Derby can play better - Lampardpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Despite thrashing West Brom 4-1 away from home, Derby County manager Frank Lampard says his team were not at their best.
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Ex-England striker Dion Dublin 'racially abused' in Chesterfield
Skydiver killed after fatal 'misjudgement'
Grand Prix museum slashes prices as cars recalled
Mansfield murder victim remembered 200 years later
Man arrested after teenager stabbed
Man jailed for sexually abusing boy from age of two
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Derby can play better - Lampardpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Man jailed for planting hoax bomb in love rival's carpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA man who stalked his former girlfriend and planted a hoax bomb in her husband's car has been jailed for more than three and a half years.
Police said Riyaz Khan put two packages in the car parked in Huntingdon Road in Leicester in June. He also planted a memory stick in the vehicle containing indecent images of children.
The road was closed for more than nine hours while the Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit investigated the items.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceKhan, of no fixed address, would also stalk his former girlfriend by continuously contacting her and driving by her home, the force added.
The 27-year-old admitted to charges of stalking, criminal damage and perverting the course of justice. He was found not guilty of possession of indecent images of children.
At Leicester Crown Court yesterday he was jailed for three years and nine months.
Video: Dashcam captures A50 crashpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News OnlineThis is the moment a car spins out of control on a busy duel carriageway after a crash.
Kayleigh Needham, from Leicester, and her friends were driving to Alton Towers for a friend's birthday when it happened on the A50 near Derby on Wednesday morning.
Miss Needham said: "I can’t explain how lucky we are to be alive and how quickly I reacted."
The driver of the lorry stopped at the scene and exchanged details.
Police attended and inquiries are ongoing. No arrests have been made.
Man calls 999 after 'going 3p' over at petrol stationpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Ben Truslove
BBC News OnlineA man who put 3p of petrol more than he intended into his car called 999 when the filling station demanded payment.
In audio released by Nottinghamshire Police, the caller is heard refusing to break into a £10 note to cover the 3p.
Other examples of time wasting 999 calls revealed by Nottinghamshire police include someone who found a hair in their food; someone in need of a taxi; asking police to take action after half of a takeaway order was missing; and to find out why the buses were running four minutes late.
The force said the majority of the 108,258 calls between April and October made to the emergency number were genuine emergencies but it was still receiving "spurious and misplaced calls".
Man jailed for sexually abusing boy from age of twopublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA Nottingham pensioner has been jailed for 16 years, external for abusing a young boy over a 12-year period.
Police said Kenneth Sunderland, now 71, began abusing the boy in the 1960s when he was two years old.
Sunderland, of Grindon Crescent, Bulwell, was found guilty of six indecent assaults and two serious attempted sexual offences on a child after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court last month.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceThe force added that in 2016, shortly before it was reported to police, the victim sought an apology from Sunderland who said “it was not rape whatever it was”.
He will be on the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life and has been given a restraining order to keep away from the victim.
Det Con Alicia Harrison said: "Sunderland is a vile man. I am glad he will now spend his later years behind bars."
Skydiver died after jump 'misjudgement'published at 11:35 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Aiden Chaffe, 31, held his dive for too long in a routine training exercise, his father says.
Read MoreWatch: Pumpkin party for Twycross gorillaspublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsTwycross Zoo has shared footage of two of its gorillas enjoying a Halloween party.
The video features father and son Oumbi and Lope, Western Lowland gorillas, getting to grips with a pile of pumpkins.
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End of youtube videoBryan Adams to bring Robin Hood hit back to Nottinghampublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsRock legend Bryan Adams has announced he's playing Nottingham in the spring.
The Canadian - famous for scoring a massive hit with the theme to the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves - will bring his seven-date UK tour to the Motorpoint Arena on 2 March.
Perhaps he'll pay a visit to Sherwood Forest while he's here.
Magpies cup game postponedpublished at 10:34 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsNotts County's Checkatrade Trophy match at home to Doncaster Rovers next month has been pushed back 24 hours, external.
The game will now be played on Wednesday 14 November due to Rovers playing in the FA Cup on the Sunday before.
Image source, Getty ImagesReporter 'threatened' by travellers in Chesterfieldpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThe Derbyshire Times says one of its reporters was confronted by travellers, external while attempting to broadcast a Facebook Live video from an illegal camp in Chesterfield.
Michael Broomhead said he was threatened, external while attempting to report near caravans parked at Queen's Park yesterday.
The Chesterfield-based newspaper (headquarters pictured below) said the confrontation had been reported to Derbyshire Police.
Image source, GoogleWritten in stone: The murder memorialspublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
The grisly history behind murder stones - monuments to victims of crimes that outraged local communities.
Read MoreSupport for Dion Dublin after 'racial abuse'published at 09:57 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsThere's been plenty of support for Dion Dublin after the footballer-turned-broadcaster reported being racially abused in Chesterfield.
The town's MP, Toby Perkins, said it was "a disgrace to the good name of our town" and urged anyone who witnessed the abuse to contact police.
