03/03/2017 East Midlands Today

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Our top story tonight: The supermarket cashier jailed

Muslim convert Ryan Council booked flights, planning to join a jihadist

group. Also tonight, and taxi passenger admits to opening the car

door that killed a cyclist. Plus, they call it PJ paralysis, concern

that too many patients are spending too long in their pyjamas. And ever

fancied owning your own crane? I'm at the world's largest auction of

them, various sizes, styles and prices.

First tonight: Eight years in jail for the Nottingham supermarket

worker, who was preparing to fight for an Islamist terrorist group.

Ryan Counsell's been sentenced this afternoon,

a month after he was found guilty of four terrorism offences.

He downloaded a "wealth" of jihadi extremist material.

And he bought military equipment online.

That prompted a raid on his home near the ASDA store

They found he was due to fly out to the Philippines

Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, has been

following the case at Woolwich Crown Court.

Judge Andrew Lees said he had no doubt that Counsell

That's a violent extremist group, that's pledged allegiance

to the so-called Islamic State, and which beheaded a German

The judge said he spent almost ?900 on that military equipment,

And he'd downloaded beheading videos, bomb-making guides,

and advice on how to pack, and to join the group,

So was Ryan Counsell known at the local mosques?

Not according to the imam at the Bobbers Mill mosque.

And he thinks this case highlights the dangers of Muslim

converts, trying to learn about their religion online.

I think anybody who wants to do any criminal activity and commit

violence and join any terrorist groups, it is shocking.

And we want to condemn it and I would not regard him as part

of the Muslim community or our city, in fact.

Rather than virtual teachers, we need real teachers.

Any reaction to that eight year prison sentence?

Counsell didn't show any emotion, but his mother seemed very upset.

And we did hear some mitigation. Counsell's barrister said

he chose to leave Nottingham because he thought that

the Brexit vote had prompted a backlash against Muslims.

He also said that if Counsell had "cold-called" Abu Sayyaf,

the chances are that instead of recruiting him, they would

have taken him hostage and held him for ransom.

Still lots to come this Friday night.

Including a report into transport overspending that could

push electrification of the Midland Mainline

A taxi passenger has pleaded guilty to opening a car door which led

Sam Boulton died near Leicester railway station last July.

The taxi driver has denied a separate charge.

Simon Ward was at Leicester Magistrates' Court today

26-year-old Sam Bolton was a teacher at a school

He died on the 27th of July last year, when he collided with a taxi

Sam Boulton's family was at Leicester Magistrates' Court,

where two people faced charges in connection with the incident.

Taxi driver Farouq Bhikku, with the glasses, is 56

He denied a charge of permitting his taxi door to be

opened so as to injure or endanger a person.

56-year-old Mandy Chapple, with the umbrella, pleaded guilty

to opening a vehicle door so as to injure

It happened when she was leaving a taxi.

She was fined ?80 by magistrates, with costs and a victim surcharge

Nigel Hallchurch, representing Mandy Chapple, said she thinks

about this all the time and is very sorry.

56-year-old taxi driver Farouq Bhikku pleaded not guilty

to permitting the opening of the car door.

His trial is due to take place on the 5th of June

Simon Ward, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicester.

Tributes have been left outside a house in Nottingham

following the death of a 13-year-old boy.

Officers were called to Sloane Drive in Bramcote on Monday.

Josh Clark was taken to hospital where he later died.

His family described him as a "very loving young boy".

A 36-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of supplying

a controlled drug and causing grievous bodily harm

Proposals to build an ?80 million bypass for Melton Mowbray

are progressing according to Leicestershire County Council.

Its ruling cabinet is set to approve a timetable to work up

plans for the route, as Councillors believe traffic jams

Studies suggest an eastern distributor road could be

the most cost effective way of easing congestion.

The public will be consulted on a preferred route.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death

of a 31-year-old man at a house in Derby.

Police were called to a property on Allen Street in Allenton just

before 6pm last night following reports a man

A 41-year-old remains in police custody.

The electrification of the Midland Mainline has been put

at risk after a massive overspend on another project.

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say the blunder on the Great Western

In a year the cost has risen one point two billion over budget.

That they say raises doubts about future schemes.

Here's our Political editor Tony Roe.

