30/07/2014 East Midlands Today

a UN school and a crowded marketplace in Gaza. That

Good evening and welcome to the programmd.

First tonight, Rolls Royce has admitted exposing its workers to

high levels of radiation at one of its plants in Derby.

A court has heard a piece of equipment, which was supposed to

be subject to strict controls, broke while it was being usdd to

From Derby Crown Court, Simon Hare reports.

The radiation scare happened three years ago. It happened here at

Rolls`Royce Marine Power site in Derby. Please of radioactivd

equipment used to measure the integrity of welding on comp

opponents for nuclear powerdd submarines, simply fell off

overnight tests. The radioactive source was only found later by a

welder. He picked it up, not knowing what it was, passed it among his

colleagues. One even wiped ht on his overalls to try and work out what it

was. Several hours later solebody realised just how dangerous it could

be. Rolls`Royce Marine Power, which has its main offices in Derby, today

admitted seven breaches of environmental and health and safety

rules. Representatives of the company were in court to he`r that

the firm had used to it yourself techniques on the vital safdty

equipment which ultimately failed. The court heard that the incident

had been a distressing experience for everyone involved. Workdrs have

been left feeling worried that they may develop cancer in later life or

be unable to have children. Rolls`Royce has paid compensation to

its employees that were involved, but it's still not yet known what

longer`term effects the radhation could pose. The company is said to

have taken steps to ensure something similar can not happen again. And it

is due to be sentenced tomorrow Police in Derbyshire are to crack

down on speeding bikers aftdr six The county's sweeping landscape

means it's hugely attractivd to motorcyclists from many parts

of the UK. Now officers will be switchdd away

from road safety education and instead sent out and about

on the roads with speed guns. Mike O'Sullivan can join us now

from Matlock Bath. Mike, how is this crackdown being

received in the centre good evening. Well, many bikers I

have spoken to say that it hs a tiny minority that speed excessively

along the roads of Derbyshire. The police usually have an enforcement

and an education campaign hdre every summer. This summer, it is `ll about

enforcing. Catching what ond officer described as the speed freaks. Out

on the road with a Derbyshire police traffic officer. After a worrying

rise in for talent is involving motorbikes, there is to be `

crackdown enforcing the spedd limit. And targeting the bikers who seem to

have a need for speed. Some people are sadly speed freaks. Thex like to

ride their bikes at speed. That is the bottom line. This is whdre six

people, for bikers, passengdr and a pedestrian have died and whhch

are's roads in the first six months of 2014. Double the number hn the

same period last year. Matlock Bath is a mecca for motorcyclists. It's

where they can show off thehr machines as they ride through the

county's picturesque but soletimes twisting roads. People tend to open

it up more than they do in lore built`up areas. We slow down at the

towns anyway. A lot of it is excess speed in the wrong place. It is not

all down to speed, it is thd experience as well. Thorogood roads

around here, nice sweeping turns. It is for biking. And for speeding The

police will now spend less time speaking to bikers about ro`d

safety, instead, they will be out enforcing the speed limit. xou could

be a very good rider but yot have to be aware that everybody elsd on the

the crackdown is due to last until the crackdown is due to last until

the of October. I'm joined now by Andy from bike safe, promothonal

body that promotes bike safdty. Is it the younger ride or the lore

mature rider who is speeding? It is usually be born again guys. They got

the license back in the day and now they have a bit of money thdy can

afford to buy there was wanted. If you are a fair weather biker, a

Sunday biker, how much more at risk are you? Practice makes perfect

like anything. The more you ride your bike, the more you unddrstand

it. Also, you need to upgrade your skills which is where we can help.

how powerful bikes these daxs? You call them a Ferrari on two wheels.

Look at this. This is a cruhser A lot of revs. You are looking at

roughly one horsepower per kilogram. It's like balancing a Ferrari on two

wheels. How do we get someone of your courses? , London says at

police headquarters go to bhke safety .co .uk. Many bikers here

taken the opportunity for a run centre night here in Matlock.

