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This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.

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Tonight, police hunt for two men in black after an armed raid.

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Terrified staff were shot at this bookies in Ilkeston. I was walking

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up the entry and two guys passed me, all dressed in black. Training for

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the London Marathon undeterred by the Boston bombs. I would love to

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go and do next year as a way of supporting Boston and paying

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tribute to be affected people. Could the jester from Leicester

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soon be wearing sneakers Triple Crown? -- snooker's. Good evening

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and welcome to the programme. A city council is hoping to persuade

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the transport secretary to change the route of the High Speed Two

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rail line through the East Midlands. This evening sees the unveiling of

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a transformed Derby station. The minister is there. Derby city

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council wants him to back their plan to bring it not through Towton

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but through Derby instead. Dancers greeted both commuters and the

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transport secretary tonight as part of celebrations for the opening of

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devastation after months of work. It cost �2.7 million to put in

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improvements and each year to complete. This morning, last-minute

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work was still going on to finish the refurbishment. Improvements

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include a wide and pedestrianised area and a mini bus station with

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interactive science and the cycle shelter. The city council leader

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acknowledges the work has taken longer than expected. There have

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been construction difficulties. It is a fantastic gateway to Derby. We

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have new benches over to the left and a new Scheldt which has

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interactive displays. We think it is something to celebrate a we're

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proud to open today and ask the Secretary of State to open it with

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us. They also want to ask the Transport Secretary about other

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major transport developments border city. The first thing we want to

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talk about his high-speed two. By having the station here, there must

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be more benefits. We also want to look about the A Macro 38 flyovers.

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-- A38. You get held up and it has to be bad for business. He also

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hopes the Transport Secretary will work to ensure the Derby train

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maker also benefits from HS2, which could potentially bring thousands

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of train building and signalling jobs to the city. Let's cross over

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live to our correspondent who is outside the station. Good evening.

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With me is suspected State for Transport. Let go to some of those

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points. What about bringing HS2 through Derby? That is something

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the City Council would like to happen. We have announced our

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preferred route. One thing about HSI 2 which is incredibly important

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for the long-term future of our country is it is serving the whole

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of the East Midlands region. Others in my mind when the opportunities

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were put to me. Derby was looked at. We will consult on the route. The

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route has been announced we will consult on it. For the long-term

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benefit of the United Kingdom, it is not just about speed but

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capacity and rail networks. One get more and more pressure for more and

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more services. Every time I am meeting people and aunt and

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questions from MPs, it is about more services. This will provide a

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vital long-term capacity. council leaders also mentioned the

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A38, which also runs through Derby. I have lived there for 35 years, it

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has been a problem with the roundabouts. Do you think we could

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see some flyovers or underpasses? What we have done is given the

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Highways Agency some money for pinch points. They have come

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forward with some improvements which will be made to the

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roundabouts. It is not the flyer this was that they are bigger

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infrastructure projects. -- the flyers. Thank you very much. We

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will all be enjoying this brand new station for years to come. Back to

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you. At this very moment in London, the City of Nottingham is trying to

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persuade her host of companies to set up in the city. They will be

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pitching to 200 developers. The Nottingham economy is worth �12

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billion the year. The hunt is on for further investment. As one of

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the eight Court economics cities outside London, he qualified for

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�60 billion of money to encourage more investors and companies into

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the city. Brand Nottingham will be presented to 200 of them this

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evening. We have created a huge number of measures, infrastructure,

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skills, that really benefit businesses and benefit them at that

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early stage would have today's event is about demonstrating that.

