:00:03. > :00:06.This is East Midlands Today. Tonight we're live from Bombardier
:00:06. > :00:14.in Derby where almost 1,500 workers have been told they're to lose
:00:14. > :00:18.their jobs. It's a hammer blow for the City and many are now asking
:00:18. > :00:22.how long can Britain's last trainmaker survive?
:00:22. > :00:31.And here in the studio, I'll be assessing the political impact, why
:00:31. > :00:36.did this happen and where does Bombardier and Derby go from here?
:00:36. > :00:38.My genuine anxiety is that Bombardier's will decide their
:00:38. > :00:42.there is not a future for them in the UK.
:00:42. > :00:45.In other news tonight, a tragic accident - how the owner of the
:00:45. > :00:48.King Cobra Sanctuary was killed by his own snake.
:00:48. > :00:58.And holy amazing - the Cape Crusader's all flying show is
:00:58. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:13.Good evening. Welcome to Litchurch Lane in Derby, the home of
:01:14. > :01:19.Bombardier. There has been trained making in this city since the 1840s.
:01:19. > :01:23.It is part of Derby's crowd engineering and industrial heritage.
:01:23. > :01:29.For how much longer? There are fears about this factory's short-
:01:29. > :01:34.term future. Today's announcement means half of the work force here
:01:34. > :01:38.will be leaving. Almost 1,400 people looking for work in
:01:38. > :01:43.difficult economic times. In a moment I will be speaking to the
:01:43. > :01:46.leader of Derby City Council and the man who runs this 88 acre site.
:01:46. > :01:50.First, a report from Mike O'Sullivan.
:01:50. > :01:55.A signal from a railway man that said it all. The night shift was
:01:55. > :02:00.the first to be told that 1,400 jobs were being lost at Bombardier
:02:00. > :02:06.in Derby. More workers were briefed throughout the day. This is going
:02:06. > :02:11.to be the end of the train building industry in Britain. Everybody is
:02:11. > :02:15.doom and gloom today. I blame the Government. They gave the contract
:02:16. > :02:25.to Germany. We are all upset. We feel like the Government have let
:02:25. > :02:29.us down. Hoping that we get another contract. Fingers crossed.
:02:29. > :02:34.Bombardier says it hasn't got enough for his current workforce of
:02:34. > :02:39.3,000 in Derby. Four of the five production lines come to a halt by
:02:40. > :02:45.September. Two weeks ago Bombardier lost the Government's 1.4 billion
:02:45. > :02:53.pound Thameslink contract to his German rival, Siemens. Today,
:02:53. > :02:57.Bombardier announced 1,400 job cuts. 983 contracts staff are to go. 446
:02:57. > :03:01.permanent jobs will be lost. Many of them skilled engineers. The
:03:01. > :03:05.company said, if it had won the Thameslink contract, no permanent
:03:05. > :03:10.staff will be leaving at all. were the preferred bidder for
:03:10. > :03:15.Thameslink, those engineers will be working on the design and, step --
:03:15. > :03:22.concept. They would be fully employed today. They would be no
:03:22. > :03:26.threat to their job? No threat. Deflated, saddened. Darren Barber
:03:26. > :03:31.had told me how we will affect his family. He is a staff member but
:03:31. > :03:37.his son is a contract worker. Both of them could be at the job.
:03:37. > :03:42.market is going to be flooded. Core staff like my itself will hang on
:03:42. > :03:46.to the end. I would be last in the queue to find a job. Is there going
:03:46. > :03:51.to be anything out there? I don't think so. Bombardier says contract
:03:51. > :03:56.staff would have benefited from Thameslink. They would have been
:03:56. > :04:06.shared out to short-term employees with the potential of having them
:04:06. > :04:07.
:04:07. > :04:12.back. A? Now hangs over the future of this factory. -- A? Macro hangs
:04:12. > :04:20.over the future of this factory. With me is the leader of Derby City
:04:20. > :04:25.Council. A black day I presume, what is your reaction?
