:00:00. > 3:59:59London. If you want more details, you can head to our website. Now on
:00:00. > :00:19.BBC One All This is East Midlands Today with
:00:20. > :00:28.Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. Of the. Also tonight, the
:00:29. > :00:38.self`assembly treadmill that comes with hidden dangers. What is the
:00:39. > :00:44.future of our county councils? And after seven years in the dark, this
:00:45. > :00:54.Nottinghamshire Theatre is about to reopen with help of some famous
:00:55. > :01:01.friends. Good evening and welcome to tonight's programme. First, the
:01:02. > :01:05.family of a man who died after serious mistakes were made while he
:01:06. > :01:11.was in hospital say he'd still be alive if lessons had been learnt
:01:12. > :01:15.from other deaths on the same ward. An inquest into the death of Stewart
:01:16. > :01:18.Maltby heard evidence that the lives of two other patients on ward D57 at
:01:19. > :01:22.the Queens Medical Centre were lost in the same way. The catalogue of
:01:23. > :01:26.errors in Mr Maltby's care began when an ambulance took six hours to
:01:27. > :01:35.ferry him from his home to hospital. Jo Healey reports. He was a
:01:36. > :01:39.character who made us laugh with his mischievous sense of humour. He
:01:40. > :01:44.spent a lot of time caring for others, often to his own detriment.
:01:45. > :01:50.After 18 months he is still very much missed by us all. It has been
:01:51. > :01:55.hard for Katie hearing how badly her dad was let down in the hours before
:01:56. > :02:05.his death. At mix`up in the ambulance cultural room `` control
:02:06. > :02:11.room meant it took six hours to get into hospital and he did not get the
:02:12. > :02:13.fluidity needed until 14 hours after the call. He died two days later
:02:14. > :02:20.from kidney failure and other problems. The coroner outlined a
:02:21. > :02:26.series of mistakes, errors and missed opportunities. She said there
:02:27. > :02:30.were serious, repeated and systemic failures as he deteriorated and
:02:31. > :02:37.those caring for him were oblivious to that. We have learnt that Stewart
:02:38. > :02:43.Maltby was not the first patient to die on this board as a result of
:02:44. > :02:48.exasperating way similar to a management and lack of action at the
:02:49. > :02:53.time. The inquest heard many measures and improvements are in
:02:54. > :02:57.place on the water to stop it happening again and from the
:02:58. > :03:01.Ambulance Service that came an apology to the family and
:03:02. > :03:07.reassurances that they have made crucial changes. All the family of
:03:08. > :03:12.Stewart Maltby hope for now is that no one else will have to suffer
:03:13. > :03:18.this. What will the family do know in response to these findings? It
:03:19. > :03:21.used to be a simple verdict from the coroner but now they have much
:03:22. > :03:25.lengthier conclusion and the family will take that away with them and
:03:26. > :03:29.digestive and look at the findings with their solicitor and he told me
:03:30. > :03:34.that it is highly likely that they will take some form of legal action
:03:35. > :03:38.against the medical centre. No amount of compensation will bring
:03:39. > :03:43.Stewart Maltby back but they want to make absolutely sure as they can
:03:44. > :03:53.that this does not happen to anyone else. Still to come: A chance for
:03:54. > :03:58.Leicester City fans to cheer the squad that's won them promotion.
:03:59. > :04:03.Next season, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester
:04:04. > :04:06.City will be here. Tonight we will be at the promotion party as the
:04:07. > :04:32.fans get their first chance to celebrate. Also how Triumph is on
:04:33. > :04:35.the road to success here in Brazil. Before that, a teenager who is
:04:36. > :04:39.accused of murdering the football coach Antoin Akpom has told a court
:04:40. > :04:42.that he ran for his life after being confronted by him on a Leicester
:04:43. > :04:45.street. 19`year`old Abdul Hakim described how Mr Akpom had
:04:46. > :04:48.challenged him about being in his area and later came back with a
:04:49. > :04:52.group of men and swung a dumb`bell at his head. The teenager said he
:04:53. > :04:55.feared he'd be seriously injured. From Stafford Crown Court, here's
:04:56. > :05:01.our chief news reporter Quentin Rayner. The jury was told that Abdul
:05:02. > :05:07.Hakim and another man shared a cell at a young offenders institution.
