:00:15. > :00:22.A tonight a judge rules against Britain's biggest coal producer.
:00:22. > :00:27.They admit serious safety breaches. A sporting student slips up in
:00:27. > :00:33.quarter, at a cost to �100,000. Plus how one of the army's and most
:00:33. > :00:37.injured soldiers is back on his feet. Find out why a six-year-old
:00:37. > :00:47.George has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to this
:00:47. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:56.hospital. The good evening, welcome to the
:00:56. > :01:01.programme. First tonight, a fine levied
:01:01. > :01:06.against Britain's biggest coal producer. The judge said this was
:01:06. > :01:11.due to the company's struggling finances. UK Coal admitted it was
:01:11. > :01:16.facing a pretty serious situation. Four of the miners who died were
:01:16. > :01:26.from the East Midlands. They were killed in separate accidents.
:01:26. > :01:30.Our reporter joins us from Wellbeck Colliery. There is not much left of
:01:30. > :01:39.this colliery, as you can see behind me. Back in 2007, the mind
:01:39. > :01:44.was open, a miner was killed when the roof of a minor collapse on top
:01:44. > :01:54.of him. UK Coal has admitted breaking safety rules in that case.
:01:54. > :01:59.Also in the case of three other miners, at a colliery in Coventry.
:01:59. > :02:03.They were killed in at three separate incidents. And least four
:02:03. > :02:11.cases have been brought together in one prosecution at such -- at
:02:11. > :02:16.Sheffield Crown Court. What was said in court today? Lawyers acting
:02:16. > :02:21.for UK Coal told the court that the company is under intense economic
:02:21. > :02:26.pressure at the moment. They are facing a very tough for state of
:02:26. > :02:32.affairs. They are embarking on a programme of survival as they put
:02:32. > :02:41.it. The judge was urged to take that into account. If he said he
:02:41. > :02:45.would take that into account, offering a more lenient sentence.
:02:45. > :02:50.Sitting in court had to hear that were the family of a man killed.
:02:50. > :02:56.They travelled up to Sheffield to hear the court hearing. The charge
:02:56. > :03:02.told him that he hoped they would understand that the level of fines
:03:02. > :03:06.were -- would be less than they hoped. The judge said he would take
:03:06. > :03:12.into account that almost �1 million has already been spent to bring
:03:12. > :03:20.this case to court. It will be almost into November until we here
:03:20. > :03:27.the level of fines that UK Coal have to pay. To thank you very much.
:03:27. > :03:37.We have a busy sports bulletin on the way. All the action from
:03:37. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:44.Leicester City's victory over Next tonight, a young rugby player
:03:44. > :03:50.faces a bill of over �100,000 after a court case when Stich -- went
:03:50. > :03:56.against him. Jack Sutton had been given a �54,000 in compensation
:03:56. > :04:04.after he injured his knee in a game. Today the High Court ruled that he
:04:04. > :04:10.should return that money, and paid a legal bill estimated at �50,000.
:04:10. > :04:15.What happened here in July 2007 has proved costly by Jack Sutton. He
:04:15. > :04:21.was 16 at the time. He injured his knee in a training game. The injury
:04:21. > :04:25.took months to heal. Although he is playing rugby again, apparently he
:04:25. > :04:33.is unable to take part fully, because he's thinking about what
:04:33. > :04:41.happened. Jack was heard by a sharp stab sticking out of the ground. It
:04:41. > :04:49.was about one inch and a half. He sued the club, citing a naked --
:04:49. > :04:52.negligent failure. He was awarded �54,000 in damages. Roll forward
:04:52. > :04:57.seven months, at the Court of Appeal in London, that decision has
:04:57. > :05:03.been reversed. I think it is very important for rugby clubs across
:05:03. > :05:08.the country. They are going to have to make sure that their pitches are
:05:08. > :05:13.reasonable. It does indicate that going down on your hands and knees
:05:13. > :05:18.will be a little more than expected. He will have to pay back the
:05:18. > :05:22.damages, and legal bills estimated at �50,000. I do not think there
:05:22. > :05:29.are any victories in this. We had an injured player, I feel sorry
:05:29. > :05:36.they him. It is common sense, that has prevailed. The BBC tried to
:05:36. > :05:40.contact Jack about the decision. Business leaders in the East
:05:40. > :05:46.Midlands say that to make -- too many school leavers lack the basic
:05:46. > :05:52.skills to make them employable. It seems that some do not turn up on
:05:53. > :05:58.time, and some do not communicate properly. The Chamber of Commerce
:05:58. > :06:02.said te many do not have won it takes to get a job.
