Summary

  • Woman dies after being hit by car on A50

  • Protest march organised after four stabbings in three days

  • Woman in 'serious condition' after three car crash

  • Online paedophile investigation unit arrests hundreds

  • Investigation continues after woman, 100, has neck broken in bag snatch

  • Call to recognise Vale of Belvoir as Area of Outstanding National Beauty

  • Latest updates for Tuesday 29 May 2018

  1. The twins who have England seeing doublepublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Meet Ryan and Jordan Olowofela, the 20-year-old identical twins featuring for England in sevens and at under-20 level.

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  2. Social media appeal fails to reunite boy with lost teddypublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    A mother who's been desperately trying to track down her two-year-old son's beloved teddy bear after it was left on a bus in Stapleford says she's nearly given up hope.

    Jennifer Balloch launched an appeal to locate Angeloux after it was accidentally left on the Trent Barton i4 bus when the pair got off at Memorial Garden last week.

    The beloved toy, which has been owned by her son Ronnie since he was four months old, has yet to resurface and Mrs Balloch said she had now bought a replacement teddy.

    She said on Twitter, external: "It would’ve been a wonderful story to get him back, but if anyone does have him then I hope he brings as much love and joy to your family as he has to ours."

    AngelouxImage source, Jennifer Balloch
  3. Third operation for 'acid attack' horsepublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    Cinders, a horse who had pioneering surgery earlier this month using fish skin, has undergone her third round of surgery.

    The animal was found dumped in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, after being badly burnt in a suspected acid attack and has been having the surgery at the Rainbow Equine Hospital in North Yorkshire.

    Vet David Rendle from the equine hospital, said: "Within 30 minutes of the end of surgery Cinders lifted her head, looked around and simply stood up, unflustered. Another 30 minutes later she was back in her stable enjoying her lunch."

    CindersImage source, Rainbow Equine Hospital

    More than £14,000 was raised in donations for Cinders to have the surgery which was dubbed as "a world first" using a dressing made from the skin of a tilapia fish to aid the growth of fresh tissue.

  4. Vardy to be offered megabucks Foxes deal, reports tabloidpublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Today's Daily Star says Jamie Vardy could be set to pick up a whopping £120,000 a week when he signs a new deal at Leicester City.

    Read more about the speculation in BBC Sport's football gossip column.

    Jamie VardyImage source, PA
  5. Watch: Police share city centre car chase videopublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Gavin Bevis
    BBC News

    Derbyshire Police's roads policing unit has shared footage of a car chase that took place in Derby city centre on Sunday night.

    We're assuming that's not the officer's real name...

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  6. Woman dies after being hit by carpublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    A pedestrian has died after she was hit by a car on the A50 near Derby this morning.

    The crash happened just after midnight on the westbound carriageway between junction 3 near Chellaston and junction 4.

    Derbyshire Constabulary confirmed a woman had died at the scene.

    The road reopened at 05.30 this morning

    A50Image source, Google
  7. Online paedophile investigation unit arrests hundredspublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Jeremy Ball
    Social affairs correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today

    Hundreds of people have been arrested by a Leicestershire Police team investigating online paedophiles in the past year.

    It’s part of a specialist "digital hub" that’s transforming police inquiries by analysing computers, phones, and even sat-navs in order to track down those involved in online abuse.

    There are about 50 digital investigators and I saw them dismantling phones and computers, even one of those voice-activated "Alexa" devices you might have in your home.

    Det Ch Insp Shaun Orton, who is in charge of the digital hub, said in a year they had examined 4,000 phones.

    phones

    He said: "These days a lot of the evidence is computers, hard drives, phones and data that's stored on the cloud so we have to find a way of gathering that, identifying it and breaking any encryption and passwords that might be associated with it."

    Another section in the hub that's screened off is where officers trawl through images and videos that are sometimes so horrific they need psychological help.

    A lot of their work is making a real difference but the real challenge is coping with the sheer volume of evidence they're finding.

  8. Bag snatch neck break probe continuespublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Dave Wade
    BBC News

    Police continue to appeal for help after a 100-year-old woman was left with a broken neck when a handbag thief knocked her over.

    The woman was attacked from behind and pushed to the floor near the junction of St Chad's Road and Empress Road in Normanton, Derby, at 08:30 yesterday.

    Police said the victim, who is being treated in hospital, also suffered bruising to her face but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

    Det Sgt Laura Kershaw said: “The victim has been unable to give us a description of the person or persons responsible for this robbery – that is why we need your help to find who did this."

    The stolen green bag was found nearby.

    BagImage source, Derbyshire Police
  9. Three stabbings across Nottingham over the weekendpublished at 08:20 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    We ended last week with news of a stabbing in Arnold in the early hours of Friday morning, but police say there were three more in Nottingham over the weekend.

    A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in Alfreton Road, Radford around 22.00 on Friday; a 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital after being slashed in Hawthorn Crescent, Arnold, at about 14:10 on Saturday; and a 29-year-old man was treated for non life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in Allen's Walk, Arnold at 15.00 on Saturday.

    Allen's Walk, ArnoldImage source, Google

    In the Allen's Walk stabbing, a 20-year-old man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and threatening a person with an offensive weapon.

    Nottinghamshire Police say they do not think the stabbings are linked and have increased patrols in the Gedling area.

  10. MP wants recognition for local beauty spotpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Conservative MP for Newark Robert Jenrick has said he will be asking Environment Secretary Michael Gove to consider making the Vale of Belvoir a national park after he announced a review into the country's network of parks over the weekend.

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  11. Watch: East Midlands weather outlookpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    Here's what the weather has in store for Tuesday...

  12. Good morning: Welcome to today's updatespublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2018

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    Good morning, hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!

    Dave Wade will be joining me to bring you all the latest news, sport, weather and travel throughout the day.

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