:00:00. > :00:13.There is more throughout the evening on bids the BBC News channel.
:00:14. > :00:17.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:18. > :00:20.Hundreds of friends of a Leicestershire RAF officer who died
:00:21. > :00:24.in Afghanistan last weekend have been supporting his family. They
:00:25. > :00:26.gathered today in the city to pay their respects to Flight Lieutenant
:00:27. > :00:33.their respects to Flight Lidutenant Rakesh Chauhan as Amy Harris
:00:34. > :00:38.reports. From a young age, Rakesh Ch`uhan
:00:39. > :00:42.dreams of being in the air force, joining up as soon as they left
:00:43. > :00:43.university. Today family and friends came together in Leicester to pay
:00:44. > :00:48.their respects. The whole f`mily and their respects. The whole family and
:00:49. > :00:52.community is getting togethdr. It their respects. The whole f`mily and
:00:53. > :00:53.community is getting together. It is community is getting together. It is
:00:54. > :01:03.nice to see the family of R`kesh and nice to see the family of Rakesh and
:01:04. > :01:07.to assist in whatever we can. Obviously we feel very much for the
:01:08. > :01:17.family, the loss of the famhly, which is very hard. The people here
:01:18. > :01:18.keep turning up, hundreds of people turning out from near and f`r
:01:19. > :01:19.keep turning up, hundreds of people turning out from near and far to pay
:01:20. > :01:28.turning out from near and f`r to pay their respects to Rakesh and offer
:01:29. > :01:30.support to his family. We are all heartened by the response we have
:01:31. > :01:39.heartened by the response wd have had. It has been really helpful that
:01:40. > :01:41.everybody who has come has been very supportive. We have had lots of good
:01:42. > :01:48.wishes. Rakesh was one of five wishes. Rakesh was one of five
:01:49. > :01:52.servicemen killed when their helicopter came down in Kandahar
:01:53. > :01:58.last weekend. The cause is still unclear. An investigation continues
:01:59. > :02:04.while a community grieves for a young man who died doing what he
:02:05. > :02:06.loved. A Leicestershire county councillor
:02:07. > :02:07.has been suspended from the Conservative party after being
:02:08. > :02:09.charged with assault. Countx Conservative party after behng
:02:10. > :02:09.charged with assault. County Hall's charged with assault. Countx Hall's
:02:10. > :02:10.Conservative group says Tony charged with assault. County Hall's
:02:11. > :02:10.Conservative group says Tonx Kershaw Conservative group says Tonx Kershaw
:02:11. > :02:11.was suspended with immediate Conservative group says Tony Kershaw
:02:12. > :02:12.was suspended with immediatd effect was suspended with immediatd effect
:02:13. > :02:17.without prejudice. Mr Kershaw without prejudice. Mr Kersh`w
:02:18. > :02:19.represents the Quorn and Barrow Division and is chair of the
:02:20. > :02:22.Council's Environment and Transport Scrutiny Committee.
:02:23. > :02:26.To football. The season ended today To football. The season enddd today
:02:27. > :02:29.and on great highs for some of our sides. Particularly history`making
:02:30. > :02:32.Leicester. At the final whistle this afternoon the Foxes lifted the
:02:33. > :02:34.Championship trophy in front of a sell out crowd. They beat Doncaster
:02:35. > :03:07.1`0 to finish the campaign on over marvellous, you cannot describe the
:03:08. > :03:10.season we have had. The sun has come out as well so you couldn't wish for
:03:11. > :03:13.a better day. Derby, at third in the Championship,
:03:14. > :03:16.found out today they'll face Brighton in the first leg of the
:03:17. > :03:19.play`off semi finals. In today's games, the Rams drew 1`1 with Leeds,
:03:20. > :03:22.while at the City Ground, Forest lost 2`1 to Brighton, lifting their
:03:23. > :03:26.visitors into the play`offs. Huge excitement in League One for
:03:27. > :03:27.Notts County fans. Today's results sees them stay up. Almost 3,500 fans
:03:28. > :05:16.set off from Good evening. It was a cold, even
:05:17. > :05:20.frosty start to the Bank Holiday weekend but for most of us day one
:05:21. > :05:24.of three has been dry. We are going to see changes, the first of those
:05:25. > :05:27.changes spilling across Scotland and Northern Ireland as outbreaks of
:05:28. > :05:30.rain drifting through the night Getting into parts of northern
:05:31. > :05:34.England as well. With the cloud and rain it will not be as cold as last
:05:35. > :05:38.night, temperatures staying in double figures in many cities. In
:05:39. > :05:42.the south, clear skies once more. Like last night, it is going to be
:05:43. > :05:48.cold. Parts of the countryside will be down to zero, maybe -1, as we
:05:49. > :05:52.start Sunday. A chilly start. Generally a fine day was quite a bit
:05:53. > :05:58.of sunshine. Elsewhere, sunshine in short supply to start with. Dull,
:05:59. > :06:01.damp morning. It will turn brighter in some areas as the day goes on. In
:06:02. > :06:05.Northern Ireland, for the afternoon, a pulse of rain is expected to stop
:06:06. > :06:09.it will push into south-west Scotland later in the day. Maybe
:06:10. > :06:13.brightening up in parts of northern Scotland and North East England
:06:14. > :06:16.Showers continuing across north-west England. The odd shower in North
:06:17. > :06:21.Wales and Midlands but generally the southern half of the UK and dry with
:06:22. > :06:22.spells of sunshine. Clouding