:00:07. > :00:13.This is East Midlands Today. I am Anne Davies. Tonight, I billion-
:00:13. > :00:17.pound blow for bombard J. As the company fails to win a huge order,
:00:17. > :00:24.its 3,000 workers fear for their futures. It is the contract that
:00:24. > :00:27.kept the site open. Now that has gone, it does not look good. A good
:00:28. > :00:32.evening from me. By M Quentin Rayner. Also in the
:00:32. > :00:38.East Midlands: The NHS Trust running out of cash and having to
:00:38. > :00:46.cut 400 post to plug the gap. Plus the families of Mansfield
:00:46. > :00:56.fallen heroes may plaques attain new memorial in the town.
:00:56. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:10.In sport, we are at the City Ground Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's
:01:10. > :01:15.programme, live from the bombarding a factory here. The factory is
:01:15. > :01:20.behind me. It is a huge site. About 3,000 people worked there and it
:01:20. > :01:26.was today they got the awful news they have failed to win a �1.4
:01:26. > :01:30.billion contract. We had a call from a worker today who wanted to
:01:30. > :01:35.remain anonymous. He said the workforce were devastated, shocked
:01:35. > :01:41.and upset. We will be talking to the Transport Secretary. I will
:01:41. > :01:47.also speak to Margaret Beckett. She is the MP for Derby South. This is
:01:47. > :01:51.her constituency. The loss of this contract casts a dark shadow in
:01:51. > :01:57.deed over the future of this factory. The implications are far
:01:57. > :02:01.greater. There is a huge supply chain for bomb bayadere. Hundreds
:02:01. > :02:06.of companies will be affected. -- There is a huge supply chain for
:02:06. > :02:11.Bombardier. This is a taste of what some of the workers and people on
:02:11. > :02:16.the street felt when they heard the bad news. It's is basically a
:02:16. > :02:26.contract that kept the site open, in my opinion. It does not look
:02:26. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:31.good. It will have a massive impact. I do not know what the future holds.
:02:31. > :02:35.If it is pretty bad. The country needs the work. Why should it go to
:02:35. > :02:39.a foreign firm when we need it in this country? We are in recession
:02:39. > :02:45.still. People say we are out of recession. We are not. It is not
:02:45. > :02:50.good. I think it will have a terrible impact. I do not know why
:02:50. > :02:54.we cannot keep contracts like this in the country.
:02:54. > :02:58.As I said, this was a government contract. The preferred bidder,
:02:58. > :03:02.Siemens, was announced today by transport minister, Theresa
:03:02. > :03:06.Villiers. She spoke to as LEA and this is how she defended the
:03:06. > :03:10.decision. A we had no choice. We had to
:03:10. > :03:14.appoint Siemens as the preferred bidder because the rules require us
:03:14. > :03:19.to focus on value for money for the taxpayer. We are not allowed to
:03:19. > :03:25.give preference to domestic suppliers or manufacturers. We have
:03:25. > :03:31.to judge bids impartially, regardless of where the work would
:03:31. > :03:37.be carried out. Theresa Villiers speaking to Wes
:03:37. > :03:42.earlier. Let's cross to Westminster. Margaret Beckett is there. A great
:03:43. > :03:47.deal of surprise here. Are you surprised?
:03:47. > :03:51.Not as surprised as I would like to be. I have been increasingly
:03:51. > :03:55.suspicious as this announcement kept been delayed and delayed that
:03:55. > :03:59.it was going to be the wrong judgment.
:04:00. > :04:03.To be fair, some would say it was the wrong judgment under your
:04:03. > :04:09.government when they lost out to a Japanese factory.
:04:09. > :04:14.I do not dispute that. I was equally angry, to be frank, but
:04:14. > :04:18.that decision. Part of what was said then was that the Thames
:04:18. > :04:25.League order is coming along. That is what Theresa Villiers is saying
:04:25. > :04:30.now. She is saying, there will be another order now coming along. She
:04:30. > :04:33.says we are bound by rules. Yes, we are, but other countries manage to
:04:33. > :04:41.work within those rules and still get orders for their countries.
