Summary

  • Lord mayor's head too big for hat

  • Arrest over Eastwood 'machete confrontation'

  • M1 shut after lorry sheds loads

  • Derby lacking disabled-friendly rental properties

  • Rutland County Council's drug and alcohol services cut by almost half

  • Updates on Friday 11 May 2018

  1. Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 Leicester Citypublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 13 May 2018

    Manager Mauricio Pochettino says it is an "exciting moment" for Tottenham after they beat Leicester 5-4 to seal third place.

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  2. Coventry City 1-1 Notts Countypublished at 21:41 British Summer Time 12 May 2018

    Coventry City net a controversial late penalty to draw level with Notts County in their League Two play-off semi-final.

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  3. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Live coverage on this page is now over for another week. East Midlands Live returns from 08:00 on Monday.

  4. Weather: Some rain around overnightpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    Patchy and mainly light rain will spread from the west later in the evening, but this will die out after midnight with some clear spells by morning.

    Quite breezy to start the night with winds decreasing in the early hours of Saturday. Minimum temperature 5C (41F).

  5. Nottingham submits bid to be home of Channel 4published at 17:57 British Summer Time 11 May 2018
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    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    Nottingham has bid to become the new home of Channel 4.

    Channel 4 logoImage source, AFP/Getty Images

    The broadcaster is searching for a base and two other hubs outside London with plans to move hundreds of jobs.

    Jon Collins, the leader of the city council, said: "Nottingham would be the perfect fit for Channel 4, it shares the same sense of rebellion and radical ideas that have always driven and shaped our city."

    The city will face competition from the likes of Liverpool and Newcastle and Gateshead, who have also submitted bids.

    A decision on the new hubs' locations is expected later this year and it is intended they will open in 2019.

  6. Council writes off almost £2,000 of parking ticketspublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    More than 70 parking tickets issued to foreign cars and totaling almost £2,000 have been written off by Leicestershire County Council.

    A Freedom of Information request revealed 74 tickets issued by the local authority since 2016 to foreign registered vehicles were never paid.

    The total cost written off by the council was £1,965 and is calculated at the 50% early repayment rate, the local democracy reporter service reported.

    Leicestershire County Council
  7. Power cut affecting more 800 propertiespublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

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    BBC News

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  8. Council urged to help fund Lancaster memorialpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    Nottinghamshire County Council is being urged to spend £10,000 towards a full size replica of a Lancaster bomber between Newark and Lincoln.

    Artists impression of a LancasterImage source, Bomber County Gateway Trust

    The group behind the project, the Bomber County Gateway Trust, hopes to have it in place by Armistice Day later this year.

    It wants to raise around £35,000 to fund the model and has so far raised £5,655, the local democracy reporter service reported.

    The request for funding will be considered by the authority's policy committee next Wednesday.

    A report is recommending they approve it.

  9. England fans sentenced for breaching banning orderspublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    Four men have admitted breaching football banning orders after failing to hand in their passports before an England match.

    Corner flag and big screen at the Amsterdam ArenaImage source, Reuters

    They had been due to hand them in to Derbyshire Police before Gareth Southgate's side faced the Netherlands in Amsterdam in March but failed to do so.

    Jorge Groves-Eley, 24 and Michael Sinnott, 54, both from Derby, were handed six-month conditional discharges.

    Alex May, 20, from Long Eaton was also handed the same conditional discharge and James Findley, 27, from Glossop, was ordered to pay costs.

    PC Allan Guy said: "This sends out a message ahead of the World Cup in Russia that positive action will be taken against anyone that breaches their banning orders."

  10. Dealer found with £10k worth of drugs in his carpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    A man has been jailed for four years after being caught with drugs worth an estimated £10,000 in his car.

    Kasim HaqueImage source, Nottinghamshire Police

    Police first arrested Kasim Haque in June 2017 on suspicion of of possession with intent to supply cannabis and cocaine.

    Officers later found the 34-year-old's car contained more cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, nitrous oxide gas canisters and cash.

    Haque, previously of New Basford, had been due to stand trial, but changed his plea to guilty to four drug supply charges. He was sentenced yesterday.

  11. Search for man missing in Colombiapublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Joe Tilley was last seen near the Fin del Mundo waterfall in the Putumayo region on Saturday.

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  12. Police find 'more than 50' cannabis plants at housepublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC News

    A man has been arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis after police discovered dozens of plants at a property in Coalville.

    Cannabis plantsImage source, North West Leicestershire Police/Twitter

    Police made the discovery of more than 50 plants at around 07:30 this morning and then detained a 28-year-old male.

