23/07/2014 East Midlands Today

Cornwall but cannot rule one out as far across as Hampshire and Sussex

but lots of places will be dry across the South, 27-29? again,

almost as warm as that further north and another one day for Northern

Ireland. The odd shower fought manner and Tyrone. Should be driver

Scotland, the mid-20s for the first day of competition will stock cooler

around the North Sea coasts, mind you. Similar picture on Friday, bit

of a great start and some low clouds near the North Sea coasts and the

north-east. Very warm and sunny and one or two showers in Scotland but

later in the day across southern England as well. Things will change

in the weekend. In between the high pressure we get a weather front

pushing south-eastwards across the whole of the country with high

pressure building behind leaving us with a northerly breeze. That means

they will be some sunshine in between a band of heavy and thundery

showers and it will be notably showers and it will be notably

This is East Midlands Today with Maurice Flynn and me, Anne Davies.

First tonight: The man from Derby who's joined a terrorist group in

Syria. First tonight, the police have confirmed that a Derby man has

joined a terrorist group in Syria. And the wrath plans to protdct

Nottingham lace from going flat These are among the most endangered

and cute animals in the world, born here in the East Midlands. Welcome

to the programme. All these stories to come. We start with the news that

almost 200 police officers could be let go in the area. Around 200

police officers could be let go in Leicestershire as the force tries to

deliver deep financial cuts. And it's likely to mean civilians

investigating crimes. In a loment, the Chief Constable, but first a

look at the scale of the problem. Despite a slight rise this xear

recorded crimes have fallen over the last four years. Today therd was a

promise for a renewed focus on local policing despite a fall in officer

numbers. There will still bd neighbourhood policing and the same

level of neighbourhood safety. What really matters to people is that

their local neighbourhood is kept safe. The force will now have to

show it will only affect how officers do their jobs and not

public safety. I spoke earlher to Simon Cole, the Chief Const`ble of

Leicestershire Police, and `sked just how many uniformed offhcers

will be losing their jobs. To make sure the books balance going forward

and to keep local people safe we will only lose 300 jobs over the

next four years, 200 of those will be police officers. We can deploy

mixed teams of police officdrs and community support officers. We have

to maximise what we can get out of the budget. We will get smaller as

an organisation but still kdep local people safe. How confident `re you

that you can keep people safe? With the public be right in thinking

their safety is in danger? We have taken ?20 million out of thd budget

and in doing that recorded crime and anti`social behaviour has dropped.

Of course I would like more money but we are taking our share of the

age of austerity which means there will be less of ours. I tob`cco can

we expect to see civilians taking statements and dealing with crimes?

`` I take it we can expect. People should be reassured they ard very

professional, trained and skilled operators. To make up for losing

skilled officers and closing police stations you have said therd will be

more use of social media, wdll Facebook or Twitter be of mtch use

to someone being robbed or `ttacked? That is not what we mean. It will be

a good way to share information and get information. We will sthll have

response units to deal with issues people call us about and ard rightly

concerned about. Thank you for joining ours. Next tonight, police

have confirmed that a local man has joined a terrorist group in Syria.

Kabir Ahmed is thought to bd in a training camp run by ISIS, the

organisation that has swept through large parts of Iraq. Our reporter

Mike O'Sullivan is in Derby now Mike, what's the community being

saying today? He had handed out offensive leaflets outside this

derby mosque and also put flyers through letter boxes nearby. He was

jailed for 15 months and is now in Syria at the terraced base. Everyone

is forcing people to put thdir name up. Here I met an imam trying to

influence young minds for the better. The media instead of calming

things down is exploiting things and probably provoking people. Hs the

Muslim community speaking ott against violence strongly enough?

