26/02/2017 East Midlands Today

With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

The former staff of a Derbyshire hosiery firm are to receive

compensation, nearly a year after being sacked.

Last May, Courtaulds in Belper closed with immediate effect.

Now a former union rep has learnt an industrial tribunal's awarded

staff more than ?1 million between them because they had no

The legal obligation is to consult with employees if they are going to

make more than 20 people redundant and they have to have up to 90 days

consultation. But the company failed to do this but they did have ample

time to do it. Because we were in talks about the company going

forward right up to 24 hours before the closure.

A man's being treated for serious injuries after being found

A police cordon was set-up around the area where he was found

in Normanton and police want to hear from anyone in Brunswick

or Cameron Street between eight and a quarter to nine,

Scientists at the University of Nottingham are developing

bacteria that could turn greenhouse gases into fuel.

It's already being trialled in some countries, but a lack of subsidies

is delaying widespread use, as Quentin Rayner reports.

At the synthetic biology research Centre, scientists are cooking up

something rather clever. The team engineers microorganisms which grow

on greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and CO2 produced by

industry. After fermentation they are converted into ethanol and a

range of chemicals. This technology has the potential to make every

chemical that society needs. It is as simple as that. So our solution,

really, is that it was greenhouse gases and use those as the feedstock

for the microbe to make chemicals that society needs. In a few

countries, the private sector has began skimming of the technology

into commercial demonstration plants. But the problem is that fuel

is made using industrial waste gas do not qualify for biofuel

subsidies. The definition currently of a biofuel is that it must be made

from biomass and certain countries they get subsidies, whereas if you

make fuel from gas and an industrial process like steel manufacturing, it

is not classified as a biofuel. Extraordinary to think that such

tiny organisms could make such a huge difference. Quentin Rayner, BBC

East Midlands Today, Nottingham. With months to go, ball girls

and boys are already undergoing intense preparation

for the Nottingham Open Earlier this week, it looked

like their progress may be hampered as Storm Doris

destroyed their outdoor training dome, but this weekend they've been

cracking on regardless. Players turn, ready,

in three seconds... Learning essential ball skills at

the Nottingham tennis Centre. The 85 schoolchildren are in training to

the ball crew at the Nottingham open in June. They are having to brave

the elements becomes -- because storm Dorries destroyed the Dome. It

means that our training must continue, the show needs to go on

and our crew will be ready. It will be perfect by the time June Rice.

The 11 to 16-year-olds have a crucial role in this tournament

which attract some 12,000 spectators. It is really stressful,

in the final when we did it, it was really hard because you have to get

everything right. It is quite exciting that you are being watched

by a lot of people. I have seen it so many times, I am so excited. Many

people get to watch tennis when Wimbledon is on television but it is

a great opportunity to get close to the action and see some amazing

tennis. The tournament begins on the 10th of June but the British number

one Johanna Konta expected to attract the crowds.

A new swimming pool being built in Derby could cost more

than the ?20 million the city council initially predicted.

It's to replace Moorways, which closed last year.

The aim is to have the Olympic-sized pool built by 2020.

The initial 20 million should cover the pool element,

but more will be needed if extra facilities are added.

We are now currently looking at the designs and we will choose the

appropriate design and if it means it is going to cost more, we will

put that money in place. The most important thing is that we get this

right. A specialist operation's underway

on the Grand Union Canal The new ones at Kilby Bridge near

Wigston weigh around four tonnes. Access has been limited

while the work's been done, The gates have been hoisted

into place using a crane barge. It is great because working on the

old structures, you can see years ago how hard it actually was. We are

using 36 tonne machinery here, where this must have all been made on

site, literally crafted, just so that they could physically lifted

up. Well, we did have some

brighter spells today. In fact, it was a stunning start,

but it rapidly started to cloud over and tomorrow we have got sunny

spells and showers in the forecast, They will start to work

their way through tonight. We will get some clear spells

for a time, temperatures falling away, and then that next area

of heavy showers by dawn. Temperatures overnight dipping down

to a possible one Celsius. So a chilly start to the day

tomorrow and as those showers meet that colder air,

they could turn a touch wintry, Elsewhere, we have some rumbles

of thunder and some hail, but some sunshine to come as well,

with temperatures making it up to a possible eight

Celsius with lighter winds. But I'm afraid there is more rain

in the forecast this week. There's more from me and the team at

20 past 10pm this evening. Join us then.

Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the

west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological

service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been

quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across

the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong

winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further

showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some

wintry weather. It will be quite cold for the North and west of the

UK, 2 degrees in Belfast and Glasgow. Not too chilly for