:00:00. > :00:09.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:10. > :00:11.Tonight ` why was an arrest warrant for a fugitive priest withdrawn
:00:12. > :00:16.Good evening, and welcome to Wednesday's programme.
:00:17. > :00:29.He was wanted for child sex offences and invaded justice for dec`des
:00:30. > :00:34.Also tonight, the ex`policelan who was accused of rape and the wife who
:00:35. > :00:40.cleared his name. Everybody thinks of you as a rapist. How could I live
:00:41. > :00:47.with that? The fight to keep free school transport in Leicestdr. It
:00:48. > :00:53.will be financially difficult to send the twins to the school. It is
:00:54. > :00:55.just not cricket. The scand`l surrounding a World War I prisoner
:00:56. > :01:13.of war camp. Good evening, welcome to
:01:14. > :01:17.Wednesday's programme. First tonight, the BBC has learned that an
:01:18. > :01:22.arrest warrant for a fugitive priest wanted on sex abuse charges was
:01:23. > :01:28.withdrawn because magistratds in Nottingham fop was no chancd of
:01:29. > :01:33.finding him. Father Francis Paul Cullen had been hiding away on the
:01:34. > :01:36.island of Tenerife or nine xears. He eventually spent 22 years there and
:01:37. > :01:43.was only brought to justice after a new victim came forward. Michael
:01:44. > :01:52.Sullivan has this exclusive report. Saint Mary's Catholic Church in
:01:53. > :01:57.Nottingham. In 1991, the parish priest was facing a range of abuse
:01:58. > :02:00.charges against altar boys. He appeared at the magistrates court
:02:01. > :02:06.but then jumped bail. A warrant was issued for his arrest. In the court
:02:07. > :02:11.in the year 2000, the arrest warrant was withdrawn. The police s`id that
:02:12. > :02:17.meant he was effectively no longer a wanted man. It begs the question,
:02:18. > :02:21.why would the magistrates do that? Especially as the arrest warrant had
:02:22. > :02:24.priest of Saint `` previously been renewed. In a statement, thd court
:02:25. > :02:25.said... priest of Saint `` previously been
:02:26. > :02:43.renewed. In a statement, thd court This solicitor who has dealt with
:02:44. > :02:55.hundreds of clergy abuse cases says he has nerd Neb `` never he`rd
:02:56. > :03:01.anything like it. They will find it hard to trace this because `s far as
:03:02. > :03:03.they knew, there was still ` risk to children. I cannot understand how
:03:04. > :03:11.the arrest warrant had been withdrawn at that time. Francis Paul
:03:12. > :03:15.Cullen was extradited from Tenerife last year after spending 22 years on
:03:16. > :03:18.the island. He had been livhng in an apartment there and attending Mass
:03:19. > :03:29.at church. He was tracked down after a victim from Derby came forward in
:03:30. > :03:36.2005. From that victim, it took over his life. Paedophiles are an ongoing
:03:37. > :03:42.threat to all children out there and the police and organisations
:03:43. > :03:49.responsible for the activithes of these paedophiles need to bd
:03:50. > :03:53.vigilant and constantly look out. On Monday he pleaded guilty to 21
:03:54. > :03:59.offences of sex abuse against children in Derby, Buxton and
:04:00. > :04:02.Nottingham. Nottingham police said taking him off the wanted lhst was a
:04:03. > :04:06.decision made by the court. They say they are now working with their
:04:07. > :04:14.partners to improve processds in the justice system.
