:00:11. > :00:12.And now the news for the East Midlands,
:00:13. > :00:21.East Midlands Today's been told that vets have been paid to treat people
:00:22. > :00:25.They won't go to hospital, because they don't want
:00:26. > :00:29.So now this region's "major trauma unit" is planning
:00:30. > :00:32.Victims will be offered confidential help from youth workers,
:00:33. > :00:36.This exclusive report from our Social Affairs
:00:37. > :00:46.But many people who have been injured in blade attacks refuse
:00:47. > :00:55.Nathan ended up in hospital after being slashed across his face
:00:56. > :00:57.and hand, near his home in St Anne's in Nottingham.
:00:58. > :00:59.They start asking questions, like how did it happen?
:01:00. > :01:02.I have to lie to them, I do not want them to get
:01:03. > :01:04.the police involved, they know that you're
:01:05. > :01:07.the one that got stabbed, and you're the one that is most
:01:08. > :01:10.That's why it puts you in a bad position.
:01:11. > :01:12.And also, to your friends, it looks like...
:01:13. > :01:15.It could look like you're an informant, that you are
:01:16. > :01:18.You know what they say, snitches get stitches.
:01:19. > :01:21.Other people who already need stitches refuse to go to hospital
:01:22. > :01:26.We've been told some victims hop out of ambulances,
:01:27. > :01:29.while others look for people who can stitch them up at home.
:01:30. > :01:31.The Nottingham boxing coach Marcellus Baz runs knife crime
:01:32. > :01:36.workshops for schools and young offenders.
:01:37. > :01:39.I've come across it quite a few times, where people have known vets
:01:40. > :01:41.on a personal level, and ask them to stitch them up.
:01:42. > :01:45.And it's happening here in Nottingham.
:01:46. > :01:48.They need to get stitched, they need to get healed,
:01:49. > :01:50.and they know if they go to hospital, they're
:01:51. > :01:56.Maybe make a little bit of money on the side.
:01:57. > :01:58.So now, the major trauma unit that covers the East Midlands
:01:59. > :02:01.is going to try a new approach that doesn't involve police.
:02:02. > :02:04.Youth workers will be embedded with doctors
:02:05. > :02:06.at the Queens Medical Centre to offer victims confidential
:02:07. > :02:11.support at a time when they're most receptive.
:02:12. > :02:14.Whether it is that young person going on to become a perpetrator,
:02:15. > :02:17.of violence against somebody else, or the community and violence
:02:18. > :02:20.continues, that is what we are looking to try and stop in that
:02:21. > :02:22.short window of opportunity, that's very difficult to accept that
:02:23. > :02:24.kind of help until you recognise you need it.
:02:25. > :02:31.Redthread been invited to Nottingham because of their track record
:02:32. > :02:34.in hospitals in London, so, does Nathan think
:02:35. > :02:45.It can give them the knowledge and the tools to know
:02:46. > :02:47.about the consequences, if they do retaliate.
:02:48. > :02:48.Tackling knife crime is a growing priority,
:02:49. > :02:51.and they hope that teachable moment in hospital can make
:02:52. > :02:57.Jeremy, it does seem extraordinary, that a vet
:02:58. > :03:04.It does, but we've had confirmation of what you heard from Marcellus Baz
:03:05. > :03:07.from two other people who work with groups that tackle gang
:03:08. > :03:12.Now, they all told me they know victims personally, who have paid
:03:13. > :03:16.They also say that sometimes girlfriends or nurses are pressured
:03:17. > :03:26.I would imagine, would a vet get into trouble
:03:27. > :03:29.I asked that question to the Royal College
:03:30. > :03:32.of Veterinary Surgeons today, they told me that nobody has ever
:03:33. > :03:34.been struck off for doing this but because of confidentiality,
:03:35. > :03:37.they cannot say if there have ever been complaints about it.
:03:38. > :03:40.They've told me there are rules that ban vets from prescribing
:03:41. > :03:42.medicines to humans, but this is not entirely clear-cut
:03:43. > :03:45.because anyone with first aid skills can try to save someone's life.
:03:46. > :03:50.But, they should not be being paid for it.
:03:51. > :03:55.OK Jeremy, thank you very much indeed.
