25/11/2013 East Midlands Today

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

Tonight ` hospital workers battle to stop the spread of the winter

vomiting bug. Patient and staff on five images

awards have contracted the norovirus. Also to, the boy with the

Kenya who was saved by his younger brother. I would have been stuck in

hospital, not able to do anything he didn't give it to me. Plus all eyes

on Richard on the eve of the battle to decide where he is buried. And

behind`the`scenes with Carl Froch afterward his most controversial

fights. The referees are there to support the fighters, it's a sport,

we are not in ancient Rome. Good evening and welcome to Monday's

programme. First tonight, a sure sign that winter's on the way. Cases

of Norovirus are being 0 sign that winter's on the way. Cases

of Norovirus are being reported in our hospitals once more. This time

it's the Leicester NHS hospitals where patients on five wards have

been diagnosed with the winter vomiting bug. The illness,

characterised by sickness and diarrhoea, is a major challenge for

the NHS. The main problem is controlling the spread. Our Health

Correspondent Rob Sissons has been to two of our hospitals to see

what's being done. At Leicester 's NHS hospitals, at

least 17 patients and nine members of staff have gone down with

norovirus. The good news is people usually feel better after 24 248

hours. The bad news is, highly contagious and is a really just a

cool nightmare to try and contain. Because we have lots of people in

hospitals, patients, staff and visitors, whenever norovirus occurs,

it can spend quickly. This is one of the wards where patients have been

infected with norovirus. The message to visitors is to stop and check

that they have no symptoms before they venture through these doors. We

have had visitors who have come in and develop symptoms on the ward.

These visitors may well have felt well when I left by the time they

arrived, they have been more unwell. The problem they have is they are

bringing the virus into the hospital, infecting patients and

staff. The official NHS advice, if you think you have norovirus, is to:

it's not just people. Kingsmill hospital in Nottinghamshire is

easier to clean, half of the 550 beds are in 0

easier to clean, half of the 550 beds are in single rooms, where

patients with norovirus can be isolated. We can close the doors,

and there is more space between each bed in the Bay stop modern

facilities are one thing but soap and water remains one of the best

defences. Hospitals seem to blame visitors but staff and contractors,

lots of people can spread it. That's true, and it's difficult to prove

conclusively who caused what stop what we do know is there is

anecdotal evidence evidence in Leicester of visitors throwing up on

the ward, it's thought they had it. But that doesn't let staff off the

hook. Can they say that every time they are following 0

hook. Can they say that every time they are following to the letter

infection control rules in every hospital? So of course, patients

themselves campaign a role. `` can play a role. Every winter, there are

up to a million cases of norovirus, it's very common, and most people

can get it again, because you are not resistant to it. Thanks very

much. A Nottingham man's been jailed for

nine years after raping a woman in her home after a night out. Mosan

Ahmed ` who's 22 and from Forest Fields ` asked to share a taxi with

a woman after leaving a night club in October 2012. He got into her

house after asking her for a cigarette. He was sentenced to nine

years for rape at Nottingham Crown Court and will remain on licence

until 2027. Derbyshire Police says it receives

250 calls a day from people ringing for help with problems of domestic

violence. Now the force is supporting a programme run by North

Derbyshire 0 supporting a programme run by North

Derbyshire Women's Aid. Its aim is to help people understand and

recognise their abusive behaviour and will run in Buxton,

Chesterfield, Ilkeston and Swadlincote. Men who are being

abusive can volunteer themselves to come onto the programme. The

programme is long, about 35 weeks, we expect men to come for two hours

a week. But that programme will give them the strategies and tools to

stop the abusive behaviour in their family and relationships.

Still to come ` it's the eve of battle. Both sides in the Richard

III burial row pin their hopes on a judicial review due tomorrow.

Farmers in Derbyshire are hoping to stop the spread of TB in cattle with

the county's first vaccination programme for badgers. The national

farmers union is working with the county's Wildlife Trust to start the

vaccinations in the Edale area in the Spring of next year. One farmer

who's just had a case of TB in his herd says it could help protect

livestock. Mike O'Sullivan reports. Slaughterman arrives at a farm in

Edale Derbyshire. This cow is suspected to have TB and is being

taken away to an abattoir. A postmortem should confirm things.

