Sandish Shoker
BBC News

The Brexit Party has donated to a man's fundraiser after he got a tattoo on his thigh of Nigel Farage having a milkshake thrown at him.

Matthew Haddon-Reichardt, from Nottingham, said he wanted to make people laugh and raise money for charity Rethink Mental Illness.

The ink art references the moment Mr Farage was attacked with a milkshake while canvassing in May.

Image source, Matthew Haddon-Reichardt

Mr Haddon-Reichardt, 41, who voted Remain, said: "Running a marathon isn't an option for me and shaving my head is no good because I have no hair. So a ridiculous tattoo was the idea.

"Brexit has just taken over our country, and Farage is the centre of Brexit, so it felt like he was an obvious choice."

He added the tattoo was not designed to glorify the milkshake attack on Mr Farage, which he did not agree with.

A spokesman for The Brexit Party said Mr Farage "smiled" when he saw the tattoo and the party wished Mr Haddon-Reichardt all the best with his fundraising efforts.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

The man who led Ashfield Independents to a landslide victory in this year's local elections says he's planning to stand to become the town's MP in the next general election.

Jason Zadrozny is leader of Ashfield District Council after his party took 26 of 31 seats in the former Labour heartland.

He said: "Imagine what we could achieve if we had the council and the MP working in tandem?"

Mr Zadrozny's previous bid to become Ashfield MP as a Lib Dem in 2010 saw him lose out to Labour's Gloria De Piero by 192 votes.

Midfielder Tiago Silva becomes Sabri Lamouchi's first signing at Nottingham Forest, joining from Portuguese club Feirense.

BBC Radio Leicester

It's been six months since a huge fire in Leicester badly damaged parts of the Belgrave Commercial Centre.

The blaze at the shopping centre on Macdonald Road was confirmed as arson by Leicestershire Police.

The restaurant Mirch Masala was badly damaged and remains closed.

The owner, Nisha Popat, is hoping the work to repair the restaurant will be finished in time for Diwali celebrations in October.

She said: "There are days where I still feel really tearful and upset. Angry at the fact somebody just came and did this and it was so mindless."

Some businesses in the centre have reopened - like the Roop Ki Rani salon.

Owner Gayatri Babhania said they were only closed for three weeks - but it still had a significant impact on business and cost her thousands of pounds.

"Even now, people look at it from outside and think because half the shops have gone, everything else is closed as well. They just seem to think the whole centre is shut," she said.

Police said they have not made any arrests in connection with the fire.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

More details have been made public about a Leicester hospital patient whose death has been linked to the national listeria outbreak.

A report by the trust in charge of Leicester's hospitals said the patient had been treated at an undisclosed hospital in the city in April for multiple serious health conditions and was subsequently diagnosed with listeria.

The trust said the patient - whose age and sex has not been made public - later died at home from an underlying health condition.

Image source, Wales News Service

The report said: "The patient was later discharged home on an end of life pathway not connected to listeria. The patient passed away at home as per the family's wishes."

The trust confirmed sandwiches supplied by the Good Food Chain Company - the supplier linked to the outbreak - had been served on the bay where the patient was being treated.

Hospital bosses said they had since changed supplier.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

These little guys have been rescued from a prickly situation by Derbyshire firefighters.

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

The family of hedgehogs were saved from a blaze in a shed in Littleover yesterday.

Once out of danger, they were collected by the RSPCA and are now in the care of a vet and doing well.

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Simon Ward
East Midlands Today Reporter

The Post Office in College Street, Long Eaton, is closed after an armed robbery there at 17:00 yesterday.

Staff have placed a note on the door to say they hope to open later this afternoon.

A man and a woman were arrested this morning at a flat in Grasmere Road after armed officers descended on the road last night.

A Post Office spokeswoman confirmed there had been an attempted robbery and said it was "very traumatic" for those involved.

She said they were supporting police in their investigation and apologised to customers "for any inconvenience caused" during their temporary closure.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Mansfield has secured £150,000 to draw up a plan to transform its high street.

