:00:08. > :00:10.A man appears in court charged with seven sexual offences
:00:11. > :00:23.It follows a number of assaults across Derby which sparked a
:00:24. > :00:30.high-profile police investigation. In the Champions League, guess who
:00:31. > :00:36.drew Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals? Leicester City.
:00:37. > :00:39.CHEERING Plus the humble vegetable seeds that
:00:40. > :00:44.helped a unique city garden to flourish. And hundreds of people
:00:45. > :00:54.turned out in Nottingham to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
:00:55. > :01:02.Good evening and welcome to Friday's programme with Geeta Pendse
:01:03. > :01:05.First tonight, a man's appeared in court today,
:01:06. > :01:07.charged with seven six offences against women in Derby.
:01:08. > :01:09.It follows an extensive police appeal this week for public
:01:10. > :01:12.help in what they called their highest priority
:01:13. > :01:16.Well, James Roberson was at the court hearing earlier,
:01:17. > :01:25.James, some of the charges relate to where you are tonight, don't they?
:01:26. > :01:29.Yes, that's right, I'm at West Road in Spondon,
:01:30. > :01:34.These incidents have received considerable publicity over
:01:35. > :01:36.the last three years, and last night, Derbyshire Police
:01:37. > :01:42.announced they'd charged a man with seven offences.
:01:43. > :01:47.Now, the first thing this morning a 23-year-old man -
:01:48. > :01:52.Ilija High from Chaddesden in Derby - appeared before Derby magistrates.
:01:53. > :01:54.Mr High, who has dark hair and was wearing a white polo
:01:55. > :01:57.shirt and grey trousers, spoke only to confirm his name,
:01:58. > :02:10.It's alleged Mr High attacked three women over a 15-month period.
:02:11. > :02:16.One charge relates to an attack on a woman in September 2014 -
:02:17. > :02:18.as we've mentioned - on this lane, here in Spondon.
:02:19. > :02:21.The second incident relates to another woman a year
:02:22. > :02:25.There are five separate charges in connection with that attack.
:02:26. > :02:29.And the last incident involves a third woman.
:02:30. > :02:31.That alleged attack happened in December 2015, again,
:02:32. > :02:41.Mr High was remanded in custody, and will appear
:02:42. > :02:50.The police have said they are pursuing other inquiries?
:02:51. > :02:53.Yes, the police had also appealed for information about another
:02:54. > :02:55.serious sexual assault last month, in the Stoney Lane area
:02:56. > :03:06.of Spondon, and those investigations are continuing.
:03:07. > :03:09.A GP who mistakenly prescribed ten times the dosage of a strong
:03:10. > :03:12.painkiller to a woman who later died had made another prescription
:03:13. > :03:17.Dr Lawrence Axten yesterday apologised to the family
:03:18. > :03:21.of 27-year-old Kymberley Holden from Derbyshire who had been
:03:22. > :03:26.Our reporter Navtej Johal has been following the inquest
:03:27. > :03:29.Nav, what more can you tell us about this previous mistake?
:03:30. > :03:35.And today was the final day of evidence, so what happens next?
:03:36. > :03:45.This prescription error was issued by Doctor Lawrence Axten in 2015 and
:03:46. > :03:49.it led to a complaint by the patient. Yesterday, we had from
:03:50. > :03:57.Lawrence Axten about the prescription for Kimberly Holden.
:03:58. > :04:01.Today's heaving was not evidence but the response was that a neurologist
:04:02. > :04:14.had recommended ten mg daily of a drug usually used to treat epilepsy
:04:15. > :04:17.and migraines but Lawrence Axten had prescribed 25 milligrams daily. They
:04:18. > :04:23.said this did not constitute a serious incident and it would have
:04:24. > :04:28.been no requirement to report it. What happens next? The final day of
:04:29. > :04:32.evidence included a representative from the company who made the
:04:33. > :04:38.electronic prescription system. He talked about the issues they have
:04:39. > :04:42.had in the past and steps they have taken to prevent them from happening
:04:43. > :04:46.in the future. We had to wait until Thursday next week to hear the
:04:47. > :04:50.coroner's conclusions and the finding of facts regarding
:04:51. > :04:54.Kimberly's death. There is a lot of evidence to consider so the coroner
:04:55. > :05:00.will take all of that into account before delivering the final findings
:05:01. > :05:01.and hopefully delivering some closure to Kimberly's family.
