:00:10. > :00:12.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Anne Davies.
:00:13. > :00:15.First tonight, a senior police officer, herself a mother,
:00:16. > :00:19.has made a direct appeal to a woman missing with her two young
:00:20. > :00:24.Detectives have decided to adopt a more personal approach
:00:25. > :00:27.in their investigation, one mother to another.
:00:28. > :00:30.Samantha Baldwin from Newark disappeared with her boys over
:00:31. > :00:33.a week ago, and the case is being treated as abduction.
:00:34. > :00:36.Today police spent hours visiting homes and businesses in the hope
:00:37. > :00:45.These CCTV images from last Monday in Nottingham are the last sightings
:00:46. > :00:54.of Samantha Baldwin and her six and manual sons Dylan and Louis.
:00:55. > :00:57.Today in this appeal from the police.
:00:58. > :00:59.Sam we need to speak to you directly.
:01:00. > :01:02.I know that this is a very difficult time for you.
:01:03. > :01:04.I cannot imagine what you're going through and what you
:01:05. > :01:09.As a mother of a child of a similar age I
:01:10. > :01:12.cannot begin to imagine what is happening in your mind.
:01:13. > :01:17.We desperately need to know that the boys are safe,
:01:18. > :01:36.that they are in good health and where they are.
:01:37. > :01:43.I feel very strongly to this, I want to appeal to her as a mother because
:01:44. > :01:45.a mother will know how it feels to protect their children.
:01:46. > :01:48.Eight days ago a family court ruled that some of that
:01:49. > :01:52.pose a risk of harm to the boys, they were removed from her care and
:01:53. > :01:55.100 officers are working on the abduction case.
:01:56. > :01:57.The investigation team is sifting through exhibits and
:01:58. > :02:01.No fresh sightings have been captured on camera anywhere in
:02:02. > :02:07.Officers continued to search out request CCTV
:02:08. > :02:11.in new work and focus enquiries around Manchester and Lincolnshire.
:02:12. > :02:16.Police had this message for anyone who may be
:02:17. > :02:26.I would appeal to them particularly if they are mothers,
:02:27. > :02:28.families with children, to do the right thing.
:02:29. > :02:30.These children will be unsure about what is happening to them.
:02:31. > :02:33.I know they are with their mother but this is for the long-term
:02:34. > :02:36.care of the children in the safety of Sam as well.
:02:37. > :02:38.The police in the fight -- your primary concern
:02:39. > :02:43.remains the safety of the boys and their mother and the urge
:02:44. > :02:46.the public to remain vigilant and a reassuring
:02:47. > :02:51.Samantha Baldwin that her side of the story will be listened to.
:02:52. > :02:54.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was in the East Midlands today
:02:55. > :02:58.to open the party's local government election campaign.
:02:59. > :03:01.Many people say the County Council elections will be seen as a test
:03:02. > :03:07.But in a speech in Newark he rallied his troops and said next
:03:08. > :03:09.month's vote was a chance to send a message to the Tories
:03:10. > :03:16.Our political editor Tony Roe has this report.
:03:17. > :03:18.During the English Civil War, Newark was besieged by
:03:19. > :03:22.Today it was the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and members of
:03:23. > :03:26.his Shadow Cabinet, but nobody was talking about civil war.
:03:27. > :03:30.Front row seats ready for the Shadow Cabinet,
:03:31. > :03:36.united in this fight for county councils.
:03:37. > :03:38.In normal times the East Midlands is the battle ground
:03:39. > :03:40.you would expect Labour to do well in.
:03:41. > :03:44.Labour-controlled Derbyshire and runs Nottinghamshire without an open
:03:45. > :03:47.majority, so the reader is keen to use them to illustrate the new
:03:48. > :03:51.mantra that Labour is standing up for you.
:03:52. > :03:54.Just west of here is Derbyshire, the Labour council will
:03:55. > :03:58.the right service has helped local people claim ?18 million
:03:59. > :04:09.Use your vote for Labour on May the 4th.
