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attacker Khalid Massoud was acting alone.

Tonight, how being being beaten and robbed may have

inadvertently saved the life of a well-known pub vendor.

After the attack, medical checks on Nottingham's Cockle man David

Bartram revealed he had cancer. She gave me a full MOT, you know, and I

found out I had something I didn't know I had got. And trying to

prevent arson, there are around nine deliberate fires started everyday.

Training for the Olympics with Champion Adam Peaty. And a stunning

new stained-glass window. Stained-glass is a medieval process

and we're making it the same way medieval craftsmen made it centuries

ago. It's a great method. Very good evening and welcome

to Friday's programme with Anne Davies and me,

Dominic Heale. First tonight, the remarkable story

of how one of the region's most colourful characters discovered

he had a serious illness. David Bartram is one of the UK's few

remaining cocklemen and he's been selling muscles,

cockles and prawns Recently though, he was mugged,

beaten up on his rounds. But the resulting medical checks

following the attack revealed to David something he didn't know -

that he had cancer. Our Health Correspondent Rob Sissons

has been finding out how being mugged has given him

the chance to get the crucial I'm called the Cockle Man or the

Fish Man by everybody in Nottingham! But recently, walking between pubs

in Nottingham city centre, he says he was punched and pushed

to the ground. If they had been in front

of me, I could have done Rib injuries and

they still hurt now. Even in pain, he has

kept up the job. He says, in a strange

way, the attackers have His medical check

revealed bowel cancer. I didn't want it, I could have

done without the pain, Now 70, David is determined to keep

working, to take his mind not only off the disease but also continue

a pub tradition. I've got a dog myself,

and four walls. Nottingham people

wanted me to do it. I do it for Collecting

for Rainbows charity. David has not yet reported

the attack to the police. He believes his cancer has been

caught early but is awaiting He's struggling to make sense

of why he was targeted. Because Nottingham people

wouldn't do that to me. Rob has gone with him. Good evening

to you. An extraordinary way to find out you have got cancer! Strange how

things turn out, isn't it? Dave has got his first sale of the night,

here in the city centre. And was just saying how strange it is that

you would find out you had got cancer from this robbery in the

street. Yes, it is. You think it may have saved your life? It has saved

my life in one respect but I'm still hurting from the other. I think I

went four weeks with bad ribs. You were telling me you are a tough

character, you are pushing through. Yes. Yes, I am. I'm getting through

it. I had to have some time off, that is the worst. You had no

symptoms of bowel cancer, no abdominal pain? No pain at all. You

don't remember getting a card through the post? A lot of people

get these test kits. No, I never got one. I'm sure everyone wishes you a

wig recovery. The landlord over here, Pete, is really glad to see

David back at work. What do you reckon to what has gone on? It's

awful. He's a gentleman, is Dave. To find out that... You're pleased to

see him back at work. Very pleased. You've known him since the 70s?