:05:02. > :05:04.Still to come this evening: A Derby student returns to her native
:05:05. > :05:07.country to help battle a disastrous famine.
:05:08. > :05:09.Sadia Abdi is leading one of the relief efforts
:05:10. > :05:20.in Somaliland, where thousands of people face starvation.
:05:21. > :05:26.A murder inquiry's under way in Leicestershire after the death
:05:27. > :05:30.of a man found inside a car that appeared to have hit a wall.
:05:31. > :05:33.Police were called to a crash on an industrial estate at Shepshed
:05:34. > :05:37.But they found the driver's injuries weren't actually consistent
:05:38. > :05:43.A 22-year-old man from Coalville's been arrested
:05:44. > :05:51.School support staff in Derby have suspended strike action
:05:52. > :05:58.in their ten-month dispute over a pay review.
:05:59. > :06:00.Union leaders are urging Teaching Assistants to accept
:06:01. > :06:05.a new ?2 million deal from the City Council.
:06:06. > :06:08.They will now vote on the package, which would see the worst-hit TAs
:06:09. > :06:11.getting about ?3,000 in cash to offset what they lost
:06:12. > :06:14.Leicestershire Police are hunting two men after a security guard
:06:15. > :06:18.It happened outside the Broad Street branch of Barclays at Enderby.
:06:19. > :06:21.The money was taken from a G4S security guard who had
:06:22. > :06:25.Police say he was attacked by two men, but it's not
:06:26. > :06:32.It's emerged that an investigation is under way into the financial
:06:33. > :06:38.The Charity Commission says it has serious concerns over the running
:06:39. > :06:40.of the Bhaarat Welfare Trust and has frozen its bank account.
:06:41. > :06:45.East Midlands Today revealed eight months ago that the Trust
:06:46. > :06:49.was looking after donations for a dedicated Hindu
:06:50. > :06:51.crematorium in the city, but it spent almost ?100,000
:06:52. > :06:54.of the money on its own projects in India instead.
:06:55. > :07:00.It should have been money for a new crematorium
:07:01. > :07:06.Led by Vinod Popat from the Shantidham Project,
:07:07. > :07:12.?96,000 was raised over the years by the local community.
:07:13. > :07:17.It would have provided the facility, which otherwise is not
:07:18. > :07:19.available at the moment, for example, the chapel is a bit too
:07:20. > :07:22.small and the service time is too small.
:07:23. > :07:30.It's a shame that this hasn't happened yet.
:07:31. > :07:35.Donations were handed over for safekeeping to the Bhaarat
:07:36. > :07:37.to the Bhaarat Welfare Trust here all of the road
:07:38. > :07:41.for the money to be given back several years later,
:07:42. > :07:43.the charity said trustees had decided the crematorium project
:07:44. > :07:46.was no longer viable and so agreed to divert the cash to its
:07:47. > :07:49.Vinod's group were so concerned they contacted the Charity
:07:50. > :07:53.Vinod's group were so concerned they contacted the Charity Commission
:07:54. > :08:00.The Charity commission found serious issues with the welfare
:08:01. > :08:03.trust when first visited the charity in 2015.
:08:04. > :08:06.In particular, it had concerns about the ability of its trustees
:08:07. > :08:08.to account for funds transferred to India over a five-year period
:08:09. > :08:10.and over how donations for the crematorium
:08:11. > :08:15.The commission says the charity's response to its concerns have
:08:16. > :08:23.In a statement, the trust says it will continue to cooperate
:08:24. > :08:25.with the Charity commission and that it has given them
:08:26. > :08:29.It is confident this information will address
:08:30. > :08:38.In the meantime, a frozen bank account means the welfare trust
:08:39. > :08:40.can't make any payments without getting consent
:08:41. > :08:49.The watchdog says while it can't advise donors, people should
:08:50. > :08:51.use their own judgment on whether or not they wish
:08:52. > :08:57.So what action can the Charity Commission take?
:08:58. > :09:01.That's a question we put to Sumeer earlier.
