:00:00. > :00:00.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me,
:00:07. > :00:10.A Leicester man appeals to the Islamic fighters who kidnapped
:00:11. > :00:30.He was with Alan Henning whdn he was seized in Syria last year. Please,
:00:31. > :00:35.please, show him some mercy and understand he is the humanitarian
:00:36. > :00:41.aid worker. And while the go ahead for new homes to go ahead on the
:00:42. > :00:46.edge of Nottingham, it could go ahead. And a pig fact or a farm The
:00:47. > :00:53.company behind it says it h`s had threats. We have had cars strut ``
:00:54. > :01:03.scratched, I have had death threats, the team working `put under intense
:01:04. > :01:08.pressure. And capturing the great war on a grand scale. Old
:01:09. > :01:17.battlefields, 100 years on. First tonight, a man from Ldicester,
:01:18. > :01:23.who was with volunteer aid worker Alan Henning moments before he was
:01:24. > :01:27.kidnapped in Syria, has appdaled to Majid Freeman says it was hhs
:01:28. > :01:33."worst nightmare" when his friend, known as Gadget,
:01:34. > :01:36.was taken hostage by the militant Majid Freeman has been talkhng to
:01:37. > :01:44.our reporter Catrin Nye and showed her footage
:01:45. > :02:02.of his trip with Mr Henning. He is known as Gadget. He is the
:02:03. > :02:07.technical man. He said. He hs the man that will step up to it and fix
:02:08. > :02:13.it right away. He knew that the places that we were taking `id to,
:02:14. > :02:19.the United Nations said thelselves that they cannot reach hundreds of
:02:20. > :02:24.thousands of Syrian people, but we could get to these people, so we are
:02:25. > :02:27.a lifeline for these people. When he saw the difference he made for
:02:28. > :02:32.himself `` what he saw the difference he made, when he held a
:02:33. > :02:43.baby in his hand, that was powerful for him. How has it been for you to
:02:44. > :02:49.see him appearing on and Islamic State video? You do not expdct
:02:50. > :02:53.this. You hear about it but you do not expect someone that you
:02:54. > :02:57.travelled with and spent tile with, someone who you had meals whth and
:02:58. > :03:04.went to refugee camps with `nd someone who you shared a go`l with
:03:05. > :03:08.and someone, this is real lhfe, I know him. He is my friend. What
:03:09. > :03:17.would your message to his khdnappers be? Please, please, please show him
:03:18. > :03:22.some mercy and understand hd is a humanitarian aid worker. He is not a
:03:23. > :03:26.fighter. He has not come for political reasons. He has only come
:03:27. > :03:29.to help the people. Please, do not kill him, please, spare him. Let him
:03:30. > :03:35.come back home. Majid Freeman's appeal to
:03:36. > :03:37.the men holding his friend. Well, tonight the head
:03:38. > :03:39.of a Leicester Islamic charhty has joined more than a hundred Luslim
:03:40. > :03:42.leaders in signing a letter also Dilwar Hussain runs New Horhzons,
:03:43. > :03:46.which aims to help reform Mtslim The open letter has describdd the
:03:47. > :04:01.threats to Mr Henning as despicable. We want the release of this person
:04:02. > :04:06.who went out of their way to help other people. Because this group is
:04:07. > :04:11.sadly using the name of Isl`m for their atrocious and the nef`rious
:04:12. > :04:17.activities, terrible things they are doing, because they are talking in
:04:18. > :04:18.the name of Islam, we have to stand up and be very clear that this is
:04:19. > :04:22.not in our name. Next tonight,
:04:23. > :04:24.controversial plans to build new homes on green belt land on
:04:25. > :04:26.the outskirts of Nottingham, could Broxtowe Council last night gave
:04:27. > :04:31.final approval Greenbelt campaigners are ftrious `
:04:32. > :04:41.and are taking legal advice Over to our
:04:42. > :04:55.Political Editor John Hess. Good evening. This is part of the
:04:56. > :04:58.green belt in greater Nottingham, and this week with only harvested of
:04:59. > :05:01.the firm land here a couple of weeks ago.
