Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

Hundreds of cows have been "mooved" back into their field after blocking a road.

Leicestershire Police said they were called to a report of one cow in Shady Lane, Leicester, at 7:20 this morning but when they arrived, officers found about 300 of the animals.

The road was closed until 9:00, said police.

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The force said: "Officers were met with 300 cows and - with help from several farmers - have now been 'mooved' back to their field."

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The clips, filmed at a Derby cemetery, were described as "insensitive and disrespectful".

David Pleace, from Derby, had been reported missing following a dive on Sunday.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

Flags are flying for England across the East Midlands ahead of the game against Germany tonight.

These homes in Clifton have gone all out, displaying flags, shirts and bunting ahead of the Euro 2020 clash.

Four times England have met Germany in the knockout rounds of a major tournament since 1966 and four times they have lost.

Can they win this time? We'll find out as as the rivals meet in front of 40,000 fans at Wembley at 17:00 today.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

A woman has been given a suspended prison sentence after "stealing an elderly friend's life savings".

Maria Marston, 54, from Leicestershire, was loaned £55,000 in 2006 and 2007 and promised to repay it when she inherited £3.5m from a trust fund that did not exist, the Insolvency Service said.

The victim, now 83, who does not want to be named, was told by Marston she could not access the fund when she turned 40 in 2007 and advised the friend to petition for Marston’s bankruptcy saying it would help her access the money, the service added.

The bankruptcy petition sparked an Insolvency Service investigation and Marston was charged.

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The victim said the situation had "subjected both myself and my family to 15 years of stress, suffering and extensive financial hardship".

She added it was a "body blow" to find out in court that her so-called friend had zero assets.

Glenn Wicks, chief investigator at the Insolvency Service, said Marston's "deception... left her close friend with no savings for many years".

Marston, of Avenue Road, in Queniborough, admitted to three counts of obtaining property by deception and three counts of fraud by false representation at an earlier hearing.

She was sentenced to two years in prison suspended for two years, ordered to pay £18,173 in compensation after paying £50,000 and 100 hours of unpaid work at Leicester Crown Court on Monday.

Gracie Spinks, 23, is thought to have been killed by a man who stalked her.

JCB has started a recruitment drive to employ 500 agency shop floor staff at its factories in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham.

About 300 agency employees will also be offered permanent contracts.

In March the Uttoxeter-based digger maker announced it was hiring more than 400 agency employees, on top of jobs previously announced, bringing the total number of permanent jobs to 1,000, the company said.

The court heard a "number of people were distressed by the racist sentiment" of the video, which was shared on Snapchat.

Hannah Cobley left her baby wrapped in plastic bags in an overgrown part of a farm where she lived.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A gang who burgled a Leicstershire house twice in two days has been sentenced.

Leicestershire Police said £100,000 worth of items were stolen from a house in Burbage, which included car keys and empty watch boxes.

It said when suspects became aware the watches were worth a considerable amount of money they returned two days later.

The force said Ryan Raczowski, Aaron Powell and Scott Williams broke into the property while the occupants were putting their two young children to bed.

The two adult victims were threatened with knives and hammers and ordered to hand over their mobile phones and the watches.

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Two others, Luke Frederick and Lee Ryan Smith were charged for their roles in the burglary and handling stolen goods.

On Friday, Williams (pictured right), aged 40, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and was jailed for nine years.

Luke Frederick, 31, of Crabtree, Peterborough, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.

Those previously sentenced in July 2020 were:

• Raczowski (pictured left), 29, formerly of The Moorfield, Coventry, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and was jailed for 13 years.
• Powell, aged 20, admitted conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and was sentenced to 16 months in prison, which will run consecutively to an eight year sentence he was already serving for an unrelated offence.
• Smith (pictured centre), aged 26, also pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and was handed three years in prison. This will run consecutively to a sentence of three years and two months he was already serving for an unrelated matter.

Investigator Rosie Wood said it had been "a lengthy and complex investigation".

She added: “The aggravated burglary committed in Burbage was a particularly serious and one which was witnessed by the victims’ two young children. The trauma of that evening will stay with them for a very long time.