:09:02. > :09:04.Firstly, it's important to point out the Charity Commission has stressed
:09:05. > :09:06.the inquiry doesn't mean any findings of wrongdoing
:09:07. > :09:10.The commission says it is very reluctant to close down charities
:09:11. > :09:13.because it doesn't think it's in the public interest to do so,
:09:14. > :09:19.especially when so many questions need answering and the priority
:09:20. > :09:22.is really to get the charities back on track, so it would look
:09:23. > :09:24.to put measures in place and make improvements.
:09:25. > :09:26.This could mean suspending or removing trustees or even
:09:27. > :09:33.We don't know what course this inquiry will take and again it's
:09:34. > :09:39.worth reiterating the commission hasn't found any evidence
:09:40. > :09:41.of wrongdoing by the Bhaarat Welfare Trust.
:09:42. > :09:44.The inquiry is at a very early stage and it will be sometime before
:09:45. > :09:48.Shocking pictures are emerging of famine in East Africa,
:09:49. > :09:51.as Britain's leading aid charities make a new Disasters
:09:52. > :09:56.One of those relief efforts is being LED by a woman who lives in Derby.
:09:57. > :10:02.Sadia Abdi came to the city to study.
:10:03. > :10:05.But now she's back in her native Somaliland, as the country
:10:06. > :10:13.She's been speaking to our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball.
:10:14. > :10:15.One child on the brink of starvation, one of millions
:10:16. > :10:24.The most malnourished are already dying.
:10:25. > :10:27.It's happening across vast swathes of East Africa where it has hardly
:10:28. > :10:32.Sadia Abdi is leading part of the British response.
:10:33. > :10:50.She studied at Derby University and still lives in the city centre
:10:51. > :10:53.but for the past few months she has been coordinating aid deliveries
:10:54. > :10:56.I have seen people in critical situations.
:10:57. > :10:58.Some of them were weak and couldn't even walk.
:10:59. > :11:01.Some of them told us they have not eaten for months.
:11:02. > :11:04.They have been travelling for the last few months and have
:11:05. > :11:12.They are desperate and starving to death.
:11:13. > :11:15.This week, an emergency appeal has been made by Sadia's
:11:16. > :11:19.charity and by 12 other leading aid organisations.
:11:20. > :11:24.So much difference could money donated here really make?
:11:25. > :11:27.It's making such a huge difference because someone in starvation
:11:28. > :11:30.has been provided food, the food saves their lives.
:11:31. > :11:43.It's only six years since another East African famine claimed hundreds
:11:44. > :11:46.This time they hope a more effective response could prevent
:11:47. > :11:56.Pupils and staff at a Leicester school are to be tested
:11:57. > :12:04.Two children at Barley Croft Primary were found to have TB.
:12:05. > :12:06.They've already been treated for the disease
:12:07. > :12:10.They're back at school and no longer pose a risk.
:12:11. > :12:12.Families are being reassured that testing is only a precaution,
:12:13. > :12:17.and it's unlikely anyone else is affected.
:12:18. > :12:19.More than ?1.25 million has been given to help
:12:20. > :12:22.boost the profile of the Derwent Valley Mills World
:12:23. > :12:26.The Arts Council cash will be spent developing culture
:12:27. > :12:28.and heritage locally, as well as establishing a sense
:12:29. > :12:32.The Vital Valley programme will encourage artists and residents
:12:33. > :12:34.to work with cultural organisations and businesses to
:12:35. > :12:43.A range of security measures have been put in place to protect the now
:12:44. > :12:44.empty Market Harborough District Hospital.
:12:45. > :12:49.Clinical services have moved to the nearby
:12:50. > :12:51.St Luke's Treatment Centre making the former hospital site
:12:52. > :12:58.NHS Property Services is taking action to protect the vacant
:12:59. > :13:03.building and its listed war memorial, while it finds a buyer.
:13:04. > :13:07.Now how do you bring the history of a green space to life?
:13:08. > :13:10.Well, the people who run St Anns Allotments have started
:13:11. > :13:13.a new heritage project to do just that.
:13:14. > :13:17.The Grade II-listed allotments are believed to be the oldest
:13:18. > :13:22.and largest detached town gardens in the UK and possibly the world.
:13:23. > :13:25.Now, a range of vegetable seeds from different time periods have
:13:26. > :13:27.been produced to help tell the site's story.
