09/04/2012 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, Good Evening, I'm Kylie

Pentelow. A brave shopkeeper has described

the moment he beat off an armed robber who shot at him. Kapil

Vaghela said he didn't think about his own safety when the masked

raider burst into the shop. He beat him off with a stick and said his

main concern was making sure his fiancee was safe. Sarah Teale

reports. Dramatic CCTV footage captures the

moment an armed robber burst into Kapil Vaghela's shop on

Loughborough Road in Leicester. The masked raider pointed a gun at the

man and his fiancee and demanded money from the tail. He said "give

me all my money, I will kill you, this is not a joke". I got a stick

and I have to protect my fiancee. As he kept hitting him with a stick,

the robber fired at him three times. He took the shot at me, the first

just missed me. The second and third one definitely would not have

missed me because he was pointed at me. Be done contained plights.

Eventually the robber left empty- handed -- the gun contained a Set

of blank ammunition. It was down to the CCTV TV system that helped.

He has played down his heroics. Every single day, you work hard and

you do not want people to come in and take your money and spend it

would ever they do spend it on. I am not brave, I did whatever I had

to do. It took place last Wednesday and police are appealing for help

Police in Derby have begun a murder investigation. A man died this

afternoon after suffering head injuries in an assault early this

morning. The attack happened near a pub on Sadler Gate at about 3:30.

The 24-year-old was taken to Royal Derby Hospital for treatment but

died later. Two men who are 29 and 45 have been arrested.

Canal enthusiasts who are hoping to build a giant boat-lifting machine

say it could bring millions of pounds to the tourist trade in the

East Midlands. The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust wants to

build the so-called Derby Arm, which will transfer boats between

waterways. It would be part of a major canal restoration project,

and cost millions of pounds to build. But the trust says it'll

bring money back into the area. will see half-a-million visitors to

the attraction, into Derby, every year as a result of this one scheme.

That will bring millions of pounds worth of benefit to local business

and the area generally. An unusual private collection in

honour of the Titanic has opened to the public for the first time today.

John Siggins from the Midland Railway Centre in Ripley has spent

20 years collecting items from Titanic's sister ship - the Olympic.

He's recreated the doomed liner's interior and has put the items on

show. This coming Saturday is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of

the Titanic, while it was on its maiden voyage. The idea was just to

preserve Heritage. It was not intended to be opened up for

anybody to look at, I thought it was just me. Then I thought it was

selfish otherwise people would not be able to see what it all meant. I

don't think there is a more interesting shape than the Titanic.

-- boat. Next this evening, the

extraordinary story of a Dad who had to break down a bathroom door

to help his partner give birth. Thankfully, baby Sebastian arrived

without complications at his home in Stapleford in Nottingham. As Jo

Healey explains. A lovely Easter present. He turned up on time.

ahead of time. The mother had gone into labour but she did not know it

would be so quick. I went to the toilet and then I felt my waters

break and then shouted to my partner that my waters had broken,

and he said he had to break the door down. She could not get to the

door so I had to bust the lock open. I found Amy on the floor in a lot

of pain. About to give birth. had the ambulance service on the

phone to talk him through, here's the recording.

How much of the baby is out? Is the baby out? Perfect. The is the baby

crying or breathing? It is crying happily. Weighing a sizable 8lb,

Sebastien made his entrance on the toilet floor.

It was a big surprise. Relatively straight forward, two pushes and

then he was about and my partner passed him on to my stomach while

the ambulance crew provided towels. It was an Easter surprise that the

whole family is now savouring. never thought I would ever be able

to do this, deliver a baby but I would do it again. Let's hope he

does not have too! Football now and all our sides have

been in action this afternoon. In the Championship Leicester boosted

their play-off hopes with a 2-1 win at Ipswich. Derby have been taking

on Leeds. Final score - Leeds 0 Derby 2. And Nottingham Forest

travelled to Peterborough and won 1-0. In League One Notts County's

were at home to Yeovil - a Lloyd Sam hat-trick moving the Magpies

into the play-off places. Here's Thank you for this picture, it has

been dry and chilly. The cold front made it way south-east through the

day-to-day which has brought all the rain and you will notice the

isobars firmly tied together signifying the strong winds we have

been having. Through this evening we have the rain before it starts

to move south and east very slowly this evening and then eventually it

will become dry. The rain pusher slowly away and the skies will

break and Clear skies developing. What chilly overnight tonight. If

you do live somewhere particularly sheltered and out of the wind

overnight you might see a touch of frost tomorrow. Chilly but bright

starts tomorrow and gradually through the day sunny spells and

scatter showers. The showers may be associated with hail and also the

odd rumble of thunder. Fairly breezy through Tuesday with high

temperatures of 12 Celsius and looking at Wednesday, another

typically April day. Expecting sunshine and scattered showers

again with a chant of hail and the odd rumble of thunder on Wednesday.

Your outlook, you will notice this theme stays with us for Thursday