15/11/2011 East Midlands Today

Kylie Pentelow and Dominic Heale. Our top story tonight: Jail for a

paedophile who attacked a ten-year- old boy. Shaun Tudor had been

allowed out of a secure unit near the boy's home. Tonight, an MP

demands action. The practices that go on within it as something that

need to be as tight as a drum to make sure that these mistakes

cannot happen again. In other news: 111 - the number

that could ease the pressure on A&E. Also tonight, they are honouring

some very special athletes here in Leicester, they call them the Fab

Four and the magnificent seven, you can find out why a bit later on in

the sport. Plus find out why these reindeer

are the must-have party guests this Good evening and welcome to

Tuesday's programme. Our main story tonight, health bosses have

defended their decision to allow a known paedophile to go out alone

into the community even though he tried to rape a young boy. Shaun

Tudor sexually assaulted the ten- year-old in woodland while being

treated at a mental healthcare unit in Rainworth in Nottinghamshire.

Today a judge jailed Tudor indefinitely. He said he was a

danger to the public and would probably spend the rest of his life

The he was a known sex offender who it spent 24 years in secure

hospitals after assaulting young boys in the 1980s. When Sean to do

was allowed out unsupervised, he attacked another child -- when

Shaun Tudor was allowed out. He had become a patient here at St

Andrew's. The charity run centre had only opened at the end of last

year, providing services for men with learning disabilities and

autistic disorders in Secure Units. But Tudor, has Asperger's syndrome,

had been allowed out eight times and the last time he the third in

10-year-old boy to these woods. -- he persuaded a 10-year-old boy.

circumstances surrounding this crime understandably caused his

victim and their family and the local community to share a sense of

outrage and deep concern. We share those concerns and we are working

on a daily basis with the management at St Andrew's to ensure

that there will be no repetition of such a terrible incident. Much of

Rainworth is in Mark Spencer's constituency. He asked how this

could have happened. Internal inquiries were carried out by a St

Andrew's and they said they had found the decision was appropriate

at the time but it is now looking at what can be done differently.

There was emotion in court as tears were shed among the boy's family.

In a statement, they said they were devastated by what had happened and

had been forced to leave the area. They feel let down by a system that

would ever have let such a man walk and checked in their community.

As we mentioned there, Mark Spencer is one of the local MPs covering

Rainworth and has taken a close interest in this case, and he's

recently visited the St Andrew's healthcare unit. I asked him what

he'd been told about why Shaun Tudor was allowed out.

I think there's an acknowledgement that that was clearly a mistake and

should not have happened and that is where we are but you cannot turn

the clock back now, we must make sure it never happens again. What

were your impressions of the unit when he went there? I have to say,

it did seem quite professional -- when you went there. They had

genuine concerns about the mistakes that were made. Ice feel a little

bit more reassured, -- I feel. We need to do more work around the

community about the levels of risk and trust. Is it just a case of

better communication to put people's mind at ease? I think the

unit have looked at what happened and they have assured me that those

mistakes have been tidied up and that it won't happen again. But it

is one thing to say it, we now have to be reassured that it will

definitely be the case. You think this could happen again than?

truth is I don't really know. We just need to keep the pressure on

them and make sure they can keep us a short that it will not happen

again. -- keep us reassured that it will not happen again. I do not

know how these things are operated on a day to day basis and may have

got high rates of data protection and confidentiality and things like

that. I am still fairly concerned but I think things have improved a

little bit. His St Andrew's just in the wrong place? -- es que St -- es

St Andrew's in the wrong place? need to make sure these mistakes

cannot happen again. I am sure you will agree that this must have

caused huge concern to your constituents.

Indeed and my heart goes out to the victim and the family that have

gone through this. It is terrifying to farmers around base that things

like this can happen. -- to families around this. We must

ensure that things must improve and that it cannot happen again.

Still to come on the programme, 82 reasons to support Children In Need.

