'Scary' rape message on uni bathroom floor
Lampard named as Derby manager
Imam jailed for sex assaults on boy
Smoking ban 'fuelling prison violence'
Otters 'breed for first time in Peak District'
Man charged over death of woman
Foxes to host Valencia at home
Latest updates for Thursday 31 May 2018
Dave Wade
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Leicester City are to host Spanish side Valencia at the King Power Stadium as part of the Foxes' preparations for the 2018-19 season.
The friendly is Leicester's only home pre-season fixture.
The visit of the six-time La Liga winners will take place on Wednesday, August 1 - 10 days before the start of the new Premier League campaign.
It will be the first time the two clubs have met since 2011.
Mohammed Rabani is jailed for five years for abusing his victim in the attic of a mosque.
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The Prison Officers' Association (POA) has commented on the report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Leicester.
The report said a new smoking ban, psychoactive drugs and an influx of younger prisoners have fuelled an increase in violence at the jail.
A POA spokesman said the level of assaults "remains a concern" but the report "portrays a picture of a prison that is slowly improving".
"These improvements are a direct result of a governor and the senior management team that work hand-in-hand with staff representatives within the establishment," he said.
"Levels of self-inflicted death also remain a concern for the POA. Improvements in safer custody training and suicide awareness should help staff to support prisoners in crisis."
It might be grey out there today, but that's not stopped you getting some lovely landscape shots in the East Midlands countryside.
Here's Woodborough in Nottinghamshire...
Image source, David eThis great shot was captured in Ilkeston, Derbyshire...
Image source, bryAnd this is Hinckley in Leicestershire.
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Sandish Shoker
BBC News
The University of Nottingham Students' Union has called a rape message created on the bathroom floor at a halls of residence "shocking" and "totally unacceptable".
In a statement the union added: "We would like to take this opportunity to remind all students of the behavioural standards that generally make our student community so strong."
The university has started an investigation and the union's advice team has encouraged any students who have experienced hate crime to get in touch.
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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
Up to 2,000 Leicestershire women should now have received a letter telling them they were among the hundreds of thousands of women nationally who were not invited for a routine breast screening due to a computer error.
The figure was revealed in a statement by Councillor Pam Posnett, chairwoman of Leicestershire County Council's Health and Wellbeing Board.
As part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme all women, aged between 50 and 70, are invited for an examination every three years but an investigation in January found some women were not invited when they should have been.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is believed hundreds of women across the country might have died prematurely as a result of the IT error, and that others ended up enduring treatment as a result of appointment letters not being sent out.
Those affected should by now have received notification they were missed and the offer of a screening appointment by the end of October.
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Notts County announced their first new signing of the summer as midfielder Tom Crawford from Chester for an undisclosed fee....on his 19th birthday.
There's more incomings on the way at Notts today.
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We told you yesterday about a rather sorry looking flower box in Beeston, described by residents as "dull" and "disappointing".
Image source, Neville WestermanThe town was feeling like it had been left behind in the month of Nottingham in Bloom.
Well it now looks as if the council has grabbed their pruning shears and spruced it up.
Neville Westerman snapped this council worker in the Square this morning.
This is how it looked yesterday.
Image source, Jon SpeedBroxtowe Borough Council said they had been delayed in planting this year and had pencilled it in for this weekend.
England and Notts batsman Alex Hales says he will assess whether to return to red-ball cricket after the 2019 World Cup.
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An Islamic leader who was found guilty of indecently assaulting a boy in a Nottingham mosque's attic has been jailed.
Mohammed Rabani, 61, was an imam at a mosque in Sneinton for more than 25 years and carried out the sexual assaults on the boy between 1990 to 1992, when the victim was aged 12 to 13.
Rabani, from St Stephen's Road, Sneinton, was sentenced to five years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court today.
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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
A purpose-built women's hospital costing £93m could be built on the Leicester Royal Infirmary site.
The unit, which would house maternity services as well as gynaecology and fertility services, could be built opposite the entrance to the new adult A&E department.
If plans get the go ahead, it will free up the Kensington building which currently houses some of those services and would allow hospital chiefs to create a children's hospital there instead.
The move is one of two options being considered for children's services after the hospital trust was told it must move the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC), from Glenfield Hospital to the LRI site by April 2020.
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has already made a bid for £397m for several projects including the new women's hospital.
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Manchester City are hopeful of completing the double signing of Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez and Napoli midfielder Jorginho by the end of next week.
Image source, Getty ImagesMahrez will cost about £60m with Jorginho's fee anticipated to be £42m.
In January, City walked away from a potential deal for Mahrez because they were put off by Leicester's valuation.
It sparked a dispute between the 27-year-old and Leicester, with the player handing in a transfer request.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Almost £60,000 has been raised in a month to help Derby Theatre's artistic director, Sarah Brigham, get treatment for a rare form of cancer in Germany.
Sarah was diagnosed in January with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), which can't be treated by chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
She's now hoping to have the specialist treatment at a clinic in Heidelberg, Germany.
Image source, University of DerbyShe told BBC Radio Derby: "Because it's [the cancer] so rare there isn't enough people that have done randomised trials in the UK for it to be available on the NHS and there are only five centres around the world to get this treatment."
Sarah's friends set up the fundraising page a few weeks ago and managed to raise £15,000 in the first day.
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A family-owned newspaper has been bought by publisher, Iliffe Media.
Joanna Parlby, chairman of the Advertiser Media Group, which currently runs the Newark Advertiser, told the Hold the Front Page website, external the the long-term future of the company was “better protected as part of a larger-scaled operation”.
Chief executive of Iliffe Media, Edward Iliffe said: “We are delighted to be acquiring such a well-respected local newspaper as the Newark Advertiser."
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Four people were arrested during a drugs raid at a flat in Derby yesterday.
Officers were called over complaints of drug-related anti-social behaviour in the area and a quantity of drugs and related paraphernalia were seized from the flat on Siddals Road.
Two women aged 47 and 25 and two men aged 32 and 29 were arrested on suspicion of possession of a class B drug with intent to supply.
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyThree of those arrested have since been released under investigation while the 32-year-old man will appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court today as he was also wanted for failing to appear at court.
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Here's the footage from the University of Sheffield showing what they believe is evidence otters are breeding in the Peak District.
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The researchers said you can see a cub copying his mum's behaviour.
They're apparently sniffing for droppings left by other otters.
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Otterly amazing news.
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The footage shows the mum and her young cub sniffing the area before sliding back into the river side by side.
Last year the university team captured the first ever footage of wild otters in the national park., external
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This is just fantastic.
Seven-year-old Isla Tansey, who has terminal spinal cancer, started a campaign to decorate and hide stones.
Isla, from Hinckley, asked people to take a selfie when they find one and post it on social media using the hashtag #islastones.
Image source, Australian Antarctica ProgramNow the campaign has reached Antarctica.
This Isla Stone, which is actually made of wood because of environmental protections on the frozen continent, was created by the Australian Antarctica Program.
The researchers emailed Isla saying: "The team at Mawson research station all send their love and hope the photos bring a smile to Isla's face."
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Lampard, taking on his first managerial role, was one of 20 applicants for the job and becomes Derby's seventh appointment in just over three years.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe replaces Gary Rowett as Rams boss after he left to take charge at Stoke City.
The 39-year-old, capped 106 times by England, made 649 appearances for Chelsea and is their record goalscorer.
Derby finished sixth in the second tier last season but lost in the play-off semi-finals to Fulham and have been without a manager since Rowett's departure on 22 May.
"I've always wanted to manage a club with a big tradition and history like Derby County, so this is a huge opportunity," said Lampard.
