04/08/2014 East Midlands Today

Tonight, we are live at the Crich Memorial in Derbyshire as wd

commemorate the declaration of war, 100 years ago.

And a moment of reflection to remember the fallen.

Young and old gather in villages and vowed never to forget those who left

to fight and never came homd. It is a poignant reminder to future

generations of the courage `nd sacrifice those people gave so we

might live in peace. Also tonight, Nottingham's workplace

parking tax is here to stay, to pay for more trams.

And in sport, we have the l`test on Le sells and Darlow leaving

Nottingham Forest. `` Jamaal Lascelles and Karl Darlow.

Good evening and welcome to East Midlands Today, live from

This tower was built in the 192 s as a permanent reminder

of the 11,409 soldiers from the Sherwood Foresters who died

in the Great War, which Britain joined exactly 100 years ago today.

trees were planted to remember the Hilton men who were lost in three

20th`century wars. We have here an hear the taking, I think th`t is his

heart. He was on night patrol and he was killed by an explosion.

I am delighted, there has bden a real community effort and I am so

proud of the community. We came here today...

James Roberson reporting thdre on how the residents of Hilton

marked the centenary of the start of the Great War.

It was one of dozens of events which have been taking placd

right across our region tod`y, as Simon Hare reports.

Remembering those who died hn a First World War, at Nottingham

Castle, the union Jack is lowered to half`mast. Inside, an exhibhtion

detailing how the Great War changed Nottinghamshire, as well as

commemorating those who lost their lives. We have been thrilled with

the response. People seem to be spending a long time in the gallery,

we are bowled over by the ilpact of it. At Eastwood, the Memori`l

Gardens have become only thd second centenary field in the country, it

is now a protected site to lark the offer made sacrifice made bx local

people 100 years ago. This particular garden will be a memorial

for all the people in the area who died in those wars, and it will be a

lasting reminder of what happened. In Leicestershire, this musdum has

opened its own Great War exhibition. Researched entirely by volunteers,

tells the stories of some of the hundreds of men from the arda who

died during the First World War This exhibition represents just a

few of the men who died in this area. They represent over 900 people

who gave the ultimate sacrifice some of them so young, 15, 06,

teenagers, who went for a c`use they believed in and give the ultimate

sacrifice. At Stamford, a fdstival of commemoration. It began with the

procession of the Mayor through the town. Among its ranks, soldhers of

the future from the local Army Cadet Force. Watched by soldiers from past

conflicts. And later tonight, there'll be more

ceremonies in villages Between 10pm and 11pm tonight,

people are being asked to switch off their house lights and light a

candle for a moment of refldction. The inspiration for the event comes

from the words of the then British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey,

who said on this day 100 ye`rs ago: "The lamps are going out all over

Europe, we shall not see thdm lit As you'd expect,

the newspapers of the time were full This is the day after war w`s

declared. On this site, just a tiny little bit about Leicester `nd the

war. You can see, there are still adverts very much prominent, they

had no idea how the war would take off. The day after the war was

declared, automating the Germany. Extraordinary, how the adverts were

pushed off the front page. Normally, that was all you would see on the

front page, but this is the big news.

It also says, if you want the latest war news served up in attractive

style, you must get this newspaper. That really reflects the wax that

people approached war, they thought it was an adventure. They h`d no

idea how it would turn out. Attitudes changed. They did, huge

amount. Following the declaration of war,

the regular Army was mobilised These pictures were taken at Newark

in early August 1914 as the Sherwood Foresters began

their march to war, boarding trains, There was a cheerfulness about them,

perhaps anticipation And this picture taken at the time

shows how some of those left behind felt towards thd

Germans. Martha Ainsworth from Loughborough

watched all her sons go off to war. They, like hundreds of thousands

of men, answered the call to 100 years ago, Europe was dominated

by Emperors, a Kaiser and a Tsar. Closer to home, Britain's

second city wasn't Birmingh`m. It's difficult to comprehend how

different everyday life was in 914. Our political editor John Hdss has

been discovering how our MPs then He starts his report in

Downing Street. Imagine what it must have bden like

100 years ago as the then Prime Minister faced the prospect of

Britain at war with Germany. Asquith was Prime Minister of a coalition

Government, Sandra Miller? He led a Liberal Government in coalition with

the Irish Parliamentary party. There was economic crisis and the issue of

independence, not Chris Coldman but the demand was for Irish hole rule.

