:00:07. > :00:12.This is East Midlands Today to do a -- this is East Midlands Today.
:00:12. > :00:15.A leading surgeon loses patience with hospital chiefs over cancelled
:00:15. > :00:19.operations. Angus Wallace speaks out over-rate
:00:19. > :00:24.beds crisis that has affected hundreds of patients.
:00:24. > :00:29.That seems to be tied in with the closure of 100 beds at the hospital
:00:29. > :00:33.over the last year. Also, as a haulage firm loses
:00:33. > :00:39.�18,000 worth of diesel to fuel thieves, will reveal a huge
:00:39. > :00:44.increase in this type of crime. Plus we are live at the Olympic
:00:44. > :00:48.pool, where Rebecca Adlington is about to race to try and secured
:00:49. > :00:52.her Olympic place. And after 82 years behind the wheel,
:00:53. > :00:56.a plea for patience. Do you get annoyed with any type of
:00:56. > :01:06.drivers? I do when they come up behind B and
:01:06. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:16.Good evening to you. First, a top orthopaedic consultant is
:01:16. > :01:21.threatening to stop his routine surgery unless the welfare of
:01:21. > :01:24.patients waiting for operations is given a higher priority.
:01:24. > :01:29.Professor Angus Wallace decided to speak out after our programme last
:01:29. > :01:31.night revealed that in one city alone, hundreds of -- hundreds of
:01:31. > :01:34.operations have been cancelled this year.
:01:34. > :01:43.He says that is the tip of the iceberg, and he blames bad
:01:43. > :01:47.management. Professor Wallace to assess Wayne
:01:47. > :01:52.Rooney's broken metatarsal and save a woman's life during a flight with
:01:52. > :01:55.a makeshift operation. Back down to work, and it is problems in
:01:55. > :01:59.Nottingham's NHS hospitals he is furious about.
:01:59. > :02:03.It was our coverage last night that prompted him to speak out. He said
:02:03. > :02:07.the situation is worse than some people imagine, with patients
:02:07. > :02:11.struggling, and it needs sorting out.
:02:11. > :02:15.The trust insists there are 338 operations cancelled this year. But
:02:15. > :02:19.Professor Wallace says 300 have been put off in his own department,
:02:19. > :02:24.and questions whether the figure is higher. He says too many beds have
:02:24. > :02:28.been cut, hundreds of patients are suffering, and staff morale is low.
:02:28. > :02:34.It is a problem with getting medical patients into the hospital
:02:34. > :02:38.for lack of beds, but that seems to be tied in with the closure of 100
:02:38. > :02:45.beds at the hospital over the last year.
:02:45. > :02:51.A viewer's e-mail help to lift the aided on the problems. She should
:02:51. > :02:54.have had a hip replacement by now, but it has been cancelled twice.
:02:54. > :02:58.You know it will be done, and they just drop it, and you think no, not
:02:58. > :03:01.again. Bosses insist the problems are
:03:01. > :03:06.getting sorted. Because of the high number of
:03:06. > :03:10.emergency patients, we have had to take the difficult but correct
:03:10. > :03:15.decision to prioritise the use of our beds and our theatres to meet
:03:15. > :03:18.the needs of the emergency patients. We always worry about patient
:03:18. > :03:27.safety, and we try and provide an environment which is as safe as
:03:27. > :03:31.possible for the patients, regular changes to operating lists, and we
:03:31. > :03:34.are certainly -- suddenly finding we are not doing the operations we
:03:34. > :03:39.are supposed to do, there is always a worry, and that has been
:03:39. > :03:42.happening too much. What is here with us now. There
:03:42. > :03:48.must be huge pressure on the trust to stop cancelling these
:03:48. > :03:52.operations? Dairies, but there are so many beds,
:03:52. > :03:56.and these emergency emissions -- admissions, if they continue their
:03:56. > :04:00.cancellations might continue. But the trust says it is determined to
:04:00. > :04:06.sort things out and insists its figures are accurate. They say
:04:06. > :04:11.patient safety is their number one priority. It is not every day you
:04:11. > :04:15.have a top surgeon at speaking out, I think that is a real sign of how
:04:15. > :04:22.fed up people are, and Professor Wallace tells me it is not just in,
:04:22. > :04:25.then a lot of other consultants who are fed up with this situation bus-
:04:25. > :04:29.stop. Next tonight, it is believed
:04:29. > :04:32.organised gangs could be targeting haulage firms in the West Midlands.
