:00:00. > :00:13.four x 400 m relay team. That's it. We're back
:00:14. > :00:19.Hello there. Now the news in the East Midlands. I'm Jo Healex.
:00:20. > :00:23.Farmers here are stepping in to help the community in Somerset hht by the
:00:24. > :00:26.winter floods. Record rainf`ll has left many needing financial help
:00:27. > :00:29.but, as Navtej Johal reports, the farming community here is also
:00:30. > :00:42.suffering because of the extreme weather over the last few ydars
:00:43. > :00:46.Ready, set, plough. Forget the FA Cup or the Six Nations, tod`y there
:00:47. > :00:51.was only one match people hdre were interested in. This ploughing match
:00:52. > :00:56.in Leicestershire has been organised to raise money for farming families
:00:57. > :01:01.affected by the winter flooding in Somerset. Absolutely heartbreaking.
:01:02. > :01:06.It is not just a job with these people, it is a life commitlent To
:01:07. > :01:11.see it destroyed so instantly must be heartbreaking and heart`rending.
:01:12. > :01:15.It is hoped the match will raise around ?1000. Some of the money will
:01:16. > :01:19.go to help local farmers as well. It may be a beautiful day here today
:01:20. > :01:24.but the picture is not as stnny for farmers in our region. The charity
:01:25. > :01:27.benefiting from the event today says the number of calls for help it has
:01:28. > :01:31.received from the East Midl`nds has doubled in the last year. In
:01:32. > :01:35.Leicestershire we distributdd ?30,000 in grants to 27 farling
:01:36. > :01:38.families, and that is set to increase with the bad weathdr we
:01:39. > :01:43.have seen and the threat of animal disease and ill`health. Firstly the
:01:44. > :01:49.worst I ever had was 2012. 2013 was a bit better and I hope 2014 will
:01:50. > :01:53.get better. That is how things go. Hope for the best.
:01:54. > :01:57.A woman has been left severdly shaken after she was tied up during
:01:58. > :02:00.a robbery at a Leicester supermarket. It happened at the
:02:01. > :02:04.Co`op in Clarendon Park Road at six this morning when three masked men
:02:05. > :02:06.forced the shop worker to open the safe before restraining her in a
:02:07. > :02:10.storeroom. The men escaped with money and cigarettes. After a short
:02:11. > :02:14.time the woman managed to free herself and call the police.
:02:15. > :02:17.More than a thousand Ukrani`ns have attended a national celebration in
:02:18. > :02:21.Leicester today. Families g`thered for a special concert to mark the
:02:22. > :02:26.200th anniversary of the birth of their national poet Taras
:02:27. > :02:29.Shevchenko. Organisers say the current political crisis in their
:02:30. > :02:38.country means it's important for the community here to support e`ch
:02:39. > :02:42.other. It is very important here Leicester and across the East
:02:43. > :02:46.Midlands. We have a large Ukrainian community here who have alw`ys been
:02:47. > :02:49.very close. This has certainly brought them closer together but all
:02:50. > :02:54.we can do is show our support for our native Ukraine and fellow
:02:55. > :02:57.Ukrainians over there in Ukraine. It is not just Kiev, it is right across
:02:58. > :03:00.Ukraine as well. Young patients at a hospital in
:03:01. > :03:03.Nottingham have been helping to brighten up the wards. The project,
:03:04. > :03:06.called Tina's Tiles, has already seen patients decorate hundreds of
:03:07. > :03:19.ceramic tiles which are being put up at the Children's Hospital. Angelina
:03:20. > :03:22.Socci reports. This 11`year`old is enjoying her new`found skill. During
:03:23. > :03:25.her time as a patient at Nottingham Children's Hospital, she has already
:03:26. > :03:32.designed a number of tiles `nd hopes to do more. It is a flower. I love
:03:33. > :03:37.colouring. It is for the we`ther and stuff. Tina came up with thd idea to
:03:38. > :03:42.help brighten up the bathrooms. That was the main thing to start with.
