Christmas market in tier 3 city shut after one daypublished at 22:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
The market in Nottingham closes for the rest of the year, following "unprecedented high footfall".
Read MoreChristmas market in tier 3 city shut after one daypublished at 22:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
Virtual market boosts festive trade during Covidpublished at 11:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
Trader Mark Whithorn says he set up the online market as so many events were cancelled this year.
Read MoreEarly festive lights campaign wins global supportpublished at 00:31 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
Campaigners called for lights to be switched on early to boost mental health.
Read MoreHow did your lockdown container garden grow?published at 00:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
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Read More'He can do things they said he would never do'published at 00:02 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2020
James Drury, a volunteer on the Longshaw Estate, has no speech and communicates through photographs.
Read MoreReading cruise past Forest as fans returnpublished at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
Lucas Joao scores for the fifth consecutive game as Reading go third by making light work of 10-man Nottingham Forest.
Read MoreNotts County 1-0 Wokingpublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
Notts County extend their unbeaten run in the National League to five games with a 1-0 win at home to Woking.
Read MoreDelivery van taken in 'terrifying' knifepoint raidpublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
Three people are arrested after a driver is threatened with a knife in Wollaton, Nottingham.
Read MoreChristmas market in tier 3 city a 'disgrace'published at 10:50 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
Nottingham Winter Wonderland features rides and 40 stalls and has prompted concerns from residents.
Read More‘If you don’t respect Covid, it punishes you’published at 04:01 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
Staff at King’s Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire have been tackling the second wave of Covid-19.
Read MoreNowhere in East Midlands among 20 most infected areaspublished at 18:06 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
David Pittam
BBC News OnlineOadby and Wigston has fallen out of the top 20 most infected areas of England.
It means no areas in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire - all currently in tier 3 - are now in the areas with the highest infections rates.
With an infection rate of 245.5 per 100,000 in the week leading up to November 30, Oadby and Wigston has dropped to 30th from 15th.
It is now below Leicester, at 23rd, which has an infection rate of 265.1 per 100,000 for the same period.
Nottingham, which at one point had the country's worst infection rate, now has a rate of 160.7 per 100,000, while Derby has 158.6.
Murder accused dismembered landlord 'in a panic'published at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Graham Snell's body parts were found dumped in various locations around Chesterfield.
Read MoreDog owners warned after poisoned bait found at parkpublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsA warning has gone out to dog owners in the Hinckley area after poisoned bait was discovered in Clarendon Park.
Council staff said they found a "significant" amount of tainted bacon and crisps under a hedge by the path that runs next to a brook between Melrose Close and Crammand Close.
Image source, GooglePeople with dogs have been asked by the borough council to warn other local dog-owners.
Snow leaves cars stranded and roads closedpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsSnowy conditions have started to make driving difficult in some parts of the region this afternoon.
Leicestershire and Rutland's 4x4 response team says it has been dealing with a number of stranded cars on the A607 and surrounding roads near Coston and Waltham on the Wolds.
Derbyshire County Council has said Snake Pass and Holme Moss are currently closed due to snow.
Gritters have been deployed to high routes in the Peak District to try to make conditions a little easier.
Vandals cut lights on hospital's Christmas treepublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Gavin Bevis
BBC NewsEmergency repairs were needed after vandals cut the lights on a Christmas tree at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Hospital bosses said it happened outside the main entrance on Wednesday evening but the lights were quickly fixed by maintenance staff.
Image source, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustIn a Facebook post, external, the hospital trust said it wanted to "make sure this act unkindness didn't take away from the joy, the smiles and the Christmas spirit the tree brings to our staff and patients".
Image source, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustDeputy council leader denies chargespublished at 13:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsThe deputy leader of Ashfield District Council and county councillor Thomas Hollis is set to face trial next year after pleading not guilty to harassment and motoring offences.
Mr Hollis appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court this morning, where he denied two counts of harassment, one count of driving without due care or attention and one count of resisting arrest.
A charge of assaulting a police officer with intent to resist arrest was dropped by prosecutors.
The 27-year-old, who represents the Huthwaite and Brierley ward for the district council and the Sutton West ward for the county council, will return to the same court in May, and has been granted unconditional bail.
Council considering challenge to 'unfair' tier allocationpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
BBC Radio LeicesterHinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is considering challenging the government over its tier three placing.
The area entered the highest tier, along with the rest of Leicestershire, when the national lockdown ended on Wednesday.
It means pubs and restaurants have to close except for takeaways and deliveries, and households cannot mix indoors or outdoors in private gardens.
Image source, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough CouncilThe area had an infection rate of 94.6 per 100,000 people in the week up to 29 November, down from 214.8 the week before, according to latest figures.
The national average is 153.1, while Oadby and Wigston has the highest rate in the region at 287.6.
Councillor Michael Mullaney, from the authority, said: "We really believe it's completely unfair that for an area, which has such low levels, that we should be put into the most restrictive tier."
He said the government had been "very unfair" by grouping all of Leicestershire together and is working with other authorities to challenge the decision, which he says is damaging to local hospitality venues.
Elsewhere, Stratford-on-Avon District Council has submitted a legal challenge against its tier three allocation.
The authority said this week it had sent a judicial review pre-action letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The tier allocations are due to be reviewed every two weeks, with the first review expected on 16 December.
Snow settles in the East Midlandspublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Parts of the region have seen snow overnight and this morning - including high ground in Derbyshire and parts of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
BBC Weather has said snow could continue in the Buxton area through the rest of the day but sleet is more likely elsewhere.
You can check the latest forecast for your area here.
Here's Buxton in Derbyshire:
Image source, AnnanScalford, Leicestershire:
Newark in Nottinghamshire:
Image source, Linda KirkMP calls for action over 'most bashed' bridgepublished at 09:41 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
East Midlands TodayThe MP for Hinckley and Bosworth, Dr Luke Evans, has asked the transport secretary to intervene after a bridge in Leicestershire was found to be hit by lorries more times than any other bridge in the country.
The Watling Street railway bridge on the A5 in Hinckley has been hit 25 times by lorries in the year up to the end of March.
After asking the question in the House of Commons, Dr Evans was told by Grant Shapps Highways England is "working on measures to reduce the number of strikes to the most bashed bridge in Britain".
Image source, Network RailCoronavirus: Further rate drops across the East Midlandspublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 4 December 2020
Liam Barnes
BBC NewsInfection rates for coronavirus have continued to drop across the East Midlands.
Oadby and Wigston remains the area with the highest rate in the region, with its seven-day infection rate up to 29 November at 287.6 per 100,000, down from 401.6 the previous week.
Leicester has dropped out of the country's top 20 areas for infection rates, from 380.6 to 275.
