28/03/2017 East Midlands Today

story: Scotland has asked for a new Scottish independence referendum,

One in 20 hospital nurses are from the EU, fears many may quit before

the negotiations are finished. We need ?12 billion as a one-off catch

up to but all roads right in the UK. I could eat ten years. Plus, the

second chance saloon, the unlogged hotel to be reopened and run by

recovering addicts. Without places I curse being available, I don't know

where I would be. Still in addiction or dead probably. And we meet the

boy using the power of rap to overcome perhaps.

Good evening and welcome to the programme tonight

First night, and urgent police appealed to find a missing mother

and her two children. Officers are so concerned

for the welfare of 42-year-old Samantha Baldwin that they've been

holding a news conference. Our reporter Jo Healey has just left

the police briefing. Well, make no mistake,

this search is a priority for Nottinghamshire Police,

they've just been briefing They've released a picture

of Samantha Baldwin, who's 42, and her two children -

Lewis Madge, who's nine and his six-year-old

younger brother, Dylan. It's believed the three

are missing together. Now the family are from Newark,

but have connections to both Lincolnshire

and Manchester and it's possible they may have travelled

there after they were last seen. What can you tell us from the police

conference about the search? I can tell you they are taking

this very seriously. They have a dedicated team of three

detective sergeants and 11 detective constables who are working

round the clock. They also have search teams working

in a targetted way based on information gathered

by the investigation team. They have conducted searches

of properties and talked Samantha was last seen

near Nottingham City Centre yesterday and the police have been

carrying out CCTV analysis They're also sharing reports

with police in Lincolnshire and Manchester who are assisting

with the search. They told me: "We have two

little boys and a mother and we want to find them safe and,

well, that's our priority." We will keep you updated on the

latest as we find out. Thank you very much.

So, the Government's told us Brexit means Brexit.

But what does that mean for hundreds of doctors and nurses from other EU

countries in the East Midlands propping up the NHS?

As the Government prepares to invoke Article 50,

Britain's formal notice to leave the EU, there are still no

guarantees over the right of medical staff from other EU countries

And there are fears that uncertainty may see many quit the NHS.

In Nottingham, the hospitals have a good record

of hanging onto foreign nurses, but for how much longer?

Our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports

I moved to England two years ago and I moved

I do love Nottingham and I would like to stay here.

She's holding off buying a house in Nottingham because of the

We are going to wait and see what that

is going to bring us, but obviously, it's a different country now

At a time when the NHS is short of thousands of

nurses, most patients seem to appreciate the contribution of

The nurse I have, Chiara, she can't do enough for you.

But Chiara says a small minority of patients aren't so

It's bad to say, but you feel like you're different from what

Nurses and midwives from other European Union

countries number 215 at Nottingham's two main hospitals.

But there are still no guarantees about their

right to remain in the UK after Brexit.

It's uncertainty, because people just don't know what's going

So, they are quite anxious and we are reassuring them.

We are sending lots of messages out to our nurses that they are valuable

It's important that they don't make a

knee jerk reaction and decide to leave us.

I came over from the Netherlands about 20 years ago.

I trained and qualified as a nurse of their

and I've been working in

Marijke's settled and married with children in Nottingham.

She has a Dutch passport and doesn't want to have to give that up.

If it gets harder to stay here, or if people

are forced into becoming British citizens when they don't really want

to, I think they might well choose not to stay here.

Marijke plans to stay, but if this uncertainty drags on,

What is the Government's position on all of this?

Theresa May said she wanted to keep EU citizens living in the UK but she

wanted to secure the rights of British nationals to remain in other

European countries. For example, someone from Derby living in Spain.

She said that many European Union countries favoured such an

agreement, but stressed that one or two did not. These Brexit talks in

that respect could be tricky. These Brexit talks in that

respect could be tricky. Keeping overseas nurses is one

thing, what about the impact on attracting them here

in the first place? The NHS is in desperate

need of more, isn't it? There is some evidence to say that

it is getting harder. Here at the Nottingham Queen 's medical Centre,

they're looking further appealed to the Philippines to recruit. The

Royal College of Nursing has done some research. Here is. It shows

that back in 2015, they had 800 nurses from other EU countries

registering every month. Following last June was Mike Brexit vote,

though, that was down to 200 a month. We have spoken to one of

their leaders in the East Midlands, he told us there are still concerned

that the lack of clarity when it comes to EU workers from other

European countries in the NHS. The impact that this have will mean

that the large number of nursing vacancies that we know

we have will not be filled We haven't trained

enough nurses from the UK, so there will be

a significant deficit. And I think what needs

to happen is that the Government reassures nurses

that they are needed, that the NHS wants overseas nurses

and that there is a I can tell you, for now, we are

still in the EU of course. There is a European Union flag not far from

the flying alongside the NHS one. But there is no doubting the

political earthquake of last year's Brexit vote and the concerns I have

heard about today here at Nottingham's hospitals really are

all part I think of the after-shock. Lets leave it there for now, thank

Lets leave it there for now, thank you very much.

