:00:00. > :00:00.News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now
:00:07. > :00:19.Tonight: A distraught couple demand answers about their daughter's
:00:20. > :00:23.violent death. Claire Martin died of multiple stab
:00:24. > :00:31.wounds in Italy. The police claim it was suicide. We want to know what
:00:32. > :00:34.went on. A surgeon linked to the avoidable deaths of liver patients
:00:35. > :00:44.in Wales worked in Leicester for 11 years.
:00:45. > :00:52.Struggling to keep up, and of bed `` Ofsted inspectors slam our schools.
:00:53. > :00:59.To see a child let down is awful. Why MPs are desperate to pass up a
:01:00. > :01:12.big pay rise. It cannot go ahead. We cannot justify MPs getting 11% at
:01:13. > :01:16.the time of national austerity. All those stories coming up in the
:01:17. > :01:18.next half hour. Plus Anne is live at Nottingham Playhouse as the theatre
:01:19. > :01:25.celebrates a very special anniversary. Yes, 50 years ago today
:01:26. > :01:30.it was curtains up for this now Grade II listed building. The first
:01:31. > :01:36.production was Coriolanus starring a young Ian McKellen, and the theatre
:01:37. > :01:40.was the place for rising stars. But in this time of economic austerity,
:01:41. > :01:44.what of the theatre's future? I'll be talking to the Chief Executive
:01:45. > :01:51.and some of the well`known faces that have made the Playhouse what it
:01:52. > :01:54.is today. More from Anne later in the
:01:55. > :01:57.programme. A couple whose daughter died in
:01:58. > :02:00.mysterious circumstances in Italy say they're not getting the support
:02:01. > :02:05.they need to discover what happened to her. Claire Martin from
:02:06. > :02:10.Nottinghamshire suffered multiple stab wounds to her neck. The Italian
:02:11. > :02:16.authorities ruled she'd killed herself, and closed the case. But
:02:17. > :02:26.Claire's parents are convinced she was murdered and are desperate for
:02:27. > :02:33.help to uncover the truth. Almost two years on from the loss of
:02:34. > :02:38.their daughter, this couple still have many unanswered questions about
:02:39. > :02:42.how she died. I spoke to her eat or nine hours before it happened and
:02:43. > :02:48.her last words were, I love you dad, and tell mum I will see her
:02:49. > :02:54.tomorrow. It changed our lives forever. She had suffered 24 stab
:02:55. > :02:59.wounds to her neck. Italian authorities ruled she had committed
:03:00. > :03:05.suicide due to postnatal depression but her family believes she was
:03:06. > :03:13.murdered. She is supposed to have inflicted 24 stab winds on her own
:03:14. > :03:22.neck. Yes. Cleaned the knife, head it and went back upstairs for help.
:03:23. > :03:27.Wonder woman. That is all I can see if she was able to do that. Two
:03:28. > :03:40.years on, and this is what I am like everyday. We just want to know what
:03:41. > :03:46.went on. We have nothing. We have lost our daughter. We have near
:03:47. > :03:51.enough lost our grandson. Their grandson is being cared for by her
:03:52. > :03:58.father and her family in Italy. Player had moved to near Naples six
:03:59. > :04:03.years ago to live with her partner. Her parents have copies of much of
:04:04. > :04:08.the paperwork for the case but the British authorities have refused to
:04:09. > :04:17.find the ?3500 needed to translate the filling the reports. We do not
:04:18. > :04:21.feel as if anybody gives a dam. They want the Italian authorities to
:04:22. > :04:23.reopen the investigation. It's emerged a surgeon who's been
:04:24. > :04:27.suspended over the avoidable deaths of eight patients in South Wales
:04:28. > :04:34.spent more than 11 years working at Leicester's General Hospital. A
:04:35. > :04:39.review of the operations carried out by Professor David Berry in
:04:40. > :04:41.Leicester has now been ordered. Our reporter's in our Leicester
:04:42. > :04:47.newsroom. What's the background to all this? Earlier today it was
:04:48. > :04:50.revealed that Professor David Berry, a liver and pancreas specialist, had
:04:51. > :04:52.been suspended from University Hospital Wales and banned by the
:04:53. > :05:03.General medical Council from performing any more liver surgery
:05:04. > :05:08.after a review of his work. He's worked in Cardiff since leaving
:05:09. > :05:12.Leicester in 2011. A review of his work in Wales showed that out of 31
:05:13. > :05:19.of his patients ten had died and eight of those were found to be
:05:20. > :05:24.avoidable deaths. That was a routine review that was then backed up by
:05:25. > :05:27.the Royal College of Surgeons. Here in Leicester, Professor Berry worked
:05:28. > :05:31.as a consultant specialist liver and pancreatic surgeon at the General
:05:32. > :05:33.for 11 years. And today the Hospital's Trust here said they've
:05:34. > :05:37.now ordered an independent review into Professor Berry's cases and
:05:38. > :05:45.said the year he left Leicester his results were in line with his peers.
