Latest updates: East Midlands Live Monday 12 November

Summary

WW2 codebreaker 'taking secrets to the grave'
Crash victim, 8, was 'kindest person'
Large blaze in Derby was 'accidental'
Work due to start on flood-damaged bridge
Arrest after man dies in Loughborough hit-and-run
Moped found abandoned after shooting
Updates for Friday 9 November 2018

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield, Gavin Bevis and Nick Smith

Police boss 'impressed' by cannabis clubspublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Derbyshire's police and crime commissioner has spoken out in favour of "cannabis clubs".
Hardyal Dhindsa said the war on drugs isn't working and he thinks this could be the way forward.
At cannabis clubs the drug is grown and distributed to members cutting out suppliers from the criminal world.
He said: "What impressed me was that they are offering support, it is regulated, they have got a membership.
"They are not allowing people to make profit out of this and allowing for personal use, which many people do in this country irrespective of what the law is."
Fireball shoots through the night skypublished at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
An amateur astronomer films what's thought to be an exploding meteor from his back garden.
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Fire that evacuated 100 homes 'accidental'published at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Residents spent the night at a refuge centre as crews tackled the blaze.
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Four candidates announced for by-electionpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Four candidates have come forward for a by-election following the death of city councillor Mo Chohan.
Cllr Chohan, a long-serving member of Leicester City Council, died last month, with a number of national and local Labour colleagues paying tribute.
Image source, Leicester City Council
Confirmed to be standing are:
- Usula Bilson, Green Party
- Padmini Chamund, Labour Party
- Hash Chandarana, Liberal Democrats
- Khandubhai Patel, Conservative Party
Stolen dog has been foundpublished at 13:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A happy conclusion to our 10:41 update - a dog that was reportedly stolen from Ullesthorpe has been recovered. We've asked Leicestershire Police for more information.
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Lane closed after two-vehicle crashpublished at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A woman had to be freed by firefighters after a two-vehicle crash in Beaumont Leys this morning.
The crash happened at the junction of Beaumont Leys Lane and Krefeld Way at about 11.20.
The woman was treated by East Midlands Ambulance Service but the severity of her injuries are not yet known.
One lane of Beaumont Leys Lane has been closed.
Image source, Google
Girl denies luring teenager to his deathpublished at 13:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A teenager has denied that she had given information to four other defendants to attack or kill a Bulwell teenager.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of her age, has started giving evidence in a trial over the murder of 17-year-old Lyrico Steede on 13 February this year.
Previously prosecutors told Nottingham Crown Court the girl had helped “lure” Lyrico to a dark park in Bulwell, where he was fatally stabbed.
She said she had been messaging Lyrico over Snapchat for a while and that day, because they were both bored, they had arranged to meet up in Bulwell to smoke cannabis.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police
The teenager also told the jury she had only known one of the other defendants - Kasharn Campbell - before and had briefly told him about her plans over Snapchat to meet Lyrico.
She said she didn’t give a time to Mr Campbell and only told him when she was leaving her house.
She denied having any reason to dislike Lyrico or wanting to cause him harm and said she did not think her co-defendants had any reason to dislike him either.
The girl and four others - Kasharn Campbell, 19, Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, and two boys aged 17 - all deny murder.
Three convicted of belonging to neo-Nazi grouppublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Daniel De Simone
BBC Home Affairs producer
A man from Leicester has been convicted of being a member of banned neo-Nazi group National Action.
Daniel Bogunovic, 27, of Leicester, along with Adam Thomas, 22, and Claudia Patatas, 38, both of Banbury, Oxfordshire, were convicted of membership between December 2016 and September 2017.
National Action, which was founded in 2013, was proscribed under anti-terror laws three years later after it celebrated the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court came to unanimous verdicts after deliberating for over 12 hours.
Jurors are still deliberating on a charge for Thomas of possessing a document containing terrorist information, namely a bomb-making manual called the Anarchist Cookbook.
Image source, PA
Car garage fire was 'accidental'published at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
An investigation into a fire at a car garage in Derby has found the most probable cause was "accidental".
Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
Derbyshire Police and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service have been carrying out the investigation together.
The fire on Twyford Street on Saturday evening caused about 100 homes in be evacuated.
