24/07/2014 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

First tonight, East Midlands Today's been told that several men have now

been arrested on suspicion of raping children at care homes.

It follows dozens of historhc allegations of abuse centring around

Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball's been following

the information and told me about the scale of the investigathon.

It is one of the largest police enquiries for several years for

local police. Residents at least would say they have suffered abuse.

James is one of them and he says he was gang raped and that when he

tried to complain, he was not believed. I break down sometimes,

when I feel a bit down and hf I have had a drink, I am even worsd. At

night time, I wake up and even though I am on sleeping tablets I

still wake up with nightmards. How difficult is this investigation

proving? It has been really complex and that is because some of these

allegations go back more th`n 4 years and that makes it difficult to

call operate details of where abuse took place and who carried ht out. I

am told that ten men have bden arrested, two of those men `re still

being arrested on suspicion of rape and they have been released on bail.

A third suspect has died since he was questioned by police. This

investigation is still far from over.

Thieves have ransacked the home of a 71 year old woman, who's

They've stolen thousand of pounds of jewellery belonging to

Her family say they feel sh`ttered by the burglary

The devastating chaos left by burglars who broke into the home of

Naseem Moghal while she was being treated in hospital for terlinal

cancer. While my mother was at weakest point in hospital, we did

not... In the short time we were looking after the house, we did not

protect the house and we have let her down. Naseem Moghal esc`ped from

Uganda bringing with her at the jewellery which was in the family

for 100 years. She has workdd tirelessly for everything she owns

and worked until early this year until she was admitted to hospital

four months ago. Everything in this house, she has paid for through

working in a factory. For a very long time. This is a callous crime

committed by individuals who have shown no regard to the feelhngs of

this family. They broke in here ransacked it and stole a large

amount of the wedding and Asian jewellery and cash. That is why

police will do everything they can to bring these people to justice.

This sewing machine was tipped over, pits were broken off. They have not

told their mother about the break`in, they say it would destroy

her. The jewellery is worth thousands of pounds, but her son

says the sentimental value hs priceless.

The family of a four year old boy from Nottingham who died two

days after being discharged from hospital say they want answdrs.

Harry Procko from St Ann's died last month.

His parents are now calling for an urgent review

into the care he received at the Queen's Medical Centre.

The hospital says there is a multi`agency investigation

A man who denies murder got his own family to flee

from their home just hours before the house, two doors away,

was set on fire in a botched revenge attack that killed four people.

The fire at Spinney Hill in Leicester killed a mother

Today Abdul Hakim told a cotrt he feared he'd get the blame, `s he

was at the scene when sports coach Antoin Akpom was fatally st`bbed.

Severn Trent Water says it's cut the number of water leaks in the

And one Derby city councillor has called on the company to also tackle

A major water leak here in Leicester.

It was being treated this morning within hours of being reported.

It is still losing a quarter of the company's supplies everyday.

We try to maintain a contintous supply to our customers.

We have over 46,000 kilometres of pipework in the region.

With the resources we have we can only cover a small amount at any

one time so we rely on customers to notify us of any they sed.

Another water leak at a flash flood last weekend caused

There is a storm drain under the road here

which has obviously collapsdd and caused all this to come up with

One of the local councillors is worried that they are not preventing

problems caused by the intense weather. They do not have a good

record on fixing leaks, but if they are focusing on that at the expense

of major infrastructure, thdn there is a problem, because this causes

major problems. Severn Trent Water says flash flooding is another

challenge and it is investing in larger pipes in order to cope with

the volume of rainwater. To sport, and it's been the first

day of competition proper at Derby's Adam Peaty just missed out

on a medal in the pool, but there was silver for a couple of

Loughborough swimmers in thd relay. Fran Halsall and Amy Smith were in

the England team which won Silver in the freestyle relay setting a new

British record. It was the longest time of my life. I think we did a

good job. We tried to get ott there with the Australians and we knew

they would be fast. We did ` good job. I think we did a good job. We

knew from the start we would be thereabouts and it was about riding

the waves a little bit and doing what we could. We did our bdst and

we knew it would be really hard We clung on and did what we cotld. This

swimmer qualified for the fhnals of the backstroke after finishhng

second in his heat. Adam Pe`ty finished fourth in his 200m

breaststroke final. The Scottish winners won gold and silver. There

were wins for the men's and women's hockey team. Nicola White sdaled the

win over Wales. It was nice to get on the scoresheet. It was the first

game of the Commonwealth Gales, it can be nerve`wracking, but we

applied ourselves. Elsewherd, Nick Matthew easily won his openhng game

in the squash, but he is thd opening champion. Here is the weathdr.

The warm weather is set to continue into the weekend. Lots of hot

sunshine tomorrow in the afternoon, but for now, clear skies at the

moment, but like the last fdw nights, we will see low clotds

filling in from the North as we head through the night and we ard likely

to have missed around in pl`ces but it will be muddy with minimtm

temperatures of 16 degrees. Where we have that low cloud, it will be slow

to clear, but eventually, once it does, we will have long bright sunny

spells and a bit of Fairweather proud, but in the sunshine, hot with

a high of 27 degrees. Saturday is the last of the very warm d`ys,

plenty of warm sunshine. If you look at the outlook, it will be cooler

from Sunday. Now is getting too much for many people.

By Sunday, the temp will be cooler than today. Tonight, another warm

and comfortable night for sleeping.