:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more
:00:00. > :00:08.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:09. > :00:11.Tonight ` a property developer backs calls for an inquiry into British
:00:12. > :00:23.banking after RBS seizes his luxury apartment building. Kevin Riley 's
:00:24. > :00:24.waterfront complex is now in administration. A symbol, he says of
:00:25. > :00:25.the 0 administration. A symbol, he says of
:00:26. > :00:37.the transformation of the Ann King industry. I used to believe I was a
:00:38. > :00:41.pillar of the local community. Also, revealed. The death toll from last
:00:42. > :00:46.winter, the coldest for decades. Plus a new survey reveals that one
:00:47. > :00:52.in four hate crime victims has been physically attacked. And four lads
:00:53. > :00:58.from Leicester. A homecoming gig for Kasabian. We will put on an
:00:59. > :01:15.incredible night and it will remain with people for ever.
:01:16. > :01:20.Good evening and welcome to the programme. First tonight, a
:01:21. > :01:22.businessman has demanded that the government investigate how the RBS
:01:23. > :01:23.bank seized a ?27 million 0 government investigate how the RBS
:01:24. > :01:27.bank seized a ?27 million luxury apartment complex from him. The bank
:01:28. > :01:31.took control of the building after putting developer Kevin Riley's
:01:32. > :01:35.company into administration. The bank says it's now holding its own
:01:36. > :01:35.inquiry into how it's treated its business 0 0
:01:36. > :01:35.inquiry into how it's treated its business customers. 0
:01:36. > :01:42.inquiry into how it's treated its business customers. Mike O'Sullivan
:01:43. > :01:45.reports. It's the luxury apartment building that Kevin Reilly designed
:01:46. > :01:53.himself, on the banks of the River Trent. Built at a cost of ?27
:01:54. > :01:56.million. He told me that despite what he claimed was a viable
:01:57. > :02:00.long`term business plan, the RBS bank but his company into
:02:01. > :02:05.administration in a telephone conference call. People on the other
:02:06. > :02:09.end of the conversation weren't terribly interested. And suddenly,
:02:10. > :02:09.we 0 terribly interested. And suddenly,
:02:10. > :02:10.we are 0 0 terribly interested. And suddenly,
:02:11. > :02:15.we are going to put you into administration came up. I didn't
:02:16. > :02:22.know what was going on, I was gobsmacked. He has now reported his
:02:23. > :02:25.case to the businessmen and government specialist adviser who
:02:26. > :02:31.unearthed the allegations that RBS must now answer. He has accused the
:02:32. > :02:35.RBS of putting good and viable businesses into default so it could
:02:36. > :02:43.make more profit. Mr Reilly is also writing to his MP to ask for his
:02:44. > :02:44.support. Now they find that a lot of their assets have 0
:02:45. > :02:47.support. Now they find that a lot of their assets have been picked over,
:02:48. > :02:53.almost by banks acting like vultures, looking to distressed
:02:54. > :02:58.companies themselves and pushed them to the wall in order to make a
:02:59. > :03:05.profit. Those will be incredibly serious allegations. They have to be
:03:06. > :03:11.investigated quickly. Mr Reilly is scathing about the wider banking
:03:12. > :03:14.industry. The banking industry has transformed from what I used to
:03:15. > :03:19.believe was a pillar of the local community into just a bunch of
:03:20. > :03:35.relatives. In a statement, the RBS said:
:03:36. > :03:46.Mr Reilly has been told he could buy back the building, the asking price
:03:47. > :03:54.around ?20 million. Mike, where does he go from here? It is a case of
:03:55. > :03:54.wait and see for him. He sent off his allegations 0 0
:03:55. > :03:57.wait and see for him. He sent off his allegations to Lawrence
:03:58. > :04:00.Tomlinson this morning, the government adviser and businessman
:04:01. > :04:06.who has unearthed the wider allegations about The Royal Bank of
:04:07. > :04:11.Scotland. He hopes those will feed into Mr Tomlinson's report. The
:04:12. > :04:17.report has been taken up by Vince Cable, he sent it on to the city
:04:18. > :04:18.regulators to look at. But what Mr Reilly wants 0
:04:19. > :04:21.regulators to look at. But what Mr Reilly wants is his reputation
:04:22. > :04:24.restored. He says he has been in business for decades, he has never
:04:25. > :04:31.been treated like this before by up anchor. He thought he was the only
:04:32. > :04:34.one being treated like this, he was astonished to find out they were
:04:35. > :04:38.wider allegations in the comments on report. If he has to raise the
:04:39. > :04:44.capital to buy back this building, he has appealed task. He has lost
:04:45. > :04:52.his building, his reputation, he wants them both back.
