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military activity in the area tonight. That is all from

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

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Tonight ` a police force under fire over a rape investigation. Former

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policeman Trevor Gray was acquitted, but only after his wife tracked down

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a key witness. It raises a puestion, did they have a preconceived idea

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that he was guilty? Also denied, the firm 's tr`ining an

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army of apprentices, and thdre are more in the pipeline.

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Plus, why we should all learn to use defibrillators. If it happened and

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you didn't know what to do, and you're stood there waiting for

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someone who does. And how this woman's swapped the

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suburbs for the mud and blood of a battlefield hospital.

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Welcome to Friday's programle. First tonight, the Police Federathon says

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the case of a detective who was wrongly convicted of rape r`ises

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serious questions about the integrity of the original

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investigation carried out bx Nottinghamshire police.

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Trevor Gray only cleared his name after his wife tracked down a key

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witness who'd been missed bx the police. The former detectivd now

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wants his job back, but the Force says it's waiting for the ddcision

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of an appeal tribunal. Here's our Chief News reporter Quentin Rayner.

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Former detective Trevor Grax is a free man only because his whfe

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turned detective. After he was wrongly convicted, she discovered a

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key witness had not been tr`ced With an four days of her putting out

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an appeal, the taxi driver was found. His evidence was crucial in

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overturning the conviction. The family complained about the way the

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case was investigated, only to find the officers assess in their

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complaint were the same ones who carried out the original

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investigation. I have littld, if any, faith in that team. I

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complained about themselves and the manner in which they conducted the

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investigation. Integrity, honesty, transparency? Questionable. The

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police Federation is funding his appeal. It raises the assumption

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that they had a preconceived idea that the start that they have

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apparently not even looked for that is... Such a crucial defencd

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witness. It raises the question with me, did they have a preconcdived

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idea that he was guilty and they have a preconceived idea th`t he was

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guilty and therefore stop looking for the truth? The IPCC is `lso

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looking at the case. Absolutely delighted. The IPCC commisshoner has

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assured me that a fully inddpendent investigation will be carridd out.

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Nottinghamshire police said Mr Gray is appealing his dismissal. In a

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statement, the force said, we take any report of sexual assault and

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rape extremely seriously and have a duty to investigate such

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allegations. Whoever they are made against. Trevor Gray says hd just

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wants his job back. His appdal should be heard by June.

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Next tonight ` learning a skill and getting paid for it. In the old days

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apprenticeships were a common route into the world of work ` and now

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they're back. Across the country the numbdr of

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apprenticeships is rocketing as the Government encourages more companies

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to give young people a chance. Which is why the Skills Minhster was

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in Leicester this afternoon visiting a state of the art training academy

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run by one of our biggest elployers. Mike O'Sullivan is there now.

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Give us a clue who this employer is. It is a big`name company, British

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Gas, which could trace the hndustry back to 1822 here in Leicester, when

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the gas street lighting was turned on. Today the company emploxs around

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about 4000 people in Leicestershire alone. It has got the

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state`of`the`art training academies. Part of the apprenticeships boom

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across the region. The skills Mr takes a look at some hands`on

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training. This is the British Gas Academy in Leicester. 50 people

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apply for each training place. Graduates and the over 20 is

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competing. Really lucky to be here, there was a lot of good people in

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the interview. I want to get as much out of this as I can. If yot have

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got a keen eagerness to learn, why not? The government is pourhng lots

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of money into subsidising apprenticeship training. Just over

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?1 billion nationally in 2009/1 . And around ?1.4 billion last year.

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The number of apprenticeship starts in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshhre and

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Leicestershire, and their corresponding cities, stood at more

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than 33,000 last year. That is up more than 73% on 2009`10. At British

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Gas, they received ?9,000 from the taxpayer towards the ?40,000 cost of

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training each apprentice. Wd have got leading facilities, which you

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can see here today. And we `re proud to have that. We offer the hndustry

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engineers. I want to see thd new norm that people, when they leave

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school, either go to university or into an apprenticeship. It hs our

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job in government not to push them one where the other, becausd

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university is right for somd people but not for everybody, it is our job

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to make sure there are good options available. British Gas hopes to

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train hundreds more engineers this year at this Academy. The mhnister

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was here as part of National apprenticeships week, the rtn`up to

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that, which is next week. In Nottingham, the city council is due

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to announce that they are t`king on 50 new apprentices in the

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neighbourhood services Department. Derby College is an apprenthceships

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open evening on Tuesday. Thd Leicester apprenticeships htb is due

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to be started on Wednesday. For details, search online or check out

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social media. Thanks very much indeed.

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Still to come ` skills of a different kind. Thousands of

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schoolchildren learn how to save a life.

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Plus, from art heavyweights to new talent. While Nottingham's Light

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Night is going to be an illtminating experience.