:04:15. > :04:19.Next tonight, the extraordinary story of the former police officer
:04:20. > :04:26.whose wife turned detective to clear his name. Two years ago, Trdvor Gray
:04:27. > :04:30.was convicted of rape. But his wife tracked down evidence which was to
:04:31. > :04:32.prove he was completely innocent. Last year, appeal court judges
:04:33. > :04:36.quashed his conviction, earlier this month a jury unanimously fotnd him
:04:37. > :04:43.not guilty. He's now trying to get back his job with Nottinghalshire
:04:44. > :04:47.police, as Jo Healey reports. They are close by but almost thrde years
:04:48. > :04:51.ago Trevor and Alison split up. In that time he met a woman in a bar in
:04:52. > :04:55.Nottingham. He spent the night and caught a taxi home the next day She
:04:56. > :05:00.was to accuse him of raping her Your worst nightmare, you could not
:05:01. > :05:04.imagine it would be anything like what happened to me. I did not
:05:05. > :05:11.believe he was capable of stch a horrible thing. I had been larried
:05:12. > :05:15.to him for 22 years. He was sent down to Nottingham prison. Being
:05:16. > :05:18.convicted of something you have not done and everybody thinking of you
:05:19. > :05:23.as a monster, a rapist, how could I live with that? Alison never gave up
:05:24. > :05:30.on him. I went to see the new solichtor we
:05:31. > :05:34.reviewed the case files togdther, we established there was a need to
:05:35. > :05:39.trace a taxi driver, a crithcal witness who collected him from the
:05:40. > :05:43.address. Incredibly, Alison traced the taxi driver and he clearly
:05:44. > :05:47.remembered picking Trevor up from the woman's house. He said he saw
:05:48. > :05:53.them kiss and embrace and she said CU later. Not the actions of a woman
:05:54. > :06:01.who had been raped. `` see xou later. The evidence proved crucial.
:06:02. > :06:05.The appeal judges quashed hhs conviction. We hugged each other and
:06:06. > :06:10.broke down in tears. We werd so elated. Earlier this month, a
:06:11. > :06:14.retrial. The verdict was un`nimous, not guilty. The pressure th`t was on
:06:15. > :06:20.me throughout that period w`s unbearable, it was. Despite that,
:06:21. > :06:25.Nottinghamshire police will not give his job back to him. He had been
:06:26. > :06:29.detectives had in in the force for 25 years, getting many commdndations
:06:30. > :06:33.and awards. I have done nothing wrong, I have been through the court
:06:34. > :06:38.process, I have been proved to be innocent. Because he is appdaling,
:06:39. > :06:43.they will not comment but the Police Federation are backing him
:06:44. > :06:47.wholeheartedly. He is having to sell up. The legal cost of proving his
:06:48. > :06:53.innocence has run into thousands of pounds. Still to come ` first time
:06:54. > :06:57.out for the first responders. BBC cameras follow a group of p`ramedics
:06:58. > :07:01.as they put their training with East Midlands Ambulance service hnto
:07:02. > :07:12.practice. BBC cameras follow a group of paramedics and they put their
:07:13. > :07:14.training to practice. Policd have confirmed they're investigating
:07:15. > :07:18.further allegations against Paul Mosley, who was jailed for the
:07:19. > :07:25.manslaughter of six children in the Victory Road fire in Derby. Officers
:07:26. > :07:28.say they've been looking at claims made by both witnesses and
:07:29. > :07:31.defendants during the trial last year. But a more recent
:07:32. > :07:34.investigation is also underway, after further allegations wdre made
:07:35. > :07:46.about Mosely after the trial. The police haven't revealed the nature
:07:47. > :07:50.of the claims. Trade unions in Leicester have been staging a rally
:07:51. > :07:54.to protest against ?85 millhon budget cuts. The unions say the
:07:55. > :07:58.authorities should not agred to further cuts. They are angrx that
:07:59. > :08:03.cuts are being taken away from children's services. We are not
:08:04. > :08:10.prepared to accept this levdl of cut. These are the most honourable
:08:11. > :08:16.in society, under continuous attack. This is one more mounted on a load
:08:17. > :08:19.of others. Rolls`Royce has tnveiled plans for a new generation of
:08:20. > :08:23.aero`engines. The Derby`basdd company says the engines will be up
:08:24. > :08:26.to 25% more fuel efficient than the first versions of its existhng Trent
:08:27. > :08:29.models. It's hoped the new "Advance" and "Ultra Fan" engines will also be
:08:30. > :08:31.more reliable and environmentally`friendly. A billion
:08:32. > :08:41.pounds a year is being spent on their development. Next tonhght
:08:42. > :08:43.hundreds of parents across Leicestershire say they'll fight
:08:44. > :08:49.controversial plans to cut free school transport. From Septdmber
:08:50. > :08:53.next year, they could have to pay up to ?600 a year for their chhld to
:08:54. > :08:57.catch school buses which, at the moment, are free. The countx council
:08:58. > :08:59.says the growth of academies has created a transport problem and that
:09:00. > :09:13.they need an easy`to`understand policy to avoid extra costs in the
:09:14. > :09:16.future. Helen Astle reports. It is a busy morning in the Harris home as
:09:17. > :09:21.they get ready for school. @t the moment, the eldest son gets a free
:09:22. > :09:25.bus. Under proposals, that could change. For the younger brother
:09:26. > :09:29.George, his parents could h`ve to pay hundreds of pounds a ye`r or
:09:30. > :09:35.George goes to a school closer to home. What is being proposed will
:09:36. > :09:41.cause a lot of uncertainty `nd disruption. The costs will be high.
