Latest updates: East Midlands Live Tuesday 18 December

Summary

Nottingham facing council tax rise
LadBaby hoping to top Christmas chart
QMC's new emergency department officially opens
New bishop of Derby announced
East Midlands derby ends in goalless draw
PM threat councillor removed from post
Christmas tree, 92, still in use
Updates for Tuesday 18 December 2018

Live Reporting

Nick Smith, Sandish Shoker and David Pittam

Bid to reunite owner of ringspublished at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Anyone missing these rings?
They have been found at the Trowell Services on the M1 and highways officers would like to reunite them with the owner.
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Arrests over £6m laughing gas plotpublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Eight people are held on suspicion of importing a psychoactive substance and money laundering.
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Delays expected following city centre crashpublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Two lanes of Mansfield Road in Nottingham are closed following a crash.
Delays are expected in the area.
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'Stolen' pickup truck rammed off roadpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Suspected thieves threw hammers and tools at their pursuers as they tried to escape in an Isuzu van, police said.
The owner of the pickup truck and police cars chased it for 10 miles from Chellaston to Hilton in Derbyshire this morning.
The vehicle was stopped when it was rammed off the road "to protect the public".
Image source, Derbyshire Police
All three people inside were arrested and remain in custody.
A 21-year-old man was held on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving and failing to stop for the police.
An 18-year-old man and 15-year-old boy were also arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.
Neo-Nazi jailed for membership of banned grouppublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Jeremy Ball
Social affairs correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today
A neo-Nazi from Leicester has been jailed for more than six years for belonging to a banned group that planned a race war.
Daniel Bogunovic, 27, was a "leader and strategist" for National Action that was banned two years ago but a hardcore of extremists took their fight underground.
The court heard Bogunovic used secret online chat groups to organise and recruit new members and the judge said the group wanted "to repeat the horror of Nazi Germany".
Image source, West Midlands Police
At his home in Crown Hills Rose, Leicester, police found strategy documents, and stickers proclaiming "white Jihad" and images on his phone saying people who insulted National Action, should be beheaded.
The court heard some of the stickers were also placed around Leicester DMU to recruit students to their cause.
Bogunovic has been sentenced with five other National Action members, including a couple who gave their baby the middle name "Adolf".
Lampard 'finding out about management'published at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Derby boss Frank Lampard is near the half-way stage in his first season in management and admits he is still learning.
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Car park cladding to be replaced due to safety concernspublished at 12:55 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A multi-storey car park in Mansfield is to get a £2.4m new look.
The district council has approved plans to replace the Walkden Street car park's concrete panels with a decorative metal facade.
It said the work was needed after the integrity of the external panels began to cause safety concerns.
Image source, Mansfield District Council
The project is due to begin in the new year with a target completion date of April 2020.
Image source, Google
New bishop: I want to love Derbyshire backpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Here's a little more from the Right Reverend Libby Lane following this morning's announcement she is to become the new Bishop of Derby next year.
She said: "I am excited and privileged to have been called to serve as Bishop of Derby. I grew up here, my vocation was fostered here. Derbyshire nurtured me and brought me to faith and I want to love Derbyshire back.
“I want to lead a church in Derbyshire where people find hope because they know they are loved by God in Christ, and I pray that hope sets us free to live our lives in ways that bring change for good.”
Image source, PA
The Dean of Derby, the Very Reverend Dr Stephen Hance, said: “I am thrilled that Libby is coming to be our bishop. Her roots are here in Derbyshire, and we are all very much looking forward to welcoming her home and working with her in the months and years ahead."
Woman in critical condition after being hit by a carpublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A 75-year-old woman remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being hit by a car.
She was struck at the junction of Mansfield Road and Thackerays Lane in Nottingham at about 09.50 on Friday and taken to Queen's Medical Centre.
Police are investigating and are appealing for anyone who saw the crash to get in contact.
Image source, Google
First female bishop takes new rolepublished at 11:57 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
The Right Reverend Libby Lane will become the next Bishop of Derby, it has been announced.
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Missing Derby man found safepublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police say John Stanley, who was reported missing from the Royal Derby Hospital at the weekend, has been found safe and well, external.
