16/03/2017 East Midlands Today

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Tonight, a major boost for manufacturing in this

region as Toyota unveils a ?240 million investment plan.

This investment is being seen as a huge list. Also tonight, Doctor who

give a patient too much of a strong painkiller speaks at her inquest.

Plus going with the full. Junction 19 of the M1 is officially opened

after a major upgrade. And journey times are set to be cut by half an

hour. And time for bed in one of the grandest beds in the country. It has

certainly not been inexpensive. I think it is looking like the most

spectacular piece of furniture in the house.

First tonight, Toyota has announced a massive investment

Thousands of people work there and the quarter

of a billion pound injection will modernise its

The company said no guarantees could be given about the long-term

future of car marking in Derbyshire, but Toyota's president

said it was a vote of confidence in the workforce.

More than 4 million vehicles have rolled off the production line

at Toyota in Derbyshire since production began in 1992,

but the future of the plant has been far from secure since Brexit.

Today, though, Toyota threw its support behind Burnaston

by announcing a ?240 million upgrade of manufacturing facilities.

Does it guarantee the future of car production here for Burnaston?

We always have to be competitive and that means

building cars with quality, high productivity, low-cost,

but what this investment does do is it significantly supports that.

But finally that is down to our members' skill and energy.

This is a huge demonstration of the faith and confidence

in the workforce here and that we can achieve the

Toyota's investment is being backed up with ?21 million of government

On a tour of the plan today, Business Secretary Greg Clark called

Toyota's investment a boost to the UK car industry.

How significant is this investment for securing jobs and future car

A quarter of a billion is a lot of money by anyone's standards.

And for Toyota globally to commit that to Derbyshire,

Since Brexit, there has been widespread caution in the UK car

manufacturing industry, with fears over possible

This investment is being seen as a huge vote of confidence

And it will also reassure some of the 2600 staff who work here.

Our political editor Tony Roe is here now.

Is this a sign that big global investors are committed

to East Midlands industry, whether we are in

Well, you would hope so, but the phrase in the report which leaked so

it is no guarantees. I don't think you can guarantee anything. Toyota

have always said they want to be as efficient as possible, whatever

happens with Brexit. The fear is hard Brexit because that will be 10%

on tariffs for most cars coming into our country. They don't want ?1500

added to the price of each car. Nissan in October were given

assurances from the government. We didn't find out what the support

was, but we know with Toyota and the have been given 21 billion pounds --

?21 million. No guarantee for the long term would suggest that the

jury in Toyota in Japan is still out on Brexit. That is what you might

think. Toyota are not going to want to invest a lot of money here. But a

quarter of ?1 billion would indicate they see a big future here. Can you

update is about election irregularities? It dates back to the

by-election in 2014. The money spent on the local campaign. We know that

they have an allowance of around ?15,000 they are allowed to spend

locally. Year, there seems to have been lines blurred between national

expenses and local expenses. Money was spent to put up people in hotels

who were campaigning. The rule they have to obey by me come up, and it

is a rule all candidates have to stick to, if they come from outside

the region, don't mention the local candidate. There has been some

muddying of the water. We know that 70,000 pounds has been fined. One

Conservative MP has told me it was a clock up. Other parties have fallen

foul of the same electoral commission. Labour were fined over

the 2015 spending on the headstone for Ed Miliband is's policy. They

forgot to declare it. Thank you. A GP who mistakenly prescribed 10

times the dosage of a strong painkiller to a woman who died,

has apologised to her family. 27-year-old Kymberley Holden

from Derbyshire died hours Dr Lawrence Axten told an inquest

that he was in shock Kymberley Holden suffered three

bouts of severe pain in her right leg. She had lost use of the leg

months earlier. She used a wheelchair after having been

diagnosed with MS. She took liquid painkillers. In the middle of the

night, she was found unconscious on the floor by her boyfriend. She

later died in hospital. At the inquest, the GP explained how he

made the error of prescribing ten times the amount of the medicine. He

said while using the computer prescription system, he thought he

was prescribing the correct dosage. He learned of his error in April

2015. At that point, he said, I was in quite a lot of shock. I couldn't

believe I had done it, to be honest. The postmortem report found one of

the causes of death was poisoning. At the start of the inquest, the

toxicologist said the level of that drug after her death was incredibly

high. Dr Lawrence Axten's said to her family, I am very sorry, I truly

am. The inquest is expected to conclude tomorrow.

