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Tonight: Could treating Type-2 diabetes bankrupt the NHS?

cases spiralling, we report from Leicester which is one of the

highest rates in the country. Plus, helping the homeless, the

Loughborough charity struggling to meet demand. Many's friends is

really good because you can come here, have a hot meal, meet people.

Also tonight, we will be meeting to tap to artist who is changing

people's lives by turning scar is into works of art.

And mesmerising movement, we meet internationally renowned dance

company who are making a mark in Leicester.

Welcome to Monday's programme with Sarah Teale

First tonight, can the NHS survive Type-2 diabetes?

One charity is warning if cases continue to escalate at the current

Leicester has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country.

Diabetes UK is now warning the South Asian community to take

Worryingly, there could also be thousands of people in the city

who don't even know they have the condition.

This family from Leicester take more care about what they eat these days.

Type-2 isdiabetes runs in the family.

We are really worried, actually, because maybe

I will have it as well, or my sister, my brother

Her father, Hoch, was diagnosed nine years ago.

My sister, she has diabetes and my wife's mum, she also has diabetes.

Hoch, who is originally from Bangladesh, is one of more

than 20,000 people in Leicester who are diagnosed every year.

Diabetes UK is trying to reach those who don't know they have it.

In the South Asian community, it is almost like a very

"My uncle has got it, my dad has got it, my mum has got it -

"I'll pop a pill, it will control my glucose."

Very rarely do they hear the bad side of that condition,

which is all the complications - the cardiovascular, the amputations.

This man is part of a De Montfort University project in Leicester

to help Diabetes UK get the message across.

The Leicester Diabetes Centre has devised an online assessment

where people can check out their risk and then

South Asians have the genetics against them.

They need to do more exercise, which they don't do.

And when they do the exercise, they need to do double the amount

of exercise to get the same benefits as a white European person.

The number of people with diabetes in the city is almost a third more

Diabetes UK says the speed of change in diet and lifestyle among those

at risk is not happening quickly enough.

Well, diet is a big factor for people who have Type-2

diabetes or who are at risk of becoming diabetic.

New figures from Public Health England have found

many of the poorest areas in the East Midlands

Leicester has 429, while in Nottingham there are 364.

In comparison, there are only 24 across Rutland.

Anne Crawford is the Deputy Director of Health and Well-being

at Public Health England East Midlands.

How do we tackle this ever-growing problem of obesity,

because it has been around for a while?

In terms of fast food outlets, there are things that planners

and local authorities can think of in terms of exclusion

So where they site fast food restaurants.

Exactly, where they site it and what restrictions

or considerations they give to granting licences.

But it doesn't just come down to fast food outlets, does it?

Because that won't solve a problem like diabetes

That is just one particular strand of a bigger programme of work.

What we're really doing is encouraging local authorities,

planners, businesses and everybody to work together

Are the shops selling fresh fruit and vegetables?

Do people know how to cook those foods?

But also things like can they access things like cycle

Is the built environment suitable to allow people to enjoy

So in terms of Type-2 diabetes, that is the type we are talking

about, it is both to do with personal issues and something

Yes, you have personal choice, but you need to be

Anne Crawford, thank you for talking to us.

There's more on the challenge to tackle diabetes on BBC

One's Inside Out programme tonight at 7.30pm.

You are watching East Midlands Today right now, though.

Coming up later we have a rather unusual guest with us in the studio.

It's Jeremy, the lovelorn lefty snail.

Academics hope finding him a mate could lead

Also tonight, as Nottingham prepares to hit the road to Westminster,

we look at some of the research that is driving the city forward,

A charity in Loughborough which helps homeless and vulnerable

people says it's desperate to move to larger premises to meet a growing

Minnie's Friends provides meals, hot drinks and advice,

Now the charity wants to expand its support,

A busy morning at temp one, based on Frederick Street in Loughborough.