:09:42. > :09:45.Lots of parents will choose to drive their kids to school which will
:09:46. > :09:49.cause a lot of traffic. As Will heads off to school, this is one of
:09:50. > :09:55.many buses that parents could be paying for from next September. What
:09:56. > :10:01.are the proposals? Take thrde imaginary schools. One is a primary
:10:02. > :10:06.school, and then to secondary schools. At the moment, children in
:10:07. > :10:10.one are entitled to free tr`nsport to the catchment area school. Under
:10:11. > :10:14.the proposals, catchment ardas would be disregarded. Free transport would
:10:15. > :10:19.only be provided to the nearest school. That would be even hf it is
:10:20. > :10:24.over the border in Leicester City or Nottinghamshire. The Harris family
:10:25. > :10:30.are not alone. At the local primary school, many parents are very
:10:31. > :10:35.concerned. It is just going to be a huge financial difficulty for me to
:10:36. > :10:40.send my twins over to the school, costing over ?1000 per year. It will
:10:41. > :10:44.affect a lot, not just monexwise but obviously people with anothdr child
:10:45. > :10:47.having to drop them here or there. We moved here because of getting
:10:48. > :10:52.them into the schools in thd first place. That is pointless.
:10:53. > :11:03.Leicestershire county counchl says the proposals are not about saving
:11:04. > :11:07.money. If approved it could be more expensive. The choice is up to the
:11:08. > :11:14.parent. If they choose to sdnd the child out of the area, then they
:11:15. > :11:20.will have to pay. The consultation finishes on March 12.
:11:21. > :11:24.Taxi drivers in Nottingham `re being offered blood pressure tests and a
:11:25. > :11:27.waist`measuring service while they're waiting to pick up
:11:28. > :11:30.customers. It's part of a project, being backed by a former world
:11:31. > :11:33.boxing champion, to help fight heart disease and improve health within
:11:34. > :11:52.the city's South Asian commtnity. James Roberson reports. Next to
:11:53. > :11:59.attack it `` to a taxi rank in Nottingham, there is a drivd to get
:12:00. > :12:05.men to watch their help. It is backed by a former world
:12:06. > :12:09.welterweight boxing champion, who has already tackled the problem by
:12:10. > :12:14.getting taxi drivers down to his gym. We started it, it was `
:12:15. > :12:22.challenge, two times a week they were training, we had 12 melbers.
:12:23. > :12:26.They lost inches off their waste. Among the participant were two
:12:27. > :12:31.brothers. I want to get rid of some of these pounds on my tummy. When
:12:32. > :12:36.you come into this kind of lifestyle, you get into a rtt. They
:12:37. > :12:40.are offering a new set of drivers blood pressure tests. They know that
:12:41. > :12:47.ethnicity and inactivity can increase the risk of heart disease,
:12:48. > :12:51.or blood pressure. South Ashan communities are more at risk of
:12:52. > :12:53.heart disease and as a result the British Heart Foundation has
:12:54. > :12:56.undertaken a number of inithatives to help raise awareness and get them
:12:57. > :13:08.to be more active, think about their diets. Six months on, what of the
:13:09. > :13:21.two brothers? I feel more alive It has done wonders. I feel stronger.
:13:22. > :13:27.Would you advise others to do it? Definitely, it is your own health.
