03/07/2014 East Midlands Today

Tonight ` a new air travel terror alert.

The new alert is linked with a printer cartridge bomb at E`st

Midlands airport. Stay away, Ofsted bash why this

private school does not want the inspectors in. They can't gdt a full

hitch of the education that this and many other independent schools

provide for their children. A fertility clinic celebratds its

25th anniversary. The dark days we have been through, I never thought

we would be here. Happiest loment of my life and it is just getthng

happier and happier. They are electric cars, but not as wd know

them. Formula E racing is at Minton Park. It may just be the future ``

Donington Park. First tonight,

experts say bomb`making techniques used in a plot that was foiled

at East Midlands Airport ard thought America has urged all countries that

operate direct flights to the US, including the UK,

to step up their checks. To tell us more our reporter

Simon Hare is at Castle Donhngton. Good evening. America calling on

countries to beef up their security after receiving intelligencd that

two terrorist networks could be working on a new type of bolb that

may evade existing security checks. It is thought to be the inspiration

of one man, already known to the security staff here at East Midlands

airport. Four years ago East Midlands airport found itself at the

centre of an international one plot. An explosive device hhdden

inside a printer cartridge was recovered from a cargo pland bound

for Chicago. Now security experts say the man behind that is thought

to be responsible for this latest scare. For the last five ye`rs there

have been done in Yemen, an expert Saudi bomb maker has been btilding

viable explosive devices, vdry small, innovative and clever, some

of them disguised as Inc cartridges, and he has been able to

get them through airport security and on to international flights The

fear is that he has taught ` new generation of Al`Qaeda oper`tives.

The Department for transport says it has stepped up security across all

UK airports. It is keen to dmphasise that there has not been a change in

the threat level at news of any alert is bound to cause concern

What does the airport have to say? The airport says it is not changing

its advice for passengers and they should turn up as normal, ldaving

the same amount of time the check`in as usual on about it is cle`r some

changes have been made, but we are not being told what they ard for

obvious reasons. We have bedn told they are not as obvious as hn the

past, other scares such as the so`called liquid bomb threat, but

the Department of Transport say they have taken these steps to sdcure

public safety. Still to come `

a new dawn for Nightingale Road Development plans are revealed

for the street in Derby that was Racing company has been cle`red of

wrongdoing after a spectator suffered an eye injury.

David Matthews was injured by rouble thrown up by a car.

Mallory Park had already adlitted a health and safety offence. Today

charges against another company were dismissed.

David Matthews still bears the scars of his last trip to Mallory Park. I

have been going to Mallory Park all my life. I was hit in the exe by a

stone and the next thing I knew I was going to hospital. It h`ppened

at a rally cross event in Atgust 2010. Today the lid on Hill racing

circuit company appeared in court charged with three breaches of

health is beef. The prosecution claimed it was organising the event

but the defence said it was simply promoting it. Delivering his

verdict, the judge said it needed to be proved beyond reasonable doubt

that the company was responsible for organising the event and thd

prosecution failed to do so. He found the company and its m`naging

director not guilty. Really pleased. It has taken five xears to

get to this point and I was always confident. Hinckley and Bosworth are

council says it is disappointed with today's version `` verdict but

pleased that Mallory Park h`d already pleaded guilty. Davhd

Matthews says it has changed his life for good. Before the event I

was a sailing instructor, spuash player, keen gardener, I can't do

any of them any more. He just wishes the event had never happened.

A teenager from Leicester is in intensive care in Turkey after

Declan McNulty, who's 18, was attacked outside a bar

He suffered a serious stab wound to his stomach.

A 19`year`old from Scotland has appeared hn court

Declan's the second UK citizen to be stabbed

A controversial bare`knuckld boxing fixture planned for this wedkend

in Hinckley has been postponed. Organisers have called off the event

at the Greene King Stadium while licensing and planning issuds are

sorted out. It follows a medting yesterday between them, the ground's

owner, the police, and the local council. Some critics had ddscribed

Members of the Royal Enginedrs in Nottinghamshire have marked

The soldiers, based at Chetwynd Barracks in Chilwell, held ` special

Around 30 personnel were also awarded medals for their duties

The 63 Works Group has spent the last eight months based in

The head teacher of a top private school in the

East Midlands says he doesn't want government inspectors in,

claiming it would ruin the puality of education his school provides.

And he's not alone, because a teaching union agrees, saying Ofsted

It is said the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of

Eton, but here at Trent College in Long Eaton there is a more lodern

battle brewing. Keith Morrow is head of its junior school and nursery.

Despite being a former Ofstdd inspector he has publicly click ``

criticised plans to send thdm into private schools. The teams `re small

and fen `` spend a few days in a school like this and I am worried

they will not be able to get a full picture of the education th`t a

school like this and many other independent schools provide. The

headmaster is expressing concerns that education will not be hmproved

by Ofsted inspector `` inspdctions, which we have been saying for many

years. The Department for Education says it has been listening to all

views on the subject and will announce the results of the

consultation soon but it wants to tighten up regulation in prhvate

schools and make sure inspections are robust. I am relaxed about

having won Lee `` one level playing field for all schools but there

needs to be lots of observations so it is about children who cole to our

school and not being a political Inspectorate. He says sending in

Ofsted here would simply result in the end of their existing stccesses.

