:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, I'm Dominic Heale. Harris is beginning a
:00:00. > :00:11.A teenager who wrote about plans for a school massacre is detained
:00:12. > :00:24.Police found a horde of petrol bombs and weapons isn't `` at Michael
:00:25. > :00:30.Piggin's home in Loughborough. Also tonight, number crunching. Dx`pats
:00:31. > :00:34.question the safety of 20 mhl per hour zones. Plus a controversial
:00:35. > :00:41.call for our free cities to raise their own taxes. Can raise the money
:00:42. > :00:46.needed locally and be accountable for how it is spent in local
:00:47. > :00:47.communities. And we speak to Stuart Pearce after his first full week in
:00:48. > :00:58.charge. First tonight, a teenage bolb maker,
:00:59. > :01:02.who wrote plans to repeat the Columbine High School m`ssacre,
:01:03. > :01:05.has been sent to 18`year`old Michael Piggin,
:01:06. > :01:11.from Loughborough, admitted four Piggin hasn't been convicted,
:01:12. > :01:17.though, But today the judge said he was
:01:18. > :01:24.dangerous and the public nedded Our social affairs correspondent,
:01:25. > :01:30.Jeremy Ball, is in London. What happened at the Old Bahley
:01:31. > :01:33.today? Piggin came back to court wdaring
:01:34. > :01:36.a black Beatles T`shirt. He sat and listened
:01:37. > :01:38.as two medical experts expl`ined why And also why he needs to be detained
:01:39. > :01:51.until he doesn't pose Judge Brian Barker said it was
:01:52. > :01:54.a particularly worrying casd. Worrying because of Piggin's
:01:55. > :01:56."preoccupation" with the Columbine And worrying because
:01:57. > :02:13.of his extreme racist, A far right extremist with ` message
:02:14. > :02:16.of hate. Michael Piggin with two of his friends, filming threats to kill
:02:17. > :02:21.Muslims. Was this just teen`ge bravado, area action to billing or
:02:22. > :02:27.was he would be terraced appealing to attack his own hometown? It is a
:02:28. > :02:33.question that two trials cotld not answer. The jury did not nedd to
:02:34. > :02:40.decide if Piggin committed crimes because he admitted explosives
:02:41. > :02:43.offences. At his home in Loughborough, the police fotnd
:02:44. > :02:48.components for improvised explosive device is, bombs he was building
:02:49. > :02:55.using gas capsules and pipes. Along with this recording on his
:02:56. > :03:00.Dictaphone. I will make a phpe bomb. It will tell me the amount of stuff
:03:01. > :03:03.I need to carry out the operation. The operation were once that set
:03:04. > :03:07.alarm bells ringing. In this notebook he had written a ddtailed
:03:08. > :03:14.plan called Operation The Ndw Columbine. He had listed several
:03:15. > :03:18.targets, including the mosqte and the University along with the local
:03:19. > :03:26.council and local cinema. Hht list became top of the town. I w`s scared
:03:27. > :03:33.and shock. He is sure young. Amazing, Loughborough, nice and
:03:34. > :03:35.quiet. It beggars belief. Btt most chilling of all, this sketch
:03:36. > :03:39.explaining how to attack his old school armed to the teeth. The trial
:03:40. > :03:47.held there had been complaints about his extremist views and thrdats from
:03:48. > :03:48.some teachers and classmates. Everyone has a responsibility to
:03:49. > :03:55.report suspicious behaviour to police. If they had reported it to
:03:56. > :03:57.us, they would have got our full support and we have would h`ve
:03:58. > :04:03.worked to make sure any thrdat was managed and mitigated. Mich`el
:04:04. > :04:07.Piggin's trial made national headlines and raised disturbing
:04:08. > :04:09.questions, questions about where his obsessions with weapons and killing
:04:10. > :04:12.could have ended and weather warning signs were missed.
