Summary

  • Father's tribute to daughter killed at sleepover

  • Colourful crossings prompt safety warnings

  • Troubled Derby have viable future

  • Cocaine, weapons and cash found in drugs den

  • County's schools second-highest for Covid

  • Landmark wedding venue due to reopen

  • Live updates for Thursday 23 September

  1. Police force 'reasonable' before man's cocaine deathpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 25 October

    Chad Allford, 23, died after accidentally ingesting cocaine when a bag "exploded" in his mouth.

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  2. Johnson tributes 'emotional' for Panthers playerspublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 25 October

    Ice hockey player Adam Johnson will be remembered a year on from his tragic death when his club Nottingham face Manchester on Sunday.

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  3. Train station change planned to stop fare dodgerspublished at 06:30 British Summer Time 25 October

    Access to the platforms is being restricted by East Midlands Railway to tackle ticketless travel.

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  4. Artist paints elephant for hospice trailpublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 25 October

    Abstract artist Alex Echo's design will form part of trail featuring 40 painted elephants.

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  5. Fundraiser's Saharan challenge in memory of friendpublished at 06:27 British Summer Time 25 October

    Louise Wright, 29, was killed when she was hit by a lorry in Nottingham in 2014.

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  6. Midwife wins award for support of grieving parentspublished at 06:25 British Summer Time 25 October

    Agness Nisbett, who has experienced the heartbreak of stillbirth, has devoted herself to helping other parents.

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  7. Parents upset as autistic son faces school movepublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 25 October

    A father says Derby City Council has nominated a new school for his son for the first time.

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  8. Work begins to redevelop derelict goods yardpublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 25 October

    A historic rail yard in Derby is set to be transformed into 276 homes and commercial space.

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  9. Museums boss calls for government cash helppublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 24 October

    The government has been urged to provide a cash lifeline for museums across the country.

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  10. Man stole bank cards from woman he found deadpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 24 October

    Gabrial Strzeszwksi was jailed for stealing from Jacqui Potter and not reporting her death.

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  11. Green light for pen sculpture in citypublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 24 October

    The Nib is set to be a centrepiece for the Writers' Pavement feature in Leicester.

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  12. Man's cocaine death after raid was 'misadventure'published at 16:21 British Summer Time 24 October

    Chad Allford, 23, unintentionally ingested a bag of cocaine during a police raid, an inquest hears.

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  13. Leicestershire seam bowler Walker signs new dealpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 24 October

    Leicestershire seam bowler Roman Walker signs a new one-year deal with the County Championship side.

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  14. Derby midfielder Ozoh suffers injury setbackpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 24 October

    Derby's David Ozoh will remain sidelined after suffering an injury on the the eve of what was scheduled to be his comeback from a hamstring problem.

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  15. Meet the Notts teen eyeing a big future in golfpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 24 October

    BBC East Midlands Today meets Amelia Wan, a 17-year-old golfer who is making a big impression on the game.

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  16. 'We saved our tennis club by buying it ourselves'published at 10:36 British Summer Time 24 October

    The Littleover Valley Tennis Club was under threat when the land was put up for sale to the highest bidder.

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  17. Council makes changes after delays at new junction published at 06:27 British Summer Time 24 October

    Nottingham City Council makes changes to a T-junction after bus firms spoke of "significant delays".

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  18. Covid inquiry to visit Nottingham and Leicesterpublished at 06:24 British Summer Time 24 October

    The inquiry secretary says the East Midlands was one of the areas particularly "hard hit".

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  19. Cost of housing city's homeless soars in three years published at 06:09 British Summer Time 24 October

    Derby City Council has already spent more than £4.6m on private accommodation this financial year.

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  20. Further arrests after three stabbed in fightpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 23 October

    Police say one person remains in hospital after a fight "involving 15 to 20 people".

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