Next tonight ` a new era for Nightingale Road.

Plans have gone on display showing how a historic former factory site

A builder wants to put up htndreds of homes on the century`old former

Rolls`Royce site ` land that's stood derelict for the past six ydars

Once proudly displayed, the famous Rolls`Royce name on the front of the

Marble Hall on Nightingale Road looks the worse for wear. Where the

factory behind it stood is just cleared wasteland. At the local

community centre the developers and officers for Derby city homds show

local people the plans for tp to 380 houses and some flats that could go

on the site. Consultation showing local people what housing there not

green space, but good links to parks and amenities nearby. It is about

creating links to the park. The factory was first opened in 190 and

saw production of engines for planes in both wars. In the 1990s ht was

changed to rope `` robot opdration and in 2011 it was demolishdd. This

development will link to thd history. There is a rather large

historic window in the back of the marble hall and we are trying to

make a feature that of the site to maintain some of the historx in the

area. Only a quarter of the homes will be for rent, the rest for

sale. If developers get planning permission house`building could

start in 12 months but the site could take eight to nine ye`rs to

finish, linked to a parallel plan to preserve and reuse the historic

marble hall. It's been a day of celebrathon

for two organisations which, each in their own way, have played

hugely important roles in the East One of them,

Leicester's Fertility Centrd, based at the Royal Infirmarx,

has helped bring 2500 babies into We have two reports,

the first from Helen Astle. All babies are special, somd extra

special. Meet Oliver, aged 04 weeks. For Rachael and Rich`rd it

has been a 10`year wait to become parents. They were referred to the

Leicester Fertility Centre, where Rachael underwent IVF, costhng them

thousands of pounds. We had six attempts where it failed and it was

gut wrenching. On the seventh attempt it was... Absolutelx

fantastic. The centre has hdlped bring around 2500 babies into the

world. For us it is a wonderful achievement, not just the b`bies but

the impact on the families, the grandparents, the wider famhly

circle, not just a couple. For us it is a landmark achievement. Rachael

and Richard still can't belheve that they be Oliver is still herd. `` is

here. In the dark days we ndver imagined we would really be here. We

are smiling all the time, wd look at him. Especially as he gets older and

gets more character, the little smiles, it is the happiest loment of

our life and getting happier and happier each day.

Wonderful. Well, we said it was an important

day for two organisations, and this one back also goes back to

the '80s, when a grieving d`ughter, Cally Cheetham, began the c`mpaign

to start a hospice in Derbyshire. Since then the Treetops Hospice

hasn't stop growing. Today Cally, the founder, w`s back

to open a new support centrd. As our health correspondent

Rob Sissons reports, There is me, ladybird outfit. It was

1983 when Cally took to the streets of Derbyshire campaigning for a

hospice after losing her parents. Having nursed my mum some 13 years

earlier and then my father, everything had changed, obvhously.

Their words nobody to help xou. `` there was. The day centre at tree

tops is busy. These people have multiple sclerosis. It is great

seeing friends, socialising. I really look forward to coming to

tree tops. It is the only thme I ever go out. We help about 300

people in year as we currently stand, and that is much smaller

premises. This is one place where people can come and say the word

death. This 14`year`old belheves he has benefited from the counselling.

He lost his grandmother thrde years ago. It makes such an impact on

people's lives when they have somewhere like this to go to. The

new building named after thd founder. She lives in Francd but was

back in Derbyshire to do thd honours. It is emotional, btt it is

not just me, it is me and htndreds of people. It is a brilliant,

brilliant place. I spent thd day there once, love it.

In a moment, in sport, Formula One goes electric.

And, later, Maurice gets to grip with a prickly problem.

They survive in some of the most hostile places on the planet and

they never need pruning, whhch is just as well, because with these

spikes you would have to be pretty brave or foolish to do it. Ht is a

brand`new motorsport and Colin is at Donington Park.

The first public test of formula E here at Donington Park. It hs

totally new and it means a lot to Donington. There are ten eldctric

racing teams, or based at Honington Park, they all do their devdlopment

work here and they are pumphng a lot into the economy. `` will b`sed We

have been with virgin Racing as they have been putting these cars

together almost from scratch. `` Virgin.

For these engineers it is both very familiar and very new.

Formula E is not only setting out to transform racing.

Within months what they learn here could be in production cars.

We are excited because it is the beginning of a new era.

We are pretty confident in terms of the car, how it operates,

the mechanics and the chasshs, but what we are curious about is the

electrical parts, how much dnergy we are using, how we are gohng to

It does not always feel like a garage.

And cars that arrive a bit like flatpack furniture.

The first car came fully buhlt but the second car arrived

These guys can rebuild a car in two hours so it is not really a problem.

In just a few days the cars being assembled

Every team has the same one so the question is obvious.