:04:13. > :04:14.And we heard today that even after Michael Piggin's arrest and
:04:15. > :04:16.detention, there've been serious concerns about his behaviour.
:04:17. > :04:19.Concerns that he's been encouraging fellow residents at his sectre unit
:04:20. > :04:39.And concerns that he's still been threatening people.
:04:40. > :04:41.A former Nottinghamshire police officer who sent sexually
:04:42. > :04:45.inappropriate texts and Facdbook messages to
:04:46. > :04:47.a crime witness has been given a six`month suspended sentence.
:04:48. > :04:49.42`year`old Simon Abell was based at Sutton`in`Ashfield
:04:50. > :04:53.He pleaded guilty in May to a charge of misconduct in ptblic
:04:54. > :04:56.office and stepped down frol his role as an intelligence offhcer
:04:57. > :04:59.He was ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid community servhce.
:05:00. > :05:01.The cause of an underground explosion
:05:02. > :05:06.in a residential street near Nottingham is being investigated.
:05:07. > :05:08.Fire crews were called to the junction of Davies Road
:05:09. > :05:13.and Abbey Road in West Bridgford a short while ago.
:05:14. > :05:17.Callers reported seeing fird coming from a manhole cover in the street.
:05:18. > :05:23.So far there have been no rdports of anyone being injured.
:05:24. > :05:29.The AA has waded into an argument over cuts to street
:05:30. > :05:32.The County Council's defenddd its decision to turn off lights
:05:33. > :05:35.in some areas as it tries to save millions of pounds.
:05:36. > :05:37.But the AA warns the number of road accidents isn't redtcing
:05:38. > :05:41.on unlit streets as fast as in those with lights.
:05:42. > :05:45.It claims at least six people have been killed recently bdcause
:05:46. > :05:55.Campaigners call for a new crackdown on dog owners who allow
:05:56. > :06:10.Next tonight, how safe are 20mph zones?
:06:11. > :06:12.Today a road safety charity claimed accidents are going up
:06:13. > :06:19.The Institute of Advanced Motorists says they increased by a qu`rter
:06:20. > :06:23.last year but went down on those roads with higher speed limhts.
:06:24. > :06:27.Their findings have been crhticised by some of our local councils,
:06:28. > :06:32.They insist the zones are making roads safer.
:06:33. > :06:47.For this woman, 20 mph zones could be a life`saver. There are plenty in
:06:48. > :06:52.Sherwood now, but before thdy were brought in, she was involved in an
:06:53. > :06:56.accident. I was getting into a car and the car just wanted to go past
:06:57. > :07:02.with his daughter to school. He has driven past and hit me. I think they
:07:03. > :07:08.should put 20 mph everywherd. But today, stumbling lock. A cl`im by
:07:09. > :07:11.the Institute of Advanced Motorists that last year there were more
:07:12. > :07:16.accidents in 20 mil per hour zones but fewer when the speed lilit was
:07:17. > :07:22.30 or 40. In Nottingham, thd council disagrees. Before the schemd, we had
:07:23. > :07:29.two serious accidents and sdven slight accidents per year. We are
:07:30. > :07:34.now seeing six slight acciddnts In Leicester, accidents are down, too.
:07:35. > :07:40.More and more 20 zones are cropping up. Here residents and the local
:07:41. > :07:45.school petition for one. He did get your riders, up and down and up and
:07:46. > :07:49.down and people were too fast. The traffic does not make as much noise.
:07:50. > :07:57.With the bedrooms at the front of the house, it is somewhat qtieter.
:07:58. > :08:01.There is also warning that signs aren't enough and the speed limit
:08:02. > :08:04.must be enforced. You do get some response from drivers with signs but
:08:05. > :08:07.not as much as if you have the physical features. All other 20
:08:08. > :08:15.zones have physical features in Leicester. Such a speed bumps? Yes.
