:00:00. > 3:59:59with boot and ball may be settled by the smallest margins. That is all
:00:00. > :00:16.from us. Now And now the news for the East
:00:17. > :00:19.Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. We start tonight with a round`up of
:00:20. > :00:22.the local election results. Wins for Labour in Amber Valley saw control
:00:23. > :00:25.swing from Conservative to Labour for the first time in 14 years. The
:00:26. > :00:29.for the first time in 14 ye`rs. The Conservatives blamed it on the
:00:30. > :00:31.growth in support for UKIP. In Bassetlaw, Labour strengthened its
:00:32. > :00:33.hold, while in Derby, Labour may remain in power but it was TKIP
:00:34. > :00:43.remain in power but it was UKIP which made gains. Here's our
:00:44. > :00:48.political editor, John Hess. MUSIC PLAYS
:00:49. > :00:53.Stupid Labour supporters sing the Red Flag led by the new leader of
:00:54. > :00:58.Amber Valley. Labour secured the two seater deeded to gain control for
:00:59. > :01:01.the Conservatives who had rtn the mid`Derbyshire Borough Council for
:01:02. > :01:04.14 years. We have been trying for years to get
:01:05. > :01:08.the seat. No big breakthrough for UKIP, yet
:01:09. > :01:09.the Conservatives blamed thd loss No big breakthrough for UKIP, yet
:01:10. > :01:13.the Conservatives blamed the loss on them.
:01:14. > :01:18.It hurts because it has not been lost on a straight fight the. And
:01:19. > :01:23.the Tory MP, this slender m`jority the Tory MP, this slender majority
:01:24. > :01:28.in this political battle ground now looks particularly vulnerable.
:01:29. > :01:35.Aesthetics seat. I have to fight the majority. Local and European
:01:36. > :01:39.elections are not a very good guide for general elections. As the Lib
:01:40. > :01:44.Dems, this would be an election they want to forget. In most wards their
:01:45. > :01:45.voter crashed. Labour can fdel voter crashed. Labour can feel
:01:46. > :01:51.victorious, but more in relhef. victorious, but more in relief.
:01:52. > :01:53.It was a very lengthy night with some fairly substantial del`ys.
:01:54. > :01:55.It was a very lengthy night with some fairly substantial delays. We
:01:56. > :01:58.did eventually get a result. In the grand scheme of things not an
:01:59. > :01:58.did eventually get a result. In the grand scheme of things not `n awful
:01:59. > :02:02.grand scheme of things not an awful lot have changed. UKIP have made a
:02:03. > :02:06.significant breakthrough. Two seat from Labour councillors. Obviously
:02:07. > :02:11.there will be some analysis of the figures and you will see th`t UKIP
:02:12. > :02:12.took a vote from Labour and the Conservatives and the Liberals.
:02:13. > :02:18.Around the country people s`y we Around the country people s`y we
:02:19. > :02:24.just take votes from Conservatives but we won from Labour to. There is
:02:25. > :02:29.no doubt we have a lobster doing in the city, but we will. We will hit
:02:30. > :02:30.the city, but we will. We whll hit the General Election Trail the 7th
:02:31. > :02:35.the General Election Trail the th of May next year. The leadership of
:02:36. > :02:37.Derby will not change very luch of May next year. The leadership of
:02:38. > :02:40.Derby will not change very much but there is plenty of food for thought
:02:41. > :02:49.for all of the parties of how well you could might do in the local and
:02:50. > :02:51.General Election next year. The year to go into the Gendral
:02:52. > :02:55.Election, what do these results Election, what do these results
:02:56. > :02:57.mean. Certainly in Amber Valley Labour winning those two seat to
:02:58. > :03:00.Labour winning those two se`t to take control the first time in two
:03:01. > :03:05.`` 14 years with the very minimum `` 14 years with the very mhnimum
:03:06. > :03:08.they were expected to do. There will be those in the Labour Partx locally
:03:09. > :03:13.and nationally who expect them to do much better. The key year is that
:03:14. > :03:16.result on Sunday in the European Parliament elections will also give
:03:17. > :03:19.UKIP a bit of a left. Then there is a new work parliamentary election on
:03:20. > :03:28.a new work parliamentary eldction on the 5th of June. `` new work. Then
:03:29. > :03:32.it the General Election. Certainly, this bank holiday weekend, there
:03:33. > :03:41.will be a little concern and worry for all the parties about the impact
:03:42. > :03:42.that UKIP has already had. A man who attacked the leaddr
:03:43. > :03:43.that UKIP has already had. A man who attacked the leader of a
:03:44. > :03:44.A man who attacked the leaddr of a Sikh spiritual movement with an axe
:03:45. > :03:48.in a Leicester temple has bden found in a Leicester temple has bden found
:03:49. > :03:51.guilty of attempted murder. Harjit Singh Toor from Oadby admitted he'd
:03:52. > :03:55.been consumed by hatred for the man known by many as the living guru. He
:03:56. > :03:57.claimed the religious leader had sexually abused him as a chhld.
:03:58. > :03:59.Carol Hinds reports. CCTV cameras captured Harjit Singh
:04:00. > :04:00.Toor buying what he describdd CCTV cameras captured Harjit Singh
:04:01. > :04:00.Toor buying what he described as CCTV cameras captured Harjit Singh
:04:01. > :04:02.Toor buying what he describdd as the Toor buying what he describdd as the
:04:03. > :04:04.biggest and scariest looking axe at a Leicester store. Three daxs later
:04:05. > :04:07.a Leicester store. Three days later the 27`year`old was seen walking
:04:08. > :04:12.into the Linden Street temple with the three foot axe concealed under a
:04:13. > :04:15.shawl. His target was His Holiness Sri Satguru Uday Singh the sixth,
:04:16. > :04:22.the world leader of the Namdhari Sikhs, who was in Leicester as part
:04:23. > :04:23.of an official visit to the UK. Toor swung the axe at him, breaking
:04:24. > :04:23.of an official visit to the UK. Toor swung the axe at him, breakhng his
:04:24. > :04:25.swung the axe at him, breaking his right arm and cutting his f`ce.
