Latest updates: East Midlands Live Wednesday 18 July

Summary

A1 closed after lorry crash
Train evacuated after fire
Derby fountain to be turned back on
Soubry - 'Rees-Mogg is running the country'
Bacon 'has one day left in hospital'
Live updates on Wednesday 18 July 2018

Live Reporting

Sandish Shoker and Dave Wade

Reports of fire on trainpublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
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Council to consider reducing hall gardenspublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
BBC Radio Leicester
A decision will be made today on whether to reduce the size of the gardens at De Montfort Hall in Leicester in order to create more car parking on the site.
Leicester City Council's planning committee is looking at making changes to the grounds around the historic Grade ll-listed building, which would see trees removed and replaced with a "hard standing area" that would be used for parking as well as outdoor performances.
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Missing teenager foundpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
We told you earlier about 16-year-old Thomas Griffin who had been missing from Hucknall since Monday.
Nottinghamshire Police say he has now been found.
Councils put in money for tram studypublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter
It was revealed last week that Nottingham City Council is looking into plans to extend the existing tram lines, and possibly add new lines.
Now, it has emerged Gedling Borough Council has contributed £50,000 to the study, and Rushcliffe Borough Council has put in £10,000.
The feasibility study will look at potential new routes - an extension from Clifton to the new 3,000 home development on land off the A453, and an an extension to the planned HS2 Hub at Toton.
Jon Clarke, leader of Gedling Borough Council, said the tram network should use the 'mineral lines' to Gedling Country Park, where a park and ride could be built.
Travel: A1 closed after lorry crashpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
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Jeweller murder accused gives no evidencepublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands Today
A 24-year-old man, who's on trial accused of the murder and manslaughter of a Leicester jeweller has chosen not to give evidence in his defence during a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
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Thomas Jervis, of Whetstone, Leicestershire has already admitted the kidnap and robbery of Ramniklal Jogiya.
The 74-year-old left his city jewellery store in Belgrave Road on 24 January. His body was found the next morning in nearby Stoughton.
Charles Mcauley, 20, of Braunstone, Leicester, and 20-year-old Callan Reeve, from Leicester, have both admitted kidnap and robbery but deny murder and manslaughter.
Javon Roach, 30, of Norwich Road, Leicester, denies murder, manslaughter, robbery and kidnapping.
The trial continues.
Five due in court over burglarypublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
Five people have been charged in connection with an aggravated burglary in Hucknall.
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It happened in Maple Leaf Way (pictured) in the early hours of Monday. Arrests were made in Somercotes and Sheffield.
- A 29-year-old man, from Thrybergh, Rotherham, has been charged with aggravated burglary, dangerous driving, threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- A 23-year-old man, of Kimberworth, Rotherham, has been charged with aggravated burglary and dangerous driving.
- A 23-year-old woman, from Thrybergh and two men, aged 23 and 27, from Nottingham, have been charged with aggravated burglary.
They're all due at Nottingham Magistrates Court today.
Bacon thanks wife on last day in hospitalpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Presenter says he was in a coma for "nine or 10 nights" after falling ill with suspected pneumonia.
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Fire crews tackle straw firepublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Firefighters were called to a stack fire in the early hours of this morning in Barrowden, Rutland.
Leicestershire Fire Service said they received the call at about 02.00 that approximately 1,200 bales of straw were well alight.
The fire then spread to the field and a hedgerow.
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue
Maguire 'takes time' for fans at pre-season friendlypublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Leicester City's Harry Maguire caused a stir as he turned up to watch Gainsborough Trinity FC's pre-season friendly against Chesterfield last night.
The centre-back, who scored for England in their 2-0 win over Sweden during the World Cup, was there to see his two brothers, Laurence and Joe, play in the opposing sides.
At half-time long queues formed as fans waited to get autographs and photos with the footballer.
BBC Radio Lincolnshire reporter Rob Makepeace praised Maguire for taking the time to speak to each of them.
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Have you seen missing boy?published at 10:59 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
A 16-year-old, from Hucknall, has been missing since Monday, Nottinghamshire Police have said.
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Thomas Griffin, was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans and grey Nike trainers.
Why is my taxi from another city?published at 10:59 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
If you've ever wondered why your taxi is registered in a different part of the country, it's down to a piece of legislation passed three years ago.
