27/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:16.Jon Kay, BBC News, Bristol. That's

:00:17. > :00:18.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

:00:19. > :00:22.First tonight ` Described as popular, caring and an inspiration.

:00:23. > :00:24.Hundreds today attended the funeral of the Derbyshire

:00:25. > :00:29.The 22`year`old from Ambergate was stabbed to death

:00:30. > :00:34.He'd been on a work placement at a hospital there as part

:00:35. > :00:50.It was a response that showed just how popular this young man had been

:00:51. > :00:58.and how much he will be mist. 500 people arrived at the church to say

:00:59. > :01:05.goodbye. The 22`year`old student from Amber Gate was killed in Borneo

:01:06. > :01:11.earlier this month. He had been working as a doctor as part of his

:01:12. > :01:18.degree in medicine. Old school friends and his cricket team were

:01:19. > :01:24.there. He was very popular. He made people laugh and was fun to be with.

:01:25. > :01:31.He really cared about people. His family saw him as an inspiration.

:01:32. > :01:37.After his family arrived and the coffin was carried in, the service

:01:38. > :01:43.began. Two of his best friends spoke and some of his favourite songs were

:01:44. > :01:49.played. There are still questions over who ended his life and why but

:01:50. > :01:54.it was about remembering the life he did lead. The order of service says

:01:55. > :02:03.do not be sad he is gone, be happy his life happened. I want people to

:02:04. > :02:09.go away and say they can do something as well. It is a shame his

:02:10. > :02:15.life ended so suddenly but that does not make it a waste. He wanted to

:02:16. > :02:19.change the world and did everything he could to achieve that.

:02:20. > :02:24.Now to a little boy and his six year wait for a kidney. Matthew Piertryx

:02:25. > :02:27.from Leicestershire has a rare genetic disease which means both his

:02:28. > :02:38.have been removed. He undergoes dialysis for 12 hours every night.

:02:39. > :02:48.still waiting, as Geeta Pendse reports.

:02:49. > :02:50.Enjoying the end of the summer holidays with his brothers.

:02:51. > :02:53.Football mad Matthew is like any other nine`year`old boy but his

:02:54. > :02:57.Matthew has to undergo 12 hours of kidney dialysis every night

:02:58. > :02:59.because he has a rare genetic disease which has led

:03:00. > :03:03.He has injections and dialysis, restricted fluid, restricted diet.

:03:04. > :03:06.I do not want him to wait any longer and lose any more of his

:03:07. > :03:12.The family set up this Facebook campaign page to raise awareness

:03:13. > :03:22.According to a charity 6000 people are on the waiting list.

:03:23. > :03:25.At Kidney Research UK we are encouraging people to talk to the

:03:26. > :03:27.families about what should happen after their death, we all need to

:03:28. > :03:37.Matthew would love to do the things his friends do

:03:38. > :03:47.I would like to sleep over at my friends but I cannot because I

:03:48. > :03:54.The family have been told they have a three in 10,000 chance

:03:55. > :03:58.of finding a match for Matthew but they refused to give up the hope

:03:59. > :04:09.Moves to spend half a million pounds improving the

:04:10. > :04:11.Council Chamber at Nottinghamshire County Council has been described

:04:12. > :04:16.The plans include removing asbestos, improving access

:04:17. > :04:19.for wheelchair users, adding air`con and a fire alarm.

:04:20. > :04:22.The criticism comes from the authority's Conservative Leader Kay

:04:23. > :04:25.Cutts ` although she admits the work was signed`off by the authority's

:04:26. > :04:33.She now says revised plans are a waste of money.

:04:34. > :04:37.A book of condolence has been opened at the University of Leicester for

:04:38. > :04:41.Lord Attenborough. The 90`year`old actor and director died at the

:04:42. > :04:44.weekend. He grew up in the city and was raised with his brothers on the

:04:45. > :04:47.campus of the University of Leicester. Officials are considering

:04:48. > :04:51.how best to mark his life and the contributions he made to the city.

:04:52. > :04:53.A man from Leicester fears attackers who set`upon him with

:04:54. > :04:58.Abdi Rashid Adan says he has no idea why he was targeted.

:04:59. > :05:01.As well as suffering flesh wounds, Mr Adan's arm was broken

:05:02. > :05:06.Helen Astle's report contains images of his injuries

:05:07. > :05:23.Photographs taken just hours after being attacked sure the injuries. He

:05:24. > :05:29.was stabbed just over a week ago after he dropped a woman off at her

:05:30. > :05:34.home in Leicester. They came running after me with machetes and they said

:05:35. > :05:42.before he gets out of the car just kill him. Before I got out of the

:05:43. > :05:50.car the jumped towards me. I tried to get out and they jumped on top of

:05:51. > :05:56.me. I put my arm and my head out and the got me on the arm like this. The

:05:57. > :06:08.attackers then fled. He says he has no idea why he was assaulted. Every

:06:09. > :06:15.time I look over my shoulder. I cannot go to my job. I am on lots of

:06:16. > :06:21.painkillers. No arrests have been made but these are still

:06:22. > :06:26.investigating. `` police are investigating.

:06:27. > :06:29.Time now for sport and the League Cup draw has been made this evening.

:06:30. > :06:32.Just two of our sides are through to the third round.

:06:33. > :06:34.That's your news and your sport from me.

:06:35. > :06:42.I'll bid you goodnight and leave you with Anna and your weather.

:06:43. > :06:49.Temperatures reached the heights of 20 selfie is today and we are

:06:50. > :06:54.expecting the same tomorrow. There will be sunny spells but a few

:06:55. > :06:59.showers around. It will be a cloudy night tonight with outbreaks of rain

:07:00. > :07:05.starting to push in from the West. The cloud and rain will hold

:07:06. > :07:11.temperatures up. Another cold night with 15 Celsius the minimum. The

:07:12. > :07:16.rain will quickly start to push away into the North Sea by the morning

:07:17. > :07:25.plenty of sunshine. More clouded by the afternoon but it will look set

:07:26. > :07:32.to stay dry. Not too bad temperature wise with a maximum of 21 Celsius. I

:07:33. > :07:44.will leave you now with your outlook for the next few days.

:07:45. > :07:51.It looks like low pressure will see us out for what is rest of August.

:07:52. > :07:57.It looks as if next week, summer will fight back. Low pressure is

:07:58. > :08:01.approaching the UK. Rainfall totals are not adding up to too much. There

:08:02. > :08:07.is some low cloud and hill fog around. Clearer skies reaching the

:08:08. > :08:10.South West later in the night. Temperatures for Northern England

:08:11. > :08:15.and Scotland going nowhere near as far down as they have done recently.

:08:16. > :08:19.A lot of this rain is coming through overnight, so behind it, many of us

:08:20. > :08:23.will start the day tomorrow dry with some hazy sunshine. The last of that

:08:24. > :08:28.rain beginning to edge away from Eastern Counties of England into the

:08:29. > :08:32.North Sea. And, again, many of us starting dry, drier weather heading

:08:33. > :08:36.into southern Scotland. For northern Scotland, after several days of

:08:37. > :08:42.sunshine, this might come as a shock - the rain won't last all day, much

:08:43. > :08:43.of it will have cleared by the