Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Former world number one Andy Murray has pulled out of next week's grass court event in Nottingham.

Murray had been due to play his first singles tournament since March in the Challenger event but is instead focusing on Queen's and Wimbledon.

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Murray sustained his latest physical problem, a groin issue, in his sleep ahead of the Miami Open in late March and pulled out of the French Open after experiencing further discomfort.

It is not believed there has been a setback in his recovery, with the 34-year-old practising at Wimbledon over the past week.

But he has decided to give himself another week of training and is planning to be back on the court for the cinch Championships at Queen's Club beginning on 14 June.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A man who is wanted in connection with a sexual assault is being sought by police.

Mateusz Nowogorski, 21, was due to attend Nottingham Crown Court on 5 October 2020 but failed to appear, Nottinghamshire Police said.

This was in connection with an incident where a man approached a teenage girl in Colwick Road in August 2020.

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Police said Nowogorski frequently visits the Nottingham city centre and West Bridgford areas, but has no fixed address and could be further afield in Birmingham or the West Midlands area.

PC James Boden said: "Our investigation leads us to believe he could well still be around locally.

"Officers have searched across Nottinghamshire, but are now appealing for anyone with any information to come forward to help with our search."

Stacey Clay was found in her garden in Bestwood on 19 May, police say.

Tommee Tippee says it will investigate whether a malfunction could have caused the fire.

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BBC News

A teenager has been interviewed by police in the presence of his parents after a number of dead birds were found by members of the public in Nottinghamshire.

Police said they recently received six reports dead birds had been found in the Balderton and Barnby areas.

Anthony Nicholson, 82, who lives opposite Balderton Lake, told the force: "We found two carp and a wild Canada goose which appeared to have been barbecued.

"It happens all the time. The other day a lady came to us crying profusely. She asked us to come and have a look at what she'd found and we went down and found the big white duck, which is a bird that people were absolutely besotted with, with its neck snapped.

"A couple of mallards were suspected to have been tortured and burned. It's disgraceful."

As a result of the reports, officers and council officials took part in a number of days of "targeted" action that began last week.

A 15-year-old boy was found using a slingshot in Balderton and was just about to fire it at some local songbirds, Nottinghamshire Police said.

He was searched and interviewed with his parents later that week, the force added.

Other youths were also spoken to after being found with catapults and ball bearings, behaving antisocially and trying to evade police.

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Sgt Rob Harrison said: "We've seen some really concerning behaviour aimed out our local wildlife.

"Lots of our residents have spoken about their concerns and find it really distressing to come across animals that have been deliberately killed.

"It's completely unacceptable behaviour and thankfully our undercover operation has been ousting a number of those responsible."

A female passer-by was hit in the arm, and another woman was "narrowly missed" in the shootings.

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Police issued a dispersal order in Market Harborough on Wednesday evening after receiving "a number of reports of anti-social behaviour".

Groups of young men were reportedly fighting in the town centre, Leicestershire Police said, leading officers to issue the order, which was in place from 23:30 yesterday to 07:30 this morning.

No injuries were reported, a force spokesman said.

Sgt Pete Jelbert said: "It was disappointing that the order was necessary but we took swift action to restore order and protect the public."

Alex Regan
BBC News

A man who said he wanted to kill an MP while wielding a knife at Nottingham City Council's headquarters has been jailed for 12 months.

Grant Smith, 49, of Murray Close, Bestwood, was drunk and holding a bottle of whisky when he entered Loxley House with a 9in (23cm) kitchen knife at about 10:00 on 8 January.

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Police said Smith was reported to have held the knife in the air and shouted "slurred threats" before being arrested.

At Nottingham Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to having a blade in a public place, two counts of using threatening or abusive words and breaching a suspended sentence order.

Councillor Sam Webster said: “This was a very distressing incident for our staff at Loxley House, who should be able to carry out their work without being subjected to this kind of intimidating and frightening behaviour."

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A man has been arrested after a pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Leicester.

Leicestershire Police said the victim was involved in a disagreement with a man in the area of Howden Road, Eyres Monsell between 20:30 and 21:30 on 25 May

A short time afterwards the 30-year-old was walking along Markland when he was hit by a car which drove off towards Whitteney Drive.

The victim suffered significant injuries to his leg and foot and was treated at the scene by the ambulance service.

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A 27-year-old Leicester man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and has since been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Det Con Joseph McCormack, said: “We believe the incident in Howden Road is linked to the non-stop collision and that both parties are known to each other.

“Despite our arrest, we are still keen to speak to anyone who may have information about this incident but hasn’t as yet spoken to police.”

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A near miss involving two trains in Leicestershire is to be investigated by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB).

