25/10/2016 East Midlands Today

First tonight, shops in Derby are closing at a faster rate

than anywhere else in the East Midlands.

Research by analysts PwC shows that while some new retail businesses

are opening in the city - that's outweighed by

Shop fronts in a city with nothing to sell inside.

This is a growing picture of Derby's High Street.

Research by the professional advisory group PwC shows shops

are closing at a faster rate here than anywhere else

I don't think Derby has a huge range of shops.

If people want to spend a little bit more on clothes and want

a designer item, there isn't really anywhere in Derby.

What we try and do is to provide fresh food and good quality

We are managing, but it is difficult.

In the first half of this year, Derby saw 11 shops

That is the highest net reduction in the whole of the East Midlands.

But the type of shops here is also changing.

Gone are the pubs and expensive clothing stores, as they're

replaced by estate agents and fast food restaurants.

Towns centres like Belper, Leicester and Melton Mowbray have

But with online shopping still as popular as ever,

We should remember that Derby has done very well in these

surveys in the past, largely on the back

But, of course, it is competition, really, Leicester and Nottingham.

Leicester has performed particularly well, probably on the halo effect

from the football team and Richard III.

So, it seems shop owners in Derby have an uphill battle on their hands

as they fight to stay afloat on their local High Street.

Next, cases of fly-tipping in one part of Leicestershire

have more than doubled in the last three years.

Now the Country Land and Business Association is calling

for stiffer penalties to be introduced, including prison.

Victoria Hicks spent the day with Harborough District

Three days of illegally dumped rubbish collected in Harborough.

Today it was temporarily tipped onto Welland Park in the town

to show how big a problem fly-tipping has become.

We are getting reports that fly-tipping over the last two

or three years is just increasing and we really want to tackle it.

We want to raise awareness about what local residents can do.

We also want to send a message to those who do

fly-tip that it is a crime, it is illegal, and we

Already the issue there have been 300 cases of fly-tipping

The District Council does not believe the introduction of tip

We've discovered that the fly-tip that we do pick up, the vast

So that when people have their mattresses or settees,

Don't just dump them on the roadside where it is a spoil

But people are dumping their rubbish.

A mile and a half down this country picturesque country lane

All of this can be disposed of at a local household waste site.

There are the items that we deal with day-in and day-out.

This costs us time and money and it is an eyesore.

The Country Land and Business Association says that local

authorities need to prosecute more offenders and the fines

When they actually do the fly-tipping fines,

they are under ?1,000 and it is costing our members

and people who own land more money to clear up the fly-tipping

This load was dumped last night at the side of the road.

The council is urging people to report any

Police in Derby have released CCTV footage of the moment

a pedestrian was struck by a car in an apparent hit-and-run incident.

They say the 47-year-old man was crossing Boyer Street

in the city on the evening of 23rd September, when a black car

He suffered a fractured shoulder and facial injuries.

Officers are appealing for witnesses.

More than 1,000 people travelled to Westminster from Nottingham today

It was called Nottingham in Parliament Day .

Business leaders, sports people and school children went to London

Here's our Political Editor, Tony Roe.

The news at Westminster today was dominated by the expansion of

Heathrow Airport, but also creating a buzz was the city of Nottingham

and Nottinghamshire as a county. It and Nottinghamshire as a county. It

is all down to the University of Nottingham staging the state

dredging courage investment. They had 45 different events. There is

normally one of them each time a constituency stage is something.

