05/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.That is all from us this evening. There is a first look at the

:00:15. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.

:00:17. > :00:20.Next tonight, the inspirational message

:00:21. > :00:23.a young girl dying from cancer left hidden behind her bedroom mirror.

:00:24. > :00:26.Athena Orchard from New Parks in Leicester died last week.

:00:27. > :00:30.It was only afterwards that her parents found her message to them.

:00:31. > :00:45.Dean Orchard recalls the last time he held his daughter.

:00:46. > :00:56.Despite operations and chemotherapy nothing could be done.

:00:57. > :00:59.Dean and Caroline knew that Athena had been writing on the back

:01:00. > :01:02.of her bedroom mirror, but they only found out what she had

:01:03. > :01:06."Every day is special, make the most of it.

:01:07. > :01:09.You could get a life`ending illness tomorrow."

:01:10. > :01:14.That what makes me think, did she know she was going to get ill?

:01:15. > :01:21.That just stands out to me because it's amazing.

:01:22. > :01:26."It's not just about the happy ending, it's about the story."

:01:27. > :01:35.Having that mirror with that writing on feels like we still have

:01:36. > :01:39.Right down to the last minute she still

:01:40. > :01:46.She used to say to us "what's going to happen to you lot

:01:47. > :01:53.She also used to say "I'm glad it was me and not any of

:01:54. > :01:58.The Orchards are now trying to raise money for Athena's funeral,

:01:59. > :02:00.whilst taking comfort in their daughter's words.

:02:01. > :02:18.Athena finished her message by writing:

:02:19. > :02:23.William and Patricia Wycherley were allegedly killed by their daughter

:02:24. > :02:27.and son`in`law who wanted to get their hands on the couple's money.

:02:28. > :02:35.Buried in their back garden in Forest Town in Mansfield

:02:36. > :02:38.after being allegedly murdered on the May Day bank holiday of 1998.

:02:39. > :02:42.The prosecution say William Wycherley, then 85,

:02:43. > :02:47.and his wife Patricia, 63, were each shot twice in the bedroom.

:02:48. > :02:50.The alleged weapon was a .38 revolver.

:02:51. > :02:53.Their daughter Susan Edwards and her husband Christopher,

:02:54. > :04:22.It's claimed by the prosecution that they wanted the Wycherley's money.

:04:23. > :04:28.Will UKIP continue their promised political earthquake?

:04:29. > :04:31.Our political editor John Hess has been at the count in Newark.

:04:32. > :04:35.The count is being held in the rather splendid surroundings

:04:36. > :04:38.of the Dome Hall inside Kelham Hall, the headquarters of of Newark

:04:39. > :04:43.The spot itself is pretty historic, this is where Charles I

:04:44. > :04:46.surrenderred to Cromwell's parliamentary forces and certainly

:04:47. > :04:48.the parliamentary forces unleashed during this three`week

:04:49. > :04:54.It might not be on the scale of the 1640s but there's no denying

:04:55. > :04:57.the determination of the Prime Minister to win this

:04:58. > :05:02.That's because UKIP's Nigel Farage spoke and likened winning this

:05:03. > :05:06.parliamentary by`election as causing a political earthquate.

:05:07. > :05:09.The prime minister in tern was determined, he said,

:05:10. > :05:13.Well, the count is underway, we are expecting results sometime

:05:14. > :05:17.If there happens to be a recount we will have to wait

:05:18. > :05:25.Whatever happens we will have full analysis in breakfast news tomorrow.

:05:26. > :05:30.We will be live in Newark marketplace. Join me then.

:05:31. > :05:34.Nottingham's iconic Green's Windmill needs more than ?40,000 worth

:05:35. > :05:42.of repair work so its sails can continue turning.

:05:43. > :05:45.The city council says weather damage means the sails can't rotate without

:05:46. > :05:50.Supporters are now trying to find around ?8,000.

:05:51. > :05:54.The council says it can't meet the full cost of the work.

:05:55. > :05:58.A man from Leicester has created his very own cinema in a garden shed.

:05:59. > :06:04.He has spent ?12,000 converting the shed at the bottom

:06:05. > :06:07.of his garden into a fully operational 12`seater cinema.

:06:08. > :06:10.It's sound proofed and has been designed to mimic

:06:11. > :06:20.I would love to be working in the cinema now like I used to

:06:21. > :06:25.in the '50s, but I don't think that the wife would put up with me being

:06:26. > :06:30.So, I decided it's better to have my own cinema in the back garden and I

:06:31. > :06:35.can go in it every day if I want to without having divorce proceedings.

:06:36. > :06:39.Well, we'll be back first thing in the morning with the result of that

:06:40. > :06:46.But, in the meantime, here's Anna with the weather.

:06:47. > :06:54.We've had a fairly pleasant evening. Things aren't looking too

:06:55. > :06:58.bad tomorrow. It will be dry, but turning increasingly humid through

:06:59. > :07:06.the day. Through the evening and overnight tonight we have clear

:07:07. > :07:13.skies. Temperatures will drop away, a chilly night for June.

:07:14. > :07:21.Temperatures as low as five or six in spots. There are some clouds

:07:22. > :07:26.around, but we will see plenty of sunny spells into the afternoon

:07:27. > :07:28.tomorrow. High cloud starts to develop through the day. It will be

:07:29. > :07:41.fairly warm, 20 high as 24 degrees. Looking forward

:07:42. > :07:45.to the weekend, thundery showers. As you will have seen, I cannot promise

:07:46. > :07:52.you sunshine and blue skies, but I can promise warm. Warmer conditions

:07:53. > :07:58.will be growing up. The heat at the moment is across parts of Spain and

:07:59. > :08:03.south-west France. You can see the orange colour is developing. To the

:08:04. > :08:04.west we have low pressure. Winds