:00:12. > :00:13.And now the news for the East Midlands.
:00:14. > :00:17.The last man to be rescued from the Herald of Free Enterprise
:00:18. > :00:19.joined other survivors today at a service to mark
:00:20. > :00:21.the 30th anniversary of the Zeebrugge disaster.
:00:22. > :00:24.Brian Gibbons from Melton Mowbray says he still feels guilt
:00:25. > :00:27.that he survived when so many others didn't.
:00:28. > :00:31.193 died when the ferry capsized off the Belgian coast.
:00:32. > :00:34.Among them, two members of a Nottinghamshire family.
:00:35. > :00:41.A memorial service was held in Dover to remember those who died
:00:42. > :00:46.in the worst peacetime British maritime disaster in living memory.
:00:47. > :00:51.Among the survivors there today, Brian Gibbons from Melton Mowbray.
:00:52. > :00:54.As I was coming out of the port, I thought it was quite
:00:55. > :00:59.and something started going drastically wrong.
:01:00. > :01:03.I was trying to get to sleep and it literally threw me
:01:04. > :01:11.what was one of the walls and was now the floor.
:01:12. > :01:15.As the Herald of Free Enterprise left Zeebrugge with
:01:16. > :01:27.For seven hours, Brian didn't know if he was going to live or die,
:01:28. > :01:30.but tapping his watch on a pipe alerted rescuers,
:01:31. > :01:36.Beverly Willows' father, Sudershan Lal Singhal,
:01:37. > :01:40.and sister, Kiran Devi Parsons, from Mansfield Woodhouse,
:01:41. > :01:46.They had taken a cut-price day trip offer from a newspaper.
:01:47. > :01:48.I just remember everybody screaming and crying because we knew
:01:49. > :01:56.We didn't know anything else, but, just actually knowing
:01:57. > :02:00.Then, in the early hours of the morning,
:02:01. > :02:03.my brother-in-law rang to say that he was safe,
:02:04. > :02:07.but he thought the others had perished.
:02:08. > :02:10.Sudershan Lal Singhal's body was not found until eight months later,
:02:11. > :02:18.Beverly can't forget what it was like for families waiting to hear
:02:19. > :02:26.In the hotel rooms you could hear people crying, and being distraught,
:02:27. > :02:31.as well as celebrating that they'd found them.
:02:32. > :02:34.We were the last ones, and it was like we were still
:02:35. > :02:37.waiting to find ours, and we had to come away
:02:38. > :02:46.It's been an emotional day for Brian Gibbons too.
:02:47. > :02:48.I still feel a bit guilty because I survived.
:02:49. > :02:52.Let's hope ferry travel is a lot safer now, and let's not forget
:02:53. > :03:00.A teaching assistant's been given a suspended prison sentence
:03:01. > :03:02.after she admitted stealing thousands of pounds from her
:03:03. > :03:08.36-year-old Nadine Ledwith was the treasurer of the PTA
:03:09. > :03:12.Today the school said her actions had "badly let down"
:03:13. > :03:21.This breach of trust has shocked everyone at Montrose Primary School.
:03:22. > :03:25.The cash taken by teaching Assistant Nadine Ledwith
:03:26. > :03:28.was raised by pupils, their families and staff at various
:03:29. > :03:31.events organised by the Parent-Teacher Association.
:03:32. > :03:34.She was the treasurer of the PTA, and instead of banking
:03:35. > :03:39.a total of over ?3,384 between 2013 and 2015,
:03:40. > :03:44.In a statement, Andy Owens, the headteacher of Montrose Primary
:03:45. > :03:47.School said many members of the community placed their trust
:03:48. > :03:51.in Nadine Ledwith and were badly let down by her actions.
:03:52. > :03:56.She placed herself first and gave no thought for others.
:03:57. > :03:58.Nadine Ledwith has previously pleaded guilty to the charge
:03:59. > :04:04.and was today given a 26-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
:04:05. > :04:06.Leicester magistrates ordered that she pay back
:04:07. > :04:12.Mrs Ledwith, why did you take the money from the school?
:04:13. > :04:18.She ran off quickly and covered her face as she left the court.
