:00:11. > :00:14.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:15. > :00:19.First tonight, we can reveal that more than a million pounds has been
:00:20. > :00:21.paid to police informants in the East Midlands over
:00:22. > :00:27.The figures have been released to us under
:00:28. > :00:32.Some of that money has been paid to convicted criminals.
:00:33. > :00:34.But the police insist it's good value for money,
:00:35. > :00:37.and say it's helping to protect us from serious crime.
:00:38. > :00:41.Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
:00:42. > :00:44.It's a cloak and dagger world of secretive deals in the shadows,
:00:45. > :00:51.The police have a name for them - covert human intelligence sources -
:00:52. > :00:54.but for the criminals they are helping to convict, there
:00:55. > :01:01.They are paid by results for giving tip-offs about plans for drug deals
:01:02. > :01:05.or anything from weapons and stolen antiques to serious organised crime.
:01:06. > :01:08.Inevitably, they are often insiders who have been
:01:09. > :01:16.This Derby criminology lecturer used to be a police superintendent.
:01:17. > :01:20.He placed ads for police informants in newspapers and pubs.
:01:21. > :01:24.If someone says at a given time, date and place that a crime
:01:25. > :01:27.is going to occur or where stolen property is, the police can deal
:01:28. > :01:33.Alternatively, the taxpayer might have to fund a major
:01:34. > :01:36.surveillance operation, which could take weeks and months
:01:37. > :01:39.and run into several hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:01:40. > :01:41.So this is a very cost-effective, efficient way of dealing
:01:42. > :01:46.Now we know how much was paid to informants
:01:47. > :01:54.The Leicestershire force made payments of ?244,000.
:01:55. > :01:57.The highest figure was in Nottinghamshire,
:01:58. > :02:01.where the police spent ?670,000 on informants.
:02:02. > :02:05.It takes guns off the street, it gets drugs off the street
:02:06. > :02:09.and we must remember that informants do not get paid unless they provide
:02:10. > :02:15.We are talking about public money being used to pay criminals.
:02:16. > :02:19.People will be uncomfortable about that, aren't they?
:02:20. > :02:22.It is an uncomfortable area but if it is getting people locked
:02:23. > :02:26.up, I think that is the right thing to do and I think we need
:02:27. > :02:28.to be grown up about it. The information that the police
:02:29. > :02:35.gets, a lot of it, comes from criminals.
:02:36. > :02:37.The police need to protect their informants so they are not
:02:38. > :02:40.saying which crimes they've solved or even how many times
:02:41. > :02:44.But they are convinced those informants are
:02:45. > :02:51.The chairman of Toyota, which employs more than 3,000 people
:02:52. > :02:55.here in the East Midlands has warned the company must become
:02:56. > :02:58.more competitive once Britain leaves the EU.
:02:59. > :03:01.His comments were in response to the Prime Minister's speech
:03:02. > :03:04.yesterday outlining the Government's plans for Brexit.
:03:05. > :03:10.Toyota cars have been rolling off the production line
:03:11. > :03:14.at its plant in Burnaston, near Derby, since 1992.
:03:15. > :03:17.The Japanese firm employs 2,600 staff here and it builds one in ten
:03:18. > :03:24.While the company said today it remains supportive
:03:25. > :03:27.of its people and its operations, wherever they are, the chairman
:03:28. > :03:31.of Toyota issued a warning after the Prime Minister's speech
:03:32. > :03:35.yesterday about taking Britain out of the EU's single market.
:03:36. > :03:39.In an interview with the Financial Times,
:03:40. > :04:06.The UK car industry is heavily reliant on exports to Europe
:04:07. > :04:11.and so most exposed to any risks surrounding Brexit.
