:00:19. > :00:20.And now the news for the East at Wimbledon.
:00:21. > :00:26.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. Good
:00:27. > :00:28.evening. First tonight, the growing safety concerns surrounding a
:00:29. > :00:32.controversial boxing event hn Leicestershire this weekend. A bare
:00:33. > :00:35.knuckle boxing night is due to take place in Hinckley on Saturd`y. It's
:00:36. > :00:38.been described as barbaric by some local people. Today organisdrs met
:00:39. > :00:48.police and the local council to discuss their safety plans. Tom
:00:49. > :00:54.Brown reports. The gloves are off and this man cannot wait. Hd is
:00:55. > :01:00.training for the bare knuckle boxing event at Hinckley on Saturd`y. It is
:01:01. > :01:04.exciting. It is what people want to see. It is an old generation thing
:01:05. > :01:08.that you cannot find in othdr combat sports. They hope to host the fight
:01:09. > :01:18.here at the Hinckley United football club. I was brought up here at a
:01:19. > :01:26.young age. It is a gentleman's sport. Every fighter I have ever
:01:27. > :01:33.known has always been a gentleman. Today, reaction to the sport is
:01:34. > :01:40.mixed. I do not like it at `ll. It sounds barbaric. I think it will be
:01:41. > :01:50.good. It is a sport that has been away for many years. If thex want to
:01:51. > :01:54.have a punch`up it is their choice. It is thought to be one of the
:01:55. > :02:07.biggest public events of thhs sport in the UK. The question is, is it
:02:08. > :02:20.safe? We have medics, an ambulance on stand`by, a hospital tent. It is
:02:21. > :02:25.better on the whole for safdty. I am hoping it is a very quick fhght and
:02:26. > :02:36.I knock him out. I am a strhpper on the weekends and I have a couple of
:02:37. > :02:40.jobs booked in for after thd fight! Earlier this evening I spokd to the
:02:41. > :02:51.local MP for Hinckley and bdgan by asking him if he thought thd event
:02:52. > :02:59.was legal. It was outlawed hn the last century. There is a strong case
:03:00. > :03:09.law which found that anybodx participating in this, even if they
:03:10. > :03:15.gave consent to be in this kind of fight, it was illegal and actual
:03:16. > :03:18.bodily harm. Anyone supporthng the fight was also acting illeg`lly and
:03:19. > :03:26.I do not believe this has changed. This is an attempt to turn the clock
:03:27. > :03:36.back on a practice that was turned back for good reason. The s`y it is
:03:37. > :03:40.not actually be a knuckle bdcause there is some padding on thd
:03:41. > :03:51.competitor's fist, does that not make a difference? Queensbury rules
:03:52. > :03:58.require boxing gloves. The was a man killed on Monday in a punchhng
:03:59. > :04:04.competition, in London, a young father. I very much want to resist
:04:05. > :04:11.turning back the clock to the times when men eat themselves to ` pulp
:04:12. > :04:16.for prize`money. A man from Nottinghamshire has been ch`rged
:04:17. > :04:20.under terrorism laws. 19`ye`r`old Adeel Ulhaq from Sutton`in`@shfield
:04:21. > :04:23.will appear at the Old Baildy on the 18th of July. It's alleged he was
:04:24. > :04:27.raising money for charity, which was to be used to fund terrorisl in
:04:28. > :04:30.Syria. It's been announced the Queen is to visit Derbyshire next week.
:04:31. > :04:33.She'll be in Matlock on the 10th of July along with the Duke of
:04:34. > :04:36.Edinburgh. The royal party will visit the John Smedley knitwear
:04:37. > :04:40.factory nearby, before going to meet the crowds at Chatsworth Hotse. If
:04:41. > :04:43.your eyes have been streaming and nose running all day it won't
:04:44. > :04:47.comfort you to know the pollen count has been at its peak. Many hay fever
:04:48. > :04:50.sufferers reach for medicathon to ease the symptoms unaware that it
:04:51. > :04:54.can make them drowsy. And that brings it's own problems. Jo Healey
:04:55. > :04:58.reports. This should be lovdly, a stroll in the park on a gorgeous day
:04:59. > :05:07.but for many it just means htchy eyes, a streaming nose and constant
:05:08. > :05:14.sneezing. This morning I got to work and my eyes were itching and my
:05:15. > :05:21.throat was clammy. It makes your nose itchy and when you snedze it is
:05:22. > :05:26.really annoying. Some medic`tion for hay fever can make you unfit to
:05:27. > :05:30.drive. New research shows ndarly one third of drivers do not realise this
:05:31. > :05:34.and nearly one half do not dven bother to check yet it is an offence
:05:35. > :05:35.to drive when unfit through drugs and that includes hay fever
:05:36. > :05:53.medication. A nurse who specialises in `llergies
:05:54. > :05:59.says there are alternatives. The old ones like Piritin are quite
:06:00. > :06:04.sedating. They are best to `void if you have to drive. You have to check
:06:05. > :06:12.you are not getting drowsy on your medication. Why is the polldn count
:06:13. > :06:15.so high? We had a lot of good weather through June and no rain, so
:06:16. > :06:27.nothing to wash the pollen grains away. This high pollen count is set
:06:28. > :06:33.to drop at the end of the wdek as the weather cools. That's your news.
:06:34. > :06:39.So, it's goodbye from me but with your weather now, here's Anna
:06:40. > :06:46.Church. Thank you. Things whll improve if you are suffering from
:06:47. > :06:54.hay fever for the weekend. @s we head into the there will be a lot of
:06:55. > :07:00.cloud around and that is how it will stay throughout the day on Thursday,
:07:01. > :07:05.mostly dry and warm. A lot of cloud this evening and tonight, some
:07:06. > :07:11.lower`level Cloud pushing in from the north as we head towards dawn.
:07:12. > :07:16.That may produce spots of lhght rain in the far north. A mild night.
:07:17. > :07:23.Tomorrow we will have high`level clouds in the South and East, some
:07:24. > :07:27.brightness year, then the cloud will start to increase as we go through
:07:28. > :07:30.the day, again some showers are possible in the north of thd region.
:07:31. > :07:32.Am brightness and highs of 23. through this weekend. With more on
:07:33. > :07:53.that here's Louise. Temperatures up to 25 degrees, 7
:07:54. > :07:57.Fahrenheit. A different story north and west. Particularly in western
:07:58. > :08:01.Scotland. Only 17 degrees. But the winds were a feature here, gusting
:08:02. > :08:07.to 50 mph from time to time. And there was rain as well. That weather
:08:08. > :08:08.front continues to meander south and east through northern