22/01/2014 East Midlands Today

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This is East Midlands Today with Quentin Rayner and me, Anne Davies.

This is East Midlands Today with Quentin Rayner and me, Anne Davies.

Tonight: The family of a teenager hit by a tram say more should have

been done to save her life. Good evening and welcome to

Wednesday's programme. First tonight, the family of a

teenager hit by a tram say a new footbridge should have been built

there years ago. That should have been 0

there years ago. That should have been there 0

there years ago. That should have been there years ago after people

had been killed. Investigations are underway after a man was killed at

this planned in Derbyshire. It is reasonable to ban fizzy drinks and

sweets. I really do think it is reasonable. And the blue plaque that

has gone up on one of the East Midlands's for most industrialists

and how the house itself is coming back to life.

The family of a teenager hit by a tram says a new footbridge should

have been built years ago. Today a coroner ruled Lindsey's death was an

accident. The 13`year`old was killed as she

crossed the tramline at Hucknall in Nottinghamshire just over a year

ago. Lindsey's was the third death at the same crossing in four years.

After the verdict, Lindsey's mother and sister spoke to Jo Healey. She

was my girl, she was my friend, my daughter. She was my soul mate. Just

over a 0 daughter. She was my soul mate. Just

over a year ago, she lost her. Lindsey was hit by a tram. It was

the first time she had used the crossing. The driver was said to be

blameless. This is what her sister said to him after the inquest. Don't

set and blame yourself. The family do not blame you. He was there at

the accident. Probably the only one who saw most of the accident. So

that is the love for him to live with. I could see a big relief, a

weight come off his shoulders. That man must have a vision of Lindsey in

his head all of the time. On the windscreen of the tram. He has got

to have that vision and I could not live with 0

to have that vision and I could not live with that. My heart goes out to

him. There is now a ?1.5 million footbridge over the crossing, opened

last autumn about a year after Lindsey was killed. It is too late,

that bridge should have been there years ago after other people had got

injured and killed. I think the reason the bridge is there now is

because we would not let it rest. The coroner said she hoped it would

prevent any other family suffering as Lindsey's had. I would hate

anybody else to have to go through this, I really would. It is

horrible. I am glad to see the bridge put up, but it was too late.

Next tonight, the factory accident that's claimed a life. 56`year`old

man was killed after becoming trapped between two lorries at

Toyota in Derbyshire. Police were called to Burnaston just after

midnight. Our reporter Amy Harris is outside the factory for us now. Amy

what more can you tell us about what happened?

Police officers were called to the Toyota factory here in Burnaston,

just south of Derby, at 12.40am this morning, to a report of a man

trapped between two lorries. The 56`year`old was declared dead at the

scene. And tonight a joint investigation is underway.

Flags were flying at half`mast today at the Toyota car plant in earnest

and, where last night and man was crushed to death between two

lorries. The 56`year`old lorry driver from Suffolk was not a Toyota

employee but worked for a logistics company. He has not been formally

identified, but his family has been informed. As yet, it is not clear

what happened, but police and members of the Health and Safety

Executive are investigating his death. Officers say there don't

appear to be any suspicious circumstances. No one from Toyota

would speak on camera but the company issued a statement. They say

it is with great regret we had a severe incident on site last night

which resulted in a lorry driver receiving serious injuries, sadly

resulting in his death. They go on to say, we extend our condolences to

the driver's family and friends. For the 3000 workers here, it has been a

difficult day as they come to terms with the death of a man who was

killed on site doing his job. The news has shocked the workforce here.

Many of the staff will be asking how this could happen and why. Those

questions will no doubt be answered in the investigation, which is

underway and I am told it will take many months. Later in the programme:

A packed and varied sports bulletin, including the top Olympic stars

who're pulling in the crowds in their determination to get more

girls more active. A Leicester MP is calling on an

education authority to ban sugar completely from schools. Keith Vaz

says hidden calories are contributing to an epidemic of

childhood obesity. Now he wants Leicester City Council to become the

first in the country to encourage sugar`free canteens and vending

machines. Eleanor Garnier has been looking at the issue. So Eleanor,

just how hidden is sugar? You might be surprised at just how

hidden it can be. In fact Keith Vaz says manufacturers are actually

misleading us about the amount of sugar in food and drinks. Did you

know this? One can of tomato soup can contain as much as four

teaspoons of sugar. Even a low fat yoghurt can have up to five

teaspoons in it. And the one we all know about, a can of fizzy drink `

well that can have up to nine teaspoons of sugar. And it's all

part of the problem of childhood obesity.

