:00:00. > :00:00.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:00. > :00:08.A murder trial hears how a couple were shot dead
:00:09. > :00:21.It is claimed the killers were the couple's own daughter and
:00:22. > :00:26.son`in`law. Their motive was money. Also tonight, the inspirational
:00:27. > :00:32.hidden messages left by a 15`year`old who died of cancer. It
:00:33. > :00:39.is about a happy ending, it is about the story. Plus, the former sprinter
:00:40. > :00:45.facing a new challenge with a little help from his friends. And, what is
:00:46. > :00:52.in yours shared. We meet the man who has converted his into a cinema.
:00:53. > :00:57.First tonight, a court's heard that a Mansfield couple were shot
:00:58. > :01:01.dead and then buried in their back garden, where their remains
:01:02. > :01:07.William and Patricia Wycherley were allegedly killed by their daughter
:01:08. > :01:13.and son`in`law who wanted to get their hands on the couple's money.
:01:14. > :01:17.Mike O'Sullivan joins us now from Nottingham Crown Court.
:01:18. > :01:20.Mike, the prosecution opened its case today.
:01:21. > :01:35.The prosecution has taken the opportunity to outline the case on
:01:36. > :01:39.the first full day of evidence. They painted a picture of Susan and
:01:40. > :01:46.Christopher Edwards, the witch he 's and son`in`law, a picture painted as
:01:47. > :01:53.people with money troubles who benefited from their deaths and
:01:54. > :01:57.covered it up for 15 years. Buried in their back garden in Forest town
:01:58. > :02:02.in Mansfield, after being allegedly murdered in 1998 on the May Day bank
:02:03. > :02:10.holiday. The prosecution say William and Patricia were each shot twice in
:02:11. > :02:15.their bedroom. The alleged but weapon was a .38 revolver. William
:02:16. > :02:19.was placed on top of his wife in the garden grave. Their daughter Susan
:02:20. > :02:23.Edwards and her husband Christopher denied murder. It is claimed by the
:02:24. > :02:29.prosecution that they wanted their money. The court heard that the
:02:30. > :02:33.Edwards sent out Christmas cards supposedly from the pair from
:02:34. > :02:38.relatives, told neighbours they had moved away and got their pensions
:02:39. > :02:44.paid into an account that they controlled. In all, they got
:02:45. > :02:49.?245,000, including the sale of the house in 2005. The Edwards, it was
:02:50. > :02:55.claimed, were caught out by their own deception. They fled to France
:02:56. > :03:00.after the centenarian society wants to interview William, thinking he
:03:01. > :03:03.was nearing 100 years old. Running out of money, quit the Edwards
:03:04. > :03:10.artists own stepmother asking for help, admitted they had buried them.
:03:11. > :03:12.She contacted the police. The couple were arrested last October, when
:03:13. > :03:23.they returned by agreement to London. The bodies were discovered
:03:24. > :03:28.after 15 years in the garden. Has anything been said about the
:03:29. > :03:32.Edward's defence? They have driven an outline of it so they can
:03:33. > :03:35.distribute it. Susan Edwards say she was staying with her parents when
:03:36. > :03:42.her mother shot her father after an argument late at night. Then
:03:43. > :03:48.Patricia told Susan Edwards that she knew Mr `` her husband had abused
:03:49. > :03:56.Susan as a trial date of the Child. It was also said he hadn't had an
:03:57. > :04:00.relationship... It is claimed Susan Edwards shot her own mother.
:04:01. > :04:04.Christopher said he knew nothing about this until later on and only
:04:05. > :04:08.agreed to bury the bodies. The prosecution says money is at the
:04:09. > :04:13.centre of all of this. They dispute their version of this. Thank you.
:04:14. > :04:16.Next tonight, the grieving parents of a teenager
:04:17. > :04:19.who died from cancer have spoken of their pride after finding an
:04:20. > :04:22.inspirational message that she left hidden behind her bedroom mirror.
