:00:00. > :00:26.high, 15-20. It's not all bad. Thank you very much. That's all from us so
:00:27. > :00:47.This is East Midlands Today with Geeta Pendse and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:48. > :00:57.Tonight: a gang convicted of murder after a botched revenge att`ck. And
:00:58. > :01:15.soldiers come home from Afghanistan. Good evening. First tonight, minimum
:01:16. > :01:19.jail sentences totalling 134 years have been handed down to thd seven
:01:20. > :01:23.men and a youth of 17 who took part in an arson attack that led to the
:01:24. > :01:26.deaths of a family of four hn Leicester. As he left court, Dr
:01:27. > :01:30.Mohammad Taufiq, the husband who lost his wife and children hn the
:01:31. > :01:32.fire, said he was satisfied with the sentences. Mike O'Sullivan has this
:01:33. > :01:35.report. The aftermath of thd shocking arson attack. Petrol was
:01:36. > :01:38.poured through the letterbox and ignited at this family home last
:01:39. > :01:46.September. The fire that night claimed the lives of the mother her
:01:47. > :01:54.19`year`old daughter, and sons aged 17 and 15. The man who pourdd the
:01:55. > :01:59.petrol was sentenced to lifd with a minimum term of 35 years for
:02:00. > :02:06.murder. His 19`year`old fridnd got a minimum term of 25 years for murder.
:02:07. > :02:10.Six others found guilty of manslaughter were given sentences
:02:11. > :02:19.ranging from 16 years to eight years. The father who lost his
:02:20. > :02:25.family gave his reaction outside of court. I am satisfied with the
:02:26. > :02:33.sentence. I see the was a top pressure on the judge and I accept
:02:34. > :02:42.everything. The house was sdt alight for the fatal stabbing near by of
:02:43. > :02:49.this man. It was a case of listaken identity, they thought it w`s the
:02:50. > :02:58.home of his attacker. They carried out this red engine attack ``
:02:59. > :03:05.revenge attack for the rest of their friend but the judge said that did
:03:06. > :03:10.not excuse them. They had their motive but the motive for md is my
:03:11. > :03:17.belief, my village, my God, my family is with me and these are my
:03:18. > :03:21.motives to continue. He is returning to his hospital job in Dublhn and
:03:22. > :03:27.will continue community work there. He has put the house up for sale.
:03:28. > :03:29.Next tonight, more than 400 soldiers have been awarded military ledals
:03:30. > :03:37.for their service in Afghanhstan during an emotional parade ground
:03:38. > :03:41.ceremony today. The Royal Anglians 2nd Battalion is the East Mhdlands'
:03:42. > :03:46.last front line regiment to return from Helmand Province. It mdans the
:03:47. > :03:49.region's last complete comb`t unit is now out of Afghanistan. Our
:03:50. > :03:58.Social Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Ball met them at Kendrew Barracks
:03:59. > :04:05.today. A day steamed in symbolism for this Italian which recrtits in
:04:06. > :04:12.towns and cities across Leicestershire and Lincolnshire 241
:04:13. > :04:26.Royal and is received their campaign medals. In the crowd watching where
:04:27. > :04:30.proud even and families. We were very worried and there were concerns
:04:31. > :04:36.of the time but we all know it is their job and what they want to do.
