Updates for Wednesday 6 January 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Next, some news about the home of Leicestershire County Cricket club.
Image source, Getty ImagesA decision is due to be made today on whether or not the club can go ahead with plans for six flood lights at Grace Road.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Leicester's flood volunteers were mostly from the Muslim community but others also joined in.
They went to Lancashire and York and helped with things like moving sofas, pulling up carpets and distributing bottled water.
Image source, Getty ImagesRiaz Khan said people were so shocked and grateful that the team had travelled all the way from Leicester to help them.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
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BBC Local Live
Riaz says there were communities caught up in the Yorkshire and Lancashire floods that seemed to have been "overlooked" by the authorities.
Image source, Getty ImagesThey went to a travellers site and when they arrived they described it as a ghost town with piles of stuff outside.
They said it was neck deep in sewage water and the electrics were still live.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
This is Riaz Khan and Arif Voraji from Leicester.
They were so horrified by the images of the flooding in the north of the UK that they decided to go and help.
But it wasn't just them...
They managed to round up around 20 people from Leicester along with supplies of things like mops, brooms, buckets and dehumidifiers.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Next I'm going to tell you about volunteers from Leicester that have been helping victims of flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Image source, Getty ImagesTthe government has been defending the way it handled the floods after Labour accused ministers of not spending enough on flood defences and branded it a "sticking plaster response".
BBC Sport
Tigers prop Marcos Ayerza says defeat at Saracens last weekend was a "wake-up call" for the side.
Image source, Getty ImagesTigers have the chance to put things right at home to Northampton Saints this weekend.
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On our Facebook page, external you've been commenting on the story about dog poo bags being found in the stomachs of deer at Bradgate Park.
Dawn Bradley-alesbrook says: "Disgusting, dog owners should put the poo bags in the bins provided, it's not down to the Rangers to pick someone else's poo up that their dog has done."
Sally Birch says: "I see these poo bags everywhere! Tied up, presumably with poo in them.... I don't get it, they pick up the poo, then drop the bag?!"
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Duncan Rees, from Central Leicester Fire station, is one of those handing in the petition today.
He's been speaking to BBC Radio Leicester this morning about recent events that he says have made more people realise how important the service is.
He says: "Last week the fire at Ross Walk, which I was at all night, was a 12 fire engine fire.
"We've also had two other fires that involved at least 10 fire engines, one in Coalville and one on Frog Island so it's been a very busy period and it's made people focus on the need for front line service."
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BBC Local Live
Police are looking for this man, Komar Uddin, in connection with an allegation of a sexual offence in Leicester in February 2015.
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Here's a statement from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service about the petition.
It says: "The Integrated Risk Management Plan consultation closed on 4th December 2015.
"We have since collated and analysed all the responses received by the stipulated deadlines, regardless of the format, and produced a final draft report.
"The report is being considered by senior managers this week before being sent to Combined Fire Authority Members in advance of their meeting on the 10th February."
BBC Sport
Leicester Tigers' Niall Morris could miss the rest of the season after foot surgery.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Irishman has recovered from a broken ankle, but boss Richard Cockerill says this latest setback will put Morris out for three to four months.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Here's some background detail on that fire cuts petition.
Last year the local fire authority revealed cost-cutting plans that would see the main fire station in Leicester and one in Kibworth close.
Eight fire engines would also go and the number of firefighters would be reduced.
Over the past few months, meetings have been held at fire stations across the county that attracted lots of concerned residents.
Students at De Montfort University also spoke out against the plans.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Moving on now to a story about cuts to the fire service in Leicestershire.
A petition against the cuts is being handed in to the leader of Leicester City Council today.
Almost 12,000 people have signed it.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
Rangers at Bradgate Park are urging dog walkers to bin their used dog poo bags or take them home.
Park director Peter Tyldesley told BBC Radio Leicester: "A biodegradable poo bag means if you chuck it in a landfill site it'll break down in six months, it doesn't mean you can just drop it in the countryside and expect it to be gone the next day.
"We find poo bags tied to trees, chucked in the long grass, thrown over walls and often we don't find them, the wildlife find them."
A premature baby suffered multiple fractures and a brain injury after being shaken and gripped by her father , external– on the day that she was due to have been born.
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There's a bit of flooding affecting the roads in Sileby this morning.
It's closed Slash Lane in both directions between the Sileby Road junction and the Mountsorrel Lane junction.
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BBC Local Live
Jim Davis
BBC Radio Leicester presenter
On the BBC Radio Leicester phone-in, between 09:00 and 10:00, I'll be asking: What is your experience of volunteering?
It comes after people in Leicester gave up their free time to help victims of flooding in York and Lancashire.
You can get involved by calling: 0116 251 1049
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