Weather: Staying bright this afternoonpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It's staying dry and bright with some cloud building into the picture later in the day. Highs of 7C (45F).
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Nottingham - 18 February 2016
More updates from 08:00 on Friday
Weather: Staying bright this afternoonpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Council says teen pregnancy rates downpublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineThe row over whether the Beckhampton Centre should stay open has been rumbling on for some time now
It is one of only a handful of places in the country that offers help to young mums when mainstream school aren't suitable.
Nottingham City Council says it has been considering closing the centre in Bestwood, external because teen pregnancy rates have halved in Nottingham since 1998 and girls will continue to be supported in a mainstream school.
Stags striker being investigated by FApublished at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Mansfield Town striker Adi Yussuf is being investigated by the FA, external after Plymouth Argyle fans claimed he had urinated in public before going on as a substitute during the Stags' defeat last week.
Council recommends closure of education centre for young mumspublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Rebecca Dickson
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamAn education centre for teenage mums in Nottingham has been recommended for closure - despite a campaign to save it.
The Beckhampton centre in Bestwood has helped hundreds of teenage mums in the city continue their education for the last three decades - but the council says they could be taught in local schools instead.
The city council says it won't comment before next week's executive board meeting - where the decision is expected to be approved.
Kimberley house previously opened as a sweet shoppublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineVictorian obsessed Mr Saunders says he decided to create the room after his neighbours told him the house used to be a grocery store until the 1920s and was a sweet shop in the 70s.
He told the Daily Mail , externalearlier this week, he had spent more than £10,000 on transforming the house since he bought it in 2004.
Image source, Peter SaundersMr Saunders, who works for Nottinghamshire County Council, opens up his home for tours and it is also going to be used as a backdrop for an upcoming documentary about English actor Cary Grant.
Your photos: Frosty start in Beestonpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Tommy P made the most of today's cold frosty morning and snapped this cobweb in a Beeston field.
Image source, Tommy PMan creates Victorian sweet shop in his housepublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineIt looks like we've entered a time warp, but believe it or not this is what a house in Kimberley looks like today.
The owner Peter Saunders has turned one of his rooms into an old-fashioned Victorian sweet shop.
Image source, Peter SaundersHe has spent years restoring his four-bedroom Edwardian cottage back to its original state, and having trawled antique fairs and car boot sales for memorabilia, this is the result.
Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online- A Top Valley GP surgery has closed suddenly this week following an inspection from a health watchdog
- A man has been charged with burglaries at eight mosques in Nottingham
- Former Forest midfielder Steve Hodge says Chris Cohen's extension at the club is a "good deal for everyone"
Police told to improve support for victimspublished at 11:32
East Midlands TodayNottinghamshire Police has been told to improve the way they help crime victims - particularly children.
Government inspectors say the force needs to do more to support vulnerable victims especially in domestic and child sex abuse cases.
In all others areas they were classed as "good".
Previous surgery inspection said it needed improvementpublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineA previous inspection, external of the St Mary's Medical Centre in August last year found it needed improvement.
The surgery's registered patients have now been told to go to the Park Rise Surgery or Hucknall Road Medical Centre.
Hodge: Cohen's extension is 'good deal'published at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
David Jackson
BBC Radio Nottingham SportFormer Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Steve Hodge says Chris Cohen's one-year contract extension is a good deal for everyone.
He told me: "Forest couldn't give him a longer term deal with his knee problems but I think it suits both parties to give him another year and see how he goes.
Image source, Empics"He could probably play 25 games per season, either in midfielder or left back, and certainly be a valued member of the squad. You don't get many players who play 40 games a season these days anyway."
Men bailed over Eastwood stabbingpublished at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineWe told you yesterday three men had been arrested over a stabbing in Eastwood on Monday evening.
Police now say they have been "bailed pending further investigation", external.
Man charged with mosque burglariespublished at 10:20 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineA man has been charged with a series of burglaries at eight different mosques in the city, external between January and 14 February.
The 35 year old will appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later today.
Councillor: Doctor needs to be given time to address issuespublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineBulwell councillor, Alan Clark, says he thinks more information about what has happened at the St Mary's Medical Centre will come out soon "at an appropriate point".
He said: "It is only fair to give the doctor some chance to address what those clinical concerns are."
He said there was a phone number for patients to call if they had any concerns about their medical care.
GP surgery closure has knock-on effectpublished at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamA sign has been placed on the gates of St Mary's Medical Centre telling patients where they can go if they need an appointment while the surgery is closed.
But the closure of the practice has had a knock-on effect for other local health professionals.
Dayaram Mistry, a pharmacist in Top Valley, says there’s been a lack of information about the closure and told me: “One patient came to me worried that he was going to run out of his medication."
Man went missing before fraud court datepublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
A man who went missing before he was due to be sentenced for a £30,000 fraud, external and was later found unconscious in his daughter's caravan, has appeared in court to get a new date.
Travel: More problems on the M1published at 09:23 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
BBC TravelThere is still queueing traffic on the M1 southbound near Nottingham but now one lane is closed northbound between J25 and J26 because of an accident.
The closure is causing some heavy traffic.
Latest headlines for Nottinghamshirepublished at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineHere are your top stories this morning:
- More than 1,000 patients at a GP surgery in Top Valley have been told to go elsewhere after its sudden closure
- Hundreds of people are expected to pay their last respects to Ray Froggatt, a much loved busker from Mansfield later
- The Nottingham Panthers beat Coventry Blaze 2-1 last night thanks to goals from Juraj Kolnik and Brad Moran
CQC ordered temporary closurepublished at 08:47 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Kevin Stanley
Reporter, BBC Radio NottinghamWe now know that 1,100 patients in Top Valley have suddenly had to find a new GP, after St Mary's Medical Centre closed.
The Care Quality Commission ordered its temporary closure after an inspection last week concluded it failed to meet expected standards.
The surgery has been told to make "necessary improvements" but the CQC says because of the legal process it won't disclose what problems were found or what improvements are needed.
Surgery closes doors after inspectionpublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2016
Sandish Shoker
BBC News OnlineWe told you briefly yesterday about a GP surgery in Top Valley that has closed its doors after an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
We'll bring you more on how many patients have been affected and BBC Radio Nottingham's Kevin Stanley has been speaking to people about the sudden closure.
