19/12/2016 East Midlands Today

The delays in dementia diagnosis.

Trees is among those waiting too long in Nottinghamshire to be told

they have dementia. I thought I was going

Health bosses say they're discovering a record

number of cases in the city and county, but delays are causing

distress to sufferers and their carers.

A review of waiting times in the New Year

Our health correspondent Rob Sissons has more.

The Alzheimer's Society reckons that the number of people living

with dementia in the east midlands is around 60,000.

Therea, from Arnold in Nottinghamshire, is one of them.

Sometimes, I can't remember people's names.

I used to be good for all those things.

It was two days before last Christmas Theresa

was diagnosed with early on-set alzheimer's disease.

And I noticed there was something wrong.

It wasn't a case of I thought there was something wrong, I knew

And not being able to do what she used to be able

Teresa said it took months to get diagnosed.

I thought I was too young to be in that sort of

Health watchers in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire says it's

concerned too many patients are having to work longer than the Tiger

time of six weeks from a GP referral to diagnosis by specialist.

The point is when they seek that help

Nothing will be the same thereafter and for some, it

is devastating, but it is only then that they can make the plans that

The NHS says a review of waiting times will get underway

next month, but stresses record numbers of patients are being

diagnosed with dementia and it is a big priority.

Our health correspondent is here. A priority there and it is paying off.

It seems to be, because in some ways the NHS is a victim of its own

success. Getting more people through free diagnosis, but the bigger

workload means more waiting in some cases. Gone is the old view that you

don't want to know if you have dementia, because there didn't used

to be treatments, but now there are. They are doing a lot of work on new

treatments now. Yes, on the late news we will have news of

development in the East Midlands were deserted early stage, but is

there a promising. And you very much.

Later in the programme, we'll be talking to the man who was crowned

sport's Unsung Hero last night and we'll also be reviewing a year

which has been far from dull politically and shuffled the pack

A court's heard how a young Nottingham man died from a single

stab wound to his chest, after his car was surrounded by

Four men, originally charged with murder,

have instead been jailed today for manslaughter.

It's because phone footage, thought to show one defendant as the killer,

has now revealed the actual murderer is still on the run.

James Roberson is at Nottingham Crown Court.

Yes, over the last few weeks, the court here has heard how

increasing animosity grew between two groups of young men

It culminated with the death of 21-year-old Aqib Mazhar.

The court hear how, around 8.30pm on June first this year,

his car was surrounded by three other cars on his own

His windows were smashed and he received a stab wound

to the lung and heart from which he collapsed and died.

Four men between 18 and 24 have pleaded guilty to manslaughter,

because it's now been revealed the actual murderer

Now the judge has asked why the defendants were originally

charged with murder, then later with manslaughter.

Yes, the four original murder charges were changed.

It was revealed in court today that phone footage that originally

was thought to show one of the four defendents as the

It showed that defendent did not wield the knife,

but another man who's now on the run.

One of the defending barristers said the police's error had

put his client at very serious risk of a serious miscarriage

And Judge Stuart Rafferty said, "There must never be another murder

case in this country where those analysing CCTV don't

When we've reviewed our own evidence, we find that the detail

became clearer when we viewed it on Apple's software and Apple

So then we were able to exactly see what had gone off.

We have already made steps to make sure

that officers are aware that when things are transferred to one

format from another, everything must be

viewed in the original format if at all possible.

What has happened to the defendant 's? The judge told the four accused

that the merger was wholly needless, but they all knew who the real

killer was, but none of them had spoken up. The man of the left is 21

and was jailed for seven years, the next aged 24 and the man next to him

receive nine years and 20 months and the youngest on the right, the

instigator, got ten years and six months. Nottinghamshire Police say

the hunt for the real killer continues. In other news, in clans

to a woman and her husband who were killed within one hour of each other

have opened in Derby. Police have now confirmed the man who was hit by

a lorry and his wife at was discovered earlier with serious

injuries, she later died in hospital. A 22 old son suffered head

injuries and remains in the Queen 's medical Centre.

Newcastle University says it'll investigate the death

of a 20-year-old Leicestershire student who died after

Ed Farmer, from Tilton-on-the-Hill, died in the Royal Victoria

Police say he arrived at the hospital in a life-threatening

condition after drinking an excessive amount.

The University says it's saddened by the news and once the Coroner

establishes the facts, it will take any appropriate action.

