26/02/2017 East Midlands Today

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

Hundreds of workers sacked without notice from a Derbyshire

Hosiery firm Courtaulds in Belper closed last May

with more than 300 staff losing their jobs without warning.

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

?1 million compensation between them because of the way it was handled.

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 new Olympic-sized swimming pool planned for Derby could cost more

than the ?20 million earmarked by the city council.

It's to replace Moorways which closed last year.

The aim is to have the pool built by 2020.

The initial ?20 million should cover the pool element, the council says,

but more will be needed if extra facilities are added.

This pool will be built and it will be there for generations to come so

it must meet the needs of the residents of Derby, the public and

the swimming clubs because we have a fantastic reputation for producing

world athletes and Adam Peaty is one example of that.

Work is underway on the Grand Union Canal in Leicestershire

Three sets are being repaired and one pair is being replaced.

It's a massive task in a tiny area, as Helen Astle reports.

The peace and quiet of the grand union Canal was disrupted, but it

was good reason. As members of the Canal and River Trust worked to

replace the lock gates. Specialists have been brought in to do the job.

This particular blog, the gates are around 20 years old and they are

leaking quite badly and we cannot retrieve the water once it has gone.

So they needed replacing, they had to be replaced this year. The gates

have been handmade and made to measure. Altogether, the were around

four times and this specialist crane barge has been brought in so it can

lift up the gates and put them into place. The operation you will last

around three weeks and it will cost ?60,000. If we do not fix the leaks

then it causes us problems in the summertime because basically, the

water goes and it was no retrieving it, so it restricts the movement of

boats. The location here near Wigston is tricky, it is over a mile

brought in by Canal. It is great brought in by Canal. It is great

because working with the old structures you can see years ago how

hard it actually was, we are using big 36 tonne machine every hair,

whereas this must have all have been made on site, literally crafted.

Just so they could physically lift it up. Any damaged brickwork will be

repaired before they give are finally opens next week to motors.

Ahead of the weather, and ball girls and boys undergoing

training for this summer's Nottingham Open tennis

tournament were a bit put out by this week's storm.

85 schoolchildren are receiving training ahead of the competition.

But it looked like progress was going to be hampered

when Storm Doris destroyed their outdoor training dome.

Regardless, this weekend they've cracked on with training.

It took the Dome only in the wind, unfortunately. But that means that

our training must continue, the show must go on and our crew will be

ready, they have to be on the money and be perfect by the time June

arise. It is really stressful and in the final it was really hard because

you had to get everything right. It is quite exciting and you are being

watched by a lot of people. I have seen it so many times and I am so

excited about it. Nothing like Storm Doris ahead but there is rain as

Rebecca can tell us. Good evening, well, we did have some

brighter spells today. In fact, the day started on a very

pleasant note but the cloud did start to thicken up,

and for tomorrow, another We have some heavy, thundery

downpours but at least the winds For tonight we have

some clear spells, It will be a chilly night,

much colder air over the top of us and those showers are really

starting to work their way in as we head through into tomorrow

with lows of 1 Celsius. But as we start the day tomorrow,

those heavy, thundery showers continue to blow in from the West

and as they meet the colder air they could start

to turn a touch wintry. Temperatures, even though there's

sunshine, getting up to about eight Celsius,

and there's more rain to come Hannah Meredith will have your

updates in BBC Breakfast tomorrow, but for now, from the weekend

team here, goodnight. Good evening. We saw the fist named

storm of the season today. It was Storm Ewan, named by the Irish

meteorological service, because it was in Ireland we expected the

biggest impacts. For the rest of the UK it was quite windy and wet, but

the worst of it is making its way towards the Northern Isles. We'll

see gusts of wind here overnight to around 60 miles an hour. Blustery in

the south-east with rain moving through. Blustery night for many

areas, with some showers coming in from the West. Some of those will

contain wintry weather. Most of England and Wales are staying about

4-5 above freezing, but colder in some parts of Northern Ireland and

Scotland, some patches of ice first thing in the morning. From early on

tomorrow, quite a crop of showers. The showers will be heavy with a

rumble of thunder and they will contain a mix of rain, hail, sleet

and snow. There should be some sunshine in between. The best on the