Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter

Food and fuel is being stockpiled by Nottingham City Council as it prepares for Brexit.

It has been planning for a no-deal Brexit for months but the deputy leader Sally Longford has said it is now stepping up those preparations.

This has included filling its fuel depot and it is now buying non-perishable food for its school dinners and meals on wheels services.

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Councillor Longford said she is "frustrated" by the government's "flippant" attitude towards no deal and thinks the city's poorest will be hit the hardest.

She added: "It strikes me that if you’re driving a Bentley you hardly notice a bump in the road. It’s a bit different if you’re driving a car that’s only just scraped through its MOT."

The government has said it remains confident of striking a deal before the UK leaves on October 31.

Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming will be head coach of the Nottingham-based men's side for The Hundred.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Thieves broke in to a Belper warehouse and fled with their stolen goods in a boat, police said.

They took alcohol and power tools and vandalised some of the parked lorries at Nelson Distribution in the break-in on 24 August.

They then escaped in a small boat moored on the river nearby and got into a van parked in Chevin Road.

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Police want to speak to these two men about it.

East Midlands Today

Businesses on Pride Park in Derby are to seek a reduction in their rates after more than three months of roadworks.

The busy slip road taking city-bound traffic from the A52 into Pride Park closed for 13 weeks as part of major improvements.

It reopened yesterday, but some companies have told the BBC they feel they deserve to be compensated by the city council for the disruption.

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Neil Heath
BBC News Online

John Mann, the Labour MP for Bassetlaw and an independent government adviser on anti-Semitism, has been made a peer in former prime minister Theresa May's resignation honours list.

The 59-year-old, who was first elected in 2001, will sit in the House of Lords after receiving a non-affiliated peerage.

Mr Mann is standing down as MP, citing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's handling of the party's anti-Semitism crisis.

He said he could not campaign for Mr Corbyn knowing he could become prime minister, and told the Sunday Times he would "never forgive" him for allowing the party to be "hijacked" by anti-Semites.

Mr Mann, often a critic of the House of Lords, tweeted in 2017 that it should be abolished.

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Alexandra Hamilton
BBC weather presenter

It's a drier day today but still a bit chilly. Fortunately that should improve (a bit) towards the end of the week.

The Dean of Leicester says the grant from The Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Foundation is "transformational".

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

This creative bit of topiary has got the residents in a Nottinghamshire street talking.

The feline character appeared in Mapperley over the weekend.

Anna Tyler was amused by her neighbour's addition to his garden and said: "Just been chatting to my neighbour about how it could be accessorised through the seasons."

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Amy Woodfield
BBC News

The charity foundation named after the late Leicester City chairman is to help fund the restoration of the city's cathedral.

The Leicester City Foxes Foundation was renamed the The Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Foundation after he was killed in a helicopter crash in October last year.

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The foundation is donating a grant of £800,000 towards the project - expected to cost £11.3m in total.

Leicester City chief executive Susan Whelan said the club was "very proud" to support the cathedral.

"The Foundation has aimed to support causes that make a difference to the lives of people in Leicester – an objective we remain wholly committed to in the delivery of Khun Vichai’s legacy.”

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The money follows a donation from Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to the cathedral in 2014 towards the reinterment of Richard III.

The Very Rev David Monteith, Dean of Leicester, said the money from the foundation was a "transformational gift".

The cathedral now needs to raise down to £2.3m to complete the project.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting in Clifton.

It's after they were called to a report of a front door being shot at on Kilsby Road just before 23:30 on Friday 30 August 2019.

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He was arrested earlier today on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and on suspicion of criminal damage. He remains in custody.

Police have said no-one was inside the property at the time and no-one was injured.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Two lorries and two cars have been involved in a crash and spillage on the M1 northbound in Leicestershire.

Two of the four lanes between junction 23A and 24 remain closed as clear up work continues.

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Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

A 14-year-old boy has gone missing from Derbyshire.

Ieuan Jones was visiting family in Walton-on-Trent and was last seen at their house at about 21:00 last night.

He has been described as white, slim, 5ft 9in tall with short brown hair, and was last seen wearing blue Nike trainers, and dark blue jogging bottoms and a striped T-shirt.

Derbyshire Police said he has friends in Manchester and Sheffield and officers are asking people in those cities to share their appeal.

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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

A dad has claimed he was "racially profiled", lost contact with his children and was made homeless as a result of a social services investigation.

The man also said he was made to visit places that were mental health "triggers", branded "intimidating" and accused of being a drug dealer by social workers investigating whether his children were safe at home.

The catalogue of errors made by Leicestershire County Council were revealed in an anonymised report after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigated the man's complaints.

As a result, the ombudsman ordered the authority to pay the man £900, and recommended the authority amend its complaints procedure and review supervision arrangements.

A spokesman for the county council said it accepts the findings and has apologised to the man.

Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter

A scheme which would allow residents of a housing estate in Nuthall to drive through a bus-only lane could be brought in.

It would be the first of its kind in the county – allowing residents of the estate to buy a pass for £25, and also ban non-residents from using the road at any time.

The bus gate is currently only accessed by public transport and it consists of a short section of road, which provides direct access to Nuthall roundabout from the junction of Nottingham Road and Roland Avenue at the edge of the Horsendale estate.

Supporters of the move to allow residents access say it could reduce traffic, but there are several critics of the idea, including Nottinghamshire Police.

Nottinghamshire County Council is set to vote on the matter on Thursday, and it would have to go out to public consultation after that.

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Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A woman from Leicester will present tonight's episode of BBC Panorama talking about the increasing problem of knife crime in the UK.

When Chanell Wallace was 11 years old, her brother was stabbed to death.

The episode, called Knives in the Classroom, sees Ms Wallace meet young people growing up in communities where carrying a knife is seen as normal.

Ms Wallace, an investigative journalism graduate from De Montfort University, said working for Panorama is the "hardest and most rewarding" job she's ever had.

"Working with people going through what I’ve been through was super hard, but also quite liberating. I want young people to know that no matter where you come from, you are in charge of your destiny," she said.

The officer was said to be "lucky to be alive" after the "unprovoked" attack.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Two women have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a car was stolen from an address in Nottingham.

Nottinghamshire Police said some car keys were taken from a house on Arthur Street, Lenton, yesterday and a car was stolen.

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The women, aged 37 and 41, remain in custody.

BBC Radio Derby

Thousands of people filled the streets of Ashbourne on Sunday for the town's first ever soap-box race.

About 60 teams, mostly in fancy dress, took part with homemade engine-less cars.

Organiser Sean Clayton said he wanted to "relive his youth".

He said they had 134 entries but could only allow 60 to race.

"They are judged on the fancy dress, on the build and design of the car, how far they make it on the course, and a finish time," he said.

Ashbourne Methodist Church won the family race, with a time of 32 seconds, while Cheadle Carnival won the adult competition, after completing the course in 35 seconds.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

A man whose flat was packed with thousands of pounds' worth of illegal drugs, weapons and explosives has been jailed for 15 years and six months.

Derbyshire Police said they found the items when raiding Thomas Ball's house on Back Lane, Tibshelf, in February last year.

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Officers found amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine and heroin at the property, as well as a sawn-off shotgun and five sticks of plastic explosives.

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Ball, 44, was found guilty of having an explosive substance under suspicious circumstances, and admitted five drugs charges and two firearms offences.

He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday.

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The Portland Tiara was taken along with a diamond brooch from a country estate last November.