:00:13. > :00:16.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:16. > :00:19.First this evening, the police inspector who's recovering well
:00:19. > :00:23.after receiving a potentially life saving bone marrow transplant on
:00:23. > :00:27.Christmas Eve. Rik Basra is seriously ill with leukaemia but
:00:27. > :00:31.now, thanks to a near perfect bone marrow match, his family are daring
:00:31. > :00:36.to look forward to the future. Helen Astle reports.
:00:36. > :00:41.It is now a week since Rik Basra had the bone marrow transplant. It
:00:41. > :00:46.was completed in the early hours of Christmas Eve. He is still in
:00:46. > :00:50.hospital but doing well. I have not seen him smile so much and we are
:00:50. > :00:54.being cautious because they have warned us it is a bit of a journey.
:00:54. > :00:57.But very happy and he talked to the girls for the first time yesterday
:00:57. > :01:00.which was absolutely lovely. family has campaigned to raise
:01:00. > :01:05.awareness about the lack of Asian donors on the Anthony Nolan
:01:05. > :01:08.register. They organise sessions in Leicester for people to sign up. A
:01:08. > :01:14.match was eventually found in Germany and although it is early
:01:14. > :01:18.days, the future is looking good. Fabulous, really great. We are
:01:18. > :01:23.feeling just over the moon. The children are happy and it's like
:01:23. > :01:27.we've got a future now which we didn't have a few weeks ago. We
:01:27. > :01:32.have not dared to think of the future. Christmas, it means so much
:01:32. > :01:40.to his family. It has been absolutely euphoric. For the Basras,
:01:40. > :01:44.they cannot thank the donor enough. We don't know who this person is
:01:45. > :01:48.but for us, it is almost like a member of our family... So special.
:01:49. > :01:55.Someone has saved his life and that is what they have done. The family
:01:55. > :01:59.hope that, all being well, Rik can come home in the next few weeks.
:01:59. > :02:02.A man charged with the murder of a pensioner was too ill to appear in
:02:02. > :02:05.court today - but was remanded into custody. Jeffrey Burton, who's 60
:02:05. > :02:09.and from Pearl Close in Rainworth, is accused of killing 70-year-old
:02:09. > :02:13.Harry Raymond Tindall, also of Pearl Close. Mr Tindall was found
:02:13. > :02:16.collapsed on Boxing Day. He died from a stab wound to the chest.
:02:16. > :02:19.Jeffrey Burton is set to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on January
:02:19. > :02:22.11th. Churches in Rutland are trying to
:02:22. > :02:25.defeat thieves who steal metal, especially the lead from their
:02:25. > :02:30.roofs. The problem's getting worse and costing the Church thousands of
:02:30. > :02:36.pounds in damage. Jo Healey reports. It is called ChurchWatch and
:02:36. > :02:39.started up because roofs had been stripped bare. It is devastating.
:02:39. > :02:45.These are very small, rural, church communities and obviously the large
:02:45. > :02:49.bill to replace the lead is a great strain. Also, they love this
:02:49. > :02:55.building and they feel that it has been desecrated. It was targeted
:02:55. > :02:59.twice in four months, landing it with a �30,000 bill. We are going
:02:59. > :03:03.to be visiting all of the local houses which surround the church. I
:03:03. > :03:09.feel that if they are aware that there are lead thieves in the area,
:03:09. > :03:13.they are more likely to report suspicious activity. All 54
:03:13. > :03:16.parishes have signed up to the campaign, in the hope they can beat
:03:16. > :03:20.the lead thieves. Patients in Nottingham will soon be
:03:20. > :03:24.able to choose which GP they want, under a new trial announced by the
:03:24. > :03:28.Department of Health. It means people will be able to register
:03:28. > :03:31.with a GP near where they work, or keep the same family doctor if they
:03:31. > :03:37.move. The trials in Nottingham, London and Manchester will start in
:03:37. > :03:41.April. This is a pilot project. It is a one-year project, happening in
:03:41. > :03:45.three areas, and people will be have to look at how it works, how
:03:45. > :03:51.it affects patients, how much it costs, how much it affects primary
:03:51. > :03:54.care, and then decided it is can be rolled out over the country.
