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Tonight: Shouldering the burden of Town Hall spending cuts. | :00:00. | :00:19. | |
Councils in the East Midlands, according to new findings, `re | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
taking some of the biggest cuts across the country, but is that | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
fair? Also tonight: The seven`year`old found dead in a flat. | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
The woman accused of murderhng her is her aunt. And, the real`life War | :00:34. | :00:41. | |
Horse. Songs that survived the fighting and died peacefullx in | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
Leicestershire. He was buridd with full military honours, incltding the | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
medals awarded to him during the First World War. | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
First tonight, many of our most valued council | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
services in the East Midlands are facing some of the biggest spending | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
A new report says the budget squeeze is particularly noticeable on road | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
The findings come from the Chartered Institute of Publhc | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
So, is the East Midlands missing out, and is that fair? | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
We'll be putting that point to a leading Conservative MP in ` moment. | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
First, this report from our Political Editor John Hdss. | :01:29. | :01:40. | |
Protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Derbyshire County | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
Council today. They wanted their voices heard as councillors inside | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
voted on big budget cuts to council services for the homeless. What this | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
means in real terms is going from working with 400 young people every | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
year to 40 for the whole of Derbyshire. The protesters were | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
invited to make their case. Our local politicians have been trying | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
to make their case over what they say is the disproportionate impact | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
of Treasury audit budget cuts. As the last four years in East Midlands | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
today, we have reported on the warning and impact of austerity | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
budget cuts that have domin`ted the decision`making of our local | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
councillors. For example, at County Hall in Nottingham they havd shed | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
almost 800 posts in recent xears, and this new report confirms the | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
extent of the budget cuts, `nd which services in particular across the | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
East Midlands are vulnerabld. Total spending is forecast to fall by 4.1% | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
this year. That is the second highest in England. That colpares | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
with 2.9% in the West Midlands, and 1.8% in the Northwest. Only the | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
north`east, at 5%, has a bigger cut. The national average for England is | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
3.3%. This is the big figurd. 29.1%. When adjusted for inflation, | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
this is the reduction in local authority spending since thd | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
coalition came to power. Lehcester City mayor says it is time local | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
councils were less dependent on Treasury grants to fund loc`l | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
services. Urban authorities like Leicester, Derby and Nottingham | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
ought to have the flexibility to raise their revenue from a luch | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
wider range of sources. We need to be able to look at the largd | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
supermarkets, or those who benefit from our services like hotels. Elise | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
spending in the East Midlands is down by 2.4%, the highest in England | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
it is the same for highways. Those potholes will take longer to | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
prepare. Dash`macro repair. Joining us now is the Sherwood MP M`rk | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
Spencer. It does not look f`ir, does it? No, but some figures ard | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
misleading. Looking at educ`tion, the funding to an academy goes | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
directly to the schools. Also, the pothole fund, has extra mondy as | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
well. When you think about the West Midlands, the difference is almost | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
double to us. You have to understand in the East Midlands historhcally, | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
we have been better off than some of those other areas further south | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
Does that mean we had more hand`outs from the government? Per capita we | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
are still better off than some of those in the south`east. But we need | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
to be more efficient with the way we spend our money. Talking about | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
efficiency, somebody in that report said they would helping 400 young | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
people and that has gone down to 40. One would assume that the 360 not | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
getting help in years to cole I going to use up even more money | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
That is a classic example of a mistake, putting front line | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
services, rather than looking at backline costs. In my consthtuency I | :04:47. | :04:54. | |
have got for local authoritx Chief Executive is. I think we cotld be | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
smarter in the way we organhse local government and in the way wd spend | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
taxpayers money. Is it time to change local Guzman dramatically? | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
Peter Salisbury would like greater powers for local councils. Hs that | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
the way we should be going? I think it is a debate we ought to have | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
about how local authorities are organised and how the money trickles | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
from government to them. It is now time to have that debate. I assume | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
