Summary

  • Hundreds of children to spend Christmas in temporary accommodation

  • Assembly Rooms plan to cost millions more

  • Poo bags are 'health and hygiene risk'

  • University to show teen hero refugee film

  • Ten-year-old wins cross country championships

  • Claudio Ranieri to face Foxes at Fulham

  • Hales faces disciplinary board

  • Updates for Wednesday 5 December 2018

  1. Lorry text Afghan boy's future uncertainpublished at 19:54 GMT 5 December 2018

    Ahmed had come to the UK from a Calais migrant camp in 2016 when he texted he was suffocating.

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  2. 'Srivaddhanaprabha made fairytale possible'published at 19:22 GMT 5 December 2018

    Leicester's "fairytale" title win was down to the "desire, commitment and vision" of the club's late owner, says former manager Claudio Ranieri.

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  3. Worms blast into space on rocketpublished at 19:14 GMT 5 December 2018

    The worms are scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday morning.

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  4. Teen arrested in attempted murder probepublished at 18:31 GMT 5 December 2018

    Detectives have released images of two men they would like to trace in connection with the assault.

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  5. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    That's it for today's news, sport, travel and weather updates. Our live coverage will return at 08:00 tomorrow.

  6. Weather: Rainy start to the eveningpublished at 18:00 GMT 5 December 2018

    BBC Weather

    We can expect a rainy start to the evening, which will clear to the east leaving it mostly dry overnight with a few clear spells, but also large areas of cloud.

    Temperatures are expected to be milder, compared with last night.

    Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with the chance of a little light rain, particularly early and late, though a few brighter spells are quite possible.

    It will be breezy but very mild.

    Weather
  7. Search and Rescue team join hunt for missing personpublished at 18:00 GMT 5 December 2018

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A specialist search and rescue team is out in Glenfield helping with the search for a missing person.

    This is the area where missing 65-year-old Glenda Poole was last seen.

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  8. Broken down vehicle removed from M1published at 17:41 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Delays on the M1 are now expected to ease, after a broken down vehicle was moved to the hard shoulder.

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  9. Boy arrested in connection with Moreledge assaultpublished at 17:41 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A 16-year-old boy is the latest person to be arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, following an assault in Derby city centre.

    Four people have now been arrested in connection with the assault at The Moreledge at 05:05 on 25 November, which left a man with a head injury. He remains in a critical condition.

    Police have released images of two more men who they would like to speak to in connection with the assault.

    AssaultImage source, Derbyshire Police

    Three men, aged 23 and 24, were arrested and released on police bail last week.

  10. Police staff member charged with computer misusepublished at 17:39 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A member of police staff will appear in court tomorrow after being accused of misusing a police computer.

    A 56-year-old woman has been charged with three counts of misusing police systems and is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

    Leicester Magistrates' CourtImage source, Google
  11. Hermes driver 'lobs' delivery over gatepublished at 16:54 GMT 5 December 2018

    Chrissa Wadlow said she actually found it "funny to see how brazen" the delivery driver was.

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  12. New ambulance transport service 'reducing waiting times'published at 16:52 GMT 5 December 2018

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    East Midlands Ambulance Service has said there's been a huge improvement in response times for urgent call-outs made by GPs.

    Urgent Care Transport Service ambulance

    The Urgent Care Transport Service launched in April to reduce the pressure on emergency ambulance crews responding to 999 calls.

    Since then, the average wait for an urgent hospital transfer has reduced by about six hours, the trust said.

    The vehicles are operated by the 100 staff members recruited as Urgent Care Assistants. Drivers can't use blue lights but they do have life saving skills and can help out at the scene of a car crash or perform CPR on someone in cardiac arrest.

  13. Cautious welcome for Assembly Room planspublished at 16:07 GMT 5 December 2018

    BBC Radio Derby

    The chairman of Derby Arts and Theatre Association has raised concerns about hire costs, following talk of proposals to re-open the Assembly Rooms as a private concern.

    Steve Dunning said: "We would have preferred to have seen a new theatre and concert hall built on the market place but realising that is now not a possibility, we do welcome the news that the Assembly Rooms will be reopened.

    "We do worry that if this is a commercial operation, that the hire charges may be higher and out of reach of amateur groups."

