:00:00. > 3:59:59a woman has been arrested after three of her children are found dead
:00:00. > :00:20.at First tonight ` the bungled revenge
:00:21. > :00:24.attack that killed a family of four in Leicester. Good evening and
:00:25. > :00:44.welcome to the programme. The history making season for
:00:45. > :00:48.Leicester. Whatever happened to the student who designed a shoe for the
:00:49. > :00:54.Duchess of Cambridge? The Landsat lies here. `` the ants are lies
:00:55. > :01:05.here. First this evening, a jury's been
:01:06. > :01:09.told how a mother and her three children died in a fire in their
:01:10. > :01:11.home in a bungled revenge arson attack.
:01:12. > :01:15.Nottingham crown court heard the blaze in Leicester was deliberately
:01:16. > :01:19.started by a gang of men who wanted to avenge the death of their friend
:01:20. > :01:24.just hours earlier. But they got the wrong house. Sarah Teale has been in
:01:25. > :01:33.court today and we can join her live now. Sarah this was described today
:01:34. > :01:36.as a tragic case. Yes, it has been. The prosecution barrister Ricahrd
:01:37. > :01:40.Latham QC started outlining the basic details of the case to the
:01:41. > :01:45.jury today and he described it as horrendous. A revenge attack on the
:01:46. > :01:49.wrong house. A sequence of events which started with the murder of one
:01:50. > :01:50.man and ended in the deaths of a completely innocent family in their
:01:51. > :02:04.own home. The fire ripped through the house in
:02:05. > :02:10.the early hours of September 13 last year. Inside, sleep and unaware
:02:11. > :02:21.whether mother and her three children. `` worth the mother. The
:02:22. > :02:26.prosecutor told the murder trial it was a botched arson attack. He said
:02:27. > :02:31.it was part of a revenge plan for the murder just seven hours earlier
:02:32. > :02:37.of 20`year`old football coach, and one. He was stabbed in the back mile
:02:38. > :02:44.away on Kent Street. A gang had witnessed the attack and they
:02:45. > :02:54.believed Abdul Hannan been involved. As retribution, the court
:02:55. > :02:58.heard they intended to set fire to the home. They simply got the wrong
:02:59. > :03:05.house, the jury was told. It was a tragedy. The court heard how petrol
:03:06. > :03:09.had been poured through the letterbox and had been ignited. The
:03:10. > :03:17.fire took hold swiftly and engulfed the stairs. This was the family's
:03:18. > :03:21.only means of escape. A firefighter said it was the worst domestic fire
:03:22. > :03:30.he had seen in 50 years. Despite valiant efforts, nothing could be
:03:31. > :03:36.done to save the family. Their husband and father was in Dublin at
:03:37. > :03:42.the time when he worked as a consultant neurosurgeon. The jury
:03:43. > :03:45.was told he had spoken to his wife and each child individually just
:03:46. > :04:01.before the fire claimed their lives. The gang on trial are all from
:04:02. > :04:07.Leicester. One man is from Leeds. They all deny four counts of murder.
:04:08. > :04:10.To paint you a picture of the scene here at Court one there's a great
:04:11. > :04:14.number of barristers and lawyers. They take up three rows of the
:04:15. > :04:19.court. The prosecution opening is due to last until Friday. Then on
:04:20. > :04:22.Monday the jury will be taken to the Woodhill in Leicester to see for
:04:23. > :04:28.themselves the scene of the fire and the house which is still boarded up.
:04:29. > :04:32.The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.
:04:33. > :04:37.It's Wednesday night, and you're watching East Midlands Today. Plenty
:04:38. > :04:40.more ahead tonight. Including a look at how the region's
:04:41. > :04:49.been celebrating the birthday of England's favourite bard and St
:04:50. > :04:58.George's Day! Follow your spirit and upon this charge cry, England and St
:04:59. > :05:05.George. Police investigating Madeleine
:05:06. > :05:11.McCann's disappearance say six new incidents have come to light since a
:05:12. > :05:14.special appeal was made last month. Madeleine vanished almost seven
:05:15. > :05:18.years ago in Praia da Luz in Portugal's Algarve region. Police
:05:19. > :05:21.are now looking at 18 potentially`linked cases, where a
:05:22. > :05:26.lone intruder broke into villas in the region. The new incidents
:05:27. > :05:31.include an assault on a 10`year`old in 2005 in Praia de Luz.