:06:02. > :06:08.At this industrial units, Malcolm Hall checks the latest batch of
:06:08. > :06:13.goods coming into the warehouse. He owns a business selling work
:06:13. > :06:17.clothes in over 70 countries. He has 70 members of staff, and could
:06:17. > :06:22.do with more, but says they are hard to find. We have had some
:06:22. > :06:28.people trying to do their jobs. He in some situations they have not
:06:28. > :06:34.had the right attitude or work ethic. He was attending a meeting
:06:34. > :06:41.at the Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce. He was listening to a
:06:41. > :06:50.message from the incoming President. There are over 180,000 people
:06:50. > :06:54.unemployed in that region, there are over 27,000 vacancies. The
:06:54. > :06:59.businesses say it is hard to recruit adequate staff. There are
:06:59. > :07:04.many people who have technical skills, but they do not have the
:07:04. > :07:11.communication skills, and actually the right attitude. There are steps
:07:11. > :07:15.being made to address this. This school are examples are ones with
:07:15. > :07:20.specific business links and training for students. There are
:07:20. > :07:27.lots of ways in which we are responding to the rates of industry
:07:27. > :07:33.with an increased dialogue. We are looking for employers and colleges
:07:33. > :07:38.to we talk to each other more and more often. We need to match what
:07:38. > :07:44.requires are looking for. Malcolm says that he will offer training.
:07:44. > :07:48.We are more than happy to train people, what is key to any business,
:07:48. > :07:55.is the right work ethic, that is key. If someone comes along with
:07:55. > :07:59.that, they have a job with you? Definitely. Tonight, good news for
:08:00. > :08:05.one new member of staff. They were taken on. We plans to double their
:08:05. > :08:13.business, they would like to help more people into work.
:08:14. > :08:18.We will have more on that later on. Other news, at a publication of a
:08:18. > :08:23.major report on undercover policing has been delayed after allegations
:08:23. > :08:30.that a police officer took part in a criminal trial under a false name.
:08:30. > :08:34.The review was ordered after the case of PC Mark Kennedy. It was
:08:34. > :08:39.said that he and a -- that he infiltrated a group are protesters
:08:39. > :08:45.trying to your portrait Ratcliffe power station. It is understood
:08:45. > :08:49.that another officer gave a false name when he appeared at court.
:08:49. > :08:53.At a killer who shot a man outside a nightclub in Nottingham has
:08:53. > :08:57.failed in appeal to get his conviction overturned. Anthony
:08:57. > :09:03.Tirado appeared in court with two other men, and said he had been
:09:03. > :09:06.wrongly identified as the killer Bernard Langton. He must then the
:09:06. > :09:10.28 years in prison before applying proper role. The judge said the
:09:10. > :09:16.evidence against him was compelling. Derbyshire residents are being
:09:16. > :09:19.asked what they think about plans to cut street lighting. The council
:09:19. > :09:23.says that hundreds of thousands of pounds could be saved by switching
:09:23. > :09:27.off lights. Areas such as the main roads, and town centres would
:09:27. > :09:32.retain lighting. Trading Standards officers have
:09:32. > :09:37.made the biggest seizure of illegal cigarettes and tobacco. After a
:09:37. > :09:42.tip-off, they found more than 20,000 cigarettes, and 10 kilos of
:09:42. > :09:48.rolling tobacco at a residential property in Mansfield. Some of the
:09:48. > :09:53.tobacco had even started to go mouldy. These products are totally
:09:53. > :09:58.unregulated. They do not go through the same quality checks. People who
:09:58. > :10:03.are buying these have no idea what they are smoking. One of the tell-
:10:03. > :10:08.tale signs is the price of the product, considerably cheaper. The
:10:08. > :10:14.warnings on the back do not appear on these counter-productive.