:05:02. > :05:03.This is part of greater Nottingham's green belt.
:05:04. > :05:06.The wheat on the farmland hdre was harvested last week.
:05:07. > :05:09.On a September evening like this, the view looks very pleasant indeed.
:05:10. > :05:14.But within a few years, the new cash crop will be 450 new homes
:05:15. > :05:25.`` a morning stroll. It was green belt land here until counselors
:05:26. > :05:30.approved development plans. We have done everything that is right. This
:05:31. > :05:34.man has lived in the area most of his life and opposed the hotsing
:05:35. > :05:39.plan. We need to sit around a table with developers and get the best
:05:40. > :05:43.plan for the area, something that is good `` good for the communhty. We
:05:44. > :05:51.need a community centre, we need improvements to the roads.
:05:52. > :05:58.Campaigners outside the council s household `` Townhall. Desphte last
:05:59. > :06:03.night's final approval, this whole issue could end up in the Hhgh
:06:04. > :06:15.Court. A number of parish councils are entire to strike rope `` this is
:06:16. > :06:23.how the target is shared out among local authority areas, with
:06:24. > :06:28.Broxtowe's now approved 6150. We have been through a process with an
:06:29. > :06:33.independent government inspdctor. She has approved our thinking on
:06:34. > :06:38.this. We are one of very few councils to achieve that. If there
:06:39. > :06:42.is a challenge, I am confiddnt that we will wind it. If the leg`l
:06:43. > :06:46.challenge against the housing target succeeds, it is back to the drawing
:06:47. > :06:51.board, and a possible retridve for the farm. `` reprieve.
:06:52. > :06:56.On East Midlands Today earlher this week,
:06:57. > :06:59.I reported from the site of the former Cotgrave Colliery and plans
:07:00. > :07:03.The difference, that was a so`called brownfield site.
:07:04. > :07:08.That's why the issue has bedn so controversial and why thd entire
:07:09. > :07:15.housing plans of Greater Nottingham could be challenged in the courts.
:07:16. > :07:17.Ken Mathen is co`ordinating the legal action on behalf
:07:18. > :07:33.We have tried to negotiate with the councils. We happen to them the
:07:34. > :07:40.flaws in the strategy and they simply haven't listened. Thdy say
:07:41. > :07:44.that they have. They have not. They have made no amendments. Thd
:07:45. > :07:49.defaults have been there all along. And it has been cleared by `
:07:50. > :07:52.government planning inspector. The government inspector hasn't followed
:07:53. > :07:58.the policy. This is not the first time this has happened. As ` former
:07:59. > :08:05.head of planning for the City Council, you know that's thdre is a
:08:06. > :08:09.crying need for new homes. We recognise that, but there h`s to be
:08:10. > :08:15.a balance between the number of houses and the environmental
:08:16. > :08:27.damage. This site would onlx present 1% `` provide 1%. Is a legal action
:08:28. > :08:31.sheep? Who will be paying? The costs are reasonable. They have ddcided
:08:32. > :08:37.this is a priority. I best xou can only hope to delay this project by a
:08:38. > :08:40.couple of months. If we are expect `` if we are successful, thd court
:08:41. > :08:43.strategy would have to be rdwritten and we could redress these faults.
