16/04/2017 East Midlands Today

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

Detectives investigating the death of a man in Nottingham

on Good Friday have confirmed the victim was a teenager.

He'd been found injured at a property on Woodborough Road,

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

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

A race at Donington Park had to be stopped today,

as two young drivers were injured in a crash.

It involved several cars in round six of

A statement from the circuit confirms 17-year-old Billy Monger

had to be cut from his vehicle, having suffered leg injuries.

He and fellow driver Patrik Pasma were taken to hospital.

A street in Derby was partly closed today as police investigated

They were called to Rutland Street early this morning.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident.

A Derbyshire farmer has put up a wooden cross

in his field to remind people of Christianity this Easter.

At the Highfield Happy Hens Farm in Etwall anyone

of the Christian faith - or who is simply curious -

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

The farmer says it's to remind people of the meaning of Easter.

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

It's about Jesus dying 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.

And coinciding with Easter this year were

Crowds joined a procession in Nottingham earlier to mark

the start of the Sikh New Year, which also celebrates

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

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

Organisers say it's a great way to show our similiarities.

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.

Apprentices at an East Midlands bus company are learning modern skills

The bus was one of a fleet that used to serve routes around

Leicester back in the 1950s, as Helen Astle reports.

In its heyday the 154 carried thousands of

But by 1981 it had fallen into disrepair and was found

It was brought back to Leicester, where 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 of old 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 for the Bank Holiday now -

After some brighter intervals this morning

we did see some rain this

afternoon but as we move through tonight that will largely

Variable amounts of cloud, one or two showers but most of us

seeing a dry night with overnight lows between five and six Celsius.

As we move into tomorrow, Easter Monday, we're looking

at a largely cloudy day, although there will be

some brighter intervals, the odd sunny spell,

particularly the further east you are, but one or two

showers to look out for, particularly into the afternoon.

Highs of 11 Celsius with a gentle north-westerly breeze.

Overnight into Tuesday we are looking at a chilly one,

so a touch of frost to begin the day.

Then it's going to be largely dry with some sunny spells.

Again our temperatures not up to much but in any sunshine

A largely cloudy day on the way tomorrow,

From me and the weekend team this Easter, good night.

If today's conditions were great and stamp,