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of committing a series

Earlier this week, detectives began a major appeal to find a serial

attacker who seriously assaulted four women over two

They received 180 pieces of information from the public.

A 23-year-old man from Chaddesden has been arrested and is being

Nottingham City Council has found a potential buyer

for the Imperial Tobacco Horizon Factory in Nottingham.

A report by the authority says a company has been identified that

will bring jobs back to the historic site.

The buyer is expected to re-develop the site subject

The 50-year-old building has been up for sale since March last year.

One of Nottingham's busiest streets will fully re-open later after four

National Grid says it has managed to fix a number of leaks

The holes in the road have been filled in,

but the tarmac has needed time to set.

It means the westbound stretch won't be open

Still to come: warm one day, bitter the next.

High pressure has been in charge for the last few days. That has given us

some sunshine. With low pressure on the way, we expect wet weather at

the weekend. I will have a full forecast later in the programme.

If you are a regular user of the M1, you will be pleased to hear your

journey time through one of the motorway's busiest stretches

could now be reduced by around half an hour.

That is because a major upgrade has been completed at junction 19

Our reporter is there for us this evening.

When you have got a junction where the M1, M6 and A14 all meet,

you are going to have a lot of traffic.

150,000 vehicles pass through here every day and it had

become a real bottleneck with collisions

But after three years of construction, the cones are up,

It is the southern gateway to the East Midlands.

The point where the M1, M6 and A14 meet.

Today, it was officially opened by senior members

of Highways England with the local MP watching on.

When construction began at junction 19 three years

ago, it attracted the interest of David Cameron and George Osborne.

We were shown how ?191 million would be spent to improve the daily

Now drivers no longer has to negotiate roundabouts between the M6

A14, there are flyovers connecting the A14 to the M1.

And there is now a new local link road

reconnecting the villages of Cathorpe and Swinford.

So how much M1 misery has it been alleviating?

M1 junction 19 has seen significant improvements to journey times.

We're getting reports journey time improvement of up to 30 minutes.

All the traffic management has been lifted for the scheme.

We have got all the new scheme is fully opened

We expect to see big improvements to people's gurneys on

We expect to see big improvements to people's journerys on

The statistics are impressive to build it.

14,000 cubic metres of concrete poured.

They even had to build eight temporary roads during the

It puts us right on the centre of the economic map.

Look, this is where the M1 and the M6

These are two of Britain's principal motorways.

This will help get Britain moving faster.

It means the East Midlands will be premiered beneficiary of this new

refurbished infrastructure project. Junction 19's official opening comes

in the same month as a multi-million pound project was announced to

improve junction 23 on the M1. The Junction has been in use since

the end of the year. Highways England say they have received many

appreciative messages. One motorists said it has been improved beyond

belief. Someone else told them, I drove 70 miles an hour, so

freefalling. If you thought you had seen the back of all restrictions in

this area, you will be disappointed. Smart motorway construction

continues between junctions 16 and 19. That is until the end of the

year. Thank you.

Two former BBC Radio Leicester presenters have pleaded not guilty

in connection with sex offences against boys under the age of 18.

69-year-old Tony Wadsworth from Broughton Astley

and his 59-year-old wife Julie appeared at Warwick Crown

Their trial will get under way on 15 May.

Derbyshire Police are investigating a sexual assault

A 39-year-old woman was running along a canal path

towards Ambergate from Whatstandwell when she was approached by a man

He then ran off towards Whatstandwell.

Officers say the incident is not linked to the sexual assaults

The Galleries of Justice in Nottingham is to re-open next

month with a new name, after a ?1 million makeover.

