:00:20. > :00:26.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Geeta Pendse.
:00:27. > :00:31.Tonight: the patient denied the chance of a life`changing operation
:00:32. > :00:39.because of where she lives. I feel like I am getting no clear fast and
:00:40. > :00:50.nobody cheers for me. Attempts to reduce school bullying. And the
:00:51. > :00:57.council paying for on`board CCTV in taxi cabs. Plus, as England prepare
:00:58. > :00:59.to face Uruguay in the World Cup we find out how performances in Brazil
:01:00. > :01:08.will affect businesses here. Good evening and welcome to
:01:09. > :01:11.Thursday's programme. First tonight, the patient denied NHS fundhng for a
:01:12. > :01:17.procedure that could dramathcally change her life. Lynsay Stewart says
:01:18. > :01:20.she's at her wits end. She feels caught up in a bureaucratic
:01:21. > :01:24.confusion over which part of the health service controls the purse
:01:25. > :01:29.strings for her procedure. Lyndsay has a rare syndrome that me`ns her
:01:30. > :01:32.bladder doesn't function normally. Her consultant wants her to have an
:01:33. > :01:36.electronic implant that could help her live a more normal life. The
:01:37. > :01:42.29`year`old's been told if she lived in some other parts of the Tnited
:01:43. > :01:52.Kingdom she'd get it. Our hdalth correspondent Rob Sissons rdports.
:01:53. > :01:55.Every few hours Lindsay has to use these tubes like catheters because
:01:56. > :02:03.her bladder does not function normally. For years, it has been an
:02:04. > :02:10.inconvenient way of life. It affects me everyday because I have to beware
:02:11. > :02:23.of weird I can go and where I cannot go. It is very frustrating. The NHS
:02:24. > :02:32.has said no twice to funding and implant that she and her spdcialist
:02:33. > :02:37.think could make a difference. Collect Rose would be attached to my
:02:38. > :02:46.nerve endings which will pl`y would stimulate my bladder. `` eldctrodes.
:02:47. > :02:52.Tonight there are questions over who it is that should be for thd
:02:53. > :03:03.procedure, the local NHS or NHS England. There were a few slall
:03:04. > :03:10.areas where people have fallen between stones. We are trying to
:03:11. > :03:17.find a solution for her. Wasn't the reorganisation to make things better
:03:18. > :03:20.for patients? It was but we have suddenly discovered where there are
:03:21. > :03:25.issues for individual groups of patients where we find they are not
:03:26. > :03:31.being covered adequately by the rules we have put in place. I am
:03:32. > :03:35.going to keep fighting, I do not know how long I can keep fighting
:03:36. > :03:42.for. Some days I feel it is worth it and others I think it is not. But I
:03:43. > :03:49.have got to live a normal lhfe, I am 29, not eating nine. She works as a
:03:50. > :03:54.keener looking for `` looking after elderly people in their homds by Chi
:03:55. > :03:57.does not feel the NHS is looking after her. Realistically, what
:03:58. > :04:01.chance is there of Lyndsay getting this treatment paid for on the
:04:02. > :04:06.health service? The decision could go either way. The good news is that
:04:07. > :04:12.after we have identified thhs case the NHS locally have said they will
:04:13. > :04:18.come up with a policy. The bad news is, that process is likely to take
:04:19. > :04:26.months, the real do not movd fast in the NHS. How likely is it the
:04:27. > :04:31.implant will work? That is ` good question. Clearly the consultant
:04:32. > :04:35.believes it is something worth going for. She feels as though shd has
:04:36. > :04:40.nothing to lose but the NHS has to make sure the taxpayers mondy is
:04:41. > :04:43.used in a cost`effective wax so they will want to look at all thd
:04:44. > :04:49.evidence. And I gather her LP has taken up the fight? Yes, tonight we
:04:50. > :04:58.have heard from the Labour LP for Ashfield who says she has written to
:04:59. > :05:02.the NHS to add them to rethhnk their decision on this procedure. She says
:05:03. > :05:07.she will take it all the wax the top `` to the top, to the Health
:05:08. > :05:11.Secretary, to get the decishon they want. A new method of combating
:05:12. > :05:13.bullying is being rolled out to all schools across Leicestershire. It's
:05:14. > :05:16.called the Restorative Approach and it encourages pupils to resolve
:05:17. > :05:20.their disputes themselves. Two colleges have been piloting the
:05:21. > :05:30.scheme for over a year and both have seen a dramatic improvement in
:05:31. > :05:35.behaviour. Quentin Rayner rdports. You both have to make sure to allow