:04:33. > :04:38.-- East Midlands. There has been a massive increase
:04:38. > :04:47.in the theft of diesel and petrol. One firm had �18,000 but of fuel
:04:47. > :04:53.stolen. Good evening. This is a busy time
:04:53. > :04:57.of night for this company, they are in the business of meeting tight
:04:57. > :05:01.deadlines for their customers. What they do not want is the destruction
:05:01. > :05:06.and the added cost of protecting themselves from a rising tide of
:05:06. > :05:13.fuel crime. A family firm trying to cope with
:05:13. > :05:20.rocketing fuel costs. This is their depot in Derby. The firm is being
:05:20. > :05:24.hit by Phil Reeves. They strut here, taking away �18,000 worth of diesel.
:05:24. > :05:31.I was devastated that such effort went into steel what you would
:05:31. > :05:35.consider a simple commodity. �18,000 worth?
:05:35. > :05:43.Yes, absolutely. There has been a big increase in
:05:43. > :05:46.fuel crime in Derbyshire. It is up 78%. With prices rising at the
:05:47. > :05:52.pumps, it is no wonder that criminals see fuel as a potential
:05:52. > :05:57.and are on the black market. Every day you go to the petrol
:05:57. > :06:00.station and it has gone up by a couple of pence.
:06:01. > :06:05.I normally drive, and I have decided not to have a car because
:06:05. > :06:11.of the costs. I don't know how they expect us to
:06:11. > :06:15.carry on working if we cannot get there.
:06:15. > :06:20.The company's main base is in Barwell in Leicestershire. The
:06:20. > :06:25.police here told me feel cry has gone up by 25% in the year. -- fuel
:06:25. > :06:28.crime. The proceeds could be �1,000 for
:06:28. > :06:34.the amounts of diesel stolen from one vehicle. When multiple numbers
:06:34. > :06:37.of vehicles are broken into, it can be a large amount of money for the
:06:37. > :06:44.offenders. I would think there is a good light he had that organised
:06:44. > :06:48.criminals are involved. -- are likely had.
:06:48. > :06:52.Transport operations have are having to invest so much time in
:06:52. > :06:58.securing the product so it does not get stolen.
:06:58. > :07:03.The firm is stepping up security to keep its sights and vehicles safe.
:07:03. > :07:09.As well as the huge concrete slabs usual protecting the gates at the
:07:09. > :07:13.perimeter or, the company is also looking at increased CCTV and also
:07:13. > :07:16.at numberplate recognition technology in Barwell. The company
:07:16. > :07:23.would also like a break from the Chancellor in the Budget, saying
:07:23. > :07:26.they do not want any more fuel tax increases for the time being.
:07:26. > :07:30.You are watching East Midlands Today. A group of residents who are
:07:30. > :07:34.taking their local council to a High Court are doing so because of
:07:34. > :07:38.changes to a road junction. The road in question has been the
:07:38. > :07:47.scene of numerous accidents in recent years, but residents say
:07:47. > :07:51.changes were not make it safer, and they were not properly consulted.
:07:51. > :07:54.Manor Road on Derby's outer ring road. This junction is currently
:07:54. > :07:59.being changed to try and make it safer. We have previously feature
:07:59. > :08:03.and how Susie Perry has photographed dozens of accidents
:08:03. > :08:08.outside her home, near to the junction that is being altered. But
:08:08. > :08:12.she believes the changes were not make the boat safer, and says the
:08:12. > :08:15.views of residents have been ignored. So she has started High
:08:15. > :08:18.Court action against Derby City Council.
:08:18. > :08:24.Even though we have tried in many different ways to make our views
:08:24. > :08:27.known, it seems as if there is an attitude of we know best.
:08:27. > :08:32.The legal costs have so far been covered up with support from other
:08:32. > :08:38.residents. There has been the equivalent of a
:08:38. > :08:43.whip round, and the fees so far have been covered. Just by letting
:08:43. > :08:49.people know what is happening. The changes will involve it being
:08:49. > :08:52.closed to traffic travelling east bound towards Burton Road. It
:08:52. > :08:56.leaves some local residents with a much longer round trip.
