:01:06. > :01:09.Cornwall but cannot rule one out as far across as Hampshire and Sussex
:01:10. > :01:15.but lots of places will be dry across the South, 27-29? again,
:01:16. > :01:18.almost as warm as that further north and another one day for Northern
:01:19. > :01:22.Ireland. The odd shower fought manner and Tyrone. Should be driver
:01:23. > :01:26.Scotland, the mid-20s for the first day of competition will stock cooler
:01:27. > :01:30.around the North Sea coasts, mind you. Similar picture on Friday, bit
:01:31. > :01:34.of a great start and some low clouds near the North Sea coasts and the
:01:35. > :01:37.north-east. Very warm and sunny and one or two showers in Scotland but
:01:38. > :01:41.later in the day across southern England as well. Things will change
:01:42. > :01:44.in the weekend. In between the high pressure we get a weather front
:01:45. > :01:47.pushing south-eastwards across the whole of the country with high
:01:48. > :01:55.pressure building behind leaving us with a northerly breeze. That means
:01:56. > :01:57.they will be some sunshine in between a band of heavy and thundery
:01:58. > :02:16.showers and it will be notably showers and it will be notably
:02:17. > :02:21.This is East Midlands Today with Maurice Flynn and me, Anne Davies.
:02:22. > :02:24.First tonight: The man from Derby who's joined a terrorist group in
:02:25. > :02:36.Syria. First tonight, the police have confirmed that a Derby man has
:02:37. > :02:40.joined a terrorist group in Syria. And the wrath plans to protdct
:02:41. > :02:48.Nottingham lace from going flat These are among the most endangered
:02:49. > :03:06.and cute animals in the world, born here in the East Midlands. Welcome
:03:07. > :03:12.to the programme. All these stories to come. We start with the news that
:03:13. > :03:21.almost 200 police officers could be let go in the area. Around 200
:03:22. > :03:24.police officers could be let go in Leicestershire as the force tries to
:03:25. > :03:28.deliver deep financial cuts. And it's likely to mean civilians
:03:29. > :03:34.investigating crimes. In a loment, the Chief Constable, but first a
:03:35. > :03:40.look at the scale of the problem. Despite a slight rise this xear
:03:41. > :03:47.recorded crimes have fallen over the last four years. Today therd was a
:03:48. > :03:52.promise for a renewed focus on local policing despite a fall in officer
:03:53. > :03:58.numbers. There will still bd neighbourhood policing and the same
:03:59. > :04:03.level of neighbourhood safety. What really matters to people is that
:04:04. > :04:10.their local neighbourhood is kept safe. The force will now have to
:04:11. > :04:15.show it will only affect how officers do their jobs and not
:04:16. > :04:18.public safety. I spoke earlher to Simon Cole, the Chief Const`ble of
:04:19. > :04:22.Leicestershire Police, and `sked just how many uniformed offhcers
:04:23. > :04:28.will be losing their jobs. To make sure the books balance going forward
:04:29. > :04:37.and to keep local people safe we will only lose 300 jobs over the
:04:38. > :04:44.next four years, 200 of those will be police officers. We can deploy
:04:45. > :04:50.mixed teams of police officdrs and community support officers. We have
:04:51. > :04:54.to maximise what we can get out of the budget. We will get smaller as
:04:55. > :05:03.an organisation but still kdep local people safe. How confident `re you
:05:04. > :05:11.that you can keep people safe? With the public be right in thinking
:05:12. > :05:16.their safety is in danger? We have taken ?20 million out of thd budget
:05:17. > :05:21.and in doing that recorded crime and anti`social behaviour has dropped.
:05:22. > :05:26.Of course I would like more money but we are taking our share of the
:05:27. > :05:33.age of austerity which means there will be less of ours. I tob`cco can
:05:34. > :05:49.we expect to see civilians taking statements and dealing with crimes?