:05:36. > :05:39.the other person to talk. Hdre and they have embraced the restorative
:05:40. > :05:42.approach. These are student volunteers who over the past year
:05:43. > :05:49.have brought Willie and victim together, made them reflect on their
:05:50. > :05:54.behaviour and resolve the dhspute. We do not say do this and do that,
:05:55. > :06:00.we guide them to come to a decision by themselves so it is not like it
:06:01. > :06:06.used to be saying you stay there and you steered there and getting them
:06:07. > :06:11.separate. It feels a more normal talking to someone around your age
:06:12. > :06:18.rather than an older teacher because they understand the lot mord than
:06:19. > :06:24.maybe what the teacher would. The approach has produced some startling
:06:25. > :06:31.results. It has been used shnce the late 1960s in Denmark. Therd has
:06:32. > :06:36.been a reduction of exclusions, down by 75%. Attendance has been
:06:37. > :06:43.improved. It has had a very positive impact. The role culture of the
:06:44. > :06:55.students and school have ch`nged. People get on better. Now, with the
:06:56. > :06:59.help of an online support P`ck, all schools across the city and county
:07:00. > :07:04.are being encouraged to introduce the new approach. They will need
:07:05. > :07:08.some help with their training, schools will be able to look at it
:07:09. > :07:15.and think where can I start, they will have information and c`n find
:07:16. > :07:24.out who to contact to get stpport. Where they targeted the schdme in
:07:25. > :07:28.this school exclusions have half. It is the philosophy that you talk
:07:29. > :07:32.about it, if you are thinking about doing it, talk about the whole
:07:33. > :07:41.issue. It is not just about bullying but about behaviour as a whole.
:07:42. > :07:46.Talking is better than war. Still to come: England v Uruguay. A far`away
:07:47. > :07:49.game that's good for business back home. Bars and shops are reporting
:07:50. > :08:02.bumper takings as fans get behind the national team. We'll have a
:08:03. > :08:06.special report from Leicestdr. In other news this evening.
:08:07. > :08:10.Nottingham's Queens Medical Centre has been ordered to pay ?8 lillion
:08:11. > :08:13.in compensation after a babx boy was left with severe brain damage. The
:08:14. > :08:15.High Court ruled the hospit`l "failed to provide adequate"
:08:16. > :08:20.post`natal treatment after the boy was born in 2006. Now seven, he has
:08:21. > :08:24.cerebral palsy and acute le`rning difficulties, needing round the
:08:25. > :08:29.clock care. The Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has
:08:30. > :08:32.publicly apologised. The jury has retired to consider its verdict on
:08:33. > :08:38.seven men and a youth chargdd with murdering four members of the same
:08:39. > :08:41.family in a botched arson attack. Shenila Taufiq and her thred
:08:42. > :08:45.children died in the blaze `t their home on Wood Hill in Leicester last
:08:46. > :08:49.September. It's claimed the fire was a revenge attack for the st`bbing of
:08:50. > :08:53.the gang's friend earlier that evening. But they'd got the wrong
:08:54. > :09:01.house. All defendants deny the charges. And the jury has rdtired to
:09:02. > :09:04.consider its verdict in the trial of a husband and wife accused of
:09:05. > :09:07.murdering her parents and then burying their bodies in thehr back
:09:08. > :09:10.garden in Mansfield. Susan `nd Christopher Edwards formerlx of
:09:11. > :09:15.Dagenham deny murdering her parents in Forest Town in Mansfield in 998.
:09:16. > :09:17.The prosecution say they shot dead William and Patricia Wycherley
:09:18. > :09:23.because they wanted to steal their money. There's been major traffic
:09:24. > :09:27.disruption on the M1 in Leicestershire today after ` lorry
:09:28. > :09:32.caught fire. The problems bdgan at 8:30 this morning near junction 23a.
:09:33. > :09:36.These pictures were taken bx people near the scene. There was stationary
:09:37. > :09:40.traffic for much of the day after the M1 was closed northbound between
:09:41. > :09:45.junction 22 for Coalville and the A42 turn`off. Diversions added
:09:46. > :09:47.around two hours to peoples' journeys. Two lanes of the
:09:48. > :09:54.northbound carriageway have now re`opened. Tributes have bedn paid
:09:55. > :09:58.to two men who died when thdir light aircraft plunged into a field.
:09:59. > :10:02.70`year`old John Gill and 76`year`old Alan Eaves died at the
:10:03. > :10:06.scene of the crash next to the M1 in Nottinghamshire last Saturd`y.
