:00:14. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:17. > :00:19.The future of Newark hospital took centre stage
:00:20. > :00:22.today with an intervention by Labour leader Ed Miliband
:00:23. > :00:27.The town's become a magnet for the country's political leaders
:00:28. > :00:31.as the parties battle it out in the run`up to next Thursday's vote.
:00:32. > :00:36.Our political Editor John Hess has been speaking to Mr Milhband.
:00:37. > :00:39.Doing the hospital rounds, the Labour leader Ed Miliband new
:00:40. > :00:42.hospital today with his party's by`election candidate,
:00:43. > :00:48.He met patients who praised the dedication of nursing staff
:00:49. > :00:52.and then talked to nurses anxious about the pressures on the NHS
:00:53. > :01:07.Newark used have its own Accident and Emergency unit but the NHS
:01:08. > :01:12.decision to close it a few xears ago has been hugely controversial here.
:01:13. > :01:16.People are deeply worried about the downgrading of the A here.
:01:17. > :01:20.Labour is pledging a 48`hour access to the GP so you
:01:21. > :01:25.That is good for health services, but it is also good
:01:26. > :01:28.for the hospital as well because you get people coming here
:01:29. > :01:34.So I think health is very mtch on the agenda and part of
:01:35. > :01:40.It is the issue that promptdd Paul Bagley to stand
:01:41. > :01:45.Health care is a labour`intensive business.
:01:46. > :01:48.If you are not employing people to provide it,
:01:49. > :01:51.the service must be being ctt and that is what is happening.
:01:52. > :01:55.We need more doctors and nurses working in the hospital
:01:56. > :01:58.It is also the issue for the Conservative candidate.
:01:59. > :02:03.Today, William Hague was the latest minister to be sden
:02:04. > :02:10.By`elections are hard work, I was elected in one, so we take
:02:11. > :02:19.It was market day in Newark today, but the weather was so awful that
:02:20. > :02:23.there were more TV crews and politicians than shoppers.
:02:24. > :02:26.This may have been an unseasonably cold day, btt
:02:27. > :02:30.in Europe it is getting polhtically hot and it is the issue of the NHS
:02:31. > :02:39.Next tonight ` binge drinking by students.
:02:40. > :02:42.Two East Midlands universities are taking part in a Government`backed
:02:43. > :02:46.pilot project targeting alcohol abuse among undergraduates.
:02:47. > :02:49.The aim is to reduce booze`fuelled crime
:02:50. > :02:57.A busy union bar at the University of Nottingham
:02:58. > :03:03.And while these students may know their limits, a pilot schemd backed
:03:04. > :03:06.by the Government and National Union of Students is targeting
:03:07. > :03:13.It will encourage them to t`ke the right action.
:03:14. > :03:15.And it requires this to give them the lead.
:03:16. > :03:19.What they're doing is to ensure alcohol is a sensible part of life
:03:20. > :03:25.And it is this kind of behaviour that
:03:26. > :03:28.Residents close to Loughborough University havd
:03:29. > :03:31.complained in the past about late`night student disruptions.
:03:32. > :03:34.The University is also involved in the pilot.
:03:35. > :03:37.A lot of these issues are that students are coming home
:03:38. > :03:45.So we will be looking at making sure they are not as drunk as they
:03:46. > :03:49.are and the consequences thdy can have related to those behaviours.
:03:50. > :03:56.Ideas include promoting healthier lifestyle choices,
:03:57. > :04:01.tackling alcohol`fuelled sttdent initiation ceremonies and pub crawls
:04:02. > :04:10.Those behind the scheme hope it will promote healthier attitudes to
:04:11. > :05:05.Around 2,000 new jobs could be created at a Leicestershire
:05:06. > :05:14.When Chartez won at Haydock, six winners out of six.
:05:15. > :06:44.I couldn't believe I had done it. We have had another disappointing
:06:45. > :07:23.I couldn't believe I had done it. for thunder. Temperatures tomorrow,
:07:24. > :07:33.weekend. My colleague John Hammond will have your national details
:07:34. > :07:42.right now. Hello. Some of us had a nice day.
:07:43. > :07:46.Others of you will be wondering if the sun will ever shine again. It's
:07:47. > :07:50.been another cloudy and damp day across many parts of the country. No
:07:51. > :07:54.more so than across the heart of northern England, where, through the
:07:55. > :07:55.heart of the day, with persistent