:00:00. > :00:00.Nick Clegg tells his supporters to stand firm, dismissing talk
:00:00. > :00:00.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:07. > :00:19.Tonight: Health care takes centre stage in the Newark by`election
:00:20. > :00:28.Ed Miliband gives his assur`nce about NHS care.
:00:29. > :00:32.Also, how to other universities are hoping to tackle a culture of binge
:00:33. > :00:44.drinking as part of a national high lift scheme. Plus, is this the best
:00:45. > :00:46.part two build a hundred new homes? Craig meets the racehorse that made
:00:47. > :00:58.him a millionaire in 345 at Haydock. The future
:00:59. > :01:05.of Newark hospital took centre stage today with the intervention
:01:06. > :01:08.in the election campaign of Labour The town's become a magnet
:01:09. > :01:13.for the country's political leaders as the parties battle it out to win
:01:14. > :01:17.over voters before next Thursday's Today though,
:01:18. > :01:26.health care became the hot topic. Our political Editor John Hdss
:01:27. > :01:38.has been speaking to Mr Miliband. Doing the hospital grounds, the
:01:39. > :01:39.Labour leader at Newark hospital today with his party 's by`dlection
:01:40. > :01:46.today with his party 's by`election candidate. He met patients who
:01:47. > :01:49.praised the dedication of nursing praised the dedication of nursing
:01:50. > :01:51.staff at the nurses anxious about the pressures on the NHS at this
:01:52. > :01:59.hospital. Patients are waithng a hospital. Patients are waiting a
:02:00. > :02:02.week before they can be seen. The quality of care is still thdre.
:02:03. > :02:07.quality of care is still there. Newark used to have its own A but
:02:08. > :02:08.the NHS decision to close it a few years ago has been hugely
:02:09. > :02:14.controversial. People are ddeply controversial. People are deeply
:02:15. > :02:21.worried about the downgrading of the A here. Labour's pledging to have
:02:22. > :02:26.48 hour access to GPs. That is good for health services but it hs also
:02:27. > :02:27.good for the hospital as well stop you have people coming to the
:02:28. > :02:33.hospital who can't get propdr aspect hospital who can't get propdr aspect
:02:34. > :02:36.`` access. It is the issue that prompted this man, one of Ndwark's
:02:37. > :02:39.prompted this man, one of Newark's new campaign is to restore @,
:02:40. > :02:42.prompted this man, one of Ndwark's new campaign is to restore A, to
:02:43. > :02:50.stand at this by`election. Health care is a labour`intensive business.
:02:51. > :02:54.We need more doctors and nurses working in the hospital providing
:02:55. > :02:59.the service we all need. It is an issue for the Conservative
:03:00. > :03:02.candidate. Today, the Foreign Secretary was the latest cabinet
:03:03. > :03:08.minister to be seen on the Newark campaign trail. By`election are
:03:09. > :03:14.always hard work. I was elected in a by`election so we take nothing and
:03:15. > :03:18.nobody for granted. It was market day in Newark today the weather was
:03:19. > :03:23.so awful there were more TV crews and politicians than shoppers. It
:03:24. > :03:27.may have been unseasonably cold but in new work it is getting
:03:28. > :03:28.politically hot and it is the issue of the NHS that is turning up the
:03:29. > :03:34.of the NHS that is turning tp the temperature.
:03:35. > :03:38.And here's the full list of candidates standing in the Newark
:03:39. > :03:46.And there's been more polithcal drama in the region, a high`profile
:03:47. > :03:50.casualty at the helm of one of our biggest local authorities.
:03:51. > :03:54.Labour's Paul Bayliss, who led Derby City Council, has been dropped
:03:55. > :04:01.His former deputy, Ranjit B`nwait, is now expected to take control
:04:02. > :04:16.A chat in a dark the cafe after what has been called something of a coup.
:04:17. > :04:20.Ranjit Banwait and his supporters last night brought out their
:04:21. > :04:21.political knives to get him elected as the new leader of the ruling
:04:22. > :04:30.Labour group. Paul Bayliss hs a Labour group. Paul Bayliss is a
:04:31. > :04:31.long`standing councillor who has served the people. He is also my
:04:32. > :04:33.counsellor and he will conshder served the people. He is also my
:04:34. > :04:39.counsellor and he will consider `` counsellor and he will consider ``
:04:40. > :04:44.continue to serve four years to come. I wanted to offer an
:04:45. > :04:48.alternative not with my Labour councillors that the city of Derby.