:13:28. > :13:34.Behind every hedgerow, something different.
:13:35. > :13:37.This 75-acre site in the heart of Nottingham
:13:38. > :13:44.Now its incredible history and current diversity
:13:45. > :13:51.The team here has launched a range of vegetable seeds from different
:13:52. > :13:57.time periods that this glorious green space has witnessed.
:13:58. > :14:00.It's a real celebration, the fact we're still here and these
:14:01. > :14:03.allotments were laid out in the 1840s, so nearly 200 years
:14:04. > :14:07.and there's a lot of history and a lot of stuff to celebrate.
:14:08. > :14:10.I want people to buy a piece of St Anns allotments history.
:14:11. > :14:19.Among them, long green bush marrow from Victorian times.
:14:20. > :14:21.Some of these varieties have always been around but it's bringing
:14:22. > :14:30.The Growing Heritage project also features plants.
:14:31. > :14:35.This is the nursery, the behind-the-scenes area
:14:36. > :14:38.Here, we have a fruit trees being grown.
:14:39. > :14:41.There are also roses and a variety of different heritage flowers.
:14:42. > :14:44.This may look quite bare right now but by the summer,
:14:45. > :14:48.The site was really well-known for rose shows in Victorian times
:14:49. > :14:53.and back in the 1930s so there will be a good variety
:14:54. > :14:58.of roses that we know were definitely grown
:14:59. > :15:03.here and that's great, to have that provenance.
:15:04. > :15:06.It's a great way of being able to take things home,
:15:07. > :15:08.get your hands dirty and get involved.
:15:09. > :15:12.It's something that gives you a bit of a look into the past.
:15:13. > :15:15.The monuments trust funded project has been a year in the making.
:15:16. > :15:17.Now they're starting to see the fruits of their labour.
:15:18. > :15:20.Still to come: Sara's standing by with the weekend weather
:15:21. > :15:25.forecast, so it might be best to leave the room for a bit.
:15:26. > :15:31.Or just close your eyes! The weather over the weekend is going to be a
:15:32. > :15:35.bit of a mixture. It will be windy and cooler with some rain but we
:15:36. > :15:46.might see a bit of brightness. Time for the sport. Will you be
:15:47. > :15:50.brushing up on your Spanish? Coming up, all the excitement
:15:51. > :15:52.of Leicester's Champions League draw but we start with a game
:15:53. > :15:57.which effects two cities. It's also the biggest game
:15:58. > :16:04.of the season for Forest and Derby. Tomorrow's East Midands Derby
:16:05. > :16:06.comes with added spice - for the first time in their history
:16:07. > :16:09.both teams have new managers making their debut for this
:16:10. > :16:10.hotly-contested clash. Both desperate to get
:16:11. > :16:26.off to a winning start. The way they've been doing it just
:16:27. > :16:28.didn't work. This is the fifth consecutive game between the Rams
:16:29. > :16:40.and the Reds with different managers in charge. Making his debut, Gary
:16:41. > :16:43.Rowett. Is going to be a great fixture. I've played in local
:16:44. > :16:48.derbies. It's going to be a billing went for the fans. I know how much
:16:49. > :16:51.it means to the fans, I get that, I get what the fans want to see from
:16:52. > :16:58.the players. Every game to feel like a big Derby but the atmosphere will
:16:59. > :17:03.have a different edge to it. Ready for the Reds, their new boss, Mark
:17:04. > :17:06.Warburton. I understand the emotion and passion involved. We know what
:17:07. > :17:12.it means to supporters. Relish it, enjoy it. Prepare well, train well
:17:13. > :17:18.and look forward to it, it'll be a great encounter and touch wood, we
:17:19. > :17:26.win. Both men unaware of what fate awaits any long-term failure. That's
:17:27. > :17:29.part of you -- being a manager, that's part of the game and you have
:17:30. > :17:35.to flourish in that environment. That's the only way you'll get
:17:36. > :17:44.success. For the fans, it's about a win, whoever it is in charge. It
:17:45. > :17:47.adds spice to the mix. If you can't get the motivation from the guys for
:17:48. > :17:50.this kind of game, they shouldn't be at Derby and Gary Rowett knows what
:17:51. > :17:56.that means, he's played in these games before. The players have to
:17:57. > :18:01.play for the manager to play for their place. Hopefully it will be a
:18:02. > :18:07.good game. It should be a great atmosphere. no tape cassette into
:18:08. > :18:12.these management hot seats. Which of the men will come out on top? Games
:18:13. > :18:18.don't come much bigger than this. Points and pride at stake.