:04:25. > :04:30.devastating decision as far as Derby is concerned. Half the
:04:30. > :04:35.workforce will be made redundant and the real possibility that we
:04:35. > :04:41.will lose this train making site in this city, bringing to the end 170
:04:41. > :04:45.years of train manufacturing in Derby. In future, every train, tram
:04:45. > :04:49.and Underground train at the UK purchases will come from abroad.
:04:49. > :04:57.understand you have attempted to contact David Cameron to talk about
:04:58. > :05:02.the issues. What has been this -- the response? If all I have had
:05:02. > :05:11.back are to acknowledge rents of three letters. I am extremely
:05:11. > :05:17.disappointed. -- and acknowledgements. Nick Clegg was
:05:17. > :05:21.here with the Cabinet at describing Derby as a powerhouse of the UK. I
:05:21. > :05:26.am a Conservative but those words are becoming hollow now in the
:05:26. > :05:30.light of today's announcements. I am critical of the contract
:05:30. > :05:34.assessment process because no economic impact assessment took
:05:34. > :05:41.place as part of the evaluation of that contract. How can it be that
:05:41. > :05:48.this contract is the best value for the British taxpayer if the costs
:05:48. > :05:55.of making these people redundant would all stop you get a flavour of
:05:55. > :06:00.the sort of political storm that is brewing over this issue. Form Ahmad
:06:00. > :06:05.Khomeini he is an in the studio. -- for more on that.
:06:05. > :06:11.Europe bans giving contracts on the basis of nationality. Germany
:06:11. > :06:15.routinely Awards 90 % of its rare work to German workers. In France,
:06:16. > :06:21.it is 100 %. John Denham, Labour's shadow business Secretary thinks we
:06:21. > :06:25.have to change the way we play the game. We have to have an industrial
:06:25. > :06:29.policy so we can build up our manufacturing industry. I look at
:06:30. > :06:35.Germany and France and they might - - find ways of doing that. Why
:06:35. > :06:40.can't we do the same? If John Hess asked Business Secretary, Vince
:06:40. > :06:45.Cable, where the Government rejected Bombardier's bid in the
:06:45. > :06:50.first place? In this case, the former Labour Government drew up a
:06:50. > :06:55.narrow tender terms for this contract which led to the current
:06:55. > :07:01.transport secretary to make the decision he did. He had no choice.
:07:01. > :07:06.I don't want to minimise the fact that this is a serious play it --
:07:06. > :07:12.bloke to Derby and the workers. I want to do what I can to help.
:07:12. > :07:15.Today we are setting up a task force and a senior executive of
:07:15. > :07:23.Rolls-Royce to keep the skills boys together to help Derby ever come
:07:23. > :07:27.this blow. I want to investigate how future public procurement can
:07:27. > :07:33.operate within European walls, but at the same time it take account of
:07:33. > :07:39.the importance of British suppliers. The so much for the blame game.
:07:39. > :07:45.What next? What of the future. Will this damage investment in our
:07:45. > :07:48.region? I have seen companies come and go at Litchurch Lane. I have
:07:48. > :07:53.found Bombardier aid to be the most consistent in terms of their
:07:53. > :08:00.support for the work force, investment, through lean times as
:08:00. > :08:06.well as good times. I do wonder, and it would do everything I can to
:08:06. > :08:10.keep the company in the UK. I think we are pushing our luck. I don't
:08:10. > :08:15.think it will put people off investing because we have great
:08:15. > :08:22.skills in the region. Bombardier is one of them. I don't think it will
:08:22. > :08:28.put people off. However it is a blow to the region. Whatever
:08:28. > :08:37.happens, no one knows tonight if it would be in time to save Britain's
:08:37. > :08:47.last train builder. That now have to Dominic in Derby. -- back now.
:08:47. > :08:55.With me is France's pay NASA who is president of the passenger division.
:08:55. > :09:01.-- Frances Power NASA. We can't understand the decision.
