:00:00. > 3:59:59for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :01:13.News at Inspectors from the Care Quality
:01:14. > :01:17.Commission decided the University Hospitals of Leicester requires
:01:18. > :03:23.improvement. Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports.
:03:24. > :03:31.Rating requires improvement, so does that not mean it is good enough? As
:03:32. > :03:35.you may be aware, we are using the rating system that rates every part
:03:36. > :03:43.of the service and side. 86 of the ratings were good or outstanding.
:03:44. > :03:48.They operate a harsh regime where they encourage you. They have all
:03:49. > :03:53.mentioned that they recognise it themselves. Sorry to interrupt you,
:03:54. > :03:57.but that's 19 areas needing improvement, which is basically a
:03:58. > :04:04.fifth of the total amount of areas looked at. I've been at the trust
:04:05. > :04:12.already for a year and I recognise there are things that need to be
:04:13. > :04:16.better. We have very, very good staff who want to improve and my
:04:17. > :04:23.philosophy is working with front line staff to make things better. We
:04:24. > :04:28.are not complacent. Safety is something that was mentioned. In
:04:29. > :04:32.particular, Rob flagged up the resuscitation trolleys. The report
:04:33. > :04:38.said that the trolleys which are used with patients who suffer
:04:39. > :04:43.cardiac arrest, were over Stockton and stock. It doesn't bode well for
:04:44. > :04:48.someone who's had a cardiac arrest. I agree and that is what I think is
:04:49. > :04:55.a serious failing. We are already taking action because we recognise
:04:56. > :05:02.that. I would describe it as a fair criticism. It was not acceptable. It
:05:03. > :05:04.will be sorted quickly. What are you doing? It's all about
:05:05. > :05:08.standardisation of equipment, making sure that staff are all familiar
:05:09. > :05:11.with the protocols that we have, resuscitation situations and making
:05:12. > :05:16.sure that they are always followed. Then monitoring to make sure they
:05:17. > :05:19.are. It is a key area. And you say that this is what you are planning
:05:20. > :05:25.on doing. What is the timetable? We going to be waiting for a long time?
:05:26. > :05:29.No, in the next month or so. I wanted to bring up shortages because
:05:30. > :05:34.yet again, staff shortages have been brought up at the hospital. I quote
:05:35. > :05:40.from the report. At times, it impacted on patient care. How big is
:05:41. > :05:44.that a concern for you? Staffing is a significant concern. Last year, we
:05:45. > :05:49.did a big assessment of if you had enough nurses. We decided we hadn't.
:05:50. > :05:56.We created another 250 nursing posts. We have been recruiting hell
:05:57. > :06:01.for leather, both from the Montford University and internationally.
:06:02. > :06:06.We've been ahead of others in that. You're doing very well. We have
:06:07. > :06:15.halved vacancies. But we need to do more and we will.
