14/02/2017 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands; I'm Maurice Flynn.

First tonight, Rolls-Royce has reported one of its biggest ever

At ?4.6 billion, it's also one of the biggest losses

Our chief reporter Quentin Rayner has the details.

Yes, a very big number - ?4.6 billion.

It's one of the largest corporate losses ever reported in the UK,

and it comes at the end of an awful year for the Derby aerospace giant.

It's Britain's most famous company and its name has become

shorthand for the very best, but these have not been the best

With five profit warnings in three years, it's now had

to post the biggest loss in its 133-year history.

That said, the bulk of the loss is due to an accounting adjustment

Overall the situation is not rosy, but not to the extent that this

But it is an uphill battle for Rolls-Royce -

but they have embarked on a serious programme of restructuring,

cost-cutting, they aim to have savings of about ?200 million

So it's not a rosy picture, but nothing to the extent

But Rolls-Royce IS going to have to pay ?671 million in combined

fines for 24 years of bribery and corruption across the world,

exposed after the biggest investigation by the Serious Fraud

Office - prompting this video released last month by Rolls-Royce.

The behaviour uncovered in the course of the investigations

by the Serious Fraud Office and other authorities is completely

unacceptable, and we apologise unreservedly for it.

When the Deferred Prosecution Agreement was granted

by Lord Justice Leveson last month, his verdict was stinging.

He said the SFO investigation unearthed the most serious breaches

of criminal law in the areas of bribery and corruption -

adding that some of this corruption involved controlling the minds

As a company Rolls-Royce avoided a criminal prosecution,

but now the Serious Fraud Office is looking into bringing

It's been reported in certain areas of the press that those

investigations could involve up to three dozen people,

and Rolls-Royce says it continues to cooperate with the SFO.

With 14,000 workers, Rolls-Royce is Derby's biggest employer.

What happens at the Sinfin site is keenly felt in the city.

They've just got to hope that Rolls-Royce actually have got a plan

in place to minimise the effects, to get new orders in.

Rolls-Royce to me has always been something good in Derby,

and I would hate to think of Rolls-Royce going down.

I think they got a get out of jail free card,

because of their size, because of...you know,

There's no suggestion Rolls-Royce is under threat.

It's got a healthy order book, costs are coming down,

Its CEO says they're now looking forward,

but has called for high standards to be maintained, to ensure

that Rolls-Royce becomes a more trusted company.

So what about the future prospects for Rolls-Royce

selling its technology around the world, after the bribery

Here's the view of Howard Wheeldon, an aerospace specialist for two

From a reputational point of view I'm less concerned about that -

I really don't think that Rolls-Royce is going to face

problems in trying to sell its engines to airlines,

because of the nature of that 671 million deferred prosecution amount.

Post-Brexit, everybody knows the pound is down,

so it means Rolls-Royce has taken a big hit on this fund,

But of course over time currency rates change,

and that particular loss could very well dwindle right down again.

What is true is that the underlying profits are down by about a half

on what they were last year, from ?1.4 billion to ?813 million.

Better than expected, so not a disaster -

A 34-year-old man from Leicester has been jailed for hitting a police

officer with his van, while fleeing from a building site

Courtney Johnson pleaded guilty to theft and causing GBH

with intent to resist arrest, after the incident in

Today he was jailed for almost four years at Leicester Crown Court.

The judge, Philip Head, described his actions

Cash grants are being made available to employers in our region,

to help former offenders find legitimate jobs.

The money's coming from our Police and Crime Commissioners -

an attempt to break the cycle of unemployment and crime that some

Our social affairs correspondent Jeremy Ball reports.

Sam is making a clean start; no-one wanted to give him a job

That was until he was given a placement here

At the end of the third week they turned around to me and said,

"We would like to offer you a full-time job."

It was like a dream come true, my eyes just lit up

No, it really was the best news I could have heard

Sam is one of hundreds of people with criminal records who have

been given placements through what is known

They are working side-by-side with staff at firms like this one

an opportunity to make an honest living.

The charity is being funded by Leicestershire's Police

and Crime Commissioner, who is spending ?40,000 per year

You know, there will be some people watching this who will say,

you know, "These job opportunities are rewarding people

It is really important for the rest of us, for society,

that those who have committed crime, paid the punishment,

have a chance when they come out to live lawful lives.

If they blow that chance, well, that is up to them,

but for the rest of us and for them themselves, it is absolutely

crucial that they are given that chance; otherwise

The Wire Project says two-thirds of its ex-offenders who are given

work placements get jobs within a year, and now Sam is

It seemed at times when it was impossible.

It is like there was this physical barrier, because of

I'm in a good position right now, I am not blowing it for anything.

Next: A service offering support for people with dementia

that's proving so popular, more volunteers are needed.

It's called the Side-By-Side service - a kind of unusual matchmaking

service which helps people who would otherwise

Artemis and Jennifer are both retired teachers,

grandmothers, and they share the same interest in books.

They have been matched as friends, because one of them has dementia.

Artemis was diagnosed five years ago.

Jennifer's visits mean Artemis can feel secure walking

Their pairing as pals is part of the Alzheimer's Society's

It aims to match helpers with those who need support.

list in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire alone.

I am so looking forward to her coming.

In fact, recently I was telling her I am dreading when the time comes

I'm afraid you're stuck with me, because I just go on and on...

Well, I love "stuck", cos I keep being stuck with you!

And while Jennifer sticks with Artemis, others

with dementia claim they LOSE friends following diagnosis.

The aim now is to help them pick up vital new ones...

..and begin a whole new chapter in their lives.

A man from Nottingham, who had a cardiac arrest

at a football match in Derbyshire, today met the paramedics

Ian Taylor showed no signs of life for ten minutes after collapsing

Paramedics say the quick reaction of staff and volunteers

He was stood behind me, we were talking, and as I looked

around he fell down, instantaneously.

Just lying flat on his back, not breathing.

heart was stopped for quite a while. The CPR kept it going. I was very

lucky. Sport now, and four of our sides

have been in action tonight, A 4-4 draw at Mansfield Town

with Accrington Stanley, while Notts County lost 2-1

at home to Exeter. That's your news and sport,

but let's check now on the weather - It is a lot cloudier than earlier,

and we have some quite mild temperatures coming in. The further

to the east you are, is where the best of the brightness was today.

This weather front is bringing quite a lot of cloud. Here's what's going

on in the bigger picture, we've got a couple of weather fronts so plenty

of cloud over the next few days, but it's this change in the weather

direction that is dragging in some milder air, and that is where we are

seeing temperatures creeping up. So as we go through this evening and

overnight we've got plenty of cloud, a few outbreaks of rain, and it is

going to be quite murky, some missed about and some fog over higher

ground. Temperatures falling to an overnight low of six, 7 degrees. A

mild start of the day tomorrow, plenty of cloud around. It will be

quite murky first thing, but then into the afternoon sun rain coming

up from the south-west. Temperatures at a maximum of

weather into the weekend. A bit of fog around to watch out for. Jon

Hammond with the national forecast now.

Good evening. There is some rain in the forecast but not a lot. Plenty

of dry weather to look forward to as we head to the weekend. Cloud

delivering some rain but plenty of spaces in between, hence my

optimism. One of these blobs of cloud is producing dampness right

now. We could see a glancing blow across the far south-east through

the early hours and later some rain arriving across the far south-west.

In between some hill fog overnight, not desperately cold, for most a

touch of frost across the northern Glens of Scotland. At the other end

of the UK some wet weather first thing for breakfast, pushing through

Devon and Cornwall into South Wales. It won't