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Tonight, two brothers are jailed for exploiting | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
They trafficked 18 vulnerable men from Poland and treated them | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
Plus, the vet who's demanding action after more | :00:15. | :00:23. | |
horses are found dead, dumped in a field. | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
Also tonight: A guarded welcome here for the PM's post | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
We have slight concerns it pushes to technology and not manufacturing. | :00:29. | :00:40. | |
The company were very pro-Brexit and we feel it will eventually | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
And do you have what it takes to be a lock keeper? | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
Find out why there's a big push for more volunteers. | :00:50. | :01:03. | |
Good evening and welcome to another week on East Midlands Today, | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
with Anne Davies and me, Dominic Heale. | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
First tonight: Two Polish brothers have been jailed for exploiting | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
Nottingham Crown Court was told that Sports Direct unwittingly | :01:14. | :01:20. | |
employed "modern slaves" at its warehouse in Shirebrook. | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball, has been | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
They destroyed people's lives, according to the judge | :01:26. | :01:35. | |
18 men in all were trafficked over from Poland. | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
They were recruited because they were vulnerable - easy to control. | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
And they were lured here to work on false promises. | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
Tonight, Erwin and Krystian Markowski are | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
beginning six year prison sentences, after they admitted | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
"exploiting" those workers under the Modern Slavery Act. | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
We heard they sent the men to work at Sports Direct, | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
But they kept most of the wages those workers | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
And over a year, they effectively stole at least ?35,000. | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
Essentially through threats and violence. | :02:14. | :02:23. | |
When one man complained, he was beaten up and made homeless. | :02:24. | :02:32. | |
We heard about filthy living conditions, and we also heard how | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
they controlled the men's bank accounts, and withdrew their wages | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
Tonight Nottinghamshire's Police Commissioner told us he's horrified. | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
These men were abused, other people have been abused. | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
They've been held as victims, kept as slaves and treated terribly. | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
I hope this message sends out a strong message that | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
Nottinghamshire Police and the courts aren't | :02:59. | :02:59. | |
It ended when one of the victims walked into a police station, | :03:00. | :03:14. | |
and said he was one of 11 men sharing a house in Nottingham. | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
He said they were being controlled and living in fear. | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
We have had a statement from Sports Direct. | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
It sends a clear message this won't be tolerated. | :03:37. | :03:48. | |
Next, both the RSPCA and a local vet | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
are demanding action to stop what they call the 'crisis' | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
In the latest case on Saturday, a mare was tied up and left for dead | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
overnight in the frost, suffering 'horrific' injuries. | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
Now animal charities want to know why the law to get | :04:00. | :04:01. | |
horses microchipped, so their owners can be traced, isn't | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
The actions of these people - it's a hideous crime. | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
Two months ago, a young horse was dumped with rubbish | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
That was still alive the following morning, | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
On a scale of 1-10 I think that's a ten for suffering. | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
Two weeks ago, a grey mare, thought to have been in labour, | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
And now this - on Wednesday evening, a mare, her foal and another young | :04:26. | :04:36. | |
horse were found dead in a field near here in Derbyshire. | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
What do you want to see done about this? | :04:40. | :04:41. | |
I'd like Trading Standards to enforce the law out there. | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
Microchipping horses under passport regulations. | :04:45. | :04:57. | |
Once these guys are chipped, they are a traceable commodity. | :04:58. | :04:59. | |
So when they get dumped by the side of the road, wherever, | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