:08:56. > :09:04.We would like them to listen to what we have to say and to consider
:09:04. > :09:07.the alternatives, rather than inconveniencing 2200 families.
:09:07. > :09:12.The city council converted has received notice of the legal
:09:12. > :09:18.challenge, but declined to comment further.
:09:18. > :09:22.Still to come, we are on standby at the Olympic pool for Rebecca
:09:22. > :09:27.Adlington's 800 metre qualifier, and it is about to start in five
:09:27. > :09:37.minutes. And why I think Shirebrook is
:09:37. > :09:37.
:09:37. > :09:41.blooming marvellous and not be The family of Fiona Pilkington, who
:09:41. > :09:44.killed herself and her severely disabled daughter after years of
:09:44. > :09:49.harassment, has settled their legal action against Leicestershire
:09:49. > :09:52.Police. An inquest in 2007 heard that Fiona at her daughter had been
:09:53. > :09:57.kept virtual prisoners in their own home in Barwell. They had
:09:57. > :10:00.complained to the police 33 times are bad use throwing objects and
:10:00. > :10:03.shouting abuse, but nothing had been done. Leicestershire Police
:10:03. > :10:07.admitted failings but not liability for the deaths.
:10:07. > :10:11.A Nottingham woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment
:10:11. > :10:14.after being found guilty of the murder of the 25-year-old man. Luke
:10:15. > :10:18.Moran was discovered with stab injuries on the Hartness Road in
:10:18. > :10:22.Clifton last August. He died at the Queen's Medical Centre. Kerry
:10:22. > :10:26.Holden, from Clifton, has been told she will serve a minimum of 18
:10:26. > :10:31.years in jail. New figures have revealed the
:10:31. > :10:36.extent of youth unemployment in the heart of the former coalfield
:10:36. > :10:41.Community. In Ashfield, the number of jobseekers under 24 is now 37%.
:10:41. > :10:45.That is a quarter higher than the national average.
:10:45. > :10:51.Today, an MP organised a jobs there to give school leavers a glimpse of
:10:51. > :10:56.how they can break into the creative industries.
:10:56. > :11:01.Pupils from schools in Ashfield gathered for up a lesson in the
:11:01. > :11:04.creative industries, offering the advice, experts in their own field,
:11:04. > :11:10.including Charlotte Hill, a Nottingham fashion designer. But
:11:10. > :11:13.have only laying out clothes was as easy as that first career break.
:11:13. > :11:17.Once you get your foot in the door, and you what could and you're
:11:17. > :11:22.ambitious, you will succeed. These youngsters want to get into
:11:22. > :11:28.the media. I would like to be a fashion editor.
:11:28. > :11:33.I would like to do some acting Staff and stuff like that.
:11:33. > :11:36.Music or fashion journalism, because it intrigues me.
:11:36. > :11:42.One celebrated writer offered this advice.
:11:42. > :11:50.Every television programme who I that I liked, I found out who
:11:50. > :11:53.produced it and write them a letter. One of the region's growth
:11:53. > :11:56.industries is designing for computer games.
:11:56. > :12:00.This is an industry of enthusiasts, and that is the most important
:12:00. > :12:04.thing at the start. There are a lot of artistic and academic
:12:04. > :12:09.opportunities in games, and we are trying to tell them about some of
:12:09. > :12:12.that spectrum. One-third of people are now were --
:12:12. > :12:16.out of work across the country. Here it is even higher than that.
:12:16. > :12:20.With traditional industries long gone, could be creative industries
:12:20. > :12:24.pluck that jobs gap? They are a great British success
:12:24. > :12:27.stories, these jobs are growing in number, and I want people in
:12:28. > :12:33.Ashfield to feel they are just as able to do these jobs as anyone
:12:33. > :12:35.anywhere else in Britain. If the advice rubs off, or watch
:12:35. > :12:41.these faces closely. They could be the future of our creative
:12:41. > :12:46.industries. Let her know that to the Olympic
:12:46. > :12:50.born in London, where Mansfield's double Olympic champion is about to
:12:50. > :12:56.swim the 800 metre qualifier. Our sports editor Mark Shardlow is
:12:56. > :13:00.poolside for us. How was Rebecca Adlington looking?