:04:12. > :04:15.There has been a lot of support over the years from Europe for a log
:04:16. > :04:19.There has been a lot of support over the years from Europe for a lot
:04:20. > :04:21.of our major industries, including Rolls-Royce,
:04:22. > :04:25.And I think the government still has some significant
:04:26. > :04:27.questions to answer as to how they are going to
:04:28. > :04:32.Responding to Toyota's comments, the Prime Minister's official
:04:33. > :04:35.spokesman today insisted the government had listened
:04:36. > :04:38.to their concerns and that the automotive sector was one
:04:39. > :04:42.They added, "We will be working very hard in the negotiating process
:04:43. > :04:44.to make sure they can remain as successful as they
:04:45. > :04:53.A Leicester woman, found dead yards from her home,
:04:54. > :04:56.has been described as a much-loved mother and daughter.
:04:57. > :04:59.46-year-old Kiran Daudia was reported missing earlier this
:05:00. > :05:02.week and her body was found in a suitcase in an
:05:03. > :05:07.Today her ex-husband Ashwin Daudia appeared in court
:05:08. > :05:12.Officers searching for a missing man from Leicestershire say
:05:13. > :05:18.David Noakes went missing on Tuesday morning and was last seen
:05:19. > :05:26.A body has now been found in water in Jubilee Park and although formal
:05:27. > :05:29.identification has not yet taken place, police say it's believed
:05:30. > :05:35.One of Britain's best-known lawyers is behind a new support group
:05:36. > :05:38.in Nottingham for families bereaved by suicide.
:05:39. > :05:41.Michael Mansfield QC represented the Guildford Four
:05:42. > :05:47.Away from the courtroom, though, he and his partner have been
:05:48. > :05:50.grieving the loss of his daughter, Anna, who took her own life.
:05:51. > :05:54.Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons has the details.
:05:55. > :05:59.Michael Mansfield QC, a colourful, confident, charismatic lawyer.
:06:00. > :06:03.His most difficult case however has been away from the courtroom.
:06:04. > :06:06.Making sense of the death of his daughter Anna.
:06:07. > :06:12.I do think about her most days of the week.
:06:13. > :06:16.In a sense I feel guilty about that because I think more of her now
:06:17. > :06:19.than when she was alive and, of course, in one sense that
:06:20. > :06:26.But it also means that it provides a stimulus for doing the initiative
:06:27. > :06:32.Michael and his partner Yvette have teamed up
:06:33. > :06:35.with the Nottingham Right Initiative.
:06:36. > :06:38.They want friends and family of those who have taken their own
:06:39. > :06:40.life to talk about it more. It is taboo.
:06:41. > :06:43.One of the things that we struggle with in society is speaking
:06:44. > :06:46.about the death and dying and what it means.
:06:47. > :06:49.The conditions and circumstances, the context that people face that
:06:50. > :06:55.They are planning monthly support meetings and a big event in March
:06:56. > :07:00.We do not know why exactly, because we cannot get
:07:01. > :07:07.She left notes saying that effectively, she thought she had
:07:08. > :07:10.failed her children. I mean, nobody agrees
:07:11. > :07:13.with that, but, you know, that is where she placed herself.
:07:14. > :07:16.The feedback we're getting from the SOS initiatives that we do
:07:17. > :07:18.is that people feel completely unburdened simply
:07:19. > :07:28.They want to end what they still believe is a stigma around suicide.
:07:29. > :07:31.A children's nursery with a somewhat controversial approach to playtime
:07:32. > :07:38.The children don't play with brightly-coloured,
:07:39. > :07:41.battery-operated toys. Instead, they're given everyday
:07:42. > :07:44.household objects to help them become more creative.
:07:45. > :07:50.For Rhys and Thomas, life is all about play.
:07:51. > :07:54.Except here at Love To Learn Nursery in Leicester, the toys
:07:55. > :08:00.We do not tend to have any plastic toys.
:08:01. > :08:04.You might find the small dinosaurs or little cars,
:08:05. > :08:06.but everything in this environment is an open-end resource
:08:07. > :08:09.and what that means is that the children
:08:10. > :08:12.use their imagination to play and learn.
:08:13. > :08:15.The nursery is based on the Reggio Emilia philosophy,
:08:16. > :08:17.developed after the Second World War.
