:00:17. > :00:23.Tonight, hundreds of jobs are to go as a dairy closers.
:00:23. > :00:28.Moving the business to the Home Counties.
:00:28. > :00:36.In other news, the drugs like this that people are calling the new
:00:36. > :00:43.thalidomide. The figures are 40% of babies exposed in the womb have a
:00:43. > :00:49.birth defect. I will be finding out how Nottingham is benefiting from
:00:49. > :00:59.its German twin town. And why this World War II landing
:00:59. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:15.craft is being used on the River First, a huge dairy and distribution
:01:15. > :01:20.plant is to be closed down in Leicestershire with the loss of 370
:01:20. > :01:25.jobs. Britain's biggest dairy company, Arla, told its workforce
:01:25. > :01:30.that production was being switched to Buckinghamshire.
:01:30. > :01:38.Union says staff are shocked but a local says the economy is resilient
:01:38. > :01:44.and new jobs are being created to reduce -- replace those being lost.
:01:44. > :01:49.What is the company saying? company is saying that shutting down
:01:49. > :01:53.this plant is part of a business goal to move things to a
:01:53. > :01:57.state-of-the-art plant near London. The security guards are here because
:01:57. > :02:02.the dairy is regularly targeted by farmers protesting over the price
:02:02. > :02:08.paid the milk. Now the workers inside seem resigned to losing their
:02:08. > :02:15.jobs despite the company saying a consultation process is underway.
:02:15. > :02:21.The tankers continue to roll into the dairy. Arla wants to close it
:02:22. > :02:29.down by next April with the loss of 370 jobs. This is the third time I
:02:29. > :02:39.have been made redundant. Apart from it being bleak out there to get a
:02:39. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:46.job, you have to move on. Arla is the biggest dairy company. Now it
:02:46. > :02:50.wants to switch production of milk the customers like supermarkets from
:02:50. > :02:54.Ashby to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. Staff in Ashby were
:02:54. > :02:59.told today. The staff are shocked. The announcement wasn't a surprise
:02:59. > :03:03.but it is still a huge shock for the individual is likely to be affected
:03:03. > :03:10.and will create insecurity for them, particularly in the current economic
:03:10. > :03:14.climate. They are moving production to a more productive plant. I will
:03:14. > :03:18.continue to fight for the future opportunities so these skilled
:03:18. > :03:28.workers can be back in to our economy as soon as possible. There
:03:28. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:34.is a 3% unemployment rate in this area according to the council.
:03:34. > :03:38.a disappointing day. We have had a couple of large industries that have
:03:38. > :03:46.closed in the past few years. To add another one to it, it is not very
:03:46. > :03:56.good. There is a lot of people here that have known nothing else. They
:03:56. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:02.are at that age now where they may not get anything again. Arla says
:04:02. > :04:06.the production in Buckinghamshire could start as soon as October. The
:04:06. > :04:10.company next door supplies the plastic containers for the milk
:04:10. > :04:14.supplied by the dairy here. Some workers over there could be losing
:04:14. > :04:21.their jobs as well. The company hasn't returned my call but it seems
:04:21. > :04:25.the days of the dairy numbered. That is the situation in Ashby
:04:25. > :04:30.tonight but what about the farmers in the region who are supplying the
:04:30. > :04:40.company. --? One says it is a serious blow
:04:40. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:43.for dairy farmers. A normal lunchtime here. Note is
:04:43. > :04:50.collected by Arla but today farmers were given the news that their milk
:04:50. > :04:55.could be going to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. The thing for me is
:04:55. > :04:59.is there going to be an extra cost of transporting this milk to
:04:59. > :05:05.Aylesbury? I believe there might be an extra cost and I presume the
:05:05. > :05:11.farmer will have to stand it. It costs 33p to produce each litre of
:05:11. > :05:16.milk. Here, Richard is paid 31p and he is making a loss and has been
:05:16. > :05:21.doing so for the last 18 months. We are struggling to pay people that
:05:21. > :05:26.supply us with food for the cow was, everything from the family to going
:05:26. > :05:31.shopping. I can't afford a holiday this year and we work 84 hours a
:05:31. > :05:37.week. Not being able to pay your bills is embarrassed. I am
:05:37. > :05:43.embarrassed that I run a business that loses money. Here, there is
:05:43. > :05:47.another form with more concerns. Rory is the siting of the new dairy
:05:47. > :05:54.is close to the links to the constant and we are worried about
:05:54. > :06:01.milk being imported from Eastern Europe. For Andrey and Michelle,
:06:01. > :06:11.unless prices improve sooner, they will be forced out of farming.
