:00:02. > :00:07.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me Quentin Rayner.
:00:07. > :00:15.Tonight, keeping a look out on a grand scale. The housing estate
:00:15. > :00:19.setting up the UK's biggest neighbourhood watch scheme. You get
:00:19. > :00:27.people taking children's bikes off them.
:00:27. > :00:33.Also, going down to the wire. A TV star fights a giant pig farm.
:00:34. > :00:43.And it's not pretty in pink. It's time to take on the latest
:00:44. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.Good evening and welcome to the programme.
:00:55. > :00:58.First tonight, fighting crime from the heart. Osmaston in Derby is
:00:58. > :01:00.about to start the biggest neighbourhood watch scheme in the
:01:00. > :01:02.country. It's come about because people
:01:02. > :01:07.living there say they feel abandoned and they want zero
:01:07. > :01:15.tolerance of crime. Our reporter Jo Healey is at a community meeting
:01:15. > :01:18.this evening. Yes, this is a new community hub,
:01:18. > :01:28.opened at the weekend, staffed by volunteers and this is the nerve
:01:28. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:36.centre of action in Osmaston. The what the people here really wanted
:01:36. > :01:43.his changes. This is a vast area of land right in the middle of
:01:43. > :01:48.Osmaston. That is actually part of the problem, isn't it? Rolls-Royce
:01:48. > :01:52.have occupied the site for over a century. They formed the heart of
:01:52. > :01:57.this community and now they have gone, it feels like the heart has
:01:57. > :02:02.been ripped out and there is a sense of abandonment which seems to
:02:02. > :02:09.promote anti-social behaviour. have problems with cars later at
:02:09. > :02:17.night, beeping in their horns and racing up and down the streets.
:02:17. > :02:22.is intimidating. Running about, kicking footballs, jumping up and
:02:22. > :02:27.down on that cable box. You get people stood on the corner, taking
:02:27. > :02:32.children's bikes of them, it is not nice. Nor are the number of
:02:32. > :02:37.offences reported in just one month. Nearly half of them were for anti-
:02:37. > :02:41.social behaviour. The fear of crime is generally greater than crime
:02:41. > :02:47.itself, but the fear will prevent people from letting their children
:02:47. > :02:52.use parks like this. But there is serious crime as well? There is a
:02:52. > :02:57.gang culture which exists in the area. The police are taking steps
:02:57. > :03:02.to address that problem, but we, as a community, have to address it as
:03:02. > :03:07.well. That is why they are setting up their new Neighbourhood Watch
:03:07. > :03:13.scheme, it is the biggest in the country. The people of Osmaston
:03:13. > :03:20.want to make it a nice area for people to live in. It will empower
:03:20. > :03:24.them to be able to make decisions that affect their community.
:03:24. > :03:30.lots of support for staff cope you, and everybody here is passionate
:03:30. > :03:35.about Osmaston. What sort of changes to want to see? We want
:03:35. > :03:41.regeneration, Investment, we want to tackle the crime that seems to
:03:41. > :03:44.be simmering under the surface. We want to roll-out at a neighbourhood
:03:44. > :03:49.watch, one of the biggest in the country, and hopefully that will
:03:49. > :03:53.start to tackle the crime level. We want people to report crime to us
:03:53. > :03:59.rather than the police directly. We hope that will make serious inroads
:03:59. > :04:07.in the estate. And you are all really passionate about this?
:04:07. > :04:12.Absolutely. Without the voluntary effort of residence in the area it
:04:12. > :04:18.would not be possible. Good luck with it all. We better let them get
:04:18. > :04:28.on with it. You're watching East Midlands
:04:28. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:45.Cadets get into training to play at The star of the critically
:04:45. > :04:47.acclaimed TV series The Wire stepped into another role today. He
:04:47. > :04:50.joined the protest against a planned intensive pig farm in
:04:50. > :04:53.Derbyshire. Dominic West, who's grew up in the
:04:53. > :04:58.county, is supporting a campaign against the Foston farm which
:04:58. > :05:06.intends to house up to twenty five thousand pigs. James Roberson
:05:06. > :05:11.More usually seen on film on the streets of Baltimore in the hit US
:05:11. > :05:14.cop series, The Wire, Dominic West was back in his home county today.
