:00:18. > :00:21.Tonight: the public inquiry into child sex abuse
:00:22. > :00:23.opens its investigation into Nottinghamshire's care system.
:00:24. > :00:33.Welcome to Thursday's programme with Dominic Heale
:00:34. > :00:42.France Bisto is the Legion d'Honneur 99-year-old veteran Don Sutton. They
:00:43. > :00:49.gave me there highest award, which I think is fantastic. And eight ?1000
:00:50. > :00:52.reward is offered to find Bella and Blake. The search continues for a
:00:53. > :01:01.missing lime and her border collie companion.
:01:02. > :01:04.Welcome to Thursday's programme with Dominic Heale
:01:05. > :01:09.The public inquiry into child sex abuse has unveiled
:01:10. > :01:11.the scale of its investigation into Nottinghamshire's care system.
:01:12. > :01:15.Today, local survivors' groups joined more than 30 lawyers
:01:16. > :01:23.Among them, was a woman who's told this
:01:24. > :01:26.programme that she reported abuse in children's homes to people
:01:27. > :01:35.Our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, was at today's hearing.
:01:36. > :01:37.What really happened in Nottinghamshire's children's homes
:01:38. > :01:42.The police had been investigating for a number
:01:43. > :01:45.of years, but today, a new chapter in the quest for truth,
:01:46. > :01:48.Today, a preliminary hearing is being
:01:49. > :01:52.We have heard it's going to look at the extent of
:01:53. > :01:55.institutional failings in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and whether
:01:56. > :01:57.councils failed to protect children in care from sexual abuse and
:01:58. > :02:07.The enquiry is chaired by Professor Alexis Jay, who wrote a
:02:08. > :02:10.damning report on the extent of child abuse in Rotherham.
:02:11. > :02:11.Today, campaigners from Nottingham were in
:02:12. > :02:19.We hoped to get a public enquiry, but we actually forced the enquiry
:02:20. > :02:21.to come to Nottingham, and you know
:02:22. > :02:27.Survivors are finally being heard and are going to be hard.
:02:28. > :02:29.And that's what they've always wanted, just
:02:30. > :02:34.And hopefully, past failings won't haunt us in the future.
:02:35. > :02:40.There too, a former Nottingham children's home resident,
:02:41. > :02:45.It just continued, despite the reporting it,
:02:46. > :02:52.Even as I reported it to be highest level.
:02:53. > :03:02.These days, Nottinghamshire's children's homes are a world away
:03:03. > :03:06.from the institutions of the past, but the public enquiry wants to make
:03:07. > :03:07.sure that all the lessons have been learned.
:03:08. > :03:09.Well, Jeremy Ball's just come from the hearing
:03:10. > :03:16.Eventually we're going to hear some heart-wrenching personal stories.
:03:17. > :03:20.Today it emerged that almost seventy complainants,
:03:21. > :03:22.as they're being described, have now been given what's known
:03:23. > :03:27.But first, the inquiry team's got to plough
:03:28. > :03:33.Tens of thousands of pages of things like police reports,
:03:34. > :03:38.We also heard that they're looking at 57 different children's homes,
:03:39. > :03:49.Clearly a moment many people have waited for.
:03:50. > :03:53.What kind of legal outcomes does the inquiry allow for?
:03:54. > :04:01.It's about learning lessons from the past,
:04:02. > :04:06.They want to know the scale of any abuse and
:04:07. > :04:11.If they made complaints, were they simply moved somewhere else?
:04:12. > :04:13.And was there a "culture" that stopped investigations?
:04:14. > :04:15.Today we heard this inquiry's going to be broadcast publically.
:04:16. > :04:20.Complainants can choose whether to be identified.
:04:21. > :04:23.And Alexis Jay said she'll consider a request to move the whole
:04:24. > :04:33.The very word is enough to start a row.
:04:34. > :04:35.And today, an energy company has served notice that it's
:04:36. > :04:37.about to begin seismic surveys in our region that could,
:04:38. > :04:39.potentially, lead to hydraulic fracturing, as it's properly known.
:04:40. > :04:42.And the survey will be across a big area.