:04:37. > :04:42.They are passionate about bding in the Army. This was their son for
:04:43. > :04:48.months ago when I joined his patrol. A 25`year`old left tenant ldading
:04:49. > :04:54.his team through streets whdre he knew they were targets for suicide
:04:55. > :04:58.bombers. Here, they did not come under attack but in the citx they
:04:59. > :05:05.sometimes did come under fire while searching for enemy weapons. I had
:05:06. > :05:16.to make decisions but we work within the rules of engagement and return
:05:17. > :05:18.fire. The Royal Anglicans wdre also defending British bases frol attack
:05:19. > :05:27.while they were gradually bding shut down. Here, they were living at the
:05:28. > :05:30.police headquarters and sharing intelligence with the Afghan forces
:05:31. > :05:38.who are being trained to do the job themselves. They have come from what
:05:39. > :05:45.they were to what they are now. It is very good, they are keen to do
:05:46. > :05:55.it. This was warm for the Anglians, it was nicknamed the crack. As their
:05:56. > :06:06.base shut down their cookhotse closed which meant living on these
:06:07. > :06:13.ration packs. They missed home. It is great to get back to norlal
:06:14. > :06:20.family life. They are this region's last front`line regiment to come
:06:21. > :06:32.home. For hundreds of familhes across the East Midlands it is the
:06:33. > :06:35.end of a long walk. `` war. A Leicester hospital has apologised to
:06:36. > :06:38.a family after the death of their newborn baby. Dayani Chauhan`Ahmed
:06:39. > :06:41.died hours after her birth `t Leicester General last October. An
:06:42. > :06:43.inquest heard how staff at the labour unit were overstretched,
:06:44. > :06:46.leading to delays in care. Tonight, bosses said sorry and inisist
:06:47. > :06:49.they've changed their poliches to stop this happening again. Our
:06:50. > :06:57.reporter Amy Harris has been at the hearing in Leicester and johns us
:06:58. > :07:02.now. Yes, the hearing here hn Leicester lasted all day as the
:07:03. > :07:11.coroner heard about the vit`l hours before the birth and death of the
:07:12. > :07:15.child last October. Our mother was admitted to hospital expecthng her
:07:16. > :07:21.first baby and it should have been straight forward, a straightforward
:07:22. > :07:25.pregnancy with no cause for alarm. The labour unit was very busy that
:07:26. > :07:30.October night, staff were overstretched and she did not
:07:31. > :07:34.receive adequate attention. The baby's birth was delayed whhch
:07:35. > :07:45.caused brain damage which ldd to the death. It helped to get a bht of
:07:46. > :07:52.closure but as a parent your child is always your child no matter what.
:07:53. > :08:02.We do try to move on. We ard not stepping back. We are looking
:08:03. > :08:11.forward but obviously this hs a fantastic conclusion from the
:08:12. > :08:14.coroner. Their and the coroner sat through hours of evidence today from
:08:15. > :08:25.medical profession is `` professionals at the hospit`l. ``
:08:26. > :08:29.the parents there and the coroner. The baby's birth was not brought on
:08:30. > :08:34.for over an hour when it wotld normally have been 30 minutds, staff
:08:35. > :08:43.were unable to come back and review our mother. The hospital has changed
:08:44. > :08:48.policies, urging staff to sdek assistance from consultants
:08:49. > :08:55.elsewhere when necessary. Wd will do our absolute utmost to ensure it
:08:56. > :09:00.does not happen again. We t`ke this very, very seriously and cannot
:09:01. > :09:06.apologise enough to the famhly for the loss of their baby. It hs such a
:09:07. > :09:12.tragedy and we will do our tp most to get those policies embedded and
:09:13. > :09:24.ruled out for the new stuff coming into the trust. `` rolled ott. The
:09:25. > :09:29.death was due to natural consequences contributed to by
:09:30. > :09:35.neglect. But it was said it was difficult to see how the cube could
:09:36. > :09:44.have got much worse. Next, the struggle to buy a home. The homeless
:09:45. > :09:48.charity Shelter has talked today of a drought of affordable homds in our
:09:49. > :09:54.region. They looked at the `sking price for thousands of oper`tives
:09:55. > :10:00.here and compared those prices with the mortgage that families, couples
:10:01. > :10:06.and single people can get as first`time buyers. In the E`st
:10:07. > :10:11.Midlands, 81% of properties for sale are out of reach of a typic`l
:10:12. > :10:17.working family looking to bty a first warm. Assuming a family can
:10:18. > :10:22.save the average first`time buyer deposit of 18%, shelter clahms that
:10:23. > :10:35.over a quarter in this region would find them percent of suitable homes
:10:36. > :10:42.out with that family's grasp. With the first`time buyer deposit of 5%
:10:43. > :10:47.80% of homes would be out of reach. Only 6% of properties on thd market
:10:48. > :10:53.are affordable for someone on an average wage trying to get on the
:10:54. > :10:57.housing ladder. Shelter oncd a government commitment to buhlding
:10:58. > :11:07.more homes to give people the opportunity to part rent/part by a
:11:08. > :11:12.property. We need to cut sole of the red tape around planning to make
:11:13. > :11:20.sure that people can find the land to build on. Does the market agree?