It's one of 50 areas to have a successful bids for the cash in the government's Future High Streets Fund.

The money will cover the cost of planning the improvements - the town can now bid for up to £25m to carry out the work.

Image source, Google

Mansfield District Council bid for the funding earlier this year., external

At the time Mike Robinson, from the authority, said: "In order to survive we need to look at how buildings can be better used, improve the appearance of Mansfield and enhance the visitor experience."

Announcing the bid had been successful, MP Ben Bradley said: "This is something I've been pushing with ministers for over a year now and it's great to see us making genuine progress, and now have this brilliant opportunity."

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Chesterfield Borough Council is set to relinquish its membership of the Sheffield City Region (SCR) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) next year.

It's currently part of the SCR grouping and the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire (D2N2) LEP, but from April 2020 councils will only be allowed to be part of one LEP.

Derbyshire County Council had opposed Chesterfield being part of the SCR.

SCR chairman James Muir said the rule change was "regrettable" and that Chesterfield "has benefited hugely" from being part of the LEP, but Chesterfield's council leader Tricia Gilby said there was "no option" if the authority is going to comply with the new system.

Armed officers attended the scene in Long Eaton and a police cordon was put in place overnight.

Midfielder Bradley Johnson joins Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer from Championship rivals Derby County.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A 35-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman have been arrested at a house in Grasmere Road, Long Eaton, police have confirmed.

The force said the pair were arrested in connection with an armed robbery that took place in College Street at about 17:00 yesterday.

Armed police descended on Grasmere Road last night and officers remained at the scene this morning.

Police are now starting to leave but a small cordon is still in place.

Derby County appoint former PSV Eindhoven coach Phillip Cocu as manager following Frank Lampard's departure to Chelsea.

BBC Radio Derby

Grasmere Road in Long Eaton is cordoned off in both directions this morning after armed police descended on the road last night.

Residents reported seeing 15 police vehicles, the dog unit and armed officers at about 19:00 but there is still no information on what happened.

Shortly after 08:00 this morning, two people were seen being brought out of a flat and put into the back of a police van.

There has been no comment from Derbyshire Police this morning but they tweeted, external last night to say they had "contained" the incident and there was "no danger to the public".

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

There is still some cloud around first thing, but it should brighten up as we head into the afternoon and it will be another warm day.

High UV levels and pollen count again too.

A 29-year-old man is charged with murder after police searching for Graham Snell, 71, find a body.

Nottinghamshire's Joe Clarke and Yorkshire's Tom Kohler-Cadmore are both fined £2,000 for bringing the game into disrepute.

Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy Reporter

A Derbyshire music festival has been cancelled just days before it was due to take place because the police and council were worried about public disorder.

Richard Locke, the organiser of Lockestock – The Big Weekend, billed as a family and camping music festival of tribute acts – has now had to refund hundreds of tickets.

Image source, LDRS

It had been due to take place this weekend at Broughton Heath Golf Club, near Church Broughton and Foston. About 450 were expected to attend.

Mr Locke said it would have been well organised and "as safe as possible", but police thought attendance would surge above 500 and the proper precautions had not been taken.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

Two horses in Leicestershire have been diagnosed with equine flu.

The virus was confirmed by the Animal Health Trust (AHT) - which has also diagnosed 15 other animals in England and Wales so far this month.

The trust said the infected animals are non-thoroughbreds and had been vaccinated earlier this year.

Another 19 horses, who were kept at the same site, are now undergoing clinical and laboratory screening.

Last month there was one case of equine flu found in Leicestershire and another in Derbyshire.

Dr Richard Newton from the Animal Health Trust said he expects the numbers to rise as more horses move around the country during "competition season".

He added that it is a "highly contagious" disease.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A 28-year-old man has been arrested, external on suspicion of attacking a Derby police station and patrol cars with a hammer last night.

Derbyshire Police said the man was detained after officers conducting a Facebook Live broadcast at Peartree Police Station heard smashing glass and ran outside to find six building windows and two rear car windows had been broken.

The force said the man is due to be interviewed later.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Image source, Derbyshire Police