Now 2016 has been an eventful year for our politicians -

from Brexit, to attempted coups, to massive changes in Government.

And the East Midlands and its MPs have been in the thick of it.

So, who's had a good year and who would rather forget it?

And what does next year have in store?

Our political editor, Tony Roe looks back at a memorable twelve months.

2016, the year when pretty much all the political punditry was wrong.

Prediction number one, there will be an EU

referendum and remain will

Prediction number two, Hillary Clinton will be US president.

# This is the year to make your decision.#

Doubts were there for those Labour campaigners on the

It was a big surprise when the referendum result came.

It either caused political careers to crash or

being in charge of decluttering the nation's

roadsides to represent the

Government at Fidel Castro's funeral as a Foreign Office minister.

But there was Labour mutiny in the East Midlands against Captain

Gloria de Piero resigned from the Shadow Cabinet, closely

followed by Lillian Greenwood, and then Vernon Coaker stood down,

In the real Cabinet, a case of unhappy

families, with the loss of

New player Theresa May discarded Nicky Morgan

Baroness Stowell of Beeston stepped down as Leader

Patrick MacLoughlin moved from Transport

Secretary to chairman of the Conservative Party and Anna Soubry

resigned from her role as Business Minister and became a

standard bearer for those campaigning for a soft Brexit.

Jon Ashworth stayed in the Shadow Cabinet as

Shadow Health Secretary, but he lost his place on Labour's NEC.

Keith Vaz lost the prestigious chair of the

home affairs committee after the tabloid scandal.

Who would make them again after this year?

And who would have thought a pair of leather trousers would be a huge

political scandal. Anything is possible. It is, like this.

The reburial of Richard III firmly put the city

And now tourism experts are hoping to capitalise on Leicester's growing

appeal by planning a new visitor attraction.

It's based on another local success story -

forensic science and Sir Alec Jeffrey's development

The discovery of Richard III Pars backbones beneath the council car

park has been it is a magnet for Leicester. 200,000 people have been

to the visitor centre since it opened two and a half years ago.

What have captured people's interests? The forensics science

behind the identification of the King 's bones. The DNA of Richard

III working period with living relatives as part of the story

captured imaginations. Without that was an idea there to develop another

visitor attraction will look at forensics and crime based on DNA

fingerprinting. That higher nearing work was developed by Sir Alec

Jeffreys at the University of Leicester, which is one of the other

main partners in this. It is an idea without we have been thinking about

for a while, we have been given funding to develop the idea further.

It is in the early stages yet. This could be the development location.

There is hard work ahead. Will spend the next six to 12 months looking at

how we will tell the story in an engaging way and hopefully in the

next 34 years we will have a new centre and news stories itself. 32

and a half thousand visitors came to Leicester last year and it is

anticipated that this could become another jewel in the city APPLAUSE

Leicestershire County Council has bought land in Market Harborough

to develop industrial units in an attempt to boost

The council's bought 18 acres of commercial development land

The authority will seek permission to develop

industrial units and offices, which it will rent

Leicester City Council is hoping to cover the city's Magazine Gateway

The weeping willow creation was part of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas

of Red installation that covered the Tower of London two years ago.

Now Leicester has made a bid to host it in 2018.

If successful the city will have it for six weeks as part of the world

Next - they say the best gifts come in small packages and that's

certainly true for parents Mel and Khaled Ibrahim from Nottingham.

Their daughter Amaya was born 16 weeks early back

in April, but she's finally been allowed home.

They say it's the best Christmas present they could have wished for.

Eight months after she was born, Amaya Ibrahim has finally been

She arrived 16 weeks early in April, much to the surprise

She looked like a little bird and she was moving and

it just, it scared me, because I was on my

own and I didn't know what

I wanted to hold her, keep her warm, but I knew that I could to

So I just stayed there waiting for help to come.

And so Amaya's fight for survival began.

She spent most of her life at Nottingham's

Children's Hospital at the Queens medical Centre, battling everything

from lung disease to sepsis and still relies on oxygen.

Babies born that early have many complications with

their bowels, with their lungs and they need a lot of support

And it's fantastic that now she has reached a time when

all of the team looking after her decided she is ready for home.

Her mum and dad say she wouldn't be alive

today had it not been for the

treatment she received at the QMC and that is why they have raised

over ?11,000 for the neonatal unit where her journey began.

They spent 19 weeks battling to save her.