:04:41. > :04:44.Here, we do not seem to manage that. In your opinion, will there be any
:04:44. > :04:50.other orders? Do you think this could be the death-knell for
:04:50. > :04:56.Bombardier here? They could be other orders. The
:04:56. > :05:05.question is when. Bombardier has shown great loyalty to Derby. They
:05:05. > :05:11.have just taken on apprentices. For how long they will go on doing that,
:05:11. > :05:15.if the orders do not come here but go to foreign firms. The government
:05:15. > :05:20.says they want to rebalance the economy towards manufacturing, they
:05:20. > :05:23.want higher skilled jobs, jobs in the private sector. Barbie is doing
:05:23. > :05:29.all of that. Margaret Beckett, we will have to
:05:29. > :05:35.leave it there. Thank you very much indeed. Barbie is at the heart of
:05:35. > :05:42.Gabriel business that is worth billions to the economy. -- Derby
:05:42. > :05:45.is that their heart of the rail business. Mike O'Sullivan reports
:05:45. > :05:54.on repercussions. The railway is the lifeblood of
:05:54. > :05:57.this company at Alfreton. They make rail signalling equipment. Meshwork
:05:57. > :06:02.-- they are shocked at the news about Bombardier.
:06:02. > :06:10.They should be protecting our jobs within Derby, with in England.
:06:10. > :06:14.We seem to have lost an awful lot of jobs. A we are astounded.
:06:14. > :06:18.The Department of Transport appears adamant that UK manufacturing
:06:18. > :06:21.should be given much of a chance -- should not be given much of a
:06:21. > :06:25.chance. This is part of the Derby and
:06:25. > :06:35.Derbyshire Rail Forum, set up to promote the rail industry in our
:06:35. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:40.The East Midlands probably has the largest cluster of rail businesses
:06:40. > :06:44.in the world. Bombardier is at the heart of all that. There are
:06:44. > :06:49.concerns the company could pull out altogether, leading to thousands of
:06:49. > :06:55.job losses. Could Bombardier pull out of Derby?
:06:55. > :07:05.It is not for me to answer back. We should not speculate. It must be a
:07:05. > :07:08.question that is being asked. Rail industry insiders say people
:07:08. > :07:17.at Bombardier ashore shot. It is the second time in 18 months there
:07:17. > :07:24.have lost out on a big contract. -- rail industry insiders say people
:07:24. > :07:31.at Bombardier are shocked. We will talk to the chief executive
:07:32. > :07:36.from the Chamber of Commerce and later. For now, back to the studio.
:07:37. > :07:41.Onto the rest of the news. One of our hospital trusts could run out
:07:41. > :07:45.of money by September. That is the news from the University Hospitals
:07:45. > :07:51.of Leicester. The trust has significant the overspend, and over
:07:51. > :07:56.400 posts will have to go. At university hospitals of last NHS
:07:56. > :07:59.Trust is one of the biggest in the East Midlands. In a statement today,
:07:59. > :08:06.the chief executive has admitted that it is facing the toughest
:08:06. > :08:10.financial challenge in its ten-year history. Why? It has been a tough
:08:10. > :08:17.winter. More people visited accident and emergency. Extra staff
:08:17. > :08:21.were employed and extra wards were opened. That cost an extra �6
:08:21. > :08:28.million, and put quite simply, the trust could not afford it.
:08:28. > :08:34.It is a massive problem. Back in 2007, 2008, �50 million by taking
:08:34. > :08:38.away from this trust. Whatever reserved cash is hospital had three
:08:38. > :08:44.years ago, it lost it all. They have been running on a shoestring
:08:44. > :08:51.since then. That is why we are having a prop Os. It cost around �2
:08:51. > :08:55.million a day to run a hospital's here. What is the trust going to do
:08:55. > :09:03.about this overspend? The bosses want to make hospitals run more
:09:03. > :09:06.efficiently. They want to drive out waste. Significantly, post will go,
:09:06. > :09:10.around for a hundred and 20. Some of those will be compulsory
:09:10. > :09:17.redundancies. The chief executives is what matters most is the
:09:17. > :09:26.patients. Two more important stories on their
:09:26. > :09:33.way. If anyone can, McLaren can. Patients and parent power. The
:09:33. > :09:36.fight goes on to save Leicester's children had surgeries.
