Summary

  • Updates for Tuesday 10 January 2017

  • Cash machine ram-raid 'guts' post office

  • Pub table 999 dash after medic no-show

  • Leicester war reporter 'who broke WW2' dies

  • Ranieri named FIFA Coach of the Year

  • Foxes to face Derby in FA Cup

  • News, sport, travel and weather resume at 08:00 Wednesday

  1. Tribute to 'inspiration' from Leicesterpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    This was Clare Hollingworth celebrating her 105th birthday last year...

    The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong, where she had been a regular, has said: "We are very sad to hear about Clare's passing. 

    "She was a tremendous inspiration to us all and a treasured member of our club."

  2. Leicester war reporter diespublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017
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    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    The British war correspondent who broke the news that World War II had started has died aged 105. 

    Clare Hollingworth in 1932Image source, Hollingworth family

    Clare Hollingworth was originally from Leicester but had lived in Hong Kong for the last 30 years.  

  3. Teenager arrested over 'touching' incidentspublished at 13:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after reports of a teenager "touching himself inappropriately" at Fosse Park.

    There were also reports that two girls were assaulted, external at the retail park.

    It happened on Monday evening and wasn't inside any of the shops.

  4. Weather: Cloud increasing with showerspublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Alex Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    It’ll be increasingly cloudy this afternoon with some intermittent showers at times. 

    Highs of 8C (46F).

  5. Hospital message for publicpublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Bosses at Leicester's hospitals are asking the public only visit their emergency departments for "serious and life-threatening injuries and conditions".

    They've said this includes: a loss of consciousness, severe breathing difficulty, heavy bleeding, severe chest pain, suspected broken bones, deep wounds, swallowing something harmful or poisonous and a drug overdose.    

    Ambulances at LRI
  6. Man arrested after Tesco 'assault'published at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Right - I've got more from the police now on what has happened at the Tesco store in the Haymarket shopping centre.

    Police outside Tesco

    The police have told me a man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of assault.

    A man has been injured at the Belgrave Gate store. We believe it to be the security guard.

  7. Hospital on highest level of alertpublished at 11:58 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    It's not just the ambulance service struggling with the high demand for their services.

    Leicester's Hospitals Trust has been in touch today and said they are on their highest level of alert for the number of people they are seeing at all three of their sites.

    LRI building
  8. Person taken out of shop on stretcherpublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Someone has been taken out of the shop on a stretcher... 

    Tesco in the Haymarket shopping centre

    A Leicestershire Police spokesman said the force does not have any information they can tell us about yet. 

  9. Police cordon off Leicester storepublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    A police cordon is outside the Tesco in the Haymarket Shopping Centre. 

    Police cordon outside the Tesco in the Haymarket shopping centre
  10. Reports: 'Incident' at shopping centrepublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    We're getting reports of an incident at the Tesco store in the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester.

    The area has been cordoned off and paramedics are inside.

    We're hearing it has something to do with the store security guard being injured.

    More to follow... 

  11. Baby Vardy has arrivedpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

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  12. Ambulance service comment on delayed responsepublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Mr Hunt was understanding of the pressure the ambulance service are under and praised the paramedics at the Leicester Royal Infirmary who were able to help David "quickly" when he arrived.

    Emergency department at LRI

    An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We get to the majority of our patients quickly, however significant peaks in demand [call volume] bring real challenges and sometimes we don't get to people as quickly as we want or need to."  

  13. Ambulance called for 'fourth time this season'published at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Jon Hunt is the captain of Aylestone Athletic RFC and said this isn't the first time they've needed to call an ambulance to a match - in fact, this is the fourth time this season.

    Of these four incidents, there have been three occasions when an ambulance has been unable to attend and the club has ended up taking the player to hospital themselves.

    Mr Hunt said the injury on Saturday really "brought it home" how stretched the ambulance service is. 

    Aylestone Athletic RFCImage source, Amy Woodfield/BBC
  14. Player talks about pain of dislocated kneepublished at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    David Burton has been describing his injuries.

    He said: "My leg twisted at a funny angle. My knee then dislocated and the cap moved across the front of my knee and stayed there.

    "This was extremely painful."

    David Burton's kneeImage source, Aylestone Athletic RFC/Marine Burghoffer
  15. Taken to hospital on a tablepublished at 10:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    The rugby team used a fold-away table from The Old Horse pub on London Road as a stretcher to get injured David Burton into the back of a pick-up truck.

    Rugby player in truckImage source, Amy Woodfield/BBC

    He eventually got to hospital where doctors immediately put his knee back into place.

  16. Rugby team told 'no ambulance available'published at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    A story now that I know all about - because I was there.

    A rugby match at Victoria Park in Leicester on Saturday ended when one of the players was badly injured. An ambulance was called but the team were told there were none available and that they would get a call back when one was on its way.

    Aylestone Athletic RFCImage source, Amy Woodfield/BBC

    After nearly an hour with their player on the floor with a dislocated knee Aylestone Athletic RFC decided they'd have to get him to hospital themselves.

  17. Foxes favourites to beat Derbypublished at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Ian Stringer
    BBC Radio Leicester Foxes commentator

    Leicester City have won the last three meetings between these two sides - Derby have had to watch on while their near neighbours have dominated world sporting headlines by winning the Premier League.

    Claudio Ranieri's team look very strong in this competition already. They'll be the favourites even away from home.

  18. Top story in the Mercurypublished at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Leicester Mercury

    Today's front page - read the headline story here, external.

    Leicester MercuryImage source, Leicester Mercury
  19. Bradgate Park van recoveredpublished at 10:09 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Time for some good news now - the Land Rover van that was stolen from Bradgate Park yesterday has been found...

    Facebook post by Bradgate ParkImage source, Facebook/Bradgate Park

    They've been told the vehicle is "OK" and that police are taking it for a forensic examination.