there is a traceability of where the horse has come from. | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
It says it's seeing more and more horses dumped because people don't | :05:09. | :05:18. | |
want to pay the cost of disposing of the body properly. | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
It wants the government to take urgent action... | :05:21. | :05:30. | |
So what do Trading Standards, the enforcers, say about that? | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
It's not having the desired effect that was what | :05:36. | :05:51. | |
A grey area, in terms of what the RSPCA and other agencies can do. | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
Meanwhile, another day, another appeal for witnesses. | :05:57. | :06:07. | |
A horse was dumped on Saturday night in Leicestershire, | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
her back leg tied to railings so she fell and suffered | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
It's time to get tough say campaigners, to end the cruelty. | :06:14. | :06:28. | |
Before we came on air, I spoke to Roly Ouers, | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
who is the Chief Executive of international charity | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
I asked him what was behind this rising problem of dead and dying | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
It's happening because of all sorts of reasons, really. | :06:38. | :06:45. | |
People can't afford to look after their animals, | :06:46. | :06:47. | |
people don't want to look after their animals and it's been | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
relatively easy to get away with, because we have an identification | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
It is growing, we don't have exact numbers but we do think | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
Are there simply too many horses for people | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
We do believe since 2012 we've been warning government, | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
working with other welfare agencies, to say we have an oversupply | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
of poorly bred animals and as a result not enough homes | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
because the quality is simply not there. | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
We know with dogs, owners are asked to have pets microchipped. | :07:20. | :07:31. | |
Every animal since 2009 needs a microchip. | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
We are saying to government, because horses can live for 20, | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
30 years, we need to change that and make that all animals over | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
the course of the year to be microchipped. | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
And we need much better enforcement of the identification system - | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
part of that is having a central database, which the government | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
But unless local authorities take seriously and are able, | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
through fixed penalty notices, to enforce regulations, | :07:55. | :07:56. | |
then we are not going to get out of this problem any time soon. | :07:57. | :08:04. | |
A man is recovering in hospital after he was seriously injured | :08:05. | :08:17. | |
in a hit and run collision in a Leicestershire | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
It happened on this stretch of Kirkby Road in Barwell. | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
The silver car was later found burnt out on a farm | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
Two cars were also damaged in the collision. | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous | :08:35. | :08:37. | |
bodily harm and drink-driving and has been bailed | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
Tributes are being paid to a young cyclist from Derbyshire | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
15-year-old Charlie Craig was a rider at apprentice level | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
with the GB Cycling Team's Rider Route. | :08:47. | :08:48. | |
Cycling Weekly is reporting Charlie's father as saying | :08:49. | :08:50. | |
the family's world has "fallen apart". | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
British Cycling's programmes director Andy Harrison said | :08:55. | :08:56. | |
the organisation was "devastated by the news". | :08:57. | :08:58. | |
It's not yet known what caused the teenager's death. | :08:59. | :09:08. | |
Still to come this evening: The perfect job for those who enjoy | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
The hunt's on to find more volunteers to act as lock keepers | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
Number Ten's come up with a ten point plan to shape | :09:19. | :09:31. | |
Britain's industrial strategy and the post-Brexit economy. | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
It wants to back business by assuming a more active role. | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
Sectors the Government wants to encourage include smart energy, | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
It also wants an overhaul of technical education | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
Quentin Rayner has been finding out how the PM's strategy has gone down | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
A1 Flue Systems is the type of medium-sized manufacturer | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