:04:53. > :04:55.Last winter saw the coldest March for 50 years, and today it was
:04:56. > :04:58.revealed that thousands more vulnerable people died as a direct
:04:59. > :05:02.result of the freezing conditions. Campaigners say it's a shameful
:05:03. > :05:06.state of affairs. And, with fears that the death toll could rise even
:05:07. > :05:08.more this winter, the row over rising energy bills has intensified.
:05:09. > :05:15.Here's our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons.
:05:16. > :05:19.Excess winter deaths ` the figures are worked out by comparing death
:05:20. > :05:22.rates in the warmer months with those the start of December to the
:05:23. > :05:27.end of March. Most of the winter deaths were people aged over 75. In
:05:28. > :05:27.England and Wales there were over 31,000 additional 0
:05:28. > :05:31.England and Wales there were over 31,000 additional deaths up 29 per
:05:32. > :05:37.cent on the year before. Here in the East Midlands there were 2,700
:05:38. > :05:40.that's an even rise 36 per cent. It was the coldest March since 1962,
:05:41. > :05:50.then followed the winter they called the "big freeze". Last winter saw
:05:51. > :05:51.motorists struggling on the roads and up 0
:05:52. > :05:51.motorists struggling on the roads and up in 0
:05:52. > :05:56.motorists struggling on the roads and up in the Peak District, big
:05:57. > :05:59.snow drifts even into march. It is not the cold itself that kills but
:06:00. > :06:01.the level of influenza in the background population, and the
:06:02. > :06:03.prolonged exposure 0 background population, and the
:06:04. > :06:09.prolonged exposure to cold temperatures. And in particular that
:06:10. > :06:14.cold period was prolonged and lasted from February into March and even
:06:15. > :06:17.April. Rising winter death rates have been
:06:18. > :06:21.seized on by critics of big power firms who are putting up bills. Four
:06:22. > :06:24.of the big six power firm save announced average price increases of
:06:25. > :06:34.9.1 per cent on dual fuel bills that's people who buy both gas and
:06:35. > :06:39.electricity. This luncheon club in Derby brings pensioners in from the
:06:40. > :06:48.cold and more these days I using it. It's going to be worse. Stay warm in
:06:49. > :06:56.one room and then we come here. Some people don't know how to get access.
:06:57. > :07:00.It is run by a charity designed to tackle loneliness and deprivation.
:07:01. > :07:06.They are worried about the latest winter death figures. It is of great
:07:07. > :07:12.concern to us. We do have to look at how safe the older person is in
:07:13. > :07:12.their own home. It's really important 0 0
:07:13. > :07:15.their own home. It's really important to make sure you are
:07:16. > :07:24.eating your house to adequate level. A temperature of 18 to 21 degrees,
:07:25. > :07:27.no lower than 16. Age UK have described the increased winter
:07:28. > :07:30.deaths as shameful and have asked the government to lower energy
:07:31. > :07:33.bills. In Leicestershire the charity is gearing up to offer what
:07:34. > :07:41.practical help it can to vulnerable frail elderly people this winter. We
:07:42. > :07:45.can't pay the energy bills, but what we can do is carry out a benefit
:07:46. > :07:47.cheque for older people to see whether there are benefits they are
:07:48. > :07:49.entitled 0 whether there are benefits they are
:07:50. > :07:52.entitled to that they aren't claiming. Here in Leicestershire
:07:53. > :08:01.last year, we claimed over ?2.5 million. Britain fares worst in
:08:02. > :08:07.Scandinavia when it comes to death rates in winter. Some are
:08:08. > :08:14.questioning if we are really doing enough.
:08:15. > :08:16.Still to come ` Nottingham ice duo Nick Buckland and Penny Coomes.
