Guptill, Carey & Babar star in T20 Blastpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
New Zealand's Martin Guptill leads Worcestershire to victory, while Alex Carey stars for Sussex on his T20 Blast debut.
Read MoreGuptill, Carey & Babar star in T20 Blastpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
The 'gold-powered' dodgeball queenspublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
More women are playing the sport, according to the female champions.
Read MoreLilley leads Foxes to T20 win at Nottspublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
Aaron Lilley scores a 30-ball 66 as Leicestershire beat Nottinghamshire by 21 runs in a rain-affected T20 Blast tie.
Read MoreNew Notts owners vow to pay unpaid wagespublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
The football data analyst experts who have bought Notts County say their priority is to pay the players and staff.
Read MoreThird day of disruption for St Pancras passengerspublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
Repairs continue on heat-damaged equipment on the London line as a conductors' strike hits some trains.
Read MoreWater park children 'violently sick'published at 10:59 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
An investigation is under way after parents reported their children became unwell after visiting Twinlakes.
Read More'UK's first' skateboarding festival kicks offpublished at 00:42 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
Organisers say they believed the nine-day event was the first of its kind to be held in the UK.
Read More'Thrilling' fish-hungry ospreys caught on filmpublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 27 July 2019
A bird-watching hide at a trout farm has enabled nature lovers to capture stunning photos of ospreys.
Read MoreArcher returns in tied T20 Blast matchpublished at 23:02 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
England's World Cup winner Jofra Archer returns to action as Sussex Sharks tie with Surrey in the T20 Blast.
Read MoreNotts County takeover completedpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
National League side Notts County confirm that they have been taken over by Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz.
Read MoreWasim joins Notts as Footitt leavespublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Nottinghamshire sign Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim for the T20 Blast, as left-arm paceman Mark Footitt leaves the club.
Read MoreKnife attack teen has sentence increasedpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineA teenager convicted of a stabbing in Nottingham city centre will now be locked up after his original sentence was ruled too lenient.
Edi Gomes, attacked his victim in Trinity Square on 8 March and left them needing stitches.
The 18-year-old of Springhead Court, Nottingham, then aged 17, pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to wounding with intent and possessing a bladed article.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceGomes was previously sentenced to an 18-month rehabilitation order which included 240 hours of unpaid work and a supervision requirement.
The Court of Appeal today increased this to 18 months custody in a Young Offenders' Institution.
Nottinghamshire Police chief constable Craig Guildford said after Gomes's original sentence in May he "felt exceptionally that a formal review should be sought".
Forest hold collection for County staffpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Nottingham Forest will hold a collection before a pre-season friendly to raise funds for unpaid staff at rivals Notts County.
Read MoreSign language crime report app launchedpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
The app makes a video call to a British Sign Language interpreter who can relay information to police.
Read MoreMystery of drowned man's missing walletpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Sonny Ferry's bank card was used several times after he drowned in York's River Foss.
Read MoreTesco says 'high temperatures' cleared shelvespublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Jennifer Harby
BBC NewsSupermarket chain Tesco has said high temperatures have led to refrigeration problems at a "handful" of stores across the country, including Beeston in Nottinghamshire and Wigston in Leicestershire.
A spokesman said he could not say how many stores had been affected, but he hoped they would be running as normal by tomorrow.
"We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience this has caused," he said.
Image source, PAUK heatwave: Supermarket fridges break downpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsSome supermarket customers across the region are facing empty shelves today after fridges and freezers are thought to have broken down in yesterday's heat.
Tesco in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, was one of the stores affected and told a customer "the heat is causing the freezers in our stores to malfunction".
They said engineers were working on the issue.
Image source, Emma Coulthurst
Image source, Laura GilesSainsbury's in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire (above), was also experiencing similar issues.
Unimpressed customers have taken to social media to share their shopping woes.
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End of twitter post 2Postboxes celebrate cricket successpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsThe 15 cities that hosted Cricket World Cup matches have had a postbox painted white in celebration of England's success.
During the women's tournament in 2017, several games were played in Leicester and Derby - while some games in this summer's men's tournament were held at Nottingham's Trent Bridge.
The postboxes will remain white, with gold wicket detailing, for three months. They will then be repainted red and have a permanent plaque attached as a lasting tribute.
It follows a decision by Royal Mail to paint several postboxes gold during the 2012 Olympics.
Police officer bitten during arrestpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA police officer has been bitten by a suspected drug dealer in Leicester.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceThe officer posted on Facebook the 42-year-old was "trying to escape" arrest by biting.
He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and assaulting an emergency worker.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceA phone, cash and suspected drugs were seized during the arrest on Charles Street yesterday.
The arrested man has since been released on conditional bail.
UK heatwave: Train chaos 'like Armageddon'published at 13:33 British Summer Time 26 July 2019
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsDebbie Hicks, from Leicester, has described returning home during yesterday's train chaos as "the worst travel experience I have ever had".
The director of national charity Reading Agency is a regular commuter to and from London and said she arrived at St Pancras station at 21:00 to get her train home.
"When I arrived, it was like Armageddon," she said.
"There were people wandering around, nobody knew what was happening, and frontline staff were having to deal with a lot of very irate people."
She eventually got on to a replacement bus service and into Leicester at 01:30 this morning.
"It was almost like an end of the world type film where everyone’s wandering around and nobody knows what’s happening," she added.