:00:11. > :00:12.And now the news for the East Midlands.
:00:13. > :00:17.First tonight, the Oscar nolinated actress Samantha Morton has claimed
:00:18. > :00:20.she was sexually abused as a child in Nottingham care homes.
:00:21. > :00:22.She's told the Guardian newspaper that when she
:00:23. > :00:27.Emily Anderson has been looking into the allegations and joins md now.
:00:28. > :00:40.They claim dates back to thd early 1990s. She has told the Guardian she
:00:41. > :00:44.was sexually abused by membdrs of staff at the Red Tiles home in
:00:45. > :00:48.Bulwell. She says she knows about those that were abuse and at the
:00:49. > :00:55.time the abuse was widespre`d. What have the police said IS thex are
:00:56. > :00:58.carrying out an historic chhld abuse investigation going back several
:00:59. > :01:03.decades. The authority have told us it has no records of Ms Morton ever
:01:04. > :01:08.making a complaint to the police force. It was a few years b`ck that
:01:09. > :01:13.she spoke out at a rally ag`inst council cuts in Nottingham. She was
:01:14. > :01:17.calling to keep children's homes open. Nottinghamshire Countx Council
:01:18. > :01:21.says the abuse of vulnerabld children in any decade is abhorrent
:01:22. > :01:26.and it welcomes people like Samantha speaking out. It hopes to speak with
:01:27. > :01:29.her and takes all allegations of abuse extremely seriously. The
:01:30. > :01:34.authority adds that in the decades since she was in care, therd have
:01:35. > :01:39.been significant changes, both locally and nationally, in the way
:01:40. > :01:44.children's homes are regulated. And the allegations about ongoing
:01:45. > :01:50.claims? We have been reporthng on these for several months and it was
:01:51. > :01:53.only yesterday that we excltsively revealed these allegations hnto
:01:54. > :01:54.historic child abuse had bedn extended to nine care homes and
:01:55. > :01:58.units in the East Midlands. Fire fighters are dealing whth a
:01:59. > :02:00.major fire in Nottingham tonight. It broke out on the Univershty of
:02:01. > :02:03.Nottingham Jubilee Campus. Construction on the new
:02:04. > :02:04.GlaxoSmithKline building Nottinghamshire Fire Servicd is
:02:05. > :02:11.using 10 engines to fight the fire. The Independent Police Complaints
:02:12. > :02:14.Commission is to investigatd Leicestershire Police over
:02:15. > :02:16.its contact with Christopher Penman prior to his murder earlier
:02:17. > :02:19.this year. His body was found at a house
:02:20. > :02:23.in Beaumont Leys in Februarx. In the days before his death,
:02:24. > :02:25.Mr Penman, who was deaf, made reports of harassment against Awat
:02:26. > :02:29.Akram to Leicestershire Polhce. Today, Akram was found guilty
:02:30. > :02:34.of murdering Mr Penman. Tributes have been paid to
:02:35. > :02:36.a young student, killed when a Malaysian airliner came down over
:02:37. > :02:40.Eastern Ukraine earlier this year. Friends were speaking
:02:41. > :02:42.at the funeral of Richard M`yne Our Chief News Reporter,
:02:43. > :02:46.Quentin Rayner, was there. The private funeral was held at
:02:47. > :02:49.St Anne's Parish Church, just a stone's throw from the
:02:50. > :02:52.Maynes' family home in Leicdster. Richard was studying maths
:02:53. > :02:55.and finance at Leeds University and was on his way to begin
:02:56. > :02:59.a year`long placement in Australia. He was among almost 300 people who
:03:00. > :03:03.were killed when it is thought MH17 was shot down over Eastern Tkraine
:03:04. > :03:07.in July. Richard had been a diabetic
:03:08. > :03:11.since he was a boy and becale a volunteer for Camp Charnwood, which
:03:12. > :03:14.helps people manage the condition. friends from the charity pahd
:03:15. > :03:18.tribute. He would have done anything
:03:19. > :03:20.for anybody. It's such
:03:21. > :03:25.a sad thing that has happendd. And then,
:03:26. > :03:26.there are so many stories you remember that just make you
:03:27. > :03:28.smile. I think it is
:03:29. > :03:31.a wonderful gesture and I think it does reflect Richard's real
:03:32. > :03:35.involvement with our local group, his gratitude to the group, it
:03:36. > :03:40.helped him a lot when he was young. but his zest for life will never be
:03:41. > :03:50.forgotten. With Scotland about to vote
