12/04/2014 East Midlands Today

Mike Wooldridge, BBC News, Lahore. There's more throughout the

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

scheme to compensate traders affected by work on Nottingham's

tram network has been expanded. Parts of Beeston and Chilwell have

been closed for months to allow for construction. Firms say it's hit

business hard. Amy Harris reports. This woman has been running this

cycle shop in Beeston 421 years. But she is now facing closure, with

takings by half. Getting into Beeston has been so difficult that

people have come because they are being told it is not affected. When

they come and sit in a queue of traffic to 40 minutes, they do not

come back. Compensation had been restricted to businesses closest to

the works, which meant that she and others missed out. Now

Nottinghamshire County Council is extending the area covered. In a

statement the council says it is committed to supporting the vitality

of Beeston and Chilwell. It said it will consider future applications

from businesses outside the financial assistance area who can

demonstrate they have been directly affected by the works. It has been

cautiously welcomed by campaigners, who have petitioned for action. Now

we need to put the money in because we are concerned there will not be

enough money. There is two and a half million, but we believe we need

more. The campaign now evolves to increase the cash available. At

least six businesses have closed, with others leaving and with weeks

of travel disruption ahead, campaigners want the pay`outs to

grow, not the number of casualties. The Heritage Lottery is helping to

remember 30 soldiers from one Leicestershire village killed in

World War I. ?8,000 will allow historians in Wymeswold to write a

book and create a website about the men. There were only around 700

people in the village when they died.

Around the country is, generally, 10% of the men who served were

killed. In Wymeswold, it looks, so far, about 30% of the men who served

were killed, possibly higher. We are talking about the slaughter of those

men. Ahead of today's results, and non`league football sides in

Nottinghamshire hosted a ground hop today. It saw kick`off times

staggered at Keyworth, Wollaton, Ruddington and West Bridgford, so

fans could go to matches back to back. Crowds also increased, with

some fans travelling from Japan, Holland and Sweden. I love the

atmosphere. I love the people here. I like to travel and see new places

and teams and there are a lot of nice people here. Normally there

would be 30, 40 people here and today there is up to 300. There are

benefits. It is cold. I have been known to come in the snow. All of

today's football fixtures started later than usual to allow for a

minute's silence in memory of the Hillsborough disaster. It's 25 years

this week since 96 people died during the Forest and Liverpool FA

Cup semi`final. Once games got under way, Derby all but booked their

place in the play`offs after coming from behind to beat Huddersfield

3`1. The Rams are 11 points clear of seventh, with four games to go.

Forest's 5`2 defeat at QPR means it's 12 games without a win for

them. In League One, a 4`2 win for Notts County over Port Vale sees the

Magpies out of the relegation zone. And in League Two, Mansfield beat

Rochdale 3`0. Rugby and Leicester Tigers beat

London Wasps 27`15. Nottingham narrowly lost at Ealing ` 37`35.

Let's check the latest on the weather. Kaye has our forecast.

weather. Kaye has We have had a cloudy day with a fuse

spots of rain. That is clearing. It sets us up for a decent day

tomorrow. We will stay dry all day long and there should be more

sunshine. The cloud will break up behind the raid moving southwards.

It is clear tonight, turning cold of for sum of us. It will be a cracking

start tomorrow with lots of sunshine. We are staying dry and

bright all day long. It should not feel too bad. We are staying fairly

settled into next week with a lot of sunshine around. If anything, it is

getting warmer. The Beat is under way already on

your local BBC Radio station. You're not too late to take part in the

musical jungle, nor to catch Bud, from Nottinghamshire. Join Dean and

the team to hear more from her. Back with more for you, same time

tomorrow, 6:50pm. Bye for We start with a look at the latest

satellite sequence, because it shows what has been going on over the last

few hours. This band of cloud has been slipping south across England

and Wales. A bit of patchy rain to come from that, but nothing of

significance. Quite the story across the north of Scotland . And some

fairly frequent showers to the north and west of Scotland. That is it by

dawn. Most places will see clear spells and it wouldn't turn -- it

will turn cold, particularly in raw areas. In the morning, one or two

showers along the northern coast of Ireland. But the south and east are

doing well in the morning. Bright and breezy across the north of

England. A decent start to the day. Further south, plenty more

sunshine, although around some of the hills, there might be missed