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Now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
There's a warning tonight that Leicester's reputation for employing | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
cheap labour in so-called sweat shops could ultimately | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
It follows a visit today by Westminster's | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
A leading clothes manufacturer says unless the industry cleans | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
Our reporter Nisha Chopra can tell us more. | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
From catwalk to high street in a matter of weeks. | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Leicester is the place for fast fashion, turning around an order | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
from design to product and onto the shop floor | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
My biggest concern is that retailers will move out of Leicester. | :00:44. | :00:51. | |
They will start sourcing offshore, and it's a sad day for Leicester | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
Workers here are paid ?7.20 an hour, proving that factories can | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
be competitive and pay the minimum wage. | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
People here who mainly speak English as a second language told me | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
they would not work for as little as ?3 or ?4 an hour. | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
These unscrupulous factories are exploiting that skill base. | :01:16. | :01:31. | |
They are producing an excellent garment, but the fact | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
is they are not paying the correct wages. | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
They've seen turnover rise by ?3 million and workers | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
But other factories in Leicester need to change if the city | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
is going to see the true benefit of fast fashion. | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
Nisha Chopra, East Midlands Today, Leicester. | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
Harriet Harman is the chair of the Joint Committee | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
on Human Rights and was one of those visiting Leicester today. | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
She told us the law on regulation of the garment industry | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
We were hearing from suppliers that they estimate between a third | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
and more than one half of the people working in the industry | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
here in Leicester are being paid below the minimum wage, | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
are in unsafe conditions, and don't have contracts of employment. | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
If it's between a third and more than one half, that's a great | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
many people whose rights are not being protected. | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
Leicester City Council lost their low pay unit some years ago, | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
so they are not releasing it here, they do not have regulatory powers | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
It's a combination of making sure the authorities | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
have the right powers, whether that's the gang | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
masters licensing authority or new powers for the Council - | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
that's one of the things we're going to be considering and we've | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
been discussing today - but also the question of | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
If we want to protect the workers themselves, | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
what rights do they have to whistle-blow, to report | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
anonymously what's going on, or to make a claim? | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
How can they be incentivised financially to make the disclosures, | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
to make the protests, to make it worth their while? | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
So that they can actually expose the bad employers. | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
How much of a responsibility lies on the high street retailers, | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
because at the end of the day, if they are selling the clothes | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
cheap, if the clothes are made cheap, how can fast fashion | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
I think fast fashion can be ethical, it's obviously the way of the future | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
but the price has got to be fair on those who are actually | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
A teenage boy who died following an incident at a house | :03:50. | :03:57. | |
in Nottingham has been named by police. | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
Officers were called to Sloane Drive in Bramcote in the early | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
13-year-old Josh Clark was taken to hospital where he later died. | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
His family described him as a "very loving young boy". | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
A 36-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of supplying | :04:11. | :04:12. | |
a controlled drug and causing grievous bodily harm. | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
She has been bailed pending further enquiries. | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
A woman's been injured during an armed robbery in Leicestershire. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
It happened at a convenience store in Melton yesterday afternoon. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
She suffered a head injury before her attacker, | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
who was wielding an axe, fled with cash. | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
A few minutes earlier police had been called to a nearby | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
shop on Grange Drive, after an attempted | :04:37. | :04:37. | |
Officers are appealing for witnesses. | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
Nottinghamshire Police is stepping up its campaign to stop police | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
The force's Chief Constable says it shouldn't be an accepted part | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
of the job and action will be taken in all cases. | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
Stand back, put your arm down, otherwise you're going to get CS. | :04:56. | :05:03. | |
Body cam footage showing PC Tom Andrews being | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
The Nottinghamshire Police officer says the man changed | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
from cooperative to violent, eventually attempting to choke him. | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
At the time, your instincts and your training take over, | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
and you do not necessarily think about it. | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
But it's only when you watch the footage back again that you | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
It makes the hairs on your arm stand up, and get goose bumps. | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
