20/04/2017 East Midlands Today

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Tonight, a rehab charity's inundated with calls for help

Experts say the drug is popular with some fitness enthusiasts can cause

major health problems. Also tonight, donations flood in for a teenage

driver who lost both of his legs following a crush. Plus, the firms

reaping a windfall from our unexpected election. Fabulous

business, we should shift at least 3000, the bank manager will be

thrilled to bits. And an unlikely top of the crop as wine producers

see a surge in growth. Good evening and welcome

to Thursday's programme with Dominic Heale and me,

Anne Davies. Our top story tonight,

a charity which helps drug users in Leicester,

says around ten people a week are asking them for help

over their use of steroids. Rehab charity Turning Point says

more people need to be aware But one gym trainer has told

East Midlands Today that you need to take drugs if you're

going to compete. Ramsay has been training hard

for the past 30 years. In the 1980s, he competed

in body-building competitions He says it helped improve his

performance and he didn't worry I'd be exaggerating to say

they are very dangerous. I wouldn't condone them, the use

of them, unless you were competing You know, if you want

to compete at a high level, Possession or importing with intent

to supply is illegal and it One charity says it's seeing around

ten people a week in Leicester and Leicestershire seeking help

for their use of steroids. Since July last year,

we've recorded 400 individuals that have come to our service

using performance and That's probably the tip

of the iceberg. It's fashionable, you

know, taking steroids. Because people want to look good,

want to look muscular. All the social media sites have

got guys with sick abs. At this gym, the owner has also

competed but he says he's I could have used them but I didn't

find it necessary to do so I never experienced it and even now I'm

saying to a lot of youngsters Gym users had mixed views

about using steroid. Unless you're competing,

unless you physically need to up your game because everyone

next to you was taking If you train without steroids, Duke

get more of a sense of achievement. But doing the gym for the last

ten years, I've seen Getting the perfect physique

is a must for many and while people may see using steroids as a quick

fix, the advice here is simple. To get results, you want to eat

well and work hard. Well, our health

correspondent is Rob Sissons. What are the risks of

taking anabolic steroids? If you talk to the medical experts,

they say they are addictive in the quantities were talking about. We're

talking about anabolic steroids are not the steroids given for a whole

range of medical conditions. Given they can be addictive, they can have

a whole range of impacts on human health. I've been talking to an

endocrinologist at the Leicester Royal infirmary. He says we're

talking about drug misuse. The physical problems are if you get a

clot in the leg or hype blood-pressure or QR or disposed to

impotency and infertility but it also has implications for

hypertension, psychological implications and there are links

with strokes and heart attacks and liver tumours.

Are we talking about people of all ages taking anabolic steroids?

That consultant in Leicester says he's seen two new cases a month and

he is particularly concerned about young people, teenagers and young

men, who may be addicted to steroids and may have a form of reverse

anorexia. They may see their bodies as not strong enough, not muscular

enough when, of course, other people see it completely differently. Thank

you very much. More than half a million pounds has

been raised for a teenage racing driver who's had both his legs

partially amputated, 17-year-old Billy Monger

is now recovering at An investigation into Sunday's

accident has begun. The 17-year-old described

by his team as a world-class talent, whose life has changed

in an instant. Billy Monger's lower legs have been

amputated following the horrific crash at Donington Park on Sunday,

which was broadcast live on TV as part of a Formula 4 race,

a juniors driving competition. His team says the teenager

is staying resilient, He's actually had the lower

leg just below his knee on his right leg removed,

and then his left leg, But, as it stands at the moment,

we're getting positive movements, The news of Billy's injuries has

evoked a tremendous response from the public and some

of the biggest names in racing. A fundraising page for Billy has

received over half a million I think the level of generosity that

has been shown has been immense. Originally, we set it up

for the prosthetic, now, obviously, we've exceeded that amount,

we can start looking at We've been told Billy is actually

having more surgery this evening. Meanwhile, an investigation into the

crush is now under way. Donington Park has said it will ensure every

aspect of the accident is examined. Still to come, designs

for a museum of making. We get a first glimpse

of the ?16 million revamp In sport, we are with Adam Peaty,

the Olympics running champion. After taking two goals this week at the

British swimming Championships. Next, we're taking a look

at the fastest growing sector And it's a product

that may surprise you. A report from the Market Harborough

based English wine producers reveals that the UK wine industry

is enjoying astronomical growth. Sarah Teale is at a vineyard

in Leicestershire. Sarah, just how fast

is this industry growing? All it's incredible. A million fines

like this will be planted over the UK. Acreage of vineyards has tripled

over the last 15 years so why is wine production on the up? Earlier

today, I went to a very well established vineyard to find out.