:06:11. > :06:17.could be the final straw. It is another nail for us all. It is a
:06:17. > :06:23.kick in the teeth. Richard is teaching his son is about farming.
:06:23. > :06:28.He is a fourth generation but will both be -- will there be a fifth?
:06:28. > :06:34.The future couldn't be more uncertain.
:06:34. > :06:38.A spokesman for Arla said the company was a co-operative owned by
:06:38. > :06:42.farmers and it wanted to get the highest price possible for its
:06:42. > :06:46.farmers. They say farmers should not be concerned about increased
:06:46. > :06:50.transport costs. The move was about removing costs rather than
:06:50. > :06:55.increasing them. Coming up - taxing times for taxi
:06:55. > :06:59.drivers in a Nottinghamshire borough.
:06:59. > :07:03.Too many taxes and not enough ranks. They say what they taking fares they
:07:03. > :07:08.are paying out again in parking fines.
:07:08. > :07:16.And we will be flagging down some drier weather tomorrow but its
:07:16. > :07:21.Five people have been arrested and are being questioned after a man was
:07:21. > :07:24.stabbed last night. Police were called to a disturbance opposite the
:07:24. > :07:29.Rosehill Business Centre on Normanton Road in Derby just after
:07:29. > :07:32.11 o'clock. A man thought to be in his 20s had a stab wound to his
:07:32. > :07:36.stomach. He's in a critical condition in the Royal Derby
:07:36. > :07:41.Hospital. A man in his 30s, three women and a teenaged girl are in
:07:41. > :07:44.custody on suspicion of wounding. The High Court has thrown out an
:07:44. > :07:49.application by East Midlands Trains for an injunction against the RMT
:07:49. > :07:55.union which is taking industrial action. The union banned overtime a
:07:55. > :07:58.week ago. That led to cancellations at the weekend. The RMT says there's
:07:58. > :08:01.been a breakdown in industrial relations over a number issues
:08:01. > :08:04.including the scheduling of work at Nottingham Station. A spokesman for
:08:04. > :08:09.East Midlands Trains said its passengers would be disappointed
:08:09. > :08:12.with the court's decision. Critics claim it's the new
:08:12. > :08:19.thalidomide, a drug for treating epilepsy which they say can damage
:08:19. > :08:22.unborn babies. There are indeed warnings for women on the packets of
:08:22. > :08:32.Epilim. But one mother from Leicester now
:08:32. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:42.wants tougher regulation to controls Andy is 14 but has the mental age of
:08:42. > :08:47.the six-year-old. Her mother believes she knows why. She is
:08:47. > :08:54.convinced the anti-epilepsy tablet that she'd talk whilst pregnant had
:08:54. > :09:01.known effects. I was reassured that there was a small chance of a birth
:09:01. > :09:09.defect and that I should not be concerned. I continued taking the
:09:09. > :09:13.medication. So did others. Homes of 160 children tried to sue for
:09:13. > :09:20.compensation only to see their legal aid withdrawn but Emma is continuing
:09:20. > :09:23.her fight. She is urging medicine regulators to act. Emma talk a drug
:09:23. > :09:28.which is effective in treating epilepsy but it isn't recommended
:09:28. > :09:32.for women of child-bearing age. Its manufacturer says there are warnings
:09:32. > :09:36.on the packets but Emma and others want doctors to be told to spell out
:09:36. > :09:43.the risks in the consulting room with more up-to-date information.
:09:43. > :09:48.The regularly quota -- regularly quoted figures are 40% of babies in
:09:48. > :09:54.the womb have a birth defect. All of us want when we are ill to take
:09:54. > :10:04.medication to make us better. We do not want that medication to cause us
:10:04. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:27.more harm or cause our children more that work outside their headquarters
:10:27. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:30.on Friday. Cab drivers in Nottinghamshire claim
:10:30. > :10:34.they're being unfairly hammered with parking fines because there simply
:10:34. > :10:40.aren't enough taxi ranks. They say much of the money they make from
:10:40. > :10:46.fares is now going on penalty charges.
:10:46. > :10:49.At the moment across Gedling, there are hundreds of licensed taxi
:10:49. > :10:53.drivers but just 15 spaces to accommodate all of them to pick up
:10:53. > :10:58.their affairs. One of the most popular ranks is here in Arnold
:10:59. > :11:03.where there is space for just three taxes. Gedling Borough Council gives
:11:03. > :11:10.out the licenses and currently there are more than 700 taxis but three
:11:10. > :11:16.ranks. We need more ranks on Mapperley top and Carlton Road at
:11:16. > :11:22.Tesco. We need a rank in Sainsbury's. We need lots of them.
