Latest updates: East Midlands Live Friday 13 April

Summary

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

Live Reporting

Calum McKenzie and Amy Woodfield

Small wheel drive: Cycle pilgrimage on mini bikepublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Jonathan Lampon
BBC Radio Leicester News Editor
Ancient pilgrim routes which took the devout across Europe are to be tackled by a man from Leicester on a tiny bike.
Eric Ludlow, founder member of the Leicester Cycling Campaign Group, will ride along the Roman Way on a journey from Canterbury to Rome.
Eric is raising money for Leicester Wheels for All, external which helps people take up cycling regardless of their age or ability.
Image source, @ericonabike Twitter
Watch: Derby-made poppies head to fortpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Poppies which first appeared at the Tower of London in 2014 are continuing their tour around the country.
The installation, which is the brainchild of Derby-based artist Paul Cummins, has just gone on display at Fort Nelson in Hampshire.
The wave will be on display at the Victorian fort for the next three months.
The original installation saw 888,246 poppies displayed, one for every British or Colonial life lost between 1914 and 1918.
Man dies after A38 woodland crashpublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
A man has died following a crash on the A38 in Derby.
Image source, Google
Derbyshire Police said the collision, between Markeaton Island and Kingsway, happened at around 14:50 yesterday.
The driver, who was in a blue Ford KA, left the road, entered a wooded area and collided with a road sign and trees.
He is yet to be formally identified, but he is believed to be in his 50s, the force added.
Council bids to save £70,000 by offloading buildingspublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
A council is looking to offload three buildings to community groups, in a bid to save around £70,000.
Image source, Leicester City Council
Leicester City Council is offering people the chance to run Braunstone Grove, Braunstone Frith Recreation Centre (pictured) and Mayfield Children’s Centre.
Organisations will be invited to submit business plans to take on the premises.
Councillor Kirk Master, assistant city mayor, said: "By offering these buildings for local groups to run, we’re giving people the opportunity to deliver the community activities they want to see in their area."
Dead horse and foals dumped on footpathpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Leicester Mercury
The corpses of a horse and two foals have been found dumped on a footpath., external
Probe into mystery pond leak set to continuepublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Investigations into how an "unknown substance" leaked into a pond will resume later, according to the Environment Agency.
Image source, Environment Agency Midlands
Officers were made aware of the substance on Wednesday evening.
It's the second leak into Adam's Pond near Shipley Country Park, Heanor, in the space of two months.
Paul Reeves, from the agency, said there is not a threat to wildlife but he is keen to find out what happened.
He added: "We are also going to be carrying out some dye testing, using some harmless green dye, to confirm where it has been coming from.
"Unfortunately there are a lot of industrial premises up there so it is going to be quite a time consuming job."
Watch: Trainer reacts to boxer's Commonwealth Games winpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
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...Paige Murney goes for gold tomorrow against Anja Stridsman.
Grieving families conman jail term cutpublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Simon Delow posed as a private detective and charged thousands for fake probes into deaths abroad.
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Cricket: Duo in line for debuts as season startspublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Ross Taylor and Chris Nash are in line to make their debuts for Nottinghamshire later.
Image source, Getty Images
Peter Moores' side, who won promotion from Division Two last season, head to Old Trafford to face Lancashire in their County Championship opener.
It will also be Steven Mullaney's first game in charge as club captain, having taken over from Chris Read who retired at the end of last season.
Men try to raid shop at knifepointpublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Police are trying to find three men after an attempted robbery at a shop in Sherwood.
Image source, Google
Nottinghamshire Police believe the males, one of whom was carrying a knife, entered the shop on Mansfield Road on Wednesday but managed to escape empty handed.
All members of the group are believed to be white and aged between 18 and 20, the force added.
Street honour for First World War fallenpublished at 08:33 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
BBC Radio Derby
Some of Mickelover's fallen war heroes will be commemorated by having streets named after them.
Image source, Getty Images
During World War One, 26 people from the area died, with five set to have streets named after them.
Steve Dewiss, from the Royal British Legion, said: "By doing this sort of thing... it might just might just put a little spark into somebody and say 'let me learn more about what we've done'."
The streets will be on the new Manor Farm Fields housing development., external
Watch: East Midlands weather forecastpublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
It's yet another miserable start to the day but the sun should creep through the murk later this afternoon.
Murderer Simon Mellors killed again despite 'warnings'published at 08:06 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Caroline Lowbridge
BBC News
A man believes his wife would still be alive if the probation service had acted on warnings and sent a convicted murderer back to prison.
Image source, Family photos
Simon Mellors, from Nottingham, murdered his former partner Pearl Black (left) in 1999, then killed Janet Scott after being released from prison on licence.
Her husband, Chris Scott, said Mellors threatened to kill them both and followed Janet to work before she died.
The Ministry of Justice said a full review into the case is under way.
"If the probation service had done something and informed the police and had Mellors arrested, my wife would still be alive," said Mr Scott.
Commonwealth Games: Leicester boxer gets shot at goldpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
A boxer from Leicester is guaranteed at least a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games at her first major tournament.
Image source, ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images
Paige Murney, 23, beat Nigeria's Yetunde Odunuga on a split decision overnight to reach the final of the women's lightweight competition.
"I still can't believe I'm here," said Murney, who is unfazed by the prospect of facing the Australian favourite, Anja Stridsman, for gold on Saturday.
"I've come in here with absolutely no pressure because I've never fought at a major tournament before.
"I only had my first fight at 60kg in November so I thought the timing would be too short to prove myself at the weight.
"But obviously my coaches saw something in me and gave me the opportunity, and I'm making the most of every minute."
Good morning: Welcome to today's live updatespublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 13 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Good morning and welcome along to Friday across the East Midlands.
Dave Wade and I will be with you until later with the region's news, sport, weather and travel.