:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:07.This is East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.
:00:08. > :00:15.Tonight, firefighters sound the alarm over budget cuts.
:00:16. > :00:24.Jobs could go and some fire engines would be scrapped to save ?7
:00:25. > :00:29.million. Also tonight, sadndss as campaigners lose the fight to save
:00:30. > :00:35.this hospital chapel from demolition. It has been there for 60
:00:36. > :00:42.years before the National Hdalth Service. I was hoping it wotld be
:00:43. > :00:52.there in the future. And no end in sight to these roadworks. You have
:00:53. > :01:02.to get there have an hour e`rlier or expect to turn up half an hour late.
:01:03. > :01:09.And these ear craft celebrate cold war warriors. `` aircraft.
:01:10. > :01:13.Good evening. Welcome to Thursday's progr`mme
:01:14. > :01:15.First tonight: Radical plans for changing the
:01:16. > :01:17.fire service in Leicestershhre and Rutland have been outlined today.
:01:18. > :01:20.Under the proposals, more than 100 full time firdfighter
:01:21. > :01:23.posts could go in the next five years, that's about a quartdr
:01:24. > :01:27.of the current full time st`ff. Our reporter Helen Astle is outside
:01:28. > :01:30.fire headquarters in Birstall for us tonight.
:01:31. > :01:38.Helen, these appear to be significant cuts.
:01:39. > :01:47.Good evening. They do appeared to be significant cuts but the chhef fire
:01:48. > :01:53.officer here is keen to strdss they are just proposals at the moment. It
:01:54. > :01:59.is all part of the plan to save ?7 million over the next five xears.
:02:00. > :02:09.The union say if these cuts are in that proved they could be d`ngerous
:02:10. > :02:16.and cost lives. `` if these cuts are approved. Those proposals include
:02:17. > :02:24.all crews being reduced frol five firefighters to four. The fhre
:02:25. > :02:31.engines could be scrapped completely across Rutland. 104 full`tile posts
:02:32. > :02:37.could go in the next five ydars and some support staff could also go. We
:02:38. > :02:42.are worried what it will me`n to Leicestershire. We cannot fhnd the
:02:43. > :02:48.cuts being imposed on us without affecting public safety and losing
:02:49. > :02:55.one quarter of our workforcd. Our firefighters are very concerned
:02:56. > :03:05.When calls do a car we still need the same resources to achieve the
:03:06. > :03:11.outcomes we have previously. We need the staff to go and rescue people,
:03:12. > :03:19.we cannot do it with just four firefighters, it does not work. This
:03:20. > :03:24.afternoon's meeting was bro`dcast to staff within the fire service. There
:03:25. > :03:30.could be a request for council tax to be raised to help ease the
:03:31. > :03:35.funding problems but if the shortfall cannot be met the public
:03:36. > :03:39.will notice the changes. It will be challenging to firefighters because
:03:40. > :03:45.there are number of people would be less on the fire engines and we
:03:46. > :03:51.would have to change our waxs of working potentially. Members of the
:03:52. > :03:55.public would notice the difference when the fire engines arrivd, not
:03:56. > :04:02.necessarily the first, but the second would be slower to arrive
:04:03. > :04:06.than currently. There will be plans to cut ?1 million from the budget in
:04:07. > :04:13.Nottinghamshire and the meeting is there for that. The authority says
:04:14. > :04:19.there are no plans to get rhd of any full`time firefighters although
:04:20. > :04:22.there will be a reduction in the number of retained firefighters
:04:23. > :04:25.Still to come: Books of condolence open for
:04:26. > :04:28.the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess, credited with laking
:04:29. > :04:41.Chatsworth House one of the most successful country homes in Britain,
:04:42. > :04:43.died yesterday at the age of 94 Two men who were arrested
:04:44. > :04:48.on suspicion of the murder of a Nottingham taxi driver 20 years
:04:49. > :04:51.ago have been released on b`il. 26`year`old Ethsham Ghafoor was shot
:04:52. > :04:56.dead in his taxi outside a Gedling nursery in November 1994.
:04:57. > :04:59.At the time, police describdd it as a cold`blooded execution`style
:05:00. > :05:06.killing. Officers spent yesterday qudstioning
:05:07. > :05:10.the pair who are in their 40s. A police helicopter was dr`fted
:05:11. > :05:16.in to help stop a digger which had been stolen.
:05:17. > :05:20.The construction vehicle was brought to a halt on the A511 at Co`lville
:05:21. > :05:24.in Leicestershire. Officers stopped it three hours
:05:25. > :05:26.after it had been stolen. Next tonight,
:05:27. > :05:29.campaigners have lost their battle to save a historic hospital chapel.
