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Tonight, an inquest's dramatically halted after the police comd

The inquest was being held hnto a fatal smash caused by an elderly man

driving the wrong way down the M1. Also tonight, the patient bding told

that if you want over-the-counter medications like paracetamol, then

you will have to buy them yourselves from the chemist.

And the charity that supplids these water filters to turn this dirty

water into drinking water and how people -- and help people in Haiti

affected by hurricane Matthdw. And out of the frying pan. What next

for Andrew? It was always a little bit less of a

secret each week when I was -- whether I was in it each wedk. And

then at the end I only had to keep quiet about who won.

Good evening and welcome to tonight's programme.

First tonight, police have been criticised for failing to stop

an 87-year-old dementia pathent driving for 30 miles the wrong way

Albert Newman finally crashdd into a van on the M1

near Radcliffe Power Station, killing himself and a young father.

Today's inquest was dramatically adjourned so the coroner can

gather more information about what happened.

Our reporter was there and joins us now.

Amy, quite an unexpected outcome this morning.

But first remind us what happened in this case?

Well, it happened in the early hours of October 12th last year

between Junction 24A and 25 of the M1.

Dementia patient Albert Newlan, from Nottingham, was travelling

the wrong way up the southbound carriageway and crashed

into a Transit van, killing the 27-year-old passenger

Michael Luciw and seriously injuring the driver, Andy Harrington.

The inquest at Loughborough Crown Court heard Albert Newman h`d been

driving the wrong way for around 30 miles before the crash,

from Junction 9 on the M42, through the A42 and on the L1.

Well, concerns were raised hn the inquest about police protocol.

Warwickshire Police took thd first call about a car on the wrong

carriageway on the M42, but officers incorrectly recorded

The error was put right, but Mr Newman crossed the county

boundary into Leicestershird on the A42, where the speci`list

roads policing unit had finhshed work for the night.

This meant the force had no specialist motorway patrols.

The coroner described the procedure used by Leicestershire police as not

It also emerged that Nottinghamshire Police spokd

to Mr Newman months before the crash after reports about him driving

An officer didn't check the paperwork which would h`ve

revealed his licence had bedn revoked on medical grounds two years

Well, the inquest was adjourned so the coroner can

Not what the families of Michael Luciw and Albert Newman

were expecting when they arrived at the hearing this morning.

Now while all three forces won't comment until the inqtest

resumes, a senior officer from Nottinghamshire Police

They simply want answers and they're hoping to get them when the inquest

Still to come: Is it time to get rid of our district

Critics say they're an unnecessary extra layer of local governlent

Others say getting rid of them would be bad for local democracy.

Patients in part of the East Midlands are being warned GPs

will no longer routinely prdscribe medication that's available to buy

The crackdown in the East of Leicestershire and Rutland

The biggest savings are expdcted to be with paracetamol.

More than 1% of the drugs btdget there is spent on the drug,

a common and cheap-to-buy painkiller.

Good evening. Good evening. This is a medhcal

Centre in Leicestershire. I have something to show you. You lay have

some of these in your cupbo`rd and you may be surprised to know that

thousands of prescriptions `re written for paracetamol, I proven,

things you can get over the counter. When it comes to paracetamol, just

in this part of the East Midlands, is list to share and Rutland, they

spent ?475,000 in one year on paracetamol. -- Leicestershhre and

Rutland. With many savings to find, they say they have to look `t this

and say to people, in most cases, you will have to buy the sort of

stuff from the chemist yourself GPs, stop prescribing it rottinely.

How do people feel about it? Well, if you are on low wagds,

that is a difference. But other people who can afford

to pay it, you can go into the chemist

and probably get it. If it is cheaper to buy it

in the shop, I will get

there from there. I think it's fine to just bty

it from the chemist. If you need it there and thdn,

then it is quick and Let's bring in a doctor. Yot have

the purse strings. Why had xou decided to do this? I think it is

logical that we try to save money for the NHS where possible, where

does not impact on patient care Is there not a principle at st`ke here?

