:00:00. > :00:00.This is East Midlands Today. First serious
:00:07. > :00:17.This is East Midlands Today. First tonight: Fears youngsters here are
:00:18. > :00:21.being drawn into Syria's civil war. While some are volunteering to
:00:22. > :00:25.fight, community leaders warned disreputable charities are loving
:00:26. > :00:33.people in. People are being brainwashed. Lots of people are
:00:34. > :00:40.being killed. Juries are shown CCTV of the fire
:00:41. > :00:44.that killed four members of the same family.
:00:45. > :00:51.We on the road to the European elections.
:00:52. > :00:52.The town where time stood still for three months get its famous clock up
:00:53. > :01:10.and running. Good evening and welcome to
:01:11. > :01:14.Thursday's programme. First tonight, worried mothers are
:01:15. > :01:16.backing a campaign to stop young men travelling to Syria to fight in the
:01:17. > :01:19.civil war. Today, police and Muslim charities
:01:20. > :01:22.in Nottingham warned that, while some of these men are volunteering
:01:23. > :01:26.to fight, others who go to support victims end up being radicalised.
:01:27. > :01:28.But a Leicester MP who deals with terrorist policing says he doesn't
:01:29. > :01:35.believe this campaign. Young men from going to war. Our Social
:01:36. > :01:40.Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
:01:41. > :01:44.An appeal to mothers and sisters in Nottingham, an appeal to use their
:01:45. > :01:47.powers of persuasion to stop British Muslim men from joining a civil war
:01:48. > :01:54.that is happening thousands of miles away. I am worried. People have been
:01:55. > :02:05.brainwashed. Lots of Britons have been killed. Going there to fight is
:02:06. > :02:12.not an option. It will just add to the problems. Getting involved in a
:02:13. > :02:15.conflict that is brutal and has already cost thousands of lives.
:02:16. > :02:23.Maybe feel they are under an obligation. I am dealing with a boy
:02:24. > :02:27.in Nottinghamshire who has ideas about travelling to Syria and I am
:02:28. > :02:38.going through a process of talking to them. I am worried about him
:02:39. > :02:41.getting himself killed. Going out there is not what we are
:02:42. > :02:48.recommending. Police have appealed to women for help. They warned that
:02:49. > :02:52.people make it back alive could be arrested for terrorism. One
:02:53. > :03:00.Leicester MP says the strategy won't work. All the evidence suggests
:03:01. > :03:09.that... The people you need to go to our peer groups. Today's campaign is
:03:10. > :03:14.being supported by two leading charities. They are sending aid
:03:15. > :03:19.supplies to Syria. They say that is the most effective way to help
:03:20. > :03:27.victims. You need to make sure which area you are going to and which
:03:28. > :03:37.groups are working there. Sometimes people can get misused. It is about
:03:38. > :03:43.spreading a message. They are hoping it can save lives.
:03:44. > :03:48.A murder trial jury's been shown CCTV footage of the moment a fire
:03:49. > :03:52.was started at the house in which a mum and her three children died.
:03:53. > :03:56.Nottingham Crown Court heard the blaze was deliberately started by a
:03:57. > :03:59.gang of men who'd wanted to avenge the death of their friend just hours
:04:00. > :04:05.earlier. But they'd targeted the wrong house. Sarah Teale reports
:04:06. > :04:09.from Nottingham Crown Court. The house was set alight in the
:04:10. > :04:18.early hours of September 13 last year. The mother and her three
:04:19. > :04:25.children. They all died. Their father and husband who was in Dublin
:04:26. > :04:30.at the time sat in court watching the CCTV being played to the jury.
