:00:09. > :00:23.Tonight, the £50 billion question. Another wobble for HS2 as MPs cast
:00:23. > :00:28.doubt on its cost and benefit. Fields of furniture — who is
:00:28. > :00:39.spreading sofas across Derbyshire? It is a disgrace, isn't it?
:00:39. > :00:46.Could the Battle of Bosworth help Leicester win a new culture war.
:00:46. > :00:57.Speeding round written in exactly nine days, nine hours and nine
:00:57. > :01:04.minutes. Good evening, welcome to the programme. First tonight — more
:01:04. > :01:08.questions about whether the £50 billion cost of HS2 is value for
:01:08. > :01:12.money. A senior figure at the Nottingham
:01:12. > :01:22.Business School says the government has yet to prove that the cash would
:01:22. > :01:24.not be better spent on improving existing rail links within the East
:01:24. > :01:29.Midlands. It comes as a group of MPs cast doubt on the benefits of the
:01:29. > :01:34.high—speed link. Mike O'Sullivan is in Toton and can tell us more. What
:01:34. > :01:40.is the feeling on the rising costs of HS2? Well, some are concerns it
:01:40. > :01:49.is like a run rate train, getting out of control. This is the proposed
:01:49. > :01:54.site for the station in the East Midlands between Derby and
:01:54. > :01:57.Nottingham. Part of the £50 billion project, including rolling stock.
:01:57. > :02:02.Today the Public Accounts Committee of MPs criticised transport
:02:02. > :02:06.officials for out of date assumptions to do with costs and
:02:06. > :02:12.benefits, one of them failing to realise that business travellers
:02:12. > :02:16.don't lose working time on trains because they can work at their seat
:02:16. > :02:20.on laptops and other mobile devices. This was the view and Nottingham
:02:20. > :02:26.railway station today. I managed to contact clinics to see
:02:26. > :02:31.if there is a availability so I have used it to the best of my advantage.
:02:31. > :02:36.I like to relax and read a book. I would not say it is time lost. Noise
:02:37. > :02:42.as well, and confidentiality. It puts you off. People talking on
:02:43. > :02:49.phones. There are fundamental concerns in the region. Sue — senior
:02:49. > :02:55.figure at Nottingham Business School says the government has not shown
:02:55. > :03:00.that spending money on HS2 is not better than spending it on the
:03:00. > :03:05.transport network around our cities. We need to see governments
:03:05. > :03:11.demonstrating more convincingly that investment in HS2 will deliver more
:03:11. > :03:14.of those investments than other potential investments in
:03:14. > :03:20.infrastructure, things like the Tram in Nottingham. Is that the kind of
:03:20. > :03:24.thing that actually will deliver greater net and if it? Some in
:03:24. > :03:31.Leicester and Leicestershire question just what they are getting
:03:31. > :03:36.out of HS2 but the West Derbyshire MP and transport secretary has
:03:36. > :03:43.defended it. I am looking to provide a rail system fit for the long—term
:03:43. > :03:49.future of this country. This is not a quick fix, it is planning for the
:03:49. > :03:51.long—term future of the UK. Bringing our main cities together,
:03:51. > :03:55.Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, it is essential. More
:03:55. > :03:59.reaction today from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of
:03:59. > :04:05.Commerce. It wants better transport links but says there should not be
:04:05. > :04:11.an open cheque—book. We are not quite ready for the emergency stop
:04:11. > :04:14.but perhaps it is time to start applying the break.
:04:14. > :04:18.A 16—year—old girl is being questioned by police after the death
:04:18. > :04:24.of a newborn baby in Lincolnshire. The boy was found at a house at
:04:24. > :04:29.Baston near Stamford last week. Police say the cause of death was an
:04:29. > :04:32.obstructed airway. Simon Ward reports.
