Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Nottinghamshire have handed Academy fast bowler Jack Blatherwick his first professional contract at the club, external.

The 20-year-old made his first team debut in May and was chosen as England's 12th man against India at Trent Bridge in the summer.

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He said: “I’ll be sharing a dressing room with players I have watched from an early age and it will be brilliant to get involved with it.

“For me, there will be no better advice in the changing room than having a couple of international bowlers, and lads who have been around the game a long time, to learn and get advice from.”

Division Two side Derbyshire release wicketkeeper Gary Wilson by mutual consent.

Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter

A "deplorable" doctor put patients at risk by not recommending appropriate tests and failing to check and keep medical records.

A medical tribunal found that Leicester GP Dr Kevin Newley, who ran The Maples Surgery, in Evington Road, provided poor care to patients resulting in his fitness to practise being impaired.

A report by the Medical Practioners Tribunal Service identified a large number of findings of misconduct that it said can cumulatively be regarded as serious misconduct relating to patients treated by Dr Newley between 2006 and 2014.

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The allegations related to seven different patients and involved matters of "fundamental importance" including history taking, record keeping and communication with patients. In the case of one patient, Dr Newley did not make contact asking him to attend the surgery after test results indicated more investigation was required.

One example of inappropriate communication in a consultation that was given came from a patient's evidence who said that Dr Newley had asked him: "If it's positive what are you going to do about your great big prostate? Have it chopped out?"

The tribunal will meet again in January to consider whether it is necessary to impose a sanction on Mr Newley, who retired in 2016, external, but remains on the GP Register with conditions applied by the General Medical Council governing any future work.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Grant Williams, who absconded from HMP Sudbury last Tuesday 25 September, has been rearrested.

The 27-year-old, who was serving a sentence for conspiracy to commit armed robbery when he left the prison, has been taken into custody by West Midlands Police.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Esrom "Hanny" Ghide, 20, was found with stab wounds to his chest and died in hospital.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Police are investigating reports gun shots were fired, external at a house in Upper Langwith last night.

Nobody was hurt in the incident, which happened in Bassett Hill at about 22:00.

A Land Rover was found burnt out in nearby Station Road a short time later.

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Det Insp Claudia Musson said: "We believe that this was a targeted attack."

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Police are urging members of the public to be vigilant after a woman was coaxed into a telephone scam.

The woman, from Leicestershire, received a call from a number appearing to be a member of her family.

Upon answering, she was told that family member had been arrested and that she must pay money to release him from custody.

The woman withdrew more than £3,000 and paid it into a BitCoin machine, as instructed by the caller, believing that this was a bail cost.

She was then told she needed to withdraw more than £6,000 to release her family member. At which point a member of staff at the bank became suspicious and intervened when she went to withdraw more cash.

No-one has been arrested in connection with the fraud and inquiries are ongoing, police said.

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Nick Smith
BBC News Online

A six-year-old boy is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a car yesterday.

At around 15:30, a blue Volkswagen hit the boy on Newdigate Street, Derby.

A Derbyshire Police spokesman said: "The boy is receiving treatment at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham for potentially life-threatening injuries."

Officers said there had been no arrests.

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Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Nottingham's Goose Fair returns today.

The fair has been part of the city's traditions for more than 700 years and will feature a number of white knuckle rides, as well as old favourites like the cake walk and carousels.

The fair runs over five days and opens at 17:30.

Image source, Getty Images

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

A consultation starts today into plans to scrap Nottinghamshire's district and borough councils.

The county council has proposed the changes to form one unitary authority to make savings, with leader Kay Cutts saying there will be cuts to services if the plans don't go ahead.

Conservative Ms Cutts said: Rather than asking people to spend more money on a system which is probably past its best, we should go back and ask what is it we’re trying to deliver for people.

“After all, they’re paying for it."

But the plans have been opposed by district councils. Jason Zadrozny, Independent leader of Ashfield District Council, said: "My massive fear for my district is that it will just be a remote outpost, services will be diluted and we are the forgotten area of Nottinghamshire."

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Police investigating a fraud in Leicester are appealing for help to identify the man in these CCTV images.

Image source, Leicestershire Police

The victim sold a property abroad and was asked to transfer the money into an account in the UK. She was contacted by a person pretending to be the buyer who gave her bank account details to send the money to. She then transferred the money into the false account.

Police have said someone attempted to withdraw the money from a bank on Narborough Road but they were unsuccessful.

Officers investigating want to speak to the man in these images and would like to hear from anyone who knows who he could be.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

A cloudy and muggy start with patches of sunshine and drizzle in the afternoon. Here's the full forecast.

Nick Smith
BBC News Online

Good morning. It's going to be me, Gavin Bevis and Amy Woodfield bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands today.