:06:16. > :06:20.Officials have described it as the worst case of fly`tipping they've
:06:21. > :06:23.ever seen. A mountain of waste seemingly dumped in one go on a busy
:06:24. > :06:27.Leicestershire industrial estate. And it's going to take a week just
:06:28. > :06:29.to clear it up. Our reporter Simon Hare is at Castle Donington tonight,
:06:30. > :06:34.Simon. As you can see, it is an enormous
:06:35. > :06:39.pile of rubbish, probably about 15 or 20 feet high and wide and about
:06:40. > :06:43.30 or 40 feet long. It is possibly the contents of one large lorry and
:06:44. > :06:48.it has been dumped here, on the edge of this industrial estate at Castle
:06:49. > :06:55.Donington of the busy a 50. The hunt is now on to try and find out who
:06:56. > :07:02.don't adhere. `` A50. It's a mountain of rubbish. Those
:07:03. > :07:06.who are used to cleaning up this mess so it is the worst case they've
:07:07. > :07:10.ever seen. It appeared overnight at this industrial estate in
:07:11. > :07:19.Leicestershire, late last week. I came to work last Friday at 7:30am
:07:20. > :07:22.and I came up the brow of the hill. Then it captured my eye. I looked at
:07:23. > :07:27.it and the side of it. I couldn't believe someone had done so much
:07:28. > :07:31.fly`tipping. I reckon there are about three to four tonnes of
:07:32. > :07:36.rubbish there. It is expected that clearing it up is going to cost
:07:37. > :07:40.taxpayers ?2000. And it is a task that will also take about a week to
:07:41. > :07:45.complete. Officials will sift through the rubbish for any evidence
:07:46. > :07:49.which could prove who don't adhere. People think they are clever but
:07:50. > :07:52.often there is paperwork with an address on. We might be able to
:07:53. > :08:01.track where it has come from. They might say, ask Joe Bloggs. We will
:08:02. > :08:05.track people down. We've had very successful prosecutions. If
:08:06. > :08:10.convicted, the culprit could face an unlimited fine or even a prison
:08:11. > :08:14.sentence. Early indications are that the waste has come from
:08:15. > :08:19.Nottinghamshire. And that is borne out by what we
:08:20. > :08:23.have found while we've been here. In amongst the rubbish, paperwork and
:08:24. > :08:27.boxes which clearly feature addresses for the new work area of
:08:28. > :08:39.Nottinghamshire. Environmental officers will be following up that
:08:40. > :08:45.sort of information. In other news, police investigating
:08:46. > :08:48.the death of a 19`year`old man say he mistakenly took a powerful
:08:49. > :08:51.stimulant, linked to other deaths in Derbyshire and across the UK. Daniel
:08:52. > :08:56.Gill died at his home in Leabrooks in January, after taking what he
:08:57. > :08:59.believed to be ecstasy. Tests have now shown the tablets actually
:09:00. > :09:05.contained a powerful drug called PMA. Six people have died from
:09:06. > :09:08.taking it in Derbyshire. A 16`year`old boy and an 18`year`old
:09:09. > :09:11.woman were earlier arrested and released on bail.
:09:12. > :09:16.Police have released CCTV footage of an assault on a shop worker in
:09:17. > :09:20.Leicester. It happened last month at the Quality Supermarket. The
:09:21. > :09:24.30`year`old victim was working in the shop when two men, armed with
:09:25. > :09:27.what are believed to be golf clubs, entered the shop and attacked him.
:09:28. > :09:38.He escaped with minor injuries. Nothing was taken from the store.
:09:39. > :09:41.A BBC survey of more than 300 councils and housing associations
:09:42. > :09:45.has shown that nearly 6% of people affected by the government's housing
:09:46. > :09:48.benefit changes have moved house. The changes mean that people on
:09:49. > :09:53.certain benefits with unoccupied bedrooms have to pay for them in the
:09:54. > :10:10.form of reduced benefits. In the East Midlands, most councils
:10:11. > :10:13.responded to the BBC's survey with 12 giving full data for those who
:10:14. > :10:15.had subsequently moved. The average figure across those councils was
:10:16. > :10:17.5.7%. Getting people to move to smaller properties is one of the
:10:18. > :10:19.government's objectives for the spare room so that `` spare room
:10:20. > :10:22.subsidy. That process is happening could more quickly in some places
:10:23. > :10:26.than others. In South Derbyshire, 8.74% of those affected have moved.
:10:27. > :10:32.In Melton, that figure is about 0.1%. Darby has the highest local
:10:33. > :10:36.rate at 11%. In Leicester, it's been running at 8% of people affected by
:10:37. > :10:41.these changes. In Nottingham, the number of people moving house is
:10:42. > :10:46.half of that. The government's ambition is that around 25% or 30%
:10:47. > :10:49.of people living in council or housing association properties will
:10:50. > :10:53.have moved to a smaller property in the next four or five years. Critics
:10:54. > :10:58.say it is cruel. The government points to a saving for the taxpayer
:10:59. > :11:03.of ?1 million per day. It is Friday night and you are
:11:04. > :11:09.watching East Midlands Today. Plenty more to come. Children have been
:11:10. > :11:15.selling poppies in memory of those who died in World War I.