It's the only north-south line in the country not

Long-awaited and delayed, the line is used by 13

It's been called the East Midlands' number one investment priority

and has united politicians from both sides of the tracks.

We've got HS2 coming, a huge investment, ?55 billion.

We won't be able to reap the full benefits of that

if we don't have an electrified Midland mainline.

There's no way I'm going to let them get away

But the Commons Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns

about Network Rail the Department for Transport's ability to manage

projects in the future after what they call

Earlier this week, the Department for Transport announced which three

companies were in the running to take over the East Midlands

That's the year the line will be electrified from London to Corby.

Well, those plans are still in development,

But does that mean the work will be finished by 2023?

The rail minister said today that today, investment decisions

are continually assessed to ensure they deliver maximum

On the one hand, they have promised that we would have the Midland

The other thing is, we have got it just to coming,

We won't be able to reap the full benefits of that

if we don't have an electrified Midland mainline.

It is important we get this right, that we deliver it on time

While I would be disappointed by a pause, I'd much rather

The Public Accounts Committee is today calling for independent

assurances to be sought to make sure future electrification plans stick

to budgets and are actually worthwhile for passengers.

Plenty more to come including - a tale with a purrfect ending.

Meet Bubbles and her brood, the cat family that didn't

have the best start in life with kittens born under a bath.

Next tonight: It started with a simple idea in Nottingham

to encourage hospital patients to get out of their dressing gown or

Now it's turning into an international movement to change

the culture of what people wear when they stay in hospital.

On social media the twitter hashtag "end PJ paralysis" is thought

to have been seen by more than nine million people.

Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports.

Forget your own pyjamas when you come to hospital

But the concern is that too many patients are spending too

They've got a catchphrase for it in the NHS: PJ paralysis.

Yes, at Nottingham hospital they want more patients to get

They say they will feel better and also maybe even

In your own clothes, you might be happy to go

If they were at home, they wouldn't probably have visitors

On ward B49 at the Queens medical Centre, encourage patients to get

out of their bedclothes during the day.

You feel totally different when you are getting dressed

I've bought some of my own clothes on, but I have a problem because of

my leg getting close on and off. These nurses want to see less of

what they call pyjama paralysis, but stressed that patients should always

have the choice. Many patients tell us they feel more comfortable in

their own clothes.. But on Ward C4, Jacklin has been

in hospital for clothes. But on Ward C4, Jacklin has been

in hospital for three weeks, and has If you search on Google,

and put hospital patient and, every image that comes up will be

patients in hospital They're so convinced,

they have started a new wardrobe. Some spare, donated clothes for any

patients that need them. More than 182,000 cigarettes and 43

kilos of tobacco have been seized by customs officers after raids

across Derbyshire and Staffordshire. 18 places were found

to have suspected illegal A van and a car were also seized

by officers in Derby. A Nottingham MP is warning that

children in the city face an "unneccessary epidemic"

of tooth decay. Labour's Graham Allen is calling

for flouride to be put in the water, and more education in schools

to help tackle the issue. He also says children

in his constituency, which includes Bulwell

and Bilborough, are four times more likely to suffer problems

than in that of the Health Secretary Researchers from the University

of Leicester are exploring how the UK's changing climate could be

affecting the survival of hedgehogs. The project is funded

by the People's Trust The team will investigate

whether warmer and wetter winters are impacting on their food sources,

and their ability to survive. Now there's nothing better

than a world first - and today Newark hosted the world's

largest auction of mobile cranes. Obviously they're not necessarily

what you'd want for the school run or to nip to the shops,

but they're attracting attention Elise Chamberlain is

there for us tonight. Good evening from Newark Showground

where today history has been made. This view, while impressive, really

does not give you a sense of the scale of what was on offer here

today. Let's take a birds eye view. This drone footage was captured

ahead of the auction, and gives you much more of a sense of the size of

this collection. Every one of those cranes has now been sold. An

incredibly competitive auction, it around for hours. Within two hours,

?50 million had been spent. The last of the auctioneers and bidders have

gone home, so let's take a look back at the very busy and expensive day.

?725,000. One lot of an enormous collection going under the hammer.

Despite the rain, it attracted a huge crowd. There's a lot of money

flying and a lot of things going on. We don't take a lot of time, a

couple of minutes per crane. It will turn up -- speed up soon. It's a

disposal auction following a Manchester -based company, going

into administration. There are 130 cranes and all the ancillary items.

