:00:00. > :00:07.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:08. > :00:17.Tonight ` a teenager says he wrote about committing a school massacre
:00:18. > :00:21.as a response to bullying. The 17`year`old is accused of planning
:00:22. > :00:26.bomb and gun attacks in Loughborough. Targeting drug
:00:27. > :00:32.dealers, Leicester's crime commission believes Operation Tiger
:00:33. > :00:39.will make a difference. It makes a big difference. We are putting a lot
:00:40. > :00:44.of effort into this. Security is tight here as planners meet to make
:00:45. > :00:50.the final decision on whether two traveller sites should go ahead.
:00:51. > :00:54.Plus imagine making a living out of chocolate. We need an award`winning
:00:55. > :01:03.chocolatier from a tiny village in Leicestershire.
:01:04. > :01:07.Welcome to Wednesday's programme. First tonight, a Loughborough
:01:08. > :01:10.teenager's told a terror trial that he wrote about committing a school
:01:11. > :01:16.massacre because it helped him cope with bullying. The 17`year`old said
:01:17. > :01:21.he was influenced by notorious killers who'd been victims of
:01:22. > :01:24.bullies. But he said he didn't intend to act on the plans. Our
:01:25. > :01:37.social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, is at the Old Bailey. What did
:01:38. > :01:43.you hear about his time at school? He said he had been upset by months
:01:44. > :01:49.of name`calling, he had been called a Nazi, fascist and racist and that
:01:50. > :01:55.is what prompted that document which he called plans and tactics for the
:01:56. > :02:12.new Columbine. He was asked why he wrote it?
:02:13. > :02:22.What did he say about the other potential targets he had named? We
:02:23. > :02:28.heard it was partly motivated by ideology. He had written about what
:02:29. > :02:32.he called the Islamic invasion of Europe and that is white
:02:33. > :02:37.Loughborough mask was at the top of the list of targets. He said he felt
:02:38. > :02:43.intimidated when walking past it. He had a hit list of personal targets
:02:44. > :02:48.and that they included two of the friends he had been testing those
:02:49. > :02:55.bombs with. He said he had chose them because they had fallen out. He
:02:56. > :03:02.said this was not a genuine plan, it simply was not real. He also spoke
:03:03. > :03:08.about his interest in mass killings. We had to surely about a book he
:03:09. > :03:12.bought in a market in Loughborough. It is called spree killers and the
:03:13. > :03:18.teenager said it influenced what he did, what he wrote and what he wore
:03:19. > :03:22.because he related to the way some of those killers had been bullied.
:03:23. > :03:33.He insisted he would never do it himself and did not agree with what
:03:34. > :03:36.he had done. A major crackdown on drug dealing
:03:37. > :03:38.and anti social behaviour has started across Leicester,
:03:39. > :03:41.Leicestershire and Rutland. It's the biggest operation to take place
:03:42. > :03:44.since the Police and Crime Commissioner took office one year
:03:45. > :03:53.ago. Three days into Operation Tiger, 28 people have already been
:03:54. > :03:57.arrested as Eleanor Garnier reports. It is 6:45am. Highfield in Leicester
:03:58. > :04:03.and a police raid the home of a suspected drug dealer. One of nine
:04:04. > :04:09.warrants being carried out today as part of the new Operation Tiger.
:04:10. > :04:13.These early morning raids of what the police and crime Commissioner
:04:14. > :04:17.wants to see more Rolph, reassuring the community that the police are
:04:18. > :04:22.tackling anti`social behaviour and arresting drug dealers. And this is
:04:23. > :04:28.what the officers came out of the house with. If we have the
:04:29. > :04:33.intelligence to suggest there are drugs inside the address, if we were
:04:34. > :04:44.to door knock, we would lose that amount of evidence. It is very hard
:04:45. > :04:56.then to claw that back. This intense police activity will last if few
:04:57. > :04:59.weeks. This morning, the police and crime Commissioner was here to see
:05:00. > :05:05.it all himself. Will this make a difference? Absolutely, it makes a
:05:06. > :05:10.big difference. We are putting a lot of effort into this. You cannot
:05:11. > :05:14.sustain this because there will be over time, a lot of people diverted
:05:15. > :05:20.from other jobs but it is a thoroughly good thing to do to get
:05:21. > :05:25.out there for a period and make a big difference. It is all costing
:05:26. > :05:28.the force more but as long as they are putting criminals behind bars
:05:29. > :05:34.and protecting communities, the police say it is money well spent.
