:00:20. > :00:24.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:25. > :00:27.Members of Leicester's Sikh community have collected a record
:00:28. > :00:31.amount of food today, to support families in need. A food drive's
:00:32. > :00:34.been held in the city as part of celebrations for Vaisakhi.
:00:35. > :00:38.Organisers say over 11 tonnes has been collected. Emily Anderson
:00:39. > :00:43.reports. People from across the city arrive
:00:44. > :00:51.with boxes and bags of food. Everything donated will be given to
:00:52. > :00:56.charities. In the current circumstances, with a lot of people
:00:57. > :01:08.out on the streets, we thought it would be good to do a drive that
:01:09. > :01:16.affected local people. It is the most important day in the seek
:01:17. > :01:23.calendar because it underlines the principles of the faith to help
:01:24. > :01:29.others. It means donating things to the temple, helping people out who
:01:30. > :01:36.are in need. Part of being a Sikh is about giving back to the community
:01:37. > :01:41.and offering what ever you can. Tomorrow thousands of people across
:01:42. > :01:48.the region will celebrate Vaisakhi but here the spirit of generosity
:01:49. > :01:51.has come early. A priest who works in the Southwell
:01:52. > :01:54.and Nottingham diocese has become the first member of clergy in
:01:55. > :01:57.Britain to have a gay marriage. Canon Jeremy Pemberton, who is a
:01:58. > :02:00.chaplain at Lincoln County Hospital, and also runs occasional services in
:02:01. > :02:03.Nottinghamshire, wed his long`term partner this weekend. In a statement
:02:04. > :02:07.the Bishop of Lincoln said the priest had written to him about his
:02:08. > :02:09.plans and they'd held a meeting in which he explained the Church's
:02:10. > :02:12.current guidelines. Health experts are encouraging more
:02:13. > :02:17.people to donate blood in the East Midlands, particularly as stocks
:02:18. > :02:21.drop over Easter. They especially want donors who have the O negative
:02:22. > :02:26.and B negative blood type. Our health correspondent, Rob Sissons,
:02:27. > :02:30.reports. Saving a life can start here. Each
:02:31. > :02:34.donation of blood has the potential to save three lives but with the
:02:35. > :02:38.summer holidays on the way and Easter around the corner it gets
:02:39. > :02:43.harder for the service to get donors. Clare has been volunteering
:02:44. > :02:49.for years. It does not take very long so it is not an inconvenience
:02:50. > :02:52.to get here. Blood is in demand because certain ethnic groups are
:02:53. > :03:01.more prone to diseases that require it. On negative is also very
:03:02. > :03:04.valuable. It can be given to anybody in an emergency situation so if
:03:05. > :03:13.there was not time to find out what somebody's blood group is they can
:03:14. > :03:17.be given on negative. Felix has this blood type and Rembrandt to fit this
:03:18. > :03:26.into a busy life is the biggest challenge. I am going to start
:03:27. > :03:29.getting into giving blood again. Football now, and Derby County have
:03:30. > :03:31.virtually confirmed their place in the play`offs. It's after their
:03:32. > :03:34.stunning 3`1 victory over Huddersfield this weekend. With
:03:35. > :03:38.details of that game, and the rest, here's Natalie Jackson.
:03:39. > :03:42.Derby County came from a goal down to beat nine man Huddersfield. Steve
:03:43. > :03:48.McClaren's Rams were scoring for fun. Johnny Russell clipped in a
:03:49. > :03:56.lovely equaliser. The away goal keeper put the ball into his own net
:03:57. > :04:01.to give the Rams the lead before Chris Martin sealed the win with a
:04:02. > :04:06.penalty, his 21st goal of the season. Nottingham Forest's
:04:07. > :04:11.play`offs hope is all but over after a defeat at QPR. They will `` Bay
:04:12. > :04:22.are 11th in the table with no wins in 12. Notts County pulled off a
:04:23. > :04:28.great win at home. They battled back from 2`0 down to beat Port Vale and
:04:29. > :04:36.climb out of the relegation zone. Mansfield are having a late surge. A
:04:37. > :04:40.stunning 3`0 win over second placed Rochdale means they are just six
:04:41. > :04:53.points off a play`off spot with four games to go. At the London marathon,
:04:54. > :04:55.Great Britain and Nottingham's Paralympic champion Richard
:04:56. > :04:58.Whitehead had an incredible reception. Richard completed the
:04:59. > :05:01.race in three hours 42 minutes and four seconds. His incredible 12
:05:02. > :05:05.months has taken in a barely believable 40 marathons in 40 days
:05:06. > :05:07.for charity. He was one of the most recognisable faces to the London
:05:08. > :05:10.crowds this afternoon. Our weather woman mail took part as
:05:11. > :05:25.well. `` Mel. If you missed out on the sunshine
:05:26. > :05:30.today never mind is because there is plenty on offer tomorrow. Dry and
:05:31. > :05:34.sunny. We will see more cloud building through the evening and the
:05:35. > :05:39.first part of the night, maybe some light showers here and there, but
:05:40. > :05:45.the skies will clear behind that and it will turn a little chilly as
:05:46. > :05:48.well, Northern areas down to four Celsius. Tomorrow, plenty of
:05:49. > :05:54.sunshine, the clouds coming and going into the afternoon. The winds
:05:55. > :06:00.will be a bit lighter and temperatures up to 13 or 14 degrees.
:06:01. > :06:19.We got to 17 degrees in the sunshine in London and many places enjoyed a
:06:20. > :06:22.pleasant day. A different story for the zero wherein was quite wet and
:06:23. > :06:23.windy. You