21/02/2014 East Midlands Today

moment. They'll be live in Kiev assessing what chance today's deal

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

A judge has condemned a group of Nottingham Forest football fans for

starting a fight with rival Doncaster supporters. Today four men

were jailed ` among them a former councillor ` for their part in the

brawl, which left a man with scars for life. Sarah Teale reports from

Nottingham Crown Court. It started as a scuffle and ended as

a violent mass brawl at Newark Northgate train station in April.

Three Nottingham Forest fans returning from the Millwall game

clashed 0 0 returning from the Millwall game

clashed with seven donger Rovers supporters heading back from

Brentford. Rowdy behaviour began on the journey, then one of the forest

group rang friends the back`up, five other men turned up 0

group rang friends the back`up, five other men turned up at the station

intent on violence and disorder. Mayhem Institute. Fans were spitting

at each other, shouting threats and abuse, exchanging punches and kicks

and throwing cans and bottles. Witnesses described the scene of

unrelenting violence between two rival groups who did not care who

else got involved. A 20 old fan received serious facial injuries and

will be scarred for life after a shattered bottle hit him in the

face. It was thrown by a 54 you rolled from Newark. This was 0

face. It was thrown by a 54 you rolled from Newark. This was him

arriving at court today when the judge was told he was of good

character, a father, grandfather and former councillor and charity

worker. He was jailed for a year after admitting causing grievous

bodily harm. Also jailed was a 40 H rolled from Coddington, the

principal ringleader along with a 25`year`old and 31`year`old. The

judge said it was clear that Nottingham Forest fans bore the

brunt of the responsibility for what he called disgraceful violence. When

sentencing he 0 0 he called disgraceful violence. When

sentencing he said I have read reference after reference telling me

about jewel good characters yet get drink inside you and mention

football and you are like hooligans. A care worker who left an

85`year`old woman with horrific bruises, has been jailed. Sarah

Frith admitted losing her temper when the pensioner rang her buzzer

to summon help. The care home in Codnor immediately suspended the

worker, and called the police. Simon Hare 0

worker, and called the police. Simon Hare has more.

Battered and bruised, these are some of the injuries suffered by 85 to

Edna. 0 0 of the injuries suffered by 85 to

Edna. She had been grabbed and punched by a care worker Sarah Frith

here at the nursing home. My mum thought she had been forgotten and

it was 0 0 thought she had been forgotten and

it was breakfast time so she ran the buzzer. The care worker screamed at

my mother that she comes when she is ready, she grabbed her arm around

the back of the neck and said stay there and you will wait until I am

ready and she pushed her back into her wheelchair. Managers at the home

say Sarah Frith had worked here for five years and they never had any

problems in the past. When questioned about what had happened,

she said she had lost it. Sarah Frith, 29, was immediately suspended

last October and 0 Frith, 29, was immediately suspended

last October and staff called police. Today, the daughters visited

to tell her Sarah Frith had been jailed for 15 weeks but her mum is

happy at the care home and doesn't want to move elsewhere. It was only

one person, all she wanted to do was make sure this girl never worked

with vulnerable people again. The bruising has healed but the family

say 0 bruising has healed but the family

say the 0 bruising has healed but the family

say the psychological effects will remain for some time.

The daughter and son`in`law of an elderly couple found buried in their

back garden in Mansfield, have pleaded not guilty to murder. The

remains of William and Patricia Wycherley were discovered in

October. 0 0 Wycherley were discovered in

October. The couple, who hadn't been seen for fifteen years, had been

shot. At Nottingham Crown Court, Susan and Christopher Edwards denied

two charges of murder. Environmentalists have told the

government that better water management could have prevented some

of the recent flood damage. Their advice comes as a river conservation

project gets underway in Market Harborough. Experts say dredging is

not always the answer, and that instead allowing rivers to follow

their own natural 0 instead allowing rivers to follow

their own natural course is far more effective. They will themselves

dredge and self clean so they will remove the silt themselves, we will

not need to interfere by making the River natural we have reintroduced a

self`cleaning channel which will not need to be dredged.

It's been another contentious day at the Winter Olympics for Nottingham

Speed skater Elise Christie. Her medal hopes ended as she missed out

on a place in the finals of the one thousand metres after being

disqualified again, Kirsty Edwards has more.

The crew list of sports with the finest of margins. Team`mates and

friends have gathered for all of the races and in all three events they

have watched her be disqualified. This was the incident that saw her

missing out on the final. I pulled tight, blocked early, I thought she

had stopped but she kept going. In skating everyone is trying to

qualify. I was pretty sure she hit me from behind. Earlier crashes saw

her subjected to abuse on social media and she was hoping to put that

behind her today but her dreams of Olympic glory have ended in a

nightmare. I wanted to 0 Olympic glory have ended in a

nightmare. I wanted to bounce back and I was feeling so pumped. I

thought this was my last chance. To have it taken away, medal or not, it

is devastating. I will come back in four years and try again.

Definitely. I will be working hard. That's your news and sport. Here's

Anna with your weather. The weekend is upon us, the best of the sunshine

will be on Saturday as it looks like it'll be a cloudy story on Sunday.

Remaining windy throughout the weekend. We have a few showers

around at the moment, they will fizzle out 0 0

around at the moment, they will fizzle out as we 0

around at the moment, they will fizzle out as we go into the first

part of the night and it is dry with clear skies. Temperatures dropping

to lows of 40 `` four degrees. Frost free, some grass frost in sheltered

spots. It starts off Chile but pleasant on Saturday, lots of long

winter sunshine in the morning. Sunny spells in the afternoon but

more cloud and the risk of one or two 0 0

more cloud and the risk of one or two showers. 0 0

more cloud and the risk of one or two showers. Largely dry with highs

of nine degrees. Sunday, more cloud, producing some rain and drizzle. The

rain arrives Sunday night. I leave you with the Outlook.

Outlook. Tom Shuffle knacker has the National forecast in a few seconds.

If you remember, this time last Some rain around on Monday.

If you remember, this time last week, we had some very vicious

weather costing the country, the storm on Friday night. Much quieter

this Friday night and a much quieter week. Come the weekend, the Atlantic

is still a little fierce. We will have some wind and rain in