26/06/2014 East Midlands Today

potentially brutal. Sunday, scattered showers but the driest day

of the weekend. This is East Midlands Today with

Dominic Heale and me, Geeta Pendse. Tonight ` the Health Trust facing a

?400 million black hole. Thd NHL `` NHS health trust in trouble. And

what is happening tonight whth the life`savers. Good evening. Welcome

to the programme. First tonhght a massive shake up of the NHS in

Leicester as it confronts a funding crisis. We're being told, whthout a

radical shake up, the money will run out, services will have to be

slashed and even patient safety could be compromised. Doing nothing,

NHS bosses say, would lead to hundreds of millions of pounds of

debt in just a few years. It's likely to mean fewer beds in our big

hospitals. Our health correspondent Rob Sissons is at Leicester General.

Good evening, Rob. Good evening We are told those problems will stack

up quick unless something is done. To the tune of ?400 million

overspend by 2018 at the projections. We cannot keep up with

the rising population. Therd will be a 12% increase in the number of

people aged over 65 in the next five years. The solution is a radical

shake`up which will mean gohng from three acute hospitals to two.

Intensive care, complex surgery and the maternity unit at the gdneral

could be transferred to two other hospitals in Leicester. Thrde acute

sites are now longer afford`ble or viable. If we do not change

something they will be in sdrious trouble in a a few years' thme.

Firstly, we will not be abld to sustain clinically the servhces we

have at the moment and secondly we will not have enough money so they

will be piecemeal cuts. We want to avoid that at all costs. Thdy are

seeing more patients over 60 like this one, the NHS has to spdnd money

smarter and provide new specialist facilities for patients with

dementia. I was in a ward whth five people, for had dementia and me It

is the night near being in the ward with them, they scream all night

long. Without brave and bold decisions the NHS system will

collapse. Practitioners are struggling, no doubt you will have

heard patients cannot get appointments with their GP very

often and we need to look at things in a different way, how we can

provide services. The plan hs to shift services closer to thd homes

of patients in the communitx. Saying that is one thing, delivering it is

quite another. You have got to get community care right first. That, to

me, is an absolute given. It will be one thing we will be really arguing

for. So, Rob, some big and bold plans, but will it work? Th`t is the

big question. If they do not it will be over to the politicians to see

what happens next. There have been planned in the past talking about

moving here out of hospitals and closer to the homes of patidnts

They say the big difference this time is that if and parts of the NHS

and social services are all in this together. They will be a different

culture where everyone goes for the same aim. We will have to sde. Thank

you. Legal proceedings have begun to remove a group of travellers from a

busy car park. Around 20 caravans are on the Park and Ride site at

Pride Park in Derby. The City Council says it's served thdm with

an order to leave. To tell ts more, Simon Hare joins us from our Derby

studio now. Good evening. It is thought the caravans arrived at the

site sometime over the weekdnd. There are around 20 caravans their

into parts of the park and ride car park. Some are next to Derbx County

stadium and others near the new velodrome or multi sports arena that

is being built. The car park does remain open to the public and it was

thought the travellers got `ccess to the site as the barriers ard left up

overnight to allow people to retrieve their cars at any time of

day. When we visited the site today to try to get a comment frol the

travellers we were threatendd and had to beat a hasty retreat. So how

long could it be before thex have to move? The council says it is

treating this as a matter of priority. They issued the notice to

leave on Monday and because they have not done so they are now going

through court, there is a hdaring for this on Wednesday. At the

hearing the council will repuest an order for possession and if granted

it will be served on the tr`vellers later that day. Bailiffs will then

set the date and time for any conviction to be carried out. The

travellers told us they planned to leave on in the next few daxs but

the local newspaper said thdy were told the travellers had no such

aims. Meanwhile a barrier h`s been put up in Leicester to prevdnt

travellers returning to an unauthorised site in Beaumont Leys.

The obstruction has been buhlt on Beaumont Leys Lane to prevent

vehicles moving on to the grass verge. It's been put up by the City

Council and will eventually be planted with flowers. Bosses say the

obstruction will be too large for anyone to move without conshderable

effort. An investigation into claims against Jimmy Savile, has found that

children were sexually abusdd at a former convalescent home in

Leicestershire. The victims were residents at Roecliffe Manor at

Woodhouse Eaves in the 1950s and 60s. The attacks are now behng

investigated by Leicestershhre Police. But it wasn't clear whether

Jimmy Savile was actually the man who carried out the abuse at

Roecliffe. Tax workers in the region are on strike today in a dispute

over job cuts. The walk`out forms part of a week of rolling strikes

affecting HM Revenue and Customs offices. The Public and Comlercial

Services union says years of successive job cuts have left the

organisation unable to cope, with delays on telephone lines and

backlogs of post. It says there are also plans to close a number of

offices. Ultimately the plan is to reduced to 15 locations nathonally

and to shed another 12 to 18,00 jobs depending on what happdns.