:08:16. > :08:18.With council is convinced accidents are going down, we will likdly see
:08:19. > :08:21.more 20 zones going up. Well as we've just seen,
:08:22. > :08:24.many of our councils seem to disagree with the findings from the
:08:25. > :08:26.Institute of Advanced Motorhsts A little earlier,
:08:27. > :08:38.I put that to Peter Rodger Individual councils may not and may
:08:39. > :08:44.well have different statisthcs. They are based on DFT figures. Sorry but
:08:45. > :08:48.that is what the figures ard. Campaigners say you haven't taken
:08:49. > :08:52.into account the increase in the number of 20mph zones. We h`ven t,
:08:53. > :08:55.good point, that is because no`one knows what that increase is in
:08:56. > :09:03.national figures because it is not available. Presumably, are xou going
:09:04. > :09:08.to recalibrate? We cannot work through data that does not dxist.
:09:09. > :09:10.One of the points we make as you cannot evaluate this nation`lly
:09:11. > :09:16.because the data simply does not exist. That raises the concdrn that
:09:17. > :09:21.it is not as effective a me`sure as we thought it would be. We should
:09:22. > :09:26.look at that people who livd in ten mag one zones and they said feel a
:09:27. > :09:32.lot safer. Which is a great thing, but if we spend money, we nded to
:09:33. > :09:38.spend it on things that work. `` 20mph zones. We need to find out
:09:39. > :09:41.what is wrong so that we can deal with whatever the local problem is
:09:42. > :09:46.rather than stabbing in the dark to a degree. If you have an accident
:09:47. > :09:50.and the car is travelling at 20 you will come off a lot better than if
:09:51. > :09:54.it is doing 30. One would think that, but the fact that serhous
:09:55. > :09:58.injuries and deaths have gone up by a quarter brings out into qtestion,
:09:59. > :10:02.whether that is effectively dealt with by this measure. We have to
:10:03. > :10:04.leave it there. Thank you. The debate continues.
:10:05. > :10:07.The main cities of the East Midlands ` Nottingham, Leicester and Derby `
:10:08. > :10:10.will lose out to other Englhsh cities unless they're given new
:10:11. > :10:14.economic powers, so says ond of our leading politicians.
:10:15. > :10:16.Leicester's City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby also thinks
:10:17. > :10:20.our three cities should be `ble to raise their own taxes.
:10:21. > :10:26.Here's our political editor John Hess.
:10:27. > :10:35.Lester's current political bus Peter Soulsby is envious of the power his
:10:36. > :10:41.previous civic leaders used to enjoy. The pumping station hs a
:10:42. > :10:47.permanent reminder of that. If they had the `` we had the full range of
:10:48. > :10:52.powers. Giving people the ability to make decisions about what m`tters to
:10:53. > :10:56.them. Labour this week brought out its plans. It will give powdrs that
:10:57. > :11:00.will reach into the suburbs. We need to have a wide range of fin`ncial
:11:01. > :11:04.measures where we can raise the money needed at a local levdl and be
:11:05. > :11:09.accountable of how it is spdnt for the local communities. Bill is a
:11:10. > :11:13.touch of flower power outside the offices of the Council, but this
:11:14. > :11:20.Leicester suburban body does not welcome the prospect of being
:11:21. > :11:26.trampled by its big`city nehghbour. Its leader, and liberal Democrat, is
:11:27. > :11:29.a city region sceptic. What would happen is that if someone w`s in
:11:30. > :11:34.charge without a democratic mandate, they would oppose it will bd fought
:11:35. > :11:40.it appropriate. It would be a city as Big Brother? That is a d`nger.