:05:32. > :05:34.A Nottinghamshire police officer wrongly convicted of rape has been
:05:35. > :05:39.suspended despite an order to reinstate him. Trevor Gray was
:05:40. > :05:44.sacked and jailed before clearing his name during a retrial. Earlier
:05:45. > :05:47.this month, the Police Appeals Tribunal ruled he could return to
:05:48. > :05:51.his job at Nottinghamshire Police. The Force says he's been suspended
:05:52. > :05:56.from duty pending the outcome of a gross misconduct hearing later this
:05:57. > :05:58.year. Next tonight, the remarkable machine
:05:59. > :06:04.which enables hospital patients to donate their own blood while they're
:06:05. > :06:07.having an operation. The He`mosep device captures blood spilt during
:06:08. > :06:14.surgery, filters it and then returns it to the patient. It's made in
:06:15. > :06:16.Nottinghamshire by a family firm which used its expertise as lace
:06:17. > :06:24.makers to develop it. Julie needed major open`heart
:06:25. > :06:29.surgery. To have it she would normally need blood transfusions but
:06:30. > :06:35.she is a Jehovah witness. Giving blood other than her own is against
:06:36. > :06:38.her beliefs. It was important for me to have the surgery done without
:06:39. > :06:41.anybody else's blood as a transfusion into my body. That is
:06:42. > :06:45.where this machine helps. It is ground`breaking but how does it
:06:46. > :06:51.work? During any procedure, there will be an element of blood loss.
:06:52. > :06:55.You can take this blood, concentrate it in a concentrator bag, pass it
:06:56. > :07:03.into the blood bag and give it to the anaesthetist to transfuse back
:07:04. > :07:06.into the patient. It is extremely useful for patients because they are
:07:07. > :07:11.getting their own blood back and their own clotting factors. In the
:07:12. > :07:14.past, they would have only got red cells and the clotting cells would
:07:15. > :07:18.have been lost. This process is quicker. It could also benefit
:07:19. > :07:23.costs. Across the East Midlands 80,000 people donate thousands of
:07:24. > :07:26.litres of blood. Julie would have needed more than three litres just
:07:27. > :07:31.for her operation but this machine meant she could use her own.
:07:32. > :07:34.Intriguingly, it has been made by a family firm at Kirkby in Ashfield
:07:35. > :07:40.once known for its textiles and lace. It has used their expertise to
:07:41. > :07:49.develop the filters and microscopic meshes needed to help patients like
:07:50. > :07:54.Julie. It is wonderful. The device itself helped my surgery, my
:07:55. > :08:00.recuperation afterwards. She is one of the first patients to use the
:08:01. > :08:03.machine. Doctors in Nottingham are part of its first ever UK trials but
:08:04. > :08:09.interest is growing across the world.
:08:10. > :08:13.Next a safety warning from a fire chief over e`cigarettes. Dave Watson
:08:14. > :08:15.from Leicestershire says that they could explode during battery
:08:16. > :08:21.charging because there's no cut`off point. It comes after an e`cigarette
:08:22. > :08:33.on charge in a woman's car caught fire. Mike O'Sullivan has this
:08:34. > :08:42.report. Kim switched to e`cigarettes after it was left on
:08:43. > :08:48.charge and it exploded. Luckily it was parked up with no one in at the
:08:49. > :08:54.time. I open the door and a load of blacks smoke came out. I looked
:08:55. > :08:58.inside the car and the back`seat was alight. I ran back into the house
:08:59. > :09:05.and got a bowl and filled it up with water and put it out. Kim had bought
:09:06. > :09:08.a e`cigarette kit from a petrol station but was using a different
:09:09. > :09:14.charger and she believes this may have been what caused the fire. A
:09:15. > :09:17.senior fire chief told me he has identified another problem. There
:09:18. > :09:21.seems to be no safety cutout mechanism that prevents them from
:09:22. > :09:27.overheating during charging which causes the battery to overheat and
:09:28. > :09:31.literally explode. Kim is approaching Trading Standards over
:09:32. > :09:38.her concerns of what she claims is a lack of instructions for using
:09:39. > :09:42.e`cigarette kits. I was in shock and it is a nightmare. I don't want
:09:43. > :09:49.anyone else to make the same mistake as I did. Kim has got a courtesy car
:09:50. > :09:56.as her own will now be properly written off. She will be using
:09:57. > :09:59.disposable e`cigarettes cigarettes in future. Shopkeepers in Leicester
:10:00. > :10:04.say they stand to lose thousands of pounds due to a European ban on a
:10:05. > :10:05.special type of mango. These ones in fact.
