Latest updates: East Midlands Live Monday 4 March

Summary

Search for missing climbers set to resume
'Mindless' fly-tipping found at beauty spot
Financial struggle for horse rescue charity
Bricks thrown at police car
Funeral of former Foxes goalkeeper
Updates for Monday 4 March 2019

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield, David Pittam and Nick Smith

Band pays tribute to Prodigy singerpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Sleaford Mods have tweeted about the death of Prodigy singer Keith Flint.
The 49-year-old was found dead at his home in Essex earlier.
The Nottingham band recorded a single with The Prodigy in 2015 called Ibiza.
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Overnight closure on M1 northboundpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
For all you night owls - this closure on the M1 might cause you some travel disruption this week.
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Shilton arrives at Gordon Banks' funeralpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
In addition to the current Leicester City and Chesterfield goalkeepers acting as pallbearers, Gordon Banks' successor at the Foxes, Peter Shilton, is at his funeral today.
Other keepers in attendance include Pat Jennings, Ray Clemence and David Seaman.
Image source, Reuters
Goalkeepers carry Gordon Banks' coffinpublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Gordon Banks' coffin has been carried into Stoke Minster as his funeral service gets under way.
Four current goalkeepers acted as pallbearers, including Leicester City's Kapser Schmeichel and Chesterfield's Joe Anyon.
No manslaughter case over theme park deathpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Evha Jannath, 11, died after falling from a water ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park in May 2017.
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'No sign' of missing climberspublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Simon Hare
BBC Inside Out East Midlands
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People carrier 'pirouettes' in police chasepublished at 13:04 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
BBC News
A police chase on a Nottingham estate ended with a car "pirouetting" to a halt.
The silver Citroen Picasso, believed to be using false number plates, was spotted at about 22:00 on 28 February.
Officers pursued the vehicle before stopping it in Erewash Gardens, Top Valley.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of driving offences and possession with intent to supply a class B drug.
They have since been released under investigation.
Kendall: Post-Brexit fund 'an insult'published at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West, has described the Stronger Towns Fund as "an insult".
The £1.6bn government fund has been launched to boost less well-off towns in England after Brexit. £110m will be spread across the East Midlands.
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HSE to take over Drayton Manor death investigationpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
An investigation into the death of a Leicester schoolgirl at Drayton Manor theme park has found the circumstances did not meet the threshold for gross negligence or corporate manslaughter.
Evha Jannath fell from the Splash Canyon ride on a school trip in May 2017.
The 11-year-old was airlifted to hospital but was confirmed dead shortly after arrival. A forensic pathologist concluded Evha died as a result of drowning.
Image source, Family handout
Last year the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) received a file from Staffordshire Police to decide if any charges should be brought.
After making a decision not to prosecute Drayton Manor the case has been formally handed over to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The HSE said: “This remains a criminal investigation and we will be considering whether there were any breaches of health and safety law relevant to the circumstances of this tragic event."
Image source, Themeparks.IE
Keith Vaz, the MP for Leicester East, represented the family throughout this case.
He said: "The family are grateful to the police for their thorough investigation of this matter. They welcome the decision of the Health & Safety Executive to take over the case. They hope it can be done speedily.
"The delay in this matter has been intolerable. It is now almost one year and 10 months since this tragedy occurred."
A file has been prepared for the coroner and an inquest into Evha's death will take place later this year.
Tories call for city boundary reviewpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
BBC Radio Derby
The Derby Conservative group wants the official boundaries of the city to be reviewed.
The city's current boundaries exclude exclude parts of Sinfin, Mickleover and Alvaston, meaning those areas pay council tax to other districts.
Conservative deputy leader Michael Holmes described the changes as being "absolutely key moving forward".
Opposition miners meet for anniversarypublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
This week marks 35 years since mine workers across the country went on strike over planned pit closures and job losses.
To mark the occasion, two former Nottinghamshire miners from opposing sides of the bitter strike, have come together for the first time to talk about their differences.
During the 1980s industrial action, Les Raine went on strike from Ollerton Colliery whereas Peter Short continued to work at Bilsthorpe.
The men were friends before the strike but hadn't seen each other since.
Mr Short told the BBC that if he could live through it again, he would do exactly the same. He believes the strike could have been handled better: "I don't think there was ever going to be unity without the ballot - that's the difference between us," he said.
Mr Raine described the strike as a "battle for communities and pits" and said some people will always see those that decided to keep working as "betraying the working class."
Firefighters called to storm damaged buildingpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Strong winds caused parts of an aluminium roof to come off a building in Melton Mowbray last night.
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Insecure window prompts street closurepublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Helen McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester Reporter
Horsefair Street in Leicester has been closed by police after reports of a window hanging from its hinges.
Struggling towns to get post-Brexit fundingpublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
BBC Radio Nottingham
The government is making £1.6bn available to help England's poorest towns once the UK has left the European Union.
The money is designed to boost local economies and create jobs and will be allocated on the basis of "need".
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The East Midlands is getting £110m but the Independent Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry described it as "small beer to buy Brexit votes".
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Restaurant closures put jobs at riskpublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Hundreds of jobs are at risk at dining chains Giraffe and Ed's Easy Diner as the owner of both brands launches plans to close 27 of their 87 sites.
There's an Ed's in Nottingham's Victoria Centre. Restaurants in Derby and Leicester have already closed.
Image source, Google
Child sex offender jailed for 19 yearspublished at 10:49 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Mark Bindley is given 19 years for several sexual offences against a child occurring over a decade.
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City celebrates suffragette centenarypublished at 10:19 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Thousands of people gathered in Leicester yesterday for an event marking 100 years of votes for women.
Image source, Leigh Spencer
There were three performances in the city's New Market Square, where local suffragette Alice Hawkins once held meetings.
Image source, Leigh Spencer
Last year a statue of Alice was unveiled in this space. Her great grandson Peter Barratt said it was a "fitting place" for the performances to be held.
Spectators called the shows "emotional" and "heart-lifting".
'Mindless' fly-tipping at beauty spotpublished at 09:38 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A "disgusting mess" of fly-tipped rubbish has been found dumped near Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District.
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Sanctuary struggling to feed rescued horsespublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
East Midlands Today
A charity which cares for about 90 horses in Long Clawson has run out of money.
Pablo’s Horse Sanctuary is currently relying on donations from their local food supplier and a vet to keep the place going.
They're struggling to pay off the winter food bills after last year's extreme weather conditions.
Discussion of HS2 'economic benefits'published at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2019
East Midlands Today
Work starts today to build on the economic benefits of HS2 coming to Toton.
The government's set up a "development corporation" to plan a garden village and an innovation campus near the station.
Image source, HS2 handout
The board that will oversee the project meets for the first time later.
The Treasury Minister and Newark MP, Robert Jenrick, claims HS2 is a once-in a-generation opportunity for the region's economy.