:00:00. > :00:14.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:15. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Geeta Pendse.
:00:17. > :00:24.First tonight - East Midlands Today can reveal that more than 50
:00:25. > :00:26.suspects in a historical child abuse inquiry, have died.
:00:27. > :00:27.They've been reported to a long-running investigation
:00:28. > :00:29.into the care system in Nottinghamshire.
:00:30. > :00:30.The police have identified hundreds
:00:31. > :00:33.of potential victims, but it's been hard to find evidence.
:00:34. > :00:35.And one survivors' group says it's very concerned that more suspects
:00:36. > :00:40.Our social affairs correspondent, Jeremy Ball, reports.
:00:41. > :00:42.The police are listening and they are helping.
:00:43. > :00:45.It took decades for Sharon to go to the
:00:46. > :00:48.police to say she had been raped and repeatedly abused by a man that
:00:49. > :00:57.worked at the children's home where she was a teenage resident.
:00:58. > :00:59.But she has never had her day in court.
:01:00. > :01:01.That's because Sharon has been assessed as
:01:02. > :01:03.having a psychiatric condition, probably caused by childhood abuse,
:01:04. > :01:05.which means she wouldn't make a credible witness.
:01:06. > :01:08.I will never get justice for what he did to me.
:01:09. > :01:11.He would get me to stay behind, help clean up
:01:12. > :01:17.He punched me in the face and he raped me on a table.
:01:18. > :01:21.That is why a lot of people stopped talking about
:01:22. > :01:23.it, stopped telling, because people did not listen to us.
:01:24. > :01:28.Sharon is part of a vast police investigation into child
:01:29. > :01:31.abuse in the care system across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire over
:01:32. > :01:41.She is one of more than 300 men and women who have come forward
:01:42. > :01:44.They've made 680 separate allegations.
:01:45. > :01:47.Detectives have recorded around 400 potential abusers.
:01:48. > :01:53.And actually all of the unidentified subjects could be one
:01:54. > :01:57.We know that over 50 of them are dead.
:01:58. > :02:01.We rely so heavily now on forensic evidence,
:02:02. > :02:08.telephone evidence, CCTV, things like that.
:02:09. > :02:10.but when we are dealing with historic allegations
:02:11. > :02:12.and historic investigations, such as what you see
:02:13. > :02:14.in Operation Equinox, we don't have that benefit, and so
:02:15. > :02:16.it makes it all the more challenging.
:02:17. > :02:18.But this former social worker has been brought to justice.
:02:19. > :02:20.Andris Logins was jailed for 20 years for sex
:02:21. > :02:23.attacks on several youngsters he was supposed to be caring for.
:02:24. > :02:27.It all happened at the old Beachwood children's home in Mapperley, where
:02:28. > :02:28.the abuse enquiries began back in 2011.
:02:29. > :02:47.We are very concerned with the number
:02:48. > :02:49.of cases going to court, because actually, there
:02:50. > :02:51.is absolutely no deterrent there to the people who
:02:52. > :02:54.abuse and there is no incentive there are two people that have been
:02:55. > :02:56.accused, including rape victims, to come forward.
:02:57. > :02:59.It was our role to keep children safe and we clearly didn't.
:03:00. > :03:01.But this public apology has been welcomed by
:03:02. > :03:03.survivors and now they are working with the authorities in
:03:04. > :03:05.Nottinghamshire, so victims get the help they need.
:03:06. > :03:07.The support, traditionally, has been towards
:03:08. > :03:09.Now Sharon is pinning her hopes on the
:03:10. > :03:10.independent enquiry into child sex abuse.
:03:11. > :03:13.That won't put anyone in jail, but it will try to establish
:03:14. > :03:15.the truth, so the sins of the past aren't repeated.
:03:16. > :03:17...he was threatening, he was a nasty man.
:03:18. > :03:21.So, Jeremy, is it too late for most victims to get justice?
:03:22. > :03:23.Well, Geeta, the police are still investigating
:03:24. > :03:26.and a handful of suspects are still facing prosecution, but the focus of
:03:27. > :03:28.this, really, is shifting now to the independent child sex
:03:29. > :03:32.Now, this Thursday, that is going to open its strand
:03:33. > :03:35.It will be looking at whether there were
:03:36. > :03:36.institutional failings by the
:03:37. > :03:38.city or county councils, it'll be looking at whether lessons have been
:03:39. > :03:42.learned and while it's not a court, it's not going to be deciding
:03:43. > :03:44.whether anybody is guilty of abuse, there will be chances for survivors
:03:45. > :03:46.to tell their stories - either privately or publicly.
:03:47. > :03:49.The hope is, really, that that can also give them
:03:50. > :03:52.OK, Jeremy Ball, thank you very much.
