Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

It's not just the Alberto Costa who's unhappy about the Magna Park expansion plans, plenty of local residents aren't happy either.

Months after these plans were announced last summer, opposition began to grow among people living near the area.

One resident told our BBC reporter it's not the right location, saying: "I feel that economic development is necessary in the right places but it should be need and not greed.

"Need should be established, it should be sustainable, houses or distribution centres should go where there's a need so where jobs are required."

BBC Weather

The rain will ease later and slowly clear eastwards with drier, brighter spells this afternoon. 

The lingering rain may cause some tricky driving conditions with spray and standing water on the roads. Highs of 11C (52F).

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa says the expansion of Magna Park isn't needed in the area because unemployment is low. 

Image source, Google

Mr Costa says the development might benefit the nation as a whole, but it won't benefit his area.

He argues they already have a large distribution centre and they don't want or need another.

He feels the centre should go somewhere else in the country where the jobs are more welcome.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Usually, plans to create lots of new jobs in Leicestershire would be welcomed... but not with this next story.

South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa has hit out at plans to double the size of the Magna Park distribution centre near Lutterworth. 

Next week, councillors at Harborough District Council are expected to approve plans for a massive new storage unit north of the current site. There's also an application for 10 new warehouses south of Magna Park.

But Mr Costa says hundreds of residents don't want the site to get any bigger.

Melton Times

Melton Council says it is taking steps to boost its recycling performance, external after a 40-strong league table of East Midlands authorities showed it is yet to hit a European Union target for the United Kingdom to recycle 50 per cent of household waste by 2020.

BBC Leicester Sport

Claudio Ranieri has said he's not considering resting Riyad Mahrez, claiming "it's not possible" at the minute. 

In December the Algerian scored six goals for Leicester City.

Image source, Getty Images

The Foxes manager says Mahrez remains mentally strong despite the focus and attention on him.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The A6 in Birstall has reopened after a serious accident this morning.

We have been contacted by the Arriva bus company to say the disruption has caused significant problems to their 127 service with the majority of buses on that route being stuck in the traffic.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says no staff or inmates were injured during the stand-off and police were investigating what happened.

They said there was no evidence it was an attempt to escape because external walls were not compromised.

Image source, Thinkstock

An MoJ spokesman said: "Once the situation was resolved, the offenders were transferred to other prisons as punishment and we contacted police.

"There was no disruption to the wider prison as a result of this incident."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

• Inmates at HMP Leicester staged a four-hour protest, smashing through walls
• A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after a collision on the A6 in Birstall
• The Premier League is in talks with Leicester City over a late-notice fixture change

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Cells at Leicester Prison were critisised in a national HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published in June.

The category B prison's segregation cells were described as "particularly poor".

Image source, Thinkstock

Another report in 2014 said the unit containing six cells for prisoners who had been separated for disruptive behaviour, was "nearly always full".

"The accommodation used for segregation was not sufficiently robust, nor spacious enough to house all prisoners judged to need segregation," it said.

It added: "The cells were in poor condition and had been damaged; the plaster had been torn off the walls and the concrete painted over."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The Prison Officers Association is blaming the disorder at Leicester Prison on national cuts and overcrowding, and says cases like this are becoming more common.

Image source, Google

Describing what happened in HMP Leicester, a Prison Officers Association spokesman said one prisoner started to smash his wall and was copied by others.

He said: "In the space of three hours six prisoners had broken through walls within the segregation units. National resources were deployed."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The BBC has found out about disorder at Leicester prison which involved inmates smashing through their cell walls and staging a four-hour stand-off with guards.

This all happened last month. National prison staff had to be called in to bring things under control.

Image source, Google

It's not known what caused the disorder to start or how the men smashed the walls.

Hinckley Times

Bosworth MP David Tredinnick has voted against a rule that would have forced landlords to ensure their properties were fit for human habitation, external.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

There are still problems on the A6 in Birstall

The road is closed northbound at the A46 junction because of an accident.

Image source, Google

Police have told us the collision involved two vehicles and a man's been taken to hospital with head injuries.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

A statement from the Premier League says: "We always seek to give fans a minimum of six weeks notice of any fixture changes. 

"It is only on extremely rare occasions we don't meet that aspiration during the normal course of the season. 

"We are currently in discussions with Arsenal and Leicester City to see what can be done to help fans affected by this scheduling change."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The decision to change the kick-off time for three of Leicester City's Premier League matches has caused outrage among some fans.

Yesterday I told you the club had moved games against Watford, Arsenal and Newcastle so they can be broadcast on Sky.

Image source, Getty Images

The games against Arsenal is just three weeks away and some fans had already planned routes and bought rail tickets.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Chris Huscroft from Evington worked for British Shoe Corporation for 34 years.

He says: "I think the writing has been on the wall for shoe retailing for a good 20 years now.

"When British Shoe finished in 1998 there'd already been a decline for some years, that's really why it folded.

"It is a very sad day, I do know some of the people at Brantano and they are hopeful something may come out of this."

Leicester Mercury

Hundreds of people are expected to turn out today, external for the funeral of former boxer and trainer Dave 'Sticky' Pratt.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Brantano is one of the first big retailers to get into difficulty after the key Christmas trading period.

It was bought by investment firm Alteri Investors in October, along with Jones Bootmaker.

BBC business correspondent, Emma Simpson, says Alteri specialise in turning around failing business, but "it appears that Brantano's trading position was worse than than expected. Christmas trading, I'm told, was also below expectations."

Administrators say staff will be paid their arrears of wages and salaries, and will continue to be paid for their work during the administration.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Administrators from PwC are now running Brantano and say it will trade normally while they look for a buyer.

Image source, Google

PwC's Tony Barrell said the chain was a victim of changing consumer habits:

"The continuing challenging conditions for 'bricks and mortar' retail stores are well documented," he said.

"Like many others, Brantano has been hit hard by the change in consumers' shopping habits and the evolution of the UK retail environment."