0:00:14 > 0:00:16And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Geeta Pendse.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20East Midlands Today can reveal that several hundred prisoners
0:00:20 > 0:00:22are being taken to hospital every year in this region.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Many inmates needed ambulances after being attacked
0:00:24 > 0:00:28or overdosing on drugs.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31And crews even had to help some women prisoners give birth.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Our prisons are calling ambulances, around three times a day and more
0:00:38 > 0:00:41often than not they end up taking an inmate to hospital.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We've been given details after an freedom of information request
0:00:43 > 0:00:47to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Here's where those crews went - to 14 jails and young offenders
0:00:50 > 0:00:53institutions in the area covered by EMAS and to the Morton Hall
0:00:53 > 0:00:56immigration centre.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59In all, there were well over 3000 incidents over the last three years.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04We wanted to know how many of those calls were for deliberate attacks.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05There's been persistent concern about violence,
0:01:05 > 0:01:11particularly here in Nottingham.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13The figures show this prison needed more ambulances
0:01:13 > 0:01:20than any other East Midlands jail.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And across the region, more than 300 calls were recorded as assaults,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25traumatic injuries or lacerations and burns.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27This is a terrible and horrendous catalogue of violence.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29It's happening all too often, we see assaults every single day
0:01:29 > 0:01:31in the region's prisons.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34That should create concern for all of us because, as these figures
0:01:34 > 0:01:42show, these problems spill out from the prison and put pressure
0:01:42 > 0:01:43on other public services.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Some ambulance crews dealt with things like heart attacks,
0:01:46 > 0:01:46which might happen anywhere.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49But a lot of calls in that three-year period were prompted
0:01:49 > 0:01:50by drugs or self-harm.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The figures show 335 incidents that were recorded
0:01:52 > 0:01:58as overdose or poisoning.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Another 256 were listed as psychiatric or suicide attempt.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And there were 18 calls for pregnancy or childbirth cases
0:02:03 > 0:02:04at Foston Hall women's prison.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06The cost of an average ambulance call is more than ?200.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The Ministry of Justice says staff in prisons are trained to deal
0:02:10 > 0:02:17with emergencies and the decision to ring the Ambulance Service is
0:02:17 > 0:02:23made by health-care professionals.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The family of the late Lord Janner say the independent inquiry into sex
0:02:26 > 0:02:28abuse should drop its investigations into claims he sexually
0:02:28 > 0:02:29abused children.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35It follows the announcement that six alleged victims have
0:02:35 > 0:02:37dropped their civil case against the peer's estate.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Lord Janner died after the prosecution case
0:02:39 > 0:02:42against him had started.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43The situation has changed so significantly that now
0:02:43 > 0:02:50we would like the enquiry to stop a strand into an individual
0:02:50 > 0:02:56who the facts have changed about, there is no criminal case,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59no civil case, and we want the inquiry to do what the inquiry
0:02:59 > 0:03:03is meant to do and the terms say, which is to look into institutions.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05But lawyers for child abuse victims say the allegations
0:03:05 > 0:03:08against the former Leicester MP remain and will still be
0:03:08 > 0:03:15investigated by the independent inquiry.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18A man's been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found
0:03:18 > 0:03:20at a house in Derby.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Police were called to Pear Tree Crescent just before 10:00pm
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Saturday and found the woman's body inside.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28A 35-year-old man, Atual Mustafa, was arrested.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31He appeared before magistrates this morning and will be back at
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37The family of a man who's died after a battle with cancer
0:03:37 > 0:03:40say they now have to decide what to do with the thousands
0:03:40 > 0:03:42of pounds raised for his treatment.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Former Nottinghamshire policeman Phil Hogg was diagnosed
0:03:44 > 0:03:47with pancreatic cancer less than two years ago.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52His family managed to raise ?43,000 to help send him
0:03:52 > 0:03:54to a clinic in Germany.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58But sadly he died last Thursday.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Police in Derby are investigating after a body was found
0:04:01 > 0:04:02in the River Derwent this morning.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05In a statement, they say they were called by a member
0:04:05 > 0:04:08of the public, just before 9:00am, who had spotted the body
0:04:08 > 0:04:09near St Mary's Bridge.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13It's not yet clear if there are any suspicious circumstances
0:04:13 > 0:04:15and enquiries are ongoing.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Police say they're concerned for the safety of a woman
0:04:18 > 0:04:19who's gone missing.