:05:46. > :05:52.Should people here be worried and have concerns? The statement the
:05:53. > :05:55.hospital sent me says that when they looked back over a longer period
:05:56. > :05:59.there were occasions when the outcomes weren't as good as his
:06:00. > :06:06.colleagues but they stress it's not the same magnitude as the situation
:06:07. > :06:10.in Wales. They say it's specialised surgery and there are a number of
:06:11. > :06:13.reasons why this might be the case and that's why they've asked the
:06:14. > :06:18.Royal College of Surgeons to carry out an independent review of his
:06:19. > :06:29.work. A helpline's been set up for anyone with concerns. It's free to
:06:30. > :06:35.call. The number is 0808 178 8337. It opens at 10am tomorrow. And one
:06:36. > :06:38.other thing I've just found out, the case in Cardiff surrounding
:06:39. > :06:47.Professor Berry has now been handed to South Wales Police.
:06:48. > :06:50.For the first time ever, the school inspection body, Ofsted, has spelt
:06:51. > :06:55.out, in detail, what it thinks of schools across the East Midlands.
:06:56. > :06:58.While there are signs of improvement, they say too many of
:06:59. > :07:08.our children are getting an education which is mediocre or
:07:09. > :07:13.worse. It is not all bad, the school near
:07:14. > :07:18.Derby has been rated outstanding. When the head took over 16 years ago
:07:19. > :07:21.it was struggling. We have a belief that given the right conditions
:07:22. > :07:27.everybody can really achieve and do well. Today's reporters about our
:07:28. > :07:33.region's education as a whole, how it is doing nationally and locally.
:07:34. > :07:40.It says too much of our education is mediocre. There is some improvement
:07:41. > :07:42.but more dates to be done. Only Leicester and Rutland secondary
:07:43. > :07:49.schools were in the top third of the country. Rutland got top marks. Not
:07:50. > :07:52.one of the seven authorities was then the top third of the country
:07:53. > :07:57.for primary schools and in Derby the will and the bottom third. In
:07:58. > :08:02.Derbyshire, they were in the bottom third of the country for secondary
:08:03. > :08:09.schools. As for GCSE performance, Nottingham was very low, among the
:08:10. > :08:13.worst in the country. What this report is showing is that hundreds
:08:14. > :08:17.of thousands of children across the East Midlands have been let down in
:08:18. > :08:24.their education year upon year. How does that make you feel? I cannot
:08:25. > :08:30.read it if anyone child does not have the education they deserve. As
:08:31. > :08:35.an inspector, as a teacher, as a head, to see even a single child let
:08:36. > :08:41.down is awful. Are they being let down? Some of them are. What do you
:08:42. > :08:48.think about that? I think it is appalling. What do you want to do
:08:49. > :08:52.about it. I want to eradicate any inadequate teaching. I want all
:08:53. > :08:57.schools in the East Midlands to be good and I want many of them to be
:08:58. > :09:03.outstanding. We know that the inspection and still `` system
:09:04. > :09:10.itself could be better, but that is not an excuse. We need to set down
:09:11. > :09:16.and analyse to make the correct decisions. Some of them must
:09:17. > :09:21.improve. The pledge from Ofsted, we will not walk away until they do.