:03:51. > :03:51.on independence, there are calls tonight
:03:52. > :03:54.for more powers to be devolved from Councils in
:03:55. > :03:58.the East Midlands want more control Marching into Derbyshire in 174 ,
:03:59. > :04:06.even Bonnie Prince Charlie wanted a unified United Kingdom,
:04:07. > :04:11.albeit under a Stuart monarch. 260 years later, Scotland is
:04:12. > :04:13.deciding The English Democrats, meethng
:04:14. > :04:18.in Leicester this weekend, support Scottish independence, and
:04:19. > :04:21.ideally, Welsh, Northern Irish and English
:04:22. > :04:25.devolution as well. We have to have much more sdnsible,
:04:26. > :04:28.universal system of federalhsm, if we are going to go down
:04:29. > :04:31.this route. Do you propose an
:04:32. > :04:32.English Parliament, or should there be a region`l
:04:33. > :04:35.assembly? they are without any mandatd,
:04:36. > :04:41.democratically. Well, they are not looking
:04:42. > :04:43.for regional powers. Ten councils in Derbyshire `
:04:44. > :04:46.counties, cities, districts and boroughs ` are hoping to become
:04:47. > :04:50.the first non`city council group in Britain to persuade the Govdrnment
:04:51. > :04:53.to let them spend directly on things like major road projects,
:04:54. > :04:57.job creation, rather than People are looking at Scotl`nd and
:04:58. > :05:02.thinking if that is good enough for If the Government devolved what is
:05:03. > :05:08.currently spent by the Civil Service in Westminster,
:05:09. > :05:11.we could spend it better locally. Nottingham could become a rdgional
:05:12. > :05:14.centre under decentralisation plans But one academic says that could
:05:15. > :05:20.have consequences The core cities idea is to build
:05:21. > :05:25.super cities, that effectively dominate
:05:26. > :05:29.the landscape around them. Nottingham seems to be one
:05:30. > :05:31.of those cities Places like Derby and Derbyshire
:05:32. > :05:37.would be significantly affected While the agendas are being laid
:05:38. > :05:41.out now, how councils will benefit in future
:05:42. > :05:44.depends hugely on the result of the Scottish referendum and the
:05:45. > :05:45.outcome of And there'll be more on the question
:05:46. > :05:55.of devolution on the Sunday Politics for the
:05:56. > :06:11.East Midlands. The fastest jobs growth in the
:06:12. > :06:14.country, but wages falling too. My children need something extra so I
:06:15. > :06:20.had to do extra hours at work. And is it time for us to go it `lone? An
:06:21. > :06:23.independent kingdom of the Dast Midlands. Sounds good, doesn't it?
:06:24. > :06:26.Join me on Sunday. That's your news,
:06:27. > :06:28.so it's goodbye from me ` but with your weather now,
:06:29. > :06:38.here's Anna. We have had a pretty decent week for
:06:39. > :06:44.September. Settled conditions are set to continue. High`presstre
:06:45. > :06:48.remaining in charge. It shotld be mostly dry. There will be more in
:06:49. > :06:52.the way of cloud but it will `` there will still be some sunshine. A
:06:53. > :06:56.dry evening, the cloud may become thick enough to produce somd rain,
:06:57. > :07:00.but it should stay dry throtgh the night. A few clearer spells and
:07:01. > :07:05.where we have clear skies, the potential for some mist and fog
:07:06. > :07:11.Temperatures 12 minimum unddr the cloud, but in some rural ardas,
:07:12. > :07:15.temperatures could be down to six Celsius. Quite a cool start for
:07:16. > :07:18.Saturday for some. Mist cle`ring, the cloud should at least through
:07:19. > :07:22.the morning to get some bright spells. We should eventuallx see
:07:23. > :07:27.some sunny spells in the afternoon but always a good deal of cloud
:07:28. > :07:29.Temperatures 19 Celsius. I will leave you with the outlook for the
:07:30. > :07:32.next few days, mid-next week. I will leave you with
:07:33. > :07:41.an outlook now for the next few days.
:07:42. > :07:48.We are in good shape. Most will stay dry. Hopefully you will see good
:07:49. > :07:52.spells of sunshine. It will be breezy as we go through southern
:07:53. > :07:58.areas. But not much, if any rain. Spare a thought for friends across
:07:59. > :08:01.south-Eastern Europe. We have had torrential downpours over Italy into
:08:02. > :08:02.the Balkans, parts