:04:31. > :04:35.The footage first shows two cars driving past the house on Woodhill
:04:36. > :04:38.with their lights switched off. The vehicles parked around the corner
:04:39. > :04:44.and eight figures are seen walking back towards the house. Then CCTV is
:04:45. > :04:51.shown on monitors around the court, frames can clearly been seen
:04:52. > :04:55.flickering at the family home at the fire takes hold. Three figures are
:04:56. > :04:59.then spotted walking away from `` running away from the scene. The QC
:05:00. > :05:05.described how a neighbour heard panicking noises coming from the
:05:06. > :05:10.house, crying noises, and calls for help. It is alleged seven men were
:05:11. > :05:14.responsible. The jury heard it was revenge for the murder of a
:05:15. > :05:21.20`year`old man who had been stabbed near by. The gang had targeting the
:05:22. > :05:28.wrong house, the court was told. The jury was shown CCTV that the man the
:05:29. > :05:35.prosecution say was the defendants. They say he got out of the car and
:05:36. > :05:42.dispose of it in a hedge. The court heard how DNA from another defendant
:05:43. > :05:48.was found on a red cigarette lighter which police officers discovered in
:05:49. > :05:53.rubble. All the men deny four separate counts of murder.
:05:54. > :05:57.Seven o'clock is fast approaching, but plenty
:05:58. > :06:04.two Labour MPs have waded into the debate over a specific type of
:06:05. > :06:07.mango. As we were telling you last night, Alphonso mangos from India
:06:08. > :06:11.will no longer be available in the UK from next month. It's after a
:06:12. > :06:13.fruit fly was found in some imports. East Midlands businesses say they'll
:06:14. > :06:17.lose thousands of pounds. The Leicester East MP Keith Vaz wants
:06:18. > :06:20.the European Commission to defer the ban, while Leicester South MP Jon
:06:21. > :06:23.Ashworth has raised concerns with the Environment Secretary.
:06:24. > :06:26.A court's been hearing how dead animals were recovered from an
:06:27. > :06:30.animal sanctuary in Derbyshire. The centre kept dozens of rescued
:06:31. > :06:34.animals including goats and pigs. It was run by 27`year`old Lindsay
:06:35. > :06:37.Newell. She's on trial at Stafford Magistrates Court accused of 31
:06:38. > :06:41.charges of animal neglect. Today, RSPCA inspectors said they found a
:06:42. > :06:59.dead sheep and pig at the centre in November 2012.
:07:00. > :07:02.The number of women who are missing vital tests for cervical cancer is
:07:03. > :07:05.growing faster in the East Midlands than anywhere else in the country.
:07:06. > :07:08.There's been a 17% rise in missed appointments, according to figures
:07:09. > :07:12.released today by the Labour Party. Four years ago, there were almost
:07:13. > :07:14.232,000 women who failed to turn up for the test.
:07:15. > :07:18.That's now grown to 270,000, an increase of just over 38,500. So
:07:19. > :07:21.what are the reasons why more women are missing the test?
:07:22. > :07:23.Here to explain more is our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons. There
:07:24. > :07:30.could be many reasons for this couldn't there?
:07:31. > :07:33.That's right. You get a letter inviting you for a test and it goes
:07:34. > :07:39.to the side and it stays there and you forget about it. Easy to do. We
:07:40. > :07:44.also know that people are sometimes put off by the test itself. Not the
:07:45. > :07:49.most pleasant thing in the world. It takes a few minutes and is a test
:07:50. > :07:53.for abnormal cells. It can reveal whether or not there are changes
:07:54. > :07:55.that can lead to cancer and has been credited with saving thousands of
:07:56. > :08:02.lives every year since the screening was introduced. Here are the slides
:08:03. > :08:05.that they analyse that can pick up abnormalities and leads to more
:08:06. > :08:14.surveillance, surgery that could go on to save your life. Today,
:08:15. > :08:19.Labour's Shadow Health Minister was clear about what she thought was the
:08:20. > :08:22.reason behind it, she says problems accessing primary care.
:08:23. > :08:26.One in three women who missed or delayed their smear test say it is
:08:27. > :08:29.because they could not get a convenient appointment. We have to
:08:30. > :08:32.increase public awareness and make those appointments convenient for
:08:33. > :08:36.women so they don't have to choose between their work and their health.
:08:37. > :08:38.That is what I would like to see the Government do.
