Summary

  • Sprinklers 'could have stopped' Nottingham station fire

  • Roads closed following overnight snow

  • Three arrested after Nottingham police chase

  • Leicester's Iheanacho scores first VAR goal in England

  • Weather: Strong winds and heavy rain expected

  • Updates on Wednesday 17 January 2018

  1. Man charged over fatal street stabbingpublished at 22:28 GMT 17 January 2018

    Mark Swinhoe died at the scene while being treated by paramedics.

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  2. Oldham Athletic 4-2 Leicester City U21published at 21:28 GMT 17 January 2018

    Oldham Athletic beat Leicester City U21s in a six-goal thriller to reach the EFL Trophy quarter-finals.

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  3. Cancelled mud bath festival to returnpublished at 19:48 GMT 17 January 2018

    Y Not Festival will return at a new site in July after being cancelled a day early last year.

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  4. Our live coverage has endedpublished at 18:00

    Regular live coverage on this page has ended for the day, but breaking news, sport and travel updates will continue to appear through the night.

    East Midlands Live returns from 08:00 tomorrow morning.

  5. Yellow weather warning issued for windpublished at 17:59

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC weather presenter

    The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind for much of the East Midlands.

    There is the chance of gusts of 50-60mph at lower levels and potentially up to 70mph over high ground.

    Gusts are likely to peak in the early hours but there could still be some tricky driving conditions around rush hour.

    Wind warning issued

    It will be a cold and windy night with a band of heavy rain moving eastwards overnight.

    Expect the strongest winds as the rain clears in the early hours and icy patches could form in places with lows of 0C (32F).

  6. Rolls-Royce in Derby 'won't see big change' in restructurepublished at 17:59

    Chris Doidge
    BBC Radio Derby, political reporter

    Derby will escape the worst of any Rolls-Royce job cuts after the company announced that it is to restructure the business, according to its boss.

    Rolls RoyceImage source, PA

    Chief executive Warren East said: “Most of our Derby operations are civil aerospace, which is unaffected.

    "Most of the people at Rolls-Royce in Derby won’t really see a huge change from the big restructure, which is moving from five business units to three.”

  7. Drivers told to avoid London Road due to 'heavy traffic'published at 17:57 GMT 17 January 2018

    Maryam Qaiser
    BBC News

    Drivers have been told to avoid London Road in Nottingham this evening.

    There are no reported accidents but traffic is a lot heavier than usual.

    This is also causing delays to some of the bus services in the city.

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    London Road trafficImage source, Google
  8. GP accused of sex acts on male patient found not guiltypublished at 17:52 GMT 17 January 2018

    Leicester Mercury

    A GP has been acquitted by a jury of sexually abusing, external a patient during a medical examination.

    Dr Farouk Patel, a married father, wept with relief when he was found not guilty of two sexual assaults upon the male patient, and causing him to engage in sexual activity without consent.

  9. Y Not music festival to return this summerpublished at 17:40 GMT 17 January 2018

    Press Association

    A music festival abandoned after its site turned into a sea of mud will return this summer.

    Derbyshire's Y Not festival was cancelled over safety concerns in July last year after torrential downpours hit the site.

    Before it was halted, festival-goers shared photos and videos of the swamp-like conditions while several bands, including Happy Mondays, Two Door Cinema Club and The Vaccines, were unable to perform.

    FestivalImage source, Joe Pantling

    Organisers have now unveiled a new site adjacent to its former home which will "address some of the challenges of the previous site location".

    They said the Aston Hill Farm venue in the Peak District allowed for better access points for vehicles and promised there would be clear routes between the campsite and arena.

    The festival will take place between 27 and 29 July.

  10. Hammers loan forward Samuelsen to Burtonpublished at 17:38 GMT 17 January 2018

    Burton Albion sign West Ham United's Norway international forward Martin Samuelsen on loan.

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  11. Staff threatened with knife in shop robberypublished at 17:33 GMT 17 January 2018

    Maryam Qaiser
    BBC News

    Two men threatened staff with knives during a robbery at a shop in Matlock.

    Derbyshire Police, external said the men demanded cash from the till at the One Stop store in Lime Tree Road.

    The pair then ran off towards the nearby housing estate.

    One stop shopImage source, Google

    One man has been described as white, slim and in his mid-20s and was wearing black jogging bottoms, a blue coat and a black cap.

    The other man wore dark trousers, a black coat with the hood up and had his face covered.

    It happened between 19:00 and 17:30 on 5 January.

  12. Unemployment centre loses £100k fundingpublished at 17:31 GMT 17 January 2018

    Chris Fawcett
    BBC News

    A centre for out-of-work people will have to shut some of its offices after it lost £100,000 of funding.

    The Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre operates 16 outreach locations across the county providing advice but says some of these will have to be closed after losing funding from the county council.

    Derbyshire Unemployed Workers CentreImage source, Google
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    It's very disappointing that they've decided to do this, especially at a time when people are looking at the issues facing the poor and vulnerable."

    Colin Hampton, Centre Co-ordinator

    Derbyshire County Council said it was trying to become more efficient, and wanted a new service to reach more people in all areas of the county.

  13. Notts considering Australia's Lyonpublished at 17:25 GMT 17 January 2018

    Nottinghamshire are considering Australia spinner Nathan Lyon as their overseas player for the coming season.

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  14. Tigers must shut out 'noise' - O'Connorpublished at 16:52 GMT 17 January 2018

    Leicester Tigers boss Matt O'Connor says his struggling side need to keep their belief and shut out the criticism.

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  15. Shop sold illegal cigarettes to 'keep up with competition'published at 16:48 GMT 17 January 2018

    Nottingham Post

    A trader must do community work after trapping investigators who were hunting for illegal, external cigarettes in his city shop.

    Hemen Khedr, 39, took the key from the locked front door and blocked the rear exit while demanding the return of illicit goods, a court heard.

  16. Disabled taxi price premium condemnedpublished at 16:46 GMT 17 January 2018

    One wheelchair user was quoted up to five times more than the cost of a standard journey.

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  17. Warning over Ilkeston rape reconstructionpublished at 16:10 GMT 17 January 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Derbyshire Police have warned people in Ilkeston not to be alarmed if they spot their media team filming a reconstruction of a rape and attempted murder in the town tonight.

    Actors are being used for the filming in Queens Avenue, where a woman was attacked in November.

    It's due to take place between 19:00 and 21:00, external.

    Ilkeston rape scene
  18. Fourth person arrested in murder probepublished at 16:04 GMT 17 January 2018

    Mark Swinhoe died at the scene while being treated by paramedics.

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  19. Nottingham to host first ever puppet festivalpublished at 15:26 GMT 17 January 2018

    East Midlands Today

    Nottingham's first ever puppet festival will be a four-day celebration of every kind of puppetry, organisers said.

    The festival - run by City Arts Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University - will be held in March at various venues across the city.

    Puppets on display will include giant birds, wild dogs and an iron man.

    Here Alison Duddle talks about the puppets she has made and Sean Myatt, senior lecturer at the university, tells us what will happen during the festival.

  20. Man charged after hospital stabbingpublished at 15:16 GMT 17 January 2018

    Leicestershire Police said hospital staff were threatened and equipment damaged.

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