:13:00. > :13:06.She will be coming out in about 10 seconds time, and you will hear
:13:06. > :13:10.that she is on her way. Next, coming up for the final of the 800
:13:10. > :13:19.metres, is our double gold medal in -- gold medal winner, Rebecca
:13:19. > :13:22.Adlington. Just listen to the noise when she comes out now!
:13:22. > :13:26.In 147 days, on a Friday night here in this very poor, Rebecca
:13:26. > :13:31.Adlington will be hoping to win an Olympic gold medal. But before then,
:13:31. > :13:37.she has got a qualified by winning this race tonight. So far this week,
:13:37. > :13:40.despite admitting to being scared, she is looking in great form. I
:13:40. > :13:50.will be getting a former Olympic medal winner to give me the low-
:13:50. > :13:50.
:13:51. > :13:58.Rebecca Adlington had no one to push her. The rest of the girls
:13:58. > :14:03.will be looking at Ham and going, she is in good form. If she does a
:14:03. > :14:09.good time in the freestyle, they will be running scared. So the race
:14:09. > :14:14.is about to start. She is in lane four, the race will take place in
:14:14. > :14:17.eight minutes time. Rebecca Adlington looking to seal her
:14:17. > :14:25.second Olympic place. Come back later.
:14:25. > :14:31.Looks so exciting! Through which you turn to if you wanted to revive
:14:31. > :14:38.the fortunes of a former mining town? The council perhaps? An MP, a
:14:38. > :14:48.PR agency? Or how about a 14-year- old boy? Daniel Warriner is so fed
:14:48. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:11.up of Shirebrook's image he has It is hard to sell Shirebrook. Even
:15:11. > :15:21.to those who call it home. I have lived here all my life, I am 52
:15:21. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:31.years old, it is rubbish. We have nothing. Just finished. Enter a
:15:31. > :15:37.young man on a mission. I am fed up calling Shobrooke a hell-hole. I
:15:37. > :15:43.want to get it on the map. That is what he has done. We want to
:15:43. > :15:47.educate people of the history of Shirebrook. With funding, Daniel
:15:47. > :15:52.Warriner has set up a Web site promoting the town and will make a
:15:52. > :15:58.professional film in May. I invited Daniel to show me the sites people
:15:58. > :16:02.should be shouting about. This is the market. One of our busiest
:16:02. > :16:08.places and we have it for days a week. It is full of independent
:16:08. > :16:14.traders which gives you a personal experience. This is what has
:16:14. > :16:20.replaced the side of the old colliery. Even my Academy is
:16:20. > :16:25.getting a new building next April and that is wonderful. Shobrooke is
:16:25. > :16:30.surrounded by these beautiful Derbyshire accounted -- countryside.
:16:30. > :16:34.So board has already started to come in. I just want to say well
:16:35. > :16:44.done with your project. I wish it all the success in the world. It is
:16:45. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:52.a wonderful thing. Thank you. Wonderful. You saw him here first.
:16:52. > :16:56.Question is will the sun shine insurer broke and on the rest of us
:16:56. > :17:00.this weekend? That is the big question. Chasing
:17:00. > :17:10.the cloud breaks is what you will do over the weekend. There should
:17:10. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:17.be some sunshine and it will be Now to a story that concerns cows
:17:17. > :17:21.and cowslips and many other species of wild flower. The Nottinghamshire
:17:21. > :17:25.Wildlife Trust is buying a herd of cattle to try to reverse a serious
:17:25. > :17:29.decline in the number of wild flowers. But how can great
:17:29. > :17:35.lumbering beasts of the field help restore the Ecology in English
:17:36. > :17:41.meadows? Ambrose has been breeding Lincoln
:17:41. > :17:46.Red cattle for the last 22 years. He had now has 45 but four of them
:17:46. > :17:51.have been selected for a special mission. Turning fields like this
:17:51. > :17:56.into meadows like these. The council spent the next few weeks
:17:56. > :18:00.here before being sent to the first field selected by the Trust. In
:18:00. > :18:04.three or four years the way that the cattle graze there will
:18:04. > :18:10.encourage more wild flowers to grow and attract more wildlife back to
:18:10. > :18:16.Nottinghamshire's meadows. Their grazing behaviour and their weight
:18:16. > :18:21.means they can break up the ground and the break-up the vegetation
:18:21. > :18:27.that is there, which allows wild flowers to grow through. It is
:18:27. > :18:31.hoped these four will not be the only cameras on the move. The
:18:31. > :18:35.appeal aims to buy it more than 11 in total, they have raised more
:18:35. > :18:40.than half of the target and it is not hard to see why this campaign
:18:40. > :18:44.has captured the public's imagination. They are very
:18:44. > :18:49.attractive as a breed. The big brown eyes and long eyelashes are
:18:49. > :18:54.something to do with it but a lot of people can remember wild flower
:18:54. > :18:58.meadows and have seen the reduction of them across the countryside, and
:18:58. > :19:02.they would like to see a return to that. It full-cost a lot of money
:19:02. > :19:08.and take several years, but Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust says
:19:08. > :19:12.for scenes like these it will be worth it.