:05:35. > :05:38.Cancer experts in Nottingham have discovered a new way to diagnose and
:05:39. > :05:41.treat breast cancer. Researchers have identified seven distinct types
:05:42. > :05:46.of breast cancer and it's hoped, in the future, it'll mean treatment can
:05:47. > :05:49.be better targeted. Further studies are still being carried out, but
:05:50. > :06:01.it's likely these tests could be available in hospitals within two
:06:02. > :06:06.years. We can target specific treatment to those classes of breast
:06:07. > :06:11.cancer, whereas before they would be a one size fits all strategy whereas
:06:12. > :06:16.now you can give a much more personalised plan of treatments.
:06:17. > :06:19.Road works which caused major disruption on a main route into
:06:20. > :06:23.Nottingham have finished early. The tram works on the A52 at Bardills
:06:24. > :06:26.Island had been due to last for two weeks, finishing on Sunday. It meant
:06:27. > :06:29.there was no access from the motorway and all approaches to the
:06:30. > :06:32.roundabout were reduced to one lane. But they all reopened this morning.
:06:33. > :06:35.Officials say last week's good weather meant the work was completed
:06:36. > :06:38.ahead of schedule. Still to come: Derbyshire police
:06:39. > :06:42.face more scrutiny over the killing of a pregnant mother and her young
:06:43. > :06:45.son. In a Commons debate tonight, an MP will claim that officers failed
:06:46. > :06:59.to warn Rachael Slack about the danger she faced from an ex`partner.
:07:00. > :07:02.Thousands of people have signed petitions opposing them, but
:07:03. > :07:05.decisions are expected shortly on whether to allow two new official
:07:06. > :07:08.gypsy and traveller sites in Leicester. Protestors are voicing
:07:09. > :07:12.their fears at a special city council meeting this evening where
:07:13. > :07:24.the plans are being discussed. Jo Healey's there for us now. Jo,
:07:25. > :07:29.what's the latest? To give you some idea of the strength of feeling over
:07:30. > :07:35.this, the venue for tonight 's meeting has been moved from
:07:36. > :07:43.Leicester's town hall to a larger centre in Highfields. The police and
:07:44. > :07:48.extra security guards have seen `` been drafted in here to keep order.
:07:49. > :07:54.Here is what is provoking all that thanks to. Let's take a look at what
:07:55. > :08:03.the sites are. The City Council wants to put six pictures at
:08:04. > :08:08.Greengate Lane. The other is at Redhill Way. Feelings are mixed.
:08:09. > :08:16.Burglaries, rubbish, they are just not civilised. A lot of people have
:08:17. > :08:21.a bad opinion on them and not all of them make a mess or litter and
:08:22. > :08:29.stuff, so they can't all be judged for that. We have some really nice
:08:30. > :08:34.ladies that come in. This is one of the two areas they want to develop,
:08:35. > :08:39.but here the travellers are not keen. The family that lives here has
:08:40. > :08:46.done so for five years and Powell read they do not want it to be
:08:47. > :08:54.developed because it means are the families would live here and they
:08:55. > :09:02.would pay more rent. Someone has sprayed here something offensive to
:09:03. > :09:05.the community. They are race of people and they are a community
:09:06. > :09:10.alongside all the different communities we have in Leicester. No
:09:11. > :09:16.how much do they need these pictures? They desperately need them
:09:17. > :09:23.because they have nowhere legally to stay and they want to be classed as
:09:24. > :09:28.a community. This has been a problem for some years and residents have
:09:29. > :09:34.been pressing the council to come up with a solution. The problem we feel
:09:35. > :09:40.is this is not the best solution and it is more of a political decision
:09:41. > :09:44.that a planning decision. That all`important planning decision is
:09:45. > :09:46.due at some tonight. The number of people filing for
:09:47. > :09:51.bankruptcy in Nottinghamshire has gone up 37 per cent in the past
:09:52. > :09:55.decade. The Citizens Advice Bureau in Nottingham says it sees people
:09:56. > :09:58.every day who are on the verge of financial collapse. Across
:09:59. > :10:09.Nottinghamshire 625 people filed for bankruptcy last year.
:10:10. > :10:12.Nottingham's Jake Bugg will find out tonight if he's won this year's
:10:13. > :10:16.Mercury Music Prize. The singer and guitarist from Clifton is one of a
:10:17. > :10:19.dozen artists short listed for the prestigious award. Jake's new album
:10:20. > :10:22.was recorded in America and is released on the 18th of November. In
:10:23. > :10:31.February he'll be performing in Nottingham ` part of a UK tour.