:09:36. > :09:41.-- the fight goes on to save Leicester's children heart surgery
:09:41. > :09:47.The Conservative MP arrested last week for an alleged sexual assault
:09:47. > :09:51.has been told all charges have been dropped. Andrew Bridgen has always
:09:51. > :09:55.denied claims that he sexually assaulted the 29-year-old woman.
:09:55. > :09:59.Geoff Maskell has been following this story. What have the police
:09:59. > :10:04.said? Tonight, the news that Andrew
:10:04. > :10:09.Bridgen has waited a long week to hear. A Metropolitan Police
:10:09. > :10:14.spokesman said a 46-year-old man has been released on bail with no
:10:14. > :10:18.further action. He was questioned a week ago about allegations of
:10:18. > :10:24.sexual assault after a complaint from a 29-year-old woman. He has
:10:24. > :10:29.always denied the allegations. light of this, as he said anything
:10:29. > :10:33.today? Him the last few minutes, he has made a statement saying he was
:10:33. > :10:37.confident he would be cleared by police. He talked about the her to
:10:38. > :10:43.be incident has caused his family. The allegation was unfair and
:10:44. > :10:48.hurtful. Not just to myself, but to my wife and children, who bore the
:10:48. > :10:53.brunt of future and unwanted media intrusion. It was worrying for my
:10:53. > :10:57.friends and constituents, and disruptive to my work. Andrew
:10:57. > :11:02.Bridgen speaking a few moments ago. He has also said he is considering
:11:02. > :11:06.legal action. Thank-you. The families of seven men from
:11:06. > :11:11.Mansfield who were killed in action have laid plaques on a new memorial
:11:11. > :11:19.dedicated to them. The emotional ceremony was held this morning. The
:11:19. > :11:24.community raised to �70,000. They came a family at the time to
:11:24. > :11:29.lay their individual plaque. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,
:11:29. > :11:34.honouring their loved one who died in conflict. Each plaque engraved
:11:34. > :11:42.with the name of the serviceman who lost his life. Seven in all, each
:11:42. > :11:48.one carefully positioned on this new memorial. This private ceremony
:11:48. > :11:56.it was emotional. The family's United in agreement that this is a
:11:56. > :12:01.fitting tribute to their loved ones. It means so much. This is not just
:12:01. > :12:08.for May. This is for all my family. It is for my grandson, and future
:12:08. > :12:18.generations that will come after that. Very emotional. We are proud
:12:18. > :12:22.of David. This memorial is amazing. At the centrepiece of this memorial
:12:22. > :12:28.at these three black granite tear drops, representing each of the
:12:28. > :12:33.armed forces. A heavy chains around the perimeter, representing the
:12:33. > :12:41.Merchant Navy. An official ceremony to open and bless the memorial
:12:41. > :12:46.takes place later this month. The Prime Minister David Cameron
:12:46. > :12:50.has been in the East Midlands Today. He what inspecting officers
:12:50. > :12:54.graduating from Cromwell. He told cadets that changes to the armed
:12:54. > :12:59.forces would stand and then for the future. It has emerged that one in
:12:59. > :13:02.10 of the cadets graduating today do not have jobs to go to. They
:13:02. > :13:04.were would-be pilots whose jobs were scrapped under the defence
:13:04. > :13:08.review. The police have issued a picture of
:13:08. > :13:11.a woman they want to question in connection with an attempted
:13:11. > :13:14.abduction of a young child in Nottingham this afternoon. The
:13:14. > :13:20.woman approached the charge that the John Lewis store in the
:13:20. > :13:24.Victoria Centre, but ran away when challenged by the child's mother.