:08:39. > :08:45.What's been the reaction to Labour's claims? Something of a war of words
:08:46. > :08:50.today between the political parties. The Department of Health told us and
:08:51. > :08:55.the work they use is that it is disingenuous to suggest that more
:08:56. > :08:57.women are unable to access GP appointments for these tests. The
:08:58. > :09:03.Government stresses they are improving access to primary care,
:09:04. > :09:10.something labour dispute. Something that everyone agrees with is the
:09:11. > :09:14.need for more awareness. It is sometime since the high`profile case
:09:15. > :09:18.of Jade Goody led to a surge in the take`up of these tests.
:09:19. > :09:22.We should remember how lucky we are to have them.
:09:23. > :09:26.A trial has been told that a bull is being wrongly accused of killing a
:09:27. > :09:29.man who walked across a field near Loughborough. The farmer who owns
:09:30. > :09:32.the animal claims it's a case of mistaken identity. Paul Waterfall is
:09:33. > :09:34.in court accused of manslaughter by gross negligence for allegedly
:09:35. > :09:42.allowing the bull to attack 63`year`old Roger Freeman three
:09:43. > :09:48.years ago. James Roberson reports. Today, Paul waterfall and his wife
:09:49. > :09:54.arrived at Crown Court. Also there... In 2010, she and her
:09:55. > :10:01.husband started walking a public footpath across a field. Halfway
:10:02. > :10:06.across, they were attacked by the prosecution claim able called Zak.
:10:07. > :10:11.Mr Freeman was killed, Mrs Freeman was seriously injured. Today, Paul
:10:12. > :10:19.Waterfall told the jury he considered Zak docile. Mr Waterfall
:10:20. > :10:25.was axed by his barrister whether he saw Zack being nastier. No. Did you
:10:26. > :10:31.ever have a problem with him? No. Did you ever see any aggression in
:10:32. > :10:37.him? No. The jury has already heard that not only did Zack attacked the
:10:38. > :10:42.Freemans, but also three electricity engineers. Mrs Freeman and two of
:10:43. > :10:46.the engineers said the poll had longhorns, but Zak had no horns. The
:10:47. > :10:50.defence believes Zak is not the attacker. The jury was told this
:10:51. > :10:54.defendant could only have been negligent if he knew that Zak was
:10:55. > :11:01.not safe. It is my contention that Mr Waterfall had no such knowledge.
:11:02. > :11:03.The trial continues. Traders in a Nottinghamshire town
:11:04. > :11:07.say they're fighting back after months of chaos caused by the
:11:08. > :11:09.building of a new tram line. Businesses in Beeston near
:11:10. > :11:14.Nottingham have been struggling to keep going during the construction
:11:15. > :11:20.work. But today a new shop opened bringing 20 jobs. Simon Ward is
:11:21. > :11:27.there now. After months of despair, are the traders more optimistic
:11:28. > :11:32.tonight? They are. The Government and others
:11:33. > :11:35.tell us the economy is moving in the right direction, so perhaps this is
:11:36. > :11:43.a good example of that. Behind me, the work to extreme # extend the
:11:44. > :11:49.tram network is... It has affected trade. Now people say business is
:11:50. > :11:53.doing well here. If you go down any High Street, you are likely to see
:11:54. > :12:01.vacant shops, including here. But with today's opening of a new shop,
:12:02. > :12:10.business leaders say it is assigned the town is improving. This unit has
:12:11. > :12:16.been vacant for a while. To have a national retailer wanting to invest
:12:17. > :12:20.into the town in a time where it is getting a bit of a bad reputation, I
:12:21. > :12:25.think it is fantastic. It is the opportunities here. It helps people
:12:26. > :12:30.not have to go to the city centre. It gives people more understanding
:12:31. > :12:33.of where we are going and we are trying to expand. We are opening all
:12:34. > :12:36.the time. The ongoing work to extend the
:12:37. > :12:44.network has caused problems for traders.
:12:45. > :12:48.This shop has relied on customers who enjoy using an independent
:12:49. > :12:54.business that started here in 1908. It is now run by a fourth`generation
:12:55. > :12:59.of same family. On a fine day like today, but when it is raining people
:13:00. > :13:05.don't want to come because of the roadworks and traffic problems. But
:13:06. > :13:13.on a sunny day, people make efforts. It is very whether orientated.
