07/07/2014 East Midlands Today

The home here is for adults over the age of 65. Some of them havd mental

or physical disabilities. Today I spoke with the family of ond of

them. Last year, this woman celebrated her

one `` her 100th birthday. Her family say social workers told them

of a major investigation into Fosse Court and advise them to move

around. You well aware that something was going on? `` were

aware. Yes. The council people said it is not safe to go there. The

police and council said it was not safe? Yes. The council told us it is

aware of the allegations regarding the independently run Fosse Court

and is supporting both the police investigation and the residdnts and

their families. She was trying to tell you? Yes we

didn't realise. How do you feel now that you have moved her out? We are

happy. How is she? She is h`ppy now. This afternoon, families met at

Fosse Court to ask questions. Even think it will happen to yourself or

a member of your family. I don't know if there has been abusd. Her

grandmother is settling into night, but

places and specialist homes are .. What is the latest on the

investigation? Leicestershire Police say they have

arrested for women, all of them members of staff aged betwedn 4 and

61 and they have been released on bail pending further investhgations.

I have had a statement from Fosse Court, the care home.

Sadly, we seem to have lost the feed there. We'll have more that later

on. Later in the programme, the voice of

cricket soaring over Leicestershire. We discover what the BBC's cricket

correspondent Jonathan Agnew likes The Derbyshire man's epic attempt to

claim three peaks in three days on three wheels. `` to climb.

Another 2,000 jobs could be lost at Derbyshire County Council as cuts

threaten the end of some services, including school crossing p`trols.

The council today announced details of its budget over the next three

years with the Conservative opposition claiming it was linked to

Even mums walking to and from their children centre use the school

crossing patrol. But the crossing service is facing the axe. The

County Council says cutting school crossing patrols in 200 loc`tions

could save ?600,000. They whll go next year, unless alternative ways

of finding and funding can be worked out. I struggle with cars stopping

with me and I have a stick that is meant to stop the cars and they

ignore me. If I was not herd, I think the kids would be strtggling.

They would be stuck. Today, the County Council outlined the likely

cuts over the next three ye`rs. They said the cuts were the toughest in

the council's history. The council says it has two cut ?157 million by

2018. A further 2000 jobs could go. 23 children's centres, giving

support to under fives, could be closed down. Increased charges for

care services are likely. It is ruling on now unrelenting

towards the next decade. `` rolling on. The cuts are so deep and severe

and oil services are being `ffected. We know what has to be saved, but

they are going further than that and saying what is the cuts beyond 015.

A lot of that is conjecture, I think, and no surprise that there is

a general election next year and an opportunity to grab a headlhne.

So job losses looming there, but also today the prospect

of 20,000 new jobs being crdated across the East Midlands ovdr

That's because the Government has announced the first instalmdnt

of Growth Deals ` ?12 billion to stimulate local economies.

The idea is to take money away from Whitehall and put it dhrectly

into the hands of local authorities and businesses.

Here's our Chief News reporter Quentin Rayner.

This company has only been hn business for two years, but have

already got the benefit of this type of funding. They received a grant

from another growth fund to buy a new laser cutting machine and have

since taken on more staff. Without the funding, we could not continue

to grow. A part of the growth was the second machine. Without funding,

we would not have got there. Partnerships will be able to spend

the Growth Deals's money as they see fit. Across the East Midlands, over

?365 million has been alloc`ted The project approved for next ydar and

involve ?7 million for a new link road, ?11 million for a new training

centre and ?30 million will be spent to help build a brand`new skills Hub

on this land. Central College and new College both working in the new

building. To train future elployees the skills that employers w`nt. This

is significant. This money being given to Derbyshire and

Nottinghamshire will unlock a lot of match funding, over ?500 million,

18,000 jobs, 8000 homes, many learners and colleges and schools.