A healthy school lunch but just how many pupils are getting one?

Students at their school in Leicester have special needs and

many have individual dietary requirements. This school prides

itself on healthy eating but fears have been raised about childhood

obesity with a Leicester MP declaring a war on sugar. Keith Vaz

has written to the City Council urging all schools in Leicester to

go sugar free. I think it is very important that people understand

sugar is not good for their health will stop at the moment we have

sugar available quite freely in drinks and food in our schools. And

with obesity rates we have got, it is important we act immediately. The

local authority will not commit to a total ban but is welcoming the idea.

I think it is reasonable to ban fizzy drinks and sweets. I do think

it is reasonable, because it is not just about obesity and diabetes. It

is about behaviour in the classroom and also about dental decay. Most

parents and grandparents we spoke to would like to see a ban on sugar. I

hate sugar so I would ban it completely. I don't think it's any

good for anybody. It is a good idea because I don't know, I would never

give my kids fizzy drinks and would not want them to have access to it

if I wasn't in control of that access. It is about diet in general.

Banning in sugar in schools might be a big gas, but the warning dash if

ignored we will have generations of overweight children destined to grow

up into overweight adults. Now another surprise, more than half of

all adults are expected to be obese by 2050 so it's hoped reducing sugar

at a young age will have considerable health benefits.

Police are warning drug users they face extra dangers from fake pills

after a 19`year`old died in Derbyshire. Officers were called to

Leabrooks near Alfreton by ambulance crews treating the teenager for

suspected ecstasy use. He died later in hospital. Tests have shown the

tablets he took didn't contain genuine ecstasy or MDMA, but other

substances. A 16`year`old boy and an 18`year`old woman have been

arrested. Police say it's a growing problem. MDMA on its own can kill

you. Not many people die from it but some every year. They are putting a

cocktail of drugs together to mimic the effects of ecstasy. It is the

cock tale causing the problems in many cases.

All three Chambers of Commerce have welcomed what they call "good news"

for jobs and employment in the East Midlands. There are now 149,000

people unemployed according to the latest quarterly figures from the

Office for National Statistics. That's down 28,000 from the previous

three months and gives an unemployment rate of 6.4%, which is

just below the national average. A man has been airlifted to hospital

after being struck by a train near Newark Northgate Station. He was

taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham with serious head

injuries. Network Rail has confirmed that he was a member of their

on`track team. There's been major disruption to train services.

Travellers are being warned that journeys through the station may

still be delayed for up to two hours.

You're watching East Midlands Today from the BBC. Still to come: Derby

honours one of its greatest industrialists as his former home is

restored to its former glory. What a difference a year makes. This

time last year we were showing new snowy scenes like this one, but the

best we can do tonight is a few wintry showers over the peak

district. You may recall the homeowners who

were left in the lurch after paying out thousands of pounds for

insulation. British Gas pulled its funding after the government changed

the rules on how energy`saving schemes are operated. This has had a

big effect on the Clifton estate. They had hoped to be warmer this

winter, instead many homeowners on the Clifton estate in Nottingham

suffered the chill of disappointment.

British Gas withdrew ?5 million worth of installation ten days ago,

giving 90 days notice. The company blamed government changes to what is

called the energy companies obligation. Their green levies added

to everybody's gas and electric bills, but they will be cut. It will

result in cheaper bills but there won't you money to insulates the

concrete homes in Clifton. It had seemed so different back in

September. That is when the council, and con tractors and the local MP,

Lillian Greenwood encouraged people to come 0

Lillian Greenwood encouraged people to come forward to get subsidised

installation. Tonight, British Gas said it was still talking to the

council about setting up a replacement. But how much money

would be available is unclear. Lillian Greenwood is the local MP

for those residents and met the energy minister a few hours ago.

