Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Events at a major Nottinghamshire venue have been cancelled at short notice due to coronavirus rates in the area.

After discussions between organisers and health officials, the Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair and the Normous Newark Autojumble will not got ahead this weekend at Newark Showground, the county council said.

The most recent weekly data shows 34 new cases in Newark, meaning a rate 25.4 per 100,000. The UK is currently quarantining visitors from countries with a rate above 20 per 100,000.

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Jonathan Gribbin, public health director for Nottinghamshire, said: "The welfare of local people is a top priority and I am grateful to the event organisers for co-operating fully with this decision which is the right thing to do for the residents of Newark and the wider community.

"Tackling coronavirus is a county-wide effort and everyone needs to play their part by strictly adhering to the government advice on social distancing, hand washing, the wearing of face masks and the test and trace scheme."

The Antiques Fair for traders has gone ahead today as planned, but is not open to the public.

Jennifer Harby
BBC News

A Nottingham A-level student whose results were downgraded from her school's predictions says her grades feel "so fake".

Grace Evans, from The Meadows, was predicted two A*s and an A by The West Bridgford School but ended up being downgraded to two As and a B for her history, English literature and philosophy and ethics subjects.

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She has still managed to get into her first-choice university SOAS but said the results felt "so fake I can hardly bring myself to attach too much weight or meaning to them".

"I deserved better but I'm honestly pretty happy, despite everything," she added.

Jennifer Harby
BBC News

The University of Leicester says it plans to offer students places based on their mock A-level results as well as their published results - whichever is higher - regardless of whether they decide to appeal or wait for appeal outcomes.

Vice-chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, said the university was waiting for clarity around the government announcement that schools in England could appeal for an upgrade if students' results were lower than those achieved in their mock exams.

Professor Canagarajah added students who are accepting or applying for a clearing place at the university would be required to validate their mock results via their school to secure their place.

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A brother says he does not want his sister's occult-obsessed killer back in the community yet.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Three teenagers have been arrested after two people suffered stab wounds in a fight in Nottingham city centre.

Police said they were called to a brawl involving about 12 people in Long Row just before 23:00 on Wednesday.

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Three males, two aged 16 and one 18-year-old, were arrested at the scene. One of the casualties was found to have injuries to the arm and the other to the stomach and both were taken to the Queen's Medical Centre.

Officers described the fight as an "isolated incident" and said those involved were known to each other.

BBC Weather Watchers

We are set for another warm day - though a few degrees cooler than recently - with spells of hazy sunshine, but there is still a chance of isolated thundery showers.

Today's photo shows a sunny summer's day in Great Glen, Leicestershire.

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Mark Acar, originally from Nottingham, says his home was reduced to a "shell of walls".

Two defendants, aged 16 and 19, are on trial charged with Ezekiel Clarke's murder.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Stormy weather brought down two trees at Queens Park in Hinckley overnight.

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council said the area had been cordoned off but removal of the trees would take a few days.

Image source, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

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Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Six staff members have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Riverside Bakery in Nottingham.

Parent firm Addo said it represented about 1% of the workforce at the Crossgate Drive site, which remains open.

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A spokeswoman said: "We continue to refer colleagues for testing as required and have an immediate and clear plan we are following.

"Our bakery continues to operate normally and we are communicating with Public Health England."

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

The death of a man who was found in a car parked outside a supermarket in Somercotes is not being treated as suspicious, police have said.

Officers were called to a car park near Iceland in Nottingham Road at about 03:50 after the body was spotted by a passer-by.

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Derbyshire Police said investigations were continuing and a file was being prepared for the coroner.

Derby County secure a loan against Pride Park to help them through the financial turmoil created by the coronavirus pandemic.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Lottery staff are searching for a person who has yet to claim a £500,000 jackpot from a ticket bought in Nottinghamshire.

The lucky entry for the National Lottery's Thunderball game was purchased in the Ashfield district before landing the top prize in the 29 July draw.

The winner has until 25 January - 180 days after the draw - to claim their prize before it gets handed over to National Lottery-funded projects around the UK.

The winning numbers were 16, 26, 30, 31, 39 and the Thunderball was 9.

Wicket-keeper batsman Lewis Hill extends his deal with home county Leicestershire to the end of the 2021 season..

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A 14-week-old puppy that was locked inside a black car during hot weather on Tuesday has been rescued by police.

Officers said they were called to the car parked in Castleton, Derbyshire, after passers-by and staff in a nearby cafe heard the puppy making noises.

They smashed a window to get to the dog, which they said had been there for "well over an hour".

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A post by the Buxton safer neighbourhood team on Facebook said, external: "We would think in this day and age leaving a dog or any living thing inside a car on a hot 30 degree day would be a no brainer.

"This was a costly lesson for the owner and hopefully one that will never happen again.

"This puppy was very lucky she was found quickly enough."

Sarah says Mia, who has ataxia, is struggling in lockdown and needs to know she's "not forgotten".

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Latex gloves worth more than £90,000 have been stolen from a lorry in Leicestershire.

The HGV was parked in a lay-by on the northbound carriageway of the A42, between junctions 12 and 13 near Ashby.

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The curtain sides of the trailer were slashed between 23:30 on 30 July and 07:30 the next morning, police said.

Thirteen pallets containing more than 1,000 boxes of latex gloves were then stolen.

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Officers said they would like to hear from anyone driving in the area at the time, especially anyone with dashcam footage or who saw another vehicle in the lay-by.

Four artists spent 400 hours creating a micro-marquetry of the hospital surgeon at the end of his shift.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Dog owners have been warned to keep their pets away from the lake at a popular Nottingham park.

Officials at Wollaton Hall said the hot weather had led to an increase in toxic blue-green algae.

Image source, Nottingham City Council

The algae - actually a type of bacteria - appears as a soup-like scum at the edges of water.

If dogs get into the water and drink the algae - or lick it off while cleaning themselves - it can prove fatal.

While no injuries have been reported, owners have been asked to keep their animals on a lead near the lake.

A council is accused of "institutional blindness" after putting millions of pounds into Robin Hood Energy.