:00:00. > 3:59:59been shown with fascination with celebrity as we see here on the
:00:00. > :00:15.streets. With your news now for the East
:00:16. > :00:18.Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. Police investigating an assault on a
:00:19. > :00:21.mine worker in Nottinghamshire have arrested a woman from Derbyshire.
:00:22. > :00:25.The gas`extraction site at Daneshill has been a focal point for peaceful
:00:26. > :00:29.protests and a camp, for several weeks, opposed to fracking across
:00:30. > :00:31.the East Midlands. Police say they're working to balance the
:00:32. > :00:35.campaigners' rights to protest with the mining company's right to carry
:00:36. > :00:38.out its lawful business. A man's been arrested by armed
:00:39. > :00:42.police after an incident in the Birstall area of Leicester. Officers
:00:43. > :00:47.closed off Wanlip Lane for a time earlier after reports of a man
:00:48. > :00:51.attacking a car with a hammer. A man in his mid 50s or 60s is tonight in
:00:52. > :00:55.police custody. The surviving remnant of what was at
:00:56. > :00:58.one time the world's most productive coal mine is being restored. The
:00:59. > :01:03.Winding Engine at Bestwood Country Park near Nottingham used to be run
:01:04. > :01:06.by steam. For the last few months, volunteer engineers have been
:01:07. > :01:17.installing a new power supply and repairing its steel ropes. Keeps me
:01:18. > :01:23.out of trouble with my wife and sends me out of the house for a bit!
:01:24. > :01:28.It is and integral part of the history of this country. Cole
:01:29. > :01:31.founded the Industrial Revolution and Britain was so great in
:01:32. > :01:33.Victorian times and it is a part of the heritage of all the people in
:01:34. > :01:37.this country. A showcase for so called fem`ale,
:01:38. > :01:40.beer brewed by women, is having its own festival in Nottingham this
:01:41. > :01:44.weekend. Sara Barton set up her own micro brewery in Grantham after 17
:01:45. > :01:47.years with one of the big national brewers. She's one of five women
:01:48. > :01:53.brewers taking part in the festival at the Victoria Hotel pub in
:01:54. > :02:02.Beeston. I think what it is, it shows women bring beer and they
:02:03. > :02:07.might like to try yet. It is not unladylike to drink it. It can be a
:02:08. > :02:12.very good choice. It is better for you than wine or Jane. It has folic
:02:13. > :02:16.acid and silicone free your bones. To football, and just two of our
:02:17. > :02:19.sides were in action today. Leicester, still waiting to be
:02:20. > :02:21.crowned champions, beat QPR 1`0. And Nottingham Forest's miserable run
:02:22. > :02:24.ended with a ?`0 win over Birmingham. `` 1`0 win.
:02:25. > :02:28.An East Midlands firefighter is about to set off on one of the
:02:29. > :02:32.world's toughest endurance races. Matt Knight will fly to South
:02:33. > :02:38.America to run more than 100 miles through the rainforest. As Tom Brown
:02:39. > :02:41.reports. Firefighters need to be ready for
:02:42. > :02:46.anything but few have had to prepare for something like this. Armed with
:02:47. > :02:53.only the contents of this bag, Matt Knight will be running across the
:02:54. > :02:57.Amazon rainforest. A total of 150 miles. I have been doing a marathon
:02:58. > :03:01.in the jungle for the first four days and on the last day to make it
:03:02. > :03:09.harder they put a long staging, and that is a 50 mile stage. The
:03:10. > :03:14.question is, why? Why not? I love a challenge. It is one of the top five
:03:15. > :03:17.toughest races in the world, so I just want to take them off. He has
:03:18. > :03:22.already run on ultra marathon across the Sahara desert but he knows the
:03:23. > :03:26.jungle will be tougher. There are lots of nasties lurking in the arm
:03:27. > :03:34.is on such as spiders, snakes, Jaguars, and those sorts of things
:03:35. > :03:41.bother me but once I am into my stride hopefully I will be fine. He
:03:42. > :03:46.wants to raise ?5,000 for the children's Hospital at Nottingham's
:03:47. > :03:50.Queen 's Medical Centre. He will need the motivation to get through
:03:51. > :03:54.the hardest race of his life. Let's see what's in store for the
:03:55. > :03:55.rest of the bank holiday now, weather wise. Charlie has our
:03:56. > :04:03.forecast. The rain which is supposed to bother
:04:04. > :04:07.us through Easter Sunday does not look like it will come far enough
:04:08. > :04:10.north. It will come through the south`east of the country on track
:04:11. > :04:15.to the south West, never quite reaching us. We might get some spit
:04:16. > :04:20.on Sunday but I will come to that in a moment. Tonight, fairly dry and
:04:21. > :04:27.quite cloudy as well. That will trap some of the heat in. As for Easter
:04:28. > :04:31.Sunday, just a little bit of rain skimming through southern part of
:04:32. > :04:35.Leicestershire. Otherwise it is largely dry and quite cloudy and
:04:36. > :04:41.breezy. If you are doing any Easter egg hunting you would probably want
:04:42. > :04:44.to wrap up warm. White`collar day Monday is largely dry and
:04:45. > :04:45.occasionally bright as well. The temperatures could get up to 16
:04:46. > :04:53.Celsius. The Beat's on`air already on your
:04:54. > :04:56.BBC Local radio. Tonight's show features two groups ` Uncle Frank
:04:57. > :05:01.from Leicester and Childhood from Nottingham. And if you're quick, the
:05:02. > :05:13.Musical Jungle's just been launched. I am back tomorrow. Goodbye.
:05:14. > :05:22.Good evening. The temperature reached 18 degrees in the sunshine
:05:23. > :05:26.across parts of the Scottish Highlands. Temperatures will drop
:05:27. > :05:27.this evening and overnight. A chilly night again for most