:05:30. > :05:32.NHS bosses are pressing ahe`d with the demolition of the Victorian
:05:33. > :05:38.building to make way for a new accident and emergencx unit
:05:39. > :05:38.at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Here's our
:05:39. > :05:53.Health Correspondent Rob Sissons. Welcome to the Chapel of Lehcester
:05:54. > :05:59.Royal infirmary, a beautiful space. Not for much longer. When this
:06:00. > :06:05.opened back in the 1880s thd average life expectancy was around 40 years,
:06:06. > :06:10.no NHS bosses say the Chapel has had its day and needs to make w`y for a
:06:11. > :06:16.new accident and emergency tnit because the there's not enotgh
:06:17. > :06:20.space. Often we get five or 600 people per day through the
:06:21. > :06:24.department and we just do not have enough space to process thel, feed
:06:25. > :06:33.them, make a diagnosis and get them home or to a ward fast enough. We
:06:34. > :06:40.need more space to do that. Critics say we should be preserving the
:06:41. > :06:46.past. People have been therd to pray, Paul, dream. There ard
:06:47. > :06:51.monuments there to the first and 2nd World War and medical
:06:52. > :06:59.professionals. It really is a place of great heritage importancd. It has
:07:00. > :07:03.stained`glass windows which would be taken out of context and put into
:07:04. > :07:10.storage until a plan for a new multi`faith Chapel. It could be
:07:11. > :07:15.moved brick by brick but th`t would cost. In an ideal world we would
:07:16. > :07:20.like to keep it but for the accident and emergency department whhch is
:07:21. > :07:27.bulging at its seams, that hs an understatement. If there was that
:07:28. > :07:36.philanthropist idea willing to give us ?3 million to move the Chapel we
:07:37. > :07:42.would consider that. Campaigners predicted a's decision may hn future
:07:43. > :07:54.proved to be yesterday's mistake. `` did he's decision.
:07:55. > :08:03.A party with a difference is going on tonight because of the end of
:08:04. > :08:09.road works. However just down the road another group are now
:08:10. > :08:15.suffering. Every party needs a drink and this one has been brewed
:08:16. > :08:21.especially for the occasion. This park is celebrating the end of road
:08:22. > :08:27.works at this nearby island. Of the local residents have been affected
:08:28. > :08:33.and many of the local busindsses. We thought we would have a drink to
:08:34. > :08:39.celebrate it being finally finished. We have been late with our
:08:40. > :08:46.deliveries so our customers are not happy and we need to be our staff
:08:47. > :08:54.longer to come in early. Sthll no word on when these roadworks are due
:08:55. > :09:01.to end. You either leave half an hour earlier or just go there half
:09:02. > :09:06.an hour late. It has affectdd my business big time. I have to go
:09:07. > :09:12.early in the morning and go a day to around other roads but I suppose it
:09:13. > :09:19.is progress and has to be done. You have to act accordingly. I can do
:09:20. > :09:23.about two miles in an hour. The highways agency refused to be
:09:24. > :09:29.interviewed and did not attdnd tonight's party. They were hnvited
:09:30. > :09:43.but did not turn up, we don't know why!
:09:44. > :09:55.A man from Leicestershire h`s been reunited with the medics who saved
:09:56. > :10:01.his life. It is unusual to survive a heart attack outside of hospital and
:10:02. > :10:05.the man had to be shocked shx times. It is thanks to these medics he is
:10:06. > :10:12.alive today after suffering a cardiac arrest in April. I do not
:10:13. > :10:16.remember anything. My wife was talking to me and I never answered,
:10:17. > :10:24.she looked across and I had stopped breathing. His wife dialled 999 and
:10:25. > :10:32.while she waited for them to arrive she carried out chest comprdssions.
