Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A convicted robber is being hunted by police after failing to return to Sudbury open prison, external in Derbyshire.

Jack Douglas Lloyd was three years into a nine-year sentence for several robberies and a firearm offence when he left the prison on Friday.

Anyone who spots the 34-year-old, who has connections to Glossop and Manchester, is advised to call 101 rather than approach him.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Burglars have stolen a Dalmatian dog that was given to an 11-year-old autistic girl to help with her anxiety.

The three-year-old pedigree canine, named Lottie, was taken from an outhouse at a home in Ashby Road, Peatling Parva in the early hours of Sunday. Nothing else was stolen.

Image source, Gemma Hopkins

Gemma Hopkins said her daughter Chloe was "heartbroken" and "inconsolable" that someone had taken the dog.

The family are also desperate for the Dalmatian's return as it has a liver condition requiring medication and a special diet.

Leicestershire Police have asked anyone with information to call 101.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A gas leak has led to the closure of Abbey Lane heading into Leicester city centre.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it was alerted to "a hissing noise and a strong smell of gas" at a construction site at about 12:25, external.

It said gas engineers had been summoned and a cordon put in place.

Sudeley Avenue and Beaumont Leys Lane have also been closed while emergency services deal with the situation.

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

A man has had his jaw broken in a fight outside a pub in Scraptoft.

Leicestershire Police were called to a report of a brawl outside the entrance to The White House in Scraptoft Lane at about 19:15 on 22 November.

Officers believe the victim was punched after an argument with a group of eight to 12 men and women who had earlier attended a funeral.

Image source, Google

PC Nabeel Ayub said a man in his 60s went to hospital with "nasty injuries" and has since been discharged.

He has appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

A coach carrying passengers has crashed into a wall on the A6, closing the road in both directions.

The vehicle left the A6 Dale Road North, near Park View in Darley Dale, and hit a low wall earlier.

Derbyshire Police said no serious injuries have been reported.

The force added it is "not clear" how many people were on the coach, but said they were "all adults".

Image source, Google

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A burglar who got into a house by ripping off a cat flap and reaching inside to turn the key has been jailed, external.

Lee Quarless stole electrical items, two bikes and a car during the raid in Stowe Avenue, West Bridgford, in the early hours of 5 June.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Police

Police recovered several stolen items from a nearby address and DNA evidence linked the 32-year-old to the crime.

Quarless, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to burglary at Nottingham Crown Court and was jailed for three years and one month.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Police in Derbyshire have issued an appeal for information after a pedestrian died when he was hit by a car in Littleover.

Officers were called to Pastures Hill at about 17:00, Derbyshire Police said, after the man was hit by a black Nissan Qashqai.

The man was treated at the scene by paramedics but died soon after arriving at Royal Derby Hospital.

Image source, Google

Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

A man who visited a remembrance garden for more than 40 years thinking his parents' ashes were there has discovered the soil and plants were replaced more than three decades ago.

The man told the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) he visited the remembrance garden, in a Leicester City Council cemetery, annually.

In 2018, the man – named in an LGO report as Mr X – discovered the soil and plants were removed from the plot in 1986. His parents' ashes had been scattered there in 1976.

When he complained to the city council, he was told "the scattering of ashes over time reduces the capacity of the soil to support plants" so it had to be replaced.

The LGO's investigator said: "The council would not have been able to notify all relatives of its change of plants and soil in the gardens as many parties would be involved."

The report concluded: "There is no requirement for a local authority to preserve scattered ashes on a site forever."

A council spokesman said: "Depending on the location, scattered ashes are likely to completely break down within a few months. Ashes scattered on memorial gardens would also be exposed to normal horticultural practices such as digging and weeding which would further accelerate this breakdown of the ashes."

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

There will be a dry and bright feel to Monday with sunshine throughout the morning and into the afternoon.

The temperature is between 6C and 7C, so it is still feeling fairly chilly but not quite as cold as over the weekend.