:04:23. > :04:26.Athena Orchard, from New Parks in Leicester, passed away last week.
:04:27. > :04:29.It was only afterwards that her parents found the note.
:04:30. > :04:31.They say, they'll treasure what she's written forever.
:04:32. > :04:42.They've been speaking to our reporter Helen Astle.
:04:43. > :04:50.It's the first time I had hoped in six months. Because of where her
:04:51. > :04:55.tumours were, they were so everywhere, I didn't know where,
:04:56. > :05:02.under here, around here, this site, her back. You can't do it. That was
:05:03. > :05:11.my heart. To for about an hour, I didn't want to let her go. Dean
:05:12. > :05:16.orchards recalls the last time he held his daughter. Athena died in
:05:17. > :05:22.her arms special to his arms, she had a form of bone cancer. Despite
:05:23. > :05:29.chemotherapy, nothing could be done. She was so beautiful, amazing.
:05:30. > :05:33.Special. Dean and Caroline new Athena was writing on the back of
:05:34. > :05:37.her bedroom mirror, or they only found out what she wrote after she
:05:38. > :05:46.had died. Every day is special, make the most of it. I wondered if she
:05:47. > :05:54.knew she was going to get ill. That stand out to me. It's amazing. Maybe
:05:55. > :06:04.it's not about the happy ending, it's about the story. I just find it
:06:05. > :06:08.or crew. It is also true. That mirror, with her writing, makes it
:06:09. > :06:16.feel like we still have a part of her. Right down to the last minute,
:06:17. > :06:23.she was happy about herself. She used to say, what will happen to
:06:24. > :06:28.you. When I have gone. She said I am dad it was me, not any of my sisters
:06:29. > :06:34.or brothers. The Orchards are now trying to raise money for their
:06:35. > :06:39.daughter's funeral and taking comfort in her words. She finished
:06:40. > :06:41.her message saying, there is no need to cry, I know you will be by my
:06:42. > :06:43.side. Coming up `
:06:44. > :06:46.from a training camp to a P.O.W camp ` the East Midlands footballing
:06:47. > :07:03.hero trapped in Germany, It wasn't a holiday camp. There were
:07:04. > :07:06.more mealtimes and meals. 5000 men were rounded up and sent back.
:07:07. > :07:10.There. One of the gang accused of killing
:07:11. > :07:14.four members of a family in an arson attack said, he tried to prevent the
:07:15. > :07:18.fire by shouting warnings that there Aaron Webb became tearful
:07:19. > :07:23.as he admitted telling lie after lie Sarah Teale was at
:07:24. > :07:29.Nottingham Crown Court today. Sarah, what exactly did Aaron Webb
:07:30. > :07:34.say about his involvement? Well, the 20`year`old admitted being
:07:35. > :07:37.at Wood Hill, in Leicester, when the fire was started last September,
:07:38. > :07:44.but that it came as a complete He said his co`accused 24`year`old
:07:45. > :07:48.Sean Carter had come up with a plan to just brick
:07:49. > :07:52.the family home of Abdul Hakim, a man they believed to be involved in
:07:53. > :07:55.the fatal stabbing of their friend, He said, instead, on the night
:07:56. > :08:01.another defendant, Tristan Richards, brought along a jerry can of petrol
:08:02. > :08:05.and poured it over the front door. As we know, the wrong house was
:08:06. > :08:09.actually targeted, killing Shehnila And Sarah, Webb said he'd made
:08:10. > :08:17.efforts to stop Richards? Yes,
:08:18. > :08:19.he first told the jury that Richards And one of the gang kept saying,
:08:20. > :08:24.he didn't know. Then he said,
:08:25. > :08:27.I had a sense something serious was I thought he was going to light
:08:28. > :08:31.a fire. His barrister,
:08:32. > :08:33.Christopher Hotten QC, asked, He said he shouted over to Richards,
:08:34. > :08:40.I said what are you doing, I was trying to put him off,
:08:41. > :08:43.Webb said. He claimed that one of his friends,
:08:44. > :08:49.19`year`old Kemo Porter, got in the Sarah, what was
:08:50. > :08:56.his reaction to what had happened? Webb said, he heard the following
:08:57. > :08:59.day how serious the fire had been. He said, he felt sick
