Summary

  • Updates for Tuesday 5 April 2016

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

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 5 April 2016

    That's all from Local Live today. Join us again tomorrow.

  2. Weather: Cloudier laterpublished at 17:53 BST 5 April 2016

    Kaye Forster
    Weather Presenter

    Staying mostly dry with some clear spells into the evening and the first half of the night but the cloud will thicken up later and there will be some light rain heading in by the end of the night. 

    Lows of 4C (39F).

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  3. Lost your spaniel?published at 17:45 BST 5 April 2016

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  4. Toddler death trial: Jury retirespublished at 17:41 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    A jury has retired to consider verdicts in the case of a mother and stepfather accused of stamping a toddler to death at the family home.

    Matthew Rigby, 22, from Nottingham, denies murdering 21-month-old Ayeeshia Jane Smith at their home in Staffordshire in May 2014.

    Ayeeshia's mother, Kathryn Smith, also denies murder.

    Kathryn Smith Matthew Rigby
  5. New sails for windmillpublished at 17:34 BST 5 April 2016

    Notts TV

    Green's Windmill in Sneinton has seen 24,000 visitors in the year since its sails began turning again.

    Skip to 7m 08s to see what Notts TV found out...

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    A weekly round-up of the best local independent television from around the UK.

  6. EMAS debt: Your viewspublished at 17:13 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    You've been having your say about the news that East Midlands Ambulance Service has overspent by nearly £12m, resulting in staff being unable to take scheduled breaks.

    Jane Osborne wrote on Facebook, external: "The ambulance drivers do a fantastic job and receive such negative comments when people do not see the bigger picture. Something needs to change at the handover points at the hospitals."

    While on Twitter, external:

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  7. Travel: Delays expected to continue at Arenapublished at 17:01 BST 5 April 2016

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  8. Travel: Arena roadworks cause delayspublished at 16:51 BST 5 April 2016

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  9. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 16:38 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    The top stories this afternoon:

  10. Cricket: Notts v Cambridge MCCU latestpublished at 16:26 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Bracegirdle
    BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

    At the tea break Notts are 362-4 (67 overs)

    Prolific session for the county side, adding 219 runs since lunch in 34 overs.

  11. Arnold conmen steal from elderly manpublished at 16:10 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    Men pretending to be builders stole cash from an elderly man in Arnold, police have said., external

    The men went to his home in Langford Road, using ladders to get in.

  12. Campaign to pay for Mansfield toddler's funeralpublished at 15:44 BST 5 April 2016

    Mansfield Chad

    Friends of the family who suffered the devastating loss of their "cheeky" little girl are banding together, external to raise money for the tot's funeral.

  13. 'Significant damages' for cattle attack familypublished at 15:25 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    The money awarded to Glenis Freeman and her family after her husband Roger was killed in a cattle field in 2010 is a "significant sum" her solicitors have said.

    The owner of the cattle was found not guilty of manslaughter after a trial in Nottingham in 2014.

    Glenis and Roger FreemanImage source, Family handout

    Lisa Preece, from Nelson's Solicitors, said: "Farmers should think very carefully about the livestock that they intend to graze in a field with public access. 

    "If they could pose a danger, then they should be grazed elsewhere.”

  14. Murder file against Robert Black submitted to CPSpublished at 15:09 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    A file of evidence linking the serial killer Robert Black to the 1978 murder of Genette Tate has been handed to prosecutors by Devon and Cornwall police. 

    Officers said they had been weeks away from charging Black when he died in prison in Northern Ireland earlier this year.

    In 1994, Black was found guilty of three child murders in the 1980s, as well as a failed abduction bid in Nottingham in 1988.

    Robert BlackImage source, PSNI
  15. Travel: Worksop delayspublished at 14:50 BST 5 April 2016

    BBC Travel

    Very slow traffic on the A57 through Worksop at the A60 junction because of roadworks.

  16. Chris Sutton: Chelsea move 'doesn't make sense'published at 14:36 BST 5 April 2016

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Radio Nottingham sports reporter

    Nottingham-born former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton says the appointment of Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge doesn't make sense. 

    The Italian will replace Guus Hiddink, who's not lost in 15 league games, on a three-year deal this summer.

    Chris Sutton
  17. Lovely sunrise this morningpublished at 14:19 BST 5 April 2016

    BBC Weather Watchers

    Did you see it?

    One of our Weather Watchers was up early enough in Bulcote.

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  18. Man found unconscious in streetpublished at 14:01 BST 5 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    A man is still in a serious condition, nearly a month after he was found unconscious in a Nottingham street with a head injury.

    Police said the 31-year-old was found in Noel Street on 10 March at about 17:40.

    He was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre, where doctors found he had a serious head injury.

    Police want to hear from anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious., external

  19. Reds striker a dad-to-bepublished at 13:35 BST 5 April 2016

    Nottingham Post

    Nottingham Forest striker Britt Assombalonga has cause for a double celebration following his return to football - after announcing he is going to be a dad., external

    Britt AssombalongaImage source, Getty Images