Summary

  • Updates for Thursday 14 April 2016

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

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 14 April 2016

    Live updates for Nottinghamshire have finished for the day but we'll be back at 08:00 tomorrow with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Weather: Showers heading into the eveningpublished at 17:53 BST 14 April 2016

    Kaye Forster
    Weather Presenter

    There will be a few showers heading into this evening and some of them will again be heavy with some hail and thunder. 

    weather

    Most of them will clear away overnight so it will become dry for most but we will keep the cloud. Lows of 5C (41F).

  3. House owner is man in his 60/70s say neighbourspublished at 17:31 BST 14 April 2016

    Hayley Compton
    Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

    Environmental officers have been using a cherry picker to demolish the property in Austin Close, Mansfield brick by brick so firefighters can reach the source of the smoke.

    Residents say the owner of the house was a man in his 60s or 70s who lived there with his two dogs.

    Incident commander Martin Bills told me the occupant was still unaccounted for.

  4. First look at Stanford Hallpublished at 17:21 BST 14 April 2016

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Here's some great drone footage of the work that is going on at Stanford Hall.

  5. Travel: Slow traffic in Harworthpublished at 17:10 BST 14 April 2016

    BBC Travel

    Blyth Road in Harworth is blocked and there is slow traffic around the Serlby Road junction because of an accident.

  6. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 16:58 BST 14 April 2016

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Here are your final headlines for today:

    • A man who was jailed after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death has been found dead in his prison cell
    • A Mansfield house destroyed by fire is slowly being demolished as firefighters continue in their search for the occupant
    • Nottingham Forest say they have paid £90,000 to Derby County for ticket sales at last month's game at the iPro
  7. Airport seeing higher numberspublished at 16:50 BST 14 April 2016

    Dave Wade
    BBC Local Live

    For the fourth month in a row passenger numbers have increased at East Midlands Airport. 

    281,450 passengers used the airport in March - an increase of 9% compared with the same period last year. 

    Their best ever day was Easter Monday.

    East Midlands AirportImage source, East Midlands Airport
  8. Bilsthorpe decision delayed until Maypublished at 16:39 BST 14 April 2016

    The project to build an energy plant at the former Bilsthorpe Colliery site was given the go ahead by Nottinghamshire County Council in 2014 but Eric Pickles, then Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), stepped in.

    Bilsthorpe CollieryImage source, Peel

    Now the DCLG says it is "not yet in a position to decide" on whether to grant planning permission after a gas company pulled out of a similar project in Tee Valley because of "operational challenges".

    The DCLG said it would delay its decision until at least May.

  9. Former prisoner raising awareness of 'one punch' campaignpublished at 16:27 BST 14 April 2016

    Notts TV

    Jacob Dunne (pictured right) was convicted of the manslaughter of James Hodgkinson in 2011 after he died from a single punch on a night out.

    Having served 14 months in prison Mr Dunne was given the option of early release through restorative justice.

    Jacob DunneImage source, Notts TV

    He's been talking to Notts TV about meeting with his victim's parents and what he has been doing since his release to raise awareness of how a punch can impact on someone's life.

  10. Bilsthorpe incinerator decision delayedpublished at 16:00 BST 14 April 2016

    BBC Radio Nottingham

    A decision has been delayed over plans to build a new incinerator in Bilsthorpe. 

    The £70m project had been referred to the government for determination but the final say has been put back because a similar project in the north east by a different company has collapsed.

  11. Fire crews taking apart burnt down housepublished at 15:49 BST 14 April 2016

    Rebecca Dickson
    Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

    Fire crews are expected to be at the scene of a house fire in Mansfield until tomorrow.

    A spokesman has told us they are taking apart the house on Austin Close piece by piece as they look for a man who lived there and is still missing.

    Austin Close, Mansfield

    The house was gutted - and is structurally unsafe - which is hampering the investigation.

  12. Travel: A52 fully open after this morning's accidentpublished at 15:37 BST 14 April 2016

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  13. Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 15:01 BST 14 April 2016

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    • A man who killed his ex-girlfriend in a row over their child has died in his prison cell
    • The fire service says officers are expected to stay at the scene of the fire in Austin Close, Mansfield until tomorrow
    • Nottingham Forest have paid £90,000 to Derby County after the Rams complained to the Football League that the amount was still outstanding
  14. Magpies trying to bring in young playerspublished at 14:52 BST 14 April 2016

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Notts County manager Mark Cooper has been talking to us about young players he has his eye on, including Montel Gibson.

    He said: "It shows we are trying to promote younger players that we have in our system."

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  15. Forest pay outstanding Derby debtpublished at 14:40 BST 14 April 2016

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    A Nottingham Forest spokesman says they've now paid a £90k bill to Derby County for ticket sales from last month's away match at the iPro.

    It was revealed the amount was still outstanding after the Rams made a complaint to the Football League.

  16. Police filing report for coronerpublished at 14:29 BST 14 April 2016

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News Online

    Although James Sullivan's prison cell death was last month, it has only just been confirmed by the Ministry of Justice.

    Nottinghamshire Police says it is helping to file a report for the coroner.

    James Sullivan / HMP Lowdham GrangeImage source, Google / Nottinghamshire Police

    Sullivan was serving a 20-year sentence after he murdered 21-year-old Sara West at her home in Aspley Lane in 2010.

  17. Grade II hall to become soldier rehab centrepublished at 14:16 BST 14 April 2016

    There's some background on Stanford Hall in this BBC article from 2013.

    It is a Grade II listed building in Stanford-on-Soar on the Nottinghamshire border with Leicestershire and was bought by the Duke of Westminster in 2011.

    Stanford Hall

    During World War Two it was used as an army transport supply centre as well as being used for military convalescence.