:00:11. > :00:11.You're watching East Midlands Today. news teams where you are.
:00:12. > :00:17.Tonight, can the Foxes reign in Spain?
:00:18. > :00:25.Crunch time for Leicester as 5000 fans descend on Madrid. Leicester
:00:26. > :00:38.City and their fans are here. The only eat Billy Macri in Bush team
:00:39. > :00:41.left in the last eight. Plus we are at Leicester Cathedral ahead of the
:00:42. > :00:45.Queen's visit tomorrow. Find out what is going on inside later in the
:00:46. > :00:49.programme. And a family tradition. Meet the
:00:50. > :01:00.young police recruit following in his mother's footsteps.
:01:01. > :01:03.Good evening and welcome to Wednesday's programme
:01:04. > :01:05.with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:01:06. > :01:08.First tonight, 5,000 football fans have descended
:01:09. > :01:10.on Spain's capital city, Madrid, where tonight
:01:11. > :01:16.For the very first time, the club are playing in the quarter
:01:17. > :01:21.It's just another amazing chapter in the Leicester City story
:01:22. > :01:26.and Natalie Jackson is there to see it all unfold.
:01:27. > :01:30.Within the last hour there have been reports of skirmishes between police
:01:31. > :01:39.and fans. For much of the day it has been come
:01:40. > :01:43.here and very good-natured, but there have been some clashes in the
:01:44. > :01:47.main square in Madrid, and we have had Leicester City fans on plain to
:01:48. > :01:52.us that the policing here has been heavy-handed. I think we have got
:01:53. > :01:56.some pictures now of the main square which are just coming in. It has
:01:57. > :02:01.been cleared by police this afternoon, with a small minority of
:02:02. > :02:06.Leicester fans singing provocative songs and being boisterous. The
:02:07. > :02:10.police took the decision to clear the square and officers with riot
:02:11. > :02:19.shields went in. Some Leicester fans say they were indiscriminate with
:02:20. > :02:24.the use of banners. The news is just coming in to us about that. Have
:02:25. > :02:28.been security scares here as well in light of the explosion in Germany
:02:29. > :02:31.last night. But the hope is that it does not overshadow the game this
:02:32. > :02:37.evening. Who would have thought two years ago that Leicester, the proud
:02:38. > :02:40.English champions would be the only English club left in the
:02:41. > :02:48.quarterfinals of the Champions League? There will be over 55,000
:02:49. > :02:54.fans present, and when that famous Champions League theme team brings
:02:55. > :02:58.out in an hour's time, none of the fans will have experienced anything
:02:59. > :02:59.quite like this on a proud and memorable night for Leicester and
:03:00. > :03:02.the East Midlands. In the Spanish capital,
:03:03. > :03:05.a sea of blue and white, for Leicester's first quarter finals
:03:06. > :03:08.in the European cup You still have to pinch
:03:09. > :03:15.yourself sometimes, you have to remind yourself
:03:16. > :03:18.that we are actually champions. You hear all the TV pundits
:03:19. > :03:23.saying it will embarrass the country, but it's
:03:24. > :03:27.just amazing, isn't it? We want to win, we all
:03:28. > :03:29.believe we can win. A dream too for Craig Shakespeare,
:03:30. > :03:35.who has never been This is just his eighth
:03:36. > :03:41.game in charge. Walking through the stadium in terms
:03:42. > :03:43.of by the changing rooms, seeing all the cups,
:03:44. > :03:46.it's a lovely traditional ground, The Premier League is
:03:47. > :03:56.Leicester's only major trophy. Atletico Madrid have 24,
:03:57. > :03:58.and are the ten time And, while the Leicester fans
:03:59. > :04:03.cannot believe their luck here in the 34 degree heat,
:04:04. > :04:06.for the locals, football makes It's like religion
:04:07. > :04:18.here, a way of life. Real Madrid, Atletico de
:04:19. > :04:22.Madrid, and Rayo Vallecano Maybe it's because in
:04:23. > :04:26.Spain we have the better The fans have been mesmerised
:04:27. > :04:33.by magical Madrid, with its beautiful monuments
:04:34. > :04:35.and fountains, but will they be Atletico Madrid have been
:04:36. > :04:47.in the European Championship finals They will try and win the tie
:04:48. > :04:54.at home, but that will play The best football in the world
:04:55. > :04:58.is played in the Champions League. You are playing against the best
:04:59. > :05:01.players in the world who play When you put all of that
:05:02. > :05:05.together and in the middle of it you stick little
:05:06. > :05:08.old Leicester City, wow! So, Leicester, the world's
:05:09. > :05:09.greatest underdogs, play This is their time and they
:05:10. > :05:31.are going to enjoy it. Kick-off is in an hour's time, and
:05:32. > :05:36.we will have more from here later in the programme.
