Latest updates: East Midlands Live Wednesday 21 February

Summary

Police probe into six-year-old's death
Tributes to teen stab death victim
Five arrests in modern slavery raids
Artist in greeting card row with park
Football: Rams host Leeds
Updates on Wednesday 21 February 2018

Live Reporting

Calum McKenzie and Amy Woodfield

Nottingham lace industry gets royal seal of approvalpublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
The Queen praised the Nottingham lace industry during a visit to London Fashion Week.
Image source, AFP/Getty Images
The remarks were made in a speech before she presented the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
She said: "From the tweed of the Hebrides to Nottingham lace, and of course Carnaby Street, our fashion industry has been renowned for outstanding craftsmanship for many years.
"[It] continues to produce world-class textiles and cutting edge, practical designs."
Ex-Forest managers attend England rugby trainingpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Two former Nottingham Forest managers, Stuart Pearce and Mark Warburton, were guests at the England rugby team's training on Tuesday.
Image source, Reuters
The pair attended Pennyhill Park as Eddie Jones prepared his side for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match with Scotland.
Jones has regularly invited coaches from other sports to attend training sessions.
Image source, Getty Images
Traffic diverted for water pipe repairspublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Drivers heading into Leicester on Welford Road are being diverted so a burst water pipe can be fixed.
The road is closed around Putney Road - this map shows the new route in place along Victoria Park Road, London Road and Tigers Way.
Image source, Leicester City Council
There's no estimated time yet for when the works will be complete.
Death of girl, 6, prompts police probepublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
The girl was found unresponsive at a house before being taken to hospital by air ambulance.
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'Abnormal load' expected to cause delayspublished at 13:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Derbyshire Police are escorting an "abnormal load" from Calver to Shirebrook this afternoon.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
The wide steel frame is being transported along the A619 and A617 through Chesterfield, over J29 of the M1 to Pleasley roundabout and through Shirebrook.
Drivers in the area are being warned to expect "slight delays".
School groundsman jailed for 17 years for abusepublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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A boarding school groundsman has been jailed for 17 years for "ruining the lives of two vulnerable boys" who he abused more than 25 years ago.
Peter Weyman worked as a handyman at Chelfham Mill School, near Barnstaple, where he preyed on a 12-year-old pupil and groomed him with cigarettes, alcohol and gifts, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Weyman had come to Devon after moving from South Yorkshire, where he had also abused a boy over more than two years.
Weyman, 67, of Cleveland Close, Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, admitted seven offences of indecency against the first victim and four against the second.
He was also put on the sex offenders' register for life and made subject of a sexual harm prevention order which restricts any future contact with children.
Your comments: Artist charged to paint Old Johnpublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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Lots of you on Facebook , externalhave been talking about Bradgate Park Trust charging a local artist to sell her images of Old John.
Image source, JakesLens
Felicity Zeb said: "This made me cross. Charles Bennion gave this property to the people of Leicester. For the trust to assume the right to make them pay like this pushes its role too far. It goes against the spirit of his gift."
Christian Smith said: "Disgusting. Who do Bradgate Park Trust think they are? Perhaps they would like to tell us all how much money they make each year from car park charges."
Phillip Cann said: "It costs a considerable amount to keep it looking as it does and as there are no magic money trees in the park the trust has to raise money in a variety of ways, the fact that the artist has decided to turn her painting into a commercial enterprise would suggest that she is also profiting from the painting so I don't think £100 is unreasonable."
Charity 'putting a price' on landmark buildingpublished at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The artist behind these paintings of Old John in Bradgate Park has told the BBC it's "sad" that the park trust is "putting a price" on the landmark.
Sarah King has been told she will have to pay £100 to the Bradgate Park Trust if she wants to continue selling her images of Old John as a way of making money.
Image source, Sarah King
She told the BBC: "There are ways of putting money into the park - we all pay for parking - we love to go there with the kids. I just find it very strange that they want to put a price on it really."
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This is not the Bradgate Park Trust clamping down on peoples use of a much loved image. It's nothing to do with free public use, public sharing, people creating artworks. It's where people are seeking to monetise that image for private profit. We are a charity. Any money we make from this goes straight back into running the park."
Peter Tyledsley, Bradgate Park Trust
Village in shock after six-year-old's deathpublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Caroline Lowbridge
BBC News in Tuxford
One woman, who lives nearby, told me she has seen a mother and older girl living at the house but had never seen a six-year-old girl or a father living there.