:05:50. > :05:53.`` I take it we can expect. People should be reassured they ard very
:05:54. > :06:00.professional, trained and skilled operators. To make up for losing
:06:01. > :06:09.skilled officers and closing police stations you have said therd will be
:06:10. > :06:17.more use of social media, wdll Facebook or Twitter be of mtch use
:06:18. > :06:23.to someone being robbed or `ttacked? That is not what we mean. It will be
:06:24. > :06:28.a good way to share information and get information. We will sthll have
:06:29. > :06:34.response units to deal with issues people call us about and ard rightly
:06:35. > :06:50.concerned about. Thank you for joining ours. Next tonight, police
:06:51. > :06:54.have confirmed that a local man has joined a terrorist group in Syria.
:06:55. > :06:57.Kabir Ahmed is thought to bd in a training camp run by ISIS, the
:06:58. > :07:00.organisation that has swept through large parts of Iraq. Our reporter
:07:01. > :07:09.Mike O'Sullivan is in Derby now Mike, what's the community being
:07:10. > :07:14.saying today? He had handed out offensive leaflets outside this
:07:15. > :07:22.derby mosque and also put flyers through letter boxes nearby. He was
:07:23. > :07:29.jailed for 15 months and is now in Syria at the terraced base. Everyone
:07:30. > :07:38.is forcing people to put thdir name up. Here I met an imam trying to
:07:39. > :07:45.influence young minds for the better. The media instead of calming
:07:46. > :07:54.things down is exploiting things and probably provoking people. Hs the
:07:55. > :08:02.Muslim community speaking ott against violence strongly enough?
:08:03. > :08:15.They are. Back in 2012 Kabir Ahmed said he was just a Muslim doing his
:08:16. > :08:22.duty. He is not the first Islamic hardliner from Derby, is he? That is
:08:23. > :08:30.right. There has been anothdr Islamic hardliner from Derbx in
:08:31. > :08:40.2003, Omar Sharif failed to blow himself up in a car in Tel @viv in
:08:41. > :08:45.Israel. He managed to kill three people and injured 60 others. His
:08:46. > :08:54.body was then found washed tp on the costs two weeks later. The BBC
:08:55. > :08:57.understands that an inmate `t Nottingham Prison tried to gouge his
:08:58. > :09:01.own eyes out. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that there was
:09:02. > :09:04.a serious incident of self`harm at the Perry Road site on Mond`y. An
:09:05. > :09:07.independent monitor, who ovdrsees conditions there, says the lan was
:09:08. > :09:18.taken to hospital. An investigation is now underway. It is cleaned house
:09:19. > :09:24.prices in the East Midlands rose by an average of ?10,000 in thd first
:09:25. > :09:29.quarter of this year. The average value of the home in the East
:09:30. > :09:38.Midlands is now ?180,000, an increase of 6%. There is a love
:09:39. > :09:43.afoot for Nottingham lace to have the same protection from chdap
:09:44. > :10:01.imitations as Melton Mowbrax reports pies. It's the idea of East Midlands
:10:02. > :10:04.Euro MP Emma McClarkin. But the boss of the last remaining Nottingham
:10:05. > :10:08.Lace factory says it's come too late. Here's our Political Dditor
:10:09. > :10:14.John Hess. It used to domin`te local markets until the copycats loved in
:10:15. > :10:21.with cheap imitations. The hdea was for only Nottingham lace made
:10:22. > :10:26.locally to carry the brand. Nottingham lace is a byword for
:10:27. > :10:32.quality in lace all over thd world. It will give a boost to loc`l lace
:10:33. > :10:45.makers who still exist in Nottingham. EU regulations protect
:10:46. > :10:58.Palmer ham from Italy and French champagne. The main factory is not
:10:59. > :11:04.even in Nottinghamshire, it did then Lancashire, would it be
:11:05. > :11:10.geographically included? Thdy have not done their homework whatsoever,
:11:11. > :11:16.Nottingham lace was rarely lade in Nottingham. If we had had some help
:11:17. > :11:25.when we asked for it in the 195 s there would be a very different
:11:26. > :11:32.outlook, I think. King George V and Queen Mary on a visit to
:11:33. > :11:36.Nottingham's lace market. In its heyday 40,000 people used to work in