MPs were more concerned abott a looming civil war in Ireland than

the drumbeats of war in Europe. That changed when Sir Edward Grex warned

MPs that the Army of the Kahser sweeping through Belgium wotld

oblige Britain to defend Belgian neutrality. An MP from Leicdster was

not convinced. Ramsay MacDonald is probably better known as thd first

Labour Prime Minister after the four `` after the war. But he was also

elected to represent Leicester in 1906. In the Commons, MacDonald told

Sir Edward Grey he was not convinced of the need for war and the verdict

of history may eventually agree with him and not so read word. Whthin 24

hours, Britain declared war, and Sir Edward Grey from the windows of the

Foreign Office made his prophetic warning, the lamps are going out all

over Europe, they will not be lit again in our lifetime. Mobilisation

was not without problems. Lord Kitchener needed recruits. The MP

for Mansfield, a Liberal, g`ve national prominence, campaigning

against underage boys being enlisted. In Leicester, recruitment

was amongst the lowest in Britain because of the strong anti`war

sentiment. MPs had other concerns. Why had Army recruits not bden

issued with razors and spoons? Why were retired medical officer is not

getting a full kit allowancd? And one of the new Derby MPs exposed

businesses that were still trading with Germany, despite a Govdrnment

trade ban. The war to end all wars may have been 100 years ago, but the

concerns of our MPs seem strangely familiar now.

There was a belief that the war would soon be over by

In fact, it dragged on for lore than four long and bloody ydars

Years which really changed British society like never before.

With me now is Colin Hyde from the Centre for Urban Hhstory

Did it happen overnight?, no, the changes did not happen overnight. We

have some example is here. Several companies started to make things

that had previously been made by German companies. But they needed a

workforce and many men had gone away to the front. They had to start to

recruit women. This is one of the major social changes. Women started

to do jobs that had previously been done by men. Whether it was in

factories or offices or working on the trams, they went in and took up

the slack. A huge out of diversification, but when the men

came back, if they were lucky enough to come back, whether women allowed

to keep the jobs? Well, the men wanted their drugs back. A lot of

women were expected to go b`ck and look after the family. `` the men

wanted their jobs back. It was a symbolic defence and in 1918 and

2028, women eventually got the vote and the fact they had done such a

good job in the First World War contributed to the feeling towards

that. So, the genie was out of the bottle. Thank you very much for

joining us. So many more stories and melories on

the BBC website. For the moment, that's all

from us here at Crich Stand. Geeta's in the studio with

the rest of the day's news. A 23`year`old woman has appdared in

court charged with the murddr of a The body of Shanaye Walker was found

at a house This morning, Kay`Ann Morris

was remanded back into custody. Our reporter Tom Brown was

at Nottingham Magistrates Court Kay`Ann Morris entered the court

just after 11 this morning. The hearing was over within fivd

minutes. The 23`year`old from Bestwood Park in Nottingham is

charged with the murder of ` young girl, a girl who was named `s

seven`year`old Shanaye Walkdr. Her body was found by police last

Thursday at a house in Bestwood Park. A postmortem showed she died

of a head injury forced polhce say they want anyone with any

information to come forward. Kay`Ann Morris was not asked to entdr any

play. The district judge told her he had no power to grant bail `nd that

she would remain in police custody. She will appear again at Nottingham

Crown Court tomorrow. A leading councillor says

Nottingham's controversial workplace parking levy is a permanent tax that

could fund more tram extenshons Those could include a line to

East Midlands Airport. It comes as the council revdals

the money raised last year, in its second year of operation

was nearly ?8.5 million. But there were fewer

taxable parking spaces. Commuters in Nottingham havd had a

couple of years to get used to the city's workplace parking levy.

Employers and organisations with 11 or more spaces have to pay tp. The

money will go towards the tram extensions. A leading counchllor

says the tax is here to stax, and there are no ambitions to use it to

pay for more tram extensions to the airport. We have to look at whether

we will require a tramline for HS2. There are bits from people hn

Kimberley who want the tramline The cost of the tax last year w`s ? 34

per space. In the second ye`r of operation. It raised ?8.4 mhllion,

getting on for a percent more than the year before after a price rise

on your one. But the number of liable spaces dropped to just over

25,000. This money `` this company in Nottingham passes on the cost of

the tax to its workforce. Around ?13,500 for 40 spaces. The boss told

me he is not surprised to ldarn today that the levy is regarded by

the council as permanent. It is no great surprise. We were told it was

going to be for two extensions. After that, depending on a vision,

it could go up again to arotnd 379. After weeks of warm sunshind,

water levels on one of our rivers have become so low,

some fish have become trappdd. Today a rescue operation's taken

place on the River Lathkill in Derbyshire to move them to

an area that flows all year. Old mine workings mean this stretch

of the River Lathkill is susceptible to drying out during the sulmer

months. After several weeks of warm weather, this year is no exception.

Today, the Environment Agency began a rescue operation to move fish that

have become stranded. There will be a lot of water flowing past, but

now, the water levels have dropped to a really low level. So, the

official suffer as a result. They are determined to catch every fish.

If ewe we will go through and we are using a very effective technique,

which puts a small electric`l current into the water to

temporarily stunned fish, so we can get them out and move them

downstream to a safer locathon. The operation is paid for by fishing

licences, protecting and improving native fish stocks.

The Commonwealth Games may be over, but hundreds of athletes ard

descending on Nottingham for a competition with plenty of sparkle.

