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With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
First tonight, the police have confirmed that a Derby man | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
has joined a terrorist group in Syria. | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
Kabir Ahmed is thought to bd in a training camp run by ISIS, | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
the organisation that's swept through large parts of Iraq. | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
I've come across Islamic hardliner Kabir Ahmed before, in 2012. | :00:25. | :00:33. | |
He dodged my questions after being found guilty | :00:34. | :00:34. | |
in a landmark court case of inciting hatred of homosdxuals. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
He had handed out offensive leaflets outside this Derby mosque. | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
He also put the flyers through letter boxes nearby. | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Now he is in Syria, at an ISIS base, calling himself Abu Sumayyah. | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
Everybody has got their namd on the list. | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
Everybody is forcing them to put their name and push it tp. | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
You know, everybody wants to fight for the sake of Allah. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
Here, I met an imam visiting Derby to teach in Islamic classes, | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
trying to influence young mhnds for the better. | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
The media, instead of reallx calming things down, the media is, xou know, | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
exploiting things and probably as well provoking those views. | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
speaking out against violence strongly enough? | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
Back in 2012, Kabir Ahmed s`id he was just a Muslim doing his duty. | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
The bread maker Hovis has revealed it's to close | :01:34. | :01:43. | |
its bakery in Leicester with the loss of 200 jobs. | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
Workers were told today the company's site | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
just off Troon Way will shut early next year. | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
Support staff will be affected, as well as those who produce the bread. | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
Union officials say they'll do all they can | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
No`one from the company has been available for commdnt. | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
Meanwhile, around 200 police officers could be let go | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
in Leicestershire as the force tries to deliver on deep financial cuts. | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
It's likely to mean a rise in civilians being used | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
In a moment, we'll hear frol the Chief Constable, | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
but first here's a look at the scale of the cuts. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
Times are changing for Leicestershire Police. | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
After already cutting ?20 mhllion from its budget since 2010, | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
the force now needs to save another 15.4 million by 2017. | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
recorded crimes have fallen over the last four years. | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
And today the force promised a renewed focus on local policing, | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
Virtually nobody in the public will see any difference. | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
They will still see neighbourhood policing. | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
They will still have the same level, or indeed hhgher, | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
For them, what really matters is that their home, their c`r, | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
their families and their local neighbourhood is kept safe. | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
I'm certain what the chief has planned will deliver better | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
The force will now have to show the changes will only affect how | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
officers do their jobs, not public safety. | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
So, Chief Constable, how many uniformed officers | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
Well, to make sure the books balance going forwards | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
and that we can give local people safe, | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
we are going to lose about 300 people | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
There will probably be 200 or so plus of those | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
But what that means is we c`n then deploy mixed teams | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
of police officers, police community support officers | :03:28. | :03:29. | |
and accredited investigativd assistants. | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
My job is to maximise the public safety | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
that we can get out of the budget we have got. | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
Clearly, the budget is reducing and we'll be getting smaller as | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
an organisation but we will still be keeping local people safd. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
If you say you are taking away 200 uniformed officers, | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
how confident are you that you can keep people safe? | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
Won't the public would be rhght in thinking their safety is in danger? | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
We have shown in the last four or five years and Her Majesty's | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
Inspectorate of Constabularx has reported on the fact that wd have | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
taken ?20 million out of thd budget and in doing that, | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
crime and anti`social behavhour has dropped | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
and public confidence has stayed high. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
Of course, I would like more money but we are taking | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
our share of austerity and that means there will be less of us. | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
Chief Constable, can we expdct to see civilians taking statemdnts | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
We can anticipate that investigative support assistants, | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
who will be properly skilled and trained, | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
will be involved in the investigation of crile. | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
That is pretty commonplace across the country now. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Certainly, we have already got some investigative assistants | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
in place and people can be `ssured that they are very professional | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Simon Cole, the Chief Const`ble of Leicestershire police thdre. | :04:40. | :04:47. | |
It's claimed house prices in the East Midlands rose on average | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
by more than ?10,000 in the first half of this ydar. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
