:00:00. > :00:07.New security measures for electronic devices have been introduced
:00:08. > :00:18.Welcome to East Midlands Today with me, Dominic Heale... And me, Anne
:00:19. > :00:28.Davies. On our programme tonight: thousands of public sector workers
:00:29. > :00:38.plan strikes over pensions. Back with his family. The Americ`n who
:00:39. > :00:42.was barred from the UK. We have been out and about again for the first
:00:43. > :00:50.time, it has been really nice. And thousands flock to the Trent Bridge
:00:51. > :00:55.test match. And bound for the foundry but they will need far more
:00:56. > :01:03.than farthings for the bells of St Martin 's. Good evening. Th`nks for
:01:04. > :01:06.joining us. First tonight, the strike which will see thous`nds of
:01:07. > :01:09.pupils kept away from school. Teachers are among the many public
:01:10. > :01:17.sector workers who'll be taking industrial action tomorrow. It's
:01:18. > :01:21.part of a campaign by six unions to improve pay and conditions following
:01:22. > :01:24.years of cutbacks and reforls. Whitehall has condemned the
:01:25. > :01:27.walk`outs. In particular, it says action by teachers will disrupt
:01:28. > :01:31.pupils' education and damagd the reputation of the teaching
:01:32. > :01:34.profession. Well, Mike O'Sullivan has been analysing the likely effect
:01:35. > :01:41.of tomorrow's stoppages and joins us in the studio. Mike, just how
:01:42. > :01:44.widespread will these strikds be? Well, schools and other council
:01:45. > :01:48.services don't need to notify authorities if they're going to take
:01:49. > :01:53.part in the strike but many have confirmed they will be closdd. At
:01:54. > :01:55.the moment we know that across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and
:01:56. > :01:58.Derbyshire almost 300 schools will be affected by the industri`l
:01:59. > :02:04.action, some will be partially closed while others won't open at
:02:05. > :02:08.all. But it's not just schools, other services will also be hit A
:02:09. > :02:12.number of libraries will be closed along with some day centres, leisure
:02:13. > :02:22.centres, galleries and musetms. And don't be surprised if your wheelie
:02:23. > :02:28.bin isn't emptied tomorrow. Preparing for the picket line. The
:02:29. > :02:38.sex unions involved see tomorrow's strike will have a big impact. ``
:02:39. > :02:44.six unions. They have had the 1 the macro offer this year. They are
:02:45. > :02:55.feeling very angry, like thdy are bottom of the pile as far as P rises
:02:56. > :02:59.are concerned. There is no obligation for employees to tell us
:03:00. > :03:06.that they are going on strike or not, some have and some havd not. We
:03:07. > :03:12.have had to take a day off of school of work to look after the children
:03:13. > :03:18.when they are of school. I do not think it is right they can have a
:03:19. > :03:25.day off whenever they like Julie. They have had the major cut in their
:03:26. > :03:42.pensions. The pension age is now 68 instead of 60. `` when the light
:03:43. > :03:46.really. We will not respond to emergencies in the same way as we do
:03:47. > :03:54.normally but we will make a response. I'd macro the union says
:03:55. > :03:58.there are around 12,000 govdrnment employees in the East Midlands,
:03:59. > :04:07.courts and things like drivhng tests could be hit as well. It will bring
:04:08. > :04:15.disruption for private businesses. We need to find an arrangemdnt that
:04:16. > :04:20.is satisfactory to both sidds. A Cabinet Office spokesman has
:04:21. > :04:24.previously told the BBC that pay restraint protects public sdctor
:04:25. > :04:31.jobs, supports high`quality public sector services and helps ptt the
:04:32. > :04:34.country back on track. And xou'll be able to get the latest information
:04:35. > :04:37.on the industrial action including those important school clostres on
:04:38. > :04:40.your local BBC Radio station, on their breakfast shows tomorrow.
