16/03/2017

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:00:11. > :00:13.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.

:00:14. > :00:19.The 2,500-strong workforce at Derbyshire's Toyota plant

:00:20. > :00:22.received a massive vote of confidence today as the company

:00:23. > :00:28.It's injecting a quarter of a ?1 billion into modernising

:00:29. > :00:33.The government is also investing millions for

:00:34. > :00:38.Our reporter Sarah Teale can tell us more.

:00:39. > :00:40.More than four million vehicles have rolled off the production line

:00:41. > :00:44.at Toyota in Derbyshire since production began in 1992,

:00:45. > :00:49.but the future of the plant has been far from secure since Brexit.

:00:50. > :00:52.Today, though, Toyota threw its support behind Burnaston

:00:53. > :00:58.by announcing a ?240 million upgrade of manufacturing facilities.

:00:59. > :01:02.Does it guarantee the future of car production here for Burnaston?

:01:03. > :01:06.We always have to be competitive and that means

:01:07. > :01:11.building cars with quality, high productivity, low-cost,

:01:12. > :01:16.but what this investment does do is it significantly supports that.

:01:17. > :01:20.But finally, that is down to our members' skills and energy.

:01:21. > :01:24.This is a huge demonstration of the faith and confidence

:01:25. > :01:26.in the workforce here and that we can achieve the

:01:27. > :01:32.Toyota's investment is being backed up with ?21 million of government

:01:33. > :01:38.On a tour of the plant today, Business Secretary Greg Clark called

:01:39. > :01:43.Toyota's investment a boost to the UK car industry.

:01:44. > :01:47.How significant is this investment in securing jobs and future car

:01:48. > :01:53.A quarter of a billion pounds is a lot of money

:01:54. > :01:58.And for Toyota globally to commit that here in Derbyshire,

:01:59. > :02:05.Since Brexit, there has been widespread caution in the UK car

:02:06. > :02:08.manufacturing industry, with fears over possible

:02:09. > :02:13.This investment is being seen as a huge vote of confidence

:02:14. > :02:27.And it will also reassure some of the 2,600 staff who work here.

:02:28. > :02:32.Police have arrested a man on suspicion of committing a series

:02:33. > :02:37.of sexual attacks in the Spondon and Darley Abbey areas of Derby.

:02:38. > :02:40.Earlier this week detectives began a major appeal to find an attacker

:02:41. > :02:45.who seriously assaulted four women over two and a half years.

:02:46. > :02:48.A 23-year-old man from Chaddesden has been arrested and is being

:02:49. > :02:53.A driver who crashed while being pursued by police,

:02:54. > :02:57.killing two people, has been jailed for nine years.

:02:58. > :03:00.It happened last year on Fosse Road South in Leicester.

:03:01. > :03:04.Two passengers in a Peugeot car died at the scene.

:03:05. > :03:08.A truck, hit by the car, ended up embedded in a shopfront.

:03:09. > :03:11.The Peugeot driver, 37-year-old Guy Tomlinson,

:03:12. > :03:16.admitted causing death by dangerous driving and driving while uninsured.

:03:17. > :03:21.He was jailed for nine years and banned for fifteen.

:03:22. > :03:25.A GP has told an inquest how he mistakenly prescribed ten times

:03:26. > :03:30.the dose of a strong painkiller to a young woman who later died.

:03:31. > :03:35.Dr Lawrence Axten also apologised to the family of 27-year-old

:03:36. > :03:46.Dr Lawrence Axten who today apologised to the grieving family

:03:47. > :03:52.In November 2014, in the hours before her death, Kymberley Holden

:03:53. > :03:55.from Codnor in Derbyshire suffered three bouts of severe pain in her

:03:56. > :04:00.She had lost use of the leg months earlier and used a

:04:01. > :04:04.wheelchair after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

:04:05. > :04:08.For each painful attack she took a dose of

:04:09. > :04:12.In the middle of the night, she was found by her boyfriend

:04:13. > :04:15.collapsed, lying unconscious on the floor and died

:04:16. > :04:20.At the inquest into her death today Kymberley's GP, Dr Axten,

:04:21. > :04:24.explained how he made the error of prescribing ten times the dosage

:04:25. > :04:30.He explained he had not realised he was prescribing a

:04:31. > :04:36.He said, while using the computer prescription system at his surgery

:04:37. > :04:41.in Ripley, he thought he was prescribing the correct dosage.

:04:42. > :04:44.The postmortem report found one of the causes of Kymberley's death

:04:45. > :04:48.was oxycodone intoxication, the generic name for the drug.

:04:49. > :04:52.Dr Axten's last words at the inquest were directed to Kymberley's

:04:53. > :04:58.He told them, "I am very, very sorry. I truly am."

:04:59. > :05:01.The inquest is expected to conclude tomorrow.

:05:02. > :05:05.Navtej Johal, BBC East Midland's Today outside

:05:06. > :05:12.The owners of a children's nursery say plans to site a recovery centre

:05:13. > :05:16.for street alcoholics next door means they may have to close down.

:05:17. > :05:19.The controversial decision by Leicester City Council

:05:20. > :05:24.Councillors say the current centre near Humberstone Gate is no longer

:05:25. > :05:28.fit for purpose and there's an urgent need for such a facility.

:05:29. > :05:35.Getting street drinkers off the streets and into treatment.

:05:36. > :05:38.The Anchor Centre has been helping alcoholics

:05:39. > :05:45.The building is so run down it is no longer fit for purpose.

