23/03/2017 East Midlands Today

Tonight: and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

Sadness here - and a plea for unity -

in the wake of the Westminster terror attack.

I would urge members of the public to stick together and stay vigilant

and by working together we will defeat terrorism. It is communities

are to defeat terrorism. As East Midlands's police chiefs condemned

the attack, the Prime Minister promises more officers. A

prescription ever was a blunder that contributed to Kymberley Holden

death. The extraordinary company that is still going after 120 years.

Welcome to Thursday's programme, with Dominic Heale

An East Midlands police chief has called on communities to fight

the hateful agenda which brought terror to Westminster yesterday.

Simon Cole, the Chief Constable of Leicestershire, said people

needed to work together to combat terror.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Nottinghamshire Police has warned

people against carrying out hate crimes in revenge attacks.

Their comments came as the Prime Minister promised more

police on the streets to protect our communities.

Across the East Midlands, flags were lowered to fly

at half-mast at many public buildings in a show of respect

to those caught up in the terror attack at Westminster yesterday.

At a meeting of Leicestershire Police, a minute's silence

The country's security level remains at severe,

with East Midlands police forces confirming there are no specific

Leicestershire's Chief Constable Simon Cole asked the public

Let's stick together as communities, let's work together because this

is a pretty hateful agenda that we're seeing played out.

We need to stick together and combat that and we can do that and we've

done it in the past and we will do it going ahead.

Today, the Prime Minister Theresa May said policing

would be stepped up to protect communities

She said cities across the country would see an increase in police

And the East Midlands Police Operational Support Unit,

which runs armed policing, says it's reviewing the deployment

Today, the Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police warned

These incidents tend to have an effect whereby

on occasions incidence of hate crimes can increase and I want

to send a very clear message to anybody that is considering any

of those actions that our response will be very swift.

East Midlands MPs were back to business in a sombre House

Many of them were caught up in the lockdown of Parliament

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen urged

against a full crackdown on security at Westminster.

We want to live in an open and free democracy where the public have

access to the parliament so that we have full transparency

in the way Parliament works and interaction with the public.

That has to be balanced against the security

Otherwise, if that balance is not maintained, the terrorists have

already won, they've got what they want.

This evening, a time for reflection at Leicester Cathedral.

Special prayers were held for those killed and injured.

And a clear message came from the Bishop -

to uphold all that is good and challenge all that is wrong.

Our political editor Tony Roe was at Westminster yesterday

in the lockdown of Parliament and is with us now.

Today was a symbolic return to normality for MPs.

Can it really be the same after this attack?

I think there was an act of defiance from MPs. They wanted to show that

they weren't going to be stopped from going to Parliament. I had a

text message from one MP before eight o'clock this morning with a

picture of his seat in the Commons with the message, I will be in my

place today. Terrorists will never win. The Nottingham MP was in this

building early. I asked her if she was in the Commons today. She said,

of course, I had a question to ask. There is a lot of talk about not

being tired. You were there to yesterday. Was it actually

terrorists want to happen. It was terrorists want to happen. It was

scary for those minutes were we didn't know what was happening.

Server lasts for as long as it's in your head and it wasn't long before

we sort of files and camaraderie with those people around us. --

server lasts for as long. There was a unity among parties. We were

MPs. Server lost yesterday. That is MPs. Server lost yesterday. That is

based on how the MPs reacted. -- Terror lost yesterday.

The forgotten photos of a bygone era discovered in a Derby cellar.

And some of the dangers of badly maintained gas appliances.

We have the latest evidence about the extent of carbon monoxide

poisoning cases here in the East Midlands.

A GP's prescription error significantly contributed

to the death of a Derbyshire woman diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

That was the finding of an inquest into the death

The coroner recorded a narrative verdict and criticised

the GP surgery where Dr Lawrence Axten works.

Still heartbroken but satisfied with today's findings.

Kymberley Holden's family has waited two and a half

I found the conclusion was as satisfactory and

as good a conclusion as you could come to.

It's nice to get closure and conclusion.

We never had a cross word, no arguments.

Almost a year before her death, Kymberley was diagnosed with

In November 2014, feeling unwell, she took three

doses of strong painkiller OxyNorm, prescribed by her GP,

He mistakenly prescribed ten times the dose that she should have done.

doses for pain in her leg, Kymberley doses for pain in her leg, Kymberley

Holden was dead. No charges were brought against Dr Lawrence Axten.

The coroner said that she could not find that the prescription ever

caused Kymberley Holden's death but caused Kymberley Holden's death but

I do find that it made a significant contribution.

