26/07/2011 East Midlands Today

This is East Midlands Today. Our top story - an eerie last

sighting of a murdered mum. Emerging from the darkness into the

road was -- was Caroline Coyne being pursued by her killer?

A new generation of elderly carers. Alf has been caring for half-a-

century. I know I have to do it because

there is nobody else. The royal wedding - bad for the UK

economy apparently. But for some, a gift.

Yes, we just need some princes and princesses now.

How trams transformed the corner of Welcome to Tuesday's programme.

First tonight, there has been a dramatic twist in the hunt for

Caroline -- the hunt for the killer of Caroline Coyne.

Nottinghamshire Police have released CCTV images which appear

to show her trying to flag down a bus yards from where her body was

found. The question is whether the mother

of two was desperately trying to escape her killer.

A young woman standing in the road, apparently to call a -- apparently

trying to call for hope -- for help. This at the last known sighting of

Caroline Coyne alive but what was she trying to do just after 1am on

Saturday morning? The 28-year-old had earlier left a family parter in

the town centre sometime after midnight. At 12:30PM officers say

that she was seen on Brick Hill Road before she was caught half-an-

hour later on the bus CCTV. By 8:45am, she was dead, a body

discovered on a garden path on four -- Thorneywood Mount. Police say

that the siting is significant, so close to Thorneywood Mount. What is

not clear is when exactly she died, why was her body left where it was

and why was she killed. We know that one of her trainer's

was missing, a size 3 whiten paint -- white and pink Nike trainer. If

anybody was in the area and they have seen it, picked it up, please

let us know. Caroline died from head injuries.

She leaves a partner and two young sons as well as a shocked community

which could hold some answers. A member of the public has told us

better at about 1 o'clock in the morning they heard shouting,

perhaps an argument. We want to know if Caroline was involved, was

it somebody else in the area at the time he may have seen her or

somebody fitting her description. Friends of Caroline and the police

say they still don't understand why she was in this area of the city

but they say there were plenty of buses, taxis and partygoers on the

streets at the time. They hope they can help them piece together the

details surrounding this young woman's death.

Nottinghamshire Police have issued an instant -- incident room number

for anybody who thinks they may have information.

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Lee Westwood drops in to let the next generation of golfers know

what drives him. Next tonight, the new generation of

pensioners going into retirement caring for a loved one. New figures

released from the last census shows there has been a dramatic rise in

the number of carers aged over 65. It is a growing issue for families,

with many elderly people having to look after loved ones well into old

age, but with more people needing support there are fears that cuts

in social care funding could put more pressure on carers.

One of the old as Carys in the country lives in the East Midlands.

-- oldest carers. Alf Winter is 90 years old, at a

time in his life when you would imagine he needs looking after, but

in fact he is the carer for his 55- year-old son Keith, who has

cerebral palsy. The pair live together in sheltered housing in

Leicestershire. There is nobody else to do it. I

have to do it. It is just perseverance. I get on and do it.

Alf does the shopping himself, still drives, cleans the house and

does the washing, and astonishingly he does not even rely on meals-on-

wheels. He manages to cook a full meal every day.

I think he is absolutely phenomenal, but he is not aware of it. He is so

humble and he just carries on every day, does what he has to do.

Normally we have children to do it. Alf has been dedicated to Kiefer 55

years. If I did not do it it would put my

age on! This keeps you young? The number of carers over fit --

over 65 has risen by 15 % over recent years. In the East Midlands

there are 430,000 carers and of those 77,000 are raged over 65 and

26,000 are raged over 75. With that rise of the age of carers, there

comes the pressure up what will happen when the carer needs caring

for themselves. Alf says, despite feeling young at heart, he still

does worry what will happen to his son when he can't care for him any

more. Earlier I spoke to Steve McIntosh

from Carers UK. He said Alf is an unusual case but it is a growing

issue. We have an ageing population and

people are living far longer with serious illness and disability. It

is something to celebrate but it means there is increasing pressure

on family members to provide care. What kind of problems does that

present? We hear from carers to face ill health as a result of

caring as well as financial hardship because of the costs of

providing support. Also, caring can be extremely isolating when carers

are not getting the support they need. There are cuts planned to

care services. Are you concerned about that? Very concerned.

