Alex Rhodes
BBC Local Live, Lincolnshire

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Off-duty Lincolnshire Police officers Sgts David Wilson and Iain McIvor were in Newark on 6 January last year when they heard a commotion coming from a jewellery store.

They ran down the street to find an armed robbery in progress. Instead of backing down they confronted the men, one of whom was brandishing a pump action shotgun:

Sgt McIvor then lunged at the man with the gun, locking him in a bear hug and trying to wrestle the weapon from him.

The offender, struggling, managed to get into the getaway car, which then took off, dragging Sgt McIvor for almost 20m before he was thrown out.

The officers managed to give enough information that it would lead to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Both officers have now been nominated for a national bravery award.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A woman has been rushed to hospital after being cut out of a car following a three-vehicle crash in South Clifton, Newark.

Three other people had managed to get themselves out before Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene in Gainsborough Road today.

Richard Rae
BBC Radio Leicester Sport

I've been taking a look at the pitch ahead of day four of Northamptonshire v Leicestershire...

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

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Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

It will stay cloudy with outbreaks of light rain/drizzle on and off. There will be some drier interludes too, but the cloud is always thick enough to produce the odd spot of rain. Feeling cool with highs of 16C (61F).

Helen Astle
BBC East Midlands Today reporter

An inquest has been opened into the death of Luke Branston - who died at a quarry in Mountsorrel last Wednesday.

The 26-year-old, from Ratcliffe on the Wreake, had been carrying out plant maintenance when an "incident" occurred.

Emergency services were called, but he was declared dead at the scene. He was identified the next day by his brother.

The inquest has now been adjourned until 7 September.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A total of 14 trees have been removed on Sneinton Boulevard in Nottingham because of a fungal disease in their roots.

More trees will be removed from Wells Road and they will all be replaced over the next two years.

Nottingham City Council said the preventative work is being done to protect buildings and the public.

James Shallcross, from Nottingham City Council, said: "It is very important we inspect the trees and react accordingly.

"We have had two trees, three actually in the past 12 months or so, fall down in this area.

"That is a good pointer to say to us, 'we must get down, have a look at the trees and inspect them'."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Tests have begun at Moorways in Derby, where a new £33m swimming centre is being planned...

Workmen are checking the suitability for the building of a new Olympic-sized swimming pool by drilling five metre holes around the site.

Their findings will be passed on to Derby City Council by the end of the week.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

The owners of 15 high rise buildings have until today to reassure Nottingham City Council of their safety.

They wrote to the owners following the fire at Grenfell Tower fire in London, which is presumed to have killed about 80 people.

Questions were raised about the cladding used on Grenfell in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, which led to a nationwide operation to review safety procedures and test buildings with similar cladding.

Prime Minister Theresa May told the Commons on Wednesday that cladding from 120 high-rise buildings in 37 local authority areas in England has failed fire safety tests.

Nottingham City Homes and the city council has already reviewed its own 13 residential tower blocks. A further 60 landlords will be contacted this week.

League Two side Chesterfield sign striker Chris O'Grady after his release by Brighton.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Campaigners have said they are still waiting for answers from the Environment Agency - several weeks after a serious pollution incident at the Netherfield Lagoons.

The pollution killed vegetation and wildlife at the Nottinghamshire beauty spot.

Mark Glover, chairman of the Gedling Conservation Trust - which owns the nature reserve - said there is no life returning to the stream.

He said: "I was down there a couple of days ago, in fact there was a dead toad in the middle of the waterway.

"There is a public footpath down there and this filthy poisonous water goes over the footpath through the reserve."

Mr Glover said: "We would like some action to be taken, I fully understand the pressures on the Environment Agency following cutbacks.

"But nevertheless they do have a statutory responsibility and powers to investigate this, to get to the bottom of this and to take action to clean this up."

The Environment Agency has taken samples for analysis but the results have not come back yet.

Emma Collyer, from the agency, said: "I can totally understand the frustration around this but it is quite a complex investigation. It is being made more difficult because the stream is underground, it is culverted.

"For our officers to actually assess that, access has been really difficult.

"We have undertaken a number of tests and investigations already, there is a number of wide sources potentially coming into that pollution, we have undertaken DNA analysis to understand better where that is coming from as a source."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The Labour MEP for the East Midlands has welcomed the announcement that Rolls-Royce will be investing £150m into their aerospace facilities.

Image source, Rolls-Royce

BBC Sport

Burton Albion have announced that Tom Flanagan is to leave the club, despite claiming the defender had "verbally agreed" a new contract.

Image source, Empics

The 25-year-old made 32 appearances for Burton last season and earned his first Northern Ireland cap against New Zealand on 2 June.

Flanagan joined the Brewers in 2015 on a free transfer from MK Dons and helped the club to promotion to the Championship in his first campaign.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

A power cut in the Market Harborough area is currently affecting about 1,400 properties...

The engineering giant will create another 200 jobs by investing £150m in a new test bed in Derby.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Pet owners in Netherfield have expressed fears that their cats are being deliberately poisoned.

It comes after at least two cats died in recent days - and some owners have taken to social media to say they suspect the poisonings are deliberate and possibly involve antifreeze.

Stuart Hunter, who lives in Dunstan Street, said his cat Freddie was put down because of suspected poisoning.

Tests showed Freddie had high levels of antifreeze in his system.

Mr Hunter said: "He had been really lethargic for a few days, he had not moved about or anything, so [we] decided to take him to the emergency vets on Sunday.

"[They] took some blood tests, but after 10 minutes they came back and they were off the chart, so he [the vet] said that there's a high amount of antifreeze in his system so he assumed that he'd been poisoned."

BBC News Travel

The A1 is closed southbound near Claypole.

It's closed between the Balderton and Long Bennington junctions.

It's because of a vehicle fire, emergency services are on the way.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Broxtowe Borough Council currently has a backlog of 480 premises waiting for their hygiene ratings to be checked - nearly 90% of the total number they are responsible for.

At least one eatery has not been checked since 2008.

Tonight, councillors will be asked to endorse a plan that will see three more inspectors employed temporarily to clear the backlog.

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Sue Kudryk, who owns the Metro cafe in Beeston, said their premises was last checked in November 2014 when it was given a five-star rating.

She said: "I believed it was supposed to be an annual check, so from the moment when the year came up I anticipated a visit and nobody has been in touch."

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Three masked people have gone into a house in Dronfield and threatened an elderly couple inside, demanding money, Derbyshire Police has said, external.

The couple needed hospital treatment after the ordeal.

Image source, Google

The gang left the house on Bents Lane at about 13:50 BST in a small, dark blue car.

Police want to hear from anyone who may have seen the suspects or the car.

Injured pace bowler Jake Ball will miss Nottinghamshire's One-Day Cup final and England's first Test against South Africa.