:09:01. > :09:06.Could she bear some responsibility in terms of losing his contract, --
:09:06. > :09:11.? We will be happy to share the blame if we know why we had lost
:09:11. > :09:16.the bid. During our feet back, we were given no specific information
:09:16. > :09:21.which allowed us to make that judgment. For we are hearing of the
:09:21. > :09:24.BBC is hearing, there were issues raised about the cost per carriage
:09:24. > :09:28.they are you offering was higher than your rivals and there were
:09:28. > :09:34.problems with suppliers. Would it surprise you to know this
:09:34. > :09:39.information is coming out? For I am surprised by this. The two points I
:09:40. > :09:44.would make, worldwide in the last five years, when Bob RDA --
:09:44. > :09:50.Bombardier has gone with Siemens, this is the first time we have lost
:09:50. > :09:56.out to them. We won 70 % of the contracts in the UK with the same
:09:56. > :10:02.EU rules and the same competition. The civil servants in London over
:10:02. > :10:06.saw these bids. Are they uncaring? What do you think of them? They
:10:06. > :10:15.could have taken a broader view in the way the economic assessment was
:10:15. > :10:21.carried out on this project. final question, has this place,
:10:21. > :10:26.what is left of it, has it got a future beyond 2014 or beyond the
:10:26. > :10:29.end of this year? We are not in a position where we can say.
:10:29. > :10:35.Bombardier is carrying out an extensive review of our operations
:10:35. > :10:39.and until that is completed, the future of the site is uncertain.
:10:39. > :10:49.That is it for now from Bombardier. I will be back later in the
:10:49. > :10:54.programme. Back now to the studio. It was a tragic accident, the death
:10:54. > :10:59.of a man regarded as an expert in King Cobras, beaten by one of his
:10:59. > :11:03.pet snakes. Luke Yeomans died -- died at his home which he turned
:11:03. > :11:08.into a century for his reptiles. A coroner recorded a verdict of
:11:08. > :11:13.accidental death today. A month ago, we filmed with him at his home in
:11:13. > :11:18.Eastwood. Luke Yeomans dedicated his life to
:11:18. > :11:24.the King Cobra. He created a sanctuary for them behind his home.
:11:24. > :11:29.On 29th June, he was bitten. The inquest heard his partner, seen
:11:29. > :11:35.here with the stripy top, saw him holding a hosepipe to his own. --
:11:35. > :11:40.on. She knew he had been bitten. She gave him adrenalin and tried to
:11:40. > :11:44.resuscitate him but could see he was dead. The coroner said it was a
:11:44. > :11:49.tragic case where a man passionate about snakes and King Cobras had
:11:49. > :11:53.devoted his life to them. She read a statement from his daughter. It
:11:53. > :11:58.said, dad lived for his next and was particularly passionate about
:11:58. > :12:03.King Cobras. He was fully aware of the possibility he could be written.
:12:03. > :12:07.I took comfort that he died doing something he loved so much. East
:12:07. > :12:13.Midlands Today filmed with him in May. He spoke of his dedication to
:12:13. > :12:20.his animals and how he was aware of the risks. He had been bitten
:12:20. > :12:26.before. I have had a few nasty next and one or two cases where I have
:12:26. > :12:31.had to get in touch with the School of Tropical medicine to advise on
:12:31. > :12:40.using anti- venom. He knew the risks and thought it was worth it
:12:40. > :12:44.Controversial plans for a waste incinerator in Derby are back on
:12:44. > :12:49.the table. A High Court judge says that an inspector was wrong last
:12:49. > :12:53.year to block the proposals for a waste tree man plant at Sinfin. It
:12:53. > :12:56.followed a fierce campaigner against the plans. There will now
:12:56. > :13:01.be another planning inquiry. More money than originally planned
:13:01. > :13:05.could be spent redeveloping Nottingham's Broadmarsh Centre. The
:13:05. > :13:10.city council says it believes up to �12 million will be spent
:13:10. > :13:13.transforming it by the owners, Westfield. The first phase of an
:13:13. > :13:16.estimated �500 million project involves updating Drury Hill and
:13:16. > :13:23.the centre's Middle Pavement entrance.
:13:23. > :13:27.Plenty more to come. We will have a soggy weather forecast.
:13:27. > :13:37.And find out about some of my favourite things in Nottinghamshire.
