Live updates for Thursday 30 November 2017
Children's heart surgery to continue at Glenfield
Lorries and cars in M1 pile-up
Armed officers to patrol Derbyshire over Christmas
Nottingham prepares to welcome Harry and Meghan
Liam Barnes
BBC News Online
You may find it a bit tricky getting in and around Nottingham tomorrow, with a number of roads in the city centre closed for the royal visit of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Nottingham City Council has released a list of the many routes affected, external as the couple make their first visit since they announced their engagement.
BBC Radio Derby
The annual raft race at Matlock may not go ahead in future if people continue to throw eggs and plastic bags of flour at the competitors.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust says the bags cause problems for wildlife in and near the river for some time after the event, which first began in the 1960s.
Plastic bags filled with flour could still be seen in the river a fortnight after last year's event.
Experts have told us people don't think about the damage throwing plastic into the water can do to animals - something Sir David Attenborough has recently warned about.
Angela Mason, from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, and Paul Reeves from the Environment Agency
Quote MessageThousands and thousands of these un-biodegradable bags went into the river, which are going to sit there for a very long time.
Paul Reeves, Environment Agency
Image source, Maggie TIt may look lovely outside, but it's pretty nippy if you're out and about today.
This cow snapped by Maggie T near West Leake doesn't look too impressed, but if you can stand the cold there are wonderful views to be had on a bracing walk, as this photo from bry in Ilkeston shows.
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Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
Does having a degree help young women in the job market if they are also mothers needing flexible hours?
Image source, Issy MasonAs a report has found degrees do little to help young mums, Issy Mason, a 26-year-old graduate from Nottingham, has been telling the BBC about her experience.
"Money is so tight. You never really know how much you are going to get paid each month," she said.
Issy has an upper-second class degree from Sheffield Hallam University, speaks fluent Spanish and has completed two internships in marketing, one of them overseas.
And she achieved all this having become a mum at 19.
But the only jobs open to her which are flexible enough to fit around school pick-up for daughter seem to only offer zero-hours contracts.
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
A joint bid has been submitted for a new medical school in Lincolnshire.
If successful, the bid from the University of Lincoln and University of Nottingham will see medical students studying locally rather than having to move out of the county.
The two universities say it will increase the number of doctors and nurses in Lincolnshire.
Quote MessageThis will offer important opportunities to widen access to medicine targeting local students"
Spokesperson, University of Lincoln
Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
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Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
A five-year-old boy was found drowned more than two hours after his mother and stepfather let him "go off by himself" to play in a pool at a Leicestershire water park, a court has heard.
A group of other children pulled Charlie Dunn from a lagoon at Bosworth Water Park in July 2016 after his stepfather Paul Smith was allegedly seen smoking and heard saying he didn't where the boy was.
Smith, 36, and Charlie's mother, Lynsey Dunn, 28, both deny causing the youngster's death by gross negligence by permitting him to enter a bathing area unsupervised.
Image source, Family handoutProsecutor Mary Prior QC told Birmingham Crown Court that Charlie, who could not swim, was supervised near the water by strangers - including a man who was mistaken for his father - after being left alone.
She told the jury: "This is a gross failure to supervise not for seconds, and not for a few minutes, but for protracted periods of time in circumstances where the child was exposed to danger."
The trial continues.
Image source, PAGavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
Leicester West MP Liz Kendall said she was "absolutely delighted" about NHS England's decision to keep children's heart surgery at Glenfield.
She said: "The challenge now is to keep improving services and treat even more children, with even better standards of care.
"I know that’s what everyone at Glenfield is determined to do and I’ll be holding NHS England and the Department of Health to account for working with us to achieve our goals."
Image source, Getty ImagesShe went on to say securing the future of Glenfield was the most important issue she had been involved with since being elected in 2010.
Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
Police say all four lanes have reopened on the M1 northbound between J29a and J30 following a pile-up this morning involving three lorries.
The clear-up has been causing delays since 05:50.
Image source, Derbyshire Roads PoliceGavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
The trust in charge of Leicester's Glenfield Hospital welcomed NHS England's decision, external to allow children's heart surgery to continue there.
