:00:00. > :00:00.rain from the east. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:11.This is East Midlands Today with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale.
:00:12. > :00:14.Tonight: A tram driver says there was nothing he could have done to
:00:15. > :00:21.avoid hitting a teenager on a crossing.
:00:22. > :00:27.Lindsey Inger was killed in November 20 12th half a metre from safety.
:00:28. > :00:36.Also, love and loss, and online dating scam leaves a Leicester woman
:00:37. > :00:41.penniless. I have no food. My cupboards are empty and I have no
:00:42. > :00:49.one to eternity. Plus, shall remember them. Could sponsorship
:00:50. > :00:52.help pay for the memorials. These three premature but they were the
:00:53. > :01:05.first to get donated breast milk. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:06. > :01:09.programme. First tonight, the family of a teenager who was killed on a
:01:10. > :01:13.tram crossing has told an inquest it was the first time she'd used it.
:01:14. > :01:18.13`year`old Lindsey Inger was hit as she walked across with friends at
:01:19. > :01:22.Moor Bridge near Hucknall. The tram driver told the hearing
:01:23. > :01:25.that there was absolutely nothing he could have done to avoid hitting
:01:26. > :01:27.her. Lindsey's family said they didn't blame him. Here's our Chief
:01:28. > :01:40.News reporter Quentin Rayner. Lindsey was killed when she and
:01:41. > :01:53.three other girls crossed the tram crossing to get to one of the
:01:54. > :01:59.friend's houses. Adrian described as very experienced, was driving the
:02:00. > :02:09.tram. He blew his horn and slow down when he saw three of the girls in
:02:10. > :02:14.the middle of the lane. He kept thinking to himself, move, move. He
:02:15. > :02:21.said she count `` casually carried on walking by until the commission.
:02:22. > :02:27.`` collision. He applied the breaks and there was a deadly silence. A
:02:28. > :02:30.family member told him that they didn't blame him and didn't want him
:02:31. > :02:37.living with guilds. One passenger said she had seen Lindsey but she
:02:38. > :02:44.had to turn away when she knew the tram was going to hit her. Gary on
:02:45. > :02:49.the right said he heard screams and stroked Lindsey's arm but she wasn't
:02:50. > :02:55.conscious. The tram horn was sounded five seconds before the collision.
:02:56. > :03:00.From analysing CCTV, it wasn't possible to tell whether she had
:03:01. > :03:05.looked to her right at the oncoming tram. There was nothing to suggest
:03:06. > :03:09.she had been distracted by a phone or if phones. She had almost catch a
:03:10. > :03:17.bus crossed the tram line when she was hit and was centimetres from
:03:18. > :03:20.safety. One qui `` A verdict is expected tomorrow but one key
:03:21. > :03:25.question won't be answered will it? No and it's the question everyone
:03:26. > :03:29.wants answered. Why did Lindsey decide to cross the tramline and end
:03:30. > :03:32.up getting hit by the 40 tonne tram? The Nottinghamshire coroner Maureen
:03:33. > :03:34.Casey has been at pains to explain to Lindsay's family that she
:03:35. > :03:34.understands why 0 to Lindsay's family that she
:03:35. > :03:35.understands why they 0 to Lindsay's family that she
:03:36. > :03:38.understands why they need to know. But she told them today that that
:03:39. > :03:41.question is unanswerable and despite all the investigations, we just
:03:42. > :03:54.won't know why Lindsey crossed when she did.
:03:55. > :04:02.There is now a fail`safe option now. A footbridge has been built which
:04:03. > :04:07.will eliminate the risk of this ever happening again. One of our county
:04:08. > :04:10.councils has announced further cuts to the services it provides and
:04:11. > :04:13.admits vulnerable people may be hit the hardest.