And tomorrow, we'll have local reaction to the triggering

of Article 50, as well as a special Facebook live discussion for you.

Our region's roads are in the spotlight today, as new figures

reveal one in six in England and Wales will need repairing over

Across the East Midlands, nearly 150,000

pot holes were filled in during the first two

That's according to the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance

That survey was produced by the Asphalt Industry Alliance.

They say a huge amount of investment is needed to improve the network

with some roads in such dire need they may face closure.

Patching up a pothole this morning. This is one of hundreds of repairs

in Leicester every month. It is one of the biggest transport modems for

the public. It's dreadful. I've had more flat tyres anew last six months

then I've had in 37 years of driving. Is not my and is quickly

nightmare. People are driving over them, all the stones are coming out

and damaging cars. Across the East Midlands, nearly 150,000 potholes

were filled in during the first two months of this year. But up and down

the region, as quickly as they are filled in, war appear as our roads

take a battering from the weather. Year we are on a busy street in

Nottingham. There are several potholes, a very high stress turning

a location, there is some underground movement and impact from

utilities wedding have cut into the pavement to carry out necessary

work. The minute water gets undeleted pavement, it will have an

impact on the carriageway and wheat to potholes. Brian's firm has today

released figures from local authorities showing one in six roads

across England and Wales is in such a bad state it will need repairing

within the next five years. The AIA says a huge amount of investment is

needed to improve the network. Our roads are in decline. We are saying

we need ?12 billion as a one-off catch up. That is to actually put

all those rate in the UK. That could take ten years. The Government is

planning to pump in ?1.2 billion for repairs and maintenance. Back in

Leicester comedy are trying to focus not on patching up, but on

preventing. All roads will need maintenance, it's about how you use

the money that has been provided to make sure that we pitted the best

use, spend it wisely, get those treatment programmes going forward.

Slowly and surely you can certainly be given some turn it around. More

money will always help, though. Despite the Government's investment

and growth this year, with councils under continuing financial pressure,

many fear our local roads are only going to get worse. Adie Harris, BBC

East Midlands today, Leicester. It's Geeta and Maurice

with you tonight. A look at the work underway

to reopen a derelict hotel There are holes in ceilings, there's

junk everywhere, but it's going to be worth it and nothing worth

it is ever easy, I don't think. The agency which recruits staff

for the Sports Direct warehouse at Shirebrook in Derbyshire has told

Parliament they have made their contracts for workers

easier to understand. Transline were called to give

evidence to the Business Select Committee, which is investigating

new working practices and concerns about the treatment

of low paid agency staff. Our political editor

Tony Roe is at Westminster What are the concerns

the committee heard today? The committee were told to never

underestimate the fear factor of being on a zero-hours contract.

There are 1.6 million people in their mind to our own agency

contracts, that's about 6% of the working population. Castor minds

back to a BBC East Midlands programme, inside out, they did a

story on Sports Direct in Shire Brooke. They were shown to be paying

people below the minimum wage, when you take into account the time it

took to go in and out research at the start of every day. Sports

Direct Have Made Changes In The Select Committee Began

Investigating. They refined the security checks and they know

normally have the six strikes and you're out system. Steve Turner from

United told the committee that changes have been made, but not far

changes have been made, but not far enough.

Where Sports Direct were directly responsible and where

it was in the public glare, they taking action.

Where it not in the public glare, or where they were not responsible,

though we claim them to be responsible as the client,

Criminal, dodgy and compliant with the three categories read at the

agency as been the types of agencies are. Translating who supply staff to

Sports Direct say they are compliant and are doing best to make things

We want to be seen out there as a compliant agency.

We had a big, red flashing light over us and, you

A lot of the things were being done, but we weren't publicising them

before and, so, you know, we've had a big shift in our thought

processes and thinking, "Right, actually, we need to be

The enquiry by the select committee goes on, remember, that having

agency staff can be a good thing for businesses. It gives them that

flexibility to cope with falling and rising demand. But the unions, they

are concerned about workers welfare and what they want more than

anything is accessed agency workers so they can help them. Tony, thank

People affected by a burst water main in Derbym which damaged

properties, say they're preparing to claim compensation.

