:00:00. > :00:00.It's almost 6.30pm, you're watching East Midlands Today.
:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight - Prince Charles wows the crowds in Leicester
:00:07. > :00:20.He stops traffic and turns a few heads in Leicester's Narborough
:00:21. > :00:26.Road. And coming down the track, a warm welcome at a Heritage Railway.
:00:27. > :00:31.Also tonight, it taxi driver is fined for his refusal to take eight
:00:32. > :00:35.guide dog. I was confused because I was scared of the dog. I didn't know
:00:36. > :00:40.the difference between normal dog and eight guide dog.
:00:41. > :00:45.Protest of Leicester City Council over school support staff.
:00:46. > :00:47.In sport, what is happening at Nottingham Forest? We talked to
:00:48. > :00:54.owner Fawaz Al Hasawi. Welcome to Wednesday's
:00:55. > :00:58.programme with Anne Davies First tonight - a rapturous welcome
:00:59. > :01:02.for his royal highness the Prince of Wales
:01:03. > :01:04.in Leicester and Leicestershire. He's had a busy day
:01:05. > :01:07.chatting with teenagers who benefit from his charities,
:01:08. > :01:10.dropping in on the Army and topping it all off
:01:11. > :01:14.with a trip on a steam train. He also took time out to do some
:01:15. > :01:18.shopping and visit a few eateries. Jo Healey is at one
:01:19. > :01:20.of the restaurants he went to on the Narborough
:01:21. > :01:22.Road. It was named the most multi cultural
:01:23. > :01:34.street in the country. It has 200 shops representing
:01:35. > :01:41.at least 23 nationalities. The vast majority of shopkeepers
:01:42. > :01:46.speak two languages, I'm in the Istanbul
:01:47. > :01:53.restaurant, one of the places I have just graduated and seen
:01:54. > :02:04.Prince Charles, fantastic. I am so happy that I am
:02:05. > :02:08.part of Great Britain. The royal family, you feel
:02:09. > :02:12.as if they are part of our family. And one of the family took a stroll
:02:13. > :02:17.today down their street. It was amazing, you know,
:02:18. > :02:20.I can't believe he came in. He is gorgeous and I
:02:21. > :02:28.think he's kind. He's got a very good
:02:29. > :02:30.sense of humour. I adore Her Majesty
:02:31. > :02:44.and the Royal family. It is great to see somebody
:02:45. > :02:47.who is so interested in what we do, how we do it
:02:48. > :02:51.and also with all the staff. He had the chat with
:02:52. > :02:53.everybody, it was just like The girls made this cake
:02:54. > :02:57.and decorated it in He said to the girls,
:02:58. > :03:01.you are genius. Earlier he had been
:03:02. > :03:03.at Leicester College where it was all about the teenagers
:03:04. > :03:07.at the heart of the charity he set up for them through the Prince's
:03:08. > :03:09.Trust. Next up, a lesson in work being done
:03:10. > :03:13.by the army to strengthen relationships with minority
:03:14. > :03:18.and faith groups. Meanwhile, back at
:03:19. > :03:20.Narborough Road, and the gift stuffy hamper of ethnic delicacies
:03:21. > :03:25.at the local library. He wants to keep
:03:26. > :03:27.the libraries open. No cuts there then but maybe
:03:28. > :03:35.a haircut here, Sir? You started this business through
:03:36. > :03:44.the Prince's Trust, didn't you? Did you ever expect when you set up
:03:45. > :03:51.the business that he Even the chances of winning
:03:52. > :03:57.the lottery are similar. A feeling shared today
:03:58. > :04:15.by many here in Leicester. You saw his car driving away there.
:04:16. > :04:19.He was heading to the Mountsorrel railway. They have been doing
:04:20. > :04:22.incredible work there over the years. We will have the report on
:04:23. > :04:25.that visit later on in the programme.
:04:26. > :04:29.An inquest into the deaths of 30 British tourists in Tunisia has been
:04:30. > :04:32.told one of the victims, a Derby man, was shot in the chest,
:04:33. > :04:37.42-year-old Scott Chalkley from Chaddesden was relaxing
:04:38. > :04:41.on the sunloungers with his partner Suzanne Davey when a gunman
:04:42. > :04:47.Speaking at the inquest, her son said Scott was a good guy,
:04:48. > :04:51.who brought his mother a lot of happiness.