:04:14. > :04:17.Derbyshire's planning to increase council tax by 2%, but still has to
:04:18. > :04:28.make tens of millions of pounds of savings. Here's our political
:04:29. > :04:32.reporter Chris Doidge. Last week, it was addled scare, today a further
:04:33. > :04:38.swathe of council services in Derbyshire will put on the chopping
:04:39. > :04:45.block. It is not a happy day for us. The county council has two save ?157
:04:46. > :04:48.million from its budget by 2018 and announced that even the most
:04:49. > :04:53.important services cannot be entirely protected. Among those
:04:54. > :04:59.taking a hit of potholes. Maintenance will lose ?2 million a
:05:00. > :05:03.year. Up to seven children Centres will go. Library opening hours will
:05:04. > :05:12.be reduced and the council will review its spending. We do have few
:05:13. > :05:20.options now. All the easy options have gone. It is the worst at the
:05:21. > :05:23.moment. What is so frustrating is we `` is if we have been in power over
:05:24. > :05:27.the previous four years we could have anticipated the scale of these
:05:28. > :05:40.cuts and would have started to shape services differently. We spent four
:05:41. > :05:46.years making the cuts we needed to make and every single one of those
:05:47. > :05:48.cuts was objected to by a neighbour who had banners and protests and now
:05:49. > :05:48.they seem to 0 who had banners and protests and now
:05:49. > :05:49.they seem to be 0 who had banners and protests and now
:05:50. > :05:55.they seem to be saying we should have done more vote for them. There
:05:56. > :05:58.are more than 80 cuts set out in these documents but with some of the
:05:59. > :06:02.details still unclear, it is not certain who will be affected by them
:06:03. > :06:06.the most. The county council does know that with vulnerable people
:06:07. > :06:13.most reliant upon them, it is likely that they will be severely affected
:06:14. > :06:16.by some of the proposals in here. One of our police forces generated
:06:17. > :06:22.about ?2.5 million from running speed awareness courses for drivers
:06:23. > :06:26.caught going over the limit. The courses began in 2009. Figures
:06:27. > :06:32.obtained by BBC Radio Nottingham show that more than 80,000 motorists
:06:33. > :06:35.have taken part. The attendance cost for drivers has risen by more than
:06:36. > :06:40.40% since the courses started and now stands at over ?90 each. The
:06:41. > :06:43.police claim the courses have help reduce casualty figures and in turn
:06:44. > :06:55.cut the costs associated with serious accidents.
:06:56. > :06:58.It is justified and necessary. That money is used to support the
:06:59. > :07:05.partnership. We employ 44 people who do all the work to process people
:07:06. > :07:10.that get caught speeding. That money pays their salaries. The money we
:07:11. > :07:14.have spare is being put back into digital cameras. Nine out of ten
:07:15. > :07:19.drivers learned by it. They don't get caught again and learn by the
:07:20. > :07:22.educational courses that they do. Today, though, the way money is
:07:23. > :07:25.raised through speed awareness courses has been criticised. A
:07:26. > :07:29.little earlier we spoke to the founder of the Drivers' Union, Keith
:07:30. > :07:33.Peat, who is also a former traffic police officer. His group aims to
:07:34. > :07:42.promote the rights of drivers as well as safe motoring. The issue is
:07:43. > :07:45.the fact that we have a speeding industry including companies that
:07:46. > :07:53.are running courses with all their staff, their tutors, their whole
:07:54. > :07:58.basis of which means we have `` we need speeders. It is not in their
:07:59. > :08:04.interest to stop speeding. What is happening is speeding is actually
:08:05. > :08:08.being encouraged by ignoring the zones where it automatically entices
:08:09. > :08:13.people to inadvertently speed. I think the police will take you up on
:08:14. > :08:19.your use of the word, entice. They always say the main problems on our
:08:20. > :08:26.roads are cars that go too fast. Too fast is a different issue and that
:08:27. > :08:34.is the fault. It is deliberate mingling and the profiteers stepping
:08:35. > :08:35.in. Mostly it is below the speed limit and that is where most
:08:36. > :08:39.accidents 0 limit and that is where most
:08:40. > :08:45.accidents are caused. Let us take our attention to the causes. The
:08:46. > :08:48.police say they help stop people reoffending and the money is used
:08:49. > :08:53.for safety measures within the locality that the courses take
:08:54. > :09:00.place. My concept of road safety isn't about threatening drivers,
:09:01. > :09:07.coercing them into paying money to private companies or else they get
:09:08. > :09:12.prosecuted. That is not my concept of safety. As far as the courses are
:09:13. > :09:17.concerned, they run private companies for profit. This is wrong.
