:00:13. > :00:14.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Geeta Pendse.
:00:15. > :00:16.First tonight, the police in Nottinghamshire have started
:00:17. > :00:19.an intensive search for a mother and her two young sons
:00:20. > :00:25.They say they urgently need to hear from anyone who can help trace them.
:00:26. > :00:29.Samantha Baldwin was last seen near Nottingham city centre.
:00:30. > :00:40.Make no mistake, this search is a priority
:00:41. > :00:49.I'm at Central police station where earlier this evening
:00:50. > :00:50.briefed us the media on the latest developments.
:00:51. > :00:53.I can tell you the missing woman is Samantha Baldwin who's
:00:54. > :00:56.42 and it's believed she is with her two young sons.
:00:57. > :01:01.Lewis Madge, who's nine, and his six-year-old brother Dylan.
:01:02. > :01:04.The family are from Newark but have connections to both Lincolnshire
:01:05. > :01:07.and Manchester and it's possible they may have travelled
:01:08. > :01:13.How intensive is the police search tonight?
:01:14. > :01:20.Well, they are taking this very seriously.
:01:21. > :01:24.They have a dedicated team of three detective sergeants and 11 detective
:01:25. > :01:29.constables who are working round the clock.
:01:30. > :01:32.They also have search teams working in a targeted way to find
:01:33. > :01:38.They've got specialist missing from home teams and neighbourhood
:01:39. > :01:43.They have conducted searches of properties and talked
:01:44. > :01:52.We can't underestimate the importance of the information
:01:53. > :01:56.So, any bit of information, however small somebody might think it is,
:01:57. > :02:00.if they've seen people that fit the description, if they have any
:02:01. > :02:06.knowledge or have heard any rumours about where Samantha and the two
:02:07. > :02:09.boys might be, then please get in touch through
:02:10. > :02:13.It's really, really important people do so.
:02:14. > :02:16.A small bit of information might be the little bits of the jigsaw
:02:17. > :02:26.Although they're from Newark, Samantha was last seen
:02:27. > :02:30.near Nottingham City Centre yesterday and police have
:02:31. > :02:40.They're also working with police in Manchester and Lincolnshire.
:02:41. > :02:43."We have two little boys and a mother," they told me
:02:44. > :02:49."we want to find them safe and well, that's out priority."
:02:50. > :02:53.And a reminder of those numbers again.
:02:54. > :02:58.If you have information you can call 101 and quote incident 332 or ring
:02:59. > :03:05.Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
:03:06. > :03:09.Next, what does Brexit mean for hundreds of doctors and nurses
:03:10. > :03:14.from other EU countries working for the NHS in the East Midlands?
:03:15. > :03:17.As the government prepares to invoke Article 50,
:03:18. > :03:20.Britain's formal notice to leave the EU, there are still no
:03:21. > :03:23.guarantees over the right of medical staff from other EU countries
:03:24. > :03:27.Our health correspondent Rob Sissons reports
:03:28. > :03:34.I moved to England two years ago and I moved
:03:35. > :03:39.I do love Nottingham and I would like to stay here.
:03:40. > :03:42.She's holding off buying a house in Nottingham
:03:43. > :03:46.because of the uncertainty around Brexit talks.
:03:47. > :03:49.We are going to wait and see what that is going to bring us,
:03:50. > :03:52.but obviously, it's a different country now compared
:03:53. > :03:58.At a time when the NHS is short of thousands of nurses,
:03:59. > :04:03.most patients seem to appreciate the contribution of foreign nurses.
:04:04. > :04:08.The nurse I have, Chiara, she can't do enough for you.
:04:09. > :04:16.But Chiara says a small minority of patients aren't so welcoming.
:04:17. > :04:19.It's bad to say, but you feel like you're different
:04:20. > :04:27.Nurses and midwives from other European Union countries number 215
:04:28. > :04:35.But there are still no guarantees about their right to remain
:04:36. > :04:41.It's uncertainty, because people just don't know
:04:42. > :04:46.So, they are quite anxious and we are reassuring them.
:04:47. > :04:49.We are sending lots of messages out to our nurses that they are valuable
:04:50. > :04:53.It's important that they don't make a knee jerk reaction
:04:54. > :05:00.I came over from the Netherlands about 20 years ago.
:05:01. > :05:03.I trained and qualified as a nurse of their and I've been working
:05:04. > :05:15.Marijke's settled and married with children in Nottingham.
:05:16. > :05:18.She has a Dutch passport and doesn't want to have to give that up.
:05:19. > :05:21.If it gets harder to stay here, or if people are forced
:05:22. > :05:24.into becoming British citizens when they don't really want to,
:05:25. > :05:34.I think they might well choose not to stay here.
:05:35. > :05:36.Well, the Royal College of Nursing is extremely concerned
:05:37. > :05:39.about the impact of Brexit on the number of universes
:05:40. > :05:45.With me is the RCN regional director, Dr Sheila Marriot.
:05:46. > :05:48.First of all, we saw in Rob's film the level of uncertainty,
:05:49. > :05:52.this fear that nurses will leave the NHS, the EU nurses.
:05:53. > :06:01.Surely, the government can't let that happen.
:06:02. > :06:03.Well, the nurses that are here from the EU
:06:04. > :06:07.We know there are about 24,000 vacancies in the UK and many
:06:08. > :06:10.of those vacancies could be filled by nurses from the EU.
:06:11. > :06:13.But if they are leaving because they feel uncertain
:06:14. > :06:18.about security of their jobs then they are unlikely to stay.