People come here, like Andrew Watson. He has been living rough for

two months after losing his job and home. All he owns he carries. I

guarded with my life. It is the only possessions I have got at the

moment. I knew it is just a bike, but to me it is my world. For

Andrew, Minnie's Friends is a place where he can get warm food and

clothes. It is more of the warmth, and seeing that there are other

people in the same boat as me. It is confidence, that I can still be a

human being. Alison Smart has been homeless for six years after losing

her home and children. She knife has a room in a local hospital. When

you're homeless you can lick you have got nothing. Minnie's Friends

is really good because you can come here, you can have a hot meal, a

good chat, socialise, meet people that are just the same, that have

been in the same place. Caryl Phillips started Minnie's Friends

after her daughter, Donna, died from alcoholism. And you that there was a

lot of call for help out there, but I didn't realise how much. When I

lost my daughter 11 years ago, she was 33, I couldn't get any help of

any kind. But now this charity is helping, but says it needs to expand

its services. To take people from where they are now, to giving them

hope and to giving them an opportunity to have a fulfilled life

is ultimately what we want to achieve. To do that, the charity

says it needs permanent larger premises to help provide longer-term

solutions to homelessness. Police are continuing to question

a 17-year-old man over two serious The attacks happened

within 30 minutes of each The first was on a woman

in Derby Road in Lenton, The second was two miles away,

near Woodyard Lane in Wollaton. Police say a 17-year-old has been

arrested on suspicion of sexual 200 jobs are at risk

following the collapse of an insulation company in Melton

Mowbray. Hodgson and Hodgson has gone

into administration. The firm was founded by two brothers

from Nottingham and has It was a leading thermal

insulation manufacturer, supplying the white goods,

car and railway industries. Nottingham is about to

take over Westminster. Tomorrow has been declared

Nottingham in Parliament Day, when institutions and businesses

will descend on the capital to shout louder about the city's

successes and why it's such It's being led by the University of

Nottingham to showcase its research. Quentin Rayner has been to look

at some of the projects they're Nottingham in Parliament

Day is about putting the city on Westminster's radar

by showcasing the technologies and Sir Peter Mansfield

was the joint inventor of the MRI scanner and

he won a Nobel Prize. The horizontal scanner is now

indispensable in diagnosing a range But now there has been a 90

degrees revolution in MRI Here at the QMC is one of the few

vertical scanners in the Now patients can stand,

sit or lie using the flexible seat. It will greatly improve the accuracy

of lung scans, but it also comes The big advantage of being able

to scan people in the sitting or standing position is that you're

studying them in a natural situation So the bearing of their own weight

will affect the joint or the lower back and that's exactly what we need

to scan to understand what causes the pain and then to be able

to advise the right We are told driverless cars are just

around the corner and the university has a simulator to study how

we respond to the technology. It is congested on the motorway,

but even here you can go driverless. Hands off the wheel,

feet off the pedals, put on my glasses, pick up a tablet

and I can check whatever I like. Their levels of trust can be quite

low and they may just carry on touching the steering wheel,

but then they build up quite high levels of trust and acceptance

and are more than happy to do a whole range of different

activities in the car. So now we need to think very

carefully about the design of the interiors for future

vehicles, including perhaps retracting the steering wheel

to allow people more space to use their laptops without feeling

the need to push back In the Trent Basin, the future

has already arrived. Residents will soon be moving

into the first of 500 The community will share solar

panels and the energy generated stored in batteries

and distributed around the site. Energy bills are set

to be 30% lower. We believe this is a game changer

in the way that communities will generate their own electricity,

store it locally and utilise it efficiently, so the work we have

been doing at the University of Nottingham with our industry

partners will translate into a real world project here to show real

savings for the community. Nottingham wants to remind

parliament that this region is a vital cog in the Midlands

engine and it's not A celebrity tattoo artist who has

inked stars like Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles has revealed he's