:04:43. > :04:45.It covers very nearly 100 square miles,
:04:46. > :04:47.taking in large parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
:04:48. > :04:50.But some places have been excluded - notably part of Sherwood Forest
:04:51. > :04:52.and some other sensitive areas, where critics of the process
:04:53. > :04:57.Well, our reporter James Roberson is in one of the communities that's
:04:58. > :05:20.Yes, I'm actually in Edwin Stowe, the former mining village in
:05:21. > :05:24.Nottinghamshire. It's the area around the village, not here in the
:05:25. > :05:32.centre, that will be subject to the survey. As well also the role areas
:05:33. > :05:37.west of here. And the whole area north, through north Derbyshire,
:05:38. > :05:41.north Nottinghamshire and injures out your torture. Today in deed into
:05:42. > :05:46.South Yorkshire, the fracking company is holding a public meeting
:05:47. > :05:51.and it shows the area and its jollity, which has already yielded
:05:52. > :05:54.oil for decades. The company will use these machines to send sound
:05:55. > :06:00.waves to map the rock underground and the suspect or a low gas is
:06:01. > :06:03.present, they will seek planning permission to drill test boring.
:06:04. > :06:09.Become Penny says it's simply not known yet whether they'll actually
:06:10. > :06:14.find any oil or gas. We couldn't possibly say. At this point we are
:06:15. > :06:20.just testing. It is possible you might not do any fracking you're at
:06:21. > :06:23.all? Yes, we are very hopeful of the shale gas industry in this country.
:06:24. > :06:32.We will hope it would be a really strong price for the UK and there
:06:33. > :06:35.are clear benefits. In Edwin Stowe, the mere mention of a possible
:06:36. > :06:41.survey into possible fracking in the future is enough to alarm, the ball.
:06:42. > :06:48.It's a lot to be a bad thing, hasn't it? To be honest. It's not very good
:06:49. > :06:51.for the environment as much as I know. I'm not really up on it, but
:06:52. > :06:57.it can't be any good to be honest. Why are you worried? Because of all
:06:58. > :07:03.the damage it can do. I've heard such a lot from people around here
:07:04. > :07:08.that have been telling us all about it and it doesn't sound very good.
:07:09. > :07:12.I'm not too concerned about fracking, because I think the
:07:13. > :07:15.country needs the energy and providing it doesn't impact on the
:07:16. > :07:23.environment too much, I think it will be a good thing. We need all
:07:24. > :07:29.the energy we can get. You are an ex-miner? I am an ex-miner, but you
:07:30. > :07:34.need something to replace the call. The survey will begin in June, but
:07:35. > :07:38.it will be October or November before it is here and the areas
:07:39. > :07:41.around here. Any actual fracking if it happens could be years away.
:07:42. > :07:45.Thank you, James. Today's the day all the candidates
:07:46. > :07:48.who are standing in the general election had to put their money
:07:49. > :07:51.where their mouths are and pay Registration closed a couple
:07:52. > :07:55.of hours ago, so we now know which politicians are standing
:07:56. > :07:57.where in those key Our political editor Tony Roe has
:07:58. > :08:01.been looking at the key seats. Let's start with how
:08:02. > :08:03.the East Midlands political map This is 20 years ago, that landslide
:08:04. > :08:10.1997 general election, and as you can see the dominant
:08:11. > :08:13.colour is red. There's a blue blob in Derbyshire,
:08:14. > :08:15.that's West Derbyshire now mostly In '97, it was surrounded by a red
:08:16. > :08:21.sea extending over the border And in Nottinghamshire too,
:08:22. > :08:27.it's almost solidly red. Fast forward to the general election
:08:28. > :08:31.in 2015, and you can They have won and consolidated
:08:32. > :08:36.in marginal seats. Now there are Labour
:08:37. > :08:38.islands in a sea of blue. Normally after seven years
:08:39. > :08:41.of Conservative Prime Ministers, you would expect the Government
:08:42. > :08:46.of the day to be on the defensive. That would mean having
:08:47. > :08:48.a Labour hit list. Seats like Derby North
:08:49. > :08:51.where there is only a 41 majority. A seat which tends to
:08:52. > :08:53.go to the Government. And places like Amber Valley,
:08:54. > :08:55.Erewash, Broxtowe and over here in Sherwood would
:08:56. > :08:57.normally be targets. But the opinion polls consistently
:08:58. > :08:59.show these are not normal times. Instead, those red islands
:09:00. > :09:02.are having to hold back the tide. North East Derbyshire,
:09:03. > :09:04.with only an 1,800 majority, Labour keep holding on to Gedling
:09:05. > :09:20.against the odds, but will it this time be swept away in a wave
:09:21. > :09:23.of Conservative support? Then there's Mansfield
:09:24. > :09:25.where what happens to the Ukip vote from 2015 will help
:09:26. > :09:27.decide this seat. And look over here
:09:28. > :09:38.in Leicester West. That Red Leicester
:09:39. > :09:39.heartland for Labour. If it's a really bad
:09:40. > :09:41.night for Labour, Now 2015 Ukip played a big part
:09:42. > :10:02.in the general election, At the Green party would be standing
:10:03. > :10:09.against Labour, because labour is against fracking. That's another 300
:10:10. > :10:13.votes in Mansfield, where the Labour majority is only 5000.
