Summary

  • Updates for Tuesday 4 October 2016

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Wednesday

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 4 October 2016

    Our live updates have now ended and will return tomorrow from 08:00. 

  2. Weather: Dry but chilly night aheadpublished at 17:47 BST 4 October 2016

    Kaye Forster
    Weather Presenter

    Remaining dry overnight with variable cloud and a brisk wind and lows of 9C (48F).

  3. Final preparations for fairpublished at 17:37 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    You wouldn't have known the Goose Fair was coming to town tomorrow...

    Goose
  4. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 17:08 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Here's what's happening across our region: 

  5. Notts duo 'shouldn't go to Bangladesh'published at 16:57 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Nottinghamshire's Samit Patel and Riki Wessels are being advised by the Professional Cricketer's Association (PCA) not to travel to Bangladesh next month for a T20 competition.

    Samit Patel and Riki WesselsImage source, Getty Images

    PCA chief executive David Leatherdale said: "The latest advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, external is that there is a heightened risk of further terrorist attacks against westerners.

    "In those circumstances the PCA is advising its members not to travel to Bangladesh to play in the BPL." 

  6. Club remembers Clough's right hand manpublished at 16:42 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Nottingham Forest tweets...

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  7. Woman's child cruelty 'reprehensible,' charity sayspublished at 16:40 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Here what the NSPCC has had to say about Juanila Smikle's sentence for child cruelty: 

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    Smikle’s malicious abuse of her granddaughter led to the discovery that she had mistreated four other children. Now that Smikle has been held to account for her reprehensible behaviour, the events leading up to the tragic death of Shanay Walker must be examined."

    NSPCC, Spokesperson

  8. Woman given seven-year term for child crueltypublished at 16:36 BST 4 October 2016

    Ben Truslove
    BBC News Online at Nottingham Crown Court

    Smikle’s sentence was four years for four counts of cruelty to Shanay Walker and three other children who cannot be named, plus a further three years for the new charge.

    Her time on remand since December 2014 will count towards the jail term.

  9. Woman jailed for child crueltypublished at 16:35 BST 4 October 2016

    Ben Truslove
    BBC News Online at Nottingham Crown Court

    Juanila Smikle (pictured) has been jailed for seven years for child cruelty towards five children including schoolgirl Shanay Walker.

    Juanila SmikleImage source, Nottinghamshire Police

    Smikle, formerly of Easegill Court, Top Valley, had been found guilty last month following a retrial at Nottingham Crown Court after she appealed her conviction.

    The 55-year-old was also found guilty of a fifth count of child cruelty which was not included in the original trial.

  10. Prison officers suffering 'abuse, intimidation and violence'published at 16:17 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Liz Truss also spoke in her speech about the dangers prison officers in Nottingham are facing. 

    Liz TrussImage source, Getty Images

    "All too often they suffer abuse, intimidation and violence, fuelled by the rise in dangerous new psychoactive substances," she said.

  11. Trio deny illegal hunt chargespublished at 16:08 BST 4 October 2016

    Simon Hare
    BBC Inside Out East Midlands

    Three members of the Grove and Rufford Hunt, which is based in north Nottinghamshire, have all denied a charge of illegal fox hunting. 

    Two men and a woman will stand trial at Mansfield next year for allegedly hunting a wild mammal with dogs. 

  12. City's football heritage to be celebrated at arenapublished at 15:56 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Have you got your tickets for this yet..?

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  13. Your comments: Goose Fair returnspublished at 15:25 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    The setting up of the Goose Fair has got you all talking over on the BBC Radio Nottingham Facebook page. 

    Nick Lane writes:, external "Some of those rides were around when I worked on there over 20 years ago.... feel old now."

  14. Traders setting up ahead of Goose Fairpublished at 15:01 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    If you're planning on heading to the fair and are after something for your tea...

    Mushy Peas
  15. Final preparations for annual fairpublished at 14:59 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    My colleague Dave Wade has been out and taken these photos of the Goose Fair being set up ahead of tomorrow's grand opening. 

    Goose Fair
    Goose Fair

    It runs until Sunday and all the information about it can be found here., external

  16. Justice secretary vows to protect jail staffpublished at 14:43 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Liz Truss has promised to make Nottingham Prison a safer place by bringing in more officers. 

    Liz TrussImage source, Getty Images

    She said: "In the last year there were 5,423 attacks on prison officers. That's almost 15 every day. 

    "So I say to prison staff: You do a vital job - keeping our streets safe, supporting and reforming offenders.

    "And I promise you this - I will do everything in my power to protect you."

  17. Illegal waste operators 'on the rise'published at 14:40 BST 4 October 2016

    The use of warehouses to store illegal waste has almost doubled in England since 2014, the Environment Agency says.

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  18. Mansfield congestedpublished at 14:19 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Useful information - although we're trying to work out what the missing word is - my guess is 'delay'.

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  19. 'Violent' Nottingham jail to get extra staffpublished at 14:01 BST 4 October 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    The BBC revealed earlier this year that riot squads had been called into the jail on Perry Road more than 30 times since 2012. 

    This latest investment will see 400 new officers hired from across the country.