It's the number of projects in the East Midlands which have benefited

from your generosity in raising funds last year. We'll tell you

more about this one, later in the The Independent Police Complaints

Commission is to investigate a car crash in which a 26-year-old man

died. It happened at around 11pm last night in Calverton near

Nottingham. The man had been driving a stolen car and was being

followed by police. He suffered serious injuries and died later in

hospital. More than 100 knives have been

handed into police during the first two weeks of an amnesty. The knives

and several swords were surrendered at police stations in Derby and

will now be destroyed. Officers hope it has stopped them falling

into the wrong hands. Police in Leicester have issued a

warning after a man claiming to be from the council tried to con five

pensioners into giving him money. The Thurnby Lodge residents, some

of whom were in their nineties, were all approached by a man who

told them their boilers needed fixing. He's described as being

white with short brown hair and with a number of teeth missing. The

council says its workers will always ring people first to arrange

a visit. Next tonight, we hear a lot about

pay cuts and pay freezes these days. But for one group of workers,

there's news tonight of a pre- Christmas pay rise. Leicester's De

Montfort University has announced it's to pay some of its staff a so-

called "living wage". From Leicester, here's our political

David Miliband congratulates demand for's Vice Chancellor, the former

Foreign Secretary was talking to staff about a living wage.

ideas are that without recourse to a living wage, you are able to buy

a everything to support your family. This person is one of several staff

to benefit from the University's commitment to the living wage

campaign. To be told I am getting the basic pay rise straight away

his great just before Christmas. �7.20 per hour, this wage is higher

than the statutory minimum wage and takes into account other living

costs. Prices are increasing every day. With the cost of rent and

petrol, it is not good enough really. David Miliband says other

employers should follow the University's lead. The have got

Joshi's to make about the distribution of rewards. How much

goes to there is blessed -- they have got choices to make.

Government is not keen and one business organisation,

Leicestershire's Chamber of Commerce, said it is up to

individual employers whether it wants to top up the national

minimum wage to A-level David Miliband would regard as a living

A catchy little number for you now, one that's supposed to be easy to

remember. It's 111, and 1.5 million people in the East Midlands can now

use it. It's the number of a free NHS helpline designed to provide

the right care for patients from the moment they make the call. It's

not available to everyone yet, but by 2013 it will be. Our health

correspondent Rob Sissons reports. Call 111 when it is less urgent

than 999. From minor injuries unit to walk-in centres and GPs and A&E.

Never have there been so many ways to access health care services. But

not everybody is ending up at the right place the first time. 111 is

vital to help people get navigated through the system. We don't want

people unnecessarily being dispatched for ambulances. Nurses

are on call it through the 111 service to get them in the right

place. It is being rolled out right across the East Midlands.

Callers will be able to use the 111 service to navigate round the

system by next year in Derby and Derbyshire. Nottinghamshire will be

last aboard in 2013. John in Derbyshire knows his

numbers including 111. His family, one of the first to use it, after

he fainted. Much better than the old way of ringing up and somebody

ringing you back and it would be in an indeterminate time before a

doctor Rinsey. It is the idea to ease pressure off A&E. It can help

a St the more poorly people who we can help properly.

These adverts recreate the strange stories that have happened, from

the dog that has had too much to eat. What has happened? He has

swallowed a golf ball. He swallowed a Rubik's cube a few months back.

To the women in casualty worried about their image. What are you in

for? I could not go on the board with these!

Certainly where you have severe chest pains and other severe

medical complaints, most people understand that you ring 999.

world of passwords, PIN numbers and personal data, it is another number

to remember that when the NHS wants A Derbyshire woman is about to

embark on the trip of a lifetime, skiing to the South Pole. Tomorrow,

Bryony Baylen flies out to start the 700-mile trek in temperatures

of 40 degrees below freezing. Along with months of training, she's also

had to put on three stone to help her body cope. Quentin Rayner has

Over months of training, Bryony Baylen has built herself up.

Tomorrow she flies out to start a 700 mile trek to the South Pole.