:10:14. > :10:16.Now 2015 Ukip played a big part in the general election,
:10:17. > :10:18.I gather they're not standing in so many seats this time?
:10:19. > :10:25.Know, the reason I keep going on about Ukip and I'm probably boring
:10:26. > :10:35.you really about how it what happens Ukip boat is important, they pulled
:10:36. > :10:39.300,000 or more votes. 15% of people in the East Midlands voted Ukip, so
:10:40. > :10:44.what happens to those worlds is very important. They have decided to not
:10:45. > :10:47.stand in seats where there is a pro-EU you leave candidate standing.
:10:48. > :10:51.If you look around the East Midlands, I would like to claim
:10:52. > :10:56.credit for this, but is from our local radio station, they are not
:10:57. > :10:59.sent in places like Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, North West
:11:00. > :11:03.Leicestershire and Bassetlaw, because they are the candidates
:11:04. > :11:08.wanting to leave the EU. What happens to that vote for the
:11:09. > :11:11.candidates who are standing is still going to be fascinating, especially
:11:12. > :11:16.in the thread isn't much of a majority for the sitting candidate.
:11:17. > :11:20.More tactical stuff, thank you very much indeed.
:11:21. > :11:22.A school in Leicester re-opened today after the death
:11:23. > :11:24.of an 11-year-old pupil at a theme park.
:11:25. > :11:26.Evha Jannath fell from the Splash Canyon
:11:27. > :11:30.She was on a school trip with the Jameah Girls Academy.
:11:31. > :11:32.Pupils are being given extra support to help them come
:11:33. > :11:38.The theme park, in Staffordshire, will be closed again tomorrow
:11:39. > :11:42.An inquest has opened into the death of a Derby born woman
:11:43. > :11:44.who died from crush injuries in France.
:11:45. > :11:46.Stephanie Turtle was found underneath a car.
:11:47. > :11:48.She had moved to live in a village, north of Toulouse.
:11:49. > :11:51.Derbyshire Police say her husband has been charged with her murder.
:11:52. > :11:53.The hearing at Derby Coroner's Court has been adjourned
:11:54. > :12:01.Next tonight a GP surgery in Leicestershire is the first
:12:02. > :12:03.in the East Midlands to offer in-house kidney dialysis.
:12:04. > :12:06.Carl Bicknelll used to face a round trip of two hours or more
:12:07. > :12:09.Now it's being provided much closer to home.
:12:10. > :12:12.The hope now is that more surgeries will follow suit -
:12:13. > :12:25.as our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports.