What I am worried about now is what is going to happen next. We have to

have two more clear tests, whether they will show signs of symptoms,

we're not sure, have to wait. In Derbyshire, TB in cattle has roughly

doubled. Badges get the blame from farmers

for the increase. The government is carrying out a cult in the

south`west, it's thought to be extended if it is successful. But

around Edale, vaccination of badgers may be the way forward. Derbyshire

farmers are now working with the Derbyshire wildlife trust to set up

the first vaccination programme for badgers against TB next summer.

It'll be the first its kind in the county. They have raised nearly

50,000 to contribute towards vaccinating badgers. It's very

expensive, it is very labour intensive. Edale is in the heart of

an area where greater monitoring takes place in the hope that the

spread of bovine TB can be halted. For farmer Robert, 0

spread of bovine TB can be halted. For farmer Robert, vaccination of

badgers offers hope. Anything that will reduce the incidence of TB in

badgers will be good, whether it is vaccination or removal. Robert 's

cattle cannot be moved off the farm until they get the all clear.

It's been a year since a boy from Nottinghamshire received a

life`saving bone marrow transplant from his younger brother.

10`year`old Archie Andrews from West Bridgford overcame leukaemia when he

was three but it returned a few years ago. Rebecca Sheeran reports.

Boys will be boys, but these brothers are closer than most. Last

year, Archie was diagnosed with leukaemia for the second time when

he was just nine. His three`year`old brother Harvey was a bone marrow

match and became one of the UK's youngest donors. I helped my brother

and didn't hurt me. They took my blood out to Archie. If I didn't

have it, I would have been stuck in hospital, not unable to do anything

if he didn't give me blood. I'm going to school quite a lot now. We

filmed with Archie shortly after he was diagnosed. Since then, the

family has raised over ?23,000 for a cancer ward. They have been holding

a party to thank everyone who has helped. So many people have helped,

whether its fundraising, helping with the other two boys, when you

have seen them go through so much pain and be so poorly, I cherish

every moment, I don't take anything for granted. He was poorly before

but now he is up and about playing God. `` playing football. I am

really happy now. And that happiness really shows. Three brothers back to

full strength. Professor Ajay Vora is the

Consultant who carried out the procedure on the brothers at

Sheffield Children's Hospital. Earlier I asked him just how

complicated it was, for such a young donor like Harvey. It is very

straightforward, he had general anaesthetic and we took about 300

mils of what looks like blood from the back of his pelvis, within an

hour of the procedure, he was awake and running around. He was home the

next day. Extraordinary. Does this mean you might be using younger

donors? Because Harvey was very young. He was one of our younger

donors, what we have had a donor as young as nine months old. The

younger they are, the better they tolerate the procedure. I believe

the more usual method an aesthetic? In adults, we would give them an

injection that recruit stem cells from the bone marrow into the blood

and use a special machine to collect the stem cells from the blood, but

the injection we had to give, we don't know the safety of it in

children. What would you say to anybody who might be thinking about

donating but is worried about it? There is a lot of information they

will receive beforehand, and they will find the procedure isn't as

difficult and arduous as they would imagine. Thank you very much.

Derby could all but lose its mayor to save more than ?100,000 a year.

The City Council's considering the move, claiming the job is no longer

affordable. Under the proposals, Derby would still have a mayor ` but

he ` or she ` would only chair full council meetings and attend a

remembrance event. Civic engagements would only be attended if a private

sponsor covered the costs. Meanwhile talks have taken place in

Ashfield in Nottinghamshire about how the District Council there could

cut almost ?5 million from its budget. The savings need to be made

over the next five years. More than a million needs to be cut by 2015.

The council wants residents to have their say on its proposals and many

were encouraged to attend a series of council meetings.

From the battle of Bosworth Field to the battle for the bones ` the war

of the roses flares up again as campaigners take their fight over

Richard the Third's bones to court. A judge will look at the rival

claims from Leicester and York over where the king should finally be

laid to rest. A decision is expected to be reached in a few weeks. 0

laid to rest. A decision is expected to be reached in a few weeks. Helen

Astle reports. After skeletal remains found beneath a car park

were confirmed as the Kings in February, there has been a fight

over whether `` over where ten four should be reinterred. Tomorrow the

fight goes to the High Court in London. The Plantagenet Alliance

want the remains reburied in York. It says it was the King 's wish. My

clients feel that King Richard III had strong links with the North,

particularly York. They feel that is the most appropriate place. We

wouldn't have taken it this far if we thought we were going to lose.

