27/02/2014 East Midlands Today


27/02/2014

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-- treasured past. There is a first look at

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And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. First

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tonight ` massive cuts that will take ?83 million from counchl

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services and mean hundreds of job losses. Line by line,

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Nottinghamshire councillors spent the day going through the btdget. In

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a moment, we'll hear from the leader of the council, but first S`rah

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Teale reports on a day of protest and explains where the cuts will

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fall. Protesters were in fine voice this morning outside Nottinghamshire

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can in the council. They were here to demonstrate against multh`million

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pound cuts in funding to thd Nottingham Playhouse. More protests

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came later, opposing the prhnciple of all council cuts. During the

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consultation, 38,000 people gave their views, many showing strong

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support for the Playhouse, dven famous names joining the calpaign to

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save its funding. I think they have made up their minds from thd outset.

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And in all honesty I do not think it was a genuine consultation. This is

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not about getting them to change their minds but to think about how

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they might support us in other ways in future. There's plenty of money

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around for tax cuts for the wealthiest people in societx, so why

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are we making cuts to the most vulnerable people, who need our care

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and support? Amanda's 23`ye`r`old son, Luke, has respite care. The

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centre where he attends has had a one`year reprieve from clostre but

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it may soon still have to close To lose the centre altogether would be

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devastating and to call him out of that environment and put thdm

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somewhere else, it is not going to be an easy thing. It is not just

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don't be him, it will be other young adults whom it affects. The council

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leaders said some of the decisions they had to make where painful and

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sickening. Over 120 savings proposals have been decided

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including council tax going up % and school dinners increasing by

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10p. There will be a reducthon in 10p. There will be a reducthon in

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youth centres, closure of some day services and some recycling centres.

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And council reserves of ?42 million are being drawn onto fund c`pital

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projects like the widening of the A453. There are still millions of

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pounds of savings to come, to close the funding gap of ?154 million

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Earlier this evening, I askdd council leader Alan Rhodes hf the

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cuts were absolutely necess`ry. They were absolutely necessary. Hf I

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thought there were other waxs could've done it we could h`ve done

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it. There is no alternative for us. What the Prime Minister is saying

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this is not reflect the needs of the community in Nottinghamshird or the

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level of funding we get compared to some more wealthy authoritids. The

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other issue is efficiency is. Are you running an efficient

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organisation and could you lake more savings there? There is mord you

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could do to find patients is and we'll make sure that there hs no

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waste at the front end that we are aware of. And we will look `t that

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in the coming weeks and months. Around 200 jobs are going bdcause of

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the planned closure of a factory in Derbyshire. The Sandvik Grotp makes

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machinery for the mining and construction industries is to shut

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its factory at Swadlincote. Operations at the plant in

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Derbyshire will be wound down and moved to Northern Ireland. The

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company said the decision w`s due to a lack of orders caused by the slow

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recovery in global markets. It has been a tough day today. We have made

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the announcement of the workforce and given them the opportunhty to go

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home and digestive news. We will see them back on Monday then we need to

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start a consultation process with the union representation but also

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the individuals, to see how best we can support them. Volunteers at food

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banks say they're handing ott a growing number of parcels to people

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who are in work ` but still can t afford food. Meanwhile, manx food

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charities here are reporting their busiest year ever. Jo Healex

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reports. Jess works full`tile, but earns little. Something had to give.

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I was missing meals so my d`ughter could eat, basically, because things

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were getting quite tough. Although it was tough, she didn't thhnk she

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could have food parcels, because she works. But so do many peopld who

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come here to Ilkeston. It w`s more the people on benefits and

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pensioners. But now we've found a massive increase, it has probably

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tripled now, in the working sector. So, people who have jobs but still

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need food? Yeah. This is a typical food parcel for a single adtlt, to

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last them around three days. They, plus couples, who get a bit more,

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account for around 70% of the people who come here. And this is ` typical

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children's pack, and they account for 27% of all food parcels handed

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out here each year. Homeless people account for just 3%. We havd trebled

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while we have been doing thhs operation and there is no shgn of

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its ceasing, it described every day. This week, a Shadow Minister

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visited, and heard they provided 2,500 meals here last year `lone.

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Speaking to people, it's a lot of people you would not expect to be

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here at a food bank, the majority of which are in work or desper`tely

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seeking work. Jess says, if she needed to now, she would go to her

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local food bank in Eastwood. It is community is coming together and

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helping each other. If you have got something extra, give it, if you

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want or need something, takd it And it seems many more people are having

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to do just that. That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me ` but with

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your weather now, here's Anna Church. We are getting reports that

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the Northern lights are vishble here, so we would love to sde your

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pictures if you can see thel. It is a cold night with dry conditions and

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clear spells. More in the w`y of cloud as we go through the night

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itself. And rain pushing in from the south. Low temperatures of two

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Celsius. We are in the northern edge of this rain. It might give us some

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light snow tomorrow morning on higher ground. Then it all clears

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away and it is an improving story as we go into the afternoon. Wd could

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see some sunshine before it gets dark with high temperatures of six

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Celsius. And the outlook for the next few days, followed

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looking too bad at the weekend. Bash Street. I have got some wintry

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weather to talk about tonight and that has been a rare occurrence

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during this current winter. There will be a touch of frost and it

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could lead to icy patches across Northern Ireland and south-west

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Scotland. There is snow in the forecast as well. The Northern

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lights have been making an appearance in the evening. They had

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