been inundated with
:08:14. > :08:19.applications for their nursing course. Navtej Johal reports.
:08:20. > :08:26.To become a nurse, you need patience, compassion and, these
:08:27. > :08:30.days, a university degree. It may seem that demand for nurses in the
:08:31. > :08:35.East Midlands is due to a lack of people entering the profession but
:08:36. > :08:42.according to a survey, that is not the case. We had around 1300
:08:43. > :08:46.applications, which is good in terms of being able to select the best
:08:47. > :08:53.doorstop there is no shortage of demand. The demand for places has
:08:54. > :08:57.also been fuelled by a high percentage of graduates getting jobs
:08:58. > :09:04.at the end of the course and having their tuition fees paid. Everyone
:09:05. > :09:11.from my family is in a nursing and caring background and it has always
:09:12. > :09:17.excited me. You must have care and compassion, you have to be
:09:18. > :09:21.courageous and committed. Without those values, you are not likely to
:09:22. > :09:29.enter into the profession. There are a lot of people who go on to Erin
:09:30. > :09:35.more than I ever will not when they come home they won't have job
:09:36. > :09:43.satisfaction. I will love what I do. The number of places assigned to a
:09:44. > :09:53.university's nursing course are now set.
:09:54. > :10:04.For now, these students hope to be filling vacancies when they graduate
:10:05. > :10:07.in three years' time. The mother of a Leicester man shot
:10:08. > :10:10.dead at a music event has pleaded with his friends to help bring his
:10:11. > :10:13.killer to justice. So far, the friends of Sylvester
:10:14. > :10:18.Koroma, who were with him when he was shot, have refused to talk to
:10:19. > :10:28.police. Now Eunice Koroma has given an emotional interview to our
:10:29. > :10:33.reporter Sarah Teale. He was a lovely son, a lovely dad
:10:34. > :10:40.and lovely brother. It has just broken my life into pieces for
:10:41. > :10:47.losing my eldest son. Eunice Koroma is in the depths of grief. She is
:10:48. > :10:51.preparing to bury her son, knowing that his friends, who hold the clue
:10:52. > :10:59.to finding his killer, haven't spoken to police. How those people
:11:00. > :11:06.can look at me and say they are grieving and not come forward to the
:11:07. > :11:14.police to bring these people to justice. He was shot in the stomach
:11:15. > :11:21.outside this Birmingham nightclub on August of the 10th. Police say the
:11:22. > :11:27.key to finding his killer lies in Leicester. Sylvester's family and
:11:28. > :11:33.the police say that the friends who were with him when he was shot
:11:34. > :11:37.should examine their conscience. If they were happy to be with him when
:11:38. > :11:45.he was alive, they should not desert him now that he is dead. It will
:11:46. > :11:49.bring closure, although I know it will never bring him back to life.
:11:50. > :11:55.But it will give us closure. Yes, his life is gone but the person
:11:56. > :12:02.responsible should be charged for what he has done. Police want to
:12:03. > :12:07.reassure any witnesses that they can remain anonymous.
:12:08. > :12:11.A Zimbabwean grandmother who's lived in Leicester for more than a decade
:12:12. > :12:16.is expected to be deported in the next few minutes. Evenia Mawongera
:12:17. > :12:22.was detained last month after reporting to the UK Border Agency in
:12:23. > :12:25.Loughborough. Supporters have been campaigning for her to stay and say
:12:26. > :12:29.they fear for her safety if she returns to her home country. She's
:12:30. > :12:34.had several applications for asylum turned down.
:12:35. > :12:37.There's been a big rise in shoplifting in Nottinghamshire.
:12:38. > :12:40.Figures released by the county's Police and Crime Commissioner show a
:12:41. > :12:45.25% increase ` the fourth highest in the country. Nearly 3300 offences
:12:46. > :12:53.were recorded in the first six months of this year.
:12:54. > :12:56.Next tonight, the people who ring 999 for the most ridiculous of
:12:57. > :13:00.reasons. Derbyshire Police today released the recording of one such
:13:01. > :13:05.call ` a woman who wanted help with a spider in her house.
:13:06. > :13:10.Officers say a third of 999 calls made are not genuine emergencies.
:13:11. > :13:20.And they can prevent important calls from getting through. From Ripley,
:13:21. > :13:27.Simon Hare reports. A 999 call comes into the Derbyshire
:13:28. > :13:27.police control room but not all the calls received are genuine
:13:28. > :14:01.emergencies. We receive something like 400 calls
:14:02. > :14:05.her day and around one third of those are not emergencies and some
:14:06. > :14:11.of them aren't even policing matters. Other recent examples
:14:12. > :14:18.included someone reporting a letter sent to the wrong address, plus a
:14:19. > :14:23.woman and a teenage girl were recently prosecuted for making more
:14:24. > :14:28.than 400 hoax calls. We are not trying to put people off calling us.