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Any jobs it brings will be welcome. Unemployment and the city is

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currently -- in the city is currently 21,000. Evidence of

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investment can take a long time to materialise. It is two years since

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the Government announced an enterprise zone. 10,000 jobs are

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promise but preparatory work will not even start until the end of

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next year. 15 years on since the island business site near the BBC

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was cleared for development, much of it remains a wasteland. Tesco

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wanted to build a superstore here. The planners were set to reject it

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and the retailer lost interest. Those behind today's investment

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push, claimed such promotions are effective. This will have

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subliminal benefits. It is about getting the message percolating. It

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can lead to something in the future. What you need to ask yourself is,

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what would happen if you did not? The city council sees future growth

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in creative industries. The pitch this evening is, we have a great

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offer, a great city, and we want people to know that. Still to come:

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Still to come: Is this Mark Selby's year? Snooker's World Championships

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start this weekend and the Jester from Leicester tells us he expects

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to lift the trophy. If you're hoping for a break from the windy

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weather, things will settle down from tomorrow. The weekend is not

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an award winning one. Saturday could be slightly better than

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The moment that staff within the small bookmakers came within inches

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of being shot. Armed robbers fired a gun inside the shop after their

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demands for money went unanswered. The police say they are worried

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about what the two men could be capable of. And they have made it a

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priority to catch them before they strike again. Officers carry out a

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detailed search around the scene of last night attempted robbery. A

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search for clues to try to identified two men he went armed

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with a shotgun to his bookmaker's on Nottingham Road in the piston.

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They were prepared to use their weapons against too terrified

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members of staff. The two ladies who are working behind the counter

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at the time backed away from these individuals. They refuse their

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demands. At some point where they discharged a firearm, which has hit

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the wall at the back of the counter. We do not know whether that is

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intentional or some sort of accidental discharge of the weapon.

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No one was injured. It was a live firing weapon. There was concern as

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to what the individuals were capable of. The two men have been

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described as white and in their early twenties. I was walking up

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the entry and two guys passed me, all dressed in black. Afterwards, I

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heard about the robbery at the bookies. Where do not think people

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would have Dems on the street. Another neighbour who did not want

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to appear on camera told me she heard a gunshot. She looked at her

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window to see the two men running off. One was clearly carrying a

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shotgun. The two men ran back down the alleyway there there had been

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seen earlier. We are pulling out all the stops. We have a dedicated

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team of detectives working on this. It could have been a lot more

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serious. Police are appealing for any of the witnesses to come

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forward before the men attempt A controversial waste treatment

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plant in Derby is to be built after a last-ditch attempt to block it

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failed. Campaigners had been to the High Court to try to stop the

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incinerator being put up on this site in Sinfin. But the judge threw

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out their claims that the plans were unlawful. There had already

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been two planning inquiries. Last night, despite years of protests,

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city councillors gave the plant the go ahead. An environmental campaign

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group says it will help to investigate poor air quality in

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Leicester. In January, the European Environment Agency revealed that

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the city had the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide in England.

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Nottingham came second. The gas comes from heavy traffic and can

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cause breathing problems. Now the group Friends of the Earth says it

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will work with the University of Leicester to try to reduce the

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pollution. What is thought to be the biggest collection of iron age

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metal work in the East Midlands has been found near Melton Mowbray.

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Knives, spears and brooches dating back to the 4th and 1st centuries

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have been dug up by archaeologists from the University of Leicester at

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Burrough Hill. They have even found a dice and pieces of a game among

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more than 100 items. They will eventually go on display at Melton

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There is now less than 72 hours to go until the London Marathon. The

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Home Secretary has said there will be an increased police presence

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following the Boston Marathon bombings. One Derbyshire family who

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are all running on Sunday say although they are worried they

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won't let it stop them from taking This family from Derby has been

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training for this Sunday's London Marathon for over a year. After

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seeing the Boston bombings, they were not sure if it would still go

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ahead. The fact it happened right on the finish line of the marathon

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indicated that is what they were aiming for. Bid was not a hotel

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bomb or a bomb at a disco, it was aimed at people in the marathon. It

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was very frightening. Over 35,000 people are due to take part. Many

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are raising huge amounts for charity. It really does help when

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the miles get hard work. It is a big incentive to keep going and to

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finish. A review of security plans on Sunday mean more police on the

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streets. Dave has run 26 marathons. That includes after the 9/11 and

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7/7 bombings. There was more security images than other years. I

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think we will see that again on Sunday. It takes training and

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effort to run a marathon. Boston is a long way away. This week, one

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thing I thought his I want to go and do it next year. I would love

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to go and do it next year as a way of supporting Boston and the

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tribute to people who have been injured and killed this week.