:10:14. > :10:18.Now, if you ever -- the Verdi wanted to be inspired. When lance
:10:18. > :10:21.Bombardier Ben Parkinson was flown home from Afghanistan, his family
:10:21. > :10:27.were told he could not possibly live. His injuries were so
:10:28. > :10:31.appalling. Today, he is described as the most injured soldier ever to
:10:31. > :10:40.be rehabilitated. Much of that we have has been done in
:10:40. > :10:43.Leicestershire. -- rehab. Stepping out other life Batty for
:10:43. > :10:53.the had lost. This is a major achievement, how does it make him
:10:53. > :11:03.feel? You have been through a lot? Had by? In my body had been crew
:11:03. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:07.l'art. Do you feel like you have? No. Is there more to achieve? A lot
:11:07. > :11:13.more? The that is the attitude that has
:11:13. > :11:18.seen him through this. Five years ago his vehicle was hit by a
:11:18. > :11:22.Taliban bomb. His injuries were horrendous, he lost his legs,
:11:22. > :11:28.severely damaged his brain, and his back was broken. Doctors said there
:11:28. > :11:32.was no hope. Heartbreaking. You do not think he's going to get better.
:11:32. > :11:37.The initial thing that you look at is the legs, he is never going to
:11:37. > :11:45.walk again. In his case it was the head injury. It has been a long
:11:45. > :11:52.haul, the MoD has funded visits for intensive physio here. He should
:11:52. > :11:56.not be here. He should be lying in a bed, not quite in a vegetative
:11:56. > :12:06.state, but he did not read the book. He does not give up. Absolutely
:12:06. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:14.brilliant? He's doing things that people said would not be possible.
:12:14. > :12:24.He could have been sitting in a bed for the rest of his life.
:12:24. > :12:25.
:12:25. > :12:30.Using taxis to ferry patients around is not new, ambulance
:12:30. > :12:33.services have always used them in non-emergency cases. The but it is
:12:33. > :12:37.the amount of money involved that has put East Midlands Ambulance
:12:37. > :12:42.Service into the spotlight. It has emerged from a freedom of
:12:42. > :12:47.information request that the services has spent more than �1.3
:12:47. > :12:52.million on taxis in the last financial year. Brian Brewster is
:12:52. > :12:55.the director of finance and performance at EMAS.
:12:56. > :13:00.The quantity -- quality of care and patience safeguarding is the main
:13:00. > :13:05.consideration. We assess the patient's needs before we put
:13:05. > :13:13.transport, and then provide the appropriate transport. I can assure
:13:13. > :13:18.you that when we use a non NHS transport capability, it has been
:13:18. > :13:24.checked for appropriate this for the patient needs.
:13:24. > :13:29.The use of taxis has been rising steeply. Two years ago, the trust
:13:29. > :13:34.about 29,000 journeys. This rose to 50,000 in the coming year. The
:13:34. > :13:40.question is, why? The main advantage is the
:13:40. > :13:45.flexibility it gives us. We have unpredictable demand on our
:13:45. > :13:50.services, even on patient transport rather than emergencies. What we
:13:50. > :13:55.can do is bring in additional resources to the capacity of each
:13:55. > :14:01.day. Bottom Line, it is just better
:14:01. > :14:05.value for money. Next tonight, a new page has opened
:14:05. > :14:09.in a newspaper's history, with the first weekly edition of the
:14:09. > :14:14.Lincolnshire Echo going on sale. The final daily edition rolled off
:14:14. > :14:20.the presses last Friday, after 118 years. The changes needed to secure
:14:20. > :14:25.the paper's long-term future. It is four times larger, but will
:14:25. > :14:28.be published once instead of six times a week. The new Lincolnshire
:14:28. > :14:33.Echo went on sale today for the first time.
