04/04/2017 East Midlands Today

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Tonight, 'We need to know you're safe'.

Police make a direct appeal to a woman who's missing

Samantha Baldwin is wanted on suspicion of abducting six-year-old

Dylan and his nine-year-old brother Lewis. I'm sure people you know and

the boys will be worried and wants to hear from you. Sam, if you hear

this message please contact us urgently. Also tonight up for the

fight, Jeremy Corbyn in Nottinghamshire could kick-start

Labour's local election campaign. What's all the way from America have

a dream came true for the young foxes fan with cancer. It is

amazing, I have always wanted to come here and I'm so happy to

finally be here. I am struck that I get to be here. And the road sign

blunder signalling confusion in a Nottingham street. I don't

understand how they have taken one sign away and put a completely new

sign up with a different name on it. Welcome to Tuesday's

programme with Dominic Heale First tonight - a direct appeal

from one mother to another. A senior police officer today urged

a woman missing with her two young Samantha Baldwin disappeared

with the boys over a week ago. The case is being

treated as abduction. Today a Chief Superindendent told

Miss Baldwin they have children the same age and she urgently needed

to speak to her. There HAVE been potential

sightings of the family - These CCTV images from last Monday

in Nottingham are the last sightings of Samantha Baldwin and her six and

manual sons Dylan and Louis. Today in this appeal from the police. Sam

we need to speak to you directly. I know that this is a very difficult

time for you. I cannot imagine what you're going through and what you

are thinking at this time. As a mother of a child of a similar age I

cannot begin to imagine what is happening in your mind. I can only

empathise with you. We desperately need to know that the boys are safe,

that they are in good health and where they are. Eight days ago a

family court ruled that some of that pose a risk of harm to the boys,

they were removed from her care and named wards of the court. 100

officers are working on the abduction case. The investigation

team is sifting through exhibits and CCTV images. No fresh sightings have

been captured on camera anywhere in the UK for over a week. Officers

continued to search out request CCTV in new work and focus enquiries

around Manchester and Lincolnshire. Police had this message for anyone

who may be harbouring the mother and her sons. I would appeal to them

particularly if they are mothers, families with children, to do the

right thing. These children will be unsure about what is happening to

them. I know they are with their mother but this is for the long-term

care of the children in the safety of Sam as well. The police in the

fight -- your primary concern remains the safety of the boys and

their mother and the urge the public to remain vigilant and a reassuring

Samantha Baldwin that her side of the story will be listened to.

This is the fourth news conference Nottinghamshire Police has arranged

in the past eight days, and a different approach.

Yes indeed, a different approach and location and a different face. It

was led by Chief Superintendent Helen Chambers as you saw there and

she herself as a nine-year-old daughter who is the same age as

Louis, one of the missing boys and that seems to have prompted her to

have wanted to connect and empathise with some other Baldwin mother to

mother. I have not seen this before from a senior investigating officer

making this approach during an investigation like this all I asked

why she has adopted it. It is important we think about the

psychological aspects of this enquiry and how an individual may be

feeling. As part of the enquiry we take advice from a number of experts

and this is a particular line of enquiry we are taking and I really

feel strongly about it that I want to appeal to have the mother because

a mother will know how it feels to protect the children and I'm sure

deep down she will do the right thing and contact us and let us know

she is safe and the sea. Do you do anything more about the

day they disappeared? We found out on March 27 it appears

Samantha Baldwin left the family court before all the proceedings had

been finalised, which removed her, removed the boys from her care and

made them wards of court. Police say there is now evidence to say this

was a preplanned event to take them away.

Still to come this evening - a buoyant outlook

A new survey shows the weaker pound HAS boosted sales,

Labour chose the East Midlands to open its local government

In a speech in Newark the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

called next month's vote a chance to send a message to the Tories

But while Mr Corbyn was rallying his troops,

many people say these County Council elections will be seen

From Newark our Political editor Tony Roe reports.

During the English Civil War, Newark was besieged by Parliamentary

Today it was the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and members of

his Shadow Cabinet, but nobody was talking about civil war.

Front row seats ready for the Shadow Cabinet,

united in this fight for

In normal times the East Midlands is the battle ground

you would expect Labour to do well in.

Labour-controlled Derbyshire and runs Nottinghamshire without an open

majority, so the reader is keen to use them to illustrate the new

mantra that Labour is standing up for you.

Just west of here is Derbyshire, the Labour council will

the right service has helped local people claim ?18 million in

Use your vote for Labour on May the 4th.