:11:16. > :11:20.The world was amazed when it was announced that the remains of King
:11:21. > :11:23.Richard III had been discovered under a Leicester council car park.
:11:24. > :11:27.But now one expert is saying it might not be Richard at all.
:11:28. > :11:30.Professor Michael Hicks is the Head of History at the University of
:11:31. > :11:37.Winchester and an expert in medieval history. He joins us live from our
:11:38. > :11:43.Southampton studio. Professor, good evening. Thanks for joining us.
:11:44. > :11:46.Here's a skeleton with head wounds, the requisite spinal problem, buried
:11:47. > :11:55.in the right place and with matching DNA. Not good enough for you?
:11:56. > :12:01.We know when Richard was killed and we know how he was killed. We know
:12:02. > :12:05.where he was buried. We don't know everybody else who was buried in the
:12:06. > :12:15.same place. As far as the matching DNA goes, a considerable number of
:12:16. > :12:24.people could share that DNA. As we all know, we all share some of the
:12:25. > :12:30.DNA of all our ancestors and the same is true of Richard. This is
:12:31. > :12:39.particularly true of the DNA that is inherited through his mother. Other
:12:40. > :12:45.people could have inherited the same DNA from his grandmother and so on.
:12:46. > :12:49.There are a whole series of types of evidence that suggests Richard but
:12:50. > :12:54.none of them is sufficiently precise for us to say it is this particular
:12:55. > :12:58.individual. In a statement, the University of Leicester said today,
:12:59. > :13:01.Professor Hicks is entitled to his views but we would challenge and
:13:02. > :13:10.counter them. Our forthcoming papers will demonstrate that many of these
:13:11. > :13:17.assumptions are incorrect. I don't think they can prove it is Richard.
:13:18. > :13:20.They can prove... They can indicate the likelihood, even the probability
:13:21. > :13:25.that it is Richard but they cannot actually prove it is him on the
:13:26. > :13:28.basis of the evidence that is at the moment available to us.
:13:29. > :13:34.We must leave it there but thanks for joining us.
:13:35. > :13:36.How students in Leicestershire have been taking part in a pilot work
:13:37. > :13:40.experience scheme. It's hoped the project will help the
:13:41. > :13:43.pupils, who all have a range of learning difficulties, get a job in
:13:44. > :13:47.the future. Helen Astle has been to meet one young man who's been taking
:13:48. > :13:52.part. Meet Thomas. He is 14 years old and
:13:53. > :13:57.loves computers. Thomas has learning difficulties. He is also autistic.
:13:58. > :14:01.Most of the time, he uses a small computer to communicate. This week,
:14:02. > :14:04.he has been on work experience at Loughborough University, working in
:14:05. > :14:13.the canteen. What have you been doing here? Cleaning trays. You've
:14:14. > :14:21.been quite busy. Using a dishwasher. Very busy. Working the till. They
:14:22. > :14:26.have had you working hard. Did you like working at the till? Yes.
:14:27. > :14:31.Thomas is one of several students to take part in the pilot work
:14:32. > :14:36.experience scheme, and the hope is that ultimately, he will be able to
:14:37. > :14:44.find a job. Projects like this give students of Thomas's age exposure to
:14:45. > :14:48.the world of work and hopefully will stand him in good stared to getting
:14:49. > :14:54.a job in the future, when he is ready to do that. It has also helped
:14:55. > :14:57.staff at the University. It has opened our eyes, in helping to see
:14:58. > :15:04.how we can help support people like Thomas. It has given him an
:15:05. > :15:07.opportunity for implement within our organisation. As Thomas gets to
:15:08. > :15:12.work, his co`worker says she has seen a massive difference in him.
:15:13. > :15:16.This week has been amazing. In school, he is a quiet young man.
:15:17. > :15:20.Here, he has excelled. He is talking to people you've never met before.
