20/04/2012 East Midlands Today

This is East Midlands today. Live from Burghley House near Stamford

on the day that the Olympic torch relay passed right through the East

Midlands. Everything made way for the Olympic

procession, a test run for the real thing in a few weeks' time. It was

amazing. I am so proud to be part of it. We have to choreograph a

routine incorporating the torch. There will be three of us on their.

We will never see this again in our lifetime.

In today's other news: rewriting the rules on breast cancer.

Scientists say it should be treated as 10 distinct disease is.

And a 4th at 10 pensioner falls victim to road rage. The force he

pushed me over, I think about it and I think I was let off lightly.

Hello, good evening. Welcome to the programme. We are live here at

Burghley House in Lincolnshire or just outside Stamford. It is

looking beautiful tonight. We have been very lucky with the weather

because this was the day that the Olympic torch relay passed through

our region. It arrives just about an hour ago here. If you look at

these pictures, this was the scene when it appeared. The Olympic torch

was handed over right outside the front door of this stately home.

The torch was not let but it was a chance to test drive the

celebrations and it is clear the Olympic bug has already hit.

It was a dress rehearsal on the grandest scale as the Olympic torch

relay wound its way across Leicester, Leicestershire and

Rutland. Today but a practice run designed to put transport, security

and logistics to the Test and one of the biggest test was at Rutland

Water where the torch was taken across the reservoir by boat and

then handed to a new torch-bearer in front of the Church. Today there

was no flame and no torches were actually... But everything was done

just as well as it will be on the real torch relay days. Fantastic

day. Apart from the rain, but really great. All gone according to

plan. A few things to tweak but nothing major. For the production

staff were checking every detail to make sure that everything goes to

plan. Today for the dress rehearsal we have around 450 individuals,

some observers. The core team is around 300, all here to practise

their skills. It was also a chance to catch a glimpse of the torch

that will be carried the length and breadth of Britain and for a lucky

few, a chance to get their hands on the torch itself. It was amazing

and I am so proud to be part of it. Everybody was so encouraging and it

was so exciting. Roads were closed as the 15 vehicle convoy made its

way across the region. Part of an 80 mile trip that took the torch

over land, rail and water. Keeping a speedy eye on his progress, the

Olympic supremo Lord Sebastian Coe. We need to make sure that come

games time, torch relay time, every moment we are tested, that we have

been testing ourselves and it is important for our teams to know

that we meet the challenges. After setting off from the National Space

Centre, the torture joined a steam train for a journey along the track

to corn. I felt quite important holding the torch. There were 122

stand in torch-bearer is taking part and they were chosen from

universities and colleges around the country. Even though the day

was not designed for spectators, the crowds did turn out

particularly when the convoy made its way through Oakham. The

spectacle creating quite a stir in the market town. The organisers

will now look in detail at every aspect of this rehearsal so that

they are fully prepared when the torch finally takes to the road

before the Games and this all happens in May.

There is a real air of celebration today. It was lovely here earlier.

There were not that many people because it is only a dress

rehearsal but with all the entourage, it is a egotistical, not

nightmare, because it has gone well. Police did warn drivers to expect

delays but when it happens for real, they are expecting thousands to

turn out on the streets so they could be quite a different story.

Mike O'Sullivan reports on the reaction to the organisation of

today's dress rehearsal. The a Olympic torch Kester band arrived

with a wave and smile in Loughborough. It was only a

rehearsal but a beaks crowd still turned out to see it. Not everyone

was impressed. Some drivers and bus passengers held up. The amount of

traffic going through the town, the customers are not happy when the

meter is running. We are waiting for our past now and it is late. I

think it is ridiculous, a waste of time. It has been fine. It is worth

doing? Quite exciting. It has been brilliant the wave it has all been

awarded correctly and the way that everyone seems enthusiastic.

