23/08/2014 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

East Midlands Ambulance Service says its lost the records

The records include names, contact numbers, addresses, and

details of medical conditions of patients seen by the servicd between

The information was stored on a data cartridge, largely obsolete

Police are helping with the investigation.

It is a great concern to us and we are taking it very seriouslx and

that is why we have reported it to the police and all the bodids who

regulate the NHS. We are very sorry about this, but steps are now in

place to make sure it does not happen again.

An event to commemorate the start of World War One is being hdld this

It began today, exactly 100 years since the British

About turn! A century may h`ve passed, but the spirit lives on

Radio Leicester is playing host to the World War I at home road show,

an event designed to teach people about the First World War. H am a

primary school teacher and ht is important they learn about why we

went to war. It was such an awful, awful war and all those millions of

people died. I like history. I just like learning about it. I lhke the

news thing. But some people, this event is more than just the way of

finding out about World War I. It is a route into their family hhstory. I

know he was injured. I'm trxing to find out more. We have got his

medals and we would like to know the history of how he was injurdd and

where he served. Somewhere out there is a member of your family `nd they

are all connected, but without having the knowledge of how to find

them, they don't know where to start. The hope is that this event

will be a fitting tribute to all those who died in the great War

If you've been in Derby and hearing the cathedral bdlls ring

at odd times today it's because they've been holding

There's ten bells in the tower, one of which was cast in 1520

Around 100 visitors got the chance to see

Organisers hope the annual event will attract more

We could always do with mord ringers. We have enough at the

cathedral, but there are more towers around the region who could then a

fit. In football, Leicester faced Chelsea

again today in the Premier League. Meanwhile, convincing wins for both

our Championship sides, with Derby beating Fulham 5`1 and Notthngham

Forest beating Reading 4`0. While Mansfield Town lost 2`0

at Dagenham and Redbridge. More international accolades

for our swimmers at the After setting a new world rdcord

in the semi last night, it was perhaps no surprise Derby

swimmer Adam Peaty also won today's The fastest woman in water,

as she's known, Loughborough's Fran Halsall also took gold,

but in the 50 metre backstroke. And in ice hockey,

Nottingham Panthers began their campaign in the new Etropean

Champions League last night. Sadly, with a 2`4 defeat to Finnish

side Lukko. Let's see what the weather holds

in store for the bank holid`y. The showers are starting to ease and

it will be a cold night. Temperatures will start to drop In

rural areas temperatures down to as low as two or three degrees. A cold

start tomorrow, although thdre will be some sunshine. The crowd will

increase from the south`west and there is an opportunity of catching

a shower. Sadly, if you havd got plans for bank holiday Mond`y, it

will turn quite wet. To weather fronts are working their wax towards

us. Quite windy as well and it will remain unsettled through thd early

part of next week. The Beat is on air on your local BBC

radio from six, More from me here,

at 6.50pm tomorrow. It has been a familiar story again

today, pleasant in the sunshine but certainly a chill in the air and

tonight will be unusually cold for this time of year. There will be

some sunshine on Sunday before cloud increases in the West to bring some

rain around on Monday. Still showers at the moment, some heavy ones,

maybe thundery across eastern England, Windows will fade away

maybe thundery across eastern England, Windows will fade tonight

will be dry, clear, cold, not a breath of wind. Temperatures in

towns and cities in many areas will be in single figures but if you are

in the country, look at this: Temperatures in the night for a

while could be close to freezing. Chilly start first thing, sunshine

to compensate. For many eastern areas it will stay fine and dry

with some sunshine all day. Heading further west, the crowd will come

in. -- clout. It will bring in rain. Should be driver