:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from us. A first look at the papers on the news channel. Now
:00:00. > :00:16.we And now the news for the East
:00:17. > :00:18.Midlands, I'm Anne Davies. First tonight ` the continuing
:00:19. > :00:23.crisis at Leicester's Accident and Emergency Department. The unit,
:00:24. > :00:27.which serves a million people, is not meeting waiting times. Ever
:00:28. > :00:33.increasing numbers of patients and delays sending patients home are all
:00:34. > :00:36.part of the problem. Now health campaigners are preparing for talks
:00:37. > :00:43.with the hospital boss to air their concerns. Our health correspondent
:00:44. > :00:47.Rob Sissons reports. Record numbers of patients are being
:00:48. > :00:52.brought to Lester's accident and emergency unit, they want to speak
:00:53. > :00:56.`` be seen quickly. But the centre has been struggling to hit target
:00:57. > :00:57.times. `` Leicester. The national 0
:00:58. > :00:57.times. `` Leicester. The national waiting 0
:00:58. > :01:02.times. `` Leicester. The national waiting time target is
:01:03. > :01:05.to deal with 95% of patients in four hours. In Leicester, the latest
:01:06. > :01:10.week's figures show the hospital trust has only managed 84%, only 74%
:01:11. > :01:12.for 0 trust has only managed 84%, only 74%
:01:13. > :01:17.for major cases. That means it is one of only five trusts in the
:01:18. > :01:24.country were less than eight `` less than 8% of patients are dealt with
:01:25. > :01:28.in four hours. The waiting time on the board was three quarters of an
:01:29. > :01:33.hour. People are the priority, so they need to do something about it.
:01:34. > :01:35.Hospital bosses say the unit was built for 100,000 patients a year,
:01:36. > :01:38.it 0 0 built for 100,000 patients a year,
:01:39. > :01:44.it is now seeing nearly twice that. The aim is simple enough, to keep
:01:45. > :01:48.waiting times down. We are admitting 24 more patients per day than we
:01:49. > :01:55.were doing paid `` previously, and we cannot cope with that level of
:01:56. > :01:59.demand. We currently have between 60 and 80 patients in our beds on any
:02:00. > :02:02.particular day who could be cared for elsewhere in the health
:02:03. > :02:02.economy. Health campaigners are preparing 0
:02:03. > :02:05.economy. Health campaigners are preparing to meet the balls later in
:02:06. > :02:12.the week. Last Monday there were 17 and...
:02:13. > :02:14.Outside, and some patients were away `` left waiting for up to 0
:02:15. > :02:17.Outside, and some patients were away `` left waiting for up to two hours.
:02:18. > :02:21.Things need to change. Could walk in centres do more? A
:02:22. > :02:26.review of what `` waiting times is under way.
:02:27. > :02:27.This review is to provide high quality health care services seven
:02:28. > :02:29.days 0 0 quality health care services seven
:02:30. > :02:34.days a week so people do not need A departments.
:02:35. > :02:42.At Oadby, there are fears some access to GPs could be lost.
:02:43. > :02:46.A Nottinghamshire school is one of ten being removed from the control
:02:47. > :02:51.of a chain of state`funded academies in England. A new sponsor will now
:02:52. > :02:53.have to be found for the Sherwood Academy in Gedling. The decision
:02:54. > :02:56.comes after Ofsted inspectors raised serious concerns about the
:02:57. > :03:06.performance of schools run by the E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.
:03:07. > :03:06.In 0 E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.
:03:07. > :03:08.In 2010 0 0 E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.
:03:09. > :03:12.In 2010 the Gedling School was fighting for survival. The County
:03:13. > :03:16.Council considered closure because of falling pupil numbers. Switching
:03:17. > :03:21.to academy status was an option to keep the school open. The E`ACT
:03:22. > :03:27.trust was chosen, and the director`general made this pledge.
:03:28. > :03:31.We will identify places that they need to improve in order to become
:03:32. > :03:31.more successful and more popular, and we will 0
:03:32. > :03:36.more successful and more popular, and we will secure the future of the
:03:37. > :03:41.school. But following a recent Ofsted inspection, share would
:03:42. > :03:48.academy is among ten stripped from E`ACT's control. Inspectors
:03:49. > :03:52.raided's raised serious concerns. `` they raised serious concerns. I
:03:53. > :03:59.can't see anything wrong with the school. I want my son to achieve, so
:04:00. > :04:03.it is very disturbing and worrying. The new system was designed to
:04:04. > :04:07.remove schools from local authority control. The nu T say this has been
:04:08. > :04:08.a failure, and I think what we are seeing is a demo struggle failure of
:04:09. > :04:10.the policy in relation to 0 seeing is a demo struggle failure of
:04:11. > :04:29.the policy in relation to the academies. 's demonstrable. The
:04:30. > :04:33.trust now has to help find new sponsors for the affected academies.