:09:18. > :09:20.Somebody has got to run the courses. Thank you very much for speaking to
:09:21. > :09:23.us. 0 us.
:09:24. > :09:26.The NHS is to investigate Jimmy Savile's connections with a
:09:27. > :09:29.children's home in Leicestershire. Savile is believed to have abused
:09:30. > :09:32.hundreds of victims around the country, many of them youngsters.
:09:33. > :09:35.Woodhouse Eaves Children's Convalescent Home in Leicester is
:09:36. > :09:42.the 33rd NHS organisation to come under review. It's now closed.
:09:43. > :09:44.Leicester NHS Trust says an incident may have occurred more than 40 years
:09:45. > :09:50.ago. Two men have been charged after
:09:51. > :09:54.three people were attacked on a busy street in Leicester. The incident
:09:55. > :09:57.closed part of East Park Road. A 25`year`old man has been charged
:09:58. > :10:02.with two counts of attempted murder and one of wounding and conspiracy
:10:03. > :10:06.to murder. A 43`year`old man has been charged with conspiracy to
:10:07. > :10:08.commit murder. Derby's velodrome will feature
:10:09. > :10:12.cutting`edge technology to help everything run as smoothly as
:10:13. > :10:15.possible. The city council's released a customer experience guide
:10:16. > :10:20.to the venue which should open in a year's time. The publication has
:10:21. > :10:26.revealed that the velodrome will remember your shoe size. And staff
:10:27. > :10:34.will carry tablet computers at busy times to take bookings.
:10:35. > :10:36.A woman from Leicester says she's lost everything after falling for a
:10:37. > :10:40.stranger on 0 lost everything after falling for a
:10:41. > :10:43.stranger on a dating website. 53`year`old Ann Bowen ended up
:10:44. > :10:49.paying out ?2,000 to help the man she met online.
:10:50. > :10:57.Now she wants to warn others about the very real dangers of online
:10:58. > :11:03.fraud. Eleanor Garnier reports. It was loneliness that drove and to
:11:04. > :11:09.look for love online. It wasn't long before she found someone. Same`macro
:11:10. > :11:16.he has been in the Army for many years and wanted to retire. He said
:11:17. > :11:20.he wanted to come home to me. It is nice and flattering to start with
:11:21. > :11:27.and then you start thinking, does he really? Is this a con? Aye her fears
:11:28. > :11:31.intensified when she started getting e`mails asking for money. She hadn't
:11:32. > :11:38.spoken on the phone to this man but he asked her to pay a ?2000 admin
:11:39. > :11:43.fee so he could secure his US Army pension. If you've transferred by
:11:44. > :11:48.way of a bank account, there are steps that law enforcement could
:11:49. > :11:54.take but it is time dependent. The reality is by the time you are aware
:11:55. > :12:01.of this, the money has gone. She isn't the only one. Figures show
:12:02. > :12:05.that around one in four people across Great Britain will have used
:12:06. > :12:11.a dating website at some point. They say out of all the people they serve
:12:12. > :12:16.eight, around 40% had come across fake profiles and 20% had been asked
:12:17. > :12:26.for money by someone they have been contacting online. She now wants to
:12:27. > :12:33.warn others about the dangers of `` online fraud. I have nothing. I have
:12:34. > :12:38.no gas, I have no money to pay bills, I am totally reliant on money
:12:39. > :12:45.coming into my account next week to be able to have some heat. I have no
:12:46. > :12:50.food, Mike freezer and covers all empty and I have no one to turn to.
:12:51. > :12:55.`` my freezer. Still to come ` war memorial maintenance. Remembering
:12:56. > :12:59.the fallen comes at a cost ` now one council's looking for sponsors to
:13:00. > :13:04.help out. It is all change with the weather.
:13:05. > :13:10.We are on the move once again. Join me for the details later.
:13:11. > :13:16.There are more signs tonight that the Government's welfare reforms are
:13:17. > :13:21.starting to bite. The number of applications for help with paying
:13:22. > :13:23.the rent has risen sharply. That's been put down to
:13:24. > :13:29.deficit`cutting measures like the spare room subsidy, bedroom tax and
:13:30. > :13:31.the benefit cap. Our social affairs correspondent Jeremy Ball has been
:13:32. > :13:40.asking local housing authorities just what's happening. Jeremy.