:19:12. > :19:16.Beautiful. You would think anyone about to celebrate their 100th
:19:16. > :19:22.birthday would be more than happy to put their feet up and take
:19:22. > :19:30.things easy. Not so, Susie Dixon. She has been driving for 82 years
:19:30. > :19:35.and has no intention of putting on the brakes for parking up for good.
:19:35. > :19:39.100 years ago when Susie Dixon was born, cars were quite new-fangled.
:19:39. > :19:46.So much so, Suzie went to school on a horse and trap but now she would
:19:46. > :19:53.not be without help run around, 82 years after first learning to drive.
:19:53. > :19:58.Have things changed since then? my goodness. It certainly is
:19:58. > :20:05.different. How often do you get out and about? About two or three times
:20:05. > :20:12.a week, just locally. Susie has seen the advent of motorways, ring
:20:12. > :20:16.roads and road rage. People are so impatient nowadays. Susie from
:20:16. > :20:21.Barrow on Trent has never had to passed the test and learnt to drive
:20:21. > :20:29.in her father's car. What about money wise? Was it cheaper back
:20:29. > :20:34.then? Much cheaper. The price of a car, when my father bought the
:20:34. > :20:41.first new car, it was about �180 which was quite a lot of money in
:20:41. > :20:47.those days. It is remarkable at her age that she is able to do what she
:20:47. > :20:53.does do. She is out and about most days, she still swims. She is
:20:53. > :20:56.incredible. A lifelong Rams fan, she will be guest of honour at
:20:56. > :21:04.Derby County tomorrow and she will be breaking open the champagne at a
:21:04. > :21:10.birthday party next weekend. But that night she will not be driving.
:21:10. > :21:16.Susie Dixon, a new rock! Let's go back to Rebecca Adlington because
:21:16. > :21:20.that race must be nearly done. It is not too far away. Rebecca
:21:20. > :21:24.Adlington has led from start to finesse. She has about two minutes
:21:24. > :21:32.left of the race but she is in a commanding position and well on her
:21:32. > :21:36.way of securing her Olympic place. Some Faulkbourne years, Nottingham
:21:36. > :21:41.Forest have said that several parties are interested in buying
:21:41. > :21:45.the club. This afternoon the estate of Nigel Doughty, the former owner,
:21:45. > :21:51.said they will find Forest enter the start of next season and if new
:21:51. > :21:55.buyers are not found -- found, they will hold further talks.
:21:55. > :21:58.Leicester City may be seven points off the play-offs are but they have
:21:58. > :22:04.to Reading tomorrow with the manager still hopeful. There are a
:22:04. > :22:08.number of clubs above us who have different runs and we have to make
:22:08. > :22:13.sure that we get our own act together in terms of putting a run
:22:13. > :22:18.together. Nottingham Forest are at home to Millwall having only one
:22:18. > :22:23.four League games all season. Is the pressure from fans getting two
:22:23. > :22:30.players? Something you have to deal with. If you do not expect that,
:22:30. > :22:37.you have to leave and play with someone with less expectation.
:22:37. > :22:42.Tomorrow the in form Rams are at home to Watford. A big local Derby
:22:42. > :22:46.game as well. It will be a change because usually it is asked going
:22:46. > :22:53.into it at the bottom of the league and we could be saved by that point.
