:00:02. > :00:04.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:04. > :00:10.Our top story tonight: The care worker accused of
:00:10. > :00:13.mistreating elderly residents. Dawn Denise Heaney is accused of ill-
:00:13. > :00:18.treating people in their 80s and 90s at this Leicestershire care
:00:18. > :00:24.home. Also tonight, a despicable crime.
:00:24. > :00:27.The street where a woman was burgled as she lay dying upstairs.
:00:27. > :00:35.Plus, made in the East Midlands. The surprising truth about our
:00:35. > :00:45.And after the sun, the rain. But are the prospects any brighter for
:00:45. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:55.our farmers? Noah Kayto. The rain is no use. It will just be a
:00:55. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:02.Good evening and welcome to Wednesday's programme.
:01:02. > :01:05.Dawn Denise Heaney should have been caring for the people in her care
:01:05. > :01:07.but a court's been told she slapped one 93-year-old woman in a
:01:07. > :01:11.wheelchair and forced chocolate into the mouth of an another
:01:11. > :01:15.elderly patient. She's accused of ill-treating pensioners at a
:01:15. > :01:23.residential care home in Loughborough, charges she denies.
:01:23. > :01:28.Jo Healey reports from Leicester Crown Court.
:01:28. > :01:33.It is claimed Dawn Denise Heaney, a senior care worker insulted of
:01:33. > :01:39.residents call up --, calling one moment a witch, and a larger lady,
:01:39. > :01:43.Moby Dick. The care home manager at the time told the jury called one
:01:43. > :01:47.male resident who had a disabled back the Hunchback of Notre Dharm
:01:47. > :01:52.and insulted another elderly lady crews incontinence pads needed
:01:52. > :01:57.changing. Dawn Denise Heaney is accused of ill-treating three
:01:57. > :02:00.people at this care home in the Leicestershire village of Wymeswold
:02:00. > :02:07.between August 2009 and March last year when she was suspended. She
:02:07. > :02:11.denied all the charges. She said I would never do that. She denied
:02:11. > :02:15.slapping a male Alzheimer's patient who has done -- described as
:02:15. > :02:20.challenging and said that he had stabbed his knife near her finger
:02:20. > :02:25.and torn her glove. She was shocked and frightened, but she said she
:02:25. > :02:30.wasn't angry. She also denied forcing chocolate into the mouth of
:02:30. > :02:33.and 81-year-old woman with dementia. She said, if I had tried putting
:02:33. > :02:39.chocolate in her mouth, she would have picked my fingers and I would
:02:39. > :02:46.probably have had a kick. She denied slapping a 93-year-old woman
:02:46. > :02:50.on the head and said the headrest of the wheelchair came up to here.
:02:50. > :02:53.A my accusations are that she put vinegar and excessive sugar into
:02:53. > :02:58.tea. The defence claimed the allegations were part of a witch
:02:59. > :03:01.hunt by other staff and the trial continues.
:03:01. > :03:05.Next this evening, police are hunting a callous burglar who broke
:03:05. > :03:08.into the home of a dying woman to steal whatever he could. Officers
:03:08. > :03:12.have described it as a sickening crime which has left the family
:03:12. > :03:18.extremely shocked. Our reporter James Roberson has been following
:03:18. > :03:23.the story and joins us now from Braunstone in Leicester.
:03:23. > :03:28.Good evening. Good evening. The burglary took
:03:28. > :03:32.place in one of the houses here in Braunstone. That was in the early
:03:32. > :03:37.hours of last Saturday morning. The police say the Berkeley victim, an
:03:37. > :03:40.elderly woman, had been ill for some time and on the night of the
:03:40. > :03:47.incident, her relatives were with her as she was not expected to live
:03:47. > :03:51.through the night. At about 12:20PM, a burglar or burglars broke into
:03:52. > :03:58.the house and while the relatives were upstairs, the burglars took
:03:58. > :04:03.various items from downstairs, including car keys, and Apple iPad
:04:03. > :04:08.computer, some cash, a flat-screen TV, and another Powell book laptop
:04:08. > :04:17.computer. Just after the elderly lady passed away, the relatives
:04:17. > :04:20.came downstairs in their grief, to find they had also been burgled.
