Worcester fit to stage Notts gamepublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Worcestershire's New Road home is fit to stage the County Championship game with Nottinghamshire, which starts on Friday.
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Worcester fit to stage Notts gamepublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
East Midlands devolution talks resumepublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsTalks are resuming to try to get a combined authority of East Midlands councils off the ground as part of a devolution deal for the region.
It would involve city and county councils getting together for the first time to develop a strategic body to help secure investment.
A previous attempt which excluded Leicestershire recently failed.
This latest plan could face opposition from district and borough councils, according to BBC East Midlands political editor Tony Roe.
He said they risk being scrapped to save money. But the authorities argue their removal would take away a "layer of democracy".
Closed city cave network reopens for festivalpublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
BBC Radio NottinghamA huge network of caves, which has been closed for 20 years, is being opened to the public next month.
Nottingham's cave festival is giving people the chance to visit the caverns beneath Peel Street, which were used as an air raid shelter during World War Two.
Scott Lomax, an archaelogist, described the network as, "one of the gems of Nottingham".
The cave festival, which will include a screening at an underground cinema, external, runs from 11-13 May.
Dummy parking tickets placed on 'badly-parked' carspublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsDozens of dummy tickets have been placed on vehicles in a bid to crack down on inconsiderate parking in Leicester.
The joint exercise, run by emergency services and the city council, was carried out to highlight the problems blue light vehicles face getting to jobs.
Marc Waddingham, a crew manager for the fire service, said: "Problem parking... could stop us from getting to a job on time and cost lives."
Image source, Leicestershire Fire and RescueWatch: Today's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherWe're expecting sunshine and showers today.
Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.
Read MoreGood morning: Welcome to today's live updatespublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Calum McKenzie
BBC NewsGood morning and welcome along to Thursday across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
Sandish Shoker and I will be here until later with the region's news, sport, weather and travel.