03/06/2014 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Anne Davies. Good

evening. A hospital trust which is struggling to find the right people

to fill vacancies is offering cash incentives to staff who can help

solve the problem. The Stamford and Peterborough Hospitals Trust has

been to Italy, Romania and Spain to tackle a shortage of nurses. Now its

own workers are being offered a reward of up to ?350 if they can

find suitable recruits. Our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports.

means there will be 100 and nursing posts unfilled. The Royal College of

Nursing says it all seems a bit desperate. We will attract staff and

nurses to the hospital. There will be opportunities for training, key

sorts of factors which attract people in. The trust points out it

costs people ?1000 to take on each nurse in the UK when you take into

account things like their fears. So it offers value for money. A scout

troop's been left to pick`up the pieces after the fifth break`in in

three years. Police are now investigating after a gang raided

the group's huts on an island in the Trent. The scouts say they're

devastated and will have to start fundraising all over again. Jo

Healey reports. We are now approaching Barton Island. Around 30

young people aged between ten and 18 come here every week to learn

rowing, camping, surviving stills `` surviving skills. They have a great

time and learn a lot but not any more. There is equipment has been

stolen. The cut the lock off and we find equipment had been stolen. A

lawn more, a generator, a brass bell. It is the fundraising we do

with the children, it is the children it affects more than he. It

is their island. The equipment belongs to the children. It makes me

angry. You could not fathom out why they would want to do it to a group

of children. Last year we saw how the Sea Scouts helped by army

reservists built up their shelter. Now this has happened. They loaded

the boards up, put all the equipment in it and went with it. While the

police are investigating, the Scouts are fundraising again. On time and

on budget. Derby's velodrome is set to open in the New Year and already

it's being tipped as a very fast track suitable for setting world

records. Jeremy Nicholas reports. 26 miles of narrow wooden planks,

enough to stretch from Derby to Leicester, nailed together and all

on schedule. We are on budget and on time. The quality of workmanship is

superb and we are delighted, it has gone like a rain. We are going to

Spanish `` finish off the sporting field. `` gone like a dream. Over on

the far side there will be gym facilities which can be used through

the day. There is a netball and basketball area. That might be used

for rock and pop concerts, Arena staff. The main seating area is just

there. Because of the type of timber it is and where it comes from, being

in Siberia it grows really slowly because of the temperature. 255,000

meals are put in by hand. We are not allowed to use a nail gun. It will

be