:00:12. > :00:15.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Geeta Pendse.
:00:16. > :00:22.Tonight, police forces under fire over their handling of domestic
:00:23. > :00:25.abuse. Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's programme. First tonight
:00:26. > :00:29.` police forces have been accused of putting thousands of people at risk,
:00:30. > :00:35.because of failings in the way they deal with domestic abuse. Councils
:00:36. > :00:43.are accused of siphoning off the funding. Plus the first aid skills
:00:44. > :00:50.that won this life`saver this top award. When you learn that you never
:00:51. > :00:56.think you will have to use it but you do because it does happen. And
:00:57. > :01:10.high hopes for the new Leicester Lions in Speedway. Good evening.
:01:11. > :01:15.Welcome to the programme. Police forces have been accused of putting
:01:16. > :01:19.thousands of people at risk because of failings in the way they deal
:01:20. > :01:22.with domestic abuse. In a scathing report, Her Majesty's Inspectorate
:01:23. > :01:24.of Constabulary has cold for substantial reforms. Nottinghamshire
:01:25. > :01:27.and Derbyshire in particular have been criticised for a lack of
:01:28. > :01:33.knowledge among staff, a backlog of cases and for providing an
:01:34. > :01:39.inconsistent service to victims. Our Chief News reporter Quentin Rayner
:01:40. > :01:46.is here to tell us more. The Inspectorate says this should be a
:01:47. > :01:49.wake`up call to the police. On average they receive an emergency
:01:50. > :01:52.related call every 30 seconds and 77 women were killed last year by their
:01:53. > :01:56.partners or ex`partners. Across the East Midlands it accounts for 10% of
:01:57. > :01:58.all recorded crime, and almost 6,500 incidents of domestic abuse,
:01:59. > :02:06.resulting in injury, were recorded in the year up to last August.
:02:07. > :02:12.Derbyshire is criticised for weaknesses in staff training and
:02:13. > :02:14.gaps in their knowledge. Officers need to fully understand domestic
:02:15. > :02:17.abuse including coercive and psychological control. Significant
:02:18. > :02:21.backlogs are highlighted, and the force has now stopped its policy of
:02:22. > :02:32.closing standard risk cases that aren't processed within its target
:02:33. > :02:37.of seven days. Yes, we need to improve. If the report had come back
:02:38. > :02:43.and said everything was rosy with the constabulary I would have been
:02:44. > :02:47.surprised but we do need to improve and part of the governance
:02:48. > :02:51.arrangements is to come back and make recommendations, we will act on
:02:52. > :02:53.those and we will improve. The Nottinghamshire force is criticised
:02:54. > :02:56.by the Inspectorate for inconsistency. It found that high
:02:57. > :02:59.risk victims receive a better standard of service and protection
:03:00. > :03:03.than those assessed as lower risk. For them there's no system in place
:03:04. > :03:07.to review their level of risk once an offender is released from
:03:08. > :03:10.custody. The Inspectors also found a lack of awareness among officers
:03:11. > :03:14.about victims in their local area, and the force doesn't have an
:03:15. > :03:23.understanding of serial offenders in Nottinghamshire. I don't think there
:03:24. > :03:27.is a difference in the level of protection but there is a difference
:03:28. > :03:37.in the level of risk protection and we have to approach that. The work
:03:38. > :03:41.is in its infancy and we have to support that. Work is being done and
:03:42. > :03:46.we have to work to understand more how perpetrators heave and how we
:03:47. > :03:49.can manage them. Leicestershire is praised for its information sharing
:03:50. > :03:52.with other agencies and for being one of the few forces which asks
:03:53. > :03:57.victims for feedback about its service. A Leicester`based domestic
:03:58. > :04:03.violence project says the initial response by the police is vital. It
:04:04. > :04:10.is extremely crucial. Obviously they are the first to go out to those
:04:11. > :04:12.kind of instances. It is about looking for warning signs, looking
:04:13. > :04:19.at what the needs of the victims are, making sure they are safe so it
:04:20. > :04:23.is crucial they have that awareness and knowledge first`hand especially
:04:24. > :04:28.because they are the first to be in contact with that victim as these
:04:29. > :04:30.officers, the one that support. The Inspectorate recognises considerable
:04:31. > :04:33.improvements over the past decade, but it's still found that the
:04:34. > :04:37.service offered to victims is too often unacceptable. It's insisting
:04:38. > :04:43.domestic abuse must no longer be the poor relation to other policing
:04:44. > :04:46.activity. Councils in the East Midlands are investigating claims
:04:47. > :04:49.Jimmy Savile carried out abuse at the former Aspley Wood School in
:04:50. > :04:55.Nottingham and the now`closed Bassetlaw School in Nottinghamshire.