:05:14. > :05:24.He was backing a campaign to stop a controversial factory farm for
:05:24. > :05:28.thousands of pigs. They want to build one here, I am from here so
:05:28. > :05:32.this has a particular resonance for me and I would like to draw as much
:05:32. > :05:35.publicity to the awful plans that they have got for this field.
:05:35. > :05:38.plans would mean this field would be filled by sheds containing pigs,
:05:38. > :05:41.there would an anaerobic digester to process the waste they would
:05:41. > :05:51.produce. But locals oppose the plans, not least the family that
:05:51. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:57.live right next to the field. devastating that someone can turn
:05:57. > :06:01.up and build a massive factory next to your house. We feel that if this
:06:01. > :06:05.is going to happen, despite the welfare issues for the pigs and all
:06:05. > :06:11.the other things which become very emotive, we have no particular way
:06:11. > :06:13.of finding out if we have any recourse if things go wrong.
:06:14. > :06:16.Dominic west joined the campaign after seeing a film by filmmaker
:06:16. > :06:20.and campaigner Tracy Worcester. She's planning a public screening
:06:20. > :06:28.of her latest film in Burton next week. She says the farm wil have
:06:28. > :06:35.more pigs than people currently imagine. 2,500 sounds that have
:06:35. > :06:39.piglets, you have got a 50,000 pigs sold on this shed every year, that
:06:39. > :06:49.is a lot of pigs. Midland Pig producers say they welcome the
:06:49. > :06:56.debate on this kind of production. They point out Italy already has
:06:56. > :07:00.individual farms for up to 150,000 pigs. These figures explain why 60%
:07:00. > :07:05.of pork is imported and they say that animal welfare is their top
:07:05. > :07:08.priority. There is also 300 women in the prison there who are
:07:08. > :07:11.downwind of this pig farm. Derbyshire CountyConcil have
:07:11. > :07:21.received planning permission for the farm, but so far no date's been
:07:21. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:25.setfor the completeion of the In other news, dozens of people
:07:25. > :07:28.have lost their jobs as another clothing firm has gone under.
:07:28. > :07:31.Moreglam in Leicester has gone into administration after a slump in
:07:31. > :07:33.orders, with the loss of more than 70 posts. The East Midlands
:07:33. > :07:39.Textiles Association says that firms in Leicestershire have been
:07:39. > :07:44.struggling since 2000. Meanwhile, the rate of unemployment in the
:07:44. > :07:46.East Midlands has fallen again. Today's figures show there are
:07:47. > :07:51.176,000 people unemployed in the region. That's down by one thousand
:07:51. > :07:57.on last month's figures. The rate of unemployment now stands at seven
:07:58. > :08:00.point six per cent - a fraction lower than the national average.
:08:01. > :08:04.Thousands of children in the East Midlands took to the streets this
:08:04. > :08:07.morning in an attempt to set a new world record for the largest
:08:07. > :08:15.walking bus. It's all part of a road safety campaign urging drivers
:08:15. > :08:18.to slow down in built up areas. The message is clear - these school
:08:18. > :08:23.children are amongst 6.000 in the East Midlands taking part in a
:08:23. > :08:28.national world record attempt for the largest walking bus. It's part
:08:28. > :08:36.of a campaign to get drivers to slow down near schools. And pupils
:08:36. > :08:42.at Milford Primary in Clifton know exactly why they're doing it.