Free at the point of need, the NHS is meant to be. Whether that is a

cancer drug or paracetamol. I think people are used to paying

prescription charges, paying for dental care. What about people with

mental health problems? People who may have a child? People who have a

chaotic life? We're talking about stopping

prescriptions for self-limiting conditions, but where peopld have a

need and the prescription couldn't be accessed readily because of the

cost, the GPs still have thd possibility of prescribing. Could

this destroy the ratio betwden a GP and a patient? It might improve GPs

can explain to them that it may be cheaper for them to buy

over-the-counter rather than have it on prescription. You suspect that in

inner-city areas, they may be prescribing more of these

medications than in the leafy suburbs where the middle cl`sses pay

more tax for the NHS. Is th`t right? Certainly, that is true. We have got

areas of deprivation and thd GPs in those areas will use their

discretion and be cautious `bout what they do. You have told me you

have thought twice about it and I can tell you other areas of the East

Midlands are looking to see how it goes down in this part of the world.

In other news: Hospital man`gers say they are not in a position to reopen

Grantham Hospital's accident and emergency department 24-hour is a

day. A meeting today's heard progress has

been made recruiting more doctors, but it still would not be s`fe

to run the department Meanwhile, operations

at Grantham Hospital have been cancelled today

because of a computer virus. Hospital bosses warned test results

were taking longer and thosd with A and out-patient

appointments faced long del`ys. They've been urging people to only

come to hospital if necessary. If our clinicians are not able

to view those results, we c`nnot necessarily provide the card that

some of our patients would need Whether they are receiving

an operation or in some of the So we do know there will be

delays to some of our patients if they attend our A

Department and will be delaxs for some of our patients

and outpatients, but we're doing everything we can to providd

as timely input as we can for our Police are looking for a man

who stole a poppy collection tin These CCTV pictures show

him taking the money Leicestershire Police are asking

anyone who might recognise him A Derbyshire charity is helping

people in Haiti to get clean water after the devastation caused

by Hurricane Matthew. The Aquabox team are sending special

water treatment pumps They're also making a new appeal

for donations to help pay for more Simon Ward has been

to see them at work. The team of volunteers are busy

making new water filters, rdady for the next shipment of aid. It can

quickly make this murky liqtid into drinking water. It will turn water

that is very contaminated, `s you can see there, into safe drhnking

water and it will get rid of all active area that are known to man.

Safe to drink. To hack helps countries all around the world, but

Haiti is the current project. A charity work has just returned to

his home after distributing water filters. There are hardly any wells

with good water. Everybody needs safe water. In the process of

getting as many of them as possible. It is a real team effort to

construct the boxes. We havd proved they do work. We go to Gambha twice

a year to inspect them. And the first ten we made a still working.

It works with the Rotary ch`rity. Knitted teddy bears are also

included in the boxes. They need something to hug. The littld

children may have left all their toys behind. We also have a

wonderful array of knitted blankets. The next 250 ready to be thhs match

-- ready to be dispatched whll cost us a lot of money and we nedd help

from the public. With more financial support, more

water filters and suppliers will go to Haiti and other areas th`t need

disaster relief. Brilliant. For the love of books and

libraries, we meet Jack, a book lover who acquired his first ever

library card at the age of 02. What was the first book he borrowed?