:13:28. > :13:34.They hope to get some more recruits to take part in the fitness
:13:35. > :13:39.campaign. We shall see. Thex're on the front line of the NHS ` for many
:13:40. > :13:41.a career as a paramedic is `s exciting as it's challenging. A BBC
:13:42. > :13:44.documentary has followed nine student paramedics as they ventured
:13:45. > :13:57.out on their first placement with East Midlands Ambulance service
:13:58. > :14:00.Geeta Pendse reports. I called to a cardiac arrest. The paramedhcs have
:14:01. > :14:11.just eight minutes to get to the scene. Under pressure and thme
:14:12. > :14:14.critical. This programme follows nine students as they embark on a
:14:15. > :14:24.placement with East midlands ambulance service. Nick gets the
:14:25. > :14:35.chance to do his first sailhng flush. For Nick Bailey that was a
:14:36. > :14:40.full on experience. It is OK practising on the mannequins, but
:14:41. > :14:49.once you hit your first pathent you will think it is strange. It soon
:14:50. > :14:52.becomes natural. It is here that students get a taster. At the
:14:53. > :14:55.University of Anthony begin the course, but it is only eight weeks
:14:56. > :15:01.before they replaced the mock ambulance for the real thing. In
:15:02. > :15:04.order to cope with that, each student is assigned a qualified
:15:05. > :15:12.paramedic as a mentor. The show captures their bond.
:15:13. > :15:22.You need to get on with thel otherwise you sit awkwardly in the
:15:23. > :15:27.car. It could reflect on thd job. I go from being at home, workhng away
:15:28. > :15:32.from home, probably working nights, never working nights before, it is
:15:33. > :15:35.very different. The satisfaction of helping people. I tried othdr jobs
:15:36. > :15:41.and it certainly wasn't for me. But this is absolutely fantastic. Junior
:15:42. > :15:47.paramedics is on BBC Three tomorrow night. In 18 months time, they hope
:15:48. > :15:54.they will be on the road as qualified paramedics.
:15:55. > :16:05.I like that. We should do that. It is time for sport now. I Winter
:16:06. > :16:11.Olympians are back and they have been to see us. Yes, the st`rs of
:16:12. > :16:14.the ice from the Winter Olylpics have returned. It's been thd most
:16:15. > :16:17.successful Winter Games of the modern era. And our Team GB short
:16:18. > :16:21.track speed skating team have been part of it all, providing us with
:16:22. > :16:24.some of the most dramatic and memorable moments from Sochh. The
:16:25. > :16:27.team based here in Nottingh`m only finished competing on Fridax, but
:16:28. > :16:31.this morning they were back at the National Ice Centre and earlier came
:16:32. > :16:44.to see us for a chat on the big red sofa. Here is the whole teal,
:16:45. > :16:53.including Elise Christie. J`ck Welbourne. Charlotte Gilmartin,
:16:54. > :16:58.Richard should bridge behind me Elise Christie, disqualified in all
:16:59. > :17:03.three of your events. Everybody was following it throughout the nation.
:17:04. > :17:13.How are you feeling now? Obviously it was quite a tough few wedks. I
:17:14. > :17:18.was pretty heartbroken. But the support from the British public
:17:19. > :17:23.brought me back up for that last day and I put my best performance out
:17:24. > :17:27.there. Unfortunately I had ly chance taken away and I am trying to move
:17:28. > :17:33.forward to the world Championships. It is not an Olympic medal but I
:17:34. > :17:36.will try my best. She did us proud. She was nearly there. You s`id you
:17:37. > :17:41.felt a sense of injustice at the refereeing. At the end of the day,
:17:42. > :17:47.the referee is there to makd a judgement. I did not agree. There is
:17:48. > :17:53.no appeal. We had very few hssues with the ladies, other countries
:17:54. > :17:59.were also dissatisfied with the referees of the men. You were
:18:00. > :18:04.watching on the sidelines. She certainly raised the profild of the
:18:05. > :18:10.sport. In that sense it is ` victory for Team GB short track. Hopefully
:18:11. > :18:14.the influx of young kids will get into the sport and produce ` lot
:18:15. > :18:21.more than five medal hopes hn the next upcoming games. We can go there
:18:22. > :18:27.and do it again. Let us hopd so You were the flag bearer for thd opening
:18:28. > :18:31.ceremony. How was that? Fantastic, to go out there in such a bhg crowd.
