:00:13. > :00:14.And now the news for the East Midlands.
:00:15. > :00:19.Could a widely-used exercise test be leading patients
:00:20. > :00:24.A team at the University of Leicester believes
:00:25. > :00:30.the internationally accepted "bike test" is in fact highly inaccurate.
:00:31. > :00:32.They think large numbers of patients might have gone under
:00:33. > :00:39.Our health correspondent Rob Sissons has this report into their work.
:00:40. > :00:42.Professor Gerry McCann is a cardiologist.
:00:43. > :00:44.His latest research at the University of Leicester
:00:45. > :00:48.is into an internationally recognised bike test and it suggests
:00:49. > :00:51.it's not reliable when it comes to selecting patients
:00:52. > :01:09.doctors and patients in a dilemma on how to best manage these people and
:01:10. > :01:12.there is a fine balance between sending someone to surgery too early
:01:13. > :01:14.or unnecessarily. It's looking at lung function
:01:15. > :01:18.and heart function while we're The concern is that breathlessness
:01:19. > :01:25.in patients may be down to the fact they don't exercise much,
:01:26. > :01:29.so thousands of operations may be done too early, putting patients
:01:30. > :01:37.at risk of complications. The beauty of this test
:01:38. > :01:42.is it takes a few minutes and you get instant results,
:01:43. > :01:44.so it's hardly surprising that it's popular among
:01:45. > :01:48.the medical fraternity. So these findings are controversial
:01:49. > :01:51.and cry out for more research. Across the UK around 10,000
:01:52. > :01:54.aortic valve replacements The typical cost is ?15,000
:01:55. > :02:00.per patient and patients usually stay in hospital for seven
:02:01. > :02:04.to ten days. Postponing surgery could save
:02:05. > :02:18.the NHS millions of pounds a year. There aren't those people who really
:02:19. > :02:20.do believe the bike test is good and our results certainly question that.
:02:21. > :02:22.The National Institute for Health Research
:02:23. > :02:26.The hope at Glenfield is now to take it on.
:02:27. > :02:30.Next, an inquest into the death of a seven-year-old girl has heard
:02:31. > :02:33.that two teachers rewrote a safeguarding document
:02:34. > :02:40.Seven-year-old Shanay Walker died from a brain haemorrhage
:02:41. > :02:43.Her aunt and grandmother are serving prison sentences for cruelty.
:02:44. > :02:50.Seven-year-old Shanay Walker had more than 50 injuries when she died.
:02:51. > :02:54.Her aunt and grandmother were jailed for cruelty.
:02:55. > :02:58.The inquest into her death is now into its third week.
:02:59. > :03:00.The director of education in Nottingham, Sarah Fielding,
:03:01. > :03:04.She was answering questions about the headteacher
:03:05. > :03:07.of Southglade Primary School, Peter Smalley, and
:03:08. > :03:13.The inquest heard they had recreated a safeguarding document
:03:14. > :03:20.It had gone missing but was recreated soon after her death.
:03:21. > :03:23.The inquest heard they rewrote it on a day that the original teacher
:03:24. > :03:26.who wrote the document was not in school.
:03:27. > :03:29.Six members of staff later came forward to speak to a doctor
:03:30. > :03:32.who was supporting the school after Shanay's death.
:03:33. > :03:37.They felt their concerns for Shanay had not been taken seriously enough.
:03:38. > :03:39.The director of education, Sarah Fielding, was asked
:03:40. > :03:41.by the coroner how she felt now
:03:42. > :03:43.about that recreated safeguarding form.
:03:44. > :03:48.She said it was unacceptable and weak leadership by the headteacher.
:03:49. > :03:51.The coroner asked if she had confidence in the headteacher
:03:52. > :03:56.Later in the inquest, Mrs Fielding said decisions about the school
:03:57. > :03:59.were being revisited and the findings will be
:04:00. > :04:03.The inquest heard it's for school governors to take action
:04:04. > :04:06.against staff if needed, but local authorities can appoint
:04:07. > :04:11.new governors or impose a new executive board at a school.
