24/10/2016 East Midlands Today

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Health officials say more ndeds to be done to control the ntmbers

of fast food restaurants in the face of growing evidence of a link

Figures from Public Health Dngland also show a connection

between the number of outlets and higher levels of

Now they want to work more closely with council planners to design

Alfreton Road in Nottingham is a good example of multiple fast

food outlets all very close to each other.

Now, Public Health England hsn't saying that all fast

food is bad for you, but suggesting the authorithes might

want to think about spreading out takeaways when planning othdr areas

The figures for fast food ottlets show that Leicester is the highest

Nottingham has 364 and Derby with 263.

Public Health England says that there are 24 in Rutland.

Rates of obesity and overwehght in children are highest in deprived

areas and, therefore, perhaps fast-food is contributing

towards those levels of obesity and overweight.

The manager of this Turkish restaurant and takeaway agrdes

with more separation of outlets but also says there is high demand

It is very diverse and multicultural in this area ,

in Nottingham, really - so there is a demand

Whatever they are serving, there is always a demand

because people from many different places and countries

Health-wise, less takeaways and more healthy options is

It is all takeaways and they are altogether,

so it would be better to spread them a bit in other places.

It's becoming a problem bec`use more and more takeaways are openhng

and there is more and more temptation for people to just go

and have something quick and not necessarily healthy.

Public Health England says it is also working with food outlets

to encourage them to reduce sugar, saturated fat

The collapse of a Leicestershire firm has put 200 jobs at risk.

Hodgson and Hodgson in Melton Mowbray has gone

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.

A charity which helps homeldss and vulnerable people says

it is desperate to move to larger premises to meet a growing

Minnie's Friends in Loughborough provides meals, hot drinks

and advice, but it only runs three days a week.

Now the charity wants to expand its support,

A busy morning at Minnie's Friends, based on Frederick Street

People come here, like Andrew Watson.

He's been living rough for two months after losing

It is the only possessions I've got at the moment.

I knew it's just a bag, but to me, it's my world.

For Andrew, Minnie's Friends is a place where he can get

It's more the warmth, and seeing that there are other

It's just comforting because at least I can

Alison Smart's been homeless for six years after losing her

She's now got a room in local hostel.

When you're homeless, you feel like you've got nothing.

Minnie's Friends is really good because you can come here, xou can

have a hot meal and a good chat socialise and meet people that

are just the same, that had been in the same place.

Carol Phillips started Minnie's Friends after her daughter

I knew that there was a lot of call for help out there,

When I lost my daughter 11 xears ago, she was 33, I couldn't get

But now this charity is helping but says it needs to

To take people from where they are now, to giving thel hope

and giving them an opportunhty to have a fulfilled life is,

And to do that, the charity says it needs permanent larger premhses

to help provide longer term solutions to homelessness.

A new tattoo studio has opened which offers help to people

who are self-conscious because of scars.

The man behind the venture has designed tattoos for stars

He says clients are often moved to tears when he turns

It's covered it really well, hasn't it?

The final checks on a tattoo that has changed Annamarie Woolex's life.

For nearly four years a deep scar on her arm

It was just embarrassing, rdally, 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 Melbournd

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 psychologhcally 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 Kdvin 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.

Tomorrow has been declared Nottingham in Parliament D`y

when businesses will descend on the capital to promote the city

It's being led by the University of Nottingham which plans

to showcase many of its successful research projects.

Quentin Rayner has been looking at some of them.

Sir Peter Mansfield was the joint inventor of the MRI scanner

The horizontal scanner is now indispensable in diagnosing

But now there's been a 90 ddgree revolution in MRI technologx.

Here at the QMC is one of the few vertical scanners in the cotntry.

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 `ble 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 thd 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 technologx.

Their levels of trust can bd quite low and they may just carry

on touching the steering whdel, but then they build up quitd high

levels of trust and acceptance and are more than happy to do

a whole range of different activities in the car.

Now we need to think very c`refully about the design of the intdriors

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 from the pedals.

Nottingham wants to remind parliament that this region

is a vital cog in the Midlands engine and it's not

That's your news, so it's goodbye from me, but with your

Good evening. It is not a b`d forecast for this week conshdering

it is the last week in October. We are staying largely drive. Lild

temperatures on the way, gohng up by a degree or two as we lose the

easterly breeze, turning to a westerly. Plenty of cloud on the way

with some sunny spells in the mix. We are staying largely drivd.

Looking at this evening we have plenty in the way of cloud. There

will be a few breaks through the night, variable levels of cloud and

the risk of a shower. A low of seven or eight Celsius. Plenty of --

plenty in the way of cloud tomorrow morning, but there will be

brightness. Southern parts of the region seeing more low cloud and

less of the brightness. A m`ximum of 12 Celsius at the easterly breeze.

Moving into Wednesday, that is when we will see a change in the weather.

The wind will change from an easterly to westerly directhon and

that would bring ghost tempdratures up on what we have seen so far.

There is the chance of seeing a bit of Mr Rudd first thing and that

could be slow to cure on Wednesday, but then we have plenty of sunny

spells as we move through the day. Temperatures at a maximum of 14

Celsius with the south-westdrly breeze. But the estate, plenty of

the way of cloud. We will sde the chants of some missed the fhrst

thing but some brightness as well and some sunny spells likelx. A

maximum of 14 Celsius. Frid`y looking like a similar storx, but of

Mr Rudd. Sunny spells and temperatures of 14 Celsius. Here is

the weekend, more of the same, mainly

dry and feeling very mild. Now your national weather.

Good evening, major changes in the weather over the next couple of

days, the result being it will turn milder by day and also by night A

breeze picking up, a westerly, something we have not seen much of

this month. But there will not be a great deal of rain around. We did

have rain today across the south-west, leaden skies in Bristol,

not much of a sunset here, but the different North of the border. Fiery

skies here and it is turning