08/11/2017 East Midlands Today

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And now the news for

the East Midlands, I'm Sarah Teale.

Good afternoon.

A man's been arrested in Nottingham

in connection with the illegal

storage of waste at an industrial

unit that went up in flames.

The huge fire at Walesby

in Nottinghamshire smouldered

for more than a month and could be

seen for miles.

Other storage sites are also

being investigated.

Mike O'Sullivan reports.

Early-morning police officers and

the Environment Agency raided a

flat. They want to question a man

over the illegal storage of waste at

a business park at Walesby in

Nottinghamshire with thousands of

tonnes of waste went up in flames.

We are not sure what started the

fire but the operators are going to

be left with a massive bill. We have

been working with the operators to

secure appropriate waste disposal

for the Ashes and any remaining

waste. They lost both of their

buildings as well in that fire.

This

was the scene at the Oak farm in

Walesby. Mainly plastic waste on

fire. Not thought to be started

deliberately but it smouldered for a

month. They are getting the man

ready to be taken away to the police

station after being arrested and

they say inside they found 41

cannabis plants also. The

Environment Agency want to question

the man over lesser amounts of

illegally stored waste at an

industrial estate in certain

Bonnington in Nottinghamshire and at

a farm in Leicestershire. Raids were

carried out at two addresses in

rather in South Yorkshire. One

person is understood to be attending

a police station manned voluntarily.

Five men have gone on trial

in connection with the imprisonment

and death of a man found

in a Leicester car park.

The body of Promise Ndlovu

was found last October.

It's claimed he and a group

of men were involved

in a scam that went wrong.

Kuldeep Singh, and Kehar Hayer

are accused of manslaughter.

They, and three others

are also accused of false

imprisonment and perverting

the course of justice.

They deny the charges

at Nottingham Crown Court.

A man's been charged

in connection with the stabbing

of a 19-year-old man in Nottingham.

It happened in the Lenton

area last week.

The victim remains in a serious

condition in hospital.

22-year-old Lea Reece Anderson,

of Albert Grove, Nottingham

is charged with causing grevious

bodily harm with intent

and being in possession

of an offensive weapon.

An 18-year-old arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder

remains in police custody.

There are almost

2,500 homeless people

in the East Midlands.

That's according to

the housing charity Shelter.

It's used a number of sources

including official rough-sleeping

and temporary accommodation data

to produce the estimated figures.

The report comes as volunteers

in Leicester begin helping

rough-sleepers on the city's streets

as part of a week-long project.

We are going across the whole city

of Leicester trying to find every

rough sleep out there. We know some

of them are visible and sleep in the

middle of the city but a lot of them

are elsewhere. We want to engage

them, speak to them about what they

might want and how they can come off

the street and get information about

them.

A Syrian refugee has told

us she was overwhelmed

by the welcome from her

new neighbours in Nottinghamshire.

Manal Raweah's one

of around 400 Syrians

who've been resettled,

here in the East Midlands.

Our Social Affairs Correspondent,

Jeremy Ball, reports.

At their new home in Gedling,

musical reminder of a comfortable

life that were shattered by war.

Manal Raweah's passion is crochet

and she tries to improve her English

to improve her career as a hospital

life technician. She had to leave a

job because of deadly air strikes

around their apartment in their

Syrian city.

I was standing in the

kitchen and all the glass from the

window came over me. I told my

husband we have to leave because it

is very dangerous.

Their city became

a front line between rebel fighters

and Syrian government forces so they

headed for the Turkish border.

Leaving Syria meant becoming

refugees and when they applied the

resettlement, Britain invited them

here. This is the moment they

boarded the plane for a welcome in

Nottinghamshire that they'll never

forget.

My neighbour is very kind

and lovely. When we came to my house

the first time, she gave to me a

flower. The British people are

overwhelming us in kindness.

This

performance was for the charity

workers who helped them settle in

Nottingham, a small way to say thank

you.

Next this lunchtime:

you know it's the start

of the festive season

when the annual Christmas display

opens at Chatsworth House.

This year's theme is a Victorian,

Charles Dickens-style Christmas.

Our reporter Carol Hinds is there.

Carol, how is it looking?

Yes, it is. I am standing on the

grounds of Chatsworth House but this

morning I have been to the old

curiosity shop and it is part of

this year's theme. With me is Janet,

head housekeeper. Tell me about this

Dickensian Chrisman -- Christmas.

Everybody loves the old curiosity

shop and Scrooge coming good in the

Christmas Carol. We have decided

this is the year to try it out.

What

were the main challenges in

decorating the house?

The main thing

is getting everything in. We have

five days to install and have huge

Christmas trees. Some are 25 foot

tall. We have a rotating Christmas

tree, animations to set up, rigging,

scaffolding to build and all while

the visitors are visiting the house.

It is the running for longer.

Yes,

until the 7th of January. We need

extra in the watering cans.

I will

bring you more from behind the

scenes as the staff decking the

halls. Join me at 6:30pm this

evening.

50 years of BBC local radio has been

celebrated today in Leicester.

In 1967, the city became the first

to have its own radio station,

in what is now a network of 40 up

and down the country.

The anniversary was celebrated this

lunchtime by bellringers

at Leicester cathedral,

and is being followed by a party

for former editors.

It was all new. There was no book

written about how you did it. You

made it up and did it. Some of what

we did was pretty appalling but it

was locally appalling and some of

what we did was really very good and

inventive and lives on.

Time for the weather, here's Rich.

Gorgeous blue skies at Chatsworth

House. A change from yesterday.

Gorgeous blue skies at Chatsworth

House. A change from yesterday.

It looked lovely at Chatsworth

House. We had a bit of frost around

in some places but it has become a

gorgeous day. If we take a look at

the weather Watch pictures, we had

some beautiful sites sent him and it

has continued through this morning.

Gorgeous pictures have arrived in

and it will stay this way for much

of the day. Please send your

pictures in and we'll may show them

later on this afternoon. It is

shaping up to be pretty lovely. Not

much happening behind me because we

have lots of sunshine around. It

will be bright and dry and

temperatures around nine Celsius.

Not as warm as yesterday. The winds

are a little bit lighter. As we go

into this evening, we see cloud

moving in and it will thicken up

through the course of the night.

There is a chance that we will see

one or two patches of light rain in

places and a bit of drizzle. It is

slightly milder than last night.

Lows of four Celsius. Tomorrow is a

different picture. A gloomy start

with some rain around and it will

clear away and we should have some

brighter conditions and some

sunshine by the afternoon.

Temperatures around 12 Celsius.

That's all from us.

Anne and Dominic are back

with East Midlands Today at 6.30pm.

Until then have a great afternoon.

We leave you with a gorgeous shots

from Chatsworth House.