Three-year is, serving the same thing as he does now. He's a real

character. Legend. Plenty of people agree with that and as we have seen,

Dave is back at work, just beginning his pub crawl. He's got a lot of

friends, hasn't he? Still to come this evening -

fundraising fun. Geeta's at a call centre

where the cash is rolling Yes, the lines are now open and we

will be chatting to some of the volunteers who have given up their

time tonight and we will have a look at what else has been going on

across the region. Fire services across our region

are reporting an average It adds up to hundreds

of deliberate fires a year. And it means of course that

firefighters aren't immediately available when other fires threaten

life or property. Derbyshire Fire Service

training in Alfreton today. But at any moment, these officers

may have to rush to an emergency, It's frustrating that some

fires aren't accidents Fire officers hope people

will be on the lookout We stand ready to

respond 24 hours a day. Clearly we can't be

in two places at once. So whilst we are dealing

with the deliberately ignited car or pile of rubbish or a disused

building, then we're not immediately available

for house fires and the like, Arson can be just

pointless destruction. People also set fires

to illegally claim on insurance. Since April last year,

Derbyshire Fire Service had to deal There were more than

950 in Leicestershire. And in Nottinghamshire,

close to 1500. That means there are around

nine deliberate fires The authorities are also keen

for people to spot situations that To prevent people having the means

to set fires deliberately, what we ask people is to be quite

careful around the management of refuse and other materials

they are looking to dispose of that are left in front gardens or

on streets that can be then ignited by people who are seeking

to cause incidents. As well as the potential loss

of life, 60% of businesses never recover or close within three years

of being deliberately set on fire. Simon Ward, BBC East

Midlands Today, Derbyshire. There's been an armed raid on a

Leicestershire building society. Police say two men threatened staff

and customers at the Shepshed branch of the Nottingham Building Society,

with what appeared to be a shotgun. It happened at around one

o'clock this afternoon. No one was hurt but the robbers

did escape with cash. Officers are appealing

for witnesses and carrying out Police are stepping up patrols

in a part of Nottingham where a man 21 year-old Reuben Morris-Lang

was found injured outside the Premier Express store

on Robin Hood Street in St Ann's Officers have begun a murder

investigation but have Severn Trent says a major route

in Derby will remain closed It's after a water main burst

on Mansfield Road in the Chester Green area last weekend,

damaging nearby homes. There've been long traffic delays

across the city as a result. Severn Trent says the road closures

lasted longer than expected Managers of an event ticketing firm

based in Nottingham have admitted they're almost powerless

to stop their tickets SeeTickets uses the latest

technology and expertise to try to spot ticket touts,

who often buy in bulk before selling on at

a significantly inflated price. But they've told a committee of MPs

that there is no easy fix Our Political Editor

Tony Roe reports. # Crash landed in a field

near the River Adur # Nick Cave

is back in Nottingham in September. Last time he was in the city,

it was a sell-out. Tickets for popular events

are snapped up quickly. Not everyone intends

to go to the gig. Some buy to sell to secondary

agencies to make money. Nick Cave the Bad Seeds,

$48.60 including booking fees. Now, you go to a secondary site

like viagogo, they tell you to hurry because they are selling fast,

there's only three left, apparently, and when you go

through you can't select one ticket, you can only actually

buy three tickets and those three At the Commons this week,

they investigated what they have SeeTickets's boss was

here to give evidence. They began selling

tickets over the counter Now they sell millions online

a year, including big If you, with respect,

bought six tickets today on a clean skin transaction,

we don't know you, you bought six tickets and floated

them through viagogo, One of the secondary agencies

invited to give evidence, It says something about their lack

of self-respect and the shady nature of their operations that they feel

they can't appear here The bands will play on,

the music won't stop. How, though, can the money makers be

stopped from online touting, Police officers in Leicestershire

have been cleared of any wrongdoing, after a traffic pursuit ended in two

men being killed. 37-year-old Guy Tomlinson

was the driver of a Peugeot being followed last March,

when it collided with a Transit van on Leicester's Fosse Road South,

killing his two passengers. The Independent Police Complaints

Commission has now ruled officers in the unmarked police

car acted correctly. Work's begun to join up two heritage

railways in the East Midlands. Construction has begun

on creating a new bridge over the Midland Mainline

in Leicestershire, which will help reconnect the 18-mile

Great Central Railway link The project is costing ?3 million,

a third of which was raised Managers of an historic windmill

in Derbyshire are appealing for volunteers as it prepares

to reopen for the summer. Heage windmill underwent

extensive repairs last year after wet rot was discovered

in its supporting beams. It reopens next month,

and the group running it is searching for volunteers

to help staff the shop You're watching East Midlands Today

here on the BBC. The ?2 million renovation of one

of our finest churches The parish church of St Mary's

in Melton Mowbray closed When it re-opens later this year,

one of the centrepieces will be It's being made using traditional,

medieval techniques. James Roberson went to meet

the artist who's creating it. At his studio in medical on in East

Leicestershire, Derek Hunt is at work on his latest commission, a new

stained-glass window he has designed force and Mary's Church in Melton.

It is currently closed while a ?1 -- one 9p renovation takes place

including relaying the floor. The church currently has this plane

window and Derek has created a modern design but the working method

is anything but. Basically stained-glass is a medieval process

and we're making it the same way medieval craftsmen made it centuries

ago. It's a system that was devised in the 12th century and it has

stayed the same since then. A lot of hand tools, knives. Each piece of

glass is hand cut. The colour is in the glass itself and then the paint

is put on to create texture and Bedale. If you want a face, a head,

that would be painted onto the surface of the glass and then fired

in the kiln. Here we are, work in progress. This is the bottom section

of the central part. Those behind the church's restoration are

delighted with the way the new window is shaping up. It is in

memory of John Plumb, who left money for the refurbishment. We wanted to

reflect the history of Melton, so we have got Jerusalem, reflecting our

organist and we have got the Fox, relating to fox hunting. We've got

the bird, lowered down with a paintbrush indicating painting the

town red, and of course painting the town red, the saying, comes from

Melton Mowbray. Derek and the congregation at Saint Mary's are

looking forward to the church and the new window being completed this

autumn. James Roby some, BBC's Midlands today, Melton.