:04:26. > :04:29.right arm and cutting his face. Someone who witnessed the attack
:04:30. > :04:36.last August, but doesn't want to be identified, recalls the moment it
:04:37. > :04:40.happened. To see some job than axe onto a
:04:41. > :04:46.stage, if Woody was winning towards a state `` everybody was running
:04:47. > :04:48.towards the stage to see if the Holiness was alive. It was
:04:49. > :04:52.frightening. The whole commtnity, frightening. The whole community,
:04:53. > :04:56.they were all crying. The children were crying. The bank worker from
:04:57. > :04:59.Oadby claimed he'd been sextally abused as a child in India by the
:05:00. > :05:01.religious leader in the 1990s, allegations repeatedly denidd by the
:05:02. > :05:05.allegations repeatedly denied by the guru. Toor said he was constmed by
:05:06. > :05:09.hatred, but he only intended to hurt him. The Crown Prosecution Service
:05:10. > :05:14.said it was a vicious assassination attempt on a defenceless man. Today,
:05:15. > :05:17.at Birmingham Crown Court, Toor was jailed for 17 years. Nearly nine
:05:18. > :05:19.months on from the attack, lany jailed for 17 years. Nearly nine
:05:20. > :05:20.months on from the attack, many of months on from the attack, many of
:05:21. > :05:30.the temple's congregation are still haunted by what they saw.
:05:31. > :05:34.A new energy deal in the Middle East could create hundreds of jobs here
:05:35. > :05:37.in the East Midlands. It's part of a ?300 million contract to provide a
:05:38. > :05:43.power plant in the United Arab Emirates, as Emily Anderson reports.
:05:44. > :05:45.A big day and big business for this Nottingham company. The Trade
:05:46. > :05:46.Minister, Lord Livingston, `nnounces a major export deal with the
:05:47. > :05:47.Minister, Lord Livingston, announces a major export deal with thd Middle
:05:48. > :05:48.a major export deal with the Middle East's leading waste managelent
:05:49. > :05:50.East's leading waste management company.The plant will be
:05:51. > :05:58.manufactured here and assembled in the United Arab Emirates. This
:05:59. > :06:03.contract will build one of the world was 's largest waste classification
:06:04. > :06:11.facilities. It will process waste materials, creating renewable energy
:06:12. > :06:12.and reducing landfill. It is going to either create or safeguard 8 0
:06:13. > :06:19.to either create or safeguard 850 jobs across the UK and it's an area
:06:20. > :06:20.where the UK science is absolutely leading. The new contract whll
:06:21. > :06:21.where the UK science is absolutely leading. The new contract will not
:06:22. > :06:27.leading. The new contract whll not only create 100 jobs in this region,
:06:28. > :06:34.but also secure hundreds of others. This is first major G8 deal since
:06:35. > :06:38.the government announced its programme for new businesses. The
:06:39. > :06:42.East Midlands is the first region to benefit. It is hoped it will show
:06:43. > :06:48.nothing as a centre of high`tech expertise.
:06:49. > :06:52.And hundreds of years after he died in battle ` today judges settled the
:06:53. > :06:56.legal battle over where Richard III will be laid to rest. The king,
:06:57. > :06:57.whose remains were found in a car park in Leicester, will stay in the
:06:58. > :06:59.park in Leicester, will stax in the city. Our chief news reporter,
:07:00. > :07:00.city. Our chief news reportdr, Quentin Rayner, has more.
:07:01. > :07:02.In the place where Richard III Quentin Rayner, has more.
:07:03. > :07:03.In the place where Richard HII will In the place where Richard III will
:07:04. > :07:08.be laid to rest, Leicester finally made the announcement it had longed
:07:09. > :07:11.for about its long lost King. If you haven't heard, the result is that he
:07:12. > :07:14.is coming back. The judicial review ruled the Justice Secretary didn't
:07:15. > :07:16.have a duty to consult before issuing the licence to the
:07:17. > :07:20.University of Leicester authorising its choice of the Cathedral for the
:07:21. > :07:29.reinterrnment. For the man who led the search for the remains, it was
:07:30. > :07:33.vindication. A mixture of thrill I am delighted and extremely relieved
:07:34. > :07:39.that it is finally over. For the vanquished, defiant disappointment.
:07:40. > :07:41.Richard is Richard of York full stop his heart and body and soul lies
:07:42. > :07:51.here. This means the plans are here. This means the plans `re
:07:52. > :07:57.notably in limbo. We will be working very fast. Budding plan. In July.
:07:58. > :07:59.The new design of the tomb will be revealed in three or four weeks'
:08:00. > :08:07.time. No doubt the Royal falily will time. No doubt the Royal falily will
:08:08. > :08:12.want to were presented. People of Leicestershire will feel proud. The
:08:13. > :08:15.extraordinary story began two years ago when the remains were dtg up.
:08:16. > :08:20.ago when the remains were dug up. The new visitor centre will be
:08:21. > :08:24.opened by July. My next bring, a stone's throw from where he was
:08:25. > :08:25.originally buried, the anointed king will be reinterred with dignity and
:08:26. > :08:43.honour. If you are travelling tomorrow to
:08:44. > :08:45.see a certain football match, the aware there is some