22/04/2017 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

First, a man who has spent seven years cycling around the world

Leigh Timmis navigated the globe to raise money for a local charity,

and returned to a hero's welcome in the city this afternoon,

Leigh Timmis has cycled through 50 countries in a seven-year ride

Today it ended where it all began as he cycled into

To be in Tibet, when it is just you, you are alone and there is no one

else around to help, in the desert, with no water.

When you realise how small compared to

nature, that is the most outstanding thing.

After facing lions, extremes of temperature and having his

belongings stolen, his friends and family

It is so nice to physically touch him and know that he is back

Even though I knew he was not 100 miles away last night,

So far he has raised more than ?10,000 for

We have no funding at all from the state or local authorities.

We have just lifted the amount of children we take every year

from 450 to 750 so we have expanded the operation.

Leigh has not decided what to do next but it will be difficult

And Leigh will be joining us here on the East Midlands Today sofa

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

the sudden death on Thursday of a 14-year-old boy.

He'd collapsed with a suspected heart attack at a house

Detectives are questioning a 17-year-old boy on

After 30 years in politics the Labour MP for Nottingham North,

Graham Allen has announced he's won't stand for re-election.

Frankly, I've had some health issues.

I am really determined that this constituency needs a 100%

relentless MP, there are a lot of problems here.

If I cannot be 100% for five years, I am not prepared

Very reluctantly, I have discussed it with my family and

especially my wife and we decided that now is the time to go.

More CCTV cameras are to be used in Leicester to stop people parking

dangerously at bus stops and outside schools.

It follows a fatal accident outside the city's train station last year,

when cyclist Sam Boulton was knocked down and killed.

That's one of the areas likely to get a new camera

Drivers caught will face a 70 pound fine.

We are also looking at areas outside of schools where

parents often drop off their own children and cause considerable

We intend to use cameras to make sure that,

as people have asked us to do when we consult on the issue.

People no longer do things which are danger to, in this area,

cyclists and pedestrians and in

Sport now and in the weekend's European Gymnastics

Championships, Nottinghamshire's Ellie Downie has claimed her second

and third medals of the meet - silver in the vault, bronze

The 17-year-old made history yesterday becoming the first British

gymnast to win gold in an all-around competition at a major

Ellie led through today's vault competition but was pipped to gold

Football, and crucial match for Nottingham Forest

in their battle to stay in the championship.

The latest score has them leading 3-1 against Reading.

Derby County are currently drawing one all at Sheffield Wednesday.

The latest in League Two has Notts County 2-1 down at Luton Town,

and Mansfield Town are a goal up at Stevenage.

Catch live commentary as those games end on BBC Radio Derby

Weather time now, Mel Coles has our forecast.

It's been a fine day, plenty of bright and sunny

A largely fine evening with good spells of sunshine.

Where we have clear spells overnight, we could see temperatures

dip away and patchy frost possible in rural spots,

even in built-up areas we're looking at 5 or 6 Celsius.

Plenty of early morning sunshine on Sunday,

Feeling pleasant with highs of 14 Celsius.

But there is a change in the cards, turning much colder

earlier in the week with the potential for

More from me and the team here tomorrow at ten to seven.

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