:03:56. > :03:57.Next tonight - the shocking case of the Nottinghamshire woman
:03:58. > :03:59.who died because she wasn't given life-saving brain surgery
:04:00. > :04:08.A coroner ruled Teresa Dennett, who was 58, would probably have
:04:09. > :04:10.lived had she got her operation when it was needed.
:04:11. > :04:16.Here's our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons.
:04:17. > :04:23.This is a truly shocking case. Teresa Dennett went to her local
:04:24. > :04:26.hospital, Kingsmill, they were caught in the middle trying to
:04:27. > :04:30.transfer her to a specialist centre for emergency brain surgery but they
:04:31. > :04:33.were passed from one hospital to another. This is what happened on
:04:34. > :04:35.that fateful day in February, last year.
:04:36. > :04:37.Teresa Dennett was admitted to Kingsmill's emergency
:04:38. > :04:40.A rare stroke was diagnosed which might need brain surgery,
:04:41. > :04:43.That afternoon, neurosurgeons at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre
:04:44. > :04:46.told doctors at Kingsmill to keep observing her.
:04:47. > :04:50.A CT scan showed a worsening condition.
:04:51. > :04:51.After midnight, a Nottingham neurosurgery registrar advised
:04:52. > :04:58.But a consultant dropped the move because intensive care was full.
:04:59. > :05:01.Sheffield was then contacted but a consultant insisted
:05:02. > :05:09.Sheffield had eight free intensive care beds and surgeons available.
:05:10. > :05:17.By 3.30am, she had deteriorated too much for an operation.
:05:18. > :05:24.Sheffield dispute that they had eight intensive care beds free. They
:05:25. > :05:28.say that they would have made space, however, for her. Had they known
:05:29. > :05:32.that Nottingham could not do the surgery. Whatever the intricacies of
:05:33. > :05:36.who said what and when, what it boils down to is a patient who
:05:37. > :05:41.desperately needed an operation to save her life, and she was let down
:05:42. > :05:45.by the NHS. The coroner has written to both hospitals, ordering them to
:05:46. > :05:50.make changes to make sure this never happens again.
:05:51. > :05:53.A coroner has ruled that all 30 British victims of the 2015
:05:54. > :05:57.Tunisia terror attacker were "unlawfully killed".
:05:58. > :06:00.Nicholas Loraine-Smith rejected calls from lawyers for some
:06:01. > :06:03.of the dead people's relatives to rule that "neglect" by travel
:06:04. > :06:07.firm TUI or the hotel owners played a role in their killing.
:06:08. > :06:10.Among those murdered were five people from the East Midlands -
:06:11. > :06:17.Scott Chalkley from Derby and his partner Sue Davey.
:06:18. > :06:19.John Stollery from Nottingham and Angela
:06:20. > :06:22.Mr and Mrs Fisher's son and daughter gave their reaction
:06:23. > :06:29.Hearing that evidence, there was a lot of blame
:06:30. > :06:31.apportioned to individual members of the police
:06:32. > :06:36.I did feel that was a little bit of an obvious target,
:06:37. > :06:38.and I was a little disappointed that we did not hear
:06:39. > :06:41.about the Tunisian states and some of the action that they could have
:06:42. > :06:44.taken to improve security in the hotels, and forced tour
:06:45. > :06:47.operators and hotel owners to do that.
:06:48. > :06:49.The main reason I decided to come every day was
:06:50. > :06:58.I did not witness what happened to my mum and dad,
:06:59. > :07:01.so it was important for me to know what happened and get as much
:07:02. > :07:08.Well earlier, I spoke to Kieran Mitchell -
:07:09. > :07:10.a lawyer for the family of Scott Chalkley, and asked him
:07:11. > :07:15.The family are, understandably, a little disappointed with the ruling.
:07:16. > :07:17.They would have liked there to have been more direct criticism
:07:18. > :07:19.that they accept and acknowledge the judge was constrained
:07:20. > :07:24.by the law available to him in reaching that verdict.
:07:25. > :07:26.When you say direct criticism, of whom?
:07:27. > :07:29.Of TUI in particular, he found he was unable to reach
:07:30. > :07:35.And, were they very disappointed as well about the lack
:07:36. > :07:38.of condemnation of the police over there and their response times?
:07:39. > :07:40.There was certainly some specific condemnation of police,
:07:41. > :07:42.they were referred to as "cowardly and shambolic", by the judge.
:07:43. > :07:45.So, I think some heart was taken from that criticism.
:07:46. > :07:48.What more could have been done to protect tourists?
