:00:00. > :00:14.throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back with
:00:15. > :00:20.Now the news in the East Midlands, I'm Jo Healey, good evening. An
:00:21. > :00:23.estimated quarter of a million shoppers were searching for Boxing
:00:24. > :00:27.Day bargains today in our biggest retail centres. Queues formed early
:00:28. > :00:31.in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and some shops were predicting their
:00:32. > :00:40.busiest trading day of the year, as John Hess reports.
:00:41. > :00:43.Looking for a bargain, this was Nottingham's Victoria Centre, as
:00:44. > :00:47.shoppers showed little post`Christmas retail fatigue in
:00:48. > :00:51.hunting for that deal. Is it worth coming into the sales? Gasquet.
:00:52. > :00:59.There are lots of things in the shops that are not online. `` yeah.
:01:00. > :01:04.We are from New Zealand and we are by all of our winter clothes. We
:01:05. > :01:09.reckon we have saved 50%. And it could be even busier tomorrow, as
:01:10. > :01:09.more shops start their sales. In Derby, 0 0
:01:10. > :01:14.more shops start their sales. In Derby, they were queueing in the
:01:15. > :01:19.cold in the hope of a hot bargain. Just hoping to pick up a few things
:01:20. > :01:26.and get a good press. We didn't buy it just for the sake of it! We do
:01:27. > :01:34.need these things. I am tight all year round normally! We were
:01:35. > :01:38.predicting 85,000 shoppers through the door and it is more like 90,000.
:01:39. > :01:40.So is 0 the door and it is more like 90,000.
:01:41. > :01:45.So is this an indication that the retail sector is showing signs of
:01:46. > :01:49.recovery? There are green shoots and it looks more positive and feels
:01:50. > :01:54.more positive now within retail, so I am hoping for a good year.
:01:55. > :01:58.Tonight, we tell experts are number crunching today's figures and there
:01:59. > :02:02.is a collective sense of relief, because compared to this time last
:02:03. > :02:06.year, Boxing Day sales are up. `` retail experts.
:02:07. > :02:10.Police are investigating a fire which destroyed a cafe and shisha
:02:11. > :02:13.bar in Derby. Fire crews spent two hours tackling the flames, which
:02:14. > :02:17.engulfed the Riverside Cafe in the Chester Green area of the city. The
:02:18. > :02:22.alarm was raised in the early hours of Christmas Day and the cause isn't
:02:23. > :02:25.yet known. More than 100 young people are now
:02:26. > :02:30.volunteering at one of our hospital Trusts. The teenagers, who are from
:02:31. > :02:33.six different schools, work at the Royal Derby and London Road
:02:34. > :02:42.Community Hospitals. Nursing staff say their help is invaluable, as
:02:43. > :02:45.Angelina Socci reports. These students have been
:02:46. > :02:49.volunteering for the past year at the Royal Derby Hospital. For two
:02:50. > :02:49.hours a week, they talk to patients, 0
:02:50. > :02:53.hours a week, they talk to patients, take part in activities
:02:54. > :02:57.with them and help with meals. To start with, I was really nervous as
:02:58. > :03:03.I did not want to do anything wrong, but after a month, already
:03:04. > :03:03.started to enjoy it. I think I am interested in 0
:03:04. > :03:04.started to enjoy it. I think I am interested in going 0
:03:05. > :03:06.started to enjoy it. I think I am interested in going into something
:03:07. > :03:10.in health care and it is really good experience to talk to the patients
:03:11. > :03:14.and have that interaction you don't necessarily get in your day`to`day
:03:15. > :03:20.life. But it is not just the volunteers who are benefiting. They
:03:21. > :03:23.are finding it very beneficial they have somebody to just chat with them
:03:24. > :03:29.and they are getting a better insight into a younger person's life
:03:30. > :03:31.as well, from the point of view of the patients. Sometimes our
:03:32. > :03:36.priorities have to be more nursing tasks. At volunteers come along and
:03:37. > :03:40.they can help us with the everyday things that we really enjoy doing
:03:41. > :03:49.but cannot do for as long as we would like. `` at. And recently,
:03:50. > :03:51.nurses and volunteers have recently had their work recognised for their
:03:52. > :03:53.compassionate care. Onto football, and the results from
:03:54. > :04:11.today's games. Let's take a look at the weather
:04:12. > :04:16.now, with Sara. Good evening. We will start to see
:04:17. > :04:20.the wind strengthening as we head to the evening across the East
:04:21. > :04:24.Midlands. This is due to a deep area of low pressure which has been
:04:25. > :04:28.developing out in the Atlantic and is now starting to work its way in,
:04:29. > :04:35.increasing winds and pushing through this band of rain as well. It will
:04:36. > :04:39.be heavy at times but will pick up a bit as it travels eastwards. The
:04:40. > :04:42.wind is the main feature, reaching galeforce through the early part of
:04:43. > :04:43.tomorrow and remaining very strong as we head 0
:04:44. > :04:47.tomorrow and remaining very strong as we head into the afternoon. There
:04:48. > :04:50.will be further blustery showers through the daytime with a bit of
:04:51. > :04:53.brightness in between and although there is a small amount of rain
:04:54. > :04:57.around on Saturday, the rest of the weekend is not bad.
:04:58. > :04:58.That it for now. I'll be back at 10.15pm with more from the East
:04:59. > :05:11.Midlands. Have a good evening. Hello there, most of us have had a
:05:12. > :05:15.quiet Boxing Day, mostly dry, chilly, lingering mist, light winds.
:05:16. > :05:20.That is all about to change. The next storm arriving on our doorstep
:05:21. > :05:21.right now, over night tonight will see wet and