:04:10. > :04:12.You have chosen Newark to launch the campaign today, there
:04:13. > :04:16.is not a single Labour county council in Newark.
:04:17. > :04:18.Is that a final optimism despite the polls and
:04:19. > :04:34.Corbyn wanted to talk about issues, not polls and predictions.
:04:35. > :04:36.He said voting Labour was the best way of
:04:37. > :04:39.We want to guarantee market access to
:04:40. > :04:43.Europe, guarantee jobs on leaving the European Union and that in turn
:04:44. > :04:46.guarantees the funding for public services.
:04:47. > :04:49.You want to guarantee your job, don't you?
:04:50. > :04:52.I am very happy with my job and I enjoy it.
:04:53. > :04:54.Losing power in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
:04:55. > :04:57.would be bleak for Labour and make the leaders job even harder than it
:04:58. > :05:11.So there will be a few eyes on how the East Midlands votes on May fourt
:05:12. > :05:16.The launch was in the East Midlands because Labour only runs the county
:05:17. > :05:21.councils in the country, and two of them are here, Derbyshire and in
:05:22. > :05:24.Nottinghamshire. The Poles, you have to say, he avoided questions about
:05:25. > :05:27.them today, and that is because they them today, and that is because they
:05:28. > :05:33.are terrible for Labour. If they do as well as the polls say, it will be
:05:34. > :05:37.their worst local election performances 1982. The Labour leader
:05:38. > :05:42.got very irritated about questioning about that, he cites as an attack on
:05:43. > :05:44.him and what he wanted to talk about 's policies, not opinion polls.
:05:45. > :05:54.Leicestershire is conservative ruled, Liberal Democrats are in
:05:55. > :05:58.second place there, they will be looking to try and make some gains
:05:59. > :06:02.as a centre party sometimes does a local elections. Ukip has two seats
:06:03. > :06:06.there. The Conservatives may be looking to take those. Labour built
:06:07. > :06:07.the last election taking six from the Conservatives, they may have
:06:08. > :06:11.hope of taking some more. The government's given
:06:12. > :06:16.the East Midlands ?180 million Police are investigating
:06:17. > :06:18.after a student from the University of Nottingham died after being hit
:06:19. > :06:20.by a car. He was named today as Andrew
:06:21. > :06:23.Robertson from Berkshire who was 20. He died at the scene of the accident
:06:24. > :06:27.on Derby Road in Lenton just Police want any drivers who may have
:06:28. > :06:37.dashcam footage to contact them. The government's given
:06:38. > :06:40.the East Midlands ?180 million to help create thousands
:06:41. > :06:43.of new school places. It's hoped the cash will fund around
:06:44. > :06:47.20,000 new pupil places in our region between now and 2020,
:06:48. > :06:50.including more than 6,000 in Leicester, 1,000 in Nottingham,
:06:51. > :06:55.and 2,000 in Derby. The Department for Education says it
:06:56. > :06:59.will help pay for 179 projects to expand and improve
:07:00. > :07:05.school buildings. Next, the ex-servicemen battling
:07:06. > :07:08.to find somewhere to live. Charity workers say some already
:07:09. > :07:11.suffer with mental health problems and being homeless can
:07:12. > :07:15.make them suicidal. But at Coalville in Leicestershire
:07:16. > :07:17.housing experts are working with a charity called 'once,
:07:18. > :07:21.We Were Soldiers', to make finding You just don't know where to turn,
:07:22. > :07:32.being a veteran, it's very hard to But Fergus needed help,
:07:33. > :07:36.he served in the first Gulf War, Bosnia, Northern
:07:37. > :07:39.Ireland, and Iraq. After 15 years he left the Army,
:07:40. > :07:43.he had PTSD and who became You are supposed to survive
:07:44. > :07:48.but I don't know where they That is because last
:07:49. > :07:53.September he was This fantastic, it
:07:54. > :07:57.is actually my first And it is brilliant,
:07:58. > :08:04.I actually love it. It is thanks to the locally-based