:07:49. > :07:49.Certainly deficiencies were identified in the wake
:07:50. > :07:54.of the Bardo shootings, and prior to these atrocities
:07:55. > :07:56.happening, and audits could have been carried out on security
:07:57. > :08:02.at the hotels, to identify those deficiencies, and remedy them.
:08:03. > :08:06.That may well have prevented some, if not all, of those deaths.
:08:07. > :08:09.Would you be pressing for a civil case for damages on Scott's behalf?
:08:10. > :08:11.That is something I will be discussing with our
:08:12. > :08:15.And what, if anything, do you think the travel industry
:08:16. > :08:19.The travel industry needs to be clear to warn its guests
:08:20. > :08:22.of the risks posed by certain destinations, and that is apparently
:08:23. > :08:29.something TUI themselves have already learned,
:08:30. > :08:32.Sheffield dispute that they had eight intensive care beds free. They
:08:33. > :08:34.say that they would have made space, however, for her. Had they known
:08:35. > :08:35.that Nottingham could not do the surgery. Whatever the intricacies of
:08:36. > :08:40.who said what and OK, thank you very much
:08:41. > :08:44.for talking to us. Police have made a fresh appeal
:08:45. > :08:47.for information about the murder of a woman in Leicester,
:08:48. > :08:49.which featured on the BBC's 56-year-old Mumtaz Member was found
:08:50. > :08:53.on 12 December 2015 at her home A post-mortem examination
:08:54. > :08:56.revealed she died as A year on, Crimestoppers
:08:57. > :08:59.offered a ?10,000 reward for information,
:09:00. > :09:01.but officers say they're still One of the last surviving members
:09:02. > :09:06.of the Guinea Pig Club has Sandy Saunders from Burton Lazars
:09:07. > :09:09.in Leicestershire died He recently flew in a Tiger Moth
:09:10. > :09:16.plane for a film made It charted his last mission,
:09:17. > :09:21.to have a memorial installed to the members of the Guinea Pig Club -
:09:22. > :09:24.all badly burned airmen from World War 2 who underwent
:09:25. > :09:37.experimental treatment. Football news now, and tonight
:09:38. > :09:42.results from the games involving our local teams, in the championship it
:09:43. > :09:47.finished Blackburn 1-0 derby. In League 2, Plymouth zero Notts County
:09:48. > :09:50.one. And Yeovil and Mansfield town finished goalless.
:09:51. > :09:54.So, it's goodbye from me - but with your weather
:09:55. > :10:02.Thank you. It is the last day of meteorological winter today, and we
:10:03. > :10:06.had some springlike photos sent in early today. There is simply sky
:10:07. > :10:12.over Derwent dam in Derbyshire, and some blossom began to come out.
:10:13. > :10:16.Thank you to our Weather Watchers for those pictures. Looking at the
:10:17. > :10:21.pressures, not so springlike. Low pressure in charge of the weather
:10:22. > :10:24.with this front coming towards us. Wet weather expected. Overnight
:10:25. > :10:28.tonight, patches of rain clear out the way. We should be left with
:10:29. > :10:33.clear spells in the early hours, temperatures will take a tumble.
:10:34. > :10:37.Lows of 2 degrees, and we could see some frost and icy patches forming
:10:38. > :10:40.on untreated brutes. Bright tomorrow to begin with but cloud continues
:10:41. > :10:56.over the day -- routes. Rain begins to push in, patchy in
:10:57. > :10:59.nature with highs of 8 is the nicest day of the next view,
:11:00. > :11:10.otherwise chilly and unsettled. Good evening. We are about to head
:11:11. > :11:14.into March, the days are getting longer, but are they getting any
:11:15. > :11:18.warmer? Not really. We will get there in the end, but we will have
:11:19. > :11:22.to be patient, not very springlike at the moment. Some showers
:11:23. > :11:26.scattered around across England and Wales will tend to diminish in
:11:27. > :11:31.number, a few left behind, wintry showers across the north of
:11:32. > :11:36.Scotland, snow at low-level is, ice as well as temperatures fall close
:11:37. > :11:42.to freezing. A cold night with a touch of frost in a number of
:11:43. > :11:45.places. Plenty of sunshine across southern areas first of all, but it
:11:46. > :11:49.will not last, rain spilling from the south, the best brightness and
:11:50. > :11:50.eventually further north across