:11:22. > :11:28.They claim taxi -- traffic wardens are heavy-handed in giving them
:11:28. > :11:31.fines when they are waiting to get into the taxi ranks. We are not
:11:31. > :11:36.common criminals. Why is this happening? Why don't they give us
:11:36. > :11:45.more space? We go around the block all the time and we are not earning
:11:46. > :11:53.much money. What we earn, it goes on fines. If somebody isn't parking in
:11:53. > :11:57.the right place, whoever you are, if you are parked inappropriately and
:11:57. > :12:02.on double yellow lines and contravening law, we need to action.
:12:02. > :12:05.They are also taking action on taxi ranks and are working with the
:12:05. > :12:15.county council on a feasibility study to see if they can create more
:12:15. > :12:18.Next, the final part in our special series on twinning. So far this week
:12:18. > :12:24.we've found out about Derby's envoys in Osnabruck and Leicester's
:12:24. > :12:34.football playing firemen. Today Tom Brown looks at how the German city
:12:34. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:47.of Karlsruhe is helping business in Nottingham. From in the city centre
:12:47. > :12:51.to above the station. The tram networks are used by millions of
:12:51. > :12:58.passengers every year and its inspiration came from here in
:12:58. > :13:02.Nottingham's German twin town, Karlsruhe. Trams have been running
:13:02. > :13:12.here for more than 100 years. They dominate the inner city. The high
:13:12. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:19.street is more than a -- more like a highway. This tram network is
:13:19. > :13:25.extensive. Seven lines compared to Nottingham's one and the people make
:13:25. > :13:29.100 million journeys on it every year. Back in the 1990s, news of the
:13:29. > :13:34.system had spread to Nottingham. Tram experts from here travel to
:13:34. > :13:39.their English twin to give advice. Thomas says the second line will
:13:39. > :13:46.continue to improve the centre of Nottingham. This city as a whole it
:13:46. > :13:53.is effective and attractive to live. In the city centre it is also
:13:53. > :13:59.attractive the business. Nottingham's gratitude is shown by
:13:59. > :14:06.the name of the station's neutron bridge. It goes further than the
:14:06. > :14:12.network and assigned. Businesses are cashing in on their twin. This is a
:14:13. > :14:17.man keeping a close eye on the link. John is using the twinning
:14:18. > :14:22.relationship to export his acrylic prosthetic eyes to a German market.
:14:22. > :14:30.Do you think you have fired a warm welcome from Karlsruhe because of
:14:30. > :14:35.the links? Absolutely and they are very aware of it. I never thought
:14:35. > :14:42.about twinning and why we did it. It is really good and it is a good idea
:14:42. > :14:45.and great commerce. In this old slaughterhouse back in Karlsruhe, 63
:14:45. > :14:49.shipping containers are being turned into offices. They are using it to
:14:49. > :14:55.encourage young creative entrepreneurs from Nottingham to
:14:55. > :15:01.expand abroad. They are leading the pack. I am not aware of anything
:15:01. > :15:06.that has been done in other places quite so in-depth and seriously.
:15:06. > :15:16.There is a will on both sides to put a commercial level onto an existing
:15:16. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:20.relationship. In doing that, you can get a real benefit the business.
:15:20. > :15:23.With most of Nottingham City Council's twinning costs covered by
:15:23. > :15:28.private companies or the government, this isn't just a close
:15:28. > :15:31.to win but a relatively cheap one. It is the 44-year-old friendship
:15:31. > :15:41.that is developing into one of the city 's most important business
:15:41. > :15:50.links. -- city's. It looks lovely place. We have seen
:15:50. > :15:54.everything from football playing fireman until the impact on the tram
:15:54. > :15:59.system. We have seen all the signs saying a
:15:59. > :16:03.places twinned with another place. I have been amazed at not only the
:16:03. > :16:06.diversity of our twinning links but the strength of them. You mentioned
:16:06. > :16:13.that 40 year friendship between a firemen in Leicester that we saw
:16:13. > :16:18.last night. Add to that school exchanges, theatre tours, work
:16:18. > :16:23.placement, they have gone from having a twin town. A lot of these
:16:23. > :16:28.links were set up after the world wars.
:16:29. > :16:32.They are as relevant as they have ever been. This idea of turning is a
:16:32. > :16:37.sting twinning links into commercial links is a really interesting
:16:37. > :16:41.trend, especially because so many of these links are costing our council
:16:41. > :16:45.so much money. This is going to be an increasingly important aspect.