:04:12. > :04:14.The director of education said they had decided not to use
:04:15. > :04:23.A former Nottinghamshire social worker has been
:04:24. > :04:26.giving evidence today, in the long-awaited independent
:04:27. > :04:32.Margaret Humphreys uncovered widespread mistreatment of British
:04:33. > :04:35.children sent to Australia, and says horrific stories
:04:36. > :04:39.It's just the first phase of the inquiry
:04:40. > :04:42.led by Professor Alexis Jay, which is expected to
:04:43. > :04:47.Ken Clarke has become the longest-serving Member
:04:48. > :04:51.of Parliament, following the death at 86 of Gerald Kaufman.
:04:52. > :04:55.The Rushcliffe MP and former Chancellor became an MP in 1970,
:04:56. > :04:58.and at 76 he now becomes what is known as
:04:59. > :05:02.He's already said, though, that he's stepping down
:05:03. > :05:07.There's been an intense focus on Leicester City's match tonight
:05:08. > :05:10.after the sacking of Claudio Ranieri.
:05:11. > :05:13.We're going live there in just a moment - but first,
:05:14. > :05:16.fans were out on the street tonight to show their support for him.
:05:17. > :05:19.This evening's march was organised by an eleven-year-old.
:05:20. > :05:29.If Claudio Ranieri had any doubts about his status in Leicester,
:05:30. > :05:33.this march was designed to put his mind at rest.
:05:34. > :05:37.Kick-started by 11-year-old Jack Stephens, a Foxes fan who felt
:05:38. > :05:41.he had to celebrate the man who helped make his team champions.
:05:42. > :05:45.I want to say thank you to Ranieri for all the joy and all the great
:05:46. > :05:47.football we saw and all the records we've been breaking,
:05:48. > :05:50.all the front papers and us winning the league.
:05:51. > :05:53.One minute we're at home upset and the next minute we're getting
:05:54. > :05:58.texts and Facebook messages saying that's a good idea and now we're
:05:59. > :06:10.Fans gathered at the clock tower and gradually made their way
:06:11. > :06:19.Despite the sadness around Ranieri's departure,
:06:20. > :06:22.it seems certain these fans will be singing his praises
:06:23. > :06:35.Leicester City were playing Liverpool tonight.
:06:36. > :06:37.There are highlights coming up in Match of the Day straight
:06:38. > :06:40.after this bulletin, so if you don't want to know
:06:41. > :06:44.the result, please look away for the next minute.
:06:45. > :06:59.He's at the King Power for us tonight. Good evening. What
:07:00. > :07:05.Leicester City fans got here was a performance the likes of which they
:07:06. > :07:08.haven't seen in a long time, a 3-1 victory over Liverpool and fully
:07:09. > :07:14.merited after those traumatic few days when the club's site owners
:07:15. > :07:16.finally lost patience and sacked their popular title winning manager.
:07:17. > :07:19.After the decision that had provoked such outrage, the chairman came
:07:20. > :07:23.The answer was vindication, Danny Drinkwater scoring the second
:07:24. > :07:24.of Leicester's three, the kind of quality
:07:25. > :07:27.The reward for a performance of passion and drive,
:07:28. > :07:30.the team fully supported from the stands as well, so had Ranieri
:07:31. > :07:38.On 65 minutes, amid a sea of lights, his name rang out again
:07:39. > :07:50.Here, the Italian will always be a legend.