:22:53. > :22:57.Notts County are in fine from but today they -- tomorrow they are at
:22:57. > :23:06.Charlton. Leicester Tigers have an LB Cup semi-final in Bath 1
:23:06. > :23:10.Nottingham rugby have their first play-off match tomorrow.
:23:11. > :23:16.Here comes Rebecca Adlington. You can see she has about 50 metres
:23:16. > :23:23.left. She is winning this race by a country mile. Rebecca Adlington
:23:23. > :23:30.with the crowd rising all around me. Touches the podium. With a time of
:23:30. > :23:34.eight minutes 18. She is well ahead of the second place and that really
:23:34. > :23:41.is a message going out to the rest of the world that Becky Adlington
:23:41. > :23:46.is at the top of her game and is still on course to retain two gold
:23:46. > :23:51.medals right here in this simple in the summer. It has been a
:23:51. > :23:55.marvellous week for East Midlands some as. 10 have qualified
:23:55. > :24:02.including Lizzie Simmonds in the backstroke, rust Davenport has made
:24:02. > :24:12.it to the relay team and smoked -- soapy Smith and Molly when shall
:24:12. > :24:17.make the team. Tonight has all been about Rebecca Adlington. Wonderful!
:24:17. > :24:25.Well done. Her family must be thrilled. How do you follow that?
:24:25. > :24:28.Give us good weather! There is not a great deal of rain around
:24:28. > :24:34.although we could do with it but it looks like being mainly dry across
:24:34. > :24:38.the weekend. Mild and hopefully with sunny spells. Sadly no
:24:38. > :24:44.sightings of the northern lights last night but plenty of photos of
:24:44. > :24:51.the four men. Mark cent this one in. the four men. Mark cent this one in.
:24:51. > :24:56.It was over Bingham last night. High pressure dominating things
:24:56. > :25:02.over the weekend and keeping us mainly settled and mainly dry.
:25:02. > :25:05.Taking a look at things for now, one or two clear spells around. The
:25:05. > :25:10.cloud will continue to increase through much of the evening,
:25:10. > :25:14.particularly over parts of Derbyshire and the Peak District
:25:14. > :25:20.where you could see some skits and spots where the cloud thickens.
:25:20. > :25:25.Temperatures still on the mild side, dipping down to it Celsius.
:25:26. > :25:31.Tomorrow start on a fairly cloud denote but certainly the signs are
:25:31. > :25:37.good to cease breaks in those cloud in the afternoon. Where the sun
:25:37. > :25:41.comes out, temperatures around 15 Celsius. Three Saturday evening,
:25:42. > :25:46.looks like things stay mild with clear skies and Sunday, after a
:25:46. > :25:50.misty start, you will see that cloud breaking up with the hope are
:25:50. > :25:55.plenty of sunshine to be had. Temperatures around the mid- teens
:25:55. > :26:00.on Sunday. High pressure still dominates, still sitting right over
:26:00. > :26:04.the UK into the start of next week and signs suggest eye pressure will
:26:04. > :26:10.keep a hold of things until at least the middle of the week.
:26:10. > :26:16.Keeping things drive and feeling mild for the time of year.
:26:16. > :26:21.Promising for the weekend. Let's go back to London and to our sports
:26:21. > :26:30.editor, Mark Shardlow. Rebecca it is just talking to the
:26:30. > :26:35.press. Let's have a quick word with her. Even though I am going in fast
:26:35. > :26:43.this, it does not matter what idea on paper, it matters what you do in
:26:43. > :26:49.the swimming pool. Amazing! I am so tired. I don't know who to go to! I
:26:49. > :26:55.am so pleased with that swim. It was very difficult. I found it
:26:55. > :26:59.really hard. The second 400, I struggle and I struggle mentally to
:26:59. > :27:03.break through that pain barrier. It break through that pain barrier. It
:27:04. > :27:12.is not a nice feeling, so I just tried to give it my best and
:27:12. > :27:22.improve on my time. You don't even look tired, a new owner this event.
:27:22. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:27.I am absolutely dead! I just wanted to put a good time in. Ainu fairly
:27:27. > :27:34.would put in a good fight but it is so hard in the second 400 when you