:00:11. > :00:13.Now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:14. > :00:18.First tonight, an estimated 400 school support workers in Derby have
:00:19. > :00:21.staged another noisy protest this evening as part of their
:00:22. > :00:23.long running dispute with Derby City Council.
:00:24. > :00:26.It follows a protest by parents at the city
:00:27. > :00:31.They say the strikes are damaging their children s education.
:00:32. > :00:34.The dispute between the council and its teaching assistants has gone
:00:35. > :00:37.on for more than a year, with some schools forced
:00:38. > :00:51.As the disputes between Derby City Council and school
:00:52. > :00:57.support staff took a noisier turn today as parents joined the debate.
:00:58. > :01:00.We really support the teaching assistants in what they are doing,
:01:01. > :01:03.but I think it's really important to also focus on the children, who
:01:04. > :01:08.They weren't going to stay outside the council house for their protest,
:01:09. > :01:12.which was also supported by teaching assistants.
:01:13. > :01:16.The parents are backing the TAs, many of whom have seen their pay cut
:01:17. > :01:22.by 25% due to changes to the terms and conditions of their contracts
:01:23. > :01:25.brought about by the equal pay review last year.
:01:26. > :01:28.But their main concern is their children's education,
:01:29. > :01:31.which they say is suffering because of the strikes.
:01:32. > :01:34.He doesn't know if he's coming or going.
:01:35. > :01:37.He's had so many days off I've lost count.
:01:38. > :01:42.We've had to take time off to look after him.
:01:43. > :01:45.It was clear who the protesters wanted to speak to -
:01:46. > :01:52.They may not have got the chance to speak to Ranjit Banwait,
:01:53. > :01:55.but ten parents were invited for a meeting with the cabinet
:01:56. > :01:59.member for jobs and employment, Councillor Lisa Eldret.
:02:00. > :02:04.Well, I just feel like we're going round in circles a little bit.
:02:05. > :02:07.They have agreed to meet us again in two weeks' time.
:02:08. > :02:19.Earlier today, our reporter Navtej Johal met with
:02:20. > :02:21.Councillor Lisa Eldret from Derby City Council.
:02:22. > :02:25.He started by asking her why the authority is holding out
:02:26. > :02:31.The reality is that these workers were being paid a full-time wage
:02:32. > :02:41.So, if we carry on with that situation, it could have wider
:02:42. > :02:44.implications for the authority in terms of other groups of workers
:02:45. > :02:49.The risk of that and the potential cost to the authority could be
:02:50. > :02:52.huge and, essentially, could bankrupt the authority.
:02:53. > :02:54.So we have to look at the bigger picture when we're
:02:55. > :02:57.We can't look at the teaching assistants in isolation.
:02:58. > :03:05.I don't want to underestimate the impact on that very small number
:03:06. > :03:07.of workers within schools, on that 40 who've
:03:08. > :03:12.We do recognise that impact, but that is why we have been working
:03:13. > :03:16.with schools to try and find a solution and that's why we've
:03:17. > :03:18.put a significant offer on the table to Unison,
:03:19. > :03:24.?1.1 million, to mitigate that loss and reduce that impact.
:03:25. > :03:26.What will it take to bring an end to this dispute?
:03:27. > :03:29.The only way we can end this dispute is by Unison
:03:30. > :03:33.Continuing industrial action is not going to resolve this dispute.
:03:34. > :03:40.Next tonight, the Prince of Wales received a very warm welcome
:03:41. > :03:45.He met teenagers, army cadets, and dropped in on one
:03:46. > :03:49.of our latest heritage railways at Mountsorrel in Leicestershire.
:03:50. > :03:52.But, as James Roberson reports, he also went on walkabout in one
:03:53. > :03:55.of Britain's most multi-cultural streets, the busy
:03:56. > :04:04.I've just graduated and I've just seen Prince Charles!
:04:05. > :04:07.I'm so happy that I'm part of Great Britain,
:04:08. > :04:13.Because you feel as if they are part of our family.
:04:14. > :04:16.And one of the family took a stroll today down their street.
:04:17. > :04:29.He's got a very good sense of humour.
:04:30. > :04:35.I adore Her Majesty and, obviously, the Royal family, as well.
:04:36. > :04:37.The girls made this cake and decorated it in front
:04:38. > :04:42.He said to the girls, "You're a genius".
:04:43. > :04:43.Earlier, he'd been at Leicester College,
:04:44. > :04:46.where it was all about the teenagers at the heart of the charities
:04:47. > :04:49.he set up for them through the Prince's Trust.
:04:50. > :04:52.Next stop, a lesson in work being done by the army to strengthen
:04:53. > :04:56.relationships with minority and faith groups.
:04:57. > :05:00.Back at this Narborough Road hairdressers, started
:05:01. > :05:03.through the Prince's Trust, surprise to meet the founder.
:05:04. > :05:08.Even the chances of winning the lottery are similar.
:05:09. > :05:17.To an enthusiastic welcome, Prince Charles arrived
:05:18. > :05:20.chauffeur-driven at the Mountsorrel halt on the little one and a quarter
:05:21. > :05:26.But, for once, the Prince was about to turn chauffeur himself.
:05:27. > :05:29.He took the controls on the short trip from Mountsorrel to see
:05:30. > :05:31.the hundreds more are assembled at Nunkley Hill.
:05:32. > :05:35.And I think His Royal Highness really enjoyed it, as well.
:05:36. > :05:37.Particularly on the steam train because he actually got
:05:38. > :05:41.He could pull off the regulator and away we went.
:05:42. > :05:43.And I think the volunteers are just absolutely made up.
:05:44. > :05:46.It really is a sort of, you know, the best thank
:05:47. > :05:49.you for all their hard work that they could have had.
