Summary

  • Shopkeeper 'admitted causing shop blast to fellow inmate'

  • Police car attacked with sledgehammer

  • 'Pure luck' no-one died in trailer crash

  • Intu shares plummet after takeover scrapped

  • Woman hurt by falling chimney pot

  • City centre fire started in student's bedroom

  • Yellow weather warning across region

  • Trains back on after disruption

  • Forest and Villa in 10-goal thriller

  • Updates for Thursday 29 November 2018

Live Reporting

David Pittam, Sandish Shoker, Amy Woodfield and Nick Smith

  1. Leicester road closed due to flooding

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    It's set to be a bad day on the roads as storm Diana hits - and it seems the disruption has already started on this Thurmaston road.

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  2. 'Pure luck' no-one died in trailer crash

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    It was "pure luck" no-one died after a car came off a trailer on the A50 in Derbyshire last night, police said.

    Smashed up car on a recovery trailerDerbyshire Police

    The driver of a passing lorry swerved to avoid the vintage Jaguar and ended up in a ditch on the eastbound carriageway between J5 and J4, near Etwall.

    Lorry in a ditchDerbyshire Police

    Police said the road was closed for most of the night and the driver towing the vehicle has been reported to court.

  3. Trains back on after evening of disruption

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    A power failure on the East Coast Mainline caused chaos for passengers going through Nottinghamshire yesterday.

    People were advised not to travel unless absolutely necessary because of the fault between Retford and Newark North Gate which happened at about 17.30.

    It has now been fixed and trains are due to run on Thursday with some alterations - but it is expected to be busy, a spokesman for Network Rail said.

    Photo from the trainMike Cobb

  4. Listen: Dad calls for expulsions over initiations

    BBC News Education

    A father from Tilton on the Hill has called for initiation ceremonies to be banned from universities.

    Jeremy Farmer's son Ed died in 2016 after a drinking binge organised by Newcastle University's Agricultural Society.

  5. Watch: East Midlands weather

    Alex Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    A very windy morning with some rain but the afternoon looks much better - here's the full forecast.

  6. Join us for today's live coverage

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

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