Summary

  • Updates for Friday 19 June 2015

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday

  1. Goodbyepublished at 18:00 BST 19 June 2015

    That's all from Local Live today.

    Join us on Monday for all the latest news, sport, travel and weather from around Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

  2. Weekend weatherpublished at 17:54 BST 19 June 2015

    Anna Church
    Weather Presenter, BBC East Midlands Today

    It will become increasingly cloudy through the evening with some light patchy rain and will remain cloudy overnight with further patchy rain that may become heavy in places by dawn. Minimum temperatures will be 12C (54F).

    A cloudy and damp start to Saturday with outbreaks of rain. It will brighten up during the afternoon with a top temperature of 19C (66F).

    Weather

    Sunday will be a fresher day but should be mostly dry, with just the risk of an isolated shower.

  3. Drugs stolen in pharmacy raidpublished at 17:47 BST 19 June 2015

    Burglars have smashed their way into a pharmacy in Brimington using a sledge hammer and a crowbar to steal prescription drugs, police have said, external.

    Police said the break-in at the Numark Pharmacy on Church Street between 14:30 and 14:45.

  4. Travellers move on to supermarketpublished at 17:42 BST 19 June 2015

    Travellers who were evicted after setting up camp in Alvaston are now understood to have moved to the car park at Asda in Spondon.

    The travellers were removed from Elvaston Lane on Thursday morning and rangers were moved on to the site to clean up.

    Travellers, Spondon Asda
  5. Circus boycott callspublished at 17:34 BST 19 June 2015

    BBC Radio Derby

    An animal welfare charity is asking people to boycott a circus in Somercoates.

    Animal Defenders say Peter Jolly's Circus has a poor record of looking after its exotic animals.

    The circus says Defra has given it a licence and declined to comment further.

  6. Bike festival causing slow trafficpublished at 17:17 BST 19 June 2015

    BBC Travel

    There's congestion on the A6 southbound through Bakewell because of traffic heading to the Eroica Britannia festival at the Showground.

  7. Council owns Arena domain namepublished at 16:55 BST 19 June 2015

    Chris Doidge
    BBC Radio Derby political reporter

    Following its legal win, Derby City Council now officially owns the domain name derbyarena.co.uk.

    Derby Arena from outsideImage source, Gary Cadman

    A businessman, who registered the domain name days after the council unveiled plans for a sports venue, was ordered to hand over the rights earlier this month.

  8. Alton Towers injured dischargedpublished at 16:40 BST 19 June 2015

    Jennifer Scott
    BBC News Online

    A Derbyshire man who was one of the five most seriously injured victims of the Alton Towers crash has been discharged from hospital.

    The hospitals treating Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, pictured left, and Chanda Chauhan, from Wednesbury, said they had been sent home.

    (L to r) Daniel Thorpe, Vicky Balch, Joe Pugh, Leah WashingtonImage source, facebook
  9. School trophies stolenpublished at 16:28 BST 19 June 2015

    Police have appealed for information after sports trophies were stolen, external from a school earlier this week.

    The sports pavilion at Swanwick Hall School was broken into between at some point between last Friday and Monday 15 June.

  10. Latest headlinespublished at 16:18 BST 19 June 2015

    The top stories this afternoon in the BBC Derby newsroom:

    • Two of the five most seriously injured victims of the Alton Towers crash are discharged from hospital

    • Jobs in Derby are safeguarded after Bombardier lands a £260m contract to build trains for Transport for London

    • Travel: Congestion on the A6 around the Eroica Britannia bicycle festival in Bakewell.

  11. 'Not enough staff' to man week-long GPspublished at 15:52 BST 19 June 2015

    BBC Radio Derby

    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is set to promise extra investment for GPs in England if they sign up to seven-day opening.

    A week-long working trial has been taking place in Erewash in Derbyshire.

    Doctor writing scriptImage source, Science Photo Library

    Chair of the local Clinical Commissioning Group, Dr Avi Bhadi, says it is difficult to find enough doctors to take part.

  12. Fire service to slash managerspublished at 14:43 BST 19 June 2015

    Chris Doidge
    BBC Radio Derby political reporter

    Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service is to consider reducing the number of "middle-managers" it employs by a quarter.

    Group managers and station managers will be cut, saving up to £500,000 a year. The service doesn't anticipate the changes will result in any redundancies.

  13. Trio of well dressingspublished at 14:30 BST 19 June 2015

    Derbyshire Dales District Council tweets, external: Busy time for #welldressings with Saturday unveilings in #Litton #Tideswell & #Youlgrave goo.gl/HsHd65, external

  14. Latest headlinespublished at 14:10 BST 19 June 2015

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    The top stories so far today include:

    • Bombardier lands £260m contract to build trains for Transport for London

    • Work on the delayed Ilkeston railway station could begin in autumn

    • Derby County make new signings

  15. Van wedged in scaffoldingpublished at 13:58 BST 19 June 2015

    Derby Telegraph

    A van has become wedged in scaffolding, external in Derby city centre.

    The van hit the scaffolding in Babington Lane and firefighters have been called to free it.

  16. Online tickets first for Burton Albionpublished at 13:44 BST 19 June 2015

    Burton Mail

    Brewers fans will be able to beat the queues and secure their tickets online, external for the first time ever as the club compete in League One in the new season.

  17. Rams sign NI defenderpublished at 13:18 BST 19 June 2015

    BBC Sport

    Derby County have signed Northern Ireland international defender Chris Baird (pictured right) on a two-year contract.

    Chris Baird (right) in action against Nani of PortugalImage source, Getty Images

    The 33-year-old, who has 72 caps, left Premier League side West Bromwich Albion at the end of the season.

  18. 1903 FA Cup Final medal auctionpublished at 13:08 BST 19 June 2015

    Derby Telegraph

    The runners-up medal which belonged to the Derby County goalkeeper who let in six goals in an FA Cup final is to be sold at auction, external.

    John "Jack" Fryer was between the posts for the Rams for the 1903 final against Bury - a game which Derby lost 6-0.