04/01/2017 East Midlands Today


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And now the news for the East Midlands.

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Concerns have been raised that the Government is failing

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to follow its own guidelines by creating a new garden village

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A local councillor says the planned area for Inifinity Garden Village

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on the outskirts of Derby doesn't meet the criteria set out

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by ministers, casting doubts on the development.

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At least 2,000 homes are planned to be built on this land,

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creating what the Government has named Infinity Garden Village.

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Garden villages are one of the ways it is trying to ease

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This one, off the A50 between Sinfin and Stenson fields,

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But one local councillor says the Government has already failed

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to meet its criteria for what a Garden

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Village is supposed to be, by choosing this site.

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All of the new housing built at the northern end will be facing

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over more than a mile existing houses.

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They're going to pretend that that is somehow

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It doesn't meet the criteria on that ground, and it doesn't meet the one

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Not a blade of grass around here is in public ownership.

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And they say it should be brownfield land.

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Well, again, this has been farmed for time immemorial.

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The plans have also received a mixed reaction

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We are going to lose all the countryside.

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It is going to be overcrowded, a busy road.

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Our aim is to provide quality homes. We need quality homes for people to

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live in who are going to support industry.

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been defended as being essential for the area's workforce.

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The project to build these homes is expected to begin

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With work on 130 homes already confirmed set to start

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A Leicestershire-based holiday company has stopped trading, leaving

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The closure of All Leisure Group, based in Market Harborough,

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has caused the Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery lines

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The Civil Aviation Authority is now working to bring back four hundred

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The Civil Aviation Authority is now working to bring back 400

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7,000 future bookings have also been cancelled.

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A man died trying to save a teenager who had fallen into a slurry tanker

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on a Leicestershire farm three days before Christmas.

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An inquest has been told 35-year-old Gavin Rawson was attempting

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to rescue 19-year-old Nathan Walker, who also died at the farm

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in Normanton near Bottesford last month.

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Inquests into both deaths have been adjourned.

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Officers are still awaiting the results of post mortem

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A Leicester primary school has been forced to shut for two days

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after dozens of windows and glass roof panels were smashed.

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Police say two 11-year-old boys have been arrested

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It has meant a late start to the New Year for staff and pupils

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Clearing up is going on here at Braunstone Community Primary School.

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Many of the windows in the school were smashed, as were some

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of the canopies that go around the outside.

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And this general outside area that we are in now

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Not the best start to a term for you?

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I received a phone call on Monday that the school had been vandalised

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and there was extensive damage that was caused to various

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Safety is very important because the broken glass alone

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Doors and windows have been smashed, as well as other resources and toys

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When do you think the school will reopen fully to the students?

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The children should have come back today.

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Staff have come in today, they have worked really hard

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on making sure that everything is ready for the children

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and they will return hopefully tomorrow morning.

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We will have more on this tonight at 6:30pm.

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Families living near a new waste treatment centre say

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they are alarmed at plans to increase the amount of rubbish

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An incinerator is due to open at Sinfin in Derby later this year.

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Campaigners say they have not been consulted properly

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They made their message clear from the beginning,

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but the campaigners failed to dissuade the City Council not

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In 2013, a permit was granted for a new incinerator at Sinfin,

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which will burn 140,000 tonnes of waste every year.

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But now the company behind the scheme wants to increase that

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Derby has already been told by the Government it needs to do

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more to improve air quality, to make sure it doesn't

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DEFRA have just targeted Derby directly in relation to air quality.

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This plant is going to reduce air quality.

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Therefore, any increase in combustion brings

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Me being a local resident, I find that concerning.

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The owners of the plant say they have applied to increase capacity

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and they will monitor air quality at the site.

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Consultation on the proposals ends on 20 January.

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The parents of a man who died from leukaemia are urging more sixth

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form colleges to host potentially life-saving donor

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Keith and Kay Sudbury are continuing a campaign started

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to educate young people about the benefits of becoming a donor.

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Parents Keith and Kay Sudbury proudly continue the campaign

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The journalist died from leukaemia in 2008, but he has left

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His wish was beautiful in its simplicity.

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He wanted every 16-18-year-old in the country to be taught

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the facts about blood, stem cell and organ donation.

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The couple from Paignton in Nottinghamshire founded register

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and be a life-saver information sessions, which are now held

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Over six years, 18,000 youngsters have joined the stem cell register.

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Regular sessions have been held at Bilborough College,

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Three youngsters here have even become bone marrow donors.

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Even if they don't all sign up, they talk about it to their friends,

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they take that message off to work and to university.

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And the wider effect as well as the almost 700 students

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that we've put on the register ourselves which is important.

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And now the drive continues, to encourage more schools

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In the Midlands region, we are already in over 100 schools.

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But nationally, throughout the whole country, we are now in 800 schools,

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which is a fantastic number of schools, but if anyone

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is listening to this who would like us to come in,

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then contact Anthony Nolan and they will get us into you.

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The more people that join the register, the more

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And it's brightening up after a very gloomy start.

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Be dark -- very dark due to the weather front sinking southwards.

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Beautifully captured in this photograph. It has been gradually

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breaking up over the last hour. We should start to see brighter skies

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into the afternoon. At temperature across our region of 7 degrees. A

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very cold night tonight, with light winds. Holding onto clear skies into

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the early hours. Temperatures since starting to drop overnight.

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Widespread frost. These temperatures are for towns and cities. In rural

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areas, we could get as low as minus six degrees overnight. Quite a hard

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frost for us first thing tomorrow morning. Nice and white. And icy

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start for everybody. Cold be, but one of those winter days which

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remains quite bright with blue skies. Temperatures will struggle.

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Some rain to come on Friday. A very different day. Temperatures

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gradually increasing over the weekend. High pressure is with us,

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but it will be quite cloudy. From the lunchtime team, goodbye.

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Have a great afternoon. Panorama investigates

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the deadly terrorist attack and should British tourists

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have been warned about the risks? We're looking for someone

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who can sing, someone who can move. Someone who can keep an audience

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on the edge of their seat. Something like this

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could change my life. When you're born to perform,

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Let It Shine...

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