She skiing across ice and snow with five others and has a strict

schedule. If you're not constantly on your guard about things like

your clothing and make sure you stay hydrated, it is easy to make

mistakes. This is a very difficult expedition. Somebody who's record

Bryony's trying to break knows it is such a challenge. If you have

got blitzes planning, you have got wiped out conditions, you can get

easily lost so you have to be careful with navigation --

blizzards blowing. You got to make sure you're going in the right

direction all the Times. She will be away for two months and the

family had their Christmas mail on Sunday. A lot of technical items

were on her wish list. Possibly because I am the youngest on the

trip, I have got lots of electricals. I have got satellite

phones, the G Ps unit, a camcorder, a compact camera, a kindle because

I like reading. Nobody else is prepared for this more than her and

the team she is going with. We are confident she will get there and I

will be counting the days until she is back. She is one of only too --

two women in the group. We have all got the common goal and I am told

that I will gain an extra four dads and it looks like they are looking

out for me! They hope to reach the South Pole on January 17th. If they

do, Bryony will be the youngest We will let you know how she gets

People with disabilities in Derby may have to pay for their blue

parking badges. The city council is considering charging �10 to issue a

permit. Earlier this year, the Government introduced reforms to

the blue badge scheme. That included a new design to prevent

fraud. The council is deciding if they should charge money to cover

their costs. The number of people applying

online for secondary school places in Leicester has risen to 96%. Last

year just over half of applications were made on the internet. The

county council says not having to post as many letters this year has

saved them �2,500. Parents will also be able to find out online if

their application has been Best of luck with that.

Children In Need is just three days away and currently it's supporting

82 projects right here in the East Midlands. One of them is at the

Lenton Centre in Nottingham where the money is used to find after-

school and holiday activities for children living in an inner city

area. The aim is keep the children safe, off the streets and also to

inspire them to achieve more in their lives. Karen Winchester went

along to a half-term playscheme and was shown around by two of the

Welcome to the Lenton Centre in Nottingham. And this week we are at

this place again. I and nine years old and I come here every day when

it is on. Hello, I am 12 and this This is my school here and This Is

My playground where I can play a lot of basketball and other sports

A lot of young people in this area are in single parent families or

broken up families and we try to keep a nice balance of male and

female staff so they can see role- models and try to raise aspirations

for young people, to look beyond the confines of the area. There's

loads of different things to do and it changes so it never gets boring.

If they were not here, they would be out on the street and nowadays

it is that little bit more dangerous. There is a local drug

gang and they are trying to recruit young people so we try to keep them

away from that. It gives young people somewhere in formal and

different from school where they can relax. We like to have a lot of

volunteers and a good relationship with all the adults. It is

important because people can learn stuff here and you can make lots of

stuff and people can do things they have never done before. I am making

On a scale of 1 to 10, I think Children In Need coming here... It

has to be 10! The power of Pudsey And now our reporter for the sport

is in Leicester. I am here for a special reason, not

a new Leicester City manager, that the saga will drive on a bit longer

by the looks of it. We are here because the city is honouring its

special Olympians. They take part in the Special Olympics. Leicester

has got a link, it posted it a couple of years ago and now it

athletes have come back with a host of medals from the Special Olympics

in Athens and the global games, they happened in Italy. Let's talk

to some of the key players. The host, it is being held at De

Montfort University, the deputy vice chancellor is David Wilson.

Why are you honouring these athletes here? The Special Olympics

have been a pivotal event in the light of the city in recent years

and it is a pleasure to be part of a process here at school might to

celebrate success. Success in terms of the huge tremendous profile that

the athletes have given the City and their tremendous achievements.

These are people who have got themselves out and flourished and

it is great to be part of a celebration. Absolutely, let's talk

to one of those athletes, Christina Lewis is here. Show us your medals.

What are they for? Swimming. How do you feel when you are Liverpool?

Good. What does it do for you? -- when you are in the swimming pool?

You got two bronzes and a silver? Rebecca Adlington watch out! Yeah!

What a sharp is one of the coaches and coaches basketball. What do the

young people get out of this? get self-esteem, and coaching in a

sport. Who would believe that some of them can achieve the result they

are achieving? They gain the skill that they are achieving also. Like

every sport. Very well done to you for coaching these people through

it. You are welcome. Back here in just a second, we have got another

young when to speak about. A couple of other bits of sports news as

well. Derby County have signed Mansfield

defender Tom Naylor on loan until the end of the year. The 20-year-

old could move permanently if things work out, he had a trial

with the Rams back in September. And also here in Leicester, Tigers

head coach Richard Cockerill has said that he's not talked to Wales

defence coach Shaun Edwards about a role at the club. Edwards is keen

to work part-time at a Premiership side and newspaper reports suggest

Leicester are favourites. speculation is that Sean can do

this and Leicester have got the worst defence, we would bring

anybody in to defend it either on the medical side or the rugby side.