:13:24. > :13:28.Police are hoping a Crimewatch television appeal could help them
:13:28. > :13:31.to trace a seat will almost killed a pensioner. 67-year-old Jean
:13:32. > :13:36.Burrows had tried to stop the man from stealing her car at Somercotes
:13:36. > :13:39.in Derbyshire last November. He drove off as she tried to grab the
:13:39. > :13:43.keys and she fell into the road. She suffered a fracture and
:13:43. > :13:47.bruising, and has lost her sense of smell. Amazingly, she has sympathy
:13:47. > :13:52.for the man responsible. I am hoping he will come forward, or
:13:52. > :13:57.somebody who knows who he is will help him to come forward. He needs
:13:57. > :14:06.help. You feel sorry for him? way, yes. I do not think these
:14:06. > :14:11.Parents fighting to save a children's heart surgery unit stage
:14:11. > :14:18.a protest rally today. The NHS body which is deciding on all of the
:14:18. > :14:24.units was on -- was in Leicester today.
:14:24. > :14:30.Theo's heart was mended by experts at Glenfield Hospital but it is
:14:30. > :14:33.minds at his family needs to win over.
:14:33. > :14:40.To go anywhere else would mean starting all over again with
:14:40. > :14:44.someone new who does not know him. Emotions always run high outside
:14:44. > :14:47.Leicester's Walkers Stadium. Today the usual sea of blue turned red as
:14:47. > :14:53.parents came to champion the children's heart surgery in the
:14:53. > :14:59.city. The last public consultation event before the NHS Commission has
:14:59. > :15:09.made some bold decisions. A lot of people here are support -- here to
:15:09. > :15:13.support Glenfield Hospital. We need to keep it... Open. Increasingly it
:15:13. > :15:17.is seen as a fight between Leicester and Southampton.
:15:17. > :15:21.Campaigners are hoping that patient and Parent Power will be enough to
:15:21. > :15:26.save the unit. No one has had the courage to grapple with the issue
:15:26. > :15:31.for years. Everywhere they go there are protests. TV cameras were not
:15:31. > :15:35.allowed into the consultation event. I asked why? We do not want people
:15:35. > :15:39.to feel inhibited about casting or answering questions. We want it to
:15:39. > :15:45.be free and open. The whole process has been open and transparent up
:15:45. > :15:51.until now. This is not just about the Midlands, it is about our
:15:51. > :15:55.national role. The argument for change, fewer children's heart
:15:55. > :15:59.surgery units concentrates expertise. The aim is to save more
:15:59. > :16:04.lives. Try telling people here that it is surgery in Leicester that
:16:04. > :16:08.should go. There is uncertainty about what will happen and it it is
:16:08. > :16:18.certain that it will not be popular everywhere.
:16:18. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:29.Lovely and sunny in Leicester. We will have the forecast later.
:16:29. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:38.looking out for rain. It looks like Let us return to our top story. The
:16:38. > :16:43.news that the train maker Bombardier has lost a contract to
:16:43. > :16:49.build up to 1200 carriages for Thameslink. Our correspondent is
:16:49. > :16:54.outside the factory in Derby. tell you that the company issued a
:16:54. > :16:58.brief statement earlier saying that they were very disappointed that
:16:58. > :17:03.they lost the contract. As you said earlier, there are those who feel
:17:03. > :17:08.that losing the contract could mean the end of train making in Derby.
:17:08. > :17:15.This is a tradition that goes back well over 100 years. It is a
:17:15. > :17:19.history that is not without its ups and downs. Here is a report.
:17:19. > :17:25.Look at its Great Railway Works where we see engines being built...
:17:25. > :17:30.It has been at the forefront of railway engineering for over 150
:17:30. > :17:35.years. Steam was still in its heyday in the 1930s and politicians
:17:36. > :17:40.have been associated with the works. Barbara Castle visited in 1967.