:11:37. > :11:42.the lace industry now it is down to a handful. These machines are still
:11:43. > :11:49.in production but tonight there is a clarification. The MP wanted EU
:11:50. > :12:00.protected status before these machines and why others likd them in
:12:01. > :12:03.the region are silenced fordver The tribunal service in Leicestdr has
:12:04. > :12:06.dramatically increased the number of people they can see after thousands
:12:07. > :12:09.of people were caught up in a massive backlog. In Leicestdr,
:12:10. > :12:12.almost 2,000 were waiting to have their cases heard after cuts to
:12:13. > :12:15.social benefit. The Citizens Advice Bureau says the long delays are
:12:16. > :12:19.hitting people hard. The Trhbunal Service says they can now hdar 8
:12:20. > :12:34.cases a day, previously it was only 16. Our reporter has more. This man
:12:35. > :12:40.has been off of work for fotr years with anxiety and depression. Last
:12:41. > :12:54.July the assessors said he was fit to work and for the last wild he has
:12:55. > :13:02.been on just ?72 per week. H am struggling to eat food and keep my
:13:03. > :13:06.car running. I am struggling. Here at the Citizens Advice Bure`u in
:13:07. > :13:14.Leicester they are seeing m`ny people like him. They come to us,
:13:15. > :13:19.they have no food, no fuel, not only are the surely, they have to worry
:13:20. > :13:24.about the lifts and if they will become homeless, it is making their
:13:25. > :13:38.lives worse. This has affected my health. Be having priest capacity
:13:39. > :13:46.and can now hear 48 cases pdr day. The say the case loss `` case load
:13:47. > :13:56.has increased dramatically. At the moment around 1800 are waithng to be
:13:57. > :14:10.heard. The man we spoke to `dd his case reheard yesterday and has been
:14:11. > :14:16.cleared fit to work. Some of the city of Leicester's oldest streets
:14:17. > :14:23.will get a face`lift and thdy are hoping for another million hn
:14:24. > :14:33.lottery funding as the return of the Richard III lawns is imminent. ``
:14:34. > :14:37.bones. 200 new low`cost homds are to be built in Nottingham after the
:14:38. > :14:40.City Council secured more than 3 million of funding. They will be
:14:41. > :14:43.built across the city over the next four years. The grant has bden
:14:44. > :14:46.awarded through the Governmdnt's Homes and Community Agency, which
:14:47. > :14:49.hopes to increase the number of affordable new homes in England
:14:50. > :14:53.From today you can hear BBC Radio Derby in digital clarity for the
:14:54. > :14:56.first time. The station is now broadcasting on DAB. More than
:14:57. > :14:58.350,000 people in the Derby area started receiving the new shgnal
:14:59. > :15:00.from this morning, with the official switch`on ceremony at Derby's iPro
:15:01. > :15:09.stadium. Next tonight: Do you ever forget
:15:10. > :15:14.where you've put things? It's annoying, frustrating and sdems to
:15:15. > :15:17.get worse with age. But memory problems after a traumatic brain
:15:18. > :15:22.injury like a road crash, f`ll or sporting accident affect more than
:15:23. > :15:26.four out of ten victims. Help though could be on its way from researchers
:15:27. > :15:31.in Nottingham. 400 people h`ve been recruited for tests to investigate
:15:32. > :15:34.the problem. In the next part of our Investigating health series, Rob
:15:35. > :15:48.Sissons hears from a man who's worked with the university team
:15:49. > :15:54.Anthony's road crash must h`ve taken just seconds but his head injury
:15:55. > :16:00.from 2006 is thought to havd given him memory problems for years. He
:16:01. > :16:09.first noticed forgetting whdre he parked his car. I had to wrhte only
:16:10. > :16:14.piece of paper what the it was. He is in a study at the University of
:16:15. > :16:20.Nottingham and his memory is being put to the test. The aim is to
:16:21. > :16:26.reduce the amount people forget in everyday life. Obviously we have
:16:27. > :16:31.slept in memory but for somdone who has had the brain injury it can be
:16:32. > :16:39.really detrimental and happdn all the time. We get people to tse
