Latest updates: East Midlands Live Friday 28 December

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Leicester explosion: Three men guilty of murdering five people
Nottinghamshire couple have baby after Facebook group pays for IVF
Music stores to face administration
Man in court charged with child's murder
Man admits attacking officers in Oadby
Updates for Friday 28 December 2018

Live Reporting

Sandish Shoker and Nick Smith

Police called to several accidentspublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Snow and ice remains a problem across the region and it's been a busy morning for Derbyshire Police's roads unit.
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'Road conditions very poor'published at 07:44 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Leicestershire Police have warned motorists to avoid travel unless it is essential.
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Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.
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Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
I was watching closely yesterday to see what would happen and whether we would get any snow.
There was some concern the weather computers weren't agreeing with each other, and that the snow might not reach us. But it certainly did!
It was - 6C in some areas last night and it will be an icy start today, so there will still be some snow around, but as temperatures rise this afternoon there might be some snow melt.
Further school closurespublished at 07:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Some schools across Nottinghamshire have also announced they will be closed today.
They include Bluecoat Primary Academy in Bilborough, Bunny C of E Primary and The Nottingham Emmanuel School in West Bridgford.
Most are reporting that home schooling will continue as normal.
Bus services disrupted by icy roadspublished at 07:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
There are delays to dozens of bus services in Nottingham this morning because of the icy road conditions.
Some services are diverting their usual routes to avoid the most dangerous roads - you can find full details of those affected here, external.
Arriva said many of its services across Derby and Leicester have also been disrupted today. They have tweeted full details of the routes affected., external
Image source, Nottingham City Transport
'Heaviest snow in north Leicestershire for nine years'published at 06:36 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A local weather expert said there had been a lot more snow in Leicestershire and Rutland than had originally been expected, and it was the heaviest in north Leicestershire since February 2012.
Phil Moorish tweeted, external: "By the end of Sunday I had recorded 10cm in Mountsorrel with 14cm in Loughborough and 15cm in Melton and Oakham.
"These amounts are much more than I was expecting as the weather front bringing the snow had much more energy than originally forecast and then it stalled!"
Image source, FionaGrace
Schools closed after heavy snowpublished at 06:31 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021
Some schools in Derbyshire are closed this morning following heavy snow across the county.
Etwall Primary, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne and Dovedale Primary were among those to announce last night that they wouldn't be open on Monday.
Many of the closed schools have confirmed they will use their Covid-19 remote learning systems to offer online schooling to pupils at home.
You can see a full list of closures here, external.
Image source, PA Media
Former DIY store to become vaccination centrepublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021
Vaccine bookings for those aged 75 to 79 were temporarily paused in Nottinghamshire.
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Family pay tribute to man who died in A60 crashpublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
Liam Barnes
BBC News
A new father who died in a crash on the A60 in Derbyshire has been named by police.
Officers were called to the scene near Belph at about 06:20 on Thursday after an Audi and a lorry were involved in a crash.
Bradley Tyas, a 23-year-old from Chesterfield travelling in the Audi, died at the scene.
His family said they have "lost a very special person", who only became a father seven weeks ago.
Derbyshire Police is appealing for any witnesses or drivers with dashcam footage to get in touch.
Image source, Family handout
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Anyone who had the pleasure of knowing Brad will understand how devastated we all are. He was the kindest, most loving person, who could light up a room with his energy and smile and his contagious laugh. He had a massive character, full of life, charming and funny."
Family of Bradley Tyas
Six £10k fines 'incorrectly recorded' by policepublished at 14:57 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
It comes as Leicestershire Police officers issue 361 Covid fines totalling £72,200 since 4 January.
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Funeral for 'hero' paramedic who died with Covidpublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
Tony Chadbourne's colleagues held a minute's silence at the time of the funeral service.
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River Trent bursts its banks in Nottinghampublished at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
This is the current scene at Victoria Embankment in Nottingham where the River Trent has burst its banks.
Image source, Ed Casswell
The river is currently subject to 28 Environment Agency flood warnings at various points.
Further showers are forecast for this evening - though they are expected to be light.
Image source, Ed Casswell