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are raising money for Cancer Research UK. It is hoped there

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would raise �3,000. -- they will raise. Workers who look after

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people with learning difficulties went on strike today. The staff who

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are employed across the East Midlands for the charitable trust

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there are furious about new contracts. The strikers had moved

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over to the charity when it took over work from the NHS and councils.

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Now staff are angry at what they see as the erosion of their pay and

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conditions. The message loud, the workers are clear for debate insist

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they will be hit in the pocket if they have to come of that old NHS

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and Council terms of service that they made over to the charitable

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trust with. I am about to lose money. My wages Arnold 1200 from

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1800. That is a lot. He went inside to present a petition. It is the

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bosses at the national headquarters in Grantham may say must listen.

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is a race to the bottom so they can undercut other people, other

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organisations that are going to tender from contracts from local

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government and the health service. These workers look after people

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with learning disabilities, organising finances and social

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trips. They would see reductions and sick pay, flexible hours, a

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reduction in pension contributions. It says attempts to get more value

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for money. Shifting jobs from the public sector is nothing new and

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workers can end up on inferior conditions. About one in five of

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the working population is employed in the public sector. In order to

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control pub expenditure, you need to control the number of people.

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That is a large item in terms of wages and salaries. Supporters of

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greater use of the private and charity sector's stress it offers

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innovation and can improve care. One leading provider said it hopes

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better than you are to tax payers. -- it gives. They were told the

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anything -- the only thing that would change would be their pay

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cheque. The vast majority would have seen a change at all in their

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salary. No redundancies are proposed in relation to the pay

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review. Those affected will be offered to substantial

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discretionary support for 12 months. Let's stick with charities for a

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little while because we have been told tonight they have been closing

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at the rate of nearly one a month in one of our cities. Nottingham.

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It's only a tiny number, considering all the charities that

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are out there. But some worry it could be the thin end of the wedge.

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Sometimes, not even a royal seal of approval is enough to guarantee

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your future. This company in Nottingham teaches young people to

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maintain and repair cars. It is struggling to make ends meet.

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the downturn in the economy, funding has been increasingly

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difficult to get. We are on a shortfall of something like �70,000

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a year. This empty office used to belong to the home improvement

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Trust which helped older homeowners. It shut last month. It blamed

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austerity measures been used by the Government to reduce the national

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debt. It is one of 10 charities that have closed in Nottingham.

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That is less than 1% of all the charities in the city. That is only

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the ones we know about. A lot of groups will be in trouble. These

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services will run entirely on volunteers. Some will close or fall

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under a certain threshold that we will not know about. The city

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council said more rigorous assessment are being applied to

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charity funding them they were three years ago due to a smaller

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pot of money being made available. Projects like this are having to

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find new ways of staying afloat. They are offering this service to

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paying customers. Could they joined the list of charities to close?

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course. We have been living hand- to-mouth for a long time. Things

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are very difficult and very squeezed. Without this plays, I do

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not think I would stand a chance in First tonight snooker. And ahead of

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the start of the World Championships this weekend,

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Leicester's Mark Selby has told us he's confident he can lift the

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trophy. The world number one has already won two major titles this

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season. Adding the World Championship as well would cement

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Selby's place in snooker history. Tom Brown went to see how his final

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He finishes with a trick shot was stopped he is the 23rd team Masters

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champion. Well played! Mark Selby has won the UK Championship, the

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Masters and now he is going for the World Championship title. Ladies

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and gentlemen, your champion, Mark Selby! What can you take we'll two

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wins earlier in the season? Just confidence really. -- from your two

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wins. The man they call the jester from Leicester is a serious

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contender at the Crucible. Winning all three major titles in a season

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would give him a very rare triple crown. It is in the back of my mind.

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I would like to fund said it were not. I repeat only one of four

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players to do it one in the same season. That would be a great feat.

