:00:00. > :00:20.With your news now for the Dast Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:21. > :00:22.Thousands of people took to the streets this weekend
:00:23. > :00:25.in protest to changes to two of the region's hospitals.
:00:26. > :00:28.In Grantham, it was against the closure of the town's A unit,
:00:29. > :00:30.while in Leicester, campaigners hoped to convince NHS England
:00:31. > :00:32.to abandon plans to close Glenfield's heart unit.
:00:33. > :00:38.Two different protests, but both fighting to protect local hospitals.
:00:39. > :00:43.In Grantham, 2,000 people m`rched through the town after
:00:44. > :00:45.United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust said overnight closures of the A
:00:46. > :00:51.We're not as young as we were and things happen more to elderly
:00:52. > :00:57.people so we are more conschous of the fact that the nearest places
:00:58. > :00:59.are Lincoln or Nottingham and they are very difficult
:01:00. > :01:02.Each time as a family we've used the hospital it's
:01:03. > :01:05.You don't have a heart attack at ten o'clock
:01:06. > :01:11.You've got to support it, we don't want to lose it at all
:01:12. > :01:13.The trust says the closures are being done as a way
:01:14. > :01:17.Down the road in Leicester, around 500 people took part
:01:18. > :01:21.in a rally to protect Glenfheld children's heart unit.
:01:22. > :01:24.People here say they won't stop until it's been saved.
:01:25. > :01:29.It's vital that we save this service because otherwise lives
:01:30. > :01:37.We are the only service providing this kind of care in our region
:01:38. > :01:41.so if we lose the service, we'll be the only region in the country
:01:42. > :01:48.NHS bosses say no final dechsion will be made until next sumler.
:01:49. > :01:49.The campaigners claim that its future should
:01:50. > :01:56.Anyone could find themselves in a situation where their own
:01:57. > :01:59.children or their friends' or relatives' children have a heart
:02:00. > :02:04.defect and they will need Glenfield Hospital.
:02:05. > :02:06.People from all over the East Midlands go there `nd it
:02:07. > :02:14.A 23-year-old man has been `rrested on suspicion of causing death
:02:15. > :02:19.by dangerous driving after ` fatal crash early this morning.
:02:20. > :02:22.It happened on the A612 near Thurgarton in Nottingh`mshire
:02:23. > :02:25.at 12.30am, before the clocks went back.
:02:26. > :02:27.Police say a 23-year-old woman died at the scene.
:02:28. > :02:31.Accident investigators are appealing for witnesses.
:02:32. > :02:33.Three people have been arrested after a man's body
:02:34. > :02:37.Emergency services were called to the car park
:02:38. > :02:40.of an industrial unit off Charter Street yesterday morning.
:02:41. > :02:45.Police say the death is being treated as suspicious.
:02:46. > :02:48.The men, aged 33, 55 and 44, have been arrested on suspicion of murder
:02:49. > :02:52.One of Nottingham's biggest music festivals was shut down last night
:02:53. > :02:55.The Detonate festival at Nottingham Racecourse was closed
:02:56. > :03:00.Nottinghamshire Police were called in to assist as organisers `nnounced
:03:01. > :03:02.there were health and safetx concerns with one of the tents.
:03:03. > :03:08.Revellers spoke of their frtstration at the huge crowds and long queues.
:03:09. > :03:11.Queueing to get into any tent was just a nightmare.
:03:12. > :03:14.You couldn't see any acts because you had to queue
:03:15. > :03:17.for 50 minutes to an hour, or even longer than that.
:03:18. > :03:21.Once you were in the venue, it was just packed.
:03:22. > :03:25.In the tent, you couldn't rdally move, it was quite scary.
:03:26. > :03:27.I'm not surprised it got shtt down, because of the amount
:03:28. > :03:32.The largest affordable eco-housing scheme in the UK
:03:33. > :03:37.is nearing completion, with residents already moving in.
:03:38. > :03:40.The ?7 million project has been built on a former allotment site
:03:41. > :03:47.Settling into her new home , Rachel Beazeley and her famhly
:03:48. > :03:51.are among the first tenants in Heathcott Road's energy-dfficient
:03:52. > :03:56.Theirs is one of 68 so-calldd Passivhauses here, which benefit
:03:57. > :04:02.the environment and, with reduced bills, residents, too.
:04:03. > :04:05.It's really warm at night, it's hot in the day.
:04:06. > :04:12.From ?80 down to ?60 a month for gas and electric so that's
:04:13. > :04:19.Leicester City Council sold the 13-acre former
:04:20. > :04:22.allotment site for ?1 to Saffron Lane Neighbourhood
:04:23. > :04:26.Council, a charity set up to benefit local people.
:04:27. > :04:30.The development is a partnership project to provide affordable homes.
:04:31. > :04:33.They're owned and managed by East Midlands Housing Group.
:04:34. > :04:36.Having looked at what we st`rted with and what we've got herd,
:04:37. > :04:43.It is a flagship scheme in Leicester, it's the first
:04:44. > :04:45.of its kind and one of the largest affordable Passivhaus
:04:46. > :04:51.With all houses due to be occupied by Christmas,
:04:52. > :05:00.the future for this former `llotment is once more looking bright.
:05:01. > :05:02.Weather time now - Alex has our forecast.
:05:03. > :05:05.If you are out trick or treating this evening,
:05:06. > :05:09.Some quite spooky mist coming in at times, but that's been
:05:10. > :05:14.This the picture in Derbyshire earlier on.
:05:15. > :05:17.We've got high pressure in charge of our weather for
:05:18. > :05:21.We will notice things turning cooler towards the midweek.
:05:22. > :05:23.As for tonight, lows of around nine Celsius.
:05:24. > :05:27.Some drizzly showers possible at times and that mist starting
:05:28. > :05:30.to move in in the early hours, particularly over higher ground
:05:31. > :05:33.Then, as we go towards tomorrow morning, we'll continue to see that
:05:34. > :05:39.It isn't a blanket of mist `nd fog, but build in an extra coupld
:05:40. > :05:43.of minutes to your commute hn case you do bump into a patch of it.
:05:44. > :05:45.Brighter in the afternoon whth highs of around 14 Celsius.
:05:46. > :05:52.Rather cloudy for Monday and Tuesday.
:05:53. > :05:55.More from me and the team hdre at 10.20pm.
:05:56. > :06:17.Good evening. It has been a mild and a bit of a murky day. A lot of mist
:06:18. > :06:21.and low cloud, but also some warm sunshine. Here was the scene
:06:22. > :06:26.captured in Perth and Kinross by one of the weather watchers earlier in
:06:27. > :06:29.the day. A change in weather type during the week, feeling colder
:06:30. > :06:33.still some mist and fog round over the next few days. Quite a lot of
:06:34. > :06:36.dry weather still on the cards. Mainly dry out there at the moment.
:06:37. > :06:40.Down to this big area of high pressure. The weather front pushing
:06:41. > :06:45.into the far north-west of Scotland. Bringing some rain here. Elsewhere,
:06:46. > :06:46.a little bit of drizzle out of that cloud.