20/02/2014 East Midlands Today


20/02/2014

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I'm Dominic Heale. Good evening. First tonight, a plea for help from

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a man whose fiancee and unborn child died after being hit by a car at the

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weekend. Paige Jackson died instantly after being struck on

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Saturday. Tonight her partner urged witnesses to come forward. Helen

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Astle reports. Paige Jackson, 22 years old and

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pregnant with her first child who was due to be born in May. Paige

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died after being hit by a car in Leicester. There is a gi gigantic

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hole where my future used to be. Well, it was my entire future, it

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was my entire future was Paige and Reuben, you know, that was my

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future. She touched a lot of lives and she was kind and loving and

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everyone seemed to love her, you know and 0

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everyone seemed to love her, you know and spoil her. Paige was taken

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to the Leicester Royal Infirmary and doctors tried to save her life and

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the life of her baby, Reuben, who was born by emergency Caesarean, but

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they both died. I'm so glad that I went to see them both so I could say

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my last goodbyes to Paige and hold my baby boy. He looked like he was

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sleeping, you know. There are dozens of tributes here as

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you can see. This waun says heaven gained two beautiful angels. The

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police as well as Paige and rubben's family are appealing for anyone who

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might have seen 0 family are appealing for anyone who

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might have seen anything at 6. 50am Saturday morning to come forward.

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People that haven't come forward, that have seen it and haven't come

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forward, that's heartless, you know. She was an innocent girl, you know,

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an unborn child just going to work and stuff. Have a heart and you

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know, say what you saw and whatever because if you don't, you are going

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to have to live with that in all fairness and it is disgusting. A man

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has been arrested and released on place bail. Kane is trying to focus

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on a funeral for his fiancee and son who meant the 0

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on a funeral for his fiancee and son who meant the world to him.

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Senior church leaders from the East Midlands claim Government's cuts in

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welfare benefits are forcing thousands of people into poverty and

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hunger. The Anglican Bishops of Leicester, Derby and Sherwood have

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sent a protest letter to the Prime Minister urging a change of policy.

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Meanwhile, a parish priest is going on a 40 day hunger in protest at

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welfare reforms. Here's our Political Editor, John Hess.

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The reverend doctor Keith sets off from his parish church on one of his

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toughest missions yet. He is to fast for 40 days in protest at Government

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cuts 0 for 40 days in protest at Government

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cuts to 0 for 40 days in protest at Government

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cuts to welfare. Today, he was helping out at a nearby community

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centre that distributes free food to people who have lost their State

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benefits. We have got children going hungry. We have got parents missing

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meals to feed children and reports of teachers giving, spending money

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on children as they come into school because they haven't got food. The

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foodbanks go to the heart of the political debate over the impact of

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the Government's welfare reforms. Downing 0

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the Government's welfare reforms. Downing Street is adamant that its

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welfare changes is about liberating people from a cycle of welfare

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dependency. That's not outside the Government's message is seen here.

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Since the welfare changes came into effect last April, we have seen an

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increase in people who have got no income. Who have got lack in real

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basic needs. It has been a reality check for us. Rather than giving

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people advice, we have had to be giving food. An anxious father waits

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to collect some food donations for his daughter and her three children.

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She had her money stopped without warning. She couldn't stock up on

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food or nothing and it is a God send really because she is able to come

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here and get food to bring her children up. Many of our church

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leaders say the benefits cuts are bringing increasing 0

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leaders say the benefits cuts are bringing increasing hardship. They

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have to choose whether they are going to spend money on food or pay

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the rent or pay the gas bills. That's a very difficult choice.

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These are people who can't afford to buy the normal necessities of life,

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who can't afford to get a haircut or repair shoes and they can't afford

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to eat either and not just a few people, but hundreds of thousands

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that is a national crisis. Keith starts his fast on 0

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that is a national crisis. Keith starts his fast on Ash Wednesday

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after 40 days, he hopes his protest may have had some impact on

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Government policy. Mark Spencer, the Conservative MP

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for Sherwood, told me the rise in foodbanks 0

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for Sherwood, told me the rise in foodbanks is a symptom of a much

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wider problem that must be tackled. What they should be talking about,

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what Government is trying to address is people who are trapped within the

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welfare system. We need to find a way to help people move from that

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welfare trap into employment and be better off because the old system,

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people found they couldn't get out of benefits because if they tried to

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get a job and they were successful they ended up worse off financially.

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Police say two men linked to a Leicestershire theatre are being

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questioned on suspicion of possessing indecent images of

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children. The Concordia in Hinckley is at the centre of an investigation

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into alleged abuse. Two other men have been banned from the premises

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after it was found they had previous convictions for child sex offences.

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A fifth man linked to the theatre was convicted of serious sex

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offences against youngsters last year. The county council says it

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won't now issue licences for children to take part in productions

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there. The Concordia itself hasn't commented.

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Before I go, some pleasing news for us!

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Last night BBC East Midlands Today was voted the 0

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Last night BBC East Midlands Today was voted the best regional news

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programme in the country. The Royal Television Society presented us with

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the Nations and Regions Award at a ceremony in London last night.

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That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me, but with your 0

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That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me, but with your weather now,

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here's Anna Church. We have had a fairly pleasant day.

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If you got caught in one of the showers, you really did know about

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it! It will be dry overnight with clear skies and feeling colder than

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last night. So the showers have started to ease. The skies are

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clearing and the temperatures will really drop quickly tonight. Really

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cold with a low of two Celsius. It should stay frost`free 0

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cold with a low of two Celsius. It should stay frost`free for most of

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us. It is the risk of frost into rural sheltered spots. Cold, but

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beautiful start to Friday. Lots of winter sunshine. We will see more in

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the way of cloud as we go through the day 0

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the way of cloud as we go through the day and one or two sharp

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showers. The winds will be strengthening. We have got a strong

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south`westerly wind. The it is not looking too bad on Saturday. Now a

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look at your outlook which will be followed by the national forecast.

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the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey skies and a bit of drizzle, too.

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Good evening. You may have had the latest from the Met Office about the

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rainfall we have had this winter, the wettest winter on record. It is

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sometimes difficult to visualise the numbers. Let me explain how much

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rain we had. If you think about a stretch of land across the UK, we

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had about half a metre of rainfall falling so far this winter. That is,

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if the water didn't sleep into the ground. We have a huge amount of

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water brought in by areas of low pressure. 15 of them have been big

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storms, causing lots of damage. As far as the shorts is concerned, it

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is just a breeze. We have a few shells on the horizon and that is

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pretty much it. You can see where the weather is coming from the

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moment. It has come in from the Atlantic. Just a few scatter shower

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words here and there. It is going to

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