Latest updates: East Midlands Live Wednesday 20 June

Summary

Tributes to RAC man who 'died doing the job he loved'
More than 50 cows die at Leicestershire farm
Hospital admits 'failure' after sepsis death
MP calls for ban on mobile phones in schools
Tigers in Champions Cup draw
Cricket teams in County Championship action
Latest updates Wednesday 20 June

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield and Sonia Kataria

Rugby: Reaction to Champions Cup drawpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Mike McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
There are no easy pools in the Champions Cup these days - particularly after Leicester Tigers came into the draw as third seeds.
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But there is a sense that it could have been worse. Toulon have been avoided and, for once, so have Munster.
However Leicester have suffered defeat on each of their last away trips to Scarlets, Racing 92 and Ulster, and they'll only progress in the competition if they can prosper on the road in Europe once more.
Wide load on the roadpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police have helped to escort this 5.5m wide load from Heanor to Codnor Gate Industrial Estate - just look at the size of it!
Image source, Derbyshire Police
It's one of several that have been making the journey over the last few days.
The lorry carrying the load set off at midday and travelled along the A608, A6007 and A610.
Rugby: Tigers learn fate in Champions Cup drawpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Leicester Tigers will play Scarlets, Racing 92 and Ulster in the 2018/19 Champions Cup.
The draw has just taken place at the Olympic Museum in Switzerland.
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Police appeal to find missing womanpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police are appealing for help to find 40-year-old Samantha Kimura, who is missing from the Newark area.
She was last seen at about 16:00 yesterday.
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Watch: Claire Lomas prepares for TT challengepublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
BBC News
The idea of racing around the Isle of Man's world-famous TT course is terrifying for most us - yet Claire Lomas hopes to do just that while only using her hands to control her motorbike.
In 2007, the 38-year-old from Melton suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken neck, a broken back, and the spinal cord injury which left her paralysed.
Here's how she's feeling ahead of the challenge...
Teen charged over threats and police officer attackpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
A teenager has been charged with possession of a bladed article, using threatening behaviour and assaulting a police officer in Nottingham.
The 19-year-old, of Selwyn Close, Old Basford, was arrested after an officer saw a man carrying a knife and later threatening two people in the Bridgeway Centre area of the Meadows yesterday afternoon.
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Nottinghamshire Police said officers were "quickly on the scene and made an arrest". No-one was hurt.
The man - who was subsequently charged with assaulting an officer at the Bridewell custody centre - is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later.
Rugby: Champions Cup drawpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Just a few minutes to go until Leicester Tigers find out who their European opponents are in next season's Champions Cup.
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Missing Sheyenne Robertson foundpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
A missing 16-year-old girl from Leicester has been found safe and well, Leicestershire Police said.
Sheyenne Robertson had last been seen at her home address in Raven Road on Tuesday and was found in the city earlier.
MP in mobile phone school ban bidpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
BBC Radio Leicester
A Leicestershire MP says mobile phones should be banned in schools to help raise standards.
Harborough MP Neil O'Brien is part of a group of politicians who have written to The Daily Telegraph calling for the ban, external.
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It comes after the Culture Secretary praised head teachers who do not allow the devices during school hours, saying more schools should "follow their lead".
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Children's chances of getting five good GCSEs increased by 2% overall in schools that had a mobile phone ban. Children are more likely to be distracted by having a phone in their pocket."
Neil O'Brien, MP for Harborough
Tributes paid RAC worker killed fixing carpublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
David Stokes was fixing a vehicle in a lane on a dual carriageway when he was hit by a car.
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Warning after kids playing 'chicken' on busy roadpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
Police have issued a warning after group of 13 to 15-year-old boys have been running into a busy road playing a game called "chicken" in Church Gresley, near Swadlincote.
Officers were made aware of reports on social media on Monday of the schoolchildren running in front of moving traffic on Brunel Way, near Glamorgan way.
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PCSO Claire Robbins said: "Not only would the children be causing a danger to themselves but also to other road users who may panic and swerve or brake suddenly to avoid hitting them."
She has urged parents to advise them against "this dangerous activity".
Hospital admits 'failure' after sepsis deathpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
