Latest updates: East Midlands Live on Wednesday 5 July 2017

Summary

Live updates for Wednesday 5 July 2017
Attempted murder and rape arrest after Leicester attack
Two dead in three-vehicle crash on M1
Leicester acid attacker ordered to pay compensation
Labour MEP set to retire later this year
East Midlands Tory MEP expert on ghosts and paranormal

Live Reporting

Dave Wade and Calum McKenzie

Leicester deputy mayor to become Labour MEPpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Tim Parker
BBC Radio Leicester political reporter
Leicester's deputy mayor, Rory Palmer, has told the BBC that he will be Labour's MEP in the East Midlands.
Image source, Labour Party
His announcement comes after Labour's Glenis Willmott announced earlier today that she would be retiring in October.
East Midlands MPs at PMQspublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Tony Roe
BBC East Midlands political editor
In the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions today...
- Labour MP for Nottingham East, Chris Leslie, and Tory MP for Erewash, Maggie Throup spoke on voter registration
- Nottingham North's Labour MP, Alex Norris, asked for police to have resources to tackle cyber security
- Sherwood's Conservative MP, Mark Spencer, had a good bellow and point at the Labour benches
- Bolsover's Labour MP, Dennis Skinner, was up and down in a sprightly manner eager to get in
- Meanwhile Conserrvative MP for Broxtowe, Anna Soubry, came to the defence of tuition fees, saying more working class and poor young people are going to university
Forest complete deal for Rangers' McKaypublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Nottingham Forest sign winger Barrie McKay from Rangers for an undisclosed fee thought to be about £500,000.
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Teenager charged after four injured by carpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News Online
A 19-year-old man will appear in court after four pedestrians were injured by a vehicle in Leicester city centre last year.
Three men and a woman were hit by a car that failed to stop on Humberstone Gate on 1 November.
Wahid Rob, from Neston Road in Leicester, has been charged with four counts of attempted grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving.
He is set to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 10 July.
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Man charged after 'gun fired' in Worksoppublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
A man has been charged after a shot was allegedly fired in Worksop in the early hours of Monday.
Armed officers searched an address in Cheapside after they received a report of a gunshot in Gateford Road at about 01:40.
A 23-year-old, from Cheapside, was charged with possession of a firearms weapon with intent to endanger life and appeared at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court this morning.
He was remanded into custody to appear at Nottingham Crown Court next month.
Boy held over rape and attempted murderpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
A woman in her 20s is fighting for her life following the "horrific" attack in a park.
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Man dies after Nottinghamshire crashpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
An 84-year-old man has died after a crash between a lorry and car on the B6463 in Nottinghamshire.
It happened at about 10:00 on Tuesday between Oldcotes and Styrrup.
A police investigation is under way.
Staff members change plea over pupil's brain damagepublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Peter Saull
BBC Radio Nottingham Political Reporter
Two staff members admitted failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of a disabled teenager after an 18-year-old suffered brain damage at a Leicester school.
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Marilyn Smith and Eileen Coull, from Ratby, Leicestershire, changed their pleas from not guilty and will be sentenced next Thursday
The teenager, who has mental and physical disabilities, slipped out of his rubber ring and was underwater for a minute and a half at the West Gate School, before being revived.
He also suffered lung damage following the swimming lesson.
Water park lake death parents deny manslaughterpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Amy Harris
Reporter, BBC East Midlands Today
The mother and stepfather of Charlie Dunn, 5, who drowned in a Leicestershire lake have appeared at Leicester Crown Court this morning where they denied manslaughter by gross negligence.
Image source, Family handout
Lynsey Dunn and Paul Smith also deny five child cruelty offences.
Charlie, from Tamworth, was found submerged in a paddling area while on a day out at Bosworth Water Park on 23 July last year.
Nolan confirms Notts' interest in Noblepublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
League Two side Notts County are keen on re-signing Forest Green Rovers midfielder Liam Noble.
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Alfreton Town get Conference North fixturespublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Alfreton Town will begin the 2017-18 season with a home game against Blyth Spartans.
Image source, Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
The Reds then have away trips to Boston and Darlington.
Full details of the Reds' fixture list can be found here., external
Man taken to hospital after city crashpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
A man has been taken to hospital with what are thought to be non life-threatening injuries following a crash in Nottingham (see 12:54).
Nottinghamshire Police said they were called at about 11:45 to Mansfield Road after a collision involving a car and a bus.
Two lanes were closed but have now reopened, the force added.
Acid attacker must pay victim £19,000published at 13:42 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Daniel Rotariu was blinded and nearly died in the six-second attack at his home in Leicester.
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East Midlands MEP to retire later this yearpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
East Midlands MEP Glenis Willmott tweets...
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Victoria Park attack: Boy further arrested on suspicion of rapepublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
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Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
A teenager has been now arrested on suspicion of rape - after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack at Victoria Park in Leicester.
The victim, who police believe was in her 20s, remains in a critical condition in hospital following the attack in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The 17-year-old remains in custody and is being questioned by detectives.
Wimbledon: East Midlands players in actionpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Having just missed out on a place in the main draw singles, Derby's Jay Clarke, playing alongside Marcus Willis, plays his opening match in the men's doubles later., external
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The pair will pay Jared Donaldson and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the last match on court eight.
Meanwhile, Leicestershire's Katie Boulter, playing alongside fellow Brit Katie Swan, opens her doubles campaign against Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova.
The match, which has not yet been assigned a court, will not take place before 17:00.
Travel: Major delays after Nottingham crashpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
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Travel: Crash in Nottinghampublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
We're getting reports of a crash in Nottingham.
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Acid attacker told to pay compensation to partner she tried to killpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
A woman who poured sulphuric acid on her partner as he slept has been told to pay him almost £20,000 in compensation.
Image source, Leicestershire Police
Katie Leong, who is serving a life sentence for the attack on Daniel Rotariu, in Leicester last July, asked the judge to let her keep some of her savings for her eventual release but this was rejected.
"I want to state that obviously I am in prison for a while and when I come out I don't want to be dependent on my family," Leong, 52, told Leicester Crown Court.
"So I will need some money, I need a little bit myself for when I come out."
Judge Nicholas Dean told Leong that her plea was "not really how it works" and ordered her to pay £19,300 to Mr Rotariu.
East Midlands Tory MEP expert on ghosts and paranormalpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 5 July 2017
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
A new Conservative MEP for the East Midlands has denied claims he believes in aliens.
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Rupert Matthews takes over as one of the party's two MEPs, after Andrew Lewer was elected to the UK Parliament in last month's General Election.
But it is Mr Matthews' previous life as an author that has grabbed national headlines., external
"I’ve written a few books on the subject [poltergeists and alien sightings] but it was some years ago now," he told BBC Radio Derby.
"I did some books on haunted York, haunted Chester…I’m mainly a historian, I write a lot of history books and magazine articles and so on."
Asked by BBC Radio Derby presenter Ian Skye if he believed in little green men, he replied "no".
He added his role in the European Parliament would be to secure the best possible Brexit deal for the people of the East Midlands.