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The man accused of the attelpted murder of a Sikh spiritual leader is

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to face a retrial after a jtry failed to reach a verdict. Harjit

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Singh Toor from Oadby in Leicestershire attacked the Guru

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with an axe at a Leicester temple. His Holiness Sirisat Guru Uday Singh

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suffered a broken arm and a cut to his face. Toor said he only intended

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to hurt him and has admitted grievous bodily harm. The rdtrial is

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due to start at the end of next month.

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Next tonight ` creating a gdneration of life`savers. Thousands of

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children are taking part in the new Heartsafe campaign.

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It's about learning what to do if someone has a cardiac arrest. A

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local heart specialist wants to train every secondary school pupil

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in Leicester and Leicestershire Our health correspondent Rob Sissons

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reports A union says staff `t a Derbyshire factory have been

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completely devastated by thd news that 360 jobs are to go.

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There are about 60,000 cardhac arrest a week. About half of these

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are attended by the emergency medical services, and only 00%

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survive. Minutes are vital. Thousands of people will be involved

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in Heartsafe, one aim, to create life`savers. If you don't t`ke the

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head back, you won't get anx air in. Would you know what to do whth

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somebody stopped breathing properly? The pupils are being taught CPR

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Ante to use a later. `` and how to use eight fib relate. The children

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are fantastic. They act straightaway. Lights will bd saved.

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The idea came from a heart specialist to dreams of mord lives

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being saved. These pupils are first target, beyond that, straight into

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other years in schools, famhlies, sports clubs. Heartsafe has a

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high`profile backer. If it happened, and you're just stood here waiting

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for someone who does... One`woman collapse playing rounders. People

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gathered around me, kicking me. It is amazing, the people who have come

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together. You don't expect ht to be a strenuous as it is. The bhg hope

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is that today's children will be tomorrow's life`savers.

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A union says staff at a Derbyshire factory have been completelx

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devastated by the news that 360 jobs are to go. Sandvik in Swadlhncote is

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closing production of construction machinery and moving the opdration

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to Northern Ireland. The firm blames the slow pace of the global economic

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recovery. James Roberson reports. Today, the factory here in

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Swadlincote is quiet, as thd vast majority of workers are at home day

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jesting the information that 36 jobs are to go. News the unhons say

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that came completely out of the blue. The jobs are to go ovdr the

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next 12 months as the firm consolidates this factory's

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operations with its plant in Northern Ireland. The community the

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subcontractors in the supplx chain, they are affected. It is devastating

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for those members in the workplace. Sandvik, which makes heavy

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construction machinery, says they could not run two UK plans. Hence

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the move to County Tyrone. We have not seen any real market recovery

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since the post`financial crhsis of 2009. The local MP says she is

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hopeful other firms like Toxota Nestle and Brunel health care may

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have alternative positions. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. No stone

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will be left unturned. Workhng with Unite, working with managemdnt,

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rectors, we want to make sure those that want to have another job will

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find one. My next step is to get some cancers from the company, we

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were just told about this yesterday. We are totally in the

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dark. 80 jobs are being ret`ined in Swadlincote. The union starts talks

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tomorrow `` on Monday. Nottinghamshire county council has

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been criticised for dropping a welfare scheme for people f`cing

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financial hardship. The council approved the axing of the Wdlfare

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Assistance Fund yesterday as part of its budget plans for the next

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financial year. One of the biggest charities in the

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county says the decision will hurt those already suffering the most.

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Navtej Johal reports. This man has had a rough six months.

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He has Asperger's syndrome `nd spent a month in hospital after stffering

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psychotic episodes. Despite his situation, he was not eligible for a

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Nottingham county council scheme, set up to help vulnerable pdople as

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he was still employed. I felt rejected. If I can't get thd funding

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in my circumstances, who can? Through the help of a charity and a

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food bank, he has managed to get by, but he is one of many who h`s been

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turned down. One in four have had their application approved. And only

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around 10% of the money has been spent so far. Charities havd

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criticised the authority for making the criteria too harsh. The

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eligibility criteria is incredibly rigid. Many people find it `lmost

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impossible to access the fund, which explains the underspend. I think we

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targeted the resources perfdctly. We can use some of the fund we have not

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spent to provide services to people we have got a statutory is

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responsibility to. The council decided to end the fund as part of

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next year's budget. But where can people turn? Supporting people

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through our benefit advice service, we will retain full benefit workers,

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support people through supporting people programme. Even though he did

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not get the hell, this man hs hoping he can move on to a better chapter

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in his life. `` did not get the help.

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From Tracy Emin to Sarah Lucas, illuminating works by some of the

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UK's best known artists are featuring in a new exhibition of

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neon creations. It's part of Nottingham's annual

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Light Night ` an event that could also turn the spotlight on the work

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of local artists. Geeta Pendse reports.

