Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
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Live updates for Friday 28 July 2017
Man denies attempted child abduction charges
Men held in Swiss prison over 'race'
Inquest into death of robbery suspect adjourned
Derby celebrates 40 years of city status
Nottingham's QMC also turns 40 today
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
East Midlands weather update: A wet weekend aheadpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Sara Blizzard
BBC WeatherThere will be plenty of rain this evening which will turn into heavier showers later.
It will be dry throughout the night but will remain breezy with temperatures reaching 12C (54F).
Tomorrow will be dry with some sunny spells but it will rain in the afternoon.
Sunday will see frequent heavy showers with a risk of thunder at times.
Leicester drug dealer jailed for five yearspublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveA 36-year-old man has been jailed for several drug offences.
Kyle Garner pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs, two counts of possession with intent to supply class B drugs and possession of an offensive weapon.
Leicestershire Police said, external officers raided Garner's home in Leicester last July and found a quantity of class A and B drugs with a street value of more than £1,000.
Image source, Leicestershire PoliceHe was subsequently charged but while he was on bail, officers executed another warrant at his address and recovered a quantity of class A and B drugs with a street value of more than £3,000. A baton was also recovered from Garner's car.
He was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison on Wednesday.
Mansfield Town in talks to build hotelpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineMost football fans hope for a new striker in the summer transfer window, but Mansfield Town could be set to get a different sort of investment.
The Stags have confirmed they're in talks with international hotel chain Hilton over plans to build the only hotel in the town.
A club spokesman says the plans are in their "embryonic stage", but the plans are understood to be a 100-room hotel on land next to the Quarry Lane stand of the One Call Stadium.
Image source, Getty ImagesMan denies attempted child abduction chargespublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveA man has pleaded not guilty to the attempted abduction of a child.
Mikolaj Zawilinski, of Farfield Avenue, Beeston, also denied other charges at Nottingham Magistrates' Court - including sexual assault on a child under 13 and trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence.
Mr Zawilinski has been remanded in custody and is due to stand trial at Nottingham Crown Court on 25 August.
M1 delays following broken down vehiclepublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveA broken down vehicle on the M1 is causing delays heading south between junctions 29 and 28 for Alfreton.
Highways England has closed one lane.
Image source, Highways EnglandShane Bryant: Inquest into death of robbery suspect adjournedpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineAn inquest into the death of a suspected robber has been opened.
Shane Bryant was stopped by members of the public following an armed raid on the Co-op on Market Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on 13 July.
The 30-year-old died in hospital two days later, and an initial post-mortem examination did not find a cause of death.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating.
Image source, Shane Bryant/FacebookHow to start your own music festivalpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Newsbeat speaks to the people behind three festivals which have sprung up from nothing in the past decade.
Read MorePolice release image of wanted manpublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineThis is Scott Harris, who is wanted for recall to prison.
The 42-year-old is from Castle Gresley, but Derbyshire Police say he is thought to have connections with Leicestershire.
They're asking anyone who spots him to get in touch.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceCCTV released of attempted robberypublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlinePolice have released dramatic CCTV footage showing the attempted robbery of a shop in Nottingham.
It happened at about 23:00 BST on 18 July.
The staff who managed to prevent the suspect taking any money were uninjured.
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End of youtube videoWeather Watchers: Wet and windy across East Midlandspublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
It's not been a glorious day on the weather front, but the Weather Watchers have still been sending in some great pictures.
Image source, RaquelRaquel has captured the fountain at Renishaw Hall in Eckington looking splendid, while Annbie has gone arty with a rain-splashed picture of the weather in Warsop.
Image source, AnnbieLeicester Tigers unveil new kitpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineLeicester Tigers will be in action tonight in the Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens in Northampton, and they'll be running out in their new strip for the first time.
The new kits are "geared towards performance", according to kit manager Clive Galloway, so maybe they'll help Leicester improve on what was a turbulent season last time out.
Image source, Leicester TigersThree arrested after police pursuitpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineThree men have been arrested after police searching for suspected burglars spotted a car believed to be stolen.
Nottinghamshire Police said three men thought to be wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons entered a house in Sheffield early on Thursday before fleeing in the car, which was seen by an officer on the A614 in Ollerton.
The car was brought to a halt at Burntstump Hill in Arnold at about 16:00 BST yesterday, and after the suspects fled on foot they were tracked down.
All three men have been taken back to South Yorkshire for questioning.
Image source, GoogleQMC tram bridge named after MRI pioneerpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveThe new £1.4m tram bridge, which opened at the Queen's Medical Centre today, has been named in memory of professor Sir Peter Mansfield.
Sir Peter, who died in February, was one of Nottingham’s science pioneers and a Nobel prize-winner.
He invented the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner.
His name was the most popular suggestion in a competition held to find a new name for the tram bridge, which will provide direct access from the tram platform to the south side of the hospital.
Lady Mansfield was at the official opening of the bridge, which marked the hospital's 40th birthday.
Titanium chippings on firepublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveAbout 15 firefighters from Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire are tackling a blaze at a warehouse on Old Trent Road in Beckingham.
Twenty tonnes of titanium chippings are on fire.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue ServiceCigarette smuggling ringleaders jailedpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveThe leaders of a cigarette smuggling gang, who evaded almost £1.2m in taxes, have been jailed.
Alan Rashid, 33, and Goran Mohamed Ahmed, 34 from Derby were caught with more than three million illegal cigarettes.
The pair masterminded the operation over four years, along with gang member Hiwa Kadar, 34, of West Bromwich.
The three men were caught with a delivery of 3,120,200 Mayfair cigarettes when HMRC officers raided a yard in Brickhouse Lane, West Bromwich, in September 2014.
Image source, HM Revenue & CustomsTens of thousands of cigarettes were seized at several other addresses linked to Rashid and Ahmed, who were also connected to smuggled cigarettes seized in 2010.
Rashid and Ahmed were both jailed for four years and six months at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday.
Hiwa Kadar was sentenced to 10 months in prison suspended for 18 months, 120 hours unpaid work and a curfew between 20:00 and 05:00 for three months.
Men held in Swiss prison over 'race'published at 13:58 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
The men have been held for seven weeks without charge and dispute claims they were racing.
Read MoreMansfield Library turns 40published at 13:34 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveIt seems 28 July is a day for celebrating 40th birthdays.
Not only has the Queen's Medical Centre turned 40 today but Mansfield Library marks four decades of being open.
It was officially opened by the Queen who visited Mansfield with Prince Philip in 1977.
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End of twitter postQMC celebrates its 40th birthdaypublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Liam Barnes
BBC News OnlineIt's become a landmark in the city, and today marks the 40th anniversary since Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre opened.
Here's a short video on some of the surprising stats and famous faces that have passed through its 26 miles of corridors over the last four decades.
Former college site to be redevelopedpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 28 July 2017
Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local LiveUndeveloped land, which has been empty for 20 years, will be transformed into a retail park in Derby.
Supermarket Aldi is the first company to announce it is moving onto the development when it is completed next summer.
Card Factory, Indigo Sun and Greggs currently have units under offer on the site, which was once home to Mackworth College.
Image source, Cartwright CommunicationsCatherine Haward, land director for Wheatcroft, which is leading the project, said: "This is a site which has been left undeveloped over the past 20 years and I am really pleased to be bringing it back to life – things are finally happening."
Work to construct a new road and access to the existing highways has already started.
