:00:15. > :00:17.Now the news for the East Midlands. I'm Quentin Rayner. Good evening.
:00:17. > :00:20.It's hoped that a major new contract for the troubled train-
:00:20. > :00:24.builder Bombardier could provide work for many of the people
:00:24. > :00:29.recently laid off by the company. And it's thought the multi-million
:00:29. > :00:31.pound deal could help to keep the firm's plant in Derby. But Labour
:00:31. > :00:40.says the government should rethink their whole approach to major train
:00:40. > :00:46.building contracts. Simon Hare reports. The future just got
:00:46. > :00:52.brighter for Bombardier's plant in Derby. It has won an order worth
:00:52. > :00:57.�188 million. Work on the 130 carriages for Southern Railway is
:00:57. > :01:03.will start in the second half of next year. This could mean work for
:01:03. > :01:07.a further 12 to 18 months. It is of course one contract of a couple
:01:07. > :01:10.that Bombardier of bidding for at the moment. We are delighted they
:01:10. > :01:15.have won this one and we are in discussions with them about a
:01:15. > :01:18.further contract. It is excellent news for British jobs as well.
:01:18. > :01:25.campaigner hopes that there for 200 people laid off in recent months
:01:25. > :01:28.will now be able to return. -- the 1400 people. They were a
:01:28. > :01:33.fundamental part of the workforce and it would be great for them to
:01:33. > :01:38.come back. Hopefully if we could get some more work, then they could
:01:38. > :01:42.be full-time workers. Obviously I am like everybody else, eager
:01:42. > :01:46.really. I would like to get back if possible because I did enjoy
:01:46. > :01:49.working there. It is thought that the deal today will mean that
:01:50. > :01:54.Bombardier will keep its Derby plant open in the hope of winning
:01:54. > :01:59.the �1 billion order for the new CrossRail route. After six months
:01:59. > :02:04.of bad news for Bombardier, the year is ending on a high and it has
:02:04. > :02:08.led to renewed hope that Britain's last train builder is here to stay.
:02:08. > :02:10.A 60 year old man has appeared in court charged with stabbing a
:02:10. > :02:13.neighbour in the street in Nottinghamshire. Harry Tindall, who
:02:13. > :02:18.was 70, was found injured at Pearl Close in Rainworth on Boxing Day.
:02:18. > :02:20.He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The accused, Jeffrey
:02:20. > :02:24.Burton, is expected to make an application for bail at Nottingham
:02:24. > :02:27.Crown Court within the next few days. A 54-year-old woman arrested
:02:27. > :02:32.in connection with the incident has been released on police bail
:02:32. > :02:35.pending further enquiries. A man has appeared in court after
:02:35. > :02:39.being charged with the murder of his wife on Christmas Day. Gillian
:02:39. > :02:42.Woodward, who was 56, was found dead at her home in Bosden Close in
:02:42. > :02:44.Bilborough on Sunday afternoon. She'd been stabbed. Her husband,
:02:44. > :02:52.Stephen Woodward, appeared before Nottingham magistrates and was
:02:52. > :02:55.remanded in custody to appear at the city's crown court on Friday.
:02:55. > :02:59.Protesters who've set up their own tent city in the heart of
:02:59. > :03:02.Nottingham's Market Square have no plans to leave in the New Year.
:03:02. > :03:05.It's now three months since Occupy Nottingham supporters set up their
:03:05. > :03:12.camp, in protest at the financial system. Here's our Political Editor
:03:12. > :03:16.John Hess. Bargain hunters drawn into
:03:16. > :03:21.Nottingham for the sales have another attraction to catch the eye.
:03:21. > :03:25.It is now 75 days since protesters against the global banking system
:03:25. > :03:30.set up camp in the market square. After three months and with the new
:03:30. > :03:33.year approaching, is it time to pack up? I think they were like an
:03:33. > :03:38.excuse to move us on but at the moment they are not going to and we
:03:38. > :03:42.have the right to be here because this particular land is owned by
:03:42. > :03:51.the citizens of the city of Nottingham. Nottingham City Council
:03:51. > :03:54.and some shoppers are beginning to run out of patience. They should
:03:54. > :03:59.have the right to be here. They have been here for quite some time.
