31/03/2017 East Midlands Today

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

First tonight - a judge has said that it's considered that a missing

mum poses a risk of harm to her two sons,

It's been five days now since the last sighting of Samantha

-- It's been five days now since the last sighting

of Samantha Baldwin in Nottingham city centre.

Initially a missing persons appeal, it became an abduction

investigation on Wednesday, when it was revealed the Newark mum

didn't have custody of her young sons Dylan and Louis.

We now know they were removed from her care on Monday

Ports and airports were put on alert as the investigation widened,

and, yesterday, officers began house-to-house enquiries in Newark

to build up a picture of Samantha's last known movements.

Well, earlier, I spoke to the superintendent leading

the investigation, and asked what the scale

We have over 100 officers from the East Midlands region out

there in the search for Samantha and the boys, following up

lines of enquiry, sightings, and they are the length and breadth

And again, I want to urge this appeal on a national basis.

And we need people to, if they see anybody that they think

fits that description, if you have to have adouble-take,

fits that description, if you have to have a double-take,

if you have to look twice, check the photos and let us know

I'm increasingly concerned for the welfare those two boys

and I want them back safe and well as quickly as possible.

And you said there have been sightings.

You've been appealing directly to Samantha to make contact.

Is there a risk she's left the country with the boys?

Whilst there is no indication that Samantha has left

the country with the two boys, again it's something

that we cannot rule out. I won't rule anything out.

We will put whatever resources we need to to continue the search

to find those two boys and get them back safely.

Wherever they are, they have been evading you for this time.

How confident are you that someone may be helping them

and what would you say to that person?

I think it's increasingly difficult, um, to evade capture for this long

I would urge those people to do the right thing and give us

the information that will help us get Dylan and Louis

OK, Superintendent Richard Fretwell, thank you very much for your time.

A man who rescued two people from a Derbyshire canal has been

It came after a collision on a bridge saw them plummet

Billy Miller was on his way home from work at the time,

when he saw the car go over the side of the bridge in Swarkestone.

Our reporter Navtej Johal has been to meet him.

So I caught the brick and managed to smash the glass.

As I got in towards the car, I managed to get her underneath

her arms and lift her out through the side of...

I noticed there was another man facing down

So I lifted the lady out and I managed to help

with the man as well from underneath

The dramatic story of how this 42-year-old carpenter helped

to rescue two people from Derbyshire canal after a collision

which saw a car and pedestrian fall into the water.

Billy, at any point, did you think about your own safety

and what might happen to you before you jump into the water?

Why did you think that is? I don't know.

The only thing I can say is that I didn't really think

By the time I even thought about what I was doing,

Your actions made our job ten times easier.

And today, his actions were recognised by

People don't usually jump into a canal and rescue two people,

I've been in the ambulance service about 15 years and I can probably

pick out in one hand the amount of times that I've seen people

doing Billy's actions, so, yeah, it's quite rare.

Billy's actions were admirable and they're very much appreciated,

but you need to look after yourself as well at the scenes.

What do you make of all this fuss? I feel a bit silly.

Do you really? Yeah, I think it's...

Yeah, it was just one of them things.

I was the person that was in the place at the time

to be able to do that, that was all it was.

The pedestrian remains in hospital while

the elderly woman was discharged after suffering minor injuries.

Billy says his thoughts are with them.

Navtej Johal, BBC East Midlands Today.

A day of celebrations is planned for England's

smallest county tomorrow - 20 years since Rutland

The flags are flying proudly in Rutland.

The original was raised in April 1997 as independence was met

Some critics say Rutland ought to amalgamate again with

a bigger authority to cut costs. But not everyone agrees.

We are a low-cost council, probably the third lowest cost

per head council in the country, so we are very efficient

at what we do, and I think, if we were to be amalgamated

into another county, that loss of independence,

loss of direction, not being able to be masters of our own destiny,

A foundation set up by a former Leicester Tigers player has given

out more than ?1 million in grants to people who've suffered

Matt Hampson was injured 12 years ago when he was

A scrum collapsed and he was left paralysed from the neck down.

Since then, he's dedicated his life to helping others.

His Get Busy Living Centre will open in September.

We'll be able to offer people, um, in the same situation as myself

a hope and a purpose for the rest of our lives.

And in sport, just one result for you tonight.

A win for Derby over QPR sees the Rams now just six points off

It ended 1-0 to Derby at Pride Park a little while ago.

More news and sport from me across the weekend,

but let's check now on the weather - Lucy's here.

Thank you and good evening. Looking slightly cooler than today,

temperatures down a couple of degrees but still fairly mild,

temperatures in the mid teens. Into Saturday it will be sunny spells and

showers, high pressure in charge on Sunday so it will be more settled,

dry with some bright intervals through the day. This evening and

overnight, some cloud around as we move into the early hours, which

could bring some outbreaks of rain, overnight low temperatures of 9

degrees, slightly cooler than last night. Into tomorrow, cloud around

to begin with, some outbreaks of rain, but into the afternoon the

cloud breaking, sunny spells developing and one or two showers

that have the potential to be quite heavy and containing thunder.

Temperatures with a maximum of 14 degrees. Sunday, fairly dry and

bright, temperatures around 13 degrees. That is

Hello. There the weekend is here and Sunday looks like being the better

day of the two. We're going to start the weekend, a new month, with

sunshine and April showers. Those fade away overnight. Saturday night

could be chilly. It points to a fine day on