Labour lose Bolsover
Independents sweep to power in Ashfield
Labour candidate wins Mansfield mayoral election
Derby City Council remains with no overall control
Conservatives hold Derbyshire Dales, Melton and North West Leicestershire
Lib Dems take Hinckley from Conservatives
Labour maintains grip on Nottingham
Updates for Friday 3 May
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Police want to speak to this Derby man about an alleged assault.
They are warning people not to approach Darren Day, 41, but to call 999 immediately if you see him.
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyIt's unfortunately going to carry on raining for much of the evening and picking up again tomorrow morning.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
A missing 26-year-old woman who was last seen in Chesterfield Greggs yesterday morning may have travelled to Liverpool yesterday.
Police believe Annie Milner caught the train there and stayed overnight.
She is described as white, about 5ft 10ins, of slim build and with long, bleached blonde hair.
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyDavid Pittam
BBC News Online
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The two attacks, a month apart in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, affected about 200 caravans.
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Hannah Meredith
Journalist, BBC Radio Nottingham
A pedestrian has been hit by a bus in Leicester, police have confirmed.
Leicestershire Police said they currently have an officer on the scene dealing with the incident on Belgrave Gate.
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Neil Heath
BBC News Online
A 38-year-old Chesterfield man has been jailed for more than six years after being found guilty of non-recent child rape.
Matthew Howell, of Mountcastle Walk, Newbold, was 15 when he attacked his victim, in Derbyshire, in the mid-1990s.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceThe woman, who is now in her 20s, was under the age of 10 when she was raped.
She said: "Telling my mum was a massive relief because it was something that I had carried on my own for many, many years.
"I did worry that she wouldn't believe me but she did, of course she did."
Police said Howell led his victim to believe that they were in a relationship and that she could not tell anyone because they would stop them.
The abuse took place for more than a year.
Following at trial Derby Crown Court, on Monday, Howell was found guilty of one count of rape of a child under the age of 16.
He was also convicted of two counts of gross indecency with a child under 14 and two counts of indecent assault of a girl under the age of 14.
The victim, who cannot be named, said following sentencing: "It's time to have my life back."
David Pittam
BBC News Online
A Worksop dad who tried to fend off burglars with a step ladder in the middle of the night says he has been unable to sleep since the attack.
The 31-year-old felt he was fighting to protect the lives of his partner and one-year-old baby from the "angry, violent" burglars.
The man and his 30-year-old partner were hit over the head, and the four intruders left with car keys during the burglary in the Gateford area of Worksop on 23 January.
Andrew Houghton, 27, pleaded guilty to burglary with aggravating features and was sentenced to six years in jail at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PolicePolice say they are still working to bring the other offenders to justice.
Houghton, of no fixed address, was also sentenced to an additional year in prison for matters from Sheffield Crown Court, which include possession of cannabis, possession of a bladed article and aggravated vehicle taking.
Simon Jones died in hospital after being found seriously injured in a Derby car park.
Read MoreNeal Ardley wants to stay on as manager next season even if Notts County drop out of the English Football League.
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Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Derby's Dave Gilbert is under way in his World Snooker Championship semi-final.
He's currently tied at two frames each with John Higgins at the crucible.
Image source, PADavid Pittam
BBC News Online
It's local election day and you know what that means?
Adorable pictures of dogs waiting outside polling stations, obviously.
Polls are open until 22:00 if you want to cast your vote and potentially pet a polling station pupper.
Here's Jarvis the cocker spaniel (geddit?) outside St Mary's in Arnold.
Image source, Neil HeathAnd there's gymnast Natasha Coates' medical detection dog Ace, pictured outside Nuthall East Polling station.
This handsome "hero" can sniff out when she needs to take medication for a serious condition.
Image source, Natasha CoatesJack Croxall had a ruff time trying to get his dogs Archie, Nolan and Kody to pose for a picture as he went to vote in the Newark and Sherwood District.
Clearly voting is just too exciting!
Image source, Jack CroxallNot sure Stanley here (pictured outside a polling station in Shirebrook) is old enough to vote, even in dog years... But who could say no to those puppy eyes?
Image source, Sarah BryanYou've got our very own Amy Woodfield's Billy, who is clearly born for a job on camera.
Image source, Amy WoodfieldAnd last but not least here's Bandit the Havanese looking dapper at the Ilkeston fire station.
Image source, @KerryLWheatleyAll of the cities, boroughs and districts across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Rutland are involved in today's votes, as well as the mayoral seats in Leicester and Mansfield.
BBC Sport
Rain delayed the start of Derbyshire's One Day Cup match away in Manchester but play did finally get under way at 13:00.
The game has been reduced to 38 overs per side. Lancashire are 143 for three with 12.0 overs left.
Helen Astle
BBC East Midlands Today reporter
A travel agents in Leicester says our on-off Brexit has encouraged people to be more adventurous when it comes to holidays.
Millington Travel had experienced a lull in bookings to Europe due to the political turmoil.
Now Brexit's been delayed, people are back booking their trips - but they're going further afield. Top destinations are the US, South Africa and Canada.
Manager Mike Cox said: "I think it's enabled people to think a little bit further, a little bit out of the box.
"I'm trying to find a little nugget of good in Brexit that maybe it's encouraged people to travel and be a bit more adventurous."
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Police are appealing for a man who may be able to help a Derby murder investigation to come forward.
They believe he could assist them over the death of Simon Jones, 57, who was found injured near Chaddesden Park late on April 20 and died soon after in hospital.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceThe man, who they describe as white, in his mid-late thirties and about 6ft tall, is believed to have approached a number of people in the car park at about 17:30 the next day asking if they had lost a set of keys.
Officers think he had a young boy with him at the time.
Police said they were not linking him to the crime but want to speak to him as a potential witness.
Five men have been charged and a number of people arrested.
BBC Leicester Sport
Telusa Veainu will start for Leicester Tigers in their penultimate game of the season against Harlequins tomorrow.
It will be the fullback's first start since October.
There are two other changes to the Tigers side that lost to Bristol - Sam Aspland-Robinson and Mike Williams are coming into the side.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A fire at a caravan storage site near Blidworth is being treated as an arson attack.
The blaze on Old Rufford Road in Oxton on Tuesday 30 April destroyed 70 caravans and damaged about 30 others.
An investigation by the fire service has found the fire was started deliberately.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Police are warning the public not to approach a prisoner who has absconded from a Derbyshire jail.
Scott Millard was convicted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Wolverhampton Crown Court in November 2006, police said, and was sentenced to an indeterminate prison sentence.
But on 21 April he absconded from Sudbury open prison and may be heading for the West Midland, where he has links.
Image source, Derbyshire ConstabularyHe is described as white, 6ft 6in tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
He has a number of tattoos including a spider on his left cheek and neck and a crab under his eye.
If you see him, contact police using non-emergency methods.
David Pittam
BBC News Online
Highways England have closed two lanes of the motorway northbound between J21A and J22 while firefighters deal with a car fire on the hard shoulder.
This is causing some serious traffic all the way back to Leicester, which is expected to continue "for the next hour or so".
Image source, Highways EnglandThe fire service, who were called at about 12:10, said they do not believe anyone has been injured.
Image source, Highways EnglandDavid Pittam
BBC News Online
The motorway is blocked northbound near Coalville because of a car fire.
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