:04:20. > :04:26.They were absolutely distraught and their grief was compounded by this
:04:26. > :04:31.burglary. And, of course, the lady died shortly after this. That's
:04:31. > :04:37.correct. Therefore, we appealed for anybody that knows anything, that
:04:37. > :04:41.was in the area of the night of the incident, and if anyone has been
:04:41. > :04:45.offered any property, the property I have mentioned, if they could
:04:45. > :04:50.come forward, we help - what we hope people can help us because it
:04:50. > :04:54.has been a devastating crime. police cannot say whether the
:04:54. > :04:59.elderly victim was deliberately targeted returns have made it was
:04:59. > :05:09.opportunistic, but if people have information, people should ring
:05:09. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:20.Thank you. James Robison, batting at the rain.
:05:20. > :05:21.Still to come in the programme: An exclusive chat with departing
:05:21. > :05:24.Nottingham Forest talisman Robert Earnshaw.
:05:24. > :05:34.And the wheels of industry keep turning. We uncover some positive
:05:34. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:39.Two men who sold tickets for the Beijing Olympic Games, tickets that
:05:39. > :05:45.didn't actually exist, have been told they face jail after being
:05:45. > :05:49.found guilty of a �5 million scam. 10,000 people paid up to 48 times
:05:49. > :05:53.the ticket price on a fake website, but not a single ticket was sent
:05:53. > :06:03.out. Among the victims were the parents of the swimmer Rebecca
:06:03. > :06:04.
:06:04. > :06:11.Adlington. Quentin Rayner reports. Standing up to salute a Great
:06:11. > :06:16.Britain balls new heroin... It was a double Olympic moment that her
:06:16. > :06:19.parents were robbed of seeing, almost. They saw her winning the
:06:19. > :06:24.800 metres freestyle through the help of a journalist after they'd
:06:24. > :06:31.been scanned in their original ticket application. I was a
:06:31. > :06:35.inconsolable, I think. Then it turns to anger. Because you want to
:06:35. > :06:43.know why they have had your money. Six months have gone by. Had they
:06:43. > :06:52.rocked us -- will rob us of not being able to see it, my feelings
:06:52. > :06:56.would have been stronger. They paid in advance through a website. They
:06:56. > :07:01.had sold �2 million worth of tickets which it failed to supply
:07:01. > :07:05.or provide refunds for, citing the collapse of a ticket supplier. The
:07:05. > :07:10.money was used to fund the extravagant lifestyle of those
:07:10. > :07:14.behind the scare. This is the warning for other people that might
:07:15. > :07:20.want to buy tickets off websites. The authorities will go after these
:07:20. > :07:29.people. They should be sufficient protection for people like that.
:07:29. > :07:32.They shouldn't be allowed to do... The huge numbers, it is despicable.
:07:32. > :07:34.Because they paid with a credit card, they got their money back and
:07:34. > :07:40.they also have the comfort of knowing they have definitely got
:07:40. > :07:43.the tickets for the 800 metres final in 2012.
:07:43. > :07:45.The spokesman for the parents of Madeleine McCann says he's spoken
:07:45. > :07:48.to detectives investigating the phone hacking scandal because he
:07:48. > :07:53.believes his mobile phone may well have been targeted by national
:07:53. > :07:56.newspaper journalists. Clarence Mitchell says he believes his
:07:56. > :08:01.mobile may have been accessed in 2008, when there was huge media
:08:01. > :08:06.interest in the McCanns, who are from Rothley in Leicestershire.
:08:06. > :08:15.Their daughter went missing in Portugal in 2007. Mr Mitchell says
:08:15. > :08:21.he may have been a victim. Kate and Gerry McCann haven't been targeted.
:08:21. > :08:28.It was happening at the height of the story. I have to assume, I
:08:28. > :08:32.would be naive if I didn't, but who it was or what paper, I have no
:08:32. > :08:35.idea and I am not pointing the finger at anybody.
:08:35. > :08:38.A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a Loughborough man.
:08:38. > :08:41.Andrew Smith, who's 39 and from the town, assaulted Nitu Babu Das, also
:08:41. > :08:44.from Loughborough, following a row on the street where Smith lived.