:08:44. > :08:47.Thank you. And in our later programme
:08:48. > :08:50.after the 10 o'clock news, we'll be putting those points to the
:08:51. > :08:52.politician who's steering through Goals galore,
:08:53. > :09:00.and some absolute beauties too, as Forest beat Fulham 5`3 and Derby win
:09:01. > :09:04.by three goals to two at Bl`ckburn. We'll be hearing from
:09:05. > :09:16.the key players in both matches Nottinghamshire's fire servhce could
:09:17. > :09:18.scrap two fire engines and axe dozens of jobs in an effort
:09:19. > :09:25.to save more than ?2 million. The appliances at risk are
:09:26. > :09:27.at Mansfield and Highfields stations, while 39 full timd or
:09:28. > :09:34.retained posts could also bd cut. Well, this news comes as 50
:09:35. > :09:36.firefighters gathered in Lehcester to protest against proposed cuts to
:09:37. > :09:39.officer numbers there. The fire brigades union says
:09:40. > :09:44.more than 100 jobs could go. There too there could also
:09:45. > :09:46.be fewer fire engines. Leicestershire Fire
:09:47. > :10:01.and Rescue says it won't colment Most people don't even know the
:10:02. > :10:06.proposals that are going to take place. We need people to get
:10:07. > :10:12.involved and the rights to their and he local counselors and objdcts to
:10:13. > :10:16.these proposals, because if we don't, they will happen, and there
:10:17. > :10:20.will be less fire cover. A body found in a factory fhre
:10:21. > :10:23.in Nottingham earlier this summer Dalvinder Johal was discovered
:10:24. > :10:26.after a fire at Nottingham Road Nottingham Coroner's Office said
:10:27. > :10:30.an inquest has been opened The investigation into the cause
:10:31. > :10:36.of the fire is continuing. Car parking charges are being
:10:37. > :10:38.reduced at Nottingham hospitals Patients and visitors have long
:10:39. > :10:43.complained about the fees. But from November the first 15
:10:44. > :10:52.minutes will be free; an hotr Hospital managers say they've
:10:53. > :10:59.taken peoples' views into account. A company which wants to buhld what
:11:00. > :11:02.opponents have called a factory farm for 25,000 pigs says its st`ff have
:11:03. > :11:05.received death threats. The pigs would be kept
:11:06. > :11:07.in buildings on a 30`acre shte Midland Pig Producers are now hoping
:11:08. > :11:13.revised plans will be approved by the county council ` but thdy face
:11:14. > :11:36.local and world`wide opposition This quiet village is at thd centre
:11:37. > :11:41.of a controversy that stirrdd animal welfare passions across the world.
:11:42. > :11:46.The actor Dominic West has `lready come here to voice his opposition to
:11:47. > :11:53.a plan by the company to kedp 2 ,000 pigs in doors in what some call a
:11:54. > :12:00.factory farm. The company s`ys it has received 27,000 objections. Some
:12:01. > :12:08.from as far away as California and Taiwan. And there has been worse. We
:12:09. > :12:13.have had cars scratched, I have been spat at, there have been de`th
:12:14. > :12:19.threats into the office, thd team working has been put under hmmense
:12:20. > :12:25.pressure. The latest plans for the farm went on show in Scropton. The
:12:26. > :12:28.company says there will be high animal welfare standards.
:12:29. > :12:33.Electricity for the flushing system would be generated on the shte from
:12:34. > :12:42.a plant mixing. Waste brought in from food firms. With the local
:12:43. > :12:45.road, especially with the slip road, because it is our main exit, and we
:12:46. > :12:53.are worried about the slow traffic going in and out. Also, the noise.
:12:54. > :12:58.We can control the farm mord and we will have less diseases and use less
:12:59. > :13:03.antibiotics in producing our meet. The company says a decision on the
:13:04. > :13:05.revised plans could be made by next teaser `` Easter. It did not want to
:13:06. > :13:09.discuss security matters. Many of us may not have heard of Sir
:13:10. > :13:13.Godfrey Hounsfield, but he developed an invention which has helpdd save
:13:14. > :13:17.millions of lives across thd world. It earned the Nottinghamshire`born
:13:18. > :13:23.scientist a Nobel Prize Now, a decade after his death,
:13:24. > :13:28.the scanner is being used by the University of Nottingham
:13:29. > :13:30.in a completely different w`y which may once again help s`ve
:13:31. > :13:51.millions of lives. This is his Nobel certificate.
:13:52. > :14:02.Memories from the life of a scientist whose invention house the
:14:03. > :14:06.strike rope has allowed countless others `` whose invention h`s
:14:07. > :14:10.allowed countless others to live. I'm met with his niece and nephew.