This inquest has identified many failings within the health care

system, particularly communication and the lack of knowledge about

certain controlled drugs which I hope will improve in the future and

prevent these incidents happening. In a statement...

The family has told me it is now considering a civil case against Dr

Lawrence Axten. A murder investigation is underway

in Nottingham after a man was found Officers were called to

Robin Hood Street in St Ann's just A man found outside

the Premier Express Store was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre

but died as a result The Leicester-based retailer Next

has reported its first fall in annual profits for eight years

and has also warned Pre-tax profits at the clothing

and homeware firm dropped by almost 6% last year -

from 836 million the year It says shoppers are shifting

their spending away from clothing, Next tonight, you can't smell it,

or taste it, or see it - and yet if you breathe in high

levels it can kill you. Around 50 people a year

in the UK die from breathing Faulty or poorly maintained gas

appliances are a big cause. Our health correspondent Rob Sissons

has been to meet one woman who was rushed to accident

and emergency because of carbon Amanda had been exposed to a faulty

boiler. She had visited her mum 's old house a fortnight after she

died. When she returned home, they all felt unwell with headaches. I

thought we'd all come down with a bulb or that there was the stress of

the two weeks has perhaps taken its toll. It was potentially fatal

carbon monoxide poisoning. Each year carbon monoxide poisoning. Each year

around 50 deaths in the UK, in Nottinghamshire alone to

action in cases were recorded last action in cases were recorded last

year according to the campaign group. These are some of the key

symptoms... Amanda now tells everyone, looking

into carbon monoxide detectors. I've got my boiler, my gas hob in the

kitchen and my other arm up there. She agrees that you should check an

sure that it still works. Around 30% sure that it still works. Around 30%

of the population have a carbon monoxide alarm but they don't

realise that actually at home and away from home you should also take

an alarm with you. This man knows all about the dangers posed by

carbon monoxide. I've had problems with issue with the pipes. Holes at

the back and the front with the seals. It's important to get the gas

appliances checked regularly by a engineer. Rental properties have to

have carbon monoxide is detectors. Lantos has to make sure that the

boilers are serviced every year. When it comes to private

householders, is that discretion. -- landlords have to make sure that.

The number of recorded sex offences involving children in Leicestershire

Police in the county say they were contacted about 605

alleged incidents in 2016 - that's compared with

The 36% increase is almost double the national average.

The NatWest Bank is to close eleven of its branches

They include Netherfield, Bingham and Southwell in Nottinghamshire

and Ashbourne Belper, Mickleover, Ripley and

Almost 160 Nat West and RBS branches will shut nationwide by October.

Bosses have blamed a drop in custom, as online banking increases.

The opening of a new theatre is a rare event, but when it's named

after the most prominent woman in British theatre and she opens

it herself, then it's bound to catch the eye.

Rosemary Squire performed the honours at her old

As Quentin Rayner reports, one of the main aims

of the new theatre is to stage community led productions.

Rosemary Squire is used to the big state. She is co-founder of the

Ambassador Theatre group and has owned a lot of them. The group has

over 40 venues in the West End, Broadway and around the UK. Now she

has a theatre named after her at the has a theatre named after her at the

The future cost ?9 million. I've got The future cost ?9 million. I've got

quite got my head around it. It is thrilling and wonderful. I think

because I've spent my entire career in theatre it's good to put

something back and conduct we started to talk to young people and

girls about different career opportunities and present have

different role models. I'm very happy to spend time doing it. The

future it can be split into two separate Everest. State-of-the-art,

professional, it couldn't be better. Many professional theatres are not

as well-equipped as this. It's a huge opportunity the girls to try

the technical jobs. There are so many chances for them to work with

real equipment. The trust that runs the school provided the bulk of the

funding. The aim is to widen access to the arts. Outside school hours,

the every will be available to other people. All of us on the

committee have really thought that committee have really thought that

this was the most important part of this because the girls will only

visit after year and for the rest of the year it will be available for

people in the community that like this to work on. The curtain raiser

for the new space was a production of Grease this evening.

How exciting. A new feature. I'll try and keep my words simpler.

Coming up, an emotional feature on the return of our top ice dancer

Former Nottingham Forest starlet Oliver Burke says he left the club

partly to join coaches who had more experience.

Burke - who came through the Forest academy -

made a controversial big money move to Germany's RB Leipzig in August.

It's taken him a while to settle in, but says it's been good

They've helped me a lot and got me to a certain stage, you know,

in my career and I can't thank them enough for that, but it comes

to a stage where there is a lot more experienced coaches and can take

you to that next level and I just think it's completely

different to a new country, different style of football as well,

new philosophy that I need to learn and it's great.

