15/05/2014 East Midlands Today

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A teenage girl?s dream is changing the lives of hundreds of African

children. The orphanage she built with the help of family and friends

and supporters. This is our home and we love it.

The orphan boys being fostered into the community. And how AIDS is

creating a generation of lost children. Coming up. A motor racing

legend as the new formula E takes root at Donington Park.

This is an orphanage home to 35 girls aged from 21 to seven. That is

Mercy who looks after everybody but the whole thing was started five

years ago by Alice. Euro`macro there was so many orphans and girls at

risk so we have gone from strength to strength. It is a platform for

change giving the girls a second chance in life and most important

thing is it giving them an education and then they are given the choice

and the freedom for development. These girls only came four days ago.

They have never had anything of their own before and were never

given the toys they did not know what to do with them. They do now.

We are proud because she gave us everything we need. The girls are so

happy to stay here and they forget they are orphans. What difference

doesn't make to be here for their future?

They know they have a bright future. They go to school and they know they

will finish school and they... It is likely many of the girls would

never have left this area. Thanks to a new joy in their lives, they are

using their singing skills to make big changes. It isn't just the girls

that are being helped. Is that you? There are just as many boys orphaned

as well. We felt we wanted to do something for them. The government

won't allow orphanages to be mixed sex so we decided the best thing to

do was to give them safe keeping and get them adopted or fostered by

elderly widows in the community. This is one of the backyards were

eight boys have been fostered by a widow. Say hello. Don't they look

gorgeous? It is fantastic, they get family life and there are brought up

in the ring community. Martha gets a small income because she is very

very poor. All of the children we have met are the lucky ones because

AIDS is sweeping through this beautiful contact `` consonant

leaving in its wake a generation of lost children. `` consonant. Lots of

the parents of the children coming through now have died of AIDS and

the children are left to be looked after by the grandmothers who are

frail, old, no in come themselves and they are trying to take in six

or eight children at a time. We had to consider whether we took the

girls with HIV. There was no option. If we didn't, they would have died.

They had an opportunity to get treatment and now the fit and

healthy. AIDS impact on life here in every way, it is a drain on the

labour force and government expenditure. Its greatest impact is

on the children. If they're not born with it, that parents would have

died from it leaving a generation to fend for themselves, earlier than

they ought to. Those who are negative should remain negative and

those positive should be assisted with drugs but the main aim is those

negative to remain negative. That is down to education.

Yes. It is all about education. Alice

joins me now. It is so important. Yes, education is the key to change

and we have powered through that. We are running a volunteer foundation.

Facilitating greater change in the education system where we are

building to educate thousands of children. We have had continuous

amazing support from Leicester. We have spent some time with them,

amazing guys. They have come out here and in ten days they have built

practically a school. It is their story tomorrow so don't forget to

join us for that. There are beautiful voices behind me, the

girls from the school `` orphanage, the song is their desire to be

educated. See you tomorrow. For now, from Africa. Bye`bye.

You're watching East Midlands Today with Geeta Pendse and me,

Bombardier celebrates one hundred and seventy five years

of train making in Derby and looks to the future.

We are chugging away into the weekend. Warm sunshine on the way.

Find out how hot it will get later with me.

Campaigners have been targeting the high street store Next

Union members are calling for the retailer to pay

In March the company, based in Enderby in Leicestershire,

It was a peaceful protest this morning but there was a big

message. Pay workers are living wage, that is the amount someone

needs to cover the cost of living. It has been put at ?7 65 an hour

outside London. People want quality jobs, they want to have a decent

quality of life and they are making huge profits, over 700 million this

year so why can't they pay a decent wage and provide decent housing bust

up low pay, low hours, it impacts on the communities. Where the shops

are, the stores, these have a major impact on the communities that live

there. Campaigners brought shares in next so they could attend?s AGM. We

want next to become a living wage employer. There are 700 living wage

in ploys in this country. Eight of them are on the FTSE 100 index. Next

is a retailer and there aren't any retailers. Next employee apprentices

on ?4 80 per hour, people in full`time work on ?6 50. It is a

long way from enough to get by. It is a struggle for many families.