:08:42. > :08:47.are walking like a bus. Lot of people are joining in and we are
:08:47. > :08:56.trying to keep safe. It is so children do not get hurt while the
:08:56. > :08:59.cars are going fast. And we do not want anyone to get hurt. It is
:09:00. > :09:05.important with the summer holidays coming up that the children are
:09:05. > :09:13.aware of the dangers of being out on the road. Figures suggest every
:09:13. > :09:17.year around 640 children are killed or hurt on East Midlands's Road. So
:09:17. > :09:20.the charity who organised this world breaking record attempt hope
:09:20. > :09:24.drivers will understand the serious message behind it. Alongside the
:09:24. > :09:27.world record, the children are also given lessons on how to take care
:09:27. > :09:34.on the roads. But many parents say it's drivers that need to learn
:09:34. > :09:39.lessons too. It is important that drivers should slow down,
:09:39. > :09:45.especially outside school has. is quite scary at times when you
:09:45. > :09:47.see cars, near the pavement. It's thought around a hundred and
:09:47. > :09:50.twenty-five thousand kids are taking part across the country.
:09:50. > :09:53.They should find out soon if they've set the record. Teachers
:09:53. > :10:02.hope it will stick in the minds of children and ultimately help save
:10:03. > :10:06.lives. Next, this young musician used to rap in the street with his
:10:06. > :10:09.friends. But now Jourdan Blair's been invited to perform at this
:10:09. > :10:11.month's Glastonbury music festival. It's been an extraordinary personal
:10:11. > :10:14.journey that began in one of Nottingham's toughest
:10:14. > :10:24.neighbourhoods where four of his teenage friends and relatives were
:10:24. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:32.murdered. Our Social Affairs Living the dream, for 24 year old
:10:32. > :10:42.Jourdan Blair, AKA Jah Digga. Performing with Nottingham's DJ
:10:42. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:50.Vimto, at last month's Radio 1's Next stop, Glastonbury. I am
:10:50. > :10:57.nervous, but we are just going to do what we normally do. We all had
:10:57. > :11:00.energy, I hope we can get the people providing.
:11:00. > :11:05.Seven years ago, Jourdan's prospects looked much more bleak.
:11:05. > :11:08.He'd been kicked out of school. And he was surrounded by the drug-
:11:08. > :11:13.fuelled violence that made St Anns so notorious. This was a tribute to
:11:13. > :11:16.Danielle Beccan. Jourdan's second teenage friend shot dead in the
:11:16. > :11:26.street. Not far from where both his brother and his cousin were
:11:26. > :11:30.murdered in separate stabbings. puts a dent in your heart. If you
:11:30. > :11:34.look at that some of the things from people, people you do not even
:11:34. > :11:41.know her, it has affected everybody. Jourdan's own bitter experience
:11:41. > :11:44.even led to a meeting with the then Home Secretary, David Blunkett. And
:11:44. > :11:47.now he's using that experience to put something back. At work he's
:11:47. > :11:54.supporting children who've been excluded from school. And he's
:11:55. > :12:00.giving up his own time to run local music sessions. It is hard, but we
:12:00. > :12:10.have to move on. I am trying to make my mother proud. I express
:12:10. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:19.that through the music, it is pain What about the future? I am trying
:12:19. > :12:29.to get signed. I am trying to get into the charts. I am trying to
:12:29. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:40.Is another county about to reject plans for the new high speed rail
:12:40. > :12:43.link? Derbyshire County Council say it would have a significant impact
:12:43. > :12:46.on the countryside. The High Speed 2 line between London and northern
:12:46. > :12:48.England would include a new East Midlands station. The authority
:12:48. > :12:51.hasn't decided whether it's in favour or against the plans, but
:12:51. > :12:55.officials want action taken to protect the Peak District and
:12:55. > :12:58.Derwent Valley Mills if the route runs through Derbyshire. Fuel pumps
:12:58. > :13:01.in Leicestershire are being checked by Trading Standards, to ensure
:13:01. > :13:03.drivers are not being short-changed. In the past year, around one
:13:03. > :13:10.thousand pumps were tested for accuracy across the county. Seven
:13:10. > :13:12.were found to be just outside the small limits that are allowed.
