:00:00. > :00:13.it's time for the news where you are.
:00:14. > :00:20.Now the news for the East Midlands. I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:21. > :00:23.First tonight: "Give this man his job back", that's the call from the
:00:24. > :00:25.Police Federation which says Detective Trevor Gray, wrongly
:00:26. > :00:27.convicted of rape should be allowed to rejoin the force. 0
:00:28. > :00:30.convicted of rape should be allowed to rejoin the force. Mr Gray only
:00:31. > :00:33.managed to clear his name after his wife tracked down a key witness who
:00:34. > :00:40.had been missed by the police. Quentin Rayner reports.
:00:41. > :00:44.Former detective Trevor Gray is a free man only because his wife
:00:45. > :00:48.turned detective. After he was wrongly convicted she discovered a
:00:49. > :00:51.key witness hadn't been traced. Within four days of her putting out
:00:52. > :00:52.an appeal, the taxi driver was found. 0 0 0
:00:53. > :00:53.an appeal, the taxi driver was found. His 0
:00:54. > :00:59.an appeal, the taxi driver was found. His evidence was crucial in
:01:00. > :01:03.overturning the conviction. The Grays' complained about how the case
:01:04. > :01:06.was investigated only to find out the officers investigating their
:01:07. > :01:10.complaint was the same ones that carried out the investigation. I
:01:11. > :01:13.have little if any faith in that team investigating themselves. A
:01:14. > :01:19.complaint about themselves and the manner in which they conducted the
:01:20. > :01:22.investigation. Integrity, honesty, transparency, questionable?
:01:23. > :01:30.The Police Federation is funding his appeal to get his job back. Well it
:01:31. > :01:31.araises the assumption that they had a preconceived 0
:01:32. > :01:34.araises the assumption that they had a preconceived idea. They have not
:01:35. > :01:39.looked for this crucial defence witness which managed to overturn
:01:40. > :01:43.the case against Trevor. It raises a question with me, did they have a
:01:44. > :01:48.preconceived idea that he was guilty and therefore, stopped looking for
:01:49. > :01:52.the truth? The Independent Police Complaints Commission is looking at
:01:53. > :01:57.the case. The IPCC commissioner has assured me that a fully independent
:01:58. > :02:02.investigation will be carried out. Nottingham Police said Mr Gray is
:02:03. > :02:07.appealing his dismissal and it would not be appropriate to comment
:02:08. > :02:09.further. The force said, " We take any report of sexual assault and
:02:10. > :02:11.rape 0 any report of sexual assault and
:02:12. > :02:14.rape extremely seriously have a duty to investigate such allegations.
:02:15. > :02:23.Whoever they are made against." Trevor Gray says he wants his job
:02:24. > :02:26.back. His appeal should be heard by June.
:02:27. > :02:31.The number of apprentices in the region is booming. They've shot up
:02:32. > :02:35.by more than 14,000 in just three years. Earlier today, the Skills
:02:36. > :02:35.Minister was in Leicester to see how so many 0
:02:36. > :02:41.Minister was in Leicester to see how so many places were being delivered.
:02:42. > :02:45.Mike O'Sullivan reports. The skills scp minister looks at `` the skills
:02:46. > :02:52.Ministers looks at hands on training. This is the British Gas
:02:53. > :02:56.academy. Graduates and the over 20s compete for places. There was a lot
:02:57. > :03:01.of good people in the interview. So I want to try and get as much out of
:03:02. > :03:06.this as I can. There is not really any age limit of it. If you have got
:03:07. > :03:09.a keen eagerness to learn, why not? The Government is pouring lots of
:03:10. > :03:17.money into subsidising apprenticeship training. Over ?1
:03:18. > :03:22.billion nationally in 2009/10 and around 1.4 billion last year. The
:03:23. > :03:26.number of apprenticeships starts in Derbyshire, damn shire and
:03:27. > :03:35.Leicestershire and their corresponding cities stood at over
:03:36. > :03:39.33,000. That's up over # 73% on 2009/10. At British Gas they
:03:40. > :03:43.received ?9,000 from 0 2009/10. At British Gas they
:03:44. > :03:51.received ?9,000 from the taxpayer towards the ?40,000 cost of training
:03:52. > :03:55.each apprentice. We have state`of`the`art facilities. And we
:03:56. > :04:00.are proud to have th label and we have fed the industry over a period
:04:01. > :04:06.with engineers. I want to see the new norm that people when they leave
:04:07. > :04:06.school go to university or into an apprenticeship 0 0
:04:07. > :04:09.school go to university or into an apprenticeship and it is our job not
:04:10. > :04:12.to push them one way or the other because university is right for some
:04:13. > :04:16.people, but not right for everybody. It is our job to make sure that
:04:17. > :04:20.there are good options available for both. This year, British Gas hopes
:04:21. > :04:26.to train hundreds more engineers at this academy.