:09:00. > :09:02.for the people that died. He later became tearful under cross
:09:03. > :09:05.examination, when pressed about Particularly about Tristan Richard?s
:09:06. > :09:12.involvement, who denies even being Webb said,
:09:13. > :09:16.I didn't want to name him. He poured petrol on that house
:09:17. > :09:21.and if I named him, what was to stop The trial is expected to
:09:22. > :09:35.last another fortnight. Derbyshire's chief fire officer has
:09:36. > :09:38.denied raping Sean Frayne pleaded not guilty to
:09:39. > :09:43.the charge when he appeared at It's alleged to have happened
:09:44. > :09:48.in Etwall in 2006. He's currently suspended from
:09:49. > :09:51.his role with the fire service. It's expected
:09:52. > :09:55.the trial will take place Nottingham's street pastors say they
:09:56. > :10:01.urgently need a new home Members of the team patrol the
:10:02. > :10:05.city's streets on weekend evenings. They've helped more than 10,000
:10:06. > :10:09.people across Nottingham over They've been using a room
:10:10. > :10:14.at the Malt Cross, but The Mayor of Leicester has revealed
:10:15. > :10:20.the council won't be continuing with a series of events
:10:21. > :10:24.which were announced after Sir Peter Soulsby had promised to
:10:25. > :10:29.deliver a bigger and better so`called "Plan B", after Leicester
:10:30. > :10:50.lost the title to Hull last year. From hoping, the UK City of Culture
:10:51. > :10:54.2017 is hollow. To heartbreak. Back in November, Lester was left to pick
:10:55. > :10:59.up the pieces of its defeat to rivals the City of Culture title.
:11:00. > :11:05.But the city and its mayor would find. They had a second plan and the
:11:06. > :11:10.loss would not deter them. There is a determination to show that we did
:11:11. > :11:14.not need the title. We can do it anyway. We can do it bigger and
:11:15. > :11:21.better. We don't need to wait to 2017. But seven months later and
:11:22. > :11:28.with a certain kings remain now definitely sitting in the said that
:11:29. > :11:31.no city, things have changed. Now we have the enormous ceremony
:11:32. > :11:35.officiated with King Richard III at the opening of a business centre
:11:36. > :11:39.firmed up July 26. There is, in Leicester, so many good things
:11:40. > :11:43.happening. We don't need a second plan. So it may not have won the
:11:44. > :11:49.title, but Leicester is hoping its current operator `` offering will be
:11:50. > :11:53.plenty to make it a city with lots of culture.
:11:54. > :11:55.Next tonight, a story of human courage
:11:56. > :12:00.Luke Ducille`Irons had to have his left leg amputated,
:12:01. > :12:03.after getting an infection caused by a new pair of shoes.
:12:04. > :12:06.But thanks to a charity which helps injured servicemen, the former tank
:12:07. > :12:10.commander is being given the help he needs to maintain his independence.
:12:11. > :12:24.It's probably the best thing that ever happened in my life, losing my
:12:25. > :12:29.leg. It's not perhaps what you expect to hear but it is heartening
:12:30. > :12:34.advice for Luke. He recently had to have his left leg amputated after an
:12:35. > :12:41.infection that caused in the most everyday of circumstances. A new
:12:42. > :12:47.pair of shoes took the skin of the top of my three toes. Then, been
:12:48. > :12:52.diabetic, it would not heal and became infected. As he also suffered
:12:53. > :12:56.a stroke if you years ago, his rehabilitation will be a tough fight
:12:57. > :13:01.for the former manager of the Jamaican boxing team and keen
:13:02. > :13:08.athlete. Many years ago I did a lot of sprinting 10.4 300. I have
:13:09. > :13:33.managed to get my head around it. lost a leg nine years ago in a road
:13:34. > :13:38.accident. He had to have begins at a surgery on his remaining leg. They
:13:39. > :13:41.came to see me and they helped me. When you have had a dramatic
:13:42. > :13:49.accident, you look at life quite a bit differently. I talking to Luke,
:13:50. > :13:55.and him talking to other members, he will feel a lot better in himself.
