06/04/2017 East Midlands Today

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with Dominic Heale and me, Anne Davies.

Arrested on suspicion of abduction - a mother who went missing

Samantha Baldwin and her children were found near Ollerton in

Nottinghamshire following a tip-off. The enquiry continues and officers

believe this to be a preplanned attempt to evade authorities. Also

tonight a key local election battle ground, the PM meets a path to the

East Midlands. Plus, with most dogs in this region now micro-chipped,

why are there still so many strays? Get your bows today, ?2, three 45.

And the Ashbourne Thursday market is back in a new location. We will find

out what people make of the new home.

Good evening and welcome to the programme.

First tonight - she went missing for over a week with her two sons.

But this evening Samantha Baldwin has been arrested

The mother from Newark and her young boys were found at a secluded

holiday park near Ollerton in the early hours of this morning.

Our social affairs correspondent Jeremy Ball is there now.

Police held a news conference where they revealed how Samantha Baldwin

was arrested. She was discovered this morning with her miss son,

six-year-old Dylan and nine-year-old Lewis match and they were discovered

on a secluded holiday village in a cabin on the edge of Sherwood Forest

run by Sherwood hideaway who are helping the police enquiry. The

officer in charge of the enquiry gave us more detailed supplement.

We don't believe at this stage that they are physically harmed.

It is more difficult to tell whether there is any long-term

Obviously that will be investigated as part of this inquiry.

How did they come to be found? Police say they received a call last

night from someone who recognised some of the and the boys from the

fixtures -- Samantha Baldwin. That all began on Tuesday with the

mission persons appeal. Then the force released CCTV on Thursday

before a judge released concerns that the boys might be at risk. Then

a new tactic as Helen Chamberlain made a direct appeal mother to

mother. Today she gave us the latest.

Officers believe this to be a preplanned attempt to

Nottinghamshire Police is now working to establish

the full facts of the disappearance, and is putting in place additional

support for all people involved in this case.

Tonight Samantha Baldwin is in custody where she is being

questioned on suspicion of abducting her two sons. Two other women remain

on police bail. Thank you. All change in Ashbourne -

the town's Thursday market has The switch was aimed at boosting

the number of stallholders. Plus, a year after dog

micro-chipping was made compulsory, why hundreds of owners in our region

are still breaking the law. Today, for the first time

since becoming Prime Minister, Theresa May was in the East

Midlands. She was launching the Conservatives'

local election campaign - hot on the heels of Jeremy Corbyn's

own launch for Labour on Tuesday. The East Midlands is clearly

a battleground region - Our political editor

Tony Roe reports. This is the day a Conservative

Prime Minister came Calverton closed in 1999

but it is now the type of community the Conservatives

want to try to win over. They say they are the party

for the ordinary working people. The Prime Minister was in

Nottinghamshire to launch the Tories' local election campaign

and 48 hours on from the Labour East Midlands MPs, council election

candidates and supporters were here. There is only one party

in our country today which has The Conservative slogan

is a Plan for Britain. She admitted councils have in recent

years had to cut costs. For value for money council tax,

the stronger local representation, After the speech, a brief

chance to question. A question raised

by Jeremy in Newark. How'd you answer Mr Corbyn's claims

that 40% cuts to local Government funding is the reason council tax

bills are going up in both Labour And that you are running

the country down? First of all, let's be clear,

local councils have had to play their part in dealing

with Labour's deficit. The Conservatives were clearly

staking their claim to win voters in former industrial areas,

trying to capture the centre Two launches in

Nottinghamshire this week. Clearly an important

prize up for grabs here? Yes, they both want to win

Nottinghamshire. At the moment it is on a knife edge. Labour run the

authority but they don't have an overall majority so they both think

they can win it. As for the Lib Dems, it could be they may see

themselves as holding the balance of power. I have rung their office to

say whether we can expect a visit from their leader any time soon, no

reply yet, but I think campaigning is already well underway despite the

official warned today. People have been knocking on doors and hanging

out leaflets. We will leave it there for now, thank you.

The mother of a teenager from Derbyshire who died shortly

after an amateur boxing match has paid tribute to her son.

17-year-old Eddie Bilbey collapsed at the Post Mill Centre

in South Normanton nearly two weeks ago.