:13:37. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:49.It is a new era for the home of Leicester City Football Club. From
:13:49. > :13:53.today, the Walkers Stadium is changing its name to the King Power
:13:53. > :13:58.Stadium. The rebranding is all about the new owners and the club's
:13:58. > :14:02.new Thai chairman. What do the fans make of the change?
:14:02. > :14:07.They have signed some new players, it laid the new turf and for the
:14:07. > :14:13.new season, there is even a new name. It has been on the shares for
:14:13. > :14:18.a season, now it will be all over the ground. -- on the shirts. It
:14:18. > :14:22.has become the King Power Stadium. Walkers Stadium is synonymous with
:14:22. > :14:27.Leicester but obviously, King Power Stadium have new sponsors and that
:14:27. > :14:32.has got to be great for the club. do not know if I am that keen on it.
:14:32. > :14:37.But I will get used to it. It is a complete takeover. But as long as
:14:37. > :14:41.they keep bringing the money in and the players. Will people know where
:14:41. > :14:47.the King Power Stadium is? If they might think it is in Thailand.
:14:47. > :14:53.club says it reflects the owner's commitment to the club and that its
:14:53. > :15:02.partnership with Walkers will continue. Sponsorship of stadiums
:15:02. > :15:07.never lasts for ever. The dreams for the owners is Bob them to score
:15:07. > :15:14.high. We are told the stadium will be rebranded in time for the pre-
:15:14. > :15:17.season friendly with Real Madrid at the end of the month.
:15:17. > :15:21.Nottinghamshire's fire service could spent half-a-million pounds
:15:21. > :15:25.trying to reduce its carbon for print. The county's fire authority
:15:25. > :15:30.is considering installing solar panels, wind turbines and ground
:15:30. > :15:35.source heat pumps in its stations. She says it would hate save money
:15:35. > :15:39.in the long term. -- help save money.
:15:39. > :15:44.A kerbside recycling scheme in part of Leicester is to be extended
:15:44. > :15:47.across the city. Traditional green recycling boxes are being replaced
:15:48. > :15:53.with orange sacks because they take a much wider range of ways. A
:15:53. > :15:58.recent trial led to I 30% increase in the amount collected each week.
:15:58. > :16:03.Talking about recycling, the old bat man is back and it is big. With
:16:03. > :16:13.an awful lot of "kerpow" the caped crusader is on stage with a show of
:16:13. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:19.What makes you proud of where you live? Tonight, we begin a journey
:16:19. > :16:24.around our counties through the eyes of some of our local radio
:16:24. > :16:29.presenters. This week, BBC Radio Nottingham's Mark Dennison tells us
:16:29. > :16:36.what he thinks is the pride of the county of Nottinghamshire.
:16:36. > :16:41.Today I have come to one of my favourite places in Nottingham.
:16:41. > :16:47.Wollaton Hall. This is a place that everyone knows. I remember spending
:16:47. > :16:53.many a happy Sunday-morning fitting the leaves in the park with my son.
:16:53. > :16:57.Now he is a teenager. It is a great place for a stroll around the lake,
:16:57. > :17:00.a picnic, or watching the famous deer.