:13:14. > :13:21.With extra shoppers coming year, let's hope the cash will stay on the
:13:22. > :13:25.High Street. A local MP is leading a campaign for
:13:26. > :13:30.compensation for local traders who have been disrupted by all this work
:13:31. > :13:31.that is going on, but interestingly the independent grocer you just saw
:13:32. > :13:40.said will not be applying for it. The
:13:41. > :13:44.traders will be happier once the work is finished later in the year.
:13:45. > :13:47.There's just a month to go until we get the chance to vote for the five
:13:48. > :13:50.MEPs that will represent the East Midlands in the European Parliament.
:13:51. > :13:54.But with the Euro constituency so huge, will we even notice there's an
:13:55. > :13:58.election on? Yes, 400 million people across
:13:59. > :14:01.Europe will have the chance to vote for the politicians who are having a
:14:02. > :14:04.greater say over decisions taken in Brussels.
:14:05. > :14:09.With more, here's our Political Editor John Hess.
:14:10. > :14:12.A date for your diary ` Thursday May 22nd. Polling day for the elections
:14:13. > :14:16.to the Europe Parliament. But what powers do our MEPs actually have?
:14:17. > :14:23.They can vote down the EU's annual ?720billion budget, scrutinise and
:14:24. > :14:27.propose EU laws. You may have heard of Jose Manuel Barroso. Well, for
:14:28. > :14:31.the first time, MEPs will elect the next president of EU's government,
:14:32. > :14:35.the Commission. With a Tintin lookalike and a range
:14:36. > :14:40.of continental beers, it is hard to believe that this cafe is actually
:14:41. > :14:45.in the heart of Leicester. Its owner came to Leicester from Turkey. While
:14:46. > :14:51.he loves Brussels, mention the European Union and he gets all the
:14:52. > :14:54.Eurosceptic. The way it's going, I don't think the majority are happy
:14:55. > :15:05.with it. Especially people in England. In contrast, his assistant
:15:06. > :15:13.wants us to embrace the EU. I think if it could just get friendlier,
:15:14. > :15:16.more together again... So what will these elections be about? The
:15:17. > :15:20.economy, jobs, immigration, the environment, even our very
:15:21. > :15:23.membership of the EU itself. Yet with only a third of us actually
:15:24. > :15:31.bothering to vote last time, how many will take any notice? I feel
:15:32. > :15:34.that Brussels rules us almost. But I don't feel that we can make a
:15:35. > :15:38.difference by voting. We ought to come out of the EU. No, we don't
:15:39. > :15:46.want to come out, then we'll lose business. Listen... And, Imean, the
:15:47. > :15:50.shop that I work in, hardly anyone there knows what it's about. Will
:15:51. > :15:57.you be voting in these elections? Yes. I'm not telling you I'm voting
:15:58. > :16:15.for. `` who I'm voting for. We have five MEPs:
:16:16. > :16:21.The system of voting is different. Believe it or not, this is me from
:16:22. > :16:22.15 years ago in the potting shed attempting to explain proportional
:16:23. > :16:25.representation. And the Liberal Democrats attracting
:16:26. > :16:32.14% of the electorate would make the breakthrough.
:16:33. > :16:35.These elections have not exactly fired the voters' enthusiasm in the
:16:36. > :16:41.past. If more than a third of us vote, it will be regarded as a
:16:42. > :16:44.success. And here's the list of all the
:16:45. > :16:47.parties standing for the European elections in the East Midlands.
:16:48. > :16:50.Nominations closed at four o'clock this afternoon. UKIP will be unhappy
:16:51. > :16:53.that a breakaway faction called An Alternative From Europe, UK
:16:54. > :17:00.Independence Now is fielding a full slate of candidates, and gets to be
:17:01. > :17:04.at the top of the ballot form. There's another new one ` The
:17:05. > :17:08.Harmony Party. It's also anti`EU. And with nine parties in total on
:17:09. > :17:16.the ballot form, we're certainly not spoilt for choice.
