:00:10. > :00:12.And now the news for the East Midlands,
:00:13. > :00:18.First tonight, business leaders in the East Midlands have
:00:19. > :00:20.given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor's Budget.
:00:21. > :00:23.There's to be more money for adult social care,
:00:24. > :00:25.businesses and for roads in our region.
:00:26. > :00:28.But for people who are self-employed - national insurance
:00:29. > :00:34.In a moment the reaction from some of our MPs.
:00:35. > :00:38.But first, our reporter Helen Astle on what the budget
:00:39. > :00:43.It was a full House in the Commons as the Chancellor took
:00:44. > :00:48.Gathering in Leicestershire to watch the developments in London
:00:49. > :00:52.were a group of business leaders, keen to hear how the budget will
:00:53. > :00:57.National Insurance will rise for the self-employed,
:00:58. > :01:00.there will be help for small businesses and there's particular
:01:01. > :01:03.reason to celebrate amongst pubs as most will get a ?1,000 discount
:01:04. > :01:09.It is news that's being given a cautious welcome.
:01:10. > :01:11.Relatively, a business-friendly budget.
:01:12. > :01:14.Fairly steady state which is clearly what we expected
:01:15. > :01:19.One clearly designed for the UK going forward
:01:20. > :01:28.I think it will have a significant effect on self-employed people
:01:29. > :01:30.because there are a lot of people moving to that
:01:31. > :01:34.basis and a lot of them are genuinely trying
:01:35. > :01:41.To help boost business in the Midlands even further,
:01:42. > :01:43.?23 million has been allocated to east projection and tackle
:01:44. > :01:48.That'll be fantastic because I spend a lot of time on roads.
:01:49. > :01:52.It sounds a lot but it is not when you come to use it.
:01:53. > :01:54.There are certainly plenty of pinch-points and I can think
:01:55. > :01:56.of one where I live, which is Kibworth.
:01:57. > :01:58.Philip Hammond's first budget was never going to be full
:01:59. > :02:00.of surprises, instead, it's a budget for Brexit
:02:01. > :02:07.and the uncharted waters that lie ahead.
:02:08. > :02:10.So, what has the Chancellor included in his Budget to help ease
:02:11. > :02:16.Well, we had to wait until near the end of his speech
:02:17. > :02:19.to find out, as our political editor Tony Roe reports.
:02:20. > :02:22.There'll ?2 billion extra over the next three years
:02:23. > :02:27.to help our councils responsible for social care, but the Local
:02:28. > :02:31.Government Association has said 1.3 billion was needed
:02:32. > :02:36.The Labour Shadow Health Secretary says it's not nearly enough.
:02:37. > :02:38.When you take into account the reality that the minimum
:02:39. > :02:41.wage will be going up, costing social care ?900 million,
:02:42. > :02:45.you then realise this actually isn't going to increase capacity of social
:02:46. > :02:48.care, it won't be going to help those who need it, so I'm not sure
:02:49. > :02:57.It's not even a sticking plaster for social care, if you like.
:02:58. > :03:00.The extra money - a billion in the next financial year -
:03:01. > :03:04.will pay to provide care which gets people out of hospital,
:03:05. > :03:08.freeing up beds, easing the pressure on the NHS.
:03:09. > :03:12.We need to make sure that this makes a huge difference now and it's
:03:13. > :03:14.invested properly and that's why it's been targeted at sustainability
:03:15. > :03:17.and transformation plans, which will really change the way
:03:18. > :03:19.that health care and social care work together.
:03:20. > :03:22.We also heard there'll be ?23 million to ease
:03:23. > :03:27.And tomorrow, there'll be a big announcement on the Midlands Engine,
:03:28. > :03:31.I will follow the launch of the Northern powerhouse strategy
:03:32. > :03:33.at Autumn Statement by publishing tomorrow our Midlands
:03:34. > :03:39.energy strategy. Addressing productivity barriers
:03:40. > :03:41.across the Midlands. Midlands Engine strategy.
:03:42. > :03:44.The Amber Valley Tory MP Nigel Mills says he always gets nervous
:03:45. > :03:47.when he hears the word Midlands. There a fear the East Midlands
:03:48. > :03:54.might get left behind at the expense of the west.