Nottinghamshire's reported the country's biggest drop

in the number of people killed or seriously injured on its ro`ds.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists says the number

of people who died or were badly hurt in the county fell frol 44

The charity says it shows s`fety measures put in place

by local authorities can make a big difference.

From next month, patients will be able to usd stroke

services at King's Mill Hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a wdek.

Managers are planning to extend access to a special clot`busting

At present, the service onlx operates at King's Mill for ten

It means that patients needhng treatment outside these timds won't

have to be transferred to Nottingham City Hospital.

Plenty more to come on the programme tonight including

Plus ? capturing the industrial sounds of a changing city.

The pioneering project that?s recording the past.

And looking to the future, the forecast suggests we cotld be

recording some rainfall in the next day or so.

East Midlands Today can revdal that children as young

as eight are to be mentored to stop them being groomed by drugs gangs.

Mentors will start working at three Nottingham primary schools

As our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports, it's `ll

Mick has been running youth projects here in Saint Anne's

It's about getting teenagers off the streets

But for some, that is already too late.

So now he's setting up a te`m of mentors to work

Gangs and drug dealers will use eight and nine`year`olds for doing

little errands ` and that's their apprenticeship, they start of in

that world, quite early on, doing those little jobs, and, then, if

they show an aptitude for it and have something about thdm,

And this is why, quite often, there is a misapprehension that

gangs are full of young kids that just blindly follow.

Actually, some of them are picked early because they are bright.

It was last year's Royal visit to Saint Anne's that promoted

Prince Harry's charity, the Royal Foundation, is setting up a

The next scheme's going to target up to 30 local children, yotng

children judged as a high rhsk of being groomed into criminal gangs.

We run sessions in schools, so that's one`to`one mentorhng

We do cricket, football, basketball and we've an allotment projdct.

We find something they are good at and really push them

in that direction so they h`ve something else that is theirs rather

than just following everyond else down the negative path.

There's been real progress in tackling drug`fuelled violence

A decade ago, this area was notorious

But recent cuts in youth services have prompted

And that is why these new g`ng prevention projects are such

Councillors in Leicester medt tonight to recommend that p`rking

on pavements should be banndd in parts of the city.

They say it's a major probldm and the ban could be extenddd

But residents on one street have started

They claim there's simply nowhere else to park their cars

Almost all of us have seen ht and many of those possibly even do it

ourselves. Here in Leicester, pavement parking can be found almost

everywhere. Convenient for drivers, but often difficult for passers`by.

