Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was shot and "assaulted with a bladed weapon".

Police were called to Tolney Lane, in Newark, shortly before 16:00 on Wednesday.

A 30-year-old man was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre with injuries not believed to be life-threatening and was later discharged.

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The arrested man, 50, remains in custody.

Det Insp Steve Wragg said: "The people involved are known to each other.

"We are urging anyone with any information about what happened or those responsible to please get in touch to help us understand what happened."

A cordon remains in place at the scene.

Police said it is not connected to a shooting in Top Valley on Tuesday night, which remains under investigation.

The force has not given further details on the "bladed weapon".

Wales midfielder Andy King will leave Leicester City this summer, but captain Wes Morgan is one of three players to sign new deals.

Alex Regan
BBC News

Post deliveries in Nottingham have been "temporarily disrupted" after the Royal Mail centre in Beeston was flooded.

A spokesperson for the postal service said: "The customer service point is operating as normal and there is no impact on collection of mail."

Managers at the site are currently carrying out a risk assessment to see when the mail centre can fully reopen.

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Lisa Pynegar, whose home CCTV camera captured the footage, says people have been "fighting" to save their homes.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

The description of a car - believed to be linked to a double shooting in Nottingham - has been released by police in another appeal for information.

Nottinghamshire Police said two men - one in his 20s and one in his 30s - each received a single gunshot wound to their legs while they were in the Hucknall Road area of Top Valley shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

They were taken to hospital and one of the men has since been discharged.

The other is still receiving treatment for injuries which are not life-threatening or life-altering.

It is thought a black Audi A8 was driven in Hucknall Road and Moor Bridge around the time of the shooting.

Detectives are "exploring the idea" the shooting may have happened within the car, which has been recovered.

Det Insp Ruby Burrow added: "This incident was an isolated, targeted attack and we believe that the victims and suspects were known to one another."

Anyone with any information is asked to call the force on 101.

Alex Thorp
BBC News

Parts of the East Midlands were hit by floods as storms broke out across the region.

Almost an inch of rain fell within an hour in Loughborough, Leicestershire, on Wednesday evening.

Areas of Nottinghamshire were also badly affected, including Beeston and Ruddington.

Major roads were blocked and shops were flooded, just days after reopening following the coronavirus lockdown.

In Beeston, BBC reporter Steve Beech said he had "never seen anything like it" in almost 20 years.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

Police have praised those who took part in a take a knee protest in Nottingham yesterday following the death of George Floyd in the US.

Nottinghamshire Police said about 40 people attended the event in Old Market Square.

Socially distanced protesters knelt for eight minutes and 46 seconds - the same length of time a police officer knelt on Mr Floyd's neck.

Supt Paul Winter, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "We would like to thank people who made this protest a peaceful and dignified event.

"It was a well-organised event and the organisers ensured that people adhered to the social distancing guidelines, ensuring it could go ahead safely. People also wore face masks during the protest."

Paul Warrington overpowered a 19-year-old woman in Nottingham after offering to help her get home.

Denise Richards watched the funerals, which included two uncles, an aunt and cousins, via a live stream.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

The son of a man who went missing two weeks ago has appealed for help to find his father who he had only recently reunited with.

Michael Dennington, 58, was reported missing from the Mansfield area on Sunday 31 May.

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Jason Taylor, who had been estranged from his father for about 14 years, told Nottinghamshire Police his father he been back in his life for about five weeks and he was "really enjoying" seeing him again.

Mr Dennington, who police said has mental health issues and spends time sleeping rough or sofa-surfing, is described as being of a slim build, 5ft 2in tall with dark brown, short hair.

He has links to Newark, Selston, Ollerton, Clipstone, Worksop, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield, as well as Cleethorpes, Glossop and Derby.

Mr Taylor added: "Dad, if you are out there - we are so, so worried about you so please just pick up the phone, just to let us know you're OK."

Police have released CCTV footage of Mr Dennington leaving King's Mill Hospital at about 15:24 on 26 May, his last official sighting.

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Carole Guyler's husband received two phone calls to go into hospital to "say goodbye".

Alex Regan
BBC News

Nottinghamshire Police have warned drivers "to take extra care on the roads" after floods in the county yesterday evening.

A yellow weather warning for more rain remains in place across the region until midday.

Police urged drivers not to drive through large amounts of standing water, and to remember braking distances in wet weather are longer.

Officers said despite flooding in several areas yesterday, "no-one has had to be evacuated from properties".

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Alex Regan
BBC News

A Met Office yellow weather warning is in place across the East Midlands until 12:00 today.

The warning means that flooding at some homes and businesses is likely, bus and train services could be affected, and road flooding is expected.

It comes after flash flooding in several areas yesterday evening.

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There will be heavy rain for a time before it pushes its way gradually north.

It will clear away, leaving a lot of cloud around it with perhaps a little bit of brightness towards the end of the day and a chance of an isolated thunderstorm.

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The star was told by a producer - advertisers "didn't want a black man doing fitness on TV".

Shops and streets have flooded after storms brought heavy rain to parts of the East Midlands.

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BBC News Online

Some residents living in Loughborough, where 17mm (0.7in) of rain was recorded in one hour, had only just returned to their homes after floods earlier in the year.

Jessica Tickell said she and her neighbours in Oaklands Avenue have put in an "extraordinary community effort" to clear blocked drains and prevent water entering homes.

However, she said they are "frantic" and "exhausted" and are fearful of another night of rain.

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Neil Heath
BBC News Online

Heavy downpours flooded this branch of Tesco in Ilkeston.

The store has been forced to close while the flood water is cleared.

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Neil Heath
BBC News Online

A BBC reporter said the rain that fell over Beeston earlier was "ferocious".

"Rainwater jumped out of gutters. Drains failed to cope," said Radio Nottingham's Steve Beech.

"A lonely silver grey BMW was stranded in a huge lake that formed in one of the town’s busiest streets, its driver in near tears at the side of the road.

"In Wollaton Road, the exit road from Sainsbury’s lay under perhaps three feet of water."

The supermarket was forced to closed as workers with mops and buckets dealt with flood water, he added.

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Reporter, BBC News Online

Properties in many parts of Nottinghamshire were affected by the sudden downpour.

Read Avenue in Beeston was swamped when drains were overwhelmed.

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Laura Longford's garden was inundated along with nearby garages, leaving her husband, Liam, and son, Lawson, to inspect the damage.

She said: "It was horrendous and came from nowhere!

"I'm now wondering if I will have to redo my whole garden... again! Only just had it done and wondering if all my items in my shed are saveable or not."

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