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An endangered bird has been heard in normally busy spots in the Peak District during the lockdown, the National Trust has said.

The trust said curlews and other wildlife are making themselves at home at their properties across the UK, with some species returning to places for the first time in decades.

It added its sites remain closed although they are working on their reopening plans.

As lockdown measures ease, it has urged people returning to the trust properties in future to be careful of the wildlife that has made itself homes in new areas.

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Ben McCarthy, head of nature conservation at the trust, said: "It has only been eight weeks but wildlife seems to be enjoying the breathing space.

"With less traffic and fewer people, we've heard deafening levels of birdsong and seen famous monuments and formal gardens colonised by wildlife."

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BBC News

A driver has been checked over by emergency services after a car fire on the M1 northbound this morning.

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Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire - between junctions 28 and 29 - is now out, adding East Midlands Ambulance Service "gave a precautionary check" of the driver after suspected smoke inhalation.

Highways England reopened two lanes but has warned of delays in the area.

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BBC News

A man has been charged after reports of petrol bombs being thrown at a property in Nottingham.

Residents were evacuated in the area of Bosworth Walk, in The Meadows, on Monday afternoon.

The 45-year-old, from the same street, has been charged with causing a dangerous/noxious thing to be taken/received with intent to burn/maim/disfigure or disable another or cause grievous bodily harm to another.

He was also charged with affray and possession of a bladed article. He remains in custody and is due appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later.

League One and Two clubs could be placed under salary cap restrictions by new English Football League proposals.

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Hundreds of office jobs across Specsavers offices in Nottingham, Southampton and Guernsey are at risk of redundancy due to a "sizeable downturn in business" because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Specsavers has announced the redundancies will impact 450 support office jobs "at all levels of seniority" and spanning "all business functions".

Staff employed in its 900 UK stores will not be affected.

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CEO John Perkins said: "We have done everything we possibly could to avoid making people redundant, including implementing salary cuts, the introduction of part-time working arrangements and utilising the government's furlough scheme.

"My heart goes out to each and every one of our people who could lose their jobs."

He added: "Moving forward, our single-minded focus is on rebuilding the business to protect the interests of our joint venture partners and their store teams."

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BBC News

The chief executive of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) has told the BBC he's "shocked" Rolls-Royce is cutting 9,000 jobs "even though it's been trailed".

Andrew Mair said he knew a number of the large aerospace companies have been considering cuts and that discussions about job losses were taking place with trade unions.

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The MAA supports and represents the aerospace industry across the Midlands.

Mr Mair said the cuts will be felt in Derby, where Rolls-Royce focuses its operations in civil aerospace.

He said: "I think we still need to wait and see how those job reductions are going to take place across the Rolls-Royce sites but it's the most serious cutbacks we've seen at Rolls-Royce, and therefore the aerospace industry, for a generation."

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BBC News

The ADS group, which represents and supports more than 1,100 UK businesses in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, said the Rolls-Royce announcement made it clear there were tough times ahead.

Chief executive Paul Everitt said: "This signals a very difficult period for Rolls-Royce, its employees and its extensive UK supply chain.

"The [coronavirus] crisis is having a major impact on aerospace companies who provide high value, long-term jobs in all regions and nations of the UK, putting thousands more jobs at risk now and in the months ahead."

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He added: "To minimise the impact on jobs and manufacturing capability in the long-term we need urgent action by government.

"The UK must lead the reopening of international aviation, put in place additional public support for development of new low carbon technologies, bring forward major defence and space programmes and establish long-term funding mechanisms to help our supply chain survive and prosper as growth returns to the sector."

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

The M1 is partially blocked northbound between junctions 28 and 29 due to a car fire.

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Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service is at the scene.

Highways England said lanes three and four of the carriageway have reopened but added there is "lots of congestion" back to junction 27.

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BBC News

Trains have returned to normal after earlier disruption caused when a person was hit by a train.

East Midlands Railway said it happened between Leicester and Market Harborough this morning.

"Lines are now open and trains can run normally following earlier disruption on our Intercity route," a spokesman said.

"We are sorry if your journey was delayed."

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Trains were unable to run between Leicester and the capital while emergency services were at the scene.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Almost 90 attacks on key workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak have been investigated in Nottinghamshire, according to police.

Nottinghamshire Police said there were 61 incidents of key workers being coughed on or spat at between 20 March and 27 April and a further 28 similar assaults were reported up to 18 May.