Chief executive John Adler said: "The decision is a vote of confidence for our staff and service.
"The future is now in our hands and this decision means that the clinical team can now focus on building a world class congenital heart service."
Aidan Bolger, head of service at the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, said it "puts an end to years of uncertainty".
While the children's congenital heart service will continue at Glenfield for now, it is scheduled to move to the Leicester Royal Infirmary's children's hospital in 2019.
Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
Conservative MP for Mansfield, Ben Bradley, is in the running for the auspicious Parliamentary Beard of the Year online poll.
Previous winners of the competition, organised by The Beard Liberation Front (yes, a real thing), have included, well, mostly Jeremy Corbyn who's topped the poll seven times since 2001.
The Front said, external the Labour leader is not eligible this year (apparently for being too successful).
It said concerns that Tory MPs were planning to boycott the poll because there were too many Labour candidates on the shortlist saw the Mansfield MP move to second place.
This year's shortlist also includes Labour's Ian Murray, Lib Dem Lord Tony Greaves and the SNP's Stewart Hosie among others.
Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
Children's heart surgery is to continue at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
Proposals to relocate services to other centres around the country were modified following a lengthy public consultation.
Image source, PANHS England said the reprieve was conditional on the unit making sufficient improvements to meet required standards.
The announcement follows a lengthy campaign to keep children's heart surgery in Leicester.
The decision has been welcomed by Leicestershire MPs Nicky Morgan and Liz Kendall.
Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
The NHS England board members are still to officially approve the recommendations but the Leicester West MP is clearly feeling confident.
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Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
The environment minister says Derby is not acting quickly enough to tackle pollution in the city.
Therese Coffee was speaking to the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs select committee, external as part of a joint inquiry into improving air quality.
Image source, House of Commons"Derby were not willing to engage initially in the process," she said.
"The initial plan we've received from them is, I'm afraid, not up to scratch. The substance isn't there and that's why I'm worried. Other cities are making good progress."
The city council said in July its progress in improving air quality over the past few years had been hampered by a lack of resources.
A Christmas tree in the centre of Derby is cordoned off with barriers for "public safety".
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BBC Local Live
The trust that runs Leicester's Glenfield Hospital appears optimistic children's heart surgery will be retained there.
The NHS England board meeting will discuss the recommendations before making an announcement. Watch it live here, external.
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Dave Wade
BBC Local Live
The organisers of five cities' bids to be European Capital of Culture are investigating whether they can take legal action against the decision to cancel the UK's turn to hold the title.
Nottingham's bid to be 2023 capital of culture was scuppered along with Dundee, Leeds, Belfast/Derry and Milton Keynes.
The organisers have asked the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for further advice on the legal status of the European Commission's announcement last week "as a matter of urgency".
"This sudden change of heart has the potential to disrupt well over 100 cultural collaborations across the continent which bidding cities have been developing in good faith," they said in a statement.
Yesterday first secretary Damian Green told MPs ministers were in urgent talks with the EU over the decision.
The situation on the northbound stretch of the M1 shows no signs of improving towards junction 30 for Sheffield south.
The initial problem was a multi-vehicle accident on that carriageway just before 06:00 this morning with three of the four lanes still closed from junction 29 (Chesterfield) towards junction 30.
Image source, Crown Copyright/Highways AgencyIn addition to this there has been a breakdown in the queues, which has closed the two middle lanes towards the incident meaning delays still begin at junction 28 (Alfreton) and callers to BBC Radio Sheffield are still reporting delays of around 90 minutes through that stretch.
Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
A driver was killed when his car hit a tree in Rothley yesterday, external.
Leicestershire Police said the Honda Civic left the old A6 just south of Brooklea Nurseries at about 20:10 and the man died at the scene.
They're keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash.
Image source, GoogleGavin Bevis
BBC Local Live
An artist who's designed custom boots for some of the biggest names in world football has created a pair for Gary Lineker.
The former Leicester City striker was handed the Pierre Navarro boots as a surprise by his Match of the Day colleagues in the video below.
