Summary

  • Live updates for Monday 21 August 2017

  • Man jailed for life for Leicester murder

  • Football fan charged over homophobic abuse

  • Convict back in jail after 22 years on run

  • Ibiza death man was 'sensible drinker'

  • Baby deer born at Twycross Zoo

  1. Grimsby Town 0-1 Derby Countypublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Derby County defeat 10-man Grimsby Town to secure a second round tie against Barnsley in the EFL Cup.

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  2. Sheffield United 1-4 Leicester Citypublished at 21:54 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Goals from Islam Slimani, Demarai Gray and Ahmed Musa take Leicester past Sheffield United and into the EFL Cup third round.

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  3. Knife murderer jailed for 24 yearspublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Sulaiman Sillah ran after his victim when an argument at a party spilled into the street.

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  4. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Regular live coverage on this page has ended for the day, but breaking news, sport and travel updates will continue to appear through the night.

    East Midlands Live returns from 08:00 tomorrow morning.

  5. Watch: 'Weird' toe wrestling championships take placepublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a nice video to sum up this weekend's unusual competition in Ashbourne...

  6. Your photos: Wildlife in the East Midlandspublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    BBC Weather Watchers

    Our wonderful wildlife has been caught on camera by photographers across the region.

    This spider was getting in a spin in Belper.

    SpiderImage source, LindafromBelper

    Meanwhile, this cheeky little squirrel was caught stealing nuts in East Leake.

    SquirrelImage source, Maggie T

    And this busy bee has bee-n enjoying himself on this bee-utiful Monday in Birstall.

    beeImage source, mogjo
  7. 'Maguire can be important Leicester figure'published at 17:23 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare says defender Harry Maguire can become an "important figure" for the club

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  8. Hundreds of Leicester children benefit from free breakfastpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Up to 700 children in Leicester have taken up the offer of a free breakfast over the summer holidays.

    The scheme to help disadvantaged families was launched by Verity Bryan, a mum from New Parks, who was concerned that children who relied on free school meals would go hungry.

    Breakfast boxImage source, Breakfast BOXES

    The breakfast boxes were made up of donations from the public and local groups.

    Megan and her one-year-old son were supported by the project.

    She told the BBC: "I am on benefits and I struggle anyway. I've not long moved into my own house so there's mountains and mountains of things that you've got to pay for.

    "The help that Verity gave us was incredible. For myself, my little boy, my mum and her son, we could not have got through the holidays without it."

  9. 'Technical issue' disrupting police's 101 numberpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    This might explain why you're struggling to get through to Derbyshire Police on their 101 number.

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  10. Relive Hampshire's T20 Blast win over Derbyshirepublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Relive the action as Hampshire's Shahid Afridi hits a 42-ball century in a crushing win over Derbyshire in the T20 Blast quarter-final.

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  11. Watch: CCTV shows fatal stabbingpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    CCTV footage has shown the moment Lauric Lebato was murdered in Leicester.

    It forms part of an emotional video put together by Mr Lebato's father Tagbeu following his son's death in Albion Street in February.

    Tagbeu Lebato said his life has been destroyed by his son's death.

    He describes how he left his home in the Ivory Coast to give his son a better future in England.

  12. EFL Cup second round - Bristol City beat Watford, Reading v Millwall into extra timepublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Follow radio, live text, social media and images from tonight's EFL Cup second round matches and radio commentary of Sheffield United v Leicester.

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  13. Watch: Baby deer born at Twycross Zoopublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC Local Live

    Twycross Zoo has announced the birth of their latest arrival - a baby Michie’s tufted deer.

    Michie’s tufted deerImage source, Twycross Zoo

    The species are usually found in a small area of south eastern China but they're listed as "near-threatened" due to overhunting.

    The little boy seems to be finding his feet...

  14. Cash machine ram raids 'could be linked'published at 15:54 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Two ram raids on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border involving diggers may be linked to a series of cash machine raids elsewhere in the country.

    Earlier this month, police in the East Midlands said they believed a string of such incidents on the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border showed a "distinctive focus".

    Media caption,

    Raiders rip out cash machine in Leicestershire

    They said the offences almost always happened in the early hours, involved the use of a digger, a pick-up truck to take the cash machine away and then a car as the final getaway vehicle.

    The two linked ones in the West Midlands happened in Kings Bromley on 2 August followed by a robbery in nearby Hatton the next day.

    Today, Staffordshire Police says it's working with the forces in the East Midlands to establish if they are all linked together or not.

    Media caption,

    JCB used in botched Kings Bromley cash machine raid

  15. East Midlands weather update: A cloudy but mostly dry eveningpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC weather presenter

    It’ll be cloudy and overcast for the rest of today with the chance of a few drizzly showers in places.

    weather

    Tonight, it’ll be cloudy but mostly dry with a chance of some mist patches forming in places. Lows of 14C (57F).

  16. MP: 'I didn't bow before big clock'published at 15:19 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    A crowd of people gathered in Parliament Square earlier to witness Big Ben's final chimes at 12:00 today.

    While many were upset, others like engineer Neil Tomlinson, from Derbyshire, took a pragmatic approach.

    "It's got to be repaired, so they're repairing it," he told the BBC, bemused at the fuss the plans have caused.

    Derby North MP Chris Williamson was also unimpressed with the fuss some of his colleagues were making...

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  17. Man jailed for life for Leicester murderpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Andy Trigg
    BBC Radio Leicester reporter

    A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years for the murder of Lauric Lebato in Leicester.

    Sulaiman SillahImage source, Leicestershire Police

    Sulaiman Sillah, 20, of Bateman Road in the city, was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court earlier today.

    Mr Lebato, 22, died after being stabbed at a house party in Albion Street in February.

    Another man, 20-year-old Sheriff Oluwa, of Upperton Road, was also found guilty of violent disorder and jailed for 30 months.

    Sheriff OluwaImage source, Leicestershire Police
  18. Chesterfield assistant boss Eyre leavespublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Chesterfield assistant manager Steve Eyre leaves the League Two club by mutual consent.

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  19. Ambulance staff cars broken intopublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Cars belonging to ambulance staff in Retford have been broken into while they were at work treating patients, EMAS has said.

    retford ambo break-inImage source, EMAS

    It happened in the car park of the North Road ambulance station on Saturday evening.

    The items stolen were of low value - including headphones and an empty sunglasses case - but damage was caused to the vehicles.

    Wendy Hazard, from EMAS, said: "Whoever did this did this would have known they belonged to our staff."

  20. Durham v Derbyshire - day fourpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Listen to live BBC local radio coverage of Durham v Derbyshire in the County Championship.

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