Updates for Wednesday 2 December 2015
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
A chef from Burbage has been named the UK’s King of Spice, external – landing a top prize at a lavish curry industry awards ceremony.
Image source, Hinckley Times
BBC Travel
There are delays on the A426 Rugby Road southbound in Lutterworth due to drivers diverting away from problems on the M1.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Leicester Hospitals Trust says delays, like that experienced by Gloria Joseph, won't stop until fewer people need emergency care.
Richard Mitchell, the trust's chief operating officer, said: “To dramatically reduce the number of ambulance handover delays we must reduce the numbers of people needing emergency care. This is a priority for the local health economy this year."
Image source, GoogleMr Mitchell says the emergency department recently broke its record for the highest number of emergency admissions in one week and the highest number of attendances.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
A bit more now on The Crescent in Hinckley as the £80m development reaches a new milestone.
The new Cineworld cinema is putting on a private "premiere screening" of Frankenstein tonight before it opens to the public on Friday.
Councillor Mike Hall, leader of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, says: "It's been so long since Hinckley had a cinema and people are looking forward to that and all the other businesses, the restaurants, the pubs that are going with it.
"It should be really good, not just for the people of Hinckley, but probably people that have never been to Hinckley before will come and see what we have to offer."
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Thanks for "Andy's Rutland" for sharing this beautiful photo with us on our BBC Weather Watchers website.
It shows the sun over Empingham Church in Rutland.
Image source, Andy's Rutland
BBC Sport
Loughbrough-based parasports athlete Sophie Hahn says she "can't wait" to see whether she's voted the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year at the event later this month.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 100m world record holder and gold medalist is shortlisted, along with the likes of European high jump champion Morgan Lake and European gold medal-winning diver Matthew Lee.
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Judging by the commentson our Facebook page, externalmany of you aren't too keen on Birstall's new Christmas tree.
Pamela Joy Riley says: "Doesn't look like any Xmas tree I've ever seen and it's blue . Absolutely awful especially for that price. What a waste of the towns money."
Tania Tennant says: "It's horrible, a complete waste of our money. Real Tree from the garden centre would of been better."
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
When asked about the delay in getting to Gloria Joseph, East Midlands Ambulance Service said they took more than 2,000 urgent calls on Monday night - an average of one every 37 seconds - which put extra pressure on their system.
Image source, Conrad DoreEMAS also blamed handover times at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
It said: "On Monday afternoon (16:00-19:00 the time of the delay) around 10 ambulance crews were waiting to handover their patient at LRI which amounts to 87 hours (for the whole of Monday) where our crews were unable to respond to emergencies out in the community."
Allegations of systematic and prolonged bullying of teachers by senior management, external at a Hinckley school have been made by former staff and parents.
Image source, Hinckley TimesAmy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
We've just spoken to Leicestershire Police about the woman who was on the roof of the Haymarket Shopping Centre.
They say the issue has now been resolved and she's come down safely.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Birstall parish councillors have responded on social media to criticism of their Christmas tree by saying that they wanted to deliver "improvements" to the tree and light switch-on event after people had complained about their efforts in recent years.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
This year's Christmas Tree in Birstall is causing some controversy.
BBC Radio Leicester's Helen McCarthy went to see it this morning and took this photo for us...
Some have compared it to Mickey Mouse's hat in Fantasia. Let us know what you think on our Facebook page., external
A primary school will remain closed for the rest of the week, external after a huge fire ripped through nearby industrial buildings.
Image source, Leicester MercuryAmy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Here's a photo from the scene of the Haymarket where a a woman is on the roof.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
We've had reports of a young woman sitting on the roof of the Haymarket shopping centre.
Emergency services are on their way. This may cause some traffic problems in the area.
More as we get it.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Speaking to BBC Radio Leicester, Conrad Dore says it's "very worrying" that his 80-year-old diabetic mother Gloria had to wait two hours for an ambulance.
Image source, Conrad DoreConrad said he was frightened his mum would die while waiting for the ambulance. He said: "She was shaking, she was moaning that it was hurting.
"We just made sure she was warm, covered her in blankets, put pillows down and phoned the ambulance again but there was nothing I could do."
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
One of the first stories I'm going to tell you about is how an injured woman was left on the floor with a broken hip for two hours while waiting for an ambulance.
Conrad Dore says his 80-year old mum was in agony during this time. Now he's demanding to know why it happened.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
So here you go...hot off the press (our printer)...Leicestershire's 2016 fixtures.
If you haven't got the time to read the whole list here are a couple of dates for your diary.
The East Midlands T20 Blast derbies against Derbyshire and Notts will be at Grace Road on Friday 8 and Tuesday 12 July respectively.
