Summary

  • Bodies found in search for mother and son, 5

  • Police deny racial profiling following complaint

  • Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by car

  • A50 reopens following 'serious' crash

  • New lease of life for former cigarette factory site

  • 'Worst year' for speed skater Elise Christie

  • Updates for Thursday 22 November 2018

  1. Photographers snap a touch of frostpublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Winter is coming - and the cameras are out to capture it.

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  2. Fourth arrest after woman shot outside barpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    A 24-year-old woman was injured in the shooting but has since been released from hospital.

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  3. Magpies close to signing new managerpublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Notts County say a deal for their new manager is expected to be in place by the weekend.

    Magpies chairman Alan Hardy said the club had entered "final negotiations" with its preferred choice.

    Caretaker manager Steve Chettle will remain in charge for the trip to Morecambe on Saturday, following Harry Kewell's sacking last week.

    Meadow LaneImage source, Getty Images
  4. City centre road closed after pedestrian hit by carpublished at 10:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A road and roundabout have been closed in Derby city centre after a pedestrian was hit by a car this morning.

    Uttoxeter New Road has been closed from the junction of Kingsway and Manor Road up to the roundabout by Royal Derby Hospital following the incident just before 10:00.

    Long delays are expected.

    Uttoxeter New RoadImage source, Google
  5. Teen arrested in connection with Fletcher Gate shootingpublished at 10:27 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in connection with the shooting of a woman outside a bar in Nottingham.

    He is being question in relation to the shooting in Fletcher Gate at around 22.20 on Saturday 3 November.

    Fletcher Gate

    A 24-year-old woman, who is not believed to be the intended target, was shot in the arm but later released from hospital.

    Two other men, aged 25 and 28, who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, remain in police custody and continue to be questioned by detectives.

  6. Players reflect on England's Rugby World Cup victorypublished at 10:14 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    England's rugby players - including captain and Leicester Tigers star Martin Johnson - have been looking back on that famous day, 15 years ago, when they won the Rugby World Cup.

    Johnson, Will Greenwood, Jonny Wilkinson and co overcame Australia 20-17 to lift the Webb Ellis Cup in Sydney on 22 November 2003.

    Martin Johnson lifts the Rugby World Cup trophyImage source, Getty Images
  7. Profits up at Severn Trentpublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    BBC Business Live

    Severn Trent Water has posted pre-tax profits, external up 1.4% to £299.1m for the half-year to 30 September.

    The firm - which supplies water to large parts of the East and West Midlands - said turnover was £881.5m, up 3.6%.

    Severn Trent logoImage source, Severn Trent

    Chief executive Liv Garfield said: "I'm pleased to be sharing a good set of financial and operational results in what has been a very busy first half of the year."

  8. Police looking for missing woman and childpublished at 09:44 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Police are appealing for help in finding 41-year-old Emma Sillett, from Dinting, Glossop, who is believed to be with her son Jenson Spellman, 5.

    Emma is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of a slim build with straight brown hair.

    She was last seen in McDonalds, on the A560 Stockport Road, Hattersley, Greater Manchester.

    Jenson Spellman and Emma SillettImage source, Derbyshire Police
  9. Ex-Forest striker drops appeal against assault convictionpublished at 09:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    BBC Sport

    Former Nottingham Forest striker Nicklas Bendtner has dropped his appeal against a 50-day jail term for assaulting a taxi driver.

    Bendtner will serve the sentence at his home in Denmark, under "intensive surveillance" with an electronic tag.

    Nicklas BendtnerImage source, Getty Images

    The 30-year-old, who now plays for Rosenborg in Norway, agreed with the attorney general in Copenhagen to drop his appeal, said lawyer Anders Nemeth.

    "Even though he disagrees with the verdict, he would rather focus on his club and family," Nemeth told the BBC.

  10. Man charged with assaulting officerpublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A 21-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a police officer.

    The man, form Leicester, has been bailed and is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court today.

    The charge relates to an officer allegedly being punched in the face in London Road on 4 November.

    London RoadImage source, Google
  11. School closed due to gas leakpublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Ridgeway Primary School has closed this morning due to a gas leak.

    The school is hoping to be open by 13:00 today but is waiting on an "all clear" from the gas board.

    Ridgeway Primary SchoolImage source, Google
  12. Watch: Elise Christie on 'worst year'published at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    BBC Sport

    Nottingham speed skater Elise Christie says she's focused on winning a Winter Olympic medal in 2022 after the "worst year" of her life.

    Christie's father was given a terminal cancer diagnosis late last year, and since she returned from the 2018 Games with no medals she has split with her boyfriend and parted with her coach.

  13. Council welcomes plans to redevelop Imperial sitepublished at 09:16 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Kit Sandeman
    Local Democracy Reporter

    Nottingham City Council has welcomed plans to redevelop the former Imperial Tobacco site, saying "we need to keep industry in the city".

    Speaking yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the authority's planning committee, deputy leader Graham Chapman, who represents the Aspley ward for Labour, said: "I welcome this.

    "It was previously industrial and it will continue to be industrial, so I'm grateful to the developers taking this on because what they haven't done is eye it up for residential.

    "I'm also glad because we need to keep industry in the city and make sure it doesn't all go to the former mining areas."

    The new development will include 500,000 sq feet of industrial space.

    Imperial TobaccoImage source, Google
  14. New lease of life for former cigarette factory sitepublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Planning permission has been approved for new development on the site of a former tobacco factory.

    The old Imperial Tobacco factory, in Lenton, will be demolished and new buildings will be built in its place, including 500,000 sq feet of industrial space and possibly a car dealership, after Henry Boot Developments (HBD) secured planning permission.

    The 48-acre site on Thane Road was home to Imperial Tobacco until production moved overseas in 2016 and employed 1,000 people at its height.

    Justin Sheldon, Regional Manager at HBD, said: “This site was of huge significance to the city. It’s great to see it being brought back into use, particularly given its potential to create hundreds of new jobs

    Imperial Tobacco
  15. Police deny racial profiling following complaintpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    BBC News

    A police superintendent has said his force would "absolutely not" stop and search someone due to the colour of their skin, following complaints by a Nottingham singer.

    Harleigh Blu, who is mixed race, was stopped in Grantham at about 03:00 on 13 November and believes it was because she was "racially profiled" by Lincolnshire Police.

    Ms Blu said she was questioned for 45 minutes, breathalysed, accused of hiding cannabis and her car, in which her mum was a passenger, was searched.

    Harleigh BluImage source, Harleigh Blu

    Supt Kieron English, who leads on stop and search for the force, said: "We have to tell the individual by law why we're stopping [them], what we're looking for and what grounds we have.

    "Let's not forget that stop and search is a powerful tool for protecting the public."

    Lincolnshire Police would not comment on the case involving Ms Blu.

  16. A50 closed following 'serious' crashpublished at 08:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Derbyshire Police are at the scene of a "serious" crash on the A50 eastbound between Junctions 1 and 2.

    They have closed the road as a result and expect it to remain shut until mid-afternoon.

    Delays are expected but traffic will be released when it is safe to do so.

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  17. Weather: Cold and frosty startpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    We can expect a cold and frosty start to the day, with cloud and spots of rain later on.

    Here's Rich with the weather.

  18. Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.

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  19. Join us for today's updatespublished at 07:59 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Good morning. I'll be bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for the East Midlands along with Amy Woodfield and Sandish Shoker.