:10:06. > :10:11.They're Alphonso mangoes which come from India. As of next month they
:10:12. > :10:19.won't be available in the UK after a type of fruit fly was found in some
:10:20. > :10:27.imports. These aren't just any mangoes. They
:10:28. > :10:30.are Alphonso mangoes which are extreme `` extra sweet. They are
:10:31. > :10:38.very popular here and this man is not happy about the ban. I am not
:10:39. > :10:43.happy it is going to be banned. The Alphonso mangoes is and is only
:10:44. > :10:48.eight weeks long but that means big business. He will sell 40,000
:10:49. > :10:54.mangoes every week and he will make just over that two`month period
:10:55. > :11:01.around ?9,000. The band is going to cost him dearly. It will hit us. It
:11:02. > :11:11.will definitely hit us with the mangoes. I was upset about it. It is
:11:12. > :11:15.not just him that will be affected. They are very valuable to grocers,
:11:16. > :11:23.especially those that Salomon wholesale. They helped turnover in a
:11:24. > :11:26.big way. Some businesses can have ?56,000 profit per and and that
:11:27. > :11:32.helps when it comes to the rest of the year. We are going through a bad
:11:33. > :11:38.phase in terms of the retail sector and this is going to be another blow
:11:39. > :11:43.for those businesses. It will be a shame because we look forward to
:11:44. > :11:49.them all year. It will be a shame. I will have to wait until I get to
:11:50. > :11:55.India to have them. I have grown up with the mangoes. He is hoping the
:11:56. > :11:58.ban is overturned. Many of his customers are unhappy they won't be
:11:59. > :12:05.able to get a taste of home on their doorstep.
:12:06. > :12:11.Across the region have been celebrations to mark Saint Georges
:12:12. > :12:14.Day. There've been parades, church bells ringing, even a call for St
:12:15. > :12:17.George's Day to become a national holiday.
:12:18. > :12:20.And to top it all, it's also been Shakepeare's 450th birthday too!
:12:21. > :12:37.James Roberson's been out among the celebrations. There is no sign of
:12:38. > :12:42.any Dragon. The lack of a bad he wasn't going to dampen the spirits
:12:43. > :12:50.of these St George enthusiasts as many set off on a march into old
:12:51. > :12:54.market square. A large crowd enjoy the entertainment before the parade
:12:55. > :13:14.turned up but still no dragon inside. At last, a dragon. Where
:13:15. > :13:20.more appropriate than in St George's Church. It is a small church but it
:13:21. > :13:26.is a beautiful church. It is evolving into the 21st century
:13:27. > :13:33.today. Back in Nottingham, depraved `` the parade arrived. We have
:13:34. > :13:36.heritage here that we are very proud of. We only have eight bank holidays
:13:37. > :13:44.throughout the year and I think there is room for another one. It is
:13:45. > :13:51.our day. We should all celebrate it. Look how many people are here.
:13:52. > :13:58.Everybody celebrates it and it should be a family day. Why not? We
:13:59. > :14:05.celebrate other things so why not this. It is also Shakespeare's 450th
:14:06. > :14:10.birthday today and in Derby, the theatre company wasn't going to let
:14:11. > :14:16.that pass without a cake and a suitable reminder of the day. Follow
:14:17. > :14:30.your spirit and upon this charge cry, God for Harry, England and St
:14:31. > :14:34.George. If in doubt, always have a cake. Still to come ` what happens
:14:35. > :14:37.when you design a shoe that gets picked by the Duchess of Cambridge.
:14:38. > :14:40.Well, it happened to Becka and if you're into your footwear then
:14:41. > :14:44.you're going to be very interested in what she's up to now. All will be
:14:45. > :15:00.revealed later in the programme. Time now for sport and look what we
:15:01. > :15:05.have in the studio tonight. Yes, the Football League Trophy.