:04:32. > :04:36.It was here in the quiet Lincolnshire village of Aston that
:04:36. > :04:48.police were alerted to the death of a baby. —— Baston. A 16—year—old
:04:48. > :04:53.girl was arrested and questioned by detectives. A post—mortem revealed
:04:53. > :04:57.the boy died from an obstruction in his airway. Despite the arrest,
:04:57. > :05:03.officers still want more information. We are not looking for
:05:03. > :05:10.anybody else. We want more information about what happened so I
:05:10. > :05:15.would appeal for people to contact the police and tell us, but we are
:05:15. > :05:19.treating this as Marie March and isolated, localised issue. The
:05:19. > :05:27.individual arrested I am pretty sure we'll have all of the answers. I
:05:27. > :05:32.want to assure people that we are doing the right things as quick as
:05:32. > :05:36.we can. The teenager will continue to be questioned about the death. No
:05:36. > :05:38.charges have been brought. There has been another death at
:05:38. > :05:51.Leicester's Bradgate Mental Health Unit. The trust which runs the unit
:05:51. > :05:55.has confirmed that an incident on 22 August resulted in the patient's
:05:55. > :06:03.death. An independent investigation will be held into the death, which
:06:03. > :06:04.follows inquests into the deaths of seven patients between November 2010
:06:04. > :06:13.and June 2012. A further three deaths are being investigated by the
:06:13. > :06:13.coroner. A two—day investigation at the mental health unit in July found
:06:13. > :06:27.poor standards of care. Nottinghamshire Police have been
:06:27. > :06:27.following up a number of calls they took over the weekend after a new
:06:27. > :06:28.appeal for information about a 50—year—old unsolved murder. Pub
:06:28. > :06:29.landlord George Wilson was brutally stabbed in Nottingham in what became
:06:29. > :06:38.known as the Pretty Windows murder, so—called because of the ornate
:06:38. > :06:39.design of the pub's windows. Yesterday marked the 50th
:06:39. > :06:40.anniversary. Officers are now following up the new information
:06:40. > :06:43.they have received in the last few days.
:06:43. > :06:48.Derby's accident and emergency department is more understaffed than
:06:48. > :06:53.the national average, according to a BBC survey. Derby Hospitals NHS
:06:53. > :06:59.Foundation Trust has a staff shortfall of 12%. The average across
:06:59. > :07:00.trusts in England is 10%. Meanwhile, a report has found that poor
:07:00. > :07:07.staffing levels at the Royal Derby Hospital contributed to a baby's
:07:07. > :07:08.death. Amy and Michael Wray's daughter Georgina was stillborn at
:07:08. > :07:13.the hospital in March last year. Coming up this evening, King Richard
:07:13. > :07:18.of York gave battle in vain. But could the last Plantagenet King
:07:18. > :07:21.helped the city of Leicester secure a 21st—century victory?
:07:21. > :07:26.A massive clean—up operation has been going on today after piles of
:07:26. > :07:33.old furniture were dumped in three different places in Derbyshire.
:07:33. > :07:40.Armchairs and sofas were discovered across the Erewash area. One pile
:07:40. > :07:42.was so big it actually blocked a country lane. But council officials
:07:42. > :07:44.believe they may have a lead on the people responsible. Here's Sarah
:07:44. > :07:47.Teale. Dumped in a lane leading to a
:07:47. > :07:54.fishing lake, a mound of old armchairs. For the owners of the
:07:54. > :08:00.lane and the lake it means a headache to get them cleared. It is
:08:00. > :08:04.a disgrace, isn't it? That must be a furniture company of some sort. It
:08:04. > :08:11.is a disgrace. The chairs have been left close to this isolated church,
:08:11. > :08:21.next to this lake popular with local walkers and picnics. One worker
:08:21. > :08:27.comes to check out the pile and calls out a warden and his team
:08:27. > :08:34.leader, who come to look at the chairs over more carefully and
:08:34. > :08:39.photograph them to see if there is any more evidence where they came
:08:39. > :08:45.from before they were removed. Around here there are not many lines
:08:45. > :08:46.of enquiry. There are some houses nearby so officers will be checking
:08:46. > :08:56.if they have seen anything. This is not the only place where fly tip us
:08:56. > :09:04.have been this weekend. They have removed other chairs and sofas from
:09:04. > :09:05.near this play area, while an even bigger load has been found at a
:09:05. > :09:11.cul—de—sac in Stanton gate. It seems clear that the sites at church
:09:11. > :09:16.Willem and here are linked. Travelling between the two sites I
:09:16. > :09:21.have had a telephone call to say there is some information for us to
:09:21. > :09:25.investigate. It may not be linked but it is something we will be
:09:25. > :09:29.looking at today and I want to reassure residents that the council
:09:29. > :09:37.are proactive in stopping this behaviour. Today work men have been
:09:37. > :09:42.clearing the scar —— the sites to bring them back to their normal
:09:42. > :09:44.condition. Anyone with any information about who might have
:09:44. > :09:50.been responsible should contact Erewash Borough Council.
