‘There's more chocolate at home than I could imagine'published at 00:39 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020
The CEO Secrets series hears from three fathers who have juggled start-ups and childcare in lockdown.
Read More‘There's more chocolate at home than I could imagine'published at 00:39 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020
'I became a chocolate maker in lockdown'published at 00:36 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020
Keith Tiplady explains how he moved from the world of making motorcycles to selling chocolates.
Read More'Staff at our hospital fearful of second wave’published at 00:08 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2020
The BBC’s health editor Hugh Pym spent a day at Royal Derby Hospital
Read MorePrisoner dies from Covid-related illness at HMP Gartreepublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Amy Orton
Local Democracy ReporterAn inmate at Market Harborough's HMP Gartree died from complications related to Covid-19, a recent report has revealed.
A HM Chief Inspector of Prisons report into conditions at the jail said a small number of prisoners and staff have tested positive for the virus since March, and one prisoner succumbed to the illness.
But the report stated "the prison was well prepared to manage positive cases of Covid-19".
Image source, GoogleThere are 645 inmates at the prison, which was criticised for "dark and dingy" cells, levels of violence, hooch production, and dirty showers.
Inspectors found prisoners were confined to their cells for 22 hours a day, and as a result were "bored and frustrated".
But HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke said staff at Gartree had "responded well to the threats presented by the national pandemic".
He added work needed to be done to rehabilitate prisoners who had been under an "extremely restricted regime for over six months".
Nottinghamshire to get mass Covid-19 testingpublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
The county is among 67 areas due to be given tests that can deliver results within an hour.
Read MoreCouncils make sprinklers pledge after school firespublished at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Three school fires in Derbyshire prompt the signing of a statement of intent surrounding sprinklers.
Read MorePub fined £10,000 after night of live musicpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineA pub has been fined £10,000 after about 100 customers were discovered enjoying an evening of live music ahead of the new lockdown.
Officers visited the Diamond, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, at about 20:30 on 4 November, when tier three restrictions were in place.
Tier three rules meant pubs could only remain open if they served "substantial" meals.
Image source, GoogleThe pub said in a statement on Facebook, external that they accepted the punishment and it had "become apparent that some guests had since tested positive" for Covid-19.
"We have taken all their points on board and look forward to working closely with them to ensure safe and legal evenings and afternoons when we are able to reopen," the statement added.
Assistant Chief Constable Kate Meynell, of Nottinghamshire Police, said there was a "series of very significant failures" that left officers with no option but to take action.
Cyclist in hospital after collision with carpublished at 11:58 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsA cyclist has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire this morning.
The crash happened just before 06:00 on Gunthorpe Bridge.
Nottinghamshire Police said the female cyclist suffered injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.
Image source, googleThe road was closed for some time this morning which caused delays between the A46 and Lowdham.
Foxes sign Barnes from Yorkshirepublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Leicestershire sign former England Under-19 seam bowler Ed Barnes from Yorkshire on a three-year contract.
Read MoreWoman 'traumatised' after man enters car and steals handbagpublished at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineA woman was left "traumatised" after a man entered her car while it was stuck in traffic and stole her handbag, police said.
Nottinghamshire Police said it is unclear when he got into the car, but he crouched and hid before the woman spotted him in Nottingham city centre on Saturday afternoon.
The victim - who had been shopping at Castle Marina retail park - was told to "stay calm and drive" and after stopping near the Pryzm nightclub on King Edward Street, the man grabbed the handbag from the front passenger seat and left.
Image source, GoogleDet Sgt Karl Thomas said: "This is a very alarming incident, which has left the victim traumatised.
"She screamed out for help, trying to make other drivers and pedestrians aware of her frightening ordeal.
"He has then stolen a number of items, including her handbag which had her bank cards in, before exiting and running off."
Bassetlaw and Bolsover among top 20 Covid hotspotspublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsBassetlaw and Bolsover are both among the top 20 highest areas for Covid-19 infection rates in England, according to latest data.
The figures from Public Health England show in the week up to 5 November, Bassetlaw's infection rate was 478.5 per 100,000 people, up from 371.2 the previous week.
In Bolsover, Derbyshire, the seven-day infection rate up to 5 November was 477.9 per 100,000, compared to 388.5 in the seven days up to 29 October.
Image source, EPAToday's weather for the East Midlandspublished at 08:06 Greenwich Mean Time 10 November 2020
After a dull and misty start in places across the region, it will become brighter with sunny intervals later.
Image source, BudgeIt will be mostly clear throughout the evening with just a few areas of cloud.
The 'wobble room' helping NHS staff through Covidpublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Staff at the Royal Derby Hospital created the room as a place to escape from the intense pressures.
Read MoreNottingham students warned over toilet distraction burglariespublished at 17:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Alex Regan
BBC NewsPolice are looking for a suspected burglar in Nottingham after reports a man stole items from two student houses after asking to use the toilet.
Officers warned students to be on their guard after reports of a "man knocking on their door asking for the toilet" in the Dunkirk area of the city.
The two burglaries took place within 20 minutes of one another, between 15:30 and 15:50, in Lace Street yesterday.
Image source, GoogleAfter the man left the properties, "it was subsequently found that items had been stolen", police said.
Crash death man was hit 'in fit of temper'published at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Stephen Walsh died the morning after he was involved in a car crash, a court hears.
Read MoreBritain's 'most bashed' bridges revealedpublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
A Hinckley railway bridge tops the chart, which also features bridges in Staffordshire and Norfolk.
Read MoreTrust's Covid patient numbers 'surpass April peak'published at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
A trust says the number of patients with Covid-19 has more than doubled in a fortnight.
Read MoreFirefighters pay tribute to fallen war heroespublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Sandish Shoker
BBC NewsFirefighters at Staveley fire station got creative yesterday making their own memorial to mark Remembrance Sunday.
They put together the piece of art in their drill yard using hoses and other items found around the station.
Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue ServiceKnife held to 17-year-old boy's neck in robberypublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Ethan Connolly-Forster
BBC NewsA knife was held to a 17-year-old boy's neck during a robbery in Nottinghamshire, police said.
The boy was walking down the path through Compton Acres - known locally as the "yellow brick road" - in West Bridgford on Friday at about 17:45 when he was pushed over.
Three men then held the knife to his neck, police said, and demanded his belongings.
The teenager, who suffered cuts and grazes, handed over his iPhone, laptop, wallet, watch, rings, keys and headphones. The suspects then ran off.
Two of the men have been described as white, between 5ft 7in and 5ft 9in tall. The third has been described as black and about 6ft tall. All were wearing dark clothing.
Image source, Google'No regrets' over Nottingham tram track protestpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 9 November 2020
Neil Heath
BBC News OnlineOne of four Black Lives Matter activists who blocked tram tracks in Nottingham four years ago as part of a national day of action has said she has never regretted what she did.
Lisa Robinson, a director of a Nottingham-based Bright Ideas and trustee of BLM UK, was found guilty of wilful obstruction of a highway following a trial at Nottingham Magistrates' Court in 2016.
Image source, PA MediaShe told BBC Radio Nottingham's Jodi Law: "One of the aims of the action was to get the issues facing the black community in the UK in the public spotlight.
"Somebody had to do it and I was one of them.
"It was a very controversial thing to do and I know that people were divided... but there were a lot of supporters.
"I have no regrets about the action, I would do it again."
Ms Robinson said following George Floyd's death in police custody in the US, which sparked protests all over the world, about £1.2m has been raised for the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK.