:07:51. > :07:57.If Claudio was watching you couldn't blame him for pouring himself a big
:07:58. > :08:02.glass of Chianti because what happened here looked like player
:08:03. > :08:07.power in action. A mix of emotions, joined at the result that some upset
:08:08. > :08:12.that the players waited until now to deliver a result like this. One
:08:13. > :08:17.result does not a season make that this is a huge signal that for
:08:18. > :08:20.whatever reason, Leicester City are back. Highlights are coming up on
:08:21. > :08:21.Match of the Day. Tributes continue to be paid
:08:22. > :08:23.to the BBC Radio Derby presenter Andy Potter,
:08:24. > :08:25.who died yesterday, only a month Andy, who was 55, worked
:08:26. > :08:30.at Radio Derby for nearly 20 years. His family have paid
:08:31. > :08:31.their own tribute, praising the "tremendous courage"
:08:32. > :08:34.with which he fought his illness. The station has now opened a book
:08:35. > :08:37.of condolence so listeners can leave their own memories
:08:38. > :08:40.of the popular broadcaster, who had Thank you to the people for texting
:08:41. > :08:46.and messaging and getting in touch and all those sorts of things,
:08:47. > :08:49.thanks to all the people that have been producers that have helped me
:08:50. > :08:52.all the time and for giving me the opportunity, a
:08:53. > :08:56.Derby lad on a Derby radio station. I wanted to leave
:08:57. > :08:59.a mark and hopefully So, it's goodbye from me,
:09:00. > :09:16.but here s your weather now. For the weather for the week ahead
:09:17. > :09:21.we have some lively weather on the way, quite chilly at times, we may
:09:22. > :09:28.see some wintriness to those blustery showers on the way but not
:09:29. > :09:33.a complete wash-out, we expect some sunshine but chilly mornings and we
:09:34. > :09:37.have a yellow warning in force for ice, especially across Derbyshire
:09:38. > :09:44.and Nottinghamshire, so take on untreated routes. Overnight the
:09:45. > :09:47.night, some wintriness over higher ground, patchy showers working
:09:48. > :09:53.across the region and boast a night of 0 Celsius, then tomorrow morning
:09:54. > :09:58.once those showers fizzle out who will have some brightness and
:09:59. > :10:04.sunshine before more rain comes in during the afternoon, highs around 8
:10:05. > :10:08.degrees. Tomorrow evening and night we expect more patchy showers to
:10:09. > :10:13.drift across the region, some clearer spells and lows around 2
:10:14. > :10:18.degrees so we still expect an ice risk tomorrow night. Stay tuned to
:10:19. > :10:22.the forecast to see how that developers. On whether state some
:10:23. > :10:27.brighter spells first thing that then that cloud increases with rain
:10:28. > :10:33.and char was pushing in from the south, highs around 8 degrees. As we
:10:34. > :10:38.look ahead to the second half of the week we still have low pressure
:10:39. > :10:42.spiralling around the UK, some of those isobars tightly packed
:10:43. > :10:47.together so we expect some blustery weather to go with those charmers,
:10:48. > :10:51.then for Thursday some brightness, this time to the south of the region
:10:52. > :10:56.with this band of rent creeping south during the day, highs of 10
:10:57. > :10:59.degrees, then on Friday more showers under way but highs of eight
:11:00. > :11:03.Celsius. I'll John Hammond has the weather for the
:11:04. > :11:15.rest of the country. According to one man-made
:11:16. > :11:19.definition, spring begins in a couple of days, but in reality
:11:20. > :11:26.weather does it own thing at its own pace. This was taken in Midlothian,
:11:27. > :11:31.a funny old day, some lovely rainbows, downpours, burst of
:11:32. > :11:35.sunshine, and out of the breeze it felt a little bit springlike. At the
:11:36. > :11:40.moment we have clusters of cloud crossing the country, generating
:11:41. > :11:43.wintry showers, clearer gaps in between allowing sunshine by day,
:11:44. > :11:49.but overnight that means dropping temperatures, already a frost in
:11:50. > :11:52.some places. Further wintry showers particularly out West, one or two
:11:53. > :11:57.making it further east, with some ice around first thing in the
:11:58. > :12:01.morning, temperatures falling away, close to freezing or just above in
:12:02. > :12:04.the larger towns and cities. There will be frost particularly through
:12:05. > :12:05.parts of Scotland first thing in the