:04:19. > :04:20.The school said at a time when all schools are suffering
:04:21. > :04:22.diminishing budgets, it is particularly upsetting
:04:23. > :04:26.the money raised for the children in the school has been stolen.
:04:27. > :04:29.The school relies on a large number of children and adults
:04:30. > :04:33.The former teaching assistant was in floods of tears
:04:34. > :04:37.Fauzia Zafar was defending, and said, she's in financial debt
:04:38. > :04:42.and ashamed of what she's done, she's not coping well,
:04:43. > :04:46.and wants to pay all the money back to the school.
:04:47. > :04:50.Simon Ward, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicester.
:04:51. > :04:52.Police have increased high-visibility patrols
:04:53. > :04:55.after a member of staff at a Derby school was assaulted
:04:56. > :05:00.It happened at Littleover Community School on Friday afternoon.
:05:01. > :05:04.The teacher was punched in the face and neck and pushed to the ground
:05:05. > :05:12.Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen the incident.
:05:13. > :05:15.Next tonight, stark warnings have been issued over the dangers
:05:16. > :05:20.It's estimated that, on average, dirty air shortens lives in the UK
:05:21. > :05:25.Nottingham has some of the most polluted air in the country,
:05:26. > :05:28.but it's pioneering ways to try to tackle the problem,
:05:29. > :05:32.including building the country's first Eco-Expressway.
:05:33. > :05:38.Work is well underway here in Nottingham to create the country's
:05:39. > :05:44.Now, the idea is that one lane will be used solely
:05:45. > :05:48.by public transport, and electric vehicles.
:05:49. > :05:53.It's all about reducing congestion and improving air quality.
:05:54. > :05:57.The idea has been welcomed by officials in Norway,
:05:58. > :06:00.where electric cars are very much the norm.
:06:01. > :06:03.Congratulations to Nottingham, because that is a very
:06:04. > :06:09.Actually, we did the same, and I can assure you that this
:06:10. > :06:12.is a fantastic feeling going in from the suburbs
:06:13. > :06:18.in the taxi lane, seeing the queue just standing close to you.
:06:19. > :06:21.Now, Nottingham City Council is committed to creating a low
:06:22. > :06:28.Carbon city, where public transport is given a priority.
:06:29. > :06:30.They are also investing in electric park-and-ride buses,
:06:31. > :06:34.and trying to encourage the city's hackney cabs to go electric as well.
:06:35. > :06:41.We need pollution levels to come down.
:06:42. > :06:45.We need more people to be using public transport.
:06:46. > :06:48.That is good for current users as well as public transport users.
:06:49. > :06:51.And we have to invest in a green Nottingham for, you know,
:06:52. > :06:55.The Eco-Expressway is due to open later this year,
:06:56. > :06:57.and if it is successful, the council says similar schemes
:06:58. > :07:00.will be rolled out on key routes in and out of the city.
:07:01. > :07:07.Sarah Teale, BBC East Midlands Today, Nottingham.
:07:08. > :07:10.After restrictions to try to combat bird flu were extended in
:07:11. > :07:13.some areas, one city farm in Nottingham feared it might have
:07:14. > :07:19.That was because it couldn't afford all the new netting required
:07:20. > :07:24.But help arrived today, unexpectedly,
:07:25. > :07:29.Stonebridge City Farm has been giving urban dwellers a slice
:07:30. > :07:33.of country life for 40 years and attracts thousands of visitors.
:07:34. > :07:36.Because it is close to the River Trent, it is deemed
:07:37. > :07:40.to be in a high-risk area for contact from wild birds.
:07:41. > :07:44.Many of its 150 birds are enclosed under netting, but around a third
:07:45. > :07:47.have been moved from a barn, and the charity couldn't afford
:07:48. > :07:53.The reason we haven't got ?1,000 is that we are a charity, and we rely
:07:54. > :07:56.on donations to keep us going, so we don't have those funds
:07:57. > :08:01.sloshing around for this sort of project, unfortunately.
:08:02. > :08:03.With so many birds not enclosed on the farm,
:08:04. > :08:07.the whole flock faced a possible cull.
:08:08. > :08:10.Bird flu is highly contagious so chances are if one animal gets it,
:08:11. > :08:13.they will all get it, so we would have to cull
:08:14. > :08:20.them if they have it, they would all have to go.
