09/02/2014 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. A

two`year`old girl who's been fighting a rare form of cancer since

she was just 11 months old is to undergo specialist treatment

overseas. It's hoped it'll not only save her life but her face. Bethany

and her family leave for America on Tuesday. Tom Brown's been to meet

them. Daddy, mummy, Bethany. Four`year`old Kane knows how

important families, especially after his little sister, Bethany, was

diagnosed with cancer. I was scared. When Bethany was sick.

Bethany has a rare muscle tumour in her left cheek. If she were to have

it removed here, she could lose most of the left side of her face and an

eye. And now the NHS is flying Bethany and her parents to America.

There, they offer proton beam radiotherapy, a more controlled and

more effective treatment. You can almost see the light at the end of

the tunnel. Hopefully this is finishing it off, and we will come

back and that is it hopefully done. She is the 220th child to be sent

out to America for this treatment. They've had no comeback of a child

that has had a relapse. And Kane will be there, too. After the

charity, kids in cancer, and the local Stableford community, all

chipped in to play for his bride. That was the biggest weight off our

shoulders. Worrying about getting the money to make sure he could come

with us and not with the family was one of the most important things.

Will you be happy to be there with her? Guess, because I'm her brother.

I keep an eye on her. The family leave on Tuesday to begin the 12

weeks of treatment that could mark the end of Bethany's cancer ordeal.

A house in Leicester has been cordoned off by police for most of

today. It's after three men were found with injuries in Rowan Street

late last night. Two had been stabbed, one had a fractured rib.

All three were arrested, one remains in hospital tonight. The owner of

Britain's biggest private aquarium says he has to get rid of his exotic

fish because he can't afford the electricity. Jack Heathcote built

the tank ten years ago in his basement. Although the ?11,000 bill

has been reduced, he's now refusing to pay, as Quentin Rayner reports.

Few of us will forget Jack swimming with his tropical fish in the

basement of his home. At 20,000 litres, it Britain's biggest private

aquarium. But heating and filtering the water now costs ?16,000 a year.

So the exotic fish have to be sold or given away and replaced by cold

water river fish to slash the electricity bill. It's a tremendous

blow. It's really cut me up. I went to great lengths to provide a

spacious, suitable home for these creatures and now I've got to get

rid. Jack thought he was budgeting correctly, but a misreading of the

meter meant he initially faced and ?11,000 arrears bill from British

Gas, which has since been amended to around ?4500. And really angry

because the way they've behaved is atrocious. They should have

recognised that they've made the mistake and been apologetic for that

and not be trying to charge me this enormous bill. British Gas says Mr

Heathcote hasn't paid anything for months, despite offering him options

to pay the outstanding debt, and they sent him accurate meter

readings. Jack is appealing against the arrears bill. British Gas is now

threatening disconnection. To football, and none of our teams saw

defeat in the league this weekend. With the round`up, here's Kirsty.

Leicester City were 2`0 down to Watford before Mattie James reduced

the deficit just before the break. They dominated possession but looked

to be heading for defeat until Danny Drinkwater's unstoppable shot. It

rescued a point in the dying moments to leave them 11 points clear at the

top. Nottingham Forest are now unbeaten in their last 15 but had to

settle for a point at Blackpool. This goal looked like it might be

enough for the win, but with just four minutes to go, Andy Keogh's

header left Forest frustrated. Notts County were against and inform

Coventry. Aidan Mullins opened the scoring before a stunning strike

from James Spencer. The win was then wrapped up with a penalty. Mansfield

town hadn't had a home win since September until yesterday. They were

set on their way against Southend, with James Jennings making sure of

all three points. After a showery day, our next

concern is ice as the temperatures start to drop away. The Met Office

has got a yellow warning in place. There are still one or two showers

around this evening, but it is going to dry up. The skies were clear, the

temperatures will drop away. We are expecting a frost as we start the

new week. But tomorrow is a much more settled day. The winds will be

much lighter. There will be some light showers around which may turn

a bit win to reach, particularly over the higher ground. It will feel

quite cold with highs of around six Celsius. There's more wet and windy

weather to come on Tuesday. I will have more for you at 10:15pm.

Goodbye. Good evening. We have a significant

number of severe warnings out. Most of them have been issued on the

River Thames today. Now, of course, with more rain due this