:04:49. > :04:55.I want to deliver quality, excellent public services. That is debating
:04:56. > :04:59.style has caused controversy in the past. The next thing you get
:05:00. > :05:05.walloped around the head with a saucepan. He had to apologise after
:05:06. > :05:11.using an analogy on domestic violence. May I suggest you give the
:05:12. > :05:15.opportunity for counsellor Ranjit Banwait to withdraw what he said.
:05:16. > :05:20.The council chamber is an extraordinary place. Perhaps we need
:05:21. > :05:26.to get away from the kind of showmanship politics that goes on.
:05:27. > :05:28.You are ambitious. Is there a danger that that ambition can perh`ps
:05:29. > :05:30.that that ambition can perhaps outstrips durability in somd
:05:31. > :05:34.respects and you may struggle running a big authorityess`mac for
:05:35. > :05:36.respects and you may struggle running a big authorityess`lac for a
:05:37. > :05:43.running a big authorityess`mac for a working`class lad, from simple
:05:44. > :05:52.roots, we call that ambition. I call it aspirational. He says he's proud
:05:53. > :05:53.of the fact that he takes over next month it will be Derby's council
:05:54. > :05:54.leader from an ethnic minorhty leader from an ethnic minority
:05:55. > :05:58.community. It'll be the fight of his lhfe
:05:59. > :06:04.and he says he's never been fitter. We look at Carl Froch's preparations
:06:05. > :06:18.for Saturday's grudge re`match with In the weather, low pressure is
:06:19. > :06:20.winning at the moment but hhgh pressure is set to dominate the end
:06:21. > :06:24.of the week. I will have the pressure is set to dominate the end
:06:25. > :06:30.of the week. I will have thd details shortly.
:06:31. > :06:32.Next tonight, binge drinking by students. Two East Midlands
:06:33. > :06:35.universities are taking part in a Government`backed pilot project
:06:36. > :06:40.targeting alcohol abuse among undergraduates. The aim is to reduce
:06:41. > :06:48.booze fuelled crime and promote healthier lifestyles. One t`rget is
:06:49. > :06:52.the traditional student pub crawl. Geeta Pendse reports.
:06:53. > :06:55.One target is the traditional student pub crawl.
:06:56. > :07:03.Many enjoy a post`exam drink and once the students may know their
:07:04. > :07:05.limits, a pilot scheme backed once the students may know their
:07:06. > :07:05.limits, a pilot scheme backdd by once the students may know their
:07:06. > :07:08.limits, a pilot scheme backed by the limits, a pilot scheme backdd by the
:07:09. > :07:09.government and national union of students is targeting the culture of
:07:10. > :07:14.students is targeting the ctlture of binge drinking. We want to encourage
:07:15. > :07:19.them to take the right action. The union need to take the lead to make
:07:20. > :07:24.sure alcohol is a sensible part of life not an irresponsible p`rt of
:07:25. > :07:28.life. It is this kind of behaviour that the scheme wants to crack down
:07:29. > :07:29.on. Residents close to Loughborough University have complained hn the
:07:30. > :07:34.University have complained in the past about late night student
:07:35. > :07:38.deceptions. The university hs involved in the pilot. A lot of
:07:39. > :07:39.those issues are students coming home from nights out and being too
:07:40. > :07:42.loud. This is one of the thhngs that loud. This is one of the things that
:07:43. > :07:47.we will be looking at. We w`nt to we will be looking at. We want to
:07:48. > :07:52.make sure they are not as drunk as they aren't the consequences they
:07:53. > :08:00.can have. So, what do they plan to do? Ideas include promoting
:08:01. > :08:01.healthier lifestyle choices, tackling alcohol fuelled sttdent
:08:02. > :08:07.tackling alcohol fuelled student initiation ceremonies and ptt
:08:08. > :08:12.crawls, and creating alcohol free spaces. Its reaction from students
:08:13. > :08:20.have been mixed. I think it has got stage where you can't reverse it. It
:08:21. > :08:24.is a culture now. Some are still big drinkers and someone to get out of
:08:25. > :08:29.the way. Sometimes we have to organise things for people for
:08:30. > :08:34.drinkers and there definitely needs to be more ideas. There was behind
:08:35. > :08:35.the scheme hope it will promote healthy attitudes towards drinking
:08:36. > :08:40.both on and off campus. Leicestershire's Police and Crime
:08:41. > :08:43.Commissioner says he has no regrets about seeking a judicial review
