Summary

  • Updates for Wednesday 23 March 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00

  1. Police looking for owner of lost watch and tie pinpublished at 13:04 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Can you help return this tie pin and watch to their owner? 

    Army tie pinImage source, Derbyshire Police

    They were found near to the entrance of Allestree Park earlier this month. 

    Back of a watchImage source, Derbyshire Police
  2. Weather: Dry afternoon aheadpublished at 12:51

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    Staying dull, cloudy and largely dry this afternoon with highs of 10C (50F).

    Charlie Slater's weather map

    Highs of 10C (50F). 

  3. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 12:35

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Here's what's happening across Derbyshire and East Staffordshire: 

    • More than 6,000 complaints of animal cruelty were made in Derbyshire and Staffordshire last year
    • A traffic island in Derby will be named in honour of local servicemen and women 
    • Welcoming back Will Hughes will be like a new signing for Derby, according to Craig Bryson
  4. MP's feathered friend at Westminsterpublished at 12:08

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Burton and Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths tweets...

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  5. Travel: Crash closes A38published at 11:53

    BBC Travel

    The A38 southbound is blocked in Coxbench following an accident involving three vehicles.

  6. Your photos: March across Derbyshirepublished at 11:42

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Stoneyford View for sending in this pic from Heanor. 

    Bird in a treeImage source, Stoneyford View

    Perhaps the rest of this bird's family have headed off to work for the day and left him at home to do a spring clean?

  7. MEP: Brussels 'very unsettled'published at 11:13

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    East Midlands MEP Andrew Lewer has been speaking about how he walked past the metro station just minutes before the blast there.  

    Andrew Lewer

    He said: "My wife and my parents were on to me pretty quickly to find out that I was OK, which I and my team thankfully were but a vast number of people were not.

    "The city's in a state of shock but it's shock after shock because we had the arrest of that terrorist, so many of the people from that previous atrocity in Paris were based here, so it's a very unsettled atmosphere."

  8. Minute's silence for Brussels victimspublished at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2016

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  9. Derbyshire woman's partner 'missing in Brussels'published at 10:35

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    A woman from Creswell in Derbyshire is enduring an anxious wait to find out whether her partner was caught up in yesterday's attacks in Belgium. 

    Charlotte Sutcliffe and David DixonImage source, Twitter/Simon Hartley-Jones

    Charlotte Sutcliffe has been trying to reach David Dixon after he failed to reach his office in Brussels but has yet to hear from him.

  10. Bryson: Hughes return 'like a new signing'published at 10:22

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Welcoming back midfielder Will Hughes will be like signing a new player, according to Craig Bryson. 

    Will HughesImage source, Getty Images

    Hughes, who was injured on the opening day of the season, is expected to play 45 minutes in Shaun Barker's testimonial tomorrow night. 

  11. Ex-airline boss wants security overhaulpublished at 10:05

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    David Byron, the former managing director of bmibaby, which was based at East Midlands Airport, has been speaking about how security needs to be stepped up at airports. 

    bmi baby plane

    "I know in Israel they have a lot of people in the terminal who are trained to look out for suspicious people," he said. 

    "These people will find a way to go into crowded places and yesterday, and the Paris attacks, it wasn't only aviation, it was attacks on transport infrastructure and public places."

  12. Charity deals with thousands of animal cruelty casespublished at 09:51

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Dogs were the victims of the highest number of cases of pet cruelty in Derbyshire and Staffordshire last year, according to figures from the RSPCA.

    The charity responded to more than 6,000 reports of animal abuse across the two counties in 2015. 

  13. MEP: Brussels attacks raise security questionspublished at 09:32

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has said yesterday's terrorist attacks have raised "questions" about the levels of security within the European Union.  

    Emma McClarkin

    "Broader questions do need to be asked about the level of security that we have and the level of terrorist movement we have within the European Union," she said.

  14. Clough to face media ahead of Oldham clashpublished at 09:00

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    The Brewers will be looking to extend their lead at the top of League One when they host Oldham on Saturday lunchtime...

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  15. Your photos: March across Derbyshirepublished at 08:47

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Chutney for sending in this picture from Buxton. 

    Lambs in BuxtonImage source, Chutney

    Seems apt to share it with you with Easter just days away now - new life and all that. 

  16. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 08:31

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Here's what's happening across Derbyshire and East Staffordshire: 

    • East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has said the terrorist attacks in Brussels raise "questions" about European security
    • More than 6,000 complaints of animal cruelty were made in Derbyshire and Staffordshire last year
    • Welcoming back Will Hughes will be like a new signing for Derby, according to Craig Bryson