Ethan Connolly-Forster
BBC News
People and businesses in Derby are working to help the NHS with donations of protective equipment.
Engineering firm Lindhurst received more than 30,000 donations of masks, nitrile gloves, visors and goggles following an appeal.
Meanwhile electrical company Pektron also donated equipment.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
A paramedic returned home from a 12-hour night shift to find his mountain bike, Playstation and NHS polo shirt had been stolen.
Derbyshire Police said the break-in on Little Hallam Lane, Ilkeston, happened between 17:00 on Tuesday and 07:00 on Wednesday.
Image source, Derbyshire PoliceParamedic Samuel Clyde Jones posted on Facebook: "Two of the main things keeping me sane on my rest days are getting out on my bike and computer gaming.
"To come home and see how some absolute degenerate individual(s) can abuse the fact that I'm at work possibly helping their friends/family is beyond my comprehension."
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area between the times of the burglary.
Brendan O’Neill, a member of the Derby Mountain Rescue Team, created the message to thank NHS workers.
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Samantha Noble
BBC News Online
Police have started patrolling Bradgate Park at night after reports of people visiting it in the dark.
Officers said: "We're aware that people had been using Bradgate Park at night, contrary to government guidelines, so we're patrolling then too.
Image source, Charnwood Police"The park is closed at all times for now, for humans anyway.
"Thank you to everyone staying away and saving lives!"
Bradgate Park Trust thanked Charnwood Police for "their continued support of the ranger team".
Three days of rock music, interviews and unseen performances will be streamed online in June.
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BBC News
Key workers will now be able to get tested for coronavirus at the football stadium in Chesterfield.
The Proact Stadium is allowing its car park to be used as an appointment-only testing venue while it is closed to staff and fans.
Image source, GoogleCompany secretary Ashley Carson said: "We were only too happy to make the car park available to the NHS as they need all the support they can get at this time.
"The stadium is easily accessible with plenty of parking spaces so it is an ideal venue for the testing to take place."
Fencing is being put up around the car park and security measures are being arranged.
The economy around Gatwick airport will be hit hardest by coronavirus, a study finds.
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BBC News
A man who helped to rescue a woman from a level crossing in Derbyshire believes anyone would have done the same thing.
James Dainty was driving from Sawley to Breaston after collecting a takeaway on Saturday evening.
He stopped at the barrier of the crossing when a woman pulled up alongside him on the wrong side of the road.
Image source, Google"I thought that was a bit strange but then she reversed up behind me and the barrier went back up.
"As I was driving over I thought 'there's something not right there'.
"I got about 20 yards up the roads and thought I'd spin around and have a look and she'd actually parked on the tracks," he said.
Mr Dainty, 39, who lives in Breaston, said he tried talking to her but aware of her dangerous position he said: "All I wanted to do was get the car off the track."
Image source, James DaintyHe removed her hand break and pushed the car off the railway track just moments before the barriers went down again for another train to pass.
"It's a busy part of the track and I never usually go that way - I thought I'd go that way for a change.
"I'm sure if I wasn't there somebody else would have done the same thing."
British Transport Police has confirmed it did receive a report of concern for the welfare of a woman in the Breaston area just after 20:00 on Saturday.
In a statement it said: "Officers attended, and the woman was taken to a place of safety."
Samantha Noble
BBC News Online
The government, fire services, and park authorities have been urging people not to use sky lanterns during the clap for key workers this evening.
Fire services across the country and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) have said a campaign encouraging the public to release the lanters in a show of solidarity for NHS workers is "misguided".
NFCC chairman Roy Wilsher said dealing with fires caused by sky lanterns means firefighters are diverted from supporting vulnerable people as part of the response to coronavirus.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue said lanterns pose "a risk to wildlife, moorland, hazardous material sites and more – adding pressure on the fire service, and the NHS".
The Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) tweeted to support the NFCC's warning and said "there are many other ways to support the NHS".
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The Peak District National Park tweeted: "There are lots of ways to show your support of our amazing keyworkers and NHS heroes, but releasing sky lanterns is not one of them. Clap loud and clap long this week, and send those sounds soaring into the sky instead."
"Please do not release lanterns in support of the NHS. These are a serious risk to our countryside and wildlife," added Bradgate Park Trust, in Leicestershire.
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
Police investigating a a serious sexual assault in Nottingham are asking for help to identify this man.
The assault is alleged to have taken place at the Arriba bar on St James Street in the early hours of Sunday 1 March.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceToday will be another fine and mostly sunny day, which will become quite warm by this afternoon.
A maximum temperature of 20°C (68°F).
Image source, AbbeyDaleIt will be a fine evening and tonight looks set to remain dry but there's a chance of the odd shower developing in the early hours of Friday.
An overnight low of 6°C (43°F).
Police arrested a 49-year-old man after discovering a body in Heathcott Road, Leicester.
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Read MorePolice officers are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on a motorway in South Yorkshire in the early hours of this morning to come forward.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceEmergency services were called to the M1 northbound, near Aston, Rotherham, at about 03:20.
It's reported that a 24-year-old man had fallen from the bridge over the motorway and was then hit by two lorries. He died at the scene, police say.
Officers are asking witnesses, or those with dash cam footage, to get in touch as investigations continue into what happened.
Liam Barnes
BBC News
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceA number of adventurous animals have been on the prowl while most people stay at home under lockdown, and motorists on the A52 this morning were treated to the unexpected sight of a swan wandering along the road.
Nottinghamshire Police stopped the intrepid flapper after being called to Beeston by concerned members of the public.
PCs Simon Widdowson and Natalie Wilkin led the chase and, after wrapping the bird in a police coat and securing it in their car, it was released back into the wild.
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceQuote MessagePC Widdowson, also now known as the swan whisperer, used all his experience to ensure a happy ending. I’ve been told it resembled that hilarious scene in the film Hot Fuzz!
Sgt Kulvinder Dosanjh, Nottinghamshire Police
Amy Orton
Local Democracy Reporter
Another two patients being treated for coronavirus have died at Leicester’s hospitals, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has confirmed.
The pair were aged in their 70s and 80s, and their deaths bring the total of those who have died after testing positive for coronavirus at Leicester’s hospitals to 117.
Image source, PA MediaEthan Connolly-Forster
BBC News
A 25-year-old woman has been arrested after a woman and a teenager were stabbed inside a house in South Wigston.
Police said they were called to an address on Healey Street shortly before 00.30 BST.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary to treat minor injuries.
The two victims were taken to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre.
They remain in hospital where their condition is described as critical but stable.
Image source, GoogleDet Insp Mark Parish, said: "Our investigation into the circumstances surrounding these two incidents is in the early stages.
"I would like to appeal to anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area."
A motorway through South Yorkshire has been reopened after a body was found in the road in the early hours of this morning.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceEmergency services were called to the M1 at junction 31 for Aston at about 03:20 this morning after reports of a body being in the road.
The northbound carriageway was closed from junction 30 at Barlborough to allow police to investigate what happened.
The road has now reopened, Highways England has said.
