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Kier Starmer as well. Join me now on BBC Two.

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And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Anne Davies.

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First tonight, figures obtained by the BBC show 500 people

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in our region have died from an asbestos-related cancer over

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Derby has emerged as a hot spot for Mesothelioma,

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with one trade union linking it to the city's industrial heritage.

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Meanwhile, a specialist centre in Leicester says it's offering

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new treatments for the disease, as Mike O'Sullivan reports.

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Retired vicar Richard Bailey and his wife Marilyn

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from Walton-on-Trent in Derbyshire were told he had

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It's an incurable cancer caused by breathing in asbestos dust.

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He started his working life as a 14-year-old apprentice joiner.

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Cutting up all the asbestos on the circular saws,

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then filing, cutting, screwing, drilling, everything that

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goes with applying the asbestos sheets to the wood frames.

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Asbestos was banned in 1999, after being widely used in industry

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It's claimed many lives but figures obtained by the BBC show more

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than 500 people in our region have died from mesothelioma

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Derby has emerged as a regional hot spot, with 30 deaths in that time,

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more than any other city or district.

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A union official told me he believes it's linked

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to Derby's industrial legacy, especially train-making.

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People worked when there were thousands working

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in the railway works over a long period of time, many of them

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were using asbestos when the employer didn't advise them

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A specialist team based in Leicester is offering treatment

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Year on year, the incidents in the UK are still increasing

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and we are about at 2,600 cases a year.

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When I first started working with this disease

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we were about 1,500 cases a year, so you can see that it

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Richard Bailey was ordained in the mid '80s and survived another

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The couple's grown-up children now live away from home.

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Because on media, it is very difficult, even on Facebook

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or Skype, it is really difficult to actually express your emotions

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Mr Bailey is now claiming compensation from his former

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I have no fear whatsoever about dying, I'm not

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What I am really bothered about is that I can

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provide for my family, in particular my wife,

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should the time come when I submit to the cancer.

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Cases of mesothelioma are expected to reach 3,000 a year.

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Mike O'Sullivan, BBC East Midlands Today, Derbyshire.

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A man has been charged with manslaughter following the death

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Oliver Falivena died after being attacked in the city

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centre on Monday 5th September last year.

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Officers discovered him while on their way to another incident.

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31-year-old Richard Last from Spondon is due to appear before

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Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court in three weeks' time.

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Agency workers at Derbyshire's Toyota factory are being warned

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The firm currently employs 200 staff from an agency called Blue Arrow

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But in a statement today, it's said falling demand

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for the models produced there means fewer workers are needed.

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Toyota says it's currently offering retirement packages to workers

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and can't comment further on job cuts.

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Next tonight, there's been a signficant drop in anti-social

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behaviour in one Leicestershire village since powers were used

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A six-month Public Space Protection Order has just

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It was used to ban groups of five or more gathering

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Earlier last year, anti-social problems, including some vandalism,

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were building up in the generally quiet village of Countesthorpe.

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Residents and the authorities decided something had to be done.

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The temporary power of a Public Space Protection Order

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was put in place to stop groups of mostly young people gathering

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Normally, it was advisory, we could educate and inform them

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that they were in breach of the Public Space Protection

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Order, then they normally dispersed, so we did that six times,

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but there were a few core offenders who have actually committed some

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criminal offences too and we have been very purposeful about taking

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We did go out and consult with young people, the parish council did

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a piece of work with young people about what things they

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would like to happen, and as a result of that,

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put on some sports sessions and some boxing taster sessions for young

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Some residents agree there's been improvements.

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There are a lot less kids hanging about.

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Particularly at Tesco, here, and in the churchyard,

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but I have to say, of late, I've not seen that.

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There have been a lot of cars going, police cars going about,

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and in general, over this last four, six months, it has got

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But after these six months, what next?

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Well, I will do what I can in my role as Police

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and Crime Commissioner to keep a watch on what's happening and talk

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to the council and obviously, talk to my colleagues who work

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As far as youth services are concerned, I am afraid they have

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been cut pretty badly generally, throughout the region,

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not just in Countesthorpe, but elsewhere, and I am absolutely

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delighted by the help that the County Council

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and the District Council have given in that regard.

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Only a minority caused problems and the authorities hope

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they will not have to use stronger powers again.