This is an opportunity to see what they can do. No one from the company

wanted to speak to me but they tell me the living wage is imprecise it

varies from person`to`person. They also say they get 30 applicants for

every store job they advertise. If the wages were not high enough,

people simply not apply. The former Nottingham Forest player,

Marlon King has been jailed for 18 He pleaded guilty to the charge

in March after a crash which left King had been driving his Porsche

on the A46 at Winthorpe The judge at Nottingham Crown Court

also banned him from driving Reported assaults on staff

at Leicester's hospitals have soared by six hundred percent

in the last four years. Figures from NHS Protect show

assaults at Leicester Royal Infirmary, the General and Glenfield

Hospital have risen from thirty between 2009 and 2010 to one hundred

and eighty between 2012 and 13. The figures exclude assaults where

medical reasons, such Police have completed the search

of a house in the Meadows area of Nottingham as they continue to hunt

for the body of Bogdan Nawrocki. The 22 year old who was from Poland,

was last seen in January. Officers say they've found

nothing from this latest search. One man has been charged with murder

and three others remain One of the men on trial

for murdering a family of four in an arson attack was accused

in court today of lying Kemo Porter had told the jury he'd

had nothing to do with the fire. But under cross examination today it

was suggested that wasn't the case. Sarah Teale has been

following developments at He's one of eight accused

of fire`bombing the house on Wood Hill in Leicester in which Shehnila

Taufiq and her three children died. Today he was cross examined by all

of the 7 other defence barristers. Yesterday the jury heard Porter

blaming the arson attack on his co`accused 22 year old

Tristan Richards. He said none of the others present

that night knew that But one of the barristers said to

him, ?What you won't accept is that you together with Tristan Richards

set fire to number 56.? Sarah so why had they all been

in this area at all? Well the intention it's claimed was

to seek revenge for the stabbing of their friend Antoin Akpom earlier

in the evening. Porter told the jury all eight of

them had gone to Wood Hill with the intention of throwing bricks at the

family home of a man they believed Instead he says Richards set fire to

the Taufiq house, two doors down. He says after the event they were

all shocked at what had happened. He says they described Richards

as a madman for what he'd done. An operation to reduce drugs and

violent crime in Nottingham city centre is to continue indefinitely.

Sniffer dogs were initially used over Christmas and Easter. Police

say there were significant falls in criminal behaviour during that time.

The dogs will target specific areas The supermarket giant Morrisons has

pulled out of plans to build a store on the former

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site. Derby's Hospital Trust says

the historic buildings have been vandalised since

the site closed five years ago. It's now applying for more than

three million pounds of funding so People on a housing estate

in Leicester fear illegally dumped rubbish is posing

a serious health hazard. What's worse ` they say the piles

of refuse being fly`tipped in At first glance this looks like just

another landfill site but here, the rubbish has been dumped illegally

on a patch of private land in People living

on the estate say clothes, household goods and bits of old furniture have

been lying here for weeks, I don't like the dumping everywhere.

it is sorted out quickly.

Leicester City Council says clearing it up isn't so straightforward.

That's because the land is owned by a private landlord `

and it's their responsibility to look after the site.

We need to ascertain details and get evidence correct with the landlords

and the landowners to make sure things have not been put there with

the owners permission. When we have contact we can work with them to get

look at preventative measures.

It could take up to 28 days before the council takes further

Until then, residents are left to enjoy

Bombardier says jobs in Derby are secure for

The company made the pledge as it celebrated 175 years

VIP guests were given a tour of the factory as steam trains were

The glory days of a by gone era inspired the future

Bombardier marked 175 years of the city's rail heritage by bringing

But they also released this video of the new aventra train that's

being designed for the ?1bn Crossrail contract in London.

It's the lightest and cheapest to operate

It allows us to replace the previous model which was our staple. It'll

the staple of future. They were celebrating Derby's

train`making skills back in 1931 Bombardier are completing a contract

and another for overground trains in the capital by late next year. The

contract with Southern trains finishes early in 2015.

We have a great workforce, they showed Crossrail they can beat other

bidders. It is right we have a bidding process but Bombardier can

win and has one. The eventual goes into service in three years time.

