Drunk mum jailed for killing daughter and fiance in crash
Vandals destroy poppies in Stapleford
Large plastics fire may have started in field
Third disturbance at Lowdham Grange
Man taken to hospital after 'shooting'
Rugby: Tigers make two signings
Live updates on Tuesday 7 August
A Leicester chicken shop was forced to close early on Sunday evening after Leicester Falcons paid them a visit – and ordered all of their chicken wings, external.
A woman found unconscious in a children's play park remains in a critical condition in hospital.
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Gavin Bevis
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Leicester City continue their summer residence in BBC Sport's football gossip column with speculation they're planning to spend £13m on Croatian centre-back Filip Benkovic.
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Giles Taylor
BBC East Midlands Today reporter
Carly Tomlinson, from Belper, has told Nottingham Crown Court she is not someone who drinks to excess and had previously had a clean driving licence.
She said the biggest punishment for her is living with the "consequences of her actions".
In a statement from her which was read in court, she said: "I'll never forgive myself.
"Not a day goes by that I don't think about James and Ruby. If I had the chance I would put myself in their place."
She continues to care for their other three-year-old daughter.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Here's drone footage of the large plastics fire near Swadlincote.
Fire crews from Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire are there and they say the fire is now "contained".
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Police say they are concerned for the safety of 12-year-old Loki Orange from Hucknall.
He was last seen almost a week ago on 1 August.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceGiles Taylor
BBC East Midlands Today reporter
Carly Tomlinson, of Nottingham Road, Belper is in court today for sentencing following a "catastrophic" crash that killed her fiance and six-year-old old daughter.
Tomlinson pleaded guilty to death by careless driving, while unfit through drink at an earlier hearing.
Today, prosecutors said CCTV shows Tomlinson had drunk two pints of lager and three vodka cokes before driving home in the early hours of 30 April last year.
They described the crash as "catastrophic for her, and a large number of other people".
Image source, Watson familyTomlinson's partner, James Watson, wasn't wearing a seat belt, and their daughter, Ruby Watson, wasn't properly secured to her booster seat when she crashed her Fiat Panda on Kilbourne Road.
Tomlinson's defence lawyer said she was in hospital for two months in an induced coma and can't remember how the accident happened.
In a statement the mother of James Watson, said: "I am so angry with what she has done to my family.
"She needs to face the consequences."
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BBC News
The owner of a Derby curry house falsely advertised his restaurant as having a five-star hygiene rating when its actual rating was zero.
Derby City Council said Moza restaurant in Chaddesden had been given a one-star rating in February 2015, which was downgraded to zero five months later when no improvements were made.
However, that year the restaurant took out three adverts in a local magazine claiming it had a five-star rating.
The authority said the owner, who closed the restaurant down in September 2016, had been fined and disqualified from trading, external over the deception.
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BBC News
A high-powered estate car that used to belong to Prince Harry has been sold by a Derbyshire-based dealership.
Overton Prestige said the Audi RS6 Avent was purchased on Friday for the asking price of £71,900 by a buyer who wished to remain anonymous.
Prince Harry was pictured driving the luxury motor to Pippa Middleton's evening wedding reception with Meghan last year.
The dealership said the Audi, which was listed as having one owner and 4,464 miles on the clock, is due to be picked up later.
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BBC News
Nottingham's tram operator says its Phoenix Park stop is currently out of action as nearby tracks are blocked by a crashed lorry, external.
The crash, which involved a tram and a lorry, happened just before 10.00 and the tram driver has been taken to the QMC hospital with minor injuries.
Image source, NETA spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said paramedics were at the scene but there had been no other injuries reported.
Tram services are being diverted to Bulwell instead.
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Poppies placed on lampposts around Stapleford to commemorate the end of The Great War have been destroyed.
This poppy was removed from a post along Hickings Lane.
Image source, Stapleford RemembersVolunteers from Stapleford Remembers who put up the poppies last month said they had been pulled down and ripped up so they couldn't be used again.
They called the vandals "mindless idiots" and said: "With each poppy being about 8ft high someone has really gone out the way to do this.
"We don’t have the funds to replace them."
Image source, Stapleford RemembersSandish Shoker
BBC News
Incident Commander Steve Wells from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue has shared this photo from this morning's fire near Swadlincote.
He thanked firefighters who had tackled the blaze and added: "Some really hard work undertaken in difficult conditions."
He also thanked the diner nearby that provided bacon sandwiches and coffee for officers after eight hours tackling the fire.
Image source, Derbyshire Fire and RescueGavin Bevis
BBC News
Derbyshire have signed New Zealand international batsman Henry Nicholls, external for their final two T20 group matches.
The 26-year-old will replace Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz as overseas player for the last two group games this summer and any potential quarter-final fixture if the Falcons qualify.
Nicholls has made 49 appearances for the Black Caps since making his debut in 2015, scoring 1,460 runs across all formats at an average of 33.
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BBC News
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and serious sexual assault, external after a woman was found critically injured in a play area in Leicester.
The woman was taken to hospital after being discovered with very serious injuries in a small park in Cedar Road at about 04:45 on Friday. Police have not given an update on her condition.
The 56-year-old suspect was arrested this morning and is currently in police custody. Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses.
Leicester Tigers sign Fiji's Campese Ma'afu and fellow international prop David Feao of Tonga as they bolster their front row options.
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A petition urging crisp manufacturer Walkers to make their packets recyclable is due to be handed to the firm.
More than 300,000 people have signed the petition calling for the Leicester-based company to "ditch the plastic" and be more "environmentally-friendly".
Packets dating back to the 1980s have recently been found on UK beaches and Walkers has pledged for all its packaging to be 100% recyclable, compostable or biodegradable by 2025.
About 11 million packets of crisps are produced at the Leicester factory each day and the inside of the bag is a plastic film which cannot be recycled.
Geraint Ashcroft, the man who started the 38 Degrees petition, is set to meet senior executives from parent company PepsiCo and wants the firm to bring the date of when their packaging will be more recyclable forward.
In a statement PepsiCo said: "We have a number of initiatives in place to reduce the amount of packaging we use and at the same time we're examining the use of different packaging materials, both plant and paper based."
Sandish Shoker
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The fire near Swadlincote is at Ravensbourn Limited, a company which makes plastic crates for supermarkets.
A spokeswoman for the firm said the fire was in an outside area which had been "completely gutted” but the factory and people who had been working inside at the time were "fine".
She said: "The main thing is that nobody was injured. Stock can be replaced whereas people can’t.
“The lucky thing is that at this time of the year we are at half capacity. Had it been at Christmas when the trays are returned we could have had up to 1.5m trays here and it would probably have been something we could see from space."
She said they were hoping to be operational again by the end of the day.
The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
Owynn Palmer-Atkin
BBC Radio Leicester Sport
Leicester Tigers have today signed Tonga international, David Feao and Fiji international, Campese Ma'afu ahead of the new season.
Both are props and have arrived to add depth to that area of the squad after Logovi’i Mulipola, Michele Rizzo, Pat Cilliers and Ben Betts have all left the club.
Image source, Leicester TigersMa'afu (left), Feao (right)
Quote MessageDavid [Feao] is a big, powerful man and we look forward to getting him to work in the build-up to the new season. Campese is a very experienced prop with good knowledge of Premiership and European rugby. He comes into a competitive group of front-rowers"
Matt O'Connor, Leicester Tigers Head Coach