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If you are rushing to catch a train at Nottingham station, it would be

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very easy to miss this building But those inside are hoping you will

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pause for a minute so they can illuminate your thoughts. From Tracy

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M into Sarah Lucas, these ndon works have been brought together `s part

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of Nottingham's Light Night. It all came about at this woman met Andy

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Colin Shaw, . A curator who happens to be friends with the artists. It

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is a great thing to have thdse artists exhibit out of London in a

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gallery in this crazy littld gallery on top of a really old building in

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the middle of Nottingham. It is quite special to have art of this

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calibre. In order to create this light effect, these tubes are

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moulded out of glass in temperatures of up to 500 Celsius. They `re then

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filled with argon gas and sdaled off so that when they come into contact

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with the source of electrichty, you get this light. Tonight, thd

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spotlight will also be on ndw talent. These porcelain sculptures

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were made to collaborate Thd Great War. `` to commemorate the great

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War. These works will be lighting up the walls for another six wdeks

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You need to go up how many flaws? I think there is a fourth floor, tiny

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little room. Still to come ` more evidence of our

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personal connections with the Great War. I meet the proud nephew of this

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young Nottingham woman who volunteered to be a nurse and lost

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her life in Northern France. It is time for sport. Doubld trouble

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tonight. Why have one sports presentdr when

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you can have two? Natalie is here because we want to take a closer

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look at our other two clubs first. She will take a look through it

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Let's start with Leicester, shall we? Can they continue to stdam

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roller the division? The bookies certainly think so, they have got

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them 10`1 to go up. They have also got odds of 33`1 for Leicester to

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avoid defeat between now and the end of the season. And why not?

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Leicester are looking good on the training field, they are eight

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points clear at the top of the championship. 13 games unbe`ten

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they have only lost once at home all season. Tomorrow they play Charlton

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at the King Power Stadium. Charlton have been a little bit of a bogey

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team. They are side that have been tough opponents for us in rdcent

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years. They managed to beat us earlier in the season. It whll be a

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tough game. They have got good players, tremendous spirit, Chris is

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very thorough in his prepar`tion. We know it will be a tough gamd and we

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will do our best to win it. That is Chris Powell. Angel`

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Rafferty will be at Leicestdr tomorrow for us and we'll h`ve a

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special feature on Monday. But what about Forest, Nat? There is quite a

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story there, isn't there? Yds. Injuries dominating ahead of the

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Wigan game at the City Ground tomorrow. We've got a graphhc here

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which shows the extent. Nind players out, nearly a whole team. Shx of

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them first`team regulars. The headline news is that Jack Hobbs has

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an ankle stress fracture. That is a serious injury, it means thd

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shortest timescale for him being out is six weeks. 6`10 weeks. On a

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slightly brighter note, Andx Reid has had his hernia operation today,

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and the early signs are that that went well. Thanks for a much indeed.

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At the beginning, I said thd big game is Derby's. They are in third

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place, and they go up against Burnley.

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This is the Derby County kit room. Everything is ready in here to take

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away for the big game. The players are ready as well. Time to see just

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how far Derby County have come. It is certainly one which everyone

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on the outside will be lookhng to. Can Burnley maintain what they are

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doing? Can Derby continue their innocence climb to the top dchelons

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of the Championship? We havd got a chance to play at an even bdtter

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level. I give everything evdry day. We will try our hardest. Much has

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been said about the free`flowing attacking football under Stdve

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McClaren, but just recently, we have seen a different side. Less goals,

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but at the back Derby have been unbreakable, they have kept three

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clean sheets in a row. We wdre disastrous against Yeovil and

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Birmingham, we conceded fivd goals in two games. That was a big shock.

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We have looked at that, addressed it. Trying to get the balance

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between still attacking and scoring goals, but making sure that we are

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not that open but we can throw leads away. They certainly have not been

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doing that lately, the Rams are unbeaten in their last seven games,

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including five wins. What c`n they do against second`place Burnley Big

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test for the team to see just how far we have come. Let's hopd we give

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a performance and get a restlt. In League One, it's another tough

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assignment for Notts County. They're struggling but have to face high

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flying Rotherham away from home Notts currently four points from

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safety. And Mansfield Town owe their fans a performance after behng

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hammered by Bury. They're off to East London to take on Dagenham

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Redbridge who are seven places but only two points above them.

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In cricket, Nottinghamshire's Michael Lumb is making his One Day

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debut for England in today's first ODI against the West Indies. His

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Outlaws colleague Alex Hales had been expected to play too btt was

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ruled out because of the knde strain. Stuart Broad was captain for

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the first time, won the toss and fielded. The West Indies made 2 9`6

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in their 50 overs. England were 67 without loss, with Michael Lumb at

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58. In rugby, we previewed Leicdster

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Tigers last night ` they're off to Newcastle on Sunday and it's an

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opportunity to cement their place in the all important Premiershhp Top

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Four. And Nottingham Panthers homd game

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with Sheffield tomorrow night is close to yet another sell ott. Less

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than a couple of hundred se`ts left last we heard.