that this is only going to get worse. Once the election is out of | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
the way, we will have those big cuts. We are turning a corndr in the | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
economy, generating more cash, but we are still in a difficult place, | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
spending more than we earn. The economy needs to continue to expand | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
and we must continue to spend taxpayers money as efficiently as | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
possible. Police have released a photo | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
of the seven`year`old girl who was found dead at a flat in Nottingham | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
last week. Shanaye Walker's aunt has | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
been charged with her murder. A little girl, Birtley old dnough | :05:57. | :06:11. | |
for primary School, posing hn pink trousers with a matching bag. But | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
today, Shanaye Walker is at the centre of a murder inquiry. It is | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
five days since her body was found here, a crime scene marked out by | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
tribute fit for a victim who was only seven years old. Flowers, | :06:26. | :06:26. | |
balloons, a teddy bear. It has emerged that her own aunt is | :06:27. | :06:36. | |
under arrest for suspicion of murder. She was due to appe`r at | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
Nottingham Crown Court todax. dot`mac Nottingham's tram ndtwork | :06:42. | :07:36. | |
could be extended even further into parts of Derbyshire. Long`tdrm, the | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
council has plans to take the tram to Kimberley in Nottinghamshire The | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
costs of getting the tram into Ripley. For me, it would be | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
fantastic, I could commute hnto Nottingham. They would benefit me to | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
immensely. You would have a straight run from Nottingham to Ripldy. On | :08:00. | :08:07. | |
the tram. Instead of changing buses. They were at it years ago. Ht would | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
be brilliant, I think. Coming up in a moment, the pet owners struggling | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
with vets bills. Help could be at hand. The factory in bloom. They | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
have been working night and day to produce thousands of poppies to | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
commemorate World War I. For whatever flowers you have in your | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
garden, they are going to bd enjoying a drop of rain. We have | :08:39. | :08:40. | |
some heavy rain on the way. An animal welfare charity s`ys it's | :08:41. | :08:50. | |
getting more and more requests for help as people struggle to pay | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
their vet bills. Now, for the first time, Blte Cross | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
has joined forces with a prhvate Among the first to benefit was | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
a dog owner who's been helpdd with her pet's cancer and dental | :09:01. | :09:09. | |
treatment ` treatment she otherwise Millie is on her way back to the | :09:10. | :09:24. | |
veterinary centre in Derby will stop this time it is her owner who can | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
say thank you for the pain relief and charitably funded treatlent that | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
has seen all of the dog's tdeth removed. Some had already dropped | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
out, so she ended up losing the last few of what we left. We soften the | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
food and she manages quite well But, just yesterday, her other dog | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
had to be put down after suffering from cancer. Towards the last few | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
weeks she had lost almost all her body weight. They were two of the | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
first pets to be treated at this new charity clinic in Derby. It is nice | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
to give something back to the community for those people who | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
cannot afford to look after their pets. There is little alternative | :10:16. | :10:29. | |
for them. Blue Cross says in the past year alone it has seen a 1 % | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
rise in demand for its anim`l Hospital and pet care service. This | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
new project in Derby will bd available to people on benefits who | :10:39. | :10:40. | |
live in seven different postcode areas. It is great to be part of | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
this. It was officially opened today, the Chief Executive `t Blue | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
Cross. This is something we have not done before. It is the first | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
partnership of this type. Wd would love to do more of these. This is a | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
wonderful initiative. spring in her step. That me`ns she | :11:03. | :11:18. | |
has shaken off the pain frol her problem teeth. A teenager h`s been | :11:19. | :11:28. | |
jailed after pleading guiltx to murdering a woman in Derby darlier | :11:29. | :11:35. | |
this year. She was found de`d on the back of houses in Hartington | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
Street. She had been stabbed 18 times. The 18`year`old had planned | :11:39. | :11:47. | |
to rob her. He will serve at least 24 years. The man behind genetic | :11:48. | :11:59. | |
fingerprinting has won the world's oldest scientific prize. Thd Royal | :12:00. | :12:07. | |
Society has rewarded him with a medal for his pioneering work. He | :12:08. | :12:17. | |
was `` it was first awarded in 731. Bosses at eight Nottinghamshire | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
hospital have spoken of thehr regret at being prevented from employing a | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
gay clergyman. Canon Jeremy Pemberton was refused a licdnce to | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
access as a chap playing. `` Champlain. | :12:33. | :12:41. | |
You will almost certainly h`ve seen those remarkable images arotnd the | :12:42. | :12:57. | |
tower of London. The work is that the team from Derby who produced | :12:58. | :13:05. | |
nearly 900,000 poppies around the clock. Designed by a Derbyshire | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
artist, each poppy represents one soldier who died during World War I. | :13:10. | :13:21. | |
They have been working night and day since January to produce 888,00 | :13:22. | :13:30. | |
poppies. Keen to improve `` to involve the local community, the | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
team ranges from Art graduates to local tradesmen. Each poppy wrap | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
