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And now the news for the East Midlands.

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Two mothers of young men st`bbed to death in Leicester have spoken

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out in support of the city's knife amnesty, which started todax.

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The month long campaign is `imed at stemming the rising numbdr

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To bury your own child, there are no words for it

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That pain will never go awax, that void that is in your

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Two grieving mothers united by the same goal,

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Cheryl's son, 20-year-old Antoin Akpom had become a father and

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secured a job teaching football in the USA.

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Then in September 2013, he died from a single stab wound

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It affected people he knew, it affected...

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He set up a business to help others and that is no longer there.

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There is a role model that has been taken away in less than a mhnute,

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Amy Morgan's 16-year-old son, Tyler Thompson was stabbed to death

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on Leicester's Freeman Road Morth just under a year ago.

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Tyler's death was one of 900 knife incidents in

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That figure is up by a third on the year before.

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Why has the number of peopld caught carrying knives in Leicestershire

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increased in the past year under your watch?

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It just goes to show the proactive work that we are doing to try

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and reduce knife crime and reduce the impact of knife crime.

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We all know what a devastathng effect knife crime has.

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We need to do what we can to take knives off the street.

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Leicestershire Police is running this month long

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knife amnesty with the hope that people will give up their knives by

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putting them in one of thesd six bins placed in police stations

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All sensible guys should just throw their knives away

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and say, we're not going to use knives, this is stupid

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It will be your mum or siblings that are

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getting that news that they are never going to see you again.

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Look around, a lot of peopld know friends that have

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been stabbed, friends that have been lost through knife crime and think

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about the emotions they felt at that time when that happened.

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That is what you will be doing to somebody else.

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Scientists in the East Midl`nds have found evidence that a stress hormone

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may adversely effect the success of some fertility treatments.

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The University of Nottinghal measured the levels of corthsol

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found in the hair of women undergoing IVF treatment.

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Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons reports.

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You can tell a lot from a few strands of hair.

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It's been shown to contain one of the hormones,

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cortisol, that's important in regulating fertility.

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One centimetre of hair can tell you about the levels of cortisol

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that have been in circulation in the previous month.

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What we found was that corthsol measured in the three months prior

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to starting IVF, predicted the likelihood of women becoming

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Such that women who had higher levels of this hormone in

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their hair were much less likely to become pregnant.

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Here at the University of Nottingham, this is

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Although cortisol levels in human hair have

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been looked at before, it h`sn't been done in relation to IVF.

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The Nurture Fertility clinic in Sandiacre in Derbyshire

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funded the University of Nottingham research.

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Our success rates are high `lready, we're looking at 60 to 70%

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In the patients who had norlal cortisol levels, we saw that

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With higher levels, the pregnancy rate fell to around 40%.

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We looked at factors such as age or the number

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of eggs they had collected, really important

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predictors, they were not as powerful as the cortisol

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measurements in the hair. That is really interesting.

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Joanne has been through IVF and now has eight-month-old

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IVF is very stressful because the main thing you have to

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It is ultimately the thing that can also drive you

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Anything that can lower your stress levels is always a bonus.

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Sarah turned to acupuncture to relieve stress.

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She now has two children, but it was seven cycles of HVF.

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Total, utter, emotional roller-coaster.

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You start thinking, I'm going to get a baby out of

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this, and then I went for scams and realised I haven't got `s many

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eggs as I thought there'd bd or there wasn't as many follicles,

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so you think, OK, that's reducing my chances.

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The high cortisol levels might not be all down to stress.

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The researchers want to to do a bigger study.

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We've done a really small study on a sample of just under 90

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We are actively seeking collaboration now with clinhcs

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Campaigners fighting to havd Grantham A re-opened overnight,

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say they've had a productivd meeting with the Health Secretary.

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Opening hours have been redtced because of a shortage of doctors.

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The town's MP and six campahgners met Jeremy Hunt last night.

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They say he assured them that the A will not close,

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and that he would raise their concerns with the NHS.

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It's been revealed that almost three and a half million pounds w`s paid

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to businesses to help them survive during Nottingham's tram

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Despite that some businesses say they haven't recovered,

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more than a year after the disruption ended.

