:00:00. > :00:13.And Theresa May has said she will publish her
:00:14. > :00:22.A taxi driver from Leicester who told a man with a guide dog
:00:23. > :00:25.it was against his religion to let the animal in his car has been
:00:26. > :00:30.44-year-old Abandi Kassim, a Muslim, was filmed refusing to let the guide
:00:31. > :00:35.Kassim today admitted breaking the law by refusing
:00:36. > :00:40.He was fined ?470 at Leicester Magistrates' Court.
:00:41. > :01:12.The whole incident was filmed on a camera phone when it happened.
:01:13. > :01:14.Magistrates told Kassim he had a duty to carry the assistance dog
:01:15. > :01:17.when its owner Charles Bloch asked him to and he should have
:01:18. > :01:23.Only drivers with an approved medical exemption are allowed
:01:24. > :01:27.After the court case, our reporter, Simon Ward,
:01:28. > :01:43.What have you got to say? I apologise to him. I didn't get a
:01:44. > :01:51.chance to apologise to him. I didn't get a chance to tell him I wasn't
:01:52. > :01:56.trained because there was attacked. You said it was because of your
:01:57. > :02:00.Muslim religion. I was confused because I was scared of the dog. I
:02:01. > :02:04.didn't know the difference between a normal dog and a guide dog. But it's
:02:05. > :02:13.your duty as a taxi driver to comply with the law and to be aware of
:02:14. > :02:21.this. It was a mistake. I made a mistake but for me it was out of a
:02:22. > :02:24.lack of training. Parents are holding a protest
:02:25. > :02:27.outside Derby City Council house this lunchtime against the ongoing
:02:28. > :02:29.dispute between school support staff Teaching assistants have been
:02:30. > :02:34.striking in recent months over changes to their contracts,
:02:35. > :02:37.which has led to some losing Our reporter, Navtej Johal,
:02:38. > :02:51.has sent us this report. This dispute has been rumbling on
:02:52. > :02:57.fire over a year. But over the last few months will support staff have
:02:58. > :03:02.been showing their frustration by increasingly going on strike. The
:03:03. > :03:06.impact the strikes have had has been felt by parents and children. Many
:03:07. > :03:10.of them unexpected here later this afternoon to demand an end to the
:03:11. > :03:17.dispute. I've been speaking to one of them, Jemma Walker, whose son
:03:18. > :03:21.George has won syndrome and is has only attended four full days of
:03:22. > :03:25.school so far this month as a result of the strikes. Then we'll hear from
:03:26. > :03:32.the council about how it feels this issue can be resolved. Who could
:03:33. > :03:35.take a 25% pay cut? The focus now needs to be on the children and they
:03:36. > :03:44.need to resolve it one way or another. It is getting to a point
:03:45. > :03:48.where it isn't fair. It's not fair any more. It's been going on so long
:03:49. > :03:53.and the only way we're going to end this dispute it by calling of the
:03:54. > :03:59.strikes. Continuing industrial action is not the answer. The answer
:04:00. > :04:02.is to come back to the table and set down and talk to us to understand
:04:03. > :04:06.the financial constraints we are under as an authority and sit with
:04:07. > :04:11.us and work with us on a school by school basis to find a solution that
:04:12. > :04:15.works. We will have more on this story tonight at 6:30pm.
:04:16. > :04:17.A 90-year-old man has gone on trial accused of historical sex
:04:18. > :04:19.crimes at an approved school in Nottinghamshire.
:04:20. > :04:21.Dennis Young denies committing a string of offences
:04:22. > :04:24.against a boy he was teaching at Skegby Hall near Mansfield.
:04:25. > :04:26.Nottingham Crown Court's been told that it began
:04:27. > :04:29.almost sixty years ago, when the pupil was ten years old.
:04:30. > :04:39.The prosecution case is expected to unfold this afternoon.
:04:40. > :04:42.A mother has been speaking for the first time about the loss
:04:43. > :04:45.of her son, who was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend in
:04:46. > :04:49.Emma Jayne-Magson was jailed for life for murdering James Knight.
:04:50. > :04:51.Now, his mother, Trish, says she's determined that some good
:04:52. > :04:59.In the early hours of Easter Sunday last March neighbours
:05:00. > :05:02.on Sylvan Street in Leicester were woken by a drunken
:05:03. > :05:06.It ended with 26-year-old James Knight being stabbed
:05:07. > :05:10.His girlfriend, Emma Jane-Magson, claimed he'd been fighting
:05:11. > :05:13.with bouncers, but she murdered him with a steak knife and then over
:05:14. > :05:18.half an hour later calmly phoned the emergency services.
