29/12/2016 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.

Police in Derbyshire investigating the discovery of a body

on Christmas Day say they've been overwhelmed by the support

they've had from people offering information.

Vietnamese national Han Lam was found near Heanor Memorial Park.

Officers believe the 17-year-old may have died in a different place.

They want to hear from anyone who saw a dark grey

Farmers across the East Midlands are working to keep their birds

safe, after avian flu was discovered in Leicestershire last week.

The Government's urged poultry keepers to house

Jo Healey's been finding out how one farm park is protecting it's flock.

They have around 50 hens, geese and ducks here at Manor

At this time of year for six hours a day they expect to be

There are a little bit miffed, certainly nice

days when they would sooner be outside in the sunshine.

Luckily, with it being the winter time, the

days are short anyway, so they spend most of their time inside anyway.

Staying inside all the time is something Defra demanded in early

December from all poultry keepers, even people with hens in the garden.

It's to make sure they don't come into contact with wild birds

Once one bird gets hit, then the whole flock will catch it from

We have to take every precaution that we can to keep them

The measures to keep all birds safe will be reassessed in the New Year.

Police in Derby are trying to find a man in connection with two alleged

assaults in the city over the last few weeks.

They've released this picture of 30-year-old Calum Taylor-Souden,

The alleged attacks both took place in Alvaston at the end of November,

A dramatisation of the last few days of a murdered Leicestershire

teenager's life will be available to watch online from the new year.

Kayleigh Haywood was groomed, raped, and murdered last November

The video, called Kayleigh's Story, has won national awards,

and has been used by police to warn other young people of

The last service for almost a year will be held at a medieval church

in Leicestershire on New Years Day, before it undergoes a ?2 million

People who attend St Mary's Church in Melton Mowbrary

will be holding services at the nearby council offices

Parts of Saint Mary's Church date back to 1170.

Now, without big changes to the way it looks, it

The major cost will be raising the level of the stone

floor to make it more accessible and improve heating.

We were very fortunate that a local historian called John Plum

died and left us about ?1.25 million and of course, the

project itself is going to be nearly ?2 million.

That's a good amount of money towards the total, but the

rest of it will have to be raised from the local community, from

various charities and people who just want to give and in each

something to a building which means so much to this whole area.

The window, which is clear glass at the moment,

will have this design to remember John Plum who gave the donation.

The organ, which is dedicated to conducter Saint

Malcolm Sargent, who played here during the First World War and

The main project to raise the floor will

Certainly our stone throughout the building article latest Stones,

which are dedicated to different people who have died in the past.

We know we have two sets of those stones back into the floor

approximately where they are at the moment.

During most of 2017, people will worship at the council offices

not far away and at other local churches, but they will look forward

I haven't told anybody yet, but I will mention it, a member

of our congregation said our opening hymn,

because we are raising the floor, should be

I think that's the one we're going to include.

They should be back at Saint Mary's in time for

It's hoped lottery funding could help turn an old tram depot

The old Stoneygate depot on London Road was decomissioned

in nineteen twenty two, and later used as a railway museum

Now the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust has applied for funding to buy

Next - four tiny kittens are looking for a new home after being rescued

The four one-month-old cats were discovered at the site

in Nottingham just moments before diggers moved in and are now

They are just weeks old, but these kittens

have probably used up at

least one of their main live after a lucky escape

They are now receiving round-the-clock care here at the

The kittens are unbelievably resilient,

Their foster mum is looking after them fantastically, as

Yes, they are doing really, really well.

So, what you call for a kittens found on a

And Bob the builder characters Roly, Pilchard and

It's hoped Digger and his brothers and sister will be adopted

They are among hundreds that are reopened by

The majority of them are cats and kittens.

People have one cat, the cat becomes pregnant, one cat

becomes four, five, six cats and people realise

The overall looking after them is quite time

It stops any unwanted breeding, it also has health

As for these kittens, after a shaky start,

They will soon be ready for their new homes.

Now you've been sending us some of your lovely pictures today

of wintry scenes across the East Midlands.

Here's just a few we've selected, showing this morning's frost and fog

But if you want to see more check out our album called Winter Light

on our Facebook page and see if you can spot your photo there.

So, what's the weather got in store for us?

We've got a cold night on the way ahead.

One or two patches of mist or fog forming

through the night and lots more in the of low cloud than we saw last

Temperatures falling close to freezing in towns or cities,

although it will be slightly cooler if you're out in the countryside.

A bit of patchy frost to start the day

tomorrow and again, the chance of seeing one or two

patches of ice on some untreated surfaces.

I think that mist and fog will lift more quickly,

as we have got more anyway the breeze.

Still one or two breaks, but always more cloud.

Temperatures reaching a maximum of eight degrees

Saturday looking quite similar to Friday, with plenty of

cloud and a bit more anyway of the breeze.

It does look like you might need your umbrella if you're out on

And that's your news and weather for the East Midlands.

We're back at 11.10pm with our late update.

Temperatures have dropped away shortly and we have seen some fog,

particularly through the Midlands. We do have some clout drifting in

from the west. By the end of the night, towards the East Midlands as

well. Further north, more of a breeze from the south-west, bringing

in a weather front. Keeping the temperatures at seven or 8 degrees.

Freezing or just below to the south-east corner. Fog will live to

low cloud and generally speaking a lot more cloud than we saw today.

Northern Scotland is the focal point for wet and windy weather. Confined

to the north and west of Scotland where temperatures will be