You have chosen Newark to launch the campaign today, there

is not a single Labour county council in Newark.

Is that a final optimism despite the polls and

Corbyn wanted to talk about issues, not polls and predictions.

He said voting Labour was the best way of

We want to guarantee market access to

Europe, guarantee jobs on leaving the European Union and that in turn

guarantees the funding for public services.

You want to guarantee your job, don't you?

I am very happy with my job and I enjoy it.

Losing power in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

would be bleak for Labour and make the leaders job even harder than it

So there will be a few eyes on how the East Midlands

In the East Midlands especially because Labour only run three county

councils in the country, two of them are in the East Midlands and the

polls for Labour nationally are terrible. They are showing at the

moment they're heading to the worst local election defeat since 1982 and

it is fair to say Jeremy Corbyn was rattled in some media interviews

today because all people wanted to talk about the opinion polls and not

Labour's policies in the selection. Two Nottingham men have been jailed

for seven years each for drugs Police found more than seventeen

thousand pounds worth of drugs at Cameron Green's home in Bestwood,

as well as a loaded shotgun They also searched Christopher

Ashbury's house in Sherwood where they found evidence that he'd

brought deactivated Both men pleaded

guilty to the charges. The procession route has been

announced for the Queen's visit On Thursday morning she'll enter

the city centre at Humberstone Gate and will go past the Clocktower,

before travelling up Her Majesty will then attend

a Royal Maunday service Thousands of spectators

are expected to turn out. Next tonight, business leaders have

painted a bouyant picture of the current state

of the East Midlands economy. In the first major survey of local

firms since Theresa May signed Article 50, the region's Chamber

of Commerce, says half our manufacturing

businesses have increased In the same three-month period,

40 per cent of firms say sales Elsewhere, almost half those

surveyed said they'd taken on more staff to cope with demand,

and a third planned to expand Well the very people helping to grow

the region's manufacturing and engineering industries

in the East Midlands were at Loughborough University

for a conference today. Future growth and the impact

of leaving the EU were among And it's fair to say,

the businessmen and women we spoke to were feeling positive

about business post-Brexit. We are optimistic about the future,

we have a strong brand internationally particularly selling

in the Middle East and Far East so we feel very positive that the

school roll and we see a lot of international expansion in future.

Echoes the work in cancer screening and diagnosis we know it is a global

market and we will be fine in that market particularly in India. A

relationship with Europe particularly manufacturing suppliers

might change, we don't will how that will work but hopefully it will

become clear in time. Your Mac for us as a European company not just

based here it could be a good thing but I think we have to wait and see.

There is a good opportunity here for the future, and it is something

unknown so I still think it is going to be exciting over the next couple

of years, a lot of pros and cons of but I still believe it is a really

good place to be. I don't think it will make that much difference, we

will get an the way we have been and that is a chance we could have a

better global product and the global economy in the future. That looks

outward to the rest of the world rather than concentrating on Europe.

Well, as we've already seen, some firms are reporting

a rise in exports - helped in part by the weakness

Lindhurst Engineering in Sutton-in-Ashfield is feeling

the benefit of this increase, but despite these extra sales,

its boss still has concerns about what the future may hold,

No doom and gloom here, the EU referendum result in any subsequent

weakness in the pound has sparked arising exports in this

Nottinghamshire engineering firm which makes components for tower

cranes. No one is more pleased surprise than the managing director.

I was definitely for remain, we have seen a big upturn in exports and we

have become more competitive. For the first time in eight years

Martin's business is expected to have a turnover of over ?4 million.

We are somewhere between 20 and 30% of where we were last year. And as I

make you feel? It is fantastic, it has been a long time since we have

had that sense of comfort. It is life post-Brexit that has them

worried, the company has recently benefited from EU grant and does not

yet know whether -- where similar future funding will come from. The

UK's third-largest recipient of businesses retain -- retaining this

funding from the EU, that is disappearing now so the worry is

what is good to fill that gap to drive this innovation forward? It is

the uncertainty. The leap into the dark. It might be the best thing we

have ever done but no body knows. As a business leader that is nothing

you want more than uncertainty -- you do not want uncertainty.

Next - the ex-servicemen fighting a battle now

Charity workers say some already suffer with mental health problems

and being homeless can make them suicidal.