:08:18. > :08:20.It focuses on giving children free rein to explore
:08:21. > :08:27.Here in Leicester, it is the first nursery of its kind
:08:28. > :08:30.and already 27 children have been enrolled.
:08:31. > :08:34.It seemed like a place more in keeping with his home life,
:08:35. > :08:37.we did not want things that were too different.
:08:38. > :08:39.Didn't want bright primary colours and stuff.
:08:40. > :08:42.I like the different way of learning, not
:08:43. > :08:46.having all plastic toys, where it makes his brain work more.
:08:47. > :08:50.The children play with pan lids, drainpipes and household objects.
:08:51. > :09:02.There are so many tests for children these days, so many targets.
:09:03. > :09:06.Let the children be little, let them learn and develop in their own pace,
:09:07. > :09:09.their own schematic learning style. e do all the learning
:09:10. > :09:16.embedded but through fun and through excitement.
:09:17. > :09:18.The nursery opened at the beginning of the year and spaces
:09:19. > :09:24.Sport now and the American tycoon who'd been hoping to take over
:09:25. > :09:27.Nottingham Forest says an improved offer has been turned down
:09:28. > :09:29.by the club's current owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi.
:09:30. > :09:32.John Jay Moores says he is still interested
:09:33. > :09:37.But that new offer was refused earlier this week.
:09:38. > :09:40.Today Fawaz Al-Hasawi said he's committed to the club and wants
:09:41. > :09:45.That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me -
:09:46. > :09:51.but with your weather now, here's Alex.
:09:52. > :09:58.It's been a grey and drizzly picture of the last few days, quite damp as
:09:59. > :10:02.well as lots of cloud around. That is just the start of it, but it does
:10:03. > :10:05.look like things. To brighten up a little over the next few days
:10:06. > :10:09.because high pressure has been pinning the cloud over the East
:10:10. > :10:13.Midlands and the conference steadily going north, taking the cloud with
:10:14. > :10:18.it. So we should see some brighter weather towards the end of the
:10:19. > :10:23.weekend. Tomorrow, we have got that cloud and tonight, the cloud moving
:10:24. > :10:30.northwards. Very cold when we get rid of the cloud, lots of minus one
:10:31. > :10:33.Celsius but under the cloud, more like five Celsius. Tomorrow,
:10:34. > :10:37.continue to see the cloud moving north, some writers bolster the
:10:38. > :10:44.south. In the cloud, we expect to see some drizzle in places. Highs of
:10:45. > :10:48.around six Celsius with a light easterly breeze. Looking ahead to
:10:49. > :10:51.Saturday, more of the same, quite a lot of cloud but also some brighter
:10:52. > :10:55.spells as well and don't be surprised if you see the sunshine.
:10:56. > :11:01.I'll leave you with a look at the outlook.
:11:02. > :11:04.looks as though we can, a bit more cloud on Sunday. Now the national
:11:05. > :11:13.picture. Good evening, it will gradually get
:11:14. > :11:16.colder in the UK in the next few days, something we don't have to
:11:17. > :11:20.worry about in Australia at this time of year. Of course it's the
:11:21. > :11:23.Australian tennis open at the moment and there's a big storm moving
:11:24. > :11:28.through Melbourne at the moment. Hopefully it will have cleared
:11:29. > :11:34.through by the time of Andy Murray's match. We have high withers and
:11:35. > :11:37.light winds and some interesting contrasts despite things being very
:11:38. > :11:40.slow moving, with the sunshine to the south of the weather zone but
:11:41. > :11:43.stuck underneath the weather zone, it's been another miserably grey
:11:44. > :11:47.day. No doubt quite dreary with some patches of drizzle. This is how it
:11:48. > :11:51.looked in Staffordshire, under the weather front. In the sunshine,
:11:52. > :11:56.despite the Frosty start, a sparkling day and a fantastic sunset
:11:57. > :12:00.here in the Isle of Wight. Some areas, in parts of Northern Ireland
:12:01. > :12:01.that haven't seen much sunshine this