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Now to the last in our week`long series of features about thd Great

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War, and to a volunteer nurse from Nottingham called Dorothea Crewdson.

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As the conflict raged on, Dorothea was sent to a succession of vast

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military hospitals in Northdrn France to help treat thousands of

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injured soldiers. In rare moments of relaxation she wrote a serids of

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beautifully illustrated diaries chronicling the highs and lows of

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her life. They've recently been published by her nephew Richard We

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met up at a Church in Nottingham where Dorothea's memory is still

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honoured today. I think his baby around herd.

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Richard and his wife visit ` church. For Richard, this is the end of a

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journey that began 25 years ago when he found seven small dharies in

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a desk belonging to his father. The diaries were ridden by Rich`rd s ``

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written I Richard's ant. Thhs is the first time I have been in this

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church before. It is quite dxciting. My grandfather was the organist

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here. I feel a bond which every created by coming here todax.

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Dorothea Crewdson was a voltnteer nurse who from 1915 tended wounded

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British soldiers behind the front line in France. Her diaries,

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beautifully illustrated with pen and ink sketches, paint a vivid picture

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of her water, water which she bore stoically. This is the beginning of

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an entry on the 22nd of Aprhl. This is a sad, sad war indeed. It goes on

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and on bringing so much destruction and misery with it. Her diaries

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record highs and lows of life in military hospitals. Christm`ses in

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particular were a of great joy. `` were a source of great joy. On a

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couple of occasions, she refers to people going West, so peopld dying

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would have been a common experience for her. If they could not get back

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to Blighty, it was usually because they were too ill to survivd. They

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died in the hospitals in Fr`nce In one entry, she gets quite nostalgic

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for home, saying, they seem to be a good many Nottingham men in the

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hospital just now. There ard familiar Lingle very pleasantly

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reminiscent of home. She was awarded the military medal for bravdry and

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survived the war, but only for three months. Like many of the soldiers

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she treated, she was carried off by disease, not enemy fire. Her matron

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wrote a letter to her parents, raking the news that she didd of

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peritonitis. It was a dreadful shock to us all, as she was always

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apparently so well and healthy. We later to rest at nine o'clock this

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morning in a military cemetdry. She was loved by everyone, so thorough,

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thoughtful and reliable. Anx patient who had her for a nurse was more

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than fortunate. Wonderful, gentle and loyal, helping her mind as well

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as her body. She is a seriots loss. A loss recorded here, the only woman

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featured on this memorial to the fallen. The glorious and undying

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memory of the men of Linton, she is almost tacked on. She deserves to be

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there anyway. She did indeed. It has been a lovely

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series. Very moving, some of it What do you think will last with you

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the most? What struck you is that this is history, not in the sense of

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Agincourt or 1066, there is evidence of World War I everywhere. People

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still feel pretty sad and proud of their families' involvement. There

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will still be plenty more to come over the year as well. Now ht is

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whether time. We started getting reports very late

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last night that the aurora borealis was visible in the UK, incltding

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here in the East Midlands. Here is a sighting near Lincolnshire, another

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beautiful view. If you are hoping for a similar opportunity tonight,

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I'm afraid it is looking quhte slim, as this particular solar storm

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is diminishing. There will be ample opportunity to see stars, plenty of

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clear skies out there. That is the first day of the media wrotd logical

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`` of the meteorological spring tomorrow. We're expecting freezing

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fog in places. Saturday is looking quite promising, plenty of sunshine

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to be had. More cloud and p`tchy rain on Sunday. While we sthll have

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a few showers around, they `re going to start to ease, and it looks like

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a largely dry night, clearing skies, and temperatures really takhng a

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tumble, freezing if not below into parts of these Midlands. Quhte a bit

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of fog starting to form by Dawn We had fog first thing, it will take

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its time to clear and lift, then we're in for a fairly nice day. Lots

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of early spring sunshine as we go through Saturday. Light winds,

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variable winds through the day. It is going to be feeling fairly

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pleasant, highs of seven Celsius. We start fairly promising on Stnday,

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but we start to see cloud increase from the West with patchy lhght rain

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and drizzle at times. This rain starts to make its way known towards

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the end of the day on Sundax, a wet night on Sunday, taking us hnto a

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wet start to the new week. The unsettled theme is continuing. But

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you have got a lovely picture to brighten things up for us.

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Yes, I kind of orangey one. We will leave you with this picture.

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Thanks to Mo El`Fatih for this picture he took last night near

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Buxton. Have a good weekend. Goodbye.

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