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