Travellers pitched at Victoria Embankment told to leavepublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Travellers who have pitched up by the Victoria Embankment have been given a notice to leave by community protection officers, external.
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Updates on Friday 4 May 2018
Travellers pitched at Victoria Embankment told to leavepublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Police watchdog not investigating fatal Oadby blazepublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThe police watchdog says it has decided not to investigate Leicestershire Police's dealings with a man who died in a fire at a flat that had been barricaded, external.
The man was found dead inside the property, in Howden Road, Oadby, on 24 April after firefighters burst through the door following a call for assistance from paramedics.
A police investigation found the cause of the fire to be non-suspicious but the death was referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) as officers had been in contact with the man before the blaze.
No further details about the man have been released.
Image source, Erika TsangPolice name pair found dead at housepublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsTwo people who were found dead at a house in Loughborough have been named by police, external.
Neil Barrass, 45, and Nicola Roberts, 42, were discovered at the property in Barrett Drive at 18:25 on Monday.
Leicestershire Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
The house remains cordoned off while investigations continue.
Two cars set on fire outside Leicester homepublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsArsonists set fire to two cars, external parked at a house in the Hamilton area of Leicester.
Police said the home owners in Columbine Road woke to find the vehicles - an Audi A4 and a Honda Accord - well alight in the early hours of Wednesday 25 April.
It was the second time the cars had been attacked that week and police have shared CCTV images of the Audi being set on fire to try to identify the arsonists.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceKnife crime 'rare across Nottinghamshire'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsNottinghamshire's Chief Constable has said knife crime in the county is still relatively rare despite a national increase.
Craig Guildford said increased searches for weapons had been carried out recently and it is the only force, other than the Metropolitan Police, with a knife crime team.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceHe said the team had carried out searches in park bushes and responds to intelligence about where knives can be found.
Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Paddy Tipping said the force should be investing more money in monitoring social media when it comes to preventing and responding to knife crime.
Mustafa 'planned to flee to Pakistan after killing'published at 12:41 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsDerbyshire Police said Ataul Mustafa "never accepted any responsibility or provided an account" for how his partner Sohbia Khan died.
Senior investigating officer Emlyn Richards said Mustafa booked a plane ticket from Manchester to Islamabad on the evening of the murder, "so he clearly believed fleeing the country was an option for him to avoid taking responsibility for his actions".
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceHe said: “His narcissistic and sadistic grooming of Sohbia led her to Derby and within weeks of arriving, she had been tortured over several days and brutally murdered.
"This included being branded with an iron on three separate sites of her body, being punched, kicked and hit with weapons.
“He chose not to give evidence during his trial, providing no answers or comfort to Sohbia’s family in terms of finding out what happened during her final hours.”
Lead stolen from Rutland church roofpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA large amount of lead has been stolen from the newly restored roof of St Mary’s Church in Ashwell.
Police have said the theft is believed to have happened in the early hours of Tuesday.
Image source, GoogleThe timing of the theft resulted in an added problem for the church as heavy rainfall meant water was able to get inside.
Church warden Sally Farr told the BBC staff were mopping up inside while a temporary cover was put in place.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceServices at the Cottesmore Road church are still able to go ahead and it is hoped insurance will cover the full cost of the repair.
Sohbia Khan 'forced to wear veils to cover torture marks'published at 12:20 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThe judge at Derby Crown Court described Ataul Mustafa as a "sadistic, deceitful, dangerous man where woman are concerned" as she sentenced him to life in prison with a minimum term of 33 years.
Lynsey O'Donnell, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said post-mortem examinations showed Ms Khan "had signs of over 30 serious injuries inflicted by Mustafa but most were not life threatening".
She said: “The CPS built a case piecing together the evidence of Mustafa’s sustained behaviour, of how he had exerted control over Ms Khan, even in the early stages of their relationship, including dictating what she should wear.
"We presented evidence of violent abuse and torture, using the enforced wearing of veils to cover her injuries.
“From this evidence, we demonstrated that Mustafa had set out to cause significant premeditated physical and mental suffering and that this was the cause of Ms Khan’s tragic death."
Killer showed partner's dead body to familypublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsAtaul Mustafa was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering his 37-year-old partner Sohbia Khan a few weeks after she moved into his home in Normanton last year.
The jury was told Ms Khan was found to have suffered 36 recent injuries across her body, including burns from an iron.
After the murder, Mustafa showed her dead body to members of his own family - who alerted authorities.
Image source, Family photoIt emerged the killing came less than two years after Mustafa had completed a hospital order for attacking a former partner.
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHFT) said it would conduct a "thorough investigation".
Ataul Mustafa sentenced for 'savage' murder of partnerpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
BreakingGavin Bevis
BBC NewsAtaul Mustafa has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years for murdering his partner Sohbia Khan at their home in Normanton, Derby, last year.
Derby Crown Court heard the 36-year-old subjected his victim to "domestic violence on a savage scale" before her death in May 2017.