:13:56. > :13:59.Although the recovery can take a winding course, Steve says he hopes
:14:00. > :14:05.he and the staff at the War Derby Hospital Boston have looped able to
:14:06. > :14:09.walk a strong and straight line `` boreal.
:14:10. > :15:32.Just three hours left before the polling stations close in the Newark
:15:33. > :15:36.Patel is the leading run`scorer in Division One of the
:15:37. > :15:42.County Championship this season ` averaging nearly 60.
:15:43. > :15:45.One man who did make it into the test side is Stuart Broad.
:15:46. > :15:51.His appearance for Notts this week, confirming his return to fitness.
:15:52. > :15:54.And just one county game to mention, with Leicestershire having a crack
:15:55. > :16:06.at a result against Gloucestershire but running out of time.
:16:07. > :16:16.A quick word of congratulations for Derby County forward, Simon Dawkins,
:16:17. > :16:18.who scored his first international goal for Jamaica last night.
:16:19. > :16:21.He was making only his third start for the Reggae Boyz
:16:22. > :16:24.in the 2`all draw with Egypt, in a friendly at Brisbane Road.
:16:25. > :16:26.Duffield Squash Club's pair of world champions,
:16:27. > :16:29.Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew, both say, they're aiming for medals
:16:30. > :16:34.Nick is defending Commonwealth Champion and travels to
:16:35. > :16:42.the England team assembled there enormous expectations. The men
:16:43. > :16:46.especially dominated and are expected to do the same in Glasgow.
:16:47. > :16:51.You cannot take it the granted, being part of an England team. To
:16:52. > :16:55.make the end and's men's singles team you need to be the top ten in
:16:56. > :17:02.the world. It is tough just to make the teams. But it's Laura masala who
:17:03. > :17:04.could be really special. The reigning world champion knows just
:17:05. > :17:10.what is jumping dasher go possible for her. Confidence comes from
:17:11. > :17:17.winning a title like that and knowing it can never be taken away
:17:18. > :17:24.from you. I never risk confidence or arrogance because it is a fine line.
:17:25. > :17:31.This tea is cut key for Laura. Duffield is an amazing place to look
:17:32. > :17:36.at, every week I turned up when the match. An and there is a full packed
:17:37. > :17:40.out crowd of juniors wanting autographs. I think that is a real
:17:41. > :17:45.reflection of the strength of the moment. Just a PSL match on a
:17:46. > :17:52.Tuesday, we get so many people coming to watch it. England Squash
:17:53. > :17:55.is so healthy, two world championship the micro champions,
:17:56. > :18:00.young players coming through. I hope we can make the best of this
:18:01. > :18:06.generation. Now it's the Commonwealth. Every campaign of the
:18:07. > :18:07.Olympic recognition has failed, this is the moment the squash is ready
:18:08. > :18:08.mission in the sun. The Badminton squad has
:18:09. > :18:10.also just been announced. No surprise that it includes
:18:11. > :18:13.our own Chris and Gabby Adcock. I'm sure we'll be hearing
:18:14. > :18:16.from them soon. All this week we've been looking
:18:17. > :18:19.at how World War One affected And tonight we tell the story
:18:20. > :18:24.of how a Derby footballing legend found himself trapped in Germany `
:18:25. > :18:28.and show how Trent Bridge was transformed
:18:29. > :18:29.into a military hospital. So many heroic performances have
:18:30. > :18:39.been applauded from this pavilion over the years, but during the First
:18:40. > :18:43.World War, it was home to a different sort of hero. When war was
:18:44. > :18:46.declared in August 1914, Notts were playing Surrey at the Oval. The
:18:47. > :18:50.captain of the match was Arthur Carr. He received a
:18:51. > :18:52.telegram telling him he had to report to his depot. He
:18:53. > :18:57.decided to have an innings before he actually went off. We stayed there
:18:58. > :19:01.for one day, and then he went off to report to the depot. Cricket was
:19:02. > :19:05.stopped late in the month. There were more important battles to be
:19:06. > :19:09.won. W G Grace, the most famous cricketer who had ever lived, stood
:19:10. > :19:13.up and said to people it would be unpatriotic to play cricket, while
:19:14. > :19:18.the war was going on, so cricket When the wounded
:19:19. > :19:22.started coming home, Trent Bridge was requisitioned as a military
:19:23. > :19:26.hospital. This is the Long room in the main pavilion. It was built in
:19:27. > :19:31.1886. In 1914 and 1950s it was converted into a military hospital.
