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The fire service has said the roads they closed because of the fire in Holbrook Street are now open again.

They initially said up to 30 people were evacuated from nearby businesses and houses when the blaze started, but the Derby Telegraph reports, external up to 100 people could have been evacuated.

The fire is thought to have started in a garage on the street and was tackled by five crews at its height.

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Derek Aitcheson's assault "deeply affected" the victim, who later attempted two overdoses.

Leicester and England prop Ellis Genge will not play again until the new year after having surgery on his knee.

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The ex-BBC East Midlands political editor has been describing the moment he rescued a baby from the canal after the pushchair she was in rolled into the water this morning.

John Hess was cycling along the towpath when he saw the buggy roll in and the child's grandfather jump in after it.

"It was like a scene from a horror movie, all in slow motion," he said.

Mr Hess abandoned his bike and helped the grandfather, who was struggling to lift the buggy out, from the canalside.

"The baby had these amazingly powerful lungs and you could hear the scream from here to Derby and back," he said.

He then helped to pull the grandfather out.

"If I hadn't have been on the scene, there was no-one else around, I'm not sure this story would have a happy ending," he said.

BBC Radio Nottingham presenter who witnessed it all from above the canal on London Road, described Mr Hess as a "hero".

But he said: "I don't feel like a hero, I'm only doing what anyone else would have done in that situation. I just happened to be on the scene at the right time."

The trend, which involves swimming while wearing a tail and a fin, has grown in popularity.

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A British sprinter, who works part time as a receptionist at Loughborough University's athletics centre, has spoken about an epileptic seizure that left her unable to walk and talk and suffer years of PTSD.

Beth Dobbin, 24, suffered the seizure when she was a teenager but 11 years on the 200m sprinter has smashed a 34-year Scottish record and been crowned British champion.

Now Dobbin has her sights set on competing in an Olympic Games one day.

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The Remain supporting Conservative MP for Broxtowe is backing fresh calls for a second referendum.

Sandish Shoker
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Firefighters from five Derbyshire stations are currently dealing with a large fire in Holbrook Street, Heanor.

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue said they were called just after 11.00 to a blaze at a garage, with buildings and vehicles involved in the fire.

Businesses and properties in the area have been evacuated and Mansfield Road and Station Road have been closed to traffic.

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This CCTV footage has been released by Derbyshire Constabulary after several cars were damaged while parked at car dealerships in Chesterfield.

Cars parked at the Stoneacre Hyundai dealership on Brimington Road North had their tyres damaged overnight between Friday 22 June and Saturday 23 June.

In the early hours of that Saturday three cars were also damaged at Arnold Clark on Meltham Lane.

Anyone who recognises the man in the video is asked to get in touch with the force.

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Parents and residents filled a room last night to discuss plans to close Basford Hall nursery at Nottingham College.

Bosses at the college decided the nursery will close at the end of this month because it is no longer "financially viable".

They said it costs £100,000 a year to run, that occupancy rates are too low and the money could be spent on educating students instead.

Image source, Sam Webster

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said councillors and the local MP have called for the decision to be reversed and have argued the nursery makes a profit for the college.

In a joint statement last week, city council leader Jon Collins and Nottingham North MP Alex Norris, said: "We are disappointed at their [Nottingham College's] unwillingness to reconsider their decision."

"We also share a wider concern in the direction currently being taken by the college, as it appears to be moving away from the principle of offering support to all learners of all abilities but instead towards a narrower model of education which will be unable to fully address the needs of learners in the city."

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Some sound advice from the comedian who is in Nottingham today for his son's graduation ceremony.

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Here's photographic evidence that the Bakewell pudding, which was lost last month after reaching the edge of space, has been found.

Image source, Neil Pawson

It was found by Neil Pawson who was out walking his dog in the Lincolnshire Wolds, near Louth, at the weekend.

Neil's husband Lou said he was “very confused” by it at first.