She has had many, many downs and also many ups

and there have been times when we thought

then something would happen and she couldn't.

Now, finally, Amaya is home just in time for Christmas.

Her mum and dad say it's the perfect present.

And judging by her face, Amaya's pretty pleased too.

She is gorgeous and what a fighter. Wonders scroll to see doing so well.

It is time for the sport now. Yes, only one place to start

with that amazing night for the East Midlands at the BBC

Sports Personality Later, we'll be joined

by the reformed gang member who posed with the future king

after winning the Unsung Hero Award. But first, another crazy

weekend for Leicester City. On the pitch, their star player

was sent off in a remarkable match. Off it, two more trophies for

the cabinet at Sports Personality. A red card on Saturday

for Jamie Vardy. Red carpet on Sunday

as an award finalist. It's an amazing feeling,

but obviously, there is a Everyone has had a remarkable year

in the sport, so we will just have He was the face of

Leicester City at the Royal reception at the Sports Personality

Awards last night, with his wife 24 hours earlier, he had

the new red face of Leicester, controversially sent off

early in the game with Stoke. A decision which

would see him banned from playing over Christmas

unless an appeal is successful. A decision which left his

manager furious, but You've taken it easy

obviously in the league obviously looking for

a Christmas break yourself. Vardy didn't win the main award last

night, but he was on stage with his colleagues

for other accolades. Firstly, for the manager,

coach of the year. It's fantastic to take this

award here in England. It's a huge, huge honour

to receive this award. A big thank you to our fans

as well for their loyal Leicester's team spirit came out

again at the weekend with the Vardy sent off, six

players booked and two goals down to stroke,

they galvanised themselves

to another draw. The first, thanks to

goal-line technology. The second, just two

minutes from the end. The team of the year

with one of the comebacks And in just a moment we'll

have our incredible BBC Unsung Hero of the Year with us in the studio -

the awe inspiring Marcellus Baz. Well, lets round up the rest

of the days news now starting BBC Nottingham Sport broke the story

this morning that local businessman Alan Hardy had agreed a deal to buy

the club from Ray Trew. It comes in the nick of time with

Notts believed to be on the verge Well, the man who broke the story

was Colin Slater who's been covering I spoke to him just a short time ago

to find out what he knows. We know that there was a deal of

frenzied activity yesterday after it That upset the negotiations

in motion and late in the evening, pretty late Willie,

it was all settled. A deal was done, it

had to be concluded. So, local business men,

presumably he has those winding up order and enough to deal

with at the club at the moment? There has been a court

hearing today and it has been adjourned,

but my understanding is that Alan Hardy

will pay the amount of money. It's getting on for

?300,000, the unpaid tax bill and he will

settle that on the day that he takes control

of That's off the field,

but he's got lots to fix on the He is aware of that

and if he wasn't, then the defeat with six

in a row, made him even more aware of it and he

is intending and determined

to put things right. He talks to John Sheridan today

or at least sent him a message, supporting the manager,

but saying that there are going to be funds available

to strengthen a squad which has now lost six

in a And we've seen Notts County's goals,

so lets get round the rest - featuring a young Forest player

telling it how it is, a game of two halves for Mansfield

and starting with an eighth game Derby went to Fulham actually hoping

for an eighth win in a row and Tom seemed to have set them

on their way, but coming away from it was one point is nothing

to be ashamed of. Especially after

Fulham took the lead. Steve McClaren rightly hailed

the reaction to going behind. There was no comparable

reaction from Nottingham Forest

at the city ground. They saw wolves squeeze into a lead

before half-time, but only showed the briefest

spark in the second before succumbing to

Defender Joe Worrall said what many of the fans were

I think a lot of the players are very...

Every chance I get to play in this team, in training, I

want to head it, kick it, tackle, be the best I can

be and I don't think there are many

Mansfield were pretty dreadful at Exeter in the first-half and

They were much better in the second, but couldn't

In fact, Exeter were able to get another.

Now, Leicester Tigers, who seemed to have put their Director

of Rugby's job on the line with a terrible performance

Well, hows this for a nerveless response.

After a fine display of the old Tigers' virtues

of industrial rugby, it came down to this LONG kick

to save a European campaign and, possibly, the top man's job.

To Welford Road's joy, Owen Williams was up to it.