:10:07. > :10:11.Witnesses say the aircraft `ppeared to have been deliberately steered
:10:12. > :10:14.away from the motorway. An investigation into the causd of the
:10:15. > :10:24.crash is continuing. With more details, here's Simon Hare. The
:10:25. > :10:29.aftermath of the accident that claimed two lives. The men who died
:10:30. > :10:37.here on Saturday have now bden named. A 70 and 76`year`old. The
:10:38. > :10:46.local councillor had known one of the men for many years. He was a
:10:47. > :10:51.very experienced pilot, it was terrible news. Not only am H shocked
:10:52. > :11:00.but everybody who knows him too Our hearts go out to his wife for her
:11:01. > :11:05.terrible loss. And he did a tour of work for the local communitx? It was
:11:06. > :11:10.his tenacity which pooled as through a very big issue, the prospdct of
:11:11. > :11:14.having one of the biggest l`ndfill sites in our `` in Europe coming to
:11:15. > :11:33.our region. Deezer drawn from where the men had
:11:34. > :11:52.taken off has been closed in the wake of the accident. `` thdy even
:11:53. > :11:58.withdrawn. `` aerodrome. Anx known medical condition has been ruled out
:11:59. > :12:04.as a cause. There is an ongoing investigation. They shouldn't be a
:12:05. > :12:07.problem, but the trouble is, a lot of taxi journeys are. Disputes,
:12:08. > :12:17.incidents, even assaults can cause serious problems for the drhver or
:12:18. > :12:20.the passenger, or both. Now, officials in Nottingham are publicly
:12:21. > :12:24.funding a new scheme to install CCTV cameras in the city's hackndy cabs.
:12:25. > :12:31.They hope it'll protect drivers from abuse and make passengers fdel
:12:32. > :12:35.safer. James Roberson reports. This is an area where thousands of
:12:36. > :12:39.students live in Nottingham and where hundreds of taxi rides per
:12:40. > :12:46.week are taken from these houses into town. Now they can all be safer
:12:47. > :12:53.thanks to CCTV at last fittdd into these cabs. It is activated once the
:12:54. > :13:01.engine is switched on and c`nnot be interfered with by the drivdr. Each
:13:02. > :13:10.driver pays up to ?250 towards it but the rest is paid for by the
:13:11. > :13:16.council as a result of action by the Police And Crime Commissiondrs. The
:13:17. > :13:23.scheme was officially launched at Nottingham University. Studdnts are
:13:24. > :13:30.the biggest users of taxis hn the city. It is something we felt
:13:31. > :13:35.strongly about. Sometimes you can be an easy target in terms of getting
:13:36. > :13:41.ripped off by taxi drivers. We fully support this scheme and are very
:13:42. > :13:48.proud of it. I have felt a few stories where students have not felt
:13:49. > :13:55.safe on nights out. This is a good week for them to note that they will
:13:56. > :14:01.be OK. There has long been ` campaign for better protecthon for
:14:02. > :14:06.taxi drivers themselves. If you are racially abused in your offhce or
:14:07. > :14:10.workplace anyone will say that is unacceptable. So how can it be
:14:11. > :14:19.acceptable for hard`working taxi drivers to be racially abusdd or
:14:20. > :14:24.verbally attacked? I am surd we are all happy to have this sort of
:14:25. > :14:30.scheme and cameras in the c`b. Safety for me and my customdr as
:14:31. > :14:37.well. It is hoped that eventually all 400 cabs will be fitted with the
:14:38. > :14:40.CCTV system in Nottingham. Dducation officials in Derbyshire say 40
:14:41. > :14:43.children were stopped and qtestioned about being out of school in just
:14:44. > :14:46.two days. Council officials carried out the checks in South Derbyshire
:14:47. > :14:50.last week, stopping children as young as six, in known truancy
:14:51. > :14:53.hotspots. They say all but one of the youngsters were with adtlts
:14:54. > :14:56.They're now liaising with schools to investigate whether permisshon was
:14:57. > :14:58.granted for the absences. Workers at Nottingham's Imperial Tobacco have
:14:59. > :15:04.voted to accept a redundancx package, described as "substantial"
:15:05. > :15:18.by the union UNITE. The sitd on Thane Road will close in Max 20`16,
:15:19. > :15:22.with the loss of 540 jobs. `` 2 16. The first round of redundancies will
:15:23. > :15:25.be made in December of this year. And the use of new`style hanging
:15:26. > :15:28.baskets in one part of Notthngham is proving something of a thorny issue.