:11:21. > :11:27.This estate agent sells properties in our region. Properties are easier
:11:28. > :11:32.to get now with lower deposhts needed. With the prices rishng that
:11:33. > :11:38.encourages people to act now rather than wait. In six months it will be
:11:39. > :11:48.more expensive than today. So, what does the government say? Thd claim
:11:49. > :12:01.that this year we will have invested ?4.5 billion in the affordable homes
:12:02. > :12:04.programme. Flight cancellathons and delays are continuing to affect
:12:05. > :12:07.passengers at East Midlands Airport due to an Air Traffic Control strike
:12:08. > :12:10.in France. Ryan Air cancelldd three outbound and three incoming flights
:12:11. > :12:14.today. East Midlands Airport says other flights to France and Spain
:12:15. > :12:17.are, on average, delayed by one and a half hours. Passengers ard advised
:12:18. > :12:20.to contact their airline or tour operator for more information. The
:12:21. > :12:25.French strike is due to end on Sunday. Crime was down by 70% at the
:12:26. > :12:28.recent Download music festival. 91 crimes were reported to polhce at
:12:29. > :12:33.the Castle Donington event, compared to 301 last year. Most of the
:12:34. > :12:39.offences were theft, mainly from the tents of festival goers who were
:12:40. > :12:43.camping at the site. Surgeons at two Nottingham hospitals are likely to
:12:44. > :12:59.be the first in the UK to h`ve an MRI scanner that can scan a patients
:13:00. > :13:02.brain during an operation. The Queen's Medical Centre and City
:13:03. > :13:05.Hospital are hoping to get the equipment. It follows a ?600,00
:13:06. > :13:09.donation from the charity, Children with Cancer UK. The fund rahsing
:13:10. > :13:11.appeal is led by the University of Nottingham. Next tonight, ndw
:13:12. > :13:15.figures have revealed our rdgion is the worst in the country for
:13:16. > :13:18.recruiting new GPs. Almost four out of every ten trainee posts hn the
:13:19. > :13:21.East Midlands remain vacant. It comes as doctors warn a two`week
:13:22. > :13:33.wait for a GP appointment could soon be standard. Simon Hare reports A
:13:34. > :13:37.career in medicine, often sden as a top profession. It seems thd
:13:38. > :13:44.workload means many young mddics are not going into general practice
:13:45. > :13:52.Many targets have to be met because it hits the practice's targdts. We
:13:53. > :14:05.have to come in at evenings and weekends, there is no choicd. Almost
:14:06. > :14:13.257 trainee GP posts in our region but for 2% remain vacant. The
:14:14. > :14:21.nationwide average vacancy percent is 13. Young doctors are not
:14:22. > :14:28.choosing general practice as a career so there are not enotgh GPs
:14:29. > :14:32.to replace those who are retiring. Increasing numbers are retiring
:14:33. > :14:43.Ultimately that will mean fdwer GPs and fewer appointments. You have to
:14:44. > :14:48.work in when you can get to see the GP for an appointment. I work as
:14:49. > :14:54.well and it is difficult to get through even when I am at work
:14:55. > :15:02.trying to contact them on the phone. Hours are always really good. I have
:15:03. > :15:09.never had to wait. Some say it is scaremongering to say GP services
:15:10. > :15:12.are imploding. Earlier, we saw our soldiers being honoured for service
:15:13. > :15:15.in Afghanistan. Well, East Lidlands men from other battlefields in
:15:16. > :15:20.another war have also been honoured this week. The village of Exam in
:15:21. > :15:25.Derbyshire is famous for its sacrifice in the 17th century. Yes,
:15:26. > :15:31.when it cut itself off from other settlements to stop the sprdad of
:15:32. > :15:33.the plague. A new exhibition has now opened in the village, charting its
:15:34. > :15:43.second great sacrifice by 43 villagers who died in the Fhrst
:15:44. > :15:51.World War. James Roberson rdports. The village looks picturesqte but
:15:52. > :15:57.the peaceful setting hides hts gruesome past. In the 16 60s there
:15:58. > :16:08.was a sacrifice when, to save others, rather than leave, one third
:16:09. > :16:14.of the population died of plague. On this while we have the first death
:16:15. > :16:29.of a service man and the final death. A 21`year`old was killed just
:16:30. > :16:36.hours before the final ceasd`fire. The exhibition contains a projected
:16:37. > :16:47.model of a soldier from the village and great War artefacts loaned by
:16:48. > :16:52.current residents. All the people here I can remember as a chhld,
:16:53. > :17:00.grandparents, great grandparents, you grew up with them and knew the
:17:01. > :17:14.history. He was no age when he died. Today they have hardly set off on a
:17:15. > :17:17.career at 23. He believed a few of these calendars would survive and
:17:18. > :17:24.would teach children yet unborn about the courage of the br`ve men
:17:25. > :17:27.of this village in 1916. We have followed that through and tried to
:17:28. > :17:35.tell everybody about these tremendous people. Another teal
:17:36. > :17:39.there from that tremendous village. Now the sport. First, the mtch
:17:40. > :17:43.missed former England spin bowler Graeme Swann says England c`ptain
:17:44. > :17:48.Alistair Cook is the right lan to turn English cricket around. In the
:17:49. > :17:52.wake of another test defeat to Sri Lanka yesterday, Swann has defended
:17:53. > :17:58.Cook and says there is medi` agenda against him by Kevin Pieterson
:17:59. > :18:02.friends in the press. Swannx, the former Notts bowler was in great
:18:03. > :18:12.form when he popped into thd studio earlier this afternoon. Gre`t to see
:18:13. > :18:22.you, heroics last night, a thrilling game. England really had to dig
:18:23. > :18:27.deep. A great day. It would have been a world record if they had
:18:28. > :18:33.managed to see out the day. England came within two balls of managing
:18:34. > :18:43.that. I track is Alastair Cook the right man to lead England forward? I
:18:44. > :18:47.think so. He has not put a foot wrong as leader. The players have to
:18:48. > :18:52.perform. The tactics have not been too far from what is needed.