His mum has said Eddie "lived and breathed boxing,

The sport's governing body, the Board of England Boxing,

Two 16-year-old boys are still being questioned by police

this evening in connection with an 11-hour protest on the roof

The teenagers were arrested last night on suspicion of burglary,

Officers were called to an incident on Cloister Street near the Queen's

Counties in our region are being asked to bid

for a share of ?490 million to improve their roads.

The funding will be for schemes which tackle congestion

The money is from the National Productivity Investment Fund,

which backs transport links aimed at boosting economic growth.

A long-standing campaign to review the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

held its first national open meeting in Mansfield today.

Successive governments have been accused of creaming off billions

of pounds from the fund through a surplus sharing agreement.

As guarantor, the Government says the arrangement has worked well.

But campaigners say the 50-50 split set over 20 years ago is too high

More than two decades on, passions were running high at the Mineworkers

pension Association meeting in Mansfield. As far as I'm concerned

they should be disbanded. Liquidate. It has got to be disbanded. It is

our bloody money. When British Coal was privatised in 1994 changes were

made to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme. In return for providing a

guarantee against insolvency it was agreed the Government would share a

50-50 split of any surplus with the scheme, while not having to make any

payments into it. Today the Government has received ?3.3 billion

in shared surpluses. But ministers say the arrangement gives trustees

the freedom to generate surpluses and therefore bonuses from a bridge.

But Grubman was. We estimate or pensions have been cut basically the

Government, or pensioners should be on double what they actually

received to date. And what sort of hardship is that causing? We have

windows that there aren't as little as ?10 a week from the Mineworkers'

Pension Scheme. -- are on is little. -- windows. It is really disturbing.

The meeting was told the campaign has the unswerving support of the

local council. I believe very passionately what is right and what

is wrong. That money belongs in those miners' pockets and if it was,

here in Mansfield the money would be spent in for a local economy and

that is very important for Mansfield. And another politician

will be one of the coalfield MPs meeting the pension trustees at

Parliament next month to also press for a review. It hasn't stood the

test of time. When it was established nobody anticipated it

would be a multi-billion pound cash cow for the Treasury. It was set up

for the benefit of the miners, ex-miners and their widows, but the

Government really are getting a cash cow from it. 200,000 former miners

and windows are affected by the surplus showing. Today 30,000 people

signed it petition calling for at least an 85-13 split in favour of

the miners. -- 85-15. Next, it's been exactly a year

since a dog welfare law was introduced making it compulsory

for owners to microchip their pets. While statistics show almost

all dogs in our region are now microchipped,

hundreds of owners are failing to keep the details

on those chips up to date. And that's resulting in many strays

remaining unclaimed. Six-month-old flash is one of the

newest residents at the RSPCA Woodside animal centre in Leicester.