:04:52. > :04:53.More than a quarter of a million people have signed petitions
:04:54. > :04:57.opposing proposals to begin fracking in Nottinghamshire.
:04:58. > :05:00.The petitions were handed over to Environment Minister Andrea Leadsom
:05:01. > :05:06.Earlier this month chemical giant, INEOS Shale confirmed
:05:07. > :05:11.it was in negotiations to begin surveys in Sherwood Forest but
:05:12. > :05:21.A mother speaks for the first time about the loss of her son
:05:22. > :05:23.who was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend in
:05:24. > :05:35.A taxi driver from Leicester who told a man with a guide dog
:05:36. > :05:39.it was against his religion to let the animal in his car has been
:05:40. > :05:44.44-year-old Abandi Kassim, a Muslim, was filmed refusing to let the
:05:45. > :05:51.Kassim today admitted breaking the law by refusing
:05:52. > :06:08.July last year and Charles Block is trying to take it taxi he ordered
:06:09. > :06:10.for himself, his guide dog and his girlfriend who started filming the
:06:11. > :06:13.exchange when it became clear the driver might refuse them. I am not
:06:14. > :06:34.taking the dog. Why? It is illegal for taxi drivers to
:06:35. > :06:39.refuse assistance dogs unless they have an approved medical exemption.
:06:40. > :06:44.Today, Abandi Kassim was fined ?600 including costs after he admitted
:06:45. > :06:49.breaking the equality law. What have you got to say? I apologise to him.
:06:50. > :06:54.I didn't have a chance to apologise to him. You said it is because of
:06:55. > :06:59.your religion. I was confused because I was scared
:07:00. > :07:04.of the dog. I did not know the difference between a normal dog and
:07:05. > :07:08.guide dog. The majesties save today it is your duty to comply with the
:07:09. > :07:15.law and to be aware of this, you have to take assistance dogs. Now I
:07:16. > :07:23.learn. It is the mistake. I made the mistake but for me it was out of
:07:24. > :07:28.lack training. This afternoon, Charles bloggers
:07:29. > :07:33.take that gave his reaction. I always look up the ability not the
:07:34. > :07:41.disability, that is how I have been brought up. I tried not make it
:07:42. > :07:47.affect life. Instances like this make me feel I am the majority --
:07:48. > :07:51.minority, the person who is not given as much respect and courtesy
:07:52. > :08:01.as somebody else. Fawaz Al Abandi Kassim says he has learned
:08:02. > :08:03.about guidebooks and will take them in his taxi in future.
:08:04. > :08:04.Parents and teaching assistants protested
:08:05. > :08:06.inside Derby City Council's offices this afternoon against
:08:07. > :08:09.the authority's ongoing dispute with school support staff.
:08:10. > :08:12.An equal pay review last year saw many teaching
:08:13. > :08:17.assistants' salaries cut and they've gone on strike repeatedly.
:08:18. > :08:19.The city council has made offers to end the dispute
:08:20. > :08:21.but they've been rejected by union members.
:08:22. > :08:39.Bells and whistles. As the disputes between Derby City Council and
:08:40. > :08:44.school support staff took the noisier turn today as parents join
:08:45. > :08:47.the debate. We support the teaching assistants in what they are doing
:08:48. > :08:51.but it is important to focus on the children who are losing out on their
:08:52. > :08:54.education. They were not going to stay outside the council house for
:08:55. > :08:59.their protest, which was also supported by teaching assistants.