:14:33. > :14:37.So many people are cancelling because it has gone weekly, so it
:14:37. > :14:41.is half and half at the moment. I have mixed reactions this morning,
:14:41. > :14:45.a lot of people saying it is old news and they will not bother
:14:45. > :14:48.buying it, and other people going we have got to buy this, it is the
:14:48. > :14:53.first edition. It is a new chapter for the company
:14:53. > :14:56.which never missed a daily edition in more than 100 years. But falling
:14:56. > :15:00.revenue means it has had to go weekly to secure the paper's long-
:15:00. > :15:03.term future. We do not focus on one thing. It
:15:03. > :15:08.does not have to be breaking news or sport. We can now look at
:15:08. > :15:12.everything, news, sport, entertainment, we can do it all,
:15:12. > :15:17.and we can do it all well and give it didn't it deserves.
:15:17. > :15:22.The paper's heavy. Some newspapers -- newsagents say it is too heavy,
:15:22. > :15:26.so they are only using adults to deliver it. This is what people in
:15:26. > :15:31.Lincoln think. It seemed silly having won each day.
:15:31. > :15:35.I think it is better. I will miss the Daily one, I admit.
:15:35. > :15:39.I used to sit and read that every morning, but everything is in there.
:15:39. > :15:44.For by the time you get the news once a week, a lot of it -- a lot
:15:44. > :15:48.of it is old hat. It looked substantial. It needs to
:15:48. > :15:56.be for �1. Management is hoping it will sell
:15:56. > :16:02.more in one week than the six weekday editions.
:16:02. > :16:09.I hope you enjoyed! It will be heavy!
:16:09. > :16:13.On its way, an extraordinary gift of generosity from a six-year-old.
:16:14. > :16:18.And Anna, who is slightly older, we have the weather!
:16:18. > :16:21.You may have needed your scarf and gloves this morning. But the
:16:21. > :16:31.temperature is feeling on the generous side, and you will not
:16:31. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:42.Whatever the immediate future has in store for us with the weather,
:16:42. > :16:46.last night it seemed a distant -- distinctly cold. There were even
:16:46. > :16:49.gritters out on the road. Today, Leicestershire introduced us
:16:50. > :16:55.to some of the men and women who will be on call to keep the county
:16:55. > :16:59.moving when the ice and snow really arrived.
:16:59. > :17:04.Remember the scenes? Last year's went to was the coldest in over 30
:17:04. > :17:08.years. We may well see similar conditions over the coming months.
:17:08. > :17:13.Meet the men and women charged with keeping the weather in
:17:13. > :17:22.Leicestershire at bay. Our drivers are well prepared and
:17:22. > :17:30.on standby 24 hours a day. If we have also got 18th of volunteer
:17:30. > :17:34.drivers as well as having in place now snow wardens. So we are well
:17:34. > :17:39.placed for weather. These volunteers will be on call
:17:39. > :17:42.around the clock, and can be used for a variety of purposes.
:17:42. > :17:49.We can be called that by the emergency planning groups and the
:17:49. > :17:55.NHS, for help transport, or even at helping to recover an ambulance
:17:55. > :18:04.stuck on a road. And in Nottinghamshire, 5500 tonnes
:18:04. > :18:09.of crude salt has been stopped. -- regret salt.
:18:09. > :18:19.We have got 17,000 tonnes in stock at the moment. There is another
:18:19. > :18:22.five-and-a-half 1000 tonnes behind me. -- 5500 tonnes. We will be OK.
:18:22. > :18:27.Gritters will set out in force in Derbyshire last night. The council
:18:27. > :18:31.there has the option of paying farmers to treat roads. As the
:18:31. > :18:38.nights are drawing, councils are confident they have the grit and
:18:38. > :18:48.the manpower to keep our region's roads on the move.