15th vehicle convoy started at the Space Centre in Leicester. Then

travelled on for Leicestershire and Rutland. The main idea was to test

the convoy crew and the communications rather than

encourage people to line the streets. It has taken nine months

of planning at the County Council just to get to this stage. 200 road

marshals provided in the county to help keep things moving. Backing up

the police. A system of rolling road closures, so what should

drivers do when the torch arrives for real? Avoid travelling on those

routes on the days. If they can't, they have to allow extra time for

delays for the journey and if they do get stuck in traffic, we would

ask people to be patient and enjoy the spectacle. Some drivers had

delays of around 40 minutes today. A much bigger crowd is expected

when the relay arrives at the end of June and beginning of July.

It is so peaceful here you would never think that had been going on

earlier, but the house is live den by the family. Let me introduce you

to Miranda. You're outside the front door when the torch arrived.

It was tremendously exciting, I had no idea how emotional it would be.

There were only a key people here but with all the police, there was

a sense of occasion. The first convoy of vehicles helps build

excitement and then use the lights and people in uniform, it was

fantastic. When does it come here? The third of to live. Are you

expecting a lot of people? We hope so. Anyone can come and watch. We

will not charge for it, the park is always open. There are particular

connections with Burghley House and the Olympics because your

grandfather. That is wide. He was the chairman of the Organisation

Committee for the 1940 games. Immortalised in Chariots of Fire.

The yes he was. There is a big exhibition over there. When you

come back to us later, we can have a look at that and the Olympic

medals there. Back to Dominic for the rest of today's news.

The analysis of hundreds of samples from breast cancer patients in

Nottingham has led to a major new discovery. An international study

has revealed their Iraq 10 types of breast cancer. The University of

Nottingham says until now only four main forms of the disease were

known about. Close-up we now know a lot more

about breast cancer. Nottingham City Hospital home to a major

tissue bank on this blog part of a breast cancer tumour. The cells can

be put onto slides and given to research projects. Specimens from

the 1990s we used for the latest research. This is opening a new

book for us. It is allowing us to delve deeper into the understanding

of breast cancer and opens new avenues to identify new drugs, we

find treatments. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in

women. Nearly 3,700 new cases are diagnosed in 2009 in the East

Midlands. Survival rates have improved for 30 years. In Derby,

Sandra knows that. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and

feared the worst. Each type has to be treated differently. They

obviously progress differently. Mine was not aggressive but it was

caught early. I had two lots of surgery, 30 sessions of

radiotherapy. I have lived life to the full sense. We now know their

rut at least 10 types of the disease. Scientists want to know

now how each response to different treatments. It is these sorts of in

-- improvements that allow us to improve survival. Other work is

that you to look at how each subtype is caused and one day look

at how to prevent the disease. A man has denied murdering his wife

at their home in Nottingham on Christmas Day. Gillian Woodward,

who was 56, died from stab would at the house in Bosden Close. Stephen

Woodward, who is also 56, will reappear at Nottingham Crown Court

for trial later this year. Passengers were evacuated from a

railway station this morning because of a train fire. Nottingham

station was closed at around 9 o'clock after staff noticed smoke

coming out of the train as it arrived. Fire crews were called and

all passengers got off safely. East Midlands trains says it has begun

an investigation. Union members at a company in

Nottingham have voted to take industrial action over the city's

new workplace parking levy. Workers at Imperial Tobacco are angry at

the company's decision to pass on the cost of the levy to its

employees. Members of the GMB union have voted for a week-long overtime

ban from April 30th. Imperial Tobacco says it does not envisage

any disruption. The family of a woman who died in

Goa two years ago say they still do not know how she met her death. The

Indian authorities had previously claimed Denyse Sweeney had suffered

a drugs overdose, but an inquest in Derby this week heard that was not

true. Denyse's sisters look back on

photos of happier times. She did love the culture there. Among them,

pictures of her first trip to Goa in India. When did you last hear

from her? I had text messages from Denys just asking what gives she

could bring back for the children. She was happy. Ready to come home.

