:00:14. > :00:15.And now the news for the East Midlands.
:00:16. > :00:19.First tonight, a family havd said neighbours missed an opporttnity
:00:20. > :00:23.to save the lives of four pdople who died in a house fire.
:00:24. > :00:26.An inquest today heard that a little girl, who survived the
:00:27. > :00:29.blaze, banged on doors but got no response even though neighbours had
:00:30. > :00:36.Two mothers and two young boys were killed
:00:37. > :00:38.in the fire at North Wingfidld in Derbyshire last November.
:00:39. > :00:41.Our reporter Mike O'Sullivan has the details.
:00:42. > :00:44.It was a night that shocked a close`knit North Derbyshire
:00:45. > :00:48.In November last year, a fire claimed the lives of
:00:49. > :00:52.Josie Leighton, her two sons Tyler, who was nine, and 12`year`old
:00:53. > :00:57.Jordan, and Josie's friend Claire James, who was staying at the
:00:58. > :01:06.The inquest heard that Tia, woken by thick smoke,
:01:07. > :01:15.The neighbour, who had heard sounds and the smoke alarm, didn't respond.
:01:16. > :01:18.Firefighters found her in the garden at around 5am.
:01:19. > :01:21.It must have been terrible for that little girl to wait outside
:01:22. > :01:35.It couldn't have been anythhng else, could it?
:01:36. > :01:44.It is a missed opportunity from the neighbours, isn't ht?
:01:45. > :01:50.The combination of hearing a smoke alarm sounding and smelling
:01:51. > :01:55.smoke, if it is unusual, and hearing people moving around, we do ask that
:01:56. > :01:59.the communities play their part in looking out for each othdr.
:02:00. > :02:00.That would potentially be enough cause certainly
:02:01. > :02:06.for my me to think we should have got a call and have had
:02:07. > :02:10.The fire was caused by an electrical fault, a poor connection
:02:11. > :02:15.The cause of death was the inhalation of toxic smoke.
:02:16. > :02:17.The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death.
:02:18. > :02:21.He described the electrical fault as a time bomb that could h`ve gone
:02:22. > :02:27.off any day, causing a fire that led to four people
:02:28. > :02:37.Police are asking the public for help to find a 12`year`old boy who's
:02:38. > :02:44.Tionne Loftman was last seen by his mum when she dropped him off at a
:02:45. > :02:49.Police say there have been sightings of him since then at the
:02:50. > :02:52.Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham city centre.
:02:53. > :02:58.Two men from Leicestershire were killed in a road accident in
:02:59. > :03:03.27`year`old Patrick Casey and 17`year`old Martin Casex were
:03:04. > :03:06.travelling in a black Ford Focus which crashed into a wall ndar
:03:07. > :03:11.Police were on the look`out for the vehicle after reports
:03:12. > :03:15.The matter has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints
:03:16. > :03:22.Traders on Leicester's Golddn Mile say delays to roadworks could be
:03:23. > :03:27.Work to demolish the Belgrave Flyover
:03:28. > :03:31.and improve the roads around it was meant to be finished by next month.
:03:32. > :03:33.But now it could be March before it's completed.
:03:34. > :03:42.It is a familiar sight for many Leicester commuters.
:03:43. > :03:45.The gridlocked Golden Mile, as traffic towards the city centre
:03:46. > :03:50.The traffic is just a nightlare you can't get anywhere.
:03:51. > :03:56.It takes half an hour to get ten minutes.
:03:57. > :03:58.Work has been paid for by the supermarket Sainsburx's,
:03:59. > :04:03.which closed its store and opened a bigger one 12 miles away.
:04:04. > :04:06.The old Belgrade flyover was demolished within weeks,
:04:07. > :04:09.then work began to improve roads into the city centre
:04:10. > :04:15.It was all meant to be done in time for next month's Diwali
:04:16. > :04:20.The delay is affecting local traders.
:04:21. > :04:25.When I compare my business from last year, it is almost 70 or
:04:26. > :04:30.60% down, because of this construction work, people don't come
:04:31. > :04:36.Because of Sainsbury's, they are not coming.
