: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