    The man, who is from Coalville, remains in police custody.

  13. Football: Cummings hoping Forest will sell himpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Press Association

    Jason Cummings has said he would like to stay at Rangers rather than return to Nottingham Forest when his loan deal ends.

    Jason CummingsImage source, PA

    The 22-year-old is due to return to the East Midlands after Rangers' final game of the season on Sunday against Hibernian.

    He said: "We've still not worked anything out but personally I want to stay. I want to be here.

    "The new manager [Steven Gerrard] will definitely be watching and it will be up to him who he brings in. As I say I want to stay here so I'll have to do my best to impress him.

    "I'm not too sure if Forest will want me back. I think they will be happy to sell me on. Hopefully I can sign for Rangers."

  14. Concern over speed of prison building schemepublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Danny Shaw
    BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

    Plans for 10,000 new prison places for men are well behind schedule.

    Prison

    The Ministry of Justice had also promised to "invest £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new adult prison places" by the end of 2020, enabling the closure of poorly maintained and expensive-to-run Victorian jails.

    But the only new building work to have started since is on the site of Stocken Prison, near Stretton in Rutland, where a new house block will provide 206 places.

    Planning permission has been granted for new jails on land at Glen Parva prison, Leicestershire; Wellingborough, Northamptonshire; and Full Sutton, Yorkshire, but no construction work has begun yet.

    Officials acknowledged there had been delays in the prison building programme but said the department remained "committed" to providing 10,000 additional prison places.

  15. No new deals on offer at relegated Chesterfieldpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Chesterfield FC have announced none of their first-team players whose contracts are due to expire this summer will be offered new deals, external.

    The club, which has been relegated from the football league, said Ian Evatt (pictured), Sam Hird, Drew Talbot, Josh Kay, Giles Coke, Dylan Parkin and Jack Brownell would all be departing.

    Director Ashley Carson said: "When we spoke to the short-listed candidates for the managerial vacancy, they all supported the view that we needed a fresh start following relegation."

    Ian EvattImage source, Getty Images
  16. School material loan service set to be axedpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Eddie Bisknell
    Local Democracy Reporter

    A scheme that loans books and learning material to schools in Derby and Derbyshire is set to be axed due to a lack of demand.

    A report due to go before Derbyshire County Council's cabinet next week recommends the Derbyshire and Derby City Schools Library Service ends on 31 July and is completely decommissioned by 31 March.

    The authority said only a third of eligible schools currently borrowed material.

    School Library Service base in DerbyImage source, Google

    The service offers a range of loanable educational resources, including books, artefacts, framed paintings, prints and posters, DVDs, CDs, textiles and resource packs.

    These would be shared out permanently between schools in the area and any resources deemed not suitable offered to museums or auctioned off.

    Four jobs would be lost as part of the closure.

  17. Fines for car window rubbish drops 'set to double'published at 15:20 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Amy Orton
    Local Democracy Reporter

    People caught dropping rubbish from their vehicle will be fined £150 if councillors approve a penalty increase.

    Cigarette buttsImage source, PA

    Blaby District Council's cabinet is set to double the existing £75 fine when it meets on 14 May.

    Changes to environmental policy could also see the vehicle owner fined if the perpetrator is unable to be identified, meaning drivers could be left footing the bill for passengers.

    The new penalty amounts will be introduced after national guidelines were altered giving more power to local authorities.

    The changes are expected to come into force on 1 June.

  18. Armed police swoop after school fancy dress mix-uppublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Armed police rushed to a suburban street in Newark today following reports people were walking along carrying deadly weapons - only to discover they were local school leavers in fancy dress.

    The misunderstanding happened in Baines Avenue, New Balderton, early this morning.

    Armed policeImage source, Getty Images

    A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said: "We were called just after 7:35 today with a report of a hooded man carrying a baseball bat and a man wearing a mask carrying what appeared to be a gun.

    "Firearms officers quickly attended and searched the area and were satisfied there was no genuine threat. After making further inquires it emerged there were a number of school leavers in the area in fancy dress."

  19. 'Chaos' as part of M1 closes for weekendpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Drivers including football fans and people catching flights are being warned to expect disruption.

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  20. Sheep left feeling sheepish after hedge rescuepublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 11 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Life as a police officer isn't always about drug raids and tackling violent criminals.

    Officers in Rutland were called upon earlier to help rescue a poor sheep that had got itself stuck in a hedge.

    The stricken creature was successfully pulled from its precarious position and helped back to a field off Wing Road in Oakham.

    Sheep stuck in hedgeImage source, Rutland Police