:00:00. > :00:17.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Sarah Teale.
:00:18. > :00:22.Patients in Nottingham say they're worried about plans
:00:23. > :00:25.to close their specialist pain clinic under plans to move more
:00:26. > :00:33.Gilly Hagen from Blidworth, who's been using the Nottingham
:00:34. > :00:36.clinic since being injured in a car crash 20 years ago,
:00:37. > :00:42.She has to have an injection in her neck every three to four months.
:00:43. > :00:44.Nottingham's hospitals say the change to home-based treatment
:00:45. > :00:46.is about delivering value for money but Gilly believes it
:00:47. > :00:53.They have to do it under x-ray because it
:00:54. > :01:00.That's not just that, it needs to be in a
:01:01. > :01:02.sterile environment, you need qualified staff.
:01:03. > :01:11.How could you set up a mini-theatre in the home?
:01:12. > :01:14.We have heard from patients who are not happy about these
:01:15. > :01:18.Let us talk to a doctor from the clinical
:01:19. > :01:24.This is what we do, we try and improve
:01:25. > :01:27.services to make sure we are getting the best value for our patient
:01:28. > :01:31.All these services that we have reviewed, of which pain is
:01:32. > :01:35.just one of them, we want to look at how can we improve the quality of
:01:36. > :01:38.care, and also for the best price for taxpayers.
:01:39. > :01:41.But patients we have spoken to are worried.
:01:42. > :01:43.They feel this is about money, they feel the
:01:44. > :01:47.service will be worse in the community, not better.
:01:48. > :01:52.I can't deny that money is part of this.
:01:53. > :01:54.It is part of our job to make sure we get
:01:55. > :01:58.the best value for our taxpayers but at the same time we need to be
:01:59. > :02:00.looking to improve the quality where we can
:02:01. > :02:01.and our intention is not to
:02:02. > :02:04.The service in the community is aiming to be
:02:05. > :02:12.But if you are saving money can it really be the same quality?
:02:13. > :02:15.I can tell you now that there are pain services in
:02:16. > :02:18.different areas in the community with exceptionally good outcomes,
:02:19. > :02:21.We are just looking to try and replicate
:02:22. > :02:23.the same quality of care for all of our patients
:02:24. > :02:29.A woman's been found guilty of the manslaughter of her
:02:30. > :02:33.seven-month-old niece in Leicestershire.
:02:34. > :02:36.Leicester Crown Court heard Chaunfang Zheng violently shook
:02:37. > :02:38.Phoebe Guo to stop her crying, leaving her with a
:02:39. > :02:45.It happened while she was babysitting the infant at her flat
:02:46. > :02:51.The 31-year-old will be sentenced next month.
:02:52. > :02:54.A couple from Derby say they've lost everything after their house
:02:55. > :02:59.Peter Fletcher and his partner Clair had been living in Italy
:03:00. > :03:01.for the past two years and were trapped inside their home
:03:02. > :03:03.during the recent heavy snow and earthquakes.
:03:04. > :03:06.They're now back in the UK and say they've nothing
:03:07. > :03:16.Trapped for four days as the snow slowly buried their home.
:03:17. > :03:18.Clair and Peter had no phone signal, electricity or water.
:03:19. > :03:25.Petrified is probably an understatement.
:03:26. > :03:36.We literally tried to walk but when it is chest
:03:37. > :03:39.high and falling through the snow you can't do it.
:03:40. > :03:43.If we were stuck on the drive nobody was going to know we
:03:44. > :03:47.If we made it to the road no-one was going to to know we
:03:48. > :03:51.What do you do when you are in that kind of situation?
:03:52. > :03:55.If you turn the other way that could be it.
:03:56. > :03:58.The bad weather in the region has caused devastation.
:03:59. > :04:00.At a nearby hotel rescuers have been pulling
:04:01. > :04:04.bodies out after the earthquake caused an avalanche.
:04:05. > :04:06.Clair and Peter were only rescued after they managed
:04:07. > :04:11.They know they are lucky to be alive.
:04:12. > :04:14.We have lost our home, our car, our dog.
:04:15. > :04:22.The family pet got crushed, got killed.
:04:23. > :04:25.Everything we own is in that house in Italy.
:04:26. > :04:27.We literally came away in what we were standing
:04:28. > :04:32.For now the family is living with relatives as they try to
:04:33. > :04:35.But with their lives in Italy destroyed they
:04:36. > :04:43.are not sure how they will buy another home.
:04:44. > :04:48.A Leicester man's been jailed for more than six and a half years
:04:49. > :04:50.for stealing a taxi at gunpoint, after threatening children
:04:51. > :04:58.32 year-old James Blockley used the fake gun last
:04:59. > :05:01.August to intimidate motorists on Groby Road - one of whom had
:05:02. > :05:05.He then robbed a taxi driver and stole his vehicle -
:05:06. > :05:12.Details of more than 2,000 people at risk
:05:13. > :05:15.of being scammed have been handed to Trading Standards departments
:05:16. > :05:18.It's part of a nationwide scheme working with victims.