:04:56. > :04:58.They're among 21 children's homes and schools in England where it's
:04:59. > :05:05.claimed Savile abused children between the 1960s and 80s. The
:05:06. > :05:07.government has ordered local authorities to investigate.
:05:08. > :05:10.Nottingham City Council says one allegation has been made. Meanwhile,
:05:11. > :05:17.Nottinghamshire County Council says it's appalled. A care home manager
:05:18. > :05:21.has been suspended from nursing for 12 months after she was found guilty
:05:22. > :05:24.of banning a man from visiting his dying mother`in`law. Vanessa Gent
:05:25. > :05:26.faced allegations relating to 85`year`old Elisabeth Peacock who
:05:27. > :05:34.lived at Southwell Court Care Home in Nottinghamshire and had severe
:05:35. > :05:41.dementia. Gent was found guilty of four counts by a Nursing and
:05:42. > :05:44.Midwifery Council panel. It's been confirmed that it'll cost millions
:05:45. > :05:49.of pounds to fix damage caused by a large fire at Derby's Assembly Rooms
:05:50. > :05:53.car park. The blaze ` almost two weeks ago ` started in an air
:05:54. > :05:56.conditioning unit. Last week it was announced the venue will be closed
:05:57. > :06:02.for at least eight weeks, with the cancellation of 50 shows. You're
:06:03. > :06:08.watching East Midlands Today. Coming up: We'll be chatting to the the
:06:09. > :06:11.award`winning Nottingham director Shane Meadows. We'll be asking him
:06:12. > :06:13.about a new film ` his powerful account of two teenagers living with
:06:14. > :06:23.cancer in Nottingham. Many of our councils have been
:06:24. > :06:30.accused of "siphoning off" public health funding to prop up other town
:06:31. > :06:32.hall services. Doctors have warned that campaigns on smoking, obesity
:06:33. > :06:45.and sexual health are all threatened. This report from our
:06:46. > :06:52.Political Editor John Hess. The public health but just how healthy
:06:53. > :06:59.is the public? Do you do exercising? Not really, I run up and down stairs
:07:00. > :07:07.when I work all day and that keeps me fit. I am on a special diet.
:07:08. > :07:17.Daily walks with hard, I think that is about it. For a City Council like
:07:18. > :07:22.Nottingham those public health contracts are worth ?27 million. It
:07:23. > :07:25.is now down to the local authorities and its politicians to decide what
:07:26. > :07:32.the public health priorities are locally. This Nottinghamshire GP
:07:33. > :07:38.warns some councils are siphoning off health funds to plug gaps in
:07:39. > :07:43.council budgets. One survey reveals the third of councils have done just
:07:44. > :07:49.that. There is not enough money in the system to maintain the entire
:07:50. > :07:53.budget for health services and the council budget for adequate social
:07:54. > :08:00.services. The system is balanced on a knife edge. The politician in
:08:01. > :08:07.charge of public health funding in Nottingham defends the priorities.
:08:08. > :08:12.?1 million for sexual health, we have negotiated well with hospitals
:08:13. > :08:18.so there should not be service changes but better value for money.
:08:19. > :08:24.No recantation that money and put it into early intervention so young
:08:25. > :08:31.people are making better choices. New priorities over public health.
:08:32. > :08:33.Many are struggling to agree. An award`winning film director from
:08:34. > :08:38.Nottingham has teamed up with the Teenage Cancer Trust to highlight
:08:39. > :08:40.the work of the charity. As part of the project, Shane Meadows worked
:08:41. > :08:47.with youngsters at the City Hospital. Shane's here and we'll be
:08:48. > :08:50.talking to him in a moment. But first let's hear from 20`year`old
:08:51. > :09:06.Amy Howarth, from Bilborough, who's one of the stars of Shane's film. I
:09:07. > :09:17.was so independent, out and about, I had a life really. Getting
:09:18. > :09:31.councillors. That someone is mucking about there. I have lost all my
:09:32. > :09:37.independence. And my health with it. I know she is brave. I don't think I
:09:38. > :09:46.would be able to handle what she has gone through. I started off being
:09:47. > :09:54.really, really clumsy. I dropped my past, I could not pick it up. It is
:09:55. > :10:03.great for, the strongest type you can get. He has done a really good
:10:04. > :10:17.job on the film, a better job than they all thought. It is not easy
:10:18. > :10:22.seeing your mum and dad cry. That still makes me well up a bit but
:10:23. > :10:29.that film, she never rehearsed anything. What she has said is what
:10:30. > :10:38.she said at that time straight from the heart. You did a good job. It is
:10:39. > :10:45.a cliche you are used to making gritty films but this is real life,
:10:46. > :10:50.how difficult was it? The one thing that was handy for me, I am quite
:10:51. > :10:56.famous for chucking the script out the window. But obviously the thing
:10:57. > :11:04.that was most different about this was that we shot it when the teenage
:11:05. > :11:07.Cancer trust unit was still working. Normally on film sets people are
:11:08. > :11:12.walking around gassing on lattes thinking they own the place while
:11:13. > :11:17.obviously we had the very small crew and everybody was working for free.