:04:27. > :04:31.The news that 360 jobs at a Derbyshire factory are to go has
:04:32. > :04:35.left staff devastated according to a union official. Sandvik in
:04:36. > :04:37.Swadlincote is ending production, closing the factory which makes
:04:38. > :04:44.construction machinery and moving the operation to Northern Ireland.
:04:45. > :04:50.The firm blames the slow pace of the global economic recovery. James
:04:51. > :04:57.Roberson reports. Today, the factory here is quiet as the majority of
:04:58. > :05:01.workers are at home digesting the information that 360 jobs are to go.
:05:02. > :05:06.News the unions say that came out of the blue. The jobs are to go over
:05:07. > :05:11.the next 12 months as the firm consolidates this factory's
:05:12. > :05:16.operations with its plant in Northern Ireland. It is the
:05:17. > :05:19.community and the subcrat contractors. It is not just in
:05:20. > :05:23.isolation of the plant even though these devastating for the members at
:05:24. > :05:28.the workplace. Sandvik which makes heavy construction machinery here
:05:29. > :05:33.said they couldn't run two UK plants at half capacity, hence the move to
:05:34. > :05:38.County Tyrone. In the segment we are in which is construction, we haven't
:05:39. > :05:45.seen any market recovery since the post financial crisis of 2009. The
:05:46. > :05:51.local MP says she is hopeful other south Derbyshire firms like Toyota,
:05:52. > :05:56.and Nestle may have alternative positions. I'm keeping my fingers
:05:57. > :05:59.and everything crossed. No stone will be left unturned, working with
:06:00. > :06:00.Unite, and working with the directors, we want to make sure
:06:01. > :06:01.those who 0 directors, we want to make sure
:06:02. > :06:03.those who want 0 directors, we want to make sure
:06:04. > :06:08.those who want another job will find one. My next step is to get answers
:06:09. > :06:14.from the company. We were just told this yesterday. We are in the dark
:06:15. > :06:19.as to how this happened. 80 jobs are being retained. The union starts
:06:20. > :06:24.talks with the firm about those being lost on Monday.
:06:25. > :06:26.Newsnight is getting underway now on BBC Two, live from Kiev as Russian
:06:27. > :06:28.troops 0 BBC Two, live from Kiev as Russian
:06:29. > :06:34.troops spread into the Ukraine, Anna's here now with your weather.
:06:35. > :06:40.Thanks, Maurice. If well, if you are hoping to see the Northern Lights,
:06:41. > :06:42.it is unlikely. This was the sky last night. Thank you James for
:06:43. > :06:46.taking the time to send the photo in. It is a very cold night tonight.
:06:47. > :06:49.Where we have showers to the east, they will start to ease. It is a dry
:06:50. > :06:51.night. And with clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going
:06:52. > :06:53.to really drop. We 0 light winds, temperatures are going
:06:54. > :06:59.to really drop. We are looking at minimums around about freezing if
:07:00. > :07:03.not lower than that into rural and sheltered spots. Widespread fog is
:07:04. > :07:04.expected. That will start to lift first thing tomorrow morning, it is
:07:05. > :07:06.a 0 first thing tomorrow morning, it is
:07:07. > :07:10.a cold and frosty start, but we are in for a fairly pleasant day on
:07:11. > :07:15.Saturday. Some lovely sunshine is expected, light winds making it feel
:07:16. > :07:17.pleasant, just the chance of one or two showers pushing into the far
:07:18. > :07:21.north. 0 two showers pushing into the far
:07:22. > :07:25.north. Largely dry with a high of seven Celsius tomorrow. I will leave
:07:26. > :07:29.you with a look at the outlook for the next few days. It is staying
:07:30. > :07:34.unsettled into the new week, but now with your national forecast,
:07:35. > :07:40.weekend summary for London. Now time for the National forecast.
:07:41. > :07:48.Good evening, if you are a meteorologist, tomorrow is the first
:07:49. > :07:51.day of spring. But mother nature has little regard for such labels. That
:07:52. > :07:56.is one explanation for why spring starts with a touch of frost and
:07:57. > :08:03.fog. Sunny spells on Saturday before outbreaks of rain from the West on
:08:04. > :08:07.Sunday. Already a lot of cloud out West but before that, we have to get
:08:08. > :08:08.rid of this cloud across the East which is