Storm Bronagh downs trees and power cables across region
Driver's lucky escape after 'huge' tree falls on car
Stabbed police dog back on the beat
University strike action called off
Loughborough named university of the year
Live updates on Friday 21 September
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Royal Derby Hospital has been granted planning permission to build an extension.
Demand is expected to grow significantly, so the plan to alleviate that is to build pods on the side of some of the existing wards.
There will also be a brand new 24 bed ward.
Around 110 beds will be added in the coming months as a result of the expansion.
Image source, NHSWe're in for more adverse weather over the weekend, with a number of weather warnings issued across the region in addition to a warning for wind today.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain across Leicestershire and Rutland for Sunday, while strong winds will continue with yellow warnings for wind across the East Midlands.
Strong winds could cause more trees and branches to fall, with the possibility of transport disruptions and loss of power.
Rain in Leicestershire will make it tricky for drivers, with a small possibility of flooding in some areas.
Image source, AnnbieNick Smith
BBC News Online
Four A-Level students from Harington College believe they have broken the record for world's fastest toilet.
The boys set the record, which is awaiting verification, in the HAVC, or Highly Advanced Water Closet, at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire last weekend.
The project was the idea of Tom Ellis, Joe Summers, Robbie English and Will Beaty, all 18 and pupils at the Oakham school.
Image source, Tom FoxallTheir physics teacher, Tom Foxall, said: "They came up with the idea and we actively encouraged them to take on the challenge when they told us about it.
"They've now created the world's fastest flushing toilet - which was still working even after they put it through its paces last weekend."
The current official Guinness World Record is held by Stamford man Colin Furze, who reached a speed of 53.25mph.
However, over two runs, Tom Ellis' average max speed was clocked at 70.5mph. The details have been sent to Guinness World Records for verification.
Image source, Tom Foxall
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A man has been jailed after admitting driving a car at his ex-wife before attacking her with a knife, external.
Nottinghamshire Police said Zaher Bashir deliberately collided with a car driven by his step-daughter with his former partner in the passenger seat in Hucknall Road in Nottingham on 1 April.
The 41-year-old smashed the passenger side window and attacked his ex-wife with a knife. When she got out of the vehicle he drove into her and used the knife to attack her again.
His attack was only halted when a motorcyclist drove at him and he was restrained by passers-by, police said.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceBashir, of Berridge Road Central, Nottingham, was jailed for ten-and-a-half years after pleading guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to GBH, ABH, dangerous driving and breach of a restraining order.
Det Con Glenn Finbow, from Nottinghamshire Police, said his attack "could have easily resulted in fatal consequences".
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A 19-year-old man who stabbed a 17-year-old boy in the leg has been jailed for eight years.
Dejarn McLeod, of Weave Close in Basford, was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court today having been found guilty of possession of a bladed article and wounding with intent on 15 August.
McLeod denied his involvement but was convicted by a jury.
Police said the victim was left with a 2ft-long "zombie knife" embedded in his leg, causing life-long damage, following the assault on 12 February in Dentdale Drive, Wollaton Vale.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceGavin Bevis
BBC News
A motorcyclist has died following a crash with a tractor near Ashbourne.
Derbyshire Police said the rider, a man in his 20s, died when the two vehicles collided at the junction of the A515 and Cockshead Lane at about 11:30.
A stretch of the A515 was closed following the crash but has now reopened.
Image source, GoogleNick Smith
BBC News Online
Derby Museum and Art Gallery has loaned a famous painting of Romeo and Juliet to a Louvre collection.
Romeo and Juliet is part of an exhibition all about love put on by the museum, which will be displayed at their gallery in Lens, north east France.
The painting usually hangs in the Derbyshire Museum and Art gallery but the 4 sq ft work has now been moved carefully and secretly cross the channel, where it will be on display for the next few months.
Image source, Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Ben Truslove
BBC News Online
Want to know how popular your name is? Of course you do.
I don't know what it's like to have an unusual first name but the BBC spoke to several people who do.
