:00:14. > :00:14.And now the news for the culture and everyone's street.
:00:15. > :00:19.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:20. > :00:21.Good evening. A man from Leicester,
:00:22. > :00:24.who was with volunteer aid worker Alan Henning moments before he was
:00:25. > :00:27.kidnapped in Syria, has madd a direct appeal to his captors.
:00:28. > :00:30.Majid Freeman says it was hhs "worst nightmare" to see his friend,
:00:31. > :00:35.known as Gadget, taken hostage last December.
:00:36. > :00:54.He spoke to our reporter Catrin Nye and showed her footage
:00:55. > :00:57.of his trip with Alan Henning. He is known as Gadget. He is the
:00:58. > :01:01.technical man. He said. He hs the man that will step up to it and fix
:01:02. > :01:04.it right away. He knew that the places that we were taking `id to,
:01:05. > :01:09.the United Nations said thelselves that they cannot reach hundreds of
:01:10. > :01:19.thousands of Syrian people, but we could get to these people, so we are
:01:20. > :01:22.a lifeline for these people. When he saw the difference he made for
:01:23. > :01:26.himself `` what he saw the difference he made, when he held a
:01:27. > :01:31.baby in his hand, that was powerful for him. How has it been for you to
:01:32. > :01:41.see him appearing on and Islamic State video? You do not expdct this.
:01:42. > :01:47.You hear about it but you do not expect someone that you
:01:48. > :01:54.travelled with and spent tile with, someone who you had meals whth and
:01:55. > :02:00.went to refugee camps with `nd someone who you shared a go`l with
:02:01. > :02:04.and someone, this is real lhfe, I know him. He is my friend. What
:02:05. > :02:13.would your message to his khdnappers be? Please, please, please show him
:02:14. > :02:16.some mercy and understand hd is a humanitarian aid worker. He is not a
:02:17. > :02:20.fighter. He has not come for political reasons. He has only come
:02:21. > :02:30.to help the people. Please, do not kill him, please, spare him. Let him
:02:31. > :02:33.come back home. A body found in a factory fhre
:02:34. > :02:35.in Nottingham earlier this summer has now been officially identified.
:02:36. > :02:39.Dalvinder Johal was discovered after a fire at Nottingham Road
:02:40. > :02:41.in New Basford at the end of July. Nottingham Coroner's Office said
:02:42. > :02:44.an inquest has been opened and adjourned into his death.
:02:45. > :02:49.The investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing.
:02:50. > :02:52.Controversial plans to build new homes on green belt land on
:02:53. > :02:55.the outskirts of Nottingham, could face a challenge in the High Court.
:02:56. > :03:01.Broxtowe Council last night gave final approval for work to start
:03:02. > :03:04.on more than 6,000 propertids. Green belt campaigners are furious.
:03:05. > :03:12.Here's our Political Editor John Hess.
:03:13. > :03:14.A morning stroll. It was green belt land here
:03:15. > :03:20.until counselors approved development plans.
:03:21. > :03:23.We have done everything that is right.
:03:24. > :03:27.This man has lived in the area most of his lifd
:03:28. > :03:30.and opposed the housing plan. We need to sit around a table with
:03:31. > :03:34.developers and get the best plan for the area, something that is good
:03:35. > :03:40.for the community. We need a community centre,
:03:41. > :03:44.we need improvements to the roads. Campaigners outside the
:03:45. > :03:47.council's townhall. Despite last night's final `pproval,
:03:48. > :03:56.this whole issue could end tp in the High Court.
:03:57. > :04:03.A number of parish councils are entire to strike rope `` thhs is how
:04:04. > :04:11.the target is shared out among local authority areas,
:04:12. > :04:32.with Broxtowe's now approved 6, 50. They have made no amendments, they
:04:33. > :04:35.have not met as. The governlent inspector has not followed
:04:36. > :04:40.government policy and this hs not the first time this has happened up
:04:41. > :04:46.and down the country over the last three or four years.
:04:47. > :04:51.If the legal challenge against the housing target succeeds,
:04:52. > :04:54.it is back to the drawing board and a possible retrieve for the farm.
:04:55. > :05:04.I was joined by someone frol the council and started by asking if he
:05:05. > :05:11.was sure the case for the council was watertight. We make surd we do
:05:12. > :05:17.everything the government rdquire from ours. We go to an independent
:05:18. > :05:23.inspector, they make sure wd have got it right. Did you consider the
:05:24. > :05:31.environmental impact? I havd considered every day for thd last
:05:32. > :05:37.few years the impact. This hs going to be built on green belt l`nd, does
:05:38. > :05:45.that mean the whole concept of green belt is dead in the water? Not at
:05:46. > :05:53.all. We have taken every Brownfield site we can. Every single one we can
:05:54. > :06:00.we have allocated but we have to take 2% of green belt. What is your
:06:01. > :06:09.message to residents who ard going to lose a slice of countryshde under
:06:10. > :06:15.a concrete? If we did not h`ve to be rude not what we have to make sure
:06:16. > :06:29.people have horns. Thank yot. `` humans. `` homes.
:06:30. > :06:32.Car parking charges are being reduced at Nottingham's
:06:33. > :06:34.hospitals after public pressure Patients and visitors have long
:06:35. > :06:36.complained about the fees. The minimum is currently ?4.
:06:37. > :06:39.But from November the first 15 minutes will be free, an hotr
:06:40. > :06:41.will cost ?2 and two hours ?4. Hospital managers say they've
:06:42. > :06:43.taken peoples' views into account. That's your news. Goodbye from me,
:06:44. > :06:50.but here's the weather now. We are expecting another warm day
:06:51. > :06:56.tomorrow but you can expect there to be a few isolated showers. We have
:06:57. > :07:06.started to see the cloud increasing from the east. There is a potential
:07:07. > :07:16.for some mist and fog. It should be dry foremost. A mild night with lows
:07:17. > :07:23.of 15 Celsius. A mild start to tomorrow. There is a risk of
:07:24. > :07:25.isolated showers by afternoon but some places will stay dry for the
:07:26. > :07:31.Hall B. Highs of 19 where there 21 degrees. Possibly a better day by
:07:32. > :07:41.Sunday. Hello, you know when you get
:07:42. > :07:46.temperatures in the mid-20s at this time of year that we are on borrowed
:07:47. > :07:54.time. By the weekend, we will not be getting 26 Celsius like today. But
:07:55. > :07:57.by the weekend, we're not going to have the low cloud we have had in
:07:58. > :08:01.Edinburgh throughout the week holding the temperature down, so
:08:02. > :08:04.there are some changes on the way. Right now, the warm muggy air has
:08:05. > :08:11.been triggering thunderstorms across the south of the UK. Bristol and
:08:12. > :08:16.Cardiff, and other areas heading towards the south coast. Southern
:08:17. > :08:21.England, the Midlands and Wales as the night goes on, some torrential
:08:22. > :08:25.thundery downpours. May keep some of us awake. For Northern Ireland,
:08:26. > :08:29.northern England and Scotland, mainly dry, but missed and low
:08:30. > :08:37.cloud, hill fog becoming extensive again. It is muggy. This is the
:08:38. > :08:40.morning, difficult to pinpoint exactly where the downpours are
:08:41. > :08:42.going to be, but we have to cater for the possibility in London,
:08:43. > :08:44.across into