:05:08. > :05:12.Abdul Hakim has three convictions for carrying knives and sharp
:05:13. > :05:17.implements. He said that he had never had any trouble with Antoin
:05:18. > :05:22.Akpom before. He said that the football coach pulled up in a car
:05:23. > :05:28.and very aggressively challenged them by shouting at him a question
:05:29. > :05:35.as to why he was in his area. Abdul Hakim said some men had covered
:05:36. > :05:40.their faces and Antoin Akpom had swung a dumbbell at his head. He was
:05:41. > :05:44.scared for his life. He later noticed that the other man had blood
:05:45. > :05:51.on his jacket and he told him that he had stabbed Antoin Akpom because
:05:52. > :06:00.he feared he was being attacked. Abdul Hakim denied them at `` that
:06:01. > :06:08.the knife says and that he got rid of it. When he had that four members
:06:09. > :06:11.of one family had been killed in an attack he said that he thought at
:06:12. > :06:16.first it was his house and they had picked the wrong post for a revenge
:06:17. > :06:23.attack. That is when he decided to go to the police. He denied that he
:06:24. > :06:35.was part of a team who were involved in murdering Antoin Akpom. The
:06:36. > :06:40.Energy Secretary says that the future of Thoresby Colliery may be
:06:41. > :06:44.decided within the next two days. 600 jobs could be lost if the last
:06:45. > :06:47.deep mine in Nottinghamshire closes. Michael Fallon says that the
:06:48. > :06:50.government is considering whether it can help to fund a managed closure.
:06:51. > :06:53.Mining unions have been meeting bosses at UK Coal today. Tree
:06:54. > :06:56.experts are considering what action to take over huge conifers which are
:06:57. > :07:05.damaging homes in a Leicester street. Pine Tree Avenue, in
:07:06. > :07:16.Humberstone, is home to about two dozen giant redwoods. But in the 150
:07:17. > :07:20.years since they were planted, many have grown so large that their roots
:07:21. > :07:30.are now damaging the foundations of nearby houses and distorting
:07:31. > :07:35.driveways and pavements. Leave them alone. They are absolutely gorgeous.
:07:36. > :07:41.When the snow comes, it is like a picture postcard. It is more likely
:07:42. > :07:48.that more houses will suffer further damage. 36 smaller libraries which
:07:49. > :07:53.cannot be supported by the community in Leicestershire may be closed.
:07:54. > :07:57.That is the warning from the County Council which is looking to save
:07:58. > :08:04.money from the Budget for the libraries and is looking to continue
:08:05. > :08:16.funding 16 libraries that are asking volunteers to fund the rest. A blue
:08:17. > :08:20.plaque has been unveiled in honour of a Victorian who coined the phrase
:08:21. > :08:22."survival of the fittest" and invented something still used in
:08:23. > :08:25.offices today. Herbert Spencer, was born on Exeter Street in Derby in
:08:26. > :08:29.1820 and became a respected philosopher and political theorist.
:08:30. > :08:32.He also found time to design what he called a binding pin, which over
:08:33. > :08:36.time was modified into what we now use as a paper clip. Next tonight,
:08:37. > :08:40.the treadmill that sliced off the top of a man's finger as he tried to
:08:41. > :08:42.assemble it. The company that supplied the machine was today fined
:08:43. > :08:45.?30,000. Worryingly, Nottinghamshire Trading Standards fear hundreds of
:08:46. > :08:48.machines of the same design have been sold to unsuspecting customers.
:08:49. > :08:51.Simon Hare reports. Something as simple as a handshake is still too
:08:52. > :09:05.painful for this man from Nottinghamshire. He lost the top of
:09:06. > :09:10.his right`hand ring finger 12 months ago while assembling a treadmill
:09:11. > :09:13.with his wife. The arm of the treadmill sprung open. It was very
:09:14. > :09:18.unexpected as we were unpackaging it. As the running arm came up it
:09:19. > :09:31.severed the tip of my finger which was at the base. When County Trading
:09:32. > :09:40.Standards office tested similar machines from the same company they
:09:41. > :09:50.found similar breaches of safety. Treadmills are imported for China ``
:09:51. > :09:57.from China and have been sold for several years. Five product safety
:09:58. > :10:01.breaches have been admitted by the company which sells and no says that
:10:02. > :10:08.their products now meet the standards required. Meanwhile James
:10:09. > :10:18.still suffers from pain. He has had five operations. Every time you
:10:19. > :10:28.touch it it impacts on life in every feasible way. As camps `` we want
:10:29. > :10:35.consumers to know that everything has been tested and that they will
:10:36. > :10:39.be as safe as possible. James is waiting to hear how much
:10:40. > :10:44.compensation he will receive through the company 's insurers. Still to
:10:45. > :10:47.come: The tiny theatre with a big following. Nottinghamshire's Robin
:10:48. > :10:59.Hood theatre was closed down seven years ago. But now, thanks to the
:11:00. > :11:02.tireless support of volunteers, it's curtains`up once more. Time now for
:11:03. > :11:07.the second of our special series on trade links with Brazil. And
:11:08. > :11:23.tonight, how the Leicestershire motorcycle manufacturer Triumph is
:11:24. > :11:26.winning new orders over there. The company only started up in South
:11:27. > :11:29.America 15 months ago, but it already has its eyes on capturing
:11:30. > :11:32.10% of the Brazilian big bike market. Mike O'Sullivan reports. A
:11:33. > :11:35.Triumph motorcycle at a dealership in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It's one of
:11:36. > :11:43.ten dealerships that have been opened in the country. The head of
:11:44. > :11:47.the Triumph in Brazil tells me the company hopes to win ten or 12% of
:11:48. > :11:54.the market for big bikes in another year or so. So, who is buying them?