:04:37. > :04:39.When it is finished it is hoped it will regenerate the area,
:04:40. > :04:42.and the work will be postponed for Diwali, so as not to stop
:04:43. > :04:48.Tom Brown, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicester.
:04:49. > :04:51.So, what's gone wrong with the timings?
:04:52. > :04:55.Martin Fletcher is Leicester City Council's Head of Highways
:04:56. > :04:58.Well, in terms of the major works that are being carried out that you
:04:59. > :05:01.can see behind me, they are all going to be colpleted
:05:02. > :05:06.The problems we have had have been on the southern side of the island,
:05:07. > :05:10.where, when we got the flyover down and saw the position of a lot of the
:05:11. > :05:13.utility services, we have h`d to carry out a lot of extra work on it,
:05:14. > :05:17.that is going to take us through into the New Year to finish those
:05:18. > :05:22.So shouldn't all those things have been known before
:05:23. > :05:27.When we see the plans in front of us at the time, we see lhnes on
:05:28. > :05:31.a map, and we don't totally see the condition of the services, or the
:05:32. > :05:34.exact location of them, and it is only until you get to explore among
:05:35. > :05:38.the flyover that we could gdt a true picture of the work that was
:05:39. > :05:41.I mean, there's been a lot of disruption in that period.
:05:42. > :05:45.The Belgrave flyover, it wasn't much to look at, but at least it worked.
:05:46. > :05:53.In terms of the flyover, it was a massive obstruction to thhs area,
:05:54. > :05:58.and it was a blight in terms of people's view of the area, what you
:05:59. > :06:03.Taking it down has radicallx transformed the area, and opened
:06:04. > :06:08.The actual traffic around the island is slowing,
:06:09. > :06:11.and we're adding extra capacity through the work that we ard doing
:06:12. > :06:16.to make it as good if not bdtter than what was the original flyover.
:06:17. > :06:19.Nottingham was today named as the first City of Football.
:06:20. > :06:23.It's received ?1.6 million from Sport England to help get
:06:24. > :06:25.people playing and watching the Beautiful Game
:06:26. > :06:29.And talking of the beautiful game, I have two results for you tonight:
:06:30. > :06:32.In League one Notts County drew 1 all against Leyton Orient and
:06:33. > :06:37.in League Two it finished M`nsfield 1, Morecambe 0.
:06:38. > :06:49.So, it's goodbye from me, btt with your weather now, here's Sara.
:06:50. > :06:55.We have a lot of low cloud coming in from the North East. Turning is very
:06:56. > :07:00.misty and murky into the early hours and drizzle likely as well, and also
:07:01. > :07:05.some hail fog affecting the Peak District area. It will be a mild
:07:06. > :07:10.night, and a very grey and lurky start to the day tomorrow as well.
:07:11. > :07:14.We are hopeful that we make see the cloud thinning as we head into the
:07:15. > :07:20.afternoon across the East Mhdlands. It is going to be warm in the
:07:21. > :07:23.sunshine. Temperatures into the low 20s, saw above average rate time of
:07:24. > :07:28.year, but we start to see the weather changing towards thd end of
:07:29. > :07:31.the week, courtesy of this `rea of low pressure. For now, I will leave
:07:32. > :07:32.you with the outlook, and ndxt you will have
:07:33. > :07:58.you now with Darren Bett and the national weather.
:07:59. > :08:07.This cloud looks worse than it is. Glitching the extreme south-west
:08:08. > :08:12.overnight. Ahead of it we've got an easterly air flow. That low cloud
:08:13. > :08:16.that never cleared the North Sea coasts is pushing through the gaps,
:08:17. > :08:21.running on to high ground. We'll have clearer skies further west but
:08:22. > :08:24.the low cloud is more extensive leading to mist and fog over hills
:08:25. > :08:30.and coasts in the east, where we could have drizzle. Another warm ni
:08:31. > :08:32.ahe Tomorrow starts slowly for many of us,