:09:22. > :09:26.A young man's been treated for serious injuries after an incident
:09:27. > :09:30.at the University of Derby. Police and paramedics were called to the
:09:31. > :09:33.Kedleston Road campus in the city this afternoon. Security guards
:09:34. > :09:37.found the man, who's thought to be a student, just before 4pm. He was
:09:38. > :09:40.unconscious and was taken to hospital. The police say they're
:09:41. > :09:44.still trying to establish his identity.
:09:45. > :09:46.The police have started a murder investigation after the death of a
:09:47. > :09:50.woman in Derbyshire. Police discovered the woman's body at a
:09:51. > :09:54.house on Short Row in Belper last night. She hasn't yet been formally
:09:55. > :09:58.identified. Another woman, who's 37, has been arrested on suspicion of
:09:59. > :10:07.murder. Forensic officers are still at the scene and the police say
:10:08. > :10:10.their inquiries are continuing. A growing number of East Midlands
:10:11. > :10:15.MPs have voiced opposition to a planned 11% increase in their pay.
:10:16. > :10:21.Tomorrow, a report will recommend that MPs salaries should rise to
:10:22. > :10:25.?74,000 a year. One government minister from the East Midlands says
:10:26. > :10:29.he would rather give the extra cash to local charities. Our Political
:10:30. > :10:39.Editor is at Westminster. How has this talk of a big increase come
:10:40. > :10:42.about? A pay rise of ?7,600. That's the recommendation of Ipsa, the
:10:43. > :10:51.independent parliamentary authority that would bring an MP's salary to
:10:52. > :10:56.?74,000 after the next election. A one`off increase, it says, to
:10:57. > :11:10.compensate for cuts to their perks. But that proposed 11% pay rise has
:11:11. > :11:18.outraged many MPs. Tips that is independent. It is an independent
:11:19. > :11:21.body `` Ipsa. We cannot justify MPs getting 11% at a time of national
:11:22. > :11:24.austerity. East Midlands Today contacted 30 of our MPs. The
:11:25. > :11:26.question, would they accept the proposed pay rise? Of the 15 who
:11:27. > :11:56.replied, not one said yes. Earlier, one Tory backbencher, the
:11:57. > :12:10.Sherwood MP Mark Spencer, told me that Ipsa may be independent, but
:12:11. > :12:14.had a lot to answer for. It is causing enormous frustration. My
:12:15. > :12:18.constituents are very angry about it and I have encouraged them to write
:12:19. > :12:24.to Ipsa and tell them what they think. Is there a solution that will
:12:25. > :12:29.satisfy public opinion and MPs? The way to do it is to reduce the number
:12:30. > :12:34.of MPs, make us work harder and so the taxpayer does not lose out.
:12:35. > :12:38.Parliament set up Ipsa to sort this out. It is meant to be independent,
:12:39. > :12:43.which is why I am saying to my constituents, right to Ipsa and make
:12:44. > :12:47.sure they understand how angry you are. An update on John Mann's
:12:48. > :12:56.parliamentary motion to peg the MPs' pay rise to 1%. So far, the
:12:57. > :13:02.Bassetlaw MP has the backing of only seven other MPs to that idea.
:13:03. > :13:06.The family of a woman who's gone missing from her home in Nottingham
:13:07. > :13:10.have made a plea for help finding her. Elaine Harrison, 59, hasn't
:13:11. > :13:14.been seen since Monday. She lives on a houseboat at Castle Marina and was
:13:15. > :13:19.last spotted outside a pizza restaurant there, just before 4pm.
:13:20. > :13:24.Police are asking anyone who's seen her to get in touch.
