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:00:00. > :00:13.the BBC News Channel in just is a the BBC News Channel in just is a

:00:14. > :00:19.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. Good

:00:20. > :00:22.evening. First, the nuclear safety breach which exposed workers to

:00:23. > :00:26.radiation. Rolls Royce has `dmitted putting staff at risk at a site in

:00:27. > :00:29.Derby. A court was told a phece of equipment, which was supposdd to be

:00:30. > :00:40.subject to strict controls, broke while it was being used to test

:00:41. > :00:48.parts for nuclear submarines. Simon Hare reports. It happened hdre at

:00:49. > :00:52.Rolls`Royce Marine Power site in Derby. A piece of radioactive

:00:53. > :00:54.equipment used to measure the integrity of welding on comp

:00:55. > :01:03.opponents for nuclear powerdd submarines, simply fell off

:01:04. > :01:07.overnight tests. `` during overnight tests. The radioactive source was

:01:08. > :01:10.only found later by a welder. He picked it up, not knowing what it

:01:11. > :01:14.was, passed it among his colleagues. One even wiped it on his ovdralls to

:01:15. > :01:17.try and work out what it was. Several hours later somebodx

:01:18. > :01:24.realised just how dangerous it could be. The incident happened three

:01:25. > :01:27.years ago. Rolls`Royce Marine Power, which has its main offices hn Derby,

:01:28. > :01:31.today admitted seven breachds of environmental and health and safety

:01:32. > :01:35.rules. Representatives of the company were in court to he`r that

:01:36. > :01:40.the firm had used to it yourself techniques on the vital safdty

:01:41. > :01:44.equipment which ultimately failed. `` do it yourself techniques. The

:01:45. > :01:47.court heard that the incident had been a distressing experience for

:01:48. > :01:51.everyone involved. Workers have been left feeling worried that they may

:01:52. > :01:55.develop cancer in later lifd or be unable to have children. Rolls`Royce

:01:56. > :01:58.has paid compensation to its employees that were involved, but

:01:59. > :02:03.it's still not yet known wh`t longer`term effects the radhation

:02:04. > :02:08.could pose. The company is said to have taken steps to ensure something

:02:09. > :02:18.similar can not happen again. And it is due to be sentenced tomorrow A

:02:19. > :02:22.new programme to tackle the menace of drugs will target childrdn as

:02:23. > :02:25.young as eight. They'll be lentored to prevent them being groomdd by

:02:26. > :02:28.drugs gangs. Our Social Aff`irs Correspondent Jeremy Ball h`s this

:02:29. > :02:36.exclusive report on the work planned for some primary schools in

:02:37. > :02:43.Nottingham. This man has bedn running youth projects here for

:02:44. > :02:49.several years, it is about getting teenagers off of the streets so they

:02:50. > :02:53.do not get into trouble. For some it is already too late so now he is

:02:54. > :03:03.setting up a team of mentors to work in primary schools. Gangs use

:03:04. > :03:08.youngsters to do little jobs it is like an apprenticeship, delhveries

:03:09. > :03:11.and things. If they show an aptitude they get promoted quite quickly

:03:12. > :03:18.which is why there is a misapprehension that gangs `re full

:03:19. > :03:25.of young kids who blindly follow but the fact is some are picked in early

:03:26. > :03:31.because they are very bright. Prince Harry's charity is setting tp the

:03:32. > :03:40.number of crime prevention projects. This team will set up groups to work

:03:41. > :03:47.with children who are at high risk of being groomed into time. We have

:03:48. > :03:52.football, basketball, an allotment project, we find something they are

:03:53. > :03:56.good at and push them in th`t direction so they have got something

:03:57. > :04:04.else rather than just following everyone else down the negative

:04:05. > :04:08.pass. A decade ago this are` was notorious for shootings and

:04:09. > :04:13.stabbings. Recent cuts in youth services have prompted concdrns

:04:14. > :04:19.about the next generation which is why these projects are such a

:04:20. > :04:23.priority. Six bikers have bden killed on the roads in Derbxshire in

:04:24. > :04:25.as many months. Now more police patrols are taking to the road to

:04:26. > :04:36.crack down on speeding motorcyclists. Mike O'Sullivan

:04:37. > :04:42.reports. Out on the road with a Derbyshire police traffic of

:04:43. > :04:48.reserve. After a worrying rhse in road accidents there is to be a

:04:49. > :05:03.crackdown targeting bikers with the need for speed. Some people are

:05:04. > :05:07.sadly speed freaks. They like to ride their bikes at speed. That is

:05:08. > :05:10.the bottom line. This is whdre six people, for bikers, passengdr and a

:05:11. > :05:14.pedestrian have died and whhch are's roads in the first six months of

:05:15. > :05:17.2014. Double the number in the same period last year. Matlock B`th is a

:05:18. > :05:21.mecca for motorcyclists. It's where they can show off their machines as

:05:22. > :05:24.they ride through the countx's picturesque but sometimes twisting

:05:25. > :05:38.roads. People tend to open ht up more than they do in more btilt`up

:05:39. > :05:44.areas. We slow down at the towns anyway. A lot of it is excess speed

:05:45. > :05:55.in the wrong place. It is not all down to speed, it is the experience

:05:56. > :06:03.as well. There are good roads around here, nice sweeping turns. Ht is for

:06:04. > :06:06.biking. And for speeding. The police will now spend less time spdaking to

:06:07. > :06:18.bikers about road safety, instead, they will be out enforcing the speed

:06:19. > :06:22.limit. You could be a very good rider but you have to be aw`re that

:06:23. > :06:26.everybody else on the road light not be as good as you. The crackdown is

:06:27. > :06:29.due to last until the of October. Football fans are learning lore

:06:30. > :06:32.about a hero of yesteryear thanks to modern technology. Tinsley Lindley

:06:33. > :06:34.lead a remarkable sporting life in the nineteenth century, plaxing

:06:35. > :06:38.cricket for Nottinghamshire and football for Nottingham Fordst and

:06:39. > :06:41.England. Now a new QR code on his grave will let visitors learn more

:06:42. > :06:45.about his story. People can come up here, swipe this cord, seek team

:06:46. > :06:53.photographs, write`ups about him and what he got up to, everything. It is

:06:54. > :06:56.open to the world. On to thd Commonwealth Games and it's been a

:06:57. > :07:00.much quieter day as far as our East Midlands athletes are concerned No

:07:01. > :07:04.medals for us today but our newest star of the pool did return home.

:07:05. > :07:16.With more on that and the rdst of today's main action from Gl`sgow,

:07:17. > :07:19.here's Kirsty Edwards. Swimler Adam Petey was greeted by his proud mum

:07:20. > :07:23.and dad earlier after claimhng another gold last night. He's won a

:07:24. > :07:26.brilliant breast stroke to help the men's team to victory and t`ke his

:07:27. > :07:30.medal haul to two goals and won silver. Absolutely amazing to hear

:07:31. > :07:43.that anthem. I just love my country and I loved the crowd has stpported

:07:44. > :07:45.us. No medal joy for Martyn Rooney in the athletics. He found himself

:07:46. > :09:49.with too much to do coming hn