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An investigation has found that hundreds of children who were abused while in care in nottinghamshire were failed by the local authorities who were meant to be looking after them. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse found two councils exposed more than 350 children to repeated rapes and abuse for a period of 50 years. The report found some 350 individuals reported being sexually abused while in the care of the local authorities from the 1960s. But the true numbers of victims is likely to be considerably higher. The chair of the inquiry, alexis jay, says for decades, children who were in the care of the Nottinghamshire Councils suffered appalling sexual and physical abuse. Those responsible for overseeing the care of children failed to question the extent of sexual abuse or action taken. Our correspondent sima kotecha has the story. Beach road Childrens Home in nottingham, where abuse in the past was rife. Todays report concludes from the late 1970s to earlier this year, 16 staff were convicted of sexually abusing children. But the crimes didntjust sexually abusing children. But the crimes didnt just take sexually abusing children. But the crimes didntjust take place here. This report concludes that the abuse of children in foster care and Residential Homes was widespread during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It says all the homes were run by Nottinghamshire Councils. It says all the homes were run by Nottinghamshire Councilslj it says all the homes were run by Nottinghamshire Councils. I have beenin Nottinghamshire Councils. I have been in the inquiry since march 2015, i think was probably, in terms of scale, the most shocking that we have seen, and if you think about it, we are not talking about one individual that blocked or actively participated in the sexual abuse of children, we are talking about a regime that, over many years, just didnt recognise what they needed to do to protect children. Caroline was abused during that time while in care. The impact it had on my life, basically, from that age, obviously, so basically, from that age, obviously, so many blocks getting older, and obviously i basically withdrew in myself, as i got older, i had very bad anger issues. The report says around 350 people said they had been sexually abused whilst in care in the region from the 1960s. Police say the true number is likely to be considerably higher. It also says some perpetrators were allowed to carry on working with children, even though there were doubts about their conduct. I think we were slow to respond, slow to listen to the concerns that came out, and i really am sorry about that, because you know, these were the most Vulnerable Children in our society, and we had taken them to protect them in our care, and we didnt do a good job. But the chair of the inquiry has said that neither of the councils have learned from their mistakes, despite more than 30 years of evidence of failure to protect children in care. Sima kotecha, bbc news, nottingham. 0ur correspondentjeremy ball is in nottingham. 0ne one of the most damning aspects of this report is saying that no lessons have been learned. This report is saying that no lessons have been learnedm this report is saying that no lessons have been learned. It is quite interesting, because we have been following the saga of four yea rs, been following the saga of four years, through police investigations, apologies by the council, and one thing they have said to us, the councils involved, is that these are mistakes of the past, nothing has changed, but this report says they are particularly worried about what is happening in the foster care system, and the report says that the Council Still has a process for regular reporting of child sexual abuse allegations, and they are making recommendations today for changes at both nottingham city and Nottinghamshire County Council to put that right. City and Nottinghamshire County Councilto put that right. 0k, thank you, more on this later. Fresh talks between British Airways and pilots are set to go ahead in an attempt to avoid strike action over a pay dispute after the airline lost a legal challenge. The airline will meet with the British AirlinePilots Association this afternoon to continue negotiations after the court of appeal refused to grant an injunction to block industrial action. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been following events from the court of appeal. If you have got a flight booked with British Airways in the coming weeks, it is natural to be concerned. My message for now at least as do not panic, and that is because firstly the pilots union, balpa, has not set a date for a strike. Secondly, under law, they have to give British Airways at least two weeks notice and could wait months to call a strike, january is the end of that window, and finally talks resuming between the two side to break the deadlock. The pay deal that was on the table was an 11. 