:17:40. > :17:45.Changes were afoot. The carriage works went from British Rail to
:17:45. > :17:51.British Rail Engineering Ltd, as privatisation beckoned. In 1992, a
:17:51. > :17:56.complete change of ownership. The Swiss firm ABB took over. A year
:17:56. > :18:02.later, rail unions are in Westminster, pressing MPs for more
:18:02. > :18:09.railway work. In 1996, another change of ownership. Three months
:18:09. > :18:15.later, yet again, we were reporting, more redundancies and cuts. In 2000,
:18:15. > :18:20.another change of ownership to French-Canadian Bombardier. In 2007,
:18:20. > :18:25.unions and management combine to beg the government to stop the
:18:25. > :18:30.endless cycle of feast and famine in rail orders. Nonetheless, two
:18:30. > :18:35.years later, Bombardier failed to win the order for the new InterCity
:18:35. > :18:40.express. Now it has failed to win the order for Thameslink too. Those
:18:40. > :18:47.in Britain's remaining train maker wonders whether they can survive
:18:47. > :18:53.again. I am joined now by the chief
:18:53. > :18:58.executive of the Chamber of Commerce. Can they survive a again?
:18:58. > :19:02.We will do everything we can to insure that they do. It is a very
:19:02. > :19:06.good company, it is part of an international group. There is a big
:19:07. > :19:10.investment hearing Derby. We what about the implications? Not only do
:19:10. > :19:16.the people who supply Bombardier but also the businesses around
:19:16. > :19:22.here? There are a lot of direct suppliers to Bombardier who will be
:19:23. > :19:26.dismayed. Bombardier also employed 3000 people here which puts
:19:26. > :19:31.spending power into the Derbyshire economy. If that is going to be
:19:31. > :19:37.reduced, that is of significance. One managing director we spoke to
:19:37. > :19:42.on the telephone, he supplies bombard the air -- Bombardier and
:19:42. > :19:47.he says that there will be many job losses. That is a worst-case
:19:47. > :19:51.scenario. We will do all that we can to ensure that we still benefit
:19:51. > :19:55.from the contract. Another prime contractor has won the contract.
:19:55. > :20:01.All of these suppliers and all of the manufacturers here now need to
:20:01. > :20:05.beat a path to their door to see if we can get work back here to Derby.
:20:05. > :20:13.Let us hope that this is not the end of train making in Derby and
:20:13. > :20:21.not the end of the line for Bombardier and its 3000 workers.
:20:21. > :20:24.Let us have some sport. It had been a big day at the City
:20:24. > :20:28.ground. The new man in charge has been speaking for the first time.
:20:28. > :20:38.The former England boss Steve McLaren believes he has got what it
:20:38. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:46.takes to return the Reds to the top Steve McClaren is back. Back to the
:20:46. > :20:56.stresses and strains of English football. That is a great way of
:20:56. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :21:06.putting it! Its is great to be back, involved in what is a great
:21:06. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:15.historic tradition of football club I have experienced life in the
:21:15. > :21:21.Premier League, I know what it takes to get in there and back is
:21:21. > :21:26.what we bring. We will try to build and what was -- on what has already
:21:26. > :21:30.been achieved by the chairman and what Billy Davies has done over the
:21:30. > :21:35.last two-and-a-half years. He was sacked at the weekend. The club
:21:35. > :21:38.only met McLaren on Sunday. Some supporters early on Monday were
:21:38. > :21:41.disappointed with our decision. Once they got to know him like we
:21:41. > :21:46.have got to know him, I think they will be quite happy with our
:21:46. > :21:52.appointment. What do you think the general mood is? Reserved optimism
:21:52. > :22:00.I think. I think he will do a good job, optimistic. Do you think he
:22:00. > :22:10.will pick up a Nottingham accent? have listened to his Dutch accent
:22:10. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:19.on You Tube macro. Graham Taylor had the internet. He overcame that
:22:19. > :22:25.and progressed. -- Graham Taylor had the turnip. Wherever I have
:22:25. > :22:30.gone, whether I have been, the key thing we need to achieve his full
:22:30. > :22:34.houses in the City Ground. That is the first target. He has not
:22:35. > :22:38.stopped smiling since the press conference. Some will say it is the
:22:38. > :22:48.hefty new contract bet he says he would not have come here if he did
:22:48. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:57.not think he could fill every one's If you want to see more of his only
:22:57. > :23:00.one to one TV interview, you can see it on the BBC's Board website.