:18:19. > :18:22.From one big moment to another - today was the day Leicester City
:18:23. > :18:24.found out who they would be playing in the Champions
:18:25. > :18:29.We gathered some fans together in a pub close to the stadium
:18:30. > :18:33.to watch Ian Rush draw out Athletico Madrid and then,
:18:34. > :18:42.Leicester City. CHEERING
:18:43. > :18:45.A very happy reaction to drawing out last year's
:18:46. > :18:48.That's for two reasons - Leicester fans remember Athletico
:18:49. > :18:50.controversially beating them in the Uefa Cup 20 years ago
:18:51. > :18:53.and they have taken great heart from beating Seville.
:18:54. > :18:56.Very happy with the draw, especially with the second leg being at home.
:18:57. > :19:00.It'll be a brilliant night just like the other night.
:19:01. > :19:02.We've got our mojo back and we're going to win.
:19:03. > :19:11.I can't believe they're still fighting, it's brilliant.
:19:12. > :19:15.Hopefully Madrid will think it's only Leicester City,
:19:16. > :19:17.I hope they take us lightly and I hope they do,
:19:18. > :19:34.This is not going to bed yet, my passport is not going to bed yet!
:19:35. > :19:41.Jerry is here, a Leicester legend. What do you make of this drop? It's
:19:42. > :19:45.a fantastic achievement by the club over all. Just getting to this stage
:19:46. > :19:51.is a fantastic achievement but the draw itself, it doesn't matter which
:19:52. > :19:57.team they would have pulled out of the hat but with it being Atletico
:19:58. > :20:05.Madrid, there is a tinge of revenge. it's part of Leicester folklore, all
:20:06. > :20:09.the dodgy refereeing. Yes and the second leg, that game could have
:20:10. > :20:13.went the other way, it should have gone our way. We should have been
:20:14. > :20:18.given a couple of penalties by the referee and subsequently we went out
:20:19. > :20:24.and let the market left a bit of taste in the mouth. the fans think
:20:25. > :20:30.it's a winnable game. Which Virginia picked out, it's always going to be
:20:31. > :20:40.a difficult team to play against -- whichever team was picked out. They
:20:41. > :20:43.have all won the Champions League or tasted victory saw the King is
:20:44. > :20:55.Richie Macha, there are five points behind Seville -- looking at where
:20:56. > :21:04.Atletico Madrid are they are five points behind Seville. I think the
:21:05. > :21:08.biggest gratitude you've got to give is Craig Shakespeare, he's in
:21:09. > :21:17.temporary charge. He is a simplified the game for the players. He's got
:21:18. > :21:24.them the way they were playing last season, competitive, organise,
:21:25. > :21:27.working their socks off. There's also the small matter of West Ham at
:21:28. > :21:29.the weekend before the play Atletico Madrid.
:21:30. > :21:32.In League Two, the battle at either end of the table continues.
:21:33. > :21:34.On Saturday, play-off chasing Mansfield welcome Carlisle.
:21:35. > :21:36.While on Sunday Notts County's good recent home form
:21:37. > :21:42.Now then, Leicester Tigers, who could put another trophy
:21:43. > :21:47.The Anglo-Welsh Cup is very much the junior competition but winning
:21:48. > :21:50.the final against Exeter would be a highlight of a very
:21:51. > :21:53.They're certainly going to the Stoop to win.
:21:54. > :21:57.If we were to win, it puts us in a great position.
:21:58. > :22:01.Momentum wise, but also in the atmosphere and the environment
:22:02. > :22:04.for us to go on and hopefully win the next five home games
:22:05. > :22:11.We'll have to work very hard to get the ball back from them and we'll
:22:12. > :22:14.need to be very clinical when we have the ball,
:22:15. > :22:17.so hopefully both sides are going to go out to try and play
:22:18. > :22:23.We did our big feature on them yesterday, but I just wanted to wish
:22:24. > :22:26.all the best to Leicester Riders' Men and Women who both go into their
:22:27. > :22:35.You can watch live and in full on the BBC Sport Website.
