Latest updates: East Midlands Live Tuesday 19 March

Summary

Amber Peat's death 'could not have been predicted'
Man arrested after Southwell gas canister ATM raid
Stab victim's mum's 'heart torn to pieces'
Horses being dumped due to 'overpopulation'
Leicester man 'revealed terror plan to US agent'
University empty shoes highlight student suicides
Football: Mansfield Town move into automatic promotion slot
Updates for Tuesday 19 March

Live Reporting

Nick Smith and Gavin Bevis

A38 reopens after crashpublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
The A38 southbound has reopened following a crash this morning.
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Fire damages seven caravanspublished at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Firefighters were called to seven caravans on fire in Melton Mowbray last night.
Three fire engines and a water carrier attended the blaze off Sandy Lane last night at 21:20 and left the scene at 00:30 this morning.
A Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "We believe they were used and lived in but were unoccupied at the time.
"We went out again this morning to reinspect the scene and fire officers are going to be launching an investigation to find out the cause today."
Image source, LFRS
'Serious concern' for missing womanpublished at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Concern is growing for a Matlock woman who went missing from her home yesterday morning.
Christine Hill, 44, was last seen at 08:00 yesterday at her home and officers said they are "seriously concerned".
When she was last seen, she was wearing jeans, trainers and a waist length purple jacket and carrying a pink handbag.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
Horses being dumped due to 'overpopulation'published at 08:32 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Neil Heath
BBC News Online
The UK is experiencing an "equine overpopulation crisis" with thousands of horses in desperate need of help, the British Horse Society has said.
This comes after eight horses were dumped in Nottinghamshire within a month, including one which died after it was thrown out of a trailer.
Image source, RSPCA
The RSPCA is investigating a spate of incidents around Kirkby-in-Ashfield where sick or dying horses were dumped.
One attempt to abandon a horse in Pinxton Lane on 7 March led to the police being called, after the landowner was harassed by a gang of men.
Captain Morgan signs up for another seasonpublished at 08:23 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
BBC Sport
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan said he can see a "very bright future" for the club after signing a new one-year deal until the end of next season.
The Foxes skipper, 35, has played 19 times in the league this season and scored a last minute goal in the 2-1 win against Burnley on Saturday.
"I can see a very, very bright future for Leicester City," said Morgan, who has played 292 times for the club.
Morgan signed for the Foxes in 2012 in a £1m deal from Nottingham Forest.
Image source, Reuters
Crash closes A38 southboundpublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
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Stags and Lincoln battle to a drawpublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
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Mansfield Town took a point yesterday when they welcomed League Two leaders Lincoln City to Field Mill.
John Akinde's second-half penalty gave the visitors a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw after Krystian Pearce had headed the Stags ahead from a corner in the opening minutes.
Stags keeper Conrad Logan clumsily fouled Anderson in the box to give away the penalty that Akinde calmly scored.
The point was enough to move Mansfield back above MK Dons, into the third and final automatic promotion place.
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Weather: Cloudy and mildpublished at 08:11 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy but mostly dry with some sunny spells.
Temperatures will be mild, which is expected to continue throughout the rest of the week.
Here's Sara with the weather.
Two men arrested in police raidpublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Two men have been arrested after a police raid recovered drugs, stolen goods, air guns and fake cash.
Officers executed a warrant in Southdale Road, Carlton, at around 17:20 yesterday. Two men, aged 48 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply and possession of criminal property.
Among the items police recovered were an air rifle, an air pistol and a quantity of class A and class B drugs.
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Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
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