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. 'Mummy, do you realise you're second in the world?'published at 06:07 BST 3 September

    Patients from the Royal Derby Hospital have been competing at the World Transplant Games in Dresden.

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  2. A scheme helped prevent sex offenders committing more crimes - then it closed. Why?published at 00:40 BST 3 September

    The case raises difficult questions about how best to protect potential victims.

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  3. Councillors back merger of two boroughs and citypublished at 19:36 BST 2 September

    Reform and Conservative county councillors clash over the future political map of Nottinghamshire.

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  4. Crew did not recheck home of drowned woman - inquestpublished at 16:46 BST 2 September

    Maureen Gilbert, 83, was found "floating in the water" by her son inside her storm-hit house.

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  5. Runaway cat travels over 30 miles to pub - twice!published at 16:15 BST 2 September

    Peanut has managed to twice find his way from Lincoln to Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham.

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  6. Roundabout on the rocks after Stonehenge mockerypublished at 16:04 BST 2 September

    Residents say the £8,000 project is an "ill-conceived monstrosity" - with some dubbing it "Swadhenge".

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  7. Children 'tormenting pets' at new housing estatepublished at 12:19 BST 2 September

    Residents say young people have been targeting animals and causing vandalism.

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  8. Inmate dies following assault at prisonpublished at 11:44 BST 2 September

    A prisoner has died weeks after being taken to hospital with injuries following an assault.

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  9. Recruitment headache as new nursery openspublished at 11:35 BST 2 September

    The director of the new business in Derbyshire says it has been difficult to find staff.

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  10. People respect Reform UK's immigration policy, Tice sayspublished at 11:34 BST 2 September

    Tice tells BBC Radio Leicester he believes Reform UK can win the argument on immigration.

    "We’ve come up with a policy on deportations and immigration which I think people respect and if you’re here illegally then don’t expect to stay here forever," he says.

    Tice claims people in the country illegally are "consuming public services" and "taking housing from British citizens".

  11. Leicestershire pension funds are inefficient, Tice sayspublished at 11:29 BST 2 September

    Richard Tice

    Richard Tice tells BBC Radio Leicester that Leicestershire County Council is paying too high a fee rate on its pension fund.

    He tells presenter Ben Jackson they are “frankly” not being run efficiently.

    “That sort of arrogant complacent gravy train culture has to be taken away,” Tice adds.

  12. Is Reform peaking too soon?published at 11:29 BST 2 September

    BBC Radio Leicester’s Ben Jackson asks Richard Tice if his party Reform UK thinks it might be "peaking too soon".

    Tice says the party is "working incredibly hard and making great progress".

    He adds that running 10 councils, including Leicestershire County Council, allows Reform to start identifying savings at a local level.

    "We’re business-like, we get stuck in and we’re just better at this than anyone else," Tice says.

  13. Goose Fair timings revealed ahead of openingpublished at 11:04 BST 2 September

    The 10-day event at Nottingham's Forest Recreation Ground will include two SEND sessions.

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  14. Is the squad big enough to challenge for Derby?published at 10:33 BST 2 September

    Dominic Dietrich, Eric Steele and Malcom Christie are joined by former head of recruitment in the Championship Darren Robinson to give the round-up of Transfer Deadline Day.

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  15. Has it been a good window for the Foxes?published at 10:33 BST 2 September

    Transfer Deadline Day round-up with Owynn Palmer-Atkin and John Pipes

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  16. Arrest after man in his 90s hit by lorrypublished at 10:04 BST 2 September

    A 54-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of "causing serious injury by careless/inconsiderate driving".

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  17. Man arrested after taxi driver racially abusedpublished at 08:06 BST 2 September

    Police say they arrested a 20-year-old man following the "appalling" incident in Notttingham.

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  18. Council sets out changes to bin collection dayspublished at 06:24 BST 2 September

    The council says 60% of households will have different collection days from 7 October.

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  19. Man on round-the-world trip has bike stolen in UKpublished at 06:23 BST 2 September

    Yogesh Alekari was 15,000 miles into his challenge when his motorbike was stolen in Nottingham.

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  20. Bell to fall silent for first revamp in 50 yearspublished at 06:21 BST 2 September

    The council says work will mean the clock "continues to stand proudly and reliably for generations".

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