The incident led to a nine-day road closure

in Chester Green and with some residents having to be moved

This morning, the work to repair the road was completed

and our reporter Navtej Johal joins us live from there this evening.

The deepening. It was nine days ago in the early hours of this morning

that a water main burst just behind me next to the roundabout. It sent a

jet of water flying through the air, causing damage to properties,

smashing windows. It also led to the road being closed due to flooding

and thousands of people had their water supplies affected. This

morning, after nine days of it being closed, it was finally reopened any

works were completed. You can still smell the freshly laid tarmac behind

us. Potter turning now to compensation. One business owner I

spoke to says he has lost out on tens of thousands of pounds of

earnings due to the roads being closed. Another place affected was

the church Danny Willett. Its head Deacon joins me now. What did you

see when you're writing about mining's when I arrived here at

about 9:45am on Sunday morning, the pavement directly in front of the

worst completely flooded. Part of the road was completely flooded,

there was debris everywhere and the forecourt of the church was flooded

as well. What will you be doing in terms of compensation? We have at

the carpets cleaned in the church. We are in the process of getting a

quotation for potential replacement of the carpets. Thank you we have

spoken to Severn Trent Water users they will pay compensation to any

business that can show it has been affected by the work.

A drug rehab charity is setting up a boutique hotel and a farm

shop that'll be run by recovering addicts.

It's part of a new treatment and training centre,

that's going to be opened at Six Hills in Leicestershire.

The Carpenter's Arms has just moved into the disused hotel

that you may have seen if you use the A46.

It wants to run several businesses there.

It'll double the size of the charity's existing rehab

And our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jeremy Ball,

has been given exclusive access to look around.

If you just go into any of these rooms here,

there are electrics that

need re-doing, there's plumbing that needs re-doing doing,

and the best part about you guys seeing all of this

The first look at their new home, a new lease of life

for a crumbling hotel and for its brand-new residence.

for a crumbling hotel and for its brand-new residents.

It's been designed for up to 30 recovering

addicts, to take them from homelessness right through to the

Ricky has already spent five months being treated for

addiction to heroin and crack cocaine.

A lot of lives are going to be changed by this place.

I lost my family, lost all my friends.

You know, I knew I needed to make that change.

It used to be really tough, you know out

there on the streets, alone, you know.

I was stealing to fund my habit and it's nice to wake up feeling

It needs a lot of work, but there are plenty of

There's holes in ceilings, there's junk

everywhere, but it's going to be worth it.

The Carpenter's Arms started its rehab service in this

It's a Christian charity that puts recovering addict through challenges

Richard's drug habit took him from a banking career to a

prison cell, but three years on, his recovery has been so successful

Without places like this being available, I don't know where I

So, yeah, places like this are needed all over, across the

The boutique hotel is going to be upstairs here

What makes this rehab centre so unusual

is that it will be open to the public.

This is where they are planning a farm shop with a

restaurant and up to eight boutique hotel rooms to raise money from

customers and to train their residence for jobs.

When the members of the public come here, they won't

know which members of staff are residents of ours and which are

Don't you think it might put some customers

off, though, knowing that the people serving them are recovering drug

Because these are people who want to change

As you can see, the Hotel is right next to the busy A46

so an easy drive for customers from Leicester or Nottingham and

just look at the size of this complex.

But that prompted planning concerns from some people in villages nearby.

They are worried it might bring drugs or crime to the area.

You're welcome to come and visit the project,

speak to anybody you like, go anywhere you like and speak to

We find that when people come along and meet the guys in the

programme they realise what lovely people they are.

And they will be mucking in, as the Six Hills Centre

It's all expected to cost around ?1 million and they are hoping their

first businesses can open by the end of this year.

Jeremy Ball, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicestershire.

