Gas engineers say investigations will start as soon as possible but no property damage is reported.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Houses have been evacuated near a fire in Nottinghamshire.

The fire and rescue service said they were called to Pit Lane in Trowell at around 18:30.

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A spokesman confirmed crews from Stapleford, Ikeston and a water carrier from Loughborough were tackling a fire at a gas substation.

There are no reports of injuries at the moment and it is unclear how many properties have been affected.

Police confirmed they were attending but only to manage road closures, including Stapleford Road.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

The former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police has said the Metropolitan Police's response to a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard on Saturday shows a "complete institutional misogynism."

The London force has faced severe criticism for the way it broke up a vigil in memory of Ms Everard on Clapham Common on Saturday.

Sue Fish said: "Understanding the context, as well as the law, is so important and I think on this occasion the senior leadership of the Met who were making decisions about how or whether this event should go ahead got it utterly wrong.

"It feels that the proportionate policing plan that the Met was supposed to put in place simply didn't happen."

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Commenting on whether there should have been more female officers present, Ms Fish said: "This could have been an area that could have been thought through rather more.

"And I think this just shows the lack of thought, and in some way a complete institutional misogynism, sexism, a sort of complete lack of understanding or insight into the experience of women."

The Met Commissioner Cressida Dick has previously defended policing of the event, saying: "I don't think anybody who was not in the operation can actually pass a detailed comment on the rightness and wrongness... This is fiendishly difficult policing."

Joseph Chattaway admits hitting his parents on the head in a "horrifying" hammer attack in Nottingham.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

A man who broke into a Gurdwara and later stabbed a stranger in a shop has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison.

Derbyshire Police said Mohammed Ibrar smashed the front doors of Guru Arjan Dev Sikh Gurdwara, on Stanhope Street, Derby, with a brick last May.

He then went into the Polancia shop, on Normanton Road, and stabbed a man on his arm, head and chest, the force added.

The victim was treated in hospital for his injuries.

Ibrar, 32, of Cromwell Road, Derby, admitted wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £190 at Derby Crown Court earlier.

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Ch Supt Dave Cox, from Derbyshire Police, said: "Ibrar’s actions that day not only had terrible consequences for the innocent man who was stabbed but he also caused deep upset within the Sikh community."

The egg was given to a girl who could not bear to eat the egg because she loved the doll inside.

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A temporary court will open in Nottingham to reduce the area's backlog of cases due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told the Commons that the Nightingale Court will be open before the end of this month.

It comes as Nottinghamshire MPs raised concerns about the severe backlog of cases at both Nottingham Magistrates' Court and Nottingham Crown Court.

As of the beginning of January there were more than 8,000 "outstanding cases" at Nottingham Magistrates' Court and over 1,000 "outstanding cases" at Nottingham Crown Court.

During justice departmental questions in the Commons, Conservative MP Darren Henry for Broxtowe asked Mr Buckland if the government had plans to erect a Nightingale Court in Nottingham.

The Justice Secretary replied: "I am delighted to let (Mr Henry) know that as a result of the campaigning that he and other Nottinghamshire colleagues have undertaken, we will indeed be opening a Nightingale Court in Nottingham before the end of this very month.

"And I agree that adding additional capacity to opening up Nightingales is the key to tackling the higher level of outstanding cases caused by the pandemic."

He added they were on track to have 60 additional court rooms by the end of March.

CCTV footage shows a man kicking down the doors of a shop before driving off on the scooter.

Red deer stags are caught on camera "boxing", partly to protect their antlers, an expert says.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a two-car crash in Leicester.

Police said it happened on Abbey Park Road just before 20:00 yesterday and involved a Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda Civic.

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Several roads around the park were closed for more than seven hours last night.

Police said the driver of the Corsa was in a "critical" condition in hospital with injuries described as "serious".

Officers would like to hear from anyone with information on what happened.

A local NHS review accepts the vaccines were given to football club staff to avoid waste.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A woman has been assaulted while jogging along a canal path between Chellaston and Swarkestone.

