Summary

  • Boots store closures 'right thing to do'

  • Bone marrow donor campaign girl dies

  • Nottinghamshire memorial to WW1 fallen unveiled

  • Rushcliffe MP Ken Clarke 'minded to step down'

  • O'Neill sacked as Forest appoint Lamouchi

  • Live updates for Friday 28 June

  1. Boy, 15, dies in scooter crash with vanpublished at 06:42 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

    The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

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  2. Bamford baby boy dies days after alleged assaultpublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 1 July 2019

    A two-month-old boy has died days after suffering head injuries in an alleged assault.

    BamfordImage source, Google

    The baby was airlifted to hospital from an address in Steward Gate in Bamford, Derbyshire, on Thursday.

    Derbyshire Police said he had been in a critical condition in intensive care before he died on Saturday evening.

    Anton Shields, 37, from Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, has previously been charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm with intent.

    Mr Shields, of Hardwick Crescent, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning.

  3. Title-chasing Essex on top against Nottspublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Essex maintain their title chase at Trent Bridge as bottom side Nottinghamshire collapse again.

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  4. Godleman ton puts Derbyshire in controlpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Captain Billy Godleman hits his fastest Championship hundred as Derbyshire dominate on 372-4 against Middlesex.

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  5. 'Museum piece' trains to stay until 2020published at 15:51 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Northern said it was "working hard" to scrap Pacers by the end of the year.

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  6. Warwickshire sign Leicestershire's Mikepublished at 09:55 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    Warwickshire sign Leicestershire fast bowler Ben Mike on loan for three Championship matches.

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  7. How smart are smart motorways?published at 01:32 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    UK motorways are being upgraded with extra technology, but how exactly does it work?

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  8. Baby boy dies days after alleged assaultpublished at 00:55 British Summer Time 30 June 2019

    The two-month-old boy had been in a critical condition after suffering head injuries on Thursday.

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  9. U-turn over wheelchair user school bus refusalpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Josh Higginbottom was originally told he could not use a free school bus as he lives within three miles.

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  10. Chimney pot manufacturer turns 100published at 14:01 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Red Bank has been building chimney pots and bespoke clayware at the same site since 1919.

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  11. Man charged after baby airlifted to hospitalpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 29 June 2019

    Anton Shields has been charged with assault after a two-month-old boy suffered head injuries.

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  12. Sunny scenes ahead of expected hot weekendpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Here's how England is warming up for a weekend that could bring the hottest day of the year.

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  13. Leicester sign Luton full-back Justinpublished at 18:38 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers makes full-back James Justin his first signing as he joins from Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.

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  14. Bees set up hive in professor's cellopublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    A university professor has used the cello to research vibrations made by the pollinating insects.

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  15. Police dog finds man in hedgepublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Liam Barnes
    BBC News

    A man hiding in a hedge to avoid arrest was caught after he was tracked down by a police dog.

    Leicestershire Police said officers were called to Ridgemere Lane, Queniborough, at about 19:35 on Thursday after receiving reports of a car going off the road and stopping in a ditch.

    It's believed the occupants attempted to set the car on fire and fled, but an officer arrested three men before a police dog found the fourth hiding in nearby bushes.

    All four have been arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and are being questioned by officers.

    Ridgemere Lane QueniboroughImage source, Google
  16. Nottinghamshire memorial to WW1 fallen unveiledpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Kit Sandeman
    Local Democracy Reporter

    A memorial which names 13,501 people from Nottinghamshire who died in World War One has been formally opened at Victoria Embankment by the Duke of Kent.

    The sculpture, which is said to the first of its kind in the UK, has been seven years in the making to find the names of every person who died during the conflict.

    Duke of Kent unveils memorial

    Nicola Wood, whose great-great-grandfather Thomas Baxter was killed in an explosion at the national shell-filling factory in Chilwell in 1918, described it as a "tasteful and fitting memorial".

    She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "I do think it's lovely they have brought everyone together, not just the ones killed abroad, but also on the home front."

    Duke of Kent at memorial

    Kay Cutts, leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, added: "It has an air of quietness and reflection, and I think there's no better way to honour the dead than to record every single name."

  17. Hospital land identified in £367m revamp planspublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Amy Orton
    Local Democracy Reporter

    Health bosses have identified which parts of Leicester General Hospital (LGH) will be sold off as part of its revamp plans.

    Leicester's Hospitals must sell the plots in order to secure the £367m it needs from NHS England to fund its transformation.

    Roughly two-thirds of the site will be sold off for housing.

    A map showing the land set to be sold off at Leicester General HospitalImage source, Leicester Hospitals

    Phase one includes the homes of health workers living on site and phase two involves the majority of the hospital's buildings.

    The trust said: "In our plan we have to show that with land that we no longer need for healthcare facilities should be sold off to generate money to reinvest in healthcare.

    "We have to identify land that isn't being used so it can be considered for housing."

    The sites are expected to generate about £22m. Roughly £31m has already been secured and spent relocating intensive care beds from LGH to Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospital.

    Leicester General HospitalImage source, Google

    The Leicester Diabetes Centre, a stroke rehabilitation unit and a primary care hub, will be based at LGH after the changes.

    Discussions are ongoing about the future of the maternity wards. A midwife-led birthing centre is still being considered.

    Health campaigners are unhappy with a lack of consultation over the plans and the reduction in acute beds across the city.

  18. Assault arrest as baby taken to hospitalpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    The two-month-old boy is airlifted to hospital and a 37-year-old man has been arrested.

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  19. Woman goes missing from her homepublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Nick Smith
    BBC News Online

    Police are concerned for the safety of a 49-year-old woman who went missing yesterday.

    Hilary Woolley was last seen at her home near Robinson Way, Burbage, at 13:00.

    When her family returned home at 16:30, they realised she was not there and reported her as missing.

    She is described as white, of large build, about 5ft tall, with shoulder length ginger hair.

    Hilary WoolleyImage source, Leicestershire Police
  20. National League news - June 2019published at 14:30 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Follow the latest news stories from the National League, including transfers and selected contract announcements.

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