Could tomorrow be the warmest day of the year so far? We will have the

weather forecast. And an open top bus ride not for sports team but for

an aeroengine. Time for the sport now. Colin has

been at Donington Park. They unveiled the cards for a

multi`million pound racing series which will run across the world

without using a drop of petrol. This, they say, is the future of

motorsport and it is based here at Donington Park. This may look like a

Formula one car but it is all electric. The new formula E is based

here in buildings sprang out of the ground in 15 weeks. They are testing

on the tracks. It was launched and the numbers who came say this is a

big deal indeed. It was almost a kind of madness, so many people to

see the arrival of this cutting edge technology. An electric racing is

coming, it is attracting big names and investment. Leonardo DiCaprio is

one and everyone involved is lavishing praise. This is really

important. With this heritage and it is a great message and symbol. We

are in Donington Park, we know what that means and we can look at the

future of motor racing. The reason for the praise is the transformation

to hatred to you for all teams. Donington Park is the heartbeat in

what they hope will be the next big thing. It is a huge team effort on

behalf of all of the staff at Donington. The constructors and

designers. It is lovely. This is the start of something new. Millions

investing `` has been invested. Next, the racing. That is in city

centres across the world starting in Beijing in September. It has to be

the future of motorsport. With the noise issue and pollution issue it

has to be the way to go. These seeds we are planting today will be part

of the future. As if the sheer numbers were not a number `` enough,

look at one of the investors in the team. Four times world champion now

involved in formula E. What brings you here?

In fact it is a long story because I was looking at the development of

this from five years ago. I wanted to leave something new. We are all

stressed because we don't know what is going to give. It is not just

racing. It will be racing from the first year with the cars but also a

big technical developer and for the future. It is interesting.

Donington Park is hugely exciting, people think of 1993 and that race.

Do you remember that? I will always remember this place,

for sure. It was the first time we had an agreement with the weather

forecasters and we were all the time at the opposite of what we should do

and... I finished on the Po Jim and it was not too bad. It was really a

nightmare. The anniversary is poignant, and

also the winner died. Memories everywhere. When you are

part of this history and especially later on, every time you go to a

track or you meet somebody you have some souvenir, it is why formula E

is something completely new. We want to be part of it. We have the

passion and the technology and it is interesting.

15 weeks to build this. I would like to build my new house

in 15 weeks like this! I could not believe they were able to do it. And

also in the right way. We can invite people and show the technology.

A positive pleasure. Thank you and welcome to Donington Park. A proper

splash here at Donington Park. How exciting. Staying with moving

vehicles. If we mentioned open top bus tours, you would think

footballers and Leicester city victory parade. And the Rams

possibly in a few weeks but today crowds in Derby were cheering a bus

containing a team from Rolls`Royce. And the first of thousands of

engines, engines to help secure the firms future. Setting off from its

production area and Rolls`Royce?s huge works in Derby, the star of the

show. The first production of the engine on its way to the Airbus

plane factory in France. It has taken eight years for plans to

produce this, the fastest selling civil large jet engine ever. It is

such an important engine for Rolls`Royce, 1600 have been sold or

body with thousands more planned. The design team are on the open top

bus. This is number one of 4000 engines

we will produce. It will be a great success for Rolls`Royce and for the

local economy and the world economy. The bus which took Torvill and Dean

around Nottingham 30 years ago added to the excitement.

It has been a pleasure, one of the better days.

Amazing, an incredible journey. Fantastic.

To see the engine has been such a buzz. And to see all of these

people, overwhelming. Hopefully, you saw the Spitfire

coming up and down, that if the heritage of the company. We build

the worlds best gas turbines and this is the first one that is going

to be delivered down to add bus. With the Rolls`Royce Spitfire to

wish the engine well, the number one was on its way to Toulouse from

where it will fly later this year. A great day for Derby. Now, the

weather. A lovely day today, more warm sunshine to come over the next

few days or so. Things are warming up quite nicely. These guys have

been enjoying the sunshine, the one on the left is a somewhat sharper!

More pictures on our Facebook page. They are Peregrine Falcon is nesting

on top of the University. Keep your weather pictures coming in as well.

Things are warming up quite nicely. We didn't do too badly today, 21

Celsius. We will beat that temperature tomorrow, the hottest

day of the year so far, 22 perhaps 23. A similar story on Saturday as

well. Things will cool off slightly towards the end of the weekend.

Things are turning more unsettled. High pressure dominating the scene

at the moment. It stays put into tomorrow and a weather front coming

in by the end of the week. Not a lot in the way of change for the rest of

the day. We stayed dry, clear spells and fog forming. We have milder air

across as all ready, despite the clear spells and the light wind,

temperatures holding up. Tomorrow morning, a bright start again, the

mist will clear away, the sun gets up, sunshine through the morning,

Cloud building into the afternoon, not wall`to`wall sunshine that some

long spells of sunshine and light wind. 22, possibly 23 Celsius. A

similar story on Saturday, dry, sunshine, temperatures up to 22

degrees. We will start to see a breakdown occurring later on Sunday

turning more showery. Not bad for mid`May. It is more like June. Join

me for the late news. Goodbye. at the European elections

on May the 22nd. even though that would wreck

the recovery and destroy jobs.