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  • Updates for Wednesday 29 June 2016

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

  1. Chesterfield keeper injures shoulderpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    BBC Sport

    A blow for the Spireites over the summer - goalkeeper Tommy Lee could miss the start of the League One season after suffering a shoulder injury.

  2. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a summary of the main stories this lunchtime.

    • Two community hospitals in Derbyshire face closure as part of healthcare shake-up
    • Derbyshire officially gets first female bishop after consecration at Canterbury Cathedral
    • The former Ripley Hippodrome building is to be demolished next month
  3. Tom Webb murder trial: 'Stabbing followed 'fit' comment'published at 13:36 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    A jury's heard how a man was stabbed to death in Derby city centre after calling the bluff of a teenager threatening him with a knife. 

    The prosecution said Tom Webb, 22, from Alvaston, and his friends were pursued by a group led by the 16-year-old defendant after referring to some women as "fit".

    Thomas WebbImage source, Family handout

    The defendant, who cannot be named due to his age, denies murder. The trial continues.

  4. Akins handed new Brewers dealpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Lucas Akins has signed a new two-year deal, external with Burton Albion.

    The winger has been the club's top scorer for the past two seasons.

    Lucas AkinsImage source, Getty Images
  5. Weather: Rainy afternoonpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    The rain's arrived and will stay for much of the afternoon, with heavy bursts at times and highs of 15C (59F).

    Weather temperatures for Wednesday June 29 to Thursday 30

    The rain will mostly clear this evening leaving cloudy spells with isolated showers overnight and lows of 12C (54F).

  6. Derbyshire officially gets first female Bishoppublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    The first female Bishop in the East Midlands has been consecrated today.

    The Venerable Janet McFarlane with the Bishop of Derby the Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern

    The Venerable Janet McFarlane has been officially appointed Bishop of Repton during a service at Canterbury Cathedral.

  7. Hospital staff will be retainedpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Rob Sissons
    East Midlands Today

    Clinical staff at Bolsover Hospital and Newholme Hospital (pictured) will be redeployed to look after more people in their own homes. 

    Inpatient beds will also go from Clay Cross Hospital and Whitworth Hospital near Matlock.

    Newholme HospitalImage source, Google

    The changes are bound to be controversial and there will be 90 days of public consultation before any final decisions are made.  

  8. Hospital closures will save NHS cashpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Rob Sissons
    East Midlands Today

    NHS managers argue more hospital services can be better provided in patients' own homes - and with an ageing population, expensive outdated buildings and limited funding they insist they have to make the money go further.

    Bolsover Hospital

    The suggested closure of Bakewell's Newholme Hospital and Bolsover Hospital (pictured) also means the dementia day units there will disappear along with a third day unit at Walton Hospital in Chesterfield.     

  9. Hospitals facing closurepublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 29 June 2016
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    Rob Sissons
    East Midlands Today

    It's been revealed the NHS wants to close two community hospitals in Derbyshire. 

    Newholme Hospital at Bakewell and Bolsover Hospital are both earmarked to shut as part of a shake-up of healthcare.    

  10. Former theatre set to be knocked downpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here's the Ripley Hippodrome, in High Street, as it looks today.

    Ripley HippodromeImage source, Google
  11. Power supply restoredpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Good news for those who lost their power for a bit...

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  12. Sudbury inmates go on the runpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    BBC Radio Derby

    Two convicts have absconded from Sudbury open prison in Derbyshire. Joshua Goffe (left), 25, and Joseph Graham, 35, left the prison yesterday afternoon - although police say it's not thought the two men left together.

    Joshua Goffe and Joseph GrahamImage source, HM Prison Service

    Goffe was jailed for nine years for manslaughter in 2011, while Graham was serving a minimum period of five years' imprisonment for kidnap.

  13. Beckett: Corbyn situation 'regrettable'published at 11:04 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Derby South MP Dame Margaret Beckett has been explaining why she voted against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

  14. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a recap of the main stories we've been covering:

    • A52 reopens at Spondon after rush hour crash
    • Former Ripley Hippodrome set for demolition  
    • Derbyshire women in London to join pension protest
  15. Travel: A52 reopens after crashpublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    The A52 eastbound has reopened at Spondon after an accident this morning. 

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  16. Power cut in East Staffordshirepublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

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  17. Derbyshire women join pension protestpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    A group of 49 women from Derbyshire are going to London today to support WASPI - Women Against State Pension Inequality.

    WASPI campaignersImage source, Derbyshire WASPI

    They'll be singing a campaign anthem outside Parliament at 12:00.

  18. One lane reopens on A52 eastboundpublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Derby Telegraph

    Traffic was a standstill after three vehicles collided on the A52 this morning.

  19. Call for theatre's frontage to be preservedpublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    It appears there are only days to save the former Ripley Hippodrome from being demolished, which could happen as early as 7 July.

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    It's a landmark of Ripley. There are not many buildings left in Ripley. There's the old town hall, there's the hippodrome and the old Co-op building That's really about it. The rest of the historic buildings have been demolished. We're not saying that we don't want the site developed. All we are saying is we'd like the frontage of the building, which is the landmark, to be retained."

    Tony Holmes, Amber Valley Borough Council

    Films which would have been screened at the former Ripley HippodromeImage source, Mace Archive
  20. A52 accident causing lengthy delayspublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 29 June 2016

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    It's a day for patience if you're heading out of Derby on the A52 eastbound.

    A two-vehicle accident in Spondon has been causing delays for most of the rush hour, and traffic is currently queuing back to Pentagon Island in Derby.

    A52 eastbound at SpondonImage source, Google

    Delays are also being reported on London Road eastbound as motorists avoid using the A52.