Danny Fox leads Forest fans in Joe Lolley chantpublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
"Danny, sing us a song. Danny, Danny, sing us a song!"
Injured Forest defender Danny Fox was among the Reds' fans at Pride Park yesterday, pint in hand and soaking up the atmosphere.
He was asked to lead the Forest faithful with a song...and he duly obliged.
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Coffee shop customer treats gun cops to freebiepublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A trend appears to be developing - this latest bout of festive generosity towards our boys and girls in blue follows similar incidents in south Derbyshire and Broxtowe in recent weeks.
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Saturns rings could disappear (in 100m years)published at 11:41 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Research by University of Leicester academics suggest that Saturns rings could disappear in the next 100 million years, as gravity pulls them in.
Dr Tom Stallard, associate professor in planetary astronomy at the University of Leicester and Dr James O'Donoghue, who studied for his PhD at the University of Leicester, have found that Saturn’s rings are dying at the maximum rate estimated from data collected by space probes Voyager 1 and 2 in the 1980s.
Dr O’Donoghue, who works at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said: "We estimate that this ‘ring rain’ drains the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool from Saturn’s rings in half an hour.
"The entire ring system will be gone in 300 million years.
"Add to this the Cassini-spacecraft detected ring-material falling into Saturn’s equator, and the rings have less than 100 million years to live."
Image source, BBC/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Cornell
New Bishop of Derby announcedpublished at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
The Right Reverend Libby Lane has been announced as the next Bishop of Derby and will take up the role after Easter.
Bishop Lane, who grew up in Glossop, describes Derbyshire as "the place that holds my heart."
Bishop Libby is marking today’s announcement by visiting a number of communities in the Diocese, visiting Glossop, Bolsover, Chesterfield and Alderwasley before ending the day with Evening Prayers at Derby Cathedral from 17:15.
Bishop Lane is currently the Suffragan Bishop of Stockport, in the Diocese of Chester, a post she has held since 2015.
Image source, PA
Death crash moped rider was 47-year-old manpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police say a moped rider killed in a crash in Denby yesterday was a 47-year-old man, external.
The rider died at the scene after his Scout 49 Lexmoto and a Range Rover collided in Church Street at about 08:40.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
Derbyshire Police say they're keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash or has dashcam footage.
Man jailed for threatening drinkers with lit gas canisterpublished at 10:14 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A man has been jailed for six years after threatening people with a lit gas canister at a pub.
Mark Anthony Evans, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, threatening a person with an offensive weapon and affray and was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday.
Police say Evans, 40, lit the gas canister and threatened people at a pub in Cheapside at around 00:30 on 16 June before he was detained by door staff.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Police
Letters reveal suffragette's surveillance concernspublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Press Association
Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst lobbied the Post Office against the practice of installing duplicate telephone lines over fears they could be used to intercept private calls, newly discovered letters have revealed.
The documents, uncovered by a Nottingham academic, show she received a response from the Postmaster General, which was dated 6 February 1934. But internal, handwritten notes between Post Office employees showed they were instructed to "stonewall" Ms Pankhurst if she sent any further correspondence.
Image source, PA
The letters were discovered by Nottingham Trent University's Dr Sarah Jackson, who said: "Sifting through a file of old press cuttings about wiretapping, I was astonished to find letters from Sylvia Pankhurst to the Postmaster General revealing her concerns about surveillance.
"In the year that we celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage, the discovery brings home once again the efforts and achievements of this remarkable woman."
Ilkeston-bought Christmas tree still in use after 92 yearspublished at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Pride of place among Derek Stanton's festive decorations is a Christmas tree bought in Ilkeston nearly 100 years ago.
The 92-year-old was born on 5 December 1926 and his mother Winifred and father Job decided to buy one of the first mass-produced Christmas trees from the local Woolworths for his first yuletide.
Image source, Derek Stanton
Derek's three daughters are under strict instructions to never get rid of the small tree, which features baubles, bells and a robin on top.
The festive favourite features in a BBC News round-up of Christmas decorations still being used after several decades.
Is caring for mum and dad a family duty?published at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 December 2018
BBC Inside Out
Many people in Britain's Asian community think families should look after their elderly relatives but, increasingly, younger people are opting for care homes.
Riaz Khan, from Leicester, who has argued with his siblings over who looked after their parents, said "there's no easy answer" for Asian families.