18/04/2014 East Midlands Today

on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the late news at 10pm.

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn. A

second earthquake has shaken parts of Rutland and Leicestershire today

` just 24 hours after the l`st one. The latest quake struck the Oakham

area at around ten to eight this morning. It had a magnitude of .5 `

which experts say is three times more powerful than the first. Paul

Bradshaw reports. The countryside around Oakham does not look like an

earthquake zone but now, after two tremors emanating from the `rea have

shaken scores of houses across Leicestershire, that is what it

feels like. The earthquake was felt 40 kilometres away from the

epicentre in the field behind me. Some local residents say thdy were

woken by the earthquake. Thd roof was shaking, there were little bits

falling down into the attic, and it was totally frightening. It felt

like an underground explosion. There was one hell of a rumble, it was

bigger than yesterday. It fdlt like a train right next to me. I put my

hand on the washing line to steady myself. Experts say that thd double

event is not that rare. It hs not that unusual or unprecedentdd to see

a series of earthquakes where there is no distinct main shock. @fter two

days of the largest seismic activity in the area since 2001, people are

looking forward to a much qtieter Easter. Thanks for all your contact

about this. Jason Blakey em`iled us to say he felt it ` followed by a

rattle and vibration which seemed to come from under the house and right

through it! He was having breakfast at the time ad called it a

'hair`raising experience' . Jay Jenner contacted us on our Facebook

page to say: Two mornings in a row my alarm clock wasn't needed, it

seems Oakham is becoming a hot zone for the earth moving. And on Twitter

Rhian Ivory got in touch to say she thought it was far bigger longer

than yesterday's quake. A bht of a shock to get another one around the

same time of day. There's bden no Good Friday good will betwedn

Nottingham City Council's L`bour leadership and the Communithes

Secretary Eric Pickles. The City Council today started legal

proceedings against the govdrnment department over rubbish outside

Lancaster House. That's a v`cant office block in the city whhch the

council says is owned by Mr Pickle's department. They tell us it isn t

theirs, but that it is registered to them. I hope he is here this Easter

weekend and clears black bags himself. I cannot see that

happening. They have not responded to us, they were given seven days's

noticed so that local residdnts were not inconvenienced. They fahled to

communicate with us and failed to act. The M1 motorway was partially

closed for much of this morning and early afternoon, following `n early

morning accident in Derbyshhre. The southbound carriageway was shut

between junctions 29 and 28 after a crash involving two lorries south of

the services. One of the drhvers has been seriously injured and hs being

treated in hospital. The ro`d has now reopened. To mark Good Friday,

there've been plenty of events happening across the region today.

Among them, in Nottingham, different faiths worshipped together.

Christians made their way to the Mosque in Bobbers Mill from the

United Reformed Church nearby. Muslims and Christians praydd

together outside ` to show tnity across the faiths. We have the same

aspirations and prayers, and the same feelings, and I think ht is

important to show those and communicate those to the wider

world. Sadly, we often see the divisions between Muslims and

Christians throughout the world and that is what gets the media's

attention, but from the grass roots, we want to show a different

way of being together. Sport now, and Derby County's game this evening

with Doncaster could see thd Rams secure a play`off place. Th`t kicks

off at 7.30. Catch live covdrage on BBC Radio Derby. Earlier thhs

afternoon, Notts County lost by a goal at Bristol City in the League

one. And in League Two, Mansfield Town were at Accrington, whdre it

ended in a one`all draw. Cr`cking weather so far for most of ts, let's

see what's in store for the rest of the Bank Holiday now with K`ye.

Town were at Accrington, whdre it ended in a Good evening, it has been

a lovely start to the bank holiday weekend, but we have seen the

brightest day of the festivhties as things turned cloudy. We will pick

up a easterly wind as well. The clouds will melt away this dvening,

and we have a dry night ahe`d. The temperatures will take a tulble once

again, and we will be close to freezing in rural spots by the

morning, maybe even a littld bit lower than that. A cold start, but

right as well. If you are up early, there will be sunshine, but we will

start to see changes through the day as well. It is going to be cloudier

for us but we will stay dry tomorrow. A little bit cooldr in the

wind with highs of 12 or 13 degrees. It looks like we will see an area of

low pressure from the south or east. There is some doubt as to how far

north that will go that there will be rain on Sunday. That is ht from

us, I will be back at 10:15pm. Goodbye.

Today we have seen temperatures rising if Scotland but again

tonight, with the clear skies and light wind temperatures will fall

sharply, and for many of us, we are looking at a touch of frost. The

satellite picture tells a story nicely. This belt of cloud is

sitting in the far north-west of Scotland, we have had this cloud

bubbling up across eastern areas and with the northerly wind it has felt

cold in East Anglia. That cloud is going to melt away, we will get an

easterly breeze picking the cloud back in again later in the night in

eastern areas and we still have this cloud and rain in the far north west

of Scotland, but for most we will have clear sky, light wind, Ness are

the temperatures in towns and city, spin it round into the countryside,

you can see it is colder, close to freezing, it could be down to