Coming up: A young fashion designer who's already caught the eyd of a

high street chain. Chanel Folkes beat hundreds of students to design

garments for M, we look at what it's like to take the first step

into the industry. A union says it's shocked and terrified by proposed

cuts which would see over 100 firefighters lose their jobs. The

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has to save over ?7 million

over the next five years. Fhre chiefs say lives won't be ptt at

risk. Quentin Rayner reports. Firefighters training this lorning

but if the cuts go through their numbers could be reduced by up to

one quarter. My members are in shock at the moment. We are terrified

terrified for our own safetx and for the safety of the public. The

implications of what has bedn suggested are so significant. Is it

your view that lives will bd put at risk by these proposed cuts? Yes,

either firefighters lives or the lives of the public. Leicester will

lose the fire engine as well to other bases. Fire chiefs accept the

service will not BBC but insist people will not be put in extra

danger. It does ensure we are able to meet the risk in that particular

area. With the proposals we have put forward we believe we can still

maintain adequate resources against the risk in particular areas so

therefore we believe that is the case. In Leicestershire there will

be a small rise in council tax to reduce the cuts to the servhce, if

that is not possible the cuts will come into force next April. A doctor

in Derby has opened a shop selling electronic cigarettes in a bid to

persuade smokers to quit. John Ashcroft started the store because

he believes E`Cigarettes can help people kick the habit. Hundreds of

patients have now tried thel and he insists they've very safe. @ny

profit he makes will go to charity. I spent many years trying to stop

people smoking, I prescribe the lot of nicotine replacement and

medication and still do but many smokers are not ready to stop and

this is a great alternative. It is dramatically savour compared to

cigarettes. `` safer. Newark's new MP has made his maiden speech in the

House of Commons. Conservathve Robert Jenrick won the seat in a

by`election three weeks ago. Traditionally, new MPs use the

maiden speech to pay tributd to their constituency ` but Robert

Jenrick admitted that many of his colleagues already know the area

well. It is almost unnecess`ry for me to tell the How's about ly

constituency because many rhght on rubble members are already

surprisingly familiar with ht. It has been said in Newark has not seen

so many parliamentarians since the end of the Civil War. True dnough!

Every summer hundreds of design students graduate here in the East

Midlands. All hoping to makd it in the hugely competitive world of

fashion. Key to their success is obtaining industry experience. In

the second of our series on local designers, I met a 22`year`old who's

already been picked up by a major high street name. Surrounded by

designs for her end of year degree show, Chanel has an exciting

prospect ahead. She beat dozens of students to design menswear for

Marks Spencer 's. I have developed a collection to suit the customer.

This is the autumn 2015 collection. The UK menswear market is a growing

one so potentially lucrativd for a young designer. She has also won the

backing of the city fashion Council who are based here at London's

Somerset house. This woman was on the panel who picked Chanel. Often

we will just see a quick line`up, there will be a lot of thought

process behind that but the development work is necessarily

sheared. `` shared. It is unbelievable in a way to thhnk that

now I am setting up into a career that I actually enjoy. I do not

think there is anything elsd I would want to do. I am very excitdd about

the future. Chanel begins a three`month placement with Larks

Spencer is next week and hopes that one day her own designs will grace

the catwalk in London Fashion Week. Fantastic. We wish her lots of luck.

Still to come: The East Midlands Waterways Rescue team who'vd just

circumnavigated Britain. Good weather, bad weather, aches, pains,

drama...and even dolphins. @nd they did it, as planned, in just over

nine days. Full story later. And talking about water, it is time to

dig out your umbrella again. I will have your detailed forecast for the

rest of the week a little l`ter Now the sport. The footballers `re back.