:23:00. > :23:05.The Forest board clearly believe that the McLaren is the man that
:23:05. > :23:10.can return Forest to the Premier League. How good are his
:23:10. > :23:17.credentials? Earlier today I spoke to David Davies, former executive
:23:17. > :23:21.director of the FA. Let us be quite clear, Nottingham Forest have
:23:21. > :23:27.appointed one of the best coaches, one of the best English coaches of
:23:27. > :23:31.this generation. His track record is there. He was the coach when
:23:31. > :23:35.Manchester United won an unprecedented treble in 1999. He
:23:35. > :23:41.was the coach who took Middlesbrough, who frankly have not
:23:41. > :23:46.won hundreds of trophies over the years, to winning the League Cup
:23:46. > :23:50.and to a European final which was a fantastic achievement. He also was
:23:50. > :23:58.successful in Holland with a relatively small club, which beat
:23:58. > :24:03.the likes of big clubs. He is one of the best coaches in his
:24:03. > :24:08.generation. Given all of that and his fantastic club credentials,
:24:08. > :24:12.people remember what happened with him and the England job. Do you
:24:12. > :24:19.think he has to overcome some of the reputation... When he failed to
:24:19. > :24:24.achieve what he could have with the England team? England is high
:24:24. > :24:29.profile. He is as sad as what happened with England as anyone.
:24:29. > :24:34.But you do not become a bad coach overnight. Since then, as I have
:24:34. > :24:39.mentioned, he has gone to Holland and done unbelievably well. Now he
:24:39. > :24:44.has had another hit back with another team, but the reality is
:24:44. > :24:48.that he is coming to a fantastic club. You do not have to be a
:24:48. > :24:52.Forest supporter do have the highest possible regard for
:24:52. > :24:56.Nottingham Forest. Timing is everything in football. It seems to
:24:56. > :25:01.me that you have Nottingham Forest and Steve McClaren coming together
:25:01. > :25:07.at a very good moment. The Forest fans was totally hope that you are
:25:07. > :25:12.right. Thank you. One of his first games in charge
:25:12. > :25:15.will see him take on Notts County in the Carling Cup. Leicester City
:25:15. > :25:20.will face Rotherham, Derby travelled to Shrewsbury and
:25:20. > :25:24.Chesterfield will play Rochdale. That is all for tonight. The good
:25:24. > :25:33.thing about him coming back is that we got to hear that song that we
:25:33. > :25:43.both like? Mark Morrison is from the East Midlands.
:25:43. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:53.Now the weather. We think it is You are right. The rain is on its
:25:53. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:01.way for stump I am by the canal and I have made some friends. They are
:26:01. > :26:06.just going for a nice trip on their barge. It looks like the showers
:26:06. > :26:12.have been holding off for the most part. One or two around. Let us
:26:12. > :26:16.take a look. It is going to become quite dry overnight. We will see
:26:16. > :26:20.some clear spells compared to last night. It would have been nice last
:26:20. > :26:27.night with the lunar eclipse but sadly we cannot order the weather
:26:27. > :26:36.just like that. There were some showers earlier today, few and far
:26:36. > :26:41.between. Any showers will be drying out. On the pressure chart, the
:26:41. > :26:48.area of rain that we are looking at his the large bit of blue in the
:26:48. > :26:55.south-west. That is gradually making its way north into tomorrow.
:26:55. > :27:02.The forecast is that we are seeing showers gradually fizzling out that
:27:02. > :27:09.throughout receiving and overnight. Turning dry with clear spells. As a
:27:09. > :27:15.result, temperatures will be a little cooler. Tomorrow morning, it
:27:15. > :27:21.will be bright, sunny but as the day goes on, the cloud will
:27:21. > :27:29.increase. Some showers by late morning. The winds will increase