The neighbour's husband was at home when the girl was found. He saw a child being carried out on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance.
He also saw a woman, who he assumed to be the mother, taken away in a police car.
The neighbour told me: "The first thing we knew was the police turning up and the helicopter presence, and there were lots of ambulances.
"The police photographers were photographing late into the evening because we could see the flashes going off.
"I believe the older girl goes to Tuxford Academy but I didn't know the six-year-old existed."
She only found out the girl had died when she read a news story.
"My husband texted me and said 'this is what happened' and we were shocked.
"It seems a bit scary. My husband said the lady came out saying 'Is she going to be OK?' and she was taken away in a police car after the stretcher was taken away."
Death of six-year-old girl: At the scenepublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Caroline Lowbridge
BBC News in Tuxford
I'm in Lincoln Road in Tuxford where a six-year-old girl was found unresponsive on Monday afternoon and later died.
Image source, PA
The house is on the corner of Landa Grove.
The front garden is taped off and there's a police car parked outside with a PCSO inside, who told me that the house is currently empty.
There are two bunches of flowers outside and in the garden I can see a pink and purple wendy house.
Trains running again after bridge crashpublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
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Tributes after death of six-year-old girlpublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Caroline Lowbridge
BBC News in Tuxford
Floral tributes have been left for a six-year-old girl who died after being found unresponsive in a Nottinghamshire village.
Police said she was found on Monday afternoon on Lincoln Road in Tuxford.
She was taken to Sheffield Children's Hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after.
A police cordon remains in place in the village and inquiries into the death are "ongoing".
Major road closed for water repairspublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
If you're out in Leicester this afternoon this might cause you some delays.
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Community clubs together to replace pony trappublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
It's not very often you see a pony and trap these days - well unless you live in the Vale of Belvoir.
Alex North and her children are often seen out with her Shetland pony but recently the carriage was stolen.
After hearing about the robbery the local community decided they wanted to "turn something rubbish into something positive" and help Alex replace the stolen carriage.
An appeal was set up by neighbours Trevor and Rebecca, who managed to raise £250.
Rebecca helped set up the fundraiser and told the BBC: "There's a community spirit here like nowhere I've ever lived before."
Here's a message from Trevor, Rebecca, Alex and her children.
Rail delays after vehicle hits bridgepublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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BBC News
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Concern over choice of peer for charity rolepublished at 11:45 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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MPs have refused to sign off the appointment of a Conservative peer chosen by the government to become the new Charity Commission boss.
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Tina Stowell does not have the experience, neutrality or capability to take on the top job at the watchdog, according to the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston failed to show any real insight about the charity sector and was unable to withstand scrutiny, it said.
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock said the peer had his full backing and would be a "brilliant" chair of the Charity Commission.
Scarf plea to boost Pride Park atmospherepublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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A newly formed Derby County supporters' group is calling on all fans to bring scarves to the match with Leeds tonight to create a special atmosphere.
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The Rams are still chasing automatic promotion to the Premier League, but suffered a shock loss to Sheffield Wednesday last week.
Luke Boden, from the South Stand 12th Ram, said: "We've only just set up so we can't really put on any big displays with black and white cards or flags.
"The first thing we can do, everyone has got a scarf, so they can bring that and we can see if that works."
'One-in, one-out' policy at busy zoopublished at 11:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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MPs to debate ambulance service performancepublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
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The performance of East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) will be discussed by MPs later
The hour-long Westminster Hall debate, external has been secured by High Peak MP Ruth George.
Men flee A38 crash scenepublished at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police would like to hear from anyone that saw this crash on the A38 near Somercotes last week.
Two of the people involved ran from away from the scene.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
It happened at about 16:00 on Saturday 17 February near the junction for Cotes Park.
Police have said the driver of a Seat Ibiza careered into the central reservation of the southbound carriageway after hitting the back of a Ford Focus.
The two people in the Seat, described as Asian men, ran away. An elderly man and woman in the Ford were left with minor injuries.