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Our top story tonight. As City locks horns with the Government

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over the council tax. Nottingham's Labour cabinet decides

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on a rise next year. Downing Street demanded a freeze.

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Hidden Alzheimer's. Are thousands of dementia cases going

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undiagnosed? Also, a report says one of our

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cities has the most CCTV cameras in the country, but are the figures

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all they seem? And the 50s and 60s cine films

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Good evening. Welcome to the programme. First, Labour leaders in

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Nottingham are set to defy the Government's the man that council

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tax be frozen. Instead there is to be a tax

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increase, and it cuts to the council's by Jude.

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From outside Nottingham's council house, here is the political editor.

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Over the next week or so, councils will be finalising their annual

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budget. Tomorrow it is the turn of Leicester City Council, but already

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this council is in the dock this evening, with the Local Government

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Minister accusing it over its council tax rise, of it being

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unjustified and inconsiderate. Behind the glass in open plan

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offices, this is how the Labour leadership responded. We were

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allowed to film the executive board. This is Labour's high command, and

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they have approved a budget that will rattle the government

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There will be more redundancies. 195 jobs will go out of a workforce

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-- but force of 10,500. Council tax will rise up 3.4%, when most

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councils are freezing council tax for the second year running.

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have kept a -- an apprenticeship scheme going. The previous

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government introduced this, and we're keeping that going.

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The residents that live here and outraged that an old folk's home is

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going to close. There are physical and mental concerns, and that is

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enormous. There are already very stressed, worrying about the move.

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What are the staff like? Fantastic. There are fantastic people. They

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look after you. Could there be a reprieve? I am not offering an

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necessary hope, but we are genuinely still looking at the case.

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It is not an easy case to his all. The government says there is a

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moral duty on local politicians to freeze council tax. Labour in

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Nottingham claims it is being unfairly penalised on the share of

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government funding. But getting to the bottom of both claims may need

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more transparency yet. What else has the Local Government

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Minister had to say? I have to tell you that the Conservative leader on

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the City Council, Georgina Culley, declined to be interviewed. She

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wants to wait until next month when the council rubber-stamp the

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decision. But the lobal -- local not such a shrinking violet. He has

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accused the Labour leadership of boosting its coffers, and refusing

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to tackle waste. Furthermore, in a statement, he criticises the Labour

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Government for not taking too �0.5 million to freeze council tax this

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year. -- �2.5 million. Still to come. And new man at Notts

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County. Keith Curle meets the press the stock and the weather forecast?

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Rather flat, with a sprinkling of sugar.

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This is how high we expect the temperatures to get, as we take a

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Next tonight, the secret anguish in our midst. New figures suggest more

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than 30,000 people in the region are struggling with dementia

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without getting any treatment or help.

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It is a situation getting worse because the number of sufferers

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continues to rise. They were married for 47 years. For

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the last 15 of them, Morris, all was the life and soul of the party,

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suffered a slow decline, with dementia.

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He withdrew into himself. He used to get frustrated. He lost his

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speech. It is very distressing. People do not understand that.

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nearly 23,500 people have been diagnosed with dementia in the East

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Midlands. That is up by 2001 year. But take a look at this figure.

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That is the number of people who have dementia but have not been

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diagnosed. -- that is up by 2,000, in one year for stopped that is

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very distressing. People are not taking the treatment

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that is available. If you are struggling to remember a

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recent -- to remember recent events. Crucially, of other people are

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worried about your memory. Experts say to see your GP. You

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have to be diagnosed to get help. For this women, it was a truly.

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Having a diagnosis seems to take the weight off your shoulder,

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somehow. Then you start to get help. Today's figures show that in this

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region, fewer than half of the people with dementia have been

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diagnosed and are getting help. In other news, more than 180 police

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jobs across Leicestershire could be at risk. The county's police

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authority has voted today to increases element of the council

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tax by 2.5%. It was one of three options under consideration. The

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Chief Constable Simon Cowell has described the situation as a

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difficult one. -- Chief Constable Simon Cole.

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There is a dress-rehearsal in April for the Leicester to Peterborough

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stretch of the Olympic torch relay. Officials will test out logistics

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ahead of the 70 day really started in May. -- really a race.