:15:21. > :15:24.He's enthusiastic about trying new jobs. He has worked really well.
:15:25. > :15:34.What would you like to do in the future? Come back to you `` comeback
:15:35. > :15:37.to Loughborough University. Have you enjoyed it? Yes.
:15:38. > :15:41.Now, the ten`year`old tennis prodigy who's fast becoming the best in the
:15:42. > :15:45.country. Millie Mae Matthews has only been playing for three years
:15:46. > :15:48.yet she's already rated the British number four in her age group.
:15:49. > :15:52.Her coach says she's achieved much in the short time she's been playing
:15:53. > :16:02.and has great potential. Sarah Teale went to meet her.
:16:03. > :16:09.She is just ten years old but she can already give her coach the
:16:10. > :16:12.runaround on court. Unusually, she only started playing when she was
:16:13. > :16:17.seven but showed a real talent for the game. Now, she trains at the
:16:18. > :16:23.Junior Academy, here at the Nottingham tennis centre 13 hours a
:16:24. > :16:28.week. The practice is paying off. She was recently semifinalist in the
:16:29. > :16:33.national finals for her age group. A great effort to get into the
:16:34. > :16:37.national finals and an unbelievable effort to get to the semifinals. I'm
:16:38. > :16:43.very proud of her. She's got a lot in here. How many medals have you
:16:44. > :16:50.got? About 40 to 60. How many trophies? 35. How much fun is it
:16:51. > :16:57.when you beat your coach? Loads. It's quite fun. He gets angry when I
:16:58. > :17:02.win. Does that happen often? A bit. That's beautiful. She may be small
:17:03. > :17:07.but she packs a punch. She's a fighter and there is something which
:17:08. > :17:13.makes her hit ball seriously hard. She started at West Bridgeford and
:17:14. > :17:18.we thought after a fortnight, it would be a fad and gone. But she has
:17:19. > :17:24.kept on going and going and going. She never complains about coming.
:17:25. > :17:28.She would play every day if she could. Have you always wanted to be
:17:29. > :17:36.a tennis player? Yeah. What is your ultimate aim? To win Wimbledon. Do
:17:37. > :17:45.you think you will do it? I hope so. As they say, watch this space.
:17:46. > :17:54.We will definitely be watching this face.
:17:55. > :17:59.First just one place to start tonight and that is with Leicester
:18:00. > :18:02.City. It's first against second in the Championship tomorrow as City
:18:03. > :18:05.face Burnley. Defeat could see Leicester knocked off the top of the
:18:06. > :18:09.table for the first time since Boxing Day. A win could prove
:18:10. > :18:20.decisive in the race for the title. Angela Rafferty reports.
:18:21. > :18:24.It is a top of the table battle, billed as the biggest game of the
:18:25. > :18:34.season so far but who will be victorious in this championship
:18:35. > :18:41.clash of the titans? It is what we all live for. It is what we all
:18:42. > :18:44.strive on. We will be going there full of readiness for the game and
:18:45. > :18:55.hopefully the fans will be up for it as well. The Foxes are undefeated in
:18:56. > :19:05.18 championship matches. Thirdly, in 16 games. There is very little to
:19:06. > :19:09.separate these two sides. Mutual respect from the two men who have
:19:10. > :19:14.both masterminded their push for promotion. It's quite obvious. They
:19:15. > :19:19.are market leaders currently. They have got there by playing well. They
:19:20. > :19:25.have given good performances. We have to make sure our performance
:19:26. > :19:30.level is right. They have done unbelievably well this season. For
:19:31. > :19:38.us, we go there in top spot. We want to remain there. We know it is going
:19:39. > :19:41.to be a very tough game for us. I would think they will be thinking
:19:42. > :19:53.the same thing. If Leicester lose, they could be knocked off the top.