:05:37. > :05:41.Natalie, thank you. Plenty of sunshine in Madrid. Not so warm
:05:42. > :05:47.here. Yes, it is not that one here, but as
:05:48. > :05:50.we go toward Easter, apart from a view spits and spots of rain it is
:05:51. > :05:51.looking fairly settled. I will have the full forecast later in the
:05:52. > :05:56.programme. An elderly pedestrian's been killed
:05:57. > :05:59.during a police chase in Derbyshire. The 75-year-old man was struck
:06:00. > :06:02.by a car on Main Street in Hilton yesterday afternoon,
:06:03. > :06:04.but died at the scene. Police say a car was being pursued
:06:05. > :06:08.by officers at the time. A 24-year-old man's been arrested
:06:09. > :06:10.on suspicion of causing death The incident is now
:06:11. > :06:15.also being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints
:06:16. > :06:21.Commission. There's been a fall in the number
:06:22. > :06:24.of people out of work Between December and February this
:06:25. > :06:27.year, the number of people without a job dropped by 11,000
:06:28. > :06:30.compared to the previous three The unemployment rate
:06:31. > :06:35.fell by just under half Sports Direct now has a workers'
:06:36. > :06:45.representative on its board. The move comes after the Shirebrook
:06:46. > :06:48.company came in for heavy criticism from MPs over
:06:49. > :06:52.its working conditions. The firm's claiming it's the first
:06:53. > :06:55.in the country to elect a member But unions are warning
:06:56. > :06:59.the new appointee, a shop manager, will face a struggle to highlight
:07:00. > :07:01.the concerns of workers. Here's our political
:07:02. > :07:07.editor Tony Roe. In the Derbyshire HQ,
:07:08. > :07:10.news of his appointment was made 30-year-old Alex normally
:07:11. > :07:16.runs a store in Devon, and started out doing a Saturday job
:07:17. > :07:19.there 13 years ago. Now he will be on the board
:07:20. > :07:23.and have the ear of Mike Ashley. It's something that Mike has wanted
:07:24. > :07:26.to do for a long time, It has always been positive for me,
:07:27. > :07:35.I have been rewarded for what I do And what can you do
:07:36. > :07:42.over the next year? Well, I just hope to make some
:07:43. > :07:45.differences, but I don't know because it's my first day
:07:46. > :07:47.in the job. I will be taking all the opinions
:07:48. > :07:50.of the staff and bringing them Sports Direct was subjected
:07:51. > :07:54.to an expose about its working conditions, particularly
:07:55. > :07:56.at its distribution centre. A Parliamentary investigation led
:07:57. > :07:59.MPs to conclude it was run Money paid back, no six strikes
:08:00. > :08:07.and you're out of a job Now, a place for a worker
:08:08. > :08:11.representing 23,000 staff Do you think you will
:08:12. > :08:17.be listened to? Mike will certainly listen to him,
:08:18. > :08:24.and I know the board of directors will, because I personally know them
:08:25. > :08:27.and they are all excited Clearly Sports Direct wants
:08:28. > :08:30.to improve its public image and believes that having a worker
:08:31. > :08:33.on the board of directors will go some way to achieving that,
:08:34. > :08:37.but the unions have always dismissed What they want is union
:08:38. > :08:43.representation in the warehouse Unite the union says Sports Direct
:08:44. > :08:48.should be moving agency staff The company says talks
:08:49. > :08:53.about talks with unions The changing face of the modern
:08:54. > :09:01.High Street is revealed The financial firm PWC says we're
:09:02. > :09:08.moving away from fashion shops Its research shows that
:09:09. > :09:13.tobacconists, estate agents and food outlets grew faster than other
:09:14. > :09:16.sectors last year. However, fashion shops,
:09:17. > :09:19.recruitment agencies and banks More shops opened than closed
:09:20. > :09:25.in Loughborough and Belper But gloom for Derby,
:09:26. > :09:30.Nottingham and Market Harborough In fact, Derby was the hardest hit,
:09:31. > :09:35.losing a total of 13 Let's cross to Geeta Pendse who's
:09:36. > :09:56.there for us tonight. Good evening. Good evening. Yes, PWC
:09:57. > :10:00.analysed just under 4500 outlets in 34 town and city centres across the
:10:01. > :10:05.East Midlands, and what they found was the biggest change in 2016 was
:10:06. > :10:09.the situation on the high street. As I found out, there were some clear
