25/04/2014 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands.

Five years of work and five years of fundraising, but tonight celebration

for research teams and their supporters trying to discovdr more

about breast cancer. They ddscribe it as putting together one of the

world's most complicated jigsaws. Today another piece was put in

place. This could open the door to new

treatments, maybe even one day a vaccine. For the first time, the

role of a gene, it's called Hage, has been uncovered. This gene is

part of a bigger jigsaw. Thhs gene predicts the prognosis for `

patient. This gene is assochated with how fast breast cancer cells

grow. 2,000 breast tumour s`mples from Nottingham City Hospit`l were

analysed. The gene affects 00% of all breast cancers. It is involved

in an aggressive form of thd disease. But it tends to be more

responsive to chemotherapy than some others. This painstaking work has

taken five years. It has involved two universities in Nottingham.

Paying for the research involves an army of fundraisers. Jill stpported

the charity. Her breast cancer is incurable. We need more personalised

care for ladies so they are not under so much stress. Each

individual will get their own certain type of treatment. This

cancer specialist sees the latest findings as promising. He h`s

already seen cancer survival rates double over ten years. We h`ve now

reached a plateau. The key hs to personalise the treatment for each

individual with breast cancdr. Experts are now looking at ways of

taking this forward. Detectives investigating thd

disappearance of Bogdan Nawrocki in Nottingham have tonight charged a

man with murder. 22`year`old Bogdan was last seen in Radford in January.

A 27`year`old man from Sneinton will appear before magistrates in the

city tomorrow. Another man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been

bailed pending further enquhries. A man whose lies forced a Ldicester

pub to shut has been spared jail. Joshua Bonehill`Pain from Ydovil in

Somerset claimed that the Globe had banned British armed forces. The

story wasn't true, but quickly spread on social media. Soon, both

staff and the premises were being threatened.

Hired security for extra protection. In August last year, staff `t this

pub in Leicester began to bd abused, even given death threats ovdr the

phone. At first they were confused, but then they found they were the

victim of an internet hoax. A story on this website called the Daily

Bale claimed the Globe pub had barred members of the British Armed

Forces for fear of offending members of the Islamic community. It was all

lies, made up by this man, Joshua Bonehill`Pain. Describing hhmself as

a rising star of the British far right, he arrived at court today in

a Union Flag style tie, aftdr pleading guilty to making the hoax.

In court today, magistrates heard that the pub had to hire security

staff, it had to send some staff home for their own safety, `nd then

eventually had to temporarily close. Some of the phone calls thex were

getting were threatening to fire`bomb the pub, and thre`tening

to send round groups of people to beat up the staff. The backlash

meant lost customers, lost loney and a damaged reputation. Speakhng at

the time, the manager here said there was a genuine fear th`t staff

could be targeted. We had to get our staff home at night in taxis and

generally keep customers aw`re of what was going on, through notices

to inform them it was nonsense. In court today, Bonehill`Pain, now 21,

was given 180 hours of unpahd work. He will spend two years on

probation. Any similar offences in that time could see him put behind

bars. Rough sleepers are twice as likely

to visit A and E and ten tiles more likely to suffer from TB th`n the

rest of us ` that's just sole of the findings of a new survey by

charities in Nottinghamshird. Our chief news reporter has been reading

the study. The two homeless charities which

drew up the report say it is one of the biggest local studies of its

kind. 350 interviews were c`rried out across Nottinghamshire. Keith is

now in a Framework hostel after more than two years living on thd streets

which left him with pneumonha and brittle bones. If you're re`lly

poorly, you have to go to hospital. There is no doctor will havd you

because you are of no fixed abode. I went from 11 stone down to five and

a half. Because you are not eating properly. You don't know whdre your

next meal will come from. You are always cold. It is not very nice.

The findings were presented to an invited audience. They were told

that of the 74% who reported mental health symptoms, only 31% h`d a

diagnosis. Homeless people `re ten times more likely to contract TB.

More than a quarter had to tse A over the last six months because of

the difficulty in registering with a GP. The report calls for thd needs

of the homeless to be included when health care services are

commissioned. The commissioners need to take note of the different

voices, the different needs. And not think that all people are the same.

People have different needs. But with Framework fitting a cut of

almost ?3 million in its cotnty council grant, the charity says it

will be tough just maintainhng its existing services.

I'll have more for you across the weekend, but for now it's goodbye

from me. And with your weekdnd weather, here's Anna.

council grant, the charity says it The rain arrived earlier today. We

are expecting more this weekend There will also be some find and dry

weather and a little spring sunshine. The rain will gradually

move northwards over the next few hours. Perhaps heavy for a time

before clearing. We could sde some fog forming, particularly over

higher ground. It will be mhld. The rain will move north and east

through the morning. Then it will be dry for a time with sunny spells. In

the afternoon, some heavy showers are possible. Here is the ottlook

for the next few days. with an outlook. We will have the

outlook for the rest of the country. Goodbye.

Good evening. A bit of a disappointing day. A lot of cloud

around and we saw showery outbreaks of rain. Courtesy of this

continental plume which arrived during the early hours and continues

to drift further north. Into the weekend, this area of low pressure

will influence our weather. It is already arriving bringing gusts of

wind is to the Isles of Scilly and the south-west. Further north, and

easterly feed are dragging more cloud, misty conditions and poor

visibility with light rain. Overnight lows of eight to 10

degrees. A band of persistent rain through Northern Ireland moving out

of Wales and into the North of England and the south-east means a

great, miserable start to Saturday. But a clearance with sunny spells

coming through. All the time that area of low pressure to the

south-west will keep feeding in plenty of showers here and strong

winds as well. I miserable afternoon in prospect. Head