Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A police officer has been bitten while arresting a suspect in Nottinghamshire.

The 28-year-old man was wanted for allegedly breaching his bail conditions and officers went to an address in Kent Close, Worksop, on Tuesday night.

Police said a struggle ensued which resulted in the officer being bitten on the hand.

Image source, Google

The suspect was eventually subdued with irritant spray and restrained.

Three knives were later found in a bag in the property, police said.

The man was arrested on suspicion of breaching bail conditions, assaulting a police officer with intent to resist arrest and possession of three bladed articles.

He is currently in custody.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Police are appealing for witnesses over a fatal crash which involved a lorry and a car in Derbyshire.

Officers said they were called to the A38 near Coxbench at about 18:40 yesterday, where a woman in her 20s died at the scene.

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A police spokesperson said "our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time".

Anyone who saw the crash or who may have dashcam footage has been asked to come forward.

BBC Weather

It's a very cold start again this morning, although no more snow is forecast for the rest of the day.

It could briefly climb slightly above freezing in some places such as Nottingham, but then temperatures are set to fall rapidly back down to lows of -3C (27F) or -4C (25F) in the evening and overnight.

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Police say the three people, who travelled from London to Derbyshire, were fined and had their car seized.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

This beautiful formation of icicles appeared in Cotes, Loughborough today.

It was spotted by Andy Judge who said he believed it was the result of flood water from the road being sprayed up by passing traffic.

Image source, Andy Judge

Image source, Andy Judge

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A driver who crashed into a tree, killing himself and his passenger, had been travelling at “excessive speed”, and had cocaine and cannabis in his system, an inquest heard.

Brett Rogers, 37, of Derby, and Tanya Jackson, 29, of Stapleford, died on the Derby-bound carriageway of the A52 near Long Eaton on 22 August last year.

Another motorist told Derby Coroner's Court he had been driving at between 65 and 70mph when Mr Rogers passed him at a faster speed.

He described how the Vauxhall Insignia lost control, swerved in front of him "at a 45-degree angle", hit a tree and was "thrown so high in the air".

Image source, Google

A toxicology report found evidence of cocaine in Mr Rogers' system, and levels of cannabis four times the legal limit for driving in England and Wales.

Det Con Diane McDermott, from Derbyshire Police, said the evidence showed the cannabis had recently been smoked "but could not comment on the impact" of it, and the cocaine was probably taken "the day or night before".

The hearing was told the road was wet and there had been several heavy downpours when the crash happened at about 17:00.

Concluding the inquest, Assistant Coroner Louise Pinder said Mr Rogers "had taken illicit drugs and was driving too fast for the road conditions".

She added that he and Ms Jackson both sustained fatal head injuries after Mr Rogers "lost control of the car he was driving which then collided with a tree".

David Pittam
BBC News Online

A woman in her 20s is in hospital in a "life-threatening" condition after being found seriously injured outside a car park.

Leicestershire Police were called to Duke Street in Leicester at about 12:35 today by a member of the public who had seen a woman lying injured on the ground.

The car park, Duke Street and an area of Regent Road have been cordoned off by police while they investigate what happened.

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Homeless Alexandru Stan has been described by a legal expert as a victim of the "innocence tax".

League of Legends gamers help Emily Perkins raise more than £3,000 for a bereavement charity.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Tributes have been paid to a hospital chef who died after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Joe Wilson, who had worked at Queen's Hospital Burton since 2013, passed away on 6 February.

Mr Wilson, aged 54 and from Denby, was described as an avid Derby County fan who enjoyed "a good laugh with his friends and colleagues".

Image source, University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Trust

Gavin Boyle, chief executive of the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, said: "Joe's colleagues say that he the loved the comradeship in the catering department and was valued by all those he worked with.

"He was always willing to help and support others and do what was needed to get the job done."

Skegness Pier's new management want to restore the 19th Century structure to "its former glory".

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

This picture of a mountain hare, taken by a Derbyshire photographer, has been "highly commended" in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.

Andy Parkinson, from Crich, took the wintry portrait of the animal, curled up in a ball in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park in 2019.

