:00:21. > :00:23.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.
:00:24. > :00:25.A Derbyshire printing firm says it's become unexpectedly busy
:00:26. > :00:28.The company, from Melbourne, normally prints labels for egg boxes
:00:29. > :00:33.But with the flu threat, and hens being kept inside temporarily,
:00:34. > :00:36.they're now making emergency labels, three million of them so far.
:00:37. > :00:41.It is the threat of avian flu striking British flocks that has led
:00:42. > :00:43.to hens being shut in netted enclosures or even kept
:00:44. > :00:50.It has meant free-range egg producers now have to mark every egg
:00:51. > :00:56.box with a label to say the eggs are not at the moment free range.
:00:57. > :00:58.Someone has to produce those labels, and Positive ID Labelling
:00:59. > :01:06.Something in excess of three million.
:01:07. > :01:09.It started off very slowly with lots of phone calls
:01:10. > :01:12.from the customers and once the momentum built, we have had
:01:13. > :01:14.great difficulty in keeping up with the level of orders that
:01:15. > :01:18.Positive ID already make the egg box labels for dozens of small
:01:19. > :01:23.EU regulations say once their birds are inside for 12 weeks
:01:24. > :01:29.It means Positive ID expect to be producing labels for some time yet.
:01:30. > :01:31.Ironically it is good for your business?
:01:32. > :01:38.If it comes on like that, if it stays at current levels,
:01:39. > :01:40.we will be manufacturing something in excess of 10 million
:01:41. > :01:44.Yeah, good short-term business for us.
:01:45. > :01:46.Defra says that although restrictions on hens going outside
:01:47. > :01:49.in low risk areas have now eased, they are still expecting some
:01:50. > :01:52.bio-security regulations to be in place until at least
:01:53. > :02:04.James Roberson, BBC East Midlands Today, Derbyshire.
:02:05. > :02:06.The M1 motorway was closed for a time last night
:02:07. > :02:08.amid fears a passenger plane may crash.
:02:09. > :02:10.East Midlands Airport says a Jet2 flight from Gran
:02:11. > :02:12.Canaria had alerted them to a suspected malfunction.
:02:13. > :02:15.Police closed the motorway in both directions between junctions 23A
:02:16. > :02:18.The plane landed safely a few minutes later
:02:19. > :02:23.and the motorway reopened shortly after.
:02:24. > :02:26.An East Midlands domestic abuse campaign has won worldwide support.
:02:27. > :02:28.Volunteers are making a patchwork quilt representing hundreds of women
:02:29. > :02:31.who have died as a result of domestic violence.
:02:32. > :02:34.There have been contributions from around the world.
:02:35. > :02:37.It will be presented to MPs on Wednesday.
:02:38. > :02:40.One support centre boss says funding for help is not
:02:41. > :02:45.The issue that we are experiencing locally is that there is a much
:02:46. > :02:50.So even though funding remains steady, what we are seeing is women
:02:51. > :02:52.coming in with much more complex issues, a lot more issues
:02:53. > :02:54.around mental health, so the need is higher,
:02:55. > :02:57.and therefore the amount of resources that we need to put
:02:58. > :02:59.into supporting women has also increased but the funding
:03:00. > :03:06.Around a hundred people joined a rally in Loughborough this
:03:07. > :03:09.afternoon to show support for those enduring the on-going
:03:10. > :03:14.Among those to address the crowd was the Loughbourgh MP, Nicky Morgan.
:03:15. > :03:17.The war in Syria has been raging for six years now.
:03:18. > :03:19.Organisers say they fear the plight being faced by millions
:03:20. > :03:25.A former soldier who dedicated his life to the Sherwood Foresters has
:03:26. > :03:27.had a memorial unveiled in his honour.
:03:28. > :03:29.Cliff Housley became the regiment's official historian
:03:30. > :03:31.in 1996, writing 17 books and fundraising for veterans.
:03:32. > :03:35.Today a plaque was unveiled at Staffordshire's National
:03:36. > :03:43.It's been a big day for a group of gospel singers from Leicester.
:03:44. > :03:45.The De Montfort University choir has been recording its very first album
:03:46. > :03:48.with the help of some big industry names.
:03:49. > :03:51.And as you might expect, songs include those Foxes football
:03:52. > :04:10.Their voices sent spirits soaring during Leicester City's
:04:11. > :04:11.Premier League campaign, but there is much more
:04:12. > :04:14.to the De Montford University gospel choir than covering football chants,
:04:15. > :04:16.and today they are recording an album to prove it.
:04:17. > :04:21.One thing we always wanted to do was to get a CD together.
:04:22. > :04:26.For years we were never able to, so it is very, very exciting.
:04:27. > :04:32.This is just one of the tracks on the new album.
:04:33. > :04:34.They are not sure yet what it will be called
:04:35. > :04:38.or when it will be released, but what they do know is they want
:04:39. > :04:42.And they have got the backing of some big industry names.
:04:43. > :04:45.John Illsley, from Dire Straits, and Tom Allom, who has produced
:04:46. > :04:47.tracks for the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
:04:48. > :04:54.Hopefully my knowledge of recording generally,
:04:55. > :04:57.and the number of different types of projects that I have done,
:04:58. > :05:00.will be helpful to this one, and I will be able to bring that
:05:01. > :05:03.knowledge to this lovely choir and help them come out of it
:05:04. > :05:07.The album will not only make money for the choir's new church,
:05:08. > :05:10.For these singers, this really is a happy day.
:05:11. > :05:12.Amy Harris, BBC East Midlands Today, Leicestershire.
:05:13. > :05:22.We've still got some showers to come as we go through this
:05:23. > :05:28.A touch wintry over higher ground for a time but gradually
:05:29. > :05:33.Through the night, it will become drier with a few
:05:34. > :05:36.Under the clear skies, temperatures could fall to around
:05:37. > :05:39.For Monday morning, it is not a bad start.
:05:40. > :05:41.There will be some spells of sunshine.
:05:42. > :05:44.The blue skies should come through but there will be a few
:05:45. > :05:48.Some of these could be fairly slow moving on a light
:05:49. > :05:51.Temperatures tomorrow reaching a high of around nine,
:05:52. > :05:55.For the rest of the week, there will be plenty of dry
:05:56. > :05:57.Temperatures by midweek up to around 11 degrees.
:05:58. > :06:00.More from me and the team here at 10:20 tonight.
:06:01. > :06:18.Hello, as was the case on Saturday there was a lot of whether around
:06:19. > :06:22.today. Showers for some, some saw the staff of postcard material, for
:06:23. > :06:29.others it was more Christmas card material. We had pictures like that
:06:30. > :06:33.quite widely across the Midlands and Wales as well. This weather system
:06:34. > :06:40.has been here for a good part of the day in Wales and the North Midlands
:06:41. > :06:43.and southern England. It is not that warm underneath that particular
:06:44. > :06:49.front. Some winter arenas about some of the rain as it clears away to the
:06:50. > :06:53.near continent. In the south-west we have already seen gusts of 60 miles
:06:54. > :06:54.an hour. That could be