Updates for Friday 26 May 2017
Nottingham runners to hold minute silence
More security at Leicestershire festival
Police aim for greater diversity in recruitment
Horse left to die in 'excruciating' pain
New coach for women's Twenty20 team
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
There will be a minute's silence before the start of the Nottingham 10K race on Sunday, external to remember the victims of the attack in Manchester.
Image source, Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for LaureusThe Magazine may have seen Richard III's body brought back for display after his defeat in battle.
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Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
A man who left his horse to die an “agonising” death has been disqualified from keeping equines for life.
Simon Nall, of Clarence Road in Long Eaton, failed to attend to his horse Storm for several months.
Quote MessageThis is one of the worst cases of animal cruelty that this bench has seen. It was your responsibility to prevent this. You made no attempt to check on the animal and you showed no remorse."
Philip Hickson, Chairman of the magistrates
Storm belonged to Nall and was stabled with four other horses belonging to his mother and sister.
The 20-year-old claimed to believe his mother had been looking after Storm - and said that was why he didn't check on him.
The RSPCA has said it was called by a concerned member of the public in October last year - they found Storm’s decomposing body in a stable, and faeces all over the floor.
Image source, RSPCAThe animal was underweight, his hooves were 14 to 20 centimeters long and he had been suffering from chronic laminitis.
The vet who examined his body said this would have been excruciating.
Quote MessageI have never seen a horse in such a bad way before - it is clear that Storm’s last few days of his life were agonising. If he’d been attended to, and properly, then this could have been avoided. The responsibility of owning an animal does not go away if you turn a blind eye.”
Laura Bryant, RSPCA inspector
As well as a ban on keeping horses Nall was given an 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years.
He was ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work, given a three-month curfew order and told to pay £515.
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Five buildings across the region were winners at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East Midlands awards in Derby last night:
Image source, RIBA
Image source, RIBARobert Evans, who was chair of the regional judging panel, said: "Each of the winning schemes demonstrates the great architecture that results from a partnership between a passionate client and a committed, imaginative architect.
"In very different ways, every scheme adds enormously to their locality, and will engage and delight for many years to come."
All of the winning buildings will now be considered for the RIBA national award next month.
Lewis Scrimshaw
BBC Radio Nottingham news editor
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has confirmed it will not be looking into the derailment of a Nottingham tram in the Market Square yesterday afternoon.
The tram operating company, NET, said earlier it would be looking into the incident as it was "not a normal occurrence."
No-one was on board the tram when it derailed, but it caused delays for rush hour commuters.
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
David Siggers has been in touch via Facebook, external to send this nice picture of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in the sun.
Image source, David Siggers
Richard Rae
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Day Two at The 3aaa County Ground has just got underway - a few moments ago I took a look at the pitch...
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
It should be back on in time for lunch...
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The strip at Trent Bridge for today's match against Gloucestershire - being used for first time this season...
There's a slight tinge of green. This may have influenced Phil Mustard's decision to bowl first.
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Notts County FC tweets...
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Listen to live BBC local radio commentary as Nottinghamshire face Gloucestershire in the County Championship.
Read MoreThere's queuing traffic on the M6 northbound between junctions one and two, causing congestion in the area, after a large diesel spill on the carriageway.
The carriageway has now been closed with congestion backing up to the Catthorpe Interchange.
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BBC Radio Derby
Derby tennis player Jay Clarke has admitted he faces an anxious wait to find out if he has been offered a wildcard for Wimbledon.
Image source, Shaun Botterill/Getty ImagesThe 18-year-old's current world ranking is 403, meaning he will not automatically make the main draw at SW19.
"It is always going to be tough because my ranking is not quite there yet," he told BBC Radio Derby.
"It is my first year out of juniors and I think I'm like eight in the world for my age.
"It is a big thing to ask for, but I think my game is there."
Prize money at Wimbledon means that a wildcard is worth at least £35,000.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
The sun is shining and festival goers are arriving at Bearded Theory at Catton Hall in South Derbyshire...
The event was last year named "Best Family Festival" at the UK Festival Awards
The BBC have been speaking to the Hamilton family who are their for the fourth year - Jo said: "We really enjoy it. We come with a lot of our friends. We like this one in particular, it's really quite local for us."
Her children Oliver and Abbie are also there today and will be going to the site's Ofsted-approved school.
This is the 10th year of Bearded Theory - bands playing include Madness, Seasick Steve and Skunk Anansie.
It started at the Knockerdown Pub, near Carsington Water, in 2007. It was a birthday party but sold loads of tickets.
It carried on since then and got bigger and bigger.
Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live
Olympic ice skating champions Torvill and Dean have paid a visit to a Nottingham charity that tries to keep people out of crime by teaching them boxing...
...the pair became patrons for Switch Up, external after they worked with the charity on a TV programme called Skate Estate.
Switch Up is run by Marcellus Baz, a winner of the BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero award in 2016.
BBC Radio Nottingham
The operators of Nottingham's tram network have launched an investigation into how one of the vehicles derailed yesterday afternoon.
No-one was hurt when the tram came off the tracks as it arrived in Old Market Square, but it caused delays to rush-hour services as commuters tried to get home.
Mike Mabey, the head of operations for NET, said: "It is not a normal occurrence.
"It is not what we would expect to happen and that [the investigation] may be ongoing for a couple of days yet."
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
The Islamic centre in Leicester has arranged for an interfaith vigil to pray for the victims of Monday's Terror attack.
That event takes place this afternoon at Leicester Central Mosque on Conduit Street.
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BBC Local Live
If, like me, you're not a fan of creepy crawlies this might just get you worried...it seems a swarm of flying mini beasts are descending on parts of Leicestershire.
These large beetles have orange legs, wings and bizarre antennae...
Image source, Getty ImagesThese strange creatures have been baffling people living in Barrow on Soar and Burton in the Wolds where they seem to be appearing in big numbers.
So what are they? We've asked expert Dr Luke Tilley who said they are called Cockchafers.
Quote MessageIn the UK we have around 4,000 different specie of beetle and people send to notice this one because it's so big and has these striking, fan shaped antennae at the front. They start their life as larvae and live in the soil feeding off roots - they can do that for two to five years. What you're seeing now is just the adults coming out for the last few weeks of their life-cycle so they can have a bit of food and find mates."
Dr Luke Tilley, Deputy Chief Executive, Royal Entomological Society
Charlie Slater
BBC Radio Nottingham sports reporter
Two former Nottingham Open tennis champions have confirmed that they'll be playing in next month's tournament.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesLithuania's Ricardas Berankis (pictured left) and Israel's Dudi Sela won the competition in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
The full entry list for the men's event, which will also include British number three Dan Evans, is expected to be announced on Monday.