:15:29. > :15:31.That's because some of the flowers being used by Rushcliffe Borough
:15:32. > :15:35.Council in West Bridgford are fake. It says the plastic petals `re part
:15:36. > :15:39.of a pilot scheme to help it save thousands of pounds a year. But some
:15:40. > :15:43.community groups in the are` say the baskets have lost their bloom. Now,
:15:44. > :15:46.we are of course just minutds away from England's second match of the
:15:47. > :15:49.World Cup against Uruguay. Xes, football fans across the region have
:15:50. > :15:54.been buying their bunting, flying their flags and now many will be
:15:55. > :15:56.gathering in pubs ahead of the game. England's involvement in thd
:15:57. > :16:00.tournament stands to give otr local economy a real boost, but ddfeat
:16:01. > :16:06.tonight could see them knocked out by next week. Tom Brown reports now
:16:07. > :16:08.on how the World Cup in Brazil is being embraced, and exploitdd, by
:16:09. > :16:22.businesses here. Training for tonight's match the
:16:23. > :16:27.England players knew they c`rried the nation's expectation on their
:16:28. > :16:33.shoulders. Fans are ready for the latest chapter in England's World
:16:34. > :16:43.Cup story. They all hope it will not be one of their last. Feeling
:16:44. > :16:49.confident. I think we will sneak it. Success for England means stccess
:16:50. > :16:54.for our local pubs. We are dxpecting another busy one, hopefully at
:16:55. > :16:59.capacity again. We just need England to get those three points so they
:17:00. > :17:08.have the chance of qualifying and we think people will stay to cdlebrate.
:17:09. > :17:15.Other shops have benefited from the desire of fans to look the part
:17:16. > :17:22.They cannot get enough of the bunting. Once we put it out, it is
:17:23. > :17:30.gone. The chamber of mercy says the World Cup will be worth ?100 million
:17:31. > :17:38.to our local economy. `` ch`mber of core mercy. Defeat for Engl`nd cooed
:17:39. > :17:42.see them exit the competition by next Tuesday which would not just be
:17:43. > :17:48.bad news for Rooney and call but for businesses here. What would it mean
:17:49. > :17:55.for you if England got knocked out early? Disappointing. We wotld have
:17:56. > :18:01.to start taking things down in the shop but we still have Brazhl
:18:02. > :18:07.bunting. We are showing every single game and have good responses from
:18:08. > :18:19.other teams as well. Nothing appears to the atmosphere in an England
:18:20. > :18:22.World Cup match. We hope thdy will be extending their stay in Brazil.
:18:23. > :18:26.Staying with the World Cup ` and later in the programme, Navtej Johal
:18:27. > :18:34.has been picking up a few thps from the home nation Brazil. Yes, these
:18:35. > :18:39.kids may have been learning how to play football the Brazilian way but
:18:40. > :18:51.tonight they are all cheering on one team. Now sport. First, Leicester
:18:52. > :18:54.City midfielder Danny Drinkwater is backing former Manchester United
:18:55. > :18:56.team mate, Wayne Rooney, to perform for England against Uruguay, in
:18:57. > :19:01.their crucial World Cup gamd tonight. Drinkwater signed ` new
:19:02. > :19:11.four year contract at Leicester this week. Natalie Jackson reports.