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To be world champion is a feat in itself. Just three tables away is

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another local professional - 25- year-old Ben is making his World

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Championship debut next week. He is keen to following the footsteps of

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one of the world's best. I have known him for 12, 13 years now. He

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is a great inspiration to try and do as well as him. Mark Selby could

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be about to cement his name in snooker history. You would not

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merit. A managed to win the last few weeks and that is good.

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paper, he is already number one. Now he is out to prove it on

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snooker's biggest stage. Looking forward to some great snooker.

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Other sport now, starting with the day's cricket. In Division One,

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Derbyshire have made sure Middlesex did not have it all their own way

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today. A well balanced game at Lords. And, in Division 2,

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Leicestershire are working hard in response to Kent's big first

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innings total. One bit of football news. Derby's very highly rated

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youngster Will Hughes has signed a contract extension with the Rams.

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It keeps him at the club till the end of the 2015 to 2016 season.

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Nottingham Rugby Club say they are in need of fresh investment to

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achieve their aim of reaching the Premiership. The club says, that

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while attendances are up, they are still losing money each week. And,

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in the run up to their play-off semi finals, the club says it can't

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carry on as it is without extra finance. If we do a get that

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funding, we have to cut our cloth accordingly and make significant

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reductions in the playing squad and support services which have enabled

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us to reach the heights he had this season. In hockey, we've already

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seen Beeston crowned the English Men's Champions and now it is the

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turn of Leicester Ladies to go for glory They are in the final four

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for the Championship this weekend down in Reading. Just two games

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away from once again being officially the best in the country.

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We have been in these situations before. We have had many European

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experiences as well. Winner have to cope. The true sign of a good great

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team is you are they doing it you in and year out. That is what will

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trying to achieve in master. -- we are trying to achieve in Leicester.

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And well done to Nottinghamshire gymnasts Sam Oldham and Becky

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Downie. Sam's qualified for the Floor and High Bar finals at the

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European Gymnastics Championships while Becky has qualified for the

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final on the bars. Next, Mansfield. The town with big ambitions to be

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the cleanest in the world. At the moment, they are having to clear

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hundreds of tonnes of rubbish off the streets every year. But, from

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this week, they are hoping all that Are we ready to start litter

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picking? For the children from this primary school, it is down to

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business. People are leaving bits of plastic and banks and things

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behind around. What do you think about that? It is not very good.

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There is probably not have been far away from here. -- ate in. There is

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loads of rubbish in the trees. is not good for the environment. I

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have found a sweet wrapper. It is not very good and people should

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start picking up litter more. year come up on the streets of

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Mansfield, the council is having to shift 1300 tons of rubbish. It cost

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them �1.3 million a year. It is enough rubbish to film 90 dustcarts

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which end to end would reach 4.5 miles across Mansfield. This clear-

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up could go global. We have about 30 events going on across man's

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beard. It is a fantastic opportunity for people to get

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involved in clearing up Mansfield. Adelaide is humming a clear up as

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well. Mansfield in Adelaide. -- is having Fulstow have a bet their

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litter pickers were not struggling Will the wind died down? Yes,

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tomorrow morning. It has been very windy across the East Midlands. It

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will stay gusty through this evening and into the early hours of

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the morning. We have seen some hefty showers. There was some hail

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in Leicestershire and Rutland. What we will start to see his The Club

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Is Alive increasing across the North in the earlier rounds. -- is

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the cloud increasing across the North in the early hours. Minimum

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temperature tonight of six Celsius. A bit of a damp start tomorrow

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morning. The rain will sink southwards. The showers will not

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move through quite as quickly as today, due to the fact the wind

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will be a lot lighter. It has changed direction. We have lost the

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mild south-westerly wind. We are also losing a few degrees of our

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daytime temperatures. Tomorrow's maximum will be 11 Celsius. We are

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notice that change as well. Sunshine is starting to get

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stronger. On Saturday there will be high pressure. That will be quite a

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settled day. A cold start as there will be a widespread frost. There

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will be another weather front coming down from the north-west.

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Sunday will start off drive. It will be a cold start. -- start off

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dry. Turning better. The temperatures in the region of ten

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Celsius. A cold start to next week and at times it will be quite

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