:13:41. > :13:45.Discretionary Housing Payments made by councils, the people you can't
:13:46. > :13:49.pay the rent. They are available to tenants on housing benefit or
:13:50. > :13:49.Universal Credit is. We have asked for 0
:13:50. > :13:53.Universal Credit is. We have asked for a snapshot of what's happening.
:13:54. > :13:59.They are reporting increases. In Derby, the number of claims has more
:14:00. > :14:03.than trebled from 531 in the last financial year to more than 1600
:14:04. > :14:11.since last April. The value of those claims rose fourfold to ?419,000 and
:14:12. > :14:15.that is with two months still to go. The council says 83% of those
:14:16. > :14:21.applied because of the bedroom tax or spare room subsidy. Smaller
:14:22. > :14:32.councils are seeing the same trend. Charnwood says DHP has increased
:14:33. > :14:37.325%. A similar story in Nottingham. Debs was threatened with eviction
:14:38. > :14:41.before her DHP was approved. That is because the housing benefit changes
:14:42. > :14:51.left her with a rent bill for two spare rooms that used to be used by
:14:52. > :14:55.her son and Graham `` grandson. I have tried to find another place but
:14:56. > :15:03.I haven't had any luck. It is either have gas or electric or have food.
:15:04. > :15:05.Debs is one of 1800 tenants in Nottingham who have applied for the
:15:06. > :15:10.Discretionary Housing Payments, claims adding up to half ?1 million.
:15:11. > :15:15.The Labour council says many of those tenants have jobs but still
:15:16. > :15:20.can't afford the rent because their pay is so low. People are applying
:15:21. > :15:26.for its because of the bedroom tax. People are not moving. It is acting
:15:27. > :15:32.as a punishment and not an incentive. For Debs, the prof ``
:15:33. > :15:36.worry of losing her home has been dramatic and her Discretionary
:15:37. > :15:41.Housing Payments have meant all the difference. But now she will have to
:15:42. > :15:46.apply for it all over again. The government has been allocated six
:15:47. > :15:52.point `` millions of pounds to pay for this. They say they have tripled
:15:53. > :15:55.extra funding to ?190 million so they can help vulnerable residents
:15:56. > :15:58.who might need extra help. Nottingham City Council says that is
:15:59. > :16:03.a fraction of what is needed. The government says these reforms are
:16:04. > :16:05.vital and that they are fixing the benefits system.
:16:06. > :16:09.Nottinghamshire County Council is hoping sponsors can be found to help
:16:10. > :16:14.with the upkeep of local war memorials. Officials reckon they've
:16:15. > :16:16.spent around ?500,000 on maintenance and repairs over the past seven
:16:17. > :16:23.years. It's a lot of money in these
:16:24. > :16:26.straitened times. So would local people and businesses be willing to
:16:27. > :16:32.look after some of our historic monuments? Carol Hinds reports.
:16:33. > :16:35.A war 0 monuments? Carol Hinds reports.
:16:36. > :16:42.A war memorial is more than a local landmark, it is an important part of
:16:43. > :16:45.a village or a town's history. In summer 2012, Nottinghamshire County
:16:46. > :16:52.Cricket Club undertook a survey of 95 and monuments within its
:16:53. > :16:56.boundary. They need TLC and a bit of pointing. The Reddington War
:16:57. > :17:02.Memorial is a listed war memorial and it did have more severe signs of
:17:03. > :17:03.deterioration, in particular some of the 0
:17:04. > :17:09.deterioration, in particular some of the steps were subsiding. The survey
:17:10. > :17:17.found the theft of copier `` copper or bronze plaques was a problem.
:17:18. > :17:17.This one was targeted in 2011 by `` and by Remembrance 0
:17:18. > :17:24.This one was targeted in 2011 by `` and by Remembrance Sunday they were
:17:25. > :17:27.able to show the replacement plaque made of granite. Nottinghamshire
:17:28. > :17:37.county council has worked with local groups since 2000 to fund projects
:17:38. > :17:45.and create 23 memorials at a cost of over ?500,000. Would people in West
:17:46. > :17:49.bridge could be willing to help maintain their war memorial? It is
:17:50. > :17:54.part of the community and it is important to remember these people.