:11:55. > :11:58.We have some commuters, but the majority are people who work harder
:11:59. > :12:03.in the week, and on the weekends they prefer to go out ` to go to the
:12:04. > :12:06.mountains, to go to the beaches, and they enjoy the ride. Triumph started
:12:07. > :12:10.in Brazil in November 2012, and an assembly plant has been set up in
:12:11. > :12:13.the World Cup city of Manaus ` employing around 50 people. The
:12:14. > :12:19.factory and sales staff have been trained at the parent factory site
:12:20. > :12:28.in Hinckley. And in Leicestershire technicians have been out to Brazil
:12:29. > :12:43.as well. The city is huge and you cannot compare that to hear. With
:12:44. > :12:56.the Cup manager, Craig Bunton to Juergen Klinsmann. It turns out that
:12:57. > :12:59.it is not too hot to play football. Triumph, which employs 450 people in
:13:00. > :13:14.Hinckley, says its plan to Brazil and other factory in Thailand are
:13:15. > :13:17.helping to create jobs in the UK. Absolutely, it creates jobs here,
:13:18. > :13:22.and the one thing that is important to us is that all of our RNDs are
:13:23. > :13:25.retained in the UK. Back in Sao Paulo, there is an upmarket feel to
:13:26. > :13:37.the dealership, and the brand name is getting better known. Now that we
:13:38. > :13:43.see that our bikes are on the streets, people are talking more
:13:44. > :13:46.about Triumph. Brazil has helped Triumph extend its global reach `
:13:47. > :13:53.India, Indonesia and China are now the next markets on their road trip.
:13:54. > :14:02.Now let's celebrate a birthday. And this one is pretty special. 125
:14:03. > :14:06.years`old, and not even a card from the Queen. The candles on the cake
:14:07. > :14:09.on this occasion are to mark the 125th anniversary of our county
:14:10. > :14:12.councils. But in this age of austerity and Budget cuts, is there
:14:13. > :14:18.much to celebrate? Here's our Political Editor John Hess. Here's a
:14:19. > :14:22.date for you. April one, 1889. Queen Victoria was on the throne. That's
:14:23. > :14:31.when the Local Government Act of 1888 came into force, creating our
:14:32. > :14:35.county councils. In Nottinghamshire, its annual Budget then was ?43,000.
:14:36. > :14:38.This year ` even after recent Budget cuts` it'll spend half a billion
:14:39. > :14:47.pounds. Then, the council was responsible for 372 miles of roads.