:05:46. > :05:48.Last night, Leicester City Council approved plans to move the service

:05:49. > :05:51.here to this building just off Humberstone Gate but it has

:05:52. > :05:54.proved controversial, nearly 400 people signed a petition

:05:55. > :06:00.This shutter is the only thing that separates the treatment centre

:06:01. > :06:06.What we can say is, where we have been in this current location,

:06:07. > :06:10.we have worked really hard to address the problems which have been

:06:11. > :06:15.here and we feel we can take that forward to this new location and

:06:16. > :06:18.help that area to reduce down the levels of drinking on the streets

:06:19. > :06:21.and the anti-social behaviour associated with it.

:06:22. > :06:25.But bosses at Little Angels nursery next to the hub say now that

:06:26. > :06:29.plans have been approved, they are seriously

:06:30. > :06:31.concerned about the future and they can't afford

:06:32. > :06:35.If we lose anywhere between three and five children

:06:36. > :06:42.We are the nursery where every money we make goes back into the children.

:06:43. > :06:46.So when children start leaving and we are losing that kind of money

:06:47. > :06:50.we're not going to be able to run the overall bills and the staff

:06:51. > :06:51.expenses, they are not going to be paid.

:06:52. > :06:55.What is important is it is a problem we acknowledge and a problem

:06:56. > :06:59.Investing ?600,000 in this recovery hub is a real important

:07:00. > :07:02.centrepiece to our efforts to do that.

:07:03. > :07:05.Work to transform this building into a hub for street drinkers

:07:06. > :07:16.Emily Anderson, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicester.

:07:17. > :07:20.Leicester's first Asian film festival has kicked off tonight.

:07:21. > :07:24.The four day event will showcase a range of South Asian independent

:07:25. > :07:28.cinema, starting tonight with the UK premiere of Wrong Side Raju.

:07:29. > :07:46.Rolling out the red carpets for a very special screening at

:07:47. > :07:50.Leicester's cinema. This UK premiere of Wrong Side Raju opens the city's

:07:51. > :07:51.first-ever Asian film Festival, attracting cast, crew and movie

:07:52. > :07:52.fans. It is one of the most diverse cities

:07:53. > :07:55.in Europe if not the world. So for it not to have an Asian film

:07:56. > :07:58.festival already is silly. It is wonderful that it

:07:59. > :08:02.has finally arrived. Over the last decade,

:08:03. > :08:04.films from and about South Asia have been making a name

:08:05. > :08:07.on the international circuit as well as garnering

:08:08. > :08:10.praise at festivals. Through showing them

:08:11. > :08:12.here in Leicetser they are hoping to provide a better understanding

:08:13. > :08:17.of the region. We wanted to showcase

:08:18. > :08:19.South Asian cinema at its best. There is a cinema beyond

:08:20. > :08:22.Bollywood and we wanted to capture the beautiful

:08:23. > :08:25.stories that really touch the heart Films that are relevant

:08:26. > :08:47.to society, that is The festival boasts are varied menu

:08:48. > :08:55.of independent films. Tonight is my opening film is a thriller.

:08:56. > :09:02.Like many of the screen is, after was there was a chance to meet those

:09:03. > :09:05.involved. Beneficial, they say, for everyone.

:09:06. > :09:07.As a maker, a film-maker, getting the audience

:09:08. > :09:10.to know what they think after the film is what matters to me.

:09:11. > :09:12.I get to know what things and what stories, how I

:09:13. > :09:21.The film Festival runs until Sunday. It is equivalent in London has been

:09:22. > :09:25.going for 19 years and they helped the Leicester one will be just as

:09:26. > :09:26.successful. So, it's goodbye from me

:09:27. > :09:39.but with your weather now. As we go through the next few days

:09:40. > :09:43.we had expecting an unsettled spell of weather. This is the scene early

:09:44. > :09:47.on. We did have some bright and sunny spell but some ominous clouds

:09:48. > :09:50.as well. As we go through the course of the weekend we are expecting to

:09:51. > :09:54.have to look towards the flowers for brightness rather than the skies. As

:09:55. > :09:58.we have a look at the charts, high pressure that has been bringing in

:09:59. > :10:02.the settled weather is moving out of the way and then expecting this low

:10:03. > :10:07.pressure. That trend starting to bring in some rain as we go through

:10:08. > :10:11.the day tomorrow. As we have a look at the charts for tonight, we've got

:10:12. > :10:15.a clear their spell for a time. If you shout was in the early hours,

:10:16. > :10:21.cloud building in places with loads of 4 degrees. As we go through the

:10:22. > :10:25.course of the day tomorrow, we will start again on a relatively bright

:10:26. > :10:34.notes but that cloud will come down from the north-west. Rain on. That

:10:35. > :10:41.following on. Highs of around 10 Celsius. As we had to us the

:10:42. > :10:48.weekend, it is a mixture of brighter spells here and there but showers.

:10:49. > :10:52.Template is recovering on Saturday. Then, as he had to Sunday, we have

:10:53. > :10:57.got another front coming in our direction likely to bring in patchy

:10:58. > :10:58.rain as well. A mixture of brightness and showers. I will leave

:10:59. > :11:00.you with the outlook. there will be rain around, most

:11:01. > :11:10.occurring overnight. Good evening, quite a range of

:11:11. > :11:14.whether an offer earlier today in the north and north-west of the UK

:11:15. > :11:17.quite a lot of showers around, lively ones, little bit of sunshine

:11:18. > :11:20.in between. The best of the sunshine to be found at the other end of the

:11:21. > :11:25.country towards the south-east in Kent, lovely picture here from one

:11:26. > :11:28.of our weather watchers. A range of temperatures, too. 17 degrees for a

:11:29. > :11:32.few, on the other side of the weather front, only seven or 8

:11:33. > :11:36.degrees. Showers in the north and west. The fresh air will win out

:11:37. > :11:39.over tonight coming in behind the cold front, which isn't bringing

:11:40. > :11:40.much rain but it will bring