Summary

  • Tributes to family killed in house fire

  • Ram-raiders steal cash machine from building society

  • Family of backpacker in Thai hospital in bid to get her home

  • Driver in hospital after bridge crash

  • Billy Monger wins Helen Rollason Award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year

  • Updates for Monday 17 December 2018

  1. Tinsel tales: Love for old decorationspublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018

    Meet the proud owners of festive decor that has been lighting-up Christmas for decades.

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  2. Mahrez deserves respect - Puelpublished at 22:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Former Leicester midfielder Riyad Mahrez "deserves respect" on his first return to the King Power Stadium, says Foxes manager Claude Puel.

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  3. PM threat councillor set to lose postpublished at 22:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Richard Alderman, who said Theresa May should be hanged, is set to be removed from his post for non-attendance.

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  4. Football fan abuse video 'hate crime'published at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Nottingham Forest said victim in the footage would go to February's derby match as a guest of both clubs.

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  5. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Live updates on this page have now finished for the day however some stories and travel updates will continue to appear overnight.

    Updates will resume from 08:00 on Tuesday.

  6. Derby-Forest ends in goalless draw - as it happenedpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Relive the action as Monday's East Midlands derby between Derby County and Nottingham Forest ends in a goalless draw.

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  7. Football: 'Added pressure' for Redspublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Nottingham Forest will try to win the match at Pride Park tonight for only the third time.

    Michael Dawson (pictured) and Danny Fox seem unlikely to be fit to play, while Tobias Figueiredo is still suspended.

    Michael DawsonImage source, Getty Images

    Striker Lewis Grabban says there is "added pressure" with it being a derby but the whole team is focused on a win.

  8. Football: Who's ready for tonight's derby game?published at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    BBC Derby Sport

    We are edging closer to the match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest at Pride Park and it promises to be a cracker.

    Three points separate Derby in fifth and Forest in seventh.

    Frank Lampard's side have won four of their last six at home, but Aitor Karanka's men have lost just once away from home so far.

    Frank LampardImage source, PA
  9. Arrests made in suspected £6m drugs planpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    A Rutland man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a multi-million pound drug plot.

    The pair, both aged 55, were arrested in Ketton by Leicestershire Police earlier, accused of being part of a plan to import £6m of nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas or NOS.

    It was part of raids across the country which also led to arrests in north and south Yorkshire.

    Nitrous OxideImage source, Getty Images
  10. Man denies terror chargepublished at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    A Nottingham man has pleaded not guilty to charges related to terrorism.

    Mohammad Hamza Siddiq appeared via video link at Nottingham Crown Court where he denied one charge of encouraging terrorism and another of failing to disclose information to police.

    Nottingham Crown Court

    It is alleged that on 16 August last year he posted a statement on a Facebook page which was understood by members of the public as intending to encourage terrorism.

    The second count alleges he failed to comply on two occasions with a notice requesting information.

    The 37-year-old of Dale Road, Carlton will face trial in February.

  11. Watch: Sports Personality tribute to helicopter crash deadpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    The five victims of the King Power Stadium helicopter crash were remembered at last night's BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.

    Presenters Gary Lineker and Gabby Logan paid tribute to those killed - including Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - at the start of the event's In Memorium montage.

  12. 'Vulnerable' Rams fan 'abused in hate crime' videopublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Police are investigating a video being circulated online, external that appears to show a vulnerable young Derby County supporter being verbally abused by a Nottingham Forest fan.

    The footage starts with an unknown cameraman telling the boy he shouldn't be wearing his Rams' shirt at that location - possibly Nottingham city centre.

    The man then orders the boy to repeat an offensive nickname given to Derby County supporters by rival fans.

    Nottingham Forest flagImage source, Getty Images

    Nottinghamshire Police said they were treating the incident as a hate crime and were working with Nottingham Forest to identify the person who filmed it.

    Forest officials say they plan to invite the boy in the video to attend February's game between the two sides at the City Ground as a guest of honour.

  13. Sex attacker admits 22 assaultspublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Csaba Kiss admits 22 counts of sexual assault after police launched an appeal to trace a cyclist.

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  14. Motorcyclist killed in Denby crashpublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    A motorcyclist has been killed, external in a crash with a Range Rover in Denby.

    Police said the two vehicles collided in Church Street. The rider died at the scene.

    Church StreetImage source, Derbyshire Police

    Church Road was closed for several hours while a crash investigation was carried out but has now reopened.

  15. Nottingham's A&E on 'black alert'published at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    The QMC is on "black alert" as winter pressure starts to ramp up at Nottingham's A&E.

    The Nottingham University Hospital Trust has been on Opel 4 - the highest level of alert, previously known as black alert - since Sunday.

    According to the NHS this means "organisations are unable to deliver comprehensive care [and] there is increased potential for patient care and safety to be compromised."

    A spokeswoman explained it is because of increased numbers of patients, particularly the elderly, coming through the doors of the emergency department and fewer leaving.

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  16. Man arrested following helicopter searchpublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    BBC Radio Leicester

    A man has been arrested for failing to stop for police after a search by the force helicopter.

    Officers were patrolling on Thurcaston Road, Leicester at around 12:15 today, when they attempted to stop the driver of a van.

    The vehicle made off from the scene, and a man was seen running from the van nearby.

    Police searched the area with the assistance of the police helicopter and arrested a man nearby. He is currently in custody.

    Thurcaston RoadImage source, Google
  17. Donation turns houses into homeless flatspublished at 15:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Businessman Prakash Bhojani says he wants to give people the chance to "get back on track".

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  18. Insurer said backpacker 'put herself at risk'published at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    Donations for Leicestershire backpacker Sophie Wilson who broke her neck while on holiday in Thailand have now reached more than £36,000.

    The 24-year-old had taken out travel insurance with Insure and Go but they have decided not to cover her medical costs after she injured herself diving into a swimming pool.

    Sophie WilsonImage source, Sophie Wilson

    A spokeswoman for the company said they could not go into specific details of the case but they had taken into account a report from their investigator and CCTV footage of the accident.

    Their statement added: "We do understand that people go on holiday to have fun and enjoy themselves, but we are not able to cover circumstances where the customer has acted in a way that puts themselves at risk."

  19. 'Little girl' writes letter to 'best firemen in the universe'published at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    A girl has thanked the "best firemen in the universe" with cupcakes and a letter after they rescued her trapped cat.

    The pet had got itself "very stuck" between a house and a garage and had to be saved by firefighters from Birstall in Leicestershire by chipping through the wall.

    You'll have to look closely to spot it in this picture.

    The very stuck catImage source, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

    The illustrated letter reads: "I am the little girl who the cat belongs to, I am so happy and I just wanted to say thank you. You are the best firemen in the universe."

    Cupcakes and a letterImage source, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
  20. House damaged by firepublished at 14:37 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2018

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    The fire service has put out a blaze in a bedroom of a house in Hinckley.

    Firefighters were called at 13:40 today to reports of smoke coming from the roof of the semi-detached house in Waveney Close.

    Nobody was in the house at the time of the fire, which was in the first floor of the property.

    Waveney CloseImage source, Google