Latest updates: East Midlands Live Wednesday 3 April

Summary

Arts Council pledges £4m for art centre expansion
Girl, 12, in search for lifesaving bone marrow donor
Special school bus axe challenged
Plaque to mark spot Nottingham Forest founded
Man, 70, spat at mosque
M69 crash causes traffic chaos
Boots store review 'worrying' for union
Updates for Wednesday 3 April

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield, Gavin Bevis and Sandish Shoker

Girl, 12, in search for lifesaving bone marrow donorpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A 12-year-old girl who needs to find a lifesaving stem cell match is calling on people to become bone marrow donors in Nottingham.
Lilya Coleman Jones, who was diagnosed with leukemia in November, is running a series of events with the Anthony Nolan register to help people like her who need a transplant.
Her mother, Helen Jones, said: "She said 'I know it's probably not going to help me but if could help somebody else then that would be brilliant', which was astonishing, to be honest, given everything she's gone through."
Her family have been ruled out as potential donors so she is now relying on a complete stranger for a match.
Image source, Anthony Nolan
Fernwood School pupil Lilya said: "I really want to do this to raise more awareness and get people to donate so they can help people like me."
Five events are being held across the city today at Loxley House, Council House, Central Library, Bulwell Riverside and Clifton Library with further events tomorrow and on Saturday, external.
Bridge crash closes roadpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
More travel disruption on the roads - this time in Breaston.
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Watch: Snowing in April?published at 10:05 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
It might be April but some people woke up to snow falling this morning.
This was the scene in Hinckley just after 07:30.
Flybe cancels dozens of flightspublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Regional airline Flybe has cancelled dozens of flights for what it describes as "operational reasons".
Some flights departing East Midlands Airport have been affected including the 08:45 to Belfast and the 12:20 to Glasgow.
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The airline said it would like to "sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused".
"All customers affected have been emailed and advised they can rebook for travel on an alternative flight or apply for a full refund," the company said in a statement.
Huge funding boost for art centre expansionpublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The redevelopment of Leicester's Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre has been boosted by a £4m investment from Arts Council England.
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The money will help fund the building of two extra cinema screens, a larger digital art gallery, a bigger restaurant area and the extension of education, film making and creative learning space.
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The whole project is expected to cost about £7m in total and it's hoped it will be finished by the end of 2020.
John Rance, chief executive of Phoenix, said: "We’re working to raise at least a further £500,000 in the coming months so that we can start building later this year."
'Improvements made' to mental health unitpublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
BBC Radio Leicester
Approximately a quarter of people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year according to the charity Mind. For some it's more severe.
One woman, who was sectioned and had to spend several months in Leicester's Bradgate Mental Health Unit, has been talking to the BBC about her time at the centre.
She admits at the time she was very vulnerable and needed to be there but said overall the experience wasn't good.
During her time there she believes she was too heavily restricted. The woman, who did not want to be named, said: "For a lot of the time I wasn't allowed walks. I think it was about two months before I had my first walk."
She said this made her frustrated, irritable and rude towards others.
She believes that if she had been given more freedom, away from the unit, she could have been discharged earlier.
Peter Miller, chief executive of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust admits some higher risk people can have their freedom restricted but claims it's for their own safety.
Ward sister Saskya Falope said improvements have recently been made to improve the patient experience including a revamped garden, gym and better indoor entertainment.
Mr Miller said there are plans for the whole unit to undergo a £50m rebuild in the future.
Anti-grooming video released to the publicpublished at 09:15 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
East Midlands Today
A new video warning of the dangers of online gaming is being released today by Leicestershire Police.
The film tells the story of Breck Bednar, who was killed aged 14 after being groomed online.
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It follows the success of another video, telling the story of the murder of Leicestershire teenager Kayleigh Haywood.
The new film has already been shown in schools across the county.
Vehicles recovered following motorway crashpublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Good news - the crash on the M69 has been cleared.
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Special school bus axe goes to judicial reviewpublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Liam Barnes
BBC News
A family affected by cuts to school buses for children with special needs has taken the decision to a judicial review.
Leicestershire County Council plans to stop providing transport for 16 to 18-year-olds and instead give families a payment to make their own arrangements.
Stefan Drexler, whose daughter Kirstine makes a 26-mile round trip to a special school, said axing the service would be "morally wrong" and that it would "put a huge strain" on the family.
The authority said it could not comment while the review took place.
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'Huge delays' caused by M69 crashpublished at 08:25 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Hopefully the crash on the M69 will soon be cleared but for now - avoid the area.
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Boots store review 'worrying news'published at 08:19 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
USDAW, the union that represents Boots workers, has released a statement after the firm's US owners said store closures could form part of a cost-cutting drive.
National officer Daniel Adams said: "This is clearly very worrying news for the staff in all Boots stores and the union will be doing all it can to support members during this difficult time.
"We would urge the company to engage with USDAW as the trade union for Boots staff to ensure that all avenues to minimise job losses are explored during this critical time."
M69 delays after lorry and car crashpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
This crash on the M69 southbound is causing very long delays in the Fosse Park area of Leicester.
Thankfully police said nobody suffered serious injuries.
Image source, Highways England
The county-bound side of Narborough Road South and Soar Valley Way are particularly affected.
Traffic is able to pass the collision using the hard shoulder. Drivers are being asked to consider alternate routes.
Overturned car disrupts A38published at 08:11 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
This is the scene on the A38 northbound at Little Eaton roundabout near Derby.
Image source, Derbyshire Police
The road is down to one lane while emergency services deal with the overturned car.
Police have said there are no serious injuries.
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Multi-vehicle crash closes M1 exitpublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The exit slip road and roundabout at J30 on the M1 is expected to remain closed for quite a while.
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Watch: East Midlands weatherpublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 3 April 2019
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Rain, hail and wintry showers - here's the full forecast.
Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
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