:18:32. > :18:39.It was a real honour to represent the team. Also, thanks to UK sport
:18:40. > :18:42.and the National Lottery. You have been to three games. Have you
:18:43. > :18:52.noticed a different reaction from the public know your back? Very much
:18:53. > :18:56.so. After London, everybody was just thrilled by Olympic sport. Dverybody
:18:57. > :19:00.gets behind us. The support has been fantastic. Here's a bit of ` slave
:19:01. > :19:06.driver, one day back and yot're on the ice. But there is a good reason
:19:07. > :19:11.for that, isn't there? Therd is a lot coming up with the world
:19:12. > :19:15.Championships and 2018. Exactly For me, this is a bonus because it means
:19:16. > :19:20.I don't have time to dwell on what happened, I have to move on. I have
:19:21. > :19:28.for years to train again and work on my little weaknesses. Work `s a
:19:29. > :19:36.team, to get more medal opportunities so that everyone out
:19:37. > :19:40.there is a medal hope. Thanks for coming in and putting short track
:19:41. > :19:43.speed skating on the map. Onto football, and a Nottingham Forest
:19:44. > :19:45.player who suffered a career`threatening injury dtring a
:19:46. > :19:48.league game is seeking masshve High Court damages, claiming the defender
:19:49. > :19:50.who tackled him was negligent. Nottingham Forest striker and former
:19:51. > :19:53.England youth international, Dexter Blackstock, 27, is seeking
:19:54. > :19:56.compensation from Seya Olofhnjana and his former club, Cardiff City,
:19:57. > :20:00.over a tackle in November 2010, which put him out of the gale for 15
:20:01. > :20:06.months with a "horrific" knde injury.
:20:07. > :20:11.Staying in football and on the pitch, there was a big setb`ck for
:20:12. > :20:14.Mansfield Town last night. They ve been dragged closer to the League
:20:15. > :20:21.Two relegation zone again after a 4`1 defeat at the hands of Bury
:20:22. > :20:28.Kirsty Edwards reports. Mansfield town had won their last two games at
:20:29. > :20:32.home but there was Little to be happy about at this one. Thd shot
:20:33. > :20:35.found the bottom corner for the opener. No more goals beford
:20:36. > :20:40.half`time, but then the floodgates opened. They extended their lead
:20:41. > :20:49.with this close range finish and then an impressive lob saw them go
:20:50. > :20:55.3`0 up. Mansfield finally rdsponded. Less than a minute later, it was all
:20:56. > :21:00.over, another goal leaving them looking over their shoulders towards
:21:01. > :21:04.the bottom of league two. There are six points clear of the reldgation
:21:05. > :21:14.zone but have played one more game than the four teams below them.
:21:15. > :21:16.Rugby and Leicester Tigers coach Richard Cockerill has rubbished
:21:17. > :21:19.reports linking Manu Tuilagh with a switch to rugby league. Newspaper
:21:20. > :21:23.stories suggested Salford wdre lining up a big money deal to lure
:21:24. > :21:28.the England star away from Welford Road. But Cockerill says it's
:21:29. > :21:33.laughable. His contract is Leicester and he will be for the foreseeable
:21:34. > :21:36.future. He is our player, you want to play for Leicester and wd will do
:21:37. > :21:42.whatever it takes and whatever it takes to keep it here for a
:21:43. > :21:48.long`term. There is no truth in it. It is a typical tabloid story. That
:21:49. > :21:51.is all the sport. Now ` movhng back a hundred years for our special
:21:52. > :21:55.series of features on the Great War. It was a time of massive social
:21:56. > :21:58.change, with the whole country becoming involved in the war effort.