:08:44. > :08:46.into a new housing project dven Sir Clive Loader was concerned
:08:47. > :08:52.about who'd pay for the policing of the 4,000 home development
:08:53. > :08:55.at Lubbesthorpe. The judge found in favour of
:08:56. > :08:58.Blaby District Council The review itself has cost
:08:59. > :09:04.around ?120,000. Worshippers have banded together to
:09:05. > :09:07.buy The Friends of St Faith's in Belper
:09:08. > :09:12.wrote to the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury to try to
:09:13. > :09:15.save their late 19th century church In 2012, it was bought
:09:16. > :09:22.by a private property investor but now an ownership committee of 15
:09:23. > :09:25.people has bought the church back Around 2,000 new jobs could be
:09:26. > :09:33.created at a Leicestershire The Government's giving ?7.5 million
:09:34. > :09:38.to help construct a road network A specialist vehicle testing
:09:39. > :09:44.and research company is devdloping the area, which is now classed
:09:45. > :09:50.as an enterprise zone. Next, people
:09:51. > :09:52.in a Derbyshire village are worried that plans to build more than 100
:09:53. > :09:56.new homes there will disturb Villagers in Crich fear old
:09:57. > :10:03.low`level radioactive waste The firm
:10:04. > :10:25.behind the plans insists thdre'll be The protests were long drawn`out and
:10:26. > :10:27.at times. For years the people of Crich fought to stop Rolls Royce
:10:28. > :10:28.legally dumping low`level ntclear legally dumping low`level nuclear
:10:29. > :10:34.waste into this quarry. By 2002 the waste into this quarry. By 2002, the
:10:35. > :10:39.company has pulled out of the side leaving the waste buried deep
:10:40. > :10:41.underground. But now the issue has resurfaced with plans to buhld 13
:10:42. > :10:45.resurfaced with plans to build 113 new homes next to the old l`ndfill.
:10:46. > :10:48.new homes next to the old landfill. Patrick Cooke was heavily involved
:10:49. > :10:53.in those protests. He wants the waste to remain safely buridd. You
:10:54. > :10:57.waste to remain safely buried. You don't know what you are going to
:10:58. > :11:07.disturb. They made it as safe as they possibly could and I don't see
:11:08. > :11:08.any of that safety disturbed. The villagers focus is also on what
:11:09. > :11:12.impact the new homes would have. Can impact the new homes would have Can
:11:13. > :11:20.Crich cope with Andrew 13 new Crich cope with Andrew 13 new
:11:21. > :11:24.houses? Definitely not. We can't with the schools in and around Crich
:11:25. > :11:28.and I believe now the doctors surgery, there is a three`wdek
:11:29. > :11:30.waiting list. The development company says that is a significant
:11:31. > :11:34.company says that is a signhficant need for affordable homes in the
:11:35. > :11:36.area. It claims the impact on transport will be acceptabld and
:11:37. > :11:39.transport will be acceptable and professional reports have s`id
:11:40. > :11:39.transport will be acceptabld and professional reports have said the
:11:40. > :11:42.professional reports have s`id the site could be developed without any
:11:43. > :11:44.adverse effects. Rolls Royce the adverse effects. Rolls Royce the
:11:45. > :11:45.monitors the land to check ht adverse effects. Rolls Roycd the
:11:46. > :11:46.monitors the land to check it is monitors the land to check ht is
:11:47. > :11:48.safe and artist the developer no safe and artist the developdr no
:11:49. > :11:54.drainage should be directed towards it. The plans may not being the
:11:55. > :11:57.village bets when councillors meet next month they will know the need
:11:58. > :11:59.for new homes is rising. The next month they will know the need
:12:00. > :12:02.for new homes is rising. Thd people for new homes is rising. Thd people
:12:03. > :12:03.of Crich want their voices to be heard and the developer has promised
:12:04. > :12:06.it is listening. A man who cleans wheelie bins
:12:07. > :12:11.cleans up at the races. This is Craig Brazier from Lansfield
:12:12. > :12:14.meeting the horse whose victory at Haydock netted him
:12:15. > :12:26.a cool ?1.3 million. New figures show that more than 800
:12:27. > :12:30.new homes were built in Nottingham The Lenton and Radford areas of the
:12:31. > :12:37.city, where tower blocks ard being demolished to make way for new
:12:38. > :12:40.family homes, is part of thd biggest council home building programme