:13:12. > :13:15.Innovations by final year technology students in Leicester
:13:15. > :13:18.have gone on display. The students from De Montfort University carried
:13:18. > :13:21.out the work as part of the their degree. It includes an educational
:13:21. > :13:31.game that aims to raise awareness of sickle cell anaemia. They'll go
:13:31. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:38.on public display next week. It is thought to be the tallest wind
:13:38. > :13:42.turbine in the country and it is heading to this field. Severn Trent
:13:42. > :13:46.will be using it to power a treatment plant. It was originally
:13:46. > :13:54.turned down by the local council but the Government overturned that
:13:54. > :14:02.decision. The tour by no will be built and is 132 metres high.
:14:02. > :14:10.How does it compare to other iconic structures around the country?
:14:10. > :14:15.The cooling towers are a mere 115 metres high, and two of London's
:14:15. > :14:25.most famous landmarks St Paul's Cathedral, and Big Ben are even
:14:25. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:36.smaller. These cadets have been given a big responsibility and
:14:36. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:49.they've only been playing for eighteen months. They brought an
:14:49. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:08.expert tuition from two retired This is not easy, marching with a
:15:08. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:12.drum. For teenagers, it is amazing what they can do. On the first of
:15:12. > :15:15.July, three of these cadets will play the last post and the reveille
:15:15. > :15:24.beneath the arch of the Menin Gate which commemorates the fallen of
:15:24. > :15:28.the first world war at Ypres. paying my respects to people who
:15:28. > :15:36.sacrificed their lives for us. am doing my bit and paying my
:15:36. > :15:40.respects. I play the bugle, the bugle is quite easy to learn, but
:15:40. > :15:48.it is harder to master. And helping the cadets to keep the musical
:15:48. > :15:52.tradition alive are 2 ex soldiers from the Robin Hood Rifles. Not one
:15:52. > :15:57.of them could sound a note on the Bugle or beat a drum, I was quite
:15:57. > :16:00.impressed with them tonight. cadets need to know where their
:16:00. > :16:06.origins claims from, what their predecessors have done for them to
:16:06. > :16:13.be able to live at their lives the way they do today. It is important
:16:13. > :16:23.education wise as well. If you're going to play at Menin Gate, it has
:16:23. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:43.Marvellous us. It is still rather sticky and muggy,
:16:43. > :16:48.but is it good lunar eclipse spotting whether?
:16:48. > :16:58.If we can just get some breaks in these grey clouds, maybe we will
:16:58. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:29.Former Forest goalkeeper is with us. You think Steve McLaren is the
:17:29. > :17:34.right man to take Forest back to the Premier League. I am still a
:17:34. > :17:40.keen supporter and I am one who was delighted with the appointment. It
:17:40. > :17:45.could not have been better. have had 21 managers in your career,
:17:45. > :17:49.so you had been there with the best. How does Steve McClaren compare?
:17:49. > :17:55.is a coach manager, he will be on the training ground, he will be
:17:55. > :18:00.very dedicated, he will work tirelessly. He will take full
:18:00. > :18:04.advantage of that fantastic academy that they have got there. The hours
:18:04. > :18:11.on the training ground will definitely be put in. I have
:18:11. > :18:15.learned a lot from him, he is a great manager. We have seen him at
:18:15. > :18:20.managing with England, this is a chance for him to rebuild his
:18:20. > :18:27.reputation, isn't it? It is. He took a time-out from managing
:18:27. > :18:34.England, he did a fantastic job, it did not work out for him, but he is
:18:34. > :18:39.not the only one. There have been a lot. He was not quite so successful,
:18:39. > :18:44.but he would use that opportunity to recruit players over to
:18:44. > :18:48.Nottingham Forest and take full advantage of his experiences there.