But less than a week after she was due back, they were told she had

died. She had been found collapsed in the toilet of a bar and

restaurant in the resort. A post- mortem examination found several

cuts and bruises on her body, including a large head wind. But

the pathologist concluded there was a different cause of death. We were

originally told that it was a suspected drugs overdose. We

straightaway thought that was wrong. We did not find out until last week

when we got the toxicology reports that there was nothing in her

system. You can feel like you're stuck in the dark. You are here

trying to find the answers and it is recalled after a brick wall.

toxicology tests were only carried out after pressure from the British

authorities. This week, the Derby coroner recorded an open verdict at

an inquest into her death. The we want answers now. It is two years

down the line and we have not got any.

A pensioner who was the victim of a road rage attack fears the man who

did it could strike again. The Derbyshire woman who is only 4 ft

10 is still too scared to be identified. She says she fills

lucky she was not hurt more badly or even killed in the violent

incident became without warning. It may have taken her some time to

come forward, but now Helen, not her real name, has revealed that

this is where the incident began. Helen now in her sixties used to be

a bus driving instructor despite being only 4 ft 10. While driving

recently, she came across a range Rover going fairly slowly on the

inside lane. I decided to mirror, signal over to the other lane to

overtake him but he decided to come with me. Helen accelerated past the

Range Rover. On the other side of the roundabout, she stopped to let

the Range Rover pass but the driver pulled up behind. She got out to

ask what the problem was. I was about to take a step forward and he

came running towards me. I was knocked completely off my feet. I

was so scared I just jumped back in the car. The police are now trying

to find the rage Rover similar to this one and the driver. It could

have been so different. I could have died because my head could

have banged on the ground. Police now say they are looking for a

white man in his early 30s he was between 5 ft 1 and 5 ft 5 inches

tall and driving a dark green Range A mother from Leicestershire who

has lost the use of her legs will be taking part in the London

Marathon this weekend thanks to a state-of-the-art bionic suit.

Claire Lomas from Melton was paralysed in a freak riding

accident in 2007. On Sunday she intends to walk the full 26 miles.

Claire Lomas has been in a wheelchair for the past five years

but has -- but as her 14 month old daughter takes her first steps, she

is also on her way to getting back on her feet. She can walk about 11

steps on heroin. I always said it would be a race at to see who

walked first! We will see what happens during the marathon. Claire

will be walking the route in a specially designed suit which helps

people with spinal injuries get mobile again.

I have always wanted to get walking again it and I thought this was a

good opportunity for me. The suit came into the UK in generate so I

have been training since then and on Sunday I start the London

Marathon which I am doing for Spinal Research. I am trying to

raise as much as I can for them and I'd appreciate all of the

sponsorship to get up to my target of �50,000. It is typical of a

woman who has faced so much adversity to take on such an

inspirational journey. A I have got Tim Henman and other celebrities,

gabby Logan, hopefully a lot more joining me. It should be helpful to

keep me going. She said softly on her walk this Sunday morning and it

will take between two and three weeks far had to complete her epic

Challenge. -- for her to complete her epic Challenge.

We will have a full report on that on Monday's programme.

Time now for sport. Starting with the football, for our

championship teams, the end of the season looks like being a damp

squib. It is a very different story in League One. Notts County are in

the play-off places and no doubt the man who transformed their

fortunes. Football management is a funny old

game, just ask this man what he has changed since tea arrived.

-- since he arrived. The game plan was to get the players believing in

themselves and in need and their response I have had from them is

fantastic. No matter how good a manager you want to be or you are,

it is down to the players. If you have got good players, you are a

good manager. Check out police statistics. Two defeats in 13 games

and a sense of confidence sadly lacking before he came -- checkout

at the statistics. I wanted to create an atmosphere and vibrancy

around the football club. I wanted to come to work and enjoy the work

and get the players to enjoy it and be successful. With three weeks

left, they are masters of their own destiny now. Exciting times. This

is an opportunity to bring the exciting times here and now. A

fantastic anniversary year as well. It could be a fantastic end to the

season. In rugby, things are looking good for Leicester Tigers.

A real turnaround in fortunes which means they are now going for a top

to finish in the Premiership. A huge game tomorrow at Harlequins.

At times this season the Leicester Tigers have come in for criticism.

They are coming good at the right time. With just two games to go,

they are in with a chance of finishing top of the league.