:09:50. > :09:53.Since we ran this story earlier today you have been getting in touch
:09:53. > :10:05.and showing us some fly tipping near you.
:10:05. > :10:14.Colin told us about this 3—piece suite dumped to the south of East
:10:14. > :10:17.Stoke. He says it is not the first time it has happened. Another load
:10:17. > :10:21.has recently been cleared by the council.
:10:21. > :10:29.If you have any examples of fly tipping near you, we would love to
:10:29. > :10:35.hear from you. The mother of a teenager who was
:10:35. > :10:40.beaten to death because of her appearance is encouraging other
:10:40. > :10:45.victims of hate crime to get help. The University of Leicester is
:10:45. > :10:50.currently carrying out the UK's largest ever hate crime survey. It
:10:50. > :10:54.is trying to find out just how widespread it is and who is
:10:54. > :10:59.affected. Sarah Sturdey reports. Sophie Lancaster was beaten to death
:10:59. > :11:03.because of the way she looked. Her mother now campaigns for a better
:11:03. > :11:06.read —— understanding of alternative subcultures at events like the
:11:06. > :11:15.download Festival at Donington Park. All the time people tell us, we have
:11:16. > :11:20.been bullied and attacked. Get on the phone or down to your local
:11:20. > :11:24.police station and tell people. The offences are based on prejudice.
:11:24. > :11:27.Victims can be targeted because of their sexuality, disability, race or
:11:27. > :11:34.religion. Researchers at the University of Leicester want to find
:11:34. > :11:41.out how widespread it is. We are concerned that many people are
:11:41. > :11:46.affected but we don't know about it. If you look at the official figures
:11:46. > :11:48.we know that the number of hate crimes are around 45,000 quite
:11:48. > :11:54.consistently, but some surveys have it more than five times that. It is
:11:55. > :12:02.the dark figure of hate crime we don't know much about. The results
:12:02. > :12:06.will be published in the autumn next year but researchers believe they
:12:06. > :12:06.will discover some tensions between emerging and established
:12:06. > :12:12.communities. And you can see Sarah Sturdey
:12:12. > :12:19.speaking to victims of hate crime here on BBC One in the new series of
:12:19. > :12:26.Inside Out East Midlands. The team will also be looking at
:12:26. > :12:27.making decisions about care in old age and the boom in erotic
:12:27. > :12:32.literature for women. That is at 7:30pm tonight.
:12:32. > :12:33.It is described as a way of putting Leicester on the map. Now
:12:33. > :12:37.Leicestershire County Council is considering giving £2 million to
:12:37. > :12:45.Leicester's City of Culture bid. The council leader says winning the
:12:45. > :12:49.title would benefit the County of Leicestershire culturally and
:12:49. > :12:55.economically. Our arts reporter Geeta Pendse has the details.
:12:55. > :13:00.Yes, it is three weeks to go before Leicester 's final bid to become the
:13:00. > :13:06.next City of Culture is submitted. The bid team need to prove they can
:13:06. > :13:13.raise £10 million to host a year of cultural events in 2017. Now the
:13:13. > :13:18.county council could throw its hat in and pledged £2 million from their
:13:18. > :13:20.reserves. It comes days after the council announced it has to make
:13:20. > :13:26.£110 million in savings over five years. The council leader believes
:13:26. > :13:29.the bid is stronger with the county's backing and is a worthwhile
:13:29. > :13:34.investment. In economic development terms, each pound invested will ring
:13:34. > :13:37.in between £6 and £9 of additional money. If I put in a couple of
:13:37. > :13:43.million, the city put—in 10 million, we could have up 110 million coming
:13:43. > :13:47.into the city. It is economic development as well as culture. The
:13:47. > :13:54.council hope the Bosworth Battlefield and the links to Richard
:13:54. > :13:58.III will be a key part of cultural programming, as will investment in
:13:58. > :14:06.vents in towns like loft, recently part of the Mary Portas Project, and
:14:06. > :14:14.attempt to revive the high Street. More trade in any respect but when
:14:14. > :14:20.you have events on people generally are not shopping so forecasts, they
:14:20. > :14:28.don't come with shopping bags, so we make less money probably. I think it
:14:28. > :14:34.is Berry worthwhile, great for the community, great for young people.