:13:25. > :13:27.A report into a train derailment on one of our busiest rail routes has
:13:28. > :13:32.revealed that a planned inspection of the track hadn't taken place. A
:13:33. > :13:36.freight train came off the tracks just north of Barrow upon Soar last
:13:37. > :13:40.December. No one was hurt but the line was shut for days, causing huge
:13:41. > :13:43.disruption to services. The report says the planned inspection three
:13:44. > :13:47.days before the derailment could have identified the problem. It's
:13:48. > :13:56.recommended improvements to the way Network Rail inspects embankments.
:13:57. > :14:00.Still to come: All the sport, including a special interview with a
:14:01. > :14:05.Tigers star. But first it's time to go back to Anne who's at one of our
:14:06. > :14:14.best known theatres for what is a very special night for them.
:14:15. > :14:20.The drinks are already flowing, the party is in full swing. It is a
:14:21. > :14:25.special gala evening because it is 50 years ago to the day that Lord
:14:26. > :14:30.Snowdon was here opening what was then a state`of`the`art theatre. It
:14:31. > :14:35.was cutting edge. It was what theatre was all about. So many stars
:14:36. > :14:49.came here. Many of their pictures tell a door in the wall. A very
:14:50. > :14:57.young Judy bench. `` Judy Dench. These are the names we have grown up
:14:58. > :15:01.with. A modernist design with the layout
:15:02. > :15:06.inspired by classical Greek auditoriums. In name to 63 the
:15:07. > :15:13.Nottingham Playhouse was seen as an innovative news is. `` 1963. Not
:15:14. > :15:17.long after the doors opened, it earned a reputation as the place to
:15:18. > :15:23.be seen if you were the right things dark in the acting world `` a rising
:15:24. > :15:29.star. A production starring Peter O Toole earned a critical review
:15:30. > :15:35.citing Nottingham Playhouse as the theatrical capital of England. It
:15:36. > :15:43.must have been astonishing then, particularly 1963, some years when
:15:44. > :15:46.people were just coming out of austerity, so the combination of the
:15:47. > :15:51.modernist building, the stars that were working here, the clamour that
:15:52. > :15:56.was associated and the quality of the work must have been
:15:57. > :15:58.extraordinary. The theatre is now grappling with budget cuts with the
:15:59. > :16:05.County Council currently considering with growing `` withdrawing funding.
:16:06. > :16:11.I came here because the County Council subsidised the tickets, so I
:16:12. > :16:16.came here for 50p. It saddens me that young people will not have the
:16:17. > :16:20.opportunity to even work I did because the ticket prices will go
:16:21. > :16:24.up. A modern`day challenge for a theatre that is no longer the new
:16:25. > :16:34.kid on the block but instead an established arts venue.
:16:35. > :16:42.Let me introduce you to the Chief Executive. Many challenging times
:16:43. > :16:46.ahead. Absolutely. It is a challenging time for everyone. The
:16:47. > :16:53.great thing about theatre is people are still coming, even in the light
:16:54. > :16:56.of challenging those. In terms of proposed cuts, we are still
:16:57. > :17:04.appealing. People still need theatre. The possible cuts in
:17:05. > :17:08.funding from the County Council, how real is that? It is a proposal and
:17:09. > :17:14.we are rendered ashen 's and we hope that we can find a way round it ``
:17:15. > :17:18.we are in discussions. I think it is a case of getting round the table
:17:19. > :17:23.and continuing to keep talking and keep the communication channels
:17:24. > :17:27.open. One of the things I mentioned is the wealth of stars that have
:17:28. > :17:34.appeared here. Where are the stars of today? Are they still coming
:17:35. > :17:47.here? Yes. The interesting thing is we have the stars of tomorrow. James
:17:48. > :17:52.Alexander was here. We have all the stars of tomorrow. You see them here
:17:53. > :17:57.before they get famous. We will look back and say, we saw them at the
:17:58. > :18:04.Nottingham Playhouse. We will be back with you later looking at
:18:05. > :18:08.pantomime, because it is that time. Possibly climbing up the giant
:18:09. > :18:11.beanstalk. Rugby, and the Leicester Tigers
:18:12. > :18:16.winger Miles Benjamin says he'd love to play for England in the Six
:18:17. > :18:19.Nations next year. It'd cap a remarkable return because Benjamin
:18:20. > :18:35.has just come back from 13 months out of the game with a neck injury.