:19:32. > :19:34.There would have been 30 or 40 beds in this room alone, in total there
:19:35. > :19:38.were 200 beds in the hospital. The ladies
:19:39. > :19:56.pavilion was also used. 3500 patients went through in all.
:19:57. > :20:01.Six Nottinghamshire cricketers were killed in action, at many stayed at
:20:02. > :20:05.home as they were minors and cold with needed for the war effort. As
:20:06. > :20:12.the chav who left midway through the game to go to the war, a W Carr was
:20:13. > :20:17.mentioned in this report. He came home safely and resumed his career
:20:18. > :20:21.with knots. England's record goal`scorer had just retired from
:20:22. > :20:26.football in 1914 after leading Derby County to promotion. He was the most
:20:27. > :20:30.famous name in the game, the David Beckham of his day. He wanted to
:20:31. > :20:34.coach abroad. He was a great footballer, but is timing was
:20:35. > :20:39.terrible. He had just offered a job as a football coach in Berlin, three
:20:40. > :20:45.weeks later war was declared. By November 1914, he was interned in a
:20:46. > :20:49.camp. It was a concentration camp, but it was not a holiday camp. He
:20:50. > :20:55.said there were more mealtimes than meals. When they first went there,
:20:56. > :21:00.there were 5000 men from all over Germany who were rounded up and sent
:21:01. > :21:07.there. The statue today looks alchemy Derby dugout. Stands saying
:21:08. > :21:12.that Steve Bloomer is watching. They started a football league in the
:21:13. > :21:20.camp and it was based on the hutch they were in. `` heart. Each hut
:21:21. > :21:24.took the name of a football layer. Bloomer played the Tottenham Hotspur
:21:25. > :21:30.and his team used to with illegal the time. At the end of the war,
:21:31. > :21:36.Steve Bloomer came home to Derby went on to great excess as a coach
:21:37. > :21:40.Canada and Spain. His name is still sung before every game ``
:21:41. > :21:44.And if you want to hear more about how sport was affected
:21:45. > :21:48.by World War One ` go the BBC's World War At Home website and
:21:49. > :21:53.There you can hear more about Trent Bridge, and our local cricketers and
:21:54. > :22:04.Now come with us to a place where green fingers meet
:22:05. > :22:12.A man from Leicester has created a cinema in his garden ` for
:22:13. > :22:31.at the bottom of his garden, 76`year`old has a shared, but this
:22:32. > :22:40.is not where he keeps his tools. `` wrote shed. He spent thousands of
:22:41. > :22:44.pounds in installing a 12 seater cinema. I is the cinema! I would
:22:45. > :22:52.love to work in the cinema like I used to in a 1950s. But there be six
:22:53. > :22:56.nights a week. I decided it was better to have my own cinema in the
:22:57. > :23:03.back garden. I can go inside every day if I want to without divorced
:23:04. > :23:09.seedings! The decor has been designed to mimic a 1960s cinema.
