09/07/2014 East Midlands Today

And now your late news for the East That's

And now your late news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. Good

evening. Industrial action by public sector workers is likely to cause

widespread disruption across the East Midlands tomorrow. Thotsands of

pupils will miss lessons as teachers take part in strikes. It's part of a

campaign by six unions to ilprove pay and conditions. Mike

O'Sullivan's been looking at the likely impact of the stoppages.

Schools and staff working in other authorities do not have to notify

their employers if they are going to be off, but many have. Some schools

will not open at all, others will be closed partly. Schools are not the

only ones affected, leisure centres, libraries and even in collections

could be affected. Unions s`y the strike could have a big imp`ct.

Local government workers all taking action. There have been pay freezes

over the last few years and a 1 offer this year. They are fdeling

very angry, like they are bottom of the pile as far as pay rises are

concerned. There is no obligation for employees to tell us th`t they

are going on strike or not, some have and some have not. We have had

to take a day off of school of work to look after the children when they

are of school. I do not think it is right they can have a day off

whenever they like really. They have had the major cut in their pensions.

The pension age is now 68 instead of 60. It has been a relentless attack

on our pay and conditions and everything. Firefighters have staged

strikes recently and tomorrow they will be out again. We will not

respond to emergencies in the same way as we do normally but wd will

make a response. Job centres could be affected as civil servants go out

on strike. Courts and driving tests could be hit as well. A polhce force

is to re`open two historic child sex abuse inquiries, after crithcism in

Parliament.The Nottinghamshhre MP, John Mann, claimed several `busers

haven't been prosecuted. And he said some files were lost by the police,

or destroyed by Nottinghamshire County Council. What I am cdrtain of

is that these people traumatised by events as small children ard telling

the truth. These things happened to them, horrendous things, thdy

deserve justice. In a statelent Nottinghamshire Police said there

was a current investigation involving three victims. It would

now review allegations made by two further victims. A charity says it

fears thousands of blind and visually impaired people in

Leicestershire could lose their local support ` if a council cuts

funding. Vista offers help, assessments and social activity to

more than 3,000 adults. The County Council says it needs to save more

than ?20 million from its adults and communities budget. A consultation

runs until Sunday. Police in Leicestershire have arrested a man

after 39 Audi cars were broken into in just five days. The break`ins

happened mainly in the south of the county. Police say the thieves are

looking for an emergency kex which is often found in the Audi glovebox.

Officers say a 23`year`old lan is in custody but the investigation is

still ongoing. A Nottinghamshire family forced to live in different

countries for a year have fhnally been reunited. Gill Reagan from

Carlton was parted from her American`born husband Herb, because

of visa problems. Their forced separation arose when they returned

to the UK after a decade volunteering in South Afric`. Emily

Anderson reports. All smiles today as the family are finally b`ck

together again. We got the `ppeal for the visa because of hum`n

rights. They were telling r`dio Nottingham what they have bden

through. Herb is an American citizen but had been living in the TK for 12

years before the family movdd to South Africa to work as

missionaries. When they tridd to leave to come back to the UK last

year Herb was told he could not come back to the UK because his Visa had

expired. He had to go back to the United States. I needed to be back

with my family. With Herb gone the mother and her family had to start a

new life back in Carrollton. We thought it might just be a few days

to get it sorted out. There are just so many things you need to do when

you first move house and to have that without Herb around was really

difficult. After a lengthy `ppeal battle a judge ruled in his favour.

He is finally here so we can play games and stuff and do things

normally at the family. I w`s so glad to see him again. It h`s been a

welcome return for the family again as they are delighted to have Herb

back home. . So, it's goodbxe from me, but with your weather now,

here's Kaye. Things will be going downhill tomorrow. We have ` weather

front pushing in from the e`st. Dry at the moment with some cle`r spells

pushing in to the west. Thex will be more of a freeze. The rain `lready

arriving to the east coast through the morning. It will slowly move

westwards but there is still some uncertainty as to how far wdst it

will get. We could have an Dast /west split where western areas will

stay dry. Temperatures around 1 Celsius in the West. Warming up for

the and humid, with heavy and under in

showers. Today has been the quietest weather

day of this week. We had 24 Celsius in Carlisle in the sunshine. It did

struggle on the North Sea coast with the wind, but you can see two

weather fronts advancing in under the mass of cloud. Our window for

fine weather will diminish overnight stop it has been windy. North Sea

Gales, and that wind continues