East Midlands Today

Hundreds more physiotherapists, paramedics and healthcare assistants are to be recruited in the East Midlands to boost care alongside GPs, NHS England has promised.

In one of the biggest shifts in primary care for more than a decade, the new workers will help more people manage chronic conditions closer to home.

There are no regional figures for the number to be recruited by local clinical commissioning groups but nationally it is more than 20,000, as set out in the NHS's long term plan.

With GP numbers showing their first sustained drop in 50 years nationally, the aim is ease some of the pressure on doctors.

East Midlands Today

Uber drivers in Nottingham are going on strike today in protest at the company's stock market flotation.

Their union's angry that the online taxi firm's expected to hand large payouts to investors tomorrow - while failing to address drivers' pay issues.

They're asking customers not to cross the digital picket line between 7am and 4pm. Uber says it does want to improve workers' experiences.

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Armed police have arrested two men following reports that someone was firing an air rifle at passers-by in Buxton.

Officers were called to the town in the early hours of the morning. They said a weapon was recovered, but they could not find anyone who had been injured.

Image source, Derbyshire Constabulary

David Pittam
BBC News Online

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