Knife-wielding man Tasered by policepublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Video shows Glen Burton being shot with a Taser after threatening police at his home in Nottingham.
Read MoreKnife-wielding man Tasered by policepublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Boy, 2, 'being spat at was hate crime'published at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Police are investigating how the boy was "spat at, threatened and racially abused" in Nottingham.
Read MoreJarvis Cocker influenced by Creswell Crags visitpublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineFormer Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker has been talking about how much a visit to a set of caves in the East Midlands has influenced his music.
Creswell Crags, on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border, were occupied during the last ice age between 43,000 and 10,000 years ago.
The musician told Steve Lamacq on his BBC 6 Music show that he took inspiration from the cave art while visiting the limestone caves with his son one school holiday 12 years ago.
He said the prehistoric art, which is believed to be the most northerly ever found, has stayed with him ever since.
Image source, Getty Images"We went to this place, Creswell Crags, and I think it's got the UK's only surviving bit of cave art on the wall there, just a tiny little carving - it really had an effect on me seeing it," he said.
"I started thinking that at one point one of our ancestors would have lived in a cave and those first scratchings on a cave wall are the first kind of art."
Cocker, who was promoting his new group JARV IS's album Beyond the Pale released later this year, also told the presenter he excitedly purchased a book from the gift shop while he was there.
The singer, from Sheffield, is no stranger to East Midlands caves, having played a gig in the Devil's Arse in Castleton, Derbyshire, in 2018.
AFC Fylde 1-2 Notts Countypublished at 12:05 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Fylde sit second-from-bottom in the National League after falling to a 2-1 defeat at home to Notts County.
Read MoreDate set for Knife Angel's arrival in Leicesterpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Sonia Kataria
BBC NewsA Knife Angel statue, made up of 100,000 blades handed to UK police forces, is set to go on display in Leicester.
The 27ft (8m) artwork, created for the victims of knife crime using either confiscated or surrendered blades, will be on show from 2 to 23 May at Leicester Cathedral.
Image source, British Ironwork CentreClive Knowles, chairman of the British Ironworks Centre in Oswestry, Shropshire - where it was made - said the sculpture was "controversial, but stunningly beautiful at the same time".
Since the Knife Angel's unveiling in 2017, it has been displayed in nine cities in a bid to raise awareness of knife crime.
Man held over street stabbing in Broxtowepublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Sonia Kataria
BBC NewsA 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding after a man was stabbed in Broxtowe.
Officers were called to Amesbury Circus at about 17:20 on Monday.
Nottinghamshire Police said the victim was taken to Queen's Medical Centre for treatment and his injuries are not believed to be life-altering.
The detained man remains in custody.
Image source, GoogleWatch: Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2020
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherExpect some sunshine and scattered showers across the region today. It could also feel quite chilly at times.
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Forest equaliser keeps Boro in drop zonepublished at 22:03 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Middlesbrough remain in the Championship relegation zone as Nottingham Forest deny them a first win for two months.
Read MoreMan arrested after woman found deadpublished at 20:54 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
The woman, who was in her 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
Read MoreBoy, 2, 'spat at and racially abused'published at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
The boy's mother says a man threatened to hurt her son and racially abused him in Nottingham.
Read MoreNew film hears voices from Miners' Strikepublished at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
The year-long dispute saw the National Union of Mineworkers take on the government over pit closures.
Read MoreTravel fraudster left thousands without holidayspublished at 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Diamond Shortbreak Holidays went into administration after Jamie Tann misused nearly £700,000 of company money.
Read MoreCharity music festival raises £75,000 to tackle homelessnesspublished at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineAn annual charity music festival which was set up to tackle homelessness in Nottingham has raised about £75,000.
Beat the Streets, held at venues across the city, was headlined by Nottingham musician Jake Bugg and took place on 26 January.
The money came from a combination of ticket sales, merchandise, tombola, collection buckets and cash spent at the bars.
The charity Framework said the money raised will be used to employ two mental health workers with the aim of offering "wrap around support to rough sleepers with complex needs".
Image source, DHP FamilyChief executive Andrew Redfern said: “Without Beat the Streets there would be many more people sleeping rough in Nottingham than we currently see and some of them would be dying.
“Each year the Nottingham Street Outreach Team finds nearly 800 people who are new to the streets."
Next year’s Beat the Streets will take place on 31 January.
Clifton Bridge to close overnight for repairspublished at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
BBC Radio NottinghamClifton Bridge will be closed overnight for the next two weeks, starting tonight.
Highways England say they're working to reopen another lane out of the city towards Clifton, but will need to shut the bridge to alter the lanes and traffic layouts on some sections of the A52.
They're turning a former inbound lane to an outbound lane, with the whole bridge shutting between 22:00 and 06:00.
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End of twitter postMan admits affray after footballer's deathpublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Non-league footballer Jordan Sinnott was found unconscious during a night out in Retford in January.
Read MoreTory councillor reinstated after fake allegationspublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineThe Conservative Party has reinstated a Leicestershire county councillor following an investigation into allegations he posted racist messages online.
Ted Parton, who represents Loughborough South, external, was cleared after it was discovered the posts came from a fake account.
The case has been unanimously dismissed by a Tory party disciplinary committee.
Mr Parton said the past five months have been "deeply upsetting and personally and professionally damaging."
Image source, Leicestershire County CouncilHe told BBC Radio Leicester: "As a councillor one has to have such a high moral compass and be a community leader and now it's a case of persuading everybody again that I'm completely innocent and I hold very high standards."
He said he wants tougher laws governing users, owners and operators of social media following the accusations.
Leicester sign Mamukashvili & Nadolopublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Leicester Tigers sign Georgia hooker Shalva Mamukashvili and Fiji wing Nemali Nadolo for the 2020-21 season.
Read MoreMan who wrapped cord around disabled man's throat jailedpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsA 42-year-old man who attacked a disabled man in Rise Park, Nottingham, has been jailed for 12 months.
David Roe, of Benedict Court, Top Valley, went into the victim's flat before the attack on 9 January.
He headbutted him, punched and kicked him and wrapped an extension cable around his neck and tightened it, police said.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceThe victim escaped and police were called.
Roe was on licence at the time of the attack and was recalled to prison.
He was sentenced to 12 months for actual bodily harm at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, and was given a three-year restraining order.
He has been ordered to pay a £149 victim surcharge.
Poundland's Nottingham stores to sell frozen foodpublished at 11:21 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
PA MediaPoundland has said its stores in Nottingham will be among the first to sell frozen and chilled food.
The discount retailer, which is based in the West Midlands, said it was moving further into grocery sales after a recent trial.
The expansion programme includes shops in Gateshead, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Nottingham.
Image source, PA MediaAttempted murder charge after Radford stabbingpublished at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsA 20-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Radford, Nottingham.
The man has also been charged with robbery and possession of a bladed article.
It comes after a man in his 30s was stabbed in Chesil Avenue on 24 February, leaving him with life-altering injuries.
He remains in hospital in a stable condition.
The man is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
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