Obviously the decision has to be in the hands of the court, we're

confident we will be a fair hearing. Here in Leicester, they are fighting

back. Over 34,000 people have signed an online edition calling for

Richard III to be reburied in the city. The remains should be buried

here, definitely. I think you should be, seeing as his body was found

here. It would be great if you went to York, if he was found here, he

should stay here. The council gave permission to dig up the car park on

the basis that the remains, if we discovered them, would be reinterred

in Leicester. So the whole thing seeded on the basis that if we found

Richard III, he would be reinterred him. Celebrity .2 Leicester being

the place. So over 500 years since his death, it seems there are more

battles ahead. Now, here's a brand new piece of

clothing that you're more likely to see on a lifeboat than a catwalk.

Researchers in the East Midlands have created an antenna that can be

embroidered into clothes. It's designed for use by search and

rescue teams to save lives. They say its impact could be huge. Navtej

Johal reports. This sewing machine is for function

not fashion. It is employed ring and antenna into the cloth that could

save your life. We will replace this, it is difficult to operate in

a hostile environment. This you will wear and not even notice. This joint

project has taken three years and around half ?1 million to complete.

The embroidery process is quicker and cheaper than using traditional

antennas will stop the results could be invaluable in situations like

these. A rescue mission carried out last year by the French Navy. It

will ultimately save lives. Also, we are looking at medical applications

where you can wear this device and it 0

where you can wear this device and it will be monitoring print parts of

the body functions. We are using the arm, it has particles that make it

conductive. The functions are numerous. I believe the sky is the

limit where the applications are concerned. This is completely

soundproofed, there is no radio interference in here, certainly no

mobile signal, it's designed to mimic what it's like in outer space

or out at sea. And it's where they have been testing this fabric

antenna. The technology has recently been bought by life jacket company

who are planning to incorporate it into their products. It is hoped it

will be available to be public in a years time.