Directors of social services across England have said that there would

be about �1 billion of cuts this year and we are worried this will

put additional pressure on all sorts of carers, but we are

particularly concerned about carers who may have ill health problems

themselves, including older carers. You mentioned earlier that there

are people with severe disabilities living longer. That must add

pressure. Yes, people with learning difficult -- difficulties or

illnesses are living longer. That means that family members are

providing care for much longer and many of them are obviously

delighted that they have much longer with their loved ones but it

does mean that, because social care fund -- services have not been

funded to support the increase in the elderly population, the

pressure is only growing. Thank you. There is some hope tonight for rail

workers in Derby campaigning to sit -- saved Lombardy. The National

Audit Office is to investigate the controversial Thameslink contract

awarded to Germany -- the German firm Siemens.

An 18-year-old woman is in hospital with a head injury after falling

over a rocky ledge at a Derbyshire country park. It happened yesterday

afternoon at Black Rocks near Cromford. The woman was one of

several group leaders of a party of children. Derby Mountain Rescue

Team were called out and a woman, from Wigan, was taken to hospital

by air ambulance. Managers at a football club in

Dublin are warning that their team may have to withdraw from the lead

after a suspicious fire at the ground. -- in Rutland. It is

thought the fire could have been started deliberately.

Apparently the royal wedding was a bad thing. Who says? Financial

experts, who reckon it hit the country's economic growth.

There is a different view in Derby, where one famous company says the

big day resulted in a massive increase in sales.

The royal wedding, a celebration and an extra bank holiday day off,

but was it good or bad for business. The royal wedding has been blamed

for slowing down the economy in figures released today, but here at

the Royal Crown Derby it has had the opposite effect, generating

�400,000 of business at a time when the company really needed it.

Orders flooded in. The work force of 200 went back to a five-day week

after around two years of short- term working.

It seems to have picked up a bit now so we are really pleased.

a good job bullying proposed to Kate? Yes. We just need some

princes and princesses now. The best seller was this heart

shapes souvenir. The most expensive, this Welsh Dragon. 60 % of orders

came from the UK market. Japan ordered the most of the export

orders. On the day of the Wedding there was a massive spike of orders

over the internet from America. A film crew came and took a long

film of us making one of the plates months before the event and on the

day they showed it in America in the morning and we had a massive

spike of orders for the particular plate. It shows the power of

television. The Royal Crown Derby made a loss

last year. It is hoping that the current art turn means they will

make a profit in 2011, but there are challenges. -- current up turn.

The price of China has doubled. The world look like bringing in more

profits. Path -- the Royals look like.

Hundreds of missing people have been found and hundreds of suspects

arrested by a police helicopter team.

The figures have emerged as the Nottinghamshire police authority

decides whether to carry on funding the unit it shares with the

Derbyshire force. Jeremy Ball is at Nottinghamshire's police

headquarters. With such massive savings on the

cards, you might think a helicopter is something of a luxury but the

police chiefs reckon it saved as many as four -- at least four lives

last year. It is good for spotting and chasing and controlling crowds.

They played a massive role during the manhunt in 2004 when two

fugitive killers were hiding out in Sherwood Forest. It deals with

serious road accidents and dealing with criminals with guns, even take

-- keeping watch over car cruises. It is just a five-minute flight

from the centres of Nottingham and Derby.

How much is it being used? It has been called out more than

33,000 times over the past five years and today the Nottinghamshire

police authority is going to be given a much more detailed

breakdown. That includes catching suspected criminals, with almost

2500 arrests directly attributed to be helicopter. It has located over

1,000 vehicles, without the risks involved in chasing them in police

cars. And it has found more than 500 people who have gone missing.

Why have these figures come out now?