:11:41. > :11:47.This conservative ones that greater city power can result in unpopular
:11:48. > :11:51.taxes. There might be a parking tax which is added and hindering
:11:52. > :11:56.businesses. So is local tax`tion in the price of big`city power? That
:11:57. > :12:03.particular flower might takd some time to bed down. You can sde more
:12:04. > :12:04.of the study on Sunday Politics at 11am on Sunday, appropriately
:12:05. > :12:12.enough. `` this story. Tributes have been paid to one
:12:13. > :12:15.of Nottingham's best`known buskers, Frank Robinson was fondly known
:12:16. > :12:18.as Xylophone Man after playhng He died on the 4th of July 2004
:12:19. > :12:23.aged 72. A memorial plaque is dedicated
:12:24. > :12:25.to him in the street. Today a specially formed trhbute
:12:26. > :12:27.band played at the site. Bad weather has hampered
:12:28. > :12:38.a Derbyshire man's attempt to tackle one of the toughest dndurance
:12:39. > :12:40.tests in Britain. Will Blanche, from Sandiacrd, began
:12:41. > :12:43.his Three Peaks Challenge today Using a hand bike, he's tryhng to
:12:44. > :12:46.climb Ben Nevis, Snowdon and, However, conditions forced him to
:12:47. > :12:49.turn back from Ben Nevis earlier. He'll try to reach
:12:50. > :12:55.the other summits this weekdnd. Campaigners from Leicestershire are
:12:56. > :12:59.urging the Police and Criminal Justice Minister to take stronger
:13:00. > :13:02.action against dog owners who allow Damian Green met concerned owners
:13:03. > :13:06.in Loughborough. They told him the Government
:13:07. > :13:18.should be enforcing the law. Owners and their dogs meet the
:13:19. > :13:24.Minister to hand over the pdtition and ask what Canada have me`nt doing
:13:25. > :13:26.more to give more protection to dogs and take action against
:13:27. > :13:30.irresponsible owners? `` wh`t can the Government. This woman started
:13:31. > :13:34.the campaign after her dog was attacked by other dogs last year. If
:13:35. > :13:39.the dog has attacked another dog, they will have to one up. If the dog
:13:40. > :13:44.has injured another dog, thdy should be prepared to pay vets bills etc
:13:45. > :13:52.and acknowledge that the dog is out of control. The new powers tnder the
:13:53. > :14:04.anti`social behaviour Bill @nna Lo `` the anti`social behaviour Bill
:14:05. > :14:06.Anna Lo action to be taken. A `` it will have some effect in terms of
:14:07. > :14:12.being able to track down irresponsible dog owners. Injuries
:14:13. > :14:17.caused to bits by dogs is a big problem for animal welfare
:14:18. > :14:21.organisations. We get dogs brought to us that have attacked and killed
:14:22. > :14:25.another animal. Dogs, cats, rabbits, things like that. People want to
:14:26. > :14:31.pass on the problem instead of dealing with it and training the dog
:14:32. > :14:36.to wear a muzzle when it is out the correct walking equipment, so you
:14:37. > :14:44.can buy fantastic collars at sea, caution, or dog is nervous.
:14:45. > :14:48.Campaigners are advised to put on the Government's website in the hope
:14:49. > :14:56.of triggering a debate Parlhament on the issue. It is time for a look at
:14:57. > :15:00.the slot now. `` the sport now. First,
:15:01. > :15:02.Nottingham Forest Manager Stuart Pearce says the club have rdjected a
:15:03. > :15:05.bid by QPR for Forest's England U`20 Pearce was speaking to
:15:06. > :15:17.the media after his first wdek Well, Stuart Pearce actuallx got
:15:18. > :15:22.involved in training today. He looked right at home after his first
:15:23. > :15:28.week here is the new manager at the club. He said he would like for new
:15:29. > :15:33.players if possible before the start of the new season. There is no doubt
:15:34. > :15:37.in our mind. There are thred or four areas of the football team they need
:15:38. > :15:43.improving. They are positions we are looking at at the moment. What about
:15:44. > :15:47.Jamaal Lascelles? Has there been a bit from QPR and what is a situation
:15:48. > :15:52.there? QPR put money down for him but it is not near our evaltation. I
:15:53. > :15:56.have come here to build a tdam. The only way any player will le`ve this
:15:57. > :16:00.club is if I felt I could use that money to invest and make it
:16:01. > :16:05.stronger. The chairman has got the financial clout to refuse any offer.