The value is around 130 million. The first cranes we have sold today

worse first ?700,000. We've never had this many cranes on offer

anywhere in the world. You are seeing history in the making here

today, so it's a great privilege to be part of it. A lot of people were

online because they did not want to get wet, but there is people from

all over the world. It's very stressful. You're looking at the

screen and thinking, shall I. That's that now. We have a dealer from

Holland. There is a very large choice. The biggest mobile crane

auction in Europe. It's amazing. It's like candy. A kid in the toy

shop. Sold, ?200 M! Auctioneers say these mechanical giants will now be

shipped, and will soon be looming over cities across the world. The

auctioneers expected to raise around ?30 million here today, in fact, it

reached new heights, the total estimated at around 32 million. The

Showground really has seen an incredibly unique day here. Whether

it will see another like it, we will have to wait and see. We were all

deciding what colours we would have, like men in a toy shop.

A burst water main is currently causing supply problems

in the Loughborough area of Leicestershire.

Some homes are without water after the main burst in the village

Severn Trent officials are currently at the site carrying out repairs.

We start the sport with the big question for Leicester City fans -

For now it's Craig Shakespeare in the management hot seat

but as speculation swirls and bets are made we wonder just how

He is well used to being the manager's number two,

Shakespeare is enjoying his time in the spotlight.

Standing in the touchline area on your own, having

to make the decisions, you have two things right,

It's the game that really makes you alive, and its decision-making

Support for him is strong among the players, and amongst

Who would you like to be the next Leicester City manager?

I would like Craig Shakespeare to have a go, I think

I'd rather have the continuity, so Craig Shakespeare

I think anyone else would take a little while to settle in,

I think Craig Shakespeare, with the result against Liverpool,

and obviously if we get a good result against Hull

Definitely give him a few games, at least.

Definitely sees how he gets on against Hull.

These will be the people who ultimately decide,

and several high profile names have been linked with the job.

For now, though, it's time to focus on the football.

I want to get back-to-back wins, the players want back-to-back wins,

The focus has to be on the three points.

So, no decision expected until at least next week

on who will take over this management hot seat.

But another win here against Hull tomorrow will surely keep

Angela Rafferty, BBC East Midlands Today.

Staffing developments at Nottingham Forest too -

they've got a new Director of Football.

It's Frank McParland - seen here in his days as Director

Intriguingly, he's a long term friend of recently resigned Rangers'

manager Mark Warburton and worked with Warburton as Rangers'

We know that Forest were interested in war button for the manager 's

job. Let's talk about the football itself

then - two clubs in the Championship finding recent going tough -

while two clubs in League Two enjoy Surely, Steve McClaren's play-off

dreams with Derby are all but over. However much he and the fans urge

the side on, they are now Not too sure anyone

knows, really, but... We know teams are going to sit

behind the ball and put 11 members behind the ball,

and I think as players, we need to take a bit more

responsibility and maybe try It's four without a win for forest,

and city ground high-flyers Brighton can leave them very close

to the relegation zone. I think the performances,

by and large, have been really good. We've been really pleased with games

we have performed well, and maybe not got the points

we would have liked, but we will That will get us the results

in the long run, if we And doing what we believe

are the right things. In League 2, both Mansfield

and Notts County are in the form to fancy away wins tomorrow,

and the best coverage of all the games is on your BBC

local radio station. Their action tonight at home

against Exeter and a win would send them back into the all important

Premiership Top four. In what's been a topsy-turvy season,

Tigers have suddenly put together three big wins in a row and look

like challengers again. BBC Radio Leicester

summariser Steve Johnson I think we can assume that now.