:04:41. > :04:43.Well, the Prime Minister today hinted of introducing new ldgal
:04:44. > :04:50.curbs to make strikes in thd public sector more difficult. However, one
:04:51. > :04:53.of our MPs says the public should be backing tomorrow's action. Let's
:04:54. > :04:57.find out more from our Political Editor John Hess, who's at
:04:58. > :05:02.Westminster. John, what's bding said? The Prime Minister's raised
:05:03. > :05:06.the prospect of banning strhkes in the public sector if there's a low
:05:07. > :05:11.turnout in a trade union's postal ballot on industrial action. He says
:05:12. > :05:14.it's unacceptable that many children's education will bd
:05:15. > :05:28.disturbed tomorrow because of an NUT ballot for strike action based on a
:05:29. > :05:31.27% turnout. That voter turnout may be higher than some of our recent
:05:32. > :05:38.council elections, but one Dast Midlands' Conservative MPs says new
:05:39. > :05:45.union ballot laws are now ndeded. I think we have got to see a higher
:05:46. > :05:51.threshold for these ballots. The Nu TR striking on a ballot frol two
:05:52. > :05:59.years ago with a very small majority. `` very small current
:06:00. > :06:03.note. But one East Midlands Labour MP says he'll be happy to join
:06:04. > :06:07.public sector workers on a picket line tomorrow. And he's urghng the
:06:08. > :06:10.public to back them. We havd seen hundreds of thousands of public
:06:11. > :06:14.sector workers losing their jobs, huge cuts in the level of ptblic
:06:15. > :06:19.services, I think it is really important then that the public get
:06:20. > :06:23.behind public sector workers to show the government we actually support
:06:24. > :06:26.our public services. So, cotld union ballots require a legal thrdshold
:06:27. > :06:32.of, say, a 50% turn`out before strike action is allowed in the
:06:33. > :06:35.public sector? There'll be no new trade union ballot legislathon in
:06:36. > :06:37.this parliament, but don't be surprised if such measures `ppear in
:06:38. > :06:42.the Conservatives' General dlection manifesto. One of our policd forces
:06:43. > :06:45.is to re`open two child sex abuse inquiries, after criticism hn
:06:46. > :06:48.Parliament. The Nottinghamshire MP, John Mann, claims abusers h`ven t
:06:49. > :06:56.been prosecuted because filds were lost, or destroyed by the County
:06:57. > :06:59.Council. Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, can tell
:07:00. > :07:09.us more. What do we know about these cases? John Mann says six of his
:07:10. > :07:12.constituents have come forw`rd since the start of this year, all claiming
:07:13. > :07:16.they were victims of historhc child abuse, as far back as the 1890s
:07:17. > :07:19.when some of them were only five years old. Mr Mann's convinced
:07:20. > :07:22.they're credible, and now hd's raised concerns in Parliament. Where
:07:23. > :07:25.he said some victims' files have been lost by Nottinghamshird Police.
:07:26. > :07:34.While others have been destroyed by the County Council. And he's worried
:07:35. > :07:40.that no`one's been prosecutdd. What I am certain of is that these
:07:41. > :07:44.people, traumatised by events at the small Child, they are telling the
:07:45. > :07:49.truth, these horrendous things happened to them, they deserve
:07:50. > :07:51.justice. Tonight, John Mann's meeting Nottinghamshire's Chief
:07:52. > :07:54.Constable and Police Commissioner to press for prosecutions. But the
:07:55. > :07:57.force told me it's not ignoring these claims. It says, therd's still
:07:58. > :08:03.a current investigation involving three victims. And it's now going to
:08:04. > :08:07.review the allegations made by two further victims. Those
:08:08. > :08:10.investigations had been closed, and the police and County Counchl both
:08:11. > :08:14.told us that historic child sex abuse claims are taken seriously.
:08:15. > :08:17.But John Mann still isn't s`tisfied. And he wants the Nottinghamshire
:08:18. > :08:25.cases included in those new national inquiries. Thanks Jeremy. Coming
:08:26. > :08:37.later in the programme, a Royal rehearsal. Tomorrow's a big day for
:08:38. > :08:39.the Derbyshire Dales, and this choir's hoping to hit just the right
:08:40. > :08:48.note. A family from Nottinghamshire has
:08:49. > :08:52.finally been reunited after being forced to live in different
:08:53. > :08:55.countries for a year. Gill Reagan was parted from her American`born
:08:56. > :09:01.husband, Herb, when they trhed to leave South Africa where thdy'd been
:09:02. > :09:05.working as church volunteers. Visa problems meant that Herb wasn't
:09:06. > :09:12.allowed to return to the UK with the rest of the family. Instead, he was
:09:13. > :09:19.deported to the United Statds. Emily Anderson reports. All smiles today
:09:20. > :09:26.as the family are finally b`ck together again. We got the `ppeal
:09:27. > :09:32.for the bees out was becausd of human rights. They were telling
:09:33. > :09:43.radio Nottingham what they have been through. `` for the Visa. Hdrb is an
:09:44. > :09:49.American citizen but had bedn living in the UK for 12 years before the
:09:50. > :09:54.family moved to South Afric` to work as missionaries. When they tried to
:09:55. > :10:03.leave to come back to the UK last year Herb was told he could not come
:10:04. > :10:09.back to the UK because his Visa had expired. He had to go back to the
:10:10. > :10:19.United States. I needed to be back with my family. With Herb gone the
:10:20. > :10:25.mother and her family had to start a new life back in Carrollton. There
:10:26. > :10:30.are just so many things you need to do when you first move housd and to
:10:31. > :10:42.have that without Herb around was really difficult. The Visa was
:10:43. > :10:48.sorted and he was finally allowed back with his family. He is finally
:10:49. > :10:53.here so we can play games and stuff and do things normally at the
:10:54. > :11:00.family. I was so glad to sed him again. It has been a welcomd return
:11:01. > :11:07.for the family again as thex are delighted to have Herb back home.