    Assembly roomsImage source, Google

    BBC Radio Derby understands the city council has been briefed on plans for a city centre private-sector led venue, which would be built in the Becketwell area.

    It is currently unclear whether the plan would proceed if the Assembly Rooms is reopened.

  14. Your comments: Botox party warningpublished at 15:48 GMT 5 December 2018

    Facebook

    Our story of a woman, who had filler injected into her lips at a Botox party, has got a lot of you talking on Facebook, external.

    Rachael Knappier's lips swelled up so much they touched her nose.

    Rachael KnappierImage source, Rachael Knappier

    Chloe Bibby said: "Why would she do this anyway she's beautiful? Girls just love yourselves for who you are."

    Florian Wulfert said: "What world are we in where young women feel pressurised into this nonsense and taking these risks?"

    Sam McDonald said: "Serves her right for pumping that crap in her face in the first place."

  15. Mayflower commemoration plans to be unveiledpublished at 15:39 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Nottinghamshire's role in an international celebration on the 400th anniversary of the Mayfower voyage is to be unveiled at an event held at the House of Commons this afternoon.

    Scrooby and Babworth, where many of the pilgrims were from, will be part of a Mayflower Trail taking in a total of 11 UK destinations in 2020, as part of a year-long programme marking the ship sailing from England to the New World.

    The event will feature representatives from the UK, Netherlands and the USA, including Native American Wampanoag, commemorating the voyage.

    The celebration is expected to attract around one and a half million visitors to the UK.

    Mayflower
  16. Stolen tractor: Family had 'memories to come'published at 15:18 GMT 5 December 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    The owner of a vintage tractor stolen in Rutland said the theft has left their family "devastated".

    It was taken from a shed on Knossington Road, Braunston-in-Rutland, some time between Sunday evening and Tuesday.

    Braunston in RutlandImage source, Google

    Owner Fiona Harbot-Beadman told BBC Radio Leicester the family have done everything they can to get it back.

    She said: "The monetary value of it is tiny but it is our hearts that are hurt. We've had family memories with our children, my husband when he was young and memories to come."

    She said there had been sightings of the tractor on the back of a red truck going through Somerby, Leicestershire, at about 19:00 on Monday evening, then through Melton an hour later.

  17. Motorway closed as police chase drugs suspectspublished at 14:59 GMT 5 December 2018

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    Police closed the M69 northbound for around half an hour this morning as they pursued and arrested two men.

    Leicestershire Police were called to a multi-vehicle crash on the motorway near J2 at around 8:20 but when they got there two occupants of one of the cars had run off in to the fields.

    According to the Road Policing Unit they chased the men with dogs and recovered £5,000 of cash and drugs paraphernalia from the scene.

    Two men, aged 21 and 23, were arrested on suspicion of failing to remain at the scene of a collision and being in possession of criminal property.

    A smashed up car on the M69Image source, Leicestershire Police
  18. Council loses seven-year battle over paypublished at 14:53 GMT 5 December 2018

    BBC Radio Nottingham

    The highest court in the land has backed hundreds of Nottingham City council workers in a seven-year pay row.

    The Labour-run authority was taken to court over a decision to freeze incremental pay rises in 2011.

    It went to tribunal, then the Court of Appeal, then escalated to the Supreme Court.

    The Supreme Court's now backed the previous judgments, which found in favour of unions acting for the staff.

    Nottingham Council HouseImage source, Getty Images/audioworm
  19. 'Abnormal load' causing delays on A607published at 14:51 GMT 5 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Delays are expected on the A607 towards Melton, between Brooksby and Frisby on the Wreake.

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  20. Seat belt warning after drink-drive smashpublished at 14:27 GMT 5 December 2018

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    There are warnings about the dangers of not wearing a seat belt following this crash between Sheepy Magna and Pinwall.

    Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to the crash on Sheepy Road at about 15:00 on Monday.

    Two cars involved in a crashImage source, Leicestershire Police

    Police said the passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was not wearing a seat belt and the windscreen damage was caused by their head hitting it.

    A post on the Market Bosworth Police Facebook page says: "This just goes to show the damage that can be done when you don’t belt up."

    Smashed windscreen of a carImage source, Leicestershire Police

    A 43-year-old man from Burton was arrested after testing positive for drink driving.

    Two men were taken to hospital with "significant" injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.