:08:17. > :08:20.They're training for the British championships ` yet just a few weeks
:08:21. > :08:26.ago, Nick had to have a heart operation.
:08:27. > :08:31.The Fire Brigades' Union in Derbyshire is calling on fire chiefs
:08:32. > :08:33.to scrap proposed changes to how the service works ` claiming they are
:08:34. > :08:36.simply not safe. 0 service works ` claiming they are
:08:37. > :08:39.simply not safe. The changes mean the number of life threatening
:08:40. > :08:44.incidents which don't get a response within ten minutes will rise
:08:45. > :08:45.significantly. And last night the changes came in for cross`party
:08:46. > :08:46.criticism 0 changes came in for cross`party
:08:47. > :08:57.criticism during a parliamentary debate. Simon Hare reports. The
:08:58. > :09:02.aftermath of last week's fatal fire in Derbyshire. It claimed four
:09:03. > :09:06.lives, despite fire crews being on the scene within eight minutes. But
:09:07. > :09:12.under proposals to cut the number of fire stations and full`time
:09:13. > :09:16.firefighters across the county, response times are expected to
:09:17. > :09:20.suffer. The Fire Brigades union to dight called on the fire authority
:09:21. > :09:23.to scrap its plans, saying they are not safe. 0
:09:24. > :09:29.to scrap its plans, saying they are not safe. We currently have an
:09:30. > :09:31.undertaking to attend these incidents within 75% of the time,
:09:32. > :09:34.less than ten 0 incidents within 75% of the time,
:09:35. > :09:39.less than ten minutes. The new proposals are expecting us to do it
:09:40. > :09:42.only 66% of the time, so a third of the time we won't be attending the
:09:43. > :09:50.most important incidents within ten minutes. Last night Derbyshire MPs
:09:51. > :09:56.debated the cuts, many are claiming they will put their constituents at
:09:57. > :10:00.risk. The location of fire stations are crucial, it is both a weight and
:10:01. > :10:07.speed of response which is most crucial in saving lives. The fewer
:10:08. > :10:08.fire 0 0 crucial in saving lives. The fewer
:10:09. > :10:11.fire stations there are, the longer it will take them to attend the
:10:12. > :10:16.incident and the worst condition of the fire. Two of the 3M marked
:10:17. > :10:21.foreclosure were in fact built within the last four or five years.
:10:22. > :10:25.I have been petitioning on the streets of Derby with the Fire
:10:26. > :10:31.Brigades union and the people of Derby are alarmed about the impact
:10:32. > :10:34.this will have. The government's Fire Minister said it was down to
:10:35. > :10:38.each individual fire authority on how it is spent its money.
:10:39. > :10:41.Derbyshire Fire Service says communities will have to accept it
:10:42. > :10:45.will deliver less because it will have less to spend. A public
:10:46. > :10:51.consultation on the plans to cut the number of fire stations will last
:10:52. > :10:54.another four weeks. A man from Leicester who tried to
:10:55. > :10:58.smuggle more than a million pounds worth of liquid amphetamine in a car
:10:59. > :11:02.washer bottle has been jailed for three years. Marcin Leon Prokop, a
:11:03. > :11:08.Polish national living in Leicester, was stopped by officers at Dover
:11:09. > :11:12.Docks. They found a yellow liquid in the windscreen washer bottle of his
:11:13. > :11:14.car contained amphetamine. He pleaded guilty to importing a
:11:15. > :11:18.controlled drug and faces deportation after serving his
:11:19. > :11:21.sentence. Nottingham`based Boots is recalling
:11:22. > :11:24.tens of thousands of bottles of cough and cold medicines over fears
:11:25. > :11:37.that plastic might have got into the liquid. The medicines include three
:11:38. > :11:40.types of Boots own brand cough relief, paracetamol for children
:11:41. > :11:40.over six, and a strawberry flavoured ibuprofen liquid for 0
:11:41. > :11:43.over six, and a strawberry flavoured ibuprofen liquid for infants. The
:11:44. > :11:46.company says a possible fault in the manufacturing process may have
:11:47. > :11:57.resulted in small piece of plastic being found in the medicines. The
:11:58. > :12:01.government 's community secretary said the ambition to help more than
:12:02. > :12:05.100,000 families nationwide was at the halfway stage. He said the
:12:06. > :12:08.troubled families programme has helped many children back into
:12:09. > :12:12.school and adults into jobs. A judicial review into the location
:12:13. > :12:15.of the final resting place of King Richard III, whose remains were
:12:16. > :12:19.found in Leicester, has been adjourned. The review was
:12:20. > :12:23.considering who ultimately has the right to re`inter the king's
:12:24. > :12:26.remains. But now the argument isn't just between Leicester and York.