:14:48. > :15:21.And now, it looks after 2610 miles, a seven`fold increase. How timeshave
:15:22. > :15:24.changed. I 'm stepping back into time, to visit a grocer's shop in
:15:25. > :15:28.the Nottinghamshire town of Kimberley. The grocer is not here
:15:29. > :15:31.but the man from the council has already arrived. 125 years ago the
:15:32. > :15:35.regulation of weights and measures was one of the first powers given to
:15:36. > :15:38.the new county councils. Today we call it Trading Standards. There
:15:39. > :15:40.were cases in Victorian times of flour being adulterated with chalk
:15:41. > :15:43.dust, sugar being adulterated with sand. This Victorian`age grocers is
:15:44. > :15:46.the hobby of the local enthusiasts. A visit from the weights and
:15:47. > :15:49.measures inspector in Victorian Nottinghamshire was a big deal. And
:15:50. > :15:54.did they have powers? They certainly did. And people who were found to
:15:55. > :15:57.have adulterated food or giving short weight, short measure, were
:15:58. > :16:00.summoned in front of the magistrates and I imagine they were dealt with
:16:01. > :16:03.very severely. The scales are something of a museum piece but
:16:04. > :16:06.tracking down rogue traders is still as important now for the County
:16:07. > :16:09.Council as it was then. Libraries, social services, some schools, the
:16:10. > :16:20.local economy...our county councils still have enormous influence. And
:16:21. > :16:36.senior politicians are again talking of devolving more powers to our big
:16:37. > :16:38.English councils. So what's the view of the current leader of
:16:39. > :16:42.Nottinghamshire County Council, Labour's Alan Rhodes? I welcome
:16:43. > :16:47.greater devolution but I think we need to be given greater tax`raising
:16:48. > :16:52.powers and I think planning should be left entirely to local
:16:53. > :17:02.government. There are other issues like education and social care where
:17:03. > :17:07.we know what our local needs are. The way we shop has certainly
:17:08. > :17:10.changed since 1889. And maybe greater consumer choice is how our
:17:11. > :17:22.councils will adapt in future, in how they provide us with local
:17:23. > :17:29.services. Now for sport. That is only one place for Natalie to be
:17:30. > :17:34.tonight. She is in Leicester. Tonight this place will be a
:17:35. > :17:37.cauldron of noise. For the first time, Leicester fans get the chance
:17:38. > :17:46.to celebrate with a team that got them promoted. If the last few
:17:47. > :17:50.weeks, we have been on the inside. We have had an exclusive look at the
:17:51. > :18:11.team behind this team that won promotion. The East Midlands and now
:18:12. > :18:14.has a Premier League team. Leicester have taken the championship by storm
:18:15. > :18:19.at however they done it? LA one morning, we were given fly on the
:18:20. > :18:27.wall access to the training ground of the club to show the science and
:18:28. > :18:35.the secrets behind their success. Immediately after heartbreak at the
:18:36. > :18:45.play`offs last season, manager Nigel Pearson held the debrief. The major
:18:46. > :18:49.way we went to the pub. It was fabulous and that was when we went
:18:50. > :18:53.to members of staff and debriefed the positives from this season and
:18:54. > :19:01.discussed where we really needed to go in terms of philosophy. Leicester
:19:02. > :19:03.already had first`class players with tweaks in recruitment and
:19:04. > :19:09.innovations and sport science have been key. If everybody improves by a
:19:10. > :19:14.couple of percent it very quickly adds up and I think that is really
:19:15. > :19:19.what it is about. Each player has special drinks for before, during
:19:20. > :19:30.and after training and they are pioneers for a special software for
:19:31. > :19:38.iPad 's. Attention to detail has played a key part throughout the
:19:39. > :19:46.season. Their style of power and pace is no coincidence. It helps me
:19:47. > :19:52.in the physio room and helps Nigel and the team selection. We watch
:19:53. > :20:00.every team at least three times before we play them and analysis is
:20:01. > :20:06.done on that aspect as well. I think it is just key areas where we feel
:20:07. > :20:13.we need cover or improvement. They do it for the manager who keeps his
:20:14. > :20:19.focus by getting away for it all `` getting away from it all. It is a
:20:20. > :20:30.bit of escapism that it is the kind of thing I enjoy. Before that, he
:20:31. > :20:39.wants to win the title. They are back with the elite football for the
:20:40. > :20:44.first time in a decade. Tonight, Leicester play Brighton the next
:20:45. > :20:48.season the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool
:20:49. > :20:58.and Arsenal will be walking into the visiting team dressing room. Here I
:20:59. > :21:03.am in the home dugout. This is where they will be barking all the orders
:21:04. > :21:09.to the players tonight. Here is the club ambassador. It is going to be a
:21:10. > :21:20.great and huge atmosphere tonight isn't it? It has been a long hard
:21:21. > :21:25.season with plenty of attractive football and the next step is overly
:21:26. > :21:30.going up as champions. To actually get in the Premier League is a
:21:31. > :21:35.massive achievement and it has been brilliant. Tonight it is all about
:21:36. > :21:39.sharing that experience with the fans, the first times they have had
:21:40. > :21:44.to celebrate with the players? I believe it is a sell`out, which is
:21:45. > :21:47.what you would expect so it will be a special one that Brighton will
:21:48. > :21:53.make it difficult to we have to be on our toes and we do not want to be
:21:54. > :21:56.after the Lord Mayo's show. But the mentality that the players have had
:21:57. > :22:00.this season that will carry them on and there will be a special
:22:01. > :22:09.atmosphere but there has been a great atmosphere all season. But
:22:10. > :22:12.tonight it will be fantastic. Tonight Derby County are away at
:22:13. > :22:16.Blackpool and Nottingham Forest at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Natalie
:22:17. > :22:27.is back outside the stadium were some very happy fans. It has been
:22:28. > :22:32.outside the `` it has been about the players this season but also about
:22:33. > :22:38.the fans. Tonight will be a special evening for them, of course. After
:22:39. > :22:42.ten years it is about time to query belong in the Premier League and we
:22:43. > :22:49.will hopefully stay up there. What will the atmosphere be like? It will
:22:50. > :22:55.be fantastic. I cannot wait, it has been such a long time and happy
:22:56. > :23:12.days. The T`shirt is cheesy but you do not get promotion every year.