Lillian, what has the Minister said this afternoon? We got warm words

but no certainty about warm homes. He said he will meet with Rajesh gas

and is meeting the chairman of Centrica and we'll talk to them

about trying to get them to agree to make sure all the people who signed

up have got their work completed. He said he wanted to work with those in

Nottingham and work with the department to come up with a

solution. But the truth is we don't know any more certainty from

residents than we did today. It is a shambles. You are the City Council

who promoted this scheme, shouldn't you have made certain before

encouraging residents to go work ahead with it? The scheme was

working, but the government changed the rules in concerns about energy

services. It has pulled the rug under the scheme. Have there been

any apologies to the people of Clifton? He did not apologise, but

he is concerned. I told him about some of the residents who felt they

had been let down by this government, particularly those who

are homeowners, the hard`working people the Prime Minister claims to

stand up for. Not great news for them at the moment, but thanks for

joining us. If you are a resident and are worried whether you are a

council tenant or a home owner, there is a helpline:

The man behind genetic fingerprinting and the vice`chairman

of Leicester City have both been given honorary degrees today.

Sir Alec Jeffreys, who developed genetic fingerprinting at the

University of Leicester in the 1980s received an honorary Doctor of

Science from De Montfort University. While the man who became Leicester

vice`chairman in 2011, is now an honorary Doctor of Business

Administration. Congrats generations for both of

them. `` congratulations. Shall we have some sport? One of the

big stories, abuse on Twitter. That is what we start with. The former

Leicester City and Nottingham Forest striker, Stan Collymore, has accused

the social media site Twitter of not doing enough to combat abusive

messages. Over the last 48 hours he's says he's been subjected to

racism and threats to kill from internet abusers known as trolls.

Former footballer, Stan Collymore is now a sports broadcaster and

expresses strong views on the game. He cheated and he dived to get a

penalty. His forthright but honest opinion resulted in him receiving a

flood of abuse on Twitter. Over the last 48 hours it has essentially

been explicit racial Bruce. On top of that, direct threat to kill. The

former Nottingham Forest and Leicester City player has made a

complaint to the police who are investigating. People see there is

nothing being done. Not only do they not rather deleting tweets of a

racist, sexist and homophobic nature, they open several accounts

and drag other people and other trolls who go on abusing people. Is

Twitter, perhaps some would argue a reflection of the state of society?

Maybe so. But I walk around media city here in Salford and somebody

racially abuse is me, it is still a reflection of one person in society.

But they dealt with and I am asking Twitter to do the same. Stan, who

celebrates his 42nd birthday today has widespread support from the East

Midlands foot wall family. I would not expect anything less from the

fans, to be fair. They go to the past and say Stan Collymore did

this, this and this. This could be your son, your daughter your uncle

who are being mocked for religious beliefs, being mocked the

disability. Birthday or not, out of banging the drum and hopefully

Twitter will respond sooner rather than later. Twitter says abuse is

against the rules but does not comment on individual cases.

Onto transfer news and Leicester City striker Martyn Waghorn is being

linked with a host of clubs, with Blackburn reported to be a potential

destination for the 23`year`old. In last night's football Notts

County lost for the first time this year at Peterborough. The game saw

seven goals, a red card and plenty of drama, as Tom Brown reports.

This was a match that had everything, a rejuvenated Notts

County going for four wins in a row started the strongest. Four minutes

in, there was some sloppy defending. County's pace and trickery were

causing problems. Three minutes later a cross from the right was

racked `` met by Roman Murray who just beat the keeper. After 15

minutes, the match took its first major twist. And off the ball

incident led to Ryan Murray getting a red card and Notts County were

down to ten men. That woke the home side up. First they pulled one back

through this neat turn in the box. Then came the equaliser after the

break. They had, County's early hopes shot down. Then came the goal

of the match. With 16 minutes to go. But Shaun Derry's Magpies are made

of tough stuff and two minutes later they were back on level terms.

