14/01/2017 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Carolyn Moses.

Hundreds of villagers gathered in Derbyshire today to fight

People in Newton near Alfreton say the announcement

of a connecting line to Sheffield, which would run through the village,

has already seen property prices plummet by tens

HS2 says it will consult on the plans.

But villagers say they're determined to unite against them.

So, if we wanted to move, we couldn't.

We don't want to move, but we also don't want

the disruption and we don't want the community being destroyed.

So we're in a very difficult situation.

We've got a perfectly adequate railway system

that we currently use any way, so it's just a carbuncle

Elite swimming clubs in Derby have been told they can no longer use

The council had re-opened it for them while repairs took place

at Derby's other pool, the Queens Leisure Centre.

But now it says it's costing too much.

The clubs have agreed to find other venues by the end of the month.

An acting school that develops and trains young people

in Nottingham is having to move after more than 30 years.

The Television Workshop's got until the end of

It's where several well-known stars of film and TV

A space which has inspired generations of actors

The Television Workshop's former students include Samantha Morton,

Jack O'Connell and Vicky McClure, who all cut their teeth in this

It's a bit dingy, it's a little bit characterful, we call it,

there's a big pillar in the way, so it's really hard to watch

But it's our space and it belongs to everybody that's worked in it.

If you want a place here, the competition's certainly fierce.

For the 1,000 or so people who audition here every year,

there are only around 50 places available.

Director and patron here, Shane Meadows, was so impressed

with the talent on show at this workshop, he actually created roles

The Workshop planned to move this summer so that it could expand,

but now the building's been sold, it's left with two

We were looking into spacest that were more accessible,

that we could have open public performances and just shout

The company is expected to announce its new locatton

Onto football, and Nottingham Forest fans are calling for its owner

to reconsider the club's failed takeover deal.

Fawaz Al Hasawi announced last night that long negotiations

with an American-led consortium had ended.

The Supporters Trust said today it also wants assurances for the future

The club managed only a goal-less draw away to Birmingham.

Meanwhile, in the first match since their takeover deal went

through, Notts County drew 0-0 against Mansfield, under

And in a few minutes, Leicester City fans will show their support

for former player Alan Birchenall, as he recovers from a heart attack.

They'll light phones in the crowd during tonight's Premier League

71-year-old Birch, as he's known, is said to be making good progress.

And Nottingham Panthers need one more win to become the first

British ice hockey team ever to win a European trophy.

Today, they won their second game in the Continental Cup final.

Colin Hazelden reports from Italy.

Yes, after a dramatic and hard-fought win on penalty shots

against the Kazakhstan Beibarys Atyrau this afternoon, Panthers now

know they will definitely play for the Continental Cup title,

whatever happens, on this ice against the hosts,

It's been a great tournament for them so far.

Could it end with them making history?

Well, let's get the weather forecast with Rebecca.

After the showers cleared this morning, we did have some

It has been a dry and bright day for the most part,

but a change is on the way in the form of this weather system

working its way in from the west, bringing with it plenty of rain.

We'll see the cloud thickening up, but first, we'll

So, as that rain meets that much colder air,

we're likely to see some snow flurries developing.

But temperatures holding up a little better overnight.

So, as we head into tomorrow, we will see a few snow showers

Elsewhere, there will be plenty of rain.

We'll see it starting to fade during the afternoon.

Temperatures are holding up a little better.

And into the new working week, it's staying grey.

That's all from us today. We're back tomorrow at 6.20.

From the Saturday team, have a very good evening.

From everybody here, enjoy the rest of Saturday.

Getting the detail of this cold snap is proving to be challenging and

will continue to be so over the next 24 hours. Ice around across eastern

parts after the earlier showers then rain pushing in from Northern

Ireland across Scotland and a period of snow across eastern Scotland

temporarily. It will extend into northern Wales and England too. A

chilly night across the East, much milder. Tomorrow, everything nudges

further east which gives us an issue because a period of