:18:36. > :18:40.Five months in a neck brace and hours spent in rehab, but is now
:18:41. > :18:46.ready to start both for Tigers and England. Two tries against
:18:47. > :18:51.Montpellier at the weekend announced the return of Miles Benjamin. I
:18:52. > :18:58.fractured my neck. It was September 2012. It was just a case of being
:18:59. > :19:02.really careful with it, I had to get surgery in the end, it is the last
:19:03. > :19:06.part of the body you want to be going into a game worrying about.
:19:07. > :19:12.You have to be as patient as you can. We got great press at the
:19:13. > :19:16.weekend about the possibility of you being in the England or six Nations
:19:17. > :19:21.squad. I would be lying if I said I did not think about it cause I would
:19:22. > :19:24.love to have the opportunity. You have to look after your club first
:19:25. > :19:31.under the call came I would be delighted. First thing is first. It
:19:32. > :19:35.is more than a decade since the Tigers won the Heineken club and
:19:36. > :19:39.this could be the last time that English clubs take part in at. At
:19:40. > :19:43.the training ground, the Tigers are putting the finishing touches
:19:44. > :19:47.towards people will be another classic performance this Sunday.
:19:48. > :19:51.Onto cricket and Nottinghamshire batsman Michael Lumb has signed a
:19:52. > :19:57.new three`year deal at Trent Bridge. He's become a central figure for the
:19:58. > :20:00.county in all forms of the game. Swimming, and Loughborough's to
:20:01. > :20:03.become the main national centre for British swimming. There's been a
:20:04. > :20:07.shake`up following a disappointing Olympics. Two national centres are
:20:08. > :20:12.being set up. The majority of the British team will be based at
:20:13. > :20:16.Loughborough, the rest at Bath. He's been skating since he was six
:20:17. > :20:18.years old, and next week Jack Whelbourne should discover if he's
:20:19. > :20:23.made Britain's Winter Olympic team for Sochi. The 22`year`old from
:20:24. > :20:27.Nottingham trains at the National Ice Centre. Our reporter's been to
:20:28. > :20:37.see him to learn more about his sport, speed skating. These are the
:20:38. > :20:43.ice skates that have hopefully qualified Jack for his second Winter
:20:44. > :20:47.Olympics, but these are no ordinary ice skates, it is short track speed
:20:48. > :21:07.skating and the blades are longer, thinner and sharper. They also cost
:21:08. > :21:10.more than ?2000 will. The boots that we skates on our custom made to our
:21:11. > :21:16.own mould eat food and I mean, there is a lot of technology going into
:21:17. > :21:21.the boot and a lot of expense. It comes just under ?2000. Then you
:21:22. > :21:31.have your blade attached which comes at about ?400 appear. The helmet is
:21:32. > :21:34.the new technology can such proof `` concussion proof. It compresses
:21:35. > :21:39.which reduces the concussion massively. Once that happens, it is
:21:40. > :21:45.pretty much in the bin and you have to buy a new one, it is ?100 apiece,
:21:46. > :21:50.it is important but expensive. The cost does not stop there. The sport
:21:51. > :21:56.demands specialist classes, gloves and suits, that even with the Winter
:21:57. > :22:01.Olympics just months away, he is still without a sponsor, which makes
:22:02. > :22:06.finding himself difficult. Individual sponsors, we do not get
:22:07. > :22:09.many out there. It is only coming up to the Olympics that people start
:22:10. > :22:16.getting interested and start funding a few of the athletes and that is
:22:17. > :22:21.just a few. Is a medal on the cards? I am not saying I can or I am going
:22:22. > :22:29.to, but when you are on form and when it is your day, there are six
:22:30. > :22:40.teen or 17 guys. It has not happened to me yet, but hopefully I am saving
:22:41. > :22:55.up. More news on Jack next week. That is all from us. Oh no, it