5 pay rise for British Airways pilots over three yea rs. British Airways Pilots over three years. It sounds pretty good, British Airways says it is fair, but the unions say, look at the whopping profit that British Airways made at its parent group, iag, last year. Iag made a pre tax profit of roughly £3 billion last year, and they say, the union, that there pilots should get a bigger slice of the cake. The wider context to all this is that British Airways will fly around 150,000 passengers in a single day during these summer months, so if a strike were to go ahead, then the damage to British Airways reputation and its finances would be huge. British airways says it is disappointed by the decision, it is the strike action is unprecedented, but it is getting back behind the negotiating table. Balpa says, look, ifa negotiating table. Balpa says, look, if a strike were to go ahead, that would be more costly than reaching a compromise around the table between British Airways and the union. I think, after the Court Decision here this morning, it is more likely be strike could happen, but it is by no means certain. With me is simon calder, the independents travel editor and presenter of the travel show on the bbc. I want to come to that in just a moment, but there is another development in the story, on the airline business, ryanair reporting airline business, ryanair reporting a fall airline business, ryanair reporting afall in airline business, ryanair reporting a fall in profits, breaking news. Remarkable events this afternoon at the dublin headquarters of ryanair. It has emerged that the chief executive, michael 0leary, has actually recorded a video to staff basically saying we have got too many pilots and too many cabin crew. Now, he is talking many hundreds, possibly up to 1502 many. Pilots and cabin crew. This is quite remarkable, because earlier this week they released their First Quarter financial results, profits down, they said they were retrenching the amount of expansion they would have, blaming largely brexit in the consumer uncertainty that are generated in their biggest market, the uk, as well as luftha nsa, market, the uk, as well as lufthansa, as they traditionally do. But everyone kind of thought this was just but everyone kind of thought this wasjust going to but everyone kind of thought this was just going to affect expansion next year. What we have now heard is that, apparently, according to what michael 0leary was saying, hundreds of staff are sitting around at home under occupied in the busiest months of the year, so it has gone from one extreme, year and half ago, of the year, so it has gone from one extreme, yearand half ago, ryanair we re extreme, yearand half ago, ryanair were cancelling flights massively because they didnt have enough pilots, now it turns out they have got too many, and indeed too many cabin crew. Of 1500 got too many, and indeed too many cabin crew. 0f1500 possible job losses 7 cabin crew. 0f1500 possible job losses . The rate of expansion will reduce, we kind of knew that was going to happen, from about 7 down to 3 , blaming, again, brexit, and wea ker to 3 , blaming, again, brexit, and weaker economies, excessive competition and so on. And also, very crucially, the reduction in the fleet available to ryanair. They we re fleet available to ryanair. They were expecting to get boeing 737 max aircraft in may this year, those deliveries never took place because of the tragedies involving the aircraft, which is currently grounded worldwide after 346 people died. So we were expecting slower growth, but it now turns out that people who are currently employed might lose theirjobs, as opposed to simply not recruiting more people in the future. It has caused a great deal of upset in the republic, where ryanair isa deal of upset in the republic, where ryanair is a huge company, and it could reverberate across europe, there is talk of looking at individual bases and seeing which ones have too close. Thank you for bringing us the breaking news, that has already been picked up by one news agency, thank you. British airways is what we booked you to talk about, do people who have tickets with British Airways in the next few weeks, do they need to worry . My key date is the 17th of august. I dont think anything is going to happen before that, and i have been kind of tracking it ever since the 22nd ofjuly, looking at when the first possible strike could be. They have got to give two weeks notice of any industrial action, and if they decided this afternoon, right, we are going to give that notice, it could be the 13th 14th notice, it could be the 13th 14th of august, but i spoke to the general secretary of balpa seconds after the verdict in the court of appeal and i said, what happens now . And he said, basically, we are going to talk, and in 45 minutes from now they will be restarting discussions at acas, the conciliation service, talking right through to the end of the week. I dont think we will see any call for industrial action then. The really odd thing is the belligerence afterwards. Normally, when a union is being taken to court and wins, you would expect them to say, right, we are going to go ahead, but the belligerence floors from British Airways, saying, it is terrible they are taking strike action, at the same time as the general secretary was in, we are not announcing anything yet. British airways perhaps sensing that the public are looking at what pilots are earning and saying, this is quite a good offer . Certainly, the pilots are not like some of the cabin crew who were on strike last summer, suffering from poverty pay, as it was called. They simply say the 11. 