:03:54. > :03:57.Volunteers who help the ambulance service treat casualties in remote
:03:58. > :04:00.parts of the East Midlands are looking for more people to train as
:04:00. > :04:05.First Responders. The volunteers attended 14,000 emergency calls
:04:05. > :04:09.across Lincolnshire last year. Now they're looking for new recruits in
:04:09. > :04:13.towns and villages near Grantham. All volunteers undergo three days
:04:13. > :04:16.of first aid training. A Derbyshire company says a big
:04:16. > :04:21.investment at its factory has created the largest recycling
:04:21. > :04:24.centre for plastic window frames in the country. It will also lead to
:04:24. > :04:30.15 new jobs. Mike O'Sullivan has this report.
:04:30. > :04:34.It looks like a graveyard for window frames. But there is life
:04:34. > :04:38.here, as the material is recycled. This is Merrick Plastics in
:04:38. > :04:42.Ilkeston, where 15 jobs are being created. The factory is being
:04:42. > :04:50.extended at a cost of �3 million, becoming the largest and most
:04:50. > :04:55.advanced plant in the country for recycling frames made out of PVCU.
:04:55. > :04:59.For many years wood was considered the only sustainable material. The
:04:59. > :05:03.average life of windows is between 25 and 30 years and you can recycle
:05:03. > :05:09.that 10 times so you can use the same piece of PVC for the next 250
:05:09. > :05:12.years. The metal and rubber are taken out. In the end, a new
:05:13. > :05:16.product is formed, used to insulate the window, increasing its thermal
:05:16. > :05:25.efficiency, made out of material that could have ended up in
:05:25. > :05:29.landfill sites. A Derbyshire woman trying to ski to
:05:29. > :05:34.the South Pole has made it past the halfway mark. Bryony Balen has now
:05:34. > :05:36.completed well over half of her 700 mile trek. She and her four team-
:05:36. > :05:41.mates reached the mile-stone having successfully crossed a rugged
:05:41. > :05:44.mountain range. They have been on the ice for five weeks, and are
:05:44. > :05:47.hoping to finish the trip in three weeks time.
:05:47. > :05:51.On to sport and in football, managers are bracing themselves for
:05:51. > :05:55.the opening of the January transfer window. Ahead of the final game of
:05:55. > :05:59.this year, deals are already being done. Here's Angela Rafferty.
:05:59. > :06:03.Six games, no wins and no goals for Forest could this be the solution
:06:03. > :06:07.to their problem? Striker Marlon Harewood has agreed a four month
:06:07. > :06:10.deal with the Reds. The wheeler dealing has begin in earnest at the
:06:10. > :06:14.City Ground. Two bids for Welsh international Chris Gunter have
:06:14. > :06:19.been turned down so far. Until it ever got to a stage where we feel
:06:19. > :06:24.as though the money would be too good to turn down, there is not a
:06:24. > :06:31.decision to make. Buoyed by their Boxing Day win over fierce rivals
:06:31. > :06:35.Leeds, Derby face high fliers West Ham. Arguably the biggest side in
:06:35. > :06:39.league since they just got relegated last season. We just want
:06:39. > :06:43.the lads to share the same kind of endeavour as they did against Leeds
:06:43. > :06:46.and we are inwith a chance. Leicester will be looking to end
:06:46. > :06:50.2011 with a victory Portsmouth their opposition in front of the
:06:50. > :06:53.home fans. We have to find the formula of winning more
:06:53. > :06:59.consistently and that is something that has been very elusive for us
:06:59. > :07:04.this season so far. And in League One, Notts County will be hoping
:07:04. > :07:07.for a change in fortunes when they face Oldham.
:07:07. > :07:11.If you're heading to a home match this weekend, out for New Year's
:07:11. > :07:21.Eve or heading to the sales - let's see what's in store weatherwise
:07:21. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:27.It is slightly milder tomorrow but we have a lot of cloud remaining
:07:27. > :07:30.with us over the weekend. The band of rain is quite slow moving and
:07:30. > :07:36.working eastwards but stay with us until the early hours of tomorrow
:07:36. > :07:43.morning. Temperatures increasing tonight. We will finish at around
:07:43. > :07:47.eight Celsius. First thing tomorrow, a lot of cloud and some patchy rain.