Summary

  • Updates for Wednesday 9 November 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Thursday

Live Reporting

Sandish Shoker

  1. Forest's Brazil backs EFL Trophy

    BBC Sport

    We've already heard that Mansfield Town manager Adam Murray isn't a fan of the EFL trophy.

    But Nottingham Forest's academy manager Gary Brazil thinks it is a good bridge to first-team football for younger players.

    Gary BrazilLaurence Griffiths

    With Forest not being a Category One academy, they were not invited to enter the competition, but Brazil admits they would have been interested in taking part.  

  2. Some customers get water back

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Station Road in Plumtree remains shut because of this burst water pipe.

    Severn Trent says engineers are working to repair the pipe and have managed to get the water supply restored for some customers.

    Station Road PlumtreeSevern Trent Water

    The company said it hoped to have everyone's supplies back to normal very soon.

  3. Woman calls aunt's disappearance 'mindblowing'

    Greig Watson
    Reporter, BBC News Online

    Nottinghamshire Police have put out an interview with the niece of missing woman Karen Black.  

    Roxanne Davis (pictured) said: "It is mind-blowing. You can't imagine that someone in your family could just one day be there and then the next minute you don't know what has happened to them."

    Roxanne DaviesNottinghamshire Police

    "No one in the family can be at peace with it because we don't know what to think, whether she is alive or something bad has happened to her - it is just awful."  

  5. Notts man put two huge bets on Trump winning

    Neil Heath
    BBC News Online

    Just spoke to Graham Sharpe from William Hill who told us about the Nottingham man putting a £37,000 bet on Trump winning.

    He said all he knows is that it was a man in his 30s who put two bets on - one at £15,000 - and then went back half an hour later and put on a further £22,000.

  6. Sexist abuse at football is 'humiliation en masse'

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Mansfield Town CEO Carolyn Radford has been talking about sexist abuse she has received during her time in football.

    She said women have to be thick-skinned to not be affected by the "hostile territory" and taunts from male supporters.  

  7. Nottinghamshire MPs react to Trump presidency

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  8. Schools closed due to burst pipe

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    The South Wolds Academy and sixth form is closed today to all students because of the burst water main. 

     Keyworth Primary, Crossdale Primary and Willow Brook Primary are also shut.

  9. Plumtree road shut by burst water main

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    This is the water pipe that's been causing the problems on Station Road in Plumtree.

    The road remains shut while engineers work to fix the pipe.

    Station RoadSevern Trent Water

  10. Police continue to investigate woman's disappearance

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Four people from Cleethorpes were arrested over the murder of Karen Black in July but they were all released without charge.

    Det Insp Andy Bateman from Nottinghamshire Police said the arrests had identified further areas of enquiries and they hoped Ms Davis's appeal would see someone come forward with more information.

  11. Niece of missing woman appeals for help 10 years on

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    The niece of a woman from Worksop has made an emotional appeal for information on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance.

    Karen Black went missing in Cleethorpes between 9 and 10 November, 2006 and a murder inquiry was launched in July this year.

    Karen BlackNottinghamshire Police

    Roxanne Davis said: "It’s unfair. We can’t live our life not knowing what’s happened...."If someone knows something they should help the police with their investigation."  

  12. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshire

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Here are your top headlines this morning:

  13. No sign of when train service will be restored to London

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  14. Murray still no fan of EFL Trophy

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    Despite Mansfield making the knockout stages, manager Adam Murray says he is still not in favour of the EFL Trophy.

    He told BBC Radio Nottingham he "wasn't sure who it is best for".

    Adam MurrayGetty Images

  15. Stags through to next round of EFL competition

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Mansfield Town are through to the knockout stages of the EFL Trophy after a last minute 3-2 win against Derby County's Academy side at the iPro Stadium.

    The Stags were 2-0 up after Ashley Hemmings and Darius Henderson scored in the first five minutes but they needed Chris Clements to win the game for them in stoppage time. 

  16. Travel: Slow traffic caused by light failure

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  17. Trains could be affected until afternoon

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    East Midlands Trains has issued an update on its website which says trains to London could be disrupted until this afternoon.

    Commuters from Nottingham have been advised to travel via Grantham.

  18. Rail disruption continues

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Railway passengers trying to get to London will face major delays today.

    It's because of a power failure with overhead cables in Luton.

    The issue caused delays of up to 90 minutes on the trains yesterday afternoon and Network Rail says engineers are still working to repair the cables.

    overhead cablesNetwork Rail

  19. Nottingham gambler wins big on Trump

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    This man will definitely be celebrating this morning...

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  20. American student 'curious' to see what future holds

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    There's only eight people left in the bar with Peter Saull and they're all heading off to bed now.

    One student from Michigan told him he was surprised to see the state, which is traditionally blue, had turned red, and he was "curious to see what the future holds for America".

    Donald TrumpGetty Images

    He added: "It will be interesting to see if he will keep his crazy rhetoric or become more professional and how the world stage will see us....will they think of Americans as silly and dumb or will they accept what they have decided democratically."