:00:00. > :00:12.ended. And
:00:13. > :00:15.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:16. > :00:17.A new memorial to the Royal Leicestershire Regiment was
:00:18. > :00:20.dedicated today at the National Arboretum.
:00:21. > :00:23.It comes on the anniversary of the regiment being founddd,
:00:24. > :00:30.Unveiling a permanent tribute to the Royal Leicestershire Regiment,
:00:31. > :00:34.a proud moment for the unit known as the Thgers.
:00:35. > :00:39.The National Memorial Arbordtum has given us a super place
:00:40. > :00:44.for our tiger, which is going to look absolutely grand and
:00:45. > :00:51.The unit was awarded more than 70 battle honours before
:00:52. > :00:58.it was incorporated into thd Royal Anglian Regiment in the 1960s.
:00:59. > :01:01.So many of the old regiment`l people who are here today
:01:02. > :01:05.long for the days when the regiment was a regiment of the lion.
:01:06. > :01:09.It is no longer, but they still have the reghment
:01:10. > :01:12.in their hearts and they want to see some evidence of it and this is
:01:13. > :01:20.326 years after the regiment was founded, this remembrance stone has
:01:21. > :01:25.been unveiled and dedicated here at the UK Centre of Remembr`nce
:01:26. > :01:34.Local heroes forever remembdred alongside the nation's falldn.
:01:35. > :01:37.Police have recovered a bodx from the River Derwent in Ddrby
:01:38. > :01:39.The man was found near the city centre yesterday.
:01:40. > :01:42.They have identified him, but haven't yet been able
:01:43. > :01:47.They're now investigating the events leading up to his death.
:01:48. > :01:50.You're 12 times more likely to die on Leicestershire's roads than
:01:51. > :01:52.in a house fire, according to the county's Fire Service.
:01:53. > :01:56.That's why it's leading on a new online campaign
:01:57. > :02:01.It involves a harrowing trud`life story, as Carolyn Moses reports
:02:02. > :02:07.It was a remarkable scene ` a grieving mother embracing
:02:08. > :02:13.Michael York had been given special Home Office permission to ldave
:02:14. > :02:16.prison for the day to warn xoung drivers to be at
:02:17. > :02:21.his former school about the dangers of the so`called fatal four.
:02:22. > :02:28.I've taken one of her boys `way from her.
:02:29. > :02:32.His night out drinking in Ldicester with friends now forms part of a
:02:33. > :02:39.He wasn't fit to drive, but they were all in that car volunt`rily.
:02:40. > :02:48.I'll never see him do the things he could have done,
:02:49. > :02:55.Last November's unique safety day has now gone online in the hope
:02:56. > :02:58.of spreading the message even further th`n before
:02:59. > :03:04.Other fire services plan to use it too.
:03:05. > :03:08.We've gone down the route of using something that will hit
:03:09. > :03:13.them hard emotionally and this website is very emotional.
:03:14. > :03:17.It's real people, a real evdnt and they're talking from thd heart.
:03:18. > :03:23.I am screaming at you, I am crying out to you, to think.
:03:24. > :03:29.I don't ever want to see ond of your faces with two dates on
:03:30. > :03:41.To sport, and in this afternoon s football, Leicester City lost 2`0
:03:42. > :03:45.Derby County won 1`0 at Bolton, and Forest drop to second in thd table
:03:46. > :03:48.Notts County drew 1`1 at Chesterfield,
:03:49. > :03:56.In today's rugby, Leicester Tigers lost 19`22 to London Irish.
:03:57. > :04:00.And Nottingham went down 55`16 at Worcester.
:04:01. > :04:02.The annual Southwell Ploughhng Match caused traffic chaos
:04:03. > :04:07.This year's event in Bulcotd near Burton Joyce saw slow`loving
:04:08. > :04:10.queues in the area, with sole drivers stuck for up to two hours.
:04:11. > :04:13.Some local buses had to be diverted too.
:04:14. > :04:16.Let's check the weather for the rest of the weekend now
:04:17. > :04:27.The cloud has been quite an issue today but most of us have sden some
:04:28. > :04:32.breaks allowing sunshine. Tomorrow will be similar, a cloudy start but
:04:33. > :04:36.brighter spells later on. This evening we have clear skies for many
:04:37. > :04:39.places at first but the clotd will increase as the night goes on and
:04:40. > :04:46.temperatures won't drop as low as last night, about 14 Celsius.
:04:47. > :04:49.Tomorrow morning we may havd some mist and fog patches and it may take
:04:50. > :04:54.a while for the day to get going but the cloud should break to rdveal
:04:55. > :04:59.sunny spells on and off. Thd risk of a light shower, most places
:05:00. > :05:00.remaining dry and it remains settled and warm next week.
:05:01. > :05:02.The Beat's starting now on your local BBC Radio,
:05:03. > :05:08.and I'll be back with more for you tomorrow at 6:45pm.