
Helen Astle
@helenastle_news
Reporter for BBC East Midlands Today. Tweets are my own
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13-08-2014 14:49:47
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In lockdown it seems many of us turned to crafting! 🧶 🧵 Cotton Clara in Lboro have seen business boom to be ‘five times what it is at Christmas’ They’ve taken on new staff and may have to find new premises 🎥📺👩🏼👍🏻👊🏻 More BBC East Midlands 6.30


Yr3 pupils at Orchard Community Primary are back in the classroom. For many it’s the first time in 5 months. All stationary is provided, children have to wash their hands x6 a day and there are no hot lunches. More BBC East Midlands 🎥📺 📚📝👧🏻🧒🏼


7 year old Verity is thrilled to be back in the classroom 👍🏻📚📝 She says that homeschooling was really good, but her teacher is better than her Mummy at teaching her 🤣🤭😬 First task of the day...was the tell a relative about her summer.. More BBC East Midlands 🎥📺🧒🏼👧🏻


A man’s been charged with possession of an air weapon with intent to cause fear of violence and possession of an air weapon. 50yr old Michael Reynolds of Castledine St, Quorn has been remanded into custody and will appear at Leics Magistrates Court tomorrow BBC East Midlands


All I wanted for Christmas was to hug my Mum & Dad, who I haven’t hugged since March 😢 Thanks to Amazon for some last minute ordering 🙌🏻 and an amazing husband 🎉 (it was a very late night 😳) I got the best pressie... 💕🎄🎁 🥰 BBC News (UK) Jeremy Vine | Here, on Tiktok, Insta & Facebook






Thousands of people are in Leicester tonight for the Christmas light switch on with Scott Mills BBC Leicester 🎄🎉🎥📺🎅🏻


Specialists from across the country are continuing the hunt for a 2yr old boy in Leics after he fell into the River Soar on Sunday. Divers, dogs, drones and a helicopter are all involved in the search BBC East Midlands


Xielo Maruziva has been named as the 2yr old who fell into the River Soar on Sunday. His Mum describes him as ‘cheeky, funny and a bundle of joy’ His Dad says ‘it’s hard to imagine the pain and suffering that we’re going through’ BBC East Midlands