:18:53. > :18:57.Alastair Cook spoke magnificently after the game yesterday, hd said he
:18:58. > :19:00.is the right man for the gale but has no divine right to do the job
:19:01. > :19:08.and if other people think otherwise it is up to them. He scores runs
:19:09. > :19:12.himself and so everything whll be hunky`dory. There are still calls
:19:13. > :19:22.throughout the media today for him to go. Certain people have `n agenda
:19:23. > :19:29.against them because they are friends with Kevin Pietersen. I do
:19:30. > :19:34.not see too far past year old TDM or to have. Kevin Pietersen is someone
:19:35. > :19:41.people will be interested to sue you talk about. There will be a show
:19:42. > :19:48.next week which will be good for you to go to. It is something I have
:19:49. > :19:58.always wanted to do, tread the boards. Are you enjoying yotr
:19:59. > :20:04.retirement from cricket? Yot have your job with test match spdcial but
:20:05. > :20:10.you have a new role with thd ECB? Yes, I have been asked to mdn
:20:11. > :20:17.taught, to pass on my knowlddge and experience from playing test
:20:18. > :20:22.cricket. A big quick question about Trent Bridge, it is always
:20:23. > :20:31.spectacular will stop yes, `t the last test series we won 4`0. There
:20:32. > :20:38.is no better place to watch England play. Spin bowling the youngsters,
:20:39. > :20:43.spending the media and putthng our director in a spin about yotr story
:20:44. > :20:52.today. There is no better thing to do. Thank you for coming in. Thank
:20:53. > :20:56.you. Well, Swanny delighted to see his old team Nottinghamshird in a
:20:57. > :20:58.hot streak at the moment. They have moved joint`top of the County
:20:59. > :21:01.Championship, after complethng a win over Somerset at Trent Bridge today.
:21:02. > :21:04.Notts won by seven wickets. Meanwhile, Leicestershire h`ve lost
:21:05. > :21:08.their fourth County Championship game in a row as they went down by
:21:09. > :21:12.ten wickets against Surrey `t the Oval. So, a bad day for
:21:13. > :21:15.Leicestershire but the whold county is now getting ready to welcome the
:21:16. > :21:23.Indian cricket team to Gracd Road as Kirsty Edwards reports. Yes, this is
:21:24. > :21:30.where it all begins, a beautiful day here at Leicestershire's Gr`ce Road.
:21:31. > :21:35.They are getting ready to khck an Indian summer. They are warling up
:21:36. > :21:40.for their first five match test series in this country for 45 years.
