:00:10. > :00:13.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:14. > :00:16.First tonight, a supermarket cashier has gone on trial accused
:00:17. > :00:19.of preparing to fight for a terrorist group.
:00:20. > :00:23.Ryan Counsell's a Muslim convert who worked on the tills at an ASDA
:00:24. > :00:29.The jury heard that he booked flights, bought military
:00:30. > :00:36.equipment and downloaded an Al-Qaeda bomb-making guide.
:00:37. > :00:38.Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, has been
:00:39. > :00:40.following the case at Woolwich Crown Court.
:00:41. > :00:42.Earlier, he told me about the charges Counsell is facing.
:00:43. > :00:45.We heard today that he was in the advanced stages of planning to
:00:46. > :00:48.travel out to the Philippines to join and to fight for a terrorist
:00:49. > :00:51.group who have pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
:00:52. > :00:55.The prosecution said Ryan Counsell had
:00:56. > :00:58.searched online for cheap flights from Nottingham.
:00:59. > :01:01.He'd eventually booked a ticket from Heathrow and
:01:02. > :01:06.was due to fly out only two days after his arrest last July.
:01:07. > :01:10.He's 28 years old, as we've heard
:01:11. > :01:14.He is married with a young child and he worked
:01:15. > :01:18.here on the tills at ASDA in Hyson Green
:01:19. > :01:21.in Nottingham and lived just a few streets away
:01:22. > :01:23.from there and when the police raided his home we heard
:01:24. > :01:26.they found a mass of extremist material,
:01:27. > :01:29.including Islamic State beheading videos
:01:30. > :01:32.and an Al-Qaeda article headed Make A Bomb In The Kitchen
:01:33. > :01:38.They also found military equipment and clothing designed to
:01:39. > :01:41.protect against shrapnel from explosions and some of that was
:01:42. > :01:45.found in his child's bedroom, packed into a suitcase.
:01:46. > :01:50.Ryan Counsell told the police that he was travelling out to the
:01:51. > :01:53.Philippines but that was for aid work.
:01:54. > :01:57.As for those extremist documents and videos, he said that
:01:58. > :02:01.was for academic research, designed to help him counter extremism.
:02:02. > :02:04.As for the military equipment, he said that was
:02:05. > :02:08.for a game called Airsoft, that is similar to paintball,
:02:09. > :02:14.and he has denied for separate terrorism charges.
:02:15. > :02:16.An operation which saw armed police patrolling
:02:17. > :02:19.parts of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
:02:20. > :02:24.It was in response to the terror attack on a Christmas market
:02:25. > :02:30.in Berlin, which left 12 people dead.
:02:31. > :02:34.The patrols here concentrated on crowded and busy spaces,
:02:35. > :02:37.such as shopping centres and sports venues and lasted for two weeks.
:02:38. > :02:41.Senior police officers say they can't rule out further
:02:42. > :02:46.An investigation's started following the discovery of
:02:47. > :02:52.The grey mare was found last night by a woman walking her dog
:02:53. > :02:55.near Watchwood car park off Gravelly Hollow in Calverton.
:02:56. > :02:59.The RSPCA says it appears to have been dumped by someone and it's
:03:00. > :03:03.appealing for the public's help to trace the owner.
:03:04. > :03:09.A local charity is offering a ?2,000 reward for information.
:03:10. > :03:12.Leicester's oldest-surviving department store is to close
:03:13. > :03:19.Fenwick's has been in business on the corner of Beever Street
:03:20. > :03:25.Its owners are blaming a shift in customers' loyalties and online
:03:26. > :03:34.A Leicester shopping institution, priding itself
:03:35. > :03:39.on quality and reliability for over a century.
:03:40. > :03:43.Built in 1880 as the store Joseph Johnson Co,
:03:44. > :03:49.Today came the announcement it could close as soon as March, a sad day
:03:50. > :03:56.Over the years, you know, we have grown to
:03:57. > :04:01.love Leicester, and the people of Leicester, and the people who work
:04:02. > :04:04.for us, who are all really dedicated.
:04:05. > :04:11.This is one of 11 stores in a nationwide chain
:04:12. > :04:16.They were given the bad news this morning,
:04:17. > :04:20.news that for some could end a career spanning decades.
:04:21. > :04:22.I have been store director for 20 years and many
:04:23. > :04:26.members of staff have been a lot longer than 20 years.
:04:27. > :04:32.We have tried our hardest, it's such a sad day.
:04:33. > :04:34.The closure's being blamed on the rise
:04:35. > :04:37.of online shopping, and a fall in customers, diverted,
:04:38. > :04:39.say those in charge here, to places served
:04:40. > :04:45.Once, this was a thriving retail area
:04:46. > :04:52.Now customers are heading to different
:04:53. > :04:55.centres like Highcross and Fosse Park on the outskirts of the city.
:04:56. > :04:58.The City Council, meanwhile, says the area is seeing
:04:59. > :05:03.It's confident new uses will be found for the building and the area
:05:04. > :05:08.It is, of course, not the first big high-street casualty,
:05:09. > :05:13.leaving customers feeling a sense of loss again.
:05:14. > :05:15.Sorry to see another big player in the middle go.
:05:16. > :05:18.I think it is a great shame, it is a lovely building as well.
:05:19. > :05:20.You don't expect someone like that to
:05:21. > :05:24.The group is now changing the way it does business
:05:25. > :05:27.and about to provide a new online offering,
:05:28. > :05:36.allowing Leicester shoppers to contine shopping.
