this has been a significant morning at nottingham crown court., police and also some of the family members of the victims were all going into the courtroom. a few minutes later as proceedings began, valdo calocane came into the dock and at that point we learnt of the significance of what was happening. valdo calocane responded to each of the six counts with which he is charged, so he is charged of three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. 0n those three counts of murder he pleaded not guilty and they were of the murders of barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kuma, the two students at the university of nottingham, and also ian coates. he also at that point said that he was pleading guilty to manslaughter. that is not the charge that he has been charged with. he also went on to plead guilty to three counts of attempted murder. at that point we heard more from his defence barrister and from prosecution. there is some way still to go in terms of finding out what comes next in this process. there are reports that are still due to come to

coates, who was 65, died after being stabbed. 0ur midlands correspondent navtej johal is at nottingham crown court a significant moment in this case. adam mendez appeared in the dock here at nottingham crown court, flanked by officers. he pleaded not guilty to the murders of the students, grace 0'malley—kumar and barnaby webber, who were both 19, and a school caretaker, ian coates, who were 65. however, he did enter a guilty plea for their manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, which is a really key detail. he also entered a really key detail. he also entered a guilty plea for the attempted murders of three pedestrians who on the same day were hit by a van which he is alleged to have stolen from mr coates. the hearing may havejust lasted 15 minutes or so, but it was very important. in the court room i saw mr coates' three sons, the parents of grace 0'malley—kumar, whilst barnaby webber�*s family appear to be following proceedings via video link. you might remember this incident injune in nottingham caused a huge shock across the city. there were thousands of people who attended

no, this hearing here at nottingham crown court may have lasted just 15 minutes or so, but it was ane. mr calocane appeared in this case. mr calocane appeared in a dark suit flanked by a group of officers, while the public gallery were sacked. the family of ian coates and grace 0'malley—kumar, while the family of barnaby webber were following via a video link. the prosecution has said it will need further time to consider whether calocane's pleas are acceptable or not. in this case has now been adjourned untiljanuary. —— and this case. navtej johal. the former chair of the retailer wilko, which collapsed last august, thank you. has said she is "devestated" for letting down the 12,000 people who lost theirjobs when the company went bust. lisa wilkinson, who is also the grandaughter of the founder, said the economic unrest after last year's mini—budget by former prime minister liz truss was one reason wilko collpased. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. they used to work at wilko. today, they came to westminster for answers and an apology. i they came to westminster for an