:10:32. > :10:34.An MP is to claim in a Commons debate later tonight that failings
:10:35. > :10:38.by Derbyshire police contributed to the stabbing of a pregnant mother
:10:39. > :10:41.and her child. The Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills says the police failed
:10:42. > :10:46.to warn Rachael Slack of the dangers she faced once her ex`partner was
:10:47. > :10:59.released on police bail. Let's find out more from Westminster, and our
:11:00. > :11:02.Political Editor John Hess. At the heart of tonight's
:11:03. > :11:04.parliamentary debate is whether the police have enough powers and
:11:05. > :11:07.whether they react effectively enough when someone with a history
:11:08. > :11:12.of mental illness breaches their police bail conditions. That had
:11:13. > :11:16.tragic repercussions in this cottage in the village of Holbrook three
:11:17. > :11:19.years ago. Rachael Slack, who was pregnant, and her son, who was
:11:20. > :11:25.almost two, were killed by her former partner. Andrew Cairns was on
:11:26. > :11:31.police bail with a condition not to contact Rachael. It was revealed at
:11:32. > :11:33.an inquest hearing that she had warned Derbyshire police her
:11:34. > :11:41.concerns about her former partner and his mental health.
:11:42. > :11:46.With me is the Amber Valley MP Nigel Mills, who's secured tonight's
:11:47. > :11:49.special parliamentary debate. You get the chance to question a Home
:11:50. > :11:57.Office minister about this tragic case, what's the main cause for
:11:58. > :12:01.concern for you? The main concern is that a young woman with a child were
:12:02. > :12:09.murdered by her former partner despite the police knowing of that,
:12:10. > :12:15.despite him having a mental health issue. It links to be a terrible
:12:16. > :12:20.failure of various agencies. But this is more about the failings of
:12:21. > :12:26.Derbyshire police and their procedure. The inquest found against
:12:27. > :12:30.Derbyshire police that they had contributed in some way to this
:12:31. > :12:37.tragic event. The question here is how the police interact with other
:12:38. > :12:44.agencies and perhaps some stronger action could have been taken. The
:12:45. > :12:48.coroner at the inquest said an incident like this must not happen
:12:49. > :12:55.again, so what is needed to ensure that? We can look at tightening the
:12:56. > :13:00.laws so the police can have more powers if someone breaches their
:13:01. > :13:06.police bail, but the key thing the police working with the mental
:13:07. > :13:10.health team to know the full facts to make a fully informed of risk
:13:11. > :13:15.assessment to protect people? A Home Office minister will respond
:13:16. > :13:18.to Nigel Mills' debate tonight. That will be an indication whether the
:13:19. > :13:36.Government believes this tragic case requires changes in police bail
:13:37. > :13:39.procedures, or not. The rising cost of energy is the
:13:40. > :13:42.biggest story for politicians today and this afternoon, David Cameron
:13:43. > :13:46.and Ed Miliband clashed on the subject during prime minister's
:13:47. > :13:48.questions. The heated exchange between the party leaders comes as
:13:49. > :13:54.the University of Nottingham completed its latest eco`house. It's
:13:55. > :13:58.one of seven properties which could improve energy efficiency and bring
:13:59. > :14:07.down our fuel bills. Carol Hinds reports.
:14:08. > :14:12.This is green close at the University of Nottingham. It has
:14:13. > :14:16.taken 13 years to design and build seven homes with a range of
:14:17. > :14:23.energy`saving measures, like this still frame house. It does not have
:14:24. > :14:29.stone or brick work to leak heat. You no we should be using the sun to
:14:30. > :14:35.heat our water, generate electricity. There is lots of south
:14:36. > :14:41.facing blazing bring that heat into the home. All of this is freely
:14:42. > :14:47.available for us. Today during Prime Minister 's questions, the political
:14:48. > :14:53.heat over energy is rising. How will the report how people pay their
:14:54. > :14:59.bills? We want a competition enquiry that stars straightaway. As the
:15:00. > :15:03.debate rages on, researchers at the University are already monitoring
:15:04. > :15:08.alternative ways of heating our homes. With the house we have here,
:15:09. > :15:14.it is one of the first zero carbon homes and in order to do that we
:15:15. > :15:20.needed to move away from gas central heating. This is a biomass boiler
:15:21. > :15:26.using woodchip pellets as fuel. One of the best ways of making a home
:15:27. > :15:33.energy efficient is to inflate. It is the teller knowledge you cannot
:15:34. > :15:38.see which is the most important. `` technology. Coming up with good
:15:39. > :15:42.solutions. Better insulation and greater use of solar and wind power
:15:43. > :15:54.are among the energy solutions of the future.