:09:00. > :09:04.The parents are backing the teaching assistants, many of whom have seen
:09:05. > :09:08.their pay cut by 25% due to changes to the terms and conditions of their
:09:09. > :09:13.contracts brought about by the equal pay review last year. But their main
:09:14. > :09:18.concern is that children's education which they say is suffering because
:09:19. > :09:23.of the strikes. We don't know if we are coming or going. We have had so
:09:24. > :09:29.many days off, I can't count. His behaviour has got worse. It is clear
:09:30. > :09:37.who the protesters wanted to speak to, the leader of the council. They
:09:38. > :09:40.may not have got the chance to speak to him both ten parents were invited
:09:41. > :09:45.for the meeting with the Cabinet member for jobs and employment,
:09:46. > :09:51.Councillor Lisa Eldridge. How did it go? I feel we're going round in
:09:52. > :09:55.circles. They have agreed to meet again in two months' time. Can you
:09:56. > :09:58.see an end to this? Hopefully, but no.
:09:59. > :10:01.Well, earlier in the day our reporter Navtej Johal interviewed
:10:02. > :10:04.Councillor Lisa Eldret and began by asking her whether she had any
:10:05. > :10:09.regrets about how the council has handled this dispute.
:10:10. > :10:13.Nobody wants to be in this situation and we are very unhappy about the
:10:14. > :10:17.disruption that has been caused to schools and to children's
:10:18. > :10:22.We really want Unison to end the strikes so they can come back
:10:23. > :10:24.to the table and talk about the resolution.
:10:25. > :10:27.What is the reason behind the dispute?
:10:28. > :10:30.Why can't you meet the demands that have been put
:10:31. > :10:35.The reality is these workers were being paid a full-time wage
:10:36. > :10:43.If we carry on with that situation it could have wider
:10:44. > :10:46.implications for the authority in terms of other groups of workers
:10:47. > :10:51.The risk of that and the potential cost to the
:10:52. > :10:53.authority could be huge and essentially could bankrupt the
:10:54. > :10:57.So we have to look at the bigger picture when we are looking
:10:58. > :11:01.We can't look at the teaching assistants in isolation.
:11:02. > :11:07.I don't want to under estimate the impact on that
:11:08. > :11:10.very small number of workers within schools, on that 40 who have
:11:11. > :11:15.We do recognise that impact but that is why we have been
:11:16. > :11:18.working with schools to try and find a solution and that is why we have
:11:19. > :11:23.put a significant offer on the table to Unison, ?1.1 million, to mitigate
:11:24. > :11:29.What will it take to bring an end to this dispute?
:11:30. > :11:31.The only way we can end this dispute is by Unison
:11:32. > :11:36.Continuing industrial action is not going to resolve this dispute.
:11:37. > :11:51.A 90-year-old man has gone on trial accused of historical
:11:52. > :11:53.sex crimes at an approved school, while he was a
:11:54. > :11:56.Nottingham Crown Court heard that Dennis Young repeatedly abused
:11:57. > :12:00.a young boy who was in his care at Skegby Hall near Mansfield.
:12:01. > :12:01.Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
:12:02. > :12:04.Dennis Young watched intently from the dock as a police video
:12:05. > :12:06.interview with his accuser was played to the jury.
:12:07. > :12:09.In it he gave a graphic and detailed account
:12:10. > :12:14.of abuse that began, he said, when he was only ten years old.
:12:15. > :12:17.He said he was interfered with repeatedly for around three years,
:12:18. > :12:21.sometimes in the bath, sometimes in his own bed.
:12:22. > :12:25.The jury has been told Dennis Young has denied seven charges of indecent
:12:26. > :12:28.assault, crimes he is accused of committing whilst he was a teacher
:12:29. > :12:32.He was eventually arrested as part of
:12:33. > :12:35.Operation Xeres, the police inquiry into historical abuse in
:12:36. > :12:40.We heard his accuser was sent to Skegby Hall for committing
:12:41. > :12:45.He said he used to lie in bed at night in fear of Dennis Young,
:12:46. > :12:48.he was bribed to keep quiet with sweets, he said,
:12:49. > :12:51.and threatened that if he said anything he would be
:12:52. > :12:55.We also heard he complained to the approved school's head
:12:56. > :12:58.but he was told "not to be a silly boy".
:12:59. > :13:02.That police interview also showed a detective
:13:03. > :13:07.asking him why he came forward after more than 50 years.
:13:08. > :13:10.He said, "to get it off my chest, I am ashamed.