Squeezing in an equaliser and it was three goals apiece. It looked like

the ten men would hold on for an heroic point, even when Peter Boro

did have the ball in the net, the Mac dies was saved by the flag. ``

Magpies. But this goalmouth scramble, led to Peter Boro's

winner. That is the first defeat to 2014 for Nottingham County, but

Derry will not be too disheartened. Two of our ever most successful

female Olympians have been in the East Midlands today. Gail Adams and

Katherine Grainger were in Nottingham to try to get more girls

in sport. No shortage of enthusiasm from these

girls. Two Olympic medallists providing inspiration. Despite all

of the medals and success over recent years, it is the girls that

are showing less activity. They are doing less activity than boys by the

age of nine. I doubt of 14 only 12% of girls are active. At 15, half as

many boys `` girls are taking the recommended amount of exercise. It

is their teenage years, if they drop out then it is hard to get them

back. I think body image is key to this debate. If you can get the

message across you don't have to be thin and surgically enhance, but you

can be fit and build an attractive image and a great shape I doing

sport. Apart from the issue of body image holding girls back,

campaigners say women's sport needs more coverage to change attitudes.

My mum was a woman's footballer. When she was 19 she played in the

World Cup and had to pay her own way to get there. This is only a few

years after England won the World Cup. Every time she was training on

the football pitch, she got shouted abuse at. Only now we are seeing

women's football on TV. If girls need any more convincing, this is

what it feels like to win an Olympic gold. You dream about it your whole

athletic Elliott, career. But doing it in London, it was magic. Six

months to the Commonwealth games and the girls are catching the boys up.

Think of the mega`rich today and the names Bill Gates or Roman Abramovich

probably spring to mind. But go back 200 years, and their equivalents are

Richard Arkwright and Jedediah Strutt. The two men virtually

invented the industrial revolution, right here in the East Midlands.

Today, Strutt, who perfected the art of stocking`making, was honoured

with a blue plaque in his name. James Roberson reports.

Sitting on one of the finest Georgian streets, Friar gatehouse in

Derby, an 18th`century building which was the final home of Jedediah

Strutt. Struts, owned the technology to knit stockings, formed the former

ship with Richard Arkwright. They founded the world's first factories,

Cotton Mills on the River Derwent and Milford. Immensely wealthy,

Strutt, never forgot his roots. Jedediah Strutt was a giant of the

industrial revolution. An entrepreneur but he looked after his

workers. At one stage he had eight Mills and with over 2000 3000 ``

2000, 3000 employees. While Strutt built modest cottages for his

workers, his family built this mansion. The new owner is turning

its back into a family home but also a showcase for his design business

which is moving back from Nottingham to Derby. I grew up here. I used to

look up the architect jet and think it was wonderful. It is a mini Pall

mall. I always thought I would move back here. We just fell in love with

this building. Today, William was Bert is the plaque unveiled. Blue

plaques are springing up all over Derby, including this one to another

Strutt. It is the City Council and the civic society recognising the

notables who have lived here in the city. The blue plaque is a permanent

reminder of the people who have a special or a unique place in the

history of Derby. It not only helps us to remember their achievements,

but it also inspires current and future generations.

How fabulous. Good to see Jedediah Arnott. You don't get many people

called Jedediah. `` honoured. Now the weather.

A much colder day in prospect tomorrow. But it was nice to see

sunshine in the middle of the day. But this evening we will see a few

showers and it will turn misty as well as the opportunity for a few

fog patches. We have a few fog patches around at the moment. These

are light but working towards the south`east corner. Could turn wintry

over the Peak District. Where we have the occasional break in the

crowd, that is when we will see mist and fog developing. The cloud will

form again over the next few hours due to a band of showers coming

through. This one is more lively, working its way into the early part

of tomorrow morning. They could beat Dundry, it will be heavy and there

will be wintry showers over the peak district. `` thundery. It is going

to be a colder day with the brisk north`westerly wind. Temperatures

tomorrow will be in the region of six Celsius. But it will feel bitter

outside at times. Friday, we start to see this next band of rain coming

in. There is too warm fronts with us on Friday. The leading edge on

higher ground could turn wintry for a time. At lower levels it should

start to fall as rain. Heavy bursts of rain through Friday. We will pick

up a few showers. On Saturday, it looks like it will be a better day

because it is turning wet and windy again on Sunday. Just as long as it

is snowing for the Winter Olympics. We are back at

We all have hopes and fears for the future