:16:06. > :16:15.He will take my guidance on that. So that is a hands`off the plaxer to
:16:16. > :16:17.other clubs. Years not for sale It is a bonus that people are `sking
:16:18. > :16:23.valuations about footballers, you know. It has been a busy but Mr
:16:24. > :16:27.Logic first week for the Nottingham Forest legend. Joining in training,
:16:28. > :16:37.he looked like he had never been away. `` botanist Baldrick ``.
:16:38. > :16:41.Nostalgic. I think he's verx privileged and pledged to come back
:16:42. > :16:44.and manage the club. I know him better than anyone in footb`ll.
:16:45. > :16:54.Having worked with him for the last nine years. It was one job that
:16:55. > :16:57.would entice him. Stuart Pe`rce says the court needs a Chief Executive as
:16:58. > :17:01.soon as possible but for now he is just pleased to get started. It is
:17:02. > :17:10.nice to be here. I enjoyed responsibility but I do not think I
:17:11. > :17:13.could never not have managed Nottingham Forest at some point in
:17:14. > :17:15.my career because it means ` lot to me, this club.
:17:16. > :17:17.Meanwhile, Leicester City C`ptain Wes Morgan has signed a new
:17:18. > :17:22.He was in the final year of his old contract but will now be at
:17:23. > :17:26.He played a key part in their promotion and will lead
:17:27. > :17:29.the Foxes into their first premier league campaign in a decade.
:17:30. > :17:32.Down the road at Derby County, the club have also made cle`r their
:17:33. > :17:35.ambitions by securing the sdrvices of five key players this wedk.
:17:36. > :17:37.Midfielder Craig Bryson the latest to commit
:17:38. > :17:49.When Premier League clubs c`me calling, many thought he was on his
:17:50. > :17:54.way. But Derby's midfield m`estro had other ideas. Have showed a lot
:17:55. > :17:58.of commitment to Derby County and what they have done firmly hn the
:17:59. > :18:03.three seasons. I have been delighted for them to offer me a five`year
:18:04. > :18:08.contract. I cannot wait to sign it. 16 goals from midfield made him a
:18:09. > :18:18.fan 's favourite. His hat`trick against archrivals Nottingh`m Forest
:18:19. > :18:22.secured legendary status. Hd scores goals and is a good defender and is
:18:23. > :18:27.a great asset to the team. People say he is worth 2 million btt for me
:18:28. > :18:31.he is worth more. 16 goals from midfield, that is why Premidrship
:18:32. > :18:35.sides wanted. We have him now, that is a mean thing. Player of the Year
:18:36. > :18:42.for two seasons, the feeling is mutual. I have loved being ` Derby
:18:43. > :18:48.in my three years until now. It is a massive club. Everything has been
:18:49. > :18:52.excellent. Just delighted to get it over the line. He admits thd Premier
:18:53. > :18:54.League is where he wants to be but he wants to be winning Derbx colours
:18:55. > :18:59.when he gets there. `` wearhng. In Cricket's T20, the rain hs
:19:00. > :19:02.spoiling Notts? night in Durham But Leicestershire Foxes have been
:19:03. > :19:04.been busy making mincemeat The bowlers tearing
:19:05. > :19:09.the visitors apart for just 82. All they need to get in his five
:19:10. > :19:17.overs. It does not look good. In Rugby, Leicester Tigers will
:19:18. > :19:19.finish their Aviva Premiership season by welcoming local rhvals
:19:20. > :19:21.Northampton to Welford Road. The fixtures, released todax,
:19:22. > :19:23.see Tigers start with a homd match with Newcastle and go to Northampton
:19:24. > :19:26.just before Christmas. Finally, commiserations to
:19:27. > :19:27.Leicestershire's up and comhng Her Wimbledon adventure is over
:19:28. > :19:33.after she and partner Ivana Jorovic lost an epic girls doubles
:19:34. > :19:46.quarterfinal in three long sets But it has been great to watch are
:19:47. > :19:48.showing such promise. `` watch horror.
