25/02/2014 East Midlands Today

That's all from us. A first look at the papers on the news channel. Now

we And now the news for the East

Midlands, I'm Anne Davies. First tonight ` the continuing

crisis at Leicester's Accident and Emergency Department. The unit,

which serves a million people, is not meeting waiting times. Ever

increasing numbers of patients and delays sending patients home are all

part of the problem. Now health campaigners are preparing for talks

with the hospital boss to air their concerns. Our health correspondent

Rob Sissons reports. Record numbers of patients are being

brought to Lester's accident and emergency unit, they want to speak

`` be seen quickly. But the centre has been struggling to hit target

times. `` Leicester. The national 0

times. `` Leicester. The national waiting 0

times. `` Leicester. The national waiting time target is

to deal with 95% of patients in four hours. In Leicester, the latest

week's figures show the hospital trust has only managed 84%, only 74%

for 0 trust has only managed 84%, only 74%

for major cases. That means it is one of only five trusts in the

country were less than eight `` less than 8% of patients are dealt with

in four hours. The waiting time on the board was three quarters of an

hour. People are the priority, so they need to do something about it.

Hospital bosses say the unit was built for 100,000 patients a year,

it 0 0 built for 100,000 patients a year,

it is now seeing nearly twice that. The aim is simple enough, to keep

waiting times down. We are admitting 24 more patients per day than we

were doing paid `` previously, and we cannot cope with that level of

demand. We currently have between 60 and 80 patients in our beds on any

particular day who could be cared for elsewhere in the health

economy. Health campaigners are preparing 0

economy. Health campaigners are preparing to meet the balls later in

the week. Last Monday there were 17 and...

Outside, and some patients were away `` left waiting for up to 0

Outside, and some patients were away `` left waiting for up to two hours.

Things need to change. Could walk in centres do more? A

review of what `` waiting times is under way.

This review is to provide high quality health care services seven

days 0 0 quality health care services seven

days a week so people do not need A departments.

At Oadby, there are fears some access to GPs could be lost.

A Nottinghamshire school is one of ten being removed from the control

of a chain of state`funded academies in England. A new sponsor will now

have to be found for the Sherwood Academy in Gedling. The decision

comes after Ofsted inspectors raised serious concerns about the

performance of schools run by the E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.

In 0 E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.

In 2010 0 0 E`ACT trust. Quentin Rayner reports.

In 2010 the Gedling School was fighting for survival. The County

Council considered closure because of falling pupil numbers. Switching

to academy status was an option to keep the school open. The E`ACT

trust was chosen, and the director`general made this pledge.

We will identify places that they need to improve in order to become

more successful and more popular, and we will 0

more successful and more popular, and we will secure the future of the

school. But following a recent Ofsted inspection, share would

academy is among ten stripped from E`ACT's control. Inspectors

raided's raised serious concerns. `` they raised serious concerns. I

can't see anything wrong with the school. I want my son to achieve, so

it is very disturbing and worrying. The new system was designed to

remove schools from local authority control. The nu T say this has been

a failure, and I think what we are seeing is a demo struggle failure of

the policy in relation to 0 seeing is a demo struggle failure of

the policy in relation to the academies. 's demonstrable. The

trust now has to help find new sponsors for the affected academies.

The Government says it acts swiftly to address underperformance in all

schools. There will be a post Ofsted discussion evening here next month,

the inspectors' report has yet to be published.

An ambitious project to put new lighting on Nottingham's historic

Trent Bridge has hit an unexpected snag. The plans are now on hold

because of concerns that the lights could blind bats living under the

bridge's arches. Our political editor John Hess reports.

It was back in the summer that we reported on ambitious plans to bring

Trent Bridge out of the gloom. Costing ?150,000 and paid for by

donations, the idea was to flood the bridge with lighting. 0

donations, the idea was to flood the bridge with lighting. We have

discovered we have got to consider that. It may well be that is a

maternity column underneath the bridge, but we need to wait to me

until `` at least to find out. For this bat, Trent which is home from

home, as Michael told me. They are often called the water back because

they can't 0 0 often called the water back because

they can't and feed over water. The light shining directly where the

entrance is, that will cause probably abandonment and stop them

establish it in the first place. It is the environmental concern over

the bats' habitat that will certainly no delay the lighting

scheme. Trent Bridge is no stranger to this

sort of bad, what could the flying variety stump this ambitious

lighting project? `` but good. We are told we could probably find

alternative roosting points, sober ways of overcoming it, but it will

create further delay. `` so there are ways. 0

In 0 0 are ways. 0

In football, 0 0 are ways. 0

In football, there's one local result tonight. In League Two,

Mansfield one ` Bury four. That's your news. So, it's goodbye

from me ` but with your weather now, here's Anna Church.

from me ` but with your Some shares coming in on Friday, ``

Thursday, but otherwise plenty of sunshine to enjoy. A decent looking

day tomorrow, and it should feel fairly pleasant. A few showers this

evening are starting to fade away. Under this clear skies and the winds

easing down, temperatures will be falling. We could see frost on the

grass in some places. Tomorrow morning it is a chilly start, but a

bright start. Stacks of sunshine, into the afternoon a bit more cloud

pushing in from the west. A small chance of a rogue shower or two, but

for many of us it is a dry and bright afternoon. The winds will

still be quite breezy, and butchers will get up to nine or 10 Celsius.

Out of the wind, it will feel quite pleasant.

I will leave you with the Outlook, and

be rain, clearing into sunshine and showers, Buster once. Then it is

more difficult. Susan Powell is here to explain more international focus.

Take a glimpse out of the window and the chances they will be starry

skies where you are. The showers we have today are dying back to the

coast. The breeze is also easing and reclaiming skies and light winds, it

will be chilly overnight tonight. The wind will remain keen enough to

hold the frost that bay and in the far north-west, bringing in some

showers, if going