Will God help us through Brexit uncertainties?published at 09:37 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
East Midlands Today
Derby Cathedral has begun five days of prayer for the nation as there continues to be uncertainty over Brexit.
Summary
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
Will God help us through Brexit uncertainties?published at 09:37 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Project to restore D-Day planepublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
BBC Radio LeicesterA huge restoration project to get a World War Two plane used in the D-Day landings flying by the end of the year is under way.
Charlie Walker is trying to make a US Air Force's Dakota air worthy again. It was based at Bottesford ahead of the Normandy landings and is now in a hanger in Coventry.
Mr Walker said: "To the untrained eye it does look like a bit of a shell. But you've got to imagine the amount of work we've done to this aircraft to get it to this stage.
"It arrived here at Coventry just over 18 months ago in three or four sea freight containers and it was just a pile of bits - now it's standing on its own wheels, it's got two engines on.
"We've got a lot of work to do inside to restore it back to original wartime configuration but this aircraft will be flying by the end of the year and we can't wait."
Mr Walker added that all the DC-3/C-47 Dakota, that came over from the USA treated Bottesford as a sort of "staging post" before they were assigned to a squadron.
The planes were used to transport paratroopers to France as part of D-Day in 1944 and were dubbed "the aircraft that helped win the war" by Allied commander General Eisenhower.
Rugby: Mike Ford joins Tigers coaching teampublished at 08:37 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
BBC SportFormer England and Ireland coach Mike Ford will join the Leicester Tigers coaching team as they bid to avoid relegation from the Premiership.
Image source, Getty ImagesFord will be a senior coach at Welford Road, initially on a deal until the end of the season.
Leicester are 10th in the table, five points above bottom-placed Newcastle with five matches to go.
Robots may help clean plastic from riverspublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
BBC Radio DerbyA project to remove microplastics from canals and rivers in Derbyshire is under way.
Image source, ReutersThe collaboration between Rolls-Royce and Derby University looks at innovative ways of sorting out the plastic pollution, which is very hard to see with the human eye.
Dr Michael Sweet from the university said they're investigating whether a robot may be able to do it.
New urgent care centre offers A&E alternativepublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
East Midlands TodayA new urgent care centre is opening at a Leicestershire leisure centre today.
The service in Enderby hopes to improve access to urgent care services for people in East Leicestershire and Rutland.
In the last year, more than 55,000 patients have been treated at the county's four other urgent care centres.
The new service will be open every evening and all day at weekends, giving people an alternative to going to Accident and Emergency when their GP surgery is closed.
River searched following 'staggering' man sightingspublished at 08:09 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsAn "extensive search" of the River Trent has taken place after a man was seen "staggering" on the A52 Clifton flyover last night.
A number of concerned drivers passed the man and reported him to the police but when officers arrived at the scene he couldn't be found.
Image source, GoogleHe was seen on the outbound carriageway directly over the River Trent towards Clifton/Nottingham Knight island around 21:30.
The man, described as white, 5ft 10" to 6ft tall, and wearing dark clothing and possibly a beanie hat, hasn't been found.
Quote MessageWe really want to locate this man to ensure he is safe and well. It could have simply been a case of a man looking over the bridge, but his demeanour caused some motorists to call us to report him being there."
Insp Paul Hennessy, Nottinghamshire Police
Barbecue warning following country park firepublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA fire at a country park in Leicestershire over the weekend has prompted a warning about barbecues.
The Bradgate Park Trust said the flames were caught early and the fire service were called avoiding any significant damage.
Image source, Bradgate Park TrustThe trust said: "This was the result of people having barbecues in the park, visitors are reminded that there are no barbecues or cooking in the park under any circumstances."
Nearly two years ago a fire started by a discarded cigarette caused a blaze that destroyed about 1,000 sq m of scrubland at Bradgate Park.
No fuel at Tibshelf servicespublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsHeads up drivers - the petrol station at Tibshelf Service Station has run out of fuel.
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End of twitter postWatch: East Midlands weatherpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherApril has arrived and so has the colder weather - here's the full forecast.
Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 1 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
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