:18:48. > :18:54.What about you so development, that is apparently a key part of his
:18:54. > :18:59.management and coaching. I have a book coming out shortly were going
:18:59. > :19:05.to depth about how he will recruit youngsters and give them the chance
:19:05. > :19:09.which, going back years ago, Brian Clough was not afraid to throw one
:19:09. > :19:16.in four stopped from the youngsters point of view, he will learn --
:19:16. > :19:20.they will learn a lot from him. Billy Davies has just got them into
:19:21. > :19:27.two play-offs, he has a good record at the City Ground, fans will be
:19:27. > :19:32.expected. Fans will be, they always have been. They had been away from
:19:32. > :19:38.the big time for too long. Billy did a good job, there is no doubt
:19:38. > :19:43.about that. It is difficult to get to two play-offs. But for Forest
:19:43. > :19:49.fans it is not acceptable. Can you do it this season? That is what
:19:49. > :19:53.they will be looking for. It will take time. There are players would
:19:53. > :19:57.need to come, players will be going, he will recruit players which you
:19:57. > :20:02.think fit into his style of football. I would say to Forest
:20:02. > :20:08.fans, give him time, give him at least 12 months. Maybe not next
:20:08. > :20:14.year, but definitely the season after. Quickly, will you be part of
:20:14. > :20:20.his backroom staff? My heart is that Forest, I loved it there as a
:20:20. > :20:25.player. One day I would love to return. I have just signed a new
:20:25. > :20:33.four year contract at Chesterfield so not at the minute. Great to see
:20:33. > :20:35.you. Staying with Forest and midfielder Paul McKenna isn't in
:20:35. > :20:38.Steve Mc Claren's plans. We understand he's leaving the City
:20:38. > :20:41.Ground. Mc Kenna is set to join fellow Championship side Hull City.
:20:41. > :20:44.The 33-year-old joined the Reds from Preston in 2009 and captained
:20:44. > :20:48.the club to successive play-off campaigns. At Leicester, their
:20:48. > :20:50.search for a new striker goes on and while the Yakubu move may be
:20:51. > :20:56.off we are hearing they are closing in on Portsmouth striker David
:20:56. > :21:01.Nugent. Cricket and Derbyshire are in Twenty 20 action against
:21:01. > :21:04.Worcestershire tonight. Play gets underway at ten past seven.
:21:04. > :21:08.Meanwhile Nottinghamshire have had a great start in the 20 overs form
:21:08. > :21:16.of the game, but lost their first match of the season in Durham at
:21:16. > :21:19.Chester-le-Street last night. Now, onto swimming and a star who can
:21:19. > :21:21.now look forward to the Olympics after a year long battle with
:21:21. > :21:24.severe asthma. It threatened the career of Jo Jackson from
:21:24. > :21:27.Loughborough. But last night in Sheffield she threw aside all her
:21:27. > :21:37.health issues to be crowned British Champion. Mark Shardlow was there
:21:37. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:42.to see it. Acute asthma at left this woman's training behind
:21:42. > :21:46.leaving her at an all-time low. This week was her last chance to
:21:46. > :21:49.make the teams for the World Championships and she presented a
:21:49. > :21:55.happy ending by becoming British champion in the 200 metres
:21:55. > :22:02.freestyle. I have booked might spot at the world's, I cannot explain
:22:02. > :22:06.how happy I am. I am so relieved. It was a swimmer which show she is
:22:07. > :22:10.not just beating her rivals, but also her asthma. Some kind of
:22:10. > :22:14.switch went off and I have no problems with it whatever at the
:22:14. > :22:20.moment. I have come off the injections I was on and I think it
:22:20. > :22:26.has helped. Every time I race, I have got no problems, so it has
:22:26. > :22:31.gone out of my head and I can focus on racing. I would have loved to
:22:31. > :22:38.have gone quicker, but my main aim was to make the team. It was a good
:22:38. > :22:43.night for her team-mate as well. She became a 100 metres backstroke
:22:43. > :22:48.champions. There wasn't a place back men were was not enjoying my
:22:48. > :22:56.swimming it that much, and there was not swimming that well. Lazy
:22:56. > :23:01.Simmons is on the up and joined the team in Shanghai next month.