:14:34. > :14:41.—— very worthwhile. There are other things that could be invested in,
:14:41. > :14:47.employment, as Mrs. —— businesses. Everybody needs some culture in
:14:47. > :14:52.their lives so it is a positive thing to do for people.
:14:52. > :14:59.This Friday the council's ruling cabinet will decide whether to
:14:59. > :15:02.underwrite the £2 million. It is a decision that could carry
:15:02. > :15:05.significant weight for those hoping to secure the title.
:15:05. > :15:08.Thank you very much. Work began today to create
:15:08. > :15:13.Nottinghamshire's first Olympic—sized swimming pool. The
:15:13. > :15:16.£13.5 million redevelopment of the Harvey Hadden sports complex is part
:15:16. > :15:19.of a huge project to improve the county's leisure centres. The
:15:19. > :15:26.50—metre pool will be the centrepiece of new facilities at the
:15:26. > :15:30.centre in Bilborough, which include a gym, health suite and fitness
:15:30. > :15:34.studios. It will open in spring 2015.
:15:34. > :15:38.More than 15,000 people visited the famous Mallard steam engine at
:15:38. > :15:45.Grantham Station this weekend. And it was at Stoke Bank near Grantham
:15:45. > :15:52.where the locomotive broke the world speed record for a steam engine in
:15:52. > :15:54.1938. A pop—up railway shop has also been set up in the town for the rest
:15:54. > :15:57.of the month, showcasing Grantham Station's history.
:15:57. > :16:02.Lots of people in Grantham going to see that. It is fantastic.
:16:02. > :16:08.Next tonight, a charity is warning that the East Midlands needs an
:16:08. > :16:15.extra 500 foster carers. Action for Children believes the shortage is
:16:16. > :16:16.caused by the myths surrounding who is eligible to foster. With the
:16:16. > :16:22.number of carers declining and the increase in numbers of children
:16:22. > :16:23.needing to be fostered, the charity believes the situation can only
:16:23. > :16:29.worse. So what are the misconceptions about
:16:29. > :16:36.fostering? Many people living in the East Midlands believe incorrectly
:16:36. > :16:42.that you can't foster if you... Well, earlier I spoke to Darren
:16:42. > :16:48.Johnson, who is the operational director at Action for Children, and
:16:48. > :16:52.asked him why he thought the number of foster carers was declining.
:16:52. > :16:59.We increasingly find there are more children coming into the care system
:16:59. > :17:03.and obviously they need to be supported within fostering. We have
:17:03. > :17:07.a shortage of 500 foster carers in the East Midlands. It is really
:17:07. > :17:13.important we put the message out about what the criteria are in order
:17:13. > :17:18.to come forward and apply to be foster carers. Part of the barrier
:17:19. > :17:27.is the myths and that is preventing us recruiting. So who can become a
:17:27. > :17:31.foster carer? If you are over 55, if you have rented accommodation, if
:17:31. > :17:37.you are unemployed or in part time work or from the LG BT community you
:17:37. > :17:43.can come forward. These are the myths around, that those people that
:17:43. > :17:48.fall into those categories can't come forward, but they can. You have
:17:48. > :17:54.a lot of children that need foster parents. How can you get through to
:17:54. > :18:01.people that they could be eligible? People need to come to the Action
:18:01. > :18:06.for Children website, find out more about us and how we support foster
:18:06. > :18:11.carers in becoming approved carers, and also go to our open days and
:18:11. > :18:14.information sessions and meet some of our experienced foster carers,
:18:14. > :18:18.because it is really worthwhile listening to their experiences. We
:18:18. > :18:24.have foster carers who have been doing it for over 20 years and they
:18:24. > :18:29.have had a transformational effect on those children's lives. What
:18:29. > :18:34.happens if you don't get the foster carers you need? You have a group of
:18:34. > :18:39.children whose lives will be unfulfilled. It is really important
:18:39. > :18:43.to give them the opportunity to put them in a foster home that will
:18:43. > :18:52.transform their lives. We'll start tonight with cricket,
:18:52. > :18:58.and the semifinals of one of the top competitions which is taking place
:18:58. > :19:02.right now. It is 24 years since Notts got to a one—day final at
:19:02. > :19:07.Lord's. They are taking on Somerset at Trent Bridge in the YB40 cup.