The Deregulation Act 2015 meant a private-hire driver does not have to live or operate in the local authority area that grants his or her licence.
Since then, Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire has seen one of the biggest rises in licensed taxi and private hire drivers in England and Wales.
In Wolverhampton, which has registered the highest number by far, there was a slow-drive through the city on Monday in protest.
It's because some cabbies say the changes to assessments for new drivers have led to safety being put at risk.
Some say it is too easy to pass the test in Wolverhampton. The council strongly disputes this.
Scott Baldwin (pictured above), a taxi driver from Derby who attended the protest, said "There's Wolverhampton-licensed drivers operating as far away as Southampton.
"This is not going to stop unless it's reined in. It'll carry on until the government intervenes."
Leicester show is 'dream come true' for TV starpublished at 10:41 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Presenter and author Sandi Toksvig says work is progressing on her first production at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre.
She's written the stage adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, which will be the theatre's first in-house production since it reopened to the public in March, after being closed and in a state of disrepair for a decade.
"I'm passionate about regional theatres and I actually started my career at Nottingham Playhouse," Ms Toksvig told BBC East Midlands Today.
"The theatres that everybody talked about in those days, in the late 70s, Leicester Haymarket was the place. And I never got to work here, and then it closed down.
"So for me this is a bit of a dream come true."
Ms Toksvig also picked up an honorary degree from the University of Leicester yesterday and will see her show open at the theatre in December.
Fountain will use 'recycled water'published at 10:16 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
Derby's Market Square fountain, which is being switched back on today after two years, will be turned off in the event of a water shortage.
The city council replied to a tweet, which criticised the move, calling it "great timing" during the ongoing heatwave.
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Volunteers will be cleaning up gum, repairing cracked paving slabs and painting benches in the city centre today as part of a "deep clean".
The council has since pointed out that the fountain will be turned off from 22:00 to 06:00, not 18:00 as stated in the tweet.
Soubry - 'Rees-Mogg is running the country'published at 09:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry has said Theresa May "isn't in charge" any more.
"I've no doubt that Jacob Rees Mogg is running our country," she told BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme this morning.
Theresa May will address Conservative MPs later amid bitter divisions in their ranks over her Brexit policy.
On Tuesday, ministers saw off a bid by 12 Tory rebels to create a customs union with the EU if a trade deal failed, which was defeated by six votes.
She added that Britain's two biggest parties are "in the grips of extremists" within them, and are "not voting in the interests of the country".
Richard Bacon 'has one day left in hospital'published at 09:14 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
The Mansfield-born broadcaster has tweeted that today should be his last full day in hospital.
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The 42-year-old fell ill while travelling to Britain from the US.
He was put in a medically induced coma in hospital in Lewisham for six days until he came round on Monday.
Bacon, who started his career at BBC Radio Nottingham, said he'd been diagnosed with an "unidentified double chest infection".
Care home appeals for summer postcards for residentspublished at 08:31 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A Derbyshire care home for people living with dementia is asking for holidaymakers to send in postcards from their travels this summer.
Staff at the Cedar Court care home in Swadlincote posted on their Facebook page, external on Friday appealing for holiday stories adding: "We know they'd love to hear about your adventures from far and wide".
Image source, Cedar Court care home
Louise Baker, from the care home group, said the response had been "phenomenal" and they had already received a dozen cards through the post.
She added: "The initiative was to engage people with the idea of going on holiday and remember their own holidays as children or older, and also that if they're getting cards from people they've never met then they will feel part of the community."
World Cup star watches brothers in actionpublished at 08:17 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Harry Maguire was in the stands to see siblings Laurence and Joe play a pre-season friendly.
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Teens befriend 'lonely' home residentspublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
The young visitors say the scheme helps residents in care homes feel "less forgotten".
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City centre fountain to be turned back onpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
Dave Wade
BBC News
Derby's fountain is being turned back on today, two years after it was switched off to save money.
The city council's previous Labour administration turned off the water feature in the Market Place in 2016.
It's part of the Conservatives plan to "deep clean" the city centre, which begins today at a cost of £28,000 as well as thousands of pounds a year in running costs.
However the Tories said it will drive up footfall in the Cathedral Quarter.