Rolls-Royce engine fixes almost completepublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
BBC Business NewsRolls-Royce says it has almost finished fixing a fault in its Trent 1000 engines which had grounded planes at British Airways and other airlines.
In March, the Derby-based aero-engine maker warned the issue would take "some years" to fix, but it now says "roughly two-thirds" of inspections have been completed, with the remainder scheduled to take place within the next six weeks.
"We sincerely regret any disruption these inspections may cause and we continue to work closely with Boeing, our customers and the regulatory authorities to minimise this," it said.
Image source, Getty ImagesWorld Naked Gardening Day: Would you try it?published at 11:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Bridget Blair
BBC Radio Leicester ReporterIt's World Naked Gardening Day on Saturday.
I've been asking people in Leicestershire if they would entertain gardening in the buff.
Image source, PerennialOne person told me: "Yeah I've tried it a couple of times. Only in the more confined areas where I can get the sun on me but I'm hidden by a bush still. It's really good to feel the air blowing around everywhere but you have to be careful now and then in the nettles."
Another said: "I've thought about it on my allotment but I think it's a bit too cold at the moment."
Six more arrests after Sunny Hill shootingpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsSix more people have been arrested, external after a man was shot in Derby.
Police said the 26-year-old suffered "significant injuries" when he was shot in the shoulder in Coleridge Street in Sunny Hill on Friday.
Officers searched a property in Weston-on-Trent last night and three men and two women were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. Another man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
One man has been released under investigation and the others remain in police custody.
The latest arrests bring the total number of people detained to ten.
Four people were arrested over the weekend - including two on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder - and all were released on bail pending further investigations.
Volunteer service struggling to meet demandpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe Royal Voluntary Service in Derbyshire has told the BBC it's struggling to meet demand for its services.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt has a team of 30 volunteers who help drive people to and from hospital, take them to lunch clubs, help with their shopping and offer a befriending service.
Andrew Kirby, from the service, said they're having to turn down some people who ask for their help because they don't have enough volunteers.
County council care bosses rapped by watchdogpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterCare bosses in Nottinghamshire have been told to apologise after complaints against them were upheld by a watchdog.
One case involved a woman who complained that Nottinghamshire County County had withdrawn her personal care budget.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman - the independent watchdog that investigates complaints - found that the council was at fault in the way it assessed the woman's care budget but not in the decision it reached.
The ombudsman said the council should improve the way it completes assessments and review its training on the issue.
Image source, Nottingham Post/Mark FearIn another case, the council has apologised over the way it decided to restrict a woman's contact with her adult son.
The council has now agreed to ensure a risk assessment is in place for the woman to visit her son.
The rulings come after the Nottinghamshire council's Governance and Ethics Committee took the decision to discuss and publish all ombudsman findings where fault was found, in order to ensure lessons are properly learned.
The committee's chairman, Conservative Bruce Laughton, who represents the Muskham and Farnsfield ward, said at today's meeting: "This is a new system that's been set up by the committee, because we felt it was important for us to be able to scrutinise those decisions (by the ombudsman) to see whether we could pick up anything."
Stags chief's Question Time appearance cancelledpublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsMansfield Town's chief executive Carolyn Radford is no longer going to be a panel member on tonight's BBC Question Time.
The club announced earlier this week that Mrs Radford, who has a politics degree from the University of Durham, was due to appear on the long-running debate programme.
But now it's said she has been replaced by a different panellist, external "to fit with the news agenda".
It added she would be appearing on the programme in July instead.
Image source, Getty ImagesFire at city centre pubpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
A small fire erupted at a well-known city centre pub early this morning, external.
Derbyshire police and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Waterfall pub opposite Derby railway station at around 6.20am.
Council assistant job 'unnecessary'published at 09:55 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy ReporterConcerns have been raised over the appointment of a new £37,000 a year assistant who will be on hand to help the leading Conservative group at Nottinghamshire County Council.
Image source, Nottingham Post/Mark FearLabour has said the role is unnecessary, and has been created for political reasons, but a leading Conservative said Labour did the same when it was in power.
The council said that the new post will serve as a conduit between the ruling group and the corporate leadership team.
The new post was narrowly approved after a vote at the Governance and Ethics Committee yesterday, in which Labour abstained.
McCanns thank public on 11th anniversarypublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Press AssociationThe parents of Madeleine McCann have marked the 11th anniversary of her disappearance by thanking the public for staying with them on the mission to find their daughter.
Kate and Gerry McCann, from Rothley in Leicestershire, said perseverance and hope will remain during their search for Madeleine, who vanished aged three while the family were on holiday in Portugal.
Image source, PAThe post on the official Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook page, written on behalf of Mr and Mrs McCann, reads: "It gets harder to know what to say or write as each anniversary of Madeleine's abduction approaches then passes.
"Life is full and busy which helps but Madeleine is still missing and she is still dearly missed.
"She is a real person and still our 'little girl' and as we always have, we will endeavour to do whatever it takes to find her. Thank you so much for staying with us on this mission."
Notice served to unauthorised travellerspublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe process to remove several travellers from Victoria Embankment in Nottingham has begun.
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