:00:11. > :00:13.And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Quentin Rayner.
:00:14. > :00:16.A couple caught up in the devastating earthquakes
:00:17. > :00:20.and avalanches which have hit Italy say they've lost everything
:00:21. > :00:23.after moving from Derby to start a new life.
:00:24. > :00:26.It should have been a fresh start for Peter Fletcher and his partner,
:00:27. > :00:29.Clair, but instead they've fled their Alpine home and returned
:00:30. > :00:38.Trapped for four days as the snow slowly buried their home,
:00:39. > :00:41.Clair and Peter were meant to be starting a new life
:00:42. > :00:44.when they move to Italy but, as the weather got worse,
:00:45. > :00:56.We were petrified, that is probably an understatement.
:00:57. > :00:59.You've got no choice - you've to go, you can't stop.
:01:00. > :01:04.When it's chest high and falling through the snow, you can't do it.
:01:05. > :01:11.If we make it to the road, no one will know we're there.
:01:12. > :01:13.What you do when you're in that situation where,
:01:14. > :01:19.whatever way you turn, that could be it?
:01:20. > :01:22.The bad weather in the region has caused devastation.
:01:23. > :01:25.At a nearby hotel, rescuers have been pulling bodies out
:01:26. > :01:28.after the earthquake caused an avalanche.
:01:29. > :01:30.Clair and Peter were only rescued after they managed to get
:01:31. > :01:34.They know they are lucky to be alive.
:01:35. > :01:38.When they came to rescue us from the house, they didn't
:01:39. > :01:45.We literally had to still make our way to the top of the drive.
:01:46. > :01:55.The family put their life savings into the move abroad and aren't yet
:01:56. > :02:00.sure how bad the damage is but they are not holding out
:02:01. > :02:02.much hope after such a traumatic experience.
:02:03. > :02:13.Our family pet got killed, we had animals that got killed.
:02:14. > :02:16.Everything we own is in that house in Italy.
:02:17. > :02:20.We came away in what we were standing up with.
:02:21. > :02:22.For now, the family is living with relatives as they try to work
:02:23. > :02:26.out their next move but they say, after the events of the last few
:02:27. > :02:33.Lucy Vladev, BBC East Midlands Today, Derbyshire.
:02:34. > :02:35.A woman has been found guilty of the manslaughter
:02:36. > :02:38.of her seven-month-old niece in Leicestershire.
:02:39. > :02:42.Leicester Crown Court heard Chaun-fang Zheng violently shook
:02:43. > :02:45.Phoebe Go to stop her crying, leaving her with a
:02:46. > :02:49.It happened while she was babysitting the infant at her flat
:02:50. > :02:57.The 31-year-old will be sentenced next month.
:02:58. > :02:59.The latest round of consultations with communities which will be
:03:00. > :03:06.People living along the proposed route say local beauty spots will be
:03:07. > :03:11.They're upset over plans to construct a viaduct for the railway
:03:12. > :03:20.It's a view which is now under threat.
:03:21. > :03:26.A proposed new 16-metre high viaduct to be built as part of the HS2 route
:03:27. > :03:29.will go through this green belt land.
:03:30. > :03:33.Campaigners say it will obstruct the view of this beauty spot
:03:34. > :03:39.I've travelled a lot round the world and I think these views are some
:03:40. > :03:42.of the most beautiful I've ever seen and I'd hate them to be lost.
:03:43. > :03:45.Helen Thompson has lived in the area for nearly 30 years.
:03:46. > :03:48.She's leading the campaign against the current plans,
:03:49. > :03:51.which will see the viaduct built here.
:03:52. > :03:54.Instead, she's calling for it to be built on the other side
:03:55. > :03:59.of the canal, making use of the existing railway line.
:04:00. > :04:02.There's lots of existing tracks and the corridor seems quite wide,
:04:03. > :04:05.and we'd like them to see if they can get it in there.
:04:06. > :04:09.At this HS2 consultation event, there was concern
:04:10. > :04:13.Local people going there in the summer,
:04:14. > :04:16.enjoying the environment, and it's destroying it.
:04:17. > :04:23.We believe that the current route is the right balance in terms
:04:24. > :04:25.of the impacts on people and the environment.
:04:26. > :04:28.Is there any hope that the viaduct could be changed from where it
:04:29. > :04:31.currently is going over two the existing railway line instead?
:04:32. > :04:34.We're not expecting at this stage to move it.
:04:35. > :04:38.We will always, as we go forward, seek to improve the design,
:04:39. > :04:41.if we can, but we don't expect at this stage to move it
:04:42. > :04:43.because we think we've struck the right balance.
:04:44. > :04:47.Another event takes place tomorrow in Long Eaton with a consultation
:04:48. > :04:50.on this part of the route closing in March.
:04:51. > :04:58.Navtej Johal, BBC East Midlands Today, Sandy Acre.
:04:59. > :05:00.Football now and it finished all square in the big
:05:01. > :05:05.And what a game - four goals, a cracking atmosphere and late drama
:05:06. > :05:08.as Derby County drew 2-2 with Leicester City.
:05:09. > :05:23.An entertaining night as they battled for local pride. Derby the
:05:24. > :05:32.better side in the first half and even scored Leicester's golf. An
:05:33. > :05:43.awful own goal! But 12 minutes later and all was forgiven. He does what
:05:44. > :05:52.he does best. Could Derby pull off an upset against the Premier League
:05:53. > :05:58.champions? He is still going. Gives Derby the lead. But in the second
:05:59. > :06:03.half, the foxes fought back in the last five minutes, the Leicester
:06:04. > :06:10.captain born in Nottingham forced a replay. A big role in the last five
:06:11. > :06:12.minutes. So MacLeod and Ranieri must do it all again in the cup to decide
:06:13. > :06:19.who goes through to the fifth round. It was pouring with
:06:20. > :06:39.rain at Pride Park. Very different night tonight. One of
:06:40. > :06:44.the fountains in Derby actually froze. Captured by one of our
:06:45. > :06:51.Weather Watchers. And some of the countryside looked very pretty. It
:06:52. > :06:55.is wet out there. We have got an area of rain. Through the evening,
:06:56. > :07:01.it has produced a lot of standing water on the roads. It is still
:07:02. > :07:06.quite chilly. Missing is developing, hill fog to the Peak District. That
:07:07. > :07:10.weather front still present first thing tomorrow morning. It will take
:07:11. > :07:14.its time to clear to the data on Saturday. Another very wet day but
:07:15. > :07:19.milder air starts to comment so it will be a different temperature
:07:20. > :07:22.tomorrow. Wet out there. Seven Celsius the maximum into the
:07:23. > :07:27.afternoon. And a breezy south-westerly wind with more rain
:07:28. > :07:29.on the way to the daytime on Sunday. I will leave you now with the
:07:30. > :07:30.outlook.