:14:29. > :14:40.Don't be afraid to call the police. But if you don't think it is an
:14:41. > :14:49.emergency, don't call 999. Sometimes we can even mess cols as a result
:14:50. > :14:59.and people are in danger. Today is the anniversary of the introduction
:15:00. > :15:05.of the 101 nonemergency number. Hopefully, in future people will
:15:06. > :15:08.understand when to use each number. For some communities, the great
:15:09. > :15:12.British local is becoming a thing of the past. Hundreds of pubs are going
:15:13. > :15:15.out of business every year. So, in order to survive, many are starting
:15:16. > :15:17.to branch out beyond beer and pub grub.
:15:18. > :15:21.A Leicestershire pub has now joined in the trend. The Queen's Head in
:15:22. > :15:29.Saddington has just opened the only shop in the village, as Simon Ward
:15:30. > :15:33.reports. With help from the former England
:15:34. > :15:41.and Nottinghamshire cricketer Chris broad, The Queen's Head pub farm
:15:42. > :15:49.shop was opened. It comes at a time that a survey claims that 20 pubs
:15:50. > :15:52.close every day in the UK. Gone are the day that pubs just open and
:15:53. > :15:59.people walk through the door. You have to make sure that you are doing
:16:00. > :16:06.little things like a farm shop. The public will make a lot of food for
:16:07. > :16:17.the shop which will open from nine until seven. It saves having to
:16:18. > :16:24.travel to other places. This shop is trying a different business method.
:16:25. > :16:34.Bartering. People have even paid with the pheasants. This pub is now
:16:35. > :16:42.even more part of the community as it serves as a for older people.
:16:43. > :16:49.Back in Leicestershire, it is hoped of the pub and shop will thrive. You
:16:50. > :16:53.can have a pint of beer and then go next door for a pint of milk.
:16:54. > :16:55.Talking of food ` which we nearly always are these days ` look at
:16:56. > :16:58.these! Cakes. But these aren't just any
:16:59. > :17:02.cakes ` these are Frances Quinn cakes. Frances, from Market
:17:03. > :17:06.Harborough, was a bit of a dark horse in this year's Great British
:17:07. > :17:08.Bake Off. But she romped home in style. Frances will be joining us
:17:09. > :17:26.live later in the programme. Sport now.
:17:27. > :17:29.Derby County manager Steve McClaren says young Liverpool defender Andre
:17:30. > :17:34.Wisdom will be tested by his move to the Rams. Wisdom is on a season`long
:17:35. > :17:37.youth loan and a lot is expected of him ` he's already made first team
:17:38. > :17:48.appearances for Liverpool. So I asked McClaren if he was the real
:17:49. > :17:53.deal. We'll soon find out. I think this is a big test for players who
:17:54. > :17:58.come from big clubs on loan. It is difficult. They have to handle the
:17:59. > :18:05.championship, a new dressing room, a new way of play. We are hoping, with
:18:06. > :18:11.the mature T he has shown in his performances for Liverpool and
:18:12. > :18:13.England under`21s, he will fit right in.
:18:14. > :18:16.At Nottingham Forest, we've had confirmation of Dexter Blackstock's
:18:17. > :18:18.loan move to Leeds United. Leeds announced his arrival on a
:18:19. > :18:22.three`month deal this afternoon. And in Rugby, Leicester Tigers boss
:18:23. > :18:25.Richard Cockerill reckons he will be without more than an entire team's
:18:26. > :18:29.worth of players for the weekend's trip to Wasps. Tigers have been hit
:18:30. > :18:31.by lots of injuries, and now by international call ups. But
:18:32. > :18:37.Cockerill insists his squad can cope.
:18:38. > :18:42.I have no interest in those who can't play this week. My only focus
:18:43. > :18:48.is getting the guys who are available to play. I am only
:18:49. > :18:53.concerned with the guy who will play for us this weekend. They are a good
:18:54. > :19:05.bunch. They will want to play with us and they will be hard to beat.
:19:06. > :19:08.Swimmer Ellie Simmonds has moved base to train at the university's
:19:09. > :19:11.world`class facilities and be closer to her family ahead of the next
:19:12. > :19:18.Paralympics. She's been speaking to Jessica Creighton.
:19:19. > :19:28.Ellie Simmonds has never been far from the spotlight. At just 13 years
:19:29. > :19:38.old, she won double Paralympic gold in ageing in 2008. When she repeated
:19:39. > :19:45.the feat last year in London, it brought about fame, red carpet and
:19:46. > :19:51.an OBD. 13 months on, she is aiming for a new glory. After London I
:19:52. > :19:56.thought I needed a new chapter and a new challenge. I am based in the
:19:57. > :20:02.Midlands, it is where my home is, in Aldrich. I wanted to move closer to
:20:03. > :20:10.home because I was fed up with travelling three hours to get home.
:20:11. > :20:16.Lost brother is becoming a hot spot for Britain's Paralympians. Johnny
:20:17. > :20:29.Peacock moved here after his gold last summer. It is also the home of
:20:30. > :20:36.British swimming so Ellie now has other swimmers as training partners.