There are no prizes for finishing top but what really matters is

finishing in the top two to get a home tie in the play-offs. It is

important to get a home semi-. Only two teams have won again away semi-

final. It is difficult to win away from home. It is great to be

talking about a top two finished. Many would have counted them out

earlier in the season after a dreadful start. Proving some of the

doubters wrong and annoying the rest of the sides by keeping them

there and pushing at the end of the season is important farce. It is

going to be a tough game but the form of the Leicester Tigers RN,

you would not bet against them. The cricket continues to struggle

on between the showers. At Trent Bridge, a proper captain's innings

from Chris Read. His century the only good thing about their batting.

Leicestershire are pretty firmly in charge but they have lost a lot of

overs to wear the. The Olympics story, the dry run for

the torch relay. Two of the East Midlands most famous sports stars

Torvill and Dean will be carrying the Olympic torch across the ice at

Nottingham's National Ice Centre. Jayne and Chris are back in the

city tonight. They have got some very exciting

news about the torch relay. What can you tell us? We have been

chosen to be torch-bearers so we are very honoured and excited. We

have to choreograph a routine incorporating the torch so it will

not just be the two of us, it will be the three of us. What does the

Olympics mean to you? It is such a special event and to do not realise

in the skating world that everyone gets involved and gets to follow

all of the different sports in the Olympics. We have got such

recognition after winning the Olympics that it open doors for our

futures. What do you think is the key to get kids active and engaged

in sport? It is getting them into the ice rink to begin with and

enjoying it and seeing my excitement of it and being involved

with other people. We have both been involved in the centre since

the beginning and we have seen the progress they have made in at

drawing people in and particularly young children. I think it is

fantastic. The show has been a huge success and it has done great

things to get people skating? the first series of dancing on ice,

we heard how much more interest there was in people going to the

eyes rings. We see the temporary ice rinks going up over the winter

that gives everyone the opportunity to have a go. It is going to be

28th June that you will be back here back in Nottingham. Very

exciting news. It will be wonderful. Thank you for talking to us.

I will be among the fans for not Sark game tomorrow. Back To

We have come across it to the house as promised because here is a

fantastic display, dedicated not just to the Olympics but also took

Lord Burghley who took part. There was a huge part of putting together

the 1948 Olympics -- he was a huge part. He was Miranda Rock's

grandfather. Do you remember him? do. He was a force to be reckoned

with. He was an enormous character. This is a fantastic display

dedicated to him and the Olympics. What do you think is the most

iconic thing in it? It has to be the torch. A let us have a look.

This is the torch from 1948. Yes. You were within touching of the new

torch. How does it compare? It is different in every way. They are

both fantastic. How on earth did your grandfather end up with this

one? As chairman of the organising

committee he was presented with one. One last thing, have a quick look

at risk. The Olympic medals that your grandfather one. The gold from

Amsterdam in it... 1938. The silver was from Los Angeles.

I escaped most of the showers today. What does the weather have in

store? We have had quite a few heavy

showers. They all started late afternoon after the temperatures

increased. This is proof. Thank you for that. Nice to see you in a

hailstorm looking pretty in your school uniform. We are starting to

see the showers working eastwards. They are with us through a good

period of time through the early part of the evening becoming heavy

and persistent over the eastern side with hail and thunder likely

for a time. It will merge together into the early hours of the morning.

It will gradually start to die away across the south. Temperatures

there dropping to two degrees. Further north, for five degrees. It

will turn misty where the showers Dyer wave. They will develop again

in the early morning. A little sunshine. -- they will die away.

Hail and thunder also likely with the chance of flash flooding as

well. A very wet afternoon for Saturday. Sunday too is going to be

quite a showery day. Again there will be some sunshine. Starting dry

and quite mist before the showers are rife. If you're travelling to

London for the marathon, the temperature in the daytime will be

around 14 degrees. Like South westerly winds. A further showers

across the south. I think the wish of rain will be granted for the

beginning of next week. As one area of low pressure goes away, another

one replaces it. More wet and windy weather in store next week.

Who cares about that one we are looking at shiny medals. This is