:23:13. > :23:16.After seven years in the dark, the curtains are about to go up once
:23:17. > :23:18.more at the Robin Hood Theatre in Nottinghamshire. The venue was
:23:19. > :23:21.closed suddenly after failing a health and safety inspection. But
:23:22. > :23:27.volunteers have worked tirelessly to renovate the building with the help
:23:28. > :23:29.of some famous friends. Our arts reporter Geeta Pendse joined the
:23:30. > :23:44.company for their final dress rehearsal ahead of their opening
:23:45. > :23:50.show tonight. He only cares. `` Here he is! It's seven years since these
:23:51. > :23:53.factors have been able to tread the boards at the Robin Hood Theatre `
:23:54. > :23:57.closed in 2007 by the County Council because of health and safety issues.
:23:58. > :24:00.At the time, this was a huge blow for the amateur company, but now
:24:01. > :24:04.they've raised enough money to reopen. It's appalling. What a waste
:24:05. > :24:07.of a public facility. You got a beautiful building here. It just
:24:08. > :24:11.needed a bit of TLC, and a little bit of money on it ` which is what
:24:12. > :24:15.we've given. We've brought some experience and a lot of hard
:24:16. > :24:17.learning, and here it is back in operation. It is not the first time
:24:18. > :24:27.this theatre has been plunged into darkness. In the 1950s at Felling to
:24:28. > :24:36.disappear and this lady who is now a company director remembers its
:24:37. > :24:39.relaunch in 1961. I worked backstage as an assistant stained manager so
:24:40. > :24:45.I'm really thrilled at the now when we reopen that I am directing the
:24:46. > :24:47.opening play. As well as an army of volunteers, the theatre has also
:24:48. > :24:55.attracted financial support from famous faces including Dame Judi
:24:56. > :25:08.Dench and Sir Ian McKellen. Many of whom performed here as newly trained
:25:09. > :25:11.actors. Everybody has put so many hours in raising money, painting the
:25:12. > :25:15.set, painting the front of house, blocking the car park out. There is
:25:16. > :25:19.so much work gone in, from so many people. The opening show tonight is
:25:20. > :25:25.The Rise and Fall of Little Voice ` a fitting way for a small theatre
:25:26. > :25:33.that has found its voice once again. Curtain up now on the weather.
:25:34. > :25:38.This was the weather fronts yesterday which cleared away
:25:39. > :25:44.yesterday evening with perfect timing. As always, keep your
:25:45. > :25:48.pictures coming in. Behind the weather front we have seen pressure
:25:49. > :25:51.starting to build and so it has been much better today with a lot more in
:25:52. > :25:56.the way of sunshine. Still a brisk and chilly wind in that area of high
:25:57. > :26:02.pressure will stay put over the next few days. A lot of dry weather to
:26:03. > :26:07.come over the next few days. Some or cloud will come in tomorrow so we
:26:08. > :26:11.will lose sunshine but we are staying dry and the winds will be
:26:12. > :26:14.lighter and it will feel somewhat warmer. There has been plenty
:26:15. > :26:18.sunshine this afternoon and the showers have been fading away. We
:26:19. > :26:24.are staying dry with clear spells to start with tonight but the
:26:25. > :26:29.temperatures will take a tumble this evening and can surely quite
:26:30. > :26:36.quickly. The clouds will start to increase from the north and the West
:26:37. > :26:44.which will make the tempter in towns and city centres about five degrees
:26:45. > :26:50.of six degrees but in rural areas we could get to ground freezing. As we
:26:51. > :26:55.go through the data model we will see cloud increasing. There will be
:26:56. > :26:59.more in the way of cloud in the afternoon but it will be warmer and
:27:00. > :27:05.those of winds are will be lighter. It will be a summer story on Sunday
:27:06. > :27:09.where we have a fairly weak weather front heading our way. Other than
:27:10. > :27:11.that it will stay dry for most of the week.