Now the moment we have all been waiting for -

with us here in the studio, fresh from rubbing shoulders

with the future King and the biggest names in sport -

the remarkable BBC Unsung Hero 2016, Marcellus Baz.

the East Midlands Unsung Hero for his work with the

For over ten years, he's given up 30 hours a weeks coaching hundreds

of kids and steering many of them away from a life of crime.

Getting some into work, changing lives and giving hope

to many youngsters who have previously been written off.

Last night, he was crowned the BBC National Unsung Hero for 2016.

So, Baz, you grew up in an area of deprivation in Nottingham

and in your 20s you were stabbed and decided

Yes, I can understand that people think it is a story. It is a

difficult change a lot of people. I can see why people are interested in

it. when millions of TV viewers saw

you collect your award. I am just humbled, privileged

and honoured to be here today. I would just like to

dedicate this award to all those volunteers that

haven't been recognised, effort in and make such

a massive change to sport. Let's give them a big

round of applause. Well, Baz, what a moment for you -

how are you feeling tonight? It is so surreal style. It hasn't

sunk in at all. I'm in a bit of a daze. I haven't had much sleep

anything. Here I am. What was the old thing like, that moment when you

step up? It was an absolutely amazing moment I will be with me for

the rest of my life, just standing up and being around the kind of

You can see all the famous faces you were rubbing shoulders with last

night, but what kind of reception did you get and what was it

It was an amazing experience. They are really nice, humble people.

There are just like me and you. Are you sure? Yes, they are just like me

and you. The fact that you're not like normal people, because of the

work that you have put in. Towers about how important I was you

anything is your able to achieve. It is about changing people's lives and

giving them an opportunity to engage in sport, as we do predominantly

boxing and giving them a way out. Giving them help and the ability to

channel their energies in a constructive way. How did you do

that so well? I do not know. There are involved to people that can do

that, but we might be a bit more successful in the areas that we work

with because we can relate to some of the kids going through the same

challenges and obstacles that we have been through. I'm talking about

ex-offenders, I have lived in areas of deprivation and I have lived

through the hurdles and obstacles and now we can get those kids in the

right direction. You're doing remarkable work. They are struggling

right now to find premises for the work you want to continue next year.

Any hope but that would be very welcome. A huge congratulations. He

doesn't need to dig a picture with us, given those photographs he was

taking. No, years all right. A special party has been

held in Derby today, for people who will be spending

Christmas on their own. The event, held at

the city's Roundhouse, for a mince pie, a turkey

sandwich and a chat. The Salvation Army was there

to provide some festive music and it was all organised

by BBC Radio Derby presenter Sally Pepper, who wants to spread

christmas cheer to those It's touched our hearts

over the past few weeks. We have been meeting people

and their stories across the East Midlands are spending the

majority of their year, never mind The people here arriving

for the special party are people who will be spending

Christmas on their own. In the East Midlands

alone, it's over 66,000 people, not just at Christmas,

that there are daily reality Our hope is to spread a bit

Christmas magic and hopefully some new friendships

might be formed today. Good on her. A great idea. A

fantastic Christmas stress. Talking about Christmas, weather. It is

still a little bit uncertain as we go through Christmas Day. One thing

I can say, she does make a good cup of tea. As for the weather today,

lots of great clouds around, quite dull from a good cup of tea. As for

the weather today, lots of great clouds around, quite dull for much

of be a little bit more brightness in the picture. This is what we have

at the moment. High pressure just about keeping these fronts at bay,

but more unsettled weather expected on the way later in the week. This

was the picture earlier on. He blanketed cloud over the match of

the UK and just a bit of drizzle. Badgers are with us for a while this

evening. Slowly clearing out the way, but replaced by patches of mist

and fog. Hill fog over the Derbyshire Peak District. Not as

thick as we saw at the weekend. Has a go through tomorrow morning, we

will certainly decoding old, some breakers bells is legal to the

afternoon, hows of around six Celsius, so do wrap up warm, it will

be feeling chilly. Looking ahead to words Wednesday, this band of rain

fish tend toward the south. Slightly milder on Wednesday. The chance of

brighter weather in the picture as well. Looking towards the end of the

week, the Isa buyers are squeezing together. Expecting windier and

wetter conditions with low pressure systems coming towards us. I will

leave you with the outlook. Cloud for the time being, but potentially

windy and Tilly later on this week. Thank you, Alex. We are brilliant at

unsung hero. Our volunteers are the very, very best.

Join us later this evening at the 10:30pm

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