:05:19. > :05:20.My boyfriend is here and he is making weird noises.
:05:21. > :05:23.James, I've got the ambulance on the phone.
:05:24. > :05:26.Please just turn around so I know what's up with you.
:05:27. > :05:28.That call still haunts James' mother.
:05:29. > :05:32.They said in court that you can hear James' last breaths on that phone
:05:33. > :05:39.She doesn't mention that he's been stabbed.
:05:40. > :05:44.The paramedic says there will be a delay and she just says,
:05:45. > :05:50.It might take a while so I do apologise.
:05:51. > :05:59.Trish is determined that James, who had two young
:06:00. > :06:01.daughters from a previous relationship, isn't forgotten.
:06:02. > :06:04.She is in the Leicester anti-knife project and along with family
:06:05. > :06:06.and friends is helping put on a football tournament next
:06:07. > :06:10.month to raise money for a cause dear to them.
:06:11. > :06:15.We want to do something good in his name and we've gone
:06:16. > :06:22.James himself was born prematurely and was cared for by the unit.
:06:23. > :06:25.His mother says her son's death is like a dream she just
:06:26. > :06:29.wants to wake up from, but one that will never end.
:06:30. > :06:48.His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales,
:06:49. > :06:51.Prince Charles has been making various stops through the city
:06:52. > :06:54.and county and even found time for a spot of shopping.
:06:55. > :06:56.He will conclude his trip at the Mountsorrel Railway shortly.
:06:57. > :07:01.Alex Howick has a round-up of his morning so far.
:07:02. > :07:07.The glimpse for the Royal patron into how is charity is changing
:07:08. > :07:10.lives. His Royal Highness began his visit at the city of Leicester
:07:11. > :07:17.College to meet young people taking part in the Princes trust programmes
:07:18. > :07:21.helping them to get on in education. A little later accompanied by the
:07:22. > :07:27.city mayor and MP Liz Kendall Prince Charles came to West code library on
:07:28. > :07:31.another road. It was named the most multicultural street in the UK last
:07:32. > :07:34.year. There he was told how people use the library as a hub for the
:07:35. > :07:38.community and was presented with a hamper from shopkeepers along the
:07:39. > :07:42.street which houses 23 different nationalities. Finally Prince
:07:43. > :07:48.Charles will visit the restored Mount sorrow really in Heritage
:07:49. > :07:50.Centre after a morning meeting the children his charity has helped
:07:51. > :07:54.inspire. Time for the weather.
:07:55. > :08:12.Here's Charlie. Good afternoon. A pleasant afternoon
:08:13. > :08:17.as well and a good deal of blue sky and sunshine around. This area of
:08:18. > :08:20.cloud is slowly making its way from the South so as we go through the
:08:21. > :08:25.afternoon it will gradually start to cloud over. The further north and
:08:26. > :08:29.west you are the longer you hang on to the blue sky. Temperatures
:08:30. > :08:35.getting up to around 6 degrees. That still feels chilly but this time
:08:36. > :08:38.tomorrow you will look back to those halcyon days of 6 degrees with
:08:39. > :08:43.fondness. First of all tonight, it will be cold. Not so much fog around
:08:44. > :08:50.the night but the temperatures really chilly. Add in the
:08:51. > :09:01.countryside possibly as low as minus four. Thursday a generally dry but
:09:02. > :09:05.cloudy day but a bitterly cold day. A chilly north-easterly wind so your
:09:06. > :09:11.temperatures are around freezing or one Celsius. This wind coming of the
:09:12. > :09:17.continent which is very cold at this time of year. As the daytime comes
:09:18. > :09:22.tomorrow it will feel -4 -5 so freezing cold day on Thursday and
:09:23. > :09:24.temperatures down at around -4 minus five.
:09:25. > :09:26.Join Anne and Dominic for East Midlands Today at 6.30pm.
:09:27. > :09:47.Should've seen Hillary's face. She was stood there with Bill.
:09:48. > :09:54.Because she's going to an event to celebrate
:09:55. > :10:01.a job that she didn't get and the person closest to her, to reassure
:10:02. > :10:04.her, to tell her it's going to be OK,
:10:05. > :10:06.is a person who's already had that job.
:10:07. > :10:10.Yeah. She must be thinking, "Where can I go?"