11/04/2017 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands.

First tonight - sentenced to life in prison after sexually assaulting

Meehal Podlashtik who was still on parole

for manslaughter when he entered the country, was described

in court today as dangerous and a high risk to the public.

He pleaded guilty to nine different charges, including rape.

And it emerged the 33-year-old from Poland had served 12 years

The attack happened on the 29th October last year, the victim,

a 55-year-old woman, was walking through Bede Park

in Leicester on her way to work around 7am.

The court heard she was punched in the face by Mihal Podlashtik,

He punched her again then took her to a secluded place.

Despite her pleas, he carried out a series of sexual assaults.

He then robbed her of her phone and wallet.

The attack lasted for around 30 minutes.

In court a statement was read out on behalf of the victim

in which she told the court she is frightened to go out and how

seriously affected she's been by this attack.

It emerged that Podlashtik had in fact been convicted

of manslaughter in 2003 in his home country of Poland.

He served 12 years of a 15 year sentence and it was 15 months

after he was released that he committed this attack

It emerged that he had in fact arrived in the UK whilst

We contacted the Home Office to find out how it was possible for him

to be allowed into the UK whilst on parole.

I was told they don't comment on the specifics

In a statement they say, all passengers are checked

Judge Philip Head gave him a life sentence,

But he would only be released if the parole board considered his

Next, the new national 'anti slavery agency'

The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority will have tough

It'll protect millions of workers, in industries from construction,

And to investigate emerging concerns about "modern slavery".

The agency's Chief Executive's been speaking to our

Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball.

The worst kind of problems are the most severe form of labour

So literally people being kept in cow

sheds, not being paid wages for weeks months and years.

Having to scavenge for food in supermarket

skips, that is what we will be looking for.

Nail bars should be a particular concern and it is a deep

Some of the girls painting nails during the day

at forced into prostitution in the evening and

the vast majority of the

public are completely unaware of that.

There are of course lots of legitimate nail bars but we need to

work through intelligence and work out which are the bad ones, close

How does that link to organise crime?

It is really high yield, and really low risk.

As a young cop, if I stopped someone with guns or drugs,

I knew for certain they were going to prison because they were guilty

Now, if someone is stopped driving a van with some

trafficked people in the back, the chances of being arrested

are really quite small because the people hold the key

And they just don't want to talk because they are so frightened.

You are really concerned about hand car washes.

How widespread do think problems are there?

We know there is around 20,000 hand car washes in the UK.

It takes six workers 70 cars a day to get

And I don't think that is happening in a large number of cases.

What some of these car washes are is a front

for organised crime, they launder money because

and we are determined to put a stop to all of that.

Ambulance bosses in the East Midlands are urging parents

to speak to their children, after a hoax call that cost

the service almost two and a half thousand pounds.

They received the call on Friday from a child in Derbyshire,

who told them a young girl had been run over and killed.

The air ambulance, a paramedic, and two other ambulances were sent.

But when they arrived, nobody was there.

The Trust in charge of Grantham Hospital has gone back

into special measures, after the latest inspection

Its report rated United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust

In a moment, our reporter will be talking to a health campaigner

concerned about what this means for health care

But first this report by Victoria Hicks.

Improvements were made but couldn't be sustained.

Two years ago, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust came out

But since then, the Care Quality Commission has found quality

Grantham Hospital's accident and emergency department has been

But its safety requires improvements.

We found that not all of the time the resuscitation

They see more patients than the department has capacity for.

We also found not all of the staff have competencies

The unit was inspected in October, not long after it had been

controversially closed overnight because of a staffing

Fortunately, a fantastic staff come and help us.

We have managed to keep A services open.

That is one of the reasons why we took the very difficult decision

to temporarily close on a partial basis the Grantham A E.

That is because we wanted to protect and focus on patient safety.

We will continue to take the actions we need to make sure

The director of nursing at the Trust is keen to reassure patients

that they are already working to improve.

We believe that what we have done since October is huge.

We have done a lot of work since the CQC came in October

and improving significantly, particularly around

The Care Quality Commission says there is no quick

It is likely to be at least one year before the Trust can come out

Joining me now is Jodie Clack for the community group. What do you

disappointing to find the trust is disappointing to find the trust is

back in special measures against us in. Obviously we are concerned that

it means that the staff are good to be taken to support the services.

Grantham always having great Grantham always having great

outcomes, should utilise their assets rather than reduce the

services. What does this mean in terms of recruitment? I don't think

it will help with the recruitment process. The temporary overnight

closure from August, they were struggling to fill the doctors then

and now they are back in special measures I don't see that being very

attractive. What does this mean in terms of your campaign to get

24-hour emergency care are back in Grantham? It is important for the

community, we have had to travel all weight overnight to access the A

at Grantham in the morning studio going to keep pressure on to give us

the 24-hour A that we deserve. Thank you. The CQC says it will

continue to monitor the Trust. Police have been carrying out

extra security checks on the Leicester City bus on the eve

of their Champions League game It follows three explosions

which hit the team coach of Borussia Dortmund in the same

competition tonight. News of the incident reached

Leicester City as their players prepared for a light training

session in the Vincente Police, some of them armed,

made a sweep of the bus which was waiting to take the squad

back to their hotel. A number of Foxes fans

witnessed the checks. I don't think it will change

the atmosphere but big sporting events have had greater scrutiny

over It does affect you in a way

that we were really looking forward to the game tomorrow

and something like that anywhere around the world does

really affect you I guess. Earlier though, Leicester

manager Craig Shakespeare His team are underdogs

for the game - which will be This season that for us

is in the Champions League and But we are there to compete,

not just to make the These players have deserved this

opportunity and we aim to keep that So, it's goodbye from me -

but here's your weather now. Not looking too bad over the next

few days. Lovely blue skies and the weather watcher pictures. The high

pressure that has been in charge for the lusty days is starting to move

out the way, we have this week cold front tomorrow likely to bring some

patchy rain with it. Through tonight it is looking rather settled, cloud

building in from the north and the odd spot of showers here and there

with rows of around eight Celsius. And a light westerly breeze. Towards

tomorrow, we will continue on a bright note but through the day we

will see a patchy rain sinking southwards, once that front has

moved through it will feel clever but brighter towards tomorrow

evening with highs of around 12 degrees. Towards Thursday, another

fairly settled day, a mixture of sunshine and showers and high

pressure just about in charge of the next few days.

We'll have a full national forecast in a moment but for now I'll leave

On Sunday, on the cool side for East itself.

Good evening. Grace of all it -- it is greatest of all in Scotland. A

weather front is on the move. The rain edging down into south-western

parts of Scotland and northern Ireland. Much of England and Wales

will have a dry note but not quite as Chile to start tomorrow. Let's

deal with the wet weather first thing tomorrow. It will be a damp

start for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heaviest rain on the hills

towards the coast and east of the Pennines, not too much rain