:05:37. > :05:39.A campaign's underway to honour munition workers
:05:40. > :05:41.from World War One and Two - including those who
:05:42. > :05:46.Staff at the Nottingham factory were amongst those known
:05:47. > :05:50.as the Canary Girls because of the way toxic chemicals
:05:51. > :05:56.Nearly 140 were killed in an explosion there in 1918
:05:57. > :06:02.The campaign is being led by Conservative MP Bill Wiggin,
:06:03. > :06:06.who wants a special veteran's medal created to honour
:06:07. > :06:12.The chairman of the Derbyshire-based firm Sports Direct has survived
:06:13. > :06:16.a second vote by shareholders over his future.
:06:17. > :06:19.It follows a meeting last year at which there were calls
:06:20. > :06:21.for Keith Hellawell to stand down following revelations about
:06:22. > :06:27.Despite more than half of independent shareholders
:06:28. > :06:32.voting against him today, he managed to secure 81%
:06:33. > :06:34.of the overall vote to keep his position,
:06:35. > :06:37.thanks largely to owner Mike Ashley's backing.
:06:38. > :06:40.Shareholders have been expressing their disappointment.
:06:41. > :06:44.It's very unusual to see this level of voting against any individual
:06:45. > :06:48.director and I think it is time that the company really listened
:06:49. > :06:51.to what its shareholders are saying and realise, yes,
:06:52. > :06:55.Mike Ashley is the entrepreneur behind this brand but there
:06:56. > :06:57.are other shareholders with a voice
:06:58. > :07:01.and an opinion and who are very concerned.
:07:02. > :07:04.Next, the challenges facing businesses as Britain prepares
:07:05. > :07:09.to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union.
:07:10. > :07:11.Companies which export their goods will be keeping a particularly close
:07:12. > :07:15.With that in mind, our political reporter, Peter Saull,
:07:16. > :07:21.spent the day at a small car-maker in Nottinghamshire.
:07:22. > :07:24.Designed and built in the Nottinghamshire countryside,
:07:25. > :07:29.2016 saw record sales of new cars and this manufacturer is hoping
:07:30. > :07:37.Not many people have heard of us at the minute but the brand,
:07:38. > :07:44.We want to be seen and known world wide with some of the major
:07:45. > :07:50.All of these cars are manufactured right here in Ollerton
:07:51. > :07:53.and sent all over the world, so what potential problems
:07:54. > :08:01.Will it be a comfortable ride for businesses like these?
:08:02. > :08:06.The referendum divided the two directors here.
:08:07. > :08:12.Our exports are up which are really keen about,
:08:13. > :08:17.We really are showing concerns now about what will happen in Europe
:08:18. > :08:21.in the next couple of years and I think that this is the time
:08:22. > :08:23.that the government has to tell us what is going to happen.
:08:24. > :08:27.Today a chance to put those concerns to the local MP who is also
:08:28. > :08:32.What we can't do is scupper our negotiating hand so the government
:08:33. > :08:34.has to go and get the best deal it possibly can
:08:35. > :08:37.and at that point then, you know, we can then
:08:38. > :08:39.go and trade not only with our European
:08:40. > :08:41.colleagues hopefully but colleagues all over the world
:08:42. > :08:44.so it is about getting the best deal for these companies and we can't do
:08:45. > :08:47.that by announcing what we're trying to achieve before we go
:08:48. > :08:52.In less than three months' time Britain will embark on the most
:08:53. > :08:58.complex negotiations in living memory.
:08:59. > :09:02.The chequered flag will be waved on our membership of the EU but even
:09:03. > :09:06.the Prime Minister admits there will be bumps on the road.
:09:07. > :09:09.And an artist from Nottingham has turned his hobby
:09:10. > :09:14.into a full-time job - building bespoke Scalextric models.
:09:15. > :09:16.Tom Hall has won commissions from customers demanding a range
:09:17. > :09:19.of scaled-down versions of famous motor racing circuits such
:09:20. > :09:25.Orders for his intricate toy tracks are flooding
:09:26. > :09:37.So, it's goodbye from me but, with your weather now, here's Lucy.
:09:38. > :09:45.We have got another cold and frosty night on the way. A little bit less
:09:46. > :09:50.cold than yesterday but still pretty cold. Today we saw plenty of wintry
:09:51. > :09:58.sunshine around and some lovely blue skies. We saw a lovely orange sunset
:09:59. > :10:02.in Rutland. Tomorrow, it looks like there will be a change with more
:10:03. > :10:10.cloud and outbreaks of rain and drizzle. The bigger picture RDs
:10:11. > :10:13.weather fronts coming across the Atlantic that will go towards the
:10:14. > :10:19.south-east and bring cloud and outbreaks of rain. That will leave a
:10:20. > :10:24.legacy of cloud through the weekend. This evening and overnight there
:10:25. > :10:27.will be widespread frost and some patches of freezing fog.
:10:28. > :10:35.Temperatures will fall just below freezing. Colder in the countryside.
:10:36. > :10:40.That weather front pages and from the north and that will bring more
:10:41. > :10:45.in the way of a breeze so any patches of frost and fog lifting
:10:46. > :10:53.quite quickly. Cloud and patchy rain around in the afternoon. By the time
:10:54. > :10:57.we get to the weekend, we have plenty of cloud around on Saturday.
:10:58. > :10:59.Temperatures slightly milder but it Temperatures slightly milder but it
:11:00. > :11:02.creeping up by a notch or two, 10, maybe nine Celsius. Here is Louise
:11:03. > :11:14.with the national picture. Won't it cold and frosty this
:11:15. > :11:20.morning? The coldest night of the winter so far in England. Down to
:11:21. > :11:22.minus 8 Celsius. But widely, the temperatures below freezing. Through