Chief Constable Craig Guildford said the attacks on police officers, care workers and paramedics was "abhorrent".

"I find it abhorrent that anyone would ever think to spit or cough at an emergency worker," he said.

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He added: "Each and every day, the county’s key workers are putting themselves at risk to help keep the public safe and I – along with the vast majority of the county we serve – cannot be more thankful of their efforts."

The force has charged five men, aged between 23 and 37, from the Nottingham area, with various attacks on emergency workers.

Doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers, prison officers, firefighters and other front-line workers in the county have made a plea to stop these attacks through a video.

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BBC News

Warren East, Rolls-Royce's chief executive, acknowledged the job cuts were "terrible news" for employees, but said action had to be taken to protect the business in the long-term.

"This is not a crisis of our making. But it is the crisis that we face and we must deal with it," he said.

"Our airline customers and air-frame partners are having to adapt and so must we."

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He continued: "Being told that there is no longer a job for you is a terrible prospect and it is especially hard when all of us take so much pride in working for Rolls-Royce.

"But we must take difficult decisions to see our business through these unprecedented times."

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

The Unite union has criticised Rolls-Royce for the timing of its job cuts announcement.

Steve Turner, general secretary for manufacturing, said: "The news that Rolls-Royce is preparing to throw thousands of skilled, loyal, world class workers, their families and communities under the bus during the worst public health crisis since 1918 is shameful opportunism.

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"This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers. Unite and Britain's taxpayers deserve a more responsible approach to a national emergency.

"We call upon Rolls-Royce to step back from the brink and work with us on a better way through this crisis."

The union called on the government to intervene by setting up a "National Council for Recovery" to protect the country's manufacturing base from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Business Correspondent

The cuts are part of a bigger scheme that will reduce Rolls-Royce's costs by about £1.3bn a year.

The company has already used the government's furlough scheme to help pay the wages of about 4,000 staff, but Warren East, Rolls-Royce's chief executive, said companies could not expect the government to continue such a scheme for several years.

There was also a clear hint this morning that some factories may close - the company said it would review its future manufacturing footprint.

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Some questions remain for Rolls-Royce. Investors are scratching their head about when the company's revenues - much of which rely on aircraft to be flying for money to flow - will return.

The company has not yet tapped its shareholders for more money - some expect that may eventually come.

Chris Doidge
BBC Radio Derby, political reporter

It's interesting they have said it "will predominantly affect our civil aerospace business" - with Rolls-Royce that is always a sign that Derby is likely to be significantly affected.

Derby accounts for more than half the jobs in that business so it's likely we will see thousands of jobs go here.

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There's another bit of small print in the press release that says they will "carry out a detailed review of our facility footprint".

I've taken that to mean they're going to be looking at where some of those jobs are based.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Derby South MP Margaret Beckett said the city had been bracing itself for a major job cuts announcement by Rolls-Royce for several weeks.

She told BBC Radio Derby: "Since the FT story we've known there were likely to be problems on the way - and of course Boeing and Airbus have announced substantial reductions in their workload and that has an inevitable knock-on consequence for Rolls-Royce.

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"It's not a total shock but it's still not good news. If you find yourself in the job market there can be no better recommendation than saying you worked for Rolls-Royce but no-one wants to be in that position."

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It will be dry and very warm again today, with temperatures a little higher than Tuesday.

This beautiful dawn photo was taken by David E in Shelford.

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Maddie Wall, 13, says the people who work for the NHS are the true heroes.

A German shepherd was off its lead at the time, Nottinghamshire Police say.

A three-year-old girl is in hospital after being bitten on the face by a dog.

Nottinghamshire Police said the German shepherd was off its lead around Enderby Square and Woodside Road in Lenton Abbey at about 15:30 today.

The girl was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre with "serious injuries", a spokesman said.

The dog owner's described as being in her late 40s, about 5ft 5in tall with red hair.

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BBC News

An inquest has heard a prisoner died after contracting Covid-19.

George Cobbledick, aged 90, was serving a sentence at HMP Whatton in Nottinghamshire when he died at Nottingham's City Hospital on 4 April.

Assistant coroner Laurinda Bower opened the inquest into his death at the city's coroner's court earlier.

"Doctors have proposed a medical cause of death of Covid-19 associated bronchopneumonia and emphysema," said Ms Bower.

She said during his treatment the prisoner tested positive for Covid-19.

The inquest was adjourned for further evidence to be gathered.