:13:11. > :13:13."I feel guilty as though it is my fault".
:13:14. > :13:17.He also said, "the slightest thing can set me off.
:13:18. > :13:22.We heard that Dennis Young told the police the man's allegations
:13:23. > :13:25.were impossible and his trial here is due to last
:13:26. > :13:32.A mother has been speaking for the first time about the loss
:13:33. > :13:35.of her son, who was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend
:13:36. > :13:39.A murder trial heard that after Emma Jayne-Magson
:13:40. > :13:42.stabbed James Knight, she delayed making a call
:13:43. > :13:49.Mr Knight's mother says she can't understand how someone
:13:50. > :13:55.But she's told us she's determined that some good will come
:13:56. > :14:02.In the early hours of Easter Sunday last March, neighbours on Sylvan
:14:03. > :14:06.Street in Leicester were awoken by a drunken row between a couple.
:14:07. > :14:08.It ended with 26-year-old James Knight being stabbed in the
:14:09. > :14:12.His girlfriend, Emma-Jayne Magson, claimed he
:14:13. > :14:15.had been fighting with bouncers but she had murdered him
:14:16. > :14:19.with a steak knife, and then over half an hour later calmly phoned
:14:20. > :14:24.My boyfriend James is making weird noises.
:14:25. > :14:34.James, I've got the ambulance on the phone.
:14:35. > :14:37.Please, just turn around so I know what is up with you.
:14:38. > :14:40.That call still haunts James's mother.
:14:41. > :14:43.They said in court that you can hear James's last breath
:14:44. > :14:50.That is half an hour after it had happened.
:14:51. > :14:56.She is just so calm, she doesn't mention he has been stabbed.
:14:57. > :15:00.The paramedics says to her there will be a delay and she just said,
:15:01. > :15:08.It might take a while so I do apologise.
:15:09. > :15:12.Don't worry, that is fine, dont' worry about it.
:15:13. > :15:16.The fact that I can't comprehend how somebody can
:15:17. > :15:22.not call for help when something's happened, not call for help.
:15:23. > :15:30.I can't get that into my head that you can actually, to me,
:15:31. > :15:34.Trish is determined that James, who had two young daughters from
:15:35. > :15:36.a previous relationship, is not forgotten.
:15:37. > :15:38.She is backing the Leicester anti-knife project and
:15:39. > :15:41.along with family and friends is helping put on a football
:15:42. > :15:45.tournament next month to raise money for a cause dear to them.
:15:46. > :15:52.We want to do something good in his name.
:15:53. > :15:55.We have gone for the neonatal unit this year.
:15:56. > :15:58.James himself was born prematurely and was cared for by the unit.
:15:59. > :16:01.His mother says her son's death is like a dream she
:16:02. > :16:05.just wants to wake up from but one that will never end.
:16:06. > :16:10.He was a rogue, he was lovable, he was James.
:16:11. > :16:25.The Prince now standing on platform two.
:16:26. > :16:27.We continue our coverage of the visit by Prince Charles
:16:28. > :16:30.to Leicestershire which built up a bit of a head of steam
:16:31. > :16:48.It is sport now. We have got bit of an exclusive coming up again. We
:16:49. > :16:50.like to bring you those. We start tonight with an exclusive
:16:51. > :16:53.interview with the Nottingham Forest It's his first since the collapse
:16:54. > :16:56.of the planned takeover by an American consortium
:16:57. > :16:59.two weeks ago. That breakdown sparked a large
:17:00. > :17:03.protest amongst fans at the weekend. But tonight Al Hasawi has told our
:17:04. > :17:06.sports editor Natalie Jackson that the deal is dead
:17:07. > :17:12.and he doesn't want to sell. He's been speaking at his home
:17:13. > :17:26.in Mayfair in London. First of all, we heard the Americans
:17:27. > :17:31.would still like to do a deal with you. Is the deal dead with the
:17:32. > :17:38.Americans? Yes, it is. The deal is finished. Why?