:11:18. > :11:25.On the day we did not really know until we got in there. Amy has good
:11:26. > :11:30.and bad days. The other girl had just started her treatment a few
:11:31. > :11:34.weeks before for leukaemia and was in isolation so until we got there
:11:35. > :11:41.on the day we did not know if they would be able to take part. Like
:11:42. > :11:50.macro what was it like working with Amy? Our account is so honest. The
:11:51. > :11:54.film has been screening at the Albert Hall. She came down on Monday
:11:55. > :12:01.with her dad and her aunties and uncles and I had been to have the
:12:02. > :12:05.look on the stage before she went out, obviously she was really
:12:06. > :12:12.nervous, there were 6000 people out there. I walked out and I was
:12:13. > :12:18.frightened. Backstage she was really, really nervous obviously.
:12:19. > :12:22.Roger Daltrey who is the patron of the whole thing sat with her and
:12:23. > :12:27.heard other for half an hour and they spoke it through and she was
:12:28. > :12:33.brave enough to go out. She did not know she would be brave enough to
:12:34. > :12:40.talk. She got a standing ovation from the crowd. It was an amazing
:12:41. > :12:49.thing. Why did you want to do this work for the teenage Cancer trust?
:12:50. > :12:56.Both my boys were born at the hospital that opened the unit. We
:12:57. > :13:05.were asked if we would be interested in coming for a visit and to bring a
:13:06. > :13:11.few films in. We were invited last year and it was like everything was
:13:12. > :13:16.going to change. I had never heard of the charity, I did not know how
:13:17. > :13:23.specialist it was and the cure that was so local to me, E unit in my
:13:24. > :13:28.city. We went to their shows and I saw the film last year and just said
:13:29. > :13:35.to the charity if they would ever consider me then I would do it. A
:13:36. > :13:40.brief word about future plans? I have been in London this week at the
:13:41. > :13:46.Albert Hall, meeting with Channel four about the new CDs. We are going
:13:47. > :13:51.to start writing in a few weeks and if that goes well we will be
:13:52. > :14:04.shooting it later in the year and it will be on telly next year. Right
:14:05. > :14:08.back row thank you for coming in. An army cadet who saved the life of a
:14:09. > :14:17.man who had collapsed on the street, has won a prestigious award. Despite
:14:18. > :14:20.having a heart condition himself, Sam Herbert managed to get the man's
:14:21. > :14:24.heart restarted. In fact, Sam from Derby was one of three East Midlands
:14:25. > :14:26.winners at the Everyday Heroes national awards in London last
:14:27. > :14:32.night. James Roberson reports. The morning after the night before. Sam
:14:33. > :14:44.and his dad back in Derby after the awards. 16`year`old Sam won this top
:14:45. > :14:50.award for his prompt action last spring. It was here in Derby that
:14:51. > :14:54.last May Sam was walking home from Army cadets when he saw a man
:14:55. > :15:03.suddenly collapsed just ahead of him. He put his first aid training
:15:04. > :15:08.into action. I put him in the recovery position. He was
:15:09. > :15:14.unconscious. He stopped breathing so I had to roll them back onto his
:15:15. > :15:31.back and commence CPR. I did not feel like I could carry on. I had to
:15:32. > :15:42.phone the Ambulance Service. Some schools also won awards for
:15:43. > :15:49.excellent training and a specific campaign. To get the award was
:15:50. > :15:54.delighted. It is well`deserved for all of the children, they all
:15:55. > :16:03.deserve to get the commendations that they did. I've felt it was just
:16:04. > :16:14.something that I did and it is something everyone should know
:16:15. > :16:20.anyway. I'd macro well done Sam. Motorists in Leicester have probably
:16:21. > :16:28.been overcharged by ?1.5 million in parking because the machines do not
:16:29. > :16:32.give change. The machines came into use 15 years ago. Officials say it's
:16:33. > :16:35.only an estimated figure because overpayment wasn't calculated for
:16:36. > :16:38.most of that time. The council may now introduce a flat rate of ?1 per
:16:39. > :16:43.hour. More than 70 businesses in Derby have signed up to a scheme to
:16:44. > :16:46.take on job`seekers in the city. The "Derby's Working Project" has been
:16:47. > :16:49.created by the City Council and is the first of its kind in England.