:14:11. > :14:14.My grandmother said she knew there was something special about Godfrey.
:14:15. > :14:19.It was the way he played with bricks. He would meet on from bricks
:14:20. > :14:24.to electrical engineering, `nd in 1979, he was awarded the Nobel
:14:25. > :14:30.prize. He invented the CT scan which is used to detect rain tumotrs. We
:14:31. > :14:38.were so excited. I would have been about 20 years old. Godfrey was
:14:39. > :14:43.not! I think he was very proud underneath it. It has been lore than
:14:44. > :14:47.40 years since his invention, but the University of Nottinghal has
:14:48. > :14:52.found another use for it. The team here are using CT scanners to
:14:53. > :14:55.monitor how plants are growhng underneath the soil without having
:14:56. > :15:01.to disturb them. It is the first facility of its kind in the world.
:15:02. > :15:05.This work could be very significant. By identifying new types of plants
:15:06. > :15:10.that can't cope with changing time it and can't respond to differences
:15:11. > :15:13.in temperature and less rainfall, we hope that we can increase
:15:14. > :15:17.agricultural productivity, `nd we know this is important becatse we
:15:18. > :15:22.have a rapidly expanding global population. When was first
:15:23. > :15:26.approached about that I thotght was fantastic and something that Godfrey
:15:27. > :15:29.would have approved of. Sir Godfrey will be remembered without ` doubt
:15:30. > :15:35.for his invention, which is most important from a scientific
:15:36. > :15:49.perspective. So, it looks lhke Sir Godfrey could be set to change the
:15:50. > :15:51.world again. Some extraordinary scientists beneath area, living and
:15:52. > :15:57.dead. A City's eye`catching
:15:58. > :16:00.commemoration of World War One. Giant photos have gone up
:16:01. > :16:02.across Nottingham showing how the battle`scarred landscapds
:16:03. > :16:12.of the Great War have changdd I think it is a terrific display and
:16:13. > :16:18.lots of knowledge packed into the small area that I have seen so far.
:16:19. > :16:34.Eight of them at the City Ground where Forest went back to the top
:16:35. > :16:40.A warning ` the report cont`ins a goal after a first touch that
:16:41. > :17:04.We got a goal from the five or six players. Lansbury comes in `nd
:17:05. > :17:14.pearls it. `` crawled. The challenge coming in. Penalty kick. Thdre is no
:17:15. > :17:24.secret, you just play the g`me. It is curled into the net, a vdry good
:17:25. > :17:37.free kick. Side foot. MacCormick, deflected goal. It is 3`2. To come
:17:38. > :17:45.back from 2`0, we were on the rack and we decided to go for it. A great
:17:46. > :17:56.turn from Antonio. It is in the box! 3`3! Fantastic! Which was your
:17:57. > :18:12.favourite? The last one. Thd captain`macro. Why? `` the cap in.
:18:13. > :18:16.What a night. You have seen the game. We still dig deep. Look what
:18:17. > :18:23.happened. We scored a goal `nd then we scored another one.
:18:24. > :18:37.Before we leave Forest, confirmation that influenti`l
:18:38. > :18:42.midfielder Chris Cohen has suffered a cruciate ligament injury.
:18:43. > :18:45.His third serious knee injury and will keep him out for months `
:18:46. > :18:47.which is why Forest players paid tribute to him last night.
:18:48. > :18:50.It's a long road back and we wish him well.
:18:51. > :18:53.So a great win for Forest ` and what a result for Derby County too.
:18:54. > :18:57.Another thriller ` but just the five goals ` to secure their first away
:18:58. > :19:00.It was away at Blackburn and Angela has more.
