05/03/2017

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:00:14. > :00:17.With your news now for the East Midlands, I'm Maurice Flynn.

:00:18. > :00:20.In business it's said that bad news is usually good news -

:00:21. > :00:25.And for a Derbyshire printing firm avian flu has seen

:00:26. > :00:30.The company prints labels for egg boxes

:00:31. > :00:34.But with the flu threat, and hens being kept inside,

:00:35. > :00:36.they're now making emergency labels - millions of them.

:00:37. > :00:42.It is the threat of avian flu striking British flocks that has led

:00:43. > :00:44.to hens being shut in netted enclosures or even kept

:00:45. > :00:50.It has meant free-range egg producers now have to mark every egg

:00:51. > :00:57.box with a label to say the eggs are not at the moment free range.

:00:58. > :00:59.Someone has to produce those labels, and Positive ID Labelling

:01:00. > :01:05.Something in excess of three million.

:01:06. > :01:14.It started off very slowly with lots of phone calls

:01:15. > :01:16.from the customers, and once the momentum built we had

:01:17. > :01:19.great difficulty in keeping up with the level of orders that

:01:20. > :01:23.Positive ID already make the egg box labels for dozens of small

:01:24. > :01:26.EU regulations say once their birds are inside for 12 weeks

:01:27. > :01:29.Ironically it is good for your business?

:01:30. > :01:33.If it comes on like that, if it stays at current levels,

:01:34. > :01:36.we will be manufacturing something in excess of 10 million

:01:37. > :01:39.Yeah, good short-term business for us.

:01:40. > :01:45.Defra says that although restrictions on hens going outside

:01:46. > :01:47.in low-risk areas have now eased, they are still expecting some

:01:48. > :01:50.bio-security regulations to be in place until at least

:01:51. > :01:55.James Roberson, BBC East Midlands Today, Derbyshire.

:01:56. > :01:58.The M1 was closed for a time last night, amid fears a passenger

:01:59. > :02:02.East Midlands Airport says a flight from Gran Canaria had

:02:03. > :02:06.warned them of a suspected malfunction.

:02:07. > :02:09.Police closed the motorway in both directions betwen junction 23a

:02:10. > :02:14.The plane landed safely minutes later and the motorway reopened.

:02:15. > :02:17.There was a rally in Loughborough earlier to show support for those

:02:18. > :02:28.Among those speaking to the crowd was Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan.

:02:29. > :02:30.Organisers say they fear the plight being faced by millions

:02:31. > :02:31.risks being overlooked because the conflict

:02:32. > :02:36.Because the Syrian war has been going on for over six years, a lot

:02:37. > :02:39.of people within the UK have been turned off.

:02:40. > :02:44.What we do here has tremendous impact in other parts of

:02:45. > :02:46.the world, whether it's financially, whether it's politically, through

:02:47. > :02:49.various different means we can make that difference, and it's that

:02:50. > :02:52.ripple effect, the small things we do here have massive consequences

:02:53. > :02:56.A choir that hit the headlines with their gospel chants

:02:57. > :02:58.for Leicester City have been recording their very

:02:59. > :03:02.And as Amy Harris reports, they had help from some big

:03:03. > :03:15.Their voices sent spirits soaring during Leicester City's

:03:16. > :03:20.Premier League campaign, but there is much more

:03:21. > :03:22.to the De Montford University gospel choir than covering football chants,

:03:23. > :03:26.and today they are recording an album to prove it.

:03:27. > :03:32.One thing we always wanted to do was to get a CD together.

:03:33. > :03:39.For years we were never able to, so it is very, very exciting.

:03:40. > :03:45.And they have got the backing of some big industry names.

:03:46. > :03:48.John Illsley from Dire Straits and Tom Allom, who has produced

:03:49. > :03:50.tracks for the heavy metal band Judas Priest.

:03:51. > :04:02.Hopefully I will be able to bring that

:04:03. > :04:05.knowledge to this lovely choir and help them come out of it

:04:06. > :04:09.The album will not only make money for the choir's new church,

:04:10. > :04:12.For these singers, this really is a happy day.

:04:13. > :04:19.The showers continue as we head through the overnight period.

:04:20. > :04:24.We could see a dusting of snow over higher ground but gradually

:04:25. > :04:26.the showers are going to diminish as we head through the night.

:04:27. > :04:29.There will be a few clear skies to be had as well.

:04:30. > :04:32.Temperatures under the clear skies down to around three Celsius.

:04:33. > :04:34.For Monday morning it will be a fairly cold start

:04:35. > :04:37.to the day but it should be quite decent actually.

:04:38. > :04:39.We should see some spells of sunshine.

:04:40. > :04:41.There will be one or two showers in the forecast, yes.

:04:42. > :04:45.Some of those could be slow-moving but if you can manage to dodge them

:04:46. > :04:48.temperatures of around nine Celsius won't feel too bad in the sunshine.

:04:49. > :04:51.For the rest of the week, plenty of dry weather to be had,

:04:52. > :04:59.cloudy on Tuesday, highs of 11 degrees by midweek.

:05:00. > :05:03.Hannah will have your updates in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.