:00:12. > :00:13.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:14. > :00:18.The former staff of a Derbyshire hosiery firm are to receive
:00:19. > :00:20.compensation, nearly a year after being sacked.
:00:21. > :00:22.Last May, Courtaulds in Belper closed with immediate effect.
:00:23. > :00:28.Now a former union rep has learnt an industrial tribunal's awarded
:00:29. > :00:31.staff more than ?1 million between them because they had no
:00:32. > :00:44.The legal obligation is to consult with employees if they are going to
:00:45. > :00:49.make more than 20 people redundant and they have to have up to 90 days
:00:50. > :00:52.consultation. But the company failed to do this but they did have ample
:00:53. > :00:58.time to do it. Because we were in talks about the company going
:00:59. > :00:59.forward right up to 24 hours before the closure.
:01:00. > :01:02.A man's being treated for serious injuries after being found
:01:03. > :01:06.A police cordon was set-up around the area where he was found
:01:07. > :01:09.in Normanton and police want to hear from anyone in Brunswick
:01:10. > :01:11.or Cameron Street between eight and a quarter to nine,
:01:12. > :01:17.Scientists at the University of Nottingham are developing
:01:18. > :01:19.bacteria that could turn greenhouse gases into fuel.
:01:20. > :01:22.It's already being trialled in some countries, but a lack of subsidies
:01:23. > :01:32.is delaying widespread use, as Quentin Rayner reports.
:01:33. > :01:38.At the synthetic biology research Centre, scientists are cooking up
:01:39. > :01:41.something rather clever. The team engineers microorganisms which grow
:01:42. > :01:45.on greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and CO2 produced by
:01:46. > :01:49.industry. After fermentation they are converted into ethanol and a
:01:50. > :01:53.range of chemicals. This technology has the potential to make every
:01:54. > :01:57.chemical that society needs. It is as simple as that. So our solution,
:01:58. > :02:03.really, is that it was greenhouse gases and use those as the feedstock
:02:04. > :02:06.for the microbe to make chemicals that society needs. In a few
:02:07. > :02:09.countries, the private sector has began skimming of the technology
:02:10. > :02:15.into commercial demonstration plants. But the problem is that fuel
:02:16. > :02:18.is made using industrial waste gas do not qualify for biofuel
:02:19. > :02:26.subsidies. The definition currently of a biofuel is that it must be made
:02:27. > :02:31.from biomass and certain countries they get subsidies, whereas if you
:02:32. > :02:35.make fuel from gas and an industrial process like steel manufacturing, it
:02:36. > :02:39.is not classified as a biofuel. Extraordinary to think that such
:02:40. > :02:43.tiny organisms could make such a huge difference. Quentin Rayner, BBC
:02:44. > :02:44.East Midlands Today, Nottingham. With months to go, ball girls
:02:45. > :02:47.and boys are already undergoing intense preparation
:02:48. > :02:49.for the Nottingham Open Earlier this week, it looked
:02:50. > :02:52.like their progress may be hampered as Storm Doris
:02:53. > :02:54.destroyed their outdoor training dome, but this weekend they've been
:02:55. > :02:56.cracking on regardless. Players turn, ready,
:02:57. > :03:06.in three seconds... Learning essential ball skills at
:03:07. > :03:10.the Nottingham tennis Centre. The 85 schoolchildren are in training to
:03:11. > :03:15.the ball crew at the Nottingham open in June. They are having to brave
:03:16. > :03:22.the elements becomes -- because storm Dorries destroyed the Dome. It
:03:23. > :03:26.means that our training must continue, the show needs to go on
:03:27. > :03:30.and our crew will be ready. It will be perfect by the time June Rice.
:03:31. > :03:34.The 11 to 16-year-olds have a crucial role in this tournament
:03:35. > :03:38.which attract some 12,000 spectators. It is really stressful,
:03:39. > :03:42.in the final when we did it, it was really hard because you have to get
:03:43. > :03:45.everything right. It is quite exciting that you are being watched
:03:46. > :03:50.by a lot of people. I have seen it so many times, I am so excited. Many
:03:51. > :03:54.people get to watch tennis when Wimbledon is on television but it is
:03:55. > :03:58.a great opportunity to get close to the action and see some amazing
:03:59. > :04:01.tennis. The tournament begins on the 10th of June but the British number
:04:02. > :04:05.one Johanna Konta expected to attract the crowds.
:04:06. > :04:07.A new swimming pool being built in Derby could cost more
:04:08. > :04:09.than the ?20 million the city council initially predicted.
:04:10. > :04:11.It's to replace Moorways, which closed last year.
:04:12. > :04:14.The aim is to have the Olympic-sized pool built by 2020.
:04:15. > :04:16.The initial 20 million should cover the pool element,
:04:17. > :04:23.but more will be needed if extra facilities are added.
:04:24. > :04:29.We are now currently looking at the designs and we will choose the
:04:30. > :04:34.appropriate design and if it means it is going to cost more, we will
:04:35. > :04:35.put that money in place. The most important thing is that we get this
:04:36. > :04:36.right. A specialist operation's underway
:04:37. > :04:38.on the Grand Union Canal The new ones at Kilby Bridge near
:04:39. > :04:42.Wigston weigh around four tonnes. Access has been limited
:04:43. > :04:45.while the work's been done, The gates have been hoisted
:04:46. > :04:57.into place using a crane barge. It is great because working on the
:04:58. > :05:03.old structures, you can see years ago how hard it actually was. We are
:05:04. > :05:07.using 36 tonne machinery here, where this must have all been made on
:05:08. > :05:08.site, literally crafted, just so that they could physically lifted
:05:09. > :05:09.up. Well, we did have some
:05:10. > :05:15.brighter spells today. In fact, it was a stunning start,
:05:16. > :05:19.but it rapidly started to cloud over and tomorrow we have got sunny
:05:20. > :05:22.spells and showers in the forecast, They will start to work
:05:23. > :05:25.their way through tonight. We will get some clear spells
:05:26. > :05:28.for a time, temperatures falling away, and then that next area
:05:29. > :05:30.of heavy showers by dawn. Temperatures overnight dipping down
:05:31. > :05:33.to a possible one Celsius. So a chilly start to the day
:05:34. > :05:35.tomorrow and as those showers meet that colder air,
:05:36. > :05:38.they could turn a touch wintry, Elsewhere, we have some rumbles
:05:39. > :05:41.of thunder and some hail, but some sunshine to come as well,
:05:42. > :05:44.with temperatures making it up to a possible eight
:05:45. > :05:46.Celsius with lighter winds. But I'm afraid there is more rain
:05:47. > :05:58.in the forecast this week. There's more from me and the team at
:05:59. > :06:08.20 past 10pm this evening. Join us then.
:06:09. > :06:16.Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the
:06:17. > :06:19.west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological
:06:20. > :06:23.service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been
:06:24. > :06:26.quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across
:06:27. > :06:30.the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong
:06:31. > :06:34.winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further
:06:35. > :06:37.showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some
:06:38. > :06:43.wintry weather. It will be quite cold for the North and west of the
:06:44. > :06:44.UK, 2 degrees in Belfast and Glasgow. Not too chilly for