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Live updates for Friday 28 September 2018
This evening and tonight it will remain dry with mainly clear skies, but there could be some patches of mist and fog forming.
It will be another chilly night with a frost likely to form in places.
Following a chilly and in places frosty start, it will be another dry and fine day on Saturday with spells of sunshine.
The body of the child, who was born at 32 weeks, was found in Hinckley.
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Anthony Hatton "got past eight adults" when he broke out of the building in Nottingham, his dad says.
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A week of hearings looking into historic child sexual abuse in Nottinghamshire will begin on Monday.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will host the hearings at Trent Bridge and will hear evidence and opening statements from witnesses.
It's due to spend three weeks looking into the extent of any institutional failures to protect children in the care of Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire county councils from abuse and exploitation.
The hearings in Nottingham will conclude on 5 October and the remaining two weeks of hearings will take place in London.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
These deer have been captured synchronised swimming at Wollaton Park - I'm not sure what the name is for this stroke though.
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A Leicestershire businessman, who stole more than £180,000 through a tax scam, has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence.
HMRC says Mark Hammond, 50, of Blake Close, Barrow upon Soar, deliberately hid sales to evade paying VAT and Corporation Tax for two companies that traded as The Blacksmith Arms bar and restaurant.
He pleaded guilty to fraud and cheating the public revenue on 31 August and was sentenced today.
He stole £181,189, of which £136,236 was unpaid VAT and £44,953 was Corporation Tax.
He was also sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work.
Confiscation proceedings to recover the stolen money have begun.
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BBC News
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was hit by a car in Whitwell.
Image source, GooglePolice were called to the scene of the crash, at the junction of Hennymoor Lane and the A60, at about 6:30 this morning. The man was pronounced dead soon after.
The 62-year-old driver was arrested. Police would like to hear from anyone with dash cam footage or anyone that might have seen pedestrians in the area around the time of the crash.
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Glyn Street, the partner of Mrs Caliman's mother, said: "This individual exposed Faye to a gradual increase of abuse which resulted in her brutal, cold and intentional murder, leaving behind loved ones and most of all her three beautiful girls who will now face life without their mother.
"Justice for Faye has been done. It won't bring her back but hopefully this will increase awareness and help to stop the increase in deaths occurring from domestic abuse"
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Simon Ward
East Midlands Today Reporter
Nottingham Crown Court heard that Marian Caliman slapped his wife and shouted abuse at her, while filming her on his mobile phone.
He then told her “I’m going to kill you,” before stabbing her 12 times.
Part of the video was shown at Nottingham Crown Court today. When the police arrived they found the couple's two-year-old daughter upstairs.
Image source, Frances McShaneJudge John Burgess said: “There was a coldness about the way you treated her. I’m satisfied that your intention was to kill her”.
Caliman admitted murder and was jailed for 19 years.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A 29-year-old woman from Stoney Stanton has pleaded not guilty to murdering a prematurely born baby.
It follows the discovery of the newborn's body in Hinckley on 30 April last year.
Hannah Cobley made her plea at Leicester Crown Court where she was released on bail to next appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on 22 March 2019. She's then due to stand trial in May.
Simon Ward
East Midlands Today Reporter
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years for murdering his wife at their home in Nottinghamshire.
Thirty-two-year-old Marian Caliman, also known as Mario, killed his wife Faye Caliman, who was 30, at their Bestwood home in April.
He admitted murder at Nottingham Crown Court.
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BBC News Online
Police have released images showing the theft of a trailer and agricultural supplies.
It happened at about 23:45 on 7 September in the yard of Bayley's on Linton Road, Rosliston.
CCTV images show three men loading an Ifor Williams trailer with items including a pallet of stable mats, galvanised hay racks, rolls of barbed wire and green plastic electric fence posts.
The trailer was then driven away by a pickup truck, believed to be a Nissan Navara.
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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
A traveller site in a Leicestershire village has been approved by planners.
Permission was granted for three caravan pitches and the conversion of an existing building on the land at Spinney View Farm in Claybrooke Parva.
Image source, GoogleHarborough District Council's planning committee approved the plans at a recent meeting. They have a legal duty to provide five permanent gypsy and traveller pitches in the district.
An existing building will be converted into a day room with kitchen and shower facilities. Residents and Claybrooke Parva Parish Council had raised concerns about extra demand on local services and the lack of a safe pedestrian route from the site into the village.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police are looking for thieves who crashed a stolen car into a van in Spondon.
The convertible Peugeot 307 was taken from a house in Sandringham Drive and hit a Toyota van parked outside the Tamarind restaurant in Chapel Street. It was later found abandoned in a nearby street.
Anyone with information on the theft, which happened on Sunday 16 September, has been asked to contact Derbyshire Police, external.
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BBC News
Better news from the M1 - though there are still delays.
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This is the scene on the M1 northbound where a multi-vehicle crash has closed three lanes between junctions 23a and 24.
At least one fire engine and a recovery truck can be seen just south of junction 24 and there are lengthy tailbacks.
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Derbyshire all-rounder Mattie McKiernan has signed a new contract with the club to return for the 2019 season, external.
The 24-year-old made his first-team debut this summer after impressing in the second string.
Cricket advisor Colin Tunnicliffe described him as "a talent spin bowler who will give us additional options next season".
Image source, Derbyshire CCCNick Smith
BBC News Online
Leicestershire City Council has called on the government to fund repairs of roads which were damaged because of the summer heatwave.
A total of £2.25m has been raised, some coming from rents from properties purchased by the council over the last year, but the authority say more is needed to repair all the roads affected by the problem.
Councillor Blake Pain, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "One of the hottest summers on record has taken its toll on our roads."I hope the government respond to our calls for further funding so we can repair all the roads identified and prevent more issues from occurring in the future."
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BBC News Online
Ilkeston Community Hospital has said bed numbers will not be reduced in a cost-cutting plan.
Derbyshire CCG has to make savings of 3% this financial year, but in a meeting held last night it was agreed that bed numbers would not be affected.
Maggie Throup, MP for Erewash said: "I am extremely pleased to confirm that no beds will close at Ilkeston Community Hospital as part of Derbyshire CCGs wider plans to save 3% of their budget this year.
"Over recent months I have held intensive discussions with health ministers and NHS bosses at the CCGs regarding their budget shortfall, during which I have always made the case for Ilkeston Hospital as a strategic asset to our local NHS which must be maintained."
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