:00:00. > :00:23.Now the news for the East Midlands, good evening. First, one of the
:00:24. > :00:26.region's biggest employers is being forced to pay its workers the living
:00:27. > :00:31.wage. Campaigners have targeted forced to pay its workers the living
:00:32. > :00:34.wage. Campaigners have targdted Next wage. Campaigners have targdted Next
:00:35. > :00:37.and it is estimated it will make profits of ?770 million this year.
:00:38. > :00:38.It was a peaceful protest in Leicestershire this morning but
:00:39. > :00:44.there was a big message. Pay Next there was a big message. Pax Next
:00:45. > :00:45.workers a living wage. That's the amount someone needs to covdr
:00:46. > :00:46.workers a living wage. That's the amount someone needs to cover the
:00:47. > :00:50.amount someone needs to covdr the basic costs of living. It's been put
:00:51. > :00:55.at ?7.65 an hour outside of London. ?? YELLOW People want to work for
:00:56. > :00:59.Next, people want quality jobs. People want to have a decent quality
:01:00. > :01:02.of life and Next are making huge profits. They've made over 700
:01:03. > :01:07.million this year, so why c`n't they pay a decent wage and provide decent
:01:08. > :01:11.hours for people? Low pay, low hours has an impact on the communhties
:01:12. > :01:14.that people live, so where the shops are, where the stores are, these
:01:15. > :01:19.have a major impact on the communities that live there.
:01:20. > :01:24.Campaigners from the Living Wage Foundation bought shares in Next so
:01:25. > :01:28.they could attend today's AGM. We would like Next to become a
:01:29. > :01:34.living`wage employer. There are 700 living`wage employers in this
:01:35. > :01:38.country. Eight of them are on the FTSE 100 index. Next, though, is a
:01:39. > :01:43.retailer, and there aren't `ny retailers. Across the East Midlands,
:01:44. > :01:47.Next are employing apprentices up to and on ?4.80 per hour and there are
:01:48. > :01:51.people in full`time work on about ?6.50, so only just above the
:01:52. > :01:55.minimum wage. That's a long way from enough to get by to properly support
:01:56. > :01:57.a family. It's a real struggle for many of those families. Next are a
:01:58. > :01:59.fantastic company and this is many of those families. Next are a
:02:00. > :01:59.fantastic company and this hs a real fantastic company and this hs a real
:02:00. > :02:03.opportunity to see what they can do opportunity to see what thex can do
:02:04. > :02:06.to take a lead in the sector. No`one from Next wanted to talk to me on
:02:07. > :02:07.camera but they have told me from Next wanted to talk to me on
:02:08. > :02:09.camera but they have told md that camera but they have told me that
:02:10. > :02:12.the living wage isn't precise. It varies from person to person. They
:02:13. > :02:14.also say they get around 30 applicants for every store job that
:02:15. > :02:17.they advertise and if the w`ges they advertise and if the w`ges
:02:18. > :02:24.weren't high enough, people simply wouldn't apply.
:02:25. > :02:28.Bombardier hopes jobs in Derby could be secure for at least the next 15
:02:29. > :02:32.years. The company looked to the future as it celebrated 175 years of
:02:33. > :02:34.train` making in the city. VIP guests were given a tour of the
:02:35. > :02:36.factory as steam trains were brought factory as steam trains were brought
:02:37. > :02:41.in to mark the site's herit`ge, as in to mark the site's heritage, as
:02:42. > :02:43.Mike O'Sullivan reports. The glory days of a bygone era
:02:44. > :02:44.The glory days of a bygone dra inspired the future of train`making
:02:45. > :02:48.in Derby today. Bombardier larked in Derby today. Bombardier marked
:02:49. > :02:53.175 years of the city's rail heritage by bringing steam trains
:02:54. > :02:56.onto its site. But they also released this video of the new
:02:57. > :03:01.Aventra train that's being designed for the ?1 billion Crossrail
:03:02. > :03:04.contract in London. It's thd lightest, most fuel`efficient and
:03:05. > :03:05.cheapest`to`operate train on the network, helping to secure the 1500
:03:06. > :03:14.network, helping to secure the 500 jobs in Derby. It allows it to
:03:15. > :03:17.develop a new product to replace the previous product, the Electrostar,
:03:18. > :03:21.which was the staple of our manufacturing for the last 05 years.
:03:22. > :03:24.The Aventra, we hope, will be the staple of our manufacturing for the
:03:25. > :03:26.next 15 years and beyond. This freight loco built in Derby in 1920
:03:27. > :03:30.freight loco built in Derby in 920 helped to ferry the VIP guests.
:03:31. > :03:32.According to the loco history card, I think it's about 1.2 millhon
:03:33. > :03:34.According to the loco history card, I think it's about 1.2 million miles
:03:35. > :03:38.and there's probably a few on there that haven't been recorded so, yeah,
:03:39. > :03:41.it's going strong. Today, Bombardier is completing a London Underground
:03:42. > :03:47.contract due to finish in mid`2015 and another for overground trains in
:03:48. > :03:53.the capital by late next year. A contract with Southern Trains
:03:54. > :03:56.finishes early in 2015. I think we've got a great workforce here.
:03:57. > :04:00.They showed with Crossrail they can beat other bidders. I think it is
:04:01. > :04:05.right that you have a bidding process but Bombardier can win and
:04:06. > :04:12.has won. The Aventra is due to go into service in three years' time.