Assaults on a police officer, I feel, aren't treated as seriously | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
currently as assaults on anybody else, or taken with the seriousness | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
Recent figures from Nottinghamshire Police show that in a year, | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
there were reports of 160 assaults on police officers | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
The force are backing a campaign to tackle the problem and to provide | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
The Chief Constable, along with the Police Federation | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
and two unions, have signed a pledge to tackle violence against officers. | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
In my experience, it's always been an aspect of the job. | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
But I want to say quite unequivocally, it is unacceptable, | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
completely unacceptable, and what we are here to do is not | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
From my position as Chief Constable, I want to make sure I send the right | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
message to the staff about the fact that the organisation | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
The force says it wants to raise awareness about the dangers officers | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
face and the need to ensure that those officers | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
Meanwhile, several East Midlands police forces have | :06:30. | :06:38. | |
Government inspectors say Leicestershire Police aren't good | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
enough at investigating cases and reducing offending. | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
They've also concluded that the police in Nottinghamshire | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
and Lincolnshire need to do more to support victims | :06:49. | :06:50. | |
But the Derbyshire force had one of the top ratings in the country - | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
classed as "outstanding" in dealing with serious crime. | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
More than 50 reports of lasers being pointed | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
at aircraft were recorded at East Midlands Airport last year. | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
That's according to the Civil Aviation Authority, | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
which says there were at least 54 incidents at Castle | :07:09. | :07:10. | |
The pilots' association, BALPA, wants tougher prison | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
And it's warning that the effect of lasers on pilots puts lives at risk. | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
It's cost East Midlands councils almost ?1.5 million to clear | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
And as Quentin Rayner found out, it's not just rubbish that's left | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
Despite the threat of an unlimited fine and or five years in prison, | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
fly-tipping still blights, as enforcement officers | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
This is a marine paint, used for the underneath of boats, | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
and also for concrete posts within water to stop them | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
Discarded tires, along with cables stripped of their copper, | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
have also been dumped on these bridleways near Mount Sorel | :08:01. | :08:02. | |
Latest government figures show that total numbers of fly-tipping | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
instances in the East Midlands exceeded 30,000 last year, up more | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
It cost councils ?1.43 million to clear it up. | :08:11. | :08:23. | |
Derby and Leicester accounted for a third of that. | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
More than 5000 black bags had to be disposed of, | :08:26. | :08:27. | |
along with 1800 white goods and 178 animal carcasses. | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
We obviously need the evidence, we rely on the public to support us. | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
Having said that, we have had 11 prosecutions and issued 80 penalty | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
Council say if they had more cash to spend on CCTV, | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
But could Leicestershire's decision to reduce tip opening times be | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
It could, but having said that, our fly-tips | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
It's no excuse if the tips are closed, when there are other | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
If you're tempted by a quote from a man in a van, beware. | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
If you haven't checked their license is valid, and the waste | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
is traced back to you, you are the one who | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
Quentin Rayner, BBC East Midlands Today. | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
So, it's goodbye from me - but with your weather | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
Good evening. As we move towards the weekend were looking at a slightly | :09:25. | :09:37. | |
unsettled picture, low pressure in charge and some weather | :09:38. | :09:38. | |
coming up from the south-west. We coming up from the south-west. We | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
will see some rain in the next days. First of all, this evening ended | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
with some beautiful sunsets sent in by our weather watchers. We had a | :09:48. | :09:56. | |
similarly beautiful photo sent in. Beautiful skies there. As we move | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
through tonight, quite a calm night, most of us staying largely dry. Just | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
a chance of isolated showers in the north. Variable amounts of cloud, | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
temperatures falling to an overnight low between four and 5 degrees. As | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
we move into tomorrow, some brightness around first thing, but | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
we will see a band of low cloud and rain coming up from the south. That | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
rain could be quite heavy at points, we see the wind picking up as well | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
while we have that rain. Will introduce some slightly milder air | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
though, temperatures between six and nine tomorrow. South easterly | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
breeze. As we move through the evening we will see that rain | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
clearing out to the north, just a chance of one or two heavy showers | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
through the night. Into Saturday, this front could cause some trouble | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
in the east. A bit of uncertainty as to its exact positioning. Looks like | :10:52. | :10:54. | |
it will be cloudy with some outbreaks of rain on Saturday. I'll | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
weekend, we have more rain in the forecast. Rain at times this | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
weekend, not all the | :11:05. | :11:05. |