They have been produced because the Nottinghamshire police authority is

considering more savings tomorrow. It is expected to confirm the

closure of front counters at several Nottinghamshire Police

stations. That is part of a raft of changes that will make hundred of

police redundant. I have announced a union strike ballot. -- they have

announced. Our members include scenes of crime

officers, detention officers, forensics, call centre staff and

other professionals. Bosses here say they are saddened

and disappointed by UNISON's announcement today but talk of

industrial action, the question is can be forced afford to spend

hundreds of thousands of pounds a year on a helicopter? Police chiefs

are reckoned it is simple because it is saving the money because it

The GP's surgery in Leicestershire where every patient has a chat with

the doctor on the phone before they are allowed to make an appointment.

It is claimed this idea could save the NHS millions of pounds across

the East Midlands. New research seems to back that up.

The telephone tree arch scheme it means fewer patients turn up at

accident and emergency. Don't be fooled by the empty seats.

When the waiting room is empty, the practice is often at its busiest,

because so much work is done on the phone. Everyone talks to the

receptionist and then has a telephone consultation when the GP

brings them back. The GP reassure us, advisers and diagnoses on the

phone. Only one-third of patients comment. On average, a telephone

consultation between -- takes between two and three minutes. You

can easily help three people in 10 minutes. In person, it takes 10

minutes per consultation. So you can obviously help three times as

many people. Today, Sarah Jane has a rash. Mum is worried. The GP is

able to phone her back straightaway. What does the rash look like?

blistery looking and it seems to be getting worse. Sounds like we need

to have a look at it. It is very efficient and people as the two are

so impressed we can get a doctor's appointment on the same day we

bring up. Fewer patients could Danie than any other area in the

East Midlands. -- fewer patients go to accident and emergency. They are

less likely to be admitted to hospital, with the costs that

involves. Tomorrow, the idea may catch on. Today, it turns out Sarah

J has shingles. It's the middle of July, so what

better time to reveal the cast of this year's Christmas panto at the

Derby Theatre? The show, Dick Whittington And His Cat, stars Paul

Nicholas and Linda Robson. But it was Mike McLean, playing Idle Jack,

who zipped - somewhat slowly - onto the stage in front of dozens of

excited onlookers in the Market Place. The show runs from the

seventh of December right through Christmas. I have never played it

before. I have actually never worked in Derby before. I love

doing pantomime, it is a lovely venue and a great family occasion.

The middle of summer and planning for a panto? Well, let's hope the

weather forecast isn't the villain of the piece!

Will your streets be paved with gold and sunshine? Or will a cloud

cast a spell on the East Midlands? We will reflect on that later on.

Let us look at this Port Vale. $$WHITE, First Leicester City's new

signing John Pantsil will make his debut tonight in a pre-season

friendly away at Kettering and the club are still looking for more new

players, but it is not only on the football side that Leicester are

making sweeping changes. The new Thai owners have radically reformed

the management structure behind the scenes and in the boardroom, as

Natalie Jackson reports. Between 30 and 40 % of football

fans and now women, and the popularity of the women's game is

on the rise. So, if there are more and more female faces in the crowds,

why is there a lack of women here, in the boardroom? Karen great wit -

- Karren Brady in Delia Smith are among a handful. But now Leicester

City is leading the way. I don't feel like a trail blazer. I do feel

very honoured. She has worked for the club's new owners for more than

12 years at the heart of a duty free shopping empire. Now, they

have entrusted her to prepare the club for the Premier League. It is

so exciting, it really is. Our ambitions are to get to the Premier

League. We're not here for a couple of years, we're not going to

disappear. We are really committed to developing the facilities across

every area of the business. So far, she has renovated the stadium,

training ground and club shop. And there is more on the way. A museum

is absolutely on the cards, maybe not for the early part of this

season but we hope that you will get it done at some stage in the

season. So, big plans and exciting times ahead. Her first game it is

this weekend. They take on the nine time European champions Real Madrid.

Other news, starting with cricket, where the wickets have been falling

like ninepins in Nottinghamshire's game with Lancashire. Notts were 27

for five at one moment, but some great work from the tailenders

prevented total disaster. Swimming and at the World

Championships in Shanghai, Mansfield's Rebecca Adlington

couldn't make it into the 200 metres freestyle semi-finals. Also,

Liam Tancock narrowly missed out on the medals in 100m backstroke. But

there was a bit of good news for Loughborough's Lizzie Simmonds.