The former courthouse and jail will be known

Visitors will see new interactive displays and an exhibition

The organisation will also be launching new education programmes

Controversial plans for a treatment centre to help street drinkers

The recovery hub will replace the ageing Anchor Centre which has

Plans were approved by Leicester City Council last night.

The new centre will be near Humberstone Gate in the city.

Nearby businesses say they're concerned about alcoholics

We want to help the area are reduced levels of drinking on the streets

and anti-social behaviour associated with it.

And we have a report from those who understand the issues very well.

To mark the BBC's school report news day, young people from our region

have been making news reports about things that matter to them.

And, according to research for School Report, half

of all teenagers with mental well-being issues try to cope alone.

At the Willow Bank Hospital School in Leicester teenagers told

It is quite embarrassing telling people your age that

I have never been diagnosed with anything.

One minute I am like OK, the next I am not.

Working with them, day in, day out, this thing you realise

is that they feel a sense of hopelessness at their inability

to get across their message to the world.

And it is not very often they get a chance to broadcast it.

There was a lot of people bullying me, and that stopped me

As well as that, you have to do some volunteering so your CV looks good.

As well as that, you've got to get a job.

And as well as that you've got to go to a club so it looks

I have had a few suicide attempts, most of them I end up in hospital.

To stop myself from constantly feeling down, I make jokes.

But if I didn't make jokes, I think I would just cry.

Cyberbullying is extremely damaging to use nowadays.

Cyberbullying is extremely damaging to youths nowadays.

Being able to talk about why they are here is massive

for our students because the primary coping strategy for a lot of our

students is pretending everything is fine until they crashed

of our students is pretending everything is fine until they crash

It makes you the person that you are in the future.

And in the future, gradually, things start to get better.

And there are some more school reports from 11 to 16 year

First, Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare says he doesn't

care that his team are the last English side left in this

After Manchester City were knocked out last night,

the Foxes are carrying the Premier League flag alone into

But Shakespeare has a relegation battle on his mind, and is only

It is about solely that we put in a performance that made everyone

proud on Tuesday night, in terms of this football club.

And that is really our aim, looking forward.

We have to make sure that we are not only competitive in any game,

but every game we go into, we try to get a result.

At the City Ground the new manager Mark Warburton says

Nottingham Forest is a club of stature and it needs stability

He has been speaking at a press conference

Here's the man Nottingham Forest have turned to to save their

championship status. Mark Warburton was appointed on Tuesday. Today, his

first Nottingham Forest press conference. It excites me. There is

a job to be done here. There is no doubt about the potential. He has

become the eighth manager since the new owner came in nearly five years

ago. Had he been given any reassurances of your position if the

club is sold in the summer? I have received the guarantees I need to

receive. I am comfortable and confident they are moving forward.

