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The former Scotland Yard officer was instrumental in bringing the notorious gangsters to justice.
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Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
A 70-year-old man, who was being held at HMP Sudbury, Derbyshire, has died after testing positive for Covid-19.
He is the tenth prisoner to die from the virus, the Ministry of Justice confirmed.
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BBC News
What a lovely gesture.
Cadbury has donated 13,000 Easter eggs to staff at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
The trust's charity said it will distribute all the eggs with the help of a team of volunteers.
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Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online
A former Leicestershire prison officer who aided a major drug dealing gang has been sentenced.
Police said Rebecca Grace, from Derbyshire, was in a relationship with a prisoner at HMP Long Lartin and took packages from the gang into the prison.
Image source, Getty ImagesAt Leicester Crown Court in February, Grace, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to convey a prohibited article into prison and intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence.
On Friday she was given a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
Grace is the 24th person to be sentenced as part of a police operation against the drugs gang.
A 24-year-old Nottingham man is being questioned about Hassan Haadi's death in Everton last month.
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Convenience store firm Costcutter has built a pop-up store in a Nottinghamshire hospital to help staff get supplies.
King's Mill Hospital in Sutton in Ashfield is one of 20 NHS hospitals to get one of the new shops, which are a partnership with food service company Compass.
The shops will fill units left by the temporary closure of some retail spaces across hospital sites.
The unbranded stores will be manned by restaurant staff and mainly will make use of existing equipment within the hospitals.
Bill Randles, head of national retail accounts at Costcutter, said: "With a number of retail units forced to close due to the Covid-19 crisis, it is vitally important that the NHS staff at these hospitals can easily get hold of core grocery and household products that they need."
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online
A man who claimed to be a coronavirus "super-spreader" and coughed on police arresting him has been jailed.
Derbyshire Police went to a canal path in Swarkstone on 2 April after reports of a man acting aggressively.
Christopher McKendrick (pictured by the force below), from the town, was found to be waving a piece of wood and was detained.
Image source, Derbyshire PolicePolice said when he was asked by officers if he had the virus, he told them he was a super-spreader and coughed at them.
On 3 April, at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court, the 58-year-old admitted offences including using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress and common assault.
He was jailed for a total of 16 weeks and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £122.
Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online
Nottingham Forest Football Club has said the club is "devastated" by the death of a staff member who has reportedly died from coronavirus.
The club tweeted, external Kevin Rowson, part of the matchday security team for 10 years, had passed away due to the illness.
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Reporter, BBC News Online
A major wildlife show has been cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions on public events.
Birdfair 2020, due to be held at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve in August, is a series of exhibitions, lectures and events promoting conservation.
Image source, BirdfairOrganisers said the event, which attracted more than 24,000 people last year, had raised more than £5m over 31 years and cancelling was a "difficult decision".
But they said were exploring a digital event featuring some of the scheduled lectures and Birdfair 2021 was already being planned.
Liam Barnes
BBC News
A "dangerous" prison has seen significant improvements "at long last", inspectors have said.
An unannounced visit by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) to HMP Nottingham in January led to the institution's rating being upgraded from poor to "not sufficiently good".
In 2018 the category B jail become the first in the UK to be issued an urgent notification letter over self-inflicted deaths, and last year a report by the Independent Monitoring Board found it still had "significant problems" with violence.
However, while acknowledging violence levels are "still far too high" and noting four self-inflicted deaths had taken place since the last inspection, a report written by the Chief Inspector of Prisons found healthcare and relations between prisoners and staff had improved.
Peter Clarke said there was "still a huge amount of work to do", but hopes the "impressive progress" seen on the inspection can "mark a watershed in the troubled history" of the prison.
Image source, PA MediaQuote MessageGiven the disappointing and indeed troubling history of poor inspections followed by inadequate responses, it was gratifying to find during this latest inspection that there had at long last been some real change at Nottingham... we came away with some confidence that the improvements could be sustained and built upon if the leadership and energy that was now evident could be maintained into the future."
Peter Clarke, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
Police say they did not receive "the warmest of welcomes" when responding to a noise complaint.
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Two leaders of East Midlands councils have died after being diagnosed with coronavirus.
Anthony Brewer, who led Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, died aged 74, the authority confirmed.
A member of the Ashfield Independent Party and ward councillor for Skegby, the council said the 74-year-old "will be remembered as a caring, funny, dedicated councillor who wore his chains with great pride".
In Derbyshire, Duffield Parish Council said its chairman, Colin Thompson, died on Sunday.
The Liberal Democrat member had been re-elected to the council last year, having previously served as a councillor in the 1990s.
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Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
A nurse in Leicester has described the harrowing task of caring for the dying and their families during the coronavirus crisis.
With loved ones and relatives unable to say goodbye in person in order to stop the spread of the virus, medical staff are having to relay key information - including letting someone know about a death - over the phone.
The nurse, who spoke to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, said nurses "can’t be compassionate or comforting in the same way we normally would", but praised colleagues for being "so professional and dedicated" and helping patients, their families and each other.
She also thanked the public for their widespread support, such as clapping for carers, adding their efforts to donate food and other items to key workers were helping to keep up spirits.
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BBC News
A man has been charged with a number of driving offences after a car crashed into a hedge in Newark.
Nottinghamshire Police said officers first spotted the vehicle in Boundary Road at about 22:40 on Sunday, and after a short pursuit the car crashed into a hedge in Bathley.
A 38-year-old man from Newark was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified, driving without insurance and failing to stop for police and subsequently charged with all three offences.
He has been released on bail and is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 4 June.
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Derbyshire Police have issued 30 fixed penalty notices to people flouting government measures designed to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Chief Constable Peter Goodman said half of those fines were handed out over the past weekend.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceHe said just over 11% of calls to the service over the last weekend were in relation to Covid-19 but he suspects some may have been malicious.
He told MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee: "We do believe some of that is a little misguided, a little of it may be malicious, getting your own back on your neighbours.
"But the vast majority of it has been about concerned members of the public doing the responsible thing."
Liam Barnes
BBC News
A homeowner has been fined after police attending complaints about noise found a house party under way.
The Derby West response team said it did not receive "the warmest of welcomes" after being called to an 18th birthday party, with one attendee telling officers they "did not believe" in coronavirus.
Lockdown measures have been in place for more than a week, with strict advice warning against any large gatherings and calling for social distancing.
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Liam Barnes
BBC News
A fire at the electrical sub station on Old Station Drive in Ruddington saw nearly 2,000 homes lose power overnight.
Western Power Distribution said they were alerted by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service at about 02:05 after a tree fire spread to the building.
The majority of the 1,961 cut off had their power restored within the hour, a spokesman said, with 67 households still needing to be connected.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
Image source, Wayne SwiftElodie Press brings a slice of happiness to her neighbours during the coronavirus lockdown.
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