:11:08. > :11:10.Happy days in that household. Police in Leicestershire have arrested a
:11:11. > :11:13.man after 39 Audi cars were broken into in just five days. The
:11:14. > :11:16.break`ins happened mainly in the south of the county. Police say the
:11:17. > :11:21.thieves are looking for an dmergency key, which is often found in the
:11:22. > :11:30.Audi glovebox. Officers say a 23`year`old man is in custody but
:11:31. > :11:37.the investigation is still ongoing. Owners of these kinds of car need to
:11:38. > :11:41.check their glove box to sed if they have this emergency cord in key
:11:42. > :11:51.within the glove box. Do not leave your vehicle insecure with `ny
:11:52. > :11:55.valuables in the vehicle. If you see any suspicious behaviour reported to
:11:56. > :12:04.the police and give other and opportunity to catch them in the
:12:05. > :12:08.act. House prices could risd by about 8% according to
:12:09. > :12:14.PricewaterhouseCoopers who say our economy to the among the three best
:12:15. > :12:24.performing areas in the country With overall growth expected that
:12:25. > :12:33.just 3% in 2014. People spend more in the retail environment is giving
:12:34. > :12:38.a good feel `` a feel`good factor. Businesses here should stop and
:12:39. > :12:41.reflect and think is their strategy appropriate to capitalise on the
:12:42. > :12:44.growth that is coming in thd year ahead. A charity says it fe`rs
:12:45. > :12:47.thousands of blind and visu`lly impaired people in Leicestershire
:12:48. > :12:50.could lose their local support, if a council cuts funding. Vista offers
:12:51. > :12:53.help, assessments and social groups to more than three thousand adults.
:12:54. > :12:57.The County Council says it needs to save more than ?20 million from its
:12:58. > :13:07.adults and communities budgdt. A consultation runs until Sunday.
:13:08. > :13:10.Basically they would be stuck at home and would not have the
:13:11. > :13:15.opportunity to meet other pdople with sight loss, issued thehr
:13:16. > :13:21.experiences and how they have been affected, meet people locally and I
:13:22. > :13:25.think eventually that has an impact on their health. I know the cuts are
:13:26. > :13:28.very important and everybodx has to make savings but basically they
:13:29. > :13:33.would be stuck at home doing nothing. A new group's been formed
:13:34. > :13:35.to help secure the future of one of Nottinghamshire's most signhficant
:13:36. > :13:38.heritage sites. The Newstead Abbey Partnership wants to increase the
:13:39. > :13:41.number of visitors to the btilding and find funding for essenthal
:13:42. > :13:44.repairs. The ancestral home of Lord Byron was placed on an international
:13:45. > :13:51.at`risk register, the World Monuments Watchlist, in 2012. The
:13:52. > :13:55.East midlands is gearing itself up for a Royal visit tomorrow, with the
:13:56. > :13:58.Queen and the Duke of Edinbtrgh heading for the Derbyshire Dales.
:13:59. > :14:01.Yes, the Queen has specific`lly asked to visit one of the oldest
:14:02. > :14:05.working factories in the world, and will then be going on to thd Palace
:14:06. > :14:10.of the Peak, her first visit to Chatsworth in more than 20 xears.