:18:48. > :18:50.
:18:50. > :18:56.I need one of those trucks! Things are hotting up in support.
:18:56. > :18:59.Plenty of action coming up from the Championship, but first, Nottingham
:18:59. > :19:03.Forest's new manager Steve Cotterill is urging Nigel Doughty
:19:03. > :19:07.to reconsider his decision to sell the club. He said on Tuesday he is
:19:07. > :19:10.looking for a buyer, news which came out of the blue to Steve
:19:10. > :19:20.Cotterill. I was surprised, but I'm used to
:19:20. > :19:25.having new owners every six months anyway! IMB bad penny! You never
:19:25. > :19:29.know, we may get him to fall back in love with the club.
:19:29. > :19:33.Meanwhile, Leicester City are up to 9th in the Jadeja table after a 2-0
:19:33. > :19:40.win last night over Watford. After an underwhelming start of the
:19:40. > :19:47.season, they are now just two points of second place.
:19:47. > :19:52.Huge investments at the King Power Stadium means fans' it expectations
:19:52. > :19:56.are high. What is your view on the season so far? Up-and-down.
:19:56. > :20:03.could have been a bit better. poor start, but we are getting
:20:03. > :20:09.better. We have to give the players a chance to settle in. A finally,
:20:09. > :20:12.the strikers are starting to click. Both the goals were scored by new,
:20:12. > :20:16.expensive recruits. The hard work for the first by defender Paul
:20:16. > :20:22.Konchesky, he picked out David Nugent, who is this -- whose finish
:20:22. > :20:28.was precise. Watford were poor, added what -- added if it was not
:20:28. > :20:32.for their keeper, Leicester could have scored more. One huge bonus
:20:32. > :20:36.was the second goal, Jermaine Beckford headed it in, and it means
:20:36. > :20:40.his big-money signing is finally off the mark. The this is his first
:20:40. > :20:47.goal for the club. In the second half, Darius Vassell could have
:20:47. > :20:53.done better. The goalkeeper had to be at his agile best four minutes
:20:53. > :20:56.from time. The win means Leicester have now won or four on the trot at
:20:56. > :21:01.home. It was absolutely necessary to win
:21:01. > :21:05.today. Meanwhile, Derby County striker
:21:05. > :21:07.Nathan Tyson could be sidelined until the middle of November after
:21:07. > :21:13.another injury setback. He was supposed to play a friendly
:21:13. > :21:15.yesterday, but had to bat with a groin problem.
:21:15. > :21:19.Nottingham Forest Legend Stuart Pearce will be leading the British
:21:19. > :21:23.football team for the London Olympics. He has been in charge of
:21:23. > :21:27.England Under-21s for the last four years, and has been picked as coach
:21:27. > :21:31.Ray combined British squad. It will be the first time since 1960 there
:21:31. > :21:35.has been a British team at the Olympics.
:21:35. > :21:39.Carl Froch has denied reports that he wants to move to America. He
:21:39. > :21:42.says his quotes have been taken out of context, and he has got no
:21:42. > :21:46.intention of moving away from his family and friends. He is heading
:21:46. > :21:49.to New York next month for a training camp ahead of his world
:21:49. > :21:54.title fight with Andre Ward, and is hoping his first big fight next
:21:54. > :21:57.year will be a homecoming event in Nottingham.
:21:57. > :22:00.Leicester Tigers will welcome back nine internationals for their first
:22:00. > :22:05.appearances of the season for tomorrow night's Cup tie with
:22:05. > :22:09.Gloucester. Four England players, including Toby Flood and Manu
:22:09. > :22:13.Tuilagi, will hope to prevent an unprecedented 4th successive defeat
:22:13. > :22:17.at Welford Road. We wish them well. Of well done to Nottingham Panthers,
:22:17. > :22:21.who moved up to second in the Elite League after their win against
:22:21. > :22:28.bread et -- Braehead. A great start the season.
:22:28. > :22:32.We will have more football tomorrow night, including a special report.