:19:07. > :19:12.Mark Shardlow is there. Yes, they are a giant step closer to
:19:12. > :19:18.Lourdes. The halfway stage and they are 119 all out, Somerset that is.
:19:18. > :19:21.This is the story of a dramatic afternoon. It started with rain
:19:21. > :19:28.showers which delayed play until 5pm. It was reduced to 35 overs per
:19:28. > :19:36.side. In the first over —— over, Marcus Tress topic out. —— Marcus
:19:36. > :19:43.Tress Gothic. Soon the second wicket and then a brilliant catch for
:19:43. > :19:50.Hussey to get the third. Jake Ball all in for wicket nub of four. In
:19:50. > :20:00.the last half an hour a dramatic tumble, four Crick which —— quick
:20:00. > :20:06.wickets. Notts are well on course to reach their first final for nearly a
:20:06. > :20:09.quarter century. Now, onto the weekend action,
:20:09. > :20:13.starting with rugby. Leicester Tigers' Dan Cole will face no action
:20:13. > :20:19.for allegedly biting Worcester's Ignacio Mieres in the game at
:20:19. > :20:24.Welford Road yesterday. The citing officer believes it was accidental.
:20:24. > :20:27.As for the Tigers team, well, they left it very late but eventually got
:20:27. > :20:30.maximum points. Kirsty Edwards reports.
:20:30. > :20:38.Tigers will certainly faced tougher tests than this as they defend their
:20:38. > :20:43.premiership title to the side got the job done, albeit with a scrappy
:20:43. > :20:49.first game. The host comfortably dominated the first move with a good
:20:49. > :20:55.move finished off by Thomson for their first try. After the break,
:20:55. > :21:00.Tigers looked to be out of sight, when a driving maul saw Jordan Crane
:21:00. > :21:06.going over under a pilot bodies. There was a fightback, reducing the
:21:06. > :21:11.gap to just ten points after two tries. Tigers never looked in danger
:21:11. > :21:16.of losing the game but it took some fantastic footwork to get an
:21:16. > :21:23.all—important fourth try. This was with just six seconds to go.
:21:23. > :21:30.In football, another waypoint for Mansfield Town in a lively game at
:21:30. > :21:37.Newport County. Two goals and two sendings off for the Stags' visit to
:21:37. > :21:44.industrial South Wales. The goals were a case of spot the
:21:44. > :21:45.difference. This was Newport in the first half, Chris Zebroski finishing
:21:45. > :21:50.it off. This was Mansfield's reply in the second half. The sendings off
:21:50. > :21:57.were rather different. This was a straight red for raising the arms.
:21:57. > :22:02.Max Reid got a second yellow for this late challenge. Overall
:22:02. > :22:07.Mansfield had the best of what was a 100 mph fixture. At one point
:22:07. > :22:13.something this tricky will do the Stags very nicely.
:22:13. > :22:21.We're going to finish with squash, which has just had the crushing
:22:21. > :22:28.disappointment of missing out on becoming an Olympic sport. The East
:22:28. > :22:29.Midlands has one of Britain's top squash teams playing out of Duffield
:22:29. > :22:39.in Derbyshire and their top player is world number two Nick Matthew.
:22:39. > :22:39.He'd been heavily involved in the campaign to win Squash Olympic
:22:39. > :22:49.status, and earlier I asked him how he was feeling now.