:04:13. > :04:17.The former Nottingham Forest player Marlon King has been jailed for 18
:04:18. > :04:18.months for dangerous driving. He pleaded guilty to the charge
:04:19. > :04:19.months for dangerous driving. He pleaded guilty to the chargd in
:04:20. > :04:21.March after a crash which left pleaded guilty to the charge in
:04:22. > :04:25.March after a crash which ldft a motorist with a broken arm. King had
:04:26. > :04:32.been driving his Porsche on the A46 at Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire He
:04:33. > :04:36.was eating ice cream at the wheel. The judge at Nottingham Crown Court
:04:37. > :04:39.also banned him from driving for three years.
:04:40. > :04:42.Reported assaults on staff at Leicester's hospitals have soared by
:04:43. > :04:45.600% in the last four years. Figures from NHS Protect show assaults at
:04:46. > :04:48.Leicester Royal Infirmary, the General and Glenfield Hospital have
:04:49. > :04:51.risen from 30 in 2009 and 2010, to 181 in 2012 and 2013. The figures
:04:52. > :04:52.181 in 2012 and 2013. The fhgures exclude assaults where medical
:04:53. > :04:55.reasons, such as mental illness, reasons, such as mental illness,
:04:56. > :04:59.were a factor. The supermarket giant Morrisons has
:05:00. > :05:00.pulled out of plans to build a store on the former Derbyshire Roxal
:05:01. > :05:03.on the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site. Derby's Hospital
:05:04. > :05:07.Trust says the historic buildings have been vandalised since the site
:05:08. > :05:09.closed five years ago. It's now applying for more than ?3 mhllion
:05:10. > :05:09.closed five years ago. It's now applying for more than ?3 million of
:05:10. > :05:11.applying for more than ?3 mhllion of funding so that some of them
:05:12. > :05:11.applying for more than ?3 million of funding so that some of thel can be
:05:12. > :05:15.funding so that some of them can be demolished.
:05:16. > :05:18.Now, it's usual for sports stars and celebrities to be honoured with a
:05:19. > :05:22.parade through the streets. But today, thousands of Rolls Royce
:05:23. > :05:25.workers turned out in Derby to cheer the first of 4,000 Trent XWB engines
:05:26. > :05:31.that will help secure the fhrm's future. A bus containing team
:05:32. > :05:32.members that designed it and the company's Spitfire were there to see
:05:33. > :05:34.the engine set off for Airbts company's Spitfire were there to see
:05:35. > :05:44.the engine set off for Airbus in the engine set off for Airbts in
:05:45. > :05:50.France. I am proud, really. Excited to be here. Just one of the best
:05:51. > :05:52.days. So excited. This is amazing for the team. An incredible journey
:05:53. > :05:54.we have been on so it's a fantastic we have been on so it's a f`ntastic
:05:55. > :05:59.day. To see the first engine day. To see the first engine
:06:00. > :06:00.today... And then to see all these people. It's just an overwhdlming
:06:01. > :06:04.people. It's just an overwhelming moment today.
:06:05. > :06:08.Hundreds of youngsters in Africa are being given life`saving help thanks
:06:09. > :06:12.to the hard work of a young Leicestershire woman. Alice Pulford
:06:13. > :06:15.has set up an orphanage in Malawi. Anne Davies has been there to see
:06:16. > :06:18.how Alice's work is transforming young lives. Tomorrow, in the second
:06:19. > :06:22.of her special reports, she'll also be meeting a team of builders from
:06:23. > :06:24.the East Midlands who are btsy constructing a new school for 900
:06:25. > :06:26.constructing a new school for 9 0 children, on East Midlands Today at
:06:27. > :06:30.6.30pm tomorrow evening. That's your news, so it's goodbye
:06:31. > :06:37.from me and now the weather with Kaye. `` Rebecca.
:06:38. > :06:43.It's been a pleasant day right across the East Midlands with
:06:44. > :06:45.temperatures getting up to 20, and that continues as we head into
:06:46. > :06:47.tomorrow. A warm day to comd that continues as we head into
:06:48. > :06:47.tomorrow. A warm day to come and try tomorrow. A warm day to come and try
:06:48. > :06:52.and bright with plenty of stnny and bright with plenty of sunny
:06:53. > :06:54.spells. Overnight, we do have patchy cloud about and that will hdlp lift
:06:55. > :06:56.cloud about and that will help lift temperatures a bit. Where wd
:06:57. > :06:56.cloud about and that will hdlp lift temperatures a bit. Where we get the
:06:57. > :07:02.temperatures a bit. Where wd get the clear skies, they will fall away and
:07:03. > :07:07.we have light winds as well, so it will be much colder in rural spots.
:07:08. > :07:12.A chilly start tomorrow but then it will start to see the sun warming
:07:13. > :07:17.things up and it will be a pleasant day. Some patchy cloud around but
:07:18. > :07:18.some good spells of sunshind to come through the day. Those temperatures
:07:19. > :07:23.through the day. Those tempdratures building where they have been
:07:24. > :07:26.today, getting up to around 22 degrees with light winds. Cdrtainly
:07:27. > :07:28.degrees with light winds. Certainly a pleasant day. The national
:07:29. > :07:30.forecast is on the way. Here's the forecast is on the way. Herd's the
:07:31. > :07:35.outlook. prospect for the weekend, which
:07:36. > :07:37.shows we keep it fine, dry and warm. And we can leave you with the
:07:38. > :07:45.national picture. More warm weather on the way, today
:07:46. > :07:48.almost felt like June across the country. Temperatures did hover
:07:49. > :07:57.around 22 degrees, the average for June.
:07:58. > :08:02.If you've been following our forecast for the last couple of
:08:03. > :08:05.days, it will come as no surprise to you that more warm sunshine is on
:08:06. > :08:11.the way for tomorrow and the next few days. Tonight and into the early
:08:12. > :08:15.hours of Friday, not much happening on the weather front, just like Nast
:08:16. > :08:16.dashed back last night and the night before.