29/09/2014 East Midlands Today

And now, the news for the East Midlands.

First tonight, Rolls Royce has been fined ?200,000, and nearly

the same again in costs, after four of its staff came in contact with

radioactive parts at one of its nuclear submarine sites in Derby.

They are said now to have a "very, very small" increased chancd

Some of the workers at the centre of the radiation alert at

They came to Leicester Crown Court with a GMB union representative

The company was fined ?200,000 and ordered to pay ?176,000 in costs.

The employees were exposed to radiation

We very much regret that thhs event took place in 2011 ` especi`lly

because of the impact it has had on the individuals involved.

We take the health and safety of our work force very seriously

We treat these things as the highest priority.

Welders in the clean room sdnt their work overnight for chdcking

The radioactive source was tsed in gamma radiography to look

When it came back to the welders the next morning,

they noticed a screw`sized object on the welded component.

The welders did not know wh`t the item was and passed it `round.

One man even wiped it on his overalls.

After a radiographer came into the clean room,

and his personal radiation `larm went off, some of the staff were

Three years on no`one has health problels

but one man went on sleeping tablets to prevent flashbacks.

In the back of his mind, of course, the cancer risk.

The biggest doses were to their hands and fortunately there

are no immediate effects from the radiation on their hands.

The whole body doses were qtite small, below the dose limit.

There is a very small incre`se chance of developing cancer.

The judge said that the casd fell into the negligent catagory.

The company says it has now changed procedures.

Mike O'Sullivan, BBC East Midlands Today, Derby.

Criminals trying to steal home`grown drugs are smashing their wax

into the wrong houses by mistake and threatening

There have been more than 100 of the so`called "home invasions" in

Our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, has the details.

The man who smashed his way into Mohammed's home was trying to steal

He tried to shut the door on my hand.

It was two in the morning and he targeted the wrong property.

They are high on drugs and xou do not know what they are hiding.

The attacker was looking for a crop like this ` home`grown cann`bis

It has become a cottage indtstry in this district, as producdrs

spread the risk by hiding plants in several different homes.

But drugs are a viable commodity, so they are being targeted

They will pick the most likely house but they get

it wrong and end up invading houses where there are young children

We are talking about people entering properties

127 so`called home invasions were reported to Nottinghamshire Police

In 50 of those raids, people were attacked and injured.

Today, detectives are beginning a month`long campaign to tackle

They are appealing to neighbours, postal workers and binmen to report

They are warning landlords that they could face jail

They are also making a direct appeal to the people who grow cann`bis

Sometimes people produce cannabis for others.

They are in effect held under duress.

That person asking for the cannabis to be grown will

get others to rob that cann`bis and take it for themselves `nd then

We will deal with these people as victims.

For those who do not come forward, a warning that there will bd more

raids, as this illegal cott`ge industry becomes a police priority.

Jeremy Ball, East Midlands Today, Nottingham.

Leicestershire's police and crime commissioner has ordered a

review into the force's handling of historic child abuse allegations.

It follows the high profile cases in Rotherham.

Sir Clive Loader says he wants to reassure victims

and the public that all child abuse claims, whether historic or current,

A report on cases going back to the 1990s should be finished

Nottinghamshire Police are going to start putting stop

Last month, the Home Secret`ry announced measures to improve

the way police use stop and search powers and make it more transparent.

One method was to give more detailed information about it

Nottinghamshire is one of two forces taking part in the trial

They will establish what data is important to the public

Just time for a look at a c`r built to do 600 miles an hotr.

Well, it won't get you to work tomorrow, but the model cars like

School pupils in Nottinghamshire hope they are going to break

the model car world speed rdcord, which stands at 287 miles pdr hour.

They have been testing the rocket`powered vehicles ahead

If you want to take another, slower, look at those test runs, we have put

a couple of them on our Facdbook page ` there is the address.

So, it is goodbye from me, but here is the weather now.

We will be staying with the warm weather after a month of above

average temperatures. There is some rain tonight but it will drx up

Temperatures of 30`14 Celsits. Tomorrow will start dry and bright.

It will stay dry into the afternoon. `` 13`14dC. That is all

more breezy. Now for the national weather.

Good evening. We all know that summer has been a bit extended this

year. It has been a very dry and warm month. On the