:17:39. > :17:42.I cannot say why because that is the confidentiality between us. I cannot
:17:43. > :17:48.say anything about the deal. But the deal is over between us. You have
:17:49. > :17:53.tried to sell the club twice in the last year. Do you still want to sell
:17:54. > :17:57.its? At the moment, I am not going to sell the club. I would like to
:17:58. > :18:00.focus on the club and I would like to build a structure for this club
:18:01. > :18:09.and I would like to put the right people in the club. People will
:18:10. > :18:17.think that I am lying or just saying things, it is not going to happen.
:18:18. > :18:23.We have heard this before. I agree. I will let action talk better than
:18:24. > :18:27.words. By trying to sell the club, you have left the club as a shell.
:18:28. > :18:32.Hardly any people are working there at the moment, there is no chief
:18:33. > :18:37.executive, no chief scout. There is an interim manager at the moment. It
:18:38. > :18:42.is MS. Why have you left the club get like this? I have told you, are
:18:43. > :18:47.you wriggle out was committed to eight by and I cannot do anything.
:18:48. > :18:52.Every time I was talking to the buyer, I was telling them the club
:18:53. > :18:56.needs a structure. You have been at the club four and half years, you
:18:57. > :19:01.have sacked seven managers. There is too dramatic sales which have fallen
:19:02. > :19:07.through. There's talk about the manager. Will
:19:08. > :19:15.you sort out the situation at the club? Of course I will. Where are
:19:16. > :19:19.the managers now? Putting that aside, you are now near the
:19:20. > :19:22.relegation zone. You are now in trouble, you have no structure in
:19:23. > :19:27.the club. You have fans protesting in the car park. How are you going
:19:28. > :19:34.to win their trust? I don't blame them. As I told you,
:19:35. > :19:40.that is no structure. One year, my hand is tight. Now I can tell them
:19:41. > :19:45.and they promised them that I will do the right thing for Nottingham
:19:46. > :19:48.Forest. I don't want them to say, you are always talking like this and
:19:49. > :19:55.nothing happened. It will happen and you will see action soon.
:19:56. > :19:56.That happened this afternoon. I am watching that for the first time
:19:57. > :19:57.this afternoon. Well, Forest do play that
:19:58. > :20:00.match with Leeds tonight and Matchnight will start at 7.00pm
:20:01. > :20:02.on BBC Radio Nottingham featuring a longer version of that
:20:03. > :20:05.interview with Fawaz Al Hasawi. And if you miss it there, or just
:20:06. > :20:08.want to see and hear it again, it'll soon be there in full
:20:09. > :20:11.on the BBC Nottingham Derby County's David Nugent
:20:12. > :20:18.is facing a race to be fit to face his former club
:20:19. > :20:21.Leicester City in the FA Cup The game is live here on BBC1
:20:22. > :20:25.and Derby's manager, Steve McClaren, says despite the dip in form
:20:26. > :20:29.the Premier League team have But they still are, in cup
:20:30. > :20:35.competitions as we saw in the Champions League,
:20:36. > :20:39.a formidable opponent on that day. We have to make sure on Friday
:20:40. > :20:43.it is not their day or night. Derby County have signed young
:20:44. > :20:46.winger Kyle McAlistair from St Mirren, whilst Jamie Hanson
:20:47. > :20:49.leaves the club to go Meanwhile Leicester's Matty James
:20:50. > :20:55.has joined Barnsley on loan. And speaking of Leicester
:20:56. > :20:57.and that game against Derby today I had the pleasure of
:20:58. > :21:00.meeting the Foxes' A great lad and really looking
:21:01. > :21:04.forward to Friday's match. In rugby, the Leicester Tigers have
:21:05. > :21:12.made a loan signing to help The French back Maxime Mermoz
:21:13. > :21:16.joins from Toulon until While in ice hockey, Nottingham
:21:17. > :21:21.Panther's defence of their Challenge Cup title continues this
:21:22. > :21:25.evening with a semi-final first leg against arch rivals
:21:26. > :21:26.Sheffield Steelers. And back to football finally
:21:27. > :21:36.because Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has picked
:21:37. > :21:38.up another award today. He's been given an honorary
:21:39. > :21:42.doctorate by De Montfort University, after leading the Foxes
:21:43. > :21:55.to an unlikely Premier League I think you will agree he is facing
:21:56. > :21:57.another test this season. Certainly is. What great sport
:21:58. > :21:58.action. Now, returning to today's visit
:21:59. > :22:00.by Prince Charles to Leicestershire Only in this case, the train
:22:01. > :22:05.in question was "royal" by reason of its driver,
:22:06. > :22:08.the Prince himself! Yes, Prince Charles
:22:09. > :22:13.was delighted to have a go on the Mountsorrel Railway,
:22:14. > :22:15.and meet volunteers at the Community Centre,
:22:16. > :22:18.who've laboured long and hard to bring this branch
:22:19. > :22:30.line back to life. Two and enthusiastic welcome, Prince
:22:31. > :22:37.Charles arrives chauffeur driven at the halt on the one mile railway.