:15:55. > :15:58.Still to come tonight: rich, smooth and award`winning. Not Dom but one
:15:59. > :16:25.family's latest venture ` local chocolates for local shops. I would
:16:26. > :16:28.love a bit of chocolate now! Time for the support.
:16:29. > :16:31.First, what a night for Leicester City last night. They're through to
:16:32. > :16:35.the quarterfinals of the Capital One Cup after beating Premier League
:16:36. > :16:44.Fulham in a seven goal thriller. Kirsty Edwards reports.
:16:45. > :16:50.There is no rest for these players. They were back on the training
:16:51. > :16:59.ground today. A more strenuous work`out. All of them buzzing about
:17:00. > :17:03.a fantastic performance last night. Fulham had made a number of changes
:17:04. > :17:09.to their team but so had Leicester and when they fell behind in the
:17:10. > :17:11.18th minute, heads certainly did not drop. As half`time approached, the
:17:12. > :17:28.foxes took control. So too `1 up at the break and early
:17:29. > :17:37.in the second half they were further in front. Back came for 11 just a
:17:38. > :17:44.minute later, they reduced the deficit. And there were just three
:17:45. > :17:47.minutes to go, the game looked going into extra time. Leicester had other
:17:48. > :18:02.ideas. Their raise a to get the nurse
:18:03. > :18:05.within the group this year `` togetherness which we possibly did
:18:06. > :18:12.not have at the same level before. We deserve to win but a good game of
:18:13. > :18:16.football. An important for us in the centre we maintain what has been a
:18:17. > :18:30.good start to the season. Leicester will find out who they face in the
:18:31. > :18:36.quarterfinals later tonight. Forward Paul Gallagher has joined Preston on
:18:37. > :18:40.loan until January. Onto Notts County who say they have
:18:41. > :18:43.narrowed the search down for a new manager to three of four candidates.
:18:44. > :18:46.Chris Kiwomya was sacked at the weekend. Last night, under caretaker
:18:47. > :18:49.boss Steve Hodge, they earned a long`awaited League One victory at
:18:50. > :18:55.home to Oldham. Jessica Creighton was there.
:18:56. > :19:03.The manager gone and bottom of the league, so who do the fans want to
:19:04. > :19:11.see in charge? I heard Danny Wilson might be the best of a bad bunch. I
:19:12. > :19:18.am hoping Danny Wilson. Danny Wilson is top of the list and he is also a
:19:19. > :19:27.favourite with the bookies. Second favourite is Steve Hodge and Brian
:19:28. > :19:36.Kerr. It is their first game since Chris Kiwomya left, and a chance to
:19:37. > :19:46.prove themselves. A great start from Notts. On the stroke of half`time,
:19:47. > :19:50.Notts were an done at the back and Oldham pulled level but the home
:19:51. > :19:54.side did not panic and after 15 minutes, they regained the lead. Top
:19:55. > :20:17.scorer Cal mag Notts held on for their third win in
:20:18. > :20:21.14 games. Tonight we had a bit more and we were not lucky, we deserved
:20:22. > :20:23.it over all but it was hard in the end.
:20:24. > :20:26.Cricket and Nottinghamshire's Chris Read has signed a new two year
:20:27. > :20:30.contract. He's announced he's giving up the one day captaincy though, but
:20:31. > :20:35.will carry on leading the side in the County Championship.
:20:36. > :20:37.Now he has been knighted, revolutionised British cycling and
:20:38. > :20:41.masterminded two Tour de France triumphs, but today Sir David
:20:42. > :20:46.Brailsford came back home and for a special reason. Dave, who was born
:20:47. > :20:50.in Derby, was here to see the new Velodrome which is being built just
:20:51. > :20:54.behind Pride Park. Dave is Britain's cycling performance director.