-- BBC East Midlands Today. It looks stunning.

Still to come - putting the fun into fundraising.

The annual Red Nose day tomfoolery is about to kick off here on BBC1

but you've already been having a laugh, raising cash

The fun ends now that that that I was looking for a pie in the face

but instead uses a stab in the back! First, the best in the world.

Olympic golden boy Adam Peaty says his aim is to become the first

British swimmer to defend an Olympic title, the very first, and that is

what his driving him towards the Tokyo Games.

Peaty's also revealed to our Sports Editor Natalie Jackson

that at 14 he wanted to quit swimming and he very

COMMENTATOR: Here he is, Great Britain's Adam Peaty.

It almost takes a miracle to win an Olympic gold.

You've got more chance of winning the lottery.

He needs this to join the most exclusive club.

I just knew he was going to deliver something crazy.

VOICEOVER: But as a boy, he was scared of water and very

Peaty takes Olympic gold for Great Britain

I found my love for the sport, eventually.

Because that first year, I absolutely wanted to quit

I said to my mum, I got into the car on Sunday

night and I was like, mum, I don't want to do this any

She was like, you know, just keep going, keep

# I'm always pushing myself to the limit, making

# You made me who I am from the words you said.

VOICEOVER: So, his parents and long-serving coach Mel Marshall

take considerable credit for the transformation

from a 14 year old whose times weren't the best,

As soon as I started to get the ball rolling with Mel

and I started to swim faster, that's when it kind of popped

VOICEOVER: Marshall's appointment as head coach at the city of Derby

eight years ago was the start of their incredible journey.

Now he is the reigning Commonwealth, European,

World and Olympic champion, and she is the National League

This is their new base as a new cycle begins

No British person in swimming ever has defended an Olympic title.

So that is my main motivation now and I think it's

But then when you climb it again, you want to climb it better.

And I think that's what we want to do, we want to climb it better.

We had all the kit last time and we're going to go with no shoes

At the end of the day, it's all about creating a legacy

and how can we portray the best image possible for

All we can do is work hard and keep the love there.

Everest without shoes... Adam Peaty and Marshall both stars.

Lets take a look at the weekend's sport coming up -

starting with what will be an even more remarkable rugby derby

match between Northampton and Leicester Tigers than usual.

It'll be the last game in charge for Aaron Mauger.

A very unusual farewell - Mauger was told he was being sacked

as Tigers head coach earlier this week.

But he chose to take charge of one last match.

And Tigers are still very much in the Premiership play-off hunt.

There's a lot of belief. And that belief has come from real committed

action from everybody, players, staff, coaches, over the last eight

or nine weeks. When you're at the bottom of the whole, you've got to

dig, and the boys have dug themselves out and we're in a great

space at the moment, so I believe the team are well set to press on

over the coming weeks. In the weekend's football

Mansfield Town start tomorrow three points off the play-offs,

as they go to Morecambe. Notts County could do the Stags

a favour with a win at Wycombe, who are among the teams fighting

Mansfield for that spot. But both clubs - especially Notts -

need to learn how carry their home We've got to start learning how to

manage the game and manage teams away from home and learn how to win

away from home. Or if you can't win, expect a point. So that is something

we will be working on this week and hopefully trying to make sure it

comes to fruition on Saturday. Nottingham Panthers finish

their regular season this weekend. Tonight the National Ice Centre

will be sold out and rocking And on Sunday they travel

to Manchester Storm. Also watch out for the action

in the British Gymnastics The Downie sisters and Sam

Oldham among the stars And finally, what a day

for Emma Wiggs - the Leicestershire Paralympic

canoeing gold medallist at Buckingham Palace

today receiving her MBE. From laughter Yoga... Never heard of

that before... I've heard of custard throwing competitions, though!

People across the region have been finding imaginative ways to raise

money for Red Nose Day and have a laugh in the process.

Last time, Comic Relief raised almost ?100 million

nationally, and there are high hopes of topping even that amount.

Well, Geeta Pendse is at a call centre in Nottingham

where they will be taking in some of those all-important donations.