Tony and Veronica have been making wine here

In just 100 days, these budding vines will be producing

grapes but the wine itself is a long time coming.

Most of our wines, when we offer them for sale, it's about 18

Tony says global warming is one factor which has encouraged more

Because people now recognise the varieties of grapes

on the label, they are quite happy to try English Chardonnay,

English Pinot Noir, English sparkling wine because they know

what they've had from other countries in the past,

And, invariably, once they try English wine, they like it.

Well, Tony and Veronica's daughter liked it so much she planted this

vineyard along with her family. Thank you for joining us this

evening. It is a long job, this. We planted the vineyard in 2012 and we

won't get any product available until next year, 2018. It is in the

blood but what made you want to go into it? We had two children, my

husband and I, and we wanted the outdoor lifestyle that I had when I

was growing up. We talked about global warming but the UK weather

can't really help grape production, can it? There has been an increase

in temperatures which is of value but we do have to suffer from frosts

and watch the weather all year round. So it is a challenge. You

have 8.5 acres here but where do you see this going in the future? We're

hoping it is going to be a success. We are growing the champagne

varieties of it like to extend that. We have another ten acres to plant

one we have the money to do so, so let's sell the product and that will

be great! The product won't be ready till 2018 but that's a good excuse

to come back? I like the way your thinking.

As the candidates hit the election trail they won't leave home

without at least two things - rosettes in their party's colours

and leaflets to stuff through letterboxes.

Which means this is shaping up to be a very busy time for the businesses

Not surprisingly, perhaps, the forthcoming election

It is a political stitch up but a welcome one. That is fabulous

business. We should shift at least 3000. Unexpected and the bank

manager will be thrilled to bits. We have local election so there will be

local ones and then we've got the big one, and that is literally from

all over the country, could be anywhere. Something is colouring

Tories judgment. There are three different blues. And the different

Conservative parties are picking their colours. They've been making

rosettes for 30 years. The family firm established an international

reputation when it was selected to make the showjumping rosettes for

the 2012 Olympics. So, who do they pin their colours to? It is the

politician everybody knows. It was Rik Mayall. He did a stage show and

he wanted the curtains opening and a red rosette and that was a good

order that came in very useful. When those party leaflets land on your

doormat, they could well I've been printed in Birstall. As soon as the

general election was called, the printers got rolling. In the last

election we did a quarter of a million. Between a quarter of a

million and 300,000. This time, we expect it to be worse or better on

your perspective. It is a tough time for printing companies so we welcome

every bit of business we can get. We will do the work one way or another.