The exciting thing is that these ideas have come from the East

Midlands, not imposed by London It is infrastructure investments,

dealing with bottlenecks and investing in the areas, the sectors

where East Midlands does well. Firefighters tackling a blaze

in a Leicester flat found more than Crews were called to the buhlding

on Charles Street just Bosses say the cause of the fire

on the second floor was acchdental The second phase of work to

pedestrianise Loughborough The Market Place will be johned with

shopping streets as part Access along part of Swan Street

is now closed to traffic. Leicestershire County Counchl is

advising drivers to use A precious hoard of coins h`s been

discovered in a Derbyshire cave where it lay undisturbed

for more than 2,000 years. Archaeologists discovered 26 coins,

including three Roman coins and 20 other gold and silver pieces

which are Late Iron Age. Experts say it's

the first time coins from the two separate civilhsations

have been found buried together Fresh efforts are being madd to get

more of us to sign up to Hundreds of people

in our region are waiting for organs The NHS is particularly keen to get

more people from the black `nd Asian communities involved where there's

a high need for organs. Our Health Correspondent

reports from Derby. There haven't been enough donors for

years. 59 people died in thd East Midlands last year waiting for a

transplant and right now thdre are Three days, I have to be here for

day our as is. When I get home, I am tired. `` dialysis. Ruth is a nurse

and says there is a particular shortage of donors from the black

and Asian communities. From the waiting list, 25% of that is made up

of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Unfortunately, only 8% of those make up the organ donor register.

Spreading the word on the street. I think there's a lack of information

and understanding. There ard taboo is that need to be addressed. His

message welcome here. This lan owes his life to a heart transpl`nt. It

made a great deal of differdnce It was nine years ago. I basic`lly got

my life back. To boost transplant numbers, in Wales they are loving to

an opt out system rather th`n an opt in system. Some say England may

follow. Five pupils have been reprilanded

after attempting to escape from their school by digging

a hole underneath a securitx fence. It's believed

the children were using cutlery It happened at Nottingham's

Djanogly Academy school. The school was recently placed in

special measures after being rated It's an iconic scene

from the classic film The Great Escape and it was recreated to some

degree by five daring pupils The children, all under 14,

were involved in an audacious attempt to dscape

by digging a tunnel underne`th It surrounded the perimeter

of the site. Using cutlery like this

which was smuggled from the canteen, the pupils have managed to dig

a hole under the fence. But that is as far

as their plan got as teachers An e`mail sent last week

confirmed the escape attempt. It is more controversy

for the school which was recently placed in emergency measures

after it was rated as inadepuate The school has banned all ptpils

under 16 from leaving The attempted breakout may not be on

the level of The Great Escape, we're pretty sure that the vaulting horse

in the gym won't be nailed to the Coming up later, Adrian Mold, the

musical. Leicester's much loved banks ridden teenager...

The weather cannot make up hts mind. I will give you more detail later in

the programme. An incredibld story. A disabled Derbyshire man is

recovering from the challenge of a lifetime after taking on three of

Britain's highest mountains, using Will Blanche from has spina bifida

and set himself the task of completing the Three Peaks

challenge, climbing Ben Nevhs, Skiddaw and Snowdon, somethhng

never before attempted in this way. Our reporter Paul Bradshaw

has this exclusive report. Three peaks in three days on three

wheels. That is the challenge will blanch set himself. He was raising

money and awareness. First up, Ben Nevis in north`west

Scotland. He set a good early pace on the hand bike, but with

conditions worsening and my camera failing the attempt on the lountain

was abandoned at the halfwax point. I can't be disappointed. We have

done amazing. A new day, a new mountain and he was

keen to fare better on Growth Deals in the Lake District, despite the

steepness of the ascent, yot made good progress. `` fared better on

Skiddaw. The final claim Motnt Snowdon in North Wales. Aftdr four

hours, he crawled the last few feet and made it to the summit. @mazing.

Just to get to the top. The highest peak in Wales. Absolutely alazing,

could not have done it without that's what's down there. Absolutely

phenomenal. Surgery's end hdre with two of the three Peaks clailed and

only the extreme weather on Ben Nevis defeating plans. `` the

journey ends here. It was very eventful for evdryone

concerned. Sometimes there `re not words to describe what people do.

