Shopkeeper jailed for having sex with girls as young as 13
Council consults families about half term holidays
Babington Hospital to close
Council calls for rethink on electrification of Midland Mainline
Leicester sixth fastest growing city centre
Man in 'tangle' sends police a thank-you note
Seven shops and businesses targeted in ram-raids
Latest updates Friday 22 June
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Have you seen 82-year-old Peter Coyne?
He's from Stockport but was visiting family in Riverside Road, Lutterworth, on Saturday when he disappeared.
Police said Peter left his relatives' house at 14.00 but didn't return. They said he likes to go on walks in the countryside on his own but is known to return a short time later.
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Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Erewash has been rated as the best area for food hygiene in a new study by consumer watchdog Which?
Data from nearly 400 local authorities was analysed for the study - which put Birmingham and Hyndburn in Lancashire at the bottom of the rankings.
It's the second year in a row Erewash has topped the table. Basingstoke came second.
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BBC News
Police believe a body found in the River Derwent in Draycott yesterday is missing man Trevor Needham, external.
The 68-year-old, from Codnor, was last seen near the river at Darley Abbey Mills on 4 April.
Derbyshire Police said: "Formal identification has yet to take place but we believe the body to be that of Mr Needham. His family has been informed."
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BBC News
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has hit back at critics unhappy about his use of swear words on Twitter.
The former Leicester City striker tweeted on Saturday, external: "To the tiny minority: I like swearing as it adds emphasis occasionally.
"I don’t do it on television as obviously you probably don’t watch football to hear what I’ve got to say. But on Twitter you can always unfollow if a few letters put together to form a word offends you."
The 57-year-old is a regular Twitter user, commenting on sport and current affairs as well as responding to followers and bickering with Piers Morgan.
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Derby County boss Frank Lampard says there's no reason England supporters should have to rein in their ambitions following yesterday's record-breaking 6-1 win over Panama at the World Cup.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I don’t see why we’d be negative and say we hope we get to the quarter-finals. Look at the talent in our squad and the way they’re playing, why should we write ourselves off?
“Huge credit to Gareth Southgate for changing the philosophy of the team over the past couple of years."
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Gavin Bevis
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Just to make Monday morning a little more miserable...
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Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A man has been charged with GBH, ABH and affray, external after an alleged assault in Stenson Fields.
Police were called to Pilgrims Way in the early hours of Sunday where a man was found with serious injuries.
A 27-year-old man from Borrowash is due to appear before magistrates in Derby later today.
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Read MoreDilan Amin was jailed for 12 years for "preying on young girls" who visited his shop.
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