:17:17. > :17:19.Colin is just around the corner, both time`wise and literally with
:17:20. > :17:23.tonight's sport. And we visit the town where time is
:17:24. > :17:30.finally moving on after being stuck at tea`time for months!
:17:31. > :17:41.First, Nottingham Forest. Before Easter, they were 12 league games
:17:42. > :17:47.without a win, out of the playoff places and looked like going
:17:48. > :17:50.nowhere. But what a difference two games can make. After successive
:17:51. > :17:54.wins, they're back in the chase for the Premier League. Angela Rafferty
:17:55. > :18:08.reports. It has been a remarkable recovery.
:18:09. > :18:12.Just when it looked like they had run out of time, Forest finally
:18:13. > :18:20.found some form. Could they still make it to the play`offs?
:18:21. > :18:27.There isn't really pressure on us. The pressure is on clubs above us to
:18:28. > :18:31.make sure they stay in the play`off places. Our job is to get there. We
:18:32. > :18:42.have to concentrate on our own performance. Their fate may lie in
:18:43. > :18:45.this man's hands. He has played just six games this campaign. He could be
:18:46. > :18:49.in goal for the games that incorporates the season. We gave
:18:50. > :18:56.ourselves a chance. We picked up two great results, it may become an
:18:57. > :18:59.exciting end to the season. That is something you want as a player, you
:19:00. > :19:03.want to stay involved. Don't give up, no matter what happens. One man
:19:04. > :19:11.who never gave up hope, believes they can still do it. We're looking
:19:12. > :19:15.at players and we will give it... We want to put 11 players out there
:19:16. > :19:20.that fans are proud of and give a performance that a football club of
:19:21. > :19:24.this size should do. Two points off the play`offs with just two games to
:19:25. > :19:32.go. If they dare to dream, the time is now.
:19:33. > :19:36.Leicester City's manager Nigel Pearson says he's confident his new
:19:37. > :19:40.contract with the club will be sorted out soon. He's out of
:19:41. > :19:45.contract in the summer, but says the team's success should mean it will
:19:46. > :19:48.sort itself out. I'm not too concerned about the
:19:49. > :19:50.situation. I've enjoyed doing my job here and I look forward to hopefully
:19:51. > :20:02.keeping that going. A Nottingham fitness instructor
:20:03. > :20:07.wants to see pole dancing became an Olympic sport. Kat Humphrey gave up
:20:08. > :20:10.her steady job as a psychology lecturer at Nottingham Trent
:20:11. > :20:15.University to compete in the sport she loves. She now runs a successful
:20:16. > :20:19.business teaching pole dancing at gyms across the region. Jeremy
:20:20. > :20:25.Nicholas reports. Nottingham's Albert Hall at the
:20:26. > :20:33.weekend and a predominantly female audience watching competitive pole
:20:34. > :20:37.dancing. Kat Humphrey is one of the best in the country and she wants to
:20:38. > :20:40.see it in the Olympics. It is another gymnastic art. You've got
:20:41. > :20:46.the parallel bars, and the uneven bars, it's just another bar, it's a
:20:47. > :20:50.vertical bar. I would like to show you some of my moves, but, sadly,
:20:51. > :20:57.Kat has a group coming in. Beautiful. This mother and daughter
:20:58. > :21:02.have just taken it up. Basically, for my general fitness. I started in
:21:03. > :21:07.August and I have never looked back. It's great fun. Beautiful. Eight
:21:08. > :21:12.months ago, I could barely move and thanks to her, it's been amazing
:21:13. > :21:16.ever since. Squeeze those thighs, straight in the legs. I get quite a
:21:17. > :21:21.lot of mother`daughter couples. I get older people, young people,
:21:22. > :21:24.little people and large people. It is fun, we do spend a lot of time
:21:25. > :21:38.laughing, don't we? There is still a stereotype. It is
:21:39. > :21:47.unfortunate. It has come a long way since I started. She is on a mission
:21:48. > :21:50.to improve the image of her sport. She even takes the pole up
:21:51. > :21:56.mountains. Yes, I was the first person to pole dance on Ben Nevis. I
:21:57. > :22:04.carried a freestanding pole eight hours. I then danced at the top. I
:22:05. > :22:09.performed some tricks, I got quite a crowd.