:15:06. > :15:08.Fantastic isn't it. What a sight for Leicester City fans tonight. A week
:15:09. > :15:11.on Saturday they will see their team lift this stunning trophy at the
:15:12. > :15:17.King Power stadium after a history making, magical season. Last night
:15:18. > :15:19.in Bolton they clinched the Championship title in style, as
:15:20. > :15:39.Kirsty Edwards reports. Champions of the Championship. They
:15:40. > :15:48.have done it. Huge celebrations on a night that saw a great goal secure a
:15:49. > :15:55.memorable win. It is a beauty. It is into the top corner. It is the gold
:15:56. > :16:07.to cram the championships. Lord `` Lloyd Dyer got the goal. The party
:16:08. > :16:13.could really begin. It is our year, it is our club, it is champions
:16:14. > :16:27.2014. It is destination Premier League. Everyone knows we have
:16:28. > :16:33.talked about it a lot. The spirit that we have is a team and also the
:16:34. > :16:37.spirit of the club, everyone was hurting from last season and
:16:38. > :16:41.everyone has come back in with a great man Teletubby. It is a great
:16:42. > :16:46.thing for the entire club but most of all, for the fans. There will be
:16:47. > :16:50.another chance for the players and fans to party on May the 5th bank
:16:51. > :16:55.holiday Monday. Details have not been revealed yet but that is when
:16:56. > :17:03.official celebrations will take place. `` May five. We have had a
:17:04. > :17:08.fabulous following and the fans here tonight will enjoy the experience
:17:09. > :17:14.and quite rightly so. We have gone over the line with two games to go.
:17:15. > :17:23.I cannot complain. It is a bit special. Not only is Premier League
:17:24. > :17:25.football come to Leicester, this city is now home to the football
:17:26. > :17:43.league champions. Well joining me now is two special
:17:44. > :17:45.guests Leicester City club ambassador Alan Birchenall and
:17:46. > :17:56.official club historian John Hutchinson. Thank you both for
:17:57. > :18:04.joining us tonight. Well first Birch look at these pictures. To go up
:18:05. > :18:12.with six games to go and win the title with two games left is
:18:13. > :18:16.incredible. It has been fantastic. That is why they have worked so hard
:18:17. > :18:21.this season. You can see them enjoying themselves there. The lads
:18:22. > :18:30.have got hold of him. They will have to watch his knees! It has been a
:18:31. > :18:42.tremendous season for the lads. How good is this team? This team proves
:18:43. > :18:47.it. This is probably the best squad I have known in 40 years. What about
:18:48. > :18:55.the goal last night that clinched the title. Lloyd Dyer, quite fitting
:18:56. > :19:02.because he is one of Nigel Pearson's first signings. Fantastic
:19:03. > :19:09.goal. If you can unleash something like that, it was a rocket. It was
:19:10. > :19:16.well deserved. It is just fantastic for the lads. John, we must look at
:19:17. > :19:27.the stats. Leicester have broken records all season. It is a national
:19:28. > :19:31.record. They have won 29 goals `` games all season. They have 96
:19:32. > :19:38.points, that is a club record. They have still got two games to go. They
:19:39. > :19:44.have gone 12 games consecutively without defeat and that is a club
:19:45. > :19:52.record. There is still two games to go. You could go on and on. You
:19:53. > :19:57.should be a teacher. What about the win percentage for Nigel Pearson.
:19:58. > :20:05.Statistically, he is your best ever manager. Nigel is statistically the
:20:06. > :20:11.most impressive manager. He has got a win percentage of over 50%. No
:20:12. > :20:21.other manager has come near that. Frank got them up in 1971 and got
:20:22. > :20:23.46%. Martin O'Neill, 38%. Nigel is statistically the most successful
:20:24. > :20:36.manager in the whole history of the club. Do you want to get your hands
:20:37. > :20:41.on the trophy but I want Wes to be the first person to touch the
:20:42. > :20:50.trophy. They will get to touch the trophy in ten days' time. It will be
:20:51. > :20:54.a fantastic celebration. Statistically, we must be the best
:20:55. > :20:57.programme. Time now to cast your mind back to March 2012 when the
:20:58. > :21:01.Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge came to Leicester on the first stop
:21:02. > :21:04.of the Jubilee celebrations. It was a momentous occasion for many people
:21:05. > :21:07.but perhaps for none more so than a student who had entered her
:21:08. > :21:10.university's competition, and won the chance to make a shoe fit for a
:21:11. > :21:13.princess! But once your design is picked by
:21:14. > :21:19.royalty and you finish your degree, what happens next? We tracked
:21:20. > :21:23.Rebecca Hunt down to find out. Two years ago in celebration of the
:21:24. > :21:30.Jubilee, the Duchess of Cambridge chose a shoe that have been designed
:21:31. > :21:36.by a young De Montfort student. It means everything. It is incredible.