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Derby City Council is getting rid of its one-hour stay at car parks.

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That means people have to pay for two hours, even if they only stay

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for 30 minutes. On-street parking is also set to rise by 10 pence per

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hour for. Civil liberty researchers are

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claiming Leicestershire has the highest number of CCTV cameras in

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Britain. It has got three times as many as Manchester, with 2,000.

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Nottingham is not far behind. But the City say that the cameras are

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not watching the general public are told, but are making council

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property safer. Big Brother Watch ing a source

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safeguarding society? Here, the residents are asking for more

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surveillance. This one, were really desperate the need. We have got a

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local shop, where shoplifters would gather at the day. Gangs of about

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30 people hanging around here. It was really intimidating. We could

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not go to town, so it was really has worked. It really has changed

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here. The report says Nottingham has 1120 CCTV cameras, but of those,

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only 200 are in the public space. That is watching areas like the

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city centre. The rest of them, about 800, are in housing

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accommodation. With Big Brother Watch, maybe they have got their

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figures confused and amalgamated. - - amalgamated their number has.

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Leicester City Council says the figures are misleading. We have

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given the full range of cameras used for all sorts of different

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purposes. Other cities may have just given the ones for their city

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centre, or the ones on the outer estates. They have not included the

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full range of figures. Leicester have given a comprehensive answer,

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whereas some other councils have said that certain cameras do not

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count because they are in these homes. We think it is important to

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discuss all public surveillance, because if your neighbour once a

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security camera, or what responsibility do you have to say

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that you would prefer not to have your front door watched? This is

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where they do the watching, a secret location in Nottingham. The

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cameras certainly work. They caught my cameraman filming this very

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story this morning. They recorded it in case we were acting

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suspiciously. Of course we were not. But Cynthia says, to touch those

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who are, the cameras need to keep moving. -- to catch those. All that

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has happened is people have moved halfway down the street. They are

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not silly. Some of them know the law better than you.

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So, you went to the secret location. What more can you tell us about

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what was on their? They have got two big banks of cameras, they are

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watching the screens constantly. One looks at housing estates, and

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one looks at the city centre. They told me today that those cameras

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are not just looking out for people committing crime, but they seem to

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be having another effect, keeping things like tower-blocks, corridors

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and lifts Tavey. That sounds all right, but not everyone likes CCTV.

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I know, and they are certainly keeping their eye on the councils.

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Let us see what they want to happen now. You think it is important for

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residents to last, while the council's spying on us? They are

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using taxpayers' money. Ultimately we do not want people to be victims

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of crime, and have to rely on CCTV afterwards. We want the crime to be

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stopped before it happens. Nick Pickles is also asking for a review

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of CCTV, and wants to know where all the cameras are, and to see

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there are being used in the most efficient way possible for. Thank

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you. The NHS has agreed to fund the

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later stage of treatment for an autistic boy who refuses to eat any

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food. It means Daniel Harrison from

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Nottingham will be able to go back to a specialist clinic in Austria

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He has refused to eat food for most of his young life. But now, Daniel

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Harrison will drink and milk for Milan and water. His family wants

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to return to a specialist clinic in Austria, so that the staff can help

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to get the five-year-old who has autism to each.

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Lots of meetings with different people, where they all try separate

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therapies on him. He will be surrounded by food all day long,

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and hopefully within two weeks we would get a break through.

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family had to raise �20,000 for the trip last year, and this time the

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NHS will pay. They are funding the hospital treatment in Austria. I

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think he is the first child who has gone who has been funded this way.

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And Daniel will be six in September. His family is hoping that by then

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he will be able to eat a slice of A Nottinghamshire construction

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company has been ordered to pay nearly two thousand pounds after

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its lorries twice broke weight restrictions on an historic bridge.