:03:55. > :03:57.A murder investigation is under way in Leicester following the death
:03:58. > :04:03.Police were called to London Road in the early hours of this morning
:04:04. > :04:06.following reports of what's believed to have been a hit-and-run.
:04:07. > :04:09.Detectives have spent the day carrying out enquiries
:04:10. > :04:12.and a 30-year-old Leicester man's now been arrested and is in custody
:04:13. > :04:20.There's been a fresh appeal for witnesses to one
:04:21. > :04:22.of the region's worst incidents of fly-tipping.
:04:23. > :04:25.It took employees from Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
:04:26. > :04:29.approximately 112 man hours to remove 20 tonnes of waste.
:04:30. > :04:32.It was found on an access road next to the A47.
:04:33. > :04:35.It was a mix of building rubble, commercial waste
:04:36. > :04:42.Cleaning it up has so far cost local taxpayers more than ?4,000.
:04:43. > :04:46.East Midlands Ambulance Service is to spend more than ?3 million
:04:47. > :04:53.New electronic tablets will make it easier for paramedic crews
:04:54. > :04:56.to add medical details, and even send information
:04:57. > :05:01.It comes after the service was criticised for not keeping
:05:02. > :05:05.patients' confidential paper records secure.
:05:06. > :05:12.On the road, and under pressure like never before.
:05:13. > :05:15.Now, East Midlands ambulance crews are going high-tech.
:05:16. > :05:21.They have brought in a new 4G tablet system that they hope will transform
:05:22. > :05:24.the way they treat and transport patients, and alert the waiting
:05:25. > :05:31.Previously we may have had to describe it over a phone,
:05:32. > :05:34.which can be very difficult and cause confusion.
:05:35. > :05:37.With this, they can see what we are seeing in front of us.
:05:38. > :05:40.It allows the hospital to be ready for our arrival and patients
:05:41. > :05:42.will be seen quicker. Everything is in place,
:05:43. > :05:45.and it is a better outcome for the patient.
:05:46. > :05:47.Potentially life-saving? Definitely, yes.
:05:48. > :05:51.Until now, just under half the ambulance admin was done
:05:52. > :05:54.on heavy computer laptops - cumbersome and hard to keep clean -
:05:55. > :05:57.but the majority of patients' records were done on paper,
:05:58. > :06:06.You might be being bounced around because of road conditions.
:06:07. > :06:08.It is difficult, it can be illegible, and that causes potential
:06:09. > :06:13.This is all definite and much quicker to fill in.
:06:14. > :06:15.In return, crews can access detailed advice about medical treatment
:06:16. > :06:18.and they can send heart ECGs and even photos of accident
:06:19. > :06:23.scenes to hospitals. And there is another benefit, too.
:06:24. > :06:26.You were criticised last year by the Care Quality Commission
:06:27. > :06:29.for leaving confidential patient paper records on show in ambulances
:06:30. > :06:36.Absolutely, and we wholeheartedly acknowledge the CQC
:06:37. > :06:43.This system will be the de facto record solution
:06:44. > :06:46.for our patients across the Trust, so there should be no
:06:47. > :06:52.That is one of the reasons we are doing it.
:06:53. > :06:55.The new tablets will be brought in from next month,
:06:56. > :07:00.and it is hoped they will be in every ambulance by September.
:07:01. > :07:03.It's 50 years since the controversial Leicester
:07:04. > :07:06.playwright, Joe Orton, was killed by his partner.
:07:07. > :07:09.At the time his works were considered ground-breaking -
:07:10. > :07:12.even risque - taking on subjects such as homosexuality
:07:13. > :07:17.To mark the anniversary of his death, Curve in Leicester
:07:18. > :07:19.is putting on a production of his final play,
:07:20. > :07:25.Why is he wearing my uniform? He's not a boy, he's a girl.
:07:26. > :07:29.Why is she wearing my shoes? She isn't a girl, she's a boy.
:07:30. > :07:32.What may seem like a comedy of errors is in fact a dark farce,
:07:33. > :07:36.challenging ideas around gender and sexuality.
:07:37. > :07:39.What The Butler Saw was written in 1967, the last play by Joe Orton
:07:40. > :07:44.who was violently killed by his gay lover that very year.