:10:33. > :10:35.I did not realise they shopped in six times actually. The two
:10:36. > :10:43.corporate the compressions when they arrived. The first thing I did was
:10:44. > :10:51.turn around when I saw he w`s breathing for himself and tdll my
:10:52. > :10:57.colleague. Defibrillator has now been inserted into his act to
:10:58. > :11:05.monitor the rhythm and emit a shock if required. I am still herd. I can
:11:06. > :11:07.see my seven children, especially the youngest grandchild, to watch it
:11:08. > :11:28.grow up. It is wonderful I `m here. Help is on hand
:11:29. > :11:30.for an estimated 500 people, who are considered the most challenging and
:11:31. > :11:32.excluded citizens in Nottingham That's
:11:33. > :11:34.because they struggle with lore than one issue, issues like homelessness,
:11:35. > :11:37.drugs, mental illness and crime Many of them don't know how to go
:11:38. > :11:39.about getting help, but that's about to change thanks to
:11:40. > :11:44.a multi`million pound grant. When Sandra was homeless shd also
:11:45. > :11:51.suffered from mental illness and had the problem with alcohol. You do not
:11:52. > :11:56.know what to do, sometimes H felt like giving in. I felt like going
:11:57. > :12:03.into a corner we are now ond could see me. On times you just w`nt to
:12:04. > :12:07.scream. Feelings sheared by many who have so many problems they do not
:12:08. > :12:14.know where to turn or how to get help. Across Nottingham nearly 00
:12:15. > :12:20.people will be helped over the next eight years at a cost of ne`rly ?10
:12:21. > :12:27.million paid for by the big lottery fund. Each person will have there
:12:28. > :12:32.own personal worker to support them. At the moment someone could have an
:12:33. > :12:36.alcohol problem and the mental health problem, the two services do
:12:37. > :12:40.not quite meet and they could get bounced around. Our worker will help
:12:41. > :12:44.steer people, help them makd decisions and get to the right
:12:45. > :12:51.services which will make a real improvement in the quality of life.
:12:52. > :12:57.You will not be told you have to go here or there, it will be sorting
:12:58. > :13:03.your issues out first. Sandra is now working for the new scheme which
:13:04. > :13:06.hopes to take the pressure off hospitals, the courts and local
:13:07. > :13:13.authorities. It also hopes to transform lives. How good do you
:13:14. > :13:15.feel now having conquered all of this? I do not think I am special, I
:13:16. > :13:24.think I am awesome! Still to come:
:13:25. > :13:46.With the weekend on the horhzon it's all eyes on the weather.
:13:47. > :13:49.Books of condolence have opdned on the Chatsworth Estate today
:13:50. > :13:51.following the death of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire.
:13:52. > :13:54.Today more tributes have bedn paid to the Duchess, who was the driving
:13:55. > :13:58.force behind the transformation of Chatsworth into one of the country's
:13:59. > :14:05.most popular tourist attractions. Cathy Killick reports.
:14:06. > :14:14.A quiet moment to remember one of England's most exceptional women.
:14:15. > :14:20.Books of condolence have attracted a steady stream of contributors from
:14:21. > :14:24.every walk of life. Prince Charles issued a statement saying mx wife
:14:25. > :14:31.and I were deeply saddened to hear of the death of the Duchess and both
:14:32. > :14:34.of other broadband admired greatly. She was a unique personalitx with a
:14:35. > :14:42.wonderful and original approach to life. I think her kindness to
:14:43. > :14:52.people, picking people up who had fallen down. Getting in touch with
:14:53. > :14:59.the estate to make sure I got my dog back when one of them had rtn away.
:15:00. > :15:13.Whatever people's background, wealth and privilege. She was very loved,
:15:14. > :15:17.that he laughed. I am sorry. After her really busy life that she gave
:15:18. > :15:27.to charity than mankind really, she was the best. Did you ever leet her?
:15:28. > :15:34.Oh, yes, met or walking arotnd. She would always stop when she was
:15:35. > :15:39.walking around. This man was born on the estate and became its controller
:15:40. > :15:45.working with the Duchess for ten years. It is like losing a lother,
:15:46. > :15:50.generally across the estate it will be felt like that. She was the hard
:15:51. > :15:55.worker. Up at half past six every day. She knew exactly what was going
:15:56. > :16:00.on and she knew all the staff, even though there were 600, she knew all
:16:01. > :16:08.those who had been there ovdr a year by first name. In truth she was a
:16:09. > :16:15.moderniser, ushering in a ndw either of the stately home as big business.
:16:16. > :16:17.This is her legacy. Thriving, admired and preserved for all the
:16:18. > :16:25.other new leaders to come. And the Duke
:16:26. > :16:28.of Devonshire has announced today that the funeral service will take
:16:29. > :16:30.place next Thursday at St Pdter s Church, Edensor at midday.
:16:31. > :16:39.He says everyone is welcome to attend.
:16:40. > :16:44.Thousands of Hindus across the East Midlands are celebrating
:16:45. > :16:47.the Navratri Festival. For the next nine nights,
:16:48. > :16:49.people will take part in traditional Gujarati folk d`ncing at
:16:50. > :16:52.dozens of venues across the region. The festival marks the victory
:16:53. > :16:55.of the Hindu Goddess Ambika who s believed to have slain a delon
:16:56. > :17:00.after a fierce battle which lasted nine days and nine nights.
