Christmas punch holes for festive travellerspublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC News
This is snow joke.
Tiny Christmas-themed holes are being punched into train tickets this festive season.
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Controlled explosion after terror arrests
Man admits stabbing murder of 21-year-old
Heavily pregnant prisoner 'at large'
First World War medals stolen
Bitcoin machine in newsagent
Christmas food not to feed your dog
Silva is 'a little midfield Dynamo'
Live updates on Friday 22 December
Christmas punch holes for festive travellerspublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
'I'm not coming back' - Traders blast Leicester Christmas marketpublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
The new location for the Christmas market in Leicester has left some traders wishing they hadn’t bothered, external.
Appeal to find 'rightful owner' of ringpublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsMissing a ring? One has been found in Oakham market square.
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End of twitter postAppeal to find man on bail for assaultpublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPolice say they are trying to trace 22-year-old Benjamin Lawson, who was arrested on suspicion of assault in Warsop and released on bail, but failed to turn up as expected.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceIt's thought he could be in the Grimsby area, but he also has links to Warsop, Mansfield, Sheffield and Cleethorpes.
Another photo released in pregnant prisoner appealpublished at 12:56 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsPolice have release another photo of Sefora Tanase - the pregnant prisoner who is "unlawfully at large" after escaping from Royal Derby Hospital.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceTanase, 19, is a prisoner at Foston Hall, currently serving a sentence for theft offences.
She is of Romanian nationality and has strong links to the Birmingham area.
Watch: Burglar steals hair straightenerspublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA burglar has been caught on camera breaking into a hairdressers on Castle Street in Hinckley and stealing four pairs of GHD hair straighteners.
It happened in the early hours of Monday 11 December.
Police are appealing for anyone with information on the burglary to get in touch with them.
Sign explains 'why barmaid is being nice to you'published at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC NewsThis sign, which has appeared at Nottingham pub, The Lion at Basford, is doing the rounds on social media...
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End of twitter postM1 crash: All lanes re-openpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC NewsIt's after an overturned car damaged the barriers this morning.
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End of twitter postCar bursts into flames in police chasepublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Police pursued the car for more than 12 miles before it burst into flames.
Read MoreMedals stolen in burglarypublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC NewsFirst World War medals have been stolen from a house in Nottinghamshire, police have said.
Image source, GoogleOther items, including a jar of coins, were taken in a burglary in Crompton Street, Teversal, at some point between 17:00 on Tuesday and 10:00 on Wednesday.
What not to feed your dog at Christmaspublished at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
A host of festive favourites can be toxic to your family pet.
Read MoreBirch: Silva is 'a little midfield Dynamo'published at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIt sounds like "The Birch" is excited to see Adrien Silva play for Leicester City in the New Year.
The Portuguese midfielder was signed by the Foxes in the summer transfer window but the club was 14 seconds too late to register the new player.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn January his international clearance will go through.
Leicester City's club ambassador Alan Birchenall said: "I think this player is like a little midfield dynamo. I've seen technically he's a terrific player and it's exciting to think we've got him available".
Toddler sat 'in the footwell' of carpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIt will be Christmas without a car for a family caught breaking MANY driving laws in Derby.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceThe driver was on the wrong side of the road, the passenger had a three-month-old baby on her lap and there was a one-year-old sat in a footwell, police said.
To make matters worse - the car was insured to a false address in Hunstanton "to get a cheaper policy" according to officers.
Lane re-opens after M1 crashpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsIf you're heading north on the M1 this might make delays near Loughborough a little better.
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End of twitter postBurnt out car chased for 12 milespublished at 11:09 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC NewsA car that burst into flames in Stapleford last night had been chased from Hucknall, over 12 miles away, police have said.
Image source, Richard MacRaeThey were called to Saint John's Crescent in Hucknall about 20:05 to a report of a theft from a vehicle.
After a chase along the M1, a car connected to the thefts was abandoned and caught fire in Nottingham Road.
Two men were arrested nearby. Enquiries are ongoing, a Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceFlooded family return home in time for Christmaspublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsA family from Derby are back home just in time for Christmas after this burst water pipe outside their house in March caused such serious damage they had to leave.
The Gregory family home, in Mansfield Road, Derby, was one of two that were particularly badly damaged and flooded.
At the time Leigh Gregory said: "We escaped to the top floor - myself, my wife, the children a dog and two cats - and were stuck there till about 08:00.
"Obviously we could see what was happening through the window - water was coming into the first floor bedroom and a landing window. It was a bit of a mess really."
Nine months on the family are back home. Mr Gregory said the roof and the front of the house needed a lot of repair work.
Three months was spent drying the house out before it could be re plastered and decorated.
Christian agrees new deal with Outlawspublished at 10:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Nottinghamshire's T20 Blast-winning captain Dan Christian agrees a deal to play in the competition for two more seasons.
Read MoreBurst water pipe stops suppliespublished at 10:35 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Dave Wade
BBC NewsIf there's nothing coming out of the taps this morning, this could be why.
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End of twitter postA Severn Trent Water spokesman said: "Our teams are out on site now and will work hard to get this pipe fixed and everything back to normal as quickly as possible."
Bitcoin machine in Leicester newsagentpublished at 10:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
Amy Woodfield
BBC NewsHave you heard of bitcoins? It's a bit like virtual money, which can be transferred from person to person and kept in a digital wallet on a computer or mobile device.
This shop in Leicester has become one of the first to install a Bitcoin cash machine.
You can use it to buy and sell bitcoins. At the moment a whole bitcoin costs just over £10,000 but you can get a bit of a bitcoin for about £25 - that would give you about £9 in bitcoin currency.
Rakesh Odera from Kesh's Wines in Braunstone said he got the machine to increase footfall to the shop.
He said he's had a "good response" to it so far and that he's already had a few people come to the shop especially to use it.
Judges overturn 2013 rape convictionpublished at 10:14 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2017
A 26-year-old man jailed in 2013 for rape has his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.
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