says the average value of a home in the region is now ?180,000 | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
That's an increase of almost 6% this year. | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
As of today, BBC Radio Derbx is broadcasting in digital clarity | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
The station is now transmitting on DAB. | :05:10. | :05:22. | |
at Derby's iPro stadium earlier today. | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
Now, two of the most endangdred animals in the world | :05:26. | :05:27. | |
have been born here in the East Midlands. | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
Leciestershire's Twycross Zoo is celebrating the arrival | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
There are only 50 of these big cats in the wild so, understandably, | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
their birth has caused quitd a stir in the conservation world. | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
What is more important is how few there are in the wild | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
and what a significant contribution even having two cubs is. | :05:42. | :05:43. | |
and vital to the future survival of this species. | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
So that is what makes it most important. | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
As we've seen the Commonwealth Games officially opened | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
Duffield squash player Nick Matthew proudly led out Team England | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
in front of 40,000 spectators in the stadium, | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
with another billion watching on the TV! | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
So what are the East Midlands chances of medals? | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
Jeremy Nicholas has a round`up of our athletes to watch out for. | :06:04. | :06:13. | |
Raising the bar in the gymnastics will be Notthngham's | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
European champion, Becky Downie and Olympic medallist Sam Oldham. | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
It will be a squash to get ` seat in front of the telly | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
at Duffield Squash Club, when club members Laura Massaro | :06:22. | :06:23. | |
husband`and`wife team Nick `nd Gabby Adcock from Sutton in Ashfidld | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
hope to net a medal in the badminton. | :06:29. | :06:30. | |
Hucknall hurdler Andy Turner has overcome a lot of obstacles | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
to defend the title he won in Delhi. | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
Long Eaton's Will Sharman is one of those up against him. | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
And city of Derby's Adam Pe`ty is set to make a splash | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
in the breast stroke after two British records already this season | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
and Ollie Hynd from Kirkby In Ashfield | :06:47. | :06:47. | |
hopes to add to his medal collection. | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
So what will life be like for our athletes during the games? | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
Mark Shardlow's taken a look around the athlete's villagd. | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
Day by day, the village is filling up, | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
each nation making it a home from home. | :07:00. | :07:08. | |
and getting into the spirit of things. | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
The village is slowly slowlx, gradually now filling up. | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
When we got here, it was a little bit sparse, now it is | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
getting a little bit more occupied so, yeah, the atmosphere is growing. | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
The boys have got their house together and have been playhng | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
cards a lot and the girls h`ve been painting each other's nails. | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
I have done red with an England flag. | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
We were all up until 10pm, waiting for each other's nails to dry. | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
Really amazing atmosphere and great to see everything | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
and everything going on, there is a lot of different things | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
to experience, we have a lot of different athletes here. | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
The hub of the village is the dining hall. | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
With around 4,500 athletes `nd all of the support staff, they dstimate | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
20,000 meals a day will be served, catering for all tastes. | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
Team England is the biggest team here. | :07:50. | :07:51. | |
There has been a huge investment in sports science, | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
physio and recovery equipment in the lions' den. | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
It is all about making sure that the athlete stays as well | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
If a problem does happen, we treat it early | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
and get them back to the field of play. | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
And we can move people from off the podium onto the podium | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
and, more importantly, from bronze into gold. | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
So the athletes are here, the venues are ready | :08:14. | :08:15. | |
and an estimated 1.5 billion people will be watching | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
as Glasgow hosts the 20th Commonwealth Games. | :08:20. | :08:27. | |
But with your weather now, here's Anna. | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
Thank you. It was perfect wdather for the opening ceremony in Glasgow. | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
The dry, fine weather continues now for the next few days. Stayhng very | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
warm indeed. Dry with plentx of sunshine. This evening, we have had | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
dry conditions and it will remain so for the rest of the night. Clear | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
skies around. A little bit of low cloud leading in from the North Sea | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
as we head towards dawn. It is a warm night with lows of 15 Celsius. | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
Thursday morning starts with the low cloud but that starts to burn away | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
quite quickly and advice like we had on Wednesday, we will see plenty of | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
sunshine in the afternoon. Feeling great warm in the sunshine with | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
highs of 27 Celsius and a north`easterly breeze. The settled | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
theme continues as we go into Friday. There may be a little bit of | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
cloud around but plenty of sunshine to be had around with through the | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
day. Now for the outlook for the next few days followed by the | :09:28. | :09:29. | |
passion of forecasts. of some showers and at Wilton cooler | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
from the north. The national picture comes from Philip Avery. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
Unusually, I can say good morning. Wednesday has been noticeable for a | :09:39. | :09:48. | |
number of reasons. From a meteorological | :09:49. | :09:49. |