Family run for over 40 years, it employs 140 workers and has | :10:03. | :10:10. | |
As a company, it wanted Brexit and is broadly encouraged | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
We have slight concerns it leans to technology and not manufacturing. | :10:15. | :10:29. | |
The company were very pro-Brexit and we feel it will eventually | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
The company has to do all its own training, | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
It's delighted the government is pledging ?170 million to overhaul | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
technical education, to bridge what's been described | :10:41. | :10:42. | |
We do struggle with skills, and school leavers aren't | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
We can't get everybody straight out of college. | :10:51. | :11:06. | |
After the regional cabinet meeting in the north west, | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
the Education Secretary visited a train making company in Derby. | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
It's currently enjoying healthy order books. | :11:17. | :11:17. | |
She met highly trained apprenticeships. | :11:18. | :11:19. | |
We know Germany produces around three times as many technically | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
skilled people coming into the workforce as the UK. | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
We can plug the gap, we're giving a whole | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
range of young people fantastic, improved education. | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
The biggest business group in the East Midlands | :11:39. | :11:40. | |
Clearly the first indication the PM has listened | :11:41. | :11:49. | |
to what members have asked for - businesses are forefront | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
How does it play out, practically on a local level. | :11:53. | :12:06. | |
Like many other companies, A1 wants business rates reviewed. | :12:07. | :12:18. | |
But it says since the referendum, it's already seeing more | :12:19. | :12:20. | |
A Derbyshire couple who claim their two young sons should never | :12:21. | :12:30. | |
have been taken away eight years ago and adopted say they're seeking | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
Their new lawyer says they may have suffered the most appalling | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
injustice and there could be other families in a similar situation. | :12:38. | :12:40. | |
Back in 2008, the couple - who we've chosen not to name, | :12:41. | :12:48. | |
to protect the children - took their nine-month-old son to | :12:49. | :12:51. | |
They say he had a swelling on his head, and after some | :12:52. | :12:54. | |
confusion were told he had a skull fracture. | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
They asked me, do you know what happened? | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
After a private family court hearing, their baby | :13:05. | :13:12. | |
and their three-year-old son were taken into care | :13:13. | :13:14. | |
The police said there was no criminal case to answer. | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
The mother used her legal right to obtain medical records. | :13:18. | :13:19. | |
One said there was no skull fracture - another | :13:20. | :13:22. | |
I couldn't believe what I was reading. | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
A fissure is a natural variant, a deep grove than a skull fracture. | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
Their new solicitor represented Angela Cannings, whose convictions | :13:40. | :13:42. | |
for murdering two of her babies were overturned in a high profile | :13:43. | :13:44. | |
He finds this case just as concerning. | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
It may be there were never any fractures in the first place. | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
The parents may well have suffered the most appalling injustice. | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Derby County Council aren't commenting but provided us | :14:02. | :14:03. | |
with details of the private court hearing. | :14:04. | :14:05. | |
Due to legal restrictions, we're not allowed to report them. | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
Meanwhile, the mother has now been diagnosed with a genetic condition, | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
Her children could have inherited ehlers-danlos syndrome. | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
Bill Bache knows of other families in similar situations, | :14:21. | :14:22. | |
I believe there are a lot of cases where this connection may be | :14:23. | :14:32. | |
very important to the resolution of what actually happened | :14:33. | :14:34. | |
He believes nothing can be done about the adoption | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
in the short-term, but it may be possible to review the facts | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
in a previous court hearing to help the couple. | :14:46. | :14:55. | |
You can see Sarah's full report on Inside Out this evening. | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
In the depths of winter, it's hard to imagine cruising along | :14:59. | :15:07. | |
But when the seasons change, our waterways become a popular | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
Key to keeping things flowing are the volunteer lock keepers. | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
Now the Canal and River Trusts are appealing for more people | :15:16. | :15:18. | |
Geeta Pendse has been down to the River Trent to see | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