:12:27. > :12:34.Authorities within Leicester are disagreeing as well. Helen Astle
:12:35. > :12:40.reports from the Royal Courts of Justice in London. This has been a
:12:41. > :12:43.frustrating day for all parties here. The case has been described as
:12:44. > :12:47.unique, the most extraordinary case in modern times. The judges have
:12:48. > :12:50.decided there isn't enough time for them to hear the judicial review but
:12:51. > :12:51.it has emerged that a 0 them to hear the judicial review but
:12:52. > :12:55.it has emerged that a dispute between the University of Leicester
:12:56. > :13:01.and Leicester City Council over who has the right to reinterpret
:13:02. > :13:05.remains, is it Leicester City Council as the governing body and
:13:06. > :13:12.landlord of the car park, or the University of Leicester which was
:13:13. > :13:16.granted the licence? Is it a question of finders keepers? It now
:13:17. > :13:19.means the Plantagenet Alliance, as well as taking on the Ministry of
:13:20. > :13:23.Justice and the University of Leicester are also going to be
:13:24. > :13:26.taking on Leicester City Council as they have now been listed as a
:13:27. > :13:29.defendant in the case. This is a very 0 0
:13:30. > :13:33.defendant in the case. This is a very complex and complicated case.
:13:34. > :13:37.One of the judges involved said she had had an avalanche of documents,
:13:38. > :13:39.there are over 1300 pages of them. The case is due 0
:13:40. > :13:41.there are over 1300 pages of them. The case is due to be heard in the
:13:42. > :13:47.New Year as soon as possible, which means plans to have the remains
:13:48. > :13:52.reinterred could be delayed. So over 500 years after the death of
:13:53. > :13:58.Britain's third, the battle goes on. `` the death of Richard III.
:13:59. > :14:01.The mother of a Leicestershire boy, who had pioneering treatment for a
:14:02. > :14:03.brain tumour, has pleaded with a thief to return her laptop which
:14:04. > :14:07.contains precious family photographs. They include pictures
:14:08. > :14:10.of Alex Barnes as he went through cancer treatment, AND the case notes
:14:11. > :14:20.of other children. Simon Ward reports. Now free from cancer,
:14:21. > :14:25.nine`year`old Alex Barnes was just four when his family took him to
:14:26. > :14:25.America for pioneering treatment. His mum 0
:14:26. > :14:26.America for pioneering treatment. His mum stored 0
:14:27. > :14:28.America for pioneering treatment. His mum stored photographs of their
:14:29. > :14:34.journey and fight against illness on her laptop. The Toshiba like their
:14:35. > :14:39.other computer was taken a week ago. At those pictures could be lost
:14:40. > :14:42.forever after the laptop was stolen. The fact we still have him is a
:14:43. > :14:50.miracle, I wanted to be able to show him these things when he grows up
:14:51. > :14:53.and has his own family. Its years of our family history and his personal
:14:54. > :14:59.life that I will not be able to show his children. Police have released
:15:00. > :15:04.CCTV footage of the moment and the laptop was stolen and stop it shows
:15:05. > :15:10.a man going into the building and going out later, holding the laptop.