:17:01. > :17:03.World Champion boxer Carl Froch is to become an Honorary Freem`n
:17:04. > :17:05.of the city. Froch says he's proud to john
:17:06. > :17:08.the likes of Brian Clough, Torvil and Dean and Sir Paul Smith
:17:09. > :17:17.in receiving the honour. A special ceremony will be held next
:17:18. > :17:23.month at the Royal Concert Hall Now the sport.
:17:24. > :17:28.Nottingham Forest boss Stuart Pearce says he is proud of his plaxers who,
:17:29. > :17:32.despite being knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Spurs last night,
:17:33. > :17:36.put up a spirited display against their Premier League opponents.
:17:37. > :17:38.And for one player in particular, it was a night to remember.
:17:39. > :17:51.Angela has more. His team selection said a lot, 9
:17:52. > :17:59.Jews in the line`up. The 3000 travelling fans wearing gredn switch
:18:00. > :18:08.arts in a tribute to Brian Clough saw a game that was close to causing
:18:09. > :18:12.a cup upset. The celebrations for this goal see it all, a chalpionship
:18:13. > :18:20.team had taken the lead at White Hart Lane. On his debut he has
:18:21. > :18:25.played the Reds in front. Ddspite the resilience, they could not hold
:18:26. > :18:36.on. Nothing would stop the spider equaliser. This deflection saw then
:18:37. > :18:42.double the lead and when it became the`1 to spiders it was all wrapped
:18:43. > :18:47.up for the home side but not without a skier. Some real good performances
:18:48. > :18:56.from some of the younger pl`yers. I am very proud. I think the largin
:18:57. > :18:57.probably flattered us. They will be pleased to get through this round of
:18:58. > :19:14.the competition. So Forest out of the Cup.
:19:15. > :19:15.Derby County are through to the last 16.
:19:16. > :19:17.They face Fulham away in the next round and the R`ms head
:19:18. > :19:25.coach is relishing the prospect I think it is good that all the
:19:26. > :19:35.squad can look forward to playing games. Cup games or league games. It
:19:36. > :19:37.is good for the club we continue in the cup. We want to put a tdam out
:19:38. > :19:42.there that can win. One bit of other action to lention.
:19:43. > :19:45.It's in cricket where Leicestershire s
:19:46. > :19:47.miserable season has come to a miserable end ` comprehensively
:19:48. > :19:49.beaten by Derbyshire, who m`y well now finish fourth in Division Two.
:19:50. > :19:56.Leicestershire have, though, announced the signing of Australian
:19:57. > :19:58.international bowler Clint LcKay. In rugby, a familiar face h`s
:19:59. > :20:03.joined the Leicester Tigers board. Ben Kay made 281 appearances
:20:04. > :20:08.as a player before retiring four years ago, he returns to
:20:09. > :20:09.Welford Road as a director. In golf,
:20:10. > :20:13.no place for Nottinghamshird's Lee Westwood in the opening Ryddr Cup
:20:14. > :20:16.fourballs tomorrow morning. It's not a surprise with
:20:17. > :20:20.the hugely experienced Westwood expected to play a key role
:20:21. > :20:23.at points over the weekend. He's been coming back into form
:20:24. > :20:33.and loves the contest betwedn Europe and the USA.
:20:34. > :20:42.You do not need any extra motivation when it is the Ryder Cup. It is a
:20:43. > :20:48.special week and I would im`gine everybody is right up for it. You
:20:49. > :20:52.would not want any more mothvation or you would bubble up in a frenzy.
:20:53. > :20:56.If you can tear yourself aw`y from the Ryder Cup one option might
:20:57. > :20:58.be the start of the domestic Basketball season.
:20:59. > :21:00.Leicester Riders expect a 1,500 strong sellout at
:21:01. > :21:09.their temporary home in Loughborough for the visit of Manchester Giants.
:21:10. > :21:18.Much as changed about this team out have gone some key figures hncluding
:21:19. > :21:24.the captain. In front of big crowds the priority is to get people loving
:21:25. > :21:28.the game. For us it is putthng a good product out on the floor that
:21:29. > :21:34.is entertaining and that thd fans can get behind and feel protd of.
:21:35. > :21:41.Sure, we are trying to win but we want to be entertaining. Many will
:21:42. > :21:48.be local born and bred, the path to the top is bringing in local talent.
:21:49. > :21:53.I am just trying to take as much of a chance as I can, it is a huge
:21:54. > :22:03.order coming from Loughborotgh and jumping into the profession`l team.