Emerging from the mist, a rare sight at this time of year... | :15:23. | :15:29. | |
But at Gunthorpe in Nottinghamshire, Nick, a volunteer lock keeper, | :15:30. | :15:32. | |
He's one of 100 across the region's waterways. | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
Press those, they come up, the water out, boat to drop. | :15:38. | :15:54. | |
As soon as the water reaches its level, we can open | :15:55. | :15:56. | |
the gates and the boat can go on its way. | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
What made you decide to become a volunteer lock keeper? | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
Open air, meeting people and apart from manning the locks we can | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
These weather conditions in the winter months make it very | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
rare to see a narrow boat through Gunthorpe, but in the summer | :16:18. | :16:19. | |
time, peak season, you can see up to 60 narrow boats over the bank | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
So for any volunteer lock keeper here, it can be a very busy time. | :16:24. | :16:34. | |
Now the Canal and River Trust is appealing for more | :16:35. | :16:37. | |
We want people who are enthusiastic, friendly, who like spending time | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
in the great outdoors, getting involved in practical jobs. | :16:45. | :16:46. | |
Anybody over the age of 18, who has got time they can give regularly. | :16:47. | :16:57. | |
I've lived beside it all my life and I suppose | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
The hours vary, depending on the season, but it's clear that | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
Beautiful! Emerging from the mist with the sport... | :17:05. | :17:28. | |
Coming up, protests at Forest and punishment for Leicester Tigers, | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
but we start with Leicester City, who look like a team in need | :17:32. | :17:34. | |
Their defeat at Southampton was widely regarded | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
as the worst Foxes' performance for quite some time. | :17:38. | :17:39. | |
We're well in 2017 now - and the champions of England | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
This was the result, first James Ward-Prowse and then | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
Jay Rodriguez carrying the hosts to a 2-0 half-time lead. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
I wanted to change the shape of my team, and the two last | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
matches, against Chelsea, I played with three in the back. | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
My players didn't understand my idea very well. | :18:05. | :18:16. | |
It was back to what Leicester knew best in the second half but a team | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
low on confidence would always struggle to fight back. | :18:21. | :18:22. | |
Game sealed with a penalty four minutes from time. | :18:23. | :18:32. | |
Derby County are back on track after two defeats | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
But their win over Reading wasn't without a scare. | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
It was the first goal Derby have conceded at home since September. | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
But Derby pulled themselves out of a stodgy start. | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
It began with a tenth goal of the season for Tom Ince. | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
And then the points seemed secured when Will Hughes pounced | :18:53. | :18:54. | |
Another goal for Reading made it a nervous last 15 minutes. | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
At Nottingham Forest, the search for a new manager | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
Protests off the pitch, and a beauty of a goal on it. | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
After the apparent collapse of the sale of the club, | :19:16. | :19:24. | |
the fans' patience with owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi has finally, | :19:25. | :19:26. | |
And one of the youngest was leading the charge. | :19:27. | :19:29. | |
The whole thing, it has to be said, not welcomed by everyone. | :19:30. | :19:39. | |
We have to put up with what we've got. | :19:40. | :19:41. | |
Until somebody comes along with money, ambition, | :19:42. | :19:43. | |
But most fans seemed to have reached breaking point. | :19:44. | :19:51. | |
Casting a celebrity shadow on the whole affair was former | :19:52. | :19:53. | |
striker Stan Collymore, hoping to pedal some | :19:54. | :19:55. | |
I'm not here today to say Fawaz out, Fawaz in, I'm actually | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
going to have a meeting, go through the doors of the club, | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
Well, there is actually a match to be played this afternoon, | :20:04. | :20:13. | |
The question becomes, how does all this lot going on outside... | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
Affect this lot who have to do it inside. | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
Did you know he had that in his locker? | :20:22. | :20:33. | |
Obviously I know Ben is a good player, bright future, | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
You've got to applaud him just for trying it. | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
Back with the fans, a performance to cheer them up! | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
We've got the points in the bag, and I'm looking forward | :20:49. | :20:51. | |
But the situation continues to distress. | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