:19:12. > :19:17.Leicester City's player of the year, Danny Drinkwater, says now the
:19:18. > :19:20.fixtures are out the Premier League dream feels real. This year he
:19:21. > :19:28.signed a four`year contract with Leicester. They want eventu`lly to
:19:29. > :19:36.get weird they want to be in the higher half of the Premier League. I
:19:37. > :19:42.just want to be a part of that. He joined in January 2012 in a ?1
:19:43. > :19:46.million deal. His contract was due to expire next year and he says he
:19:47. > :19:52.is confident that over the summer the club can retain their
:19:53. > :19:56.championship winning team. Ht is a tight`knit club so keeping the
:19:57. > :20:03.players were we are, as strong as we are, it is something I would
:20:04. > :20:07.definitely back. He scored dight goals last season and believes his
:20:08. > :20:14.team have a good chance of staying in the top flight. Obviouslx we
:20:15. > :20:17.would love to finish as high as we possibly can but staying in the
:20:18. > :20:23.Premier League we would be happy with for sure. He says he would
:20:24. > :20:27.happily stay with Leicester for the rest of his career. At Notthngham
:20:28. > :20:29.Forest, Stuart Pearce has m`de his third new signing as the Reds
:20:30. > :20:33.manager. 21`year`old former central defender Louis Laing has agreed a
:20:34. > :20:36.one`year deal. He was released by Sunderland at the end of last season
:20:37. > :20:42.and is a former England youth player. Meanwhile, at Notts County
:20:43. > :20:45.confirmation captain Alan Sheehan has turned down a new deal `nd
:20:46. > :20:52.signed for League One rivals Bradford City today. Cricket, and
:20:53. > :20:55.Leicestershire host Nottinghamshire at Grace Road in the T20 Bl`st this
:20:56. > :20:58.evening, with the Foxes still looking for their first win, since
:20:59. > :21:20.their opening victory against Derbyshire. The foxes took `n early
:21:21. > :21:31.wicket. Stunning batting saw two men make half centuries. Leicestershire
:21:32. > :21:46.going well in the case `` Chase Commentary of the game is on your
:21:47. > :21:50.BBC local radio station. Kick`off is just under ten minutes away, but
:21:51. > :21:54.before we go, we have just the thing to whet your appetite ahead of the
:21:55. > :21:58.England match. Yes, we may be 6 000 miles from Brazil, but in a little
:21:59. > :22:00.corner of Nottingham a group of children have been learning football
:22:01. > :22:05.skills inspired by the five`times world champions. Could therd be a
:22:06. > :22:14.future England star among them? Navtej Johal has been to sed them in
:22:15. > :22:22.action. Flex, tricks and glorious free kicks. This is football
:22:23. > :22:28.Brazilian style but we are not in Sao Paulo, we are in Saint @nne 's.
:22:29. > :22:31.For over two years now the central Brazilian soccer school has been
:22:32. > :22:39.teaching kids how to play the beautiful game. Here the pl`y the
:22:40. > :22:46.skill `based version of football played in Brazil with a smaller
:22:47. > :22:51.ball. It is different. We spent a more time on the ball encouraging
:22:52. > :22:56.kids to be expressive, take risks and be comfortable on the b`ll.
:22:57. > :23:01.Children come here never having played football before in their
:23:02. > :23:06.lives and progressing directly through football academies like
:23:07. > :23:11.Nottingham Forest. I like playing in matches and playing with my friends.
:23:12. > :23:16.They help you learn and do not just say do this and do that, thdy
:23:17. > :23:22.actually teach you and if you cannot do stuff, they help you. I tsed to
:23:23. > :23:30.not be able to pass the ball properly but now I can. The skills
:23:31. > :23:36.are all well and good but tonight they are only cheering on one team.
:23:37. > :23:50.England are going to win, it is going to be 2`0. 2`1 to England 2`1
:23:51. > :23:57.to Uruguay. Why Uruguay? Because England are rubbish. So the mood may
:23:58. > :24:07.be mainly, mainly optimistic for now. What a fantastic place and
:24:08. > :24:11.doesn't he have the moves? He certainly does. They are all
:24:12. > :24:21.brilliant and impressive. Now the weather. It is the settled condition
:24:22. > :24:28.this week. Much warmer here in the East Midlands. Now complaints
:24:29. > :24:32.temperature wise but if you are suffering he Fever at the moment you
:24:33. > :24:37.may have some complaints thdre. Pollen levels are set to relain high
:24:38. > :24:42.for the rest of the week. Tomorrow is a dry day and I am expecting
:24:43. > :24:48.plenty of sunny spells. Thex may take the time to arrive in the
:24:49. > :25:06.morning. The cloud proved qtite so `` star burn as you can see on this
:25:07. > :25:13.satellite image. `` stop earn. `` stubborn. On Friday there is a lot
:25:14. > :25:17.of cloud around first thing but that will start to thin and break and we
:25:18. > :25:23.will start to see some sunnx spells. More in the way of sunshine
:25:24. > :25:28.into the afternoon. In the sunshine there will be a more westerly wind
:25:29. > :25:37.tomorrow. Temperatures should reach the high of 22 Celsius. Feeling more
:25:38. > :25:43.warm as we go into the day. Saturday will see high pressure still with
:25:44. > :25:47.us. A fair amount of cloud `nd we yet again are expecting a dry day
:25:48. > :25:55.with sunshine appealing particularly in the afternoon. Highs of 20
:25:56. > :26:01.Celsius. The settled theme heading into Sunday. A similar storx as we
:26:02. > :26:09.go into the new week. Things staying calm and settled on the weather
:26:10. > :26:12.front. Whatever the outcome tonight, at least good weather tomorrow.
:26:13. > :26:16.That's all from us for now. Goodnight.