:22:38. > :22:41.But for once the Prince was about to turn chauffeur himself. He took the
:22:42. > :22:47.control on the short trip to see the hand is more assembled. Among them,
:22:48. > :22:52.volunteer Kevin who comes over from his home in Paris to work on the
:22:53. > :22:56.line. I come over every ski weeks and work on the great Central and I
:22:57. > :23:00.have worked on this project. Obviously, helping to make something
:23:01. > :23:05.like this work, it is worth the trip. The Prince also met more of
:23:06. > :23:09.the 120 volunteers who have worked for ten years to restore the line,
:23:10. > :23:14.build the station Satka bikes and the Heritage Centre and tearooms.
:23:15. > :23:24.The Prince sank the visitors book and then unveiled eight track. Lost
:23:25. > :23:29.for words. He to rove the steam train. The volunteers are made up.
:23:30. > :23:36.It is the sort of best thank you for their hard work. I met him and they
:23:37. > :23:41.shook his hand. What is that like? Eight pleasure. I shook his hand it
:23:42. > :23:43.is really exciting to stop when he drove past he looked at me and I
:23:44. > :23:57.think he smiled. That was so cool. You can feel the excitement coming
:23:58. > :24:00.through the TV! And you can see more
:24:01. > :24:09.on our Facebook page. I thought is was cold today but
:24:10. > :24:19.apparently there is If you thought today was cold
:24:20. > :24:26.tomorrow is definitely going to feel that bit colder. Today we saw some
:24:27. > :24:30.blue skies further north. This beautiful photo sent in by the
:24:31. > :24:36.weather watcher in Nottinghamshire but there was the mist and fog
:24:37. > :24:39.around to as well. We have got high pressure out of the east and low
:24:40. > :24:43.pressure to the west and then as the battle going on between those. It
:24:44. > :24:49.does mean over the next few days we are starting to draw air in from the
:24:50. > :24:53.continent so it will be cold. We are cloudy through the night night and
:24:54. > :24:57.mostly dry although we could see spots of drizzle and the odd flurry
:24:58. > :25:03.of snow. Falling to minus two Celsius. We will see widespread
:25:04. > :25:09.frost and the chance of seeing a few patches ice. Because that the day
:25:10. > :25:14.tomorrow and eight cloudy when. We have got plenty of cloud are bit of
:25:15. > :25:19.hill fog. They might be a few breaks but it largely cloudy day with
:25:20. > :25:23.temperatures reaching maximum two Celsius. But when we add that breeze
:25:24. > :25:31.it will feel colder. We're looking at of around minus 4 degrees. As he
:25:32. > :25:35.moved into Friday we start to draw in some air from the south silly
:25:36. > :25:43.slight shift with those winds that it will make the difference. It
:25:44. > :25:48.bitter brightness -- eight bit of brightness. We see the temperature
:25:49. > :25:53.recovering, maximum of six Celsius. They will rise as we go into the
:25:54. > :25:55.weekend but a chilly day on the way tomorrow. Fine is like minus four
:25:56. > :26:04.Celsius. Minus for! Crikey. Lots of reaction
:26:05. > :26:12.on social media with the interview with Fawaz Al Hasawi. Natalie
:26:13. > :26:14.reflecting their fans. I will be back with the late news. Goodbye.