:12:41. > :12:43.in Nottingham for 40 years. The city council has granted
:12:44. > :12:48.planning permission to private and social housing projects,
:12:49. > :12:50.which will see Loughborough could get
:12:51. > :12:56.a smaller version Charnwood Borough Council s`ys the
:12:57. > :13:02.plans are in their early stages and that no decision will be made until
:13:03. > :13:05.they've reviewed the final costs. If the wheel's approved,
:13:06. > :13:08.the Loughborough Eye will bd built in the town's Market Place
:13:09. > :13:13.in time for Christmas. The first and second parts
:13:14. > :13:16.of Nottingham's tram network were Two sections of track
:13:17. > :13:21.on the bridge over Nottingh`m The tram operator, NET and
:13:22. > :13:27.the city council say it's ilportant to mark the latest milestond
:13:28. > :13:31.in the extension programme. Lines two and three
:13:32. > :13:35.of the tram network are due to be up It was a ?2.00 bet that grew
:13:36. > :13:46.into a ?1 million jackpot. A life`changing windfall
:13:47. > :13:49.for 39`year`old Craig Brazidr, a wheelie bin cleaner
:13:50. > :13:53.from Mansfield Woodhouse. He scooped the cash
:13:54. > :13:56.after picking six winning horses But as Amy Harris reports,
:13:57. > :14:12.he's not giving up the day job yet. Craig Brazier celebrating winning
:14:13. > :14:15.?1.3 million on the horses with his family. He gave a ?2 accumulator
:14:16. > :14:19.bets. This was the moment hd knew family. He gave a ?2 accumulator
:14:20. > :14:28.bets. This was the moment hd knew he had hit the jackpot. When the horse
:14:29. > :14:37.went at Haydock, six winners out of six. I needed a paramedic. H've done
:14:38. > :14:39.it. I cracked it. It will change my life forever. As long as I look at
:14:40. > :14:43.that. I plan to buy a new house, a that. I plan to buy a new house a
:14:44. > :14:45.holiday for the girls and I want to have a racehorse myself. Thhs is
:14:46. > :14:45.holiday for the girls and I want to have a racehorse myself. This is the
:14:46. > :14:47.bookies in Mansfield Woodhotse have a racehorse myself. Thhs is the
:14:48. > :14:54.bookies in Mansfield Woodhotse where Craig lasted `` placed his bat. Six
:14:55. > :14:59.races later he became a millionaire. He received one of the largdst
:15:00. > :15:03.betting shop pay`outs in history. It is good to know I have sold somebody
:15:04. > :15:08.that's winning ticket and it is going to change their lives. It is
:15:09. > :15:10.brilliant, amazing. Today, Craig met the horse and jockey that won him
:15:11. > :15:18.the money. I was concentrating on the money. I was concentrathng on
:15:19. > :15:22.writing mine was getting thd best out of him and it was some really
:15:23. > :15:28.nice news. To find out you have changed some of his life. For grey,
:15:29. > :15:34.when the celebrations are over it is back to business. He goes by to his
:15:35. > :15:37.day job on Monday. That could all change if he cleans up at this
:15:38. > :15:48.weekend's winners bonus racd. It is weekend's winners bonus race. It is
:15:49. > :16:03.jackpot over ?5 million. And the winners bonus race. We will
:16:04. > :16:06.at the club while he recovers from the terrible car crash that
:16:07. > :16:10.His father Keith was killed in the accident.
:16:11. > :16:24.Eight weeks ago Tom Poynton's life was turned upside down. The car his
:16:25. > :16:28.father was driving him off the road and hit a tree. His father was dead
:16:29. > :16:31.and Tom was left with leg injuries with six months of rehab ahead.
:16:32. > :16:34.with six months of rehab ahdad. Difficult, in the standard blue.
:16:35. > :16:37.Desperately unfortunate circumstances and very traghc. As a
:16:38. > :18:13.family, we are more than happy to try to help in
:18:14. > :18:19.any way I can. Derbyshire 's game with Gloucestershire ended hn a
:18:20. > :18:29.draw. Fixtures were washed out across the country. No play could be
:18:30. > :18:31.had today. In Cardiff, it is the same story as Leicestershird
:18:32. > :18:32.had today. In Cardiff, it is the same story as Leicestershire through
:18:33. > :18:35.with Glamorgan with the weather the only winner.
:18:36. > :18:39.Derby County have announced local businessman Mel Morris has become
:18:40. > :18:41.a director at the club with immediate effect.
:18:42. > :18:43.He has taken up a significant minority shardholding
:18:44. > :18:48.and was previously on the board seven years ago.