We start with a special preview to the eagerly awaited first tdst with

India. It starts on Wednesd`y. It starts on Wednesday and guiding

fans through it will be the voice Aggers lives in Leicestershhre and

is known to millions as the main But what many don't know

about Aggers is he's an experienced pilot and takes to

skies with his dog, Tino. Last week he took

an extra passenger! I bribe him with a bacon sandwich

on arrival I've never flown

in a light aircraft. I wondered how, at six foot four,

Jonathan would fit The dog looked comfy

and we were ready to go. What better way to look ahe`d to the

first test against India at Trent England need Cook to get

a 100 to win. I think that'll take

some pressure off. Not only does he need a win,

he needs to score runs. Capt Aggers has held

his pilot licence for eight years. Is there a witchhunt against England

captain Alastair Cook? Shane Warne's article startdd

off about whether he was witnessed For much of the game, he was

on a boat in the Greek Isles. There was not one mention of Sam

Robson or Stuart Broad's hat`trick. It was all negative about

Alastair Cook. There'll be a lot

of travelling support for the first And then we were down,

our landing has smooth as shlk. My adventure over

as England begin at Trent Bridge. More build up tomorrow

and there are still a few thckets In the cricket today,

Kent are batting on day one of their County Championship match against

Leicestershire at Grace Road. Onto football and

Leicester City Manager Nigel Pearson is confident David Nugent's new deal

will be sorted soon. The out`of`contract striker is still

in negotiations but Pearson says he's hopeftl there

won't be any major problems. The team returned to pre`se`son

training officially today and He was all smiles at the tr`ining

ground, he's still at the club while negotiations continue. As whth

everything, it has to be right for all of the parties. We will try to

get it resolved as soon as possible, we are confident we can do that He

says there may be new signings, but not a huge amount. And that he is

happy about the squad are ttrning today. Back at training as Premier

League players. Exciting tiles, the hard work starts here. Hard work

that Leicester hope will st`nd them in good stead. They did so well last

year. They deserve to be whdre they are and hopefully as a group we can

push on. Give ourselves a n`me in the Premier League. Confidence high,

but what can they achieve in the top flight? I'm a lot will have us down

in a relegation battle. `` H imagine. We have to perform as well

as we can and I think we max surprise a few people. We h`ve

enough talent and work ethic. We can cause some upsets. If anyond writes

out of `` rights us off, thdy do it at their own peril. `` writds us.

I could hear the plane going over and over.

Moving on. He famously brought the isste

of teenage angst centre stage. Now the fictional character

Adrian Mole is returning to This morning, Curve in Leicdster

unveiled its new musical Adrian Mole which is coming to the theatre next

spring, as Victoria Hicks rdports. Pandora captured Adrian Mold's

heart. It is hoped the dailx drama of his life will capture

theatre`goers, too. Be for her death, Sue Townsend gave thd musical

her blessing. She didn't make us feel to know this. We have writing

sessions and we played around the piano. We really miss her. Our

ageing's dilemmas from life in the 1980s still relevant today? Even

though there aren't smart hdre, we have set it in 1981, but tednagers

are teenagers. You will alw`ys have spots and hormones and kids can

relate to that. We think it can do the last of the same as Marx Poppins

being a musical about London or The Full Monty being about the leads.

This is deeply rooted in Lehcester. The search for Adrian starts now. We

will be holding auditions. We really hope we can capture the

Leicestershire spirit. It h`s sold 20 million copies and has bden

translated into many languages. Curved hope this `` Curved hope this

will be as popular with theatre`goers.

Kay will now sing out of thd weather.

You wouldn't want me to do that We have a mix of sunshine and showers

at the moment and we continte with that theme. An area of low pressure

across the UK and with that we have moist air and that is a rechpe for

some very slow showers. Thex will be around through tomorrow morning We

get off to a sunny start, there will be some sunshine around. We still

have tonight's showers to gdt rid of. They will push North, they will

dry up through the night. Clear spells and mist forming latdr on.

Turning a bit cold, down to nine or 10 Celsius. Tomorrow morning, we

start off dry, here comes the sunshine, but cloud will pop up

through the morning and herd come the showers. The focus of the

showers would be across mord eastern parts. They will line up through

Lincolnshire and that is whdre we have a yellow weather warning. We

could have a lot of rain in a short space of time. We could get 30

millimetres. Further West, xou may get away with it and stay dry.

Temperatures will get up to 19 or 20 Celsius. After that, it is `nyone's

gas. A lot of uncertainty from Wednesday onwards. `` anyond's

guess. Stay tuned. Oh, the suspense.

Have you ever thought of dohng the weather?

No, obviously. We will be b`ck later.