:21:37. > :21:40.I am shocked. Shocked she was, but that they paved the way to today's
:21:41. > :21:42.internship at one of the Duchess's favourite designers. We are inside
:21:43. > :21:44.LK Bennett's headquarters in central London and Becka is on the top
:21:45. > :21:56.floor. When you look back on that day where
:21:57. > :22:01.the Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen came to the University, would
:22:02. > :22:09.you ever forget that? It was such a whirlwind. It was a crazy day. I
:22:10. > :22:13.remember it. It was a really memorable day and I don't think I
:22:14. > :22:17.will ever forget that one. What about the shoe? We got a pair made
:22:18. > :22:20.up. I have got a pair that I can keep and the prototype I made has
:22:21. > :22:31.been displayed in Northampton Machine Museum. `` shoe museum. Will
:22:32. > :22:35.it ever be made into a shoe for people to buy? No, out of respect
:22:36. > :22:38.for the Duchess, that would never happen. It was designed especially
:22:39. > :22:42.for her. What about your future? Where will you see yourself? The
:22:43. > :22:46.future for me? I am here for a year until September and after that, we
:22:47. > :22:53.will have to wait and see. My dream is to have my own line.
:22:54. > :23:01.I know Becka would love to have her own line in the future. Is that
:23:02. > :23:11.something that you think might become a reality? I think there is
:23:12. > :23:15.somethingmight happen and she is very enthusiastic and very talented
:23:16. > :23:19.and she truly believes in what she's doing. I hope that this experience
:23:20. > :23:24.is going to help a lot along the path. It is probably just a case of
:23:25. > :23:36.watch this space. What tips did you pick up?
:23:37. > :23:39.Top tip this summer is flats. All of you have completely ignored
:23:40. > :23:44.that. With the weather, it may be the
:23:45. > :23:53.weather for wellingtons. We are expecting some April showers.
:23:54. > :23:59.With some sunny spells, you can get out and about with your camera. We
:24:00. > :24:05.have this weather front that is starting to push in and it gives us
:24:06. > :24:12.an increasing cloud. The rain is now starting to push in. Outbreaks of
:24:13. > :24:17.rain may be heavy at times. It clears away to the East eventually.
:24:18. > :24:22.Behind it, we see the cloud breaking towards the West and we may see a
:24:23. > :24:29.little bit of mist and fog in places. Temperatures down to eight
:24:30. > :24:34.Celsius. The cloud that is with us first thing tends to break up quite
:24:35. > :24:37.slowly through the morning but eventually we will see some decent
:24:38. > :24:42.spells of sunshine as we go into the afternoon. What you will notice is a
:24:43. > :24:49.fuchsia hours starting to develop. These will be particularly sharp. If
:24:50. > :24:54.you get caught out, watch out for them. Temperatures around 16 Celsius
:24:55. > :24:59.in the sunshine so still feeling quite pleasant. On Friday, we have
:25:00. > :25:04.low`pressure out to the east of us. It is a mostly dry day before rain
:25:05. > :25:09.pushes in. This area of low pressure starts to move on as we go into the
:25:10. > :25:14.weekend and what that will do is give us sunshine and showers for
:25:15. > :25:21.both Saturday and Sunday but decent spiny `` sunny spells at time. Not
:25:22. > :25:25.too bad. April showers. It may be a reason to wear flat
:25:26. > :25:28.shoes. She will be back in heels we view at
:25:29. > :25:55.10:25pm. Goodbye. 'The last two generations
:25:56. > :25:57.have been robbed 'of an opportunity to vote
:25:58. > :25:59.on the EU. 'And yet it has a greater impact
:26:00. > :26:02.on our everyday lives 'and not leave it for
:26:03. > :26:08.another generation.' I want a Britain that is free
:26:09. > :26:25.to control its own destiny. 'It's estimated there'll be another
:26:26. > :26:30.3 million people in Britain by 2020. 'Our public services
:26:31. > :26:32.are already stretched. 'The pressure on schools, housing,
:26:33. > :26:37.hospitals is huge.' we cannot control
:26:38. > :26:41.who comes into our country.