30/12/2016

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:00:12. > :00:14.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

:00:15. > :00:16.The East Midlands Olympic and Paralympic sports

:00:17. > :00:19.heroes have been rewarded in the New Years Honours List -

:00:20. > :00:25.Other award winners in the region range from the pioneer of DNA

:00:26. > :00:35.They won gold for their country and the 2016 Olympics.

:00:36. > :00:41.Now city of Derby swimmer Adam Peaty takes hold of the new Year MBE.

:00:42. > :00:43.Along with East Midlands members of Britain s successful

:00:44. > :00:54.Our Paralympians are honoured, a CBE going to Nottingham s Tim Redditch,

:00:55. > :00:59.And there are MBEs for Leicestershire s paralysed marathon

:01:00. > :01:13.runner Claire Lomas and national cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.

:01:14. > :01:15.In other fields, University of Leicester Professor

:01:16. > :01:18.whose DNA profiling transformed criminal investigations is made

:01:19. > :01:20.a prestigious companion of honour while the boss of Leicester family

:01:21. > :01:23.snack firm co-fresh running for more than 40 years gets an MBE.

:01:24. > :01:30.The credit goes to my parents and my father in particular.

:01:31. > :01:32.But it is an honour to receive the award.

:01:33. > :01:34.It is the recognition of the colleagues I work

:01:35. > :01:40.Former headteacher Rosalind Taylor receives a British Empire medal,

:01:41. > :01:44.she has helped hundreds of schools win environmental awards.

:01:45. > :01:47.I got a letter telling me the Queen was going to make this award

:01:48. > :01:53.and to be quite honest I nearly fainted.

:01:54. > :01:56.You don't ever think of it when you do interesting things

:01:57. > :02:00.You do it because you believe in it, because you enjoy it

:02:01. > :02:05.so getting an award is just absolutely marvellous.

:02:06. > :02:09.And for feeding hungry minds, dinner lady Dorothy Pickering

:02:10. > :02:14.at this primary is not forgotten winning a British Empire medal

:02:15. > :02:17.and a youth boxing coach can add his to the BBC National unsung

:02:18. > :02:27.hero award, he was presented with earlier this month.

:02:28. > :02:31.A postmortem examination has failed to identify the cause of death

:02:32. > :02:34.for a 17-year-old found on Christmas Day in Derbyshire.

:02:35. > :02:36.Han Lam was discovered near Heanor Memorial Park, and only

:02:37. > :02:42.The Coroner is asking for help in finding his next of kin,

:02:43. > :02:46.Meanwhile police want to hear from anyone who saw a dark grey

:02:47. > :02:53.Emergency workers are warning us to watch what we drink this weekend.

:02:54. > :02:56.Last New Year, East Midlands Ambulance Service took well over

:02:57. > :03:03.This year they're expecting even more - so have set up mobile

:03:04. > :03:06.emergency units for on the spot treatment to ease pressure on A

:03:07. > :03:12.This one will be in Leicester tomorrow night.

:03:13. > :03:21.We will be able to treat patients that have fallen over, injured

:03:22. > :03:26.themselves or drunk too much having a good time. The idea is we can

:03:27. > :03:31.treat and discharge from here, we use this on the 23rd and 24th and

:03:32. > :03:32.50% of patients did not go to hospital.

:03:33. > :03:35.The Peak District National Park has lost a quarter of its funding

:03:36. > :03:39.It's one of the worst affected Parks in an investigation

:03:40. > :03:41.It lost millions of pounds in funding.

:03:42. > :03:43.Last year DEFRA pledged to increase grants by 2020.

:03:44. > :03:46.A Derby mum's looking forward to the new year,

:03:47. > :03:48.after surviving a near-fatal brain bleed while on holiday.

:03:49. > :03:51.Katy Head says she's delighted to have been able to share

:03:52. > :03:53.Christmas with her family, after falling critically ill

:03:54. > :04:03.That is where we live, we got on a plane in Birmingham.

:04:04. > :04:07.Back home in Derby, Katie and her son recall the traumatic

:04:08. > :04:12.moment last October when on holiday in Greece she suddenly fell ill.

:04:13. > :04:16.As I was swimming, got a pain on the right-hand side of my neck

:04:17. > :04:19.and I knew something wasn't right so I shouted out to Craig

:04:20. > :04:22.and he realised something was wrong and that is the last thing

:04:23. > :04:32.During a boat trip, an aneurysm burst in her brain while swimming.

:04:33. > :04:34.She had to be airlifted to a specialist hospital in Athens

:04:35. > :04:38.where Greek surgeons operated to save her.

:04:39. > :04:47.Everybody told me what a great job they did and if it wasn't for them,

:04:48. > :04:50.and acting how they did, I would not be here for my boys.

:04:51. > :04:53.Christmas was amazing, we made the most of it this year.

:04:54. > :04:57.Last month, she was flown home and is slowly recovering and looking

:04:58. > :05:05.forward to next year and enjoying family time.

:05:06. > :05:11.In sport, while most of our sides play tomorrow,

:05:12. > :05:14.Nottingham Forest had their last fixture of 2016 tonight.

:05:15. > :05:17.And after going down to ten men - lost it, three one at Newcastle.

:05:18. > :05:20.The result sees Newcastle top of the championship tonight,

:05:21. > :05:23.while it's a fourth defeat in five games for Forest.

:05:24. > :05:26.Well that's your lot from me - let's get the latest

:05:27. > :05:33.on those warnings about fog now, with Kay.

:05:34. > :05:41.A foggy evening and for the night. A warning is valid until ten o'clock

:05:42. > :05:49.tomorrow. Derbyshire up out of the warning area but you will see

:05:50. > :05:50.patches of fog. Quite dense in places, 100m especially across

:05:51. > :05:57.southern and eastern parts. Overnight, clear spells and

:05:58. > :06:03.temperatures down to 2 degrees. The risk of a touch of frost. A misty

:06:04. > :06:10.and murky start tomorrow but through the afternoon we should see it

:06:11. > :06:17.brightening. It stays dry, good news for fireworks. Nine or 10 degrees.

:06:18. > :06:21.There is rain, after midnight, from the North pushing down to the south

:06:22. > :06:26.so for New Year's Day, northern parts dry and bright, cloud in the

:06:27. > :06:29.South but brightening in the afternoon. Highs of 5 degrees. This

:06:30. > :06:41.is the summary. Goodbye. Good evening. Looking ahead to 2017

:06:42. > :06:44.it looks like we will start off on a cold note. This weather front will

:06:45. > :06:49.move south in the next day or so bringing rain with it, but also much

:06:50. > :06:53.colder air following a lull behind. It will sweep the fog away. It's

:06:54. > :07:00.grey for some places this afternoon. You could hardly see across the

:07:01. > :07:01.river in the Greater London area. Met Office