The pudding was launched from S. Anselm's School, Bakewell in June but they lost track when it was 52,000ft over Saxilby, near Lincoln a few days later.

Nick McCloud from the school, who's on his way to collect it, said the pudding appeared to have been "nibbled" around the edges.

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Dramatic scenes on the canalside in Nottingham this morning when a cyclist saved a baby, whose pushchair had rolled into the water.

Radio Nottingham presenter Andy Whittaker witnessed it unfold from London Road above the canal.

"I just glanced at the canal towpath and there's a child in a buggy going into the canal," he said.

Image source, Google

The baby's grandparents had stopped to take a picture when the brake failed and the chair rolled into the water - with the baby still strapped inside.

The grandfather jumped into the water but was struggling to lift the chair when passing cyclist - former BBC East Midlands political editor John Hess - raced to help rescue the child.

"There's a moment where this child is on the bank and nothing happens and I'm just thinking, 'please cry'," said an emotional Andy.

"And then it does and that's the best sound in the world to hear a child that you thought may well have died - it was under the water for 20-25 seconds - actually cry and you know it's ok."

Andy said he spoke to the couple afterwards: "Can you imagine what they're feeling, what's going through their mind? Awful."

Sandish Shoker
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We told you a few weeks ago about the ghost of the former Clumber House appearing on the grounds of Clumber Park because of the hot, dry weather.

Well now a sundial has also appeared at the front of the house, which had been unknown to staff before.

Ben Mason from the National Trust said even some of the longest-serving staff who have been there since the 1970s "can't remember seeing this much detail."

Mr Mason said rooms and corridors have become visible as stone foundations left in the ground heated up more quickly than surrounding material, scorching the soil above to a lighter shade.

Image source, Paul Hancock / PH Aerial Photograph

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A memorial has been created at the former school of a teenage girl who died in an explosion in Leicester.

Children at Long Field Academy in Melton Mowbray have put padlocks on a fence around their school gate to remember Leah Reek, who would have turned 19 today.

Image source, Long Field Academy

Her mum Joanne said: "It's round a big heart shape because Leah had a big heart.

"It's such a lovely gesture and every year at sports day they're going to keep it going so people can add padlocks.

"It just meant a lot to us because it showed how special Leah was to everybody that she met."

Image source, Long Field Academy

The explosion in Hinckley Road in February killed five people.

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A taxi driver has died after a crash with a parked car in Sherwood, Nottingham, police have said.

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It happened in Edwards Lane at about 10:50 yesterday.

A 43-year-old man was taken to hospital but died a short while later.

Nottinghamshire Police said inquiries were ongoing into the circumstances.

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Do you recognise this man?

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Derbyshire Police said a 95-year-old man was hit on the arm with a hammer and grabbed around the throat by a burglar at his home in Walton-on-Trent.

The man's keys and wallet were stolen in the raid which happened at 10:45 on Tuesday 12 June. The force has only just appealed for information.

Details of his injuries have not been revealed but he wasn't seriously injured, police said.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Dave Wade
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Remember the Bakewell pudding that was sent to the edge of space and disappeared?

Pupils at S. Anselm's Preparatory School in Derbyshire launched the dessert, attached to a high altitude balloon in June.

But they lost contact with its tracking device when it was 52,500ft over Saxilby, near Lincoln.

Well it's been found not too far away in the Lincolnshire Wolds, near Louth.

Image source, S. Anselm's School

Nick McCloud, who helped the school with the launch, said: "On Saturday I got a phone call from a farmer who found it in a corner of his field.

"He very kindly phoned me up and has sent me a picture of the payload looking pretty intact."

However he said it had "very clearly been nibbled on the edges".

Could this be proof of extraterrestrial life?

We'll have to wait for Nick to retrieve the pudding later today and check the on-board camera to find out...

The pudding's plight was picked up by Stephen Fry who tweeted about it.