Politics is a tough business but also for business. -- good for

business. A court has granted

Derby City Council the power to order an elderly home owner

to repair his grade two listed Derby For two years, the building

in Alvaston has been covered by scaffolding after the council

decided said it needed repairs. 86-year-old Harold Burnett,

disputes their findings. But a court has now

agreed that he should be But a court has now

agreed that he should be Designs have been revealed today,

for the multi-million pound revamp of one of our leading museums,

based in the world's Over the next three years,

the 18th century Silk Mill in Derby will be transformed into a Museum

of Making, with the help It's reputedly the world's oldest

factory, but Derby Silk Mill It has been a museum

for decades but now designs for how it will alter have

been published today. The Rolls-Royce engine and then the

collection itself. It will become the Museum Of Making,

dedicated to the history It is often lost that

Derby maintains its kind We want to tell the story

of making past, making The plans have had a big input

from members of the public who have been using workshops at the museum

for the last two years. From the start of this

project in 2011, 2012, when the building closed,

it has absolutely been a central core thread that has run

through about participation and actually Derby citizens,

Derby people, communities, local people have been actively part

of how we make the Museum Of Making. The biggest change that people

are going to see is out here. Absolutely, this is a very unloved

space at the moment, as you can see. It actually was the space

where the original flume used to run by the side of the mill,

the water wheel was The mill used to actually stand

in the river, so this will be transformed into the new Civic Hall,

which is the main kind of entrance space that people will see

when they come into the museum. With ?16 million of funding

from the Lottery, the Arts Council and Derby City Council,

it is hoped that the museum will be rebuilt, redesigned and open

again by summer 2020. James Roberson, BBC

Midlands Today, Derby. Still to come, the ladies

in their 70s hoping to be models. And take to the catwalk in this

year's East Midlands As you get older, I think if you can

carry off things, and do things... And have confidence, it means a lot,

doesn't it? Time for sport and she's back

from Madrid, via Leicester this week Yes, we've made big news

there in swimming and snooker, and we start in the pool

with Olympic Champion Adam Peaty. He narrowly missed out

on breaking his own world record last night as he claimed gold

in the 50 metres breaststroke at He'd already won the 100 metres

title earlier in the week to qualify for the World Championships in July

in Budapest. Great swim last night. Thank you.

What a week for Adam Peaty at the British swimming Championships here

in Sheffield. Today, fans queued out of the door to get his autograph

after he took two Golds to qualify for the world championships in the

summer and, not only that, but swam the second-fastest time ever in the

world in the 50 metres breaststroke. Adam, your first big meat since the

Olympics and couldn't have gone better. Obviously, it is a great

week for me, two with Asian times, top world times, the second on the

100, so it's looking good for Budapest. I love to race, I love

getting a rubbish start and swimming! Thing is, you've shown

people here at the British Championships there is no stopping

you after the Olympic. I mean, we're talking about markers this time of

year, you've got some Chinese guys putting times and markers, Italian

guys, but when it comes down to me, post-Rio, I'm even more motivated. I

wanted to put down my own marker, say to the rest of the world I'm

still on top of my game, still fit and hopefully, come Budapest, I'll

be even faster. Early in the week, Adam made headlines when he gave

away his first British gold medal here at the championships to a

ten-year-old boy. Mat-mac, after he took his second gold, he decided

he'd got a surprise for someone else, too. I had to keep one for my

grandmother. Does she know she is going to get one of your medals?