:23:10. > :23:15.The seats have come from a cinema up the road. Unsurprisingly, having
:23:16. > :23:21.your own cinema makes you very popular. Movie nights are something
:23:22. > :23:27.special. It's super! So relaxed and comfortable. It brings back memories
:23:28. > :23:35.of what the cinema used to be years ago. It's just what you need. Every
:23:36. > :23:38.home should have one. The room has also been completely soundproofed so
:23:39. > :23:45.if there is a blockbuster, it will not disturb the neighbours. But even
:23:46. > :23:52.during a party, Art will be tucked away where he is at his happiest. I
:23:53. > :23:55.am strictly a projectionist, I am not one of the audience. I get my
:23:56. > :24:00.pleasure from looking through my porthole and seeing everybody
:24:01. > :24:06.enjoying the film. There is not another cinema any worth that I know
:24:07. > :24:12.of, that is anywhere like my cinema. I am pleased that. So, I call good
:24:13. > :24:24.films, the story of the young man with a love of cinema did have a
:24:25. > :24:32.happy ending. So, what to do senior producers do at the BBC? They gave
:24:33. > :24:34.us a lift of films that they might expect to see. In a small cinema.
:24:35. > :24:41.And because it's at the bottom of the garden, how about,
:24:42. > :24:45.Anything involving Peter O'Tooles or the Harry Potting series.
:24:46. > :24:55.And the James Bond classic `Greenfinger?
:24:56. > :25:06.They will be waiting in cafes after that one!
:25:07. > :25:14.Yesterday, the weather was miserable. It was very active. Some
:25:15. > :25:26.of you were lucky enough to spot a funnel cloud. This by the M1 near
:25:27. > :25:31.junction 28. A final cloud is a violent, rotating column of air that
:25:32. > :25:37.does not touch the ground. If it did make contact, it would be a tornado.
:25:38. > :25:45.Thank you for the footage. It's not looking too bad, now. Thank you for
:25:46. > :25:51.this picture. Tomorrow is not looking too bad. A dry and fine day
:25:52. > :25:57.will turn humid as tempted to climb through the afternoon. Settled as we
:25:58. > :26:04.go through the day, but keeping an eye on this day of pressure. It will
:26:05. > :26:11.turn things rather stormy. The now, plenty of sunshine. As it gets dark,
:26:12. > :26:23.the cloud breaks and friends which will give us a dry night and clear
:26:24. > :26:30.skies. `` spins. Eight associate is your minimum in towns, but five is
:26:31. > :26:34.your minimum in the country. There will be some sunshine in the
:26:35. > :26:37.morning. We are expecting to see high clouds developing as you go
:26:38. > :26:43.into the afternoon, which will turn the sunshine hazy. It will turn
:26:44. > :26:53.increasingly humid. In the middle of the afternoon, mid 20s, getting as
:26:54. > :26:59.high as 2425 Celsius. There are warnings were heavy rainfall on
:27:00. > :27:06.Saturday. Heavy rainfall will collide with height impetus in the
:27:07. > :27:11.Atlantic this leads to sundry downpours. There may be some
:27:12. > :27:18.localised flooding `` no flooding. It is hard to say where. Sunday, is
:27:19. > :27:25.a fresher feel, with lots of humidity. Plenty of sunshine on
:27:26. > :27:32.Sunday just the odd shower. Thank you. We will be back with the
:27:33. > :27:41.late news and bring you some information on the by`election. Our
:27:42. > :27:42.politico `` wrote political editor will let us know how things are
:27:43. > :27:54.going. Goodbye. It's a weekly selection
:27:55. > :28:03.of hand-picked stuff from Radio 2, and then it's delivered
:28:04. > :28:06.straight to you.