:03:43. > :03:47.Now it has gone on to the corridors. It has been a massive thing.
:03:48. > :03:52.Amazing. Every tile is amazhng. It is pretty popular with everxone who
:03:53. > :03:56.has taken part. They have enjoyed doing them and it gives thel
:03:57. > :03:59.something to focus on. If you give them something to focus on other
:04:00. > :04:04.than their illness, it speeds up their recovery time. 200 tiles have
:04:05. > :04:08.been decorated so far but it does not stop here. The plan is to start
:04:09. > :04:10.designing them for other wards and corridors in the hospital.
:04:11. > :04:13.Onto football and it was a disappointing day for most of our
:04:14. > :04:16.teams. Derby County and Nottingham Forest lost. Notts County got a
:04:17. > :04:25.point. But Mansfield saved the day with a win at home to Newport.
:04:26. > :04:29.Here's Natalie Jackson. A frustrating weekend for our teams at
:04:30. > :04:31.the top of the championship table. Third placed at Derby Countx missed
:04:32. > :04:36.out on the chance to close the gap at Burnley with defeat at home to
:04:37. > :04:41.more wall. Steve Morison's header was the only goal of the gale.
:04:42. > :04:45.Nottingham Forest lost 1`0 `way to strugglers Barnsley, the thhrd
:04:46. > :04:52.successive defeat in the ro`d. The Reds remain fifth. Notts Cotnty
:04:53. > :04:55.deserve more than a point in their goalless draw against Leyton
:04:56. > :04:59.Orient. A battling performance gave hope but they stay bottom of League
:05:00. > :05:03.One. In League Two, a great win for Mansfield town at home to Ndwport.
:05:04. > :05:10.Goals from Ryan Tafazolli and Anthony Howell.
:05:11. > :05:18.The weather has been gloriots. Let's see if there is more to comd.
:05:19. > :05:22.Good evening. What a beautiful day. Temperatures up to 16 and 17 with
:05:23. > :05:26.widespread sunshine as well. As we go through the night, it st`rts off
:05:27. > :05:31.clear and then cloud feeds down from the North West. We get some drizzly
:05:32. > :05:35.showers in parts of North Ddrbyshire and Nottinghamshire as well. A mild
:05:36. > :05:40.night as well. Into tomorrow, if you are comparing it to today, xou be
:05:41. > :05:46.disappointed. More cloud but brightness mixed up as well. Much
:05:47. > :05:52.cloudier. Milder feel. Tempdratures to ten or 11. I am pleased to say
:05:53. > :05:57.that the high pressure stays with us so the mild, settled staff `lso
:05:58. > :06:15.does. We are back tonight at 10:15pm. Have a lovely evenhng.
:06:16. > :06:18.Aggro in good and Wales had warm weather today with the hotspot
:06:19. > :06:25.Gravesend in Kent. For Scotland and Ireland, your
:06:26. > :06:30.weather will improve this week. It wasn't there today with the cloud.
:06:31. > :06:35.Some rain in Northern Ireland pushing across more of Scotland and
:06:36. > :06:38.the next few hours. This weather front is moving south overnight but
:06:39. > :06:44.by the end of the night is nothing more than a bit of cloud. Behind
:06:45. > :06:48.it, skies clear by the end of the night in Scotland and Northern
:06:49. > :06:53.Ireland, so a touch of frost, patchy ice and fog. Tomorrow brings a
:06:54. > :06:57.complete reversal of fortunes. The northern half of the UK will be
:06:58. > :07:02.sunny once any patchy fog clears away. Not much warmer numerically
:07:03. > :07:06.but in the sunshine, it will feel warmer, whereas much of England and
:07:07. > :07:11.Wales will be cloudy and cooler compared to today, especially along
:07:12. > :07:12.the North Sea coast, with cloud and a brisk north-easterly