:21:41. > :21:45.A real privilege board thosd at Leicestershire to get it all started
:21:46. > :21:54.with a DD warm up match. We are proud they have chosen Gracd Road
:21:55. > :21:58.for the tour. We are delighted that lots of Asian supporters will be
:21:59. > :22:02.going here and lots of people who have not been here before. We hope
:22:03. > :22:09.they enjoy the experience and want to come back. They have got a young
:22:10. > :22:14.and relatively inexperienced side so they are looking at these w`rm up
:22:15. > :22:20.games as vital preparation. People who have not played too manx games
:22:21. > :22:27.get used to the conditions really quickly. We were here 15 or 20 years
:22:28. > :22:33.before. England will be watching them with interest that tomorrow's
:22:34. > :22:40.match. They are hoping it whll attract plenty of interest from the
:22:41. > :22:46.fans. It has been great to have them training here and using our nets and
:22:47. > :22:52.facilities. We expect to have a very good atmosphere. A real buzz around
:22:53. > :22:57.this club today and the real question is, will best to ptt a
:22:58. > :23:08.much`needed buyers back into the England side? `` buzz back. Onto
:23:09. > :23:10.football and in the last hotr it's been confirmed Leicester City
:23:11. > :23:14.Manager Nigel Pearson has shgned a new deal with the club. There has
:23:15. > :23:17.been much talk about Pearson contract ahead of this new Premier
:23:18. > :23:20.League season for the Foxes, but good news for Leicester fan today
:23:21. > :23:23.with confirmation of a new three`year deal. Derby County have
:23:24. > :23:39.rejected a bid from Premier League newcomers Burnley, for midfhelder
:23:40. > :23:43.Craig Bryson. Defenders Zak Whitbread and Lee Naylor, both men
:23:44. > :23:50.spent time on loan with the Rams last season and have been offered
:23:51. > :23:52.one year deals. From Van Gogh to Monet, flowers have been thd
:23:53. > :23:55.inspiration for countless artists. Now a Nottingham textile designer is
:23:56. > :23:58.making a mark with HER flor`l creations. Barinder Gahir h`s sold
:23:59. > :24:02.samples to fashion labels around the world. But as I found out In the
:24:03. > :24:05.first of our series on local designers, Barinder is part of a
:24:06. > :24:12.chain of textile production rooted in the East Midlands. A garden in
:24:13. > :24:18.Bloom but this is also her canvas, capturing images of flora and fauna
:24:19. > :24:26.around her she then uses thdm as the basis for our designs. Thesd are the
:24:27. > :24:29.photos I have just taken, I will be cutting away the background to add
:24:30. > :24:37.them to my design on the right`hand side here. Using photo shop she
:24:38. > :24:43.quickly builds up a pattern. Her prints have been sold to major high
:24:44. > :24:49.street labels. The first tile you see one of your designs in ` high
:24:50. > :24:55.street store it is just amazing you cannot describe it. I have bought
:24:56. > :25:07.skirts for my daughter and htems for myself. Ted Baker have bought my
:25:08. > :25:15.designs. From design to store she is part of a chain of four loc`l
:25:16. > :25:20.companies. It is good for us because everything is local, the garment is
:25:21. > :25:25.made local, the printing is local, everything is made in
:25:26. > :25:29.Nottinghamshire so it is nice to see a local entrepreneur doing this
:25:30. > :25:41.rather than going offshore. She retrained from accountancy to
:25:42. > :25:47.designing just a few years `go. I love flowers, to just grab the
:25:48. > :25:56.essence about them, the beatty, it is amazing to me, I love it. Is so
:25:57. > :26:01.beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. Tomorrow we have another fe`ture on
:26:02. > :26:07.starting out in fashion. Now another fashionable lady with the wdather.
:26:08. > :26:18.Thank you explanation mark xou will have noticed a change to thd weather
:26:19. > :26:22.today. `` thank you! . It looked like being dried tomorrow and find
:26:23. > :26:27.with bright sunny spells. Cloud increased today as we went through
:26:28. > :26:31.the afternoon. It is starting to break now so as we go through this
:26:32. > :26:37.evening there will be some late sunshine before it gets dark. Where
:26:38. > :26:43.we have clear skies tonight temperatures may drop to single
:26:44. > :26:47.figures. In towns and cities lows of around 10 Celsius. A dry st`rt to
:26:48. > :26:52.Thursday and a dry day with sunny spells as we head through the
:26:53. > :26:56.morning. As we go through the day we will start to see an increase in the
:26:57. > :27:03.cloud. The sunshine will earn easy into the afternoon and it whll get
:27:04. > :27:09.cloudy towards the end of the day. The increase in Cloud is down to the
:27:10. > :27:13.weather front heading our w`y. Low pressure is in charge on Frhday so
:27:14. > :27:17.we are expecting outbreaks of rain as we head through the day on
:27:18. > :27:23.Friday. We have they been whth temperatures a tall disappohnting. A
:27:24. > :27:28.further unsettled the four Saturday as we expect more heavy rain around.
:27:29. > :27:36.As the pressure edges are wd on Sunday it looks like we will end the
:27:37. > :27:44.weekend on a dryer, brighter note. It is good to have rain for the
:27:45. > :27:48.flowers. That is all for now. Goodbye.