sent a soldier who died durhng the war. While it is a repetitive | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
process, everyone here in the factory recognises that thex are | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
representing somebody with dach one. I make 800 poppies every single day. | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
To see them, coloured and installed, and to see the reaction of people, | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
it is brilliant. Once the poppies are moulded, they are ready to be | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
set. They are brought over to these three kilns. | :14:13. | :14:13. | |
are moulded, they are ready to be set. They are brought over to They | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
are heated to 1180 Celsius. They would then be glazed, and they are | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
producing 30,000 poppies evdry week. Many other raw materials ard sourced | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
from Derbyshire, and the red paint developed from a company in cold | :14:31. | :14:31. | |
bill. `` Coalville. developed from a company in cold | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
bill. `` This is a proud molent for an artist he graduated just four | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
years ago. It was important to get people together. Once I got to know | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
about it, they have taken ownership of everything down to realising if | :14:52. | :14:59. | |
they break one, it represents somebody's life. The last poppy will | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
be planted on Remembrance D`y. It is now shared with the world. Ht is | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
quite stunning. Beautiful. Now, it's well known that mhllions | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
of soldiers died in the Gre`t War ` what's less well known is that | :15:18. | :15:21. | |
an estimated eight million horses And, even | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
if a horse or mule lived though it all, then thousands were sl`ughtered | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
in France at the war's end. So it makes the story of ond | :15:30. | :15:32. | |
Leicestershire warhorse, whhch not only survived but lived to ` great | :15:33. | :15:35. | |
age, all the more remarkabld. Two sculptures near an otherwise | :15:36. | :15:54. | |
unmarked grave. The horses `re a clue. Here lies and old warhorse. | :15:55. | :16:03. | |
That is Songster there. Nearby, John recalls the horse, Songster. Yes, I | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
sat on him as a youngster. H still remember it. John's uncle c`red for | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
Songster after World War I. Around 8 million horses were killed hn the | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
conflict, so it was Dracula is `` miraculous Songster survived. He was | :16:23. | :16:29. | |
nowhere to be found. Two hotrs afterwards, he came trotting back. | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
He had the uncanny knack th`t he could untie him self from hhs peg, | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
wander back, and comeback when he wanted to. He had been drafted into | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
the Leicestershire Yeomanry in Loughborough marketplace in 191 . | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
The horses were lined up at the top and everybody was marched down onto | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
this road to line up into the market square behind us. Although Songster | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
came through unscathed, his rider was outraged that the army could | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
contemplate putting Songster and thousands of other horses down after | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
outstanding war service. Thd people that wrote him respected th`t, and | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
wanted to have him back. He shared the same experiences as the soldiers | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
throughout the war, and so he was rescued and brought him. So he was | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
returned to work on this farm. We looked after him for nearly 20 | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
years. My uncle loved the animals, he really did. At that therd is an | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
archive on Songster, who became quite a star. They used to drink in | :17:38. | :17:44. | |
an old pub called the Boot. Songster used to climb the stares and join | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
them for a pint. He would w`lk around the room and walk back down | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
the stairs as well. Songster went to Leicestershire Yeomanry camps. This | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
photograph is taken in 1935, and it shows those men of the Yeom`nry that | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
had served in the First World War and were still serving in 1835. Of | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
course, amongst the group is Songster, the warhorse. Belheved to | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
be a remarkable 40 in 1940, one day on the farm, Songster collapsed He | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
could not get up again, so they took a barn door of its hinges, put | :18:24. | :18:30. | |
Songster onto it, and pulled him into the stable. You can im`gine the | :18:31. | :18:42. | |
scene, not a dry eye in the stable, the horse lifted his head for the | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
last time and passed away. He was buried with full military honours, | :18:46. | :18:47. | |
including the medals he recdived in the First World War. In the last | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
year, the present owner of the farm joined us to say he had found this | :18:51. | :19:03. | |
in one of the outhouses. Just wonderful, what a start. Yot can | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
read about many other storids from where you live by going to the | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
website. You can click on the at home section. What a character. We | :19:15. | :19:24. | |
have two for the price of one. Natalie is here. | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
Yesterday, Stuart Pearce has said that he is not happy that two | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
players had been sold to Newcastle. They have been sold against his | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
advice. Natalie is here to pick three things. What are the key thing | :19:44. | :19:52. | |
is that he is saying? He is saying that should the players movd be | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
completed, the transfer fees will significantly help the club to hit | :19:58. | :20:15. | |
the FFP criteria. That's not what Stuart Pearce said yesterdax. He was | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
disappointed. He was unhappx with the man at the deals were done. He | :20:20. | :20:25. | |
did not sanction the transfdrs. He would be making it his business to | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
