Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Derby City Council says it can balance the books next year without cutting services - the first time it's been able to say that since 2010 - but about 100 jobs are to go across the authority.

The council will unveil its 2018/19 budget later and says the £9.7m savings it needs to make can be achieved by improving efficiency behind the scenes.

But charges at car parks are likely to go up and council tax will rise by 5% - that's an extra £60 a year for people in a Band D property.

Cabinet member for finance, Baggy Shanker, said: "There have been some difficult decisions already been taken.

"At the moment it looks good but given inflation pressures and any other central government cuts that may be added to what we know now, that position may or may not change."

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Some properties in Eastwood might have their water supply disrupted because of a burst pipe this morning, Severn Trent said.

Engineers are on site to fix the repair at Walker Street, the firm said.

Image source, Google

BBC Sport

The former Nottingham Forest owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi admits he thought it was going to be easy to get the Reds promoted to the Premier League.

Al-Hasawi says that after success in Kuwait he was shocked to find the Championship was so difficult.

You can watch his first interview since selling the club almost six months ago on the BBC Nottingham Sport facebook page., external

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

More than 11,000 people have pledged their support to save the residential wing of a special school in Loughborough.

Shutting the unit at Maplewell Hall School would save nearly £300,000 according to Leicestershire County Council but parents say the move is short sighted.

Image source, Maplewell Hall School

Headteacher Jason Brooks said: "Hopefully people will see sense, I understand that the local authority have to make cuts to government but hopefully they will look at different areas apart from venerable groups, which seems to be the trend."

The county council says they are listening to all parties and have yet to make a decision.

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

A woman from Leicester has been explaining why she chose not to climb the famous Australian peak Uluru when she visited with a group.

It's been announced that tourists will be banned from scaling the landmark from 2019 to respect the wishes of Aboriginal Australians, who view it as sacred.

Image source, Getty Images

Zoe Barker, who was 18 at the time, said she didn't want to cause offence to the Aboriginal community and she felt the members of her party who did climb it were being selfish.

She added visitors can still enjoy the attraction without going up it.

Image source, Zoe Barker

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Derby train maker Bombardier is among five firms shortlisted to build 225mph trains for HS2.

Rail minister Paul Maynard says the £2.75bn contract will create "thousands of skilled British jobs and apprenticeships".

Image source, PA

Alstom Transport, Hitachi Rail Europe, Patentes Talgo and Siemens are also competing for the contract, set to be awarded in late 2019.

Calum McKenzie
BBC Local Live

One of the UK's most successful toy factories which was based in Coalville is to be remembered with a plaque.

Palitoy, which started production in 1937, produced toys for six decades including Action Man and Star Wars figures.

It also manufactured Play-doh, Care Bears, Airfix and Mainline Railways before closing in 1985.

Image source, TOM WILKINSON/PA

Leicestershire County Council, which was behind the award said it deserved recognition for helping "stoke children's imaginations".

At the height of its success in the 1970s, Palitoy had sold more than 20m Action Man dolls and employed about 1,000 people.

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

A motorcyclist has died in a crash with a car in Duckmanton.

The 18-year-old's Honda CBR 125 and a Ford Focus collided in Staveley Road at about 19:00 yesterday.

The teenager died at the scene. Police have appealed for witnesses.

Image source, Google

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

A stretch of the A38 between the Markeaton and Kingsway islands has been revealed as the most polluted road in Derby.

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request to Derby City Council showed the stretch has 60 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide in each cubic metre of air - 50% higher than the 40 microgram limit the government deems acceptable.

Image source, Google

An average of 37,000 vehicles travel along the road each day, of which about 4,000 are lorries.

The city council has been invited to comment.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Giant poppies have been displayed on lampposts in the region as a symbol of respect to those who died during the first and second world wars.

Next year marks 100 years since the end of hostilities in World War One and this year the Royal British Legion is asking people to "rethink remembrance".

Villages in Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire have taken part in the RBL initiative to display large poppies.

Gavin Bevis
BBC Local Live

Highways England, external is reporting these problems right now:

• The M1 southbound is closed between J31 and J30 following an accident
• There are delays on the M1 northbound between J30 and J31
• Traffic is slow on the A52 eastbound between the M1 and the A6007
• There's congestion on the M1 southbound exit slip road at J24a

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Here's how Thursday's shaping up.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

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