“The three defendants responsible for those offences had no qualms about returning to the scene of their original crime. They were motivated by greed."

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

One lane has re-opened on the M1 past a lorry crash and fuel spillage which closed the northbound side spanning three junctions earlier.

The carriageway was shut between junctions 26 and 28 after a crash between a Nissan Navara and a lorry, police said.

One lane has since reopened between junctions 27 and 28, with the section between junctions 26 and 27 now fully open.

There are delays of at least 30 minutes above usual journey times, with queues spanning four miles back to junction 27, Highways England said.

"Average speeds on the approach to junction 28 are 15mph. Please allow plenty of extra journey time if travelling on the M1 north in Nottinghamshire," the authority said.

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Derbyshire Police said no-one was injured in the crash which happened about at 09:25.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A man has admitted causing criminal damage at Mansfield police station this weekend.

Nottinghamshire Police said Andrzej Kulakowski, 37, used a heavy object to smash a protective glass screen on the front counter at 15:30 on Sunday.

He was arrested by officers after staff pushed an emergency button and later charged.

The force said Kulakowski, of no fixed address, was previously charged with criminal damage after another incident at the same police station on 21 June.

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Kulakowski pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Monday and was remanded in custody.

He is due to be sentenced at Mansfield Magistrates' Court on 21 July.

Sgt Joseph Hall said: “Clearly this incident was upsetting for staff working behind the counter whilst doing their job.

"We take such incidents very seriously and we will always look to take robust action against those who commit such offences.”

Dave Wade
BBC News

The M1 has been shut northbound between junctions 26 and 28 after a lorry crash.

Highways England said the collision has caused a large spillage and left debris on the carriageway.

It is not known if anyone has been injured.

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BBC Weather Watchers

Grey and occasionally rainy once again, with top temperatures of about 19C in most of the region.

There will be a few sunny spells this evening but it is expected to turn cloudy later.

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Today's BBC Weather Watchers pic is from Helen Earth in Cropwell Bishop.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News

A driver died after his car crashed into a tree on a country road in Nottinghamshire.

The 28-year-old man died at the scene of the crash on the A616 between Kersall Road and Norwell Woodhouse Road, near Newark, at about 07:20 on Saturday.

Nottinghamshire Police said he had been driving towards Newark when his car collided with another vehicle before hitting a tree.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

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The road remained closed for much of the day while investigations were carried out.

The force said the victim's family were being supported by specially trained officers.

Greig Watson
Reporter, BBC News Online

A man has been arrested after a police officer was kicked in the head while breaking up a street fight.

Two officers were travelling along Seller’s Wood Drive, Bulwell, Nottingham, on Saturday night when they saw two injured men running along the street.

The officers intervened but one was kicked during the struggle two separate the men.

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A 33-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray, assaulting a police officer and another assault relating to an incident at a nearby address.

He was also detained on suspicion of criminal damage caused to an ambulance during his journey to hospital for treatment.

He has been interviewed and released on bail pending further enquiries.

The officer's injuries were not serious.

One of the clips, filmed at a Derby cemetery, shows two men dancing while carrying a coffin.

A 106-year-old war veteran completes his bucket list dream of flying a plane by using a simulator.

Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

Roads have re-opened after a three-vehicle crash in Leicester.

Following the crash, involving a car, lorry and van at about 07:30, Palmerston Way was closed between Welford Road and Leicester Road and has now re-opened.

Kingsmead Road, leading to Kingsmead Close, was also shut but has also re-opened.

Three people were taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life threatening or life changing, according to Leicestershire Police

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Samantha Noble
BBC News Online

Three people have been taken to a hospital after a crash involving a lorry, car and a van in Leicester.

Police said officers were called to Palmerston Way, near Knighton Park, shortly after 07:30 and the road was closed.

The fire service and East Midlands Ambulance Service also attended.

Firefighters rescued a man from one of the vehicles, and another man and a woman were "walking wounded".

The three adults, all under 30, were taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said.

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Leicestershire Police said no life-threatening or life-changing injuries have been reported.

Officers remain at the scene while the vehicles are recovered, added police.