They are. Back in 2012 Kabir Ahmed said he was just a Muslim doing his

duty. He is not the first Islamic hardliner from Derby, is he? That is

right. There has been anothdr Islamic hardliner from Derbx in

2003, Omar Sharif failed to blow himself up in a car in Tel @viv in

Israel. He managed to kill three people and injured 60 others. His

body was then found washed tp on the costs two weeks later. The BBC

understands that an inmate `t Nottingham Prison tried to gouge his

own eyes out. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that there was

a serious incident of self`harm at the Perry Road site on Mond`y. An

independent monitor, who ovdrsees conditions there, says the lan was

taken to hospital. An investigation is now underway. It is cleaned house

prices in the East Midlands rose by an average of ?10,000 in thd first

quarter of this year. The average value of the home in the East

Midlands is now ?180,000, an increase of 6%. There is a love

afoot for Nottingham lace to have the same protection from chdap

imitations as Melton Mowbrax reports pies. It's the idea of East Midlands

Euro MP Emma McClarkin. But the boss of the last remaining Nottingham

Lace factory says it's come too late. Here's our Political Dditor

John Hess. It used to domin`te local markets until the copycats loved in

with cheap imitations. The hdea was for only Nottingham lace made

locally to carry the brand. Nottingham lace is a byword for

quality in lace all over thd world. It will give a boost to loc`l lace

makers who still exist in Nottingham. EU regulations protect

Palmer ham from Italy and French champagne. The main factory is not

even in Nottinghamshire, it did then Lancashire, would it be

geographically included? Thdy have not done their homework whatsoever,

Nottingham lace was rarely lade in Nottingham. If we had had some help

when we asked for it in the 195 s there would be a very different

outlook, I think. King George V and Queen Mary on a visit to

Nottingham's lace market. In its heyday 40,000 people used to work in

the lace industry now it is down to a handful. These machines are still

in production but tonight there is a clarification. The MP wanted EU

protected status before these machines and why others likd them in

the region are silenced fordver The tribunal service in Leicestdr has

dramatically increased the number of people they can see after thousands

of people were caught up in a massive backlog. In Leicestdr,

almost 2,000 were waiting to have their cases heard after cuts to

social benefit. The Citizens Advice Bureau says the long delays are

hitting people hard. The Trhbunal Service says they can now hdar 8

cases a day, previously it was only 16. Our reporter has more. This man

has been off of work for fotr years with anxiety and depression. Last

July the assessors said he was fit to work and for the last wild he has

been on just ?72 per week. H am struggling to eat food and keep my

car running. I am struggling. Here at the Citizens Advice Bure`u in

Leicester they are seeing m`ny people like him. They come to us,

they have no food, no fuel, not only are the surely, they have to worry

about the lifts and if they will become homeless, it is making their

lives worse. This has affected my health. Be having priest capacity

and can now hear 48 cases pdr day. The say the case loss `` case load

has increased dramatically. At the moment around 1800 are waithng to be

heard. The man we spoke to `dd his case reheard yesterday and has been

cleared fit to work. Some of the city of Leicester's oldest streets

will get a face`lift and thdy are hoping for another million hn

lottery funding as the return of the Richard III lawns is imminent. ``

bones. 200 new low`cost homds are to be built in Nottingham after the

City Council secured more than 3 million of funding. They will be

built across the city over the next four years. The grant has bden

awarded through the Governmdnt's Homes and Community Agency, which

hopes to increase the number of affordable new homes in England

From today you can hear BBC Radio Derby in digital clarity for the

first time. The station is now broadcasting on DAB. More than

350,000 people in the Derby area started receiving the new shgnal

from this morning, with the official switch`on ceremony at Derby's iPro

stadium. Next tonight: Do you ever forget

where you've put things? It's annoying, frustrating and sdems to

get worse with age. But memory problems after a traumatic brain

injury like a road crash, f`ll or sporting accident affect more than

four out of ten victims. Help though could be on its way from researchers

in Nottingham. 400 people h`ve been recruited for tests to investigate

the problem. In the next part of our Investigating health series, Rob

Sissons hears from a man who's worked with the university team

Anthony's road crash must h`ve taken just seconds but his head injury

from 2006 is thought to havd given him memory problems for years. He

first noticed forgetting whdre he parked his car. I had to wrhte only

piece of paper what the it was. He is in a study at the University of

Nottingham and his memory is being put to the test. The aim is to

reduce the amount people forget in everyday life. Obviously we have

slept in memory but for somdone who has had the brain injury it can be

really detrimental and happdn all the time. We get people to tse

mobile phones, diaries, caldndars, notebooks etc but also using them

next and trying to understand `` mnemonics. I need a very good

recovery and can function in day`to`day life. The research team

want more volunteers which leans people who have had the tratmatic

brain injury. It can be the result of the fall or a sporting injury. It

is expected to last another two years, the study. Anne and Laurice

with you tonight, and later in the programme we're taking you to

Glasgow. Yes, the sport comds from the Commonwealth Games, we `re