We'll find out. One of our MPs has suggested it s

time we scrapped one of our layers of local government,

doing away with District The Conservative MP Anna Sotbry

is echoing a call made by Labour county councillors

in Leicestershire. Over half of our district

councillors are also But critics say scrapping dhstrict

and borough authorities would be bad This is Councillor Rosita P`ge

at Leicestershire County Hall. We will move on this

is our catch-up session... She's at a forum on adult social

care in the Next, she has to get

to Market Harborough because she is also

a district councillor. but that is not the issue

for critics who want I would get rid of the borotgh

council, which I know would not be very popular with a lot of people,

especially those who sit on it, but then I would have a unitary

authority here in She used to believe

localism was best. Having seen the inside of

the system, I find that we `re It would be very simple to have one

council and going back to Leicestershire, we would then be

saving seven district counchls, seven times the councillors,

seven times the support staff. Night falls, meetings

are in the evening, because most district

councillors have other jobs. The Harborough Constitution`l

Committee doesn't pack but defenders of local councils say

to lose them would be If you get rid of layers of local

government, what you end up with is fewer councillors,

but fewer councillors with lore So this idea that somehow

we would end up improving Councillor Page's 12 hour

day finishes at 9pm. It is reckoned ?20 million

a year will be saved in Leicestershire alone by scrapping

the seven district councils. For critics, that is a high

price for democracy. More police officers

in Leicestershire are An additional 150 of them whll have

the devices from next year. Leicestershire Police say it's

to try and make the public, The force says the training

will mean it can respond to incidents more quickly

and with the appropriate resources. In a few minutes' time,

Derby Cathedral will say be saying Hundreds are expected to john

John Davies for his final sdrvice, He'll be made the Dean

of Wells later this month. The service tonight will be part

of the Cathedral's All Saints' The BBC's Love to Read

weekend is coming up, all aimed at celebrating

the pleasures of reading and encouraging us to free tp some

time to settle down with a book Today, we've been to meet a man

whose love of reading has He's stayed loyal to his local

library in Derbyshire Just another day at Ilkeston Library

for Jack, or rather Mr Cookson Now 92 years of age,

Jack borrowed his first Back then, it was Treasure Hsland,

and adventure books. Now it is nonfiction

and history of the 1900s. Over those years, he has sedn

the library transform. It is a big change from what it

used to be. Everything has become modernised,

computers and such. I'm quite relaxed to sit

with a book in my hand. Most of all with a book,

you create your picture Popping in around twice a wdek,

he is a familiar face to those He comes in, he sits at the counter,

says hello and good morning Then he gives us a list

of books he wants to borrow. He picks them up and off

he goes with his trolley. The Love to Read campaign is hoping

more people use their local library and follow in

Mr Cookson's footsteps. It is absolutely wonderful

that he still carries on. The role model that

other people see. Him still carrying on using

the library and what we want is for lots of them to realhse how

great libraries are. And how much they add

to people's lives. Ilkeston Library has been a small

but significant part of Jack's life and will continue

to be for years to come. And this Saturday marks

the culmination of the BBC's Love to Read campaign,

and our BBC local radio presenters will be taking p`rt

by reading their favourite books Full details on BBC Radio Ddrby

and Nottingham Facebook pagds. They see books are far superior to

television because the picttres are better.

I think they are probably rhght It's the eve of the next

Champions League game for Ldicester A win in Copenhagen tomorrow can see

them through to the last 16. The team are in the middle

of a training session, from where Natalie Jackson has

just sent this report. Welcome to the Danish National

Stadium, the home of FC Copdnhagen. As you can see, lest our tr`ining

here behind me to make. That is ahead of their huge game. -,

Leicester. They top the grotp in the Champions League and have won three

out of three. They are on d`zzling form in Europe. A win tomorrow night

here guarantees them a placd in the last 16. Just a moment ago, Andy

King spoke in the press conference here. He was reminded that dight

years ago today, he was plaxing in League One of Leicester agahnst

Bristol Rovers. Brilliant as a club. We have taken massive steps as a

club. It is a dream come trte. For me, I'm trying to keep improving.

Working with brilliant playdrs and coaching staff. 3000 Leicester fans

have been travelling today `nd will be here tomorrow night. The manager

says he hopes this team can do something special and write another

chapter in this fantastic story More build-up here alongsidd BBC

Radio Leicester. After two teammates argued

about who was to take a pen`lty Nottingham Forest's

Britt Assombalonga has and Henri Lansbury had the spat

in the game with Cardiff. And Assombalonga today has said it's

something he'd rather forget. I said sorry to him, becausd it was

my bad. I should not have ptt that much pressure on him. A silly

squabble that will not happdn again. The obvious it is good and H felt

good, people are making it out like it is more than it was. It hs done

and dusted. To

Next, a jobs fair for Olympians and Paralympians.

You've spent your whole lifd training as a top sportsperson

Today, Olympians and Paralylpians have been getting advice on life

Hi, I am Dan Greaves, Great British discus

I plan to compete back in the Olympic Stadium in Jtly next

year and then looking to retire after that.

Today, Dan was among 300 Olxmpians and Paralympians getting thdmselves

Today, I am here to meet with companies and understand

what they are looking for in employees, but then `lso

understanding what elite athletes have, a unique sort of set of skills

that we learn from sport and how that can cross over

Many have little experience of work outside of sport.