:10:10. > :10:20.winners and losers. And obviously they come in three mg
:10:21. > :10:24.and six on grand... The fastest growing industry in the East
:10:25. > :10:28.Midlands. There has been a rise of tobacconists opening in the East
:10:29. > :10:32.Midlands, along with food outlets and estate agents. That's according
:10:33. > :10:35.to research by PWC. It is a different picture for fashion shops
:10:36. > :10:45.with department stores and women's clothing hardest-hit. In 2016, 363
:10:46. > :10:50.shops close across the East Midlands, the equivalent of almost
:10:51. > :10:53.one every day. That compares with 289 opening, which is a net
:10:54. > :11:00.reduction of 64 shops. While that picture may seem Leumi, the research
:11:01. > :11:02.actually suggests that the East Midlands economy is thriving, and
:11:03. > :11:06.that it is the fastest growing outside of London and the
:11:07. > :11:16.south-east. The research suggests that letter shops are replacing
:11:17. > :11:20.devoid of clothes shops. Consumers are moving online and wanting to
:11:21. > :11:23.shop on the Internet, but actually the East Midlands is doing better
:11:24. > :11:26.than the national picture and that reflects the strength of the East
:11:27. > :11:33.Midlands economy at this time. Plenty of coffee shops, places to
:11:34. > :11:36.eat, take aways. They are making it so easy, I bake, online? Cause you
:11:37. > :11:41.don't really need to leave your home. A lot of big stores have been
:11:42. > :11:47.replaced by fitness centres and gyms. There are more leisure
:11:48. > :11:52.activities rather than retail and shopping. Leicester continues to
:11:53. > :11:56.outperform the rest of our cities. Darby, however, has seen the highest
:11:57. > :12:01.numbers of shop closures. It does not give the whole picture. We have
:12:02. > :12:06.got overly strong independent sector in Derby. The Cathedral Quarter one
:12:07. > :12:10.the best British high street last year in the national awards. The
:12:11. > :12:15.shopping centre is doing incredibly well. The research shows a buoyant
:12:16. > :12:19.economy in the East Midlands, but there is no doubt the growth of
:12:20. > :12:22.online shopping and changing consumer trends is radically
:12:23. > :12:28.changing the way we use the high street.
:12:29. > :12:31.I right in saying that this research will be focused on bigger companies
:12:32. > :12:38.and did not include the independent ones? Yes, that's right. It only
:12:39. > :12:41.looked at multiple retailers, so shops that have more than five
:12:42. > :12:46.outlets, which rules out the independent sector. Some have said
:12:47. > :12:49.that does not give a true indication of the situation on the high street,
:12:50. > :12:54.but the one thing that everyone seems to be agreeing on is that this
:12:55. > :12:57.shift from the additional clothing fashion stores on the high street to
:12:58. > :13:00.the draw of leisure outlets like restaurants and cafes. We will leave
:13:01. > :13:03.it there, thank you. Lung experts in Nottingham have
:13:04. > :13:05.helped develop a phone app to help asthma sufferers
:13:06. > :13:07.manage their condition. More than 385,000 adults
:13:08. > :13:10.and children living The MyAsthma app allows people to
:13:11. > :13:15.record information about what seems A team from the Nottingham
:13:16. > :13:21.Respiratory Research Unit, based at the University
:13:22. > :13:23.of Nottingham, worked with a leading pharmaceutical
:13:24. > :13:26.company to create the app. Developing something that helps
:13:27. > :13:29.people understand their asthma triggers, improve their knowledge
:13:30. > :13:32.of their asthma, and allows them to provide information
:13:33. > :13:34.for their asthma nurse or their GP is a real step forward
:13:35. > :13:37.in trying to improve asthma Derbyshire's new Chief Constable
:13:38. > :13:46.is due to be formally The job's expected to go
:13:47. > :13:50.to Peter Goodman, who's currently He has a wealth of experience both
:13:51. > :13:55.regionally and nationally, where he's leading operations
:13:56. > :13:59.to tackle cyber crime. He's been recommended
:14:00. > :14:01.by Derbyshire's police and crime commissioner to take over
:14:02. > :14:03.from Mick Creedon, who's Final preparations are underway
:14:04. > :14:11.at Leicester Cathedral ahead of tomorrow's visit