:16:50. > :16:53.Workers will be employed for six months and will be paid the living
:16:54. > :17:03.wage. The project is being funded by central government. Coming up the
:17:04. > :17:10.weather and tonight and has some young assistants helping with her
:17:11. > :17:15.forecast. Yes, we are here for the BBC's School report and we will be
:17:16. > :17:23.asking some tough questions as to why the weather presenter sometimes
:17:24. > :17:28.gets it wrong. Do weather presenters get it wrong ever? No! Someone who
:17:29. > :17:36.is always right is Angela with the sport. Only one place to start
:17:37. > :17:42.tonight. An amazing record breaking innings from an English cricketer
:17:43. > :17:45.and he's one of our own. Nottinghamshire batsman Alex Hales
:17:46. > :17:48.hit a stunning 116 to help England beat Sri Lanka at the Twenty20 world
:17:49. > :17:52.cup. It sees him become the first ever English player to hit a century
:17:53. > :17:55.in the shortest form of the game. The search for Nottingham Forest's
:17:56. > :17:59.new manager goes on. Stuart Pearce the latest candidate to say no
:18:00. > :18:02.thanks to taking over the hot seat at the City Ground. He puts it down
:18:03. > :18:10.to family reasons. Here's Kirsty with the latest. Gary Brazil was the
:18:11. > :18:15.man taking training today as they search for a permanent manager goes
:18:16. > :18:20.on. The chairman says big names remain in the frame and he is hoping
:18:21. > :18:30.to make an appointment soon. He says it may have to wait. Some managers
:18:31. > :18:35.are still under contract with other clubs and we would like them to take
:18:36. > :18:43.the job, being so close to the end of the season they do not want to
:18:44. > :18:51.risk it with eight games to go. I am waiting for the right one. This man
:18:52. > :18:55.said he turned the job down feeding interference in team matters from
:18:56. > :19:01.the chairman. That is something he denies. If it is somebody we do not
:19:02. > :19:06.want to hire for the job he might see things and that is normal but
:19:07. > :19:11.what made me upset is because this is not like us, you do not talk to
:19:12. > :19:17.managers and tell them how to play otherwise I would be the manager,
:19:18. > :19:23.why should I hire another manager? There was some confusion error this
:19:24. > :19:30.week but this loan signing from Leeds was confirmed. The players are
:19:31. > :19:35.having to put the uncertainty to one side. Whoever is in charge, they
:19:36. > :19:40.know they have eight vital games left in the fight for the play off.
:19:41. > :19:43.This weekend sees the best gymnasts in the country battling it out at
:19:44. > :19:46.the British Championships. Amongst them two sisters from Nottingham.
:19:47. > :19:50.There's an eight`year age gap between Becky and Ellie Downie but
:19:51. > :19:59.both are aiming for glory ` and dreaming of success at the next
:20:00. > :20:06.Olympics. Two sisters at opposite ends of their career but both aiming
:20:07. > :20:14.for big things. Becky is 22, getting on in gymnastic terms but try
:20:15. > :20:20.telling that to her. I had the break can took some time to think about
:20:21. > :20:25.what I wanted. I came back and knew I did not want to give it up yet.
:20:26. > :20:30.Her 14`year`old sister is juggling school work with training but she
:20:31. > :20:35.too is showing promise. When I get home from training I have to revise
:20:36. > :20:40.and keep up with cool work. I have to go see my teachers for extra
:20:41. > :20:47.work, it is quite difficult but I am managing it OK. Next year she will
:20:48. > :20:52.step up from juniors to seniors and there is a realistic prospect we
:20:53. > :21:03.will see both sisters competing in the real in 2016. To be able to
:21:04. > :21:28.experience an Olympics, something so special, with your sister, it would
:21:29. > :21:32.be a rain. `` dream. Now speedway, and after a 31`year wait we finally
:21:33. > :21:34.have a team back in the top flight. When Leicester Lions returned to
:21:35. > :21:37.competition, reaching the Elite League was their ultimate aim. And
:21:38. > :21:44.it's mission accomplished. Here's Colin. The step into the elite
:21:45. > :21:48.league for the first time. Like any sport, once you are at the highest
:21:49. > :21:54.level, you need the best riders to compete. That completely brand`new
:21:55. > :21:59.group know they have a battle on their hands this season. There is a
:22:00. > :22:06.belief year that Leicester will do more than just make up the numbers.