We've had three good wins under our belt after the past few weeks and we

are starting to set the pace light again. We are well on the road to

recovery. What's happened, what have the changes been about? It's

difficult to answer. Richard has been a great ambassador and leader

for the club, and has won lots of trophies, but when error in major

came in we didn't seem to gel. The players didn't have a game plan and

it was very much off the cuff and messy. But now, we seem to have

combined what Richard was bringing to the game and Aaron Meijer and we

are playing total rugby, so I'm delighted. How much fun has it been

to watch? It's been amazing, the transformation. The crowds were

dropping off, building the team only six weeks ago. Something that has

never happened before. But they seem to have brought some experienced

players back from injury. We still had two marquee players missing,

both our midfield players. We've done remarkably well to be where we

are at the moment, but might is massive because the game against

Exeter will put us back into the top four. If they get into the top four,

can they win the whole thing? The way things are going, I wouldn't put

anything past them. People have said the game against Bristol was good

and we totally dominated, but I think the way Leicester were on fire

in that game in particular, we could have beaten anybody. That's the

confidence that has come back to the players now. They are playing as a

team and with passion. Everything is going good. It's another step

tonight that puts us back in the running, we've got to play against

Bath and we've got to play against Northampton. Everything is on for

Leicester to do it. And finally a mention

for Nottingham Panthers. Face-off for them against Braehead

is tonight in about forty minutes. Still time to get

there if you're close. A pet owner's praised a City Council

worker for rescuing her cat after it Marie Opie from Nottingham

could hear the cat crying, and discovered it was under

the floor of her bathroom! A frantic call to Nottingham

City Homes brought out an emergency worker -

Dean Randall, who saved them all! Now Marie plans to call one of

the kittens "Randall" in gratitude. Bubbles the cat and her

four newborn kittens are safe with their owner,

Marie, now. But the bath panel now outside

the bathroom is a clue Two days ago, Marie came

in from work to hear the cat crying. I walked in the bathroom,

the bath panel was on the floor. I could hear the cries from under

the floorboards in the bathroom. Then Marie found Bubbles trapped,

and trying to dig through I panicked, I didn't

know what to do. A frantic call to Nottingham

City Homes bought out emergency worker Dean,

only on his third stand-by shift. Marie recorded Dean,

who spotted the hole, I had to literally push it back

in, so it didn't fall. The rest of the kittens

were safe after that. It was literally making the tenant

happy and making them understand We didn't need to do any

work on the floorboards, it was basically just

leaving her there to nest Have you ever done

anything like that before? The cats are well,

the babies are well. I phoned the council to say thank

you, because without them I don't The council have come

back to see the kittens. I'd like to see a little kitten

named after me, that would be good. Bubbles and kittens are now relaxed,

but Marie is keeping the bathroom door firmly shut in case she heads

under the bathroom Well, we've seen the biggest crane

auction in the world and now the biggest clothes sale of its kind

in the country. With more than four

thousand garments, shoes and accessories the Rutland Good

and New Clothes Sale has been raising money

for more than fifty years. Thanks to the volunteers

and supporters they've been able to make a real difference

to the lives of many We'll have more on the work they do

on Monday nights programme. Apparently everything is half price

if you get there before lunchtime tomorrow.

You certainly wanted your first coat today. Quite a soggy end to the week

and you can see that here. This band of rain coming up from the South has

been quite heavy at points. We can see the next weather front starting

to produce some rain here in the West. As we go through into the

weekend, what can we expect? Quite unsettled. Some outbreaks of rain

but not a wash out at all. We will see some brighter spells as well.

Here's what's going on in the bigger picture. Low pressure in charge.

That will clear out into Saturday but it won't be long before we see

the next weather fronts bringing some outbreaks of rain. A few heavy

showers to look out for through this evening, as we move through the

night that rain becoming a bit more patchy. Still some heavy bursts as

well and lots of cloud around. Temperatures falling to an overnight

low of between six and 7 degrees. Tomorrow morning, it will be a

fairly cloudy start. We see that rain cleared out to the east but

there will be some bright intervals around. Some sand. Temperatures

reaching a maximum of 10 degrees. Some isolated showers to look out

for as well. A south-westerly breeze. Into Sunday, a bright start

first thing but then that band of rain coming across will be quite

heavy. A few brighter intervals but one or two heavy showers to look out

for. Temperatures slightly cooler on Sunday. A maximum of 8 degrees. I'll

leave you with the outlook. We are quite unsettled into the next week.

Still some out lakes of rain. I think you need chocolate and a

movie, don't go out. Stick with us all weekend. Will have the results

of the Leicester game as well. Cake-a-bake? Yeah.

What is that? It's like bake a cake,

but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.

Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.

I so love it when this happens. 15 celebrity acts

are coming together to Sing And Dance

For Comic Relief.