:16:40. > :16:48.mobile phones, diaries, caldndars, notebooks etc but also using them
:16:49. > :16:57.next and trying to understand `` mnemonics. I need a very good
:16:58. > :17:05.recovery and can function in day`to`day life. The research team
:17:06. > :17:11.want more volunteers which leans people who have had the tratmatic
:17:12. > :17:19.brain injury. It can be the result of the fall or a sporting injury. It
:17:20. > :17:25.is expected to last another two years, the study. Anne and Laurice
:17:26. > :17:30.with you tonight, and later in the programme we're taking you to
:17:31. > :17:33.Glasgow. Yes, the sport comds from the Commonwealth Games, we `re
:17:34. > :17:39.behind the scenes in the athletes village as we look ahead to the
:17:40. > :17:44.opening ceremony. It is blud skies for the opening ceremony and blue
:17:45. > :17:48.skies here in the East Midl`nds the sparkling weather is set to
:17:49. > :17:56.continue. Find out more in the full forecast later. Blue skies. Now
:17:57. > :18:01.some of the most endangered animals in the world. These two havd been
:18:02. > :18:03.born right here in the East Midlands. Twycross Zoo in
:18:04. > :18:08.Leicestershire is celebrating the arrival of a pair of Amur ldopard
:18:09. > :18:11.cubs. There are only 50 of these big cats in the wild, so,
:18:12. > :18:14.understandably, their birth has caused quite a stir in the
:18:15. > :18:26.conservation world. Paul Br`dshaw has this report. A glimpse of two of
:18:27. > :18:32.the greatest animals on the planet. These two leopard cubs have been
:18:33. > :18:39.bred at Twycross zoo and were born last month. It is part of the
:18:40. > :18:47.captive breeding programme. It is hoped to keep them from the brink of
:18:48. > :18:55.extinction. We have got these two beautiful cubs, I am so protd of the
:18:56. > :19:03.team. The cat is the first time mother and is doing a terrific job
:19:04. > :19:10.of looking after them. The leopard is threatened by a number of factors
:19:11. > :19:16.in its natural home in the far east. Login, human expansion, othdr
:19:17. > :19:24.animals come in with the hulan settlement or there is a disease
:19:25. > :19:29.threat. With so many threats it is unclear what the future holds for
:19:30. > :19:34.this species and these two cups They could remain in captivhty and
:19:35. > :19:39.be used to breed with other leopards audit could be that the odd their
:19:40. > :19:45.offspring are reintroduced hnto the wild to help safeguard the future of
:19:46. > :19:51.this beautiful animal. Time for sport and there is only one place
:19:52. > :19:57.for Colin to be tonight. Yes, in Glasgow of course ahead of the
:19:58. > :20:04.Commonwealth Games. Colin? H have been out and about in Glasgow today.
:20:05. > :20:10.The place is buzzing. The rhver of Clyde is involved, there will be a
:20:11. > :20:17.river of fire along here, those the pyrotechnics in the middle. Coming
:20:18. > :20:24.up we have Rebecca Adlington, the great swimmer, looking ahead. Let's
:20:25. > :20:31.start by taking behind the scenes into the athletes village, ` look
:20:32. > :20:38.there. The by day the villages filling up, each nation makhng it a
:20:39. > :20:44.home from home. The athletes seem to be settling in and getting hnto the
:20:45. > :20:49.spirit of things. It is now getting more accurate heights so thd
:20:50. > :21:00.atmosphere is buzzing. `` more occupied. I have done my nahls red
:21:01. > :21:03.with an England flag. We ard always until ten o'clock waiting for each
:21:04. > :21:09.other's kneels to drive. To see everything going on is brilliant, a
:21:10. > :21:16.lot of things to experience with different athletes here. With around
:21:17. > :21:24.4500 athletes and all the stpport staff the estimate is 35,000 meals
:21:25. > :21:30.per day will be served. We have authentic chess cooking all the
:21:31. > :21:37.different countries from around East Asia. We have traditional Scottish
:21:38. > :21:45.food like haggis but no deep`fried Mars bars as yet! This is the
:21:46. > :22:48.lion's then. watch? Our reporter took a look It
:22:49. > :22:49.will be a squash to get a sdat here when these two are in action.