He is 54 years old. He became a coach ten years ago. His first

managerial job was taking Brentford from League 1 to the championship

play-offs. Highly thought of in England, he went to Scotland and

secured Glasgow Rangers's return to the Scottish Premiership. Best

appointment he has made since he came in. Every time we get one, they

never have time. Just gets sacked. Same routine. He did well at

Brentford. He left Rangers in a bit of a cloud. But it is a new start

for Nottingham Forest and him. Nottingham Forest are two points

above the relegation zone. Did you feel it was a calculated risk coming

here? Nottingham Forest have so little time to try to stay in the

division. Nine tough games coming up. This division is relentless. You

live and die by the quality of the decisions. But the size of the club,

their history, that has to excite you. He has to hit the ground

running. His next game is the biggest of the season, the East

Midlands derby. So, Warburton will be in the dug out

for Forest at the City Ground. Facing him will be Derby County's

new man Gary Rowett. Today in the build up to the game

Rowett says he has met He also confirmed that

Forest were interested I think with the Nottingham Forest

thing, there was interest from different factions,

but it was obviously a very messy situation with different people

trying to perhaps by the club, situation with different people

trying to perhaps buy the club, But, you know, at no point

was I physically offer that job. But, you know, at no point

was I physically offered that job. It's a club that, you know, probably

in a different way to Derby, As far as I'm concerned,

if you're giving me the opportunity of the two clubs, I don't think it

would've been that Now, a bit of a landmark moment

for basketball in Leicester. The Riders men are well

used to big finals. And this weekend - in Glasgow -

they will defend the BBL What is different this time is that

joining them in Glasgow They are contesting

their first major trophy. A little game of three on three

is supposed to be a bit of fun, but the men are taking

it way too seriously. Now, every competition should

feel easy after that. So I thought we prepared

them pretty well. The women's team at Hall definitely

have glory on their mind. It's been a swift rise to second

in the league and the Trophy final. Personnel wise, we have great

players who have joined our team. Our coach emphasises

the attitude of saying positive. The camaraderie is right there now

because we are playing so well. It's been such a success

since I've been here, so our spirits are very high

and we are all very pumped. As for the men, they are

the defending Trophy holders. No matter if this is a final

or a regular-season game, No matter if this is a final

or a regular season game, We describe here and play the full

40 minutes and just keep going. Back in the three on three,

the men's captain It may not look like it from that,

but everyone insists We both want to be coming back

with the trophy and I think their support in our game earlier

that day and our support of them in the afternoon

will definitely help. Both teams are on the BBC sport

website on Sunday. You can watch them in full.

Thank you. Now, it may only be tea-time,

but if you fancy a lie down, we have news of a rather swish place

to lay your head. It is the huge state bed

at Kedleston Hall which has been restored to its former glory -

complete with new The bed is the impressive

centrepiece of a 30 year long restoration of the Derbyshire

stately home's grandest rooms. Curtain up at last on one

of the finest pieces The grand state bed

at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. Made by craftsmen in the 1760s,

the bed is now back To use a 21st-century term,

its sort of bling had gone. Things like the raid and the lease

had gone or got very tarnished. And it ended up not having

an accurate replica of the original And it felt really important

that we sort of got that. And it felt really important

that we sort of got that back. Simon and a team of conservatives

and modern craftspeople laboured to restore the carvings,

silk banners and gilding. Surprisingly, all that gold had

a practical function back So the gilding is

luxurious material. The room would have been lit

by candles, there would've a fire. It wouldn't have been

terribly bright. And all this gilding helped

you find your way to the bed. It helped people navigate

their way around the room The bed had been designed

for a monarch's visit. Sadly one never came

to Kedleston Hall, It was partly designed

in the hope of a royal visit. This was a family who were very

much sort of upping Kedleston was really built

as a way for the family to show they had money,

but more importantly, The rooms tended to get more

and more grand the further around So the bed is really intended to be

that sort of great final It has taken 30 years to restore

all the finest rooms in the house. Now, as this season starts,

the bed can be seen once The throw and curtains are missing.

Everyone knows a good bed needs that.

We have had sunny spells throughout much of this week. Scattered showers

on the way. Some blue sky over the region earlier, but over the weekend

we will look to the flowers for some brightness, not the skies. Thanks

for your pictures. Tomorrow, we expect some bright spells in the

morning. We expect wet weather later on in the day. This was the picture

earlier on. Lots of cloud around. Breaking up towards the end of the

afternoon, so some brightness. Detail for the next few days,

high-pressure is moving out of the way. Low-pressure working its way

and. We expect to see some wet weather. Let's look at the deep

chill overnight tonight. Patchy shower starting to move across the

region. Clearer spells in the early hours as well. Lohse night of around

4 degrees. Tomorrow morning, we will see some bright spells to begin

with. Cloud will push on from the north and west. Some rain with that

as well. Highs of around 10 degrees. It will feel chilly at times

tomorrow. Breezy as well. We expect more rain on the way, not a complete

wash-out at the weekend. Temperature is recovering a little as well. As

he looked towards next week, again more fronts coming in our direction,

so more rain on the way. Enjoy the brightness when you see it because

we expect quite a deal of wet weather over the course of the

weekend. I am going to buy cushions and a

throw. Apparently they are required. The new! Goodbye.

It was the most beautiful view I've ever been through.

For one second, I was swimming on my back, and I was looking to the sky.

I was swimming across the Aegean Sea.

I was a refugee, going from Syria to Germany.

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