:23:01. > :23:07.That is all the sport tonight. On the day which we discussed all the
:23:08. > :23:13.issues for Forest, a big day tomorrow.
:23:13. > :23:19.Over recent years it is true to say we have tackled a number of alien
:23:19. > :23:21.invasions try to settle in the East Midlands.
:23:21. > :23:24.First, it was Japanese knotweed clogging up our canals, then
:23:24. > :23:27.Pennywort throttling the River Soar. Now it's a pink creature called
:23:27. > :23:32.Himalayan Balsam which can grow up to seven foot tall. Once again we
:23:32. > :23:35.sent out our in-tryphid reporter Peter Snow to do battle. Down by
:23:35. > :23:42.the river bank, an elegant plant has come into flower, creating a
:23:42. > :23:44.vision in pink. But don't be taken in. Although originally a prized
:23:44. > :23:54.find by nineteenth century plant collectors, you really don't want
:23:54. > :23:59.
:23:59. > :24:05.any on water near you. It has many names and it is the sort of a
:24:05. > :24:09.tractor plant you could imagine gracing a stately home. In the UK
:24:09. > :24:15.it is classed as a non native, invasive species and it is not
:24:15. > :24:21.welcome. It can grow up to two metres and shade out native
:24:21. > :24:26.vegetation. What makes it invasive is that each plant can produce up
:24:26. > :24:30.to 30,000 seats at the end of the season, and spread a long water
:24:31. > :24:33.banks like here. The team's been making its way
:24:33. > :24:37.along the river leen from Hucknall, rooting out the balsam wherever
:24:37. > :24:45.they find it, and they're keen for the public to let them know if they
:24:45. > :24:50.spot the plant. We are pretty clear it is all the way along a
:24:50. > :24:58.Nottinghamshire. What we really want to know is where it is on the
:24:58. > :25:04.smaller water courses. Other water courses across Nottinghamshire, so
:25:04. > :25:06.if people could send us in a record that would be appreciated.
:25:06. > :25:08.information they get via their website will help the
:25:08. > :25:11.Nottinghamshire Biodiversity group put together a map. Biodiversity
:25:11. > :25:20.groups aim is to destroy the Himalayan balsam completely, in
:25:20. > :25:30.Nottingham and across the whole That is what these weeds do, they
:25:30. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:40.look pretty to trick you. Are we going to see it? Hopefully,
:25:40. > :25:43.if we can clear those clouds out of the way. The last one we saw was
:25:43. > :25:50.21st December last year and we managed to get this footage as it
:25:50. > :25:54.was going through the partial stage of the eclipse. That was on 21st
:25:54. > :26:00.December. Hopefully we will get those clouds breaking as we go
:26:00. > :26:04.through tonight. The moon is in the shadow of the Earth, they are all
:26:04. > :26:09.fully lined up. The only raised from the son that get past the
:26:09. > :26:16.Earth, go through the Earth's atmosphere and creates beautiful
:26:16. > :26:24.colours on the surface of the Moon, very much like this one. Do have a
:26:24. > :26:33.look if you get a chance. Pretty cloudy skies, this photo was sent
:26:33. > :26:38.in by Steve Adams of the last lunar eclipse. It was in Nottinghamshire.
:26:38. > :26:44.If you get a shot of it tonight, do send it into us.
:26:44. > :26:49.We have had a few patchy outbreaks of rain. They will continue fairly
:26:49. > :26:53.light, we are keeping that cloud as the go through the evening. There
:26:53. > :26:59.are one or two brakes, the further west you go the more likely you
:26:59. > :27:05.will see that lunar eclipse. The temperatures will stay on the
:27:05. > :27:08.milder side. We're looking at 11 Celsius as a minimum temperature.
:27:09. > :27:16.Thursday, the further south and east you go the more likely you
:27:16. > :27:23.will see rain. We should see more in the way of sunny spells today --
:27:23. > :27:27.compared to today. Temperature wise, about 18 Celsius. We end of the