Updates for Tuesday 23 August 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Wednesday
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
City of Derby swimmer Adam Peaty took questions from the assembled media shortly after the Team GB plane touched down at Heathrow Airport.
BBC Travel
A broken down vehicle is partly blocking the M1 southbound exit slip road at J28 for Alfreton.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
The court heard Smalley, a company director for a scrap metal company for 20 years, was dealing with personal issues when he made the false statement in January.
In mitigation, his lawyer told the court: "Politics was a useful diversion from the stresses and strains. It was that stress which explains why a man of 49-years-old and previous good character finds himself in the situation he is in."
District judge Jonathan Taaffe said: "This is an extremely serious case. All options including custody will have to be considered in relation to this matter."
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
A little more now on ex-Tory city councillor Richard Smalley, who's been warned he could face jail after admitting giving a false address in this year's local elections.
The prosecution told magistrates in Derby Mr Smalley knew Allestree was a safe Conservative seat and he claimed to live at the address of someone he knew so that he could stand at the election.
However, he actually lived in Borrowash - outside the Derby city boundary.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
It's a special night for Burton Albion and for manager Nigel Clough as Liverpool visit the Pirelli Stadium in the EFL Cup.
Image source, EmpicsThe Brewers boss spent three years at Anfield as a player.
Part of Derby's Intu centre has been cordoned off by police today after an incident in the early hours of this morning, external.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
Back in Blighty...and time for a selfie.
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BBC Local Live
And here's the tweet which started the whole British Empire Twitter saga. Don't you just love social media!
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Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
A former Conservative councillor from Derby has pleaded guilty to providing false information at this year's local election.
Richard Smalley, from Borrowash, was elected as an Allestree Ward councillor in May but later decided to stand down.
He appeared before magistrates this morning and admitted falsely claiming to live at an address in Allestree that belonged to a friend.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
Here's a reminder of our top stories this morning.
Here's Adam Peaty and his history-making Team GB collegues lapping up the ovation as they step from their plane after arriving back at Heathrow Airport.
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BBC Local Live
Isobelle Shorrock is from the campaign group Kedleston Voice, which has fought to stop homes being built on the edge of the Kedleston estate and raised £40,000 to present its case.
She's hoping it isn't the end of the line and that the application isn't decided by the decision of one man.
Wesley Mallin
Reporter, BBC Radio Derby
Brexiteer Heather Wheeler has told us her controversial tweet, external was a jokey response to another tweet which added up the combined total of all the EU medals... including those of Team GB.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
Heather Wheeler's tweet led to plenty of ridicule and scorn. One person tweeted, external: The British Empire? Are you tweeting from the 19th century?
However, the message also appeared to win support, being favourited more than 500 times.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
Adam Peaty and his Team GB colleagues have just arrived back in the UK - we're assuming he handed the controls back to the real pilot before the flight took off...
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There's been an angry reaction to this tweet from South Derbyshire MP Heather Wheeler...
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Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter
Here's your local weather forecast for today. It'll be a warm one with plenty of sunshine.
Weather for the East Midlands on Tuesday 23 August 2016
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
The Planning Inspectorate has dismissed the harm to Kedleston Hall's setting as "negligible" and set out conditions for the 400-home development to go ahead.
Image source, National TrustAmber Valley Borough Council originally turned down the plans following opposition from the National Trust and residents.
The developer, Catesby Estates, has been unavailable for comment.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
Here are today's top stories.
Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live
The Planning Inspectorate has overturned a council decision to refuse a scheme to build 400 homes at Kedleston in Derbyshire.
The National Trust had complained that the houses would spoil the view of Kedleston Hall.