So the protests aren't going anywhere? | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
The banners are coming out next week. | :21:00. | :21:09. | |
Meanwhile in League Two, Mansfield Town got an impressive win. | :21:10. | :21:11. | |
Mansfield, in the white, were a goal down at Cambridge | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
within eight minutes - but this debut goal | :21:16. | :21:17. | |
from Shaquile Coulthirst gave them a 3-1 victory. | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
At the other end of the table Notts County, in the pink, | :21:21. | :21:23. | |
Turning to rugby, and the worst performance by the Leicester Tigers | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
They didn't register a point at home for the first time since 1978 | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
and suffered a humiliating 43-0 defeat by Glasgow. | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
300 games as a player, three decades as a commentator, | :21:39. | :21:46. | |
Well I've been commentating for BBC Radio Leicester | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
for the last 30 years, professional era 20 years, | :21:53. | :21:54. | |
and no doubt about it, it's the worst performance I've seen | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
from a Leicester Tigers team in those years. | :21:59. | :22:04. | |
Since the turn of the century, this team have won the European Cup | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
Tigers used to be the Man Utd of rugby. | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
They used to win European Championships, | :22:16. | :22:16. | |
It used to be an annual pilgrimage for the Tigers to go to Twickenham. | :22:17. | :22:29. | |
Glasgow scored at will on Saturday, at a Welford Road ground that | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
It left fans leaving early, venting frustration. | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
Tigers used to bully teams, especially up | :22:38. | :22:39. | |
I think the Tigers are on a crossroads. | :22:40. | :22:54. | |
If they don't get it right I think it could take years to get back | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
They sacked their head coach earlier this month, | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
but Belddyn believes it's deeper than that, with one thing | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
at the top of the list - player recruitment. | :23:06. | :23:07. | |
When they have injuries, there isn't that strength that they need. | :23:08. | :23:21. | |
And finally, injury hit Nottingham Panthers may have brought | :23:22. | :23:23. | |
back the Continental Cup but were able to take just one | :23:24. | :23:25. | |
point from the weekend's two elite league games. | :23:26. | :23:27. | |
Last night they twice took the lead against Fife but the visitors | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
eventually forced the draw and then took the extra point on penalties. | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
In for the semi finals. Thank you. Mixed bulletin! | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
A Second World War veteran has praised a new memorial to airmen | :23:52. | :23:54. | |
who suffered disfiguring injuries in the conflict - describing it | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
Sandy Saunders, who was badly burned in a crash in 1945, | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
is a member of the Guinea Pig Club, so called because its members agreed | :24:01. | :24:03. | |
to undergo surgery that had never been tried before. | :24:04. | :24:05. | |
His story is told on Inside Out tonight. | :24:06. | :25:17. | |
And you can see the full story on Inside Out at 7:30 | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
That short film is on our Leicester online news page. | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
Watch it again! Sunny shots in that. But none today? | :25:32. | :25:46. | |
A few! But for most, grey. Take some extra care on the roads. We saw a | :25:47. | :26:07. | |
hint of brightness. But lots of mist and fog. And it is going to stay | :26:08. | :26:16. | |
with us. Still the chance for some brightness tomorrow. High-pressure | :26:17. | :26:26. | |
in charge. But changes in the air, squeezing together so we are | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
expecting things to the breezier. Looking at the detail across | :26:33. | :26:41. | |
tonight, it is looking damp. -2. And particularly at the early hours, fog | :26:42. | :26:49. | |
patches thickening up. We have lots of fog. Ice scrapers at the ready! | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
But later, expecting some sunny spells. Do not be surprised if we | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
continue to hang onto some of that fog. Five the high. Looking to | :27:05. | :27:12. | |
Wednesday, it is going to be more of the same. Highs of five. But | :27:13. | :27:20. | |
Wednesday, Thursday, it is going to be getting chillier. Whatever you | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
are doing over the next few days, make sure that you wrap up. I think | :27:26. | :27:33. | |
you should also have some fog lights on your head! Bad news for Tigers! | :27:34. | :27:43. | |
If anybody can do it, they can. We will be back | :27:44. | :27:53. | |
To break someone physically... Agh! ..is not a problem. | :27:54. | :27:57. | |
Nectar of the gods, I'm telling you. Thank you, Colonel. | :27:58. | :28:09. | |
He's definitely battling some demons. | :28:10. | :28:11. | |
If they have a fear of water, God help them. | :28:12. | :28:14. | |
Tom Jones, obviously. Winston Churchill. | :28:15. | :28:36. |