Love the headgear! Yes, it is really a hive of activity here as you can

probably see. Around 120 members of staff here at domestic and general

and their friends and family and a few familiar faces are manning those

phone lines. In a moment we will talk to a view of them but first,

here is a look at a view of the things that have been happening

today around the region. Out of the classroom

and into the mud, children in Kilburn Junior School

in Derbyshire did their We have been doing the Mini

Mucker Killer Kilometre. My best one was the Swamp sprint

because when you walk through it, mud splashes up and it kind of hits

you and it's just fun to get muddy! Everyone has came dressed

up in something red. I even made my own

T-shirt last night. It was a sporting theme over

at Loughborough College, where hundreds of students

are taking part in a We've been playing badminton,

the cricket board have come Later on there's weightlifting,

we've got shoot ball, volleyball. Literally any sport you can name,

we've been playing it. You guys really are

rocking this look. Do you think you will be

going beyond sport-a-thon Not sure about that

but we will see how it goes! I'm not sure if the streets

of Leicester or Loughborough will be liking me wearing this,

but we will see! In Nottingham, it was back

to the future with an 80s theme And it seems high on the agenda

for everyone was to get messy. That is dedication! Well, there is a

lot going on here today, tonight even. The lines open at 630 B. With

me are Martin and Chris, two people who have done this many times

before. Martin Kaymer Tommy how it works this evening. This evening

we've got over 120 members of staff who will be helping during the

night. The calls will be coming in from about 6:30pm. Though it's set

up for a really great night and lots of fun. Everyone here is

volunteering their time, which is quite incredible really. Absolutely.

We've got friends and family here. Most people have done a full day's

work and they're just really pumped up to get lots of money for charity.

Of course they will be working very hard to night but there are lots of

things going on. We've got face painting over here, lovely lady,

lots of the letter. That need take you through here because you've got

to keep fit while you're taking calls, at least that is what is

happening at the moment. You might recognise the sports personality of

the year unsung hero, he has been giving lessons to Kirsty! Kirsty,

you've done this before, how are you feeling about tonight? It's just

going to be a fantastic night. We've got volunteers here from every call

centre we work with, we've got guys here from the rugby, Marsalis

-- he has donated his time tonight. You're giving a view boxing tips?

Absolutely, it's all about getting everyone ready. I like your look to

night, quite different to what we're used to? Absolutely, got to do it

for Red Nose Day! We've got one lady I really want you to meet, it is

Freya over here, you've come along to help your dad out and I love your

outfit. What is the idea behind it? I just did it because we are having

a non-school uniform day at school and each child had to pay ?1 took an

interest in red. That is your choice, your red outfit. You've had

your face painted, it looks gorgeous. What is it like being part

of this tonight? It's amazing. It's my first year doing this here with

Domestic and General. It's great that we can bring the kids along as

well. Fantastic. As you said last time, it was around ?100 million

that Comic Relief raised and the idea is to top that total and I have

a good feeling that they might just do that.

STUDIO I think they might indeed. It looks

lovely there, they will have a really nice evening. A hive of

activity. That is brilliant. It was great to see all the fundraising in

the outdoors, in the sky and the lovely sunshine. Long may it

continue. Anyway, with the forecast, here is Rebecca Wood.

As we head through this weekend, a change is on the way.

Through today, it has been very springlike.

We had some cloud in the morning but steadily we started to see that

thinning and breaking through the day and we got

In fact it was very pleasant out there with temperatures getting up

For this weekend, plenty of settled weather.

High pressure is driving the weather in the main.

It is going to settle things down and we will get some warm sunshine.

But as we head through the overnight period, a touch of frost

and that is going to come tonight particularly.

Skies clearing, temperatures falling away and some

mist and fog patches developing but some cloud blowing

Temperatures ranging between two and three Celsius.

In the countryside, it will in fact be a touch cooler than that.

So we start tomorrow with some mist and fog.

The sun will help to lift it and there will be some

spells of sunshine to come throughout the day.

Light winds as well, so without that nagging breeze,

our temperatures should do a little better.

We should see them pushing up to 13 Celsius further inland.

On the coast, not quite as good, around 10 degrees.

Through the end of the day, once again our skies

will clear, very little cloud, and that is going to see our

A warning to all those gardeners, a touch of frost once again possible

But some mist and fog patches could also develop and the coast

holding up a little better but lows of three to five Celsius.

As we head through the remainder of the weekend, that high pressure

still very much in charge, keeping us very settled.

Mothering Sunday, a little more sunshine in the forecast

but still a bit of cloud and temperatures back up to 13

Celsius, but it does look like we're managing to stay settled

Very nice. She can come again, can't she? Excellent forecast! It's all

going on, Red Nose Day, Mothering Sunday and the clocks going forward.

Saturday night, Spring forward. Enjoy Comic Relief this evening and

have a great weekend. Goodbye.