Teen killed after drill music rowpublished at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Lyrico Steede was stabbed to death after appearing in a video which mocked his attackers.
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Updates for Friday 25 January 2019
Teen killed after drill music rowpublished at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
MP raises knife crime issue in Commonspublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsThe Nottingham East MP has raised the issue of knife crime in Parliament today.
He said it's not only tougher sentences that are needed but support within the community.
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End of twitter postMother of drill music row victim speakspublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Keishaye Steede said her son Lyrico's killing was the "worst thing I could have experienced".
Read MoreMachete found during stop and searchpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPolice found this machete during a stop and search in Loughborough.
It happened on Park Road on Wednesday. A man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a bladed weapon and on suspicion of possessing drugs, which were also in the vehicle.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceCentral reservation crash affecting city roadpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThis is likely to cause some delays on the roads as you head home this evening.
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End of twitter postUniversity 'shocked and saddened' by student's deathpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsThe University of Leicester has said a student who died after being hit by a car at the weekend had "shown much promise" in his time at university.
Paul Radcliffe, 18, from Leicester, was hit on Stoughton Drive South, Oadby, at about 00:30 GMT on Saturday.
He had been a first year student on the university's general engineering BEng (Foundation) programme.
Prof Paul Monks said they were "deeply saddened and shocked" by Paul's death.
He added: "He was much loved by his fellow students and had established a group of close friends.
"He will be greatly missed by our staff and students."
Trainmaker offers free travel for delaypublished at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporterDerby train-maker Bombardier is to pay for some passengers to travel for free for a month - to make up for a delay in its new trains.
London Overground carriages, made in Derby, are almost a year late in being delivered, due to software issues.
The company is having to give Transport for London around £11m and says it is nearing the end of testing.
Woman charged over railway station firepublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Gemma Peat is charged with arson with intent to endanger life after the huge blaze in Nottingham.
Read MorePolice worker looked up private datapublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Stephanie Ashby used police databases to search for information about her ex-husband, daughter and daughter's boyfriend.
Read MoreWoman charged over railway station firepublished at 15:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
BreakingSandish Shoker
BBC NewsA woman has been charged in connection with the fire at Nottingham railway station last January.
British Transport Police said the woman, named as 34-year-old Gemma Peat of Wilford Crescent, Nottingham was re-arrested in Derby this morning.
She has been charged with one count of arson with intent or being reckless to endanger life.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire and RescueShe has been remanded into custody to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 26 February.
Campbell 'intended to kill teenager' said judgepublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsDuring sentencing Justice Nicholas Lavender said the defendants and Lyrico Steede expressed themselves through drill rap music - a lot of which is about knife crime.
He said 20-year-old Campbell appeared in a music video two days after stabbing the 17-year-old singing lyrics about stabbing and how anyone who insulted them would "get ramboed up" (stabbed).
Justice Lavender said Campbell, a dad-of-one and the "ringleader" of the group, stabbed Lyrico "so many times that I am sure you meant to kill him".
He called Jameson Campbell's "right-hand man" who stood next to him during the stabbing and said while Remmell-Campbell and the 17-year-old didn't carry out the stabbing, they knew about the plan.
Addressing the 16-year-old girl, Justice Lavender said she played a "crucial role in the enterprise" taking Lyrico to the park.
He added: "It must have taken some nerve to lead him there, knowing what was in store for him, but you had the nerve and you did it."
Speed reduction trial abandoned after accidents increasepublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporterA trial 20 mph limit zone in a Derbyshire village has been deemed a failure after the number of accidents in which someone was injured went from none in five years to three in three years.
The area in Padfield, in North Derbyshire, was previously 30mph but the county council reduced it in 2015 under pressure from rural communities.
Image source, Getty ImagesThis means cost-benefit analysis can't be done, because there were no benefits.
The council says 20 mile an hour limits might still work - but only where speed bumps are introduced alongside them.
Travel: Accident closes Leicestershire roadpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
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End of twitter postBroadmarsh plans delayedpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterLong-awaited plans to build a new bus station and car park in Nottingham have been pushed back.
The £50 million project was originally expected to be finished this year, but then the city council decided to add a library to the plans.
The Labour-run authority now says the main building work is expected to be done by the end of next year.
Image source, Nottingham City CouncilBut councillor Andrew Rule, leader of the Conservatives, said the delay is "deeply concerning" and the council could risk penalties from Intu if there are delays to the building of the shopping centre.
Tough immigration laws 'threaten Leicester's restaurants'published at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
BBC Radio LeicesterA Leicester business owner says new immigration rules are making it difficult to employ quality chefs in the city.
Home Office requirements say any restaurant operating a takeaway cannot sponsor a chef from overseas.
A spokeswoman said this was to nurture home-grown talent, but will still let in the very top chefs to work at sit-down restaurants.
But Vishal Sonpal from Mithaas on Narborough Road says we should be encouraging more people to come into the profession.
Image source, GoogleEast Mids universities 'offer most unconditional places'published at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Navtej Johal
East Midlands Today reporterUniversities in the East Midlands have been giving out more unconditional offers to A Level students than any other region in the country.
A report from England's higher education watchdog says universities and colleges that use unconditional offers to pressurise students into accepting places could be fined or even lose their university status.
June Hughes from the University of Derby defended the practice claiming unconditional offers can remove anxiety and provide certainty for students.
But the Office for Students report said they had risen nationally from 3,000 five years ago to 117,000 last year.
In 2017, universities in the East Midlands (except Loughborough University) handed out 8,300 unconditional offers.
Hospitals invest thousands to diagnose flu quickerpublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
BBC Radio NottinghamMore than 100 cases of flu have been confirmed in Nottingham's hospitals in the past week, and we've not even reached the peak of the flu season.
Now, medics have spent a £125,000 on new piece of kit, which can diagnose the virus in around twenty minutes - rather than the traditional method which can take 36 hours.
Image source, GoogleIt's hoped it will reduce the number of patients who may be given antibiotics needlessly, while waiting for the results.
Last year more than 500 patients were admitted to the QMC and City hospitals with flu.
Teenager was 'lured' to park over feudpublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsLyrico Steede died five days after he was knifed in the chest, back and leg in February last year.
The 17-year-old had been chased by four teenagers from a park in Hempshill Lane, Bulwell before he was stabbed in Stockwell and had to knock on doors to get help.
Image source, Family handoutThe trial was told a girl, who is now 16, had been messaging Lyrico through Snapchat and then "trapped" and "lured" him to the park.
He was then described as a "sitting target" on a bench unaware the girl was waiting for her co-defendants to arrive.
Police said Lyrico had been attacked after a "long-running feud" between his friends and some of the defendants.
Five detained over Nottingham stabbingpublished at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsFive people have been sentenced for their part in killing a 17-year-old boy in Nottingham.
Following an 11-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court last year the jury heard Lyrico Steede was lured to a park in Bulwell by a girl before being chased and stabbed by four boys.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police- Kasharn Campbell, 20, of no fixed address was found guilty of murder and jailed for 21 years.
- Christian Jameson, 18, from Kirkbride Court in Chilwell, was found guilty of murder and jailed for 17 years.
- Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, formerly of Sneinton Boulevard in Sneinton, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to nine years.
- A 17-year-old boy who cannot be named because of his age was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years and six months.
- A 16-year-old girl, also found guilty of manslaughter, was handed six years in detention.
Death crash student is named by policepublished at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2019
Officers said the student was going on a night out with friends when he was hit by the car.
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