:17:55. > :17:57.It should be looked after. It is something every member of the
:17:58. > :18:03.community should take on. It is something you should be proud of. I
:18:04. > :18:10.live in colic and I would be more than happy to help. It is hoped
:18:11. > :18:14.these war memorials will be preserved for many generations to
:18:15. > :18:15.come. Next tonight breast is best, especially for babies born
:18:16. > :18:25.prematurely. 0 prematurely.
:18:26. > :18:28.But not all of their mums are able to produce the milk they need
:18:29. > :18:31.straightaway. That's why Kings Mill Hospital has
:18:32. > :18:35.become the first in the East Midlands to use breast milk donated
:18:36. > :18:45.by other women. Jo Healey has been to meet the first babies to benefit.
:18:46. > :18:52.Luke, Lily and Josh, born seven weeks premature. We decided to give
:18:53. > :18:59.them the donor breastmilk because I didn't have enough breast milk to
:19:00. > :19:03.give them to start with. The doctors advised on that because it is better
:19:04. > :19:09.for them. The donor milk is being pioneered here. Premature babies
:19:10. > :19:14.tolerate breastmilk better and it reduces the risk of them getting a
:19:15. > :19:19.potentially fatal inflammatory bowel disorder. We really know we are
:19:20. > :19:24.giving them the best at this important stage of their
:19:25. > :19:30.development. It is like having a blood transfusion. It is help from
:19:31. > :19:35.another human being. What about the mums? It has taken the pressure of a
:19:36. > :19:42.mum. We have a baby early it often affects your milk supply for a
:19:43. > :19:50.while. They get the donor breastmilk is from bank `` banks. There are 17
:19:51. > :19:55.in the country. I was a bit unsure at first. They told me it was
:19:56. > :20:01.screened and cleaned and it was the right thing for them to do. They
:20:02. > :20:05.have done really well. The trial is running for six months. These three
:20:06. > :20:12.were the first to benefit. They are now thriving.
:20:13. > :20:20.Is that a smile or is it something else? I was just thinking, what is
:20:21. > :20:24.his `` what is he dreaming about? Now for the sport. There's never
:20:25. > :20:27.been a more high profile and exciting time for women's football
:20:28. > :20:31.and for the first time ever Nottingham's about to get a taste of
:20:32. > :20:34.it at the very highest level. A revamped women's Superleague
:20:35. > :20:37.begins in April and Notts County Ladies will be one of the teams in
:20:38. > :20:39.the top tier. They've begun training this week and Kirsty Edwards has
:20:40. > :20:53.been to meet them. Training hard for a big new season.
:20:54. > :20:57.Notts County Ladies are among eight teams chosen to be in the top
:20:58. > :21:02.league. They will be playing their home games on the same pitch as the
:21:03. > :21:06.men are amongst the big clubs come to Meadow Lane will be the current
:21:07. > :21:11.champions, Liverpool and big spending Manchester City. They are
:21:12. > :21:17.not just looking to make up the numbers. They are aiming to make
:21:18. > :21:22.Europe. We don't take second very gracefully so we will be competing.
:21:23. > :21:28.We want to be successful. It won't be instant. We want to do ourselves
:21:29. > :21:31.proud. Can 0 be instant. We want to do ourselves
:21:32. > :21:36.proud. Can we win some silverware? Can we have a cup run? It will be
:21:37. > :21:43.measured over two seasons and ensuring we are in the league. They
:21:44. > :21:48.are training full`time in their bid for success and have made some
:21:49. > :21:54.high`profile signings. A member of internationals are in the side
:21:55. > :21:58.including four England players. I'm hoping with a link with Notts County
:21:59. > :22:05.men, we will get a fewer people coming down and cheering us on. It
:22:06. > :22:11.gives you that extra 10% of energy. Hopefully we can do Nottingham
:22:12. > :22:18.proud. The amount of funding and coverage we are getting is amazing.