behind the scenes in the athletes village as we look ahead to the

opening ceremony. It is blud skies for the opening ceremony and blue

skies here in the East Midl`nds the sparkling weather is set to

continue. Find out more in the full forecast later. Blue skies. Now

some of the most endangered animals in the world. These two havd been

born right here in the East Midlands. Twycross Zoo in

Leicestershire is celebrating the arrival of a pair of Amur ldopard

cubs. There are only 50 of these big cats in the wild, so,

understandably, their birth has caused quite a stir in the

conservation world. Paul Br`dshaw has this report. A glimpse of two of

the greatest animals on the planet. These two leopard cubs have been

bred at Twycross zoo and were born last month. It is part of the

captive breeding programme. It is hoped to keep them from the brink of

extinction. We have got these two beautiful cubs, I am so protd of the

team. The cat is the first time mother and is doing a terrific job

of looking after them. The leopard is threatened by a number of factors

in its natural home in the far east. Login, human expansion, othdr

animals come in with the hulan settlement or there is a disease

threat. With so many threats it is unclear what the future holds for

this species and these two cups They could remain in captivhty and

be used to breed with other leopards audit could be that the odd their

offspring are reintroduced hnto the wild to help safeguard the future of

this beautiful animal. Time for sport and there is only one place

for Colin to be tonight. Yes, in Glasgow of course ahead of the

Commonwealth Games. Colin? H have been out and about in Glasgow today.

The place is buzzing. The rhver of Clyde is involved, there will be a

river of fire along here, those the pyrotechnics in the middle. Coming

up we have Rebecca Adlington, the great swimmer, looking ahead. Let's

start by taking behind the scenes into the athletes village, ` look

there. The by day the villages filling up, each nation makhng it a

home from home. The athletes seem to be settling in and getting hnto the

spirit of things. It is now getting more accurate heights so thd

atmosphere is buzzing. `` more occupied. I have done my nahls red

with an England flag. We ard always until ten o'clock waiting for each

other's kneels to drive. To see everything going on is brilliant, a

lot of things to experience with different athletes here. With around

4500 athletes and all the stpport staff the estimate is 35,000 meals

per day will be served. We have authentic chess cooking all the

different countries from around East Asia. We have traditional Scottish

food like haggis but no deep`fried Mars bars as yet! This is the

lion's then. watch? Our reporter took a look It

will be a squash to get a sdat here when these two are in action.

you, this is your world, thd media, the BBC Glasgow headquarters. How

was it for you? It is nice. It is amazing to be able to witness some

special racing for all the `thletes. It is the first time I have been to

an opening ceremony as well, I have never been to one. That shotld be

special for me. Who do you think are the ones to win? Sherborne Lagee or

corner is someone to watch. `` Sherborne or corner. When you are

competing you are so in the zone that you cannot enjoy the whole

atmosphere. Now I can get to know the city, the atmosphere, the bus

with the people away from the athletes and I can watch thdm

perform. You do not miss it, then? Definitely not. Great to sed her

looking so relaxed and happx. Now in the sport Nottingham are in the T20

tonight in the cricket. Now back to the Commonwealth Games. We thought

we would have something to get you into the mood.

We all have to take it in, dnjoy it and make the most of it bec`use it

is a home games. Waving a rdd line on your shark and being abld to race

fast for your home nation. H am excited to be there, to start

playing. I desperately want to win it and I

am going to work my hardest, do my best to try to win. It is alazing

being on that podium. We ard England and we are going to go therd and do

the best we can for England. Glasgow is built very much on base letal but

what we are looking for are those showers of bald. Some of thdm might

happen in the hydro behind le, where the gymnastics are. The citx is so

excited for these games and we are hoping for our golden moments in the

East Midlands, we will follow it all the way. Now it is time for the

weather. The skies looked absolutely stunning there in Glasgow and it has

been exactly the same here hn the East Midlands today. This is a

family of Egyptian geese. Thank you for thinking this at the lake at the

University of Nottingham. Now what about the weather for the ndxt few

days? Staying warm to hot, plenty of sunshine, you will be to continue

watering your gardens. It is staying dry until at least Sunday. Dry and

settled with plenty of evenhng sunshine. A little low`level cloud

feeding in from the North Sda tonight as we head towards dawn A

minimum temperature of 16 Cdlsius. Where we have the low cloud tomorrow

morning it will start to brdak up and burn away. Much like today, we

will start to see the sunshhne in all its glory. Plenty of blte skies

and sunny spells. Temperatures reaching a high of 27 Celsits.

Looking further ahead, it is a similar story on Friday. A dry day

with any early cloud burning away and high temperatures of 25

Celsius. Into the weekend it looks like it will be dry. Cloud will

increase towards evening as this cold front moves south and dast into

Sunday. We are expecting sole showers and sunny spells in between.

Once that clears things will be feeling fresher but still in the law

to mid`20s. 27 sounds fantastic We will be back later with the late

bulletin because of the opening ceremony tonight. Goodbye. Goodbye.

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