Latest updates: East Midlands Live Friday 26 October

Summary

Ex-England striker Dion Dublin 'racially abused' in Chesterfield
Skydiver killed after fatal 'misjudgement'
Grand Prix museum slashes prices as cars recalled
Mansfield murder victim remembered 200 years later
Man arrested after teenager stabbed
Man jailed for sexually abusing boy from age of two
Live updates on Friday 26 October 2018

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Bestwood heroin dealer jailedpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A drug dealer from Nottingham has been jailed for five years and eight months today.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police
Jordan Needham, 26, of Comfrey Close, Bestwood, admitted possession with intent to supply heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.
Police say they found a large amount of cash at his home and lots of Class A drugs in a VW Polo at his address.
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Kirby leaves MCC for Derbyshire rolepublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Derbyshire appoint MCC head coach Steve Kirby as the county's new assistant and bowling coach.
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Road reopens after bingo hall cannabis uncoveredpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Earlier this week police closed part of Victoria Street in Somercotes when a "large quantity" of suspected cannabis was found at an old bingo hall.
Police have now reopened the road and thanked local people.
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Watch: Woman dragged across floor in robberypublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Ben Truslove
BBC News Online
This CCTV footage shows the "terrifying" moment a woman was attacked and robbed of her handbag in a residential street.
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The 42-year-old victim was targetted in Seymour Street, Leicester, at about 20:10 on Wednesday, 12 September.
A struggle broke out in which the man drags the woman across the floor before grabbing her handbag and running off.
Det Con Michael White said: “The victim was subjected to a terrifying experience and while thankfully she was only left with minor injuries, she has been left extremely upset by the incident."
The victim thinks she may have seen her attacker in Conduit Street shortly before the robbery.
Obsessed ex jailed for explosive devicespublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Riyaz Khan carried out a campaign of harassment against his ex-girlfriend and her husband, police said.
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Long Eaton woman goes missingpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A 51-year-old woman from Long Eaton has gone missing.
Ruth Kendal, who has links to the Skegness area, was reported missing on Wednesday and has not been since since Thursday, 4 October.
Ruth is 5ft 6in, walks with a limp and sometimes uses a walking stick.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
Company developing 'flying cars'published at 15:53 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
East Midlands Today
Fancy flying to work? It would certainly help to avoid the traffic. Well, a company in Derby is hoping it could soon make this possible.
VRCO is working on developing "flying cars" and believe the first ones will be taking to the skies in about two years.
Image source, VRCO
The ambitious idea would see the vehicles whisking passengers through the sky at 200mph. They would be powered by electricity and charged by a solar pad.
This might sound a bit unbelievable but one of these charging pads is actually being installed at a new £10m house in Edwalton.
Image source, VRCO
If you fancy getting your hands on one of these "flying cars" you might need to start saving - they're expected to cost about £1.5m.
Young family removed from 'nightmare property'published at 15:33 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A family including three young children have been removed from a "nightmare property" which had no hot water, heating or working smoke alarms.
The Nottingham home also had live electric sockets hanging off the walls and a broken front door.
Image source, Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council served the Emergency Prohibition Order on the "incredibly dangerous" house earlier this week. The landlord has been issued a schedule of works to complete to make it safe.
Landlords in Nottingham are now required to have a licence from the city council.
Councillor Toby Neal said: “This landlord will now go to the top of the list to be dealt with by our Selective Licensing team – as well as being eligible for penalties of £30,000 it’s extremely unlikely that someone who has let out a property in this kind of condition will be given a licence to manage properties in the future.”
The city council has joined calls for the government to increase its protection of families in private rented properties.
Police herd A50 cow back into fieldpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Good news. The cow on the A50 near Markfield is off the main road.
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Council building turning orange for charitypublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Nottingham's Council House will look a bit different tonight as it turns orange in support of the Stand Up to Cancer campaign.
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Road to close for councillor's funeral processionpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A main road in Leicester will close tomorrow for the funeral procession of a local councillor.
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Leicester City Council said Councillor Mo Chohan died suddenly at home last weekend.
Part of his funeral tomorrow will involve a procession through the Belgrave ward that he represented.
For this to happen Belgrave Road will be closed between 10:15 and 11:30.
IICSA: Man describes being exploited for sex as a teenpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Jeremy Ball
Social affairs correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today
It's the final day of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Nottinghamshire.
An anonymous witness described being raped in a children’s home, then exploited for sex by older men.
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He said: "I was prosecuted when older men paid for me to have sex with them in a public toilet - I was only 15 or 16. I can't get my head round it, I never could.
"I was a victim and I feel now I'm being victimised again and again by the system."
He claims he is deemed a potential threat to children because of the abuse he endured. He said this is preventing him from having a family of his own.
A6 death crash motorcyclist namedpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police have named a motorcyclist, external who was killed in a crash with a van in Derby earlier this week.
Aaron Tomlinson, 28, from Chaddesden, died on his way to hospital following the crash on the A6 between Allestree and Duffield on Wednesday night.
A 49-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving has been released while police continue their investigations.
Image source, Family photo/Derbyshire Police
Sgt Scott Riley, from Derbyshire Police, said: “Aaron’s family have asked that they be left in peace to grieve following this tragic loss."
Cows cause chaos along the A50published at 13:46 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
There are cows on the moooooove along the A50.
Road users have been urged to take care when driving between Markfield and Groby.
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Verve star predicting Foxes defeatpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Bad news for Leicester City fans - indie star Richard Ashcroft believes West Ham are going to beat the Foxes at the King Power Stadium this weekend.
The former frontman of The Verve was asked to predict the outcome of the latest round of Premier League fixtures for BBC Football Focus.
Ashcroft said: "It might surprise people but I think West Ham are going to nick this one. 0-1"
Graffiti tags linked to attacks on 60 parked vehiclespublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police believe the same people may be responsible for spraying graffiti, damaging a derelict building and attacking 60 vehicles in the Brampton area of Chesterfield.
The vehicles, which were parked at a compound off Factory Street had their wing mirrors damaged at some point between 11 and 15 October.
The vandalism spree coincided with boarding being ripped from windows and doors at a derelict building in nearby Goyt Side Road and a number of graffiti "tags" appearing in the area.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
Derbyshire Police said they were linking the offences and are keen to speak to anyone with information, external.
Police launch 999 misuse campaign for Halloweenpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A misplaced parcel and a dry cleaning dispute - these were actual "emergency calls" made to Leicestershire Police.
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With Halloween approaching the force has launched a new campaign to try and stop calls like this being made to their 999 number.
Last Halloween the Leicestershire Police received 1,025 of emergency and non-emergency calls between 17:00 and 21:00.
Man in court over park and ride deathpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A 25-year-old man is due to appear in court this afternoon charged with murdering a man at a park and ride in Nottingham.
Omar Shafiq, 48, died after a crash at Forest Park and Ride on Tuesday.
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Marius Caraleanu, from the Radford area of the city, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court accused of killing him and failing to stop.
An 18-year-old man, also arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released on police bail.
Ex-footballer Dion Dublin 'racially abused'published at 13:15 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
The ex-footballer and TV presenter says such abuse isn't "acceptable in 2018".
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Your comments: Dion Dublin racially abusedpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
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There's been a lot of comments on Facebook, external about the racist abuse Dion Dublin faced in Chesterfield last night.
The TV presenter from Leicester said the abuse came from a woman in her late 20s or early 30s.
Steven Eyre said: "It doesn't matter who Dion is it shouldn't happen but sadly morons think it's okay."
Leonard Sommerfield said: "Disgraceful, what on earth have we become as a society."