09/06/2014 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Anne Davhes.

First tonight, police recorded 600 hate crimes in Nottingh`m last

year but an independent investigation claims there `re

Nottingham Citizens Group is organising an inquiry to sed how

widespread the problem is and it has the support of a Pentecostal

bishop who says he's judged by the colour of his skin all the time

Bishop Paul Thomas walks thd streets of St Ann's in Nottingham every

week, but while spreading the word about his church, he is regtlarly

I experience hate crime in terms of religion or colour

I don't want my children to go through or have

That's why he and colleagues at Nottingham Citizens Group are

organising an independent inquiry into hate crime, to find

Leaving no room for hate is everyone's responsibility and that's

why we're launching this report to produce and capture a sn`pshot

of what hate crime looks like in the city and produce a sdt of

recommendations that will ddliver change from the police to

City Councils and the community themselves.

Nottingham Citizens Group s`ys hate crime is hugely underreportdd.

600 incidents were recorded by police last year.

But a survey of taxi drivers suggest thex

People abuse, people swear, all sorts.

Most of us don't report because it takes too long.

Two, three, four hours waiting for the police.

And across the city at the charity Mencap, bossds told

me 98% of learning disability hate crimes go unrecorded.

They're running their own campaign to change that and enable

When we get the reporting r`tes up, it means that learning disability

hate crime and all hate crile will be taken more seriously and then

With education key, they know change won't be quick or easy, but they are

determined their inquiry, launched tonight, is the st`rt of

An investigation is under w`y to find out how a fire

Firefighters from across Leicestershire spent

the day tackling the blaze, while resident s had to stay indoors spare

with their windows and doors closed, who as Navtej Johal reports.

This mobile phone footage c`ptured the fire that brought this

Leicestershire village to a standstill.

At half`past six this morning, fire crews were called to the Druck

factory in Groby after reports of smoke inside the building.

After a couple of hours, it had become a dangerous fhre.

This plume of smoke transferred to a very black, acrid smoke,

absolutely flames 30, 40 foot, jumping in the air.

I suggested to my wife, get your clothes quickly because

we're going to evacuate, because it's very close to a chemic`l plant

Around 50 firefighters workdd on bringing the blaze under control.

700 staff were evacuated from the building, while people living

nearby were warned to stay hndoors and close doors and windows.

There had been a nitric acid leak at the factory but the Fire Service

is still investigating what caused this fire.

There has been significant damage to the building itself.

People are being allowed back into their homes.

We initially carried out an evacuation due to the smoke

plume but we want to reassure people that the smoke plume was no worse

Several hours on from when the fire started, it's still very

But the Fire Service has told us that

what was a large, hazardous fire could've become a major inchdent

were it not for the swift work of the fire crews here this morning.

Finally, the football is about to kick off in Brazil but spard a

thought for the emergency sdrvices on standby to pick up the pheces.

As the drinks industry expects a boost in takings,

so A departments are expecting more patients, as our health

There's nothing like international football to stir

..fill the pubs and get your heartbeat racing.

Even if England are short on goals, they won't be short of advice.

And at Derby's Accident Elergency unit, the police, City Council

and doctors have been advishng each other on the best approach.

It's an idea from Cardiff they're trying out

It's a system that was set tp in Cardiff for really looking

at the data associated with violent and specifically alcohol`related

So information gathered herd on where trouble happens

and why will be shared but patients' details will be anonymous.

Are you expecting it to be very busy on Saturday?

I think what'll happen is, people will make their way out

The problem is the game doesn't start till 11

o'clock at night, so there will be quite a bit of preloading, H think.

Obviously we're playing against Italy,

the World Cup at stake, that we d expect people in the city cdntre.

What we're seeking to do is ensure that they are safe.

This might be the calm before the storm.

A lot quicker than I thought they would do.

They hope the World Cup won't push up waits.

There's a national target to meet ` 95% of patients in A seen,

treated, admitted or sent home in four hours.

Here, they've hit it for the first time in years.

I think if the bars have extended licences, we'll be busy all

In the East Midlands, there might be more of this, but

the emergency services say they ll work hard to keep things safe.

That's your news for now, so it's goodbye from me,

Thank you, we have had some very lively weather and this is the

picture earlier today. Therd will be more developing this afternoon as

well. A dry land bright start and then those thundery downpours will

be pushing data on. `` a drx and bright start. One of those very

mucky and humid nights with temperatures no lower than 05 or

16. We start dry with sunshhne around through the morning with warm

sunshine, too. But the cloud will build as we head into the afternoon

with a few showers kicking off. Some hail and Thunder thrown in for good

measure. In between, not re`ding too bad with temperatures around 20 or

21. `` and not feeling. Things are slowly settling down from Wddnesday

onwards. That's it from us. of us, but I'll pass you overto Jay.

-- over to jay now. Good evening, it was the warmest day

of the year. Warm for some, but thundery for others. This line of

really intense thunderstorms moved through. Large hail and gusty winds

and rain as well. That moved away and now we look towards the south

and you can see the rain moving northwards. So let's look at the

cloud which is heading our way and some of it does look really quite

threatening particularly in the south-eastern corner there. That's

going to bring heavy rain. With it the risk of thunder and lightening.

The rain will move away from the the risk of thunder and lightening.

Sea, but it may linger further Sea, but it may linger further

north. Just moving away from the south-west and into Wales and into

Northern Ireland by dawn. Another mild night. 12 Celsius in the north

and maybe 13 Celsius or 14 Celsius in the south. To start the day

across Northern England, it's looking good. It is dry and bright,

but there will be wetter weather around the borders and up towards

Shetland it will be wet. Heavy showers around in Northern Ireland.

There could be thunder to go with