:14:12. > :14:16.by Her Majesty the Queen. The Queen will be presenting Maundy
:14:17. > :14:19.coins in a service that dates back Each year she visits
:14:20. > :14:24.a different Cathedral or Abbey to demonstrate her interest
:14:25. > :14:26.and involvement with the people Amy Harris has been with the team
:14:27. > :14:43.at the Cathedral as they get Outside Leicester Cathedral, a hint
:14:44. > :14:49.of the impending royal visit as police patrol the grounds inside two
:14:50. > :14:54.there is a vigorous preparation as this place of worship is made well,
:14:55. > :14:59.fit for a queen. It has been steadily increasing on the workload.
:15:00. > :15:04.It has been fun, it's been a challenge, something we will meet.
:15:05. > :15:09.The flower team have been preparing since November. The Queen will be
:15:10. > :15:14.greeted by hundreds of lilies, hyacinths and a whole host of other
:15:15. > :15:17.local blooms. All our friends have given us wonderful greenery. We have
:15:18. > :15:22.the gardens of Leicestershire in here. And so really, it is all
:15:23. > :15:26.coming together, we can nearly see it. Tomorrow morning, a last spray
:15:27. > :15:31.of water, and fingers crossed it will be fine. And what a moment for
:15:32. > :15:36.Leicester florist Rosie Mason, creating these sweet smelling the
:15:37. > :15:41.case, or knows gays, for the Royal family on home turf for the first
:15:42. > :15:47.time. I hold the Royal warrant to Her Majesty the Queen as supplier of
:15:48. > :15:56.Nosegays, so wherever she goes on more deep, I go. It makes me very
:15:57. > :16:01.proud. The Queen will carry one of Rosie's nosegays as she hands out
:16:02. > :16:06.points to 182 pensioners for services to the church and
:16:07. > :16:13.community. A token of gratitude which dates back centuries and is an
:16:14. > :16:17.important annual event in the Queen's calendar. An event that
:16:18. > :16:22.never before has been held in Leicester, so old and young here are
:16:23. > :16:28.pretty excited. I am just amazed that I am actually going to be
:16:29. > :16:34.singing in front of the Queen. I just can't get my head around it
:16:35. > :16:38.really! While final rehearsals get underway at the finishing touches
:16:39. > :16:39.are applied. Leicester Cathedral, it seems, is more than ready for its
:16:40. > :16:52.royal visitor. A big day for Leicester tomorrow.
:16:53. > :16:56.And possibly, could we say it is even bigger for them tonight? Let's
:16:57. > :17:05.go back to Madrid and to Natalie. Hello. Good evening. The time is
:17:06. > :17:08.now. Leicester City's game in the quarterfinals of the Champions
:17:09. > :17:15.League is nearly upon us. Their supporters are arriving just now the
:17:16. > :17:19.other side of the stadium, it is a sea of blue and white. But, what is
:17:20. > :17:24.the significance of this game? I have spoken to a man who has been
:17:25. > :17:25.covering European football for a national football Billy Mac
:17:26. > :17:28.newspaper for 30 years. There's only two games that
:17:29. > :17:32.are bigger than this, the semifinal of the Champions League
:17:33. > :17:34.and the final of Leicester have done fantastic to get
:17:35. > :17:38.so far, let's hope it continues. You have been in
:17:39. > :17:40.Madrid since Friday. How did Leicester get past
:17:41. > :17:42.Atletico's rock-solid defence? It was difficult because you have
:17:43. > :17:44.got Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale flanking a good
:17:45. > :17:49.player and they struggled. I would think that Vardy will look
:17:50. > :18:03.to play in behind him. If the play diagonals
:18:04. > :18:05.in behind him, he will have I would imagine that's a good
:18:06. > :18:09.tactic for Leicester. Can they pull off
:18:10. > :18:12.another amazing result? Very quickly, the fans have never
:18:13. > :18:16.experienced anything like this, but tonight the atmosphere will be
:18:17. > :18:18.something else, won't it? This is a real good core of fans
:18:19. > :18:41.here, they know their football. Well, before this Champions League
:18:42. > :18:46.campaign, Leicester had only ever played in European competition for
:18:47. > :18:51.times, twice they have drawn with Atletico Madrid. So, this is perhaps
:18:52. > :19:00.a little large match, and these teams certainly do have history.
