Summary

  • Updates for Wednesday 12 October 2016

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday

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Dave Wade

  1. Three cars stolen in fortnight

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    I guess the moral of the story is keep those car keys away from your front door.

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  2. Vicky Centre restaurant closes down

    Kevin Stanley
    Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

    A flagship food outlet at the Victoria Centre has closed after less than a year's trading. 

    Joe's Kitchen was one of several new restaurants launched in the refurbished clock tower area. 

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    Intu says it was a commercial decision by The Restaurant Group, which also owns Coast to Coast on the ground floor and Frankie and Benny's on Parliament Street.  

  3. Travel: Strelley crash

    BBC Travel

    The B6004 Strelley Road is closed between Melbury Road and Beechdale Road because of a crash.

  4. Aerial ladders used at shops fire

    Here's another video from the scene of the fire in Compton Acres earlier.

    Firefighters used two aerial platforms.

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  5. Travel: Tramline traffic lights out

    BBC Travel

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  6. Homeless to be handed sleeping bags

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Jo Cox-Brown, from Street Pastors explained what the plan is to help homeless people as winter approached.

    "We have a project with Framework where we're trying to get people off the streets within 24 hours - the no second night out campaign," she said.

    rough sleeper

    She stressed that these packs, which include a sleeping bag, are for emergency survival and not to encourage people to sleep rough.

  7. Survival packs handed out as city rough sleeping rises

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Rough sleeping in Nottingham has hit an 18-year high - truly shocking news to read in one of the world's richest countries.

    Street Pastors, a charity in the city, is joining forces with businesses to hand out emergency survival packs

    These are some of the items included in the packs, which are given to homeless people in Nottingham.

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  8. Digger stolen

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Keep your eyes peeled. Often stolen diggers are used in cash machine robberies.

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  9. Watch: Aftermath of Tesco fire

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Firefighters remain at the scene in Cmopton Acres

    Thanks to westbridgfordwire.com for this video.

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  10. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshire

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Here are today's top stories

  11. Magpies 'couldn't have played worse'

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Notts County are 11th in League Two this morning after being comfortably beaten by Morecambe at Meadow Lane. 

    The 2-1 scoreline flattered Notts, who only scored in stoppage time through Vadaine Oliver. 

    notts morecambeDan Westwell

    Manager John Sheridan said afterwards that the Magpies couldn't have played any worse.  

  12. No-one hurt in Tesco fire

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    It's thought the blaze started in skips, before taking hold in the shopping centre.

    The fire service said no-one was hurt.

    Looks like a lot of those shops will be shut today.

    compton acresNottingham Post

  13. Compton Acres fire: Pictures from the scene

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    The fire service are saying the fire is now out. Rugby Road has now reopened.

    The Nottingham Post were quickly on the scene this morning. Here are a couple of their pictures.

    fireNottingham Post
    fireNottingham Post

  14. Weather for the East Midlands

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    Here's how it's looking today...

    Weather for the East Midlands on Wednesday 12 October 2016

  15. Travel: M1 delays

    BBC Travel

    A broken down vehicle is causing heavy traffic on the M1 southbound between junctions 24A and 23A.

  16. Compton Acres fire: Road closed

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    NCT said it's affecting the 8 and 9 bus services.

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  17. Fire spreads to charity shops

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a Google Maps image of the Tesco Express in Compton Acres, where a fire has broken out in the roof.

    Crews from West Bridgford, the city, Highfields and Carlton were called just after 04:00 this morning.

    Tesco ExpressGoogle

    Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue says it started in the roof of the building and has now spread to a pharmacy and two charity shops in the Rugby Road precinct.

    Are you in the area? Send us your pictures.

  18. Good morning: Join us for today’s live news coverage

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    We've got some news coming in this morning about a fire at a Tesco Express in Compton Acres, West Bridgford.

    More on this as we get it.

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