Royal Derby Hospital has admitted liability after a man died from sepsis following a routine bowel cancer operation.
Simon Tulitt, 62, from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, died from multiple organ failure two days after the surgery at the hospital in 2013.
An investigation found doctors failed to prescribe the correct antibiotics for septicaemia.
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Mr Tulitt's wife Janet said she has spent the past five years demanding answers from Derby Teaching Hospitals, which runs the hospital.
“Nothing will fill the loss I feel for my husband and the loss our children feel for their dad," she said.
"The hospital failed so poorly in its basic duty of care."
Following Mr Tulitt’s death, the trust said it has created a sepsis care bundle, which has been implemented in all emergency areas and adult wards.
It added that as a result of the improvements it now has one of the region’s lowest in-patient mortality rates for sepsis.
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We sincerely regret the failures in the care we provided to Mr Tulitt in May 2013. We offer our heartfelt apology to the family for their tragic loss and we hope the compensation which has now been agreed will provide them with financial security."
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tributes to RAC man who 'died doing the job he loved'published at 12:19 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Tributes have been paid to a 33-year-old RAC worker who died after being hit by a car in Rainworth
It happened at about 19:20 on 15 June while David Stokes, from Chellaston, was recovering a vehicle on the A617.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police
A statement from Mr Stokes' family said he was a "true family man who died doing the job he loved".
RAC chief executive Dave Hobday said: "David was a dedicated, much loved and valued member of our team and his death has been a terrible shock to all of us at the RAC.
"We continue to work closely with his family and will do everything we can to support them at this incredibly difficult time.
"His death has sparked an enormous reaction from colleagues, friends, other breakdown patrols and recovery workers."
The RAC will be holding a minute’s silence at 11:00 on Friday in memory of David.
More than 50 cows die in farmer's 'worst night'published at 11:59 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
More than 50 cows have died at a farm in Houghton on the Hill.
Farmer Tom Rawson said the cause of the deaths is still not known but it's thought it could be linked to water contamination.
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Tom said last night was "long and emotional" for all the farm team.
He thanked the fire service who helped to save 30 cows by getting them water to flush their systems.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed crews were sent to the farm on Houghton Lane last night. They pumped water from a nearby hydrant to fill up all the cow troughs and farm storage tanks.
Designs for £21m medical school unveiledpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
The school, expected to open in 2019, is a joint venture between Lincoln and Nottingham universities.
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MacDonald agrees new Mansfield dealpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Mansfield Town midfielder Alex MacDonald signs a new two-year contract at Field Mill.
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Boys, 14, charged in anti-social behaviour crackdownpublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested and charged during a police crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
One teenager has been charged with offences of burglary, theft of a vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking without consent, driving without a license and driving with no insurance.
The other was charged with three robberies.
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One is due to appear at Mansfield Youth Court later.
The other is due before the same court in July.
Man jailed after 20-minute sex attackpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Derby Telegraph
A sex attacker subjected a woman to a prolonged sex assault after targeting her in a Derby city centre kebab house, external.
Man, 81, 'robbed after being asked for water'published at 10:54 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Sonia Kataria
BBC News
An 81-year-old man has been robbed at his house in Chesterfield after after a man asked for a glass of water, police said.
The man forced his way inside a house on Walgrove Road, Walton, at about 18:15 on Saturday after persuading the victim to get him a drink.
He stole a coat containing a wallet, which was dark-coloured and contained a quantity of cash, a debit card, rail travel card and bus pass.
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The victim chased the thief down the road and he dropped the coat but ran off with the wallet in the direction of Goytside Road and Factory Street.
A 38-year-old man was arrested and has been released while investigations continue.
Derbyshire Police asked anyone with information to contact them.
Cricket: County Championship actionpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 20 June 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
East Midlands cricket teams are in County Championship action today.
Notts are in Chelmsford facing Essex - the toss and confirmation of the teams is expected soon.
Derbyshire are playing away at Glamorgan.
This is the scene at Leicester's Fischer County Ground where day one against Middlesex is about to get underway.
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