:08:44. > :08:46.Smith will have to serve a minimum of 22 years.
:08:46. > :08:49.300 knives have been stolen from an outdoor equipment company in
:08:49. > :08:52.Nottinghamshire. The blades, which included survival, military,
:08:52. > :08:54.hunting and fishing knives, were taken from Kids Camo Kit in
:08:54. > :09:01.Mansfield Woodhouse at some point between Monday evening and
:09:01. > :09:04.yesterday morning. They're worth around �12,000.
:09:04. > :09:09.Next tonight, a new twist in the saga over the future of Britain's
:09:09. > :09:12.last train-builder. A trade union is claiming that the German company,
:09:12. > :09:18.which beat Bombardier in Derby to a lucrative government contract, is
:09:18. > :09:21.now trying to recruit some of its staff. Meanwhile, the Prime
:09:21. > :09:27.Minister has said there is no chance of a U-turn over the
:09:27. > :09:31.Thameslink deal. Simon Hare reports. Work goes on at Bombardier in Derby.
:09:31. > :09:34.Even though the long-term future looks bleak. Yesterday came news of
:09:34. > :09:41.1,400 job losses after Siemens beat it to the Thameslink contract for
:09:41. > :09:44.1,200 new carriages. And, today, one of the main unions at the plant
:09:44. > :09:54.claimed that Siemens has made approaches to try and recruit
:09:54. > :09:57.
:09:57. > :10:02.Bombardier staff. My concern about it has to be it is the 21st century
:10:02. > :10:06.equivalent of the brain drain. These people ought pre-tax in this
:10:06. > :10:10.country, and provide to the growth estimates -- gross domestic product
:10:10. > :10:14.to this country. Siemens declined to comment on the claims, but did
:10:14. > :10:16.confirm it does currently have vacancies for skilled engineers.
:10:16. > :10:19.During Prime Minister's Questions today, the Derby South MP Margaret
:10:19. > :10:23.Beckett called on David Cameron to support Bombardier's bid to set up
:10:23. > :10:31.a new academy in the UK to train the workers needed for the next
:10:31. > :10:37.generation of high-speed trains. But he ruled out a U-turn on the
:10:37. > :10:43.Thameslink contract. procurement process was designed
:10:43. > :10:46.and initiated by the government of which she was a part. I have to say,
:10:46. > :10:52.we are bound by the criteria they set out amount we have to continue
:10:52. > :10:56.with the decision made according to that criteria. Separately, we are
:10:56. > :10:59.setting up to ask the question, what more can we do with in the
:10:59. > :11:03.current rules to make sure we boost manufacturing in our country?
:11:03. > :11:12.with hopes of a re-think fading, fears of even more job losses at
:11:12. > :11:15.Yesterday's announcement from Bombardier may give the impression
:11:15. > :11:20.that there's no hope for manufacturing here in the East
:11:20. > :11:23.Midlands. But that's far from the truth. According to the Office of
:11:23. > :11:31.National Statistics, the value of the region's economic output was
:11:31. > :11:37.�77 billion in 2009. And about 16%, or �12 billion, a year of that came
:11:37. > :11:39.from manufacturing. But just like every other part of the country,
:11:39. > :11:48.the largest contribution to the economy comes from property,
:11:48. > :11:53.renting and business industries. World class products flight out of
:11:53. > :11:57.this region. In the case of Raul Royce air engines, quite literally.