:19:01. > :19:04.Mark looks back. 1961, and for Leicester in the blue
:19:05. > :19:15.tracksuits, a rare FA Cup final at Wembley. Leicester lost to Spurs,
:19:16. > :19:20.but still won a place in Europe. Suddenly he sees as his chance,
:19:21. > :19:25.goal! Playing in Europe at them was a novelty. Few prepared for it.
:19:26. > :19:31.Normally, they did not have a big scouting system like they do now.
:19:32. > :19:38.The media wasn't into Europe. In Madrid, pre-match publicity meant a
:19:39. > :19:45.player was needed for a bull fight. He said you are going to have a top
:19:46. > :19:51.at a door holding a cape, and you hold it and people will come
:19:52. > :19:59.through. Dash-macro a bowl. He looked straight at me. And then
:20:00. > :20:04.there was the Spanish crowd. When anything was going wrong, they threw
:20:05. > :20:09.Russians from the seats also all came flying down. Dash-macro
:20:10. > :20:15.cushions. It was a great experience really. Leicester lost 4-1 on
:20:16. > :20:22.aggregate. It was 36 years before they were back in Europe and drawn
:20:23. > :20:27.again against Atletico Madrid. They were quite aggressive, quite
:20:28. > :20:32.intimidating from memory. I think they tended to gather in pockets and
:20:33. > :20:37.groups and firecrackers were going, it was a hell of an atmosphere, a
:20:38. > :20:41.great experience. In Marshall gave Leicester the lead in Madrid, but
:20:42. > :20:46.two late goals put them behind after the first leg. We gave themselves a
:20:47. > :20:51.chance, that's the great thing. We have given ourselves may be more
:20:52. > :21:00.than a chance. Back home, the second leg was spoiled by poor refereeing,
:21:01. > :21:05.and Leicester went out, again 4-1. 20 years on, Matt Elliott is back in
:21:06. > :21:09.Madrid, hoping for revenge. If they do get the win and get through to
:21:10. > :21:16.the semifinals, it would be nice for us old players to have that feeling
:21:17. > :21:19.of revenge, I suppose. And so to 2017. Thousands of fans have headed
:21:20. > :21:27.out, hoping in Madrid it is third time lucky.
:21:28. > :21:34.Well, this could be the last ever Champions League gained at the old.
:21:35. > :21:40.They move next season. This is a very special and poignant match for
:21:41. > :21:43.Atletico Madrid fans. Of course so too for Leicester, but we are
:21:44. > :21:46.hearing reports that away from here in the main square that has been a
:21:47. > :21:55.couple of dozen injured tonight. There are simmering tensions and
:21:56. > :21:59.police with batons have charged one corner of the square. If we have
:22:00. > :22:01.more details, we will bring it to you on our late bulletin. Natalie,
:22:02. > :22:03.thank you. He's the latest young recruit
:22:04. > :22:08.to Leicestershire Police and, not only is he following in his mum's
:22:09. > :22:12.footsteps, he's also Ben Hill started his training this
:22:13. > :22:28.week and Jo Healey went It is a boyhood dream, I have always
:22:29. > :22:32.wanted to be a police officer ever since I was a kid. And this week,
:22:33. > :22:36.Ben's boyhood dream is coming true. Not only is he starting out as a new
:22:37. > :22:44.recruit, you will have the same collar number as his mum. So, PC
:22:45. > :22:47.4096, how does it feel to be wearing your mum's collar? Strange. It is
:22:48. > :22:52.strange because I have always known that as my mum's collar number, so
:22:53. > :22:58.to have it as mine, it is a really special moment. I am sure people are
:22:59. > :23:06.bored of me talking about it, but I am proud. He will make a great peace
:23:07. > :23:10.officer. He has got it in his DNA. It is fantastic. Sally joined the
:23:11. > :23:13.force in 1980 and served for more than 30 years. Today, she says there
:23:14. > :23:19.is much to celebrate. You have successfully completed in
:23:20. > :23:23.therapy. This is a poignant time, but also a proud one, isn't it?
