:00:20. > :00:21.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Emily Anderson.
:00:22. > :00:25.First tonight, hospitals and NHS services across the East Midlands
:00:26. > :00:28.are reporting that they are affected by the cyber attack which is
:00:29. > :00:31.Some are having to shut down phone and IT services,
:00:32. > :00:34.Weekend appointments are also being cancelled.
:00:35. > :00:36.NHS Digital has said it does not believe patient
:00:37. > :00:46.Our health correspondent Rob Sissons has been following events.
:00:47. > :00:51.What can you tell us about the East Midlands situation?
:00:52. > :00:54.We know that some organisations have been attacked by what is
:00:55. > :00:56.called a malware attack - ransomware that encrypts data
:00:57. > :01:11.and demands a ransom, in exhange for unencrypting it.
:01:12. > :01:13.and demands a ransom, in exchange for unencrypting it.
:01:14. > :01:15.Two organisations that we know have been affected
:01:16. > :01:17.are Lincolnshire Trust, which run Grantham Hospital,
:01:18. > :01:20.They have cancelled some outpatient work this weekend.
:01:21. > :01:23.We also know that Kingsmill Hospital in Sutton in Ashfield was affected.
:01:24. > :01:25.A consultant in accident and emergency there has
:01:26. > :01:26.described how the computer screens went blank.
:01:27. > :01:29.He said they have had to revert back to the
:01:30. > :01:32.old-fashioned way of doing things, which is pen and paper, but that
:01:33. > :01:47.It is getting difficult for us, because
:01:48. > :01:49.we've got a lot of patients here and it takes is an awful lot of
:01:50. > :01:52.time for us to process the information on a paper system.
:01:53. > :01:54.I had a lady who had serious back pains,
:01:55. > :01:55.which could potentially paralyse her.
:01:56. > :01:58.We had to divert her to the Queen's Medical Centre.
:01:59. > :02:02.We know that that other hospital trusts have been taking precautions.
:02:03. > :02:04.Some have switched off their computers and rebooted them,
:02:05. > :02:14.Nottingham has not had a direct attack, but they say
:02:15. > :02:18.have had to shut down some systems, but say accident and emergency
:02:19. > :02:23.The big question is, have cyber hackers got
:02:24. > :02:25.hold of confidential and sensitive patient information data.
:02:26. > :02:28.At this stage, I do not think we have got an answer to that.
:02:29. > :02:30.What has the reaction been elsewhere?
:02:31. > :02:32.The Patient Association has questioned the quality of the
:02:33. > :02:34.NHS Providers, which represent the NHS
:02:35. > :02:36.organisations, say that everyone is working together,
:02:37. > :02:43.in what has been declared "a major incident" by NHS England.
:02:44. > :02:52.The head of a company which conned thousands of customers in a huge
:02:53. > :02:55.cold-calling scam has been ordered by a judge to hand over
:02:56. > :02:57.?1.2 million under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
:02:58. > :02:59.The daughter of one his victims says the pay-out brings
:03:00. > :03:02.It has been the biggest investigation led
:03:03. > :03:03.by Trading Standards in the East Midlands.
:03:04. > :03:11.Jonathan Rivers is currently serving a six-year jail sentence,
:03:12. > :03:17.Today, he was back at Nottingham Crown Court.
:03:18. > :03:25.He was ordered to pay ?1.2 million under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
:03:26. > :03:27.Rivers, formerly from Coleshill in Birmingham, was the owner
:03:28. > :03:32.of a publishing company, Wyvern Media Group, based in Derby.
:03:33. > :03:35.Under his direction, employees pressured small firms into buying
:03:36. > :03:38.worthless advertisements. Staff were told to tell lies.
:03:39. > :03:40.False names were used and claims about readership were exaggerated.
:03:41. > :03:49.Unauthorised withdrawals were also made from customer accounts.
:03:50. > :03:54.The company had an estimated annual turnover of ?7 million.
:03:55. > :03:56.One of those customers were the Moyles.
:03:57. > :03:58.They were persuaded to place an advertisement
:03:59. > :04:02.Ultimately, they were conned out of over ?20,000.
:04:03. > :04:09.The calls from Wyvern Media were absolutely beyond belief.
:04:10. > :04:11.They were literally every 20 minutes, starting first
:04:12. > :04:14.thing in the morning, going on until the last
:04:15. > :04:16.possible moment at the end of the working day.
:04:17. > :04:28.It was like a, sort of, torture - a constant torture.
:04:29. > :04:36.In October last year, ten people, including Rivers,
:04:37. > :04:38.were sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison.
:04:39. > :04:41.This was their largest investigation taken on by the regional
:04:42. > :04:43.Trading Standards in East Midlands and also the largest
:04:44. > :04:56.investigation for the Proceeds of Crime Act we've undertaken.
:04:57. > :04:58.Rivers was order to pay ?1.2 million.
:04:59. > :05:00.If he does not, he will face a further sentence
:05:01. > :05:10.Drayton Manor Theme park will reopen tomorrow after the death
:05:11. > :05:12.of a Leicester schoolgirl at the attraction earlier this week.
:05:13. > :05:14.11-year-old Eva Jannath died after falling from
:05:15. > :05:19.The park says the Splash Canyon and surrounding rides will remain
:05:20. > :05:28.Now, when it comes to voting age, everyone knows you start at 18.
:05:29. > :05:31.But how many people go on to cast their vote until they are 101?
:05:32. > :05:34.Well, Wyn Edwards is 101 years old and remembers
:05:35. > :05:42.And as part of a BBC East Midlands Today special report
:05:43. > :05:45.she has been talking to 18-year-old Alicia Clarke who, of course,
:05:46. > :05:51.is voting in her first general election next month.
:05:52. > :05:53.Do you discuss among your contemporaries how you are
:05:54. > :06:05.It's a very popular subject at school.
:06:06. > :06:09.So do you put your mobile phones on one side
:06:10. > :06:22.A cricketing legend on and off the pitch has been honoured today.
:06:23. > :06:23.Test Match Special commentator and former Leicestershire
:06:24. > :06:26.bowler Jonathan Agnew went to Buckingham Palace to receive
:06:27. > :06:28.an MBE from the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William.
:06:29. > :06:31.Aggers was given the award for services to broadcasting.
:06:32. > :06:35.So, it is goodbye from me, but with your weather
:06:36. > :06:54.It is a mixed bag towards the weekend.
:06:55. > :07:02.Largely dry overnight tonight. We start off Ehrlich Lodi tomorrow.
:07:03. > :07:07.Some decent spells of sunshine developing in the afternoon.
:07:08. > :07:10.Just the chance of an isolated shower overnight, but not as
:07:11. > :07:16.Overnight, Saturday into Sunday, the cold front will bring
:07:17. > :07:18.outbreaks of rain and introduce a fresher feeling to the weather and,
:07:19. > :07:21.by Sunday, we are looking at a bright start and sunny spells
:07:22. > :07:30.The showers have the potential to be heavy.
:07:31. > :07:39.I will leave you with the look through
:07:40. > :07:45.A bit of a mixed bag earlier on today, some of us were cloudy with
:07:46. > :07:52.rain. This is the view from one of our weather watchers in Cornwall.
:07:53. > :07:56.But in the Highlands of Scotland, it was completely different, find,
:07:57. > :08:03.sunny and warm. The satellite and radar picture shows the variety of
:08:04. > :08:04.weather we have had. It brightened up into the afternoon, early