:03:59. > :04:03.They should move on. They should move on, yes, it is an I saw. They
:04:03. > :04:09.should definitely move on. support them. They are doing a
:04:09. > :04:12.grand job. The council has a dilemma. While they sympathise with
:04:12. > :04:16.the reasons for the protest, they are hinting that they would rather
:04:16. > :04:25.the protesters would move out of the market square. The flag is
:04:25. > :04:29.still flying, but will it still be there to marquee -- to mark Occupy
:04:29. > :04:31.Nottingham's first 100 days? An East Midlands authority says
:04:31. > :04:34.it's on track to make efficiency savings this year. Leicestershire
:04:34. > :04:37.County Council needs to save �57 million over four years. Some of
:04:37. > :04:40.the measures include having fewer and better offices, which will lead
:04:40. > :04:42.to a saving of almost �1 million, and cutting the council's
:04:42. > :04:45.streetlighting energy bill, resulting in a saving of �800,000.
:04:45. > :04:49.A textile firm which has invested half a million pounds in new
:04:49. > :04:51.knitwear machinery is planning to expand, bucking the economic trend.
:04:51. > :04:57.David Nieper, currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, employs 200
:04:57. > :05:00.people at its factory at Alfreton in Derbyshire. The company says it
:05:00. > :05:09.hopes to continue to expand and is determined to keep all production
:05:09. > :05:14.in Derbyshire to provide more local jobs. This investment has allowed
:05:14. > :05:18.us to increase the work force recently here and over the last two
:05:18. > :05:22.months we have recruited and trained an extra 10 people here. We
:05:22. > :05:24.have expanded the company every year for the last 25 years and we
:05:24. > :05:27.are even growing today during the recession.
:05:27. > :05:30.Good for them. Most people like a challenge, but a
:05:30. > :05:34.woman from Castle Donington is setting herself quite a task. She
:05:34. > :05:37.is going to the Arctic, with a team of husky dogs. As she hasn't
:05:37. > :05:44.perfected the art of dog sledding yet, she went to Sherwood Forest to
:05:44. > :05:49.have a go. Kylie Pentelow reports. There would normally be a few more,
:05:49. > :05:53.but for this training run, just two will do. Amanda Halliday is off to
:05:53. > :05:57.the Arctic in April and it all came about because her mother was
:05:57. > :06:01.diagnosed with skin cancer. I have watched her suffer a lot this year.
:06:01. > :06:05.It has not been a pleasant experience for her. Hopefully we
:06:05. > :06:09.have got rid of the full-blown cancer now but she is still
:06:09. > :06:13.undergoing treatment for another disease. She is raising money for a
:06:13. > :06:17.skin cancer charity based in West Bridgford. In the Arctic, the dogs
:06:17. > :06:22.will not do all the work. When it is to stick, there is no other
:06:22. > :06:26.option but to get off and push. It is going to be culled. I think we
:06:27. > :06:36.will struggle with the overnight temperatures the most. It will get
:06:36. > :06:41.down to minus 30. We will be tucked up in our nice warm sleeping bags.
:06:41. > :06:50.Even though it will be hard work, she hopes it will be fun as well.
:06:50. > :06:55.That was just amazing. It takes the It has been another mild day today
:06:55. > :07:01.but it might be trying to feel more wintery tomorrow. Temperatures will
:07:01. > :07:08.not be minus 30, will they? Thankfully, none of that in the
:07:08. > :07:13.forecast tonight! But it will feel cooler than what we have been used
:07:13. > :07:16.to. Thank you very much to James for this beautiful photograph. The
:07:16. > :07:23.cloud has increased already deceiving and is pushing in over
:07:23. > :07:28.the next few hours, bringing some spots of rain. -- this evening.
:07:28. > :07:32.Leicestershire will remain mostly dry with clearer spells. Minimum
:07:32. > :07:41.temperatures of four, so colder, and with the strong westerly winds
:07:41. > :07:44.it will feel breezy and quite cold. Winds and rain will push in through
:07:44. > :07:49.the morning. There will be outbreaks of rain in the afternoon