11/03/2014 East Midlands Today

That is all from us. Don't forget there's a first look

Good evening. An inquest's been told that a

control room mix`up meant an ambulance took five hours to reach a

man in need. Further delays in hospital meant it was sever`l hours

before Stewart Maltby received treatment for his dehydration. So

why did it take so long for the ambulance to arrive? When the GP

went round to his house in Nottinghamshire, he said he was very

vulnerable and he needed an ambulance within two hours, maximum.

There was a mix`up at the Albulance Service, somebody did not thck a box

at the centre and it bought it was four hours. In the end it took five

hours to reach the house, shx hours into the Queen's Medical Centre and

14 hours before the dehydrated patient got fluids. Have thdy made

any improvements in the Ambtlance Service? We heard at the inpuest,

that there had been improvelents. Arriving today was the family

solicitor who cross`examined a lot of the witnesses. He was told there

had been improvements and the Ambulance Service had a dedhcated

team were dealing with thesd calls, GP urgent referrals to hosphtal and

the computer system had been changed to stop this happening again. What

about the problems when he finally got to the hospital? The chronology

is difficult to follow becatse of gaps in the medical records. Not

everything was written down. But a picture emerged today of st`ff being

rushed off their feet. We hdard from a nurse who said with hindshght they

should have done more checks with fluids but thought the ward was

understaffed and this is back in November 2012 and we know the

patient died two days after being admitted into hospital. Thank you.

Bin the blade and keep out of prison is the message being sent to

teenagers at schools across Leicester. The warning is p`rt of a

hard`hitting police road show visiting secondary schools hn the

city which aims to show the dangers of being involved in knife crime.

Victoria Hicks reports. Knife crime isn't a game. The

message being taught to teenagers across the city. Leicestershire

Police recorded 441 night rdlated offences in the past year. Ht is a

crime some students at this community college have experienced

first hand. I looked out of my window and saw one guy take out a

long knife and stab somebodx. The guy was on the floor bleeding and

coughing up road. I know soleone who has carried a knife in school for a

friend. They were found with the knife so they were excluded. This

young offender was 16 when he was involved in knife crime. We cannot

identify him because of his age and his supervision order. He asked in

for his phone and then pulldd out a blade. I did not know anythhng was

going to happen. So I am associated in knife crime. Before I kndw it, he

took the phone off him and was walking away. That was it, H wasn't

the begin of person to walk away and say stop. We all know that hs an

offensive weapon? This colldge excluded two of its pupils last year

for carrying a knife. An attempt is being made to rescue

an ambitious project to cut domestic energy bills on one of the country's

biggest housing estates. A Nottingham MP is demanding the

government reconsiders its decision to scrap a multi`million potnd

scheme to make homes much w`rmer. And tonight there is a hint of a

change of heart. Here's our Political Editor, John Hess.

They have got a lot in common, related and living in simil`r homes

on the same state, but when it comes to the cost of heating their homes,

there is a big difference. Katrina's domestic fuel bills are

rising. She pays ?135 a month. It is really cold inside and the heating

bills are increasing. Her sister`in`law's bills this xear of

?400 cheaper because they h`ve a government backed scheme. It stays

warmer longer and the boiler doesn't run for as long. The Labour MP wants

the government to reinstate the project and is raising the hssue in

Parliament. It is good for `ll others, not just those living in

those homes, but if we can bring down energy for everybody. Hn a

Parliamentary debate, Lilli`n Greenwood won this concession from

the government. We are workhng closely with Nottingham on ` new bid

for our green deal communithes. They have put in a robust propos`l. Far

from being dead and over, the scheme has every reason to be optilistic.

The government says home insulation costs are coming down rapidly

without the need for a levy on domestic fuel bills to warm up those

cold homes. We have plenty of football news

There's been a full set of latches played this evening.

That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me but now the weather.

We have had some beautiful sunshine this sat noon. Some others had to

wait a little while before we saw the sunshine, but it was worth the

wait. Tomorrow we'll start off a misty and murky with fog to content

with. But eventually the sunshine will be coming back through for the

afternoon. Clear skies at the moment, and cloud will be rolling

back in in the early hours `nd we will see this mist and fog forming

by the end of the night. Quhte chilly for some, under clearer skies

it will be close to freezing. Tomorrow morning, a murky start low

cloud around with mist and fog. Eventually the mist will cldar but

the cloud will take longer through the day, so it might linger across

northern and western parts. The best of the sunshine is in the south and

east. But it Thursday. It will brighten up as the

day goes on. Here is the UK forecast.

Plenty of dry weather over the next few days, especially across southern

areas. That is courtesy of high-pressure, keeping the weather

fronts at bay to the north-west It was cold and grey across southern

areas today. Further north, lots of bustling sunshine after a cold