5 that British Airways has mentioned over three years is not actually 11. 5 , because they are taking some things away, and look at the1. 9 taking some things away, and look at the 1. 9 billion that British Airways made in profits, we would like some of that, please. So the dispute continues, but i kind of sense the union may be looking for a way out. Simon, always good to see you, thank you very much. Borisjohnson has promised to do everything in his power to help restore power sharing in Northern Ireland more than two and a half years after it collapsed. Hes been meeting the main parties for talks at stormont. 0ur ireland correspondent emma va rdy reports Boris Johnsons road ahead on Northern Ireland may not always be this clear. The rival parties he is here to meet are deadlocked, while the uk is facing deadlock in its brexit talks with the eu. It is great to be here in Northern Ireland, and clearly the people of Northern Ireland have been without a government, without stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again, because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in Northern Ireland. Make sure Boris Johnson doesnt ignore us you wouldnt come to us, so we have come to you. Campaigners came with a cacophony of Northern Irelands most divisive issues. Shipyard workers alongside anti brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. But it is the Irish Language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power sharing talks to overcome. The democratic unionists Arlene Foster was the only party leader to dine with borisjohnson last night. He needs her ear and her partys votes in westminster. They discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see the uk leaving the eu without a deal. We talked about the fact that we both wanted to get a deal. That dublin and indeed brussels needed to dial back on the rhetoric and be a willing partner to find a deal, not just for the uk but for the republic of ireland and the whole of europe. It is important we focus on trying to get a deal moving forward instead of just focusing on a no deal scenario. No deal is on the table because of the fact we have a very belligerent European Union. Nice to meet you. Borisjohnsons closeness to the dup has deepened the divide with their arch rivals, sinn fein. He tells us that he will act with absolute impartiality. We have told him that nobody believes that. Nobody believes that, because there are no grounds to believe that there is any kind of impartiality, much less strict impartiality. A majority in Northern Ireland voted to remain. In the Irish Republic, there is warnings a no deal brexit could lead to 50,000 job losses. Many feel borisjohnson leaves this Island Holding its Economic Future in his hands. With me now from belfast is former bbc ireland correspondent denis murray. Hejoins me now he joins me now from hejoins me now from belfast, have you ever seen anything like this . No, i havent, not least was the Shipyard Workers that you saw in emmas report there, actually chanting at one point in irish, save oui chanting at one point in irish, save ouryard, chanting at one point in irish, save our yard, which they must have learned from the Irish Language protest is it is an extraordinary situation to find ourselves in, and if the new Prime Minister thought that westminster and glasgow, edinburgh and cardiff were tricky, he came to belfast to find his problems were only beginning. There isa problems were only beginning. There is a real intractability about the problem at the moment. He says that is going to be his focus, but i think the truth of it, the reality of it is that everything is taking a back seat to brexit, and we will only know on october the 31st what is going to happen either with the stormont is in leo with brexit itself. The question then will be the same as the question should have been, probably not asked at the time of the referendum, then what . Then what indeed, i heard somebody making the point the other day on one of the point the other day on one of the bbc radio ulster programmes which was, how long does no deal last . Is it permanent . You never make a deal with the European Union, you never make a deal with your closest neighbour, with whom you have the only land border, the republic of ireland . Have the only land border, the republic of ireland . How long does it go on for . Arian foster keep saying that no deal has to be on the table, but i think that is not really a bargaining chip with europe, they would prefer not to have no deal, and certainly the Irish Government would much prefer a deal. But it is no bargaining chip, if the uk decides to go out without a deal, that is the United Kingdoms problem. It will definitely have an effect on the Irish Economy, north and south, but i would expect the European Union to help the Irish Economy and