:08:05. > :08:07.charity, over four years they have supported around 100
:08:08. > :08:11.ex-servicemen like Fergus. It is a fresh start in life,
:08:12. > :08:14.the main job is to get them housed and then we can focus
:08:15. > :08:18.on mental health problems and signpost them to places
:08:19. > :08:20.like Combat Stress but the main priority is the roof
:08:21. > :08:24.over their head in to get this In the past year they have
:08:25. > :08:30.linked up with North West Leicestershire District Council
:08:31. > :08:33.and between them they have has four It has been really useful
:08:34. > :08:36.to be able to support ex-servicemen and women who have
:08:37. > :08:39.done so much for the country, and this is our way of giving a little
:08:40. > :08:43.bit back to help them through what can be difficult
:08:44. > :08:46.times in their lives. The all except much more needs
:08:47. > :08:50.to be done, he lives are slowly being turned around
:08:51. > :08:54.and Fergus has become a volunteer to help other former soldiers
:08:55. > :09:03.like him get homes. The procession route has been
:09:04. > :09:05.announced for the Queen's visit On Thursday morning she'll enter
:09:06. > :09:10.the city centre at Humberstone Gate and will go past the Clocktower,
:09:11. > :09:13.before travelling up Her Majesty will then attend
:09:14. > :09:18.a Royal Maunday service Thousands of spectators
:09:19. > :09:25.are expected to turn out. On to tonight's football -
:09:26. > :09:27.and there've been three matches In the Premier League,
:09:28. > :09:34.Leicester City beat Sunderland 2-0. Whilst in the Championship,
:09:35. > :09:36.it finished Derby County 4, But Nottingham Forest
:09:37. > :09:44.lost 1-0 away at Wolves. That's your news, so it's goodbye
:09:45. > :09:47.from me, but with your weather It has been a fairly
:09:48. > :09:53.cloudy and dull day today. This picture sent in by one of our
:09:54. > :09:56.weather watchers capture that It was a cloudy and overcast day,
:09:57. > :10:04.but tonight is generally clearer overhead, that is going
:10:05. > :10:07.to allow some of the heat to escape and temperatures to fall away
:10:08. > :10:10.as a result, so we are looking at lows of around five or six
:10:11. > :10:12.Celsius. That'll take you through
:10:13. > :10:15.to Wednesday daytime. A bright start, particularly
:10:16. > :10:17.in southern parts of the East Midlands, the further north
:10:18. > :10:21.you are it is just dull and cloudy. For all in the East Midlands,
:10:22. > :10:23.as the day goes by, Occasionally the odd spot of
:10:24. > :10:27.drizzle, but otherwise mainly dry. Fairly chilly in comparison
:10:28. > :10:32.to what we have had of late. As for Thursday daytime,
:10:33. > :10:33.we might see those temperatures squeeze up
:10:34. > :10:37.to around 12 of 13 Celsius. Some sunny spells in the mix
:10:38. > :10:39.with cloud, and again it should be a generally dry day, as it
:10:40. > :10:44.will be through Friday as well. This area of high
:10:45. > :10:46.pressure still very much with us, so some light wind
:10:47. > :10:48.through Friday, plenty of cloud around certainly, we've got some
:10:49. > :10:51.sunny spells, and then Saturday, some sunny spells in the mix
:10:52. > :10:54.as well, again with plenty of cloud. That is all from the East Midlands,
:10:55. > :10:57.I'll leave you now with We'll be back with you first
:10:58. > :11:03.thing tomorrow morning. bit from the south, so we could get
:11:04. > :11:10.to 18 or higher on Sunday. Now the national focus. Good evening,
:11:11. > :11:15.things are looking good in the next few days, some pressure drifting in
:11:16. > :11:19.from the Atlantic, bringing some finance settled with it. Just some
:11:20. > :11:23.questions about the amount of cloud we will see under that. The cloud we
:11:24. > :11:26.saw the sea links gave rise to a lovely sunsets are many areas. This
:11:27. > :11:30.is the view from one of our weather watchers in Cornwall. Look at the
:11:31. > :11:32.tones in the sky in Warwickshire this