Updates for Tuesday 9 May 2017
School girl dies after falling from theme park ride
Why man spent six days with wife's body
Teenager jailed over car ambush knife killing
Sharp rise in self-harm hospital admissions
Historian discovers 'lost' cycle lanes
Tarantula abandoned on Leicester street
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Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
A tarantula the size of a hand has been found abandoned in a plastic box on a Leicester street.
It's been identified as a Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula - the third largest species of tarantula - and was found by a "shaken" member of the public on Narborough Road.
Image source, RSPCAThe arachnid has now been taken on by a specialist exotics keeper.
The animal charity RSPCA is recommending that anyone interested in keeping a tarantula as a pet does their research first.
Quote MessageThe member of the public who contacted us was understandably shaken by the size of the spider. Despite the size, the spider was not aggressive at all. We are concerned that someone abandoned a spider in the street like this. It is likely that the spider was an unwanted pet which someone decided to dispose of for whatever reason."
Steve Smith, RSPCA Animal Collection Officer
Alex Smith
BBC News Online
Maintenance work at Derby bus station is to begin today, Derby City Council has announced, external.
The work, which is taking place until 6 June, may result in some bays being closed, the council added.
A council spokesman said more information about bay closures will be available in the station and from bus operators.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Great photo by Milan Kubavat - taken at Watermead Park in Leicester on Sunday.
It reminds me of a scene from Watership Down...
Image source, Milan Kubavat
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
Did you know there were seven "forgotten" cycle lanes in the East Midlands?
The routes are part of hundreds across the UK that were created between 1934 and 1940 by the Ministry of Transport, but many of them fell out of use after World War Two.
Now a historian and cycling enthusiast has used Google Maps to locate these cycle ways as part of a campaign to reinstate them.
Image source, GoogleHere's the cycle ways he found:
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
The number of cases of teenage girls being admitted to hospital for self-harming in Leicestershire has more than doubled in the past three years.
Figures obtained by the BBC show there were 190 cases between April last year and March this year.
This is a sharp increase from the 87 cases during the same period in 2014-15.
It's not just girls that are self-harming - there are some cases of boys being admitted but it's much fewer.
During the same three year period it's risen from 16 to 25 cases.
These are only the cases where the person has been hospitalised - it doesn't cover the figures of those who self-harm and never seek help.
Hannah Britt self-harmed when she was younger and told us people need better information about the issue...
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Here's how it's looking today...
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
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