First from me Derby County have agreed a new long term contract with

midfielder Jeff Hendrick. The 22`year`old Ireland international

has signed a deal that will keep him at the club until 2018. The Rams say

they also hope to keep Craig Bryson after they turning down a bhd from

Burnley for the midfielder yesterday. They were back at

training today. Angela was there too. The summer holidays, all about

a bit of relaxation. Putting your feet up may be overindulging just a

little. So, spear a thought for this lot. They returned to work today and

faced the dreaded fitness tdsts Everyone else seems to be struggling

a little bit, I am not lookhng forward to it. You have to do it. It

is the tried and tested way of making sure every player is ready

for when the season gets underway. Although most of us can do the lot

of damage in four weeks, thdse lads cannot. They are in good sh`pe,

confident and ready to go again I'd macro it will be as much about

mental as physical fitness `fter losing in the finals of the

play`off. You cannot dwell on the past two long, eventually it will

get the better of you. Todax the focus was about who came out on top

for fitness. I just do not want to be at the bottom. I will settle for

obscurity but hopefully I al not too close to the bottom. I'd macro can

they go one better this timd around? They run into the ndw season

is definitely on. I am glad they do not do that to us here! Now,

cricket. And the Indians ard here. This summer's tourists feattre some

of the Superstars of the global game. Today they began warmhng up

for the test series against England by starting a three`day gamd against

Leicestershire. And in a money spinner for the Foxes, many of their

British based fans went to watch. Today, it was all about the visit of

India to Leicestershire. It is massive. We played them thrde years

ago. It was Big Ben and it hs big now. It is a great opportunhty to

get ticket out to the Asian population of Leicestershird. A lot

of people behind me identifx as British Indians and argue to wave

the flag for their side. Thd task here is to get them coming back to

the ground. We have got to give them a good experience today, we will

keep in touch with them and hopefully they will come back. I am

macro these guys love their cricket, I am surprised they do not come I

love cricket but I do not h`ve too much time. They will come to send

the message to England. I al sure we will get revenge this year. Two

years ago you guys because 4`0, this year we will beat you to `0. That is

my prediction. You saw it hdre first! Well India are at

Leicestershire this week, Ddrbyshire next and then the much awaited Test

match begins at Trent Bridgd the week after. Last year the thcket

office sold out for the Ashds before Christmas, but with two weeks to go

there are still tickets left for the first day of the opening match of

England's Indian summer serhes. If we take the four days and the one

day international that is over 85,000 tickets and in actual fact we

have 3000 left. There is an appetite for Cricket in the East Midlands and

we are happy that is the case. And disappointment for Nottingh`m tennis

stars Jocelyn Rae and Daniel Smethurst at Wimbledon todax. Both

faced tough opponents in thd doubles competition and both have gone out

at the first round. Rae and partner Anna Smith took the hugely

experienced Sam Stosur and Flavia Penneta to three sets. Now, you may

remember when this programmd caught up with a team who promised to

circumnavigate Britain in nhne days...nine hours....and nine

minutes. We're talking about the men from Watersafe UK ` an inland

waterways rescue team, based in Derbyshire. To raise ?50,000 for

their charity AND for the RNLI, they needed to complete the 999 Challenge

around our coast. But did they manage it? James Roberson rdports.

Waiting on the quayside in Poole in Dorset. In February the grotp had

been doing what they do voltntarily, rescuing people and Rob Petht from

the floods in the Thames Valley This month they packed in Ddrby for

a voyage to raise money for two charities by going around Britain in

this challenge. We will do ht in nine days, nine hours and nhne

minutes. Then it was off. Ahead of them 2000 miles and who knew what

conditions? We have just got to keep grass. `` Cape Wrath. D9 achieved,

will be make it back to pool in the remaining nine hours and nine

minutes? `` the nine achievdd. We have had some rough seas but we have

got there. I am macro I would do it again tomorrow. The highs wdre to

swim with dolphins. Lows were 1 hours on a day becoming rather

monotonous. The bonus was ?40,0 0 in all for the two charities whth

barely getting wet. I bet it felt good to get to the end and the

dolphins was my favourite bht. Absolutely beautiful. And the

weather, there is talk of an upside`down rainbow? Yes, ydsterday

evening some of you were lucky enough to spot this. It looks like a

reverse rainbow. For this to a car you need the sun is especially high

in the sky and ice particles inside these clouds which you can see in

this picture. It is fairly rare at this time of year. Thank yot to

everyone who said them to us. Tomorrow, weather`wise, it hs cloudy

and cool with a scattering of heavy showers. Maybe even the odd rumble

of wonder. The cloud will qtickly increase and rain arriving from the

south`west. It is fairly light rain through the night with a minimum

temperature of 12 Celsius. Tomorrow morning it will start cloudx and

amp. You will need your umbrella heading out first thing. `` cloudy

and damp. The is the yellow warning in force tomorrow afternoon with the

rest of localised flooding. Top temperature 16 Celsius. Although it

stays unsettled as we head hnto the weekend it looks like they will

still be a good deal of dry weather but very little sunshine to be had.

Remaining cool on Saturday with a high of 15 Celsius. In two Sunday

low`pressure will edge away so although there is a risk of one or

two showers it should be brhghter and we should see some sunshine

Remaining settled into the new week. It is an improving picture. That is

off from ours. Night. Make the most of your weekend,

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