:15:11. > :15:15.She is part of a charity which helps other children getting proton
:15:16. > :15:19.therapy. So it's not just sentimental images she's worried
:15:20. > :15:23.about. It's devastating, I have not been able to sleep at night, just
:15:24. > :15:27.worried about how I'm going to contact those families, follow`up
:15:28. > :15:33.what we have started with them, to make sure they get the help they
:15:34. > :15:34.need. The police are urging anyone with information to contact them and
:15:35. > :15:39.be aware if they 0 with information to contact them and
:15:40. > :15:42.be aware if they are approached by anybody try to solve a black Toshiba
:15:43. > :15:45.laptop. Police in Lincolnshire say there's a
:15:46. > :15:47.growing problem with so`called legal highs after reports of incidents in
:15:48. > :15:48.every secondary 0 highs after reports of incidents in
:15:49. > :15:51.every secondary school in the county, except one. The authorities
:15:52. > :15:53.claim there's been a dangerous increase in youngsters taking the
:15:54. > :15:59.substances, which are unregulated and can have lasting physical and
:16:00. > :16:02.psychological effects. The police, Trading Standards and the NHS are
:16:03. > :16:14.trying to raise awareness of the problems. Severn Trent Water has
:16:15. > :16:18.announced a fall in profits despite raising its prices. It said it
:16:19. > :16:24.earned more during the warm summer, after a 2% price hike in April.
:16:25. > :16:30.However, half yearly profits fell by almost 6% to ?141 million. It blamed
:16:31. > :16:34.the cost of taking over private trains and sewers.
:16:35. > :16:35.And a new 0 trains and sewers.
:16:36. > :16:36.And a new recruit 0 trains and sewers.
:16:37. > :16:39.And a new recruit in the war on fake cigarettes took to the streets
:16:40. > :16:43.today. This sniffer dog was on patrol in Loughborough today in a
:16:44. > :16:46.new campaign aimed at tracking down the criminals. Leicestershire County
:16:47. > :16:46.Council is encouraging people to report illegal 0
:16:47. > :16:54.Council is encouraging people to report illegal sales. And Milo is
:16:55. > :16:57.also part of its strategy. The biggest hate crime survey in
:16:58. > :17:06.Britain is being carried out by academics in Leicester. The research
:17:07. > :17:09.has already seen more than 1,000 victims talk about their personal
:17:10. > :17:12.experiences of verbal abuse and prejudice ` particularly aimed at
:17:13. > :17:15.minority groups. It's hoped the study will help engage more
:17:16. > :17:22.so`called 'hard to reach' victims, as Sumeer Kalyani reports.
:17:23. > :17:27.It was a gender change that was supposed to make lives happier. Now,
:17:28. > :17:31.two years into her life living as a woman, she says the abuse she has
:17:32. > :17:38.faced has been difficult. As of this, she has asked to remain
:17:39. > :17:42.anonymous. I have had one very physical attack, left me with a
:17:43. > :17:47.noticeable scar on my face. I was lucky I got away. Others earlier in
:17:48. > :17:52.the evening didn't get away because they weren't sharp enough. That's
:17:53. > :17:59.the extreme end of it. But name`calling, snide remarks, that's
:18:00. > :18:04.quite common. The survey also hears from victims of the hate crimes,
:18:05. > :18:07.such as homophobia and racism. As well as the homeless, disabled or
:18:08. > :18:12.new migrant communities. These groups often seen as hard to reach
:18:13. > :18:18.but researchers say that's only because the victims haven't been
:18:19. > :18:22.approached personally. When it comes to engaging with diverse
:18:23. > :18:22.communities, we often rely on community 0
:18:23. > :18:26.communities, we often rely on community leaders or opinion
:18:27. > :18:33.formers, people known to us. That can be an official in some ways but
:18:34. > :18:34.it might mean we are ignoring the experiences of many people whose
:18:35. > :18:37.experiences 0 experiences of many people whose
:18:38. > :18:41.experiences slipped under the radar. Around two thirds of those surveyed
:18:42. > :18:44.say they have been verbally abused, while more than half have been
:18:45. > :18:48.subjected to threatening behaviour. It's thought full results of the
:18:49. > :18:54.survey will help agencies realise that the victims aren't so much
:18:55. > :18:57.heart `` hard to reach as easy to ignore.
:18:58. > :18:59.Still to 0 ignore.
:19:00. > :19:01.Still to come ` Kasabian are coming. Leicester's finest announce a
:19:02. > :19:08.massive open air gig in their home City next year.
