Matt Taylor

1 week ago | bbc.com | Matt Taylor |Ben Jackson

'Dad's killing won't drive us from our home'Matt Taylor & Ben JacksonBBCMrs Kohli says her neighbours had been "so supportive" since her father's death"Why should we be pushed out? Why should we allow these two children to push us out of where my dad once loved, where we love?"The words of Susan Kohli, whose 80-year-old father Bhim Kohli died after being racially abused and brutally attacked at a park just yards from the family home in Braunstone, Leicestershire.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Matt Taylor |Daniel De Simone

Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Rhianan Rudd died aged 16 in a children's home in May 2022An inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl who was groomed before being charged with terrorism offences has found there were missed opportunities to help her by the authorities. Chief coroner Alexia Durran concluded there were chances for the police and Derbyshire County Council to refer Rhianan Rudd earlier for consideration as a potential victim of modern slavery.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor - BBC News, NottinghamMon, June 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM UTC1 min readMarket Street was closed by the police at about 12:00 BST on Monday [BBC]A police investigation is under way after a man was stabbed in Nottingham city centre. A man in his 30s was attacked in Market Street at about 11:50 BST and was taken to hospital with injuries that were "not thought to be life-altering or life-threatening", according to Nottinghamshire Police.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Matt Taylor

Plans to turn offices into flats given green lightMatt TaylorGoogleThe application site backs on to Grey Friars and New Street in LeicesterPlans to convert three former office buildings in Leicester into 62 flats have been given the green light. Leicester City Council's planning department approved the application, which seeks to change 1-7 Grey Friars from offices to a block of self-contained flats. Of the 62 flats, six would be studio apartments, 48 would be one-bed and eight would be two-bed.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Matt Taylor

Image source, BBC WeatherWatchers/WildswimmerImage caption, Fiery Saturday sunset in MotherwellThe sun and sky had a much more eerie appearance to it on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. It was a sign that smoke from wildfires burning more than 4,000 miles (6,400km) away in central Canada had made it across the Atlantic to sit in the skies over the UK. BBC WeatherWatchers from all corners of the country were out capturing the spectacle.