Along with two other dogs last month he arrived without a microchip. It

is now a legal requirement and staff here say they are seeing fewer

owners flooding the rules. Considering we only had three dogs

last month that went micro-chipped at the same much improvement on

April 20 16th and a think it is getting better but obviously not

100% yet which is what we would like to see. It is essential so we know

who the registered keeper is, if the dog was missing or is injured, any

of those other reasons, we know who owns the dog and help to get back to

that person. The new law introduced on the 6th of April last year

requires old dogs in the UK that that eight weeks are ordered to be

chipped. They are implanted into the neck giving a unique code which can

help trace them if they go missing. It is thought 97% of dogs in our

region are noncompliant. But micro-chipping a dog is one thing,

keeping the details up-to-date is another. Statistics from a charity

dogs trust revealed last year in our region 10% of stray and abandoned

dogs in local authority tenants like this one couldn't be reunited with

their owners simply because of incorrect details. I think a lot of

people have the chips and they think they are doing the right thing, then

it is just the last stage of getting the details up-to-date, so if they

move house or change ownership of the dog then they have not updated

the microchip. If it hasn't got a microchip or if the details aren't

up to date then we are relying on the owner coming to us, either to

the Council or the kennels to collect the dog, that causes a

delay, it is a bit stressful for the dog and also the owner. And here is

why, owners of dogs found without a microchip were one containing

incorrect details can be found up to ?500. So the advice to owners is to

stay on the right side of the law. A theatre in Leicester which has

stood empty for nearly a decade Leicester City Council has signed

a lease to hand over the Haymarket Theatre

to a consortium. The main part of the work to bring

it back into use starts next month, ending years of uncertainty,

and will form part of a wider revamp Police have released CCTV images

of two men they want to speak to after a woman was sexually

assaulted in Nottingham City Centre. The 23-year-old was waiting

for a bus on Sussex Street She was approached by two men

who touched her and made One man is said to be black

and of a large build. The other is described

as white and small. East Midlands Ambulance Service has

revealed its top ten inappropriate They include a sick cat,

dandruff and someone who'd been kicked out of a nightclub and didn't

have any money to get home. EMAS says it wants to remind

people the service is only Ashbourne's Thursday Market

re-opened in a new location today It follows a four-month consultation

prompted by a shortage of stall Well, it seems to have worked

because today at the market's new home there was a full

complement of traders. Navtej Johal went to

take a look around. Don't be shy and have a try! Don't

be stubborn, have a go! How could anyone resist such an invitation.

The people in Ashbourne today certainly responded to the cold as

shoppers made their way to the new location for the Thursday market.

Based in the town centre between the Waitrose and library. I love it,

much better than before. I met a lot of people this morning who said they

never made it up there for years. The old market was out of town and

the only reason we went up to that end was to have a look at the

charity shops. Think it is a bit of shame, it is not in the dog the

cobbled marketplace. I haven't been to Ashbourne shopping for a while so

I am pleased to see at nearby. It wasn't working where it was before.

The football is low, uphill, at the time. Some people might be surprised

you putting a market next to a successful supermarket, Waitrose

just behind it. I think we are selling different things. Obviously

there is some crossover, but I'm sure the traders will do their best

to sell their products. As a teenager every Saturday they used to

help my dad on his market stall and he always used to say that a good

market needs plenty of football and that is something every trader we

have spoken to Z is better here compared to the marketplace. It got

to the point where there were only three of us actually standing in the

market and then it's just got that we didn't see hardly any customers.

How well have you been doing this morning? The football is a hell of a

lot better. It is a lot busier and the pickings are up. Andrew is a new

addition to the Thursday market but the location attracted him as well.

I think it is well positioned in the town, so it is between a couple of

car parks, plenty of retail outlets around as well. For my sake, what is

particular good today, what should I buy? All of it. Every story was

occupied today in the market's new home. The hope is it will be this

popular every week. Brisk trade there in Ashbourne -

in glorious sunshine. And there's more of the same

to come - Lucy's standing Find out why bus driver Mick has

attracted an army of fans. Time for sport, and what perfect

weather for cricket, Nat. Yes, can you believe it -

the cricket season starts tomorrow. Leicestershire take

on Nottinghamshire in Division Two of the County Championship,

at Grace Road. It's the first time the two teams

have played a four-day match Meanwhile Derbyshire

get their season underway next week. Our cricket expert Nikesh Rughani

has been with all our teams this Jubilant scenes from Nottinghamshire

after their 2010 title win but those seem a distant memory now after a

poor season in 2016. They are however determined to bounce back.