But at Coalville in Leicestershire housing bosses are working

with the 'Once, We Were Soldiers' charity, to make finding

You just don't know where to turn, being a veteran, it's very hard to

But Fergus needed help, he served in the first Gulf

War, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq.

After 15 years he left the Army, he had PTSD and who became

You are supposed to survive but I don't know where they

That is because last September he was

This fantastic, it is actually my first

And it is brilliant, I actually love it.

It is thanks to the locally-based charity, over four years they have

supported around 100 ex-servicemen like Fergus.

It is a fresh start in life, the main job is to get them

housed and then we can focus on mental health problems

and signpost them to places like Combat Stress

but the main priority is the roof over their head in to get this

In the past year they have linked up with North West

Leicestershire District Council and between them they have has four

It has been really useful to be able to support

ex-servicemen and women who have done so much for the country, and

this is our way of giving a little bit back to help them through what

can be difficult times in their lives.

The all except much more needs to be done, he lives are

slowly being turned around and Fergus has become a volunteer to

help other former soldiers like him get homes.

Still to come - in sport - there's no stopping Niamh.

A heptathlete treaining hard for Commonwealth

glory in Australia - and hoping to pick up a few

Now tonight Leicester City are in action against Sunderland -

a chance of course to pull further away from the relegation zone

and extend Craig Shakespeare' unbeaten start to life

But it's also a big night for one fan in particular -

a teenager cancer patient who's been watching every twist and turn

of the Foxes against all odds story all the way from America.

Tonight Travis Hackett is gearing up for his first

game at the King Power, where we can join Amy Harris.

The Leicester City story has captivated football fans

including 13-year old Travis Hackett from San Diego.

Travis has had his own battle to contend with recently,

after being diagnosed with leukaemia.

So a charity stepped in to give him a special treat -

flying him all the way here to Leicester

I spent this afternoon with Travis and his father Tim.

He has travelled thousands of miles to the home of his heroes, on TV in

America Travis watched Leicester City football club's remarkable

Premier League campaign while fighting his own battle with cancer.

Tonight he will see his beloved foxes play here at the King Power

Stadium for the first time. It is a dream come true. It is amazing, I

have always wanted to come here and I'm so happy to finally be here, I

am struck that I actually get to be here today. Here is the moment

Travis found out about his trip of a lifetime. I am going to that game?

Those breaking the news from the Creek will injure fund set up to

improve the lives of children with cancer by offering opportunities to

experience football across the world and included in Travis's trip, he

visits to the now world famous mural dedicated to the title winning

players. Travis it was easy. He said that he equated his surviving his

cancer to the rise of Leicester and we thought that is exactly what the

fund is about, it is how soccer is very healing. It is awesome to see

them appear, they completely deserve it. It is so cool. Is your

favourite? Mariners. What will it be like to see him playing here in

Leicester later on? It will be amazing, I have always wanted to see

all the Leicester players but particularly him. Otho Travis is in

remission he still has a year of chemotherapy ahead but this is

another hero is fearless. Like many foxes fans Travis is

pretty confident they win he predicts 3-1 in case you're

wondering and why not? The foxes seem rejuvenated under the new

manager. Everyone here will be hoping they continue that great run

of form tonight and next week against Madrid in the Champions

League. We know someone else going to Madrid. Not as!

And after looking down and out at the end of February Leicester

could go up to ninth in the Premier League

Derby must win to keep their play-off hopes alive

and Nottingham Forest play Wolves needing points to stay up.

Craig Shakespeare is looking to make it five wins in a row tonight

against a Sunderland side who just over a month ago when the bottom

three with Leicester. How times have changed. If the foxes with the night

they could go 11 places above Sunderland by the end of the

evening. They proved going to Crystal Palace in scoring for that

they are a capable side and I think any team that has Jermaine before

and it has to make sure that you not only keep him quiet but you are

aware of his golf outsole we are aware of the opposition and respect

the opposition but we are in a good place. Derby County playful and if

Gary row at follows up his first win as the Rams manager with another

then his team will move five points within -- fibres cause additional

106. What is good for us is it is a great challenge, every game we can

go until we try and win the game. There is no point in is going in and

being tentative. We want to dominate games of football and win the game.