:03:53. > :03:55.A woman who was found seriously injured at a house in Derby four
:03:56. > :03:59.Jane Sherrett was discovered at her home on Avondale Road
:04:00. > :04:02.Her husband, Paul Sherrett, was charged with attempted murder
:04:03. > :04:05.The biggest-ever financial gift from an individual has been given
:04:06. > :04:07.to the University of Leicester to boost kidney research.
:04:08. > :04:10.More than ?3 million has been donated in total by Colombian
:04:11. > :04:12.entrepreneur Jimmy Mayer, after his son was diagnosed
:04:13. > :04:16.Today, the pair flew in from South America to see
:04:17. > :04:18.the labs where their money will be spent funding vital research.
:04:19. > :04:21.Scientists say the donation will transform their work and could be
:04:22. > :04:24.I know there is no promises, there is no guarantees.
:04:25. > :04:29.But if we can add just a little bit to the knowledge and help
:04:30. > :04:40.Next the Nottinghamshire businessman who's on a crusade to make
:04:41. > :04:42.mental health education compulsory in schools.
:04:43. > :04:44.Adam Shaw's charity has gathered over 100,000 signatures
:04:45. > :04:46.for an online petition, which means the plan will be debated
:04:47. > :04:57.More from Rob Sissons, our health correspondent.
:04:58. > :05:00.Adam is standing up to talk about mental health after years of
:05:01. > :05:04.He battled from the age of five with anxiety, panic attacks and
:05:05. > :05:07.Though a by-product of his obsessive-compulsive disorder,
:05:08. > :05:09.was that he developed a very big successful legal business.
:05:10. > :05:11.Anyone could look from the outside and I
:05:12. > :05:14.had the houses, I had the cars, I had the holidays, but I didn't have
:05:15. > :05:20.Adam sold his business and is now involved is what he
:05:21. > :05:25.It is to get mental health taught in schools.
:05:26. > :05:26.He insists it should be compulsory, but
:05:27. > :05:29.at the Shaw Mind Foundation, a charity he set up in Newark,
:05:30. > :05:31.they have gathered enough signatures now to
:05:32. > :05:33.secure a Parliamentary debate on the school 's idea.
:05:34. > :05:35.There is an absolute epidemic of mental health problems
:05:36. > :05:38.in our children and it's only going to get worse with social media.
:05:39. > :05:40.With no education around it, it's going
:05:41. > :05:42.to get worse, it's going to get worse,
:05:43. > :05:43.and it's going to be a
:05:44. > :05:52.But the only way you can address it is to make it compulsory,
:05:53. > :05:56.because what's going on in schools at the moment
:05:57. > :06:00.by the Government as this reactive way of dealing with it is not going
:06:01. > :06:04.It becomes a box ticking exercise, which lets the teachers
:06:05. > :06:07.down, it lets the schools down, and lets the sufferers down.
:06:08. > :06:09.We need to be careful that what we are not
:06:10. > :06:12.doing is assuming that schools are the answer to everything.
:06:13. > :06:14.There are some young people who are going to
:06:15. > :06:17.And the Government need to make sure that
:06:18. > :06:20.Adam realises mental health is a hot topic
:06:21. > :06:21.during the election, with
:06:22. > :06:22.politicians keen to show their credential.
:06:23. > :06:25.But he says for years successive governments just haven't
:06:26. > :06:31.Rob Sissons, BBC East Midlands Today.
:06:32. > :06:33.Well, with me is Doctor Lucy Morley, who is a consultant
:06:34. > :06:35.psychiatrist with Caams - the Child And Adolescent Mental
:06:36. > :06:40.First of all, I mean, do you support this idea
:06:41. > :06:42.of compulsory mental health education in schools?
:06:43. > :06:50.I think we would support anything that removes the stigma and
:06:51. > :06:52.shame surrounding mental health difficulties for children and young
:06:53. > :06:55.We find that too many young people are suffering from
:06:56. > :06:58.sometimes quite very serious mental health difficulties, such as eating
:06:59. > :06:59.disorders, anxiety, depression, and self harming.
:07:00. > :07:01.And aren't coming to services early enough.
:07:02. > :07:03.And do you think, in that case, if they had
:07:04. > :07:05.this compulsory education, it would mean that
:07:06. > :07:06.perhaps by the time they
:07:07. > :07:09.reach you, they're often at crisis point, it could avoid that?
:07:10. > :07:11.We are moving as much as we can towards
:07:12. > :07:12.early intervention and prevention to try
:07:13. > :07:14.and get young people coming into
:07:15. > :07:16.services before they ever reached crisis point.
:07:17. > :07:18.That would lead to a better outcome for them and for
:07:19. > :07:22.There was a bit of concern in the report, though, that
:07:23. > :07:24.this could put too much pressure on schools.
