Summary

  • Blue postbox to celebrate Cricket World Cup

  • Pets donate blood at new mobile unit

  • Jamie's Italian restaurant chain collapses

  • Website blasted over 'Allah' miniskirts

  • More parents hit by school absence fines

  • Rams fans warned of ticket touts ahead of Wembley final

  • Cricket: Moores 'impressed' after day one on Isle of Wight

  • Live updates for Tuesday 21 May

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield and Nick Smith

  1. Student battles with brain injury-related fatigue

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A student who suffered a head injury on a night out has been describing her struggle to continue studying while suffering the after effects.

    Lottie Butler, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, is leading a campaign to highlight fatigue in people who have had brain injuries.

    The 18-year-old, who was injured in Loughborough, said for the first six months after her injury she slept through most of the day. "Nothing was normal to me anymore," she said.

    Lottie Butler

    She's now found a way to get through the rest of her studies at college in Nottingham and hopes to go on to university. She said: "Make yourself a schedule and goals to achieve for the day and prioritise everything.

    "Then, even if the smallest things don't get done, at least you've made something of your day."

    She's now working with the brain charity Headway as part of their "Brain Drain: Wake up to fatigue" campaign. This is her video diary showing how fatigue affects her everyday life.

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  2. Delay caused by A38 break-down

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    Worth avoiding if you're travelling around Derby this morning.

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  3. 'Frustration' over play-off final tickets

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    The Rams sold out their allocation of more than 36,000 tickets for Wembley at the weekend, within hours of going on general sale.

    They're up against Aston Villa in the Championship play-off final a week today.

    Some tickets have surfaced on the internet for more than £900.

    'Sold out' graphicDerby County

    Stephen Hillier is a Derby County fan who hasn't managed to get a ticket but he's still planning to travel to London for the atmosphere.

    He told the BBC: "It's so frustrating. I've heard of fans, who are not Derby fans, who have got tickets. They shouldn't really be in the Derby end.

    "I'd love to be going and watching them live but I'll just sit in a pub and enjoy it there."

  4. College staff protest over pay

    East Midlands Today

    Staff at Nottingham College are planning protests this lunchtime over proposed changes to pay and working conditions.

    Nottingham College

    Members of the University and College Union have been renegotiating terms, following the merger of New College and Central College in 2017.

    In a statement, managers have said the review aims to ensure fair pay, and they will do all they can to ensure students are not affected.

  5. Train speed improvements set to disrupt journeys

    East Midlands Today

    Passengers using the Midland Mainline are being warned to expect major disruption next week.

    Market Harborough station

    From next Tuesday, no services will be stopping at Market Harborough station for six days as work is carried out to straighten the line and install a new footbridge.

    There will also be fewer trains between the East Midlands and London and services that do run will take longer.

    When work on the line is completed, it will allow trains to travel at greater speeds. A replacement bus service will run in the meantime.

  6. More parents hit by school absence fines

    Kevin Stanley
    Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham

    Since 2015 more than 11,000 fines have been issued to parents and carers in Nottinghamshire for taking their children out of school without permission.

    The majority of cases involved children being on holiday during term time.

    School child

    There has been a sharp rise recently in both the number of schools issuing fines and the total number of penalty notices issued in Nottinghamshire, reflecting a similar trend nationally.

    TableNottinghamshire County Council

    Most of the penalty notices were paid but about 8% weren't and led to court action. The maximum possible sentence is three months in prison, or a £2,500 fine.

    A report considered by councillors yesterday doesn't list the punishments handed out by the courts.

    The council describes the fines as "proportionate" with the overall number of absences steadily falling.

  7. Cricket: Moores 'impressed' after first day

    BBC Nottingham Sport

    Nottinghamshire's County Championship game against Hampshire is finely balanced after day one.

    Hampshire will resume on 288 for 6 this morning. It's the first Championship match on the Isle of Wight since 1962.

    Newclose Cricket Club on the Isle of Wight

    After play yesterday Notts head coach Peter Moores told the BBC: "You always want more wickets but the thing I was most impressed with today was the way we went about things.

    "We really stuck to the task and we needed to because Hampshire played good cricket. I thought we put a lot of balls in the right area.”

  8. Rams fans warned of ticket touts

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Police are warning Derby County fans about buying tickets for the play-off final from a ticket tout.

    Officers told one person selling a pair of tickets for £400 on Twitter that they were one of "many" profiles being investigated.

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  9. Watch: East Midlands weather

    Alex Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    A dry, warm and sunny day across the East Midlands - here's the full forecast.

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    BBC News

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