Nottinghamshire GPs to be dedicated to vaccine 'final push'published at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Some Nottinghamshire GPs will "not be operating as usual" during their normal practice hours on Friday in a "final push" to vaccinate elderly care home residents.
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG said 50 practices would have reduced capacity as GPs help with the vaccine effort.
The CCG said affected practices were mostly smaller practices or ones with a large number of care home residents and anyone whose appointment is affected has already been contacted.
Image source, Reuters
They added you will still be able to call for medical advice.
The effort comes as government figures show the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire area had the second lowest proportion of people aged 80 and over to have received their first dose of the vaccine in the country, at 43%.
You can see the full list here, external.
Covid-19: Mobile mortuaries to help struggling hospitalspublished at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
BBC Radio Leicester
Mobile storage units are being brought in across Leicestershire to cope with the growing number of dead bodies as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Simon Cole, chief constable of Leicestershire Police, said health officials, local authorites and officers are discussing ways of dealing with the rising number of deaths.
While praising most people for sticking to the rules, he urged the "small minority who are choosing to ignore the rules" to change their ways, pointing to the new £800 fines announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel as an extra enforcement measure.
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This week I’ve been in meetings about whether the mortuaries locally are going to be big enough to deal with the expected levels of deaths. It’s a pretty stark contrast with somebody who’s having a party, or one of the calls earlier this week [with] somebody who got their mates round for a curry. That’s just not a good idea at a time when our hospitals are really really struggling, and where there are a number of people who sadly are dying."
Simon Cole, Chief Constable, Leicestershire Police
Hospital treating 'highest number' of Covid inpatientspublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
Alex Regan
BBC News
Chesterfield Royal Hospital has said it is treating more Covid-19 patients than at any time during the pandemic.
The hospital is currently caring for 169 inpatients, 16 of whom are in intensive care.
The trust says that 289 patients have died as a result of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
In a candid post on Facebook, the trust's head of communications Sarah Turner-Saint said the hospital had "hit a 'milestone' we weren't looking forward to".
Image source, Google
She said about 6% of the 4,200 staff at the trust were absent after contracting Covid-19.
She added that she had also been an outpatient at the trust, after contracting Covid-19 at Christmas.
She said: "I would say I had a pretty severe case - with breathing difficulties, a consistent cough (literally), a temperature that made me hallucinate, painful muscles, extreme fatigue, headache and sickness.
"I still have no sense of taste and a full day at work is like running a marathon."
In the post, she added: "We are also incredibly sad that 289 of our patients are now a ‘Covid-19-related death statistic’.
"They are of course much more than that - they are much-missed loved ones. They are grandparents, parents, sisters and brothers, nephews, nieces, cousins, workmates and friends.
"We are also mindful that more than 1,100 people have left our hospital in the last 10 months after care and treatment for coronavirus.
"That, and the start of the national vaccination programme - the biggest in history - are lights in the dark tunnel of lockdown."
Today's weather: Sunny and dry but flood warnings remainpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021
BBC Weather
Today is expected to be chilly, but mostly dry and sunny.
There will be highs of 7C during the day and we can expect a frosty night with lows of -2C.
But across the region Environment Agency flood warnings remain in place, meaning flooding is expected.
Image source, Environment Agency
Nottinghamshire has 21 flood warnings active and 13 flood alerts, which means flooding is possible.
In Derbyshire 33 flood warnings are in place, and 20 flood alerts are active.
And in Leicestershire 20 flood warnings have been issued, and 15 flood alerts are in place, while Rutland has three flood alerts.
Homes and roads flooded in wake of stormpublished at 18:37 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021
A major incident has been declared in Derbyshire to deal with floods in the wake of Storm Christoph.
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Flooding leaves river 'looking like ocean'published at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021
Derbyshire Police's footage shows the aftermath of Storm Christoph in Darley Dale.
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Some told 'be ready to leave homes' due to floodspublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Some people in Nottinghamshire have been warned, external to be ready to leave their homes if flooding gets worse, police have said.
Nottinghamshire Police said the outlook is "constantly changing" but a number of flood warnings are still in place along the River Trent, so they urged people living in flood-risk areas to be prepared.
They also said Holme Pierrepont Country Park and the following roads are closed:
- The A617 to Kelham, both ways between Ollerton Road and A46 (Cattlemarket Roundabout). Diversion on to A616
- Kelham/Trent Lane
- Tinkers Lane, Girton
- Ford Lane, Caunton
- Stoke Lane, Gedling (pictured)
- Main Street/Church Lane, Costock
- Cotgrave Lane/Tollerton Lane, Tollerton
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police