Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Three community sites in Derbyshire have begun offering Covid-19 vaccinations.

The new sites are run by local pharmacy teams, but vaccinations are not actually carried out in pharmacies.

They have been set up at:

• Ikhlas Community Centre, Normanton, Derby
• Jubilee Hall, Hatton, Derbyshire
• Church Hall, Horsley Woodhouse

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All patients eligible for the vaccinations will be contacted via the National Booking System.

Aftab Rehman, lead pharmacist at Pear Tree Pharmacy, said: "It is really important for the local people of Derby to be able to have this service available in the heart of their community."

He urged everyone who is invited to take the opportunity to book an appointment.

Pharmacist and Amber Pharmacy owner Baldev Raj Bange said: "Everyone has worked incredibly hard, and it’s a proud moment to get patients through the door and start vaccinating the highest priority people.

"This is a great moment for the team and for the whole community.”

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There will be rain this morning but it will move away later to allow for some sunny spells to develop.

It will cloud over once again in the afternoon, feeling much milder with moderate south-westerly winds.

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More than 500 people have now died with Covid-19 in Nottingham.

The city council is paying tribute by lighting 500 candles in Old Market Square.

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Nottingham City Council leader David Mellen said: “I believe it is important that we honour every single one of these city residents."

He has also asked everyone in the city to "take a moment" to think about those that have died as a result of Covid-19.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital has also marked a grim milestone of 300 Covid-19 related deaths since March 2020.

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A statement put out by the trust that runs the hospital said: "They are of course, as we always say, not mere numbers.

"They are much-missed loved ones - relatives, friends and colleagues across our North Derbyshire communities and they are in our thoughts," the trust said.

More than 100,000 people have now died in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.

Philippa Day took a fatal overdose after her benefit payments were cut.

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BBC News

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A woman who suffered from a condition which caused her elbows to continuously dislocate said life-changing surgery has allowed her to pick up her granddaughter for the first time.

Last year Mandy Taylor suffered a nasty fall which caused a rare joint instability meaning both her elbows kept popping out.

She said: "I couldn't do anything for myself. I basically just lost all my independence.

"All I wanted to do was see my grandkids, hold them, cuddle them, but most of all, hold the newborn."

The Derbyshire grandmother said reconstructive surgery she received at the Royal Derby Hospital meant she can now pick up her one-year-old granddaughter.

The 55-year-old said: “This means the absolute world to me."

Her surgeon, Amol Tambe, took a tendon from her forearm and made it into an artificial ligament for the elbow, which has helped correct the dislocation.

As a result of the life-changing procedure, Mr Tambe was given the patient hero award at the hospital.

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He said: "It’s the care that I would give anyone, no matter who they are, but for Mandy to take time to nominate me, wow, that is really special.

"It is not just myself that has played a part in Mandy’s journey – the physios, my secretary, the splint workshop, the list is endless."

Ms Taylor said: "I'm overwhelmed and so pleased that Mr Tambe has received his very well-deserved award."

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Tributes have been paid to a former BBC radio presenter who passed away after contracting coronavirus.

Sujata Barot worked at Radio Leicester, Asian Network and Radio Two.

She also played an active role in the Leicester community, and in the 2017 general election stood as an independent candidate for the Leicester East constituency.

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Nirmala Bhojani, a friend of Ms Barot, said: "We were friends for 30 years so it was more like we were soul sisters.

"She had this energy she radiated - she had so much love for everybody she met.

"She was just one of those people that had a huge impact on anybody who met her so this news has been really shocking."

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Ms Bhojani spoke to her friend in the days leading up to her death.

She said: "Last week she messaged me. She said 'my mum is in hospital with Covid - I don't think she'll survive. I'm self isolating at home'. I said to her 'you look after yourself'.

"Yesterday, I heard that she'd gone. The day before she messaged me from hospital saying 'I'm in intensive care, I'm dying and it was lovely knowing you'. That was just heart-wrenching for me."

Other tributes have been paid by Leicestershire Police and Hindu Human Rights.

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Tributes have been paid to Holocaust survivor and educator Bernard Grunberg who died earlier this month.

Mr Grunberg, who lost his mother, father, sister and cousin to the Nazis, died days short of his 98th birthday, after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Mr Grunberg, who lived in Derby, often spoke at the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Nottinghamshire about his memories and the power of reconciliation.

James Smith from the centre said: "Bernard was an absolutely wonderful man.

"The centre became his second home and he would chat with everyone there but his main purpose was to share the story of himself and his family."

Mr Grunberg regularly travelled back to his original home in Lingen, Germany, and will be buried there, next to his family.

Intu Derby is to be renamed Derbion, but some residents have mocked the new moniker.

A woman had to be rescued after she accidentally drove into a canal in Loughborough this afternoon.

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Officers from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue and Leicestershire Police helped the woman to safety in Bridge Street at about 12:10 GMT.

She was not injured but "a little shaken", police said, and the car has since been recovered.

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The vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester and his executive board are facing a vote of no confidence.

It comes after the university announced it is looking to cut 60 posts with 145 staff at risk of redundancy to secure its long-term future.

Vice-chancellor Nishan Canagarajah said the university needed to "cease activity in a limited number of areas" over the next few months in order to build on its "key strengths" and "invest in people and infrastructure".

The University and College Union (UCU) said the proposals were "cruel and divisive".

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David Harvie, who works in the university's business department and is part of the union, said staff are already overstretched and redundancies will make that worse.

He said: "Staff at Leicester University were already facing a triple workload crisis.

"A year ago we had unsustainable workloads.

"Then the pandemic came along - the university leadership responded by abandoning more than 160 casual staff - there was no reduction in work, there was more work and that work was shunted on to the remaining staff.

"We will be contesting these redundancies in every way that we can."

A University of Leicester spokesperson said they were "naturally disappointed" to learn about the vote of no confidence.

"We are currently in the process of consulting with colleagues about our proposals for change, and want to stress that no final decisions will be taken until this process comes to an end," the spokesperson added.

Premiership Rugby records just one positive Covid-19 case during the latest round of tests.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

A man woke up to find the front door of his house in flames, police have said.

Nottinghamshire Police were called to Glamis Road in Nottingham at about 02:50 this morning after a report a bag containing petrol cans had been pushed up to the door and set alight.

Damage was caused to the door and window frames but the five occupants were unhurt, the force said.

Officers have now launched an arson investigation and appealed for information.

Det Sgt Andy Buxton said: "This was incredibly frightening for those at the house to wake up in the early hours and find their front door alight and it is incredibly lucky no-one was physically harmed.

"This is absolutely unacceptable and officers are working hard to gather the information we need."

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People aged over 70 or classed as vulnerable will be invited to book appointments.

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BBC News

Police found 88 cannabis plants at a property in Nottinghamshire after suspicions were raised following power problems in the area.

Officers went to a house on North Avenue, Rainworth, just after 14:10 on Monday where they discovered four rooms "full" of mature plants.

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Nottinghamshire Police said the "significant" grow was seized but no-one was found at the house.

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