16/04/2017 East Midlands Today

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

First tonight, detectives investigating the death of a man

in Nottingham on Good Friday have released his name

18-year-old Matthew Rothery was found injured at a property

on Woodborough Road in the early hours of the morning.

He was taken to hospital, but died a short while later.

Police say they're following up several lines of enquiry.

Part of a street in Derby was cordoned off today

as police investigated reports of an assault.

The emergency services were called to Rutland Street

Police say they've arrested two men in connection with the incident.

Two young drivers have been taken to hospital after a crash

It involved several cars in round six of the British F4 Championship.

A statement from the circuit confirms drivers Billy Monger

and Patrik Plasma are both being treated

A Derbyshire farmer has put up a wooden cross

in his field to remind people of Christianity this Easter.

He's inviting those with a faith, or anyone who is just curious,

to hammer a nail into the cross or take one from it.

At the Highfield Happy Hens farm there is no mistaking it's Easter.

The cross is a symbol of farmer Roger's Christianity and his desire

to promote at his visitors centre in Etwall what he says

One by one they have been so full of nails that they've

It's about Jesus staying on the cross for us.

The fact is, the cross is empty, that's the key.

The cross is actually empty apart from the nails.

Easter has been busy and it's his favourite time of year.

From a farming point of view and a Christian point of view.

I don't like Christmas at all because of all the fuss

Easter seems to be much more relaxed.

And after months of having to keep these hens indoors to protect them

from an infectious strain of bird flu, Easter has finally

The Government lifted restrictions across England

just before Good Friday, making this a happy Easter

Now coinciding with Easter this year,

Hundreds joined a procession in Nottingham earlier

to mark the start of the Sikh New Year,

which also celebrates the founding of the faith.

It's usually marked on the weekend following April 13th,

which is why this year it's coincided with Easter Sunday.

One of its organisers says it's a great way to remind

people of all faiths about our similarities.

The whole human race is one so recognise everybody as one.

We may be different colours, different faith but at the end

of the day our blood is the same colour and we come to the earth

in the same way and we are going to leave the same way.

Engineers for an East Midlands bus company have been lovingly restoring

a vintage 1950s double-decker bus and in doing so,

passing on valuable skills to apprentices.

The vehicle is one of a fleet of 30 that once served Leicester.

In its heyday the 154 carried thousands of

But by 1981 it had fallen into disrepair and was found

It was brought to Leicester when it was fully restored.

Gary was one of the engineers who worked on the bus.

He is now teaching new apprentice Liam his knowledge.

It's a lot about skills which were taught in those days

which I would say are not been used these days.

So it's nice to keep them going for the new lads.

It is fascinating to work on such a project.

Personally, I've always liked working with old vehicles.

I've always liked the idea of working with old vehicles

Today the bus is used by the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust,

It's what attracts the most interest from the general public.

People associate it with going to school in the past,

It's one of the traditional type of vehicles where you get on and off

at the back and you would have had a conductor.

The bus doesn't take fee-paying passengers any more.

It's used at local events and rallies to promote the city

and to give people an insight into a bygone era.

Let's check on the weather now. Lucy Martin has our forecast.

Despite some early spells of sunshine the temperatures today

In fact, you might be interested to hear that it was cooler

Our temperatures between 10 and 12 degrees compared

As we move through this evening and overnight much

of that rain will clear out towards the south-east.

It will be fairly cloudy with the risk of the odd isolated shower.

As we move into Easter Monday we're looking at a fairly cloudy day.

There will be the odd bright interval and sunny spells,

but still a few outbreaks of rain to look out for as we

Highs of 11C with a north-westerly breeze.

As we move into Tuesday it's going to be a chilly start the day.

I think we could see a touch of frost first thing.

There will be some sunny spells and it will be largely dry but catch

any sunshine and it will feel quite warm despite the fact

temperatures aren't too high, just courtesy of the time of year.

It will be fairly cloudy by the time we get to Wednesday though.

Remember you'll find our latest forecast on our Facebook

and there's another update from me and the team here at 10:20pm.

Good evening if you spend Easter under cloudy skies with rain

hopefully I can promise you something brighter for tomorrow, not

much brightness earlier for our Weather Watch in Cumbria, there was

sunshine, sunny spells of the northern Scotland as well as some

showers, now the rain will begin to clear away quite quickly towards the

south-east as we go through tonight, behind it it will leave breaks in

the cloud, some various bars which could allow mist patches and maybe a

touch of frost in places as well. High pressure on Easter Monday

morning at West, that means a lot of dry weather, but with no pressure