0:00:00 > 0:00:14we are back with the late News at Ten - now on BBC One its time
0:00:14 > 0:00:18With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20First tonight, in what's being called a "tragic accident,"
0:00:20 > 0:00:23a British superbike rider has died after a crash during
0:00:23 > 0:00:25a race at Donington Park.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Friends of Mick Whalley, from Kent, have paid tribute to the him, and -
0:00:29 > 0:00:30as Jo Healey reports - an investigation into
0:00:30 > 0:00:34the cause is underway.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Mick Whalley, who's in his early 40s, was competing ahead of
0:00:36 > 0:00:41the British Superbike Championships when the crash happened.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Just completely devastating.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Mick was such a big hearted guy.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47A big loss of a life.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50If he wasn't at work he was out and about doing
0:00:50 > 0:00:53something fun and exciting, and just to hear that he is gone, it
0:00:53 > 0:00:55is just so shocking for everybody.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57The management here at Donington Park said
0:00:57 > 0:01:00it was a seven-bike crash.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04The race was stopped immediately.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Mr Whalley and other riders who were injured were treated
0:01:07 > 0:01:10track-side by the BSB medical team.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13He died later at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Leicestershire Police, along with staff here
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board, are
0:01:16 > 0:01:21investigating what happened.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23He has always been, well, what they would call
0:01:23 > 0:01:26a petrolhead I guess.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28It has always been motor bikes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31More recently he has got into the track racing.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And at the track today, a minute's silence from the crowd
0:01:35 > 0:01:44for the keen biker and father of two teenage boys.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Up to a dozen cars and several buildings have been destroyed
0:01:47 > 0:01:49in a fire in Leicester.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Firefighters were called to an industrial estate
0:01:51 > 0:01:53on Sunningdale Road in the early hours of this morning.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It's thought the fire spread from the buildings
0:01:55 > 0:01:58to the nearby cars.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00The East Midlands Fire Investigation dog, Dexter, has been
0:02:00 > 0:02:03helping as an investigation into the cause gets underway.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07The first trains to stop in Ilkeston in 50 years pulled into the town's
0:02:07 > 0:02:11new ?10 million station today.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Ilkeston was said to be one of the biggest towns in Britain
0:02:14 > 0:02:18with a passenger line running through it but no train station.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The new platforms and concourses are in the same position
0:02:22 > 0:02:25as the town's previous one, which closed in the '60s following
0:02:25 > 0:02:26the infamous Beeching Report.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29My dad was last stationmaster at Ilkeston Junction
0:02:29 > 0:02:32and Cossall station, so we are here today because it is
0:02:32 > 0:02:35a very significant day.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39For me it is going to be great, because I will use it to go
0:02:39 > 0:02:41to Manchester Airport and fly and see my relatives in America.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42I think it is great.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49I think it is really going to open up opportunities
0:02:49 > 0:02:50for people at Ilkeston.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53A special school in Leicestershire has become a centre of excellence
0:02:53 > 0:02:54for speech and language therapy.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Ashmount School in Loughborough caters for the needs
0:02:56 > 0:02:57of around 150 children.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59And as Victoria Hicks reports, it's sharing its expertise
0:02:59 > 0:03:00and best practice.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04# I spy with my little eye...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07A fun lesson at Ashmount School in Loughborough.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11These children have a wide range of needs.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Finding the right way to communicate with each one is essential
0:03:13 > 0:03:16for their learning and development.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Here at Ashmount we have classes with 12 students
0:03:18 > 0:03:21in and six support staff, and we break that down
0:03:21 > 0:03:24into smaller groups, so some of them might be
0:03:24 > 0:03:26using Makaton signing, some might be using symbols and some
0:03:26 > 0:03:29might be using objects just to meet that range of needs
0:03:29 > 0:03:31in the classroom.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Peekaboo.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I see you.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Let's play.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Georgia is playing a game by controlling the computer
0:03:39 > 0:03:40mouse with her eyes.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It is a way of using technology to develop communication.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It is this kind of expertise which Ashmount is now sharing
0:03:46 > 0:03:48as a teaching school.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51We are committed to upscaling professionals and supporting
0:03:51 > 0:03:54families and carers to make sure that no matter where a young person
0:03:54 > 0:03:57is educated, they are receiving the very best and the very latest
0:03:57 > 0:03:58interventions in terms of their speech, language
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and communication needs.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And here is the latest trophy in the cabinet -
0:04:05 > 0:04:06a national award for the Special Educational
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Needs School of the Year.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15No wonder the children here seem so happy.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18500 highly skilled and highly paid jobs are to be created in Leicester.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23They'll be at the new ?13 million space park, to be built on land next
0:04:23 > 0:04:25to the Space Centre in the city.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27More details have been emerging about the ambitious plans.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The University of Leicester is keen to carry on the city's long history
0:04:31 > 0:04:35of space innovation.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Putting vehicles into space, we've been putting instruments
0:04:37 > 0:04:40on satellites, instruments on things that have gone to Mars
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and elsewhere for over 50 years, so of course we have a huge
0:04:43 > 0:04:45expertise in the space industry and one we want
0:04:45 > 0:04:46to take advantage of.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49We want to grow this so that it is not just
0:04:49 > 0:04:51all about world-class research, which we are of course very proud
0:04:51 > 0:04:55about, but we want to turn it into a real innovation hub.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57And there's more on this in today's Sunday Politics
0:04:57 > 0:04:59for the East Midlands, on the BBC's iPlayer now.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Let's check on the weather now - Rebecca Wood has our forecast.
0:05:03 > 0:05:03Let's check on the weather now - Rebecca Wood has our forecast.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Good evening.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07We saw temperatures today getting up into the mid teens helped
0:05:07 > 0:05:08by all that sunshine.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10There was quite a lot of cloud around.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12We will keep that theme as we head through this week.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14But there will be plenty of sun.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The nights will be quite chilly though.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18For tonight it is going to be quite a cold night.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Along the coast we might get a little bit of cloud bubbling up
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and some mist and fog working its way in by the early
0:05:24 > 0:05:27hours tomorrow, but further inland we will see those skies clear
0:05:27 > 0:05:29and temperatures dipping down into single figures.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31For tomorrow it will be quite a chilly start, but fine, dry,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33some good spells of sunshine.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A little bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up through the day.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37But it is going to stay dry.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Our temperatures getting up to around about 15 Celsius,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41helped by those light winds as well.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43A very pleasant end to the day.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46A band of rain will work its way through as we head Monday night
0:05:46 > 0:05:49into Tuesday, but once that clears out of the way, high
0:05:49 > 0:05:50pressure returns.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Things staying nice and settled for the rest of the week.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56More from me and the team here at 10:20pm -
0:05:56 > 0:05:58love your company again then.