:22:07. > :22:11.We hope to be in the top five. We can make the play`offs and a top
:22:12. > :22:16.four finish we would class as an amazing success. This Sheffield lad
:22:17. > :22:23.was among the most promising of his generation and is loving the
:22:24. > :22:28.opportunity to do something special. I think we have got it already, I
:22:29. > :22:31.think the performances will determine where we finish in the
:22:32. > :22:41.league but having a good team spirit will definitely help that. Speedway
:22:42. > :22:45.does remain a minor sport but the crew have done wonders to revive it
:22:46. > :22:51.in Leicester, by the task is to make a bigger noise this summer. Since we
:22:52. > :22:57.brought Speedway back to Leicester we hope that bringing the very best
:22:58. > :23:05.of world Speedway to West will get the public excited. `` Leicester.
:23:06. > :23:12.Whatever happens when the chequered flag fault this Saturday, the Lions
:23:13. > :23:17.will be back at the top. Full previews of the weekend's games in
:23:18. > :23:21.tomorrow night's programme but that's all from sport for tonight.
:23:22. > :23:25.Today is BBC News School News Day when school pupils become reporters
:23:26. > :23:28.for the day. 30,000 students across the country have been taking part
:23:29. > :23:33.including many here in the East Midlands. As part of their
:23:34. > :23:36.preparation our very own weather presenter Anna went along to The
:23:37. > :23:43.Bramcote School in Nottinghamshire to share some tricks of the trade.
:23:44. > :23:56.And the students made a report of her visit. Hello, today we have been
:23:57. > :24:09.learning about the weather for Bbc School Report. Year nine have been
:24:10. > :24:19.having a go at whether presenting. It is not so easy as it looks. Can
:24:20. > :24:24.you tell me how you get your weather news? As the weather presenter in
:24:25. > :24:30.2014 we are really fortunate to have so much access to computer data.
:24:31. > :24:37.That with Met Office briefings for the day helps us to put the forecast
:24:38. > :24:41.together for you. How important is the weather forecast? Extremely
:24:42. > :24:44.important for different people for different reasons. For yourself to
:24:45. > :24:50.know whether to wear a coat to school or not, for the farmers for
:24:51. > :24:56.their crops and for the emergency services, it is really important. We
:24:57. > :25:01.do sometimes get it wrong but with so much computer data at our
:25:02. > :25:24.fingertips it is getting braver and reader. `` rarer and rarer. Your
:25:25. > :25:28.weather for now. It is getting very chilly out there and we are
:25:29. > :25:32.expecting rain through this evening. There are some showers around and it
:25:33. > :25:36.could turn wintry at times across the peak district later this
:25:37. > :25:42.evening. The game will start to clear away and it will be dry to end
:25:43. > :25:47.the night. You may notice mist into the Peak District if you live
:25:48. > :25:54.somewhere sheltered. It will feel rather chilly tonight but it should
:25:55. > :25:59.be frost free. It is a chilly start to Friday but a lot of cloud
:26:00. > :26:06.around. They will be a little rain moving in from Lincolnshire.
:26:07. > :26:11.Leicestershire generally a dry morning and some brightness towards
:26:12. > :26:17.the end of the afternoon but a lot of cloud and highs around 11 or 12
:26:18. > :26:25.Celsius. On Friday beaded a change. And easterly wind but the ice bars
:26:26. > :26:30.start to rotate so from Saturday we have eight southeasterly wind which
:26:31. > :26:41.will give us much warmer year. `` air. The temperatures will be in the
:26:42. > :26:52.mid`teens, maybe even a high of 16 Celsius. That is all from me, I will
:26:53. > :26:58.leave you with the school students. We have a similar day tomorrow, cool
:26:59. > :27:03.and cloudy perhaps some showers. For the weekend we should see some hazy
:27:04. > :27:10.spells of sunshine. And thank you for this beautiful picture of the
:27:11. > :27:15.marina. In the background you can see smoke from the killing stations
:27:16. > :27:22.`` cooling towers of the power station. That is fantastic. So many
:27:23. > :27:30.school students have taken part in the events. The studio can go to
:27:31. > :27:36.them. We can, we have been taking the weather road show into school
:27:37. > :27:45.for years now. If you would like to get involved e`mail us. It has been
:27:46. > :27:47.a busy programme. That is about it from us for now. Goodbye. Goodbye.