Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 2 April 2019
The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.
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Woman denies causing Nottingham railway station fire
Men guilty of Syria terrorism trial
Fracking protesters 'locked in concrete'
New urgent care centre offers A&E alternative
River searched following 'staggering' man sightings
Barbecue warning following country park fire
Rugby: Mike Ford joins Tigers coaching team
Updates for Monday 1 April
Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 2 April 2019
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThanks for joining us for today's updates. We'll be back at 08:00 tomorrow.
Tonight's weather: Light winds with chance of rainpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Dry this evening but cloud will tend to increase then overnight, spells of rain will move their way slowly south and east. Winds remaining light.
Teen charged with knife offencespublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsAn 18-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences after a man and woman were left injured in Melton Mowbray yesterday.
The teenager from the town has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to a man, possession of a knife and using violence to secure entry into a premises.
Image source, GoogleHe is also charged with assault against a woman.
Leicestershire Police said the charges relate to an incident on Shepherds Croft and the man was due to before magistrates today.
Man wanted after carrying gun on restricted landpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice want to speak to this man after he was spotted carrying what is believed to be a firearm on Cunning Dale near Buxton - a designated site of special scientific interest (SSSI) where shooting is banned.
The photos were taken on 20 March. Anyone with information has been asked to Derbyshire Police on 101.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceMen wanted over business break-inpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsCCTV images have been released by police of three men who are wanted in connection with two burglaries at a business in Sandiacre, Derbyshire.
The men are believed to have broken into the business in Bostocks Lane on Wednesday some time between 03:45 and 04:05 and taken a "large quantity of computer equipment."
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyIt was broken into again the next day between 00:50 and 01:44 with more electrical and computer equipment taken.
Derbyshire Police said it believes both break-ins are connected.
Notts' old status a 'relegation burden'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Notts County boss Neal Ardley says their status as the world's oldest football league club is weighing on their relegation fight.
Read MoreFracking protesters 'locked in concrete'published at 16:42 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Campaigners lock their arms in a concrete barrel and block the entrance to a shale gas site.
Read MoreTeen guilty over taxi driver attackpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsA teenager has been convicted of breaking a taxi driver's jaw as he tried to leave without paying the fare.
Joe Connors, 19, of Dairy Way, Kibworth Harcourt was found guilty by a jury at Leicester Crown Court of grievous bodily harm.
Leicestershire Police said that the driver picked up Connors and another man in Leicester on 11 August 2017 and dropped them outside The Railway Arms pub in Station Street, Kibworth where they said they would withdraw cash.
Image source, GoogleThe driver got out the car to stretch his legs while waiting for the men to return but saw them leave through another door, officers said.
An argument then started between them and one of the men punched the driver in the ribs. The second man punched him to the face and threw him against metal railings causing him to hit his face.
The driver suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone in the assault, needing reconstructive surgery and a metal plate in his face.
Through their investigations, police identified Connors but have never found the other man.
Connors will be sentenced on 26 April.
Will God help us through Brexit?published at 15:53 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Derby Cathedral is inviting people to say a prayer for the nation at a time of great uncertainty.
Read MoreMisson fracking protest: Four people arrestedpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice have revised the number of arrests made at an anti-fracking protest in Nottinghamshire from two to four.
Officers were called to a test drilling site in Springs Road, near Misson, when protesters locked themselves together in a concrete barrel.
Three women, aged 29, 41 and 69, and a 50-year-old man were detained on suspicion of obstructing the highway.
Image source, FracktionFather of murdered toddler plans funeralpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
BBC Radio NottinghamThe father of a murdered toddler is fighting to bring her home for her funeral.
Eve Leatherland was poisoned and beaten to death by 31-year-old Thomas Curd, the partner of Eve's mother.
Image source, Dean BirdHe's been jailed for a minimum of 20 years, while 26-year-old Abigail Leatherland has been jailed for three and a half years for allowing or causing her daughter's death in Cornwall in October 2017.
Eve's father Dean Bird, from Mansfield Woodhouse, wants to bring her back to the town for the funeral.
But he isn't named on Eve's birth certificate so he has to go to court to try and bring her body back. That hasn't stopped him from planning her funeral though.
He said: "I don't want anything black, I don't want anything sad. We threw a party last year for her birthday and I tried to make it as fun as I could.
"I want white horses, white carriage, I want to make it a really big send off - she deserves it she's been sat there for 17 months frozen. She's gone through the worst thing anyone could imagine."
Further expansion plans for village primary schoolpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy ReporterA Derbyshire primary school is set for a major extension to cater for significant housing developments in the area.
The plans for Stanton Primary School, external would include three classrooms and a new kitchen - increasing the school's capacity by 70 pupils to a total of 210.
Image source, GoogleAlso included in the proposal is an extension to the school's hard-court play area, a new multi-use games area and additional parking.
The application follows phase one of the school's expansion, approved in early 2018, which had included two classrooms and a new dining room.
Derbyshire County Council is due to approve the proposals at its planning committee meeting on Monday 8 April.
Planners say that expanding the school substantially is the "only viable option to meet the increased demand" from housing development in the area.
Your photos: Proud mother in Belperpublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
This charming photo was taken in Belper this morning.
Hope they got their mum something nice for Mother's Day!
Image source, LindafromBelperHunt for missing boy, 13, from Mansfieldpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsPolice have asked for the public's help finding a 13-year-old boy who's gone missing from his home in Mansfield.
Timo Hoyland was wearing a black and red Samworth top and white jogging bottoms when he disappeared at about 23:45 yesterday.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to get in touch urgently, external.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PolicePeak District visitors asked to report hen harrier sightingspublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
BBC Radio DerbyThe RSPB is calling on people to report any sightings of hen harriers in the Peak District.
The charity is relaunching its hotline to find out where the birds of prey are nesting in the national park.
Image source, RSPBHen harriers are on the verge of extinction in England, external because of illegal killing and there are currently only nine successful nests across the whole country - including one in the Peaks.
The RSPB said if people let them know where the birds are spotted the nests can then be protected.
Attempted murder shooting charge droppedpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
The Crown Prosecution Service says it offered no evidence at a hearing after a review of evidence.
Read MoreWoman denies causing railway station firepublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gemma Peat denies arson over the fire at Nottingham railway station which caused £5.5m worth of damage.
Read MoreSyria trip pair guilty of terror chargespublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
The two men were caught trying to cross from Turkey to join Islamic State, a court hears.
Read MoreTerror pair to be sentenced in three weekspublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsHanzalah Patel, 22, from Leicester, and Safwaan Mansur, 22, from Birmingham, had claimed their trip to Syria was for research rather than terrorism.
Mansur, left, told Birmingham Crown Court he wanted to see the "reality" of what was happening in the country because he believed the news was "quite biased".
Image source, West Midlands PoliceTheir arrest came after a contact they thought was helping them turned out to be a US government agent.
The jury did not believe their account and the pair will be sentenced for preparing terrorist acts on 25 April.