:19:09. > :19:27.They're our most successful ice duo since Torville and Dean. And later
:19:28. > :19:30.this week Nottingham's Nick Buckland and Penny Coomes hope to become
:19:31. > :19:33.British champions for the third time in a row. It's a 0
:19:34. > :19:38.British champions for the third time in a row. It's a competition they
:19:39. > :19:44.didn't expect to be at. Just a few weeks ago Nick had to have a heart
:19:45. > :19:47.operation. But amazingly they're back on the ice and looking forward
:19:48. > :20:00.to the Olympics. Kirsty Edwards reports.
:20:01. > :20:06.Nick and Penny will never take this for granted. Four years ago at the
:20:07. > :20:12.Olympics, Nick got the first signs of a heart condition. He feared it
:20:13. > :20:17.could end his career. The morning after the opening ceremony, my heart
:20:18. > :20:22.started beating out of my chest, if you like, as an athlete you know
:20:23. > :20:22.what you feel like to have a racing heart 0 0
:20:23. > :20:28.what you feel like to have a racing heart rate, but this was different.
:20:29. > :20:33.Doctors told Nick it was tachycardia, an abnormality of his
:20:34. > :20:39.heart rhythm. For a while it was something he could control himself
:20:40. > :20:45.recently, it got worse. It got more regular this year, so they fitted me
:20:46. > :20:45.with a device right under my skin, constantly monitors 0
:20:46. > :20:49.with a device right under my skin, constantly monitors any unusual
:20:50. > :20:55.activity. It is bigger than I thought it was going to be. A few
:20:56. > :20:56.weeks ago the device showed some dangerously high readings and Nick
:20:57. > :20:57.was 0 dangerously high readings and Nick
:20:58. > :20:57.was told 0 dangerously high readings and Nick
:20:58. > :21:00.was told he would 0 dangerously high readings and Nick
:21:01. > :21:06.was told he would need surgery. When someone mentions heart surgery,
:21:07. > :21:12.rethink, that's the Olympics gone. He said, I am not allowed to skate,
:21:13. > :21:18.do this, all these things are popping into your head. I was amazed
:21:19. > :21:24.I was back on the ice within a week, but the uncertainty was terrible. So
:21:25. > :21:29.far from ending their hopes of another Olympics, the pair will be
:21:30. > :21:32.confident of a good performance in February, even better than the one
:21:33. > :21:32.which saw them finishing fifth at the last European 0
:21:33. > :21:39.which saw them finishing fifth at the last European Championships. Who
:21:40. > :21:44.knows, I always find myself surprised with what we can do. So
:21:45. > :21:47.I'm in for a nice surprise at the Olympics, basically. 0
:21:48. > :21:50.Olympics, basically. Few quick bits of news, starting
:21:51. > :21:54.with Leicester Tigers, who are unlikely to bring in new players `
:21:55. > :21:58.despite the injury crisis at Welford Road. Tigers lost both Geoff Parling
:21:59. > :22:05.and Matt Smith in the last ten days ` and could ask for permission to
:22:06. > :22:08.add to their battered squad. But Director of Rugby Richard Cockerill
:22:09. > :22:13.thinks he's better off with what he has. We have a strong enough squad,
:22:14. > :22:17.we just have to have them fit and available. We have enough cover,
:22:18. > :22:22.there's no point spending money and signing guys you probably don't
:22:23. > :22:26.need. Could you get more quality, probably not. We have to back the
:22:27. > :22:28.lads to come through, they are good players.
:22:29. > :22:34.Now, there is football tonight and both Notts County and Mansfield
:22:35. > :22:37.really need a win. For the Magpies, new manager Shaun
:22:38. > :22:41.Derry has been in charge for four Games ` all of which have ended in
:22:42. > :22:43.defeat. And at Mansfield, Paul Cox's men haven't won in the league since
:22:44. > :22:44.September So tonight in 0 men haven't won in the league since
:22:45. > :22:48.September So tonight in League One Notts County go to Bradford, while
:22:49. > :22:53.in League Two Mansfield make the short trip to Burton Albion. Results
:22:54. > :22:55.in tonight's late bulletin. In cricket, the fixtures for the new
:22:56. > :22:57.season have 0 In cricket, the fixtures for the new
:22:58. > :22:59.season have been announced ` and Leicestershire and Derbyshire will
:23:00. > :23:03.start the Division Two season playing each other at Grace Road.