:07:45. > :07:48.Raised on the Saffron estate in Leicester,
:07:49. > :07:52.he was a working-class boy all too aware of his disadvantages.
:07:53. > :07:56.I went to the ordinary sort of school that poor children go
:07:57. > :08:00.to and didn't get the 11 plus, because I was rather dim at school.
:08:01. > :08:05.Well, I wasn't actually dim but I didn't get the 11 plus anyway.
:08:06. > :08:09.Despite his setbacks, Orton would go on to shake up
:08:10. > :08:14.the theatrical world and subvert views on homosexuality.
:08:15. > :08:17.My action could only result in a gross violation
:08:18. > :08:25.His work is still incredibly relevant and I think it was ahead
:08:26. > :08:28.of its time when he wrote it and I imagine it's still
:08:29. > :08:34.Let's just take the fact that this working-class kid
:08:35. > :08:37.from Leicester who I guess, when you look at where he came from,
:08:38. > :08:40.and the opportunities available to him, the fact that he went
:08:41. > :08:45.on to change the course of British theatre...
:08:46. > :08:48.50 years on, the words of Joe Orton and the irreverent world
:08:49. > :08:53.that he created still seem to be drawing audiences of all ages
:08:54. > :09:05.And the show will be on for another week and a half here at Curve.
:09:06. > :09:08.And just before we join Sara for the weather -
:09:09. > :09:11.archaeologists have discovered another cave under
:09:12. > :09:13.Nottingham's city centre. It was unearthed under what's
:09:14. > :09:16.thought to have once been the site of a pub on Convent Street.
:09:17. > :09:19.And it's the latest to be added to Nottingham's unique network
:09:20. > :09:24.A new building is to be constructed on the site for use by students
:09:25. > :09:27.at Nottingham Trent University and Confetti College.
:09:28. > :09:29.That's your news. So, it's goodbye from me -
:09:30. > :09:36.but with your weather now, here's Sara.
:09:37. > :09:42.It's not going to rain tonight or tomorrow, a decent day on the cards
:09:43. > :09:49.for Thursday and the skies is tried and brighten a little bit through
:09:50. > :09:56.this afternoon. We've also got some spring lambs. They really make you
:09:57. > :10:00.feel spring is on the way. We are starting to see through the rest of
:10:01. > :10:04.tonight, that weather front starting across other parts of the country,
:10:05. > :10:08.keeping some cloud over us in the East Midlands for a time but it will
:10:09. > :10:12.start to break up. A few clear spells and it feels a little chilly
:10:13. > :10:16.outside but the minimum temperature overnight should go no lower than
:10:17. > :10:20.six Celsius. More of a breeze first thing tomorrow morning but the cloud
:10:21. > :10:24.is thinning and breaking nicely, and we will see some sunshine. In the
:10:25. > :10:31.afternoon, temperatures back into double figures. 12, maybe 13
:10:32. > :10:36.Celsius. The breeze coming from the north-west but it will gradually
:10:37. > :10:40.ease as we get to the latter part of the afternoon. A cold at night,
:10:41. > :10:43.Thursday night into Friday but Friday clouds over from the west,
:10:44. > :10:48.this is where the front is meeting with the area of high pressure
:10:49. > :10:51.sitting over us, producing a small amount of rain at times on Friday.
:10:52. > :10:55.That weather front clearing gradually eastwards through
:10:56. > :10:59.Saturday, leaving us with a dry afternoon.
:11:00. > :11:04.outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK.
:11:05. > :11:11.Hello. Spring is in the air with temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a
:11:12. > :11:18.few spots today as they will again over the next few days. Very
:11:19. > :11:22.pleasant in the sun. The daffodils were loving that in York. More
:11:23. > :11:29.places under blue sky tomorrow and dry. Tonight heavy showers moving
:11:30. > :11:32.across Scotland on strong to gale force winds, some may clip Northern
:11:33. > :11:37.Ireland. It's a mild night in southern England and South Wales but
:11:38. > :11:46.damp and drizzly, misty with coastal and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures
:11:47. > :11:52.in between and dry: This damp weather hangs on from parts of the
:11:53. > :11:55.Channel Islands, to Cornwall. Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in
:11:56. > :11:58.South Wales and southern England. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland
:11:59. > :11:59.some sunny spells around from the word