:16:45. > :16:50.Many would say twin towns shouldn't be about making money and they
:16:50. > :16:55.should be about making friends and seeing new cultures, experiencing a
:16:55. > :17:02.new angle on life. I have to say, my favourite aspect comes from a tiny
:17:02. > :17:09.village. Whitwell in Rutland, which claims to be twinned with none other
:17:09. > :17:14.than Paris. Think big! If you missed any of the
:17:14. > :17:17.series, you can find it all on your local BBC news website.
:17:17. > :17:20.People in Leicester are being invited to give their views on its
:17:21. > :17:24.bid to become the next UK City of Culture.
:17:24. > :17:34.The bid team are competing against three other cities and have only two
:17:34. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:46.months to submit a detailed report Joy and jubilation as Leicester made
:17:46. > :17:50.the government short list but that was the starting block. Now those
:17:50. > :17:57.behind the bid have to prove why Leicester has the edge over the
:17:57. > :18:03.competition. The programme is really important. This is a public meeting
:18:03. > :18:07.being held to galvanise support. It is not just about a big party, it is
:18:07. > :18:10.about transforming the city and making a long-term difference.
:18:10. > :18:15.People really understand that and think it is a really good thing to
:18:16. > :18:21.be going for. Whilst they have been short listed, the next eight weeks
:18:21. > :18:24.are about pinning down the final details to funding and crucially to
:18:24. > :18:29.legacy. The panel who will make the final decision say they are looking
:18:29. > :18:33.for a bid that has its own unique vision of what the UK City of
:18:33. > :18:39.Culture means and a bid that will provide a step change for the local
:18:39. > :18:42.area. What do those attending make of the plans so far? Rather than
:18:42. > :18:47.highlighting the great things about the city and making them greater,
:18:47. > :18:52.look at the problems and the things that need help. It will only be a
:18:52. > :18:55.good thing and it will put Leicester on the map. This Saturday will see
:18:55. > :19:00.the city streets flooded with performers as Leicester's 28th
:19:00. > :19:10.Caribbean carnival takes place. team will be hoping a summer of
:19:10. > :19:10.
:19:10. > :19:14.cultural events will fuel public support for the city's bid.
:19:14. > :19:18.The art of football now. We're going to start with our
:19:18. > :19:21.special guest and the next in our previews of the football season.
:19:21. > :19:25.This is Sam Rush about seven months into his job as Chief Executive at
:19:25. > :19:35.Derby County. He leads a club that's been seen as stable and carefully
:19:35. > :19:38.
:19:38. > :19:43.run. Let us talk about this coming season. Nigel club -- Nigel Clough
:19:43. > :19:48.is talking top six. How strong are you? Really strong. We have some
:19:48. > :19:56.really good purchases and Nigel has been very clever. We have kept our
:19:56. > :20:01.young players and they are coming forward. Six new signings and four
:20:02. > :20:05.new contract negotiations. Really excited. Derby have adopted a
:20:05. > :20:13.particular policy. You've valued your youth. Do you see that paying
:20:13. > :20:17.off? I really do. If we are to go out and replace our young players,
:20:17. > :20:24.there would be eight figure signings. That quality interspersed
:20:24. > :20:29.with the signings we have made will bode very well. Let us talk about
:20:29. > :20:35.Nigel Clough. He is the longest serving manager of the
:20:35. > :20:40.championship. What we have to do to keep you happy? He carries on. Derby
:20:40. > :20:44.County are very lucky to have Nigel Clough as their manager. He is a
:20:44. > :20:48.fantastic manager and a driven man and hugely knowledgeable. I am
:20:48. > :20:56.looking forward to working with him. He has prepared the squad really
:20:56. > :21:01.well. You are enjoying life and football? Really enjoying it. Derby
:21:01. > :21:05.is a fantastic club and a fantastic city. The fans have expectations. It
:21:05. > :21:10.is a tough league but people are proud and pleased that Derby are
:21:10. > :21:17.being talked about as genuine promotion candidates. How tough is
:21:17. > :21:27.this league? It is really tough and there are no guarantees. We are in a
:21:27. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:35.decent place and store B have a real chance this year. -- Derby.
:21:35. > :21:39.Nottingham Forest have announced a new sponsorship deal. It is with an
:21:39. > :21:45.air conditioning company. What exactly is going on the shirt has
:21:45. > :21:50.not been announced. The glamour of Premier League
:21:50. > :21:53.football came to Ilkeston FC last night. The club has only been
:21:53. > :21:57.established for three years after Ilkeston Town was wound up back in
:21:57. > :22:01.2010 over an unpaid tax bill. But last night they had their sights
:22:01. > :22:08.firmly set on the future as they took on a Chelsea 11 in a pre-season
:22:08. > :22:14.friendly. Paul Bradshaw was at a sold-out New Manor Ground for us.
