Liam Barnes
BBC News

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after a 21-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment to stab wounds.

Leicestershire Police said they were called to a fight at Belgrave Gate in Leicester at about 04:20 this morning.

The victim remains in a serious condition in hospital.

All four arrested men - two aged 22, one aged 23 and a 26-year-old - remain in custody.

Haymarket Bus Station is currently closed, with services being diverted.

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Sandish Shoker
BBC News

Fire officers have called damage to a water safety sign in Derby "devastating".

On Monday, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service shared this photo of the sign that was pulled down at Pebble Beach near Alvaston, near the River Derwent.

It said the damage was particularly disappointing after a man's body was recovered from a flooded quarry in Derbyshire on Sunday.

The death prompted emergency services to warn against people swimming in open water during hot weather.

Image source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

People living in the Huthwaite area of Nottinghamshire are being asked to be "mindful" of their water usage for 24 hours following supply disruption over the past two days.

Severn Trent said the issues were caused by equipment failure at one of its groundwater sites but this had now been fixed.

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The water company apologised for the problems and said the network was now "recharging".

A spokesman said: "We are now building up stores in our distribution reservoirs over the next 24 hours and would ask customers to be mindful of water usage whilst we do this."

About 300 customers still without water early this morning have received a delivery of bottled water, the company said, and a bottled water station has also been set up outside a local supermarket.

The firm said supply issues affecting Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Alverton and Scarrington in recent days had also been resolved.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

A major road in Derby city centre has been partially closed after a pedestrian was injured in a crash last night.

Police said the man suffered serious injuries in Mercian Way at about 22:00.

The road has been closed between the Lara Croft Way roundabout and Abbey Street junction while investigations take place.

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A Derbyshire Police spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a serious collision involving a car and a pedestrian at 22:00 last night in Mercian Way, Derby.

"A man has suffered serious injuries. The road remains closed while investigations continue."

Surrey's former England all-rounder Rikki Clarke will retire at the end of the season after a 21-year career.

Gary Mavin died after learning he could be discharged from a mental health unit, an inquest hears.

Alex Smith
BBC News Online

A city carnival has been cancelled due to the increasing number of people testing positive for Covid-19, organisers have said.

Nottingham Carnival at the Victoria Embankment was planned for 22 August but will not go ahead because of rising cases and people having to isolate as a result.

"This is very likely to affect our ability to ensure that we have enough staff and volunteers on the day to enable a safe event as well as potentially impacting on our amazing costume designers, parade participants and other entertainers without whom there is no fantastic carnival," a spokesman for the event said, external.

It comes after the announcement yesterday that the annual Nottingham Beach event had also been cancelled.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

Six electric bikes worth a combined total of more than £40,000 have been stolen from a shop in Derbyshire.

The burglary took place at JE James Cycles, in Brimington Road North, Chesterfield, at about 03:30 on 16 June.

Derbyshire Police said they believed four offenders broke through the shutters, loaded the bikes on to a trailer being pulled by a green camouflage-coloured quad bike before driving off.

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The force has released images of the models taken and asked anyone with information to call 101.

Sonia Kataria
BBC News

An 89-year-old man was rescued from a canal after losing control of his mobility scooter and plunging into the water, police said.

Emergency services were called to a stretch of the Nottingham Canal near Cossall at about 13:50 on Thursday.

Nottinghamshire Police said it's thought the man was standing in the water for about 30 minutes before two people spotted him and called 999.

Image source, Google

The man, who was not seriously injured, was helped from the water by firefighters and taken to hospital as a precaution.

Incident Commander Simon Lilley, of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "This incident could have had tragic consequences.

"He’d been in the water for half an hour before, luckily, two passers-by came across him and called it in, so we’d like to thank them."

Liam Barnes
BBC News

Haymarket Bus Station has been closed after a man was assaulted in the early hours of this morning.

Leicestershire Police said officers were called at about 04:20 to a fight in Belgrave Gate.

Cordons are in place around Belgrave Gate, while roads have been closed from Abbey Street to the Haymarket Shopping Centre.

Image source, Google

BBC Weather Watchers

Another warm and sunny day, with temperatures topping out at about 28C.