:17:00. > :17:04.I have been coming here for years and the great thing is, there is
:17:04. > :17:14.always something new to do. On the last Sunday of each month, you can
:17:14. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:29.Welcome to Nottingham's Galleries of Justice Wright in the heart of
:17:29. > :17:35.the town. A fantastic place to bring the kids. I sometimes forget
:17:35. > :17:37.this place. Set in Nottingham's Centre, on the site of the Old
:17:37. > :17:43.Court House and Dale, it gives a pretty authentic taste of what life
:17:43. > :17:48.was like as a criminal hundreds of years ago. If you are brave enough,
:17:48. > :17:51.you can take part in a mock trial, have a guided tour with all sorts
:17:51. > :18:01.of outlaws and if you are really unlucky, you might end up getting
:18:01. > :18:08.locked up. From incarceration, to the great outdoors. This is where I
:18:08. > :18:14.love to come for some peace and quiet. The Grantham Canal. It runs
:18:14. > :18:23.through three counties, some 33 miles long. You can take in
:18:23. > :18:29.teashops, some fantastic pubs, you can cycle ought stroll along with
:18:29. > :18:37.your dog. They are even places way you can bring a canoe and have a
:18:37. > :18:43.paddle. This is the beauty of Nottinghamshire. Peace and quiet,
:18:43. > :18:53.fantastic. We have all got somewhere just like this right on
:18:53. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.I feel quite peaceful after that. Time for sport. I am ready for
:19:00. > :19:04.tomorrow afternoon at Trent Bridge. It is nice to have international
:19:04. > :19:11.cricket back there. It is a must- win game for England against Sri
:19:11. > :19:14.Lanka. 2-1 down. A third defeat would mean the whole one day series
:19:14. > :19:19.is lost when Dent. But at Trent Bridge, there is still a spark
:19:19. > :19:25.about England. After a grey start to the series,
:19:25. > :19:29.two defeats mean that the Trent Bridge won their means it has some
:19:29. > :19:33.drama to it. We know we have got to win the next
:19:33. > :19:39.two games to win the series. I think we are more than capable of
:19:39. > :19:43.doing it. We need to replicate the form we had a week ago. We need to
:19:43. > :19:46.try to put the last two games to the back of our minds. We are
:19:46. > :19:50.proving to people because this is why we are runners up in the World
:19:50. > :19:55.Cup, but not just because we played on the sub-continent, but we are a
:19:55. > :20:01.pretty good cricket team. There are some specific questions about the
:20:01. > :20:07.team, for our three Nottinghamshire players. Can Stuart Broad find true
:20:07. > :20:17.form? He has got a firing has about him because you need that in fast
:20:17. > :20:26.bowlers. I do not want to see my bowlers stroking kittens. Will
:20:26. > :20:33.cynic but I'll get a game? -- will Samit Patel get a game. Or will
:20:33. > :20:39.Graeme Swann's form be matched by beating? I would rather be taking
:20:39. > :20:46.winning games. I cannot argue with the way it is coming out of my hand.
:20:46. > :20:55.The England goodies are being laid out at the ground. Graeme Swann
:20:55. > :21:00.cannot resist bigging up his county. As a is, we are stuck with other
:21:00. > :21:04.guys. I am expecting to run a big total here. It is a fantastic run
:21:04. > :21:09.with a great atmosphere and the best place to play cricket in the
:21:10. > :21:13.country. Home is where the heart is. It is nearly sold out at Trent
:21:13. > :21:18.Bridge. Some tickets will be available on the date. As Bobby
:21:18. > :21:22.Robin, they need one more win to guarantee a home quarter-final in
:21:22. > :21:32.the Twenty-20. They will have to fight for it at all staff. They
:21:32. > :21:35.have had a good start. -- fight for it at Worcester.
:21:35. > :21:39.The Hibernian chairman has said that Forest are on dangerous ground
:21:39. > :21:44.and do not have permission to speak to Colin Calderwood. Nothing to
:21:44. > :21:49.negotiate, apparently. One more bit of good news from
:21:49. > :21:54.Forest. Julian Bennett has joined Forest.
:21:54. > :22:01.David Nugent is thought to be high on the wanted list. And Derby are
:22:01. > :22:05.waiting to hear that look Bani's move to Portsmouth is complete -- 8
:22:05. > :22:07.Luke Varney. Heir result in need of European
:22:07. > :22:11.Paralympic Swimming Championships to date. There has been a gold
:22:11. > :22:16.medal for Nottinghamshire's Sam Hynd. In the same event, his
:22:16. > :22:21.younger brother, Ollie, one silver, just three seconds behind him. We
:22:21. > :22:26.will hear from both of them tomorrow.
:22:26. > :22:31.We are a cracking area for sport, aren't we ate!
:22:32. > :22:36.They have already been sightings for Batman films at Wollaton Hall.
:22:36. > :22:41.Now it seems the Dark Knight is back but this time as part of a new
:22:41. > :22:47.live stage show, all based on the original comics. It tells the story
:22:47. > :22:57.of how Robin met the great trick crusader. Our reporter has had a
:22:57. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:02.sneaky peek at the signs -- behind the scenes at the rear parcels.
