Summary

  • Man jailed for knife-point rape

  • Volunteers help move thousands of helicopter crash tributes

  • Loughborough Fair acid attack message 'a hoax'

  • Large fire at industrial unit

  • Nottingham high street suffers in 2018

  • Castle poppy display praised by Prince Harry

  • Thousands turn out of Games of Remembrance

  • Updates for Friday 9 November 2018

  1. Volunteers start moving helicopter crash tributespublished at 09:53 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    There are emotional scenes at the King Power Stadium as volunteers begin moving tributes left outside Leicester City's ground.

    The sea of tributes has built up next to the King Power after five people including club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were killed when a helicopter crashed almost two weeks ago.

    The gathered flowers, scarves, gifts and shirts are being moved to a new sidenear where the helicopter came down.

    Leicester City play Burnley tomorrow in their first home match since the crash, with a march in their memory planned from Jubilee Square to the stadium taking place before the game.

    Tributes
  2. Everards brewery plans get the go-aheadpublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Revised plans for development of a visitor's centre and new Everards Brewery in Enderby have got the go-ahead from Blaby Disctrict Council.

    Work has already started on the Everards Meadows site next to Fosse Park, adjacent to the old brewery, and will eventually contain a brewery and office building incorporating a beer hall.

    Initial approval had already been granted by the council, but the revised plans, approved by the planning committee yesterday evening, will now see the beer hall included as part of the office building instead of being a separate structure.

    Everards MeadowsImage source, Everards
  3. Police believe Bestwood Park fire was deliberatepublished at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Police believe that a fire started at a property in Bestwood Park was started deliberately.

    Emergency services were called to the Capenwray Gardens area at about 13:45 yesterday after the fire began inside Carnforth Court.

    There are no reports of injuries.

    An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.

    Carnforth CourtImage source, Google
  4. Thousands turn out for Remembrance gamespublished at 09:03 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Thousands of people came to watch two very special football games in Nottingham yesterday.

    The Games of Remembrance, featured British and German army football teams facing each other yesterday as part of the Centenary Armistice commemorations.

    Germany won both, with the men's side winning 3-1 at the City Ground and the women winning 2-1 at Meadow Lane.

    Games of RemembranceImage source, PA
  5. Man jailed for knife-point rapepublished at 09:02 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A man has been jailed for raping a woman at knife-point.

    Mitchell Palmer, 21, was sentenced yesterday at Nottingham Crown Court after pleading guilty to rape in August.

    Mitchell PalmerImage source, Nottinghamshire Police

    Police say he threatened the woman with a knife and raped her, stabbing her when she tried to resist.

    Palmer, of Radford, Nottingham, was sentenced to seven-and-half years with a five year extension period.

    He was also made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will be on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

  6. Fire at industrial buildingpublished at 08:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    A fire broke out in the early hours of this morning at a reclamation yard in Church Gresley.

    Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service sent nine appliances to the blaze in Pool Street at 03:59 and four are remain at the site.

    There were also concerns about asbestos and a number of firefighters were seen wearing face-masks.

    The fire is still ongoing and an investigation will take place once it's been extinguished but there have been no reports of injuries.

    Church GresleyImage source, Google
  7. WW1 poppy display praised by Prince Harrypublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Thousands of poppies have been created as part of a World War One commemoration in Oakham that has drawn praise from Prince Harry.

  8. Watch: Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Sara Blizzard
    BBC Weather

    We can expect a dry and misty start to the day across the region but low pressure will lead to heavy rain in the evening.

  9. Good morning: Join us for today's live updatespublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Hello everyone and welcome to Friday's latest news, sport, travel and weather coverage from myself, Amy Woodfield and Gavin Bevis.