Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 07:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.
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Pakistan army search for British climber
Fox's factory threat 'devastating' for workers
Five murder arrests over man's death
Major development plans for City Ground
Concern over missing boy, 14
Man taken to hospital after stabbing
University tops sport education league table
Updates for Thursday 28 February 2019
Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 07:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Search team looking for British climberpublished at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Tom Ballard went missing trying to reach the summit of a peak known as "Killer Mountain" in Pakistan.
Read MoreMerger could close Fox's mints factorypublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Confectionery has been made at the Leicester factory for more than a century.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
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Friend's hope for missing climberpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Tom Ballard, who is reported missing in Pakistan with Italian Daniele Nardi, grew up in the Scottish Highlands.
Read MoreTonight's weather: Cloudy night with showerspublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Remaining rather cloudy through this evening and overnight into Friday, with further showers and patchy rain at first.
Later in the night, conditions should become mainly dry. Turning misty in places.
Friend optimistic missing climber is alivepublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
BBC NewsA friend of a Derbyshire climber who is missing on one of the world's highest peaks says he's optimistic he'll be found alive.
Tom Ballard, 30, and Italian Daniele Nardi last made contact on Sunday, from an altitude of about 6,300m (20,669ft) on Nanga Parbat in Pakistan.
Mr Ballard, who grew up in the Highlands, is the son of Alison Hargreaves, who died on K2 in 1995.
Image source, Tom BallardFriend Ian Sykes said Mr Ballard was a talented and experienced climber.
He said: "Tom learned to ski from an early age and has been a climber from the cot upwards."
Ranieri sacked by Fulhampublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsSad times for Claudio Ranieri - the man who led Leicester City to the Premier League title three years ago has been sacked by Fulham after three months in charge.
The Cottagers won only three league games out of 16 under the Italian, including a 3-2 win over Southampton in his first match.
Image source, Getty ImagesCouncils meet to discuss troubled Sinfin waste plantpublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
BBC Radio DerbyDerby City Council and Derbyshire County Council have said they're "considering all options" when it comes to Sinfin's troubled waste treatment plant.
The authorities met this afternoon to decide the way forward - and say they're ramping up the pressure on company RRS to get the delayed facility - which has been opposed by a number of local residents - up-and-running.
The councils say they're also speaking to the firm's banks, who lent them the money to build the plant.
They say they could, as a last resort, terminate the contract.
RRS says it's continuing to work to bring the waste plant into full service.
France honours WW2 hero from Long Eatonpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA war hero from Long Eaton has been awarded France's highest military honour for his part in the famous D-Day landings.
Herbert Thorpe, 95, was part of Royal Navy crew that created a smokescreen so German forces could not see the Allied fleet approaching the shores of Normandy in 1944.
Decades later he has been awarded the Legion d’Honneur by the French, who thanked him for his dedication to the cause.
He was formally handed the medal earlier today by Jean-Claude LaFontaine, the Honorary French Consul for the East Midlands, at a ceremony organised by Erewash Borough Council.
Mr Thorpe said: "I never would have thought people would be so interested. It's surprised me and I bless everybody."
Distraction thieves steal cash from 94-year-oldpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA 94-year-old woman has been the victim of a distraction burglary in Bilborough, external.
The pensioner told police she had been talking to two men who knocked on her back door when a third man entered through the front door and took a handbag containing cash and her pension book.
Image source, PAPolice have appealed for information on the burglary, which happened in Bilborough Road yesterday morning.
Appeal for pregnant cat with rare eye conditionpublished at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA fundraising appeal has been started to help a pregnant young cat with a serious eye condition.
Misty was handed to the RSPCA by her owner after she fell pregnant when she was only a few months old.
As a result of a virus as a kitten, one of Misty's eyes severely protrudes while the other has not developed at all.
Image source, RSPCAThe RSPCA is now aiming to raise £2,000 to pay for the care of her litter when they are born and possible medical intervention on her eye problem.
Georgina Wild, from the charity, said: "As Misty is so young herself it is unlikely she will have much maternal instinct when her kittens arrive. Therefore it is extremely likely that each kitten will need to be hand-reared to ensure they stay as healthy as possible.
"It may be that Misty will also be required to have an operation to alleviate the pressure on her eye, which may result in her losing her eye."
The charity said the cash will also go towards ongoing antibiotics, pain relief and specialist food.
Image source, RSPCADerby loanee King out for the seasonpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Derby County midfielder Andy King will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
Read MoreFox's factory threat 'devastating' for workerspublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe union for workers at the Fox's Glacier Mints factory in Leicester have said news of its potential closure is "devastating".
The brand's owner is consulting on plans to close the site on Sunningdale Road as part of a merger deal with another confectionery company.
Image source, Big Bear ConfectioneryUsdaw said staff were "very upset" and that a closure would be a "blow for Leicester".
Alex Fraser, from the union, said: “We will now enter into meaningful consultation talks with the company, where we will examine the business case for the closure of this site.
"In the meantime we are providing our members with the support, advice and representation they require at this very difficult time.”
Colourful duck charms Wollaton Park visitorspublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThere's more to Wollaton Park than deers - check out this beautiful male mandarin duck that's been wowing visitors to the lake in recent months.
Image source, Gill SavageRams midfielder to miss rest of seasonpublished at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
BBC Derby SportFrank Lampard has confirmed Andy King will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
The 30-year-old Leicester City midfielder only joined the Rams on loan last month.
Image source, Reuters'Flesh-eating' magpies attack donkeyspublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Staff at Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary in Huttoft said magpies were picking on the elderly animals.
Read MoreThousands of children thought to be gang memberspublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
BBC Radio NottinghamA new report has, external highlighted Nottingham as one of the country's most high risk areas for gang membership.
The Children's Commissioner for England said 27,000 children are in gangs around the country and need help to save them from harm.
The report comes on the day front line workers, tackling gang and knife violence in the East Midlands, have come together for a high profile conference looking at ways to prevent serious violence.
Pakistan army search for British climberpublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Press AssociationThe Pakistan army has launched a helicopter search for a British climber missing on a mountain after commercial air space was closed amid military tensions with India.
Tom Ballard, from Derbyshire, whose mother died on K2 in 1995, has been reported missing on Nanga Parbat, nicknamed Killer Mountain.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe had been climbing with Italian Daniele Nardi and the pair were making an ascent before they lost contact. Plans for an initial search operation were prevented when Pakistan closed its air space after it shot down two Indian military planes, but two army helicopters were drafted in on Thursday.
The Italian ambassador in Pakistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, told the Press Association a search was authorised after talks with the military's aviation commander.
He said a team of Russian volunteers currently on K2, about 120 miles away, could also be transported to Nanga Parbat to help the search.
Missing man found safepublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsDerbyshire Police say Simon Courtnage, who was reported missing yesterday, has been found safe and well, external.