:23:02. > :23:06.What do have all been waiting for! For the first time, the story of
:23:06. > :23:13.Batman and Robin has been transformed into when Arena shows.
:23:13. > :23:18.The Dark Knight, there is a 42 strong cast and they are currently
:23:18. > :23:24.rehearsing in Nottingham. The story is the original Robin. How Robin
:23:24. > :23:30.became Robin. We also have stuns, fights, flying, it pyrotechnics,
:23:30. > :23:36.all of the things you would expect from a back now and story. -- from
:23:36. > :23:41.a Batman story. The 3 D set is designed to be interactive. Where
:23:41. > :23:46.would the caped crusader be without his trusted car? This one was
:23:46. > :23:51.specially designs, one of Formula One's most famous car designers.
:23:51. > :23:56.Even if you are not a diehard Batman fan, it is hard not to be
:23:56. > :24:03.impressed. There are two Nottingham performers in the cast. One has
:24:03. > :24:07.come straight after circus school to land his first big jobs. We are
:24:07. > :24:12.on the stage all of the time doing something acrobatic, dancing,
:24:12. > :24:17.running... It is pretty full on the whole time. Then there is the
:24:17. > :24:20.gentleman the villain, the penguins. You are transfers and when you're
:24:20. > :24:30.on stage into the penguins. It is quite different to what end seeing
:24:30. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:38.here. I wear a fat cigar. -- a fact suit. The show is rehearsing here
:24:38. > :24:48.for one more week. It will be back in September for part of the arena
:24:48. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:59.It does look fantastic. I used to play Pac-Man and Robin with my
:24:59. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:17.We have got patchy rain overnight. It will still feel quite mild.
:25:17. > :25:18.
:25:18. > :25:24.Thank you for this photo. Please do send us your pictures. We have had
:25:24. > :25:27.some lovely subtle days over the past two days. But an area of low-
:25:27. > :25:33.pressure out in the Atlantic is slowly moving its way in. We have
:25:33. > :25:38.seen an increase in cloud today. We will start to see some patchy rain
:25:38. > :25:43.overnight. Some more intense rainfall across the Far East Apache
:25:43. > :25:50.showers far everyone else. Overnight, the rain will turn more
:25:50. > :25:53.intense before it slowly moves itself North East. Behind it, some
:25:54. > :25:59.heavy showers. Feeling quite muddy overnight with a minimum
:25:59. > :26:03.temperature of 13 degrees. -- Margie. On Wednesday, a chance of
:26:03. > :26:07.scattered showers. Some decent sunshine across the South before
:26:07. > :26:13.the showers turn more intense in the afternoon. There is a chance of
:26:13. > :26:17.some thunder and event some hail at times. Temperatures reaching 20
:26:17. > :26:22.degrees. A much fresher feel to things. Quite a fresh south-
:26:22. > :26:26.westerly breeze. The low pressure is staying with us into their state.
:26:26. > :26:29.Quite persistent rainfall to come during the early hours of Thursday
:26:29. > :26:38.but turning more sherry with some sunshine in the afternoon. On
:26:38. > :26:42.Friday, it is a fairly breezy day, the chance of some showers. On the
:26:42. > :26:46.weekend, more showers to come on Saturday but slowly things will
:26:46. > :26:49.start to improve. The temperatures are gradually creeping up. Things
:26:50. > :26:54.will turn was settled towards the end of the weekend.
:26:54. > :27:00.Thank you. Let us hope that the shower stay away from Trent Bridge
:27:00. > :27:06.tomorrow. For the last word on today's job cuts at Bombardier, let
:27:06. > :27:11.us go back to Derby. The half completed carriage will
:27:11. > :27:14.run on the Metropolitan Line in London. Many of the workers here at
:27:14. > :27:18.Bombardier were dreading this morning. They knew that the news
:27:18. > :27:22.would be bad but they did not quite know how bad. At least there is now
:27:22. > :27:27.a certainty. Some very important questions remain. Be the government
:27:27. > :27:32.have done more? Should bombard VII bear some responsibility for the