try and find out the financds of the club. Are the financial problems? | :20:32. | :20:51. | |
There have been several winding up positions. There have been puestions | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
about the running of the cltb. In other Sports News, | :20:57. | :21:09. | |
England's women rolled over Spain in their second game of the | :21:10. | :21:11. | |
World Cup, with Hinckley's Vicky Fleetwood a key part of the pack, | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
and Desford's Emily Scarratt contributing a flawless 15 points | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
from the boot in a 45`5 win. In cricket, a new three`year | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
contract at Nottinghamshire It's a reward for this season's | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
consistency which has seen Fletcher, who's from Bulwell in Nottingham, | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
become a regular in all thrde competitions and display | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
a real talent for controlling Just one game in the Royal | :21:31. | :21:33. | |
London One Day Cup to mention. Paralympic swimmer Ollie Hynde has | :21:34. | :21:58. | |
one in his class. Amongst the stars coming back home, the Nottingham | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
gymnast Becky Downie, a hugd success, having won both thd team | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
event and the uneven bars. This evening, Becky Downie and hdr medals | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
have returned to her gym, and I will leave you with the welcome home | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
party and Kirsty Edwards. She may have just returned from the | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
games, but Becky Downie was back in the gym today, and much to her | :22:20. | :22:22. | |
surprise, so were some proud friends and family. Two gold medals. Has it | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
sunk in yet, what you have achieved? Not really. It dodsn't | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
feel like that much of a big thing. So many people are saying | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
congratulations and well done, it will take a while to sink in. They | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
wonder simile people were hdre to celebrate with her. What an | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
achievement. You always chase the dream, and when you actuallx get | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
it, and you get the Europeans and the Commonwealth Games, you think, | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
we have actually done it. Wd have got the gold medals, fantastic. No | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
one proud ahead today than lum Helen. What a mum you are. Xou have | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
a daughter here who has been willing these gold medals for the | :23:08. | :23:09. | |
Commonwealth, you're younger dirty about to go off to the youth | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
Olympics as well. It has bedn a manic year. Both doing so wdll at | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
the Europeans. Now it is off to China she is the only girl to be | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
selected from Great Britain with one boy. I am proud of her. What did you | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
think you when you watched Becky Downie up there? We knew shd would | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
do really well for the team, and she really wanted to win gold on bars. | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
We found the beam amusing. We won't talk about that! Who cares `bout | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
that? Two gold medals, you can't go wrong with that. I am reallx used | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
with the achievement tonight. Gymnastics is just one of those | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
things. It is something that we can put under the carpet and just look | :23:59. | :24:05. | |
forward to the next event. So, straight back to work for Bdcky | :24:06. | :24:08. | |
Those championships coming tp in October. Younger sister Ellhe flies | :24:09. | :24:15. | |
out to China on Saturday for the youth Olympics. What a family! | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
Don't you worry about falling off that bar, I could not even have | :24:22. | :24:23. | |
climbed onto it. We have seen quite a lot of grey | :24:24. | :24:39. | |
today on a few more showers than we were forecasting this afternoon | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
They sprung up ahead of a wdather front which is now starting to click | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
away. Now we are looking at what is developing in the south`west. Some | :24:49. | :24:53. | |
heavy rain on the way tonight. It looks as though it will be lostly | :24:54. | :24:57. | |
through the night time period. It will still be around first thing | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
tomorrow, but will clear aw`y fairly quickly. A few showers around at the | :25:01. | :25:11. | |
moment, which are starting to fade away. Try for the first part of the | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
night, but the persistent r`in will push in from the early hours of the | :25:16. | :25:34. | |
morning. A mild night, much milder than recent nights. If you `re up | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
early in the morning, there will still be some rain around. Ht clears | :25:41. | :25:48. | |
fairly swiftly. By midday it will be clearing all of us. We will see that | :25:49. | :25:51. | |
sunshine returning later in the day. A couple of showers following | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
behind, but it is mostly drx and brighter for the afternoon `nd still | :25:57. | :26:08. | |
fairly warm. Thursday will be the best day of this week. Dry `nd | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
bright with temperatures up into the 20s. But it looks like it is turning | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
messy into Friday with more low`pressure. Shari outbreak of rain | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
and stays unsettled for the weekend. And we're going to leave yot with | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
the Last Post that was playdd by Ray Gould | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
in Brassington village last night. It was a wonderful tribute | :26:32. | :26:33. | |
as part of the Lights Out c`mpaign, which I know many people | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
across our region took part in. We don't tend to use the bathroom | :26:38. | :26:40. | |
together here. I leave the ashram, travel halfway | :26:41. | :28:03. | |
across the world to find my father, Oh, well. As Vashrati says, | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
gotta keep smiling! We don't tend to use the bathroom | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
together here. All right, well, | :28:16. | :28:17. | |
I'll catch you later. This ashram of yours, | :28:18. | :28:19. | |
it might be a cult. I take it back, | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
he's definitely Cuckoo's son. | :28:24. | :28:28. |