:22:04. > :22:06.Can people please keep coming? They are saying book tickets in `dvance
:22:07. > :22:10.because they are expecting ` sell`out. It is at half past seven
:22:11. > :22:16.on Saturday. Finally from us, huge
:22:17. > :22:18.congratulations to one of otr own. Nottingham Canoeist Helen B`rnes
:22:19. > :22:21.has been breaking records again She's was attempting to set a new
:22:22. > :22:25.record for the most Eskimo rolls by a woman in the space of a mhnute.
:22:26. > :22:26.She must have decided this was less stressful that doing special TV
:22:27. > :22:38.reports. She managed a total of 30 `dsque
:22:39. > :22:46.more roles. I felt really dhzzy It is 20 years since I did my first one
:22:47. > :22:52.but never again! She says it but I do not believe her. Gebhardt two
:22:53. > :23:02.years and she will be doing it again!
:23:03. > :23:05.Britain's last flying Vulcan has flown over air bases in the
:23:06. > :23:09.East Midlands as part of a tour saluting men and women who
:23:10. > :23:11.served in the Cold War. The flight took off from Robin Hood
:23:12. > :23:13.airport near Doncaster at 2pm and then flew over RAF Wittdring
:23:14. > :23:16.at 3:20. 10 minutes later it went ovdr
:23:17. > :23:19.the former RAF Cottesmore b`se. The flight was arranged
:23:20. > :23:22.by the Vulcan to the Sky Trtst. The route covered the bases that
:23:23. > :23:23.were part of the V Force, the RAF's Cold War deterrent.
:23:24. > :23:33.Ian White reports. A piece of living history m`rking
:23:34. > :23:37.Heston the this afternoon. The only surviving flying Vulcan bomber in
:23:38. > :23:45.the Waddle embarked on a spdcial trip to commemorate the end of the
:23:46. > :23:53.cold war 25 years ago. Once a vital part of the UK nuclear deterrent the
:23:54. > :23:57.wearer ready to fly to the dast with just 90 seconds notice knowhng there
:23:58. > :24:06.may not be a United Kingdom to fly home to. They did think there could
:24:07. > :24:10.be an attack from the USSR particularly around the Cub`n
:24:11. > :24:15.missile crisis. The cruise really had to take the jobs seriously, they
:24:16. > :24:20.were sitting by the easier craft armed up with nuclear weapons and in
:24:21. > :24:26.readiness to go. Technicians and volunteers where up early this
:24:27. > :24:31.morning getting this aircraft ready for its last flight of the season.
:24:32. > :24:38.She is well maintained and we look after her more now than when she was
:24:39. > :24:45.in service. The journey to Ken ten current and former REF bases before
:24:46. > :24:54.returning to Doncaster just before four o'clock. `` R a F bases. People
:24:55. > :25:02.are saying there have never been crowds like this before. Thd Vulcan
:25:03. > :25:09.to circle the aircraft over the runway several times giving patient
:25:10. > :25:16.onlookers a spectacular display The first time I have seen it today
:25:17. > :25:23.amazing. It is beautiful, GPs of engineering. It is epic, out of this
:25:24. > :25:30.world, I am in love with th`t clean. The charity that owns this hopes it
:25:31. > :25:32.will not be its last flight. The noise and the sheep is just unique.
:25:33. > :25:59.An extraordinary thing. `` shape. Now the weather. The weather front
:26:00. > :26:03.has moved across but there has been cloud increasing through thhs
:26:04. > :26:08.afternoon. Just a bit of brhghtness across Leicestershire and Rttland
:26:09. > :26:14.for a time. There could be ` small amount of patchy rain and drizzle
:26:15. > :26:22.for the Peak District. Health of also likely as well. A contrast to
:26:23. > :26:26.last night, referring to a grass frost. A mild finish to tod`y with
:26:27. > :26:34.15 selfie is the minimum temperature. A damp start to the day
:26:35. > :26:39.for some tomorrow. Skies will brighten and by late afternoon we
:26:40. > :26:45.will lose any patchy light rain It will feel warmer again. It will BBC
:26:46. > :26:49.tonight and that will ease of tomorrow but heading into the
:26:50. > :26:56.afternoon the wind will fall like. 19 Celsius the maximum daythme
:26:57. > :27:01.temperature. There will be lissed off of returning on Friday night
:27:02. > :27:05.into Saturday and it could be dense on Saturday morning before lifting.
:27:06. > :27:14.Temperatures could get into the low 20s. The high pressure on S`ndeep
:27:15. > :27:24.will pull away to the east. Looking quite pleasant into the weekend I
:27:25. > :27:32.will be back with the late news Join me then. Goodbye. Goodbye.