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BBC News
25-04-2025
- BBC News
'Cowardly' man stabbed boy in back outside KFC in Bulwell
A man who stabbed a teenage boy in a "cowardly" attack outside a fast food restaurant in Nottingham has been jailed. Reegan Smith, 20, of Caunton Avenue in St Ann's stabbed the boy in the back during a fight near KFC in Hucknall Lane, Bulwell, on 6 who was 19 at the time, was arrested the following day and later pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife in public in a Nottingham Crown Court hearing on Wednesday, he was sentenced to four years and 10 months in a young offender institution and will spend a further three years on extended licence after his release. Police said Smith was standing near the fast food restaurant when one of his friends got into a fight with a 17-year-old boy at about 14:55 watching the pair throw punches for a few seconds, officers said Smith decided to get the victim was fighting his friend, Smith crept up behind and pulled out a knife from his pocket and used the weapon to stab the boy in the back before fleeing the said the boy did not realise he had a stab wound until Smith had left the car park where the fight had taken was taken to hospital for injuries that were not deemed life-threatening or life-altering. Following Smith's sentencing, Det Con Ben Grayson said: "Reegan Smith's actions that day left his victim with injuries that were thankfully not far more severe."His violent behaviour and his decision to attack this other unsuspecting person when their back was turned was both abhorrent and cowardly in equal measure."
BBC News
04-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
LNER speeding train near Grantham left onboard staff hurt
Staff onboard a train were left hurt after it travelled through a junction near a market town at more than twice the speed limit, investigators LNER train service travelled at about 55mph (87km/h) through Grantham South Junction, in Lincolnshire, where a speed restriction of 25mph (40km/h) was in place, the Rail Accident Investigations Branch (RAIB) staff onboard reported receiving minor injuries during the incident on 25 February, no passengers were injured, investigators had operator LNER said it had supported RAIB's findings and the safety of its staff and passengers was its "top priority". The train, which was travelling from Hull to London Kings Cross, had stopped at Grantham station before passing through the junction at about 08:25 leaving the station, a signal warned the driver the train was switching to a slower railway its findings, the RAIB said there was a "strong likelihood" factors in this case were similar to those identified in two separate train speeding incidents at Spital Junction, in Peterborough, on 17 April 2022 and on 4 May both of those incidents, passengers had been left the preliminary examination, the RAIB said it had written to the Office of Rail and Road to draw attention to the incident and copied the letter to Network Rail, LNER and the Rail Safety and Standards Board. 'Ever busier railway' The report stated: "This incident again illustrates the issues associated with relying completely on train drivers reacting appropriately to a junction or route indicator to control the risks presented by trains taking diverging low-speed turnouts on high-speed through routes. "This risk may be increased by the introduction of higher performing train fleets, and possibly by routing patterns on an ever busier railway."An LNER spokesperson said: "The safety of our customers and colleagues is our top priority. "We have supported RAIB in their preliminary examination, note the recommendations made and will continue to work with partners in the industry." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Princess Alexandra hospital staff 'failed' newborn, parents say
A couple whose newborn baby was starved of oxygen during labour have told a coroner's court she was "failed by those looking after her".An inquest is being held into the death of Emmy Russo, who was born at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, in January 2024 and died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge three days and Bryony Russo told the inquest there had been "so many warning signs" about their daughter's condition and her death had been "so avoidable and so preventable".One of the midwives involved in their care said she thought about Emmy "every single day" and passed her condolences to the couple before giving evidence. In a statement read out to Essex Coroner's Court, Mr Russo said the couple were "laughed off" when they asked for a C-section during labour on 9 January 2024."We were repeatedly dismissed with a tone that said 'it's all ok, just relax'," he Russo had been classified as low-risk during pregnancy and had not experienced any serious complications before Russo told the inquest she felt her baby "wasn't going to come out" during labour and she knew something was wrong, which she had repeatedly told and Mrs Russo said they had also raised concerns about the presence of meconium in Mrs Russo's waters, and could not understand why staff members seemed "quite relaxed" after a sudden drop in the baby's heart 32-year-old eventually ended up having an emergency caesarean after foetal monitoring results were reviewed again around 21:00 Emmy was born, no heart beat could be detected and she had to be resuscitated before being transferred to Addenbrooke' MRI scan there revealed she had severe brain damage and she died on 12 January.A post-mortem examination found she died from acute hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, a brain injury caused by lack of oxygen and blood flow, and placental Russo told the inquest she felt an earlier induction or C-section would have