:12:26. > :12:32.The beauty of this surgery is it's just a ten minute Drive from Carl's
:12:33. > :12:37.home. He used to have to make a two hour round trip three times a week
:12:38. > :12:41.for his four a la dialysis sessions in Loughborough. Is a huge
:12:42. > :12:46.difference in travel, time. Having to go to Loughborough was such a big
:12:47. > :12:52.inconvenience. APPLAUSE
:12:53. > :12:56.Carl is a single parent and six-year-old Kerry may did the
:12:57. > :13:02.honours today opening the new dialysis centre. In means you will
:13:03. > :13:05.see her dad more. When I first met Carl, history was very heart-warming
:13:06. > :13:10.and the way that we normally deliver dialysis for patients in hospital
:13:11. > :13:14.didn't fit of life at all. Most patients still have dialysis in
:13:15. > :13:17.hospital. This is Michael at Kingsmill. Around two dozen patients
:13:18. > :13:19.in the East Midlands have dialysis this way. The big machine does the
:13:20. > :13:43.work of a small kidney, removing toxins from the East Midlands, more
:13:44. > :13:46.may follow is it. I don't think every practice could offer this, but
:13:47. > :13:48.there are plenty of practices now that work at a larger scale that
:13:49. > :13:53.could offer something along these lines. Carl is the first patient to
:13:54. > :13:56.use the facility which is at the Heath Lane surgery. They reckon up
:13:57. > :14:01.to 20 more people with kidney failure could also use it. The next
:14:02. > :14:05.one is to get one fitted at home. That would be even better, to be
:14:06. > :14:07.honest. But what they have done the Avenue has been brilliant, it really
:14:08. > :14:11.A Derby man who raised tens of thousands of pounds to pay
:14:12. > :14:14.for cancer treatment in Germany has lost his fight against
:14:15. > :14:17.Dominic Bergin was just 34 and had been diagnosed
:14:18. > :14:20.He was determined to try revolutionary treatment abroad,
:14:21. > :14:23.Friends and family raised over ?100,000
:14:24. > :14:24.through his Do It For Dom fundraising appeal.
:14:25. > :14:34.He passed away just two weeks after marrying his partner Robyn.
:14:35. > :14:36.Organisers of Leicester Pride say they're thrilled they've now got
:14:37. > :14:38.funding for this years event to go ahead.
:14:39. > :14:41.There were fears the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival
:14:42. > :14:43.would be cancelled due to a lack of money.
:14:44. > :14:45.But De Montfort University has put forward ?10,000 to make
:14:46. > :14:58.A 99-year-old war veteran has been presented with
:14:59. > :15:01.Don Sutton received the Legion d'Honneur to mark his part
:15:02. > :15:03.in the liberation of France in the Summer of 1944.
:15:04. > :15:06.Don was presented with the medal by the French Consul
:15:07. > :15:08.in the East Midlands at a presentation ceremony earlier today.
:15:09. > :15:11.I was there too and Don told me it was an incredibly
:15:12. > :15:25.He already has an impressive collection of medals to mark his
:15:26. > :15:28.Today, 99-year-old Don Sutton was awarded
:15:29. > :15:35.We would not be in this room if it was not for your courage,
:15:36. > :15:37.He received the highest distinction France can
:15:38. > :15:45.In a special ceremony at Gedling Civic Centre, the French
:15:46. > :15:47.consul to the East Midlands made the
:15:48. > :15:55.Don, what does this honour mean to you today?
:15:56. > :16:04.It means that France has appreciated what we did for them at the time.
:16:05. > :16:07.I was so proud to serve male country and helped
:16:08. > :16:08.to liberate France, which
:16:09. > :16:26.I think that's an understatement, Don, yes.
:16:27. > :16:31.Don, who celebrated his 99th birthday last
:16:32. > :16:34.Friday, volunteered to have entered the Army in 1937.
:16:35. > :16:37.He served in the North Somerset Yeomanry and is
:16:38. > :16:40.probably one of the last few who fought on horseback in World War II.
:16:41. > :16:42.Don fought back tears as the speakers described
:16:43. > :16:44.how he served across Europe and Africa.
:16:45. > :16:55.And how he and his unit were part of the D-Day landings.
:16:56. > :16:58.We would not be here if it was not for the sacrifice of him and
:16:59. > :17:03.The Legion d'Honneur, in a summary, is a thank you.
:17:04. > :17:07.It's an expression of gratitude of the French people and
:17:08. > :17:09.all our generation for what Don has done.
:17:10. > :17:16.It's been a very emotional day for you today.
:17:17. > :17:23.It was a moving ceremony with a simple sentiment. You are a living
:17:24. > :17:31.witness to the history you wrote on our soil that we will not forget.
:17:32. > :17:35.Thank you. It has been a very emotional day for you today.
:17:36. > :17:41.Not the sort of story we usually cover.
:17:42. > :17:44.And as a 99-year-old, not a young chicken any more!