:08:21. > :08:24.Shortly after your coverage we got a call to the farm,
:08:25. > :08:33.from a woman who said she would like to donate ?1,000.
:08:34. > :08:35.I'm absolutely gobsmacked, because it will make
:08:36. > :08:38.a massive difference to the birds and it will save them.
:08:39. > :08:47.I said, you have juiced me to tears, and she said, I just want to help.
:08:48. > :08:51.The farmer has ordered the netting today and it will be in place
:08:52. > :08:55.The Chief vet's extended restrictions remain in force
:08:56. > :08:57.until at least the end of next month.
:08:58. > :09:00.Quentin Rayner, BBC East Midlands Today, Nottingham.
:09:01. > :09:07.but now let's take a look at the weather.
:09:08. > :09:14.Good evening. It is that time of the week where we look at the weather
:09:15. > :09:18.coming up. This week has not got off to do about a start, with lots of
:09:19. > :09:24.blue skies as we've moved through the day. Some sunny spells in this
:09:25. > :09:28.photo, sent in by a Weather Watcher. As we move through the rest of this
:09:29. > :09:31.week, it will be quite an unsettled picture and we will see some
:09:32. > :09:36.outbreaks of rain at times. Some dry weather mixed in as well. Some
:09:37. > :09:41.brighter spells with temperatures turning slightly milder into mid
:09:42. > :09:45.week. Firstly, through tonight, we have one or two showers to for but
:09:46. > :09:49.it will become increasingly dry into the early hours. A patchy cloud
:09:50. > :09:53.around, so tempered as Bolton wind overnight low of three or four
:09:54. > :09:56.Celsius in towns or cities, and cooler in the countryside where you
:09:57. > :10:00.could see a touch of frost first thing. A cold start to the day
:10:01. > :10:05.tomorrow, with sunny spells around first thing. Starting to see more in
:10:06. > :10:09.the way of height cloud rushing in, and sunshine turning increasingly
:10:10. > :10:15.hazy. Temperature maximum of nine Celsius. Through into the evening,
:10:16. > :10:19.starting to see more in the way of cloud, courtesy of this weather
:10:20. > :10:23.front. Some outbreaks of potentially quite heavy rain. Good news is that
:10:24. > :10:27.it does look like it will largely have cleared by the time we get to
:10:28. > :10:32.Wednesday morning. Plenty cloud around and 12 patches of rain. Some
:10:33. > :10:36.uncertainty as to be timing of that, but it looks like at the moment
:10:37. > :10:40.clearing out as we move into the morning. Most of us seeing a cloudy
:10:41. > :10:47.day with temperatures at a maximum of 12 self-service. Celsius.
:10:48. > :10:51.Thursday, breaker intervals and Chiron and a maximum temperature of
:10:52. > :10:54.12 Celsius. A similar story into Freddy but looks like we will see
:10:55. > :10:59.some outbreaks of light and patchy rain. Temperatures reaching a
:11:00. > :11:01.maximum of 12 Celsius. The outlook, unsettled through this week.
:11:02. > :11:06.well and still rather unsettled with some blustery showers around. That's
:11:07. > :11:07.the London forecast and now for the National forecast, over to Nick
:11:08. > :11:20.Miller. North-west France and Plymouth were
:11:21. > :11:25.miles apart weather-wise. This southern flank in north-west France
:11:26. > :11:29.there was a wind gusts of 120 mph which we just dodged. That area of
:11:30. > :11:33.low pressure continues to move quickly south-eastwards so that by
:11:34. > :11:38.tomorrow it is in Italy on its southern flank, stormy in Sardinia
:11:39. > :11:41.and around it strong winds blowing through south-east France. We've got
:11:42. > :11:45.a little bump in the ice bars with lighter winds, a brief ridge of high
:11:46. > :11:48.pressure, things briefly settled going into tomorrow, overnight there
:11:49. > :11:52.are some showers around moving through western Scotland and
:11:53. > :11:56.north-west England and the Midlands, clearing Wales, one or two in the
:11:57. > :11:59.east, the North Sea tip of high pressure, things briefly settled
:12:00. > :12:00.going into tomorrow, overnight there are some showers around