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That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me, | :00:00. | :00:18. | |
And now the news for the East Midlands. | :00:19. | :00:20. | |
I'm Dominic Heale. Good afternoon. | :00:21. | :00:22. | |
First this lunchtime, a Derbyshire couple, | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
who claim their two young sons should never have been | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
taken away from them and adopted eight years ago, | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
say they are seeking a unique court review of their case. | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
Their lawyer says they may have suffered the most appalling | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
injustice and there could be other families in a similar situation. | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
Back in 2008, the couple, who we have chosen not to name, | :00:37. | :00:44. | |
to protect the children, took their nine-month-old | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
They say he had a swelling on his head and, | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
after some confusion, were told he had a skull fracture. | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
We were in absolute shock. Disbelief. | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
They asked me, "Do you know what happened?" | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
They asked me a couple of times and, each time, | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
After a private family court hearing, their baby and their | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
three-year-old son were taken into care and adopted. | :01:10. | :01:10. | |
The police said there was no criminal case to answer. | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
The mother used her legal rights to obtain the medical records. | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
One said there was no skull fracture. | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
Another one said it was more likely a fissure. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
I could not believe what I was actually reading. | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
This had not been disclosed to us, the fissure, | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
being a natural variant, more like a deep groove, | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
Their new solicitor represented Angela Cannings, | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
whose convictions for murdering two of her babies | :01:39. | :01:40. | |
were overturned in a high-profile miscarriage of justice. | :01:41. | :01:42. | |
He finds this case just as concerning. | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
It may be that there was never any fractures in the first place. | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
The parents may well have suffered the most appalling injustice. | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
Derbyshire County Council are not commenting, but provided us with | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
the details of the private court hearing. | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
Due to legal restrictions, we are not allowed to report them. | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
Meanwhile, the mother has now been diagnosed | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
with a genetic condition affecting her joints. | :02:11. | :02:11. | |
The children could have inherited Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. | :02:12. | :02:20. | |
Their lawyer knows of other families in a similar situation, | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
I believe there is a lot of cases where this connection | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
may be very important, indeed, to the resolution | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
of what has actually happened to these children. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
He believes nothing can be done about the adoption in the short | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
term, but it may be possible to review the facts of the previous | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
And you can see more on that in tonight's | :02:43. | :02:52. | |
Inside Out at 7.30pm, here on BBC One. | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
Next this lunchtime, companies across our region have | :02:58. | :02:59. | |
been reacting to Theresa May's latest industrial strategy. | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
Aimed at boosting the post-Brexit economy, the Prime Minister's | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
ten-point plan focuses on investing in innovation, developing skills | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
Her approach is being broadly welcomed by East Midlands | :03:06. | :03:15. | |
business leaders, among them the Chamber of Commerce. | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
Quentin Rayner's been speaking to one company boss | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
This lunchtime, I am at the business Nottingham. This is the sort of | :03:20. | :03:40. | |
business that you would expect the strategy to benefit. They have been | :03:41. | :03:50. | |
operating for the last 40 years and employ 140 people. What is your | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
assessment of the industrial strategy? I think there has been not | :03:57. | :04:08. | |
enough said about manufacturing, but on the whole, it was encouraging. | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
Too much said about technology? I think so, yes. It seeks to address | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
the skills shortage. Do you suffer from? Yes, we do. Children are not | :04:24. | :04:32. | |
getting the emphasis on manual skills. I think having that in the | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
education is very important for the future. We want to be positioned in | :04:37. | :04:47. | |
a good place after Brexit. Will the strategy help do that? I think so. | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
Given time, I do not think immediately, given time, I think we | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
will feel the benefit. Thank you very much. The strategy has been | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
welcomed by the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce. The belief that | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
will provide opportunities for the EV as well as address the skills | :05:13. | :05:13. | |
shortage. A man is recovering in hospital | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
after he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
in a Leicestershire It happened on this | :05:19. | :05:20. | |
stretch of Kirkby Road in Barwell at around 10.30pm. | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
The silver car was later found burnt out on a farm | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
track several miles away. Two cars were also | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
damaged in the collision. A 22-year-old man was arrested | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
on suspicion of GBH and drink driving and has been bailed, | :05:31. | :05:32. | |
pending further enquiries. The Fire Service in Leicestershire | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
says it is in a much stronger financial position, than it has been | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
in for more than two years. Early last year, the combined fire | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
authority for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland faced | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
controversial cuts to the service. But after making what it | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
says were bigger savings than anticipated, its draft budget | :05:52. | :05:53. | |
released today proposes increasing the number of full-time firefighters | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
and investing in equipment. The Canal and River Trust | :05:57. | :06:08. | |
is appealing for more volunteers to become lock keepers along | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
the region's waterways. The charity says they play a vital | :06:11. | :06:12. | |
part in welcoming visitors and keeping the historic role | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
of lock-keeping alive. Geeta Pendse has been | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
to the River Trent this Yes, it is a misty morning down | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
here at Gunthorpe Lock. In the winter months, | :06:20. | :06:27. | |
it is very unusual to see a But in peak season, up | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
to 60 narrowboats come Key to making sure this canal runs | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
smoothly are the many Amongst them is Nick, | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
who is in charge here. What made you decide to become | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
a volunteer lock keeper? First of all, I love | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
the outside life. It is mainly in the summer months | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
that we are in operation. At the lock sides here, we have got | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
the lovely open countryside. We have got the difference | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
here at Gunthorpe. We have got a lot | :07:04. | :07:05. | |
of pedestrians here. So, that gives you the opportunity, | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
as well as the outdoor life, to meet people all the time. | :07:09. | :07:10. | |
And I love talking. Nick has been here for around | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
a year, so he has just had his first full season, | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
which he says he has really enjoyed. But the Canal River Trust | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
want to see many more people volunteering and with me is Steve, | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
from the Trust. Why is it vital that | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
more people volunteer? Volunteers play a very | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
important role. They welcome boaters | :07:34. | :07:35. | |
to the East Midlands, so they provide a really important | :07:36. | :07:36. | |
first impression to people. But they also share their local | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
knowledge to visitors, pointing out places for walks or picnics. | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
But they also help us keep on top of any maintenance. | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
Thank you very much. On tonight's programme at 6.30pm, | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
we will be taking a look at exactly what Nick does and what it takes | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
to become a lock keeper. Now we can catch up | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
on the latest weather. The fog will clear from some areas, | :08:00. | :08:14. | |
but it is proving rather stubborn. As we make our way through the week, | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
it should be generally try and with spilt uprightness. This afternoon, a | :08:21. | :08:32. | |
good deal of cloud our own. Temperature is about 4-5 C. Into the | :08:33. | :08:43. | |
early hours from today, you can see this fog beginning to form. It will | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
also be very cold, with temperatures dipping below zero. Tomorrow | :08:52. | :09:00. | |
morning, a lot of cloud through the day came tomorrow. Temperatures | :09:01. | :09:10. | |
similar to today. As for Wednesday, it will be breezy for a time and | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
again, fuelling cold. On Thursday, just a high temperature to Celsius. | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
Fog a bit of a problem this week. I will be back at 6:30 p.m.. Goodbye | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
for now. a free five-a-side tournament | :09:28. | :09:46. | |
that's for everyone. For more information, | :09:47. | :09:59. | |
go to the Get Inspired website. If they have a fear of water, | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
God help them. | :10:05. | :10:05. |