Exeter City 2-1 Chesterfieldpublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Exeter narrow the gap to rivals Wycombe in the race for promotion to League One with a nervy home win over Chesterfield.
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Men held after raids at suspected brothels
Arrest after cottage devastated in fire
East Midlands cities ranked on 'Hipster Index'
Watch: Bread making for mental health
Schmeichel set to miss Saints clash
Updates on Tuesday 17 April 2018
Exeter City 2-1 Chesterfieldpublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Arrests after suspected brothel raidspublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Five women are thought to be victims of trafficking and have been taken into shelters.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Dedicated live coverage on this page has now ended for today, but some news, sport and travel will continue to be posted automatically overnight.
East Midlands Live returns from 08:00 Wednesday morning.
Weather: Lengthy sunny spellspublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherIt should stay largely dry through tonight however it will be quite breezy. Cloud is likely to become increasingly broken, allowing for some clear spells.
Feeling mild with a minimum temperature of 10C.
There's a warm day to come tomorrow, although there will be a noticeable breeze. There will be some sunny spells in the morning and come the afternoon, these will be lengthy in nature.
A maximum temperature of 21°C.
Fugitive rapist jailed for eight yearspublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Miroslav Cicak, attacked a sex worker at knifepoint in April 2014.
Read MoreRiver Derwent set to risepublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe Environment Agency is warning the River Derwent could noticeably rise tomorrow as water from Ladybower Reservoir is released.
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End of twitter postMP's marathon run for domestic abuse charitypublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsWho said politics was all suits and meetings? Labour MP for Nottingham North is getting ready for the London Marathon this weekend.
Image source, PAAlex Norris is raising money for the Nottingham based domestic abuse charity Women's Aid Integrated Services (WAIS).
Workplace creches 'could help attract more nurses'published at 16:58 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy ReporterHealth bosses in Derbyshire are considering opening creches for nursing staff across the county to help them recruit more workers.
The move is among the options being considered by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust as it works to plug a shortfall of 400 nurses.
The trust said it wanted to make roles more flexible to take into account the work/life balance for staff.
Image source, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation TrustAmanda Rawlings, who is helping to draw up a new People Strategy, said: "As a trust we operate out of more than 100 locations across the county and could look into introducing creches to some of these, if that would help retain or bring in more staff.
"The NHS as a whole does have an issue with the gap between people leaving and joining, which isn't huge in Derbyshire or within our trust, but there are 400 open positions for nurses Derbyshire-wide."
East Midlands cities ranked on 'Hipster Index'published at 16:34 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIt would seem the East Midlands is quite a "hipster" place to live - with Nottingham, Leicester and Derby all featuring in the latest "Hipster Index".
Image source, Getty ImagesThe index was compiled by MoveHub, external, who looked at 446 cities across 20 countries. The number of vegan cafes, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques and coffee shops were all taken into account.
Nottingham was crowned the 57th most hipster city - that's a higher ranking than London and New York.
Leicester took 217th place followed by Derby in 263rd place.
Watch: Bread making for mental healthpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA bread-making club is being set up in Leicestershire to help people living with mental health issues.
Sessions will be run by volunteers who will encourage people to talk as they're baking.
Ferrari and BMW caught speeding on M6published at 16:25 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
The BMW, travelling at 145mph, was overtaking a Ferrari travelling at 135mph.
Read MoreRapist who fled to Germany after Bradford attack jailedpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
A man who raped a sex worker in Bradford and then went on the run to Germany has been jailed for eight years today.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceMiroslav Cicak, 24 of Stubley Lane, Dronfield attacked the woman in Girlington in April 2014 - He walked with his victim to a car park where he asked her for sex, pulled a knife out and raped her.
An appeal was made on TV show Crimewatch to track Cicak down and in August 2017 a European Arrest Warrant was issued after it became apparent he left the country.
Three years after the attack officers found him in Germany and he was arrested and brought back to the UK.
He will now serve his sentence before being deported to Slovakia.
Quote MessageToday’s outcome brings a successful conclusion to a lengthy investigation and I would like to thank everyone who helped us to locate Cicak."
Det Const Simon Wilcock, West Yorkshire Police
Tigers training to get tasty - Veainupublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Leicester's Telusa Veainu expects training to involve a few "punch-ups" after a below-par display in defeat by Northampton.
Read MoreParalysed woman breaks marathon recordpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIn case you missed it yesterday - this was the moment Melton's Claire Lomas finished the Manchester Marathon after eight days of walking in a bionic suit.
She beat her 2012 record, where she finished the London Marathon in 17 days.
Men held after raids at suspected brothelspublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsTwo men have been arrested and five potential victims identified as part of an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring.
Police said two suspected brothels in Violet Street, Normanton, and Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, were visited this morning along with flats at Station Court, Burton.
One man was arrested in Burton while a second man was detained at the Uttoxeter New Road house.
The pair, aged 32 and 27, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic with a view to exploitation and are in custody ahead of questioning.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceConcern for missing Bulwell manpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsHave you seen Jonathon Wallace? He was reported missing from the Bulwell area of Nottingham yesterday evening.
Police have said they are "concerned for his safety".
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceLeicester 21-27 Northamptonpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Northampton inflict a heavy blow on Leicester's Premiership play-off hopes with a dramatic win at Welford Road.
Read MoreChurch Street to remain closed after cottage firepublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThe road has been cordoned off since crews arrived to tackle the blaze, which broke out shortly before 04:00.
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End of twitter postSchmeichel set to miss Saints clashpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
BBC Leicester SportClaude Puel confirms that Kasper Schmeichel is a major doubt for the visit of Southampton on Thursday.
The Foxes goalkeeper has an ankle knock and did not train today.
Shinji Okazaki is also a doubt and will be assessed tomorrow. Daniel Amartey trained today but the Southampton game comes too soon. Ndidi is back from suspension.
Image source, PADerby unemployment reaches three-year highpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 17 April 2018
Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporterThe number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance in Derby has risen by 23% in the last six months to 3,275 - its highest level in three years.
In some areas, like the Arboretum ward of the city, the proportion of people claiming out-of-work benefits has risen by 38% in that time.
Nationally, the JSA claimant rate in England increased by 13% over the same period.