Inspiring stuff. And that is the team. You have an inspiring guy

starting the sport. We have. First we start with cricket,

because one of the sports longest serving players has

announced his retirement. Chris Read, who's the captain

of Nottinghamshire, will leave the county at the end

of this season. It was 20 years

ago that the young Read He's widely regarded

as one of the best wicket And many believe he should

have played many more The 38-year-old is to become

the Director of Cricket Great archive here of a great

servant to cricket. Onto football and at Derby County,

hopes of making the Championship play-offs are still alive,

according to manager Gary Rowett. The former Birmingham

City boss has been in charge for just one game so far,

the 2-2 draw against Forest. And despite being nine

points off the play-offs, with eight games to go,

he says the Rams can still make it. Look, you know, you shouldn't be

in that dressing room if you don't And we would do

the same if it was the start of the season, we wouldn't

perhaps look at the end goal. You know, you wouldn't

start a season saying, you know, "Promotion

is there," and talk about it a lot. We try to break that

down into small chunks and say, "How can we achieve

this chunk first?" And then, bit by bit,

you get to the end goal. Tennis and Nottingham based

Dan Evans has been selected as one of the singles players

for the Davis Cup team. He'll play in the quarter finals

after it was announced Andy Murray Evans, who is Britain's

number two, will take on the French on the

indoor clay next week. Now take Britain's

best squash player, and a brand new all glass court,

and you've got something Tonight, Nottingham take on Bristol

as the Premier League Squash At a venue that's

looking spectacular - Yes, it's an all glass court.

Spectators on three sides and is part of the ?40 million sports

Village near the University of the offing. Starring for Nottingham

tonight is Nick Matthews, someone who has won everything in the world

of squash. He has been world champion, world number one, will be

evil. He was world runner-up at 36 at Wimbledon. I spoke to him. There

is only so many of these glass court that are permanently structured

around the world. We play our major tournaments on these, seeking get

the seating and if you 360 degrees all the way around. They are in

iconic venues like the pyramids, Grand Central Station in New York,

but they are temporary. To have one permanently that replicates the

tour, the app this year is great. -- atmosphere. Anyone who has played

squash before and played on a glass quote, it is completely different.

You play with a white ball instead of the black one. It can be a bit

daunting at first. You have to adjust your game and tactics. You

can make you feel a bit like a fish out of water. At 36, what difference

does make playing this brutal game? Busted back it is brutal. Anyone who

has played it grows up, you should come down and see it on Sunday. It

takes a little bit longer to recover from what they are used to. I'm half

asleep here at the finals. I need to get myself going ahead of a tough

match tonight. It's when you get close to it that easy the speed and

power of the world's best. Nick Matthew is one of the five games

tonight. Nottingham Trent get the semifinals of the national

competition. Fantastic. We have one of those in Nottingham. Fantastic.

A 12-year-old rapper from Nottingham featured in his own documentary

Traemondo began writing music in 2014 after he was diagnosed

with ulcerative colitis - a condition that affects his bowels.

Trae was just nine-years-old when he found out he had

It became a life changing diagnosis for both him and his family.

It was the first time I had actually cried

Literally, you know what I mean, tears came.

My dad was worried that I wasn't, like, telling him what was

He told me to just write on paper and music came from there.

And I laid my first track, called Life Is So Hard.

Then I just started doing loads of tracks and never stopped.

He says the music has made him more confident

He's created his own merchandise and hopes to turn it

He's recently gone on to secondary school.

The teachers all know about Traemondo and who he is.

I want to, like, be able to be free and go

And make sure my family don't have to just stay in

Nottingham, because the weather is just horrendous.

Giles Taylor, BBC East Midlands Today, Nottingham.

It was certainly feeling horrendous a few got stuck in a shower, a bit

of a mixed bag as we moved through the day today, but we saw the blue

skies around. Thank you to our weather watcher for this photo.

Tomorrow it will be a fairly great start the day, but potential for it

to Brighton up, particularly to the south and east. Here is the bigger

picture. This low pressure sitting out across the Atlantic. Sending in

some weather fans as we move through the next couple of unsettled

picture. What does that mean in the East Midlands? A few heavy showers

to look out for through this evening. Into the night, a band of

rain coming up from the south-west. That will be weather through the

first part of the night, then it looks like it will become

increasingly dry, fairly cloudy and mild. Overnight lows of nine, 10

Celsius. Potential for a hail fog. A bit of a grey and mild started the

day. We could see some outbreak of rain and drizzle as we move through

the morning, turning increasingly bred through the afternoon,

particularly the further south and east. Dembach is not doing too

badly. A maximum of 15 Celsius. That is with the breeze coming from the

south-west. Into Thursday and a fairly similar story. Rain in the

North West, exactly where it will sit there is uncertainty. A few

catch any sunshine, not feeling too bad. Maximums of 17 Celsius. As we

move into Friday, be cold front will introduce some fresh air and some

rain. A dozen things will turn a bit cooler by the time we get to the

weekend. A real mixed bag as we move through this week. Starting to see

the template is falling away. Thanks, Lucy. The latest on the

search for Samantha Baldwin and her sons in our late bulletin. Other

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