I think I can only add to my game and I can only get better from that.

In ice hockey, an unexpected defeat for Nottingham Panthers as they run

In a slightly lacklustre match, they lost 3-1 at home

to league strugglers Manchester Storm,

but may feel hard done by after hitting the metalwork not

Their win keeps Storm well in the hunt for

Panthers last regular season home match is tomorrow

against Sheffield - already sold out.

Next, the blood, sweat and tears of trying to win an Olympic medal.

Penny Coomes is an ice dancer from Nottingham.

But a severe training accident in America nine months ago

left her needing to learn to walk properly again - never mind skate.

And here it is, from the fall to her first

We decided to create a lift where I would sit up

I gave it a bit too much force and I ended up

going over his shoulder and landing directly on my patella tendon.

I screamed the from the airport to the hospital.

Part of my sport is very much about the end product

and about the make up and the costume and the sparkle

and the music and this piece of art that comes together for competition.

It's so effortless, people don't really see how hard we have to work

to get to that point, and then going through an injury

as well, I wanted to show people this is really hard but I can do it.

Last week, I did a ladder drill for the first time

I was just so happy and this part of my rehab is full of happy tears

rather than the sad ones because I know that I'm finally

I feel pretty optimistic but I don't want to be naive at the same time.

I can barely get the words out because I'm so passionate and I love

Now I've got on and I just feel like I've got my legs back.

When I get back on the ice, I'm going to fly back to America

pretty quickly and then an going to give myself a few weeks

to get ready and then Nick and I are going to plan to go

and work with Christopher Dean in Colorado Springs.

For our Olympic games, to have Christopher Dean work

on something that he's so great at, the rumba, we are truly lucky

I know I keep saying it but I can't believe it.

remember what she went to through to remember what she went to through to

get back through the eyes. You can see it on the Facebook page.

I could watch that again and again. Thank you, Colin.

Now, there can't be many firms anywhere who've operated

from the same location for 150 years and who are still going strong.

But that's certainly true of a Derby photographic company.

WW Winters have taken photos of Derby folk for generations.

It includes stunning portraits - and historic views of the city -

found on ancient glass plates in their cellar.

Three years ago, we filmed in the cellar at WW Winters in Derby.

Thousands of ancient glass negatives going back to 1867,

the date the firm moved to its present site.

It's hard to imagine today with electric lighting and digital

cameras that originally photographic studios, such as WW Winters,

Debbie Adele Cooper's put the exhibition

Most of the pictures in this exhibition are all from glass plate.

Many of them are stored in the cellars when you came

These are a fine example of plates from the 1870s onwards.

You can see such beautiful images and poses.

Winters recorded everything from World War I German prisoners,

to 1940s arrivals in Derby, to present-day inhabitants.

The image quality's so good giant prints can still be made.

This one of Edward VII was so well liked the king

The pigments used to tint black and white photos remain.

Next door, a parallel exhibition shows such coloured photos and local

people's contributions from their own archives.

You can even have your own Victorian-style portrait

taken in front of this specially painted panorama.

It's all part of the month long Format Photography Festival.

15 locations in Derby, which will include tours of WW

Winters Studios where thousands of images await processing.

We've got over 100,000 stories that we're still yet

But thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery

and support from Format Festival and Derby Museums, we've made sure

that people can come and experience some of wonders of the archives.

Wonderful stuff. Well, the weather forecast.

Well, there is some sunshine on the way over the next few days. A

contrast to the wet weather that we contrast to the wet weather that we

had earlier this week. It really feels as though spring as has well

and truly sprung. Lots of beautiful pictures being sent in. Tomorrow,

cloudy in the morning but decent sunny spells on the way. On the

charts, the low pressure that was causing as wet weather earlier in

the week, it has moved south. High pressure building and looking to

stay with us over the weekend. The detail earlier on today, cloud

building up but the East Midlands it very sunny. Looking to what tonight,

-- looking towards tonight, not a lot of court but it begins to build

in the early uppers. Last night of in the early uppers. Last night of

four Celsius. Rival spots might see some frost. Tomorrow morning, cloud

for a little while but this full break-up and there will be a bright

and sunny afternoon. As we look towards the next few days, we

continue to have this high pressure in charge of our weather. The

brightest weather is on Saturday and we will have some cards around as

regards words Sunday. I'll leave you with the outlook. -- we will have

some cards around. Slightly cloudy as the cold towards Sunday.

Thank you very much. Hooray. I'm still thinking about

that ice skater. Hope to see you for the latest news.