:11:57. > :11:59.One it may be true that manufacturing industries have
:11:59. > :12:04.declined, the all-important research and development aspects
:12:04. > :12:10.often remain right hip in the East Midlands. With the recent opening
:12:10. > :12:15.of the high-tech centre by Speedo with hundreds of people in
:12:15. > :12:23.Nottingham. Our companies keep a low profile often as they take, the
:12:23. > :12:28.competition. Take this company, since 1831, they have been making
:12:28. > :12:33.high quality materials. It now designs technical textiles for a
:12:33. > :12:38.range of high-performance markets, including the aerospace, military
:12:38. > :12:41.and automotive industries. And the sweet sound of success continues to
:12:41. > :12:44.ring for film-makers John Taylor which has been operating the
:12:44. > :12:50.largest bell foundry and the world in Loughborough for more than 200
:12:50. > :12:54.years. Here is another manufacturing success story. A firm
:12:54. > :12:59.from Nottinghamshire that is a giant in the world of what is
:12:59. > :13:09.called tear tape. It is a company that is celebrating its one
:13:09. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:13.They call this tear tape. They make and sell a lot of it here. Enough
:13:13. > :13:16.in a year to go around the world's circumfrence 700 times. It's used
:13:16. > :13:23.to help you open things like packets of buscuits. I asked Simon
:13:23. > :13:28.Wildash from the company to explain. This is one of our more standard
:13:28. > :13:34.tapes of which we produce many millions of kilometres a year. You
:13:34. > :13:40.will see it on a lot of packaging. Here we have a new product which we
:13:40. > :13:48.are just sold to Brazil. They like their crackers in Brazil say this
:13:48. > :13:52.is a wide we take which is used for promotions. It means the brand
:13:52. > :13:57.owner does not have to replace their packaging and can put it on a
:13:57. > :14:00.variety of different products. made here by Payne at Gilbrook in
:14:00. > :14:03.Nottinghamshire, by a firm that was started 100 years ago. Other uses
:14:03. > :14:07.of the tear tape include anti- counterfeit security. It's a
:14:07. > :14:10.business with a turnover of �50 million a year. Although this is a
:14:10. > :14:20.success story, on the shop floor there's a feeling that some parts
:14:20. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:26.of the manufacturing sector need a boost. We are probably the
:14:26. > :14:30.exception to the rule. We have been treated very well here. We
:14:30. > :14:35.fortunately have a product which seems to work really well. I think
:14:35. > :14:41.this last couple of weeks, especially with the situation, the
:14:41. > :14:45.government is not helping whatsoever. These companies are
:14:45. > :14:48.striving to battle on to get through. The company designs its
:14:48. > :14:51.own products on site and has won a Queen's Award for enterprise for
:14:51. > :15:01.inovation and international trade. It exports 95 per cent of what it
:15:01. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:08.makes. We may have had a few showers over
:15:09. > :15:11.the last 24 hours, but they've done little to help farmers who are
:15:11. > :15:14.struggling to cope with a water shortage. In parts of Lincolnshire,
:15:14. > :15:17.a drought declared by the Environment Agency remains in place.
:15:17. > :15:21.We've been back to a farm near Grantham where, a month on, the
:15:21. > :15:25.situation is looking even worse. Carol Hinds reports.
:15:25. > :15:30.We first met Richard Coney last month. He farms a variety of crops
:15:30. > :15:33.and livestock near Grantham. Lincolnshire remains in drought and
:15:33. > :15:43.so the Environment Agency has told him that he can't draw water from
:15:43. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:49.the nearby Honington Beck to help irrigate his crops. The water is
:15:49. > :15:53.running low so where we normally take it out of the river, six weeks
:15:53. > :15:59.early we have been stopped from extracting. What little rain there
:15:59. > :16:08.has been has simply disrupted the growth of this year's barley.
:16:08. > :16:13.Through June, we got about 45 mm of rain. The damage has been done in
:16:13. > :16:16.March, April and May. The crops could not grow properly. After the
:16:16. > :16:20.drought of 1976, they built a small reservoir which holds 9 million
:16:20. > :16:23.gallons of water. They've already had to use it to water their carrot
:16:23. > :16:33.crops and there's a real fear that without more rain, it'll be dry by
:16:33. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:40.August. We are already down to the last 3 million, which was about
:16:40. > :16:44.twice round the carrots. By the beginning of August, we will be dry.
:16:44. > :16:48.So August, September, we will struggle to have any water to
:16:48. > :16:50.irrigate. The forecast for a return to dry weather in July will add
:16:50. > :17:00.further pressure on water resources for farmers like Richard Coney.
:17:00. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:06.Little wonder that he's praying for rain and lots of it.