:22:14. > :22:17.It was a special night for Ilkeston. West London came to visit them on
:22:17. > :22:27.their home turf and the whole turn -- a whole town came out to greet
:22:27. > :22:31.
:22:31. > :22:37.them. Go on. Come on Ilkeston. Chelsea sit six divisions above
:22:37. > :22:42.Ilkeston. There was plenty of youthful quality. This side were
:22:42. > :22:45.anything but Chelsea pensioners. In the brunt of their biggest ever gate
:22:45. > :22:51.of 2700 fans, Ilkeston were dominated by the visitors in the
:22:51. > :22:56.early stages. John Swift given Chelsea a six minute lead. They
:22:56. > :23:00.doubled their advantage with a penalty before half-time. They added
:23:01. > :23:06.a third for Chelsea after the break with a superb long-range effort
:23:06. > :23:13.between dead before Jason Stokes finished off a flowing move and gave
:23:13. > :23:20.the home fans something to cheer about. Chelsea got another fourth
:23:20. > :23:25.before a cheeky lob. I think they played very well. We put it down to
:23:25. > :23:32.an education. We are delighted and it is a great attack -- occasion for
:23:32. > :23:42.the football club. A proud occasion and a battling performance on a
:23:42. > :23:43.
:23:43. > :23:47.night when they lost heavily but when plenty of new friends.
:23:47. > :23:54.Whatever level you support, can't believe the season is here. Thank
:23:54. > :24:04.A World War Two landing craft, which appeared in the film Saving Private
:24:04. > :24:07.Ryan, is being used in a special project on the River Trent. The Army
:24:07. > :24:14.is using the boat to transport materials to construct buildings for
:24:14. > :24:19.scouts in Nottinghamshire. Simon Ward went along for the ride.
:24:19. > :24:24.At deleting the -- after leaving the marina, it is the only landing craft
:24:24. > :24:29.of its type in the UK and the first time it has been used by the Army
:24:29. > :24:35.since its military service and is. This is the actual boat that Tom
:24:35. > :24:41.Hanks was on board one he was filming Saving Private Ryan. We
:24:41. > :24:50.landed in the middle of the Trent in an area used by the Sea Scouts. They
:24:50. > :24:57.are constructing a new building here. As reservists, we don't get
:24:57. > :25:03.much opportunity to carry out military task as Max. The Scouts
:25:03. > :25:07.have been victims of theft here. have had a few break-ins and
:25:07. > :25:11.valuable equipment has been stolen. We have had nowhere secure to keep
:25:11. > :25:17.it. Now we can get some security and get the boats on the island where
:25:17. > :25:21.they belong. I would like to go out on the boat again and not waste time
:25:21. > :25:26.getting them out of the galley and having a good boat shed and being
:25:27. > :25:36.able to get out on the water quicker. The kayaks will be safer
:25:37. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:42.and less likely to be stolen. The project is called exercise me duck.
:25:42. > :25:52.They hope to have it running in the next few days.
:25:52. > :26:00.
:26:00. > :26:04.I have been on that. Have you? While it has been wet and great
:26:04. > :26:11.today, tomorrow is going to be very warm indeed with plenty of sunshine
:26:11. > :26:15.around. Things cool down again by Friday and things become unsettled
:26:15. > :26:20.again. The rain has been quite persistent at times. We were never
:26:20. > :26:24.too far away from the next downpour and some of those were heavy. It is
:26:24. > :26:28.now gradually starting to clear northwards. We are left with quite a
:26:28. > :26:34.lot of cloud around and it could be producing some drizzle from time to
:26:34. > :26:42.time. It will be very murky overnight and we are feeling the
:26:42. > :26:47.effects of the humid air. We have seen temperatures tonight of 18
:26:47. > :26:53.Celsius and overnight we are looking at 17 Celsius so a very warm night
:26:53. > :26:57.on the clouds. The cloud should gradually clear away by the morning
:26:57. > :27:04.and we will be basking in some very warm sunshine. It will be the
:27:04. > :27:08.temperatures that would be the main talk point -- will be the main
:27:08. > :27:12.talking point. We cut our temperatures up to 31 Celsius.
:27:12. > :27:19.Things cool down again on Friday and we have more by the the wings --
:27:19. > :27:23.wings. It will be a fairly and sack -- it will be a fairly unsettled day
:27:23. > :27:28.on Saturday with a few showers dotted around here and there.