Summary

  • Leicester explosion: Three men guilty of murdering five people

  • Nottinghamshire couple have baby after Facebook group pays for IVF

  • Music stores to face administration

  • Man in court charged with child's murder

  • Man admits attacking officers in Oadby

  • Updates for Friday 28 December 2018

  1. Hameed & Duckett press Notts advantagepublished at 19:15 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett help put Nottinghamshire in a commanding position on day two at Derbyshire, who need 470 to win.

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  2. Wright burst hands Foxes advantagepublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Chris Wright takes 4-24 as Leicestershire take advantage of a Gloucestershire top-order batting collapse.

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  3. Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:31 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    After a bright start, patchy cloud and scattered showers will push in through the afternoon.

    There should still be a few sunny spells across the day though with light winds.

    CottesmoreImage source, The Bugs
  4. Broad stirs Notts after batting collapsepublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    England bowler Stuart Broad strikes twice as Nottinghamshire recover from a batting collapse to leave Derbyshire reeling on 86-8.

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  5. Evans century powers Foxes at Bristolpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    Leicestershire opener Sam Evans scores 102 against Gloucestershire to help the visitors make a strong start at Bristol.

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  6. 'The epitome of how we all should be'published at 18:04 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    Tributes pour in to honour the passing of Leicester Tigers player-turned-commentator Bleddyn Jones, at the age of 72

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  7. MPs back miners in pension fund 'injustice' demandpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    Ex-miners, not the government, should immediately get £1.2bn extra from the fund, a report says.

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  8. Railway footpath closed after 'repeated misuse'published at 16:16 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    Network Rail releases CCTV of teenagers sitting on the railway tracks as an example of "misuse".

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  9. Paedophile raped teenage girl on his wedding nightpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    Nottinghamshire Police say Jason Guzikowski abused the girl over a number of years.

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  10. Villagers in £300k bid to buy Peak District landpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    If successful the villagers are planning to plant more than 5,000 trees on the field in Foolow.

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  11. No Covid deaths in Leicester in over a weekpublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    BBC Radio Leicester

    There have been no recorded coronavirus-related deaths at Leicester’s hospitals for more than a week for the first time since the summer.

    NHS data shows that the last time a patient who had tested positive for coronavirus died at either the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital or Glenfield Hospital was on 18 April.

    It is also the first time since weekly updates started in July that no Covid deaths have been recorded by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

    hospital genericImage source, Getty Images
  12. Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 29 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    Mostly dry and bright start with sunny spells, and only the chance of a small isolated shower.

    In the afternoon, showers will become more widespread and heavy for some, though clearing to give a clear, chilly night.

    ChellastonImage source, Smiley- Sue
  13. The Cult of Progresspublished at 22:08 British Summer Time 28 April 2021

    If David Olusoga's first film in Civilisations is about the art that followed and reflected early encounters between different cultures, his second explores the artistic reaction to imperialism in the 19th century. David shows the growing ambivalence with which artists reacted to the idea of progress, both intellectual and scientific, that underpinned the imperial mission and followed the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

    Advances in knowledge and technology imbued Europeans in the 19th century with a sense of their civilisation's superiority. It justified their imperial ideology. But it created among artists deep fascinations with other civilisations which in turn produced a scepticism about their own. By contrast, as European artists questioned their civilisation's 'advance', in America painters sought to capture an idea of their new nation's 'manifest destiny' in landscapes. And in their representation of the Native Americans, they sought to record for posterity the world and the cultures they were violently displacing. But this was not always the case. David show how in New Zealand one artist was co-opted by the Maori who used his sills to record their culture and celebrate their ancestors. As the 19th century came to an end, the certainties of industrial and scientific advance were increasingly questioned - many artists (Gauguin and Picasso amongst them) turned to non-Western art and culture for inspiration. And in the face of the catastrophic conflict of the First World War, the idea that progress, reason and industrial advance were guarantors of higher 'civilisation' was rejected. David ends the film with a powerful meditation on Otto Dix's nightmarish and ironic evocation of the horror of the trenches, the triptych Der Krieg (The War).

  14. Aftermath of Peak District fire filmed by dronepublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 28 April 2021

    The blaze left a large area of scorched ground at Kinder Scout in Derbyshire.

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  15. Woman with cancer told her 'boob job' was 'lucky'published at 12:32 British Summer Time 28 April 2021

    A tribunal heard Aggie Kownacka was told her cancer was "no big deal" as it was "only early stages".

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  16. 'Voice of Tigers' Bleddyn Jones dies at 72published at 09:55 British Summer Time 28 April 2021

    Bleddyn Jones, BBC Radio Leicester's commentator for Leicester Tigers matches for nearly 35 years, dies at the age of 72.

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  17. Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:04 British Summer Time 28 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    Mostly overcast with the odd light shower.

    Into the afternoon, it will be dry with sunny spells developing from the north. Fresh north-easterly winds.

    Clay CrossImage source, Mike Swain
  18. 'Brutal knife attack' victim operated on 36 timespublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 27 April 2021

    Complications led to the patient, in his 20s, having organs removed and developing sepsis.

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  19. Driver seen changing wheel in M1 trafficpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 27 April 2021

    Greig Watson
    Reporter, BBC News Online

    A warning has been issued after a driver was spotted changing a tyre next to the central reservation of the M1.

    Cameras picked up the silver car on the southbound carriageway near to junction 21 at about 14:00 on Monday.

    Despite a clear hard shoulder, the driver stopped in lane three and worked on the front wheel with traffic having to change lanes to avoid the obstruction.

    M1 tyre changingImage source, Highways England

    Highways England said officers were sent but the car had gone by the time they arrived.

    Regional operations manager, Mark Munnoch, said: “If you experience problems with your vehicle and you can’t leave the motorway you should always try to go left - to an emergency area, a hard shoulder, motorway services or slip road hard shoulder.

    “But if that is not possible and you have stopped in a live lane or feel your life is in danger you must stay in your vehicle with your seatbelt and hazard lights on and call 999 immediately.”

  20. Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 27 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    A cloudy day with a few light showers at times.

    Into the afternoon there could be a few further light showers and skies will remain overcast.

    PapplewickImage source, Geography Simon