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North Midland Construction from Huthwaite were prosecuted after two

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of its vehicles were caught crossing the Swarkestone Causeway,

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near Derby in July last year. The bridge is officially listed as an

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ancient monument and is covered by a weight restriction to protect it

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from damage. The concept of a new war memorial

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in Leicestershire's been revealed today. Four life-size bronze

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soldiers will be 'standing at ease' at County Hall as part of a new

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sculpture honouring Leicestershire's Armed Forces. It

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commemorates servicemen and women who have lost their lives in

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conflicts around the world since 1945. The statues will be

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officially unveiled this autumn. And hundreds of people have been

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taking part in the annual Royal Shrovetide football game in

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Ashbourne. The Down'ards appear to have had most of the play so far

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today but neither team has yet scored. The two day event got

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underway at two o'clock this afternoon when Dr Paul Kirtley, a

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local GP, turned up the ball. Play will continue tomorrow.

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A whole new language all of its own. We live in an age where it seems

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there's a pill for every ill. But it's estimated that, in the UK,

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well over a hundred million pounds worth of dispensed medicines goes

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to waste every year. Well that's not good enough for one Leicester

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based charity, so they're collecting them up and sending them

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to people who really need them. Jim Harris reports.

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Another delivery of unwanted medicines for the charity.

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Medicines that we have thrown away but could save someone's life.

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million worth of medicines go to waste each year. We are trying to

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tackle some of the waste and we have the cycled �10 million worth.

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The drugs are destined for Africa in clinics, schools and orphanages.

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Some of the staff are medically qualified and make sure the drugs

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are safe and appropriate for the diseases they hope to combat.

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main one is a general infections, the antibiotics are helpful. Many

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other conditions as well, they require drugs would diabetes, in

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the near and HIV. There are many different types which are healthful

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which we receive from doctors all over the country. We are trying to

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help them with the resource, the vital things we take for granted in

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this country and we throw away. And really it is using the resources to

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help them continue the amazing work they do. The medicines are

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collected through GPs all over the country. It has grown rapidly

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recently and around 950 practices are on the books. The success

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We do not want the Medicines to be on the shelves, they need to be in

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Africa. Many charities need more money. If it was not for the

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volunteers, the drugs will be in landfill.

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It is surprising what you find in the back of the medicine cabinet.

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It seems like a brilliant idea. Still to come on the programme. The

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treasure hidden in a box at the back of a garage. Old cine film not

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even developed. But when it was, what a treat for the residents of

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See if you can spot anyone you know. Talking of treats, the sport.

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Keith Curle says he can't wait to get stuck into his new job as

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manager of Notts County and he's promising to play fast flowing,

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attractive football. The former Mansfield Town boss has taken over

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from Martin Allen who was sacked at the weekend. Jeremy Nicholas has

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been to meet the latest in a long line of managers at Meadow Lane.

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Notts County unveiling another new manager, something they are good at.

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Let's compare them with Man United. When Alex Ferguson became manager

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in 86, Jimmy civil wars in his third spell at Notts. At Meadow

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Lane Jimmy Savile was followed by Barnwell, Neil Warnock, and Russell

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Slade. Howard Kendall, Murphy, Thompson, Allardyce and basil.

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Billy Dearden and Ian Richardson. Then, Thomson, Steve Cottrill,

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Craig Short, Paul Ince and now Keith Curle. I want a relaxed

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atmosphere where the football is free-flowing and entertaining and

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expansive and attack-minded. I want an air of organisation and

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discipline and professionalism. career ends in three England caps

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taking him to Mansfield. Now he takes over from Martin Allen he was

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sacked at the weekend after a defeat at Hartlepool. When there is

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a change in management, it is sensitive. Martin has admirers and

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people but did not see eye to eye with him. But his management. You

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cannot please everyone all of the time. He had to get them into the

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play-offs. Does he fit their track record on changing personnel?

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chairmen are in front of -- in charge of a recruitment company. I

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will be charged on results. -- changed. The first match is

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tomorrow against the village. -- Stevenage. Good news for

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cricket's Samit Patel whose progress with England continues

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Patel was playing today in the one day international against Pakistan

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after the announcement that he's won an England increment contract

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tying him more closely into the setup. Today he couldn't grab a

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wicket as a bowler but did come up Now, the latest in our series

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taking a closer look at all the Olympic sports. This week it's

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badminton where we have a huge East Midlands battle going on. Two

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players, both from the East Midlands, both playing mixed

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doubles, both amongst the world's best. The trouble is, only one pair

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will go to the London Olympics Now Olympic silver medallist and world

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championship silver medallist. Nathan Robertson and Chris Adcock.

