:00:13. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.
:00:17. > :00:20.First tonight, two men arrested on suspicion of murdering
:00:21. > :00:23.a Nottingham taxi driver 20 years ago have been released on b`il.
:00:24. > :00:26.26`year`old Ethsham Ghafoor was shot dead in his taxi outside a Gedling
:00:27. > :00:35.Police described it at the time as a cold`blooded
:00:36. > :00:39.Officers spent today questioning two men in their 40s.
:00:40. > :00:45.The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire has died.
:00:46. > :00:48.Deborah Mitford was the youngest of the famous Mitford sisters.
:00:49. > :00:51.She was the main public facd of Chatsworth House in Derbyshhre for
:00:52. > :00:58.decades and is credited with turning the house into one of Britahn's most
:00:59. > :01:03.Her son announced her death earlier today.
:01:04. > :01:09.There's more good economic news on the way for the region.
:01:10. > :01:12.A survey to be published next week will show a big increase
:01:13. > :01:15.in businesses, saying they're looking to recruit staff and expand.
:01:16. > :01:18.It comes on the day one enghneering company opened a new ?5 million
:01:19. > :01:26.steel`cutting plant, as Mike O'Sullivan reports.
:01:27. > :01:29.The future is looking bright for Caunton Engineering at Loorgreen
:01:30. > :01:36.The managing director told le the company has invested ?5 million
:01:37. > :01:39.in what they call The Cut Shack kitted out with state`of`thd`art
:01:40. > :01:43.We're already taking on 20 lore people, we will probably be taking
:01:44. > :01:47.on some more if the market hmproves still further, and this week we saw
:01:48. > :01:50.another six apprentices arrhving in our accredited training `cademy.
:01:51. > :01:56.They have a healthy order book at a time when small manufacturers
:01:57. > :02:03.A survey by the government's Manufacturing Advisory Servhce due
:02:04. > :02:06.out next week will show that 64 of small firms expected to recruit
:02:07. > :02:19.And 73% expected to grow in the next six months, up 00%.
:02:20. > :02:25.Providing your company's willing to progress you through.
:02:26. > :02:28.I started on the shop floor as a fabricator welder, I'm now
:02:29. > :02:33.As it stands, with the improvements that not only our company
:02:34. > :02:44.but the other companies are making, there is a very strong future.
:02:45. > :02:46.Caunton built their plant whth a ?250,000 grant from the
:02:47. > :02:50.Being a family business we take a bit of a longer`term view through
:02:51. > :02:53.We took the view that things can't stay this
:02:54. > :02:57.bad for ever and at some pohnt we have to make a move and reinvest.
:02:58. > :02:59.That was triggered in some part by the Regional Growth Fund,
:03:00. > :03:05.The company started out as a blacksmith's in the village of
:03:06. > :03:14.Now they are turning over ?40 million a year.
:03:15. > :03:16.Earlier this evening I spokd to Stuart Hilton from the
:03:17. > :03:20.Manufacturing Advisory Servhce and began by asking him why companies
:03:21. > :03:30.Our survey told us that a large proportion
:03:31. > :03:35.of businesses have experienced growth over the last six months
:03:36. > :03:37.and a slightly larger proportion are planning and expecting lore
:03:38. > :03:42.That situation has to give them the confidence to recruit ndw staff
:03:43. > :03:44.because they are winning new business and they have more orders
:03:45. > :03:47.to satisfy, and they need more capacity to satisfy that work.
:03:48. > :03:50.Is it also a question of confidence, that firms may have been holding
:03:51. > :03:53.back until they were sure the future is positive?
:03:54. > :03:56.I think they must be, because it is based on
:03:57. > :04:01.They feel they are winning new business and they need to add
:04:02. > :04:05.capacity to satisfy the orders they are winning.
:04:06. > :04:08.The engineering firm we featured in our report,
:04:09. > :04:11.they took advantage of substantially of the Regional Growth Fund.
:04:12. > :04:14.Are other firms you advise taking similar advantage,
:04:15. > :04:21.Other companies are taking advantage, yes, they are,
:04:22. > :04:26.If a company has expansion plans and they are looking to obt`in
:04:27. > :04:29.grant support to help them do that, then I think they need to t`lk to
:04:30. > :04:31.their Local Enterprise Partnership, talk to the
:04:32. > :04:37.Absolutely, talk to us and we can connect them to the right pdople.
:04:38. > :04:45.Derbyshire Fire and Rescue service has a new recruit to help
:04:46. > :04:49.Senior officers presented Ddxter the cocker spaniel puppy with his
:04:50. > :04:59.He is the new boy in the latest in a line of fire investigation dogs
:05:00. > :05:03.What they provide is the expertise and skills to be able
:05:04. > :05:06.to detect accelerants in fires, where things like petrol have been
:05:07. > :05:12.That helps us with our investigation which goes on to be used later
:05:13. > :05:18.Before dogs are used in fires scenes,
:05:19. > :05:21.as part of their training they are taught to find tennis balls.
:05:22. > :05:24.What we then do is turn that reward around and teach him that
:05:25. > :05:27.if he can find petrol he will get his tennis ball.
:05:28. > :05:29.All the signs are good, he's inquisitive, he likes playing
:05:30. > :05:33.with the tennis ball, he's searching round the hotse quite
:05:34. > :05:38.well at home, so fingers crossed we will develop that as he grows up.
:05:39. > :05:41.Dexter takes over from Freckle, who has been used in major crimd scenes,
:05:42. > :05:44.including the fire at the Philpott house in Derby two years ago.
:05:45. > :05:47.Dogs like Dexter can play a vital role in solving suspected arson
:05:48. > :05:54.attacks, and these boots can be an important part of our arloury.
:05:55. > :05:59.When we go into fire scene, obviously they protect his feet
:06:00. > :06:01.Dexter will be given the next few months to settle
:06:02. > :06:11.in before he starts training, and that's when the hard work bdgins.
:06:12. > :06:14.Football now, and one game in the League Cup for you tonight.
:06:15. > :06:17.Nottingham Forest are out of the competition after losing 3`1
:06:18. > :06:22.So, our only team left in the Capital One Cup is Derby Cotnty
:06:23. > :06:25.The draw for the last 16 of was made a short time ago,
:06:26. > :06:31.and the Rams are away to fellow Championship side Fulham.
:06:32. > :06:38.That is your news and sport, so it is goodbye from me, with yotr
:06:39. > :06:43.weather now is key. We have had another decent day
:06:44. > :06:48.today, lovely sunshine around this afternoon thanks to a ridge of high
:06:49. > :06:52.pressure, but that. To erodd tonight and tomorrow. We will pick tp more
:06:53. > :06:56.cloud and you can see the isobars squeezing, where we will pick up
:06:57. > :07:00.more of a breeze. Cloudy and breezy is esteemed tomorrow, a spl`sh or
:07:01. > :07:06.two of rain here and there but most of us will stay dry. Tonight,
:07:07. > :07:11.staying dry, clear skies, more cloud across North and western parts by
:07:12. > :07:14.the end of the night but further south where there are clear skies
:07:15. > :07:18.temperatures could dip down to around six Celsius. Tomorrow morning
:07:19. > :07:22.starting off bright, sunshine to the south but cloud will start to move
:07:23. > :07:27.from the North and West, sole splashes of rain here and there but
:07:28. > :07:30.most places dry. It is cloudy and breezy with temperatures sililar
:07:31. > :07:31.today. That is it from us, I will
:07:32. > :07:45.Good evening. Many of us had some welcome rain for the gardens
:07:46. > :07:46.overnight. But away from