:23:04. > :23:11.Nottinghamshire host promoted Lancashire to start. The big changes
:23:12. > :23:22.are in one day cricket. We now have a competition called the NatWest t20
:23:23. > :23:25.Blast ` mostly on Friday nights. It's been announced today that one
:23:26. > :23:28.of Leicester's best and biggest bands, Kasabian, are set to play a
:23:29. > :23:33.huge headline gig in the City's Victoria Park next year. A few years
:23:34. > :23:38.ago they won the Best British Group at the BRIT Awards. But this is the
:23:39. > :23:41.first time the band have put on a performance this big in their
:23:42. > :23:53.hometown. Tickets could go quickly though ` Rebecca Sheeran reports.
:23:54. > :24:00.They started off as dance rock outside is from Leicestershire, now
:24:01. > :24:05.Kasabian are one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Next June they
:24:06. > :24:14.return to their roots, headlining at Victoria Park. We all grew up here,
:24:15. > :24:20.we rehearsed around the corner. From what we started, to where we can get
:24:21. > :24:29.to, I just want kids to come and be inspired by that and join bands.
:24:30. > :24:33.2014 will be the first time they have played in the UK since their
:24:34. > :24:38.headline slot at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this summer. They will
:24:39. > :24:45.be performing for over 30,000 fans and are promising eagerly awaited
:24:46. > :24:49.material from the fifth album. Fate has a way of saying, now is the time
:24:50. > :24:53.for this to happen. We're going to take over the city for a day, put on
:24:54. > :25:01.an incredible night stop it will remain with people forever. For us
:25:02. > :25:08.to do that as a special thing. Tickets go on sale on Friday. Nice
:25:09. > :25:16.to see they were wearing their woolly hats!
:25:17. > :25:23.They certainly needed it this morning. A lovely picture this
:25:24. > :25:35.morning. I will move out of the way so you can get a full review of it.
:25:36. > :25:40.Keep them coming in. We should be frost free for the next few nights,
:25:41. > :25:41.things are warming up a touch. We have a weak 0
:25:42. > :25:43.things are warming up a touch. We have a weak warm fronts, around the
:25:44. > :25:50.edge of the high`pressure, bringing slightly milder air for tomorrow.
:25:51. > :25:57.Some sunshine around again for the afternoon but it will feel less
:25:58. > :26:02.cold, I am saying that because average temperatures are around nine
:26:03. > :26:06.degrees. It's quite light and patchy, this rain, the crowd picks
:26:07. > :26:13.up, it will spread southwards tonight. You can see by the
:26:14. > :26:18.temperatures tonight, we already have the milder air heating in, and
:26:19. > :26:26.they actually rise by the end of the night. Tomorrow morning, a milder,
:26:27. > :26:28.frost free start to the day, bits of frost `` a 0
:26:29. > :26:34.frost free start to the day, bits of frost `` a cloudy morning but that
:26:35. > :26:39.will break up by the afternoon. The best of the sunshine will be across
:26:40. > :26:45.eastern parts, perhaps Derbys holding onto some cloud, but
:26:46. > :26:50.temperatures are on the up. Into Thursday, a similar picture. A dry
:26:51. > :26:57.day, quite a lot of cloud around but again, some holes around. 0
:26:58. > :26:59.day, quite a lot of cloud around but again, some holes around. How milder
:27:00. > :27:04.spell is very brief, unfortunately, for the end of the week we're going
:27:05. > :27:11.to see the colder air digging in again, it's turning colder.
:27:12. > :27:18.Before we go, some very sad news about a broadcaster who'll be well
:27:19. > :27:23.known to many of you. It's John Shaw, who we're sorry to say has
:27:24. > :27:26.died at the age of 56 after a short and sudden illness. He appeared on
:27:27. > :27:28.radio stations 0 and sudden illness. He appeared on
:27:29. > :27:31.radio stations right across the East Midlands over a long and lively
:27:32. > :27:32.career. Most recently he was BBC Radio Leicester's voice of cricket.
:27:33. > :27:44.He will be hugely mist by us all. I am back by the `` with the late
:27:45. > :27:46.news.