New petition to send to NHS bossespublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Campaigners who want to save Hinckley District Hospital from closing are taking their protest to the streets once more, external.
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Updates for Monday 13 June 2016
New petition to send to NHS bossespublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Police appeal with CCTV imagespublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Amy Woodfield
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End of twitter postGlorious mudpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Thanks to joe1907 for sending this in over the weekend...
Image source, joe1907I hope he had his wellies on as well.
Beadman joined boozy weekendpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands TodayIn the police video shown to the jury Luke Harlow told police Kayleigh Haywood had stayed at his house for two nights and was drinking heavily.
He said his neighbour Stephen Beadman joined them on the second night.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceHarlow says he woke up the next morning and the 15-year-old girl had gone.
Speedway: Lions make new signingpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
BBC Leicester SportLeicester Lions have signed Swedish rider Ludvig Lingren to come in to their team in place of Davey Watt.
This is still subject to BSPA approval.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe club have won two of their Elite League meetings this season leaving them bottom of the table.
Video shown to jurypublished at 13:15 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands TodayA jury in Nottingham have been shown a video of a police interview with Luke Harlow, who is accused of falsely imprisoning Kayleigh Haywood before she was killed.
In the video Harlow says he befriended the 15-year-old on Facebook and arranged for her to stay at his flat.
He admits two counts of sexual grooming, but denies false imprisonment.
His co-accused Stephen Beadman also denies false imprisonment but has admitted rape and murder.
The trial continues.
M1: Long delays continuepublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveI'm sorry but the traffic around the M1 is showing no signs of improving. These are from around J24 and J24A...
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Image source, Highways EnglandRocking weekend for the whole familypublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Wesley Mallin
Reporter, BBC Radio DerbyDownload Festival... family weekend away. Really?
There were three generations of the Edwards family from Caerphilly at Download this year making it a family experience.
Festivals help UK economypublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
BBC NewsbeatHate them or love them, it seems like music festivals are bringing the UK a lot of money.
Apparently there were nearly 30 million tickets sold for British gigs and festivals in 2015- that means a total spend of about £3.7bn.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe East Midlands region generated £162m from fans visiting. They also helped support 2,021 jobs in the area.
Simpson wants Vardy to staypublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
BBC Leicester SportLeicester City defender Danny Simpson says everyone at the club wants Jamie Vardy to stay.
The England striker will decide after the Euros in France if he's moving to Arsenal or staying with the Foxes.
Image source, Getty ImagesSimpson says: "I just feel for me and the team that we've got a special group and we would like him to stay even if it is just for one more year."
Gangs of thieves kept away from festivalpublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Crime at Download Festival was "exceptionally low this year" according to the police.
It's thought known gangs that travel to see rock bands to steal from fans, external kept away.
Image source, Cross Border PoliceDet Cons Kevin Walker said: “We’ve also been using automatic number plate recognition technology on all the main roads surrounding Donington and officers have been pulling cars over before they get to the site and that will have deterred gangs from targeting the event.”
Weather warningpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
The rain's not over yet - there’s a yellow warning in force from the met office for heavy and thundery showers this afternoon.
It's likely these could lead to tricky driving conditions and localised flooding.
Travel: Crash in Nether Broughtonpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
BBC TravelThere's been a crash in Nether Broughton that's causing delays.
The fire service say there was one vehicle involved and a man was trapped inside. He since been released and had treatment from paramedics.
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End of twitter postTraffic affects Download fanspublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveThe problems with the M1 mean a lot of people are stuck trying to get home from Download Festival...
One fan from Wigston said she waiting at the campsite for the traffic to (hopefully) improve.
Another fan was waiting for his lift home to arrive but fears it could be a long journey to Southend.
'Red tape is workers' rights'published at 11:39 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Quote MessagePeople talk about red tape and quite often they are talking about peoples' rights at work. The right to work in a safe environment, the right to four weeks paid holiday, the right for part time workers to be treated the same as full time workers
Glenis Willmott, Labour MEP, Remain
All you need to know on the EU referendumpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Ben Truslove
BBC News OnlineIf - like me - all this chat from the opposing sides of the debate is beginning to fog your mind, check the BBC's crucial piece on everything you need to know about the referendum.
Image source, AFPTravel delays continuepublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveTraffic is still pretty bad on and around the M1 after police closed part of the motorway in Leicestershire. The southbound carriageway is shut between J23 and J22.
This is the scene at J24...
Image source, Highways EnglandFears warm weather could impact A&Epublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
A&E doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary saw almost 19,000 patients during April, external, according to figures published by NHS England.
Vigil for Orlando shooting victimspublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local LiveThere's going to be a vigil in Leicester this evening for the victims of the Orlando shooting.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's been organised by the city's LGBT community who say they want to show solidarity for their "LGBT cousins".
From 18:30 people will stand hand-in-hand around Town Hall Square in silence.
Regulation 'hurts small businesses'published at 11:00 British Summer Time 13 June 2016
Ben Truslove
BBC News Online
Multinational companies benefit from the EU because it makes the market less competitive according to North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen.
“Large companies like regulation they can cope with it. The relative cost to an [small to medium sized business]... is ten times the cost to a large company of implementing any form of regulation," he said.