Early on 5 May a maintenance train went through a danger signal near Sileby.

Coming in the opposite direction on another line was a train of empty passenger coaches.

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The maintenance train carried on for about 350 metres and came to a halt where the two lines crossed.

The RAIB said the empty coaches had crossed that point less than 10 seconds earlier.

It added a preliminary investigation had found the train protection and warning system (TPWS) had engaged but not stopped the maintenance train as soon as expected.

The RAIB said it would look into the sequence of events which led to the incident, the effectiveness of the TPWS and the design of signals in the area.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A teenager has been arrested over an attack in Derbyshire that left a man with a fractured skull.

Two men were in the car park at Long Eaton railway station on 17 April when they were approached by a group of five young men.

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The pair were then allegedly assaulted by the group, police said.

One of the victims was left with a fractured skull, while the other man was left with a broken nose.

Following an appeal for information an 18-year-old was arrested and has been released under investigation.

BBC Weather Watchers

There is more dry, bright and settled weather on the way with a few showers around.

The cloud around this morning will gradually thin and break up, leaving plenty of sunshine later with highs of around 23C (73F).

Tonight the sunshine could turn hazy but it should be dry overnight with the odd isolated shower.

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A pub enlists the help of Madam Tess Tickle to ensure drinkers follow coronavirus guidelines.

The worms will launch from the Kennedy Space Centre to help UK researchers understand muscle loss.

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Reporter, BBC News Online

The discovery of a man's body in a street in Nottingham has prompted a police appeal.

Officers were called to Lawson Street, Radford, shortly after 06:00 today to reports a body had been found.

A cordon was put in place but no more details of the individual or the circumstances of the death have been released.

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Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Det Insp Ruby Burrow, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "We are still in the early stages of our investigation and are working hard to understand what has happened.

"The man's death is currently being treated as unexplained and our inquiries remain ongoing."

Police say the device is believed to have been in the water for "many decades".

Nottingham Forest sign veteran striker Glenn Murray from Brighton after cutting short his season-long loan at Watford.

Alex Regan
BBC News

A motorcyclist who died after a crash on Monday has been named by police.

Officers were called to reports of the collision in Field Lane, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, at about 14:40.

Kieron Humphrey, 39, from Chilwell, was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.

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Mr Humphrey's family is being supported by specialist officers, and police are appealing for any witnesses or drivers with dashcam footage of the crash to come forward.

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BBC News

A man who stalked and threatened a woman with a knife has been jailed.

Nottinghamshire Police said Ashley Walker began a "harrowing campaign of intimidation" against the woman between June and November 2020 after a brief relationship between them ended.

The force said the 30-year-old, of Highwray Grove, Clifton, messaged her day and night "with a mixture of threats and pleas for reconciliation", repeatedly vandalised her car and also destroyed her mobile phone.

On one occasion in September, police said Walker followed her to a party in Basford, where he stood outside with a knife making a throat slitting gesture.

A month later, as she travelled in her car with friends, Walker followed her in a taxi. After she parked up, he jumped on the bonnet, ripped off the number plate and returned later that evening to slash all four tyres and pull off the wing mirrors.

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Walker was arrested and later pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to possession of a bladed article and stalking.

He was jailed for 22 months and handed a 10-year restraining order against the victim on 28 May.

Det Sgt Dave Nicks, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was an appalling and harrowing campaign of intimidation that left a young woman in genuine fear of her life. Walker is a violent and controlling bully who deliberately set out to terrorise a young woman – all because she did not wish to carry on a relationship with him.

"Only he can know what he hoped to gain by his disgraceful and cowardly actions, which have quite rightly earned him a significant jail sentence. Unsurprisingly his behaviour has had a very significant impact on his victim, who must now live with the trauma of what Walker put her through."

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Enhanced testing is being rolled out in an area of Derbyshire after Covid-19 infection rates trebled.

Derbyshire County Council said weekly cases of coronavirus in the Gamesley and Glossop area have gone from 22 in the last two weeks of April to 63 in the final two weeks of May.

Of these, 42 were either confirmed or suspected to be variants of concern, including the so-called Indian variant, now named the Delta variant by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Every household in Gamesley will get free PCR tests delivered to their door on 3 or 4 June.

A walk-in vaccination clinic will also be held in Gamesley on Saturday 5 June for those eligible people living in the area who have yet to take up the offer of having their first dose of the vaccine.

Derbyshire's director of public health Dean Wallace described the outbreak of Covid-19 as "concerning".

He said: "There's a real chance to stop the virus from spreading but we need the community to pull together and do the right thing and I cannot stress enough the importance of taking a test."