:04:34. > :04:38.The Government says it acts swiftly to address underperformance in all
:04:39. > :04:42.schools. There will be a post Ofsted discussion evening here next month,
:04:43. > :04:46.the inspectors' report has yet to be published.
:04:47. > :04:49.An ambitious project to put new lighting on Nottingham's historic
:04:50. > :04:53.Trent Bridge has hit an unexpected snag. The plans are now on hold
:04:54. > :04:55.because of concerns that the lights could blind bats living under the
:04:56. > :05:04.bridge's arches. Our political editor John Hess reports.
:05:05. > :05:09.It was back in the summer that we reported on ambitious plans to bring
:05:10. > :05:13.Trent Bridge out of the gloom. Costing ?150,000 and paid for by
:05:14. > :05:15.donations, the idea was to flood the bridge with lighting. 0
:05:16. > :05:18.donations, the idea was to flood the bridge with lighting. We have
:05:19. > :05:21.discovered we have got to consider that. It may well be that is a
:05:22. > :05:28.maternity column underneath the bridge, but we need to wait to me
:05:29. > :05:37.until `` at least to find out. For this bat, Trent which is home from
:05:38. > :05:39.home, as Michael told me. They are often called the water back because
:05:40. > :05:41.they can't 0 0 often called the water back because
:05:42. > :05:45.they can't and feed over water. The light shining directly where the
:05:46. > :05:52.entrance is, that will cause probably abandonment and stop them
:05:53. > :05:55.establish it in the first place. It is the environmental concern over
:05:56. > :05:57.the bats' habitat that will certainly no delay the lighting
:05:58. > :06:03.scheme. Trent Bridge is no stranger to this
:06:04. > :06:08.sort of bad, what could the flying variety stump this ambitious
:06:09. > :06:13.lighting project? `` but good. We are told we could probably find
:06:14. > :06:17.alternative roosting points, sober ways of overcoming it, but it will
:06:18. > :06:18.create further delay. `` so there are ways. 0
:06:19. > :06:18.In 0 0 are ways. 0
:06:19. > :06:19.In football, 0 0 are ways. 0
:06:20. > :06:23.In football, there's one local result tonight. In League Two,
:06:24. > :06:26.Mansfield one ` Bury four. That's your news. So, it's goodbye
:06:27. > :06:35.from me ` but with your weather now, here's Anna Church.
:06:36. > :06:41.from me ` but with your Some shares coming in on Friday, ``
:06:42. > :06:46.Thursday, but otherwise plenty of sunshine to enjoy. A decent looking
:06:47. > :06:54.day tomorrow, and it should feel fairly pleasant. A few showers this
:06:55. > :06:58.evening are starting to fade away. Under this clear skies and the winds
:06:59. > :07:03.easing down, temperatures will be falling. We could see frost on the
:07:04. > :07:07.grass in some places. Tomorrow morning it is a chilly start, but a
:07:08. > :07:14.bright start. Stacks of sunshine, into the afternoon a bit more cloud
:07:15. > :07:19.pushing in from the west. A small chance of a rogue shower or two, but
:07:20. > :07:24.for many of us it is a dry and bright afternoon. The winds will
:07:25. > :07:29.still be quite breezy, and butchers will get up to nine or 10 Celsius.
:07:30. > :07:32.Out of the wind, it will feel quite pleasant.
:07:33. > :07:32.I will leave you with the Outlook, and
:07:33. > :07:37.be rain, clearing into sunshine and showers, Buster once. Then it is
:07:38. > :07:41.more difficult. Susan Powell is here to explain more international focus.
:07:42. > :07:49.Take a glimpse out of the window and the chances they will be starry
:07:50. > :07:53.skies where you are. The showers we have today are dying back to the
:07:54. > :07:57.coast. The breeze is also easing and reclaiming skies and light winds, it
:07:58. > :08:00.will be chilly overnight tonight. The wind will remain keen enough to
:08:01. > :08:04.hold the frost that bay and in the far north-west, bringing in some
:08:05. > :08:05.showers, if going