Still to come this evening ` a frosty feel to the weather. We'll

have a full forecast from Kaye. And I am with the pupils are unearthing

the past in their playground. Look at week gap over there! First

tonight ` referee Howard Foster's been backed by the British Boxing

board of control today after his controversial decision to stop Carl

Froch's dramatic World Title fight with George Groves. It meant Froch

retained his two super`middleweight belts on Saturday ` but both the ref

AND Froch were booed by the crowd. Mark Shardlow had 0

AND Froch were booed by the crowd. Mark Shardlow had the only camera in

the dressing rooms after the fight. Ethan Ebanks`Landell it's 2am. Carl

Froch heads back to his dressing room. His win earlier this year left

a hero, he is the unwitting fill`in, with no sense of victory. There was

a stunning start. Carl Froch was down in round one after an amazing

reception. He was hanging on. George Groves was winning over the crowd,

he was ahead at halfway. It was sensational boxing, but Carl Froch,

with enormous strength, was forcing his way back into the fight when the

referee intervened in the ninth to give it a dramatic, unsatisfying

conclusion. Groves is disgusted! Rose is furious. There is going to

be some controversy here. It got stopped too soon. He should have

kept it going, really. Do we want him out in a cold `` in a coma? No

we don't. He couldn't walk, the referee was carrying him. The fans

didn't say that. Carl Froch was the cat `` champion. I am devastated

that I was food. I don't get it, I always find a way to win. So I feel

I have had that taken away from the tonight. It was tough to watch and

tough on Carl Froch to have the glory of victory tarnished with

upset fans. I am finishing him off, inflicting some damage, they are

cheering, loving it, and the referee does his job, which is a fantastic,

hard job, he estimates based 0 does his job, which is a fantastic,

hard job, he estimates based on its second decision. But what do I say

to the people that were upset? It's a little bit silly, to be honest. I

just thank the fans coming. It will be hard to avoid, for a rematch. But

Carl Froch will not give up his world title else easily. `` world

title helps. Onto football, and some very bad

news for Nottingham Forest to start ` Captain Chris Cohen is out for the

rest of the season after damaging his cruciate knee ligament in

Saturday's match with Burnley. He's been one of the stand`out performers

as Forest chase a place at the top. Right now, though, Leicester lead

the East Midlands. The foxes are now one of three clubs level at the top

of the championship. But you began to wonder whether it would happen

after Ipswich scored. Nugent thoroughly enjoyed himself in the

second half. David Nugent once more for Leicester! I seem to like this

part of the country, every time I come here, I do school, I wish I

could play here every week. Forrest told Burnley but believe they should

have done better. The referee said handball, Nottingham Forest

disagreed. If it wasn't for that decision, you would agree that the

rest of the game, it was only one team who deserve to win. It was

given and it was scored living Nottingham Forest having to come

back. Headed home! It is Simon Cox from a yard out! Derby 's blue tit

might not be to everyone's taste but there was plenty of good football on

show `` blue tit. I think ten, 11 passes, great cross,

great Hall. All three of our teams in the top seven.

In League One, new Notts County manager Shaun Derry has now seen his

team lose four times in a row. The latest a defeat at Shrewsbury. Notts

did have opportunities ` like this Haynes header cleared off the line `

but in the end went down to Adam Reach's goal. Notts now seven points

from safety at the bottom. And in League Two, what an astonishing game

for Mansfield. Nine goals. Brace yourself ` here they come!

Rugby's Leicester Tigers got back to winning ways in the Premiership with

a home 0 winning ways in the Premiership with

a home victory over London Irish. Two penalty tries made the

difference ` the second of them coming after a mammoth 13 scrums in

a row, including penalties and resets. Huge effort from the Tigers'

forwards. In ice hockey, injury`hit Nottingham Panthers put in a series

of excellent performances ` and came close to winning their Continental

Cup semi final over the weekend. Saturday's win over the Kazakhstan

side Yertis Pavlador was the highlight. The pictures, by the way,

are still on the plane from Italy! And Badminton to finish, because our

own Chris Adcock and his wife Gabby White have won the Hong Kong Open.

It's an outstanding result ` only the second English winners ever of

an event at the SuperSeries level. Proper Commonwealth Games

contenders. Finally, 0

contenders. Finally, the pupils unearthing the

past in their playground as they come face to face with evidence of

the last war. Sixth formers at West Bridgford Comprehensive near

Nottingham have been working on an archaeological dig after finding the

remains of twelve air raid shelters at their school. Jo Healey reports.

Do you remember what it was like when you got down the steps and

turned right? It was pitch black and cold and damp. Memories of two

former pupils, reliving moments in shelters like this but that their

school. Occasionally we had a gas mask practice for about half an

hour. Which was horrible, because I could never breathe in mind. I felt

as though I was joking. This school moved to this site in 1938. They

built 12 air raid shelters. This is the one they are busy excavating. We

are uncovering a piece of our school 's is to rewrite here. To discover

all this under the school is amazing. Real life in Nottingham in

World War II was dangerous. The city enjoyed 11 air attacks, in all

nearly 200 people were killed social to is one vital. Must have been

really dark in there. Must have been terrifying. It would probably have

been covered with turf stop ``. The plan is to dig up the whole shelter,

stretching nearly 60 feet, to teach children of today what they went

through. Time for the weather. We need this,

cause it's very chilly. Loads of lovely pictures to choose

from from the weekend. Keep them coming. There is not a lot going on

with the weather at the moment, fairly quiet and benign, thanks to

this area of high pressure, staying put for the next few days. For the

next few days, staying mostly dry, we 0

next few days, staying mostly dry, we will have that autumnal mix of

patchy frost and Fog but only at first, think will get milder after

that. `` things. Not a lot changing through tonight, some clear spells,

quite difficult to pinpoint exactly where those bricks in the cloud will

be, where we get them, temperatures will be falling away. It's a cold

start tomorrow morning, a little bit of fog around, that will clear away

fairly quickly then a similar picture to what we have today. It's

feeling quite cool, for all five degrees is our top temperature, with

light winds. Up to around nine or ten, that the average for the time

of year, there will be a lot of cloud around on Wednesday but again,

staying dry. A similar story on Thursday but don't get too cosy with

the mild weather, because we get another blast of northerly winds,

turning colder once again. I took a nice picture in the early

morning! The sun rising. Send it in!