using his skills to help people Kevin Paul has opened a new studio

in Derbyshire and he says clients are often moved to tears

when he turns their scars It has covered it

really well, hasn't it? The final checks on a tattoo that

has changed Annamarie Wooley's life. For nearly four years

a deep scar on her arm It was just embarrassing, really,

so I would always cover-up. Even in the summer I would never

wear short tops. But now her scar has been

transformed into a beautiful work of art, thanks to celebrity

cartoonist Kevin Paul. As soon as I told her I could get

rid of it, she had a tear in her eye straight away, so I kind of knew

it was going to go well anyway. I have started kickboxing,

I go to the gym, I go out I don't just sit at

home moping any more. My confidence has just

gone sky-high now. Kevin says he gets up to 30 calls

a day enquiring about scar tattoos. He is now working alongside his wife

in a new studio at Melbourne in Derbyshire, which specialises

in skin treatment I don't think a lot of people

realise the effect of having a bad tattoo or a scar has

on your mental health. It does leave you psychologically

damaged with it. You do try to cover it

and you are very conscious of it. To be able to do that

for somebody brilliant. It is a new direction for Kevin,

who is world-famous for tattooing a host of celebrities,

including singer Ed Sheeran Personally, the whole celebrity

thing doesn't do anything for me, but stuff like that,

were you get proper emotions That is a nice thing

to do for someone. It makes me feel good

about myself being able And Annamarie says her new tattoo

has given her a new start. Oh, it is absolutely changed my life

completely for the better. The safety of part of the A60

in Nottinghamshire is under review. There have been two serious

accidents within weeks of each other on the stretch

just south of Mansfield. The County Council says

the safety review will look at the road's speed limit,

signage and road markings. The authority says it will be

speaking to people living nearby, as well the schools and colleges

next to the A60. Scientists have created

a new chemical spray that they hope will save the 200-year-old original

Bramley apple tree. In recent years the tree,

which was planted in Southwell in the early 1800s, has been

treated for fungus. Experts fear that it can

only survive for another Scientists hope to start treating

the tree with the spray Now, we were going to slow things

down and talk about a garden snail. Jeremy this tale has an

anticlockwise shell, whereas most British garden snails have spirals

that move not wise. It is sadly causing Jeremy problem is when it

comes to finding love because he can only make with another unique lefty.

Jeremy is with us, as it is mind, Doctor Angus Davison. Just how rare

is Jeromy? It is difficult to say, but we think rarer than one in

100,000, maybe one in a million. What causes this? That is exactly

what we would like to know. This snail is America image to other

snails. Why is that? It will cause him problems finding a mate? When

they meet, they made in a position that means right and right can go

together, but right and left doesn't work. Would you like to find another

lefty? We would like to get the public to help us to try to find

another one of these really rarer lefties. So they need to search

gardens? Yes, if they good. I think people get confused about left and

right, so if you collectively together look and see if they coil

in the same way. There is a serious scientific reason for this. You

might, me as snail expert but I am an evolutionary geneticist. We want

to understand why things are at the way they are. It comes back to

ourselves, on those people your heart is on the left, so your

asymmetrical like a snail and we have gone some way in finding the

genes that tie us to the snail. It will help us understand what happens

when things sometimes go wrong during development. My Jeromy? Why

is he called Jeromy? He, she. It was inevitable because he is a lefty,

which is the colloquial scientific term, but he was also fined on a

compost heap so Jeremy Corbyn also likes gardening. Well, thank you for

coming in. We will be very careful

where the step! Let's start in Leicester,

where the rewards and recognition for the Premier League Champions

keep coming. Striker Jamie Vardy and winger

Riyad Mahrez are both among the nominees for the Ballon D'or -

that's the award for It's an extraordinary achievement

which sees them shortlisted alongside the likes

of Bale, Messi and Suarez. But Leicester are very much

a team and on Saturday it was as a team that the Foxes

stretched their unbeaten home run This seasons may change but

Leicester City's on form doesn't. It was September 2015 when they last

lost in the league here. The win over Crystal Palace contended that

streak. Right footed shot, it goes in! The ?16 million man has opened

the scoring. With Jamie Fadi on the bench, Moussa shouldn't he could do.

Then did another man recalled to the starting 11. Christian Fuchs had

never scored for the club. Last week he signed a new contract. This is

how he celebrated. Christian Fuchs with the goal! That is an incredible

strike from the Austrian. He is the best player for me over the season

so far. Even the late goal by Crystal Palace did not dampen the

mood. It was important today to start and win the match because I

said maybe today is the start of our new Premier League season. Brilliant

come absolutely brilliant. That was the Leicester City of last season.

They told me that if I scored I should make it a great one. I am

happy about that. So, Leicester climbed to 12. Still work to be

done. This suggested that the players and fans are not ready to be

written off yet. This is the start night. We had a starter, but this is

the start for the rest of the season. We have set a benchmark.

Well, Saturday was not a good day for our Championship teams.

Derby were last-minute victims at Huddersfield.

Forest were simply victims at home to Cardiff.

Still worth staying with it for a spectacular

They lost 2-1, but really, that flattered the Reds. It got worse a

few minutes from half-time. Once again, the defence could've done

better. Cardiff were well on top. When Lamb got himself sent off it

seemed all over. Forrest got an injury time penalty, but that

doesn't paper over some enormous cracks. As for Derby come in green,

they briefly showed some nice stuff at Huddersfield but couldn't keep

the home side at bay. The winner came three minutes into injury time.

