Alex Regan
BBC News
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after he was hit by a bus in Leicester.
Leicestershire Police said officers were called to Charles Street at 15:25.
The man's injuries are not thought to be life-changing or life-threatening.
The road, which had been closed for a time, has since reopened.
Image source, GoogleA supermarket says it will not sell the product in Melton Mowbray due to the town's historical link.
Read MoreAbout £30,000 of damage was caused when would-be thieves smashed through two brick walls.
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Significant delays are expected on the M1 southbound between junctions 27 and 29 after a car fire and "a number of collisions", Highways England has said.
Three lanes were closed between junctions 27 and 28, and traffic officers are now clearing the debris from the collisions as well as the fire.
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BBC News
Gunthorpe Bridge has been closed over concerns for a man's safety.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said traffic delays are expected as the incident is ongoing.
Police said they were called to the bridge at 11:30 but said officers haven't been able to locate the man yet.
Image source, GeographThe man is described as white, bald, about 5ft 8in, slim, and was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and jeans.
The ambulance service is also in attendance.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A car fire has closed three lanes of the M1 southbound between junctions 27 and 28.
Image source, Highways EnglandHighways England said emergency services and traffic officers are on the scene.
Motorists are being asked to drive with care and to be prepared for some delays.
Image source, Highways EnglandAlex Regan
BBC News
A man who defrauded his employer for more than £125,000 has been jailed for two years and eight months.
Adam Cartwright, 39, of Hazel Hill Crescent, Nottingham, falsely purchased electrical goods while working as an electrician at B&M Installations, Nottinghamshire Police said.
He joined the company in 2011, the force added, but his fraud was only discovered when a project manager was made aware of an invoice containing higher costs than expected in October 2018.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceNottinghamshire Police's fraud team found he had added electrical parts which were not used in 50 invoices, totalling £128,000.
He was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty.
Det Con Jason Jenkins said: "Cartwright’s actions caused serious distress to the business owners, as well as financial hardship."
Samantha Noble
BBC News Online
An actress born in Nottingham is to be awarded an honorary degree in her home city.
Samantha Morton, who was born in Clifton, will be made a Doctor of Letters at the University of Nottingham on 10 December.
Ms Morton, who has spoken openly about growing up in care and suffering abuse at care homes in Nottingham, attended the Television Workshop in the city from the age of 13 and went to West Bridgford School.
Image source, University of NottinghamShe has appeared in a number of television shows including Peak Practice, Boon, Cracker and Soldier, Soldier before becoming a regular cast member in the first two series of Band of Gold.
Ms Morton has also worked in films including Minority Report with Tom Cruise, Morvern Callar, Synecdoche New York, The Walking Dead, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Her work has been recognised with Academy Award nominations for her performances in Sweet and Lowdown, and In America, a Golden Globe Award for her role in Longford and a BAFTA for her semi-autobiographical directorial debt for film The Unloved.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A supermarket has decided not to stock a vegan version of a pork pie in its Melton Mowbray store because it doesn't want to offend locals "who love the real thing".
The information has come from a leaked memo from Morrisons, which will be stocking the vegan alternative in other branches across the country instead.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe decision has been welcomed by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association, but chairman Matthew O'Callaghan thinks the ban should apply everywhere.
"I think it's a misuse of the name," he said. "It's a bit like vegan cheese. It's not cheese because cheese is made with milk.
"If it's good, call it something else, and it will get that reputation and acquire that name."
A Morrisons spokeswoman confirmed the contents of the leaked memo were accurate, adding: "We have let our Melton store know they won't be selling the 'no pork' pie due to the town's strong heritage with the traditional pork pie."
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Reporter, BBC News Online
An appeal for information about the theft of a therapy dog has been renewed by Leicestershire Police.
Lottie the Dalmatian was taken from a property in Ashby Road, Peatling Parva, in the early hours of Sunday after a bolt on an outhouse was damaged.
Image source, Police handoutOfficers said the theft had left an 11-year-old girl with autism and her family "heartbroken".
Lottie also requires regular medication and police urged anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage from the area to come forward.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Worksop Library is expected to stay closed until next summer after it was severely damaged by the recent floods.
The library in Memorial Avenue was badly affected when the town flooded on 7 November.
A library spokesman said a "significant amount of work" was needed to restore the building, which could take several months.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
A motorcyclist was injured last night after a crash with a car on Retford Road in Blyth, Nottinghamshire.
The motorcyclist was taken to Northern General Hospital in Sheffield after the crash at about 17:20, but police said his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Image source, GoogleThe road was closed for a few hours near the mini-roundabout at the top of Retford Road.
Anyone who saw what happened or has dashcam footage of the crash has been asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police.
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The suspects removed brickwork from the internal walls creating a hole to crawl through to the jewellers.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been campaigning in Derbyshire.
He visited textile and garment factory John Smedley, near Matlock and promised his Brexit deal could be brought back to Parliament "before you cook your Christmas turkey" if the Tories win on 12 December.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe spoke to staff and answered questions from a large audience during the visit.
He even tried to sew a label on to a garment with "Get Brexit Done" on it but was told "you missed," on his first attempt.
Mr Johnson replied: "I don't want to get my finger."
The Conservative campaign bus - without the PM on board - was met with dozens of protestors shouting slogans like "save the NHS" and "hey, hey, ho, ho, Boris Johnson's got to go".
Mr Johnson also make a "huge effort" to electrifying the entire Midland Mainline, including Derby and Sheffield, a project dropped in 2017.
Neil Heath
BBC News Online
Police have arrested two men and recovered up to 200 catalytic converters after attending a report of a theft from a business in Mansfield.
Two men, aged 29 and 32, were arrested on suspicion of theft at about 13:00 on Wednesday. Both remain in police custody.
Officers later searched one of the suspect's addresses in Mansfield and seized between 100 and 200 catalytic converters, believed to be worth about £20,000.
The force said catalytic converters, which convert vehicle exhaust emissions into less toxic gasses, are targeted because they contain high value metals.
There has been a spate of incidents across Nottinghamshire, mostly in car parks and open spaces, according to police.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Modhvadiya family were forced to move out their home after the Post Office below was rammed.
Read MoreAlex Regan
BBC News
A Leicester teaching assistant who was sacked after an 18-year-old disabled pupil nearly drowned has had her appeal dismissed.
Marilyn Smith and another teaching assistant admitted failing to take reasonable care of Sam Sebastian, who suffered a cardiac arrest at West Gate School in January 2016.
Image source, GoogleSam slipped through his rubber buoyancy ring and "for about 90 seconds he was underwater before another member of staff saw him and pulled him out of the water".
Employment Judge Hutchinson noted the pupil "suffered brain damage because of the incident".
In July 2017 Smith and the other teaching assistant were given 12-month conditional discharges at Leicester Crown Court.
But Smith claimed unfair dismissal from her job at West Gate School.
A tribunal panel heard Smith claim "she was a scapegoat" and Leicester City Council, alongside the school's governing body, had "failed to take all mitigating circumstances into account".
Judge Hutchinson said Ms Smith "was not a scapegoat" and "she was responsible for her own actions", despite "major failings of health and safety".
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