Summary

  • Updates for Wednesday 14 October 2015

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

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    Today's Local Live updates have come to an end. We will be back at 08:00 tomorrow.

  2. Weather: Cloudy overnight with the occasional showerpublished at 17:51

    Anna Church
    Weather Presenter, BBC East Midlands Today

    There could be a few sharp showers around this evening with further rain through the night.

    For most it will remain cloudy with lows of 8C (46F).

    Weather temperatures for 1pm on Thursday October 15
  3. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 17:44

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    These are the main stories we're covering today:

  4. Gallery shows off England's best photospublished at 17:34

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Have you taken a look at BBC News's Big Picture yet? It's a gallery that grows through the week with amazing photos sent in by readers.

    LighthouseImage source, Chris Nesbit
  5. Brewers aiming to reclaim top spotpublished at 17:19

    Owen Bradley
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    Burton Albion manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink hopes his squad will have a clean bill of health for this Saturday's trip to Fleetwood Town.

    The Brewers will be looking to reclaim top spot in League One when they travel to Highbury Stadium.

  6. Nurse wins photography awardpublished at 16:57

    Lisa Teanby
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Derby

    A Derby nurse has been named the East Midlands photographer of the year.

    Woman with birdImage source, Jules Hunter

    Jules Hunter works part-time at Nuffield Hospital and runs her company Philter Photography from a studio in her own house.

    Her regional success means she's qualified for the international finals of the competition, which is organised by the Master of Photography Association.

  7. Teenager attacked after standing up to grouppublished at 16:37

    Lisa Teanby
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Derby

    An 18-year-old man was punched in the face and on the head, external in Derby after telling a group of six youths who demanded his money that he had nothing to hand over.

    The teenager was attacked in Shaftesbury Street South at about 20:45 on 30 September.

  8. M1 fatal crash driver namedpublished at 16:18

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    An 87-year-old man who died in a crash on the M1 after driving the wrong way on a carriageway has been named as Albert Kenneth Newman, from Nottingham.

    He was driving a Mazda Premacy when it collided with a Ford Transit van near Kegworth in Leicestershire, on Monday morning.

    M1 motorway

    Michael Luciw, 27, from Nottingham, who was a passenger in the van, was also killed in the crash, while the van driver was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham where he remains in a stable condition.

  9. Belper has its own calendar girlspublished at 16:08

    Derby Telegraph

    Staff at Ritmo Studio Dance and Fitness on King Street, in Belper, have been joined by members of the public with the aim of banishing the myth about the ideal body size as they bared all for a calendar, external in order to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society.

    Angela Doodson and a group of volunteers posed naked for a calendarImage source, Derby Telegraph
  10. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 15:57

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a recap of the main stories we're covering this afternoon:

    • Burton MP says consultation over closure of town's magistrates court is flawed
    • Final stage of revamp of Derbyshire school, external to get under way
    • And two Derbyshire football coaches get official recognition for their service
  11. Clucas thanks Chesterfield for helping him to improvepublished at 15:43

    Hull City's Sam Clucas has thanked Chesterfield FC, external for the part it played in his development ahead of his move to the Championship side.

    The midfielder said: "I wouldn't be where I am now without Chesterfield. I had a successful time during my season here [at the Proact] and that's helped me get to where I am now with Hull."

  12. Ambassadors keep skatepark looking spick and spanpublished at 15:29

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    A new £180,000 skatepark in Measham is being kept clean by a group of volunteers.

    The facility, on the village’s recreation ground in Bosworth Road, opened last month and has proved a popular attraction.

    New skatepark in Bosworth Road, MeashamImage source, Veolia Environmental Trust

    A team of park ambassadors of differing ages has been appointed to keep it free of litter and graffiti. They also plan to run an informal skate school.

  13. Last stage of school revamp set to go aheadpublished at 15:01

    Sally Swinfen
    BBC Radio Derby newsreader

    The final stage of improvements to Dallimore Prmary School in Kirk Hallam has been agreed by Derbyshire County Council.

    The project will see £2.4m spent on a new junior block with six classrooms, a games court, car parking and a new access to the main building.

  14. Fire crews called to Derby bus station over smell of burningpublished at 14:48

    Derby Telegraph

    Firefighters attended an incident in Derby bus station today. A Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "Crews were called out by staff at the bus station at 13:20 with reports that there was a smell of burning, external.

    Potential source of smell of smoke at Derby bus stationImage source, Derby Telegraph
  15. Coaches rewarded for dedicated servicepublished at 14:26

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Two coaches who've spent 25 years nurturing young football talent in South Derbyshire have been recognised for their work.

    Dave Jacobs, 69, and Bob Errington, 68, have helped Repton Casuals since 1990 and have received plaques to mark their service to the game from South Derbyshire District Council.

    They've seen the club grow from having three sides with only pennies in the bank to having a turnover of £16,000 and 12 sides in the Burton and District Football League.

  16. Burton court closure raised in Parliamentpublished at 14:05

    Lisa Teanby
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Derby

    The future of Burton Magistrates Court has been raised in Parliament.

    The Conservative MP for the town Andrew Griffiths argued that the consultation into the court's closure was flawed.

    And Heather Wheeler, Conservative MP for South Derbyshire wants a review into the plans.

  17. Council's tree giveaway returnspublished at 13:50

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  18. Derby businesswoman to sell luxury homepublished at 13:31

    Derby Telegraph

    Luxury living is what Susan Beastall had in mind when shedesigned and built her dream family home, externalin Allestree. Now, more than a decade later, the Derby businesswoman is selling up.

    Susan Beastall at her house on Burley Hill in AllestreeImage source, Derby Telegraph
  19. Latest headlines for Derbyshire and East Staffordshirepublished at 13:14

    Euan Duncan
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a summary of the main stories we're covering this lunchtime:

    • Jobless tally falls to lowest level on record for Derbyshire and East Staffordshire
    • Bridge maintenance project in Matlock spells end of romantic 'love locks'
    • Derby-born chef's restaurant makes top ten on list of leading UK eateries