I worked for Tesco while I was at university.

I couldn't manage the hours and the hours of training

and the study, so had to knock it on the head.

50 companies came to the fahr looking to hire with

A lot of athletes that we h`ve employed in the past have gone

I think that competitive area of the business

We also have people into engineering side of the business

In 1996, Paul Palmer was part of the Olympic swimming teal.

Now he works in internation`l insurance and today

The skill sets they don't know they have from the competing

are the skill sets that employers are crying out for.

The dedication, the goal setting, the ability

to work under pressure, the understanding of

The aim of the game is to whn medals and for a company,

it is to make a good amount of money, provide a service,

or, you know, deliver success in our own way.

Could these medal winning athletes be future champions of business

Finally in sport tonight thdre's a chance to see one of the world's

The Norwegian team are playing Great Britain

at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham tonight.

They've been on the ice alrdady today for a training session.

Norway are ranked 11 in the world, so it's a big test for the British

team, which includes four Nottingham Panthers in the squad.

Last week, around 14 million people tuned in to watch the final

And one of the star bakers was Derby aerospace engineer Andrew Slyth

Whilst he missed out on the Bake Off Crown,

his Victoria sandwich won praise from the judges.

We went to join him in Derbx for a spot of tea and cake.

In first place... Well done, Andrew. And even bake. A good jam and a

lovely and smooth buttercre`m. He may not have one, but Andrew's

precise and structurally im`ginative bakes have picked up fans. We caught

up with him at a cafe in Derby. Such a relief since Wednesday. No more

secrets. At the beginning it was a big secret that I was honoured in a

first place. Each week, S and then the last week it was the only thing

at the quiet was the winner. Good to be able to talk about it opdnly But

the friends and family I did tell kept secrets very well. I expected

somebody to let the cat out of the bag. You have been on a book tour,

what was it like stepping into a book shop and seeing all of these

people who have come to meet you, the press are there? It must be

quite overwhelming. It was very overwhelming. We got out of this car

I went into the back entrance of the shop and we were saying, I hope

people come. I hope we're not just there were the book and no pueue.

But he walked in and there was a war from queue. -- a roar. You ` man of

many talents. What next? Thd dream would be a presenter on my own

science programme or doing something in science and engineering

broadcasting. Before The Grdat British Bake Off, it would have been

a far-off dream, but I am hoping that some of the exposure of The

Great British Bake Off and the contacts it has given me, I may be

able to forge ahead with th`t. Those are my two passions, enginedring and

baking. I am a precision engineer who happens to bake, is what I

always say. He certainly rises to the occasion, so watch this space.

A precision engineer who likes to bake.

What a lovely combination. It is turning colder over the next

few days you may want to get some cake down you to warm things up It

has been noticeably colder today, I'm sure you noticed a diffdrence.

We reached 17 Celsius yesterday but today the best we could muster was

10 Celsius. We just about scraped into double figures. A cold front

coming in, it has brought us cloud, and is introducing colder ahr.

Behind it, the areas much drier so we will say goodbye to the list and

murk and reveal the sunshind. It is turning colder for the next few

days, some frosty nights to come, that is for sure, but we will be

compensated with some beauthful sunshine, particularly in the

morning. The cloud is already starting to break, so it will be dry

and clear through the night. The cold air is already across ts, so

temperatures will tumble. Down to three or four Celsius in towns and

cities, but lower than that in the countryside spots. Some of xou will

be scraping the car for the first time tomorrow morning. A cold start.

But beautiful sunshine, blud skies, little changing in the afternoon,

just a bit of higher cloud. So a little bit of hazy sunshine. Still

feeling quite chilly, highs of around nine or 10 Celsius. @nother

clear nights tomorrow night, a frosty start, that is Thursday

morning, a bright start, but we will see some cloud developing on

Thursday. The breeze will phck up, as well, and that is ahead of some

changes at the end of the wdek. Low-pressure roles in and pdrhaps it

will be a bit more showery. The air conditioning knows ht is

cold, it is 100 degrees in here I will be back later on with the

latest news. Goodbye.

He's a scientist, brilliant apparently.

But you may be bringing people over here who did things during the war.

I will not work for you. I will not work for the British Government