:19:49. > :19:52.Most seven`year`old girls are probably into pop bands,
:19:53. > :19:58.She's come all the way from the United States to meet hdr heroes
:19:59. > :20:02.They're the team who make videos about the
:20:03. > :20:06.wonders of chemistry ` videos which have become an internet sensation.
:20:07. > :20:21.When you have seen it, it goes. . Periodic videos brings a fl`sh, bang
:20:22. > :20:29.wallop to an audience on thd internet. They have been vidwed 60
:20:30. > :20:32.million times. Adele Rouse from North Carolina has been hooked since
:20:33. > :20:37.age of four. Today she met some of the team who make the videos. Hello,
:20:38. > :20:43.welcome to the School of chdmistry in Nottingham. Lovely to medt you.
:20:44. > :20:51.It is like a periodic table and you can click on the elements. Then that
:20:52. > :20:54.is this video... Coming herd and making his chemists is like going to
:20:55. > :21:01.Disney World and meeting all the princesses for the rest of four
:21:02. > :21:09.clean make `` the rest of hdr classmates. Adele got the chance to
:21:10. > :21:17.watch one of favourite experiments. We need one morning deviant.
:21:18. > :21:23.Somewhat. `` one more ingredient. Because you have got that they are,
:21:24. > :21:26.it gives us the big flame. H have watched these videos many thmes on
:21:27. > :21:34.the internet. I watched thel over and over again. What is it like to
:21:35. > :21:41.be here will be making? `` hn the lab where they make them? Cool. It
:21:42. > :21:44.is beyond our wildest street. We never thought people would watch
:21:45. > :21:48.these videos and think they have been moved so much that thex would
:21:49. > :21:52.want to see and treat and interact with the people who made thd videos.
:21:53. > :21:59.When she is grown into a lab coat, after wants to be a scientist or a
:22:00. > :22:05.mathematician. `` Adele wants. What a start you are.
:22:06. > :22:12.Time for the weather. Things are changing.
:22:13. > :22:20.Yes, it is raining now. The band of rain has coming in across the East
:22:21. > :22:23.Midlands. It has been a warl day. What we will start to see now is the
:22:24. > :22:29.rain band working eastwards as it is starting to gradually get hdavier
:22:30. > :22:32.into the early hours. It has a bit of a wave which means it will appear
:22:33. > :22:37.for a time in the early part of Saturday morning. Despite the fact
:22:38. > :22:42.it is so wet outside, temperatures are not overly cold. 16 Celsius is a
:22:43. > :22:49.minimum. The rain band as wdll, still at question `` beard `re still
:22:50. > :22:54.some questions asked to when it will leave us. We could see some bright
:22:55. > :22:58.intervals in the afternoon. There is also the chance of a shower in the
:22:59. > :23:02.late afternoon on Saturday. Sandra is trying to work way into the Peak
:23:03. > :23:12.District and parts of Derbyshire as well. `` the shower. Whether it has
:23:13. > :23:19.been quite ill blustery evening the wind starts to ease off and comes
:23:20. > :23:23.from the West. We will see, although that is a dry start, low controlling
:23:24. > :23:27.the weather. This looks likd it has a bad rash but the showers will
:23:28. > :23:31.develop as the day goes on on Sunday. One or two heavy showers
:23:32. > :23:36.likely into the afternoon. @lso on Monday as well, low`pressurd to the
:23:37. > :23:40.north of Scotland, so those were friends will be driven round and
:23:41. > :23:44.round. We will see more in the early part of next week and could have the
:23:45. > :23:48.weather influenced by hurricane are far, who is currently heading for
:23:49. > :24:01.the States. It will be an interesting week next week.
:24:02. > :24:03.Hurricane Arthur is coming! We will see you next week. Goodbye.