Summary

  • Updates for Tuesday 31 May 2016

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

  1. Complaints drop after insecticides used on wastepublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Two lorry loads of waste left the Shows Waste Management site on Slack Lane in Derby ahead of the bank holiday weekend.

    Shows Waste Management site on Slack Lane in Derby

    The Environment Agency says it only had one or two complaints about the flies over the weekend, having asked the site owners to bring in a professional pest control team.

  2. Weather: Showers later with strong windspublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Here's today's local weather forecast - rain's expected later on.

    Media caption,

    Weather for the East Midlands on Tuesday 31 May 2016

  3. Criminal inquiry over fly problempublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    The Environment Agency says it's started a criminal investigation into the cause of a fly infestation in Derby.

    Fly infestation in the Slack Lane area of Derby

    Campaigners living near the waste site on Slack Lane which is thought to be the cause of the problem say they want rotting waste to be removed by the end of the week.

  4. Travel: Lorry breaks down on A38 northboundpublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    BBC Travel

    A broken down lorry is blocking a lane on the A38 northbound near the Branston Interchange at Burton.

  5. Good morning: Join us for today's live news coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Today we'll be hearing the latest on attempts to rid Derby of a plague of flies, and we'll ask whether Ashbourne is about to get a long-awaited bypass.

    More on those stories to follow, as well as the rest of the news, sport, travel and weather for Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

    Rotting waste has led to an infestation of flies in the Slack Lane area of Derby

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