Summary

  • Funeral has taken place for Leicester schoolgirl after theme park death

  • Teenager's body found in car after Leicester crash

  • Murder probe after man found in Leicester street

  • Derbyshire PCC wants force to be 'more representative' of community

  • Buses powered by poo launched in Nottingham

  • Nottingham Forest boss 'impressed' with new Greek owner

  • Updates for Tuesday 16 May 2017

Live Reporting

Sandish Shoker and Khia Lewis-Todd

  1. Woman 'punched and bitten' in city centre attempted robbery

    Khia Lewis-Todd
    BBC Local Live

    A woman was punched in the face and bitten during an attempted robbery in Derby city centre, police said.

    The 56-year-old was approached by two men and a woman as she walked outside the intu shopping centre in Traffic Street at about 05:00 yesterday.

    One of the men pushed her over demanding cash and then punched her in the face and bit her ear before checking her pockets, police say.

    Traffic StreetGoogle

    Two men aged 27 and 31 have been arrested in connection with the incident and remain in custody.

    Officers are urging people who may have been in the area to come forward.

  2. Wooden spoon carving becomes latest 'hipster' craze

    Andy Whittaker
    Presenter, BBC Radio Nottingham

    I've been wooden spoon carving! 

    It's an art that has been around for centuries but now more and more people are taking part in it for fun and it's apparently the latest 'hipster' craze.

    So I went to meet a man known as the Wobbly Bodger who runs courses at various locations around Nottinghamshire. 

    wood carving
    wooden spoon

  3. Man dies after being found in Leicester street

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Police have released details of why they closed St Matthews Way in Leicester yesterday afternoon. 

    A man died in hospital after he was found seriously injured at the junction with Wharf Street North, at about 15:10.

    Leicestershire Police said a murder investigation had now been launched and detectives are trying to establish whether he sustained his injuries in the street or elsewhere.

    A police cordon is still in place while investigations continue. 

    A 17-year-old boy has been been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody.

    St Matthews WayGoogle

  4. Calls for police to be more representative

    BBC Radio Derby

    Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyl Dhindsa, is calling for a discussion about recruitment law so Derbyshire police can become more representative of ethnic minorities.

    In the county, 6.7% of people are black or from ethnic minority groups, but only 3.5% of the county's officers are from the same groups. 

    Mr Dhindsa says he's worried the current rate of employment for officers means it could be decades before true representation is achieved.

    Hardyl DhindsaDerbyshire Police

    Derbyshire is actually doing quite a lot of good work with positive action. My estimate is that it may achieve it in 30/50 years. If it's an important thing should we be looking at something different."

    Hardyl Dhindsa, Police and Crime Commissioner

  5. Hilton police chase death: Driver jailed for eight years

    Khia Lewis-Todd
    BBC Local Live

    In case you missed this yesterday, an unlicensed driver who killed a 75-year-old pedestrian after fleeing from police at high speed has been jailed for eight years.

    Barrie Arkesden died in Hilton, Derbyshire, when Matthew Hogg crashed into him and two cars.

    Hogg, 24, from Melville Court, Etwall, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was banned from driving for 14 years at Derby Crown Court.

    Police said they had to call off the pursuit because it was "too dangerous".  

    Matthew HoggDerbyshire Police

  6. Poo-powered buses unveiled ahead of launch

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    They look like regular buses but Nottingham's new fleet of double decker buses are powered by poo....well biomethane gas to be exact. 

    The are run by what's flushed down your toilet and the rubbish you throw out in a bid to help make the city's air a bit cleaner.

    And apparently Nottingham's fleet will be the largest in the world when they take to the roads in June.

    bus
    bus

    I'm assuming they don't smell of poo though...

  7. Watch: East Midlands weather forecast

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    Fetch your brolly, it's going to be wet.

  8. Travel: Roads congested this morning

    BBC News Travel

    • Belgrave Gate Lane, Leicester has been closed by police making St Matthews Way very busy this morning
    • There's delays of five minutes on the A52 Brian Clough Way towards Derby and on Queensway roundabout towards Ashbourne Road in the city
    • Road works on Melton Road, West Bridgford are causing delays

  9. Foxes owners make donation to university

    BBC Leicester Sport

    Leicester City's owners have pledged to donate £1m to the University of Leicester's medical department.  

    It was mentioned at the club's 2017 Player Awards last night and follows on from their £2m donation to the children’s hospital last year.

  10. Car crash body identified as 16-year-old girl

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Police say the body found in the back of a car after a crash in Enderby, Leicestershire on Sunday, was a 16-year-old girl.   

    Megan BannisterBannister family

    She has been named as Megan Bannister and police said a post mortem revealed she had died before the crash.

    In a statement her family said: "Megan was our beautiful, talented, loving daughter and sister, and our hearts have been utterly broken by her death."  

    Two men aged 27 and 28 have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

  11. Join us for today's updates

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Morning, it's Khia Lewis-Todd and I writing your news, travel and weather updates for the East Midlands today.

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