:17:06. > :17:10.Well, let us go to and at her with a desk to explain why Richard's
:17:10. > :17:13.Farm is suffering. The reason why farmers like Richard
:17:13. > :17:16.Coney are concerned is that after the driest spring in more than 20
:17:16. > :17:19.years, we have also started the summer on a dry note. Across the
:17:19. > :17:22.East Midlands, Derbyshire has faired the best with a rainfall
:17:22. > :17:31.total of 73% of what is the average for June, Leicestershire had 67%
:17:31. > :17:34.If we look at Met Office readings for Cranwell weather station, which
:17:34. > :17:41.is closest to Richard Coney's farm in Grantham, they had 39.2mm of
:17:41. > :17:44.rainfall during June. The average is 57mm, so 68% of what is expected.
:17:44. > :17:48.Although we have taken a turn to more unsettled conditions this week
:17:48. > :17:53.and we have some rain on the way, we are yet to see anything of
:17:53. > :17:59.significance forecast for the time All the details coming up with your
:17:59. > :18:03.weather later in the programme. Still to come on the programme -
:18:03. > :18:13.does an army really march on its stomach? We'll be finding out, as
:18:13. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:17.one of our radio presenters cooks Time for sport and we have an
:18:17. > :18:20.exclusive chat with a special guest with us tonight.
:18:20. > :18:25.Yes, Welsh international Robert Earnshaw joins us tonight to say
:18:25. > :18:28.thank you and goodbye to Nottingham Forest. Earnie's spent three great
:18:28. > :18:34.years in Nottingham and has scored some truly memorable goals but
:18:34. > :18:38.tomorrow he'll return to Cardiff City, his home town club. We'll
:18:38. > :18:48.chat to Earnie in just a minute, but first let's take a look back at
:18:48. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :19:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds
:19:50. > :19:56.Some great memories there. Why are you leaving eyes? To be honest,
:19:56. > :20:04.looking back, I don't know why! Listen, I have enjoyed my time. At
:20:04. > :20:11.the end of the day, for me, it is just time to go home. Go play for a
:20:11. > :20:16.good club at home. But thank you, Nottingham Forest, because the past
:20:16. > :20:26.few years I have had great feelings. When I look back on my career, I
:20:26. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:31.had such a good time. So I can be thankful for that. Even some of the
:20:31. > :20:36.well wishing from Forest fans in the last few hours since the
:20:36. > :20:44.signing, it has been lovely. have had a lot of tweets recently.
:20:44. > :20:49.A lot of fans had been asking if Forest did enough to keep you.
:20:49. > :20:57.tried. The new manager has been very good. We sat down a couple of
:20:57. > :21:04.weeks ago and taught about football and everything. I felt quite good
:21:04. > :21:14.coming out of the meeting. But at the end of the day it was a case of,
:21:14. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:19.do I want to go home and play football? The answer was yes. At
:21:19. > :21:28.the end of the day, I would probably say Cardiff wanted me a
:21:28. > :21:32.helluva lot more. What is your best memory at Forest and a message to
:21:32. > :21:38.the fans? Message to the fans is easy - thank you very much, I have
:21:38. > :21:41.had such a great time here enjoying my time. I hope I made a good
:21:41. > :21:49.impression and they will smile looking back at some of the goals,
:21:49. > :21:58.the same as me. It is as see you later more than a good buy. Thank
:21:58. > :22:03.you so much, lovely to see you. So, goodbye to any but hello at
:22:03. > :22:07.Leicester City to a new striker. David Nugent has been training with
:22:07. > :22:08.his new team mates today and we'll be talking to him on the programme
:22:08. > :22:11.tomorrow. Staying with football, and
:22:11. > :22:14.Nottingham's Sophie Bradley made her first start for England in the
:22:14. > :22:17.women's World Cup last night. Sophie, who works at a care home in
:22:17. > :22:19.the city, was part of the team which beat Japan and qualified for
:22:19. > :22:22.the quarter finals. Cricket now and Nottinghamshire's
:22:22. > :22:25.Stuart Broad has responded to the critics who wanted him to be
:22:25. > :22:28.dropped for today's one-day game against Sri Lanka. On his home
:22:28. > :22:31.ground at Trent Bridge, the England all-rounder's taken his first
:22:31. > :22:36.wickets of the series to put the tourists in trouble. Here's Ross
:22:36. > :22:40.Fletcher. A moment of relief for a man under
:22:40. > :22:45.real pressure. This was Stuart Broad's first one-day wicket since
:22:45. > :22:47.the World Cup back in March. England have dominated in the field
:22:47. > :22:53.against Sri Lanka - Broad's fellow Notts teammate Graeme Swann was
:22:53. > :22:56.almost in the wickets - the closest of reviews going against him. Broad
:22:56. > :23:06.then took his second wicket of the afternoon to remove Mendis - Sri
:23:06. > :23:14.