:20:55. > :21:06.Tomorrow on the programme we'll have a cycling special as Sir Dave sees
:21:07. > :21:15.inside for the very first time. It was really exciting, so looking
:21:16. > :21:18.forward to that tomorrow. To my mind, there are few things
:21:19. > :21:22.better in life than chocolate, so you don't get much better than the
:21:23. > :21:29.next part in our series on fine foods. The art of the chocolatier is
:21:30. > :21:33.not a simple one. To make the perfect chocolate takes time and
:21:34. > :21:37.experience. And to actually source the cocoa bean too takes real
:21:38. > :21:55.commitment. But tucked away in a small Leicestershire village is a
:21:56. > :22:00.couple who've done just that. Here we are. This is a typically
:22:01. > :22:10.English cottage in a beautiful Leicestershire village but inside it
:22:11. > :22:17.is a chocolate Emporium. And it is in this call, purpose`built workshop
:22:18. > :22:25.that Jerome makes his chocolate. It is quite a family affair. This is
:22:26. > :22:30.Jerome's Malm and his wife is in charge of marketing. We print
:22:31. > :22:35.everything, cut everything, glue everything so it is all done
:22:36. > :22:41.in`house. This personal touch is reflected in the markets they sell
:22:42. > :22:47.to. They are not interested in big contracts with huge retailers. To
:22:48. > :22:54.them, local is where it is at. The furthest we sell is 40 miles away
:22:55. > :22:59.but generally speaking they are within 7`8 miles away. To keep the
:23:00. > :23:05.whole process as close as they could come at the couple set off for Costa
:23:06. > :23:11.Rica. We wanted to go to the very basics of chocolate and learn all
:23:12. > :23:16.about it from the people who farm, the process it goes through, which
:23:17. > :23:23.is extremely long, so we know what it has gone through when it has come
:23:24. > :23:26.to us. What they really want is to source the beans from this
:23:27. > :23:32.plantation and make the chocolate over here. For now, they are
:23:33. > :23:40.concentrating on the chocolate in hand but how did this start? I love
:23:41. > :23:45.chocolate so I wanted to go on a course and Jerome agreed to go with
:23:46. > :23:50.me and it all started from there. With two golds from the great taste
:23:51. > :23:55.awards, they are hoping the sweet taste of success will continue for
:23:56. > :23:59.some time to come. Is there really a huge difference
:24:00. > :24:09.between really posh chocolate like that and the other stuff? There
:24:10. > :24:21.really is. It is all about the purity.
:24:22. > :24:30.Food for thought, it has been a beautiful day today, some autumn
:24:31. > :24:36.sunshine. But once again, that weather is on the move. It is not
:24:37. > :24:40.sticking in one place for too long. A little ridge of high pressure gave
:24:41. > :24:49.us sunny weather today but all changing once again. We have seen
:24:50. > :24:55.the cloud increasing, the winds picking up and a few splodges of
:24:56. > :25:00.rain. The rain will move eastwards and it will clear out of the way by
:25:01. > :25:05.around midnight. Behind that, the skies were clear and we will see the
:25:06. > :25:11.wind is starting to ease so there will be missed and fog forming
:25:12. > :25:15.during the early hours of tomorrow. Lows of around seven or eight
:25:16. > :25:23.Celsius. Tomorrow morning will start off murky. The mist and fog will
:25:24. > :25:26.clear fairly quickly. Dry and bright weather through the morning but the
:25:27. > :25:34.showers will pack into the afternoon. If you get a shower, they
:25:35. > :25:39.will be on the heavy side. Temperatures of 11 or 12 degrees.
:25:40. > :25:48.There will be some showers lurking around tomorrow evening. They will
:25:49. > :25:55.fade away and then it is back to the drawing board. Another West ``
:25:56. > :26:02.weather system pushing out from the south. A wet day on Friday. Into the
:26:03. > :26:07.weekend, Saturday at the moment looks like being dry. Wet and windy
:26:08. > :26:19.on Saturday evening and showers by Sunday. But today was lovely.
:26:20. > :26:39.Absolutely beautiful. Late news at 10:30pm. Goodbye.
:26:40. > :26:43.Everyday normal things that everybody does is where I use my energy.
:26:44. > :26:45.I haven't got an extravagant lifestyle,
:26:46. > :26:47.I've not got a hot tub outside or something like that.
:26:48. > :26:52.In essence, it is a choice between heating or eating.
:26:53. > :26:55.We will still eat and we will still have heating
:26:56. > :26:58.It's just maybe the quality of the food that we eat
:26:59. > :27:02.may not be as good as what we're eating at the moment.