:19:01. > :19:04.It was not the best of starts for Derby. Oh, no! What a terrible
:19:05. > :19:13.start! But they recovered in some style. Jamie Ward leveling the
:19:14. > :19:20.scores. Derby are back in this game. Before setting up wheel is tsed for
:19:21. > :19:29.the second. It went around the goalkeeper! A lovely effort A
:19:30. > :19:33.fabulous goal! The game was a setup for a grandstand finish, but this
:19:34. > :19:41.was Derby's night. We expect them to do it. We believe that we are going
:19:42. > :19:44.to go out and be a good sidd. We dominated possession and crdated a
:19:45. > :19:53.hail of a lot of chances. There are lots of things that gave us a lot of
:19:54. > :19:58.satisfaction. Derby have secured their await wind. Next, Cardiff city
:19:59. > :20:03.here on Saturday. They're hoping they are on a roll.
:20:04. > :20:06.Rugby now and the Leicester Tigers star they call a Maverick.
:20:07. > :20:09.Freddie Burns has made an instant impact since joining in the summer.
:20:10. > :20:12.He played a starring role as Tigers made it two wins out of two.
:20:13. > :20:16.Now he's hoping to do the s`me in the huge game at Bath `
:20:17. > :20:29.It have taken him long to sdttle in. A man of the match performance last
:20:30. > :20:39.weekend, and now as Tigers prepare to face their big rivals, and they
:20:40. > :20:45.faced plenty of stick. `` their big rivals, they faced plenty of stick.
:20:46. > :20:50.I have probably overstepped the mark a little bit and they get plenty of
:20:51. > :20:57.stick for my fronts. I am jtst focusing on the game. The shaking
:20:58. > :21:03.was on point. Another good kick from Freddie Burns. What is he s`ying to
:21:04. > :21:08.himself before every attempt at a goal? I just tell myself to kick the
:21:09. > :21:12.ball for the post. Occasion`lly I bet a chocolate bar on it. H am just
:21:13. > :21:17.better when I am relaxed and then try to relax into it and tid myself
:21:18. > :21:20.just to keep the ball, really, and do it with a smile on my face. You
:21:21. > :21:26.know what they say about people who talk to themselves? It is the first
:21:27. > :21:30.sign of madness! Yes, I am pretty mad. Anyone who follows me on
:21:31. > :21:38.Twitter knows I am not your average fly half. It is good fun behng
:21:39. > :21:43.Elizabeth mad. `` a little bit mad. His family home, the pride hn his
:21:44. > :21:48.achievements is clear, but `s things turned sour during his time at
:21:49. > :21:52.Gloucester, Freddie actuallx felt out of level with the game. Are you
:21:53. > :22:00.back in love with rugby now? I think iamb. I have a smile on my face when
:22:01. > :22:04.I am playing. `` I think th`t I am. I am keeping my head down in
:22:05. > :22:09.training and just hopefully keep getting better and better.
:22:10. > :22:12.Staying with rugby, because there's only a year to go till World Cup
:22:13. > :22:15.matches come to Leicester,so today the Trophy itself was in town.
:22:16. > :22:18.Leicester will host three m`tches in the battle to win the
:22:19. > :22:21.And one of the Tigers' formdr stars says he hopes it's inspirathonal.
:22:22. > :22:23.The cricket, finally, and Nottinghamshire's season came to
:22:24. > :22:32.Anything we can do to get youngsters playing sport. Rugby would be great,
:22:33. > :22:35.but the bidding urges kids to kick a ball around or what ever, that is
:22:36. > :22:36.one of the main targets of this World Cup, to spread the word of
:22:37. > :22:38.sport. The cricket, finally,
:22:39. > :22:40.and Nottinghamshire's season came to a pretty ropey endas they collapsed
:22:41. > :22:43.in their second innings to hand It means there's now a chance they
:22:44. > :23:01.could miss their target Summer will be officially over after
:23:02. > :23:03.this game! Not even listening to you!
:23:04. > :23:06.From today, there's something very eye`catching in the centre
:23:07. > :23:18.Huge photographs have gone tp at ten different sites as part of the
:23:19. > :23:20.They honour those who fought by depicting the battlefields
:23:21. > :23:22.as they are now, showing how they've healed over time.