:07:25. > :07:26.Obviously, you are a qualified professional in this area.
:07:27. > :07:29.Schools are under enormous pressure to deliver
:07:30. > :07:33.They all work at the moment very effectively with all the other
:07:34. > :07:36.agencies that they need to, To deliver the best for childrens'
:07:37. > :07:39.Children are very stressed at the moment.
:07:40. > :07:41.It's stats week and GCSEs week and schools are working as hard
:07:42. > :07:44.as they can to support young people in very,
:07:45. > :07:47.All right. We will have to leave it there.
:07:48. > :08:07.Thank you very much. Thank you.
:08:08. > :08:09.Staff at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire are clearing up
:08:10. > :08:12.a load of rubbish which has been fly-tipped over the weekend.
:08:13. > :08:15.Office chairs, an old vacuum cleaner and even a portable toilet
:08:16. > :08:17.were hidden in bushes near the main car park.
:08:18. > :08:19.Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust says volunteers are having to spend hours
:08:20. > :08:28.A Derbyshire man has fulfilled a lifelong dream
:08:29. > :08:30.by seeing his screenplay turned into a film.
:08:31. > :08:32.Interlude In Prague, which follows a turbulent few months
:08:33. > :08:35.in the life of Mozart, has been co-written by 81-year-old
:08:36. > :08:39.Brian was working on the script for 17 years and nearly gave up
:08:40. > :08:47.It has its world premiere on Thursday.
:08:48. > :08:50.I was close to giving up, to be honest.
:08:51. > :08:53.Because I had gone down the wrong to try to get the screenplay filmed.
:08:54. > :08:56.And I realised, you know, I was a complete amateur and so I could
:08:57. > :08:59.That's when I realised that it was worth picking
:09:00. > :09:13.So, it's goodbye from me, but with your weather
:09:14. > :09:26.As we go through to the weather for the week ahead, to start off with,
:09:27. > :09:29.it looks as though there is not much change.", mostly dried, some sunny
:09:30. > :09:34.spells. As we go to the end of the working more unsettled and busy
:09:35. > :09:39.times of sundry showers in there as well. As we have a look at the
:09:40. > :09:45.detail over the course of tonight, quite a cloudy affair. Spectrum
:09:46. > :09:51.spots of rain. Slightly cooler in rural slots is leaving. Looking at
:09:52. > :09:55.tomorrow, quite a cloudy picture. Just a few very light showers and
:09:56. > :09:59.places. Brighter spells where that crowd thins and breaks and highs of
:10:00. > :10:04.around 30 degrees osseous. As we go through Tuesday night into the early
:10:05. > :10:09.hours of Wednesday morning, that is when things start to change a
:10:10. > :10:14.little. Cloud receding over Tuesday night. Expecting lows of around five
:10:15. > :10:19.Celsius. Cloud staying away for the site of Wednesday. Looking as though
:10:20. > :10:22.the brightest and funniest day of the week on Wednesday. Make the most
:10:23. > :10:27.of it first thing in the morning, because I cloud will certain groups
:10:28. > :10:37.of the course of the day. Cabbages matching Byzantine, highs of 16
:10:38. > :10:41.Celsius. Low pressure starts to take charge of the weather. The system
:10:42. > :10:45.moving up from the south, bringing some rain with it. Gardeners may be
:10:46. > :10:52.happy about that, because we have had a very dry spell of weather
:10:53. > :10:56.recently. Highs of 17 Celsius as we go through Thursday. On Friday, that
:10:57. > :11:00.is when this showery rain starts to move north and it could be a little
:11:01. > :11:03.boundary in nature with highs of 16 to 17 Celsius. I will leave you with
:11:04. > :11:03.the will become drier and feel warm. Now
:11:04. > :11:16.the National forecast. Good evening. A quiet day on the
:11:17. > :11:20.weather front but we still managed to have some huge contrasts in the
:11:21. > :11:28.weather. This was a beautiful picture from Cumbria, blue skies and
:11:29. > :11:32.crystal clear blue skies in Argyll and Bute but closer to the north
:11:33. > :11:37.coast, it sends shivers down your spine! Chilly and cloudy all along
:11:38. > :11:42.that cost this bank of cloud that sliced the country in half, cool and
:11:43. > :11:47.cloudy to the east and to the West had sunshine. But it still been dry
:11:48. > :11:54.and it will stay that way for most of the week. As we get into Friday,
:11:55. > :11:57.there is some rain on the way. In the short-term, not much happening
:11:58. > :12:01.in the next few hours, quite a bit of cloud in most of England and
:12:02. > :12:06.Wales but many northern and western parts, the stars are out.
:12:07. > :12:07.Temperatures not too low, six