Today's BBC Weather Watchers picture comes from Viki Spireite in Wingerworth, Derbyshire.

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Usman Patel, 32, received multiple stab wounds to his body and died at the scene, police say.

Rescuers say that lakes and rivers can be a silent summer killer after deaths around England.

Leicester Women sign defender Jemma Purfield from Bristol City as they prepare for their first season in the WSL.

Rob Sissons
East Midlands Today Reporter

The medical director of a Nottinghamshire hospital trust said staff were "planning for the worst but hoping for the best" as coronavirus restrictions in England are relaxed.

Dr David Selwyn, of Sherwood Forest NHS Trust, said the speed of any increase in hospital admissions would depend on how the public responds to the changes in the guidance, which include face coverings no longer being required by law and the re-opening of nightclubs.

"If everyone thinks it's 'Freedom Day' then we will see a rapid rise," he said.

Dr Selwyn, who oversees King's Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital, warned a surge in admissions could result in planned operations being cancelled.

Devinder Bittar, who said she'd had two Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines but still tested positive for Covid, is being treated at King's Mill.

The 44-year-old said she was against the easing of restrictions as the situation was "too dangerous... to just let everything go".

She added that testing positive was the "worst experience" and urged people to "continue to be careful, wearing masks and keeping your distance".

Another Covid patient at the hospital, Sharan Scott, said the easing of rules was "absolutely ridiculous".

The 43-year-old added she was "very surprised" to have tested positive for the virus adding: "I keep to myself and keep my distance."

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The owner of two coffee shops in Derby says staff shortages caused by the so-called pingdemic are a "serious threat" to small businesses.

BEAR in the Derbion shopping centre is currently closed after several staff were told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid-19 app. The branch on Iron Gate also closed over the weekend but re-opened today.

Image source, BEAR

Craig Bunting, co-founder of BEAR, said the app had been "pinging everyone", with roughly 20 of the company's 100-strong workforce currently isolating.

Among them is a store manager who received a ping from the app just three days after returning to work from a previous period of isolation, as well as Mr Bunting himself.

He called for the implementation of a "test and release" system, allowing those who test negative to avoid isolation.

BEAR also has three other branches, in Uttoexter, Stone and Northwich, but Mr Bunting is worried about the future of the business as a whole.

"We have to really, really look at our numbers and work out how we're going to survive this," he said.

The man was reported missing after getting into difficulties in the water.

Gavin Bevis
BBC News

The organiser of major Eid festival in Leicester said he hoped people will come "in their thousands" following the relaxing of Coronavirus restrictions.

Tuesday's event for Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, will take place at Victoria Park.

It is the second of two Eid festivals held annually in the city. The first, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of fasting for Ramadan, was cancelled in May.

In 2020, both festivals were called off due to the Covid pandemic.

Dr Abu Salam, Imam of Masjid-us-Sunnah mosque on Welford Road, said people would "not just be coming to enjoy themselves and their children but to see friends they haven’t seen for a long time".

"We feel this is really a sign, or a landmark, not just to the Muslim community but also to the whole community in Leicester and the whole UK that we are coming gradually back to normal life."

He added: "This event is obviously a Muslim event but this is really just a name, a title. At the end it is really an event open to everyone in Leicester."

Derby County, who are under a transfer embargo and short of players, appeal to the EFL to relax their registration rules.

Alex Smith
BBC News Online

A group representing businesses in the East Midlands has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stick to his word and ensure the ending of lockdown restrictions is "irreversible".

The prime minister has previously said he hoped the roadmap out of Covid rules is "irreversible", but added "in order to have that, it has also got to be a cautious approach".

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East Midlands chamber chief executive Scott Knowles said today represents a "hugely important milestone" for businesses, after "many have had their hands tied for the past 16 months".

"We know this pandemic isn't over, and companies will be assessing to what extent they retain certain Covid measures – just as they have done throughout the course of the pandemic – as ensuring the health and safety of their employees and customers is paramount," he said.

"But as firms do their bit to keep the virus under control, we sincerely hope the prime minister keeps to his word that the end to lockdown restrictions will be 'irreversible', and that businesses can fully stand on their own two feet and realise the huge growth ambitions they have."