13/05/2014 East Midlands Today

increase has occurred on radio. One reason waiting lists have gone up,

say the hospital, is because it is the very hospital `` popular

hospital with patients and readers also a high profile government

campaign to get potential cancer patients seen. There will be an

increase in weekend working, more nurses and the cases. The hope is we

can clear our backlog and we are now beginning to plan how they can use

that money to get ourselves back into an even keel. Derbyshire GPs

say they would not need to refer so many patients if more money was

given nationally to GPs. We might be able to make real differences to the

pressures on hospitals if we had money, both the outpatient waiting

lists and the AMD problems. It could be quicker. `` A and these problems.

`` accident and emergency problems. The trust said it will need to

recruit more staff and hopefully reduce the waiting times to get back

on track within the year. Two wind turbines built in the region can't

be switched on because they interfere with the radar at East

Midlands Airport. They've been installed for Severn Trent Water,

but the company's now having to pay for special software at the airport

to help overcome the problem, as Mike O'Sullivan reports. They have

become a new landmark in Derby but for four months these wind turbines

have been at a standstill. It is because turning the blades at top

speed interferes with the radar system at East Midlands Airport.

They can trigger a little blip on the theory traffic control system.

`` the air traffic control system. That is what they use to see

aircraft. At East Midlands Airport around six miles from the Derby

turbines the say the were consulted before they went up. The airport

said they are currently working alongside Severn Trent Water and the

technology provider to install radar technology that will mitigate any

effect that the wind turbines have on the air traffic control

computers. The hope is that these machines will be able to begin

operation later this year. Police are trying to find a pair of robbers

who threatened to kill a man's dog ` forcing him to hand over his cash.

It happened while Billy Hyman was walking his pet Jess in

Loughborough. The robbers stole ?300. Next week we get a chance to

vote in the European elections, with candidates making immigration one of

the key battle grounds. The right to move around Europe for work, has

become a toxic election issue. Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy

Ball, has been listening to some of the arguments about how it's

affecting us. Signs in Polish on the streets of Nottingham, the most

visible effect of the free movement from Europe. Changes that brought as

everything from the proverbial Polish plumber to workers in the

farming industry. I am trying to look for a job and I cannot get one

because the foreigners are taking it. In a job they give foreigners

less money. If that level of concern appropriate? Polish migrants make up

just 1% of the established population, including those who have

been here since World War II. At this community centre they are

worried about the tone of the debate. I feel threatened, unwelcome

and sometimes as a second`hand jettison. `` second`class citizen.

We do the jobs that other people do not want to do. These people

consider it a two`way process. They have been to work or university on

the continent as part of the year Rasmus game. I think it is

small`minded to blame immigration for the recession. It is an issue

that voters are talking about and that is why it matters so much.

That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me, and I'll leave you now with

Mel and your forecast. It has been a day of blue skies one minute, heavy

showers the next. It will be unsettled over the next few days,

dry with sunshine and temperatures on the rise. Showers are fading and

sky is beginning to clear. Overnight lows will drop to seven or eight

Celsius in built up areas but closer to two or three degrees Celsius in

rural areas. Temperatures will pick up nicely as the morning gets going.

We will have good spells of sunshine around tomorrow. The sunshine will

earn easy. The temperatures will make all the difference, a high of

17 Celsius. In a few moments we have a full national forecast but for now

I'll leave you tomorrow evening, but a sunny

outlook, although it might start to breakdown in some places at the

weekend. Today the weather was the sort of weather where it couldn't

really make its mind up. It changed from hour to hour, there

were storm clouds and thunder and lightning as well. As far as

tomorrow goes, it will be sunny and warm so you can leave your lawn

bowlers at home although after today I wouldn't be surprised if you take

it just in case. You can see some of the big shower clouds moving across

the country, this is another loop here, the radar scans the horizon

and tells us where it has been raiding. You can see them over

Northern Ireland, over eastern England and down to the south-east.

Towards the end of the night it is going