It gave Steve McClaren stuff to think about. There are a lot of

issues of the present moment. A lot more than I thought there was going

to be. It will take time, I know that. He would rather be feeling

like Johnson Wagner, he is a good friend of Europe and the. Can you

tell? At least he enjoyed himself! A much better weekend for our clubs

in League Two, though, especially Notts County -

into the playoff places. They beat promotion-chasing

Portsmouth 2-1 down Meanwhile, Mansfield also got

a result at high-flying opposition. Matt Green gave them the lead

at Luton, but the hosts equalised Now, in rugby, Leicester Tigers

badly needed a win in their European They had been unexpectedly mauled

in Glasgow in the opener so a home defeat to Racing 92 of France might

well have ended their Racing, don't forget,

are the team that beat Tigers So it was a real relief when Brendan

O'Connor got an early try. It put Leicester into a lead

they never let go of. The French pushed hard

and the legendary Dan Carter showed his class for his first

ever European Cup try. But then Racing made

an uncharacteristic error and away went Freddie Burns for five

of the 16 points he delivered A great evening for Tigers,

responding to the first must win Nottingham Panthers

were a European success over Away in Spain, they justified

their favourite's tag in the Continental Cup second

Round with three wins in three games and a place in the third

Round in Denmark next month. Just before I go, we saw a couple

of contenders for goal of the weekend in the Leicester

game, but we think This is the 92nd minute

of Ilkeston's game at Coalville Town A stunning effort from

Ilkeston's Malachi Lavelle-Moore. Feel free to watch it

again on the BBC Derby From intricate footwork

to mesmerising pirouettes - the classical Indian dance form

Kathak has captivated This week, Adithi Mangaldas,

one of the biggest names in South Asian dance is performing

at Curve in Leicester. As Geeta Pendse reports,

she's also been helping to nurture Rehearsing the news shoe,

interrupted, in the studio of the Golden mile. Adithi Mangaldas and

heard Delhi -based dance companies are leading figures in the world of

Kathak, a form of dance that can leave the audience and performer is

breathless. Kathak is about storytelling. A person who narrates

the story is at Kathak dancer. It is a very old, ancient transform

performed originally in the temples along the Ganges valley. You start

on the first beat and always end on the first beat, but you take

different routes to get there. Adithi Mangaldas has worked closely

with the Leicester -based Kathak dancer... Your company performed at

the switch on of the lights here ford divinely in Leicester. It was

wonderful. I could not believe the number of people who were on the

streets. It was an endless sea of humanity. As a former Kathak dancer,

albeit a few years back, it was too hard to resist and masterclass from

the best. Opened. This piece is in the classical tradition, it is when

you invite Bandstand Stanton your body. Up and stamp. That is it. That

is very satisfying. Still a long way to go for me, but Adithi Mangaldas

and the company will be in full flow in Leicester this Thursday at the

Curve. I think she was very elegant. We are

clinging onto these temperatures. As a go towards weapons they will

see the temperatures move up. It is be an unseasonably dry October so

far, due to the lack of the dominant westerly wind we haven't seen as

much rain as we normally do. It has been great for getting out, then. As

we go through the next three days, what can we expect? It will be

quiet, mostly dry with 12 isolated showers. Plenty in the way of cloud

and sunny spells in the mix. At the time we get the weapons the

temperatures will move up a degree or two. Today, we have seen plenty

in the way of cloud. Largely cloudy through the day today. Into this

evening and overnight, variable amounts of cloud. We will see some

rain coming in from the south and there is the chance of an isolated

shower, but most of us will stay largely drive with temperatures

falling to seven Celsius. 20 in the way of cloud tomorrow morning. It

will be largely dry with the best of the brightness first thing. We will

see more in the way of low cloud coming up from the south.

Temperatures with a maximum of 13 degrees with the news today breeze.

Into Wednesday, we see high pressure coming in from the site and taking

control of our weather. More in the way of cloud thanks to that weather

fronts, it will be largely drive with just a few bricks. We will

start to see the temperatures creeping up by an extra degree and

it looks like it will stay like that through the rest of the week.

Amazing! Great weather for this time of year.

The football fans are getting away with that, they are not getting

rained on! I will be back with the late news. I hope to see you then.

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