01/03/2014 East Midlands Today

on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the late news 10:10.

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

special service is under wax in Derby following the scandal of

former parish priest Francis Cullen. Last week, the 85`year`old `dmitted

sexually abusing children in Derbyshire and Nottingham over 4

years. At Christ the King Church in Mackworth, the Bishop of Nottingham

is leading tonight's servicd. The diocese hopes it'll help Cullen s

victims begin the healing process ahead of his sentencing.

Thousands of people turned tp at Mallory Park racetrack in

Leicestershire today to show support for the venue. It was the fhrst

event held by the circuit's new managers, after a bitter legal row

over noise saw the previous ones go into liquidation. Carolyn Moses

reports. An open day to welcome visitors with

open arms. This was Mallory park trying to make friends again with

its neighbours, after a verx public spat. The previous management

company folded last year, the circuit's new managers, two local

former racers themselves, s`y this is the start of the new era. We are

hoping to keep it on as a r`ce circuit, not as a full`on British

superbike level circuit, but as a friendly circuit. Organisers say the

crowds here today show the level of interest there is in this vdnue

They're hoping to renegotiate the number of days they hold evdnts

here, but they say many of those will be less noisy. Yes, it is a

race circuit. But yes, it s`ys Mallory Park. We want to move

intoriathlon. We've opened `` intoriathlon. `` intotriath`lon I'd

like to think that people who haven't been speaking to people can

start to speak to speak to people. `` to speak to people. The new

owners have to come to a happy medium with the villagers. Ht

depends how it's run. Today former and would`be world champions were

lending their support. The real test will come when the new season gets

its wheels in motion later this month.

Developers are trying to tr`ce the relatives of an amateur town

planner, credited with helphng to shape the look of modern`dax

Nottingham. Ena Palmer was `warded the Citizen of Honour by thd City

Council in 1994. The search is on now for her family, as 140 new homes

are being built on the formdr site of five blocks of flats in Lenton,

and developers want to name one of the buildings after Ena. Shd put a

lot of effort into the area and to natural causes as well. Wildlife was

one of her treasures. She w`s a member of the not Hampshire `` not

Hampshire Trust. The Rams were a goal behind when

Chris Martin was sent off, Burnley forge ahead in the second h`lf to

defeat Derby 2`0. It was 3`0 to Leicester, against relegation zone

Charlton, and Nottingham Forest lost 4`1 to Wigan at the City ground

It was a drubbing for Notts County at Rotherham in League One. The

Magpies were 4`0 down by half time, but it finished 6`0. And a goalless

draw for Mansfield Town with Dagenham and Redbridge in Ldague

Two. In rugby, the Leicester Tigers face Newcastle tomorrow, hoping to

cement their place in the Premiership top four. Our standards

are high. We have to keep it that way. Sometimes you have to take a

more measured view and realhse that sides are getting better. The salary

cap is to even the competithon. Have you no God`given right to whn

anything. Let's check the wdather now. After a spring`like dax the

night will get off to a chilly night. We are expecting a p`tchy

frost at first. The cloud whll thicken up and we will see patchy

rain work through during thd early hours. The breeze picks up ` bit as

well. Temperatures shouldn't fall much lower than four Celsius.

Sunday, though, looks like being a fairly dull start to the dax, plenty

of drizzle around to begin with It may brighten for a time, but the

cloud increases. Showers move in ahead of the main band of r`in,

which pushes in during the latter part of the afternoon. The winds

will strengthen, and it will feel much fresher than the temperature

suggests. Mel has your forecastyour local BBC

Radio. Tonight in session whth Dean and the team catch Lauren F`ith from

Derby. That's between now and 1 pm. For now, good night.

Hello. For some of us, it was quite a decent state, some sunshine

around, but not the case right now in Northern Ireland