Generally speaking, it is inconsiderate. It is not fahr on

people who are pushchairs or wheelchairs. Per month, the City

Council is being tracked by dissolution. Tonight, counchllors

will recommend that parking on pavements should be banned. What we

are going to do is identify three parts of the city. Leicester South,

Leicester East and Leicester West. There, we can begin our expdriments

for banning pavement parking. We will learn a lot from that `nd then

we will be able to extend bdyond those areas. Calls encroachhng on

the pavement is a widespread issue. This video shows cars in Derbyshire

using it like a third lane. But Leicester's efforts to stop it not

been welcomed everywhere. Rdsidency have began a petition. I can not see

any other way we can park otr cars. If you look on the roads, they are

very narrow. My neighbour, who is very sick, needs constant mddical

attention and for gamblers hs to come through, it will be a big

problem for them. It'll be impossible for anyone to get past

year. The council says they will listen to concerns and if the plans

are approved by the city maxor, bands would not come in and all

makes year. But extra enforcement officers are planned in the

meantime. So sites such as this maybe it is far less commonplace. ``

become far less commonplace. The case of a Nottinghamshire

clergyman whose promotion w`s blocked because he's

in a same sex marriage, has been The former Conservative Party

Chairman, Norman Fowler, spoke about the experience of Canon Jerdmy

Pemberton, who lives in Southwell. The Church of England plans

to look into the issues. Canon Jeremy Pemberton was

the first ordained minister to be married after same`sex marrhages

became legal. He and his partner Lawrence

Cannington married this year. He is the deputy senior chaplain

for United Lincolnshire Hospitals. He recently secured a promotion

at Kingsmill Hospital in Nottinghamshire, but he was

refused a licence to do the job by the acting bishop of Southwdll in

Nottingham because of his m`rriage. I have been a priest for 32 years

and I've tried to be a faithful and a hard`working priest where ever

I have been, all different kinds And it did feel

like that work was being rejected. Now, the issue has been raised

in the House of Lords. Given that there were other

clergymen at similar risk, will the minister, as a matter of goodwill,

look at the position here and see if there is anything that can be done

to help reconcile the difficulties? Lady Northover, the Women

and Equalities spokesperson was sympathetic, but said it is a matter

for the Church of England. So,

step forward the Bishop of Sheffield The recent guidelines of thd house

of Bishops states clearly that those who enter a same`sex marriage

together with children in their care, should be welcomed into the

life of worshipping communities And also the Church of Engl`nd is

about to begin a two`year process of structured conversations to

explore the changing attitudes to human sexuality

and their implications for the life Canon Pemberton may not havd got

his promotion, but the Establishment Next, football fans are learning

more about a hero of yesterxear Tinsley Lindley lead

a remarkable sporting life in the 19th century, playing cricket

for Nottinghamshire and football Now, a new QR code

on his grave will let visitors learn People can come up here,

swipe this code and see his team photographs, write up about him and

what he got up to and everything. His great grandsons, they dhdn't

know anything about him either! A pioneering project to preserve

the disappearing sounds of a city has collected somd

of its first recordings. The idea is to assemble a sound

archive showing how Leicestdr has The project caught the ear

of our political editor John Hess, who's even contributed some

historic sounds of his own. What you reckon that is? So how will

you recognise everyday sounds from the recent past? Is a footb`ll

rattle. is held like a cell at a dispenser. It is one of these! I

remember those based micro they re if you years. Composer. Andrew Hill

and Colin Hyde of these Midler s oral history archive want to capture

the disappearing sounds of the city. Next door to the Buster bowl was the

old telephone exchange. This part of Leicester is that marketers are the

cultural quarter. It was was dominated by trade and industry

swept away and the unique sounds along with them as minor factor in

decline. we have to find thd few remaining factories that sthll exist

in Leicester. They are out there, we must find them. Listen closdly and

you can see the industrial sound of a changing city. This faction makes

socks, used to be dozens of similar factories across Leicester. You

It could be time to put awax the watering can.

It is all thanks to the innovation here at Cannes micro Myra ndar

Hinckley. It is a fantastic but unity for the wide area bec`use it

will be one Briton's real c`pitals for a technology will domin`te our

lives for many years to comd. Lots of good jobs for local people. It is

already a successful censordd, develop an enterprise zone `nd doom

pioneering work in all manndr of ways. I'm delighted that thdy have

launched this project here. It has taken a decade to develop and cost

hundreds of thousands of botnds So, why do we need you? When we look

at these statistics, there `re still many accidents and her talent is on

British roads. There are also problems with heavy congesthon and

fuel emissions. `` emissions. There were lots of innovations here that

will grow in the next few ydars So has driverless technology h`s turned

a corner, could it really bd an end to back`seat driving?

Time now for sport with Nat`lie who all this week has been in Scotland

Yes, tonight in Glasgow it hs all about the gymnastics as the

all`around finals take placd in one of the games' most iconic btildings.

Last night, two Nottingham gymnasts, Becky Downey and Sam Oldham,

turned at the Hydro Gold here in the team finals.

For Becky, it was a big achievement because

for the first time, she was part of a women's team to take a title at

Like many twentysomethings, Becky Downie is keen on balls. But she

likes is uneven. She is European champion and now has a Commonwealth

team gold. She is a determined woman, who were just not give up

after missing out on the Olxmpics. Missing 2012 was difficult. On the

bars on Monday, she was on top form an aspiring young, England team At

22, she is a veteran of the camp. I think the team be great. Shd fell

off the beam yesterday. She is carrying a heel injury and called on

all her experience from the Melbourne games and the paghng

Olympics to pull her through. Up and down, carrying a bit of an hnjury,

so I was not going to high. But I was pleased with what I did. I had a

small mistake at the start, but not much else. Some aldermen injured as

he helped 20 gold of the men's event yesterday. And with individtal

attempts `` things to come he can watch this afternoon 's competition.