Shill like that, she'd always loves showing her neighbours, getting them

round and going through my medal cabinet. I'll pop round and give it

to her. Now, Leicester City did

it at 5,000 to one. Now a Leicester snooker player

is looking to surprise Those were the odds for the oldest

man at the World Snooker After 46-year-old Rory McLeod beat

the joint favourite Judd Trump. It's the best result of his career

and a remarkable comeback. He was 4-0 down and went

on to beat the world number Being in the next round is

like a gift that any There's how many snooker players

that are not here that would love And, you know, I'm just

enjoying the moment. Rory turned professional at 18

but had a 10-year gap as a barber and pub landlord to help

pay the bills. A father of four, he is now based

at Wigston and won his first-ever He seems to be getting

better with age. People look at my age and it's just

a number and it's how you take care of yourself,

how you look after yourself. I think I'm doing pretty

good, or my misses is. The next round, he plays

Scotland's Stephen Maguire. Onto football and Nottingham Forest

have confirmed that on-loan striker Ross McCormack will not play

for the club again this season. McCormack who joined on loan

from Villa after a fallout with the manager Steve Bruce has

made just seven He's had an operation to remove some

cysts from his mouth and the club He's had some issues which I've

been well documented. He's a fantastic talent,

there's no doubt about his ability, But right now the most important

thing is his health and welfare, and, as I say, we are conscious

of the fact that he is a Villa player, he has a long-term deal

with the club and we have close contact with Steve, seen Bruce,

who has been first class So they will assess him and we will

see how it goes from there. Staying with football and the ever

growing women's game. The new Super League season gets

under way this weekend, and amongst the Notts County team

four players with their They've already been named

in the England line-up and believe they could be coming home

with silverware from the European England expects and these Lionesses

are looking to deliver. Now we've got to look each other

in the eye and make sure every day we are living and breathing this

kind of Lioness profile we've put out there to go

and win this tournament. The England squad heading

to the European Championships The four Notts ladies who've made

the cut, relief all round. As any player, as an international,

as a young girl looking up to these internationals,

this is where you want And now it's just starting to get

that little bit more real. For now, the focus on Notts County

and the new WSL Spring series No relegation, no prize-money,

primarily designed with For players it is important

to my kind of, go hard for games, you know, the winning mentality,

the edge, the competitiveness. Uncertainty remains about the future

of Notts County ladies, Chairman Alan Hardy challenging

a winding up order over But three years after the team

was first created, there's I think we've kind of hopefully put

ourselves on the map in women's football,

and for these little girls, we are actually girls

and women to look up to now, and that's probably something

we never had as kids. So, to be one of those Lioness

players and, hopefully, in the Euros we can finally say that

we've won something for these girls, and it gives them something to look

forward to for the rest The lady pies have their first game

against Arsenal on Sunday. What a wonderful name!

Cosmetic companies are doing it and so are advertisers, using older

Now, in celebration of 75 years in Nottinghamshire,

Age UK has joined forces with this year's East Midlands Student Fashion

Awards to find two ladies in their 70s to model.

And I can tell you, it wasn't an easy job!

Strutting your stuff on the catwalk in front of a huge audience might

faze many but not these four ladies who took up the challenge to compete

for a chance to walk the walk in front of Gok Wan this June

at the East Midlands student fashion awards.

Just love to because I think as you get older, if you can carry

off things and do things, and have confidence,

I know on television Gok Wan often will dress shorter

women and older women, so I just think it will be

par for the course for him and for me, I hope!

And, with a casting process under way, what do the model agency

Done a great job today, really, really confident.

They've got a whole lot offer, their whole life experience.

On the day, they will come up with the goods, we're sure of that.

Don't know how you're going to pick favourites

They've really embraced the opportunity and just to see them

genuinely nervous for the walk, it shows how much it means to them.

What have you thought of of the audition process?

Only two ladies will be going through to this year's awards

to model the designs of the next generation.

How much would you like to be in the show?

Oh, well, if I get there, I won't believe it.

Also lovely and also good. Have you selected the winners? Not

yet we shall know next week. Fingers crossed, I wish everyone could go

through, really. We always say that but it is true! Very lovely ladies,

very lovely weather, we're hoping. It is a cloudy story through this

evening and the next few days. Today, plenty of cloud across the

East Midlands as you can see. That was thick enough to produce some

rain. A fairly cloudy picture and you can see that here on our weather

watcher photos sent in from Derbyshire. A very cloudy scene. As

we move through this evening and overnight, it is staying cloudy, one

or two showers to look out for particular this evening and then it

will be largely dry at the cloud could be thick enough to produce

some rain but it will act as a blanket so our temperatures are not

too low. A mild start the day tomorrow. Tomorrow, again fairly

cloudy with the cloud thick enough to produce some rain through the

day, particularly through higher ground but there will be a few

bright intervals, the odd sunny spell, a maximum of 15 with the

north-westerly breeze. Into Saturday, we have a cold front to

begin the day which will mean a fairly cloudy and damp start button

to the afternoon seeing some bright intervals with just the chance of an

odd shower and it will feel a little bit cooler by the weekend. Our

temperatures dropping down by one or 2 degrees. And it is a cold night

overnight into Sunday. We could see a touch of frost to start the day

but it will be largely cloud and dry on Sunday with temperatures falling

down by the time we get to Monday so a fairly cloudy story through the

next few days. It will be mild tomorrow, especially if you catch

any sunshine because in the sunshine, it will feel pleasant but

turning slightly cooler through the weekend and into next week.

Thank you. There's talk of a cold northerly outbreak next week.

I was convinced it was going to be warm! Have you unpacked yet? I have

an it was nice and warm in the swimming pool in Sheffield, I have

to say. He is back with the late news.

I am and I hope you can join us then.