Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

Average speed cameras, the first permanent ones in Derbyshire, are being switched on in a stretch of roadworks on the A52 near Derby.

The current limit at the Wyvern is 40mph but will be raised to 50 - down from the original 70 - when the system is fully operational later this year.

The city council said lowering the speed limit would make the road safer and cut congestion.

Fines from the new cameras will not be handed out until the roadworks are lifted and the council said it did not receive any of the money.

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Doctors can perform a hysterectomy on a mentally ill woman suffering from cancer of the womb, a Court of Protection judge has ruled.

The woman, who is middle-aged, would not agree to surgery and told doctors only God could cure her cancer.

But Mr Justice Hayden ruled she lacked the mental capacity to make decisions and concluded a hysterectomy was in her best interests.

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He said the woman's "expressed religious beliefs" were a facet of her mental health difficulties.

The judge analysed the case at a public hearing in the Court of Protection, where issues relating to people who may lack the mental capacity to make decisions are considered, in London on Thursday.

He said the woman could not be identified in media reports of the case.

Bosses at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have responsibility for her care and asked the judge to rule a hysterectomy was in her best interests.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

The leader of Derbyshire County Council has assured people the risk of contracting coronavirus remains low, despite the county having its first confirmed case.

In a video message, external, Barry Lewis said public health staff were working "extremely hard" to contain the virus and keep people in the county safe.

He also reminded anyone who had become unwell after visiting one of the affected countries to call 111 rather than going to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.

Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Drivers are being warned of more lane closures and roadworks in Nottingham.

Essential gas and electricity upgrades will affect Canal Street, where lanes will be shut for nine weeks from Monday.

Nottingham City Council says two-way traffic will be maintained throughout the project and is urging people to use public transport if they can.

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It follows news on Thursday that Trent Bridge is set to undergo maintenance work from the start of March to September.

Clifton Bridge, which has caused traffic chaos in Nottingham since its closure, is unlikely to fully reopen for the rest of the year.

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Former England and Leicester City striker Emile Heskey has revealed he was chased down the street by a man shouting racist abuse when he was a young academy player with the Foxes.

Heskey - who went on to play 62 times for England - said the incident happened outside the club's stadium a few years before he made his professional debut.

He said: "I got chased from a Leicester game. I was 13 or 14. Fast-forward three-and-a-half years, that same guy might have been chanting my name.

"It was part of society and part of my upbringing. I can't say it was good but it made me who I am."

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However, he said he never experienced any racial abuse as a player at English grounds.

"I can't say that I got any abuse in England, it was always abroad," he said.

"I had it with the national team in Slovakia and Croatia."

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A school in Derbyshire has stayed closed for a second day after a parent of one of the pupils was diagnosed with coronavirus.

Burbage Primary School in Buxton told parents on Wednesday night it would be undergoing a deep clean after the parent's illness came to light.

A joint statement by Public Health England and Derbyshire County Council said the risk to the general public "remains low".

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The county council has also said the school will reopen on Monday.

Buxton Medical Practice, which was also closed yesterday due to the confirmed case, is due to reopen today.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Expect more unsettled weather across the East Midlands thanks to an area of low pressure, which was named Storm Jorge by the Spanish meteorological service.

Tyler Smith, 37, from Coalville was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2013.

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says he is "hopeful" James Maddison will sign a new contract which will quash talk of a move to Manchester United.

Errol Graham's relatives hope to "overhaul systems and policies to protect vulnerable claimants".

Simon Jones' children said he was attacked "callously" and "unnecessarily" in Derby last year.

Authorities say the patient, who is the UK's 16th case, had travelled from northern Italy via Dublin.

The primary school in Buxton has had a precautionary deep clean and will be closed until Monday.

The virus was passed on in Italy and Tenerife and brings the total number of UK cases to 15.

Rob Sissons
East Midlands Today Reporter

I have been on the scene in the town of Buxton, where a school and medical centre have been closed due to a confirmed case of coronavirus.

Buxton is the highest market town above sea level in England and has had heavy snow this week.

But coronavirus, not snow, seems to be the talk of the town.

Doctor Peter Holden, who represents British Medical Association (BMA) doctors in the region, says he's not surprised. He said coronavirus, like flu, will end up going round.

All of this presents a dilemma for parents: How do you explain the complex story that is coronavirus to children?

The answer, I guess, is keep it simple, but as we know, the spread of the virus is anything but.

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Gary Kupinskyj "perhaps zoned out" before he crashed into his victim, the judge sentencing him said.

EFL clubs move the summer transfer deadline for Championship back to the end of August to coincide with the rest of Europe

David Pittam
BBC News Online

Two men have been stabbed in an attack at a flat in Nottingham.

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One of the pair, both aged 50, had his wrist slashed in Annesley Grove in the Arboretum area early on Sunday morning.

Police said his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening but could be life-altering.

The second victim suffered minor slash wounds to his hands.

Officers want to speak to two men, one who was white and the other mixed race, seen leaving the flat on foot at about 06:30.

They are describing it as an "isolated incident".

David Pittam
BBC News Online

More lanes in and out of Nottingham could be closed as Trent Bridge undergoes £1.1m maintenance work from next week.

It may sound like a potential nightmare for drivers caught up in the fall-out of the Clifton Bridge repairs, but Nottingham City Council said it expects the impact on traffic to be "minimal".

It said any lane closures needed to carry out the work - which will begin on 2 March and are planned to take until September - should be done between 20:00 and 03:00.

The work will involve repainting the bridge's steelwork and repairing some of the masonry.

The council's portfolio holder for transport, Adele Williams, said: "This repainting will help to protect and preserve the bridge while freshening it up for many years to come."

Figures suggest fewer people on the streets but the number is still over double that of a decade ago.