:23:15. > :23:18.Lanka 174 all out with England well set to claim a victory. England and
:23:19. > :23:21.45 the no wicket after six overs. In county cricket, Adam Voges will
:23:21. > :23:24.stay with Nottinghamshire as their overseas player. Last night, Notts
:23:24. > :23:27.booked themselves a home quarter final tie in the T20 with a ten-run
:23:27. > :23:31.win at Worcestershire. This was the key wicket of Moeen Ali, despite
:23:31. > :23:34.Chris Read making a bit of a hash of the run out. Notts are the first
:23:34. > :23:40.team to qualify for the last eight. Leicestershire are also heading for
:23:40. > :23:50.a home quarter final. A win tonight would virtually seal it.
:23:50. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :24:01.Derbyshire's position in the quarter finals is in the balance.
:24:01. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:06.That is all the sport on the night we say goodbye to Robert insure.
:24:06. > :24:09.Goodbye from us as well! And now it's curry with a mission.
:24:09. > :24:12.Yes, a mission to raise money for Marines. BBC Radio Nottingham's
:24:12. > :24:20.Richard Spurr has been concocting in the kitchen and the curry he's
:24:20. > :24:24.come up with will be raising money for our soldiers.
:24:24. > :24:26.Food is a big passion of mine so I had been trying to come up with
:24:27. > :24:36.something a bit more special to coincide with the Nottingham the
:24:36. > :24:40.festival. -- the Nottingham food festival. I have been working with
:24:40. > :24:46.the nd of the curry house here in Nottingham on a very special menu.
:24:46. > :24:56.The proceeds will go to the war in -- the Royal Marine Commando find
:24:56. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:02.for Marines who have just returned from active duty in Afghanistan. I
:25:02. > :25:07.have gone for large chunks of chicken marinated in fresh and
:25:07. > :25:17.dried spices along with a seafood curry with lobster tails and king
:25:17. > :25:21.
:25:21. > :25:25.prawns. And my attempt at a fusion dish. Lobster is a very expensive
:25:25. > :25:33.ingredient so you only use it on a holiday, but this is a special
:25:33. > :25:36.occasion. We are raising money for some pretty special people. Now,
:25:36. > :25:41.Lieutenant Chris, you are here representing the Royal Marines.
:25:41. > :25:49.This is the fruit of our labours. This is the first time I have had
:25:49. > :25:55.lobster in a curry. I give it 9.5 out of 10. Good enough for me! In
:25:55. > :26:05.the many will be introduced to customers here tomorrow. -- the new
:26:05. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:14.menu. Well, we can expect some quite
:26:14. > :26:20.blustery spells overnight. Firstly, thank you to Sarah for this photo.
:26:20. > :26:30.There is a bit of rain on the way, it is associated with a low
:26:30. > :26:34.pressure that has been coming towards us for state -- for the day.
:26:34. > :26:39.Showers turned persistent for a time before the brain it breaks up
:26:39. > :26:44.and turns Sharif. It is quite breezy with a fresh, southerly wind.
:26:44. > :26:50.Temperatures are quite bearable, 11 degrees is your minimum. Thursday
:26:50. > :27:00.morning with sunshine and showers. Some of those showers could turn
:27:00. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:05.heavy and boundary. -- thundery. A top temperature of 21 degrees. Low
:27:05. > :27:11.pressure is firmly with us again on Friday. Some rain to start the day,
:27:11. > :27:16.turning showery into the afternoon. But what about the weekend?
:27:16. > :27:25.Saturday will be fairly dry, just the chance of one or two showers.