Dumped foal 'attacked with chemicals'published at 10:46 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
The animal was found with severe burns running from its eyes to the tip of its nose.
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Pair due in court over 'racist chant' video
Care home worker hurt as body found in 'barricaded' flat fire
Ambulance service asks for £20m to hit targets
Eighth person arrested in shop blast investigation released
Sewer project unearths Civil War defences
Chesterfield suffer second successive relegation
Updates on Wednesday 25 April 2018
Dumped foal 'attacked with chemicals'published at 10:46 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Murder accused 'hears voices' trial toldpublished at 23:43 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Ataul Mustafa suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, his defence told Derby Crown Court.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Our coverage has finished for the day but updates will continue to appear on the page throughout the evening.
Live updates resume again at 08:00.
Weather: Showers dying outpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineMost showers will ease and die out through the evening.
The night will then be mainly dry and clear. Turning cool.
School to create extra 450 places with £4mpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BBC Radio NottinghamA Nottingham secondary school is hoping to create an extra 450 places after securing £4m of funding.
Fernwood Academy in Wollaton currently has capacity for about 1,000 pupils but is regularly over subscribed.
Image source, GooglePolice outside Intu after reports of people on the roofpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
There are reports this afternoon of people being seen on the roof of the Intu Derby, external building.
Several police cars can be seen at Traffic Street with officers currently dealing with an incident.
One lane reopens on M1published at 17:43 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineSome better news from the M1.
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End of twitter postCCTV images released over theft from buspublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineCCTV images of a man have been released by police investigating the theft of a mobile phone and bank cards from a bus in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
A woman left her mobile phone and three bank cards on the 199 Skyline bus from Stockport in the early hours of 14 April.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceOfficers said she realised just after getting off the bus near the Packhorse pub in Chapel-en-le-Frith and called the bus company but nothing had been handed in.
They now want to trace the man in the image as they believe he may be able to help with inquiries.
EMAS would recruit 300 workers with extra £20m cashpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Mike O'Sullivan
Reporter, East Midlands TodayEast Midlands Ambulance Service has said it would recruit an extra 300 staff, mainly on the frontline, if it gets an extra £20m a year of funding from the region’s clinical commissioning groups.
At the moment the service is failing to reach any of its targets for response times.
It also wants a commitment from hospitals that ambulances would wait no longer than 15 minutes when handing over patients.
A series of meetings are being held this week to decide whether local health commissioners can meet the request.
Three lanes blocked on M1 after crashpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlinePolice are warning of delays on the M1 in Derbyshire after a crash involving a car transporter, van and a car.
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End of twitter postInvestigation into fatal care home flat fire launchedpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
A joint fire and police investigation has been launched into a blaze at a care home in Oadby where a man was found dead.
Police were called to Devonshire Court at about 17:50 yesterday by paramedics who discovered the flat was barricaded from the inside and on fire.
The man's body was found inside and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A care worker was also injured in the fire.
It is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances but because there was police contact before the death was identified, the incident will be referred to Independent Office of Police Conduct.
Passerby hurt in explosion remains in hospitalpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
BBC Radio LeicesterLeicestershire Police have confirmed that a passerby who was injured in the explosion on Hinckley Road two months ago is still in hospital.
Five people died in the blast which destroyed a Polish supermarket and the flat above it on 25 February.
The unnamed survivor, who was walking past the scene at the time, is in a stable condition, and said to be recovering.
Image source, PAThree men have denied manslaughter and arson and are due to appear at Leicester Crown Court in August.
Family out to change 'horrific Gypsy stereotypes'published at 15:39 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
East Midlands TodayA Romany family is running courses to educate people including teachers and police officers about Gypsy culture.
The Bennetts, from Nottinghamshire, are hoping the courses will challenge some of the "absolutely horrific" stereotypes surrounding the community.
They also want to give people greater understanding of the cultural differences.
Thief damages van in engine part theftpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsPolice are investigating the theft of an oil filter from the engine of a van.
Image source, GoogleThe vehicle was also damaged as a result of the part being taken from the van which was parked on Ingleton Road, Hasland near Chesterfield.
It is believed the filter was taken some time overnight between Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 April.
Trent Bridge to host England-Pakistan at 2019 World Cup?published at 14:35 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsNottingham will find out on Thursday which games it is staging at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the International Cricket Council has said, external.
Image source, Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesHowever, ESPN Cricinfo appears to have got hold of the list in advance, external and suggests Trent Bridge will host England's second pool stage match with Pakistan.
The 10-team tournament will be held between 30 May and 14 July next summer.
Care worker injured in fatal flat firepublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Police also found a man's body in a flat that had been barricaded from the inside at the care home.
Read MoreMan found guilty of 22-year-old's manslaughterpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsA man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a 22-year-old in Derby.
Image source, Family HandoutRichard Last, 32, punched Oliver Falivena during a fight in the city's Market Place in August 2016.
Mr Falivena, who has a young daughter, died days later in hospital after suffering brain injuries.
Last, of Bridgeside Way, Spondon, is due to be sentenced later.
Student heard 'racist chanting'published at 13:56 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Rufaro Chisango, a Nottingham Trent University student, alleges people were chanting "we hate the blacks".
Read MoreStatue 'stolen' from grave stonepublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Heather Burman
Journalist, BBC News OnlineA distinctive bronze-coloured statue is thought to have been stolen from a grave stone in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Police are investigating the theft from the cemetery on Lammas Road, which is thought to have happened during the past two weeks.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PolicePrimary school plans given green lightpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 25 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsPlans for a new primary school in Leicestershire have been approved, with work on it set to start in June.
Image source, Blaby District CouncilThe 420-place school will be built next to the New Lubbesthorpe housing development near Kirby Muxloe.
Blaby District Council said it hoped the school would be open by September 2019.