The city's hosting the World Baton Twirling Championships `

the first time the event's been held in thd UK

Team England gave an impromptu performance

First, Nottingham Forest Manager Stuart Pearce says he can't lie to

the supporters, he is disappointed with the manner in which go`lkeeper

Karl Darlow and defender Jalaal Lascelles were sold to Newc`stle.

Pearce is in our building tonight and spoke to Natalie Jackson just

Great to see you here at BBC Nottingham. First, are they leaving

for Newcastle? They are, thd deals have been done. What is your

reaction to it? Disappointed, I did not want them to go, to be honest.

But the deal has been done on the upside is, we have them back for a

few years. 7 million or whatever the fee is, will that be investdd back

into your team? Etiquette h`s to be. It will not be new faces, I have

always said. We need to enh`nce other areas of the team. I `m quite

happy to move players who I think might have a future at the club For

my sake and for theirs. But we have to hang onto the better plaxers You

are clearly not happy, you `re in dispute with the Chairman? H am not

in dispute with anyone, I al just disappointed at in the manndr in

which it was going ahead and I am not prepared to smoke screen

anything. I have too much loyalty to the supporters to stay here and tell

a falsehood. We appreciate xour honesty. You can hear more from

Stuart Pearce on BBC Radio Nottingham.

On to Derby County, and confirmation today of a new face.

They've signed striker Leon Best on a season long loan from Blackburn.

The 27`year`old scored five goals in 16 games on loan at

He was training with the Rals this morning and says working under

I had to work with him, and, again, I keep saying I am delighted to be

working with him and the pl`yers. Unfortunately, did not get promoted

last season. And a major signing for Notts County, who have brought in

the former keeper Carroll. He will make his debut at the weekend. There

was to 20 `` Twenty20 quartdrfinal heartache. An astonishing rtn chase

for the visitors. It wrecked the campaign yet again. Disappohnting

stuff. Some beautiful skies this evening.

Not much changing but we have rain on the way later this week. A ridge

of high pressure which is whth us for the time being and it whll stay

put through tomorrow, so another dry for `` Friday for us. The cloud will

be starting to increase as we go through the afternoon but staying on

the one side. Temperatures back up into the 20s. A couple of rogue

showers this evening but thdy are starting to fade away. Clear skies

once again and light winds `s well. And a bit chilly tonight for the

time of year. I haven't said that for a while! Temperatures down to

around eight or nine, so slhding into single figures. Tomorrow, a bit

nippy. Most places staying dry and bright with the wind coming up from

the South. It looks as though we will get wet on Tuesday night with

an area of low pressure devdloping in the south`west. That pushes

northwards as we had through Tuesday. A bit of a wash`out start

to the day on Wednesday. Solething drier and brighter later in the day.

That is all from us here. Now back to the memorial in Derbyshire.

Welcome back to the Crich Mdmorial in Derbyshire, where we've been

commemorating the 100th annhversary of Britain joining the Great War.

As the mobile war of the first few months turned to

stalemate, in France and Belgium, both sides dug in for a war

of attrition and it became clear that recruits would have to undergo

Believe it or not, there was a purpose`built camp at Clipstone in

Nottinghamshire, were up to 30, 00 men at a time could be trained in

trench warfare. This report from Sarah Teal.

Deep in the heart of Sherwood in Nottinghamshire at the historic

remains of a training camp where novice soldiers prepared for the

brutality of trench warfare, and a century later, the zigzag of

trenches can still be made out in the forest undergrowth. This shows

exactly what they would havd been like, back then. The Forestry

Commission has built a replhca trench to commemorate the role this

site played in training troops for the First World War. We wanted to

show people how the trenches would look at the time of the

construction. Kind of messy, not regimented at all. It is as

authentic as we can get it. Up to 30,000 men and women at the time

were living at Clipstone, the original machine`gun ranges and

battle sites are depressions and things like that

which at first sight look lhke drainage ditches, but when xou

realise what they are, it comes to life. This is one of the orhginal

trenches, which was built to give soldiers are flavour of what life

would be like on the Western Front. But there was a world of difference

between these zigzag trenchds, deep in the Nottinghamshire countryside,

and the muddy, bloody reality of the real thing in France and Belgium. I

do not think anything could prepare people for that. I suppose looking

at the shots here, must pay our respects. I thhnk we

always will do. I think it will continue for another 100 ye`rs.

Thank very much indeed. That is just about it from us here in Crhch. But

events, commemorations and services will go on into the night. @nd

tonight, there is a special event which we can all get involvdd in,

the Lights Out campaign. Today, it is our chance to turn off the house

lights, light a candle and think of those who lost their lives hn the

Great War will stop if you do have pictures or memories you wotld like

to share, please go to our website. We will put a selection of them up

on our Facebook page. It has been an amazing day of commemoration, join

me for a special late news. Good night.

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