:05:19. > :05:24.The National Scams Team says that elderly people who've been tricked,
:05:25. > :05:26.hand over on average ?4,000 to scammers.
:05:27. > :05:28.They're deliberately targeted by criminals who often
:05:29. > :05:36.If it is too good to be true it definitely is.
:05:37. > :05:39.You should bin it, put it in the recycle, don't open
:05:40. > :05:42.And if you are getting inundated with
:05:43. > :05:44.scam mail please notify Trading Standards,
:05:45. > :05:55.An 11 year-old boy's been reported missing in Nottinghamshire
:05:56. > :05:57.Mckenzie Lennox hasn't been seen since 9.40
:05:58. > :06:04.Officers say they're concerned for his safety -
:06:05. > :06:07.and ask for anyone with any information to get in touch.
:06:08. > :06:13.He was wearing dark tracksuit bottoms and a black bomber jacket.
:06:14. > :06:16.People living close to a popular beauty spot say it'll be ruined
:06:17. > :06:19.if a viaduct for HS2 is allowed to run through it.
:06:20. > :06:21.They've been expressing their concerns about the plans at
:06:22. > :06:26.Campaigners say it will destroy a viewpoint near Stanton
:06:27. > :06:28.Gate in Derbyshire - and harm local wildlife.
:06:29. > :06:42.This is one of two HS2 consultation events taking place in the East
:06:43. > :06:45.Midlands this weekend. One of the concerns being raised is about the
:06:46. > :06:49.building of a proposed new viaduct as part of the route which at the
:06:50. > :06:54.moment is going to a local beauty spot. There has been concern about
:06:55. > :06:59.that. We were there this morning with a campaigner who says she wants
:07:00. > :07:01.to see the line being built instead over the existing railway line
:07:02. > :07:10.rather than over green belt land. With me no is a spokesperson from
:07:11. > :07:14.HS2 Ltd, could you build the viaduct over the existing railway line
:07:15. > :07:17.rather than over green belt land? We have considered a number of routes.
:07:18. > :07:22.We believe the route we are proposing is the late route that
:07:23. > :07:26.strikes the right balance between impact and people and building a
:07:27. > :07:29.high-speed line. We will continue to seek improvements to it but at the
:07:30. > :07:32.moment this is the route that we would like to take forward. The
:07:33. > :07:38.consultation is still open, what are you hoping people will take away
:07:39. > :07:41.from the events today? I am hoping get more information, the
:07:42. > :07:47.opportunity to talk to our experts. Also the opportunity for us and HS2
:07:48. > :07:51.to their concerns. The consultation runs until the 9th of March. We will
:07:52. > :08:04.have more on this tonight at half past six. Here is the weather. Cold
:08:05. > :08:07.and wet weather on the way as we go towards the weekend but we had a
:08:08. > :08:12.frosty start this morning and that gave us some beautiful Weather
:08:13. > :08:20.Watchers pictures. But we also had a rather grey day so far. It is still
:08:21. > :08:24.looking overcast out there. There are hints of brightness as they go
:08:25. > :08:27.through this afternoon. If you see some of those do take advantage of
:08:28. > :08:31.them because as we look at the charts we can see this cold front
:08:32. > :08:35.coming in our direction. That is bringing lots of rain. Take extra
:08:36. > :08:39.care if you are on the roads overnight tonight. Quite a cloudy
:08:40. > :08:43.afternoon ahead. Some heads of brightness. That band of rain
:08:44. > :08:49.starting to come in our direction. Highs of four Celsius. Tonight it is
:08:50. > :08:53.quite a messy picture. Rain working across the region through its too
:08:54. > :08:59.late and the early hours. Walls of around two Celsius. Watch out for
:09:00. > :09:11.spray on the roads. There could be missed Ness on higher ground. The
:09:12. > :09:16.chance of showers turning wintry. Behind the brighter weather but just
:09:17. > :09:22.if you scattered showers, milder, with highs of seven Celsius. The
:09:23. > :09:25.announcement, turning more unsettled, but milder as well.
:09:26. > :09:47.Not a very nice picture. That is all for now. Goodbye.
:09:48. > :10:05.The FA Cup fourth round, next weekend, across the BBC.
:10:06. > :10:07.It's incredible, the changes that have occurred in just 50 years.
:10:08. > :10:09.Oh, my goodness me, I don't like the look of that.
:10:10. > :10:14.The Robshaws are going back in time again...
:10:15. > :10:17.Feel a little bit overwhelmed at the moment.