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For months on end, it was chaos on the Chilwell High Road.

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Now, more than a year has p`ssed since the tramline opened,

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but the businesses will nevdr forget the destruction.

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People couldn't get here, so they just didn't come,

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they couldn't park, they soletimes couldn't get into the shops.

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There was a great big hole outside our shop at one stage.

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Takings dropped by probably half and now they've

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dropped by three quarters, I think.

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There's just nobody coming in, hardly.

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In all, 128 businesses recehved financial support, and todax we can

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reveal how much taxpayers' loney was needed to keep them afloat.

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Nottinghamshire County Council gave ?1.33 million to shops

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and cafes in Beeston, and that figure was matched

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The city also paid around three quarters of a million

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to businesses in Clifton, meaning the total amount spdnt

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For many of the shops and cafes around here,

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this money wasn't compensathon, and without it they'd

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Some are still struggling, and two businesses told me that

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after much heartache, they are now selling up.

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The Cameron House Shop moved seven weeks ago,

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We had no options during the tram work.

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We had to literally stand there and try and trade

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on a building site, so we didn't have compensathon.

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The financial assistance was to assist us to keep tr`ding

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during the tram works, so there's no compensation been

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offered or ever will be offered, unfortunately.

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In a lot of town centres and shopping areas, you do have a high

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With the financial assistance package, we were able to help

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businesses through that long period of construction,

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but there will always be certain changes in terms of the shops

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The figures released today have reignited the debate

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about the success of Nottingham's tram extension.

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Studies show there are now fewer empty shop fronts in Beeston,

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but other areas may never see the benefit.

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Dog walkers in one of Leicestershire's beauty spots

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will face an on-the-spot fine of ?100 if they fail

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It follows an increase in problems at Bradgate Park which incltde

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the deer being chased by dogs off their leads.

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Wardens say fouling is also an increasing problem and they want

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I realise there are a lot of good dog owners out there that are very

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We're not expecting a big enforcement activity.

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These controls are brought in place to try

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and control people and make sure everyone can enjoy the park.

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I think it's a good idea especially with

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I don't know whether it is enforceable.

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The park wardens or that, who would take

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The government has given final approval for an extension

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New pitches, spectator stands and a cafe can now be built at

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Erewash Borough Council had approved the club's plans in August

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but that decision was referred to the Secretary of State.

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The club hopes the improvemdnts will help it return to the

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So, it's goodbye from me but with your weather now, here's Kay.

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Hello. Good evening. We havd had some lovely sunset pictures coming

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in. Tom sent this one in. Lovely with variable cloud. The cloud

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continues to fizzle. We're looking at variable cloud and clear spells.

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Tomorrow will be a mostly dry and fine day. If we take a look at the

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bigger picture you can see high pressure firmly in charge w`s just

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out still we've still got that area of low pressure which could give us

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the odd isolated shower. Few and far between. Unlucky if you catch one.

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Overnight tonight, any showdrs fizzling, variable amounts of cloud,

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plenty of clear skies and a light breeze. That'll set is up for a

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chilly night. It'll be down to about 7 degrees. It will allow for mist

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and fog patches to form. Whdre that does come through it could be

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stubborn to clear. It will do so and it will brighten up. Good spells of

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sunshine. Very small chance of an isolated shower but on the whole

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most of us will stay dry, a light breeze and temperatures abott 1

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degrees. So, taking us into Saturday. It is going to be a chilly

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start, mist and fog again. On the whole it is going to be a dry day.

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Inter Sunday as well, it looks like it will stay dry. This area of low

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pressure stays down south. Settled conditions for the weekend. That is

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all from nurse Temperatures up into double figures.

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The outlook, mostly dry for the next few days. Now the national outlook.

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Good evening. We are likely to the all colours of the autumn, tomorrow,

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fog could be an issue. Today, West has been best. Beautiful sunny

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spells breaking through the cloud in western areas but running down

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through North Sea coasts again, a frequent rash of showers. Some

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coming further inland but look at this picture, a typical story of the

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Norfolk coast this afternoon, choppy seas and rather threatening looking

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skies. It stays breezy through the night here and showers die back

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towards the Norfolk and Suffolk

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