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Simon Ward, BBC East Midlands Today, Countesthorpe.

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Villagers in parts of Leicestershire and Rutland are getting a new kind

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The mobile service is based in the back of a van.

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It's the first of its kind in the East Midlands and provides

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all the services you'd find in a conventional Post Office,

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replacing branches closed down in eight villages

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Absolutely brilliant because it is a facility

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for the people that are disabled or older people that cannot get out.

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Well, it has been missed for years, I mean, we've had the closure

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of Post Offices here, then we had a little

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So, it is useful that it has opened again.

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Next tonight, one of the youngest guide dog owners in the country

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has been describing how she hopes her new canine

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companion will help her lead an independent life.

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Alice Hopkins is 15 and for three months she's been paired

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She's one of just 55 people in the country under the age of 18

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to have a guide dog and Sarah Teale has been to meet her.

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Monday morning and Alice Hopkins arrives at the Tuxford Academy

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This year the 15-year-old has been coming to school

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What has it been like having Billy with you?

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I think it is good because I don't have to constantly have people

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watching me, it gives me a bit more freedom.

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The rules changed in the last few years to allow under 18s to be

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Alice is the youngest owner in Nottinghamshire.

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What are the challenges that that brings?

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So getting her to accept the responsibility, she had a bit

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of a eureka moment when she realised it was going to be such a commitment

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and did she want that but also then balancing that up

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with the independence that she wanted.

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It became, yeah, this is the route we're going to go down.

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The amount of work that you have to do with him

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and the responsibilities is overwhelming.

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But if you put the work in, you get a good result out of it.

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Tuxford Academy is one of just a handful of schools in the country

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Having Billy in school just allows her to gain that independence,

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build resilience and confidence and go through her school life

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Alice is now one of just 55 guide dog owners aged

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What is very noticeable in the short period that she has had Billy,

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her confidence and her whole demeanour has grown in stature.

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He seemed to enjoy our cameras today.

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I can imagine he is a bit of a novelty.

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Yeah, they did say the novelty would wear off

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After GCSEs, Alice hopes to stay on at Tuxford

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And then Billy should allow her the independence

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Sarah Teale, BBC East Midlands Today, Tuxford.

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

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Thank you. And good evening. Well after the unsettled week with its

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weather warnings we saw last week, this week is looking a lot more

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settled. We have high pressure sitting over UK and that will keep

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things really quite settled over the next few days. We will not see much

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in a way of change day to day, really. What can we expect? Well,

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there will be plenty of cloud around as we move through this week. As we

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get into the midweek those temperatures will creep

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up a degree or two but it will not be won by any means and there are

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one or two showers to look out for, the odd spot of rain and drizzle as

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well. Putting the detail onto the map, plenty of club around tonight.

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It could be taken of the odd spot of rain or drizzle and we also are

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looking at a little bit of hill fog and mist. Temperatures dropping to

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an overnight low between two degrees and three Celsius. Tuesday looks

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similar to today. The further South, more in the way of brightness and a

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little bit of uncertainty as to exactly where that boundary will

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set. Further up to the North, plenty of cloud and a bit of mist and murk,

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temperatures at a maximum of six Celsius. Not really much NEXT

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overnight low. In the Wednesday, it is a frosty start to the day, the

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further South you are. There will be plenty of cloud Arat at the chance

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of seeing the odd shower but the high pressure moves out to the East

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so we will see a little bit more of the wide of brightness, temperatures

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at a maximum of 8 degrees. Thursday, the club's victims, a chance of

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seeing the odd bit of drizzle, temperatures at a maximum of eight

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Celsius. I will leave you with the outlook. Similar story as we move

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perhaps a little milder. If you like the mild weather, you'll have to

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head elsewhere in the country. Find out more in the national weather

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forecast. Our weather is going against normal expectations this

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week. In Highland Scotland some snow to be seen on the hills.

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Temperatures as high as 12 Celsius today. Over the next few days the

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coldest air is in the far south-east of England where there is sunshine

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to be had. Four or five Celsius in Kent. Differences remain over the

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next few days and here is why. I pressure in control of the weather.

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Some clear a continental air, but coming into Scotland from the

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Atlantic plenty of clouds around. Outbreaks of rain through Scotland

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and Northern Ireland overnight, patchy drizzle into parts of

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