This was 45 events over nine hours. Simon Ward has been getting the

feeling of what has been going on. He is trying to persuade the rich

to invest in Nottinghamshire. The University of Nottingham led

many events in and around Robin Hood helped remind people

about his city and county. Robin Hood always stood up

for the people of Nottingham. But today, we've got an entire train

load of people who are here saying, We've got past,

we've a great future. Children from Bluebell Hill School

in Nottingham helped Conservative and Labour to battle each other,

but with common cause. 45 different events from Nottingham

down to Parliament, plus some fresh ideas too, to make sure that nobody

in the whole of Westminster and the Government can be an unaware

of how great Nottingham We need to sell ourselves

to the country make sure people are aware of our sporting heritage,

our great universities. It's a good place to do business

and a great place to visit The new man taking the job

of marketing says they are not worried about the sporting success

and historical interest In bringing the story of Nottingham

to Parliament, to the corridors of power, it's quite

a momentous occasion. The reaction we've had today

from various invitees and attendees Could you tell me some of the

serious discussions that have gone on today, will they make a

difference? I think they will. We had a forum this morning based on

the 'Midlands Engine', which is a new initiative to try to drive

economic growth in the Midlands. The Midlands is the second-biggest

region outside London and the south-east in the UK. Bigger than

the northern powerhouse, twice the size of Scotland. We are the second

biggest city in the 'Midlands Engine'. We need to help to power

about. -- power that. Nottingham's preparing to welcome

Prince Harry tomorrow. It will be his third official

Royal visit to the city The Prince set up an inner-city

youth project that is tackling gang violence in St Ann s,

and tomorrow he's going back there. Our Social Affairs correspondent

Jeremy Ball has been finding out how From dancing and from

rapping to acting. These young performers are all part

of Prince Harry's It was set up after the Prince

made his first visit Since then he has made a number

of private trips back. He has taken such a close

interest that he knows With diverting these

children from certain paths Obviously there's the risk

of gangs, violence, drugs. I can literally see

myself in these children. So this allows me to work

using my interests and life experiences and pass

that on to someone else. So we're creating these activities,

music, sports or drama. For those who engage in that,

put their effort and talent in that # You came on a journey

from a foreign land. At the studio, they're preparing

to demonstrate those talents when Prince Harry

comes back tomorrow. Most likely show him bits

of musical compositions. I've got together and showcasing

some of my emceeing. It's someone from the Royal family

coming to invest in communities It's like it's not just big for me,

it's big for Nottingham as a whole. Prince Harry is also going to see

rehearsals for what they're This musical being performed

in Nottingham next month with a gritty message designed

to give Saint Ann's a better future. So, it's goodbye from me, but

with your weather now here's Kaye. Not too bad tomorrow. We will see

some sunshine again. We have had to more weather over the last couple of

days with misty and murky mornings. Eventually we did get to see some

lovely sunshine. It has been a bit on the chilly side, thanks to you

straight winds. We are finally ditching blows cold easterly winds,

replacing them with mild south-westerly winds. Over the next

few days will be largely dry. We have seen the cloud increasing again

through the latter part of the afternoon and into the evening. We

will keep that for most of the night. Some mist and fog will reform

during the night, mainly in the South. The main change tonight

disciple feel, not as cold as last night. It will stay at 910 degrees

in the town centres, seven or 8 degrees in rural spots. Quite a

murky start again tomorrow. The wimple picked up through tomorrow,

breaking up the cloud and clearing the mist. We will get some sunshine

later on in the day. It will be a milder day with the maximum

temperature of 14 or 15 Celsius. Here is the

settled and on the mild side. Nick now has all the national weather.

Hello. Autumn is the season of change, most noticeably with those

autumn colours on display today in Buckinghamshire, as photographed by

one of our weather watchers. Always helps when there is blue sky above.

Our weather is always changing regardless of the season. One of

those changes is taking place, we are losing last week's Easterly

winds and now a westerly wind. That means it's turning milder by day and

night but it does mean the return of Atlantic weather fronts, especially

to north-western parts of the UK. The reason, high pressure in Germany

and low pressure Iceland. Here is the first of those weather fronts

for Scotland and Northern Ireland through the night, the first part of

tomorrow. There isn't a huge amount of rain associated with this. Could

see rain over the hills of northern England and Wales as the night goes

on. The odd shower clipping Sussex and Kent. A lot of dry weather for

England and Wales. It's mild here, it's milder across the northern half

of Britain compared with last night. But the further south you