:19:54. > :19:58.Such worries... We go into this game with the players being exceptionally
:19:59. > :20:02.fit, even if the staff aren't. It remains a fascinating time because
:20:03. > :20:07.there's an awful lot to play for still. Two teams with title
:20:08. > :20:14.ambitions. It's all set for a real showdown.
:20:15. > :20:17.So we really are getting into the business end of the season and Derby
:20:18. > :20:22.County Manager Steve McClaren says his young side have what it takes to
:20:23. > :20:25.cope with the pressure. The Rams go into their game against Charlton off
:20:26. > :20:28.the back of a midweek defeat. But McClaren says the performance
:20:29. > :20:33.against Nottingham Forest last weekend proves they can handle
:20:34. > :20:37.anything. This team has grown up a lot in the last six months and to
:20:38. > :20:41.handle fat, to come out with that kind of performance and win, then we
:20:42. > :20:48.have to carry that on. We have to keep doing what we have been doing
:20:49. > :20:51.from day one and do it everyday. We need to quickly move on to the next
:20:52. > :20:55.games and move `` windows. No new manager yet for Nottingham
:20:56. > :20:58.Forest but there is some good news ahead of their trip to Ipswich.
:20:59. > :21:01.Temporary manager Gary Brazil says their injury crisis is improving.
:21:02. > :21:03.The likes of Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, David Vaughan and Kelvin
:21:04. > :21:07.Wilson are all edging closer to returns. A couple could even be fit
:21:08. > :21:16.for next weekend. And ahead of tomorrow's game Brazil says his side
:21:17. > :21:19.are staying positive. We have 24 points to play for. We've got
:21:20. > :21:26.ourselves into a fantastic position this year. The squad is coming
:21:27. > :21:29.together. We are getting boys off the treatment table as we go on and
:21:30. > :21:33.we are hoping to have more bodies next week when it comes to Millwall.
:21:34. > :21:35.We are looking forward to the end of the season.
:21:36. > :21:38.Across the Trent at Notts County they're busy plotting the Great
:21:39. > :21:43.Escape. Two wins on the trot have put the Magpies just two points from
:21:44. > :21:50.safety. And next they're home to Colchester. Mansfield are at home
:21:51. > :21:53.too in League One, to Wimbledon. Leicester Tigers say they've already
:21:54. > :21:56.had 12,000 season ticket holders sign up for the next campaign. A
:21:57. > :22:07.real boost going into the local Derby in Northampton. Always a big
:22:08. > :22:11.deal, and with Tigers wanting to cement their place in the Top Four
:22:12. > :22:14.there's even more on it than usual. Nottingham Panthers will have to
:22:15. > :22:18.produce another miracle comeback if they are to make it to the Play`Off
:22:19. > :22:21.Final Weekend. They were shut out at home for the first time in well over
:22:22. > :22:25.four years last night. Visitors Braehead Clan made the most of a
:22:26. > :22:27.Panthers team that looked physically and emotional exhausted by Tuesday's
:22:28. > :22:31.Challenge Cup victory. Panthers now need to make up a four goal deficit
:22:32. > :22:35.in Glasgow tomorrow night. Before we go, we saw a little of it
:22:36. > :22:37.last night but the plaudits are still raining down on
:22:38. > :22:44.Nottinghamshire and England batsman Alex Hales for a stunning century at
:22:45. > :22:50.the World T20 yesterday. From a truly difficult position,
:22:51. > :22:57.hails produced an innings many pundits immediately put among the
:22:58. > :23:01.best they'd ever seen. `` Hales. It's an amazing feeling. It still
:23:02. > :23:05.hasn't sunk in. I've come close before and I'm glad I got over the
:23:06. > :23:12.line today. It was a good wicket. I had a feeling that a big score was
:23:13. > :23:14.close. Even better, he was able to carry England over the line with
:23:15. > :23:21.four balls to spare and with a massive six. It's a great feeling,
:23:22. > :23:24.especially in a game like that. He bowled the ball exactly where I
:23:25. > :23:28.wanted it and I managed to get it over the ropes. It still hasn't
:23:29. > :23:32.really sunk in yet but it was brilliant. It all set England up
:23:33. > :23:35.very nicely indeed. If they can beat South Africa tomorrow, only Holland
:23:36. > :23:39.will stand between them and the semifinals.