:14:11. > :14:23.James Roberson has more on the preparations which are underway
:14:24. > :14:33.Children from a primary school near Matlock track to sing their special
:14:34. > :14:40.song that they will be singhng for the Queen and Prince Philip
:14:41. > :14:47.tomorrow. The song does not pull any punches, it mentions the parachute
:14:48. > :14:58.jump for instance. Now, it hs her life over the last 60 years. A
:14:59. > :15:12.direct descendant of the orhginal family in this business will show
:15:13. > :15:17.them around. They have a grdat piece of prewar company history. This is
:15:18. > :15:22.the role born of the men who left the factory to go to fight `t the
:15:23. > :15:27.front. My great`grandfather who was the owner of the business at the
:15:28. > :15:37.time sent packages out everx week to the front. My job is putting the
:15:38. > :15:42.label in and made in Great Britain on the back of the neck. Th`t is
:15:43. > :15:51.what she will be addressed the din. This man remembers the Queen's last
:15:52. > :16:01.visit in 1968. She was quitd interested in the process. The royal
:16:02. > :16:08.visit will start tomorrow morning at Matlock Station. Chatsworth will be
:16:09. > :16:14.a highlight. She has been the before but a long time ago. It will be
:16:15. > :16:19.fabulous at Chatsworth. There will be plenty of room for members of the
:16:20. > :16:22.public to see her arriving `nd her departure. These schoolchildren are
:16:23. > :16:52.just as excited. D G. So, let's go straight over to Trent
:16:53. > :16:54.Bridge where crowds have bedn enjoying the first test agahnst
:16:55. > :16:57.India. Natalie is there. Good evening Natalie. Yes good evening
:16:58. > :17:00.and what a lovely sunny cricket weather we have had today.
:17:01. > :17:04.Nottingham's Trent Bridge h`s really has shone in on its big day in the
:17:05. > :17:08.sun. There were a few empty seats today but tens of thousand of fans
:17:09. > :17:12.have been here and there re`lly is something really very speci`l about
:17:13. > :17:20.the first day of a test match particularly with India. We have
:17:21. > :17:28.seen a good hard day of test cricket. India closed 259`4. Kirsty
:17:29. > :17:35.Edwards has been soaking up the atmosphere. The start of wh`t
:17:36. > :17:41.promises to be a huge sum of cricket. Fans poured into
:17:42. > :17:47.Nottingham, all arriving to a very noisy reception. Some travelling in
:17:48. > :17:50.the real style. With so manx visitors and the worldwide
:17:51. > :17:56.television audience of millhons death is big business for the local
:17:57. > :18:02.economy. There will be people travelling from outside the county
:18:03. > :18:12.who will stay in Wood tells, go to restaurants and bars. `` hotels
:18:13. > :18:18.There is plenty cricket to come over the coming weeks. Both sides have
:18:19. > :18:24.plenty to prove what do these fans think the summer has in store? The
:18:25. > :18:31.way they have been performing lately, I do not know but I am
:18:32. > :18:36.hopeful. I would like to sax I will leave with a smile but I am not sure
:18:37. > :18:55.I will. Who argue supporting today? Indira Gainiyeva the winning team.
:18:56. > :19:03.Diane macro India! Stuart broad was also getting into the action. India
:19:04. > :19:07.were closing on 259`4. Whatdver happens over the coming days, you
:19:08. > :19:14.can always guaranteed a special atmosphere here. In a moment we ll
:19:15. > :19:18.have a special guest live whth us because it's like a crickethng who's
:19:19. > :19:28.who down here tonight with `ll the big names in Nottingham. Including a
:19:29. > :19:31.host of former greats. So who better than the retired and much mhssed
:19:32. > :19:34.England spin bowler Graeme Swann and India's legendary batsman R`hul
:19:35. > :19:54.Dravid to give us their takd on this test and the whole series. Ht is the
:19:55. > :19:57.ground that you want to plax as a test cricketer. You hear about it
:19:58. > :20:03.before he even start playing for your country, you want to do well
:20:04. > :20:09.when you come here and be ltcky Diane macro nothing is the same as
:20:10. > :20:16.being out there. I used to love the Trent Bridge test. It promises to be
:20:17. > :20:23.a corker. In terms of skill and ability I think they have got it. It
:20:24. > :20:30.is just understanding crickdt and test cricket, succeeding at test
:20:31. > :20:40.cricket has its own challenges. It is a real huge test for thel. They
:20:41. > :20:45.need to score runs, he needs to get the monkey off his back. England
:20:46. > :20:52.need to prove a few people wrong as well, they need to play pretty much
:20:53. > :21:00.how they did for 90% of the Sri Lanka series. There is 10% the need
:21:01. > :21:04.to work on, the difference between winning and losing. The Indhans are
:21:05. > :21:10.dubious when they are playing which brings a lot to the table. Ht will
:21:11. > :21:21.be interesting to see how it pans out. Test cricket is hard, ht did
:21:22. > :21:30.the hard and steep curve. They can have a great series. One man who
:21:31. > :21:38.would be happy to see England when is Chris here. What have yot made of
:21:39. > :21:46.the day's play? It has been a tough day. Winning the toss was ilportant
:21:47. > :21:51.for either team, India won ht and decided to bat, England would have
:21:52. > :22:08.been disappointed with that. I think they have made a decent effort. Your
:22:09. > :22:18.son has been injured, but hd was playing today. I am sure he takes
:22:19. > :22:23.painkillers just to get through the day but he bowled very nicely today.
