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- Large fire takes hold at Leicester warehouse
- Eighteen children evacuated from neighbouring nursery
- All staff escaped the warehouse
- No injuries reported
- Surrounding roads closed by police
- Updates on Friday 13 April 2018
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By Calum McKenzie and Amy Woodfield
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Weather outlook for the region
Chris Fawcett
BBC News
Tonight will be dry with the cloud breaking to leave clear spells for a time.
There will be patches of mist, fog and low cloud will form later on.
Minimum Temperature: 4 to 7°C (39 to 45°F)
Tomorrow there will be more patches of mist, fog and low cloud will clear to leave it generally dry and much milder with some sunshine at times, with the small chance of a heavy shower in the evening.
Men behind cash machine explosions jailed
Chris Fawcett
BBC News
Three men who used gas canisters and power tools to break into a string of cash points across Leicestershire and neighbouring counties, including a Tesco in Hinckley, have been jailed.
Charlie Smith, 32, of Mere Lane, Bitteswell, Alfie Adams, 37, Bickershaw Lane, Wigan and John Doran, 20, of Gelderd Road, Gildersome, were sentenced to 10 years and seven months, 12 years and eight years and seven months respectively at Leicester Crown Court.
All three admitted eight counts of burglary and three counts of causing an explosion.
Carer now runs centre that offered her support
Danielle Hunt
BBC Radio Leicester
There are more than 100,000 family carers in Leicestershire and Babs Marson is one of them.
When her daughter, now 19, was born with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) she found the support of the Carer's Centre in Leicester invaluable in coping with the diagnosis and adjusting to life as a carer.
These days Babs runs the centre as well as still caring full time for her daughter.
She organises social events but also fundraisers to keep the service going so that she can continue to give the same support she received to other people who find themselves caring for a loved one.
Watch: Flooding in Normanton-on-Soar
Normanton-on-Soar has been flooded for the second time in a week.
Sue Ponting lives in the village and has been trying to slow drivers down.
"Some are speeding through the village and then all the backwash is going into people's gardens and flooding their garages."
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Some villagers had blamed the repeated flooding on the drains but Severn Trent said it was a surface water problem caused by the amount of rain.
The Environment Agency said it is helping pump the water away while Nottinghamshire County Council "hopes to have an action plan" to fix the problem.
Local artist hoping to be crowned champion
Sophie Cook
BBC Radio Leicester producer
Anil Patel from Oadby, Leicestershire is on the second series of the BBC's The Big Painting Challenge which sees 10 amateur artists battle it out and undertake an intensive, six-week, artistic boot camp in a bid to perfect their skills and be crowned the overall champion.
Graphic designer Anil has been artistic since childhood – he can even recall drawing all over the walls of his family home as a child! A passionate athlete and football fan, he has previously won a competition with his favourite football club, Leicester City FC, to design a feature mural which is can be seen on the concourse at the club.
Rapist jailed for more than 13 years
Chris Fawcett
BBC News
A rapist has been jailed for more than 13 years after forcing his way into an elderly woman's home and attacking her.
Shyhiem Frances-Myers, 21, of Victoria Street, Wigston, visited the woman's house, also in Wigston on 13 January.
When she opened the door he raped her and took her bank card, police said.
Frances-Myers was jailed for 13-and-a-half years at Leicester Crown Court earlier after admitting two charges of rape.
Crash causes M1 closure
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The M1 is CLOSED southbound between J22 and J23. There is also disruption on the northbound carriageway.
Police 'flushed' by loo rescue
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Shall we take a look at some other news across the East Midlands?
There have also been dramatic scenes in the Sherwood area of Nottingham...
No plans to reopen roads soon
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
If you were hoping the roads around St Georges Retail Park would be back to normal by rush hour, I'm afraid I have bad news.
The police have said: "There are no plans to open the roads any time soon, regrettably. Please plan your journeys to avoid Humberstone Road."
Firefighters make 'good progress'
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has said "good progress" is being made on extinguishing the blaze at an industrial park in Leicester.
The service requested a building inspector attend the scene along with the Environment Agency.
Cadent and Western Power are also present.
Road remains closed following fire
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Humberstone Road remains closed while emergency services deal with a fire at a warehouse near St Georges Retail Park.
Fire causes public transport delays
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Wondering where your bus is? This might explain it.
Restaurant manager feared for customer safety
Calum McKenzie
BBC News
Junaid Gujjar witnessed the flames breaking out in the warehouse from Big John’s takeaway, where he is manager, and called 999..
Mr Gujjar told the BBC he got in touch with the emergency services at around 12:53 and they arrived minutes later.
“It was a bit scary,” he said.
“The main thing I was worried about was the customers because we had a house full.”
'Avoid' roads near fire
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Traffic is "starting to get really busy" in the area around the fire.
Area Traffic Control is reminding people to avoid the roads near St Georges Retail Park.
Blaze hit warehouse contained furniture
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The fire service has confirmed the building on fire contained furniture and that it was "well alight".
Smoke continuing to rise from fire
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue is using an aerial ladder platform to extinguish the warehouse fire.
Flames can no longer be seen but there is still lots of smoke.
One eyewitness told the BBC they believe the fire is at a furniture warehouse.
A man working at a neighbouring business said all he could see was “black smoke”. He said: “I’ve never seen a fire like that."
Traffic diverted away from fire
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
If you're in the area around St George's Retail Park you might find yourself being redirected by police.
Officers are in the road diverting cars away from the scene of a fire at an industrial estate in Leicester.