Swimming in lane one here, she finished seventh in the 100 metres

backstroke. So no medal, but this is not her main event and she was

pleased just to make it to the final.

World number two golfer Lee Westwood says he's looking for a

good World Championship performance to propel him into the US PGA

Championship in two weeks. The PGA will be Westwood's 55th attempt at

winning a major. He was speaking on a visit to see the children taking

part in Golf Academy sessions that bear his name. Literally, a flying

visit. This is the light you end up leading when you are a global

sporting star. Dropping in to show the boys and girls how it is done,

the man himself. The more successful you get, the more

demands on your time there are. You have to be good at time-management

and you get good are watching clocks and fitting it all into a

short space of time. No wonder it is busy. In between treating the

kids to the finer points of his swing, he was looking ahead after a

year at the Open, these championships are the next on the

horizon. The expectation goes up and the spotlight is on you. I

would like to play well and going to the PGA in good form. Today, the

pressure was off a bit. The questions were frank. Have you ever

played with Tiger Woods? Many times. Is he good? He has his moments!

They are brutally honest, children. You have to be on your toes.

kids loved it and ambitions were duly sparked. I think I could be as

good as him, but not as good, because he is really good. A once-

in-a-lifetime opportunity. I think I can be as good as him one day.

Many major champions have come from here. Crammed full at the top of

the world rankings. Golf is healthy and we should be encouraging as

many kids as possible at the moment. And that was that. He took a

helicopter right back out again. Imagine the demand once he has won

a major! Just looking ahead to tomorrow

before I go, because tomorrow marks one year to go before the Olympics.

And we're enjoying the moment in style with live visits to Derby for

the city's celebration, to Loughborough, which will be the

base for Team GB, and to the Olympic Park itself. Tomorrow's

East Midlands Today is not to be missed.

It prides itself on taking you back in time. But one of the main

buildings at the Crich Tramway Village had been looking its age in

recent years. But now �1 million has been spent on turning it into

an exhibition centre which tells visitors how a Derbyshire hilltop

came to be home to the nation's tramway museum. Simon Hare reports.

With a slice from some scissors, it gets its first visitor. The

attractions here usually have wheels, but the latest edition has

walls. Refurbished, thanks to almost �1 million from the lottery.

This is how it looked when the founders of the National Tramway

Museum to get on over 50 years ago. Now, the old tramp storage shed

houses and education centre downstairs and a new exhibition

upstairs. This trial is from Leeds. This is one which was very early to

the site. The curator has a new venue from which to share his

passion. We are conscious of the fact we have to provide things

under cover. But also this can be a dry, technical subject for families.

So the museum explores the social side of tramways as well. To come

and see this in the busy world of today is to step back in time. It

makes me feel good. It also charts the history of the site. It was

previously owned by George Stephenson. The man who gave the

world trains helped to provide a home for trams. It is just such a

striking setting. I cannot recommend it enough. People should

come experience the atmosphere of the place. It is absolutely

electric in all senses. Trams have outlasted the 19th century

inventions and their historic home, previously honoured by some TV

programme or rather, just got a bit bigger.

I love it there. I once had a go driving a triumph.

Difficult to steer? They had to Time now for the weather and things

are improving. We are starting to see a bit of sunshine out there

after what has been a cloudy day. It looks like he will be cloudy for

much of this week. Cloudy overnight and rather humid as well. Thank you

to Lucy for sending in tonight's picture. Two boasted friends having

a paddle in the canal. Descend as your pictures. We have had an east-

west divide across the United Kingdom. The West has seen the best

of the sun. That cloud will start to been allowing for sunny

intervals before it gets dark tonight. Then, the cloud increases

and it may even get fit enough to bring a few spots of light rain.

Temperatures drop to a low of 13 Celsius so feeling quite humid out

there. A fairly cloudy start to Wednesday but we are hopeful that

cloud will then and we should see it becoming a bit brighter into the

afternoon. Temperatures reached a top temperature of 20 Celsius.

Further ahead, those do we start to season dominance from an area of

high pressure although this secluded front looks a bit

threatening. We hope it will break- up. Friday, another essentially dry

day with some sunny breaks expected towards the end. And the weekend at