09/01/2017 East Midlands Today

Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Anne Davies.

There's political outrage tonight over the fact the Red Cross had

to be called in to help the region's emergency services cope

The Shadow Health Secretary's called it a badge of shame.

Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons has more.

Well, here at Nottingham's accident and emergency unit they saw a record

number of patients in the department in the space of one hour

UNISON have been talking to their members in the department,

who told them what things were like over Christmas

I went down to the A department today with the branch secretary

and we spoke to a number of nurses and health care assistants

and we asked how did they find working over the Christmas

and New Year period and they said it was horrific.

The resus department cater for nine beds,

there was up to 20 people wanting the nine beds.

The Ambulance Service called in the British Red Cross to support

them as they saw a huge increase in calls over New Year.

The Red Cross were supporting ambulance crews and patients,

giving them refreshments, they also responded to a small

number of emergencies and took some patients home.

But the Shadow Health Secretary says things should never

The Red Cross has always provided support for elderly people

in the community and that is a good thing, we commend them for that,

but actually having to be helping out on the front line,

supporting the Ambulance Service, I think many people will be shocked

and it's a badge of shame for the Government that our NHS

is on the brink of crisis or is facing a crisis now.

For the Government, the Health Secretary has said

that there are problems but he doesn't recognise

the description from the British Red Cross

of what they call a humanitarian crisis in the health service.

The truth is that there are some very severe problems

and we are doing everything we can to sort them out.

This is the most challenging time of year for the NHS but in the vast

majority of cases people watching this programme can be confident

that their services are managing to cope despite extreme pressure.

And with so much of winter left, there is no early end in sight

Residents of a Derbyshire village say they're completely in the dark

about the future of some homes if a connecting line to HS2

The "spur" line would connect HS2 to Sheffield, 22 miles to the north.

Residents fear brand-new homes in the village could end

up being demolished, as James Roberson reports.

In Newton, Tony Mellors tells me what campaigners believe a spur-off

HS2 through Derbyshire would do to their community.

It will mean eight houses coming down on this side and seven

on the other side as the rail goes straight through.

It was last year that residents suddenly found out that a spur-line

off the main HS2 route would take high-speed trains through

the western edge of their village, right along the edge of a brand-new

On the estate, houses are still being built but there's

complete uncertainty about some homes' future.

Marie knew nothing about the HS2 spur line when she bought

It's a big worry and nobody really knows where the stand.

I speak to my neighbours and nobody knows what is happening.

We we went to the meetings, we have been to two meetings

and they just keep saying that there will be compensation.

But it has taken a long time for us to save up to buy

Residents say Sheffield and Chesterfield will get high-speed

trains via this spur line but at the cost of Newton,

where some property prices are down 30%, and its environs.

The houses that you see being constructed are in

The effect is even wider in that during the HS2 construction three

out of the four roads in and out of the village will be closed

and in a little wider area than we are looking at ten

And trail closures, the leisure trails that we have,

that we enjoy in this area, will just disappear along

HS2 themselves say they work with local communities to understand

They want people to attend the forthcoming community

information events in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

in January and February and to take part in public consultations before

Newton residents are holding a public meeting

A Leicester saleswoman has admitted two counts of fraud involving

Barbara Stone was caught following an investigation

led by East Midlands regional Scambuster Team.

The 62-year-old from Leicester worked for Aspire Magazine,

Stone was a cold-caller who fraudulently sold thousands

of pounds of advertising to a couple in their 80s who wanted to rent

And she also duped a dog rescue charity based in Shropshire.

She'll be sentenced next month and has been warned to expect

Security camera footage of burglars has been released after an air

ambulance charity shop in Leicester has been targeted

It's understood the same gang could be responsible for the spate

It's the fourth time the shop in Wigston has been targeted

This time they fled empty-handed when a new alarm system went off.

A man from Derby crawled with a broken leg for more than two

hours after falling from rocks on the Dorset coast.

Tim Robinson slipped whilst walking on the Jurassic Coast,

After crawling for three-quarters of a mile he was found

He was taken by lifeboat to a waiting ambulance.

A new report warns that one in three young people in the East Midlands

don't feel in control of their lives.

More than one in ten think they will amount to nothing,

The rather gloomy findings come from the Prince's Trust annual Youth

Here on the Saffron Lane Estate these teenagers are on their way

to a drop-in clinic to get some careers advice.

It's held here every day for young people.

The estate has high levels of deprivation and unemployment

is high, leaving many feeling unsure about their future.

But these teenagers say they are taking control of their lives.

I know what I want to do, I've got that positivity in my mind

of pushing myself towards it but they don't, so they just need

to get their own game plan and push themselves towards it.

And I know you need to work hard for stuff.

Other people just want everybody else to do their stuff for them.

I know that people don't do that for you.

He says a lot of the young people he sees can't shake off

the reputation of living on the Saffron Lane Estate.

I had an instance where a young person told me that they felt that

when they had a job interview if they said they were from

the Saffron Lane Estate, then that would immediately be

The report doesn't make very good reading for this region.

Almost a third of young people say they don't feel

Many say they feel trapped by their circumstances,

with more than one in ten saying they don't believe they can change

The research also reveals that 17% of young people think their life

will amount to nothing no matter how hard they try.

For those of young people that are not in work and whose prospects

are not that good at the moment as they see it, this

is a slightly worrying trend that there is still a lot of work

to be done to get these people into jobs.

For many young people, life may seem bleak right now

but these teenagers say they are determined they will

More than 200 youngsters from schools in Leicester

and Leicestershire are taking part in a project merging

music with sport to encourage more boys to sing.

It's part of a project between the Leicestershire Music Education Hub

The boys will be performing at De Montfort Hall in June

and are hoping to form a Leicester City choir

Football - and what a great draw for the East Midlands.

Derby County will play Leicester in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

The tie will be played during the last weekend of January.

Apt, too, on the day former Foxes striker David Nugent

That's your news, so it's goodbye from me -

but with your weather now, here's Kaye.

take a look at the weather Friday week.

Things are quite mild to delete. The winter will willing to the day by

day. It will also get a load called by the end of the week. For the

first half of the week, it will remain relatively mild. Many will

stay dry authority nights tonight. Temperatures down to about 4

degrees. 39 in Fahrenheit. The best of the sunshine will be through the

morning and further east. Closed will increase through the afternoon.

The winds are strengthening as well. The middle part of the week into

Wynnstay is where the cold front will come through. We will not

notice the cold air until Thursday. As we head into night, the cloud

increasing. Computers on the mild side and a stay miles for a good

deal of the day. Clarity in the ear and styles of sunshine. Say goodbye

to the cold air and thermals overnight into Thursday.

Temperatures through the day around 4 degrees but it will feel colder.

Any showers are likely to be wintry. Similar conditions for Friday. The

breeze will ease precipitation we get will be of a

wintry nation and Thursday is one we have to watch out for. The weekend

outlook, it stays chilly with a northerly wind and possibly frosty

nights. The national weather forecast now.

Wet and windy weather across the western side of Scotland.

Blood-pressure is in charge of the weather, lots of isobars and it

remains windy overnight across northern and western parts of

Scotland. It will blow a gale here. That is the north-west quadrant of

the UK, that is where we expect most of the overnight rain. Within

north-westerly breeze it is chilly and by the end of the night it is

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