We are preparing for our World Championships which are eight weeks

away. Anything we get here hs a bonus and the main target for others

is the World Championships. The World Championships are in China in

October. But also in Athletics for the

East Midlands as Leicester's Laura Samuels smashed her personal best

in the triple jump to take Silver. I am delighted to say

she is with me now. I have been to watch the athletics

and kind of took it all in. Proudly wearing your medal there,

it looks fantastic. Did you sleep with it under

your pillow? And your mum is here and sister

and nieces watching at home. How proudly you to take

the medal back to Leicester? I feel like a weight is

off my shoulders. Finally getting over

the 40 metre mark. My mum, sisters

and my nieces were really proud This is your first Commonwe`lth

Games and your first senior Coming here and for it to bd

my first senior major chancd and coming home with a Silvdr medal,

I'm really pleased with that. Yes,

we have two years until Rio and I can go into training, speak with my

coach, and see what steps to take. Now, let us take a look

at the round`up from today's action Home to a hero's welcome. Ddrby

swimmer Adam Petey was greeted by his proud mum and dad earlidr after

claiming another gold last night. He's won a brilliant breast stroke

to help the men's team to vhctory and take his medal haul to two goals

and won silver. Absolutely `mazing to hear that anthem. I just love my

country and I loved the crowd has supported us. In hockey, England's

women off through to the selifinals after a 2`1 win over Scotland.

Blinker teeming, Dolly bon Hollie Webb. We had great confidence. I

think we have real confidence and momentum and we are looking forward

to the semifinal. Lots of athletics coming up, look out for

Loughborough's Martyn Roonex who cruised into tonight's final 40

metres. And earlier today, Loughborough team`mates Isabelle

Pooley and Jane Nisbet made it through to the high jump final. They

will go for medals on Fridax. Well, they call this the squinty Bridge

here in Glasgow. The son is not been out here today, but it has over the

last few days for our athletes. A glittering games so far for the East

Midlands. It will be turning more unsdttled as

we head into tomorrow. It h`s been stay settled for now, and thank you

Fran for this picture. So the run of settled weather is coming to an end

as we are expecting there to be a band of heavy, thundery showers

moving in tomorrow. Bearing that in mind, if you mist the antiqtes road

show forming at Derby the other week, you have another chance

tomorrow at Belton house, so you may need to pack your umbrella. Before

today, the cloud was fairly stubborn in places through the afternoon but

eventually started to break up and thin. We have had highs of 22

Celsius. So, some decent, clear spells for the moment. As wd go

through tonight, we start to see a gradual increase that wacko

increasing cloud. One or two light showers as we head through the

night. A minimum temperaturd of 15 Celsius. This is where the change

comes, a cloudy start to Thtrsday, with one or two showers. Thdn a band

are more persistent, heavy `nd potentially thundery showers start

to push through from the end of the morning into the early afternoon.

One site clears away, we will see some sunny spells then the

afternoon, but may also mean we get some home`grown thundery showers

developing later in the day. Highs of 22 Celsius in that sunshhne.

There will be a good deal of dry weather on Friday, this rain stays

down to the south and west of us through the day on Friday, to just

allow for one or two light showers. But, that's when is that to moving

on Friday night. The low prdssure starts to move up and give ts

unsettled conditions. There will be a spell of rain on Saturday morning

and showers following on behind Once low`pressure clears to the

north, it means that Sunday will be drier, brighter. As the weekend that

I to the weekend, Sunday is the better day. So you later for the

late news. Goodbye. in the mirrors have had a lovely

time. She said, Cos the more he can't have you

the more he'll want you.