In many ways we are trying to build a team that can hopefully get

ourselves up a division which will be a tough division but also that

can go on and eventually win the First Division. This season will

also be club captain Chris Reed's last. He will retire after 20 years

at the club. It is a fantastic club, fantastic journey. Every time I come

to the ground I feel privileged to be playing at such wonderful venue

and having some great team-mates over the years. Down the a 46 it has

been a tough ten years or so of Leicestershire on the field but they

have got a very young squad of the season with four new faces, all

local. Also a new coach with new ideas. We have got our goals and

ordered visions for the next season and the next three seasons but I

think in terms of the squad, so many permutations and different types of

players that can play different roles and that is nice to have as a

coach. In the 1990s Leicestershire were a dominant force in English

cricket and they want to get back that winning mentality. That small

county mentality is not what we want to talk about any more. No excuse to

be a small county. These cricketers want to play for England and we need

to remind ourselves we can produce more Steward Lord's and tailors

throughout the system. Derbyshire don't get their championship

underway for another week when they talk on the fans. They finished

bottom of division two last season but there is a renewed optimism this

year with the return of an old favourite who spent nearly 20 years

there as a player. I have enjoyed it. My day on the field, it's Jimmy

and then to run the teams. I am there to support. It is our big hope

that we get points and we will be disappointed if we are not mixing it

with the best in the second division. The action all kicks off

here at the new look Grace wrote tomorrow morning when Leicestershire

take on knots for local pride. Bad news just in for Leicestershire. On

the eve of that much they have been given a 16 point penalty following

an incident in a warm up game last week. Captain Mark Cosgrave has been

banned for one much. The club have banned their bowler Charlie

Leatherbarrow game. -- two. On to football, and at

Nottingham Forest, manager Mark Warburton's says the next week

is going to be key. It's all a little bit too close

for comfort for Warburton. With six games left Forest sit

just two points outside Promotion chasing Huddersfield

and relegation rivals Blackburn both visit the City Ground in the space

of a week. It's a huge week for the football

club, a huge week for We are at that stage of the season

now where every point is vital. In this division, bottom beats top

and no one is surprised by it, so we know that whatever team

we face home or away it If you are below par,

if one or two players are not at it, Rugby, and Leicester Tigers new head

coach Matt O' Connor took his first His first game on Saturday as Tigers

face Bath in their big Motorsport, and fast cars

are back at Donington Park. And one of the most enthusiastic

drivers on the circuit is back - and ready to race over

the Easter weekend. And he's returned to

the British Touring Cars Stephen Jelley has always raised and

here at East Midlands today we have been watching him do it for a long

time. He has returned to the touring car family and he is very excited.

It feels like I am a rookie again. The buzz of the touring car

championship is great. A real sense of anticipation that something is

about to kick off. He has come back to the local team, just down the

road from him, it makes for a happy group. The enthusiasm he has got to

the project and how he has got behind it and the local sponsors

have got behind it is outstanding. I think that has really lifted the

team and given us a new sense of enthusiasm and we really want to get

to grips with that and absolutely take effect everybody. There is lots

of stuff to do, technique to learn. You know what it takes to win in

touring car is because you have done it, so can you start doing it again?

Are we asking too much? He is very competitive and this year going

forward we have probably got 30 guys on the grid that can win races so

that is impressive. Taken to target -- circuit to test it, he doesn't

need of four wheels. When they raise properly you will enjoy it. It is to

microwaves, home pressure or home advantage. Donington has a bit of a

funny track surface, low grip. Great to sleep in your own bed. No real

sleep for anyone I think. But until races are being one.

Golf, and the US Masters is underway.

Good luck to Nottinghamshire's Lee Westwood who has just

A Derby bus driver made a stop like no other this afternoon.

Mick Smith was greeted by dozens of his regular passengers who've now

They presented him with a special reward

So, Geeta Pends's been to Derby to meet Mick

A queue at the bus stop. Nothing unusual there except it is not the

bus they are waiting for, instead it is the bus driver. Working for 24

years Mick Smith had no idea what was awaiting him on his route to

Derby. Nick Smith has been voted most popular driver of the year. He

couldn't come to the dinner last night I'm so this is... This

afternoon Mick was presented with a customer choice award nominated by

250 passengers. He is such a lovely guy. No matter how you feel when you

get on the bus to go to work it puts a smile back on your face. He is one

of those drivers it is a joy to travel on the bus with. Even when

you feel a bit down, he will cheer you up. My mum had dementia for

about seven years and he used to drop outside her house, he used to

wait, he would never leave her. At what point did the penny dropped

that everyone was here for you? When I saw the boss, Sharon, standing

there. Did you know that you had 250 passengers but you and they say you

make their day? I tried to be happy. It is no good just sitting on the

bus being miserable all day because it is a job, I enjoy the job. I

enjoy having a laugh and a joke. I thank them very much for coming up.

Very nice. I am shaking! Clearly in shock, Mick says he is just doing

his bit and it is certain this journey is one he won't forget.

We need more like him, don't we? We need more booze and pointy

chillier by Monday so enjoy it while you can. Thank you. I bet you are

keeping an eye on the forecast in Madrid, Natalie. I'll a lot chillier

from me on Monday, sorry, not sorry! Delayed news is at 10:30pm.

Stacey and Chris are preparing for marriage by spending

a few days living alone with their in-laws to be,

and asking them all kinds of questions.

Did you get a kiss on the first date? No.

What does their in-laws' marriage tell them about each other's

I expect you'll want to become a schoolmaster, sir.

That's what most of the gentlemen does that get sent down

for indecent behaviour. Evelyn Waugh's classic novel.