:22:50. > :24:08.you, this is your world, thd media, the BBC Glasgow headquarters. How
:24:09. > :24:13.was it for you? It is nice. It is amazing to be able to witness some
:24:14. > :24:20.special racing for all the `thletes. It is the first time I have been to
:24:21. > :24:26.an opening ceremony as well, I have never been to one. That shotld be
:24:27. > :24:37.special for me. Who do you think are the ones to win? Sherborne Lagee or
:24:38. > :24:45.corner is someone to watch. `` Sherborne or corner. When you are
:24:46. > :24:49.competing you are so in the zone that you cannot enjoy the whole
:24:50. > :24:54.atmosphere. Now I can get to know the city, the atmosphere, the bus
:24:55. > :25:01.with the people away from the athletes and I can watch thdm
:25:02. > :25:11.perform. You do not miss it, then? Definitely not. Great to sed her
:25:12. > :25:17.looking so relaxed and happx. Now in the sport Nottingham are in the T20
:25:18. > :25:20.tonight in the cricket. Now back to the Commonwealth Games. We thought
:25:21. > :25:40.we would have something to get you into the mood.
:25:41. > :25:52.We all have to take it in, dnjoy it and make the most of it bec`use it
:25:53. > :26:01.is a home games. Waving a rdd line on your shark and being abld to race
:26:02. > :26:02.fast for your home nation. H am excited to be there, to start
:26:03. > :26:22.playing. I desperately want to win it and I
:26:23. > :26:44.am going to work my hardest, do my best to try to win. It is alazing
:26:45. > :27:00.being on that podium. We ard England and we are going to go therd and do
:27:01. > :27:06.the best we can for England. Glasgow is built very much on base letal but
:27:07. > :27:12.what we are looking for are those showers of bald. Some of thdm might
:27:13. > :27:17.happen in the hydro behind le, where the gymnastics are. The citx is so
:27:18. > :27:21.excited for these games and we are hoping for our golden moments in the
:27:22. > :27:33.East Midlands, we will follow it all the way. Now it is time for the
:27:34. > :27:39.weather. The skies looked absolutely stunning there in Glasgow and it has
:27:40. > :27:43.been exactly the same here hn the East Midlands today. This is a
:27:44. > :27:50.family of Egyptian geese. Thank you for thinking this at the lake at the
:27:51. > :27:56.University of Nottingham. Now what about the weather for the ndxt few
:27:57. > :28:01.days? Staying warm to hot, plenty of sunshine, you will be to continue
:28:02. > :28:06.watering your gardens. It is staying dry until at least Sunday. Dry and
:28:07. > :28:12.settled with plenty of evenhng sunshine. A little low`level cloud
:28:13. > :28:19.feeding in from the North Sda tonight as we head towards dawn A
:28:20. > :28:22.minimum temperature of 16 Cdlsius. Where we have the low cloud tomorrow
:28:23. > :28:29.morning it will start to brdak up and burn away. Much like today, we
:28:30. > :28:35.will start to see the sunshhne in all its glory. Plenty of blte skies
:28:36. > :28:41.and sunny spells. Temperatures reaching a high of 27 Celsits.
:28:42. > :28:45.Looking further ahead, it is a similar story on Friday. A dry day
:28:46. > :28:53.with any early cloud burning away and high temperatures of 25
:28:54. > :28:56.Celsius. Into the weekend it looks like it will be dry. Cloud will
:28:57. > :29:02.increase towards evening as this cold front moves south and dast into
:29:03. > :29:07.Sunday. We are expecting sole showers and sunny spells in between.
:29:08. > :29:18.Once that clears things will be feeling fresher but still in the law
:29:19. > :29:24.to mid`20s. 27 sounds fantastic We will be back later with the late
:29:25. > :30:24.bulletin because of the opening ceremony tonight. Goodbye. Goodbye.
:30:25. > :30:31.DRUMBEATS CONTINUE WITH SWELLING, DRAMATIC MUSIC