'Important' community park could closepublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The future is unclear for Mansfield's Berry Hill Park after the trustees of the privately owned site said they didn't have the finances to pay off current debts and maintenance costs.
It's now feared the 64 acre site may have to close at the end of the month.
The park includes an athletics track, playground, duck pond, football pitch and cafe, as well as grass and woodland.
A meeting has now been arranged for Mansfield District Council, the trustees and the other parties involved in the park to discuss its future.
Residents and groups are hoping it can be saved for future generations to enjoy. One local man said: "The park's really important for the local community.
"Over the past years it's been used for parades for the miners - fantastic days. Lots of people in the community have used it.
"I really can't understand how a lovely piece of grassland, which is in the heart of community, is being considered to close."
Work to repair flood-damaged bridge due to startpublished at 11:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Work to repair a bridge in Derby that was badly damaged by a burst water main is due to get under way today.
Derby City Council says it will cost about £700,000 to put right damage caused to the Alfreton Road structure when it flooded in August.
Image source, David Robertshaw
The road is due to reopen for cars heading into Derby next Monday but the lane taking traffic out of the city will remain closed.
The council said: "Our assessment shows that the bridge can only support one lane of traffic until it is fully repaired."
Image source, Derby City Council
The authority said it would be seeking a "formal admission of liability" from Severn Trent Water and was working with the firm to decide how much of a contribution it should make to the cost of repairs.
Man arrested over fatal hit-and-runpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
The man is questioned after a man, who was in his 60s, was found dead in a street in Loughborough.
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'I get to go home, but they don't'published at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
A student struggles to cope as he spends a week sleeping rough in Aberdeen in a bid to better understand homelessness.
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Arrest made after Loughborough hit-and-runpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a hit-and-run in Loughborough yesterday.
The 26-year-old man from Loughborough is also accused of driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
Image source, Google
It's after a pedestrian was found on Holt Drive just before 04:00 - the man in his 60s was pronounced dead at the scene.
The arrested man has been released while police investigations continue.
Police investigate stolen dogpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A dog has been stolen from its owner in Ullesthorpe - police are appealing for information on its whereabouts.
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Defence centre 'will build on legacy'published at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Jennifer Harby
BBC News
The work of a Nottinghamshire rehabilitation centre will "build on the legacy" of previous efforts, the Duke of Cambridge has said.
During a service at Westminster Abbey marking the centenary of the Armistice, Prince William paid tribute to the Headley Court rehabilitation centre, in Surrey, which closes this year and said it would, "hold a special place in the hearts of all those who were treated there".
He added work at Stanford Hall, near Loughborough, would continue to build on its legacy.
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MP treated for skin cancerpublished at 09:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporter
Mid Derbyshire MP Pauline Latham has revealed that after years of campaigning about skin cancer she has herself been treated for it.
A cancerous mole was removed and has been found not to have spread.
FA Cup: Mansfield draw against Charltonpublished at 09:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
BBC Radio Nottingham
Mansfield Town are into tonight's FA Cup second round draw after a 1-1 draw at home to League One Charlton yesterday.
The sides will replay a week tomorrow.
Concern for missing man on medicationpublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police are "extremely concerned" for the health and welfare of a missing 48-year-old man.
Paresh Patel was last seen near the Melton Road area of Leicester at around 21:00 on Saturday.
Image source, Leicestershire Police
He has a medical condition which requires regular medication.
Police would like to hear from anyone with information on the whereabouts of Mr Patel.
Homes damaged in garage firepublished at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Some families have still not been able to return home after a huge fire at a garage in Derby over the weekend.
About 100 homes had to be evacuated when the blaze broke out on Twyford Street on Saturday night.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said people were asked to leave their homes because of the danger of gas cylinders involved.
Station manager Adam Bleakman said it wasn't a decision they took lightly and as a result no injuries have been reported.
He said the blaze has caused "significant damage" to the garage.
Some neighbouring properties also have severe fire and structural damage. Some of the people living in these properties still haven't been able to return home and have been put in temporary hotel accommodation.
The cause of the fire is still not known.