Summary

  • Man jailed for at least 20 years for killing toddler

  • Girl, 9, speaks at global conference on glasses campaign

  • Large caravan park blaze 'deliberate'

  • Driver's near miss with overtaking lorry

  • Council promises it is not closing centre

  • Driver who ran over PC 'feared for life'

  • Clumber Park 'most visited' East Midlands' tourist attraction

  • Updates for Friday 29 March

  1. Latest updates: East Midlands Livepublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 1 April 2019

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather for the East Midlands.

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  2. Baby with bite marks and broken leg failedpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 31 March 2019

    The four-month-old and her three siblings now live away from their mother and respective fathers.

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  3. Why are university students catching mumps?published at 00:27 Greenwich Mean Time 31 March 2019

    A poor vaccine uptake worldwide has led to an increase in mumps outbreaks, according to experts.

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  4. EFL: Drama, boredom and great escapespublished at 21:24 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Drama at the top, drama at the bottom and stalemates in the middle - BBC Sport looks at the big stories from Saturday's EFL action.

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  5. Leicester earn third win under Rodgerspublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Leicester continue their impressive start under Brendan Rodgers by beating Bournemouth to earn a third consecutive win.

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  6. Chesterfield 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridgepublished at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Two early second-half goals move Chesterfield into the top half of the National League as they see off Dagenham & Redbridge.

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  7. Exeter City 1-4 Mansfield Townpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Mansfield move within two points of an automatic League Two promotion place with victory at play-off hopefuls Exeter.

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  8. Forest come from behind to beat Swanseapublished at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Nottingham Forest remain in the Championship play-off hunt after coming from behind late to beat Swansea 2-1.

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  9. Stevenage 0-3 Notts Countypublished at 18:04 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Jim O'Brien, Kane Hemmings and Enzio Boldewijn score as Notts County climb off the bottom of League Two by winning at Stevenage.

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  10. Waghorn scores hat-trick as Rams hit sixpublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    Derby enhance their Championship play-off hopes with their biggest win of the season against a poor Rotherham outfit.

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  11. Thousands of goldfish removed from pondpublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 30 March 2019

    About 3,000 goldfish have been removed from Colliers Wood Pond in Nottinghamshire.

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  12. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    Today's live updates have now finished but stories will continue to appear over the weekend.

    We'll be back with more news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

  13. Weather: Turning chilly tonightpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    BBC Weather

    This evening will be largely clear at first, but as the night progresses, there is a chance mist and patchy fog will form and it will be chilly under the clear skies.

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  14. Your photos: Sunny end to the weekpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    BBC Weather Watchers

    It's been another glorious day of blue skies and sunshine to top off a good week of Weather Watchers photos.

    Janice Dyson snapped this curious cow while out in Beeley, Derbyshire this morning.

    Cows in BeeleyImage source, Janice Dyson

    And it has been a great day for a walk around Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire.

    Newstead AbbeyImage source, Cazza
  15. Abandoned pet goldfish plague pondpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    East Midlands Today

    How do you move 3,000 goldfish? Like this...

  16. Resurfacing of Clock Tower area approvedpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    Plans to spend £1.8m resurfacing the Leicester Clock Tower area have been approved by councillors.

    This includes Churchgate and Haymarket, which are proposed to be pedestrianised.

    The improvement work is part of the Connecting Leicester programme, external to make the city centre connected, safe and family friendly, the city council said.

    Leicester Clock Tower

    The authority has said the last time improvements were undertaken in the area was in conjunction with the development of Highcross in 2008.

    The slabs are going to be replaced with the same materials that have been used in Jubilee Square, Cathedral Gardens and New Market Square.

    Work is expected to start in October with the scheme due to complete in spring 2020.

  17. Man jailed for murdering ex-partnerpublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    Clarissa-Charlene Faith had become a mother 21 months before she was killed.

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  18. Hundreds of workers travel for flower promotionpublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    BBC Radio Leicester

    About 350 Leicester workers are being sent to a factory in Derby to help keep up with demand for flowers this Mothering Sunday.

    The recruitment company Staffline is already supplying workers to make bouquets of flowers from their branch in Derby but with such high demand this weekend, workers from Leicester are helping out.

    Queue of people on Granby Street

    Every morning the workers queue up on Granby Street to get transport to the factory.

    They're collected outside A La Carte - an area of the Staffline company that usually supplies workers to the food manufacturing and production industry.

  19. Tiger preparing for woodwork career after rugbypublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    Amy Woodfield
    BBC News

    A Leicester Tigers player has told the BBC about another of his passions - making skateboards.

    When he's not playing rugby, scrum-half Sam Harrison turns his hands to woodwork.

    Sam HarrisonImage source, Getty Images

    He said: "More and more rugby players are looking at what they're going to do after their rugby career because its quite a short career.

    "I've always been interested in skateboarding so I started woodworking a few years ago and took to it really well.

    "I love it and hopefully it's what I'll go into after rugby."

  20. McDonald's worker 'soaks' rough sleeperpublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    The homeless teenager says she woke up feeling wet and saw a big bucket of water coming towards her.

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