resulted in Emmy surviving as a "happy, healthy baby". Emily Day, a midwife at Princess Alexandra Hospital who was involved with the couple's care for about four hours, told the inquest how an abdominal CTG (cardiotocography) belt was placed on Mrs Russo's stomach to constantly monitor the baby's heart rate and said she had tried to reassure Mr and Mrs Russo and said the hospital had "the right team", while ensuring Mrs Russo could have the epidural she had requested multiple times. When asked by Thea Wilson, assistant coroner for Essex, whether anything had changed for her as a result of Emmy's death, Ms Day replied: "I've taken quite a few things from this case, I'd say I think about it every single day."She added that she had become "more confident about escalating my concerns" as a result of what happened, and had become more aware of potential signs of infection.A number of other midwives, consultants and other clinicians are due to give evidence at the inquest. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
22-03-2025
- BBC News
GWR passengers face disruption between Swindon, Bristol and Wales
Customers travelling by train between Bristol and South Wales are to face "significant" disruption for the next two Sundays, including on Mother's Rail is completing planned engineering works along the mainline between Didcot and a result, Great Western Railway (GWR) passengers will need to use alternative routes or face very busy has apologised for the disruption and advised customers to consider travelling on alternative days than the two Sundays. Richard Rowland, GWR operations director, said: "We're sorry for the impact this work will have on journeys between London and Bristol and South Wales."We advise customers to change plans if possible and only travel on Sunday if absolutely necessary."This works means that we are only able to run very few trains on this route and those that will run will be really busy."As well as busier trains, journeys will take much longer. GWR has warned, and some services may also be cancelled or delayed at short notice. On Sunday 23 March, due to engineering work no trains will operate between London Paddington and Reading before 09:20 09:20 a significantly reduced, amended timetable will be in place for services between London and Bristol Temple Meads, and South 09:20 services will start from or terminate at Reading, where customers will be able to change for Elizabeth line services to Ealing Broadway where they can change for the London Underground 09:20 only one train an hour will serve Bristol and South Wales, operating on a diversionary route from Reading to Bath, before continuing to Bristol Temple Meads; Bristol Parkway; Newport and Cardiff. The M4 between Bristol and Bath will also be closed until 06:00 on Monday as the A432 Badminton Bridge is said this is affecting its ability to provide replacement bus transport, so there will be no buses between Swindon and Bristol who have bought tickets for Sunday 23 March will be able to use them on 22 or 24 March, or claim a full refund via the GWR website.
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Champions Trophy final - who, when & how to follow
After 12 group-stage matches and two semi-finals, the Champions Trophy final is almost upon and New Zealand progressed from Group A together and will meet again in the showpiece game on Sunday after beating Australia and South Africa respectively in the everything you need to know about the final, including how you can follow on the BBC. Champions Trophy final - schedule, date, time & venue Sunday, 9 March: Final - India v New Zealand, Dubai International Stadium, 09:00 GMT When is the Champions Trophy final? The Champions Trophy final is scheduled for Sunday, 9 March. It will start at 09:00 India beat Australia in the last four, the final will take place in Rohit Sharma's side failed to qualify it would have remained in Pakistan and been held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Is there a reserve day? There is a reserve day for the final if the match cannot be completed on Sunday, as there were for both semi-finals, although they were not reserve day for the final is Monday, 10 March (09:00).There is a maximum of two hours of additional time available on both the original day and reserve all knockout games a minimum of 25 overs per side is needed to constitute a match. That is up from 20 in the group stages. The International Cricket Council says "every effort will be made" to complete the match on the scheduled day, including reducing the overs to the minimum play starts on the scheduled day but a reserve day is then required, play will resume from where it stopped, rather than a new match starting. Whether it is a 50-over or reduced-over match depends on whether play resumes in a reduced-over format on the original trophy will be shared if the final is washed out on both the original and reserve with the group stages, any tie would see a super over played. Who are the previous Champions Trophy winners? This year is the ninth edition of the Champions Trophy and these are the previous winners of the tournament:1998: South Africa2000: New Zealand2002: India and Sri Lanka declared co-champions after two finals washed out2004: West Indies2006: Australia2009: Australia2013: India2017: Pakistan How can I follow the Champions Trophy on the BBC? There will be ball-by-ball commentary of the final across BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website and of the Test Match Special team include Jonathan Agnew, Vic Marks and Alex BBC Sport website and app will have live text commentary, alongside in-play and post-match video will also be coverage on the BBC Cricket Instagram, external and WhatsApp, external tournament is available to watch live in the UK on Sky Sports.