:20:37. > :20:41.Here, I train with a group of 20 or 25 able`bodied athletes. It is a lot
:20:42. > :20:47.different and individual cultures are different. Steven and Billy are
:20:48. > :20:53.different people with different philosophies. A new environment and
:20:54. > :21:04.a changing coach could have been daunting but she is enjoying a fresh
:21:05. > :21:11.challenge and still smiling. From one great champion to another.
:21:12. > :21:15.It has huge viewing figures, it's hosted by a middle` aged man and a
:21:16. > :21:19.lady in her 70s and it's turning us into a nation of bakers. It is of
:21:20. > :21:22.course the Great British Bake Off ` the BBC programme that's captivated
:21:23. > :21:26.viewers of every age. If you're a fan, you'll know that
:21:27. > :21:29.Tuesday was the final. And the winner is here with us this evening
:21:30. > :21:34.` Frances Quinn from Market Harborough, who wowed the judges
:21:35. > :21:39.with her show`stopper wedding cake. Before we talk to her and eat her
:21:40. > :21:48.cakes let's have a quick look at part of her baking journey.
:21:49. > :21:58.The programme said that France's proved to be the most creative baker
:21:59. > :22:04.ever to set foot in the tent. Her designs impressed everyone. But,
:22:05. > :22:14.according to Paul, her flavours didn't always. But she had nailed it
:22:15. > :22:22.by the final. That's fantastic. What is annoying as you were ten minutes
:22:23. > :22:27.from perfection. But the perfection of her designs were even held up as
:22:28. > :22:36.a benchmark for the other bakers. You have come up with something that
:22:37. > :22:39.looks like Frances Quinn made it. But it was this show stopper that
:22:40. > :22:53.turned out to be the making of Frances Quinn. The winner of the
:22:54. > :23:00.2013 The Great British Bake Off is Frances.
:23:01. > :23:12.You looked as though you were about to collapse. Watching it now, I get
:23:13. > :23:18.goose bumps. You looked so pale and shattered by that time. It was the
:23:19. > :23:25.longest eight we had done. Six hours. You could have done to
:23:26. > :23:29.marathons in that time. It had been such a long ten weeks and to finally
:23:30. > :23:38.get to the end, I think, it was just... You had to do tasks that
:23:39. > :23:49.took you by surprise. The pretzels, for instance. I'm familiar with
:23:50. > :23:54.eating them but... Being at the front of the tent for a
:23:55. > :24:00.technical wasn't good. It was more obvious that you are trying to see
:24:01. > :24:05.it was going on behind you. Was that one of the most difficult things? It
:24:06. > :24:16.was one of the most tricky technicals. He said they were lovely
:24:17. > :24:24.shaped rolls but not pretzels. We have got to look at what did it for
:24:25. > :24:37.you. Your show stopper was... Were you pleased? I was. It was almost as
:24:38. > :24:42.tall as the tree itself. It was only really the last half an hour of that
:24:43. > :24:46.it came together. When we started, six hours seems like such a long
:24:47. > :24:52.time but we all knew it would go quickly. You have such a fantastic
:24:53. > :25:01.eye for detail and design. The biscuits you brought him today. I
:25:02. > :25:09.get ideas coming in at every angle. What will you do now? I would love
:25:10. > :25:14.to combine the two together and do something very different with baking
:25:15. > :25:21.and design and use of these ideas. Thank you so much for coming in.
:25:22. > :25:29.Congratulations. Time for the weather.
:25:30. > :25:36.It has been a super day with some beautiful sunshine, thanks to some
:25:37. > :25:43.high pressure which has calmed things down. Unfortunately, the
:25:44. > :25:49.weather is on the move again. Low pressure coming in tomorrow means it
:25:50. > :25:54.will become wet and windy. In wet start tomorrow but the rain will
:25:55. > :26:02.clear for some brightness in the afternoon. Still fairly warm for the
:26:03. > :26:08.time of year. It has been quite a fine end to the day. The wind is
:26:09. > :26:12.starting to pick up now and the cloud will increase to the early
:26:13. > :26:22.hours of the morning. Rain will arrive to the end of the night. A
:26:23. > :26:39.much milder night than last night. Tomorrow morning, a Saudi start to
:26:40. > :26:48.the day `` soggy. In the sunshine, it should feel quite pleasant. For
:26:49. > :26:53.Saturday, it looks as though it will be the driest day of the week. A lot
:26:54. > :26:59.of cloud but fairly easy. Some rain forced Saturday night. A mixture of
:27:00. > :27:05.sunshine and blustery showers on Sunday. For Sunday night into
:27:06. > :27:10.Monday, the potential for some stormy weather.
:27:11. > :27:55.Can we try them? Of course. Goodbye. This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland.
:27:56. > :27:57.He's the one that's going to present us with
:27:58. > :28:00.the ten grand. When we win it.