:22:36. > :22:40.There is so much sport being streamed live on the website now.
:22:41. > :22:44.And finally celebrations have been taking place around the world,
:22:45. > :22:49.and across the East Midlands, to mark St Patrick's Day.
:22:50. > :22:52.In Nottingham, hundreds of people joined a parade through the city.
:22:53. > :22:55.It culminated in a festival of Irish dancing and music
:22:56. > :23:00.The streets of Nottingham became a sea of green
:23:01. > :23:11.as the St Patrick's Day parade made its merry way through the city.
:23:12. > :23:15.It wound its way to Market Square, where thousands of people
:23:16. > :23:17.joined the celebrations and they were treated to a cultural
:23:18. > :23:38.feast including live music and, of course, Irish dancing.
:23:39. > :23:42.What does St Patrick's Day mean to you and to everyone here today?
:23:43. > :23:44.For me, it's about my Irish heritage.
:23:45. > :23:58.The festival has been running for 18 years.
:23:59. > :24:00.It's really important not just for the Irish community,
:24:01. > :24:02.but for anyone else who wants to join in.
:24:03. > :24:09.How much do you enjoy St Patrick's Day?
:24:10. > :24:18.What do you think of St Patrick's Day?
:24:19. > :24:59.Happy St Patrick's Day indeed. A lot of black stout being drunk this
:25:00. > :25:12.evening! Were you a good Irish dancer? Not in these shoes! Maybe
:25:13. > :25:25.after a a few drinks later. The Sunrise disappeared as quickly as it
:25:26. > :25:28.came. We've got a lot of cloud cover for the rest of the day and that was
:25:29. > :25:38.captured by one of our weather watchers in Calke. It is turning wet
:25:39. > :25:40.outside at the moment. We've got a ridge of high pressure and is
:25:41. > :25:44.weather front working its way down his moving around a little bit and
:25:45. > :25:48.it has been producing some rain through the early part of this
:25:49. > :25:51.afternoon and into the evening but it tends to back off a little bit
:25:52. > :25:54.after that. It will still affect parts of Derbyshire and north
:25:55. > :25:59.Nottinghamshire on and off into the early hours. We might see some hill
:26:00. > :26:05.fog through the Peak District and it's still a mild night but also a
:26:06. > :26:08.breezy night with temperatures of eight Celsius and tomorrow morning,
:26:09. > :26:15.the rain is still present early morning. It's quite patchy, quite
:26:16. > :26:18.right, light. By the afternoon, the weather front is coming down from
:26:19. > :26:24.the northwest and it might start to come in and produce patchy drizzly
:26:25. > :26:30.rain. Daytime temperatures of 13 or 14 Celsius and it is still a breezy
:26:31. > :26:34.day. The wind starts to strengthen through the evening and into Sunday
:26:35. > :26:38.and Sunday, the wind will be stronger. We start off dry but again
:26:39. > :26:41.another weather front I ran through the daytime on Sunday so still the
:26:42. > :26:47.chance of seeing a little bit of rain as we head into the afternoon.
:26:48. > :26:51.The wind remains strong through the daytime but as we start off next
:26:52. > :26:54.week on Monday, a band of rain it works its way from the south and
:26:55. > :26:57.this is the potential to produce heavy rainfall for a time on Monday
:26:58. > :27:01.but there is a Government of hope. By the time we get a Tuesday,
:27:02. > :27:05.brighter skies returning. It will feel slightly colder next week but I
:27:06. > :27:14.think we might see high pressure also building in.
:27:15. > :27:20.I'm going on holiday so I can't go to Madrid but half of Leicester
:27:21. > :27:24.seemed to be going! The last one here, turn out the lights! That's it
:27:25. > :27:48.from us, have a grey weekend. It was the most beautiful view
:27:49. > :27:55.I've ever been through. For one second, I was swimming on my
:27:56. > :28:01.back, and I was looking to the sky. I was swimming across
:28:02. > :28:07.the Aegean Sea. I was a refugee,
:28:08. > :28:21.going from Syria to Germany. This is my life, my career!
:28:22. > :28:22.I did not frame him. This is my life, my career!
:28:23. > :28:28.I did not frame him.