Family loses appeal against murderer's releasepublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Warren Leblanc will be released from prison on licence 16 years after he murdered Stefan Pakeerah.
Read MoreFamily loses appeal against murderer's releasepublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Hundreds attend footballer's funeralpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Matlock Town footballer Jordan Sinnott died after being attacked during a night out.
Read MoreDerby 0-3 Man Utd: Ighalo double sends Solskjaer's side throughpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Manchester United beat Derby to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals - watch clips and follow text reaction.
Read MoreLorry overturns at busy Derbyshire junctionpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineA lorry has overturned on a busy junction in Derbyshire, causing delays in the area.
The vehicle was on the A515/A50 roundabout near Sudbury just after 10:00 when the accident occurred, according to police.
No injuries were reported but spilt fuel meant a clean-up was needed after the lorry was moved.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceMan who self-isolated given coronavirus all-clearpublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
The resident said he and his husband have both tested negative for coronavirus.
Read MoreTonnes of waste dumped in middle of lanepublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News Online
Image source, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough CouncilTonnes of household rubbish fly-tipped in the middle of a road has led to an appeal from a Leicestershire council.
Waste - including carpet, rubble, and plastic bottles - was left in two huge piles in Watery Gate Lane, Earl Shilton, late on Friday evening.
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council believes a large vehicle would have visited the site twice, adding one of the mounds had been set on fire.
The road has been closed for weeks due to flooding in the area.
Anyone with any information has been urged to contact the authority's clean neighbourhoods team.
Image source, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough CouncilStapleford football pitch vandalism 'mindless'published at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineTwo motorcyclists have vandalised a community football pitch that was already badly damaged by flooding.
Hickings Lane Recreation Ground, used by Stapleford Town Football Club, was churned up by the bikers on Monday evening.
Pete Scott, the club's chairman, described the vandalism as "mindless".
"We are already struggling due to the weather. The pitches are sodden and there's a lot of standing water," he said.
"It will repair but given what we're up against we don't want extra challenges."
Players have been using alternative pitches while the ground dries out.
Image source, Richard MacRaeStapleford Town councillor Richard MacRae, who was sent the pictures by a local resident, said: "It has been hard enough for the football team to use the pitch because of the weather and now this happens.
"A small minority of people ruin it for the many, it also gives motorbike riders a bad name, again it's a small few ruining it for the many."
He has encouraged anyone with information about what happened to get in touch with Nottinghamshire Police.
Image source, Richard MacRaeMan charged over street stabbing in Broxtowepublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Sonia Kataria
BBC NewsA man has been charged after a stabbing in Broxtowe.
The 18-year-old, of Eastwood - who was arrested at the scene - has been charged with wounding with intent and remains in custody.
The victim was taken to hospital after the attack on Amesbury Circus at about 17:20 on Monday.
Nottinghamshire Police said his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
The defendant is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later.
Image source, GoogleMan appears in court after woman fatally stabbedpublished at 10:38 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Helen Astle
BBC East Midlands Today reporterA man has appeared in court charged with murder after a woman was found with fatal stab wounds at a house in Leicester.
Bhavini Pravin, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services were called to the property on Moores Road, Belgrave, just after 12:30 on Monday.
Jigukumar Sorthi, 23, of East Park Road, Leicester, has also been charged with possession of a knife.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceSpeaking through an interpreter, Mr Sorthi confirmed his name, age and address.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.
Watch: Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:18 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2020
Sara Blizzard
BBC WeatherFollowing a chilly start to the day it will gradually cloud over, leading to showers this afternoon and into the evening.
Media caption, Watch: Today's weather for the East Midlands
Chesterfield 3-4 Harrogate Townpublished at 22:03 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Harrogate close the gap on National League leaders Barrow to five points with a last-gasp 4-3 win at Chesterfield.
Read MoreMurder charge after woman, 21, fatally stabbedpublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Bhavini Pravin was pronounced dead at the scene at a house in Moores Road on Monday, police say.
Read MoreStabbed teen 'rowed with friend over speaker'published at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Joshua Taylor, 18, died after being stabbed in a street in Hinckley.
Read MoreTen arrested after police operation launchpublished at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Ethan Connolly-Forster
BBC NewsPolice in Derbyshire have arrested 10 people following the launch of an operation focusing on vehicle crime, burglary and robbery.
Operation Relentless started on Monday and will last for a year, Derbyshire Police said, external.
The first two weeks of "targeted activity" has begun following concerns from members of the public about their cars and homes being broken into.
Officers visited homes across Derby and arrested 10 people wanted on suspicion of crimes such as burglary, shoplifting and car theft.
Of those, one 40-year-old man has been charged with burglary, two men have been charged with vehicle theft, one was recalled to prison and the others remain in custody or have been bailed.
Two other men aged 26 and 47 - part of the 10 arrested - were held on suspicion of burglary, with officers later recovering several false number plates, "suspected cocaine" and a replica gun as part of the investigation.
Image source, Derbyshire PolicePair claimed horse scanner detected breast cancerpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Sophie Gent claimed the scanner could detect abnormalities earlier than a mammogram, a court hears.
Read MoreLitter of puppies boosts 'most vulnerable breed'published at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
A breeder says Irish Red and White Setters make great family pets but are "not a known breed".
Read MoreBennerley Viaduct walkway could open by 2021published at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy ReporterConstruction work to reopen Bennerley Viaduct as a public walkway is to begin next week and due to be finished by the end of the year.
The 1,410ft (430m) Bennerley Viaduct - on the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire border - is the only UK location on the 2020 World Monuments Watch.
The Grade II listed structure was built in 1877 over the River Erewash, near Cotmanhay.
Image source, World Monuments FundIt has been derelict for nearly 50 years but last year plans from Railway Pathways Ltd, backed by the Friends of Bennerley Viaduct group, to reopen the structure were approved.
Erewash borough councillors hailed the structure as "Cotmanhay's Eiffel Tower".
Volunteers have been clearing the site to make way for a winding path up to the top of the viaduct, ahead of a 200m ramp being installed and inset into the hillside.
This will enable cyclists, wheelchair users and those pushing prams to access the structure which would become a public walkway by the end of the year.
The cost of the project is £1.4m and much of that has already been raised.
Vandals attack Gedling youth club buildingpublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News OnlineMoves to renovate a youth club in Nottinghamshire have been set back after vandals attacked the building.
A window was smashed, furniture overturned and equipment broken at the old railway station on Shearing Hill in Gedling at the weekend.
Image source, Francis Rodrigues
Image source, Francis RodriguesBut organisers said the culprits had been caught and praised volunteers for helping them clear up.
An application for funds to restore all the buildings to a community hub have recently been submitted to the county council.
Image source, Francis RodriguesBelper self-isolation man gets coronavirus all-clearpublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA man from Belper who opted to self-isolate when he fell ill after coming into "close contact" with a confirmed case of coronavirus says he has tested negative for the condition.
The resident has been keeping people in the town updated on his situation via posts on a community Facebook page.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe man said he and his husband had both tested negative for coronavirus and were told norovirus was the more likely explanation for their illness.
In a post revealing the news this morning, he said he had been advised to remain in self-isolation for a further two-week period following swab tests carried out on Saturday.
Minute's silence for lifelong Shirebrook fanpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsShirebrook Town will hold a minute's silence at their match against Borrowash Victoria tonight in honour of lifelong fan Eric Stokes.
The club said they were "saddened" at his death, adding he "went to every home and away match for many decades".
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