:22:10. > :22:13.We have had St George's Day, but now it is all about the poles. Either
:22:14. > :22:31.way, let's salute the flag. And now to the town where time no
:22:32. > :22:34.longer stands still. For the past three months, Chesterfield's most
:22:35. > :22:38.famous clock has been stuck at five past six. But the dials on the
:22:39. > :22:39.crooked spire tower are working again after some lofty repairs to
:22:40. > :22:52.the 85`year`old mechanism. At 1045, they decided it was high
:22:53. > :22:57.time Chesterfield got its clock back. A team from the clockmakers
:22:58. > :23:08.dangled from 90 feet up to attend the hands. Each of the copper hands
:23:09. > :23:13.that are being reattached way about ?10 and each are covered in 23.5
:23:14. > :23:21.carat gold leaf. Not having their clock working left the locals in a
:23:22. > :23:27.spin. It always through us. It would be great to have it back. It looks
:23:28. > :23:37.really odd without the fingers on. we have stopped looking for so
:23:38. > :23:41.long. The clock packed up because 85`year`old brass bearings well worn
:23:42. > :23:45.out. They will last another 85 years on the work we have just done. We
:23:46. > :23:52.cannot guarantee that something else might go wrong within the next 85
:23:53. > :23:57.years, but the work we have done, guaranteed for 85 years as a
:23:58. > :24:01.minimum. The bill could lose ?10,000, but the council say it is
:24:02. > :24:10.money well spent. People appreciate the clock. People want to see a
:24:11. > :24:15.working clock on the crooked spire. I think it is worthwhile. Folklore
:24:16. > :24:23.would have us believe that the crooked spire was formed by a virgin
:24:24. > :24:35.marrying in the church. Unseasoned wood is a better explanation.
:24:36. > :24:55.We are expecting April showers to end of the week. Today has not been
:24:56. > :25:02.bad. We have had 17 Celsius. Thank you to David, this was taken at
:25:03. > :25:06.Colombo Park. Tomorrow, it is all change. A cloudy story and we are
:25:07. > :25:11.expecting outbreaks of rain and maybe even some thunder. This
:25:12. > :25:16.evening, still clear skies around, but as we go through the evening we
:25:17. > :25:21.starts to see low cloud feeding in from the North Sea. Also some
:25:22. > :25:26.missed. A cloudy night. The cloud holds temperatures up, lows of eight
:25:27. > :25:33.Celsius. Cloudy, misty, murky start to Friday, but a dry start. As we go
:25:34. > :25:37.through the morning, we start to see rain arrived from the south.
:25:38. > :25:41.Outbreaks potentially becoming heavily towards the end of the
:25:42. > :25:46.afternoon with a risk of some thunder in rush hour. A real change
:25:47. > :25:51.in the field to things tomorrow with only a high of 13 Celsius. Looking
:25:52. > :25:56.at your weekend, here is the low pressure coming in from the West
:25:57. > :26:01.giving us a spell of rain through Saturday morning. Once it clears
:26:02. > :26:07.away, it is an improving story. Some sunshine around and they are
:26:08. > :26:13.scattered shower. On Sunday, typical for the time of the year, sunshine
:26:14. > :26:17.and April showers. Temperatures aren't too bad. Saturday improves in
:26:18. > :26:23.the afternoon. Proper spring weather, really.
:26:24. > :26:28.Afternoon dog walking, not in the morning.
:26:29. > :26:54.We'll have the latest at 10:25pm. All across the country,
:26:55. > :26:57.millions of families are waking up to a Britain in which they
:26:58. > :27:00.find it harder to get on. Whilst the Government keeps
:27:01. > :27:03.telling people everything is fixed, no longer stops the pound
:27:04. > :27:08.in their pocket getting smaller or the bills getting
:27:09. > :27:11.harder to afford. gas and electricity bills have
:27:12. > :27:16.increased by more than ?300 whilst the energy companies
:27:17. > :27:22.are making huge profits. not a luxury but an essential
:27:23. > :27:26.for millions of working families -