:22:56. > :23:02.isn't. Oh yes, it is. It is filling up here. This is to celebrate 50
:23:03. > :23:06.years and there is also a gala performance of the pantomime. There
:23:07. > :23:13.is a giant beanstalk behind me because it is Jack and the
:23:14. > :23:16.Beanstalk. The Playhouse has always been known for its new works for
:23:17. > :23:27.children and the weird looks after children and panto is very special
:23:28. > :23:31.`` the way it looks after. It is a special year for the artistic
:23:32. > :23:34.director because he has been doing it for 30 years and he says this is
:23:35. > :23:41.his last performance. I managed to catch up with handfuls top `` catch
:23:42. > :23:45.up with him. It may be 50 years of the Playhouse
:23:46. > :23:51.but it is 30 years of panto for Kenneth Alan Taylor. You cannot come
:23:52. > :24:01.to the pantomime without talking to the Dame. How lovely to see you! I
:24:02. > :24:07.am famous at last. How is it going? A little bird told me that this is
:24:08. > :24:12.going to be your last pantomime, but you have said that before and come
:24:13. > :24:17.back. This year, honestly, this is the last appearance as Dean. I will
:24:18. > :24:26.be back writing and directing. 30 years. If you come back and do a
:24:27. > :24:32.Dame again I am going to make you pay a forfeit. Honestly, I will not
:24:33. > :24:41.be back, I promise. What will you miss? The audience. I will not miss
:24:42. > :24:51.the 12 shows a week. I did my first panto in 1959. Were you only three?
:24:52. > :24:56.You are a charmer. I was going to say how beautiful you are. Perhaps I
:24:57. > :25:03.could borrow some of your outfits. I could give you some tips on make up.
:25:04. > :25:09.It is surely good this year. There are lots of funny jokes. We have not
:25:10. > :25:24.been to one since our children are small so it was really nice. I have
:25:25. > :25:29.found Billy Ivory. This theatre means a lot to you. I have been
:25:30. > :25:35.coming here for donkeys. The thing that made me want to be a writer was
:25:36. > :25:40.Kevin Griffiths' play which was back here in the 70s and I saw it as a
:25:41. > :25:46.young boy. What does tonight mean to you? It is a fantastic chance to
:25:47. > :25:52.celebrate the building and the city. And the people of Nottingham and the
:25:53. > :25:58.effect this building has had on the city culturally and the wider
:25:59. > :26:11.populace as well. It is lovely to see you. Alice is outside.
:26:12. > :26:18.I think Jack would have struggled to see the Beanstalk because we have
:26:19. > :26:23.had fog. There is some around this evening but nothing as widespread as
:26:24. > :26:29.we had this morning. Tomorrow is quite quiet with a lot of cloud, a
:26:30. > :26:34.little bit of rain. Tonight, plenty of clear skies at the moment. That
:26:35. > :26:38.is going to allow those temperatures to drop quite quickly. It might
:26:39. > :26:46.allow for a little bit of Bros in sheltered spots. As we go into the
:26:47. > :26:50.early hours of Thursday morning, you will start to notice some cloud from
:26:51. > :26:53.the south`west and the winds starting to strengthen and that will
:26:54. > :26:58.help to lift any patchy mist and fog. Thursday, generally very
:26:59. > :27:03.cloudy. It seems to be quite dry first thing in the morning but then
:27:04. > :27:08.we will notice some rain pushing its way south east as we go into the
:27:09. > :27:17.afternoon. It is very light and patchy but it will be quite a damp
:27:18. > :27:20.afternoon and quite easy. Friday, rain pushing its way east as we go
:27:21. > :27:24.through the day, giving us a damp day. The weekend, Saturday starts
:27:25. > :27:35.dry but more rain to come. That is just about it for us. It is
:27:36. > :27:44.going to be a great night. The pantomime is about to begin. A very
:27:45. > :27:48.happy birthday and here is to the next 50 years.