Summary

  • Updates for Monday 14 September 2015

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

  1. Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    Today's updates have finished. We will be back at 08:00 on Tuesday.

  2. Weather: Heavy showers continue into eveningpublished at 17:54

    Kaye Forster
    Weather Presenter, East Midlands Today

    Heavy thundery showers will continue into the evening and overnight, and there will be some patchy mist and fog forming too, with a minimum temperature of 10C (50F).

    Weather temperatures overnight for Monday September 14 to Tuesday 15
  3. Rams boss to name replacement skipper tomorrowpublished at 17:42

    Owen Bradley
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    Derby County head coach Paul Clement says he'll make a decision in the morning on who will captain his side at Reading.

    Club captain Chris Baird has been ruled out of tomorrow night's game after suffering a head injury in Saturday's win at Preston.

  4. Friday closure for police enquiry officespublished at 17:17

    Derbyshire Police enquiry offices in Ashbourne and Ilkeston will close on Friday, the force has announced, external.

    Front counter services are being closed at 16 locations across the county to save money.

  5. Burton Mail: Recognition for spruced up parts of Staffordshirepublished at 17:08

    Burton Mail

    Three locations in East Staffordshire have received high praise for their efforts in making the area look beautiful, external.

    Floral display overlooking St Peter's Bridge in BurtonImage source, Burton Mail
  6. Park shooting leaves dog injuredpublished at 17:00

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    A pet dog has been shot in a Derbyshire park resulting in serious injuries to its hind legs.

    Police said the dog's owner heard a loud crack shortly before the German Shepherd returned from woods near the water tower at Shipley Country Park.

  7. Derby Telegraph: Diesel drivers could be charged to enter citypublished at 16:46

    Derby Telegraph

    Diesel drivers could be charged £12.50 to drive into Derby in a bid to reduce air pollution, external.

    Car being filled up with fuelImage source, Derby Telegraph
  8. Defender claiming Rochdale match winnerpublished at 16:33

    Owen Bradley
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    Burton Albion defender Shane Cansdell Sherriff sayshe's claiming the winning goalfrom Saturday's 1-0 win against Rochdale.

    Stuart BeavonImage source, Getty Images

    The Australian accepts the ball was flicked on by Stuart Beavon but says it actually went in off his knee.

  9. Couple tied up in own home and robbedpublished at 16:20

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Three men tied up a couple in their 60s, external and robbed them at their home in Ednaston.

    The intruders took watches and a large amount of jewellery before locking the couple in a room and leaving the house.

    The couple weren't injured during the break-in, which happened at about 21:00 last night.

  10. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 16:10

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here are the main stories we're covering this afternoon:

    • Teenage girl sought by police for threatening woman with knife, external in Derby
    • Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner clashes with BBC presenter during live TV interview
    • Pet dog is shot in Derbyshire park
  11. Burton Mail: Head teacher takes traditional approachpublished at 16:00

    Burton Mail

    Pupils starting their journey into secondary school have been given personalised dictionaries as part of a head teacher's scheme to remove children's reliance on technology, external.

    Dictionaries given to Year 7 students at Paulet High School in StapenhillImage source, Burton Mail
  12. Improvements begin to Marehay sewer networkpublished at 15:53

  13. Tools stolen from Swadlincote firmpublished at 15:36

    BBC Radio Derby

    Angle grinders, cordless drills and a water pump were among items stolen from a firm in Somercotes, external.

    Police said thieves broke through gates at Cemex UK, in Birchwood Way, at some point between 29 August and 1 September.

  14. Teenage girl threatened woman with knife in Derbypublished at 15:19

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Detectives are trying to find a woman who was threatened by a girl with a knife, external in Derby's Coleman Street before a passer-by intervened.

    He walked the victim back to Brighton Road where she lived but she didn't tell him her name or address.

    Police say she is white and in her 70s with white hair. They also want to speak to the girl, who was wearing tracksuit bottoms and a grey hooded top.

  15. Matlock Mercury: Illuminations launch with large crowdspublished at 15:00

    Matlock Mercury

    Crowds came out in droves, external for the opening weekend of Matlock Bath’s cherished illuminations festival.

    Matlock Bath illuminationsImage source, Matlock Mercury
  16. Your views: 'Brutal' Assembly Rooms praisedpublished at 14:45

    Facebook

    The architectural merits of Derby's Assembly Rooms are being discussed on Facebook, external after the fire-hit venue was described as a classic example of the 'Brutalist' style.

    Ian Johnstone posted: "It's hideous and an eyesore to that part of town.The architects and planners of the 1960s and 1970s should be rounded up and shot for crimes against beauty."

  17. Police appeal for help in finding 'Good Samaritan'published at 14:28

    BBC Radio Derby

    Police are trying to trace a person who helped a man found collapsed on Mount Street in Derby.

    Images of the man who alerted staff at Centenary House have been released by officers investigating what happened to the man, who was discovered in the early hours of 28 August.

    'Good Samartian' police want to speak toImage source, Derbyshire Police

    He remains in a serious condition in the Royal Derby Hospital having suffered a head injury.

  18. Runner damages ankle during Peak District descentpublished at 14:15

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    A runner suffered a suspected broken ankle while descending Thorpe Cloud in the Peak District last night.

    Runner damages ankle while descending Thorpe Cloud in Peak DistrictImage source, Derby Mountain Rescue Team

    Derby Mountain Rescue Team was called to help the 43-year-old, who was put on a stretcher by an East Midlands Ambulance Service crew and taken to hospital for further treatment.