:05:50. > :05:52.The Prince not only met local children, but more of the 120
:05:53. > :05:54.volunteers who worked for ten years to restore the line,
:05:55. > :06:00.build the stations and car parks, and the heritage centre
:06:01. > :06:04.The Prince signed the visitors' book, then unveiled a plaque.
:06:05. > :06:16.Next tonight, our sports editor, Natalie Jackson, has gained
:06:17. > :06:18.an exclusive interview with the owner of Nottingham
:06:19. > :06:24.It's his first since the collapse of the planned takeover
:06:25. > :06:26.by an American consortium two weeks ago.
:06:27. > :06:30.That breakdown sparked a large protest amongst fans at the weekend.
:06:31. > :06:34.Tonight, Al Hasawi said he no longer wants to sell the club.
:06:35. > :06:38.He was speaking at his home in London's Mayfair.
:06:39. > :06:41.First of all, we heard the Americans would still
:06:42. > :06:57.Well, I cannot say why because there is a confidentiality between us.
:06:58. > :07:00.I cannot say anything about the deal.
:07:01. > :07:07.But you tried to sell the club twice in the last year.
:07:08. > :07:12.At the moment, I'm not going to sell the club right now.
:07:13. > :07:15.I would like to focus on the club and I would like to build
:07:16. > :07:18.a structure for this club and I would like to put
:07:19. > :07:23.I know you would tell me, or people will think that I am,
:07:24. > :07:27.sorry to say this, lying or just saying things, it's
:07:28. > :07:39.But I will let action talk better than words.
:07:40. > :07:43.By trying to sell the club, you have left the club as a shell.
:07:44. > :07:46.Hardly any people are working there at the moment,
:07:47. > :07:49.there is no chief executive, no chief scout.
:07:50. > :07:51.There is an interim manager at the moment.
:07:52. > :07:58.Why have you let the club get like this?
:07:59. > :08:01.I have told you, a year ago I was committed to a buyer
:08:02. > :08:04.Every time I was talking with the buyer, I don't
:08:05. > :08:07.want to say who they are, I was telling them the club
:08:08. > :08:11.You have been at the club four and half years,
:08:12. > :08:19.There are two dramatic sales which have fallen through.
:08:20. > :08:27.Will you sort out the situation at the club?
:08:28. > :08:31.With all respect to the managers of Forest, where are the managers now?
:08:32. > :08:35.Putting that aside, you are now near the relegation zone.
:08:36. > :08:39.You are now in trouble, you have no structure in the club.
:08:40. > :08:41.You have fans protesting in the car park.
:08:42. > :08:45.How are you going to win their trust?
:08:46. > :08:49.As I told you, there is no structure.
:08:50. > :08:58.Now I can tell them, and I promise them, that I will do
:08:59. > :09:01.the right thing for Nottingham Forest.
:09:02. > :09:04.I don't want them to say, oh, you are always talking like this
:09:05. > :09:09.It will happen and you will see action soon.
:09:10. > :09:12.Well, if you want to see more of what Forest's owner had to say,
:09:13. > :09:15.you can see the full version of Natalie's interview
:09:16. > :09:19.with Fawaz Al Hasawi on the BBC Nottingham Sport Facebook page.
:09:20. > :09:22.On the pitch tonight, Forest were playing away at Leeds.
:09:23. > :09:35.So, it's goodbye from me, but with your weather now, here's Lucy.
:09:36. > :09:46.Good evening. Today certainly didn't feel very warm, but tomorrow it will
:09:47. > :09:49.feel even cooler. Over to the east, high pressure is in charge having a
:09:50. > :09:56.battle with the low pressure to the West. That means cooler air is being
:09:57. > :10:00.drawn up on the continent, so it will be very cold moving through
:10:01. > :10:04.tonight. Plenty of cloud around. Most of us will stay dry but we
:10:05. > :10:09.could see an odd spot of drizzle and the odd flurry of snow. Temperatures
:10:10. > :10:14.falling to a low of about -2 tonight. There will be a widespread
:10:15. > :10:21.frost and patches of ice on untreated surfaces. I think most of
:10:22. > :10:25.us are looking at a cloudy day tomorrow, with some hill fog around.
:10:26. > :10:30.The temperature is not up to much with a maximum of one Celsius. It
:10:31. > :10:35.will feel colder when we add in the south-easterly breeze, we are
:10:36. > :10:38.looking at more like minus five Celsius, so a really cool day
:10:39. > :10:42.tomorrow with plenty of cloud around. Just the chance of seeing an
:10:43. > :10:49.odd spot of drizzle. Moving into Friday, the wind direction will
:10:50. > :10:53.shift slightly, it will become more southerly, and that will make a
:10:54. > :10:58.difference with more brightness, but turning increasingly cloudy and the
:10:59. > :10:59.chance of some rain. You can see the temperature is recovering as we
:11:00. > :11:07.take a look at the Outlook towards the weekend.
:11:08. > :11:12.Good evening. If you think it was cold today, for many it will be
:11:13. > :11:16.colder still tomorrow. Cold even when we have the sunshine today.
:11:17. > :11:19.This was one of the wonderful weather watcher pictures we had sent
:11:20. > :11:25.in from Cornwall. It contrasts with a cloudy and foggy eastern half of
:11:26. > :11:29.the country, and a bank of cloud. Still foggy, but it is starting to
:11:30. > :11:33.lift. It is being pushed north and west, this bank of cloud. That will
:11:34. > :11:37.continue through the night. We will still have some fog sitting on the
:11:38. > :11:42.hills. Even with the cloud, it will be a cold night, with temperatures
:11:43. > :11:43.away from the far north and west falling to