02/07/2014 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East at Wimbledon.

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale. Good

evening. First tonight, the growing safety concerns surrounding a

controversial boxing event hn Leicestershire this weekend. A bare

knuckle boxing night is due to take place in Hinckley on Saturd`y. It's

been described as barbaric by some local people. Today organisdrs met

police and the local council to discuss their safety plans. Tom

Brown reports. The gloves are off and this man cannot wait. Hd is

training for the bare knuckle boxing event at Hinckley on Saturd`y. It is

exciting. It is what people want to see. It is an old generation thing

that you cannot find in othdr combat sports. They hope to host the fight

here at the Hinckley United football club. I was brought up here at a

young age. It is a gentleman's sport. Every fighter I have ever

known has always been a gentleman. Today, reaction to the sport is

mixed. I do not like it at `ll. It sounds barbaric. I think it will be

good. It is a sport that has been away for many years. If thex want to

have a punch`up it is their choice. It is thought to be one of the

biggest public events of thhs sport in the UK. The question is, is it

safe? We have medics, an ambulance on stand`by, a hospital tent. It is

better on the whole for safdty. I am hoping it is a very quick fhght and

I knock him out. I am a strhpper on the weekends and I have a couple of

jobs booked in for after thd fight! Earlier this evening I spokd to the

local MP for Hinckley and bdgan by asking him if he thought thd event

was legal. It was outlawed hn the last century. There is a strong case

law which found that anybodx participating in this, even if they

gave consent to be in this kind of fight, it was illegal and actual

bodily harm. Anyone supporthng the fight was also acting illeg`lly and

I do not believe this has changed. This is an attempt to turn the clock

back on a practice that was turned back for good reason. The s`y it is

not actually be a knuckle bdcause there is some padding on thd

competitor's fist, does that not make a difference? Queensbury rules

require boxing gloves. The was a man killed on Monday in a punchhng

competition, in London, a young father. I very much want to resist

turning back the clock to the times when men eat themselves to ` pulp

for prize`money. A man from Nottinghamshire has been ch`rged

under terrorism laws. 19`ye`r`old Adeel Ulhaq from Sutton`in`@shfield

will appear at the Old Baildy on the 18th of July. It's alleged he was

raising money for charity, which was to be used to fund terrorisl in

Syria. It's been announced the Queen is to visit Derbyshire next week.

She'll be in Matlock on the 10th of July along with the Duke of

Edinburgh. The royal party will visit the John Smedley knitwear

factory nearby, before going to meet the crowds at Chatsworth Hotse. If

your eyes have been streaming and nose running all day it won't

comfort you to know the pollen count has been at its peak. Many hay fever

sufferers reach for medicathon to ease the symptoms unaware that it

can make them drowsy. And that brings it's own problems. Jo Healey

reports. This should be lovdly, a stroll in the park on a gorgeous day

but for many it just means htchy eyes, a streaming nose and constant

sneezing. This morning I got to work and my eyes were itching and my

throat was clammy. It makes your nose itchy and when you snedze it is

really annoying. Some medic`tion for hay fever can make you unfit to

drive. New research shows ndarly one third of drivers do not realise this

and nearly one half do not dven bother to check yet it is an offence

to drive when unfit through drugs and that includes hay fever

medication. A nurse who specialises in `llergies

says there are alternatives. The old ones like Piritin are quite

sedating. They are best to `void if you have to drive. You have to check

you are not getting drowsy on your medication. Why is the polldn count

so high? We had a lot of good weather through June and no rain, so

nothing to wash the pollen grains away. This high pollen count is set

to drop at the end of the wdek as the weather cools. That's your news.

So, it's goodbye from me but with your weather now, here's Anna

Church. Thank you. Things whll improve if you are suffering from

hay fever for the weekend. @s we head into the there will be a lot of

cloud around and that is how it will stay throughout the day on Thursday,

mostly dry and warm. A lot of cloud this evening and tonight, some

lower`level Cloud pushing in from the north as we head towards dawn.

That may produce spots of lhght rain in the far north. A mild night.

Tomorrow we will have high`level clouds in the South and East, some

brightness year, then the cloud will start to increase as we go through

the day, again some showers are possible in the north of thd region.

Am brightness and highs of 23. through this weekend. With more on

that here's Louise. Temperatures up to 25 degrees, 7

Fahrenheit. A different story north and west. Particularly in western

Scotland. Only 17 degrees. But the winds were a feature here, gusting

to 50 mph from time to time. And there was rain as well. That weather

front continues to meander south and east through northern