Sky Sports presenter Geoff Shreeves tweeted, external: "Mate I am staggered. Horrible. Do not for one second think that person is anything than a complete and utter pleb."
Football writer Henry Winter tweeted, external: "Horrified to hear what happened, Dion. Disgusting that there are still these dinosaurs around."
BBC Sport reporter Juliette Ferrington also wrote on Twitter: "What’s wrong with people? There’s no place for it. Big love big man."
Footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, now playing in the US, simply responded with a row of angry face emojis, external.
Police 'drone squad' takes to the skiespublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsDerbyshire Police says its new "drone squad" is now up-and-running, external.
The force said it had been testing a range of drones over the past year and had now put in place a small unit of trained drone pilots to assist officers.
It said the team had already helped to search for missing people, provide an aerial view during drug raids and assist the fire service.
Image source, EPAAssistant Chief Constable Paul Gibson said: "Having drones that can be quickly deployed to find a missing or stranded person using thermal imagery, and then guide officers to that person from the air, is a fantastic tool to have.
“In certain circumstances they can also give us unimpeded views of live scenes, so we can locate and track a suspect or feed critical information back to the incident commander."
Father-of-two killed in skydivepublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA father-of-two from Shardlow died in front of his best friend in a routine skydiving training exercise after making a fatal misjudgment, his father has said.
Experienced skydiver Aiden Chaffe, who had completed about 1,400 jumps, was travelling at about 50mph before he hit the ground after holding a dive for too long at Langar, in Nottinghamshire, on Monday.
His father Bryn Chaffe said the 31-year-old plummeted from the sky in front of his best friend, who had to "look after his dying friend" after the accident.
Image source, Bryn ChaffeHe said: "It wasn't reckless, he wasn't doing anything crazy, he just made a misjudgment. He made one mistake and that one mistake killed him."
A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Coroner's Court said Mr Chaffe's file had been passed to the coroner, but no date had yet been fixed for his inquest.
Exhibition to honour Leicester suffragettepublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
East Midlands TodayAn exhibition will open today to mark the life of a Leicester suffragette.
Image source, Hawkins FamilyThe exhibition at the New Walk Museum looks at the life of Alice Hawkins who fought to get women the vote.
During the campaign she was jailed five times. Earlier this year a bronze seven-foot high statue of her was unveiled in Leicester.
Image source, Leicester City CouncilA number of artefacts, pamphlets and personal possessions will form the exhibition ‘Alice Hawkins and Votes for Women!’.
Items on display include Alice’s Holloway brooch and her hunger strike medal – loaned to the museum by members of her family.
Dion Dublin 'racially abused' in Chesterfieldpublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsHomes Under The Hammer presenter Dion Dublin has told his Twitter followers he was racially abused in Chesterfield yesterday.
The former footballer, who was born in Leicester and of Nigerian descent, said it was the first time it had happened to him for 15 years.
Dublin, 49, said: "I honestly thought we were getting somewhere but obviously not, there's still that minority that have a lack of EDUCATION & RESPECT! Calling someone a "BB" isn't acceptable in 2018!!"
Image source, PAHe did not elaborate on what "BB" was an abbreviation for but said the abuser was a woman in her late 20s or early 30s.
Former Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore responded to Dublin's tweet by saying he should not be surprised such language was still being used.
Sky Sports presenter Geoff Shreeves also offered his support
Derby farm blaze 'was arson'published at 08:19 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
East Midlands TodayA barn fire which sent a huge plume of smoke across Derby city centre last week is now being treated as arson.
The blaze broke out at Bryer's Heritage Farm in Markeaton Lane on 17 October.
All the farm's winter hay stocks were destroyed in the blaze, which the fire service has now concluded was started deliberately.
Image source, K TayntonGrand Prix museum slashes prices as cars recalledpublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA museum featuring classic Grand Prix cars at Donington Park has halved its admission charges ahead of its planned closure on 5 November.
Bosses at the Donington Collection said prices had been reduced as some Formula One teams had recalled cars loaned to the attraction.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe museum, which has been open for more than 45 years, is being closed by its owner, citing "family responsibilities".
Mansfield murder victim remembered 200 years laterpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsElizabeth - Bessie - Sheppard was just 17 when she set out from her home in Papplewick, Nottingham, on 7 July 1817, to seek work as a servant in Mansfield, seven miles away.
She found a job but never found her way back home, because on her return journey, a travelling knife grinder found her - and murdered her.
Image source, Deborah McDonald/GeographPeople in Mansfield, outraged by the attack, banded together to raise money for a stone to commemorate Bessie, which was placed on the site where she was attacked.
The teenager's tragic story forms part of this fascinating BBC News feature on so-called "murder memorials" around England and Wales.
Man arrested after teenager stabbedpublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 26 October 2018
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA 15-year-old was taken to hospital last night after suffering suspected knife wounds in an assault in West Bridgford.
The teenager was found by officers in Rufford Way at about 19:50. His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding and remains in police custody, external.
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