Leigh as a girl's name has never appeared in ONS data for the top 100 baby names, which it has compiled every 10 years from 1904.
In 2017 there were only three baby girls with this name and this comes as no surprise to Leigh Burton, 30, from Nottingham.
"At school I'd get all the 'you've got a boy's name, you must be a boy' jokes which were never funny - in fact I occasionally still get them now.
"But I like it that it's an unusual name."
Image source, Leigh BurtonMiddlesex beat Derbyshire by 117 runs despite Billy Godleman's unbeaten century for the visitors.
Read MoreGavin Bevis
BBC News
This weekend's Derbyshire Woodland Festival at Elvaston Castle is to finish early due to predicted stormy weather.
The art and crafts showcase was due to take place on Saturday and Sunday but the second day has been cancelled after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for rain.
Image source, Derbyshire County CouncilDerbyshire County Council, which organised the event, said: "We don't take these decisions lightly but safety has to come first.
"We hope people who were planning to visit on Sunday can make it tomorrow instead."
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police believe a fire at a vicarage in Nottingham last night was started deliberately, external.
No-one was injured in the blaze, which started at St Matthew's Vicarage in Padstow Road, Bestwood at about 00:30.
Sgt Chris Pearson, from Notts Police, said: "This appears to have been an act of vandalism and we are determined to track down whoever was behind it."
People with some of 2017's most unpopular baby names consider why they have fallen out of favour.
Read MoreGavin Bevis
BBC News
Nottingham Forest fans have been urged to applaud during the 14th minute of tomorrow's home match against Rotherham United to mark 14 years since the death of Brian Clough.
The legendary boss, who led Forest to glory in the league, the league cup and the European Cup, died of cancer on 20 September 2004.
Nottingham Forest said, external: "We encourage supporters to show their appreciation for the great Brian Clough with a minute’s applause."
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Kit Sandeman
Local Democracy Reporter
A debate about the proposed "super-council" in Nottinghamshire got heated as insults were traded at a meeting yesterday.
The leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Kay Cutts, was compared to the leader of North Korea, while other councillors were labelled a "disgrace".
Nottinghamshire County Councillors were discussing the plan for a new "super-council", which would involve scrapping district and borough councils.
The debate came after leaked documents revealed the council was considering seven options for the future of the super council. The documents were seen at a meeting which the media was denied access to.
The leader of the council, Conservative Kay Cutts, said whoever leaked the documents "should be ashamed of themselves."
But she was labelled "Kay Jong-un", after the North Korean leader, by Councillor Jason Zadrozny, who is the leader of the Ashfield Independents and opposes the plans.
Councillor Kay Cutts, who represents the Radcliffe-on-Trent ward for the Conservatives, said: "We've got to save £54m. We've got to find that money somewhere.
"I've had no positive suggestions from the Ashfield Independents - all they want to do is keep everything open and oppose everything. So they are completely negative and therefore what they add to this debate is uninteresting."
Gavin Bevis
BBC News
Police say they're worried about an 85-year-old man who's gone missing from his home in Stapleford, external.
Albert Dennis, whose disappearance was reported at about 17:00 yesterday, is said to have limited mobility and uses a walking stick.
Nottinghamshire Police asked anyone who knows where he is to call 101.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceNick Smith
BBC News Online
A stretch of the A515 was closed south of Ashbourne because of a crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor.
Police have now said the road has been closed up to the A50 junction.
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Derbyshire Police said: "It is likely to remain closed for some time while an investigation is carried out. Please avoid the area."
Paceman Tony Palladino signs a new two-year deal at Derbyshire, which will keep him at the County Ground until 2020.
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BBC News Online
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Gavin Bevis
BBC News
A new exhibition devoted to glam rock star Alvin Stardust is taking place in the Nottinghamshire town where he grew up.
Stardust Memories, which features memorabilia from the My Coo Ca Choo singer's five-decade career, is due to open at Mansfield Museum tomorrow.
The musician, who had several top ten hits in the 1970s and 1980s, died from cancer in 2014.