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They are battling for one place in London. It is tight and all to play

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for. It has benefited us all. There is more pressure but it is good

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pressure, if you to perform, someone else will get the. Off the

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tee, Nathan has been there and done it. -- all the two. Some great

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moments in Beijing, too. Do not call him a veteran. Any older

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sportsmen say it is one of the most hated words. I like to call it a

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lot of experience. I use my experience to get the best out of

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the partnership. As for Chris, he and imaging have this as a trump

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card. A triumphant silver in the Olympic venue. We both know we have

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improved. Our confidence and belief is through the roof. Nobody has won

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gold for Great Britain in the Olympics before. I believe we can

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win. Two couples, one target. What will the pair do? Most athletes who

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do not qualify, you find them on a beach somewhere. That will be the

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case for us. We will be in the Caribbean somewhere if we do not

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qualify. And you can understand that. The first stage towards the

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competition goes on next month. It is happening in Birmingham, a huge

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competition and I think imaging and Chris have the tougher draw. We

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would see how it pans out. -- in We are about travel back in time to

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the 1960s and Derbyshire. Norman Mellor, a local film projectionist

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recorded many events around the area, all of them keenly viewed by

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family friends. Now they form part of a film project designed to bring

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them to a much wider audience, as Teresa Mikula reports in her series,

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Home movies in the 50s and 60s never seemed complete without a

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parade or two. This one was no exception. It was filmed by Norman

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Mellor. There would be a parade of floats through the town, events

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people really looked forward to. His job in a local cinema led to

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his passion for filming anything and everything where he lived.

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Family and close friends get what the films. We looked forward to

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Christmas Day. We used to sit and watch the films during the course

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of the afternoon. It was thought the film so disappeared until

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Alison's husband cleared a garage. We sent into the garage to clear it

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out. He came back with his box with the films. We had never seen them

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for years. We were so excited to see the box a film. Without a

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project, they were unable to view them. We contacted a project called

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Full Circle which enables you to pass over any old films and they

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were in a position to preserve them for the future. They make them

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available for wider viewing. Thanks to full circle, after 40 years

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Stephen and Alison were able to see the films once again. Along with a

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packed auditorium at the Ritz cinema in Belper. It was so long

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since we had seen the films, it was really nice. Seeing films again

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brought sheltered memories flooding back. There are an awful lot of

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people around of our age he will find looking back at that period of

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history with a lot of interest. It brings it to live. Thanks to the

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full circle projects may be more people are now able to enjoy the

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films. And hopefully people will see them in years to come.

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They are lovely. I love seeing all of the cars. Fantastic.

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You recognise yourself there. Over the next couple of days, the

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temperatures are rising. By Thursday, the East Midlands could

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be the warmest part of the UK. Tonight, cloudy and breezy and mild.

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Not sure where this swarm of thinks it is flying off to. We are

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starting to see the introduction of mild air coming in from the Azores.

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Before that, rain pushing in tomorrow, the wind picks up up to

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35-40 mph. It would turn the weather quite unsettled for a time.

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Before that, back to today, cloud around, thick enough to produce

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drizzle in places. For most, a dry night. The cloud will increase

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through the night. The cloud acts like a bank it. -- blanket. Six

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Celsius is the minimum night-time temperature. It remains breezy

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throughout the night. A frost-free nights to come. Wednesday morning,

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cloud around, best of brightness further south. The rain will moved

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south east through the afternoon, we expect heavy bursts of rain. The

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wind speed is 20-25 mph. Gusts of up to 35-40. Fairly mild for

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February, 11 Celsius. With the wind, it will not feel as warm as that.

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Thursday, the rain clears the way, a really lovely day in the East

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Midlands. Plenty of sunny spells, the wind will ease off.

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Temperatures reaching 16-17 Celsius. The mild weather is a brief spell

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because the cold front sinks through on Friday and when it moves

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through, temperatures dropping a little bit towards the weekend. By

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Saturday, back to where they should before February. The mild weather

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