:23:40. > :23:41.He will be back in action at Trent Bridge.
:23:42. > :23:45.Children across the region are helping to plant thousands of poppy
:23:46. > :23:48.seeds to honour local men who died in the First World War. It's part of
:23:49. > :23:52.a Heritage Lottery`funded project to mark the Centenary of the Great War.
:23:53. > :24:01.Paul Bradshaw has been hearing what it means to those at one school in
:24:02. > :24:05.Nottingham. In Flanders Fields, the poppies
:24:06. > :24:16.blow, between the crosses, row on row. Sowing the seeds of
:24:17. > :24:20.remembrance. His pupils `` these peoples are panting 11,000 poppies
:24:21. > :24:24.in memory of the 11,000 men from Nottinghamshire who died during the
:24:25. > :24:27.great War. What we are trying to do is bring history alive for the
:24:28. > :24:31.pupils here, rather than just sitting in classrooms and learning
:24:32. > :24:36.about it and in not a very exciting way. We are trying to get them to
:24:37. > :24:39.realise what it would have been like to have been universal soldier. It's
:24:40. > :24:42.part of a project to mark the centenary of the war. To the
:24:43. > :24:49.children, it has been an inspiring experience. Our
:24:50. > :25:00.great`great`grandfather fought in the Great Walk, to give us freedom.
:25:01. > :25:05.`` Great War. It's good to remember because people sacrificed their
:25:06. > :25:08.lives for us to live today. It is always nice to remember these
:25:09. > :25:12.people, even if they are not in your family. The children hope to take
:25:13. > :25:26.the flowers grown from the seeds planted today to Belgium in October,
:25:27. > :25:30.when they visit Ypres. What an incredible project. I hope
:25:31. > :25:33.they get the conditions they need for those poppies. The lady who can
:25:34. > :25:36.tell us about those conditions is here now.
:25:37. > :25:43.If you've been fed up with the doom and gloom of recent days, things are
:25:44. > :25:47.improving. It will be brighter and drive this weekend and it will be
:25:48. > :25:55.feeling warmer. A real change in temperatures. We've had an easterly
:25:56. > :25:59.recently but it tends to a southeasterly into tomorrow and that
:26:00. > :26:03.will bring in warm air from the continent. We've got a few showers
:26:04. > :26:07.around at the moment they are dying out now. Then it will be largely dry
:26:08. > :26:10.overnight. Just one or two showers pushing in from the East. A lot of
:26:11. > :26:17.cloud will stay with us through the night. It is frost free with loads
:26:18. > :26:21.of five Celsius. Tomorrow morning, we have a fair amount of cloud with
:26:22. > :26:28.us but it starts to clear from the south. Hazy sunshine through the
:26:29. > :26:31.morning but then more blue sky and sunshine into the afternoon. With
:26:32. > :26:37.that southeasterly breeze, bringing in that warm air, the temperatures
:26:38. > :26:40.are on the rise. A high of 17 Celsius for Saturday. If you have
:26:41. > :26:45.plans for Mothering Sunday, it is another promising day. Maybe more in
:26:46. > :26:49.the way of cloud but it is staying dry. They will be sunny spells and
:26:50. > :26:55.it could be a little bit warmer on Sunday than Saturday. 17 or 18
:26:56. > :26:59.possible there. Not bad at all. Looking at your outlook, it stays
:27:00. > :27:04.with the milder weather as we go into the new week. 16 on Monday. But
:27:05. > :27:07.it looks like it may be more unsettled with showers around.
:27:08. > :27:13.Definitely warmer. Don't forget that the cloaks `` clocks spring forward
:27:14. > :27:25.on Sunday morning. We are getting closer to summer.
:27:26. > :27:28.We will be back with you at 10:25pm. Good night.