We are looking at our stuff all the time, our defence has not been the

best. The year before it was the best in the competition.

Back here at De Montford, a very swift word with another of the

guests of honour. Patrick Cox, tell us a bit about what you do. I won

these two medals. How good was it to be part of that? It was my first

international tournament so form a... And it was my birthday when we

were away so it was two quality to win a medal. You are thinking about

being a Paralympian. We are about to introduce another of the an

amazing people in the running for the Unsung Hero of 2011. Down to

the final three, and Patrick, tonight's finalist was very

important to you. Tonight's finalist comes from right here in

Mike Smith is the kind of man that usually does not get any glory in

sport. Without his admin work, clubs like this just would not be

the same. He has worked hard and prose us and our sport to the full.

He gives all this time solely to develop his sport of table tennis,

to anybody who will enjoy it. has developed the junior table

tennis league in Leicestershire and spends hours upon hours organising

and managing it. It doesn't matter whether it is e-mails at night,

meeting's first thing in the morning, events at the weekend, he

has always been there and he is always dedicated. An absolute

inspiration in the junior league which started six years ago with

five teams and now it is 28 teams and that is all down to Mike.

Because of his dedicated work with schools and clubs, more youngsters

have had the opportunity to take up the sport and go on to compete.

great thing is just seeing the players play, whatever standard

they are. I cannot imagine how people could not get pleasure from

the sport and it is great to give people those opportunities on a

sport for all places. He is also heavily involved with disability

table-tennis, right up to international level. One of his big

success stories is Patrick Cox who this year won a gold at the Special

Olympics. The reason I started table tennis itself is him so I

would not have been where I am And from Kirsty's report to here in

Leicester, Patrick Cox in the front row. Another of one of our

potential unsung heroes. The winner is announced on our sports awards

on Thursday. They have all been enjoying themselves here, haven't

Looks like a great gathering. Well done to everybody there.

It seems no fashionable gathering is complete without them. They are

the ultimate party animal and when they're not out and about, the

reindeer are relaxing at a farm in Leicestershire. And they've become

so popular for festive get- togethers, one internet search

engine says that they're getting more hits than Father Christmas. We

sent Carol Hinds to meet them. I are hot to trot, whether at a

party or a wedding or switching on Christmas lights. This reindeer

herd is making a name for itself as the perfect party animal. Whether

they are adult or children, they look at them and want to know all

about them, their age and personality, and they want to see

how they fly, that comes into it as More people tonight than ever

before, must have been the reindeer! They have met the

football team from Manchester City, and David Cameron. The celebrities

are more fazed by then. You would normally find these animals either

on grassy plains or the forests of northern Europe but since moving to

Leicestershire, they have adapted to the party life. After they have

eaten a little, they will lie down and rest at a party. That works

well because the public like that, you can see how contented there are

four stop unlike the celebrities, they do not take hours to get ready

They only need some red livery and they are ready for a quick

changeover. They are just Christmas. The herd has a packed diary over

the next few weeks, its last appearance will be on Christmas Eve

and after that, they will let a certain red-nosed reindeer lead the

central part of the festive fun. They are so cute! And now for a

look at the weather. Will there be Terrible! We have had lovely, sunny

skies across the East Midlands across most of the day after a bit

of a cloudy start but we will keep hold of the clear skies and under

which we will see the temperatures dropping, quite chilly but the

cloud comes in later on. We have had some great pictures of the

mushrooms and toadstools including these fungus in Mansfield. Send us

an e-mail with those if you would like to send yours in. With the

pressure chart, we can see a series of fronts working in from the

Atlantic and the high pressure is still blocking them. We should see

some dry and Sonny weather to come. The temperatures will drop quite

chilly for a time and then the cloud works its way in and it will

trap in the cold air. A bit of Mr developing in the morning but that

should Clear And the cloud should break -- a bit of mist developing.

Sunny spells from the east as we go through the day and temperatures

not doing too badly, 11 degrees is your maximum. Thursday is a similar

picture with a cloudy start followed by a sunny breaks