:22:32. > :22:36.You do not expect to hear about defeat at Welford Road! Four in a
:22:36. > :22:40.row. Finally tonight, when George
:22:40. > :22:46.Edwards was born, his life was saved thanks to a team of doctors
:22:46. > :22:52.and nurses in Leicester's hospitals. If six years on, George and his
:22:52. > :23:02.family have gone back to say a big thank you. And it was a very
:23:02. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:10.I can't believe it is six years. Saying thank-you to the staff who
:23:10. > :23:14.saved her son's life was always going to be emotional. This was the
:23:14. > :23:19.first time Ruth Edwards had been back to the ward at the Leicester
:23:19. > :23:25.while Infirmary since six-year-old George was born, and it was his job
:23:25. > :23:28.to wipe away mum's tears. George was born with a hole in his
:23:28. > :23:34.diaphragm, meaning his bowel and stomach grew where his lungs should
:23:34. > :23:40.have been. He spent weeks in a special unit, and months in a
:23:40. > :23:44.neonatal unit. We have ended up with a boy we
:23:44. > :23:49.never thought we would have. Without these guys, we would not be
:23:49. > :23:53.here at all. It is a priceless debt, which
:23:53. > :24:00.George's parents need -- feel they need to do something to repay.
:24:00. > :24:05.Instead of gifts, they asked for donations. They have managed to
:24:05. > :24:10.raise �600 to be shared between the two hospital units.
:24:10. > :24:15.This unit has changed a lot since George was on it. It had a �10
:24:15. > :24:18.million revamp a year ago, and now has state-of-the-art facilities,
:24:19. > :24:22.but bosses say they still rely on fund-raising.
:24:22. > :24:25.The money that people raised helps us to buy the little things that
:24:25. > :24:30.make all the difference to the environment and make lives that bit
:24:30. > :24:33.better for families and children. What is it like we have parents and
:24:33. > :24:37.children like that? It is fantastic to see them coming
:24:37. > :24:42.back when they are grown up to see how well they are doing, and to see
:24:42. > :24:52.George today was amazing. The as George thinks so too.
:24:52. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:01.Was it go to? Road good!. I think Sarah's a bit emotional
:25:01. > :25:11.upstairs as well. George was so lovely. It is a lovely story. The
:25:11. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:22.weather is weird. It blows hot and It is all changing. If we had a
:25:22. > :25:26.really chilly start today, but if you spot getting some grass frost.
:25:26. > :25:32.But don't have the next 24 hours and over the weekend, you will
:25:32. > :25:41.notice things turning much milder. I have got three photographs for
:25:41. > :25:51.you tonight. The first looks like a beautiful day. Another gorgeous day
:25:51. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :25:58.today as well. As we go through today, we also
:25:58. > :26:07.have quite a rare appearance from this battle fly about lunchtime. --
:26:07. > :26:15.Butterfly. Thank you all for your pictures. Please do keep sending
:26:15. > :26:20.them in. This is the address. We had clear skies this morning, which
:26:20. > :26:23.gave us a chilly start. But as we moved into the afternoon, we
:26:23. > :26:27.started to see the cloud increasing and turning quite thick. We have
:26:27. > :26:31.got all that CAC 40 still with us, and that will hold temperatures up
:26:31. > :26:35.overnight tonight. It may be thick enough to bring some light rain and
:26:35. > :26:43.drizzle, especially over the Peak District. But there should be
:26:43. > :26:50.mostly dry. The temperatures are milder. It is a good few degrees
:26:50. > :26:54.warmer than at the night we have just have. Trying to the afternoon,
:26:54. > :26:59.we are heading that thick cloud will start to break to give one or
:26:59. > :27:04.two sunny intervals. A maximum temperature of 14 Celsius, but you
:27:04. > :27:10.also notice the wind picking up. It is starting to turn fairly breezy,
:27:10. > :27:14.so on Saturday, another windy day, it should be dry and sunny tonight,
:27:14. > :27:19.but it will increase. We're starting to keep this weather front