:22:49. > :22:50.Heartbreaking, I think, was the word used by the president of the world
:22:50. > :22:51.Squash Federation, squash being a truly global game now, champions
:22:51. > :23:00.from all five continents. The hurt will be found all around the world
:23:00. > :23:06.after this decision. You put so much energy and time into this sport. Can
:23:06. > :23:07.you redirect that energy and build squash up again? It is
:23:07. > :23:14.disappointing, the promise was there to have a new sport. Wrestling was
:23:14. > :23:19.removed and then reinstated. But we have moved forward, television is
:23:19. > :23:21.one of the aspects we hope to benefit from. We have the
:23:21. > :23:28.Commonwealth Games next year and hopefully we can show how much we
:23:28. > :23:32.have come forward as a sport. Thank you very much for joining us.
:23:32. > :23:38.We will fun it —— followed them all the way through the championships.
:23:38. > :23:44.Now, if YOU were planning to circumnavigate Britain over the next
:23:44. > :23:50.nine days, I bet you'd be hoping for good weather.
:23:50. > :23:52.After months of training in the East Midlands they set off from Poole in
:23:52. > :24:00.Dorset today. It may look like the sea but in fact
:24:00. > :24:05.these are the calm conditions in Derbyshire in July. The 999
:24:05. > :24:12.challenge team from water safe UK had to use the reservoir to rehearse
:24:12. > :24:17.for their 2000 mile charity trip around Britain. It costs a lot of
:24:17. > :24:21.money every year to keep the water safe. We decided on this challenge
:24:22. > :24:26.and we wanted to do it with a partner charity. The team's normal
:24:26. > :24:33.territory is rescuing people from inland waters. Yesterday it was time
:24:33. > :24:40.to leave Derby and head off for the south coast. 6:30am this morning in
:24:40. > :24:47.Poole Harbour outside the RNLI HQ and lifeboat station. The aim of the
:24:47. > :24:57.voyage is to raise £20,000 not only for water safe UK but also the RNLI.
:24:57. > :25:00.There are a lot of tides, a lot of weather around the coast,
:25:00. > :25:06.particularly now in September. It will be difficult for them, lumpy,
:25:06. > :25:11.and I think they will come back with a tremendous sense of achievement.
:25:11. > :25:16.The trip is the idea of violent —— volunteered Nigel. A lot of the
:25:16. > :25:20.volunteers are members of the emergency services so he came up
:25:20. > :25:27.with the 999 challenge, completing the trip in nine days, nine hours
:25:27. > :25:33.and nine minutes. We are searchable rescue team so we are are used to
:25:33. > :25:36.using boats. We have a good chance of completing it. We will have
:25:36. > :25:45.varying conditions but we are confident. 7am, the team sets off.
:25:45. > :25:50.They will stop the next eight nights at different lifeboat stations. All
:25:50. > :25:56.well, they will be back home on September the 17th.
:25:56. > :26:03.Not that I know any thing but I have a feeling they will be —— they would
:26:03. > :26:07.have been better off doing that last week.
:26:07. > :26:17.Yes, last Wednesday we reached the dizzy heights of 27 degrees.
:26:17. > :26:26.We weren't far off a frost this morning, some people with
:26:26. > :26:33.temperatures around four Celsius. We have a rash of showers, some of them
:26:33. > :26:40.quite lively. They will continue over the next couple of hours.
:26:40. > :26:46.Slowly they will fade away through the early hours of the morning so
:26:46. > :26:53.they will dry up again tonight. We will have a lot of cloud and the
:26:54. > :27:02.breeze picking up, so not quite as cold. Lows of seven or eight.
:27:02. > :27:03.Tomorrow we are watching and it —— a developing area of low pressure in
:27:03. > :27:14.the North Sea. This may bring some rain across eastern parts. We will
:27:14. > :27:15.start off dry, quite a lot of cloud but we could see some of that rain
:27:15. > :27:23.edging into eastern parts as we go into the afternoon. The best chance
:27:23. > :27:24.to stay dry will be western parts of Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.
:27:24. > :27:34.We have a brisk north—westerly wind developing, highs of just 15 or 16.
:27:34. > :27:35.Wednesday, we get rid of the low pressure, but we have another one
:27:35. > :27:44.coming in from the Atlantic. It starts off dry and bright but we
:27:44. > :27:44.will see some rain later on. A bit drier towards the end of the week.