29/09/2014

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:00:13. > :00:15.And now, the news for the East Midlands.

:00:16. > :00:22.First tonight, Rolls Royce has been fined ?200,000, and nearly

:00:23. > :00:26.the same again in costs, after four of its staff came in contact with

:00:27. > :00:30.radioactive parts at one of its nuclear submarine sites in Derby.

:00:31. > :00:35.They are said now to have a "very, very small" increased chancd

:00:36. > :00:46.Some of the workers at the centre of the radiation alert at

:00:47. > :00:54.They came to Leicester Crown Court with a GMB union representative

:00:55. > :01:01.The company was fined ?200,000 and ordered to pay ?176,000 in costs.

:01:02. > :01:04.The employees were exposed to radiation

:01:05. > :01:12.We very much regret that thhs event took place in 2011 ` especi`lly

:01:13. > :01:16.because of the impact it has had on the individuals involved.

:01:17. > :01:20.We take the health and safety of our work force very seriously

:01:21. > :01:25.We treat these things as the highest priority.

:01:26. > :01:32.Welders in the clean room sdnt their work overnight for chdcking

:01:33. > :01:40.The radioactive source was tsed in gamma radiography to look

:01:41. > :01:48.When it came back to the welders the next morning,

:01:49. > :01:51.they noticed a screw`sized object on the welded component.

:01:52. > :01:54.The welders did not know wh`t the item was and passed it `round.

:01:55. > :01:56.One man even wiped it on his overalls.

:01:57. > :01:58.After a radiographer came into the clean room,

:01:59. > :02:01.and his personal radiation `larm went off, some of the staff were

:02:02. > :02:09.Three years on no`one has health problels

:02:10. > :02:11.but one man went on sleeping tablets to prevent flashbacks.

:02:12. > :02:14.In the back of his mind, of course, the cancer risk.

:02:15. > :02:16.The biggest doses were to their hands and fortunately there

:02:17. > :02:19.are no immediate effects from the radiation on their hands.

:02:20. > :02:21.The whole body doses were qtite small, below the dose limit.

:02:22. > :02:24.There is a very small incre`se chance of developing cancer.

:02:25. > :02:29.The judge said that the casd fell into the negligent catagory.

:02:30. > :02:32.The company says it has now changed procedures.

:02:33. > :02:37.Mike O'Sullivan, BBC East Midlands Today, Derby.

:02:38. > :02:41.Criminals trying to steal home`grown drugs are smashing their wax

:02:42. > :02:44.into the wrong houses by mistake and threatening

:02:45. > :02:50.There have been more than 100 of the so`called "home invasions" in

:02:51. > :02:57.Our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, has the details.

:02:58. > :03:02.The man who smashed his way into Mohammed's home was trying to steal

:03:03. > :03:07.He tried to shut the door on my hand.

:03:08. > :03:10.It was two in the morning and he targeted the wrong property.

:03:11. > :03:18.They are high on drugs and xou do not know what they are hiding.

:03:19. > :03:25.The attacker was looking for a crop like this ` home`grown cann`bis

:03:26. > :03:28.It has become a cottage indtstry in this district, as producdrs

:03:29. > :03:31.spread the risk by hiding plants in several different homes.

:03:32. > :03:34.But drugs are a viable commodity, so they are being targeted

:03:35. > :03:40.They will pick the most likely house but they get

:03:41. > :03:43.it wrong and end up invading houses where there are young children

:03:44. > :03:49.We are talking about people entering properties

:03:50. > :04:00.127 so`called home invasions were reported to Nottinghamshire Police

:04:01. > :04:05.In 50 of those raids, people were attacked and injured.

:04:06. > :04:07.Today, detectives are beginning a month`long campaign to tackle

:04:08. > :04:13.They are appealing to neighbours, postal workers and binmen to report

:04:14. > :04:17.They are warning landlords that they could face jail

:04:18. > :04:23.They are also making a direct appeal to the people who grow cann`bis

:04:24. > :04:27.Sometimes people produce cannabis for others.

:04:28. > :04:30.They are in effect held under duress.

:04:31. > :04:35.That person asking for the cannabis to be grown will

:04:36. > :04:38.get others to rob that cann`bis and take it for themselves `nd then

:04:39. > :04:45.We will deal with these people as victims.

:04:46. > :04:48.For those who do not come forward, a warning that there will bd more

:04:49. > :04:53.raids, as this illegal cott`ge industry becomes a police priority.

:04:54. > :04:58.Jeremy Ball, East Midlands Today, Nottingham.

:04:59. > :05:00.Leicestershire's police and crime commissioner has ordered a

:05:01. > :05:05.review into the force's handling of historic child abuse allegations.

:05:06. > :05:08.It follows the high profile cases in Rotherham.

:05:09. > :05:10.Sir Clive Loader says he wants to reassure victims

:05:11. > :05:14.and the public that all child abuse claims, whether historic or current,

:05:15. > :05:20.A report on cases going back to the 1990s should be finished

:05:21. > :05:24.Nottinghamshire Police are going to start putting stop

:05:25. > :05:29.Last month, the Home Secret`ry announced measures to improve

:05:30. > :05:34.the way police use stop and search powers and make it more transparent.

:05:35. > :05:37.One method was to give more detailed information about it

:05:38. > :05:42.Nottinghamshire is one of two forces taking part in the trial

:05:43. > :05:44.They will establish what data is important to the public

:05:45. > :05:53.Just time for a look at a c`r built to do 600 miles an hotr.

:05:54. > :05:58.Well, it won't get you to work tomorrow, but the model cars like

:05:59. > :06:05.School pupils in Nottinghamshire hope they are going to break

:06:06. > :06:09.the model car world speed rdcord, which stands at 287 miles pdr hour.

:06:10. > :06:13.They have been testing the rocket`powered vehicles ahead

:06:14. > :06:22.If you want to take another, slower, look at those test runs, we have put

:06:23. > :06:27.a couple of them on our Facdbook page ` there is the address.

:06:28. > :06:59.So, it is goodbye from me, but here is the weather now.

:07:00. > :07:11.We will be staying with the warm weather after a month of above

:07:12. > :07:19.average temperatures. There is some rain tonight but it will drx up

:07:20. > :07:26.Temperatures of 30`14 Celsits. Tomorrow will start dry and bright.

:07:27. > :07:33.It will stay dry into the afternoon. `` 13`14dC. That is all

:07:34. > :07:38.more breezy. Now for the national weather.

:07:39. > :07:48.Good evening. We all know that summer has been a bit extended this

:07:49. > :07:49.year. It has been a very dry and warm month. On the