Large fire takes hold at Leicester warehouse
Eighteen children evacuated from neighbouring nursery
All staff escaped the warehouse
No injuries reported
Surrounding roads closed by police
Updates on Friday 13 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
It looks like the size of the fire in Leicester has now decreased - flames can no longer be seen from the edge of the police cordon.
At least six crews and an aerial ladder platform were immobilised to the industrial unit on Brougham Street.
Alex Thorp
BBC News
Eighteen children were evacuated from a nursery because of the warehouse fire.
The children and members of staff at Salma Daycare were led to safety after the blaze took hold on Brougham Street earlier.
Senior manager Nadiya Yusuf said she was told by a colleague that staff could smell smoke shortly before they were evacuated.
Image source, Google"Everyone has been evacuated. No one is allowed in the whole street," she said.
"I wasn't at the nursery today but I've been informed about it. Everyone is okay."
She added she was unsure whether the building had been damaged in the fire.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
The fire service says they have six fire engines dealing with the large fire at a warehouse in Brougham Street.
The fire service says the owner of the building confirmed that everyone inside at the time had been evacuated.
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and RescueAmy Woodfield
BBC News
Police have tweeted this information regarding road closures in the area around the fire in Leicester.
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Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Emergency services are at the scene of an industrial fire on Brougham Street in Leicester.
The blaze is inside a warehouse on an industrial estate near St Georges Retail Park. The owner of the building has confirmed everyone managed escaped the building.
Emergency services have closed Humberstone Road in both directions between the St Matthews Way Roundabout and Kent Street.
Image source, Benji PopkidMaaiysa Valli was temporarily stuck in the traffic as a result of the road closures.
"The side streets are one way so people are going through the 'no entry' signs to get through the tailbacks,” she said.
“I was coming down Humberstone Road towards the city centre and I could see thick black smoke in the air as soon as I turned onto the road.
“It wasn’t until I came closer that I realised it was a large fire.
“There’s a lot of emergency services here and I’ve been hearing a lot of sirens while I’ve been sat waiting in the car.”
Owynn Palmer-Atkin
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Leicester City midfielder, Vicente Iborra will miss the rest of the season due to the hamstring injury that he picked up against Newcastle United last week.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageWe are unlucky with our midfield at the moment. I have confidence in Silva and Choudhury. It’s a good opportunity for him to have game time and opportunities with the first team. He will play”
Claude Puel, Leicester City Manager
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BBC News
This video gives you some idea of how much smoke is coming from the fire on Brougham Street in Leicester.
It was taken by Makinder Chahal just a few moments ago.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
More footage from the scene of a fire in Leicester.
Humberstone Road has been closed in both directions between the St Matthews Way Roundabout and Kent Street while emergency services deal with the blaze.
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Amy Woodfield
BBC News
These photos from the scene of the fire on Brougham Street appear to show an industrial unit well alight.
Image source, Benji PopkidThe photos were taken by Benji Popkid who said: "Some poor man has lost his business".
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Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Tickets for a tournament which could see Andy Murray make his long-awaited injury comeback have gone on sale.
Image source, Tom Dulat/Getty ImagesThe Loughborough Challenger, to be staged at the town's university tennis centre, runs from May 19-27.
Murray is understood to be considering a return to competitive action their hard courts, rather than the physically demanding clay, which precedes the grass court season.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
We're getting reports of a fire on Brougham Street in Leicester. The fire service has confirmed it was called to the address at about 12:50.
More on this as we get it.
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BBC News
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Victoria Derbyshire
A man who's wife was murdered by someone released on prison licence believes the justice system has "failed" him.
Simon Mellors, from Nottingham, murdered his former partner Pearl Black in 1999, before killing Janet Scott.
Her husband, Chris Scott, believes his wife would still be alive if the probation service had acted on warnings and sent Mellors back to prison.
The Ministry of Justice said a full review into the case is under way.
Hayden Pott
BBC Radio Leicester Producer
The Leicester founder of National Samosa Week, Romail Gulzar, has revealed that the week long celebration will be a permanent annual event.
Samosas have been made and celebrated aross the country and all around the world this week to recognise the Asain savoury snack.
Romail, who also launched the Leicester Curry Awards two years ago, says it'll be back next year too.
Quote MessageI have no doubt that this will go on for many years to come"
Romail Gulzar, Founder of National Samosa Week
Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
There were 104 more knife crimes in Leicester during 2017/18 than in the previous year, new figures have revealed.
Image source, PAPolice recorded 976 knife crimes in Leicester between April 2017 and February 2018, an 11.9% increase on last year.
During the same period in 2016/17, there were 872 incidents reported.
The figures were released during a meeting at Leicester City Council, following a request from Councillor George Cole.
In response to the statistics, deputy city mayor Piara Singh Clair said: "There has been an increase in knife crime in every city.
"We have multi-agency support in place in the city, and we will continue doing whatever we can to address the issue."
Alex Thorp
BBC News
The value of properties in the East Midlands has risen by an average of more than £3,000 since the start of the year, according to Zoopla.
Image source, PADuring the first quarter of 2018, the region’s properties saw an increase in value of 1.58%, or £3,357 - the second largest in the UK.
The average value of a property in the East Midlands in March was £215,914, property website Zoopla said.
Homes in the North West of England saw the strongest rise in property value – increasing by 1.85%.
Conversely, properties in Wales grew in value by an average of just £203, or 0.11%.
Lewis Scrimshaw
BBC Radio Nottingham newsreader
A man has been arrested after an 18-year-old was shot in a pub in Bestwood.
Image source, GoogleNottinghamshire Police said the teenager was injured at the Duke of St Albans on Saturday 10 February.
His injuries were serious but officers understand he's recovering well.
A 26-year-old man arrested on Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life has been released on bail while investigations continue.
A man says his wife would still be alive if officials had heeded warnings about a convicted murderer.
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Mike O'Sullivan
East Midlands Today reporter at Derby Crown Court
A woman was lured to Derby by a "coercive and controlling" man before being killed, a court has heard.
Image source, Family handoutAtual Mustafa, 36, denies murdering 37-year-old Sohbia Tabasim Khan, in May last year.
Prosecutor Michael Auty said Ms Khan was killed weeks after she left her family home in Bradford to live with Mr Mustafa at his home in Pear Tree Crescent, Normanton.
"The prosecution case is in effect she was lured here in the hope of the love she craved," he told jurors.
The court also heard that Mr Mustafa had struck Ms Khan and caused injuries to her.
He had met Ms Khan in early 2016 in Bradford and at one point said he was a social worker with the surname Asif.
He had become increasingly "coercive and controlling" during his relationship with Ms Khan.
The trial continues.