:23:24. > :23:27.Absolutely. To get past the chemotherapy and the surgery, and
:23:28. > :23:32.feel a bit like it is a new beginning. And for Ben to finally
:23:33. > :23:37.get the job that he has worked so hard to get. And then to find he is
:23:38. > :23:43.doing it with my collar number, it feels right. All the hard work has
:23:44. > :23:46.paid off. He is one of 23 new recruits. PC 4096 is back on the
:23:47. > :23:59.beat. That is a lovely, lovely story.
:24:00. > :24:04.The weather, what can we say? It has been chilly today. Yes, a little bit
:24:05. > :24:08.chilly air, and that theme of sunshine and showers is continuing.
:24:09. > :24:12.This is the ominous skies over Melton Mowbray earlier today, and we
:24:13. > :24:15.have had some rain across the region, but also some blue skies in
:24:16. > :24:23.the mix is a feeling springlike with those April showers. That theme
:24:24. > :24:28.continues tomorrow, bright spells and isolated showers. Quite a messy
:24:29. > :24:32.weather picture. Today, that thicker cloud is moving down the country,
:24:33. > :24:37.starting too thin and break-up we go through this evening. Looking at the
:24:38. > :24:40.charts, it is a fight between low pressure to the north and high
:24:41. > :24:45.pressure to the south. These funds are moving in our direction towards
:24:46. > :24:49.Good Friday, so more rain on the way. Looking at the detail overnight
:24:50. > :24:53.tonight, we will slowly see that band of rain moved away to the
:24:54. > :25:00.south. Still a few isolated showers around behind it, and lows tonight
:25:01. > :25:04.of six Celsius. Under her skies in rural spots we may see some colder
:25:05. > :25:08.temperatures. Tomorrow, again some bright spells to begin with, but the
:25:09. > :25:12.cloud will increase over the course of the day, and then we will look at
:25:13. > :25:17.more showers across the region during the afternoon, with highs
:25:18. > :25:21.around 12 Celsius. Looking ahead towards the end of the week and the
:25:22. > :25:25.Easter weekend, high-pressure desperately trying to cling on, but
:25:26. > :25:29.more weather fronts coming in our direction, so we may see some more
:25:30. > :25:32.showers. Friday is a messy picture up with showers across the entire
:25:33. > :25:38.region, but also some brighter spells as well for the bad collar
:25:39. > :25:41.day, with highs of 12 Celsius. Dash-macro bank holiday. We stick
:25:42. > :25:44.with a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:25:45. > :25:53.Thank you. Briefly back to those problems in Madrid. The Spanish
:25:54. > :25:56.national police have issued a statement, saying, the disturbances
:25:57. > :26:00.have continued in the same manner as yesterday. Leicester fans have been
:26:01. > :26:04.involved in acts of vandalism and have been throwing bottles. Despite
:26:05. > :26:09.the pleas charging at farms, there have not been any arrests, although
:26:10. > :26:12.there were eight yesterday. Police have escorted the fans to the
:26:13. > :26:15.stadium. The commentary is on radio Leicester. Join us for the late news
:26:16. > :26:37.at 10:30pm. Goodbye. 'The UK has voted to leave
:26:38. > :26:45.the European Union by 52% to 48. 'Ukip leader Nigel Farage
:26:46. > :26:48.celebrated the result, 'declaring that dawn was breaking
:26:49. > :26:52.on an independent nation.' 'Prime Minister David Cameron
:26:53. > :26:57.is expected to resign 'The pound fell sharply as the
:26:58. > :27:08.referendum result became apparent, 'and traders are bracing themselves
:27:09. > :27:13.for panic when the markets open.' 'And England are confident
:27:14. > :27:17.of advancing to the next stage 'ahead of their upcoming European
:27:18. > :27:22.Championship game against Iceland.