Derbyshire Police said it happened just before 08:00 yesterday.

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The 19-year-old reported being approached from behind by a man on a bicycle, who touched her bottom.

Police patrols of the area are being increased and CCTV is being checked.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Claudia Webbe's trial over a charge of harassment has been postponed after her barrister fell ill.

Miss Webbe, who was elected as the MP for Leicester East in December 2019, was due to stand trial today on a single charge of harassment.

The 56-year-old, of Moreland Street, Islington, north London, is accused of threatening and making numerous unwarranted telephone calls to a woman.

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The trial was adjourned until 27 September after her solicitor told Westminster Magistrates' Court the last they had heard from her barrister was that he was "feeling unwell" and was going to "call an ambulance".

She denies the charge and remains on unconditional bail.

Jide Badmus is jailed for eight years over the attack in a Nottinghamshire village.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

A couple have been tied up and robbed by armed intruders that climbed through their window whilst they watched television.

Nottinghamshire Police said it happened in Ranskill at about 19:30 on Wednesday.

It was reported five men, wearing masks and armed with metal bars, stole jewellery, watches, cash and firearms from the house while the couple were tied up with cable ties.

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Police said the victims managed to wriggle out of the cable ties after the intruders left and were not injured.

Det Sgt Ricky Ellis, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "We have several lines of enquiry to follow up and are continuing to work with the victims who have been left shaken by what happened.

"This must have been such a frightening experience for the couple.

"We're asking the local community if they saw anything suspicious in the area around the time it happened, no matter how small."

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

People aged over 40 in Nottinghamshire are expected to be invited to receive a coronavirus vaccination next week, according to the MP for Ashfield.

The update from Lee Anderson follows a mix-up by the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) yesterday.

Image source, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG

The CCG apologised after opening up appointments to over-40s too early, causing the website to crash and the offer to be withdrawn.

Mr Anderson said over-40s getting the vaccine next week was still "well ahead of schedule".

Currently, only those over 50 in Nottinghamshire can make an appointment for a Covid jab.

Wallace and Gromit star, Shaun the Sheep, helps the environmental project mark a new milestone.

BBC Weather

It's a wet start today which will clear to leave a dry spell before more rain arrives followed by a few sunny spells this afternoon.

Today is also expected to be blustery but mild with highs of about 13C and the winds will ease overnight.

As we head towards dawn tomorrow, it will be dry with clear spells which could lead to a few mist and fog patches with a minimum temperature of 2C.

This lovely wet weather photograph was taken in Kegworth, Leicestershire, by BBC Weather Watcher Scrappy.

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Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Nottingham Trent University, which has a man-made city centre peregrine falcon nest on top of one of its buildings, has seen its first egg this year.

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, which works in partnership with the university, said the 40th egg was laid at about midnight.

Erin McDaid, from the trust, said: "So far we’ve had 39 chicks fledge from the nest - so this egg has the potential to be our 40th.

"We’ll plan to share the first clip we get of any hatching activity."

Image source, Nottingham Trent University/Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

The tray-style nest, which was one of the first of its kind, has attracted more than 500,000 viewers during lockdown via a webcam stream, external.

The project recently marked its 20th anniversary.

Eddie Bisknell
Local Democracy Reporter

The groups of people in Derby who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 would be more likely to spread the virus, the city's chief of public health has said.

Dr Robyn Dewis, the city's public health director, said those who have been vaccinated, like the retired and elderly, would be more likely to stay at home more.

But she said working-age residents from deprived areas, who use public transport remain more at risk.

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Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Dr Dewis said: "We know that most of the cases in the city are related to people that need to go out to work and that working age group... it is going to be a month or so before we get those groups covered.

“We have got a period now where we have got a little bit of increased risk where we start to move around more and those groups remain unvaccinated which we just need to be really, really cautious about."

Dr Dewis said people from more deprived social and economic background were being “disproportionately” affected due to the more frequent need to leave home and to use public transport.

She said: “It has been stark, the impact on health inequalities and it is certainly a key area we are looking at around what we can do to respond to that."