It was one of 25 images chosen by a public vote out of 49,000 submissions to the competition run by the Natural History Museum.

Image source, Andy Parkinson / Wildlife Photographer of the Year / PA Media

Mr Parkinson said he spent five or six hours lying next to the hare to get the right shot and doing press ups intermittently to keep warm.

"It's a hare I have, bizarrely, known for about four years," he told BBC Breakfast.

"I go up every year to spend a significant amount of time photographing this highly threatened species - one of our true native icons.

"This image really represents the perfect conditions I look for. We had high winds, a fresh dump of snow and incredibly cold temperatures which creates these quite compelling conditions in the backdrop."

He has been sticking to photographing locally more recently but said he is looking forward to travelling to Scotland when he can.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

Two routes are currently closed in Derbyshire due to snow and ice, external - the A57 Snake Pass and Rushup Edge between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Castleton.

The county council said freezing conditions and drifting snow were also causing problems on the A625 near Hathersage.

Image source, Derbyshire Bobby

Gritters have been covering primary routes since 04:00 but the authority has urged people to avoid travelling unless strictly necessary.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Jewellery worth £70,000 has been taken in a burglary at a house in Nottingham.

A property in Chadwick Road, Bobbers Mill, was broken into between 15:15 and 17:30 GMT on 2 February, police said.

Image source, Nottinghamshire Police

Officers said as well as being valuable, the items had great sentimental value and the theft had been "incredibly painful" for the owner.

They have appealed for anyone who sees the items either online or in person to contact the police.

Detectives also advised anyone who had strangers calling at their home unexpectedly to be extra careful.

BBC Weather

It's a chilly morning but sunny spells will start to warm things up, with some areas expected to reach above freezing for the first time in days.

There is also only a small chance of snow in most areas.

However, it's expected to take a much colder turn this evening with lows of -5C (23F) overnight.

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Midfielder Michael Doyle says playing Gaelic football as a kid helped during his goalkeeping stint in Notts County's 3-1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A woman broke coronavirus restrictions for a second time, shortly after being issued with a fixed penalty notice for meeting up with friends, a court has heard.

At Nottingham Magistrates' Court, Edyta Ostrowska admitted participating in a gathering of two or more people in a tier three area in residential accommodation at the Newcastle Arms pub in Worksop.

The court heard police were called to the property in the early hours of Christmas Eve and found two people who didn't live there - Ms Ostrowska and a man - drinking and smoking with the four residents.

The pair were told to go home and issued with fixed penalty notices but when officers were called back an hour or so later, Ms Ostrowska was found with a drink in her hand and arrested.

Defending herself, the 47-year-old, of Carlton Road in Worksop, said she had returned to pick up her phone and had only been there "between three and five minutes when the police arrived".

Magistrate Richard Vincent said: "It does not matter it was Christmas Eve and your friends had invited you, it was against the law and we consider it a blatant breach of the warning and of the penalty notice you had been given.

"We would be failing as magistrates to wider society if we did not consider this seriously."

She was fined £320 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge.

BBC Radio Leicester

The government has promised to look into extra funding to help persuade ethnic minorities in Leicester to get a Covid vaccine.

Two weeks ago it announced £23m for dozens of councils in England to help fight misinformation and to encourage the take-up of vaccines among higher-risk communities.

Speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon, Labour's shadow health secretary and MP for Leicester South, Jonathan Ashworth, said: "A city like Leicester, one of the most diverse in the country, was not on the list - can he rectify that?"

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock replied: "I'll absolutely look into the points he made about Leicester. I know that it's close to his heart and a very important matter."

The BBC joined officers from Nottinghamshire Police's Operation Bion team as they responded to reports of illegal house parties in the city.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Police in Leicestershire are appealing for information after a woman was spat at while walking her dog.

Officers were called to Crown Lane in Mountsorrel at about 07:15 on Monday after the woman said she was pushed from behind by a man who then spat in her face.

He was described as about 5ft 7in tall, with a slim build and brown hair, and was wearing dark clothing and spoke with a local accent.