Summary

  • Crimewatch 1992 bus stop rapist jailed

  • Mum still seeking answers over death

  • Car overturns 'after reversing' on motorway

  • Parents without childcare after sudden nursery closure

  • Man 'safe and well' after 'disturbance'

  • Bird hide vandalised at nature reserve

  • Plaque honour for knitting pioneer

  • Royal Shrovetide football ends in draw

  • Updates on Thursday 15 February 2018

  1. 'I felt like miscarriage was my fault'published at 07:33 GMT 16 February 2018

    Three women and one man describe the shock, guilt and distress of losing a baby through miscarriage.

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  2. Lack of good RE ‘leaves pupils at risk’published at 02:14 GMT 16 February 2018

    Quality RE lessons help stop religious stereotyping, says the Religious Education Council.

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  3. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 GMT 15 February 2018

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    Dedicated live coverage has ended for today but some breaking news, sport and travel will continue to appear through the night. We will be back again tomorrow at 08:00.

  4. Weather: A dry night with clear spellspublished at 17:59

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    It is expected to be dry through tonight with some long clear spells.

    Weather for tonight

    It has potential to turn rather cold with the risk of some frost developing too.

    Minimum temperatures of -2 to 1C (28-34F).

  5. Thousands of fake cigarettes found in raidspublished at 17:57 GMT 15 February 2018

    Allen Cook
    BBC News

    Thousands of fake cigarettes have been found in raids on four shops in Burton.

    Some of the seized tobaccoImage source, Staffordshire County Council

    Trading standards offices with sniffer dogs went to the stores on Saturday and found 43,500 illicit cigarettes and 10kg of hand-rolling tobacco.

    Staffordshire County Council says two foreign nationals were arrested in the raids and handed over to immigration enforcement officers.

  6. Nottingham building up for design awardspublished at 17:33 GMT 15 February 2018

    BBC Radio Nottingham

    One of Nottingham's newest buildings has been shortlisted for three leading design awards.

    BiocityImage source, Google

    The BioCity Discovery centre on Pennyfoot Street was completed last year and cost about £30m.

    It's in the Commercial, Design and Regeneration categories of the awards run by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

  7. Man jailed over machete robberypublished at 17:05 GMT 15 February 2018

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison after threatening a couple with a machete in their home.

    John QuinnImage source, Derbyshire Constabulary

    John Quinn, formerly of Derby, and now of Burnaby Road, Stoke, broke into the house on Browning Street in Sunny Hill in September and demanded cash before running upstairs and ransacking a bedroom.

    He admitted attempted robbery and possession of an offensive weapon at Derby Crown Court.

    The court was told how his previous 97 offences included robberies in Derby going back to the 90s.

  8. Broken-down van moved from M1published at 17:01 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Better news for those heading north on the M1.

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  9. Crimewatch 1992 bus stop rapist jailedpublished at 16:42 GMT 15 February 2018

    Christopher Scott was caught by an "out of the blue" DNA match taken in a separate investigation.

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  10. Lane closed on M1 after van breaks downpublished at 16:41 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Here's the broken-down van that's closed a lane on the M1 northbound between J24a and J25.

    It looks like the recovery operation is well under way, so hopefully things should return to normal soon.

    Broken down vanImage source, Highways England
  11. Coach driver 'wrestled distraught woman'published at 16:38 GMT 15 February 2018

    National Express suspends the driver filmed seemingly trying to force the passenger off his coach.

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  12. Newspaper jobs under threat as websites renamedpublished at 16:13 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Almost 50 print jobs are under threat as publisher Trinity Mirror rolls out its "Live" online brand to seven of its regional dailies, reports journalism news website Hold the Front Page, external.

    The shake-up will see the Derby Telegraph, Nottingham Post and Leicester Mercury websites rebranded as Derbyshire Live, Nottinghamshire Live and Leicestershire Live.

    Newspaper logos compositeImage source, Trinity Mirror
  13. Fish photo earns major awardpublished at 15:59 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    A Leicestershire photographer has won an award for an image he took under water.

    Tony Stephenson's shot of pike, taken at diving site Stoney Cove, near Sapcote, was among 11 images honoured at the Underwater Photographer of the Year awards.

    How Many Pike?Image source, Tony Stephenson

    He picked up the gong for Most Promising British Underwater Photographer.

  14. 'Distraught' woman 'pushed' by coach driverpublished at 15:57 GMT 15 February 2018

    National Express apologised and said the driver involved had been suspended.

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  15. Watch: National Express driver 'drags woman' from buspublished at 15:38 GMT 15 February 2018

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    Here's footage of a National Express driver trying to drag a woman from a bus in Nottingham.

    Witnesses said the woman was "visibly distraught" during the altercation which was reportedly over an e-ticket.

    The company said it couldn't comment on the reason behind the incident but apologised for the driver's actions. He has since been suspended.

  16. Photo appeal after 'hate crime' on trainpublished at 15:31 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Police want to speak to this man after a woman was allegedly racially abused, external on a train between Doncaster and Newark Northgate.

    The woman told officers she was verbally assaulted in a quiet carriage after asking a man to stop being so loud.

    CCTV photoImage source, British Transport Police

    It happened at about 18:00 on 3 February, British Transport Police said.

  17. Man admits raping elderly woman in her homepublished at 15:16 GMT 15 February 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    A man has pleaded guilty, external to raping an elderly woman at her home in Wigston.

    Police said Shyhiem Frances-Myers, 21, knocked on the woman's door and forced his way in before attacking her and stealing a bank card.

    At Leicester Crown Court, Frances-Myers, from Wigston, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of theft. He's due to be sentenced on 9 April.

  18. Cricket club future in doubt after vandalismpublished at 15:01 GMT 15 February 2018

    Jonathan Baker
    Reporter, BBC Radio Derby

    A cricket club has said its future may be in doubt because of "mindless vandalism".

    Allestree Cricket Club has been broken into three times since Christmas, with the pavilion and a storage shed being the main targets.

    Allestree cricket club

    Club chairman Chris Haseldine said the £1,500 repair costs were "seriously affecting the future of the club".

    Allestree cricket club

    "Cricket has been played here since 1860. I'd hate to see it end," he said.

  19. Man jailed for 1992 rape and sex assaultpublished at 14:38 GMT 15 February 2018

    Caroline Lowbridge
    BBC News Online

    A man has finally been jailed for a "brutal, terrifying" abduction and rape featured on Crimewatch - thanks to an "out of the blue" DNA match 24 years later.

    Christopher Scott has also been jailed for sexually assaulting another woman, after she recognised his photo in a news report about the rape conviction.

    The 65-year-old, from Nottingham, sexually assaulted a 17-year-old in Mapperley Hall Drive in Nottingham as she walked home in September 1992.

    A month later he raped an 18-year-old woman twice after dragging her from a bus stop in Mansfield Road in Nottingham.

    Christopher ScottImage source, Nottinghamshire Police

    A full reconstruction was featured on Crimewatch in February 2008 which generated more names of suspects but none of them were a DNA match.

    However, in July 2016 Scott was arrested for a public order offence and his DNA matched the sample from the rape case.

    He admitted kidnap and rape in May 2017 and was found guilty of sexual assault last month.

    Today he was sentenced to 20 years with an extended licence period of five years.

  20. Britain's Christie 'fearless' despite fallpublished at 14:29 GMT 15 February 2018

    British speed skater Elise Christie says she will "still be racing fearless" at the Winter Olympics despite falling in the 500m short-track final.

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