:23:23. > :23:25.And some other fascinating links to the county of Nottinghamshire
:23:26. > :23:29.Quentin Rayner has been to take a look.
:23:30. > :23:37.100 years ago, millions lost their lives, and it was captured hn
:23:38. > :23:42.flickering black and white. The digital age has recaptured lany of
:23:43. > :23:53.those places on an epic scale. 2 metre the graphs have gone tp all
:23:54. > :24:01.around Nottingham. `` 62`macro buh. We want people to realise that they
:24:02. > :24:06.can see the most amazing landscapes to see how they have changed or not
:24:07. > :24:09.changed since World War I. They can find out how the community was
:24:10. > :24:14.affected and also the whole world 100 years ago. People will be able
:24:15. > :24:17.to the photograph that several fights between the station `nd the
:24:18. > :24:23.castle. It is a chance to w`lk out on my edge break in the somdthing as
:24:24. > :24:30.incredible as this. It hits home. `` lunch break. It is lovely. Ht is
:24:31. > :24:35.really nice. It brings it to life. I am going over myself and about four
:24:36. > :24:39.weeks and bringing my wife to visit the First World War battlefheld
:24:40. > :24:46.Just having that helmets ard there, you think, where happy person? It is
:24:47. > :24:50.quite haunting. This exhibition coincides with the BBC's World War I
:24:51. > :24:56.at home live event, which opens here tomorrow. Among many things, the
:24:57. > :25:01.event will help people explore their own family's links to the w`r. The
:25:02. > :25:08.exhibition is accompanied whth extra facts, including any historhcal what
:25:09. > :25:12.if. Our stick Ferdinand was nearly killed in a shooting accident. At
:25:13. > :25:19.that happened, a few months before he got assassinated, Nottinghamshire
:25:20. > :25:25.could have been responsible for make `` making sure that the war started.
:25:26. > :25:30.The exhibition will remain on show at the remembrance day. Now there is
:25:31. > :25:37.a thought! Stunning pictures. I have not seen them yet. The weather did
:25:38. > :25:44.perk up this afternoon. It was as promised, quite warm. Yes, the war
:25:45. > :25:48.the `` the weather proved, ` few sunny spells and temperaturds
:25:49. > :25:52.reached a high of 23 Celsius. The average this time of year is 18
:25:53. > :26:00.Tomorrow, yet again, we will start with a misty start but we h`ve all
:26:01. > :26:04.week `` we have had all week. Just about for a few showers. Th`t is a
:26:05. > :26:09.bit of a change on what we have been used to recently. We see thd crowd
:26:10. > :26:15.`` cloud increasing through the night tonight. We will see puite a
:26:16. > :26:18.bit of a mist and fog into the peak district and just a slim risk of an
:26:19. > :26:24.isolated shower pushing its way in by dawn. On the whole, a drx night
:26:25. > :26:29.and a mild night. Tomorrow lorning, a cloudy start and it looks like we
:26:30. > :26:34.will hold onto a lot about cloud through the day. Some brightness,
:26:35. > :26:38.but allow for a few shatterdd `` scattered showers through the day.
:26:39. > :26:43.Living up to the south, thex will ease and the `` moving up through
:26:44. > :26:52.the south, they will ease and sizzle out. Temperatures, 19 Celsits, and I
:26:53. > :26:56.would not be surprised if it were higher than that. It is all down to
:26:57. > :27:00.this cold front, moving its way south, and behind it, the
:27:01. > :27:04.introduction of cooler air. Saturday looks like quite a cloudy d`y and
:27:05. > :27:09.there will be outbreaks that are sometimes heavy at times. Stnday
:27:10. > :27:16.does not look too bad. The little cooler and a little fresh ahr. A dry
:27:17. > :27:24.in a bright day. `` a littld cooler. All of the trees, just going red and
:27:25. > :27:30.yellow. It is poetry! We will be back for the late news. Goodbye