:00:00. > :00:00.starting over on BBC Two in a moment. They'll be live in Kiev
:00:00. > :00:00.assessing what chance today's deal assessing what chance today's deal
:00:00. > :00:12.this type of offence. Experts say more needs to be done. Louis I
:00:13. > :00:16.this type of offence. Experts say Good evening. First tonight the
:00:17. > :00:21.fight to protect vulnerable children from sexual predators. Last night we
:00:22. > :00:24.reported on the sentencing of five people aged between 33 and 14 who
:00:25. > :00:30.sexually abused five girls from Peterborough. It was the latest in a
:00:31. > :00:37.series of high`profile prosecutions of young men who groom and abuse
:00:38. > :00:40.young girls. It is the result of the authorities specifically targeting
:00:41. > :00:53.this type of offence. Experts say more needs to be done. Louise
:00:54. > :01:00.Hubball has this report. BBC radio Cambridgeshire. Five
:01:01. > :01:03.members of a Peterborough gang who raped and sexually abused young
:01:04. > :01:08.vulnerable girls have been gelled at the Old Bailey.
:01:09. > :01:12.It was said in court the girls were seen as easy meat, sexual
:01:13. > :01:19.playthings, and this all happened in Peterborough. What do shoppers
:01:20. > :01:24.think? Shocking, really shocking this is happening in Peterborough.
:01:25. > :01:30.It is disgusting, really. What can you say? I have got a little brother
:01:31. > :01:36.or sister and if that happened to them, it would break my heart. One
:01:37. > :01:41.of the social workers supporting the girls agreed to talk to me. We
:01:42. > :01:45.concealed her identity to protect the young people she works with. How
:01:46. > :01:47.concealed her identity to protect the young people she works with How
:01:48. > :01:52.important is the sentencing? It is the start of the girls being able to
:01:53. > :01:57.live with what has happened to them. They were pleased to know what the
:01:58. > :02:02.outcome was. You have spoken about the impact on the girls, but how do
:02:03. > :02:07.you cope with listening to what they are telling you? There are days when
:02:08. > :02:12.I drive home in tears thinking about what I heard, what the girls had
:02:13. > :02:17.said, but you have to stay strong for them. They need to know you can
:02:18. > :02:27.rely on them, and they can rely on you. Why are you talking to me? This
:02:28. > :02:30.video is shown to young people at risk of sexual exploitation.
:02:31. > :02:35.Prevention is now a key and so is the need for youngsters at risk to
:02:36. > :02:40.talk. One of the most basic tools this charity uses is jewellery
:02:41. > :02:45.making. If you are making something you can talk without having to make
:02:46. > :02:49.eye contact with your work and it increases confidence to talk about
:02:50. > :02:54.the things that have happened to you. Sometimes these young people
:02:55. > :03:01.are very angry and you can pour all this out and explain your feelings.
:03:02. > :03:04.Yesterday five abusers were jailed precisely because young girls had
:03:05. > :03:07.the strength to discuss their feelings.
:03:08. > :03:09.Earlier I spoke to Professor Jenny Pearce from the University of
:03:10. > :03:20.Bedfordshire and asked her how widespread this kind of crime is.
:03:21. > :03:24.The office of the children's commission last year produced a
:03:25. > :03:29.report that said we know for sure over 2000 young people are being
:03:30. > :03:33.sexually exploited by gangs and groups. That is an
:03:34. > :03:39.underrepresentation of the numbers because young people do not report.
:03:40. > :03:43.In our research only one in 12 young people in gang affected
:03:44. > :03:47.neighbourhoods said they would tell anybody. They have no confidence
:03:48. > :03:51.those that they'd tell will be able to do something about it. The
:03:52. > :03:54.partner of a man stabbed to death in his own home has told a court today
:03:55. > :03:58.how she pleaded with his assailants to leave him alone. Sharif Demirsay
:03:59. > :04:01.was attacked in the hallway of his home in Kempston last May. Neil
:04:02. > :04:13.Bradford spent the day at Luton Crown Court.
:04:14. > :04:17.The court has heard how 69`year`old was left traumatised by the attack
:04:18. > :04:20.on her partner. They had been together for more than 20 years.
:04:21. > :04:20.on her partner. They had been together for more than 20 years She
:04:21. > :04:25.together for more than 20 years. She said it was late at night on May the
:04:26. > :04:29.14th when there was a loud knock at the door. Three young men all
:04:30. > :04:36.wearing hooded tops burst in demanding cash and gold. They were
:04:37. > :04:39.all armed with knives and they began stabbing her partner. The
:04:40. > :04:44.prosecution say the attack on Sharif Demirsay was vicious and sustained,
:04:45. > :04:54.but it only lasted a matter of minutes. She was also injured in the
:04:55. > :04:55.attack and required surgery as she tried to fend off the attackers. She
:04:56. > :04:58.tried to fend off the attackers She described how she was stabbed
:04:59. > :05:01.through the arm. This she said she tried to fend them off by hitting
:05:02. > :05:05.one of them over the head with a metal attachment from her vacuum
:05:06. > :05:11.cleaner. She told the court, he pushed me, I felt to the floor, he
:05:12. > :05:17.said, where is your money? I said to take the money, take the gold, leave
:05:18. > :05:25.my partner alone. She told the court one of the attackers was even
:05:26. > :05:31.shouting kill him, kill him. The accused all deny murder. The trial
:05:32. > :05:34.at Luton Crown Court is expected to last six weeks.
:05:35. > :05:38.A six`hour stand off between Northamptonshire Police and a man
:05:39. > :05:41.thought to be armed has ended. It began at around 2pm in Cardigan
:05:42. > :05:45.close to the Dallington area after reports of a man brandishing a gun.
:05:46. > :05:49.Four police vehicles, fire and an ambulance were on stand`by. One
:05:50. > :05:58.resident arrived home just before the siege ended peacefully around
:05:59. > :06:02.8pm. This has been going on since half past one this afternoon and me
:06:03. > :06:08.and my daughter have been in town and we have just got back to this
:06:09. > :06:13.situation. I understand no one is allowed in at the moment. It could
:06:14. > :06:19.end in five minutes or hours from now. It has been confirmed the body
:06:20. > :06:23.recovered from the River Ouzel in Leighton Buzzard is that of the
:06:24. > :06:27.missing man Neal Devlin. It was discovered on Monday. The
:06:28. > :06:32.36`year`old was last seen on New Year's Day after leaving a friend's
:06:33. > :06:38.has. His route home would have been close to the river.
:06:39. > :06:45.Saturday looks like the most promising of the weather. It is
:06:46. > :06:50.looking windy and cloudy for Sunday. Tonight it is a largely dry night
:06:51. > :06:56.with long, clear spells developing. It will get chilly enough for a
:06:57. > :07:00.touch of ground frost. It is a bit of a cold start to the weekend, but
:07:01. > :07:06.it will quickly warm up because we will see long spells of sunshine
:07:07. > :07:10.through tomorrow morning. Increasing amounts of cloud, but not a bad day
:07:11. > :07:16.and it will feel very mild for this time of the year. The wins will come
:07:17. > :07:21.from a south`westerly direction, initially a light wind, but they
:07:22. > :07:28.will tend to pick up and fresh and through the afternoon and evening.
:07:29. > :07:31.This is the outlook. The wins will start to pick up for Sunday and it
:07:32. > :07:35.will be liked and cloudy. Outlook. Tom Shuffle knacker has the
:07:36. > :07:38.National forecast in a few seconds. Some rain around on Monday.