:17:45. > :17:50.Not the sort of story we usually cover.
:17:51. > :17:52.But this is different, because this sheepdog has disappeared
:17:53. > :18:06.with her constant companion - an orphaned lamb called Bella.
:18:07. > :18:17.Do you have anything that can trump that? I might do, the crickets.
:18:18. > :18:21.On the way, one of the most successful sports teams we have
:18:22. > :18:25.But let's round up the news first starting with Leicester City And
:18:26. > :18:28.the Foxes are facing a bit of an injury crisis -
:18:29. > :18:31.midfielder Danny Drinkwater will be out for the last three games
:18:32. > :18:33.of the season, and defender Wes Morgan is also struggling
:18:34. > :18:46.and will miss their game against Manchester City at the weekend.
:18:47. > :18:48.And a new contract for Nottingham Forest Captain Chris Cohen.
:18:49. > :18:51.He's fought his way back from injury, scored one of the goals
:18:52. > :18:54.that kept Forest in the Championship and is now staying for another year.
:18:55. > :18:57.Now one of the East Midlands most successful sports teams head
:18:58. > :19:00.to London's famous o2 Arena this weekend but here's the thing -
:19:01. > :19:02.you might not have even heard of them!
:19:03. > :19:04.They're the Nottingham Wildcats and are the best women's
:19:05. > :19:07.Charlie Slater caught up with them before Sunday's big game.
:19:08. > :19:15.# And you can hit 'em low, hit 'em low.#
:19:16. > :19:18.With the league title already sewn up and a second
:19:19. > :19:20.straight final at the O2 arena ahead of them,
:19:21. > :19:29.Nottingham Wildcats are having a ball.
:19:30. > :19:32.When you go there for the first time, you're so in awe of
:19:33. > :19:35.everything that's going on around you that you almost forget to enjoy
:19:36. > :19:38.So this time, I'm really excited just to go there, to take
:19:39. > :19:40.everything in, just to enjoy the moment.
:19:41. > :19:42.So this is where the Wildcats call home, but there's
:19:43. > :19:46.going to be a big difference between playing in front of a couple of
:19:47. > :19:49.hundred here and a few thousand at the O2 Arena on Sunday.
:19:50. > :19:51.We have been to this situation for the past few
:19:52. > :19:55.This is our third time being there and we haven't been
:19:56. > :19:58.So, you know, we are really motivated to make sure that
:19:59. > :20:03.How are the nerves going into the game on Sunday?
:20:04. > :20:05.I mean, they're a fine right now, but
:20:06. > :20:24.I think I will take up my rightful place on the bleachers.
:20:25. > :20:26.You should have rolled your sleeves up.
:20:27. > :20:28.So back to the stands for me, but back to
:20:29. > :20:46.the O2 Arena for Britain's best women's basketball team.
:20:47. > :20:49.And more Basketball tomorrow, because Leicester's Riders
:20:50. > :20:52.are the best men's team in the country and they'll be
:20:53. > :20:54.at the 02 in their play-off final on Sunday too.
:20:55. > :20:57.We'll be at home with the coach, who's given them
:20:58. > :21:00.In Cricket, Notts Outlaws are playing Durham in
:21:01. > :21:04.But, trust me, forget about the score - what you really
:21:05. > :21:13.But look where it went. as you like six from Alex Hales.
:21:14. > :21:15.Also clean as you like, straight through the window
:21:16. > :21:17.of the BBC Radio Nottingham commentary box, where it's scooped
:21:18. > :21:29.And now, admit it, you want to hear the commentary too.
:21:30. > :21:34.It's coming into our commentators edition and
:21:35. > :21:39.Don't throw it back yet, let me get a picture.
:21:40. > :21:43.I guess you probably do want to know the score too.
:21:44. > :21:46.Alex Hales 104 and Chris Read's lightning 61 helping
:21:47. > :22:01.They have got Durham 28-2 just a few months ago off nine overs, but
:22:02. > :22:06.nothing while top that. Did he have to draw that back? Yes. We are
:22:07. > :22:15.disappointed he didn't catch it. Good job the window was open.
:22:16. > :22:18.The search for a missing collie dog and a lamb,
:22:19. > :22:20.apparently the best of friends, has gone viral on the internet.