0:04:19 > 0:04:2119-year-old Shannon Parkin was last seen in the Mansfield
0:04:21 > 0:04:23area last Thursday.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Next, part of Leicester has been transformed over the weekend
0:04:32 > 0:04:34with giant faces and murals painted on some major buildings.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Graffiti artists from around the world were allowed
0:04:36 > 0:04:40to leave their mark as part of an international festival.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Simon Ward has been taking a look.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Some of the new legal graffiti in Leicester is massive,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52towering above the streets of the Cultural Quarter.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55The festival, called Bring the Paint, saw more than 150
0:04:55 > 0:04:57artists getting involved.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Pablo came from Germany to be part of the event.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I was really happy and glad to get a chance to do this.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07This is an incredible line-up, really the high society
0:05:07 > 0:05:08of the graffiti scene.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Of course I want to take part of it, it's a real pleasure and an honour.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Music, skateboarding, BMX and enjoying food and drink
0:05:15 > 0:05:20were also part of the festival mix.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23One of the things about the festival, we really wanted to do
0:05:23 > 0:05:28something that really celebrated a lot of the creative
0:05:28 > 0:05:30work that is happening in Leicester at the moment,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33so we thought it was a good opportunity to use
0:05:33 > 0:05:36the Cultural Quarter as a canvas, invite a lot of artists to come
0:05:36 > 0:05:38and leave a mark here.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Most of these art works will stay and the paint should last for years.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43It should be really good, it brightens the area up,
0:05:43 > 0:05:48you've got lots of grey buildings and concrete, so in the Cultural
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Quarter it's nice to have a bit of visual culture on the walls as well.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Organisers are so pleased they're considering another graffiti
0:05:54 > 0:06:01festival in the city next year.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04A Nottinghamshire skate park which closed because it was unsafe
0:06:04 > 0:06:06has reopened after months of renovation by volunteers.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12A team of ten painted and repaired the Radcliffe-on-Trent skate park
0:06:12 > 0:06:14in their spare time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The new facility is now suitable for bikes, skaters,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20boarders and scooter-users.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Most of the ramps were broken in some way, shape or form.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26They either had big holes in them or they were
0:06:26 > 0:06:28just worn and not really rideable.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32The ones that were just about rideable were a bit dangerous.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34It's been hard work but it pays off when
0:06:34 > 0:06:39you see lots of people using it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Now, you may already be a fan, but Nottingham's Food Assembly
0:06:42 > 0:06:43scheme is going from strength to strength.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It enables the city's shoppers to easily source artisan
0:06:46 > 0:06:47and locally made food.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50In fact, it's doing so well it's had to move to bigger premises.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56Elise Chamberlain reports.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Hard at work for the next batch of orders for jams and jellies
0:06:59 > 0:07:02straight from the plot to the pot, Alice is one of the latest
0:07:02 > 0:07:04food producers to join the Nottingham Food Assembly,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06a click-and-collect service for food which, on average,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09has travelled just 17 miles.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12People are more aware of where the food comes
0:07:12 > 0:07:18from and what's been put into it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21When I open a jar of jam, I know exactly what has gone into it
0:07:21 > 0:07:24and I can point to exactly which fruit bush it's come from.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29The assembly's now been running for ten months.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Organisers Bex, Shona and Kimberley have already seen the amount
0:07:31 > 0:07:33of producers treble - and it's continuing to rise.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Nearly 42,000 has gone back into the local economy
0:07:35 > 0:07:38since we started the Food Assembly, which we think is really great,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42that's over 91% of all the sales go back into the local economy.
0:07:42 > 0:07:4483% goes to the producer.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47It's also moved to Primary Studios - a bigger venue for
0:07:47 > 0:07:48a growing community.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52It's not got that kind of faceless supermarket feel.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You're actually meeting them and seeing what happens to make that
0:07:54 > 0:07:58food that goes on your plate.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01With almost 350 products in its catalogue already,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04they're now looking into delivery options in the future.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Elise Chamberlain, BBC East Midlands Today, Nottingham.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12That's your news, it's goodbye from me and time
0:08:12 > 0:08:17for the weather with Rebecca Wood.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Good evening.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It's been a typical bank holiday Monday, we've seen plenty
0:08:21 > 0:08:22of rain out and about.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Our Weather Watchers have been catching those scenes,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26plenty of cloud around and some mist, some fog.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28It has been rather wet.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31We will continue to see that theme at times through the new working
0:08:31 > 0:08:34week but there will also be some sunny spells.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37As for tonight, we see the area of showers clearing away
0:08:37 > 0:08:38to the north and east.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Behind that, we could get a bit of fog developing in some spots,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44but it will be clearer further south and west and slightly fresher
0:08:44 > 0:08:47than it has been of late, so perhaps a little bit more
0:08:47 > 0:08:49comfortable for sleeping overnight tonight.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Temperatures between 13-14 Celsius.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We start tomorrow with a ridge of high pressure starting to build
0:08:54 > 0:09:00and that there is this weather system that will work its way
0:09:00 > 0:09:03in from the west, along that some showers and behind it we'll start
0:09:03 > 0:09:06to get the improvement, but it will start to feel a little fresher.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09There will be some sunny spells through the start of the day