:22:24. > :22:32.He picked up a very valuabld wicket. That was from a fantastic
:22:33. > :22:38.player. I think he will be very pleased but there is more h`rd work
:22:39. > :22:47.to be done tomorrow. Anderson got two wickets. It has been good for
:22:48. > :22:51.them. Jimmy has an amazing record year in seven test matches but he,
:22:52. > :22:58.like all the other bowlers, will have some tough work to do tomorrow
:22:59. > :23:04.to try to bowl India out. It is going to be tough for England
:23:05. > :23:11.tomorrow but a relatively ndw ball first thing tomorrow morning, the
:23:12. > :23:18.batsmen will be fresh first thing. Good news for football and Leicester
:23:19. > :23:25.City fans, it strike David Nugent has signed a two`year contr`ct
:23:26. > :23:33.today. But in cricket Trent Bridge has looked fantastic. Sun`drenched
:23:34. > :23:38.here today. We will have thd weather shortly. Finally, ask not for whom
:23:39. > :23:43.the bell tolls. They toll for Alfreton. The problem is thd bells
:23:44. > :23:46.of St Martin of Tours haven't tolled for years. But thankfully that's
:23:47. > :23:50.about to change. It's taken almost a decade to raise the money to repair
:23:51. > :23:53.and replace them, although when it's done they'll be good for thd next
:23:54. > :23:57.150 years. Today, local parhshioners turned out in force to see the bells
:23:58. > :24:04.taken down from St Martin's, the first part of the restoration
:24:05. > :24:11.process. What goes up must come down, especially when they `re in
:24:12. > :24:19.desperate need of repair. For an ancient bell it is absolutely
:24:20. > :24:28.gorgeous. It has taken nine years to raise the ?125,000 needed to fix the
:24:29. > :24:33.nine bells at this church. So much effort from so many people. The
:24:34. > :24:38.community have been very generous with their careers, help and
:24:39. > :24:42.finances. All volunteers have made this project go and it has been
:24:43. > :24:50.really exciting to see it come to fruition. They are being taken to a
:24:51. > :24:59.bell foundry in London wherd they will be replaced or recast. Some
:25:00. > :25:05.will come back like this ond. The fittings are worn out. Thesd people
:25:06. > :25:15.here will never see this ag`in in their lifetime. This is history The
:25:16. > :25:20.time I went down to Whitech`pel to see our new bell being recast was
:25:21. > :25:25.when the realisation came that the project was happening, I actually
:25:26. > :25:31.cried wolf stop the people hn this community have all heard thdse bells
:25:32. > :25:43.so when they come back it whll be great for the community to hear them
:25:44. > :26:04.all ringing again. What better to see them off than the heel of a
:26:05. > :26:09.handbell. `` peal. Now the weather. We have got the weather front trying
:26:10. > :26:57.to push in from the East but there is still
:26:58. > :27:00.spells across the West. The breeze will keep temperatures up. Tomorrow
:27:01. > :27:06.morning most of ours will start dry, even some brightness across
:27:07. > :27:11.western parts through the morning. Cloud will start to roll in through
:27:12. > :27:16.the morning and Cloud will slowly push in through tomorrow. This is
:27:17. > :27:25.where we think it will be bx the end of the afternoon. And East West
:27:26. > :27:36.split. Quite a cool day, 18 selfie is the top temperature. Oncd the
:27:37. > :27:38.rain sets in it could set up on Thursday night. We shall