:22:21. > :22:23.The orphaned lamb called Bella, and Blake her sheepdog friend
:22:24. > :22:25.disappeared from a garden at Perlethorpe in
:22:26. > :22:29.Their owner's plea for help to find her missing pets has attracted more
:22:30. > :22:32.than half a million hits to the BBC's news page and an online
:22:33. > :22:33.appeal's been shared more than 12,000 times.
:22:34. > :22:43.Theirs is a special friendship. Their like a lamb and Blake, a young
:22:44. > :22:50.border Collie have been inseparable since the young you arrived at the
:22:51. > :22:54.family home. We have had Blake since he was a puppy. He is merely one. We
:22:55. > :22:58.have had their lower than she was two days old, but she is five weeks
:22:59. > :23:02.now. They had it straightaway and became the best of friends. They
:23:03. > :23:06.were bid to pull together, it was very nice city. They disappeared
:23:07. > :23:12.from the garden in Nottinghamshire Monday. 24 hours after they went
:23:13. > :23:18.missing, the pair were spotted here. Woodlands about one mile from their
:23:19. > :23:24.dropping about one mile from where dropping about one mile from where
:23:25. > :23:28.we live now. It was a couple of minutes away from the siting of them
:23:29. > :23:32.both together, is that is quite positive. The family had turned to
:23:33. > :23:36.social media for help finding their pets. An online appeal has been
:23:37. > :23:42.showed more than 12,000 times and the BBC News Paes has had more than
:23:43. > :23:45.half a million hits. I can't believe how maybe blood pooled together and
:23:46. > :23:51.liked and share it and got the word out. -- how many people. People
:23:52. > :23:59.joining up and getting together and forming search parties. They are
:24:00. > :24:02.also offering a reward of ?1000. They are confident it would be too
:24:03. > :24:10.long before Bella and Blake returned to them. Oh, hopefully. If ever a
:24:11. > :24:14.story needed a happy ending. Fingers crossed.
:24:15. > :24:18.The details of the search for Bella and Blake are on our Facebook page -
:24:19. > :24:22.If you think you can help find the inseparable
:24:23. > :24:25.And let's hope they are home again soon.
:24:26. > :24:36.We have a bit of a change on the way. Today, dry and bright, but on
:24:37. > :24:40.the way tomorrow and the next few days, more humid. This morning
:24:41. > :24:43.police actuated in the dry and bright start, but we have seen more
:24:44. > :24:48.in the way of cloud creeping up from the south as we move through the
:24:49. > :24:52.day. Bright intervals and sunny spells in there, but a cloudier end
:24:53. > :24:56.to the day. Tomorrow is where we see this shift to something a bit
:24:57. > :25:01.worried humid. Sunny spells and one or two potentially thundery showers.
:25:02. > :25:05.This is why it will be humid. Dragging up there is a from the
:25:06. > :25:08.south and that will settle in through tomorrow and Saturday.
:25:09. > :25:13.Putting the detail on the map through this evening and overnight
:25:14. > :25:17.fairly cloudy. A few clear spells, most of us staying dry. The risk of
:25:18. > :25:24.one or two isolated showers, temperatures not falling. Tomorrow,
:25:25. > :25:27.a fairly cloudy start of the day. A band of rain pushing up quite
:25:28. > :25:34.quickly to the north-east. Quite patchy and heavy. Clothes and
:25:35. > :25:38.breaking, 102 isolated showers to look out for it through the
:25:39. > :25:45.afternoon. Don't take the map to literally. It could be thundery.
:25:46. > :25:52.Temperatures 19 Celsius. Humid with that southerly wind. Saturday will
:25:53. > :25:56.quilt fight humid, plenty of cloud around. Showers to look out for.
:25:57. > :26:01.This weather front overnight into Sunday will bring rain and also
:26:02. > :26:05.introduced a bit of a fresher feel by Sunday. Sony 's bells and one or
:26:06. > :26:08.two isolated and potentially thundery showers on Sunday. A bit of
:26:09. > :26:12.a shift on the way as we move through the next few days. Miles and
:26:13. > :26:14.humid cabbages, but potentially heavy showers to look out for. Thank
:26:15. > :26:16.you so much.