:00:13. > :00:14.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:15. > :00:18.An appeal's been started today to save a church in Leicestershire
:00:19. > :00:23.The parishioners at St Mary's in Melton are determined to raise
:00:24. > :00:31.The heart of the community for almost 1,000 years,
:00:32. > :00:33.but St Mary's Church in Melton Mowbray is
:00:34. > :00:40.What we have here is a building which was fit for purpose
:00:41. > :00:43.in its day, but now unfortunately it's no longer fit for purpose.
:00:44. > :00:46.At a cost of almost ?2 million, toilets, refreshment facilities
:00:47. > :00:49.and improving accessibility for those with mobility problems
:00:50. > :00:54.In Victorian times, the floor was lowered to show off
:00:55. > :01:00.This will be raised back up to its original levels throughout,
:01:01. > :01:01.and the project will see the refurbishment
:01:02. > :01:12.It's existing on a wing and prayer at the moment.
:01:13. > :01:15.The wiring of the organ has deteriorated to such a point
:01:16. > :01:17.that it can't be kept going much longer.
:01:18. > :01:19.The appeal for funds starts this weekend,
:01:20. > :01:27.The last service will be on Sunday the 1st of January, New Year's Day.
:01:28. > :01:30.We're hoping that by the end of October, all the work within this
:01:31. > :01:36.I'd like people to say "wow" when they come in.
:01:37. > :01:40.And that will show of the architectural features.
:01:41. > :01:44.All of those kind of things, I think people will just
:01:45. > :01:50.From ancient architecture to a digital archaeologist,
:01:51. > :01:54.one of the first video game characters to make a movie.
:01:55. > :01:55.We're talking Tomb Raider's Lara Croft.
:01:56. > :01:57.The character was designed 20 years ago in Derby.
:01:58. > :02:00.And to celebrate her anniversary, today Quad in the city's been
:02:01. > :02:09.I hate to use the word "role model", but she almost is like a virtual
:02:10. > :02:12.role model, somebody who just goes out, does what she wants to do
:02:13. > :02:16.It was a very daring move, I think, to begin with, to put
:02:17. > :02:19.And it's over 20 years, and people are still
:02:20. > :02:21.talking about it, people are still making games, now.
:02:22. > :02:24.In speedway, the final Elite League match of the season
:02:25. > :02:27.for Leicester Lions has been cancelled because of club finances.
:02:28. > :02:29.They were due to host Kings Lynn tonight, a fixture
:02:30. > :02:32.already rescheduled twice because of bad weather.
:02:33. > :02:33.The club's co-promoter said in a statement...
:02:34. > :02:36."The club is in financial difficulty and to stage the meeting
:02:37. > :02:42.If you had tickets, contact them for a refund.
:02:43. > :02:44.Family, diginitaries and football fans gathered outside a home
:02:45. > :02:46.in Nottingham today, to celebrate the man who founded
:02:47. > :02:53.Today outside his birthplace in Nottingham's Mansfield Road
:02:54. > :02:57.a special plaque was unveiled, but, oddly, not put up,
:02:58. > :02:59.as organisers have been unable to trace the owner of his former
:03:00. > :03:06.Today is about making people aware that we have this plaque
:03:07. > :03:08.that we wish to put up on the building.
:03:09. > :03:11.We need the owner's permission to mount the proper plaque,
:03:12. > :03:17.We didn't know that it was so revered in Milan.
:03:18. > :03:21.And nobody seems to know about it in Nottingham.
:03:22. > :03:26.We've done some family history, and then you find more and more.
:03:27. > :03:29.You get on the Italian sites and you see they've still got
:03:30. > :03:31.banners at matches, and shirts with his name on.
:03:32. > :03:40.I'm really proud that Nottingham is doing something for him now.
:03:41. > :03:44.A win for Leicester City, they beat Crystal Palace
:03:45. > :03:48.In the Championship, Derby lost 1-0 at Huddersfield,
:03:49. > :03:51.Nottingham Forest's match with Cardiff is just underway
:03:52. > :03:55.Follow the latest live on BBC Radio Nottingham.
:03:56. > :03:57.In League 2, a 1-1 draw for Mansfield at Luton,
:03:58. > :04:01.while Notts County beat Portsmouth 2-1.
:04:02. > :04:04.Let's check no the weather now, Lucy has our forecast.
:04:05. > :04:07.It was quite an autumnal start of the day today,
:04:08. > :04:10.a bit of mist and fog around as well.
:04:11. > :04:15.As we go through this evening and overnight,
:04:16. > :04:17.we should see some patchy clouds with some dry spells
:04:18. > :04:20.through the first part of the night, before the arrival of a band
:04:21. > :04:24.Temperatures falling to a minimum of 6-9 degrees Celsius.
:04:25. > :04:28.Tomorrow, we start the day with plenty in the way of low cloud.
:04:29. > :04:31.Today there could be some mist and fog patches around.
:04:32. > :04:34.Just the odd shower to look out for, before we get to the afternoon,
:04:35. > :04:37.where will see that cloud thinning and breaking,
:04:38. > :04:42.Temperatures tomorrow at a maximum of 11 degrees Celsius, with a bit
:04:43. > :04:47.The Beat is online or your local BBC radio from 6:00pm.
:04:48. > :04:50.Tonight they're catching up with former Spice Girl Mel C,
:04:51. > :04:53.Nottingham's Amber Run, Leicester's Leo Stannard
:04:54. > :04:59.More from me and the team here just after 6:00 tomorrow, until then,
:05:00. > :05:32.Not a bad start but we will see some mist and fog overnight. Southern
:05:33. > :05:36.England, we will have some extensive low cloud and patchy fog. Further
:05:37. > :05:40.west huddle in the countryside, with clearer skies, it will be quite
:05:41. > :05:47.chilly night. Not very promising in the morning across these central
:05:48. > :05:54.areas. Fog slowly lifting as the breeze freshens. For western
:05:55. > :05:58.Scotland, it should be a decent day after a chilly start. There will be
:05:59. > :06:03.some sunshine, and largely dry. Eastern Scotland, showers have been
:06:04. > :06:04.more widely. On the whole, for