:06:19. > :06:21.And have you seen much of an impact already in terms of EU nurses
:06:22. > :06:30.Well, we know that our nurses have to apply to the nursing
:06:31. > :06:32.and midwifery board to make sure that they reach the standards
:06:33. > :06:37.And we know that the numbers are very significantly down
:06:38. > :06:47.We would like Theresa May to acknowledge the importance
:06:48. > :06:53.And, secondly, give them some sense of security that they will be able
:06:54. > :07:01.Do you think this will have an impact on patient care?
:07:02. > :07:04.Well, if there are 24,000 vacancies, then however hard the nurses that
:07:05. > :07:10.are working in the NHS at the moment work, clearly, they can't do
:07:11. > :07:15.the jobs of two or three nurses to fill those vacancies.
:07:16. > :07:19.OK, well, Dr Sheila Marriot, thank you for joining us.
:07:20. > :07:22.The agency which recruits workers for the Sports Direct warehouse
:07:23. > :07:25.at Shirebrook in Derbyshire has told Parliament they have
:07:26. > :07:29.made their contracts easier to understand for workers.
:07:30. > :07:32.TransLine were called to give evidence to the Business Select
:07:33. > :07:35.Committee which is investigating concerns about the treatment
:07:36. > :07:42.From Westminster, here's our political editor Tony Roe.
:07:43. > :07:45.Trade unions say there are 1.6 million agency workers,
:07:46. > :07:47.and those in low paid jobs are most likely to be the ones
:07:48. > :07:53.The committee began investigating after a BBC Inside Out programme
:07:54. > :07:57.on Sports Direct's warehouse in Shirebrook in Derbyshire.
:07:58. > :07:59.It showed some workers earning less than the minimum wage
:08:00. > :08:03.as they were docked pay for the time spent going through security.
:08:04. > :08:06.They also had a six strike and you're out policy
:08:07. > :08:10.Since the Business Select Committee began its inquiry into future work
:08:11. > :08:13.practices, Sports Direct has made changes.
:08:14. > :08:15.No zero hours contracts anymore for shop staff,
:08:16. > :08:19.no six strikes policy, and changes to security searches.
:08:20. > :08:25.Where Sports Direct are directly responsible, where it was directly
:08:26. > :08:27.in the public glare, they've taken action.
:08:28. > :08:30.Where it's not in the public glare, and then not responsible,
:08:31. > :08:33.although we claimed them to be responsible as the client,
:08:34. > :08:39.Today's committee heard agencies described as either criminal,
:08:40. > :08:41.dodgy or compliant, as in compliant with the law.
:08:42. > :08:51.Not surprisingly, TransLine believe they are compliant.
:08:52. > :08:53.We want to be seen out there as a compliant agency,
:08:54. > :08:56.we've had a big red flashing light over us, and we've done
:08:57. > :09:00.A lot of things have been done and we're not
:09:01. > :09:02.publicising them beforehand, so we've had a big shift
:09:03. > :09:04.of our thought process, and thinking, right,
:09:05. > :09:06.actually, we need to be at the forefront of this.
:09:07. > :09:10.Some companies like to use agency staff to respond in changes
:09:11. > :09:13.in demand but unions want access to those workers to have the chance
:09:14. > :09:18.It's been revealed that dozens of drivers across the East Midlands
:09:19. > :09:21.were stopped for using their mobile phones in the first week
:09:22. > :09:24.following the introduction of tough new penalties.
:09:25. > :09:26.Between the first and 7th of March, Leicestershire Police
:09:27. > :09:27.stopped 16 motorists, while officers in
:09:28. > :09:33.In Derbyshire, 64 drivers were stopped for both mobile phone
:09:34. > :09:46.So, it's goodbye from me, here's your weather now.
:09:47. > :09:52.Thank you and good evening. A fairly changeable day today and as we move
:09:53. > :09:55.through the next few days, it's also looking quite unsettled.
:09:56. > :09:59.Low-pressure out in the Atlantic driving our weather and we will see
:10:00. > :10:03.some weather fronts making their way from east to West. It's hard to
:10:04. > :10:10.pinpoint where they will sit so stage into the forecast. Tonight,
:10:11. > :10:17.some rain, won't be too heavy, turning increasingly dry into the
:10:18. > :10:22.early hours, fairly cloudy with some hill fog with an overnight low of
:10:23. > :10:27.9-10. A fairly mild start to the day tomorrow. We could see some
:10:28. > :10:31.outbreaks of light rain or drizzle and something a little bit brighter
:10:32. > :10:36.particularly in the south-east moving into the afternoon but that
:10:37. > :10:41.rain isn't too far away in the north-west. Temperatures at a
:10:42. > :10:46.maximum of 15. It'll be fairly breezy. Thursday, similar story, the
:10:47. > :10:49.rain sitting out in the north-west, moving down to the south-east with
:10:50. > :10:54.some uncertainty. It will be the warmest day of the week with
:10:55. > :10:58.temperatures reaching a high of 17. A cold front introduces some fresh
:10:59. > :11:01.air and rain so turning cooler into the weekend. Here's your
:11:02. > :11:04.times, but fairly mild for the time of year. This stay tuned for the
:11:05. > :11:09.national weather forecasts with John Hammond.
:11:10. > :11:13.Good evening. Your parents might have told you once that life 's not
:11:14. > :11:16.fair and they were right. He is the proof. Over the next few days some
:11:17. > :11:20.of us will enjoy some lovely sunshine, temperatures in the low
:11:21. > :11:24.20s. It will feel like early summer. For others, quite a lot of rain
:11:25. > :11:29.around and it will feel like late March. This is showers earlier on
:11:30. > :11:33.today and dampness this evening in the West Country and Wales. That is
:11:34. > :11:37.heading north eastwards. A different sort of night. A lot of cloud
:11:38. > :11:41.around, quite damp and misty in places. Cloud cover will prevent
:11:42. > :11:43.temperatures falling much at all. A much milder my