What are you going to do th`t gives you an advantage out there?

I would like to think that the team I have

These cars will carry batteries running at astonishing volt`ges

but they insist it is all thought through and this is the futtre.

The more you learn it the more you become accustomed to it.

For us it is not a big thing, it is just a new thing.

Now the new thing is ready to roll and hoping to be a very big thing.

It is not Formula one and they are keen to say that some, but they ``

but people will say that. The top speed of Formula one is arotnd 25

mph. A much calmer 144 formtla either. A Formula one car goes

through 100 kilograms of fudl in a race. Formula E, precisely none at

all. It will be up to the pdople who watch whether this takes off. Let's

talk to a few people with their noses pressed up against thd fence.

It has been a great day, re`lly enjoyed it. The noise is very

different. It is, I actuallx prefer it. It does not send me to sleep.

Enjoy the rest of the day. There has been plenty happening elsewhere

notably at Derby County, whdre Craig Bryson has signed a new fivd`year

deal. Derby County showing a real

statement of intent with thd five`year deal for their prdy ``

player of the season. Craig Bryson becomes the fifth star of the club

to commit his future there hn the space of a week. It was a chance to

go and play in the Premiership but I would love to get to the Prdmiership

with Derby County. I have loved every minute here, it is a lassive

club, the fans have been excellent, the management staff, everybody has

been excellent, and I am delighted. Matthew Fry says he had no

hesitation in turning down the opportunity to stay in the Premier

League with Hull City. He told me today why he opted for cap `t Forest

instead. `` for Forest instdad. As soon as I knew the manager was

interested, it was an easy decision. Hopefully we can do really well this

year. Cricket, and Derbyshire havd been

beaten by three wickets at the County ground.

Katie Boulter lost her singles girls match at Wimbledon in straight sets

today but did at least win hn her doubles match.

I have been taken inside ond of the garages. You are not just a driver

of some repute but your namd is above the door. How are thex to

drive? It has been a diffictlt day for the team, we have had some

problems, but it is the first day, so... Why have you come in `s a team

principal for formula E? I like the concept, it is new and very

attractive. It is amazing to have you all here. What kind of ` host

has Donington Park being? It is really good, I am enjoying being

here. Tell me a bit about Mhchaela as well. Why did you bring her on

board? We truly believe she is a strong driver, and is being next to

me with 15 years of experience, I can bring it all to her to lake her

a better driver. Thank you very much indeed, we will let you get back to

it. He is leading his own tdam here in formula E. We will try to follow

this story for you as much `s we can.

Nice cars, nice accents as well Yes, the Italians are Very Reverend

mantic. `` very romantic. Now, when you think of romantic

plants, most people might sdttle on But for plant lovers,

as in the wider population, beauty One East Midlands couple were swept

off their feet by something altogether less

voluputous and fragrant. Yes,

their love blossomed over a cactus. A greenhouse full of so much more

than green. These cactus flowers last just two days but cacth have a

life span like a tree, hundreds of years. For more than 40 years these

have been one couple's obsession and it was their love for these that saw

their love for each other blossom. We were having a walk in thd Park in

Sheffield and there was a greenhouse in the middle and I said to Brian,

they have some of those cacti! Not instantly the most romantic of

plants. He said to me, come and see my cacti. He had glass housds full

of them and I had about thrde. Other couples might send roses at

anniversaries, you exchange cacti. He sometimes sends me a bunch of

characters for hours. Their prickly nature has sedn them

rather unimaginatively named the hedgehog cactus but they can get a

lot larger than their names`ke, up to half a metre tall. Not to be

confused with the globe this all, this cactus is found wild in Bolivia

and Argentina and in the cactus community it is their trumpdt like

flowers that sets them apart. Jail and Brian have added almost 200

named hybrids, all by propagating them by hand with a cotton bud. In

the 40 years I have done thhs I think I have named 170, 170

different named hybrids. Brhan does all of the technical bits and I come

up with the names. We thought it was the colour of sunset so we have

called it Sunset. People associate us with it and hopefully for many

years asked `` after we havd gone it will still be around as a mdmory of

this place. We have a change coming in the

weather. We certainly had a warm day today but across parts of the region

it was very cloudy as well, not much sunshine across Derbyshire.

Leicestershire just about hdld onto it but that is changing through the

evening. We will see the cloud increasing further and quitd a warm

night. Just a patch of rain coming into the Peak District but the

night`time temperature in chties dropping no lower than 16, perhaps a

degree or two lower in rural areas. The cloud still low in the lorning,

the chance of rain in the north`west corner, but we could see it thinning

across Leicestershire and Rttland, which is where we will see the

warmest temperatures, up to 25 degrees, but also turning qtite

windy. Quite gusty south`westerly wind this evening and a band of rain

travelling in, producing sole heavy bursts of rain. It clears, we think,

by the afternoon, but some heavy showers following. Quite a showery

day on Sunday, with temperatures coming down to 18 or 19 degrees A

quick hello to the kids havhng a go at the weather at primary school

yesterday.