Nottingham Forest go to Wolves and the manager looking for his first

win as the boss, with points vital as for this battle for championship

survival. The on-board ideas, the good players and the good

professionals and I'm pleased with them. We have worked to do still but

I have no doubt about the commitment. Hopefully we can move

forward from here. In rugby, the Leicester Tigers

new head coach, Matt O'Connor is due The club have a crucial game against

Bath at Twickenham at the weekend. Geordan Murphy's preparing

the team for the match It's been moved to Twickenham

in a double header to The winners will be favourites

to make the play-offs. Tennis and Nottingham-based Dan

Evans will be a key member -- to someone with a daunting year

ahead, training in three events, with A-levels in the photos to plan

she will be in Australia competing for England in the Commonwealth

Games. Niamh Emerson is 18

later this month. Way for her is full on, she

completes in heptathlon is, seven events including running jumping

through injury and four. It is more time-consuming than anything but I

enjoy it because doing different events gives you time to take your

mind off other events so if something goes wrong or goes well it

doesn't matter because you just have to move on. The Derbyshire athlete

is moving from junior to senior 's and that just 17 is already in the

top three in the country. I ran from a young age, and then I got to a

point where I started to try and high jump and when I started doing

high jump I got quite good at it. From that the move to heptathlon.

Type it on my weights that I do and I have another one for remembering

my run ups because I can't remember run ups. It is quite bad. Britain's

women have a great record in the event, Jess Ennis hill to Denise

Lewis and both of them made the breakthrough at the Commonwealth

Games. Jess Ennis and Denise Lewis, it was all inspiration but I never

thought the heptathlon, I dusted athletics and it was more like

running so then it was accidental. Niamh has been made an ambassador

for England as she tries to qualify and finish school studies. Eyadema

A-levels, I have graphics and biology so, yeah. Header you feel?

It sounds hard but it is not that bad because you just kind of your

schoolwork and go straight training after. What would it mean to you if

you made the Commonwealth Games team? It would be a shock because

you think about doing it but then actually doing it is a different

thing. But also it would just be amazing. It is a big leap but one of

the world biggest events is firmly on her site.

Niamh Emerson going to the Commonwealth Games a year today.

Here's a question: how do you change your address without moving?

Well, you can and it's happened to people living on two streets

They were left completely bemused when new signs mistakenly

renamed their roads - even the local postman had no

idea what waa going on, as Hannah Meredith explains.

Getting directions to Finsbury Avenue should be pretty

simple but finding it has just become a little trickier.

As you walk down the street here it is, Finsbury Avenue,

seems simple enough to me but there is one thing.

It seems to be having an identity crisis as on the opposite

side a brand-new sign from the City Council has turned

Round the corner Loughborough Avenue, spot the difference,

another mistake, and residents here aren't happy about it.

I don't understand how they have taken one sign away but put

a completely new sign up with a different name on.

I saw them down the road, ancestor you realise that your sign

isn't right on unless they have changed the name of the road

The workmen who did it and not know the area,

Even lately there is a sign on the other side of the road

attached to the house that says Finsbury Avenue.

And even the local postman is getting complaints.

I have had people asking me, do I live on Loughborough Avenue

Obviously it is really confusing and off-putting.

The City Council say it was an unfortunate mistake

by the manufacturers and the signs will be replaced next few days.

Postmen are resource for, they will cope.

This is where cope.

This is where the time now and here's Johnny. Good evening, it has

been a gold cloudy and overcast day in some areas have seen some blue

sky and sunshine, first thing this morning, maybe some this afternoon

before the vast majority has looked like that, and mundane. Thank you

for the pendulous, that is not mundane it is lovely. Over the next

few hours the skies were clear, clear sky overhead tonight will

allow some of the beach to escape with some of the table is falling

away as well so plenty of clear sky overnight. He won that in the

daytime for blue sky and sunshine. And to save money on your heating

bill over 91 cloud but temperatures will fall to 56 degrees. This takes

you to Wednesday daytime, bright start and some of the East Midlands.

By the afternoon it will pretty much be dull and grey and mundane again.

Pretty much everybody in the East Midlands. Temperatures around 11

degrees, occasionally some of that cloud could send and break a little

bit but in the main it is another dull and overcast day. Thursday is a

bit better, we still have high pressure in charge. Daytime Thursday

you're looking at Sunny spells with temperatures at 15 degrees and still

plenty of cloud. I don't want to get too down on the whole thing because

that are still plenty of dry weather to come over the next few days as

well. Temperatures just a little bit disappointing in comparison to what

they have been of late, 11 o'clock the Celsius but fairly normal for

the time of year. With dry weather coming up over the next few days we

should be factual we have dry weather to come.

I am always counting my blessings. Are you?

Sitting next to you! I shall see you without him at half past ten.