Latest updates: East Midlands Live Wednesday 6 March

Summary

British mountaineer assumed dead after failed rescue attempts
Industrial park evacuated following fire
Arrest over teenage girl stab death
Shrovetide football game continues
Teacher trains for penny farthing record
Updates for Wednesday 6 March 2019

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield and Nick Smith

Airport warns passengers of M1 pothole delayspublished at 10:38 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
East Midlands Airport is warning drivers to leave "plenty of time" for journeys because of emergency pothole repairs taking place on the M1 near junction 23A.
Two lanes are still closed and the southbound carriageway is queuing back to J25.
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Council prepares to sell Debenhams for demolitionpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
BBC Radio Derby
The former Debenhams store in Derby could be sold this month.
The city council currently owns the site but is getting ready to hand it over to a regeneration company that has been working on a masterplan for the Becketwell area.
Image source, Derby City Council
The plans would see the former Debenhams and Silly Sids store on Victoria Street demolished and the site redeveloped with homes, offices, bars and restaurants.
Teacher trains for penny farthing record attemptpublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
East Midlands Today
A primary school teacher from Ambergate is hoping to set a new world record for cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats on a penny farthing.
Richard Thoday is currently riding 200 miles every weekend in preparation for the challenge in July.
He's hoping to beat a record that's stood since 1886.
He said: "I'm going to have to ride something like 20 hours a day for potentially five days so lack of sleep and my brain telling me to stop are going to be the big challenges."
Rainfall causes flooded road in villagepublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A night of wet weather has caused a road in Rothley to flood.
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Omega watches stolen by back-window burglarpublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police are investigating a burglary in Rothley where two Omega watches were stolen.
It happened some time between 20:00 and midnight on Saturday 2 March when someone broke into the house on Town Green Street through a back window.
Image source, Leicestershire Police
Leicestershire Police have released these images of the stolen watches as part of an appeal.
Officers believe there were people in the area at the time who may have seen a vehicle or someone acting suspiciously.
Thousands sign petition over miners' pensionspublished at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
East Midlands Today
Former coal miners from the East Midlands are to deliver a petition to Downing Street - signed by more than 100,000 people.
For years they've campaigned over the billions of pounds taken from their pension fund by successive governments.
It was part of a deal which saw the state act as guarantor in case the pension scheme ran into trouble.
Call for region's care homes to improvepublished at 08:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
East Midlands Today
Figures show 17.5% of care homes in the East Midlands are ranked as "inadequate" or "requiring improvement".
The charity Independent Age is calling on the government , externalto take urgent action to help improve care standards.
In Nottingham, the number of care homes rated as poor has gone up by 8% in the past year.
'Long delays' for M1 pothole fixpublished at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
There are now delays of about one hour on the M1 where emergency repairs of a pothole are being carried out.
Two lanes on the southbound carriageway are closed between J23 and J23A.
Image source, Highways England
Emergency repairs under way on M1 potholepublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
This is the reason two lanes are closed on the M1 in Leicestershire.
Image source, Highways England
Emergency repairs to fix the pot hole are under way on the southbound carriageway between J23 and J23A.
Travel time between the two junctions is around an hour.
Shrovetide football game continuespublished at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The traditional Royal Shrovetide Football game in Ashbourne will continue later.
The two-day game started yesterday - here's how it looked.
Leicester arrest over teenage girl stab deathpublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A man has been arrested in Leicester in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old girl in east London.
Image source, Handout
Jodie Chesney was playing music in a park with friends on Friday when she was stabbed in the back.
A Met Police spokesman said the man had been arrested in Leicester and remains in custody.
Watch: East Midlands weatherpublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
Some scattered showers with the odd break of sunshine. Here's the full forecast.
Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
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