Summary

  • Bomb plot jury fail to reach verdict for chip shop owner

  • Driver arrested over fatal A38 crash

  • Traps found on Peak District cycle paths

  • 'Britain's biggest' stickleback caught

  • Boots has 'room to improve' over 'skinny-shaming' ad

  • Live updates for Friday 12 July

  1. 'My son spent £3,160 in one game'published at 01:27 British Summer Time 15 July 2019

    As politicians call for more regulation, you share your stories about children spending money within games.

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  2. Bavuma boosts Northants at Chesterfieldpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 14 July 2019

    A century from in-form Temba Bavuma helps Northants make 342 all out against Derbyshire, who are 34-1 at the close.

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  3. Virdi career-best puts Notts in troublepublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 14 July 2019

    Amar Virdi takes 8-61 as Surrey bowl out Notts for 116 and then reach 184-7 at stumps at Trent Bridge, a lead of 308.

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  4. Painted stones record smashed in girl's memorypublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 14 July 2019

    A seven-year-old girl who died from spinal cancer inspires a world record for the most painted stones.

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  5. Should we stop eating fish and chips?published at 02:47 British Summer Time 14 July 2019

    A fish and chip shop has been closed by its owner over environmental concerns. Are there plenty more fish in the sea?

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  6. Woman, 89, revisits 'first love' nightclubpublished at 02:37 British Summer Time 14 July 2019

    Mary Edgson, 89, met her late husband Dennis at what is now Pryzm nightclub, in Nottingham.

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  7. Notts' Ashwin tears through Surreypublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 13 July 2019

    Ravichandran Ashwin takes 6-69 as Nottinghamshire bowl out Surrey on the opening day at Trent Bridge.

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  8. Woman hit by car during police chasepublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 13 July 2019

    She suffered a broken pelvis when a suspected stolen car struck her on a driveway.

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  9. Painted stone record attempt for cancer girlpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 13 July 2019

    The family of seven-year-old Isla Tansey, who died of spinal cancer, hope to set a world record in her honour.

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  10. Ladybird books are 'little time capsules'published at 03:37 British Summer Time 13 July 2019

    A new exhibition will explore the artwork behind the much loved Ladybird books.

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  11. 'Why I gave my kidney to a stranger'published at 00:53 British Summer Time 13 July 2019

    The woman who gave her kidney to somebody she never met - and the man who gave his to a Twitter friend.

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  12. Traps found on Peak District cycle pathspublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    Popular trails have been blocked with rocks and had branches placed at head height.

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  13. Woman jailed for taking cash to on-the-run killerpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    Melisa Birkinshaw, 22, admitted perverting the course of justice by helping killer Tyrone Andrew.

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  14. Police took hours to find murder victimpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    It took hours to find Leighann Wightman because police failed to record her address, a report says.

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  15. Charity boxes stolen in opticians burglarypublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    Greig Watson
    Reporter, BBC News Online

    Police are appealing for help to identify a suspect following a burglary at a Leicester opticians.

    Two charity boxes and 10 pairs of sunglasses were taken from the business on Narborough Road in the early hours of 22 June.

    Anyone with any information is asked to call 101.

    CCTV stillImage source, Leicestershire Police
    CCTV stillImage source, Leicestershire Police
  16. Council pledges to be single-use plastic free by 2023published at 14:44 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    David Pittam
    BBC News Online

    Nottingham City Council has promised to be single-use plastic free by 2023.

    It admitted it "will not be simple" but wants to lead by example.

    The impact of single-use plastics on our environment has recently come under scrutiny as it hangs around for hundreds of years, posing a threat to wildlife.

    Plastic overshoesImage source, Getty Images

    The council plans include encouraging businesses to let people refill water bottles, promoting lunchbox use in their offices and getting rid of orange recycling plastic bags for city apartments - although they say they will make sure residents can still recycle.

    One measure anyone who uses the city's public leisure centres will notice is the recent removal of plastic shoe covers.

  17. Boots has 'room to improve' over 'skinny-shaming' adpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    BBC Radio Derby

    An image coach believes Nottingham-based health and beauty chain Boots has "room to improve" over a new television advert that has been criticised for "skinny-shaming".

    The advert shows two curvier women whipping off their sarongs and going for a dip in the sea, despite disparaging looks from a slimmer onlooker.

    The company has received a backlash on social media, with some women suggesting it was pitting different female body types against each other.

    Two womenImage source, Boots
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    Sarah Marsden-Shreeve, an image coach from Alvaston, said she thought the advert "could have been better" and she would have liked to have seen "more variety of inclusive body types".

    She added thinner people shouldn't feel "ousted" in such campaigns.

    "All bodies are good bodies, no matter what shape or size," she said.

    Marketing director for Boots UK and Ireland, Helen Normoyle, said the campaign was intended to celebrate "women who aren't driven by a need to be someone else's definition of 'summer-ready'."

  18. Car fails to stop for police on Brake Lanepublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    BBC Radio Nottingham

    Four people have been arrested after a police chase in Ollerton.

    Officers were called to Brake Lane at about 08:45 last night when a car failed to stop.

    Two men and a woman, all aged 21, were arrested on suspicion of theft. The 22-year-old male driver was found by a police dog in a field and arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

    Brake LaneImage source, Google
  19. U21 sides discover EFL Trophy opponentspublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    The 16 invited under-21 sides - including Manchester United and Liverpool - find out who they will play in the EFL Trophy.

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  20. 'Britain's biggest' stickleback caughtpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 12 July 2019

    Neil Heath
    BBC News Online

    As monster catches go, it was not the biggest fish ever caught - but for a stickleback it was enormous.

    Mat Faulkner, from Ilkeston, was at his own fishery in Nottinghamshire when he caught the 9g (0.3 ounce) tiddler.

    The fisherman believes the fish, which usually weigh about a gram, has beaten the previous national record set in 1998.

    The British Record (rod-caught) Fish Committee said its members will scrutinise the claim in due course.

    Mat Faulkner holding the sticklebackImage source, Jack Perks

    Mr Faulkner's friend Jack Perks - who features regularly on the BBC's Springwatch programme for his freshwater fish expertise - was there at the time.

    Mr Perks said: "Mat shouted me over and I looked at it and I said 'that's enormous'."

    The wildlife expert said had the female been caught earlier, it would have been even heavier due to its eggs.

    A 7g (0.2 ounce) stickleback caught at a lake in Cambridgeshire is currently the largest recorded stickleback.

    The sticklebackImage source, Jack Perks