:22:19. > :22:24.We are shocked and excited about it. Hopefully we will get a very good
:22:25. > :22:29.crowd at nap `` at Notts County. This is a new dawn for women's
:22:30. > :22:30.football and these players hope the next few 0
:22:31. > :22:31.football and these players hope the next few months will see the game
:22:32. > :22:38.become bigger than ever. I wonder if the arrival of the women
:22:39. > :22:41.is what's inspired the Notts County men to up their game, recently? They
:22:42. > :22:46.go to Peterborough this evening looking for their fourth win on the
:22:47. > :22:49.trot. Full commentary is on BBC Radio Nottingham and coverage starts
:22:50. > :22:53.just after our programme finishes. So that's good timing.
:22:54. > :22:59.I'm going to leave you with the build up to the Winter Olympics in
:23:00. > :23:00.Sochi. They're next month and we have genuine 0 0
:23:01. > :23:16.Sochi. They're next month and we have genuine medal chances here in
:23:17. > :23:26.the East Midlands. Our short track speed skaters go with great hopes.
:23:27. > :23:31.My main job is getting out there and giving it my best shot. I hope
:23:32. > :23:39.things pan out well. Obviously you want to. This week is about picking
:23:40. > :23:46.up the clothing for Sochi. There is a photo booth also for a few laughs.
:23:47. > :23:51.It is pulling on the clothes that make you part of Team GB. Even for
:23:52. > :23:58.the most experienced member of this speed skating squad, it doesn't get
:23:59. > :23:58.old. I really enjoyed going through and 0
:23:59. > :23:58.old. I really enjoyed going through and having 0
:23:59. > :24:05.old. I really enjoyed going through and having a personal shopper with
:24:06. > :24:09.me. These Olympics aren't a first for Penny Combs and Nick Buckland,
:24:10. > :24:12.this time they go with a European bronze medal to their names. We talk
:24:13. > :24:12.a 0 0 bronze medal to their names. We talk
:24:13. > :24:16.a lot 0 bronze medal to their names. We talk
:24:17. > :24:19.a lot from it. We got a huge amount of experience and we haven't
:24:20. > :24:24.experienced that kind of pressure before. We can take that to the
:24:25. > :24:31.Olympic Games which is something that will be invaluable. There is
:24:32. > :24:35.plenty to inspire them and they have impressed Robin Cousins. After
:24:36. > :24:39.seeing the performance last weekend, it was much better than I was
:24:40. > :24:46.expecting. It sets them up for Sochi, not this year, but four years
:24:47. > :24:53.time. Penny has just said to me, we can do it better. It could be
:24:54. > :24:58.Britain's best post`Winter games and here, we will have played a big
:24:59. > :25:06.part. I am quite excited now. They are
:25:07. > :25:08.probably used to the weather now. People have been saying it is mild,
:25:09. > :25:23.but today, it was freezing. Fog has been an issue. This
:25:24. > :25:29.photograph was taken over wood bred this morning. If you have any more
:25:30. > :25:32.like that, keep them coming in. There is some fog forming over
:25:33. > :25:37.eastern parts but it will be short lived tonight because we are
:25:38. > :25:48.replacing with the rain. We have a line of weather fronts in the
:25:49. > :25:51.Atlantic. We are saving the best till last. The weather is on the
:25:52. > :26:04.move. There will be some spells of rape. There will be some `` there
:26:05. > :26:11.will be some spells of rain. The wind will start to pick up. It will
:26:12. > :26:11.reach all of us through the early hours of 0
:26:12. > :26:18.reach all of us through the early hours of the morning. It is with us
:26:19. > :26:28.throughout the night. At least we are frog and frost free. `` fog. It
:26:29. > :26:32.is a damp start tomorrow. There is uncertainty when this rain will come
:26:33. > :26:38.out of the way. It will clear out of the way and most of us will be dry
:26:39. > :26:46.into the afternoon. There is some cloud for a time. It is feeling a
:26:47. > :26:49.little warmer. We get a window of dry weather for Wednesday night
:26:50. > :26:54.before the next weather system starts zooming in off the Atlantic
:26:55. > :26:55.into Thursday. A repeat performance on Thursday. It will 0
:26:56. > :26:59.into Thursday. A repeat performance on Thursday. It will be a dry stop
:27:00. > :27:02.at the rain is pushing him quickly. That will clear out of the way so it
:27:03. > :27:05.is drier and brighter for the afternoon.
:27:06. > :27:15.I think it will `` I think I will stay in bed longer for the sun to
:27:16. > :27:17.come up. See you on late news.