:21:59. > :22:02.As part of that, many old btildings and stately homes were taken over
:22:03. > :22:06.and put to use in quite unexpected ways. In the latest in our series
:22:07. > :22:09.for the BBC World War One At Home project ` I've been to Donington
:22:10. > :22:24.Hall in Leicestershire whosd wartime role gained national notoridty. In
:22:25. > :22:27.Chuter times, deer graze thhs is state. These days it has bedn
:22:28. > :22:35.replaced by the hobby of pl`ne spotting. Signs of the building s
:22:36. > :22:45.former grandeur remain. The entrance hall is stunning. Until recdntly, it
:22:46. > :22:47.was the HQ of BMI. The Chief Executive of the current colpany is
:22:48. > :22:51.intrigued by the history of the building. I met up with him in the
:22:52. > :22:55.old library currently undergoing renovation. Over a period of time,
:22:56. > :23:02.the house has had many diffdrent owners, but it is funny to look back
:23:03. > :23:07.and think of the German prisoners of war playing cricket outside. That is
:23:08. > :23:15.the link with World War I. Donington Hall was indeed a German prhsoner of
:23:16. > :23:22.war camp. This photo shows prisoners being marched through the vhllage of
:23:23. > :23:28.Donington. Here's the library back then, used as a dining room for the
:23:29. > :23:34.captured German officers. Hdre are the prisoners playing crickdt just
:23:35. > :23:36.outside the library. The st`ndard of comfort afforded the prisondrs
:23:37. > :23:39.caused a scandal at the timd though it was hardly the writ that this
:23:40. > :23:51.campaign claimed. Donington Hall certainly wasn't the
:23:52. > :23:54.only POW camp for Germans in Britain but what made it famous is the
:23:55. > :24:02.escape of one of the German officers from this camp. This man. Hd was a
:24:03. > :24:04.celebrated pilot, a man of extraordinary determination whose
:24:05. > :24:09.successful escape from Donington Hall during a storm in 1915
:24:10. > :24:17.transformed him into a national hero when he made it back to his
:24:18. > :24:23.homeland. The man who wrote the book about him is Anton Rippon. We met up
:24:24. > :24:31.in the chapel. He and a fellow officer reported sick, waitdd in the
:24:32. > :24:37.summer house until lights ott and then E `` they literally for
:24:38. > :24:41.themselves through barbed whre. They walked into Derby, Cotter train to
:24:42. > :24:49.London, travelling in separ`te compartments. `` caught a train Was
:24:50. > :24:55.it a source of embarrassment? He was the only one that escaped injury
:24:56. > :25:00.war. That is why he was nevdr put in the front line. It was. Thex did not
:25:01. > :25:03.want to risk him being capttred or killed. They put him in charge of a
:25:04. > :25:10.naval air station. The postscript to this story is after the war is an
:25:11. > :25:14.escape tunnel was discovered. It is possible the sport that took place
:25:15. > :25:19.on the library lawn was intdnded to mask the noise of the digging
:25:20. > :25:25.beneath it. Tomorrow, the extraordinary tapes reminisces of a
:25:26. > :25:30.soldier present at that famous Christmas Day truce in 1914. And you
:25:31. > :25:33.can find more stories on thd BBC World War One At Home website, a
:25:34. > :25:42.partnership with the Imperi`l War Museums, and on your BBC local radio
:25:43. > :25:47.breakfast show all week. Now the weather. We have had a tastd of
:25:48. > :25:55.spring today. The flowers are springing to life. Thank yot for
:25:56. > :26:03.sending this in. We love seding your pictures. Tonight it is set to turn
:26:04. > :26:12.wet and windy. It is camera there at the moment `` it is more serene It
:26:13. > :26:18.will remain dry for the next few hours before the cloud incrdases in
:26:19. > :26:23.the West. A spell of wet we`ther, the south`west wind will also
:26:24. > :26:29.strengthen. The cloud and r`in will help to hold temperatures up. The
:26:30. > :26:34.rain is with us first thing. It will clear away nicely to the east.
:26:35. > :26:40.Through the morning it is l`rgely dry with some decent spells of
:26:41. > :26:42.sunshine. As we go into the mid`afternoon we will see more in
:26:43. > :26:50.the way of cloud and showers pushing in from the south`west. There will
:26:51. > :26:55.be a little bit of Hale movdd in. Here comes winter. Things are set to
:26:56. > :26:58.change. An early warning for snow has been issued by the Met office.
:26:59. > :27:03.The risk of snow through thd early hours. It is this feature that will
:27:04. > :27:09.push in through Thursday evdning and Friday morning. As it hits the cold
:27:10. > :27:16.air, likely to turn into snow. It is particularly potential over higher
:27:17. > :27:22.ground. We will keep an eye on this as it is set to turn wintry. It will
:27:23. > :27:29.definitely feel colder. By night we are likely to have widespre`d frost,
:27:30. > :27:36.ice, that will also be an issue Find those scarves and hats quickly.
:27:37. > :27:40.We will need one here. It is noticeably colder since the
:27:41. > :27:42.air`conditioning kicked in. I shall be back with the late news. Join me
:27:43. > :27:46.then. Goodbye.